PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

On April 14, The Express reported Bechtel Corp will discontinue development of the 1,000 MW natural gas-fired Renovo Energy Center in Clinton County. After more than eight years, we do not see a path to a reasonable conclusion of the project’s air permit appeal, and have made the difficult decision to discontinue development.

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E2 Law Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

There have been a series of recent high-profile legislative actions and media articles concerning attempts to ban natural gas appliances or natural gas service to consumers over alleged safety and air pollution issues. On April 17, 2023, in California Restaurant Association v.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. 28 DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

Job Loss In PA's 'Natural Gas' Counties Show Misplaced Faith In Economic Benefits Of Oil & Gas [PaEN] Related Articles This Week: -- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. Related Articles: -- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

23; Transportation- Feb. Billion Endowment -- Inside Climate News: In Dimock, Susquehanna County, A PA Town Riven By Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between A Judge And A Gas Driller Over Recent Attorney General Settlement -- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

DEP safeguards Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment, which affirms Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and preservation of natural resources. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2023

Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets [PaEN] -- PUC Alerts Consumers To Electricity Price Changes Coming June 1-- From 20.7% Increase To 17% Decrease; Driven By Price Of Natural Gas [PaEN] [Posted: May 18, 2023] PA Environment Digest Of Health Awards $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Electric heat pumps, for example, are a cleaner and cheaper way to heat buildings than gas appliances powered with hydrogen, and electric cars are more cost-effective than cars powered by H2 fuel cells. is made from gas , a process that emits significant air pollution. Today, almost all commercial H2 in the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,310 notices of violation in 2023, according to DEP’s December 29 Workload Report. Abandoning Wells Without Plugging DEP issued 10 unconventional shale gas operators 20 notices of violation at 11 well pads during 2023 for abandoning wells without plugging them. Fayette County.

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Circle of Blue

APRIL 10, 2023

.” — Todd Kim, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division. The department, in a civil action , is seeking penalties and cleanup costs from Norfolk Southern following the derailment of a company train on February 3, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

UAW files unfair labor practice charges against Hyundai, Honda and Volkswagen CBC News PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:38 Monday, December 11, 2023 Read more Michael Wayland The UAW has filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board against Honda, Hyundai and Volkswagen, the union said.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Inspired by Strike Wins, 1,000 Volkswagen Workers Sign Union Cards Labor Notes PaulaR Tue, 12/12/2023 - 17:01 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Luis Feliz Leon Today workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga, Tennessee, assembly plant announced their third bid to unionize plant-wide with the Auto Workers (UAW).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Brazil: Volkswagen will pay more than R$10 million in labor lawsuits Poder360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:37 Tuesday, August 22, 2023 Read more Value corresponds to 34 agreements approved by the Superior Labor Court; another 28 cases are under negotiation Disclosure/Volkswagen POWER360 August 22, 2023 (Tuesday) - 1:30 pm Volkswagen must pay R$10.5

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW owners affected by "Dieselgate" in Switzerland will not receive compensation Swiss Info PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:38 Sunday, September 10, 2023 Read more Swiss VW drivers come away empty-handed in the so-called Dieselgate scandal. And, what other unions can learn from how badly that fight went for labor.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Climate protest at VW: activists try to stop production RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland | August 14, 2023 On Monday, climate activists gained access to the VW plant in Wolfsburg as part of a group of visitors. And, what other unions can learn from how badly that fight went for labor.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Workers at VW subsidiary Cariad protest against job cuts IG Metall PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:40 Friday, November 10, 2023 Read more Over 200 employees of VW's CARIAD software division protested last Tuesday against threatened job cuts. And, what other unions can learn from how badly that fight went for labor.

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

China: Volkswagen under fire after audit finds no evidence of Uyghur forced labor Radio Free Asia PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 16:42 Thursday, December 7, 2023 Read more Jilil Kashgary Experts cast doubt on results, saying leaked files show that Uyghur detainees were sent to the Xinjiang factory. By Jilil Kashgary for RFA Uyghur 2023.12.07

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

VW Escapes Multiple Fines In EU Over Emissions Scandal Law 360 PaulaR Thu, 01/04/2024 - 17:26 Thursday, September 14, 2023 Read more Matthew Perlman Europe's top court ruled Wednesday that Volkswagen should not have to pay a €5 million ($5.3 And, what other unions can learn from how badly that fight went for labor.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Thank you for the opportunity to present Governor Wolf's proposed Fiscal Year 2022-2023 budget for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). We have finalized the regulation to reduce greenhouse gas pollution from electric power plants by allowing Pennsylvania to participate in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI).

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 4, 2024

Germany: Climate protest at VW: activists try to stop production RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland | August 14, 2023 On Monday, climate activists gained access to the VW plant in Wolfsburg as part of a group of visitors. 6 CROZZ SUV at a world premiere ahead of the Shanghai Auto Show, in Shanghai, China April 18, 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

These reductions are greater than what was projected for the 2022 and 2021 proposals, thanks to changes that strengthen provisions to limit wasteful, polluting flaring of natural gas and analytical updates that better capture the impacts of this rulemaking. On December 2, the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Entries For PA Resources Council Lens On Litter Photo Contest Due Oct. Entries For PA Resources Council Lens On Litter Photo Contest Due Oct. Of Environmental Educators Seeking Presentation Proposals For 2024 Conference [PaEN] -- PA Assn. PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Updated Background -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Marsh Creek State Park Once Again Site Of Cleanup Due To Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Chester County -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Material Leaks Into Tributary Of Marsh Creek State Park At Site Of Mariner East Pipeline Spill In 2020 -- DEP Publishes Final Guidance On Environmental Consideration In (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

27 Online Lunch & Learn With Laurie Barr About Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN] -- February 28-- House Appropriations Committee budget hearing - Departments Of Conservation & Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online. -- Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2023

11 - Shell Petrochemical Plant Exceeds Air Pollution Limits. Hearing Room 1, North Office Building. Click Here to watch live. Click Here for reports. TUESDAY 12:30: Agenda Posted. DEP Citizens Advisory Council meeting. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 7 [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 31 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

On July 8, Commonwealth Court granted a preliminary injunction to opponents of Pennsylvania’s RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program covering power plants pausing the program. Section 5(a)(1) of the APCA specifically empowers EQB to “[a]dopt rules and regulations, for the prevention, control, reduction and abatement of air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

Here are 76 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items To Nonprofits For Reuse Register Now For 2022 Pennsylvania Litter Summit Nov. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items To Nonprofits For Reuse Register Now For 2022 Pennsylvania Litter Summit Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council meeting. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Air Pollution Violations $1.5 Transition To Electric Cars Threatens Environmental Havoc PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Senate returns to voting session Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN] -- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2023

Major oil and gas infrastructure facilities could be covered by the amended legislation if they are considered a major source of hazardous air pollutants, criteria pollutants or are subject to prevention of significant deterioration or nonattainment new source review under existing regulations. Why Does It Matter?

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

greenhouse gas emissions, more than the electric power sector. The big issue in this case is whether the agency violated a statutory prohibition against “considering” electric vehicles in setting the standard. Transportation is now the source of 28% of U.S. For about 15 years I’ve been practicing in a very small firm. In Texas v.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Solano -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Patrick Solano Remembered As ‘A Mentor, A Confidant, A Genius And Our Backbone’ -- PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 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. Room 8E-A East Wing.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

“Choking off the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania will have a devastating domino effect on the 13 states and the District of Columbia who depend on Pennsylvania generating 25% of the electric power in the PJM grid. Pennsylvania already has among the strictest setbacks for wells in the entire nation.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

On June 5, the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held a hearing on House Bill 652 (Bullock-D-Philadelphia) requiring an evaluation of the cumulative impacts of certain electric generation, waste management, sewage treatment facilities and major sources of air pollution proposed in communities already burdened by pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 29 -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept.

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