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Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of naturalgas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. Read more here.
There is no time to waste on false climate solutions like Liquified NaturalGas (LNG)—a fossil fuel with serious global warming and public health implications. Liquified naturalgas is not exactly “natural”. We can see this in the growth in uptake of LNG in order to comply with earlier regulations.
According to the forecast, while economy-wide CO 2 emissions decrease from 2022 to 2037 due primarily to the growth in renewable energy replacing retiring coal plants, emissions do increase after 2037 from increased usage of naturalgas. EIA is projecting that naturalgas prices will remain low.
The decline probably wasn’t due to environmental regulation. Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels. Regulation may have made a difference, since coal requires more extensive pollution controls than competing fuels. Download as PDF
million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use naturalgas and hydrogen in their operations forever into the future. It seems clear the tax credits are an attempt to try to make naturalgas competitive again through taxpayers subsidies after U.S.
On November 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has determined , in response to a rulemaking petition, the state Environmental Quality Board has the statutory authority to adopt a regulation setting more protective setbacks from shale gas wells for homes, schools and streams in its initial petition review.
NextEra operates a naturalgas plant and several solar facilities in Maine, while Calpine and Vistra operate naturalgas plants in the state. The principal campaign group opposing the project is Mainers for Local Power , which spent $24.3 Proponents of the transmission line have spent more money on their campaign.
Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Energy Firms Use Ukraine War To Lock In Long-Term NaturalGas Contracts -- The Guardian: U.S.
On March 28, Republicans on the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted to report out bills containing a laundry list of things the naturalgas 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. Note: The U.S.
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In the Nile River basin last week, a political power shift in Sudan could turn up the heat on a long-simmering dispute over a major dam in the region. NextEra operates a naturalgas plant and several solar facilities in Maine, while Calpine and Vistra run naturalgas plants in the state.
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. 26 to Nov.
Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC The following article first appeared on LinkedIn November 19, 2022 -- On November 3, 2022, Pennsylvania Governor Wolf quietly signed into law resurrecting the prospect of liquified naturalgas ("LNG") export facilities at the Port of Philadelphia. Williams, Esq.,
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If the operator fails to perform adequate cleanup, state regulators confiscate the bond and use it to hire contractors to finish the job. Recent internal communications obtained by InsideClimate News show that Kentucky regulators are scrambling to deal with unresolved environmental violations at abandoned mine sites.
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15 Webinar [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Ag Water Webinar Series: Feb. 10 Webinar On Nitrogen - Crop Nutrient And Water Pollutant [PaEN] -- NOAA March 25 Mid-Atlantic Drought Assessment & Building Early Warning Capacity Meeting , Susquehanna River Basin Commission Offices, Harrisburg, 9:00 a.m.
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Josh Shapiro and CNX Resources Corporation President and CEO Nick Deiuliis announced a first-of-its-kind statement of mutual interests that will further heighten the company’s operational disclosures in collaboration with state environmental regulators and the public. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.
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. -- April 7 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 29 to April 4 - Failed To Restore 3MG Water Impoundment; Failed To Get Pipeline Permits; Nearly 7 Years Without Conventional Well Spill Cleanup [PaEN] -- DEP: Shale Gas Driller Failed To Restore 3 Million Gallon Water Impoundment, (..)
million in annual taxpayer subsidies to manufacturing and other businesses that use naturalgas and hydrogen in their operations for at least 20 years. The bill also more than doubles the tax credit for using naturalgas to make petrochemicals or fertilizer from naturalgas. billion in state tax incentives.
And not just that, but Texas is by far the biggest producer of oil, with a governor who has pledged to protect the industry from climate regulation at all cost. The state will soon get more power from renewables than naturalgas. One major difference between the two states is the way they regulate electricity.
Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address House returns to voting session Feb. 2 Now On Sale Featuring 40 Stories On Important River-Related Topics - By John Zaktansky -- TribLive: Pittsburgh’s Redevelopment Authority Announced $42.2
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UGI NaturalGas Rate Increase [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: PUC Will Investigate Proposed 10.8% Rate Hike By UGI Gas -- Wilkes-Barre Times: PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8% UGI Gas Rate Hike -- PUC To Invite Comments On Future Of Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program [PaEN] -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Feb.
and EU regulations on methane emissions strengthen calls for a binding international agreement to curb the climate pollution. The move followed new rules from the European Union that will limit methane emissions on naturalgas imports starting in 2030.
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Of Health Establishes Community-Based Health Resource Network To Provide Long-Term Assistance To Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 25 to 31; More Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; Spring Walk Yields Hissing Gas Well On State Game Lands [PaEN] -- PA (..)
Some of those changes, like cheaper naturalgas due to greater use of fracking, helped emissions decline under Obama. Moreover, some Obama regulations such as fuel efficiency rules continued to result in additional emissions reductions after he left office, and he should get credit for those.
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On February 11, CNX Resources CEO Nicholas Deluliis told DEPs Citizens Advisory Council a year and a half of air and water monitoring shows no material impact to air or water quality from their naturalgas development operations. Deluliis did a presentation to the Council on Radical Transparency, a program CNX launched with Gov.
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