Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% The citizens in the Kobe case argue that the aggravation of climate change and air pollution by the new power plants violate their rights. The court viewed climate change as an uncertain future danger.

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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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Legal Planet

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) specifically raised the issue of climate change. The court ruled that the local ordinance banning coal was preempted by state laws governing air pollution. Interestingly, this issue produced a three-way split among the judges. Climate change is mentioned only a footnote.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

21 [PaEN] -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the January 21 PA Bulletin a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. The deadline for applications is April 5.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2022

On August 16, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Conservation District released a study linking contamination in Pittsburgh’s urban soils to historical air pollution emissions and atmospheric inversions. Urban soils are known to contain various harmful contaminants that pose health risks.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2024

Hazardous air pollutants associated with methane leaks also pose serious health threats to the hearts, minds, and lungs of our children. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas that is roughly 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, fuels extreme weather across the country by trapping heat in the atmosphere.

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Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

Due to population growth, cities face challenges as they expand constantly, such as depletion of natural resources and pressure on infrastructure. Moreover, electric vehicles don’t produce any harmful emissions, reducing the air pollutants in cities significantly. Introduces alternative fuel solutions.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2024

How can your family be prepared in case of such disasters? -- June 18: How fracking affects our air and water. What may air pollution and water pollution from fracking affect your family's health. What will happen if such an accident takes place?

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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. The agency's duties under the Pennsylvania Constitution to conserve and maintain Pennsylvania resources further bolster this authority.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has issued an Air Quality Permit Plan Approval to authorize the construction and operation of the Frontier LNG natural gas production facility at the Winner 4H Shale Gas Well Pad in West Keating Township, Clinton County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2023

This language in TSCA requires protection for environmental justice communities that tend to be more highly exposed to pollution, and improvements in EPA’s assessment of risks to PESS are needed.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

To tackle this topic head-on, UCS, together with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Sierra Club, commissioned a study of the impacts of truck regulations on employment from Environmental Resources Management (ERM), an independent consultant.

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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

MAY 31, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- UGI Texas Creek, LLC - Castle Compressor Station: DEP approved an Air Quality Permit for multiple sources of air pollution at the compressor station located in Canton Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3089 ) Read more here. Bradford County. ( York County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission meeting.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

NewsClip: -- High Country News: President Halts Historic Orphaned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Related Articles This Week: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

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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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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

“Bechtel’s decision to cancel this dangerous plant is a crucial win for the health, welfare and safety of the residents of Renovo, who have been peddled lies about this project's purported benefits and illegally cut out of the permitting process,” said Joseph Otis Minott, Executive Director and Chief Counsel of Clean Air Council.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On November 22, the Clean Air Council , PennFuture , and the Center for Biological Diversity announced they appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large gas-fired power plant — a significant source of new pollution within an environmental justice area.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2024

"That’s why so many concerned Pennsylvanians join PennEnvironment’s annual citizen climate lobby day to demand that our elected officials implement policies to expand clean energy, improve energy efficiency, reduce climate and air pollution, and protect our children and future generations."

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2023

On October 6, the Environmental Hearing Board issued a decision saying it will hear key arguments on whether DEP should have considered soil contamination and air pollution resulting from drilling and operation of a shale gas well pad 500 feet away from a Washington County family's home that played a role in contaminating their water supply.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

formal notice ) Grants -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin announcing the opening of a new grant round for ATV/Snowmobile Project Grants. Visit the Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Contact Laura Chambers at lchambers@pa.gov or 717-772-5158.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

In particular, the appeal highlights the unique position of environmental groups that represent their members as beneficiaries under the Environmental Rights Amendment, an interest that is distinct from the Commonwealth’s interest as a trustee of PA’s public natural resources.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report.

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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. Visit DEP’s Shell Petrochemical Plant webpage for more information on DEP actions related to the facility.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The Plan points out that the demands placed on tribal members by numerous consultation requests present a significant burden and notes tribal members’ calls for increased technical assistance and capacity building resources, as well as compensation for participation in consultative processes.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The existing use of ATVs on the State Forest degrades the State Forest public natural resources. “By Additional impacts included noise and air pollution.” The Bureau does not need to have another “pilot program” to study the impacts of ATV use.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 6 PA Bulletin announcing it has issued an Air Quality Permit Plan Approval to authorize the construction and operation of the Frontier LNG nat ural gas production facility at the Winner 4H Shale Gas Well Pad in West Keating Township, Clinton County. (

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Pennsylvania agencies have a constitutional duty to heed the overwhelming evidence and require minimum setbacks to protect the Commonwealth’s residents and natural resources from further peril.” “20 Click Here for a copy of the rulemaking petition.

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Washington Nature

APRIL 22, 2024

It requires polluters to pay for and steadily reduce their carbon pollution while investing those dollars in the people and communities bearing the brunt of climate change—Indigenous communities, communities of color, and rural, natural resource-dependent communities.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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The Energy Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

For the FG LA permits, LDEQ found that because the facility would meet the standards for criteria pollutants and toxic air pollutants, and because the facility would not increase the emission burden or associated risks in the surrounding community, there were no adverse impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 22 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments At April 30 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Tennessee Gas Pipeline Compressor Station 307 In Howe Twp., Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

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