Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

In effect, the Court argued that for decisions of “such economic and political significance”—here, shifting electricity generation from one resource to another—there must be clear congressional authorization. In issuing its decision , the majority relied upon a new-to-the-Supreme-Court framework called the “major questions doctrine.”

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Read more here.] -- Coal-Powered Plants [ Note: Pennsylvania only has three remaining coal-fired power plants that haven’t announced plans to close due to competition from natural gas and now renewables. Just because you have an abundant supply of something, doesn’t mean you control demand or the price. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2022

Read more here.] -- Coal-Powered Plants [ Note: Pennsylvania only has three remaining coal-fired power plants that haven’t announced plans to close due to competition from natural gas and now renewables. It still applies whether EPA enforces it or the state does through its federally-approved pollution control programs.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

-- AG Shapiro: Coterra Energy, Formerly Cabot Oil & Gas, Pleads No Contest To 15 Criminal Charges Related To Polluting Water Supplies In Dimock, Susquehanna County [PaEN] -- DEP Has Ordered A ‘Top To Bottom Review’ Of How It Regulates Underground Natural Gas Storage Areas As A Result Of The Equitrans Gas Leak In Cambria County In Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2022

2, 2022 -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. Billion Appalachia Natural Gas Deal -- EPA Announces Proposed Renewable Fuel Standard Program For 2023-25 -- Financial Times: U.S. 26 To Dec. Luzerne County -- Dec. Justice Dept. Says Chinese Solar Companies Have Been Evading U.S.

Natural Gas

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

MARCH 8, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Image Image Products Oil / gas exploration and production, natural gas and LNG trading and transportation, oil refining, chemicals, solar and biomass development Protesting Total's role in Burma - Photo Credit TotalOutNow Summary Total is a fossil fuel exploration company. Justice Department said on Wednesday. Total to pay $2.9

2013

Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. plans to invest $240 million to expand the crude slate and improve pollution control at its 502,500 barrel-per-day refinery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, said the state’s governor on Wednesday.

2017

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Corporation ExxonMobil Image Image Products Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation Exxon Knew Protest - Photo credit 350.org Political Influence Open Secrets - Tracks corporate lobbying of US politicians. org Summary ExxonMobil is a fossil fuel company headquartered in Irving, Texas.

2017

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

Funding For Former Cresson Ridge Industrial Site -- WHYY: Cleanup Of Former Oil Terminal Near Bartram’s Garden Gets Boost With EPA Funds -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Dead Fish, Spoiled Milk And Human Waste: Food-Waste Fertilizers Turn Up Noses -- WESA: Allegheny County’s Clean Air Fund Could Do More To Fight Pollution, Controller Argues -- Inside (..)

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2024

Farmer -- LancasterOnline: Chesapeake Bay Report Card Reveals Progress From Local Pollution Control Efforts -- Williamsport Sun: Sen. -- MCall Guest Essay: How Farming Contributes, And Doesn’t, To Climate Change - By Mark Lichtenwalner, Lower Macungie Twp.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Wengert Memorial Park In Lebanon -- Game Commission Delivers Annual Report To House Game & Fisheries Committee -- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Hunters, Sport Shooters Spend More than $1.8 What’s Your Community Doing?

Pollution Control

PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental Committee -- Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities [PaEN] -- Damascus Citizens: Do You Live In An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Facility?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Webinar On Caring For Persons Living And Working In Communities Involved In Oil & Natural Gas Extraction. 11 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting On Radical Transparency [PaEN] -- What The Shale Gas Industry Leaves Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Ohio- $3.03 Ohio- $3.03

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

EIA: Proved Reserves Of Natural Gas Fell 4% In U.S. Things In Politics That Make You Go, ‘Hmmmm’ -- WITF: Republican Budget Chiefs Want PA’s Plethora Of Pandemic-Era Cash Used ‘Judiciously’ -- Gov. During 2020 -- Rep.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

JANUARY 17, 2022

The Court ruled in both cases on the principle that an agency can take action of “vast economic and political significance” only it Congress has plainly authorized it to do so. The Court has never what factors control whether an action will be deemed to have vast economic and political significance.

Carbon Emissions

Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

That part of the decision will affect future EPA actions beyond those addressing greenhouse gas emissions and has implications for all federal agencies. A shift in power generation from coal to natural gas-fired plants; and 3. EPA based the CO2 emission limit on a combination of three CO2 reduction measures: 1.Heat

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Says No -- Courier Times: Waste Management Wants To Build $90 Million Renewable Natural Gas Facilities Near Falls Twp. Other States/National/International -- Financial Times: Oil & Gas Industry Condemns First U.S. Matt Connell For Conservation Efforts At Sept.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from three facilities in Louisiana, Maryland, and Texas. Finally, the court found that DOE adequately considered distributional impacts in its evaluation of “public interest” under the Natural Gas Act. Sierra Club v. 3:17 -cv-00123 (W.D.

2017

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals.

2021

ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It will likely be at least two weeks before the Senate takes up the legislation and the Senate will likely make major changes to the bill before passing the legislation for political and parliamentary reasons. The agreement also allows countries to continue to export liquefied natural gas. 3, 2021.

2021