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IFO Reports 2023 PA Natural Gas Production Up 1.0% Over 2022, Thanks To Strong Q4 Production; Fewest New Wells Drilled In Last Decade

PA Environment Daily

On February 26, the Independent Fiscal Office reported 2023 Pennsylvania natural gas production was up 1.0% over 2022, thanks to a 4.5% The average Pennsylvania spot price for natural gas was $1.69, a decrease of $2.85 (-62.8%) from the prior year. Click Here for a copy of the report.

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DEP Issues Equitrans Midstream Violation For Not Plugging 19 Abandoned Conventional Wells At The Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field In Greene County; Conflicts With Coal Mining

PA Environment Daily

On January 26, 2024, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a notice of violation to Equitrans Midstream for abandoning and not plugging 19 conventional gas wells at the Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field in Greene County. 2019 Violations The environmental compliance record of Equitrans Midstreams is not encouraging.

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What’s Up With Water – December 13, 2022

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The company is Enbridge, which operates Line 5, a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that moves oil and natural gas liquids across the Great Lakes region. The tribe is the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, which sued Enbridge in 2019 to remove a section of Line 5 that crosses its lands. This is Eileen Wray-McCann.

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Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX

PA Environment Daily

On December 27, 2022-- Christmas week-- a malfunction at the CNX Oak Springs Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Station in South Franklin Township, Washington County resulted in the release of an estimated 1.1 million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. From approximately 10:14 a.m. 27 releases.

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Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline' Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward

PA Environment Daily

On March 14, the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Adelphia Gateway natural gas pipeline company was not entitled to a different outcome in Federal Court after receiving an adverse judgment in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Cole et al v. Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. Opinion, p.

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3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station

PA Environment Daily

Is this what we should expect from the natural gas industrial infrastructure in Washington County and Pennsylvania? Here’s what happened on December 25, 26 and 27, 2022 in Washington County. Energy Transfer had its brand new Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline explode in Beaver County in 2018 and paid a penalty of $30.8

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FRESH, August 9, 2022: Unmonitored Ag May Account for Majority of Lake Erie Manure Pollution

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August 9, 2022. Environmental health concerns compelled the tribe to expand the reservation inland in 2019, away from their home on the Mississippi River. August 12, 2022: Webinar: Climate Change in the Great Lakes Basin — register. August 30, 2022: Webinar: Lake Erie Algae in the Depth of Winter — register. Other News.

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