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Gov. Shapiro, CNX Natural Gas Company Sign Statement Of Mutual Interests To Monitor Air Emissions At Drill Sites, Extend Safety Setbacks While Data Is Being Collected; DEP To Move Ahead With Some Reg Changes

PA Environment Daily

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The Governor's Office said the agreement helps further a promise Gov.

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Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek

PA Environment Daily

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Repeated sediment pollution incidents and accusations of destroying habitat for rare hellbenders on a Pennsylvania “river of the year” have brought criticism over natural gas operations in a scenic valley and revealed weak protections for “exceptional value” streams.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 6

PA Environment Daily

Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Tioga Compressor Station: DEP is inviting comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for installation of air pollution control equipment to comply with RACT III requirements for the station located in Farmington Twp., PA Bulletin, page 55 ) -- CNX Gas Co. -

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House Republicans Move Solar, Wind Bonding Bill; Fail To Plug The $1.8 Billion Hole In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Opposed Regs Making Natural Gas Pipelines Safer, Reducing Methane Emissions

PA Environment Daily

Republicans also approved letters opposing Environmental Quality Board final regulations to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations, the Public Utility Commission’s proposed regulations improving natural gas and hazardous liquids pipeline safety and DEP’s proposed Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy.

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Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’

PA Environment Daily

Josh Shapiro and CNX Resources, a shale gas extraction company based in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, announced a collaboration on environmental monitoring and chemical disclosures. The CNX report cited data monitoring associated with the collaboration and declared that its shale gas development “is safe and poses no public health risk.”

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General Assembly Diverted $3.602 Billion From Environmental Infrastructure Projects And Programs Into State Budget Black Hole

PA Environment Daily

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5 million; and DEP: $4.2

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The Gas Utility Industry is Gaslighting Us

Union of Concerned Scientists

If a new home has a gas stove installed, homeowners are more likely to buy other big-ticket gas appliances—a furnace, a water heater, a clothes dryer—which use a lot more gas than a stove. Since May 2018, AGA also has spent more than $113,000 on 440 Facebook and Instagram ads.

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