PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2023

Related Articles: -- Budget Refresher: Hearings Start March 21 For DCNR, DEP, Agriculture FY 2023-24 Budget Requests -- DCNR Budget Testimony: Supporting PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry, Conserving Natural Resources [PaEN] [Posted: March 21, 2023] PA Environment Digest Shapiro’s Budget Address as prepared.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

1 Webinar , Noon to 1:00 p.m. -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Feb. 2 - Measures To Improve Our Climate & Lives , 4:00 p.m. -- Asbury Woods Environmental Center Invites Public To Feb. 3 Trout In Classroom Unveiling In Erie [PaEN] -- Educators Invited To Next Online Meeting Of Southwest Regional Environmental Literacy Coalition Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Updated Background -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Material Leaks Into Tributary Of Marsh Creek State Park At Site Of Mariner East Pipeline Spill In 2020 -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Gains New Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells As It Sets Records Capping Old Ones -- Protect PT Hosts Feb.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 2020 105

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 15; Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 7 -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Month Starting Feb. 15; Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 7 -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Month Starting Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Dec. to -25.7%) ] -- PUC: Proposed Settlement With PPL To Resolve Widespread Consumer Billing Issues, $1 Million Penalty -- MCall: PPL To Pay Fines, Forgive Costs Totaling $17.2

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Politics Conservation 105

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Today, our air and water are significantly cleaner than they were 50 years ago thanks to the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and other environmental safeguards Congress passed back then. But those laws primarily focused on the industrial sector, leaving agriculture largely alone. Big Ag is a major polluter.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 23, 2023

8 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Magnesita Refractories Facility In York County [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. 8 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Magnesita Refractories Facility In York County [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. National- $3.12

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2010 2023 99

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

of Agriculture. TODAY Noon: Protect PA Lunch & Learn Webinar With Laurie Barr About Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells. PaEN] -- Bradford Era: McKean Conservation District Awarded DEP AML Grant For Water Quality Assessment Of Scaffold Lick Run Watershed -- Clean Air Council: Feb. Fish & Boat and Game Commissions; 1:00 p.m.

Natural Gas 102

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

-- In Celebration Of The Many Contributions Of John Dawes To Protecting And Restoring PA’s Environment, Foundations Create The R. John Dawes Clean Water Fund [PaEN] -- Tribune-Democrat: Community Foundation For The Alleghenies Starts R. Westmoreland County? Westmoreland County? PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb.

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Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 106

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Click Here to watch live. -- TODAY: House Budget Hearing - Agriculture 1:00 p.m. Watch live. -- March 28: Senate Budget Hearing - Agriculture 1:00 p.m. Click Here to watch live. Budget Hearings: -- THURSDAY: House Budget Hearing - DCNR 10:00 a.m./ DEP 1:00 p.m.

Nuclear Power 109

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Solar Power Air Pollution 109

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2024

TODAY 9:15: House Agriculture & Rural Affairs Committee meets to consider House Resolution 400 (Matzie-D-Beaver) designating the week of June 17-23 Pollinator Week in Pennsylvania ( sponsor summary ). Room G-50 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

Natural Gas 103

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 2011 Air Pollution 103

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

PA] Natural Gas - PA Chamber Of Business & Industry -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Support Reliable, Affordable PA Natural Gas, Coal, Petroleum And Grow Renewable Energy - Sen. Dan Laughlin (R-Erie) -- TribLive: City Of Pittsburgh To Continue Leasing Natural Gas Fueling Equipment -- AP: Vistra To Buy Energy Harbor For $3.4

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 29, 2023

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Historic Site Hosting Festival Of Wood Sept.

Natural Gas 96

Natural Gas Air Pollution 2028 Climate Change 96

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

PaEN] -- EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment [PaEN] -- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Environmental Protection Recycling 95

Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 10, 2024

And all this polluting infrastructure has serious health and environmental implications for the surrounding communities. Gas infrastructure harms people and the environment The are multiple harms from gas infrastructure on people and the environment. Most notable of these polluting emissions are nitrogen oxides (NOx).

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Fossil Fuels Nitrogen Oxides Electricity Air Pollution 256

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

21, 22, 23, 27, 28, March 1 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Natural Gas Industry Tells House They Want Faster Permit Reviews, But Didn’t Say They Don’t Use 40% Of The Well Permits They Get From DEP; Industry Practices Keep Energy Prices High [PaEN] -- Reuters: U.S. Senate returns to voting session Feb.

Natural Gas 111

Natural Gas 2023 Fossil Fuels Recycling 111

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

1 Hearing On Energy Reliability, Sustainability, Affordability [Will They Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities? ] -- PA Assn. 28 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant In Armstrong County [PaEN] -- DEP, If Requested, Will Hold Feb. Of Environmental Professionals Host Feb.

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Air Pollution Natural Gas Conservation 2024 81

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2024

DEP said it has the statutory authority in the 1995 law that created the agency, the state Air Pollution Control Act and other laws to establish grant and funding programs to implement the Plan. 1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%

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Natural Gas Clean Energy Electricity Renewable Energy 100

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

Exposing Natural Gas Pipeline Ahead Of Longwall Mining -- CNX Midstream Operating Company, LLC - Exposure Of 2 Natural Gas Pipelines Ahead Of Longwall Underground Coal Mining: DEP invites comments on the project located in Morris Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3759 ) Air Permits -- Ameresco, Inc. Greene County. (

Natural Gas 90

Natural Gas Air Pollution Regulations 2023 90

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2024

National- $3.66 National- $3.66 National- $3.66

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Natural Gas 2024 Air Pollution Conservation 98

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb.

Natural Gas 99

Natural Gas Air Pollution Radiation Conservation 99

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Billion Tax Break -- Public Source: When An Air Inversion Rolls In, Do Efforts To Curb Industrial Pollution Work In Allegheny County? -- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address House returns to voting session Feb.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2025 2023 110

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

2 [PaEN] -- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance: Agriculture’s Role In A Clean Watershed: The Whole Farm Approach [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY 2024 -- Marcellus Shale Gas Industry Coalition: Natural Gas Generates $41 Billion In Economic Activity, Supports 123,000 Jobs, Produced $6.3

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Natural Gas Politics 2024 Air Pollution 104

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept.

Natural Gas 79

Natural Gas Climate Change Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 79

Environmental Progress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

None of that means climate change isn’t, and won’t continue to be, a factor in global health, particularly if action to prevent it also reduces air pollution, or removes other health stressors. The IPCC instead points to socioeconomic changes, particularly changes to land use from agriculture and recreation, as the main factors.

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2020 Air Pollution Climate Change Natural Gas 96

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2023

Click Here to watch online. -- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN] -- PA Assn. Room 8E-B East Wing.

Natural Gas 102

Natural Gas Electricity Recycling Politics 102

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2023

News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency -- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp.

Natural Gas 82

Natural Gas 2023 Regulations Air Pollution 82

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Indiana County [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater -- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S.

Conservation 103

Conservation Air Pollution Natural Gas Fossil Fuels 103

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 30, 2022

Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts [PaEN] -- DEP Issues 2021 Oil & Gas Program Annual Report -- DEP Declares Air Pollution Action Day In Allegheny County For Friday, Dec.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution 2022 62

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

TODAY 10:30: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets on House Resolution 132 (Matzie-D-Beaver) designating June 19 to 25 as Pollinator Week in Pennsylvania. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. Room 515 Irvis Building.

Solar Power 117

Solar Power Air Pollution Natural Gas Politics 117

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept.

Recycling 95

Recycling Natural Gas Conservation 2023 95

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

Report -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too -- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country -- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades -- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8

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Earth Day Natural Gas Climate Change Air Pollution 68

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Million In Economic Benefits, Support 3,457 Jobs A Year [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: Report: Agricultural Investments For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Spur Economy -- Pennsylvania Awarded $244.9 Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reduction Partnership -- LancasterOnline: Met-Ed To Hike Residential Electric Rates 9.6% Starting Dec. Starting Dec.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Air Pollution Conservation Electricity 62

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Trail Mix Blog: Rachel Carson, A Pennsylvanian Sparked An Awakening - By Kent Jackson [PaEN] -- Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcons Lay First Egg, Watch Live -- DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA Mine (..)

Natural Gas 71

Natural Gas Conservation Fossil Fuels Climate Change 71

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2024

20 to 26 - 15 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Plugging Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Revolution Pipeline Land Slip; Brief Compressor Fire; Crypto Mining? Million In 37 Clean Energy Projects In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: USDA Sends PA $5.2

Conservation 102

Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Recycling 102

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2024

Causer Blames DEP Database For Showing Conventional Oil & Gas Owners Abandoning, Not Plugging Their Wells; Industry Wants To Redefine Owner Responsibility For Their Abandoned Wells DEP: 89% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply With Well Integrity Reporting For 34,455 Wells In 2023 DEP: 86% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well (..)

Nuclear Power 90

Nuclear Power Conservation Air Pollution 2024 90