Mountain Valley Pipeline segment ruptures during test Company says event shows that the testing process is working as ‘designed and intended’ By Charlie Paullin | Virginia Mercur… Read More

Updated with Local Reaction EPA Issues Consent Order to MAX Environmental Technologies to Ensure Compliance with Hazardous Waste Rules at Westmoreland County Facility By David E. Hess | PA E… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities to Comment May 4, 2024 By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogMay 3, 2024 | Full story The following DEP notices w… Read More

Bill Reported Out of Senate Committee: Would Allow Pipelines Like Mariner East to Apply for Waivers of Any PUC Regulation, Law or Policy By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogMay 3, 2… Read More

US House Passes Bill to Locate Abandoned/Orphaned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Improve Well Plugging Technology by Adam Peltz, Director & Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund… Read More

HIGHLIGHTS: EIA’S LATEST “ELECTRIC POWER MONTHLY” REPORT April 24, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992)Ken Bossong, Executive Director   8606 Green… Read More

Ohio AG Wants PA Company Held in Contempt for Failing to Clean-up Radioactive Drilling Waste By Glynis Board | The Allegheny FrontMay 3, 2024 | Full story In April, the Ohio Attorney General… Read More

Gas Stove Pollution Lingers in Homes for Hours Even Outside the Kitchen Gas stoves spew nitrogen dioxide at levels that frequently exceed those that are deemed safe by health organizations B… Read More

Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret DeSmog writer Justin Nobel’s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industry’s hidden contaminated waste. By… Read More

Maryland NG Abandons Proposal to do Low-Level Aircraft Training Over the PA Wilds By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogMay 4, 2024 | Full story On May 3, U.S. Senators Bob Casey and… Read More

PEDF Petition on Restoring Pennsylvania State Forests PEDF | April 25, 2024 | Source John Childe & Kimberly Childe, attorneys for the Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation, have… Read More

Study: PA ranks high for health impacts of oil and gas flaring emissions By Danielle Smith | Keystone State News ServiceApril 22, 2024 | Full story “There’s adverse birth outcome… Read More

Federal Court of Appeals Upholds EPA’s Plan for Cleaner Air in Pennsylvania Victory – Court rules against Pennsylvania coal plant operators Source | CONTACT: Kathryn McGrath,&nbs&hell…Read More

INTERVIEW with author Justin Nobel A New Book Takes on the Dangers of Radioactivity in the Oil and Gas Industry By Kara Holsopple | The Allegheny FrontMay 3, 2024 | Full story Waste from the… Read More

Democrats Say Big Oil Misled Public for Decades About Climate Change By Chase Cain | NBC NewsMay 5, 2024 | Full story A new report released Tuesday details how oil companies knew the consequ… Read More

Top Pa. Game Commission official resigns amid questions over side business By Jan Murphy | PennLive May 1, 2024 | Full story Bryan Burhans, whose resignation was accepted by the board in exe… Read More

New Studies & Data on Sustainable Energy & Climate Change For Week Ending Friday – April 26, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (Founded 1992)Ken Bossong, Editor   8606… Read More

Barbers Reviewing Permits for Large-Scale Energy Projects? PA Senate Republicans Pass Bill Authorizing an Authority to Take Over Permitting Large-Scale Energy Projects: –Eliminating Pu… Read More

VIDEO: PA Senator Muth, PSR-PA Join Author Justin Nobel to Discuss Hazardous Oil & Gas Waste Video (47:37) The press conference includes discussion on the public health impacts caused by… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard April 20 – 26, 2024 By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 26, 2024 | Source From April 20 to 26, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compl… Read More

Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities to Comment April 27, 2024 By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 26, 2024 | Full story The followi… Read More

UPDATED: April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council to Discuss: —Dumping Wastewater on Public Roads—Well Plugging Grant Programs—Regs. Limiting Methan… Read More

Federal Well Bonding Minimums Increased While Pennsylvania Falls Behind Clean Air Council blog | Source PENNSYLVANIA (April 22, 2024) – Last week, the federal government finalized… Read More

Harrisburg area’s air quality is among worst on East Coast: report The Harrisburg metro area had the second-most serious air pollution levels in the mid-Atlantic region during 2020-202… Read More

Utility bills are going up. Pennsylvania’s consumer advocate wants to bring rates down to earth. By Anya Litvak | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | April 28, 2024 excerpt Southwestern Pennsylv… Read More

Status Report – BIOENERGYApril 23, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992)Ken Bossong, Executive Director   8606 Greenwood Avenue, Suite #2 Takoma Park, MD 20912-6656 … Read More

Pennsylvania plans to roll out a solar access plan with new federal grant By Anya Litvak | Pittsburgh Post-GazetteApril 23, 2024 | Full story Pennsylvania’s goal to bring solar energy… Read More

PennDOT Opens Next Round of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding May 13; April 30 Webinar on This Opportunity By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 24, 2034 | Source… Read More

Amount of oil recovered per foot drilled in the Permian Basin of Texas, the main U.S. shale formation, fell 15% from 2020 to 2023 By Sabrina Valle | ReutersApril 24, 2024 | Full story Fracki… Read More

Coal & New Gas Power Plants Will Have to Meet Climate Pollution Targets By Jeff Brady | NPRApril 25, 2024 | Full story The Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules on Thursday to… Read More

Gov. Shapiro Announces Commitment to Get 50% Of Electricity for State Government from Solar Energy Facilities in Pennsylvania By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 22, 2024 | Fu… Read More

News Story Excerpts: New Studies & Data on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change For Week Ending Friday – April 19, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992)Ken Bossong, edito… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard – April 13-19, 2024 Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells Top Row: Oil &… Read More

An Ohio fracking well leaked waste for years before the state finally stopped it By Jake Zuckerman | Cleveland.comApril 20, 2024 | Full story COLUMBUS, Ohio – Injection wells the state… Read More

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Affirms EHB Ruling Sen. Muth Lacks Standing to Appeal a DEP Permit for Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility Permit By David E. Hess |… Read More

DEP Posted 74 Pages of Permit-Related Notices in April 20, 2024 PA Bulletin By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 19, 2024 | Full story Highlights of the environmental and energ… Read More

Earth Day: Water At Risk ‘Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness’ Pennsylvania’s Environmental Rights Amendment By Carol Hillestad | Brodhead Watershed AssociationApri… Read More

How Texas unleashed a geothermal boom Military bases across the state are looking into geothermal as a potential source of secure electricity in an era of price spikes and cyberattacks… Read More

Over 100 Teens Attended the Pittsburgh Youth Climate Action Summit By Kara Holsopple | The Allegheny FrontApril 19, 2024 | Full story More than a hundred teens gathered recently for the&nbsp&hell…Read More

Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline for Failure to Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution By David E. Hess | PA Env… Read More

Gov. Shapiro’s Record on Shale Gas and Health A Look at the Grand Jury Recommendations One Year In Gov. Shapiro’s Record on Shale Gas & Health Environmental Health Project |… Read More

Hot & Toxic: The Reality of “Natural” Gas This season . . . love’s not the only thing in the air. Tune in to the explosive new show where one unsuspecting homeowner wit… Read More

Guest Essay: Claims That Only Thermal Energy Resources Can Ensure Electric Grid Reliability Don’t Pass the Laugh Test By John Quigley | Kleinman Center For Energy PolicyUniversity of P… Read More

STATUS REPORT – HYDROPOWERApril 17, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992) Ken Bossong, Executive Director 8606 Greenwood Avenue; Suite #2 Takoma Park, MD 20912-6656 Phone… Read More

G.E.T. Solar Informational Webinar Noon on Thursday April 25 for Businesses, Schools, Municipalities & Nonprofits By David E. Hess | April 15, 2024PA Environment Digest Blog | Source The… Read More

Centralia, Washington’s Coal Plant has to Close Next Year Can Pennsylvania communities learn from Centralia’s transition? By Rachel McDevitt | Full storyStateImpact Pennsylvania… Read More

Pennsylvania DEP Posted 63 Pages of Permit-Related Notices in April 13 PA Bulletin By David E. Hess | April 12, 2024PA Environment Digest Blog | Source Highlights of the environmental and en… Read More

Senate Hearing: The Case for an Immediate, Total Ban on Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater By David E. Hess | April 17, 2024PA Environment Digest Blog | Source On April 17, t… Read More

Lehigh Valley Lawmaker Wants More Fracking Fluid Info LeHighValleyLive.com | April 13, 2024 | Source The Pennsylvania Legislature is coming off a busy week during its Regular Session of 2023… Read More

Pennsylvania Act 13 Frequently Asked Questions Excerpts: Pennsylvania Gas Well Terminology from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) What is a conventional gas well?… Read More

Pennsylvania Senate Committee Hearing on Road Dumping of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater By David E. Hess | April 16, 2024PA Environment Digest Blog | Source On Wednesday April 17, the… Read More

Steve Hvozdovich: Investing in Clean Water TribLive | April 11, 2024 | Source Pennsylvania is an old state with old infrastructure. As the commonwealth boomed in the early to mid-20th centur… Read More

Oklahoma sues natural gas companies over price spikes during 2021 winter storm The February 13–17, 2021 North American winter storm was a crippling, large and major wint… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities to Comment April 13, 2024 Pennsylvania Bulletin By David E. Hess | April 12, 2024PA Environment Digest Blog | Source The… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard April 6-12, 2024 By David E. Hess | April 13, 2024PA Environment Digest Blog | Source Top Row– Apollo Resources, LLC plastic pipe draining… Read More

AEP was building a conglomerate. What’s left is a pile of waste. By Anya Litvak | Pittsburgh Post-GazetteApril 15, 2024 | Full story The company that for the past six months has been k… Read More

Inadequate DEP Permitting Killing Revenue Needed to Run the Entire Oil & Gas Regulatory Program By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 5, 2024 | Source The Department of Envi… Read More

Environmental Hearing Board Allows 2nd Appeal of Tri-County Landfill Permit to Move Forward Over Threats Posed by Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste By David E. Hess | April 10, 2024PA E… Read More

Pa. House committee to consider bill setting electric vehicle fee to start at $125 TribLive | April 8, 2024 | Full story Pennsylvania’s electric vehicle owners would pay an annual fee… Read More

A Study Reveals Trees Have Hidden Clocks—and They’ve Started Going Haywire Trees use circadian genes to time photosynthesis and reproduction – but as temperatures rise, the… Read More

Brief News Update & Analysis U.S. SOLAR ENERGY  SUN DAY CAMPAIGN Ken Bossong, Executive Director 8606 Greenwood Avenue, Suite #2Takoma Park, MD 20912-6656  sun-day-ca… Read More

Act 14: Little Known State Law Gives Municipalities, Counties First Chance to Comment on DEP Permits Before Applications are Submitted Critical First Step in Public Involvement By David E. H… Read More

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 Cou… Read More

Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Joins Pittsburgh-based EQT in Saying We Have a ‘Duty’ to Provide LNG Gas to China, Our Economic, Military Competitor By David E. Hess | April 11, 20… Read More

Road Dumping Continues at Will as Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Get Rid of Their Wastewater By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 5, 2024 | Source The Spring road dumpi… Read More

STATUS REPORT – GEOTHERMAL  April 8, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992) Ken Bossong, Editor 8606 Greenwood Avenue; Suite #2;Takoma Park, MD 20912-6656  301-5… Read More

DEP Posted 75 Pages of Permit-Related Notices in April 6, 2024 PA Bulletin By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 5, 2024 | Source Highlights of the environmental and energy noti… Read More

PA Oil & Gas: March 30 to April 5, 2024 By David E. Hess | Pa Environment Digest BlogApril 6, 2024 | Source From March 30 to April 5, DEP’s Oil and Gas Compliance Database shows oi… Read More

Visible Drop in our Solar Panel Energy Production During our 97% Solar Eclipse We had an old iPhone SE gathering dust, so it was worth propping it up on a deck railing, to catch the final mi… Read More

New Studies & Data on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change News Story ExcerptsFor week ending Friday April 5, 2024 Note: News story excerpts provided below do not necessarily reflect th… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices and Opportunities to Comment April 6, 2024 Pennsylvania Bulletin By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 5, 2024 | Source Th… Read More

PUC Finalizes Policy Statement on Use of Electric Storage to Enhance Grid Reliability and Resilience By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 4, 2024 | Source On April 4, the Publi… Read More

Biggest Cicada Rise in Decades Set for Eastern U.S. AP | April 3, 2024 | Full story Trillions of evolution’s bizarro wonders, red-eyed periodical cicadas that have pumps in their heads… Read More

PennDOT Announces $20 Million in Federal Funding for 29 Electric Vehicle Charging Projects in 19 Counties By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest BlogApril 4, 2024 | Source On April 4, the… Read More

Ohio resident shares evidence against oil and gas industry after expansion in own backyard: ‘My neighbors and I have seen firsthand’ By Leo Collis | TCDApril 5, 2024 | Full story… Read More

US experienced staggering growth in solar and wind power over the last decade By Syris Valentine | GRISTApril 3, 2024 | Full story When you live far from the sprawling fields befitting utili… Read More

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard – March 23 – 29, 2024 By David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest March 30, 2024 | Source Top row–  Equitrans LP gas storage… Read More

Cecil Township Pennsylvania Hears From Citizens on Proposed Zoning Ordinance VIDEO: Meeting on Wednesday evening April 3, 2024 (2:45:59) Potential Well Pad Areas (1-page PDF) Cecil TownshipA… Read More

Red Alert from Alberta’s Fracking Earthquake Warning System By Andrew Nikiforuk | The TyeeMarch 25, 2024 | Full story Alberta’s “traffic light system” for preventing… Read More

Biden Administration Approves the Nation’s 8th Large Offshore Wind Project By Jennifer McDermott | APApril 2, 2024 | Full story Avangrid says it will be smaller than the 129 turbines t… Read More

DEP Posted 81 Pages of Permit-Related Notices in March 30, 2024 PA Bulletin By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 30, 2024 | Source Highlights of the environmental and energy notices… Read More

WEEKLY NEWS STORY EXCERPTS For Week Ending Friday – March 29, 2024 SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992)Ken Bossong, editor 8606 Greenwood Avenue, Suite #2Takoma Park, MD 20912-665… Read More

Electric vehicle charging and home utility costs in March 2024 Chevy Bolt Electric bill MILESTONE: Our rooftop solar panels just crested 40,000 kWh of production in under 6-years. In today&r&hell…Read More

Largest Solar Project in PA to be Built on Former Coal Mine with $90M Federal Grant By Reid Frazier | StateImpact PennsylvaniaMarch 29, 2024 | Full story The 402-megawatt solar farm would be… Read More

Petroleum-238: Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret and the Grassroots Fight to Stop It VIDEO: Exclusive Justin Nobel interview Exclusive discussion on Justin Nobel’s new book: Petroleum-2… Read More

News Story Excerpts: New Studies and Data on Sustainable Energy and Climate Change SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992)Ken Bossong, editor   8606 Greenwood Avenue, Suite #2; Takoma… Read More

PA DEP: 89% of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners did Not Comply with Well Integrity Reporting for 34,455 Wells in 2023 By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 27, 2024 | Source On… Read More

PA DEP: 86% of Conventional Oil and Gas Well Owners Did Not Comply with Waste Disposal, Production Reporting for 33,505 Wells in 2023 By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 29, 2024 |… Read More

PA House Republicans Energy Package Includes: By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 28, 2024 | Source On March 26, House Republicans announced a nine-bill package of legislation they… Read More

Status Report on U.S. Wind Energy = March 25, 2024 = SUN DAY CAMPAIGN (founded 1992)Ken Bossong, editor  8606 Greenwood Avenue, Suite #2Takoma Park, MD 20912-6656 Phone: 301-5… Read More

Residents Express Concerns at US DOE’s Listening Session on ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Proposal In PA, WV, OH By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 28, 2024 | Source Concerns about the… Read More

Latest FERC & EIA Reports Show Solar Off to a Strong Start in 2024 For Immediate Release:  Thursday – March 28, 2024  SUN DAY CAMPAIGN 8606 Greenwood Avenue, Suite #2; Ta… Read More

Abandoning, Not Plugging Wells Over Past 15 Months 392 In 2024 Alone! “It should be the corporate greedy folks who are held accountable, not the taxpayers.” Pennsylvania Governor… Read More

21st Century energy age story: ‘Coal to Clean’ with solar energy! Dollar Energy Fund helps people keep the lights on in dark times. Now, it runs a solar farm to help them. By Any… Read More

WHAT IS CCS?Carbon capture and storage (CCS) refers to a collection of technologies that can combat climate change by reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The idea behind CCS is to… Read More

DEP Posted 80 Pages of Permit-Related Notices in Pennsylvania Bulletin By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 22, 2024 | Source Highlights of the environmental & energy notices in… Read More

Ohio Pursues Legal Action Against Oil & Gas Waste Company Allegedly storing illegal excess quantities of brine and drilling waste at local facility Company’s safety officer was rec… Read More

Coal Generation Conversion to Major Solar Energy in Western Pennsylvania Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm will replace its largest coal plant Pennsylvania’s largest solar farm h… Read More

Permit Notices and Opportunities to Comment Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities – March 23, 2024 By David E. Hess | PA Environment DigestMarch 22, 2024 | Source The follow… Read More

Return to the Augustine Well Pad The latest chapter in the “Energy Capital of the East” 20-year saga is taking place in Cecil Township, Pennsylvania, about 5 miles northeast of t… Read More