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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators Cause of Michigan’s worst water pollution is too much waste spread on too little land. September 22, 2022 . In every other industry, point source permits require polluters to treat their wastes to dramatically reduce contaminants. Photographs by J.

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Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2025

On January 28, the Department of Environmental Protection said compliance with a 2022 state Air Quality regulation to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities was put on hold for the conventional oil and gas industry as a result of an agreement to stay a legal challenge to the regulations in Commonwealth Court.

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What’s Up With Water – December 20, 2022

Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 20, 2022

State regulators had already fined the Port of Morrow for repeated environmental violations over the mishandling of its wastewater. It’s the state’s second largest port and it had been dumping nitrogen-saturated waste on farmland in eastern Oregon. The port’s waste comes from food processors, data centers, and storage facilities.

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Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. Now it happens occasionally. No agency will help them.

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FRESH, August 9, 2022: Unmonitored Ag May Account for Majority of Lake Erie Manure Pollution

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

August 9, 2022. Some of the earliest memories I have are of protestors standing in the road, blocking semi-trucks hauling nuclear waste.”. — Mikhail Childs, Prairie Island Indian C ommunity member. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has declared the plant to be safe, tribe members remain worried about their proximity to nuclear waste.

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DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

DEP has told a series of agency advisory committees they do not plan to adopt new regulations incorporating the EPA rule because state regulations automatically adopt federal requirements. In addition to the model rule requirements, the GP requirements will also contain standard conditions regarding state specific regulations.

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California Adopts Nation-Leading Legislation to Cut Plastic Pollution

Legal Planet

JULY 1, 2022

Less than 10 percent of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. In a welcome reprieve from news coming out of the Supreme Court , here’s an uplifting story from the Golden State: On Thursday, Governor Newsom signed SB 54, a comprehensive piece of legislation aimed at significantly reducing single-use waste.

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The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

Legal Planet

JUNE 27, 2024

It is significant because if its huge public health benefits and because it has provided the basis for EPA regulation of greenhouse gases. Until gutted by the Supreme Court in 2022, it also provided important protection to the nation’s wetlands. Provides for cleanup of hazardous waste sites. Clean Water Act. Reader’s Choice.

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DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

On September 29, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas operations in Pennsylvania sent 138,336 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to the Waste Control Specialists low-level radioactive waste facility in Texas for disposal. Click Here for DEP table on TENORM waste. Read more here.

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Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

Circle of Blue

JANUARY 15, 2025

Photo Brett Walton/Circle of Blue By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue January 15, 2025 MILWAUKEE Mounting concern about chemical contaminants in sewage sludge, a waste product widely seen as recyclable and economically valuable, could turn into a costly liability and upend the finances of municipal wastewater utilities across the county.

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

This proposed regulation is narrowly drafted. The [state] Oil and Gas Act, Clean Streams Law and Air Pollution Control Act give EQB the authority and mandate to promulgate regulations to protect health and the environment. The petition for rulemaking meets all the requirements under the board's regulations for moving forward.

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Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The IFO projects another $100 million drop in revenue in calendar year 2024 fee revenue from 2022 to $170 million. So, in calendar year 2024, DEP will again have a 75% shortfall in the revenue needed to support its Oil and Gas Regulation Program. million to ensure compliance with state environmental laws and regulations.

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Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste

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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Governor’s Regulatory Agenda: DEP To Propose Annual Permit Fee For Unconventional Shale Gas Operations; Updated Waste, Other Regulations Covering Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

On July 22, the Governor’s Office published an update to the Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development that included a new annual permit fee for unconventional shale gas operations and a schedule for the release of updated waste and other environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here. [

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EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

has agreed to a consent order that includes several actions to ensure compliance with federal and state hazardous waste safeguards at the company’s waste facility in Yukon, Westmoreland County, the U.S. RCRA is the principal federal hazardous waste storage and disposal statute. On April 29, Max Environmental Technologies, Inc.

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Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Even if the resolution is adopted, it would not be binding in the same way as a formal international agreement, but it could still impact how countries regulate marine CDR. Both the London Convention and London Protocol require parties to adopt domestic laws to regulate the “dumping” of “waste and other matter” at sea.

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The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

In December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service proposed regulations governing implementation of the 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit , passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act. Fuel deliverability, tracking, and certification.

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Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

On April 22, 2022, the Latkanichs filed a complaint with DEP requesting an investigation of their water supply saying it was impacted by oil and gas operations, including PFAS forever chemicals. Chevron drilled two shale gas wells on the Latkanich property approximately 500 feet from the familys water supply starting in 2011.

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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.] Read more here.] barrels or 0.41

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DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Benko also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Its a long and difficult story, but it illustrates the typical lack of resources thousands of conventional oil and gas well owners have to properly operate their wells in compliance with state law and regulations. Other violations continued.

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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

MARCH 25, 2025

million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5 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

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Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

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FRESH, July 12, 2022: Michigan Agency Launches Mercury Monitoring Program

Circle of Blue

JULY 12, 2022

July 12, 2022. The state agency moved to renew the plant’s permit, allowing 1 milligram per liter of effluent waste per month. The post FRESH, July 12, 2022: Michigan Agency Launches Mercury Monitoring Program appeared first on Circle of Blue. Laura Gersony, Fresh Editor. This Week’s Watersheds.

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DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 12 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2753 ) -- Liberty Soils, LLC - Biosolids Management Facility: DEP invites comments on a Waste Permit to increase maximum daily tonnage from 300 to 500 tons/day at the facility located in Reilly Twp., 22, 2022, Issued March 28, 2025. ( 22, 2022, Issued March 28, 2025. ( Cumberland County. ( Schuylkill County.

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Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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DEP Projects Over $1.5 Million Deficit In Account Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program In FY 2023-24

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2023

Elder Vogel (R-Beaver) at the March 22 Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on DEP’s budget request , the Department of Environmental Protection said it is projecting a $1,581,000 deficit in funding for the Oil and Gas Regulation Program. In calendar year 2022, DEP received 731 unconventional shale gas permits. Read more here.

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The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes

Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

What’s Up With Water—April 26, 2022 – This week’s episode of What’s Up With Water covers paying for groundwater in California and a controversial canal project in Nebraska. The ethanol plant AltEn had been producing massive amounts of toxic waste for years before it was shut down. This Week’s Top Water Stories, Told In Numbers.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

September 20, 2022 . And special measures to dispose of the toxic waste product costs $220 million, though not all of those costs are strictly related to algae. Danger Looms Where Toxic Algae Blooms 0 Comments / September 8, 2022 Billions spent on strategies to limit nutrient pollution that don’t work. Photographs by J.

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Environmental Health Project Seeking Communities To Participate In HealthWatch Program To Better Understand Local Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Successful projects with community interest and available funding may be eligible for ongoing support in subsequent years.

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Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2024

In late December, the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations for the Section 45V Clean Hydrogen Production Tax Credit. The tax credit, passed as part of 2022’s Inflation Reduction Act, provides a generous incentive for the production of clean hydrogen. the “three pillars”).

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PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Republican History Of Preventing Local Regulation Of Oil/Gas The original announcement of this legislation references Act 13 of 2012 which originally contained a provision preempting any local regulation of drilling operations included at the insistence of Republicans. In October 2022, Sen. Cecil Township is in Sen.

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High Cost of Water Hits Home

Circle of Blue

MAY 10, 2022

By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue – May 10, 2022. With all her other bills, waste is a luxury she can’t afford. . After Decades of Neglect, Bill Coming Due for Michigan’s Water Infrastructure 0 Comments / May 2, 2022 Federal and state governments begin to reverse course on underinvestment to address water’s true cost. Circle Blue.

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The Stream, August 10, 2022: Toxic Metals Discovered In India’s Groundwater

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 10, 2022

A Tsunami of Human Waste’: Half of South Africa’s Sewage Treatment Works Are Failing, Says Report – CCIJ reports that rivers and water bodies across South Africa have become too polluted for use, and the government is doing an increasingly poor job of addressing the situation, according to a long-awaited audit of the country’s wastewater.

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The Stream, September 7, 2022: Study Reveals the Impact of Texas Oil and Gas Industry on Water Supply

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Permian Basin oil and gas developments are among the state’s biggest industrial consumers of fresh water, and largest disposers of waste water. Pfizer has asked Michigan state regulators to increase the amount of groundwater it withdrawals from wells at its pharmaceutical manufacturing facility near the city of Kalamazoo. On the Radar.

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Conventional/Shale Oil & Gas Industry Association Acknowledges 1.4 Million People ‘Are Impacted By General Oil & Gas Operations’ In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

Finally, the petition neglects to consider the thousands of legally binding contracts and leases that exist, of which the proposed regulations would irreparably and illegally negate the legal rights of thousands of the Commonwealths citizens. Attached to the letter are individual statements of PIOGA members opposing the petition.

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Environmental Health Project To Hold April 1 Webinar On What The Shapiro Administration Can Do To Better Protect Public Health From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

The webinar will serve as a platform for the virtual release of Pennsylvanias Shale Gas Boom: What the Shapiro Administration Can Do to Better Protect Public Health, a companion piece to our 2022 white paper on shale gas development accountability.

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Agenda: DCED Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Advisory Committee Meets May 25 On Well Plugging; Proposed Waste Management Rules; Methane Emissions; Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2023

The DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council is scheduled to meet on May 25 to discuss a variety of issues including well plugging, proposed waste management regulations, methane emission court challenge, road dumping drilling wastewater and more.

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Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

In October 2022, DEP assessed a $670,000 against Shell Pipeline Company, LP and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLL for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. Read more here.] All charges are accusations.

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PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2023

The Public Utility Commission published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin that the Calendar Year 2022 Act 13 per well drilling impact fee will increase nearly 28 percent for unconventional shale gas wells. The price of natural gas increased from $3.841 in calendar year 2021 to $6.644 in calendar year 2022. percent in 2022.

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Alberta’s New Committee on Tar Sands Tailings is Too Little, Too Late

Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

trillion litres of toxic industrial waste to accumulate for over five decades, but now wants us to believe a steering committee with no decision-making power can resolve the issue. per cent of the oil sands have received a formal reclamation certificate from the provincial regulator (AER). The Alberta government has allowed 1.4

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A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 30, 2023

In 2022, the MPSC similarly approved a revised version of utility Consumers Energy’s long-range energy plan following settlement negotiations. Known in Michigan as “energy waste reduction,” efficiency measures help lower utility bills because the cleanest and least expensive energy is the energy we don’t use.

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Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 17, 2024

million jobs in 2022, according to a report last year by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Along with anglers, wetlands are the critical backdrop for hunters and wildlife watchers, who spent $400 billion in 2022, according to a report last year by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It is very clear what a wetland is.

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DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2024

Act 14 requires applicants to submit notices to municipalities and counties for air quality, water obstruction (Chapter 105), any permit issued under the Cleans Streams Law (including Chapter 102, stormwater, NPDES, many more), any solid waste and hazardous waste, land recycling and water allocation permits. Montgomery County.

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DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste. Read more here.] [ Note: The new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law well plugging program provided DEP with funding to plug 277 conventional oil and gas wells in 2022-23. Read more here.

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Powerful Industry’s Torrent of Manure Overwhelms State Regulators

Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation

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What’s Up With Water – December 20, 2022

Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

FRESH, August 9, 2022: Unmonitored Ag May Account for Majority of Lake Erie Manure Pollution

DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation

California Adopts Nation-Leading Legislation to Cut Plastic Pollution

The Ten Most Important U.S. Environmental Laws

DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017

Fertilizer from Sewage, a Utility Money Maker, Faces Uncertain Future

Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget

Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste

Governor’s Regulatory Agenda: DEP To Propose Annual Permit Fee For Unconventional Shale Gas Operations; Updated Waste, Other Regulations Covering Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming

EPA Issues Consent Order To MAX Environmental Technologies To Ensure Compliance With Hazardous Waste Rules At Westmoreland County Facility

Upcoming Developments in International Governance of Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

The Serious Risks Around Treatment of Biomethane in 45V

Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination

DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years

DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County

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

Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

FRESH, July 12, 2022: Michigan Agency Launches Mercury Monitoring Program

DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 12 PA Bulletin

Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards

DEP Projects Over $1.5 Million Deficit In Account Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program In FY 2023-24

The Stream, April 27, 2022: How a Rural Nebraskan Town Is Moving Forward a Year After Toxic Ethanol Plant Closes

Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

Environmental Health Project Seeking Communities To Participate In HealthWatch Program To Better Understand Local Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

Proposed Electrolyzer Requirements for the Hydrogen Tax Credit: Strengths and Risks

PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

High Cost of Water Hits Home

The Stream, August 10, 2022: Toxic Metals Discovered In India’s Groundwater

The Stream, September 7, 2022: Study Reveals the Impact of Texas Oil and Gas Industry on Water Supply

Conventional/Shale Oil & Gas Industry Association Acknowledges 1.4 Million People ‘Are Impacted By General Oil & Gas Operations’ In Pennsylvania

Environmental Health Project To Hold April 1 Webinar On What The Shapiro Administration Can Do To Better Protect Public Health From The Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

Agenda: DCED Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Advisory Committee Meets May 25 On Well Plugging; Proposed Waste Management Rules; Methane Emissions; Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater

Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution

PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells

Alberta’s New Committee on Tar Sands Tailings is Too Little, Too Late

A Hot Summer for Clean Energy in Michigan

Wetland Protections Remain Bogged Down in Mystery

DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin

DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’

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