PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

On November 21, the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Justice and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced two settlements with oil and gas operators in Pennsylvania involving operations in Butler, Lawrence and Mercer Counties. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DOT) jointly issued the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Rule (SAFE Vehicle Rule). To support that argument, the agencies point to a study estimating that average vehicle prices could increase by up to $2,100 by 2025. By Romany Webb.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

On March 14, the Attorney General opened another investigation into Energy Transfer/Sunoco into potential environmental crimes related to the Energy Transfer/Sunoco pipeline that leaked petroleum into household wells in Upper Makefield Township, Bucks County. Environmental Protection Agency. Read more here.]

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

USA: Stop the Formosa Plastics Plant Coalition Against Death Alley | 2021 As part of the fossil fuel industry’s push to increase North American plastic production by 35 percent by 2025(1), Formosa Plastics is planning to build a massive petrochemical industrial complex in St. James Parish, Louisiana.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The facility has previously been permitted under a GP-5 and GP-1 Air Quality General Permits. ( Read more here. -- The Shapiro Administration announced the Department of Environmental Protection has reduced its permit backlog by 75 percent since November 1, 2023 – and has completely eliminated the backlog for oil and gas permits.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a new State Only Minor Air Quality Operating Permit for the continued operation of the ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC [Energy Transfer] Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. (

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Brag

JUNE 28, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program that will establish the biofuel volume requirements from 2023 to 2025. The final volume targets (billion Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN)) are as follows: 2023 2024 2025 Cellulosic biofuel 0.84

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced sweeping plans to reconsider more than 31 major environmental regulations and programs, including pulling back regulations reducing methane emissions and regulating production wastewater from oil and gas operations.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers -- David Hess Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

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Acoel

JANUARY 17, 2025

Posted on January 17, 2025 by Basil Seggos , Seth D. Carlston With the incoming Trump administration poised for an attack on federal environmental regulations, states are quickly emerging with actions on climate change. billion Clean Water, Clean Air, and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act , $5.5

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Officially, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a CAFO as an animal feeding operation where a specific number of animals are kept indoors for at least 45 days a year and crops are not sustained during growing seasons. Biogas is also incredibly harmful but is often overlooked due to its non-obvious nature.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency finalized e missions standards for greenhouse gases from power plants under Clean Air Act, Section 111(d). Earlier this year, the U.S. The rule sets pollution limits for existing coal plants and some new gas plants based on carbon capture and sequestration. In West Virginia v.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

As of November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection issued owners of conventional oil and gas wells 6,907 violations for violating state laws and regulations, exceeding the 6,860 violations issued in all of 2023. And, there are five+ weeks left in 2024. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

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Legal Planet

MAY 11, 2023

Today’s the day for the long-awaited release of Environmental Protection Agency regulations to tackle planet-warming pollution by the nation’s power plants. So, EPA and the states have a shared responsibility to regulate “existing sources” — primarily power plants— under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Staff have been threatened and fired , with targeted cuts to the agencys environmental justice office, federal spending was frozen , and EPA Administrator Zeldin announced a massive deregulatory plan to undertake 31 actions to weaken key environmental protections. 1415 and S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency et al. establishing that heat-trapping emissions (or greenhouse gas emissions) are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. Project 2025 also includes a call to Establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 8, 2017

of the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to address this through emissions standards for air pollution from cars and trucks. The EPA had stated in its 2017 mid-year review that the auto industry was on track to meet the 2022-2025 standards. Section 202.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. While the Clean Air Act (CAA) has been amended multiple times since 1970, this basic requirement has remained untouched.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency et al. establishing that heat-trapping emissions (or greenhouse gas emissions) are air pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act. Project 2025 also includes a call to Establish a system, with an appropriate deadline, to update the 2009 endangerment finding.

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Columbia Climate Law

DECEMBER 2, 2019

On Friday, November 22, the Sabin Center submitted comments opposing an Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposal to rescind regulations limiting methane emissions from new oil and natural gas facilities (the “Methane New Source Performance Standards” or “Methane NSPS”). By Romany Webb.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This secret of the federal government is why I’m so baffled by Project 2025’s proposal to give the President the power (through something called “Schedule F”) to convert as many as 50,000 jobs in the federal government from career positions to political ones. That is true regardless of which party is in power. It’s true across agencies.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2025

Yesterday, January 21, 2025, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National League of Cities (NLC) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) 2024 greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles (the HDV Rule) that went into effect on June 21, 2024. Our involvement in this case, Nebraska v.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. The House bill ( H.R. 31225 (June 11, 2021).]]

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DECEMBER 20, 2017

Looking ahead to 2018, California is poised to play another key role in the battle to preserve the fuel economy rules adopted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Obama and currently under review by the Trump administration. mpg by 2025. However, under the “waiver”.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 21, 2025

Our health, some of the largest climate actions in US history, and more Transportation is the largest source of US climate emissions, so its not surprising that undermining recent Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions targeting climate emissions from cars and trucks will be a major setback in meeting climate targets.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

On March 13, the York County-based national Evangelical Environmental Network issued this statement on the US Environmental Protection Agency announcement of its intent to overturn and undo decades of bipartisan consensus on critical pollution safeguards that have resulted in cleaner air and water and significant health improvements.

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) developed the Solar for All and Clean Communities Investment Accelerator programs to direct GGRF funding as required by statute. The EPA and NHTSA rulemakings are completed, as is Californias Section 209 waiver for Advanced Clean Cars II.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders granting three petitions for extensions of small refinery exemptions from renewable fuel standards. Chao , No. 1:19-cv-02826 (D.D.C.). Tenth Circuit Vacated Extensions of Small Refinery Exemptions from Renewable Fuel Mandates. The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated U.S. Trump , No.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Lee Zeldin was full of pablum in his January Senate confirmation hearing to run the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Project 2025 , the blueprint organized by the Heritage Foundation to guide this White House, calls for an update to the endangerment finding.

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Law Columbia

JULY 5, 2024

Before Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency had meaningful latitude to determine how to carry out its mandate under the Clean Air Act. If in 2025 Democrats hold the presidency and a majority in Congress, we may see an Inflation Reduction Act 2.0;

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

In addition, California’s ability to set its 100% zero-emissions target (and the ability of other states to adopt that target) relies on EPA’s issuance of a Clean Air Act preemption waiver. With the loss of national leadership looming in 2025, the EV focus is becoming local. Download as PDF

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

On March 18, a bipartisan group of 51 former US Environmental Protection Agency officials sent a letter to Congress highlighting the risks associated with deep cuts to the agency. The letter emphasizes that reducing EPA's capabilities jeopardizes decades of progress in maintaining air and water quality.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

5.275 Million In Penalties On 2 Shale Gas Well Owners On November 21, the US Environmental Protection Agency, US Department of Justice and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced two settlements with oil and gas operators in Pennsylvania involving operations in Butler, Lawrence and Mercer Counties. .

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

’s climate policy: a finding under the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare. The Clean Air Act tasks EPA with regulating “pollutants” from numerous sources. And Project 2025 has the endangerment finding in its sights. First, some background.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 20, 2021

With respect to domestic policy, the executive order establishes a new White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy, headed by former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Gina McCarthy, and a National Climate Task Force. It also instructs federal agencies to promote climate policies.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. Subscribe to our "Biden-Harris Agenda" mailing list to receive our analyses. * * * * *.

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