PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Mike worked for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1986 and served as Regional Director of the Department of Environmental Protections Northeast Regional Office since 2004. Mike’s career touched the populations and natural resources in every corner of Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2024

Technical expertise is provided by the following partners: Department of Agriculture, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, Department of Education, and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

That’s 47 times the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “action level,” though no amount of lead is considered safe. A new operator who assumed oversight of the plant in 2017, Michael O’Malley, may have changed the way homes were selected for testing.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2023

Throughout the week-long competition, students demonstrated their knowledge on soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry and wildlife management through written tests and interactive stations featuring New Brunswick’s natural resources. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

DEP issued the original violations for failure to restore the well pad and the water impoundment on July 14, 2017. DEP issued the original violations for failure to restore the well pad and the water impoundment on July 14, 2017. Read more here. Benko in Economy Borough, Beaver County. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E.

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Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) lacked authority to administratively stay portions of new source performance standards for the oil and gas sector for which it had granted requests for reconsideration. filed June 5, 2017; emergency motion for stay granted July 3, 2017). June 29, 2017). June 28, 2017).

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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. Written By David Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency, the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation and Perdue Farms, announced a new initiative to support conservation practice implementation on poultry farms throughout Pennsylvania. On October 16, the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay , in partnership with the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz visited Centre County to see first-hand the positive impact ClearWater Conservancy is having on local and downstream water quality. Beginning in 2017, ClearWater worked with several partners, including the Radzwich Family, to restore and stabilize 3.8

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The ERA states: The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. By Paul Bruder, Jr., Commonwealth, 83 A.3d

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

These individuals are tentatively scheduled to provide comments-- -- David Hess, Former Secretary of DEP -- Kelsey Krepps, Sierra Club -- Kurt Klapkowski, Acting DEP Deputy for Oil & Gas Management -- Arthur Stewart, Cameron Energy -- Adam Peltz, Environmental Defense Fund Corrective Legislation On April 19, Rep. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting nominations for two environmental education awards until January 11-- -- President’s Environmental Youth Award: recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by K-12 youth.

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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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PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

Pennsylvania has won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers. Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Penn State Extension.

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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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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In 2017, Bad River Band voted not to renew Enbridge’s easement on the 12 parcels due to multiple historical events and ongoing safety concerns about the aged pipeline’s threat to the Bad River’s watershed and Lake Superior. In October 2019, the Tribal Council passed another resolution reiterating their 2017 decision.

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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 (2022).

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2022

The report looked at environmental compliance in the industry between 2017 through 2021. Overview Of Non-Compliance DEP reports between 2017 through 2021, the agency did 63,026 inspections of wells belonging to 1,512 conventional oil and gas well owners operating 34,812 wells. Evidence on this count is discouraging.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

In response, Potter Township passed a resolution in 2017 requiring Shell to perform an exterior lighting study. Baumgardner noted agencies like the Department of Environmental Protection have no legal jurisdiction over light pollution from the Shell Plastics Plant.

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The Energy Law

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Notably, the FYs 2023 and 2024 Environmental Studies Programs seek to identify potential effects on the human and marine environments from potential migration and leaks, fugitive CO 2 emission concerns, and cumulative impacts surrounding the largely uncharted territory of regulating long-term offshore CCS.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2024

At the time, the deal was touted by the agency, then led by Josh Shapiro, as a way to hold Energy Transfer and Sunoco accountable for leaking thousands of gallons of drilling fluid into groundwater, lakes, and streams from 2017 to 2021, and address residents’ concerns about whether their water was safe.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 25, 2022

The charges related to mechanical raking with heavy equipment and bulldozing to level the sand and dunes, performed by the Town at Sauble Beach – a popular tourist destination – in April and August of 2017. By conserving wildlife, we ensure that future generations can enjoy our natural world and the incredible species that live within it.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency is now accepting nominations for the President’s Environmental Youth Award. The President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) recognizes outstanding environmental stewardship projects developed by K-12 youth. The deadline for nominations is February 18. Click Here for all the details.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2024

Written Testimony The Department of Environmental Protection provided written testimony only. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources bans road dumping oil and gas wastewater for any purpose on its over 6,500 miles of state forest roads. The same DEP data showed from 1991 to 2017, over 240.4

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Wolf directed the Department of Environmental Protection to conduct an evaluation of how it regulates conventional oil and gas wells to prevent new abandoned wells, tighten review of permit transfers, review compliance with environmental safeguards and make recommendations for changes and actions, including criminal sanctions.

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ESA

APRIL 1, 2024

2021 Virtual Annual Meeting (originally planned for Long Beach, California) Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for Natural Resources, was recognized for his commitment to using science in creating nature-based solutions for building water and climate resilience across California. degrees Celsius. degrees Celsius.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 435 notices of violation to 87 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them so far in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 22, 2021

The goal of conferring rights to nature is to secure the highest level of environmental protection under which an ecosystem can thrive and whose rights are not violated. These nature rights are very often associated with human rights, especially the right to a clean and healthy environment. State of Colorado.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

It also would provide money to state agencies: $30 million for the Department of Environmental Protection, $25 million for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, $11 million for the Department of Agriculture, and $5 million for Fish & Boat Commission. Sturla said. “I Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Klapkowski said, generally, the Pennsylvania program to regulate underground natural gas storage areas compares favorably with some existing national standards. PA Gas Storage Fields Pennsylvania has 51 active underground natural gas storage fields regulated by the Department of Environmental Protection. Follow-Up At Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

The following testimony by David Hess , former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, was prepared for delivery at the April 24 House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on abandoned conventional oil and gas wells. We did it before. Click Here for a PDF of this written testimony.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co. .:

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2022

Tom Wolf announced Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell will leave his position on July 2 after serving in the position from May 20, 2016 and a total of 25 years of service with the Commonwealth. On May 23, Gov. The governor also announced his intention to name Ramez Ziadeh to serve as Acting Secretary.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

Note: DEP reported in December that between 2017 and 2021, current conventional oil/gas well operators abandoned without plugging 2,246 wells -- 561 a year, on average. The study was based on a review of the net present value of the wells and the relative insolvency and fiscal health of the operators.

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Global Green

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

JORDAN MCKAY DECEMBER 15, 2017. That filter costs money and natural resource to replace or clean, so the more pollution there is, the higher the operating costs to keep you sucking clean air on that treadmill, which eventually finds its way to membership fees. I began running to serve an objective — weight loss.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2022

A 2017 bank pin study determined the streambank was being lost at a rate of approximately two feet per year. This project is an example of how the power of partnerships and collaboration can benefit our natural resources,” said District Manager for the Clinton County Conservation District Wade Jodun.

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