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Murray Edwards: The Fossil Fuel Fanatic

Enviromental Defense

Edwards was also a key player in the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster of 2014 , where Imperial Metals, of which he is a controlling shareholder, experienced a catastrophic breach to one of its tailings ponds that released billions of liters of toxic waste into nearby waterways. The province and taxpayers of B.C.

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Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Union of Concerned Scientists

Through subsequent regulation adopted in 2015, the state took the lead in the country by requiring metropolitan planning organizations and MassDOT to evaluate the emissions impacts of transportation projects, which you can now see in state transportation plans. driving more to reach the same places can be a waste of time and money.

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Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

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Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5 Million Penalty Against Range Resources For Leaking Gas Well [June 2015] -- DEP Fines Chevron $939,552 For Fatal Greene County Gas Well Fire [June 2015] -- DEP: $1.75

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What Lliuya v. RWE Means for Climate Change Loss and Damage Claims

Law Columbia

The suit, which was filed in 2015, alleges that RWE’s historic GHG emissions—amounting to approximately 0.38% of GHG emissions since the Industrial Revolution—have materially contributed to climate change and, specifically, to the accelerated melting of mountain glaciers near Lliuya‘s hometown.

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Center For Coalfield Justice, MIT Researchers Host April 17 Public Meeting In Washington County On An Upcoming Seismic Study In Southwestern PA

PA Environment Daily

Resource Links: -- DCNR, DEP Increasing Efforts To Monitor Seismic Activity In Pennsylvania [PaEN 2015] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 15 to 21 -- Shale Gas Wells Seismic Investigation; Conventional Well Spill Cost Water Co.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 21 to 31 - Record Number Conventional, Shale Gas Abandoned Well Violations In 2024; Gas Storage Area Well Leaks

PA Environment Daily

Hilcorp Energy Company - Violations: Abandoned Shale Gas Well Plug Failed On December 10, 2024 Hilcorp Energy responded to a violation for abandoning the Pulaski Kinkela 3H shale gas well in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County confirming the well was abandoned in 2015 and plugged, however, the plug failed to stop the flow of gas.

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