PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2024

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- January 1 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Natural Gas 95

Natural Gas 2019 Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 95

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Climate Envoy Kerry: No Rolling Back Clean Energy Transition PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Inquirer: 100 Days: A Look At Shapiro’s ‘Common Ground’ Approach To Governing One Of The Nation’s Most Politically Divided States -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s House Takeover - A Tale Of Two Speakers - By Fmr Rep.

Earth Day 84

Earth Day Natural Gas Politics Fossil Fuels 84

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

1 - No Attempt To Contain, Cleanup Injection Well Spill; Gas Storage Area Well Release; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Fracking Turns 20 In Pennsylvania, Towns Consider New Regulations For Distance Between Homes And Well Pads [Cecil Twp., 26 to Nov. 26 to Nov. 26 to Nov.

Clean Air Act 96

Clean Air Act Natural Gas Pollution Control Air Pollution 96

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 27, 2023

-- York Dispatch: Take A Look Inside York County Landfill’s New Wastewater Treatment Plant -- Reading Eagle: Devices With Lithium-Ion Batteries Require Proper Charging, Disposal -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Start 2024 With A First Day Hike In One Of PA’s State Parks -- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Endangered Species Act At 50; How It Aided Eagles, (..)

Endangered Species Act 104

Endangered Species Act Natural Gas Electricity Politics 104

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Shapiro Unveils Colorblindness-Correcting Viewfinders At PA Parks -- Fish & Boat Commission Publishes New Requirements To Be A Qualified Endangered, Threatened Species Surveyo r [PaEN] -- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish & Boat Commission Seeking Comments On Trout Management Strategic Plan -- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Hard Times For (..)

Nuclear Power 105

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Politics Natural Resources 105

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

. -- 126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcons See First Egg Hatches Of The Season; Connection (..)

Natural Gas 99

Natural Gas Politics 2024 Conservation 99

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Three years ago, a group of parents whose children have been affected by rare cancers, including Ewing sarcoma, asked the state Department of Health to investigate childhood cancers being diagnosed at disproportionately high rates in Southwestern Pennsylvania, where shale gas drilling, fracking, and infrastructure buildout have occurred.

Natural Gas 52

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 17, 2024

While many approach the subject of fossil fuels through the lens of finance, science and politics, Roishetta Ozane, a Black single mother with six children, spoke with restrained emotion when discussing the extraction of liquid natural gas (LNG). Read the full story at Salon.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

House holds Regular Session May 22, 23, 24, June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 82 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities (..)

Natural Gas 89

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Renewable Energy 89

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2024

Of The Interior Awards $28.67

Natural Gas 92

Natural Gas Ozone Politics Conservation 92

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

On October 13, the US Department of Energy awarded two hydrogen hub projects that include Pennsylvania-- a natural gas-based Appalachian Hub in Western PA, West Virginia and Ohio and a Mid-Atlantic Hub in eastern PA, Delaware and New Jersey based on the use of renewable and nuclear energy to make the hydrogen.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Natural Resources 80

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Natural Gas Infrastructure Threats It is naive and dangerous to not do everything we can to prevent and prepare for environmental accidents. Read more here.

Nuclear Power 97

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Radiation Cooling 97

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The choice in question is to use natural gas rather than electrifying, and initiative aims to make it impossible for the state, local jurisdictions, or utilities themselves to limit access to natural gas. Washington. Initiative 2066 is entitled, “Protect Energy Choice.”

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Sea Level Natural Resources 263

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2024

Finance: Rising Prices For Natural Gas May Mean Coal Will Replace Natural Gas In European Power Mix This Winter PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Spoiler - Oil Prices Rising] -- Yahoo! Shapiro Signs $47.6

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Natural Gas Nuclear Power Politics Carbon Dioxide 97

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2022

On March 28, Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to report out bills containing a laundry list of things the natural gas industry has wanted for years and to kill the final regulations reducing carbon pollution from Pennsylvania’s power plants. Note: The U.S. Note: The U.S. Read more here.] [40

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2010 Clean Energy 95

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2024

. -- 66 Months Later, DEP Worked With Conventional Well Owner, But Multiple Spills At A Well Site Have Still Not Been Cleaned Up; No Protections In Place For Operators Or Taxpayers [PaEN] -- PennVEST Invests $194.3

Natural Gas 104

Natural Gas Politics 2024 Conservation 104

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

. -- 87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] -- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN] -- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 27 to Feb. 27 to Feb.

Natural Gas 92

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Politics Natural Resources 92

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2024

.” - - Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Senate Fall Voting Schedule -- September 16, 17, 18, 30 -- October 1, 2, 7, 8, 9, 21, 22, 23 -- November 13, 14 -- Committee Schedule House Fall Voting Schedule -- September 23, 24, 25, 30 -- October 1, 2, 21, 22, 23 -- November 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Susan Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater for pad located in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Warren County. ( McKean County. ( Butler County. ( Greene County. ( Westmoreland County. (

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2024

Shapiro And The Fossil Fuel Industry - Abandoning Climate Science For Industry Support Related Articles: -- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug.

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2024 2009 119

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2024

- By Terrie Baumgardner, Clean Air Council’s Beaver County Outreach Coordinator -- Erie Times - How PA’s Oil & Gas Industry Illegally Dumps Waste On Roads Across The State -- NPJ Climate Action: Community Rights And Energy Politics In Lycoming County -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: DEP Won’t Use Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners To Plug Abandoned (..)

2024 97

2024 Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Sustainable Development 97

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

. -- October 9 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 30 to Oct. 30 to Oct.

Natural Gas 102

Natural Gas Politics Renewable Energy 2023 102

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.

Natural Gas 120

Natural Gas Environmental Protection Air Pollution Waste 120

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

With industry and political leaders demanding more drilling in the name of “energy security,” it would be beneficial to capture this wasted gas rather than rushing to extract even more of it. Drilling new wells is both time consuming and expensive and would only continue to harm God’s children. Click Here for video.)

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Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

Natural gas currently powers approximately 74% of Florida’s total net electricity generation.) These latest political misadventures by Governor DeSantis are equal parts ostrich-like, head-in-the-sand behavior; straight out of the Flat Earth Society playbook; and reminiscent of Mad Magazine’s/Alfred E.

Climate Change 363

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Sea Level Politics 363

Inside Climate News

MAY 5, 2024

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, came as an investigation by Democrats in Congress exposed efforts by the oil and gas industry to downplay the climate impact of natural gas. natural gas and liquified natural gas (LNG), funded by the natural gas industry.

Natural Gas 137

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Clean Energy Politics 137

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

As the region's premier low carbon intensive natural gas development, technology, and applications company, CNX is uniquely positioned to help revolutionize Appalachia, one of the world's most energy abundant regions, into an energy, manufacturing, and technology hub of the future. On December 12, CNX Resources Corp.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas Waste Technology Technology 80

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

On February 28, Ohio US Senator Sherrod Brown and Oregon US Senator Jeff Merkley introduced the Protecting American Households from Rising Energy Costs Act , legislation that would ban the export of crude oil or liquefied natural gas (LNG) to our biggest adversaries: China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas 114

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Energy Firms Use Ukraine War To Lock In Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts -- The Guardian: U.S.

Politics 98

Politics Natural Gas 2020 Electricity 98

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2022

million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use natural gas and hydrogen in their operations forever into the future. It seems clear the tax credits are an attempt to try to make natural gas competitive again through taxpayers subsidies after U.S.

Natural Gas 117

Natural Gas Waste Air Pollution 2016 117

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. AP: Republican US Senator Tim Scott Launches $14 Million Outreach Effort To Minority Voters [PA Included] -- PA’s Role In Assault On US Capitol -- AP: Former Police Officers Who Defended US Capitol During Jan. National- $3.45 National- $3.45 National- $3.45 National- $3.45

Politics 82

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The hearing also did not tackle the issue of why Pennsylvanians, sitting on top of one of the richest natural gas reservoirs in the world, have been subjected to natural gas cost increases of as much as 154 percent over the last year from utilities. Or, why a Susquehanna County Gas Company is proposing to raise rates 33.2

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Regulations Law Climate Change 105

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Bat Stories; Bat Trivia; Witch-Hazel; News Around The Watershed -- Penn State Extension: The Value Of Bats To Crop Production And Revenue -- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov.

Nuclear Power 106

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Air Pollution Politics 106

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2024

Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech [PaEN] -- AP: PUC Files Complaints Against Peoples Gas In Fatal 2021 Natural Gas Explosion In Tyrone, Blair County -- USDA Announces $163 Million In Rural Energy For America Funding, Including 4 Projects in Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Warren Times Editorial: (..)

Natural Gas 106

Natural Gas Politics Conservation Natural Resources 106

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use natural gas and hydrogen in their operations for at least 20 years. The bill also more than doubles the tax credit for using natural gas to make petrochemicals or fertilizer from natural gas. billion in state tax incentives.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Waste Fossil Fuels 2003 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2023

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’ [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Who Pays For Natural Gas Development’s Harm?

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