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NOVEMBER 6, 2024
Some lack sufficient space or have outdated existing equipment that prevents the effective installation of solar power.
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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Some lack sufficient space or have outdated existing equipment that prevents the effective installation of solar power.
Earth 911
AUGUST 7, 2025
But as this solar revolution accelerates, a critical question emerges: What happens to these millions of panels when they reach the end of their 25- to 30-year lifespan? Solar power has become the driving force of the global energy transition. The global solar panel recycling market is projected to grow from $384.4
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PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
[PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 19 Webinar On Meeting The Challenges Of The Electric Grid - PJM's Role [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8% PaEN] -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 19 Webinar On Meeting The Challenges Of The Electric Grid - PJM's Role [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8%
PA Environment Daily
JULY 11, 2025
Notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations? Received Oct. 12, 2023, Issued June 17, 2025. ( PA Bulletin, page 4765 ) Grants -- DEP published notice in the July 12 PA Bulletin announcing it has awarded a $75,000 Section 901 Household Hazardous Waste Education to Lebanon County for a household battery education program.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JANUARY 6, 2025
As the year kicks off with a very cold January weather forecast, US power grid operators and the regulators who oversee them are paying close attention to ensure that the grid failures of several past extreme winter storms dont happen again. and would greatly facilitate transmission development on a reasonable timeline.
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.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 8, 2025
Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep. Responds To Rep.
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.
A Greener Life
JULY 6, 2025
However, recent efforts have focused on reversing this trend, with the government implementing stricter enforcement of environmental regulations and bolstering sustainable initiatives, such as promoting conservation efforts and enforcing land-use restrictions. This decline marks a notable shift after years of rising deforestation rates.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 22, 2025
TODAY 1:30: DEP, DCNR, PUC To Announce 2 GW Of Solar Power Installed In PA , 1:30 At Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, York County TODAY 4:00: PJM Interconnection Announces Results Of Latest Power Auction TODAY 10:00: In-Person.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 24, 2025
Data Center & Energy Summit Missed: It’s Deja Vu - False Promises, Dirty Power - Our People And Communities Deserve Respect [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Continues Maximum Generation And Load Management Alerts For July 25 [PaEN] -- July 31 Webinar - Why Is My Electricity Bill So High?
Legal Planet
MARCH 31, 2025
Solar power and energy storage dominate interconnection queues and remain in accelerated growth mode (especially in large, growing states like Texas and California). The reasons are simple: wind and solar power are less costly and more quickly deployed than alternatives fueled by natural gas or coal.
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.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 30, 2025
For me, and I believe for many folks, solar power is the poster child of climate action," said Betsy Whitman, Patton Township Supervisor and member of the Solar Power Purchase Agreement Working Group. The number of entities involved in this solar power purchase agreement is likely groundbreaking in Pennsylvania.
Legal Planet
JULY 29, 2025
Guterres said the “sun is rising on a clean energy age,” as 91% of new renewable power projects were cheaper than fossil fuels, according to a new IRENA report. EPA is renouncing its ability to even regulate greenhouse gases as a threat to human health. More than 80% of us favor building more solar power stations in California.
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 8, 2025
Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep. Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source?
PA Environment Daily
JULY 6, 2025
23 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Sept. 4 Webinar - Rewild Your Yard: How Meadows Support Pollinators And Clean Water [PaEN] -- Call For Posters: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay 2025 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Nov. 7, 21, Sept.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 15, 2025
Unlike state regulations that set clean air standards for vehicles and engines more stringent than federal standards, ISRs do not require approval from the Environmental Protection Agency. To support these activities, solar power usage at warehouses increased from just under three gigawatt hours to over 85 gigawatt hours during this time.
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 (..)
PA Environment Daily
MAY 4, 2025
Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,
PA Environment Daily
JULY 1, 2025
Marti Haykin -- TribLive Guest Essay: Drain The Swamp, Bring DOE's Fossil Energy Office To Pennsylvania - By Athan Koutsiouroumbas, Long Nyquist Lobbying Firm -- Mountain Watershed Association Files EHB Appeal Of DEP's Approval Of The 1,452 Acre Expansion of the Rustic Ridge #1 Coal Mine In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Remembering (..)
PA Environment Daily
MAY 4, 2025
McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,
PA Environment Daily
JULY 24, 2025
Now CNX, through WCAA Upstream’s appeal to Commonwealth Court, objects to DEP oversight of its activities at the Drakulic well pad even though oversight from the DEP will increase transparency and regulate health and pollution impacts on Penn Township residents. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.
Legal Planet
JUNE 17, 2025
That same day, Trump signed a trio of congressional resolutions that improperly seek to vaporize California’s long-standing authority under the Clean Air Act to regulate vehicle pollution to clean our air. Limón from Santa Barbara, is known for efforts to regulate the oil industry. That last one got less coverage than it deserves.
Law Columbia
APRIL 3, 2025
At this point, planned workforce development activities are largely focused on providing community residents with paid opportunities to train as solar installers.
Legal Planet
NOVEMBER 14, 2024
Some of Trump’s most ardent political backers, like Elon Musk, depend on existing federal subsidies (expanded under the Inflation Reduction Act) for EVs assembled in North America and for EV charging infrastructure, and investors in crypto currencies who supported Trump’s campaign need plenty of new power-hungry data centers.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 6, 2025
Shapiros FERC Complaint On Power Auction Rules : We Have Been Warning For Over 2 Years Of The Prospect That Parts Of Our Country Could Run Short Of Power -- Post-Gazette: PA Senate Republicans Says Shapiros FERC Complaint Against PJM Rings Hollow -- PA Senate Republicans: Shapiros FERC Complaint On PJM Power Auction Rules Rings Hollow [RGGI} -- ChesterCounty.com: (..)
PA Environment Daily
FEBRUARY 23, 2025
Data Center Demands -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Sees Growing Demand From A.I.
PA Environment Daily
MARCH 23, 2025
Water Systems Above Legal Limit For PFAS Forever Chemicals In Bucks County -- York Daily Record: Why The Drought In York County Could Get Worse In The Coming Months -- PUC Highlights 2025 Fix A Leak Week Awareness -- TribLive Editorial: PA Fire Hydrants Should Be Flow Tested Regularly -- House Energy Committee Reports Out Bill To Unlock A State Freeze (..)
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 23, 2025
Additionally, when data center growth triggers the need for investment in the transmission system, those costs may also get passed down to ratepayers unless state regulators intervene. Policymakers and regulators, as well as utilities themselves, have proposed plans to create unique electricity rate structures, or tariffs, for large users.
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 (..)
PA Environment Daily
JUNE 6, 2025
Vitali’s Call For Better Regulation Of Oil & Gas Industry [ PDF of Article ] -- Erie Times: Nonprofit, Pittsburgh Students, Millcreek Twp. Responds To Rep.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 23, 2025
I&E’s role is to evaluate whether any violations of state or federal pipeline safety regulations may be associated with utility infrastructure. PJM Decisions Have Driven Up The Cost Of Electricity [PaEN] -- PUC: Pennsylvania Doubles Solar Power Generation In Just 17 Months To 2 Gigawatts [PaEN] -- Registration Open!
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 11, 2025
The PASEB was originally established by the Commission in 1999 to provide oversight, guidance and technical assistance to the regional sustainable energy boards that fund projects such as wind farms, solar power systems, smart thermostat programs and the construction of buildings using energy efficient technologies.
PA Environment Daily
JULY 23, 2025
Race’ By Stripping Away Regulations -- Reuters: President To Supercharge A.I. Action Plan Slashes Regulation, Speeds Data Center Construction -- WSJ: President Pledges To Stimulate A.I. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Developers A Free Hand -- Politico: President’s A.I.
Legal Planet
AUGUST 5, 2025
By ceding federal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, the Trump administration could unintentionally relinquish regulatory powers to California and other progressive states to carry out their own climate agenda, Carlson told the LA Times. “If But there may be a silver lining of sorts. They can’t preempt us from doing that.”
PA Environment Daily
JULY 25, 2025
You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. DEP eNotice: The Only Way You’ll Know When Applications Come In To DEP Did you know DEP can send you email notices when permit applications are submitted to DEP in your community?
PA Environment Daily
JULY 26, 2025
Critical equipment could fail, such as the regulators. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 21 [PaEN] -- Whitehall Borough Launches New Rooftop Solar System Installed With Help From PA Solar Center, Elysium Solar Energy In Allegheny County [PaEN] NewsClips: -- A.I.
Union of Concerned Scientists
AUGUST 31, 2022
Solar energy production starts to dwindle by September. Solar power peaks earlier in the summer when the days are longer. By September, the sun sets earlier in the evening, and solar power production tapers off when people are still using substantial amounts of electricity in the evening. and 6:28 to 6:48 p.m.
Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 22, 2022
These investments will help accommodate accelerating amounts of low-cost renewable energy like wind and solar power, laying the groundwork for a cleaner, cheaper grid. That’s not a Minnesota utility…is it? Most Minnesotans are familiar with their local electricity utility, since that’s who bills them for electricity they provide.
Legal Planet
DECEMBER 9, 2021
It attempted to move away from fossil fuels and toward zero-carbon sources like solar power to supply electricity. Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants. Switch to another legal basis for regulation. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.
Legal Planet
OCTOBER 18, 2021
Regarding solar power, at least 55% must come from utility-owned facilities, while up to 45% can be purchased from small third-party generators. By the end of next year, the commission must to develop a plan for reaching these goals involving the “least cost path.”.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 15, 2024
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.
Clean Energy Law
FEBRUARY 29, 2024
Deployment of solar power – More solar photovoltaic systems will be installed on available rooftop spaces of airport buildings at Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. By the end of 2023, Changi Airport generated approximately 4% of its 2019 electricity consumption [ii] through solar power deployment.
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