PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2024

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Recycling 96

Recycling Conservation 2024 Waste 96

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

The consultant concluded-- “Because all radiation levels measured during the initial site characterization were less than double the mean background level and no correlation between radiological data and elevated soil conductivity was observed, no additional radiological screening will be conducted. “If

2011 130

2011 2017 Waste Radiation 130

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire July 3 PA Environment Digest 95 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Senate Overwhelmingly Confirms Richard Negrin As Secretary Of DEP House Democratic Leadership Blocks Environmental Committee Action On (..)

Conservation 96

Conservation Recycling Radiation 2023 96

Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

Albedo The amount of solar radiation reflected from an object or surface, often expressed as a percentage. Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Any gas that absorbs infrared radiation in the atmosphere. Recycling Collecting and reprocessing a resource so it can be used again. compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric, wind).

Greenhouse 98

Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide Atmosphere Fossil Fuels 98

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

Billion State Budget Without House Agreement; Adjourns To Sept. 18 -- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House, Senate Standoff Over Budget Bills Delays Deal; Senate Adjourns Until Sept.

Natural Gas 99

Natural Gas Sea Level Radiation Conservation 99

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2024

Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 15-18 [PaEN] -- Juniata College Raystown Field Station: Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor Course June 29-30 [PaEN] -- Natural Lands Preserves 95 Acres Of Forest, Waterways, Historical Farm In Chester County [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Wildlife As Pets?

Nuclear Power 108

Nuclear Power Radiation Carbon Emissions Natural Resources 108

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

. -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 4 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- DEP Posts New Permit Modernization Webpage To Track Progress In ‘Getting Stuff Done’ Without Sacrificing Environmental, Public Health Protection -- Bill Reported Out Of (..)

Natural Gas 101

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Waste Recycling 101

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

What most people don't understand is most car washes recycle their own water.” “So So if somebody happened to have driven through a pool of this radiated de-icing stuff, you necessarily didn't have to have driven through this, it's now on your car. And where the dog walks, the kids play on the carpet and they're ingesting it.

Radiation 94

Radiation Waste Regulations Recycling 94

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Nearly 55% of the brownfield sites being cleaned up under DEP’s Act 2 Land Recycling Program are oil and gas contamination sites. [Oil and gas facility operators are responsible for creating new contaminated brownfield sites every week in Pennsylvania. Read more here.] Click Here to register, the Conference agenda, speakers list and more.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Radiation Waste Recycling 98

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

. -- New manufacturing facilities for clean energy products or services. -- Coal ash remediation with site redevelopment. -- Critical minerals recovery (including processing, manufacturing and recycling of mineral alternatives). -- Hydrogen production and infrastructure. -- Sustainable aviation fuels or other biofuels production.

Clean Energy 83

Clean Energy Biofuels Solar Power Radiation 83

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste DEP Sets Feb. PA Recycling Markets Center’s PA ReMaDE Conference Jan. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 22 DEP Awards $39.6

Natural Gas 93

Natural Gas Conservation Natural Resources 2023 93

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

He promoted policies like recycling hydrofracking water that reduced the need for fresh water in drilling by hundreds of millions of gallons. Read more here.

Regulations 92

Regulations 2011 Environmental Protection Radiation 92

PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2024

Mankind has had lots of fears through history, but as Dick put it later, radiation is one of "the worst fears of modern man." The State Department of Environmental Resources did regulate radiation, but only from X-rays in doctors’ and dentists’ offices. That drug blunts the effect of radiation poisoning to the thyroid gland.

Nuclear Power 95

Nuclear Power Radiation 2002 Cooling 95

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Burgum To Lead Interior Department Other States/National/International -- WBOY: EPA Officials Share Findings After Radiation Found At Fairmont, WV Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Site PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- PA Dept. Billion, Grows To $4.4 Doug Burgum To Lead US Dept. Of The Interior -- WPost: North Dakota Gov.

Natural Resources 82

Natural Resources Conservation 2024 Radiation 82

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

2024 Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 114 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Read more here.

2024 109

2024 2020 Natural Gas Radiation 109

Frontiers

OCTOBER 23, 2022

Scientists find that expelled air from ventilation systems can make corn and spinach grow taller and larger, recycling CO2-rich indoor air to fertilize edible plants. But the conditions on rooftops — greater solar radiation, more wind exposure, lesser soil moisture — often mean that plants are smaller and less healthy.

Radiation 75

Radiation Cooling Recycling Waste 75

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 201 ) The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well. 30 to Jan.

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas 2023 Radiation 2018 80

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

PaEN] -- DEP Releases Guidelines For Recycling In Your Community Booklet On America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful: Latest On Empowering Pennsylvanians To Keep Our Communities Clean And Beautiful -- FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Shop For Best Energy Deals As Fuel Costs Rise; Natural Gas Costs Driving Electric Rates Up ??

Radiation 48

Radiation Recycling Conservation Natural Gas 48

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

DEP also reported the percentage of wastewater recycled or reused in production and fracking at other natural gas wells dropped from 93% in 2021 to 88% in 2022. Read more here. -- Seneca Resources Co. LLC Ignored NOVs For Cleaning Up Spills On Well Pad On DCNR State Forest Land: According to a DEP inspection report, Seneca Resources Co.,

2023 113

2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 113

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Read more here ] -- 274 New Brownfield Sites In 2024: In 2024, DEP received or acted on 274 Act 2 Land Recycling Program notices and reports covering the cleanup of contamination at primarily shale gas facilities, meaning this industry is creating new brownfields wherever it works. 27 Released 1.1

Air Pollution 109

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas 2023 109

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

The special showed Pomeroy’s fellow students jumping up and down on the non-aluminum cans they’d collected in the cleanup, making them easier to return to the manufacturer with a message that it should switch to recyclable materials. Click Here to watch the Albion segment of the CBS program and Walt’s interview.

Earth Day 109

Earth Day 2004 Conservation Pollution Control 109

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 13 PA Bulletin it has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 213 ) Read more here.

Natural Gas 112

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2023 Recycling 112

Physics World

MAY 11, 2022

Construction time The synchrocyclotron’s single magnet being slowly moved into place partially underground to help with radiation shielding. Being partially buried would help with radiation shielding, as well as the 30 tonne door, and walls comprised of nearly 1.8 m of concrete, behind which was approximately 3.7 m thick ceiling.

Electricity 136

Electricity Radiation Technology Technology 136

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County [PaEN] -- DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Feb.

Natural Gas 92

Natural Gas Electricity Conservation 2023 92

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2023

.: July 15 Creek Snorkeling For Students In The Upper Brodhead In Monroe County -- Manada Conservancy Aug. 26 Aquatic Bugs & Other Stream Life Kids Program , Camp Catherine, Hershey, Dauphin County -- Explore Jefferson County: PA Great Outdoors - Improvements To Gallagher Run -- Penn State Extension Sept.

Conservation 83

Conservation Sea Level Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 83

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - O’Dowd SUS Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater at the pad located in Auburn Twp., For more information on programs, training opportunities and upcoming events, visit the Susquehanna River Basin Commission website.

Air Pollution 98

Air Pollution Natural Gas Waste Radiation 98

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2021

Senate returns to session September 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule House returns to session September 27, 28, 29 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Daily American: Organizer Welcoming The Public To Annual ‘9-for-9’ Celebration At Quecreek -- StateImpactPA/Reid Frazier: Group Says Tighter Radiation Controls Needed On Drilling Waste (..)

2008 57

2008 Radiation Waste Clean Energy 57

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

However, DEP and the public don't really know how much liquid and solid waste 61,655 conventional oil and gas wells generated in 2022 (over 57 percent) and where it was disposed, treated or recycled because operators failed to submit their waste generation and disposal reports. Read more here. Read more here.

Waste 98

Waste Regulations 2016 2018 98

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2021

Metcalfe Names Wolf’s Minion EQB Members For Rubberstamping Job-Killing, Carbon Tax Imposing RGGI Scheme -- WESA: Pittsburgh Airport Completes Gas And Solar Powered Microgrid -- MCall: Mahoning Drive-In Theater To Stay Open After Solar Farm Plan Is Suspended -- TribLive: Fmr Pittsburgh Water Authority Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy In Sluge (..)

Solar Power 57

Solar Power Radiation Regulations Waste 57

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- SWN Production Company, LLC - WR 64 Fiondi Well Pad: DEP received a Notice of Intent to cleanup soil and groundwater contaminated by the release of servicing flued use in the well cleanout process at the well pad located in Middletown Twp., Read more here. Susquehanna County. ( Susquehanna County. (

Natural Gas 93

Natural Gas Waste Environmental Protection Radiation 93

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Shop For Best Energy Deals As Fuel Costs Rise; Natural Gas Costs Driving Electric Rates Up Evangelical Environmental Network: U.S.

Conservation 52

Conservation Climate Change Natural Gas Clean Energy 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

Conservation 83

Conservation Nuclear Power Waste 2024 83

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

MarkWest disclosed the spill because they are cleaning it up under the state’s Act 2 Land Recycling Program that requires formal notices of that fact to be published in the local newspaper, given to the municipality where the spill happened and in the PA Bulletin. Read more here. -- Seneca Resources Co.

2023 113

2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 113

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

15 On Final Radiation Safety, NPDES Compliance Schedule Regulations; Brodhead Creek Rulemaking Petition DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Hold Joint Meeting Nov. Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $26.63

Radiation 52

Radiation 2022 Conservation Air Pollution 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation 83

Conservation Waste 2024 Clean Energy 83

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

In fact, natural gas operators have supported significant fee increases to fund additional oversight by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), transparently disclosed chemical use prior to it becoming law, adhered to stricter setback requirements, and pioneered innovative water recycling and reuse practices, to name a few.

Natural Gas 44

Natural Gas 2019 2021 2018 44

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

It results in this dangerous radioactive wastewater that the fossil fuel industry cannot recycle or dispose of in a benign manner. Using the wastewater for dust control and deicing of roads is another disposal method that introduces radiation and other dangerous elements into our environment.

Fossil Fuels 40

Fossil Fuels Environmental Protection 2008 Radiation 40