PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

UPDATED: Read more here on the agenda. Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Click Here for options to attend remotely. Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov or 717-214-6548. TODAY 10:00: Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 3, 2023

Transport trucks transfer raw coal in pits as deep as 200 meters at the East Junggar Basin on July 4, 2018 in Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous of China. Photo by Liu Xin/China News Service/Visual China Group via Getty Images) By C. Colum and Lea Booth in collaboration with The Blind Spot.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It National $3.40 National $3.40

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2024

Columbia Gas System In Washington County -- Reading Eagle: Kutztown Post Office Evacuated After Gas Leak -- Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Crawford, Erie Counties On March 5 [PaEN] -- WTAE: Concerns Over Flaring, Fracking In Cecil Twp.,

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Frontiers

MAY 5, 2023

Human-animal interactions in early China 11 articles | 24,000 views Developing natural and nature-based features to combine coastal engineering and ecosystem benefits. With more than 1.4

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It Grants -- EPA Opens Regional $1.5 Million Grant Competition For Pollution Source Reduction Projects [PaEN] -- DCNR Grants Newsletter: WalkWorks; Regional Grant Advisors; Together Outdoors Micro-Grants; Grant Tips Help Wanted -- TribLive: Loyalhanna Watershed Assn.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The inner circle has the actual authority to enact new international obligations – or to be more precise, it sometimes has that authority: opportunities to do so come up only every several years, by prior determination. But this is a fair description of actual achievements in international climate negotiations thus far.)

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

Cuba has worked with India, the Indian-based International Solar Alliance, and China to develop renewable energy projects. and international partners for more than 20 years to strengthen and expand scientific exchange and environmental cooperation. policy also has a significant impact on Cuba’s energy sector.

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 18, 2023

renewed talks with China (so did California’s governor ), and young people won big in a first-of-its-kind climate trial. In an update , it’s noted that Bolthouse and Grimmway farms have dropped out of the lawsuit but the companies that lease their land are moving forward, so the carrot boycott continues. The plaintiffs in Held v.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 2, 2023

An internal NNSA document puts the cost for producing 80 pits per year between $8.7 The FY 2015 NDAA then required CBO to update that report every two years. The current report is the fifth update in the series. Over the course of these updates, nuclear weapons spending has increased substantially.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The new restrictions also seek to counter growing People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) influence within Cambodia and in the broader South Asian region. Despite these concerns, China continued to expand its presence in the Gulf of Thailand. N:15 C.F.R. 740, 742, 744]].

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2023

23 Hearing On Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Frazer Compressor Station In Chester County [PaEN] -- Updated With Agenda : House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec. Comitta Announces Reelection Run -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Republican US Senate Candidate McCormick Called PA’s ‘China Hawk’ -- PA Capital-Star: Republican Con.

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Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 25, 2021

Signed two years ago, the legally binding agreement has now been ratified by the United States, Russia, Norway, Canada, the Kingdom of Denmark (in respect to Greenland), Iceland, China, South Korea, Japan and the European Union. Never miss an update! Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. Enter Your Email.loading.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Receives $29.35

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

. -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. 4 [PaEN] -- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

On July 28, the 2021 National Conservation Foundation Envirothon announced Pennsylvania’s Envirothon Team from Pleasant Valley High School in Monroe County placed seventh in the international Envirothon competition held in Nebraska this week. Click Here to sign up for email updates. They are advised by Maricatherine Garr.

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Arnold Porter

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

In just the past few months, the European Commission published new Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) for transfers of personal data from the European Union to third countries, EU data protection authorities imposed major GDPR fines and the UK launched a public consultation on updates to international data transfer tools and guidance.

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Physics World

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Elsewhere more than 40 states, including China and the US, have agreed to act on annual updates from the Breakthrough Agenda — a programme launched last week to stimulate green alternatives in carbon-intensive sectors such as transport, energy and heavy industry.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

Other States/National/International -- AP: Thousands Flee, Several Hurt As Wildfire Scorches California -- AP: Latest News On Wildfires From AP -- Financial Times: Climate Envoy John Kerry Seeks Restart To U.S.

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Politics Carbon Emissions 64

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Doing so would create thousands of good jobs and keep our power grid secure." [ Note: Right now Pennsylvania's electric grid is dependent on one fuel for 60% of our electricity and that fuel is vulnerable to winter storms outages and price spikes caused by international markets that set its price. Read the proposal.] Read more here.]

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 31, 2022

As foreign investors turn away from coal, an internal struggle is taking place over Vietnam’s energy path. The country has invested heavily in coal power over the past decade and has the most installed coal capacity among Mekong countries, after China. First published in China Dialogue. Photo credit:: Pearl Bucknall / Alamy.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 28, 2023

In China, youth unemployment is also rising, hitting 20% this April. In China, government plans to peak and neutralise national carbon emissions, and for a wholesale green transition , have caused a boom in “green employment”. So, what do we know about green employment in China ? Yet for green employment, spring has come.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The UNFCCC secretariat pushed for this by asking all countries to update their NDCs. In South Asia, India has been under the spotlight as the world’s potential next biggest polluter in the second half of this century, if China and the US reduce their carbon emissions as they have promised.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2022

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law -- Post-Gazette: Officials Celebrate $857 Million Upgrade To Ohio River Locks, Funded In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: Methane Hunters: What Explains The Surge In The Potent Greenhouse Gas?

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Politics Law Atmosphere 64

Arnold Porter

JANUARY 20, 2022

The DOJ has reported that in 2021, similar to recent years, it charged a couple dozen individuals with violations of the FCPA and other federal crimes, such as money laundering, for their roles in international corruption schemes. They claim that the “ pipeline is strong ” and international cooperation is reaching new heights.

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Climate adaptation of industry and infrastructure is a matter of national concern after extreme weather battered China’s manufacturing centres this summer. Vast swathes of China suffered from unusual weather this summer. This represents the latest guidance on how China will adapt to climate change. By Xia Zhijian.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Now, a team of scientists led by Resources for the Future (RFF), a Washington DC-based nonprofit, has completed a multi-year study that has updated a key metric, known as the social cost of carbon (SCC). In short, it’s a completely updated model compared to what the US federal government has been using to date.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 31, 2022

Customs and Border Protection describes in a May 17, 2022 update, that at any given time, “an estimated 40.3 For the avoidance of doubt, the Solar Panels are not to have been made, raw materials sources, labor provided or component parts manufactured in the Xinjiang region of China. Slavery exists in 2022. That “means there are 5.4

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

Natural Gas Sector To Scale Back Production Due To Low Natural Gas Prices -- Financial Times: Putin Is Losing The Energy War As Natural Gas Prices Fall [Higher Prices Benefit Russia] -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Set For Longest Run Of Weekly Losses Since Early 2020 Other States/National/International -- U.S. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

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Natural Gas Conservation Politics Natural Resources 110

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In its Nationally Determined Contributions ( NDCs ), updated in 2022, India has made three major promises: a 45% reduction in its carbon emissions intensity (CO2 emissions per unit of electricity) based on 2005 levels, by 2030; 50% of installed electricity coming from non-fossil-fuel sources by 2030; and national carbon neutrality by 2070.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

Managing the role of the energy sector will be a key challenge in meeting this target, being responsible for 53% of the country’s emissions, according to the latest update of its greenhouse gas inventory in 2019. China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET) also agreed last year to invest US$1.1

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Renewable Energy 2030 Fossil Fuels Electricity 95

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The EO reflects the Biden Administration's focus on domestic manufacturing and jobs , as well as concerns about China's dominance in key supply chains, a concern that has been heightened by shortages of medical supplies and semiconductors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2022

Wolf Now Has To Decide To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable, Or Create A $5.1 What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Clean Energy Government Law 64

A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2023

Slide the paper off and you’ll see a revised outline for 2100, the island reduced to slivers of its former self – as if the front cover can be updated if you’re reading it in the future. Others I hadn’t heard of, such as the Mischief Islands in the South China Sea. It shows the outline of Deal Island in the Chesapeake Bay.

Ocean 52

Ocean Climate Change Sea Level 52

ESA

APRIL 11, 2022

International. Diplomats fail to reach agreement in international biodiversity talks. Although the report doesn’t single out any country, China is responsible for almost one-third of annual emissions and can do more than any other nation to make 1.5 Legislative updates: The full Senate voted to pass a bill ( S.

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Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

Never miss an update. I was lucky to visit the Grain de Sail on May 18, 2022, midway through its stay in New York, coinciding with yet another virtual meeting of the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) sharpening discussions on shipping emissions. Sorry, but we failed to add you to the list. Enter Your Email.loading.

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