Links to all the articles and NewsClips in this week’s PA Environment Digest by topic in one place--

Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Republicans On House Committee Approve Resolution To Kill Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: Sen. Yaw Angry Over Greenhouse Gas ‘Compact’ Vote  [It’s Not A Compact]

-- Sen. Comitta Applauds RGGI Approval By IRRC

-- WHYY: Philly Lawmakers: PA Should Tap COVID Relief Funds To Help Flooded Businesses

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Federal Support Needed For Infrastructure And Stormwater Improvements - Rep. Kinkead, Molly Parzen

-- CitizensV: Cartwright, Brown Advocate For Congress Investing In Climate Change

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- PA Capitol News: Top 10 Top 12 Stories From Harrisburg Last Week  [PaEN]

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Air

-- AP: Wolf Needs To Score Bigger Climate Victories, Activists Say 

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN] 

-- PG: What’s That Smell?  ‘Funky But Industrial’ Odor In Pittsburgh Remains A Mystery

-- WESA: Trapped Air Caused A Bad Smell In Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: What’s Causing The Strange Smell Around McKees Rocks?

-- Inquirer/Bloomberg: Satellites Find Methane Plumes Over Midwest Caused By Energy Transfer Natural Gas Pipeline Company [Mariner East Builder]

Alternative Fuels

-- MCall: Mack Trucks To Soon Start Producing Electric Garbage Trucks At Lehigh Valley Facility

-- PG - Daniel Moore: Soaring Prices Fuel Long-Running Push By PA Officials To Roll Back Ethanol Mandate

Awards & Recognition

-- 10,000 Friends Of PA: Extend Commonwealth Award Nominations To Sept. 7 

-- PA Solar Center: Save The Date - Lancaster County Solar Energy Awards Oct.7

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- PG - John Hayes: Researchers Celebrate The Return Of Native Lake Trout To Lake Erie

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Record Eel Passage At Conowingo Dam Brings Clean Water Benefits Upstream

-- Western PA Conservancy: Protecting Pennsylvania’s Plants & Animals

-- New Report Outlines Key Ways To Reconnect Nature Through Wildlife Corridors  [PaEN]

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Sept. 16 - The GIANT Company Clean Energy, Pollinator Initiatives, Cumberland County

-- Penn State Master Gardeners: Sept. 10 - Fueling Fall Pollinator Migration

-- Penn State Centers Receive Grant To Partner With Elementary Teachers In PA On Understanding Pollinator Research

-- Penn State: By Reducing Forest Floor Temperatures, Invasive Shrubs Stifle Native Species

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

-- iHeartRadio: Plant Harboring Deer Ticks With Lyme Disease Growing In PA - Japanese Barberry

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: To Host Fall Native Plant Sale Sept. 11; Fall Migration In Full Swing  [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: September eSprout Newsletter

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly Lawmakers: PA Should Tap COVID Relief Funds To Help Flooded Businesses

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Federal Support Needed For Infrastructure And Stormwater Improvements - Rep. Kinkead, Molly Parzen

-- WBTimes: Nature Reminds Us That Infrastructure Matters

-- CitizensV: Cartwright, Brown Advocate For Congress Investing In Climate Change

Budget

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

Chesapeake Bay

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City’s Rain Gardens Work Well, With Maintenance

-- Save The Date: Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum & Science Symposium Set For Nov. 19-20  [PaEN]

-- 19th Annual York Watershed Week Set For September 16 to 25  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's: Outdoor Education Program Restarts In PA This Fall; Sign Up Now  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Once A Year, Take The Road Not Traveled To Find Ghosts Of Pennsylvania’s Past

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Trends In U.N. Climate Report Point To An Altered Chesapeake Bay

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Citizen Action

-- Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On South Branch Conewago Creek Watershed TMDL Plan In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

-- York Conservation District Holds Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser Sept. 17 To Benefit York County Envirothon  [PaEN]

-- Sept. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn: Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 24 At Shawnee’s River Sanctuary

-- Western PA Conservancy: 2020 Annual Report - Meeting Challenges With Creativity, Innovation

-- Environmental Working Group: Avoid Potentially Toxic Algae, Almost 400 Outbreaks Already In 2021; 17 In PA

-- DEP: Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Climate

-- AP: Wolf Needs To Score Bigger Climate Victories, Activists Say

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission: Votes To Approve The Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- How Did We Get Here: Background On The Final EQB Regulation Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On House Committee Approve Resolution To Kill Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lawmakers Move To Block RGGI After Rule Wins Regulatory Approval

-- WilliamsportS: Sen. Yaw Angry Over Greenhouse Gas ‘Compact’ Vote  [It’s Not A Compact]

-- Sen. Comitta Applauds RGGI Approval By IRRC

-- AP: Pennsylvania’s Carbon Plan Clears Major Regulatory Hurdle

-- PG - Laura Legere: Wolf’s Carbon-Cutting Plan ‘In The Public Interest,’ Review Board Finds

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA’s RGGI Rule Nears Finish Line After Oversight Board Vote

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Set To Enter Northeast Initiative Limiting Carbon From Power Plants

-- Daily Signal: Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point In PA [RGGI]

-- DEP: Launches Nation’s 2nd State-Led Climate Leadership Academy, With More Than 150 Enrolled  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: It’s Not All Hurricane Ida, Land Use And Climate Change Drive Philly Flood Risk

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Climate Change’s ‘Fingerprint’ Seen In Ida Flooding

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Fatal Power Didn’t Shock Scientists Who Study How Climate Change Primed The Pump

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Trends In U.N. Climate Report Point To An Altered Chesapeake Bay

-- Penn State: Creates Task Force To Significantly Reduce University's Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 25-26 Penn State Family Symposium Focuses On Environmental Impacts On Families: Environmental Disasters, Climate Change, Built Environment  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Riverkeeper’s Quest To Protect The Delaware Watershed As The Rains Fall, Sea Level Rises

-- WilliamsportS: Meteorological Summer Was A Record-Setter

-- PG: Meteorologists: Chill Out Over Farmer’s Almanac’s Dire Winter Prediction

-- YorkDR: Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Colder, Drier Winter With Normal Snowfall

-- Inquirer - Guest Essay: Congress Can Help Philly Plant More Trees

-- PG - Anya Litvak: With So Much Utility-Scale Solar On The Horizon, PA Landowners Learning About A New Type Of Lease

-- PA Solar Center: Save The Date - Lancaster County Solar Energy Awards Oct.7

-- PPL: On Track To Achieve 70% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2035, 80% Reduction By 2040 On The Way To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer/Bloomberg: Satellites Find Methane Plumes Over Midwest Caused By Energy Transfer Natural Gas Pipeline Company [Mariner East Builder]

-- MCall: Mack Trucks To Soon Start Producing Electric Garbage Trucks At Lehigh Valley Facility

-- CCG PACE Funding: Closes On $15 Million In C-PACE Financing For Building 57 In Philadelphia's Navy Yard  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Editorial: What The Death Knell Of Fossil Fuels Means For PA

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- PG/WPost: U.S. Begins Detaining Solar Panel Imports Over Concerns About Forced Labor In China

-- CitizensV: Cartwright, Brown Advocate For Congress Investing In Climate Change

-- NPR: Our Future On A Hotter Planet Means More Climate Disasters Happening Simultaneously

-- EPA: Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts Of Climate Change On Socially Vulnerable Populations In U.S.

Coal Mining

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

Compliance Action

-- DEP: Approves Methods For Land Application Of Food Processing Residual Waste From Clinton County Meat Processor  [PaEN]

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $62,650 In Penalties  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Took Action On 931 Permits - 91% Met Decision Guarantee Deadline; Did 1,385 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- York Conservation District Holds Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser Sept. 17 To Benefit York County Envirothon  [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR: Gives Park, Forest Visitors Tips For Recreating Responsibly During Labor Day Weekend

-- DCNR: Construction To Limit Access To Northern Portion Of Lehigh Gorge State Park

-- WITF Smart Talk: DCNR Launches Park Access And Management Plan Laying Out Course For Next 25 Years

-- DCNR Blog: Walk With A Doc-- Advancing Wellness Through Nature

-- DCNR: To Close Some State Park, Forest Campsites Wednesday, Thursday Ahead Of Heavy Rain From Tropical Depression Ida  

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Beach, Boat Launch Closed Labor Day Weekend Due Ida To Flooding

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Kury Point Susquehanna River Observation Area Opens At Shikellamy State Park

-- Natural Lands: Adds Nearly 70 Acres To State Forest Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

-- Sept. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- Pike County Conservation District: Good Health And Nature By: Devan George, Communications Coordinator

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: When Will Peak Fall Foliage Hit PA This Fall?  Interactive Map Offers Early Look

DEP

-- Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads  [PaEN]

-- Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On South Branch Conewago Creek Watershed TMDL Plan In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Approves Methods For Land Application Of Food Processing Residual Waste From Clinton County Meat Processor  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Took Action On 931 Permits - 91% Met Decision Guarantee Deadline; Did 1,385 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

- DEP: Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Dam Safety

-- ReadingE:  Reading Will Drain Bernhart Dam Due To Hazard Risk

Delaware River

-- Inside Climate News: Riverkeeper’s Quest To Protect The Delaware Watershed As The Rains Fall, Sea Level Rises

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Sept. 3 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Register Now For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24 [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant: Welcomes 4 New Staff: Susquehanna & Delaware River Watershed Specialists, Lake Erie Outreach Specialist, Education Lead

Drinking Water

-- PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Why Has PFAS Health Study Been Delayed In Bucks County?

-- ReadingE:  Reading Will Drain Bernhart Dam Due To Hazard Risk

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Water Authority Looks To Sell Excess Supplies Of Potable Water To Industries

Economic Development

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- CCG PACE Funding: Closes On $15 Million In C-PACE Financing For Building 57 In Philadelphia's Navy Yard  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Southwestern Energy Drilling, Williams Pipeline Sponsor New Teaching Facilities

Education

-- Penn State Master Gardeners: Sept. 10 - Fueling Fall Pollinator Migration

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: To Host Fall Native Plant Sale Sept. 11; Fall Migration In Full Swing  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County: Hold Using Your Five Senses In The Garden Program Sept. 13 In Carlisle

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Sept. 16 - The GIANT Company Clean Energy, Pollinator Initiatives, Cumberland County

-- 19th Annual York Watershed Week Set For September 16 to 25  [PaEN]

-- York Conservation District Holds Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser Sept. 17 To Benefit York County Envirothon  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Assn.: Keystone Woodland And Field Day On Sept. 18 In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn: Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 24 At Shawnee’s River Sanctuary

-- Register Now For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24 [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Popular Game Commission Stony Valley Driving Tour Set For Oct. 17  In Dauphin County

-- Oct. 25-26 Penn State Family Symposium Focuses On Environmental Impacts On Families: Environmental Disasters, Climate Change, Built Environment  [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum & Science Symposium Set For Nov. 19-20  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's: Outdoor Education Program Restarts In PA This Fall; Sign Up Now  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Creates Task Force To Significantly Reduce University's Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Southwestern Energy Drilling, Williams Pipeline Sponsor New Teaching Facilities

-- Now On Demand: Southwest PA Water Agencies Flood Education Series For Allegheny County Homeowners & Business Owners  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant: Welcomes 4 New Staff: Susquehanna & Delaware River Watershed Specialists, Lake Erie Outreach Specialist, Education Lead

-- PA Horticultural Society: Tree Tender Basic Training Scheduled For This Fall

-- Lackawanna College Environmental Education Center: Offers Early Explorers Outdoor Program For Children  [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center: Post New Wildfires/Smokey Bear Video In Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Series  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Update On Mystery Songbird Disease Planned By Penn State Extension

-- Penn State Centers Receive Grant To Partner With Elementary Teachers In PA On Understanding Pollinator Research

-- Western PA Conservancy: Guide To Implementing A Canoe Access Site In Your Community

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: When Will Peak Fall Foliage Hit PA This Fall?  Interactive Map Offers Early Look

-- DEP: Launches Nation’s 2nd State-Led Climate Leadership Academy, With More Than 150 Enrolled  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Da Vinci Science Center Secures Funding For Downtown Allentown Project

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: If It’s Not Labor Day, When Is The First Day Of Fall?

Emergency Response

-- Gov. Wolf: Federal SBA Low-Interest Loans To Be Made Available For Those Affected By August Flash Flooding In Tioga, Bradford, Lycoming, Potter  [PaEN]

-- NPR: Our Future On A Hotter Planet Means More Climate Disasters Happening Simultaneously

-- WilliamsportS: Meteorological Summer Was A Record-Setter

-- PG: Meteorologists: Chill Out Over Farmer’s Almanac’s Dire Winter Prediction

-- YorkDR: Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Colder, Drier Winter With Normal Snowfall

-- Oct. 25-26 Penn State Family Symposium Focuses On Environmental Impacts On Families: Environmental Disasters, Climate Change, Built Environment  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: 4 Tornadoes Hit 2 PA Counties In 90 Minutes; Here’s How It Happened

-- WHYY: The Science Behind The Delaware Valley’s Tornado Summer

-- WPost: Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer

-- WPost: Burying Power Lines Isn’t The Only Way To Weatherproof The Grid; Scientists Have Other Ideas

Energy

-- AP: Wolf Needs To Score Bigger Climate Victories, Activists Say

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission: Votes To Approve The Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- How Did We Get Here: Background On The Final EQB Regulation Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On House Committee Approve Resolution To Kill Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lawmakers Move To Block RGGI After Rule Wins Regulatory Approval

-- WilliamsportS: Sen. Yaw Angry Over Greenhouse Gas ‘Compact’ Vote  [It’s Not A Compact]

-- Sen. Comitta Applauds RGGI Approval By IRRC

-- AP: Pennsylvania’s Carbon Plan Clears Major Regulatory Hurdle

-- PG - Laura Legere: Wolf’s Carbon-Cutting Plan ‘In The Public Interest,’ Review Board Finds

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA’s RGGI Rule Nears Finish Line After Oversight Board Vote

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Set To Enter Northeast Initiative Limiting Carbon From Power Plants

-- Daily Signal: Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point In PA [RGGI]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: With So Much Utility-Scale Solar On The Horizon, PA Landowners Learning About A New Type Of Lease

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Sept. 16 - The GIANT Company Clean Energy, Pollinator Initiatives, Cumberland County

-- PA Solar Center: Save The Date - Lancaster County Solar Energy Awards Oct.7

-- PPL: On Track To Achieve 70% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2035, 80% Reduction By 2040 On The Way To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Won’t Be Prosecuted Over Failed Nuclear Project, Will Pay Out Over $21 Million

-- PG/WPost: U.S. Begins Detaining Solar Panel Imports Over Concerns About Forced Labor In China

-- ScrantonT: UGI Natural Gas Bills To Increase

-- CNBC: Bitcoin Miners And Oil & Gas Execs Mingled At Secretive Meetup In Houston - Here’s What They Talked About

-- NYT: Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries, How Is That Possible?

-- Inquirer Editorial: What The Death Knell Of Fossil Fuels Means For PA

-- WPost: Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer

-- WPost: Burying Power Lines Isn’t The Only Way To Weatherproof The Grid; Scientists Have Other Ideas

Energy Conservation

-- CCG PACE Funding: Closes On $15 Million In C-PACE Financing For Building 57 In Philadelphia's Navy Yard  [PaEN]

Environmental Health

-- PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Why Has PFAS Health Study Been Delayed In Bucks County?

-- ReadingT: Reading Awarded $3.3 Million Lead-Based Paint Removal Grant

-- Oct. 25-26 Penn State Family Symposium Focuses On Environmental Impacts On Families: Environmental Disasters, Climate Change, Built Environment  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Working Group: Avoid Potentially Toxic Algae, Almost 400 Outbreaks Already In 2021; 17 In PA

-- EPA: Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts Of Climate Change On Socially Vulnerable Populations In U.S.

Environmental Heritage

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Kury Point Susquehanna River Observation Area Opens At Shikellamy State Park

September 11 - Remembered

-- TribLive: 20th Observance At Flight 93 Memorial Closed To Public

-- AP: Biden To Mark 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 At 3 Memorial Sites

-- The Hill: Fmr President Bush To Speak On 9/11 At Memorial In Shanksville

-- PG - Daniel Moore: Tom Ridge Protected The Homeland By Crafting Better Bureaucracy, Can DHS Combat At New Age Of Threats?

-- TribLive: Families Forged Resolve To See Flight 93 National Memorial

-- TribLive: Shanksville Remains Forever Connected To 9/11 And United Flight 93

-- WITF: Part Of Flight 93 Crashed On My Land - I Went Back To The Sacred Ground 20 Years Later

-- AP: 20 Years After 9/11: ‘We Will Live With The Scars’ Forever

-- MCall: A Lehigh Valley Priest Who Comforted The Bereaved Of The Pentagon Attack Remembers Lights In The Darkness

-- WITF: For Muslim And Arab Immigrants In PA, Sept. 11 Forever Changed Their Lives

-- WHYY: Bucks County Lost 18 On Sept. 11, 2 Decades Later A Memorial In Their Honor Offers Solace

-- WITF: Two Decades After 9/11, Have State Lawmakers Forgotten How To Come Together During Tragedies?

-- Penn State Master Gardeners: Aid Cleanup Effort At Flight 93 National Memorial

-- YorkDR: New Federal Bill May Give Boost To 9/11 National Memorial Trail

Environmental Justice

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

-- EPA: Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts Of Climate Change On Socially Vulnerable Populations In U.S.

EPA

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Federal Judge Vacates EPA Rollback Of Protections For Streams, Wetlands

-- WPost: Federal Judge Throws Out Waters Of U.S. Rule Allowing Filling Of Streams, Wetlands

-- EPA: Report Shows Disproportionate Impacts Of Climate Change On Socially Vulnerable Populations In U.S.

Farming

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Warns Of high Water Conditions Thru Labor Day Weekend

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Dangerous Water Levels To Flow In Rivers, Streams Thru Labor Day

-- PG - John Hayes: Researchers Celebrate The Return Of Native Lake Trout To Lake Erie

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Avoidable Crisis Looms At PA Wildlife Agencies On Appointments To Fill Board Vacancies  By Robb Miller, Fmr. Wildlife Advisor To Governors Rendell, Wolf

Flooding - Hurricane Ida

Articles about Hurricane Ida’s impact on Pennsylvania from first warnings, flooding, tornadoes, deaths, damage to initial recovery--

-- Gov. Wolf: Signs Weather Emergency Declaration In Anticipation Of Widespread Flooding

-- National Weather Service - State College: Updated Rainfall Forecast [PaEN]

-- DEP: Storm And Flood Recovery Fact Sheets And Information [PaEN]

-- PUC: Offers Safety Tips As Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Approach  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Scranton Issues Emergency Declaration, Plans To Close Floodgates

-- CitizensV: NE PA Ready For Ida, Officials Say; Flash Flooding Likely

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Prepares For Soaking Rains, Flooding From Ida; 3rd Time In Past 2 Weeks Hit By Tropical Systems

-- WHYY: Philly Region Braces For Heavy Rain, Flash Floods, Isolated Tornadoes

-- PennLive: Hurricane Ida’s Remnants Create Flash Flooding Risk Not Seen In Central PA In Years

-- PennLive: Central PA School Districts Close, Go Remote To Avoid Ida Complications

-- TribLive -  Mary Ann Thomas: Rain Total Predictions For Western PA As Ida Approaches

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Residents In Flood-Prone Areas Prepare For Remnants From Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Expected To Bring Rain, Flooding To Much Of PA

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Ida Expected To Bring Heavy Rain, Flash Floods To PA

-- Inquirer: Ida Remnants May Threaten Philly With First Significant Delaware River Flooding In 10 Years

-- TribLive: Remnants Of Hurricane Ida To Bring Heavy Rain, Potential Flooding To Western PA

-- AltoonaM: Bedford County Braces For Heavy Rains From Ida

-- WBTimes: Flood Gates Closed At Riverfront Park In Wilkes-Barre

-- CitizensV: Luzerne County Closes Flood Gates Along Susquehanna River

-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers: To Draw Down Reservoirs At Francis E. Walter Dam, Blue Marsh Lake In Advance Of Hurricane Ida

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-- MCall: Ida Brings Widespread Flash Flooding To Lehigh Valley, Prompting Water Rescues As 4-8 Inches Of Rain Falls

-- ScrantonT: Hurricane Ida Dumps More Than 5 Inches On NE PA Region

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River To Rise To Within 1 Foot Of Flood Stage In Harrisburg

-- TribLive: Remnants Of Ida Bring Heavy Rainfalls, Flooding Across Western PA

-- TribLive: Corps Of Engineers Declares State Of Emergency Along Monongahela River

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-- WBTimes: Mandatory Evacuations In Parts Of Wilkes-Barre

-- Inquirer: Evacuations Advised In Parts Of Chester, Montgomery Counties As Schuylkill River Expected To Crest At Record Level

-- Inquirer: Ida Remnants Spawn Tornadoes, Delugest, Flash Floods In Philly Region, Significant River Flooding Is Next

-- Gov. Wolf: Sends Emergency Responders To Bucks County Following Severe Weather

-- CourierT: Ida Forces Evacuations, Floods Towns, Closes Schools, National Guard On Its Way To Bucks

-- AltoonaM: Ida Remnants Swamp Blair County Region Prompting Evacuations, Road Closures

-- PennLive: Ida Soaks PA Leaving Behind Floods, Power Outages And Tornado Damage: Full Coverage

-- PennLive: Over 109,000 People Without Power In Central, Eastern PA Due To Ida

-- LancasterOnline: Full Coverage Of Ida Impacts In Lancaster Region

-- YorkDR: Ida Moves Out, But Flooding, Road Closures Are Still Possible In Central PA

-- MCall: Nearly 24,000 In Lehigh Valley Without Power, Major Flooding At Lehigh River Near Easton

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-- WITF/AP: Ida’s Remnants Close Roads, Prompt Concerns Of Dam Failure

-- AP: Heavy Rain Prompts Evacuation Below Johnstown Area Dam

-- WJAC: Wilmore Dam Reaches Capacity; Residents Being Evacuated

-- ScrantonT: Before And After: Scranton Streams And Rivers During Ida

-- CitizensV: Rain Deluge Collapses Roads, But Flood Measures Save Homes

-- WBTimes: Cleanup Begins After Record Rain Storm

-- MCall: Ida Drops Up To 8 Inches Of Rain On Lehigh Valley Area, Major Flooding Continues Along Rivers

-- MCall: After Ida Swamped Lehigh Valley, Residents Muck Out, Size Up Damage

-- WHYY: Ida’s Remnants Lead To Historic Flooding; Shelter-In-Place Along Schuylkill River

-- Billy Penn: Photos/Video Of Flooded Highway In The Middle Of Philadelphia

-- LancasterOnline: Photos Of Flooding In Lancaster County

-- YorkDR: Aftermath Of Ida In Photos, The Day After A Record Storm In PA

-- AltoonaM: Floods Continue To Impact Blair County Region

-- PG: Pittsburgh Residents Begin Cleanup After Ida Floods Area

-- PennLive: Gov. Wolf Updates Damage From Ida: More Than 370 Roads Closed In PA, ‘Thousands” Of Water Rescues

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Conowingo Dam Floodgates Opened, Causing Flooded Roads And Bay Debris

-- USA Today: ‘We’re Not Out Of This Yet’: At least 46 Dead After Flooding Overwhelms NYC, Northeast [5 in PA]

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 -- Inquirer: Ida’s Legacy: 5 Deaths, 7 Tornadoes Record Flooding, Hundreds Of Water Rescues, One Incredibly Soggy Mess

-- CourierT: Ida Claims Lives In Bucks, Montgomery Counties; Bucks Sees Widespread Flooding, Damage

-- MCall: Flooding Kills Stranded Driver In Bucks County, At Least 3 Dead In Montgomery County

-- PennLive: Parent Of PA Student-Athlete Drowns In Flood While Driving Home From Match

-- Inquirer: ‘It Came Too Fast’ Record Floodwaters Brought Rescues, Damage, Terror, Grief

-- WHYY: Long Recovery Ahead As Ida’s Remnants Lead To Historic Flooding, Tornadoes In Philly Region

-- AP: Cleanup And Mourning Continue After Ida Soaks Northeast U.S.

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-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: As Tornadoes Strike, Horrified Families Watch Their Philly-Area Homes Explode Around Them

-- CourierT: Follow The Paths Of 4 Tornadoes That Hit Bucks, Montgomery Counties

-- PennLive: 4 Tornadoes Hit 2 PA Counties In 90 Minutes; Here’s How It Happened

-- WHYY: The Science Behind The Delaware Valley’s Tornado Summer

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-- YorkDR: Roads, Bridges Remain Closed In York County Following Ida Flooding

-- YorkDR: Dover Township Slammed By Ida, One Of The Worst Floods On Record

-- LancasterOnline: Ida Swamps Lancaster County

-- CourierT: Bucks County Residents Recount Neshaminy Creek Flooding Nightmare

-- CourierT: Bucks County River Towns Spared Major Flooding As Delaware River Recedes

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Area Rocked By Ida As 676 Remains Closed

-- CourierT: Why Residents Along Neshaminy Creek Don’t Run When It Floods In Bucks County

-- KYW: Volunteers Come Together To Help Clean Up Schuylkill River Trail

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-- WHYY: Philly Lawmakers: PA Should Tap COVID Relief Funds To Help Flooded Businesses

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Storm And Flood Recovery Fact Sheets And Information [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage [PaEN]

-- PUC: Offers Safety Tips As Remnants Of Hurricane Ida Approach  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: To Close Some State Park, Forest Campsites Wednesday, Thursday Ahead Of Heavy Rain From Tropical Depression Ida  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Resources Available On Preventing, Recovering From Flood Damage  [PaEN]

-- AG Shapiro: In Wake Of Hurricane Ida, AG Shapiro Reminds Homeowners Of The Rights, Warns Of Scams

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-- WHYY: How Philly’s Trash Problem Made Hurricane Ida Flooding Worse

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Climate Change’s ‘Fingerprint’ See In Ida Flooding

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Fatal Power Didn’t Shock Scientists Who Study How Climate Change Primed The Pump

-- WHYY: It’s Not All Hurricane Ida, Land Use And Climate Change Drive Philly Flood Risk

--  AP: Why Was Ida So Devastating As It Flooded The Northeast?

-- NPR: How Climate Change is Fueling Hurricanes Like Ida

-- Inquirer: Ida’s Costs Could Reach $95 Billion, On Top Of COVID, ‘It’s One More Painful Thing’

-- WBTimes: Nature Reminds Us That Infrastructure Matters

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Ida, Like Lee, Reminds Us Of Nature’s Power

-- WPost: Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer

-- WPost: Burying Power Lines Isn’t The Only Way To Weatherproof The Grid; Scientists Have Other Ideas

Flooding

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf: Federal SBA Low-Interest Loans To Be Made Available For Those Affected By August Flash Flooding In Tioga, Bradford, Lycoming, Potter  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: Dover Township Slammed By Ida, One Of The Worst Floods On Record

-- CourierT: Why Residents Along Neshaminy Creek Don’t Run When It Floods In Bucks County

-- WHYY: It’s Not All Hurricane Ida, Land Use And Climate Change Drive Philly Flood Risk

-- CourierT: Living On Neshaminy Creek In Bucks County: You Gotta Go Up Or Get Out, That’s Just What 261 Homeowners Did

-- WBTimes: Scars From 2011 Flood Linger On Local Landscape, Local Hearts

-- Now On Demand: Southwest PA Water Agencies Flood Education Series For Allegheny County Homeowners & Business Owners  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Nature Reminds Us That Infrastructure Matters

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Ida, Like Lee, Reminds Us Of Nature’s Power

-- WBTimes: Need To Bring Duryea Levee Up To Standards Presented To Luzerne County Council

-- WPost: Nearly 1 In 3 Americans Experienced A Weather Disaster This Summer

-- WPost: Burying Power Lines Isn’t The Only Way To Weatherproof The Grid; Scientists Have Other Ideas

Forests

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Gives Park, Forest Visitors Tips For Recreating Responsibly During Labor Day Weekend

-- DCNR: Construction To Limit Access To Northern Portion Of Lehigh Gorge State Park

-- Natural Lands: Adds Nearly 70 Acres To State Forest Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

-- Sept. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- PA Forestry Assn.: Keystone Woodland And Field Day On Sept. 18 In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh City Council Moves Ahead On Effort To Celebrate Pittsburgh Trees

-- PA Horticultural Society: Tree Tender Basic Training Scheduled For This Fall

-- Inquirer - Guest Essay: Congress Can Help Philly Plant More Trees

-- Penn State: By Reducing Forest Floor Temperatures, Invasive Shrubs Stifle Native Species

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: September eSprout Newsletter

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: When Will Peak Fall Foliage Hit PA This Fall?  Interactive Map Offers Early Look

Forests - Wildfires

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center: Post New Wildfires/Smokey Bear Video In Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Series  [PaEN]

-- AP: Wildfire Evacuees Flood Lake Tahoe Roads In Rush To Flee

Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First Hunting Seasons Open In PA Sept. 1

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Popular Game Commission Stony Valley Driving Tour Set For Oct. 17  In Dauphin County

-- Guest Essay: Avoidable Crisis Looms At PA Wildlife Agencies On Appointments To Fill Board Vacancies  By Robb Miller, Fmr. Wildlife Advisor To Governors Rendell, Wolf

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

Geologic Hazards

-- Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9  [PaEN]

Grants/Funding

-- PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City’s Rain Gardens Work Well, With Maintenance

-- Western PA Conservancy: 2020 Annual Report - Meeting Challenges With Creativity, Innovation

Hazardous Substances

-- PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Why Has PFAS Health Study Been Delayed In Bucks County?

-- ReadingT: Reading Awarded $3.3 Million Lead-Based Paint Removal Grant

-- Environmental Working Group: Avoid Potentially Toxic Algae, Almost 400 Outbreaks Already In 2021; 17 In PA

Land Conservation

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]-- Natural Lands: Adds Nearly 70 Acres To State Forest Lands In Berks County [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: 2020 Annual Report - Meeting Challenges With Creativity, Innovation

Land Recycling

-- TribLive Editorial: A New Era For The Carrie Furnace Beckons  [Land Recycling]

-- NextPittsburgh: Carrie Furnace Could Go From Industrial Site To Film Studio

-- ReadingE: Fmr Titus Generating Station In Berks Sold For $200,000 To Be Turned Into Plastics Waste Processing Facility

Land Use

-- 10,000 Friends Of PA: Extend Commonwealth Award Nominations To Sept. 7

Lake Erie

-- PG - John Hayes: Researchers Celebrate The Return Of Native Lake Trout To Lake Erie

-- Environmental Working Group: Avoid Potentially Toxic Algae, Almost 400 Outbreaks Already In 2021; 17 In PA

-- PA Sea Grant: Welcomes 4 New Staff: Susquehanna & Delaware River Watershed Specialists, Lake Erie Outreach Specialist, Education Lead

Mine Reclamation

-- PennLive: DEP Awards $255,000 Contract To Reclaim Northumberland County Coal Mine Fire Site

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Penn State Detector Shines New Light On Ability To Locate Rare Earth Minerals In Acid Mine Drainage

Oil & Gas

-- Groups Gathering Support For Letter Urging DEP, Gov. Wolf, AG Shapiro To Support A Total Ban On Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater; 240.4 Million Gallons Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater Dumped On PA Roads  [PaEN]

-- Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Study Finds Drilling Wastewater No Best Option For Road Treatment

-- Columbus Dispatch: Ohio Dept. Of Transportation To Stop Buying Deicer Made From Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater

-- Warren Times: Conventional Drillers Advisory Group Talks Road Dumping Of Brine; DEP Willingness To Permit Spreading Of Brine On Roads

-- DEP: Publishes Final Guidance On Area Of Review For Unconventional Oil & Gas Drilling Permits  [PaEN]

-- AP: Wolf Needs To Score Bigger Climate Victories, Activists Say

-- Seneca Resources: To Seek Responsibility Sourced Gas Certification From Project Canary

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Marcellus Shale Well Proposed On Arconic Property In Upper Burrell

-- PennLive Letter: Shale Gas Revolution Helping To Meet Challenges Of Today’s Complex World - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- ScrantonT: Southwestern Energy Drilling, Williams Pipeline Sponsor New Teaching Facilities

-- ScrantonT: UGI Natural Gas Bills To Increase

-- Inquirer Editorial: What The Death Knell Of Fossil Fuels Means For PA

-- CNBC: Bitcoin Miners And Oil & Gas Execs Mingled At Secretive Meetup In Houston - Here’s What They Talked About

-- NYT: Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries, How Is That Possible?

-- Bloomberg Law: Bankruptcies Fueling Environmental Crisis At Abandoned Oil Wells

Pipelines

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $62,650 In Penalties  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer/Bloomberg: Satellites Find Methane Plumes Over Midwest Caused By Energy Transfer Natural Gas Pipeline Company [Mariner East Builder]

PennVEST

-- PennVEST Awards $5.2 Million Forgiveness Loan To Aqua PA For PFAS Water Treatment System In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

Permitting

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On South Branch Conewago Creek Watershed TMDL Plan In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Took Action On 931 Permits - 91% Met Decision Guarantee Deadline; Did 1,385 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

- DEP: Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Radiation Monitoring Of Drilling Wastes; More On DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Agenda Sept. 9  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On South Branch Conewago Creek Watershed TMDL Plan In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 4 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Partners Seek Input On Diversity, Inclusion  [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $62,650 In Penalties  [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Won’t Be Prosecuted Over Failed Nuclear Project, Will Pay Out Over $21 Million

Recreation

-- DCNR: Gives Park, Forest Visitors Tips For Recreating Responsibly During Labor Day Weekend

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Beach, Boat Launch Closed Labor Day Weekend Due Ida To Flooding

-- DCNR: Construction To Limit Access To Northern Portion Of Lehigh Gorge State Park

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Kury Point Susquehanna River Observation Area Opens At Shikellamy State Park

-- Sept. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Once A Year, Take The Road Not Traveled To Find Ghosts Of Pennsylvania’s Past

-- WITF Smart Talk: DCNR Launches Park Access And Management Plan Laying Out Course For Next 25 Years

-- WITF Smart Talk: Hiking Alone Safely Is Both Enjoyable, And Safe, With A Little Planning

-- KYW: Volunteers Come Together To Help Clean Up Schuylkill River Trail

-- YorkDR: New Walking Trail Will Connect 2 Parking Lots At Rocky Ridge County Park In York County

-- CentreDT: Summer Isn’t Over Yet, Get Out And Enjoy Centre County’s Natural Spaces

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Local Residents Paddle Length Of Susquehanna River In Search Of Adventure, History

-- PG: 4 Arrested In Crackdown On Pittsburgh ATV, Dirt Bike ‘Ride-Outs’

-- Pike County Conservation District: Good Health And Nature By: Devan George, Communications Coordinator

-- DCNR Blog: Walk With A Doc-- Advancing Wellness Through Nature

-- Western PA Conservancy: Guide To Implementing A Canoe Access Site In Your Community

-- PG: Scooter Craze: Spin Pilot Program Seeing Growth In Pittsburgh And In Complaints

-- PG: With e-Bike Use Growing, Pittsburgh Transit Will Allow Them On Transit Vehicles

-- Environmental Working Group: Avoid Potentially Toxic Algae, Almost 400 Outbreaks Already In 2021; 17 In PA

Recycling/Waste

-- DEP: Holds Virtual Hearing Sept. 22 On Air Quality Permit Renewal For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Approves Methods For Land Application Of Food Processing Residual Waste From Clinton County Meat Processor  [PaEN]

-- PG Editorial: Time To Cut Back On Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- PG: We Built A Room, And Connections, With Recycled Slate

-- ReadingE: Fmr Titus Generating Station In Berks Sold For $200,000 To Be Turned Into Plastics Waste Processing Facility

Renewable Energy

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission: Votes To Approve The Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- How Did We Get Here: Background On The Final EQB Regulation Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On House Committee Approve Resolution To Kill Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lawmakers Move To Block RGGI After Rule Wins Regulatory Approval

-- WilliamsportS: Sen. Yaw Angry Over Greenhouse Gas ‘Compact’ Vote  [It’s Not A Compact]

-- Sen. Comitta Applauds RGGI Approval By IRRC

-- AP: Pennsylvania’s Carbon Plan Clears Major Regulatory Hurdle

-- PG - Laura Legere: Wolf’s Carbon-Cutting Plan ‘In The Public Interest,’ Review Board Finds

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA’s RGGI Rule Nears Finish Line After Oversight Board Vote

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Set To Enter Northeast Initiative Limiting Carbon From Power Plants

-- Daily Signal: Climate Regulations Reach Critical Turning Point In PA [RGGI]

-- PA Conservative Energy Forum: Sept. 16 - The GIANT Company Clean Energy, Pollinator Initiatives, Cumberland County

-- PG - Anya Litvak: With So Much Utility-Scale Solar On The Horizon, PA Landowners Learning About A New Type Of Lease

-- PA Solar Center: Save The Date - Lancaster County Solar Energy Awards Oct.7

-- PPL: On Track To Achieve 70% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2035, 80% Reduction By 2040 On The Way To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions By 2050  [PaEN]

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Coal Country AFL-CIO Presidents Agree - Federal Climate Action Must Create Good Union Jobs  [ReImagine Appalachia]

-- Inquirer Editorial: What The Death Knell Of Fossil Fuels Means For PA

-- PG/WPost: U.S. Begins Detaining Solar Panel Imports Over Concerns About Forced Labor In China

Schuylkill River

-- Register Now For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24 [PaEN]

Stormwater

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City’s Rain Gardens Work Well, With Maintenance

Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Record Eel Passage At Conowingo Dam Brings Clean Water Benefits Upstream

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Local Residents Paddle Length Of Susquehanna River In Search Of Adventure, History

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's: Outdoor Education Program Restarts In PA This Fall; Sign Up Now  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant: Welcomes 4 New Staff: Susquehanna & Delaware River Watershed Specialists, Lake Erie Outreach Specialist, Education Lead

Watershed Protection

-- After More Than A Decade Of Warnings Significant Funding Was Needed, Floods Are Again Devastating Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On Draft Chapter 105 Alternatives Analysis Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Comments On South Branch Conewago Creek Watershed TMDL Plan In Adams County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation's: Outdoor Education Program Restarts In PA This Fall; Sign Up Now  [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum & Science Symposium Set For Nov. 19-20  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City’s Rain Gardens Work Well, With Maintenance

-- Register Now For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24 [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Riverkeeper’s Quest To Protect The Delaware Watershed As The Rains Fall, Sea Level Rises

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Sept. 3 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN]

-- 19th Annual York Watershed Week Set For September 16 to 25  [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn: Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 24 At Shawnee’s River Sanctuary

-- PA Sea Grant: Welcomes 4 New Staff: Susquehanna & Delaware River Watershed Specialists, Lake Erie Outreach Specialist, Education Lead

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Wildlife

-- PG - John Hayes: Researchers Celebrate The Return Of Native Lake Trout To Lake Erie

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Warns Of High Water Conditions Thru Labor Day Weekend

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Dangerous Water Levels To Flow In Rivers, Streams Thru Labor Day

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Record Number Of American Eels Moved To Spots Above Dams In Susquehanna River

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Record Eel Passage At Conowingo Dam Brings Clean Water Benefits Upstream

-- New Report Outlines Key Ways To Reconnect Nature Through Wildlife Corridors  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Protecting Pennsylvania’s Plants & Animals

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Provides Wild Heritage News Update  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First Hunting Seasons Open In PA Sept. 1

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Popular Game Commission Stony Valley Driving Tour Set For Oct. 17  In Dauphin County

-- Guest Essay: Avoidable Crisis Looms At PA Wildlife Agencies On Appointments To Fill Board Vacancies  By Robb Miller, Fmr. Wildlife Advisor To Governors Rendell, Wolf

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Update On Mystery Songbird Disease Planned By Penn State Extension

-- NextPittsburgh: BirdSafe Pittsburgh Urges Lights Out For Migratory Birds

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: To Host Fall Native Plant Sale Sept. 11; Fall Migration In Full Swing  [PaEN]

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- YorkD: More West Nile Positive Mosquitoes Found In York County

-- iHeartRadio: Plant Harboring Deer Ticks With Lyme Disease Growing In PA - Japanese Barberry

Other

-- WilliamsportS: Meteorological Summer Was A Record-Setter

-- PG: Meteorologists: Chill Out Over Farmer’s Almanac’s Dire Winter Prediction

-- YorkDR: Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Colder, Drier Winter With Normal Snowfall

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9/6/2021