Public Statements
Environmental Health Project Statement on CNX Report
September 3, 2024
Environmental Health Project Statement on ARCH2 Funding
August 1, 2024
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Environmental Health Project Written Testimony on the Public Health Impacts of Blue Hydrogen Submitted to the PA House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee Hearing on Hydrogen Hubs and Climate
June 17, 2024
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Environmental Health Project Comments at the Appalachian H2Hub (ARCH2) Listening Session Before the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED)
May 8, 2024
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Environmental Health Project Statement on Shapiro Administration and CNX Resources Collaboration
November 7, 2023
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Environmental Health Project Statement: Pennsylvania Health & Environment Studies (Pitt Study)
September 13, 2023
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Environmental Health Project Statement on Air Quality Concerns from Canadian Wildfires
June 6, 2023
Public Statement on Civil Penalty Levied on Shell Cracker Plant (Beaver County, PA) by PA DEP for Air Pollution Violations
May 26, 2023
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Public Statement on 2023 American Lung Association State of the Air Report
May 4, 2023
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Letter to Members of the U.S. Congressional Energy and Environment Committee on Health Impacts of Shale Gas Development and Policy Recommendations
March 31, 2023
Public Comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Supplemental Proposal to Reduce Pollution from Oil and Natural Gas Operations
February 10, 2023
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Environmental Health Project Statement on Train Derailment and Fire in East Palestine, Ohio (Updated 2/9 & 2/15)
February 8, 2023
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Public Comments to the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Regarding MAX Environmental Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill No. 7
January 20, 2023
Environmental Health Project Statement on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27)
November 16, 2022
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Environmental Health Project Statement on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed Methane Rule
November 15, 2022
Public Comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for Proposed Rule on Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances
November 7, 2022
Response to State Sen. Bartolotta’s 9/21/22 Letter to the PA Department of Health
October 14, 2022
Public Comments to the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Regarding the Air Quality Plan (PA-65-00767C) for Proposed Leachate Evaporation System at Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill
(Makenzie White, EHP Public Health Manager, and Nathan Deron, EHP Environmental Data Scientist)
September 19, 2022
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Environmental Health Project (EHP) Statement on the Public Health Impacts of Blue Hydrogen Production
August 3, 2022
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Public Comments to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Re: Updating Federal Guidelines Used by Public Health Agencies to Assess and Respond to Potential Cancer Clusters in Communities (With Organizational Sign-ons)
July 25, 2022
Public Comments on Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health Submitted to the Pennsylvania Senate - Democratic Policy Committee
(Alison L. Steele, EHP Executive Director)
June 2, 2022
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Public Comments on Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Boom: How Policy Decisions Failed to Protect Public Health Submitted to the Pennsylvania Senate - Democratic Policy Committee
(Makenzie White, EHP Public Health Manager)
June 2, 2022
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Public Comments to the PA Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Regarding the Proposed Environmental Justice Policy Revision (Document Number 012-0501-002)
May 10, 2022
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Public Comments on Proposal for Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule Submitted to the PA Environmental Quality Board (EQB)
March 25, 2022
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Comments on Proposed Rules on Importations of Water Into and Exportations of Water From the Delaware River Basin; Discharges of Wastewater from High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing and Related Activities
February 26, 2022
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Public Comments on Proposal to Reduce Methane and Other Harmful Emissions from the Oil and Natural Gas Industry Submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
January 28, 2022
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Proposed Rulemaking: Exclusion for Identification and Listing Hazardous Waste at MAX Environmental Technologies, Inc. Bulger & Yukon Facilities (#7-566)
January 26, 2022
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Public Statement on Pennsylvania DEP Final Methane/VOC Rules
December 9, 2021
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Public Statement on U.S. EPA New Draft Methane Rules
November 2, 2021
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PA DEP 2021 Annual Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan - EHP Comments
July 19, 2021
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Public Statement on PSR Report on PFAS Used in Shale Gas Development
July 13, 2021
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Public Comments on Controlling Air Pollution from the Oil and Gas Industry Before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
June 15, 2021
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Comments to PA DEP Office of Environmental Justice Regarding Draft Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy
May 20, 2021
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EHP Comments on Tri-County Landfill Permit
April 30, 2021
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EHP Comments on Ohio EPA State Implementation Plan (SIP) of Clean Air Act
April 29, 2021
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Public Statement on 2021 American Lung Association State of the Air Report
April 21, 2021
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Public Statement on Gov. Wolf’s Announcement of the PULSE Solar Energy Initiative
March 25, 2021
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Public Statement on Environmental Health News Investigation to Determine Levels of Chemicals in SWPA Families Living Close to Shale Gas Development
March 1, 2021
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Public Statement on PA Department of Health Secretary Levine Being Tapped by Biden Administration As Assistant Health Secretary
January 19, 2021
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Public Statement on Governor Wolf’s Announcement of Research Partner for Shale Gas Development Health Studies in Southwestern Pennsylvania
December 23, 2020
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Public Comments on Ozone NAAQS before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project (EHP)
September 1, 2020
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Call to Action from Pennsylvania Health Care Providers to Better Protect Pennsylvanians from Health Effects of Shale Gas Development (with DOH Response and EHP Memo to HCPs)
August 20, 2020
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Comments on Proposed DEP Rulemaking: Control of VOC Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Sources (#7-544)
July 27, 2020
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Letter to Range Resources: Ambient Air Monitoring at Augustine Well Site in Cecil Township
July 9, 2020
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Public Statement on “Report 1 of the Forty-Third Statewide Investigating Grand Jury” Regarding Shale Gas Operations
June 26, 2020
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Testimony for Control of VOC Emissions from Oil and Natural Gas Sources Before the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
June 23, 2020
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Public Statement on the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Oil and Gas Rule
May 27, 2020
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Public Statement on Rolling Stone Article Titled “America’s Radioactive Secret”
January 22, 2020
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Public Statement Regarding Governor Wolf’s Announcement Initiating Two Health Studies of Shale Gas Fracking in Southwestern Pennsylvania
November 22, 2019
EHP Response to 10/21 Marcellus Shale Coalition Letter to AQTAC
November 5, 2019
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An Open Letter to Dr. Rachel Levine, Pennsylvania Secretary of Health (and DOH response)
August 1, 2019
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Public Statement in Response to Gradient Report on Fort Cherry School Emissions as Commissioned by Range Resources
May 31, 2019
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An Open Letter to the Pennsylvania Department of Health Bureau of Epidemiology, Division of Community Epidemiology
May 1, 2019
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State Department Roundtable on Unconventional Natural Gas Development (Raina Rippel)
March 18, 2014
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Testimony to House Democratic Policy Committee Hearing (Jill Kriesky)
May 2, 2013
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