Posted on August 12, 2022
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An August 10, 2022 story by Zachary Mider on Bloomberg, Methane ‘Loophole’ Shows Risk of Gaming New US Climate Bill points out how “several energy companies have adopted an unorthodox interpretation of EPA rules to slash their reported methane emissions.” “An unorthodox reading of a single word… Continue Reading “TODAY’S FOCUS: Range Resources Methane Reporting”
Category: methaneTags: compressor stations, Congress, drilling, EPA, fracking, Inflation Reduction Act, legislation, Marcellus Shale, methane emissions, methane reporting, natural gas, Range Resources Appalachia, US House of Representatives
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, Pennsylvania, 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, climate change, gas infrastructure, PennsylvaniaTags: asthma, benzene, Buffalo Township, Code Orange, compressor stations, ethylbenzene, formaldehyde, fossil fuels, HAPs, methane, midstream, natural gas, NOx, ozone, Pennsylvania DEP, pipelines, PM10, shale gas, SOx, toluene, VOCs, Washington County, Welling Compressor Station, xylenes
Posted on June 3, 2022
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Yesterday, Pennsylvania Senators Katie Muth and Jim Brewster hosted a public hearing in Monroeville, PA: “Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health and What We Can Do to Correct It.” Watch the 2 hour and 44 minute hearing video… Continue Reading “Fracking Public Health and Policy in Pennsylvania”
Category: Marcellus shale, PennsylvaniaTags: Alison Steele, Brian Schwartz, Cathy Lodge, centralized impoundment dams, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, compressor stations, cryogenic plants, DOH, drilling, EHP, EIP, ethane, fracking, fugitive emissions, gas processing, gas wells, Gasland, Geisinger Health, Gillian Graber, Harrisburg, hydraulic fracturing, Jay Costa, Jim Brewster, Katie Muth, Lisa Graves-Marcucci, LNG, methane emissions, oil and gas, Pennsylvania DEP, Pennsylvania Legislature, pig launchers, pipelines, propane, Protect PT, public health, public policy, Ra226, shale waste, Smith Township, Washington County, well pads