Enviromental Defense

APRIL 10, 2025

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat Environmental and community groups have sent a letter to Peel Region Council members urging them to pass a motion at todays council meeting against the proposed expansion of the privately-owned waste incinerator in Brampton.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On the agenda for DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board June 13 meeting is a discussion of a variety of topics, including-- -- Potential For Wastewater Migration From Underground Injection Disposal Wells -- Financial Assurance Strategies To Address Future Well Abandonment -- Orphan & Abandoned Well Topics-- -- Implications Of Changing Definitions (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a June 5 hearing on legislation requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

A brief review of Pennsylvanias conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. Tom Ridge Talks About Rebuilding Pennsylvania's Industrial Heritage Through Land Recycling [PaEN] -- 1996 - Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Sunoco Inc. PA Bulletin, page 2939 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 51 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. . PA Bulletin, page 2940 ) Air Quality Permits - Issued -- Coterra Energy, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. have gotten easier.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Sun Pipeline LP - Elverson Value Station: DEP received an Notice of Intent to remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline to meet the Statewide Health Standards and the Site-Specific Standards at a site located in Elverson Borough, Chester County. ( Philadelphia. ( Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 15, 2021

On December 16, DEP’s Solid Waste Advisory and Recycling Fund Advisory Committees are scheduled to meet and on the agenda are presentations by DEP on its recommendations for changing the law to make Act 101 Recycling Programs more effective and fixing the very broken Electronics Waste Recycling Program.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

For DEP, the Agenda includes a proposed regulation establishing an annual permit fee for shale gas wells [ Read more here ] and updated waste management regulations covering conventional oil and gas operations [ Read more here ]. Read more here. Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Bradford County. ( Butler County. Received Jan. 28, Issued Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Sunoco Inc. PA Bulletin, page 3176 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 59 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. . There is a 30 day public comment period from this publication. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

billion plastics recycling plant proposed for Pennsylvania an innovative way to re-use plastics and keep them out of landfills, incinerators and waterways? Or will it help cement society’s reliance on plastics and create pollution concerns for the Susquehanna River? Unlike other advanced recycling plants in the U.S.,

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 31, 2024

Concern: Toxic waste The landfill would receive all kinds of waste, including organic waste, blue box recycling and up to 500 tonnes of asbestos per day, much of which will be transported in from the Greater Toronto Area. Clair just 35 kilometers to the west, which is already burdened with major pollution problems.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The owner also failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports for at least five years. Because an unknown quantity of wastewater was released, DEP recommended Chesapeake remediate the area under the Act 2 Land Recycling Program. The spills were discovered during a routine DEP inspection on October 3.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

You may have heard about a miracle cure for plastic waste that creates green energy in the process—the mystical waste incinerator. We know how many people want to rid the world of plastic waste and shift to sustainable energy. But there really is no miracle cure for waste. It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

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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

JULY 5, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Cumberland Valley School District - Fuel Oil Spill At Eagle View Middle School: DEP received a Notice Of Intent to remediate soil and groundwater contaminated with fuel oil from leaking storage tanks to the Statewide Health Standard for the school located in Silver Spring Twp., Beaver County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Hill also noted the company has been under investigation by the Office of Attorney General for possible state Solid Waste Management Act violations road dumping their wastewater under the co-product determination process in DEPs Residual Waste Regulations. Read more here. Original violations issued March 7, 2025. No response requested.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection said during an April 1 webinar it would be using a new General Air Quality Permit to implement the new federal oil and gas facility methane reduction requirements for conventional oil and gas and shale gas wells and infrastructure. Not in PA Bulletin] Read more here. Susquehanna County. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 23, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Consol Energy Inc. PA Bulletin, page 5428 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 198 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. 23-0119E (revised) into the TVOP [Title V Air Quality Operating Permit].

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- SWN Production Company, LLC - O’Dell Impoundment: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of oil contaminated by three releases of freshwater and production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard for the facility located in New Milford Twp., McKean County. ( Susquehanna County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2024

. -- Equitrans LP - Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality permit covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Union Twp., LLC - Compressor Station: DEP issued a GP5 Air Quality Permit renewal for the facility located in Gaskill Twp., Washington County. Bradford County. (

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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 23, 2025

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

. -- Hyde Park Foundry & Mach Co - Violation: Abandoning Well (2023) October 25, 2024 follow-up inspection of the LOTS 255,256,257,358 2 in Hyde Park Borough, Westmoreland County found the well abandoned, not plugged and without production, waste generation and well integrity reports. DEP continued violations. DEP continued violations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

A brief review of Pennsylvania’s conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. Tom Ridge Talks About Rebuilding Pennsylvania's Industrial Heritage Through Land Recycling [PaEN] -- 1996 - Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- DEP published notice in the February 8 PA Bulletin it has scheduled a March 11 hearing on a proposed Air Quality Plan Approval permit covering new air pollution control equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. (

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Edouard Stenger

JANUARY 10, 2023

What if cities tomorrow were using all their waste as resources to the circular economy ? According to data from the European Union, each EU citizen currently generates 505 kgs of municipal waste per year (or 1.38 Food scraps, food waste and other putriscible materials such as yard waste can go to biodigestors or composting solutions.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 1903 ) Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 1892 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups -- So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 93 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. . Susquehanna County. ( Beaver County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2024

. -- Hummel Station, LLC - Natural Gas-fired Power Plant: DEP invites comments on a Title V Acid Rain Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Shamokin Dam Borough, Snyder County. PA Bulletin, page 4079 ) -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC : DEP issued a renewal of an Air Quality Permit for an Unknown facility in Apolacon Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Cornwall Mountain Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard for the pad located in Lewis Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Cameron County. (

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2024

Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1

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Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

Green technologies are eco-friendly inventions that’ concerned with energy efficiency, recycling, renewable resources , and more. Moreover, electric vehicles don’t produce any harmful emissions, reducing the air pollutants in cities significantly. It recycles or reuses waste materials to develop roads.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 1, 2023

The plastics industry says heating and treating plastic waste with chemicals enables it to make new plastics. But environmentalists say that process, emitting large amounts of climate and air pollution, isn’t recycling and isn’t green. Read the full story at Inside Climate News.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - Morgan K Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Notice of Intent to remediate soil contaminated by production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Armenia Twp., Read more here. Bradford County. ( Sullivan County. ( Susquehanna County. (

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 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.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3070 ) Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Bahl Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Forks Twp., Clinton County; Spring Twp. Centre County and Hamilton Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 17, 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.”

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