Important headline articles from this week’s PA Environment Digest--
-- EDF: IPCC Underscores Need To Slash Methane, Deploy Natural Climate Solutions; Will Likely Exceed 1.5 Degrees Celsius Of Warming [PaEN]
-- WSJ: Frackers, Shippers Eye Natural Gas Leaks As Climate Change Concerns Mount [PA Included]
-- USA Today: Millions Of U.S. Homes At Risk Of Climate-Related Disasters, But Few Americans Know It
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Should Enact Methane Regulations - By Rep. Greg Vitali [PaEN]
-- DEP: Forming New PA Energy Storage Consortium; Stakeholder Meeting Sept. 28 [PaEN]
-- Sen. Muth, Rep. Friel Otten: One Year After Mariner East Pipeline Spill 33 Acres Of Marsh Creek State Park Lake Is Still Off Limits, No Remediation Done [PaEN]
-- DEP: Collects $140,000 Penalty From ETC Northeast Field Services For Pipeline Construction Violations In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Reuters: PennEAST Aims To Complete First Phase Of Natural Gas Pipeline In 2022, Despite Right-Of-Way Delay
-- PA Grade Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council: Meets Aug. 19 To Hear Update On Penn State Study Of Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Continue Review Of Draft Conventional Drilling Regs. [PaEN]
-- Public Herald: Radioactive Loads of Waste From PA Unconventional Oil, Gas Operations Enters Ohio Landfills
-- The Independent: Pollution Damaging Humans’ First Line Of Defense Against Infections, Toxins-- The Mucosal System, Review Finds [Helpful in providing a link between road dumping of drilling wastewater and other pollution]
-- PG - Anya Litvak & Laura Legere: A Hydrogen And Carbon Storage Project In Clinton County Is Tapping Into All The Trends
-- DEP Blog: Illegal Dumping Carries More Than A Price Tag, It Can Spread Disease, Water Contamination [PaEN]
-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania: Recycling Study Recommends Additional Resources To Support Rural Recycling, Fix Electronic Waste Recycling Program [PaEN]
-- Fox43: Hundreds Of PA Schools Finding High Levels Of Lead In Their Drinking Water
-- Bipartisan Legislation Introduced In Senate To Create Clean Streams Fund For Pennsylvania To Deal With Non-Point Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- Sen. Argall: More Water Quality Restoration Needed In Schuylkill River Watershed; Here’s An Idea - You Have $5 Billion Laying Around Doing Nothing [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Group Wants $1.3 Billion In State Funds Returned For Conservation Use
-- Commonwealth Court Dismisses Petition Asking DCNR To Follow The State’s Constitution In Adopting State Forest Management Plans [PaEN]
-- CourierT: Advocates Make Case For Delaware Water Gap To Be PA’s 1st National Park
-- PA Bulletin: Governor’s Office Publishes Updated Agency-By-Agency Regulatory Agenda [PaEN]
-- Game Commission: Lifts Ban On Feeding Wild Birds; Cause Of Bird Deaths Still Unknown But No Indication Feeding Is A Contributing Factor [PaEN]
-- Game Commission: Elk Cam Goes Live To Engage The Public In The Sights And Sounds of Bugling Season [PaEN]
-- Audubon Mid-Atlantic: Bird Safe Philly Kicks Off Fall Migration With Seasonal Lights Out Philly Program [PaEN]
-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: Powdermill Nature Reserve Records 800,000th Bird Banding [PaEN]
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