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Washington County [January 2025] -- Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health [PaEN] -- On Feb. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts From NaturalGas Development [November 2023] -- Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept.
Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & NaturalGas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept. Successful projects with community interest and available funding may be eligible for ongoing support in subsequent years.
He pointed to a series of medical visits and diagnoses medical professionals called, hydraulic fracking/volatile hydrocarbon exposure, respiratory irritation from hydrocarbon exposure, neurotoxicity, and radiation exposure.
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DEP has tried for decades to regulate this practice but failed because the conventional industry simply does not comply. But, they havent tried an outright ban on road dumping like DEP has for unconventional shale gas wastewater. But, DEP hasnt tried an outright ban on road dumping like DEP has for unconventional shale gas wastewater.
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.
Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & NaturalGas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept.
Hosted By PA League Of Women Voters & University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health [PaEN] -- Fact Sheet: How Oil and Gas Operations Impact Your Babys Health -- Frackland Video Tour, with Lois Bower-Bjornson , Clean Air Council -- 3 Days That Shook Washington County: NaturalGas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1
DEP has tried for decades to regulate this practice but failed because the conventional industry simply does not comply. But, they havent tried an outright ban on road dumping like DEP has for unconventional shale gas wastewater. But, DEP hasnt tried an outright ban on road dumping like DEP has for unconventional shale gas wastewater.
Although the US government knew the risks of radiation to humans, many Navajo miners were still sent into mines with poor ventilation and safety regulations skirted. Furthermore, about six times more radiation than was released in the spill was released into the Puerco River from 20 years of mine dewatering.
On March 12, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to reconsider EPAs 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, along with all regulations and actions that rely on the finding. In his remarks, Zeldin focused on the costs imposed by GHG regulations.
This reality necessitates laws and regulations capable of protecting those put at risk by fracking, and a government willing to enforce them. But if the activity is to be permitted, it still must be regulated appropriately, in ways that prevent reckless harms. since 2016 from 10,228 to 14,683. Read more here ]. Read more here ].
And when I assumed office in 2022, one of the things that I certainly articulated to my community in representing them is that this issue of our energy industry in Pennsylvania, it needs to be coupled with rigorous environmental regulation and certainly in sensitive areas relative to schools and parks and residential areas.
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On April 9, the President issued two new executive orders requiring agencies to adopt one year sunset dates on any existing regulations affecting energy. A second order requires agencies to identify regulations that limit competition. So if the federal regulations disappear, so could Pennsylvanias regulations.]
DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Muhlenberg Township Building, 210 George Street, Reading. Click Here to watch online. April 30-- Agenda Posted. April 30-- In-Person. Delaware River Basin Commission Public Input Session On Climate Resilience Plan. Liberty, New York.
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EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act (CAA) A. Nuclear power regulation D. FERC pipeline regulation (naturalgas and hydrogen). California authority to regulate new vehicles D. Administrative law questions, including the major questions doctrine. Social Cost of Carbon D.
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KDKA in Pittsburgh posted a report July 3, 2023 about the impact of the December explosion at the Energy Transfer naturalgas processing plant and the plant’s continuing operations on a nearby Washington County farm family. million cubic feet of naturalgas from a pipeline pigging station). Read more here.
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.
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By Lisa DePaoli, Center for Coalfield Justice Time and time again, EQT [naturalgas drilling company] shows that they don’t care about the communities they operate in. Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station [PaEN] -- Robinson Twp., Why Does It Matter?
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Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Calls Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment ‘Stupid’ [PaEN] -- State Dept. Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Calls Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment ‘Stupid’ [PaEN] -- State Dept. Why Does It Matter?
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On July 22, the Governor’s Office published an update to the Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development that included a new annual permit fee for unconventional shale gas operations and a schedule for the release of updated waste and other environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here.
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.
In 2020, Justin Nobel wrote an expose of fracking’s radioactivity, in particular in the wastewater and other wastes produced by naturalgas drilling. The Delaware RiverKeeper Network is hosting an August 18 webinar Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle with scientist and author Justin Nobel from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is now accepting registrations for the 11th Annual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference to be held in-person and online November 14 in Pittsburgh.
In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether naturalgas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. See paragraph 78-98 of EHB appeal.]
miles of 30-inch naturalgas gathering pipeline and a 16-inch permanent waterline between the Rogers Compression Station and the Athena shale gas well pad. ( miles of 30-inch naturalgas gathering pipeline and a 16-inch permanent waterline between the Athena shale gas well pad and the proposed Odyssey Interconnect Site. (
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Scope The General Permit covers liquid wastewater generated by any oil and gas operation defined under the Unconventional Oil and GasRegulations in Chapter 78a , including well sites, water withdrawals, residual waste processing and treatment operations, construction of pipelines, naturalgas compressors and naturalgas processing plants.
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Click Here to read the 2022 compliance report summary. . -- Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Groundwater Contamination Still Not Resolved: DEP continues to try to resolve groundwater contamination issues from conventional wells at the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Facility in Jackson Township, Cambria County, the site of the 1.1
Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.
Joseph – individually and doing business as Joseph Contracting, John Joseph Contracting, and Perry Stone Supply LLC – to settle violations of the Solid Waste Management Act and Pennsylvania regulations that occurred between 2012 and 2015 in Dunbar, Perry, and South Union Townships, Fayette County.
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The Department of Health’s written testimony presented to the Committee on the health threats posed by oil and gas drilling said-- “We are aware that certain contaminants, radioactive materials, and other additives are components of the wastewater produced during the naturalgas fracturing process. Read more here.]
Environmental Protection Agency issued for public input a draft white paper on control techniques and measures that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new stationary combustion turbines. electricity generation in future years, primarily use naturalgas to create electricity.
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On April 5, township supervisors, concerned residents, and advocacy organizations submitted a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection calling on the agency to conduct a proper Public Participation Process for an oil and gas waste injection disposal well in Potter County.
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