Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 20, 2023

All across the country, coal- and gas-fired power plants are still running, still polluting, and still showing signs of staying relentlessly online. And more gas is slated to come. One critical tool for forcing that reckoning comes from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). So what follows from that obligation?

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 17, 2023

cranks its air conditioners to get through historic high temperatures , the need for energy that slows, not hastens, climate change is more apparent than ever. Yet, in 2022, almost 40% of electricity in the US was generated by power plants fueled by natural gas. I’ll be using the term “gas” from here on out.)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Godwin George Shale Gas Well Site: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval to continue operation of multiple air pollution sources at the well pad located in Cross Roads Borough, Washington County. ( PA Bulletin, page 1418 ) -- Coterra Energy, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 26, 2021

PennFuture , Clean Air Council , and Sierra Club appealed a second extension of the air pollution permit the Department of Environmental Protectionissued for the Bradford County Real Estate Partners Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility proposed near the Susquehanna River in Wyalusing Township in Bradford County.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 20, 2022

These higher costs are being driven by a major overreliance on natural gas, which has sharply spiked in price and is currently the dominant fuel source in the US for both home heating and electricity generation. Henry Hub is the national benchmark for wholesale gas prices (Source: US Energy Information Administration ).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Public Participation -- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 12 Public Meeting On Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Chester County [PaEN] -- TribLive: Public To Weigh In On Proposed Olympus Energy/Hyperion Leto Natural Gas Compressor Station In West Deer Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2022

While the facility had finished its planned lifespan, it could have run longer, but environmental regulations and market conditions made that impractical. Even though the plant is brought online only during times of high demand, and thus high prices, it is still one of the biggest air polluters in the county. EIA Expects U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Thank you for your leadership! -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Yaw Touts New $154 Million Agriculture Conservation Program In Lycoming County -- PJM This Week Sends Penalty Assessments Of Up To $2 Billion To Electric Generators That Failed To Perform During December’s Winter Storm Elliot; Natural Gas Power Plants Had 63% Of Outages [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 25 to (..)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2024

Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69 Signs Off On Solar Energy Facility -- USDA Funds 31 Local Projects Totaling $5.69

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The next General Assembly and Governor-elect Shapiro can improve the law by (1) strengthening the definition of "clean H2," (2) conditioning credit eligibility on a timely transition to clean H2, and (3) establishing state community protection and benefit standards. is made from gas , a process that emits significant air pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2024

Yaw To Introduce Bill To Punish Counties That Seek To Protect Their Residents From Impacts Of Natural Gas Thru Lawsuits [PaEN] -- PUC Approves Settlement In Peoples Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Failure That Damaged Hundreds Of Furnaces, Water Heaters [PaEN] -- Sen. Comitta, Sen. Santarsiero, Rep. Friel-Otten, Rep.

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Law and Environment

MAY 12, 2023

After weeks of hints and leaks, yesterday morning (May 11, 2023), EPA proposed a new rule regulating emissions from power plants. SO2, and NOx – harmful air pollutants that are known to endanger public health. Fossil power plants could offset emissions by investing in new natural gas and renewable energy generation sources.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

California Clean Energy Committee v. League to Save Lake Tahoe, Mountain Area Preservation Foundation, and Sierra Watch (Sierra Watch) and the California Clean Energy Committee (Committee) filed separate writ petitions alleging numerous CEQA and TPA violations, which the trial court consolidated for hearing.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

On December 30, 2022, KDKA TV in Pittsburgh broadcast an exclusive report about a natural gas pipeline that broke loose from its cribbing while under construction and crashed into and through a Westmoreland County home in Allegheny Township. million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2022

PFAS Hazardous Site Cleanup Investigation In Centre County [PaEN] -- Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House [PaEN] -- Penn State Beaver Seeking Volunteers For June 23 Focus Group On Energy Development, Groundwater Quality & Public Health In Western PA [PaEN] -- EQB Adopts Part I Of Reg.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2023

Ned Ketyer , a retired pediatrician and president of the board of the Pennsylvania Chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility , about the results of new studies by the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health on the health impacts of natural gas development on children and adults.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Tom Wolf told the first-ever Global Clean Energy Action Forum in Pittsburgh about Pennsylvania’s significant progress in the transition to clean energy and vowed that the Commonwealth will continue to be a leader in energy innovation. private sector in the global clean-energy marketplace.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

Energy leaders from around the world gathered in Pittsburgh for the Global Clean Energy Action Forum September 21-23 to talk about effective ways to accelerate the transition to clean energy and fight climate change. Below is just some of the news coverage from this special event.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN] -- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: U.S. Steel Ready To Close 3 Of 10 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works -- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2023

Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- TribLive: Protect PT Seeks Support For Proposed Ordinance Regulating Shale Gas Wells In Penn Twp., Of Energy Awards $906,965 Grant To DCNR PA Geologic Survey/WV Geologic Survey For Central Appalachian Partnership For Carbon Storage -- US Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - April 13, 14 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - April 13 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In (..)

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Here are the options going forward for regulating existing power plants. Switch to another legal basis for regulation. The Clean Power Plan was based on section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act. Fossil fuel plants — coal-fired power plants in particular — cause serious air pollution problems.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

-Elect Shapiro To Ban Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] -- Citizen Complaints Result In DEP Issuing PA General Energy More Violations At Loyalsock Creek Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN] -- DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2023

9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News: Do Oil & Gas Drillers Owe Taxpayers Royalties For Oil & Gas Under Roads, Streets, Bridges And Other Taxpayer-Owned Land?

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2023

Natural Gas Storage Area Spills [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 5 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Equitrans To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining [PaEN] -- DEP Sets Sept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2024

This plan is projected to save Pennsylvania ratepayers and Pennsylvania households more than $252 million dollars in the first five years alone, lower utility bills, and create a more reliable energy industry, create more jobs, and a cleaner air – that is a win in my book.” Advanced Energy United applauds Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Updated Background -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Marsh Creek State Park Once Again Site Of Cleanup Due To Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Chester County -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Material Leaks Into Tributary Of Marsh Creek State Park At Site Of Mariner East Pipeline Spill In 2020 -- DEP Publishes Final Guidance On Environmental Consideration In (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Leib, Pittsburgh -- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists, Advocates Urge Shapiro To Stay The Course On RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan -- Scranton Times Editorial: Carbon Pollution Reduction Plan Serves Economy, Environment [RGGI] -- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Get $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

“One of the biggest issues facing Pennsylvania is that our polluters are not held accountable for their actions and the effects they have on public health,” Rep. Krajewski said. “We This has become a growing problem that demands concrete actions and I believe House Bill 1467 is a step in that direction.” Donna Bullock (D-Philadelphia).

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2024

The elimination of coal-fired power plants and increased use of natural gas in power generation has led to historic emissions and air pollutant reductions equaling $450 billion to $1.04 trillion in public health benefits for Pennsylvanians, according to a Marcellus Shale [Gas] Coalition analysis. billion - $1.02

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2023

3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN] -- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed -- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 23, 2023

On January 20, the natural gas industry and Senate Republicans launched an effort to unleash the industry by reducing regulations, requiring automatic approval of permits and limiting opportunities for public review of permits at a hearing of the Senate Republican Policy Committee in Pittsburgh. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 11, 2022

By reducing air pollution, it would improve public health with 30,000 fewer respiratory hospital visits. “I I am vetoing, disapproving, and returning the Concurrent Resolution because Final Form Regulation 7-559 is a vital step for Pennsylvania to reduce carbon emissions and achieve our climate goals.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Envirothon Team Get Hands-On Science Lessons In Canoes -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- PA Solar Center Honors 5 Western PA Organizations Who Have Gone Solar [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Eagle On The Mend Through Ashkar Students’ Efforts -- Reading Eagle: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2022

DOE Seeks Public Input On $500 Million Bipartisan Infrastructure Program To Turn Former Mine Lands Into Clean Energy Projects [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: PA Landowners Guide To Utility-Scale Solar Leasing [PaEN] -- Nextracker And BCI Steel Renovate Abandoned Pittsburgh Steel Factory To Serve Growing U.S.

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