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Thank you for your work on affordable and innovative energy!

Inflation and high energy costs are hitting Americans’ wallets hard.

I was at CCAC’s North Campus today to tour the solar panel array that’s saving them money and to learn more about their Electric Vehicle apprenticeship program.

EPA Delays Compliance with Methane Rule, Fulfilling Oil and Gas Industry’s Request - Inside Climate News Environmental advocacy groups have decried the “unlawful” move to push back caps on emissions of the super pollutant without first receiving public input.

By delaying deadlines for polluters to comply with commonsense #CutMethane and VOC protections, Lee Zeldin has left families on the frontline of oil + gas development in a sacrifice zone as they continue to face dangerous air pollution. We deserve better, EPA!
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Methane, the primary component of natural gas, leaks from wells alongside dangerous air pollutants. Right now, PA is working on a plan to reduce methane leaks. There's only 2 days left to give feedback! Let's demand clean air and a bright future for all! www.ahs.dep.pa.gov/eComment/Com...

THANK YOU @EPWCmte Dems for the recent spotlight on why we need to #CutMethane emissions to protect public health and build economic resilience. As expert Courtney Smith made clear: “Reducing methane is critical to achieving our goals.” bit.ly/46rd4r3

Big Tech wants to be our neighbor, but will we pay the price? Without strong ratepayer protections, our utility bills may go up to fuel the AI buildout. 🤖 Express your concerns about data centers and tell the PUC to put PA residents first: bit.ly/puc-letter

Big Tech wants to be our neighbor, but will we pay the price? Without strong ratepayer protections, our utility bills may go up to fuel the AI buildout. 🤖 Express your concerns about data centers and tell the PUC to put PA residents first: bit.ly/puc-letter

This spring is the perfect opportunity to get your very own Protect PT tee-shirt! 👕😍

It's like a donation—but even better, because you get some cool swag! 😎

Check out our full merch catalog today at www.protectpt.org/shop 👨‍💻

Fracking Investigation Wins 2025 McElheny Award for Local Science Journalism Knight Science Journalism @MIT PublicSource investigated fracking operations connected to West Virginia families’ degrading health and water quality.

Congrats to @publicsource.org and Quinn Glabicki for receiving this prestigious award for their important work investigating the health impacts for residents living near fracking!

We All Need Space - Especially from Fracking On the morning of April 8, 2025, Gillian Graber, Executive Director, and Lauren Posey, the new Environmental Policy Advocate for Protect PT, were two of the first people in the room for the Environmen...

Check it out! Important update on our Protective Buffers campaign to safeguard our residents' health from the impacts of fracking.

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While we are disappointed by this delay, we are hopeful that the EQB will see the value in expanding setbacks for residents residing around fracking.

Thank you to our friends at @cleanaircouncil.bsky.social and the Environmental Integrity Project for their hard work pushing this petition forward.

John Detwiler: No stopping the 'data center' bandwagon? It’s still early in 2025, and the “data center” bandwagon is picking up speed, with ambitious plans announced for sites in Westmoreland County and Homer City (“Homer City site:...

"Here’s the bottom line: A data center is a huge, noisy, windowless building where electricity and water are turned into money for far-away tech bros and CEOs..."

Check out this OP-ED from PPT Board Member John Detwiler: ⬇️👀

REPORT: Investigation of Ecopetrol Oil & Gas Pollution in Colombia - Earthworks Leer en Español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBVjQhbCrmw The Cost of Extraction: Colombia’s Oil and Gas Industry Threatens Communities & the

🚨New Investigation🚨

Ecopetrol, Colombia's largest & majority-state-owned oil & gas company, has a methane pollution problem. This + water pollution & human rights abuses exposed by @eia-news.bsky.social threaten Colombia's #climate leadership.

Read more: bit.ly/4c3MepI

Why the health risks from air pollution could be worse than we thought A new study found elevated and previously overlooked health risks for communities living near industrial polluters.

"The study assessed the risks faced by communities in southeastern Pennsylvania living near petrochemical facilities using a mobile laboratory to measure 32 hazardous air pollutants, including vinyl chloride, formaldehyde and benzene."

Text on white background: UPCOMING VIRTUAL EVENT Pennsylvania's Shale Gas Boom: What the Shapiro Administration Can Do to Better Protect Public Health; Green graphic of clock and calendar on blue background; Text on blue background: April 1, 2025 12 - 1 p.m. environmentalhealthproject.org/events; EHP logo in top right corner

Join us on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, from noon to 1 p.m., for the virtual release of “Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: What the Shapiro Administration Can Do to Better Protect Public Health,” a companion piece to our 2022 white paper.

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☢️ Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill applied for a new permit to dump radioactive wastewater into Speers Run &
the Monongahela River.

📢 PA DEP is accepting comments on this permit. Join us & our allies @protectpt.bsky.social to speak out @ the public hearing on 3/20!

More info: ow.ly/E7rl50VhE3j

No Supermarket Has A Plan to Cut Methane, But US Retailers Are the Worst Offenders None of the world's 20 largest retailers have set methane reduction targets, despite meat and dairy making up a third of their emissions, a new analysis has found.

“Cutting methane this decade is our emergency brake on runaway global heating, yet retailers are barely pressing it,” said Haughton-Boakes. “The companies that dominate our food system must step up now and take real action to slash their methane emissions.”

GHGSat research shows landfills are undercounting methane emissions The satellite monitoring company’s 2023 site-level data underscores the importance of technology in obtaining a more accurate picture of landfills’ greenhouse gas emissions, executives said.

"Methane gas is leaking from landfills at higher rates and more consistently than other major emitting sectors, a new report from satellite monitoring company GHGSat found." 👇

What’s happening to EPA-funded community projects under Trump? ​A Q&A with the air quality program director for Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab

What’s happening to EPA-funded community projects under Trump?

A Q&A with the air quality program director for Carnegie Mellon University’s CREATE Lab. @breathe-project.bsky.social @gasp-pgh.bsky.social @fractracker.bsky.social @protectpt.bsky.social

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The Ohio Statehouse Symposium on fracking industry waste, put together by @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social, contained powerful testimony from affected residents. We hope the OH State Legislature takes action to stop the industry from continuing to spread their radioactive waste on public roads.

The Blue Moon compressor station in Washington County has operated since 2016 without an air pollution permit. Impacted residents can click here to demand DEP host a hearing so residents can share their experiences regarding air pollution from this facility. cleanaircouncil.salsalabs.org/fullmoon

If you live in Ohio, come find us and @buckeyeenviro.bsky.social at the Ohio State Capitol on March 6!

Derrière les promesses de Trump, la dure réalité du fracking à Dimock • FRANCE 24 YouTube video by FRANCE 24

Dimock, PA has has dad poisoned drinking water since 2009 as a result of fracking operations and injection wells.

Check out this video from @france24.com ⬇

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We hope to have the Environmental Hearing Board’s decision in three months' time. Until then, Protect PT will continue fighting to protect residents across southwest Pennsylvania facing the same uphill battle against an increasingly powerful industry. Follow us for updates on this case! 🧵 4/4

Drakulic Trial Concludes, Protect PT Hopeful After eight grueling days, the Drakulic trial has finally come to an end today, January 27, 2025. Noticeably less full than day one, the courtroom audience is quiet. Suits had filled the right side of...

And an account of the last day here: www.protectpt.org/post/drakuli... 🧵 3/4

Day 1: 10 Years Later Today marks the start of the trial on the Drakulic Well Pad, originally proposed by Apex in 2014 in Westmoreland County, PA.Today commences the long-awaited trial on the proposed Drakulic Well Pad, lo...

Read a first person account of Protect PT's first day at trial on our blog here: www.protectpt.org/post/day-1-1... 🧵 2/4

This January, Protect PT had the trial on the proposed Drakulic Well Pad, located in Westmoreland County, PA. After over 10 years of fighting this site, this trial has been long-awaited. 🧵 1/4

The first step to protecting your community from the dangers of the oil and gas industry is to stay informed. 🗞️💭

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