PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2023

On April 24, DEP inspectors, responding to a citizen complaint, found two conventional wells continuing to vent natural gas in Hanover Township, Washington County. The DEP inspector found significant natural gas readings around the well head of the water well which has been disconnected from the house and is no longer in use.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

On March 20, the Public Utility Commission strongly encourages residents across Pennsylvania to #SaveInPA – exploring electric power shopping options which could result in substantial savings on the energy portion of their monthly electric bills, especially during high-usage times. Read more here. That figure is in addition to the 1.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How would that change if I hopped on the electric bus route at the end of my block? A 2021 meta-analysis of over 40 peer-reviewed studies on the subject concluded that “there is no particular type of shopping that has an absolute environmental advantage and it is in no way possible to shop ourselves out of the environmental crisis.”

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Legal Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Two thirds of generation capacity is based on fossil fuels, split evenly between coal and natural gas, with 17% nuclear, and 14% hydro and other renewables. 50% coal, 26% gas, and 25% nuclear. In 2021, South Korea set a target under the Paris Agreement of a 40% cut from 2018 levels by 2030.

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Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2022

VHC 4% Gas 27%*. American Electric Power. VHC 45% Gas 28%. VHC 21% Gas 32%. VHC 22% Gas 38.5%. Did the companies initiate plans to cut emissions or were they forced to do so by state law? thanks to Jetta Cook, Berkeley Law ’22). (1) Natural Gas: 44.8%. Natural Gas/Fuel Oil: 39%.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

Is this what we should expect from the natural gas industrial infrastructure in Washington County and Pennsylvania? December 25 Christmas Morning Explosion Kasey Duran and her family live about 1,500 feet from the Energy Transfer Revolution Cryogenic Natural Gas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Just how bad is fossil “natural” gas? And, as it turns out, the infrastructure used to produce, store, distribute, transmit, and burn gas leaks like a sieve , making gas as bad as coal for the climate. Gas, which now generates 40 percent of US electricity, is considered by some to be critical to maintain grid reliability.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

On May 18, the Public Utility Commission formally began the process of drafting a policy statement on electric utility rate design for electric vehicle (EV) charging, following the review of comments submitted by concerned parties and the recommendations of the Commission’s EV Charging Rate Design Working Group. P-2022-3030743.

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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. The US Energy Information Administration is forecasting the wholesale price of gas to reach its highest level since the winter of 2009-2010 in inflation-adjusted terms.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? 27 Released 1.1

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Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. Berkeley’s so-called “natural gas ban” was the first local ordinance in the country to effectively require all-electric construction of new buildings.

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Greenbuilding Law

JANUARY 29, 2023

This blog post is a compilation of responses to the top 10 questions from our webinar last week, “ Does Your Lease Address New GHG Laws? ” The top 10 questions we received were: How does a building owner count its greenhouse gas emissions to report to the government under this new Maryland law ?

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 5, 2022

To achieve these goals, the Commission recommends the Commonwealth transition away from investing in new or increased natural gas infrastructure or capacity and instead deploy funds to support a net zero future. Governor-elect Healey has her work cut out for her!

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 10, 2021

The number of power plants switching from coal to natural gas is increasing, and sulfur dioxide emissions in Pennsylvania and across the United States are decreasing dramatically,” said Xianzeng Niu , assistant research professor in Penn State’s Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI). percent.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

The new NRDC report, Waiting Game: How the Interconnection Queue Threatens Renewable Development in PJM , shows that even under ongoing reform proposals, the pace of renewable development in PJM just barely meets minimum clean energy demands of state RPS laws through 2027. Read more here.] Click Here for a copy of the report.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

On January 12, DEP released bid packages to plug 38 more abandoned conventional natural gas wells in Venango County at taxpayer expense under the new federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law well plugging program. Click Here for more information. -- Venango County: 19 abandoned natural gas wells in Cornplanter Township.

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Law and Environment

JULY 1, 2022

EPA determined that the “best system” was “generation shifting,” that is, shifting power generators off coal to natural gas or renewables such as wind and solar. The Court’s ruling means that federal agencies, such as EPA, are strictly limited in how they can use existing laws, like the Clean Air Act, to implement new climate policies.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2023

5:15 to 6:15 p.m. -- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6 In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds -- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6

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Energy and Climate Law

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

For almost two year now the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) is under revision and negotiations shall finish in 2021. Then a further round is already planned for February or March 2021. This shall also apply to electrical energy derived from these materials. It is within this context that the new EU document surfaced.So

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Energy and Climate Law

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Today the European Commission presented its proposals for a new gas package, called the ` Hydrogen and Decarbonized Gas Markets´-package. Those changes were implemented (more or less) simultaneously for gas and electricity and focused on similar issues of organizing markets and stimulating competition.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep. HB 711 and SB 126 , from state Rep.

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Law and Environment

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Climate Act requires that the scoping plan “inform the state energy planning board’s adoption of a state energy plan,” and the State’s energy law requires that all state entities must make “any energy-related action[s] or decision[s] … reasonably consistent with the. state energy] plan.”.

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Legal Planet

JUNE 13, 2022

Natural gas, oil, and nuclear are minor players. The national electricity plan projected that renewables will exceed coal in 2027. In November 2021, Prime Minster Modi announced in Glasgow that India would get half its energy from renewables by 2030 as well as significantly cutting its emissions. As in the U.S.,

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In discussing the late December winter storm that nearly led to rolling blackouts in the MidAtlantic region of 65 million people, Yaw suggested that increasing amounts of renewable energy were to blame for the near-miss and condemned neighboring states for adopting policies that “emphasize solar and wind power over natural gas.”

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2024

Shafer 1 conventional gas well operated by Crawford Energy Search Co. The original violation was issued on November 24, 2021. [No On March 7, 2024 , DEP did a follow-up inspection of the Anderson 1 conventional well operated by C & D Gas Co. in Union Township, Crawford County. No inspection report available online.]

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

As an environmental organization, we have accepted the ‘fact’ of our state’s natural gas leases, but have worked for the past 15 years to minimize the disruption and damage caused to our state forest by Seneca’s industrial-scale footprint. “On Nessmuk in Tioga State Forest. “As On May 1, Pa.

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The Energy Law Blog

JANUARY 28, 2021

Several pieces of energy-industry legislation are teed up for debate as state legislatures reconvene for their first sessions of 2021. The Texas Legislature convened for its 2021 session earlier this month with several issues on the agenda. HB 896 and HB 897 , sponsored by state Rep. HB 711 and SB 126 , from state Rep.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

The AB 398 changes to Cap-and-Trade Program started to phase-in on January 1, 2021. Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 10 PA Environment Digest 88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2022

The November 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), also referred to as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, includes an $8 billion “regional clean hydrogen hubs” program that charges the Department of Energy (DOE) with the development of at least four hydrogen hubs to advance the nation’s clean hydrogen sector.

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Clean Energy Law

JUNE 1, 2022

In addition to strengthening the CI targets, the 2018 amendments made the following major changes to the LCFS Program: Covered Fuels : The amendments expanded the fuel types covered by the LCFS Program to encourage further GHG reductions by including alternative jet fuel, propane, compressed natural gas, and renewable natural gas.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 22, 2023

14 to 20 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. Billion Cost Of Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Barb Jarmoska, Keep It Wild PA [ Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Can Cost PA Taxpayers $1.8 21 [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 2 Hearing On A 4.5

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

On February 15, 2024 , DEP followed-up on a February 7 inspection of land slips along the Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline in Center Township, Beaver County operated by ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb.

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Clean Energy Law

MAY 16, 2022

Recognizing the need to achieve GHG emissions reductions more quickly, in July 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom directed CARB to accelerate efforts to achieve the state’s climate stabilization and GHG reduction goals, including to “identify a pathway for achieving carbon neutrality a full decade earlier than the existing target of 2045.”

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

The bills include-- -- Conventional Well Bonding: House Bill 962 (Vitali-D-Delaware), legislation that would restore DEP’s authority to review conventional oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts every two years. Read more here. Background As part of the July 2022 budget settlement, the General Assembly passed and Gov. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

More Background Since March 2011, the state Department of Health has been attempting to document health complaints of residents initially in unconventional oil and gas drilling areas and maintains a Health Complaints Registry. within one-half mile). Of Health Awards $2.5 Of Health Awards $2.5

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Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA), which sets nationwide energy conservation standards for many common appliances and preempts state and local standards, preempts Berkeley’s 2019 ban on natural gas connections to newly-constructed buildings. (A Constitution, and delegated in some way by most states to local governments.

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