PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Shapiro Says Chuck Schumer Should Have Used Leverage In Government Shutdown Fight -- Inquirer: White House Says Gov. Shapiro -- Inquirer: Shapiro To Consider Legal Action If Federal Education Cuts Affect PA Students -- TribLive: Shapiro Touts A.I. Program For State Employees During Visit To Carnegie Mellon -- TribLive/Inquirer: Gov.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Here are 146 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Argall Should Have Put Decency Ahead Of Political Rhetoric When He Asked A 6th Grade Girl About Pornography During A Civics Bee -- US Senate/House -- Erie Times Guest Essay: In Praise Of DOGE, Presidents Tariffs, Right-Sizing Government, Putting America First - By Republican PA Con.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

4-8 [PaEN] -- Penn State University To Host Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 21 [PaEN] -- Call For Presentations: PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 14-16 In State College [PaEN] -- Registration Now Open! Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

Data Center Could Be One Of Many In Region -- The Center Square: Public Opinion Ranges From Those Eager For Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Restart To Serve A.I. Data Center- Fueled Natural Gas Gold Rush Bubbling In Northcentral PA -- ReedSmith Law Firm: The A.I. 9 [PaEN] -- PA iMapInvasives Hosts Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Davis, DEP, Community Celebrate The Opening Of Federal/State Funded Blacklick Creek Mine Drainage Treatment Plant To Clean Up 25 Miles Of Waterways In Cambria, Indiana Counties [PaEN] -- Indiana Gazette: Blacklick Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility Celebrated Near Vintondale -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For First Round Of Federally-Funded (..)

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Here are 166 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Data Center Planned In Fairview Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

Shapiro Threatens To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM If It Does Not Protect Consumers Against Soaring Power Prices [PaEN] -- TECfusions Unveils Massive 1,400-Acre Data Center Project With 3 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Sen.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Brendan Boyle Asks Government Accountability Office To Open Investigation Into Whether President Violated Federal Law By Freezing Funding -- PennLive -Charles Thompson: Republican Con. Of Revenue Reports March Tax Collections $70 Million (1.1%) More Than Governors Estimates; Year-To-Date Collections $34.3

Politics

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Allan Marks is a partner at Milbank LLP and a lecturer at UC Berkeley School of Law and UCLA School of Law. The energy incentives in the IRA, likely to remain in place, favor more than just renewables like wind and solar power. In short, the rule of law gives investors confidence. power and infrastructure projects.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Heres What We Know -- Reading Eagle: Chaos In Federal Government Threatening Programs That Help The Homeless In Berks -- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Freezes All Hiring Amid Federal Funding Cutbacks -- MCall: At Weekly Protest Outside Republican Cong. Of Labor & Industry Reports January Unemployment at 3.8%, Up 0.1%

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Billion From Nippon Steel Set Aside For Mon Valley Facilities -- Wall Street Journal: Nippon Steel To Invest $6 Billion To Cut Carbon Emissions In Japan -- AP: US Government To Have Control In Nippon Steel- US Steel Deal, President, McCormick Say -- TribLive Editorial: Now Its On You, Nippon Steel [Posted: June 1, 2025]

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

OSM Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Releases Spring Tree Planting Schedule [PaEN] -- MCall: Bethlehem Will Spend Millions To Improve, Expand Its Parks Over Next Decade -- Discover Northeast PA: Exploring Spine Trails With PA Environmental Council -- WHYY: Spring Garden Bicycle Lanes Still On Track To Connect Delaware To Schuylkill River (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Shapiro At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart Event -- City & State PA: With Amazon Data Centers Moving In, PA Lawmakers Weigh Innovation vs. Oversight In A.I.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

Here are 128 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Robert Little -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Here are 164 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Lt.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Here are 148 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- Dr. Susan L. Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2025

With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Financial Times: Is Giving Old Reactors New Life The Future Of Nuclear Energy?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

Here are 153 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

Here are 139 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Tom Mehaffie [Microsoft - Three Mile Island Deal] 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT Retrenches Into Its Own Backyard With $1.8

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2025

Eric Nelson To Introduce Bill To Accelerate Data Center Permitting 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables -- Warren Times: Instead Of Drill, Baby, Drill, US Rig Counts Falling, Layoffs Increasing -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Corp.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- Scranton Times: Proposed State Senate Bill To Fast Track Data Centers, Limit Local Zoning [ Senate Bill 939 ] [ PDF of Article ] -- ReedSmith Law Firm: The A.I. Alexander; Plans To Close Equal Opportunity Office [Under Pressure From President] -- The Story Of Sadie T.M.

Politics

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

What you saw in Brazil is the leading edge of a strategy that started years ago,” my UCLA Law colleague Alex L. Wang, who studies Chinese environmental governance, told me in an interview. “It’s We won’t achieve energy abundance unless we contend with the powerful interests that benefit from scarcity.”

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

1 Due To Increased Cost Of Natural Gas -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: ‘Do It Right, Do It Safe’ Outweighs ‘Don’t Do It’ At Public Meeting On Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant To Power A.I. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Residents Near PA’s 4 Operating Nuclear Power Plants Aug.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Shapiro And Stephen Colbert Talk About President, Governor’s Residence Arson, His Failed Bid For Student Government -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Josh Shapiro Saved His Career By Not Being Kamala Harris’ Running Mate - By Oliver Bateman, RealClearWire -- Inquirer: Gov. Data Center In Middlesex Twp.,

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

-- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.16 Ohio- $2.90

Politics

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Figure 1 from Milkoreit et al : A multi-phase framework for Earth System Tipping Point Governance Novel governance challenges Tipping processes present novel and serious governance challenges. Rather we need new interdisciplinary research programs focused specifically on tipping-point governance.

Government

Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

The aftermath of the nuclear phase out in Germany is becoming a never-ending story. It was initiated nine years ago, but now it comes back to haunt the German government with a vengeance. By that time the nuclear power plant in Krümmel had several safety issues and small-impact incidents were discovered.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Germany decides to phase out nuclear power, complicating efforts to decarbonize the power sector. Government adopts a sector-by-sector plan to reach 2050 climate goals. Climate law makes emission targets legally binding 2019. German parliament adopts a law to end coal use by 2038 at the latest.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Actual generation is tilted a bit more toward fossil fuels and nuclear. The EIA reports that: “Fossil fuel sources accounted for about 69% of South Korea’s electricity generation in 2019, and the share of nuclear power accounted for 25%.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Cooperation between Russia and China on fast breeder reactors Civilian nuclear agreements and cooperation between countries are not uncommon, especially between nuclear supplier countries and those looking to expand and develop nuclear power programs. U-235) for China’s CEFR.

Nuclear Power

Energy and Climate Law

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The country wants to close the last nuclear power plant by 2022 and simultaneously phase-out coal by 2038 at latest. Now the government is pushing ahead with settling compensation - but not via a law but via a public law contract. Germany: Law or Contract?

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

Back in 2018, California legislators were considering a bill that would have created an independent governance structure for California’s grid operator , the California Independent System Operator (CAISO). Western utilities may be more interested in sticking with California and joining EDAM if CAISO has an independent governance structure.

2018

Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Direct pay – which is already in effect as of January 1, 2023 – allows tax-exempt entities, including local governments, to claim the value of certain clean energy and other tax credits as a cash payment, rather than as an offset to tax liability that they do not have. Written comments are due on August 14, 2023.

Regulations

A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

Germany has recently experienced fatal and apocalyptic climate- fuelled floods , after which the country’s Chancellor, Angela Merkel, promised the government would do more to tackle climate change. Photo credit: CnndrBrbr via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen. They could of course enter discussions to buy more clean energy from their neighbours.

Climate Change

Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

With legislation that became law last week, without the Governor’s signature, Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. only days from now). only days from now).

Greenhouse