PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Wells Continue To Be Abandoned There has been no slowdown in the number of conventional oil and gas wells owners continue to abandon in Pennsylvania-- it is the most frequent violation issued to conventional well owners. In 2023, DEP issued 512 violations to conventional well owners for abandonment. Read more here.

Technology

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2025

was charged with 48 counts of environmental crimes for their conduct during the construction of the Mariner East 2 Pipeline which carries hazardous natural gas liquids. Natural gas escaped from the pipeline, causing a devastating explosion. Read more here.] Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Unfortunately, since January 1, 2023, DEP has issued 1,426 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging wells they own-- including 54 so far in 2025. In 2024, DEP issued 860 new or continued violations to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2025

7 Hydrogen Hub Open House In Washington County Postponed Due To Weather -- Mountain State Spotlight: Residents Near Proposed Appalachian Hydrogen Hub In WV Can Voice Their Concerns About The Project Thru March 3 Background On Issues -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

Natural Gas

Legal Planet

JULY 10, 2025

Trump Signed One Damn Dirty Deal I have to admit I was wrong when I wrote in 2023 that repealing the Inflation Reduction Act was politically impossible because it was “a candy shop” for corporations and red states hungry for manufacturing jobs who would fight any repeal effort. A fifth of U.S.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

. -- DEP published multiple notices in the March 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on Chapter 105 Encroachment and Chapter 102 Erosion and Sedimentation permits and a Section 401 Certification for the National Fuel Gas Tioga Pathway Natural Gas Pipeline Project in McKean, Potter and Tioga Counties. ( Received June 20. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2025

14 - Shale Gas Well Ordered Plugged After 8 Years; 20 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Well Leaking Gas For 23 Months And Counting [PaEN] -- What The Shale Gas Industry Leaves Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2025

PA- $3.26 -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same Again As Last Week- 15; 21 On Aug. 23 -- WESA: Could Locally Drilled Natural Gas Get More Expensive With New Republican Administrations Push To Increase LNG Gas Exports? Ohio- $2.98

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Production of nitrogen fertilizers requires ammonia, which is produced through a highly energy-intensive process called Haber-Bosch and fueled by natural gas. Russia is a major supplier of the gas used in the production of nitrogen fertilizers, and also produces about 21 percent of the world’s potash. Where do we go from here?

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

This editorial first appeared in the Scranton Times on March 10, 2023 -- As regulators investigate and lawmakers lament the Feb. 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.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2022

Energy Information Administration released its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook which projects solar and wind renewable energy’s share of electricity generation will keep rising and lead to a decline in natural gas generation. ‘We MMBtu in 2023. We expect 10 GW of new wind capacity will come online in 2022 and 4 GW in 2023.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2023

On October 17, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee held an informational briefing on Project Canary , a company that measures, analyzes and reports on methane emissions from natural gas production and distribution infrastructure.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

made from natural gas from Noon to 1:00 p.m. Currently, most hydrogen is produced by steam reforming of methane in natural gas (‘gray hydrogen’), with high carbon dioxide emissions. The featured speaker will be Dr. Robert Howarth , the David R. It’s Up To The Feds [PaEN] -- Gov.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

That requires bringing global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions to net zero by 2050. To meet that goal, the International Energy Agency’s Net Zero Roadmap released in 2021 says no new oil and gas supply projects can come online. That $2 billion per year in low-carbon spending is looking smaller all the time.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Butler County; -- Roulette Oil & Gas, Inc.:

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. 25 to Dec. 25 to Dec. 25 to Dec.

2023

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

On May 22, Duquesne Light Company released its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report , which discloses the company’s performance in three core areas of its ESG strategy: climate conscious, powering people and responsible performance. From the EPA GHG Equivalence Calculator as of Dec.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Shapiro and CNX natural gas taking steps to better monitor air emissions from certain shale gas drilling operations-- “Clean air and pure water are a constitutional right and are essential to defending our children’s health and lives from the multiple threats imposed upon them by the fossil fuel industry. “The

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Each credit one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent pollution below the standard. I’ve written recently about why a Cap on Vegetable Oil-Based Fuels Will Stabilize and Strengthen California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard , which addresses the bio-based diesel credits. Source California Air Resources Board.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

JANUARY 26, 2023

In 1970, electrochemist (and purported alchemist ) John Bockris predicted a global shift to the hydrogen economy , a phrase that describes widespread adoption of hydrogen to facilitate a shift to a low-carbon society. kg of carbon dioxide emissions. kg of carbon dioxide emissions.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2023

Senate March 9 About Ohio/PA Train Derailment -- AP: Ohio U.S.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

for air quality, waste, and oil and gas violations related to the uncontrolled gas release from Equitrans’ Rager Mountain natural gas storage field and George L Reade 1 storage well in November 2022. billion cubic feet of gas was released at the facility in uncontrolled venting. Read more here. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Here Are Some Trends -- TribLive Editorial: Rep.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2024

On August 20, the Erie 2030 District released its 2023 Progress Report , revealing that District property partners reduced energy demand 17.5% against baseline in 2023 and saved $4.2 Click Here for a copy of the 2023 Progress Report. million in energy costs. Partners also achieved a 35.3%

2030

Cresforum

AUGUST 6, 2024

liquified natural gas (LNG) providers to reduce the lifecycle emissions profile of LNG, and carbon dioxide is being used in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) to reduce emissions from oil and gas production. ballooned from 4 in 2018 to 83 in 2023 (see Figure 1 ). CCUS is also being pursued by U.S.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

. -- Oil & Gas Industry Spills, Releases Created Over 575 New Brownfield Sites So Far In Pennsylvania, With More Every Week [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2024

20 Backyard Birds For Children; Aug.22 20 Backyard Birds For Children; Aug.22

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

2022 -- Dept. Of Labor & Industry Reports October Unemployment Remains At 3.4%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2023

DEP requested the operator to submit a written report by December 19, 2023 on how the operator plans to bring the well into compliance. [ DEP requested the operator to submit a written report by December 19, 2023 on how the operator plans to bring the well into compliance. [ Violations were issued. [ Violations were issued. [

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

APRIL 18, 2023

O n Monday, April 17, 2023, the U.S. The court overturned a District Court ruling to invalidate a Berkeley, California, prohibition on natural gas infrastructure in newly-constructed buildings. In addition, local governments retain any authority over natural gas distribution they may be delegated by their states.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Natural Gas LNG Facility: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a State Only Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Ontelaunee Twp., PA Bulletin, page 7666 ) -- Tenaska Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant: DEP issued an extension of the combustion turbine start up Air Quality Plan Approval to Feb. Greene County. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7197 ) -- Peoples Natural Gas Company - Replacing 2.43 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% Huntingdon County. ( Huntingdon County. ( Passyunk Ave., Philadelphia. ( PA Bulletin, page 7198 ) Erosion & Sedimentation Permits -- Williams Field Services Co.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of the wells were leaking natural gas to the atmosphere. DEP issued multiple violations to each well and requested the operator to submit a written report by November 30, 2023 on how the wells will be brought into compliance. [ Some of the wells were leaking natural gas.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2024

1 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests For Amazon Data Center, Luzerne County; 8 Shale Gas Development, Gas Power Plant Withdrawals [PaEN] -- The Derrick: Are Rate Increases In The Future For Rhodes Estate Water Companies In Venango County? Related Articles This Week: -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Aug.

Natural Gas

Clean Energy Law

MAY 24, 2022

Covered Entities : The Program regulates manufacturers, electricity importers, suppliers of natural gas, gasoline and other fuels, and CO2 suppliers that emit more than 25,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO2e) annually.

2030

Enviromental Defense

MAY 1, 2024

He’s perfected the art of spinning “natural” gas, a fossil fuel, and liquified natural gas (LNG) as transition fuels, despite a thorough debunking. Natural” gas is a fossil fuel that’s bad for the climate and harmful to human health, but you wouldn’t know it from the gas industry’s branding.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%

Natural Gas