PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

On August 1, the Public Utility Commission moved to accelerate the process for identifying, removing, and replacing older plastic piping and components in Pennsylvania’s natural gas distribution systems. Six of the wells are conventional gas wells and 104 are conventional coalbed methane wells. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Million Payment For American Zinc & Chemical Site Natural Resource Damage In Washington County; Invites Comments On Settlement [PaEN] -- PennVEST Makes $216.3 Million Investment In 33 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 21 Counties [PaEN] -- Assn. 7 DCNR Grants Webinar; More!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2024

Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech [PaEN] -- PUC Seeks To Accelerate Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2024

MW-Day In 2024-25; Extreme Weather Risk Big Factor [PaEN] -- Bloomberg: PJM Interconnection Auction Results In Record Wholesale Electric Price Increases -- S&P Global: PJM Power Capacity Auction Clears At Record High Price Of $269.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day Partners Host Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

-- York Dispatch: Take A Look Inside York County Landfill’s New Wastewater Treatment Plant -- Reading Eagle: Devices With Lithium-Ion Batteries Require Proper Charging, Disposal -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Start 2024 With A First Day Hike In One Of PA’s State Parks -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Endangered Species Act At 50; How It Aided Eagles, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

School -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec. School -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec. Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 28, 2024

By Anders Lorenzen An announcement by US President Joe Biden to pause the approvals for pending and future applications to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) from new projects has been warmly welcomed by climate activists and could delay decisions on new plants until after the US Elections taking place on the 5th of November 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

1 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: 2022 PA Natural Gas Produce Falls Slightly For First Time Since The Fracking Boom -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT CEO Plans Unleash Natural Gas LNG 2.0 Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2024

. -- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products [PaEN] -- WESA/AP: FERC OKs Operation Of Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline -- House Committee Approves Bill Giving PA Energy Development Authority Ability To Use Federal Climate, Clean Energy (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Billion -- Independent Fiscal Office: Who Pays Pennsylvania Gambling Taxes? Billion -- Independent Fiscal Office: Who Pays Pennsylvania Gambling Taxes? Billion -- Independent Fiscal Office: Who Pays Pennsylvania Gambling Taxes?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Bucks County Wants To Be An Audubon Bird Town Community -- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County’s Planting Zones Changed Due To Climate Change; What Does It Mean For Your Garden 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- WNEP: UGI Utilities Announces 4.5%

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2024

.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Senate Fall Voting Schedule -- September 16, 17, 18, 30 -- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23 -- November 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule House Fall Voting Schedule -- September 23, 24, 25, 30 -- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23 -- November 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2024

Of The Interior Awards $28.67

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2024

The FracTracker Alliance and the Halt The Harm Network are now accepting nominations for the 2024 Community Sentinel Award for Environmental Stewardship that honors environmental activism and advocacy. Nominations are due October 6.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

31 More Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs On February 6 & 7, 2024 , DEP did routine inspections of 27 more conventional wells operated by Rock Oil Resources, Inc. On February 12, 2024 , DEP conducted a complaint investigation in Waterford Township, Erie County related to conventional gas wells operated by Medina Res Dev Co.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2024

Shapiro Signs 2024-25 Budget, Calls It A ‘Major Victory’ -- AP: PA Lawmakers Pass Nearly $48 Billion State Budget, Almost 2 Weeks Late -- Spotlight PA: Compromises On Education Spending, Tax Cuts, Transit Headline PA’s $47.6 Spoiler - Oil Prices Rising] -- Yahoo! Shapiro Signs $47.6

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Allegheny County; Private Gas Well, Propane Found And Secured -- Post-Gazette: 2 Killed In An ‘Absolutely Extreme’ Home Explosion In Crescent Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2024

. -- 66 Months Later, DEP Worked With Conventional Well Owner, But Multiple Spills At A Well Site Have Still Not Been Cleaned Up; No Protections In Place For Operators Or Taxpayers [PaEN] -- PennVEST Invests $194.3

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2024

14 Hearing [If Requested] On Title V Air Quality Permit For Gas-fired Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Aug. of Agriculture Starts Accepting Applications For Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grants July 22, Deadline Sept. 21; Annual Dinner Sept. National- $3.52 21; Annual Dinner Sept. National- $3.52

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2024

Shapiro’s Record On Shale Gas And Health - A Look At The Grand Jury Recommendations One Year In -- Physicians For Social Responsibility - PA: Gov. Shapiro And The Fossil Fuel Industry - Abandoning Climate Science For Industry Support Related Articles: -- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

. -- 87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 27 to Feb. 27 to Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2024

Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Threads PA Environment Digest Feed Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: March 4, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2024

.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Senate Fall Voting Schedule -- September 16, 17, 18, 30 -- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23 -- November 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule House Fall Voting Schedule -- September 23, 24, 25, 30 -- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23 -- November 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Susan Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater for pad located in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Warren County. ( McKean County. ( Butler County. ( Greene County. ( Westmoreland County. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2024

DEP’s inspection report said the owner failed to comply with an August 1, 2021 consent order modified by an August 3, 2023 consent order to plug or place in production all remaining abandoned wells by August 1, 2024. DEP requested the owner to submit a plan by August 20, 2024 to bring the well into compliance.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 5178 ) -- Seneca Resources Company LLC - Watkins Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued a Technical Deficiency Letter on the Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater and oil-based drilling mud at the pad located in Chatham Twp., Tioga County. ( Bradford County. ( Tioga County. ( Tioga County. (

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

On February 3, 2024, Makaya Keating of The Derrick reported "more than six months have passed since a Petro Erie wastewater spill contaminated Bellows Spring, which serves as the source of water for more than 200 homes and businesses in Reno that are customers of Venango Water Co. Westmoreland County?

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

This spring, Environmental Defence Canada submitted a motion to Enbridge shareholders for their 2024 Annual General Meeting on May 8th. This spring, Environmental Defence Canada submitted a motion to Enbridge shareholders for their 2024 Annual General Meeting on May 8th. Can you help us fight back against the climate villains?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

On February 28, Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown and Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act , legislation that would ban the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 15; Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 7 -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Month Starting Feb. 15; Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 7 -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Month Starting Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. AP: Republican US Senator Tim Scott Launches $14 Million Outreach Effort To Minority Voters [PA Included] -- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol -- AP: Former Police Officers Who Defended US Capitol During Jan. National- $3.45 National- $3.45 National- $3.45 National- $3.45

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: PA Utility Law Project, Public Citizen Webinar Exploring The Impact Of LNG Natural Gas Exports On PA Families. 28-29 In State College -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN] -- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October Now Available [PaEN] -- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Accepting Campaign Signs For Recycling Thru Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Bat Stories; Bat Trivia; Witch-Hazel; News Around The Watershed -- Penn State Extension: The Value Of Bats To Crop Production And Revenue -- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

House next voting day March 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule -- House Agency Budget Hearing Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 105 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2024

Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech [PaEN] -- AP: PUC Files Complaints Against Peoples Gas In Fatal 2021 Natural Gas Explosion In Tyrone, Blair County -- USDA Announces $163 Million In Rural Energy For America Funding, Including 4 Projects in Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Warren Times Editorial: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

[PaEN] -- What’s That Pink Stuff Spilled At Apex Energy Shale Gas Well Pad In Salem Twp., Degrees Of Warming, Scientists Warn Climate Shocks Could Trigger Unrest PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Post-Gazette: Strategists Chart Keys To PA Victory In 2024 Presidential Election -- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Plans To Propose $282.8

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