Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Wind energy produces roughly only 11 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour (g CO2/kWh) of electricity generated. In contrast, emissions from natural gas produce roughly 465 (g CO2/kWh)—more than 40 times higher. Offshore wind is American energy, providing energy security to communities.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The articles include-- -- Tribune-Democrat: Solar Energy Project Rising In Bedford County To Help Power Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Station [ PDF of article ] A massive solar array under construction along U.S. The commissioners office began exploring renewable energy a year ago, not long after Ashcom was hired.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

By Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut Entrenched gas interests and domestic issues put a strain on Thailands solar potential, writes renewable energy expert Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut. The first is that renewable energy will make up a large portion of Thailands portfolio. Photo credit: Lin Hao / Xinhua / Alamy.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

In 2011, Tregs Independent Brewing worked with Solar Renewable Energy to install a rooftop solar array large enough to produce 15-20 percent of its annual electricity usage. The 1,628 panels, partnered with a new white roof membrane and added insulation, make the brewery more energy efficient while saving on their electricity bills.

Electricity

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2025

Texas widened its lead as the countrys renewable energy leader in 2024, with growth in solar and wind power, according to federal data. Natural gas had a small increase and … Continue reading Texas leads U.S. renewable energy generation by a country mile

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Every step of the petrochemical and plastics supply chain releases harmful pollutants - from extraction of fracked ethane gas used to make the building blocks of plastics to processing, production and transportation. Click Here for a video of the press conference. Click Here to sign the petition.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Landing such developments in Alberta could lead to more than $100 billion of investment, says Chris Varcoe in the Calgary Herald (Dec 4), while creating thousands of technology jobs and spurring new demand for natural gas that will be needed to generate electricity to power such facilities. Stay tuned.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Ontario can meet its growing electricity needs with renewable energy when combined with storage technologies that enable the energy to be used when needed. In the most recent procurement (LT1), battery storage facilities came in at less than half the cost of natural gas-fired power.

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel and it must be phased out.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

rate increase by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Inc. allowing for a formal investigation into the companys request to increase natural gas rates for approximately 445,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 26 counties across its Pennsylvania service territory. million (12.0%).

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

We are committed to increasing sustainable and renewable energy and these grants will help local governments, businesses, school districts, and nonprofit organizations invest in alternative fuel solutions that are reliable, efficient, and often cheaper to operate,” said DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley. “We

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

On April 30, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and Evergreen Collaborative unveiled Renewable Energy Success Stories in the Keystone State. Pennsylvanians deserve an affordable, clean energy future, and these funds are making that future a reality.

Clean Energy

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2025

Four decades ago, Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed came to power, with the promise to make the provinces economy less dependent on the fluctuating price of oil and gas. Yet decades on, the provinces finances are still heavily reliant on royalties from bitumen sales to the United States, and natural gas sales across Canada and around the world.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. The problem is that sometimes when we need energy, there is no sunshine or there is no wind, Taleghani said.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

Maximizing energy efficiency, generating clean power on-site, and ensuring that data centers pay the full cost of necessary grid upgrades can help reduce the impact on consumers. Click Here to read the report.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

This is mainly a result of coal generation being replaced by natural gas generation (and to a smaller extent renewable energy sources like wind and solar) and energy efficiency improvements, due in part to Act 129 [utility energy efficiency program].

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- Dr. Susan L. 11 -- DEP Eligible For $1.7 26 -- Sierra Club PA Hosts Oct. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! 6 Hearing, Dec. 11 Information Session On Penn Twp.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

On July 22, a panel of energy experts gathered to provide a consumer-first, clean energy perspective following the A.I. Data Center and Energy Summit held at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15. And 80% of the projects that have sat for two to three years in the queue before they're approved are renewable energy.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Schuylkill County Linked To Abandoned Mines -- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award [PaEN] -- Ag Conservation Professionals! Schuylkill County Linked To Abandoned Mines -- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award [PaEN] -- Ag Conservation Professionals!

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

Second, the electricity powering data centers often comes from fossil fuel power plants that release air pollutants when burning coal and natural gas. First, data centers rely on diesel backup generators for emergency power, which emit substantial amounts of air pollutants during operation, testing and maintenance.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2025

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

Although PJM attributes these price hikes to rising energy demand, the underlying issue remains clear: gas resources have been much less reliable than promised and PJM has struggled to integrate the clean, renewable energy sources we need in a timely manner. 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4%

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

JUNE 5, 2025

They will support “upstream” development of additional renewable energy production facilities, and they may facilitate “downstream” development of additional facilities to consume the electricity, such as data centers.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

4 -- PUC Urges Natural Gas Customers To Explore Ways To Reduce Heating Costs; All But One Major Gas Utility Has Increased Cost Of Gas In PA [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: NYMEX Natural Gas Price Up 14% Last Week To $3.75; Heading For $4.30?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

Editors Note: During Winter Storm Elliott, PJM Interconnection reported 70% of the electric generation plant outages that failed to bring power to the electric grid were natural gas-fired power plants that brought PJM to the brink of rolling blackouts. Click Here for PJMs announcement. Read more here. Read more here. Decrease To 31.2%

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2025

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

Mastriano: ‘It’s Pure Insanity’ International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas [ Energy Independence Means Renewables ] -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19 Mastriano: ‘It’s Pure Insanity’ International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas [ Energy Independence Means Renewables ] -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

MAY 22, 2025

When petroleum has driven the economy for fifty years, how can Alberta shift to renewable energy along with most of the rest of the globe? There is a real risk that Alberta will miss the renewable energy train and instead be relegated to an energy and economic caboose. But thats not the case.

Renewable Energy

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

While many tech companies are significant purchasers of renewable energy – Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top five corporate buyers of wind and solar power globally – AI’s surging energy demand is also being used to justify extending the life of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

“On top of that, the recently passed Federal reconciliation bill alone will raise Pennsylvania electricity costs by a projected 8% over the next four years and will intentionally constrain renewable generation growth and boost the most expensive generation of all - coal. As part of that deal, Talen Energy agreed to sell Amazon 1.9

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of Natural Gas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024 [PaEN] -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2025

Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Solar Schools Technical Assistance Program To Help Apply For Solar For Schools, Other Funding Sustainable Pittsburgh: Report On Clean Energy Workforce - Needs And Opportunities For Southwestern PA Dept. 25 In Harrisburg Ag Conservation Professionals! Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Million In Sen.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

May 20-- Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority meeting. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here for options to join remotely. 21 [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $12.3 Ohio- $3.08

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Yaw’s Senate District -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Just Part Of Gas Industry’s Success -- PA Capital-Star: Gov.

Conservation