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Links to all the articles and NewsClips in this week’s PA Environment Digest by topic in one place--
Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 14 Meeting To Consider Resolution Killing Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Sen. Yaw Correct About State Collaboration With RGGI
-- House Committee Sets Sept. 27 Hearing On Biosolids Permit Revisions [PaEN]
-- House Adds Sept. 20, 21, 22 To Voting Session Schedule
Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------
Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--
-- PA Capitol News: Top 10 Stories From Harrisburg Last Week [PaEN]
Articles & NewsClips By Topic -------------------------------------------------------
Air
-- DEP: Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Waste-To-Energy Is A Bad Deal For Chester [Delaware County] And Other Polluted Communities
-- EDF: What To Look For As EPA Readies Landmark Methane Rules
Alternative Fuels
-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Based Wabtec Unveils First Battery-Electric Train
-- AP: Lithium Fuels Hopes For Revival On California’s Largest Lake
Awards & Recognition
-- PennFuture: Honors 11 Women From NE PA During 7th Annual Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards Event [PaEN]
-- Sand County Foundation: Announces 3 Finalists For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance: Recognizes Green Building, Sustainability Excellence In Pittsburgh Region [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Pittsburgh-Based Green Building Alliance Honoring A Steel Company?
-- Observer-Reporter: PA’s First Female Coal Miner Hailed From Bentleyville, Washington County
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Harrisburg's Christian Alexandersen Tells About His Quest To Visit All 121 State Parks In 224 Days [PaEN]
-- Call For WeConservePA Land Conservation Conference Workshop Proposals; Award Nominations [PaEN]
-- River Network: Nominate A River Hero Today
-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Pittsburgh-Based Green Building Alliance Honoring A Steel Company?
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: Groundbreaking Pilot Project Helps Restore Eastern Hellbenders To Susquehanna River Watershed - Part I [PaEN]
-- Heralding The Eastern Hellbender - Severing Stereotypes Offers A Step Toward Savoring The Salamander’s Significance - Part II [PaEN]
-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment [PaEN]
-- SunburyDI: A Visit To Pennsylvania’s Elk Region
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Teaching Machines To ID Bird Songs To Help Save Imperiled Species
-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: Holds Virtual Fall Member Meeting Nov. 6; Volunteers Rock PSU Planting Day [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Watch For Mass Movements Of Spotted Lanternflies
-- Lancaster Farming: Fall Armyworm Causing Devastation In Parts Of PA
-- TribLive: Armyworms Wreak Havoc On Lawns, Crops In ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Storm-Carried Armyworms Devastating PA Lawns, Fields As Part Of ‘Once In A Generation Outbreak’
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: Get Your Hands Dirty This Fall Planting These 5 Native Plants
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Officials Seek Public Input For Spending $105 Million In COVID Relief
-- ErieT Guest Essay: American Rescue Plan Funds Offer PA A Chance To Improve Water Quality, Mitigate Flooding - PennFuture
-- PG: Pittsburgh Controller To Council: Better Monitoring Needed For Federal COVID Relief Dollars
Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- AP: Federal Lawmakers Vow Action On Infrastructure After Ida Floods Gulf Coast, Northeast
Budget
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Announces Rate Settlement With PUC; Includes New Stormwater Fee [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Stormwater Fee Looks Likely For Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers
Chesapeake Bay
-- Sand County Foundation: Announces 3 Finalists For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards Of Berks & Schuylkill Counties: Hold Sept. 25 Riparian Buffer Planting In Reading
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Conservation Opportunity - A New Focus On Leased Farmland [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: What Does Hurricane Ida Mean For The Chesapeake Bay? [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal Forum: EPA Picking Up The Pace Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Acting EPA Region 3 Administrator
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Citizen Action
-- Join Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: For The 2021 Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council: Pop-Up E-Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During October [PaEN]
-- TribLive: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Coming To South Park
-- DEP: Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Cumberland County Seeks Input On Climate Action Plan
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Adds Acres To State Forest System In Berks County
-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards Of Berks & Schuylkill Counties: Hold Sept. 25 Riparian Buffer Planting In Reading
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: Get Your Hands Dirty This Fall Planting These 5 Native Plants
-- Sept. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Climate
-- Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 14 Meeting To Consider Resolution Killing Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN]
-- Center Square: Solar Industry Tells Lawmakers To Incentivize Growth In PA
-- City & State: Energy Storage Seen As Crucial To Meeting Renewable Energy Goals
-- ScrantonT: Solar Energy Goal Part Of Answer
-- Guest Essay: Keys For The Keystone State To Help Tackle The Climate Crisis By Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment & Michael Mann, Penn State University [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Sen. Yaw Correct About State Collaboration With RGGI
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Clean Air, Strong Economy Can Coexist [RGGI]
-- National Fuel Gas: Announces Target Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030 [PaEN]
-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Based Wabtec Unveils First Battery-Electric Train
-- ScrantonT: Scranton Rabbi To Sign Climate Change Declaration At Vatican
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Launches Course To Train Climate Leaders
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Cumberland County Seeks Input On Climate Action Plan
-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- PPL Utilities: Subsidiaries Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utility Company And University Of Kentucky Form Partnership To Study Capture Of CO2 Emissions From Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants
-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In August [PaEN]
-- AP: In NYC After Ida, Biden Calls Climate ‘Everybody’s Crisis’
-- WPost: Biden Surveys Ida Damage In NE, Warns Of A Climate Change ‘Code Red’
-- NPR: Biden Sounds Alarm On Climate Change In Visit To Hurricane-Wracked New Jersey
-- AP: Treasured Western U.S. Trout Streams Wither Amid Heat, Drought
-- AP: Solar Energy Could Generate 40% Of U.S. Electricity By 2035
-- WSJ: Action On Climate Change Is Urged By 220 Leading Medical Journals In Unprecedented Plea
-- WHYY: Enough With The Climate Jargon: Scientists Aim For Clearer Messages On Climate Change
-- EDF: What To Look For As EPA Readies Landmark Methane Rules
-- The Guardian: States Across American West See Hottest Summer On Record
-- AP: UN Secretary-General: World Is At ‘Pivotal Moment’ And Must Prevent A Future Of Perpetual Crisis
Coal Mining
-- DEP: Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: PA’s First Female Coal Miner Hailed From Bentleyville, Washington County
Compliance Action
-- DEP: Acts On 742 Permits - 91% Meet Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 798 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
DCNR
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Incident Management Team Helps Manage Response To Western U.S. Wildfires; Six 20-Person PA Crews Directly Fought Fires [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Harrisburg's Christian Alexandersen Tells About His Quest To Visit All 121 State Parks In 224 Days [PaEN]
-- Sept. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Public News Service: PA Forest Action Plan Could Help Prevent Damage From Extreme Weather, Like Ida
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Adds Acres To State Forest System In Berks County
-- Gov. Wolf: Announces COVID Vaccine Clinics At 5 State Parks In September
-- WHYY: Fully Restoring Schuylkill River Trail In Philly Post-Ida Could Take Months
DEP
-- DEP: Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Acts On 742 Permits - 91% Meet Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 798 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP: Posts 44 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Delaware River
-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17 [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: We Must Work Together To Protect Our Shared Waters - By Jeff Skelding, Executive Director of the Friends Of the Upper Delaware River
- PA Resources Council: Middle School Students In Delaware County Become Summer Stream Stewards [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Science History Institute Exhibition Traces 200-Year History Of Water Pollution In Philadelphia
-- Delaware River Festival Sept. 24 - Oct. 3-- Philadelphia & Camden Waterfronts
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Sept. 10 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Cleaning Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be A Federal Priority
Economic Development
-- DelcoTimes Guest Essay: Labor Day ‘Energized’ By Investments In Infrastructure - Boilermakers Union
Education
-- Delaware River Festival Sept. 24 - Oct. 3-- Philadelphia & Camden Waterfronts
-- Capital RC&D: Equine Pasture Management Field Day Sept. 25 In Columbia County [PaEN]
-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Register Now! For Virtual Ohio River Basin Conference Oct. 6-8 [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Adaptive Forest Management Under Conservation Easements Virtual Roundtable Oct. 13 [PaEN]
-- Penn State's Fly Fishing Virtual Institute To Feature Legendary Angler Joe Humphreys [PaEN]
-- Wildlands Conservancy: Special Fall In Love With Nature Events This Fall [PaEN]
-- Call For Proposals: Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum & Science Symposium Nov. 19 & 20 [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Educators: Issue Call For Presentations For 2022 PAEE Virtual Conference March 21-22 [PaEN]
-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council: Middle School Students In Delaware County Become Summer Stream Stewards [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Beaver County Kids Make A Video Celebrating ‘Litter Gitters’ In Their Community
-- Penn State Center Pittsburgh: Urban Sustainability Inspires Student Contributions To Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Northern States Caucus: Accepting Applications For Recreation, Natural Resource Science College Scholarships
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Launches Course To Train Climate Leaders
-- WHYY: Science History Institute Exhibition Traces 200-Year History Of Water Pollution In Philadelphia
-- PA Sea Grant, Stroud Water Research Center: Other Partners Expand Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Technology Tools
-- Call For WeConservePA Land Conservation Conference Workshop Proposals; Award Nominations [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA & DE Provides Update On Pennsylvania Nature News [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: New Executive Director To Lead Rock Hollow Woods Environmental Learning Center
Emergency Response
-- President Biden Approves Pennsylvania's Request For Major Federal Disaster Declaration For Damages From Hurricane Ida [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration For Southeastern PA Allowing Residents To Apply For Federal Aid Now
-- PEMA: Announces Multi-Agency Resource Center In Philadelphia County To Assist Ida Recovery [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf: Requests Major Federal Disaster Declaration To Help Recover From $117 Million In Damage From Remnants Of Hurricane Ida [PaEN]
-- AP: Biden Asked To Declare Disaster In PA Due To Hurricane Ida Damage
-- MCall: There Have Been More Tornado Warnings, Storm Reports In Lehigh Valley: What’s Behind These Severe Weather Outbreaks?
Energy
-- Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 14 Meeting To Consider Resolution Killing Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN]
-- Green Building Alliance: Recognizes Green Building, Sustainability Excellence In Pittsburgh Region [PaEN]
-- Center Square: Solar Industry Tells Lawmakers To Incentivize Growth In PA
-- City & State: Energy Storage Seen As Crucial To Meeting Renewable Energy Goals
-- ScrantonT: Solar Energy Goal Part Of Answer
-- DelcoTimes Guest Essay: Labor Day ‘Energized’ By Investments In Infrastructure - Boilermakers Union
-- Guest Essay: Keys For The Keystone State To Help Tackle The Climate Crisis By Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment & Michael Mann, Penn State University [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Sen. Yaw Correct About State Collaboration With RGGI
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Clean Air, Strong Economy Can Coexist [RGGI]
-- National Fuel Gas: Announces Target Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PPL Utilities: Subsidiaries Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utility Company And University Of Kentucky Form Partnership To Study Capture Of CO2 Emissions From Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants
-- PG Guest Essay: FERC’s Delays Pose Problems For PA Pipelines - International Union of Operating Engineers
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Waste-To-Energy Is A Bad Deal For Chester [Delaware County] And Other Polluted Communities
-- TribLive: FirstEnergy Locks Online Accounts, Requires New Passwords After Hack Attempt
-- AP: Lithium Fuels Hopes For Revival On California’s Largest Lake
-- AP: Solar Energy Could Generate 40% Of U.S. Electricity By 2035
-- WSJ: Action On Climate Change Is Urged By 220 Leading Medical Journals In Unprecedented Plea
-- EDF: What To Look For As EPA Readies Landmark Methane Rules
-- CNBC: Natural Gas Prices Are Rising And Could Be Most Expensive In 13 Years This Winter - Now 99% Higher Year-To-Date
Energy Conservation
-- Green Building Alliance: Recognizes Green Building, Sustainability Excellence In Pittsburgh Region [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Pittsburgh-Based Green Building Alliance Honoring A Steel Company?
Environmental Health
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Cleaning Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be A Federal Priority
-- Dept. Of Health: Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 9 & 16 [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Potassium Iodide Tablets Available To Residents Within 10 Miles Of Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant
-- AltoonaM: State Sees Uptick In Tick-Borne Diseases
-- Gov. Wolf: Announces COVID Vaccine Clinics At 5 State Parks In September
September 11 Remembered
-- ErieT: Fmr. Gov. Tom Ridge Recalls Tragedies Of 9/11, But Also The Compassion
-- PennLive: Fmr Gov. Tom Ridge Releases Video Remarks On 9/11 Anniversary
-- PennLive: PA’s Tom Ridge Got Homeland Security Off To A Good Start After 9/11, But Has It Evolved Enough?
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Fmr Gov. Schweiker Reflects On 9/11 And His Role In Helping People Heal
-- ABC27: Remembering 9/11: Gov. Ridge’s Administration Recalls The Day And New Opportunities That Came
-- PA Cap-Star: ‘There Just Aren’t Enough Words’: 20 Years Later, Fmr Gov. Ridge, Staffers Reflect On 9/11
-- WESA: Fmr State Police Commission Paul Evanko On Responding To Events Of 9/11
-- PennLive Guest Essay: What It Was Like To Meet The Devastated Families Of Flight 93 Heroes - David La Torre
-- Gov. Wolf: Commemorates 20th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks - Video
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: 20 Years After Flight 93 Crashed, The Living Memorial Faces Both Old And New Threats
-- StateImpactPA: Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines, Treating The Water There Was No Ordinary Project
-- AltoonaM: Cyclist Logs 1,300 Mile Journey Along 9/11 Trail
-- AP: 9/11: As The Decades Pass, The Act Of Remembering Evolves [Shanksville, PA]
-- Inquirer Editorial: 20 Years After 9/11, Reflecting On Grief, Justice And Vengeance
-- Inquirer: In Tiny Shanksville Where United Flight 93 Crashed, 9/11 Is ‘Part Of Who We Are’
-- TribLive: The Day The School Shook: 20 Years Later, Fmr Shanksville Area Students Recall 9/11
-- TribLive: Teachers Rely On Flight 93 Memorial, Personal Experiences To Teach About 9/11
-- TribLive: How 9/11 Impacted The Lives Of Western Pennsylvanians At WTC, Pentagon, Shanksville
-- YorkDR: The Evolution Of The Flight 93 National Memorial
EPA
-- Bay Journal Forum: EPA Picking Up The Pace Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Acting EPA Region 3 Administrator
-- EDF: What To Look For As EPA Readies Landmark Methane Rules
Farming
-- Sand County Foundation: Announces 3 Finalists For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- Bay Journal: Conservation Opportunity - A New Focus On Leased Farmland [PaEN]
-- Capital RC&D: Equine Pasture Management Field Day Sept. 25 In Columbia County [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: Bill To Allow Transfer Of Small Preserved Farm Acreage
-- Dept. of Agriculture: Accepting Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grant Applications
-- Penn State Center Pittsburgh: Urban Sustainability Inspires Student Contributions To Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Watch For Mass Movements Of Spotted Lanternflies
-- Lancaster Farming: Fall Armyworm Causing Devastation In Parts Of PA
-- TribLive: Armyworms Wreak Havoc On Lawns, Crops In ‘Unprecedented’ Outbreak
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Storm-Carried Armyworms Devastating PA Lawns, Fields As Part Of ‘Once In A Generation Outbreak’
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: Get Your Hands Dirty This Fall Planting These 5 Native Plants
Fish & Boat Commission
-- Fish & Boat Commission: Holds Committee Meetings Virtually Sept. 15
Flooding
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17 [PaEN]
-- Public News Service: PA Forest Action Plan Could Help Prevent Damage From Extreme Weather, Like Ida
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Straining Philly’s 19th Century Sewage System, Ida Was A ‘Wake Up Call’
-- WHYY: Why Did New Buildings Flood In Philly? Outdated FEMA Maps And Building Code
-- Brodhead Watershed Assn.: How The Watershed Handled Hurricane Henri In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- WNEP: Remembering Tropical Storm Lee’s Impact On Luzerne County
-- CitizensV: Lessons Learned In 2011 Flood Still Helping Today: ‘People Came Together’
-- ScrantonT: Rushbrook Creek Flood Project Still Bogged Down
-- National Weather Service: Issues Flash Flood Watch For Eastern PA Wednesday [PaEN]
Flooding - Hurricane Ida
-- President Biden Approves Pennsylvania's Request For Major Federal Disaster Declaration For Damages From Hurricane Ida [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Biden Approves Major Disaster Declaration For Southeastern PA Allowing Residents To Apply For Federal Aid Now
-- PEMA: Announces Multi-Agency Resource Center In Philadelphia County To Assist Ida Recovery [PaEN]
-- WHYY: How To Cope With The Anxiety Ida Left Behind With All That Damage
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Straining Philly’s 19th Century Sewage System, Ida Was A ‘Wake Up Call’
-- Inquirer: Enjoying The Schuylkill River Trail After Ida: What’s Open, Closed And Alternate Routes
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: What Does Hurricane Ida Mean For The Chesapeake Bay? [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Quiet Plainsville A Green Oasis In Luzerne County, But Susquehanna River’s Dangers Always Loom
-- Inquirer: Philly Wants To Hear From Homeowners, Businesses With Ida Damage
-- CourierT: FEMA To Begin Ida Damage Assessments In Bucks, Montgomery Counties To Determine Federal Relief
-- WHYY: In Coatesville, Residents Brace To Battle Insurers Post-Ida
-- WHYY: Photo Essay: Ida’s Remnants Wreak Havoc Across Philly Region
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- WHYY: Homeowners Hit By Ida Find Many Questions, Few Answers As They Seek Post-Storm Aid
-- Inquirer: PA Assessing Damage From Ida County By County
-- CitizensV: Mayor: Flooding In Wilkes-Barre ‘Closer Than People Realized’
-- WBTimes: Laurel Run Wall Reconstruction A Priority For Wilkes-Barre After Ida Flooding
-- AP: In NYC After Ida, Biden Calls Climate ‘Everybody’s Crisis’
-- WPost: Biden Surveys Ida Damage In NE, Warns Of A Climate Change ‘Code Red’
-- NPR: Biden Sounds Alarm On Climate Change In Visit To Hurricane-Wracked New Jersey
-- Gov. Wolf: Requests Major Federal Disaster Declaration To Help Recover From $117 Million In Damage From Remnants Of Hurricane Ida [PaEN]
-- AP: Biden Asked To Declare Disaster In PA Due To Hurricane Ida Damage
-- Insurance Dept.: Information For Homeowners, Business Owners On Damage Claims Following Storms, Flooding [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Ida Ruined 400 Homes In Southeast PA, Damaged $100 Million In Public Infrastructure
-- WHYY: Montgomery County Residents Flock To Resource Center For Help Recovering From Ida
-- LancasterOnline: Chester County Officials Scramble To Provide Assistance To Residents Devastated By Hurricane Ida
-- WHYY: Fully Restoring Schuylkill River Trail In Philly Post-Ida Could Take Months
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Lifts Boil Water Alert In Chester County, But Asks All Suburban Customers To Conserve
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: In Wake Of Ida’s Destruction, Philadelphia Needs Lifesaving Water Resilience
-- ScrantonT Editorial: In Scranton A Dangerous Flood Of Complacency
Flooding - Hurricane Larry
-- USA Today: Fierce Hurricane Larry Churning Across The Atlantic, East Coast Could Face ‘Life-Threatening’ Surf
Forests
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests [PaEN]
-- Public News Service: PA Forest Action Plan Could Help Prevent Damage From Extreme Weather, Like Ida
-- Sept. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Adds Acres To State Forest System In Berks County
-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation: Holds Virtual Fall Member Meeting Nov. 6; Volunteers Rock PSU Planting Day [PaEN]
Forests - Wildfires
-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Incident Management Team Helps Manage Response To Western U.S. Wildfires; Six 20-Person PA Crews Directly Fought Fires [PaEN]
-- AP: Wildfire Forces Closure Of Part Of California Freeway
-- AP: Evacuations Liften For Thousands In Tahoe As Wildfire Stalls
Game Commission
-- CitizensV: Game Commission Adds 2 New Regulations To Combat Chronic Wasting Disease
-- Game Commission: Board To Meet In Westmoreland County Office Sept. 10 & 11
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Game Commission To Remove Peregrine Falcon As Threatened Species, But Raise Penalty For Anyone Killing Them
-- SunburyDI: A Visit To Pennsylvania’s Elk Region
Grants/Funding
-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17 [PaEN]
-- Dept. of Agriculture: Accepting Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grant Applications
-- PottstownM: Pottstown Regional Planning Committee Offers Park Mini Grants, Deadline To Apply Oct. 31
Green Infrastructure
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17 [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Announces Rate Settlement With PUC; Includes New Stormwater Fee [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Stormwater Fee Looks Likely For Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers
-- Bay Journal: Conservation Opportunity - A New Focus On Leased Farmland [PaEN]
-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards Of Berks & Schuylkill Counties: Hold Sept. 25 Riparian Buffer Planting In Reading
-- Penn State Extension: Water Cooler Talk - Stormwater Bioretention Basin Functions Sept. 28 [PaEN]
-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County [PaEN]
Hazardous Substances
-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Cleaning Up PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Be A Federal Priority
Land Conservation
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- Bay Journal: Conservation Opportunity - A New Focus On Leased Farmland [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Adds Acres To State Forest System In Berks County
-- Lancaster Farming: Bill To Allow Transfer Of Small Preserved Farm Acreage
-- Call For WeConservePA Land Conservation Conference Workshop Proposals; Award Nominations [PaEN]
-- Manada Conservancy: The Health Of Our Trees - Impacts Of Climate Change, Insects, More Sept. 30 In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: Get Your Hands Dirty This Fall Planting These 5 Native Plants
-- Wildlands Conservancy: Special Fall In Love With Nature Events This Fall [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA & DE Provides Update On Pennsylvania Nature News [PaEN]
Littering/Illegal Dumping
-- Join Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: For The 2021 Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]
-- TribLive: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Coming To South Park
-- WHYY: Philly Parents Disgusted By Rampant Schoolyard Trash
-- The Allegheny Front: Beaver County Kids Make A Video Celebrating ‘Litter Gitters’ In Their Community
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Conestoga River Club Haul Dumpster Out Of Waterway During Cleanup
Mine Reclamation
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- StateImpactPA: Flight 93 Crashed Among Coal Mines, Treating The Water There Was No Ordinary Project
Ohio River
-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment [PaEN]
-- Register Now! For Virtual Ohio River Basin Conference Oct. 6-8 [PaEN]
Oil & Gas
-- DEP: Fails To Address Loophole That Continues To Allow Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater; Members Of Public Register Their Opposition To All Road Dumping [PaEN]
-- DelcoTimes Guest Essay: Labor Day ‘Energized’ By Investments In Infrastructure - Boilermakers Union
-- PG Guest Essay: FERC’s Delays Pose Problems For PA Pipelines - International Union of Operating Engineers
-- CNBC: Natural Gas Prices Are Rising And Could Be Most Expensive In 13 Years This Winter - Now 99% Higher Year-To-Date
Pipelines
-- DelcoTimes Guest Essay: Labor Day ‘Energized’ By Investments In Infrastructure - Boilermakers Union
-- PG Guest Essay: FERC’s Delays Pose Problems For PA Pipelines - International Union of Operating Engineers
Permitting
-- DEP: Acts On 742 Permits - 91% Meet Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 798 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP: Posts 44 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP: Sets Oct. 13 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Keystone Station Coal-Fired Power Plant, Armstrong County [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Cumberland County Seeks Input On Climate Action Plan
-- DEP: Posts 44 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- TribLive: FirstEnergy Locks Online Accounts, Requires New Passwords After Hack Attempt
Radiation Protection
-- Dept. Of Health: Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 9 & 16 [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Potassium Iodide Tablets Available To Residents Within 10 Miles Of Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant
Recreation
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Harrisburg's Christian Alexandersen Tells About His Quest To Visit All 121 State Parks In 224 Days [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf: Announces COVID Vaccine Clinics At 5 State Parks In September
-- Sept. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PottstownM: Pottstown Regional Planning Committee Offers Park Mini Grants, Deadline To Apply Oct. 31
-- SunburyDI: A Visit To Pennsylvania’s Elk Region
-- WHYY: Fully Restoring Schuylkill River Trail In Philly Post-Ida Could Take Months
-- Inquirer: Enjoying The Schuylkill River Trail After Ida: What’s Open, Closed And Alternate Routes
-- PG: Park Over I-579 In Pittsburgh Won't Include Restrooms, Other Desired Amenities
- TribLive: Aspinwall Walking Trail To Be Replaced This Year With Help Of Federal Grant
-- AltoonaM: State Sees Uptick In Tick-Borne Diseases
-- TribLive: Munhall Man Killed In ATV Crash
-- PG: 4 More Arrested In Connection To ATV, Dirt Bike ‘Ride-Outs’ In Pittsburgh
-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In August [PaEN]
Recycling/Waste
-- DEP: Fails To Address Loophole That Continues To Allow Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater; Members Of Public Register Their Opposition To All Road Dumping [PaEN]
-- Join Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful: For The 2021 Fall Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council: Pop-Up E-Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During October [PaEN]
-- TribLive: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Coming To South Park
-- WHYY: Philly Parents Disgusted By Rampant Schoolyard Trash
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Waste-To-Energy Is A Bad Deal For Chester [Delaware County] And Other Polluted Communities
Renewable Energy
-- Green Building Alliance: Recognizes Green Building, Sustainability Excellence In Pittsburgh Region [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Pittsburgh-Based Green Building Alliance Honoring A Steel Company?
-- Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 14 Meeting To Consider Resolution Killing Final Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN]
-- Center Square: Solar Industry Tells Lawmakers To Incentivize Growth In PA
-- City & State: Energy Storage Seen As Crucial To Meeting Renewable Energy Goals
-- ScrantonT: Solar Energy Goal Part Of Answer
-- Guest Essay: Keys For The Keystone State To Help Tackle The Climate Crisis By Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment & Michael Mann, Penn State University [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Sen. Yaw Correct About State Collaboration With RGGI
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Clean Air, Strong Economy Can Coexist [RGGI]
-- National Fuel Gas: Announces Target Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PPL Utilities: Subsidiaries Louisville Gas & Electric, Kentucky Utility Company And University Of Kentucky Form Partnership To Study Capture Of CO2 Emissions From Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plants
-- AP: Lithium Fuels Hopes For Revival On California’s Largest Lake
-- AP: Solar Energy Could Generate 40% Of U.S. Electricity By 2035
-- WSJ: Action On Climate Change Is Urged By 220 Leading Medical Journals In Unprecedented Plea
-- EDF: What To Look For As EPA Readies Landmark Methane Rules
Schuylkill River
-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17 [PaEN]
Stormwater
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Announces Rate Settlement With PUC; Includes New Stormwater Fee [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Stormwater Fee Looks Likely For Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers
Susquehanna River
-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: Groundbreaking Pilot Project Helps Restore Eastern Hellbenders To Susquehanna River Watershed - Part I [PaEN]
-- Heralding The Eastern Hellbender - Severing Stereotypes Offers A Step Toward Savoring The Salamander’s Significance - Part II [PaEN]
Sustainability
-- National Fuel Gas: Announces Target Of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 25% By 2030 [PaEN]
Wastewater Facilities
-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Announces Rate Settlement With PUC; Includes New Stormwater Fee [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Straining Philly’s 19th Century Sewage System, Ida Was A ‘Wake Up Call’
Watershed Protection
-- DEP: Fails To Address Loophole That Continues To Allow Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater; Members Of Public Register Their Opposition To All Road Dumping [PaEN]
-- PG - Robert Swift: PA State Senators Propose Tapping American Rescue Plan Money To Fund Local Environmental Restoration Projects
-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners: To Announce Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants For 7 Projects Totaling $330,000 On Sept. 17 [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Celebrate The Legacy Of Maurice K. Goddard By Investing In Free And Accessible State Parks & Forests [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf: Calls On U.S. Dept. Of Agriculture To Implement $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Applauds Gov. Wolf's Support For $737 Million Chesapeake Bay Resilient Farms Initiative; Urges Legislature To Move Water Cleanup Bills [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Ida’s Damage Might Boost Support For More Aggressive Climate Policy, Experts Hope
-- Bay Journal: Conservation Opportunity - A New Focus On Leased Farmland [PaEN]
-- BCTV: Master Watershed Stewards Of Berks & Schuylkill Counties: Hold Sept. 25 Riparian Buffer Planting In Reading
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: What Does Hurricane Ida Mean For The Chesapeake Bay? [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Straining Philly’s 19th Century Sewage System, Ida Was A ‘Wake Up Call’
-- Call For Proposals: Lancaster-Lebanon Watershed Forum & Science Symposium Nov. 19 & 20 [PaEN]
-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: Groundbreaking Pilot Project Helps Restore Eastern Hellbenders To Susquehanna River Watershed - Part I [PaEN]
-- Heralding The Eastern Hellbender - Severing Stereotypes Offers A Step Toward Savoring The Salamander’s Significance - Part II [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal Forum: EPA Picking Up The Pace Of Chesapeake Bay Restoration - Acting EPA Region 3 Administrator
-- Penn State Extension: Water Cooler Talk - Stormwater Bioretention Basin Functions Sept. 28 [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority: Announces Rate Settlement With PUC; Includes New Stormwater Fee [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Stormwater Fee Looks Likely For Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers
-- Register Now! For Virtual Ohio River Basin Conference Oct. 6-8 [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Science History Institute Exhibition Traces 200-Year History Of Water Pollution In Philadelphia
-- Guest Essay: We Must Work Together To Protect Our Shared Waters - By Jeff Skelding, Executive Director of the Friends Of the Upper Delaware River
-- Delaware River Festival Sept. 24 - Oct. 3-- Philadelphia & Camden Waterfronts
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Sept. 10 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
-- CitizensV: Game Commission Adds 2 New Regulations To Combat Chronic Wasting Disease
-- Game Commission: Board To Meet In Westmoreland County Office Sept. 10 & 11
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Game Commission To Remove Peregrine Falcon As Threatened Species, But Raise Penalty For Anyone Killing Them
-- Fish & Boat Commission: Holds Committee Meetings Virtually Sept. 15
-- SunburyDI: A Visit To Pennsylvania’s Elk Region
-- CentreDT: What’s A Wildlife Corridor? Experience One Yourself Sept. 12 At Latest Centred Outdoors Event
-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper: Groundbreaking Pilot Project Helps Restore Eastern Hellbenders To Susquehanna River Watershed - Part I [PaEN]
-- Heralding The Eastern Hellbender - Severing Stereotypes Offers A Step Toward Savoring The Salamander’s Significance - Part II [PaEN]
-- Penn State's Fly Fishing Virtual Institute To Feature Legendary Angler Joe Humphreys [PaEN]
-- Allegheny College: Research Team Helps Statewide Effort In Stream Monitoring And Trout Assessment [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Migratory Birds Being Helped On Journey By Pittsburgh Lights Out Program
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Teaching Machines To ID Bird Songs To Help Save Imperiled Species
-- The Allegheny Front: Keeping Track Of PA’s Resurgent Black Bear Population
-- WITF Smart Talk Monday: Lancaster-Area Animal Rehabilitation Center Treats An Alarming Number Of Animals With Lead Poisoning
-- AP: Treasured Western U.S. Trout Streams Wither Amid Heat, Drought
West Nile/Zika Virus
-- AltoonaM: State Sees Uptick In Tick-Borne Diseases
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Man Tests Positive For West Nile Virus, First Case In County Since 2018
Opportunities
-- ReadingE: New Executive Director To Lead Rock Hollow Woods Environmental Learning Center
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