Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulates emissions of EtO, yet the agency is years behind on updating standards and control requirements, despite mounting evidence of the harm of long-term EtO exposure. Workers at these facilities and children who are exposed are especially at risk.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Read more here.] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 18 [PaEN] -- The Department of Environmental Protection is inviting comments on the renewal of a residual waste processing permit for the Danco Industries, Inc. facility in Barkeyville Boro, Venango County. (

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the National Toxicology Program, and the International Association of Research on Cancer classify EtO as a substance that can cause certain cancers. What are the health impacts associated with breathing it?

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Manning Law

JUNE 11, 2020

a fuel supplier based in Western Canada, was fined $200,000 in the Provincial Court of British Columbia after pleading guilty on June 17, 2019, to five counts of transferring petroleum products into a storage-tank system where storage-tank-system identification numbers were not visible. The Regulatory Framework.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 3, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that environmental releases of TRI chemicals by facilities covered by the program declined by 10% between 2019 and 2020. Today, the U.S.

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Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 8, 2021

In 2019, EPA geochemist Rick Wilkin, helped to develop three teams to focus on treatment, characterization, and risk management of PFAS in groundwater. Read the full story from U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2023

After graduating from Franklin & Marshall College, Dunn embarked on a 35-year career with the Senate of Pennsylvania, culminating in his retirement in 2019 as Chief of Staff to state Sen. John Gordner. After retiring from the Senate, Dunn worked in conservation outreach on farms in 12 central Pennsylvania counties.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On September 19, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is ramping up monitoring and plans to develop a surface water standard for PFAS 'forever chemicals' after a DEP/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s PFAS Guidelines -- Association of State and Territorial Health Officials’ PFAS Risk Communications Hub -- U.S.

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Nanotech

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of reporting instructions for entities required to report on their use of asbestos under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On October 16, 2023, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Nancy Kline (2017) Chautauqua Energy (2017) CNX Gas (2016) Cobra Resources 2019; 2021) D & M Energy (2019; 2020) Dannic Energy Corp (2016; 021) Deitz Gas & Oil (2017) Dev Well, Inc (2017) Diversified Oil & Gas (2017; 2018; 2019) Diversified Prod (2018; 2020; 2021) Donald D. 2016; 2017) IA Const Corp (2020) John H.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

Background In December 2019, Erie Coke [Coal] Plant locked out its employees and shuttered the plant in the face of significant and continuing environmental violations. Photo: Department of Environmental Protection.) Questions should be directed to: plupo@neighborhoodarthouse.org or call 814-490-3108. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

A new USGS study , in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Protection, explains 2015-2019 results from the Pennsylvania Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network of 28 wells across the Commonwealth. Water samples from each of the 28 monitoring wells were collected twice per year through 2019.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

These GPs have been repeatedly extended without change since April 2, 2019 The 2019 Pennsylvania PFAS Action Team Initial Report found, experts say the use of contaminated biosolids applied on farm fields is likely a primary source of food contamination. Read more here.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency releases a plan to improve water infrastructure and sanitation for Native American tribes. New Yorkers have a chance to enshrine environmental protections in their state constitution, potentially reviving a legal movement that flourished in the United States a half-century ago.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 8, 2021

As Chile begins to rewrite its constitution, environmental activists center water rights and other environmental protections. City officials said residents owe over $25 million in unpaid water bills, some of which date back to 2019. Black carbon deposits are speeding up glacial melting in the Himalaya , a new report says.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2023

Instead, the broken process led to controversy and political gridlock – and a loss of public trust in Canada’s environmental laws and the decisions being made. When the new law was finally introduced in 2019, environmental groups didn’t get everything we wanted, but it did make some important improvements.

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Circle of Blue

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency links proximity to agricultural land to high levels of toxic algal blooms in Midwestern lakes. million gallons of water during 2020, only one million less than during 2019, when tourism peaked on the island. A study from the S. The neighborhood of Waikiki reportedly consumed 2.5 369 LAKES .

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2023

On July 26, the Department of Environmental Protection and Sunoco Pipeline L.P. DEP also imposed a nearly a year-long permit bar on Energy Transfer Partners from receiving any new DEP permits between February 2019 and January 2020 because of its poor compliance record. Sunoco agreed to pay $660,000.00 Read more here. [In

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Law Columbia

JANUARY 25, 2022

The case concerns the scope of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from existing fossil fuel power plants under Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). Today, the Sabin Center filed an amicus brief on behalf of the National League of Cities and the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2024

In the 2019 Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan, the Department of Environmental Protection rolled out a “local and specific” strategy to reduce its pollution burden on the Chesapeake Bay by 2025.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2022

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection reported their inspections found 4,386 violations of environmental regulations at conventional oil and gas operations during 2021 -- nearly two and a half times the violations reported just two years ago in 2019 and 337 more than in 2020.

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Circle of Blue

DECEMBER 2, 2021

percent of disposable income on water and sewer in 2019, up from 10.9 Environmental Protection Agency when utilities assess the cost of controlling sewage pollution. Teodoro, who co-authored the 2019 national water affordability study, has offered alternatives to the percent-of-income metric. percent two years earlier.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 1 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21). Currently, permits for coal-mine methane are published individually for comment. million metric tons.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2023

The analysis included waste shipments to landfills in Pennsylvania by conventional and unconventional shale gas operators between January 2010 to December 2020 based on data from the Department of Environmental Protection. The study noted, “While reporting is required, PADEP does not confirm the accuracy of the reported information.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2022

On October 6, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed and collected a $147,250 civil penalty from Rice Drilling B LLC for erosion and sedimentation violations that were documented in 2019 and 2020 at Rice’s Mac well site in Whitely Township, Greene County.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a proposed Section 401 Water Quality Certification related to an Equitrans proposal to drill two new horizontal natural gas storage wells in the Swarts Complex and Hunters Cave Storage Fields in Center, Franklin, Morris and Washington Townships, Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

On September 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has begun an environmental investigation at the former Erie Coke Inc. When Erie Coke shut down in December 2019, DEP successfully sought a court order to freeze $1 million of Erie Coke’s finances for use in removing waste from the site.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ENVIRONMENT HAMILTON, STOP SPRAWL HAMONT. Decision will be a template for reconciling environmental protection with new “market based” planning rules . Hamilton City Council declared a Climate Emergency in 2019. Hamilton, Ont.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 12, 2024

More than 20,000 Americans died prematurely in 2015 from tailpipe emissions, according to a 2019 study. According to a 2019 study , longer commute times have been linked to more stress, poorer mental health, and lower satisfaction with jobs and leisure time activities. Even so, cars and trucks are still making us sick—and killing us.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The Wolf Administration released its Litter Action Plan in 2021 in response to Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s 2019 Litter Research Study which found Pennsylvania has more than 500 million pieces of litter on its roadways. First runner-up will receive a $25 gift card. All participants will be recognized with certificates.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2022

On April 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reached two agreements with PLPT Logistics Products Terminals, LLC (PLPT), for violations of the Storage Tank and Spill Prevention Act and the Clean Streams Law. PLPT Logistics operates a petroleum terminal on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

It was granted inactive status on April 24, 2014 which expired on April 24, 2019 without a request for extension. Environmental Protection Agency already issued an Underground Injection Control Permit (PAS2D050BPOT), effective January 14, 2022, to authorize the operation of the Class II-D Injection Well at this location.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the March 9 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the draft NPDES General Permit for Discharges of Stormwater Associated with Construction Activities (PAG-02). Three options would be available to demonstrate that a person is qualified.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

On September 20, the departments of Education, Environmental Protection, and Conservation and Natural Resources honored U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools across Pennsylvania in recognition of their environmental sustainability efforts.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Review of sample results from sampling conducted on surface water sources across Pennsylvania by the United States Geological Survey in summer 2019, indicated that PFAS was identified at several locations on the Monongahela and Youghiogheny Rivers and Tenmile Creek.” In December 2019, Gov. Read more here on USGS/DEP study.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 23 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of the new General Permit Plan Approval covering Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares (BAQ-GPA/GP-21). million metric tons, just behind natural gas production at 12.33 million metric tons. million metric tons in 2005.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

According to the Indictment presented to the court, from in and around October 2015 and continuing until in and around December 2019, Erie Coke Corporation and Nearhoof tampered with measurements on heating systems which emitted contaminants and pollutants into the air including volatile gases such as benzene, toluene, and xylene.

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