PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

Billion Hydrogen, Natural Gas Tax Credit, Shapiro Wants To Rewrite The Law To Boost Electricity Production -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. 30 to Dec. 26 to Nov. 28 to Oct. 31 to Sept.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

As of 2020, the three largest sources of emissions in Pennsylvania are: -- Electricity Generation (29% of gross emissions) -- Transportation Fuel Consumption (22% of gross emissions) -- Industrial Emissions (19% of gross emissions) Emissions from electricity generation decreased 10.4% from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4%

Climate Change

Enviromental Defense

JULY 9, 2025

The number of jobs in the industry as well as the wages for those jobs that remain are still lower than 2019 levels. Switching from a gas furnace to a heat pump can cut annual heating bills, while switching to electric vehicles can cut fuel and maintenance costs. But fossil fuel companies are working to stall these transitions.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

The March 25 e xplosion involved a production storage tank and occurred at 10:25 a.m while the well tender was blowing out the well. DEP arrived on site at 11:30 a.m. Mercer County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On 401 Water Quality Certification For Rover Pipeline Rover-Bulger Compressor Station, Harmon Creek Meter Station Expansion In Smith Twp.,

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 17, 2025

However, a rapid adoption by three major railroads caused the share of Class I railroad revenue from PSR-utilizing firms to increase from less than 7 percent in 2016 to 70 percent by 2019, where it remains today (privately owned BNSF is the only Class I carrier not yet to adopt PSR).

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

4 In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss Appointed To EPA’s Farm, Ranch And Rural Communities Advisory Committee -- TribLive: Eureka, Citizens Gifted Eplugs To Fire Company To Thwart Electric Vehicle Dangers -- Moms Clean Air Force Nov. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

17 Abandoned Conventional Wells Amer Natural Resources LLC - Violations: 7 Wells, Failed to Comply With Plugging Order (63 Months) March 20, 2025 inspections of 7 conventional wells in Allegheny County found them abandoned and not plugged and as a result the owner failed to comply with a DEP order issued on December 12, 2019 to plug the wells.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Shapiro, Republicans Appear Headed For Energy Showdown -- PUC Launches Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth, Sets April 24 Hearing [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Public Utility Commission Sets Hearing On A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Mercer County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On 401 Water Quality Certification For Rover Pipeline Rover-Bulger Compressor Station, Harmon Creek Meter Station Expansion In Smith Twp., Washington County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For A MarkWest Liberty 4.5

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 409 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 3 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Susquehanna County. ( Luzerne County. ( Greene County. ( Philadelphia. ( Butler County. Philadelphia. ( Butler County. Received Dec. 27, Issued Dec.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

Eddystone is a peaking electricity generation facility with a capacity of 760 MW that burns either natural gas or oil, depending on market conditions. A peaking power plant only runs during specific periods of high electricity demand. DEP just renewed the Title V Air Quality permit for the Eddystone power plant on April 17.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Pollution has impacted your air quality, making it hard to breathe and causing asthma in many places, like in Philadelphia after the oil refinery explosion in 2019 and in Pittsburgh near the Clairton Coke Works US Steel plant after a fire and ongoing concerns of pollution.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough -- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. 17 For Entire State, Delaware River Watershed -- WPXI: Cranberry Twp.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Shapiro, Republicans Appear Headed For Energy Showdown -- PUC Launches Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth, Sets April 24 Hearing [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Public Utility Commission Sets Hearing On A.I.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

25 Technical Conference On Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- PA Emergency Management Agency, Delaware River Basin Commission: Nov. . -- PA Solar Center, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services Release New Guidebook For PA Municipalities On Development Of Large-Scale Solar Facilities; Nov.

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Zero-emission trucks and buses eliminate tailpipe emissions and significantly reduce life-cycle pollution. This tells us which fleets are deploying electric vehicles, which types of these vehicles are being deployed, and where. One indicator of this progress is the growing share of zero-emission truck and bus registrations.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s immediately clear how fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help reduce emissions; eliminating gasoline and tailpipes in favor of increasingly clean electricity helps limit both climate change and air pollution. Plug-in hybrids are a bit more complicated. BEV or PHEV? Not necessarily.

Electricity

Real Climate

AUGUST 17, 2022

This is an historic effort though it falls short of the broader ‘ Green New Deal ‘ goals that were proposed in 2019, and doesn’t include all of the elements that were in the proposed 2021 reconcilliation package (the American Jobs Plan in “ Build Back Better “) that ultimately floundered.

Paris Agreement

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 19, 2022

A recent Union of Concerned Scientists analysis found that Minnesota could meet its electricity demands with 100-percent renewable energy by 2035, which would provide significant economic and health benefits. million to support electric vehicles , including charging infrastructure and bus electrification. In 2019, Minnesota Gov.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

US emissions went down by around 15% between 2007 and 2019, while GDP per person went up around 25%. Another is that the costs of renewable energy and electric vehicles have declined so greatly in the past ten years, making them more or less competitive with their fossil-fuel alternatives.

Carbon Emissions

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Like many other public-serving institutions throughout society, electricity and gas utilities are facing calls to be more equitable in their operations, planning, and treatment of customers. In 2019 and 2020, I served as a member of a committee involved in the implementation of California’s Assembly Bill 617.

Electricity

A Greener Life

JUNE 27, 2022

In March, start-up BasiGo became the first company to launch an electric passenger bus in Kenya. We selected BYD because they are the largest manufacturer of electric buses globally and they are known for battery technology that is state-of-the-art,” BasiGo co-founder and CEO Jit Bhattacharya told China Dialogue. million in funding.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 14, 2023

Regardless of where we live, we should all have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits provided by electric vehicles. These benefits range from the reduced cost of operation , the reduced need for maintenance and the improved performance, to the fact that electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2023

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- TribLive: DEP Declares TODAY Code Orange Air Quality Alert For Liberty/Clairton, Allegheny County = -- FERC Approves PJM $1.25 Gas Explosions -- WPXI: Major Natural Gas Leak At Ross Twp.,

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MAY 28, 2021

This week’s advancements offer two new models for local governments looking to require or promote building electrification: air pollution and land use regulation. Still, the air emissions standard model could be adapted to apply for jurisdictions without building code authority, including for existing buildings.

Air Pollution

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

The ongoing pollution from these power plants is an affront to public health and wildly incompatible with every climate ambition this country —and this world—has. Which means the consequences of these polluters unabashedly continuing to pollute aren’t just severe—they’re compounding.

Clean Air Act

Earthava

MAY 17, 2021

In the transportation sector, green tech solutions include electric vehicles, such as eco-friendly electric scooters and e-bikes, and vehicle sharing, among others. In the US alone, the transportation sector contributed 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. Introduces alternative fuel solutions.

Biofuels

Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings. Local governments have structured or are considering structuring all-electric construction policies in a variety of ways, some of which remain untouched by the Ninth Circuit ruling.

Conservation

A Greener Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

By Leigh Hartman When Son Nguyen lived in the US, he saw rapidly advancing electric vehicle technology and heard stories from back in Vietnam about air pollution. So after returning home, he launched Dat Bike in 2019. At Rantau Dedap alone, the renewable energy plant improves electricity access for more than 1.2

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: EPA Reaches $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2 Click Here for available online video. -- EPA Files $4.2

2019

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

3–4 Postponed: PennDOT National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications PennTAP: Apply Now For USDA Rural Energy For America Renewable Energy, Efficiency Improvement Loans, Grants PA Solar Center Webinar: Feb. 28 to Feb. 3 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2 Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

PA DEP Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 28 to Feb. 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Only one plant employing the technology exists in the world and that plant opened in 2019. These negative impacts include increased toxic waste from drilling, water contamination, harmful air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and negative economic impacts such as reduced property values.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

PA DEP Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 28 to Feb. 3 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 28 to Feb. 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb.

Natural Gas