PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The following remarks by DEP Interim Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley were prepared for presentation to the House and Senate Appropriations Committee on Gov. I’m Jessica Shirley, the Interim Acting Secretary for the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Many of our authorizations would benefit from electronic review.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2022

Legere also reported the Court required the power plants and labor unions to file a $100 million bond with the Court within 14 days to compensate the Commonwealth for any damages it may sustain if the injunction is later found to be improper and dissolved. Read more here. Read more here. throughout the Commonwealth.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

On September 19, staff from the Department of Environmental Protection said they plan to finalize the first bid packages by the end of this week to plug 50 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells under the new taxpayer-funded well plugging program authorized under the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2024

Unless the DEP’s Oil and Gas Program is given adequate staffing to properly police conventional drillers and the ability to increase bonding amounts to ensure drillers fulfill their well plugging obligations, taxpayer money — both federal and state — will continue to be wasted on DEP ‘s well plugging efforts. Read more here.]

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Commonwealth has the ability to require oil and gas companies to pay a bond to ensure that these wells don’t go abandoned and unplugged. Current bonding requirements do not protect Pennsylvanians. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 24, 2023

The Commonwealth has the ability to require oil and gas companies to pay a bond to ensure that these wells don’t go abandoned and unplugged. Wolf on July 19, 2022. Read more here. The bill remains on the House Calendar for action. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

8, On Medical Leave; Jessica Shirley Named Interim Acting Secretary [PaEN] -- Inside Climate News - Jake Bolster: Should Wastewater From Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Be Spread On Pennsylvania Roads? 27 Released 1.1 27 Released 1.1

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