Posted on May 3, 2022
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(Reprinted with permission from the May 2, 2022 PA Environment Digest Blog by David E. Hess, former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection) From 2016 to 2021, DEP approved 752 plans for the permanent disposal of drill cuttings at oil and gas well drilling… Continue Reading “Dusting by Oil and Gas Drillers”
Category: Oil and GasTags: alternative waste disposal, asthma, conventional wells, COPD, drill cuttings, drilling, dust emissions, dusting, gas wells, Kurt Klapkowski, Marcellus Shale, NORM, oil and gas drilling, PA DEP, particulates, radioactive waste, rock formations, Spud, TENORM, unconventional wells, wastewater, well plugging
Posted on April 24, 2022
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Two things recently caught my attention, the first being a 3-part series airing on PBS stations. The Power of Big Oil (Part One: Denial) “FRONTLINE examines the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change. Part One of this… Continue Reading “Big Oil”
Category: Oil and GasTags: Big Oil, California, coal, Congress, excess profits tax, FTC, gas pump, gasoline prices, lobbying, natural gas, nuclear energy, renewable energy, subsidies
Posted on March 12, 2022
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While the average person on the street is getting gouged by high prices for gasoline, petrol if you will, the top oil companies are raking in massive profits. According to one article: This year, pretax profits for ConocoPhillips, Chevron, ExxonMobil, Hess Corporation, and Devon… Continue Reading “Oil Company Riches at Your Expense”