Posted on November 11, 2022
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FERC is taking public comments on the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) until 5:00pm ET on November 21, 2022 Mike Tony reports in the October 26, 2022 Charleston Gazette-Mail: Equitrans LP, subsidiary of Mountain Valley Pipeline lead developer Equitrans Midstream Corp., has proposed construction… Continue Reading “Proposed Pipeline Expansion in WV, Ohio & PA – Comment Period Open”
Category: PipelinesTags: air pollution, carbon dioxide, compressor stations, Corona Compressor Station, Cygrymus Compressor Station, Equitrans, Equitrans LP, forest fragmentation, formaldehyde, methane, Mountain Valley Pipeline, NOx, Ohio, Ohio Valley Connector Expansion, particulate matter, Pennsylvania, pipeline, pipelines, Plasma Compressor Station, PM10, PM2.5, trees removed, VOC, West Virginia
Posted on October 17, 2022
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The regulation meets 2016 standards set by the federal government, and if the rule isn’t finalized by December 16th, Pennsylvania faces around $500 million in highway funding sanctions in the next year. (See YouTube video below) DEP estimates the regulation could reduce VOC emissions… Continue Reading “PA Moves Gas Well Emissions Rule to Beat Costly Federal Deadline”
Category: Leaking gas wells, methane, natural gas, ozone, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania air quality, PFAS, SW Pennsylvania, Well pluggingTags: conventional gas wells, conventional wells, emissions, gas wells, Harrisburg, legislation, methane emissions, oil and gas, Pennsylvania Legislature, VOC
Posted on May 5, 2022
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In addition to a tornado warning —that had us eating supper in our basement at 6:00PM Tuesday evening— the third segment of this PBS Frontline documentary aired later that same evening. I recognized a couple powerful allies in the oil & gas air pollution… Continue Reading “‘The Power of Big Oil: Part 3 – Delay’”
Category: water pollutionTags: acrylonitrile, air pollution, brominated trihalomethanes, BTEX, chloroform, climate change, drilling, drilling waste, FLIR, fracking, global warming, Hickory Pa, Marcellus Shale, methane, Monongahela River, Mt Pleasant Township, natural gas, NORM, NOx, oil and gas, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania renewables, Pittsburgh, radioactive shale, radioactive waste, shale gas, tapwater, TENORM, trihalomethanes, VOC, water buffalo, water wells