This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

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

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]

-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise

-- WESA: Train Derailments Could Pose A Major Risk To Southwestern PA’s Rivers, Pitt Researchers Say 

-- WTAE: Rail Disaster Probability Discussed In Thursday Night Town Hall In Pittsburgh

-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure

-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: California Shareholder Initiative On Climate Hotly Contested By CNX

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Natural Gas Calls Shareholder Climate Proposal ‘Spamlike In Nature’

-- Erie Times: Feds Charge 6 NY Residents With Stealing Thousands Of Pounds Of Cooking Oil To Go To Make Biodiesel Fuel In Erie Refinery

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[Posted: April 30, 2023]  PA Environment Digest