PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

At the same time, the amount of available electric generation is tightening as fossil-fuel fired plants that provide around-the-clock electricity are retiring due to policy and economic pressures, and the number of new generation projects joining the grid is not keeping pace due to a number of factors.

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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 million bpd of oil this year. billion metric tons (BMT).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

My Administration is setting a new standard for Pennsylvania natural gas to be produced in a responsible, sustainable way and showing how we can bring people together to get things done. until the construction of the well pad begins in early 2026. Josh Shapiro. Nick Deiuliis, President and CEO of CNX Resources Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

The auction resulted in this generation mix for the June 2025-May 2026 delivery year: 48% gas; 21% nuclear; 18% coal; 5% demand response; 4% hydro; 2% other resources; 1% solar; and 1% wind/ PJM is severely overreliant on fossil fuels—especially natural gas-fired generation. Partners Host Aug.

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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

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

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. However, this new process is not expected to begin until 2026. Read more here.] Click Here for a copy of the report.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. McCormick Defended DOGE, President And Called Signal Chat A Mistake In First Tele-Town Hall -- WESA: Collaboration Or Combat?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

Committee Meets May 25 On Bill To Prohibit Communities From Moving To Clean, Cheaper Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Environmentalists Petition Feds To Reverse Rule Allowing Shipping Liquid Natural Gas By Rail -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Warn Of Dangers If LNG Is Allowed To Be Shipped (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

13 to 19; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Freshwater Pipeline Break; Ice & Snow [PaEN] -- 4 Months Later, XTO Energy, Inc. 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? PaEN] -- PA Cong.

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Renewable + Law

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The program allocates a total of $8 billion in funding to DOE from 2022 to 2026 to create these regional hydrogen networks. The H2Hubs program is designed to support the production of clean hydrogen from a variety of feedstocks including fossil fuels, renewable energy, and nuclear energy.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? 7-8 Meetings On Act 129 Statewide Energy Efficiency Baseline Studies, 2026 Technical Reference Manual Update -- 2024 Woodland Owners Conference Set For Feb.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. The Energy Foundation China predicts that Inner Mongolia will be one of the last provinces to reach peak carbon, sometime between 2026 and 2030. Neither of these will be easy for Inner Mongolia. An urgent need for change.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. mi) less than half the area of active oil and gas leases (40,500 sq. times current levels by 2035.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

To its credit, the Shapiro Administration was able to obtain a 14% increase in DEP funding in the fiscal year 2024-2025 budget, while calling for an additional 12% increase in DEP funding in the 2025-2026 budget. Shapiro has publicly supported all the above fossil fuel projects, calling them good for Pennsylvanias economy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. Note: “Natural gas” is an industry misnomer; UCS considers methane, fossil gas, and gas to be much more appropriate terms. I’ll be using the term “gas” from here on out.)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

. -- DEP published multiple notices in the March 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on Chapter 105 Encroachment and Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation permits and a Section 401 Certification for the National Fuel Gas Tioga Pathway Natural Gas Pipeline Project in McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties. ( Received Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

In New England, the percent of people of color living near fossil fuel power plants is up to 23.5 On the other side of the country, half of California’s gas plants are in communities considered among the state’s 25% most disadvantaged communities.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations. Click Here for the announcement.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

The project is moving forward on schedule for completion in 2026. Note: Residents of Dimock Township have been waiting for reliable, permanent replacement water for their well water contaminated by shale gas fracking more than 20 years ago in the largest groundwater contamination event caused by shale gas development in Pennsylvania history.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

The funding for planning is set to remain available until September 30, 2031 and the funding for implementation projects is set to remain available until September 30, 2026. The funding is set to remain available until September 30, 2026. The funding is set to remain available through September 30, 2026.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

was charged with 48 counts of environmental crimes for their conduct during the construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline which carries hazardous natural gas liquids. Natural gas escaped from the pipeline, causing a devastating explosion. Read more here.] Read more here.]

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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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Natural Gas Electricity Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 83

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp., Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp., Million In Growing Greener Plus Grants From DEP -- TribLive: Stormwater Fee Tabled, But Stark Fiscal Challenges Stand For Allegheny Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

Extreme weather, fossil fuel pollution, increased vector-borne diseases, and food and water scarcity fueled by climate change threaten every child of God, both here in the United States and throughout the farthest corners of the world. “The At the Evangelical Environmental Network, we couldn’t agree more.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2025

23 Webinar On Data Centers - How To Ensure AI And Cryptocurrency Mining Don't Delay Transition To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College: Feb. 22 On ARCH2 Appalachian Hydrogen Hub , On Campus, Washington, PA, 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Project To Hold Open House Jan.

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Electricity Biofuels Fossil Fuels 2025 84

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

24 RiverWatch Video Report -- Centre Daily Times: Follow These Centre County Recycling Tips In 2025 -- Lock Haven Express: Penn State, DCNR Forest Health Briefing, Forest Landowners Conference March 6-8 In State College -- Jan. Ohio- $3.01 Ohio- $3.01 Ohio- $3.01

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

6 to 13 In Harrisburg: ‘Connecting Our Communities’ -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Groups Gain Nearly $65,000 For Clean Water Projects -- Potter Leader-Enterprise: PA Wilds Master Watershed Steward - Several Programs Available For Greener Spaces -- PA Lake Management Society, Wilkes College Host Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2025

This backlog is pushing electricity prices higher, deepening reliance on unreliable and costly fossil fuels, and preventing the grid from adapting to meet future demand. On average, new project approvals take over five yearslonger than any other region in the country. The recent settlement with Gov.

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Greenbuilding Law

MARCH 26, 2023

All electric building codes require that new construction and major renovations be powered by electricity rather than fossil fuels. This means that buildings must use electric heating, cooling, and hot water systems instead of natural gas or oil. The fossil fuel based economy has changed, but building codes didn’t.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

Shapiro And The Shale Gas Company CNX -- TribLive: Many West Deer Residents Calling For More Stringent Regulations On Shale Gas Drilling In Allegheny County -- TribLive: Indiana Twp. Rezoning Would Accommodate Fracking Off Route 910 In Westmoreland County -- TribLive: Natural Gas Well Fracking Plans On Hold In Indiana Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2022

EIA: Ban On New Natural Gas Pipelines Would Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Natural Gas Combustion 4.4% EIA: Ban On New Natural Gas Pipelines Would Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Natural Gas Combustion 4.4% But don’t count on frackers riding to the rescue this time.”] -- Reuters: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

The IRA marks the single largest investment to address the climate crisis, build community resilience in the face of extreme weather, and defend the health of our children from life-shortening fossil fuel pollution. From urban cities and former fossil fuel sites to America’s abundant rural and farming communities, all stand to gain.

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Environmental Science

JUNE 15, 2018

It is vital to prospecting for and mining of fossil fuels such as natural gas, coal, and crude oil that we convert to fuel our homes, public transportation, and personal vehicles. These have energy properties that we use as fossil fuels in an internal combustion engine. Mineralogy. Geothermal Energy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Gene Yaw’s often-said statement-- “You can’t have green energy without fossil fuels.”]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

The project is moving forward on schedule for completion in 2026. Residents of Dimock Township have been waiting for reliable, permanent replacement water for their well water contaminated by shale gas fracking more than 20 years ago in the largest groundwater contamination event caused by shale gas development in Pennsylvania history.

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