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More Fossil Natural Gas Won’t Lower High Energy Bills

Union of Concerned Scientists

Reliance on fossil natural gas and the slow adoption of renewable energy contributed to electricity bills in New England in the first nine months of 2022 that are $5 billion higher than the prior year. When gas production grew. Increase in monthly gas production (Source: US Energy Information Administration).

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DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

LLC for abandoning an oil and gas wastewater injection well in Cranberry Township, Venango County. The Latshaw 9 conventional well was first issued a permit as a waste injection well by DEP on June 10, 2014 and by the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 28, 2016.

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Senate Appropriations Set To Consider $106.6 Million In Annual ‘Forever’ Taxpayer Subsidies For Use Of Natural Gas, Hydrogen

PA Environment Daily

million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use natural gas and hydrogen in their operations forever into the future. It seems clear the tax credits are an attempt to try to make natural gas competitive again through taxpayers subsidies after U.S.

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Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction

PA Environment Daily

The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and Natural Gas Extraction. Of Health Oil & Natural Gas Production Health Concerns -- Dept.

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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

Here are j ust a few examples of the penalties imposed by DEP against Big Shale Gas and related industries include-- -- $939,553 penalty against Chevron related to fatal gas well fire in Greene County; -- $1.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas from the Rager Mountain Gas Storage area in Cambria County; -- $1.1

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Environmental Defense Fund To Receive Dickinson College Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism

PA Environment Daily

It was a primary advocate for the overhaul of Americas chemical safety laws in 2016 and the passage of historic climate investments in 2022. Greene County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., McKean County [PaEN] [Posted: May 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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South Korea and Climate Change

Legal Planet

As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.