PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

The repeated and heavy road dumping of conventional oil and gas wastewater that continues on Pennsylvania dirt and gravel roads and amounts to the repeated "ground surface" application of oil and gas wastewater evaluated in the Moody study. Read more here - page 50. Read more here - page 39. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 26 to Nov.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Ohio- $2.99

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

7 Forage For Your Own Native Wreath Hike/Craft Event In Luzerne County -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - True Beauty Of A Tree Is Seen When It Loses Its Leaves -- USDA NRCS/NFWF: $1 Million In Funding Available For Community-Based Gardens -- DCNR Blog: Places That Honor Veterans And Preserve Our History -- Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2025

The erosion and sedimentation permit expired on April 11, 2022 without the site being restored. DEP requested a response to the violations issued in the April 14 inspection report by May 7, 2025 and asked the company to indicate the future plans for this site. DEP issued the original permit for the well site and impoundment in October 2011.

2017

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

[Note: The Ohio River Valley Institute reported earlier this year that 171 shale gas wells were listed as abandoned, based on DEP information. Klapkowski made the comments to the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on oil and gas well abandonment. First recommended in December 2022.]

Waste

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee On Natural Gas [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Talk Of Requiring Natural Gas Detectors In Buildings After Explosion That Killed 7 In Reading -- TribLive: Residents Of Mt. DeFrank Appointed Chair Of National Assn.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

125 Abandoned Conventional, 39 Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations 2025 Abandoned Conventional: So far in 2025, DEP issued or continued 125 violations to 41 conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells- [3D Resources LLC ; Amer Natural Resources LLC; WB Anderson; Apollo Resources LLC; Baird Oil Co.;

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Thank LNG Gas Exports - By Lt. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Thank LNG Gas Exports - By Lt. Data Centers Could Strain Electricity Supplies In The Delaware Valley -- Pittsburgh Business Times: TECfusions Unveils Plans For Massive Data Center, A.I. General Russel L.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. August 11-- Agenda Posted. Room G-50 Irvis Building.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

The repeated and heavy road dumping of conventional oil and gas wastewater that continues on Pennsylvania dirt and gravel roads and amounts to the repeated "ground surface" application of oil and gas wastewater evaluated in the Moody study. Read more here - page 50. Read more here - page 39. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [September 2023] -- State Dept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Conventional Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Williams/Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLM On Monday, March 17, 2025 at approximately 5:30 p.m., Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. A new plan is being implemented to stop the gas flow. Original violations for defective casing/cement issued on December 21, 2022. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

On March 19, firefighters and DEP responded to another explosion and fire at a conventional well owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co LLC in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. Amer Natural Resources holds 49 permits. Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well, Leaking Gas (30 Months) March 14, 2025 inspection of the W.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3639 ) -- Peoples Natural Gas Co., PA Bulletin, page 3676 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for a project to install a natural gas turbine and related equipment at the facility located in Hamilton Twp., Franklin County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Center- Fueled Natural Gas Gold Rush Bubbling In Northcentral PA -- Scranton Times: Al’s Quick Stop Convenience Store Developer Proposes A.I. Data Centers - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Have Enough Electricity For A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2025

On June 23, the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee reported out House Bill 364 (Vitali-D-Delaware) by a vote of 14 to 12 to restore the authority of the Environmental Quality Board to adjust conventional oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts to help address the problem of routine abandonment of wells by owners.

2025

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Notice: See You February 10 The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

East Resources holds 574 permits , with many of the permits inactive. Eastern Natural Resources LLC - Violations: Abandoned Conventional Well June 10, 2025 follow-up inspection of the Zambano 1 conventional well in Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County found the well abandoned and not plugged. Developed Resources, Inc.;

2025

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 Routh’s presentation slides.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Other Events -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Ready To Develop Brilliant Trail Across Allegheny River At Aspinwall -- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Trout Unlimited to Hold Stream Cleanup April 19 On Lycoming Creek -- Gettysburg Connection: Gettysburg Nature Alliance Hosts April 26 Stream Cleanup Event At Sachs Bridge -- The Derrick: (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

It takes a year, sometimes two or three to find those responsible, in particular for shale gas operations. We heard testimony from some homeowners who felt that oil and gas operators would remove their water buffalo in direct response to additional or continuing complaints that they made. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep.

Conservation

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

JANUARY 30, 2025

Shapiro described how the process for developing his energy plan brought people together-- When Jackson [Morris], from the Natural Resources Defense Council, talked about his friend, he used that word friend, Shawn Steffee, the leader of the Boilermakers [Union]. Let's get this done, Pennsylvania. Bringing People Together Gov.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

DEP’s 2022 Oil and Gas Annual Report said 5,416 notices of violation were issued to conventional operators in 2022 and 4,514 violations in 2021 and in 2015, DEP issued just 1,024 violations to conventional operators. Read more here. And these trends are not encouraging. Read more here.

2023

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2025

Army Brigadier General, Retired -- Utility Dive: New York Utilities Urge FERC To Adopt Natural Gas Pipeline Reliability Requirements -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: New Federal Clean Energy Rebates In Limbo For Residents Of PA, DE, NJ -- ReImagine Appalachia's Virtual Strategy Summit Set For Jan. 3; 2024 Grant Accomplishments -- Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2025

PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On An Air Quality Permit For A Proposed 218 MW Natural Gas Power Plant For A Data Center In Bradford County; Site Originally Proposed For An LNG Gas Facility [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Developer Looks To Build 30+ Data Centers In North Pocono Using 1.5 Data Centers; But What About ‘Ordinary People’?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp., To Adopt More Stringent Rules For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells In Westmoreland County -- Observer-Reporter: EQT Shale Gas Driller Sues Morgan Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

Reel Resources holds 40 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Gas was found to be bubbling up in the annular space between casings of the Johnson 1 well indicating well integrity issues. Burke; Edward E. & Frederick J. Craig; Crude A Co - Randy L. The owner failed to respond. Response requested by May 31.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Greg Vitali, D-Havertown, chair of the Environmental and Natural Resource Protection committee, has reintroduced a bill to give the state Department of Environmental Protection and the Environmental Quality Board the authority to set bonds for drillers that are closer to the cost of plugging a well.

Natural Gas