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AP: Drilling Under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' Town Has Been Banned Since 2010, It's Coming Back

PA Environment Daily

Cabot was banned from Dimock in 2010 after regulators accused the company of failing to keep its promise to restore or replace the water supply. A state investigation concluded that faulty gas wells drilled by Coterra’s corporate predecessor, Cabot Oil & Gas, had allowed methane to leak uncontrolled into the community’s aquifer.

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Marcellus Drilling News: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Drilling, Fracking Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In PA, OH, NY; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments

PA Environment Daily

On July 20, 2023, the Marcellus Drilling News reported researchers from the University of Pittsburgh found there was an average 30% discrepancy between what conventional and unconventional oil and gas drilling companies said they sent to landfills and the amount of waste reported received by those landfills in Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York.

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Farms in Six Southeast Michigan Counties Are Major Sources of Lake Erie Toxic Blooms

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The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. Another of the group’s members is Lynn Henning, an earlier Petoskey Prize winner who also was awarded the 2010 Goldman Prize, the world’s leading honor for environmental activists. EGLE has not compiled records for manifested waste for 2015.

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Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations

PA Environment Daily

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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Federal Water Tap, August 1: EPA Shows Interest in Fireworks Contamination of Drinking Water Sources

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The Bureau of Reclamation published the draft environmental impact statement for a drinking water supply project for the White Mountain Apache Tribe, in Arizona. Environmental Protection Agency is offering a $2.5 Power’s appearance in India is part of a world tour focusing on food security. On the Radar.

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Federal Water Tap, February 6: EPA Vetoes Pebble Mine in Alaska

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Environmental Protection Agency finalized new guidelines for fixing failing sewage systems in a timely manner without adding too great a financial burden on low-income communities. Since 2010 it has been forced to reduce nuclear generation because of overheated rivers and replace substation equipment due to flooding.

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An Update on the Evolving Legal Landscape for Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal: Key Outcomes of the October 2023 Meeting of the Parties to the London Convention and Protocol

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Let’s start with the 1972 Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (London Convention) and the 1996 Protocol to the Convention (London Protocol). At the time they were adopted, the primary focus was on preventing the discharge of waste materials into the ocean.