PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

The site was not contaminated by industrial waste before the well pad was developed. Although the company committed to clean it up under the Act 2 Land Recycling Program, that effort is not yet started. DEP noted the defective well casing and cementing violations for continuing violations from August 6, 2021. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2021

On October 6, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the 13 schools, businesses and community organization winners of the 2021 Governor's Awards for Environmental Excellence. The center’s boiler water treatment system was replaced with newer technology, and new air compressors installed.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Hopson Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received and is reviewing a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with vanadium to Statewide Health Standards at the well pad located in Asylum Twp., Read more here. Bradford County. ( Bradford County. ( Lycoming County. ( 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

These collections are sponsored in part by the Department of Environmental Protection’s HHW/Small Business Hazardous Waste Collection Program. Tire fires are known for being difficult to extinguish and create an abundance of smoke that carries toxic chemicals from the breakdown of synthetic rubber compounds, contributing to air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - State Game Lands-12P Unit 4H Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater in Franklin Twp., The following DEP notices were published in the April 15 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Greene County. (

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Natural Gas Waste Air Pollution Recycling 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

billion gallons of drilling wastewater generated every year in Pennsylvania-- where it does for disposal or recycling, waste injection well development, problems with the conventional and shale gas wastewater reporting system, road dumping of conventional drilling wastewater and much more. Click Here to read the entire article.

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Natural Gas 2020 Regulations Air Pollution 97

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. PA Bulletin, page 2473 ) Waste Permits -- Blackhill Energy, LLC - Young Beneficial Reuse Facility: DEP issued WMGR123 General Permit for oil and gas liquid waste handling located in Springfield Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

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Natural Gas Waste Air Pollution 2023 93

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - PA Bulletin, page 2006 ) Waste Permits -- PennEnergy Resources, LLC - W58 Tank Pad: Permit application withdrawn for the installation of 1 tank for oil and gas liquid waste under WMGR123 in Winfield Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2023

DEP issued notices of violation to the wells owners for-- -- Venting natural gas into the atmosphere; -- Failure to Notify DEP And Take Action To Repair, Replace Defective Well Equipment, Casing That Compromise Integrity Of Well; -- Failure To Submit Well Integrity Report; and -- Failure To Submit Well Production & Waste Management Report.

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Waste Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Regulations 86

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. Here are other violations DEP’s inspectors found during inspections from April 29 to May 5. DEP inspection report.]

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Natural Gas 2023 Waste Recycling 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. They also have an air shaft for an underground coal mine near them. Yes, three times a day, seven days a week for nearly a decade.] Click Here for video and sound of a typical release from 2012 to 2019. But more on this later.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2012 2019 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- UGI Utilities, Inc. - PA Bulletin, page 2386 ) Air Quality Permits -- Columbia Gas Transmission LLC - Compressor Station Engine Replacement: DEP invites comments on Air Quality Plan Approval for this project in Mann Township, Bedford County. ( PA Bulletin, page 2376 ) -- Coterra Energy, Inc.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Recycling 98

Acoel

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Posted on November 1, 2021 by Chuck Becker. Another way of saying it is that biochar is produced when wood chips, manure, sludges, compost and green waste are burned under controlled conditions. The resulting charcoal can cut greenhouse emissions from waste and boost soil fertility. We produce waste at the rate of 4.9

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Waste 2018 Recycling Greenhouse 40

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

-- EQB To Meet Nov. In State College On Game Day -- Better Path Coalition Invites Submissions For ‘Worth Protecting’ Photo Book For New Governor, Legislators [PaEN] -- NRDC Blog: How Clean Is Pennsylvania’s New Hydrogen Subsidy?

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Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Recycling 75

CEQA Developments

AUGUST 23, 2021

County of Inyo (2021) __ Cal.App.5th__. All three landfills are operated by the County subject to oversight and permits by the County Department of Environmental Health Services, the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, the Regional Water Quality Control Board, and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District.

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A Greener Life

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Zhengzhou, a city of 13 million, saw almost as much rainfall over three days in July 2021 as it does in an average year. In 2021, a survey of over 10,000 young people in ten countries was conducted by universities and research institutes, including Bath and Stanford universities. Photo credit: Aly Song / Alamy.

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Climate Change Sustainable Development Government Politics 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

29 Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event [PaEN] -- Wilkes-Barre: Travel Delays Expected During Wilkes-Barre’s E-Recycling Drop Off Events Oct. 1 Webinar, 8 In-Person Stakeholder Sessions Beginning Oct. 17 EarthTalk Webinar To Discuss Large-Scale Solar Trends, Impacts And Implications [PaEN] -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2022

Scranton -- Utility Dive: PJM Proposes ‘First-Ready, First-Served’ Interconnection Review Process To Clear Renewable Backlog -- WESA: PennDOT Wants To Install Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Every 50 Miles Along Interstates -- Scranton Times: Electric Vehicles Long-Term Fuel Price Hedge -- Rep.

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Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Recycling 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a June 5 hearing on legislation requiring environmental impact reports on certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment and other facilities that are a major source of air pollution proposed in already burdened communities.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2022

In June, the Office of Attorney General also filed criminal charges against Energy Corporation of America, now Greylock Production, LLC , for allegedly failing to address environmental hazards created by the storage of fracking waste fluids and other operations from 2015 to 2020 at various well sites in Clearfield and Greene counties.

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Natural Gas Waste Regulations 2022 98

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2024

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Cornwall Mountain Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with wastewater to meet the Statewide Health Standard for the pad located in Lewis Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Cameron County. (

Air Pollution 118

Air Pollution Recycling 2024 Natural Gas 118

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

DEP issued 1,360 NOVs to unconventional shale gas well operators in 2022 and 1,323 NOVs in 2021, according to DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Chesapeake contacted Waste Management to decontaminate the production tank and remove it from the site after decon on July 3. DEP’s inspection report noted background is 10 uR/hour.

2023 116

2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 116

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - PA Bulletin, page 1475 ) Air Quality Permit -- EPP Renewable Energy, LLC - Renewable Landfill Gas Facility: DEP invites comments on Air Quality Permit on a new renewable landfill gas refinery in Hopewell Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Butler County. ( Lycoming County. (

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Nuclear Power Regulations 90

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2023

North Branch Land Trust To Hold Annual Dinner May 1 Programs/Information -- PAcast: Santa’s Reindeer Cleared For Christmas Travel By PA Dept. 23 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites Comments On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit; Hearing Set For Feb. 22 RiverWatch Video Report -- First Street Foundation: Over 3.2

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Air Pollution Conservation 2010 2023 85

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Senate Passes Amended STREAM Mine Reclamation Act And Sends It Back House [PaEN] -- MCall Guest Essay: Recycling, The Neighbors And The Global Economy - Lehigh Valley Development Corp -- The Holcad: Westminster College Students Present Project To Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition -- Penn State Extension: Dec. 21 Webinar On 4-H Youth Program.

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Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution Clean Energy 75

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

On July 11, the Environmental Quality Board voted to accept the Department’s report on a rulemaking petition submitted by the Sierra Club and other groups in September of 2021 that the EQB no longer has the authority to adjust well bonding amounts for 10 years under Act 96 passed and signed into law by Gov. Wolf on July 19, 2022.

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Clean Water Act Natural Gas Regulations Air Pollution 73

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Room 8E-B East Wing.

Natural Gas 109

Natural Gas Electricity Recycling Politics 109

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2022

Casey: Announces $2.1

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

7 [PaEN] -- Patch: Major Extension Of Chester Valley Trail To Link To Schuylkill River Trail -- WITF Smart Talk 9:00 a.m.:

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Clean Water Act 2020 Recycling Air Pollution 64

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

-- House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, Infrastructure To Reduce Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts As Recommended By AG Shapiro’s Grand Jury Report [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads, Just Like In PA [PaEN] -- New University Of Chicago (..)

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Conservation Earth Day Waste Natural Gas 117

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2022

A Judgment Awaits -- Environmental Health Project: Asthma And Air Pollution From Natural Gas Drilling/Facilities [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Opposes House Resolution Disapproving Of Final Reg. 26-27 -- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: George H.

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Conservation Natural Gas Renewable Energy Air Pollution 64

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

[PaEN] -- Bloomberg: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Area Leak In Cambria County Probed By Federal PHMSA Investigators -- DEP: Schedule For Updating Conventional Oil & Gas Environmental, Waste Regulations Will Be Up To Gov. Million Initiative To Electrify Truck Fleets For Cleaner Air; Awards $1.7

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Conservation Regulations Natural Gas 2023 64

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

With only three voting days left this year in the Senate and six in the House, all of Pennsylvania’s important environmental legislation is missing from the Senate and House list of accomplishments in 2021. Posted: November 12, 2021] PA Environment Digest

2021 59

2021 Renewable Energy Regulations Clean Energy 59

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

29 -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 [PaEN] -- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue -- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh -- Post-Gazette: Never Heard Of ‘BioChar?’

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Conservation 2030 Clean Energy Waste 64

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The second half of the 2021-22 legislative session gets underway January 4 and with it the opportunity to pass some good environmental and energy bills. Click Here to see 1,189 articles describing these incredible efforts in 2021 alone.

2022 75

2022 Renewable Energy Regulations Clean Energy 75

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN] -- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 4 Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities For Hydrogen In Appalachia [PaEN] -- WHYY: From Trash To Treasure: Magic Gardens Event Encourages Recycling Thru Creativity In Philadelphia -- Sen.

Conservation 64

Conservation Climate Change Clean Energy Law 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

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Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 110