PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Ohio- $3.14

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 16, 2025

Renewable energy in the United States has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Here’s the clean energy momentum at stake, the threats to that momentum, and why there is still reason for hope. The most powerful reason for optimism around US renewable energy, though, is the clear advantages that renewables can offer.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Nonetheless, potential policy changes in three areas could undercut new energy investment under a second Trump administration: protectionist trade measures and deglobalization; regulatory uncertainty and political risk; and fiscal and monetary policy. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

2025

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2 Zoning Panel OKs 4th Session For Solar Energy Facility Hearing; Size Requirement In Contention In Westmoreland -- PennLive: Dauphin County Authority Receives One Bid For 2.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2025

. -- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August [PaEN] -- DEP Environmental Justice: PennEnviroScreen Now Fully Integrated Within DEP Permitting Processes To Provide Enhanced Public Participation [PaEN] -- DEP To Host June 10 Informational Meeting On The Air Quality Permit To Expand (..)

Renewable Energy

Nature

AUGUST 4, 2025

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Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

Tom Mehaffie [Microsoft - Three Mile Island Deal] 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT Retrenches Into Its Own Backyard With $1.8

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 2, 2023

At the global level, however, Germany has its own claim to a leadership role, particularly in its early support for renewable energy. Although its track record has some complexities, this timeline of German actions shows just its early and sustained attention to clean energy policy: 1990. Renewables are 6% of power.

Nuclear Power

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Political and social science must come to the fore to help develop effective responses to tipping events. Or low-carbon energy from renewable energy systems rather than nuclear power, with its needs for cooling water. The missing knowledge is not primarily natural science.

Government

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It adds Michigan to the growing list of states, including Illinois and Minnesota , that have adopted standards to increase renewable energy on the grid and move toward 100-percent decarbonization of the power sector. The package represents progress on a number of fronts. What’s In the Bills?

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Yaw did not mention renewable energy in this announcement.] Obviously, that doesn't add up quite, but there's a little bit of renewables included in that. “We The “fuel” for wind and solar energy facilities is free, storage is the problem that needs to be solved. We didn't have any reliability issues at all.” "And

Nuclear Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The grid might not meet that demand Electricity for data centers comes from the grid, and by extension, the mix of power plants that supply the grid. New data center proposals can be of the scale of nuclear power plants and some even seek to connect directly to existing nuclear plants.

Electricity

A Greener Life

JULY 30, 2021

Some might see Germany as a climate leader already with its huge focus on building clean renewable energy capacity through its ‘energiwende ’ flagship initiative. While Germany has had a huge focus on renewable energy this has done little to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels. In Germany, fossil fuels are king.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Monday] -- WSJ: BP Slows Transition To Renewable Energy As Oil Bonanza Continues -- Reuters: BP Makes Record Profit In 2022, Boosts Oil Spending -- The Economist: Where On Earth Is Big Oil Spending Its $200 Billion Profit Bonanza? 17 -- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Event Set For Feb.

Nuclear Power

A Greener Life

APRIL 19, 2022

While Macron has positioned himself as a pro-climate action word leader he is unpopular amongst many climate activists and people on the left, with many disliking his support for nuclear power and pro-business views. Banning wind turbines.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2024

Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

. - A Life Dedicated To The River's Flow [PaEN] -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Marshall Middle School Wins Western PA Science Bowl, Moves On To Nationals In April -- MCall: Judge Upholds Lehigh Valley Township’s Ruling Against Building Warehouses On Golf Course -- Spotlight PA: PA Pays Property Owners For Land Lost To Eminent Domain, But (..)

Nuclear Power

A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

Germany is not doing all it can to cut back energy use and increase economic pressure on Russia, argues Arne Jungjohann. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended Germany’s energy, economic and security policies. Over the past few weeks, Germany’s political elite has finally realised that gas is Putin’s leverage over Europe and Germany.

Fossil Fuels

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. GW In New Electric Generation Capacity -- PennLive Guest Essay: Expect Higher Electric Bills This Summer By As Much As 20% [Thousands Of Energy Projects Stuck In PJM Review] - By Rob Altenburg, PennFuture -- Gov.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

. -- March 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Tony Seiwell, Business Manager for the Laborers' District Council of Eastern PA said he believes that renewable energy jobs should be well-paid and provide great benefits to workers in this field. It will not only help schools to reduce energy costs, but it will also help to set the standard for solar energy construction jobs.

Renewable Energy

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Advocates of renewable energy have argued since the 1970s that the variable, weather-dependent nature of sunlight and wind is a modest obstacle at best to relying on 100 percent renewables. Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable.

2021

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

[PA] Natural Gas - PA Chamber Of Business & Industry -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Support Reliable, Affordable PA Natural Gas, Coal, Petroleum And Grow Renewable Energy - Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) -- TribLive: City Of Pittsburgh To Continue Leasing Natural Gas Fueling Equipment -- AP: Vistra To Buy Energy Harbor For $3.4

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 31, 2025

Washington County -- E&ENews/Politico: EPA Freezes Federal Solar For All Program Funding Until Further Notice [PA Was Due To Receive $156 Million] -- 10 Government Entities In Centre County Approve Solar Energy Purchase Agreement To Save Local Taxpayers $4.4

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

Yes, Birders Say, Heres Why -- Williamsport Sun: Class A Wild Trout Stocking Considerations Proposal Brought Up At Fish & Boat Commission Meeting -- Williamsport Sun: Feedback Received For Strategic Plan For Management Of Trout Fisheries Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart -- PUC Sets Feb.

Natural Gas

Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

I understand that Congressional hearings involve some political theater. However, I am not a political appointee. I did not expect to be drawn into political theatre that violates basic civility. The attacks on me appear designed to distract attention from the concerns I am raising with renewables and nuclear energy.

Renewable Energy

Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

However, the energy aspect is not excluded, as JTF’s investments can also be channelled towards the deployment of technologies and infrastructures for affordable clean energy, greenhouse gas emission (GHG) reduction, energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The poll found an almost even divide on nuclear power-- 37 percent more emphasis and 34 percent less. Republicans, in particular, were supportive of placing more emphasis on natural gas (61 percent), solar (59 percent), hydropower (51 percent), nuclear (47 percent) and wind (45 percent)-- in that order.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2022

Yet look at prices at the pump, and you’ll see why we can’t drill our way to true energy security.” -- Yahoo!News: Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park , Centre Hall, PA. to 4:00 p.m. Other States/National/International -- Post-Gazette: More Research Links Air Pollution Exposure And COVID Risk -- The Guardian: ‘Everything Was Orange,’ U.S.

Natural Gas

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

It has therefore drafted a proposal(2)- a Delegated Regulation - which sets out screening criteria for investments in nuclear energy, effectively declaring nuclear energy part of the sustainable finance taxonomy. This is done without providing details on how those powers are to be appropriately limited in scope and time.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2023

Governor Dan McKee’s January 3 inaugural address made no mention of climate change, but in a reference as brief as the state is small, McKee did check one renewable energy box: We have momentum. Governor Lamont’s January 4 inaugural acknowledges energy costs and points his finger at utilities. Rhode Island . Connecticut.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Owners of fossil fuel-fired power plants that supply electricity to New York and two trade associations filed an action in the federal district court for the Southern District of New York challenging the New York Public Service Commission’s (PSC’s) plan to provide “Zero Emissions Credits” to four nuclear power plants.

2016

Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 29, 2024

Pennsylvania is fundamentally different from Texas, which maintains its own separate electric grid for political reasons and relies on its own electric generation with limited connections to surrounding grid operators for importing power. Read more here. from other sources. Read more here. solar+storage, 12.7% storage and 6.1%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] House next voting day April 8, 9, 10 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day April 8, 9, 10, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 89% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Don’t Comply With Well Integrity Reporting For 34,455 Wells; No Other (..)

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. June 3-- NEW. House Game & Fisheries Committee holds informational meeting on Game Commission 2019 Performance Audit and recommendations by State Auditor General.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2024

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Celebrates Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Offers Other Professional Development Events [PaEN] -- PA Healthy Lands Week Now Accepting Event Sign-Ups - Sept. 28 to Oct.

Natural Gas