Fri.Jan 27, 2023

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Debunking five myths that oil and gas executives want you to believe

Enviromental Defense

In 2021, overall annual emissions from oil and gas globally were 40,800 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). By 2021, the oil and gas industry employed 25,788 fewer workers than in 2014. And how much did CCUS capture? megatonnes, around 0.1

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Risky Business: Deciding Whether Chemicals Pose Risk Is Getting Really Confusing

Acoel

EPA shifted course in 2021 and decided to issue a single risk determination for each chemical undergoing evaluation pursuant to its “whole chemical” approach. EPA then issued revised draft and final risk determinations for the original ten chemicals it had previously reviewed.

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Damascus Citizens For Sustainability Files Lawsuit Challenging The Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Wastewater Rule Generally And For Allowing Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Creating Widespread Pollution

PA Environment Daily

DCS points out that the DRBC failed to include the challenged exemptions in the rules formally proposed and made available for public comment in November of 2021, and instead only published them on December 7, 2022 after the comment window had closed and all public input had finished.

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PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells

PA Environment Daily

The price of natural gas increased from $3.841 in calendar year 2021 to $6.644 in calendar year 2022. percent in 2021 to 6.4 The formula for the Act 13 fee is established in law and is based in part on the price of natural gas and the consumer price index. The consumer price index went down from 6.6 percent in 2022.

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DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense, Industry Doesn’t Pay A Dime

PA Environment Daily

New Well Abandonments On December 29, DEP issued a report on conventional oil and gas operator compliance saying the most frequent environmental, health and safety violation between 2017 and through 2021 was new oil and gas well abandonments. Read more here.

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Friday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 1.27.23

PA Environment Daily

15 Webinar On What Can PA Hope To Achieve Or Make Progress On Climate Issues This Year?