06-04-2021

RGGI supporters say initiative could provide resources for when plants, mines close
An Indiana Borough councilman joined other supporters of the RegionalGreenhouse Gas Initiative in stressing that Gov. Tom Wolf’s effort tobring Pennsylvania into the multi-state combine could open up vastopportunities for businesses working on energy efficiency projects and...- Indiana Gazette

06-03-2021

DEP fines Olympus Energy $175,000 for Marcellus Shale site violation
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) collected a $175,000fine from Olympus Energy for environmental issues at its Marcellus wellsite in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County.The fine was for erosion and sedimentation violations in 2019 when Olympus...- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

06-02-2021

Mariner East 2 pipeline in West Goshen develops small leak; evacuations not ordered
WEST GOSHEN—A small leak was detected along the active Sunoco MarinerEast 2 pipeline at the Boot Road pumping station near Route 202, Mondaynight.No evacuations or injuries were reported. Neighbors were left in the darkand were not notified.The following statement was issued by the Chester County Department of...- Phoenixville News

06-02-2021

Environmental groups appeal DEP approval for Renovo Energy Center project
HARRISBURG, PA – Clean Air Council, Penn Future, and the Center forBiological Diversity?have announced they filed an appeal of the air qualitypermit the Department of Environmental Protection issued recently for theRenovo Energy Center, a gas-fired power plant proposed for Renovo....- Lock Haven Record

06-02-2021

Water quality impact to be key consideration as Mountain Valley Pipeline hangs in limbo
The Mountain Valley Pipeline faces a consequential summer. So do thestreams and wetlands that the pipeline’s developers are seekingpermission to cross.The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will decide by July 2 whether to grant ordeny additional time to West Virginia and Virginia environmental regulators...- Charleston Gazette-Mail

06-01-2021

Network of companies looking to move fracking wastewater in barges up and down Pittsburgh’s rivers
Mil­lions of gal­lons of briny, toxic, waste­wa­ter fromshale gas drill­ing and frack­ing op­er­a­tions could soon be loadedonto barges and pushed down the Al­le­gheny, Mo­non­ga­hela and Ohioriv­ers.A loose net­work of river tank ter­mi­nal and bargecom­pa­nies has floated plans to be­gin ship­ping waste­wa­ter...- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

06-01-2021

Colonial hack exposed government’s light-touch oversight of pipeline cybersecurity
Three times over the past year, Colonial Pipeline and the TransportationSecurity Administration discussed scheduling a voluntary, in-depthcybersecurity review — an assessment the federal agency began doing inlate 2018 to strengthen the digital defenses of oil and natural gas...- Washington Post