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Bob shares his thoughts on landscaping and the environment.
2022-10-17 17:00
Chris Teague of AutoWeek points out some interesting facts about vehicle fires.
A better way of looking at electric vehicle fires is to compare the number of fires per 100,000 vehicles s… Read More
2022-10-17 11:00
The regulation meets 2016 standards set by the federal government, and if the rule isn’t finalized by December 16th, Pennsylvania faces around $500 million in highway funding sanctions… Read More
2022-10-16 17:00
The following DEP notices were published in the October 15 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.
By… Read More
2022-10-16 11:00
Allegheny County Exec & Health Officials Remain ‘Mum’ on Latest Stench as U.S. Steel’s Appeal of $1.8 Million March 7, 2022 Enforcement Order Lingers Like a Bad Fart… Read More
2022-10-15 17:00
OPINION: Joseph Otis Minott | Clean Air Council | October 6, 2022
Joseph Otis MinottBig gas has throttled Pennsylvania’s economy and that of the wider Ohio Valley for the last fifte… Read More
2022-10-15 11:00
RGGI, Inc.’s third carbon-allowance auction of 2022 generated more than $301 million in revenue for reinvestment
Pennsylvania is missing out on millions of dollars in revenue from… Read More
2022-10-14 17:00
Falcon Ethane Pipeline Construction Violations in Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties in Western Pennsylvania
On October 13, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has… Read More
2022-10-14 11:00
Everyone wondered why the University of Pittsburgh and the Pennsylvania Department of Health pulled out of their public presentations in Canonsburg, PA Town Park at the last minute. That sto… Read More
2022-10-13 17:00
Erosion & Sedimentation Violations in Greene County plus DEP Found Rice had Hundreds of Other Violations, Including Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them
By David E. Hess | PA Enviro… Read More
2022-10-13 11:00
44 wind turbines were installed along this West Virginia mountain ridge 20 years ago, able to provide enough energy to power 20,000 homes.
Video recently recorded near several of these wi… Read More
2022-10-12 17:00
Appalachian Power, Wheeling Power Make Rate Increase Case for West Virginia Electricity Users
The rate increase would add $18.41 to the monthly bills of Appalachian Power/Wheeling Power c… Read More
2022-10-12 11:00
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | October 4, 2022
(NOTE: Images, documents and a video have have been added to the original blog)
Shale gas fracking operations in Pennsyl… Read More
2022-10-11 17:00
by Ken Bossong, Executive Director – SUN DAY Campaign
Data recently released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)… Read More
2022-10-11 11:00
West Virginia tests their schools for radon, why not Pennsylvania?
Reporters Deb Erdley and Megan Tomasic wrote a story in the TRIB on Sunday October 9, 2022, Some say radon legislation i… Read More
2022-10-10 17:00
Tesla Powerwall2This September 28, 2022 story in The Conversation did an excellent job of explaining battery backup during grid outages:
Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, coul… Read More
2022-10-10 11:00
Senator Gene Yaw of northeastern PA is at it again! Promoting climate changing fossil fuels, while kneecapping renewables. He’s joined by another political shill for the Oil & Gas… Read More
2022-10-09 17:00
Dalian Flow Battery Energy Storage Peak-shaving Power Station will work as a power bank and assist in the uptake of renewable energy from solar and wind.
A conventional redox flow battery… Read More
2022-10-09 11:00
The following DEP notices were published in the October 8 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industrial facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments.
B… Read More
2022-10-08 17:00
There are four things to take into consideration.
Shale gas plant
Natural gas exports are growing rapidly.
The LNG market is being influenced by soaring prices in Europe.
Strong nat… Read More
2022-10-08 11:00
No loss of power and minimal damage to Babcock Ranch solar array operated by Florida Power and Light
The CNN story on October 2, 2022 by Rachel Ramirez reports:
The storm [Hurricane Ia… Read More
2022-10-07 17:00
Short-lived Massachusetts renewable energy project crashes to the ground.
Huey helicopters had a distinctive soundWhile European nations are scrambling to add wind turbines and other rene… Read More
2022-10-07 11:00
The final draft of a federal report includes a call for removing the four lower Snake River dams.
REPORT: Rebuilding Interior Columbia Basin Salmon and Steelhead:
“This is… Read More
2022-10-06 17:00
The following DEP and Susquehanna River Basin Commission notices were published in the October 1 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industrial facilities. Many of the notices offer the… Read More
2022-10-06 11:00
In a September 29, 2022 story by Frank Jordans tells how Feldheim, Germany, about 90-minutes south of Berlin, has been energy self-sufficient for more than a decade.
Climate Reality Proj… Read More
2022-10-06 01:09
October 5, 2022 – Canonsburg Town Park
PRESS RELEASE
Contacts:
Lisa DePaoli, Communications Manager, Center for Coalfield Justice, 724-229-3550… Read More
2022-10-05 17:00
Definition of ‘Rife’ – In widespread existence, practice, or use; increasingly prevalent.
An October 1, 2022 BBC story by Jess Kelly… Read More
2022-10-05 11:00
Methane Might Be a Bigger Climate Problem Than Thought, Study Finds
September 29, 2022 story in The New York Times by Henry Fountain:
The oil industry practice of burning unwanted met… Read More
2022-10-04 17:00
Tuesday, Oct 4, 2022 at 7:30pm – Watchdog Updates – What is Shell up to?
>>REGISTER HERE
Orange skies – Smoky flaring – River foam – Nurdles… Read More
2022-10-04 11:00
Electrifying Government Fleets
Global Clean Energy Action Forum – Pittsburgh, PASeptember 23 • 10:15am – 11:15am
NOTE: Video begins at 8:10 minute mark
National g… Read More
2022-10-03 17:00
$6.57 to be exact, which also included home EV charging and 1,067 kWh left ‘in the bank’ for future months. We also generated another SREC to sell for $40.
Meantime, a neighbo… Read More
2022-10-03 11:00
‘No sweat: Wind pulled its weight in steamy Midwest summer 2022‘
Posted on Friday, September 23, 2022 in Energy News We started the summer with regional grid operator MIS… Read More
2022-10-02 17:00
7,000 Pittsburgh area homes to be powered by solar energy
On September 28, 2022, An-Li Herring reports on WESA 90.5 “Duquesne Light Co. announced Monday that the Pennsylvania Utili… Read More
2022-10-02 11:00
A small town in Oregon has just commissioned a utility-scale, renewable-energy, ‘hybrid’ plant — the first of its kind in North America — combining solar power, wind… Read More
2022-10-01 17:00
Destruction of avian life intensifies
Phoebe Weston writes in the September 28, 2022 Guardian, “State of the World’s Birds report warns human actions and climate crisis puttin… Read More
2022-10-01 11:00
ORVI Research on Blue Hydrogen and Carbon Capture with Ben Hunkler, Ohio River Valley Institute (ORVI)
Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 1:00 PM Participate either in person or via Zoom (see… Read More
2022-09-30 17:00
Seriously though.
The utter shame of it all. The Pennsylvania DOH (Department of Health) has shunned those suffering with health issues in the shale gas patch in the past, so their latest… Read More
2022-09-30 11:00
G.E.T. Solar Energy Help Now; Avoid Natural Gas Price Spikes
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 26, 2022
According to a new national report on schools’ ado… Read More
2022-09-29 17:00
How Collaboration Can Support the Electrification of Trucks
Global Clean Energy Action Forum – Pittsburgh, PASeptember 22 • 12:30pm – 1:30pm
Currently, much of the d… Read More
2022-09-29 11:00
“Volvo Trucks hit another milestone Wednesday, as the heavy-duty truck maker announced its massive 44-ton electric trucks are hitting the production line. With the addition of thr… Read More
2022-09-29 00:17
What if they gave a war and nobody came?
There’s lots of news about this latest military draft, with tens of thousands of Russians becoming draft dodgers, so it seemed like a good t… Read More
2022-09-28 17:00
Two articles point out the growing benefits from solar and the reasons why fracking talk is ‘pie in the sky.’
Positive gains on the solar front in Europe…
Paweł… Read More
2022-09-28 11:00
“To Really Understand the Ocean, We Need to Go Back in Time”
John R. Waldman, Ph.D.This Guest Essay by Professor John R. Waldman, Ph.D. originally appeared in The New Yor… Read More
2022-09-27 17:00
MISSION: Protect public health and the environment, enhance community and system resilience, and deliver economic, ecological and social benefits for all people in the ten county region… Read More
2022-09-27 11:00
Committee Also Failed to Address Real Concerns of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities
Photos: Natural Gas Infrastructure- Top- Shale Gas Drill Pad (FracTracker… Read More
2022-09-26 17:00
Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ in the Natural Gas Transmission System
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 21, 2… Read More
2022-09-26 11:00
Looks like the first step in paying more to drive an Electric Vehicle (EV) in Pennsylvania. The current $39 registration fee could be a thing of the past.
The Official Notice, along with… Read More
2022-09-25 17:00
On September 21, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced DCNR will produce or purchase 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by… Read More
2022-09-25 11:00
Permitting reforms would benefit the nearly completed Mountain Valley Pipeline to move fracked gas from Manchin’s home state of West Virginia to Eastern seaboard states.
VOX explain… Read More
2022-09-24 17:00
Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired by Governor Wolf, Issues Road Map
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 23, 2022
On September 23, the Team Pennsylvania Foundation, co… Read More
2022-09-24 11:00
Demand is rising in the residential segment as solar installers continue to add storage to their product offerings.
The U.S. market installed over 2,608 MWh of energy storage capacity in… Read More
2022-09-23 17:00
Former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg is putting his wealth into an effort to halt the expansion of petrochemical manufacturing in the Ohio River Valley, Texas & Louisiana.
“Commu… Read More
2022-09-23 11:00
Monday night’s premiere episode of “The Neighborhood” bore the title “Goodbye Grid Day” as the Johnson family goes solar, and ends up with the only electricity… Read More
2022-09-22 17:00
To Give $1.8 Billion Boost to Pa. Economy and Help Farmers
Solar array near Pittsburgh, Pa.By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 19, 2022
With solar energy policy o… Read More
2022-09-22 11:00
Bethany WV residents continue their fight against new forced pooling law
In the September 10, 2022 blog, WEST VIRGINIA: Federal Court Throws Out ‘Forced Pooling’ Lawsuit, we s… Read More
2022-09-21 17:00
A September 14, 2022 Opinion, China Is Writing the Story of the Climate Future, by David Wallace-Wells in The New York Times, points out the complexities of climate change and renewable ener… Read More
2022-09-21 11:00
Hydrogen and carbon capture talk visits Pittsburgh during the Global Clean Energy Action Forum.
Fracking = Roots of Blue HydrogenThe Infrastructure Act’s provision of $8… Read More
2022-09-20 17:00
California-based solar-powered EV charger company Paired Power has just debuted a modular, off-grid electric vehicle charger that is powered by a solar canopy.
https://www.paire… Read More
2022-09-20 12:10
Just after high noon on Sunday, right before the Steelers home opener kickoff, local residents saw black smoke belching from the elevated “candlestick” flare at the new Pennsylva… Read More
2022-09-19 17:00
The heat and drought affecting many global locations has cut into renewable energy produced by hydroelectric sources, increasing the demand for coal as a replacement.
While we often thin… Read More
2022-09-19 11:00
Employee dies of “chemical and thermal burns” from a “chemical explosion” in an industrial accident OSHA is investigating.
Eureka Resources has a prior investigat… Read More
2022-09-18 15:55
This guest essay first appeared on Inquirer.com on September 16, 2022. and was reprinted in the PA Environment Digest Blog on September 17, 2022. The deadline for submitting public com… Read More
2022-09-18 11:00
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 16, 2022
(Note: Photos below were added to the original blog)
On September 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit… Read More
2022-09-17 17:00
Sunnova Energy is seeking permission from state regulators to develop microgrids for new housing developments that would not be reliant on established electric utilities.
In the September… Read More
2022-09-17 11:00
“Catholic nuns fought pipeline on their Lancaster County land. Now, citing religious freedom, they seek damages in court.”
According to a September 15, 2022 story by Susan Phi… Read More
2022-09-16 17:00
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?
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest | Se… Read More
2022-09-16 11:55
That subtitle is part of a September 15, 2022 Environmental Health News story, The Titans of Plastic, in partnership with Sierra Magazine, where reporter Kristina Marusic writes about Shell… Read More
2022-09-15 17:00
Expanded report also provides a historical overview of efforts since 2009 when the first Sustainability Manager was hired
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 1, 2022… Read More
2022-09-15 11:00
Pennsylvania DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigating Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges from PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site on Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County… Read More
2022-09-14 17:00
Battery Longevity Delays Need for Recycling Programs
An August 1, 2022 story in Forbes by Carlton Reid sported that headline along with this opening: “Electric cars have sophisticat… Read More
2022-09-14 11:00
Fracking photos of shale gas production in 3 states during 2012
We logged eleven flights in 2012 to capture aerial images of Marcellus Shale gas production in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West… Read More
2022-09-13 17:00
“The national effort calls for businesses and individuals to embrace energy conservation by increasing car-pooling, lowering thermostats and shutting off illuminated advertising signs… Read More
2022-09-13 11:00
Threatens to Put PA’s Taxpayer-Funded Well Plugging Program Even Further Behind
By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 6, 2022
The pace of companies abandoning… Read More
2022-09-12 17:00
September 10, 2022 news headlines spelled it out:
BBC News – Air pollution cancer breakthrough will rewrite the rules
Forbes – Fossil Fuel Pollution Likely Accelerates Lung… Read More
2022-09-12 11:00
…or Show They Can Pay for Damages if They Explode, Leak or Kill Someone
(Photos: Top– Revolution Pipeline explosion in Beaver County; Blast zone around Mariner East Pipeline… Read More
2022-09-11 17:00
Monthly energy analysis for our Chevy Bolt EV
GM Report for August 2022:
Translated into dollars and cents:
We used 190.5 kWh to travel 762 miles.
That works out to 4 miles per… Read More
2022-09-11 11:00
A September 6, 2022 PITTSBURGH INDEPENDENT story, Shell Oil gaslights over public health concerns: “We don’t have an impact” reports on the latest virtual community meeting… Read More
2022-09-10 17:00
Lawsuit seeking to stop West Virginia’s new natural gas unitization law ruled invalid
A September 10, 2022 story by Steven Allen Adams, Federal Court Throws Out Bethany Residents&rs&hell…Read More
2022-09-10 11:00
Pennsylvania LNG Export Terminal in Talks to Commercialize Project
An August 31, 2022 story by Jamison Cocklin of NGI shared the latest news:
An East Coast LNG export terminal that w… Read More
2022-09-09 17:00
Fracking could resume in England within six months
Photo: Hydraulic fracturing (aka ‘fracking’) American-style c. 2010 in Pennsylvania
Calls to resume fracking have met wit… Read More
2022-09-09 11:00
New research suggests the massive ice sheet is already set to lose more than 3 percent of its mass, even if the world stopped emitting greenhouse gases today.
The story by Chris Mooney in… Read More
2022-09-08 17:00
With some Marcellus Shale gas production requiring 17-million gallons of water just to frac one well, one has to wonder how it can be justified under drought conditions
Map: Red Dots are… Read More
2022-09-08 11:00
The September 7, 2022 Reuters story by Valerie Volcovici and Nichola Groom reported an end to the 18-year hazardous pollution rule exemption for turbines at two of Cheniere’s Gulf… Read More
2022-09-07 17:00
New! Photo gallery of drilling and hydraulic fracturing the Marcellus Shale in 2010 and 2011 can be found here. Sample photo:
Email Address… Read More
2022-09-07 11:00
Pa. DEP held 2 public hearings last week about a plan by a Westmoreland County landfill to build a gas-fired leachate evaporator (data sheet PDF).
Environmentalists and nearby residents… Read More
2022-09-06 17:00
Today’s story by Laura Legere in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette trumpets “Green energy is bracing for growth.”
Solar, wind, hydropower and energy storage industries ar… Read More
2022-09-06 11:00
On Wednesday October 5, 2022 community members and reporters are invited to hear about the progress that has been made and ask questions about the Childhood Cancer Study… Read More
2022-09-05 17:00
More Oil & Gas Well Pad Cleanups and Facility Permits
by David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | September 2, 2022
Highlights of the environmental and energy notices in the la… Read More
2022-09-05 11:00
Small Penalties no Deterrent to Future Abandonments
by David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | August 30, 2022
Only 15 of the 256 conventional oil and gas operators who received n… Read More
2022-09-04 17:00
In a state that produces so much coal and natural gas, most people would never expect these sorts of utility rate increases.
An August 28 story in the Wall Street Journal begins with the… Read More
2022-09-04 11:00
In this newly released 41-minute video, we get a behind-the-scenes look at the turmoil and travesty of those ‘Dimocked’ by shale gas production, and the 9 square mile area of Pen… Read More
2022-09-03 17:00
Your Small Changes Can Help Bring Monarch Butterflies Back
By Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County, Pennsylvania
Swallowtail. Spicebush. Red Admiral. Painted Lady. Fritillary… Read More
2022-09-03 11:00
Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
On August 25, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced it has formally awarded an initial $560 million from the federal Bipartisan… Read More
2022-09-02 17:00
Achieved a 22.4% Decline in Energy Use; 14.6% Decline in Carbon Emissions
by David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | August 31, 2022
On August 30, the Erie 2030 District, a group… Read More
2022-09-02 11:00
HEADLINE: Radioactive Waste ‘Everywhere’ at Ohio Oilfield Facility, Says Former Worker
Justin Nobel writes in DeSmog on August 31, 2022 that “Community groups present he… Read More
2022-09-01 17:00
DEP Asks for Voluntary Water Conservation for First Time Since 2020
On August 31, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the Commonwealth Drought Task Force has declared a d… Read More
2022-09-01 11:00
Company wants to add a second injection well at the Sedat site in Plum Borough, Allegheny County, PA
The August 30, 2022 story by Michael Divittorio in the TRIB, Plum residents, environme… Read More
2022-08-31 17:00
On April 23, 2022, Pennsylvania became the 12th state to join the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (“RGGI”). However, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court has since issued an in… Read More
2022-08-31 11:00
Sure enough, it went from $6.56 last month to $6.57 this month.
Our rooftop solar panels have been doing a great job of providing electricity for our home cooling and other household uses… Read More
2022-08-30 17:00
Post-production costs for transportation and processing ‘gutting’ gas royalty payments below the required 12.5% minimum
An August 25, 2022 story by Mike Jones “Farmers d… Read More
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