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Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Why Politicians Want You To Pay More For Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

However, there is one notable exception: how much you pay for natural gas. Instead, they provide the gas industry with justification to increase prices in the name of jobs and national security. 19, natural gas costs $2.26 It’s focused on increasing the price of natural gas to increase its bottom line.

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Susquehanna River Basin Conditions Trigger Low-Flow Water Use Restrictions At 9 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties

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Billion Hydrogen, Natural Gas Tax Credit, Shapiro Wants To Rewrite The Law To Boost Electricity Production -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? 16 [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 5 to 18 - Conventional Well Owners Issued 767 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells - So Far, More Than Double Number In 2019; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells

PA Environment Daily

Pipeline exposure projects are done ahead of underground longwall coal mining to prevent damage to natural gas and wastewater/water pipelines used by the shale gas industry that might otherwise subside and break as mining comes through the area. Butler County [Posted: October 19, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water

PA Environment Daily

The petitioners argue in detail-- “Establishing setback requirements as outlined in this Petition would constitute a valid exercise of the EQB’s authority granted by the Oil and Gas Act, the Air Pollution Control Act, and the Clean Streams Law, discussed in this in turn. Bartolotta, Sen.

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Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Shapiro, DEP In Support Of Strong Oil & Gas Industry Methane Emission Controls

PA Environment Daily

Resource Link: -- DEP Advisory Group To Hear How DEP Proposes To Implement New Federal Methane Reduction Rule For Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Wells, Infrastructure Oct. Bartolotta, Sen. 16 [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov.

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October 21 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions Observer-Reporter Letter: There’s Another Side To The 'Shale Gas Revolution' Beaver County Residents Invited To Join An Oct.

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation.