Circle of Blue

APRIL 8, 2025

Still, Suzie Stranik, the chair of the Seldovia Arts Council, recalls shutting down her greenhouse early and flushing her toilets sparingly. Compared to 2019, the summer of 2022 was significantly wetter. The area would also host the pipelines liquefaction plant, where natural gas is condensed for export.

2019

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

4 -- PUC Urges Natural Gas Customers To Explore Ways To Reduce Heating Costs; All But One Major Gas Utility Has Increased Cost Of Gas In PA [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: NYMEX Natural Gas Price Up 14% Last Week To $3.75; Heading For $4.30?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

On June 28, the Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the PA Bulletin it will hold an eighth public hearing July 22 to accept comments on the proposed state plan to implement an EPA federal rule 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts OOOOb and OOOOc Reducing Emissions Of Methane and Other Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University [PaEN] -- Penn State Delegation In Azerbaijan For UN’s Annual Climate Meeting -- WPSU: When Will Greenhouse Gas Emissions Finally Peak? Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

. -- Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp., 10-11 Navigating Chance Policy Conference [PaEN] -- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Road Trip Makes Pit Stop At Allegheny County Electric Vehicle Mechanic Training Program -- EPA: Liberty-Clairton In Allegheny County Makes Progress In Meeting PM2.5,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 78 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN] Related Articles Last Week: -- Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

2023

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

The facility utilizes ethane, a by-product of natural gas, to make ethylene, a building block for plastic. Between January 2022 to November 2024, Shell Polymers Monaca has emitted an estimated 393.5 In 2023, Shell was approved for a $4,953,971 credit for ethane purchased in 2022. million pounds).

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 What’s Bugging You If It Isn’t A Mosquito Background On Issues -- Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp., So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Million To Settle Lawsuit By Investors Who Claimed EQT Overstated The Benefits Of Its Rice Energy Merger In 2017 -- Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp.

Conservation

Law Columbia

MAY 22, 2025

On March 12, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced plans to reconsider EPAs 2009 endangerment finding for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, along with all regulations and actions that rely on the finding. EPA also made a separate cause-or-contribute finding in which it determined that U.S.

2009

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

They won’t be cheering for your STATE PLAN FOR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, a plan that reflects detailed, diligent work by committed public servants. And it is only by acting now that we stand a chance of avoiding the worst impacts of a warming planet. At this time, DEP cannot expect support from the feds, including the current EPA.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

Completes Successful Lithium Extraction From Shale Gas Wastewater At Susquehanna County Pilot Plant [PaEN] PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- July 26 to August 1 [PaEN] -- Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp.,

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN] -- PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County [PaEN] -- PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

“You can see the kind of mix that cleared in this past auction, a vast majority of which of course is natural gas. The cleared resource mix includes: 45% natural gas, 21% nuclear, 22% coal, 4% hydro, 3% wind and 1% solar. Obviously to use more than this. Click Here for a recording of the briefing.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

BKV OPR LLC - Violations Ongoing For 30 Months June 18, 2025 inspection of the Reel-Macialek Unit McConnell 3H shale gas well in Tunkhannock Township, Wyoming County found gas still present in the cemented annulus of the well after defective casing/cement found and violations issued on November 23, 2022. DEP inspection report.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

Both large and independent producers have gone on record  in support of federal methane regulation and major oil and gas producing states including Colorado, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and New Mexico have already been implementing the standards. In 2023, oil and gas companies wasted $3.5 9 Webinar On Growth Of A.I.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Grant applications from companies that own industrial facilities, mines, and natural gas infrastructure for projects are expected to create up to 6,000 jobs and reduce air pollution in the industrial and manufacturing sectors. Environmental Protection Agency as part of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. Read more here.]

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

. -- Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1 19 & 21 -- The Center Square: Extended LIHEAP Energy Assistance Proposed In PA [In Face Of Proposed 100% Federal Cut] -- Williamsport Sun: Muncy Creek Twp. . -- Attorney General Sunday Files Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2022 Leak Of 1.1

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2024

1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Decrease To 31.2% Million Trail Grant From DEP Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program -- Brodhead Watershed Association Protecting Clean Water Together: Who's In Charge Of Your Water? 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Decrease To 31.2% Decrease To 31.2%

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

Within three miles of my family's home there is a natural gas compressor station and eight unconventional well pads each with multiple wells. Where there are oil and gas operations, you can find methane leaking along with volatile organic compounds. We must protect children from exposure to oil and gas pollution.

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Several states and industry groups are challenging EPA’s 2024 rules which set greenhouse gas emissions limits for certain fossil fuel power plants nationwide (referred to here as the Power Plant Rules). This case will have a major impact on how and when power plants must reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.

2024

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and Natural Gas Extraction. Of Health Oil & Natural Gas Production Health Concerns -- Dept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

By plugging orphaned and abandoned wells, were tackling a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions and creating thousands of good-paying jobs in the process. So far in 2025, DEP issued or continued 31 violations to 7 shale gas drilling companies for abandoning and not plugging their wells. Josh Shapiro. Read more here.]

Technology

PA Environment Daily

MAY 29, 2025

The glorification of fracking and natural gas as pillars of "dominance" ignores the glaring truth: methane, the primary component of "natural" gas, is a greenhouse gas 84 times more potent than CO2 over 20 years. Let's dismantle this dangerous fantasy. Lisa Lake / POWER Interfaith via Getty Images).)

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MAY 19, 2025

Natural] gas is not baseload power. And I get there's plenty of gas out there, but that's all on demand. I think we absolutely need to continue to use natural gas. Today, gas provides approximately 55 percent of our electricity, and coal is responsible for less than ten percent and keeps falling.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2025

Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Price Increases: Bring Your Own Generation; Data Centers Must Pay Their Fair Share; An 'All Of The Above' Energy Future, Including Renewables - By Kevin Walker, CEO, Duquesne Light [PaEN] -- National Fuel Gas Increases Gas Supply Costs 12.2%

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

And when I assumed office in 2022, one of the things that I certainly articulated to my community in representing them is that this issue of our energy industry in Pennsylvania, it needs to be coupled with rigorous environmental regulation and certainly in sensitive areas relative to schools and parks and residential areas. Shapiros term.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2025

If we want to power the burgeoning AI economy and keep the lights on for average citizens at the same time, we must stay flexible about how that electricity is generated with the “all of the above” approach: meaning primarily natural gas in the short term followed closely by nuclear, hydro, battery and other storage, wind, solar, etc.

Electricity

Law Columbia

APRIL 29, 2025

For example, in November 2016, the Obama administrations Bureau of Land Management (BLM) promulgated a regulation to reduce waste of natural gas from venting, flaring, and leaks during oil and natural gas production activities on public and Tribal lands. Courts have generally granted these requests.

Climate Change

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Investment across the energy spectrum –from oil and gas and renewables to energy storage and transmission – could well increase due to growing power demand, incentives for new supply, and permitting reforms, extending existing trends from the past four years. Gas and renewables often go hand in hand.

2025

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Receive $40 Million In USDA Funding To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Improve Water Quality [PaEN] -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: After 40 Years Of Cutting Edge Environmental Restoration, Can The Bay Partnership Again Reinvent Itself In Time To Save The Bay In The 21st Century? Thank you for your leadership! -- Dr. Susan L.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

And if you want to get out of RGGI [Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative], come to the table and work on this with us." Shapiro had this to say to legislators who just want to attack him and his plan. .I I am saying here's a better way forward that we can work on together. Peter Schweyer.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2025

-- DEP Invites Comments On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities; 7 Hearings Set [PaEN] -- DEP: XTO Energy Failed To Restore 5 Multi-Million Gallon Shale Gas Water Impoundments In Butler County [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 24 (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

EPA also announced it would reconsider risk management rules that cover oil and natural gas refineries and chemical facilities. Methane Emissions EPA announced it would reconsider regulations for the oil and gas industry under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2025

Shapiros offer to work on legislation to make the electric grid more reliable, diversify Pennsylvanias energy generation, lower energy costs for ratepayers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. We've talked a lot about this little thing called RGGI [Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative]. Nuclear, coal, and natural gas.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2025

Shapiros offer to work on legislation to make the electric grid more reliable, diversify Pennsylvanias energy generation, lower energy costs for ratepayers and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Governor said last year these initiatives would save Pennsylvania ratepayers $252 million in the first five years, while generating $5.1

Electricity