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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 7, 2025

The year 2023 was by far the warmest in Earths recorded history, and perhaps in the past 100,000 years , shattering the previous record set in 2016 by 0.27C (0.49F). According to recent data from NOAAs National Center for Environmental Information, 2024 is likely to be even warmer than 2023. But why were 2023 and 2024 so warm?

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Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations: Similar Action In 2023 Resulted In $10 Million Settlement

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

On October 23, 2024, the Clean Air Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5) and nitrogen oxides in violation of the federal Clean Air Act, the state Air Pollution Control Act and the plant's permit. "As

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NEPA in the Supreme Court (Part IV)

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Second, any effects to be analyzed must be reasonably foreseeable – this is in the text of the 2023 NEPA amendments, which basically codified past practice. This first point was made years ago in a Supreme Court case (Metropolitan Edison Co. People Against Nuclear Energy) and should be taken as axiomatic.

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Electric Vehicle Sales Continue to Grow, Despite What Some Automakers Are Saying

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Second, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is in the process of setting regulations for future passenger vehicles—and casting doubt on EV sales is a tactic to push for weaker regulations. Data through the end of September 2023 shows that the EV fraction of US car sales is continuing to rise. Are EV sales actually slowing?

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Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Its a daily litany of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells. Affected residents have been living on hauled water.

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Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

These penalties are in addition to a $670,000 civil penalty DEP accessed against Shell Falcon Pipeline and its contractor Minnesota Limited LLC for violations of its permit and other laws and regulations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during pipeline construction. A similar lawsuit preceded the May 2023 penalty settlement.

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Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

This response should include an incident report, a timeline, the regulation substance involved, where the spill or release occur, the environmental media affected, any impacts to water supplies, buildings, or utilities, and interim actions planned, initiated, or completed. DEP also detected natural gas and crude oil odors at the site.

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Boston Promulgates BERDO “Phase I” Regulations: Emissions Standards For Buildings Are Coming Soon

Law and Environment

MARCH 22, 2022

The Boston Air Pollution Control Commission has formally adopted its “Building Emissions Reduction and Disclosure Ordinance Phase 1 Regulations.” The Phase 1 regulations are really all about the “disclosure” side of BERDO. The final Phase 1 regulations largely track the draft released late last year.

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Has Gasoline Use in California Peaked?

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Switching from fossil fuels like gasoline to increasingly clean electricity sources is vital for hitting climate and air pollution goals. Electric vehicles made up five percent of passenger vehicles on the road in 2023 and the fraction is growing with EVs making up 25 percent of new passenger vehicles sold in the state.

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Californians Embrace Zero-Emission Vehicles with Record Sales

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 3, 2023

Sales of new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) in California hit new highs in the first quarter of 2023. In the first three months of 2023, more than 30% of all new car sales were ZEVs in Alameda, Santa Clara, Marin, and San Mateo counties. These four counties have a significant population of about 4.5

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Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

While municipalities may have some flexibility in how they zone or regulate oil and gas operations – provided they do not exceed limitations in state or federal law – doing so in an unreasonable manner which prevents future natural gas development should render the municipality ineligible for state collected and distributed impact fees.

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Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

May 11, the Environmental Integrity Project and Clean Air Council filed a federal lawsuit against the Shell Petrochemical Plant for repeatedly violating permitted air pollution limits from a massive new plastics production plant in Beaver County, which opened last year. In a lawsuit filed in the U.S.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 26

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- Williams Field Services Company, LLC - White Compressor Station: DEP renewed the GP-5 General Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution sources for the facility located in Springville Twp., 15, 2023, approved Aug. Application received April 19, 2023. ( Susquehanna County.

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DEP Determines Rulemaking Petition Submitted By Environmental, Health Groups To Adopt More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Is An Action The Environmental Quality Board Has Statutory Authority To Take

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

On November 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has determined , in response to a rulemaking petition, the state Environmental Quality Board has the statutory authority to adopt a regulation setting more protective setbacks from shale gas wells for homes, schools and streams in its initial petition review.

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PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2024

District Court on Monday a proposed consent decree in settlement of their federal Clean Air Act lawsuit against United States Steel Corporation. Clean air is a right, not a privilege, for all Pittsburghers,” said David Masur, executive director of PennEnvironment , the citizen-based non-profit and state group for Environment America.

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How Can Distributed Energy Resources Support Energy Justice?

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

Access to clean energy is critical due to the generational harm caused by air pollution from power plants which is over-concentrated in historically marginalized communities. When configured as part of a virtual power plant, DERs can even be used to defer or eliminate the need for expensive, polluting infrastructure.

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Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

Since 2012, 42 independent peer-reviewed studies show fracking at current setback distances has caused dangerous impacts to health and the environment due to releases of benzene and other harmful fracking pollutants. This proposed regulation is narrowly drafted. It does not seek to ban fracking or relocate existing sites.

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Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Even when accounting for pollution from electricity generation, electric trucks can significantly reduce air pollution and get us on a better track to addressing climate change. Some of the same researchers are currently working on a comparable study for the United States and their preliminary results are similar.

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Plug-in Hybrids: Are They Really a Solution to Reducing Emissions?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It’s immediately clear how fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs) can help reduce emissions; eliminating gasoline and tailpipes in favor of increasingly clean electricity helps limit both climate change and air pollution. For example, the 2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe PHEV requires 68 kWh of electricity to go 100 miles.

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Celebrating Ocean Victories of 2023

Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As another year comes to a close, I am reflecting on the incredible progress Ocean Conservancy has made in 2023 towards a healthy, resilient ocean future. Fortunately, we have much to celebrate in 2023. Plastics Policy, Dr. Anja Brandon, was named one of Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business 2023.

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Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

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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November 4 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

10 Hearing On A State Air Quality Implementation Plan Amendment For Holcim Solutions & Products Plant In Westmoreland County DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Agreement With Venango County On Cleaning Up Unlined Landfill Site DEP Awards $18.9 26 to Nov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov.

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Delivery Vans are Going Electric: Where and Why

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Smaller vehicles and big fleets are leading the charge Where just a handful of zero-emission trucks and buses were deployed annually in the US just a few years ago (around 600 total in 2019), over 27,500 zero-emission MHDVs were deployed in 2023. percent in 2023) , the growth is impressive.

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Three Reasons the Market is Primed for Stronger, National Electric Truck Standards

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 19, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently developing a regulation to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from trucks, known as the Phase 3 GHG standards, which would in theory result in increased adoption of electric trucks. Adapted from Table A2 in ICCT’s January 2023 study mentioned above.

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6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County; State Agencies Have No Jurisdiction Over Safety Issues

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

The Public Utility Commission does not have jurisdiction over this pipeline to regulate it for safety, construction or operations because it is related to gas production. The PUC estimates there are between 60,000 and 100,000 miles of gas gathering pipelines in 33 counties, many not mapped.

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EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 7, 2024

2023 was a milestone year for electric car sales in the US. That is A LOT of EVs and A LOT less oil use, air pollution and climate emissions. Sales figure from Atlas EV Hub In California, nearly half a million EVs were purchased in 2023 reaching a whopping one in four new vehicles. Tesla dominates the U.S.

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Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Another Study Identifies Health Risks During Unconventional Oil & Gas Production Even For Those Living Within 1,000 Feet Or More Of Wells

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

We combined air quality measurements collected near oil and gas and community sites in Broomfield with EPA ozone data collected within the Denver-Metro North Front Range Ozone Non-Attainment area.

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Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of EPA’s 2024 Vehicle Emissions Standards

Law Columbia

DECEMBER 9, 2024

EPA as part of our ongoing amicus efforts to support strong federal climate regulations. The case involves EPAs 2024 Vehicle Standards that set new air pollutant and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for model year 2027 through 2032 Light- and Medium-Duty Vehicles, which have been challenged by states and industry groups.

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Consol Conventional Well Plugging Incident Contaminates Livestock Water Supply, 2 Springs, Stream In Morris Twp., Greene County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

Act 214 regulates the drilling and plugging of oil and gas wells where they intersect underground coal mining operations. Use DEPs Oil and Gas Mapping Tool to map this well by using the Latitude 39.992686 and Longitude -80.25862600000001 from the inspection report.

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Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

On April 20, 2023, DEP issued its determination letter stating it could not conclude oil and gas operations had impacted the Appellants water supply. 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.

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DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

Shell's Air Quality Permit does not allow visible emissions for more than five minutes during any two consecutive hours. Click Here for a copy of the violation. -- April 6: A report submitted by Shell for the 12-month period ending January 2023 resulted in a violation of Shell's annual total emission limit of 328.5 27 Released 1.1

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DEP: Widespread Non-Compliance With Environmental Laws Continues In Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; 3,108+ Abandoned Wells; At Least 85% Conventional Well Owners Fail To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

DEP reported last year that 86% of conventional well owners failed to submit 2023 production and waste reports covering 33,505 wells. DEP reported last year that 89% of conventional well owners failed to submit 2023 well integrity reports covering 34,455 wells. Read more here. 638 well owners covering 77,647 wells did report.

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This Hydrogen Tax Loophole Would Spike Carbon Emissions–But it’s Not Too Late.

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 2, 2024

This framework enables regulators to verify that the direct and significant indirect emissions associated with electrolyzer operations are zero. As the 45V rules are finalized, regulators must stay the course.

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Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

CNX will provide DEP with continuous access to one of its well pad sites in Washington County, allowing for in-depth independent monitoring of the air emissions before, during, and after development of the new wells. will be monitored close to the well pad through the duration of the air monitoring project. VOCs and PM2.5 Photo: Gov.

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How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Environmental justice analysis: DTE’s energy plan includes an assessment of environmental justice that utilized US Environmental Protection Agency screening and mapping tools to evaluate its facilities’ air pollution and health impacts.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

. -- New Castle Power, LLC - New Castle Natural Gas Power Plant: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Taylor Twp., Youll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Lawrence County. ( Lycoming County. Received March 26, Issued April 21. (

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House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bill To Require DEP To Consider Cumulative Impacts Of Certain New Sources Of Pollution On Already Impacted Communities

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2025

The amendment would cover pollution from major oil and gas infrastructure and pipelines, power plants and many other facilities that emit these air pollutants. The amendment would cover pollution from major oil and gas infrastructure and pipelines, power plants and many other facilities that emit these air pollutants.

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DEP Plugs 132 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells So Far; DEP Issued 490 NOVs For New Conventional Well Abandonments So Far In 2023

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

On December 6, the Shapiro Administration announced it has capped and plugged 132 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells so far in 2023-- plugging more wells in the Governor’s first 11 months than in the previous eight years combined. Read more here. For too long, the Commonwealth had inadequate resources to address the problem.

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Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Many of the key research studies on wastewater done by Penn State through the end of 2023 were included in this review. DEP has tried for decades to regulate this practice but failed because the conventional industry simply does not comply. So there's not a whole lot of difference. Read more here.] Forest Service. Read more here.

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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 2 to 8 - 8,800 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order; Spills, Releases, Gas Leaks

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Violation: Abandoning Well (2023) November 5, 2024 routine inspection of J.A. No action taken by the owner since the original violation issued in October 18, 2023. Original violations were issued August 9, 2023 and well owner did nothing. Original violations June 7, 2023 and well owner did nothing. DEP inspection report.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 10

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

13, 2023, Revoked April 23. ( 27, 2023, Issued April 25. ( PA Bulletin, page 3308 ) Air Quality Permits - Comment -- Texas Eastern Transmission, LP - Compressor Station Turbine Replacement: DEP invites comments on anA ir Quality Plan Approval for a compressor station located in Todd Twp., Greene County. Received Sept.

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PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In November Now Available

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Related Article: -- Voting Begins For Pennsylvania’s 2024 River Of The Year: Allegheny, Lackawaxen, Youghiogheny Rivers [PaEN] [Posted: December 6, 2023] PA Environment Digest Visit PEC’s Audio Room for the latest podcasts. Click Here to receive regular updates from PEC.

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Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

Hill also noted the company has been under investigation by the Office of Attorney General for possible state Solid Waste Management Act violations over road dumping of their wastewater under the co-product determination process in DEPs Residual Waste Regulations. Read more here. I've got brine from that well." Read more here.]

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DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

McKean County [PaEN] -- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Fracking Gas-Powered Cryptocurrency Mining Operation In PA Shuts Down Without A Word To Regulators, Site Found Abandoned -- Gov. Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp.,

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Why Were 2023 and 2024 So Hot?

Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations: Similar Action In 2023 Resulted In $10 Million Settlement

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Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells

Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties

Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County

Boston Promulgates BERDO “Phase I” Regulations: Emissions Standards For Buildings Are Coming Soon

Has Gasoline Use in California Peaked?

Californians Embrace Zero-Emission Vehicles with Record Sales

Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions

Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 26

DEP Determines Rulemaking Petition Submitted By Environmental, Health Groups To Adopt More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Is An Action The Environmental Quality Board Has Statutory Authority To Take

PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh

How Can Distributed Energy Resources Support Energy Justice?

Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed

Diesel is the Reason for the Sneezin’: Cleaner Holiday Deliveries are on the Horizon

Plug-in Hybrids: Are They Really a Solution to Reducing Emissions?

Celebrating Ocean Victories of 2023

Ask a Scientist: It’s Getting Easier for US Car Owners to Go Electric

November 4 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

Delivery Vans are Going Electric: Where and Why

Three Reasons the Market is Primed for Stronger, National Electric Truck Standards

6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County; State Agencies Have No Jurisdiction Over Safety Issues

EVs Are at a Turning Point, It May Not Be What You Think

Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Another Study Identifies Health Risks During Unconventional Oil & Gas Production Even For Those Living Within 1,000 Feet Or More Of Wells

Sabin Center Files Amicus Brief in Support of EPA’s 2024 Vehicle Emissions Standards

Consol Conventional Well Plugging Incident Contaminates Livestock Water Supply, 2 Springs, Stream In Morris Twp., Greene County

Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination

DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits

DEP: Widespread Non-Compliance With Environmental Laws Continues In Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; 3,108+ Abandoned Wells; At Least 85% Conventional Well Owners Fail To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports

This Hydrogen Tax Loophole Would Spike Carbon Emissions–But it’s Not Too Late.

Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative

How Will DTE’s Long-Term Plan Impact Michigan’s Clean Energy Future?

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3

House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bill To Require DEP To Consider Cumulative Impacts Of Certain New Sources Of Pollution On Already Impacted Communities

DEP Plugs 132 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells So Far; DEP Issued 490 NOVs For New Conventional Well Abandonments So Far In 2023

Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 2 to 8 - 8,800 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order; Spills, Releases, Gas Leaks

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 10

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In November Now Available

Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater

DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County

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