Legal Planet

AUGUST 18, 2022

It would provide an incentive for cutting carbon emissions, with the byproduct of cutting air pollution everywhere. If we can’t make the fossil fuel industry pay for all its harm to the climate, maybe we can at least make it pay for some of the other harm it does to the environment.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

The science is clear: Limiting the adverse effects of climate change requires rapid reductions in emissions now. A little more than $40 million of the package would be financed by Minnesota’s Renewable Development Account, which Xcel Energy is required to pay into as a condition of storing its nuclear waste.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Click Here for a copy of the letter. On February 28, ECOS also issued this statement on the reported 65% cut to the US Environmental Protection Agencys budget-- States carry out more than 90% of the nations federal environmental laws in communities around the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

Resource Links - Latkanich Family: -- Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals {October 2023] -- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS Forever Chemicals In Fresh Water May Have Led To Inadvertently Using Contaminated (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2670 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 41 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc. Susquehanna County. ( Delaware County. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing May 1 on cryptocurrency and climate change. At the hearing, Robert Altenburg, PennFuture’s Senior Director for Energy and Climate presented an overview of cryptocurrency mining in Pennsylvania and its environmental impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

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. Industries claim that this Board lacks the authority to act on this petition is not supported by these laws.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

RISE PA is a program that does it all it creates good-paying, family-supporting jobs, it helps Pennsylvania businesses stay competitive in a global marketplace, and it cleans the air and fights climate change, said DEP Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

Thank you for the opportunity to provide input on the expansion of MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLCs (MarkWest) Harmon Creek Gas Processing Plant (''Harmon Creek''), which adds several new air pollution sources in one of the most overburdened areas in Pennsylvania.

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Environmental Progress

JUNE 29, 2020

On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. I have been a climate activist for 20 years and an environmentalist for 30. Lire en français ici. Leer en español aquí. It’s just not the end of the world.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. within one-half mile).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [March 2025] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes [April 2023] -- 2025 PA Shale Gas & Public Health Conference (..)

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

In this blog post, we will explore why targeting methane emissions presents a more advantageous strategy for the United States in its quest to mitigate climate change. Co Benefits for Human Health : Methane is a key precursor of tropospheric ozone (ground level), a harmful air pollutant.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In addition to this uptick in production, at the same time, we had a big increase in waste production. So actually about 98% of waste production from fracked wells is in the form of produced water. Where does this waste actually go? Are There Disproportionate Exposures From Waste? It has several different outlets.

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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. Find more materials at DEP’s Climate Change webpage. We've funded over 1,000 chargers?installed

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Just months after the massive, taxpayer-subsidized Shell petrochemical refinery in Butler County began operations, the state Department of Environmental Protection has cited it for substantial air pollution. The plant uses ethane, a byproduct of Marcellus Shale natural gas extraction, to produce plastic.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2024

In addition, Dieterich-Ward explores the histories of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River and the state’s anthracite region and traces the environmental movements and crises that have led to public policy changes in the face of climate change. Click Here to join via Zoom.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

On its tentative agenda is consideration of its FY 2025 budget, a climate change resolution and water withdrawal requests, including eight shale gas drilling operations-- 1 in Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek. Read more here. Tioga County. ( Bradford County. ( Lycoming County. ( Elk County. ( Butler County. ( Centre County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- Philadelphia Gas Works - Richmond LNG Gas Plant: Philadelphia Air Management Services invites comments on the renewal of the Title V Air Quality Permit for the natural gas liquefaction facility located at 3100 East Venango Street in Philadelphia. ( Lancaster County. ( Bradford County. ( Cameron County. (

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 10, 2022

They’re pretending that collecting litter from public spaces in your neighbourhood is the solution to plastic pollution, once again reminding us that they’ve completely lost the plot on waste and the environment. . Litter is just a symptom of the plastic pollution crisis.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. This paper also examines the state of water and agriculture in the U.S. as it relates to EQIP.

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Breezometer

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Climate Savers enables everyone from startups and investors to conglomerates and trade groups to connect for a wide range of mission-focused purposes including business cooperation, investment, R&D development, and more. BreezoMeter’s Contribution To The Conversation. What Kinds of Topics Will Be Covered Throughout the Week?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2022

And also a disposing of the waste stream. They experience truck traffic and their diesel exhaust emissions, transient workforces, air pollution, including volatile organic compounds, particulate matter, ozone, oxides of nitrogen and fugitive methane emissions. And so all of these have very significant impacts on climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

.] -- The Allegheny Front: Advice From A Youth Climate Organizer; Preview Of Pittsburgh Youth Climate Summit -- StateCollege.com Guest Essay: Youth Know The Direction America Should Take - Im Listening - By Peter Buck, Director of Education At Penn State Sustainability -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2023

[PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. Room 105 of the Rachel Carson Building in Harrisburg. Click Here to join the meeting via Microsoft Teams. DEP Contact: Lindsay Byron at lbyron@pa.gov or calling 717-772-8951. TODAY 2:00 : DEP To Announce Opening Of Growing Greener Plus Grant Round In Schuylkill County.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

This federal funding could significantly reduce climate-changing methane pollution as well as smog-causing volatile organic compounds (VOC) and carcinogens like benzene. of the gas drilled in the United States, but generate 11% of the nation’s methane pollution from oil and gas drilling. DEP Must Apply By Oct.

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Capaccio

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This means fewer trucks on the road, less air pollution, and a lower need for fossil fuel. Reduce Food Waste . 30 to 40 percent of the food supply is never eaten, wasting the resources used to produce it and creating many environmental impacts.” You may even consider foregoing the dry cycle for air drying.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

“That's what bothers me most of all,” said one neighbor of the Shell Plastics Plant in Potter Township, Beaver County. IDA encourages businesses and residential property owners to use only International Dark-Sky Association certified outdoor lighting fixtures. What Happens With Study Results?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2023

Read more here. House Bill 652 would give DEP the statutory authority to deny a permit application in any environmental justice area based on the “cumulative environmental impacts.” Million For Environmental Justice Projects In PA Communities [PaEN] [Posted: October 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2023

House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 10:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds hearing on hydrogen hubs and climate change.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- House Committee OKs Increase In Per Ton Recycling Fee To Support Local Recycling Programs, Waste Disposal Planning [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: Is Hyperlocal Recycling The Future?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Click Here to watch live. Read more here. Deemed Water Quality Impaired -- WHYY: A Levee Could Be Built In Flood-Prone Eastwick Neighborhood Of Philadelphia, But Delaware County Has Concerns -- US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $7.4 Million In Grants To Restore Chesapeake Bay Watershed Habitats; $1.8

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Presumably the authors of this legislation did not mean that barbers or any of the 28 state “licensed professionals” could be the reviewers of permits covering air pollution, hazardous waste or stream channel crossings. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells -- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

Methane emissions are the second-largest cause of global warming after carbon dioxide, and controlling them is increasingly considered a key to arresting climate change. Methane is invisible to the naked eye. But spectrometers, and devices like them, detect and measure the infrared energy of objects.

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