PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2025

The owner failed to submit annual production, waste generation and mechanical integrity reports. 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 119 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. The well now is venting gas. No request made of well owner.

2025

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups --Sunoco Inc. PA Bulletin, page 5757 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 119 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. . Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Philadelphia. (

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A large rare earth element waste lake is located twenty minutes from the city center. In 2010, China was producing 95% of rare earth elements , but since 2016 has decreased rare earth element mining down to 60% of world production today. Radioactive waste from the mines pollutes the soil and waterways of dozens of nearby villages.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

Failure To Report Waste Generated Conventional oil and gas drillers were also given 836 notices of violation for failing to submit annual production and waste reports for the last two years-- 134 in 2019 and 702 in 2020. There was the same sort of “uniformity” among reporting how waste was disposed in other disposal categories as well.

Waste

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

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2018

In 2018, the world entered a municipal waste management crisis. recyclable materials, most notably plastic waste and unsorted paper. China also required stricter pre-shipment inspections to enforce existing laws, such as the import ban on electronic waste (e-waste). China’s waste ban has created backlogs worldwide.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

billion plastics recycling plant proposed for Pennsylvania an innovative way to re-use plastics and keep them out of landfills, incinerators and waterways? Pennsylvania outcompeted other states to land what Houston-based Encina says will be the flagship for a global network of “advanced recycling” facilities.

Waste

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

On November 15, 2021, the European Union (EU) Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON) announced the release of a report that it commissioned entitled “ Study on the Product Lifecycles, Waste Recycling and the Circular Economy for Nanomaterials.” Conclusion 2. Recommendation 1. Conclusion 3. Conclusion 4. Recommendation 3.

Recycling

Environmental Leader

JULY 29, 2022

From a 2016 baseline, it has vowed to reduce water intensity by 15%, carbon intensity by 30%, and waste-to-landfill by 45% by 2025. Marriott is an environmental leader. The post Marriott Reduces Water and Energy Use by Double-Digits appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

2016

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

JUNE 17, 2024

.” -- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] Click Here To View Or Print The Entire June 17 PA Environment Digest 98 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping (..)

Recycling

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. (

Environmental Protection

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

Environmental Leader

JULY 29, 2022

From a 2016 baseline, it has vowed to reduce water intensity by 15%, carbon intensity by 30%, and waste-to-landfill by 45% by 2025. Marriott is an environmental leader. The post Marriott Reduces Water and Energy Use by Double-Digits appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

2016

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Updating Regulations DEP is now 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. The last draft of the waste handling regulation update was posted by DEP in September, 2021.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- SWN Production Company, LLC - O’Dell Impoundment: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of oil contaminated by three releases of freshwater and production wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard for the facility located in New Milford Twp., McKean County. ( Susquehanna County. (

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

DEP issued 605 NOVs against unconventional shale gas operators and 149 to conventional oil and gas drillers for defective casing or cementing from 2016 through 2022, according to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database. Folta N BRA 3H (2016) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Tuscarora Twp. Christoff 592016 (2016) -- EQT Prod Co.

2016

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2022

Conventional and unconventional oil and gas drillers have notified DEP they are in the process of cleaning up soil and water contaminated with carcinogenic, mutagenic, neurotoxic and other chemicals harmful to human health and aquatic life found in drilling wastewater and other waste at 272 locations across Pennsylvania. Read more here.

Recycling

A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

For the first time at any Olympics, China is using CO2, collected from industrial waste gases, to cool ice rinks in its four ice sports venues. Total greenhouse gas emissions could reach 1.028 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent throughout the preparation and post-Beijing Games in 2016-2022, and about a third less than the 1.6

Renewable Energy

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. Read more here. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Despite a moratorium implemented in 2018 on DEP approvals for road dumping, reports indicate continued use of conventional drilling waste on roads, raising significant concerns over the potential release of harmful substances such as salts, metals, and radioactive materials into the environment. The hearing will start at 11:00 a.m.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2022

Drill sites need water, chemicals, heavy diesel-powered equipment to drill the wells, compressor engines, storage tanks and waste pits. Since solid and liquid wastes are disposed of on-site and the wells they drill keep generating wastewater long after the rig is gone, each drill site effectively becomes a waste dump.

Natural Gas

HumanNature

APRIL 16, 2024

2016) These concerns have led me to ask the following research question: where is the market for sustainable deconstructed construction materials? Nothing is re-used or recycled. On the flipside, the hauling and waste fees for demolition are the bulk of the cost of a demo job versus a deconstruction. Paruszkiewicz et al.,

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony -- Karen Feridun , Better Path Coalition, who has done important research into waste reporting and related issues on conventional road dumping. It’s Waste First, let’s be clear-- we are talking about a waste. The only way to stop this waste from being produced is to plug the well. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

On July 12, Environmental Quality Board approved a final regulation establishing a municipal waste rural transfer facility permit-by-rule and heard a presentation on DEP’s permit fee report on the Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Program recommending a fee increase. Read more here. Read more here. Click Here for a copy of the report.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2023

At the Delhagen Well Pad and wells 2H and 5H in Rush Township, Susquehanna County DEP found continuing violations related to defective well casing and cementing that first began on June 16, 2016. Again sample results did not show testing for PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ or radium 226 or 228.

Natural Gas

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

MAY 14, 2024

Industrial Waste Discharge, Erosion & Sedimentation BMP Failure (2019) [ DEP Inspection Report ] -- Civil Penalty - $15,263 - Mor29 Gathering Pipeline - Greene County, Morris Twp. Failed to dispose of waste properly (2018 violations) [DEP Inspection Report Not Available Online] -- Compliance Order - JLL 1A - Greene County, Dunkard Twp.

2018

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

Jan is truly dedicated to making Allegheny County a cleaner, safer place to live,” said Erica Erica Pasquali, Allegheny CleanWays Land-Based Program Coordinator. -- Fred Wertz, nominated by Keep Perry County Beautiful: Fred started volunteering with Keep Perry County Beautiful in 2016, during their annual Juniata River Cleanup.

2022

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups - - Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining & Marketing, LLC - No. Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups - - Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refining & Marketing, LLC - No. Comments are due May 13. The requests are scheduled to be considered at the SRBC’s June 13 business meeting. Read more here.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2022

The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet July 12 on a final regulation establishing a municipal waste rural transfer facility permit-by-rule and to hear a presentation on DEP’s permit fee report on the Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation Program. Click Here for a copy of the report.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2024

DEP’s Waste Management inspection report included violations for unresolved wastewater leaks at the plant dating back to February 2023 and violations for other problems. Related Articles: -- Eureka Resources Shuts Down Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility; DEP Wastewater, Waste Violations Continued From Feb.

2024

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. Chesapeake contacted Waste Management to decontaminate the production tank and remove it from the site after decon on July 3.

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

JUNE 3, 2021

Simultaneous with this permitting action, the Wolf administration is working with the General Assembly to propose an amendment to the Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act to require the agreement of host municipalities prior to the approval of future major waste facility expansions.

Law

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

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Note: Land Recycling/Brownfield cleanups include a Callon (Marcellus) LLL Yarasavage 1H well pad in Washington Twp., Land Recycling Cleanups - - Coterra Energy, Inc. - The following DEP notices were published in the October 8 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industrial facilities. Jefferson County. (

Natural Gas