Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States by Kendall Beaton (1957). million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States by Kendall Beaton (1957). million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Lessons Not Learned: The Other Shell Report by Friends of the Earth (2004). Dirty Profits 2: Report on Companies and Financial Institutions Benefiting from Violations of Human Rights (Facing Finance, 2013). Enterprise in Oil: A History of Shell in the United States by Kendall Beaton (1957). million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

We are the first major airport in the world to be completely powered on our own with a microgrid fueled by solar energy and natural gas. We’re honored by this special recognition from the PA Solar Center and hope that their efforts continue to inspire others to make the switch to clean, renewable power.” “We billion annually.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 9, 2007

In 1988, FERC, pursuant to the Natural Gas Act of 1938, issued Standards of Conduct to regulate natural gas pipelines’ interactions with their marketing affiliates.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

CorpWatch Stories Stalled Case Against ExxonMobil Sees Movement Jacqueline Koch | Special to CorpWatch | July 14, 2004 After languishing in the courts for two years, a lawsuit that accuses ExxonMobil of complicity in human rights violations is beginning to move, thanks to the Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the Alien Tort Claims Act.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Corporation ExxonMobil Image Image Products Crude oil, Oil products, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Power generation Exxon Knew Protest - Photo credit 350.org prosecutors say an Israeli private investigator used hackers to steal emails from climate activists who were campaigning against American energy giant Exxon Mobil Corp.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 16, 2009

The Court of Appeals referenced the Texas Supreme Court’s decision in Natural Gas Pipeline Co. In December of 2004, Cannon filed a declaratory action asking the court to find that the lease on the property had terminated due to the cessation of production. Ernest Cannon & Moncrief Minerals P’ship, L.P., Pool, 941 S.W.2d

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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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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Environmental groups had identified five categories of new information since the 2004 preparation of an EIS that they contended warranted supplemental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Circuit to Expedite Consideration of Challenge to Natural Gas Pipeline. opening briefs Oct. Groups Asked D.C.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2022

The AFIG Program funds projects that replace older gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicles with cleaner fuel vehicles that helps reduce emissions of carbon monoxide, particulate matter, volatile organic compounds, nitrogen oxides, and carbon dioxide, a principal greenhouse gas. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2023

The first oil or gas well hydraulically fracked was a conventional well in 1963 in Warren County. 2023 is the 20th anniversary of the drilling of the first shale gas well in Pennsylvania that was also the first shale gas well fracked in 2004. Click Here to find oil and natural gas facilities near you.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

DEP published a second notice formally rescinding the previous 2004 Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy. The PennEnviroScreen will redefine environmental justice areas using 32 environmental, health and socioeconomic indicators that are spelled out in a 113-page PennEnviroScreen Methodology Document.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

These violations are the most frequent committed by unconventional shale gas operators, according to DEP’s 2021 Oil and Gas Program Annual report , which reported 196 NOVs for failing to report or correct casing and cementing violations in 2021 alone. We now have 13,952 active unconventional shale gas wells drilled in Pennsylvania.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

On land, watchdog groups point satellites at natural gas fields to reveal production wells that leak methane. Pavelsky started even earlier, attending his first SWOT development meeting in 2004, when he was in graduate school. At sea, they track illegal fishing. Hossain joined the team in 2008.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2023

But on August 17, the DEP announced an upgraded environmental justice policy for the first time since 2004 that it will begin to enforce as of September 16. 29 [PaEN] -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. had no role in the agency’s permit decision. 16; Public Comments Accepted Thru Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2021

Pennsylvania is the second-largest natural gas producing state and its methane emissions have a significant impact on global climate change. About 12,800 unconventional gas wells (think fracking) have been drilled in Pennsylvania since 2004. Unfortunately, this approach is less effective in reducing methane leakage.

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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. billion in state tax incentives.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS), which would be updated under the Governor’s PRESS plan, is a 2004 Pennsylvania law requiring electricity suppliers to include specific percentages of renewable energy in their supply, in turn creating increased demand for renewable energy.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on Koch Industries Total Penalties $935,266,865 (September 30, 2022) Number of Records 436 Books Axis of Ideology: Conservative Foundations and Public Policy (National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, March 2004).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

DEP’s work has been guided, in part, by an Environmental Justice Policy adopted in 2004. DEP can now look at more expansive models and have more regularly updated data than was available in 2004. DEP aims to improve the Environmental Justice Policy to make it more expansive, implementable, and understandable.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2024

. -- 2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More [PaEN] -- Environmental Hearing Board Allows Protect PT Appeal Of Olympus Shale Gas Well Permits In Westmoreland County To Proceed; Olympus Was (..)

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Vermont Law

AUGUST 7, 2023

Carbon capture and storage , highway expansions and increased natural gas exports all threaten EJ communities within the Lonestar state. Taylor, Cancer Alley, Louisiana , Pollution A to Z (2004). Further, the current controversy surrounding illegal dumping in Houston highlights the ongoing injustices minority Texans face.

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

The World Health Organization (WHO) predicts the global burden of disease will have declined 30 percent between 2004 and 2030 and that “mortality rates will continue to fall in most countries” — so long as economic growth continues. Carbon emissions are thus following the same trajectory as other air pollutants.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Other witnesses said expanding renewable energy would reduce energy costs, avoid increasing over-reliance on natural gas and its price spikes, improve electric grid reliability, is needed to keep Pennsylvania competitive and generate business investment and jobs. The cost of doing nothing grows larger every single day.”

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Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2021

752 (2004), and concluded that “in light of the informational role served by MEPA review, the line that must be drawn requires a ‘reasonably close causal relationship’ between the environmental effect and the alleged cause.” Lawsuit Challenged 2021 Reissuance of Nationwide Permit for Oil and Gas Projects. Public Citizen , 541 U.S.

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The court found that the plaintiffs pled plausible claims under the Commerce Clause and Property Clause that President Trump exceeded his legal authority when he issued the permit, as well as claims that the 2019 permit violated a 2004 executive order that established a permitting process for cross-border pipelines. Gallaher v.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 9, 2020

When one of our neighbors here — in our natural gas burning neighborhood — burns wood, everyone's like, “What are you doing? There was a renewables claim where a person claimed that solar and wind only require three to five times more land than natural gas or nuclear plants. And, and I appreciate it! I don't want smoke!

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2022

Click Here for more on the agenda. -- Marcellus Shale Coalition Blog: Research Confirms Natural Gas Developed Responsibly, Safely [PaEN] -- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: May 24 Accident Kills Driver, Spills 4,620 Gallons Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastewater -- AP: As Natural Gas Expands In Gulf, Residents Fear Rising Damage -- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

Billion Since 2004 -- PA House/Senate -- Spotlight PA: School Funding, Permitting Top Of PA Legislature’s 2024 Agenda -- PennLive - John Baer: Will PA’s Lawmakers Be Better In 2024 Or The Mediocre Same? Billion To Close Gap Between Rich And Poor Schools, Report Advanced By Dems Says -- WESA: State Commission Recommends Lawmakers Adopt A $5.4

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2022

Capitol, Efforts To Overturn Nov. Gallon Average, Some Counties Cross $5 Line -- MCall: Gasoline Price-Shocked Pennsylvanians Looking For Relief, Harrisburg Unlikely To Provide It Any Time Soon -- Inquirer Editorial: Gasoline Tax Refund Giveaway Presents Big, Inequitable Hit To State Budget -- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Even More Clear Now U.S.

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