PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [September 2023] -- State Dept. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

On March 19, firefighters and DEP responded to another explosion and fire at a conventional well owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co LLC in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. Well drilled in 2008. Note: DEP inspected the Marian Laskowski 6 shale gas well March 6 in Hempfield Township and also found it abandoned and not plugged.

2025

Circle of Blue

JULY 10, 2025

The president’s allegiance to coal-fired electricity and its potential effect on coal ash cleanups represent a towering reversal of federal policy on managing one of the country’s most serious water pollution challenges. Its coal-fired component is scheduled to close by 2028 as part of the city’s transition to natural gas.

2015

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2025

5 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells Big Dog Energy LLC - Violations: 1 Abandoned Shale Gas Well May 22, 2025 inspection of the Lonchena P1 shale gas well in Forward Township, Butler County found the well abandoned and not plugged. The well was drilled in October 2008. No gas was detected from slam bar holes or the well.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware) Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- DEP Supports 68 Environmental Education Projects Across PA With $1.1 Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2025

Million To 74 Schools To Help Schools Lower Electricity Costs, Create Jobs Under Solar For Schools Program [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Awards $22.5 Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2025

Data Centers Could Strain Electricity Supplies In The Delaware Valley -- Pittsburgh Business Times: TECfusions Unveils Plans For Massive Data Center, A.I. Campus, Up To 3 Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plants At Former Alcoa Site In Westmoreland County [ PDF of Article ] -- WPost - Salena Zito: I Have Seen The Future Of A.I.

Conservation

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2023

It then tread water for a few years and began a steep decline in 2008, going from half of U.S. electricity to about one-fifth today. In fact, there was a surge in construction of new coal plants after 1970 due to high electricity demand. Since around 2008, natural gas use has been the mirror image of coal use.

2012

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. Many buildings in Chicago use natural gas—methane—to run furnaces, boilers, hot water heaters and cooking stoves. What’s Still Needed in the Plan.

Renewable Energy

Global Green

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Chris Johnston is co-author of The Arrival of the Electric Car – An Overview of the EV Revolution Happening Now. The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). This makes EVs two to three times more efficient than gas-powered vehicles.

Electricity

Legal Planet

MARCH 30, 2023

True, t he world was different in many ways in 2008 when Obama took office, including the energy sector. Some of those changes, like cheaper natural gas due to greater use of fracking, helped emissions decline under Obama. billion tons: The average gas powered car today produces about 55 tons of carbon over its dozen-year life.

2010

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

On September 5, the Independent Fiscal Office reported second quarter natural gas production in Pennsylvania dropped to its lowest level since the third quarter of 2020. The number of new wells drilled in the second quarter-- 63-- dropped to the lowest number of wells drilled since the first quarter of 2008.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

New Energy Advocate Under House Bill 2573 , the new Independent Energy Office would be charged with “protecting the reliability and affordability of the electricity grid within this Commonwealth and promoting the use of energy produced in this Commonwealth.” Read more here. Click Here for a copy of the March announcement. from other sources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Yaw said the Shale Gas Advocate Award honors MSC members and other individuals for their outstanding leadership and exceptional contributions in advocating for the development, transportation, and use of Pennsylvania’s natural gas resources. 1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%

2023

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Since the beginning of the Appalachian shale gas boom in 2008, the twenty-two largest gas producing counties in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia have lost a collective 10,000 jobs and nearly 50,000 residents, even as gas production far outpaced industry expectations.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

A quick glance at the latest data from CARB shows there are three large and growing sources of credits: bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity. Bio-based diesel, biomethane and electricity are the largest and fastest growing sources of LCFS credits in recent years.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

DEP’s Climate Change Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet on February 21 to discuss a proposed scope of work for the 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment and state Climate Action Plan as required by Act 70 of 2008. Wolf: 2021 Climate Impacts Report Projects Pennsylvania Will Be 5.9° EV Charging Network To Rivals In $7.5

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

MAY 29, 2024

The Portlands gas plant was built in 2008 and was designed as a peaker gas plant, meaning that it would only operate a few hours per month when electricity demand was high. The IESO should switch to renewable sources of electricity and plan to phase out the Portlands gas plant as soon as possible.

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2022

For natural gas industry operations, SRBC starts regulating water withdrawals from the first gallon. Natural Gas Withdrawals Total natural gas industry consumptive water use in the Susquehanna River Basin between 2008 and 2018 was 26.3 billion gallons. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

The conventional oil and gas industry permit application fees rarely generate more than $46,000 a year to support a program that costs taxpayers $10.6 DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec.

Regulations

Physics World

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Germany, for example, closed three of its six remaining nuclear plants on 31 December 2021, which together accounted for 6% of the country’s electricity. The other three will shut down later this year, with much of the shortfall in the short term being made up by burning natural gas. Powerful stuff.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) Waste Permits -- PennEnergy Resources, LLC - W58 Tank Pad: Permit application withdrawn for the installation of 1 tank for oil and gas liquid waste under WMGR123 in Winfield Twp., PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. PA Bulletin, page 2010 ) -- National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.

2013

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2024

Peoples Natural Gas Rate Increase Background On Issues -- DEP: Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Will Be In The Red By Fall; All Sectors Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program No Go; Update On Permitting Reform [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb.

Natural Gas

Capaccio

MARCH 30, 2021

The legislation, announced in a Press Release , updates the greenhouse gas emissions limits related to the 2008 Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act, and commits Massachusetts to achieve Net Zero emissions in 2050.

2030

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

Green Jobs Could Grow In PA - 4,500 Openings Now -- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: A Small Measure Of Relief Is Coming For Shell-Shocked Philly Area Natural Gas Customers -- MCall: Utility Bills Have Risen, Will They Go A Lot Higher? Oil Companies Not Pumping More Oil Despite High Prices -- AP: U.S.,

Natural Gas

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Renewable energy sources and electric vehicles are progressing so fast around the world that according to a new study coal and oil use could peak worldwide in as little as three years. That’s it ! Yes, you read that right.

2020

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

We’re honored to be recognized by the Pennsylvania Solar Center for our longtime renewable energy investments that enable low-carbon and affordable electricity at our Pittsburgh facilities. We have been in the solar industry since 2008 and recognize how critical renewable energy is to our future in so many ways. billion annually.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2022

Dubaich, DCNR Bureau of Facility Design and Construction As the state’s leading conservation agency, DCNR strives to model practices that conserve and sustain our natural resources. By 2030, the department will derive 50 percent of its electric from renewables. Reprinted from DCNR Good Natured Blog.)

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The DEP Energy Programs Office began developing state climate action plans about 10 years ago, as required by the Pennsylvania Climate Change Act of 2008. At Governor Wolf’s direction, DEP is developing a rulemaking to enable Pennsylvania to join 10 Northeast states in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 18, 2021

In Europe and the UK, natural gas prices are up by more than 500% over the last year , hitting all-time highs earlier this month. In the US, even with abundant supplies of natural gas as a result of extensive shale gas development, natural gas prices are more than double where they were a year ago.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Nearly all of the alliance members have a renewable electricity standard (RES), which requires utilities in their jurisdiction to increase their use of renewable energy to a particular percentage by a specific year. EN: What were your top findings? Under current policies and plans, carbon dioxide emissions would decline by only 12 percent.

Electricity

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

The attorney general said that PwC also served from at least 2008 to 2013 as global advisor and report writer for the Carbon Disclosure Project, a non-profit organization that functions as a global disclosure system for environmental information, including greenhouse gas emissions, from companies including Exxon. opening briefs Oct.

2016

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 18, 2023

It would require the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to conduct a competitive bidding process to procure 1,000 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 2,800 MW by 2035, enough to generate more than half of Maine’s electricity demand. Electricity generation is dispatched at the regional level according to increasing costs.

Wind Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2022

DEP’s most recent workload report shows DEP has approved permits for 22,632 unconventional gas wells, however, the same report says the industry has only actually drilled 13,395 wells. They were never drilled for several reasons, but probably waiting for higher natural gas prices is the biggest one. percent in 2021.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2022

In spite of breathlessly urgent statements by Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry and their politicians about the need to ramp-up drilling in the Commonwealth, DEP’s latest Weekly Oil And Gas Workload Report shows 25.6 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

MAY 19, 2024

(credit: PBI Actuarial Consultants) Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, in coordination with an equally myopic and partisan Florida Legislature, has approved new state legislation ( HB 1645 ) that eliminates the term “climate change” from numerous existing Florida statutes that former Republican Governor Charlie Crist signed into law in 2008.

Climate Change

Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. electrical grids were increasingly “complex and vulnerable.” [2] Shellenberger. 5] The U.S.

Electricity