PA Environment Digest Articles
Radiation Protection
*  [4/15/2024] New Penn State Study Shows Continuous Radioactive Radium Exposure From Oil & Gas Wastewater Poses A Threat To Aquatic, Human Health As It Accumulates In Aquatic Species
*  [4/15/2024] Environmental Hearing Board Allows 2nd Appeal Of Tri-County Landfill Permit To Move Forward Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste
*  [4/15/2024] Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New Book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry
*  [4/1/2024] Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen
*  [2/26/2024] PJM, Electric Grid Operators Recommend Additional Steps To Overcome Vulnerabilities In Natural Gas Infrastructure To Ensure More Reliable Grid Operation
*  [2/19/2024] DEP Sets March 20 Hearing [If Requested] On Air Quality Permit Change For The Eastern Gas Transmission Punxsutawney Compressor Station In Jefferson County
*  [2/12/2024] Liberty Twp., Citizens Group Appeal EHB Decision On Permit For Tri-County Landfill In Mercer County Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste
*  [2/5/2024] PJM Preliminary Performance Review Found 16,119 MW Of Forced Power Plant Outages During Winter Storm Gerri Affecting The Western Region Of PJM
*  [1/29/2024] Environmental Hearing Board Denies Liberty Twp., Citizens Group Appeal Of DEP Tri-County Landfill Permit Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste In Mercer County
*  [1/22/2024] PJM Interconnection Issues New Cold Weather Alert For Western Region Jan. 19-22
*  [1/22/2024] Senate Environmental Committee To Hold 2nd Joint Hearing With Ohio Legislature On Electric Grid Reliability Feb. 1; Will It Address Natural Gas Infrastructure Vulnerabilities?
*  [1/8/2024] PA Lung Association: High Levels Of Cancer-Causing Radon Gas Detected In 40% of PA Homes; Test Kits Available At No Charge In Priority ZIP Codes
*  [12/25/2023] FERC Approves PJM $1.25 Billion Winter Storm Elliot Settlement With Non-Performing Natural Gas, Other Electricity Generators
*  [12/25/2023] US DOE, Treasury Release Proposed Regulations Implementing Clean Hydrogen Production Credit Setting A Sliding Scale For Credits
*  [12/18/2023] Former Employees Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Ask For Criminal Investigation Of Eureka And An Audit Of DEP Over Alleged Workplace, Environmental Violations
*  [12/18/2023] House Passes Bill Requiring Registration Of Cryptocurrency Mining Operations, Impact Study
*  [11/20/2023] State Dept. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts From Natural Gas Development
*  [11/20/2023] DEP Issued At Least 472 Violations To 90 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators; 20 NOVs To 10 Shale Gas Operators For Abandoning Their Wells Without Plugging Them So Far In 2023
*  [11/20/2023] DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues
*  [11/20/2023] Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far
*  [11/20/2023] PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 11 to 17 -- 37 Conventional Abandoned Wells; 1,260+ Shale Gas Spill; 1,000 Gallon Conventional Oil Spill In State Park; Rager Mtn Gas Storage Still Not Cleaned Up
*  [11/13/2023] New NERC Winter Reliability Assessment Finds Elevated Risk Of Blackouts In Extreme Weather Conditions; Natural Gas Supplies Still Vulnerable To These Conditions With 'Devastating Consequences'
*  [11/13/2023] Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - November 4 to 10 - Eight More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Venting Gas; Improper Plugging, Failed To Restore Well Pads
*  [11/13/2023] Environmental Health Project: Gov. Shapiro Must Acknowledge Health Risks Of Natural Gas Development And Take Meaningful Action To Protect The Public
*  [11/13/2023] TribLive Editorial: Is Shapiro's Voluntary Agreement With CNX The Right Move For Gas Well Safety? 'We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses'
*  [11/13/2023] PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 11
*  [11/13/2023] DEP Invites Comments On Columbia County Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Compressor Station Air Quality Permit And Will Hold A Hearing Dec. 19 - If One Is Requested
*  [11/13/2023] DEP To Hold Last 3 Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy
*  [11/13/2023] Black Appalachian Coalition Urges Allegheny County Health Dept. To Hold US Steel Accountable, Protect Community Health, From Clairton Coke Works
*  [11/13/2023] National Environmental Justice Art Campaign - We Refuse To Die - Launching In Pittsburgh Area
*  [10/23/2023] EPA, West Virginia Officials Working To Secure Fairmount Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Facility To Prevent Release Of Radioactive, Hazardous Materials
*  [10/16/2023] DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017
*  [10/16/2023] PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot
*  [10/16/2023] Better Path Coalition: Oct. 18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure
*  [10/16/2023] DEP Extends Public Comment Period On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy To Nov. 30; Will Schedule Additional Hearings
*  [10/16/2023] DEP Invites Students Age 9-14 To Submit Entries In Student Radon Poster Contest
*  [9/18/2023] Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights
*  [9/4/2023] PJM Interconnection Hears Testimony On Making Electricity Market Reforms To Address Nonperformance Of Natural Gas And Other Generators During Winter Storm Elliot; Transition To Clean Energy
*  [9/4/2023] Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Offers Thoughts On Her PUC Tenure; Thanks Commission Staff, Colleagues For Their Dedication And Commitment As She Departs State Service
*  [9/4/2023] PUC Welcomes New Commissioner Kim Barrow, Thanks Senate For Confirmation Votes, Governor For Nomination; Barrow Elected Vice Chair Of PUC
*  [7/24/2023] PJM Interconnection Reports Higher Percentage Of Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation Outages Than Originally Thought During Winter Storm Elliott - 70%
*  [7/10/2023] Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 1 to 7; New Brownfield Cleanups; Shale Gas Well Plugging Picks Up; New Conventional Well Abandonments
*  [7/3/2023] Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 24 to 30 - Radiation Levels Prompt Shale Gas Wastewater Tank Decontamination; Replugging Conventional, Shale Gas Wells
*  [6/19/2023] PUC Vice Chairman: During Winter Storm Elliot We Learned Natural Gas Can Be An Intermittent Generator Of Electricity Just Like Renewables
*  [6/19/2023] S&P Global: Federal Inquiry Finds Same 3 Causes Driving U.S. Generate Outages In Extreme Cold - Reliability Of Natural Gas System Remains A Concern
*  [6/19/2023] PUC Releases Summer Readiness Reports From Electric Utilities - Adequate Capacity And Supply To Meet Summer Energy Needs
*  [5/22/2023] NRDC: PJM Interconnection Delays In Queue To Approve Renewable Energy Projects Threatens State Transition To Clean Energy; PJM Has Approved 35,000 MW Of Renewables Not Yet Connected
*  [5/1/2023] House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief
*  [4/17/2023] City & State PA: PA Energy Summit May 11 In Pittsburgh, Featuring Keynote Speaker Acting DEP Secretary Negrin
*  [4/17/2023] Environmental Quality Board Approves Radiological Health Fee Increases, Final Stream Redesignations, Noncoal Mining Regs
*  [4/10/2023] Environmental Quality Board Meets April 11 To Consider Radiological Health Fee Increases, Final Stream Redesignations, Noncoal Mining Regs
*  [3/27/2023] Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today
*  [3/6/2023] Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal
*  [2/13/2023] PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Host Feb. 22 Webinar On Radioactive Contaminants From PA Oil And Gas Operations
*  [1/16/2023] PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation
*  [1/16/2023] DEP, Health Joined By Lung Cancer Survivor To Encourage Home Radon Testing; Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest Announced
*  [1/2/2023] PA Oil & Gas Industry Has Record Year: Cost, Criminal Convictions Up; $3.1 Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts
*  [12/12/2022] DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More
*  [12/12/2022] Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking
*  [11/21/2022] Washington County Family Lawsuit Alleges Shale Gas Company Violated The Terms Of Their Lease By Endangering Their Health, Contaminating Their Water Supply And Not Protecting Their Land
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: We've Got Enough Compelling Evidence To Enact Health Protective Policies For Families Now
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: When It Started, It Was Kind Of Nice, But What Happened Afterwards Really Kind Of Devastated Our Community
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Living Near Oil & Gas Facilities Means Higher Health Risks, The Closer You Live, The Higher The Risk
*  [11/21/2022] Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Economically, Socially Deprived Areas In PA Have A Much Greater Chance Of Having Oil & Gas Waste Disposed In Their Communities
*  [11/7/2022] EQB Meets Nov. 15 On Final Radiation Safety, NPDES Compliance Schedule Regulations; Brodhead Creek Rulemaking Petition
*  [10/31/2022] DEP Invites Comments On Substantial Changes To Radon Mitigation Standards Guidance
*  [10/10/2022] DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 Since 2016
*  [9/19/2022] PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference
*  [9/19/2022] University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development
*  [9/19/2022] Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste
*  [9/12/2022] New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves
*  [9/5/2022] Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 15
*  [9/5/2022] PEMA, State Agencies Encourage Emergency Preparedness With New Tools During National Preparedness Month
*  [6/13/2022] DEP Releases Final Guidance On Handling Radioactive Waste From Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Operations
*  [5/2/2022] DEP: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Prompting Review Of On-Site Disposal Options For Oil & Gas Well Plugging Wastes; Radioactive Waste Disposal
*  [4/18/2022] DEP Urges Public To Report Missing Portable Nuclear Gauge That Was Secured In A Vehicle Stolen In Philadelphia
*  [3/28/2022] U.S. EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2022 - Renewables Fastest Growing Energy; Falling Costs Means Robust Competition With Natural Gas; Electricity Fastest Growing Energy Source In Buildings
*  [3/28/2022] Feature- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen
*  [1/31/2022] DEP Recognizes Winners Of 2021 Radon Student Poster Contest
*  [11/22/2021] New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used
*  [11/22/2021] Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads
*  [11/15/2021] Bay Journal: Dirt Roads & Drilling Wastewater - Dustup Rises Over Health Issues
*  [11/15/2021] U.S. EIA Short Term Energy Outlook Sees Continued High Energy Costs Into 2022, Decreases Later; Growth Of Renewables; Carbon Dioxide Still Short Of 2019 Levels
*  [11/8/2021] DEP To Recommend Environmental Quality Board Accept Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding Nov. 16; Also Considers Proposed PFOA/PFOS MCL Standard
*  [11/1/2021] The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads
*  [11/1/2021] DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products
*  [10/18/2021] RECOVERED: DEP, State Police Urge Public To Report Missing Portable Nuclear Gauge In Clinton County Area
*  [10/11/2021] 17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater
*  [10/11/2021] DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites
*  [10/11/2021] 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring
*  [10/11/2021] 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices
*  [9/13/2021] Dept. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 16
*  [9/6/2021] Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads
*  [9/6/2021] Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9
*  [8/23/2021] Now On Demand: Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel
*  [8/2/2021] Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County
*  [5/10/2021] Environmental Quality Board Meets May 19 On Proposed Radiation Safety, Air Pollution Reduction Regulations
*  [3/29/2021] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant As Next Steps Are Taken To Decommission The Damaged Unit 2
*  [12/21/2020] Op-Ed: Damaged Three Mile Island Reactor Cleanup Needs To Be Fully Funded
*  [10/12/2020] House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 14 Hearing On Loopholes In Regulating Radioactive, Hazardous Oil & Gas Drilling Waste
*  [10/12/2020] DEP Opens State 2021 Radon Student Poster Contest, Winner Moves To National Competition
*  [9/21/2020] DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Committee Meets Oct. 2 To Hear Update On Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Units-1 & 2
*  [8/17/2020] Dept. Of Health Makes Available Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Around PA’s 5 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [8/3/2020] Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Exemptions For Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Planning
*  [7/27/2020] DEP Told Citizens Advisory Council No Decisions Yet On How To Decommission Damaged Unit 2 At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
*  [7/13/2020] DEP Citizens Advisory Council Holds Virtual Meeting On Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning July 21
*  [4/20/2020] Andrew Place Ends His Tenure On The Public Utility Commission
*  [4/13/2020] DEP Expresses Serious Concerns About Rapid Decontamination Of Damaged Unit 2 Reactor At Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
*  [3/30/2020] Nuclear Energy Institute Advises DOE Coronavirus Could Interrupt Nuclear Power Plant Refueling Operations, Including 4 Plants In PA
*  [3/30/2020] Feature- 41 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To A Much Different World Too -- The Accident At Three Mile Island
*  [3/16/2020] Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Owner Rescinds Closure Notice Based On Gov. Wolf's Proposal To Join RGGI Regional Climate Initiative
*  [1/20/2020] NRCS-PA Holds Jan. 23 PA State Technical Committee Meeting In Harrisburg
*  [12/16/2019] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Policy On Radiation Protection Compliance & Enforcement
*  [10/21/2019] EnergySolutions Acquires Accident-Damaged TMI Unit 2 Reactor For Decontamination
*  [10/21/2019] StateImpact PA, WITF Invite Public To A Retro Report Discussion On Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, More Oct. 23 In Harrisburg
*  [10/14/2019] House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 28 Hearing On Pennsylvania CO2 And Climate
*  [10/14/2019] House Sponsor Of Bill To Subsidize Nuclear Power Plants Still Believes Something Must Be Done To Save Remaining Plants, Comments On RGGI
*  [10/14/2019] New Poll: 67 Percent Of Pennsylvania Voters Support An Independent Commission To Draw Legislative Voting Districts
*  [9/2/2019] PUC Expects Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation To Increase From 30 To 45% Of Capacity By End Of 2022 In PA
*  [8/12/2019] Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 22 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/29/2019] U.S. Sen. Casey Urges U.S. Senate To Fund Chesapeake Bay Program, Closed Nuclear Facilities Community Assistance
*  [7/15/2019] Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hosts July 16 Webinar, July 23 Hearing On Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Plan
*  [6/10/2019] Environmental Quality Board To Hear Update On Climate Cap-And-Trade, PFOA Petitions + 2 New Rulemaking Petitions June 18
*  [6/10/2019] Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hosts June 12 Webinar On PA Nuclear Power Plants' 2018 Safety Performance
*  [6/10/2019] PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available
*  [5/13/2019] Exelon Announces Three Mile Island Will Be Shut Down By Sept. 30, 2019
*  [5/13/2019] House Hearing: Nuclear Bill Worst Of All Worlds For Ratepayers; Won’t Do Anything To Save TMI
*  [5/6/2019] House Hearing: Bill To Aid Nuclear Plants Will Significantly Increase Electricity Costs For Businesses, Threatens Competitive Electric Market, Offers No Job Guarantees
*  [5/6/2019] Agenda - House Consumer Affairs May 6 Hearing On Bill To Aid Nuclear Power Plants
*  [5/6/2019] House Hearing: TMI Decommissioning Should Not Be Delayed; Highly Radioactivity Fuel Should Be Stored In Hardened, Secure Facilities
*  [5/6/2019] Senate Committees: Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Worked, But PA Is Behind; More Opposition To Bills To Aid Nuclear Plants
*  [5/6/2019] Sen. Mensch Introduces Bill To Develop Infrastructure For Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen Vehicles
*  [5/6/2019] Auditor General DePasquale To Hold May 13 Climate Hearing At Widener University, Harrisburg
*  [5/6/2019] PJM Regional Grid Operator: Summer Predicted To Be Hotter Than Usual
*  [5/6/2019] PJM Members To Study Markets' Role In State Carbon-Pricing Efforts
*  [5/6/2019] Environmental NewsClips - All Topics
*  [4/29/2019] StateImpact PA: PUC Commissioners Raise Serious Concerns With Senate Bill To Aid Nuclear Power Plants
*  [4/29/2019] House Committee To Hear From Labor, Electricity Ratepayers, Energy Suppliers On Bill To Aid Nuclear Power Plants April 29
*  [4/29/2019] Agenda - House Environmental Committee April 29 Hearing On Nuclear Waste Containment In Light Of TMI Closure
*  [4/29/2019] Senate Committees To Hold Joint Hearing May 1 On Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards
*  [4/29/2019] Greater Pittsburgh Chamber: Bills To Aid Nuclear Power Plants Do Not Strike Balance Between A Healthy Environment, Healthy Economy
*  [4/29/2019] DEP To Release 2018 Climate Action Plan Update As Early As This Week
*  [4/29/2019] Senate Republican Policy Committee Holds May 1 Workshop On Climate Change Disruption In PA
*  [4/22/2019] Nuclear Power Plant Owners Again Oppose Financial Needs Test To Receive Aid To Keep Plants Open At House Hearing
*  [4/22/2019] House Environmental Committee To Hold April 29 Info Meeting On Nuclear Waste Containment In Light Of TMI Closure
*  [4/22/2019] House Democratic Policy Committee Holds April 22 Montgomery County Hearing On Future Of Nuclear Energy
*  [4/15/2019] Supporters, Opponents Of Nuclear Power Bill Get Their Talking Points On Record At First House Hearing
*  [4/15/2019] Presenters At Senate Nuclear Power Hearing Agree: Putting A Price On Carbon Would Solve Nuclear’s Issues; PA Has Most Expensive Proposal To Support Nuclear Power
*  [4/15/2019] House Committee To Hear From Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear Interests, NRDC At April 15 Hearing On Nuclear Energy Bill
*  [4/15/2019] Lawmakers Supporting Bipartisan Expanded Renewable Energy Standards Announce Senate, House Bills
*  [4/15/2019] Sen. DiSanto To Introduce Bill Aiding Communities Impacted By Power Plant Closures
*  [4/8/2019] Sen. Aument Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Preserve PA's Nuclear Power Industry Also With $500M Annual Price Tag
*  [4/8/2019] Fmr Gov. Ridge To Testify At April 8 House Consumer Affairs Committee Hearing On Nuclear Power Bill
*  [4/8/2019] Exelon Files Required Three Mile Island Decommissioning Report With NRC
*  [4/8/2019] David Allard Named Acting DEP Deputy For Air, Waste, Radiation & Remediation
*  [4/1/2019] House Consumer Affairs Committee To Hold 4 Hearings On House Bill 11 Adding Nuclear Power Plants To AEPS To Support Industry
*  [4/1/2019] F&M Poll Finds 67% Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now, 68% Support Doing More To Address Climate Change; Split 50% On Nuclear Power Subsidies
*  [4/1/2019] EQB To Consider Accepting Petition To Create Cap-And-Trade Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions On April 16
*  [4/1/2019] U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Issues Contractor Notice To Proceed With Remediation Of Parks Township Radioactive Waste Site In Armstrong County
*  [4/1/2019] Widener Law Commonwealth, Harrisburg University To Host Public Lecture, Legal Conference On Deep Decarbonization April 25 & 26 In Harrisburg
*  [3/25/2019] PJM: Reliability, Fuel Supply Strong In PJM During 2018-19 Winter
*  [3/18/2019] Rep. Mehaffie Introduces Bill To Prevent Nuclear Power Plant Closures Costing $500 Million Annually
*  [3/18/2019] On March 27 Penn State Harrisburg Will Mark 40th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Accident
*  [3/11/2019] Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Estimates Bill Supporting Nuclear Power Plants Would Cost Ratepayers $500 Million A Year
*  [3/11/2019] PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Circulates Paper On Nuclear Power Plant Policy Alternatives
*  [3/11/2019] House Environmental, Consumer Affairs Committees Hold Separate Info Meetings March 11 On PJM Interconnection
*  [3/11/2019] Rep. Vitali To Hold Informational Meeting March 11 On Nuclear Power's Contribution To Zero-Carbon Energy Production In PA
*  [3/11/2019] March Newsletter Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee
*  [3/4/2019] PA Chamber Endorses Changes To PJM Electricity Market Pricing Rules
*  [2/25/2019] PUC Seeks To At Least Double Pipeline Safety Inspectors Over Next 5 Years
*  [2/11/2019] Sen. Aument, Rep. Mehaffie Circulate Co-Sponsor Memos On Bill To Update The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Help Save Nuclear Power Plants
*  [2/11/2019] DEP: Wayne Memorial Health System To Pay $15,600 Penalty Over High X-Ray Radiation Levels
*  [2/11/2019] Exelon: PA Nuclear Plants Operate At Full Power During Record-Breaking Polar Vortex; PJM Reported No Major Problems
*  [2/4/2019] Op-Ed: NRDC Expresses Opposition To No Strings Attached PA Nuclear Subsidy Bill
*  [2/4/2019] PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In January
*  [1/21/2019] Rep. Mehaffie Named One Of 4 Co-Chairs Of PA Nuclear Energy Caucus
*  [12/24/2018] 2 Natural Gas Power Plants Beginning Operations In Westmoreland, York Counties Have Combined Generating Capacity Of 1.7 Gigawatts
*  [12/24/2018] Op-Ed: Conservatives Should Lead The Way On Clean Energy That Creates Jobs, Prosperity
*  [12/3/2018] Nuclear Energy Caucus Releases Report On The Impact Of Closing Nuclear Power Plants, Possible Solutions
*  [11/5/2018] PJM Completes Fuel Security Study As Part Of Resilience Initiative, Results Confirm Grid Reliability
*  [10/1/2018] Nuclear Energy Caucus Hearing: No Mandatory Physical Or Cyber Security Standards Exist For Natural Gas Pipelines
*  [9/24/2018] Nuclear Energy Caucus Hearing Sept. 25 On Impacts Of Nuclear Power Plant Deactivations On Energy & National Security
*  [9/17/2018] NRC To Hold Sept. 25 Meeting In York County On Extending Life Of Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant 20 Years
*  [9/17/2018] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [8/20/2018] FirstEnergy Takes Next Step In Deactivation Of Its 3 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/30/2018] Health Dept. To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Aug. 9 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [6/25/2018] PA Environmental Council: Putting A Price On Carbon Would Spur Energy Competition, Help Nuclear Power Plants
*  [6/25/2018] Nuclear Energy Caucus: Testimony Highlights Environmental Impacts Of Premature Shutdown Of Nuclear Power Plants
*  [6/25/2018] Bill Would Create Commission To Review, Approve Coal, Nuclear Power Plant Closures
*  [6/11/2018] Senate House Nuclear Energy Caucus Meets June 19 On Environmental Impacts Of Nuclear Power Plants Shutting Down
*  [6/11/2018] EQB Meets June 19 On Final Radiation Protection Regulations
*  [6/4/2018] Trump Orders DOE To Take Steps To Prevent The Loss Of Coal, Nuclear And Fuel-Secure Power Generation Facilities
*  [5/28/2018] Nuclear Energy Caucus Hears Testimony On Jobs, Environmental Impacts Of Closing Nuclear Power Plants
*  [5/28/2018] Conservative Leaders Launch PA Conservative Energy Forum In Support Of Diverse Energy Policy
*  [5/28/2018] Exelon: Three Mile Island Did Not Clear PJM Capacity Auction
*  [5/28/2018] FirstEnergy Nuclear Power Plants Fail To Clear PJM Power Auction
*  [5/21/2018] Senate-House Nuclear Energy Caucus May 23 Hearing On Labor And Nuclear Power Industry
*  [5/14/2018] U.S. EIA: Pennsylvania To Add 5.2 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generating Capacity In 2018
*  [5/7/2018] PJM Interconnection Announces Next Phase Of Grid Resilience Initiative
*  [5/7/2018] FirstEnergy: PJM Study Ignores Value Of Nuclear Plants In Zero-Carbon Emissions Generation
*  [4/30/2018] Exelon Sets Goal Of Further Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 15% By 2022
*  [4/30/2018] FirstEnergy Files Letter With NRC Affirming Plans To Deactivate Beaver Valley, 2 Other Nuclear Power Plants
*  [4/23/2018] Nuclear Energy Caucus Hearing: The Federal Government Is Not Going To Act In Time To Save Nuclear Power Plants
*  [4/16/2018] Senate-House Nuclear Energy Caucus Meets April 17
*  [4/16/2018] PJM Asks FERC To Address Utility Subsidy Requests For Aging Coal, Nuclear Plants
*  [4/16/2018] U.S. EIA Projects 5% Decline In Coal Production, Another Record Year For Natural Gas, Carbon Dioxide Emissions Increase In 2018
*  [4/16/2018] Environmental NewsClips - All Topics
*  [4/9/2018] FirstEnergy Generation Files For Bankruptcy Just Before Midnight
*  [4/2/2018] UPDATED: FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania, BANKRUPTCY
*  [4/2/2018] FirstEnergy Seeks Emergency Federal Order To Avert Shutdown Of Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
*  [4/2/2018] House-Senate PA Nuclear Energy Caucus Chairs React To FirstEnergy Nuclear Plant Deactivation Notices
*  [4/2/2018] Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Starts Refueling Outage In Montgomery County
*  [4/2/2018] Feature- 39 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island-- 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [2/19/2018] Senate, House Nuclear Energy Caucus Supports PJM Electricity Price Setting Changes
*  [2/12/2018] DEP Citizens Advisory Council Focuses On Radiation Protection Programs Feb. 20
*  [1/15/2018] Exelon's PA Nuclear Power Plants Prove Resilient During Winter Storm
*  [11/20/2017] PJM Proposes Change To Electric Energy Price System To Help Baseload Power Plants Like Coal, Nuclear
*  [10/30/2017] Senate, House Adopt FERC Coal/Nuclear Electric Pricing Resolutions
*  [10/30/2017] Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Will Dump Coal, Nuclear Regardless Of What FERC Does
*  [10/30/2017] PUC Submits Comments To FERC Opposing DOE Coal/Nuclear Reliability Pricing
*  [10/30/2017] Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Station Begins Planned Refueling Outage
*  [10/23/2017] Senate Consumer Affairs Committee To Consider FERC Coal/Nuclear Electric Pricing Resolution Oct. 24
*  [10/23/2017] New Radiological Health And Radon Certification Fees Now In Effect
*  [10/16/2017] Resolution Asks For Support Of DOE Proposal For Higher Compensation For Coal, Nuclear Power Plants
*  [9/18/2017] Effort To Keep Three Mile Island Open Gains More Local Government Support
*  [8/21/2017] Oil-Natural Gas Industry Poll Shows Opposition To Nuclear Power Plant Subsidies
*  [8/21/2017] Free Potassium Iodide Aug. 24 For Those Living Near PA’s 5 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/31/2017] NRDC: U.S. Judge Upholds New York’s Zero Emission Credits For Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/24/2017] Federal Court Dismisses Legal Challenges To Illinois Zero Emission Credit Program
*  [6/26/2017] PennLive.com: Exelon Notifies NRC It Will Close TMI In September 2019
*  [6/12/2017] Berwick Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Automatically, Cause Under Investigation
*  [6/5/2017] Exelon To Retire Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant In 2019
*  [6/5/2017] Kleinman Energy Center: Natural Gas Driving More Baseload Generation Retirements In PJM
*  [5/29/2017] Three Mile Island Did Not Clear PJM Power Auction, Exelon Evaluating Operating Plant Beyond May 2019
*  [5/22/2017] FirstEnergy CEO Addresses Potential Closure Of Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
*  [5/15/2017] EIA: U.S. Nuclear Power Capacity Expected To Decline As Existing Generators Retire
*  [5/15/2017] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [5/1/2017] PJM: States Should Create Climate Benefit Markets If They Want To Subsidize Nuclear Plants
*  [4/17/2017] Natural Gas, Oil Square Off Against Nuclear Power Over Potential Bailout
*  [4/17/2017] Exelon Nuclear: Efficiency, Innovation, State Policy Reforms Key To Nuclear’s Future
*  [4/17/2017] PJM Hosts Grid 20/20: Focus On Resilience, Fuel Mix Diversity & Security April 19
*  [4/10/2017] Senate-House Nuclear Energy Caucus Meets April 26 To Hear From PJM Interconnection
*  [4/3/2017] Op-Ed: Nuclear Energy-A Keystone For Pennsylvania’s Economy And Environment
*  [4/3/2017] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island, 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [12/13/2016] New Report On Economic, Carbon Emission Benefits Of PA’s 5 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [12/5/2016] DEP Final Report On Tenmile Creek In Greene County Shows No Radioactivity Danger
*  [12/5/2016] Lockheed Martin, DEP Settlement: $500K In Quehanna Nuclear Site Cleanup Costs
*  [10/10/2016] EQB Oct. 18: Pittsburgh Low-RVP Gasoline, Update Of Radiological Health Regs
*  [10/10/2016] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [8/1/2016] Dept. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide On Aug. 4 Near Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/4/2016] EQB Publishes Proposed Radiological Health, Radon Fee Increases For Comment
*  [6/27/2016] Report: Pennsylvania Is Part Of American Clean Energy Transformation
*  [6/27/2016] Exelon Notifies NRC Of Plans To Close Clinton, Quad Cities Power Plants In Illinois
*  [4/25/2016] EQB OKs Proposed Fee Increases For Radioactive Materials, Radon Licensing
*  [4/11/2016] EQB To Consider Radioactive Materials, Radon Fee Increases April 19
*  [3/28/2016] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island, 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [3/7/2016] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [2/29/2016] No Radioactive Contamination Detected Outside Beaver Falls Scrapyard
*  [1/25/2016] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [12/21/2015] DEP Analysis Concludes No Radioactivity Danger in Tenmile Creek, Greene County
*  [12/21/2015] Environmental NewsClips - All Topics
*  [9/7/2015] EQB To Consider Explosive, Radioactive Materials Remining Regs Sept. 15
*  [9/7/2015] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/27/2015] State Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Near Nuclear Power Plants Aug. 6
*  [7/27/2015] Study Finds Negligible Radiation In Ten Mile Creek, Greene County
*  [5/11/2015] Three Mile Island Offline For Electrical System Repairs
*  [4/13/2015] Three Mile Island Emergency Preparedness Exercise Set For Week Of April 13
*  [3/30/2015] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island, 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [3/23/2015] DEP, Police Search For Testing Firm’s Missing Nuclear Gauge In Beaver County
*  [3/23/2015] DEP Acts To Clean Up Contaminated Sludge At Indiana County Coal Refuse Site
*  [3/23/2015] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [2/23/2015] Dept. Of Health Extends Expiration Dates For Potassium Iodide Tablets
*  [1/26/2015] Testing Spills For Radium, More Guidance On Buffers, Endangered Plant Reg Changes
*  [1/16/2015] DEP Study: Little Potential For Radiation Exposure From Oil And Gas Development
*  [1/12/2015] Cost To Cleanup Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Dump Now Tops $350 Million
*  [11/10/2014] Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Available Nov. 20 To Residents Near Nuclear Power Plants
*  [11/3/2014] Bills On Governor's Desk
*  [10/27/2014] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [9/29/2014] House Committee OKs Nuclear Fee Bill, Oil & Gas Production Testing Resolution
*  [7/21/2014] DEP Told To Release Natural Gas Study Background Documents, Data Records
*  [7/14/2014] DEP: Search For Missing Nuclear Gauge Continues In Pittsburgh Region
*  [7/7/2014] DEP, Police Search For Missing Nuclear Gauge In Pittsburgh
*  [6/30/2014] DEP Offers Online Refresher Training Program For X-Ray Equipment Operators
*  [6/9/2014] House Environmental Committee Reports Nuclear Plant Fees Bill
*  [6/9/2014] Senate Environmental Committee Moves Nuclear Plant Fees, Heritage Area Bills
*  [6/2/2014] Senate Environmental Committee Considers Nuclear Plant Fees, Heritage Area Bills June 3
*  [6/2/2014] House Environmental Committee Considers Gas Royalty, Nuclear Plant Fees Bills June 4
*  [5/19/2014] DEP Hosts Japanese Delegation To Discuss Nuclear Power Plant Oversight
*  [3/31/2014] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island, 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [3/10/2014] DEP: Radiation Levels Normal After Greene County Well Fire
*  [2/24/2014] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [2/24/2014] Calendar Of Events
*  [11/11/2013] Drilling Industry Starts Own Study Of Radioactivity Levels In Shale Operations
*  [10/14/2013] 2011 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Program Report Posted By DEP
*  [8/5/2013] Calendar Of Events
*  [7/29/2013] State Offers Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near Nuclear Power Plants
*  [5/20/2013] DEP: Missing Nuclear Gauge Lost Between PA, WV Recovered
*  [4/8/2013] DEP: Sampling, Quality Assurance Plans For Natural Gas Radiation Study Available
*  [4/1/2013] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island, 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [1/28/2013] DEP Announces Comprehensive Oil and Gas Development Radiation Study
*  [10/15/2012] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [10/15/2012] Calendar Of Events
*  [8/27/2012] PPL Education Program For Teachers Earns Recognition
*  [8/13/2012] Potassium Iodide Tablets Available Starting Aug. 9 Around Nuclear Plants
*  [7/23/2012] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/2/2012] PA Energy Alliance Applauds Passage Of Nuclear Fuel Resolution
*  [5/21/2012] DEP Announces X-Ray Registration Fee Amnesty Program
*  [3/12/2012] Exelon Nuclear Reaffirms High Level Of Safety, Protection At Peach Bottom
*  [2/6/2012] DEP Seeks Information About Antique Medical Kit Containing Radium-226
*  [1/30/2012] Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Available To PA Generators
*  [10/31/2011] DEP Releases Impact Report On Fukushima Nuclear Accident
*  [10/10/2011] Town Meeting On The Health Of The Wissahickon Creek On November 16
*  [8/15/2011] Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Made Available August 10/11 Around Nuclear Plants
*  [7/11/2011] Exelon Submits License Renewal For Limerick Nuclear Power Station
*  [5/23/2011] PA American Water Releases Test Results For Drilling Wastewater
*  [5/9/2011] Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Planning Topic Of House Committee Hearing
*  [4/4/2011] Governor Says Public Water Supply Testing Finds No Risk From Japanese Fallout
*  [4/4/2011] Quick Clips
*  [3/21/2011] PEMA: Japan’s Nuclear Plant Crisis Poses No Present Risk to Pennsylvania Residents
*  [3/21/2011] Feature- Remembering The Accident At Three Mile Island, 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979
*  [11/15/2010] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [10/26/2009] NRC Renews Three Mile Island Unit 1 License For 20 Years
*  [9/21/2009] Regulations
*  [3/27/2009] Opinion - Three Mile Island: What Has It Taught Us?
*  [3/6/2009] Regulations
*  [1/23/2009] NRC Seeks Comments on Draft Environmental Report for Three Mile Island 1 License Renewal
*  [1/16/2009] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [1/16/2009] Calendar Of Events
*  [1/9/2009] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [11/14/2008] Regulations
*  [11/7/2008] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [4/4/2008] DEP Takes Over Major Federal Program Regulating Radioactive Materials
*  [3/14/2008] Regulations
*  [2/29/2008] Regulations
*  [1/11/2008] Three Mile Island License Renewal Submitted to Nuclear Regulatory Commission
*  [12/21/2007] Regulations - EQB Approves Clean Air Interstate Rule, Increased Radiological Health Fees
*  [7/13/2007] On the Governor’s Desk
*  [4/27/2007] House Environmental Committee Moves Mine Safety, Reactor Fees Bills
*  [2/9/2007] Rep. George to Introduce Measure to Increase Nuclear Power Plant Fees
*  [1/26/2007] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [12/29/2006] Exelon Nuclear Plants Boost Pennsylvania Economy By $229 Million Annually
*  [11/17/2006] Regulations
*  [10/7/2006] House Committee OKs Climate Change, Covenant, Nuclear Fee Bills – Video Blog
*  [9/15/2006] Regulations - EQB Meets on California Car, IRRC Comments on NOx Rule
*  [8/4/2006] Preliminary Results Show No Tritium Leaks at Exelon Nuclear Plants
*  [7/7/2006] EXIT Signs Trigger Radiation Monitors, Leak Tritium into Landfills
*  [7/7/2006] Rendell Calls for Improved Preparedness Surrounding Nuclear Power Plants
*  [6/16/2006] Senate Environmental Committee Sets Hearing on Tritium at Landfills
*  [3/24/2006] Feature - Remembering the Accident at Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979
*  [3/24/2006] Quick Clips
*  [11/25/2005] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [11/25/2005] Calendar of Events
*  [8/19/2005] Penn State's Nuclear Research Reactor Celebrates 50 Years
*  [3/25/2005] Remembering the Accident at Three Mile Island – 26 Years Later
*  [10/22/2004] Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [7/16/2004] Regulations
*  [6/11/2004] Regulations