PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

DEP also issued seven more notices of violations to two more shale gas drillers-- Blackhill Energy LLC and EQT ARO LLC-- for abandoning wells they own, bringing the total for 2025 to 39-- closing in on as many violations as were issued in all of 2024-- 47. Rice Drilling B LLC; Roulette Oil & Gas LLC; Taft Operating LLC.

2011 92

2011 2025 Natural Gas Waste 92

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

The conventional well, owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co., Kriebel Natural Gas holds 1,681 permits. Edward Turnour 2; Koletich 1 ; Koletich 6; Koletich 8; Thomas Throckmorton 1 [leaking gas]; Krancih 8 [leaking gas] -- Beaver County, Baden Boro: John E. LLC, exploded and caught fire shortly before 1:00 p.m.

Waste 98

Waste 2025 Natural Gas 2011 98

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

Response requested by January 14, 2025. Columbia Gas Trans LLC - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well December 18, 2024 follow-up inspection of the AR Grieg L4836 conventional gas well serving the Donegal Gas Storage Area in Donegal Township, Washington County found the well still abandoned and unplugged.

2024 120

2024 2025 Natural Gas 2023 120

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and Natural Gas Extraction. Of Health Oil & Natural Gas Production Health Concerns -- Dept.

Natural Gas 71

Natural Gas Nitrogen Oxides Waste Regulations 71

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 8 PA Bulletin saying Southwestern Energy Production Company failed to comply with the Act 2 Land Recycling Program cleanup standards at the Greenzweig shale gas wastewater impoundment in Herrick Township, Bradford County. (

Recycling 87

Recycling Pollution Control 2020 Natural Gas 87

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% from 2005 to 2020.

Climate Change 82

Climate Change 2024 Natural Gas Electricity 82

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

As new trees go into the ground this fall, the Partnership is looking ahead to 2025. “As PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. Other work could include removing bird nets from shelters with trees growing out the top, applying herbicides, and mowing around trees.

Climate Change 100

Climate Change 2025 Conservation Cooling 100

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 31 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the state plan to implement an EPA federal rule 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc Reducing Emissions Of Methane and Other Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas 108

Natural Gas Clean Energy Regulations Electricity 108

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

LLC On April 22, 2025, DEP was notified of a well plugging incident at the Brown 1447 conventional well site in Morris Township, Greene County that resulted in contaminating a livestock water supply, two springs and a small stream. Original violations issued March 7, 2025. Gas leak was repaired, but violations continued.

2025 95

2025 Natural Gas Waste 2011 95

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

It issued five Flex Alerts in 2020, eight in 2021, but there’s only been one so far this year. For example, the two rotating blackouts in August 2020 occurred during energy supply shortages that happened at 6:38 to 7:40 p.m. When grid conditions are tight, California’s grid operator issues Flex Alerts. and 6:28 to 6:48 p.m.

Solar Power 294

Solar Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 2020 294

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

One way to better understand the impact the oil and gas industry has on the daily lives of Pennsylvanians is to read Oil and Gas Program inspection reports to see the kinds of violations DEP uncovers every day, week in and week out, as they inspect oil and gas wells and gas infrastructure across the state.

Air Pollution 110

Air Pollution Waste Natural Gas 2023 110

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

On May 8, 2025 surveillance cameras again caught the latest incidents of conventional oil and gas wastewater being dumped on a section of a dirt road paved with tar and stone chips in Warren County-- this time at about 1:43 a.m. Photos: Row 1-- Late night road dumping on May 8, 2025; Row 2-- Morning-after May 8 dumping fingerprint.)

Natural Gas 109

Natural Gas Waste 2025 2023 109

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2025

As a result of a Right To Know request, DEP said as of January 21, 2025 only 27 conventional well facility owners out of an estimated 4,719 owners who were required to submit reports did submit those reports-- less than 1%. Visit DEPs Annual Reporting For Oil & Natural Gas Sources webpage for more information on reporting requirements.

Regulations 87

Regulations 2022 Natural Gas 2023 87

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2025

. -- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Executes New Shale Gas Drilling Plan In Union Twp., Washington County -- WTAJ: 200,000+ PA Residents Could See 18% Increase In National Fuel Gas Natural Gas Bills In 2025 -- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas Customers Could See 17% Increase In Gas Costs Starting Aug.

Natural Gas 83

Natural Gas Conservation Natural Resources 2024 83

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept.

Natural Gas 82

Natural Gas Radiation 2023 Regulations 82

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2025

Background In March 2024 EPA finalized a federal rule to reduce emissions of methane and other pollution from oil and natural gas operations and related actions-- Reducing Emissions of Methane and Other Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc). Read more here.]

Natural Gas 95

Natural Gas Regulations 2029 Environmental Protection 95

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction [PaEN] -- Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept.

Natural Gas 79

Natural Gas Radiation 2023 2022 79

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

“Oil and Gas staff initiated a review of the operator’s wells, including abandoned wells, during the mid-2000’s. “At However, during the 2018-2020 time period, NWDO [Northwest District Office] staff became aware that the operator had stopped operating the wells and had started another business venture.

Waste 116

Waste Law 2025 Carbon Emissions 116

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

One of the most significant changes to be filed is "enhance resource accreditation" that would more accurately assess the reliability value of natural gas-fired power plants which accounted for 70% of the power plant outages in PJM during Winter Storm Elliot. 13 in order to be implemented for the 2025/2026 BRA.

Natural Gas 84

Natural Gas Electricity 2026 2025 84

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

So, Penneco [Environmental] Solutions started the first injection well in Allegheny County back in 2020. Visit the PA League of Women Voters Shale Gas and Public Health in 2025 - New Directions webpage for videos of the Conference presentation [when posted]. Local people got involved. They spoke out.

Natural Gas 89

Natural Gas Waste 2025 2024 89

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 20 Webinar [PaEN] -- USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality? 20 Webinar [PaEN] -- USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality?

Natural Gas 80

Natural Gas 2025 Conservation Climate Change 80

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 1 RiverWatch Video Report [Posted: November 2, 2024] PA Environment Digest

2014 95

2014 Conservation 2025 Natural Gas 95

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 31, 2022

Chicago just released its Draft 2022 Climate Action Plan (CAP), an update of the city’s 2008 CAP to reduce citywide emissions 25 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels. Many buildings in Chicago use natural gas—methane—to run furnaces, boilers, hot water heaters and cooking stoves. Building Retrofits. Building Decarbonization.

Renewable Energy 229

Renewable Energy Carbon Emissions Electricity 2008 229

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Resource Links - Dimock: -- PA American Water Identifies Water Source For New Public Water System To Replace Water Wells Contaminated By Shale Gas Fracking 20 Years Ago In Dimock Twp., Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

2026 66

2026 Electricity Natural Gas Clean Energy 66

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 23, 2021

Last spring, we released a report – Paying Polluters: Federal Financial Support to Oil and Gas in 2020 – that revealed the federal government announced a minimum of nearly $18 billion to the oil and gas sector in 2020. New information reveals that the oil and gas sector actually received over $1.3

Fossil Fuels 141

Fossil Fuels 2020 Government Regulations 141

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

The county began its Water Quality Monitoring program in 2020, following a 2019 report from the Department of Environmental Protection that claimed York County was the second-highest contributor to key pollutants of nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment entering the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay. to Noon -- Williamsport Sun: Sen.

Earth Day 65

Earth Day Conservation 2019 2020 65

Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32), required CARB to develop a scoping plan, to be updated at least once every five years, that describes the approach California will take to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions to achieve the goal of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

2030 130

2030 2020 Carbon Dioxide Natural Gas 130

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

On December 5, DEP told the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board there is a “very significant budget gap” in the funding needed for the Oil and Gas Regulatory Program again this year and that how to fund the program will be a serious topic of discussion in 2025.

Regulations 88

Regulations Natural Gas 2008 2024 88

Energy and Climate Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A first draft shows that more than two billion Euros in total shall be invested into hydrogen development until 2025. In July 2020 the German government is taking over the rotating presidency of the European Union. The main target of this effort are Westafrican countries.

Fossil Fuels 130

Fossil Fuels 2030 Natural Gas Technology 130

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

. -- DEP Website Advisory : DEP continues to experience problems with their websites and problems with distributing press releases. -- DEP Releases Final Guidance On Environmental Considerations In Using Trenchless Technology To Construct Natural Gas, Other Pipelines [PaEN] -- PA Cong. 29 -- PA Solar Center Jan.

Natural Gas 110

Natural Gas Natural Resources 2024 Recycling 110

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

2 [PaEN] -- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance: Agriculture’s Role In A Clean Watershed: The Whole Farm Approach [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY 2024 -- Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Coalition: Natural Gas Generates $41 Billion In Economic Activity, Supports 123,000 Jobs, Produced $6.3

Natural Gas 109

Natural Gas Politics 2023 Air Pollution 109

Edouard Stenger

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

GW by 2025 according to Cleantechnica. Here are some quoted takeaways from the report : Solar PV (with associated energy storage costs included) could supply 23% of global power generation in 2040 and 29% by 2050, entirely phasing out coal and leaving natural gas with just a 1% market share.

2020 52

2020 Fossil Fuels Renewable Energy 2004 52

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Recently, the CEO of Shell said the plant cost $14 billion to build and would not be fully operational until 2025 or 2026. [Note: A PA Senate Republican fact sheet on the Shell Petrochemical Plant estimated construction costs at $4 billion. Read more here.] The PRM tax credit is equal to $0.05 per gallon of ethane purchased ($2.10/barrel)

Air Pollution 112

Air Pollution Natural Gas Law 2011 112

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Despite a slight improvement from previous years, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation said more than two-thirds of the Chesapeake Bay and its tidal rivers and streams did not meet clean water standards between 2020 and 2022, according to an assessment by the EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program released October 31. 10 in Annapolis, Maryland.

2025 79

2025 Climate Change 2020 2024 79

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

DEP originally issued the violation for abandonment on October 27, 2020. In 2020, EQT responded to the violation by saying “they intended to add this well to its plugging program.” DEP’s inspection report said EQT responded to a DEP on May 2, 2024 saying “they added the well to their plugging schedule for 2025.”

2024 110

2024 2020 Natural Gas Radiation 110

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

Conservation 88

Conservation 2023 Natural Gas Waste 88

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

The well owner submitted a notice of intent to plug the well on September 23, 2020, but took no action, according to DEP’s well record. If you live near this location and could be affected, contact DEP’s Eastern District Oil and Gas Office in Williamsport at 570-321-6650.

2024 110

2024 Natural Gas 2016 2011 110