PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency announced $2,400,000 for 24 small businesses to develop technologies to address public health and environmental challenges. On January 13, the U.S. A $100,000 grant was awarded to Phospholutions, Inc. Click Here for more on the project. Click Here for the EPA announcement.

Technology

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

The Great Lakes ground zero for data center growth With artificial intelligence and the demand for cloud computing set to grow in the years and decades ahead, technology companies are increasingly eying up the Great Lakes regions comparatively cooler climate and ample water resources. There are so many things we are concerned about.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

On January 6, the Department of Environmental Protection reported its staff conducted over 107,000 inspections to protect Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and a healthy and safe environment. DEP also responded to 410 environmental emergencies, like spills from traffic accidents to chemical fires.

2024

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

This is the second in a series of posts on the reasons we might have environmental review. Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? The first post is here.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reviewed and acted on more than 9,000 permit applications and ensured those permits were enforced properly by conducting more than 28,000 inspections of regulated facilities.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Chairman DeFrank emphasized the need for continued investment in a wide range of energy resources-- including renewables, energy efficiency, storage, demand response, and traditional baseload generation-- to ensure that Pennsylvania’s grid remains resilient and affordable.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the December 21 PA Bulletin a revised application and instructions for the Air Quality General Permit for Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (GP-21) is now available.

Carbon Monoxide

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection is still accepting applications for the Shared Energy Manager Program to help local governments, authorities and school districts reduce energy costs, consider renewable energy alternatives and implement local climate action plans.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

APRIL 8, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency. In a 5-4 decision, the Court curtailed the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to issue pollutant discharge permits. On March 4, 2025, the Supreme Court handed down an important ruling in City and County of San Francisco v.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2025

On July 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reviewed and acted on 19,977 permit applications between January 1 and June 30, 2025. DEP is modernizing its permitting process by investing in new technology and reviewing processes to identify and eliminate bottlenecks.

Environmental Protection

A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

In China, new energy solutions are being guided by digital technologies and ecological planning. They are empowering green development to help integrate environmental protection, economic modernization and social progress.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Previously, the Rose-Walters Prize has honored climate advocates including Elizabeth Kolbert, Mark Ruffalo, Bill McKibben and Lisa Jackson and organizations including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. McKean County [PaEN] [Posted: May 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2025

Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 8-10 In Gettysburg News From PA House & Senate The Feds - New Administration Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events Grants & Awards PA Bulletin Public Notices - July 19 Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn.;

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

If the first Trump government is any indication, the intention is to dismantle, intervene, and politicize NOAA in order to facilitate profit-making for industries that make more money the more they pollute and the less they have to invest in technologies or processes to reduce the harmful impacts of their activities.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We can expect a renewed energy strategy that ramps up and scales up fossil fuels, removes any fee on fossil fuel producers, removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) powers to regulate emissions, and revokes Biden’s ban on oil and gas production in environmentally sensitive areas.

Paris Agreement

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

The law, passed by Governor Phil Murphy in 2020, requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to evaluate the environmental and health impacts on overburdened communities (OBCs) when reviewing applications for new facilities. However, its effects are far from underwhelming and are instead trailblazing.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

DEP RISE PA Decarbonization Program Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley accepted the Decarbonization Leadership award on behalf of the Department of Environmental Protection, which launched the $396 million Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA) program in 2024.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Josh Shapiro announced the nomination of Jessica Shirley to serve as Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection. Rowe and Acting Secretary Shirley are experienced, dedicated public servants and I am proud to nominate them to serve as Secretaries and continue their work in education and environmental protection, said Gov.

Environmental Protection

Law Columbia

MAY 6, 2025

Lithium has become a cornerstone of the global energy transition, powering technologies central to decarbonization efforts, such as electric vehicle batteries and large-scale renewable energy storage. At stake is a fundamental question: is Chile genuinely building a sustainable future, or simply rebranding extractivism in green terms?

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, and recycled loan repayments from previous PennVEST funding awards. Click Here for a list of projects funded and the PennVEST announcement.

Clean Water Act

Nanotech

JANUARY 21, 2025

Department of Energys (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $6 million in funding for three projects that will advance biofuel development and support U.S. On January 8, 2025, the U.S. leadership in energy and emissions innovation. bioeconomy. bioeconomy.

Biofuels

Environmental News Bits

APRIL 4, 2025

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) and ISTC have announced the completion of a new report,Illinois Materials Management and Recycling Opportunities.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

It can buy time for PJM to focus on high-value additions to the grid through its SSI, the cheaper clean energy waiting in the queue , and deployment of grid enhancing technologies.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

The specialized chips, servers, and cooling systems used in AI and data centres require enormous quantities of resources to manufacture and are frequently replaced as technology advances. What’s clear is that without proper policies and safeguards, the environmental costs of AI could easily outweigh its benefits.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

On April 24, the Department of Environmental Protection announced two strategic partnerships that will expand energy job opportunities across the Commonwealth while helping small and mid-sized manufacturers reduce costs, lower emissions, and stay competitive in a rapidly evolving energy economy.

Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. The report compares PM 2.5

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2025

TODAY 10:00: House Consumer Protection, Technology & Utilities Committee hearing on House Bill 505 (Donahue-D-Lackawanna) modernizing the Act 129 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program (part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan ).

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Women and youth insisting that their perspectives, solutions, and leadership be centered in decisionmaking on climate change, environmental protection, and socio-economic development.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 1, 2025

Freedom to pollute Most of the bill is devoted to ensuring that consumers pay as much of their hard-earned money to the oil industry as possible by preventing the agencies charged with reducing emissions and fuel use from considering the best technology available, electrification. However, since 2010 its fleet fuel economy in the U.S.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Federal science has been pivotal to the US economy, technological advances I’ve dedicated my life to working with other scientists interested in questions that are fundamental to keeping us alive: How do we stop a global pandemic? This technology revolutionized global communication and information sharing.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2025

Consider the example of the Clean Air Science Advisory Committee (CASAC), which evaluates the science that informs air quality standards for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). More protective standards have prevented thousands of premature deaths annually, particularly among vulnerable populations.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 2, 2025

Maximizing electric grid reliability, for instance, requires our leaders to integrate data about the costs and benefits of energy storage options considering multiple factors such as local growth projections, increased electricity demand, solar and wind profiles over time, energy generation by fossil gas technologies, and policy incentive impacts.

Radiation

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Balancing Environmental Protection with Economic Development: The Greenland Mining Dilemma By Suhana Roy The principle of sustainable development is a principle of international law that reconciles the right to development with the need to protect the environment.- billion, nearly ten times Greenland’s annual budget.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations. GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

The letter notes that funding cuts below fiscal year 2024 levels will undermine environmental protections that promote prosperity and human health of people across the country. State and local agencies have to invest significantly more funds beyond the statutory match requirements to meet their delegation commitments.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2025

The Environmental Council of the States , a nonpartisan organization representing state environmental protection agencies, issued this summary of budget changes proposed by the US House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, & Related Agencies July 15. EPA’s overall funding is cut by 23% to $7.01

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020. Read more here. Click Here for a copy of the 2024 Climate Action Plan Update.

Climate Change