PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Community solar will grow Pennsylvanias capacity to get energy from the sun, which will improve air quality and reduce our reliance on more polluting energy sources, said Alice Lu, Policy Analyst at Clean Air Council. Yet they are still a reliable and affordable source of energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 22, 2024

The IRA also includes some less than ideal fossil-fuel supporting incentives that will need continued monitoring. EPA Climate Pollution Reduction Grants : This $5 billion program administered by the EPA aims to reduce climate warming emissions and other air pollution. It is made up of $4.75

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

Families like mine are in danger because of MarkWests Harmon Creek facility, which has a history of violating protective air pollution regulations while processing fracked ethane gas for use in the overproduction of plastics.

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HumanNature

JANUARY 30, 2025

Guest Post by Tucker Melles , 2024-2025 Sustainability Leadership Fellow and Ph.D. 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). Image modified from [8].

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

That is A LOT of EVs and A LOT less oil use, air pollution and climate emissions. In January 2012, at a hearing of the California Air Resources Board I attended, the board considered updates to the Zero Emission Vehicle standards through model year 2025. By making historic investments in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Air Permits In Pennsylvania In Pennsylvania, the Department of Environmental Protection, Allegheny County and the City of Philadelphia administer the federal Clean Air Act permit program for the federal government, issue and enforce Air Quality Permit limits and requirements in the Commonwealth.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

Delivering large removals would likely drive up costs of food and energy, exacerbating food insecurity and fuel poverty. Leaving large residuals would mean continued harms to health from air pollution and continued impacts from fossil fuel extraction and production.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Posted: March 16, 2025] PA Environment Digest Acre Wildfire Near Popular Trail At Codorus -- TribLive: Under Pressure: Water Flow Issues Can Cripple Firefighters Who Rely On Patchwork Of Unregulated Hydrants -- PA Dept. Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

Our mission is to improve policy and regulations for the oversight of fossil fuel extraction and use; to educate, empower and organize coalfield citizens; and to protect public and environmental health. CCJ has over three thousand members and supporters and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

After an experience dealing with air pollution issues in her own home, she has first-hand knowledge of the health impacts that pollution can have on a family and how government agencies often ignore residents in distress. She equips residents with the tools to feel empowered to fight against the fossil fuel industry.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

None of that means climate change isn’t, and won’t continue to be, a factor in global health, particularly if action to prevent it also reduces air pollution, or removes other health stressors. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 5054 ) Air Quality Permits -- McElroy Green Marketing LLC - Mine Methane Flare Project: DEP invites comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for the project located in Gilmore Twp., Bradford County. ( Butler County. ( Greene County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Susquehanna County. (

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2024

15 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For The Georgia-Pacific Panel Products LLC Facility In McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Jan. 15 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For The Georgia-Pacific Panel Products LLC Facility In McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2892 ) Air Quality Permits -- EQM Gathering OPCO LLC - Callisto Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Morris Twp., Greene County. ( Butler County. ( McKean County. ( Washington County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

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A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

Andrew Kamau, Kenya’s principal secretary for petroleum and mining, tells me the government aims to expand EV ownership to 5% of all registered vehicles in Kenya by 2025 and to ensure all new public buildings include EV charging stations. air pollution in Nairobi. Photo credit: Alamy.

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Edouard Stenger

MAY 2, 2018

Despite these drawbacks, more and more cities around the globe have started to unveil plans to ditch polluting models running on fossil fuels for cleaner full electric buses. In Europe , the public transportation companies serving Paris and its surrounding cities announced that they will make their fleet zero emission by 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Report Harrisburg Area’s Air Quality Is Among Worst On East Coast -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Harrisburg, Lancaster Get F Grades For Air Pollution In American Lung Assn. Ranks Pittsburgh Area Among Nation’s Most Polluted -- American Lung Assn. Report -- TribLive: American Lung Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2022

Cheswick is one of only a half-dozen remaining coal-fired plants in Pennsylvania, and the state Department of Environmental Protection predicts that none will operate after 2025. Even though the plant is brought online only during times of high demand, and thus high prices, it is still one of the biggest air polluters in the county.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

To Host Electronics Waste Recycling Event April 27 In Schuylkill County -- Independence Conservancy Holds Community Tire Collections In Allegheny, Beaver Counties Starting April 27 [PaEN] -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny CleanWays April 27 Event Needs Help To Clear Debris From Stormwater Grates -- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

-- PennLive: Here’s How PA Could Become A Huge Player In Lithium Mining [Oil & Gas Wastewater] -- Meadville Tribune Guest Essay: Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging Grant Program Is Opportunity To Work Collaboratively With Oil & Gas Industry To Benefit The Environment - By Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2024

MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Billion Up From $2.2 Of Energy Accepting Applications For Grants To Expand Innovative Weatherization Assistance Programs -- DEP Awards $2.3 23 In-Person Managing Invasive Plants Full-Day Penn State Extension Workshop In State College [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Don Ritter Want to have a positive impact on issues like this? Tell your Senate and House members they need to act to protect and restore Pennsylvania’s environment and support the tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who do-- not slide backwards.

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Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

EPA’s latest proposed rule targeting NOx emissions from fossil-fueled electric generating units (EGUs) is a classic study of diminishing returns. The downwind air quality benefits are minimal. The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

It will take almost four years to complete, with preparatory works and trials already underway and its conclusion scheduled for the second half of 2025. It contains three times as much as the 830 billion tonnes found in the atmosphere, and 240 times as much as the 10 billion tonnes emitted by fossil fuel burning every year.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It’s due to a combination of factors, including tremendous demand for clean energy from states, utilities and consumers; federal regulations to reduce toxic air pollutants; and—most important—the simple fact that renewables and natural gas are now the cheapest options to meet our electricity needs. How cool is that?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2187 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 29 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Received Jan. Lycoming County. ( Philadelphia. ( Read more here. Somerset County. Received Dec. Lycoming County. Received Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This is roughly the equivalent of taking 66 million fossil-fueled cars off the road for an entire year. As currently drafted, any fleet with more than 50 trucks and buses or $50 million in annual revenue would be required to begin transitioning its California fleet to zero-emissions trucks beginning as early as 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Resource Links - Harmon Creek Hearing: -- Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN] -- Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

The elimination of coal-fired power plants and increased use of natural gas in power generation has led to historic emissions and air pollutant reductions equaling $450 billion to $1.04 These air pollutants are commonly associated with respiratory diseases such as asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis and lung cancer.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

Its outrageous that PJM has the gall to ask federal officials to turn a blind eye to illegal air pollution from the regions dirtiest power plants. Photos: Keystone and Conemaugh power plants.)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Details 2024 Work, Talks 2025 Plans -- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Vying For WalkWorks Grant -- NextPittsburgh: Landforce, Partners Receive $15.3 DEP Settlement With PennEnergy Resources LLC Requires Payment Of $2 Million Penalty, $3.6 Million To Penn Hills School District In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $2.25

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Shapiro Launches Legislative Push for 'Lightning Plan To Build More Energy Projects, Speed Up Permitting, Lower Costs, Create Jobs For Pennsylvanians [PaEN] -- Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN] -- Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

We anticipate beginning construction on the new pipeline this spring with completion set for the end of 2025. While work has been occurring on the test wells, we also completed the design of the new water distribution system and received permits for construction, said Jeremy Nelson, Pennsylvania American Water project manager.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

My name is Rachel Meyer and I am the Ohio River Valley Field Organizer for Moms Clean Air Force, a national community of over 1.5 million parents and caregivers united to protect our childrens health from air pollution and climate change. Today I represent our more than 105,000 PA members.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN] -- North Central Grassroots Conservation Fair March 14 Wellsboro, Tioga County [PaEN] -- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For 2025 Water & Environment Grants [PaEN] -- Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grant Letters Of Intent Due Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

It's not just enough for us as a Commonwealth to reduce our reliance on fossil fuel infrastructure. It's important for us to realize the benefits to air quality, to water quality, to build those things, said Patrick McDonnell, President & CEO of PennFuture. Judy Schwank (D-Berks) [ co-sponsor memo ] and Rep.

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