PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

DEP reported in December that between 2017 and 2021, conventional operators abandoned without plugging 2,246 wells -- 561 a year, on average. I helped respond to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant accident, to severe floods, the worst tornadoes Pennsylvania ever experienced and the million gallon Ashland Oil spill.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We Lost Water” In late 2017, Sunoco started digging the trenches to lay the new 16-inch, and 20-inch Mariner East natural gas liquids pipelines uphill from the Robinson’s home and business. I never signed up for anything to be here, to have their equipment on my property for four and a half years.” “We Read more here.]

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Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Sentencing was scheduled for February 3, 2017. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) authorization of the export of natural gas from Dominion Cove Point LNG, LP’s (Dominion’s ) facility in Maryland. Circuit to Expedite Consideration of Challenge to Natural Gas Pipeline. United States v. Ruffatto , No. 2:16 -cr-00167 (W.D.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

In 2012, 2017, and 2021 the National Academies of Science and Engineering published three separate reports on threats to the grid, resilience, and the future of electricity. [1] 1] In its 2017 report, the Academies warned that U.S. 7] Nuclear plants are among the most reliable components of America’s power grids.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

One of the most significant changes is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

And we have done so since 2017 even as we have continued to grow. In 2020, Google announced its intention to power its data centers with 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2030. jobs, including 603,900 direct jobsup 51% since 2017. DCC commissioned a PwC 2025 impact study that shows the data-center sector is a major economic force.4

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 12, 2022

Since its founding in 2017, the US Climate Alliance —a coalition of states committed to meeting the goals of the Paris climate accord—has grown to 24 states and one US territory. Currently, the states in our analysis meet their electricity needs with a mix of different electricity sources, including fossil fuels, nuclear power and renewables.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2024

On March 7, the Independent Fiscal Office issued its latest Pennsylvania Electricity update that reports the electricity grid is dependent on one fuel for 59% of the state’s electricity generation-- natural gas-- followed by nuclear power-- 31.9%, coal-- 5.4% from other sources. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] -- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia -- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition -- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

DEP inspection report - Lot 8 32 ] On October 10, 2023 , DEP inspected two conventional gas wells-- Warren State Hospital 2 & 3 in Conewango Township, Warren County operated by William Southwell & Son Oil due to a concern about possible natural gas emission leaking into the atmosphere. No violations were issued. [

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Environmental Progress

JULY 29, 2020

Renewables contributed to electricity prices rising six times more in California than in the rest of the US since 2011, the state’s “take-off” year for rapid growth in wind and solar, a price rise that occurred despite the state’s reliance during the same years on persistently-low-priced natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2024

PA- $3.32 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Rigs Up 1 To 15 From Last Week [Down 28% Since Aug. PA- $3.32 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Rigs Up 1 To 15 From Last Week [Down 28% Since Aug. PA- $3.32 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Rigs Up 1 To 15 From Last Week [Down 28% Since Aug. Ohio- $3.08 Ohio- $3.08

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Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Thanks in large measure to natural gas replacing coal, the International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts carbon emissions in 2040 to be lower than in almost all of the IPCC scenarios. Finally, the premature closure of nuclear power plants, often in the name of fighting climate change, results in greater air pollution.

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Renewable energy already provides reliable power with significant grid penetration at a levelized cost of energy that is comparable to or lower than gas or coal. The energy incentives in the IRA, likely to remain in place, favor more than just renewables like wind and solar power. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

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