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PA Environment Daily
NOVEMBER 25, 2023
The proposed legislation follows recommendations outlined by a grand jury empaneled in 2020 by then-Attorney General Josh Shapiro. Jury members examined existing gas industry regulations contrasted with scientific research and found current requirements for setbacks from fracking operations were inadequate.
PA Environment Daily
MAY 31, 2023
On May 31, the Independent Fiscal Office released its first quarter 2023 report on unconventional shale gas production in Pennsylvania showing quarterly production is down 118 billion cubic feet since the fourth quarter peak in 2021. The IFO reported first quarter production in 2023 was 1,838 billion cubic feet.
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PA Environment Daily
APRIL 30, 2023
This editorial first appeared in the Republican Herald on April 30, 2023 -- Lawmakers were so eager to accommodate the natural gas industry nearly two decades ago that they opened the rich Marcellus Shale gas field without an adequate regulatory regime. Now, the state continues to play catch-up.
Union of Concerned Scientists
FEBRUARY 22, 2023
Most studies show that achieving these targets will require an unprecedented increase in wind and solar power to decarbonize the power sector and meet the increased demand for zero- carbon electricity to replace fossil fuels in building, industrial and transportation sectors. Map courtesy NREL: Denholm et al.
PA Environment Daily
APRIL 16, 2023
billion gallons of conventional and shale gas drilling wastewater generated in Pennsylvania annually that included a statement from Gov. Shapiro’s office supporting “key recommendations” in a 2020 Grand Jury Report that concluded DEP’s oil and gas regulatory program failed to protect public health and the environment.
PA Environment Daily
JANUARY 20, 2022
Energy Information Administration reported-- in our January Short-Term Energy Outlook , we forecast that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. electric generators averaged $4.88 Read more here.]
Union of Concerned Scientists
APRIL 11, 2024
Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. While less than 40 percent of households nationwide cook on a gas stove, 62 percent of households in Washington do. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.
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