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Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping

PA Environment Daily

3 train derailment at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that released carloads of toxic chemicals, state officials have expressed far less concern about the largest natural gas leak in state history. gas storage facility in Jackson Twp., Methane is a powerful contributor to atmospheric warming.

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Ask a Scientist: Two Dozen States Can Meet 100 Percent of Electricity Demand with Renewables by 2035

Union of Concerned Scientists

Just as important, cleaning up the power grid also lowers carbon dioxide emissions. Reducing fossil fuel use under the 100-percent RES policy cuts alliance state power plant carbon dioxide emissions by 58 percent below 2020 levels by 2040.

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Clean Hydrogen: How It’s Produced and What We Can Do with It

Law and Environment

SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. SMR is a high-carbon process that uses fossil fuels for process heat. Here we’ll look at how hydrogen is produced and what it will be used for. How is hydrogen produced today? What’s with the colors?

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Westmoreland County -- The New Yorker Book Review: Searching For Unfamiliar Terrain In ‘The Nature Book’ By Tom Comitta -- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing [PaEN] -- PA Dept. Pleasant Twp.,

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

18 Virtual, In-Person Public Symposium On Options For Carbon Dioxide Removal In The US , 8:15 a.m. Maybe [Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart] Background On Issues -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. to 5:00 p.m. 4 Hearing, Meeting Set [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project: State Dept.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.14.25

PA Environment Daily

27 Webinar: General Update Of Large-Scale Solar In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- PUC Publishes Final Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging -- The Center Square: A Closer Look At Shapiros Carbon Tax Plan -- WESA: Truck Overturns Spilling 2,000 Gallons Of Diesel Fuel Into Allegheny River In Pittsburgh -- PA Assn.

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DEP Appeals Commonwealth Court Order Blocking Publication Of Final RGGI Regulation

PA Environment Daily

Senate Republicans also failed again to suggest any alternative to RGGI to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants or to help workers and communities caught in the market-driven clean energy transition. ushering in years of cheap oil and gas. ushering in years of cheap oil and gas. Read more here. At least $12.5