PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 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. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper in August of 2021 on the issue of requiring natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Spoiler-- the answer is-- no.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 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. 26 to Nov.

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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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E2 Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

There have been a series of recent high-profile legislative actions and media articles concerning attempts to ban natural gas appliances or natural gas service to consumers over alleged safety and air pollution issues. On April 17, 2023, in California Restaurant Association v. Berkeley , a three-judge panel of the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

There is a fourth, unstated reason behind the price spike which, as the Natural Resources Defense Council has said, was foreseeable and preventable—the lack of a clean energy transition in PJM. He served as Secretary of the PA Department of Environmental Protection and of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2021

The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper on the issue of requiring natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Spoiler-- the answer is-- no. Read more here.

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The Energy Law

JULY 10, 2023

The agenda specifically states that the Mineral Board will engage in “[a] discussion regarding the potential for the State Mineral and Energy Board to enter into a legal contract with a third party that would pursue claims of underpayments of royalties related to natural gas production on state lands and water bottoms.”

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2022

The waste has remained there because the federal government has not established a permanent long-term storage facility. On average, previously flooded homes have an annual expected loss of $3,000, according to a new report by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2021

On August 17, the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a hearing on the “environmental and economic benefits of pipelines” which failed to even acknowledge the over $55 million in penalties imposed by DEP and the Public Utility Commission for the failure of natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines over the last five years.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 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

OCTOBER 7, 2024

per kilowatt hour in Pennsylvania as the state’s share of natural gas increased by 16%. 9 To Plug Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners [PaEN] -- DEP Advisory Group To Hear How DEP Proposes To Implement New Federal Methane Reduction Rule For Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Wells, Infrastructure Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

Currently, 59% of its electricity generation is fueled by natural gas, which has almost entirely displaced coal in the state’s energy mix. The natural gas industry and its advocates would like to keep it that way. Only about 4% of in-state generation comes from renewable energy. Reprinted from the Kleinman Center website.)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

17 Hearing On PA One Call Underground Utility Notification Program Reauthorization; Almost All Conventional Gas/Oil Pipelines Specifically Excluded [PaEN] -- PUC Publishes Final Public Utility Owned Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards In Sept.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 23, 2023

This is a good opportunity for the government of Ontario to select a more appropriate person to lead the agency, ideally one that supports the much needed transition away from fossil fuels. Joe Oliver was an investment banker who became the Federal Minister of Natural Resources and then Minister of Finance under Stephen Harper.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2024

[Since August 23, Baker Hughes reports the number of natural gas drilling rigs in Pennsylvania has dropped by 33% as part of an industry attempt to increase natural gas prices. 16 In-Person Program In Waynesburg, Greene County On Protecting Public Health, Resources From Shale Gas Development [PaEN] -- Sen.

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Energy and Climate Law

JUNE 11, 2020

On 10 June 2020 the German government finally released its long-anticipated national hydrogen strategy. The German government decided to provide a total of 9 billion Euros foir the creation of a German hydrogen economy in the next years. It remains to be seen which concrete steps the government proposes to square that circle.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2023

Montgomery County 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slump 7.5%

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2024

Among other facilities presenting public health risks, the map can be configured to show unconventional shale gas wells, conventional oil and gas wells, gas and hazardous liquid interstate and intrastate pipelines, petroleum product pipelines, pipeline compressor stations, natural gas underground storage areas and other facilities.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

9 To Plug Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners [PaEN] -- DEP Advisory Group To Hear How DEP Proposes To Implement New Federal Methane Reduction Rule For Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Wells, Infrastructure Oct. Related Articles This Week: -- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 14, 2024

The Pathways Alliance is a group of the biggest oil sands producers in Canada: Canadian Natural Resources, Cenovus, ConocoPhillips, Imperial Oil, MEG Energy and Suncor. Pollution: carbon capture equipment burns natural gas, increasing regional air and water pollution such as fine particulate matter. Water is life!”

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 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. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 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. Increase In Cost Of Gas Starting June 1, Another 7.3%

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2024

Billion In Last Auction -- Renewable Energy World: Energy Prices At PJM Capacity Auction Skyrocket 9x: Oh, That’s Not Good -- Meadville Tribune: National Fuel Natural Gas Rates Rising More Than 11% Aug. Billion Up From $2.2 1 Related Articles This Week: -- PJM Electricity Auction Price 9 Times Higher Than Previous Auction-- $269.92/MW-Day

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Vermont Law

MARCH 23, 2015

The Great Lakes are a vast natural resource, therefore it is imperative that fracking’s impacts to the watersheds feeding the Great Lakes, such as the Grand Traverse Bay watershed, be considered. s thirteenth largest source of natural gas, comprising over 12,000 drilled wells. Fracking has been employed in Michigan.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

“Through the multiple Commonwealth Court and [PA] Supreme Court decisions related to PEDF’s challenges to spending of ERA [Environmental Rights Amendment] trust assets derived from the degradation of the State Forest, PEDF has prevailed in establishing that the money generated from the extraction and sale of oil and natural gas from our State Forest (..)

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2024

Second, coal and natural gas-fired power plants that are work horses of the grid are retiring prematurely both because of the climate policies of some states (not Pennsylvania) and because the federal government discourages or bans fossil-fuel power plants and give preferential treatment to renewable energy.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2024

. -- CNX Midstream Operating Company, LLC - 2 Pipelines: 13-Mile Long 24-Inch Natural Gas, 3.9-Mile PA Bulletin, page 6332 ) -- CNX Midstream Operating Company - 2 Pipelines: 13-Mile Long 24-Inch Natural Gas, 3.9-Mile Tioga County. (PA Cumberland County. (PA Clearfield County. (PA McKean County. ( McKean County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

These grants are funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fees paid by natural gas drillers. [Note: New grant guidelines for the Act 13 Programs were approved by the CFA on January 26, so read them carefully.] Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) or the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2024

30 Hearing On The Proposed 2025 Fee Schedule; Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 4 Supporting Shale Gas Development [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 72 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN] Related Articles This Week: -- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct. Million In Base Grant In 2023] -- Senate Passes Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

These grants are funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fees paid by natural gas drillers. The deadline for applications is May 31. In 2022, CFA invested $18.2 million in 130 projects. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) or the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

Introducing the new climate villains: Rich Kruger, CEO of Suncor Greg Ebel, CEO of Enbridge Murray Edwards, Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Greg Ebel registered 71 lobby meetings with the federal government in 2023. You can help by telling the Canadian government not to listen to Climate Villains.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

House Committee Meets On Recycling Fee, Farm Solar The House Local Government Committee is scheduled to hold a voting meeting on House Bill 223 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) increasing the recycling fee on municipal waste disposed in the state to $5/ton from $2/ton ( sponsor summary ).

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

The activists raised a number of issues over the lack of action by DEP to protect citizens and the environment from the impacts of the oil and gas industry. Lisa Johnson Lisa Johnson, Lisa Johnson & Associates, is an attorney representing citizens and local governments in a number of cases appealing DEP actions and inactions.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2021

The public record of continued violation reveals a blatantly clear pattern of recklessness by a repeat offender, Sunoco, and a government agency refusing to do its job to protect our Commonwealth & natural resources.” Katie Muth (D-Chester). Who do we work for?” Otten asked. “Do

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A retired couple who once lived adjacent to my property sold out to Pennsylvania General Energy (PGE), a fossil gas driller happy to pay an inflated price for their 90+ acres. For more information on natural gas development in the Loyalsock Creek Watershed, visit the Keep It Wild PA website.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 24, 2023

With renewable energy, like solar and wind, becoming cheaper and easier to scale up, there has never been a better moment for governments to transition away from the fossil fuel industry and its destructive impacts on the environment, the climate and communities. The world is moving away from fossil fuels. C pathway.

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