PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2024

Billion In Revenue Up For Discussion In House -- The Center Square: Education Spending Trends Deliver Mixed Results In PA -- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Consider How To Measure Success Of Taxpayer-Funded Universities -- Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2022

Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) As Russian bombs fall on Ukraine, Pennsylvania refineries refine Russian crude oil and oil and natural gas prices are locked to every word said by Russian despots, Sen. The new essay outlines what the coal and natural gas industries want to happen in Pennsylvania-- If Gov. Mitchell C.

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Greenbuilding Law

JUNE 5, 2022

compressed natural gas, solar, hydroelectric, wind). volume mixing ratio), together with a number of trace gases, such as argon (0.93% volume mixing ratio), helium, radiatively active greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (0.035% volume mixing ratio), and ozone. Biofuels Gas or liquid fuel made from plant material.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Note: In December, 2022, DEP finalized regulations reducing volatile organic compounds and methane from existing conventional and unconventional oil and gas facilities. [In In June 2018, DEP finalized an Air Quality General Permit to reduce methane emissions from new unconventional oil and gas operations. On December 2, the U.S.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Methane As has been discussed previously in Legal Planet, methane is a colorless, odorless, flammable gas. It is the main component of “natural gas” and is produced predominantly by the agriculture, energy (oil & gas and coal), and waste sectors. C of warming by 2050.

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Greenbuilding Law

JULY 9, 2023

Methane’s Warming Potential : Methane, a colorless, odorless, and highly flammable gas that occurs abundantly in nature and from a variety of anthropogenic activities, has a considerably higher global warming potential than carbon dioxide.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Energy Information Administration (EIA) households that primarily use natural gas for space heating will spend an average of 30 percent more on heating this winter than last year. for example, our natural gas system is very price responsive, so nobody drilled when prices were so low. On top of that, the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Enbridge promises to blend some hydrogen with natural gas, but that’s just a dangerous distraction. Blending a small amount of hydrogen into a gas plant won’t meaningfully reduce emissions. Burning waste pollutes the air and warms the climate. These are not real solutions.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MAY 25, 2023

Biogas is the direct product of anaerobic digestion, primarily comprised of a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, plus much smaller amounts of other gases. When biogas is processed to remove carbon dioxide and those other gases, it becomes biomethane, also sometimes referred to as “renewable natural gas.”

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Circle of Blue

AUGUST 9, 2021

Hydropower generation across California and the American West has declined in this extremely dry year, meaning that electricity providers will lean more heavily on natural gas, solar, and wind power. The process is a win-win for systems that can afford the upfront costs of these waste-to-energy technologies. million metric tons.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 24, 2022

Pollution prone oil and gas wells should not be exempt from frequent monitoring, and no company should be able to burn off methane as waste,” said Earthworks’ Policy Director, Lauren Pagel. Visit the Oil & Gas Threat Map website to learn more about natural gas facilities near you.

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Carbon Dioxide Clean Energy 52

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

billion climate smart program to “ improve soil carbon, reduce nitrogen losses, or reduce, capture, avoid, or sequester carbon dioxide, methane, or nitrous oxide emissions, associated with agricultural production.” But biodigesters don’t reduce the volume of waste. The law enables the U.S.D.A. to fund its $19.5

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2023

The other big classes that we see are the Class 2D, which are disposal of oil and gas waste wells and the Class 2R, which are oil and gas recovery wells. “We're looking very hard right now at a primacy application, at least for the Class VI wells, if not for all injection control wells in the Commonwealth,” said Klapkowski.

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Enviromental Defense

MAY 7, 2024

Last week, Capital Power, a major energy company with natural gas, waste heat, wind, solar and, until this week, coal assets, announced that it’s scrapping plans for a $2.6 billion carbon capture facility at its Genesse power plant west of Edmonton. Want proof?

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Legal Planet

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Possibly the most publicized announcement was the adoption of the long-expected EPA’s Final Rule for Oil and Natural Gas Operations, which aims to decrease methane emissions from oil and gas activities significantly. The agriculture and waste sectors share the remaining 60% of emissions.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 8, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7664 ) Waste Permits -- Range Resources- Appalachia, LLC - Reuse Water Storage Facility: DEP invites comments on a General Permit WMGR123 application for an oil and gas wastewater storage tank at the facility located in Jefferson Twp., PA Bulletin, page 7668 ) -- Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

House Increasing Recycling Fee On Municipal Waste: House Bill 223 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) increasing the recycling fee on municipal waste disposed in the state to $5/ton from $2/ton ( sponsor summary ) was reported out of the House Local Government Committee by a vote of 21 to 4 and was Tabled on the House Floor [normal procedure].

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2023

“For the future of Pennsylvania’s climate and the health of those living closest to oil and gas wells, the EPA must adopt the strongest rules possible as quickly as possible.” Methane is a potent greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide for the first twenty years that it remains in the atmosphere.

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Natural Gas Climate Change Carbon Dioxide Ozone 85

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

. -- Oil & Gas Industry Spills, Releases Created Over 575 New Brownfield Sites So Far In Pennsylvania, With More Every Week [PaEN] -- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights (..)

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Unfortunately, the very source of the TVA’s grid failure during Winter Storm Elliott in the winter of 2022 is the same source of energy that the TVA is now doubling down on : gas. Note: “Natural gas” is an industry misnomer; UCS considers methane, fossil gas, and gas to be much more appropriate terms for this energy source.)

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Methane is particularly dangerous because it is up to 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide – warming our planet and contributing to air pollution that damages our lungs and our hearts. PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards: -- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 25 to Dec. 25 to Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Westmoreland County -- The New Yorker Book Review: Searching For Unfamiliar Terrain In ‘The Nature Book’ By Tom Comitta -- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing [PaEN] -- PA Dept. Pleasant Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2021

By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal Pennsylvania is ideally suited to help the nation fight global warming by becoming a leader in the effort to capture and store emissions of carbon dioxide, state officials say. In the battle to slow global warming, carbon dioxide is the chief target. Studies by the U.S.

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Enviromental Defense

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

New analysis recently released shows that Canadian oil and gas companies in Alberta and Saskatchewan are releasing FOUR TIMES more methane than what they’re reporting to the government. Methane is a really powerful greenhouse gas: it’s 86 times more powerful than carbon dioxide. Why is that such a big deal?

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2024

Of The Interior Awards $28.67 Washington County -- Beaver County Times: State Leaders, Regulators Push For Solar For Former Mine Lands -- Rep. Of The Interior Awards $28.67 Washington County -- Beaver County Times: State Leaders, Regulators Push For Solar For Former Mine Lands -- Rep.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Chesapeake Appalachia LLC - Ward Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated by production wastewater at the facility located in West Burlington Twp., PA Bulletin, page 7197 ) -- Peoples Natural Gas Company - Replacing 2.43 Bradford County. (

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Natural Gas 2023 Carbon Dioxide Waste 96

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

NREL’s 2022 Standard Scenarios study found that these federal incentives would accelerate the deployment of wind and solar, helping to reduce US power sector carbon dioxide emissions to 80 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. By contrast, the land-use impacts of wind and solar projects tend to be short-term and reversible.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8%

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: Leaders Aren’t Helpless And Must Take Action To Protect Constituents From Natural Gas Development Health Impacts - By Tom Pike, Penn Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 9, 2023

DEP also issued notices of violation for not submitting production and waste generation and mechanical integrity reports. In addition, the well was blowing natural gas into the atmosphere. DEP issued or continued 499 notices of violation for abandoning conventional oil and gas wells without plugging them so far in 2023.

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Legal Planet

AUGUST 17, 2021

Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide, responsible for fully 25 percent of warming. It is also known as natural gas – a product with economic value, estimated to be $30 billion — that we are squandering in massive quantities into the atmosphere. Some Methane Facts.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Unconventional shale gas operators were issued a total of 1,103 notices of violation so far in 2023, which means they are on track to exceed the 1,234 violations DEP issued them in 2022, according to DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report. Click Here for a summary of 2022 shale gas and conventional violations.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2023

Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration proposed much-needed protections to improve oversight and reduce pollution from the nation’s network of natural gas pipelines today. All while creating jobs and stopping wasteful emissions.”

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Enviromental Defense

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Instead of ramping up fossil gas (aka natural gas) consumption, we need to bring it down. Ontario needs to do our part in reducing global emissions and phasing out fossil gas is a smart way to do it. The gas subsidy alone amounts to $26,000 per home! Reserve hydrogen and gas from renewable sources (e.g.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Some of the wells were leaking natural gas to the atmosphere. Some of the wells were leaking natural gas. DEP’s inspection reports no progress being made in remediating the area affected by the release and no annual production and waste generation and mechanical integrity reports have been submitted to DEP.

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