PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

But nobody was talking about abandoned wells in 2011. And she acknowledges that many thousands of them will not be plugged for generations, if ever. But someone, she insists, needs to speak up about the problem. Yes, I get very frustrated,” she said. And most people know what an abandoned well is now. It’s not just me.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2021

And this waste—along with drilling and fracking waste--can contain radioactive elements known as “technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material,” or TENORM. State regulations are also filled with gaps that allow unsafe practices for radioactive oil and gas waste.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Food waste refers to material that is safe and suitable for human and animal consumption, yet not consumed. The food waste and loss problems reveal inefficiencies in the food system that have consequential, permanent environmental impacts. This global problem of food waste is related to consumer behaviors (e.g., Spaggiari, M.,

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Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This case is about injection wells for industrial and municipal waste, not for oil and gas waste. January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. I’m an oil and gas guy. The litigation.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

Chevron drilled two shale gas wells on the Latkanich property approximately 500 feet from the familys water supply starting in 2011. EHB Docket 2023043 The appeal was brought by Bryan Latkanich who, with his son, lives in Deemston Borough, Washington County and leased his mineral rights to Chevron who then sold the lease to EQT Chapp, LLC.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

On April 7, 2023 , DEP posted an inspection report to document that it had requested Greylock to provide the pre-drill survey it had conducted prior to drilling the wells in 2011, along with all the water sample results associated with the site. [ Background There were six shale gas wells on Mohr A drilled in May, June and July of 2011.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

Owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Well owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Well completed in 2011. Well owner also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Published in the journal Global Environmental Change , this research combined information from 22,508 ICC beach and land cleanups across 116 countries from 2011-2017 with 7,290 PADI AWARE underwater cleanups across 118 countries from 2011-2018. Ocean Conservancy has worked closely with CSIRO scientists Drs. Never miss an update.

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HumanNature

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Yet, amid these advancements, we often overlook the simplest and most immediate solution: reducing food waste. Food waste occurs at every stage of the production and supply chain, from agricultural fields to supermarket shelves to consumer households. These alarming statistics highlight the urgent need for action to combat food waste.

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Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Austin, Texas, adopted a new plan this month to renew efforts to help the city achieve its goal of zero waste by 2040. Austin first adopted the goal, which envisions diverting 90% of trash from landfills by 2040, in its comprehensive plan in 2011.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2018, the world entered a municipal waste management crisis. recyclable materials, most notably plastic waste and unsorted paper. China also required stricter pre-shipment inspections to enforce existing laws, such as the import ban on electronic waste (e-waste). China’s waste ban has created backlogs worldwide.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 30, 2023

There is a lot more food waste than you might think: A 2011 report for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) stated that approximately one-third, or around 1.3 billion tonnes, of food production worldwide ends up as waste.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Photo: Wall Street Journal story from 2011 stray gas contamination of a water supply in Bradford County from shale gas drilling.) Questions should be directed to Todd Wallace, at twallace@pa.gov or (717) 783-6395. Visit DEPs Office of Oil and Gas Management webpage to learn more about this program.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Saving energy, reducing waste, and saving money are all interconnected, and these schools are setting the example for others to follow.” “These schools are teaching the next generation to be god stewards of the environment and to protect our natural resources and public health,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

Wells drilled in 2011. Failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Owner failed to submit production, waste general and well integrity reports. Read more here. Three generators used to power cryptocurrency mining operations have been removed as well as production equipment. Drilled in 1800.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With advances in computing power over the last few decades, computer simulation of chemical compounds has emerged as a viable alternative to physical experimentation – this has resulted in large scale elimination of chemical waste and huge time savings [2]. 2011): 1239-1249. Hughes, James P., “Principles of early drug discovery.”

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

A year after state regulators closed an ethanol plant after toxic waste was “accidentally spilled and intentionally spread” across farm fields and contaminated water supplies in Mead, Nebraska, residents are torn on the best path to remediation. “We don’t have water to drink and we wonder if we have a government,” he said. 500 PEOPLE.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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The Energy Law

APRIL 27, 2011

08-0497, 2011 WL 836827 (Tex. 11, 2011), the Supreme Court of Texas reversed the Austin Court of Appeal’s finding that the Railroad Commission (the “Commission”) has to consider broad public safety concerns in the permitting of proposed oil and gas waste injection wells. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future and Clean Water , No.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Actions Since 2011 The order describes the steps taken since 2011 to inspect and evaluate 43 shale gas wells within the Dimock/Carter Road Area and identify the issues that lead to widespread contamination of local water supplies. Only the horizontal portion of the well may traverse under the Area to produce the natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2023

"Initial findings from the joint inquiry into the storm, presented by staff at FERC's June 15 monthly open meeting, echo those from inquiries into the root causes of deadly Texas blackouts in February 2021 and similar but less severe cold weather events in 2011, 2014 and 2018." "The

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Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. Other measures in the bill limit industrial discharges of PFAS and restrict incineration of PFAS waste. On July 21, 2021, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

The inspection also found a 100 barrel production wastewater tank on site and the operator failed to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports. Seresun 1 well and found it to be abandoned. These are continuing violations from when DEP first issued them on December 11, 2017. & Joseph E.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Perry was named Deputy for Oil and Gas Management in September 2011 by Gov. The Department of Environmental Protection confirmed as of February 11, Scott Perry, Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, is no longer an employee of the agency. No other comments on personnel actions were made. No replacement has yet been named.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2011, the Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

The digital atlas shows the location of 592 unconventional wells and proposed locations, compressor stations, water impoundments, surface water withdrawal sites, waste sites and the locations of violations. The remaining 173 (27 percent) violations were for various other shortcomings—most issued for improper handling of waste materials.

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HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

On the flipside, the hauling and waste fees for demolition are the bulk of the cost of a demo job versus a deconstruction. 2020) As inhabitants of this earth, humans have been generating waste in all forms since early times. Integrated Waste Management: Volume I. 2020) (Su et al., Bertino et al., BoD – Books on Demand.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But the country switched off most of its nuclear generators following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Risako Narikiyo, a member of Koike’s regional party Tomin First no Kai said on the assembly floor: “In addition to the existing global climate crisis, we face an energy crisis with a prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, there is no time to waste.”

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The Energy Law

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

However, these standards were vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after the Court found EPA’s definition of “commercial or industrial waste” conflicted with the language of the Clean Air Act in NRDC v. 01-1537, 2011 U.S. 20, 2011). EPA , 489 F. 3d 1250 (D.C. 7607(d)(7)(B).

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Due to decades of environmental racism, these communities are often also exposed to polluted air, oil and gas production or toxic-waste sites – exacerbating the potential impact of water contamination. Around 2011, a salesperson for water filters tested his tap water and informed him it was contaminated. “We

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In 2011, it was Tropical Storm Lee , in 2017, it was Tropical Depression Harvey , in 2018 it was micro-storms causing flooding in communities all over the state and again with the $117 million in damage from Hurricane Ida in the last month. The question is-- how will they spend the little voting time they have back in Harrisburg?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

AB 2108 requires the State and Regional Water Boards to conduct environmental justice outreach regarding disproportionate impacts to water quality from waste discharge in disadvantaged communities or tribal communities. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

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