PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Despite the 2018 EHB decision [a settlement with DEPs Oil & Gas Program saying they would not approve more road dumping without developing a formal permit] road dumping is still pervasive on the more rural dirt roads, said Lawson. Read more here. The bill was reported out of Committee by a party-line vote, but went no further.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Hill also noted the company has been under investigation by the Office of Attorney General for possible state Solid Waste Management Act violations road dumping their wastewater under the co-product determination process in DEPs Residual Waste Regulations. Read more here. Original violations issued March 7, 2025. No response requested.

2025

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The two most commonly reported concerns to the Department of Health are those related to air pollution and water contamination, specifically individuals on private well water. It is also an additional source of noise and light pollution. I also want to highlight fracking fluid and flaring from this list.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million Planted Since 2018 [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society [PaEN] -- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Supporters In Somerset County Step Up Fundraising As Potential Job Cuts Loom -- Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 4441 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 93 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Waste Permits - Comment -- Waste Management of PA, Inc. Cumberland County. ( Potter County. ( Greene County. ( Bradford County. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. have gotten easier.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

The following factsheet on asthma and air pollution from natural gas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. Asthma attacks, also known as exacerbations, may be triggered by indoor and outdoor air pollution, stress, and other physical and environmental factors.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2024

On October 2, the Pittsburgh Union Progress reported the Jefferson Regional Foundation has scheduled three October listening sessions as it prepares to launch the Mon Valley Clear Air Fund that will be available to nonprofit organizations affected by a U.S. Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works plant December 2018 fire.

Air Pollution

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Two of the top 10 EQIP practices by total dollar amount spent are practices we identified as industrial, providing little to no conservation benefits, in our previous report: waste facility cover and waste storage facility. As the 2018 Farm Bill is set to expire on September 30, 2023, we believe this report is timely.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Trillion Across Global Economy, Report -- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells -- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp.,

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2023

.” -- Slightly Lower Birth Weights: “We learned that babies were about 1 ounce smaller at birth-- something that, in most cases, poses little health risk-- when born to mothers who lived near active wells during the production phase, or compressor stations or facilities accepting oil and gas waste. “We

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

Natural gas development has added compressor stations, pig launchers/receivers to clean out pipelines, cryogenic/fractionation plants, cracker plants, injection wells, residual waste storage tanks and impoundments as well as frack water and freshwater impoundments, metering stations and miles of gas pipelines throughout rural Pennsylvania.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In 2018, the state Department of Health and DEP, with assistance from the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, released a public health evaluation of long-term air sampling data in the vicinity of natural gas operations in Washington County. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Folks who dealt with contaminated water and air pollution and suffered severe health consequences that they believed were a result of fracking happening near their homes.” “Now, The company has also been criminally charged with violations of the Air Pollution Control Act in Washington County. 27 Released 1.1

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

In 2018, “the name of the program was changed to Oil and Natural Gas Production to cover potential health impacts from both conventional and unconventional oil and gas production.” These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. within one-half mile).

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Waste Permits -- PennEnergy Resources, LLC - Ferree Shale Gas Well Pad Aboveground Storage Tank: DEP invites comments on a WMGR123 General Waste Permit for conventional and unconventional wastewater storage located in Middlesex Twp., in Philadelphia. ( Butler County. ( Tioga County. ( Bedford County. ( Tioga County. ( Tioga County. (

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Black smoke is an incomplete combustion and that’s a [air pollution] violation. Within two miles of Cat Lodge’s home there are 10 well pads, 4 compressor stations, 2 cryogenic natural gas processing plants, 1 metering station, 1 residual waste landfill, multiple pipelines and pig launcher and receivers throughout our farming areas.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Williams, Esq.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

14 Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board [PaEN] -- House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts [PaEN] -- Sen.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

This industry has been protected by politicians that continue to allow it to literally dump their waste and responsibilities on taxpayers to clean up.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Calls Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment ‘Stupid’ [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference [PaEN] -- Protect PT Holds Nov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

For Particulate Air Pollution - Harrisburg, York, Lancaster Region Related Articles This Week: -- Gov.

Natural Gas

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

All three landfills are operated by the County subject to oversight and permits by the County Department of Environmental Health Services, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District.

Law

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Leib, Pittsburgh -- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists, Advocates Urge Shapiro To Stay The Course On RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan -- Scranton Times Editorial: Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan Serves Economy, Environment [RGGI] -- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Get $1.5

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Coterra entered a plea to Prohibition Against Discharge of Industrial Wastes, a violation of the Clean Streams Law. A decade later, at the time of their appearance before the grand jury, the issue had remained unresolved. As part of the plea agreement, Coterra will pay $16.29

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order [PaEN] -- Western PA Residents Comment After A Year Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Operations [PaEN] -- PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 . -- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community (BCMAC): Awarded $631,534.22

2023

Environment Blog

JUNE 25, 2021

Trillion invested in UK occupational pension schemes alone, companies seeking access to investment now provide detailed information about their environmental impact, including data on water use, air pollution, waste, and biodiversity. With more than £1.5

Fossil Fuels

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Commercial Waste : Any waste material produced as a byproduct of commercial or industrial activity. Filtration : Removing solid waste and material from water in the process of wastewater treatment. As it is a waste, it serves no purpose on its own. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.

Government

Acoel

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

million tons in 2018). Another way of saying it is that biochar is produced when wood chips, manure, sludges, compost and green waste are burned under controlled conditions. The resulting charcoal can cut greenhouse emissions from waste and boost soil fertility. We produce waste at the rate of 4.9

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The remaining 173 (27%) violations were for various other shortcomings—most issued for improper handling of waste materials. million gallons) of liquid waste and 416,248 tons of solid waste between January 2011 and April 2021. In the Lycoming Creek watershed, operators reported generating 9,064,377 barrels (380.7

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Firstly, it removes solid fish waste from the system, thus eliminating waste buildup in the grow beds. Secondly, it enables growers to decide whether to run the system either aquaponically, using liquid waste from the fish, or hydroponically through nutrient dosing. Decoupling offers two significant advantages.

2023

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2022

Frustration in the ability of state law to prevent damage caused by pipeline construction related to the Mariner East Pipeline can be illustrated by a 2018 quote from Republican Sen. The Republicans that run the Senate and House have spent literally years ignoring legislation to improve natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline safety.

Natural Gas

Vermont Law

AUGUST 24, 2020

The successes and failures of international regulation of ocean waste provide a basis for developing a model for effective regulation of orbital debris. Like earth’s orbits, earth’s oceans are a global common where externalities from marine debris are typically not experienced by the producer of the pollution.

2007

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The researchers never made the claim that air pollution was responsible for the observed effects, and included in the study report was the limitation of not being able to identify a specific hazard. Shapiro And The Shale Gas Company CNX [5.2.24] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We emitted about 269 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2018 (the latest year for which data are available), with industry, electricity production, and transportation the largest sources. As a large state and an energy giant, Pennsylvania is one of the biggest generators of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States.

Climate Change

Law Columbia

MARCH 14, 2024

These state-level “Climate Superfund” bills are modeled on the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, which imposes liability on multiple parties, including the generators of waste, for the cleanup of contaminated sites.

Fossil Fuels

Law Columbia

JANUARY 10, 2019

On December 28, 2018, California adopted comprehensive amendments to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines , which include a suite of provisions aimed at improving the analysis of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts in state environmental reviews. By Jessica Wentz. New section 15064.3

Climate Change