PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. Heating Oil 49% Higher Than Last Year] -- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count At 23 - Same Number For Last 8 Out Of 9 Weeks -- Reuters: U.S. 15 In Pittsburgh -- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2023

Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards. This proposed rulemaking updates a variety of water quality standards and narrative criteria to maintain water uses and antidegradation requirements under the federal Clean Water Act.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

But renewable generation is not sufficient to decarbonize the electric sector; infrastructure that delivers clean electricity to consumers is also critical. Natural gas, oil, and electricity transmission are each subject to distinct regulatory schemes. Three Regulatory Regimes.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 16, 2023

Setting PFOA/PFOS Drinking Water Standard And The First MCL Developed By DEP DEP Ongoing Explosion/Fire Investigation: Energy Transfer Reported An Uncontrolled Release Of Ethane For 9.5 7 to 13 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. Natural Gas And Oil; Target Northeast U.S.

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The Energy Law

APRIL 6, 2017

The examples include the Constitution Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline segment connecting Pennsylvania to New York, and the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project, a direct current transmission line transporting wind energy from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas to Tennessee, Arkansas, and the rest of the south and southeast.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million In Grants To Restore, Protect Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 4 In PA Totalling $1.48 24 EarthTalks Highlights Agricultural Integration And Solar Facilities - Agrivoltaics In Context [PaEN] -- Penn State To Host Virtual International Symposium Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

-- Caren Glotfelty Recognized As A 2022 Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- CBF Blog: Franklin Kury: Two Jars Of Water, And A Lasting Environmental Legacy For Pennsylvania - By B.J. 1 Webinar, 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions Beginning Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2022

11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN] -- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN] -- LancasterOnline - P.J.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. 10 years later, the act was modified to include toxic pollutants and funded sewage.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. Agricultural nutrient pollution is the primary reason that the Clean Water Act has not come close to meeting its “fishable and swimmable” goal for US surface waters.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

The extraction phase can involve destruction of lands, risks to endangered species, water pollution from oil spills or leaching from mines, and serious dangers to workers. More than half of US emissions, amounting to over three billion tons of CO2, come from transportation and electricity generation with fossil fuels.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 6, 2022

Officials detect toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in a Wisconsin water well. Hawaii upholds an order requiring the Navy to drain fuel tanks which contaminated residents’ water last month. New rain forecasts in Brazil could reduce the electricity sector’s need for financial aid. “Bees are dying.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Natural Gas Prices Jump 7% As Heat Wave Boosts Air Conditioning Use -- Bloomberg: Summer Blackout Fears Fuel 300% Jump In U.S. Power Plant Profits -- Bloomberg: EUs Simson: Natural Gas Situation Likely To Get Worse -- Reuters: Factbox: Could The U.S. Ship More LNG To Europe?

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2022

EIA: Electric Generation From Renewables To Keep Rising Leading To A Decline In Natural Gas Generation; CO2 Emissions Keep Going Up [PaEN] -- WNEP: PA Natural Gas Industry Facing Labor Shortages - Programs Not Attracting Enough Students [“"I don't have enough students. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. -- TODAY 9:30 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 12, 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 12, 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Environmental Quality Board Approves Radiological Health Fee Increases, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Data Center, The Countrys Largest Natural Gas Power Plant [ PDF of Article ] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Homer City Reinventing Itself As Datacenter Campus With Lots Of Natural Gas Power To Supply It -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Homer City Coal Power Plant Site To Become A.I.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2023

. - D.Payne Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with compressor oil for the pad in Harford Twp., Air Quality Permits -- Hazleton Generation LLC - Electric Generation Facility: DEP invites comments on intent to renew Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Hazle Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

Natural Gas And Oil; Target Northeast U.S. Million Investment For Trail Gaps, ATV/Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. Jefferson County; Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Billion More This Winter -- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Winter Assessment: Natural Gas Exports, Lower Gas Storage Are Driving Natural Gas Prices Higher -- AP: U.S. 25 At Muhlenberg H.S. . -- Bucknell University Dedicates 1.76

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

21 On New 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Being Built In Springfield, Troy, West Burlington & Granville Townships, Bradford County [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Lawsuit Over Radioactive Drill Cuttings At Mercer County Landfill Heads To Commonwealth Court Hearing Oct. Washington County - Drilling Close To Home-- Literally!

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 28 [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources Applies For More Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2022

Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill] -- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 23: With Edges In Place - How To Garden To Accommodate Human Interface With Natural Form, Function. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2023

-- Solar Power World: New 46 MW Solar Energy Facility In Beaver County To Generate Funds To Support Local Nonprofit Organizations -- Bob Donnan Blog: Solar Power With Savings In November - 8th Electric Bill Under $8.00 In 2023 -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2023

Million Investment To Plant Trees, Buffers, Meadows To Improve Water Quality, Climate Resiliency; New Grant Rounds Opening Jan. 25 - Blue Hydrogen Made From Natural Gas - What You Need To Know. Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- EPA Invites Comments On Draft Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Permit In Young Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2025

Distribution of these fees would also be prohibited when any party initiates a legal challenge against a municipality with a local ordinance that unreasonably limits or prohibits future development of unconventional natural gas wells. Read more here. Read more here. Senate Bill 143 last session, passed by Senate, died in House. -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2022

Kandis Boyd As New Director Of Chesapeake Bay Program [PaEN] -- PUC Continues Safety Investigation In Explosion Of Home In Pottstown That Resulted In 5 Deaths -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Local Residents, Advocates Decry Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Drilling -- TribLive: Access To Clean Water Coming To Residents In Bell Township, Westmoreland County (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct.

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Natural Gas Clean Water Act Politics Recycling 62

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2022

DEP Virtual Hearing On Proposed Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Regional Energy Access Expansion Project In Eastern PA. Have The Power To Charge It? -- Bloomberg: Will The U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2022

26 Get To Know The Clear Creek State Forest, Noon 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- October 19, 1973: First Of Six Major Fossil Fuel Embargos For Political Gain, This One By OPEC Over U.S.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Circuit Court of Appeals found that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) failed to adequately analyze the climate change and environmental justice impacts of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals on the Brownsville Shipping Channel in Texas and two pipelines that would carry LNG to one of the terminals.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The Washington Supreme Court concluded that the Washington Clean Air Act did not grant the Department of Ecology authority to regulate indirect greenhouse gas emissions of businesses and utilities whose products ultimately generate such emissions. Gallaher v. City of Santa Rosa , No.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

First, the court said the cities’ novel theories of liability based on the defendants’ sales of their product did not differentiate their claims from earlier transboundary pollution suits in which the Supreme Court ( American Electric Power Co. Connecticut ) and Ninth Circuit ( Native Village of Kivalina v. ExxonMobil Corp. Trump , No.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

The First Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a preliminary injunction to block construction of a segment of an electric transmission power corridor in Maine that would be part of a project to carry electricity from Quebec to Massachusetts, including electricity generated by hydropower. May 24, 2021).

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Columbia Climate Law

MAY 8, 2020

The court said that having remanded to the Corps for consultation under the Endangered Species Act, it was not necessary to determine whether the Corps “made a fully informed and well-considered decision” under NEPA and the Clean Water Act. Organizations Challenged FERC Approval of Natural Gas Projects in Massachusetts.

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Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2021

The federal district court for the Western District of Louisiana issued a nationwide preliminary injunction barring the Biden administration from implementing a “Pause” on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands or in offshore waters. Circuit Vacated Approval for Natural Gas Pipeline in St. 20-472 (U.S.

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