PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts -- PA Wilds Center: PA Wilds Makers Market On Oct. 22 In Washington County -- Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meeting Oct. 17 -- Williamsport Sun: Oct. 22 , 1:00 p.m. 22 , 1:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

PJMs effort to continue our addiction to 19th century sources of energy that are dirty, dangerous, unreliable and expensive, instead of using safer, more reliable and more cost-effective 21st-century technologies such as solar and wind power and battery storage is appalling. Photos: Keystone and Conemaugh power plants.)

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Clean Air Act Electricity Air Pollution Renewable Energy 77

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 11, 2023

During the critical peak hour on Christmas Eve, Vineyard Wind would have delivered more than 700 megawatts to the grid—enough to eliminate the reserve shortage and create a “capacity surplus.”

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

The EPA’s Social Cost of Carbon was adjusted to 2025 to align with the emissions year of the NO x and SO 2 estimates.) More gas plants, uncertain coal retirements As you may have noticed in the first table toward the top of the page, about 7.4 GW of new gas capacity is planned to come online in 2023, outpacing not only the 4.8

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

4] Meanwhile, many experts see in recent trends an inevitable transition away from coal and nuclear power plants, designed to function as baseload capacity, toward variable renewable energy sources with just-in-time natural gas back-up. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

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Electricity Renewable Energy 2019 Nuclear Power 100

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Allegheny County; Private Gas Well, Propane Found And Secured -- Post-Gazette: 2 Killed In An ‘Absolutely Extreme’ Home Explosion In Crescent Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

27 What Does It Mean To Love A Forest Webinar; More Educational Opportunities [PaEN] -- Berks Nature Protects 607 Acre Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation In Schuylkill County [PaEN] -- Manada Conservancy Partners With Laudenslager Family To Preserve 575 Acres In Dauphin County [PaEN] -- Berks Nature Establishes Ruth E.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Senate returns to session June 27, 28, 29, 30 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule House returns to session June 27, 28, 29, 30 [ Budget Time! ] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship -- Lancaster County Approves $3.4

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Natural Gas 2020 Wind Power Waste 62

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The cost of clean energy technologies such as wind, solar, and battery technologies BNEF expects to decline further in 2025, in a boost to the viability of the sector. The global benchmarks for wind and solar generation are also set to fall this year at 4% and 2%, respectively. Graph credit: BloombergNEF.

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Clean Energy Technology Technology Wind Power 56

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

16 [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Creates Jobs And A Healthier Planet - By Deb Haaland, Secretary, US Dept. Families Left With Unanswered Questions After Natural Gas Leak Complaints From 70 Homes -- WPXI: Small Natural Gas Leaks Found In More Than 30 Homes In Cranberry Twp.,

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Conservation Natural Gas Clean Energy Electricity 83

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

But in 2025, everything must be re-litigated. electricity generation for a whole month March 2025 thanks to record-high solar and wind power, according to data released by energy think tank Ember. In a galaxy where logic prevails, this model program does its thing without us ever having to think about it again.

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Fossil Fuels 2028 Climate Change Conservation 130

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

When Donald Trump returns to the Oval Office in January 2025, his second presidency will have widespread implications for the energy industry, especially new investments, but not necessarily in the ways his supporters might expect. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

On January 20, 2025 otherwise known as Day One of Trump 2.0 At the same time, the natural gas industry was in disarray, coal burning was damaging the environment, and the nuclear power industry collapsed. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing opened huge domestic natural gas and petroleum markets.

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