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Environmental Integrity Project, Partners List Industries Requesting Exemptions From EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulations-- 23 In PA

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2025

Individuals using the map can input their home address to see which facilities are near them. Click Here for the Environmental Integrity Project announcement.

Air Pollution

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EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@epa.gov

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

On March 24, the US Environmental Protection Agency posted information on how industries regulated under a variety of federal Clean Air Act programs could obtain Presidential Exemptions from those requirements. Please: Use Presidential Exemption: [Name of Regulation]: [Facility(ies) Name] as the subject of the request.

Clean Air Act

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EPA Alumni Association: An Open Letter To EPA Administrator & Congress - We’re Not Done Yet!

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

These reductions would put EPA back to its resources in 1980, before the implementation of critical new or expanded programs such as Superfund, key controls on hazardous waste, and important programs under the Clean Air Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Toxic Substances Control Act

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EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025

National Law Center

MARCH 7, 2024

The post EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center. In 2023, approximately forty percent of corn produced in the United States (“U.S.”) was used for ethanol production. The top three.

2025

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DEP To Hold June 17 Hearing On Warren County Sulfur Dioxide Maintenance Plan, Redesignation Request

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments at a June 17 hearing on the Warren Area sulfur dioxide air quality maintenance plan and attainment redesignation request. Posted: May 9, 2025] PA Environment Digest Click Here for a copy of the documents. The hearing will be held on June 17 starting at 10:30 a.m.

Clean Air Act

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DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 15 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 1599 ) Read more here. -- DEP published notice in the February 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on an analysis designating an Exceptional Event under the federal Clean Air Act related to Canadian wildfires in June and July 2023 and their impact on air quality in Pennsylvania.

Waste

Waste Regulations Clean Air Act 2025

These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 21, 2024

While the changes are slated to go into effect for facilities placed in service on or after January 1, 2025, the Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) still have some complex—and deeply consequential—issues left to resolve. Most notably, this reference covers direct and significant indirect emissions.

Electricity

Electricity Clean Energy Greenhouse Technology

Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Million For Pipeline Violations So Far] [March 2025] -- The Derrick: State Attorney General Launches Criminal Investigation Into Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated Venango Water Company Spring [March 2025] Announcements - DEP Penalty/Restitution Settlements: -- DEP Imposed $2.2

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DEP Invites Comments On Declaring An Exceptional Event Related To 2023 Canadian Wildfires And Impacts On PA Air Quality

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the February 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on an analysis designating an Exceptional Event under the federal Clean Air Act related to Canadian wildfires in June and July 2023 and their impact on air quality in Pennsylvania.

Nitrogen Oxides

Nitrogen Oxides 2023 Clean Air Act Ozone

PA Senate Republicans To Reintroduce Bills Limiting Citizen Rights To Appeal DEP Permit Decisions, Punish Communities That Take Steps To Protect Themselves Against Shale Gas Development Impacts

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 5, 2024

She contends the federal Natural Gas Act mandates the federal Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has “exclusive jurisdiction over an appeal which challenges any state agency’s action in either approving or denying a permit when the state agency acts on the basis of federal law.”

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Clean Air Act Clean Water Act 2008

Court Dismisses Bucks County’s Lawsuit Against Oil Companies based on Federal Preemption

MGKF Law

MAY 28, 2025

The Defendants filed various preliminary objections including lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, arguing that despite the County’s effort to focus the complaint on fraudulent practices, the case at bottom alleged harm from severe weather allegedly due to air emissions, which are governed exclusively by federal law. May 16, 2025).

Clean Air Act

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.25

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2025

Of Health & Human Services Will Cut 10,000 Jobs As Part Of Major Restructuring Plan [10,000 Already Took Early Retirements] 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: March 28, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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New Jersey Weighs in on State Climate Tort Claims

MGKF Law

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

In a decision on February 5, 2025, the Superior Court of New Jersey dismissed the Attorney General of New Jersey’s state tort claims against various energy companies seeking redress for the effects of climate change in Platkin v. Read More » Tags: Air , Clean Air Act , Climate Change , Energy , New Jersey , NJDEP , Toxic Torts

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Climate Change 2025 Law

111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 22 to 28 - Failed To Comply With Well Plugging Order For 63 Months; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Hit 113; Another Conventional Well Explosion, (..)

Conservation

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Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

Acoel

JUNE 29, 2022

The agency’s air quality modeling indicates that most areas would receive an ozone reduction of less than 0.1 ppb by 2025. These air quality impacts are minimal compared with the major ozone reductions resulting from the 1998 SIP Call, which resulted in more than 80,000 megawatts of coal capacity being retrofitted with SCRs.

Ozone

Ozone Clean Air Act 2015 2005

DEP Suspends Enforcement Of California Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program; Federal Standards Will Still Apply

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

The Program became effective May 11, 2002, and provided the necessary 2 year lead time to manufacturers as required under the federal Clean Air Act. The Program's emission standards first applied to MY 2005 HDD vehicles and engines.

2002

2002 Clean Air Act Ozone 2005

EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives

E2 Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

The EPA noted that its efforts will focus on protecting drinking water supplies and that it anticipates enforcement actions under this NECI to begin in FY 2025. (3) 3) Coal Ash.

2027

2027 Climate Change Clean Air Act Air Pollution

EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

Clean Air Act

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88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2024

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Workshop March 23 In Delaware County [PaEN] -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: PA Regulators Struggle To Implement Federal Clean Air Act Requirements For Regional Power Plants -- Scranton Times: Tunkhannock Area Schools Going All Out For Solar Energy Generation; Will Have Largest Solar Facility (..)

Conservation

Conservation Renewable Energy Endangered Species Act 2024

Five Important Points About the “SAFE Vehicle Rule”

Law Columbia

AUGUST 3, 2018

The SAFE Vehicle Rule proposes changes to EPA’s greenhouse gas emissions standards and DOT’s Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards for light duty vehicles in model years (MY) 2021 through 2025. To support that argument, the agencies point to a study estimating that average vehicle prices could increase by up to $2,100 by 2025.

Carbon Dioxide

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PJM Interconnection Supports Presidential Exemptions From Clean Air Act Standards Requested By 13,900 MW Of Electric Generation In PJM Region, Including Keystone And Conemaugh Power Plants In PA

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

On April 4, the PJM Interconnection sent a letter to the President supporting Presidential exemptions from the federal Clean Air Act requested by 13,900 MW of electric generation in the PJM region. Photos: Keystone and Conemaugh power plants.)

Clean Air Act

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Governor Newsom Should Veto These Four Bills

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

If signed, the state would have to withdraw Clean Air Act waiver requests already in process with the Environmental Protection Agency. These withdrawals could potentially put those waiver decisions into the hands of a hostile federal administration in 2025.

Clean Air Act

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Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

On March 21, 2025 surveillance cameras caught the latest incident of conventional oil and gas wastewater being dumped on a section of a dirt road paved with tar and stone chips at about 9:25 p.m. Read more here. Read more here. We wait to see what DEP says.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Waste 2025 2018

November 25 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

1 Pennsylvania Firefly Festival Lottery For 2025 Festival & Glow & Know Campouts Will Start January 1 Federal Highway Administration, Fish & Wildlife Service Host Dec. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

2025

2025 Conservation Clean Air Act 2024

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 5 to 11 - Late Night Conventional Wastewater Road Dumping Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Pipeline Leak Investigation Expands To 2 Other Counties; More Abandoned Wells

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2025

3 Abandoned Conventional Wells Diversified Prod LLC - Violations: 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells On April 8, 2025, DEP inspected the JH Weaver & Company 13 [ DEP inspection report ] conventional well in Grant Township, Indiana County and the Essie E. Violations originally issued March 5, 2025. Read more here. Violations continued.

2025

2025 Natural Gas 2023 2024

PUC Releases Agenda For April 24 Hearing On Its Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2025

This en banc hearing, approved by a unanimous vote of the Commission on March 27, 2025, will examine how to ensure a fair, transparent, and forward-looking approach to connecting high-energy users to the grid while protecting existing utility customers. M-2025-3054271. The hearing is open to the public, though seating is limited.

Electricity

Electricity Natural Gas 2025 Clean Air Act

EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

Methane Emissions EPA announced it would reconsider regulations for the oil and gas industry under Section 111 of the Clean Air Act and Subpart W of the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. EPA also announced it would reconsider risk management rules that cover oil and natural gas refineries and chemical facilities.

Regulations

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108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 Webinar: Our Work Helps The Allegheny River Thrive -- TribLive: Nature Focus Of Artwork Featured In Loyalhanna Watershed Association’s 40th Annual Auction -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN] -- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Reduced Permit Backlog By 67% Under Gov. Shapiro -- Gov.

Conservation

Conservation Air Pollution Recycling Natural Gas

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 12

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 2800 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 49 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Reed Oil Company, Inc. 18, 2025 (?). ( Susquehanna County. (

Natural Gas

Natural Gas 2025 Clean Air Act Electricity

PJM, Google & Tapestry Join Forces To Apply A.I. To Enhance Regional Planning, Generation Interconnection

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Data Center Projects, Including #1 Billion Plan For Ohio -- PJM Interconnection Supports Presidential Exemptions From Clean Air Act Standards Requested By 13,900 MW Of Electric Generation In PJM Region, Including Keystone And Conemaugh Power Plants In PA [PaEN] -- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Natural Gas Electricity 2026

DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. 5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Clean Air Act

Clean Air Act Natural Gas 2024 Greenhouse

It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 6, 2021

So if the plan were upheld by the Supreme Court next Spring, it would be 2025 before the state plans went into effect, and the 2030 target would be postponed until 2037. The architects of the Clean Power Plan failed to anticipate just how fast the power system would change due to other economic and regulatory forces.

2015

2015 Carbon Emissions 2030 2005

Penn State Institute Of Energy And The Environment To Hold Climate Solutions Symposium May 19-20 In State College

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Related Articles This Week: -- President Signs Executive Orders Directing US Attorney General To Take Action Against States Impeding Domestic Energy Production; Rescinds Policies Transition Away From Coal; Lifts Toxics Standards For Coal Power Plants [PaEN] -- President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting (..)

Clean Air Act

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PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

This en banc hearing, approved by a unanimous vote of the Commission on March 27, 2025, examined how to ensure a fair, transparent, and forward-looking approach to connecting high-energy users to the grid while protecting existing utility customers. All comments are due on or before May 27, 2025. M-2025-3054271. million U.S.

Carbon Emissions

Carbon Emissions Natural Gas Electricity 2025

DEP, Dept. Of Health Briefing On State Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak In Bucks County Now Available On Demand

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

Resource Links - Bucks Pipeline Leak: -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Clean Air Act Electricity Regulations

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For EQT ARO LLC 3 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2025

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- April 5 to 11 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 12 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For EQT ARO LLC 3 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Cascade Twp.,

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Clean Air Act Electricity Regulations

Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not A ‘Minor’ Source

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

We want to make sure that both workers and the community residents are protected under the guidelines of the Clean Air Act. The pollution amounts that will be associated with the increased operations and increased emissions of pollutants goes into the air we breathe.

Natural Gas

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

9 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion [PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. . -- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest; Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec.

Air Pollution

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President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

Executive Order - Sunset Dates The President signed an executive order requiring 10 federal agencies and subagencies with regulations covering energy and energy production to adopt a regulation by September 2025 inserting a one year expiration dates on existing regulations and a five year expiration date on all new regulations.

Regulations

Regulations Energy Policy Act 2005 Endangered Species Act

New Report: Fixing PJM’s Broken Electric Generation Approval Process Can Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across The Mid-Atlantic

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2025

MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

Electricity

Electricity Natural Gas Clean Energy Clean Air Act

TODAY At 6:00 p.m. DEP, Dept. Of Health To Hold Virtual Town Hall To Update Bucks County Residents On The Response To The Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak; ; Submit Questions By 11:30 a.m.

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2025

NewsClip: -- Patch.com: DEP To Hold Virtual Update On Upper Makefield Pipeline Leak Resource Links: -- Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Clean Air Act Electricity Environmental Protection

Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 21, 2025

Over 156 million people in the US are exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollutants, according to the recently published 2025 State-of-the Air report from the American Lung Association (ALA). For 25 years the report has helped people across the country understand the quality of the air in their communities.

Ozone

Ozone Ground-Level Ozone Air Pollution Clean Air Act

DEP So Far In 2024: 6,907 Violations Issued To Owners Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - 153% More Than In 2021; 830 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells -- Exceeding All Of 2023

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago [PaEN - 4.17.24] PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

2023

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DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN] -- DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022 [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec.

Natural Gas

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2022 2024

Environmental Integrity Project, Partners List Industries Requesting Exemptions From EPA Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulations-- 23 In PA

EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@epa.gov

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EPA Alumni Association: An Open Letter To EPA Administrator & Congress - We’re Not Done Yet!

EPA Delays Rescinding Gasoline Volatility Waivers Until 2025

DEP To Hold June 17 Hearing On Warren County Sulfur Dioxide Maintenance Plan, Redesignation Request

DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 15 PA Bulletin

These Are the Critical Issues to Track with the New “Tech-Neutral” Clean Electricity Tax Credits

Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania

DEP Invites Comments On Declaring An Exceptional Event Related To 2023 Canadian Wildfires And Impacts On PA Air Quality

PA Senate Republicans To Reintroduce Bills Limiting Citizen Rights To Appeal DEP Permit Decisions, Punish Communities That Take Steps To Protect Themselves Against Shale Gas Development Impacts

Court Dismisses Bucks County’s Lawsuit Against Oil Companies based on Federal Preemption

Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 3.28.25

New Jersey Weighs in on State Climate Tort Claims

111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Improving EPA’s Latest Ozone Transport Rule

DEP Suspends Enforcement Of California Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program; Federal Standards Will Still Apply

EPA Announces Its Final National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives

EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations

88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Five Important Points About the “SAFE Vehicle Rule”

PJM Interconnection Supports Presidential Exemptions From Clean Air Act Standards Requested By 13,900 MW Of Electric Generation In PJM Region, Including Keystone And Conemaugh Power Plants In PA

Governor Newsom Should Veto These Four Bills

Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting

November 25 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 5 to 11 - Late Night Conventional Wastewater Road Dumping Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Pipeline Leak Investigation Expands To 2 Other Counties; More Abandoned Wells

PUC Releases Agenda For April 24 Hearing On Its Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth

EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants

108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 12

PJM, Google & Tapestry Join Forces To Apply A.I. To Enhance Regional Planning, Generation Interconnection

DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. 5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget

It’s Time to Repeal the Clean Power Plan

Penn State Institute Of Energy And The Environment To Hold Climate Solutions Symposium May 19-20 In State College

PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use

DEP, Dept. Of Health Briefing On State Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak In Bucks County Now Available On Demand

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For EQT ARO LLC 3 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County

Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not A ‘Minor’ Source

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition

New Report: Fixing PJM’s Broken Electric Generation Approval Process Can Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across The Mid-Atlantic

TODAY At 6:00 p.m. DEP, Dept. Of Health To Hold Virtual Town Hall To Update Bucks County Residents On The Response To The Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak; ; Submit Questions By 11:30 a.m.

Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

DEP So Far In 2024: 6,907 Violations Issued To Owners Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - 153% More Than In 2021; 830 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells -- Exceeding All Of 2023

DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022

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