PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 13 PA Bulletin it has received and is reviewing the Act 2 Land Recycling Final Report by Equitrans on the cleanup of soil around the conventional gas well that failed and resulted in the uncontrolled venting of 1.1 PA Bulletin, page 213 ) Read more here. Harrisburg. (

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 16, 2024

Fossil fuel subsidies are hurting us Subsidies and public financing to oil and gas companies: Harm our health : Governments are propping up an industry that is killing us. A recent report found that one in five premature deaths is caused by air pollution from burning fossil fuels. In Canada, that’s 36,000 people a year.

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Take for example Ontario’s plans to expand gas infrastructure into rural and northern communities and build more gas plants. Instead of ramping up fossil gas (aka natural gas) consumption, we need to bring it down. The gas subsidy alone amounts to $26,000 per home! BONUS – COOL TECH ALERT!

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Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Electricity Air Pollution 100

Circle of Blue

MARCH 1, 2022

The town is at the center of a long-running dispute over groundwater contamination caused by natural gas drilling and fracking. Pennsylvania’s State Attorney General’s Office is seeking criminal charges against Coterra, one of the largest gas drillers in the state.

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2022 Climate Change Air Pollution Cooling 306

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 16, 2023

Steel for Article XXI Air Pollution Control violations (and as calculated in accordance with the 2019 Settlement Agreement and Order) that occurred at the Clairton Coke (Coal) Works during the second quarter of 2022. On March 15, the Allegheny County Health Department issued $ 307,800 in stipulated penalties against U.S.

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Pollution Control Air Pollution 2019 Cooling 52

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

. - Aldrich Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with diesel fuels at the pad located in Gibson Twp, Susquehanna County. ( New Act 14 Notices Of New Wells From Sarah Shale Gas Well Pad In Union Twp., Increase In Cost Of Gas Starting June 1, Another 7.3% in Philadelphia. (

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

As an example of a recent enforcement action, he pointed to the $10 million penalty settlement with the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County on air pollution violations that included a $5 million community fund. Read more here. “We Washington County; Notice Is Re-sent [PaEN] -- Robinson Twp.,

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Radiation 98

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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Natural Gas Conservation Fossil Fuels Climate Change 73

Legal Planet

JULY 12, 2022

As the state moves toward all-electric buildings, replacing older gas-powered furnaces and air conditioning units with heat pumps can reduce carbon emissions and indoor air pollution while increasing efficiency, comfort and resiliency, especially as extreme heat events increase.

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Cooling 2030 Electricity Natural Gas 130

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

For natural gas-fired power, the costs of maintaining outdated and inefficient infrastructure–let alone building new infrastructure–like power plants, production wells, and pipelines add up quickly and largely get passed along to consumers in the form of higher energy bills.

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Fossil Fuels Electricity 2014 Climate Change 219

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2023

By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council This guest essay first appeared in the Beaver County Times on March 19, 2023 -- If the first three months of operations at Shell’s petrochemical plant are any indication, the next 30 years are going to be stressful and hazardous for nearby Beaver Country residents. tons in any consecutive 12-month period).

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Air Pollution Nitrogen Oxides Carbon Monoxide Fossil Fuels 98

Greenbuilding Law

AUGUST 20, 2023

Buildings are one of Colorado’s top five sources of greenhouse gas emissions. As directed by a state law enacted in 2021, as HB 1286, the Colorado Health Department’s Air Pollution Control Division developed the newly finalized standards. It’s a major step forward in protecting both public health and clean air.”

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

The following factsheet on asthma and air pollution from natural gas facilities was compiled by the Environmental Health Project -- Asthma is a chronic disease that affects breathing. Since 2005, shale gas development, also known as unconventional natural gas development (UNGD), has grown rapidly.

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Air Pollution Natural Gas Ground-Level Ozone Nitrogen Oxides 57

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2021

National/International -- GreenWire: Biden’s Pick To Lead Coal Town Renewal On What’s Next -- AP: Richard Trumka, Longtime President Of AFL-CIO, Dies At 72 -- Environmental Defense Fund: Funding To Plug, Remediate Orphan Wells Moves Forward In U.S.

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Air Pollution Cooling Natural Gas Climate Change 62

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN] -- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices -- U.S.

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Natural Gas Cooling Fossil Fuels Conservation 81

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Fossil fuel plants — coal-fired power plants in particular — cause serious air pollution problems. The production and transportation of oil and gas also cause significant environmental impacts, as does the use of enormous amounts of water for cooling the generators. Rely only on indirect means of addressing the problem.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2024

. - Diaz Family 2 Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on the remediation of soil contaminated with hydraulic fluid to meet the Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Bridgewater Twp., Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Susquehanna County. ( Philadelphia. ( Greene County. (

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Air Pollution 2024 Natural Gas Recycling 124

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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Conservation Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Earth Day 109

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Million Fine For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution Violations -- TribLive: ‘This Is What Money Smells Like;’ $2.2 Westmoreland County? PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb. PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb. PaEN] -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb.

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Conservation Natural Gas Air Pollution 2024 107

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Siegel, Esq., Barley Snyder [PaEN] -- The Green Cities: 6 Black Philadelphians Leading The Environmental Movement -- PA Cap-Star: Philly Playground Exhibit Honors City’s Black Leaders, Legends -- PG: Allegheny Health Dept.

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Conservation Electricity Air Pollution Law 62

Acoel

JULY 5, 2022

With low natural gas prices, combined-cycle natural gas plants have been dispatched and built to replace higher-emitting coal plants, so that the Clean Power Plan reductions have been achieved without the rule. As it did in the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (“CSAPR”) upheld in EPA v.

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Clean Air Act Fossil Fuels Natural Gas Electricity 98

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 4, 2023

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells -- Warren (..)

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Conservation Natural Gas Electricity Air Pollution 88

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2022

Wild Had To Say About Rising Gasoline Prices And Ukraine At Town Hall -- Inquirer Editorial: Cutting Off Russian Oil Is Right Call -- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: Organized Labor Sees Promise In Transition To Clean Energy -- Utility Dive: Have Some Renewable Energy?

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Natural Gas Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Conservation 62

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2022

Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network-PA [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: ‘Caring For Earth, Caring For You’ During Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14 - By Sister Pat Lupo , OSB, and Sister Dorothy Stoner , OSB, St. Million Fine Against U.S. Million Fine Against U.S.

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Conservation Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Electricity 62

Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 8, 2022

It’s due to a combination of factors, including tremendous demand for clean energy from states, utilities and consumers; federal regulations to reduce toxic air pollutants; and—most important—the simple fact that renewables and natural gas are now the cheapest options to meet our electricity needs. How cool is that?

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2022

billion PennEast Pipeline** in Luzerne and Carbon Counties, two natural gas projects that would have boosted the Pennsylvania economy with the creation of over 12,000 new jobs and significantly furthered U.S. efforts to wean Europe off their dependency on Russian oil and gas. trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Electricity Greenhouse 52

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 15, 2022

TODAY 10:00: House Consumer Affairs Committee hearing on House Bill 1789 (Sankey-R- Clearfield) further providing for price and other disclosures related to competitive electric and natural gas shopping. Natural Gas Prices Plunge After Extended Outage At Texas LNG Facility [LNG Exports Drive High U.S. Prices had hit $9.60

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Natural Gas Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Electricity 62

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Weighs Lifting Summer Smog Rules To Lower Gasoline Prices -- WSJ: Cost Of Ethanol Gasoline Additive Outpaces Crude Oil This Quarter -- Reuters: Texas Repeatedly Raises Air Pollution Limits For Cheniere LNG Natural Gas Terminal American Rescue Plan Funding -- Lancaster County Approves $3.4

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