Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Gas stoves, which are in 38 percent of US households, not only emit methane, but also toxic pollutants besides NO2 that are associated with respiratory ailments and cancer. A 2022 study in Environmental Science and Technology detected more than 20 volatile organic compounds, including hexane, toluene and benzene, in unburned stove gas.

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2013 Electricity Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 356

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Independent Fiscal Office Posts Budget Hearing Documents -- KDKA: (..)

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Air Pollution Earth Day 2023 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2024

Shapiro Needs To Fix It - By Conservative Commonwealth Foundation -- Post-Gazette: PA Cong.

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Conservation Earth Day Politics 105

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Free Green Building & Design Summer Institute For High School Students June 12-23 [PaEN] -- CNX, Sapphire Technologies Partner To Develop New System To (..)

Natural Gas 110

Natural Gas Earth Day Climate Change Conservation 110

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

Earth Day 77

Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation 77

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd. TODAY 10:30: DEP To Showcase Reading’s Local Climate Action For Earth Day. DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council meeting. in State College. Remote access by dial in to: 267-332-8737. Conference ID: 910 985 838#. Reading City Park.

Earth Day 72

Earth Day Natural Gas Politics Government 72

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2023

Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City -- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101 -- PPL Electricity Price To Compare To Drop June 1 For Customers Who Don’t Shop For Suppliers -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6

Natural Gas 100

Natural Gas Recycling Fossil Fuels Earth Day 100

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

million acres of state forests to the new, profitable — and controversial — use of hydraulic fracturing to access natural gas in rock formations thousands of feet underground. million acres of predominantly wooded land that is open to the public, also jumped on the gas-leasing bandwagon. Ed Rendell opened 2.2 Read more here.]

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Natural Gas 2008 Natural Resources 2010 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Leib, Pittsburgh -- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists, Advocates Urge Shapiro To Stay The Course On RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan -- Scranton Times Editorial: Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan Serves Economy, Environment [RGGI] -- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Get $1.5

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Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day 111

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

-- Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Economy Grew To Over 92,700 Jobs Since COVID Economic Crisis [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Jumps To Top 10 In Clean Energy Jobs -- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Facility Proposal Advances Toward Vote In Dover Township -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Your Electric/Natural Gas Utility Bill Has (..)

Conservation 108

Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Air Pollution 108

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 20, 2022

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd. Washington Landmark -- TribLive: Westmoreland Recycler Salvages Old Electronics; Donates Laptops To Shelter -- MCall: Earth Day: Your Guide To Events, Cleanups In Lehigh Valley Area -- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Farm Kills 1.4 THURSDAY 10:00: Agenda Posted.

Earth Day 64

Earth Day Natural Gas Climate Change Nuclear Power 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

Conservation 110

Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 110

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Wolf on April 21, 2021 (Earth Day) they would reject all future nominees to the PUC until he withdraws his executive order joining the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to reduce carbon pollution from power plants. Tom Wolf for his nominations, along with the Pennsylvania Senate for its support of all three nominations earlier.

2017 97

2017 2027 Earth Day 2022 97

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.

Conservation 64

Conservation 2021 Natural Gas Climate Change 64

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clean Water Act 277

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 277