PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 30, 2023

on August 28, 2023 , DEP received an emergency notification of an uncontrolled venting of natural gas from shale gas well 9H at the Repsol Oil and Gas USA LLC Cummings Lumber well pad in Troy Township, Bradford County. Repsol finished drilling the 6 new Marcellus wells at this site in April 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2023

It is important to note that I&E investigations are limited – by regulation – to the involvement of, or impact from, utilities and utility systems under the jurisdiction of the PUC, along with natural gas transported by those assets. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

By Dave Jenkins, Conservatives For Responsible Stewardshi p The following goest essay first appeared in the Erie Times on March 27, 2023 -- We are at an inflection point on energy: 2022 was the first year when global investment in carbon-free sources of energy matched investment in fossil fuels. High overseas demand for U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On October 17, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held an informational briefing on Project Canary , a company that measures, analyzes and reports on methane emissions from natural gas production and distribution infrastructure.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

On January 12, the PJM Interconnection declared ‘Conservative Operations’ to maintain electric grid reliability forced by natural gas pipeline fuel restrictions brought on by winter weather impacts on their operations. No action is requested of the public.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Washington’s Biggest Clean Energy Lobbying Group Pushes Natural Gas-Friendly Policy Inside Climate News PaulaR Mon, 11/06/2023 - 20:14 Wednesday, April 19, 2023 Read more Marianne Lavelle Under new leader Jason Grumet, a longtime advocate of bipartisanship, the American Clean Power Association presses for permitting and hydrogen solutions that appeal (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

It was a bogus argument that fossil fuel proponents would repeat ad nauseum over the next 10 years, so when Rose failed to provide some needed context, I jumped in. I’m not aware of anything the fossil fuel industry gets that I would characterize as a subsidy.” His reply ?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

On March 2, the Independent Fiscal Office issued a report on fourth quarter 2022 natural gas production in Pennsylvania showing a 1.6% drop in natural gas production growth and each of the other top producing counties-- Susquehanna, Washington, Bradford and Greene also saw a decrease in growth.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

On March 14, Marcellus Drilling News reported New Fortress Energy intends to apply for updated permits for its proposed Wyalusing LNG natural gas plant in Bradford County, according to statements in a March 10 SEC company filing.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

On October 18, the FracTracker Alliance announced the winners of the 2023 Community Sentinel Awards to honor the leadership of individuals working to protect communities from the harms of the fossil fuel industry. Each winner receives $1,000 and the award, and will be recognized at the 2023 Community Sentinel Awards Ceremony.

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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. Read full statement.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

On October 27, the Public Utility Commission approved a rate settlement that would increase the typical monthly charge for PECO Natural Gas Division customers by 9 percent-- from $95.31 The increase will show up on bills as an increase in gas delivery charges. Click Here for the complete PUC announcement on PECO Gas.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting comments on a proposed Chapter 105 permit and Section 401 Water Quality Certification for three new PA General Energy shale natural gas and water pipelines in Cummings and McHenry Townships, Lycoming County. (

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Shapiro and CNX natural gas taking steps to better monitor air emissions from certain shale gas drilling operations-- “Clean air and pure water are a constitutional right and are essential to defending our children’s health and lives from the multiple threats imposed upon them by the fossil fuel industry.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

My purpose was simple: to tell the real story of how former coal towns, and now the “fracking towns” (places where Hydraulic Fracturing is used to extract methane, i.e., natural gas), of Pennsylvania are being left behind. My first stop was my parents’ grave, having died four years ago just four months apart.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

On April 25, the Natural Resources Defense Council said a Federal Register notice from the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the agency has denied Energy Transfer Partners a special permit to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail from Wyalusing, PA to Gibbstown, NJ across the river from Philadelphia.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 28, 2023

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Environmental Defence experts on climate change, climate finance, Just Transition, clean transportation and, safeguarding freshwater react to the Federal 2023 budget, released today.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

On April 14, The Express reported Bechtel Corp will discontinue development of the 1,000 MW natural gas-fired Renovo Energy Center in Clinton County. Every step away from fossil fuels is a step toward averting both climate disaster and the biodiversity crisis.” “As 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

On August 23, the PJM Interconnection Critical Issue Fast Path Resource Adequacy stakeholder group heard testimony and suggestions on the issue of making electricity market changes to address nonperformance of natural gas and other generators during emergencies and events like Winter Storm Elliot in December. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

Ebel, the CEO of Enbridge, to our list of infamous Climate Villains – powerful people with fossil fuel interests holding Canada back from effective climate action. The executives behind the fossil fuel industry often avoid public scrutiny, which is why we’re shining the spotlight on their activities.

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Legal Planet

JANUARY 4, 2023

This means that, with few exceptions, new buildings will need to exclusively use electric appliances, and will not be allowed to contain any fossil-fuel infrastructure, like natural-gas lines. It’s made an excellent start, let’s hope that it keeps it up in 2023. All-electric as the new normal. Download as PDF.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

However, for decades governments have also provided oil and gas companies with significant subsidies and other types of financial support. Fossil fuel subsidies are hurting us Subsidies and public financing to oil and gas companies: Harm our health : Governments are propping up an industry that is killing us.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

On May 1, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee was told the wholesale prices of electricity in the PJM regional electric grid are too low to support coal and natural gas power plants. Why do we see these types of projects in the queue? Click Here Thomas’ presentation to the Committee.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

On September 1, The Center Square reported the state Department of Health is inviting citizens to file environmental health complaints related to natural gas development. Visit Health’s Oil and Natural Gas Production Health Concerns webpage for more information. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

As we now know, fossil fuel companies lied about it for decades to protect their profits. Less known is the fact that the gas utility industry has been engaged in the same kind of deceit. A 2022 study found that gas stoves leak methane, and more than three-quarters of the emissions occurred when the stoves were off.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Key Takeaways Here are some key takeaways from the hearing-- -- Natural Gas Continues To Have A Reliability Problem: 70% of the PJM electric generation that failed to perform during the December freeze were natural gas-fired power plants. The Commission is continuing to work with PJM to evaluate the results of the storm.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The project will also remove the existing 20-inch natural gas pipeline across the river. 16 PA Bulletin, page 5852 ) The project proposes impacts to approximately 398 feet of the Schuylkill River, 4.88 acres of floodway, 0.67 acre of temporary impacts to a palustrine emergent wetland (Exceptional Value), and 0.78 acres of floodway, 0.67

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 13, the Pittsburgh-based Environmental Health Project issued a review of the University of Pittsburgh studies released on August 15 showing links between natural gas development and Lymphoma cancer, worsening asthma conditions and lower birth weights. "We

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

Energy Information Administration March 7 Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts a drop in wholesale electricity prices in 2023 that "reflects the forecast drop in natural gas prices from 2022 to 2023." Natural gas prices are forecast to be down more than 50 percent from last year. Click Here for more details.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

Department of Transportation is set to miss the March 13 deadline to suspend a federal regulation that allows liquefied natural gas (LNG) to be transported by rail nationwide. The initial suspension of the LNG-by-rail rule was expected in June 2022, then December 2022, and now March 13, 2023.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell faces lawsuit from climate change activists over fossil fuels Reuters | April 5, 2019 Environmentalist and human rights groups said on Friday they had started a lawsuit against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to force the energy firm to cut its reliance on fossil fuels.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2023

[Note: DEP has funded a methane overflight research study of its own to help identify methane emissions from oil and gas, coal mines and landfills. Methane from fossil fuel operations, agriculture, and other industries causes roughly 30% of today’s global warming, according to the Environmental Defense Fund. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

should prop up fossil fuels, constrain renewables wherever possible, and claw back the federal government’s historic investments in clean energy, while reinvesting in nuclear energy and new nuclear weapons. America is the world’s #1 exporter of fossil gas partly thanks to policies of the Obama and Biden administrations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A recent National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) study shows that it would take less than 1 percent of the land in the Lower 48—that’s an area comparable to or even smaller than the fossil fuel industry’s current footprint. EIA also projects US battery storage capacity to more than double in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection is now accepting public comments on two Chapter 105 encroachment applications submitted by Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream LLC covering natural gas gathering pipelines and water pipelines in Westmoreland County, according to public notices in the August 12 PA Bulletin. Watch Video Here.

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