Enviromental Defense

APRIL 17, 2025

It reads like an attempt to outdo even the most regressive policies and the most transparently false political pretexts of the Trump Administration. China makes the majority of solar panels (over 80 per cent), wind turbines (around 60 per cent) and control systems in the world.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2025

Shapiro Announces Plan To Protect Pennsylvanians Health Care From Private Equity Firms -- Post-Gazette: Gov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. 28 Mid-Year Revenue Update , 1:30. -- Beaver Times: PA Gambling Revenues Hit Record High In 2024 For One Reason - Online Gambling -- Sen. Ohio- $3.01

Politics

Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

Since the inauguration, I’ve found solace in slowly rewatching The West Wing, a good bedtime story for anyone who feels nostalgia for partisan politics of yesteryear. And there are lessons from previous environmental protests relevant to the current political moment, as others have noted. Anyone else doing this? In April when Sen.

Clean Air Act

Law Columbia

APRIL 3, 2025

On his first day back in the White House, President Trump signed Executive Order 14154, entitled Unleashing American Energy , which directed federal agencies to immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated through the [IRA] or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117-58).

2025

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. Trump vociferously favors fossil fuels and has criticized renewables, especially wind power and electric vehicles. Regulatory Uncertainty And Political Risk Energy is a quintessentially global business.

2025

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 23, 2025

This past Independence Day, he signed the reconciliation bill into law, followed by an executive order which promise devastating impacts for the future of clean and affordable energy. Politics matter here because they set the rules of the game.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Like the Illinois law, the North Carolina law enjoyed broad bipartisan support. Regarding solar power, at least 55% must come from utility-owned facilities, while up to 45% can be purchased from small third-party generators. Last week, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper signed an important piece of climate legislation.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2022

To help voters determine which candidates would deliver the needed course correction, Environmental Defence and its allies in the Ontario Priorities Working Group asked each of the province’s major political parties whether – and how – they would deliver the rapid emissions reductions Ontario will need to head off climate catastrophe. .

Climate Change

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 16, 2017

By Michael Hervey, 3L Staff Editor, Vermont Journal of Environmental Law. Lots of environmentalists have difficulty balancing our need to provide efficient energy with reducing the effects of climate change. Solar power seems promising, but access to solar power as an energy source can be.

Solar Power

Energy & the Law

MARCH 7, 2023

And political malpractice is a new category. million in a fraudulent solar power scheme. claiming he had created a compact “nano panel” (which does not exist) using “technology” that could generate triple the amount of electricity as traditional solar panels. Punishment: Pending.

2022

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Schools Eye Energy Savings Study -- Bob Dornan Blog: Solar Power With Savings In November - 8th Electric Bill Under $8.00 . -- December 4 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 25 to Dec.

Solar Power

Law Columbia

AUGUST 9, 2022

On June 30, 2022, the State of California joined the State of New York in adopting legislation that allows state authorities to bypass local laws in permitting large-scale renewable energy projects. Law § 94-c(2)(h). Credit: New York Office of Renewable Energy Siting. b)(1) (emphasis added); and. emphasis added). 94-c(5)(b); and.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

20 -- Republican Herald: Solar-Powered Compacting Trash Receptacles Debut In Pottsville -- Jan. Million By Allegheny County For Hydrogen Sulfide Exceedances At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works From March to November -- KDKA: US Steel Fined $2.2 National- $3.08 National- $3.08

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified natural gas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Williams, Esq.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. But to bring those solutions fully to bear, we also need to force a reckoning with the problem itself.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

Shapiro Signs ‘Common Sense, Bipartisan’ State Budget Into Law -- The Center Square: Property Tax, Rend Rebate Expansion Crosses Finish Line -- Erie Times: Mail-In Ballots Can Be Requested By PA Voters -- PennLive: Pittsburgh Republican State Sen. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

PFAS Hazardous Site Cleanup Investigation In Centre County [PaEN] -- EPA: New Drinking Water Health Advisories Set For 4 PFAS Chemicals; $1 Billion In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available For Cleanup [PaEN] -- Courier Times: EPA Finds No Safe Level For 2 Toxic PFAS Chemicals Found In Many U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

Click Here to watch live. -- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety [PaEN] -- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. What’s Your Community Doing?

Natural Gas

Columbia Climate Law

AUGUST 6, 2015

Hillary Clinton’s climate change plan , released last week, centers on two goals: installing 500 million solar panels by 2021, and, relatedly, adding enough electric generation capacity from renewable sources to supply all residential electricity needs.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Richard Negrin As Secretary Of DEP [PaEN] -- Environmental Quality Board Meets July 11 To Consider Changes To Water Quality Standards; DEP Reports Law Limiting Its Authority To Change Conventional Oil (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

Can Take To Meet Climate Goals -- May 18 Webinar: Learn More About Funding The Growing Greener Program For The Next Generation [PaEN] -- EPA Announces 2022 State Water Revolving Fund Grants Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; PA Share Is $240.1 Million [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA: $22.5

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN] -- Annual Conference Of Interfaith Power & Light To Focus On Environmental Justice & Human Resilience On Nov. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct.

Conservation

A Greener Life

JUNE 19, 2024

A DeSmog investigation – compiled in this interactive map – reveals the scale of this network, mapping the connections between oil, gas and coal companies, wealthy political donors, right-wing think tanks, anti-climate media outlets, and senior figures in the ruling Conservative Party.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

APRIL 24, 2024

Critics may accuse Biden for recycling policies as the $7 billion of solar funding through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Solar for All grant competition was included in Biden’s landmark climate change law, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) which was adopted nearly two years ago in August 2022.

Earth Day

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Congress wound up passing a landmark bipartisan infrastructure bill and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which includes some $370 billion in incentives for everything from electric vehicles to solar panels. Sam, can you give us a brief overview of the highlights of the infrastructure law and the IRA?

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

Area Saturday In Bucks County -- City & State PA: Norfolk Southern Spent Millions On Lobbying And Political Donations In Harrisburg/Washington, D.C., Will It Pay Off? LNG Natural Gas Exports Back On Rising Track, Reached Record In March -- Reuters: U.S., Of Revenue Reports March State Revenues $499.4

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2022

Tied To Globally Priced Fossil Fuels, Critical Minerals -- The Guardian Guest Essay: This Is How We Defeat Putin And Other Petrostate Autocrats - More Renewables -- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs -- NYT: U.S.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

APRIL 4, 2022

The report quantifies how each of the energy-saving and fuel switching measures can substitute for Russian gas and finds that Europe can “Switch off Putin” immediately if it can summon the political will and implement rationing and solidarity measures appropriate to a de facto war economy across the continent.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2024

Texas broke the solar record yesterday, reaching 20,459 megawatts; solar power provided 26% of peak demand. On Thursday the 1st of August, solar peaked – delivering roughly 20.5 gigawatts (GW), and met 26% of the state’s electricity demand, with wind power accounting for 21%. Record last July was 13,420MW.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

By PennFuture -- The Energy Age Blog: 10 Years Ago Chevron Shale Gas Well Explodes In Greene County -- The Energy Age Blog: Dangerous Workplaces - US Drilling, Fracking Operations - 1,566 Workers Have Died In US -- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA’s Last Large Private Mountain Preserved For Public Use [Miller Mountain, Wyoming County] -- WESA/WVIA: (..)

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

APRIL 14, 2022

While admitting he owned one of the contracted companies, he said he stepped down as its chairman before accepting his political appointment. The Great Green Wall project seedlings and a solar-powered borehole are under construction at a 10-hectare orchard in the Kirikasama area of Jigawa.

Government

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2022

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Gov. Wolf Previews Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Project Funding In Southcentral Region Federal FY 2023 Budget Proposal -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Work Gets A Boost From Federal Funding -- Reuters: Biden Administration Seeks To Cut Home Energy Bills With $3.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 25, 2024

In 2010, a major climate change law passed by the House died in the Senate, but 12 years later, a major climate law passed both Houses. If cellphone prices had dropped as fast since 2010 as the cost of power from solar panels, you could buy a new iPhone for about thirty bucks today.

Fossil Fuels