PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2025

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. House Floor.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

19 & 21 -- Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts In-Person Workshops On Identification Of On-Farm Resource Concerns & Implementing Conservation Practices Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN] -- Registration Open! 19-21, Sept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

The Conservation Voters of PA and PennFuture will host a July 31 webinar on Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open! Starting at 6:00 p.m.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

Energy Conservation Still Matters Even though some of the hottest days may have passed, summer isn’t over. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. If you cannot resolve your issue directly with your utility, contact the PUC’s Bureau of Consumer Services at 1-800-692-7380.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

TODAY 1:30: DEP, DCNR, PUC To Announce 2 GW Of Solar Power Installed In PA , 1:30 At Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, York County TODAY 4:00: PJM Interconnection Announces Results Of Latest Power Auction TODAY 10:00: In-Person. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. July 23-- Virtual Only.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Just last month, the Commission approved Phase V of Pennsylvania’s Act 129 energy efficiency and conservation programs — building on more than 15 years of progress that has already delivered more than $4.9 Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. A cornerstone of this strategy is energy efficiency.

Electricity

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

(see opening brief here and reply brief here ) Appellee Michigan PSC (see brief here ) Michigan House of Representative (see amicus brief here ) Intervening Appellees Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council, Institute for Energy Innovation, Clean Grid Association, and Advanced Energy United (see brief here ) Michigan Farm Bureau (amicus brief due (..)

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept. High School As Renovation Work Continues -- DEP Sets Aug.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source? Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4 Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 24, 2025

Several conservative-led jurisdictions have proven that supporting renewable energy doesnt mean abandoning careful money management. True conservatives care about open markets and fiscal responsibility. Not all conservative-leaning governments treat the development of renewable energy the same.

Government

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

1 At The Southeast Agricultural Research Farm In Centre County [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valleys Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Educational Programs; Tree Planting; Hikes; Summer Camps -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Its Spring! 2 Pittsburgh Companies Say Yes -- PennLive Letter: Where Did $100 Million In State Conservation Funds Go? -

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] -- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 7, 21, Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Public Lands/Recreation -- Secured a historic $112 million for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to maintain and improve state park and forest infrastructure. -- Provided $2.8

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

Since its initial implementation in 2022, the South Coast Warehouse ISR has influenced meaningful increases in zero-emission truck trips, electric cargo handling equipment usage, electric truck charging, and warehouse solar power generation.

Ground-Level Ozone

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Million To Support 17 Drought Resiliency Projects; 400+ Million Gallons Of Water Savings Expected Annually [PaEN] -- TribLive: Clearer Waters Expected At Burrell Lake Following Last Years Algal Bloom In Westmoreland -- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2025

PJM and its member companies took a number of steps before the onset of the frigid cold that helped prepare the system for the most difficult periods Tuesday and Wednesday. 23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

Yaw To Introduce Bill To Use Revenue From Taxing Gambling Skill Games To Support Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program [PaEN] -- WESA: PA Legislators Eye Tax On Gambling Skill Games To Make Up For Shortfall In Public Transit -- PA House/Senate -- TribLive/AP: Democratic Rep.

Politics

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Wind power, solar energy, and battery storage together make up over 95% of the new or planned projects currently seeking grid interconnection nationally, with natural gas accounting for the remainder, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2025

Shapiro Wants Attorney General To Have Power To Stop Private Equity Havoc With Hospitals -- TribLive: As Rite Aid Collapses, Customers, Other Pharmacies Bear The Impact -- Post-Gazette: With Threat Of Medicaid Cuts, Fayette County Medical Providers Wonder: How Much Worse Will It Get?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- PennLive Letter: Where Did $100 Million In State Conservation Funds Go? - Luzerne County [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Using Live Stake Nurseries To Engage Communities In Stream Health [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Shapiro Formally Nominates Jessica Shirley To Be DEP Secretary [PaEN] -- Inquirer: Fred de Long, Longtime Director Of Community Farm Program For Willistown Conservation Trust, Has Died At 55 -- Republican Herald: Appalachian Trail Conservancy Turns 100 In March -- The Derrick: Aqua PA Spells Out Venango Water Co.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Paul O. 4 - 11] -- Pike Conservation District: From Source To Sink - Groundwater Education Workshop Series Starts Jan. 30 Hearing [Not Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

[PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful Celebrating 35 Years Of Supporting Community Improvement Across Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- WGAL: Sara Mueller Has A Passion For Outdoors, Educating Next Generation At Wildlife Leadership Academy -- PA Wilds Accepting Nominations For PA Wilds Champions Until April 7; Awards Celebration July 24 -- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. March 25-- PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Dr, Erie March 26-- Agenda Posted.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. TODAY 10:00: Virtual Only. Agenda Posted. Contact: cnrac-admin@growconservation.com. Read more here on agenda. TODAY Noon: Virtual.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

On January 20, the PJM Interconnection announced it continues its preparations for the coldest weather in the region since 2015, PJM on Monday extended its Cold Weather Alert and Conservative Operations declarations through Thursday, Jan. 23, for its entire footprint of 13 states and Washington, D.C.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 660 (OMara-D- Delaware) setting energy efficiency and water conservation standards for certain commercial and residential appliances.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

In the case of agrivoltaics, clean energy production could intersect with food production, water conservation, and rural grid resiliency. Rooftops Rooftop solar has been California’s golden child. While still in the relatively early stages, agrivoltaics is an example of how we can use land to address multiple issues.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The agreement, which the Union of Concerned Scientists is a party to, is part of an “Uncommon Dialogue” sponsored by Stanford University that aims to both accelerate large-scale solar in the United States while “simultaneously addressing conservation and community opportunities and challenges.”

Solar Power

Inhabitant

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Tennessee may not strike people as the most progressive state with 46% of the population conservative and 27% moderate, according to a Pew Research Center poll. as a solar pioneer. You might not expect it to be a bastion of green energy, but the greater Chattanooga area is stepping out in front of many other parts of the U.S.

Solar Power

Cresforum

AUGUST 27, 2024

The communication team from Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) Forum recently joined the Conservative Climate Foundation’s (CCF) 3rd Annual Communicators Retreat in Asheville, North Carolina. The retreat brought together over 45 U.S. They also toured Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.,

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

Treasury and the IRS were granted statutory authority to determine the appropriate approach to resolving these issues, and they have a responsibility to do so rigorously, accurately, and, in the face of uncertainty, conservatively. Treasury and the IRS are right to propose clear rules for solar- and wind-powered electricity generation.

Electricity