PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

require a petition to meet three criteria in DEP’s initial review-- -- Petition must be complete; -- Petition requests an action that can be taken by the EQB [within its statutory authority]; and -- The action does not conflict with federal law. Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Natural Gas

Law Columbia

JUNE 27, 2025

Although operators are legally required under state and federal laws to decommission wells and restore sites, enforcement has been inconsistent. Financial instability in the oil and gas sector, coupled with industry bankruptcies, has exposed significant flaws in current regulations. 4) Reforming Federal Decommissioning Law.

Law

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2025

Ohio- $2.99 Ohio- $2.99 Ohio- $2.99

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

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!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Billion, Consolidates Grip On Southwest PA Natural Gas -- Scranton Times: Solar Energy Facility Proposed In Scott Twp., Smucker -- Republican Herald: Hunger In Schuylkill County To Rise Amid Food Stamp Cuts, Official Say -- York Dispatch: Impact Of President’s Tax, Spending Law On York County?

2026

PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2025

Click Here for options to join remotely. 21 [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $12.3 Click Here for options to join remotely. 21 [PaEN] -- EPA Awards $12.3 Ohio- $3.08 Ohio- $3.08 Of Labor & Industry Reported April Unemployment Increased 0.1%

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

Billion In Costs Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest Diversity - Equity - Inclusion [Posted: July 22, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. In His Grip, With Profits And Maybe Higher Gas Bills On The Horizon -- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Now Is The Time To Double Our Efforts To Protect Our Environment, Our Grandchildren; Saying You Care Means Little, Only Action Counts - By Jack D. Ohio- $3.03

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Data Centers Like The Ones Coming To PA Are Using More Power, Regular Customers Are Footing The Bill -- NPR: Power Prices Expected To Soar Under New Federal Megabill Tax Cut And Spending Law -- Fox News: Electricity Prices May Spike Due To A.I. GW Natural Gas Power Plan, A.I. GW Homer City, 3.6

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

20 MLK Day Of Service Event In One Of Our Preserves -- Natural Lands: Apply Now For Class Of 2025 Force Of Nature Volunteer Program -- Fish & Boat Commission Feb. 20 MLK Day Of Service Event In One Of Our Preserves -- Natural Lands: Apply Now For Class Of 2025 Force Of Nature Volunteer Program -- Fish & Boat Commission Feb.

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

Thank LNG Gas Exports - By Lt.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

10:00 a.m. -- PJM Interconnection Extends Maximum Generation Alert To July 16; Natural Gas Accounted For Most Generation Outages In June Generation Alert [PaEN] -- List Of More Than $90 Billion In Energy, A.I. Billion Plan To Convert Bruce Mansfield Coal Power Plant To Natural Gas Next To Supply 2.7

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2025

Cumberland County -- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Details $15 Billion Natural Gas Supply Deals For A.I.-power Billion Olympus Energy Acquisition Among Top Oil & Gas Deals In Slow Q2 [Gas To Be Used To Supply Homer City Data Center Power Plants] -- White House Unveils A.I. Data Center In Middlesex Twp.,

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2025

Who Will They Come For Next? -- Inquirer: University Of Pennsylvania Law School Pauses Scholarship Honoring Its First Black Female Graduate Sadie T.M. Chips To China After CEO Meets With President International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas [ Energy Independence Means Renewables ] -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.15

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

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

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2024

One 12 Ounce Mug Of Salt Is All You Need To Prevent Ice From Forming On A 20 Foot Driveway [PaEN] -- WESA: PA Resources Council Spearheads Effort To Build Permanent Recycling Facility In Allegheny County -- PA Sea Grant: National Marine Fisheries Service & Sea Grant Fellowship Program Accepting Applications [PaEN] -- Living Landscape Observer Spotlights: (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2024

February 27-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 10:00- Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. House Floor. March 3-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Public Utility Commission.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2025

In that role, she provided legal research, bill analysis, and legislative drafting services on natural resources, agriculture, environment, transportation, and public safety matters to members of the Ohio General Assembly. This event is the latest in a series of legislative tours and briefings organized by the coalition.

Fossil Fuels

Legal Planet

MARCH 31, 2025

Marks is a lecturer at the UCLA Law and UC Berkeley Law school, as well as a Senior Fellow at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, a joint center of the law and climate schools at Columbia University. But politics in 2025 is pretty different from what many imagined.

Clean Energy

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 15, 2024

SB 201 is an effort to overturn a state law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines. The choice in question is to use natural gas rather than electrifying, and initiative aims to make it impossible for the state, local jurisdictions, or utilities themselves to limit access to natural gas. South Dakota. Washington.

Carbon Dioxide

Circle of Blue

JULY 10, 2025

In 2015, after weighing the evidence it had, the Obama White House and the EPA broke through political impediments and finally established the first federal rules to close particularly menacing dumps and dispose of ash in modern, lined landfills. Featured Image: Calaveras Power Station is situated on the Calaveras Lake near San Antonio.

2015

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

It does not seek to discuss every aspect of Trumps EOs, nor to answer every question about the lawfulness of various provisions, nor to set out the exact mechanics for whats to come. However, aspects of Justice40 and the Biden administration’s focus on disadvantaged communities are embedded in federal laws and programs.

Paris Agreement

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Much of that consisted in an all-out attack on environmental law. Its not clear how much production can actually be increased in four years, but Trump will try to put us on the track of much greater production, use, and export of coal, natural gas, and oil. They say that history never repeats itself, but it often rhymes.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2025

Spoiler - Yes] -- Marcellus Drilling News: US Natural Gas Markets (And Prices) Now Linked With Rest Of World [ PDF of Article ] -- Stars & Stripes Guest Essay: Dont Allow Our LNG Gas Resources To Empower Our Rivals While We Shoulder The Burdens - By Steve Anderson, US.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Proposed State Senate Bill To Fast Track Data Centers, Limit Local Zoning [ Senate Bill 939 ] [ PDF of Article ] -- ReedSmith Law Firm: The A.I. Data Center Hype -- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro -- Inquirer: Shapiro To Consider Legal Action If Federal Education Cuts Affect PA Students -- TribLive: Shapiro Touts A.I. Program For State Employees During Visit To Carnegie Mellon -- TribLive/Inquirer: Gov. Ohio- $3.07 Ohio- $3.07 Ohio- $3.07 Ohio- $3.07

Politics

Legal Planet

JUNE 24, 2025

Curtis argued in a recent Deseret News op-ed , that the bill must not end all clean energy tax credits because “we simply cannot afford to treat good policy ideas as guilty by political association.” Circuit,” reports Bloomberg Law. But I do know that more Americans should know about these provisions. Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.

Clean Energy

Law Columbia

APRIL 24, 2025

It lists a number of energy sources to which the expedited procedures will apply, including crude oil, natural gas, coal, uranium, geothermal heating, and more. Unsurprisingly, whats missing from the list? Wind, solar, and battery storage. For example, 43 C.F.R. Mexico border.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 27, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro Yet Another Troubling Escalation Of Political Violence -- TribLive Editorial: Political Violence Must Be Decried Every Day -- Budget 2025 -- Gov.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MAY 16, 2025

Shapiro: Lightning Plan Tax Credit Bill, Community Energy Pass PA House [PaEN] -- PUC Sets June Hearings On Proposed 11.4% Shapiro Announces Plan To Protect Pennsylvanians Health Care From Private Equity Firms -- Post-Gazette: Gov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 13, 2025

Chart: Patrick Cicero, Former PA Consumer Advocate and Counsel to the Pennsylvania Utility Law Project. Resource Links: -- Guest Essay: Paying The Price For Natural Gas And A.I. Click Here for the PJM announcement. Read more here.)

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. PA- $3.32 -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2024 PA Natural Gas Production Down 1.8%, PA Natural Gas Price Up 19.1% PA- $3.32 -- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2024 PA Natural Gas Production Down 1.8%, PA Natural Gas Price Up 19.1%

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Shapiro Says Presidents Tariff Plan Makes No Sense; Only Means Higher Prices For Pennsylvanians; Why Did He Do It? -- Post-Gazette: Shapiro, Fetterman Responses To President Spotlight Political Differences, Challenges For Democrats -- Gov. Ohio- $2.80

Politics

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2025

We need more of that in our politics. The fact that these gentlemen and others who served on this committee were willing to take a little risk, willing to be open about the threats that they faced and work together to find common ground, that's the Pennsylvania way.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2025

This editorial first appeared in the Republican Herald (Schuylkill County), Citizens Voice (Luzerne County) and Scranton Times (Lackawanna County) on March 11, 2025-- Theres really no fine line between what constitutes a political rally and an open, honest discussion about issues on which reasonable people can disagree. The Who cares?

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Pump up gas. The second policy proposal is to reinstate permitting of liquified natural gas (LNG), also known as methane, a fossil fuel that is a potent source of global warming emissions. But API is not just any trade association: It’s the largest oil and gas industry organization in the U.S., with more than 600 members.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- -- Gov. Malcolm Kenyatta Reelected A Vice Chair Of Democratic National Committee -- Republican Herald Editorial: ‘No Kings’ Protests Were A Success, Yet Democrats Fail To Meet The Moment -- International/National Impacts On PA Natural Gas -- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.19

Politics