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. Pennsylvania’s Climate Action Priority Plan is available online. Visit DEP’s Priority Climate Action Plan webpage for more information.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

.] -- “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. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation. A state cannot exempt itself from a federal law or regulation. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2022

. -- Matt Steiman is the energy and livestock projects manager at the Dickinson College Farm. He has worked in organic farming with a secondary specialty in renewable energy systems.

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Waste Recycling Pollution Control Climate Change 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Shapiro: What Labor, Industry, Environmental, Consumer Leaders Are Saying About The Lightning Energy Plan To Secure Pennsylvanias Energy Future -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Triggering Restrictions On 19 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 17 More Approaching Restrictions [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases Natural (..)

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2022

Joe has over 40 years of community organizing experience, and he served on the PA Department of Environmental Protection’s Air Quality Technical Advisory Committee and its Environmental Justice Advisory Committee, and the City of Philadelphia’s Air Pollution Control Board.

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Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly finalized standards. Buildings are one of Colorado’s top five sources of greenhouse gas emissions. It’s a major step forward in protecting both public health and clean air.”

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

EPA cannot require electricity generation to be shifted from coal-burning units to units that use natural gas or renewable energy sources without a clear statement from Congress. EPA also cannot require electricity generation to be shifted from coal-burning units to units that use other energy sources as a pollution control technology.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2022

.] -- “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. It still applies whether EPA enforces it or the state does through its federally-approved pollution control programs. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [PaEN] -- Forbes Survey Lists Best Employers By State: No Natural Gas Companies Are On The List Of Top 97 Companies In PA; Sheetz Is #20 -- PA Solar Center Issues RFP For Solar Developers To Assist (..)

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Columbia Climate Law

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

PURPA requires electric utilities to purchase energy and capacity from qualifying renewable energy facilities (“QFs”). Jeffrey Hammons is an Associate Attorney at the Environmental Law & Policy Center in Chicago, IL, where his litigation practice covers issues of pollution control and energy law.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The company has also been criminally charged with violations of the Air Pollution Control Act in Washington County. It is even more foolish now when it is imperative that we transition as rapidly as possible to renewable energy. CNX committed crimes in our county. Why should we believe or trust them now? 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

7 Webinar On Where Solar Energy And Farming Meet [PaEN] -- Dec. 5 Penn State EarthTalk Webinar On Empowering Native Communities With Renewable Energy. Million Initiative To Electrify Truck Fleets For Cleaner Air; Awards $1.7 PaEN] -- DCNR: Laurel Run Dam Removal Underway In Plains Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2022

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Minority Chair of the Committee, said the amendments made the bill worse and were not supported by the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition. The legislation also goes far beyond the best industry practices the Senate passed for utility-scale solar energy facilities in Senate Bill 284 on April 12.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Just a year later, however, the industry encountered a potentially major obstacle: A study conducted by the government’s National Air Pollution Control Administration found a link between outdoor NO2 exposure and childhood respiratory problems.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

cities move toward their greenhouse gas reduction goals via a cleaner national electric grid, increased vehicle and building electrification, and new distributed renewable energy resources. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding. Still, how does a local government tap in?

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Law and Environment

AUGUST 17, 2022

On August 7, the Senate passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Act), which would provide about $369 billion to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below their 2005 levels by 2030 as well as reduce carbon emissions and invest in renewable energy.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

In 1963, a typical car—which ran on leaded gasoline without pollution control devices— emitted 520 pounds of hydrocarbons, 1,700 pounds of carbon monoxide, and 90 pounds of nitrogen oxide every 10,000 miles traveled. Cars and trucks are a lot cleaner than when I was growing up.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Another interesting portion of the opinion addresses CEQA’s sometimes overlooked or underappreciated mandatory energy consumption impacts analysis, and its requirement to discuss a project’s potential increased use of renewable energy sources as relevant in determining both the significance of, and potential mitigation for, impacts in this area.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

. -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 4 Webinar: Our Work Helps The Allegheny River Thrive -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. Cents/kWH Up From 10.04 Cents/kWH -- National Fuel Gas Increases Natural Gas Costs 3.7%

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

. -- EQM Gathering Opco, LLC - White’s Ridge Dehydration Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval to construct multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Waynesburg Borough, Greene County. ( PA Bulletin, page 1413 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Tioga County. ( Bucks County. ( Clinton County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

As Planning Commission Seeks Info; Residents Pack Meeting In Westmoreland -- WBOY: 3 West Virginia Families Say They Abandoned Their Homes After Experiencing Medical Issues From EQT Fracking Contamination -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 100 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In First 4 Months Of 2024 [PaEN] -- Courier Times (..)

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Electricity 2024 79

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. York County Receives $5.8 25, Clipper Magazine Stadium, Lancaster. to 3:00 p.m. -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept.

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Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Climate Change 84

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The refining industry is the largest emitter of pollution during malfunctions compared to other industries. The average age of a US refinery is over 40 years, with some dating to the end of the 19 th century, and they mostly have inadequate pollution control systems. Fifteen workers were killed and 180 injured.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2021

Senate/House AP: Judge Tosses Lawsuit Seeking End To Delaware Watershed Fracking Ban SpotlightPA: PA Lawmakers Are On Summer Break, Here Are 5 Issues They’ll Face This Fall Farewell To Joint Legislative Air and Water Pollution Control and Conservation Committee After 53 Years Air The Center Square: SW PA Family Urges Governor To Broaden Pending Rule (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 26, 2024

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Protect Consumers From Energy Market Volatility By Reforming Utility-Rate Process [UGI Gas Increases] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: New EPA Rules Could Force Emission Limits, Monitoring At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works -- Appalachian Voices Blog: New EPA Limits On Power Plant Pollution Aim To Protect Communities (..)

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Smith Enviorment

JULY 12, 2022

EPA concluded that electric utilities could reasonably reduce reliance on coal generation from 38% of total power generation to 27% by 2030 and calculated a CO2 emission limit for existing power plants based on that assumed level of generation shifting from coal to natural gas and renewable energy. The Dissent.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Congress and FERC have both taken actions to expand the transmission, especially the big lines needed to redistribute energy generated in one state to users in other states. Since expanding would help even out fluctuations in local renewable energy generation, Project 2025 hates the whole idea. Crippling air pollution control.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

In addition, the company filed an appeal with the Washington State Pollution Control Hearings Board. The complaint also disclosed claims of preemption under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act and the Interstate Commerce Clause Termination Act and violation of the Commerce Clause. Millennium Bulk Terminals-Longview, LLC v.

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Legal Planet

APRIL 10, 2025

This week saw a flurry of stories at the intersection of federal actions, tariff policy, and rule of law concerns How Trumps on-again, off-again tariff threats will raise the costs of building renewable energy projects in the U.S. Politicos Climate California took a look at how its affecting EVs.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The plaintiffs’ allegations include that the long-term agreements will result in greater emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants because insulation from a competitive market will constrain development of renewable energy.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

More than 180 local governments nationwide have committed to 100% clean energy, and many more have set ambitious renewable energy goals that fall short of a complete transition. entered into more than 70 contracts to procure renewable energy, totaling more than 13,000 megawatts. And in 2022 alone, U.S.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The Public Land Renewable Energy Development Act ( H.R. Mike Levin (D-CA), requires the Interior Department to establish priority area to wind, solar and geothermal energy development and directs revenues from renewable energy projects on public lands into a fund for conservation and recreation projects.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The Washington Court of Appeals held that the Pollution Control Hearing Board erred when it approved the Washington Department of Ecology’s general permits for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). June 25, 2021). Washington State Dairy Federation v. Washington Department of Ecology , No. 52952-1-II (Wash. June 29, 2021).

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

Here are a few: First, the Biden team needs to continue to move fast to lock in rules that require investments in infrastructure or pollution control equipment that will be difficult to undo. Many companies have talked a big game. But it is time to make good on the promise of corporate leadership on climate change.

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