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What’s Been Killing U.S. Coal?

Legal Planet

The passage of the 1970 Clean Air Act and its major 1990 Amendments don’t show up at all in a graph of coal use. Coal began to really plunge in 2012, three years before Obama’s Clean Power Plan was issued. Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.25

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro: What Labor, Industry, Environmental, Consumer Leaders Are Saying About The Lightning Energy Plan To Secure Pennsylvanias Energy Future -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Triggering Restrictions On 19 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 17 More Approaching Restrictions [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases Natural (..)

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Clean Power Plan: The Legal Battle Continues

The Energy Law

Arguments in the “core legal issues” brief include: The Clean Air Act does not authorize EPA to make such sweeping changes to how electricity is generated and transmitted in the United States. The Clean Power Plan usurps authority given to States by the U.S. Constitution and the Clean Air Act.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. Clean Air Act appropriating $2.25 States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding.

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108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov.

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Ask a Scientist: UCS Transportation Program Adds Equitable Mobility to its Portfolio

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. EN: Our car-dependent culture does more than threaten public health and the environment.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

. -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 4 Webinar: Our Work Helps The Allegheny River Thrive -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. Cents/kWH Up From 10.04 Cents/kWH -- National Fuel Gas Increases Natural Gas Costs 3.7%