Legal Planet

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The IRA provides a subsidy for purchases of electric vehicles for people making less than $300,000 per year. Meanwhile, deforestation continues apace and greenhouse gas concentrations continue to rise toward irreversible tipping points. Would many of these people have bought EV’s, anyway? Credits are a tiny part of the picture.

Deforestation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

On June 11, the Public Utility Commission released the 2025 Summer Readiness Overviews submitted by the Commonwealth’s major electric distribution companies and the regional electric grid operator, PJM Interconnection, LLC. Read more here.]

Electricity

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Project Cirrus,” a joint project of the US military and General Electric researchers, tried to disrupt and weaken one 1947 hurricane by seeding its eyewall clouds to increase rainout and destabilize its structure. These interventions would not precisely offset greenhouse-gas-driven climate change. Two caveats are in order.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

AFIG aims to lower greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality for many Pennsylvania communities with the use of electric school buses, Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) trucks, electric charging stations, and other clean transportation alternatives.” The grant awarded funding to 27 grant recipients.

Nitrogen Oxides

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

From cars and trucks to buses and trains, electric vehicles are playing an increasingly vital role in decarbonizing mobility and reducing oil dependence However, this transition brings with it a significant challenge: the immense pressure on battery supply chains.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2025

California has made tremendous progress in its transition away from fossil fuel energy and transportation and towards zero emission transportation powered predominately by clean electricity. About a quarter of new cars sold in the state are zero emission and we have more electric vehicle chargers than gasoline nozzles.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2025

Senate Bill 186 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) abrogates Pennsylvania's carbon pollution reduction program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The status quo has laid the groundwork for serious reliability and cost concerns with respect to the electric grid. Democrats on the Committee opposed the bills.

Greenhouse

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Weifang Port’s “zero-carbon” certification was primarily achieved by transitioning away from fossil fuel use, according to China Electric Power News (CEPN). Globally, the shipping industry accounts for 3% of greenhouse gas emissions, with ports being one of the key contributors along with ships running on heavy fuel oil.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Landing such developments in Alberta could lead to more than $100 billion of investment, says Chris Varcoe in the Calgary Herald (Dec 4), while creating thousands of technology jobs and spurring new demand for natural gas that will be needed to generate electricity to power such facilities.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

OCTOBER 23, 2024

The Mediterranean country aims for renewables to account for an 82% share of electricity production by 2030. The revised 2030 energy and climate plan, unveiled by the government, targets the expansion of wind and solar power. The previous plan released in 2019 had set out only a 66% share.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

Energy demand is projected to significantly increase in coming years, as data centers, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, and new and expanded manufacturing facilities come online. The good news is that these goals are not mutually exclusive. Bucknell University.

Clean Energy

A Greener Life

AUGUST 8, 2025

The country is a leading electric vehicle producer, but the issue of mitigating the greenhouse gas emissions that occur before these vehicles hit the road requires more attention. The large contribution made by vehicles to global greenhouse gas emissions must not be overlooked. Photo credit: CFOTO / Sipa US / Alamy.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University [PaEN] -- Penn State Delegation In Azerbaijan For UN’s Annual Climate Meeting -- WPSU: When Will Greenhouse Gas Emissions Finally Peak? Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec. Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Not only does this contradict the Minister’s stated commitment to a “technology-agnostic” energy planning process, where the best and cheapest technology would win, but it also disregards the clear evidence that wind and solar are the most cost-effective sources of new electricity generation.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

gigawatts of power due to the reduced reliability rating of natural gas power plants during the most recent PJM electricity capacity auction. The Natural Resources Defense Council said the PJM Interconnection lost 2.8 EDF said PJM could add 12.2 Click Here for a recording of the briefing.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

In 2024, global renewable electricity capacity expanded by 15.1%, with China accounting for over 60% of new additions. This rapid growth plays a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In China, CO₂ emissions from power generation have plateaued despite increasing electricity demand.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

MARCH 7, 2025

And across the United States, the transportation sector is now the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Even with electric vehicles, Californians still need to reduce the number of miles they travel by car, a term referred to as vehicle miles traveled (VMT). miles per day ).

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

Data Centers PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Data Centers, Rising Electricity Prices, Lagging Energy Development Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, EEA-NJ Hosts Sept.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Data Center Infrastructure; Amazon Told PUC It Has Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Goal By 2040 [PaEN] DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For 72 - 2.5

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 7, 2025

In 2019, noticing AI was straining land and electricity resources, Singapore imposed a moratorium on new data centre construction. It will take robust policies to make sure we harness AI’s benefits while minimizing its environmental costs. Singapore used this pause to develop comprehensive sustainability standards.

Renewable Energy

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Eligible applicants under this program include entities that provide retail electric service needs. REAP would save them money as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These loans could help with reluctance to implement energy efficiency programs.

Clean Energy

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% Because we've not had new entry or very much new entry of electric generating facilities.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Of Agriculture, Land O'Lakes Farmer Cooperative, National Hemp Assn.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

29 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- TribLive Editorial: When Should PA Deer Season Start? Pay Raise For PA Governor, Lawmakers, Judges, Cabinet Secretaries -- Post-Gazette: Republican Cong.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Key factors driving this transformation include the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), LNG trucks, and high-speed rail, said Wu Mouyuan, deputy director of ETRI. The country has so far pledged to peak greenhouse gas emissions before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

Driving away from state climate targets Transportation has been the biggest sector contributing to climate change in Massachusetts practically every year since the earliest emissions inventory for 1990 and most recently has contributed 38% of state greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2021.

2018

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Data Centers, Rising Electricity Prices, Lagging Energy Development [PaEN] -- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, EEA-NJ Hosts Sept. So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Electricity

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

In the EIS, STB acknowledged that increased oil production was a foreseeable result of the project, and included estimates of the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions attributable to the combustion of fuels refined from the crude oil transported on the line. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. NRDC (1983).

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Million To Settle Lawsuit By Investors Who Claimed EQT Overstated The Benefits Of Its Rice Energy Merger In 2017 -- Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Thank you for your leadership! -- PUC Urges Pennsylvanians To Prepare Now For Winter Storms [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp. Issues Electric Grid Reliability Warning Ahead Of Expected Winter Storm In Eastern US Starting Jan. 13 -- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractors Workshop Feb.

Conservation

Circle of Blue

JUNE 24, 2025

The new direction is driven by a self-preservation instinct – “a policy revolt,” Matthews said – among the countries who formerly sat the bench as the world’s biggest carbon polluters debated the boundaries of greenhouse gas emission limits. And they said, ‘You haven’t been making good progress on slowing climate change down.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Million In Sen. Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Million In Sen.

Recycling

Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The Benefits AI Provides to the Environment Offsets its Energy Exertion It is undisputed that AI technology has the potential to significantly sap electricity consumption and exert unprecedented levels of energy. Indeed, data centers in 2022 made up 2% of electricity demand across the globe.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

10-11 Navigating Chance Policy Conference [PaEN] -- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Road Trip Makes Pit Stop At Allegheny County Electric Vehicle Mechanic Training Program -- EPA: Liberty-Clairton In Allegheny County Makes Progress In Meeting PM2.5, Data Center Planned In Fairview Twp., York County -- Penn State Extension: Sept.

Natural Gas

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 11, 2025

New York is home to four of the largest bitcoin mines in the country, which consume huge quantities of electric power and water to cool their server farms, emit loud humming noises around the clock and flood the atmosphere with copious greenhouse gases and pollutants. Read the full story at Inside Climate News.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan ]. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. TODAY 11:00: Agenda Posted. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

Natural Gas