 [11/25/2024]
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Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Update: Industrial Shale Gas Development In Tioga State Forest Prioritizes Industry Profit Over Constitutional Mandate To Preserve, Protect State Forest Lands
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[11/25/2024]
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EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations
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[11/25/2024]
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DEP So Far In 2024: 6,907 Violations Issued To Owners Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - 153% More Than In 2021; 833 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells -- Exceeding All Of 2023
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[11/25/2024]
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Oil & Gas Wastewater Release At Bear Lake Properties Injection Well In Warren County Went Unreported For 109 Days; More Contamination Discovered Along Related Wastewater Pipeline Route
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[11/25/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 16 to 22 - $5.257 Million In Penalties; Conventional Well Owners Issued More Violations Than All Of 2023; More Abandoned Wells; Failure To Submit Shale Gas Reports
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[11/25/2024]
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DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022
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[11/25/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 23
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[11/25/2024]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. 5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget
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[11/25/2024]
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Penn State Extension: Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Accomplishments In 2024
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[11/18/2024]
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Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania
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[11/18/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Issues Temporary Supersedeas To Stop The Opening Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County Until Hearing On Full Supersedeas
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[11/18/2024]
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FracTracker Alliance Announces 2024 Community Sentinel Award Recipients To Be Honored Dec. 4
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[11/18/2024]
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Moms Clean Air Force: Pennsylvanians Call On State Leaders For Protection From Fossil Fuel And Plastic Industry Expansion
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[11/18/2024]
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Guest Essay: Our Children’s Health Isn’t Partisan, Pennsylvania Needs Strong Pollution Protections From Fracking Now
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[11/18/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 9 to 15 - Failed Well Pluggings; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells; More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells
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[11/18/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 16
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[11/18/2024]
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Three Rivers Waterkeeper Calls For Stronger Environmental Oversight Of U.S. Steel Irvin Plant Discharges Into Monongahela River In Allegheny County
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[11/18/2024]
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Penn State Research: Public Pressure Influences Whether Companies Reduce Their Environmental Impact
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[11/18/2024]
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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec. 10 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Management - Philadelphia Water Department Approach
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[11/11/2024]
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Cecil Township Supervisors In Washington County Adopt 2,500 Setback From Shale Gas Well Pads From Homes, Businesses, 5,000 Foot Setback From Hospitals, Schools
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[11/11/2024]
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PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development
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[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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[11/11/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 2 to 8 - 8,800 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order; Spills, Releases, Gas Leaks
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[11/11/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 9
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[11/4/2024]
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DEP Discovers Wastewater Release At Bear Lake Properties Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Warren County During Routine Inspection
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[11/4/2024]
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Bradford Era: 7-Part Series Details Concerns Residents Of Cyclone, McKean County Have With Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well
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[11/4/2024]
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PUC Approves Emergency Order Appointing Aqua Pennsylvania Temporary Operator For 6 Rhodes Estate Water Companies As Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County
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[11/4/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022
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[11/4/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 2
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[11/4/2024]
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Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Nov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs
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[11/4/2024]
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Penn State Study Finds Microplastics Increasing In Freshwater, Directly Related To Plastics Production
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[11/4/2024]
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Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 9 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion
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[11/4/2024]
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EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia
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[10/28/2024]
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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
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[10/28/2024]
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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
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[10/28/2024]
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DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well Orphaned By The Well Owner That Contaminated A Clarion County Family's Drinking Water Well; Conventional Well Owners Continue To Abandoned Their Wells - 814 Violations So Far In 2024 - 2 New Plugging Grant Programs
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[10/28/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 19 to 25 - DEP Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Top 814; Conventional Owner Ignores Order; Gas Leaks & Spills
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[10/28/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 26
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[10/28/2024]
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EDF: New Report Shows 22% Growth In PA's Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Mitigation Industry In 3 Years
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[10/28/2024]
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Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosting 2-Part Metals Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Training Series
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[10/21/2024]
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Ohio River Valley Institute: Pennsylvania Voters Overwhelmingly Support Stricter Regulations On Fracking, New Poll Finds
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[10/21/2024]
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Saint Vincent College Study Finds Counties With Shale Gas Fracking Wells Using Chemicals That Target Certain Hormones Have Greater Incidence Of Pre-Term Births, Low Birth Weights
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[10/21/2024]
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Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions
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[10/21/2024]
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Observer-Reporter Letter: There’s Another Side To The 'Shale Gas Revolution'
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[10/21/2024]
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Beaver County Residents Invited To Join An Oct. 23 In-Person Tour Of Shale Gas Fracking Sites & Infrastructure In Washington County And Discover Its Costs
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[10/21/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 5 to 18 - Conventional Well Owners Issued 767 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells - So Far, More Than Double Number In 2019; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells
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[10/21/2024]
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Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Shapiro, DEP In Support Of Strong Oil & Gas Industry Methane Emission Controls
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[10/21/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 19
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[10/21/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 12
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[10/21/2024]
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EPA Files $4.2 Million Settlement Of Air Pollution Violations For 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Fire; Public Comments Invited
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[10/21/2024]
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Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Urges EPA To Move Forward With Strong Regulation Of Vinyl Chloride Under Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, While Calling For A Ban
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[10/21/2024]
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EPA, PennVEST, Aqua Pennsylvania Highlight Importance Of Taking Action Against Lead Water Service Lines At Chester County Event
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[10/21/2024]
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Allegheny County Conservation District Receives State, Federal Funding To Address Urban Soil Contaminants, Support Farm & Garden Projects
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[10/7/2024]
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DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct. 9 To Plug Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners
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[10/7/2024]
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DEP Advisory Group To Hear How DEP Proposes To Implement New Federal Methane Reduction Rule For Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Wells, Infrastructure Oct. 10
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[10/7/2024]
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State Fire Commissioner Now Accepting Applications From Local Fire, Emergency Services For Training, Equipment To Respond To Shale Gas Infrastructure Fires, Emergencies
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[10/7/2024]
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DEP Issues Violations To 7 Shale Gas Drillers For Failure To Submit Monthly Waste Generation, Disposal, Production Reports - 1 Company For 3 Years; 2 More Drillers Fail To Disclose Fracking Chemicals
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[10/7/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 28 to Oct. 4 - Five More Abandoned Shale Gas Well Violations; Failure To Disclose Fracking Chemicals; Failure To Report Waste Generation & Disposal; Lawnmower Causes Conventional Pipeline Gas Leak
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[10/7/2024]
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Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 16 In-Person Program In Waynesburg, Greene County On Protecting Public Health, Resources From Shale Gas Development
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[10/7/2024]
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No Decision Posted Yet From DEP On Whether Flare Gas Chemical Makeup, Volume At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Is Confidential Business Information
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[10/7/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 5
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[10/7/2024]
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PennFuture: Lawmakers Move Bill To Require Clean Solar Energy Facilities To Have Bonds; But Fail To Have Adequate Plugging Bonds For Dirty Oil & Gas Wells Leaving Taxpayers To Pick Up The Cost
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[9/30/2024]
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Physicians For Social Responsibility PA’s Dr. Ned Ketyer Shares Summary Of Studies Of Shale Gas Development Impacts On Human Health
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[9/30/2024]
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US DOE: China Is Biggest Destination For US LNG Gas Exports; PA Shale Gas Industry Says We Have ‘Duty’ To Export Gas To China, Our Military, Economic Competitor
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[9/30/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 21 to 27 - Gas Storage Areas Wells Leaking; Failure To Comply With Orders, Failure To Report Fracking Chemicals; Bubbling Conventional Pipeline Leak
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[9/30/2024]
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Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community, Partners Release New Disability-Centered Guidance For Transportation Accidents, Petrochemical Plant Spills, Releases
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[9/23/2024]
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Cecil Township, Washington County Posts Proposed Ordinance Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Well Pads Of 2,500 Feet From Homes, Businesses; 5,000 Feet From Schools, Hospitals; Nov. 4 Hearing, Meeting Set
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[9/23/2024]
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Environmental Health Project: State Dept. Of Health Progress On Implementing Recommendations After Pitt Health Studies Show Impacts From Shale Gas Development ‘Extremely Limited’
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[9/23/2024]
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Del-Chesco United For Pipeline Safety: Texas Explosion Shows Communities In PA With Energy Transfer's Mariner East Pipeline And Other Pipelines Are Vulnerable To The Same Unmitigated Risk From Unsecured Pipeline Valves
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[9/23/2024]
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Exploding Water Well Shed Triggers DEP Investigation Of 59+ Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Cyclone, McKean County; Highlights Limits On Providing Temporary Water For Well Owners Impacted
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[9/23/2024]
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Homeowner Complaint Results In DEP Emergency Plugging Of A Penn Resources, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Leaking Gas, Oil, Wastewater In McKean County
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[9/23/2024]
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DEP Discovers Wastewater Spill From Conventional Oil/Gas Well That Could Be Seen From Google Earth In Armstrong County As A Result Of A Complaint
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[9/23/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 21
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[9/23/2024]
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Master Watershed Stewards Continue Great Partnership With Dickinson’s ALLARM Stream Team Water Monitoring Program
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[9/16/2024]
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Cecil Township Supervisors Direct Solicitor To Prepare Ordinance Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Well Pads By At Least 2,500 Feet; Another Hearing, Vote Expected Nov. 4
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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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[9/16/2024]
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Southwestern PA Community, Health Organizations To Hold Sept. 17 Online Press Event - One Year After Pitt Shale Gas Health Impacts Studies And The Failure To Fulfill Essential Promises Made To Residents
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[9/16/2024]
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DEP Finds Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Sprayed & Leaked 12,600+ Gallons For Nearly 3 Hours In Gilmore Twp., Greene County
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[9/16/2024]
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DEP Issues Violation To Apex Energy (PA) LLC For Failure To Submit List Of Fracking Chemicals For 37 Shale Gas Wells Over 6 Years In Westmoreland County
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[9/16/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 7 to 13 - 12,600+ Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Release; 1,000 Gallon+ Subsurface Conventional Wastewater Spill; 28+ Abandoned Wells; Stray Gas Investigation In Elk Viewing Area
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[9/16/2024]
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DEP Declares 21 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Owned By Schreiner Oil & Gas Inc. Abandoned, Not Plugged In Erie, McKean Counties
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[9/16/2024]
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Senate Hearing: Landowner Concerns About Liability For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells May Be Impediment To Plugging Leaking Wells; Need To Make Plugging Programs More Effective To Deal With ‘Growing Problem’
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[9/16/2024]
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Groundbreaking Initiative Using Drones To Locate Orphan, Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania Kicks Off
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[9/16/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 14
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[9/9/2024]
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Abandoned Well Citizen Expert Laurie Barr, University Of Pennsylvania Prof. Jennifer Wilcox Recognized On The Grist 50 List
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[9/9/2024]
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Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines
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[9/9/2024]
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Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’
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[9/9/2024]
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Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure
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[9/9/2024]
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US Dept. Of Interior Approves $76.4 Million To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania; 1,234 Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells In Last 20 Months
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[9/9/2024]
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Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meetings In 3 Northwest PA Counties On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells
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[9/9/2024]
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Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area
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[9/9/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 - Mystery Oil Leak Into Allegheny River; Holes In Shale Gas Casing; 65 Days Late In Plugging Conventional Well
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[9/9/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 7
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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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[9/9/2024]
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DEP Sets Oct. 10 Hearing On Proposed Interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response At The Vallimont Site In Erie County
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[9/9/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Agreements On Gryphin Coatings, Inc. Site In Philadelphia
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[9/9/2024]
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PennEnvironment: New Study Of 9 PA School Districts Show These Schools Fail To Protect Children From Lead In School Drinking Water; Urges Action On Bipartisan Legislation
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[9/2/2024]
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Sept. 19 Webinar: A Year Later: Have Leaders Addressed Health Concerns From Natural Gas Development Raised In University Of Pittsburgh Public Health Studies?
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[9/2/2024]
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DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Strategies To Prevent Well Abandonments; Injection Well Primacy; Tracking Water Contamination; Other Topics
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[9/2/2024]
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State, United Mine Workers Announce First-In-PA Registered Apprenticeship Program To Plug Oil And Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners; DEP Issued 722 Violations For Well Abandonment So Far In 2024
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[9/2/2024]
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Range Resources Shale Gas Water Pipeline Suffers Blowout In Washington County
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[9/2/2024]
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9-Year-Old Drives Tractor Into Conventional Well Causing Gas Leak
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[9/2/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 24 to 30 - Water Pipeline Blowout; 9-Year-Old Hits Conventional Gas Well; 5 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells
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[9/2/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 31
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[9/2/2024]
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DEP To Test Drinking Water In PA Within 1 Mile Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site For Next 10 Years After EPA Confirms Remediation Is Complete
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[9/2/2024]
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Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Hosts Sept. 12 In-Person, Online Connecting Communities In The Fight Against Industrial Pollution
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[8/26/2024]
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Eureka Resources Shuts Down Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility; DEP Wastewater, Waste Violations Continue From Feb. 2023
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[8/26/2024]
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Marcellus Drilling News: Eureka Resources Plans To Close/Sell 2 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Williamsport: Not Enough Wastewater Volume To Keep Plants Open
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[8/26/2024]
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Eureka Resources Request To Terminate Its Water Quality Permit For A Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Dimock, Susquehanna County Approved By DEP
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[8/26/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 17 to 23 - Failure Of Casing During Fracking; 46 Day Delay In Water Compliant Notice; Closing 3 Wastewater Treatment Facilities; 40 More Abandoned Conventional Wells
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[8/26/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 24
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[8/26/2024]
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DEP Designates Renewal Of Marcus Hook Terminal Air Quality Permit Subject To Environmental Justice Enhanced Public Participation; Stormwater Permit Also Pending
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[8/26/2024]
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Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 11 Webinar On Corrosive Water Issues
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[8/19/2024]
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Attorney General Henry Announces Greylock Shale Gas Driller Will Pay $140,000, Plead No Contest To Multiple Criminal Charges For Environmental Violations In Greene County
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[8/19/2024]
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DEP Issues Violations To 16 Owners Of 5,374 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells For Failing To Submit Annual Production, Waste Generation/Disposal, Well Integrity Reports
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[8/19/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 10 to 16 - Failure To File Critical Annual Report Violations Sent To Owners Of 5,300+ Conventional Wells; Failure To Fix Leaking Wells
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[8/19/2024]
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US Dept. Of The Interior Announces Pennsylvania Eligible For Up To $152.6 Million In Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
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[8/19/2024]
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DEP To Hold Information Sessions On New Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Grant Program Aug. 26, 27 & 30
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[8/19/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 17
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[8/19/2024]
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CNX: 'Natural Gas Development Is Safe And Poses No Public Health Risks,' Based On CNX Air Quality Monitoring From 14 Sites, Most For Just 4 To 24 Weeks
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[8/19/2024]
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Briefing By US Dept. Of Energy On Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Previewing Future Engagement Opportunities Featured Comments Expressing Concerns About The Project
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[8/19/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed $1.3 Million Cost Recovery Action At The Pool Doctor, Beaver Alkali Products Site In Beaver County
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[8/12/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 3 to 9 - Diversified Prod LLC Fails To Comply With Order To Plug Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; 700 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations
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[8/12/2024]
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Erie Times: How PA's Oil & Gas Industry Continues To Illegally Dump Wastewater On Roads Across The State
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[8/12/2024]
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Residents, Environmental Groups, Advocates To Hold A Stand With Dimock Day On Aug. 16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County
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[8/12/2024]
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Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 20 In-Person Program On Investigations Into Rare Childhood Cancers In Washington County
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[8/12/2024]
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Environmental Health Project Contributes To New Book On Sustainable Development & Rural Public Health - From Fossil Fuels To Greener Futures
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[8/12/2024]
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FracTracker Alliance, Halt The Harm Network Invite Nominations For 2024 Community Sentinel Awards
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[8/12/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 10
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[8/12/2024]
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Clean Air Council, Johns Hopkins University, Marcus Hook Area Neighbors Release Community Environmental Health Study Findings In Delaware County
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[8/12/2024]
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PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Aug. 28 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Environmental Behavior, Transport, Remedies
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[8/5/2024]
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DEP Issues Violations To D & B Gas Prod LLC For Abandoning, Not Plugging 110 Conventional Gas, Coalbed Methane Wells In Indiana County; Total Abandonment NOVs 697 In 2024
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[8/5/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 27 to August 2 - 120 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; 3rd Pipeline Construction Spill; 1,260 Gallon Conventional Oil Spill
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[8/5/2024]
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PA US Sen. Casey Cosponsors Bill To Find, Clean Up Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Detection, Plugging Tech
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[8/5/2024]
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PUC Seeks To Accelerate Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems
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[8/5/2024]
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AG Henry/Gov. Shapiro: Federal Settlement Over Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Does Not Help Enough Pennsylvanians Impacted By The Incident
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[7/29/2024]
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Shade Creek Watershed Assn. Celebrates 25th Anniversary Sept. 21 In Somerset County
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[7/29/2024]
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No One Warned A Cameron County Family Their Water Well Was Contaminated By A Seneca Resources Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Rupture
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[7/29/2024]
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Penn State Extension Aug. 21 Webinar - Water Testing Through Penn State's Ag Analytical Lab
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[7/29/2024]
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Learn How You Can Qualify For Free Well Water Testing During Aug. 22 Penn State Extension Webinar
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[7/29/2024]
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DEP Requiring Any Facility Operating Under A Temporary Title V Air Plan Approval For More Than 12 Months To Submit a Title V Operating Permit On Or Before Nov. 25, 2024
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[7/22/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 13 to 19 - Pipeline Construction Spill; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Order
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[7/22/2024]
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PUC Investigation Concludes No Evidence 2023 Plum Boro Home Natural Gas Explosion In Allegheny County Caused By Gas Utility Equipment
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[7/22/2024]
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DEP Sets Aug. 21 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Equitrans LP Compressor Station In Union Twp., Washington County
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[7/22/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 20
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[7/22/2024]
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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
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[7/22/2024]
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Fayette County Republican Rep. Krupa Will Keep Fighting Carbon Capture, Other Environmental Injustices
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[7/22/2024]
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Protect PT To Host July 30 Community Meeting For Residents Near Westmoreland Landfill, Monessen Coke Works In Monessen, Westmoreland County
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[7/22/2024]
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Protect PT Hosts Aug. 1 Training Session On Using Its App To Report Problems At Oil & Gas Infrastructure Sites
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[7/15/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 6 to 12 - Double Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Failure; 19 + 12 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Draining Water Impoundment By Spraying
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[7/15/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 13
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[7/15/2024]
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State Health Plan Identified Oil & Gas Development As Health Risk Last Year; Environmental Health Indicators Map Is Now Available To Show Potential Risks Near You
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[7/15/2024]
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The Derrick: PUC To Hold Second Hearing July 15 On Venango Water Company [Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Contamination Of Water Supply]
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[7/15/2024]
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Now On Demand: PublicSource.org - Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia
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[7/15/2024]
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Sen. Culver: US EPA Installs Air Quality Monitors Around Wilburton Coal Bank Fire In Columbia County
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[7/15/2024]
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Environmental Quality Board Sets 3 Hearings On Proposed Changes To 80 Chemical Cleanup Standards Under Land Recycling Program, Including More PFAS Chemicals And Lead
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[7/8/2024]
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss Carbon Sequestration-Hydrogen Hub Pipelines; Critical/Rare Earth Mineral Recycling At July 9 Meeting
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[7/8/2024]
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Federal Judge Halts Biden’s Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits; EQT, PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Plan To Ship PA Gas To China To Support Its Economy
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[7/8/2024]
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PublicSource.org: July 9 Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia
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[7/8/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 29 to July 5 - Lots Of Conventional Wells Venting Gas; 12 + 6 More Abandoned Conventional Wells
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[7/8/2024]
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DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For Frontier LNG Gas Facility In Clinton County
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[7/8/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 6
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[7/8/2024]
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DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Application Complete, Now Posted On DEP's Website; Comment Period Opening Soon
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[7/8/2024]
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DEP Approves Final Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Shell Petrochemical Plant Site In Beaver County
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[7/1/2024]
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Sen. Camera Bartolotta: PA Should Be Producing 4 Times The Gas We Are Now, Exporting It Around The World: ‘We Just Need To Get Government The Hell Out Of The Way’
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[7/1/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 22 to 28 - 12 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order
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[7/1/2024]
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DEP Soliciting Bids For Plugging 20 Conventional, Abandoned Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells Owned By Pennzoil In The Allegheny National Forest
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[7/1/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 29
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[7/1/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permits For Installation Of A 5.8 Million Gallon Gasoline/Naphtha Storage Tank At The United Refining Company Refinery In Warren, PA
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[7/1/2024]
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Comments Invited By DEP On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For American Refining Group Facility In Bradford, McKean County
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[7/1/2024]
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Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts July 17 Meeting In Washington County On How To Protect Your Families' Health Living Near Shale Gas Facilities
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[6/24/2024]
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State Budget: PA Environmental Council Sends Budget, Policy Recommendations To PA House, Senate Members
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[6/24/2024]
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IRRC Approves Final Revised PUC Regulations Strengthening Rules For Intrastate Hazardous Liquids Pipelines; Gas Pipelines Fined Over $71 Million, Have Worst Compliance Record Of Any Industry, Including Criminal Charges
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[6/24/2024]
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DEP To Hold July 2 Virtual Hearing On PA General Energy Project To Construct 3.7 Miles Of Shale Gas, Water Pipelines Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality, Wild Trout Streams In Lycoming County
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[6/17/2024]
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House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Bill Banning Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater, Prohibiting Its Use As Coproduct Under Residual Waste Regulations
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: Penn State Expert Says ‘Pennsylvania Should Ban Road Spreading Of Oil & Gas Wastewater;’ Contaminants Exceed Health, Environmental Standards
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: Protect PT - Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater ‘Is Disproportionately Responsible For Negative Impacts On Human Health,’ Especially From Radioactive Radium
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘We Studied This For Nearly 30 Years And The Conclusions Are The Same - The Wastewater Contains Harmful Contaminants’
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: PA State Assn. Of Township Supervisors Opposes Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Saying It’s Only Affordable Option For Dust Suppression [Plain Water Works Just As Well]
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[6/17/2024]
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House Hearing: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Trade Groups Oppose Bill Banning The Road Dumping Their Wastewater Saying It’s ‘Effective And Safe’
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[6/17/2024]
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PA Environmental Council Supports Bill To Ban Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[6/17/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 8 to 14 - Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Now Top 512, Equaling All Of 2023
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[6/17/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 15
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[6/10/2024]
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House Environmental Committee Hearing On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater Set For June 10; A Voting Meeting On Bill To Ban Road Dumping June 11
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[6/10/2024]
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Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste
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[6/10/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 1 to 7 - 38 Conventional Wells Evaluated For Plugging; Spills; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Failure To Notify DEP Of 121 Conventional Well Owner Transfers
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[6/10/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 8
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[6/10/2024]
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Center For Coalfield Justice: Cause Of Omnis Bailey Coal Waste Processing Plant Fire In Greene County Unknown
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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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Week 10: Illegal Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues Unabated On Paved, Dirt Roads, Before It Rains, It Doesn’t Matter In Warren County
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[6/3/2024]
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DEP Disapproves Final Cleanup Report On Dozens Of Chemicals At The American Refining Group Bradford Refinery In McKean County For Not Meeting Cleanup Standards
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[6/3/2024]
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The Derrick: PUC Judge Orders 7 Rhodes Estate Water Companies To Secure Counsel For Hearings On Their Future [More Fallout From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County]
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[6/3/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 25 to 31 - Shale Wastewater Pipeline Spill; Drill Cuttings Violations; More Abandoned Conventional Wells
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[6/3/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 1
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[6/3/2024]
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Penn State Research Traced Radioactive Radium In Freshwater Mussels To Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[6/3/2024]
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Protect PT Hosts 4 Virtual Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities Starting June 11
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[6/3/2024]
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Natural Resources Defense Council Releases Recommendations To US DOE On LNG Gas Export Facility Impact Analysis
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[6/3/2024]
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50+ Appalachian Groups Call On US DOE To Suspend ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Project
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[6/3/2024]
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Pennsylvanians Living, Working Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Encouraged To Replace Expiring Potassium Iodide Tablets At June 12 Distribution Sites
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[6/3/2024]
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Group Against Smog & Pollution Report Finds Allegheny County Health Dept. Air Quality Permit Backlog Getting Worse; DEP Making Progress
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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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[5/27/2024]
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Damascus Citizens: Do You Live In An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Facility? Public Roads In 84 Municipalities In PA, One County In NY Are Being Used As Disposal Areas For Wastewater
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[5/27/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 18 to 24 - 3 Abandoned, Plugged Shale Gas Wells Still Leaking Gas; 480 Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs
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[5/27/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 25
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[5/27/2024]
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DEP Issues Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit To PA Well Development LLC In Young Twp., Jefferson County
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[5/27/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Waste Transfer Permit For 5 Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells Owned By Bear Lake Properties In Warren County
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[5/27/2024]
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Pennsylvanians Realized $500+ Billion In Public Health Benefits By Eliminating Coal-Fired Power Plants, Switching To Natural Gas
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[5/27/2024]
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Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Industry Waste And Radioactive Drinking Water In Pennsylvania
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[5/27/2024]
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Penn State Extension Hosts June 19 Webinar On Testing Emerging Contaminant Mixtures In PA Private Wells
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[5/20/2024]
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DEP Imposed $2.2 Million In Penalties Against Shale Gas Drilling, Pipeline Companies In 2023 For Violations Dating Back To 2018
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[5/20/2024]
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Rep. Vitali To Introduce Bill Banning The Disposal Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater By Dumping It On Public Roads; Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill Legalizing It
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[5/20/2024]
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Illegal Wastewater Dumping Continues, Even on Mothers Day, Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners’ Campaign Of Intimidation Of Senate Witness; Now Dumping Before It Rains, On Paved Roads
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[5/20/2024]
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National Energy Technology Lab, University Of Pittsburgh Say Oil & Gas Wastewater Can Be Major Source Of Lithium For Rechargeable Battery Production
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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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[5/20/2024]
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The Derrick: PUC To Hold May 21 Prehearing On Future Of Venango Water Company; Water Source Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill
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[5/20/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 18
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[5/20/2024]
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Penn State Extension May 30 Webinar On Landowner Role In Conventional Orphaned, Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells
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[5/20/2024]
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DEP: $5 Million In Grants Recommended To Support Mitigation Projects In Beaver County Related To Shell Petrochemical Plant Environmental Violations + Shell Paid Total Penalties Of $7,606,027.75
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[5/20/2024]
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Penn State Extension June 5 Webinar: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Our Environment
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[5/13/2024]
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We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History
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[5/13/2024]
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Moody & Associates Study Finds Discharge Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater To The Ground Surface ‘Not A Viable Management Practice'; Supports Ban On Road Dumping; Onsite Disposal
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[5/13/2024]
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Two Months: Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Surround The Home Of A Senate Witness Who Opposes The Illegal Practice
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[5/13/2024]
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DEP To Propose Changes To Coproduct Determination Process In Residual Waste Regulations; Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Tried To Use This Process To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater
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[5/13/2024]
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Hundreds Of Residents Warn Against Impacts Of Shale Gas Development In Cecil Township, Washington County
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[5/13/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 4 to 10 - 32 More Abandoned Conventional Well Violations; Failure To Cleanup Spills; Failure To Get Permits
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[5/13/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 11
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[5/13/2024]
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DEP Water Resources Committee To Review Proposed Spill Notification Regulation, Final Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards May 16
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[5/13/2024]
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Berks Nature Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation 2024 Water & Environment Grant
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[5/13/2024]
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Penn State Extension Holds In-Person Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Workshops In Waynesburg, Lancaster, Punxsutawney
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[5/13/2024]
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SRBC: Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Meeting May 16 In Harrisburg
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[5/6/2024]
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Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Says It’s A ‘Terrific Lie’ To Say It Is Responsible For Abandoning Thousands Of Wells; Industry To Change Definition So They Can Avoid Responsibility
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[5/6/2024]
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EDF: US House Passes Bill To Locate Orphaned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Well Plugging Technology
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[5/6/2024]
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The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry
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[5/6/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 27 to May 3 - Hunting Abandoned Quaker State Wells; Conventional Well Dumpster Fire; Multiple Water Withdrawal Violations
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[5/6/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 4
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[4/29/2024]
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Witness At Senate Hearing On Oil & Gas Wastewater Road Dumping Reports Her Home Has Been Surrounded By Dumping; Dumping Again On The Upswing In 2024
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[4/29/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 27
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[4/29/2024]
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PUC Urges Congressional Action To Address Potential PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup Liability For Water & Wastewater Utilities
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[4/29/2024]
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Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts April 29 Webinar On Challenges For Drinking Water Systems: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Lead Service Lines
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[4/22/2024]
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Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[4/22/2024]
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Senate Hearing: Penn State Expert: ‘No More Research That Needs To Be Done’ To Justify A Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[4/22/2024]
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Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’
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[4/22/2024]
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Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago
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[4/22/2024]
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Senate Hearing: DEP Still Evaluating The Data On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Asks Public To Report Road Dumping
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[4/22/2024]
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April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council Meeting Features Discussion Of Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells
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[4/22/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 13 to 19 - Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices Of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells
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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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[4/22/2024]
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Protect PT Hosting April 30 Webinar On How Your Municipality Can Protect Itself From The Dangers Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells
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[4/22/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 20
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[4/22/2024]
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PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor
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[4/22/2024]
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Encina Announces Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant Will Not Be Built In Northumberland County
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[4/15/2024]
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DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County
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[4/15/2024]
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Westmoreland County-Based Protect PT Calls For Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; CAC Member Asks For DEP Response
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[4/15/2024]
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The Derrick: State Intervenes In Venango Water Case [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]
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[4/15/2024]
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New Penn State Study Shows Continuous Radioactive Radium Exposure From Oil & Gas Wastewater Poses A Threat To Aquatic, Human Health As It Accumulates In Aquatic Species
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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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[4/15/2024]
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Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New Book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry
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[4/15/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Double 24-Inch, 14 Mile Long Gas Pipelines In Westmoreland County
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[4/15/2024]
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CNX Expands Air Pollution Monitoring To More Shale Gas Well Pads, Compressor Stations Under The Collaborative Agreement With State
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[4/15/2024]
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Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Official Joins Pittsburgh-based EQT In Saying We Have A 'Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor
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[4/15/2024]
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Moms Clean Air Force: New EPA Protections Will Curb Chemical Pollution, Clean Up Air In Impacted Communities
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[4/15/2024]
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EPA Sets First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water; PA State MCL Will Change
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[4/8/2024]
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Spotlight PA: Little Information Made Public About Free Water Testing Ordered As Part Of Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Settlement To Criminal Charges By Attorney General
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[4/8/2024]
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Road Dumping Continues At Will As Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Get Rid Of Their Wastewater
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[4/8/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 30 to April 5 - 19 Abandoned Well Violations; Venting Gas; Spills; No Containment; Erosion BMP Failures
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[4/8/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 6
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[4/8/2024]
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Allegheny County Conservation District Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening
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[4/8/2024]
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DEP To Hold May 21 Meeting/Hearing On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For Covanta Municipal Waste Combustion Units In Montgomery County
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[4/1/2024]
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Republican Rep. Causer Blames DEP Database For Showing Conventional Oil & Gas Owners Abandoning, Not Plugging Their Wells; Industry Wants To Redefine Owner Responsibility For Their Abandoned Wells
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[4/1/2024]
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DEP: 89% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply With Well Integrity Reporting For 34,455 Wells In 2023
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[4/1/2024]
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DEP: 86% Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply With Waste Disposal, Production Reporting For 33,505 Wells In 2023
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[4/1/2024]
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Residents Express Concerns At US DOE's Listening Session On ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Proposal In PA, WV, OH
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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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May 16 Empowering Communities For Environmental Equity Virtual Summit Hosted By EPA Region 3
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[4/1/2024]
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Appalachian Sustainable Products Network Launches, Issues Call For Manufacturers In PA, West Virginia, Ohio To Participate In No-Cost Product Life Cycle Assessment; Program Webinar
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[4/1/2024]
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April 30 Webinar: Invasive Catfish and PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' - Forever Problems?
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[3/25/2024]
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DEP Reports The Number Of Methane Contaminated Water Supplies From Oil & Gas Drilling Is Up ‘Across The Board,’ ‘Not A Good Trend’
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[3/25/2024]
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DEP: Shale Gas Drilling Resulted In 54 Incidents Of New Wells Interfering With Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Water Wells Or Other Shale Gas Wells In Last 8 Years
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[3/25/2024]
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DEP Pursuing Federal Funding To Further Define Human Health Impacts Of Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
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[3/25/2024]
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Spring Road Dumping Season Underway As Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Get Rid Of Their Wastewater
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[3/25/2024]
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Fayette County Commissioners Unanimously Pass Ordinance Restricting Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells
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[3/25/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 16 to 22 - Truck Rollover; 12 More Abandoned Wells; Failure To Submit Annual Reports; Another Chewed Wastewater Line Leaking
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[3/25/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 23
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[3/25/2024]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 8 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals, Adopts New General Permit For Cooperative Fish Nurseries
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[3/25/2024]
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DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application
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[3/25/2024]
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DEP Issued Conventional Oil & Gas Operators 663 Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging Wells In Last 15 Months; 392 In 2024 Alone
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[3/18/2024]
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Shapiro Marks Plugging 200th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well: These Companies Will Do Anything To Avoid Paying For Plugging; It’s Not Okay Some In The Legislature Are Shielding Them; Text Well Locations
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[3/18/2024]
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DEP Cites Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators For Abandoning, Not Plugging 140 More Wells Last Week; Total Now 380 Wells This Year
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[3/18/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 9 to 15 - Home Explosion; 140 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Methane In Water Supply; Porcupine Causes Wastewater Spill
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[3/18/2024]
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DEP Issues Violation To Blackhill Energy, LLC Shale Gas Driller For Contaminating Groundwater, 3 Water Supplies With Methane In Springfield Twp., Bradford County
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[3/18/2024]
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The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill
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[3/18/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 16
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[3/18/2024]
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Mountain Watershed Assn. Will Install Warning Signs Around Wastewater Outfall Of MAX Environmental Technologies Yukon Facility In Sewickley Creek, Westmoreland County
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[3/18/2024]
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DEP Sets April 17 Hearing On Alternatives For Dealing With PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination At The Newberry Twp. PFC Site In York County
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[3/18/2024]
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Penn State Extension: April 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing
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[3/18/2024]
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Clean Air Council, Moms Clean Air Force, Earthworks Host March 20 Webinar On Federal Waste Oil & Gas Emission Charges
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[3/18/2024]
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EPA Issues Final Rule On Reducing Emissions Of Harmful Ethylene Oxide Found At 5 Facilities In PA
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[3/11/2024]
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DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells
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[3/11/2024]
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DEP Declares 101 Medina Res Dev Co. LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Crawford, Erie Counties
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[3/11/2024]
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New Reporting On The Uncontrolled Impacts Of Shale Gas Industry: The ‘Poisons Are Still Going Through My System;’ Roar, Fire From Gas Flares; Nothing Has Changed In 15 Years
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[3/11/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 2 to 8 - 119 Conventional Well Abandonment Violations; Pipeline Land Slips; Ignored Orders
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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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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 9
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[3/11/2024]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More
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[3/11/2024]
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US Senators Introduce Bill To Ban US LNG Gas Sales To Any Entity Under The Control Of Communist China To Protect US Jobs; Americans From Price Spikes; EQT Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China; Where Do AMERICAN Interests Lie?
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[3/11/2024]
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Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It Simply Should Not Happen, Period’
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[3/11/2024]
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Stars and Stripes Guest Essay: Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Exports Right Move For National Security - Rivals Like China Are Using US LNG To Build Influence
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[3/11/2024]
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EPA Adds Fmr Exide Technologies Facility In Berks County To Superfund National Priorities List
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[3/4/2024]
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PA Environmental Groups: New PUC Rules, DEP Guidance Victory For Increased Safety In Pipeline Construction And Operation
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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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[3/4/2024]
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Incomplete Application For CNX Midstream Slickville Fracking Wastewater, Natural Gas Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County Withdrawn By DEP
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[3/4/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 2
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[3/4/2024]
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Latest DEP Inspection Shows No Progress By Petro Erie In Cleaning Up The Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County 7 Months Ago
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[3/4/2024]
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DEP: Clay-Like Material Polluting Marsh Creek Is Not Bentonite From Mariner East Pipeline Construction, But Naturally Occuring; Sunoco Cleanup Operation Finished
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[3/4/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 24 to March 1 - 11 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Field Of Leaking Wells; Voluntary Plugging; No Cleanup Progress In Reno Spill
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[3/4/2024]
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Chemstream Chemical Maker Agrees To Disclose Information About Its Proprietary Chemicals Used In Natural Gas Drilling
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[3/4/2024]
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Guest Essay: The Conventional Oil And Gas Industry Isn't Taking Responsibility For Their Wells
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[3/4/2024]
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PA Utility Law Project March 15 Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families; LNG Export Capacity To Double, Even With Permit Pause
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[3/4/2024]
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Bloomberg: Gov. Shapiro Calls On Biden To Keep Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities Short
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[3/4/2024]
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Environmental Quality Board Meets March 12 On Land Recycling Program Cleanup Standards For More PFAS Chemicals; Revised Standard For Lead; Rulemaking Petition For Fletcher Run, Greene County By CONSOL Coal
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[3/4/2024]
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EPA Announces Funding For New Superfund Cleanup Projects In Jefferson, Luzerne, Montgomery Counties
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[3/4/2024]
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Comments Invited On DEP Consent Agreements On Purchasing Parts Of The Topton Hazardous Site In Berks County
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[2/26/2024]
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Penn State: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Fails To Meet Beneficial Reuse Recommendations For Use As A Dust Suppressant
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[2/26/2024]
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Citizen Complaint Leads DEP To Breakout Of Mariner East Pipeline Drilling Mud That Contaminated The Lake At Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County; Sunoco Pipeline Starts Cleanup
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[2/26/2024]
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PUC Adopts Final Regulations Strengthening Operation, Construction Requirements For Intrastate Hazardous Liquids Pipelines
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[2/26/2024]
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DEP Publishes Final Guidance On Environmental Consideration In Using Trenchless Technology To Construct Natural Gas, Other Pipelines
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[2/26/2024]
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DEP Issues Chapter 105 Permit Correcting Violations By PA General Energy In Constructing The Shawnee Water Intake On The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County
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[2/26/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 24
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[2/26/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 17 to 23 -- 7 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Defective Casing From 2018; Mariner Pipeline Drilling Mud Breakout; Additional Shell Air Penalties; Water Supply Investigation
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[2/26/2024]
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DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75 In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order
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[2/26/2024]
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Western PA Residents Comment After A Year Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Operations
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[2/26/2024]
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DEP Environmental Justice Office Taking Lead In Developing $8 Million Monsanto PCB Penalty Community Fund As Part Of $100 Million Settlement
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[2/26/2024]
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Protect PT Hosts Feb. 27 Online Lunch & Learn With Laurie Barr About Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells
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[2/19/2024]
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Sen. Comitta: Let's Work Together To Address Climate Change, But Stop Rehashing The Same Old Arguments Against RGGI That Are Not Protecting Our Planet And Our People
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[2/19/2024]
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DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee Meets Feb. 20 To Review 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment, PA Greenhouse Gas Inventory, Climate Action Plan
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[2/19/2024]
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Ohio River Valley Institute Feb. 22 Webinar To Announce A Roadmap For Industrial Decarbonization In Pennsylvania
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[2/19/2024]
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DEP: Interim Report On A Full Year Of Sampling Finds No Evidence Of Contamination In Western PA Related To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[2/19/2024]
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EPA Objects To Allegheny County's Air Quality Permit For The US Steel Edgar Thomson Plant
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[2/19/2024]
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PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard For Environmental Compliance Record
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[2/19/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 10 to 16 - 31 More Conventional Abandoned Well NOVs - 103 For Year; Pipeline Land Slips; Water Supply, Stray Gas Complaints
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[2/19/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 17
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[2/19/2024]
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Marcellus Drilling News: National Fuel Gas Lawsuit Alleges Fraud, Counterfeit Parts Used At Natural Gas Compressor Stations
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[2/19/2024]
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Comments Invited On Mariner East II Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Chapter 102 Permit Amendment For An Area In West Goshen Twp., Chester County
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[2/19/2024]
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DEP Sets March 20 Hearing [If Requested] On Air Quality Permit Change For The Eastern Gas Transmission Punxsutawney Compressor Station In Jefferson County
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[2/19/2024]
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Public Comments Invited On State Air Quality Plan Amendment For PEI Power Corp Natural Gas-fired Power Plant In Lackawanna County
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[2/19/2024]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission March 14 Meeting On Rulemakings, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 8 Related To Shale Gas Development; And On Cooperative Fish Nursery General Permit
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[2/19/2024]
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PUC Now Accepting Comments On $250,000 Penalty Settlement With Peoples Gas On Natural Gas Over-Pressurization Incident In Indiana County
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[2/19/2024]
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Natural Gas Intelligence: 76% Increase In LNG Natural Gas Export Capacity Already Under Construction; US Group Fears Buildout Will Hurt American Businesses Urge ‘US Consumers First’ Policy
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[2/19/2024]
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Bloomberg TV: Canada’s Energy Minister: Period Of Using Natural Gas As Transition Fuel Should Be Short; Gas Should Not Replace Renewables; Canada Has Adopted Controls On LNG Exports The US Has Not
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[2/19/2024]
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CFA, Dept. Of Education To Begin Accepting Applications For 2 Grant Programs To Help Public Schools Make Environmental Repairs, Improvements
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[2/19/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Encina Plant For Chemically Recycling Plastics In Northumberland County
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[2/19/2024]
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Penn State Extension March 14 Webinar On Oil & Gas Wastewater Management - Project PARETO
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[2/12/2024]
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Just 14 Days: PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 27 to Feb. 9 -- More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells; Spills, Venting Gas, Contaminated Water Supplies
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[2/12/2024]
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DEP Begins Emergency Project To Plug Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Scott Twp., Allegheny County; DEP Tried To Get Well Operators To Stop The Leaks For Nearly 9 Years
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[2/12/2024]
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Guest Essay: DEP Ignored Abandoned Wells During Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permitting Process
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[2/12/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - February 10
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[2/12/2024]
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PA Utility Law Project, Public Citizen Host Feb. 16 Webinar Exploring The Impact Of LNG Natural Gas Exports On Pennsylvania Families
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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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PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund, PA League Of Women Voters Oppose Senate Bill Abrogating Final Rule Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]
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[2/12/2024]
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EPA Finalizes Stronger Standards For Harmful Soot Pollution, Increasing Health, Clean Air Protections For Families, Workers, Communities
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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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[2/5/2024]
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The Derrick: Aqua Pennsylvania Continues To Operate The Water System Serving The Village Of Reno After A Conventional Well Wastewater Release Contaminated Its Water Supply Last July In Venango County
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[2/5/2024]
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What’s That Pink Stuff Spilled At Apex Energy Shale Gas Well Pad In Salem Twp., Westmoreland County?
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[2/5/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - February 3
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[2/5/2024]
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Environmental Quality Board Meets Feb. 13 On Land Recycling Program Cleanup Standards For More PFAS Chemicals, Revised Standard For Lead, Rulemaking Petition For Fletcher Run, Greene County By CONSOL Coal
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[2/5/2024]
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb. 13 To Discuss Guidance Limiting Impacts Of Pipeline Construction; Pipelines Needed For Carbon Sequestration, Hydrogen; Electrification
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[2/5/2024]
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: When It Rains It Pours - With Road Salt It Creates A Bad Brew
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[2/5/2024]
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Help Wanted: Environmental Health Project Fellowship Summer 2024
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[1/29/2024]
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Senators Santarsiero, Comitta Introduce SB 581 Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Natural Gas Drilling Sites, Other Infrastructure, Based On Latest Science
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[1/29/2024]
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DEP To Require Unconventional Shale Gas Operators To Disclose Chemicals Used In Drilling, Fracking Operations Earlier In Well Drilling Process Thru PPC Emergency Plan Changes
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[1/29/2024]
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DEP Extends Deadline Of First Methane Pollution Report From Oil & Gas Facilities To June 1, 2024
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[1/29/2024]
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5 Months Later, Roulette Oil & Gas Still Has Not Resolved Violations For Abandoning A Shale Gas Well Without Plugging It In Potter County
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[1/29/2024]
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XTO Energy Begins Plugging First Of 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells At Butler County Well Pad
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[1/29/2024]
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66 Months Later, DEP Worked With Conventional Well Owner, But Multiple Spills At A Well Site Have Still Not Been Cleaned Up; No Protections In Place For Operators Or Taxpayers
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[1/29/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 20 to 26 - 15 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Plugging Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Revolution Pipeline Land Slip; Brief Compressor Fire; Crypto Mining? What's That Pink Stuff?
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[1/29/2024]
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Marcellus Drilling News: DEP Approves Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County [Jan. 26 Inspection Found Gas Bubbling From Well]
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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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[1/29/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 27
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[1/29/2024]
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PennEnvironment, Clean Air Council Win Record $42 Million Air Pollution Settlement Covering 3 US Steel Facilities In The Mon Valley, Pittsburgh
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[1/29/2024]
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Environmental Hearing Board Denies Lackawanna Energy Center Power Plant Motion To Dismiss Boro Of Jessup’s Appeal Of DEP Air Permit
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[1/22/2024]
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DEP Releases Final Guidance On Environmental Considerations In Using Trenchless Technology To Construct Natural Gas, Other Pipelines
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[1/22/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 13 to 19; 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; 4 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Freshwater Pipeline Break; Ice & Snow
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[1/22/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 20
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[1/22/2024]
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Better Path Coalition: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - One Year Later, Feb. 1 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing
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[1/22/2024]
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DEP Extends Deadline For Comments On Proposed Grant Program To Reduce Industrial Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Jan. 29
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[1/22/2024]
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Health Effects Institute Hosts Annual Conference April 28-30 In Philadelphia; Call For Abstracts
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[1/15/2024]
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DEP Issued At Least 512 Violations To 95 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In 2023; 10 Shale Gas Operators Issued NOVs For Abandoning Wells
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[1/15/2024]
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DEP Issued Record 6,860 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators In 2023-- Nearly 52% More Than In 2021; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues
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[1/15/2024]
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2023 Shale Gas Operator Compliance Report: 1,310 Violations; Explosions; Pad Fire, Evacuation; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack-Outs; Polluting Water Supply; Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home; More
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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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[1/15/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 4 to 12 - 9 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Leaking Wastewater Tanks; Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Cleanup Continues; Pipeline Land Slips
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[1/15/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 13
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[1/15/2024]
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DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Project To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining
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[1/15/2024]
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DEP Reviewing Equitrans Act 2 Soil Cleanup Report On Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area Conventional Well That Failed Venting 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In Cambria County
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[1/15/2024]
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DEP Issued Air Quality Permit For Leachate Evaporation System At Westmoreland Landfill With Special Radiation Monitoring Due To The Disposal Of Shale Gas Drilling Waste
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[1/15/2024]
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DEP Sets Feb. 27 Hearing On Helix Ironwood Gas-Fired Power Plant Air Quality Permit Renewal, Lebanon County
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[1/15/2024]
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No False Solutions PA Coalition Issues Position Statement On Hydrogen, Carbon Capture & Storage, Chemical Recycling Of Plastics, Other Climate 'Solutions'
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[1/8/2024]
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DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County
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[1/8/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 30 to Jan. 3 - Saga Of Plugging Nancy 13; Conventional Well Emission Offsets; Venting Since June; Still No Well Integrity Reports
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[1/8/2024]
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Saga Continues For DEP Trying To Get A Conventional Operator To Plug Warren County Well Venting Gas Since At Least 2018
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[1/8/2024]
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Zefiro Methane Corp To Begin Monitoring Abandoned Conventional Wells For Plugging To Create Emission Offsets
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[1/8/2024]
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DEP Accepting Project Applications For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund
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[1/8/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - January 6
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[1/8/2024]
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DEP Disapproves Land Recycling Risk Assessment For Dozens Of Chemicals At American Refining Group Refinery In Bradford, McKean County
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[1/8/2024]
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DEP Reviewing Act 2 Cleanup Reports For Trainer Refinery, Delaware County; Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery
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[1/8/2024]
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PA Lung Association: High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Radon Gas Detected In 40% of PA Homes; Test Kits Available At No Charge In Priority ZIP Codes
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[1/8/2024]
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EPA, PennEnvironment, Moms Clean Air Force PA, PECO Host Jan. 9 Webinar On Applying For EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program
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[1/8/2024]
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Penn State Extension Hosts Jan. 29 Webinar On Green Infrastructure And Salty Stormwater
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[1/1/2024]
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss The PFOA/PFOS ‘Forever Chemical’ Drinking Water Standard, Hydrogen Hubs In PA At Jan. 9 Meeting
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[1/1/2024]
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DEP Sets Feb. 13 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Plan For Newberry Twp. PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination Site In York County; Levels Exceed DEP Drinking Water MCL
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[1/1/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 23 to 29 - Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Wastewater Releases; Conventional Wells Venting Gas
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[1/1/2024]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 30
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[1/1/2024]
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DEP Invites Comments On A Permit For A Portion Of The NFG Midstream Covington 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Tioga County
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[1/1/2024]
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DEP Reviewing Final Act 2 Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Dozens Of Chemicals At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
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[12/25/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 16 to 22 - 46% More Conventional NOVs; More Abandoned Wells; Conventional Well Fire; Shale Gas Venting, Spills, Plugging Mess
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[12/25/2023]
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Conventional Oil Well Storage Tanks Burn In McKean County, 6 Local Fire Companies Respond
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[12/25/2023]
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CNX Resources Begins Disclosing General Information On Fracking Chemicals, Air Monitoring Results Online At 2 Shale Gas Well Pads
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[12/25/2023]
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Oil & Gas Facilities Self-Reported 13,432,713 Tons Of Air Pollution In PA In 2022; 101,741,616 Tons Total Since 2012
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[12/25/2023]
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AP: Drilling Under Pennsylvania's 'Gasland' Town Has Been Banned Since 2010, It's Coming Back
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[12/25/2023]
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HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution
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[12/25/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 23
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[12/25/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Water Withdrawal Requests For Shale Gas Drilling In Loyalsock, Pine Creek Exceptional Value Watersheds
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[12/25/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 32 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties
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[12/25/2023]
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US DOE, Treasury Release Proposed Regulations Implementing Clean Hydrogen Production Credit Setting A Sliding Scale For Credits
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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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Former Employees Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Ask For Criminal Investigation Of Eureka And An Audit Of DEP Over Alleged Workplace, Environmental Violations
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[12/18/2023]
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Videos Now Available From PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Dept. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts
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[12/18/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 9 to 15 - 500 Conventional Abandoned Well Violations; 25 Days Of Shale Gas Water Withdrawals Without Permission; Wastewater Pipeline Spill
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[12/18/2023]
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EPA/DOE Award DEP $44.4 Million To Plug Active, Conventional Oil & Gas Wells To Stop Leaking Methane
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[12/18/2023]
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HEI Energy Hosts Dec. 18 Webinar On New Research On Community Exposures To Oil & Gas Development & Groundwater Contamination In Beaver, Greene & Washington Counties
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[12/18/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 16
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[12/18/2023]
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House Passes Bill Requiring Registration Of Cryptocurrency Mining Operations, Impact Study
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[12/18/2023]
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Carbon County Residents Urge DEP To Deny Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. Request To Burn Tires To Fuel Its Cryptocurrency Mining Operation At The Panther Creek Power Plant
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[12/18/2023]
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CNX Ends Coordination On West Virginia Adams Fork Ammonia Energy Project, Anchor Of ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Application
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[12/11/2023]
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Marcellus Drilling News: Senate Republican Leaders Urge DEP To Withdraw Environmental Justice Policy Saying They Lack Statutory Authority, And Out-of-State Groups Not Actual Residents Express EJ Concerns
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[12/11/2023]
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DEP Expects $44 Million To Plug Conventional Wells Leaking Methane; $76 Million For 2nd Year Of Federal Conventional Abandoned Well Plugging Program
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[12/11/2023]
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DEP Plugs 132 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells So Far; DEP Issued 499 NOVs For New Conventional Well Abandonments So Far In 2023
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[12/11/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 2 to 8 -- 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Restore Shale Gas Pad; No Progress In Spill Cleanups
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[12/11/2023]
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Roulette Oil & Gas LLC Withdraws Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Application In Potter County
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[12/11/2023]
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DEP Sets Jan. 23 Hearing On Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Frazer Compressor Station In Chester County
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[12/11/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 9
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[12/11/2023]
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Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter Natural Gas Production Down 0.5% Over 3rd Quarter 2022, But Increased Over Last 12 Months
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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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[12/11/2023]
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PA Senate Hearing Focuses On Minimizing Risk And Harm In Development Of PA’s Hydrogen Infrastructure
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[12/11/2023]
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Penn State Extension Host Jan. 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing
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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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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. 5 On Methane Reduction Program; Spill Policy; Chapter 78 Update; Certified Inspector Program; Injection Well Primacy
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[12/4/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 25 to Dec. 1 - 13 More Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs; Failure To Report Water Supply Impact In July
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[12/4/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - December 2
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[12/4/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Mining Damage In Washington County
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[12/4/2023]
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Sen. Gene Yaw Announces He Received The Marcellus Shale Coalition 2023 Shale Gas Advocate Award [After Calling Gas Infrastructure Health, Safety Proposal ‘Stupid’]
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[12/4/2023]
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Shapiro Administration Provides Update On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Response 9 Months After Derailment
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[12/4/2023]
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DEP, Local Partners To Hold 5 Outreach Sessions For Input Into Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives Starting Dec. 4
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[12/4/2023]
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DEP Sets Jan. 16 Hearing On East Penn Manufacturing Plant Air Quality Permit In Berks County
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[11/27/2023]
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The Derrick: DEP: Little Headway In Reno Oil Well Wastewater Cleanup In Venango County
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[11/27/2023]
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The Daily Item Guest Essay: State Senator Calls Natural Gas infrastructure Public Health And Safety Bill 'Stupid'
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[11/27/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 18 to 24 - 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; 2nd Spill At Same Shale Gas Pad This Month; Village Of Reno Wastewater Cleanup Slow Going
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[11/27/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 25
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[11/27/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 19 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties
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[11/27/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Business Meeting Dec. 14 On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including Shale Gas Drilling In Loyalsock, Pine Creek Exceptional Value Watersheds
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[11/20/2023]
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State Dept. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts From Natural Gas Development
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[11/20/2023]
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DEP Issued At Least 472 Violations To 90 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators; 20 NOVs To 10 Shale Gas Operators For Abandoning Their Wells Without Plugging Them So Far In 2023
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[11/20/2023]
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DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues
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[11/20/2023]
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Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far
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[11/20/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 11 to 17 -- 37 Conventional Abandoned Wells; 1,260+ Shale Gas Spill; 1,000 Gallon Conventional Oil Spill In State Park; Rager Mtn Gas Storage Still Not Cleaned Up
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[11/20/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 18
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[11/20/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Danco Industries Petroleum Contaminated Wastewater Treatment Facility In Venango County
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[11/20/2023]
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Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant
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[11/20/2023]
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DEP Collects $62,475 Penalty From Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill Under Agreement To Correct Violations, Improve Environmental Protections At The Facility
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[11/20/2023]
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DEP: Part Of $39,100 Penalty Imposed For Waste Violations Related To Implosion Of Smokestacks At Former Cheswick Power Plant In Allegheny County Will Benefit Community
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[11/13/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - November 4 to 10 - Eight More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Venting Gas; Improper Plugging, Failed To Restore Well Pads
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[11/13/2023]
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Environmental Health Project: Gov. Shapiro Must Acknowledge Health Risks Of Natural Gas Development And Take Meaningful Action To Protect The Public
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[11/13/2023]
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Physicians For Social Responsibility PA: Gov. Shapiro's Announcement With CNX Does Not Go Far Enough In Protecting Public Health And The Environment From Natural Gas Development
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[11/13/2023]
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TribLive Editorial: Is Shapiro's Voluntary Agreement With CNX The Right Move For Gas Well Safety? 'We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses'
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[11/13/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 11
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[11/13/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Columbia County Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Compressor Station Air Quality Permit And Will Hold A Hearing Dec. 19 - If One Is Requested
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[11/13/2023]
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PUC Seeks More Information On Peoples Gas Over-Pressurization Incident In Indiana County That Damaged Hundreds Of Appliances, Caused Distribution Pipeline Leaks
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[11/13/2023]
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DEP To Hold Last 3 Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy
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[11/13/2023]
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Black Appalachian Coalition Urges Allegheny County Health Dept. To Hold US Steel Accountable, Protect Community Health, From Clairton Coke Works
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[11/13/2023]
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National Environmental Justice Art Campaign - We Refuse To Die - Launching In Pittsburgh Area
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[11/13/2023]
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House Committees Hold Hearings On Hydrogen Hubs, Appliance Energy Efficiency; Consider Bills Increasing Recycling Fee, Study Solar Energy On Farms
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[11/13/2023]
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DOE Recognizes Allegheny College For Energy Savings As A Better Buildings Challenge Partner
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[11/13/2023]
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Sustainable Pittsburgh: Nov. 15 CEOs For Sustainability C-Suite Summit Features Practical Pathways For Businesses To Decarbonize
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[11/6/2023]
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House Committee Hearing On Increasing Safety Setback Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities Heard About First-Hand Citizen Experiences On Health Impacts; From Physicians On Health Studies; The Gas Industry On Job Impacts
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[11/6/2023]
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Sen. Yaw, Republican Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee, Called Bill To Reduce Shale Gas Industry Impacts On Health, Environment ‘Stupid’
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[11/6/2023]
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Gov. Shapiro, CNX Natural Gas Company Sign Statement Of Mutual Interests To Monitor Air Emissions At Drill Sites, Extend Safety Setbacks While Data Is Being Collected; DEP To Move Ahead With Some Reg Changes
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[11/6/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Oct. 28 to Nov. 3 - Fire At PA General Energy Shale Gas Well Pad; 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Replugging Shale Gas Well
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[11/6/2023]
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Attorney General Henry Announces Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2018 Natural Gas Explosion That Destroyed Home In Greene County
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[11/6/2023]
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Marcellus Drilling News: Mariner East 2X Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Being Repaired After Dent Discovered In Chester County During Maintenance Check
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[11/6/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 4
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[11/6/2023]
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University Of Pittsburgh Studies Of Shale Gas Development Health Impacts To Be Discussed At Nov. 14 Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board
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[11/6/2023]
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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference
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[11/6/2023]
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Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force Issues Report On The Best Ways To Increase Exports Of PA's Natural Gas; Minority Report Rebuts Need For LNG Facility, Outlines Impacts
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[11/6/2023]
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Protect PT Holds Nov. 11 Workshop On Living Near Shale Gas In Westmoreland County
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[11/6/2023]
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PUC Issues Emergency Order To PA American Water To Operate Troubled East Dunkard Water Authority In Greene County; Lawsuit Filed Alleging Water Tainted By Mine Drainage, Shale Gas Operations
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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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[11/6/2023]
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EQB Invites Comments On Proposed Site-Specific Mercury Standard Related To York County Landfill; Dec. 5 Virtual Hearing
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[11/6/2023]
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DEP Sets Dec. 7 Hearing On York County Solid Waste Authority Resource Recovery Facility Air Permit
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[11/6/2023]
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9/11 Victim Compensation Fund Holds Nov. 9 Open Enrollment Meeting In Somerset County
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[10/30/2023]
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House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bill Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Shale Natural Gas Drilling Sites, Infrastructure Based On Latest Science, Grand Jury Report
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[10/30/2023]
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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference
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[10/30/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 21 to 27 -- Plugging 100th Well Tough Going; 30 Abandoned Conventional Wells Confirmed To 1 Operator
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[10/30/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 28
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[10/30/2023]
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DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022
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[10/30/2023]
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Increase, CBF Sees Opportunities And Momentum In Pennsylvania
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[10/30/2023]
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Large Heating Oil Spill In Cumberland County Highlights A Hole In Storage Tank Act, Availability Of Voluntary Underground Tank Leak Cleanup Insurance
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[10/30/2023]
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DEP Adds Details On The 3 Upcoming Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy
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[10/30/2023]
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EPA Region 3 Highlights Importance Of Children’s Health Month With North Philadelphia Daycare Visit
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[10/30/2023]
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Better Path Coalition: Nov. 2 Brown Bag Briefing On Fracking And PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania
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[10/30/2023]
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USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center Newsletter: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals;’ Orphan Oil & Gas Wells; Hurricane Ida Impacts; More!
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[10/23/2023]
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Gov. Shapiro: We Need Stronger Laws To Deal With The ‘Corporate Greed’ That Let Oil & Gas Operators Get Away With Abandoning Wells For Far Too Long
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[10/23/2023]
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FracTracker Alliance Recognizes 5 Individuals With The 2023 Community Sentinel Awards - 3 From Pennsylvania
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[10/23/2023]
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DEP Adds 3 More Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy
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[10/23/2023]
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9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’
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[10/23/2023]
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Gov. Shapiro Marks Plugging 100th Conventional Oil & Gas Well In 10 Months; New Initiative Allows Texting Abandoned Well Photos/Locations To Governor That Need Plugging
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[10/23/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 14 to 20 - 6 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Conventional Gas Migration Incident; Inactive Shale Gas Wells
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[10/23/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 21
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[10/23/2023]
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Senate Committee Briefing Finds No Definition Or Standard For ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Natural Gas; PA Producers Already Below One RS Threshold
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[10/23/2023]
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EPA, West Virginia Officials Working To Secure Fairmount Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Facility To Prevent Release Of Radioactive, Hazardous Materials
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[10/23/2023]
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PUC Updates Investigation Into Dec. 2022 Natural Gas House Explosion In Dauphin County
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[10/23/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 2 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including Shale Gas Drilling In Loyalsock, Pine Creek Exceptional Value Watersheds
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[10/23/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 19 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties
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[10/23/2023]
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House Committee Reports Out Cryptocurrency Mining Bill Without Permit Moratorium; Resolution To Encourage Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Pools; Hearing On Gas Facility Setbacks Oct. 30
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[10/23/2023]
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Guest Essay: My Hometown Shows The Benefits Of The Fossil Fuel Industry Come At A Tremendous Cost - Gov. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative
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[10/23/2023]
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PEMA Now Accepting Letters Of Interest For FEMA Flood Mitigation & Building Resilient Infrastructure And Communities Grant Programs
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[10/23/2023]
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DEP Responds To Oil Spill In Conodoguinet Creek; PA American Water Company Shuts Water Intake, Customers Asked To Conserve Water In Cumberland County
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[10/23/2023]
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Encina Fort Union LLC Withdraws Stormwater Permit Application For A Facility That Chemically Recycles Waste Plastics In Northumberland County After It Could Not Respond To Major Deficiencies In 4 Months
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[10/23/2023]
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Protect PT, Partners Host Oct. 26 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania's Oil & Gas Production
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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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[10/16/2023]
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Vice Chair Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Asks DEP To Report On University Of Pittsburgh Study That Found At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Production Waste Sent To Landfills Was Unaccounted For In One Year
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[10/16/2023]
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DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017
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[10/16/2023]
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Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Still Fighting To Make Road Dumping Its Wastewater Legal; DEP Introduces Concepts Of A ‘Life Insurance Policy’ For Plugging Wells; Certified 3rd Party Inspectors
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[10/16/2023]
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The Derrick: Permanent Alternate Water Supply Being Considered For Village Of Reno, Venango County After Contamination By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill
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[10/16/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 7 to 13 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Spills; Venting Gas; Emergency Well Plugging
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[10/16/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments At Nov. 14 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Marcus Hook Terminal In An EJ Area, Delaware County
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[10/16/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 14
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[10/16/2023]
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Better Path Coalition: Oct. 18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure
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[10/16/2023]
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DOE Awards Natural Gas-Based Hydrogen Hub In Western PA, Renewable/Nuclear Power-Based Hydrogen Hub In Eastern PA; Reactions
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[10/16/2023]
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EPA Awards Penn State Hershey Medical Center $1.19 Million Community Pollution Prevention Grant To Advance Environmental Justice In PA, NY
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[10/16/2023]
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Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards $150,000 Grant For Cambria County Mine Reclamation Project To Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation
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[10/16/2023]
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Impacto Media: Rich Negrin, Está Creando Un Ejército De Guerreros Ambientales [DEP Secretary Rich Negrin Is Forming An Army Of Climate Warriors]
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[10/16/2023]
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DEP Invites Students Age 9-14 To Submit Entries In Student Radon Poster Contest
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[10/9/2023]
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Repsol Gas USA Issued Violation For Denying DEP Right To Document Damaged Shale Gas Well Casing During Investigation Of Uncontrolled Gas Venting In Bradford County
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[10/9/2023]
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DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Unauthorized Water Withdrawals For 17 Days From Beaver Run Reservoir In Westmoreland County
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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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[10/9/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 -- Company Tries To Limit DEP Investigation; Unauthorized Water Withdrawals; Can’t Pay For Reno Cleanup; Venting Gas Wells; More Abandoned Conventional Wells
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[10/9/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On PA General Energy Constructing 3 Shale Natural Gas, Water Pipelines Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality, Wild Trout Streams In Lycoming County
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[10/9/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 7
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[10/9/2023]
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The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers Waterkeeper Citizen Monitoring Finds Plastics Maker Styrenics LLC Discharging Plastic Nurdles Into Ohio River, Threatens Lawsuit To Stop Them
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[10/9/2023]
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Environmental Quality Board, DEP Invite Comments On Changes To Water Quality Standards & Water Quality Toxics Management Strategy; Hearing Nov. 14
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[10/9/2023]
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Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offer Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening
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[10/2/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 23 to 29; More Abandoned Wells; Oil & Gas Doesn’t Typically Issue NOVs For ‘Routine’ Venting Of Natural Gas, Will Air Quality Under New Regs?
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[10/2/2023]
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Environmental Health Project: How DEP Issues Permits For Shale Gas Facilities Without Considering Cumulative Impacts - How New Facilities Will Add To Existing Pollution Loads And Impact The Area
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[10/2/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Title V Air Quality Permit For Eastern Gas Transmission Compressor Station In Westmoreland County At Oct. 31 Hearing
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[10/2/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 30
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[10/2/2023]
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Member Of Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Briefs DCNR Advisory Council On Siting Of Shale Gas Well Pad On State Forest Land To Accommodate Taking Gas From Private Land In Tioga County
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[10/2/2023]
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Gettysburg Times: DCNR Secretary Dunn Stresses Connection Between Community And Protection Of Natural Resources Giving People ‘A Sense Of Place’ That Makes PA Unique
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[10/2/2023]
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Guest Essay: DEP Should Invest $33.6 Million In New Federal Funding Wisely To Plug Conventional Oil & Gas Wells And Not Reward The Industry For Bad Behavior
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[10/2/2023]
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PJM Interconnection Board Proposes Market Reforms Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot
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[10/2/2023]
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PJM Interconnection Files Proposed Winter Storm Elliot Settlement With Non-Performing Electric Generators With FERC, Requests Final Action By Dec. 29
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[9/25/2023]
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Senators Santarsiero, Comitta To Introduce Bill Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Shale Natural Gas Drilling Sites From 500 To 2,500 Feet, Based On Latest Science
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[9/25/2023]
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DEP Issues NOVs To Roulette Oil & Gas LLC For Abandoning Another Conventional Well In Potter County; Roulette Applying For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit
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[9/25/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 16 to 22 - 2nd Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Order
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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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[9/25/2023]
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EPA Approves Permit For Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County; 30 Days To File Appeal
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[9/25/2023]
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DEP Hears Concerns, Some Support From Water Resources Committee On Draft Reg. On Reporting Unauthorized Spills, Releases
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[9/25/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 23
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[9/25/2023]
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PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed $100,000 Penalty Settlement With Mifflin Energy Corp. For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County
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[9/25/2023]
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Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. 28 Webinar Updates Public On Efforts To Reduce Methane, Other Air Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Infrastructure - Shale Gas & Conventional Wells
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[9/25/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 8 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals - 1 In Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek, Home To The Hellbender
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[9/25/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 34 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties
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[9/25/2023]
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Game Commission Board OKs More Shale Gas Drilling In Lycoming County, Home To The Hellbender, And Sullivan County
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[9/25/2023]
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FracTracker Alliance Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Community Sentinel Award
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[9/25/2023]
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, NERC Final Report On Winter Storm Elliott Says Legislative Action Needed To Establish Reliability Rules For Natural Gas Infrastructure
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[9/25/2023]
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DEP To Increase Monitoring, Develop Surface Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' After Study Shows 76% Of Streams, Rivers Contained At Least One Of These Chemicals
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[9/25/2023]
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DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing
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[9/25/2023]
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DEP Announced $38.76 Million In Funding For 6 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects In 5 Counties; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 2
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[9/25/2023]
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DEP Starts Air Monitoring Study Near Rausch Creek Coal Waste-fired Electric Generation Facility, Schuylkill County In Response To Citizen Concerns In An EJ Area
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[9/25/2023]
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Penn State Research: 87% Of Rivers, Streams Rapidly Warming, 70% Losing Oxygen; Aquatic Life May Be At Risk, Study Finds
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[9/25/2023]
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Dickinson College Will Host An Evening With Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska On Her Groundbreaking Advocacy Work Oct. 4
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[9/18/2023]
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Petro Erie, Inc. Says It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s Order To Clean Up Conventional Oil Well Wastewater That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply; Will Taxpayers Be Stuck With Cleanup Costs Again?
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[9/18/2023]
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Oil & Gas Industry Spills, Releases Created Over 575 New Brownfield Sites So Far In Pennsylvania, With More Every Week
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[9/18/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 9 to 15; First Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? Another Leaking Equitrans Storage Well; Plugging Grant Twp. Injection Well
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[9/18/2023]
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Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights
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[9/18/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 16
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[9/18/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For A Texas Eastern Pipeline Project Going Under The Schuylkill River In Chester, Montgomery Counties
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[9/18/2023]
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Oil Region National Heritage Area To Hold 2nd Oil Heritage Energy Security Conference Oct. 12-13 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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[9/18/2023]
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Center For Coalfield Justice, Donora Historical Society & Smog Museum Host Oct. 11 Webinar On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster
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[9/11/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 2 to 8; Equitrans Issued NOVs For Failing To Provide DEP Inspectors Access To Facilities As Requested
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[9/11/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 9
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[9/11/2023]
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DEP: Preliminary Test Results Not Indicative Of Stray Gas Migration Cause Of Plum Boro Home Explosion In Rustic Ridge Allegheny County
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[9/11/2023]
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PUC: No Evidence Public Utility Natural Gas Equipment Caused 2022 Hialeah Dr. Home Explosion In Plum Boro, Allegheny County
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[9/11/2023]
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State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results
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[9/11/2023]
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DEP Provides Oil & Gas Advisory Board With Updates On Well Plugging Financial Assurance; Pitt Health Studies; Funding Options For Program; Civil Penalty Policy
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[9/11/2023]
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Republican Rep. Krupa Introduces HB 1656 To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials
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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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[9/4/2023]
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DEP Expands Environmental Justice Protections With Updated Policy, Improved Mapping Tool; Enhanced Permit Reviews Start Sept. 16
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[9/4/2023]
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Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy
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[9/4/2023]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy; Injection Well Primacy
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[9/4/2023]
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Between The Lines Podcast: Pediatrician Dr. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults
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[9/4/2023]
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The Center Square: State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results
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[9/4/2023]
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DEP Responds To Emergency Notification Of Uncontrolled Venting Of Natural Gas For Over 10.5 Hours From A Repsol Oil Shale Gas Well; Temporary Evacuation Order Issued In Bradford County
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[9/4/2023]
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EQT Shale Gas Wastewater Truck Rolls Over Spilling More Than 4,600 Gallons Of Wastewater In Lycoming County
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[9/4/2023]
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Do Not Consume Water Advisory Lifted In Village Of Reno; Petro Erie, Inc. Barely Begins Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Site That Contaminated The Water Supply In Venango County
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[9/4/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 26 to Sept. 1-- Uncontrolled Venting Of Shale Gas Well; 4,600 Gallon Spill Of Shale Gas Wastewater; Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Barely Begins
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[9/4/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 2
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[9/4/2023]
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PUC Safety Division Continues Investigation Into Deadly House Explosion In Plum Borough, Allegheny County
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[9/4/2023]
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Public Health Watch: Black Water - How Industry Fights Controls On Manganese, A Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant; Beaver County Community Impacted
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[9/4/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On NPDES Water Quality Permit Renewal For Modern Landfill, York County At Hearing On Oct. 4
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[9/4/2023]
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DEP To Host Sept. 12 Public Meeting On Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Chester County
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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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[8/28/2023]
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DEP Finds 2 More Petro Erie, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks With A Pipe Leading To A Discharge Area In A Ditch In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County
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[8/28/2023]
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Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing
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[8/28/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 19 to 25 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Gas Frack-Out; More Leaking Wastewater Tanks; Equitrans Cleanup Continues
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[8/28/2023]
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Republican Rep. Krupa To Introduce Bill To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials
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[8/28/2023]
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Republican Herald Editorial: Health Depends On Regulation Of Oil & Gas Development
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[8/28/2023]
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150+ Residents Of Chester Opposed To An LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Proposed In Their Community Let Their Feelings Be Known To The House Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force
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[8/28/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 26
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[8/28/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 25 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties
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[8/28/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Vote Sept. 14 On Budget, Climate Change Resolution, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 8 Shale Gas Drilling Operations - 1 In Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek
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[8/28/2023]
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PUC Approves 2 Penalty Settlements With Columbia Gas Totaling $1.525 Million For A House Explosion In Washington County, 2 Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents In Franklin, Clarion Counties
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[8/28/2023]
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US DOT Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Announces Proposed Rules To Reduce Risk Of Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents, Explosions
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[8/28/2023]
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Shapiro Administration Secures Methane Detectors For Neighborhood In Plum Boro, Allegheny County Where Home Exploded
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[8/28/2023]
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15 Western PA Environmental Organizations Call On Gov. Shapiro To Implement RGGI
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[8/28/2023]
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DEP Now Accepting Applications For $2.6 Million In PA Clean Diesel Grants
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[8/28/2023]
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On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia Faith In Action: Environmental Justice For All - Ensuring Equity And Benefits Across Our Most Climate-Impacted Communities
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[8/28/2023]
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Funding Now Available For Energy Efficiency, Farm Conservation Projects Thru DEP’s Small Business Advantage Grant Program
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[8/28/2023]
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Scholarships Available For 2023 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona
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[8/21/2023]
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University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Studies Find Shale Gas Wells Can Make Asthma Worse; Children Have An Increased Chance Of Developing Lymphoma Cancer; Slightly Lower Birth Weights
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[8/21/2023]
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State Dept. Of Health Apologizes For Not Listening To Communities Suffering Health Impacts From Shale Gas Development; New Health Study Results ‘Just The Tip Of The Iceberg’
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[8/21/2023]
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Post-Gazette Editorial: Who Pays For Natural Gas Development’s Harm? Pennsylvania Should Acknowledge The Clear Fact That Fracking Has Hurt People, Specifically Children
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[8/21/2023]
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The Derrick: DEP Issues Order To Petro Erie, Inc. To Restore Village Of Reno Water System, Cleanup Contamination Caused By Its Conventional Well Wastewater Release; 1 Month Without Clean Water
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[8/21/2023]
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DEP Investigating Other Possible Sources Of Methane As Part Of Response To Plum Borough Home Explosion, Including Nearby Conventional, Shale Gas Wells
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[8/21/2023]
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Public Utility Commission Safety Investigation Ongoing Following Deadly House Explosion In Plum Borough, Allegheny County
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[8/21/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 12 to 18; DEP Orders Restoration Of Water Supply; Conventional Wells Abandoned; Leaking Methane, Fluids
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[8/21/2023]
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DEP, SRBC Invite Comments On New Permits For PA General Energy Shawnee Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal On The Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County After Failure To Comply With Its First Permit
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[8/21/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 19
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[8/21/2023]
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DEP Grants Variance From Containment Standard For 10 Aboveground Storage Tanks At American Refining Refinery In Bradford, McKean County
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[8/21/2023]
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New DEP Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy, Definition Of Environmental Justice Areas Effective Sept. 16; Public Comments Accepted Thru Oct. 29
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[8/14/2023]
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University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 15 In Washington County
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[8/14/2023]
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Mayor Of Sugarcreek Asks For Donations To Refill Village Of Reno Water Tank After Contamination In Venango County; Emergency Water Distribution Resumes; Contamination From Conventional Oil Wastewater Tanks Suspected
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[8/14/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 5 to 11; Routine Venting Of Conventional Wells, Shale Gas Wells; Major Conventional Spills; Pipeline Subsidence
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[8/14/2023]
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EPA: G2 STEM LLC Withdraws Application For Oil/Gas Wastewater Underground Injection Well Permit In Fayette County
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[8/14/2023]
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DEP Extends Comment Period On Proposed Roulette Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County To Sept. 7
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[8/14/2023]
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DEP Accepting Comments On 2 Major Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream Natural Gas, Water Pipeline Projects Impacting EV, HQ Streams, Wetlands In Westmoreland County
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[8/14/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 12
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[8/14/2023]
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DEP Extends Current ESCGP-3 Oil & Gas Erosion Control General Permit Without Changes Thru Jan. 2025
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[8/14/2023]
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Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization
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[8/14/2023]
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DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. 21
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[8/14/2023]
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PA League Of Women Voters, Food & Water Watch Launch Letter-Writing Campaign Opposing Hydrogen Hubs In PA
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[8/14/2023]
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PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 51,000 Christians Call For Stronger Standards On Fossil Fuel Power Plants
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[8/14/2023]
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PJM Interconnection, Other Grid Operators Express Concerns Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Will Accelerate Retirements Of Fossil Fuel Plants Without Reliable Renewable, Storage Technologies To Replace Them
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[8/14/2023]
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PA Solar Center Hosts Aug. 18 PA Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action
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[8/14/2023]
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On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor
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[8/14/2023]
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PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?
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[8/7/2023]
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New Penn State Study: Brine Water Pumped From Played-Out Conventional Oil & Gas Wells And Used As Dust Suppressants, Winter Road Treatments Exceed Environmental, Health Standards, Just Like Conventional Oil & Gas Brine Water
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[8/7/2023]
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Guest Essay: Take A Deep Breath! Now Think What You Just Inhaled. If You Live Along A Dirt Road You Could Be Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[8/7/2023]
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DEP Investigates Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Leak As Possible Source Of Village Of Reno Water Supply Contamination In Venango County; Customers Under Do Not Consume Advisory For 2+ Weeks
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[8/7/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 29 to August 4; More Abandoned, Leaking Wells, Reno Water Supply Contamination; Rager Mtn. Natural Gas Storage Area Spills
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[8/7/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 5
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[8/7/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Equitrans To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining
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[8/7/2023]
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DEP Sets Sept. 19 Meeting/Hearing On Air Permit For Expansion Of Marcus Hook Terminal’s Ethane Chilling Capacity In Delaware County
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[8/7/2023]
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DEP Publishes Final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis Technical Guidance
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[8/7/2023]
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Pitt Water Collaboratory, Women For A Healthy Environment Report On Allegheny County Drinking Water Systems Found Need For Improvement In One Or More Metrics
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[8/7/2023]
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NYU Grossman School of Medicine: Closure Of Pittsburgh's Shenango Coke [Coal] Works Tied To Local Health Gains
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[7/31/2023]
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University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 15 In Washington County
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[7/31/2023]
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Comments Submitted On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Potter County By Save Our Streams PA Show Principals Have Been Involved In Abandoning 8 Previous Injection Wells
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[7/31/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 15 to 22; 8 More New Conventional Well Abandonments
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[7/31/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 22 to 28
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[7/31/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 29
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[7/31/2023]
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Penn State Technical Assistance Program Hosts Sept. 21 Pollution Prevention: Discover Green Sustainable Pathway Technologies Webinar
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[7/24/2023]
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Marcellus Drilling News/The Allegheny Front: University Of Pittsburgh Study Finds At Least 800,000 Tons Of Fracking Waste Sent To Landfills Unaccounted For In One Year; Oil & Gas Waste Adds To Radiation Accumulation In Stream Sediments
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[7/24/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 22
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[7/24/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Aug. 10 Hearing On Proposed Water Withdrawals, Including 8 Related To Shale Gas Drilling Operations, 1 In Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek
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[7/24/2023]
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Governor’s Regulatory Agenda: DEP To Propose Annual Permit Fee For Unconventional Shale Gas Operations; Updated Waste, Other Regulations Covering Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Coming
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[7/24/2023]
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Steering Committee Releases Protocol To Allocate $5 Million Penalty Fund Related To The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
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[7/24/2023]
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PennVEST Invests $116.9 Million In 22 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Nonpoint Source Projects; And An Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility
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[7/24/2023]
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PJM Interconnection Reports Higher Percentage Of Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation Outages Than Originally Thought During Winter Storm Elliott - 70%
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[7/17/2023]
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DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’
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[7/17/2023]
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DEP Held July 13 Local Steering Committee Meeting For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Community Fund
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[7/17/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 8 to 14; Failed Shale Gas, Conventional Well Plugging; Leaking Conventional Wells
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[7/17/2023]
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DEP: Risk Assessment Did Not Prove Chemicals Polluting Soil & Groundwater At American Refinery Group’s Bradford Petroleum Refinery Met Safe Environmental Cleanup Standards
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[7/17/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 15
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[7/17/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water/Wastewater Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County
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[7/17/2023]
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EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment
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[7/17/2023]
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PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4 Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Conventional Operators Still Abandoning Wells
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[7/17/2023]
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DEP Posts Draft Final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis; Will Discuss At Agricultural Advisory Board Meeting July 18
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[7/17/2023]
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MethaneSAT-EDF Successfully Test Methane Detection Technology To Be Used To Document Methane Emissions From Onshore Natural Gas Production In North America
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[7/17/2023]
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Marcellus Drilling News: Do Oil & Gas Drillers Owe Taxpayers Royalties For Oil & Gas Under Roads, Streets, Bridges And Other Taxpayer-Owned Land?
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[7/17/2023]
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DEP Blog: Do You Know What’s Below? Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania
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[7/17/2023]
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PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host July 19 Webinar On EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule Covering Power Plants
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[7/17/2023]
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2nd Annual Marcellus Shale Water Business Update Conference Aug. 9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[7/10/2023]
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Community Demands Accountability From EQT Natural Gas On 1-Year Anniversary Of Greene County Frack-Out Incident; Families Still Without Clean Water; No DEP Investigation Results
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[7/10/2023]
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KDKA Investigation: Washington County Family Says Energy Transfer/MarkWest Natural Gas Processing Plants Turned A Peaceful Farm Into A Nightmare
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[7/10/2023]
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DEP Rejects MarkWest Act 2 Cleanup Notification For 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill At Compressor Station In Robinson Twp., Washington County, Notice Is Re-sent
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[7/10/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Draft Shale Gas Well Emergency Response, Pollution Prevention Contingency Plan Guidance
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[7/10/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 1 to 7; New Brownfield Cleanups; Shale Gas Well Plugging Picks Up; New Conventional Well Abandonments
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[7/10/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 8; New Brownfield Cleanups Increase
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[7/10/2023]
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DEP Sets Aug. 23 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit Revisions For Artemas Natural Gas Compressor Station In Bedford County
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[7/10/2023]
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Guest Essay: ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Smoke And Mirrors
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[7/10/2023]
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WeConservePA Hosts Oct. 5 Webinar On Establishing Local Environmental Advisory Councils; EAC Network Gathering Oct. 21
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[7/3/2023]
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House Democratic Leadership Blocks Environmental Committee Action On Bills Increasing Safety Zones Around Natural Gas Facilities, Cryptocurrency Permit Moratorium
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[7/3/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 24 to 30 - Radiation Levels Prompt Shale Gas Wastewater Tank Decontamination; Replugging Conventional, Shale Gas Wells
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[7/3/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 1
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[7/3/2023]
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Environmental Quality Board Meets July 11 To Consider Changes To Water Quality Standards; DEP Reports Law Limiting Its Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding May Be Unconstitutional
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[7/3/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Air Quality General Permit For Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares
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[7/3/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permit For Cryptocurrency Power Generation Facility By Diversified Production, LLC At A Shale Gas Well In Elk County
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[7/3/2023]
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Pennsylvania Groups Call For Transparency With State Plans For Carbon Capture, Storage
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[7/3/2023]
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DEP Extends Application Period, Increases Rebate Amounts And Expands Healthy Electrified Commercial Kitchen Rebate Program To Restaurants
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[7/3/2023]
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PA Sustainable Community Development Network: July 25 Webinar On Activating Municipal Sustainability Teams To Attract Funding
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[7/3/2023]
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Penn State Extension Sept. 26 Webinar: How Community Forests Provide Critical Environmental & Societal Services, Buffer Local Heat And Moisture Swings
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[7/3/2023]
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Call For Presentations: PA State Association Of Township Supervisors 2024 Conference On April 14-17 In Hershey
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[6/26/2023]
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3 Days That Shook Washington County: Natural Gas Plant Explosion; Pipeline Leak Of 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Gas; 10,000 Gallon Spill At Compressor Station
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[6/26/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 17 to 23 - Federal Well Plugging Project & Dimock Area Shale Gas Well Inspections; Leaking Plugged Conventional Wells; Frack Out Investigation
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[6/26/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 24
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[6/26/2023]
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House Environmental Committee Holds June 27 Meeting On Bills Increasing Setback Distances From Natural Gas Infrastructure, 2-Year Moratorium On Cryptocurrency Air Permits
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[6/26/2023]
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Senate Committee Meets June 26 To Consider Nomination Of Richard Negrin As DEP Secretary; Energy Information Office, Electric Billing Legislation
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[6/26/2023]
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DEP To Hold July 25 Hearing On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Potter County
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[6/26/2023]
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EPA Issues Permit For Class IID Oil & Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Jefferson County
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[6/26/2023]
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Senate Environmental Committee Reports Out Bills Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills And CO2 Injection Well Primacy By Party-Line Votes
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[6/26/2023]
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Legislative Report On Proposed Changes To Biosolids Permits Finds No Approved Method Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemical' Testing, No Standards For PFAS In Biosolids; DEP Says Changes Needed To Protect Health, Environment
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[6/26/2023]
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Penn State Extension: Testing, Treating For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In PA Water Wells
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[6/19/2023]
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Casey, Fetterman Announce $5.5 Million In Federal Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells In The Allegheny National Forest
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[6/19/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 10 to 16 -- Leaking Conventional Wells; 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Using Tape To Repair Containment Liner
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[6/19/2023]
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Robinson Twp., Washington County Seeks Answers To Cleanup Of MarkWest Liberty Midstream 10,000 Gallon Spill Of Natural Gas Condensates After Company Sends Notice To Wrong Municipality
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[6/19/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 17
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[6/19/2023]
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DEP Posts Solicitation For Bids To Plug 23 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Injection Wells Owned By ARG Resources, Inc. And Pennzoil Company In Elk County
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[6/12/2023]
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House Passes Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Rail Safety After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[6/12/2023]
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Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution
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[6/12/2023]
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MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County
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[6/12/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9: Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells
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[6/12/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10
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[6/12/2023]
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Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
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[6/12/2023]
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Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows
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[6/12/2023]
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EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set
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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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[6/12/2023]
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Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County
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[6/12/2023]
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Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry
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[6/12/2023]
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Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27
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[6/12/2023]
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New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA
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[6/12/2023]
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Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Wildfire Smoke A Reminder Of Our Shared Vulnerability
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[6/12/2023]
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Tribune-Review Column: Where There's Smoke, There's Wildfires And Serious Questions To Answer
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[6/12/2023]
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DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County
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[6/5/2023]
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DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.
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[6/5/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells
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[6/5/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3
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[6/5/2023]
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Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021
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[6/5/2023]
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House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities
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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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[6/5/2023]
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Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots
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[6/5/2023]
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DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia Contributed To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley
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[5/29/2023]
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Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year
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[5/29/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments
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[5/29/2023]
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Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year
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[5/29/2023]
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Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells
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[5/29/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27
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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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DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24
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[5/29/2023]
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EPA/DEP: Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. To Pay $2.4 Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County
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[5/29/2023]
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Evangelical Environmental Network Names Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman New President & CEO, The Rev. Mitch Hescox Retiring
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[5/29/2023]
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EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites
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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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Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Asks DCNR To Protect State Forest Land From Seneca Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad, Comply With PA Supreme Court Decision, Protect Recreation, Wildlife
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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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[5/22/2023]
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House Environmental Committee Meets May 23 To Consider Bills To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year; Authorize Streambank Fencing
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[5/22/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 13 to 19: Struggle To Plug Tatonka Oil Co. LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well
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[5/22/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 20
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[5/22/2023]
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Environmental Groups Launched Effort May 4 Asking For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities, So Far No Response
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[5/22/2023]
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Zefiro Methane Corp. Acquires PA-Based Plants & Goodwin Well Plugging Firm To Create Methane Emission Offsets
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[5/22/2023]
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House Environmental Committee Holds May 22 Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs & Climate Change
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[5/22/2023]
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Heinz Endowments Awards Nearly $11.1 Million In Grants For Environmental Health, Food Insecurity, Education, Housing
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[5/22/2023]
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State Agencies Hold Small Business Resources Fair May 17 In Beaver County To Help Community Recover From Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[5/22/2023]
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EPA Announces Proposed Rule Requiring Cleanup Of Inactive Coal Waste Impoundments, Disposal Areas For Comment
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[5/22/2023]
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Western PA Conservancy, BHE GT&S Award 15 Watershed Improvement Grants Totaling $39,484
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[5/22/2023]
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Stroud: High School Student’s Research Shows Salt Pollution of Fresh Water Has Tripled in 20 Years
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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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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs
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[5/15/2023]
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DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills
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[5/15/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13
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[5/15/2023]
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Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads
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[5/15/2023]
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Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad
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[5/15/2023]
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Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities
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[5/8/2023]
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Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete
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[5/8/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs
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[5/8/2023]
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Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills
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[5/8/2023]
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Attorney General Henry Charges 2 With Criminal Risking Catastrophe Charges Related To Work On Natural Gas Pipeline In Lawrence County; Pipelines Have Worst Environmental Compliance Record In PA
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[5/8/2023]
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EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network
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[5/8/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6
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[5/8/2023]
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Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities
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[5/8/2023]
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DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program
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[5/8/2023]
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Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
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[5/8/2023]
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House Committee Moves First PA Bill Setting New Rail Safety Requirements In Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[5/8/2023]
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Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events
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[5/1/2023]
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House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells
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[5/1/2023]
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EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average
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[5/1/2023]
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Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think
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[5/1/2023]
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House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year
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[5/1/2023]
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Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking
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[5/1/2023]
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Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Bans Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells
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[5/1/2023]
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DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process
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[5/1/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills
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[5/1/2023]
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Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County
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[5/1/2023]
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Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties
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[5/1/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29
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[5/1/2023]
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NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant; Shipping By Truck Still Allowed
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[5/1/2023]
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Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations
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[5/1/2023]
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Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December
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[5/1/2023]
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House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief
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[5/1/2023]
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Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie
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[5/1/2023]
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DEP Posts Soil, Water Sampling Results Related To Monitoring PA For Impacts From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[4/24/2023]
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New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study
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[4/24/2023]
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Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations
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[4/24/2023]
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PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection
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[4/24/2023]
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Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands
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[4/24/2023]
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Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County
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[4/24/2023]
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House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding
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[4/24/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing
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[4/24/2023]
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Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County
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[4/24/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22
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[4/24/2023]
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Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia
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[4/24/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling
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[4/24/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 39 Water Use Permits For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming Counties
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[4/24/2023]
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Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues
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[4/24/2023]
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House Environmental Committee Meets April 25 On Bipartisan Bills To Provide School Solar Energy Grants, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations
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[4/17/2023]
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Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment
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[4/17/2023]
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Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX
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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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[4/17/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 8 to 14; Shale Gas Drillers Create New Brownfields, 8 Wells Found With Defective Casing/Cementing
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[4/17/2023]
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How Chesapeake Appalachia Created Another New Shale Gas Brownfield In Bradford County; Timberline Energy Plugs Its Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Venango County
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[4/17/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 15
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[4/17/2023]
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Independent Regulatory Review Commission Meets April 20 On Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations
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[4/17/2023]
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The Express: Bechtel Corp Announced It Will Discontinue Development Of The 1,000 MW Natural Gas-Fired Renovo Energy Center In Clinton County
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[4/17/2023]
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DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits
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[4/17/2023]
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Chesapeake Bay Journal: Proposed Encina Pyrolysis Chemical Plant To Break Down Plastic Waste Into Benzene, Toluene, Xylenes Proposed For Susquehanna River Shoreline In Northumberland County
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[4/17/2023]
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Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts April 19 Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond
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[4/17/2023]
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EPA Awards Allegheny County $10 Million Grant To Replace Diesel With Electric Buses In Mon Valley
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[4/17/2023]
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Ohio River Valley Institute: April 17 Webinar On Green Steel In The Ohio River Valley - Mon Valley Works Possibilities
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[4/17/2023]
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City & State PA: PA Energy Summit May 11 In Pittsburgh, Featuring Keynote Speaker Acting DEP Secretary Negrin
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[4/10/2023]
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House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, Infrastructure To Reduce Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts As Recommended By AG Shapiro’s Grand Jury Report
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[4/10/2023]
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New University Of Chicago Medical Study Connects Natural Gas Development In PA To Real, Serious Human Health Outcomes And Should Be A Call To Action For Policy Makers
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[4/10/2023]
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Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads, Just Like In PA
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[4/10/2023]
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Moms Clean Air Force: Strong Proposed EPA Petrochemical Plant Rules Are One Step Closer To Reality; Shell Petrochemical Plant Covered By Separate Proposed Rule
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[4/10/2023]
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PennWest University California To Host April 13 In-Person/Online Program Ask The Expert: Environmental Disasters On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[4/10/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 1 to 7; Leaking Gas Well On State Game Lands #87 Fixed
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[4/10/2023]
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DEP Inspection Finds Two Repsol Oil & Gas Shale Gas Wells Venting Natural Gas To Atmosphere, Defective Well Casing/Cementing In Susquehanna County; Violations Continue From May 2017
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[4/10/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 8
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[4/10/2023]
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Local Officials, Residents, Advocacy Groups Call On DEP To Conduct A Robust Public Participation Process For Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Applications
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[4/10/2023]
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Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant To Close In Indiana County; Low Price Of Natural Gas, High Price Of Coal, Regulatory Burdens, RGGI Cited As Causes; Solar Project Waiting To Fill Gap
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[4/10/2023]
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PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates Stronger Proposed EPA Mercury, Air Toxics Safeguards For Coal-Fired Power Plants
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[4/10/2023]
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DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Title V Air Quality Permit For Monessen Coke (Coal) Plant, Westmoreland County
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[4/10/2023]
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PA SolarCenter Hosts April 21 Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report
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[4/10/2023]
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Dickinson College Wins Award For Advancing Sustainability Through Education Abroad
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[4/10/2023]
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Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Highlights Upcoming Energy, Environment Educational Opportunities
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[4/10/2023]
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EPA Awards 2nd Round Of $30 Million In Clean Water Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To PA
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[4/10/2023]
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EPA Announces $265.9 Million In Federal Drinking Water Infrastructure Funding For PA
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[4/10/2023]
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Bucknell University Hosts 10th Annual Sustainability Symposium April 14-15 - Building Thriving Communities
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[4/3/2023]
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Shapiro Announces Norfolk Southern Repaid PA Fire Departments, First Responders $1 Million
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[4/3/2023]
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Dept. Of Health Establishes Community-Based Health Resource Network To Provide Long-Term Assistance To Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[4/3/2023]
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DEP Update On 8,100 Gallon Spill From A Bucks County Chemical Plant Affecting The Delaware River [March 26]
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[4/3/2023]
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Stroud Water Research Center On Bucks County Chemical Spill: We Need To Revisit Source Water Protection, Pollution Prevention Contingency Plans To Protect Our Share Water Resources
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[4/3/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 25 to 31; More Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; Spring Walk Yields Hissing Gas Well On State Game Lands
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[4/3/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 1
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[4/3/2023]
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Guest Essay: A Conservative Argument For Clean Energy -- Follow The Market, Fossil Fuels Are No Bargain
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[4/3/2023]
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Penn State Hosts May 22-23 Climate Solutions Symposium
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[4/3/2023]
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Washington & Jefferson College Hosts April 5 Webinar On Justice40 - Bringing Energy Transition Benefits To Disadvantaged Communities
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[4/3/2023]
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Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts April 19 Workshop On Local Air Quality Issues
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[3/27/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 25
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[3/27/2023]
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Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County
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[3/27/2023]
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Shapiro Administration Announces Long-Term Presence In Beaver County To Assist Residents Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
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[3/27/2023]
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PA Senate Hearing: Norfolk Southern CEO: Ignition Of Rail Cars Following Ohio Trainwreck Was A 'Success'
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[3/27/2023]
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Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today
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[3/27/2023]
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DEP: Norfolk Southern Gives Notice On Starting Next Phase Of Cleanup At Site Of 2022 Trail Derailment In Harmar Twp., Allegheny County
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[3/27/2023]
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Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening April 19-22
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[3/20/2023]
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Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County
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[3/20/2023]
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U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA
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[3/20/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County
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[3/20/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 18
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[3/20/2023]
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Environmental Health Project: 75% Of Hazardous Waste Accepted At MAX Environmental Yukon Facility In Westmoreland County Comes From Shale Gas Industry; Sludge Proposed To Be Delisted As Hazardous Waste
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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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DEP To Submit Letter Of Intent To EPA As Early As This Week For Primacy To Regulate Underground Injection Wells
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[3/20/2023]
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PA Business Groups Urge EPA To Speed Up Approval Of State Primacy Applications For Injection Well Regulation
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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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[3/20/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day
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[3/20/2023]
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Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Council, Environmental Health Project Sponsor Ad Campaign To Finalize Strong EPA Oil & Gas Methane Emission Limits To Protect PA's Health & Climate
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[3/20/2023]
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Shell Petrochemical Plant Had 3-Hour Emergency Flaring Event To Burn Off Flammable Gases In Beaver County
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[3/20/2023]
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Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues $307,800 Stipulated Penalty Against U.S. Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter
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[3/20/2023]
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Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing Events
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[3/20/2023]
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March 29 Southeastern PA Town Hall Meeting In Chester County To Focus On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Fossil Fuels
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[3/13/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 4 to 10; Big Week For Spills
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[3/13/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 11
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[3/13/2023]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 13 To Hear Updates On Regulation Of Natural Gas Storage Areas, Chapter 78 Regs; Federal Well Plugging Program, Carbon Capture, Hydrogen Development
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[3/13/2023]
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Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change
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[3/13/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets March 16 On 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Uses; 4.5 MGD Out-Of-Basin Transfer
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[3/13/2023]
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Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing
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[3/13/2023]
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DEP Posts Updated List Of Technical Guidance In Development To Promote Public Involvement
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[3/13/2023]
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Pennsylvania State Actions Responding To Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of March 6
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[3/13/2023]
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House Democratic & Republican Policy Committees Hold March 14 Joint Hearing On Impact Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment In Beaver County
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[3/13/2023]
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Norfolk Southern CEO To Appear March 20 Before PA Senate Committee To Answer Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Committee Subpoenas Documents
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[3/13/2023]
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Moms Clean Air Force: Impacted Parents From Ohio, PA Will Raise Concerns About Chemical Pollution From The Train Derailment, Petrochemical Industry In The Ohio Valley During U.S. Senate Hearing
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[3/13/2023]
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Sen. Bob Casey Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee On Ohio/PA Train Derailment
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[3/13/2023]
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U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania
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[3/13/2023]
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DEP Hosting 6 Regional Engagement Sessions On Climate Action For Environmental Justice Communities Starting April 5
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[3/13/2023]
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PA Solar Center Hosts March 17 Webinar On Opportunities For PA In Solar Supply Chain, Solar Recycling And Reuse
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[3/13/2023]
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Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosts March 23 TEC Talk On Trends On Industry Decarbonization At Hazleton Campus
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[3/6/2023]
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Bay Journal: PA Conventional Gas Wells Routinely Abandoned, Left Unplugged
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[3/6/2023]
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PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time To Hear Bold Leadership On Oil & Gas In Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Address
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[3/6/2023]
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Better Path Coalition, FracTracker Alliance Release Pennsylvania Is Worth Protecting, A Visual Reminder Of The People, Places & Natural Resources Worth Protecting From Environmental Devastation, Climate Change
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[3/6/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 25 to March 3; More Well Plugging Sites Inspected
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[3/6/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4
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[3/6/2023]
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Independent Fiscal Office Reports 4th Quarter 2022 Natural Gas Production Decreased 1.6%; Average Price Increased By 82.5% Compared To Last Year
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[3/6/2023]
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Senate Committee Votes 9-1 To Issue A Subpoena To Compel CEO Of Norfolk Southern To Appear At March 8 Hearing On Train Derailment; 2nd Subpoena Expected Next Week For Documents
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[3/6/2023]
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Pennsylvania State Actions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of Feb. 27
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[2/27/2023]
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Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Failed To File Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater
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[2/27/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites
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[2/27/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 25
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[2/27/2023]
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Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility
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[2/27/2023]
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Pennsylvania State Actions Last Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment
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[2/27/2023]
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Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges
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[2/27/2023]
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt For Snow And Ice - Effects On Waterways Not Very Nice
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[2/27/2023]
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Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline
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[2/20/2023]
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DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions
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[2/20/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17
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[2/20/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 18
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[2/20/2023]
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DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties
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[2/20/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 38 Water Use Requests For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties
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[2/20/2023]
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Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 21 Webinar On DEP's Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program
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[2/20/2023]
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Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials
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[2/20/2023]
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Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment
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[2/20/2023]
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PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After
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[2/20/2023]
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Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions To Transportation
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[2/20/2023]
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Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations
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[2/20/2023]
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EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water
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[2/20/2023]
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EPA Region III Sets March 2 Virtual Listening Session On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Strategic Roadmap
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[2/20/2023]
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York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits
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[2/13/2023]
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Natural Gas Industry Tells House They Want Faster Permit Reviews, But Didn’t Say They Don’t Use 40% Of The Well Permits They Get From DEP; Industry Practices Keep Energy Prices High
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[2/13/2023]
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DCED Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Feb. 16 Meeting Agenda Includes Discussion Of Poor Compliance Record Of Industry, Status Of Regulations Updates, Challenge To VOC/Methane Regs
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[2/13/2023]
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Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Pipeline Explosions, Uncontrolled Releases Put Spotlight On Public Health, Safety Threats Posed By Petrochemical, Natural Gas Industrial And Pipeline Infrastructure In PA
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[2/13/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 4 to 10 - 12 NOVs For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them
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[2/13/2023]
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Inside Climate News: DEP Took 9 Days To Inspect Natural Gas Liquids Plant That Caught Fire On Christmas Day In Washington County
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[2/13/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 11
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[2/13/2023]
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Marcellus Drilling News: Shale Gas Companies Play ‘Dirty Pool’ By Reactivating Expired Leases By Claiming They Are Part Of Back-dated Pooling Declarations
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[2/13/2023]
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PUC Approves 48.9% Increase In Natural Gas Charges By Leatherstocking Gas Company In Susquehanna & Bradford Counties-- The Heart Of Shale Gas Drilling In PA
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[2/13/2023]
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Acting AG Henry, Other State AGs Urge EPA To Close Reporting Loopholes For PFAS Chemicals
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[2/13/2023]
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PA American Water Launches Lead Water Service Line Inventory Project
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[2/13/2023]
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PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Host Feb. 22 Webinar On Radioactive Contaminants From PA Oil And Gas Operations
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[2/6/2023]
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EDF: Conventional Gas Wells In Allegheny National Forest Leaked Over 6 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas In 2019; Conventional Operators Seek To Block Methane Limits
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[2/6/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 28 to Feb. 3
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[2/6/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 4
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[2/6/2023]
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Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue Shell Chemical For Air Pollution Violations At Its Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
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[2/6/2023]
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Fish & Boat Commission Takes No Separate Enforcement Action In The Valley Brook Country Club Pesticide Runoff Case That Killed 122,586 Fish In Chartiers Creek, Washington County
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[2/6/2023]
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Register Now For 2023 Watershed Congress - March 25 In-Person, March 27-31 Online
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[2/6/2023]
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Penn State Extension: Climate Risk And Private Water Wells
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[2/6/2023]
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University Of Pittsburgh Hosts Feb. 6 Webinar: Reaping What We Spill, Leak And Spew
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[1/30/2023]
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Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments
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[1/30/2023]
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House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee
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[1/30/2023]
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DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16
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[1/30/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27
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[1/30/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28
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[1/30/2023]
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DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry
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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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DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense
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[1/30/2023]
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FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project
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[1/30/2023]
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EPA Proposes To Deny Permission For Continued Operation Of 6 Coal Ash Disposal Areas, Including The Conemaugh Generating Station In Westmoreland County
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[1/23/2023]
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Feature: 60 Years Of Fracking, 20 Years Of Shale Gas: Pennsylvania’s Oil & Gas Infrastructure Is Hiding In Plain Sight
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[1/23/2023]
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DEP 2021 Oil & Gas Program Annual Report Shows Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Received A Record 610 Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them
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[1/23/2023]
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DEP Releases 2 More Bid Solicitations To Plug 43 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Clarion County All At Taxpayer Expense, Industry Doesn’t Pay A Dime
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[1/23/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 14 to 20
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[1/23/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 21
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[1/23/2023]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 2 Hearing On A 4.5 MGD Out-Of-Basin Diversion For Ironwood Natural Gas Power Plant In Lebanon County, 6 Other Natural Gas Drilling Water Uses
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[1/23/2023]
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Better Path Coalition Hosts Jan. 26 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing On Environmental Impacts From Development Of Unconventional Shale Gas & Oil Reserves
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[1/23/2023]
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York Daily Record Guest Essay: Low Blow By PA Lawmakers - Playing Politics With Kids Abused By Clergy, Harmed By Polluters
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[1/23/2023]
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EPA To Host Feb. 2 Virtual Community Meeting For Zelienople Residents On Health Risks Of Ethylene Oxide
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[1/23/2023]
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WeConservePA Webinar: March 28 - Responding To Emerging Threats To Water Quality In The Poconos
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[1/16/2023]
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Environmental Quality Board Publishes Final Reg. Setting PFOA/PFOS Drinking Water Standard And The First MCL Developed By DEP
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[1/16/2023]
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DEP Ongoing Explosion/Fire Investigation: Energy Transfer Reported An Uncontrolled Release Of Ethane For 9.5 Hours From Its Revolution Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County
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[1/16/2023]
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Fish & Boat Commission Investigation Of Pollution From PA General Energy Natural Gas Development Construction Site On Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek Results In Settlement Agreement
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[1/16/2023]
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DEP Releases 2 More Bid Solicitations To Plug 38 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Venango County At Taxpayer Expense; Average Cost To Plug $95,000
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[1/16/2023]
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Ohio River Valley Institute Report Shows Diversified Energy, Owner Of Over 22,500 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA, May Be Financially Insolvent
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[1/16/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 7 to 13
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[1/16/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 14
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[1/16/2023]
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EPA Invites Comments On Draft Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Permit In Young Twp., Jefferson County; Feb. 13 Virtual Hearing Tentatively Set
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[1/16/2023]
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DEP, Health Joined By Lung Cancer Survivor To Encourage Home Radon Testing; Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest Announced
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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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[1/16/2023]
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FracTracker Alliance Hosts Jan. 17 Webinar On Exploring Oil & Gas Industrialization Impacts On Watersheds
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[1/9/2023]
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Guest Essay: Counties, PEMA Need To Include A Complete Vulnerability Assessment Of All Natural Gas Facilities In State, County Hazard Mitigation Emergency Plans
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[1/9/2023]
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DEP Releases Bid Solicitations To Plug 46 Conventional Natural Gas Wells In Armstrong, Washington Counties At Taxpayer Expense
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[1/9/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 31 to Jan. 6
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[1/9/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 7
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[1/9/2023]
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 10 To Hear Overview Of Stream Redesignation Process, Including High Quality, Exceptional Value Streams; But What About Protection?
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[1/9/2023]
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EPA To Host Jan. 19 Virtual Community Meeting For Erie Residents On Health Risks From Ethylene Oxide
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[1/2/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industry Has Record Year: Cost, Criminal Convictions Up; $3.1 Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts
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[1/2/2023]
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DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’
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[1/2/2023]
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Observer-Reporter: Explosion, Fire At Energy Transfer’s Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Plant Burned For Nearly 11 Hours On Christmas Day In Smith Twp., Washington County
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[1/2/2023]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 24 to 30
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[1/2/2023]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[12/26/2022]
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Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Navy Veterans Patrick & Helen Robinson Relate Their 7-Year Struggle Dealing With Impacts Of Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Indiana County, And They Continue
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[12/26/2022]
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Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction
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[12/26/2022]
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Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice
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[12/26/2022]
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Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long
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[12/26/2022]
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Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry
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[12/26/2022]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23
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[12/26/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[12/26/2022]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests
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[12/26/2022]
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League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety
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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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[12/19/2022]
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Better Path Coalition: 65 Organizations, Businesses, 2,700+ Individuals Petition Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Ban Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[12/19/2022]
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DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty
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[12/19/2022]
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Republican Herald/Scranton Times Editorial: DEP Professes Unwarranted Faith In Shale Gas Drillers
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[12/19/2022]
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AG Shapiro: Free Water Evaluations Begin For Homeowners Affected By Construction Of Mariner East 2 Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline
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[12/19/2022]
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DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County
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[12/19/2022]
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Citizen Complaints Result In DEP Issuing PA General Energy More Violations At Loyalsock Creek Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County
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[12/19/2022]
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DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Quality Violations In Sept. - Oct.
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[12/19/2022]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16
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[12/19/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[12/19/2022]
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Presentations Now Available From Shale Gas & Public Health Conference In Nov. Hosted By PA League Of Women Voters & University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health
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[12/19/2022]
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EPA Accepts Final DEP Oil/Gas Facility VOC/Methane Emission Limits Regulations For Review, Stops Imposition Of Federal Highway Funding, Other Sanctions
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[12/19/2022]
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Now On Demand: Group Against Smog & Pollution Webinar: What The Donora PA Smog Disaster Can Teach Us 74 Years Later
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[12/19/2022]
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Ohio River Valley Institute Decarbonization Pathway Relies On Zero Emissions Resources, Energy Efficiency, Increased Electrification, Is Less Costly Than Natural Gas, Carbon Capture Options
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[12/19/2022]
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CNX Unveils Appalachia-Focused Vision For The Future, Promoting New Natural Gas Development, Use - ‘Produce It Here. Use It Here - First’
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[12/12/2022]
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DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions
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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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[12/12/2022]
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DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More
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[12/12/2022]
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Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater
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[12/12/2022]
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Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking
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[12/12/2022]
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Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek
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[12/12/2022]
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PUC Approves $48,000 Refund To Sunoco Pipeline On A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations
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[12/12/2022]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 3 to 9
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[12/12/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[12/12/2022]
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Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year
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[12/12/2022]
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Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas, To Power Vehicles
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[12/5/2022]
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AG Shapiro: Coterra Energy, Formerly Cabot Oil & Gas, Pleads No Contest To A Criminal Charge Related To Polluting Water Supplies In Dimock, Susquehanna County
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[12/5/2022]
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DEP Has Ordered A ‘Top To Bottom Review’ Of How It Regulates Underground Natural Gas Storage Areas As A Result Of The Equitrans Gas Leak In Cambria County In Nov.
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[12/5/2022]
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EQB Overwhelmingly Approves Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits For Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; Republicans Vote Against
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[12/5/2022]
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DEP Preparing To Plug The Next 198 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells With Federal Funding
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[12/5/2022]
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DEP: Schedule For Updating Conventional Oil & Gas Environmental, Waste Regulations Will Be Up To Gov. Shapiro
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[12/5/2022]
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Dramatic Video From Carnegie Mellon’s Project Breathe Shows Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County Flaring Natural Gas Due To Malfunction
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[12/5/2022]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 26 To Dec. 2
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[12/5/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[12/5/2022]
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DEP Withdraws Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation Ending Rulemaking; Existing Standard Remains In Place
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[12/5/2022]
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DEP Invites Comments On NPDES Water Quality Permit Renewal For Little Blue Run Coal Ash Disposal Area In Beaver County
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[11/28/2022]
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EQB To Meet Nov. 30 To Consider Emergency Regulation Setting VOC/Methane Limits For Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities
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[11/28/2022]
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EDF Blog: What A Catastrophic Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Means For Our Climate And Health
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[11/28/2022]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 19 To 25
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[11/28/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[11/28/2022]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board To Hear Updates On Chapter 78 Regulation Changes; Federal Abandoned Well Plugging Program Dec. 1
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[11/28/2022]
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FracTracker Alliance Announces 7 Winners Of 2022 Community Sentinel Award For Environmental Stewardship; Including PA’s Laurie Barr
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[11/28/2022]
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Beaver County Residents And Allies Launch New Shell Ethane Plant Accountability Campaign
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[11/28/2022]
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Delaware River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 7 On Shale Gas Fracking Wastewater Regulations
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[11/28/2022]
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Environmental Groups Appeal DEP's 18-Month Extension Of Air Quality Permit For Construction Of Renovo Energy Center Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Clinton County
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[11/28/2022]
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FracTracker Alliance Releases 4th Watershed Oil & Gas Drilling Impact Analysis In Susquehanna River Basin - Towanda & Schrader Creek Watersheds
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[11/28/2022]
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FracTracker Alliance: Lycoming Creek Watershed Oil & Gas Drilling Impact Analysis In Lycoming County
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[11/28/2022]
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NRDC Blog: How Clean Is Pennsylvania’s New Hydrogen Subsidy? It’s Up To The Feds
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[11/28/2022]
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Guest Essay: PA Politicians Capitalizing On Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine To Benefit Natural Gas Industry
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[11/21/2022]
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UPDATED: After 14 Days, Efforts To Stop A Natural Gas Leak At A Cambria County Underground Gas Storage Area Have Apparently Been Successful
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[11/21/2022]
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Center For Coalfield Justice Holds First Water Distribution Day Nov. 19 To Help Provide Families Drinking Water In Greene County Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site In June
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[11/21/2022]
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Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land
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[11/21/2022]
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DEP Assesses $200,000 In Penalties For Drilling Wastewater Spills By CNX In Greene County
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[11/21/2022]
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Beaver County Residents, Allies Launch New Shell Ethane Plant Accountability Campaign With Nov. 21 Webinar
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[11/21/2022]
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DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Cryptocurrency Data Mining Operation On Shale Gas Well Pad In Elk County
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[11/21/2022]
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DEP Invites Comments On Texas Eastern Pipeline Replacement Projects Affecting Cambria, Fayette, Huntingdon, Indiana, Lebanon Counties
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[11/21/2022]
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Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 12 To 18
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[11/21/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[11/21/2022]
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Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: We've Got Enough Compelling Evidence To Enact Health Protective Policies For Families Now
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[11/21/2022]
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Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: When It Started, It Was Kind Of Nice, But What Happened Afterwards Really Kind Of Devastated Our Community
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[11/21/2022]
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Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Living Near Oil & Gas Facilities Means Higher Health Risks, The Closer You Live, The Higher The Risk
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[11/21/2022]
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Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Economically, Socially Deprived Areas In PA Have A Much Greater Chance Of Having Oil & Gas Waste Disposed In Their Communities
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[11/21/2022]
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IRRC Approves Final VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - Federal Highway Funds Still At Risk; And First State MCL For PFOS/PFOA
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[11/21/2022]
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Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Celebrates Stronger Proposed EPA Oil & Gas Methane Standard
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[11/21/2022]
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Environmental Health Project Calls Proposed EPA Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Rule Good First Step
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[11/21/2022]
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U.S. Dept. Of Justice Indicts Erie Coke (Coal) And Corporate Officer For Violating Federal Clean Air Act Over 4 Years
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[11/21/2022]
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EPA To Host Dec. 1 Virtual Community Meeting For Allentown Residents On Health Risks From Ethylene Oxide
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[11/21/2022]
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DEP Provides Notice Of Using Coal Ash As Fill For Solar Energy Facility At Scrubgrass Generating Company, Venango County
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[11/21/2022]
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DCNR Discusses Carbon Capture, Utilization, Storage Efforts, Announces $6 Million Investment In New Carbon Capture Research Facility
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[11/21/2022]
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PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund Express Concerns About Legislation Requiring DEP To Apply For Injection Well Primary For Carbon Dioxide Storage
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[11/21/2022]
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Penn State Extension Report On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing In 2022
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[11/21/2022]
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Pittsburgh's Group Against Smog & Pollution Hosts Dec. 14 Webinar: Making The Connection - What The Donora Smog Disaster Can Teach Us 74 Years Later
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[11/14/2022]
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What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?
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[11/14/2022]
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Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health
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[11/14/2022]
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Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children
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[11/14/2022]
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Observer-Reporter: Ongoing Water Donation Drive Helping Dozens Of Greene County Families Who Haven’t Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site
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[11/14/2022]
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NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11
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[11/14/2022]
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PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment
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[11/14/2022]
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21
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[11/14/2022]
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Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA
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[11/14/2022]
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EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
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[11/14/2022]
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FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA
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[11/7/2022]
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Gov. Wolf Signs Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies Into Law For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards
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[11/7/2022]
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York Dispatch Editorial: Energy Companies Are Reporting Record Profits, PA Lawmakers Don’t Need To Give Them More Tax Breaks
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[11/7/2022]
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Gov. Wolf Signs Bill Creating Well Plugging Grant Program; Again Fails To Address Woefully Inadequate Conventional Well Plugging Bonding; Fails To Report On Bonding Petitions; Or Issue Conventional Drilling Compliance Report
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[11/7/2022]
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DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities
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[11/7/2022]
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Protect PT Hosts 4-Part Online Living Near Shale Gas Community Training Workshops Starting Nov. 10 - Documenting Complaints
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[11/7/2022]
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On-Demand Webinar: Creating A Healthy Home And Community With Shale Gas Development In Your Neighborhood
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[11/7/2022]
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Independent Fiscal Office Estimates CY 2022 Drilling Impact Fee Will Generate Record $274.8 Million In Revenue At Lowest Tax Rate On Record
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[10/31/2022]
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Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards
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[10/31/2022]
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Citizens Voice Editorial: State Insists On Paying Polluters
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[10/31/2022]
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DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County
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[10/31/2022]
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DCNR Leased 176 Acres Of Susquehanna River Submerged Land To SWN Natural Gas Production Company In Susquehanna County For $704,000
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[10/31/2022]
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Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds
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[10/31/2022]
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Bill Goes To Governor Creating Well Plugging Grant Program; Senate, House Again Fail To Address Woefully Inadequate Conventional Well Plugging Bonding
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[10/31/2022]
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DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities
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[10/31/2022]
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A Study Finding Microplastics In 100% Of Exceptional Value, High Quality, Class A Trout Streams Sampled In PA Is Disturbing To Wildlife Advocates
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[10/31/2022]
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Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More
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[10/31/2022]
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Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops
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[10/31/2022]
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PUC Approves 9% Increase In The Basic Monthly Bill For Typical PECO Natural Gas Division Customers; On Top Of An 103.2% Increase In Cost Of Natural Gas
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[10/31/2022]
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National Fuel Gas Requests PUC To Approve 9.2% Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8% Since May 2021
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[10/24/2022]
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NO SPECIAL PROTECTION: The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek In Lycoming County Is Dammed And Damned
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[10/24/2022]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Has No Exclusion Zones For Water Withdrawals From Any Streams, Including EV Or HQ Streams Subject To Water Quality Antidegradation Rules
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[10/24/2022]
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DEP/SRBC Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities
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[10/24/2022]
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Penn State's Jenn Baka Receives National Science Foundation Grant For A 5-Year Study Of The Shell Ethane Plant's Environmental And Human Impacts In Beaver County
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[10/24/2022]
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Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls Hosts Oct. 24 Virtual Program On Eyes On Shell Ethane Plant Campaign In Beaver County
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[10/24/2022]
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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Online Nov. 15-16
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[10/24/2022]
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Republican Herald Editorial: Dangerous Course For Oil & Gas Well Emissions, Obstructionists Should Get Out Of The Way
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[10/17/2022]
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EQB Adopts Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities; And A First-Ever State MCL For PFOS/PFOA
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[10/17/2022]
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Conservation Groups Urge DEP To Deny Transco Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality Watersheds In Luzerne, Monroe Counties
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[10/17/2022]
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Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 3 Hearing On Water Withdraws, Including 3 Natural Gas Development Proposals
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[10/17/2022]
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Environmental Health Project Blog: 7 Questions You Should Ask Every Candidate About Shale Gas Development And Public Health
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[10/17/2022]
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IRRC Sends Order Laying Out Formal Reasons For Disapproving The Final EQB Manganese Reg; EQB/DEP Now Have 40 Days To Decide How To Proceed
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[10/17/2022]
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Oct. 25 Webinar: Creating A Healthy Home And Community With Shale Gas Development In Your Neighborhood
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[10/10/2022]
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DEP Issued NOVs To Conventional Oil & Gas Companies For Abandoning 55 Wells Without Plugging Them During September Alone, A Dramatic Increase In New Well Abandonments
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[10/10/2022]
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DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 Since 2016
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[10/10/2022]
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DEP Collects $147,250 Penalty From Rice Drilling B LLC For Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Greene County; DEP Found Rice Had Hundreds Of Other Violations, Including Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them
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[10/10/2022]
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Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development
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[10/10/2022]
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DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda
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[10/3/2022]
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DEP Issues 2 NOVs Against PA General Energy For Water Pollution Discharges Into The Loyalsock Creek From Gas Pipeline/Water Withdraw Construction In Lycoming County
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[10/3/2022]
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Pitt School Of Public Health, PA Dept Of Health Abruptly Pull Out Of Oct. 5 Public Meeting They Helped Convene On Studies Looking At Links Between Natural Gas Development And Childhood Cancer Rates
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[10/3/2022]
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Final Reg. Reducing Methane From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities NOT On Environmental Quality Board Agenda For Oct. 12; Will Consider Final PFOS/PFOA MCL Rule
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[10/3/2022]
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DEP Blog: Is Your Clean Fill Really Clean? Be Aware Of ‘Dirty Dirt’
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[10/3/2022]
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Pike Conservation District: How To Prepare For Snow Melt; Participate In Winter Salt Watch Program To Monitor Waterways
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[9/26/2022]
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DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal
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[9/26/2022]
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Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling
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[9/26/2022]
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Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs
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[9/26/2022]
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DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program
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[9/26/2022]
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U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program
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[9/26/2022]
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House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities
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[9/26/2022]
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DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities
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[9/26/2022]
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Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA
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[9/26/2022]
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PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity
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[9/19/2022]
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PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference
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[9/19/2022]
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University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development
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[9/19/2022]
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Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste
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[9/19/2022]
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PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Professional Development Webinar Oct. 18 - Setback Distances For Unconventional Shale Gas Well Pads - How Close Is Too Close?
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[9/19/2022]
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American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home
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[9/19/2022]
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IRRC Votes 4 To 1 To Disapprove A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Regulation DEP Said Would Protect Public Health
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[9/12/2022]
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Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Companies Accelerating Pace Of Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them Threatening To Put PA’s Taxpayer-Funded Well Plugging Program Even Further Behind
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[9/12/2022]
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House Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 20 ‘Wellhead To Stovetop’ Hearing On Natural Gas In PA; Will They Mention $70 Million In Pipeline Penalties Assessed So Far?
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[9/12/2022]
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Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone
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[9/12/2022]
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DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities
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[9/12/2022]
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WHYY: Environmentalists Decry DRBC Permit Extension Approval For LNG Natural Gas Terminal In South Jersey To Export PA Natural Gas
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[9/12/2022]
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Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA?
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[9/12/2022]
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Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA
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[9/12/2022]
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New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves
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[9/12/2022]
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Republicans On Senate Committee OK Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health
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[9/12/2022]
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University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development
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[9/5/2022]
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Only 15 Out Of 256 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Who Abandoned Wells Without Plugging Them Were Fined By DEP; Small Penalties No Deterrent To Future Abandonments
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[9/5/2022]
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Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Reported Spreading 977,671 Gallons Of Untreated Drilling Wastewater On PA Roads In 2021
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[9/5/2022]
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DEP: Wastes Generated By The New Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Will NOT Be Exempt From Hazardous Waste Regulations, Unlike Wastes From Active Wells
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[9/5/2022]
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Penn State To Hold Cancer And The Environment Symposium Sept. 29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included
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[9/5/2022]
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Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 15
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[9/5/2022]
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PEMA, State Agencies Encourage Emergency Preparedness With New Tools During National Preparedness Month
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[9/5/2022]
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Senate Committee Meets Sept. 7 On Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health
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[8/29/2022]
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Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA
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[8/29/2022]
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Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
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[8/29/2022]
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U.S. Dept. Of Interior Awards PA $25 Million In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
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[8/29/2022]
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DEP To Hold Oct. 5 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Regional Energy Access Expansion Project In Eastern PA
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[8/29/2022]
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DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Impoundments By Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC In Washington County
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[8/29/2022]
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EPA To Hold Aug. 30 Hearing On Proposed Drilling Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County
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[8/29/2022]
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Group Against Smog & Pollution: Special Report - Public Records Provide New Details Of July Power Outages At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works And What's Being Done To Remedy Electrical Issues
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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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Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Want To Rewrite Penn State Study Showing Their Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads Is Bad For Human Health, Environment
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[8/22/2022]
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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Driller Compliance Review Will Go Back At Least 5 Years; Whether It Will Be Public Document Not Decided
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[8/22/2022]
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Yale School Of Public Health Study Found PA Children 2 To 3 Times More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Leukemia If They Live Near Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities
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[8/22/2022]
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Inside Climate News: Q/A With Eliza Griswold Pulitzer Winning Author Of Deep Dive Into Fracking In PA, How Extractive Industries ‘Gut’ Communities
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[8/22/2022]
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New Poll: Strong Majority Of PA Voters Support Climate Action To Cut Carbon and Methane Pollution
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[8/22/2022]
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PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year
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[8/22/2022]
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Independent Fiscal Office Reports Decline In PA Natural Gas Production For 2nd Quarter In A Row For First Time; But An Increase In New Wells Drilled
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[8/22/2022]
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New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Signed Into Law; PA Groups React
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[8/22/2022]
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Climate Wire: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Includes New $700 Million Grant Program To Mitigate Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
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[8/22/2022]
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University Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Conservation District Study Links Pittsburgh Urban Soil Contamination To Historical Air Pollution, Inversions
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[8/15/2022]
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PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Aug. 18 On Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater; Methane Regs, Conventional Regs, Well Plugging, More
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[8/15/2022]
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Environmental Health Project: Setback Distances And The Regulations We Need To Protect Public Health From Oil & Gas Facilities
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[8/15/2022]
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Call For Abstracts For The PFAS Specialty Conference Nov. 10 In Cumberland County
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[8/15/2022]
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PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Aug. 17 Program On Dangers Of Particulate Air Pollution
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[8/8/2022]
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Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Drilling: An Industrial Machine Moving Across The PA Countryside Leaving Behind Big Liabilities & Spreading Pollution Everywhere It Goes
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[8/8/2022]
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AG Shapiro: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Convicted Of Criminal Charges Related To Construction Of Mariner East 2 & Revolution Natural Gas/Liquids Pipelines In PA
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[8/8/2022]
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Sunoco Fails To Meet July 1 Cleanup Deadline For Mariner East Pipeline Spill In The Lake At Marsh Creek State Park, Chester County
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[8/8/2022]
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DEP Invites Comments On Over 14 Miles Of 16-Inch & 24-Inch Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Project In Susquehanna County
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[8/8/2022]
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DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In Workgroups On New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program
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[8/8/2022]
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TribLive Guest Essay: EPA Must Address Natural Gas Leaks That Are Harming Our Children
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[8/8/2022]
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Environmental Health Project: Asthma And Air Pollution From Natural Gas Drilling/Facilities
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[8/8/2022]
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Republicans On House Committee Disapprove Final Reg. To Reduce VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities Risking $500 Million In Federal Highway Funds
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[8/8/2022]
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Environmental Health Project: Public Health Impacts Of Blue Hydrogen Production, Health, Environmental Protections Needed
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[8/8/2022]
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Evangelical Environmental Network Urges Communities To Educate Themselves On Dangers Of Ethylene Oxide Emissions; 2 PA Communities Affected; Aug. 10 EPA Webinar
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[8/1/2022]
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Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards
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[8/1/2022]
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Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health?
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[8/1/2022]
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Environmental Health Project Profile: Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University - Monitoring Impact Of Shale Gas Extraction On Private Water Wells, Groundwater In SW PA
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[8/1/2022]
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AG Shapiro: Southeast Directional Drilling Pleads Guilty To Contaminating Water Supply In Washington County, To Pay $15,000 Fine
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[8/1/2022]
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16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July
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[8/1/2022]
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Penn State Study: Potential Pollution Caused By Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Makes It Unsuitable For A Dust Suppressant, Washes Right Off The Road Into The Ditch
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[8/1/2022]
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House Committee Meets Aug. 2 To Disapprove Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities; Blocking The Rule Will Mean Loss Of Federal Highway Funds
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[8/1/2022]
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EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg. Setting Manganese Toxics Water Quality Standard, RACT For Major Sources Of Nitrogen Oxides
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[7/25/2022]
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Gov. Wolf, Senate, House Republicans Again Fail To Hold Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Accountable For Protecting The Environment, Taxpayers On Hook For Billions
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[7/25/2022]
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DEP Concerned About Impact Of New Law Blocking Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding On New Federal Well Plugging Funds, Regulating Waste Injection Wells
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[7/25/2022]
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IRRC Unanimously Approves Part I Of Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities; DEP Moves To Avoid Federal Highway Funding Sanctions
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[7/25/2022]
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Natural Gas Producer Olympus Energy Earns Premier Environmental Performance Ratings From Project Canary
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[7/18/2022]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets July 25 To Hear Presentation On Penn State Study On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater
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[7/4/2022]
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Bay Journal: Penn State Study: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land
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[7/4/2022]
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Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability
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[7/4/2022]
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Evangelical Environmental Network Testifies In Congress On Need To Require Real Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonding Reform, Defend Our Children’s Health & Taxpayers By Fixing Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks
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[7/4/2022]
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Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms? Climate Change Makes Them More Prolific, Intense
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[7/4/2022]
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EPA Awards Villanova University Innovative Solutions Student Research Grant Related To PFAS Stabilization In Soils
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[6/27/2022]
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Penn State Extension Hosts July 27 Water Cooler Talk On Pesticides And Water Pollution
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[6/27/2022]
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New USGS PA Groundwater Quality Monitoring Data Tool Displays Monitoring Results On Interactive Map
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[6/20/2022]
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Who’s Protecting Taxpayers? House To Take Up Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability
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[6/20/2022]
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Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House
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[6/20/2022]
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Penn State Beaver Seeking Volunteers For June 23 Focus Group On Energy Development, Groundwater Quality & Public Health In Western PA
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[6/20/2022]
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DEP Hosts June 28 Hearing On Benner Twp. PFAS Hazardous Site Cleanup Investigation In Centre County
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[6/20/2022]
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EPA: New Drinking Water Health Advisories Set For 4 PFAS Chemicals; $1 Billion In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Available For Cleanup
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[6/13/2022]
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On-Site Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Waste Disposal Plans Making Hundreds Of Drilling Sites Waste Dumps
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[6/13/2022]
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Senate Hearing: Body Of Evidence Is 'Large, Growing,’ ‘Consistent’ And 'Compelling' That Shale Gas Development Is Having A Negative Impact On Public Health; PA Must Act
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[6/13/2022]
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House Republicans Side With Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers, Against Taxpayers, To Continue Pre-1985 Exemption From Well Bonding, Prevent Any Increase In Plugging Bond Amounts
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[6/13/2022]
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Senate Republicans, At Request Of Natural Gas Industry, OK Bill To Take Away Protections In Erosion & Sedimentation Permitting For Oil & Gas Activities
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[6/13/2022]
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At The Request Of Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Report Out Bill To Prohibit Communities From Moving To Clean, Cheaper Energy Sources To Address Climate Change
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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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[6/13/2022]
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DEP Releases Final Guidance On Handling Radioactive Waste From Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Operations
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[6/13/2022]
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PennVEST Awards $6.7 Million Grant To Harrisburg Airport To Remove PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ From Water
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[6/13/2022]
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AG Shapiro Charges Energy Corporation Of America/Greylock, 2 Employees With Environmental Crimes Involving Leaks At Oil & Gas Well Sites In Clearfield, Greene Counties
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[6/6/2022]
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DEP Advises 18 Municipalities Where Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Occurring The Practice Is Illegal And Considered Waste Disposal
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[5/30/2022]
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Earthworks, FracTracker Alliance Release New Online Oil & Gas Threat Map; Find Natural Gas Facilities, Wells Near You
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[5/16/2022]
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Allegheny National Forest: Commercial Alternatives For Dust Suppression Makes The Practice Of Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater ‘Unnecessary’ On Roads
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[5/16/2022]
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Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Issue Alert To Members About Possible Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater In Allegheny National Forest
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[5/16/2022]
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Guest Essay: PA's Low-Producing Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Are Leaking Too Much Methane, The Industry Needs To Take Care Of Its Own Trash
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[5/16/2022]
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DEP Sets June 28 Hearing On Response To PFOA/PFOS Contamination Around University Park Airport, Centre County
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[5/16/2022]
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Clean Air Council Hosts May 18 Webinar On Oil & Gas Threat Map By Earthworks
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[5/2/2022]
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DEP: Latest Penn State Report On Environmental Impact Of Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater Will Have ‘Immediate,’ ‘Large,’ ‘Intense’ Impact In PA, Nationally
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[5/2/2022]
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DEP: Draft Updates Coming To Regs. On Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Disposal As Early As July; Waste Reporting Changes Invited
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[5/2/2022]
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Financial Assurance, Plugging Regulations To Be Reviewed To Prevent New Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Plugging Program
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[5/2/2022]
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DEP: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Prompting Review Of On-Site Disposal Options For Oil & Gas Well Plugging Wastes; Radioactive Waste Disposal
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[5/2/2022]
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DEP Not Seeing Uptick In Oil & Gas Drilling; Expects $8 Million Deficit In Funding Oil & Gas Regulatory Program
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[5/2/2022]
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Physicians For Social Responsibility Release 8th Compendium of Scientific, Medical, Media Findings On Risks, Harms Of Fracking And Oil & Gas Infrastructure
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[5/2/2022]
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House Republicans Move Solar, Wind Bonding Bill; Fail To Plug The $1.8 Billion Hole In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Opposed Regs Making Natural Gas Pipelines Safer, Reducing Methane Emissions
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[4/18/2022]
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DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Has Spill Reporting, Funding For Well Plugging; Permit Fees; Carbon Capture; New Regs On April 25 Agenda
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[4/18/2022]
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UPDATED with Agenda/Location/Remote Access: DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets April 21 On Conventional Drilling Issues
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[4/18/2022]
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Environmental Health News: Public Health In PA Ignored During Fracking Rush - Report
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[4/11/2022]
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Penn State Extension Hosts Water Cooler Talk On Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances April 13 Webinar
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[3/28/2022]
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PA Lake Erie Virtual Environmental Forum April 19 - PFAS Chemical Contamination
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[2/28/2022]
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New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers?
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[2/28/2022]
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New Abandoned Wells: 256 Conventional Oil & Gas Companies Issued NOVs For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them
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[2/28/2022]
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New Abandoned Wells: 60 Conventional Oil & Gas Companies Issued 10 NOVs Or More For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In One Year
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[2/28/2022]
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True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy
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[2/28/2022]
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Environmental Quality Board Accepting Comments On Proposed PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level
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[2/14/2022]
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Representative Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Compares Their History In PA To The Holy Bible - But He Left Out Some Parts
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[2/7/2022]
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PA Lawmakers Join Other Elected Officials Calling On EPA To Prevent Chemical Disasters, Protect Workers, Prioritize Environmental Justice
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[1/31/2022]
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DCNR Bans Use Of Oil & Gas Wastewater On Its Over 6,500 Miles Of Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads
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[1/24/2022]
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Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions
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[1/17/2022]
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DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years
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[1/17/2022]
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PA Professional Geologists: Feb. 16 Webinar: Dust Suppression With Oil & Gas Produced Water Featuring Author Of Penn State Study Finding Increased Cancer Risks With Road Spreading
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[1/17/2022]
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DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included
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[1/10/2022]
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DEP Draft Rule Does Not Ban Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Industry Objects To Waste Reporting Provisions
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[1/10/2022]
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Sign Better Path Coalition Petition: DEP - Keep ALL Oil & Gas Wastewater Off Our Roads!
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[1/10/2022]
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Better Path Coalition Presents Jan. 12 Webinar On Road Spreading Drilling Wastewater, Why Hasn't It Stopped?
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[1/10/2022]
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Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Press DEP To Reduce Environmental Safeguards For Drilling And Treat Them The Same As Wind, Solar Energy Facilities
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[1/10/2022]
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial: West Deer Twp. Stands Up To Natural Gas Interests
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[1/10/2022]
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Chester County Residents Protest Mariner East Pipeline Construction
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[1/10/2022]
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Environmental Health Project: Feb. 22 Shale Gas & Public Health: Translating Science Into Policy Public Health Summit
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[1/3/2022]
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DEP Lists 84 Townships As ‘Waste Facilities’ Where Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Has Been Disposed Of By Road Spreading; Municipalities Need To Do Their Due Diligence
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[12/20/2021]
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Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations
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[12/20/2021]
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Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System
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[12/20/2021]
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Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring
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[12/20/2021]
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Now On Demand: Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania
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[12/13/2021]
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DCED PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec. 16 On Road Spreading Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Other Issues
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[12/13/2021]
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Now On Demand: Videos From 2021 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Preliminary Results Of A Penn State Study On Health Risks From Road Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater
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[11/22/2021]
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A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards
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[11/22/2021]
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Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children
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[11/22/2021]
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New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used
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[11/22/2021]
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Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads
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[11/22/2021]
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Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout?
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[11/22/2021]
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The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health
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[11/22/2021]
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EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells
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[11/22/2021]
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Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells
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[11/22/2021]
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DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products
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[11/22/2021]
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PUC Orders More Than A Dozen Actions To Improve Safety In Construction, Operation Of Mariner East Pipelines; Sunoco Must Pay $2,000 Penalty
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[11/22/2021]
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DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard
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[11/15/2021]
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Bay Journal: Dirt Roads & Drilling Wastewater - Dustup Rises Over Health Issues
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[11/15/2021]
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Monongahela Valley Residents Urge Action After A Week Of Health Threatening Air Pollution In Allegheny County
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[11/8/2021]
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U.S. House Sends Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk, Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem
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[11/8/2021]
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DEP To Recommend Environmental Quality Board Accept Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding Nov. 16; Also Considers Proposed PFOA/PFOS MCL Standard
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[11/1/2021]
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The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads
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[11/1/2021]
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DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products
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[11/1/2021]
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DEP Invites Comments On How To Calculate Medium-Specific Standards For Lead In Land Recycling Program Cleanups
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[10/25/2021]
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How The Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Industry Eliminated Any Restrictions On The Disposal Of Millions Of Gallons Of Its Wastewater On PA’s Dirt & Gravel Roads
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[10/25/2021]
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EPA Announces Comprehensive National Strategy On PFAS Pollution
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[10/18/2021]
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WARNING Issued: Do Not Eat Fish From Neshaminy Creek Watershed In Bucks, Montgomery Counties Due To High Levels Of PFOS Contamination
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[10/18/2021]
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Coalition Launches Initiative To Promote Safer Setback Distances From Oil & Gas Drilling, Infrastructure
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[10/18/2021]
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Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Critical Of DEP For Working With Penn State On Independent Studies Of Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater They Had Been Aware Of Since August, 2020
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[10/18/2021]
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Delaware River Basin Commission Seeking Members For Toxics Advisory Committee
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[10/11/2021]
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17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater
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[10/11/2021]
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites
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[10/11/2021]
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80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring
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[10/11/2021]
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65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices
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[10/4/2021]
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DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult
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[10/4/2021]
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Health Advocacy Groups Meet With State Dept. Of Health, DEP To Discuss Residents Impacted By Shale Gas Emissions
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[10/4/2021]
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TribLive Editorial: Why Do Pennsylvanians Have To Pay A Higher Price For Natural Gas? For Producing Energy?
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[9/20/2021]
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DEP: Dedicates Public Drinking Water System To Leacock Township, Lancaster County
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[9/20/2021]
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PA Resources Council: Final Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event This Year In Allegheny County Oct. 2
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[9/6/2021]
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Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads
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[9/6/2021]
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Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9
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[9/6/2021]
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PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County
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[8/9/2021]
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Dept. Of Health Visits Communities And Families Impacted By Shale Gas Development, Hears Firsthand Accounts Of Health Harms
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[7/26/2021]
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DEP Public Water System Advisory Committee Meets July 29 On Pre-Draft PFOA/PFOS MCL Rule
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[6/7/2021]
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Environmental Quality Board To Consider Moving Ahead With PFOA MCL; Final PFOA/PFOS Soil & Groundwater Cleanup Standard June 15
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[6/7/2021]
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DEP: Final Sampling Results Do Not Show Widespread PFAS Contamination In Public Water Supply Systems Above Standard
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[6/7/2021]
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DCED Awards $262,500 To Remediate, Redevelop Former Berks County Pistol Range
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[6/7/2021]
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Environment & Energy NewsClips
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[5/30/2021]
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Agriculture: Spraying Begins To Control Spotted Lanternfly Along Transportation Rights-Of-Way With Pesticide Known To Be Toxic To Fish, Pollinators
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[5/30/2021]
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Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Mosquito Spray, PA DEP Orders Mosquito Programs To Stop Using Clarke’s Anvil 10+10 Pesticide
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[5/30/2021]
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EPA Kicks Off Series Of 10 Roundtable Discussions On Lead In Drinking Water June 3 In Pittsburgh
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[4/26/2021]
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PennVEST Announces Investment Of $117 Million For 25 Water Infrastructure Projects In 19 Counties; Approves PFAS Funding Program
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[4/26/2021]
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PennVEST Now Accepting Applications To Fund Public Water Supply PFAS Remediation Systems
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[4/26/2021]
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Stroud Water Research Center To Study PFAS Contamination In Biosolids Used As Soil Amendments
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[4/26/2021]
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Citizen Science Opportunity: Penn State Looking For 60 Volunteers For Endocrine Disrupter Study In Susquehanna River Watershed
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[4/19/2021]
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Muhlenberg Poll Finds Heath Concerns Over Fracking, Climate Change Decline In PA
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[4/19/2021]
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EPA, DEP: May 4 Virtual Meeting Set To Take Comments On Proposed Settlement With American Zinc Recycling On Its Palmerton, Carbon County Facility
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[4/5/2021]
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EPA Orders Philadelphia Company To Stop Making Inaccurate Health Claims About Pesticide
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[4/5/2021]
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PUC Proposes New Rules On Replacement Of Consumer-Owned Lead Service, Damaged Wastewater Service Laterals Cost Recovery
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[4/5/2021]
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DEP Blog: Eating Fish You Catch Is Good For Your Health, Here Are Tips For Doing It Safely
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[3/29/2021]
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USGS Releases First-Of-Its-Kind Sampling Data For 33 PFAS Compounds, Including PFOS+PFOA In PA Surface Waters
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[3/29/2021]
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DEP Issues Discharge Permit With PFAS Limits To Montgomery County Air National Guard Base
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[3/29/2021]
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EPA Checking Up On PA Dentists To Ensure Compliance With Rules To Reduce Mercury-Containing Amalgam Waste
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[3/22/2021]
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35 Senate, House Democrats Urge Gov. Wolf To Investigate Health Impacts Associated With Natural Gas Fracking
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[3/15/2021]
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DEP: 2nd Round Of PFAS Sampling At 114 Public Water System Sites: 65% No PFAS, None Of Sites Above Federal Limits
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[3/15/2021]
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Gov. Wolf Promotes Free Testing For Lead In Drinking Water For Schools, Child Care Programs Thru PennVEST Funding
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[3/15/2021]
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Dickinson College Clarke Forum Hosts Renowned Poet, Award-Winning Photographer To Discuss Project Documenting Fracking On March 25
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[3/15/2021]
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Registration Now Open For 2021 Shale Network Workshop May 13-14
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[3/15/2021]
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Better Path Coalition Hosts Environmental Health News ‘The Body Burden Of Living Near Fracking’ Reporter In March 24 Webinar
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[3/1/2021]
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DEP/U.S. Dept. Of Justice Invite Comments On Proposed American Zinc Consent Decree For Facility In Palmerton, Carbon County
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[1/11/2021]
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Delaware River Basin Commission Seeking Members For Toxics, Water Management Advisory Committees
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[1/11/2021]
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GASP Hosts Jan. 14 Making The Connection: Home Hazards & Your Health Webinar
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[1/4/2021]
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Rachel Carson On Leadership: The Human Race is Challenged More Than Ever Before To Demonstrate Our Mastery, Not Over Nature, But Of Ourselves
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[1/4/2021]
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DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Don't Buy, Sell, Or Use Lead Solder For Water Plumbing
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[12/28/2020]
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Dept. Of Health Awards $2.5 Million Contract To University of Pittsburgh To Research Health Effects Of Hydraulic Fracturing In PA
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[12/28/2020]
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EPA Awards Grants To 32 College Student Teams For Innovative Tech Projects, Including 2 In PA
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[12/7/2020]
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DEP Advisory Committee To Discuss Final PFOS/PFOA/PFAS Soil, Water Cleanup Standards Dec. 16
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[11/9/2020]
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Aqua PA Water Receives PennVEST Loan To Add PFAS Treatment To Montgomery County Well
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[11/2/2020]
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PA League Of Women Voters, Pitt School Of Public Health Virtual 2020 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Nov. 17-18
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[10/19/2020]
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Hazelwood Green Brownfield Site Receives $300,000 Grant For Asbestos, Lead Paint Abatement At Mill 19 In Allegheny County
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[10/5/2020]
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Pittsburgh Water Authority Unveils Lead Service Line Reimbursement Program; Announces Rate Settlement With PUC
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[9/28/2020]
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EPA Recognizes Berkley Green Company, Naval Supply Depot In PA As 2020 Safer Choice Partners Of The Year
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[9/21/2020]
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PUC Initiates Rulemaking On Replacement Of Customer-Owned Lead Service Lines And Damaged Wastewater Service Laterals
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[8/24/2020]
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Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 9 Hearing On Setting Proposed Toxic Substances Standard For Manganese In Water
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[7/27/2020]
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PennVEST Announces Awards For Drinking Water Lead Testing And Center for Water Quality Excellence For Nutrient, Sediment Pollution Reduction
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[7/27/2020]
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EQB Proposes To Adopt Manganese Water Quality Toxic Standard Protective Of Public Health
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[7/27/2020]
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Pittsburgh Water Authority Reports Lead Levels In Drinking Water Well Under EPA Action Standard
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[7/27/2020]
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Penn State Extension Water Well Series: PFAS Testing, What To Test For, Catalog Of Resources For Well Owners + Free Webinars
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[7/27/2020]
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DCNR Good Natured Blog: Summer Heat Can Contribute To Growth Of Harmful Algal Blooms
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[7/20/2020]
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AG Shapiro Announces Settlement With Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Over Lead Water Pipes
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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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[6/29/2020]
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Grant Allows Citizen Scientists To Study Emerging Contaminants In Susquehanna River Watershed
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[5/18/2020]
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DEP Citizens Advisory Council Holds Virtual Meeting May 19 On Carbon Pollution Reduction Program
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[3/30/2020]
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PUC Adopts Modified Settlement With Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority
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[3/23/2020]
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DEP Cancels Hearings On Land Recycling Cleanup Standard Changes, Including PFAS, Lead; Comments Can Be Submitted Online
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[3/16/2020]
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GASP: Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fined $13,000 For Air Pollution Violations In Allegheny County
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[3/16/2020]
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Phipps Conservatory To Host April 14-15 One Health One Planet Symposium On Air Quality In Pittsburgh
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[3/16/2020]
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Dueling Press Conferences For/Against Signing Bill Providing Taxpayer Funded Subsidies For Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing
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[3/9/2020]
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Rep. Comitta Urges State Pesticide Advisory Board To Ban “Deadly” Chlorpyrifos Pesticide; Agriculture Taking Comments On Proposed Ban
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[3/9/2020]
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30+ Environmental Groups Will Hold A March 9 Rally Against HB 1100 Giving An Unlimited Subsidy For Natural Gas Use In Manufacturing
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[3/9/2020]
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The Economy As A Complement, Not Detriment To The Environment - Shell Ethane Plant
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[3/2/2020]
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Pesticide Advisory Board Now Accepting Public Comments On Banning “Deadly” Pesticide Chlorpyrifos At March 3 Meeting
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[2/24/2020]
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Agriculture’s Pesticide Advisory Board Meets March 3 To Discuss Proposed Ban On Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Harmful To Children
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[2/24/2020]
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EPA Accepting Comments On Proposal To Regulate PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water
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[2/24/2020]
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Elizabethtown College Awarded EPA Student Innovative Technology Grant For Lead Detection
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[2/17/2020]
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EQB Sets 3 Public Hearings On Proposed Changes To Land Recycling Program Regulations Setting First PFOS/PFOA/PFAS Cleanup Standards
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[2/17/2020]
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Gov. Wolf To Make Available $1.74 Million PennVEST Grant To Test Schools, Child Care Centers For Lead In Drinking Water
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[2/17/2020]
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Sen. Santarsiero: Health, DEP Warnings Of Health Risks From Naturally Occurring Asbestos Justify Permanent Closure Of Rockhill Quarry, Bucks County
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[2/10/2020]
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Sen. Santarsiero To Introduce Bill Banning The Harmful Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
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[2/10/2020]
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Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants
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[2/10/2020]
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One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County
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[2/10/2020]
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$37,344 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant Approved For Clarion County Project
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[2/3/2020]
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Gov. Wolf Announces $1.1 Billion Plan To Address Lead, Other Hazards In Schools, Water Systems, Day Care Centers, Homes
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[2/3/2020]
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New Study: For Many PA Cities, Air Quality Was Unhealthy 1 Out Of Every 4 Days
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[1/27/2020]
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Earthworks: Rolling Stone Article Links Oil & Gas Waste Radioactivity To Worker Cancers, Wastewater Trucks Operating Illegally
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[1/27/2020]
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AG Shapiro Joins 3 Other States In Opposing Rollback Of Federal Regulations On Coal Ash Disposal
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[1/27/2020]
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Penn State Extension: Microplastics In Our Waters, An Unquestionable Concern
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[1/27/2020]
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Penn State: Persistent PFOS Contamination Exposure Changes Gut Microbiome Of Mice, Could Have Implications For Human Health
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[1/27/2020]
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Penn State: Insecticides Becoming 120-Fold More Toxic To Honey Bees
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[1/20/2020]
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2020 Shale Network Workshop Set For May 14-15 In State College To Feature Health Effects Presentations
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[1/13/2020]
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House Environmental Committee To Hold Info Meeting Jan. 15 On Triennial Review Of Water Quality Reg, Stream Redesignations
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[1/13/2020]
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Pittsburgh Water Authority Reports On 2019 Community Lead Response Program
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[1/6/2020]
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EQB Submits Final Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards, Federal Mining Consistency Rule To IRRC, Committees For Review
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[1/6/2020]
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Penn State: Research Suggests Today's Air Quality That Meets Current Standards Increases Mortality, Just Like Smoking
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[12/16/2019]
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DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Catching And Sampling Lake Trout On Lake Erie
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[12/9/2019]
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Governor Releases Initial PFAS Action Team Report With Recommendations; 1 Of First 96 Water Systems Sampled Exceeded [Inadequate] Action Level; 25 Contamination Sites Confirmed
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[12/9/2019]
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Environment & Energy NewsClips
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[12/2/2019]
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Bills On Governor's Desk
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[12/2/2019]
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EPA Proposes PFAS Chemicals Be Added To Toxics Release Inventory Reporting Program
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[12/2/2019]
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EPA Now Accepting Applications For Research On PFAS Impacts In Rural Communities, Agricultural Operations; Dec. 5 Webinar
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[12/2/2019]
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Help Wanted: Southwest PA Environmental Health Project Executive Director
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[11/4/2019]
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Senate Passes Bill To Restrict Some Uses Of Firefighting Foams With PFAS; Clean Water Action Says Bill Is Meant To Protect Industry
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[11/4/2019]
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Wolf Administration Seeking Information On Local Needs To Address Lead Hazards; Senate Fails To Take Action On Lead Task Force Recommendations
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[10/28/2019]
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Senate Environmental Committee OKs Bills Responding To PFAS Contamination
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[10/28/2019]
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DEP To Hold Nov. 18 Meeting/Hearing On Easton Road PFOA/PFOS Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Bucks County
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[10/21/2019]
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40+ Groups, 200 Citizens Call On 2 Republican Reps. O’Neal, Ortitay To Investigate Cancers, Call For A Halt To Industry-Friendly Bills
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[10/14/2019]
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EPA Proposes Rule Requiring Water Systems To Replace Lead Water Service Lines; Take School, Child Care Facility Water Samples
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[10/7/2019]
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Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17
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[10/7/2019]
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PUC Approves PA American Water Lead Service Line Replacement Funding Program; Stakeholder Group To Be Formed
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[9/22/2019]
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PFAS Action Team To Release Recommendations For Action, Funding Needs Soon; 25 Sites Now Contaminated In PA
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[9/22/2019]
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Pittsburgh Water Authority 10 Months Ahead Of DEP Schedule In Replacing Lead Drinking Water Service Lines
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[9/16/2019]
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Earthworks’ New Report, Interactive Map Tracks Disposal Of 380 Million Barrels Of PA Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater, Including Road Dumping
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[9/9/2019]
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DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them?
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[9/9/2019]
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On Sept. 17 DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council Will Hear Update On PFAS Contamination Response In The Year Since The Governor’s Action Team Was Formed
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[9/9/2019]
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PA Township News: Public & Private Water Supplies Face Threats From Emerging Contaminants
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[9/2/2019]
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Gov. Wolf Calls For Legislative Action On Lead Testing For Children, Lead Abatement
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[9/2/2019]
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Penn State Researchers Develop Affordable, Less-Intensive Methane Detection Protocol For Water
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[8/26/2019]
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Wolf Announces $3.8 Million In PFAS Water Treatment Grants In Bucks, Montgomery Counties, Calls On EPA To Set Standard
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[8/26/2019]
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Citizen Science Opportunity: Penn State Looking For 60 Volunteers For Endocrine Disrupter Study In Susquehanna Watershed
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[8/19/2019]
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AG Shapiro Urges Congressional Leadership To End Use Of Harmful PFAS Chemicals
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[7/29/2019]
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Addition Of Orthophosphate To Pittsburgh Water Authority System Reducing Lead In Water, But Lead Remains Above Action Level
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[7/22/2019]
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DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee To Discuss Draft Language For New PAG-01 Small Project General Permit, Manganese Standard July 25
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[7/22/2019]
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Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States Grapple With PFAS Contaminating Drinking Water
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[6/23/2019]
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DEP Expects To Present EQB With A Consultant Report On Costs/Benefits Of Climate Cap-And-Trade Petition Early Next Year; Update On PFOS Petition
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[6/10/2019]
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House Committee Meets June 11 To Consider Bills Limiting Plastic Straw Use, Require Bisphenol A-Free Containers
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[6/10/2019]
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Conservation Consultants, Inc. Presents Achieving Green & Healthy Homes Program June 20 At Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh
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[5/27/2019]
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Emerging Contaminants Highlighted At 2019 PA Groundwater Symposium
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[5/13/2019]
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Senate Task Force On Lead Announces 5 Bill Package To Require Lead Testing, Reduce Lead Exposure Of Children
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[5/6/2019]
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Senate Task Force On Lead Releases Report Calls For Lead Testing For Children, Lead Abatement Program, Testing All School Water; May 7 Announcement
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[5/6/2019]
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Sen. Yaw Plans Bills On 3rd Party Permitting, Stream Cleaning, Nutrient Procurement, Farm Conservation Excellence, Testing Lead In School Water
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[4/15/2019]
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DEP Announces PFAS Sampling Plan To Identify Possible Water Contamination
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[4/8/2019]
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PFAS Action Team To Provide Updates On Upcoming Sampling Plan, Solicit Resident Feedback April 15 In Montgomery County
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[4/1/2019]
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Gov. Wolf Announces CFA Funding To Remove PFAS Contamination From 17 Drinking Water Wells In Bucks County
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[4/1/2019]
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New Report Gives Pennsylvania F For Response To Lead In School Drinking Water
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[4/1/2019]
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Stroud Water Research Center: Most-Used Pesticides Posing Unknown Threat To Waterways, Pollinators, Now Subject Of Study
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[3/18/2019]
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Feature - What We Owe To Pennsylvania’s Rachel Carson
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[3/18/2019]
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DEP: Soil Samples At A Park, Day Care Center In Palmerton, Carbon County Exceed Lead Standard
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[3/18/2019]
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Dept. Of Human Services Explores Use Of Medicaid Funds For Lead Exposure Prevention And Remediation Initiative
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[3/4/2019]
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Dept. Of Health Asks For $1.4 Million For PFAS Monitoring, Oversight; And Helps Assess Climate Health Risk
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[2/25/2019]
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Save The Date: PA Hazardous Materials Technicians Conference August 22-25 At Seven Springs
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[2/18/2019]
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EPA Announces Nationwide PFAS Action Plan; State Plans To Move Ahead With Its Own MCL
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[2/11/2019]
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PUC Approves 13 Percent Increase In Pittsburgh Water Authority Rates To Improve Infrastructure, Operations
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[2/11/2019]
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NRDC: In PUC Rate Agreement, Pittsburgh Agrees To Terms For Tackling Its Lead Contaminated Water
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[2/11/2019]
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CANCELED-PA PFAS Action Team Meets Feb. 12 In Montgomery County To Provide Updates, Hear Public Comments
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[2/11/2019]
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Defend Our Future Student Leaders, Elected Officials In Philadelphia Push For Continued Reduction Of Mercury Pollution, Oppose Federal Rollback
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[2/4/2019]
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Gov. Wolf Proposes A $4.5 Billion, 4-Year Restore Pennsylvania Community & Environmental Infrastructure Investment Program
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[2/4/2019]
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Attorney General Files 161 Criminal Charges Against Pittsburgh Water Authority Over Lead Water Lines
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[1/28/2019]
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PFAS Action Team To Meet Feb. 12 In Montgomery County To Provide Updates, Hear Public Comments
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[1/28/2019]
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Pittsburgh Water Authority To Replace 3,400 Lead Service Lines Using PennVEST Funding In 2019
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[1/7/2019]
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Pittsburgh Water Authority Replaced 2,048 Lead Water Service Lines In 2018, Surpassing DEP Goal
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[12/10/2018]
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U.S. Office Of Lead Hazard Control & Health Homes Has Additional Funding Available
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[12/3/2018]
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EPA Settles Lead Safe Renovation Violations With Chester County Contractor
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[11/26/2018]
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Governor's PFAS Action Team Public Meeting Nov. 30 In Harrisburg
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[10/29/2018]
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EPA Raises Awareness Of Lead Paint Rules In Philadelphia
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[10/29/2018]
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EPA Settles Lead Safe Renovation Violations With Bucks County Contractor
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[10/22/2018]
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Gov. Wolf's PFAS Action Team Outlines Public Outreach Plans, Nov. 30 Meeting
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[10/22/2018]
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Senate Committee Approves Bill Requiring Universal Lead Testing For Children
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