Energy & the Law

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This case is about injection wells for industrial and municipal waste, not for oil and gas waste. January 13, 2011: the RRC rescinds its no-harm letter. + February 17, 2011: TCEQ issues an order approving the application. April 2, 2011: TCEQ reissues the order. I’m an oil and gas guy. The litigation.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

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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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 26, 2022

For years, state and local air quality districts have implemented polices and regulations aimed at curbing these different sources of pollution, like working to phase out burning as a method of disposing of agricultural waste, incentivizing transitions to gas-powered heat, and creating regulations to limit vehicle pollution.

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HumanNature

DECEMBER 19, 2023

With advances in computing power over the last few decades, computer simulation of chemical compounds has emerged as a viable alternative to physical experimentation – this has resulted in large scale elimination of chemical waste and huge time savings [2]. 2011): 1239-1249. Hughes, James P., “Principles of early drug discovery.”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Saving energy, reducing waste, and saving money are all interconnected, and these schools are setting the example for others to follow.” “These schools are teaching the next generation to be god stewards of the environment and to protect our natural resources and public health,” said Acting DEP Secretary Ramez Ziadeh.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The shale gas wells were drilled and fracked between September 2011 and August 2012. Johnson said DEP’s letter of determination does not say whether DEP directly asked if Chevron used PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ at the drilling site in 2011-2012, but the Department instead stated it relied on a “review of documents related to the well site.”

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 28, 2022

But the country switched off most of its nuclear generators following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. Risako Narikiyo, a member of Koike’s regional party Tomin First no Kai said on the assembly floor: “In addition to the existing global climate crisis, we face an energy crisis with a prolonged Russia-Ukraine war, there is no time to waste.”

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Environment Next

JULY 22, 2021

House of Representatives passed the PFAS Action Act of 2011 , requiring EPA to establish nationwide drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS, two of the thousands of PFAS compounds. Other measures in the bill limit industrial discharges of PFAS and restrict incineration of PFAS waste. On July 21, 2021, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 16, 2023

"Initial findings from the joint inquiry into the storm, presented by staff at FERC's June 15 monthly open meeting, echo those from inquiries into the root causes of deadly Texas blackouts in February 2021 and similar but less severe cold weather events in 2011, 2014 and 2018." "The

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

The evening of January 14, 2011, Jacob, then a 16-year-old sophomore at Aurora High School, entered a basketball game against Central City. At a January 31, 2011, appointment the doctor ordered blood tests and chest X-rays, to check for infection. In countries without proper waste disposal, untreated sewage is a factor.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Since 2011, the Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools program has recognized schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving the health and wellness of school communities, and providing environmental education to students.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 27, 2022

A year after state regulators closed an ethanol plant after toxic waste was “accidentally spilled and intentionally spread” across farm fields and contaminated water supplies in Mead, Nebraska, residents are torn on the best path to remediation. “We don’t have water to drink and we wonder if we have a government,” he said. 500 PEOPLE.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

The digital atlas shows the location of 592 unconventional wells and proposed locations, compressor stations, water impoundments, surface water withdrawal sites, waste sites and the locations of violations. The remaining 173 (27 percent) violations were for various other shortcomings—most issued for improper handling of waste materials.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Actions Since 2011 The order describes the steps taken since 2011 to inspect and evaluate 43 shale gas wells within the Dimock/Carter Road Area and identify the issues that lead to widespread contamination of local water supplies. Only the horizontal portion of the well may traverse under the Area to produce the natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

The inspection also found a 100 barrel production wastewater tank on site and the operator failed to submit annual production and waste generation and well integrity reports. Seresun 1 well and found it to be abandoned. These are continuing violations from when DEP first issued them on December 11, 2017. & Joseph E.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

announced it has begun providing renewable natural gas (RNG) for the Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority in Bellefonte, Centre County, supporting a transition to a cleaner, low-carbon fuel produced from organic waste. On December 7, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Over Last Year [PaEN] [Posted: December 7, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Thus, it is crucial to understand how placing the environment alongside notions of security shapes the way environmental issues are understood and also governed by whom and for whom. Photo Credit: John Englart, Flickr References: Barnett, J., Climate Change, Human Security and Violent Conflict. Political Geography 26 (6): 639–655 Browning, C.,

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Before being elected County Executive, Innamorato served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 21st District, where she introduced several environmental bills, including one that closed the hazardous oil and gas waste loophole that endangers our drinking water. In 2011, Kraybill purchased his first electric car, a Chevy Volt.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Since 2011, the ED-GRS program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 27, 2011

08-0497, 2011 WL 836827 (Tex. 11, 2011), the Supreme Court of Texas reversed the Austin Court of Appeal’s finding that the Railroad Commission (the “Commission”) has to consider broad public safety concerns in the permitting of proposed oil and gas waste injection wells. Texas Citizens for a Safe Future and Clean Water , No.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2022

Since 2011, the Green Ribbon Schools Program has nominated schools, districts, and institutions of higher education across the country for their dedication to reducing environmental impact and cost, improving health and wellness of schools, and providing environmental education to students. PDE and the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Perry was named Deputy for Oil and Gas Management in September 2011 by Gov. The Department of Environmental Protection confirmed as of February 11, Scott Perry, Deputy Secretary for Oil and Gas Management, is no longer an employee of the agency. No other comments on personnel actions were made. No replacement has yet been named.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 30, 2024

And a site with four such reactors could have four times the annual risk of a single unit, or an even greater risk if an accident at one reactor were to damage the others, as happened during the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident in Japan. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 28, 2021

GW Of Coal-Fired Electric Generation Capacity Retired Since 2011; 14.5 National/International -- Reuters: Hurricane Ida Knocks Out More Gulf Coast Oil Than Katrina -- U.S. GW Of 317.6

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation sets a deadline on the operation of final disposal facilities for radioactive waste. For existing nuclear nations, appropriate plans for waste management already exist because they are required by relevant EU law and international guidance. This makes the condition impractical.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In 2011, it was Tropical Storm Lee , in 2017, it was Tropical Depression Harvey , in 2018 it was micro-storms causing flooding in communities all over the state and again with the $117 million in damage from Hurricane Ida in the last month. The question is-- how will they spend the little voting time they have back in Harrisburg?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 10, 2022

AB 2108 requires the State and Regional Water Boards to conduct environmental justice outreach regarding disproportionate impacts to water quality from waste discharge in disadvantaged communities or tribal communities. SB 6 and AB 2011 enable residential development in zones where office, retail, or parking are a principally permitted use.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 17, 2023

The contamination in the region is from World War II-era processing of uranium by Mallinckrodt Chemical Company upstream, and later by the improper storage of nuclear waste at the airport (a decision made by the Department of Energy). Louis County and about 17 miles from Jana Elementary in Florissant. Louis area?

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste. In another case, she represents Liberty Township and the Citizens Environmental Association of Slippery Rock Area, Inc.

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The Energy Law Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

However, these standards were vacated by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit after the Court found EPA’s definition of “commercial or industrial waste” conflicted with the language of the Clean Air Act in NRDC v. 01-1537, 2011 U.S. 20, 2011). EPA , 489 F. 3d 1250 (D.C. 7607(d)(7)(B).

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Academy of Natural Sciences

OCTOBER 20, 2021

26, 2011, the two Philadelphia institutions pledged to combine their strengths to mutually expand their global scientific reputations and capabilities. Photo credit Meg O’ Donnel/ANS Farm fertilizers and animal waste flowing into streams can cause problems in the Delaware River Watershed. Photo credit ANS. million today. . ~70

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Physics World

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In 2011 I returned to Australia to work at Curtin University and in 2017 moved to China to the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) in Beijing. I was born in Italy and did a PhD in astrophysics at the Australian National University. There I work on several projects and also collaborate with colleagues worldwide. .

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

More Background Since March 2011, the state Department of Health has been attempting to document health complaints of residents initially in unconventional oil and gas drilling areas and maintains a Health Complaints Registry. Click Here for a copy of the Plan.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Adding to this is the volatility of Japanese nuclear reactors, which are susceptible to earthquakes, flooding, and other natural disasters, which could lead to disastrous nuclear meltdowns, as well as emergency response introducing nuclear waste into the world’s oceans.

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The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The wastewater produced in fracking operations is considered unusable because it contains chemicals, salt, leached minerals and other oil and gas wastes. In 2011, 3.5 Phil King, one obstacle to recycling fracking wastewater is the legal ambiguity about the ownership of oil and gas waste transferred for treatment.

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Edouard Stenger

JULY 27, 2018

Written by brothers Robert and Edward Ayres, the book introduces readers to many great technologies such as recycling industrial waste-energy (which could bring 100 GW of capacity in the US alone) and combined heat and power (CHP) or cogeneration (wi t h a potential for 135 GW in the United States alone). Reinventing Fire (2011).

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