PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

rate increase by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Inc. allowing for a formal investigation into the companys request to increase natural gas rates for approximately 445,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 26 counties across its Pennsylvania service territory. million (12.0%).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 16, 2022

According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of natural gas. Renewable energy generation increases faster than any other technology.

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E2 Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

8308)) includes two pivotal energy proposals: the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment Act and the Affordable Gas Transition Act. This post summarizes the key provisions of these proposals and discusses their potential impact on New York’s energy landscape.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

On April 30, the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center and Evergreen Collaborative unveiled Renewable Energy Success Stories in the Keystone State. Pennsylvanians deserve an affordable, clean energy future, and these funds are making that future a reality.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 3, 2021

energy policy has done little to incentivize the growth of these technologies, relying on a patchwork of energy credit programs, tax breaks, and development spending to promote renewable energy production. But as the market grows, some urge caution before using wastewater to create renewable natural gas.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Ontario can meet its growing electricity needs with renewable energy when combined with storage technologies that enable the energy to be used when needed. In the most recent procurement (LT1), battery storage facilities came in at less than half the cost of natural gas-fired power.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 27, 2025

Texas widened its lead as the countrys renewable energy leader in 2024, with growth in solar and wind power, according to federal data. Natural gas had a small increase and … Continue reading Texas leads U.S. renewable energy generation by a country mile

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The articles include-- -- Tribune-Democrat: Solar Energy Project Rising In Bedford County To Help Power Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Station [ PDF of article ] A massive solar array under construction along U.S. The commissioners office began exploring renewable energy a year ago, not long after Ashcom was hired.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 26, 2024

The Premier of Alberta has a problem with renewable energy. In August of 2023, Premier Smith imposed a seven-month industry-wide moratorium on new approvals for wind, solar, geothermal, and other forms of renewable energy. The report said that “renewables pose little threat to Alberta’s agriculture and environment.”

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Natural gas is not a cleaner “bridge fuel” that can act as an intermediary between coal and renewable energy. While global renewable energy installations surged by 50 per cent last year, and G7 leaders committed to net-zero electricity systems by 2035, Canada risks falling behind due to inadequate policies.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel and it must be phased out.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Climate action is limited by political will (not technology) In this pivotal moment of history, where the imperative to avert the worst impacts of climate change is clear, the world stands at the cusp of a transformative shift toward a renewable energy paradigm.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

The best solution: Replace fossil fuels with renewable energy. Climate change is overwhelmingly caused by burning fossil fuels, and the most immediate path to avert climate disaster is to stop investing in those fuels and start powering our economy with an equitable transition to renewable energy.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2022

On Friday there were two seismic shocks in the world of gas pipeline regulation. FERC has spent years resisting pressure to change the way it licenses new gas pipelines. A whole point of a natural gas pipeline is to deliver the gas to users who will burn it, thereby releasing CO2 into the atmosphere.

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A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

By Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut Entrenched gas interests and domestic issues put a strain on Thailands solar potential, writes renewable energy expert Chalie Charoenlarpnopparut. The first is that renewable energy will make up a large portion of Thailands portfolio. Photo credit: Lin Hao / Xinhua / Alamy.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

Thats why I was happy to partner with Environmental Defence and use my platform to promote renewable energy, action against climate change, and our most valuable resource: wide open untouched, healthy nature. Replacing fossil fuels like oil and gas with renewable energy is critically important for addressing climate change.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Climate Change 2012 105

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2023

The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management in Washington County will host a free March 8 webinar on renewable natural gas as part of its Energy Lecture Series. Renewable Natural Gas: Sustainable Energy from Trash” will be the subject of a free, hour-long webinar at 11:00 a.m.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Landing such developments in Alberta could lead to more than $100 billion of investment, says Chris Varcoe in the Calgary Herald (Dec 4), while creating thousands of technology jobs and spurring new demand for natural gas that will be needed to generate electricity to power such facilities. Stay tuned.

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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. Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Natural Gas: 44.8%. Landfill Gas: 0.005%. 2) Duke Energy. Generated Energy Mix (2020): [link]. Natural Gas: 51%.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Wind energy produces roughly only 11 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt-hour (g CO2/kWh) of electricity generated. In contrast, emissions from natural gas produce roughly 465 (g CO2/kWh)—more than 40 times higher. Offshore wind is American energy, providing energy security to communities.

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Fossil Fuels Ocean Climate Change Clean Energy 133

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

In 2011, Tregs Independent Brewing worked with Solar Renewable Energy to install a rooftop solar array large enough to produce 15-20 percent of its annual electricity usage. The 1,628 panels, partnered with a new white roof membrane and added insulation, make the brewery more energy efficient while saving on their electricity bills.

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Electricity Renewable Energy Clean Energy Solar Power 109

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

But rather than ramping up the use of polluting fossil gas, this is the perfect moment for the province to transition to clean and safe renewable energy. Electricity nerds might be writing off the prospect of new gas plant contracts because of the forthcoming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

This is mainly a result of coal generation being replaced by natural gas generation (and to a smaller extent renewable energy sources like wind and solar) and energy efficiency improvements, due in part to Act 129 [utility energy efficiency program].

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

On November 15, the Public Utility Commission is alerting consumers that many natural gas and electric utilities are adjusting their energy supply prices on December 1 and reminding households to understand those changes, explore options to manage winter energy bills, and #CallUtilitiesNow to discuss affordability programs.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Every step of the petrochemical and plastics supply chain releases harmful pollutants - from extraction of fracked ethane gas used to make the building blocks of plastics to processing, production and transportation. Click Here for a video of the press conference. Click Here to sign the petition.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Since around 2008, natural gas use has been the mirror image of coal use. Gas had long been more expensive and more volatile in price than coal. But the growth of f racking began in earnest around 2008, and it drove down the price of gas. Probably the most obvious cause was fracking.

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Environment + Energy Leader

MAY 11, 2023

Asia and Europe are thirsty for the liquefied natural gas its ships carry, mainly because their domestic manufacturers are paying high prices for natural gas. Samsung Heavy Industries is on a roll, having netted roughly $12 billion in sales in 2021 and $9.4 billion in 2022 — the same goal for 2023.

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Scientific American

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Renewable energy broke records last year, but so did gas generation. That's a climate problem

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The PUC does not have jurisdiction over natural gas gathering pipelines and their associated compressor stations as well as well pad compressor stations. DEP issues air quality permits for compressor stations, well pad air pollution sources and other natural gas infrastructure emissions.]

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 6, 2025

Four decades ago, Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed came to power, with the promise to make the provinces economy less dependent on the fluctuating price of oil and gas. Yet decades on, the provinces finances are still heavily reliant on royalties from bitumen sales to the United States, and natural gas sales across Canada and around the world.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

On November 29, the Public Utility Commission again alerted consumers that many natural gas and electric utilities are adjusting their energy supply prices on December 1 and reminding households to understand those changes, explore options to manage winter energy bills, and #CallUtilitiesNow to discuss affordability programs.

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Natural Gas Electricity Renewable Energy Regulations 105

A Greener Life

AUGUST 2, 2023

The country’s new energy transition plan targets an estimated US$7.4 By Fermín Koop New government plan says US$86 billion of spending needed to boost energy transition – while backing natural gas too. Increased gas exports would enable more funds for renewable energy projects, the plan reads.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The latest Penn State Extension Energy Essentials newsletter includes articles on unraveling the hydrogen rainbow; renewable energy options on the farm, carbon markets and climate-smart forestry and much more! Solar Panel Safety Solar energy is considered a cleaner energy alternative to coal and natural gas.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

The same scenario has played out with the power plants that use fossil fuels, predominantly methane (“natural”) gas, delivered by pipelines. The electric power system is trapped by gas-dependent power plants that cannot obtain gas when it needs it to keep the lights on. The problems of relying on gas are now evident.

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Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy Electricity Regulations 218

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from natural gas and oil systems and coal mining.

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