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The Conversation: Pennsylvania Roads Are Being Coated In Conventional Radioactive Oil & Gas Wastewater - New DEP Permit Allows Uncontrolled Use
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (1672+ words) Pennsylvania’s roughly 100,000 oil and gas wells produce wastewater that’s many times saltier than seawater and contains radium, a known carcinogen. For decades, that saltwater, called brine, was spread on dirt and gravel roads across the state to control dust and…...
President Expands Ratepayer Protection ‘Pledge’ For A.I. Data Centers To Pay Full Cost Of Energy, Supporting Infrastructure [PJM Ratepayers Already Paying $29.4 Billion In Added Electricity Costs]
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (508+ words) The President said the expansion extends those obligations across the full chain of parties whose decisions determine what a family pays each month: the electric utilities that set rates, the developers that build the facilities, and the States that regulate…...
DEP: Raymond D. Langer Fails To Clean Up Contaminated Water Spills, Address Other Violations, Comply With DEP Order For 1,283 Days
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (451+ words) The original violations at these sites were issued on January 11, 2023 and DEP issued a Compliance order on March 24, 2025 requiring steps be taken to clean up the sites. Read more here. DEP’s inspection report for the Lorish 1 well said multiple deadlines…...
DEP: Crude Oil Gathering Pipeline Failure In Conventional Oil Well Field Contaminated 750 Feet Of Chappel Fork Creek In Hamilton Twp., McKean County
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (531+ words) The well owner said “the gathering line failed due to valves on the gathering lines at the tank battery unknowingly being closed by a suspected, unknown, third party prior to the lease being pumped on the afternoon of 7/8/26. It is…...
DEP: Contaminated Water Storage Tank At Abandoned Conventional Oil Well Site Sat Broken Open For Nearly 3 Years With No Response From Owner In Clover Twp., Jefferson County
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (304+ words) DEP noted at some point the tank discharge pipe became disconnected from the tank and drained oil and contaminated fluid into secondary containment around the tank. DEP inspected the tank on Oct. 26, 2023 and Dec. 7, 2023 and found the well was abandoned…...
DEP: INR Midstream LLC Failed To Prevent Accelerated Erosion, Sedimentation Along Cooper To Jost Van Dyke Gas & Water Pipelines Construction Right-Of-Way In Young Twp., Indiana County
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (289+ words) During the July 15 inspection, a “property owner near the pipeline showed us some retention and fishing ponds down gradient from the pipeline that contained a significant amount of sediment.” DEP noted large areas of the right-of-way for the pipelines were…...
DEP: Equitrans Water SVC LLC [EQT] Suffers Contaminated Water Release From Buried Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline In Aleppo Twp., Greene County
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (567+ words) The release of an unknown quantity of contaminated water occurred on July 14 at approximately 6:00 p.m. approximately 1,200 feet southwest of the EQT Walter Stinger shale gas well pad. “It appears that a riser and valve within the vault failed resulting in a…...
DEP Issues First Title V Air Quality Permit For The Tenaska PA Partners, LLC Natural Gas Power Plant In South Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland County After Nearly 8 Years Of Operation
1+ week, 1+ day ago (572+ words) The Tenaska Power Plant was issued an initial Air Quality Plan Approval to construct and operate its facility in April 2015 and started operating in December 2018. The new permit was issued by DEP on June 30, 2026, became effective on July 15, 2026 and expires…...
DEP: PA General Energy Co. Submits Chapter 105 Permit Application For 2.92 Mile Saluda Natural Gas Pipeline, Access Road, Workspace Project In The Loyalsock State Forest, Gamble Twp., Lycoming County
1+ week, 1+ day ago (701+ words) The permit covers the construction of a 2.18 mile long 16-inch natural gas pipeline and 0.74 mile 12-inch natural gas pipeline and a pipeline metering station in a 50 to 75 foot wide corridor to transfer natural gas from DCNR Tracts 723 and 724 to the…...
DEP Invites Comments On A Major Amendment To Chapter 105 Permit For Amazon Data Center PHL 100 Project In Salem Twp., Luzerne County
1+ week, 1+ day ago (639+ words) The permit covers these project elements-- -- An outfall of Non-Contact Cooling Water within the floodway of the Susquehanna River (WWF, MF) consisting of a 36-inch diameter PVC pipe, a 15-foot wide, 50-foot long level spreader, and 0.033 acre of grading within…...