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The Environmental Council of the States and the Environmental Protection Network reported this week the President's Budget Request issued on May 2 would cut over $1 billion going to states to administer federal pollutioncontrol and permitting programs, eliminating 16 of the 19 categorial state grants.
Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties In May 2023, the Shell Petrochemical Plant served by the pipeline signed a consent order that included over $17 million in penalties to resolve airpollution violations-- over $12.6 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4%
The 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jury recommended charges under the AirPollutionControl Act and Clean Streams Law regarding negligent maintenance and upkeep of the well. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.
4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce AirPollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Reduced Permit Backlog By 67% Under Gov.
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They involve reduced protection for endangered species, eliminating energy efficiency rules, blocking new transmission lines, changing electricity regulation to favor fossil fuels, weakening airpollution rules, and encouraging sale of gas guzzlers. #1. Crippling airpollutioncontrol. 402-404] #5.
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Shapiro, Joins 4 Other Governors To Call On PJM To Reform Its Electric Generating Capacity Auction Rules To Prevent Billions Of Dollars In 'Unnecessary’ Costs To Their Residents, Businesses [PaEN] -- Inquirer: Electric Bills Are Rising In PA, NJ; Governors Want PJM To Help Cut Costs -- PPL Utilities Increases Price Of Electricity Dec.
EPA, brought by a group of conservative/red states who challenge EPA’s approval of California’s request to adopt airpollution emission limits for motor vehicles more stringent than those issued by EPA. On Monday, the Court denied review in a separate but related case, Ohio v. EPA is good news indeed.
EPA’s 2024 Rule Under section 111 of the Clean Air Act, EPA must establish standards of performance for certain categories of stationary sources that “cause[ ], or contribute[] significantly to, airpollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health or welfare.”
One study put the public costs of excess emissions of just one pollutant from boilers grandfathered in this way at up to $65 billion nationally. One study put the public costs of excess emissions of just one pollutant from boilers grandfathered in this way at up to $65 billion nationally.
Read the Resource Links below. Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP Ongoing Explosion/Fire Investigation: Energy Transfer Reported An Uncontrolled Release Of Ethane For 9.5 Hours From Its Revolution Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN] -- 3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1
to 11% UGI Gas Rate Hike Request -- Courier Times: Shocked By Your Higher PECO Electric, Natural Gas Bill? to 11% UGI Gas Rate Hike Request -- Courier Times: Shocked By Your Higher PECO Electric, Natural Gas Bill?
electricity to about one-fifth today. In fact, there was a surge in construction of new coal plants after 1970 due to high electricity demand. Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollutioncontrols than competing fuels. But this could only have a contributing factor. In 2010, U.S.
Second, the agency needs information about the costs of facility-by-facility changes, such as shifts in how often facilities are used, their fuel consumption, and how pollutioncontrols were actually operated. quarter of EPA original estimate); an estimate by an industry group (the Edison Electric Institute) was only slightly higher.
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The exemption process covers restrictions on- -- Hazardous AirPollutants from Coal and Oil-Fired Electric Generations -- New Source Performance Standards, Hazardous AirPollutants from Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturing -- Hazardous AirPollutants from Ethylene Oxide Emission for Sterilization Facilities -- Hazardous AirPollutants from Rubber (..)
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DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state AirPollutionControl Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. 1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%
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Steel’s Clairton Coke Works over the Fourth of July weekend – but also raise new questions about the condition of the facility’s electrical system. July 2 because of “electrical issues.” They are also the same control rooms impacted by the July 4 outage – #1, #2, and #5. Yes, we said outages. As in there was more than one.
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In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order [PaEN] -- Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant [PaEN] -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9
13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s airpollutioncontrol regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];
In the recent ruling, the Third Circuit held that it was reasonable for EPA to interpret Section 126(b) to be an “independent mechanism for enforcing interstate pollutioncontrol,” thereby giving EPA authority to directly regulate a specific source in an upwind state. See GenOn REMA, LLC v. 12-1022, slip op. at 29 (3d Cir.
Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.
The SEC’s regime is an investor protection program, and nowhere in the SEC’s rule does a stated goal of pollutioncontrol or GHG emission reduction appear. California has a history as a “first mover” on environmental issues, in part due to the state’s pressing need for pollutioncontrols.
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Million Initiative To Electrify Truck Fleets For Cleaner Air; Awards $1.7 Million Initiative To Electrify Truck Fleets For Cleaner Air; Awards $1.7 7 Webinar On Where Solar Energy And Farming Meet [PaEN] -- Dec. 5 Penn State EarthTalk Webinar On Empowering Native Communities With Renewable Energy.
The Regulation targets emissions from auxiliary engines (which supply electricity for non-propulsive functions while a ship is berthed) and boilers (which power steam-driven pumps to offload crude oil from large tankers). Resources Code, 21080.5(c); Citing to the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006; and to Pub.
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Allocated $53 million to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for air quality monitoring conducted by the EPA in low-income and disadvantaged communities and at schools in these communities. Tax Credits. gigawatt capacity limit for allocating tax credits to qualifying projects.
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That theme continues throughout, from the Prevention of Significant Deterioration program , which helps protect attainment areas from pollution caused by new sources, to ongoing monitoring requirements for attainment areas. The Supreme Court in Union Electric Company v. All states must submit SIPs, regardless of attainment status.
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Now, SB 1137 protects communities by establishing a setback distance of 3,200 feet for homes, schools, parks, or businesses open to the public from new wells, and requires comprehensive pollutioncontrols for existing oil wells within the setback zone.
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