PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2023

The Delaware River Basin Commission has clarified regulations it adopted in December to regulate wastewater to make clear they ban the road spreading and disposal of fracking wastewater from conventional as well as unconventional shale gas drilling operations. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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Greenbuilding Law

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Maryland has enacted the most rigorous state law in the country reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and otherwise addressing ESG stewardship including climate change. Many regulations will have to be promulgated to make all of this happen. Make no mistake, natural gas will be out.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The assessment further identified rising health issues related to natural resource extractions [defined by the Health Department as oil and gas development ] and the health impacts resulting from climate change as two of the top five threats affecting health outcomes of Pennsylvanians. within one-half mile).

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

Of Agriculture Invests $5 Million To Protect 22 Farms, 2,038 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties [PaEN] -- Dept. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. Commission Office, 1601 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Upcoming research from my colleague Dave Cooke shows that electric delivery trucks can reduce climate-warming emissions from driving by up to 92 percent and reduce lifecycle public health impacts by up to 85 percent compared to today’s average fossil-fueled delivery trucks.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Despite the clean energy transition that is well underway in the United States, methane gas, or natural gas, remains the largest source of U.S. The grid operator CAISO, along with state regulators, found that the derates and forced outages of this event mostly hit gas plants and were driven largely by high ambient temperatures.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

That process was abandoned by the General Assembly because it became a costly, time-consuming exercise with little benefit [ Read more here ].

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2023

miles of 30-inch natural gas gathering pipeline and a 16-inch permanent waterline between the Rogers Compression Station and the Athena shale gas well pad. ( miles of 30-inch natural gas gathering pipeline and a 16-inch permanent waterline between the Athena shale gas well pad and the proposed Odyssey Interconnect Site. (

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

. -- NOTE: Rodney R. Akers, Esq. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN] -- MCall: Lehigh Valley Community Speaks Out Against Proposed Massive Slate Belt Warehouse Park -- LancasterOnline: Park City, Conestoga River Areas Key To Lancaster’s Plan For Development -- DCNR: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. WEDNESDAY 6:30: Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

The Marcellus Shale Coalition challenged DEP’s 2016 regulations setting environmental and safety standards for unconventional shale gas drilling saying the Oil and Gas Act (Act 13) did not authorize DEP to further define public resource agencies and public resources and the regulations contained a potentially overly broad definition of playgrounds.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

School -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps Dec. Haddock -- EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Keystone Goldwater Conference Feb. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN] -- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy Brings Wildlife Tracking, Tree Guardianship To Bristol Twp.

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The Energy Law Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

On February 16, 2023, Senators John Kennedy, Ted Cruz, Shelley Moore Capito, and Kevin Cramer filed Senate Bill (SB) 438, which is the reintroduction of the Natural Gas Export Expansion Act. The bill aims to amend the Natural Gas Act to provide for expanded natural gas exports in the United States.

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Enviromental Defense

MARCH 20, 2024

Introducing the new climate villains: Rich Kruger, CEO of Suncor Greg Ebel, CEO of Enbridge Murray Edwards, Chairman of Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. Greg Ebel registered 71 lobby meetings with the federal government in 2023. When he was at the helm, CNRL successfully weakened Alberta’s methane regulations.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy; Injection Well Primacy [PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

By Russell Zerbo, Clean Air Council This guest essay first appeared on the TribLive.com website September 22, 2023 -- Pennsylvania has an opportunity to receive $33,695,097 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) to plug small, conventionally drilled oil and gas wells with known owners.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In an October 26 email to DEP employees, Acting Secretary Shirley confirmed “there has been a leadership change” and she will lead the agency until a replacement is named. Jessica Shirley Jessica Shirley was named Acting Executive Deputy Secretary at DEP in February 2023. Click Here for more details. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Governor made clear any energy policy supported by his Administration must meet his three-part test of protecting and creating energy jobs; taking real action to address climate change; and ensuring reliable, affordable power for consumers in the long term. NewsClip: -- AP: Gov.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. And now, as the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 19, 2023

In late April, California air regulators are poised to pass one of the most meaningful regulations to reduce pollution from commercial trucks, vans, and buses. The current draft of the ACF rule was released in late March and made several changes to the version that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) heard back in October 2022.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 11, 2024

The OEB is Ontario’s independent regulator of the electricity and natural gas sectors. On December 21, 2023, the OEB decided not to continue a $250 million a year government payment that Enbridge had requested in its rate application for 2024-2028.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2023

Of Environmental Services [PaEN] -- 2 Senate Committees Meet May 8 To Run Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy [PaEN] -- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2023

From April 22 to 28, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 729 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 48 violations of environmental regulations-- 32 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 16 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2023

DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee meeting. TODAY 8:30: House Tourism And Recreational Development Committee hearing with DCED and DCNR on tourism, outdoor recreation, initiatives by Office of Marketing, tourism and Film. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online. TODAY 9:00: Agenda Posted.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

Million Contract To University of Pittsburgh To Research Health Effects Of Hydraulic Fracturing In PA [PaEN] Related Articles - Latest Health Impacts: -- Inside Climate News: Gov. Related Articles: -- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. Related Articles: -- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. Of Health Awards $2.5 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2023

Jacobson's presentation will be on the findings in his new book, No Miracles Needed: How Today’s Technology Can Save Our Climate and Clean Our Air, published by Cambridge University Press. "We All elected officials, regulators, staffers, members of the press, and members of the public are invited to attend.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News/Wellsboro Gazette: Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Objects To Location Of Mt. Nessmuk Shale Gas Drill Pad In Tioga State Forest [Posted: March 13, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

From April 15 to 21, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 465 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 50 violations of environmental regulations-- 46 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 4 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona [PaEN] -- Inquirer: These Philly High School Kids Are Trying To Clean The Schuylkill River - With Mussels -- Western PA Conservancy Hosts April 18 Webinar On Helping Elk Creek Thrive In Erie County [PaEN] -- PA Society For Ornithology Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 9-19, Sign Up Now!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 15, 2023

Specifically, people with asthma have a 4 to 5 times greater chance of having an asthma attack if they live near unconventional natural gas development wells during the production phase. " Data suggest that those who lived closer to greater intensity of unconventional natural gas development activities had the highest risk.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

16 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN] -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy; Injection Well Primacy [PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2023

“To continue that momentum nationally, we need systemic change: we need to revise our building codes, we need to migrate toward full building electrification, and we need to decarbonize the energy grid. The impacts of climate change are evident and growing, and our window of time to prevent greater effects is closing.”

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E2 Law Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2021

By preparing and releasing the scoping plan outlining policy proposals to achieve the stated emissions reduction mandates, the Council has satisfied a critical obligation under the CLCPA and laid the foundation for state climate policy development. The final plan must be sent to the Legislature by Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Thank you for your leadership! -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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