PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2024

DEP’s inspection report [Dryburgh 2 - example] requested the owner-- again-- to submit a written report by June 1, 2024 on how the wells will be brought into compliance. DEP issued violations for abandonment, venting and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and mechanical integrity reports on March 7, 2024.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

December 14, 2023. General Assembly returned to a very aggressive effort to influence environmental rules in 2023. Farm Act of 2023 (Senate Bill 582) and the Regulatory Reform Act of 2023 (House Bill 600) all contained provisions weakening existing environmental protections and in some cases preventing adoption of new standards.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. more than in 2015. more than in 2021 and 26.6% more than in 2022 and 569.9% Read more here. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The first time I had visited the show in 2015, there were only a handful of EVs scattered among hundreds of gasoline cars and trucks, while this year many automakers had EVs front and center in their displays. I recently had the chance to visit the Los Angeles Auto Show and I was amazed at the number of electric vehicle (EV) offerings.

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HumanNature

MARCH 15, 2024

Guest Post by Emilia Ravetta , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at Colorado State University The 2023 was the warmest year on record of history (World Meteorological Organization 2023). 2023 “Raw Materials and Society in Latin America”.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

degrees Fahrenheit) is a target to limit global-average heating that was adopted by nations in the 2015 Paris Agreement. Q: So, what happened with global temperatures in 2023? Measured by this longer-term trend, the most recent IPCC report, released in March 2023, projected that we would pass 1.5 Remember, 2023 was a shocker.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

[The four wells that are part of this announcement were list as abandoned by DEP since April 14, 2015.] Note: In 2023, DEP issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas well operators for new or continuing well abandonment without plugging them. Read more here.] No notice of violation was issued at that time.

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A Greener Life

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In its provisional State of the Global Climate report, they confirmed, that not only is 2023 on track to be the warmest year on record by a large margin, but they also expect we will reach 1.4 Even though there’s a month left of 2023, VMO feels confident enough to make the call that will leave us only 0.1 degrees C of breaching the 1.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Also on the agenda is a presentation on the proposed regulation setting aquatic life criteria for copper and a presentation on the draft 2024 PA Integrated Water Quality Report. 2015-011-L ). PaEN] [Posted: September 18, 2023] PA Environment Digest Click Here for DEP’s presentation.

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HumanNature

MARCH 11, 2024

Guest Post by Vedanshi Nevatia , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph. The Sustainable Development Goals outlined by the UN Foundation in 2015 not only provide a guideline for an ideal future, but also illustrate the multi-pronged dilemma of emerging economies.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He retired in January 2024. On December 31, 2023, he retired from the Clean Air Council after serving as the organization's executive director and chief counsel for over 35 years. His fourth conference is scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024. Minott's work emphasizes the importance of public policy.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Read more here. -- On February 7, 2024, the Environmental Hearing Board issued an opinion and order granting part of an Apex Energy (PA) LLC motion to dismiss parts of a Protect PT appeal of the renewal of shale gas well permits at the Drakulic well pad in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. EHB Docket 2023074. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2024

On December 21, 2023, an onsite inspection showed plugging contractors have started making preparations-- dug a waste pit and lined it, but will not start drilling until after the Christmas holiday. [ DEP originally inspected the well on June 1, 2023 and found it was venting gas and issued notices of violation. Read more here.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

President & CEO of Cenovus Energy: 2017-2023 TC Energy: 1990-2017 Chief Operating Officer of TC Energy: 2015-2017 VP and President Development of TC Energy Corp: 2006-2014 Villain Career Profile Alex Pourbaix has always gone above and beyond to advocate for pipelines and the oil and gas industry. million in 2015.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the January 27 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 27 PA Bulletin it is extending the deadline for conventional and unconventional natural gas facility operators to submit their first methane pollution emissions report to June 1, 2024.

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Real Climate

JANUARY 13, 2023

Back in 2013/2014, the differences between the surface indices (HadCRUT3, NOAA v3 and GISTEMP v3) contributed to the initial confusion related to the ‘pause’, which was seemingly evident in HadCRUT3, but not so much in the other records (see this discussion from 2015). From next month onwards, NOAA will move to v5.1

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2024

Violations were issued and DEP’s inspection report requested a written report by January 20, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance. Violations were issued and DEP’s inspection report requested a written report by January 20, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance. On January 4, 2024 , DEP inspected the W.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2024

DEP just said 86% of conventional oil and gas well owners continue to fail to report how much waste they produce and where they dispose of for 33,505 wells in 2023. In 2023, DEP issued notices of violation to 271 conventional oil and gas wells for abandoning and not plugging those wells. more than in 2015. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

DEP is requesting a written response by January 15, 2024 from the operator on how they plan to correct the violations and bring the site into compliance. Click Here for a copy of DEP’s inspection report. In addition, the report said, “The reclaimed area where impoundments were previously located looked vegetated and stable. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

Bomstein assumes this role after the retirement at the close of 2023 of the Council’s long time Executive Director Joseph Otis Minott. In early 2015, he began work at the Council as the Senior Litigation Attorney, following seven years as a commercial litigation associate at Pepper Hamilton LLP, now Troutman Pepper.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 4, 2024

On January 2, 2024, DEP inspection reports show five abandoned conventional wells located on State Game Land 314 and placed on DEP’s abandoned well list June 17, 2015 will be monitored by Zefiro to quantify the amount of methane leaking from the wells. Background On May 17, 2023, Marcellus Drilling News reported Zefiro Methane Corp.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

It has been owned by Talen Energy and managed by MARC since 2015. “On Expanded educational programming is expected to begin in early 2024. "We The Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper Association is planning to hire someone to help coordinate educational programming, access additional grant funding and improve long-term sustainability.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

ESA has honored past award recipients for policy work that included: wildlife conservation green urban renewal initiatives stream, river & lake restoration ESA’s 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Long Beach, California. 2017 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici, U.S.

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In its argumentation, the court highlighted that France had largely exceeded its carbon budget for the period 2015-2018 and that by an April 2020 Decree it had raised the 2 nd carbon budget (2019-2023) and lowered the 3 rd carbon budget (2024-2028), effectively shifting the bulk of the emission reduction efforts to after 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2024

During the most recent National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day in October 2023, the DEA collected more than 30,000 pounds of unused medication in Pennsylvania alone across 262 collection sites. Since the inception of Pennsylvania’s drug take-back program in 2015, more than 1.3 Posted: April 25, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 26, 2024

January 26, 2024. In 2023, EPA released a revised health risk assessment of 1,4 dioxane considering risk to the public through exposure in drinking water. As early as 2015, drinking water systems using the Cape Fear River system as a water source detected 1,4 dioxane in their drinking water. 1,4 dioxane.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On February 5, the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership awarded its 2023 Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Awards to Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager of Lancaster, and twin sisters Keisha and Tarsha Scovens of Lancaster and Philadelphia respectively. The sisters completed Pennsylvania Master Naturalist training in 2014-2015.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

Nestlé, Mars among chocolate makers criticised in cocoa-sourcing report Just Food PaulaR Wed, 01/03/2024 - 15:20 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Simon Harvey Ferrero, Mondelez and Lindt also labelled as “inadequate” in Ethical Consumer’s assessment.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 3, 2024

USA: Nestle bottled water operations spark protests amid California drought Rose Hackman | The Guardian | May 20, 2015 Hundreds of protesters gathered in front of two Nestle bottling plants in California on Wednesday to deliver petitions demanding the company stop bottling operations in the drought-stricken state.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 29, 2023

On March 29, 2023, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the obligations of States with respect to climate change. On March 1, 2023, Vanuatu announced overwhelming support for the draft resolution with 105 co-sponsor states.

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Acoel

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Thomas Sansonetti The old saying goes “water in the East is for drinking and water in the West is for fighting over!” The management of the Kerr Dam and Flathead Lake transferred from the BOR to the local Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes in 2015.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

billion to the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries in 2023 alone – a substantial amount of taxpayer money that went towards making it cheaper to find, extract, process, transport, and export fossil fuels and their derivatives. “In It is ten times what the government has invested in climate change adaptation since 2015.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

On June 20, 2023, the Spanish Supreme Court handed down its final ruling in the case of Greenpeace v. Spain II Decision Fast forward to June 2023, and the Supreme Court’s final ruling on Greenpeace v. Spain II , widely known as the trial for climate (“ el juicio por el clima ”). Spain I and Greenpeace v. Greenpeace v. Spain II emerges.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. 2024) Cal.App.5th. City of Pomona (2023) 92 Cal.App.5th City of Irvine (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th Hilltop Group, Inc.,

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 27, 2024

2023 was a devastating year for so many people across Canada. In fact, new analysis we released today finds that in 2023, the federal government provided the fossil fuel Industry with at least $18.6 Unfortunately, subsidies for carbon capture are set to rise significantly in 2024. billion for carbon capture and storage projects.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Coalition Against Bayer Dangers | January 29, 2015 The chemical and pharmaceutical company BAYER has systematically moved profits to low-tax countries. BAYER appearing poor to tax authorities - Appropriate Taxes for Multinationals!

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 8, 2023

Okieville residents were historically reliant on drought-vulnerable domestic wells but were able to form a new water system in 2015: the Okieville Highland Acres Mutual Water Company. One such community is Okieville in Tulare County. The dashboard also shows the amount of state funding leveraged to support them.

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