PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Muth Raises More Questions About NPDES Permit DEP Issued For Eureka Resources Drilling Wastewater Treatment Plant In Susquehanna County -- Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Why Does It Matter?

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2023

The proposal reflects stakeholder collaboration that began in October 2021 with the establishment of PJM’s Resource Adequacy Senior Task Force. . -- Enhance rules related to a unit-specific Market Seller Offer Cap. -- Better align Fixed Resource Requirement rules with the capacity market construct.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 1753 ) Waste Permits -- EQT CHAP LLC - Herminie North Centralized Water Facility: DEP approved General Permit WMGR123 for the facility in Sewickley Twp., Greene County. ( Greene County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Westmoreland County. ( Greene County. ( Lycoming County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Berks County. ( Beaver County. (

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

At RePlanet Nederland, we are delighted that the European Commission has proposed, on December 31, 2021, to include nuclear energy in the sustainable finance taxonomy. Yet, we believe that in its current form the proposal would underachieve the goal of encouraging private investment in nuclear energy as a sustainable activity.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Penn State Center For Critical Minerals Develops New Process To Extract Rare Earth Oxides From Abandoned Mine Drainages, Sludges [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: This Land Is Your Land -- Pennsylvania Resources Council Announces Successful 'Zero Waste Non-Event' [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful’s Cumberland County Affiliate Transitions From All Volunteer (..)

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Maine passed a constitutional amendment in 2021, called the “Right to Food” amendment, to address the high amount of food insecurity and users of state and federal food assistance programs that are vulnerable to political shifts, funding, and increasing disruptions to food systems caused by climate change. . #7: In Maine, it is.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

Waste Coal In July of 2021 a company by the name of Stronghold Digital Mining (Stronghold) filed an S-1 report with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) disclosing plans to purchase three waste coal fired power plants and install 57,000 Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) dedicated to mining bitcoin.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

In calendar 2021, DEP received 741 unconventional well permits , far less than half the number needed to adequately support the program. Related Article: -- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 There has been no increase in fees for conventional oil and gas drillers since 2014.

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 17, 2022

A Uranium Ghost Town in the Making Time and again, mining company Homestake and government agencies promised to clean up waste from decades of uranium processing. million tons of uranium waste left over from milling ore to supply power plants and nuclear bombs. It didn’t happen. Video, Mauricio Rodríguez Pons and Ed Ou.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County Dept. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Wildfires; Six 20-Person PA Crews Directly Fought Fires DEP Sets Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] -- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia -- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition -- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Of PA [Natural Gas Prices Tripled] -- DCNR Blog: DCNR Building A Network Of Rural Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In State Parks, Forests -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Begins Accepting Applications For $62 Million In Federal EV Charging Station Funding March 27 -- UnionProgress.com: West Mifflin, Allegheny County Stays Current With EV (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] [Posted: March 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts [PaEN] -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate [PaEN] -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate [PaEN] -- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN] -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2021

Middle District Court Of PA -- WBTimes: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant To Sound Emergency Sirens Aug. Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Water Education Summit Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The production and waste report is critical to understanding how much wastewater and other waste those wells generated and where it was disposed of. In calendar year 2021 , DEP issued 4,386 violations to conventional operators and 1,000 violations to unconventional shale gas operators.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 23, 2022

For example, the IRA extends and expands existing tax credits for renewable electricity production, and creates a new credit for electricity production at certain nuclear power plants. Later, in November 2021, EPA proposed to strengthen the 2016 NSPS and establish new regulations for existing facilities.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

formal notice ) Click Here for more on the agenda -- Road dumping of drilling wastewater, handling radioactive drill cuttings and other wastes. -- Gov. Of Health: Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Contact: Todd Wallace, twallace@pa.gov or 717-783-6395. Wolf: Calls On U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 4, 2023

Six years ago, in 2017, electricity generation was 35% coal, 35% nuclear, 23% natural gas, 6% renewable, biomass and other. Read more here In 2021, 53% of electricity generation came from natural gas, 31% from nuclear, 12% from coal and 4% from renewables and other sources, according to the U.S. Yaw praised.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2023

request to burn tires to fuel its cryptocurrency mining operation at the Panther Creek Power Plant. The Panther Creek power plant is a waste coal-fired power plant home to thousands of cryptocurrency mining computers. Background In 2021, Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

It is a financial problem, an environmental problem and the waste of a natural resource. DEP reported in December that between 2017 and 2021, conventional operators abandoned without plugging 2,246 wells -- 561 a year, on average. They frequently use “alternative” methods. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2023

Otherwise it was a big week for spills, venting gas into the atmosphere, failure to submit production and waste generation and well integrity reports, failing to get a permit to drill and operate a well, etc. LLC (Allegheny County), Bear Lake Prop LLC (Warren County) and DJW Enterprises, Inc. Washington County). Burrell Twp. - Amwell Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

The Independent Fiscal Office reported during the fourth quarter of 2021, 10,322 horizontal gas wells were producing natural gas. The natural gas industry could increase production today because many wells have been shut-in waiting for higher natural gas prices before companies will open them for production. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2022

The New Jersey part of PennEast Pipeline was canceled in September, 2021. In December 2021, the company requested DEP to withdraw/revoke their permits for PA portion. Note: Market-driven competition with natural gas has shut down 20 coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania, with only three remaining [ Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2022

29 Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ At 60 - Four Essential Reads -- Gov. 29 Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Rachel Carson’s ‘Silent Spring’ At 60 - Four Essential Reads -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

House returns to session October 4, 5, 6 -- Committee Schedule Senate returns to session October 18, 19, 20 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- 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

AUGUST 7, 2022

Of Revenue Reports State Collected $2.7 Billion In General Fund Revenue During July -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 22, 2022

What’s Your Community Doing? Army - Disinterred Remains Do Not Match Native American Boy Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: June 22, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2021

House Resolution 106 (Benninghoff-R-Mifflin) is on the House Calendar that would, they say, terminate some, but not all the provisions of the declaration and extend it to October 1, 2021. The Arizona “audit” has also been called a “clown show,” a “waste of taxpayer money” and an “audit in name only” as well as a study in “disinformation.”

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon Technologies and Subsidiary Pay $515K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations United States Department of Justice | January 11, 2021 John H. million on federal lobbying in 2021, according to OpenSecrets, a government transparency nonprofit, more than any other defense contractor.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon Technologies and Subsidiary Pay $515K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations United States Department of Justice | January 11, 2021 John H. million on federal lobbying in 2021, according to OpenSecrets, a government transparency nonprofit, more than any other defense contractor.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon Technologies and Subsidiary Pay $515K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations United States Department of Justice | January 11, 2021 John H. million on federal lobbying in 2021, according to OpenSecrets, a government transparency nonprofit, more than any other defense contractor.

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Corp Watch

JUNE 12, 2023

USA: Raytheon Technologies and Subsidiary Pay $515K to Settle False Claims Act Allegations United States Department of Justice | January 11, 2021 John H. million on federal lobbying in 2021, according to OpenSecrets, a government transparency nonprofit, more than any other defense contractor.

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