PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Conventional operators with 10 or more NOVs for abandoning wells include-- Best, John B. [64 Co LLC [10 NOVs]; and Pennfield Energy [10 NOVs]. Co LLC [10 NOVs] Michael Harju [12 NOVs] Naser, William L. Pecora Enterprises Pennfield Energy [10 NOVs] Penn View Exploration Peoples Natural Gas Co. Read more here.

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Real Climate

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Here, 1 PW = 10 15 Watt and 4 kJ/kgK is the heat capacity of water.). x 10 14 W and according to model simulations can fully explain the observed cooling trend (2). The heat of fusion of water is 334 kJ/kg so that adds 900 tons/s x 334 kJ/kg = 3 x 10 11 W. 17,000,000 m 3 /s x 15 K x 1025 kg/m 3 x 4 kJ/kgK = 1 PW (1).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

On February 5, the Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership awarded its 2023 Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Awards to Marlisa Yoder-Bontrager of Lancaster, and twin sisters Keisha and Tarsha Scovens of Lancaster and Philadelphia respectively. In October of 2022, the Partnership celebrated midpoint success by planting its 5-millionth tree.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a January 10 hearing on the “benefits and challenges related to extracting and utilizing rare earth minerals found within Pennsylvania.” Of Energy Awards $1.95

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Senate/House -- TribLive/AP: Fetterman Hospitalized After Feeling Lightheaded -- Post-Gazette: Fetterman Discharged From Hospital; Tests Rule Out Stroke, Seizures -- NYT: Fetterman, Recovering After Stroke, Labors To Adjust To Life In The Senate, Coping With Lasting Effects -- AP: NY Cong.

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Inside Climate News

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Only around 10 of the porpoises are thought to remain. By Delaney Dryfoos In San Felipe, a fishing town on the northeast edge of Baja California, the use and transportation of gillnets have been banned by the Mexican government since 2017 as a measure to protect the rare vaquita porpoise.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Russian missiles could reach them within a half hour, giving the US president at most 10 minutes to decide whether to launch them before they were destroyed on the ground. When asked in a 2017 interview about their role, Butler replied: “I would have removed land-based missiles from our arsenal a long time ago.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 2, 2024

Then came a crescendo: Solar and wind generated more than 5 percent of monthly electricity for the first time in 2013, passed the 10 percent point in 2017, and soared past 15 percent in 2021. Wind is now the leading source of renewable electricity, accounting for fully 10 percent of all US electricity generated in 2023.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

On December 29, DEP issued a report on conventional oil and gas operator compliance saying the most frequent environmental, health and safety violation between 2017 and through 2021 was new oil and gas well abandonments. Martino Unit 2H (2017) -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Albany Twp. Christoff 592016 (2017) -- EQT Prod Co.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

SB 9 and SB 10 represent California’s most transformative new housing laws in decades, and are a belated but welcome legislative response to the state’s longstanding housing crisis. As with SB 9, SB 10 makes such infill projects exempt from environmental review under CEQA. Both new laws take effect on January 1, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 17, 2023

From June 10 to 16, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 651 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 67 violations of environmental regulations-- 61 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 6 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry. Van Epps Unit 1, H.

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Inside Climate News

JUNE 11, 2021

By Bob Berwyn The Pine Island Glacier, sometimes called the “soft underbelly” of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, suddenly started moving about 10 to 12 percent faster between 2017 and 2020, as about 20 percent of its floating ice shelf broke apart in a series of large iceberg calving events.

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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 million; and DEP: $4.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

In 2017, Hurricane Harvey —one of the worst—drenched Houston with more than 4 feet of rain, killed at least 88 people, and caused $125 billion in damage. Since 2017, Moody has received nearly $339,000 from oil and gas companies and electric utilities as well as $300,000 from RAGA, according to Transparency USA data.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

coastline is projected to see an average of 10 to 12 inches of sea level rise between 2020 and 2050, which is equal to the amount measured over the last 100 years. For example, only 10 states require the disclosure of flooding history at the time of a home purchase. In fact, the U.S. A single inch of flooding may cost up to $25,000.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 29, 2021

State officials cited progress, with opioid prescribing down by more than 40% and overdose deaths falling by nearly 20% after a record 5,403 people statewide died in 2017. Philly Wants Your Help Welcoming Displaced Afghans -- WESA: More Afghan Refugees Destined For Pittsburgh, Support Groups Promise To Help Them To ‘Feel At Home’ 10.

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Inside Climate News

JUNE 17, 2022

By Emma Foehringer Merchant On a windy July day in 2017, temperatures started climbing early in Pauma Valley, California, an unincorporated community about 50 miles northeast of San Diego. Staff at Solidarity Farms, a 10-acre cooperative, were busy that morning, preparing for a 30-degree spike in temperature.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

These new violations are separate from violations covered in a 2017 consent order and agreement DEP signed with Energy Corporation of America-- now Greylock-- covering pollution incidents at the 17 well sites. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. million because the company paid the penalty in full before January 31, 2018.

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Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 26, 2024

President & CEO of Cenovus Energy: 2017-2023 TC Energy: 1990-2017 Chief Operating Officer of TC Energy: 2015-2017 VP and President Development of TC Energy Corp: 2006-2014 Villain Career Profile Alex Pourbaix has always gone above and beyond to advocate for pipelines and the oil and gas industry.

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Energy & the Law

OCTOBER 16, 2023

This expressly includes the Offer to Purchase submitted to the Seller on or about April 10, 2017 …. A merger clause in the PSA said: This Agreement constitutes the sole and only agreement of the parties hereto and supersedes any prior understanding or written or oral agreements between the parties respecting the within subject matter.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 17, 2022

Kelly moved for partial summary judgment against Aethon, citing a December 15, 2017 letter and April 17, 2018 letter as satisfying the requirements of La. The district court made this ruling despite the fact that the December 15, 2017 letter closely tracked the language of La. respectively.

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Green Bang

MAY 11, 2017

The healthcare software development platform PokitDok announced on May 10 that it would use Hyperledger Sawtooth, the open-source blockchain project from the Linux Foundation and Intel, to support its DokChain offering for healthcare transaction recording. co-founder and CTO of PokitDok. . co-founder and CTO of PokitDok.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

Penn State Technology Center Room 243 200 Innovation Blvd, State College. Click Here for options to attend remotely. Contact: Adam Walters adwalters@pa.gov or 717-214-6548. Read more here on the agenda. April 25-- Agenda Posted. DEP Mining and Reclamation Advisory Board meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. Of State Webpage -- DEP Awards $2.9

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 6, 2023

A history of North Korean nuclear tests North Korea conducted six explosive nuclear tests between 2006 and 2017. The test was estimated to have released at least 140 kilotons of energy, approximately 7-10 times more than the bombs dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The most recent test generated the largest explosive yield.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2022

You Might Need To Choose New Health Plan -- Inquirer Guest Essay: Delaware County Relied On Pharmacists For Essential Care During Pandemic -- Post-Gazette: New PA Marijuana Law Could Shield Banks From Prosecution -- MCall - Paul Muschick: PA Medical Marijuana Users Can End Up In Big Trouble Under State’s DUI Law -- MCall: Thousands Of Jobs At Stake (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

There were 2 violations in 2017; -- Howard Drilling : There was 1 violation in 2015; These companies also reported road spreading their oil and gas well wastewater. Read more here.] .] -- Pennfield Energy: Did not submit any waste reports for 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, although DEP did issue 2 notices of violation for 2 wells in 2021.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Boise, whose population grew by nearly 15 percent in the last decade, is planning a 10-year $570 million renovation and expansion of its sewage treatment system. Voters in that city are being asked to support a property tax increase that will fund a 10-year $567 million investment into 21 flood-prevention projects.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Failure to register conclusively waived and relinquished any right to water. For the last 50-plus years, Washington has been able to make more informed surface water management decisions than California.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 25, 2021

The Cross Creek Levee in Corcoran, CA was rebuilt in 2017 after having sunk seven feet since 1983. The town levee had to be rebuilt at a cost of $10 million — residents’ property tax bills increased roughly $200 a year for three years, a steep price in a place where the median income is $40,000. was built has been slowly.

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Green Bang

MAY 11, 2017

The healthcare software development platform PokitDok announced on May 10 that it would use Hyperledger Sawtooth, the open-source blockchain project from the Linux Foundation and Intel, to support its DokChain offering for healthcare transaction recording. co-founder and CTO of PokitDok. . co-founder and CTO of PokitDok.

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Environmental News Bits

JANUARY 31, 2023

These contribute significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions (amounting to 10% of energy-related emissions according to the most recent figures from 2017) and climate change. About a quarter of the world’s electricity currently comes from power plants fired by natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

It was published by The University of Pittsburgh Press in 2017. Posted: March 10, 2023] PA Environment Digest Her first book, titled Pathways to Our Sustainable Future – A Global Perspective from Pittsburgh explores positive pathways toward sustainability, based on 28 case studies in Pittsburgh. Doors open at 6:45 p.m.

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Green Bang

APRIL 27, 2017

Ripple announces 10 new financial services customers. The blockchain-based payments provider Ripple revealed on April 26 that 10 new financial institutions had signed on to use Ripple’s services.

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Green Bang

APRIL 27, 2017

Ripple announces 10 new financial services customers. The blockchain-based payments provider Ripple revealed on April 26 that 10 new financial institutions had signed on to use Ripple’s services.

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2017 Technology Technology Electricity 40

Law Columbia

APRIL 17, 2024

But over the past 10 years, Cuba’s policymakers have identified some potential pathways towards a clean and resilient energy system. The report builds on a previous report published by EDF in 2017. Overcoming these energy challenges amidst the economic crisis will be extremely difficult.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Small-scale solar energy, of which rooftop solar is the largest component - is growing rapidly in the United States, producing 10 times as much power in 2022 as a decade earlier. Residential solar in the state grew 207% from 2017 through 2022. In the last five years, rooftop solar has seen respectable growth in Pennsylvania.

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