PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

the Department of Environmental Protection released the first-ever assessment of how well conventional oil and gas drillers comply with state environmental laws and concluded, “(the) conventional oil and gas industry’s recent record of compliance with Pennsylvania law is simply not good, particularly with regard to improper abandonment of wells.” “A

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 11, 2023

in Mercer County who appealed a major permit modification DEP granted to Tri-County Landfill who allegedly misrepresented the types of waste to be accepted at the landfill, including oil and gas waste. They admitted they didn't follow the letter of the law when reviewing and approving this permit. Read opinion here.]

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Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Radiation 95

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. However, the term “environmental law” does not just cover government legislation. These are not “laws” per se but act as such within a regulatory framework. Useful Environmental Law Terms.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Mel's son-in-law was working for the James Cancer Hospital here in Columbus at OSU, and they were able to figure out that it was possibly a heavy metals trigger. “So, Because it's an oil and gas waste, nobody's required to carry these safety data sheets. They're not even required to tell you. Kids put everything in their mouth.

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Radiation Waste Regulations Recycling 76

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Among the issues raised by the appellants in their original appeal were-- concerns the landfill’s operation would attract birds and interfere with the operation of the nearby Grove City Airport; that the oil and gas drilling wastes the landfill was allowed to accept presented a radiation hazard; and the landfill’s compliance history.

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2024 Natural Gas 2023 Waste 108

PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

“The ineffectiveness and potential pollution of wastewater spreading make the practice an unsuitable alternative for dust suppression on Pennsylvania roads, the team reported to the DEP’s Office of Oil and Gas Management. DEP outlawed road dumping of drilling wastewater from unconventional shale gas wells in regulations adopted in 2016.

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Waste Regulations 2021 Radiation 98

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2022

Background On Road Dumping From Penn State’s new study -- Using oil and gas wastewater from conventional wells to control dust was considered a beneficial use of the residual waste on the state’s 25,000 miles of dirt and gravel roads, since it was thought to have a chemical composition and behavior similar to commercial dust suppression products.

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Waste Regulations 2021 Radiation 92

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

The groups got a printout from DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database showing between February 21, 2018 and March 11, 2022 showing 601 instances of non-compliance (unique Violation IDs) reported for 13 unique DEP permits (unique Site Names) associated with Olympus as the Operator. Read more here. Read more here. 30 to Jan.

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2023 2022 2021 Radiation 87

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2022

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Yet in spite of the 2018 explosion of a brand new Revolution Pipeline in Beaver County, we’ve done little to change our laws or protect people. Read more here.

Nuclear Power 52

Nuclear Power Radiation Cooling Natural Gas 52

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation sets a deadline on the operation of final disposal facilities for radioactive waste. For existing nuclear nations, appropriate plans for waste management already exist because they are required by relevant EU law and international guidance. This makes the condition impractical.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Regulations Waste Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 22, 2023

Unit 1 at Three Mile Island continued to operate until it was shut down in September, 2019 as a result of competition with natural gas-fired electric generation. Natural Gas Infrastructure Threats It is naive and dangerous to not do everything we can to prevent and prepare for environmental accidents. Read more here.

Nuclear Power 94

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Radiation Cooling 94

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 1, 2024

s oil and gas wastewater injection well near Cyclone in Keating Township, McKean County. Roeber Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP approved a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with drilling wastewater and petroleum products to Statewide Health Standards at the pad located in Wyalusing Twp., Bradford County. ( Bradford County. (

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Air Pollution Natural Gas 2024 Radiation 111

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

WEDNESDAY Noon: Webinar Features Panel Discussion On Radioactivity And Oil & Gas Development, University Of Pittsburgh Radiation Oncologist WEDNESDAY 7:30: Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting.

Natural Gas 72

Natural Gas Politics Earth Day Electricity 72

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

We most often encounter methane as the largest component of natural gas: methane makes up 75 – 95% of the gas coming to your stove and furnace. Natural gas” was a marketing term for this then-new, safer gas pumped through urban distribution pipes starting in the 1940s. the absence of air.

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Atmosphere Radiation Natural Gas Greenhouse 147

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 24, 2022

Residual Waste General Permit WMGR163 , mandated by the General Assembly, allows “temporary” oil and gas liquid waste processing, storage and transfer facilities for unconventional oil and gas operations to “pop-up” within 300 feet of dwellings with no advanced public notice was published in the June 25 PA Bulletin as final.

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Waste Radiation Natural Gas Regulations 90

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

All this waste must be handled, transported, and disposed of. If the radiation levels in the sludge decrease enough, the waste can be trucked to the same local landfills that handle household trash instead of being shipped by rail to radioactive waste disposal sites out west — a more expensive but safer option.

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Waste Natural Gas Radiation Environmental Protection 76

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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2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 113

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2023

From June 24 to 30, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oil and gas inspectors filed 435 inspection entries that resulted in reporting 23 violations of environmental regulations-- 8 violations by the conventional oil and gas industry and 15 violations by the unconventional shale natural gas industry.

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Radiation Natural Gas 2013 2023 83

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

By Kara Holsopple, The Allegheny Front This article was first posted on The Allegheny Front website May 3, 2024 -- Waste from the oil and gas industry plays a central role in science journalist Justin Nobel‘s new book Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It.

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Radiation Natural Gas Waste Regulations 87

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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2023 Natural Gas 2022 Waste 116

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 25, 2023

The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is now accepting registrations for the 11th Annual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference to be held in-person and online November 14 in Pittsburgh.

Natural Gas 113

Natural Gas Waste Air Pollution Radiation 113

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2023

“What I was trying to say earlier was that because produced fluids are waste material, we have to treat them, regulate them as waste material. We've got to figure out a way that we can justify the use of these materials as a waste product for beneficial reuse. “I I'm going to take this back. Read more here.]

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Waste Regulations Law 2022 94

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2023

TODAY 3:00 : Webinar Features Panel Discussion On Radioactivity And Oil & Gas Development, University Of Pittsburgh Radiation Oncologist 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. TODAY 7:30: Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting.

Natural Gas 89

Natural Gas Radiation Politics 2017 89

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

The PA League of Women Voters and the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health is now accepting registrations for the 11th Annual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference to be held in-person and online November 14 in Pittsburgh.

Natural Gas 64

Natural Gas 2018 Waste Air Pollution 64

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

DEP’s inspection report also includes violations for failure to submit production and waste generation and well integrity reports. On April 29, 2024 , DEP inspected the James Burns 3074 gas well in Rose Township, Jefferson County owned by Diversified Prod LLC as a result of a complaint of gas contaminating a private water supply.

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2024 2020 Natural Gas Radiation 102

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

DEP Plugged 132 Conventional Wells In 2023 On December 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has plugged 132 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells in 2023. In the two prior years, DEP issued 360 NOVs in 2019 and 453 in 2020 to conventional oil and gas operators for the same offense. Dietz Gas & Oil, Inc.

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2023 Natural Gas Natural Resources Law 100

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

DEP has projects to plug 135 conventional abandoned oil and gas wells underway with new federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Act. Read more here ] DEP’s newly released 2022 Oil and Gas Program Annual Report said conventional operators were issued 671 notices of violation in 2022 for abandoning wells without plugging them.

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2023 Natural Gas Natural Resources Law 115

Energy & the Law

AUGUST 5, 2021

It uses depleted uranium as fuel and could reduce our 700,000 metric tons of nuclear waste. She offers these and other suggestions for our nuclear regulatory environment: The Nuclear Waste Policy Act distorts the market by making taxpayers responsible for disposal of nuclear waste. Natural gas lead at 40%.

Nuclear Power 130

Nuclear Power Radiation Waste Electricity 130

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- WNEP: Kindness Tree Dedicated At Marywood University -- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Changes In Fertilizer Law; Wildflower Seed Mixes; Creating A Stumpery -- Inquirer: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Is A PA Tourist Attraction; But You Can Spend The Night At His Lynn Hall In McKean County Public Participation -- DEP: New Location For (..)

Conservation 75

Conservation Waste 2024 Clean Energy 75

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts 4 Workshop Series On Becoming A PA Certified Meaningful Watershed Education Experience Ambassador Starting April 19 [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil (..)

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Earth Day Natural Gas Clean Energy Waste 80

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2023

Air -- Olympus Energy Shale Gas Driller Expresses Fear Municipalities Will Use Their DEP Compliance Record With Hundreds Of Violations To Help Make Local Land Use Decisions On Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Methane Leaks From Natural Gas Pipelines Targeted By Proposed Federal Rule -- TribLive: Upgrades (..)

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Conservation Electricity 64

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Radiation In Oil & Gas Wastewater A study released in May 2022 by Penn State University found conventional drilling wastewater spread on roads in Pennsylvania contains concentrations of barium, strontium, lithium, iron, manganese that exceed human-health based criteria and levels of radioactive radium that exceed industrial discharge standards.

Natural Gas 143

Natural Gas Radiation Waste Carbon Monoxide 143

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 12, 2022

DEP estimates it will cost the conventional natural gas industry approximately $9.8 million of their product not leaking into the atmosphere, at current natural gas prices. The regulation would affect 4,719 conventional well owners of approximately 27,260 facilities.

Regulations 87

Regulations Natural Gas Clean Water Act Environmental Protection 87

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Sara Innamorato (D-Allegheny) co-chaired a hearing by the Senate Democratic Policy Committee on the environmental and health dangers associated with oil and gas drilling waste in Pennsylvania. We are concerned because radium-226 and radium-228, both present in oil and gas waste, can cause bone and connective tissue cancer.

Waste 98

Waste Radiation Natural Gas 2016 98

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN] -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

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Conservation 2023 Natural Gas Waste 105

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

[PaEN] -- PennLive: PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Allowing Large-Scale Energy Projects To Bypass State Agencies -- Bill Reported Out Of Senate Committee Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East To Apply For Waivers Of Any PUC Regulation, Law Or Policy [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill To Allow Utility Companies To Request (..)

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Conservation Nuclear Power 2024 Waste 101

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

The Department of Environmental Protection is now reviewing 17 conventional oil and gas drilling operators for their compliance with a self-certification program that allows the road dumping of drilling wastewater, according to Ali Tarquino Morris, Director of DEP’s Bureau Of Waste Management. of DEP’s regulations. Read more here.

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Radiation Waste Regulations Ocean 88