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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Environment Daily

MAY 10, 2023

Radiation Testing DEP did not test anywhere on the Latkanich property for radiation or radon gas, in spite of multiple requests, according to Johnson. Radiation testing was never part of the testing that the Department performs on the site, even though we had asked repeatedly for radiation testing. Read more here.

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PA Resources Council To Honor Former DEP Secretary David Hess With The Fox Calhoun Award At Virtual Awards Celebration Oct. 14

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

David has spent his career tirelessly serving the people of Pennsylvania and working to protect our environment,” said PRC Board President Winnie Branton. Past recipients have included Pennsylvania governors, Secretaries of Pennsylvania DEP and DCNR, members of Congress, United States Cabinet members and nonprofit leaders.

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Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

Because of these findings, oil and gas produced waters fail to meet the EPA's [US Environmental Protection Agencys] criteria for beneficial reuse of industrial waste. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] Click Here for a copy of Dr. Burgos testimony. Read more here - page 39.

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DEP To Require Radiological Testing Of Leachate At Landfills, Including Those Accepting Drilling Wastes; Does Not Include Additional Testing Of Drilling Wastewater

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2021

This additional step of including radium in the list of contaminants to be measured will allow the Department of Environmental Protection to evaluate the presence of radium in landfills. We take seriously our responsibility and duty as an environmental steward,” said Gov.

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Penn State: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Fails To Meet Beneficial Reuse Recommendations For Use As A Dust Suppressant

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has advised 18 municipalities where road dumping of oil and gas wastewater has occurred the practice is illegal and considered waste disposal. Another example, the EPA guideline for chloride concentrations in freshwaters is 230 mg/L to protect the health of aquatic systems.

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January 15 PA Environment Digest Now Available

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb.

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DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Amy Mall, Natural Resources Defense Council , provided an overview of a report issued by NRDC in July-- A Hot Fracking Mess: How Weak Regulation of Oil And Gas Production Leads to Radioactive Waste in our Water, Air, and Communities. Radiation can be present in materials that are spilled or leaked from pits, tanks, or landfills.

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DEP Issued At Least 435 Violations To 87 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators; 20 NOVs To 10 Shale Gas Operators For Abandoning Their Wells Without Plugging Them So Far In 2023

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 435 notices of violation to 87 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them so far in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co.

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Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2021

“There are also concerns from the environmentally sensitive standpoint about what is in those brines,” said Chase. “We We know there are some heavy metals [lead, arsenic], some radiation, oil and gas residues in them. It’s not something we would be willing to put on our roads anyways,” said Chase. Read more here.

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Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Tioga County; -- Frontier Natural Resources: Winner Well Pad, Keating Twp., Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co. The PA Supreme Court’s decision reversed a lower court ruling that had put up a major barrier to reimbursement of legal costs for environmental lawsuits brought by non-profits and residents.

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DEP Issued At Least 512 Violations To 95 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In 2023; 10 Shale Gas Operators Issued NOVs For Abandoning Wells

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection has issued at least 512 notices of violation to 95 conventional oil and gas operators and 20 NOVs to 11 shale gas operators for abandoning their wells without plugging them in 2023, according to DEP’s Oil & Gas Compliance Reporting Database. Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co. .:

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DEP Teaching Green: Will Education Standards Still Eliminate EE? Radon Poster Contest, Education Grants, Success Stories

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The latest Teaching Green environmental education newsletter from the Department of Environmental Protection features these articles and more-- Education Standards During the public comment period over 1,400 comments were received addressing the proposed revision of the PA Science, Technology, Environment and Ecology Standards.

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DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’

PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

“During the permitting process, the permittee misrepresented a lot of things in the application, specifically ongoing water pollution, the fact that this would include oil and gas waste, and it would be a radiation source,” said Johnson “That's just the tip of the iceberg on the permitting issues we've seen in this one case.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

What is Environmental Law? Humanity has been aware of its environment far longer than there have been laws to protect environments. Greenhouse gas : A group of gases known to be responsible for increasing the “greenhouse effect” - that is, gases that absorb infrared radiation and increase atmospheric density.

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Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

After the dumping incidents on dirt and paved roads around her home and throughout the region, Lawson provided photos and reports on the dumping to the Department of Environmental Protection to document the problems. Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] Read more here - page 39.

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The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency for drinking water." [ Read more here.] The 2010 DCNR study also found "radium values are high enough that a possible radiation hazard exists, especially where radium could be adsorbed on iron oxides and accumulate in brine tanks." [ Read more here.] “The Read more here. Read more here.

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Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

Adequate support could enable this agency to create and distribute comprehensive resources, actionable guidance, and suitable response/investigations near existing facilities, as well as provide Health Impact Assessments and evaluations of additional considerations for Environmental Justice communities before the permitting and development of new facilities. (..)

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In Memoriam: Walt Pomeroy, Environmental, Wildlife & Wilderness Advocate

PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2022

In early 2020 he was diagnosed with stage four non-Hodgkin lymphoma and underwent multiple chemotherapy and radiation treatments before undergoing Car-T immunotherapy. He has also served as a leader at World Jamborees in Chile and Thailand, and he received the District Award of Merit in 2004 and the Silver Beaver Award in 2016.

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2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

Tioga County; -- Frontier Natural Resources: Winner Well Pad, Keating Twp., Potter County; -- Seneca Resources Co. They also requested an “internal audit” of the Department of Environmental Protection, the Wilkes-Barre OSHA Office, and the Williamsport Bureau of Codes for “willful neglect related to these matters.”

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DEP To Host Sept. 13 Virtual Roundtable To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Publication

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection to host a virtual roundtable event with environmentalists and people familiar with the late biologist, environmentalist, and writer Rachel Carson’s work to honor her legacy and seminal environmental literary work, “ Silent Spring ,” on Tuesday, September 13 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

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1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Vitali -- Morton Family Partners With French Valley Conservancy To Donate 340 Acres In Crawford County -- Farm Families Partner With Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Get The Lead Out.

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JUNE 28, 2021

The full Committee also approved amendments adding solar radiation management and wildfire science to the list of climate change research topics funded by the bill. billion increase for the Environmental Protection Agency over FY 2022. . Another amendment from Rep. An amendment from Rep. This includes a $2.11 Water Alliance.

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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County

PA Resources Council To Honor Former DEP Secretary David Hess With The Fox Calhoun Award At Virtual Awards Celebration Oct. 14

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Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts

DEP To Require Radiological Testing Of Leachate At Landfills, Including Those Accepting Drilling Wastes; Does Not Include Additional Testing Of Drilling Wastewater

Penn State: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Fails To Meet Beneficial Reuse Recommendations For Use As A Dust Suppressant

January 15 PA Environment Digest Now Available

DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult

DEP Issued At Least 435 Violations To 87 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators; 20 NOVs To 10 Shale Gas Operators For Abandoning Their Wells Without Plugging Them So Far In 2023

Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Wastewater To Control Dust Is Environmentally Unsound Practice

Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far

DEP Issued At Least 512 Violations To 95 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In 2023; 10 Shale Gas Operators Issued NOVs For Abandoning Wells

DEP Teaching Green: Will Education Standards Still Eliminate EE? Radon Poster Contest, Education Grants, Success Stories

DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’

Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting

The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads

Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health

In Memoriam: Walt Pomeroy, Environmental, Wildlife & Wilderness Advocate

2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More

DEP To Host Sept. 13 Virtual Roundtable To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Publication

1,198 New Stories In 2021 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA - Is Your Story Being Told?

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Policy News: June 28, 2021

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