PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

11 Hearing On How PA Should Subsidize The Remediation Of Waste Coal Piles [PaEN] -- Resilient Reading Initiative, Green Building Alliance Host Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Development In Lackawanna County [PaEN] -- PA House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug. 12-14] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Aug.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Penn State studies found the amounts of at least 25 of the chemicals they tested for exceeded environmental and health standards and radioactive radium exceeded industrial waste discharge standards. The guidelines were administered by DEP under the Clean Streams Law, Solid Waste Management Act and the Oil and Gas Act. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

11 Hearing On How PA Should Subsidize The Remediation Of Waste Coal Piles [PaEN] -- Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I. Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN] -- Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Billion Pounds Of Air Pollution Since It Began Operation, During 80 Malfunctions, 43 Violation Episodes [PaEN] -- PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

No Laws Or Regulations Have Changed In fact, since that report, no laws have changed, the regulations we have now have been in place for nine years and remain the same, and the number of DEP Oil and Gas Program staff dedicated to enforcement remain frozen at December 2016 levels, while the number of shale gas wells drilled grew 43.6%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

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. It is also an additional source of noise and light pollution. I also want to highlight fracking fluid and flaring from this list.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

PA House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on how Pennsylvania should subsidize the remediation of waste coal piles. Sustainable Pittsburgh Hosts Webinar On Stormwater Management And Hazard Mitigation For Municipalities. Noon to 1:15 p.m. August 11-- NEW. Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2025

The owner failed to submit annual production, waste generation and mechanical integrity reports. Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. The well now is venting gas. The owner failed to address any of the violations. No request made of well owner.

2025

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., LLC - Buck Township Facility: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Buck Township, Luzerne County. ( Bradford County. Received June 26 Issued July 21. (

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 30, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas fracking operations in Pennsylvania sent nearly 236,00 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to out-of-state low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal, more volume than all the industries combined in the four-state Appalachian Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

2016

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. have gotten easier.

Waste

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

You may have heard about a miracle cure for plastic waste that creates green energy in the process—the mystical waste incinerator. We know how many people want to rid the world of plastic waste and shift to sustainable energy. But there really is no miracle cure for waste. It almost sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it?

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

The following factsheet on asthma and air pollution from natural gas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. Asthma attacks, also known as exacerbations, may be triggered by indoor and outdoor air pollution, stress, and other physical and environmental factors.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

What we manufacture helps reduce waste, offsets the need to extract virgin resources and helps manufacturers achieve carbon reduction goals.” The company has operated a small-scale demonstration plant since 2016 in San Antonio, TX. million gallons daily.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Wolf, Senate, House Republicans Again Fail To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable For Protecting The Environment, Taxpayers On Hook For Billions [7.19.22] -- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Reported Spreading 977,671 Gallons Of Untreated Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads In 2021 [8.31.22] -- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In addition to this uptick in production, at the same time, we had a big increase in waste production. So actually about 98% of waste production from fracked wells is in the form of produced water. Where does this waste actually go? Are There Disproportionate Exposures From Waste? It has several different outlets.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

Five other violations involved illegal disposal or handling of liquid or solid waste. Unplugged or improperly plugged wells can cause a myriad of problems, including gas migration into occupied structures, water supply impacts, surface water impacts, hazardous air pollutant emissions, methane emissions, and soil and groundwater contamination.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- UGI Texas Creek, LLC - Castle Compressor Station: DEP approved an Air Quality Permit for multiple sources of air pollution at the compressor station located in Canton Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3089 ) Read more here. Bradford County. ( York County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Bradford County. (

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Latest Science A 2016 study led by health researchers at the University of Pittsburgh examined the adequacy of unconventional natural gas drilling setbacks in the three largest and most heavily drilled natural gas plays in the U.S. Read more here. Santasiero and Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The IRRC had earlier expressed concern there were not separate final regulations for unconventional and conventional oil and gas facilities as required by a 2016 state law (Act 52). In fact, 84 municipalities are designated by DEP as “waste facilities” because of the road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater. Read more here.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

A variety of studies have documented that radioactivity is brought to the surface with natural gas and oil production and travels through natural gas pipelines, oil refining systems, natural gas processing and liquid and solid waste disposal and treatment facilities. Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 2126 ) - - Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining & Marketing, LLC - 2016 Release East of Former Tank PB 23: DEP received a Notice of Intent to remediate soil contaminated with petroleum constituents to the Statewide Health Standards and Site-Specific Standards for the site located on West Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia. (

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Since 2016, 811,070 cubic feet have been sent to low-level disposal facilities.

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2024

Santarsiero and others also introduced legislation giving the state Attorney General original jurisdiction to prosecute environmental crimes under the Solid Waste Management Act, Clean Streams Law and the Safe Drinking Water Act. Yaw received the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s 2023 Shale Gas Advocate Award. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. Despite these protective measures, animal waste often escapes and contaminates local water.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In June, the Office of Attorney General also filed criminal charges against Energy Corporation of America, now Greylock Production, LLC , for allegedly failing to address environmental hazards created by the storage of fracking waste fluids and other operations from 2015 to 2020 at various well sites in Clearfield and Greene counties.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Read more here ] According to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database, CNX Gas Company also received over 1,000 notices of violation from DEP since January 1, 2016.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2023

Spreading wastewater on roads from conventional oil and gas wells is illegal because it does not meet the requirements of DEP’s Residual Waste Regulations, but it’s still going on. Read more here.] Click Here to read through the EHP industry description. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This industry has been protected by politicians that continue to allow it to literally dump their waste and responsibilities on taxpayers to clean up.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

The Home Resource Guide Community Workshops are a series of trainings that cover topics surrounding oil and gas development, from extraction and production to transportation and waste issues. Click Here to register for these free training sessions.

Natural Gas

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

All three landfills are operated by the County subject to oversight and permits by the County Department of Environmental Health Services, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District.

Law

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- WNEP: Kindness Tree Dedicated At Marywood University -- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Changes In Fertilizer Law; Wildflower Seed Mixes; Creating A Stumpery -- Inquirer: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Is A PA Tourist Attraction; But You Can Spend The Night At His Lynn Hall In McKean County Public Participation -- DEP: New Location For (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Related Articles: -- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Online Nov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Metcalfe was again critical of DEP’s delay in finalizing this regulation when DEP knew of the EPA’s oil and gas emission limit requirement starting in 2016. DEP again repeated their legal position that Act 52 does not apply to regulations promulgated under the state Air Pollution Control Act like the one before the Board for the vote.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Coterra entered a plea to Prohibition Against Discharge of Industrial Wastes, a violation of the Clean Streams Law. A decade later, at the time of their appearance before the grand jury, the issue had remained unresolved. As part of the plea agreement, Coterra will pay $16.29

Natural Gas