Report Raises Concerns About Blue Hydrogen Emissions
Production of blue hydrogen from natural gas likely has a larger effect on global warming than estimated by U.S. government models and is...
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- Nov 9
CNX, State Reach Voluntary Agreement on Fracking Health, Monitoring Measures
In a first-of-its-kind collaboration, natural gas operator CNX has voluntarily agreed to undertake air quality monitoring and...
- Nov 9
Pa.’s RGGI Participation Halted by Commonwealth Court
Pennsylvania’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is now halted after the Commonwealth Court ruled that the process...
- Oct 26
IEA: Meeting Climate Goals Requires Immediate Action, Policy Shifts
The rapid growth in solar panels and electric vehicles is helping to reduce fossil fuel use and limit global warming. Still, more...
- Sep 20
Adoption of Small Solar Systems Rising Quickly
Small-scale solar capacity has risen dramatically in the U.S. over the past decade, a new Energy Information Administration (EIA) report...
- Sep 7
Pennsylvania Employs New Policies and Tools Related to Environmental Justice
Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will adopt an Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy this month. The...
- Aug 31
Pennsylvania Receives Funding for EV Charging Infrastructure
Federal funding to build out an electric vehicle charging network has begun rolling out with the recent announcement that 54 projects...
- Aug 17
Study Shows Link Between Natural Gas Drilling and Lymphoma, Asthma
Natural gas drilling in southwestern Pennsylvania was linked to at least one form of childhood cancer, as well as more severe asthma and...
- Aug 10
Stores Can No Longer Sell Incandescent Light Bulbs
New federal rules that ban the manufacture and sale of the traditional incandescent light bulb are being enforced starting this month,...
- Aug 3
Environmental Health Risks Study Results to be Released
The results of long-awaited studies looking into the health effects of hydraulic fracturing and other environmental risk factors and the...
- Jul 13
Pa. Can Improve Its Policies to Encourage EV Use
Pennsylvania’s policies to encourage electric vehicles put it in the middle of new state rankings by a nonprofit group focused on...
- Jul 6
CEPM Explainer Series: Decarbonization 101
The Center for Energy Policy & Management at Washington & Jefferson College is excited to release the second article in its new explainer...
- Jun 29
Clean Hydropower to be Added to Area Rivers
The clean energy-producing power of the region’s three rivers is about to be tapped with the construction of hydropower generation...
- Jun 21
Study: Abandoned Wells Can Emit Pollutants, Carcinogens
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates there are 3.2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across the U.S., and now a new...
- Jun 15
National Hydrogen Roadmap Outlines Strategy For Use Acceleration
Accelerating production and use of clean hydrogen as part of the U.S. strategy to meet climate goals is a focus of the Biden...
- Jun 1
Shell to Pay $10 Million for Pollution Violations at Beaver County Plant
Shell Chemical Appalachia has agreed to pay $10 million in penalties and for community projects to resolve air pollution and other...
- May 24
W.Va. Gas Well-Plugging Lawsuit to Proceed in Federal Court
A class-action lawsuit filed by West Virginia landowners against the nation’s largest oil and gas well owner claims its purchase of older...
- May 18
Shell Faces Lawsuit Over Pollution from Beaver County Cracker Plant
Two environmental groups have filed a lawsuit asking the federal court to order Shell Chemical Appalachia to operate its Beaver County...
- May 18
Proposed EPA Rules Take Aim at Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants
Power plants that use natural gas or coal as a fuel will have to eliminate almost all of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2042, if...
- May 11
New York Becomes First State to Ban Natural Gas in New Buildings
New York recently passed a first-in-the-nation law to ban natural gas and other fossil fuels in most new buildings. The state...
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