Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Through the Clean Air Act , and as affirmed—and reaffirmed—through multiple legal sagas, EPA is statutorily obligated to address carbon pollution from fossil fuel-fired power plants. The Supreme Court clipped the agency’s wings in its 2022 West Virginia v. In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision in West Virginia v.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2022

These entities may include airports and port authorities, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, State agencies, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in this Commonwealth, air quality or transportation organizations and metropolitan or rural planning organizations.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Billion Tax Break -- Public Source: When An Air Inversion Rolls In, Do Efforts To Curb Industrial Pollution Work In Allegheny County? -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address House returns to voting session Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Room 8E-B East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2023

Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over Past 50 Years PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PA Capital-Star: Inside Shapiro’s 2022 Landslide And What It Means For 2024 -- AP: Back In Hoodies And Gym Shorts, Fetterman Tackles U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Shale Boom Shows Signs Of Peaking As Big Oil Wells Disappear PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Gov. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) -- TribLive: City Of Pittsburgh To Continue Leasing Natural Gas Fueling Equipment -- AP: Vistra To Buy Energy Harbor For $3.4

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Wolf, Senate, House Republicans Again Fail To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable For Protecting The Environment, Taxpayers On Hook For Billions [7.19.22] -- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Reported Spreading 977,671 Gallons Of Untreated Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads In 2021 [8.31.22] -- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution (..)

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

On May 6, 2022, the Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant filed an appeal to Japan’s Supreme Court in Citizens’ Committee on the Kobe Coal-Fired Power Plant v. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. However, one of the coal-fired power plants started operating on February 1, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Senate session schedule- January 3, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 February 1, 27, 28 March 1, 6, 7, 8 Budget hearings: March 20, 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, 29, 30 and April 11, 12, 13 April 24, 25, 26 May 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 -- Committee Schedule House returns to voting session January 3 [Democrats, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 15 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water/Wastewater Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County [PaEN] -- 2nd Annual (..)

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Deemed Water Quality Impaired -- WHYY: A Levee Could Be Built In Flood-Prone Eastwick Neighborhood Of Philadelphia, But Delaware County Has Concerns -- US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $7.4 Million In Grants To Restore Chesapeake Bay Watershed Habitats; $1.8

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2023

In an increasingly polarized world, geothermal occupies a rare political and social space where environmental and climate-focused groups and oil and gas entities can unite to support the same cause, and it is at this nexus that Project InnerSpace focuses its funding and efforts.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Tom Wolf celebrated the project when it was announced in 2022. Alexis Goldsmith, of Vermont-based Beyond Plastics , said the pyrolysis process will produce greenhouse gases and emit toxic volatile organic compounds, which she claimed would end up either in the air or water. Former Democratic Gov. million gallons daily.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

House returns to session January 1 [Adjourned for year] -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session January 1 [Adjourned for year] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events Note: Thanksgiving Holiday Hours In Effect -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2024

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: Since Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

. -- PA Environmental Council Recognizes Davitt Woodwell, Altoona Water Authority, Community Of Kane At Western PA Awards Dinner [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Four Students Awarded Scholarships By Warren County Conservation District -- Pennsylvania Eligible For Third Installment Of $244.7

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts [PaEN] -- DEP Issues 2021 Oil & Gas Program Annual Report -- DEP Declares Air Pollution Action Day In Allegheny County For Friday, Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

“It is clear that not only are we devastating the health of these children when they are young, the oil and gas industry and their political supporters are inflicting harm that will follow them throughout the entirety of their lives. This is a moral outrage.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 22, 2022

On June 13, 2022, Chile published its Climate Change Framework Law (“the Climate Act”). The country meets seven of the nine criteria, including an extensive low-lying coastline, areas prone to natural disasters, areas susceptible to drought and desertification, and urban areas with high air pollution. Paradigm Shift.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe fought tirelessly to raise awareness on urban air pollution in the1980’s by establishing and distributing a daily regional air quality index report that is still used today. And in the early 2000’s when fracking was falsely seen as transitional energy, Joe purposely grew the legal team to oppose natural gas expansion.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept. 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

By Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network This guest essay first appeared on TribLive.com on August 5, 2022 -- A few years ago, I smelled gas from my kitchen stove. Read more here. ] ( Photo: Natural Gas Leaks At Diversified Energy Conventional Natural Gas Well in Boyce Park , Allegheny County July 16, 2022 by Earthworks.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

A new poll from Embold Research found that solar energy has strong support across political, racial, gender, and regional lines. 65 percent of respondents would like to see Pennsylvania produce more solar, citing reasons ranging from reduced air pollution to energy bill savings.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2022

31 -- Guest Essay: Summer Of 2022 Gave Us A Glimpse Into Our Climate Future - PA Should Heed The Warning, Flooding Biggest Threat - By Laura Fowler, Director, Penn State's Sustainability Institute [PaEN] -- WESA: Concerned About Daily Air Pollution? 1 -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Deadline To Apply For Property Tax/Rent Rebate Dec.

Natural Gas 62

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

The poll comes as Pennsylvania faces more strange and severe weather in the face of climate change in recent years including repeated “Heat Health Emergencies” in the Philadelphia area, longer and hotter summers leading to worse air pollution, floods causing major damage to cities and agriculture, and “bomb cyclones” bringing heavy storms.

Air Pollution 52

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Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

In 2022, fossil fuels accounted for about 95% of electricity generation, and about 48% of the fossil fuels used were imported, putting the country at high risk of price shocks and supply shortages. The report also explores how a bilateral dialogue between the U.S. Cuba’s power system is currently heavily reliant on fossil fuels.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 20, 2022

Guest Post by Shae Rupinsky 2021-2022 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Student in the Department of Political Science at Colorado State University How climate change offers opportunities to revitalize and reconnect with rural communities Rural voices are increasingly lamented as forgotten and unacknowledged. Climate.gov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Rugh & Sylvia Henderson Partnered With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect Historic Farm [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Former Pocono Drag Strip Becomes 278 Acres Of Preserved Land -- Dec.

Natural Gas 62

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2022

TOC has been billed as a double-win : it encourages new housing to be located near public transit—a boon for climate, local air pollution, and traffic—and it creates more “affordable housing.”. The median income among renters alone was about $52,900 in 2019; adjusting for inflation, this would be about $58,800 in 2022 dollars.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Read more here.] -- “Exempt Pennsylvania from plant-closing EPA regulations such as the Wastewater Rule and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.” [ Note: That’s not the way it works. The proposals in this co-sponsor memo are a good example of political “dog whistles.” A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

6; Arboretum Planting Day Sept. 3; Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 2-3 -- YourErie: PEDF Requests $1.3 Billion From Gov.

Nuclear Power 62

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2022

Other States/National/International -- Post-Gazette: More Research Links Air Pollution Exposure And COVID Risk -- The Guardian: ‘Everything Was Orange,’ U.S. Other States/National/International -- Post-Gazette: More Research Links Air Pollution Exposure And COVID Risk -- The Guardian: ‘Everything Was Orange,’ U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

Wolf: New State Authority Ready To Deploy $100 Million In Life-Changing Internet For All Funds Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: May 19, 2022] PA Environment Digest What’s Your Community Doing?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Because these regulations are required under the Clean Air Act, failure to submit them in final form to U.S. EPA by December 16, 2022, will result in EPA imposing non-discretionary sanctions, and the federal government would thus withhold nearly $1 billion of transportation funding ?– funding that cannot be recuperated. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2022

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- MCall - Paul Muschick: Spreading Hate: White Supremacist Groups Send Propaganda Throughout Lehigh Valley -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Man Accused Of Planning To Kill Democratic U.S. What’s Your Community Doing?

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