Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Between one and three per cent of all energy used worldwide powers Artificial Intelligence, some of which is being used to power such essential services as revealing what your mother-in-law would look like if she were a cat. Stay tuned.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Flickr: Natural Gas Plant. As Senior Fellow Amy Turner documented last year , a number of local governments around the country have moved to prohibit natural gas hookups in buildings. However, some state governments have blocked those local measures, preventing municipalities from enacting natural gas bans.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

There’s a lot of discussion of how the private sector is supporting renewable energy, but it’s almost all about power consumers like Apple and Walmart. Did the companies initiate plans to cut emissions or were they forced to do so by state law? thanks to Jetta Cook, Berkeley Law ’22). (1) 1) NextEra Energy.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

In many places state and federal utility regulators delegated decisions about energy supplies to the market. Since companies and policymakers do not want to pay a lot to ensure reliability, they both subscribe to the theory that the law of supply and demand will provide an adequate supply at a low cost. It’s a vicious feedback loop.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

The third annual Penn State Solar Law Symposium will be held virtually on August 23, from noon to 4:30 p.m., for attorneys and energy professionals. Registration is required — $119 with CLE credits and $69 without — and must be completed by 11:59 p.m. Registrants will also receive access to the webinar recording.

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A Greener Life

JULY 26, 2021

In order to make their portfolio more sustainable and respond to lower fossil fuel demand, oil majors are increasingly snapping up renewable energy projects as the pressure grows to take action on climate change. Many countries prefer the easier option of electrification through renewable energy sources.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

Editors Note: During Winter Storm Elliott, PJM Interconnection reported 70% of the electric generation plant outages that failed to bring power to the electric grid were natural gas-fired power plants that brought PJM to the brink of rolling blackouts. Click Here for PJMs announcement. Read more here. Read more here. Decrease To 31.2%

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2022

As the Public Utility Commission warned us in May, all of the state electric utilities increased their prices by 6% to 45%, largely due to increasing demand for natural gas from Europe as a result of geopolitical tensions in Ukraine. The time for energy freedom is now. The time for energy freedom is now. Noon to 1:15 p.m.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

According to the Energy Information Agency , South Korea’s power sector is heavily reliant on fossil fuels. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“Extending a permit that judges just found to be illegal is a slap in the face to residents of Clinton County and to the rule of law,” said Joseph Otis Minott, Executive Director and Chief Counsel of Clean Air Council, on behalf of all three environmental groups filing this appeal. Renewable energy is cleaner, cheaper, and more abundant.”

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

It says, "No ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, or making irrevocable any grant of special privileges or immunities, shall be passed." Section 17 of Pennsylvania's Constitution contains a provision that clearly makes Senate Bill 945 unconstitutional. Read more here.

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 11, 2022

5060 ), titled An Act Driving Clean Energy and Offshore Wind, into law on Thursday August 11, 2022. The law keeps the required procurement total at 5.6 Renewable Energy. The post Massachusetts Passes Climate Bill Focused on Clean Energy and Offshore Wind first appeared on Law and the Environment.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The following notices were published in the April 26 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Miles Of 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline: DEP invites comments on a Chapter 105 permit for a pipeline project impacting Robinson Run and wetlands at several locations. Jefferson County. ( Greene County. Bradford County.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

At a February 6 hearing of the House Republican Policy Committee , members and the natural gas industry recommended the need to remove roadblocks to faster permit reviews by DEP they said stand in the way of economic growth and lower natural gas prices. Energy Information Administration. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

The new NRDC report, Waiting Game: How the Interconnection Queue Threatens Renewable Development in PJM , shows that even under ongoing reform proposals, the pace of renewable development in PJM just barely meets minimum clean energy demands of state RPS laws through 2027. Read more here.]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 3, 2023

That’s because electrolyzers will increase system-wide electricity use—potentially a lot —and if more carbon-free electricity is not brought online to compensate for that increase, then the system will have simply shifted existing carbon-free energy from one user to another while fossil gas and coal plants ramp up to cover the gap.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempts a local ordinance in Berkeley, California that prohibits most natural gas hook-ups to newly-constructed buildings. . The California Restaurant Association, an industry group, challenged Berkeley’s ordinance, arguing that it was preempted by both state and federal law.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2025

27 Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program, PA Energy Programs For Industry [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center Hosts Jan. 24 Webinar Q&A On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program [PaEN] -- NASEO Hosts Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

Helena holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Studies from Wright State University and a Juris Doctorate from Case Western Reserve University School of Law. This event is the latest in a series of legislative tours and briefings organized by the coalition. Click Here to register and for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

4 -- PUC Urges Natural Gas Customers To Explore Ways To Reduce Heating Costs; All But One Major Gas Utility Has Increased Cost Of Gas In PA [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: NYMEX Natural Gas Price Up 14% Last Week To $3.75; Heading For $4.30?

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This post was originally published on the Law and Political Economy blog as part of a symposium on inflation. Energy prices have been much in the news over the past several months, occupying a prominent place in mainstream discussions of inflation. Two policy choices in particular have contributed to the current energy crisis.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

It takes] approximately five years to build a new natural gas [power plant]. Muth responded, But there's nothing in the law that says operator data center, Google, whoever, if we need what you just described, you're saying they said they can do it. gigawatts of natural gas-fired electric generation in Indiana County.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

. - R.Bushnell Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on the remediation of soil contaminated with oil-based mud mixed with diesel fuel to meet the Statewide Health and Background Standards at the pad located in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. ( PA Bulletin, page.2006 Montour County. ( PA Bulletin, page.1965 Washington County.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

NewsClips: -- Williamsport Sun: Interest In Solar Power Projects Growing Statewide, Including Lycoming County -- Bay Journal: Community Solar Energy Projects Slowly Expand In The Chesapeake Bay Region [Except In Pennsylvania Where Legislation Is Needed] - By Ad Crable -- Bloomberg: Solar Energy Now 33% Cheaper Than Natural Gas Power In U.S. -- CNN: (..)

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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.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. PA Utility Law Project Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Climate Act requires that the scoping plan “inform the state energy planning board’s adoption of a state energy plan,” and the State’s energy law requires that all state entities must make “any energy-related action[s] or decision[s] … reasonably consistent with the. state energy] plan.”.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2022

“It is only fitting that those counties which choose to support the safe and responsible development of our domestic energy resources benefit from those Impact Fee and Legacy funds,” said Sen. The legislation was proposed in response to action in Allegheny County to ban fracking under county-owned parks. Just one Senatorial District-- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

PaEN] -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3 Who Couldnt Use A Little More Joy!

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2023

Senate Candidate Dave McCormick: ‘America Need To Go To The Gym’ -- Election Reforms -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Election Advisory Board Agnostic On Voter ID -- Politics PA: Republican Senators Coleman, Dush Propose Option For Voters To Change Mind On Mail-In Votes -- Spotlight PA: 18 PA Candidates Who Spread Election Misinformation Are (..)

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Law and Environment

JULY 12, 2021

Last week, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that the Berkeley ordinance essentially banning use of natural gas in new construction was not preempted by the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. Berkeley, with a population of barely 100,000 people, is trying move public policy towards an end of new natural uses of natural gas.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Twelve percent of capacity comes from hydro, and an impressive 23% from renewables (10% wind, 9% solar). Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

Second, coal and natural gas-fired power plants that are work horses of the grid are retiring prematurely both because of the climate policies of some states (not Pennsylvania) and because the federal government discourages or bans fossil-fuel power plants and give preferential treatment to renewable energy.

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