Vermont Law

APRIL 9, 2025

Of 846 landfill sites, 830 have been closed and are no longer accepting waste; however, many toxins remain and may contribute to New Jerseys high ozone levels. These sites are areas where hazardous waste has been improperly managed and are now eligible for federal clean-up funding.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Where We Are With The Issue At a June 10, 2024 hearing on House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) that would ban road dumping by the House Environmental Committee, DEP said, The Administration is supportive of this clear ban on the practice and views the Solid Waste Management Act as a sound vehicle for such statutory language.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

On June 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced 19 projects completed by schools, businesses, and community organizations around the state are being recognized with the 2025 Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2025

On June 20, Protect PT announced it will appeal a June 3 Environmental Hearing Board decision to allow CNX Resources (formerly Apex Energy LLC) to drill two shale gas wells just hundreds of feet from homes in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. [ The conditions come from a Consent Judgment between Penn Township and CNX Resources. [The

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4%

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

On June 28, the Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the PA Bulletin it will hold an eighth public hearing July 22 to accept comments on the proposed 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.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

After the dumping incidents on dirt and paved roads around her home and throughout the region, Lawson provided photos and reports on the dumping to the Department of Environmental Protection to document the problems. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The fourth step is the flowback and waste management step. Drill cuttings are the waste that comes off of the drill and often contains toxic metals and naturally occurring radioactive materials such as lead, radium and uranium. In 2020, Pennsylvania's oil and gas industry sent over 244,000 tons of drill cuttings to landfills.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 1, 2025

One of the vital expert boards this administration has targeted is the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC), which for over 30 years provided the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advice and counsel on the science, programs and actions, and lived experience of environmental justice (EJ) communities.

Government

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.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2025

Some existing criteria pertain to washing your car, pet waste, pesticides, and proper storage of potential toxins. The certification program received the 2022 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence through the Department of Environmental Protection. Click Here for original article.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

The following editorial first appeared in the Warren Times on July 1, 2025 -- According to a recent state legislative hearing, the state has seen 1,154 more oil and gas wells abandoned since 2020 while, over the past two and a half years, plugging only 308 abandoned wells. billion problem on its hands.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This includes a 2020 study that found retired oil and gas workers experienced a significantly higher prevalence of both hearing loss and self-reported poor health status than all other retirees. Direct impacts can include itching or burning eyes, dry skin and lightheadedness or dizziness according to a 2020 study.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

18 Abandoned Conventional Wells S R Star O&G LLC - Violations: 11 Abandoned Conventional Wells, Failure To Report April 23, 2025 a follow-up inspection of 11 conventional wells in Slippery Rock Township, Butler County found the wells abandoned, unplugged and failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports.

2025

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

LLC - Violations: Abandoned Shale Gas Well Plugging Consent Order On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection and Roulette Oil & Gas Co., Production, waste generation and well integrity reports not submitted. Original violations issued on February 5, 2020. Read more here. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

As Attorney General, Governor Shapiro stood up for families living on the frontlines of fracking with his 2020 grand jury report recommending measures to protect the public health of residents, including increased setback distances. Pennsylvania needs to do more to prevent the dumping of this waste on roads across the Commonwealth.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

APRIL 29, 2025

For example, in November 2016, the Obama administrations Bureau of Land Management (BLM) promulgated a regulation to reduce waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on public and Tribal lands. Courts have generally granted these requests.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2025

Read more here In addition to supporting the initiative and pointing out her personal experiences with shale gas drilling in her community, she referenced the 2020 state Grand Jury Report which found the state failed to protect citizens from the health and environmental impacts of the shale gas industry. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

After all, they report to their investors and their shareholders. Resources Links - Compliance: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Resources Links - Compliance: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

The program is funded by the Oil Region Alliance and is being implemented through a partnership with the Environmental Defense Fund , Penn State Extension and the Department of Environmental Protection. 20,000 has been set aside to pay bounties by the Environmental Defense Fund.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

EPA Reconsidering This Regulation On March 12, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced it is reconsidering this entire regulation-- “Reducing Emissions of Methane and Other Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations” (40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc). Read more here. Read more here.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the April 26 PA Bulletin conventional oil and gas facility owners must now submit a compliance report on their methane emissions by June 1, 2025 as required by a 2022 DEP methane pollution reduction rule as a result of a court settlement with the industry.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2025

Owner failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In McKean County [PaEN] -- CNX Resources Challenges Environmental Hearing Board Authority To Add Conditions To Permits For Shale Gas Wells At The Drakulic Well Pad In Penn Twp., Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2025

Steve Santarsiero (D-Bucks) said the Department of Environmental Protection is not doing enough to make Energy Transfer/Sunoco define the extent of a petroleum products pipeline leak and clean it up. The owner failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports. This well was never inspected before.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2025

Equitrans was charged Thursday with 14 counts of unlawful conduct, prohibition against discharge of industrial wastes, and prohibition against other pollutions from its Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area in Jackson Township, Cambria County. Read more here. Bloomberg News called the Rager Mountain gas leak the worst US climate disaster in 2022.

2025

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. Read more here.]

Waste

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

The tide of waste was generated by animals from 132 CAFOs in Indiana and Ohio. Data: National Center For Water Quality Research and Environmental Working Group. Operators are required to “manifest” or document the quantity and location where waste is spread. In 2020, according to state figures, 85.3

2020

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 21, 2022

What GAO Found To remove household hazardous waste—some items that can catch fire, react, or explode under certain circumstances or that are corrosive or toxic—after the 2018 and 2020 California wildfires, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took steps that followed its emergency response policy.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

On November 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it collected $62,475 from Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill, LLC to address violations of Pennsylvania’s Solid Waste Management Act and Clean Streams Law.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2024

On June 7, the Better Path Coalition reported the Department of Environmental Protection has removed the co-product category from its waste disposal reporting database for conventional oil and gas well owners, according to documents the Coalition received in response to a Right-To-Know request. have gotten easier.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

On July 22, the Governor’s Office published an update to the Regulatory Agenda of regulations in development that included a new annual permit fee for unconventional shale gas operations and a schedule for the release of updated waste and other environmental standards for conventional oil and gas drilling. Read more here. [

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2022

On April 13, the Department of Environmental Protection advised 18 municipalities in four counties the road dumping of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is illegal and considered waste disposal. DEP said coproduct determinations submitted by CRS Energy, LLC, DJR Well Services, Energy Resources of America, Inc.,

Waste

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

On September 18, Protect PT announced the Westmoreland Landfill surrendered its Air Quality Plan Approval for a leachate evaporator system to dispose of its wastewater the Department of Environmental Protection approved on January 8, 2024.

Waste

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Michigan counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. Michigan now counts nearly 11,000 agricultural wells, 3,800 of them installed from 2010 to 2020. In 2020, farmers and livestock operations used 187 billion gallons of water, double the amount in 2009. Is the state prepared for more?

2009

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2024

[In October 2022, DEP assessed a $670,000 against Shell Pipeline Company, LP and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLL for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. The case will be prosecuted by the Office of Attorney General’s Environmental Crimes Section.

Waste

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The pledge is a voluntary agreement to reduce global methane emissions by 30 percent below 2020 levels by 2030; however, methane levels keep going up and we are woefully off track for meeting this goal. Robust monitoring data will also allow for point source identification of super-emitters. Other teams find similar results.

Fossil Fuels