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The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a new State Only Minor Air Quality Operating Permit for the continued operation of the ETC Northeast Pipeline LLC [Energy Transfer] Revolution NaturalGas Cryogenic Processing Plant in Salem Township, Washington County. ( million to DEP.
However, there is one notable exception: how much you pay for naturalgas. Instead, they provide the gas industry with justification to increase prices in the name of jobs and national security. 19, naturalgas costs $2.26 It’s focused on increasing the price of naturalgas to increase its bottom line.
Read more here ] Naturalgas processing plants separate ethane from shale gas, which is then used by Shells Beaver County petrochemical plant to produce plastics. Photo: The Energy Age Blog and Marcellus Air.) Questions from media should be sent to: MomsCleanAirForce@dkcnews.com. Read more here.
Through this post, I’ll guide you to what I have learned about this topic, from the more well-known implications of artificial intelligence in terms of Energy to other less well-known impacts regarding water use and airpollution. That request goes to OpenAI servers (the company that created ChatGPT).
Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) announced plans to introduce legislation to prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set more protective standards on the development of naturalgas than required in state or federal law and while a challenge to local restrictions is being litigated. Read more here.
Williams/Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLM notified DEP of a rupture in the Patterson to Anden six-inch naturalgas gathering pipeline near Todd Farm Road on the Manack farm in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland County. Williams/Laurel Mountain said the underground pipeline served conventional gas wells in the area.
Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalties In May 2023, the Shell Petrochemical Plant served by the pipeline signed a consent order that included over $17 million in penalties to resolve airpollution violations-- over $12.6 million in penalty payments and $5 million in local community environmental restoration funding. Read more here.
billion pounds of airpollution during its operation and 80 malfunction and 43 violation episodes at the Beaver County facility between January 2020 and July 2024. The pollutants included benzene (a known carcinogen), 1,3-butadiene, naphthalene, and styrene. million pounds).
Resource Link: -- Exploding Water Well Shed Triggers DEP Investigation Of 59+ Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Cyclone, McKean County; Highlights Limits On Providing Temporary Water For Well Owners Impacted [PaEN] PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- Oct.
Fracking in Washington County began in the mid-2000s when advancements in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology and horizontal drilling unlocked vast reserves of naturalgas in the Marcellus Shale formation. However, the rapid expansion of fracking in Washington County came with significant environmental and health concerns.
This testimony was presented by Sarah Martik , Executive Director of the Center for Coalfield Justice based in Washington County, at a March 11 hearing by the DEP Office of Environmental Justice on an Air Quality Permit for the expansion of the MarkWest Energy's Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County.
By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy These remarks were made during a July 31, 2025 Ohio River Valley Institute webinar on Data Centers & LNG Gas Replace Petrochemicals & Hydrogen As The Latest NaturalGas Shiny Objects That Are Destined To Disappoint. These reforms are urgently needed.
One way to better understand the impact the oil and gas industry has on the daily lives of Pennsylvanians is to read Oil and Gas Program inspection reports to see the kinds of violations DEP uncovers every day, week in and week out, as they inspect oil and gas wells and gas infrastructure across the state.
DEP also detected naturalgas and crude oil odors at the site. Additional inspection reports may be added to DEPs Oil and Gas Compliance Database.] Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional NaturalGas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Multiple violations were issued by DEP.
billion cubic feet of naturalgas in 2022 across southern Pennsylvania and into several states, while also contaminating nearby ground and waters. The 51st Statewide Investigating Grand Jury recommended charges under the AirPollution Control Act and Clean Streams Law regarding negligent maintenance and upkeep of the well.
Million Settlement Of AirPollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA NaturalGas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2
Air Quality Permits -- Williams Field Services Company, LLC - White Compressor Station: DEP renewed the GP-5 General Air Quality Permit covering multiple airpollution sources for the facility located in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. Application received Sept. 30, 2024, approved Oct. 9, 2024. ( Susquehanna County.
PA Bulletin, page 7705 ) -- Chrinergyy Power, LLC - Chrin Brothers Landfill Gas Project Title V Air Quality Permit: DEP invites comments on a Title V Air Quality Plan Approval Permit for a landfill gas project located in Glendon Boro, Northampton County. ( For UGI Gas Customers Starting Dec. Received Oct.
This testimony was submitted by Vanessa Lynch , mother, Allegheny County resident and Pennsylvania Campaign Coordinator for Moms Clean Air Force. Oil and gasairpollution isn't a theoretical threat to my family. I support the adoption of a strong and durable methane state plan. Durability.
rate increase by Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania Inc. allowing for a formal investigation into the companys request to increase naturalgas rates for approximately 445,000 residential, commercial, and industrial customers in 26 counties across its Pennsylvania service territory. million (12.0%).
Every step of the petrochemical and plastics supply chain releases harmful pollutants - from extraction of fracked ethane gas used to make the building blocks of plastics to processing, production and transportation.
2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 244 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard- Nov. DEP inspection report.
12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs Gov. 5-7 In Lancaster Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Grants; NaturalGas Pipeline Mitigation Projects USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality? 26 to Nov.
So, we're all making decisions right now about whether it makes any sense, again, to vote on something that would ban naturalgas development in the state, said King. She added-- It is possible that the department proposes something different that is not effectively a ban on oil and gas development.
Pipeline exposure projects are done ahead of underground longwall coal mining to prevent damage to naturalgas and wastewater/water pipelines used by the shale gas industry that might otherwise subside and break as mining comes through the area. Butler County [Posted: October 19, 2024] PA Environment Digest
Billion Hydrogen, NaturalGas Tax Credit, Shapiro Wants To Rewrite The Law To Boost Electricity Production -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? 16 [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov.
Related Articles This Week: -- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater [PaEN] -- Consol Conventional Well Plugging Incident Contaminates A Livestock Water Supply, 2 Springs, Stream In Morris Twp.,
We combined air quality measurements collected near oil and gas and community sites in Broomfield with EPA ozone data collected within the Denver-Metro North Front Range Ozone Non-Attainment area. Click Here for the EDF Blog post.
16 to 22 - $5.257 Million In Penalties; Conventional Well Owners Issued More Violations Than All Of 2023; More Abandoned Wells; Failure To Submit Shale Gas Reports [PaEN] -- EPA, Justice Dept., Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,
Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of NaturalGas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 MW-Day In 2024-25; Extreme Weather Risk Big Factor [PaEN] Related Articles This Week: -- Guest Essay: Paying The Price For NaturalGas And A.I. Read more here. So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8
Oil and gas operations produce enormous airpollutants and airpollution exposure has repercussions for ear, nose, and throat, as well as the respiratory tract. Potter County [PaEN] -- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. That's intuitive.
PA Bulletin, page 2380 ) -- Columbia Gas Trans LLC - Eagle Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan approval covering multiple sources of airpollution at the facility located in West Vincent Twp., Received Dec. 27, Issued Jan. Chester County. Received Feb. 21, Issued March 7. ( Washington County. Received Feb.
The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 3 PA Bulletin it received an Air Quality Plan Approval application on April 4 for a 4.6 gigawatt naturalgas-fired power plant from Homer City Generation, LLC to be located in Center Township, Indiana County. ( Read more here.
PA Bulletin, page 4409 ) -- Cleveland Cliffs Monessen Coke LLC - Monessen Coke [Coal] Plant: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval covering the installation of a naturalgas-fired package boiler at the facility located in the City of Monessen, Westmoreland County. ( PA Bulletin, pages 4455-4457 ) Read more here.
This is mainly a result of coal generation being replaced by naturalgas generation (and to a smaller extent renewable energy sources like wind and solar) and energy efficiency improvements, due in part to Act 129 [utility energy efficiency program]. Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN] -- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4%
Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To NaturalGas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [September 2023] -- State Dept.
The Department of Environmental Protection has scheduled a March 11 hearing on a proposed Air Quality Plan Approval permit covering new airpollution control equipment to be installed at the Harmon Creek NaturalGas Processing Plant in Smith Township, Washington County. (
Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Constellation Energy Generation LLC - Eddystone Gas/Oil Power Plant: DEP invites comments on the renewal of a Title V Air Quality Permit for the facility located in Eddystone Boro, Delaware County. ( Bradford County. ( Butler County. Received Jan. 28, Issued Jan. Washington County. Received Dec.
Here are j ust a few examples of the penalties imposed by DEP against Big Shale Gas and related industries include-- -- $939,553 penalty against Chevron related to fatal gas well fire in Greene County; -- $1.1 billion cubic feet of naturalgas from the Rager Mountain Gas Storage area in Cambria County; -- $1.1
The uprates apply to existing naturalgas (1.978 GW), nuclear (496 MWe), coal and onshore wind resources. Of the new projects, half are gas (6.143 GW), five are batteries (2.275 GW) and one is nuclear (887MWe). The projects consist of 39 uprates and 12 new construction proposals. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day
Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of NaturalGas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024 [PaEN] -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep.
Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia llc - Marbaker Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by production wastewater to meet a Statewide Health Standard at the pad located in Auburn Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Delaware County. ( Greene County. ( Franklin County. (
Gigawatts Of Power Due To Reduced Reliability Rating Of NaturalGas Power Plants; Could Gain 12.2 Gigawatts By Increasing Reliability From Less Than 75% Now To An Achievable 90% [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Paying The Price For NaturalGas And A.I. So Far This Year [PaEN] -- PJM Electricity Auction: PJM Lost 2.8
The federal Inflation Reduction Act provided new opportunities and funding to reduce methane emissions from the petroleum and naturalgas sector and DEP created the MERP Grant to provide funding to applicants to plug an eligible MCWs. DEP was awarded $44 million for the federal Methane Emissions Reduction plugging program.
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