Vermont Law

DECEMBER 20, 2017

In 2017, environmental advocates and some states like New York who have long been concerned with the climate change impacts associated with new liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipelines had reason for optimism. FERC reviews proposals to build interstate LNG pipelines and terminals pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 18, 2021

On August 17, the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a hearing on the “environmental and economic benefits of pipelines” which failed to even acknowledge the over $55 million in penalties imposed by DEP and the Public Utility Commission for the failure of natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines over the last five years.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In 2021, DEP reported 236,150 cubic feet of TENORM (Technically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) was sent to LLRW facilities for disposal, while all other industries combined in the four state compact sent 46,546 cubic feet of traditionally defined low-level radioactive waste.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2022

million for three new Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE) projects through the Commonwealth Financing Authority that will improve natural gas distribution infrastructure in Indiana and Washington counties. The extension will provide natural gas access to 50 residential properties. The total project cost is $3,466,695.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

PGE will attempt to use new underground “micro-tunneling” technology for the natural gas pipeline, down steep slopes on both sides the Creek. According to documents obtained by the residents’ legal counsel, PGE plans almost double the number of pads and well sites that DCNR admitted to concerned citizens at a meeting in October 2016.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The pace of companies abandoning conventional oil and natural gas wells without plugging them continues to accelerate in 2022 threatening to put Pennsylvania’s taxpayer-funded well plugging program even further behind. Read more here. During those same six years, DEP issued over 4,270 notices of violations for abandoning wells.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

On May 24, the Clean Air Council announced a six-year saga over air pollution from the Energy Transfer natural gas liquids processing plant and terminal at Marcus Hook ended with a voluntary legal settlement in which Energy Transfer agreed to drop its appeals of two air pollution permits.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2021

The PA Environment Digest prepared a policy paper on the issue of requiring natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines to have insurance or financial assurance in place to cover property damage, bodily harm and environmental cleanup resources if a leak or explosion happens. Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. 24, 2016); Alaska Oil & Gas Association v. On October 26, 2016, the New York Supreme Court ordered Exxon Mobil Corporation (Exxon) and its accounting firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), to comply with a subpoena issued by the New York Attorney General to PwC in August 2016.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

As of 2016, half of its total emissions are from the power sector, with 20% from industry and 15% from transportation, and. Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2016

President Obama signed the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act or the SAFE PIPES Act into law on June 22, 2016. Importantly, the SAFE PIPES Act mandates the PHMSA provide a report to Congress within eighteen months studying the risks and safety recommendations for existing hazardous liquid pipelines.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

M-2016-2543193. Act 12 of 2016 Signed into law as Act 12 of 2016 (Act 12), Section 1329 addresses the sale of water and wastewater systems owned by municipal corporations or authorities by providing a process for the sale of public water and wastewater assets at fair market rates. M-2016-2543193.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

[DEP, in fact, designated 84 municipalities as “waste facilities” because they were sites where conventional oil and gas well owners reported road dumping their wastewater. Read more here. Read more here.] barrels of oil.

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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. DEP has been trying to get the operators of the wells-- Economy Natural Gas Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2023

Weekly Natural Gas Rig Count Falls By Most Since 2016 [17 Rigs], Baker Hughes [Gas Prices Plunged 49% So Far In 2023] -- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Drilling Collapses In U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

percent rate increase for the Leatherstocking Gas Company that provides natural gas service to 450 residential and commercial gas customers in Susquehanna County. The latest natural gas cost far exceeds any price they paid since November 1, 2016, according to the website. natural gas costs.

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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. Related Articles This Week: -- Inside Climate News: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Conventional oil and gas companies were issued over 4,270 notices of violation for abandoning oil and gas wells without plugging them in 2016 through 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Weaver (2019) Betz Oil (2016) Betz Oil (2021) Beverly A. & Nancy (2016) Boyd G.Eugene A.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The 2016 SFRMP allows the DCNR to formalize the existing practice of using oil and gas lease revenue to pay for its annual operations in lieu of General Fund appropriations. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

In response, Europe has scrambled to replace flows and decouple this dependence , in part by shifting away from gas to clean energy alternatives, in part by increasing local gas production, and in part by turning to imports of liquified natural gas, or LNG—including from the US. Credit: U.S. Credit: U.S.

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Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

The radiative forcing from these changes in concentrations can be easily calculated using standard formulas (from Etminan et al, 2016 which supersede the slightly simpler ones from IPCC TAR), as about 2 W/m 2 for the CO 2 change and 0.65 W/m 2 for CH 4. The AR4 value for methane GWP-100 was 25. Highwood, and K.P.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2024

On January 25, 2024, the Environmental Hearing Board denied a motion by the Lackawanna Energy Center natural gas-fired power plant to dismiss the portion of the Borough of Jessup’s appeal of a DEP Title V Air Quality Permit saying the permit is inconsistent with the local Conditional Use Decision and Host Municipality Agreement.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

The Public Utility Commission enforces the safety requirements for a total of 81,213 miles of pipelines of several types-- gas distribution mains (48,139 miles), natural gas distribution services (28,933 miles), natural gas gathering lines (799 miles), natural gas transmission lines (1,275 miles) and hazardous liquids (2,067 miles).

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Made From Natural Gas [PaEN] [Posted: February 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest 22 Webinar On How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? 22 Webinar On How Green Is Blue Hydrogen?

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Road spreading of unconventional [shale gas] drilling wastewater was banned in 2016. Collectively, the documents reveal that not one conventional driller reporting road spreading of waste from 2018 to the present submitted a Coproduct Determination report that met the regulatory requirements of the program.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These higher costs are being driven by a major overreliance on natural gas, which has sharply spiked in price and is currently the dominant fuel source in the US for both home heating and electricity generation. FERC tried to update its approach earlier this year, but put that move on pause in March after pushback by the gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2023

From April 22 to 28, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 729 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 48 violations of environmental regulations-- 32 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 16 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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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. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Read more here. -- DEP Responds To Gas Well Leak At Plum Boro Elementary School, Allegheny County: On December 6, 2023, DEP responded to a complaint about a natural gas odor at the Pivik Elementary School 2 conventional gas well in Plum Borough, Allegheny County operated by Penneco Oil Co. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

An April 5 webinar hosted by Truthdig will feature a panel discussion on Radioactivity and Oil and Gas Development from Noon to 2:00 p.m. on YouTube. Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

. -- Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Groundwater Contamination Still Not Resolved: DEP continues to try to resolve groundwater contamination issues from conventional wells at the Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Facility in Jackson Township, Cambria County, the site of the 1.1 and Pennzoil Company in Elk County.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The organizations assert the company is falsely claiming that gas is the most cost-effective way to heat homes. In reality, a typical customer in a gas expansion area could spend over $10,000 more if they choose to use gas instead of installing a high-efficiency electric heat pump (over the lifetime of the equipment).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

April 8 PA Bulletin, page 2016 ) Read more here. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 8 PA Bulletin that Chuwi Innovation and Technology is not in compliance with the state electronics waste recycling law and is prohibited from selling its products in Pennsylvania. (

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA University Of Pittsburgh - 3 Health Studies: -- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. Of Health, DEP To Discuss Residents Impacted By Shale Gas Emissions [PaEN] -- Dept. Related Article On Oct. Related Article On Oct.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 7, 2021

Houston also had so-called 500-year floods in 2015 and 2016. The 2021 Texas winter storm (Disaster 1) caused a power blackout (Disaster 2) —partly directly, but partly because it knocked out natural gas supply systems that supplied the generators. That doesn’t seem to be true any more. It was a 500-year flood.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

We feel that natural gas and derivative products provide a path for the transportation industry both to reduce carbon emissions in the short-term while working toward a goal of net-zero in the long-term as hydrogen and other potential solutions mature," said Christina Cassotis, CEO, Pittsburgh International Airport. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

The grid operator PJM, which covers the region from Illinois to Virginia, put these reliability rules and penalties into place in 2016 but this is the first full use of them. First, a bit more context. PJM already had in place a system of capacity payments which pay power plants to be ready to operate when needed.

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