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Energy Updates

Sep 14

Law Preventing Pa. Gas Well Bond Adjustments Challenged

Five environmental groups are suing the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, arguing that a law enacted in 2022, which removed the Pennsylvania...

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 24

Severance Tax to be Studied by Pa. Legislative Committee

The idea of a severance tax on natural gas production in Pennsylvania is again alive in Harrisburg. The state House in June approved a...

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,...

Jul 20

New Initiative to Develop End User Demand for Clean Hydrogen

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced a $1 billion initiative to build demand for clean hydrogen that is a linchpin of the...

Jul 13

Natural Gas Impact Fees on a Roller Coaster Ride

The roller coaster ride that Pennsylvania impact fee totals have been on in recent years is expected to continue in 2023, with the state...

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...

Jun 21

Natural Gas Impact Fees Set New Record in 2022

Pennsylvania has set a new record for the amount of impact fees paid by natural gas producers, with the 2022 amount jumping 19 percent...

Jun 15

Mountain Valley Pipeline Completion Fast-Tracked in Debt Bill

The long-stalled Mountain Valley Pipeline project, which has faced numerous legal and permitting challenges, will be completed after...

May 24

USDA Programs Invest $10.7 Billion for Rural Electrification

Rural America is becoming re-electrified. The federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provides nearly $11 billion to rural, utility-level...

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...

Apr 13

Community Solar Receives Bipartisan Attention in PA General Assembly

Community solar may soon be legal in Pennsylvania as members of both parties have made moves to reintroduce the idea to the state...

Apr 6

Pa. DEP Proposes Plan to Improve Permit Reviews

As part of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s budget request for fiscal 2023-24, recently appointed Acting...

Mar 9

Ohio Train Derailment Brings LNG Transport into Sights

As state and federal agencies work to address the causes and effects of the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment and chemical release,...

Feb 16

Shapiro Issues Money Back Guarantee on State Permits and Licenses

Applicants for state-issued permits, certifications, or licenses will hear back from the permitting agency within an allotted amount of...

Jan 26

Gas Stoves are having a Hot Moment

Recent comments from a Consumer Products Safety Commission member concerned about the possible detrimental health effects of gas stoves...

Jan 5

DEP Report: Conventional Well Industry Compliance Record ‘Troubling’

A recent state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) report spelled out the “troubling” record of the conventional oil and gas...

Dec 15, 2022

Cambria County Gas Leak Could Bring New Regulations for Underground Gas Storage

The state Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) ongoing investigation of a major gas leak in Cambria County could catalyze...

Dec 8, 2022

Rice: Unleash LNG To Combat Climate Change, Improve Energy Security

The head of the largest natural gas production company in the country used a recent event in Pittsburgh to advocate strongly for his plan...

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