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April 5 Webinar Features Panel Discussion On Radioactivity And Oil & Gas Development, University Of Pittsburgh Radiation Oncologist

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

A variety of studies have documented that radioactivity is brought to the surface with natural gas and oil production and travels through natural gas pipelines, oil refining systems, natural gas processing and liquid and solid waste disposal and treatment facilities. Haley, M.D.,

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DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016

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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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Wolf’s PFAS Action Team Report noted there is a concern wastewater plant sewage sludge also contains PFAS and policies are needed to properly manage this waste. Similar concerns would be present in oil and gas waste treatment facilities. Read more here. See Paragraph 71 in appeal.] Read more here. See paragraph 78-98 of EHB appeal.]

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 22

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3899 ) Waste Permits -- Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC - Wastewater Storage Facility: DEP invites comments on an application it received for coverage under WMGR163 Residual Waste General Permit for a facility to be located in Franklin Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations.

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 13

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 176 ) Read more here. -- Repsol Oil & Gas USA, LLC - DCNR 010 Compressor Station: DEP issued an Air Pollution Plan Approval covering multiple air pollution sources at the facility located in Ward Twp., You’ll also get notice of new technical guidance documents and regulations. Harrisburg. (

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DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste. DEP has throughout this process taken the side of the polluter. And so this is not an outlier. Read more here. “We

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 8

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 3638 ) Waste Permits -- EQM Gathering OPCO, LLC: DEP invites comments on an application to modify the Preparedness, Prevention and Contingency and Waste Acceptance Plans under General Permit WMGR123 for a waste handling facility located in Jackson Twp., Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. ( Greene County. (

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 2

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 1125 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups -- So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 66 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to 66 oil and gas facility site cleanups. PA Bulletin, page 1092 ) Air Quality Permits -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage, Inc. Bradford County. ( Bradford County. (

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Getting physical with the climate crisis

Physics World

OCTOBER 6, 2021

And how are they linked to wildfire, air pollution and other hazards? In terms of the climate, clouds create a complicated duality: they not only reflect the Sun’s radiation (a cooling effect) but also trap infrared radiation emitted from the Earth’s surface (a warming effect). Where are they most likely?

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Environmental regulation. Million tons/yr of waste: 7,600 industrial, 250 municipal, 25 hazardous. 1,900 landfills, 21 for hazardous waste. 100 nuclear reactors; 2,000 tons/yr nuclear waste. EPA and agencies have dozens of guidance documents and regulations about analytical methods to be used for environmental samples.

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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2023

These associations can be attributed to the environmental impacts of fracking, including air pollution, water contamination, noise, traffic, and community impacts." So these are all problems that are known to be related to exposure to toxic air pollution. And I'm going to quote now from that study.

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EQB Adopts Part I Of Final Regulation Reducing Oil & Gas VOC/Methane Emissions; DEP Documents 80% Of Methane Emissions Come From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

On June 14, the Environmental Quality Board voted 15 to 3, with one abstention, to adopt Part I of a revised final regulation reducing volatile organic compounds and methane emissions from just unconventional (shale gas) wells and facilities. Representatives of Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) and Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-Butler) and John St.

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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The agenda includes-- -- University of Pittsburgh/PA Department of Health Studies -- Bernard Goldstein, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health -- James Fabisiak, PhD, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health (..)

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2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Read more here. -- Radiation Levels In Storage Tank Prompt Decontamination: On June 28, DEP inspected the Sensinger shale gas well pad operated by Chesapeake Appalachia LLC in Franklin Township, Bradford County in response to a notification that over 800 gallons of production wastewater was released over a 10 day period on the well pad.

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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The agenda includes-- -- University of Pittsburgh/PA Department of Health Studies -- Bernard Goldstein, MD, Professor Emeritus, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health -- James Fabisiak, PhD, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health (..)

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Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

The Center’s experts conduct research and develop best management practices to construct and maintain dirt and gravel roads in ways that reduce sediment and runoff causing water and air pollution. We know there are some heavy metals [lead, arsenic], some radiation, oil and gas residues in them.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- WNEP: Kindness Tree Dedicated At Marywood University -- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Changes In Fertilizer Law; Wildflower Seed Mixes; Creating A Stumpery -- Inquirer: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Is A PA Tourist Attraction; But You Can Spend The Night At His Lynn Hall In McKean County Public Participation -- DEP: New Location For (..)

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IRRC Unanimously Approves Part I Of Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities; DEP Moves To Avoid Federal Highway Funding Sanctions

PA Environment Daily

JULY 21, 2022

On July 21, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission voted unanimously 5 to 0 to approve Part I of final Environmental Quality Board regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane emissions from unconventional (shale gas) wells and facilities. The Preamble to the revised rulemaking says “.

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Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: We've Got Enough Compelling Evidence To Enact Health Protective Policies For Families Now

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

It's no secret that the ingredients associated with drilling and fracking are dangerous when they contaminate the air and the water and the soil. Parents and pediatricians are very concerned that pollution and toxic waste from fracking operations may be to blame for this outbreak of rare childhood cancers.

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Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land

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. They] found benzene, styrene, and other fracking chemicals in us.

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EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

On October 12, the Environmental Quality Board vot ed 15 to 3 to approve Part II of the final-omitted regulation limiting volatile organic compounds and methane from conventional oil and gas facilities. The regulation would affect 4,719 conventional well owners of approximately 27,260 facilities. Read more here. Read more here.

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111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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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On Sept. 27 Families Will Hold Town Hall Meeting In Washington County Seeking Policy Changes After Pitt Studies Link Natural Gas Development And Negative Health Outcomes

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

4 [PaEN] -- Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. -- Post-Gazette Editorial: Who Pays For Natural Gas Development’s Harm? Westmoreland County -- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Is Natural Gas Development Good For Pennsylvania? On Reporting Unauthorized Spills, Releases [PaEN] -- House Environmental Committee Meets Sept.

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166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Is your story being told? -- In Memoriam: Louise Dunlap A Leading Force Behind Coal Mine Reclamation, Regulation -- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Thank you to local news media for publishing these stories! Support Local Journalism! 24 Organizing Black Birders Week Webinar With Tykee James -- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Recycle 1.1

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April 5 Webinar Features Panel Discussion On Radioactivity And Oil & Gas Development, University Of Pittsburgh Radiation Oncologist

DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 22

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 13

DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 8

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 2

Getting physical with the climate crisis

Environmental Perspectives

9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’

EQB Adopts Part I Of Final Regulation Reducing Oil & Gas VOC/Methane Emissions; DEP Documents 80% Of Methane Emissions Come From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference

Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

IRRC Unanimously Approves Part I Of Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities; DEP Moves To Avoid Federal Highway Funding Sanctions

Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: We've Got Enough Compelling Evidence To Enact Health Protective Policies For Families Now

Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land

EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA

111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

On Sept. 27 Families Will Hold Town Hall Meeting In Washington County Seeking Policy Changes After Pitt Studies Link Natural Gas Development And Negative Health Outcomes

166 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

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