PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

There are quite a few potential environmental impacts from unconventional oil and gas development. The two most commonly reported concerns to the Department of Health are those related to air pollution and water contamination, specifically individuals on private well water. This increased odds was present for all phases of UOGD.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 18, 2024

Last week, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized updated regulations for certain facilities that emit ethylene oxide (EtO), a colorless, cancer-causing gas. Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is required to review and revise standards for “hazardous air pollutants” (including ethylene oxide), every eight years.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection notified the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County it will no longer be able to operate under an Air Quality Construction permit and must submit an application for a full Title V Air Quality Permit within 120 days. 12,671,044.75

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Written by David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection.

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Prior to her involvement in environmental advocacy, Ms.

Climate Change

The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. By Lesley Foxhall Pietras On April 18, 2013, the U.S.

2014

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Center’s experts conduct research and develop best management practices to construct and maintain dirt and gravel roads in ways that reduce sediment and runoff causing water and air pollution. In 2013, Act 89 was passed increasing the funding for the Program from $5 Million to $35 Million annually in 2014-15. Read more here.

Environmental Protection

A Greener Life

AUGUST 22, 2022

As for the two surveys of soil pollution, the first was of soil in general while the second focused on agricultural land. million km2 and its result were published in a report in 2014. Pollution was found to breach standards at 16.1% of polluted sites. The first covered around 6.3 of the sampling sites. meaning a 2.2-fold

Atmosphere

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. New Jersey Appellate Court Affirmed State Authority to Take Easements for Coastal Protection Projects. FEATURED CASE.

2017

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Fossil fuel power plant owners are facing increased accountability for their air and water pollution, including from a new round of environmental and public health protections that are being rolled out by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). We’ve heard these lazily disingenuous narratives before.

Fossil Fuels

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2023

It’s likely our neighborhood was most exposed from the time the neighborhood was developed in 2007 until 2014, when the plants installed scrubbers in their smokestacks. It turns out that we are among the lucky ones.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The study looked at air pollution, blowouts and evacuations, and thermal modeling and found that “(C)urrent natural gas well setbacks in…the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania… cannot be considered sufficient in all cases to protect public health and safety.” Read more here. ] Read more here. ] Read more here.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on toxic air and water emissions for a large number of industrial facilities across the US, refineries are the 10 th most toxic industry , in a toxicity ranking list with over 200 grades. Refineries are among the most toxic industries in this country.

Ground-Level Ozone

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. She said DEP did set up a summa canister air sampler once in August of 2014 in an attempt to document air emissions from the pigging facility. Yes, three times a day, seven days a week for nearly a decade.] So we are no longer having rashes.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

“We need to protect our unleased public lands from this rush because they are the most significant tracts of undisturbed forest remaining in the state,” he said in 2010. Tom Corbett lifted it briefly in 2014. The moratorium remained until Republican Gov. Two years later, his Democratic successor, Gov. Tom Wolf, reinstated the ban.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

Tom Wolf, this year's budget includes a $696 million bipartisan program to use federal recovery funds and state allocations for restoration and environmental protection. Protecting water has been a priority of the Wolf administration. Ramez Ziadeh is Acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.

Air Pollution

Vermont Law

APRIL 4, 2016

Cyberattacks, too, have implications for the so-called critical infrastructure that we rely upon for our energy, industrial operations and environmental protection. . As 2014 came to a close, the German Federal Office for Information Security announced that an unidentified steel mill in that country had been hacked.

Nuclear Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2023

First, multiple local community members talked about their experiences with apathetic decisionmakers, energy burdens, air pollution, legacy contamination, and the impacts on their respiratory health. Many discussed exacerbations of allergies by air pollution. This is about environmental racism.”

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

These reductions are greater than what was projected for the 2022 and 2021 proposals, thanks to changes that strengthen provisions to limit wasteful, polluting flaring of natural gas and analytical updates that better capture the impacts of this rulemaking. On December 2, the U.S.

Regulations

HumanNature

MARCH 31, 2021

Outdoor air pollution accounts for approximately 3.7 – 4.8 Other amazing strides have been made in targeting black carbon emissions such as, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Black Carbon Diesel Initiative in the Russian Arctic. Particulate Matter Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease.”

Atmosphere

Vermont Law

AUGUST 7, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)’s new Environmental Justice Thriving Communities Grantmaking (“EJ TCGM”) program, this funding will advance efficiency and simplify the application process for EJ grants. 2022), [link] See The White House, The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Advances Environmental Justice (Nov.

2023

Corp Watch

MARCH 1, 2024

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JANUARY 26, 2024

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JANUARY 25, 2024

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Historic Climate Lawsuit Against Shell Filed in the Netherlands Center for International Environmental Law | April 5, 2019 Friends of the Earth Netherlands (Milieudefensie) filed suit today against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands to legally compel the company to address its role in the climate crisis.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Of Environmental Professionals Award Scholarships To Isaac Nulton, Poppy Northing; Conference Starts Oct. Vitali -- Morton Family Partners With French Valley Conservancy To Donate 340 Acres In Crawford County -- Farm Families Partner With Dept.

Conservation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019

Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Anti-pollution activists stage protest at Volkswagen's UK headquarters Matthew Taylor | The Guardian | August 20, 2018 Doctors and anti-pollution activists have blockaded the UK headquarters of Volkswagen as the campaign to highlight the country’s air pollution crisis gathers pace. Volkswagen of America, Inc.

2019