Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

New in this UCS analysis is a look at the public health co-benefits of reducing air pollution from fossil fuels that occur from decarbonizing our economy. for our purposes–refers to tiny particles in the air that can be found in sources like smoke, dust, soot, or even liquid. Fine particulate matter–or PM 2.5 micrometers.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5 micrometers or less. million deaths globally.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. Tailpipe pollution also is a major contributor to the climate crisis. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us. Yes, premature death. That’s not healthy. There also is an equity aspect to this issue.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

That’s why, since the price spike, the industry has doubled down on lobbying for weaker environmental protections to clear the way for more oil and gas production and the further lock-in of gas pipelines and other fossil fuel infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

On March 25, the Department of Environmental Protection was called to the scene of a conventional well explosion in East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. The well-- Wissinger 001-- is owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co. LLC that also had a conventional gas well explosion and fire on March 19 in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has known for years that emissions of ethylene oxide —a colorless, odorless gas used to sterilize medical equipment and some food products—pose a long-term cancer risk to communities near commercial sterilizing facilities.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2022

The original air quality permit for a proposed LNG plant in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County was issued by DEP on July 24, 2019. This settlement is a great victory for Bradford County and for Pennsylvania,” said Joseph Otis Minott, Executive Director and Chief Counsel of Clean Air Council.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

Multiple lines of analysis make clear that regardless of how cheap wind and solar power get, without directly addressing pollution from coal and gas plants, the country’s clean energy transition will not happen fast enough. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Act 14 Notices To Municipalities Many communities and citizens are not aware that a state law passed in 1984 gives them the first chance to comment on Department of Environmental Protection permit applications even before they are submitted to the agency. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency finalized strong safeguards on wasteful and dangerous methane emissions that will significantly cut climate-warming pollution and associated air toxics. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 Last December, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

No Environmental Compliance Requirement The PA Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit is awarded without regard to whether a facility receiving the tax credit is complying with the state’s environmental laws and regulations. So far, the Department of Environmental Protection has imposed penalties totalling over $10.6

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

In the fall of 2023, Governor Shapiro instructed the Department of Environmental Protection to implement some of the Grand Jury recommendations for better protecting Pennsylvania residents from oil and gas operations, but this notably did not include setbacks. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Review of sample results from sampling conducted on surface water sources across Pennsylvania by the United States Geological Survey in summer 2019, indicated that PFAS was identified at several locations on the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers and Tenmile Creek.” In December 2019, Gov. Read more here on USGS/DEP study.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 2022

In 2019, we called on Governor Wolf to halt fracking activities and take the time to study the impacts of shale gas development on young people after the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette published an investigative series on a spike in rare cancers in four rural counties.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. Click Here for video and sound of a typical release from 2012 to 2019. Click Here for video/sound of a typical release from 2012 to 2019. "At Yes, three times a day, seven days a week for nearly a decade.] But more on this later. said Jodi. “So

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2022

This regulation, which is a key part of DEP’s strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the Commonwealth, has been in development since early 2019. Yaw have supported legislation rolling back environmental protection standards for conventional oil and gas operators. Nick Troutman, the alternate for Sen. Metcalfe and Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. The case resolved in the affirmative the question of whether state permits issued for operations which are part of interstate natural gas pipelines can be appealed at the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board (EHB).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 28, the Department of Environmental Protection released a request for bids on a contract to plug 19 conventional oil and gas wells their owners abandoned in Clarion and Jefferson counties. The official solicitation were made through the BidExpress.com website, like all major DEP contracts.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Appeal The Department of Environmental Protection and Petro Erie, Inc. Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2 Documents related to this PUC proceeding can be found at PUC Docket No.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around October 2015 and continuing until in and around December 2019, Erie Coke Corporation and Nearhoof tampered with measurements on heating systems which emitted contaminants and pollutants into the air including volatile gases such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a Section 401 Water Quality Certification for the proposed Rover Pipeline Rover-Bulger compressor station and Harmon Creek Meter Station expansion in Smith Township, Washington County. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

That's a long distance to have an impact on air quality and on health in residents who live nearby. In Pennsylvania, there was a study that came out in 2019 by two reporters at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette that found that there was a spike of rare childhood cancers in southwestern Pennsylvania between 2008 and 2018.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC 4.5 mile, 20-inch natural gas pipeline running through North Fayette Township, Allegheny County and Robinson Township, Washington County and impacting the Montour Trail. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection will hold a hearing May 7 on the proposed Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline compressor Station 219 located in Jefferson Township, Mercer County. ( Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For A MarkWest Liberty 4.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

The bill was referred to the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) serves as Majority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-7647 or sending email to: gvitali@pahouse.net.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 4, 2024

It notes that the Agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction contains detailed provisions on environmental impact assessment procedures, including monitoring (para. Article 195 absolutely prohibits this kind of practice.

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Acoel

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

In Shirley, individual Republican legislators and various entities associated with two coal-fired power plants challenged a Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) greenhouse gas control regulation. The decision also has other significant implications for climate litigation.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The November 30 meeting was made necessary by a letter sent by Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee to the IRRC on November 14 disapproving the regulation. Environmental Protection Agency deadline to finalize the regulation, so DEP had to move to the emergency rulemaking procedure.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019. DEP arrived at the facility January 3, 2023 to start its investigation. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 18, 2013, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around October 2015 and continuing until in and around December 2019, Erie Coke Corporation and personnel tampered with measurements on heating systems which emitted contaminants and pollutants into the air including volatile gases such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

Air Quality -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Annual Greenhouse Gas Inventory ( April 2022 ) At the same time natural gas began to produce 40% of all power generation in the United States, power sector emissions dropped by 39%.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Exxon’s refineries in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Baytown, Texas, has also been in the news over a series of explosions in 1989, 1994 and 2021 that killed workers and caused major air pollution. Exxon's three largest refineries in Louisiana and Texas topped the 2021 list of emitters of small particulate matter air pollution in the U.S.

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Science & Climate

APRIL 22, 2021

A team of transportation and policy experts from the University of California released a report today to the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) outlining policy options to significantly reduce transportation-related fossil fuel demand and emissions. The state funded the two studies through the 2019 Budget Act.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

By: Deborah Klenotic, Deputy Communications Director Climate change is a major challenge facing Pennsylvania, and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is leading many efforts to fight back and protect communities. We've funded over 1,000 chargers?installed million in just the past five years!

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