Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2024

Brendon organizes litter cleanups in London, Ontario and is interested in public education about strategies to prevent litter and water pollution. When organic matter breaks down in the landfill, it releases methane – a greenhouse gas that is 21 times more potent than carbon dioxide and a major contributor to global warming.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Peoples Natural Gas Rate Increase Background On Issues -- DEP: Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Will Be In The Red By Fall; All Sectors Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program No Go; Update On Permitting Reform [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 28 -- PUC Reminder Of Opportunities To Comment On Proposed 18.7%

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing [PaEN] -- PASA Sustainable Agriculture 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 18 Hearing On Panther Creek Power Application To Burn Waste Tires In Carbon County -- DEP Invites Comments At Jan. 1 -- Penn State Extension Host Jan. 7 -- DEP Hosts Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Welcome The Inaugural Class Of 35 High School Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors [PaEN] -- Think Outside Presents Oct.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 21, 2022

The carbon credit market continues to evolve as oil and gas companies face increasingly stringent regulations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Operators may now have the potential to sell carbon credits in exchange for the P&A of inactive, shut-in, or temporarily abandoned wells. million vehicles per year.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Any Pennsylvania business, farm, government agency, educational institution, or nonprofit organization that has developed or participated in a project that promotes environmental protection and stewardship in the Commonwealth may apply. The deadline for nominations is January 3. The Governor’s Office will then select the awardees.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Dr. Leubke will explain the basics of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and how both point-source CCS and direct air capture (DAC) can help the U.S. reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) atmospheric levels. The webinar is approved for Continuing Legal Education in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2023

This production will reduce Pitt’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15,452 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually, the equivalent of taking nearly 3,330 gasoline-fueled cars off the road. University, Community and Environmental Impact The Gaucho Solar project will produce more than 35,700 megawatt-hours of electricity annually.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Sustainable Pittsburgh and CEOs for Sustainability will host two educational events on March 10 and 15 on embodied carbon, the carbon dioxide emissions associated with materials and construction processes through the whole lifecycle of a building or infrastructure.

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Physics World

MARCH 16, 2022

While the impact of academic travel on climate change is indisputable, over the last few years a number of physicists have found that their computer usage can make up a huge part of their carbon footprint – sometimes even more than air travel. Just ask Adam Stevens , an astrophysicist at the University of Western Australia. Taken from Adv.

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The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Governor Edwards’ Climate Initiatives Task Force, charged with making recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions originating in Louisiana, recently took another step towards that goal. This document contains proposed strategies and specific actions across several priority areas to be considered in reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

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The Energy Law

OCTOBER 5, 2020

By ratifying the 2015 Paris Agreement, [1] nations across the world made a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by the year 2030. Carbon dioxide is one of the primary greenhouse gases found in the Earth’s atmosphere, accounting for 76% of global greenhouse gas emissions according to published reports.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Although not a requirement, the Township developed a protocol and process to collect samples, analyze the data, and publish the information to educate the public. Utilizing manure nutrients efficiently means that risk of loss of nitrogen, phosphorus, sediment, and greenhouse gas is minimized.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Under Governor Wolf, we’ve accelerated and expanded work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to equip Pennsylvania’s communities, businesses, and individual residents to address climate change impacts occurring now and projected for the near future. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2022

The report also found that: -- At nearly 29 MW, the amount of clean electricity generated by schools each year would offset greenhouse gas emissions equal to taking 5,000 gas-powered vehicles off the road. -- 66% of installed solar projects at Pa. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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Science Blogs

APRIL 11, 2019

This could absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and help biodiversity thrive. I should emphasise that even if we use natural climate solutions to the max, we still need to halt almost all greenhouse gas emissions and leave fossil fuels in the ground, if we are to prevent more than 1.5? (or or even 2?) of global heating.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On October 16, more than 100 leaders from business, industry, labor, higher education and non-profit organizations convened today for a roundtable on industrial decarbonization, held by Team PA and Clean Air Task Force at the Energy Innovation Center in downtown Pittsburgh. million to scale up their carbon dioxide removal technologies.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

RegenAll RegenAll , a Lancaster-based nonprofit, works with households, businesses, and municipalities throughout Lancaster County to conduct greenhouse gas inventories and develop climate action plans. RegenAll is currently pricing carbon offsets at $75 per metric ton of carbon dioxide.

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ESA

OCTOBER 22, 2021

The Ecological Society of America (ESA) calls on world leaders attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP26) in Glasgow to pledge immediate action to reduce carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gas emissions that limits rising temperatures to 1.5? Visit the ESA website at [link].

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Over 30,500 pro-life Christians submitted comments during Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection open comment period for the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), urging the state to join RGGI in order to protect the health of vulnerable Pennsylvanians and to create clean energy jobs in the state. “In

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

It also details actions, near- and longer-term, that will need to be taken by regional stakeholders, working in partnership, to realize southwestern Pennsylvania’s full potential in a low-carbon future. Stakeholder education and support will be needed to gain support for decarbonization levers and the associated infrastructure footprint.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2022

The August newsletter from the Pike County Conservation District includes articles on riparian buffers and climate change and forests as part of the District's Forestry month education initiative. Forests function as a “carbon sink”, removing carbon from the air as they grow, storing the carbon in their wood, the soil or other plant matter.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

While the “Gets It Done” plan has many admirable components, such as broad-based investments in education, innovation, workforce development, outdoor recreation, and agriculture, when it comes to choosing the energy industries the Commonwealth will fight for, the strategy still only points to fossil fuels. Resource Link: -- DCED: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Of Environmental Educators Accepting 2022 Award Nominations PAEE: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award Nominations Due Dec. Of Environmental Educators Accepting 2022 Award Nominations PAEE: Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Award Nominations Due Dec.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon. 451962/2016 (N.Y.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Shapiro] -- TribLive Editorial: Hydrogen Isn’t Clean If It Adds To Climate Pollution; Biden’s Rules Are A Good Start -- Financial Times: US Shale Oil, Natural Gas Magnate Harold Hamm Trying To Sell Oil And Gas Jobs To Generation Z -- Bloomberg: US Greenhouse Gas Emissions Fell 1.8% 29 -- DEP Sets Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It will lower the University’s greenhouse gas emissions by 15,452 metric tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of taking nearly 3,330 fuel-burning cars off the road. Vesper Energy is proud to partner with the University of Pittsburgh to help achieve their goal of 100% renewable electricity powering the campus.

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Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide 98

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

The health costs of these pollution sources are also inequitably distributed, since power plants tend to be sited in communities that have lower incomes and education levels. This means if the country is going to meaningfully address the climate crisis, it needs to rapidly shift to clean resources for generating electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2024

Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Executive Leadership Board -- Inquirer: The CO2 Coalition, A Source Of Climate Change Misinformation In PA, Wants Us To Love Carbon Dioxide -- City & State PA Guest Essay: Why Gov. Duquesne Light Rate Increase -- PUC Vice Chair Barrow Joins National Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

Oil/Natural Gas Production Other States/National/International -- WITF/NPR: The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

11 Hybrid Workshop On Creating A Garden That Welcomes Wildlife [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights November Education Programs, Activities -- Centre Daily Times: Which PA Spiders Are Dangerous To Humans? . -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct.

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Fossil Fuels Recycling 109

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

19 EarthTalks Webinar: The Economic Impact Of Carbon Emission Trading Scheme On Building Retrofits [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: Grid-Enhancing Technologies Could Facilitate 6.6 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan [PaEN] -- Ohio River Valley Institute Feb. 1 Draw -- DCNR To Hold Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2024

Fayette County Sparks Backlash From Neighbors -- TribLive: Unity Twp. 1 At University Of Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News: The Chesapeake Bay Program Flunked Its 2025 Cleanup Goals, What Happens Next?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

The Good The Supreme Court left the EPA’s overall ability to regulate greenhouse gases intact. It agreed with settled science that carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels is the major source of greenhouse gases, and that climate change is real. Related Articles This Week: -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

20 -- PennLive: Here’s How Outdoors-Loving Non-Hunters Can Avoid Getting Shot During Deer Season -- DCNR State Parks Winter/Holiday Environmental Education Activities, Teaching Ideas! 2 to 8 -- 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Restore Shale Gas Pad; No Progress In Spill Cleanups [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Jan.

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