PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

Whether you live in a small apartment or a large household, increased power use from air conditioners, fans, dehumidifiers, and other cooling tools will likely show up as higher-than-normal charges. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Many more tips are available at www.PAPowerSwitch.com.

Electricity

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

In her interview with a rickshaw puller whose daughter had to be admitted to the hospital many times during the heatwave, it showed that legal action and response were intrinsically linked with addressing economic inequity, the right to housing, and access to cooling. In County of Multnomah v. Exxon Mobil Corp. ,

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Source: UCS , with Alternatives for Community and Environment, GreenRoots, and the Conservation Law Foundation. This is an important tool to replace fossil fuels for heating and cooling entire neighborhoods. The new legislation gives particular attention to this issue by: Allowing gas utilities to build networked geothermal projects.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2025

Editor’s Note: The conventional oil and gas industry is very cool to any changes and said during a House Environmental Committee hearing June 12 “What is in place is already working.” 2,070 conventional wells-- 66% of those abandoned wells were not required to have a well plugging bond by law. Read more here. Read more here.

2004

A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

Alongside many other economies, electricity use in China is growing at a strong pace due to several factors, such as the electrification of society, increased demand for cooling and increased consumption of IT services such as data centres. Conclusion The law of physics underlines that at some point, coal usage will drop and ultimately end.

2027

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage Using Compressed Air Technology [PaEN] NewsClips: -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Attorney General Launches (..)

2011

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage Using Compressed Air Technology [PaEN] NewsClips: -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Attorney General Launches (..)

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

MAY 12, 2025

The supply of fresh water is essential to our quality of life and creates a competitive advantage for our region, said Howard Learner, executive director of the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center. Toronto, located on Lake Ontario, uses it to cool more than 100 buildings in its downtown core. The key is cleaning it up.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Calls Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment Stupid [PaEN] -- Senators Santarsiero, Comitta Introduce SB 581 Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Natural Gas Drilling Sites, Other Infrastructure, Based On Latest Science [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project: Setback (..)

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

JULY 9, 2025

Before Trump’s assault, water consumption to cool coal-fired plants, once one of the largest users of fresh water in the country, was on the path to be cut 68 percent by 2035, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The consequence is more mercury in fish and more air pollution.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 10, 2025

Most data center energy use is consumed by data processing computer chips, but this work also produces a lot of heat; the processors can run as hot as 175°F , and the cooling equipment needed to keep them from overheating accounts for roughly 20% of the total electric energy consumed by the facility.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

On February 28, ECOS also issued this statement on the reported 65% cut to the US Environmental Protection Agencys budget-- States carry out more than 90% of the nations federal environmental laws in communities around the U.S.,

Air Pollution

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 18, 2025

Type your email Subscribe Top Posts & Pages Want climate solutions in Indigenous territories? Better get consent. 447) Local government (438) Public lands (54) National parks & forests (45) State government (182) U.S. 447) Local government (438) Public lands (54) National parks & forests (45) State government (182) U.S.

Recycling

Legal Planet

AUGUST 4, 2025

A nuclear plant would require permitting from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and would also require a Clean Water Act permit for taking cooling water from a stream or lake, and separate permitting for discharging used cooling water due to impurities in the used water. That would be a big step.

Air Pollution

Legal Planet

APRIL 30, 2025

For example, the core provision of the Tennessee law : The intentional injection, release, or dispersion, by any means, of chemicals, chemical compounds, substances, or apparatus within the borders of this state into the atmosphere with the express purpose of affecting temperature, weather, or the intensity of the sunlight is prohibited.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

However, under the Trump administration, the advancement of this rule is tenuous and underscores why Congress must put these protections into law. In states where cooling assistance is available, only three (AZ, DE, GA) have date-based criteria—either specific dates or during summer months. 2501  /  H.R. Not all states opt in.

Cooling

Legal Planet

JULY 29, 2025

It is a huge step forward,” UCLA Law Professor Kate Mackintosh told me in an email. Mackintosh is the Executive Director of the UCLA Law Promise Institute Europe in The Netherlands where the World Court is also based. It could also have big impacts on refugee law as the number of climate refugees increases.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

[PaEN] -- Community Advocates For Clean Energy Host Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 26 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar: Ag Best Management Practices Value [PaEN] -- Nov. 14 -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Bus Tours Start Jan. Bartolotta, Sen.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Ohio- $2.80 PA- $3.27 -- Reuters: US Gasoline Prices Set To Climb As Presidents New Tariffs Kick In -- Bloomberg: Oil Posts 7th Weekly Loss On Easing War Risk, Tariff Chaos -- American Gas Association: Presidents Tariffs On Canadian Natural Gas Will Cost US Consumers At Least $1.1 Ohio- $2.80

Politics

Circle of Blue

APRIL 2, 2025

In aggregate, their power demands and water consumption for cooling have increased exponentially, prompting concerns about the sustainability of data center growth in the Southwest. If the local climate is right, they can use ambient air to cool their servers. Despite the environmental anxieties, there is reason for optimism on water.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Act 14 Notices To Municipalities Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. Youll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

Air Pollution

Law Columbia

APRIL 30, 2025

This post offers a high-level state of play for local law and policymakers, community groups, and others working at the subnational level. Attacks on State and Local Climate Laws In April, President Trump signed an EO entitled Protecting American Energy from State Overreach , discussed earlier on this blog.

Government

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

The law is going to reduce economic growth, and in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia combined, it will wipe out about 45,000 jobs by 2030 and over 57,000 jobs by 2035, according to one analysis. Another unacknowledged issue is that data centers can require millions of gallons of water a day for cooling. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage Using Compressed Air Technology [PaEN] NewsClips: -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Attorney General Launches (..)

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage Using Compressed Air Technology [PaEN] NewsClips: -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Attorney General Launches (..)

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7239 ) Natural gas cryogenic plants take natural gas and cool it to sub-zero temperatures-- minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit-- in order to condense and separate out liquids like butane, ethane and propane from the gas. The Public Utility Commission imposed its own penalties for violations under its laws.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Calls Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment Stupid [PaEN] -- Senators Santarsiero, Comitta Introduce SB 581 Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Natural Gas Drilling Sites, Other Infrastructure, Based On Latest Science [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project: Setback (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Shapiro Is Lying About How His Trip To White House Unfroze $2.1

Recycling

Acoel

JANUARY 17, 2025

On December 26, 2024 , New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law the Climate Change Superfund Act (the Climate Superfund Act or the Act), which seeks to impose retroactive fees on fossil fuel producers for their disproportionately large contributions to negative climate change impacts.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill] [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: April 2 Webinar: Gravity Energy Storage - Giving Inactive Oil Wells A Second Life [PaEN] -- Penn State Research: Reusing Old Oil And Gas Wells For Energy Storage Using Compressed Air Technology [PaEN] NewsClips: -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Attorney General Launches (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Natural gas cryogenic plants take natural gas and cool it to sub-zero temperatures-- minus 120 degrees Fahrenheit-- in order to condense and separate out liquids like butane, ethane and propane from the gas.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2025

Layered on top of this will be the volatility, harm and added vulnerability people will be facing from the administration’s countless other egregious actions, from cuts to housing and cooling assistance to ever-expanding rights violations. Congress has an opportunity to stop this madness and we need to make them.

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 5, 2025

Prohibiting these local laws will result in workers being severely hurt or killed.” Days after a June heat dome produced dangerously hot weather in the eastern US, HB398 became law in Kentucky. In fact, the same day HB398 became law, UPS workers rallied in Kentucky for safer heat protections.

Law

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

The application includes seven (7) 633 MWe combined cycle combustion and ten (10) 25 MWe simple cycle aeroderivative natural gas turbines, three (3) 67 MMBtu/hr auxiliary boilers, emergency generators, emergency fire water pump engines, cooling towers and fuel gas heaters. There is a 30 day public comment period from this publication.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

On July 25, Patrick Cicero, former PA Consumer Advocate and counsel to the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project said one in five Pennsylvania households report difficulty paying energy bills and electric utility shutoffs are already up 38.1% so far this year. Obviously to use more than this.

Electricity

Legal Planet

AUGUST 11, 2025

This is thanks to SB 1221 , a law passed last year that creates a pathway to pay for customers in some select communities to get new zero-emission alternatives to gas infrastructure. These communities get to vote on whether they want to participate, and 67% must vote yes.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

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Natural Gas