 [11/11/2024]
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Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal DEP Permits For CNX Slickville Natural Gas, Shale Gas Wastewater Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County
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[11/4/2024]
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Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations: Similar Action In 2023 Resulted In $10 Million Settlement
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[10/28/2024]
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Widener Law Emeritus Professor John Dernbach Receives American Bar Association Distinguished Achievement Award In Environmental Law And Policy
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[9/30/2024]
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PA Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 29 Webinar On How Recent US Supreme Court Decisions Will Impact Environmental Regulation, Planning
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[9/16/2024]
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WESA: New Freeport, Greene County Residents File Lawsuit Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies
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[9/9/2024]
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Clean Air Advocates File Lawsuit Against EPA To Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants From Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Plants
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[7/15/2024]
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House, Senate Give Final, Unanimous Approval To Changes In Anti-SLAPP Bill Designed To Stop Lawsuits Restricting Public Participation, Free Speech
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[7/15/2024]
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Federal Court Again Says Groups Have A Right To Appeal Permits For Gas Pipelines To State Environmental Hearing Board, Overruling Transco, DEP Objections
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[7/15/2024]
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The Feds
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[6/10/2024]
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Clean Air Council: US Steel Complying With Lawsuit Settlement To Reduce Harmful Air Pollution At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
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[6/3/2024]
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News From PA House & Senate
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[5/27/2024]
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PA Wilds Center Announces 2024 PA Wilds Champion Award Winners; Recognition Dinner July 25
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[5/27/2024]
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Gas Industry, Sen. Bartolotta Seek Legislation To Eliminate Environmental Hearing Board Appeals Of DEP Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities
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[5/20/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Clears Away More Attempts By Olympus Energy To Block Shale Gas Permit Appeal By Protect PT In Westmoreland County; Olympus Fails To Provide Info On PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Use
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[4/22/2024]
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Commonwealth Court Affirms EHB Ruling Sen. Muth Lacks Standing To Appeal A DEP Permit For Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility
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[4/15/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Allows 2nd Appeal Of Tri-County Landfill Permit To Move Forward Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste
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[4/1/2024]
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Federal Judge Approves Proposed Consent Agreement Between PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council, and U.S. Steel For Air Pollution Violations At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works, 2 Other Facilities
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[4/1/2024]
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Save Carbon County Files Lawsuit In Philadelphia Court Against Stronghold Digital, DEP, Governor, PUC Over Cryptocurrency Operations At Panther Creek Power Plant
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[4/1/2024]
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Mountain Watershed Assn. Files Appeal Of DEP Decision Not To Accept Unsuitable For Mining Petition Covering 11,000 Acres In Westmoreland County
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[3/18/2024]
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Retired Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge Thomas W. Renwand To Receive PA Bar Assn. Environmental & Energy Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award
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[3/18/2024]
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Huntingdon Daily News: Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetlands Appeals DEP Permit For New Rutters Store In Smithfield Twp.
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[3/11/2024]
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EPA Region III Issues Formal Notice With Instructions On Appealing Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County
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[3/11/2024]
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DEP Publishes Appeal Notice For 2023 Consent Order With Stronghold Digital Mining On Removal Of Coal Ash, Imposing $28,800 Penalty At Waste Coal Power Plant In Venango County
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[3/4/2024]
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40 Individuals File Appeals, Most Handwritten, Of DEP’s Permit For Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County
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[3/4/2024]
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EPA Appeals Board Allows Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal Of Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County To Move Forward
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[2/12/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Narrows, But Allows Protect PT Appeal Of Shale Gas Well Permit Renewals In Westmoreland County To Move Forward
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[2/12/2024]
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Liberty Twp., Citizens Group Appeal EHB Decision On Permit For Tri-County Landfill In Mercer County Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste
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[2/12/2024]
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DEP: Commonwealth Court Issues Order Appointing PA American Water Company Receiver For East Dunkard Water System Authority In Greene County Due To Compliance Issues
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[2/5/2024]
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Protect PT: Commonwealth Court Vacates Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit, Remanding It To Plum Boro For Additional Fact Finding In Allegheny County
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[1/29/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Denies Liberty Twp., Citizens Group Appeal Of DEP Tri-County Landfill Permit Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste In Mercer County
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[1/15/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Allows Protect PT Appeal Of Olympus Shale Gas Well Permits In Westmoreland County To Proceed; Olympus Was Trying To Deprive Protect PT Of Its Rights
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[12/25/2023]
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PA Enviro Groups File Appeal For Removal Of Coal Ash 'Mountain’ At Stronghold Digital Mining Scrubgrass Cryptocurrency Power Facility In Venango County
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[12/18/2023]
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Senate Environmental Committee Reports Independent Energy Information Office Bill; Democrats Attempt To Table Environmental Hearing Board Nominee
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[12/11/2023]
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PennEnvironment, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Sue Styropek USA To Stop Plastic Pollution In Raccoon Creek, Ohio River In Beaver County
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[12/4/2023]
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DEP- EQT Settlement Agreement Allows Fracking To Resume From 2 Shale Gas Well Pads In Area Impacted By Frack-Out In New Freeport, Greene County; Does Not Address Water Supply Issues Of Residents
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[12/4/2023]
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PennFuture, Clean Air Council, Sierra Club, Environmental Defense Fund File Appeal Of Commonwealth Court’s Ruling Refusing To Allow Them To Intervene In RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Case
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[11/27/2023]
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Shapiro Administration Announces Appeal Of RGGI Rejection To PA Supreme Court To Preserve Authority For Future Governors
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[11/6/2023]
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Commonwealth Court Declares RGGI ‘Invalid Tax’ And Enjoins DEP, EQB From Enforcing Its Provisions
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[10/23/2023]
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Environmental Advocates To Spend More Than $250,000 In Support Of McCaffery In Critical PA Supreme Court Race To Protect Constitutional Right To Clean Air, Pure Water
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[10/9/2023]
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House Unanimously Passes Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics And Dampening Public Participation
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[10/9/2023]
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Petro Erie Inc. Again Claims It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s 2nd Order To Cleanup Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County
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[10/9/2023]
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Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals
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[10/2/2023]
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House Judiciary Committee Meets Oct. 3 To Consider Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics; Republicans, Democrats Introduced Similar Bills
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[9/25/2023]
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Petro Erie, Inc. Appeals 2nd DEP Order Requiring The Operator To Restore The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply Contaminated By A Spill Of Conventional Oil Well Wastewater In Venango County
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[9/18/2023]
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Shapiro Administration Secures $100 Million From Monsanto Related To PCB Contamination That Damaged PA Waterways
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[9/11/2023]
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Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back On Track For Federal Endangered Species Protection
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[8/28/2023]
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Lawsuit Filed Against General Assembly, Governor Challenges Constitutionality Of Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Harm Caused By Abandoning Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
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[8/28/2023]
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Petro Erie, Inc. Appeals DEP’s July Field Order To Clean Up Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill Contaminating Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County; 2nd Appeal May Be Coming
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[6/26/2023]
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Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Significantly Narrow The Grounds For Appealing DEP Environmental Permit Actions
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[6/26/2023]
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House Republicans, Democrats Introduce Legislation To Prevent The Court System From Being Used By Powerful Interests To Silence Citizen Critics
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[6/12/2023]
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Federal Court Declines To Prohibit PA Environmental Hearing Board From Hearing Appeals Of DEP Permits Issued For Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline Project
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[6/5/2023]
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Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs
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[5/29/2023]
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Warren Times Editorial: Keeping A Natural Lifeline Pure With Environmental Rights Amendment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Industry]
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[5/29/2023]
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Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry]
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[5/29/2023]
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CBF: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection Could Damage Efforts To Restore The Chesapeake Bay
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[5/22/2023]
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Olympus Energy Shale Gas Driller Expresses Fear Municipalities Will Use Their DEP Compliance Record With Hundreds Of Violations To Help Make Local Land Use Decisions On Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects
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[5/22/2023]
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Citizens Voice Editorial: PA Supreme Court Reaffirms Environmental Quality Is A Right Not A Luxury In Shale Gas Drilling Ruling
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[5/15/2023]
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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County
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[5/15/2023]
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Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations
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[5/15/2023]
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PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County
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[5/15/2023]
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Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, Stream Cleaning, Take ‘Protection’ Out Of The Dept. Of Environmental Protection
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[5/15/2023]
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Republicans Move Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time, Complexity To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy
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[5/8/2023]
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Senate Environmental Committee Meets May 10 On Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, ‘Stream Cleaning,’ Renaming DEP To The Dept. Of Environmental Services
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[4/24/2023]
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CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties
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[4/17/2023]
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DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas
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[3/20/2023]
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Commonwealth Court Rules PUC Is ‘Obligated’ To Conduct An Environmental Review Of Projects By The Environmental Rights Amendment In Case Involving A PECO Natural Gas Pumping Station In Delaware County
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[3/20/2023]
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Equitrans/DEP In Discussions To Resolve EHB Appeal Of DEP’s Order To Fix Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Conventional Access Wells
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[3/20/2023]
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Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward
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[3/20/2023]
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Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties
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[2/27/2023]
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PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens
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[2/20/2023]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes
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[1/30/2023]
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Damascus Citizens For Sustainability Files Lawsuit Challenging The Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Wastewater Rule Generally And For Allowing Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Creating Widespread Pollution
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[1/30/2023]
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Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]
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[1/16/2023]
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Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper Files Citizen Suit Against York County Landfill For Federal Clean Water Act Violations, Including PFAS Contamination
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[1/2/2023]
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Judicial Update: Limits To Environmental Hearing Board Authority To 'Cure' DEP Permit Actions
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[12/26/2022]
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U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes
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[12/26/2022]
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CBF: Federal Court Vacates FERC Conowingo Power Dam License, Offering New Chance For Chesapeake Bay Protections
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[12/12/2022]
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Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities
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[11/21/2022]
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Judicial Update: The Law Of ‘Constitutional Standing’ Taking Shape in Pennsylvania
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[10/31/2022]
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Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County
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[10/31/2022]
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Senate Committee OK’d Bills Rebranding Fossil Fuels As ‘Low Emission,’ Eliminating Incentives For EVs; Fails To End Ban On Raising Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Reports Out EHB Nominee Sarah Clark
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[9/19/2022]
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Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban
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[9/5/2022]
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Environmental Hearing Board Rules Renovo Energy Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Limits On Sulfur Dioxide, VOC Emissions Set Too High
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[8/22/2022]
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PA Supreme Court: Accounting Required For Environmental Rights Amendment Trust Fund Money From State Forest Oil & Gas Drilling
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[8/22/2022]
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Grant Township Charter Banning Drilling Wastewater Injection Wells Struck Down By State Court; Decision Appealed To PA Supreme Court
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[8/22/2022]
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Pennsylvania Allowances Removed From Sept. 7 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction
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[8/22/2022]
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Environmental, Watershed Groups Appeal Stormwater Permit For Proposed Swiftwater Solar Project In Monroe County
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[7/11/2022]
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Commonwealth Court Issues Preliminary Injunction Pausing PA’s RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants
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[7/4/2022]
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U.S. Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program
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[7/4/2022]
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Evangelical Environmental Network: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Carbon Pollution
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[7/4/2022]
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Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Respond To U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Power Plant Carbon Pollution
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[6/13/2022]
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Hearing Board Denies Sen. Muth Standing As Legislator To Appeal DEP Permit For Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant In Susquehanna County; Individual Standing Still Pending
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[5/30/2022]
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Clean Air Council Announces Voluntary Settlement With Energy Transfer Over Air Permits For Marcus Hook Natural Gas Liquids Plant
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[4/11/2022]
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DEP Appeals Commonwealth Court Order Blocking Publication Of Final RGGI Regulation
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[4/4/2022]
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Federal Court Hears Senate Republican Caucus Appeal For Standing In Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Ban On Fracking
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[4/4/2022]
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House Passes Bill To Block RGGI Regulation - Again; Senate Republicans File Lawsuit
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[3/28/2022]
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A Voluntary Settlement Of An EHB Appeal By All Parties Requires Developers Of A Bradford County Liquified Natural Gas Facility To Apply For New Air Quality Permit
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[3/14/2022]
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PA Supreme Court To Decide If The Owner Of Mariner East Pipelines - Sunoco/Energy Transfer - Must Pay Attorneys Fees In Legal Challenges They Lost To Citizens Or Will Taxpayers
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[2/14/2022]
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Environmental Hearing Board Strengthens DEP’s Clean Streams Law Complaint Investigation Process
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[2/7/2022]
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AP: DEP Files Lawsuit Against Reference Bureau To Publish Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations; PA Could Lose Air Pollution Reductions, $283 Million
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[12/20/2021]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities
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[12/6/2021]
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PA Supreme Court: UGI Can Be Held Liable For Taking Natural Gas Rights Around A Tioga County Natural Gas Storage Field To Form A Proposed 3,000 Acre Buffer
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[11/15/2021]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks The PA Supreme Court To Overturn Lower Court Ruling Challenging DCNR's State Forest Plan Allowing Gas Drilling
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[10/25/2021]
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Delaware RiverKeeper Applauds Federal Court Action To Vacate Rollback Of Section 401 Federal Clean Water Act Reviews
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[10/11/2021]
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PA Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Challenge To Ruling Denying Environmental Groups Attorney's Fees In Successful Appeal Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline Permit
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[10/4/2021]
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Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Told A Federal Court Sunoco Cannot Hide Risk Assessment Data For Its Mariner East 2 Pipeline
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[8/16/2021]
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Commonwealth Court Dismisses Petition Asking DCNR To Follow The State’s Constitution In Adopting State Forest Management Plans; PEDF To Appeal
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[8/9/2021]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Petition In Court To Order Commonwealth To Return $1.3 Billion In Revenue From State Forest Drilling Unconstitutionally Transferred From Oil & Gas Lease Fund
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[7/26/2021]
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PA Supreme Court Again Declares Transfers From DCNR Oil & Gas Fund Unconstitutional Under Environmental Rights Amendment
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[5/30/2021]
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Sen. Bartolotta Reintroduces Bill Narrowing Grounds For Citizen Appeals Of DEP Permit Decisions
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[5/17/2021]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation: A Review Of Where We Are Today On The 50th Anniversary Of PA's Environmental Rights Amendment
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[4/19/2021]
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Bucks, Montgomery Counties Join Opposition To PA Senate Republican Caucus Court Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Ban
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[4/19/2021]
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Environmental Hearing Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Practice, Procedures Regulations
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[3/29/2021]
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Federal Court Grants Request For 16 PA Senate Democrats To Intervene In PA Senate Republican Caucus Legal Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban
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[3/22/2021]
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Environmental Groups Petition PA Supreme Court To Overturn Ruling Denying Attorney’s Fees In Successful Challenge To Mariner East Pipeline Permit
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[3/22/2021]
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Bay Journal: FERC Reissues Conowingo Dam License After Long Fight Over Ecological Impacts
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[3/22/2021]
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Clara Township Residents Push Home Rule To Protect Environment From Drilling Waste Injection Well In Potter County
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[3/22/2021]
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DEP Accepting Comments On 64 Applications For General Permit Coverage For Processing, Reuse Of Liquid Oil & Gas Drilling Waste
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[3/15/2021]
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Sen. Browne Urges DCNR To Monetize Its Assets; Questions Continued Need For DEP’s Dedicated Environmental Funds
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[3/15/2021]
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16 Members Of PA Senate Democratic Caucus Filed Motion To Intervene In PA Senate Republican Caucus Legal Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban
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[3/1/2021]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks PA Supreme Court To Stop Unconstitutional Diversions Of Revenue From Gas Drilling On State Forest Land That So Far Has Taken Over $829 Million
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[3/1/2021]
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Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Hydraulic Fracking Drilling Activities In Watershed; Will Develop Regs To Manage Drilling Wastewater
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[3/1/2021]
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Delaware RiverKeeper Approved To Intervene In Federal Lawsuit By PA Senate Republican Caucus Against DRBC Ban On Hydraulic Fracking Gas Drilling
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[2/15/2021]
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Delaware RiverKeeper Files To Intervene In PA Senate Republican Lawsuit To Overturn Moratorium On Drilling In Delaware River Watershed
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[2/8/2021]
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Franklin Kury Previews Upcoming Book Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment
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[1/18/2021]
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PA Senate Republican Caucus Files Lawsuit Against Delaware River Basin Commission Over Shale Gas Drilling Moratorium
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[1/11/2021]
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Federal Judge Rules Wayne County Landowners' Lawsuit Over Delaware River Basin Commission Drilling Moratorium Will Continue
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[12/21/2020]
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Grant Twp. Indiana County Defends Itself Against Another Lawsuit By PA General Energy Company Over Its Ordinance Banning Drilling Waste Injection Wells Based On Environmental Rights Amendment
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[12/21/2020]
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Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Sulfur Dioxide Pollution In Indiana, Armstrong Counties
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[12/21/2020]
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Groups Challenge PennDOT, FHA Vehicles-First Erie Bayfront Parkway Project
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[12/14/2020]
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Energy Transfer Partners Files Appeal Of DEP Order To Keep Natural Gas Out Of Unstable Section Of Revolution Pipeline That Exploded In 2018
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[12/7/2020]
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WeConservePA: New Report On Conservation Easements In Court, A Review Of Litigation In PA
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[11/9/2020]
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PEDF Appeals Court Decision To PA Supreme Court Approving The Diversion Of $110 Million In DCNR Drilling Revenue To Pay Agency Operating Costs
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[10/26/2020]
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PEDF: Court Decision Approves Diverting $110 Million In Drilling Revenue From State Forest Land To Pay DCNR Operating Costs, Ignoring PA Supreme Court Decision
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[10/19/2020]
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Op-Ed: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Suing EPA Will Benefit Pennsylvanians And Other Others Who Value Clean Water
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[10/12/2020]
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Environmental Hearing Board Judge Richard P. Mather Retires
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[9/28/2020]
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PA Environmental Professionals Recognize John E. Childe, Jr. And Len Lichvar
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[9/28/2020]
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Grant Twp., Indiana County Moves To Dismiss Lawsuit Against It By DEP Over Drilling Waste Injection Well
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[8/31/2020]
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Federal Court Rejects EPA Approval Of PA Pollution Limits On Coal-Fired Power Plants
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[8/24/2020]
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AG Shapiro, Environmental Groups File Lawsuits To Block Federal Rule On Transport Of Liquefied Natural Gas By Rail
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[7/20/2020]
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Delaware RiverKeeper Files Legal Challenge To Section 401 Federal Clean Water Act Permitting Rollback
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[7/6/2020]
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Federal Appeals Court Stops FERC's Inappropriate Use of Tolling Orders In Pipeline Cases, Gives Landowners Back Their Rights
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[7/6/2020]
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Federal Court Decision Requires EPA To Update Air Pollution Standards For Coal Coking Operations
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[6/15/2020]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Defends Lawsuit Saying DCNR’s Forest Plan Mission To Sell Gas Resources Not Consistent With Environmental Rights Amendment
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[6/1/2020]
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In Memoriam: George J. Miller, Former Chairman, Chief Judge Of The Environmental Hearing Board
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[5/25/2020]
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PA Supreme Court Grants PA Environmental Defense Foundation Request For Oral Argument In Challenge To State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers
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[5/18/2020]
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NRDC Files Brief In Wayne County Landowners Court Challenge To DRBC Authority To Regulate Fracking
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[5/4/2020]
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Op-Ed: State Government Is Ignoring Pennsylvania’s Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment For Generations Yet To Come
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[4/27/2020]
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PA Environmental Council At 50: Securing Our Environmental Rights
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[4/20/2020]
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Green Amendments For The Generations Holds Special Preview Of The Environmental Rights Amendment Story April 22
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[3/30/2020]
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DEP Revokes Drilling Waste Injection Well Permit In Grant Twp., Indiana County After Environmental Rights Amendment Court Ruling
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[3/16/2020]
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Court: Indiana County Twp. Has Right To Defend Its Prohibition Of A Drilling Wastewater Injection Well Using The Environmental Rights Amendment
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[2/3/2020]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Submits Brief Continuing Legal Battle To Have DCNR Drilling Revenue Returned To Benefit Conservation
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[2/3/2020]
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan
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[2/3/2020]
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Environmental Groups Back Bucks County Township's Appeal Of Pipeline Compressor Station Air Permit
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[1/27/2020]
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PA Supreme Court Overturns Rule Of Capture Trespass Decision, But Allows Challenge Of Actual Trespass
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[1/27/2020]
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PA Conservatives/Liberals Agree: SLAPP Lawsuits To Prevent Free Speech, Public Participation Are Wrong
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[1/13/2020]
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Maryland Governor Directs Attorney General To Pursue Legal Actions Against PA, EPA On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
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[1/13/2020]
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PA Supreme Court Accepts PA Environmental Defense Foundation Appeal Of Ruling On Gas Drilling Revenue Transfers To Pay DCNR, General Fund Expenses
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[1/13/2020]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Amended Lawsuit Saying DCNR’s Adopted Forest Plan Mission To Sell Gas Resources Is Not Consistent With Environmental Rights Amendment
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[12/16/2019]
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Protect PT Appeals Court Ruling Upholding Westmoreland County Township's Ordinance Allowing Natural Gas Drilling
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[11/18/2019]
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Court: Republican Senators Lack Standing To Sue Environmental Quality Board Over Missed Deadline On Adopting Less Protective Manganese Standard
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[11/18/2019]
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Commonwealth Court Upholds Westmoreland County Township’s Ordinance Allowing Natural Gas Drilling
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[11/11/2019]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit Asking Court To Direct DCNR To Manage State Forests Consistent With Environmental Rights Amendment To Prevent Drilling Impacts
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[11/4/2019]
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House Judiciary Committee Holds Dec. 16 Hearing On Bipartisan Anti-SLAPP-- Citizen Intimidation-- Lawsuit Legislation
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[9/22/2019]
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PUC Dismisses Complaint Filed By Sen. Dinniman Against Mariner East Pipelines Per Court Order, But Continues Proceedings On Related Complaints
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[9/16/2019]
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Court: Sen. Dinniman Did Not Have Standing To Bring A Complaint To PUC Over Mariner East Pipeline Construction Failures
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[8/19/2019]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Appeals State Court Ruling Saying Law, Not Constitution Directs Use Of State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers
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[8/5/2019]
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PEDF Says Commonwealth Court Ruling On State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision
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[8/5/2019]
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Environmental NewsClips - All Topics
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[7/29/2019]
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Senators Scarnati, Yaw, Baker Who Oppose DRBC Fracking Moratorium Seek To Intervene In Federal Case As Environmental Trustees
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[7/29/2019]
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DEP, Marcellus Shale Coalition Win Some, Lose Some In Preliminary Commonwealth Court Decision On Drilling Regs
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[7/22/2019]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks Court To Block FY 19-20 Transfers From Oil & Gas Fund To Pay DCNR Operating Expenses
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[7/22/2019]
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Baltimore Sun Editorial: Let’s Sue Pennsylvania Over Lack Of Chesapeake Bay Progress, Commitment
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[7/8/2019]
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State Court Finds Butler County Township Zoning Ordinance Allowing Drilling Does Not Violate Environmental Rights Amendment
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[6/17/2019]
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PA Environmental Defense Foundation Advises DCNR Proposal To Replace State Forest Lost To Gas Drilling Does Not Meet Its Obligations As A Public Trustee
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[6/10/2019]
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Bill Proposing Change In Standard For Reviewing DEP Permit Decisions On Appeal Will Add Time, Cost To Permit Reviews, Narrow Grounds For Citizen Appeal
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[6/3/2019]
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PA Supreme Court Allows Residents Of Other Municipalities To Testify In Local Zoning Cases Involving Drilling Operations
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[5/27/2019]
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PA Supreme Court Upholds Lower Court Ruling Allowing Local Zoning Permits For Drilling In Westmoreland County
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[5/19/2019]
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PA Supreme Court Upholds Decision Allowing Drilling In All Districts Under A Local Zoning Ordinance As Long As They Meet Standards
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[3/18/2019]
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Commonwealth Court Clears The Way For Attorney General To Pursue Unfair Trade Practices Case Against Chesapeake, Anadarko On Drilling Royalties, Payments
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[3/18/2019]
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Court: Injection Well Developer Does Not Need To Wait To Challenge A Local Zoning Decision Until It Has Permits For The Well
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[3/11/2019]
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House DEP Budget Hearing 2: Only 0.30% Of DEP Final Actions Were Appealed In 2018; 25 Fewer Attorney Positions
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[3/11/2019]
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PA Supreme Court Turns Down Conventional Gas Drillers’ Motion To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision
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[3/4/2019]
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Environmental Rights Amendment Challenge To Unconstitutional Use Of Oil & Gas Funds Now Includes Recent Proposed Fund Transfers
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[2/25/2019]
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Federal Judge Dismisses Clean Air Council Lawsuit Challenging Federal Actions On Climate Change, Rollback Of Regulations
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[2/18/2019]
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Conventional Gas Drillers Ask PA Supreme Court To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision
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[2/4/2019]
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Chester County Developer Files Lawsuit To Force Mariner East Pipeline Off Its Property Citing Expiring Easements
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[1/21/2019]
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Better Path Coalition Hosts Environmental Rights Amendment Events Jan. 27, 28 In Harrisburg
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[1/14/2019]
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EHB: Air Quality Permit For Natural Gas Liquids Project At Marcus Hook Refinery Unlawful
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[1/14/2019]
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Delaware Riverkeeper Appeals Denial Of Challenge To DEP Water Quality Certification For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline To U.S. Supreme Court
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[12/31/2018]
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PA Supreme Court Overturns Decision Allowing Drillers To Avoid Act 13 Impact Fees
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[12/17/2018]
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PUC Judge Denies Petition For Emergency Order To Shutdown Interim Plan To Ship Natural Gas Liquids Through Mariner East Pipelines
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[12/10/2018]
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PA Supreme Court Denies Appeal Of Case Challenging Use Of Eminent Domain By Mariner East 2 Pipeline, But A Challenge Remains
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[12/3/2018]
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PA Supreme Court Upholds Decision Striking Down Protection Of School Property, Playgrounds, Species Of Special Concern In DEP Drilling Permit Process
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[11/26/2018]
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PA Supreme Court Agrees To Review Rule Of Capture Decision Saying Taking Natural Gas Without Permission Is Trespass
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[11/12/2018]
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Court Turns Back Challenge To Township Decision Allowing Drilling Based On Storage Of Drilling Wastewater, Environmental Rights Amendment
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[11/5/2018]
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Commonwealth Court Upholds Local Zoning Ordinance Allowing Drilling In All Districts As Long As They Meet Standards
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