Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Earlier this year, the MPSC approved a settlement agreement on Consumers Energy’s integrated resource plan that commits the company to retire all its remaining coal-fired power plants by 2025, construct no new fossil gas infrastructure, and build large amounts of new solar power between now and 2040.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Some lack sufficient space or have outdated existing equipment that prevents the effective installation of solar power.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 3, 2022

The majority 6–3 decision sharply curtails the EPA’s authority to set standards based on a broad range of flexible options to cut carbon emissions from the power sector—options such as replacing polluting fossil fuels with cheap and widely available wind and solar power coupled with battery storage.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

“These results confirm that Pennsylvanians are ready to reclaim the Commonwealth’s onetime status as a national leader in solar production,” says Elena Weissmann, Mid-Atlantic Regional Director at Vote Solar. It’s clear that Pennsylvania residents from all backgrounds recognize the many environmental and economic benefits of solar.

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Physics World

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

The strategy therefore brings together science and technology, defence, regulation, and diplomacy into what it calls a single “bold national vision”. Solar power. Alongside the space strategy, meanwhile, the UK government has released a feasibility study into Space Based Solar Power (SBSP). Chris Newman.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 13, 2022

There’s tremendous interest especially in solar power—installing panels on the rooftops of homes and business, and in large-scale community installations. Of course, every clean energy resource has room for improvement in terms of technical innovation.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. Each rule is moving independently, but they all impact power plant operations.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on and has scheduled a December 18 hearing on an Air Quality Plan Approval for waste tire fuel at the Panther Creek Power Plant in Nesquehoning Borough, Carbon County. ( Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? All through its eNotice system.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 25, 2022

Grid modeling tools have a significant real-world impact because utilities, grid operators, regulators and policymakers rely on these tools to make investment and policy decisions. Capacity expansion models are the ones that get all the glory these days because utilities, grid operators and regulators use them to make investment decisions.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 1261 ) -- Mineral Basin Solar Power, LLC 400 MW solar energy project impacting 2,676 acres impacting Surveyor Run, Bald Hill Run, Deer Creek, Little Trout Run and the West Branch Susquehanna River located in Giarard and Goshen Townships, Clearfield County. ( All through its eNotice system.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 22, 2022

With several new power-intensive IT industries proposed to be established, Bhutan’s domestic demand for energy is projected to more than double in the next two years, and its winter energy deficit will worsen, officials at the Department of Industry told me. Solar energy has become competitive. Previous obstacles have been overcome.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 19, 2023

These could include local solar power, smaller-scale energy storage options, and energy efficiency and conservation programs, all of which would be way cheaper than constructing new gas plants. There is also abundant hydroelectricity on offer from Hydro Quebec. What a boondoggle!

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 6, 2022

Electricity nerds might be writing off the prospect of new gas plant contracts because of the forthcoming Federal Clean Electricity Regulations (CER). One is that gas plant contracts signed (or renewed) before 2025 will be able to evade meeting the national CERs beyond 2035 which is when the regulations are supposed to kick in. .

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

. -- DEP Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy Work Group Co-Chairs Announced; Work Group Formed To Prevent New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments [PaEN] -- DEP Projects Over $1.5

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Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

And not just that, but Texas is by far the biggest producer of oil, with a governor who has pledged to protect the industry from climate regulation at all cost. It’s not as if the state’s extensive use of wind power is just a historical fluke, either. .” Republicans have an iron grip on Texas government.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 7, 2024

Many of these local restrictions, however, may become moot after November 29, 2024, when a new state law that reforms the siting process for large-scale wind, solar, and battery storage projects goes into effect.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

TODAY 10:00: House Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 1338 (Neilson-D- Philadelphia) authorizing Philadelphia to adopt a local ordinance regulating illegal use of off-road vehicles like dirt bikes and ATVs on city streets. Click Here to watch live. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live.

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A Greener Life

JULY 31, 2024

In 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (MEMR) identified a solar potential of 3294 GW. The government set ambitious targets: 3.61GW of rooftop solar by 2025, 26.65 GW of floating solar and a 4.68 GW large-scale solar power plant by 2030. GW of solar power. The country has 2.3

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Only 5 percent had any guidance for utility-scale solar energy systems. The lack of regulation might seem like a good thing for developers who don’t want to deal with red tape.” “But Some counties in the PA Wilds have active proposals for solar fields going on old strip mine lands. It is an excellent use of ground.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2023

Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks With A Pipe Leading To A Discharge Area In A Ditch In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County [PaEN] -- TribLive: DEP Examining ‘Pinhole Leak’ In A Penneco Natural Gas Gathering Line Behind Homes That Exploded In Plum Boro, Allegheny County [PUC, DEP Have No Statutory Authority To Regulate Safety Of Gathering Pipelines] (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline: New Energy Co-Op Helps Make Switch To Solar Power Easier, More Affordable In Lancaster -- Nebraska Examiner: U.S. Click Here to watch live. Click Here to read more on agenda.)

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 15, 2024

The government has gone from ripping out electric vehicle charging stations to championing the manufacture of EVs, and from canceling 750 renewable power projects to, very recently, announcing plans to build new wind and solar power.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

29 Webinar On How Recent US Supreme Court Decisions Will Impact Environmental Regulation, Planning [PaEN] -- Courier Times: Parts Of Upper Bucks County Hit Hard With Power Outages; Why PUC Says Met-Ed Needs To Do More -- PA GreenGov Council 2024 Sustainability Week Features 5 Webinars Starting Oct.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

A solar power field in Kawasaki, near Tokyo. Last week, regulators in the local assembly of Tokyo , the capital of Japan , ruled that all new homes constructed by large-scale homebuilders after April 2025 must install solar panels to cut emissions. Poor solar uptake. Photo credit: Reuters / Toru Hanai.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Clean renewable electricity – such as wind and solar power – is the lowest cost source of new electricity supply. The IESO’s Resource Adequacy Update clearly shows that polluting gas-fired turbines are more expensive than clean wind power and ground mounted solar. And it is a competitive advantage for the province.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Washington County -- PublicSource.org: Scrutiny Of EQT Fracking Likely To Shift In 2025 With Gas-Friendly Washington -- PublicSource.org: Protect PT Challenges Fracking Permits In Westmoreland County -- Protect PT/Three Rivers Waterkeepers Jan. 13 -- Pike Conservation District: Pike/Wayne Counties Contractors Workshop Feb.

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The CLCPA requires the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to enforce emissions targets through the adoption of regulations consistent with the final scoping plan, which must be promulgated by Jan. The final plan must be sent to the Legislature by Jan.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Pollution control is expensive and air pollution regulations are not strict enough. Focus on increasing truly renewable, low-emission energy such as wind and solar power. Time after time, nearby communities are left guessing about what is really coming out of their local incinerator. But is burning waste cheaper than landfill?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key findings of the report Include: -- Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power Dominate: Fossil fuels, along with nuclear power, currently provide nearly all the power (92%) in the PJM grid. [ Resource Article Links - Electric Grid: -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day Billion Up From $2.2

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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

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

As of late October 2022, Russia had destroyed 90% of Ukraine's wind energy production and 50% of its solar power production. 30 To Consider Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits For Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN] -- Delaware River Basin Commission Meets Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2022

is the world’s top producer of both oil and natural gas, and we are second only to China in solar power capacity. We can help Ukraine and our European allies by increasing American production of oil and gas while also boosting our production of low-cost solar energy and micro hydroelectric generation.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Shapiro, State Lawmakers To Do More To Curb Emissions -- The Guardian: ‘We’re Not Doomed Yet:’ University Of Pennsylvania Climate Scientist Michael Mann On Our Last Chance To Save Human Civilisation -- Beaver County Times: NRC Approves Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant License Transfer To Vistra -- WNEP: Bloomsburg Considering Solar Power For Public (..)

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Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

In New York, a lawsuit challenging regulations that were promulgated by a state agency to implement the siting law was finally defeated in November 2024, after multiple appeals. Amicus brief filed by the Sabin Center and Goodman Acker P.C. In Michigan, a similar challenge is pending before the Michigan Court of Appeals.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Davis, DEP, Community Celebrate The Opening Of Federal/State Funded Blacklick Creek Mine Drainage Treatment Plant To Clean Up 25 Miles Of Waterways In Cambria, Indiana Counties [PaEN] -- Indiana Gazette: Blacklick Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility Celebrated Near Vintondale -- DEP Now Accepting Applications For First Round Of Federally-Funded (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

Yaw Reintroduces Bill Prohibiting Local Governments From Banning Any Fuel Source For Appliances, Heating Homes Or Business -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves New Into-Basin Transfer General Permit, Water Withdrawals, Including 6 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawals [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News: EPA Considers Giving Oil & Gas Companies (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

By Lily Jones, PEC Communications Director What does a local Audubon chapter have in common with a solar-powered business incubator? They’re both making a difference in northeastern Pennsylvania by building community connections around environmental projects. Click Here for a video about the Audubon Chapter’s projects.

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