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Westmoreland County-based Protect PT will host an August 1 in-person training session on using its Mobile Reporting App to file a variety of observations relating to oil and gas development, including noise, air pollution, dust, traffic incidents, water pollution, health impacts.
Protect PT will teach you everything you need to know here at our Community Education Center about downloading and using the app so you can better protect your family's health.
The training session will be held at the Protect PT Community Environmental Education Center, 3344 Route 130 Ste B, Harrison City starting at 7:00 p.m.
Click Here to register and for more information.
Visit the Protect PT website and their Facebook page to learn more about programs, initiatives, other upcoming events and how you can get involved. Click Here to sign up for their newsletter.
PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 20 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Related Articles This Week:
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 1 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests For Amazon Data Center, Luzerne County; 8 Shale Gas Development, Gas Power Plant Withdrawals [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Are Rate Increases In The Future For Rhodes Estate Water Companies In Venango County? [Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Contamination Of Water Supply] [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Aug. 21 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Equitrans LP Compressor Station In Union Twp., Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Post Information Soon On New SPEED Permit Review Program Enacted As Part Of State Budget [PaEN]
-- PUC Investigation Concludes No Evidence 2023 Plum Boro Home Natural Gas Explosion In Allegheny County Caused By Gas Utility Equipment [PaEN]
-- Fayette County Republican Rep. Krupa Will Keep Fighting Carbon Capture, Other Environmental Injustices [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Hosts Aug. 1 Training Session On Using Its App To Report Problems At Oil & Gas Infrastructure Sites [PaEN]
NewsClips:
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Activist Lois Bower-Bjornson Busier Than Ever Pointing Out Concerns With Shale Gas Development [PDF of article]
-- Bucks County Beacon: US Appeals Court Rules Groups Can Continue Legal Challenge Of Pipelines That Would Pass Thru Bucks County In Environmental Hearing Board
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Gas Not At Fault In Plum Home Natural Gas Explosion That Killed 6, PUC Concludes
-- KDKA: Plum Residents Have Some Answers 1 Year After Deadline Natural Gas Explosion That Killed 6
-- TribLive: Peoples Gas Service Lines Not Responsible For Plum Natural Gas Home Explosion, PUC Finds
-- TribLive Editorial: PUC Report On Plum Home Natural Gas Explosion Doesn’t Deliver Final Answer
-- TribLive: North Huntingdon Twp. Rejects Lease For Shale Gas Drilling On Township Land In Westmoreland County
-- TribLive: West Deer Twp. Supervisors Plan Another Hearing On Proposed Shale Gas Drilling Zoning Changes Sept. 18 In Allegheny County
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Water Suppliers Must Make Frackers More Accountable - By Tom Pike, Protect PT
-- WFMJ: Feds Plan To Plug 20 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Near The Shenango River Lake Reservoir, Recreation Area In Mercer County
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Cleanup Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Wastewater Sludge At PA Company’s Martins Ferry, OH Plant To Begin By End Of The Month
-- Public News Service: Martins Ferry, OH Residents Seeking Answers Over Lack Of Action On Cleaning Up PA Company’s Oil & Gas Waste Facility
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Refracs Becoming Common Practice For Marcellus/Utica Oil & Gas Operators [PDF]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Western PA Ready To Lead Hydrogen Energy Revolution - By Conor Lamb & Kate Harper, Energy Future PA
-- Sen. Yaw Measure Establishing Geologic Sequestration Framework Signed Into Law
-- Clean Air Task Force: PA Passes Geologic Sequestration Bill In An Important Step For Industrial Decarbonization
-- Better Path Coalition: With Shapiro’s Signature On Geologic Sequestration Bill, PA’s Fate Is Cast As Part Of Climate Problem, Not Solution
-- Environmental Health News: 30 Environmental Advocacy Groups Ask PA Governor To Veto Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide Bill
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Geologic Sequestration Bill Step In Right Direction
-- Scientific American Guest Essay: New Satellites Alone Won’t Stop Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Industry
-- Reuters: US Natural Gas Prices Climb 4% On Small Storage Guild, Hot Weather Forecasts
-- Bloomberg: Major Texas LNG Gas Export Facility Outage Dented Exports, Points To Massive US Natural Gas Supply Glut
-- Reuters: Texas LNG Tanker Bottleneck Grows On Slow Freeport LNG Gas Export Facility Restart After Hurricane
-- Bloomberg: Hurricane Beryl Serves As Ominous Warning For Gulf Coast LNG Gas Export Facilities [LNG Gas Facilities Vulnerable To Many Weather Threats]
-- YaleEnvironment360: A Gulf Coast Activist Rallies Her Community Against LNG Gas Export Facilities
-- Bloomberg: China To Boost Funding To Reduce Emissions At Coal Plants Thru Biomass, Green Ammonia
-- Bloomberg: Shipping Companies Betting Billions On Tankers To Transport Green Ammonia To Decarbonize Industry
[Posted: July 18, 2024]
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