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

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

On September 18, Senators Steven Santasiero (D-Bucks) and Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, announced they were introducing legislation to increase setback safety zones from shale natural gas drilling sites based on the latest science. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing October 30 on House Bill 170 (Otten-D-Chester) increasing setback safety zones from shale natural gas drilling sites and infrastructure from 500 to 2,500 feet or more, based on the latest science. Read more here. ] Read more here. ]

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 4, 2023

KDKA in Pittsburgh posted a report July 3, 2023 about the impact of the December explosion at the Energy Transfer natural gas processing plant and the plant’s continuing operations on a nearby Washington County farm family. million cubic feet of natural gas from a pipeline pigging station). Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

On February 17, the Clean Air Council and the Environmental Integrity Project sent a letter to the Department of Environmental Protection urging the state to temporarily halt operations at a Shell plastics chemical plant in Beaver County that has repeatedly violated air pollution limits and recently released plumes of black smoke for several hours.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2023

On April 25, Earthworks filed a formal environmental complaint with the Department of Environmental Protection with video evidence showing more air pollution violations by gas flares at the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County. DEP acknowledged the complaint by email and said they were looking into it.

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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

AUGUST 30, 2022

On August 29, the Environmental Hearing Board ruled in favor of three environmental groups in their appeal of the air pollution permit for the proposed Renovo Energy Center natural gas-fired power plant in Clinton County, finding the Department of Environmental Protection set limits for sulfur dioxide and volatile organic compounds too high.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2023

On March 14, the federal Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Adelphia Gateway natural gas pipeline company was not entitled to a different outcome in Federal Court after receiving an adverse judgment in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania in Cole et al v. Department of Environmental Protection in 2021. Opinion, p.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Shapiro made as Attorney General to advance commonsense measures that prioritize public health and safety and ensure the natural gas industry is performing its work in line with the highest standards. The grand jurors also issued recommendations on how we could protect public health and safety in Pennsylvania.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

On December 27, 2022-- Christmas week-- a malfunction at the CNX Oak Springs Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Station in South Franklin Township, Washington County resulted in the release of an estimated 1.1 million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants. From approximately 10:14 a.m.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JANUARY 18, 2023

Research shows that gas stoves emit hazardous pollutants, including nitrogen dioxide and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as methane, which leaks mainly when the stoves are off. As far back as 1986, scientists at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned the CSPC about gas stoves’ potential health risks.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 15, 2023

DOT Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and states were preempted from “prescribing and/or enforcing safety standards and practices for interstate natural gas pipeline or storage facilities” by federal law. Wells serving these fields are regulated as conventional oil and gas wells by DEP.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

On September 13, the Pittsburgh-based Environmental Health Project issued a review of the University of Pittsburgh studies released on August 15 showing links between natural gas development and Lymphoma cancer, worsening asthma conditions and lower birth weights. "We

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The following notices were published in the February 17 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. The solar energy facilities are proposed to provide electric to Transco natural gas compressor stations in Columbia (Station 610) and Wyoming (Station 605) counties. Cambria County. ( Cambria County. (

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2022

As a result, all parties agreed in a voluntary settlement that Bradford County Real Estate Partners would have to apply for a new air quality permit before moving ahead with the project. Photo: WNEP - Natural Gas Plant coming To Bradford County.) Click Here for a copy of the settlement. O’Neill, PennFuture Senior Attorney.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 15 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a CNX Midstream Operating Company, LLC Chapter 105 permit application to expose three pipelines to prevent damage from longwall coal mining in Morris Township, Greene County. (

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

On November 22, the Clean Air Council , PennFuture , and the Center for Biological Diversity announced they appealed an extension of Renovo Energy Center’s air pollution permit for a large gas-fired power plant — a significant source of new pollution within an environmental justice area.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

The Grand Jury Report was released by then Attorney General Shapiro in June 2020 after what he said then was a two-year investigation uncovered systematic failure by government agencies in overseeing the fracking industry and fulfilling their responsibility to protect Pennsylvanians from the inherent risks of industry operations.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2022

Sadly, the oil and gas industry has created a threatening gas leak in our collective house, and it has refused to take responsibility for it, leaving our children’s health to suffer the consequences. We urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to defend our children and get the oil and gas industry to clean up its mess.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2024

On April 9, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has assessed significant civil penalties totaling $1,114,000 from Equitrans, L.P. billion cubic feet of gas was released at the facility in uncontrolled venting. billion cubic feet of gas was released at the facility in uncontrolled venting.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2023

By Cat (Cathy) Lodge, Washington County Resident My family’s home is in Washington County and we have more Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas industrial facilities than any other county in Pennsylvania. Counties across the state have witnessed harm from the heavy industrial activity associated with natural gas exploration.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 12, 2023

On April 3 and 6, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a total of three more Air Quality notices of violation to the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County. Shell's Air Quality Permit does not allow visible emissions for more than five minutes during any two consecutive hours. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

Million Cubic Feet Of Gas From Pigging Facility: On December 27, a malfunction at the CNX Oak Springs Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Station in South Franklin Township, Washington County resulted in the release of an estimated 1.1 million cubic feet of natural gas and hazardous air pollutants.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 1, 2021

On September 29, the Department of Environmental Protection terminated the air quality permit for the proposed Beech Hollow natural gas-fired power plant in Robinson Township, Washington County at the request of the company. said nearby resident and Clean Air Council member Cathy “Cat” Lodge.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 28, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 28 PA Bulletin announcing the availability of a revised GP-1 Air Quality General Permit for Natural Gas and Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units. PA DEP Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2022

Now comes the court’s crippling of the most important federal weapon available to avoid catastrophic climate change and its associated killing of tens of thousands of Americans every year with fossil fuel air pollution. When it comes to environmental hazards, air pollution is by far the most common, with 90 percent of the world’s 2.2

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. On December 2, the U.S.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

There is no EPA standard for indoor air.) Certainly, gas stoves are just one source of air pollution in the District. But a study published in the December 2022 issue of the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health calculated that gas stoves are responsible for 12.7

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

According to its Oil and Gas Program Compliance Database , the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued 315 Notices of Violation (NOV) just for the first three-quarters of 2022. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues? PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

Read more here. -- Appeals have been filed by 40 individuals with the Environmental Hearing Board over DEP’s permit for the Catalyst Energy, Inc.’s s oil and gas wastewater injection well near Cyclone in Keating Township, McKean County. PA Bulletin, page 1092 ) Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

On May 5, Attorney General Michelle Henry announced the filing of criminal charges against two men for falsifying paperwork and risking catastrophe while working on a natural gas pipeline project in Lawrence County. The men are related by marriage and knew each other prior to conspiring to commit the crimes charged this week.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

The following DEP notices were published in the December 2 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. PA Bulletin, page 7434 ] Waste Permits -- Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC - Yonker George Tank Pad: DEP issued a WMGR123 General Permit for processing oil and gas wastewater at the facility located in Mount Pleasant Twp.,

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2022

It’s a testament to the industry’s innovative nature, dedication to continuous improvement, and collaborative approach that we are producing and transporting the energy that powers modern life while adhering to world-class standards. Natural gas generation grew rapidly, driven by the shale gas revolution and low fuel prices.”

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Environmental Health Project based in Southwest PA published a fact sheet on how the Department of Environmental Protection is issuing permits for shale gas infrastructure facilities without considering the impact of how those new sources of pollution will impact local communities when added to the existing pollution in the area.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

WEDNESDAY 1:00: House Appropriations Committee budget hearing - Departments Of Conservation & Natural Resources and Environmental Protection. Of Environmental Protection. Room 140 Main Capitol. Click Here to watch online. THURSDAY 9:30: Senate Appropriations Committee budget hearing - 9:30 a.m.

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