PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

On January 10, the Environmental Hearing Board denied a motion by Olympus Energy, supported by the Department of Environmental Protection , to declare an appeal of two shale gas permits in Westmoreland County filed by Protect PT as moot because the wells have already been drilled and fracked. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

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. Environmental Protection Agency Underground Injection Well Program. more than in 2021 and 26.6% more than in 2022 and 569.9%

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019. The PA Supreme Court’s decision reversed a lower court ruling that had put up a major barrier to reimbursement of legal costs for environmental lawsuits brought by non-profits and residents.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

And because conventional oil and gas well drillers continued to try to abandon wells without plugging them 813 times in 2019 and 2020. Also on the EQB agenda is a fee report for Radiation Protection Programs. Greg Vitali, Minority Chair House Environmental Committee [Posted: February 3, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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The Energy Law

JUNE 19, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. EPA responded to the Report in an April 18, 2013 memorandum from Gina McCarthy (Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation) and Lek G.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Just one conventional operator-- John B.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection The information submitted to DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management from eight conventional oil and gas companies to justify allowing them to dispose of millions of gallons of wastewater by spreading it on dirt roads fails to meet the requirements of DEP’s 25 Pa Code Chapter 287.8

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Seif , former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, and in 1979 administrative assistant to Gov. Read more here. Read more here. Dick Thornburgh.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

For example, in 2019, the parties to the LP agreed to allow the provisional application of a 2009 amendment allowing the export of carbon dioxide for sub-seabed storage (more on that here ). The other two activities listed for priority evaluation involve solar radiation management.) This has happened with other amendments to the LP.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2024

A Grist review of records from 2019 to 2023 found that [conventional] oil and gas producers submitted more than 3,000 reports of wastewater dumping to the state Department of Environmental Protection, or DEP. In total, they reported spraying nearly 2.4 million gallons of wastewater on Pennsylvania roads.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Seif , former Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection, and in 1979 administrative assistant to Gov. Read more here. Read more here. Dick Thornburgh.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The case involves an Olympus Energy land use application for the Dionysus shale gas well pad submitted to West Deer Township, Allegheny County in 2019. DEP arrived at the facility January 3, 2023 to start its investigation. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Based on data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on toxic air and water emissions for a large number of industrial facilities across the US, refineries are the 10 th most toxic industry , in a toxicity ranking list with over 200 grades. Refineries are among the most toxic industries in this country.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

There is little or limited potential for radiation exposure to the public and workers from the development, completion, production, transmission, processing, storage, and end use of natural gas.” Air Quality -- U.S.

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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

DECEMBER 26, 2021

21 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. -- PG: Study: Great Allegheny Passage Trail Is ‘An Economic Highway’ That Generated $121 Million In 2019 -- PG Editorial: Great Allegheny Passage Bike Trail Leads To Economic Growth -- PG: Pittsburgh Regional Asset District Budget Invests $7.8

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

I recently posted blogs on nuclear materials contamination in Missouri , including the good news that the United States Senate recently voted in favor of expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) to include nuclear frontline communities in Missouri, like those that Christen Commuso, the Community Outreach Specialist for St.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 2, 2025

Perhaps you remember Sharpiegate in 2019, when then-President Trump doctored the forecast path of Hurricane Dorian with a black Sharpie maker. For instance, explaining nuclear toxicology concepts is important for helping the public understand why and how to avoid radiation exposure.

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Arnold Porter

DECEMBER 3, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA granted manufacturer requests for these risk evaluations in December 2019.[[N:

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Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2025

On March 12, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to reconsider EPAs 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, along with all regulations and actions that rely on the finding.

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