Enviromental Defense

APRIL 10, 2025

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat Environmental and community groups have sent a letter to Peel Region Council members urging them to pass a motion at todays council meeting against the proposed expansion of the privately-owned waste incinerator in Brampton.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7749 ) 2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 262 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. PA Bulletin, page 7752 ) -- Williams Field Services Company - Jones Compressor Station: DEP approved a GP-9 Air Quality Permit (?)

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

85% of conventional well owners with 23,708 wells failed to submit production and waste generation and disposal reports-- 19,644 of these wells are not required to have a plugging bond. 89% of well owners failing to submit production/waste reports have at least one well not required to have a bond. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

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 air pollution violations-- over $12.6 million in penalty payments and $5 million in local community environmental restoration funding. Read more here.

Law

PA Environment Daily

JULY 4, 2025

Working for and achieving fundamental change to secure our unalienable Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is hard… very hard.

Government

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Air Quality Permits -- Williams Field Services Company, LLC - White Compressor Station: DEP renewed the GP-5 General Air Quality Permit covering multiple air pollution sources for the facility located in Springville Twp., Susquehanna County. Application received Sept. 30, 2024, approved Oct. 9, 2024. ( Susquehanna County.

2024

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Containers labeled with radioactive waste sat on properties in the township. Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited [PaEN] -- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Down 2 From Last Week; Down 38% Since Aug. 16 [PaEN] -- EPA Files $4.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

DEP issued multiple violations related to the incident, including contamination of a water supply, discharge of pollutants into waters of the Commonwealth and failure to control the disposal of drilling wastes. DEP requested Consol to respond to the violations by May 9. DEP April 23 inspection report - Part I.

2025

Law Columbia

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Human-driven sources of methane, including fossil fuels, agriculture, and waste, account for about 60% of emissions. For example, potential air pollution effects from atmospheric oxidation enhancement might differ from local ecosystem impacts from adding materials to soils as part of ecosystem uptake enhancement. C of the 1.1°C

Atmosphere

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. Read more her e.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

Related Articles This Week: -- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3

2026

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

The owner also failed to submit production, waste generation and well integrity reports for at least five years. On October 11, 2024 , DEP inspected the WK Stewart 1 conventional well owned by Big Sand Drilling Co Inc. in Lower Burrell City, Westmoreland County and found it to be abandoned and not plugged with a faint odor of gas.

2019

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2025

The [state] Oil and Gas Act, Clean Streams Law and Air Pollution Control Act give EQB the authority and mandate to promulgate regulations to protect health and the environment. Industries claim that this Board lacks the authority to act on this petition is not supported by these laws.

Natural Gas

Enviromental Defense

JULY 2, 2025

3 Waste Beyond water and energy, AI infrastructure has a substantial material footprint. This rapid turnover contributes to the growing global e-waste crisis. This rapid turnover contributes to the growing global e-waste crisis. E-waste generation increased 82 per cent between 2010 and 2022, reaching 62 million tonnes annually.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Billion Pounds Of Air Pollution Since It Began Operation, During 80 Malfunctions, 43 Violation Episodes [PaEN] -- PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

. -- Hyde Park Foundry & Mach Co - Violation: Abandoning Well (2023) October 25, 2024 follow-up inspection of the LOTS 255,256,257,358 2 in Hyde Park Borough, Westmoreland County found the well abandoned, not plugged and without production, waste generation and well integrity reports. DEP continued violations. DEP continued violations.

Natural Gas

A Greener Life

APRIL 10, 2025

First of all, electric trains are quieter and less polluting. There are immediate gains for air pollution, especially as they pass through urban areas. Burning stuff to make things go wastes a lot of energy as heat and noise.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2025

McKean County [PaEN] NewsClips: -- TribLive: Proposed TECfusions Data Center To Use 2 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation In First Phases [No Health Effects To The Community From Burning Fossil Fuels] -- LevitttownNow.com: Waste Management Opens $131 Million Landfill Gas Facility In Falls Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Nuclear Waste Dump Cleanup June 5 At Public Meeting In Armstrong County -- TribLive: US Army Corps Says Parks Twp. Over 1st Quarter 2024; Price Of Natural Gas Increased 218% Over 1st Quarter 2024 [PaEN] -- Erie Times Guest Essay: Understaffed DEP Can’t Uphold Law And Protect Public Health - By Rep. Responds To Rep.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Billion Pounds Of Air Pollution Since It Began Operation, During 80 Malfunctions, 43 Violation Episodes [PaEN] -- PA Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

Click Here for a copy of the letter. On February 28, ECOS also issued this statement on the reported 65% cut to the US Environmental Protection Agencys budget-- States carry out more than 90% of the nations federal environmental laws in communities around the U.S.,

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

In order to be eligible, applying operators had to be in compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements, including those related to the submission of well production, waste, and mechanical integrity assessment reports to DEP, and provide identification of whether methane emissions were detected at each eligible well. 11 Hearing On A.I.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2025

EHB Docket # 2023074 ] At the same time, the EHB imposed new conditions on the permits that force the Department of Environmental Protection to protect nearby residents from nuisances and adverse health impacts such as noise, light, air pollution, and heavy industrial truck traffic. page 98 of opinion).]

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Where We Are With The Issue At a June 10, 2024 hearing on House Bill 2384 (Vitali-D-Delaware) that would ban road dumping by the House Environmental Committee, DEP said, The Administration is supportive of this clear ban on the practice and views the Solid Waste Management Act as a sound vehicle for such statutory language. Read more here.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

penalty and $5 million restitution from the Shell Petrochemical Plant in Beaver County for air pollution violations; -- $1.4 million penalty against Halliburton Energy Services for 255 violations of the state Solid Waste Management Act; -- $1.5

2014

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 7, 2025

After an experience dealing with air pollution issues in her own home, she has first-hand knowledge of the health impacts that pollution can have on a family and how government agencies often ignore residents in distress. Injection Wells There are the waste drains. We heard a lot about the waste from the site.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

Resource Links - Oil & Gas Industry Compliance History: -- 7 Years Ago, People From Over 70 Households Gave First-Hand Accounts Of How The PA Shale Gas Industry Impacted Their Health, Lives And Communities To A State Grand Jury Describing The ‘Sometimes Harsh Reality’ Of These Operations [PaEN] -- AG Shapiro: Grand Jury Finds Pennsylvania Failed (..)

Carbon Emissions

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2025

Click Here for the PennFuture announcement. House Republicans Pass Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $18.9 Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

Conservation

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

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2025

The amendment would cover pollution from major oil and gas infrastructure and pipelines, power plants and many other facilities that emit these air pollutants. The amendment would cover pollution from major oil and gas infrastructure and pipelines, power plants and many other facilities that emit these air pollutants.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2025

Thank you for the opportunity to provide input on the expansion of MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLCs (MarkWest) Harmon Creek Gas Processing Plant (''Harmon Creek''), which adds several new air pollution sources in one of the most overburdened areas in Pennsylvania.

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

JUNE 27, 2025

31. -- DEP published notice in the June 28 PA Bulletin announcing it awarded a $24,640 Household Hazardous Waste Education Grant to Washington County. PA Bulletin, page 4422 ) -- Cleveland Cliffs Steel - Butler Work: DEP re- issued a Title V Air Quality Permit covering multiple sources of air pollution at the facility located in Butler Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

A brief review of Pennsylvanias conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. Million Tons Of Waste, Pollution [PaEN] -- 1996 - Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3307 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 65 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Susquehanna County. ( Greene County. Received Sept. 13, 2023, Revoked April 23. ( Greene County. Received Feb. 4, Revoked April 17. (

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

11 Hearing On How PA Should Subsidize The Remediation Of Waste Coal Piles [PaEN] -- Resilient Reading Initiative, Green Building Alliance Host Aug. 11 Hearing On A.I. Data Center Development In Lackawanna County [PaEN] -- PA House Environmental Committee To Hold Aug. 12-14] -- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Aug.

Air Pollution