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Delaware River Basin Commission votes to ban fracking in the watershed Fracking has been banned on 13,539 square miles of land surrounding the Delaware River following a 4-0 vote Thursday by the Delaware River Basin Commission. The ban is a long-sought win for environmental activists and a defeat to some landowners in the watershed who would have liked to profit from the natural gas below their properties. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell, altern...

Indiana, PA / WDAD AM1450 & 100.3FM Feb 23, 2021 11:34 AM In a publicly-released letter to Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell today, the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association criticizes the DEP for failing to answer questions regarding the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, and failing to properly advertise the virtual hearings on the controversial plan by Governor Tom Wolf for joining the multi-state compact. PNA acknowledges that it did incorrectly comment that i...

Its nearly 26 years since Father Ted first hit our TV screens, but for Joe Rooney its the sitcom that still earns him a good living…even in lockdown today. The top Irish comic starred as wayward young priest Father Damo in just one episode of the cult TV show in the mid-1990s, yet his hilarious character made a lasting impression. "Little did I know that all these years later Father Ted is still the biggest influence on my professional life," Joe tells the Sunday World. "I was very busy aroun...

The Sheetz in Moon Township will have four fast-charging plugs for electric vehicles courtesy of a $250,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The agency announced $936,000 in grants on Friday for 16 more fast chargers in high-traffic areas to make electric vehicles more readily available to consumers.

PHOTO PROVIDED DEP is advancing actions to support electric vehicle usage throughout the Commonwealth. HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has announced its latest actions to help expand electric vehicle use statewide–more than $936,000 in grant funding for projects to install 16 more fast chargers in high-traffic areas, the start of a draft rulemaking to make electric vehicles more readily available to consumers, and the release of a booklet on the be...

Pa. to install electric vehicle chargers in Philly, Ridley Twp., and Quakertown Frank Kummer, The Philadelphia Inquirer The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced nearly $1 million in grants to install fast chargers on West Oregon Ave. in Philadelphia, as well as locations in Ridley Township, Delaware County, and Quakertown, Bucks County, as part of a larger effort to expand electric vehicle use statewide. Research Volvo Overall, the $936,000 will pay ...

The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending February 5th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US fell by 171 billion cubic feet to 2,518 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 9 billion cubic feet, or 0.4% below the 2,527 billion cubic feet that were in storage on February 5th of last year, and 152 billion cubic feet, or 6.4% above the five-year average of 2,366 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have...

Feb 11, 2021 PITTSBURGH — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) executed a consent assessment of civil penalty (CACP) with Range Resources – Appalachia, LLC (Range Resources), an oil and gas operator that owns conventional wells in Lycoming County, on Thursday, Jan. 7 in the amount of $294,000. The fine is for violations of the 2012 Oil and Gas Act (Oil and Gas Act) regarding wells ineligible for inactive status listed on its inactive status request to DEP. DEP rece...

Appeal court jails garda for dangerous driving causing death of mother of three Three-judge court accepts argument by DPP that original suspended sentence was too lenient Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 19:09 Paul Neilan Noting that there was “very significant speed indeed” on the night, Mr Justice George Birmingham set four years’ imprisonment as a headline sentence, which after mit...

RTEs forgotten TV stars - from Naked Camera and Glenroe to Killinascully and Bachelors Walk We take a trip down memory lane at some of the most iconic RTE shows and where the stars are now Naked camera members Pat McDonnell, Maeve Higgins and PJ Gallagher (Image: Arthur Carron/Collins) Get the latest news from across Ireland straight to your inbox every single dayInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to sen...