Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

While many tech companies are significant purchasers of renewable energy – Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top five corporate buyers of wind and solar power globally – AI’s surging energy demand is also being used to justify extending the life of fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The fossil fuel industry’s presence at this year’s UN climate negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan, has been simultaneously heavy-handed and covert. Even more alarming, the fossil fuel industry’s influence at COPs is deeply entrenched and goes beyond lobbying. Obtaining high-level access But it’s not just the numbers.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 2, 2025

These demands are, of course, underpinned in China by the rising middle class in what was the worlds most populous country until, in 2022, it was overtaken by India, another economy broadly expanding its coal usage. This, as there, of course, as with all fossil fuels, is a finite amount.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

We’re seeing the most dramatic transformation of our energy system in more than a generation, driven by unprecedented demand growth and accelerated technological change. It’s not about choosing winners or losing technologies-- it’s about deploying what works, where it works, and when it works best. billion in consumer savings.

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Scientific American

JUNE 17, 2025

And because roughly 60 percent of global textiles now contain plastic derived from fossil fuels, it is estimated that more than a third of the microplastics in the oceans today were shed from clothing. Collingwood But not all solutions involve technological innovation. billion between 2022 and 2030. billion to $23.57

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Law Columbia

JULY 15, 2025

As the Supreme Court of Brazil (Supremo Tribunal Federal) warned in 2022 (see here ), “there are no human rights on a dead or sick planet.” transitioning from fossil fuels to renewables) too slowly or too quickly. For mitigation, States must: regulate, monitor and control, and require and approve environmental impact studies.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. These emissions, which in 2022 were 37.4

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

Second, the DEP can encourage the development of and use of new leak detection technologies. This technology not only can find when gas is leaking, but is also creating jobs in Pennsylvania. The fossil fuel industry would lead you to believe that these measures will result in lost jobs and would jeopardize our economy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Federal science has been pivotal to the US economy, technological advances I’ve dedicated my life to working with other scientists interested in questions that are fundamental to keeping us alive: How do we stop a global pandemic? This technology revolutionized global communication and information sharing.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 25, 2025

It is not a new technology – CCS has been around for over 50 years and has consistently failed to live up to expectations. In 2022, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis reported that 10 out of 13 major CCS projects failed to deliver on their targets. These emissions are known as downstream emissions.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 30, 2025

isoprene, carbitol, benzyl alcohol) to secondary organic aerosol are emitted from trees, fossil fuels, and an assortment of industrial and personal care compounds collectively known as volatile chemical products (VCPs). As fossil fuel emissions continue to decline, the fraction of SOA from VCP sources will likely increase. -C.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Energy Summit; Other Democrats Used Summit To Bash President’s Policies -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Police Use Pepper Spray On Energy Summit Protesters -- WESA: Hundreds Gather To Protest President, Fossil Fuel Dependence During Energy Summit -- WESA: With President Set To Attend A.I. Energy Summit?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

She equips residents with the tools to feel empowered to fight against the fossil fuel industry. And in, actually, 2022, we participated in local hearings for this foray, which was the second of the well pads slated. Mobile App And by developing new technologies, we are able to keep an eye on this industry.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

There are tools, technologies, and policies that can reduce impact at almost every step in the processfrom the moment a shipment arrives at port to the day a package is ultimately delivered to your porch or package room. This makes battery-electric trucks one of the most important technologies we have to clean up the freight system.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Martina White (R-Philadelphia) To Introduce Bill Amending Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Require 82% Of PA Electric Generation Come From ‘Non-Intermittent’ Sources [Natural Gas Promoter] [Warning] -- DEP Environmental Justice: PennEnviroScreen Now ‘Fully Integrated’ Within DEP Permitting Processes To Provide Enhanced Public Participation (..)

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

EPA explained the rule would result in significant emission reductions for that sector, from about 2,650 million tons in 2005, to 1,900 million tons in 2022, and 1,800 million tons in 2030–a 32% reduction in emissions below 2005 levels. at 65,041 (Oct. at 33,243 (May 23, 2023). Not surprisingly, the final rule was challenged in the D.C.

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Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Conference of Mayors , and a second on behalf of experts in carbon capture and storage (CCS) science and technology —in support of the U.S. Several states and industry groups are challenging EPA’s 2024 rules which set greenhouse gas emissions limits for certain fossil fuel power plants nationwide (referred to here as the Power Plant Rules).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 15, 2025

In our current fossil-fueled freight system, the cost for convenience spans far beyond membership fees for expedited deliveries. Exposure to pollution from heavy-duty vehicles results in thousands of premature deaths and nearly $100 billion in monetized negative health impacts each year, according to UCS modeling.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2025

By Pamela Darville, Co-Chairperson of Climate Justice and Jobs Team at POWER Interfaith Recent opinion pieces and public comments by Senator McCormick and other members of Congress pushing for expanded fossil fuel extraction in Pennsylvania represent a reckless ode to corporate greed, masquerading as energy policy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 17, 2025

While the benefits of the technology are clear to many, its worth considering the fuller range from time to time. And for places where the water gets deep quickly as you move away from land, like off the West Coast and in the Gulf of Maine, floating offshore wind technology is maturing rapidly.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

In October 2022, DEPs well plugging work was supercharged by the award of $25 million under an Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Initial Grant through the US Department of the Interior (DOI). Read more here.] Federal Funding Gov. Shapiro has also directed DEP to leverage all available federal funds for this effort.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

And when I assumed office in 2022, one of the things that I certainly articulated to my community in representing them is that this issue of our energy industry in Pennsylvania, it needs to be coupled with rigorous environmental regulation and certainly in sensitive areas relative to schools and parks and residential areas. Indeed, Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

In response to a comment about the legislation potentially increasing the cost fossil-fuel based electricity generation, Bair said-- And your rates are going to go up in the short term, but they will continue to go up in the long term if we don't develop a policy to prevent it. They absolutely have a place. A real energy policy.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- The Derrick: FrenchCreek Twp., Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 17, 2025

The report , which analyzes data trends from 2018 to 2022, shows that homeowners’ insurance rates are rising across the nation by an average of 8.7 Meanwhile, egregiously, insurance companies are continuing to insure fossil fuel projects and infrastructure—the root cause of the climate crisis! percent above inflation.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 17, 2025

According to the company, Beta Technologies, the flight from the airport in East Hampton took 45 minutes and cost just $8 to power, General Aviation News reports. Bad news The EPA has told staff to stop enforcing violations against fossil fuel companies, CNN reports citing multiple sources. A first: Earlier this month, a U.S.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 29, 2025

Lawsuits challenging expedited reviews of fossil fuel energy projects under emergency permitting procedures announced by the U.S. This assertion of presidential power is all but certain to be contested. Department of the Interior on April 23, 2025.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

A renewed emphasis on fossil fuels is expected under another Trump administration, though coal will likely remain moribund thanks to poor economic fundamentals and constrained access to capital. Renewable Energy Vs. Fossil Fuels Renewables or fossil fuels?

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Scientific American

JULY 10, 2025

“Solutions are likely to come from a mixture of innovation and technological development, policy interventions and incentives, such as requiring concurrent renewable energy development, as well as responsible investment practices,” Olivia Dobson, director of resilience at Verisk Maplecroft, said in an email. Yet in the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

4:00 p.m. -- The Allegheny Front: Amendment To PA Solar Bill Puts Industry On Edge -- TribLive: Solar Projects Go Commercial, Growth Up, Power Costs Down -- Scranton Times: Scranton Zoners Approve Citys First Solar Energy Facility -- TribLive: East Huntingdon Twp.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 15, 2025

She went to Washington to serve as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics at the US Treasury in 2021-2022, and from there went on to join the MIT faculty. These seem like the kind of things that government should be spending money on early-stage technologies. Do you expect to see large impacts on U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

This new public groundwater system is funded by a 2022 plea agreement negotiated between the Office of Attorney General under then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro and Coterra Energy. [As [DEP received 4,859 drinking water complaints and later confirmed 392 private water supplies were contaminated by shale gas fracking. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

By producing more energy, Governor Shapiros Lightning Plan will boost key sectors of the Commonwealths economy, including manufacturing, robotics and technology, agriculture, and life sciences. It's not just enough for us as a Commonwealth to reduce our reliance on fossil fuel infrastructure.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 29, 2024

While the transition to renewable energy is more urgent than ever, it is crucial to recognize corporate greenwashing and push back against false solutions in order to ensure that the disproportionate harms perpetuated by the fossil fuel economy do not continue. economy away from being reliant on fossil fuels and into renewable energy.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 8, 2025

Musk did not create or invent Tesla Historically, Tesla has been a fantastic innovative company, recognised mainly for having played a transformative role in battery technology and the EV (electric vehicle) revolution. It is presented as a state-media publication platform. Many might not know this, but Musk did not create Tesla.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2025

Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

Yaw Wants A Program Like This In PA] -- John Quigley: Are Merchant Fossil Fuel Plants Uneconomical? Data Centers -- Financial Times: Constellation Energy, Other Companies Abandon Almost Half the Projects In $5 Billion Texas Program To Fund Natural Gas Power Plants Due To Costs, Supply Chain Delays [Sen.

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