PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 176 ) Read more here. -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - DCNR 010 Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Pollution Plan Approval covering multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Ward Twp., A public hearing has been scheduled for February 27 at 10:00 a.m. Harrisburg. ( Tioga County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal In the summer of 2021, a twin-engine special research aircraft took off from State College, PA. For the 2021 aerial probe, Carbon Mapper targeted areas of generally high methane levels that the organization had previously located using readings from space satellites operated by the European Space Agency.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 267 ) Air Quality Permit -- CNX Gas Company, LLC - MOR-10 Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued an Air Quality permit for the operation of 10 shale gas wells and other sources of air pollution at the well pad located in Morris Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Washington County. ( Schuylkill County. ( 30 to Jan.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 15, 2023

This past year has been big for cap-and-trade-style systems, and that momentum looks like it’s continuing in 2023. California’s allowance-auction prices , which had been at or near the regulatory minimum for much of the life of the program, started rising markedly in mid-2021 and have been over $25 since.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 31, 2022

With only eight years left to attain 80 percent of emission reductions in the electricity sector by 2030 and lay the foundation to meet economy-wide climate goals, they need to get back to work to finish the job before 2023. Time is Running Out to Secure Federal Infrastructure Funding. Last winter, Congress passed the $1.2-trillion

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Vermont Law

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Candidate, 2024, Vermont Law & Graduate School and Articles Editor, Production Coordinator, and Personal Notes Editor for the Vermont Law Review October 1, 2023 The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry noted that “most people in the United States have one or more specific PFAS in their blood, especially PFOS and PFOA.” (1)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report. Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2023

June 3, 2023 PA Bulletin, page 3031 ) Read more here. PA Bulletin, page 3020 ) Air Quality Permits -- Blackhill Energy, LLC - Young Compressor Site: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for various air pollution sources at the site in Springfield Twp., Wyoming County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Assembly Bill 525 (AB 525, Chiu, Chapter 231, Statutes of 2021) lent momentum to the development of offshore wind in the state by identifying important next steps that the CEC should take in coordination with other agencies. Some important foundations for offshore wind, a new but growing industry in California, had already been laid.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

Chesapeake Appalachia On January 24, 2023, DEP inspected the Chesapeake Appalachia Floydie Well Pad in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County and found multiple pools and puddles on the site contaminated with drilling wastewater and possible fracking chemical fluids. Well Plugging Since January 1, 2023, Timberline Energy Inc., Inspection.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

US ratepayers very likely will pay even more for electricity and heating this winter compared to the already-expensive winter of 2021-2022. Between 2015 and 2021, 274 North American oil and gas producers filed for bankruptcy with a debt load of $177 billion. The bankruptcies were set in motion even before 2020.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Canada experienced its worst ever wildfire season , with 167,000 people forced to evacuate their homes under 211 federal evacuation orders. While the federal and some provincial governments made key announcements in 2023 that will support climate action and improve the cost of living, they have more to do.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. In 2021, the District Court ruled that the Berkeley ordinance was not preempted by EPCA , rejecting the notion that EPCA preempts local ordinances that do “not facially address any of those [energy conservation or energy use] standards.” Clean Air Act, not EPCA. City of Berkeley.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

DEP also issued fresh violations for failure of the operator to comply with a Commonwealth Court order issued on August 16, 2023 requiring remediation of the sites for releases of wastewater based on violations issued on October 24, 2022. DEP’s inspection reports for both wells indicate the violations issued on May 27, 2021 continue.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Mercenary hackers stole data that Exxon later cited in climate lawsuits -US prosecutors Yahoo News PaulaR Tue, 11/07/2023 - 17:23 Thursday, October 12, 2023 Read more Raphael Satter & Christopher Bing WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. with average emissions eight times greater than the average rate of the other refineries on the Top 10 list.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 31, 2023

The Drina River: Mankind Ruining the Helper of Mankind By Stephanie Piccininni , Staff Editor for the Vermont Journal of Environmental Law March 31, 2023 Narrow, windy roads fill the mountainous landscape. In 2021, for example, approximately 4,000 cubic meters of garbage overflowed into the Drina. This is Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 2641 ) Air Quality Permits -- Buckeye Terminals, LLC - Gasoline Loading Racks: DEP invites comments on renewal of Title IV Air Quality Permit for this major source of VOC and Hazardous Air Pollutants in East Whiteland Township, Chester County. ( Jefferson County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. (

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9 million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2023

DEP requested a written report on the incident from the company by May 19, 2023, including a description of how the company plans to demonstrate attainment with Act 2 Land Recycling Program clean up standards. DEP requested a written report from the company on the leak by May 19, 2023. [ The report is due by May 8, 2023. [

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 Total’s refinery in Port Arthur, Texas, was told to pay $39.9 million in 2013. Violations at Port Arthur refinery bring $8.75

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Related Articles: -- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 Since 2016 -- DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. Neighbors Clifford Cole, Pamela West, Brian Weirback, Kathy Weirback, Todd Shelly, and Christine Shelly oppose the DEP permit, an air quality Plan Approval, which would allow Adelphia to emit hundreds of tons of air pollution into the community.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As of February 2023, six states, including New York State, have passed California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule , which requires manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks and buses in those states. In 2021, 3.4 to adopt such a requirement. For comparison, the national average that year was 4.4

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Shapiro’s Budget Proposes Major Initiative To Speed Up DEP Permit Reviews/ Inspections; Double Oil & Gas Fund Investment In State Parks/Forests Infrastructure [PaEN] -- DEP Budget Testimony: Increasing Permitting Efficiency, Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution, Investing In Communities, Holding Companies Accountable [PaEN] -- DEP Offers 10 Point Plan (..)

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The 2023-2028 SHIP was developed in collaboration with the Healthy Pennsylvania Partnership (HPP), with support from Harrisburg University. These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. within one-half mile).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 Yet in 2021, it was the second largest emitter of benzene, releasing 15.82 million fine for violating a 2007 air pollution settlement over emissions at its Port Arthur refinery, the Justice Department said Friday. million in 2013. Total settles U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. However, these notices typically lump together a number of air pollution sources covered by these General Permits, like compressor stations, flares and other equipment and frequently do not mention pigging operations. But more on this later.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Chesapeake Appalachia - New Brownfield, Defective Casing In three separate DEP inspections from January 24, 2023 to April 11, DEP found multiple pools and puddles on the site contaminated with drilling wastewater and fracking chemical fluids at the shale gas Floydie Well Pad in Tuscarora Township, Bradford County that the company failed to clean up.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: June 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events. Click Here to search back issues of the Digest.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 15, 2023

DEP’s inspection report included notices of violation for multiple issues and requested the operator to submit a written report by July 31, 2023 on how they plan to bring the well into compliance. Olympus said in its response, “Olympus’ call to the Department on June 8, 2023, did not state that a brine release or any release had occurred.

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As another year comes to a close, I am reflecting on the incredible progress Ocean Conservancy has made in 2023 towards a healthy, resilient ocean future. That’s why I like to pause at the end of each year and share some good news from the previous months (see my previous recaps from 2022 , 2021 and 2020 ). Let’s do it again in 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2023

Black smoke is an incomplete combustion and that’s a [air pollution] violation. The Environmental Integrity Project, Clean Air Council and PennFuture said the MarkWest Plant had a history of frequent and illegal flaring events almost monthly in 2020 and 2021. They’re not allowed to do that,” said Lodge.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

PA Oil & Gas Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6 [PaEN] -- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN] PA Oil & Gas Compliance Reports -- Feature: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

Extreme Scenarios Following the lessons of Winter Storm Uri in early 2021, PJM models now incorporate more extreme scenarios that have no historical precedent, including the combination of multiple unlikely conditions occurring at the same time. “We

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