Physicians for Social Responsibility- PA will host a January 22 webinar on How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Join physicians and patients as presenters discuss the ways the environment can impact your health, the barriers to environmental medicine and offer solutions for providers and patients to increase communication and improve outcomes for those experiencing health impacts.

Speakers include--

-- Laura Dagley, RN, Medical & Environmental Health Writer, PSR PA

-- Hilary Flint, Unity Council For [Norfolk Southern] Train Derailment

-- Dr. Ned Ketyer, President PSR PA

-- Dr. Poune Saberi, Occupational Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

-- Diana Steck, Westmoreland County resident

Click Here to register and for more information.

PSR-PA has been very active on health and environmental issues related to shale gas development in Pennsylvania.  Read more here.

Visit the Physicians for Social Responsibility- PA website to learn more about their programs, initiatives, other upcoming events and how you can get involved.

Prepare For Winter Weather:

-- PUC Urges Pennsylvanians To Prepare Now For Winter Storms  [PaEN] 

-- Reuters: US Winter Storms Could Cause Power Outages, Cut Natural Gas Supplies

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboard - December 28:

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In December 28 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PA Oil & Gas Industry Public Notice Dashboard - January 4:

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 4 [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Jan. 30 Hearing [Not Jan. 28] On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Monroe Energy LLC Trainer Refinery In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Feb. 11 Hearing On Renewal Of Title V Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Marketing’s Marcus Hook Terminal, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 103 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Related Articles Last 2 Weeks:

-- DEP: Oil & Gas Wells Plugged In Last 6 Years: 2,941 Conventional Wells, 325 Paid By Taxpayers; 460 Shale Gas Wells Were Plugged By Well Owners   [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility- PA: Jan. 22 Webinar On How To Talk To Your Doctor About Environmental Threats To Your Health  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 18 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In November; 292 General Permits So Far In 2024  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Hearing Board Denies Supersedeas, Allows Operation Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County During Appeal  [PaEN]

-- Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Announces Transition Committee Members, Including An Energy & Environment Committee  [PaEN]

NewsClips:

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: PA Needs To Set Construction, Operating Standards For Hundreds Of Miles Of Unregulated Fracking Wastewater Pipelines

-- WSJ: America’s Big Natural Gas Footprint Is About To Get Even Bigger: ‘Build Baby Build’  [PDF of Article]

-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Reveals Latest Shale Gas Drilling Plans In Southwest PA

-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Executes New Shale Gas Drilling Plan In Union Twp., Washington County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 2024 In Review: EQT, Consol Highlight Energy Industry Upswing

-- PublicSource.org: Scrutiny Of EQT Fracking Likely To Shift In 2025 With Gas-Friendly Washington 

-- PublicSource.org: Protect PT Challenges Fracking Permits In Westmoreland County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shale Gas Industry Consent Agreements Set Groundwork For Future Methane Regulations

-- “World-Class Standards” Of Shale Gas Production In PA

-- TribLive Guest Essay: What PA Has Been Doing On Energy Generation Is Simply Not Working, Renewable Energy Reliable, Economical - By Sharon Pillar, PA Solar Center

-- Utility Dive: Pennsylvania Asks FERC To Lower PJM Capacity Price Cap To Prevent ‘Runaway’ Costs

-- Inside Climate News: Elevated Levels Of Radium Found In Western PA Freshwater Mussels Downstream Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Discharge Points

-- Protect PT/Three Rivers Waterkeepers Jan. 16 Plum Boro Community Meeting On Pennaco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells,  Plum Borough Community Center, Allegheny County 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Protect PT: Jan. 22 How To Run For Local Public Office Training Webinar, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 15; Aug. 23 Was 21 [1.3.25]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Same As Last Week - 15; Aug. 23 Was 21 [12.27.24]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.06   Ohio- $3.15   PA- $3.26 [1.3.25]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National- $3.02  Ohio- $2.99   PA- $3.21 [12.27.24]

-- WTAJ: 200,000+ PA Residents Could See 18% Increase In National Fuel Gas Natural Gas Bills In 2025

-- WFMJ: National Fuel Gas Customers Could See 17% Increase In Gas Costs Starting Aug. 1

-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Natural Gas Rates To Increase Jan. 1

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp. Issues Electric Grid Reliability Warning Ahead Of Expected Winter Storm In Eastern US Starting Jan. 4 

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Preparing For Winter - How The Natural Gas industry Ensures Safety And Reliability

-- Financial Times: US Gas, Heating Oil, Energy Markets On Edge As ‘Polar Vortex’ Set To Deliver Deep Freeze In Northern US

-- FoxNews: Natural Gas Prices Spike As Forecasts Of Colder Than Expected Winter

-- Bloomberg: US Natural Gas Prices Surge 16% As Forecasters Warn Of Artic Blast In January

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Up 2.4% With One Week Left On Ukraine-Russian Pipeline Transit Deal

-- Marcellus Drilling News: NYMEX Natural Gas Price Up 14% Last Week To $3.75; Heading For $4.30? [Cold Weather, LNG Demand Push Prices Higher]  [PDF of Article]

-- Reuters: US LNG Gas Demand Hits Record High, Prices Increase On Last Day Of The Year

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Increase As Norway LNG Gas Export Outage Adds To Loss Of Russian Flow

-- Bloomberg: Russia, Ukraine End 5 Decades Of Natural Gas Transit To Europe

-- Reuters: What Happens When Russian Natural Gas Supply To Europe Via Ukraine Ends Jan. 1?

-- FXEmpire: 2025 Natural Gas Forecast: LNG Exports, Domestic Demand Push Upward Price Potential

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise With Clock Ticking Toward Expiring Ukraine, Russia Pipeline Transit Deal Jan. 1

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Worried About Gas Stoves? An Induction Cooking Class Explores An Alternative

-- WHYY - Zoe Read: Eastern Hellbender May Get Federal Protections

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 2024 In Review: EQT, Consol Highlight Energy Industry Upswing

-- ABC6: Dozens Forced Out Of Their Homes After Natural Gas Leak In Bethlehem

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: 5 Years After Philadelphia Refinery’s Closure, Pollution Concerns Persist

-- Financial Times: Methane Pollution At US’s Biggest Oilfield Plunges 26% After Biden Crackdown

[Posted: December 23, 2024]

1/6/2025