PA Environment Digest

-- Environmental Defense Fund: August 10 - Lehigh Valley’s Clean Energy Future. ArtsQuest Center At Steel Stacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.

-- Western PA Conservancy: August 13 - Learn About Glass Objects At Fallingwater Webinar. 11:30 a.m.

-- Register Today For Aug. 18 PA Resources Council Recycling & Waste Education Webinar [PaEN]

-- Pike Wayne Conservation Partnership: Science On Tap - Aug. 19 - Biodiversity Jam [PaEN]

-- Central PA Conservancy/Game Commission: August 20 - Celebrating Preservation Of 404 Acres Along Peters Mountain, Dauphin County. State Game Lands 211, Dauphin, PA. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

-- Western PA Conservancy: August 31 - Land Stewardship - Managing The Conservancy’s Preserves Webinar. Noon.

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Member Meeting Nov. 6; Arboretum Planting Day Sept. 3; Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 2-3

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: September 11 - Gabriel Chamber Ensemble To Perform At Hawk Mountain. 2:00 p.m.

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Sept. 23 - Learn About How To Protect Your Land With A Conservation Easement Webinar. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- Center For Water Quality Excellence: Now Open Providing Info On Agricultural And Urban Stormwater Management [PaEN]

-- DEP: Update On Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Activities From Healthy Waters Partnership [PaEN]

-- Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University River Symposium Nov. 5-6 In Lewisburg [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! 9th Annual Del-Aware River Watershed Forum Sept. 29- Oct. 1 [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy: New Floating Classroom To Host Single-Day Educational Adventures, Floating Lecture Series [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Students Studied Snakes, Sang Songs And Learned About River’s Resources On Floating Classroom In Williamsport - Click Here For Other Stories

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: ‘Hands-On In Nature’: Millersville U., Penn Manor School District Partner To Study Local Streams

-- Water Center At Penn/Southwestern PA Water Management: August 12 - USGS/EPA Virtual Data Webinar. 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Save The Date - September 24 Wild & Scenic Film Festival. In-Person/Online.

-- PA Recreation & Parks Society: Call For 2022 Conference Presentation Proposals - March 29 - April 1

-- PPL Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For STEM Education Grants [PaEN]

-- Whitaker Center: Now Accepting Entries For Whitaker's Girls In STEM T-Shirt Logo Design Contest [PaEN]

-- Walk In Penn’s Woods 2021: Set For October 2-3 - WIPW Video

-- ReadingE Editorial: Birds Win As Well As Birders In PA Ornithological Society Bird Blitz

-- The Nature Conservancy - Pennsylvania Nature News: Mother Nature - Let’s Do This; Hit The Trails; Bog Walks Are Back; Tackling Climate Change

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Summer Youth Workshops For Grades 6-9 - Animal Kingdom, Appalachian Adventure

-- Audubon Mid-Atlantic: July News - Creating Healthy Communities For Birds And People; Upcoming Events, More!

-- WNEP: Energy Camp Gives Students Real-Life Career Experience In Susquehanna County

-- Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum Launches New Website

-- SEEDS Of Northeastern PA: Will Host Local Members Of Earth To Sky Partnership At Annual Membership Meeting on Sept. 29 [PaEN]

-- Mining People Magazine: No. 9. Coal Mine And Museum, Lansford, Carbon County

-- CourierT: The Lenape Tribe Once Thrived In Bucks County, Now Only Traces Remain

-- PennLive: McClure Cave, Snyder County, Sold To Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy

-- Northeast Recycling Council: Virtual Fall Conference - Reuse, Solar Panel Recycling, Soil & Environmental Justice Oct. 12-14 [PaEN]

Emergency Response

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone [PaEN]

-- MCall: Final County Shows 11 Tornadoes Hit PA During Thursday’s Storms [May 31, 1985 19 tornadoes claimed 65 lives in PA]

-- AP: Forecasters Now Confirm 9 Tornadoes In Pennsylvania, New Jersey From Storms Last Week

-- CitizensV: Oil Leak At White Haven Center Sends 2,000 Gallons Of Fuel Into Creek

-- MCall: Farmers’ Almanac Predicts Another Could, Stormy Turn For The Region

-- Inquirer: Atlantic Hurricane Season About To Experience A Serious Second Wind

Energy

-- Senate Environmental Committee: Meets Aug. 18 To Vote On Letter Disapproving Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. Covering Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- PG Editorial: Cleaner Air Must Be The Goal; Carbon Cap-And-Trade Is The Way Forward

-- Environmental Health News: How Joining RGGI Could Save Western PA Kids’ Lives And Lungs

-- Earth Island Journal: Pennsylvania’s Climate Contradiction

-- Environmental Defense Fund: August 10 - Lehigh Valley’s Clean Energy Future. ArtsQuest Center At Steel Stacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: As Federal Support Emerges, PA Wants To Be A Carbon Capture Hub [PaEN]

-- Vice: The Oil Industry’s New Climate Change Solution Is More Pipelines [Carbon Capture]

-- Talen Energy: Announces Bitcoin Zero-Carbon Mining Joint Venture Connected To The Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

-- Power Magazine: Group Buys PA Coal Refuse Plants To Power Bitcoin Mining

-- MCall: Bitcoin Mining Facilities Popping Up At Power Plants Near The Lehigh Valley

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Zero Carbon Bitcoin? Owner Of PA Nuclear Plant Thinks It Could Strike Gold

-- Tactical Market: Lightsource BP Inks Solar Energy Supply Deal With Commonwealth Of PA

-- Exelon Utilities: Announces Goal To Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2050 [PaEN]

-- MCall: PPL Now Wants To Reduce Its Carbon Emissions By 80% In 2040

-- Energy Harbor: Sees Strong Demand For Carbon-Free Retail Electricity From Nuclear Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Earth Day: Giant Eagle To Spend $100 Million To Go Net Zero Carbon By 2040

-- PPG: Recognized For Environmental, Social And Governance Practices; 2020 Sustainability Report [PaEN]

-- ErieT Guest Essay: PA’s Competitive Energy Costs An Important Economic Development Tool - Ron Wilt

-- Utility Dive: Despite Limited Participation, Advocates See Potential For Northeast Transportation Cap-And-Invest Plan

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates U.S. Power Generation

-- Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum Launches New Website

-- GreenWire: Biden’s Pick To Lead Coal Town Renewal On What’s Next

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Power Sector Halfway To Net Zero Emissions, But It Gets Harder Now, Analysts Say

Environmental Health

-- Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Health Visits Communities And Families Impacted By Shale Gas Development, Hears Firsthand Accounts Of Health Harms [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers In PA Used PFAS Forever Chemicals In 8 Wells As PA Officials Maintain Willful Ignorance

-- Better Path Coalition: PFAS Use In PA Natural Gas Drilling Confirmed - Wolf Must Halt Fracking Now

-- Environmental Health News: How Joining RGGI Could Save Western PA Kids’ Lives And Lungs

-- Waste Dive: For Clues About Future PFAS Regulations, Landfill Operators Look To Congress

-- Environmental Health News Guest Essay: To Get High-Risk Pesticides Out Of Our Bodies, Insulate EPA From Politics And Follow The Science

Environmental Heritage

-- Mining People Magazine: No. 9. Coal Mine And Museum, Lansford, Carbon County

-- CourierT: The Lenape Tribe Once Thrived In Bucks County, Now Only Traces Remain

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: 9/11 Families Challenge Biden To release Classified Reports Or Avoid 20th Anniversary Ceremonies

Environmental Justice

-- DCNR Blog: Penn’s Parks For All

EPA

-- Reminder: EPA: Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Agriculture, Nonpoint Source Program Support Grants

-- Environmental Health News Guest Essay: To Get High-Risk Pesticides Out Of Our Bodies, Insulate EPA From Politics And Follow The Science

-- Dept. Of Justice: Federal-State Settlement Resolves Environmental Violations At Hussey Copper Smelting In Allegheny County

-- PG: Federal-State Settlement Resolves Hussey Copper Water Pollution Violations On Ohio River In Allegheny County

-- Water Center At Penn/Southwestern PA Water Management: August 12 - USGS/EPA Virtual Data Webinar. 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Farming
-- DEP: Update On Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Activities From Healthy Waters Partnership [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts: Recognizes Pennsylvania Conservationists With 2021 Awards [PaEN]

-- 5 PA Winners Of National Assn. Of Conservation Districts 2021 Healthy Forests Healthy Communities Student Poster Contest Announced [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw: SB 465 Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program A Win-Win For PA’s Farmers And Local Water Quality [If passed and funded]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: It’s An Opportune Time For Action To Fund Cleaner Water In Pennsylvania

-- Center For Water Quality Excellence: Now Open Providing Info On Agricultural And Urban Stormwater Management [PaEN]

-- Reminder: EPA: Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Agriculture, Nonpoint Source Program Support Grants

-- LancasterOnline: DECA City Farms Has Big Plans For Urban Agriculture In Lancaster And Beyond

-- Help Wanted: PA Sustainable Agriculture Assn. Looking To Fill Several Positions

Fish & Boat Commission

-- PA Bulletin: Fish & Boat Commission Publishes Notices In August 7 PA Bulletin - Changes To List Of Class A Wild Trout Waters; Changes To Classification of Wild Trout Streams; Removal Of Waters From The Refuge Areas Program

Flooding

-- AP: Professor, Team Probe Flooding Risks In Conemaugh Watershed

-- CitizensV: Communities To Appeal FEMA Flood Mapping; Flood Insurance Price Spikes Likely

-- Inquirer: Atlantic Hurricane Season About To Experience A Serious Second Wind

-- Financial Times: Fires And Floods: Can Science Link Extreme Weather To Climate Change?

-- WPost: In A Summer Scarred By Heat, Drought And Fire, Adaptation Becomes A Necessity

Forests

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmental Group Asks Court To Order Lawmakers To Pay Back $1.3 Billion Meant For Conservation

-- YourErie: PEDF Requests $1.3 Billion From Gov. Wolf, Commonwealth For ‘Unconstitutional’ Funding Misuse

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: August 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam - August Is In Full Swing!

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Member Meeting Nov. 6; Arboretum Planting Day Sept. 3; Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 2-3

-- HarrisBURG News: Where The Trees Are Tops: State Forests (Somehow) Keep A Low Profile

-- Walk In Penn’s Woods 2021: Set For October 2-3 - WIPW Video

-- WTAE: USA Today Nominates Laurel Highlands For ‘Best Destination For Fall Foliage’

-- Green Philly: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Study: Living Close To Green Space Protected Against Depression During The Pandemic

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: 35 Wild Plant Sanctuaries Being Created In State Forests To Save Rare, Endangered Species

-- WESA: How To Control The Woolly Adelgids Threatening The Future Of Hemlock Trees

-- WilliamsportS: DCNR Deputy Secretary Joins Students In Brandon Park For Tree Inventory

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Lyme Disease Protection: No Vaccine Yet, But An Antibody Shot Could Soon Provide Immunity

-- PG Editorial: Tick Population Rising In State, So Are Tick-Related Illnesses

Forests - Wildfires

-- PennLive: DCNR Crew Returns After 2 Weeks Of Fighting Montana Wildfires; Gratified They Could Make A Difference

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Forest Fire Officials Ask People To Be Aware Of Wildfire Risk

-- AP: Wildfire Explodes To Third-Largest In California History

-- AP: Raging Wildfire Destroys Much Of California Gold Rush Town

-- AP: Town Burns To Ashes In Raging Northern California Wildfire

-- The Guardian: Wildfire Fighters Advance Against Biggest U.S. Blaze Amid Dire Warnings

-- The Hill: Researchers Paint Bleak Picture Of Forest Fires Beyond 2030

-- Financial Times: Carbon Offsets Going Up In Smoke As Company-Linked Forests Burn

-- Financial Times: Fires And Floods: Can Science Link Extreme Weather To Climate Change?

-- WPost: In A Summer Scarred By Heat, Drought And Fire, Adaptation Becomes A Necessity

-- AP: Latest Articles On Wildfires In U.S. And Around The World

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: Public Comments Invited On Removing The Peregrine Falcon From List Of Threatened Birds, Changing To Protected

-- Game Commission: Public Comments Invited On Adding Northern Goshawk To List Of Threatened Birds

Geologic

-- PennLive: McClure Cave, Snyder County, Sold To Mid-Atlantic Karst Conservancy

Grants/Funding

-- Western PA Conservancy: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Reminder: EPA: Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Agriculture, Nonpoint Source Program Support Grants

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Program Grants [PaEN]

-- PPL Foundation: Now Accepting Applications For STEM Education Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP: Alternative Fuel Vehicle Incentive Grant Program Rebates Still Available [PaEN]

-- William Penn Foundation: Names Stuart Clarke Director Of Watershed Protection

Green Infrastructure

-- Western PA Conservancy: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Program Grants [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: It’s An Opportune Time For Action To Fund Cleaner Water In Pennsylvania

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: County-By-County Update On Clean Water Actions Plans To Improve Chesapeake Bay

-- Center For Water Quality Excellence: Now Open Providing Info On Agricultural And Urban Stormwater Management [PaEN]

-- DEP: Update On Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Activities From Healthy Waters Partnership [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia Green City, Clean Waters: How Private Partners Boosted Philly’s Green Stormwater Growth

-- StateImpactPA: PA Cities Have A Sewer System Problem, Green Infrastructure Can Help, Leads To Increase In Property Values, Improved Mental Health

-- PEC Podcast: Walking The Walk - Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: ‘Hands-On In Nature’: Millersville U., Penn Manor School District Partner To Study Local Streams

-- Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University River Symposium Nov. 5-6 In Lewisburg [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How Do Nitrogen Concentration In Riparian Ground And Stream Water Change Following Milldam Removal?

-- Help Wanted: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Temporary Warehouse Driver Positions Open [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Logistics Manager

Hazardous Substances

-- Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Health Visits Communities And Families Impacted By Shale Gas Development, Hears Firsthand Accounts Of Health Harms [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers In PA Used PFAS Forever Chemicals In 8 Wells As PA Officials Maintain Willful Ignorance

-- Better Path Coalition: PFAS Use In PA Natural Gas Drilling Confirmed - Wolf Must Halt Fracking Now

-- Waste Dive: For Clues About Future PFAS Regulations, Landfill Operators Look To Congress

-- Environmental Health News Guest Essay: To Get High-Risk Pesticides Out Of Our Bodies, Insulate EPA From Politics And Follow The Science

Land Conservation

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust: Partners With Nancy Long and Tom Baldwin To Preserve Old Growth Forest In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Central PA Conservancy/Game Commission: August 20 - Celebrating Preservation Of 404 Acres Along Peters Mountain, Dauphin County. State Game Lands 211, Dauphin, PA. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

-- Natural Lands: Transfer Of Delaware River Waterfront Parcel Represents Progress For Delaware River Trail [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands: Big Hooved Animals Help Little Falcons At Spring Mills Farms In Centre County

-- Western PA Conservancy: August 31 - Land Stewardship - Managing The Conservancy’s Preserves Webinar. Noon.

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Sept. 23 - Learn About How To Protect Your Land With A Conservation Easement Webinar. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Now Accepting Photo Contest Entries Thru August 31 [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy - Pennsylvania Nature News: Mother Nature - Let’s Do This; Hit The Trails; Bog Walks Are Back; Tackling Climate Change

-- Western PA Conservancy - Latest Water, Land, Life Newsletter

Land Recycling

-- Earth Conservancy: Environmental Workforce Training Program Begins Fall Training Aug. 26 In NE PA - Apply Now!

-- Land Health Institute: Abandoned Lot Revitalization At The LandHealth Native Plant Nursery In Philadelphia

Lake Erie

-- YourErie: Rep. Bizzarro Shows House Democratic Policy Committee Erosion, Infrastructure Issues Of Presque Isle State Park

Land Use

-- MCall: ‘I Think We Have Enough Warehouses.’ Lehigh Valley Officials Not Happy With Plan For Dutch Springs Aqua Park

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Craft Zoning To Accommodate Electric Vehicles

-- Watershed Alliance Of Adams County: Proposed Community Septic System Threatens Exceptional Value Stream; Dissolved Nitrates Could More Than Double [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Issues Call For Volunteers To Participate In Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- Talen Energy: Announces Bitcoin Zero-Carbon Mining Joint Venture Connected To The Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

-- Power Magazine: Group Buys PA Coal Refuse Plants To Power Bitcoin Mining

-- MCall: Bitcoin Mining Facilities Popping Up At Power Plants Near The Lehigh Valley

-- Western PA Conservancy: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Earth Conservancy: Environmental Workforce Training Program Begins Fall Training Aug. 26 In NE PA - Apply Now!

-- EarthWorks: Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funding Silver Lining In Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Program Grants [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps VISTA Positions Available

Ohio River

-- Western PA Conservancy: Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Water Center At Penn/Southwestern PA Water Management: August 12 - USGS/EPA Virtual Data Webinar. 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Oil & Gas

-- Dept. Of Health Visits Communities And Families Impacted By Shale Gas Development, Hears Firsthand Accounts Of Health Harms [PaEN]

-- Dangers Posed By Oil & Gas Drilling Wastes, Abandoned Wells + Siri Lawson’s Story From Warren County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers In PA Used PFAS Forever Chemicals In 8 Wells As PA Officials Maintain Willful Ignorance

-- Better Path Coalition: PFAS Use In PA Natural Gas Drilling Confirmed - Wolf Must Halt Fracking Now

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Expanded ‘No Drill Zones’ In PA Will Make Us Safer

-- WESA/AP: Why It’s So Hard And Expensive To Plug An Abandoned Oil & Gas Well

-- Erie News Now: Congress, Small Oil & Gas Companies Work To Cap Orphan Oil And Gas Wells [Abandoned by conventional oil and gas drilling companies in the first place]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Should Enact Methane Regulations Covering Oil & Gas Industry - Rep. Vitali

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: FracTracker Alliance Article On Lycoming Creek Watershed Misleading, Or Simply Wrong [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: As Federal Support Emerges, PA Wants To Be A Carbon Capture Hub [PaEN]

-- Vice: The Oil Industry’s New Climate Change Solution Is More Pipelines [Carbon Capture]

-- WNEP: Energy Camp Gives Students Real-Life Career Experience In Susquehanna County

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates U.S. Power Generation

Pipelines

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Sets Aug. 17 Hearing On Environmental, Economic Benefits Of Pipelines; DEP Fined Pipelines Over $55 Million For Violations Over Last 5 Years [PaEN]

-- PUC: To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Changes To Regulations For Customer-Owned Pipeline System Service Lines [PaEN]

-- Public Utility Commission: August 10 - PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Meets Virtually. 9:00 a.m.

-- Vice: The Oil Industry’s New Climate Change Solution Is More Pipelines [Carbon Capture]

-- Utility Dive: Federal Court Orders FERC To Analyze Climate, Environmental Justice More Thoroughly On Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects

-- FarmAndDairy: Ohio State Study Shows Pipeline Construction Has Negative Impact On Crop Yields

-- PHMSA: Issues Advisory Bulletin On Minimizing Natural Gas Releases From Pipeline Facilities

Permitting

-- House Republicans Now Want To Take Away All DEP’s Application Fee Revenue To Further De-Fund Environmental Protection Programs [PaEN]

-- DEP: Took Action On 787 Permits; 87% Met Review Deadline; Conducted 1,293 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Public Participation

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To RACT Requirements For Major Sources Of Nox, VOCs

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: August 12 Hearing On Water Project Applications

-- Game Commission: Public Comments Invited On Removing The Peregrine Falcon From List Of Threatened Birds, Changing To Protected

-- Game Commission: Public Comments Invited On Adding Northern Goshawk To List Of Threatened Birds

-- Governor’s Office: Publishes Latest Catalog Of Nonregulatory Documents [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC: To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Changes To Regulations For Customer-Owned Pipeline System Service Lines [PaEN]

-- PUC: Approves Settlement With PPL Electric Regarding Improper Billing Practices

-- MCall: PPL Electric Fined Over Improper Billing Practices; Customers Didn’t Get Bills For 9 Months

-- PUC: Approves Settlement With National Gas & Electric Regarding Past Sales & Marketing Practices Violations

-- PA Bulletin: Public Utility Commission Publishes Notices In August 7 PA Bulletin - Termination of the COVID-Related Moratorium; Suspension of Regulatory And Statutory Deadlines

-- Public Utility Commission: August 10 - PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Meets Virtually. 9:00 a.m.

Radiation Protection

-- Power Magazine: Group Buys PA Coal Refuse Plants To Power Bitcoin Mining

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Zero Carbon Bitcoin? Owner Of PA Nuclear Plant Thinks It Could Strike Gold

-- Energy Harbor: Sees Strong Demand For Carbon-Free Retail Electricity From Nuclear Power Plants

-- StateImpactPA: Demolition Of 2 Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Cooling Towers Postponed Until Next Year

Recreation

-- YourErie: PEDF Requests $1.3 Billion From Gov. Wolf, Commonwealth For ‘Unconstitutional’ Funding Misuse

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmental Group Asks Court To Order Lawmakers To Pay Back $1.3 Billion Meant For Conservation

-- TribLive: State Parks: More Money Needed For Maintenance, Improvements

-- DCNR Blog: Penn’s Parks For All

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: August 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam - August Is In Full Swing!

-- YourErie: Rep. Bizzarro Shows House Democratic Policy Committee Erosion, Infrastructure Issues Of Presque Isle State Park

-- Green Philly: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Study: Living Close To Green Space Protected Against Depression During The Pandemic

-- NextPittsburgh: SouthSide Works Gets Playful With TechPlayground Pop-Up

-- PA Cap-Star: What PA County Has The Most Miles Of Hiking Trails?

-- PA Environmental Council: Public Lands Ride - Ups And Downs In Michaux State Forest

-- Courier Express: DuBois-Sandy Twp. To Seek Funding For Connector Trail

-- WeConservePA: Southern Chester County Circuit Trail Feasibility Study Recommends Major Projects

-- Patch: As Lansdale’s Liberty Bell Trail Grows, Public Input Sought

-- Natural Lands: Transfer Of Delaware River Waterfront Parcel Represents Progress For Delaware River Trail [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Delaware River Fellows Raise Environmental Awareness In Their Communities

-- PA Recreation & Parks Society: Call For 2022 Conference Presentation Proposals - March 29 - April 1

-- WTAE: USA Today Nominates Laurel Highlands For ‘Best Destination For Fall Foliage’

-- PA Environmental Council: A Laurel Highlands Reunion

-- Walk In Penn’s Woods 2021: Set For October 2-3 - WIPW Video

-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In July [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy - Pennsylvania Nature News: Mother Nature - Let’s Do This; Hit The Trails; Bog Walks Are Back; Tackling Climate Change

-- Billy Penn: Philadelphia Parking Authority To Pilot Putting Bike Racks In Front Of Fire Hydrants To Prevent Illegal Parking

-- PA Homepage: ATV Park Planned For Luzerne County

-- CitizensV: Consultant: ATV And Recreation Park In Luzerne County Would Boost Region

-- ReadingE: Blue Marsh Lake Algae Blooms Unlikely To Be Sole Cause Of Philadelphia-Area Water Complaints

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: U.S. House Passes Bill To Support Continued Development Of 9/11 National Memorial Trail

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Lyme Disease Protection: No Vaccine Yet, But An Antibody Shot Could Soon Provide Immunity

-- PG Editorial: Tick Population Rising In State, So Are Tick-Related Illnesses

-- TribLive: Emergency Crews Rescue Kayaker Stuck In Kiski River

-- ReadingE: National Park Service Marks 250 Years Of History At Hopewell Furnace

Recycling/Waste

-- Register Today For Aug. 18 PA Resources Council Recycling & Waste Education Webinar [PaEN]

-- PG: Sustainability Startup Ecotone Renewables Wants To Eliminate Food Waste, Or At Least Make It Useful

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Recycling & Waste Looking For Resident Input On What’s Working, What Isn’t

-- Waste Dive: For Clues About Future PFAS Regulations, Landfill Operators Look To Congress

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Solar Panel Supply Chain Ethics & Sustainability

-- Northeast Recycling Council: Virtual Fall Conference - Reuse, Solar Panel Recycling, Soil & Environmental Justice Oct. 12-14 [PaEN]

-- DGS: PA Nationally Recognized For Excellence In Sustainable Electronics Purchasing For 2nd Year

-- ScrantonT: Auditor General Won’t Review DEP’s Approval Of Keystone Landfill Expansion Permit

-- DEP: Approves Rolling Hills Landfill’s Expansion Application In Berks County

-- ReadingE: Western Berks Landfill Fire Extinguished

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 4 No-Brainer Solutions To Philly’s Disgusting Trash Crisis

-- Financial Times: Electric Vehicles: Recycled Batteries And The Search For A Circular Economy

Regulations

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To RACT Requirements For Major Sources Of Nox, VOCs

Renewable Energy

-- Senate Environmental Committee: Meets Aug. 18 To Vote On Letter Disapproving Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. Covering Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- PG Editorial: Cleaner Air Must Be The Goal; Carbon Cap-And-Trade Is The Way Forward

-- Environmental Health News: How Joining RGGI Could Save Western PA Kids’ Lives And Lungs

-- Earth Island Journal: Pennsylvania’s Climate Contradiction

-- Environmental Defense Fund: August 10 - Lehigh Valley’s Clean Energy Future. ArtsQuest Center At Steel Stacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem. 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: As Federal Support Emerges, PA Wants To Be A Carbon Capture Hub

-- Vice: The Oil Industry’s New Climate Change Solution Is More Pipelines [Carbon Capture]

-- Exelon Utilities: Announces Goal To Achieve Net-Zero Emissions By 2050 [PaEN]

-- MCall: PPL Now Wants To Reduce Its Carbon Emissions By 80% In 2040

-- Energy Harbor: Sees Strong Demand For Carbon-Free Retail Electricity From Nuclear Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Earth Day: Giant Eagle To Spend $100 Million To Go Net Zero Carbon By 2040

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Solar Panel Supply Chain Ethics & Sustainability

-- Northeast Recycling Council: Virtual Fall Conference - Reuse, Solar Panel Recycling, Soil & Environmental Justice Oct. 12-14 [PaEN]

-- SEEDS Of Northeastern PA: Will Host Local Members Of Earth To Sky Partnership At Annual Membership Meeting on Sept. 29 [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates U.S. Power Generation

-- Pennsylvania Conservative Energy Forum Launches New Website

Schuylkill River