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Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen

PA Environment Daily

Forty-five years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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DEP Posted 92 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 8 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 1949 ) -- Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a State Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Salem Twp., The revised permit would increase the acreage by 1.3 acres in the Unami Creek Watershed (High Quality). ( Contact: Brie Sterling, bsterling@pa.gov or (717) 783-9469.

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The Stream, November 17, 2021: Meet The Activist Saving a Polluted Chinese Lake

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Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. United Nations experts will assess plans to release treated radioactive water into the ocean from a closed nuclear power plant in Japan. A study from the S. 369 LAKES . A new study by the U.S.

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Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen

PA Environment Daily

Forty-three years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report

PA Environment Daily

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020.

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DEP Appeals Commonwealth Court Order Blocking Publication Of Final RGGI Regulation

PA Environment Daily

On April 7, the Department of Environmental Protection appealed the April 6 Commonwealth Court order blocking publication of the final regulation establishing a Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants consistent with the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative to the PA Supreme Court. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Senate Fails To Override Gov. Wolf’s Veto Of A Resolution To Kill RGGI Regulation; Moving House Bill To Block Next?

PA Environment Daily

The arguments used for and against the resolution were the same familiar and often repeated comments on the economic and environmental impacts heard on the regulation since the concept was first suggested in 2019 by Gov. Read more here. At least $12.5 Read more here. Read more here. This lawsuit is still pending.