The Energy Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

On September 2, 2016, the Texas Supreme Court agreed to review three oil and gas cases involving issues pertinent to the industry and land and mineral owners. Red Deer Resources, LLC In BP America Production Company v. Red Deer has been set for oral argument on November 10, 2016. BP America Production Company v. Laddex, Ltd.

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Legal Planet

MAY 1, 2024

It comes at a time when our global society is increasingly recognizing the imperative nature of utilizing all tools at our disposal to address climate change. Prosecutor Khan, on the other hand, appears to view his initiative as a concrete policy, rather than a promise or hope.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

The Michigan Constitution, ratified in 1963, states that “ the natural resources of the state are hereby declared to be of paramount public concern in the interest of the health, safety and general welfare of the people. The statute outlaws conduct that is “likely to pollute, impair, or destroy” natural resources and the environment.

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The Energy Law

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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A Greener Life

APRIL 21, 2025

2016 The Paris Climate Agreement was signed on Earth Day. CSL (Australia) We are reducing our carbon emissions to lower our operating costs and improve our competitive advantage while also reducing our climate change impact and preserving natural resources – Jeffrey Ball , Chief Sustainability Officer & Senior Vice President.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Improperly installed casing or ineffective cementing of wells will allow these liquids and chemicals to escape and damage well integrity, cause natural gas migration, groundwater and air contamination and create explosion hazards at wells and “frack-outs” in surrounding areas. PA Tract 8548H (2021) -- STL Resources LLC - Gallagher Twp.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Source: UCS, Toward Climate Resilience, 2016. Jo is pursuing her PhD in Natural Resources and Environmental Studies at the University of New Hampshire. The resilience gap is defined in Towards Climate Resilience as the degree to which people, communities, economic sectors, etc.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Since 2016, ACCD has established more than 17 acres of riparian buffers, or young streamside forests of native trees and shrubs, across 11 municipalities to protect water resources, stabilize streambanks and provide wildlife habitat. These trees will help reduce flooding and water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The conference serves as a forum that brings together community watershed organizations, municipal officials, educators, students, scientists, technical experts, natural resource agency staff, industry representatives, and the public to discuss effective ways to improve and protect land and water resources throughout the greater Lehigh Valley.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

On August 1, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Department of Labor & Industry Secretary Nancy A. The Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps is a signature program within the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources that is supported operationally by the Department of Labor & Industry.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is inviting public feedback on how it is implementing its Riparian Buffer Grant Program. The deadline for responses is September 30 Between 2016 and 2020, DCNR awarded over $6.8

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This includes the technical standards that led to the transition from coal to natural gas in 2016 or more recent impacts related to the PJM Independent System Operator that runs the regional transmission grid. After sharing this overview, there will be time for discussion.”

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Circle of Blue

MAY 16, 2023

million from the state Department of Natural Resources. Since 2016 the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has been giving small funds to farmers who plant cover crops or switch to no-till farming. In the News FISH STICKS: The Michigan Department of Natural Resources approved $1.7

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

A new economic study by the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership finds that hunting, fishing, biking, camping, and other activities drove $58 billion in statewide spending in 2020—that’s a 26-percent increase compared to 2016. Conservation of our natural resources is critical for this to continue.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2021

The district court in Oregon in 2016 seemed to favor such a right, but a divided Ninth Circuit concluded in 2020 that the plaintiffs lacked standing. Most recently, in the famous Juliana v. United States case, plaintiffs sought an order directing the federal government to slash the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2023

Jodi Sulpizio Jodi Sulpizio is a natural resources educator for Penn State Extension in York County and coordinates its Master Watershed Steward Program and Spongy Moth Program. Sulpizio is passionate about empowering both citizens and volunteers to protect our natural resources.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 25, 2025

During the 2015-2016 El Nio cycle, it reported 200 cases of heat-related illnesses, including 2 fatalities. The Proposed Act Lacks Binding Carbon Targets The proposed Act states that the Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (NRES) may set targets at the National level, with approval from Malaysia Cabinet.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Acquiring the highly visible Roundtop has been an important land protection target for the Conservancy and its partners since the first tract of Hellam Hills Nature Preserve was acquired in 2016. The Conservancy has protected over 3,000 acres of land along the Susquehanna in York County.

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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

MARCH 14, 2024

(NJ-7), Congressman Matt Cartwright (PA-8) , and Congressman Marc Molinaro (NY-19), highlighting the importance of investing in our critical natural resource, the Delaware River Watershed.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2024

On April 29, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced the agency will host more than 30 educational programs in 24 state parks from May 2 – 22 to support Remake Learning Days.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2022

From 2016 to 2021, DEP issued 4,193 notices of violation to conventional drillers for attempting to abandon their wells. DEP issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022 (through February).

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HumanNature

MARCH 16, 2022

Irrigation guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA. These losses are more prevalent in developing countries such as South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa and less prevalent in the developed world including North America and Europe (Jagermeyr et al. Why controlling canal seepage is important? References Jägermeyr, J.,

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Take action: Tweet at the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, to tell him not to buy CAPP’s greenwashing and take urgent action on climate change by limiting emissions from Canada’s biggest source of pollution – the fossil fuel industry. billion in 2016 to $11.6

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued 12 unconventional shale gas drillers notices of violation for abandoning gas wells without plugging them at 35 wells pads (each with multiple wells) in 17 counties between 2016 and 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Reporting system. Read more here. Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp.,

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HumanNature

MARCH 15, 2024

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 41, 321-340. Energy transition is a complex and non-linear process with multiple questions and interdependent factors. References: [link] Agyeman, J., Schlosberg, D., Craven, L., & Matthews, C.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

The PEYA program promotes awareness of our nation's natural resources and encourages positive community involvement.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

It is our job as stewards of our nation's natural resources to ensure that this species has a fighting chance to persist in our waterways as an indicator species of the health of our rivers and streams," said CBF's PA Student Leadership Council President Anna Pauletta in 2016. "The eastern hellbender has every right to be here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 5, 2022

“Major public landowners like the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Allegheny National Forest and experts like the Penn State Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies all have policies opposing the disposal of this harmful waste on roads or believe other, safer alternatives exist, ” said Hess.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2022

The Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership released a new economic study which found outdoor recreation in Pennsylvania, including hunting and fishing, generated $58 billion in 2020—that’s 26 percent more than in 2016. Conservation of our natural resources is critical for this to continue.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Since 2016, Ferretti has served as Director of the Brandywine Conservancy in Chadds Ford in southeastern Pennsylvania. Prior to this appointment, Ferretti served as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources as well as Northeast Regional Director of the Pennsylvania Environmental Council.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

“The Coalition commends Senator Carper, Representative Blunt Rochester, and Representative Fitzpatrick for reintroducing the Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act to continue supporting the Basin through critical funding, bolstering our ability to protect and preserve this beloved natural resource for future generations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 3091 ) -- Calpine Mid-Merit LLC - Natural Gas-fired Power Plant: DEP approved modifications to two Air Quality Permits for a project to increase the rated output of the facility from 760 MW to 830 MW located in Peach Bottom Twp., Bradford County. ( York County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Greene County. ( Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

17 Hearing On PA One Call Underground Utility Notification Program Reauthorization; Almost All Conventional Gas/Oil Pipelines Specifically Excluded [PaEN] -- PUC Publishes Final Public Utility Owned Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards In Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Some go back to 2016, but the actual enforcement action took place in 2023. Penalties For Abandoning Wells The six operators penalized $215,690 in 2023 for well abandonment were-- -- Allegheny Natural Resources Inc.: 2016 violations) [reports not available] -- ETUX 662-2 - Washington County, Nottingham Twp.

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