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DEP Reports ZERO Shale Gas Well Permits Under Review; DEP May Have Only 20% Of The Revenue Needed To Fund Its Oil & Gas Regulation Program

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

DEP’s program that regulates conventional oil and gas and shale gas wells and their infrastructure is funded almost entirely by permit application fees. DEP received 128 shale gas permits in the first 16 weeks of 2024. million annual cost of regulating their industry-- typically about $46,100 in permit fees in a “good” year.

Regulations

Regulations 2024 Waste 2017

DEP To Discuss Proposed Reg. On Reporting Spills, Releases; Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report With Water Resources Advisory Committee Sept. 21

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

DEP’s Water Resources Advisory Committee is scheduled to hear a presentation on DEP's new proposed regulation setting notification requirements for unauthorized discharges to waters of the Commonwealth at its meeting on September 21. Read more here.] 2015-011-L ). 2015-011-L ).

2024

2024 Regulations Clean Water Act Law

Something Stinks: California Must End Manure Biomethane Accounting Gimmicks in its Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering amendments to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation, but indicated they have no plans to address the problems caused by counter-productive subsidies for manure biomethane. California’s transportation fuel policy is knee deep in cow poop, and it’s not a good look.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels Regulations Renewable Energy Carbon Dioxide

Clarifying the Congressional Review Act

Legal Planet

MAY 2, 2022

Soon after Trump took office, Republicans used the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn sixteen Obama-era regulations. If they win control of the government in 2024, they’ll undoubtedly do the same thing to Biden regulations. The CRA provides a fast-track process for Congress to repeal administrative regulations.

Regulations

Regulations 2016 2017 Government

Here’s What We’re Asking Major Fossil Fuel Corporations at This Year’s Annual Meetings

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 28, 2024

Meanwhile, the American Petroleum Institute (API)—in which Shell holds a leadership role—launched a voluntary methane program in 2017 that internal documents reveal was explicitly designed “ to stave off future regulation.” They couldn’t be more wrong.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels Paris Agreement Climate Scientist 2015

Alex Pourbaix: The Big Oil Spindoctor

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.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels 2017 2015 2016

Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Says It’s A ‘Terrific Lie’ To Say It Is Responsible For Abandoning Thousands Of Wells; Industry To Change Definition So They Can Avoid Responsibility

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

DEP said 1,230 wells (approximately 49%) appear to have been abandoned after January 1, 2017; 518 wells (approximately 21%) appear to have been abandoned prior to January 1, 2017; and 746 wells (approximately 30%) were identified after January 1, 2017 as having been abandoned, but the precise date of abandonment is unknown.

2017

2017 2023 Waste 2024

PJM Interconnection Anticipates Adequate Electric Generation Resources To Meet Summer Demand Under 'Anticipated Conditions'

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2024

On May 2, PJM Interconnection , the regional electricity grid operator that includes Pennsylvania, announced it expects to meet summer electricity demand in 2024, though continuing generator retirements and increasing demand continue to erode reserve levels for the operator of the nation’s largest electrical grid.

Electricity

Electricity Natural Gas 2024 2006

EPA Releases Updated, Elevated Estimates for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Clean Energy Law

JANUARY 25, 2024

EPA arrived at these estimates after implementing methodological updates recommended by a 2017 report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies). 12] How the SC-GHG Estimates Will Be Used The higher SC-GHG estimates may pave the way for more aggressive regulation of GHGs. 2017), [link]. [7]

Greenhouse

Greenhouse Carbon Dioxide 2008 2016

Rep. Vitali To Introduce Bill Banning The Disposal Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater By Dumping It On Public Roads; Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill Legalizing It

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2024

Attempts To Regulate Disposal Before Failed There have been attempts to regulate the road dumping of conventional wastewater before to reduce its environmental and health impacts. Non-Compliance A Norm Non-compliance with regulations and the law is not an isolated event with conventional well owners. Read more here.

Waste

Waste Regulations 2023 2024

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 20 to 26 - 2 Venting Shale Gas Wells; 16 More Conventional Abandoned Well Violations, 1 Shale Gas Well Abandonment

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

DEP’s inspection report included violations for these failures and requested the owner to submit a written report by May 23, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance. DEP’s inspection report continued the violations and requested the owner to submit a written report by May 23, 2024 on how the well will be brought into compliance.

2024

2024 Natural Gas 2023 Atmosphere

Senate Committee Hearing April 17 On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

DEP has also taken the step of advising municipalities in writing that road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal-- since it doesn’t meet Residual Waste Regulation requirements. The same DEP data showed from 1991 to 2017, over 240.4 Read more here. Is it Useful? Read more here.

Waste

Waste 2017 Regulations 2008

What’s New About Income-Graduated Fixed Charges?

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Regulators and policymakers began to reevaluate their approach to rate design. Despite California regulators’ stated interest in pricing based on marginal costs, however, fixed costs have often been bundled into volumetric rates. Regulators are acting on these redistributive concerns.

Electricity

Electricity Regulations 2017 Technology

Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

DEP has also taken the step of advising municipalities in writing that road dumping conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal-- since it doesn’t meet Residual Waste Regulation requirements. The same DEP data showed from 1991 to 2017, over 240.4 Read more here. Is It Useful? Read more here.

Waste

Waste Regulations 2017 2023

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 27

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 111 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Butler County. ( Butler County. (

2024

2024 Natural Gas Waste Recycling

DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

DEP is requesting a written response by January 15, 2024 from the operator on how they plan to correct the violations and bring the site into compliance. Click Here for a copy of DEP’s inspection report. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here. The order included a $2,250,000 penalty, but the order discounted the penalty by 25% to $1.7

2011

2011 2017 Waste Radiation

PA Taxpayers So Far Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard To Environmental Compliance Record

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

million in tax subsidies from the PA Resource Manufacturing Tax Credit , according to the Governor’s FY 2024-25 Budget proposal. million; and in FY 2024-25 Shell will get another $65 million-- the maximum amount available by law. barrel) for the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2042. Read more here.] Read more here.

Air Pollution

Air Pollution 2025 Natural Gas 2024

Trump’s War on Environmental Protection: A Chronology

Legal Planet

MAY 30, 2024

As you can see below, Trump’s campaign to purge America of environmental regulations — particularly those impacting the fossil fuel industry — was stern and unrelenting. 2017 February. EPA refuses to regulate the pesticide chloropyrifos, which it had previously found to be a danger to children’s brain development.

Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection Paris Agreement Endangered Species Act Fossil Fuels

Moody & Associates Study Finds Discharge Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater To The Ground Surface ‘Not A Viable Management Practice'; Supports Ban On Road Dumping; Onsite Disposal

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2024

Road dumping of wastewater from unconventional shale gas wells is already banned under regulations DEP adopted in 2016. [ DEP's Oil and Gas Program settled an Environmental Hearing Board appeal in 2017-18 by agreeing not to approve any road dumping plans by conventional operators. 25 Pa Code Chapter 78a.70 Read more here.

Regulations

Regulations Waste 2016 2017

Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

His seven-year investigation took him across the United States where he found that the waste had been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted by an industry shielded by a system of lax regulations and legal loopholes. Justin Nobel writes on science and environment for US magazines, investigative sites, and literary journals.

Waste

Waste Radiation Renewable Energy 2017

The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

By Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front This article was first posted on The Allegheny Front website May 3, 2024 -- Waste from the oil and gas industry plays a central role in science journalist Justin Nobel‘s new book Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It. Why Does It Matter?

Radiation

Radiation Natural Gas Waste Regulations

Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Time and again, the industry has proved the less regulators or the public know about this toxic by-product of fossil fuel production, the better off the industry is. The outcome of the 2017-18 Environmental Hearing Board lawsuit is hard to bear. Oil and gas wastewater is an enormous liability for the fossil fuel industry,” said Lawson.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels Waste 2017 2024

Damascus Citizens: Do You Live In An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Facility? Public Roads In 84 Municipalities In PA, One County In NY Are Being Used As Disposal Areas For Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2024

Attempts To Regulate Disposal Before Failed There have been attempts to regulate the road dumping of conventional wastewater before to reduce its environmental and health impacts. Non-Compliance A Norm Non-compliance with regulations and the law is not an isolated event with conventional well owners. Read more here.

Waste

Waste Regulations 2023 2024

PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He retired in January 2024. He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. His fourth conference is scheduled for Friday, April 19, 2024.

Climate Change

Climate Change Fossil Fuels Clean Energy 2006

UPDATED: April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council To Discuss Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2024

The agenda for the April 25 meeting of DCED’s PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council features a discussion dumping conventional oil and gas well wastewater on public roads for disposal, an update on taxpayer funded well plugging grant programs and DEP regulations limiting methane emissions from conventional wells. Read more here.

Regulations

Regulations Law 2023 2024

To Protect New Fossil Fuel Waste Rule, BLM Cuts 95% of its Climate Benefits

Law Columbia

APRIL 25, 2024

However, when BLM published its final rule on April 10, 2024, revisions to the proposed rule had eliminated nearly all of its ancillary climate benefits. This blog post provides a brief history of BLM’s Fossil Fuel Waste Rule, and explains why and how the ancillary climate benefits vanished from the final regulation. 25378, 25380 (Apr.

Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels Waste Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas

Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Feridun explained the settlement of a 2017 appeal before the Environmental Hearing Board resulted in DEP’s Oil and Gas Program putting in place a ‘moratorium’ on approvals for road dumping.

Waste

Waste 2017 Environmental Protection 2024

DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

DEP issued conventional oil and gas operators a record total of 6,860 violations for all infractions of law and regulations in 2023, nearly 52% more than in 2021. Read more here (2017-2021). Click Here for list of all major enforcement actions listed by conventional oil and gas operator. Read more here. Read more here (2022).

2023

2023 2021 2020 Natural Gas

April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council Meeting Features Discussion Of Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

The agenda for the April 25 meeting of DCED’s PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council features a discussion dumping conventional oil and gas well wastewater on public roads for disposal, an update on taxpayer funded well plugging grant programs and DEP regulations limiting methane emissions from conventional wells. Read more here.

Regulations

Regulations Law 2023 2024

With A New Regulatory Framework On The Horizon, There Is Still Much Uncertainty Concerning The Future Of Offshore Carbon Storage

The Energy Law Blog

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

The two bureaus stated their focus for fiscal year (FY) 2022 would be on the development of regulations to address the IIJA requirement; accordingly, both BOEM and BSEE have budgeted funds for FY 2023 to develop such a framework. Easements and rights-of-way may provide more flexibility to the agency in structuring the authorizations.

Carbon Dioxide

Carbon Dioxide Regulations 2022 2023

Understanding Unsuccessful Climate Litigation: The Spanish Greenpeace Case

Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The EU presents the NDC as one Party ( Regulation (EU) 2018/842 ). Under Annex 1 of the EU Regulation, by 2030, Spain must have reduced its GHG emissions by 37.7% Alignment with EU Policy Spain’s climate policy and regulation have aligned with the EU’s since its accession to the Union in 1986. compared to 2005.

Paris Agreement

Paris Agreement 2030 Climate Change Regulations

A Warmer Spring: How a Changing Snowpack is Altering Colorado’s Environment

HumanNature

MAY 22, 2024

Guest Post by Randall Bonnell , 2023-2024 Sustainability Leadership Fellow, and Ph.D. Groups such as Protect our Winters 12 and The Sierra Club 13 advocate for environmental regulations that could help reduce climate impacts from industry. 1 Colorado’s economy is intrinsically linked to snow. References Li, D., Wrzesien, M. McGrath, D.,

Climate Change

Climate Change 2023 2024 2020

Statement on IESO’s Continued Push for Polluting Gas Power

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 27, 2023

This may be due to the anticipated Federal government’s Clean Electricity Regulations that will likely require grids across Canada achieve net zero emissions by 2035. Additional contracts for new gas plants are planned and are scheduled to be announced in the first or second quarters of 2024.

Electricity

Electricity Solar Power 2017 2030

Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Waste And Radioactive Drinking Water In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

Yet lax regulations, industry exemptions, and sloppy operating practices have enabled this radium to be discharged — sometimes illegally, often legally — into the same rivers Pennsylvanians draw their drinking water from.

Waste

Waste 2005 Environmental Protection Radiation

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

To Host Electronics Waste Recycling Event April 27 In Schuylkill County -- Independence Conservancy Holds Community Tire Collections In Allegheny, Beaver Counties Starting April 27 [PaEN] -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny CleanWays April 27 Event Needs Help To Clear Debris From Stormwater Grates -- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie (..)

Earth Day

Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation

Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

I n 2017, electricity generation was 35% coal, 35% nuclear, 23% natural gas, 6% renewable, biomass and other. It expects to clear another 26 GW of capacity in 2024 and 46 GW of new generation in 2025. Billion Cubic Foot Gas Leak ; Abandoned Wells ; PA Criminal Charges ] [Posted: March 13, 2024] PA Environment Digest

Electricity

Electricity Natural Gas Renewable Energy Nuclear Power

126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Report Harrisburg Area’s Air Quality Is Among Worst On East Coast -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Harrisburg, Lancaster Get F Grades For Air Pollution In American Lung Assn. Report -- TribLive: American Lung Assn. Ranks Pittsburgh Area Among Nation’s Most Polluted -- American Lung Assn.

Conservation

Conservation Earth Day Fossil Fuels 2024

Senate Confirms Three PUC Commissioners Bringing 5-Member Panel Up To Full Strength For First Time In More Than 18th Months

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2022

He served as a board member of the Organization of PJM States or OPSI from 2013 to 2017. OPSI is a regional partnership among 14 state regulatory agencies with jurisdictions in the service area of PJM, which operates the high-voltage electric transmission grid and wholesale electricity market.

2017

2017 2027 Earth Day 2022

Federal Court Limits State Authority to Deny Interstate Transmission Projects

Law Columbia

JANUARY 22, 2024

Under the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has authority to regulate “ the transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce.” FERC approved this agreement in 2017, and Transource then filed siting applications with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC), as required by Pennsylvania law.

Electricity

Electricity Law Renewable Energy 2016

Week 10: Illegal Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues Unabated On Paved, Dirt Roads, Before It Rains, It Doesn’t Matter In Warren County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2024

Before April 4, Lawson said she did not have wastewater dumped on her road for more than six years after the Environmental Hearing Board case she brought a successful challenge to the DEP road dumping approval process in 2017-18. Read more here.

Waste

Waste Air Pollution 2017 Natural Resources

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

2015

2015 2019 2017 2020

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal.

2015

2015 2019 2017 2020

Germany: Scandal at Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA: The company is refusing to sign a collective agreement, but gets millions in state subsidies

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

USA: Police break up three-month protest outside VW dealership using Covid-19 regulations James Baggot | Car Dealer Magazine | February 15, 2021 Two protesters who set up camp outside a VW dealership in London have been moved on by police using Covid-19 restrictions.

2015

2015 2019 2017 2020

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts

Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts.

2015

2015 2019 2017 2020

DEP Reports ZERO Shale Gas Well Permits Under Review; DEP May Have Only 20% Of The Revenue Needed To Fund Its Oil & Gas Regulation Program

DEP To Discuss Proposed Reg. On Reporting Spills, Releases; Draft 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report With Water Resources Advisory Committee Sept. 21

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Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Says It’s A ‘Terrific Lie’ To Say It Is Responsible For Abandoning Thousands Of Wells; Industry To Change Definition So They Can Avoid Responsibility

PJM Interconnection Anticipates Adequate Electric Generation Resources To Meet Summer Demand Under 'Anticipated Conditions'

EPA Releases Updated, Elevated Estimates for the Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Rep. Vitali To Introduce Bill Banning The Disposal Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater By Dumping It On Public Roads; Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill Legalizing It

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 20 to 26 - 2 Venting Shale Gas Wells; 16 More Conventional Abandoned Well Violations, 1 Shale Gas Well Abandonment

Senate Committee Hearing April 17 On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 27

DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County

PA Taxpayers So Far Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard To Environmental Compliance Record

Trump’s War on Environmental Protection: A Chronology

Moody & Associates Study Finds Discharge Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater To The Ground Surface ‘Not A Viable Management Practice'; Supports Ban On Road Dumping; Onsite Disposal

Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry

The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry

Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’

Damascus Citizens: Do You Live In An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Facility? Public Roads In 84 Municipalities In PA, One County In NY Are Being Used As Disposal Areas For Wastewater

PennFuture 25th Anniversary Celebrations Honor 7 Pennsylvanians For Fighting Climate Change, Industrial Pollution

UPDATED: April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council To Discuss Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells

To Protect New Fossil Fuel Waste Rule, BLM Cuts 95% of its Climate Benefits

Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago

DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells

April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council Meeting Features Discussion Of Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells

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VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation

Germany: Scandal at Volkswagen subsidiary MOIA: The company is refusing to sign a collective agreement, but gets millions in state subsidies

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