PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

TODAY 3:00: Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar Announcing A Roadmap For Industrial Decarbonization In Pennsylvania.

Nuclear Power 109

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Natural Resources 2024 109

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The production and waste report is critical to understanding how much wastewater and other waste those wells generated and where it was disposed of. Read more here.]

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Waste Nuclear Power Recycling 62

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation 79

Conservation Waste 2024 Clean Energy 79

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - PA Bulletin, page 7965 ) Residual Waste Permits -- SWN Production Company LLC - Freitage Water Transfer Facility: DEP invites comments on application for determination of applicability for a WMGR123 Residual Waste process facility for oil and gas liquid waste in Jackson Twp.,

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Waste Nuclear Power Regulations 62

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

Conservation 52

Conservation Nuclear Power Waste Pollution Control 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2022

TODAY 1:00: House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee holds a to consider a number of bills and resolutions wanted by the natural gas industry. Room 515 Irvis Office Building. Click Here to watch live.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Politics 2022 62

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- 2022 Train Derailment Site - Harmar Twp., PA Bulletin, page 1753 ) Waste Permits -- EQT CHAP LLC - Herminie North Centralized Water Facility: DEP approved General Permit WMGR123 for the facility in Sewickley Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Allegheny County.

Natural Gas 81

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Waste 2023 81

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

Other DEP Priorities Executive Deputy Ziadeh mentioned these other 2022 priorities-- -- Continue advancing the long-term success of watershed restoration efforts, in particular in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed; -- Also in the water program, finalizing the PFAS drinking water standard and Manganese water quality standard rulemaking packages; -- Continuing (..)

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2022 2020 2014 Law 98

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

While a natural gas well may use between five and ten million gallons of water for a one-time completion process, by comparison an average nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania uses up to 35 million gallons of water per day. Last year, shale gas producers recycled more than 90 percent of the water they used.

Natural Gas 40

Natural Gas Nuclear Power 2020 Natural Resources 40

PA Environment Daily

JULY 12, 2022

Read more on Agenda. -- Erosion & Sediment Permit Fee Report -- Rural Recycling, Waste Disposal Options -- Reports On Oil & Gas Well Bonding Petition -- Gov. See webpage for remote options to join the meeting. Contact: Laura Griffin, Regulatory Coordinator, laurgriffi@pa.gov , 717-772-3277.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Clean Water Act Electricity 62

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2022

-- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Penncrest High School Team, Delaware County Took Statewide Honors At PA Envirothon [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council , Partners, Local Officials Announce Plan To Reduce Waste, Modernize Recycling In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Reading Eagle: Legal Battle Between Berks County, Conestoga Landfill Over Host (..)

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Government Recycling 62

Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance. The Regulation sets a deadline on the operation of final disposal facilities for radioactive waste. This makes the condition impractical.

Fossil Fuels 52

Fossil Fuels Regulations Waste Technology 52

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Penn State Center For Critical Minerals Develops New Process To Extract Rare Earth Oxides From Abandoned Mine Drainages, Sludges [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: This Land Is Your Land -- Pennsylvania Resources Council Announces Successful 'Zero Waste Non-Event' [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful’s Cumberland County Affiliate Transitions From All Volunteer (..)

Conservation 73

Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Recycling 73

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2022

Exported 74% Of LNG Natural Gas To Europe During First 4 Months Of 2022; Total Exports Increased 18% -- Reuters: Oil Prices Advance Despite U.S.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels Law 62

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

It is a financial problem, an environmental problem and the waste of a natural resource. All these practices create new brownfields which account for over half the contaminated sites now in DEP’s Land Recycling Program. It leaves taxpayers stuck with the bill for plugging and cleanup and no one responsible for operating the wells.

Natural Gas 69

Natural Gas Waste Natural Resources Nuclear Power 69

PA Environment Daily

MAY 12, 2022

. -- Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030 [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Owner Talen Energy Supply Files For Bankruptcy -- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Hears From Activists, Steel Workers On New Coke [Coal] Oven Regulations -- WESA: Environmentalists, U.S.

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Upcycling Nuclear Power Clean Energy 62

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate [PaEN] -- Sen. Susquehanna County. ( Butler County. (

Natural Gas 76

Natural Gas Air Pollution Nuclear Power Regulations 76

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Adding to this is the volatility of Japanese nuclear reactors, which are susceptible to earthquakes, flooding, and other natural disasters, which could lead to disastrous nuclear meltdowns, as well as emergency response introducing nuclear waste into the world’s oceans.

2024 40

2024 Ocean Conservation Paris Agreement 40

Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

140 Billion gallons per day to power plants (plus 60 Billion saline). Million tons/yr of waste: 7,600 industrial, 250 municipal, 25 hazardous. 1,900 landfills, 21 for hazardous waste. 100 nuclear reactors; 2,000 tons/yr nuclear waste. 8% nuclear. 23% from groundwater. Food supply requires 1.2

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Clean Water Act Waste Clean Air Act Regulations 52