Category: gas infrastructure
Posted on November 20, 2022
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The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area leak in Cambria County is proving difficult to stop, while bringing worrisome comparisons to the Aliso Canyon and Powhatan Point incidents, where huge volumes of methane reached the atmosphere. Methane is a highly potent greenhouse gas that contributes… Continue Reading “Massive Leak at Gas Storage Area in Western PA”
Category: climate change, gas infrastructure, Leaking gas wells, methane, natural gas, Oil and gas accidents, Pennsylvania air quality, Safety, SW PennsylvaniaTags: blowout, Cambria County, Equitrans, Equitrans LP, gas storage, global warming, methane, methane emissions, methane gas, natural gas, natural gas leaks, Pennsylvania DEP, Rager Mountain Gas Storage
Posted on November 6, 2022
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Funding came partly from federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Reid Frazier reports on November 4, 2022 in StateImpact Pennsylvania: EPA awards $4 million for new air monitoring in Pa. environmental justice areas The grants will pay for 11 projects around the state, totaling $4.27… Continue Reading “EPA awards $4 million for new air monitoring in Pennsylvania”
Category: Air pollution, air quality, Allegheny County PA, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, DEP violations, EPA, fossil fuels, gas infrastructure, Marcellus shale, natural gas, Ohio River Valley, Oil and Gas, Pennsylvania, Petrochemicals, Pittsburgh International Airport - PIT, Shell Cracker Plant, SW Pennsylvania, U.S. Climate Legislation, Washington County PATags: air emissions, air inversions, air pollution, air quality, air quality monitoring, Allentown, Burgettstown, Clairton, compressor stations, Delaware County, EJ, emissions, EPA, EPA Region III, FracTracker, GASP, MarkWest, New Castle County, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, ProtectPT, Revolution Gas Plant, Smith Township, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on October 16, 2022
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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 David E. Hess | PA Environment Digest Blog | October 14, 2022 Land Recycling… Continue Reading “PA DEP Permit Notices: Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities”
Category: gas infrastructure, PennsylvaniaTags: Bradford County, Forest County, Lycoming County, McKean County, oil and gas, permits, pipelines, Potter County, Susquehanna County, Washington County, well pad, Westmoreland County
Posted on October 1, 2022
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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 putting 49% in decline, with one in eight bird species under threat of extinction.” Since 1970, 2.9 billion… Continue Reading “Half of World’s Bird Species in Decline”
Posted on September 26, 2022
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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, 2022 (Note: Photos and quotes have been added to the original blog) In the first peer-reviewed study… Continue Reading “Justification for More Robust Gas Leak Prevention Programs”
Category: Air pollution, air quality, Cancer in SW Pennsylvania, Fracking Health Risks, gas infrastructure, LNG, Marcellus shale, natural gas, Oil & Gas Contamination, Oil and Gas, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania air quality, Pipelines, Washington County PA
Posted on September 21, 2022
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Hydrogen and carbon capture talk visits Pittsburgh during the Global Clean Energy Action Forum. The Infrastructure Act’s provision of $8 billion in subsidies for four hydrogen hubs has set off a race among fossil fuel states to position themselves as the leaders for blue hydrogen and CCUS technologies. … Continue Reading “Blue Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hype”
Category: Blue hydrogen, Carbon capture, fossil fuels, gas infrastructure, Marcellus shale, Ohio, Ohio River Valley, West VirginiaTags: blue hydrogen, carbon, carbon capture, Clean Energy Ministerial, climate convergence, gas drilling, Global Clean Energy Action Forum, methane, Pittsburgh
Posted on August 14, 2022
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By Lisa Graves-Marcucci | EIP | August 10, 2022 Reprinted from Oil and Gas Watch Tucked into the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania are rural communities once home to generational farmland – Smith Township among them. The blessings of prime open spaces once reserved for… Continue Reading “Natural gas development transforms Pennsylvania farmland”
Category: gas infrastructureTags: cryogenic gas plant, cryogenic plants, EIP, ethane, flaring, gas processing, Lisa Graves-Marcucci, Marcellus Shale, methane, oil and gas, Pennsylvania, Smith Township, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on July 7, 2022
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There was a May 23, 2022 story in Louisiana’s ‘Natchitoches Times’ with a headline that really caught my eye: “Pipeline Compressor Station to Bring Major Revenue” “An example of a similar facility is a gathering station near Robeline that has an assessed value of… Continue Reading “Pennsylvania’s ‘Giveaway’ Tax Rate for Gas Processors”
Category: gas infrastructure, natural gas, Pennsylvania, taxesTags: Buffalo Tonwhsip, Chartiers Township, Chartiers-Houston School District, Claysville PA, compressor station, gas plant, Houston Pennsylvania, Marcellus Shale, McGuffey School District, oil and gas, property taxes, school taxes, township taxes, Washington County
Posted on July 4, 2022
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One of the major U.S. hubs for LNG processing, storage and pipeline transportation is located at the center of Marcellus Shale country in western Pennsylvania near Houston, Washington County, Pennsylvania. The hub began with the construction of MarkWest’s cryogenic gas plant, which also includes… Continue Reading “Bottom of the LNG Chain – Independence from Meaningful Taxes”
Category: gas infrastructure, LNG, Oil & Gas county taxes, PennsylvaniaTags: Chartiers Township, compressor stations, county taxes, cryogenic gas plant, ethane, gas liquids, Houston PA, LNG, natural gas, oil and gas revenues, pipelines, tank farm, Washington County Pennsylvania
Posted on July 2, 2022
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Today’s Pennsylvania Bulletin includes an “Intent to Issue an Operating Permit under the Air Pollution Control Act” for the Welling Compressor Station at 165 Carlisle Road, Claysville, PA 15323. The Welling is one of the largest compressor stations in our county, one of over… Continue Reading “AIR POLLUTION: Welling Compressor Station in Washington County, PA”
Category: air quality, gas infrastructureTags: asthma, benzene, Buffalo Township, climate change, Code Orange, compressor stations, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, fossil fuels, HAPs, methane, midstream, natural gas, NOx, ozone, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania DEP, pipelines, PM10, shale gas, SOx, toluene, VOCs, Washington County, Welling Compressor Station, xylenes