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Argo Group has pledged to cut ties with the Trans Mountain pipeline when its insurance policy expires on August 31, 2021.

Tribune-Review   TribLIVEs Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) collected a $175,000 fine from Olympus Energy for environmental issues at its Marcellus well site in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County. The fine was for erosion and sedimentation violations in 2019 when Olympus was developing its Plutus well pad and Ceto tank pad in Elizabeth Township. DEP provided det...

The San Antonio-based Lewis Energy Group recently reached out to graduates from the...

Extension of Applications of Permit to Drill (APDs) Lease suspension Applications for royalty relief Notably, the March Memo specifically states that the above list is not exhaustive. And, to the extent approval is discretionary (i.e., extensions of APDs), we suspect an oil and gas lessee or operator will have difficultly receiving approval for those above-listed actions. Although the March Memo is not addressed to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) serves a...

This is due primarily to a Republican-controlled legislature which has starved it of funding. The DEP must be provided with adequate money and staffing in the upcoming Commonwealth budget. The DEP is Pennsylvania’s environmental “cop on the beat.” Its job is to enforce Pennsylvania’s environmental laws and regulations. The best, although imperfect, measure of DEP’s strength over time is its number of filled positions, i.e., the number of people paid to come to work each day. In 2003...

Pennsylvania’s environmental protection must be strengthened | Opinion Updated Apr 09, 1:09 PM; Posted Apr 09, 1:09 PM Facebook Share By Greg Vitali The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has been under resourced for years. This is due primarily to a Republican-controlled legislature, which has starved it of funding. The DEP must be provided with adequate money and staffing in the upcoming Commonwealth budget. The DEP is Pennsylvania’s environmental “cop on the be...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has been under resourced for years. This is due primarily to a Republican controlled legislature which has starved it of funding. The DEP must be provided with adequate money and staffing in the upcoming Commonwealth budget. The DEP is Pennsylvania’s environmental “cop on the beat”. Its job is to enforce Pennsylvania’s environmental laws and regulations. The best (although imperfect) measure of DEP’s strength over ...

© shaunwilkinson / Adobe Stock In Antony and Cleopatra, Shakespeare coined the phrase “salad days” to mean a youthful time filled with unbridled enthusiasm and idealism. Indeed, youth, much like salad, is often raw, flavorful and most of all… green. Therefore, it is fitting to think of our present time as the salad days of offshore energy in the United States. Let’s dig in. Executive Order appetizers On January 27, President Biden took early steps to implement his campaign promise to t...

Wednesday, January 20, 2021 Recent news that the Democrats flipped both U.S. Senate seats in Georgia’s run-off election means that the Democrats have enough votes to add the Congressional Review Act (CRA)[1] to the tools that could be used to advance President-elect Joe Biden’s regulatory agenda through the repeal of recent Trump administrative actions. The CRA is a desirable tool because it can reverse actions of the prior administration without the time and resources necessary ...

Feds ignored effect on groundwater, cumulative climate impacts Contacts Melissa Hornbein, Western Environmental Law Center, (406) 471-3173 Michael Saul, Center for Biological Diversity, (303) 915-8309 Great Falls, MT — A coalition of groups today challenged five Bureau of Land Management oil and gas lease sales encompassing 112 parcels and 58,297 acres of public lands in central and eastern Montana and North Dakota. The lawsuit says the agency failed to ful...