PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Rechargeable batteries power everything from electronic devices like cell phones, laptops, e-bikes, e-cigarettes, electronic toothbrushes, and remote controls to the batteries used in electric vehicles and even children’s toys. While not all rechargeable batteries contain lithium, many longer-life batteries increasingly do.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

Cynthia also oversees WPCs sustainability efforts, which have included energy efficiency, alternative energy generation, carbon emissions assessments, and transitions to electric vehicles. As a member of the senior leadership team, she has consistently provided strategic direction for the Conservancy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Tad's practice focuses on the environmental aspects of project development, transactional, litigation, and government enforcement matters (both civil and criminal).

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

On a yearly basis, that’s more than the global emissions from the largest greenhouse gas-emitting sector, electricity and heat production. Participation by relevant groups will be crucial to ensuring projects are operated in an environmentally responsible and just manner.

Ocean 123

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Green Bang

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The environmental implications of this trend are significant, as AI-driven data centers account for a rising percentage of global energy use, leading many to question the long-term sustainability of AI. Models like GPT-3 consumed about 1,300 megawatt-hours of electricity during training, enough to power 130 average U.S.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Despite a significant uptake of renewable energy, India still relies on coal plants for more than half of its installed electricity supply. As the mainstay of its energy supply – thermal power plants (coal, oil and gas) supply 56% (239 GW) of the country’s total installed electricity – coal remains crucial for Indian energy security.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

RGGI is wrong for Pennsylvania, and it is time to repeal this regulation and focus on putting forth commonsense, environmentally responsible energy policy that recognizes and champions Pennsylvania as an energy producer.” “Not Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

- Shalefield Stories, Revisiting Our Fracking Past -- DEP: 47 Coal Mine Reclamation Projects Covering 977 Acres And Costing $123 Million Now In Active Construction [PaEN] -- PennVEST Announces Investment Of $236 Million In 25 Water Infrastructure Projects In 17 Counties [PaEN] -- DCNR Announces $11.8 17 [PaEN] -- DCNR Announces $19.4

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Onya

OCTOBER 10, 2019

As a certified B Corporation, being socially and environmentally responsible is incredibly important to us so we’re proud to announce that on 20 September 2019 here at Onya it was not business as usual as we supported our employees to get involved and participate in the Global Climate Strike happening in Perth. Why strike for climate?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

Resident -- York Dispatch Guest Essay: Clean Energy Permitting Reform Needed For PA To Boost Economy, Protect Climate And Burn Less Coal - By Citizens Climate Lobby -- Slippery Rock University Engineering Alumnus Has Successful Start To Her Career In Natural Gas Industry -- PA Audubon Council Releases Guidelines For Municipalities On Bird-Friendly, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2023

14 PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation American Petroleum Institute Unveils Plan To Prioritize U.S. 7 to 13 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 20, 2023

With commercial PACE, building owners can leverage financing to undertake a range of emission reduction projects, such as upgrading HVAC systems, installing energy efficient lighting systems, moving from gas to electric equipment, incorporating renewable energy sources, and implementing smart building technologies.

Renewable Energy 52

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

EPA’s electric power sector proposal follows nearly ten years of litigation filed by environmental non-governmental organizations (eNGOs) and resulting court-ordered EPA rulemaking. EPA therefore concluded that the electric power industry overall is financially stable, pointing to diversified fuel sources and vertical integration.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 10, 2023

The fossil fuel industry has a long history of portraying itself as environmentally responsible while continuing to prioritize profit over the planet. The cost of wind and solar power have been falling for over a decade, making them the world’s cheapest source of new electricity.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act : Known as CERCLA, this 1980 Act set to handle a growing problem of abandoned areas of the built environment that held and handled hazardous waste. Sponsored Content. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 16, 2022

By way of example, a solar system can simply be purchased by a business and installed onsite or the solar system can be financed using a solar loan, lease, or power purchase agreement; or in the alternative green electricity generated by offsite solar panels can be purchased from an electric utility. That express language is clear.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Green ports—environmentally conscious ports that use cutting-edge technologies and best practices to minimize their ecological footprint, reduce emissions, manage waste efficiently and conserve energy—are redefining how maritime operations impact marine ecosystems.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 12, 2023

We blogged last year about EPA Proposing Designating PFAS as Hazardous under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as the “Superfund” law and we expect a final rule in 2023. Million for New Hampshire. The webinar is complimentary, but you must register here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

Million In Grants To Underserved/Distressed Communities, Partnerships To Improve Recreation, Community Revitalization Efforts Across PA; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 17 [PaEN] -- DCNR Announces $3.2 Million Investment For Trail Gaps, ATV/Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan.

Conservation 48

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

CERCLA ( Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act , aka Superfund) - cleans up “abandoned” haz waste. Sponsored Content. 1 - Interesting Facts. From your perspective as a neighbor to a hazardous waste site, these 2 laws do the same thing - they are aimed at protecting you.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Consider that only days ago the Biden Administration invoked the wartime emergency powers based on climate change to utilize the Defense Production Act to increase domestic production of electric heat pumps.

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Ohio Environmental Law

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Effluent Limit Guidelines) requirements for industries that are known to discharge PFAS such as metal finishing, electroplating electrical and electronic components, textile mills, and landfills. EPA is evaluating establishment of technology based treatment (i.e. Designate PFOA and PFOS as “Hazardous Substances” under CERCLA.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

These programs include: Preventing Outages and Enhancing Resilience of the Electric Grid – 40101(d) ($40.5 Our proposed budget also includes $1.1 million to improve the Bureau of Air Quality’s air monitoring capabilities, with particular focus on oil and gas activity.

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Law and Environment

MAY 5, 2022

Federal environmental responsibilities, such as the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), can slow, discourage, or prevent these creative solutions. Solving the climate crises requires not just clean electricity. Furthermore, she complained that: Addressing this crisis requires flexibility and creativity.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 9, 2022

Additionally, the government disputes over all electric building codes (. which strike us as a wrong headed idea, given that most electricity in the U.S. electricity generation. electricity generation in 2020. As opposed to the renewable energy portfolio standards adopted for utilities in many U.S.

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Acoel

JANUARY 11, 2022

We are familiar with situations in which decision makers must make the right choice without standards. Often in those circumstances the law substitutes process for standards. 9613(f)(2).

Clean Air Act 40

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Capaccio

JUNE 14, 2022

EPA is working to make changes in its ELG regulatory actions by the end of 2024 for certain industrial categories , which include: organic chemicals; electroplating; metal finishing; electrical and electronic components; and textile mills. . Designate certain PFAS as CERCLA hazardous waste .

Toxic Substances Control Act 52

Toxic Substances Control Act 2021 Clean Air Act Regulations 52

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility v. ExxonMobil Corp. filed Feb.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Dep’t of Ecol., 21-04-047, Draft Regulatory Determinations Report to the Legislature: Safer Products for Washington Implementation Phase 3 (Nov.

2021 52

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ESA

MAY 17, 2021

FERC – Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability Technical Conference (June 1 & 2). Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Forest Service – Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee (May 20 & 27). Justice Dept.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

FERC – Climate Change, Extreme Weather, and Electric System Reliability – Technical Conference (June 1 & 2). Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Forest Service – South Central Idaho Resource Advisory Committee (May 13). Justice Dept.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

According to CEI, “The Clean Power Plan represents an EPA power grab over state electricity policies through an implausible interpretation of a minor provision in the Clean Air Act for a purpose that Congress never intended.”. [15]. Additionally, under attack is the carbon pollution standard rule.

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