The Sierra Club Pennsylvania is hosting an October 30 webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! How Oil and Gas Waste Haunts Pennsylvania-- from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The webinar will discuss the contents and impacts of oil and gas waste, including discussion about how the industry disposes of its waste, misinformation promoted by the industry, and what can be done to secure better outcomes.

Speakers include Kelsey Krepps, Senior Organizer, and Tom Schuster, Chapter Director.

Click Here to register and for more information.

The webinar is part of the Chapter’s Clean Energy for All series.

Visit the Sierra Club Pennsylvania website for more information on programs, initiatives and other upcoming events.

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboards:

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 19 to 25 - DEP Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Top 814; Conventional Owner Ignores Order; Gas Leaks & Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 26 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 78 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 26 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas - National Debate

-- NY Post: Fracking Could Decide The Election In Pennsylvania And Nationwide

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: Fracking Isn’t As Popular (Or Important) In Pennsylvania As You Think; The Truth For Residents Is More Complicated  [PDF of Article]  - By Colin Jerolmack, Author Of Up To Heaven And Down To Hell and Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Fox News: Ex-President Vows To Slash Energy Costs, Lift LNG Gas Pause And ‘Frack, Frack, Frack’ At Pennsylvania Rally

Related Articles:

-- Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water  [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget  [PaEN]  

-- Dr. Susan L. Brantley Named A Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania For Her Research On Water, Geology And The Environmental Impacts Of Natural Gas, Oil Extraction  [PaEN]

-- DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well Orphaned By The Well Owner That Contaminated A Clarion County Family's Drinking Water Well; Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Abandoned Their Wells - 814 Violations So Far In 2024 - 2 New Plugging Grant Programs   [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 20 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In September; 232 General Permits So Far In 2024  [PaEN] 

-- EDF: New Report Shows 22% Growth In PA's Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Mitigation Industry In 3 Years  [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Air Quality Permits For Temporary Operation Of Shell Petrochemical Plant; No Schedule Posted Yet For Considering Full Title V Air  Quality Permit  [PaEN]

-- Sierra Club PA Hosts Oct. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! How Oil & Gas Waste Haunts Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PJM CEO Expresses Concern About Electric Generating Capacity: Higher Prices Have Incentivized Some Generators, But Building Gas Generators Has Slowed, Permitting, Supply Chain Issues Hamper Renewables  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- The Guardian: Fracking’s Return Stirs Fury In Pennsylvania Town Whose Water Turned Toxic   [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Fracking In Pennsylvania Hasn’t Gone As Well As Some May Think

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Marks 20th Anniversary Of First Marcellus Shale Well  [PDF of Article]

-- ExploreClarion.com: DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well That Contaminated Vowinckel Family’s Drinking Water In Clarion County

-- NPR: States Work To Track Down, Cap Dangerous Methane Leaks From Conventional Oil, Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners [Allegheny National Forest]

-- City & State NY: The Fate Of State’s Conventional Oil/Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners May Depend On The Presidential Election [New York, Pennsylvania]

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Denies Citizen Petition To Rescind Oil And Gas Leases Under Park Land In Westmoreland County 

-- US DOT Announces $196 Million In Grants To Replace Aging Natural Gas Pipes, Cut Methane Emissions, Including $40 Million To Philadelphia Gas Works

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Gets Federal Money To Replace Aging Natural Gas Mains

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Ready For Prime Time; But It Has An Achilles’ Heel- No Natural Gas Liquids Storage  [PDF of Article]

[Posted: October 21, 2024]

10/28/2024