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January 9, 2024
November 26, 2023
Governor Shapiro will appeal the Commonwealth Court decision to the PA Supreme Court.
Download this Blog post as a pdf.
The Commonwealth Court’s decision can be found here.
Carbon dioxide (“CO2”), a greenhouse gas, is accelerating climate change, with drastic …
November 8, 2023
Gov. Shapiro Announces Agreement with CNX on Fracking Health Measures, Says New Regulations Coming
As PA Attorney General, Mr. Shapiro was actually face to face with people impacted by fracking. What money compensates for someone losing their health or a …
September 30, 2023
Welcome to the 2023 Pennsylvania Climate Convergence! On October 1 & 2, people from across Pennsylvania will be converging in Harrisburg to change the conversation on climate change.
Here are DCS Director Barbara Arrindell’s comments to the Climate Convergence:
Download …
August 3, 2023
Guest essay by Siri Lawson, who lives along a dirt road in northwest PA.
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, August 2, 2023
We have dodged this particular bullet here in the Delaware River Basin, thanks in part to …
July 29, 2023
UPDATE (8/7/23): G2 STEM LLC has withdrawn its application for this injection well permit!
Read background information in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
DCS has submitted comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency opposing the issuance of a permit for an injection …
June 13, 2022
PA municipalities received letters because they were locations where conventional drilling operators reported they disposed of their wastewater by indiscriminately dumping it on dirt and gravel roads.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 31, 2022
On April …
May 6, 2022
“Dusting” allows oil and gas drillers to avoid the cost of disposing of drill cuttings at landfills, and thus avoid the regulations that apply to landfills.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 2, 2022
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, May 2, 2022
PA DEP allows …
April 29, 2022
Reports filed with PA DEP bring the total amount of conventional drilling wastewater illegally road dumped to nearly 2.9 million gallons from 2018 to 2021.
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, April 26, 2002
By David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, April 26, 2002
November 20, 2021
A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, November 16, 2021
By Siri Lawson, PA Environment Digest Blog, November 16, 2021
DCS has been working with …
October 24, 2021
Millions of gallons of conventional oil and gas drilling wastewater is being dumped indiscriminately on Pennsylvania’s dirt and gravel roads
PA Environment Digest Blog, October 21, 2021
PA Environment Digest Blog, October 21, 2021
In 1996, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a report on the road …
