The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has notified Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC, of Fort Worth, TX that it intends to assess an $8.9 million civil penalty against the company, and has directed Range Resources to prevent methane and other substances from escaping from a leaking gas well and polluting groundwater and a stream in Lycoming County.
MORE »European petrochemical manufacturer, Ineos Olefins & Polymers just took possession of the first of eight Large Gas Carriers (LGC). LGCs are large ocean going vessels that are specially outfitted to haul not only ethane, but other hydrocarbon gas liquids and liquefied natural gas. Each ship is the length of two football fields.
MORE »Last week the Senate Transportation and Energy and Environmental Resources committees held a joint informational meeting on the movement of crude oil by rail.
MORE »The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) today published information on the PUC website regarding the final approved distribution of $223.5 million in disbursements under Act 13 of 2012 (Act 13), which imposed an Impact Fee on natural gas producers. Over the past four years, the PUC has collected and distributed more than $855 million in impact fees.
MORE »With less than two weeks remaining until the June 30 budget “deadline,” and discussions continuing among House and Senate leaders and the Governor’s Office, no breakthroughs appear imminent, and GOP leaders have signaled that without a significant change in negotiating positions, they may work together to pass a balanced budget and put it on the Governor’s desk on June 30.
MORE »Testimony to Hearing on Quadrennial Energy Review and Related Discussion Drafts, including Title III, Energy Diplomacy.
MORE »The Obama administration last week issued its long overdue biofuel standards, setting the volumes for renewable fuels at levels that fall short of the levels set out under the law.
MORE »In 2003, the General Assembly took a record eight days to pass the bare bones stopgap budget proposed by newly elected Governor Ed Rendell. That action forced Rendell to veto it almost identical to what he had proposed. This week, House Republicans set up a vote for the revenue portion of Governor Tom Wolf’s budget proposal, which was voted down by a 193-0 vote.
MORE »Later this year, the Obama Administration will be attending a climate change summit in Paris. The Administration is hopeful of coming out of the summit with an international pact to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But, they are being careful not to have a repeat of the last summit, held in Copenhagen in 2009.
MORE »The Sierra Club and New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection have joined in the opposition over the location where Six Flags Amusement Park recently announced it is considering building a solar farm. To build the solar farm, Six Flags would need to cut down thousands of trees that currently dot the landscape.
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