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PennEnvironment Study Details Costs To Consumers, Power Demands, Environmental Risks Of The Surging Growth Of Massive Data Centers

PA Environment Daily

data centers risks deepening Americas reliance on fossil fuels and can put consumers and communities at risk, according to the report. The report also highlights proposals to resurrect expensive and dangerous nuclear power plants solely to serve data centers. PIRG Education Fund. Rising electricity demand from U.S.

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U.S. Climate Law: A Broad & Rapidly Growing Field

Legal Planet

Nuclear power regulation D. Rules relating to renewable and fossil fuel development on public lands and offshore. Litigation against carbon emitters and fossil fuel producers G. Energy efficiency standards for new appliances and lighting sources. FERC pipeline regulation (natural gas and hydrogen).

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Yaw Wants A Program Like This In PA] -- Better Path Coalition Hosts May 21 Webinar On Regional Water Use Policy And Siting Data Center Facilities [PaEN] -- John Quigley: Are Merchant Fossil Fuel Plants Uneconomical? Visit DEPs Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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No laughing matter: a comic book about the climate crisis

Physics World

Absurd yet powerful visual metaphors feature throughout. We see a parachutist with a flaming main chute that represents our dependence on fossil fuels. The falling man jettisons his reserve chute – nuclear power – and tries to knit an alternative using clean energy, mid-fall. trillion people on the planet.

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PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

PA Environment Daily

Yaw announced the introduction of legislation prohibiting the distribution of Act 13 impact fees to any county “that is actively suing over fossil fuel use.” Read more here. Although not yet introduced, Sen. Read more here.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Westmoreland County -- The New Yorker Book Review: Searching For Unfamiliar Terrain In ‘The Nature Book’ By Tom Comitta -- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing [PaEN] -- PA Dept. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County : ‘I’m Ecstatic.