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The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V

Union of Concerned Scientists

methane released from fossil fuel systems) could entirely undermine the climate benefits of the hydrogen tax credit and, worse, drive vast amounts of public dollars to subsidize what are ultimately still heavily-polluting fossil fuel-based projects, now just greenwashed as “clean.” Baseline counterfactuals.

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Burning Garbage Will Not Solve the Plastic Pollution Crisis

Enviromental Defense

Pollution control is expensive and air pollution regulations are not strict enough. The world is trying to get away from burning fossil fuels for energy because it’s a major source of air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. So, what is the solution?

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Catch 22 at the Supreme Court

Legal Planet

CT , the Supreme Court said this: We hold that the Clean Air Act and the EPA actions it authorizes displace any federal common law right to seek abatement of carbon-dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants. at 528–529. Here’s why it’s disingenuous. Milo Minderbinder would be very pleased. Download as PDF.

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2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA

PA Environment Daily

.] -- “Exempt Pennsylvania from plant-closing EPA regulations such as the Wastewater Rule and the Cross State Air Pollution Rule.” [ Note: That’s not the way it works. Eliminating this regulation would not address the issue of “fluctuating energy and fuel costs” nor would it somehow increase available supplies of energy.] Mitchell C.

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Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines

PA Environment Daily

Tom Wolf vetoed and disapproved Senate Concurrent Regulatory Review Resolution 1, which would have disabled the Commonwealth’s opportunity to enter the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and effectively achieve climate goals and reduce carbon emissions. while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. On January 10, Gov.

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Clean Air Council Celebrates Joseph Minott's 40 Year Commitment To Leading The Council, And To The Environment

PA Environment Daily

He has spent his career championing environmental issues like clean air and water, advocating for a transition away from fossil fuels, and promoting clean energy solutions such as energy efficiency, wind, solar and geothermal. Being an environmental activist in a fossil fuel state is not for the faint of heart.

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Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Holds that Regional Climate Program Rule is an Illegal Tax

MGKF Law

The holding halts former Governor Tom Wolf’s efforts to make Pennsylvania the first major fossil-fuel producing state to implement a price on carbon emissions. Bowfin KeyCon Holdings, LLC vs. Pa. Env’t Quality Bd. 2023 WL 7171547, at *1 (Pa.