PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Cleaning Up the Past: Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup One of DEP’s earliest and most impactful efforts was its Land Recycling Program (Act 2), passed in 1995—the first of its kind in the nation. Radiation Protection: Keeping Pennsylvanians Safe Few states have a radiological landscape as complex as Pennsylvania.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

An October 2014 DEP memo still in use today by the Oil and Gas Program and by the Act 2 Land Recycling Program spells out the chemicals and other constituents oil and gas operators and DEP test for during investigations and cleanups of spills and releases. Since 2016, 811,070 cubic feet have been sent to low-level disposal facilities.

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

However, DEP and the public don't really know how much liquid and solid waste 61,655 conventional oil and gas wells generated in 2022 (over 57 percent) and where it was disposed, treated or recycled because operators failed to submit their waste generation and disposal reports. Read more here. See Photos Here - Read more here. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

DEP also reported the percentage of wastewater recycled or reused in production and fracking at other natural gas wells dropped from 93% in 2021 to 88% in 2022. Read more here. -- Seneca Resources Co. LLC Ignored NOVs For Cleaning Up Spills On Well Pad On DCNR State Forest Land: According to a DEP inspection report, Seneca Resources Co.,

2023

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

What most people don't understand is most car washes recycle their own water.” “So So if somebody happened to have driven through a pool of this radiated de-icing stuff, you necessarily didn't have to have driven through this, it's now on your car. And where the dog walks, the kids play on the carpet and they're ingesting it.

Radiation