PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Forty-three years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

The Marcus Hook Terminal is a hub for the transportation, storage and shipment of natural gas liquids coming through the Mariner East Pipelines. Natural Gas Facility: DEP authorized de minimis increases in emissions from multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Spring Twp., Washington County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2023

By Dave Jenkins, Conservatives For Responsible Stewardshi p The following goest essay first appeared in the Erie Times on March 27, 2023 -- We are at an inflection point on energy: 2022 was the first year when global investment in carbon-free sources of energy matched investment in fossil fuels. High overseas demand for U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

. -- November 21 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- UPDATED: After 14 Days, Efforts To Stop A Natural Gas Leak At A Cambria County Underground Gas Storage Area Have Apparently Been Successful [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Plugged With Cement, Company Says, Capping A 14 Day Leak -- AP: Equitrans: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

“And we also have a situation,” Bryson said, “Where some of the power plants on our system are not performing because of the cold weather.” The predominant mix of electric generation in the PJM region is driven by natural gas, nuclear and coal. on December 24, 2022 and 10:00 a.m. on December 25, 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2023

18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure Sierra Club's Delaware County Team Hosts Oct. 30; Will Schedule Additional Hearings EPA Awards Penn State Hershey Medical Center $1.19

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- 2022 Train Derailment Site - Harmar Twp., DEP received Notice Of Intent from the Norfolk Southern Railroad on the next phase of cleanup of areas impacted by the May 26, 2022 train derailment in Harmar Township, Allegheny County. ( Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

DEP inspection report - Lot 8 32 ] On October 10, 2023 , DEP inspected two conventional gas wells-- Warren State Hospital 2 & 3 in Conewango Township, Warren County operated by William Southwell & Son Oil due to a concern about possible natural gas emission leaking into the atmosphere. No violations were issued. [

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 31, 2022

This summer, Newsom managed to get a sweeping energy budget bill passed that gives a state agency the authority to buy electricity from existing fossil fuel power plants and build new emergency or temporary power plants as well. All that being said, it’s still 2022 and September is upon us.

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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? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Forty-four years ago on March 28, 1979, Pennsylvanians woke up to a much different world -- the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County. Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

More radioactivity is expected from the other sources because they include nuclear power plants. In terms of radioactivity, the TENORM waste represented just 3.74 Ci (curies), while the low-level radioactive waste shipped for disposal represented 1,682 Ci.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2022

5 The largest drivers of the per capita difference are power emissions (coal and natural gas) and industrial emissions (coal mining, iron and steel production and oil and gas extraction). -- The industrial and power sectors make up 76% of emissions. CCUS, hydrogen and nuclear power).

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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. Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: September 5, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Greenbuilding Law

APRIL 17, 2022

The enrolled bill, now a statute known as the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022 , is premised on the idea that “the State has the ingenuity to reduce the threat of global warming and make GHG reductions a part of the State’s future” by, among other things, achieving net zero statewide GHG emissions by 2045. only days from now).

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen [PaEN] -- PennLive - Charles Thompson: 45 Years After Infamous Accident, Why Are They Still Cleaning Up Three Mile Island?

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

To accomplish this the law advances everything from “food residuals” and organic materials diversion, a new environmental justice litmus test, a solar panel “recovery, reuse, and recycling working group,” an electric school bus mandate, recognizes “nuclear power” as a carbon free energy source, and much, much more.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

-- EQB To Meet Nov.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2023

Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued temporary and proposed rules for the “direct pay” mechanism enabled by the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and codified under Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code. On June 14, 2023, the U.S.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation’s proposed criteria for gaseous fossil fuels (which includes both conventional natural gas, and synthetic gas derived from coal gasification) allow investment in their consumption without restriction in function, scale, or time period, as long as greenhouse gas emissions are no higher than 100 gCO2eq/kWh (see §4.29-31

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Smith Enviorment

JANUARY 22, 2023

It authorizes the Utilities Commission to take “all reasonable steps” to achieve the CO 2 reduction goals and adopt a plan by December 31, 2022 to do so. As a first step, the Utilities Commission required Duke Energy to submit a proposed carbon reduction plan in May 2022. NCUC Order.

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Cresforum

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The United States has natural advantages for hydrogen production because of its ample availability of feedstocks, storage, and adaptable natural gas supply infrastructure. Growth in the U.S. hydrogen market is also estimated to result in an additional 27,000 jobs by 2030. DOE, Hydrogen Strategy: Enabling a Low-Cost Economy, p.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission is scheduled to hold a business meeting March 16 on proposed water withdrawals, including an out-of-basin diversion for the Ironwood natural gas power plant in Lebanon County and six other natural gas drilling water uses. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

3 train derailment at the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that released carloads of toxic chemicals, state officials have expressed far less concern about the largest natural gas leak in state history. gas storage facility in Jackson Twp., Photo: Equitrans natural gas leak from space, Environmental Defense Fund.)

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Environmental Progress

APRIL 20, 2021

During the four days of emergency operations during the cold snap, from early February 15th to midnight February 18th, output levels of nuclear, natural gas, coal, and wind to the grid were 79.3 For natural gas it was 40%, or 46% based on winter adequacy expectations. percent, 47.4 percent, 51.5 percent, and 13.7

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

DEP’s Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board is scheduled to meet March 13 to hear updates on a variety of issues, including the regulation of natural gas storage areas and a progress report on the new federal Well Plugging Program. Related Articles This Week: -- Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

On March 6, The Guardian published a two-part series revealing the 1,000 worst super-emitting methane leaks around the world in 2022 that are increasing the risk of triggering climate tipping points. They were mostly from oil and gas facilities. Meanwhile, the article said, the natural gas industry is pushing for further deregulation.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2022

On December 15, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission approved requests to renew three oil and gas development water withdrawal requests and a request from the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant. The Commission also approved the program fee schedule for 2023 which does not increase fees from 2022.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

-- Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Economy Grew To Over 92,700 Jobs Since COVID Economic Crisis [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Jumps To Top 10 In Clean Energy Jobs -- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Facility Proposal Advances Toward Vote In Dover Township -- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Your Electric/Natural Gas Utility Bill Has (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2022

We Lost Water” In late 2017, Sunoco started digging the trenches to lay the new 16-inch, and 20-inch Mariner East natural gas liquids pipelines uphill from the Robinson’s home and business. I never signed up for anything to be here, to have their equipment on my property for four and a half years.” “We Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Rep. MGD Out-Of-Basin Transfer [PaEN] -- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing [PaEN] -- U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Miles of two 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipelines, One 16-Inch Water Pipeline: DEP issued an NPDES Water Quality Permit for the project impacting Pucketa Creek in Upper Burrell Twp., PA Bulletin, page 1444 ) -- Beech Resources, LLC - 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline/16-Inch Water Pipeline: DEP approved Chapter 105 permit for 1.9

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2023

Energy Information Administration March 7 Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts a drop in wholesale electricity prices in 2023 that "reflects the forecast drop in natural gas prices from 2022 to 2023." Natural gas prices are forecast to be down more than 50 percent from last year. Click Here for more details.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

PA League of Women Voters, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference. -- November 14 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- Observer-Reporter: Ongoing Water Donation Drive Helping Dozens Of Greene County Families Who Haven’t Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN] -- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- The Guardian: One Of The Worst Global Methane Leaks In 2022 Was In PA - Equitrans In Cambria County; Routine Abandonment, Non-Compliance Of Conventional Gas Wells [PaEN] -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire March 27 PA Environment Digest 62 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 DEP Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy (..)

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