PA Environment Digest Blog: This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

While PA Environment Digest’s priority is to highlight positive examples of environmental and energy leadership, 2022 is an election year which demands accountability to voters.

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips--

-- UPDATED: After 14 Days, Efforts To Stop A Natural Gas Leak At A Cambria County Underground Gas Storage Area Have Apparently Been Successful [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Plugged With Cement, Company Says, Capping A 14 Day Leak

-- AP: Equitrans: Leak At Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Well Plugged After 14 Days Weeks, Releasing An Estimated 1.4 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas

-- EDF Blog: What A Catastrophic Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Means For Our Climate And Health - By Adam Peltz and Jon Goldstein, Environmental Defense Fund [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Catastrophic Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Shows Need For New Regulations; Incoming Shapiro Administration Should Expand DEP Oil & Gas Methane Leak Rule

-- Scranton Times Editorial: House Republican Conduct On Rule Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities, PA Could Lose $800 Million In Federal Highway Funds

-- Inside Climate News: Consol Energy Bailey Coal Mine In Greene County Largest Single Source Of Methane In U.S.

-- NRDC Blog: How Clean Is Pennsylvania’s New Hydrogen Subsidy? It’s Up To The Feds - By Mark Szybist, Natural Resources Defense Council [PaEN]

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, Nov. 23 In Liberty-Clairton Area, Allegheny County

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day Thursday, Nov. 24 In Liberty-Clairton Area, Allegheny County; Susquehanna Valley - Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York

-- Post-Gazette: Air Pollution Alert For Mon Valley Extended Through Thursday

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Allegheny County Orders Emissions Reduced In Mon Valley Following Air Pollution Warning

-- Post-Gazette: Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning Downgraded To A Watch, Continues Saturday

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Highest Natural Gas Price Since 2010 Drives A Spike In PA Home Energy Costs

-- Guest Essay: PA Politicians Capitalizing On Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine To Benefit Natural Gas Industry - By Lauren M. Williams, Esq., Greenworks Law & Consulting LLC [PaEN]

-- MCall: Cleanup From Bethlehem 6,000 Gallon Fuel Spill Could Last Weeks, Officials Say

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: PA's Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Lacks Credible Water Pollution Reduction Strategies, Sustained Funding [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA: PA Plan To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay ‘Doesn’t Meet The Partnership Targets’

-- Lancaster Farming: PA’s Chesapeake Bay Plan Falls Short, EPA To Keep Visiting Farms

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan Falls Short For 3rd Time, EPA Says

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