All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic

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

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Prohibit Communities From Promoting Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency; House Republicans Move Companion Bill  [PaEN]

-- AP: Senate Aims Bill At Preventing All Electric Building Code

-- Sen. Corman: PA Manufacturing Tax Credit Leads To $6 Billion Investment In PA

-- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Senate Moves Resolution To Block RGGI, Key Part Of Wolf’s Climate Plan; Resolution Now Goes To The House

-- Office Of Attorney General: Responds To Republicans On Review Of RGGI Regulation

-- WHP-TV: PA Senate Could Move To Stop Energy Transition [RGGI]

-- PA Business Report: Legislation Would Expand Solar Power Access Thru Subscriber Programs

-- House Committee Moves Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Sets Nov. 8 Info Meeting On “Economic Consequences of PA Adopting California’s Regulation On Diesel Emission Controls for Large Trucks.”

 

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

 

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Air

-- Nacero To Build A Natural Gas - Renewable Natural Gas To Gasoline Production Plant in Luzerne County [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Nacero To Build $6 Billion Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant In Luzerne County

-- CitizensV: Natural Gas Fuel Plant Will Bring 4,000 Jobs To Luzerne County

-- Sen. Corman: PA Manufacturing Tax Credit Leads To $6 Billion Investment In PA 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call On Wolf To Uphold Promise To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

-- House Environmental Committee Sets Nov. 8 Info Meeting On “Economic Consequences of PA Adopting California’s Regulation On Diesel Emission Controls for Large Trucks.”

Alternative Fuels

-- DEP: Sets Final Deadline To Apply For Fast Charging, Hydrogen Fueling Grants Under Driving PA Forward [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer: Fires In Electric Car Batteries Are Leading To Recalls, Lawsuits, Fear
-- NPR: Biodiesel Is Booming, It May Help The Climate, But There’s A Big Environmental Risk

-- NYT: Old Power Grid Gear Slowing Use Of Clean Energy, Electric Cars

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 4 Online Lancaster County Lodestar Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Stourbridge Project Solar Installation In Wayne County Wins Environmental Award [PaEN]

-- EPA Recognizes 2 PA Companies With Top Environmental Performers and Leaders For Freight Supply Chain Efficiency  [PaEN]

-- PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Virtual 2021 Fall Sustainability Conference Nov. 16  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Wildlife On Wi-Fi Program Recognized With Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces 2021 Environmental Award Winners; Nov. 1-8 Celebration  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites Nominations For 2022 Parks & Forest Awards  [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Penn State News: Erie Researchers Identify New Fungal Threat To American Chestnut Trees

-- Agriculture: Every Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass Not Destroyed Is 50 More Next Spring - ‘That’s Scary’  ​​[PaEN]

-- Bay Journal Forum: Culverts Should Be Connections, Not Barriers, For Stream Life

-- AP: Asian Spider Takes Hold In Georgia, Sends Humans Scurrying

American Rescue Funds

-- The Future Of Pennsylvania’s Parks and Forests Is in Our Hands; New Online StoryMap Describes Critical State Park, Forest Funding Needs [PaEN]

-- AP: Democrats Hope For House Budget, Infrastructure Votes As Soon As Tuesday

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Plan On Preventing Flooding, Reducing Water Pollution Needed In Lycoming County Region, But Costly  [Hint: American Rescue Plan Funds]

-- ErieT: Why Isn’t Pennsylvania Spending Most Of Its Federal Stimulus Money?  Democrats Cry Foul

-- PA Cap-Star: Advocates Call On PA To Spend $40 Million To Fight Lead Poisoning In Kids

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Here Are 3  Ways PA Can Help Prevent Lead Poisoning In Children

-- ErieT Editorial: Time To End Childhood Lead Poisoning In PA

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissioners Told To ‘Do The Right Thing’ With $105 Million In COVID Relief Money

-- WHYY: NJ Governor Proposes $100 Million Investment In Urban Parks

Bipartisan U.S. Senate Infrastructure Bill

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- NYT: Old Power Grid Gear Slowing Use Of Clean Energy, Electric Cars

Federal Budget Bill

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- AP: Democrats Hope For House Budget, Infrastructure Votes As Soon As Tuesdayv

-- NPR: What Stays And What’s Gone From Biden’s Spending Bill (So Far)

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Smaller Build Back Better Framework May Impact Priorities Biden Hyped In Scranton Last Week

-- UtilityDive: Biden Proposes $550 Billion In Clean Energy, Climate Spending With Build Back Better Framework

-- Gov. Wolf Praises President Biden’s Revised Build Back Better Plan

-- White House: Announces Revised Build Back Better Framework

-- White House: Build Back Better Framework Outline

-- AP: Biden Announces ‘Historic’ Deal, Asks Democrats For Votes

-- WPost: Biden Unveils New Spending Package Aimed At Attracting All Democrats

-- WPost: What’s In The $1.75 Trillion Biden Budget Plan

-- Reuters: Biden Pushes New $1.75 Trillion Spending Plan In Last-Minute Congress Visit

-- MCall: Here Are PA Billionaires Who Would Pay Biden’s Wealth Tax

-- The Guardian: WV Senator Manchin Pushes For Climate Cuts As West Virginia Battered By Crisis

Budget

-- The Future Of Pennsylvania’s Parks and Forests Is in Our Hands; New Online StoryMap Describes Critical State Park, Forest Funding Needs [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Unusual Weather Conditions Continue To Impact Chesapeake Bay Water Quality  [PaEN]

-- Adams County Conservation District: Carroll Valley Park Riparian Forest Buffer

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Tree Planting In Manheim Township Park [PaEN]

-- ABC27: Tree Planting At Manheim Twp Park Aims To Protect Waterways, Habitats

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announce Over $2 Million In Grants To Support 15 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Plan On Preventing Flooding, Reducing Water Pollution Needed In Lycoming County Region, But Costly  [Hint: American Rescue Plan Funds]

-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Moves Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Trees

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: 4 Ways To Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October

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Citizen Action

-- DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Nov. 10; Business Meeting Dec. 8  [PaEN]

-- Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed  [PaEN]

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announce Over $2 Million In Grants To Support 15 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces 2021 Environmental Award Winners; Nov. 1-8 Celebration  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Partners With Construction Junction In Pittsburgh To Provide 100% Recycled Office Paper On Demand  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Meet The ‘Trash Man’ Who Recycles Scrap Metal Into Funds For A Local Church

-- DEP Invites Comments On How To Calculate Medium-Specific Standards For Lead In Land Recycling Program Cleanups  [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Here’s The Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 45% By 2030 In Centre Region

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Advisory Committee Nov. 3 Meeting Agenda

-- Agriculture: Every Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass Not Destroyed Is 50 More Next Spring - ‘That’s Scary’  ​​[PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Trail Users To Fill Out Survey  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites Nominations For 2022 Parks & Forest Awards  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 30 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Climate

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 4 Online Lancaster County Lodestar Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Stourbridge Project Solar Installation In Wayne County Wins Environmental Award [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: Legislation Would Expand Solar Power Access Thru Subscriber Programs

-- Philadelphia, Partners Open Solar Training Lab At Frankford H.S. To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Here’s The Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 45% By 2030 In Centre Region

-- PG: Pittsburgh Announces $16 Million Streetlight Replacement Program With LEDs

-- DEP: Sets Final Deadline To Apply For Fast Charging, Hydrogen Fueling Grants Under Driving PA Forward [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time To Protect PA Against Climate Threats  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Prohibit Communities From Promoting Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency; House Republicans Move Companion Bill  [PaEN]

-- AP: Senate Aims Bill At Preventing All Electric Building Code

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call On Wolf To Uphold Promise To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Where Is RGGI Now?  PA Could Join The Emissions Reduction Program Soon, But Obstacles Remain

-- New Poll: 65% Of PA Voters Want To Help Communities Affected By Transition To Clean Energy; 59% Would Vote For Candidates Supporting Reductions In Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]\

-- AP: AG Shapiro Breaks With Wolf Over RGGI Strategy On Climate Change

-- PA Cap-Star: Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro Is Skeptical Of RGGI; Unclear If AG Shapiro  Will Do Something About It 

-- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Senate Moves Resolution To Block RGGI, Key Part Of Wolf’s Climate Plan; Resolution Now Goes To The House

-- Office Of Attorney General: Responds To Republicans On Review Of RGGI Regulation

-- WHP-TV: PA Senate Could Move To Stop Energy Transition [RGGI]

-- StateImpactPA: Central PA Organizations Form Unique Collaboration To Engage Community On Climate Change Challenges, Solutions

-- Inquirer: Climate Campaign Pressures PA-based Vanguard Investment Firm To Act Faster On Fossil Fuels

-- Inquirer: Fires In Electric Car Batteries Are Leading To Recalls, Lawsuits, Fear

-- DCNR Blog: Carbon Capture A Tool To Address  Cause Of Climate Change

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: What The World Can Learn From [PA’s] Rachel Carson As We Fight For Our Planet

-- PG Guest Essay: Carbon Tax Can Pay Off For Working Families - PA’s Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Guest Essay: Faith And Science Mandate A More Aggressive Plan To Address Climate Change - Brandon Hoover and David Foster, Ph.D., Messiah University [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Heed The Warning - A Few Extremists Threaten PA's Energy Leadership - PA Manufacturers Association [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Covestro’s THINC30 Youthquake Summit Helps Pittsburgh Students Become Climate Changemakers

-- CentreDT: ‘We’re Going Green’ Teaches Children No Act Is Too Small To Help Save The Planet

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- NYT: U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On EPA’s Authority To Limit Carbon Emissions

-- USA Today: Bomb Cyclone, Atmospheric River Blasts West Coast, Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power

-- WPost: Longer, More Frequent Outages Afflict U.S. Power Grid As States Fail To Prepare For Climate Change

-- Reuters: U.S. Looks To Colorado For Methane Emissions Policy

-- The Guardian: WV Senator Manchin Pushes For Climate Cuts As West Virginia Battered By Crisis

-- AP: UN: Greenhouse Gas Concentrations Hit New Record In 2020

-- AP: AP-NORC/EPIC Poll: Majority In U.S. Concerned About Climate

-- PG/WPost: Big Insurance Companies Struggle Over Climate Approach

-- AP: Oil Giants Deny Spreading Disinformation On Climate Change

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil, Chevron Profits Soar On Surging Oil And Natural Gas Prices

-- AP: ‘Save Your Species’: UN Uses Dinosaur In Fossil Fuel Message   Click Here to Watch

-- UN: Don’t Choose Extinction Fossil Fuel Message- Video

Climate COP26

-- The Economist: The Agenda For The COP26 Summit

-- AP: ‘Everything Is At Stake’ As World Gathers For Climate Talks

-- AP: A Look At The Top Issues For UN Climate Summit

-- Reuters: COP26: World Makes New Bid To Avert Climate Disaster

-- WSJ: Steep Cuts To Carbon Emissions Gain Stronger Economic Backing

-- The Guardian: Reasons To Be Hopeful: The Climate Solutions Available Now

-- AP: Earth Gets Hotter, Deadlier During Decades Of Climate Talks

-- AP: Climate Change Reshaped Earth With Extreme Weather This Year

-- The Guardian: Climate Experts Warn World Leaders 1.5C Is ‘Real Science’, Not Just Talking Point

-- Financial Times: COP26: How Green Politics Went Mainstream

Coal Mining

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- PJM Adopts Temporary Manual Changes To Address Global Fuel Supply Issues With Coal  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Coal Stockpiles At Power Plant Are Getting So Low, PJM Electric Grid Operator Is Worried About A System Reliability This Winter

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Status Of Proposed Coal Mine In Allegheny County Got More Confusing This Week

-- DCNR Blog: Carbon Capture A Tool To Address  Cause Of Climate Change

Compliance Action

-- PUC Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $63,625 For PA One Call Violations

-- AltoonaM: DEP Fines Altoona Water Authority $44,000 For 2 Violations

-- DEP Acted On 785 Permit Applications - 80% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,278 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Adams County Conservation District: Carroll Valley Park Riparian Forest Buffer

-- Clearfield Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, DEP Potts Run Passive Mine Drainage Treatment - Video 

DCNR

-- The Future Of Pennsylvania’s Parks and Forests Is in Our Hands; New Online StoryMap Describes Critical State Park, Forest Funding Needs [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Trail Users To Fill Out Survey  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Seeking Proposals To Host 2025 PA Greenways & Trails Summit  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites Nominations For 2022 Parks & Forest Awards  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 5th Fall Foliage Report: Weather Conditions Lengthening Peak Fall Color  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Beautiful Trails Near PA Creeks, Streams, Rivers

-- October 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association Names Brook Lenker Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Plans Whitewater Release Into Tohickon Creek In Bucks County For Annual Boating Event

-- Dept. Of Health Awards $160.000 In WalkWorks Grants To Increase Community Physical Activity

-- DCNR Blog: Carbon Capture A Tool To Address  Cause Of Climate Change

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Ghostly Encounters In PA State Parks Defy Logic

-- ErieT: How Presque Isle Helped Solve Early Erie’s Typhoid And Drinking Water Problems

DEP

-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership  [PaEN]

-- AltoonaM: DEP Fines Altoona Water Authority $44,000 For 2 Violations

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On How To Calculate Medium-Specific Standards For Lead In Land Recycling Program Cleanups  [PaEN]

-- DEP Acted On 785 Permit Applications - 80% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,278 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 30 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Nov. 10; Business Meeting Dec. 8  [PaEN]

-- Ducks Unlimited, Coalition For Delaware River Watershed Celebrate $3 Million Tidal Marsh Habitat Restoration Project In John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces 2021 Environmental Award Winners; Nov. 1-8 Celebration  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Advisory Committee Nov. 3 Meeting Agenda

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Nov. 3 Agriculture Work Group Meeting 10:00 a.m. To Noon

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 29 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Nov. 10; Business Meeting Dec. 8  [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- AltoonaM: DEP Fines Altoona Water Authority $44,000 For 2 Violations

Economic Development

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- PG: State College Solar Energy Company Targets Fmr Westinghouse Plant For Expansion

-- PG: RIDC Gets Approval To Develop More Land At Hazelwood Green, Fmr Steel Plant Site

-- PG: Pittsburgh Native Michael Keaton Talks About Making Green Investments In His Hometown

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Ride The Rails To See Fall Foliage In Jim Thorpe

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Seeking Proposals To Host 2025 PA Greenways & Trails Summit  [PaEN]

Education

-- Governor’s STEM Team Competition Now Accepting Registrations  [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia, Partners Open Solar Training Lab At Frankford H.S. To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN]

-- Register Now! PA Forestry Association Virtual Annual Symposium Set For Nov. 2 & 4  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Nov. 3 Agriculture Work Group Meeting 10:00 a.m. To Noon

-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Southwest PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Webinar  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Webinars November 3 & 18  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 4 Online Lancaster County Lodestar Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Meet Eagles Up Close Nov. 6; Peak Golden Eagle Migration Time  [PaEN]

-- PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Virtual 2021 Fall Sustainability Conference Nov. 16  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Virtual GIS Day To Take Place Nov. 16

-- Call For Presenters - Joint Keystone Goldwater Conference & American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: 4 Ways To Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October

-- Adams County Conservation District: Carroll Valley Park Riparian Forest Buffer

-- Clearfield Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, DEP Potts Run Passive Mine Drainage Treatment - Video

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Woolly Caterpillars, Laid-Back Squirrels Make Their Winter Predictions

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Ghostly Encounters In PA State Parks Defy Logic

-- PennLive: Fire Destroys Historic Horn Farm Education Center In York County

-- StateImpactPA: Central PA Organizations Form Unique Collaboration To Engage Community On Climate Change Challenges, Solutions

-- NextPittsburgh: Covestro’s THINC30 Youthquake Summit Helps Pittsburgh Students Become Climate Changemakers

-- CentreDT: ‘We’re Going Green’ Teaches Children No Act Is Too Small To Help Save The Planet

-- River Stewards: Millersville University Students Embrace The Beauty Of The Susquehanna River On A Kayaking Trip

-- AP: ‘Save Your Species’: UN Uses Dinosaur In Fossil Fuel Message   Click Here to Watch

-- UN: Don’t Choose Extinction Fossil Fuel Message- Video

Emergency Response

-- MCall: Thousands Without Power In Lehigh Valley As Wind Gusts Knock Down Trees

-- WHYY: Flooding Leaves Part Of Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing Under Water

-- Inquirer: Flooding Shuts Down I-95 Ramp In Philadelphia

-- PennLive: All-Day Rain Could Cause Flooding In Parts Of PA; Hazardous Weather Outlook

-- CourierT: Yardley, Upper Bucks Prepares As Delaware River Expected To Flood Thursday

-- ScrantonT: Flooding Again Impacts Region As Nor-easter Hits Northeast

Energy

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 4 Online Lancaster County Lodestar Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Stourbridge Project Solar Installation In Wayne County Wins Environmental Award [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: Legislation Would Expand Solar Power Access Thru Subscriber Programs

-- PG: State College Solar Energy Company Targets Fmr Westinghouse Plant For Expansion

-- Philadelphia, Partners Open Solar Training Lab At Frankford H.S. To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Here’s The Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 45% By 2030 In Centre Region

-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time To Protect PA Against Climate Threats  [PaEN]

-- PJM Adopts Temporary Manual Changes To Address Global Fuel Supply Issues With Coal  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Coal Stockpiles At Power Plant Are Getting So Low, PJM Electric Grid Operator Is Worried About A System Reliability This Winter

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Prohibit Communities From Promoting Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency; House Republicans Move Companion Bill  [PaEN]

-- AP: Senate Aims Bill At Preventing All Electric Building Code

-- New Poll: 65% Of PA Voters Want To Help Communities Affected By Transition To Clean Energy; 59% Would Vote For Candidates Supporting Reductions In Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- AP: AG Shapiro Breaks With Wolf Over RGGI Strategy On Climate Change

-- PA Cap-Star: Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro Is Skeptical Of RGGI; Unclear If AG Shapiro  Will Do Something About It 

-- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Senate Moves Resolution To Block RGGI, Key Part Of Wolf’s Climate Plan; Resolution Now Goes To The House

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Where Is RGGI Now?  PA Could Join The Emissions Reduction Program Soon, But Obstacles Remain

-- Office Of Attorney General: Responds To Republicans On Review Of RGGI Regulation

-- WHP-TV: PA Senate Could Move To Stop Energy Transition [RGGI]

-- Inquirer: Climate Campaign Pressures PA-based Vanguard Investment Firm To Act Faster On Fossil Fuels

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: What The World Can Learn From [PA’s] Rachel Carson As We Fight For Our Planet

-- PG Guest Essay: Carbon Tax Can Pay Off For Working Families - PA’s Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Guest Essay: Faith And Science Mandate A More Aggressive Plan To Address Climate Change - Brandon Hoover and David Foster, Ph.D., Messiah University [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Heed The Warning - A Few Extremists Threaten PA's Energy Leadership - PA Manufacturers Association [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Green Building Alliance Oakland Energy Master Plan In Pittsburgh

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Status Of Proposed Coal Mine In Allegheny County Got More Confusing This Week

-- NYT: Old Power Grid Gear Slowing Use Of Clean Energy, Electric Cars

-- Nacero To Build A Natural Gas - Renewable Natural Gas To Gasoline Production Plant in Luzerne County [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Nacero To Build $6 Billion Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant In Luzerne County

-- CitizensV: Natural Gas Fuel Plant Will Bring 4,000 Jobs To Luzerne County

-- Sen. Corman: PA Manufacturing Tax Credit Leads To $6 Billion Investment In PA

-- MeadvilleT: National Fuel Increasing Natural Gas Rates

-- WITF Smart Talk: Gasoline, Fossil Fuel Prices Continue To Rise, Fueling Sticker Shock  [Note: Solar, Wind Energy Have No Fuel Costs That Change Wildly On International Markets.]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Gasoline Is A Necessity For Many Low-Income Drivers, But Programs To Help Families Target Heating Bills Instead

-- TribLive Editorial: The High Price Of Even Higher Gasoline Taxes

-- NPR: Biodiesel Is Booming, It May Help The Climate, But There’s A Big Environmental Risk

-- PG/Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Surges As U.S. Forecasts Stoke Winter Supply Jitters [Note: Solar, Wind Energy Don’t Have Any Fuel Costs]

-- PUC: Marks November As National Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Month

-- PUC: Approves 7.1% Rate Increase For UGI Electric Customers

-- PUC: Approves Settlement With Clearview Energy Related To Sales & Marketing Practices

-- PUC: Seeks Comments On Proposed Settlement Agreements With Greenlight Energy, Discount Power

-- Reuters: Dutch Pension Giant ABP To Dump $17.5 Billion In Fossil Fuel Holdings

-- PG/Bloomberg: Big Oil Is About To Post Highest Cash Flow In More Than 13 Years

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil, Chevron Profits Soar On Surging Oil And Natural Gas Prices

-- AP: Oil Giants Deny Spreading Disinformation On Climate Change

-- AP: ‘Save Your Species’: UN Uses Dinosaur In Fossil Fuel Message   Click Here to Watch

-- UN: Don’t Choose Extinction Fossil Fuel Message- Video

Energy Conservation

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Green Building Alliance Oakland Energy Master Plan In Pittsburgh

-- PG: Pittsburgh Announces $16 Million Streetlight Replacement Program With LEDs

-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Southwest PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Webinar  [PaEN] 

Environmental Health

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Advocates Call On PA To Spend $40 Million To Fight Lead Poisoning In Kids

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Here Are 3  Ways PA Can Help Prevent Lead Poisoning In Children

-- ErieT Editorial: Time To End Childhood Lead Poisoning In PA

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Advisory Committee Nov. 3 Meeting Agenda

Environmental Heritage

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: What The World Can Learn From [PA’s] Rachel Carson As We Fight For Our Planet

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Wilds: ‘Boom To Bust’: How The PA Wilds Survived Intense Logging

-- ErieT: How Presque Isle Helped Solve Early Erie’s Typhoid And Drinking Water Problems

-- Pocono Record: Why Are Abandoned Resorts In The Poconos So Thrilling? 

Environmental Justice

-- Gov. Wolf, Legislative Black Caucus Members Announce Actions To Prioritize Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Nearing End Of His Term, Wolf Issues Order To Bolster Environmental Efforts

EPA

-- EPA Recognizes 2 PA Companies With Top Environmental Performers and Leaders For Freight Supply Chain Efficiency  [PaEN]

-- NYT: U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Case On EPA’s Authority To Limit Carbon Emissions

Farming

-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announce Over $2 Million In Grants To Support 15 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: 4 Ways To Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Nov. 3 Agriculture Work Group Meeting 10:00 a.m. To Noon

-- PennLive: Fire Destroys Historic Horn Farm Education Center In York County

-- Agriculture: Every Spotted Lanternfly Egg Mass Not Destroyed Is 50 More Next Spring - ‘That’s Scary’  ​​[PaEN]

-- ErieT: Erie County Farmer Again Appeals Federal Case Over Wetlands

Fish & Game Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board: Approves Single Opening Day Of Trout Season, Takes Other Actions

Flooding

-- MCall: Thousands Without Power In Lehigh Valley As Wind Gusts Knock Down Trees

-- WHYY: Flooding Leaves Part Of Philadelphia’s Penn’s Landing Under Water

-- Inquirer: Flooding Shuts Down I-95 Ramp In Philadelphia

-- PennLive: All-Day Rain Could Cause Flooding In Parts Of PA; Hazardous Weather Outlook

-- CourierT: Yardley, Upper Bucks Prepares As Delaware River Expected To Flood Thursday

-- ScrantonT: Flooding Again Impacts Region As Nor-easter Hits Northeast

-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time To Protect PA Against Climate Threats  [PaEN]

-- PG Guest Essay: Why Do We Encourage People To Live In Flood Zones?

-- USA Today: Bomb Cyclone, Atmospheric River Blasts West Coast, Hundreds Of Thousands Without Power 

Forests

-- The Future Of Pennsylvania’s Parks and Forests Is in Our Hands; New Online StoryMap Describes Critical State Park, Forest Funding Needs [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites Nominations For 2022 Parks & Forest Awards  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Trail Users To Fill Out Survey  [PaEN]

-- October 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- Register Now! PA Forestry Association Virtual Annual Symposium Set For Nov. 2 & 4  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: 4 Ways To Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October

-- DCNR’s 5th Fall Foliage Report: Weather Conditions Lengthening Peak Fall Color  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Ride The Rails To See Fall Foliage In Jim Thorpe

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Beautiful Trails Near PA Creeks, Streams, Rivers

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Trees

-- Penn State News: Erie Researchers Identify New Fungal Threat To American Chestnut Trees

-- Pennsylvania Wilds: ‘Boom To Bust’: How The PA Wilds Survived Intense Logging

-- The Late Jim Finley: Forest Protector, Private Forest Center Founder, Professor Emeritus

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: Wildlife On Wi-Fi Program Recognized With Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: New Chronic Wasting Disease Deer Detected Close To Wild Elk Range

-- Game Commission: Watch Out For Deer Crossing Roads More Frequently

-- Triblive - Mary Ann Thomas: North Park Eagles Could Rebuild After Nest Tree Collapses, Game Commission Says

Geologic Hazards

-- DCNR Blog: Carbon Capture A Tool To Address  Cause Of Climate Change

Grants/Funding

-- DEP: Sets Final Deadline To Apply For Fast Charging, Hydrogen Fueling Grants Under Driving PA Forward [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announce Over $2 Million In Grants To Support 15 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Health Awards $160.000 In WalkWorks Grants To Increase Community Physical Activity

-- AltoonaM Editorial: PennVEST Funding Benefits Blair County Region 

Green Infrastructure

-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership  [PaEN]

-- Adams County Conservation District: Carroll Valley Park Riparian Forest Buffer

-- Clearfield Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, DEP Potts Run Passive Mine Drainage Treatment - Video

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Tree Planting In Manheim Township Park [PaEN]

-- ABC27: Tree Planting At Manheim Twp Park Aims To Protect Waterways, Habitats

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announce Over $2 Million In Grants To Support 15 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: 4 Ways To Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Trees

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 29 RiverWatch Video Report

Hazardous Substances

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Advocates Call On PA To Spend $40 Million To Fight Lead Poisoning In Kids

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Here Are 3  Ways PA Can Help Prevent Lead Poisoning In Children

-- ErieT Editorial: Time To End Childhood Lead Poisoning In PA

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Advisory Committee Nov. 3 Meeting Agenda

Land Conservation

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster Conservancy Targets 90 Acres In Elizabeth Twp For New Nature Preserve

-- WeConservePA: Seeking Proposals To Host 2025 PA Greenways & Trails Summit  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Trees

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Fall 2021 Highlands Journal

Land Recycling

-- DEP Invites Comments On How To Calculate Medium-Specific Standards For Lead In Land Recycling Program Cleanups  [PaEN]

-- PG: RIDC Gets Approval To Develop More Land At Hazelwood Green, Fmr Steel Plant Site

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 29 RiverWatch Video Report

Lake Erie

-- ErieT: How Presque Isle Helped Solve Early Erie’s Typhoid And Drinking Water Problems

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- TribLive: Pine Keeps It Clean, Boosts Community Pride With Trolling For Trash Program

-- PennLive: City Of Harrisburg Workers Remove 28 Tons Of Trash From Single Illegal Dump Site

Mine Reclamation

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call On Wolf To Uphold Promise To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Prohibit Communities From Promoting Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency; House Republicans Move Companion Bill  [PaEN]

-- AP: Senate Aims Bill At Preventing All Electric Building Code

-- Nacero To Build A Natural Gas - Renewable Natural Gas To Gasoline Production Plant in Luzerne County [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Nacero To Build $6 Billion Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant In Luzerne County

-- CitizensV: Natural Gas Fuel Plant Will Bring 4,000 Jobs To Luzerne County

-- Sen. Corman: PA Manufacturing Tax Credit Leads To $6 Billion Investment In PA

-- MeadvilleT: National Fuel Increasing Natural Gas Rates

-- WITF Smart Talk: Gasoline, Fossil Fuel Prices Continue To Rise, Fueling Sticker Shock  [Note: Solar, Wind Energy Have No Fuel Costs That Change Wildly On International Markets.]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Gasoline Is A Necessity For Many Low-Income Drivers, But Programs To Help Families Target Heating Bills Instead

-- TribLive Editorial: The High Price Of Even Higher Gasoline Taxes

-- NPR: Biodiesel Is Booming, It May Help The Climate, But There’s A Big Environmental Risk

-- PG/Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Surges As U.S. Forecasts Stoke Winter Supply Jitters [Note: Solar, Wind Energy Don’t Have Any Fuel Costs]

-- EarthJustice: Groups Challenge Approvals For Mountaineer Natural Gas Storage Wells

-- Reuters: Investors On Board As U.S. Oil Majors Dismiss Wind And Solar Projects

-- Reuters: Dutch Pension Giant ABP To Dump $17.5 Billion In Fossil Fuel Holdings

-- PG/Bloomberg: Big Oil Is About To Post Highest Cash Flow In More Than 13 Years

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil, Chevron Profits Soar On Surging Oil And Natural Gas Prices

-- AP: Oil Giants Deny Spreading Disinformation On Climate Change

Pipelines

-- PUC Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $63,625 For PA One Call Violations

PennVEST

-- AltoonaM Editorial: PennVEST Funding Benefits Blair County Region

Permitting

-- DEP Acted On 785 Permit Applications - 80% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,278 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 30 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Nov. 10; Business Meeting Dec. 8  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On How To Calculate Medium-Specific Standards For Lead In Land Recycling Program Cleanups  [PaEN]

-- PUC: Seeks Comments On Proposed Settlement Agreements With Greenlight Energy, Discount Power

-- DEP Posted 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 30 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC: Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $63,625 For PA One Call Violations

-- PUC: Marks November As National Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Month

-- PUC: Approves 7.1% Rate Increase For UGI Electric Customers

-- PUC: Approves Settlement With Clearview Energy Related To Sales & Marketing Practices

-- PUC: Seeks Comments On Proposed Settlement Agreements With Greenlight Energy, Discount Power

Radiation Protection

-- The Science Says: Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads Can Harm Aquatic Life, Poses Health Risks To Humans - And It Damages The Roads  [PaEN]

Recreation

-- The Future Of Pennsylvania’s Parks and Forests Is in Our Hands; New Online StoryMap Describes Critical State Park, Forest Funding Needs [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites Nominations For 2022 Parks & Forest Awards  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Trail Users To Fill Out Survey  [PaEN]

-- October 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Seeking Proposals To Host 2025 PA Greenways & Trails Summit  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Paddle A String Of Island At The Conejohela Flats In Susquehanna River National Heritage Area

-- DCNR’s 5th Fall Foliage Report: Weather Conditions Lengthening Peak Fall Color  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Ride The Rails To See Fall Foliage In Jim Thorpe

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Beautiful Trails Near PA Creeks, Streams, Rivers

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Newsletter Features Native Peoples, Paths, Places In State Parks & Forests  [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Association: Nov. 7 Mystery Mushroom Tour In Monroe County

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Poised To Turn Hays Woods Into Newest City Park

-- DCNR Plans Whitewater Release Into Tohickon Creek In Bucks County For Annual Boating Event

-- AltoonaM: Tour Of Alvira Shows Off Recreation Opportunities On State Game Lands In Lycoming County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Ghostly Encounters In PA State Parks Defy Logic

-- PennLive: One Person Died After Boat Capsized In Susquehanna River

-- ErieT: How Presque Isle Helped Solve Early Erie’s Typhoid And Drinking Water Problems

-- Dept. Of Health Awards $160.000 In WalkWorks Grants To Increase Community Physical Activity

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wellsboro Named Audubon Bird Town, What Does That Mean?

-- Keystone Trails Association Names Brook Lenker Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: NJ Governor Proposes $100 Million Investment In Urban Parks

-- AP: U.S. Park Service, Tourism Group Partner To Highlight Tribes; Including On Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Starting In PA

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Resources Council Partners With Construction Junction In Pittsburgh To Provide 100% Recycled Office Paper On Demand  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Webinars November 3 & 18  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine Keeps It Clean, Boosts Community Pride With Trolling For Trash Program

-- LancasterOnline: Meet The ‘Trash Man’ Who Recycles Scrap Metal Into Funds For A Local Church

Regulation

-- AP: AG Shapiro Breaks With Wolf Over RGGI Strategy On Climate Change

-- PA Cap-Star: Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro Is Skeptical Of RGGI; Unclear If AG Shapiro  Will Do Something About It 

-- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Senate Moves Resolution To Block RGGI, Key Part Of Wolf’s Climate Plan; Resolution Now Goes To The House

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Where Is RGGI Now?  PA Could Join The Emissions Reduction Program Soon, But Obstacles Remain

-- Office Of Attorney General: Responds To Republicans On Review Of RGGI Regulation

Renewable Energy

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 4 Online Lancaster County Lodestar Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Stourbridge Project Solar Installation In Wayne County Wins Environmental Award [PaEN]

-- PG: State College Solar Energy Company Targets Fmr Westinghouse Plant For Expansion

-- PA Business Report: Legislation Would Expand Solar Power Access Thru Subscriber Programs

-- Philadelphia, Partners Open Solar Training Lab At Frankford H.S. To Launch Young People Into Clean Energy Careers [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Here’s The Plan For Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 45% By 2030 In Centre Region

-- PA Environmental Council: Now Is The Time To Protect PA Against Climate Threats  [PaEN]

-- New Poll: 65% Of PA Voters Want To Help Communities Affected By Transition To Clean Energy; 59% Would Vote For Candidates Supporting Reductions In Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- AP: AG Shapiro Breaks With Wolf Over RGGI Strategy On Climate Change

-- PA Cap-Star: Gubernatorial Candidate Shapiro Is Skeptical Of RGGI; Unclear If AG Shapiro  Will Do Something About It 

-- Senate Passes Resolution To Block Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Regulations; Now Goes To House  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Senate Moves Resolution To Block RGGI, Key Part Of Wolf’s Climate Plan; Resolution Now Goes To The House

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Where Is RGGI Now?  PA Could Join The Emissions Reduction Program Soon, But Obstacles Remain

-- Office Of Attorney General: Responds To Republicans On Review Of RGGI Regulation

-- WHP-TV: PA Senate Could Move To Stop Energy Transition [RGGI]

-- PJM Adopts Temporary Manual Changes To Address Global Fuel Supply Issues With Coal  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Coal Stockpiles At Power Plant Are Getting So Low, PJM Electric Grid Operator Is Worried About A System Reliability This Winter

-- Inquirer: Climate Campaign Pressures PA-based Vanguard Investment Firm To Act Faster On Fossil Fuels

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill To Prohibit Communities From Promoting Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency; House Republicans Move Companion Bill  [PaEN]

-- AP: Senate Aims Bill At Preventing All Electric Building Code

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: What The World Can Learn From [PA’s] Rachel Carson As We Fight For Our Planet

-- PG Guest Essay: Carbon Tax Can Pay Off For Working Families - PA’s Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Guest Essay: Faith And Science Mandate A More Aggressive Plan To Address Climate Change - Brandon Hoover and David Foster, Ph.D., Messiah University [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Heed The Warning - A Few Extremists Threaten PA's Energy Leadership - PA Manufacturers Association [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Investors On Board As U.S. Oil Majors Dismiss Wind And Solar Projects

-- NYT: Old Power Grid Gear Slowing Use Of Clean Energy, Electric Cars

-- AP: ‘Save Your Species’: UN Uses Dinosaur In Fossil Fuel Message   Click Here to Watch

-- UN: Don’t Choose Extinction Fossil Fuel Message- Video

Schuylkill River

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Nov. 3 Agriculture Work Group Meeting 10:00 a.m. To Noon

Susquehanna River

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Paddle A String Of Island At The Conejohela Flats In Susquehanna River National Heritage Area

-- River Stewards: Millersville University Students Embrace The Beauty Of The Susquehanna River On A Kayaking Trip

Sustainability

-- PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Virtual 2021 Fall Sustainability Conference Nov. 16  [PaEN]

-- EPA Recognizes 2 PA Companies With Top Environmental Performers and Leaders For Freight Supply Chain Efficiency  [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- WESA: ALCOSAN To Increase Wastewater Rates In The New Year

-- AltoonaM: DEP Fines Altoona Water Authority $44,000 For 2 Violations

Watershed Protection

-- ReImagine Appalachia: Updated Build Back Better Framework Sets Stage For Job-Creating Investment in Healthier, More Prosperous Future for Appalachia   [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Unusual Weather Conditions Continue To Impact Chesapeake Bay Water Quality  [PaEN]

-- Adams County Conservation District: Carroll Valley Park Riparian Forest Buffer

-- Clearfield Conservation District, Trout Unlimited, DEP Potts Run Passive Mine Drainage Treatment - Video

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Tree Planting In Manheim Township Park [PaEN]

-- ABC27: Tree Planting At Manheim Twp Park Aims To Protect Waterways, Habitats

-- Ed Wytovich Discusses Catawissa Creek's Unique Potential, Threats It Faces, What's Needed  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Communities Should Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Plan On Preventing Flooding, Reducing Water Pollution Needed In Lycoming County Region, But Costly  [Hint: American Rescue Plan Funds]

-- DEP: Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Profiles Of 40 Clean Water Funding Programs, Local Clean Water Leadership  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Announce Over $2 Million In Grants To Support 15 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Announces 2021 Environmental Award Winners; Nov. 1-8 Celebration  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Moves Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: 4 Ways To Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October

-- DRBC Posts Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From High Volume Hydraulic Fracking Oil And Gas Drilling Operations; Bans Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Virtual Hearing Nov. 10; Business Meeting Dec. 8  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network: Nov. 3 Agriculture Work Group Meeting 10:00 a.m. To Noon

-- Call For Presenters - Joint Keystone Goldwater Conference & American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26  [PaEN]

-- River Stewards: Millersville University Students Embrace The Beauty Of The Susquehanna River On A Kayaking Trip

-- Ducks Unlimited, Coalition For Delaware River Watershed Celebrate $3 Million Tidal Marsh Habitat Restoration Project In John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Six Things You Didn’t Know About Trees

-- ErieT: Erie County Farmer Again Appeals Federal Case Over Wetlands

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Water Quality Advisory Committee Nov. 3 Meeting Agenda

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 29 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board: Approves Single Opening Day Of Trout Season, Takes Other Actions

-- Game Commission: Wildlife On Wi-Fi Program Recognized With Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence

-- Call For Presenters - Joint Keystone Goldwater Conference & American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26  [PaEN]

-- Ducks Unlimited, Coalition For Delaware River Watershed Celebrate $3 Million Tidal Marsh Habitat Restoration Project In John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal Forum: Culverts Should Be Connections, Not Barriers, For Stream Life

-- TribLive: Disease Management Areas Expanded, Created After Chronic Wasting Disease Positive Deer Found

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: New Chronic Wasting Disease Deer Detected Close To Wild Elk Range

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deadly Chronic Wasting Disease Knocking On PA’s Elk Range

-- Game Commission: Watch Out For Deer Crossing Roads More Frequently

-- Triblive - Mary Ann Thomas: North Park Eagles Could Rebuild After Nest Tree Collapses, Game Commission Says

-- AltoonaM: Tour Of Alvira Shows Off Recreation Opportunities On State Game Lands In Lycoming County

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Meet Eagles Up Close Nov. 6; Peak Golden Eagle Migration Time  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wellsboro Named Audubon Bird Town, What Does That Mean?

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Turkey Hunting Numbers Far Below Historic Levels

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Why Is There Purple Paint On Trees Everywhere In PA?

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Woolly Caterpillars, Laid-Back Squirrels Make Their Winter Predictions

Opportunities

-- Keystone Trails Association Names Brook Lenker Executive Director  [PaEN]

Transition

-- The Late Jim Finley: Forest Protector, Private Forest Center Founder, Professor Emeritus

 

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