LWV DelCo Environmental Clearinghouse
Delaware County Environmental Clearinghouse
More than 20 states, including North Carolina, New York, California and Pennsylvania, as well as several cities, are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. The agency’s proposal would also thwart future administrations from reinstating the rule.
Pennsylvania ranks 47th in the nation for rate of growth in total solar, wind and geothermal generation over the past decade, according to new data released by PennEnvironment.
On March 19, Governor Josh Shapiro joined a lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s repeal of the Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Rule that authorized the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the emissions of greenhouse gases from power plants and vehicles into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.
The state budget Governor Shapiro announced today represents a devastating, self-inflicted setback in addressing affordability, clean energy and pollution by walking away from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative without establishing an alternative approach, Conservation Voters of Pennsylvania said reacting to the new state budget deal.
The U.S. Department of Energy is seeking public comment on its 151-page draft report finding that increased concentrations of CO2 emissions will contribute to the “greening of the planet” and make the oceans more acidic, but it is uncertain what negative affects, such as extreme weather and destruction of coral reefs, will have in coming decades. Read the Federal register announcement, the report and the critical comments of several climate scientists below.
