PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Electric vehicle proliferation, just look at all the mandates related to electric cars.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In collaboration with the Department of Environmental Protection, the US Department of Energy, McGill University, and Moms Clean Air Force, the EDF project will use drone-mounted magnetometers and advanced methane detection technologies to locate and address abandoned and orphan wells.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 25, 2024

UCS supports Treasury’s proposed temporal-matching requirement, with a phase-in of hourly matching by 2028 with no exemptions for legacy producers. Offsets would be entirely discordant with the intention of 45V, which is specifically designed to incentivize technology and process innovations to enable truly clean hydrogen production.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

That money is not without its controversies — CCS technologies are still in early stages — but Wilcox sees the opportunity in funding technologies with potential for significant carbon reduction. Since her arrival, the DOE has invested well over $1 billion in carbon capture research and related programs.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

PJM Interconnection operates the regional electric grid serving 13 states and the District of Columbia. It issued a report last year warning that, under current trends, there may not be enough electric generating capacity to keep the lights on by 2028–2030. Pennsylvania’s energy policies have not caused this problem.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

A recent analysis from researchers at the University of California Davis found a 50 percent chance that petroleum diesel would disappear from California by 2028. When policymakers subsidize new technologies, the justification is often the potential that scaling up a new technology will lead to cost reductions over time.

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Enviromental Defense

JULY 31, 2024

Nova Scotia still relies on dirty coal for half of its electricity. billion by 2028 and $17.7 It is currently prohibitively expensive and technologically challenging to transport hydrogen. That is not a smart use of Atlantic Canada’s renewable energy. The wind energy used to produce hydrogen won’t be available for local use.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Clean hydrogen production relies either on electricity, which may be generated through renewable or fossil fuel resources; or directly on fossil fuels, via steam methane reformation (SMR) or coal gasification accompanied by carbon capture, or via methane pyrolysis. Cost parity.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 24 PA Bulletin the final technical guidance on using trenchless technology to construct natural gas, other pipelines and underground utilities is now available and effective. Read more here.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Germany has six remaining nuclear reactors which are due to be closed down next year which will remove a huge source of zero-carbon electricity from the German economy unable to be taken up by other clean energy sources such as solar and wind.

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Physics World

MAY 17, 2022

Meanwhile, laser technology was progressing apace too. Operating at 1550 nm, they promised to make long-distance fibre systems cheaper by reducing – or eliminating entirely – the need for optical-electrical-optical repeaters. from 2021 to 2028. Isn’t “glass” fantastic!

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Celebrate Trees And Streams ! PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: Mt. Of Health Seeks Participants In Oct. Maybe [Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart] Background On Issues -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 4 Hearing, Meeting Set [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project: State Dept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 13, 2022

First commercialized in 1991, their cost has declined by a remarkable 97 percent over the last three decades, enabling the rapid growth of mobile phones, laptops and more recently, electric cars. The Biden administration, which wants half of all new vehicles sold in the United States to be electric by 2030, has taken notice.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

Awarded $50,000 to organize a three-day educational film festival focused on environmental issues and solutions in the heart of Beaver Falls. Million In Penalties Assessed -- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Corp. New Act 14 Notices Of New Wells From Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad In Union Twp.,

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A Greener Life

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

This is enormously valuable for an electricity system,” said Fiestas. This would represent a significant expansion of the country’s total installed capacity across all electricity sources, which surpassed 200 GW in July. It has been approved by the House of Representatives, the lower house of parliament, in November 2023.

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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. These unit shutdowns, representing 15% of the coal generation fleet, would translate to thousands of unionized job losses in the coal mining, electric generation, and transport sectors.

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Capaccio

APRIL 22, 2024

Keeping this in mind, there is no one-size-fits-all solution for compliance with the new rules. Greenhouse Gas Emissions The rules require large accelerated filers (LAFs) and accelerated filers (AFs) to disclose material Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 ( i.e., electricity, steam, heating, or cooling) greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2022

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law has given us a great opportunity, and I'm proud of the progress that we – along with our partners – have made to prepare Pennsylvania for a future filled with electric vehicles.” million in National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) formula funds for EV charging infrastructure over the next five years.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

New Energy Advocate Under House Bill 2573 , the new Independent Energy Office would be charged with “protecting the reliability and affordability of the electricity grid within this Commonwealth and promoting the use of energy produced in this Commonwealth.” Read more here. Click Here for a copy of the March announcement. from other sources.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

The Public Utility Commission received 30 comments from a wide range of stakeholders on the issue of the adequacy of electricity supplies in Pennsylvania as a follow-up to the Commission's technical conference in November. Click Here for more information. Stakeholder Comments Copies of stakeholder comments are posted online at Docket No.

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Green Bang

MARCH 11, 2025

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and Eni are building the world's largest and most advanced tritium fuel cycle facility , set to open in 2028 at Culham Campus, Oxfordshire. Researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a prototype battery that converts gamma radiation from spent nuclear fuel into electricity.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 23, 2025

New pipelines, and new LNG terminals, are actively under constructionthe latter of which are already projected to nearly double LNG capacity by 2028. Moreover, fossil fuel pipelines crisscross the nation and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals extend the reach of gas transmission from within the country to around the globe.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Rate Increase For UGI Electric Division -- PUC 2022-23 Audit Investigations Identified Over $50 Million In Savings For Utilities, Customers -- PUC Appoints David E. 9 Audubon Community Nature Center Camp For Ages 4-12 -- Warren Times: Oct. 1-3 In Gettysburg [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can I Do About Climate Change?

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Cresforum

MARCH 25, 2024

Many environmentalist groups praised the draft rule, as it focused heavily on ensuring that only new zero-carbon electricity is used to produce hydrogen. As written, the guidance requires hydrogen produced via to source its electricity from only new low- or zero-emissions sources. hydrogen economy to take off.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

National- $3.07 Billion To Close Gap Between Rich And Poor Schools, Report Advanced By Dems Says -- WESA: State Commission Recommends Lawmakers Adopt A $5.4 Billion To Revamp PA’s Education System -- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Commission On Education Funding Ends With Split Vote, Call For Spending $5.4 National- $3.07 National- $3.07

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

Senate OSTP Hearing: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee held a confirmation hearing for White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) director nominee Eric Lander. 1213 ) that would direct the National Academies to identify the “top 10 emerging science and technology challenges” faced by the U.S.

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