Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In addition to grants, there also are financing opportunities and tax breaks for the purchase of an electric vehicle or for building businesses and jobs. Administered by the Office of Air and Radiation, this program is $4.6 The reason for the different approaches is that each serves a different constituency and (hopefully!)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

(December 2022) [ Read more here ] -- Water Well Shed Explodes: An exploding water well shed triggers DEP investigation of 59+ abandoned conventional wells in Cyclone, McKean County in May 2024. Read more here ] Residents filed a lawsuit against EQT to get replacement water for residents in September 2024. No agency will help them.

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Physics World

MARCH 2, 2022

These electromagnetic waves help regulate the way heat flows from the corona, and they also play an important role in the Van Allen radiation belts that surround the Earth. Signatures of an ambipolar electric field. So, electrons moving in a range of speeds see a constant electric field and are accelerated.”.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2024

Our report shows that putting solar panels on just a small fraction of the suitable abandoned mine lands could produce enough electricity to power Pittsburgh,” said Acting Secretary Shirley. “We “Pennsylvania has tremendous potential for solar energy on abandoned mine lands.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2023

Among the list of regulations for DCNR are-- -- Updated list of PA Native Wild Plants - Summer 2023 as Final -- Prescribed Burning Practices - Fall 2024 Click Here to view the entire Governor’s Regulatory Agenda.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Conventional Wells Abandoned By Quaker State On April 29, 2024 , DEP inspected a series of 12 conventional wells owned by Quaker State Corp in Irwin Township, Venango County. DEP’s inspection report said EQT responded to a DEP on May 2, 2024 saying “they added the well to their plugging schedule for 2025.”

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals 2023 Annual Conference Sept. 20-22 In State College Penn State Extension Sept. 26 Webinar: How Community Forests Provide Critical Environmental & Societal Services, Buffer Local Heat And Moisture Swings WeConservePA Webinar: Pennsylvania's Solar Future - Utility Scale Facilities, Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 6, 2024

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: May 6, 2024] PA Environment Digest PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Our information from the radiation protection staff on the island indicated otherwise. Posted: March 28, 2024] PA Environment Digest Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2023

Of Environmental Educators Seeking Presentation Proposals For 2024 Conference PA Solar Center Hosts July 28 Webinar On Net Metering Secures PA's Solar Future The PRPS Maintenance Institute Sponsoring CBLP Sustainable Stormwater BMP Management Workshop Oct. Entries For PA Resources Council Lens On Litter Photo Contest Due Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2024

Governor, Acting DEP Secretary Highlight Potential Of Solar Power On Abandoned Mine Lands At Beaver County Site; Issued New Report On Solar Potential Of Mined Lands [PaEN] -- 60+ Organizations Call For PA Senate Passage Of Community Solar Legislation [PaEN] -- PUC Publishes Final Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability, (..)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2022

DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Senate returns to voting session January 3, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 -- Committee Schedule House returns to voting session January 3 [Democrats, Republicans Fighting Over Schedule] -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events TODAY 9:00: In-Person, Virtual. Agenda Posted.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2022

DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Susquehanna A & B, DEP Southcentral Regional Office, 919 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg. Note: Update on new Stormwater Manual, Manure Management Manual, Farm Inspection Program, more.] FRIDAY 9:00: In-Person, Virtual. Agenda Posted. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2024

The utility, you know, the electric people." Mankind has had lots of fears through history, but as Dick put it later, radiation is one of "the worst fears of modern man." The State Department of Environmental Resources did regulate radiation, but only from X-rays in doctors’ and dentists’ offices. What's GPU?" "The

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste DEP Sets Feb. Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: January 15, 2024] PA Environment Digest 22 DEP Awards $39.6

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2024

Help Wanted -- Shapiro Administration Celebrates 2024 DCNR Ranger Trainee Graduates At Little Buffalo State Park -- Help Wanted: Upstream Pittsburgh Water Equity Director -- Adult Mentors Needed! 1-31 Grants -- EPA Awards $55.7 1-31 Grants -- EPA Awards $55.7 to 5:00 p.m. 28 to Oct. 6 [PaEN] Background On Issues -- Lt.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 2, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Team From North East High School In Erie County Wins 2024 PA Envirothon, Now Goes To International Competition In July [PaEN] -- Erie Times: North East High School Team Wins State Envirothon, Heads To International Competition -- Post-Gazette: West Jefferson, Carmichaels, Upper St.

Conservation 85

Conservation Clean Energy Air Pollution 2024 85

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Of Environmental Educators Seeking Presentation Proposals For 2024 Conference [PaEN] -- PA Assn. PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

NERC continued, “While the natural gas industry is making progress on commercial practices and voluntary commitments to improve winter preparedness, supplies to electric generators remain vulnerable in extreme cold temperatures in many parts of North America, placing electric reliability at risk. “As from other sources. Read more here.

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

As an illustrative example, the Finnish Posiva is now building a final repository for which it got a political permit (Decision-in-Principle) in 2001, and it is aimed to be operational in 2024. The time from political permit to a working facility was 23 years. For example, the title of section 4.27 reads (our emphasis): “4.27.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The Tioga County-based Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group devoted most of its Winter 2024-25 newsletter to providing an update on industrial shale gas development in the Tioga State Forest. The Headwaters Protection Group was formed to protect Pine Creek, its headwaters and the forests and fields within that area.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Posted: November 17, 2024] PA Environment Digest Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County Until Hearing On Full Supersedeas [PaEN] -- TribLive: Environmental Groups Appeal CNX Slickville Pipelines Permits -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Dumping on paved roads dramatically up-ticked in early 2024, and I observed some paved roads near me becoming repeat casualties several times a week, said Lawson. Read more here. -- In 2024, DEP issued a record 860 notices of violation to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2024

As EQT CEO Toby Rice argued in the slide deck Callahan provided, China needs US natural gas to reduce its dependency on the use of coal to generate electricity and reduce power plant emissions. Read more here. The first Administration to do so. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

575 Water Supply/Stray Gas Complaints In 2 Years DEP received 575 water supply/stray gas complaints in the last two years-- 2023 and 2024 involving the shale gas and conventional oil and gas industry, about the same as other years. We heard of smells like hair dye at a salon and burnt electrical components. Read more here.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Google attached generative AI to its search function in mid-2024; Siri has been embedded in the iPhone since 2011; ChatGPT, popular in education and business settings, was released to the public in 2022. As of August 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating regulating TENORM, but no regulations have been made.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2025

DEP Radiation Protection Advisory Committee meeting. Muhlenberg Township Building, 210 George Street, Reading. Click Here to watch online. April 30-- Agenda Posted. April 30-- In-Person. Delaware River Basin Commission Public Input Session On Climate Resilience Plan. Liberty, New York.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in nonperformance penalties on natural gas-fired and other electric generators in the PJM Interconnection electric grid region. DEP is requesting a written response by January 15, 2024 from the operator on how they plan to correct the violations and bring the site into compliance. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Entries For PA Resources Council Lens On Litter Photo Contest Due Oct. 31 [PaEN] -- PennLive: Montgomery County Township To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags [King Of Prussia Mall] -- PA Assn.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

However, the new report shows that compared to the 2024 report there are 25 million more people living in areas with dangerous air quality. Ozone is produced from precursors in the presence of ultraviolet radiation from sunlight, and global warming creates conditions favorable to ozone formation by accelerating chemical reactions.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Of Agriculture Announces Nearly $11 Billion For Renewable Energy In Rural Communities -- EPA Seeks Input On Methane Emissions, Waste Reduction Incentive Program For Petroleum, Natural Gas Systems -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: How EPA’s Proposed Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules Could Impact Pennsylvania -- Inside Climate News: As EPA Proposes (..)

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas Renewable Energy Conservation Electricity 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2025

4 [September 2024] [Hearing Summary] -- House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setbacks Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts, From Physicians On Health Studies And The Gas Industry On Job Impacts [October 2023] -- Sen. GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Interest in electric vehicles (EVs) is rising in rural areas , especially as there are more new models for every kind of driver, even truck lovers. Electric vehicles are getting better all the time. In 2024, the median range for all models was 270 miles on one charge , with some new models having ranges over 500 miles.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Violations - Abandoned Well, Leaking Fluid November 5, 2024 inspection of two conventional wells in Concord Township, Erie County as a result of a complaint found Stoltzfus 1 well abandoned and not plugged [ DEP inspection report ] and Stoltzfus 3 well leaking fluid from defective casing [ DEP inspection report ]. EQT Production Co.

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2024 Natural Gas 2023 Waste 106

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The story also notes the administration is looking to set new emissions standards for medium and heavy-duty trucks, based on California’s first-of-its-kind rule requiring diesel truck manufacturers to transition to electric trucks starting in 2024. Mary Nichols speaks at an Emmett Institute symposium in 2018. Photo credit: Todd Cheney.

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