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PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins

PA Environment Daily

On May 11, the PJM Interconnection released its annual summer assessment and predicts sufficient supply to meet summer electricity needs for the 65 million people it serves across 13 states and the District of Columbia-- including Pennsylvania-- under anticipated conditions. One megawatt can power about 800 homes. A record $1.8

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Struggle To Plug Tatonka Oil Co. LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well

PA Environment Daily

Tatonka Oil was also issued notices of violation in March 2020 and again in December 2022 for failing to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports for multiple wells. No production and waste generation report was submitted to DEP since 2006 and no well integrity report had ever been submitted to DEP.

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PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

Dawes was instrumental in the reauthorization of the federal Abandoned Mine Lands Fund in 2006 and served as Chair of the campaign that led to Pennsylvania receiving $1 billion to address Pennsylvania’s mining legacy of more than 185,000 acres of unsafe, mine-scarred lands. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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The Stream, February 9, 2022: Texas’ Wastewater Problem

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Permian Basin oil and gas developments are among the state’s biggest industrial consumers of fresh water, and largest disposers of waste water. Without waste pickup and recycling programs, garbage and plastic in the community typically ends up being incinerated or dropped off at a dump. The annual $1.89 YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) -- Sunoco Pipeline - Tinicum Release Site: DEP received a Remedial Investigation Report/ Cleanup Plan on remediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with unleaded gasoline in Tinicum Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Delaware County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2005 ) --Coterra Energy, Inc. -

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House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Expanding Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards; Renewables Lower Energy Costs; Increase Grid Reliability; More Work Needed To Improve Gas Reliability

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

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Sydnee Owens, who contracted non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma in 2006, died six year later at age 14. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor. The annual operating cost, including electricity and cleaning the filters, is about $550,000. He was 19 when he died. Alyssa Sandmeier died at age 10 from leukemia.

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