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Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue

PA Environment Daily

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. Locher said the Keystone and Conemaugh facilities announced they will close by 2028. Read more here. “As

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Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines

PA Environment Daily

Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced new regulations enhancing pipeline safety and governing hazardous liquids pipelines owned by public utilities in Pennsylvania are expected to be published as final this month and take effect in November. On September 6, Sen.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 9.30.23

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro Noncommittal On Greenhouse Gas Strategy As Climate Task Force Finishes Work -- House/Senate Legislative Climate Caucus Announces Climate Week Activities In PA Oct. 23 to 29; More Abandoned Wells; Oil & Gas Doesn’t Typically Issue NOVs For ‘Routine’ Venting Of Natural Gas, Will Air Quality Under New Regs?

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Abandoned Well Citizen Expert Laurie Barr, University Of Pennsylvania Prof. Jennifer Wilcox Recognized On The Grist 50 List

PA Environment Daily

Before she arrived, it focused on studying the most efficient ways of producing and using coal, oil, and natural gas. After the stint in government, Wilcox is back doing what she loves most: teaching. She spent the last 3.5 Wilcox led a turnaround that saw the office shift to curbing the pollution those fuels generate.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.7.25

PA Environment Daily

OSM Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Releases Spring Tree Planting Schedule [PaEN] -- MCall: Bethlehem Will Spend Millions To Improve, Expand Its Parks Over Next Decade -- Discover Northeast PA: Exploring Spine Trails With PA Environmental Council -- WHYY: Spring Garden Bicycle Lanes Still On Track To Connect Delaware To Schuylkill River (..)

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Germany’s early nuclear shutdown came with a heavy carbon price?

A Greener Life

If these reactors were kept in operation, a complete exit from coal would be possible by 2028, ten years earlier than Angela Merkel’s government has planned. As we recently reported, none of the parties seeking to form the next government is likely to go down the nuclear route.

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Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Be Able To Keep All The Lights On In Four Years

PA Environment Daily

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. We generate more electricity than any other state in PJM, and we have not forced the closure of natural gas and coal plants.