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The project will transform the shuttered office and industrial site into a state-of-the-art data center campus, with plans for 3 gigawatts of naturalgas-fired power generation capacity to be deployed over six years. [3 2025 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference At Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Online Feb.
NaturalGas Pipeline Mitigation Funding In addition to traditional CHP funds, funding is also available for cold-water conservation projects in eighteen counties that were impacted by the Energy Transfer Partners/Sunoco Mariner East 2 and Revolution naturalgas pipeline construction projects.
On March 7, Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream LLC notified DEP it found an abandoned coal mine subsidence void under the construction site for its Guardian NaturalGas Compressor Station off Wilderness Road in Trafford, Penn Township, Westmoreland County, according to DEP Oil and Gas Program inspection reports.
While the Ontario government has unleashed housing sprawl on agricultural lands, including trying to undermine the Greenbelt – it has slammed the door shut on ground-mounted solar in all agricultural lands including Ontarios marginal farmland. Stacking the deck in favour of naturalgas developers.
Both permits are associated with CNX Resource Corporation's Slickville Pipeline Project, which proposes to build a naturalgas pipeline and a shale gas wastewater pipeline along a 13.9 mile route. acres will be disturbed, contradicting the Project Limit of Disturbance (LOD) of 228 acres.
This testimony was presented by Sarah Martik , Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice based in Washington County, at a March 11 hearing by the DEP Office of Environmental Justice on an Air Quality Permit for the expansion of the MarkWest Energy's Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.
Thats why I believe the Climate Accountability Act is a critical step for Wisconsin, especially given all the ways the federal government is trying to move us backward on addressing climate change. the federal government is trying to move us backwards on addressing climate change. Madison is our home.
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – We are disappointed to see the Ontario government make unsupported claims about the proposed federal clean electricity regulations. Ontario is going the wrong way when it comes to clean electricity.
Some 90 per cent of the gas used in Ontario is fracked gas, imported from the U.S. All of this is just made all the more important when we factor in that most of this gas is fracked.” and Western Canada. “All
Eligible projects must reduce industrial sector emissions through industrial electrification, efficiency and process emissions reductions, switching to low-carbon fuels, installing on-site renewable energy, utilizing carbon capture and storage, and reducing fugitive emissions from naturalgas and oil systems and coal mining.
DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. Plants will also explore the growing role of carbon credit markets in incentivizing the plugging of orphaned and abandoned wells.
Alberta spent millions of dollars on a misleading advertising campaign, fear mongering about the risks of a decarbonized grid, while Ontario has been gunning for the regulations since day one, determined to build more gas plants. The post Federal Clean Electricity Regulations Come up Short appeared first on Environmental Defence.
On November 14, Kristen Rodack, Executive Deputy at the Department of Health said her agency is using the results of recent studies of health impacts of naturalgas development to push “governments and other folks to take action on some of the potential exposures that’s happening from the industry.”
The articles include-- -- Tribune-Democrat: Solar Energy Project Rising In Bedford County To Help Power NaturalGas Pipeline Compressor Station [ PDF of article ] A massive solar array under construction along U.S. He said the board wants to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and that can be accomplished by cutting electric bills.
On September 13, the Pittsburgh-based Environmental Health Project issued a review of the University of Pittsburgh studies released on August 15 showing links between naturalgas development and Lymphoma cancer, worsening asthma conditions and lower birth weights. "We The statement from Alison L.
Even so, it compares favorably with the national governments in places like the U.S. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and naturalgas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. and Australia.
On January 22, Senators Steven Santarsiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, introduced Senate Bill 581 to increase setback safety zones from naturalgas drilling sites and other infrastructure based on the latest science. Read more here.
Affordable Gas Transition Act (AGTA) While the RAPID Act focuses on supporting renewable electricity infrastructure development, AGTA represents the Hochul Administration’s attempt to facilitate a transition away from naturalgas. However, AGTA endeavors to decelerate further expansion of the naturalgas system.
A second trend is that right now we are at around 60% naturalgas for electricity generation, but in 2037, the end of the plan, gas will still be 41% another disappointment. GW of gas power plants, despite the fact that Thailand already has an overcapacity.
Governments, including COP28 host the United Arab Emirates, acknowledge this fact. A poignant example is Mozambique, where foreign companies, notably Eni and TotalEnergies, have injected nearly $30 billion into offshore natural-gas reserves and liquid naturalgas (LNG) capacity.
On September 18, Senators Steven Santasiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced they were introducing legislation to increase setback safety zones from shale naturalgas drilling sites based on the latest science. Read more here.
In a pathbreaking opinion, the German Constitutional Court ordered the government to adopt much stricter emissions targets for 2030. Another required the state, “mindful also of its responsibility toward future generations: to protect the “natural foundations of life and animals.” Here, I want to briefly summarize some key rulings.
On January 9, the Department of Environmental Protection encouraged local governments and authorities to take advantage of the Shared Energy Manager Program that has already worked with communities to identify more than $2.8 As of the end of November 2024, this program helped participating governments identify over $2.8
On September 27, families in Southwest PA will gather at a Washington County Town Hall meeting to seek answers and policy changes one month after studies by the University of Pittsburgh linked naturalgas development and increases in asthma and negative childhood health outcomes.
Camera Bartolotta (R-Washington) circulated a cosponsor memo announcing she plans to introduce legislation to eliminate the ability of citizens, local governments and anyone else to appeal permits issued by DEP for naturalgas pipelines and related facilities to the Environmental Hearing Board. of Bordentown v. of Bordentown v.
On August 14, CNX Resources issued a press release announcing the preliminary results of air emissions monitoring at 14 sites it said "indicate that CNX naturalgas development poses no public health risk." Eleven of the sites were monitored for as little as just four weeks up to 24 weeks or less.
Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the naturalgas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.
This includes governments at all levels implementing bans on advertising, as well as sports organizations taking steps to end the practice of sportswashing. Ads by Canada Action promoting naturalgas , which is a fossil fuel, were called out by Canadas advertising regulator for being inaccurate and misleading.
One thing you’ll notice is the importance of government-funded research and deployment incentives in helping to launch the solar and wind sectors. Both are below the levelized cost of new naturalgas or coal generation. Early windmills developed in Persia. Levelized cost of electricity for onshore wind is $0.034/kWh. PV is 4.7%
It would seem that the Grinch has once again made off with a ramshackle sleigh full of wind turbines and solar panels and they aren’t likely to return from their shop, not unless the heart of the ole ‘Grinchy-Claus’ (aka the Alberta Government) has an unexpected growth spurt. Stay tuned.
As we clean up our energy system, we simultaneously reduce the tons of pollutants we now produce from burning coal, oil, and naturalgas. The amounts are tiny compared to the amount of environmental disruption to feed coal and naturalgas power plants and our gas and diesel vehicles.
This “plan to plan” indicates that the provincial government has come a long way from the ideologically-driven cancellation of over 750 clean power projects and the days of removing EV chargers. Ultimately, it will be judged based on where the province lands on a number of policies, including the role of naturalgas in Ontario.
One way to better understand the impact the oil and gas industry has on the daily lives of Pennsylvanians is to read Oil and Gas Program inspection reports to see the kinds of violations DEP uncovers every day, week in and week out, as they inspect oil and gas wells and gas infrastructure across the state.
To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel and it must be phased out.
Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia llc - Marbaker Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by production wastewater to meet a Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Delaware County. ( Greene County. ( Franklin County. (
The report illustrates why including ‘natural’ gas under the sustainable finance label would undermine the tool’s credibility, invalidating the efforts to date. Methane is responsible for 30 per cent of the current global temperature rise to date globally, and over 14 per cent of Canada’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. “A
May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like naturalgas]. Room 8E-B East Wing. Click Here to watch live. Read more here on agenda. Room 8E-A East Wing. Click Here to watch live. May 13-- Agenda Posted.
The federal government is now supporting that role with federal funding for states. In the meantime, a number of states have moved a step further in plans to phase out gas and diesel vehicles. A key provision (IRA § 60114) appropriates $250 million to support emission reduction planning by state governments. climate policy.
A few critical points puncture the industry’s empty rhetoric: When hydrogen is burned, it can emit as many nitrogen oxides as naturalgas combustion —if not more —which can cause significant respiratory health problems. Hydrogen infrastructure is not the same as naturalgas infrastructure. degree C target within reach.
In the final days of 2023, the Ontario Energy Board released a decision that is good for the climate and reduces energy costs for existing gas users and new home buyers. Some 15 hours later, the Government of Ontario threatened to pass legislation that would reverse that decision.
One deals with [ shale gas well plugging] bonding [accepted for evaluation in November 2021 ] in the naturalgas industry. If I may ask a follow-up question, there are three particular petitions that I'd like to ask you about today.
I’m no fan of naturalgas pipelines or of shortcutting the normal appeals process. Congress should not intervene on decisions about particular projects, and naturalgas pipelines fuel global warming. Congress recently gave the pipeline the go-ahead. But this time I think the Court got it right.
By Phil McKenna The Environmental Protection Agency announced new regulations at the COP28 global climate summit in Dubai on Saturday that will reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by nearly 80 percent.
May 13-- Senate Local Government Committee meets to consider Senate Bill 311 (Yaw-R-Lycoming) prohibiting local governments from banning any source of energy [like naturalgas]. Room 8E-B East Wing. Click Here to watch live. Read more here on agenda. Room 8E-A East Wing. Click Here to watch live. May 13-- Agenda Posted.
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