PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

million pounds of chemical products dropped off by 60,000+ households since the program launched in 2003. “A The 20-year effort has resulted in the responsible management of 6.5 FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

ExxonMobil internal science, spanning from 1977 to 2003, featured graphs showing how temperatures would rise as a result of the heat-trapping emissions produced from burning the fossil fuels the company extracted, refined, marketed, and sold. The common enemy is the oil and gas industry because they deceived the public.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

Technical expertise is provided by the following partners: Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, Department of Education, and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2023

PRC provides residents with numerous options for recycling materials not accepted in curbside pickup, and since 2003 we’ve facilitated the safe management of more than six million pounds of household chemicals,” according to PRC Executive Director Darren Spielman. FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2023

Since launching household chemical collection events in 2003, PRC and its many partners have facilitated the safe management of 6.5 million pounds of household chemicals collected at more than 100 events.” FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

Since launching household chemical collection events in 2003, PRC and its many partners have facilitated the safe management of 6.5 million pounds of household chemicals collected at more than 100 events.” FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Since launching household chemical collections in 2003, PRC and its partners have collected and safely disposed of more than 5 million pounds of chemicals from 50,000+ households in western Pennsylvania. Participants will also pay $12 per fire extinguisher and $15 per pound of liquid mercury. FM and AM 1020 KDKA. FM and AM 1020 KDKA.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Pre-Shale Gas Drilling Data Dr. Baka explained the study is based on 28,500 water sampling results submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection as part of pre-shale gas well development by shale gas operators since about 2011. The research began in 2022 and is ongoing.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The report also pitched liquid manure to the top of the list of causes of the harmful algal blooms that have inundated the big lake every summer since 2003. Pam Taylor, a member of Environmentally Concerned Citizens of South Central Michigan, manages one of the country’s largest citizen-led water monitoring programs.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a draft update to the State Water Plan which outlines recommendations for policy and legislative actions for each of the six water planning regions in the Commonwealth and statewide. Mgal/d in 2003. -- Laurel Hill Creek, Fayette and Somerset Counties (Ohio Region).

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

There have been suggestions by the Marcellus Shale Coalition to use general taxpayer money to support the regulatory program instead of having the industry pay for the program, but as is well known, the track record of the General Assembly and recent governors providing General Fund support to environmental programs isn’t exactly steller.

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A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The US government is still using the 3% discount rate it calculated in 2003 based on older data on real market interest rates, which used to be much higher). The US Environmental Protection Agency has already announced its recommendation that the SCC should be raised to almost $200 per tonne.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

On February 15, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Environmental Quality Board conventional oil and gas drilling companies only paid $46,100 of the $10,600,000 it cost for DEP to regulate that industry in FY 2020-21. Overall, DEP expects an annual revenue deficit of at least $10.5 In 2010, Gov. Read more here.]

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Vermont Law

JANUARY 18, 2016

According to the US Environmental Protection . Predictions based on the 1995 Chicago and 2003 Europe heatwaves anticipate 25-31 percent higher frequencies and 72-76 percent longer heatwaves by 2090. Thus, the important and novel approach here suggests green-roof zoning laws to reduce the UHIE. gency (EPA). , The EPA maintains.

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Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Behind the Shine: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth and others (2003). PERI Pollution Indexes Based on United States Environmental Protection Agency data ranking the top 100 worst polluters. References: The oil spills of Ogoniland Shell pays out $15.5m

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Circle of Blue

MAY 30, 2023

The Biden administration’s Office of Management and Budget is proposing to update rule-writing guidelines that were last updated in 2003. Environmental Protection Agency awarded Texas Tech University a $2.5 Called Circular A-4, the guidance applies to the practice of weighing regulatory costs and benefits.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

The shale gas industry and the build out of new natural gas infrastructure started in Pennsylvania in 2003. Environmental Protection Agency adopt performance standards and emission guidelines for pigging and blow down activities in its initial methane regulations covering oil and gas operations, but they did not. Read more here.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2012 2019 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2022

Since launching household chemical collection events in 2003, PRC and its partners have collected 6 million pounds of cleaners, paints, stains, automotive fluids, pesticides and other products from 60,000+ households during 100+ collections. “At each event, a certified contractor processes the materials for proper disposal.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule [25] requiring facilities that emit more than 25,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent to report their direct GHG emissions. [26] Environmental Protection Agency, 142 S. 26] About 8,000 facilities are required to report. [27]

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Regulations Law 2023 Climate Change 98

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Regrettably, this annual budget has shortchanged the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for many years. In 2003, the DEP had 3,311 filled positions. With a rosy revenue picture for the upcoming fiscal year, the governor and the General Assembly should adopt a budget that fully funds the DEP.

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Environmental Protection 2015 2003 Conservation 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The first shale gas well was drilled in Pennsylvania in 2003 and fracked in 2004, so we are now beginning the 20 year threshold discussed in research. Written By David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection. We now have 13,952 active unconventional shale gas wells drilled in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The departments of Environmental Protection, Conservation and Natural Resources and Agriculture appear before House and Senate budget committees starting February 28.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

David Zimmerman (R-Lancaster) introduced House Bill 1755 which would take away all Department of Environmental Protection permit application fees collected by the agency and deposit them into the General Fund rather than into the accounts now set up in law to pay for specific environmental protection programs.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is taking another swing at defining key concepts that govern Clean Water Act requirements for wastewater utilities. In the 15 years after 2003, when cases started to rise nationally, about 69 percent were recorded in those months. News Briefs. Financial Assessments for Clean Water Act Compliance.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Administered by the two-year-old Environmental Protection Agency, the statute limited how much nutrient pollution could be discharged by wastewater treatment plants, factories, and other so-called “point source” pollution. . Six months later the U.S. did just that. In October 1972, the U.S. In 2012 Canada and the U.S.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. 47102 (Aug. 23, 2021).]] The deadline for comments on the guidance is December 21, 2021.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders Raytheon, Air Force to clean up contaminated groundwater at Tucson Airport Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency | July 13, 2007 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders Raytheon, Air Force to clean up contaminated groundwater at Tucson Airport Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency | July 13, 2007 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders Raytheon, Air Force to clean up contaminated groundwater at Tucson Airport Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency | July 13, 2007 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S.

Technology 52

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders Raytheon, Air Force to clean up contaminated groundwater at Tucson Airport Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency | July 13, 2007 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S.

Technology 52

Technology Technology 2023 Government 52

Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

And in 2003 Raytheon agreed to pay $3.9 USA: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) orders Raytheon, Air Force to clean up contaminated groundwater at Tucson Airport Superfund Site Environmental Protection Agency | July 13, 2007 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today ordered the Raytheon Company and the U.S.

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