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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

In 2018, frustration was so great with the lack of compliance with Energy Transfer/Sunoco on the Mariner East Pipeline Project that DEP imposed a total permit block on the company and Republican Sen. Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018 [May 2024] -- DEP Issues $1.1

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PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh

PA Environment Daily

District Court on Monday a proposed consent decree in settlement of their federal Clean Air Act lawsuit against United States Steel Corporation. Steel will pay a $5 million penalty -- by far the largest in a Clean Air Act citizen enforcement suit in Pennsylvania history, and one of the three largest ever nationally.

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Climate Change Lawsuits Plague Oil and Gas Producers

Energy & the Law

A special thanks to Derek Younkers, a soon-to-be 1L at Baylor Law School, who gathered the material for this post. The common denominator is that the suits are filed in state court and allege only state law claims. This 2018 case against Shell and other oil companies alleges state tort claims. Suncor Energy . Rhode Island v.

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Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities

PA Environment Daily

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.” 2018)) Sen. of Bordentown v.

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Republican House Bill Contains Natural Gas Industry Wish List Of Measures To Expand Natural Gas Drilling, Subsidize Pipeline Expansion, Automatically Approve Well Permits, Preempt Local Governments

PA Environment Daily

The program would clearly provide taxpayer funding to support pipelines like Energy Transfer/Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline that resulted in record penalties from DEP and the PUC and Energy Transfer’s Revolution Pipeline that exploded in Beaver County in 2018 right after it entered service and also penalized record amounts. Read more here.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Sponsored Content.

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EPA’s Email Does Not Constitute A Final Agency Action, Tenth Circuit Finds

MGKF Law

Sinclair applied for a hardship exemption from EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standards for compliance year 2018 and, when EPA did not immediately respond, submitted Renewable Identification Numbers (“RINs”) in compliance with the regulations. Matheson, Jr.