PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

When the job is to ensure reliable electricity for 67 million people, being largely invisible is often a sign that the system is working as it should. We act like an air traffic controller, maneuvering electricity through outages and storms across a multistate grid to match supply and demand in real time. Read more here.

Politics

A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day. Photo Credit: Cup of Couple Earth Day timeline: key milestones Year Milestone 1970 First Earth Day held in the United States, with 20 million participants. 1990 Earth Day expanded globally to 141 countries.

Earth Day

Physics World

APRIL 14, 2025

We show how the salt depletion/accumulation effect – that plagues Li-ion battery capacity under fast charging conditions – is exploited in a symmetric Na-ion battery to achieve seawater desalination, exceeding by an order of magnitude the limits of capacitive deionization with electric double layers. Electrochem. Energy Environ.

2014

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

In 2016, the landmark decision in Kain v. While electric vehicle adoption has taken off and is a key part of the state’s long-term climate strategy, the state’s increases in driving since 2020 put it on track to not meet future CECP sublimits.

2018

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

It works for progress on methane pollution, clean electricity, clean transportation, forests, fisheries and oceans, healthy communities, fuels and feedstocks, agriculture, water, food, carbon markets and other critical environmental challenges.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

There have been no significant changes in stream electrical conductivity in the unnamed tributary to the North Branch Sugar Creek near the well pad as of August 7. Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. A fourth shallow, monitoring well is planned to be drilled in the adjacent field.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

. -- Energy Consumers, Manufacturers Will Face Higher Energy Costs: "Unfettered exports of LNG would increase wholesale domestic natural gas prices by over 30%;" increases in electricity prices because natural gas dominates generation. [In In Pennsylvania it accounts for 59% of generation capacity. Read more here.];

Natural Gas

Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

Environment Program, were calculated using a global baseline year of 2016. Dyeing and finishing require large quantities of water and electricity for heating, as do washing and drying by individuals at the use stage. At that time, apparel was estimated to comprise 30% natural fibers and 70% human-made fibers.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

Wells drilled in 2010 and have not produced gas since 2016. . - Violations: 3 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells March 4, 2025 inspection of the 3 shale gas wells on the Pin Oaks 627027 well pad (6H, 8H, 10H) in Carroll Township, Washington County found them abandoned and not plugged. Well integrity reports have not been submitted. Violations issued.

2010

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It is worth noting that these datasets are missing considerable amounts of pre-2016 data for Chinese firms, but the countrys actions and outcomes are clearly lagging behind. For example, the take-up of electric vehicles has rocketed, cutting fuel emissions. Yet these sectors combined total median emissions still rose by 45%.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. The Regional Grid Explained -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Price Of A.I. - How Is A.I.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2025

In 2016, Apex reapplied for the Drakulic well site along with six other site applications. As a result, Penn Township entered into a Federal Consent Judgment in 2016 giving Apex the ability to get all seven sites approved. The EHB added certain conditions in the 2016 Federal Consent Judgment as conditions of the permits.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Read more here ] DEP Banned Similar Shale Gas Wastewater Road Dumping The 2016 update to DEPs regulations for unconventional shale gas drilling bans the practice of road dumping wastewater from those operations because of the threats it posed.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Read more here ] DEP Banned Similar Shale Gas Wastewater Road Dumping The 2016 update to DEPs regulations for unconventional shale gas drilling bans the practice of road dumping wastewater from those operations because of the threats it posed. Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

So, I want to look at these four areas: the overall electricity situation in PJM; market forces; policy forces; and A.I. PJM Overview Electricity prices in PJM, which serves all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia, are rising dramatically due to a failure to transition to clean energy. frankly can make things worse.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 17, 2025

However, a rapid adoption by three major railroads caused the share of Class I railroad revenue from PSR-utilizing firms to increase from less than 7 percent in 2016 to 70 percent by 2019, where it remains today (privately owned BNSF is the only Class I carrier not yet to adopt PSR).

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 8, 2025

Fossil fuel interests have been in Trumps inner circle from the jump In 2016, President Trump tapped ExxonMobil Chair and CEO Rex Tillerson as his Secretary of State. As I wrote at the time , Tillerson was an inappropriate and deeply troubling pick for the post, for countless reasonshere were five of the most distressing ones.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. The Regional Grid Explained -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Price Of A.I. - How Is A.I.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Wells drilled in 2010 and have not produced gas since 2016. . - Violations: 3 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells March 4, 2025 inspection of the 3 shale gas wells on the Pin Oaks 627027 well pad (6H, 8H, 10H) in Carroll Township, Washington County found them abandoned and not plugged. Well integrity reports have not been submitted. Violations issued.

2025

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 28, 2025

A few seconds later, Spain’s connection to the electric grid in France and the rest of Europe was severed, followed by a nearly complete power outage across Portugal and Spain, the two nations that make up the Iberian Peninsula. In contrast, IBRs in North America have been required to provide voltage regulation since 2016.

Regulations

Physics World

MAY 6, 2025

It absorbs indoor light and generates electricity to power the LED.” But when Kim joined the field, the first OLEDs were inefficient and degraded quickly due to high electric fields, heat and oxygen exposure. They could even be made into a transparent film and incorporated into windows to convert sunlight into electricity.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2016 ) -- CNX Gas Co. PA Bulletin, page 2016 ) -- Range Resources Appalachia, LLC - Stevenson Thomas Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a well pad located in Smith Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2016 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Received Dec. 23, Issued Feb. Washington County.

2006

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I. Data Centers Share The Blame, States Feel Pressure To Act [PA Included] -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. How Is A.I. How Is A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

Owner also failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports since 2016. . - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well (26 Months) June 10, 2025 inspection of the Valley Green 5 conventional well in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Original violations issued April 24, 2023.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

No Laws Or Regulations Have Changed In fact, since that report, no laws have changed, the regulations we have now have been in place for nine years and remain the same, and the number of DEP Oil and Gas Program staff dedicated to enforcement remain frozen at December 2016 levels, while the number of shale gas wells drilled grew 43.6%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

You can see our 2016 Resolution on Fossil Fuel Infrastructure here. When we’re done, we’ll present a report and story map which communities in Pennsylvania can use as a blueprint to inspire their own action. This program seeks to build on our legacy of advocating for clean and just energy transition.

Fossil Fuels

New Scientist

JULY 25, 2025

It is based on the Solar Impulse 2 aircraft, which performed the first solar-powered flight around the world in 2016. The aerospace manufacturer Airbus has also invested heavily in its smaller Zephyr solar-electric drone, but “has yet to see any significant returns”, says Michel.

Solar Power

A Greener Life

APRIL 8, 2025

However, in response to Musk, Tesla has been targeted, cars have been vandalised, campaigns to boycott electric car makers have been organised, and there are reports of people who own Teslas being targeted with abuse. Why make Tesla and not Musk the enemy? Many might not know this, but Musk did not create Tesla.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

When the landowners, Wayne Land and Mineral Group, first went to court in 2016, the DRBC was still mulling fracking regulations in the watershed. The Commission said at the time that it would not consider any applications for wells or drilling until it had adopted final rules governing fracking.

Natural Gas

Physics World

JUNE 27, 2025

Power engineering: Multilayered films developed by Peak Nano can improve the performance and resilience of high-voltage capacitors that manage the flow of electricity around power grids (Courtesy: shutterstock/jakit17) Grid operators around the world are under intense pressure to expand and modernize their power networks.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2025

Data Centers To Ensure PA Consumers Don’t Foot The Bill -- PJM Electric Auction Impacts: 1 In 5 PA Households Report Problems Now Paying Energy Bills; Electric Utility Shutoffs Up 38.1% So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8 Original violations issued November 17. Monitoring continued.

2025

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2025

Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I. Data Center Noise Won’t Be Regulated By Lancaster City Ordinances -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. How Is A.I.

2025

Physics World

JULY 9, 2025

Following a year of military service he worked as a patent examiner for the Norwegian government before moving to Canada in 1954 where he began working at General Electric. Born in Bergen, Norway, on 5 April 1929, Giaever graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1952 from the Norwegian Institute of Technology.

2011

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

Data Center Hearing At Valley View High School -- MCall: As Electric Bills Rise Due To A.I. Data Center Development In Lackawanna County [PaEN] -- PA House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug. The Regional Grid Explained -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Price Of A.I. - How Is A.I.

Air Pollution

Environment + Energy Leader

JUNE 14, 2022

But it blew past that threshold in 2016, prompting the company to set even more ambitious targets — to reduce all transport-related emissions to zero by 2050. . When DHL first set its GoGreen target in 2007-2008, the goal was to become 30% more efficient by 2020. The post DHL Is Investing $7.5

2007

Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

On 6 December 2016 the court largely rejected their main arguments against German`s nuclear phase out and the Atomic Energy Act ( BVerfG 1 BvR 2821/11, 1 BvR 321/12, 1 BvR 1456/12 ). The residual electricity volumes are a key-instrument of the Atomic Energy Act and the German nuclear phase out.

Nuclear Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Reliance on fossil natural gas and the slow adoption of renewable energy contributed to electricity bills in New England in the first nine months of 2022 that are $5 billion higher than the prior year. Fossil gas is a primary fuel for electric generation, so rising gas prices mean higher electricity prices.

Natural Gas