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PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

PA Environment Daily

The legislation would prohibit municipalities from receiving Act 13 drilling impact fees if they set protective standards on the development of natural gas that “imposes a standard or condition on well development that conflicts with or exceeds those contained” in state law. Read more here. Cecil Township is in Sen.

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Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 12 Webinar On Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil & Gas Well Plugging

PA Environment Daily

The featured speaker will be Luke Plants, a third-generation owner of Plants and Goodwin , leads an oil and gas field service company operating in the Appalachian Basin. He will describe how the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, new programs have been established to inventory and properly close orphaned wells.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

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.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

12-14; July Forest Snapshot; Hope For Our Forests; Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series -- PUC Sets Hearings On Proposed Wellsboro Electric, Valley Energy Natural Gas, Citizens Electric Of 11% to 37.5% Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

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July 28 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

Miles Of 4 Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipelines To Allow For Longwall Coal Mining In Greene County PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 26 Guest Essay: Rewriting The Energy Story — Together - By Stephen M. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug.

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environment Daily

Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Rules Could Come Soon In Westmoreland County -- PA Supreme Court Rules No Republican Senate, House Members Can Intervene In Legal Challenge To Act 96 That Took Away Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bond Amounts To Cover Taxpayer Costs For Plugging [PaEN] -- DEP Awards $7.24

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DEP: Widespread Non-Compliance With Environmental Laws Continues In Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; 3,108+ Abandoned Wells; At Least 85% Conventional Well Owners Fail To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports

PA Environment Daily

2,070 conventional wells-- 66% of those abandoned wells were not required to have a well plugging bond by law. Significant changes in the conventional oil and gas industry’s reporting practices will need to occur before meaningful improvement can happen,” Klapkowski concluded. 753 well owners covering 81,396 wells did report.