PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

Shapiros FERC Complaint To Lower PJM Electricity Capacity Price Cap -- Broad+Liberty: US Senator McCormick Announces First PA Energy & Innovation Summit -- New Castle News: US Senator McCormick Plans PA Energy Summit, Touts Presidents Plan For Energy Dominance -- PennVEST Approves $288.2 Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Host Feb.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

In Allegheny County Violated Its Own Zoning Ordinance To Allow Shale Gas Well Pad, Pipeline To Be Built In A Residential Area -- Environmental Hearing Board Denies Request To End Appeal Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Tioga County [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Commonwealth Court Rules Elizabeth Twp.,

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

million in Allegheny Electric Cooperative. The funding is expected to support the cooperative’s investment in 25 megawatts of clean energy, which will help serve the electricity needs of approximately 235,000 households served by Allegheny’s 14-member electric distribution cooperatives. USDA is also investing $20.5

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp., To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp.,

Conservation

Legal Planet

JUNE 19, 2025

Texas is #1 for wind power, #2 (and rising) for solar, and #3 for EVs. Although they cost more up front, electric cars are cheaper in the long run because electricity is cheaper than gasoline, and electric vehicles have much lower maintenance costs. In short: Make America Great Again with Clean Energy!

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

Of Justice Agreement -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. Of Justice Agreement -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

MAY 7, 2025

Electricity! electricity generation for a whole month March 2025 thanks to record-high solar and wind power, according to data released by energy think tank Ember. Were going to install electricity infrastructure in all buildings regardless, said Kasia Kosmala-Dahlbeck at the UC Berkeley.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Trump vociferously favors fossil fuels and has criticized renewables, especially wind power and electric vehicles. But renewables have powerful corporate champions and trade associations with support across the aisle in Washington, D.C. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

2025

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

16 [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Creates Jobs And A Healthier Planet - By Deb Haaland, Secretary, US Dept. Families Left With Unanswered Questions After Natural Gas Leak Complaints From 70 Homes -- WPXI: Small Natural Gas Leaks Found In More Than 30 Homes In Cranberry Twp.,

Conservation

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

A new Energy Department report warns of a 100% increase in blackouts if the US closes coal and gas plants. The report “lays the statistical groundwork to continue its efforts to keep coal and natural gas plants open beyond their scheduled shutdown dates,” Axios says. A fifth of U.S.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

January 28-- Senate Consumer Protection & Professional Licensure Committee hearing on understanding your electric bill, what are you paying for power? January 27-- NASEO Hosts Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program, PA Energy Programs For Industry. 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. 8:30 to 9:30.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

On April 4, the PJM Interconnection sent a letter to the President supporting Presidential exemptions from the federal Clean Air Act requested by 13,900 MW of electric generation in the PJM region. Photos: Keystone and Conemaugh power plants.)

Clean Air Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 20, 2024

It turns out school buses are at the leading edge of the transition to electric heavy-duty vehicles. But just in case there was any doubt, UCS crunched the numbers to compare the different types of school buses from gasoline and diesel-powered option, to natural gas, electric and yes – even propane.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA) is one of the go-to sources for reliable information about the US power sector. They just released their 2022 “Annual Energy Outlook” (AEO), which is a big deal: it tells us where electricity is headed over the next 30 years. Carbon emissions remain high.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

JULY 15, 2024

The first efforts to use of wind to generate electricity was 134 years ago, and the photoelectric effect was discovered six decades earlier. Scientists discover the selenium produces electricity when exposed to light. La Cour builds windmill in Denmark to generate electricity. Wind reaches 10% of U.S. generation.

Renewable Energy

Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

I sometimes ask students to guess what state produces the most wind power. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. The state will soon get more power from renewables than natural gas. Texas is the poster child for electricity deregulation.

Wind Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 5, 2024

Demand for electricity was high, but there was not enough gas available to keep all the gas-fired power plants running. Meanwhile, the power plants that burned oil had only a few days’ worth of fuel left in their tanks. 1 megawatt-hour is 1,000 kilowatt-hours.)

2018

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

What happens when promise of electricity reliability fails in bad weather? How can gas power plant owners claim to be reliable but fail to make adequate efforts to purchase fuel? We know that consumers pay for electricity reliability and bear the cost when supplies are tight.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Higher prices for oil, natural gas, coal, and electricity are all pushing up inflation across the economy, dampening consumer demand, canceling out wage gains, and compounding the burdens facing working families and the poor as they seek to recover from the pandemic. In the U.S.,

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

MARCH 22, 2022

We all know that to successfully address climate change we need to phase out fossil fuels and switch to electric power. A s we transition our homes and vehicles to electric power, it’s imperative that the electricity sector be clean. Take Action: Tell Ontario to phase out polluting gas power.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2022

Energy Information Administration reported-- in our January Short-Term Energy Outlook , we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. electric generators averaged $4.88

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

Water levels behind Oroville dam have fallen to record lows and for the first time, the dam cannot produce electricity. Hydropower generation across California and the American West has declined in this extremely dry year, meaning that electricity providers will lean more heavily on natural gas, solar, and wind power.

Renewable Energy

A Greener Life

AUGUST 30, 2022

Ten out of its 140 wind turbines have already started to generate electricity for the grid. . gigawatt (GW) wind farm, Hollandse Kust Zuid, which is scheduled for completion next year. The flagship wind farm made headlines as the operator, Swedens’s Vattenfall in 2018 won the concession to build it without government subsidy.

Clean Energy

Law and Environment

MAY 4, 2023

SMR requires steam, heat, and pressure to convert methane (in natural gas) to hydrogen and carbon monoxide. The gold standard—so-called “ green ” hydrogen—is hydrogen produced via electrolysis using renewable electricity from wind or solar. Here we’ll look at how hydrogen is produced and what it will be used for.

Carbon Monoxide

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Ontario recently re-contracted four gas-fired power plants to generate electricity for the province and appears poised to contract more in the near future. . Take Action: Tell Ontario To Stop Using Fossil Gas Power. Yes, Ontario needs new electricity generation. But there are loopholes.

Renewable Energy

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 4, 2024

Electricity from renewable sources dropped even as Illinois and surrounding Midwest states pushed to replace fossil fuels, such as coal and natural gas, with wind and solar power. Illinois’ march toward all-green energy hit a bump last year.

Wind Power

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

Renewable Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

Windfarms outperform While American buildings have not been particularly well built for energy efficiency in this kind of weather, the growing deployment of windfarms to convert wind to electricity helped fill the demand.

2014

Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2023

In the middle of a climate crisis, Ontario is following through on what it said it would do by announcing a flurry of “natural” gas plant projects across Southern Ontario. Natural” gas… sounds good, right? The name is a misleading and cunning rebrand of fossil gas by the oil and gas industry. It’s a win-win.

Electricity

Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

Some have argued that weather-dependent energies would, paradoxically, make electricity even more reliable. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. 1] But recent power outages in Texas and California have poured cold water on these arguments. But all else is not equal.

2021

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 17, 2024

Alberta: Speak Up For a SAFE Climate: Take Action Here How Climate Action Makes Life More Affordable Renewable energy, including solar and wind power, is much cheaper and less polluting than burning fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil and coal.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

APRIL 7, 2022

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) visits a hybrid power plant where “green” hydrogen is made using wind power and fed into the gas grid. If Germany is to stop buying gas from Russia in the long term, it will need alternatives. Photo credit: Fabian Sommer / Alamy. By Arne Jungjohann.

Fossil Fuels

Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2021

For the part below, the useful overview by Energie-Nederland, industry association for the producers, suppliers and traders of electricity, gas and heat, has been used as a source. PVV, FvD and JA21 want to stop the transition from natural gas to other sources of heat. in the upcoming government period).

Renewable Energy

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

On the other hand, the dramatic rise in renewable electricity generation, particularly wind power, has created a need for construction of new transmission lines to bring electricity to market. Under the Natural Gas Act, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), within the U.S.

Fossil Fuels

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

About the technology, Wu Xiaonan, an official at the National Speed Skating Oval said: “With the CO2 refrigeration process, we can save 20-30% on electricity compared to traditional ice-making methods.” Fully powered by renewable energy. ” The Games take place in 25 venues, 13 of which are newly built.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

23 In-Person Tour Of Shale Gas Fracking Sites & Infrastructure In Washington County And Discover Its Costs [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey, luchershey@pa.gov.

Toxic Substances Control Act

A Greener Life

JULY 23, 2021

Japan, a long-time supporter of nuclear power, now has serious hydrogen ambitions. The 2020 Tokyo Olympics will be powered by hydrogen. Hydrogen may have lost the race to fuel electric cars but it looks a likely contender to replace fossil fuels in trucks, ships, planes and heavy industry. photo credit: Kim Kyung-Hoon / Alamy.

Fossil Fuels