PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Some gathering pipelines were added to the PA One Call program in 2017 to help avoid accidental strikes during construction, but not to regulate safety of the pipelines themselves. 16 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN] -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

Comments made at two Senate budget hearings last week again put the spotlight on how Pennsylvania’s environmental and pipeline safety laws are not strong enough to prevent environmental damage and protect public safety in new pipeline construction. Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Harmful algal blooms are the biological consequence of a riptide of bloom-generating nutrients allowed by law and timid regulation to run off the land, particularly farm fields. Clean Water Act, a pivotal piece of American environmental law. These nutrients are the source of some of the nation’s worst water pollution. .

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 29, 2023

According to the nonpartisan National Association of Attorneys General, a state attorney general’s job is to represent the public interest—not private, special interests—by, among other things, “enforcing federal and state environmental laws.” When Moody ran for attorney general in 2018, she promised she wouldn’t politicize the office.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

On February 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has begun an emergency project to plug two leaking abandoned natural gas wells along Scrubgrass Road in Scott Township, Allegheny County. The well was inspected by DEP on October 1, 2017 and violations were issued, but the inspection report is not available.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. Peabody, a coal company, filed for bankruptcy in April 2016 and emerged from bankruptcy under a plan that became effective on April 3, 2017.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020. Read more here.]

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency selected to apply for $6.7 In 2018, romaine lettuce grown in Yuma, Arizona, was linked to an E. The Food Safety Modernization Act, an umbrella law, was signed by President Obama in 2011. As part of the sentencing, Summit will be subjected to a three-year probation. coli outbreak.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2024

Information provided by the Department of Environmental Protection in response to a Right To Know request shows DEP took enforcement action against 14 conventional oil and gas well operators that resulted in collecting $422,365 in penalties and bond forfeitures in 2023. Read more here (2017-2021). Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2022

On March 10, the Associated Press reported PUC Administrative Law Judge Joel H. Bad Compliance Record Actions by the PUC against Sunoco/Energy Transfer for violations related to Mariner East Pipeline construction are just the tip of the iceberg on compliance with state laws.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection conducted an inspection of DAMA’s facility in 2017 and discovered that there was an unpermitted and uncontrolled Sanitary Sewer Overflow occurring. The Office of Attorney General assumed jurisdiction over this case as a referral from the Department of Environmental Protection.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Each month, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP (APKS) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. A number of different parties had lined up on either side of the issue of whether EPA’s stay was lawful. June 29, 2017). Pruitt , No.

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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. Jordan 6 - Hempfield Twp.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 6, 2023

According to the EPA’s 2017 National Water Quality Inventory Report issued to Congress, nearly a third of wetlands and nearly half of the nation’s river and streams are in “poor biological condition.” percent of land in the contiguous 48 states. More than half of the nation’s $5.6 Most people understand this.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

It’s the lowest level for the month of August since 2018 and it continues a downward trend. This vote also highlighted that citizens of Ecuador chose decisively to favor their forests and people, despite the tired debate that seeks to pit economic development against environmental protection. percent compared to last August.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only. DEP data shows over 8 million gallons of conventional wastewater was road dumped in 2017, but that’s only what well owners reported. The same DEP data showed from 1991 to 2017, over 240.4 Muth’s website. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

The Supreme Court sharply limited the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to slash carbon pollution from power plants. The leadoff articles in the series included a commentary from Lisa Heinzerling , a Georgetown University environmental law professor, who crafted the victorious brief in the 2007 Massachusetts v.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 27, 2019

A short list of environmental and energy law changes compared to recent years: Fisheries. For stormwater and other nutrient sources, the law continues to require nutrient offsets in the same hydrologic area. House Bill 329 (Renewable Energy Amendments) makes several relatively minor changes to energy laws.

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2019 Law Renewable Energy Electricity 40

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Since May 2018, AGA also has spent more than $113,000 on 440 Facebook and Instagram ads. Not surprisingly, AGA applauded the court decision, calling it a “huge step” toward helping the nation “continue on a path to achieving our energy and environmental goals.” Since May 2018, 15 of these state and regional front groups spent $3.6

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Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

3L Student, Vermont Law School. Prior to working for the EPA, McCarthy worked as the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection. [4]. She holds a Master of Science in Environmental Health Engineering and Planning and Policy. [5]. The Senate confirmed this nomination in 2017. [9].

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Other violations like failure to manage drilling wastewater safely, not notifying DEP of spills, failure to submit annual well integrity and waste disposal reports, failure to operate the wells to meet environmental protection standards and many more go along with NOVs for failure to plug wells. The law would have to be changed.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 23, 2024

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on ExxonMobil Total Penalties $2,230,170,304 (September 29, 2022) Number of Records 527 Books Catch Me If You Can: Exxon's Complicity in Liberian Oil Sector Corruption and how its Washington Lobbyists Fight to Keep Oil Deals Secret (Global Witness, 2018).

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2022

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A long-anticipated health study commissioned by Pennsylvania environmental officials examined the practice of spreading wastewater from conventional gas– and oil-drilling on thousands of miles of rural dirt roads in the state. million gallons between 2018 and 2020.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 17, 2023

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) released a draft set of recommendations calling on the EPA to tighten its current standard for ground-level ozone pollution to protect public health.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“In addition, the policy requires that the identification and mapping of environmental justice areas be updated every two years.” Out-Of-State Interests, Not Residents “Pennsylvania has already enacted some of the strongest laws in the nation to protect our communities from air and water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

This editorial first appeared in the Citizens Voice on June 9, 2023 -- Farcically claiming that the state Department of Environmental Protection is an intimidating regulatory bully, state Senate Republicans have decided to promote a culture change at the agency by renaming it the Department of Environmental Services.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Individual Records & Summaries Click here for violation data on ExxonMobil Total Penalties $2,230,170,304 (September 29, 2022) Number of Records 527 Books Catch Me If You Can: Exxon's Complicity in Liberian Oil Sector Corruption and how its Washington Lobbyists Fight to Keep Oil Deals Secret (Global Witness, 2018).

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

They commenced the roll-back of over 100 environmental regulations by the EPA [1] , saw a 30-year low in criminal prosecution by the EPA [2] , and sought to radically change the US narrative on climate change, its causes and importance. Obama’s “Clean Power Plan” was repealed in 2017 by Trump’s EPA. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 8, 2023

3] California has long led the nation in adoption of environmental rules, including the first motor vehicle emission standards in 1966, energy efficiency standards for appliances in the 1970s, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, and many others. [4] 4] The new corporate climate disclosure bills may well continue that tradition.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Darren Woods, ExxonMobil CEO from 2017 to the present. Its 2018 campaign to kill a federal income tax credit for electric vehicle buyers, trotting out the same phony argument it made against wind tax breaks. “We do not support climate denial,” he replied. “We Photo: Pool/Getty Images) The history of that lie bears retelling.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2024

On May 20, the Damascus Citizens for Sustainability alerted the public the PA Department of Environmental Protection has designated 84 municipalities in Pennsylvania and one county in New York as “disposal facilities” for wastewater from conventional oil and gas drilling because well owners indiscriminately dump their waste on public roads.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Department of Health letter says-- “DOH does not have any regulatory authority over O&G production activities in the state, however we work in close collaboration with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) who does regulate the industry. “We Read more here ] From 1991 to 2017 over 240.4

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 17, 2024

Vietnamese blogger who filmed chemical spill protests released from prison Radio Free Asia PaulaR Wed, 01/17/2024 - 14:44 Thursday, January 11, 2024 Read more Nguyen Van Hoa was arrested in 2017 following massive demonstrations against a Taiwan-owned steel plant. By RFA Vietnamese 2024.01.11 billion complex in St.

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Corp Watch

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

USA: Raytheon workers hold 'informational picket,' demand better benefits from corporation Paul Tennant | Eagle Tribune | September 20, 2017 Raytheon production employees, whose contract is due to expire Saturday morning, are demanding better medical coverage from the prominent missile manufacturer.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2022

As a result of pipeline construction that ended on the Shawley property in late 2018, Ronald and Jane Shawley have suffered a complete loss of drinking well water and continual flooding of their home with raw sewage after Sunoco’s pipeline construction contaminated their water well and destroyed their on-lot septic system.

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