Pa. Senate GOP blocks utility commission appointments to protest Wolf’s climate change rule
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, April 22, 2021. Laura Legere.
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans are blocking Gov. Tom Wolf’s appointments to the state Public Utility Commission until the Democratic governor drops his effort to use executive authority to join a regional partnership for …
Repairing the Damage from Orphan Wells and Abandoned Mine Lands
Ohio River Valley Inst. blog post, April 14, 2021, by
For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that has powered the nation’s industrial growth and helped construct the middle class. But …
Pennsylvania PULSE (Project to Utilize Light and Solar Energy)
March 22, 2021, Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Governor Tom Wolf announced today a major clean energy initiative that will produce nearly 50 percent of state government’s electricity through seven new solar energy arrays totaling 191-megawatts to be built around …
Senators Laughlin, Haywood Announce Bipartisan Bill To Increase AEPS Solar Share To 5.5%
David Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, March 17, 2021.
Senators Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) and Art Haywood (D-Montgomery) recently announced plans to introduce legislation to increase the solar share under the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards from 0.5 to 5.5 percent by …
Pitt, The World is Watching, Divest Now
Fossil Free Pitt Coalition Press Release, Feb. 15, 2021
PITTSBURGH, PA — On Monday, February 15th at 9am, University of Pittsburgh students and allies will be installing a billboard in Oakland. The billboard, located at the intersection of Boulevard of …
Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021
By Dan Gearino
The Biden administration promises to restart U.S. progress on clean energy and climate policy, after the backsliding of the last four years.
But one thing that won’t change from the Trump …
Consider a Passive House
Passive House standard is widely utilized in Europe, but to a much smaller extent here in the US; it achieves approximately 80% reduction in heating and cooling energy.
Passive building is designed and built in accordance with these five building-science …
Gyroscopic Precession Explained
There was a recent letter to the editor published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette making the claim that the climate change we are currently experiencing is natural and is caused by the natural wobble in the earth’s axis of rotation. …
Wolf Administration Awards $2.5 Million Contract to University of Pittsburgh to Research Health Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing in Pennsylvania
12/22/2020 Press Release, Gov. Wolf office.
Harrisburg, PA – The Wolf Administration today announced that a $2.5 million contract is in place with the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health to conduct research on the potential health effects …
Plastic Market Trends Are Bad News for Appalachia Cracker Plans
by , Dec 14, 2020, Ohio River Valley Institute.
What Peak Plastic Means for the Petchem Buildout
The Ohio Valley petrochemical buildout is in big trouble. You know it when you hear things like this:
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