Enviromental Defense

MAY 20, 2025

The fossil fuel industry used the election to flex their political influence and try to make gains during this period of change at the federal level. The fossil fuel industry met with many members of parliament in Q1 as well. The top fossil fuel lobbyists in the first three months of 2025 were Enbridge Inc.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

On November 4, Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper announced they have appealed two permits for the Slickville Pipeline Project issued by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Environmental Hearing Board. mile route. The project is also under scrutiny for its contributions to climate change.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

Judy Schwank, as well as Jessica Shirley, the acting secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection “Climate change is causing more frequent and severe extreme weather events, putting Pennsylvania communities in harm’s way,” said Senator Judy Schwank.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2025

Plastics are made from fossil fuels and over 16,000 different chemicals. Because plastics are produced from fossil fuels the lifecycle of plastics has a huge carbon dioxide footprint and is a driver of climate change.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

Second, the electricity powering data centers often comes from fossil fuel power plants that release air pollutants when burning coal and natural gas. First, data centers rely on diesel backup generators for emergency power, which emit substantial amounts of air pollutants during operation, testing and maintenance.

Air Pollution

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

For example, the agencies that are responsible for managing public lands and approving fossil fuel development on those lands operate under much broader mandates than the STB, including mandates related to multiple use, sustainable use, conservation, and environmental protection.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 31, 2024

I am grateful to have met and learned from people who experience on a daily basis the devastation wrought by fossil fuel production and fossil fuel-driven climate change—and who are now campaigning for a fossil-free Niger Delta.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

By Matthew Carroll, Penn State News Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. But startup costs currently limit commercial development of these projects, the scientists said.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

With Nuclear Energy - By Carol Browner, Fmr EPA Administrator -- Financial Times: Is Giving Old Reactors New Life The Future Of Nuclear Energy?

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI) -- David Hess Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

Fossil Fuels

Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

The law, passed by Governor Phil Murphy in 2020, requires the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to evaluate the environmental and health impacts on overburdened communities (OBCs) when reviewing applications for new facilities. However, its effects are far from underwhelming and are instead trailblazing.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Meanwhile, it remains profoundly cheaper to produce electricity from solar than from new fossil fuel sources. John Quigley is a Senior Fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy and a former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

On May 20, the Department of Environmental Protection issued notices of violations to XTO Energy, Inc.-- an ExxonMobil Company-- for failing to restore five multi-million gallon shale gas water impoundments it used to support fracking operations in Butler County.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

While many tech companies are significant purchasers of renewable energy – Google, Meta, and Amazon are among the top five corporate buyers of wind and solar power globally – AI’s surging energy demand is also being used to justify extending the life of fossil fuel infrastructure.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection's Office of Environmental Justice is holding a combined meet and hearing on the permit application March 11 at the Burgettstown Area Middle/High School Campus, LGI Room, 100 Bavington Road, Burgettstown in Washington County from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2025

Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In McKean County CNX Resources Challenges Environmental Hearing Board Authority To Add Conditions To Permits For Shale Gas Wells At The Drakulic Well Pad In Penn Twp., PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Their research, policies, and environmental protections are essential building blocks for a sustainable and just future. The first Trump government took a wrecking ball approach at perverting the roles and missions of scientific agencies and offices that protect us.

Climate Change

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

We can expect a renewed energy strategy that ramps up and scales up fossil fuels, removes any fee on fossil fuel producers, removes the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) powers to regulate emissions, and revokes Biden’s ban on oil and gas production in environmentally sensitive areas.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It is also terrible news for consumers and drivers–if manufacturers no longer face certain deadlines to eliminate fossil fuel vehicles, EVs may remain a luxury good for far longer, with their long-term cost savings and public health benefits reserved for wealthy communities. Recognize the scale (and shape) of the challenge.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

MAY 30, 2025

On the building side, in addition to Local Law 97, the City enacted Local Law 154 in 2021 to prohibit fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings. The City Council is also considering a bill that would require the Department of Environmental Protection to promulgate a rule to regulate indirect sources of air pollution.

Law

Nature

JULY 21, 2025

View author publications Search author on: PubMed Google Scholar Twitter Facebook Email Access through your institution Buy or subscribe Last week, Brazil’s lower house of Congress approved a bill that weakens environmental protections. per year only $3.90

Environmental Science

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

The report provides renewed evidence of the consequences for our health of using fossil fuels In 1970 the Clean Air Act and the newly formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) were given authority by Congress to regulate pollution from passenger cars and other forms of transportation. Secondary PM 2.5

Ozone

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Twice before in this century, enemies of environmental protection have taken the helm. After taking office, Bush embraced fossil fuels, opposed climate action, and weakened environmental regulations. The climate and biodiversity crises are becoming more urgent by the day.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

For instance, research by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has quantified the effects of air pollution associated with respiratory diseases, leading to regulations that improve air quality and public health.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

On June 12, 2025, the Department of Environmental Protection and Coterra Energy Inc. Cryptocurrency And PA’s War On The Little Guy - By Joe Morinville, Energy Independent Solutions -- Bloomberg: US And China Are Diverging On Strategies To Power A.I.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2025

On March 12, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to reconsider EPAs 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, along with all regulations and actions that rely on the finding.

2009

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 15, 2025

Without specifying the context, the statement The risks of addressing climate change are too large could justify almost any decision from reinforcing a bridge to withstand extreme heat to ignoring greenhouse gas emissions because of the financial losses that the fossil fuel industry would incur.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

If you’ve wondered what is in the US Environmental Protection Agency Employees’ Declaration of Dissent urging Administrator Lee Zeldin to “change course by re-committing to his oath to protect the health of the American people and our environment” -- this is the text.

Environmental Protection

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

By traditional energy, Lummis means fossil fuels. The groups priorities extend from public lands management and wildfire prevention to reforms of the Endangered Species Act and federal environmental reviews that would allow for more mining, drilling, and building. Previously the water counsel for Sen.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

Our mission is to improve policy and regulations for the oversight of fossil fuel extraction and use; to educate, empower and organize coalfield citizens; and to protect public and environmental health. CCJ has over three thousand members and supporters and is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 16, 2025

PSE Healthy Energy , on behalf of UCS and HCW, drafted a report and provided expert testimony outlining the many consequences of fossil gas pollution on public health and related economic damage.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

On June 16, 2025, the Department of Environmental Protection signed a Consent Order and Agreement with Pin Oak Energy Partners LLC to address the failure of the company and its predecessor to restore 16 shale gas well sites and an impoundment in Beaver County since 2023. So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8

2023

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 24, 2025

Attribution science has emerged as a key bridge between climate science and the law, enabling experts to connect specific harms like sea level rise , heatwaves , or area burned in wildfires to emissions from specific actors such as the fossil fuel industry. This moment is particularly urgent for the United States.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The concentrated pollution around ports demands concentrated solutions, such as: Targeted grants: The Inflation Reduction Act, passed by Congress in 2022, included $3 billion for a Clean Ports Program run by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Electricity

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Solar for All and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator programs to direct GGRF funding as required by statute. Programs that have already been implemented according to Justice40 principles would not be directly affected by the revocation of the Justice40 commitment.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection is in the middle of holding eight hearings on a state plan to implement an EPA federal rule 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc Reducing Emissions Of Methane and Other Pollution from conventional oil and gas and shale gas operations. Read more here. This industry is growing every day.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Data Centers Set For Big Expansion In PA, Some Ask, At What Cost? -- PA Capital-Star: Energy And Tech Companies Said They’re Investing $90 Billion In PA, Fossil Fuel Projects Make Up Largest Category -- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Many Projects Credited To A.I.

Conservation