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DEP: US Interior Dept. Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA

PA Environment Daily

So far in 2025, DEP issued 39 violations to 10 shale gas drilling companies for abandoning and not plugging their well, most drilled in the early days of shale gas development in Pennsylvania-- 2009 to 2013. Read more here.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 26 to May 2: Contaminated Livestock Water Supply; Ruptured Gathering Pipeline; Failure To Comply With Shale Gas Well Plugging Order

PA Environment Daily

Well was drilled in 2009. LPR Energy holds 42 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Burke; Edward E. & Frederick J. Craig; Crude A Co - Randy L. The order required the site to be restored by December 31, 2023. The last inspection on September 16, 2024 also found it was not restored. Violations continued. No response requested.

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Frack is Whack: Why Hydraulic Fracturing is Bad for People and the Planet

Vermont Law

Some of these impacts include contaminated drinking water, increased air pollution, and environmental. West Texas is home to the Permian Basin which supplies forty percent of the United States’ oil and fifteen percent of its natural. degradation. . This year, environmental effects from fracking have been felt in Texas.

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Explainer: China launches first national soil survey in 40 years

A Greener Life

Reflecting its importance, the survey team will be headed by the vice premier of the State Council, Hu Chunhua, with deputy posts occupied by leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Rapid acidification. meaning a 2.2-fold fold increase in acidity.

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Home-Rule Hope: A Community Guide to Keeping Hydraulic Fracturing Off Local Property

Vermont Law

Chapter 1509, grants the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) the “sole and exclusive authority” to regulate the permitting, location, and spacing of oil and gas wells and production operations within the state, the city of Munroe Falls was not permitted to create a local ordinance banning hydraulic fracturing. State ex rel.

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Cities & the Inflation Reduction Act

Law Columbia

Moreover, the IRA’s broad decarbonization of the economy through tax incentives, grant programs, and other resources can help reduce local emissions in all sectors. States, Indian tribes, and air pollution control agencies are also eligible for funding. Resiliency, adaptation & local air pollution. Second, $11.97

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Environmental Health Project: Lois Bower-Bjornson Shares Her First-Hand Experiences With Shale Gas Health, Environmental Impacts In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

My work began when my daughter was born in 2009. Resources Links - Compliance: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 We have approximately 34 well pads, a compressor station, numerous pipelines, one that is 75 feet on our property, a staging and housing facility, and in addition constant truck traffic.