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Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of naturalgas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. Read more here.
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To underscore the negative impacts of fossilfuels on our grid, I also pointed to key research around resilience. gas plants were more likely to fail while resources like wind and solar helped keep the lights on. billion in higher energy costs compared to cleaner alternatives.
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The actor says, “M **g wind farms, loud, ugly and harmful to nature.” These giants are standing tall against fossilfuels – rising out in the ocean like a middle finger to CO2.” It has set ambitious plans to move 100% away from fossilfuels , and in 2020, it completed its phase-out of coal.
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Conventional Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Williams/Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLM On Monday, March 17, 2025 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Well appears to be used for house gas. Original violation issued December 14, 2020. Production reports indicate no gas produced. Read more here. The owner says it is not their well.
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Its report , published in 2020, noted that the Government of Greenland actively supports the prospect of drinking water export from this immense resource. oil and naturalgas pipeline network that spans millions of miles. The super tanker voyage to Buffalo, N.Y., Once offloaded, fresh water can be transported in a U.S.
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, its district, appellate , and supreme courts decided in favor of Urgenda, an upstart environmental organization, ordering the government to more aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. gigatons CO 2 equivalent in 2020, about that of Japan. That final “Scope 3” source is by far the greatest: 1.4
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