PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Again Claims It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s 2nd Order To Cleanup Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 14 Climate Awakening Forum - Crafting A Sustainable Future , 9:30 a.m.

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Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Recycling 82

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Fossil fuel’s advantage is density, its storage of energy. Human beings have been burning things for tens of thousands of years, and we’ve organized our economies on burning fossil fuels. Generating electricity by burning fossil fuels is a wasteful process. In the short term, they are probably correct.

Renewable Energy 40

Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels Waste Electricity 40

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

13 to 19; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Freshwater Pipeline Break; Ice & Snow [PaEN] -- 4 Months Later, XTO Energy, Inc. 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? PaEN] -- PA Cong.

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Conservation Natural Gas Waste Electricity 80

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities ? 22 -- Penn State EarthTalk: Jan. 22 Building SURE (Sustainable And Resilient) Communities Webinar [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Jan. 22 -- Penn State EarthTalk: Jan.

Renewable Energy 64

Renewable Energy 2024 Natural Gas Waste 64

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Healey issued the CID in connection with an investigation into unfair or deceptive acts or practices in trade or commerce with respect to fossil fuel products and securities. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of the export of natural gas from Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP’s (Dominion’s ) facility in Maryland.

2016 40

2016 Climate Change Fossil Fuels Greenhouse 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

To get an assessment of the progress thus far, as well as an idea if what has to happen next, I turned to two of my colleagues in the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) Climate & Energy Program: Principal Climate Scientist Rachel Licker and Transmission Policy Manager Sam Gomberg. percent; natural gas, 38.3

Clean Energy 305

Clean Energy Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Change 305

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 31, 2024

Fossil-fueled power plants are often located closer to population centers, presenting a significant health risk to residents in those areas—areas that are often lower-income or minority neighborhoods. In the words of Kristy Dahl, UCS climate scientist : “The reality is that there have always been tornadoes.

Fossil Fuels 292

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Electricity Renewable Energy 292

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

The European Commission proposes replacing natural gas from any source in key sectors of its energy economy, dramatically expanding energy efficiency, renewables “instead of funding the fossil fuel industry elsewhere.” They want energy jobs in the EU. Let's dash into renewable energy at lightning speed.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2030 Clean Energy 98

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2025

14 -15 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Climate Change Will Continue With Warmer, Wetter Conditions Predicted -- DEP Sets Feb. 14 -15 [PaEN] -- TribLive: Climate Change Will Continue With Warmer, Wetter Conditions Predicted -- DEP Sets Feb. One In Susquehanna County Now [ PDF of Article ] -- WHYY/BillyPenn: Why Gov.

Natural Resources 83

Natural Resources Nuclear Power Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 83

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Think about this simple fact-- there is no limit on what the oil and gas industry can charge you for gasoline, diesel fuel or heating oil to heat your home and the spiking cost of natural gas is dramatically pushing up the cost of electricity for everyone because its price is determined on volatile foreign energy markets.

Fossil Fuels 98

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Renewable Energy Electricity 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

As the premier medical journal The Lancet states, “Climate change is the greatest global health threat facing the world in the 21st century, but it is also the greatest opportunity to redefine the social and environmental determinants of health.” At the Evangelical Environmental Network, we couldn’t agree more.

Clean Energy 78

Clean Energy Natural Gas Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 78

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

Natural Gas 100

Natural Gas Earth Day Politics Fossil Fuels 100

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Tied To LNG Shipments and international markets setting our natural gas prices?] -- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: How PA’s Government Can Prevent Deadly Blackouts - By Commonwealth Foundation -- DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp. 30, 2022 -- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.40 National- $3.11

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2023 Recycling 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2022

LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago -- The Guardian: ‘This Is A Fossil Fuel War’: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out -- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0;

Fossil Fuels 62

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Clean Energy Renewable Energy 62

Environmental Progress

AUGUST 3, 2020

I further argue that, if we continue to develop in these ways, deaths from natural disasters will continue to decline, food surpluses will continue to rise, and global carbon emissions will likely peak and decline soon, preventing temperatures from rising more than three degrees centigrade over pre-industrial levels.

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Fossil Fuels Climate Change Atmosphere Natural Gas 118

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2023

Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 16, 17, 18 [PaEN] -- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

Fossil Fuels 75

Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Climate Change Clean Energy 75

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

billion PennEast Pipeline** in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, two natural gas projects that would have boosted the Pennsylvania economy with the creation of over 12,000 new jobs and significantly furthered U.S. efforts to wean Europe off their dependency on Russian oil and gas. trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Climate Change Electricity Greenhouse 52

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. On December 2, the U.S.

Regulations 110

Regulations Air Pollution Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas 110

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2024

Texas A&M climate scientists Andrew Dessler and Jangho Lee told the AP that last year’s real national annual heat death toll may be more like 11,000–and that it could get much worse. And even that number of US deaths may be a vast understatement given that heat illnesses are often not mentioned on death certificates.

Climate Change 329

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Cooling 329

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Don Ritter -- Post-Gazette: Canadian Nuclear Fuel Firm Buying Into Westinghouse Electric Co. Nuclear Power] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Group To Sell Georgia Bitcoin Mining Facility And Focus On Beaver County Bitcoin Facility -- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Auction On Dec.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Politics 62

Legal Planet

JANUARY 7, 2025

As I described in those posts, the basic deal on offer in the Manchin and Barrasso bill was easing permitting for some fossil fuel projects (especially liquified natural gas (LNG) terminals) in return for federal preemption of at least some state and local regulation of important transmission lines.

Electricity 130

Electricity Greenhouse Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 130

Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

The federal district court for the Northern District of California denied Oakland’s and San Francisco’s motions to remand their climate change public nuisance lawsuits against five major fossil fuel producers to state court. Arizona Court Ordered Production of Climate Scientists’ Emails Under Arizona’s Public Records Law.

2018 40

2018 Clean Air Act Climate Change 2017 40

Legal Planet

APRIL 30, 2025

We have 27 seconds now as opposed to 1200 words, said John Marshall, of Potential Energy Coalition, a climate-oriented marketing firm who noted that climate journalists can do a lot with their diction. Natural gas ranks at 72% in popularity, while methane gas is 27% in popularity, he said.

Fossil Fuels 173

Fossil Fuels Climate Change Electricity Government 173

Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The Oregon Supreme Court agreed with a petitioner that the Attorney General should modify the text of a ballot title that, if adopted by voters, would amend an Oregon statute to require that greenhouse gas emissions from industry and fossil fuel sources be reduced by 100% below 1990 levels by 2050.

2020 40

2020 Endangered Species Act Climate Change Greenhouse 40

ESA

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The news: The White House Council on Environmental Quality proposed reversing Trump administration changes to the National Environmental Policy Act regulation, which carries implications for environmental reviews on everything from highway projects and fossil fuel lease sales to pipelines and electric transmission lines.

2021 98

2021 Climate Change Conservation Ocean 98

Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

Federal Court Rejected Federal Preemption Challenge to Berkeley Natural Gas Ban. The court also noted that states and localities “expressly maintain control over the local distribution of natural gas under related federal statutes” such as the Natural Gas Act. Energy Policy Advocates v. July 15, 2021).

2021 40

2021 Climate Change Paris Agreement 2019 40

Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Meeting more stringent standards does not directly require reductions in GHGs, but reducing sources of combustion that create NOx, such as fossil fuel combustion, indirectly may reduce greenhouse gas emissions. N:See, e.g., Ethan Shenkman; FERC in Limbo on Greenhouse Gas Reviews Despite Court’s Mandates , Envtl.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Carbon Dioxide 2019 Regulations 52