PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

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Law Columbia

JUNE 1, 2022

But the country changed course as a result of the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, which led to the forced shutdown of nuclear power plants and greater reliance on fossil fuels. As of May 2022 , there are 163 operating coal-fired power plants in Japan. As a result, Japan’s CO 2 emissions increased, peaking in 2013.

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Law Columbia

MAY 31, 2024

Background Immediately after the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, all nuclear power plants in Japan were shut down. The Japanese government recognized the urgent need to secure power supply and implemented some measures to expedite the construction of new power plant.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Here are 52 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us. Thank you for your leadership! -- EQB To Meet Nov.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Environmental regulation. EPA and agencies have dozens of guidance documents and regulations about analytical methods to be used for environmental samples. The instruments are powerful and sensitive. Sometimes these subgroups are further differentiated by their analytical method or governing regulation. Limitations.

Clean Water Act 52

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7398 ) Air Quality Permits -- Equitrans, LP - Denny Hill Road Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on a Title V/RACT III Air Quality permit covering multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Jefferson Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN] -- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: U.S. Steel Ready To Close 3 Of 10 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works -- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. For Particulate Air Pollution - Harrisburg, York, Lancaster Region Related Articles This Week: -- Gov. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety [PaEN] -- Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long [PaEN] [Posted: December 22, 2022] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Air Pollution Nuclear Power Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations (..)

Nuclear Power 75

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Conservation Air Pollution 75

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2024

Causer Blames DEP Database For Showing Conventional Oil & Gas Owners Abandoning, Not Plugging Their Wells; Industry Wants To Redefine Owner Responsibility For Their Abandoned Wells DEP: 89% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply With Well Integrity Reporting For 34,455 Wells In 2023 DEP: 86% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well (..)

Nuclear Power 96

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2024

This reflects the proceeds expected to come from Pennsylvania electricity customers. -- 30 percent to support energy efficiency projects that reduce air pollution in Pennsylvania, invest in new job-creating clean energy projects, and support low-income energy consumers with their energy bills through a year-round LIHEAP program.

Carbon Emissions 81

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

4 Hearing In Washington County [PaEN] -- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Everything You Know From TV About Pennsylvania And Fracking Is Wrong -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 31 to Sept.

Nuclear Power 78

Nuclear Power Electricity Conservation Recycling 78

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 244 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. DEP inspection report. Read more here. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- Nov.

Natural Gas 99

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Billion That Owns Nuclear Plants In PA -- Post-Gazette: Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Part Of $3.4 Billion That Owns Nuclear Plants In PA -- Post-Gazette: Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Part Of $3.4 Click Here to watch live. Click Here to read more on agenda.) THURSDAY 9:15: Agenda Posted.

Natural Gas 110

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation 85

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2024

formal notice ) [Note: Agenda includes oil and gas industry methane reduction regulation discussion] DEP Advisory: DEP is migrating its website to a new platform to launch in mid-December. Visit the Committee webpage for options on joining the meeting remotely. Contact: Lucas Hershey, luchershey@pa.gov.

Nuclear Power 110

Nuclear Power Natural Gas 2001 Clean Energy 110

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2022

Constellation Energy, which is an owner of the Limerick and Peach Bottom nuclear power plants and the Muddy Run hydroelectric plant in Pennsylvania, is seeking to intervene to defend the rules. The plaintiffs argue the rules amount to an unauthorized tax and go beyond the scope of the state’s air pollution law.

Regulations 52

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines [PaEN] -- PUC Invites Comments On Accelerated Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 31 to Sept.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Industrial wind developers need the transmission line to expand their turbines across the fragile Sand Hills ecosystem; In May of this year, Ohio regulators demanded wildlife protections for endangered migratory bird species, including the Kirtland’s warbler, for an industrial wind project proposed for Lake Erie.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

John Yudichak (I-Luzerne), who Senate Republicans appointed as Majority Chair of the Senate Community, Economic and Recreational Development Committee, called opponents of natural gas infrastructure projects “radical environmentalists” and arguments by supporters of the RGGI carbon pollution reduction regulations covering power plants “hysteria.”

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

None of that means climate change isn’t, and won’t continue to be, a factor in global health, particularly if action to prevent it also reduces air pollution, or removes other health stressors. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants. For example, the Green New Deal proposed by Rep.

2020 95

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs [PaEN] -- WHYY: ‘No Seat At The Table:’ Why Environmental Justice Activists Like Zulene Mayfield Fear Republican Presidential Win -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2 Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2 11 -- One United Lancaster: Lancaster Celebrates $1 Million Federal Grant For Street Tree Program -- Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 15 [PaEN] -- Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

My home is surrounded by oil and gas operations and located only eight miles from the Shell petrochemical complex that has already had multiple malfunctions resulting in pollution releases. I’m very concerned about what my three year old daughter is breathing since children are especially vulnerable to air pollution.

Natural Gas 95

Natural Gas Air Pollution Nuclear Power Government 95

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The facility emits large amounts of air pollution to produce plastic and has repeatedly violated its air emissions limits. It’s no wonder families living near polluters like this one face higher risks of cancer , neurological problems, birth defects, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Natural Gas 103

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Air Pollution 2024 103

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

13, 14, 15 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 11:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2075 (Knowles-R- Schuylkill) abrogating DEP’s air pollution control regulations covering heavy-duty trucks [Note: DEP already suspended enforcement of these regulations November 6 - Read more here.];

Nuclear Power 64

Nuclear Power Recycling Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

Conservation 110

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 20, 2022

.” -- Reuters: Analysis: As Germany Joins LNG Import Race, A Long And Crowded Track Awaits -- NPR: To Fight Climate Change, And Now Russia, Zurich Turns Off [All] Natural Gas -- Reuters: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2022

Wolf Announced PA Received $26.5

Electricity 64

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2023

From March 4 to 10, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 545 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 87 violations of environmental regulations-- 54 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 33 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. LLC - Plum Boro - Harry G.

Natural Gas 98

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

7 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Activists Try To Head Off Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant -- StateImpactPA: Radio Adaptation Of ‘Between Hevan And Eartha’ On Climate Change -- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $23.8 Hearing To Resume Oct. Million To Benefit PA [PaEN] -- Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2022

A companion bill-- Senate Bill 1030 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) was passed by the Senate in April. Room 461 Main Capitol.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 15, 2022

Room 205 Ryan Building.

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Science Blogs

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

EPA: air pollution rule should be delayed – despite its effect on children. Trump regulators trigger pollution fight. Federal court blocks Trump EPA on air pollution. Groups see climate science review as chance to undercut regulation. Trump budget chief touts progress in rolling back regulations.

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