Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- 

-- DEP Projects Over $1.5 Million Deficit In Account Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program In FY 2023-24  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority, CNX Reach $600,000 Settlement In Dispute Over Royalties For Dozens Of Natural Gas Wells At Beaver Run Reservoir   [2019 Shale Gas Well Malfunction Not Included]

-- Altoona Mirror: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Destroyed Property Owned By Navy Veterans In Cambria County

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Temporarily Shuts Down Part Of Beaver County Petrochemical Plant For Repairs Fully Activating Natural Gas, Flammable Gases Flaring System Again For An Unspecified Period Of Time

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- Inside Climate News: Fossil Fuel Executives See A ‘Golden Age’ For Natural Gas, If They Can Brand It As ‘Clean’

-- WEDNESDAY: DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Matter For Wednesday, March 22 In Liberty-Clairton, Allegheny County

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Crypto Currency Mining At Natural Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry In NW PA

-- Senate Republicans Again Suggest DCNR Allow More Natural Gas Drilling To Fund Park/Forest Operations; New Hellbender License Plate Coming In June  [PaEN]

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[Posted: March 26, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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