Real Climate

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

kgC emitted to kgC emitted: For some applications, for instance judging the impact of flaring natural gas vs. releasing it directly into the atmosphere, the kg-to-kg comparisons are not relevant, since the same amount of carbon is being emitted, rather than the same total mass. ppm, a factor of more than 200 smaller). W/m 2 for CH 4.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency issued for public input a draft white paper on control techniques and measures that could reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new stationary combustion turbines. electricity generation in future years, primarily use natural gas to create electricity.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

On July 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the Environmental Mitigation Community Fund steering committee has finalized the protocol to allocate $5 million in penalty funding for community projects in Beaver County as a result of Shell Petrochemical Plant air pollution violations. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is now accepting registrations for the 11th Annual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference to be held in-person and online November 14 in Pittsburgh.

Natural Gas 116

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

In an April 2023 DEP determination of whether natural gas drilling contaminated a Washington County family’s water well, DEP said the “widespread presence of PFAS” forever chemicals in fresh water may have led to “inadvertently” using contaminated water to frack a shale gas well. See paragraph 78-98 of EHB appeal.]

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3862 ) Air Quality Permits -- Hamilton Liberty LLC - Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant: DEP invites comments on proposed renewal of a Title V Air Quality Operating Permit for the facility located in Asylum Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3894 ) NPDES Stormwater Permits -- National Fuel Gas Distribution Corp.

Air Pollution 97

Air Pollution Natural Gas Waste Radiation 97

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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Air Pollution Natural Gas 2023 Environmental Protection 102

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations. Winter Storm Elliot Causes Natural Gas Infrastructure Failure Natural gas infrastructure failures during Winter Storm Elliot resulted in the proposed imposition of an unprecedented $1.8 Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2022

On September 30, DEP told the Low-Level Waste Advisory Committee shale gas fracking operations in Pennsylvania sent nearly 236,00 cubic feet of radioactive TENORM waste to out-of-state low-level radioactive waste facilities for disposal, more volume than all the industries combined in the four-state Appalachian Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is now accepting registrations for the 11th Annual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference to be held in-person and online November 14 in Pittsburgh.

Natural Gas 62

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN] -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Radiation Conservation 99

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 8 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a draft technical guidance document-- Guidelines for the Development and Implementation of Oil and Gas Well Site Integrated Contingency Plans for Unconventional Well Sites [ DEP ID: 800-2200-001 ]. Susquehanna County. (

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Natural Gas Waste Environmental Protection Air Pollution 82

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

“During the permitting process, the permittee misrepresented a lot of things in the application, specifically ongoing water pollution, the fact that this would include oil and gas waste, and it would be a radiation source,” said Johnson “That's just the tip of the iceberg on the permitting issues we've seen in this one case.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Radiation 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2021

2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept. 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress In Southeast PA [PaEN] -- DEP: Issues Air Pollution Warning For Friday, August 13 In Southeastern PA Counties -- DEP: Notice Of Sept.

Radiation 62

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. PA Statewide Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Securities & Exchange Commission] filing where they warn investors in graphic detail about blowouts and cratering, explosions, uncontrollable flows of natural gas or well fluids polluting surface and groundwater fires, pipe and cement failures, pipeline ruptures, spills, and releases of toxic gases.

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Natural Gas Waste 2008 2022 98

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2022

Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network-PA [PaEN] -- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN] -- DCNR Designates September 11th National Memorial Trail As A Statewide Major Greenway [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Environmental Justice Policy For Permit Reviews, 3 Virtual Hearings (..)

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Fossil Fuels Air Pollution Politics Radiation 62

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2023

Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards [PaEN] -- Marcellus Drilling News/The Allegheny Front: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In One Year; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments (..)

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Conservation Natural Gas Waste Electricity 93

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Wolf Signs Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies Into Law For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks Gov. 15 DEP Hosts Dec.

Air Pollution 52

Air Pollution Conservation Radiation 2022 52

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8 million of their product not leaking into the atmosphere, at current natural gas prices. The regulation would affect 4,719 conventional well owners of approximately 27,260 facilities. The alternative for Rep.

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Regulations Natural Gas Clean Water Act Environmental Protection 95

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

“I had a certain expectation that my water wouldn't be damaged, my house wouldn't be damaged, that this gross negligence wouldn't go on, that they wouldn't get fines from the DEP, that I wouldn't be exposed to radiation, I wouldn't be exposed to chemicals,” said Latkanich. That's the first approach,” said Latkanich.

Natural Gas 98

Natural Gas 2012 2013 Waste 98

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation 80

Conservation Waste 2024 Clean Energy 80

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

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Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 106

The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 19, 2013

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) committed to improving air emissions data for the oil and natural gas production sector. EPA responded to the Report in an April 18, 2013 memorandum from Gina McCarthy (Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation) and Lek G.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Fossil fuel : Any mineralized formerly organic material extracted from the ground and used in energy production: coal, natural gas, oil. Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Mensch Introduces Bill To Encourage Development Of Clean Vehicle Infrastructure- Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen -- 35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking -- EPA Honors Energy-Efficient Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc.

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Environmental Progress

JULY 9, 2020

When one of our neighbors here — in our natural gas burning neighborhood — burns wood, everyone's like, “What are you doing? There was a renewables claim where a person claimed that solar and wind only require three to five times more land than natural gas or nuclear plants. And, and I appreciate it! I don't want smoke!

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