PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: April 24, 2023] PA Environment Digest PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events. Click Here to search back issues of the Digest.

Earth Day 70

Earth Day Natural Gas Conservation Climate Change 70

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

Conservation 107

Conservation Natural Gas Renewable Energy Fossil Fuels 107

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Billion Endowment -- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Posted: February 19, 2023] PA Environment Digest 23; Transportation- Feb.

Clean Energy 81

Clean Energy Natural Gas Earth Day Conservation 81

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2023

. -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN] -- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept (..)

Earth Day 101

Earth Day Natural Gas Electricity 2020 101

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Corporation Shell Plc (Royal Dutch Shell) Image Image Products Liquefied Natural Gas, Lubricants, Natural gas, Petrochemicals, Petroleum The Corrib gas project of Royal Dutch Shell - Photo Credit William Murphy Summary Royal Dutch Shell is a fossil fuel exploration company.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

Corp Watch

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels 2019 2008 2015 52

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

Natural Gas Production Will Be Exported -- The Center Square Guest Essay: Realizing Our Energy Potential And Ensuring Our Security - By Rep. Natural Gas Production Will Be Exported -- The Center Square Guest Essay: Realizing Our Energy Potential And Ensuring Our Security - By Rep. Will It Pay Off?

Natural Gas 75

Natural Gas Politics Earth Day Electricity 75

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2023

Million In COVID Funding, They Failed To Report How It Was Spent Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 22, 2023] PA Environment Digest

Earth Day 99

Earth Day Clean Air Act Recycling Air Pollution 99

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, (..)

Conservation 101

Conservation Earth Day Natural Gas Climate Change 101

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Noon -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Major Pittsburgh Region Projects Move Forward In 2023: Carrie Furnace, Hazelwood Green [Brownfield Redevelopment] -- Keep PA Beautiful: Sen.

Conservation 101

Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Air Pollution 101

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

East, Gulf Coasts -- The Guardian: ‘Tornado Alley’ Is Shifting Farther Into Eastern U.S.,

Natural Gas 106

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Waste Earth Day 106

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Earth Day: Water At Risk: 'Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness' - Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN] -- City & State PA: Q/A With Sen.

Conservation 97

Conservation Earth Day Natural Gas Electricity 97

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Yaw Touts New $154 Million Agriculture Conservation Program In Lycoming County -- Registration Open!

Conservation 108

Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day 108

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Cuyahoga fire, along with a major oil spill off the coast of Santa Barbara that same year, galvanized national attention and led to the first Earth Day, a slew of new air and water protection laws, and the creation of new federal departments to administer them, including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clean Water Act 274

Clean Water Act Carbon Dioxide Clean Air Act Climate Change 274

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

True Energy Independence Means Renewables [We’re Not Independent If Foreign Markets, Despots Set The Prices We Pay For Energy ] -- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Flags Highest Quarterly Profit Since The Boom Year Of 2008 When Russia Invaded Georgia [Anyone See A Pattern? What’s Your Community Doing? Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law -- Gov.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day Climate Change 62

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

-- House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, Infrastructure To Reduce Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts As Recommended By AG Shapiro’s Grand Jury Report [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads, Just Like In PA [PaEN] -- New University Of Chicago (..)

Conservation 109

Conservation Earth Day Waste Natural Gas 109

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

How Healthy Soils Grow Better Veggies.

Earth Day 82

Earth Day Natural Gas Clean Energy Waste 82

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2023

RiverWise -- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability -- NRDC: U.S. RiverWise -- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability -- NRDC: U.S.

Conservation 89

Conservation Earth Day Natural Gas Recycling 89

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi - American Lung Assn.

Earth Day 67

Earth Day Natural Gas Air Pollution Climate Change 67

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2023

Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch live. Summer Lee One Of 19 To Vote Against Resolution Honoring U.S.

Natural Gas 89

Natural Gas Recycling Fossil Fuels Earth Day 89

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force hearing on LNG terminal proposal in Philadelphia. THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Natural Gas 105

Natural Gas Earth Day Conservation Carbon Emissions 105

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The PA Environment Digest included 4,258 new stories in 2023 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!

Conservation 110

Conservation 2023 Natural Gas Waste 110

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

THURSDAY 10:00: Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force hearing on LNG terminal proposal in Philadelphia. THURSDAY 10:00: Independent Regulatory Review Commission meets to consider Final Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil and Gas Operations. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

Earth Day 87

Earth Day Natural Gas Clean Energy 2026 87

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

million acres of state forests to the new, profitable — and controversial — use of hydraulic fracturing to access natural gas in rock formations thousands of feet underground. million acres of predominantly wooded land that is open to the public, also jumped on the gas-leasing bandwagon. Ed Rendell opened 2.2 Read more here.]

Natural Gas 96

Natural Gas 2008 Natural Resources 2010 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F. Upcoming Events -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp.

Earth Day 69

Earth Day Nitrogen Oxides 2024 Conservation 69

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the environmental and public health impacts associated with the practice of spreading oil and gas drilling waste, known as brine, on Pennsylvania's roads for dust control and ice management. April 17-- Virtual. Click Here to watch online. Read more here about the issue.

Natural Gas 86

Natural Gas Earth Day 2024 Natural Resources 86

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

HHS Awards PA $50,000 Grant For Community Wellness, Resilience Related to Norfolk Southern Trail Derailment -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Explosions, Pipeline Ruptures, Train Derailments - PUC Needs Utilities Experts, Not Politicos -- Post-Gazette: To Stay Or To Go?

Politics 97

Politics Natural Gas Regulations Earth Day 97

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Natural Gas Producers Skimped On Price Hedges, Now Face Expected Losses -- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil, Natural Gas Output Set To Rise To Record Highs In March, Less Than Dec. 14 -- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests Feb. 22 Webinar: Get To Know Your Forest - Pinchot State Forest. 2021 Levels - U.S.

Natural Gas 109

Natural Gas Politics Clean Energy Earth Day 109

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

Conservation 106

Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 106

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2024

Complain About Noise From Allshouse Oil Well Compressor -- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Official Joins Pittsburgh-based EQT In Saying We Have A 'Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor [PaEN] -- The Energy Age Blog: Gas Profiteers: It’s Our ‘Duty’ To Provide Gas To China -- DEP Issues $1.1

Conservation 104

Conservation 2024 Climate Change Waste 104

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2024

Magnitude Earthquake Confirmed In Berks County -- MCall: 2.4

Earth Day 72

Earth Day Recycling Conservation Carbon Dioxide 72

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2024

April 17-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the environmental and public health impacts associated with the practice of spreading oil and gas drilling waste, known as brine, on Pennsylvania's roads for dust control and ice management. TW In 2023; Led By Solar, Storage - DOE Lab -- Dept. Click Here to watch online.

Waste 98

Waste Natural Gas Earth Day Recycling 98

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2022

Natural Gas Prices Surge To 13-Year High, Shale-Well Output Has Been Flat, LNG Exports Are Maxed Out On Strong European Demand -- WPost/Bloomberg: U.S.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day Waste 62

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2022

Wolf To Boost Conservation Investments - There Has Never Been A Better Time [PaEN] -- Two-Thirds Of Pennsylvanians Support Increased Funding For PA State Parks, Forests - Take Action [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: New Poll: Pennsylvanians Support Funding Hike For Parks, Forests -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Hosts April 27 (..)

Conservation 62

Conservation Earth Day Clean Energy Electricity 62