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Read more here ] Naturalgas processing plants separate ethane from shale gas, which is then used by Shells Beaver County petrochemical plant to produce plastics. Pennsylvania should also invest in industries that provide good, clean jobs rather than more fuel to dirty plastics production that harms our health and environment.
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Suchko - Violations: Abandoned Well, Failure To Bond, File Reports January 2, 2025 follow-up inspection of the Suchko Tract 2 conventional well in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Diversified Prod LLC - Violations: Abandoned, Unplugged Well January 9, 2025 inspection of the William H.
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The American Water Charitable Foundation announced it is now accepting applications for 2025 Water and Environmental Grants. The deadline to apply is March 7. We understand that as a company, we play an important role in protecting, restoring and enhancing these shared resources.
This testimony was presented by Sarah Martik , Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice based in Washington County, at a March 11 hearing by the DEP Office of Environmental Justice on an Air Quality Permit for the expansion of the MarkWest Energy's Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.
Funded by naturalgas pipeline settlement. Funded by naturalgas pipeline settlement. Funded by naturalgas pipeline settlement. Funded by naturalgas pipeline settlement. Read more here.] -- North Middleton Township - $500,000 for Old Carlisle Landfill Seep Mitigation Phase 3. Read more here.]
on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and NaturalGas Extraction. Visit the Department of Healths Oil and NaturalGas Production Health Concerns webpage for more resources for the public and health care providers. 27 [PaEN] [Posted: January 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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The presentation videos from the 2025 Shale Gas and Public Health Conference hosted by the Physicians for Social Responsibility PA , the League of Women Voters of PA , and the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering at Duquesne University are now available online.
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Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To NaturalGas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [September 2023] -- State Dept.
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Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- EQT Corporation - Kentor Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater (aluminum, barium, boron chloride, iron, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, zinc) to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Center Twp.,
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The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and NaturalGas Extraction. Of Health Oil & NaturalGas Production Health Concerns -- Dept.
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