PA Environment Daily
APRIL 22, 2024
By next year, Pennsylvania will get 50 percent of its electricity from ten new solar arrays around the Commonwealth – making Pennsylvania the first state in the country to commit to getting half of its energy from solar power.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 23, 2023
Health and environmental damages avoided Using Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates, the United States could avoid more than $18 billion in annual damages from CO 2 , NO x , and SO 2 if all the coal and gas plants scheduled for retirement in 2023 permanently shut down as planned.
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Acoel
MAY 18, 2021
Perhaps predictably, the large energy companies NextERA and Calpine oppose it, and are funding the opposition: the companies own fossil fuel and other power plants that will become less economical, and stand to lose many millions when the less expensive hydropower enters the grid. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S.
A Greener Life
JULY 9, 2021
The National Development and Reform Commission’s Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection said in a statement that energy intensity increased 9.5% It has huge potential for renewables, with vast areas of sparsely populated land and plenty of wind and sun.
Union of Concerned Scientists
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Investing in renewable and battery storage: Under DTE’s proposed plan, the company would add 15,400 megawatts (MW) of new solar and wind power by 2042, which it says is enough to power approximately 4 million homes. DTE currently has 3,000 MW of existing and approved solar and wind resources.)
Law Columbia
JANUARY 6, 2014
The most prominent of the initiatives in the Climate Action Plan aims to use Section 111 of the Clean Air Act to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal and other fossil-fueled power plants. These facilities account for around 40% of all carbon pollution in the United States.
Law Columbia
NOVEMBER 1, 2016
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had failed to fulfill its non-discretionary obligation under Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act to conduct evaluations of loss or shifts in employment that might result from implementation of the Clean Air Act. The groups seek intervention as of right, or, alternatively, permissive intervention.
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