Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

Environmental protection laws must be enforced in response to incidents like last year’s major spill and leak from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine. Since 2014, the AER has only collected 71 cents from oil sands companies to pay for cleanup. The Alberta government has allowed 1.4 This is too little, too late.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 11, 2023

For three full days in 2014 , nearly half a million people were told their tap water was unsafe to drink, bathe in, or even touch. Last year’s bloom was more toxic than predicted , lasted longer than previous years, and covered 416 square miles of the lake at its peak.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2023

It’s likely our neighborhood was most exposed from the time the neighborhood was developed in 2007 until 2014, when the plants installed scrubbers in their smokestacks. It turns out that we are among the lucky ones.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2024

The Walter Lyon Award will be selected in the same manner and has been an annual addition that started in 2014. One nominee will be chosen for the two categories as follows-- -- An individual who demonstrated exemplary leadership in the field of environmental management.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

He served as a legal intern with DEP in 2014, an intern with the US Environmental Protection Agency Air Enforcement Division in Washington, DC, also in 2014, and was a policy intern in DEP in 2013.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Under a 2014 water quality agreement, Virginia and Maryland promised to restore oyster reefs in 10 bay tributaries, including the Piankatank. Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution. Oysters, because they filter pollutants, are a vital part of a healthy bay ecosystem.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

On October 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reached a Settlement Agreement with DC Ambler Properties, LLC., who owns the Ambler Asbestos Piles Superfund Site , to pay $500,000 in stipulated penalties to resolve its liability for outstanding violations of a 2014 Consent Order and Agreement (COA).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It was granted inactive status on April 24, 2014 which expired on April 24, 2019 without a request for extension. Environmental Protection Agency already issued an Underground Injection Control Permit (PAS2D050BPOT), effective January 14, 2022, to authorize the operation of the Class II-D Injection Well at this location.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2025

DEP Orders Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline To Provide Clean Water On March 6, the Department of Environmental Protection issued an order to Energy Transfer/Sunoco to provide water to residents in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County affected by a leak in Energy Transfers 14-inch jet fuel/petroleum products pipeline. Read more here.

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Water Research & Technology

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

in Environmental Science and Engineering program, Department of Biomedical, Chemical, and Environmental Engineering at the University of Cincinnati, USA in 2014. He received the ORISE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from 2014 to 2018 to work at The Office of Research and Development at U.S. Han achieved his Ph.D

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

Dean served as the first Upper Neuse Riverkeeper for over seven years, and later became the first Yadkin Riverkeeper in 2008, where he also served as Executive Director until 2014. She also was the former Secretary of the Maryland Department of Environment where she developed substantial initiatives on climate change and the Chesapeake Bay.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

“Pennsylvania works closely with Kristen and the DRBC to protect the streams and rivers that feed into the Delaware River and to ensure that the communities that rely on them are engaged in how those resources are managed,” said Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley. “We

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

The PA Groundwater Symposium has been a forum for groundwater education and networking since 2014. The Symposium is sponsored by Penn State Extension, the Department of Environmental Protection, the PA Water Resources Research Center , and the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences.

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Ocean Conservancy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Since 2007, only 2009, 2013 and 2014 had more ice at the end of the melt season. Environmental Protection Agency, the summer melt season in the Arctic is now 38 days longer than it was in 1979. The Arctic is warming three times faster than the world as a whole. According to the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days.

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 19, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has identified 1,4-dioxane (a chemical often used in solvents) as a toxic substance that affects the liver and nasal tissue. Later posts will relate the tangled history of the unsuccessful effort (to date) to adopt a 1,4-dioxane standard and discuss the cost of controlling the toxic pollutant.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

On March 20, the Department of Environmental Protection provided an update to the agencys Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board on water supply/stray gas complaints. Jennifer Means, Oil & Gas Program Manager for the Northcentral/Eastern District, provided the update for all the Oil and Gas Districts.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program Gets $30 Million Boost The Great Lakes Environmental Justice Grant Program will receive $30 million to “help advance environmental protection and restoration projects in communities that have been disproportionately affected by pollution in the Great Lakes region,” Wisconsin Public Radio reports.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

The Program has been linked with the Cap-and-Trade System of Québec since 2014. Program Linkage : The Cap-and-Trade Regulations permit California to link its Program with that of another jurisdiction to promote cost effectiveness and facilitate greater emissions reductions.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Written by David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Written by David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

On May 10, the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund announced PA General Energy, LLC notified the Department of Environmental Protection that it intends to plug its proposed toxic frack-waste injection well in Grant Township after this Memorial Day. The community’s concerns have been vindicated.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting nominations for two environmental education awards until January 11-- -- President’s Environmental Youth Award: recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by K-12 youth.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Tambini has served in the role since 2014. Leading and furthering the DRBC's worthy mission of managing, protecting and improving the shared water resources of the Delaware River Basin has been the highlight of my 42-year career in water resources," said Tambini.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

The PA Recycling Markets Center , in collaboration with Penn State Harrisburg and the Department of Environmental Protection, will host the in-person and virtual 2021 Research Showcase on October 7-8 at the Mukund S. Kulkarni Theatre at Penn State Harrisburg in Middletown, Dauphin County.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting nominations for the Presidential Innovation Award for Environmental Educators. The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), in partnership with the U.S. The deadline for nominations is February 18. Click Here for all the details. Photo : David Andrews.)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection Related Articles: -- DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The 2014 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement included this commitment and additional Bay restoration goals. Alison Prost, Vice President for Environmental Protection and Restoration, issued the following statement : “This is a defining moment for the nearly 19 million people who live in the Bay watershed.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2024

Penn State studies found the amounts of at least 25 of the chemicals they tested for exceeded environmental and health standards and radioactive radium exceeded industrial waste discharge standards. Voting Meeting On Bill June 11 The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to have a voting meeting June 11 at 10:00 a.m.

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Washington Nature

JULY 25, 2023

an esteemed community leader and environmental advocate, brings his lifelong dedication to protecting and improving Neah Bay's forests and waterways, promoting sustainable practices, and amplifying Native American perspectives to The Nature Conservancy's Board of Trustees. By Anya Blaney Glenn Ellis Jr., © Glenn Ellis Jr.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2023

Woodwell has been associated with PEC since 1991, including roles as staff attorney, director of the western PA office, and as a vice president, before becoming president in 2014. This is a great time to make a change at the top, and I have been working toward it for a couple of years,” Woodwell said.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 17, 2023

Over the past several years – and especially in the past few months – Premier Doug Ford’s government has made sweeping changes to environmental protection and land use planning rules across Ontario. . This would significantly reduce the number of PSWs afforded greater environmental protections.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection reported in its Oil and Gas Workload Report for the week ending March 29 that it has only 1 shale gas well permit under review, which has huge implications for the revenue coming in to run its entire Oil and Gas Regulatory Program. So far this year DEP received 95 shale gas well permits.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting nominations for the President’s Environmental Youth Award. The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by K-12 youth. The deadline for nominations is February 18.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on toxic air and water emissions for a large number of industrial facilities across the US, refineries are the 10 th most toxic industry , in a toxicity ranking list with over 200 grades. Refineries are among the most toxic industries in this country.

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