PA Environment Digest

-- S&P Global: PA Shale Gas Permits Drop 28% Month Over Month Despite Spiking Prices [And Along With This Drop In Permits Is A Fall Off Of Revenue To DEP To Support Oil & Gas Well Regulation]

-- State Auditor General: Begins Audit Of PennVEST Nonpoint Source Project Funding Prompted By $51 Million Loan To Purchase Forest Land [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office: Estimates Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue To Increase By Nearly $75 Million In 2022 [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Preserve Federal Tax For Black Lung Benefits

Chesapeake Bay

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How Close To Goal Is The Initiative To Plant 10 Million Trees Across PA?

-- EPA: Awards $4.9 Million To PA To Improve Water Quality Throughout The State [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: After 10 Years, Stream Restoration Strategy Still Shows Merit At Big Spring Run In Lancaster County

-- House Committee Holds Hearing Oct. 25 On Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Host Fall Lunch & Learn Stormwater Webinar Series Starts Oct. 14 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Learn How Businesses Help Prevent Water Pollution While Creating Jobs [Video]

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Watch A River Reborn About The People Along The Little Conemaugh River And Their Fight To Overcome Acid Mine Drainage - Video

-- Bay Journal: Mussels, Ripe For Investment, Could Power Cleaner Rivers

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Film: Water's Way - Thinking Like A Watershed [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Virtual 2021 Sportsmens Forums - Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10 [PaEN]

-- Forests For The [Chesapeake] Bay: October Special Events Newsletter

-- Lancaster Farming: Climate Pact Not Enough, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Says

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Citizen Action

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Reclassify Fracking Waste As Hazardous

-- Courier Express Editorial: Reclassify Fracking Waste As Hazardous

-- 17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites [PaEN]

-- 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance: Accepting Nominations For Community Sentinel Award For Environmental Stewardship [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership: Announces Watershed Milestones Award Winners; Awards Ceremony Oct. 20 [PaEN]

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Meet Winners Of 2021 Sustainable Gardening Awards From Phipps Conservatory

-- PA Supreme Court: Agrees To Hear Challenge To Ruling Denying Environmental Groups Attorney's Fees In Successful Appeal Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline Permit [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Won’t Hit Climate Goals Unless Changes Come Soon, Report Warns

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How Close To Goal Is The Initiative To Plant 10 Million Trees Across PA?

-- October 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers

-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap

-- PA Resources Council, UPMC: Host 2 October Reuse Fest Events To Benefit Local Nonprofits In Allegheny, Lawrence Counties [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment: 100_ Businesses, Organizations Sign Letter Supporting A Plastic Bag Ban In Pittsburgh

-- Boy Scouts Partner With Natural Lands To Preserve Nearly 400 Acres In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Zook Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 100 Acre Family Farm [PaEN]

Climate

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Hearings On The Failure Of Pennsylvania To Invest In Clean Energy Infrastructure [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Won’t Hit Climate Goals Unless Changes Come Soon, Report Warns

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor, Other Cities, U.S. Labor Secretary Talk About Future Of $600 Billion Clean Energy ‘Marshall Plan’

-- ErieT: Solar Energy Project Planned In Girard, Another Still Planned In Southern Erie County

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvest Sunshine, Protect Farmland

-- Lancaster Farming: Climate Pact Not Enough, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Says

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Price On Carbon Must Be Part Of This Year’s Climate Legislation - Pittsburgh Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- PA Cap-Star: As PA Lawmakers Evaluate The Future Of Electric Vehicles, This Company Is Thinking Strategically

-- ReadingE: Muhlenberg Twp. Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Station

-- Patch.com: Chester County Commissioners Adopt New Climate Action Plan

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Hurricane Ida Wrecked A Major Drinking Water Plan And Nearly Caused A Catastrophe For Philly’s Suburbs

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Small Investment In City Trees Would Be Wise

-- VOX: A Natural Gas Industry ‘Attack On American Cities’ Is Freezing Climate Action In Its Tracks [PA Preemption Legislation - Senate Bill 275 (Yaw-R-Lycoming]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philadelphia Can’t Curb Climate Crisis Without Federal Support

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Have A Moral Obligation To The World To Address Climate Change Now

-- NYT/PG: 6 Aspects Of American Life Threatened By Climate Change

-- AP: Pope, Faith Leaders Sign Joint Climate Appeal Before Summit

-- White House: Releases Agency Climate Adaptation & Resilience Plans

-- WPost: An Energy Crisis Is Gripping The World, With Potentially Grave Consequences

-- Financial Times: Electric Vehicle Revolution Is Finally Here

-- Financial Times: How Methane-Producing Cows Leapt To The Frontline Of Climate Change

Coal Mining

-- Sen. Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry [PaEN]

-- GASP: Seward Coal-Fired Power Plant Applies To DEP For A Decrease In Sulfur Dioxide Emissions

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Preserve Federal Tax For Black Lung Benefits

Compliance Action

-- AG Shapiro: Charges Mariner East Pipeline With 48 Counts Of Environmental Crimes In 11 Counties [PaEN]

-- Attorney General Shapiro's: Statement Announcing 48 Environmental Criminal Charges Against The Mariner East Pipeline In 11 Counties [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Halt To Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Light Of Criminal Charges By Attorney General [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: AG Shapiro Announces Criminal Charges Against Mariner East Pipeline Owner For Leaks

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PA Attorney General Announces 48 Criminal Charges Against Energy Transfer In Mariner East Pipeline Construction

-- PA Cap-Star: Shapiro Files Criminal Charges Against Energy Transfer In Construction Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline

-- StateImpactPA: PA Charges Energy Transfer With Environmental Crimes Over Mariner East Pipeline Project

-- AP: Mariner East Pipeline Developer Charged In Connection With Contamination

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]

-- DEP: Takes Action On 862 Permits- 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,724 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Court Decisions

-- PA Supreme Court: Agrees To Hear Challenge To Ruling Denying Environmental Groups Attorney's Fees In Successful Appeal Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline Permit [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR: Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: PA State Parks, Forests Need $1.4 Billion For Infrastructure Repairs, Improvements, DCNR Says

-- SunburyDI: Valley Leaders Want Money To Fix State Parks

-- House Hearing On Recreation, Hunting & Fishing During Pandemic Highlights Importance Of Investments In Green Infrastructure, Clean Water [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: People Continue To Find Refuge From COVID In The Outdoors

-- State Auditor General: Begins Audit Of PennVEST Nonpoint Source Project Funding Prompted By $51 Million Loan To Purchase Forest Land [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Seeking New Members For 2022 Trails Advisory Committee [PaEN]

-- EPA: Awards Nearly $500,000 To DCNR To Enhance Wetlands On State Parks, Forest Land [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s: 2nd Fall Foliage Report: North Of I-80 Has Best Colors So Far [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Insider Foliage Leads From PA’s Visitors Bureaus

-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage In Philly Area May Suffer From Unusually Warm, Wet Weather

-- CentreDT: Get Your Cameras Ready: Fall Foliage Is Creeping Toward Its Peak In Centre County

-- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners [PaEN]

-- October 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park Has A Friend In Volunteers

-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap

-- ErieT: 15 Bits Of Fact, History, Legend You Might Not Have Known About Presque Isle State Park

-- ScrantonT: Five Miles At Lackawanna State Park

-- ReadingE: Why Leashing Dogs Is Required In Parks And Public Lands

-- Vote Now! For PennDOT Multimodal Project Improving Accessibility At Ohiopyle State Park In Fayette County [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper, Partners: Call On DCNR To Increase Water Releases To The Lower Tohickon Creek In Bucks County [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Wildfire Season Arrives With Low Risk Across PA

DEP

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]

-- 17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites [PaEN]

-- EQB: Meets Oct. 19 On Proposed Regulation Setting Compliance Schedules For Communities With Combined Sewer Overflow Problems [PaEN]

-- DEP: Invites Companies Involved In All Aspects Of Oil & Gas Well Plugging To Take A Survey [PaEN]

-- DEP: Sets Oct. 27 Meeting/Hearing On Centre Lime & Stone Company Mining Permit Perry County [PaEN]

-- DEP: Takes Action On 862 Permits- 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,724 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

-- DEP: Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 9 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- EPA: Awards $4.9 Million To PA To Improve Water Quality Throughout The State [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy: Receives $400,000+ In Delaware River Watershed Water Quality Improvement Grants From National Fish & Wildlife Foundation [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Science History Institute Exhibition Traces 200-Year History Of Water Pollution In Philadelphia

-- WHYY: Oxygen Level In Delaware River Falls As Water Temperature Rises Making It Harder For Fish To Breed

-- Delaware RiverKeeper, Partners: Call On DCNR To Increase Water Releases To The Lower Tohickon Creek In Bucks County [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Oct. 8 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Virtual Community Roundtable Oct. 12

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: Names Elizabeth Koniers Brown Director, External Affairs & Communications [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Hurricane Ida Wrecked A Major Drinking Water Plan And Nearly Caused A Catastrophe For Philly’s Suburbs

-- PUC: Reminds Consumers Of Oct. 14 Hearing On Proposed Rate Increase By Hanover Municipal Water Works

Economic Development

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Hearings On The Failure Of Pennsylvania To Invest In Clean Energy Infrastructure [PaEN]

-- Sen. Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Learn How Businesses Help Prevent Water Pollution While Creating Jobs [Video]

-- PA Wilds Center: Announces 2021 Champions of the PA Wilds Award Winners [PaEN]

-- PG: RIDC Preparing To Do More Development Work At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment

-- PG: Trulieve To Build Large Medical Marijuana Facility At Fmr McKeesport Steel Plant

-- PennDOT: Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Proposals Until Oct. 31

Education

-- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Director Of The Center For Private Forests At Penn State [PaEN]

-- POSTPONED: PA Forestry Association Oct. 9 Annual Symposium - New Ways To Work With Your Woods [PzEN]

-- Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Virtual Community Roundtable Oct. 12

-- WRFA: Microplastic Pollution Expert Dr. Sherri Mason Keynote Speaker At Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Virtual Gala Oct. 12

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Host Fall Lunch & Learn Stormwater Webinar Series Starts Oct. 14 [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership: Announces Watershed Milestones Award Winners; Awards Ceremony Oct. 20 [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Lake Erie Virtual Environmental Forum Set For Oct. 26 - Harmful Algal Blooms & Climate Change [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: Riparian Buffer Ecosystem Services Webinar Oct. 27 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Film: Water's Way - Thinking Like A Watershed [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: After 10 Years, Stream Restoration Strategy Still Shows Merit At Big Spring Run In Lancaster County

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Watch A River Reborn About The People Along The Little Conemaugh River And Their Fight To Overcome Acid Mine Drainage - Video

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Philly Environmental Filmmaker Takes On Issue Of PA’s Acid Mine Drainage

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Learn How Businesses Help Prevent Water Pollution While Creating Jobs [Video]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Virtual 2021 Sportsmens Forums - Oct. 20, 27, Nov. 3, 10 [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Science History Institute Exhibition Traces 200-Year History Of Water Pollution In Philadelphia

-- PG: Ask Me About… Starting An All-Boys School To Prepare Black Students For STEAM Professions

-- Friends Of The Wissahickon: Host A Virtual Valley Talk On Spotted Lanternflies Oct. 12 [PaEN]

-- Allegheny College: Receives $1.25 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center [PaEN]

-- MeadvilleT: Mellon Foundation Grant To Help Allegheny Create Watershed Research Center

-- TribLive: Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger Visits Phipps Conservatory After Pittsburgh Concert

-- TribLive: Westinghouse Park In Pittsburgh Designated As Nationally Recognized Arboretum

-- Forests For The [Chesapeake] Bay: October Special Events Newsletter

-- Game Commission: Waterfowl Hunters Sought For Study

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Fall Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: ‘Eco-Anxiety’: Fear Of Environmental Doom Weighs On Young People

Emergency Response

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Wildfire Season Arrives With Low Risk Across PA

Energy

-- Sen. Comitta: Calls For Hearings On The Failure Of Pennsylvania To Invest In Clean Energy Infrastructure [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Sen. Yudichak’s Senate Committee Examines PA’s Natural Gas Infrastructure

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Won’t Hit Climate Goals Unless Changes Come Soon, Report Warns

-- PG: Pittsburgh Mayor, Other Cities, U.S. Labor Secretary Talk About Future Of $600 Billion Clean Energy ‘Marshall Plan’

-- ErieT: Solar Energy Project Planned In Girard, Another Still Planned In Southern Erie County

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvest Sunshine, Protect Farmland

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Price On Carbon Must Be Part Of This Year’s Climate Legislation - Pittsburgh Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- Lancaster Farming: Climate Pact Not Enough, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Says

-- PA Consumer Advocate: Heating With Natural Gas Will Cost Residential Consumers About 20% More This Winter; No Impact On PA Consumers Of PennEast Pipeline Cancellation [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Western PA Oil Companies Not Happy With 80% Increase In Price Of Home Heating Oil

-- TribLive: Natural Gas Prices Surge, Meaning Higher Heating Bills Likely Coming For Customers

-- WSJ: Natural Gas Shortage Sets Off Scramble Ahead Of Winter

-- MCall: Brace For Sticker Shock Lehigh Valley: Surging Natural Gas Prices Could Put A Dent In Your Wallet This Winter

-- WSJ: Winter Is Coming, Will The U.S. Run Out Of Natural Gas This Winter?

-- S&P Global: PA Shale Gas Permits Drop 28% Month Over Month Despite Spiking Prices [And Along With This Drop In Permits Is A Fall Off Of Revenue To DEP To Support Oil & Gas Well Regulation]

-- Sen. Casey, Colleagues: Introduce Bill To Empower Fossil Fuel Workers To Train, Find Jobs In Changing Energy Industry [PaEN]

-- GASP: Seward Coal-Fired Power Plant Applies To DEP For A Decrease In Sulfur Dioxide Emissions

-- PennLive: Get Ready For Cold: Winter Weather Is Supposed To Arrive Early In PA

-- WESA: There Will Be Millions More In Funds To Help Pennsylvanians Who Need Heating Assistance This Winter [Applications Open Oct. 18]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves Clearway Energy To Take Over Pittsburgh’s Steam Network

-- VOX: A Natural Gas Industry ‘Attack On American Cities’ Is Freezing Climate Action In Its Tracks [PA Preemption Legislation - Senate Bill 275 (Yaw-R-Lycoming]

-- Utility Dive: PJM, Southern, Duke, Others Call For More Transmission, Coordination To Handle Renewables Surge

-- ReImagine Appalachia: How Are ReImagine Appalachia’s Priorities Reflected In Federal Infrastructure Packages?

-- Financial Times: U.S. Considers Releasing Emergency Oil Reserves To Tame Fuel Price Surge

-- WPost: An Energy Crisis Is Gripping The World, With Potentially Grave Consequences

Environmental Health

-- 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring [PaEN]

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices [PaEN]

Environmental Heritage

-- Inquirer: The Schuylkill Flood Of 1869, It Got Ugly In Philly, Montgomery County

Environmental Policy

-- PA Environmental Council: Podcast On Fall State Legislative Agenda

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

EPA

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Reclassify Fracking Waste As Hazardous

-- Courier Express Editorial: Reclassify Fracking Waste As Hazardous

-- EPA: Awards $4.9 Million To PA To Improve Water Quality Throughout The State [PaEN]

-- EPA: Awards Nearly $500,000 To DCNR To Enhance Wetlands On State Parks, Forest Land [PaEN]

Farming

-- EPA: Awards $4.9 Million To PA To Improve Water Quality Throughout The State [PaEN]

-- Zook Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 100 Acre Family Farm [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Luzerne County Preservation Program Reaches 3,343 Acres Of Farmland

-- Lancaster Farming: After 10 Years, Stream Restoration Strategy Still Shows Merit At Big Spring Run In Lancaster County

-- TribLive: Meet Winners Of 2021 Sustainable Gardening Awards From Phipps Conservatory

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Film: Water's Way - Thinking Like A Watershed [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bumble Bee Could Be Declared An Endangered Species

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Launches Renewed Attack On Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- Friends Of The Wissahickon: Host A Virtual Valley Talk On Spotted Lanternflies Oct. 12 [PaEN]

-- Financial Times: How Methane-Producing Cows Leapt To The Frontline Of Climate Change

Flooding

-- WilliamsportS: Troop Of Local, State, Federal Officials Tour Williamsport Flood Levee, Pump Stations

-- Inquirer: The Schuylkill Flood Of 1869, It Got Ugly In Philly, Montgomery County

Flooding - Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Reminder Low-Interest Loans Available For Those Affected By Flooding Related To Hurricane Ida

-- Gov. Wolf: Bucks, Chester, Montgomery Counties Now Available For Federal Disaster Public Assistance

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Hurricane Ida Wrecked A Major Drinking Water Plan And Nearly Caused A Catastrophe For Philly’s Suburbs

Forests

-- DCNR: Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: PA State Parks, Forests Need $1.4 Billion For Infrastructure Repairs, Improvements, DCNR Says

-- SunburyDI: Valley Leaders Want Money To Fix State Parks

-- In Memoriam - Dr. Jim Finley, Fmr. Director Of The Center For Private Forests At Penn State [PaEN]

-- POSTPONED: PA Forestry Association Oct. 9 Annual Symposium - New Ways To Work With Your Woods [PaEN]

-- House Hearing On Recreation, Hunting & Fishing During Pandemic Highlights Importance Of Investments In Green Infrastructure, Clean Water [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: People Continue To Find Refuge From COVID In The Outdoors

-- WESA: Invasive Species, Deer Threaten PA’s Forests: ‘We Look At This And See A Catastrophe In The Makin’

-- EPA: Awards Nearly $500,000 To DCNR To Enhance Wetlands On State Parks, Forest Land [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s: 2nd Fall Foliage Report: North Of I-80 Has Best Colors So Far [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Insider Foliage Leads From PA’s Visitors Bureaus

-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage In Philly Area May Suffer From Unusually Warm, Wet Weather

-- CentreDT: Get Your Cameras Ready: Fall Foliage Is Creeping Toward Its Peak In Centre County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How Close To Goal Is The Initiative To Plant 10 Million Trees Across PA?

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County [PaEN]

-- State Auditor General: Begins Audit Of PennVEST Nonpoint Source Project Funding Prompted By $51 Million Loan To Purchase Forest Land [PaEN]

-- EPA: Awards $4.9 Million To PA To Improve Water Quality Throughout The State [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Wildfire Season Arrives With Low Risk Across PA

-- StateCollege.com: Friends Of Rothrock State Forest Are Enhancing The Trail System At Musser Gap

-- TribLive: Westinghouse Park In Pittsburgh Designated As Nationally Recognized Arboretum

-- Forests For The [Chesapeake] Bay: October Special Events Newsletter

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Small Investment In City Trees Would Be Wise

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Launches Renewed Attack On Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Looking For A ‘Magical Root’ In PA? Here’s What You Need To Know About Ginseng

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: Waterfowl Hunters Sought For Study

Grants/Funding

-- EPA: Awards $4.9 Million To PA To Improve Water Quality Throughout The State [PaEN]

-- EPA: Awards Nearly $500,000 To DCNR To Enhance Wetlands On State Parks, Forest Land [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy: Receives $400,000+ In Delaware River Watershed Water Quality Improvement Grants From National Fish & Wildlife Foundation [PaEN]

-- Allegheny College: Receives $1.25 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center [PaEN]

-- MeadvilleT: Mellon Foundation Grant To Help Allegheny Create Watershed Research Center

-- DEP: Accepting Applications For County Mosquito-borne Disease Control Grants Starting Oct. 15 [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: How Close To Goal Is The Initiative To Plant 10 Million Trees Across PA?

-- Lancaster Farming: After 10 Years, Stream Restoration Strategy Still Shows Merit At Big Spring Run In Lancaster County

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy: Receives $400,000+ In Delaware River Watershed Water Quality Improvement Grants From National Fish & Wildlife Foundation [PaEN]

-- State Auditor General: Begins Audit Of PennVEST Nonpoint Source Project Funding Prompted By $51 Million Loan To Purchase Forest Land [PaEN]

-- The Almanac: Bethel Park Embarks On Stream Stabilization Project In Allegheny County

-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: Riparian Buffer Ecosystem Services Webinar Oct. 27 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Learn How Businesses Help Prevent Water Pollution While Creating Jobs [Video]

-- WHYY: Watch A River Reborn About The People Along The Little Conemaugh River And Their Fight To Overcome Acid Mine Drainage - Video

-- MyPhillyPark.org: Mows To Meadows Project Will Bring 5 Acres Of Meadows To Fairmount Park

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Film: Water's Way - Thinking Like A Watershed [PaEN]

-- Forests For The [Chesapeake] Bay: October Special Events Newsletter

Hazardous Substances

-- 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring [PaEN]

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Boy Scouts Partner With Natural Lands To Preserve Nearly 400 Acres In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Zook Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 100 Acre Family Farm [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Luzerne County Preservation Program Reaches 3,343 Acres Of Farmland

-- Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy - Lead Planner For Municipal Assistance, Planner For Community Services [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- PG: RIDC Preparing To Do More Development Work At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment

-- PG: Trulieve To Build Large Medical Marijuana Facility At Fmr McKeesport Steel Plant

Land Use Planning

-- Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy - Lead Planner For Municipal Assistance, Planner For Community Services [PaEN]

Lake Erie

-- Pennsylvania Lake Erie Virtual Environmental Forum Set For Oct. 26 - Harmful Algal Blooms & Climate Change [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- WESA: Need To Get Rid Of Batteries Or An Old TV? Pittsburgh Residents Will Have A Chance This Fall

-- WilliamsportS Editorial: Litter A Persistent Problem In Pennsylvania

Mine Reclamation

-- From ‘Red and Dead’ To Class A Fishery, West Branch Susquehanna River Rebounds - But We’re Not Done Yet [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Watch A River Reborn About The People Along The Little Conemaugh River And Their Fight To Overcome Acid Mine Drainage - Video

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Philly Environmental Filmmaker Takes On Issue Of PA’s Acid Mine Drainage

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Preserve Federal Tax For Black Lung Benefits

-- ReImagine Appalachia: How Are ReImagine Appalachia’s Priorities Reflected In Federal Infrastructure Packages?

Noncoal Mining

-- DEP: Sets Oct. 27 Meeting/Hearing On Centre Lime & Stone Company Mining Permit Perry County [PaEN]

Ohio River

-- Allegheny College: Receives $1.25 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center [PaEN]

-- MeadvilleT: Mellon Foundation Grant To Help Allegheny Create Watershed Research Center

-- The Almanac: Bethel Park Embarks On Stream Stabilization Project In Allegheny County

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Watershed Coalition: Host 6 Educational Programs At Buffalo Creek Nature Park In Butler County [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- 17 Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Operators Under Review By DEP To Determine If They Comply With Program Allowing Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Oct. 19 To Hear Report On Radiation Decontamination Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facilities, Reactors, Waste Sites [PaEN]

-- News5 Cleveland: Ohio Plans To Stop Using Deicer AquaSalina Made From Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater

-- 80 Organizations, 1,800+ Concerned Citizens To DEP: Ban Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater; Dept. Of Health Unaware Road Dumping Is Occurring [PaEN]

-- 65+ Groups Ask Biden Administration To Reclassify Oil & Gas Drilling Waste As 'Hazardous' To Prevent Road Dumping Of Wastewater And Other Practices [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: Should Oil & Gas Companies Be Exempt From PA’s Hazardous Waste Laws?

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Reclassify Fracking Waste As Hazardous

-- Courier Express Editorial: Reclassify Fracking Waste As Hazardous

-- DEP: Invites Companies Involved In All Aspects Of Oil & Gas Well Plugging To Take A Survey [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office: Estimates Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue To Increase By Nearly $75 Million In 2022 [PaEN]

-- S&P Global: PA Shale Gas Permits Drop 28% Month Over Month Despite Spiking Prices [And Along With This Drop In Permits Is A Fall Off Of Revenue To DEP To Support Oil & Gas Well Regulation]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Sniffing Out Danger? That Odor From Shell Ethane Plant Put Community On Alert

-- S&P Global: PA Shale Gas Permits Drop 28% Month Over Month Despite Spiking Prices

-- VOX: A Natural Gas Industry ‘Attack On American Cities’ Is Freezing Climate Action In Its Tracks [PA Preemption Legislation - Senate Bill 275 (Yaw-R-Lycoming]

-- WBTimes: Sen. Yudichak’s Senate Committee Examines PA’s Natural Gas Infrastructure

-- PA Consumer Advocate: Heating With Natural Gas Will Cost Residential Consumers About 20% More This Winter; No Impact On PA Consumers Of PennEast Pipeline Cancellation [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Natural Gas Shortage Sets Off Scramble Ahead Of Winter

-- ScrantonT: Cabot, Cimarex Merge To Form Coterra Energy

-- Reuters: Chief Oil & Gas Explores Sale For More Than $3 Billion

-- Reuters: New York Says It Will Have Enough Power, Natural Gas This Winter, Prices To Rise

-- ReImagine Appalachia: How Are ReImagine Appalachia’s Priorities Reflected In Federal Infrastructure Packages?

-- Financial Times: U.S. Considers Releasing Emergency Oil Reserves To Tame Fuel Price Surge

-- The Guardian: ‘There’s Tar Everywhere’: Large California Oil Spill Fouls Beaches, Kills Wildlife