Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

This is after Zeldin told senators in written answers for his confirmation that he planned to learn from EPA career staff about the current state of the science on greenhouse gas emissions and follow all legal requirements. Instead, Zeldin has scientists in a state of bewilderment.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- The Citizens Voice: May 30-31 BioBlitz In Nesbitt Park, Kirby Park Natural Area In Wilkes-Barre -- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: First-Ever Wilkes-Barre BioBlitz Uncovers Hundreds Of Species -- Gettysburg Connection: Calling Planting Volunteers, Join Watershed Alliance Of Adams County May 31 For Pine Run Planting -- KYW: Emergency Siren Tests At Limerick, (..)

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2025

EPA’s core argument is that the statute requires it to determine whether an industry’s emissions “significantly cause or contribute” to climate change and that the industry’s carbon emissions don’t meet that standard. power industry’s emissions are nearly as large as Russia’s total emissions.

Pollution Control

Scientific American

JUNE 12, 2025

An about-face on the Clean Air Act The Clean Air Act provision that EPA uses to regulate power plant carbon — known as Section 111 — asks EPA to first determine whether a source category “causes, or contributes significantly” to harmful air pollution. In 2021, the D.C. Maher said.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

And if you want to get out of RGGI [Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative], come to the table and work on this with us." Diversifying our grid not only enhances our energy security but also defends our childrens health by reducing harmful air pollutants and carbon emissions. We thank Gov.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- DEP Invites Comments On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities; 7 Hearings Set [PaEN] -- DEP: XTO Energy Failed To Restore 5 Multi-Million Gallon Shale Gas Water Impoundments In Butler County [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 24 (..)

Conservation

Legal Planet

AUGUST 5, 2025

What started two decades ago as a mostly domestic industrial policy to help shore up energy security and alleviate severe air pollution is now also an export strategy, Wang said, noting that BYD recently surpassed Tesla to become the largest EV manufacturer in the world. Teslas are a dime a dozen in California, of course.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 16, 2025

On June 11, less than five months into the Trump administration, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin used a rulemaking about regulating power plant carbon pollution to officially establish climate denial as EPA policy. Plus, a rundown on how to fight back. What is EPA proposing to do? And that’s not all.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Section 115 was probably aimed at more localized pollution problems like acid rain, but greenhouse gases unquestionably cause serious harm in other countries. Fossil fuel plants — coal-fired power plants in particular — cause serious air pollution problems.

Clean Air Act

Legal Planet

AUGUST 26, 2021

The Court then held that greenhouse gases are covered by the Clean Air Act as a type of air pollutant. This gave EPA the power to impose limits on carbon emissions by vehicles and industry. EPA , the Obama Administration issued a series of regulations dealing with greenhouse gases.

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 25, 2022

Limiting climate change will require the rapid reduction in these emissions from the vehicles we drive. Electric vehicles (EVs) can eliminate tailpipe emissions altogether and so are an attractive option for reducing both global-warming and smog-forming air pollution. global warming) emissions.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2024

billion in Climate Pollution Reduction Grants to implement community-driven solutions that tackle the climate crisis, reduce air pollution, advance environmental justice, and accelerate America’s clean energy transition. for the Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions In Pennsylvania (RISE PA) Program.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

On May 8, the PJM Interconnection issued a statement on the US Environmental Protection Agency's final rule setting New Source Performance Standards for Greenhouse Gas Emissions and its potential impact on electric grid reliability. Friel-Otten, Rep. Abney Introduce Gov.

Air Pollution

Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

However, one of its most pressing current challenges is reducing the carbon emissions from transportation, a sector that is one of the highest contributors to greenhouse gases. In the US alone, the transportation sector contributed 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. Promotes sustainable transport.

Biofuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

The burning of transportation fuels, such as gasoline and diesel, is a substantial source of air pollution. ChargEVC-PA noted the Commission has already taken some steps to promote EV adoption.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

On November 29, PennFuture, Clean Air Council , Sierra Club , and Environmental Defense Fund filed an appeal of the Commonwealth Court’s November 1, 2023 ruling that blocked Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), a multistate carbon emissions reduction program.

Carbon Emissions

Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Four states in the Midwest will share more than $200 million in grants, which officials say will help improve air quality in communities long burdened by environmental harms. Read the full story at Inside Climate News.

Air Pollution

Washington Nature

OCTOBER 25, 2022

1 allowance = 1 metric ton of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To address this concern in Washington, the CCA includes a more expansive air quality program that covers all permitted and unregulated sources of emissions, not just the largest emitters. What are allowances + offsets? Download the CCA Fact Sheet.

Carbon Monoxide

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2024

PACER Under PACER, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will calculate a Pennsylvania-specific cap on carbon emissions and hold our own independent PACER credit auctions. Abney, and our legislative partners and co-sponsors for their support of this bold and forward-thinking plan.” Friel-Otten, Rep.

Clean Energy

Capaccio

OCTOBER 27, 2022

When you buy local, you are helping to lower carbon emissions by minimizing the distance that your food has to travel. This means fewer trucks on the road, less air pollution, and a lower need for fossil fuel. Consider traveling during off-peak hours to minimize time spent in traffic and lower carbon emissions.

Carbon Emissions

Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

As a goal net-zero is achieved when any residual carbon emissions are counter-balanced fully by dedicated carbon removal. But total emissions of greenhouse gases are around 50Gt of CO 2 ‘equivalents’. Yet if that is to balance residuals in a net zero world, emissions must be cut by 90-95%.

Fossil Fuels

Ocean Conservancy

MAY 27, 2022

This could be established alongside other technical measures like a low-carbon standard for shipping fuel to improve uptake of zero-emission fuels. By the end of the week one thing seemed likely, a price on shipping fuel’s carbon emissions even if it doesn’t end up being the exact levy proposed by the Marshall Islands.

Wind Power

Enviromental Defense

MAY 18, 2021

The decision to ditch coal was the biggest single action of its time to cut carbon emissions in North America. It also improved air quality and made smog days a thing of the past. That means carbon emissions from electricity in Ontario will be rising back up again after years of decline. Source: IESO [link].

Electricity

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Gas is a polluting fossil fuel which emits greenhouse gasses when it is produced and used. It is responsible for one third of Ontario’s greenhouse gas emissions , making it one the province’s worst climate change contributors. Using gas appliances at home creates indoor air pollution and can lead to asthma in children.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2023

Vitali -- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It -- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells -- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN] (..)

Greenhouse

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

By Katie Bohn, Penn State News The effectiveness of national voluntary programs asking companies to pledge to lower their pollution and greenhouse gas emissions depends on pressure from the public, according to a new study led by a Penn State researcher. For example, the U.S.

2001

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 10, 2022

Rather than offering modern transportation solutions, this government is proposing to build out-of-date mega highways which will destroy forests, farmland, and wetlands, while increasing the province’s carbon emissions. Ontario can and must do better. . When: March 10, 2022 Onwards. Where: Toronto, Ontario and available remotely.

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

Tom Wolf vetoed and disapproved Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1, which would have disabled the Commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and effectively achieve climate goals and reduce carbon emissions. while reducing harmful greenhouse gases.

Fossil Fuels

Edouard Stenger

MARCH 7, 2023

HT @circulareconomy pic.twitter.com/F3yFiSyg0J — Brent Toderian (@BrentToderian) November 14, 2022 Thus, switching from a car-centric urban planning to a more diverse model with much less cars but much more bikes and public transportation would bring massive cuts in energy consumption, air pollution and greenhouse gases emissions.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

On August 24, a coalition of fifteen organizations based in Western Pennsylvania has sent a letter to the Shapiro administration denouncing the formation of a secret committee, whose members and meeting minutes are not known to the public, in an apparent attempt to scuttle Pennsylvania’s entrance into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

Natural Gas

MGKF Law

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The holding halts former Governor Tom Wolf’s efforts to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil-fuel producing state to implement a price on carbon emissions. Read More » Tags: Air , Climate Change , Commonwealth Court , Pennsylvania , Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection , Taxes

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

In July 2022, the High Court of England and Wales in R (Friends of the Earth Ltd and Others) v Secretary of State for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy found that the UK Government’s plans to cut carbon emissions were inadequate and breached national law.

2022

Edouard Stenger

MAY 16, 2017

These days the United States’ federal government is promoting coal and backtracking on climate ambition and the European Union is no longer cutting its greenhouse gases emissions. All in all, these are good news and I am happy that some countries see the benefits of fighting global climate change and local air pollution.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

"As such, I plan to propose the formation of a task force to review the state’s energy policy and to map a path toward a future with family sustaining jobs in an energy sector that does not produce dangerous pollution or carbon emissions.”

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

“As part of our commitment to create a clean energy future for all in the Pittsburgh region, DLC is increasing opportunities for customers and communities to experience the many benefits of electric mobility while addressing one of our area’s largest sources of carbon emissions and air pollution —?transportation,”

Electricity

Vermont Law

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

to reducing their carbon emissions. which will implement national standards to govern carbon pollution from power plants. Once all these new rules take effect, how do we actually achieve the emissions reduction goals? to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. carbon dioxide. Air pollution also.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Utilizing manure nutrients efficiently means that risk of loss of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and greenhouse gas is minimized. Generation from solar farms of this size and type are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 47,390 metric tons of CO2 annually.

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