PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The Environmental Quality Board is scheduled to meet on November 12 to consider a proposed regulation on notification of spills, corrections to Air Quality regulations on RACT requirements for nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds and final-omitted regulations on noncoal mine blasting.

Regulations

A Greener Life

JUNE 10, 2025

By Anders Lorenzen New forest loss data has revealed that in 2024, wildfires have overtaken deforestation activities, such as industrial logging, as the primary reason behind forest losses. Graph showing the rapid increase in forest loss between 2023 and 2024. In 2024, fires burned five times the amount of forest they did in 2023.

2024

Legal Planet

MARCH 27, 2025

13 years later, the plug-in hybrid Volt is no more and the LEAF is revamped and a relatively minor player, while the Tesla Model Y was the best-selling vehicle in the world in 2024, outselling the Toyota Corolla. Second, regulators in California, at least at the time, were clearly aiming too low with their goals!

2012

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

While the Alberta Energy Regulator has the ability, and responsibility, to hold companies that break the law to account, it has repeatedly demonstrated an unwillingness to enforce its own laws when it comes to industry rulebreakers — leaving Albertans to bear the costs and clean up the mess. billion Q2 profits from 2024.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

On April 25, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the release of the 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update and 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report. Click Here for a copy of the 2024 Climate Action Plan Update. Click Here for the 2024 limate Impacts Assessment Report. Read more here.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2025

On January 28, the Department of Environmental Protection said compliance with a 2022 state Air Quality regulation to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas facilities was put on hold for the conventional oil and gas industry as a result of an agreement to stay a legal challenge to the regulations in Commonwealth Court.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

The IFO projects another $100 million drop in revenue in calendar year 2024 fee revenue from 2022 to $170 million. As of October 18, DEP received 408 shale gas permit applications in the first 42 weeks of 2024. million to ensure compliance with state environmental laws and regulations. Read more here.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 14, 2025

At the top of the list of key climate regulations that need to be finalized before March 24th is the governments cap on pollution from the oil and gas industry. The Government of Canada promised the new rules by the end of 2024, but they missed their deadline. If a policy isnt finalized before March 24th, its unlikely to ever be.

Politics

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 27, 2025

Reversing California’s air quality and climate regulations would not address the immediate challenges and would compromise the health and welfare of California’s people. In light of these changes, some California regulations, adopted when the gasoline market was more competitive, are no longer working as designed.

Regulations

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

Note: Data is for February 2003 to December 2013 and January 2014 to April 2024. The United States has taken stabs at regulating its groundwater use, but in some cases those attempts appear to be failing. Graphics by Lucas Waldron/ProPublica. The first time period contains seven more months of data than the second.

Sea Level

Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2025

This follows a decade of record-breaking temperatures, with the World Meteorological Organization concluding that the past ten years 2025-2024 are the ten warmest years on record. Seaweed cultivation and sinking are regulated by a number of different laws at the state and federal levels. o C above pre-industrial levels.

Carbon Dioxide

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 8, 2025

In the 2024 California legislative session, both houses passed SB 615, but it was vetoed by Governor Newsom, due to concerns related to administrative costs of implementing the regulation.

Recycling

Circle of Blue

JUNE 25, 2025

The most destructive hurricanes of the last two decades – Sandy (2012), Harvey (2017), Maria (2017), Ida (2021), Ian (2022), Helene (2024) – arrived on or after Katrina’s initial landfall date of August 25. In 2024 dollars, the total economic cost of the storm topped $201 billion, according to federal estimates.

Rainforest

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

On October 23, 2024, the Clean Air Council and the Environment Integrity Project filed a notice of intent to sue the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for emitting particulate matter (PM 2.5) On May 11, 2024 , they filed the lawsuit in federal court. Click Here for a copy of the letter.

Air Pollution

Law Columbia

JANUARY 21, 2025

Today, the Sabin Center published a report that looks back on climate litigation developments since the beginning of 2024. It begins with a brief overview of the growth in climate litigation in 2024. Read the 2024 report here.

2024

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The original violations for abandonment were issued on August 16, 2024 and the well owner failed to permanently plug the wells and stop the gas leaks. DEP’s inspection reports [ example ] requested the well owner to again submit a plan by November 10, 2024 on how the wells will be brought into compliance. Read more here.

2019

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Although the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) has existing regulations intended to control fugitive dust emissions, outdated dust mitigation measures and inconsistent enforcement have left communities like Sun Valley without adequate protection. We look forward to this bill heading to committee after 30 days.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

"Based on futures contracts for December, the IFO projects that the average Henry Hub spot price for 2024 will barely exceed $2.25, the cut off for the lowest [Act 13] Impact Fee schedule. In June, the IFO projected another drop in Act 13 impact revenue of $114 million to from $165 to $170 million for calendar year 2024.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Plants will also explore the growing role of carbon credit markets in incentivizing the plugging of orphaned and abandoned wells.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2024

While municipalities may have some flexibility in how they zone or regulate oil and gas operations – provided they do not exceed limitations in state or federal law – doing so in an unreasonable manner which prevents future natural gas development should render the municipality ineligible for state collected and distributed impact fees.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 10, 2025

New Mexico, RETA: New Mexico is a regulated electricity market with the investor-owned utility, Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM), serving most of the state. It is regulated by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC). RETA was established in 2007. CETA was established in 2021.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2024

NewsClips This Week: -- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: PA Needs To Set Construction, Operating Standards For Hundreds Of Miles Of Unregulated Fracking Wastewater Pipelines -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shale Gas Industry Consent Agreements Set Groundwork For Future Methane Regulations -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Worried About Gas Stoves?

2024

Law Columbia

MARCH 10, 2025

ITLOS published its advisory opinion in May 2024, and the IACtHR opinion is expected later in 2025. The Court received 91 written statements and 62 written comments on those statements, and 96 States and 11 international organizations presented oral statements at public hearings in the Hague in December 2024.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The EPA is also conducting a risk assessment of pollutants in biosolids, which may lead to future regulations aimed at reducing the spread of these chemicals on agricultural lands. Tighter regulations for PFAS in food products could also become a reality. Maine’s actions may set a precedent to be followed by other states.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

The WAAV provides access to water use projects regulated by the Commission. The HCM shows the status of water use projects regulated by the Commission that have passby flow or consumptive use mitigation requirements.”

Regulations

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 21, 2024

And it’s not just California: Battery-powered car sales are up globally , with projections showing 17 million will be sold worldwide in 2024. Under SB 615, DTSC would have needed to create regulations to enforce the bill’s requirements and to create a system to report battery transactions, to ensure batteries don’t end up orphaned.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Republican History Of Preventing Local Regulation Of Oil/Gas The original announcement of this legislation references Act 13 of 2012 which originally contained a provision preempting any local regulation of drilling operations included at the insistence of Republicans. In May 2024, Sen. Cecil Township is in Sen. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

It alleges that PGW committed multiple violations of state and federal safety and utility regulations, which contributed to the explosion. C-2024-3052277 for documents related to this complaint. The complaint follows a detailed investigation by the PUC’s Safety Division, which examines safety incidents involving state utilities.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 26, 2024 PA Bulletin extending the three Air Quality Permits needed for the temporary operation of the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County until a full Title V Air Quality Permit can be put in place. (

2024

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2024

16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2 Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. Million Settlement Over 2019 South Philly Refinery Explosion, Fire -- AP: EPA Reaches $4.2

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

MARCH 12, 2025

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS) published its advisory opinion in May 2024. Vanuatu and the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) asserted that these legal consequences are governed by the general law of State responsibility.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Violation: Abandoning Well (2023) November 5, 2024 routine inspection of J.A. Violation: Abandoning Well (2023) November 5, 2024 routine inspection of J.A. Speers - Violation: Abandoning Well November 4, 2024 routine inspection of Stephen L. Response requested by November 8, 2024. Owner holds 38 conventional well permits.

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

One area where both groups agree on is the need for more control and regulation of AI. All these estimates come from the 2024 United States Data Center Energy Usage Report. In addition, 51% say they are more concerned than excited compared to 17% of experts. In 2023, it increased to 4.4% (176 TWh) of the total U.S.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This brings the total general water permits approved by the SRBC in 2024 to 274. PA Bulletin - November 23, 2024 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 60 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the November 23 PA Bulletin - pages 7575 to 7635.

Environmental Protection

Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 8, 2025

A 2024 report from UK based researchers showed that oil and gas companies have spent at least $5.6 Ads by Canada Action promoting natural gas , which is a fossil fuel, were called out by Canadas advertising regulator for being inaccurate and misleading. billion pounds across 205 active sponsorship deals.

Fossil Fuels

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. Related Articles - Watersheds: -- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov. How Clean Is Your Stream?

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Accomplishments Among the accomplishments were-- -- In 2024, DEP received 294 permits in Environmental Justice areas, and 29 projects received public participation by OEJ. Shell has submitted an air quality Plan Approval application to reconcile discrepancies from the original proposed project and for compliance with new federal regulations.

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