PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

The original chloride content of the oil and gas wastewater tested in the latest Penn State study contained from 47,900 to 49,700 mg/l of chlorides. A 2020 Penn State study formally concluded there were not a lot of differences between conventional and unconventional shale gas wastewater, according to Dr. William Burgos.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Ohio- $3.03 Ohio- $3.03

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Conventional Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Williams/Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLM On Monday, March 17, 2025 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Well appears to be used for house gas. Original violation issued December 14, 2020. Production reports indicate no gas produced. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

East Resources holds 574 permits , with many of the permits inactive. Eastern Natural Resources LLC - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well June 10, 2025 follow-up inspection of the Zambano 1 conventional well in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Developed Resources, Inc.;

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

It takes a year, sometimes two or three to find those responsible, in particular for shale gas operations. We heard testimony from some homeowners who felt that oil and gas operators would remove their water buffalo in direct response to additional or continuing complaints that they made. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2025

PA- $3.32 -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2024 PA Natural Gas Production Down 1.8%, PA Natural Gas Price Up 19.1% PA- $3.32 -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2024 PA Natural Gas Production Down 1.8%, PA Natural Gas Price Up 19.1% Ohio- $2.80 Ohio- $2.80 Ohio- $2.80

Politics

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Floor.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Million -- PA Resources Council To Hold Aug.

Natural Gas

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

Conservation

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The Mountain Valley Pipeline carrying natural gas from West Virginia to Virginia required approvals from the Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, and the Forest Service. Guest contributor Justin Pidot holds the Ashby Lohse Chair in Water & Natural Resources at the University of Arizona James E.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

The original violations for well abandonment, venting gas and failure to submit annual production, waste generation and well integrity reports date from March 6, 2020. Reel Resources holds 40 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Reel Resources holds 40 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E.

2025

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.

Natural Gas

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. Resource Links From Presentation: -- Dept.

Natural Gas

Circle of Blue

APRIL 1, 2025

Its report , published in 2020, noted that the Government of Greenland actively supports the prospect of drinking water export from this immense resource. Dont mistake my reporting on this subject as advocacy for bullying or invading a foreign territory to seize its resources. The super tanker voyage to Buffalo, N.Y.,

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

Original violation for abandonment issued October 6, 2020 and failure to report on October 25, 2021. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Read more here -April 19 Read more here - April 26 Water Supply/Methane Migration Investigation Armstrong County, Kittanning Township April 14 & 21, 2025 inspections of the Kriebel Natural Gas Co.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2025

Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. WW Egley 3277 conventional well as part of an ongoing stray gas case involving a private water supply about 2,230 feet from this well. No gas was detected from slam bar holes or the well. Gas continued to be detected outside the surface casing. LPR Energy holds 42 permits.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

Resources Links - Compliance: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [September 2023] -- State Dept.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

fossil fuel production rose over the last four years, from 76 quads in 2020 to a record high of 86 quads in 2023, over ten times the amount of total renewable energy production, according to the U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris campaigned in 2024 on support for gas fracking as well as renewable energy.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Impacts Of Fossil Fuels We are blessed to live in an area of beautiful and rich natural resources. We are writing a report on Faith & Fossil Fuels to bring this perspective into the larger conversation. Yet our rivers, streams, forests, and mountains are not immune to the effects of pollution and greed.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2025

ARG Resources holds 1,860 permits with at least 31 listed as abandoned wells, but not these three wells. Note: ARG Resources is or was a company related to the American Refining Group which owns and operates the Bradford Oil Refinery in Bradford, PA. [On Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. LPR Energy holds 42 permits.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2025

Data Center Boom Is A Job-Creation Bust -- Guest Essay: Significant Electricity Load Growth Can Be Accommodated Without A Stampede To New Natural Gas Generation Just By Increasing Efficiency At Existing Power Plants - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy [PaEN] -- The Center Square: Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 2, 2025

They are payments collected under Act 13 of 2012 , Pennsylvania’s response to mounting public pressure to make natural gas companies pay for the consequences of fracking. Rossi, it’s good to see our residents benefit from the natural resources developed in our region. They aren’t bonuses.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Floor. Click Here to watch online.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

The Independent Fiscal Office reports regularly on natural gas production in the state and says conventional gas wells account for less than 1% the natural gas produced in Pennsylvania. Read more here. DEP expected up to a 175,788 ton reduction of methane from conventional sources [ Read more here.]

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JULY 5, 2025

Amer Natural Resources holds 49 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Developed Resources, Inc.; Dietterich; Diversified Production LLC; East Resources Inc.; Eastern Natural Resources LLC; Equitrans LP; EQT Production Co.; Exotic Oil & Gas LLC; Ex-Treme Oil And Gas LLC; Harry L.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2025

304 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations 2025 Abandoned Conventional Wells: So far in 2025, DEP issued or continued 304 violations to 71 conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells- [3D Resources LLC ; Amer Natural Resources LLC; WB Anderson; Apex Energy (PA), LLC; Apollo Resources LLC; ARG Resources Inc.;

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2025

billion cubic feet of natural gas in 2022 across southern Pennsylvania and into several states, while also contaminating nearby ground and waters. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Darrel B. Developed Resources, Inc.; Dietterich; Diversified Production LLC; East Resources Inc.; Leechburg Gas Co.; Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

On September 1, The Center Square reported the state Department of Health is inviting citizens to file environmental health complaints related to natural gas development. Visit Health’s Oil and Natural Gas Production Health Concerns webpage for more information. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 13, the Pittsburgh-based Environmental Health Project issued a review of the University of Pittsburgh studies released on August 15 showing links between natural gas development and Lymphoma cancer, worsening asthma conditions and lower birth weights. "We

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. These actions, which address several recommendations of the 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury released in 2020.

Natural Gas

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.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. within one-half mile).

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

DEP’s inspection report notes the area is the location where a sinkhole developed and an “inadvertent return” of drilling mud used in the construction of the Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline occurred in August 2020. The inspector took a sample of the material for analysis. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2022

mile pipeline that starts in Butler County, and is routed through Beaver and Allegheny counties, and connects to a natural gas processing plant in Washington County. Today we’re upholding our oath to our constitution and holding Energy Transfer accountable for their crimes against our natural resources.” Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2022

Below is a description of how each oil and gas well the industry drills generates and spreads pollution, creates wastewater that has to be managed for decades and imposes new liabilities on well owners and state taxpayers as the conventional drilling machines cut through Pennsylvania’s farms and forests. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2021

In 2020, Justin Nobel wrote an expose of fracking’s radioactivity, in particular in the wastewater and other wastes produced by conventional and unconventional natural gas drilling. 25 Webinar On Watersheds And Wilderness At Risk From Natural Gas Development [Posted: August 21, 2021] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas