PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2023

The Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management in Washington County will host a free March 8 webinar on renewable natural gas as part of its Energy Lecture Series. Renewable Natural Gas: Sustainable Energy from Trash” will be the subject of a free, hour-long webinar at 11:00 a.m.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The articles include-- -- Tribune-Democrat: Solar Energy Project Rising In Bedford County To Help Power Natural Gas 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.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2022

On June 14, House Bill 1467 was introduced to establish an Oil and Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Program in the Department of Health. The Department of Health is required to establish an Oil and Natural Gas Production Health Registry to track public exposures and health impacts from oil and natural gas facilities.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Abandoned Conventional Wells -- Bialy Gas Production LLC - Violations: 26 Abandoned Conventional Wells (16 Months) March 10-13, 2025 inspections of 26 conventional wells in Baden and Economy Boroughs, Beaver County found them all abandoned and not plugged. Leechburg Gas holds 16 permits. -- Charles E. Violations continued.

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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. Use It Here - First.”

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Enviromental Defense

JUNE 9, 2021

Instead of supporting viable and more cost-effective clean technologies like heat pumps, Ontario is spending more than $234 million to support approximately 8750 connections – a subsidy of over $26,000 per customer. But the answer is not to waste public dollars to build expensive gas pipelines that will exacerbate climate change for decades.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

On March 14, the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Adelphia Gateway natural gas pipeline company was not entitled to a different outcome in Federal Court after receiving an adverse judgment in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Cole et al v. Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. Opinion, p.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

On March 19, the Department of Environmental Protection was notified of an explosion and fire at a conventional gas well in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. The conventional well, owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co., LLC, exploded and caught fire shortly before 1:00 p.m. DEP arrived on the scene just before 2:20 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

Injection Wells There are the waste drains. We heard a lot about the waste from the site. The industry needs to find a way to dump their waste. And they just applied for a new NPDES permit to discharge their treated waste into the Monongahela [River]. But this is a great depiction of the Oil and Gas Waste Club.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

Read more here ] Currently, shale gas facilities are permitted for air pollution emissions as stand-alone entities, but emissions from a new facility, when combined with other existing emission sources nearby, may result in dangerous exposure levels in the ambient air, which may cause adverse acute and chronic health impacts.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

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. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2023

Forced generation outages during the coldest part of the storm on December 24 found 32,473 MW of natural gas-fired generation off-line, 7,562 MW of coal-fired generation and 5,917 MW of nuclear, oil, wind, solar, according to PJM. Nationwide, PJM said, there was a 20 percent decline in natural gas production. 31 to Jan.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

On January 20, the natural gas industry and Senate Republicans launched an effort to unleash the industry by reducing regulations, requiring automatic approval of permits and limiting opportunities for public review of permits at a hearing of the Senate Republican Policy Committee in Pittsburgh. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Imagine cutting waste and energy consumption all in one go! By building components off-site, prefabrication can minimize waste and energy consumption during construction. In glass furnaces and oil refineries, dynamic optimization can prevent wasted energy and lower emissions, making industry leaner and greener.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

An October 13 DEP inspection of the construction site again found multiple violations of the state Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act. PGE will attempt to use new underground “micro-tunneling” technology for the natural gas pipeline, down steep slopes on both sides of the Creek. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

On December 21, sixteen local and statewide environmental groups expressed their opposition to a proposed natural gas to gasoline refinery to be built in Luzerne County by Texas-based Nacero. Although Nacero says that its business is based on proven technology, little is known about the process.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2023

The Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold its second hearing May 1 on electric grid reliability and the failure of natural gas and other generation to provide power when called on by PJM during Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Violations issued for abandonment and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. DEPs reports note This report is part of a 2025 Department initiative to record the current status of never-inspected wells in Pennsylvania and ensure the safest oil and gas production possible. Shaffer Jr.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 12, 2023

The same scenario has played out with the power plants that use fossil fuels, predominantly methane (“natural”) gas, delivered by pipelines. The electric power system is trapped by gas-dependent power plants that cannot obtain gas when it needs it to keep the lights on.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Benko also failed to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports. This is the only oil and gas well Benko holds a permit for, according to DEP's eFACTS database. 2022 production, waste generation and well integrity reports appear to have been submitted by the owner. No response requested.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2025

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: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The proposal mostly asks questions—but it sets some key bounds Compared to other parts of the December proposal, the section on biomethane (also referred to as “renewable natural gas” or “RNG” in the proposal) and fugitive methane is extremely short—just two pages—and dominated by questions.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Sandra Steingraber, Senior Scientist with the Science and Environmental Health Network , provided an overview of findings from the newly published 9th Compendium of Scientific, Medical, Media Findings Demonstrating Risk, Harms of Natural Gas Development and Infrastructure during a briefing hosted by the Better Path Coalition.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

Hydropower generation across California and the American West has declined in this extremely dry year, meaning that electricity providers will lean more heavily on natural gas, solar, and wind power. The process is a win-win for systems that can afford the upfront costs of these waste-to-energy technologies.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

All this waste must be handled, transported, and disposed of. If the radiation levels in the sludge decrease enough, the waste can be trucked to the same local landfills that handle household trash instead of being shipped by rail to radioactive waste disposal sites out west — a more expensive but safer option.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

PGE will attempt to use new underground “micro-tunneling” technology for the natural gas pipeline, down steep slopes on both sides the Creek. miles up steep slopes up to a third leased tract on state forest land on the south side of the Creek. The freshwater pipeline will be constructed aboveground.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3742 ) The project proposes to dig up and expose two existing natural gas pipelines and one combination fresh water and production wastewater pipeline crossing Bates Fork Creek, a High Quality stream, and disturb a total of 27.8 Read the entire PA Bulletin notice for more information. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

Robert Little -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. Robert Little -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. -- Public Utility Commission Urges Consumers To Prepare For Extreme Cold Next Week [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection: New All-Time Peak Electricity Demand Possible Jan. Ohio- $3.14 Ohio- $3.14

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

In the last week, the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Pittsburgh and Brandie Jefferson from the University of Pittsburgh published articles saying oil and gas wastewater can be a major source of lithium for rechargeable battery production. This is a waste stream, and we're looking at a beneficial use of that waste."

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

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.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

This collaboration between PennTAP and the DEP will create opportunities for manufacturers across Pennsylvania to connect with the Universitys vast expertise and help them secure funding for innovative projects that will reduce waste, create jobs and increase competitiveness, said Andrew Read, senior vice president for research.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The growing credits for electricity reflect the growing number of EVs on the road in California, and support California’s goal of phasing out combustion technologies in favor of zero emissions vehicles. But what about the rapidly increasing credits generated by biomethane? These extremely profitable subsidies also contribute to consolidation.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

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 natural gas development operations. Deluliis did a presentation to the Council on Radical Transparency, a program CNX launched with Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Gov. Shapiro Touts Capping Of 300th Conventional Oil & Gas Well At North Franklin Twp., Washington County Site [ PDF of Article ] -- Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

For natural gas-fired power, the costs of maintaining outdated and inefficient infrastructure–let alone building new infrastructure–like power plants, production wells, and pipelines add up quickly and largely get passed along to consumers in the form of higher energy bills.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2024

Technology Center, Room 243, 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. 5 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 5 Webinar On Watershed Friendly Native Planting [PaEN] -- Reminder: Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Native Tree & Shrub Sale Continues Thru Aug. 5 [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept.

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