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Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

While DCNR took the lead in managing parks and forests, DEP was entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting Pennsylvania’s air, land, and water resources, an increasingly complex and critical mission. A Strong Start: Building a Modern Environmental Agency The formation of DEP in 1995 was a strategic step forward.

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Protect PT: CNX Appeals EHB Decision Requiring DEP To Enforce Local Environmental Protection Settlement At The Drakulic Shale Gas Well Pad In Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

In 2016, Apex reapplied for the Drakulic well site along with six other site applications. The Board found that “the Applicant (Apex) has failed to adequately demonstrate that the drill site operations will not violate the environmental rights of the citizens as required by Section 190-641(D)(9).”

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DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

During a routine inspection on November 27, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation to Stonehaven Energy MGT Co. The Latshaw 9 conventional well was first issued a permit as a waste injection well by DEP on June 10, 2014 and by the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 28, 2016.

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Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2016, the landmark decision in Kain v. Department of Environmental Protection found that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) was not doing enough to attain the “actual, measurable, and permanent emissions reductions” of the state climate law.

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Viewpoint: These new energy solutions do more than generate power

A Greener Life

They are empowering green development to help integrate environmental protection, economic modernization and social progress. During severe Mekong River droughts in 2016 and 2019, upstream emergency water releases helped ease shortages downstream. In 2016 alone, 12.65 Such systems contribute to regional water resilience.

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Supreme Court Clarifies Scope of NEPA Review

National Law Center

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Environmental Defense Fund To Receive Dickinson College Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism

PA Environment Daily

It was a primary advocate for the overhaul of Americas chemical safety laws in 2016 and the passage of historic climate investments in 2022. In 2024, EDF launched MethaneSAT, a satellite to measure and map methane pollution and help usher in a new era of climate accountability.