Posted on September 23, 2022
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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. “Communities around the country are standing up to confront the petrochemical industry and defend their right to… Continue Reading “$85 Million Effort to Stop US Petrochemical Plants”
Category: Ohio River Valley, Petrochemicals, West VirginiaTags: asthma, cancer, cancer alley, carbon emissions, climate crisis, emissions, GHG, greenhouse gas, Louisiana, Ohio, Ohio River, People over Pollution, petrochemicals, plastic pollution, plastic production, plastics, Texas
Posted on September 12, 2022
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September 10, 2022 news headlines spelled it out: “The latest work unveils this mechanism through a series of meticulous experiments showing that cells carrying dormant mutations can turn cancerous when exposed to PM2.5 particles. The pollutant is the equivalent of the ignition spark on… Continue Reading “STUDY: Fossil Fuel Pollution Likely Accelerates Lung Cancer”
Category: Fracking Health Risks, Washington County PATags: asthma, asthmatic children, compressor stations, diesel fumes, diesel trucking, health study, hydraulic fracturing, lung cancer, Marcellus Shale, oil and gas, particulate pollution, Pittsburgh, PM10, PM2.5, shale gas infrastructure
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
Posted on June 7, 2022
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Today’s PA Environment Digest Blog contained important testimony from the Pennsylvania Senate Hearing held last Thursday and seen in its entirety in this video. Brian S. Schwartz, MD, MS laid it out with crystal clarity in his June 2, 2022 testimony: “We’ve studied asthma… Continue Reading “Pennsylvania Must Act”
Category: Fracking Health Risks, PennsylvaniaTags: asthma, congestive heart failure, COPD, diagnoses, Dr Brian Schwartz, drilling, fracking, gas wells, Geisinger Health, health studies, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Maryland, mental health, methane, New York, oil and gas, pregnancies, preterm births
Posted on May 16, 2022
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Pennsylvania is on track to fully participate in ‘Reggie’ if GOP lawsuits, or the November 8, 2022 gubernatorial election, doesn’t derail the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. “This regulation has the support of businesses and residents, and will save lives… Continue Reading “2021 RGGI Annual Report”
Category: air qualityTags: 2022 election, air pollution, asthma, asthmatic children, carbon, carbon dioxide, climate change, CO2, COPD, environmental justice, health threat, Monongahela River Valley, nitrogen oxides, PA DEP, particulate matter, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania governor, Pittsburgh, PM, public health, Reggie, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, RGGI, senior citizens, sulfur dioxide, Three Rivers
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