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Important headline articles from this week’s PA Environment Digest--
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation: Files Petition In Court To Order Commonwealth To Return $1.3 Billion In Revenue From State Forest Drilling Unconstitutionally Transferred From Oil & Gas Lease Fund [PaEN]
-- House Republicans Now Want To Take Away All DEP’s Application Fee Revenue To Further De-Fund Environmental Protection Programs [PaEN]
-- 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]
-- 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
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Should Enact Methane Regulations Covering Oil & Gas Industry - Rep. Vitali
-- PUC: To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Changes To Regulations For Customer-Owned Pipeline System Service Lines [PaEN]
-- DEP: Update On Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Activities From Healthy Waters Partnership [PaEN]
-- Center For Water Quality Excellence: Now Open Providing Info On Agricultural And Urban Stormwater Management [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: County-By-County Update On Clean Water Actions Plans To Improve Chesapeake Bay
-- Registration Open! 9th Annual Del-Aware River Watershed Forum Sept. 29- Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University River Symposium Nov. 5-6 In Lewisburg [PaEN]
-- Earth Conservancy: Environmental Workforce Training Program Begins Fall Training Aug. 26 In NE PA - Apply Now!
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Issues Call For Volunteers To Participate In Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]
-- 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]
-- 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
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Solar Panel Supply Chain Ethics & Sustainability
-- PennLive: DCNR Crew Returns After 2 Weeks Of Fighting Montana Wildfires; Gratified They Could Make A Difference
-- DCNR Blog: Penn’s Parks For All
-- TribLive: State Parks: More Money Needed For Maintenance, Improvements
-- Green Philly: Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia Study: Living Close To Green Space Protected Against Depression During The Pandemic
-- 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
-- AP: Richard Trumka, Longtime President Of AFL-CIO, Dies At 72
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