PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 11 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed Title V Air Quality RACT III Permit for the Montour LLC Coal/Natural Gas-fired Power Plant located in Derry Twp., Montour County. If requested, a hearing will be held June 18. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 14 to 20 [PaEN] -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. The deadline for applications is April 5.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

-- EQB To Meet Nov. 14 Webinar On Streamside Tree Planting Effectiveness [PaEN] -- ??

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

From January 28 through February 3, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 640 inspection reports that resulted in reporting 23 violations of environmental regulations-- 7 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 15 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire December 25 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 17 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Wolf Proposes $450 Million Growing Greener III Initiative Funded By Federal American Rescue Plan; Bipartisan Support Building For Conservation Allocation [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Commonwealth Budget Should Fully Fund Environmental Protection - By Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

Of course, we had all these smells last week, and now people are beginning to realize that the air is a big, serious problem too,” said Baumgardner. The emergency flaring of natural gas at the plant triggered when there are malfunctions, caused a separate light problem.

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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. 28 [PaEN] Help Wanted -- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. to 3:00 p.m.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

Oil/Natural Gas Production Other States/National/International -- WITF/NPR: The U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

It was filed by the Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union and the Green League, who object to a 30-year groundwater pumping permit given by state regulators. The town is at the center of a long-running dispute over groundwater contamination caused by natural gas drilling and fracking. population.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2022

Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette: DEP Races To Finish Regulations To Limit Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities With $450 Million In Federal Highway Funds At Stake -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Moves Reg.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona [PaEN] -- Inquirer: These Philly High School Kids Are Trying To Clean The Schuylkill River - With Mussels -- Western PA Conservancy Hosts April 18 Webinar On Helping Elk Creek Thrive In Erie County [PaEN] -- PA Society For Ornithology Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 9-19, Sign Up Now!

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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 98

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 739 ) -- EPP Renewable Energy, LLC - Landfill Gas Facility: DEP received application for WMGM055 General Permit for landfill gas facility in Cumru Twp., PA Bulletin, page 770 ) -- Regency Marcellus Gathering, LLC - Chapin Dehydration Station: DEP approved Air Quality Permit for dehydration units in Monroe Twp.,

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Renewable Energy 115

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (EPCA), which sets nationwide energy conservation standards for many common appliances and preempts state and local standards, preempts Berkeley’s 2019 ban on natural gas connections to newly-constructed buildings. (A Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. While the parties in CRA v.

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Natural Gas Regulations Government Law 55

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Related Articles - Oil & Gas Health Impacts: -- Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

TODAY 10:00: House Transportation Committee meets to consider House Bill 1338 (Neilson-D- Philadelphia) authorizing Philadelphia to adopt a local ordinance regulating illegal use of off-road vehicles like dirt bikes and ATVs on city streets. Click Here to watch live. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch live. Click Here to watch live.

Solar Power 121

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 23, 2023

pollution, which are particles with diameters of 2.5 In 2019, air pollution more broadly was responsible for about 6.7 Yet none of the country’s 10 most-polluting coal plants are set to retire this year, and many of them are currently scheduled to continue running well into the 2030s. micrometers or less.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Air Pollution Warning For Tuesday -- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Extends Air Pollution Warning For Mon Valley Through Monday Morning -- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2022

Issues $859,000 In Penalties Against U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

. - Unconventional (3) * Click Here for Excel File listing permit details Pipeline Compressor/Pumping Stations/Heaters -- Range Resources Appalachia LLC - Smith Larry Well Pad: Air Quality permit issued for multiple sources of air pollution - compressors, heaters, vapor recovery tanks, etc. in Buffalo Twp., Washington County. (

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Recycling Regulations 59

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

This year we are putting more money on the table for attractive and productive landscapes and communities, clean water, and access to outdoor recreation with the largest investment in conservation and environmental programs in decades. Thanks to leadership from Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

“Pennsylvanians have a constitutional right to clean air and pure water – that’s why my Administration secured this record-breaking agreement with Shell to hold them accountable for violating the laws and regulations that protect our environment,” said Gov. New Act 14 Notices Of New Wells From Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad In Union Twp.,

2023 113

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Or a candidate might say, “The industry says shale gas development is safe, so it must be. Here, we might say something like, “Should we really trust any industry to regulate itself? 3 Hearing On Water Withdraws, Including 3 Natural Gas Development Proposals [PaEN] [Posted: October 14, 2022] PA Environment Digest

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Natural Gas Regulations Air Pollution Ocean 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 7 PA Environment Digest 77 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Gov. 15 DEP Hosts Dec. 15 DEP Hosts Dec.

Air Pollution 52

Air Pollution Radiation Conservation 2022 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2024

Additional inspection reports may be added to DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database.] Friel-Otten, Rep. Abney Introduce Gov.

2024 115

2024 Waste 2014 Recycling 115

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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Legal Planet

APRIL 24, 2023

EPA , conservatives and industry interests have claimed that just about every new regulation violates the major question doctrine. The regulations coming out of the EPA and the Transportation Department are the most expensive in U.S. They are designed to remake, not to regulate, our energy systems.”

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Clean Air Act 2026 Electricity Air Pollution 217

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Susan Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with production wastewater for pad located in Auburn Twp., This is the only way you can get notified of when oil and gas-related permits are submitted to DEP. Susquehanna County. (

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Natural Gas Air Pollution 2026 Politics 114

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.

Conservation 64

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Environmental Groups Sue Shell Oil for Clean Air Act Violations at Deer Park Refinery and Chemical Plant Mike Metzger | Environment Texas | January 7, 2008 Sierra Club and Environment Texas filed a lawsuit today in federal district court against Shell Oil Company and several affiliates. million gallons of oil a day and produces up to 3.33

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

acres of commercial use on a 775-acre portion of the West Parcel and withdraw those lands from the TPZ zone, while designating the entire East Parcel as Forest and TPZ; upon approval, real parties would sell or restrict the East Parcel for conservation purposes in perpetuity. acres of commercial uses. City of Newport Beach (2017) 2 Cal.5th

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Renewable Energy Clean Energy Conservation 2013 86

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms. water resources.

Waste 52

Waste Climate Change Conservation 2023 52

Law Columbia

JULY 6, 2017

Circuit concluded that EPA had acted arbitrarily and capriciously in determining that the four elements of the regulations that had been stayed met these requirements. The court said the administrative record “makes clear that industry groups had ample opportunity to comment on all four issues on which EPA granted reconsideration.”

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2017 Clean Air Act Climate Change Renewable Energy 40

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire February 7 PA Environment Digest 47 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic Gov. Million, 17.6% 15; Conventional Drillers Only Pay 0.4%

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