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Local Officials, Residents, Advocacy Groups Call On DEP To Conduct A Robust Public Participation Process For Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Applications

PA Environment Daily

On April 5, township supervisors, concerned residents, and advocacy organizations submitted a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection calling on the agency to conduct a proper Public Participation Process for an oil and gas waste injection disposal well in Potter County. Some listings include links to permit applications.

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Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System

PA Environment Daily

For the first time since the Department of Environmental Protection’s 2018 moratorium on road spreading, the Bureau of Waste Management asked 17 drillers to provide determinations they were supposed to conduct before continuing road spreading using a loophole called Coproduct Determination.

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DEP Issued Record 6,860 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators In 2023-- Nearly 52% More Than In 2021; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection issued a record 6,860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. regarding the energy company’s failure to fix a natural gas leak that caused a house explosion in Greene County in 2018. Read more here.

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DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 201 ) The report deals with the George Reade 1 conventional well. 30 to Jan.

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DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Project To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining

PA Environment Daily

PA Bulletin, page 213 ) According to Equitrans, CONSOL has plans to mine coal above and around the Equitrans Hunters Cave and Swarts Natural Gas Storage Fields over the next several decades. Related Articles - Equitrans: -- DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1

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DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues

PA Environment Daily

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued a record 5,653 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas operators in 2023, with two months left in the year, according to DEP’s November 3, 2023 Weekly Workload Report. Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Well Program. Read more here.

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Electric Vehicles Combat Climate Change

Global Green

The fastest way to shift the transportation sector to environmental sustainability is to accelerate the transition to electric vehicles (EVs). According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions is from transportation. In 2018, eighty-two dams were removed.