April 23, 2021 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...
April 16, 2021 Repairing the Damage from Orphan Wells and Abandoned Mine Lands Ohio River Valley Inst. blog post, April 14, 2021, by Eric Dixon, Ted Boettner. For more than 150 years, Appalachia has provided the cheap energy that...
March 23, 2021 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...
March 19, 2021 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...
February 15, 2021 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...
January 26, 2021 Inside Clean Energy: Here Are 3 States to Watch in 2021 By Dan Gearino January 21, 2021, Inside Clean Energy The Biden administration promises to restart U.S. progress on clean energy and climate policy, after the...
December 31, 2020 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...
December 30, 2020 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...
December 28, 2020 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...
December 16, 2020 Plastic Market Trends Are Bad News for Appalachia Cracker Plans by Eric de Place, Dec 14, 2020, Ohio River Valley Institute. What Peak Plastic Means for the Petchem Buildout The Ohio Valley petrochemical buildout is...
