A Greener Life

DECEMBER 19, 2024

By Jiang Mengnan Chinas oil demand is projected to peak at approximately 770 million tonnes in 2025, according to a forecast by the China National Petroleum Corporations Economic and Technological Research Institute (ETRI), reports Caixin. Image generated by AI. First published in Dialogue Earth.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

On May 15, Avonlea Lithium , a subsidiary of Avonlea Environmental Technologies, announced the success of its Advanced Chemical Cavitation Extraction of Lithium (ACCELi) Cavitek pilot plant in Springville, Susquehanna County to extract lithium from oil and gas wastewater. 21 [PaEN] -- PUC Sets June Hearings On Proposed 11.4%

Technology

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

Note: Equitrans Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area leak of 1.1 billion cubic feet of natural gas.] At a time when the country needs to do everything it can to ensure our energy independence, it makes economic sense to ensure that we are not wasting any gas at all! 4 [PaEN] -- Upper Makefield Twp.

Natural Gas

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. Data Center Demands [Posted: February 23, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

This testimony was presented by Sarah Martik , Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice based in Washington County, at a March 11 hearing by the DEP Office of Environmental Justice on an Air Quality Permit for the expansion of the MarkWest Energy's Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

By Meagan Weisner, PhD , Senior Scientist, Healthy Communities and Paige Varner, PhD , Scientist, Healthy Communities A new study from Environmental Defense Fund finds that even oil and gas production that uses the most stringent emissions reductions technologies poses health risks to nearby residents. Click Here for the EDF Blog post.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2025

The second cause was related to supply issues caused by the decline in natural gas production, exacerbated by the increasing reliance on natural gas fired generation. The Independent Fiscal Office reported in 2024, Pennsylvania depends on natural gas to generate 59% of the states electricity. Read more here.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

MAY 1, 2025

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. The third is that the 2025 PDP is expected to set out plans to build 3.5 First published in Dialogue Earth.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

People across the country are trying to square the benefits that technology can bring with the real and growing impacts on the environment and consumers, said Ellie Kerns , Climate and Clean Energy Advocate with the PennEnvironment Research & Policy Center. Rising electricity demand from U.S. Click Here to read the report.

Nuclear Power

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. Rice Drilling B LLC; Roulette Oil & Gas LLC; Taft Operating LLC.

2025

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Grantee activity has been both innovative and successful, from cooling tower evaporation capture for reuse to satellite leak detection technology. PaEN] -- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. Since its launch in 2021, the grant program has awarded nearly $21 million to 64 projects.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

During the 2025-26 academic year, EDF staff will visit Dickinson for a multi-day residency. Greene County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Greene County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2025

Induction stoves are more energy-efficient, cook faster, and are easier to clean, with better temperature control than natural gas and the glass surface only gets hot where it's in contact with cookware, reducing the risk of accidental burns. Posted: June 21, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2025

And how can we provide job opportunities for the tremendously skilled workers in traditional energy domains while also training the workers we need to accelerate emerging technologies? New and emerging geothermal technologies allow us to tap into and extract the earths naturally occurring heat in ways that were not possible a decade ago.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

The [federal Bipartisan Infrastructure and Inflation Reduction Acts] provide billions of dollars in investment aimed at expanding low-and no-carbon technologies, accelerating a just energy transition, and building equity into climate adaptation efforts. from 2019 to 2020 and 44.4% from 2005 to 2020. Read more here.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

DeFrank, supporting the advancement of natural gas energy efficiency programs for commercial and industrial (C&I) customers, has been adopted by the Board of Directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). Barrow , who both supported the resolution on gas energy efficiency programs.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2025

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: July 21, 2025] PA Environment Digest Of Insurance/DEP Highlight 30 Years Of Underground Petroleum Products Storage Tank Insurance Fund Work; Paid Over $1.3 PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2025

The presentation videos from the 2025 Shale Gas and Public Health Conference hosted by the Physicians for Social Responsibility PA , the League of Women Voters of PA , and the Department of Environmental and Energy Engineering at Duquesne University are now available online.

2025

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

As we welcome new industries and evolving technologies, we need to strike the right balance protecting consumers, supporting utilities, and fostering smart growth, noted Chairman DeFrank. M-2025-3054180. This hearing is about making sure we have fair, transparent, and forward-looking rules that benefit everyone.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2025

The conventional well, owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co., Kriebel Natural Gas holds 1,681 permits. Edward Turnour 2; Koletich 1 ; Koletich 6; Koletich 8; Thomas Throckmorton 1 [leaking gas]; Krancih 8 [leaking gas] -- Beaver County, Baden Boro: John E. LLC, exploded and caught fire shortly before 1:00 p.m.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

On June 27, Marcellus Drilling News reported Rain City Resources and Avonlea Lithium Corporation announced the successful completion of a pilot test of the proprietary ACCELi technology using lithium-rich wastewater sourced from fracking in the Marcellus Shale, Pennsylvania. Million In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fees; $25.1

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

We’re seeing the most dramatic transformation of our energy system in more than a generation, driven by unprecedented demand growth and accelerated technological change. Earlier this month, I had the opportunity to deliver keynote remarks at Energypath 2025, hosted by the Sustainable Energy Fund at DeSales University.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

Inspections DEP also conducted more than 28,000 inspections through March 31, 2025. DEPs Oil and Gas Program accounts for 13,460 inspections of conventional oil and gas and unconventional shale gas wells and infrastructure as of March 28.]

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2025

PJM said the proposed projects represent new build and uprates of nuclear and natural gas, as well as new battery storage. 11, 2025, with a March 14 filing deadline. More specific details on the fuel/technology type of the resources will be provided at that time. The RRI proposal was approved by FERC Feb.

2026

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 25, 2025

With the development of the US EPAs 319 Nonpoint Source Program and other fundings sources in the early 1990s, along with the development of low maintenance passive treatment technology at approximately the same time, watershed groups had access to both the funding and the ability to treat sources of AMD that were impacting their local streams.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2025

On July 14, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has reviewed and acted on 19,977 permit applications between January 1 and June 30, 2025. DEP is modernizing its permitting process by investing in new technology and reviewing processes to identify and eliminate bottlenecks.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

12 Abandoned Conventional Wells DEP has a new initiative underway in 2025 to inspect conventional oil and gas wells that have never been inspected before to ensure the safest oil and gas production possible. Read more here. The Pecan Explorations, Inc. and Larry A. Shaffer Jr. Pencan Explorations Inc. Pencan holds 60 permits.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Unconstrained LNG exports will raise domestic natural gas prices by at least 30% by 2050, further increasing electricity costs. Plus, there's a backlog on new gas turbines that stretches well into the 2030's, and tariffs will make all construction more expensive. “So, GW natural gas-fired power plant in Indiana County.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. TODAY 11:00: Agenda Posted. House Energy Committee hearing on House Bill 502 (Steele-D-Allegheny) establishing the Reliable Energy Siting and Electric Transition Board [part of Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan ].

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee On Natural Gas [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: PA Lawmakers Talk Of Requiring Natural Gas Detectors In Buildings After Explosion That Killed 7 In Reading -- TribLive: Residents Of Mt. Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2025

The State of Renewable Energy 2025 documents the growth of six key clean energy technologies across the United States over the past decade and ranks states accordingly for solar power, wind power, battery storage, energy efficiency, electric vehicles and electric vehicle charging stations.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2025

12, 2023, Issued June 17, 2025. ( PA Bulletin, page 4730 ) Read more here. -- DEP published notice in the July 12 PA Bulletin inviting comments on the proposed renewal of a State Only Air Quality Permit for the Max Environmental Yukon hazardous and residual waste treatment facility in South Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County. (

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

But right now, we've had successes in stopping an injection well up north in Clara Township, [Potter County] , as well as helping Fayette County organize with partners to ensure that Fayette County and several other municipalities here in purple are protected from oil and gas waste injection wells.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2025

Summit Pittsburgh July 15, 2025 -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Energy And Innovation Summit Is A Great Opportunity For Pittsburgh, But People Must Come First [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: What Does Pittsburgh’s A.I. -- TribLive: Standing-Room-Only Crowd Gets Detailed Look At $25 Billion Plan For Homer City 4.5 GW Natural Gas Power Plan, A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

One hearing was held by the House Consumer Protection, Technology and Utilities Committee [ watch video here ] and a joint hearing was held by the Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure and Environmental Resources and Energy Committees [ watch video and read testimony here ]. Read more here. MW-day to $269.92/MW-day--

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

That increase didn’t happen overnight — it’s the result of systematic failures to keep up with improving technologies. This year, those payments increased nearly ten times their previous cost, translating to higher electricity bills for PA families. Read more here.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2025

lithium demand, validates the maturity of alkaLi’s technology and secures a long-term domestic supply.” 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

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