PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Why do we see these types of projects in the queue? Click Here Thomas’ presentation to the Committee.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

With proposed federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions by the Securities and Exchange Commission requiring GHG disclosure and new state statutes, including a new Maryland law that requires not only disclosure, but also a mandated reduction in GHG emissions, a greater appreciation of the subject of GHG appears in order.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

On September 5, 2023, DEP issued a notice of violation to the operator for abandoning the well without plugging it and the operator tried to plug it, but a camera inserted into the well found natural gas was still bubbling up through the well indicating it had failed. DEP issued the original notice of violation on May 3, 2023. [

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Environmental News Bits

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The World Bank estimates that Africa was home to 40 percent of natural gas discoveries between 2010 and 2020, including one off Senegal’s coast near Saint Louis and another smaller deposit closer to the capital, Dakar.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

made from natural gas from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Currently, most hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of methane in natural gas (‘gray hydrogen’), with high carbon dioxide emissions. The Better Path Coalition and the Pennsylvania Climate Convergence Network will host a February 22 webinar on How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?

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Yale E360

JUNE 15, 2021

Stemming the methane leaks from landfills, oil fields, natural gas pipelines and more is one of the most powerful levers we have to quickly slow global warming. New satellites are bolstering this urgent mission by pinpointing emitters of this potent greenhouse gas from space. Read more on E360 ?.

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Yale E360

APRIL 21, 2022

plans to boost liquefied natural gas exports to Europe to help the EU reduce its dependence on Russian gas. This could spur an expansion of LNG terminals, which analysts say would lead to long-term increases in gas production and greenhouse gas emissions. Read more on E360 ?.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2021

In addition, the Company announced its long-term efforts to achieve net zero direct operating greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 or sooner if feasible. million metric tons of carbon dioxide emission equivalents in 2018, According to the same inventory, natural gas production, transmission and distribution result in 9.74

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 7, 2022

As governments enact mandatory greenhouse gas emission laws and as businesses voluntarily make “net zero” pledges, we are increasingly working with organizations, first to understand and calculate their GHG emissions, then to implement strategies for efficacious yet frictionless reductions. Air conditioning and refrigeration.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The permit authorizes the plant to emit hundreds of tons of noxious pollutants annually and more greenhouse gases than the City of Pittsburgh. NewsClip: -- AP: Attorney General’s Staff Meets With Dimock, Susquehanna County Residents Indicating Movement On Criminal Case Against Shale Gas Driller Related Articles: -- EQB To Meet Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste. WM is committed to the growth of our natural gas fleet and investing in renewable energy through RNG.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 31, 2023

About a quarter of the world’s electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas. These contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (amounting to 10% of energy-related emissions according to the most recent figures from 2017) and climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2022

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a meeting March 28 to consider legislation to kill final DEP regulations reducing carbon pollution from power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and promote natural gas pipelines. Click Here to watch live.

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Greenbuilding Law

MAY 1, 2022

With the federal government and state of Maryland each having announced within days of each other, the mandated disclosure of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we have received, maybe not surprising, many calls in the last two weeks inquiring “what are GHGs?” greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. emission trends.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Homer City based its decision on several factors including the low price of natural gas, a dramatic spike in the cost of its ongoing coal supply, unseasonably warm winters and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. On April 3, Homer City Generation, L.P. Homer City will see tiered layoffs as a result.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On December 21, sixteen local and statewide environmental groups expressed their opposition to a proposed natural gas to gasoline refinery to be built in Luzerne County by Texas-based Nacero. Both products--which are chemically identical--would require more dangerous pipeline infrastructure to move the gas to the plant.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts a local ordinance in Berkeley, California that prohibits most natural gas hook-ups to newly-constructed buildings. . The police power is reserved to the states under the Tenth Amendment of the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Shapiro's Administration in support of Pennsylvania reaffirming its commitment to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. Now, natural gas spews poisons that threaten health and has left over 300,000 abandoned/orphaned wells to leak methane day and night, which releases carbon and methane pollution that fuels climate change.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Council members proposed several amendments to the draft plan that highlighted the need for the Council to clarify its stance with regard to the future in New York of natural gas and alternative fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy and Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committees are scheduled to hold a hearing October 4 on the “consumer and economic impacts of failing to invest in Pennsylvania’s natural gas infrastructure." A list of witnesses scheduled to testify is not available at this time.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2022

The proposed facility is part of an interstate LNG export project that would take natural gas from Pennsylvania, compress it into LNG, then truck or train it across communities in Pennsylvania to be loaded onto ships at a proposed terminal in Gibbstown, New Jersey, before being shipped to overseas markets.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

Data from MethaneAIR will provide detailed methane emissions data from a region of the world that supplies significant amounts of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the European Union. LNG natural gas exports with an all-time high of 420 million cubic meters per day. In 2022, Europe became the primary destination for U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On September 29, the Department of Environmental Protection terminated the air quality permit for the proposed Beech Hollow natural gas-fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County at the request of the company.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In 2017, environmental advocates and some states like New York who have long been concerned with the climate change impacts associated with new liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipelines had reason for optimism. FERC reviews proposals to build interstate LNG pipelines and terminals pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 23, 2023

As concerns about climate change move from mainstream society to businesses large and small, the significance of greenhouse gas emissions and specifically the move to decarbonize economies across the globe is receiving increased attention.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

My purpose was simple: to tell the real story of how former coal towns, and now the “fracking towns” (places where Hydraulic Fracturing is used to extract methane, i.e., natural gas), of Pennsylvania are being left behind. Mitchell Hescox is President of EEN Action, Inc. and leaves in New Freedom, York County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

While pure hydrogen gas may contain no carbon, impurities in the fuel (including methane) and hydrocarbons in the engine lubricant mean that a hydrogen combustion engine still produces CO 2 as an output, as was noted by Daimler Trucks in their presentation. Because today, virtually all hydrogen produced comes from natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The number of power plants switching from coal to natural gas is increasing, and sulfur dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania and across the United States are decreasing dramatically,” said Xianzeng Niu , assistant research professor in Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). percent.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency issued for public input a draft white paper on control techniques and measures that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new stationary combustion turbines. electricity generation in future years, primarily use natural gas to create electricity.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 10, 2024

In an attempt to expand its “natural” gas infrastructure across Ontario, Enbridge Gas is telling residents that gas is the cheapest way to heat their homes. Today, we filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau over Enbridge Gas’ deceptive marketing. What is “Natural” gas, really? It’s not.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 18, 2024

Buildings use electricity and natural gas for heating, cooling, ventilating, water heating, lighting, and to power appliances and electronic devices. Up to 30% of greenhouse gasses globally come from these sources. Energy-efficient retrofits are an important climate solution for Georgia.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

In an attempt to expand its “natural” gas infrastructure across Ontario, Enbridge Gas is telling residents that gas is the cheapest way to heat their homes. Today, we filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau over Enbridge Gas’ deceptive marketing. What is “Natural” gas, really? It’s not.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Background Coal mine operators now have a greater interest in installing flares to reduce methane - a potent greenhouse gas - to participate in programs that allow them to generate and sell credits to other companies participating in greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. million metric tons. million metric tons.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2021

PennFuture , Clean Air Council , and Sierra Club appealed a second extension of the air pollution permit the Department of Environmental Protectionissued for the Bradford County Real Estate Partners Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility proposed near the Susquehanna River in Wyalusing Township in Bradford County.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 6, 2023

Green hydrogen––produced with renewable electricity and water­­––is often described as a tool for decarbonizing the challenging last 10% of greenhouse gas emissions. Natural gas plants retrofitted to blend hydrogen, supporters insist, can cheaply and reliably fill this need with infrastructure that already exists.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

Natural Gas: 44.8%. Landfill Gas: 0.005%. Natural Gas/Fuel Oil: 39%. Natural Gas: 51%. Natural Gas: 42%. Natural Gas: 21%. Natural Gas & Oil: 6%. Natural gas: 28%. Natural Gas: 32%. Natural Gas: 38.46%. Coal: 2.5%.

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