PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

NewsClip: -- High Country News: President Halts Historic Orphaned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Related Articles This Week: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

2025

Law Columbia

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

According to the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, the countrys fossil fuel dependency was 83.2% The citizens in the Kobe case argue that the aggravation of climate change and air pollution by the new power plants violate their rights. The court viewed climate change as an uncertain future danger.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

XTO) [ExxonMobil] and Hilcorp Energy Company (Hilcorp) , agreed to resolve alleged Clean Air Act and Pennsylvania Air Pollution Control Act violations involving their oil and gas production operations in Pennsylvania. In separate agreements, XTO Energy Inc.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Klapkowski made the comments to the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee hearing on oil and gas well abandonment. Martin , Environmental Care Coordinator, Cameron Energy Company Video Of Hearing Click Here for a video of the hearing. Jack Rader, Jr. (R-Monroe)

Waste

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2025

Resource Links - Latkanich Family: -- Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals {October 2023] -- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS Forever Chemicals In Fresh Water May Have Led To Inadvertently Using Contaminated (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

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.

Ozone

PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

"The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3187 ) -- Frontier Natural Resources - Unknown Project: DEP issued a Chapter 102 permit for a project impacting Birch Island Run (High Quality) located in West Keating Twp., Received Feb. 11, Issued April 17. ( Clinton County. Received Jan. 3, Issued April 17. ( Clinton County. Received Jan. 3, Issued April 17. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

The PA House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing "on how Pennsylvania should subsidize the remediation of waste coal piles." ( formal notice ) The hearing is in part a response to discussions surrounding a May 19 hearing on House Bill 501 (Otten-D-Chester), part of the Gov.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. And Saved $44.2

Air Pollution

Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2025

Advocates campaigned for cleaner vehicles to cut pollution, and California led a lawsuit by 16 states seeking to electrify the mail trucks. C alifornia’s intervention “played a big part in stopping USPS from committing to decades of air pollution around the nation,” Liane Randolph, head of the state’s Air Resources Board, said.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Other Events -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Ready To Develop Brilliant Trail Across Allegheny River At Aspinwall -- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Trout Unlimited to Hold Stream Cleanup April 19 On Lycoming Creek -- Gettysburg Connection: Gettysburg Nature Alliance Hosts April 26 Stream Cleanup Event At Sachs Bridge -- The Derrick: (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 31, 2025

Daily Grind Of Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry Continues The daily grind of spills, polluted water supplies, smell of natural gas in the air, noise, air pollution, explosions, landslides, truck traffic, radioactive waste, gas flares, erosion problems, dust, lights, road dumping waste, abandoned equipment and wells continues.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Public Participation -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 22 [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments At April 30 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Tennessee Gas Pipeline Compressor Station 307 In Howe Twp., Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Recycling

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

It required agencies to identify and address harmful inequalities–for example, areas where air pollution levels are higher. Department of Justice employees were told that positions in the Environment and Natural Resources Division would be eliminated.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Tioga County [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Commonwealth Court Rules Elizabeth Twp., In Allegheny County Violated Its Own Zoning Ordinance To Allow Shale Gas Well Pad, Pipeline To Be Built In A Residential Area -- Environmental Hearing Board Denies Request To End Appeal Of Catalyst Energy, Inc.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 7, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair, House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep. Baird Oil Co.; Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Burke; Edward E. & Frederick J. Responds To Rep.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 3, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 7, 21, Sept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 10, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

2026

PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2025

Shapiro Announces Investment In Pittsburgh-Based Module Design Sustainable Housing Company [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Announces Major Investment In Pittsburgh-Base Sustainable Housing Company -- Reading Eagle: Reading, Berks Nature, Green Building Alliance Held Sustainability Roundtable On Green Buildings -- PublicNewsService.org: (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2025

Kober [PaEN] -- Erie Times: US Attorney Moves To End Prosecution Of Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Chief, Further Curtailing Case Involving Felony Charges Brought By A Grand Jury For Illegal Air Pollution -- WHYY: Philly Schools Delayed Asbestos Inspections And ‘Knowingly’ Failed To Make Repairs: US Dept. 7, 21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 29, 2025

On March 19, firefighters and DEP responded to another explosion and fire at a conventional well owned by Kriebel Natural Gas Co LLC in Manor Borough, Westmoreland County. Amer Natural Resources holds 49 permits. Read more here. Read more here. No request made of well owner. The wells included-- -- Aleppo Twp. Burke; Edward E.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

. -- Allegheny, Bucks, and Philadelphia counties all received a D or F grade for ozone pollution in the American Lung Association’s 2025 State of the Air report. -- Nationally, air pollution from methane and co-pollutants causes an estimated $77 billion in annual health costs.

Clean Air Act

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

LPR Energy holds 42 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Burke; Edward E. & Frederick J. Craig; Crude A Co - Randy L.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2025

On June 23, the House Environmental and Natural Resource Protection Committee reported out House Bill 364 (Vitali-D-Delaware) by a vote of 14 to 12 to restore the authority of the Environmental Quality Board to adjust conventional oil and gas well plugging bonding amounts to help address the problem of routine abandonment of wells by owners.

2025

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The state Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology and Penn State Project ECHO hosted two webinars in January and February for medical professionals and the public on Caring for Persons Living and Working in Communities Involved in Oil and Natural Gas Extraction. It is also an additional source of noise and light pollution.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Annual Conference Oct.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

146 Abandoned Conventional, 39 Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations 2025 Abandoned Conventional: So far in 2025, DEP issued or continued 146 violations to 46 conventional oil and gas well owners for abandoning and not plugging their wells- [3D Resources LLC ; Amer Natural Resources LLC; WB Anderson; Apollo Resources LLC; Baird Oil Co.;

2025

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3676 ) Air Quality Permits - Comments -- Natural Fuel Gas Supply Corp. Knox Compressor Station: DEP invites comments on an Air Quality Plan Approval covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Knox Twp., PA Bulletin, page 3639 ) -- Peoples Natural Gas Co.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. GW Of Power-- 7 In PA With Power Potential Of 1.2

Conservation