PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

data centers risks deepening Americas reliance on fossil fuels and can put consumers and communities at risk, according to the report. Rising electricity demand from U.S. In many cases, much of that demand is for data centers. Click Here to read the report.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

Wants To Do It In Pennsylvania -- PA Enviro Groups File Appeal For Removal Of Coal Ash 'Mountain At Stronghold Digital Mining Scrubgrass Cryptocurrency Power Facility In Venango County [PaEN] -- DEP Publishes Appeal Notice For 2023 Consent Order With Stronghold Digital Mining On Removal Of Coal Ash, Imposing $28,800 Penalty At Waste Coal Power Plant (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

By harnessing the power of the sun, we can significantly reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, which have long been a staple of our energy production. This shift not only helps to lower greenhouse gas emissions but also improves air quality, making Steelton a healthier place to live.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

Gavin Newsom made a habit of waiving all state environmental rules to allow fossil fuel power plants and backup generators to run without restrictions when the grid was under stress. The solar, wind, nuclear, hydropower, geothermal, energy storage and natural gas on the grid right now are the resources the state has this month.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2023

By Anders Lorenzen The consumption of coal, the most climate polluting fossil fuel, is predicted to peak by 2025 in China, the world’s highest emitting country. Analysis by Sinopec, expects coal consumption to peak around 2025 at 4.37 billion metric tons (BMT). billion metric tons (BMT).

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Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

City of New York , plumbing and building trade groups challenged New York Citys Local Law 154 of 2021 , a piece of legislation that prohibits fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, held that EPCA preempted a Berkeley ordinance that prohibited natural gas piping in new buildings.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. Posted: March 19, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

Electricity bills for the 65 million people in the region could increase by as much as 29% starting in June 2025—and it may be only the beginning unless swift action is taken by PJM. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Partners Host Aug. Partners Host Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Homer City based its decision on several factors including the low price of natural gas, a dramatic spike in the cost of its ongoing coal supply, unseasonably warm winters and increasingly stringent environmental regulations. A fourth plant-- Montour (1,504) -- announced plans to stop burning coal in 2025.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Fossil fuel language. The key focus point is to phase out fossil fuels, absolutely necessary for bringing emissions down. The language is the same as was agreed in Glasgow, calling for: ‘the phasedown of unabated coal power and phase-out of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies `. .

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A Greener Life

MAY 20, 2022

With more than 300,000 panels deployed over an area of 214 hectares, it is the largest of its kind in the country, with a production capacity of 100 megawatts (MW) – a sizeable output, but not enough on its own to turn Bolivia’s energy mix away from fossil fuels and towards renewables. Advantageous and encouraging.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Job-intensive infrastructure upgrades, efficiency improvements, and measures to repair fossil fuel damage, including repairing roads and bridges (99%), weatherizing homes to make them more energy efficient (96%), cleaning up old oil and gas wells (95%), and reclaiming abandoned mine lands (86%), enjoy broad support among Pennsylvania voters.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2024

On August 1, PennFuture released this statement related to the latest PJM Interconnection electricity auction that resulted in a dramatic increase in electricity prices in the PJM footprint for delivery in 2025-26. At the most recent auction, the clearing prices for the 2025/26 delivery year, soared to $269.92 Read more here. "At

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Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A first draft shows that more than two billion Euros in total shall be invested into hydrogen development until 2025. There is, however, a problem as hydrogen is often produced from fossil fuels (natural gas, methane) in these countries and can therefore not be considered `green`.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI) proposal to fast track natural gas power plants at the exclusion of renewable and other clean energy projects, leaving them stuck in the permitting queue. On February 12, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved the PJM Interconnection, Inc.s

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

PJM said the auction secured adequate resources to meet demand for the 2024/2025 Delivery Year. Prices in most areas were down, but up in areas with local constraints that indicate tightening conditions in certain areas. The auction produced a price of $28.92 MW-day for much of the PJM footprint, compared to $34.13/MW-day

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A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. The Tokyo Olympics will be powered by a fuel with ambition – hydrogen. It is planning to replace fossil fuels with hydrogen in heavy industries such as steel-making.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% In 2010, the mix was 48% coal, 34% nuclear, 15% gas and 2% renewables.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

10 Telephonic Hearing On PPL Proposal To Construct New Three Mile Island - Chanceford 500kV Transmission Line and Chanceford - Peach Bottom 500kV Transmission and Other Related Transmission Lines -- Washington Post: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Owner Seeks $1.6

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Article 2 (1) and (3) rGD now differentiate between natural gas and gases (defined as natural gas and hydrogen). Accordingly, the Directive as well as the Regulation differentiate between rules applicable to natural gas and gases more broadly defined. 31-33 rGD).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2023

By the end of 2024, PJM expects to have cleared about 62,000 MW for connection, another 100,000 MW by the end of 2025, and an additional 100,000 MW by the end of 2026. The PJM system’s current total capacity is about 184,000 MW.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting public comments on two Chapter 105 encroachment applications submitted by Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream LLC covering natural gas gathering pipelines and water pipelines in Westmoreland County, according to public notices in the August 12 PA Bulletin. Butler County. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

Second, coal and natural gas-fired power plants that are work horses of the grid are retiring prematurely both because of the climate policies of some states (not Pennsylvania) and because the federal government discourages or bans fossil-fuel power plants and give preferential treatment to renewable energy.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

6, 2025 -- DEP Took Action On 812 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,733 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Week Ending Aug. Could Be Reactivated -- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 20 Stormwater Operation & Maintenance Workshop, Montgomery County [PaEN] -- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Of Delaware River Basin Announces 2023 Award Winners University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. Potter County To Sept. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill? Potter County To Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

Individually, Chatham University has pledged to reach carbon neutrality by 2025, and the University of Pittsburgh by 2037. In addition to their 2030 District commitment, some Partners have set additional carbon neutrality goals. A number of large property owners, grocery stores, and financial institutions have also made carbon commitments.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2023

Venting a new natural gas well has been a routine part of the process of getting all conventional wells into production. Venting natural gas removes stray solids and liquids and other foreign matter from the well that could contaminate the stream of natural gas. No violations were noted. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

[PJM also said at the same hearing there is such a high percentage of renewable new energy generation seeking to connect to the PJM grid because renewable energy is cheaper than natural gas and nuclear. Without imports, the report predicts that states with an RPS will fall short of RPS requirements through 2025. Read more here.]

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A Greener Life

OCTOBER 24, 2021

In this scenario, demand for fossil fuels peaks by 2025, and global CO2 emissions fall by 40% by 2050. Natural gas demand increases in all scenarios over the next five years, but there are sharp divergences after this. All sectors see a decline, with the electricity sector delivering by far the largest.

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Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

GW by 2025 according to Cleantechnica. Here are some quoted takeaways from the report : Solar PV (with associated energy storage costs included) could supply 23% of global power generation in 2040 and 29% by 2050, entirely phasing out coal and leaving natural gas with just a 1% market share.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

16 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN] -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults [PaEN] -- The Center Square: State Dept. 26 to Sept.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 24, 2023

Question: Some people claim EVs are worse for the environment than gasoline cars Answer: Battery-Electric vehicles (BEVs) have on average two thirds lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than gasoline cars today, and this will improve as electricity grids get cleaner by cutting out fossil fuels.

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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. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas -- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. EIA Expects U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2022

Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Oct.

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Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 1, 2023

Far more energy efficient than a gas furnace, using a heat pump can provide significant energy bill savings , while offering protection from volatile gas prices , which can fluctuate wildly depending on global markets. And, kicking gas out of your home is good for your health and the climate.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

Energy authorities in Inner Mongolia are aiming to connect 50 gigawatts of renewable power to the grid by 2025. The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. The Kubuqi desert. Photo credit: Alamy. Neither of these will be easy for Inner Mongolia. Quick decisions needed.

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