PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Shapiro Plans To Use Fake Pitt Studies To Push BIG Drilling Setbacks -- Broad & Liberty Guest Essay: Federal Permitting Reform Critical In Making Pennsylvania Leading Player In Exporting Liquid Natural Gas - By Jon Anzur, PA Chamber of Business & Industry -- Republican Herald Editorial: Health Depends On Regulation [Pitt Natural Gas Development (..)

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2024

The fossil fuel industry continues to be the biggest barrier to climate action in Canada. And there are Climate Villains with money, resources and power, who benefit from the status quo that are fighting against the energy transition and other solutions we need to stabilize the climate.

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Environment Blog

MARCH 25, 2020

The country is the world’s largest coal producer and, while their renewable energy production has increased greatly in recent years, the majority of Bitcoin mining done in the country is reliant on fossil fuels. Governments also need to play their part, by moving from fossil fuels to renewable sources.

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A Greener Life

JULY 9, 2021

The other is to improve the energy structure, replacing fossil fuel sources with alternatives. It could then explore local heating systems, using waste heat from factories and power plants rather than building new boilers. Neither of these will be easy for Inner Mongolia.

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A Greener Life

MAY 12, 2023

A woman pours water over her head to cool off during soaring temperatures in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11 April 2023. gigawatts of installed power capacity comes from fossil fuels like coal. The burning of fossil fuels is the main driver of climate change. Photo credit: Habibur Rahman /Alamy Live News.

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Few people realize that Germany has actually increased its fossil fuel combustion capacity over the 20 years of its landmark renewable energy program from 2001 to the present. and thus we just need a grid large enough to bring that solar or wind energy to places that don’t have it. 49 (2015): 15060-15065; DOI:10.1073/pnas.1510028112

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The legislation committed nearly $400 billion to support, among other things, wind and solar power, battery storage, electric vehicles, and other clean energy technologies that will make a significant dent in US heat-trapping emissions. It also will save US consumers money because they will spend less on fossil fuels.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2024

Seven years after hurricane María devastated Puerto Rico and resulted in the largest power blackout in U.S. history (80% of power was knocked out and some residents didn’t get power back for a year), once again the island’s residents have been forced to experience a crippling power outage affecting at least half the population.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

What’s really cool is how the federal government’s commitment to clean energy is driving private sector investments. Under the settlement, the company will retire all of its coal-fired power plants by 2025 and install nearly 8,000 megawatts of solar power by 2040. How cool is that?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 24, 2024

We’re witnessing an increase in costly damages thanks to fossil-fueled climate change , which has increased the intensity and frequency of some extreme events , and also thanks to more buildings and people in risky areas. As temperatures rise, so too does the demand for energy as more people turn to AC to keep cool.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

On September 21, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged that his country would no longer finance coal-fired power plants abroad. This high-profile commitment to shift away from some forms of fossil fuel infrastructure came less than six weeks before a pivotal global climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland. It is already 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 26-27 In Pittsburgh [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension, Audubon Society Of Western PA Host Oct. Casey Hopes Tax Credits For Clean Energy Projects Can Boost PA’s Coal Communities -- 15 Western PA Environmental Organizations Call On Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A solar power boom generated by new renewable energy mandates is unfurling in the Chesapeake Bay region. Virginia, for example, was ninth in the nation for new solar capacity in 2021. one of the largest solar developers in the nation.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Wants To Do It In Pennsylvania -- DEP: Diversified Production LLC Abandons Shale Gas Powered Cryptocurrency Facility In Elk County; 9 More Violations For Abandoned Shale Gas Wells This Week [PaEN] -- Stronghold Digital Mining, DEP, Environmental Groups Settle Appeal, Require Removal Of Unpermitted Scrubgrass Power Plant's Coal Ash Pile 14 Months Faster (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 15, 2022

Natural Gas Prices; High Natural Gas Prices Drive Inflation And Electricity Cost Spikes - Connect The Dots] “Natural gas has been a big driver of inflation this year, with the highest prices in years adding to the cost of heating, cooling and powering homes and businesses as well as manufacturing steel, cement, glass, plastics and fertilizer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2024

The question is: when will the toll of heat and severe weather push DeSantis, Abbott and like-minded politicians toward policies to cool the planet? The top states for solar power growth since 2014 are Texas and Florida. The problem with climate change is, if it hasn’t pushed you over the edge yet, just wait.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

3 Hearing On Proposed Change Of Land Use On 2 RES Coal LLC Mining Sites In Clearfield County -- DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Strategies To Prevent Well Abandonments; Injection Well Primacy; Tracking Water Contamination; Other Topics [PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept.

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