PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

While a natural gas well may use between five and ten million gallons of water for a one-time completion process, by comparison an average nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania uses up to 35 million gallons of water per day. Last year, shale gas producers recycled more than 90 percent of the water they used.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

All these practices create new brownfields which account for over half the contaminated sites now in DEP’s Land Recycling Program. I helped respond to the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant accident, to severe floods, the worst tornadoes Pennsylvania ever experienced and the million gallon Ashland Oil spill. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

An expiration date creates a disincentive for both technology developers and utilities to invest in commercializing “4th generation” technologies intended to more efficiently recycle used fuel. For example, the replacement of nuclear power generation by fossil fuels would still be considered a sustainable activity.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

Background On Oil & Gas Program Funding The latest unconventional well permit fee increase became effective on August 1, 2020 and was already out of date when it was adopted. DEP, in fact, projected a 70 percent drop in revenue from well permit fees to support the Oil and Gas Program in December 2020 and they came pretty close.

2022

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Shapiro’s Dangerous Partnership With CNX Resources Hurts Communities, Ignores The Facts -- Cecil Township Proposes 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance From Oil & Gas Infrastructure For Sept. 4 Hearing In Washington County [PaEN] -- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 31 to Sept. CEO’s For Sustainability C-Suite Sustainability Summit, Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Set Grove -- AP: PA Supreme Court Throws Out Republican Lawmakers’ Subpoena In 2020 Presidential Election Case -- Warren Times: Republican Rep. TODAY 3:00: Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar Announcing A Roadmap For Industrial Decarbonization In Pennsylvania. Scott Martin, Rep.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2024

22 In Washington County -- FirstEnergy, Dominion Energy, American Electric Power Reach Joint Planning Agreement To Propose Regional Electric Transmission Projects Across PJM Footprint -- KDKA: Only 17% Of Pittsburgh’s Garbage Gets Recycled, Here’s Why -- Courier Times: Farm v.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2022

House Hearing On Attack At U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Read more on Agenda. -- Erosion & Sediment Permit Fee Report -- Rural Recycling, Waste Disposal Options -- Reports On Oil & Gas Well Bonding Petition -- Gov. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov , 717-772-3277.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2022

-- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Penncrest High School Team, Delaware County Took Statewide Honors At PA Envirothon [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council , Partners, Local Officials Announce Plan To Reduce Waste, Modernize Recycling In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Reading Eagle: Legal Battle Between Berks County, Conestoga Landfill Over Host (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

Yaw For Ag Conservation Leadership [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful: Sen. Comitta, Rep. Billion In Products To China , $2.6 Billion In Farm Products] -- Appalachian Voices Blog: President Cutting Vital Health And Safety Services for Miners -- United Mine Workers: UMWA President Cecil Roberts: We Can Mine More Coal, But Who Would Buy It?

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2025

On Lowered Earnings Outlook 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.11 Ohio- $2.80 Ohio- $2.80

Natural Gas