PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2023

New Tools To Detect Air Pollution In Pennsylvania, the use of this and other technology has energized a new breed of environmental activism aimed at detecting air pollution from the sky and from the ground. Citizen Science Support The increased use of citizen science is getting support from the federal government.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In 2023, Canada experienced its worst ever wildfire season , with 167,000 people forced to evacuate their homes under 211 federal evacuation orders. Whether we experience an affordable and safe future, or one of spiralling costs and climate impacts, depends most on one thing: government action.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The closure in January 2016 of one of Pittsburgh’s biggest coal-processing plants led to immediate and lasting declines in emissions of fossil fuel–related air pollutants. Before closing under community pressure, the plant had incurred millions of dollars in government fines for air and water pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The Grand Jury Report was released by then Attorney General Shapiro in June 2020 after what he said then was a two-year investigation uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In 2023, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), held the state’s first offshore wind auction, auctioning off five leases in Central and Northern California. [1] This would give tribal governments a fuller voice in development processes that affect tribal communities and resources.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

The theme for the 2023 workshop is “Environmental and Policy Challenges and Opportunities” and will focus on fostering data-driven and multi-stakeholder discussions on the environmental and social impacts of unconventional energy development. Penn State is not making the Workshop available online.] Negrin, who was appointed by Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

He was appointed as a mediator by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to work with the environmental community and industry to establish better regulations for water quality monitoring in areas impacted by coal ash. Minott's work emphasizes the importance of public policy. from Villanova University School of Law.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As of February 2023, six states, including New York State, have passed California’s Advanced Clean Trucks rule , which requires manufacturers to sell an increasing percentage of zero-emission trucks and buses in those states. This bill would require the city to deploy fully zero-emission vehicles in most cases.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Worse, this hastily scheduled virtual meeting conflicted with one of only two in-person opportunities for Beaver County residents to discuss how to spend the money extracted from Shell following their 13 air quality violations in 2022 and 2023. These injustices are incalculable. This public outreach was a long time coming.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Here are 94 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

APRIL 29, 2024

18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

It was originally published in the blog STAT on November 10, 2023. The National Aeronautics and Atmospheric Administration offered to fly an airplane equipped with the world’s most sophisticated air samplers over Houston to monitor air pollution. Examples of abuse and manipulation abound outside of the health sphere, too.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

The webinar provides a unique opportunity for advocacy groups, legislators, government regulators, oil and gas industry workers, and residents and community members across the country to learn about this issue, the health concerns and the latest science.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The study looked at air pollution, blowouts and evacuations, and thermal modeling and found that “(C)urrent natural gas well setbacks in…the Marcellus Shale of Pennsylvania… cannot be considered sufficient in all cases to protect public health and safety.” Read more here. Read more here.

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Law Columbia

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Courts in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom have provided oversight of government climate mitigation actions. The Czech Republic joins the Netherlands, France, Germany and other EU countries in determining a government’s duty to mitigate climate change. See a detailed analysis of the decision here.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Issued on: 02/10/2023 - 14:20Modified: 02/10/2023 - 14:19 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Issued on: 17/11/2023 - 12:13 Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. Because the Pigging Station was built prior to 2018 it is not covered by an Air Quality Program permit from DEP. The gathering pipeline is not regulated by the state Public Utility Commission, according to the PUC. I was feeling very hopeful,” said Jodi.

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Corp Watch

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Climate of fear: TotalEnergies implicated in repression of land and environmental defenders in East Africa Global Witness PaulaR Thu, 12/14/2023 - 13:39 Monday, December 4, 2023 Read more Corporation TotalEnergies S.E. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. In the U.S.

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Corp Watch

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The 2023-2028 SHIP was developed in collaboration with the Healthy Pennsylvania Partnership (HPP), with support from Harrisburg University. These include contamination of surface or groundwater, air pollution or soil degradation. within one-half mile). Of Health Awards $2.5 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 Why Does It Matter?

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Corp Watch

JANUARY 2, 2024

Founded in 1924 as the Compagnie Française des Pétroles (French Petroleum Company) with the support of the French government and banks, it was renamed Total in 1985. Total was fined $398 million in 2013 for bribing government officials in Iran to win contracts. million for air pollution in 2007, and then $8.75 In the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Power companies will therefore have to pay more for the fuel, but utilities are generally allowed by state regulators to pass those cost increases onto their customers in the form of higher electricity rates. Henry Hub is the national benchmark for wholesale gas prices (Source: US Energy Information Administration ).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Here are 68 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. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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CEQA Developments

JUNE 27, 2023

In a published opinion filed June 13, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. In a published opinion filed June 13, 2023, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Pomona (2023) Cal.App.5th. Gregory Lucas v.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. Posted: September 3, 2023] PA Environment Digest 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

Lisa Johnson Lisa Johnson, Lisa Johnson & Associates, is an attorney representing citizens and local governments in a number of cases appealing DEP actions and inactions. It is extremely disturbing for residents to interact with government officials who are supposed to be protecting them, who disrespect them and mock them.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

. -- Bursts Of Intense Natural Gas Emissions From Pigging Unit: On December 27, CNX Gas Co LLC’s Oak Springs stand-alone pig launcher/receiver along Farmer Lane in South Franklin Township, Washington County released bursts of dangerous methane emissions into the air around homes 1,500 feet away for over an hour.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection reports spills and releases from the oil and gas industry have created over 575 brownfield sites being cleaned up under the Act 2 Land Recycling Program , as of September 12, 2023. Sabinsville Compressor Station: DEP issued a Title V Air Quality Permit for the station located in Clover Twp.,

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Law Columbia

MAY 25, 2023

Still, some gaps in implementation remain, and advances like the release of programmatic details from federal agencies, the proliferation of IRA guidebooks and other reference materials, and the increasing state and local resources aimed at tapping the new law’s funding have not fully positioned local governments to take maximal advantage.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Here are 52 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. Thank you for your leadership! -- EQB To Meet Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

The Grand Jury’s two-year investigation uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations. Read more here.

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Greenbuilding Law

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

By imposing a daily fee on cars built before 2006, the LEZ changes behaviors encouraging the use of newer cleaner vehicles, and reducing tailpipe global warning gases which in turn reduces broader air pollution and its associated health risks.

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Ohio Environmental Law

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Federal Property Transfers (CERCLA 120(h)) – Any time the federal government transfers property with PFOS and/or PFOA contamination it must notify the transferee of the contamination. Either the contamination must be addressed prior to the transfer or the federal government must continue to remediation post transfer.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Thanks largely to federal tax incentives, lower sticker prices, and more available models, EV sales have continued to surge in 2023. DR: California hit a new milestone for EV sales midway through 2023: One in four new passenger vehicles sold in in the state from April through June was a plug-in car, truck, or SUV. percent in 2021.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

is made from gas , a process that emits significant air pollution. A "concept paper" describing the project (the first step in the DOE application process) was recently submitted to the DOE by Team Pennsylvania, a public-private partnership that works with state government. Today, almost all commercial H2 in the U.S.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The company was a major target of anti-apartheid boycotts in the 1980s over its role in supporting the white South African government with fuel and money but just 192 rand ($22) in annual rent for two petrol stations on Umnini tribal land in KwaZulu-Natal, where blacks were not allowed to own land. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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