PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

The articles include-- -- Tribune-Democrat: Solar Energy Project Rising In Bedford County To Help Power Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Station [ PDF of article ] A massive solar array under construction along U.S. He said the board wants to be good stewards of taxpayer dollars and that can be accomplished by cutting electric bills.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

We are committed to increasing sustainable and renewable energy and these grants will help local governments, businesses, school districts, and nonprofit organizations invest in alternative fuel solutions that are reliable, efficient, and often cheaper to operate,” said DEP Secretary Jessica Shirley. “We

Nitrogen Oxides

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

Renewable energy investments reached a record high in 2024 This sounds good, but 17% is hydropower. A second trend is that right now we are at around 60% natural gas for electricity generation, but in 2037, the end of the plan, gas will still be 41% another disappointment.

Renewable Energy

Law Columbia

MAY 23, 2025

In particular, the Oslo District Court asked the EFTA Court: Whether GHG emissions from the combustion of petroleum and natural gas extracted under a project (and later sold to third parties) constitute effects under Article 3(1) of the EIA Directive (2011/92/EU). Energy Ministry (The Nort Sea Fields Case) ).

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 23, 2024

It would seem that the Grinch has once again made off with a ramshackle sleigh full of wind turbines and solar panels and they aren’t likely to return from their shop, not unless the heart of the ole ‘Grinchy-Claus’ (aka the Alberta Government) has an unexpected growth spurt. Stay tuned.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Schuylkill County Linked To Abandoned Mines -- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award [PaEN] -- Ag Conservation Professionals! Posted: December 22, 2024] PA Environment Digest 18 Tree ID Hike In Forest Echo Bird Sanctuary, Luzerne County -- Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why. Visit DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed webpage to learn more about cleaning up rivers and streams in Pennsylvania's portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. How Clean Is Your Stream?

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Here are 116 new stories in the PA Environment Digest 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. 1 -- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 20, 2025

To deliver on this goal, the federal government made important investments in renewable energy projects. Yet, reaching net zero also means phasing out polluting fossil fuel energy, so the government developed rules to impose a pollution limit on electricity producers. Fossil gas is not a bridge fuel and it must be phased out.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

GT Thompson, Chair of the US House Agriculture Committee; Members Of The PA In The Balance Farm Conservation Initiative Team; Student Jessica Herr [PaEN] -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Deadline Looms, Officials Propose Next Phase [PaEN] -- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Grants; (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why. Click Here to watch the 22-minute video. Visit th e USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center webpage to learn more about water in Pennsylvania. How Clean Is Your Stream?

Atmosphere

Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

Similar to other challenges against local natural gas bans, the plaintiffs in this 2023 lawsuit argued that the federal Energy Policy and Conservation Act (EPCA) preempted Local Law 154. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, held that EPCA preempted a Berkeley ordinance that prohibited natural gas piping in new buildings.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

On June 10, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it is reviewing additional permits for the drinking water treatment facility that will provide clean, safe drinking water to 21 homes in Dimock, Susquehanna County that have had their water wells impacted by natural gas drilling.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

According to a recent state legislative hearing, the state has seen 1,154 more oil and gas wells abandoned since 2020 while, over the past two and a half years, plugging only 308 abandoned wells. This comes after the state received $76 million from the federal government to speed up the process of capping abandoned wells.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 23, 2025

Through this three-part blog series, we’ll examine the hidden environmental consequences of AI and data centres, and what we, at Environmental Defence, think our government should do about it. This growth is being actively encouraged by some provincial governments seeing economic development opportunities.

Government

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

DEP also issued seven more notices of violations to two more shale gas drillers-- Blackhill Energy LLC and EQT ARO LLC-- for abandoning wells they own, bringing the total for 2025 to 39-- closing in on as many violations as were issued in all of 2024-- 47. Vessels Coal Gas Inc.; Stockman LLC; Stonehaven Energy MGT Co.

2011

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

One way to better understand the impact the oil and gas industry has on the daily lives of Pennsylvanians is to read Oil and Gas Program inspection reports to see the kinds of violations DEP uncovers every day, week in and week out, as they inspect oil and gas wells and gas infrastructure across the state.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] In June 2020, Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the findings and recommendations of Pennsylvanias 43rd Statewide Investigating Grand Jury report on the unconventional oil and gas industry. billion cubic feet of natural gas from the Rager Mountain Gas Storage area in Cambria County; -- $1.1

2014

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

The charges for both of these components are governed by the utility and the specific state and do not involve PJM. The power grid is a complex machine governed by the principles of engineering, mathematics and economics. Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of Natural Gas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

Million In CY 2024 Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Fees To Communities, Statewide Programs; $15 Million Less Than Last Year [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Upcoming Event -- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Here are 125 new stories in the PA Environment Digest 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. DeFrank Appointed Chair Of National Assn.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. 5-7 In Lancaster Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Grants; Natural Gas Pipeline Mitigation Projects USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality? 26 to Nov.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Here are 107 new stories in the PA Environment Digest 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.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: December 23, 2024] PA Environment Digest 25 In Harrisburg Ag Conservation Professionals! Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan. 16 Webinar On Winter Salting and Local Waterway Impacts: Opportunities To Work For Change Penn State Extension Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Here are 153 new stories in the PA Environment Digest 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. Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

The year 2024 is on track to be the hottest year on record, with extreme weather events leaving a trail of death and destruction across the globe. Even as they continue to exert undue influence over climate policy, major fossil fuel corporations insist that we focus only on governments to advance climate action.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Here are 161 new stories in the PA Environment Digest 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. GW Natural Gas Power Plan, A.I. GW Homer City, 3.6

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

Unprecedented cooperation between nonprofits, academics, industry, and regulatory agencies at all levels of government became the structure around CWO AMR work in the early 2000s. The draft 2024 report has an interactive report viewer that allows you to zoom in to your own address to see if the streams near you are impaired and why.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1 Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. Million In Sen. Million In Sen.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

1 RiverWatch Video Report [Posted: November 2, 2024] PA Environment Digest Of Environmental Educators Now Accepting Nominations For Annual PAEE Awards, Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Awards [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2025

Million In CY 2024 Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Fees To Communities, Statewide Programs; $15 Million Less Than Last Year Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

After an experience dealing with air pollution issues in her own home, she has first-hand knowledge of the health impacts that pollution can have on a family and how government agencies often ignore residents in distress. Potter County [PaEN] -- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 20, 2024

The Committee on Gas plays a vital role in fostering awareness and understanding of critical issues impacting the transportation, distribution, and sale of natural gas across the country. Natural gas is an essential component of the national energy picture, Chairman DeFrank noted. Click Here for the announcement.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

A January 12, 2024 DEP inspection report found some plastic bags containing contaminated material were removed, but otherwise there was no cleanup activity since the June 2 inspection. Response requested by January 31, 2024. Response requested by May 14, 2024. Violations continued. Violations continued.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

“Significant changes in the conventional oil and gas industry’s reporting practices will need to occur before meaningful improvement can happen,” Klapkowski concluded. 87% Failed To Submit Well integrity Reports 4,314 conventional well owners failed to submit a 2024 annual well integrity report-- 87% of well owners-- covering 24,620 wells.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

The conventional well, owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co., Kriebel Natural Gas holds 1,681 permits. The operator plans to restore the site to the interim restoration plan in 2020 with drilling activity to resume at the site in 2024, with completion of the well allowing for production of the well in the future.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

Vessels Coal Gas Inc.; In 2024, DEP issued 860 new or continued violations to conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells. Rice Drilling B LLC ; Roulette Oil & Gas LLC ; Taft Operating LLC ]. Original violations issued December 12, 2024. LLC; Andrew F. DEP inspection report.

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