PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. DEP arrived at the plant on January 3, 2023 to start its investigation.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

Braymer was appointed Chief Counsel to the Department of Environmental Protection effective December, 2023. He succeeds Carolina DGiorgio who served as Chief Counsel from March to December 2023 and was named vice president for Governmental and External Affairs at PECO this month.

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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 2021 and 26.6% more than in 2022 and 569.9% more than in 2015. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Brag

AUGUST 2, 2023

Hutton On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period on proposed amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Comments are due August 8, 2023. Bergeson and Carla N.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. .:

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ESA

APRIL 3, 2023

The assessment will also allow the country to look ahead at how nature might change in the future and identify opportunities for investments in nature to help achieve climate, health, environmental justice and economic goals. What are specific activities that this individual has accomplished informed by ecological science?

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ESA

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The subcommittee funds the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Forest Service. The $425 million amount would represent a $57 million increase over FY 2023 levels. The United Arab Emirates is set to host the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Conference of Parties 28 (COP 28) in November 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the April 8 PA Bulletin -- -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on its intent to issue a Title V Air Quality permit for the Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant in Monessen, Westmoreland County. (

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Brag

MAY 30, 2023

Hutton On May 26, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the new chemicals procedural regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Comments are due July 25, 2023. More information on the proposed rule is available in our May 24, 2023, memorandum.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed Total Maximum Daily Load water quality plan for Johnston Run Watershed in Franklin County. The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed Total Maximum Daily Load water quality plan for Johnston Run Watershed in Franklin County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 22, 2024

The federal Clean Water Act directs the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set and enforce the rules that regulate this pollution. But the current rules, which were enacted two decades ago, are woefully inadequate at curbing the environmental and human impacts of this dirty water deluge.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2023

On October 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reached a Settlement Agreement with DC Ambler Properties, LLC., DC Ambler Properties failed to comply with the 2014 COA and a subsequent stipulation agreement in 2016, and was ordered by the Commonwealth Court to resolve the company’s outstanding obligations.

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Brag

JULY 7, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold a webinar on July 18, 2023, at 2:00 p.m. The final rule increases transparency, modernizes the reporting and review procedures for CBI, and aligns with the 2016 amendments to TSCA. The rule will become effective on August 7, 2023. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton The U.S.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

By Keith Schneider Circle of Blue February 8, 2023 President Biden, U.S. environmental organizations, and climate activists were appropriately enthused last summer when Democrats passed the Inflation Reduction Act. In 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency identified phosphorus and nitrogen discharges from U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On February 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has begun an emergency project to plug two leaking abandoned natural gas wells along Scrubgrass Road in Scott Township, Allegheny County. This well was listed as abandoned by DEP in an inspection report on April 21, 2016 - report not available.] [The

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The PUC estimates there are from 60,000 to 100,000 miles of natural gas gathering pipelines in 33 counties, according to testimony presented to the Senate and House Emergency Preparedness and Veteran Affairs Committees in 2016. DEP staff spoke with the complainant on January 4, 2023 and conducted an onsite inspection the same day.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

By 2016, dirt road residents in my township of Farmington, were gathering petitions pleading for the road spreading of brine to stop. Those that could stop the brine dumping, the Department of Environmental Protection and township officials, turned a deaf ear to residents. Signs saying ‘No Salt Brine, Please!” Read more here.]

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This is, at least in part, fallout from the vilification of election officials and poll workers by Trump and his camp in the immediate wake of losing states he had won in 2016, especially Georgia. percent in Arizona after the 2016-18 election cycle. percent in Utah and 23.3 There has been positive movement in that arena.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

The following editorial was published in the Warren Times Observer on May 25, 2023 which publishes in the heart of the conventional oil and gas drilling industry-- Breathe easy. The state constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment is not a gratuitous statement.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

Carson Consulting conducted a mixed-methods study examining five years of data from 2016 – 2020 and conducted interviews with representatives of law enforcement and judicial officers to gain on-the-ground insight. PalmettoPride, South Carolina’s anti-litter organization, will release a litter study in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

DEP issued 605 NOVs against unconventional shale gas operators and 149 to conventional oil and gas drillers for defective casing or cementing from 2016 through 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database. Written By David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection. Butler Twp. Chapman Twp. -

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

The following editorial was published in the Observer-Reporter on May 23, 2023 which publishes in the heart of the conventional oil and gas drilling industry in Washington and Greene counties-- Breathe easy. The state constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment is not a gratuitous statement.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

On April 19, the PA Supreme Court issued a ruling overturning a Commonwealth Court decision that blocked the ability of the Department of Environmental Protection to protect public resources and playgrounds from the adverse impacts of unconventional shale gas well operations.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil CEO from 2006 to 2016. The company has yet to publish a report for its grantmaking in 2022, let alone 2023. Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) Rose asked Tillerson open-ended questions on a range of subjects, including climate change and national energy policy. And Rose did, at times, ask follow-up questions.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

In September 2022, a Louisiana court revoked the company’s air permits for failing to protect the public from environmental harm. On October 31, 2023 at 2:00 pm (CT) Diane will lead a global hunger strike against Formosa Plastics, her fourth hunger strike. billion complex in St. But activists from the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Farms collectively are the largest source of nitrate pollution in rivers and groundwater, and the penalty for contaminated water — meaning stricter and more costly standards in order to protect public health — is paid by the people who drink it. This one is slated to be completed in 2023. It comes at a time when the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2023

The following editorial first appeared in the Citizens Voice on May 17, 2023 -- Breathe easy. The state constitution’s Environmental Rights Amendment is not a gratuitous statement. and other critical communities, historical and archaeological sites and drinking water sources.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only. In March, DEP reported 86% of conventional oil and gas well owners did not comply with waste disposal reporting for 33,505 wells in 2023. A video of the hearing will be posted on Sen. Muth’s website. We don’t know. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

In September 2016, for instance, an airstrike killed 15 members of the same family, including 12 children. USA: Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal: Raytheon HQ Code Pink | February 14, 2023 In the months leading up to the November 2023 War Crimes Tribunal, we aim to hold monthly demonstrations holding the defendants accountable.

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Acoel

JANUARY 27, 2023

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Lynn L. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R. The federal law that authorizes the U.S.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

In September 2016, for instance, an airstrike killed 15 members of the same family, including 12 children. USA: Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal: Raytheon HQ Code Pink | February 14, 2023 In the months leading up to the November 2023 War Crimes Tribunal, we aim to hold monthly demonstrations holding the defendants accountable.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. Read more here. Impoundments have since been removed.)

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APRIL 1, 2024

representative for Kentucky’s 3rd congressional district, was recognized for his commitment to environmental stewardship, science-based environmental protection and natural resource management. 2016 Fort Lauderdale Annual Meeting Shannon Estenoz, Director of Everglades Restoration Initiatives, U.S. degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency in 2016 established a federal lifetime drinking water health advisory limit of 70 parts per trillion (ppt) for both PFOA and PFAS. Information on this new state drinking water regulation is available from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. 004 ppt in 2022.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, Jamie Stroble, Director of Climate Action and Resilience reflects on the link between healthy community relationships and a healthy climate. This is an opportunity for The Nature Conservancy and other mainstream PWI environmental organization to center climate equity in how we approach our work.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Chapter 78 Updates For more than two years, DEP has been in the process of updating conventional oil and gas environmental protection and waste disposal and handling standards, after the last comprehensive update was killed by the General Assembly in 2016. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

Roughly half of the survey respondents at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) now say they have a more effective workplace than they did two years before, for example. It lost 12 percent of its workforce between 2016 and 2020. Only 5 percent said so in our 2018 survey.

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