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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

barrel) for the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2042. Recently, the CEO of Shell said the plant cost $14 billion to build and would not be fully operational until 2025 or 2026. Read more here.] The PRM tax credit is equal to $0.05 per gallon of ethane purchased ($2.10/barrel)

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Bay Journal: PA Conventional Gas Wells Routinely Abandoned, Left Unplugged

PA Environment Daily

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal A governor-ordered inquiry into how well conventional oil and gas drillers in Pennsylvania are obeying environmental laws has found a “culture of noncompliance”, with drillers routinely abandoning wells without plugging them as required to prevent the release of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.

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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 10 to 16 -- Leaking Conventional Wells; 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Using Tape To Repair Containment Liner

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Three sustainable fuels that could be the future of green aviation

A Greener Life

Saville, who has also been assessing sustainable-fuel life-cycle emissions for the United Nations’ International Civil Aviation Organization, says that oils can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 90% compared to fossil fuels. In 2017, British Airlines partnered with U.S.-based

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Lawmakers propose increasing royalties for off- and on-shore oil and gas drilling on public lands and waters. This bill allows fishermen to exchange lionfish tails for fishing tags for other species. New York City to ban gas hook-ups in new buildings – The Independent. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill ( H.R. Executive Branch.

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ESA Policy News: November 8, 2021

ESA

The agreement also allows countries to continue to export liquefied natural gas. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) have expressed concerns over the total price tag of the budget reconciliation bill. . Interior to weigh greenhouse gas emissions of proposed 2022 oil lease sales – Reuters. Lawmakers also allocate $9.7

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The Trump War on Science: Daring blindness, Denying climate change, Destroying the EPA and other daily disasters

Science Blogs

This post covers from approximately mid-June, 2017 up to August 31, 2017. July 2017. . of Interior held a private briefing with 45 gas and oil CEOs at Trump's D.C. August 2017. . Mon, 09/11/2017 - 09:20. The fact that most days -- even in the summer -- there are multiple things to report is terrifying.