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Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions

PA Environment Daily

Yaw announced the introduction of legislation prohibiting the distribution of Act 13 impact fees to any county “that is actively suing over fossil fuel use.” Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2

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Observer-Reporter Letter: There’s Another Side To The 'Shale Gas Revolution'

PA Environment Daily

Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2

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The Transit for All PA Funding Package Can Help Keep Pennsylvania Moving

Union of Concerned Scientists

On the other hand, transit has been weathering decades of disinvestment in transportation policy, while fossil fuel, automotive, and road-building interests profit off a restrictive status quo where driving is the only option. Many small agencies such as in Erie or State College experienced even deeper cuts.

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Book review: Cheaper, Faster, Better, by Tom Steyer

A Greener Life

He even ran for president in 2019 to push climate up the agenda, because any you can do that in America if you have a spare billion or two. There’s also a clear enemy in Steyer’s mind, and the role of the fossil fuel industry in delaying and obstructing change is a recurring theme throughout the book.

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COP30: Twelve environmental facts about Brazil in 2025

A Greener Life

While the expansion of wind and solar power is seen as essential to reducing reliance on fossil fuels, large-scale projects have sometimes sparked local opposition due to their environmental impact. Ethanol accounts for over 40% of fuel used in Brazil’s vehicles, making it a key component of the country’s renewable energy strategy.

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Political Stunts Worsen Western Water Woes

Union of Concerned Scientists

Scientists have found that climate change made the conditions that drove the devastating fires some 35 percent more likely than they would have been had the fires occurred before humans began burning fossil fuels on a large scale. Political stunts aren’t helping Levee breached in Pajaro River in 2023.

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Is There Really a Fiduciary Duty to Destroy the Climate?

Law Columbia

corporations and institutional investors owe a fiduciary duty to maximize profits through economic activities that continue to produce, sell, and use fossil fuels (i.e. 33] However, this view directly contributes to the climate crisis because the use of fossil fuels is ubiquitous in the economy.

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