PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough -- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. In-Person, Online -- USDA NRCS Hosts Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

“We especially thank Senators Ernst, Grassley, Murkowski, Curtis, and others for their courageous leadership preventing an onerous tax on wind and solar power from becoming reality and tempering the abrupt phase-out of critical tax provisions for homegrown American renewable energy. Click Here for the ENN statement.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. The company sells electric motorbikes in Danang, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and is exploring the reuse of electric batteries and how to power its factory with green energy.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts -- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Zoning Board Nixes Request For Georges Township Solar Energy Facility -- Citizens Voice: Fairview Twp. PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts 2 Educator Workshops Nov.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement, in a speech given this month, that wind energy would be powering every home in the U.K.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2022

Working To Strengthen Sustainability Through DEP Climate Program -- TribLive: Westmoreland Launches Pilot Program For Electric Vehicle Chargers At County Parks -- CONSOL Energy Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report -- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Climate Change Is A Military Problem For U.S. James Stavridis (U.S.

Conservation

The Energy Law

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As these companies are moving towards clean energy, an emerging source of renewable energy is wind power. The wind energy sector is gaining global traction, as exemplified by U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement, in a speech given this month, that wind energy would be powering every home in the U.K.

Renewable Energy

The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Additionally, Texas lawmakers will hear legislation that seeks stricter rules regarding the structural integrity of above-ground storage tanks at chemical plants, refineries, electric power plants, and other similar storage facilities. HB 711 and SB 126 , from state Rep. Mary Ann Perez and Sen. Senate Bill 119 ( S.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 28, 2021

Additionally, Texas lawmakers will hear legislation that seeks stricter rules regarding the structural integrity of above-ground storage tanks at chemical plants, refineries, electric power plants, and other similar storage facilities. HB 711 and SB 126 , from state Rep. Mary Ann Perez and Sen.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The appellate court cited the Superior Court’s rejection of the students’ argument that they had standing based on negative impacts that fossil fuel investments had on academic freedom and education at the university. Power Plant Owners Challenged New York “Zero Emission Credits” for Nuclear Plants. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability [PaEN] -- Gov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2025

Among its many drawbacks-- the bill eliminates clean energy tax credits for solar and wind projects, electric vehicles, commercial clean vehicles, and home energy efficiency, and repeals the $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. It also creates new tax breaks for coal, oil, and gas companies. “Our

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability [PaEN] -- Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

Other States/National/International -- CNN: Wind Power Generated More Electricity Than Coal, Nuclear For First Time, Right Behind Natural Gas -- AP: Wind Energy Company Kills 150 Eagles In U.S., What’s Your Community Doing? Pleads Guilty -- Reuters: Special Report: U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2022

Natural Gas Drillers Add 3 Rigs Last Week -- The Guardian: Germany Doing All It Can To Stop Importing Russian Gas; Will Be Using Renewables For All Its Electricity In 20 Years -- Bloomberg: Biden’s Hydrogen Hub Plan Sparks $8 Billion Race Among U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 26, 2022

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN] -- Governor's Adult, Youth Advisory Councils For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Urge Lawmakers To Support Growing Greener III Environmental Funding [PaEN] -- (..)

Conservation

ESA

AUGUST 16, 2021

billion for electric grid resilience and infrastructure improvements, $7.5 billion for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and $27 billion for clean energy research, development, demonstration and commercialization. It’s seen as a way to quickly increase clean energy use without hiking electric bills for consumers.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

Hawai‘i Supreme Court Upheld Denial of Request to Re-Open Order Approving Wind Power Purchase Agreement. The Hawai‘i Supreme Court held that the state’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) did not abuse its discretion when it declined to re-open a 2014 order that approved a Purchase Power Agreement for wind energy.

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