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Re: Energy: Achieving 100 percent Renewable Energy IS Possible
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Wednesday, February 4, 2015. Achieving 100 percent Renewable Energy IS Possible. Last week, West Virginia showed us what not to do. When it comes to renewable energy. This week, Pennsylvania can look to the Green Mountain State as inspiration for adding to our Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal. Background Information on Pennsylvania's and Vermont's RPS. Is to have 18 percent. Vermont’s RPS is called the Sustainably Priced Energy Enterprise Development ( SPEED. 16 percent of statewide electric sales...
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Re: Energy: EPA’s Clean Power Plan is a win for renewable energy and energy efficiency
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. EPA’s Clean Power Plan is a win for renewable energy and energy efficiency. Since announcing the final Clean Power Plan rule on Monday, the Obama Administration has been focusing on the importance of renewable sources of energy, particularly wind and solar. During. President Obama’s remarks. He mentioned making “greater investment in our booming clean energy sector, and smarter investments in energy efficiency.”. Although the EPA removed the energy efficiency component (aka Bui...
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Re: Energy: Distributed generation and grid security: Sometimes you have to go back to move forward
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Wednesday, January 28, 2015. Distributed generation and grid security: Sometimes you have to go back to move forward. For more background on Grid Security, see my previous post from January 7, 2015: " Should we be worried about an attack on our electric grid? Electricity has become a Necessity. During the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, over 8 million people (myself and other e. And shut down the entire island of Nantucket. There has to be a solution, right? Well, lucky for us, there are. Meaning g...
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A Bear in the Woods: Environmental Law Blog: July 2014
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Newest TRI data shows Clairton’s impact on surrounding community. The TRI data quantifies the toxic emissions coming from the Clairton plant, including toxic air emissions. Below are two tables showing a select number of Clairton’s air emissions. Table 1 shows Clairton’s total greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO2 equivalents, and Table 2 shows major toxic pollutants for 2013. Clairton’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions for 2013. Total Facility Emissions (CO2e). George Jugovic is chi...
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PennFuture Session Daze: 26 Steps that Gov. Tom Wolf can take to improve Pennsylvania's environment and economy
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Quick looks at public policy, from PennFuture. PF Session Daze header/graphic. Wednesday, February 25, 2015. 26 Steps that Gov. Tom Wolf can take to improve Pennsylvania's environment and economy. PennFuture recently unveiled a report. There are significant steps that the General Assembly can take to strengthen Pennsylvania's environmental policies, and PennFuture will work with Republican and Democratic members from both the House and the Senate on their behalf. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 26 St...
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PennFuture Session Daze: October 2014
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Quick looks at public policy, from PennFuture. PF Session Daze header/graphic. Wednesday, October 22, 2014. No joy in Mudville: General Assembly strikes out down the stretch on key environmental issues. Let's look at the legislative box score, which is chock full of errors. The passage of House Bill 1565. The passage of House Bill 2354. Will delay and harm Pennsylvania's ability to develop an effective plan to comply with the proposed U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Power Plan. The EPA ...
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A Bear in the Woods: Environmental Law Blog: September 2014
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Gaston's back-up comes through. In March, this blog. In an update posted in July — " Alphonse Makes a Play. 8212; we applauded W&W for taking enforcement actions against the owner of the Curry site and a timbering company for violation of DEP's erosion and sedimentation control regulations. Gaston, in contrast, has been a stick-in-the-sediment. In short, Gaston's position was "don't call me, call Alphonse.". The full story is spelled out in a September 8, 2014 Decision.
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A Bear in the Woods: Environmental Law Blog: November 2014
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Wednesday, November 19, 2014. PennFuture legal appeal leads to improvements in Pennsylvania stormwater program. PennFuture has scored an important win that will help to improve water quality in Pennsylvania. On November 19, PennFuture and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“PADEP”) entered into a Stipulation of Settlement (“Settlement”) that will improve Pennsylvania’s program for preventing stormwater runoff from polluting our streams and rivers. In 2003, the Environmental Protecti...
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A Bear in the Woods: Environmental Law Blog: Gaston's back-up comes through
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Wednesday, September 17, 2014. Gaston's back-up comes through. In March, this blog. In an update posted in July — " Alphonse Makes a Play. 8212; we applauded W&W for taking enforcement actions against the owner of the Curry site and a timbering company for violation of DEP's erosion and sedimentation control regulations. Gaston, in contrast, has been a stick-in-the-sediment. In short, Gaston's position was "don't call me, call Alphonse.". The full story is spelled out in a September 8, 2014 Decision.
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