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

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- House Republicans Move Bills Amending State Constitution To Invalidate Actions By The Executive Branch To Cement One-Party Rule Of State Government [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Hearing On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- The Center Square: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Focuses On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

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]

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-- 41 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

Air

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health [PaEN]

-- WITF - Reid Frazier: Corroded Equipment Led To Catastrophic Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works In 2018

-- Public Source: The City Of Prayer: Clairton’s Residents Persevere Amid Persistent Pollution And Violence

-- EPA Sets Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Hearings On Proposal To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: State DEP Suspends CARB Standards For Heavy Duty Trucks

-- TribLive - Joseph Sabino Mistick: The Men Who Cleared Pittsburgh’s Skies

Alternative Fuels

-- ErieT: World’s First All-Electric Freight Locomotive Made In PA To Be Used In Western PA [A Product Like This Would Cost More Under Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284. Read more here]

-- Inquirer: SEPTA Buys Hybrid Buses For $178 Million, While It Studies Options For Battery Electric Models

-- PG: Pittsburgh Council Considers Investment In Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Can Build A Clean Electric Vehicle Future, Wolf, Lawmakers Must Embrace It - PA Budget & Policy Center

-- AP: Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers As Energy Costs Spike [Due To Natural Gas Prices]

-- Inquirer: The Infrastructure Bill Is Big, But It Won’t Transform America’s Focus On Cars

Awards & Recognition

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For Pennsylvania’s Green Ribbon Schools Recognition Program [PaEN]

-- Keeping PA Beautiful Accepting Art, Essay, Video Entries For Litter Hawk Youth Awards Program [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- TribLive: PA Will Fully Ban Sale Of Japanese Barberry By Fall 2023

-- WeConservePA Webinar: Jan. 25 - Updating Conservation Status Of Rare Plants In PA With Dr. Tanisha M. Williams, Bucknell University. 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

-- ErieT: Struggling With Blight, American Chestnut Tree Faces New Disease Identified By Erie County Researchers

-- TribLive Editorial: Invasive Species Are Environmental Threat Everyone Can Fight

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Monarch Butterflies From PA Reached Mexican Wintering Grounds

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Wild Heritage News Fall 2021 Newsletter

-- PG: Pittsburgh Fish Store Owner Gets Probation For Federal Charges Related To Selling Endangered, Invasive Fish

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- CentreDT: Centre County Gives Another Boost To Tourism With American Rescue Plan Funds

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Invest American Rescue Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- PennLive Editorial: The People Must Decide How To Spend The Federal Windfall Coming To PA

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- WPCAMR: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded [PaEN]

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

-- ErieT: Why Democrats Say Build Back Better Plan Is A ‘Big Win’ For Pennsylvania

-- Gov. Wolf: Joins Biden At Signing Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [Statement Does Not Mention Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- PA Cap-Star: It Might Take Years Before PA Communities See Impact Of Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Call For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- CBF: Enactment Of Infrastructure Legislation Major Victory For Chesapeake Bay

-- Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Includes $26 Million More For Delaware River Watershed Restoration Efforts Over 5 Years

-- Conservation Voters Of PA: Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill First Step In Achieving Climate Vision

-- PA Cap-Star: Biden Signs Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Bringing Billions To PA

-- WITF: PA’s Share Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Won’t Arrive For A While

-- PG: Unions, Democrats Say Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill A Boost For Western PA

-- PG: Pittsburgh-Based Battery Tech Researchers, Manufacturers Look To Grants In Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: How PA Could Benefit From Federal Infrastructure Funding [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Orphan Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Bay Journal: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Boosts Chesapeake Bay Funding, Other Environmental Needs [Forgot cleaning up abandoned coal mines-PA’s #1 water quality problem, plugging oil & gas wells]

-- AltoonaM Editorial: PA Infrastructure Investments Must Improve Our Climate Resiliency

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Signifies Huge Triumph

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Federal Infrastructure Bill Invests In PA; State Legislative Leaders Need To Do The Same - Rep. Joanna McClinton, House Democratic Leader

-- Inquirer: The Infrastructure Bill Is Big, But It Won’t Transform America’s Focus On Cars

-- CourierT: Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick Hails Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill As A Win For PA

--Inquirer: Republican Cong Fitzpatrick Facing Backlash From Fellow Republicans For Supporting Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill

-- WBTimes: Republican PA U.S. Sen. Toomey Still Opposing Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Signed Into Law This Week

Build Back Better Budget Bill

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: U.S. House Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Puts Us Closer To A Bright Inheritance For Our Children [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Why Democrats Say Build Back Better Plan Is A ‘Big Win’ For Pennsylvania

-- AP: House Democrats Pass Sweeping Social, Climate Bill

-- The Guardian: House Democrats Pass Expansive Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- Utility Dive: U.S. House Passes Build Back Better, Tees Up Senate Vote On Funding For Climate, Clean Energy And Electric Vehicles

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Call For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- USA Today: Build Back Better Budget Bill Would Create CCC To Fight Climate Change

-- The Hill: U.S. House Democrats Expects To Pass $1.75 Trillion Build Back Better Budget This Week

Budget

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Invest American Rescue Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- DCNR Signs Oil & Gas Lease Agreement For 198.5 Acres Of Publicly-Owned Streambeds In Wyoming County For $794,000 + Royalties [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- CBF: Enactment Of Infrastructure Legislation Major Victory For Chesapeake Bay

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Midstate Universities Plant Forest Buffers To Clean Water From Campuses

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Horse-Drawn Manure Injector Designed To Entice Plain Sects, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River Contamination Is Getting Worse, And Harrisburg’s Sewer System Is Being Blamed

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Warming Faster Than Ocean Surface, Study Shows

-- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Virtual Turning A New Leaf Conference Dec. 8-9; Certification Training Schedule Updated [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards - By Siri Lawson, Farmington Township, Warren County [PaEN]

-- Environment News Service: Pennsylvania Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread On Dirt Roads

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children [PaEN]

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- Family Forest Carbon Program Now Open Across Pennsylvania Provides New Revenue Opportunities For Forest Landowners; 60 Enrolled So Far Covering 10,000 Acres [PaEN]

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: DEP To Study Raising Oil And Gas Well Plugging Bonds; DEP Has Less Than $15 Per Well Available To Plug Conventional Wells

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: PA Land Conservation Conference Keynote Speakers Authors Of Full Ecology, Gary Ferguson & Mary M. Clare - March 16-18

-- WeConservePA: Virtual Environmental Advisory Council Network Conference February 26

-- Reminder: Nov. 16-17 PA League Of Women Voters Virtual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Efficacy Of Using Drilling Wastewater On Dirt Roads [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Researchers Now Enrolling Bucks, Montgomery Residents For PFAS Study, Do You Qualify?

-- Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 Acre Penrose Swamp Barrens In Carbon & Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 130 Acres Of Forest Land In York County [PaEN]

-- Gibble Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect 53 Acres In Lebanon County [PaEN]

-- Nov. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Nonprofit Comes To Philly To Recycle Clothing Waste Across The Mid-Atlantic

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Latest On Empowering Pennsylvanians To Keep Our Communities Clean And Beautiful

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds [PaEN]

-- DCNR Honors Boy Scout Troop That Visited 120 State Parks In Honor Of Late Scoutmaster [PaEN]

-- FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Shop For Best Energy Deals As Fuel Costs Rise; Natural Gas Costs Driving Electric Rates Up [PaEN]

Climate

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Officials Hope UN Climate Conference Urgency Translates Into Action At Home

-- AltoonaM Editorial: PA Infrastructure Investments Must Improve Our Climate Resiliency

-- PennEnvironment: New Renewable Energy Reports Shows PA Lags Behind Other States In Solar, Wind Energy

-- Guest Essay: Are We Prepared For Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania? - By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA [PaEN]

-- Family Forest Carbon Program Now Open Across Pennsylvania Provides New Revenue Opportunities For Forest Landowners; 60 Enrolled So Far Covering 10,000 Acres [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Plunging Temperatures, Higher Prices: Why Renewables Could Be The Answer; Unlike Natural Gas, Clean Energy Sources Do Not Suffer From Wild Price Fluctuations

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Why Is The National Parks Service Teaming Up With PGW On A Fossil Fuel Project In Philly? - Clean Air Council

-- PG: Pittsburgh Council Considers Investment In Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Can Build A Clean Electric Vehicle Future, Wolf, Lawmakers Must Embrace It - PA Budget & Policy Center

-- Penn State: Increased Flooding Due To Climate Change Will Be Worse In Small Watersheds; Underestimating Flood Risks Due To Climate Change Can Lead To Poor Infrastructure Design [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: PA Infrastructure Investments Must Improve Our Climate Resiliency

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants Part Of Solution

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

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

-- Gov. Wolf: Joins Biden At Signing Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [Statement Does Not Mention Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Call For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- Conservation Voters Of PA: Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill First Step In Achieving Climate Vision

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health

-- EPA Sets Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Hearings On Proposal To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- AP: Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers As Energy Costs Spike [Due To Natural Gas Prices]

-- Inquirer: SEPTA Buys Hybrid Buses For $178 Million, While It Studies Options For Battery Electric Models

-- Inquirer: The Infrastructure Bill Is Big, But It Won’t Transform America’s Focus On Cars

-- Financial Times: Companies That Quickly Embrace Green Tech Will Clean Up

-- The Guardian: Military Deployed As Canadian Pacific North-West Grapples With Devastating Floods [Is PA Ready?]

-- The Guardian: U.S. Mountain States Battle Wildfires Despite Impending Winter: ‘We Are Struggling’

Climate - COP26

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Officials Hope UN Climate Conference Urgency Translates Into Action At Home

-- AltoonaM Editorial: PA Infrastructure Investments Must Improve Our Climate Resiliency

-- The Guardian: There Was Progress At COP26, But The Planet’s Fate Is Still In The Balance

-- NPR: Pope Francis Again Calls For Climate Action, U.S. Bishops Have Been All But Silent

-- AP: Coming Off Climate Talks, U.S. To Hold Huge Crude Oil Sale In Gulf

Coal Mining

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

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

-- Gov. Wolf: Joins Biden At Signing Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [Statement Does Not Mention Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

Compliance Action

-- PUC Imposes $1 Million Penalty On Energy Transfer Company For 2018 Revolution Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves $1 Million Penalty In Settlement Over Revolution Pipeline Explosion

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: PUC Approves $1.975 Million Settlement With Energy Transfer For PA Pipeline Blast

-- TribLive: $1 Million Settlement Approved By PUC In 2018 Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

-- PUC Orders More Than A Dozen Actions To Improve Safety In Construction, Operation Of Mariner East Pipelines; Sunoco Must Pay $2,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 673 Permits, 91% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 963 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- PG: Greene County Man Pleads Guilty In $2 Million South Carolina Green Energy Power Plant Project

-- TribLive: Fake Energy Company Jilts Investors Out Of $2 Million

-- PG: Pittsburgh Fish Store Owner Gets Probation For Federal Charges Related To Selling Endangered, Invasive Fish

Conservation Districts

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 500 Volunteers Planted 17 Acres Of Native Trees In 11 Municipalities To Improve Water Quality; Now It’s Your Turn

DCNR

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Advisory Council To Hear Plan For Low-Altitude Military Training Flights Over PA Wilds

-- DCNR Honors Boy Scout Troop That Visited 120 State Parks In Honor Of Late Scoutmaster [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Announces Delayed Dam Repairs At Shikellamy State Park

-- WarrenT: Storywalk Trail Now Open At Chapman State Park

-- Nov. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- DCNR Signs Oil & Gas Lease Agreement For 198.5 Acres Of Publicly-Owned Streambeds In Wyoming County For $794,000 + Royalties [PaEN]

-- MCall: $21 Million Federal Grant To Help Connect D&L Trail In Lehigh Valley, Build New Road

-- TribLive: Point State Park Holiday Tree Will Be Lit Once Again In Pittsburgh

-- WBTimes: Ellen Ferretti ‘Comes Home’ To Take The Helm At North Branch Land Trust

-- PG - Salena Zito: Cambria County Fights Population Loss In Little, Big Ways [Fishing, Hiking, Outdoor Life]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program: Wild Heritage News Fall 2021 Newsletter

-- WeConservePA: PA Land Conservation Conference Keynote Speakers Authors Of Full Ecology, Gary Ferguson & Mary M. Clare - March 16-18

-- CitizensV: Delaware Water Gap Could Soon Be A National Park And It’s Closer Than You Think

DEP

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: DEP To Study Raising Oil And Gas Well Plugging Bonds; DEP Has Less Than $15 Per Well Available To Plug Conventional Wells

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

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

-- Gov. Wolf: Joins Biden At Signing Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [Statement Does Not Mention Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Call For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- Conservation Voters Of PA: Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill First Step In Achieving Climate Vision

-- DEP Releases Guidelines For Recycling In Your Community Booklet On America Recycles Day [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 673 Permits, 91% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 963 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Includes $26 Million More For Delaware River Watershed Restoration Efforts Over 5 Years

-- AP: Federal Regulators Seek To Suspend Rule Allowing Railroads To Transport Natural Gas

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Block Rule Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Railroads

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 19 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA DEP Proposes Strict Limits For PFOS ‘Forever’ Chemicals In Drinking Water

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Moving Forward With Rule To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Water

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water

-- AP: PA Pushes PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Drinking Water Limit

-- CourierT: PA Moving Forward With Setting PFAS Limits For Drinking Water; Here’s The Next Step

-- DEP Proposed To Set Stricter PFAS Limits Approved [For Public Comment] By Environmental Quality Board

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: EQB Approves Proposed Drinking Water Limits For PFAS

-- EPA Asks Science Advisory Board To Review PFOA/PFOS In Drinking Water Science

-- The Guardian: Federal Legislation Banning ‘Forever Chemicals’ Far From Certain As Senate Fight Looms

-- WHYY: Does PFAS Exposure Affect COVID Illness & Vaccine Effectiveness? Researches Want To Know

-- ErieT Editorial: Protection From PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Taking Forever

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- PUC OKs Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Rate Settlement, Including $21 Million Annual Stormwater Charge [PaEN]

-- WHYY: What’s At Stake In Fight Over Chester Water Authority In Delaware County

-- WESA: 500+ Allegheny County Kids Have Elevated Blood Lead Levels

Economic Development

-- Senate Environmental Committee Hearing On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- The Center Square: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Focuses On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- DCED Announces $105,497 Grant To Extend Pipeline For Natural Gas Service In Mifflin County

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: PA Can Build A Clean Electric Vehicle Future, Wolf, Lawmakers Must Embrace It - PA Budget & Policy Center

-- ESRI: Annette Ginocchetti - A GIS Innovator Pursues Her 'Mappings' In NE PA

-- Pittsburgh-Based Landforce: Read One Person’s Story About His Journey At Landforce

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request [PaEN]

-- PG - Salena Zito: Cambria County Fights Population Loss In Little, Big Ways [Fishing, Hiking, Outdoor Life]

-- Financial Times: Companies That Quickly Embrace Green Tech Will Clean Up

Education

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations For Student Conservation Ambassadors [PaEN]

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For Pennsylvania’s Green Ribbon Schools Recognition Program [PaEN]

-- Keeping PA Beautiful Accepting Art, Essay, Video Entries For Litter Hawk Youth Awards Program [PaEN]

-- DCNR Honors Boy Scout Troop That Visited 120 State Parks In Honor Of Late Scoutmaster [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Professional Pest Managers School Dec. 6 Grantville, Dauphin County. 8:30 a.m.

-- WeConservePA Webinar: Jan. 25 - Updating Conservation Status Of Rare Plants In PA With Dr. Tanisha M. Williams, Bucknell University. 10:00 to 11:30 a.m.

-- WeConservePA: Virtual Environmental Advisory Council Network Conference February 26

-- WeConservePA: PA Land Conservation Conference Keynote Speakers Authors Of Full Ecology, Gary Ferguson & Mary M. Clare - March 16-18

-- Environment News Service: Pennsylvania Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread On Dirt Roads

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children [PaEN]

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Nov. 16-17 PA League Of Women Voters Virtual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Efficacy Of Using Drilling Wastewater On Dirt Roads [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Joseph Sabino Mistick: The Men Who Cleared Pittsburgh’s Skies

-- DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Utilizing The Outdoors For Veterans Therapy

-- WarrenT: Storywalk Trail Now Open At Chapman State Park

-- Pittsburgh-Based Landforce: Read One Person’s Story About His Journey At Landforce

-- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Virtual Turning A New Leaf Conference Dec. 8-9; Certification Training Schedule Updated [PaEN]

-- 4 PA Conservation Group Collaboration Receives NFWF Funding To Track Important Migratory Routes In The Northeast U.S. [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Guidelines For Recycling In Your Community Booklet On America Recycles Day [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Latest On Empowering Pennsylvanians To Keep Our Communities Clean And Beautiful

-- FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Shop For Best Energy Deals As Fuel Costs Rise; Natural Gas Costs Driving Electric Rates Up [PaEN]

-- Penn State Expands Breazeale Nuclear Research Reactor

Emergency Response

-- Philadelphia Citizen: Philadelphia’s Failure To Alert Residents To Tire Fire Should Scare You

-- WHYY/PlanPhilly: After A Junkyard Fire Pollutes Philly With Smoke, City Has Few Avenues For Accountability

Energy

-- Guest Essay: Shifting Toward Clean Energy Can Lower Costs For Pennsylvanians; Unlike Natural Gas, Clean Energy Does Not Suffer From Wild Price Fluctuations - By Mandy Warner, Environmental Defense Fund [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment: New Renewable Energy Reports Shows PA Lags Behind Other States In Solar, Wind Energy

-- Guest Essay: Are We Prepared For Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania? - By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA [PaEN]

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Why Is The National Parks Service Teaming Up With PGW On A Fossil Fuel Project In Philly? - Clean Air Council

-- ErieT: World’s First All-Electric Freight Locomotive Made In PA To Be Used In Western PA [A Product Like This Would Cost More Under Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284. Read more here]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants Part Of Solution

-- BeaverT: Company Plans To Power Bitcoin Mining With Natural Gas In Beaver County

-- PEC Podcast: Talen Energy Looks To Use Its Nuclear Power Plant For Bitcoin Mining, Battery Storage

-- The Guardian: Environmentalists Sound Alarm On Huge Power Consumption As U.S. Politicians’ Embrace Cryptocurrency

-- FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Shop For Best Energy Deals As Fuel Costs Rise; Natural Gas Costs Driving Electric Rates Up [PaEN]

-- PUC Reaches Out To Utility Leaders #CallUtilitiesNow Campaign To Help Consumers With Energy Bills

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: LIHEAP Offers Relief To Households Struggling To Cover High Heating Bills - Columbia Gas

-- PA Cap-Star: Plunging Temperatures, Higher Prices: Why Renewables Could Be The Answer; Unlike Natural Gas, Clean Energy Sources Do Not Suffer From Wild Price Fluctuations

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves 6.6% PECO Electric Rate Increase

-- ErieT: Natural Gas Prices Rise 8.2%, Tips For Cutting Heating Costs

-- PUC Seeks Comment On Proposed Settlement With Green Mountain Energy For Unauthorized Enrollments Of Customers

-- PUC Approves Utility Plans To Return Nearly $62 Million In Federal Tax Savings To Customers

-- PG: Greene County May Pleads Guilty In $2 Million South Carolina Green Energy Power Plant Project

-- TribLive: Fake Energy Company Jilts Investors Out Of $2 Million

-- WHYY: Victim's Family Sues Philadelphia Gas Works Over Fatal 2019 Explosion

-- AP: Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers As Energy Costs Spike [Due To Natural Gas Prices]

-- PG: Gasoline Price Relief On The Horizon As Global Oil Supply Picks Up, IEA Says

Environmental Health

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health [PaEN]

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Environment News Service: Pennsylvania Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread On Dirt Roads

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children [PaEN]

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Nov. 16-17 PA League Of Women Voters Virtual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Efficacy Of Using Drilling Wastewater On Dirt Roads [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Researchers Now Enrolling Bucks, Montgomery Residents For PFAS Study, Do You Qualify?

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA DEP Proposes Strict Limits For PFOS ‘Forever’ Chemicals In Drinking Water

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Moving Forward With Rule To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Water

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water

-- AP: PA Pushes PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Drinking Water Limit

-- CourierT: PA Moving Forward With Setting PFAS Limits For Drinking Water; Here’s The Next Step

-- DEP Proposed To Set Stricter PFAS Limits Approved [For Public Comment] By Environmental Quality Board

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: EQB Approves Proposed Drinking Water Limits For PFAS

-- EPA Asks Science Advisory Board To Review PFOA/PFOS In Drinking Water Science

-- The Guardian: Federal Legislation Banning ‘Forever Chemicals’ Far From Certain As Senate Fight Looms

-- WHYY: Does PFAS Exposure Affect COVID Illness & Vaccine Effectiveness? Researches Want To Know

-- PA Cap-Star: State Regulators Must Determine If Hazardous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Were Used In Fracking - Clean Air Council

-- ErieT Editorial: Protection From PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Taking Forever

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health

-- WESA: 500+ Allegheny County Kids Have Elevated Blood Lead Levels

Environmental Heritage

-- TribLive - Joseph Sabino Mistick: The Men Who Cleared Pittsburgh’s Skies

Environmental Justice

-- PA Cap-Star: Black Clergy Of Philadelphia Not Satisfied With City’s Progress On Rebuilding Recreation Centers

-- NBC10: Going Green To Fight Environmental Injustice In Philadelphia

-- MetroPhiladelphia: City Of Philadelphia Opens Application Process For Environmental Justice Commission

EPA

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- EPA Sets Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Hearings On Proposal To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- EPA Releases Recycling Strategy To Achieve A 50% Recycling Rate By 2030

-- The Guardian: Federal Legislation Banning ‘Forever Chemicals’ Far From Certain As Senate Fight Looms

-- EPA, Corps Of Engineers Take Action To Return To Pre-2015 Definition Of Waters Of The U.S. [Makes no difference in PA]

Farming

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Horse-Drawn Manure Injector Designed To Entice Plain Sects, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff

-- Family Forest Carbon Program Now Open Across Pennsylvania Provides New Revenue Opportunities For Forest Landowners; 60 Enrolled So Far Covering 10,000 Acres [PaEN]

-- MCall: Plan To Dispose Of Processed Sewage On Lehigh Valley Preserved Farmland Raises Concerns

Flooding

-- Penn State: Increased Flooding Due To Climate Change Will Be Worse In Small Watersheds; Underestimating Flood Risks Due To Climate Change Can Lead To Poor Infrastructure Design [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Military Deployed As Canadian Pacific North-West Grapples With Devastating Floods [Is PA Ready?]

Flooding - Hurricane Ida

-- Inquirer: Brandywine River Museum Will Reopen For First Time Since Hurricane Ida Flooding

Forests

-- Family Forest Carbon Program Now Open Across Pennsylvania Provides New Revenue Opportunities For Forest Landowners; 60 Enrolled So Far Covering 10,000 Acres [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Expect Your 2021 Christmas Tree To Cost Much More Says Auctioneer Who Sold 51,000 Of Them

-- PennLive: More Christmas Trees, Higher Prices Anticipated At World’s Largest Tree Auction In PA

-- ErieT: Struggling With Blight, American Chestnut Tree Faces New Disease Identified By Erie County Researchers

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request [PaEN]

-- Nov. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Professional Pest Managers School Dec. 6 Grantville, Dauphin County. 8:30 a.m.

Forests - Wildfires

-- The Guardian: U.S. Mountain States Battle Wildfires Despite Impending Winter: ‘We Are Struggling’

-- AP: Wildfires Torched Up To A Fifth Of All Giant Sequoia Trees

Grants/Funding

-- MCall: $21 Million Federal Grant To Help Connect D&L Trail In Lehigh Valley, Build New Road

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- 4 PA Conservation Group Collaboration Receives NFWF Funding To Track Important Migratory Routes In The Northeast U.S. [PaEN]

-- DCED Announces $105,497 Grant To Extend Pipeline For Natural Gas Service In Mifflin County

Green Infrastructure

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 Acre Penrose Swamp Barrens In Carbon & Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 130 Acres Of Forest Land In York County [PaEN]

-- Gibble Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect 53 Acres In Lebanon County [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 500 Volunteers Planted 17 Acres Of Native Trees In 11 Municipalities To Improve Water Quality; Now It’s Your Turn

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Midstate Universities Plant Forest Buffers To Clean Water From Campuses

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

Green Technology

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Horse-Drawn Manure Injector Designed To Entice Plain Sects, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff

-- ErieT: World’s First All-Electric Freight Locomotive Made In PA To Be Used In Western PA [A Product Like This Would Cost More Under Sen. Yaw’s Senate Bill 284. Read more here]

-- Financial Times: Companies That Quickly Embrace Green Tech Will Clean Up

Hazardous Substances

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Environment News Service: Pennsylvania Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread On Dirt Roads

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children [PaEN]

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Nov. 16-17 PA League Of Women Voters Virtual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Efficacy Of Using Drilling Wastewater On Dirt Roads [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Researchers Now Enrolling Bucks, Montgomery Residents For PFAS Study, Do You Qualify?

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA DEP Proposes Strict Limits For PFOS ‘Forever’ Chemicals In Drinking Water

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Moving Forward With Rule To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Water

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA Proposes Rules To Limit ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water

-- AP: PA Pushes PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Drinking Water Limit

-- CourierT: PA Moving Forward With Setting PFAS Limits For Drinking Water; Here’s The Next Step

-- DEP Proposed To Set Stricter PFAS Limits Approved [For Public Comment] By Environmental Quality Board

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: EQB Approves Proposed Drinking Water Limits For PFAS

-- EPA Asks Science Advisory Board To Review PFOA/PFOS In Drinking Water Science

-- The Guardian: Federal Legislation Banning ‘Forever Chemicals’ Far From Certain As Senate Fight Looms

-- WHYY: Does PFAS Exposure Affect COVID Illness & Vaccine Effectiveness? Researches Want To Know

-- PA Cap-Star: State Regulators Must Determine If Hazardous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Were Used In Fracking - Clean Air Council

-- ErieT Editorial: Protection From PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals Taking Forever

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- WESA: 500+ Allegheny County Kids Have Elevated Blood Lead Levels

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health

Information Management

-- ESRI: Annette Ginocchetti - A GIS Innovator Pursues Her 'Mappings' In NE PA

Land Conservation

-- Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 Acre Penrose Swamp Barrens In Carbon & Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 130 Acres Of Forest Land In York County [PaEN]

-- Gibble Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect 53 Acres In Lebanon County [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Ellen Ferretti ‘Comes Home’ To Take The Helm At North Branch Land Trust

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- 4 PA Conservation Group Collaboration Receives NFWF Funding To Track Important Migratory Routes In The Northeast U.S. [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh-Based Landforce: Read One Person’s Story About His Journey At Landforce

-- WeConservePA: PA Land Conservation Conference Keynote Speakers Authors Of Full Ecology, Gary Ferguson & Mary M. Clare - March 16-18

-- Penn State Extension: Professional Pest Managers School Dec. 6 Grantville, Dauphin County. 8:30 a.m.

Land Recycling

-- Senate Environmental Committee Hearing On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- The Center Square: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Focuses On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- TribLive: Pitt Gets $100 Million To Build Biomanufacturing Hub At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site

-- PG: $100 Million Mellon Foundation Grant To Spur Creation Of Biomanufacturing Facility At Hazelwood Green

Lake Erie

-- ErieT: Lake Erie Cottages’ Bankruptcy Could Net More Access To Prized Steelhead Run

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keeping PA Beautiful Accepting Art, Essay, Video Entries For Litter Hawk Youth Awards Program [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Latest On Empowering Pennsylvanians To Keep Our Communities Clean And Beautiful

Mine Reclamation

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- WPCAMR: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: How PA Could Benefit From Federal Infrastructure Funding [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Orphan Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

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

-- Gov. Wolf: Joins Biden At Signing Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [Statement Does Not Mention Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Call For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- CBF: Enactment Of Infrastructure Legislation Major Victory For Chesapeake Bay

-- Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Includes $26 Million More For Delaware River Watershed Restoration Efforts Over 5 Years

-- Conservation Voters Of PA: Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill First Step In Achieving Climate Vision

-- Grist: Reinventing Coal Country: Reclaiming America’s Abandoned Mine Lands [PA examples]

-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. 2 On Proposed Fee Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: DEP To Study Raising Oil And Gas Well Plugging Bonds; DEP Has Less Than $15 Per Well Available To Plug Conventional Wells

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Environment News Service: Pennsylvania Drilling Wastewater Toxics Spread On Dirt Roads

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children [PaEN]

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Nov. 16-17 PA League Of Women Voters Virtual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Efficacy Of Using Drilling Wastewater On Dirt Roads [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: From Scranton, A Reminder Of The Perils Of Toxic Fracking Waste - Dunmore Borough Council Member

-- PA Cap-Star: State Regulators Must Determine If Hazardous ‘Forever Chemicals’ Were Used In Fracking - Clean Air Council

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: How PA Could Benefit From Federal Infrastructure Funding [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Orphan Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Hearing On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- The Center Square: Senate Environmental Committee Hearing Focuses On Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Efforts

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Why Is The National Parks Service Teaming Up With PGW On A Fossil Fuel Project In Philly? - Clean Air Council

-- EPA Sets Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Hearings On Proposal To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- DCNR Signs Oil & Gas Lease Agreement For 198.5 Acres Of Publicly-Owned Streambeds In Wyoming County For $794,000 + Royalties [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Victim's Family Sues Philadelphia Gas Works Over Fatal 2019 Explosion

-- DCED Announces $105,497 Grant To Extend Pipeline For Natural Gas Service In Mifflin County

-- AP: Biden Pushes Electric Vehicle Chargers As Energy Costs Spike [Due To Natural Gas Prices]

-- AP: Federal Regulators Seek To Suspend Rule Allowing Railroads To Transport Natural Gas

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Block Rule Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Railroads

-- AP: Coming Off Climate Talks, U.S. To Hold Huge Crude Oil Sale In Gulf

-- PG: Gasoline Price Relief On The Horizon As Global Oil Supply Picks Up, IEA Says

Pipelines

-- PUC Imposes $1 Million Penalty On Energy Transfer Company For 2018 Revolution Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves $1 Million Penalty In Settlement Over Revolution Pipeline Explosion

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: PUC Approves $1.975 Million Settlement With Energy Transfer For PA Pipeline Blast

-- TribLive: $1 Million Settlement Approved By PUC In 2018 Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

-- PUC Orders More Than A Dozen Actions To Improve Safety In Construction, Operation Of Mariner East Pipelines; Sunoco Must Pay $2,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware County Community Appeals Ruling On Mariner Pipeline-Related Records

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Mariner East Natural Gas Pipeline/Township Records Should Be Open To Public

-- DCED Announces $105,497 Grant To Extend Pipeline For Natural Gas Service In Mifflin County

-- AP: Federal Regulators Seek To Suspend Rule Allowing Railroads To Transport Natural Gas

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Block Rule Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Railroads

Permitting

-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 673 Permits, 91% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 963 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. 2 On Proposed Fee Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Advisory Council To Hear Plan For Low-Altitude Military Training Flights Over PA Wilds

-- EPA Sets Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Hearings On Proposal To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 20 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC Imposes $1 Million Penalty On Energy Transfer Company For 2018 Revolution Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: PUC Approves $1 Million Penalty In Settlement Over Revolution Pipeline Explosion

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: PUC Approves $1.975 Million Settlement With Energy Transfer For PA Pipeline Blast

-- TribLive: $1 Million Settlement Approved By PUC In 2018 Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

-- PUC Orders More Than A Dozen Actions To Improve Safety In Construction, Operation Of Mariner East Pipelines; Sunoco Must Pay $2,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves Utility Plans To Return Nearly $62 Million In Federal Tax Savings To Customers

-- PUC Seeks Comment On Proposed Settlement With Green Mountain Energy For Unauthorized Enrollments Of Customers

-- PUC Reaches Out To Utility Leaders #CallUtilitiesNow Campaign To Help Consumers With Energy Bills

Radiation Protection

-- New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used [PaEN]

-- Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children [PaEN]

-- Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Nov. 16-17 PA League Of Women Voters Virtual Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Efficacy Of Using Drilling Wastewater On Dirt Roads [PaEN]

-- PEC Podcast: Talen Energy Looks To Use Its Nuclear Power Plant For Bitcoin Mining, Battery Storage

-- Penn State Expands Breazeale Nuclear Research Reactor

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants Part Of Solution

Recreation

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Advisory Council To Hear Plan For Low-Altitude Military Training Flights Over PA Wilds

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Petitions Allegheny National Forest To Prohibit Mountain Biking On All Non-Motorized Trails [PaEN]

-- DCNR Honors Boy Scout Troop That Visited 120 State Parks In Honor Of Late Scoutmaster [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Announces Delayed Dam Repairs At Shikellamy State Park

-- Nov. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PG - Salena Zito: Cambria County Fights Population Loss In Little, Big Ways [Fishing, Hiking, Outdoor Life]

-- MCall: $21 Million Federal Grant To Help Connect D&L Trail In Lehigh Valley, Build New Road

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Cyclists Brave Cold For Pantry Pedal On Greensburg Trail

-- ScrantonT: Anthracite Bicycle Coalition’s Cranksgiving Ride Gears Up With Donations To Food Bank

-- PA Cap-Star: Black Clergy Of Philadelphia Not Satisfied With City’s Progress On Rebuilding Recreation Centers

-- CitizensV: Safety, Maintenance At Kirby Park Natural Area In Dispute In Luzerne County

-- WBTimes: Utilizing The Outdoors For Veterans Therapy

-- TribLive: Point State Park Holiday Tree Will Be Lit Once Again In Pittsburgh

-- PG Editorial: A Soothing Spot In South Park Comes At The Perfect Moment

-- PG Editorial: Pittsburgh’s Newest Park Is A Healthy Addition

-- CitizensV: Delaware Water Gap Could Soon Be A National Park And It’s Closer Than You Think

Recycling/Waste

-- DEP Releases Guidelines For Recycling In Your Community Booklet On America Recycles Day [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: America Recycles Day - The Numbers

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Recycling In Philly Has ‘Improved Significantly’; Now Officials Ask To Get Back To Sorting Our Trash

-- PG: Pittsburgh Councilmember Set To Introduce Bill To Restrict Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- EPA Releases Recycling Strategy To Achieve A 50% Recycling Rate By 2030

-- Inquirer: Nonprofit Comes To Philly To Recycle Clothing Waste Across The Mid-Atlantic

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Latest On Empowering Pennsylvanians To Keep Our Communities Clean And Beautiful

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: From Scranton, A Reminder Of The Perils Of Toxic Fracking Waste - Dunmore Borough Council Member

Regulations

-- House Republicans Move Bills Amending State Constitution To Invalidate Actions By The Executive Branch To Cement One-Party Rule Of State Government [PaEN]

-- EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. 2 On Proposed Fee Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

-- PennEnvironment: New Renewable Energy Reports Shows PA Lags Behind Other States In Solar, Wind Energy

-- Guest Essay: Are We Prepared For Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania? - By Kathy Cook, League of Women Voters of PA [PaEN]

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Why Is The National Parks Service Teaming Up With PGW On A Fossil Fuel Project In Philly? - Clean Air Council

-- PG: Greene County May Pleads Guilty In $2 Million South Carolina Green Energy Power Plant Project

-- TribLive: Fake Energy Company Jilts Investors Out Of $2 Million

-- NYT: Global Rivalries Are Miring The Clean Energy Revolution; Quest For Congo’s Cobalt

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. 2 On Proposed Fee Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding [PaEN]

Stormwater

-- PUC OKs Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Rate Settlement, Including $21 Million Annual Stormwater Charge [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 500 Volunteers Planted 17 Acres Of Native Trees In 11 Municipalities To Improve Water Quality; Now It’s Your Turn

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Midstate Universities Plant Forest Buffers To Clean Water From Campuses

Susquehanna River

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River Contamination Is Getting Worse, And Harrisburg’s Sewer System Is Being Blamed

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. 2 On Proposed Fee Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River Contamination Is Getting Worse, And Harrisburg’s Sewer System Is Being Blamed

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- MCall: Plan To Dispose Of Processed Sewage On Lehigh Valley Preserved Farmland Raises Concerns

-- PUC OKs Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Rate Settlement, Including $21 Million Annual Stormwater Charge [PaEN]

Watershed Protection

-- PennLive - Guest Essay: Support Bipartisan SB 525 To Protect Our Parks & Forests - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees [PaEN]

-- NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- PUC OKs Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Rate Settlement, Including $21 Million Annual Stormwater Charge [PaEN]

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: PA Communities Should Invest American Rescue Funds In Conservation - Andy Loza, WeConservePA

-- WPCAMR: New Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout? [PaEN]

-- Casey Delivers Key Infrastructure Wins For PA In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [Mine Reclamation, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

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

-- Gov. Wolf: Joins Biden At Signing Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill [Statement Does Not Mention Abandoned Coal Mine Reclamation - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem, Plugging Oil & Gas Wells]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Passage Of Federal Infrastructure Bill; Call For Quick Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Plan

-- CBF: Enactment Of Infrastructure Legislation Major Victory For Chesapeake Bay

-- Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Includes $26 Million More For Delaware River Watershed Restoration Efforts Over 5 Years

-- Conservation Voters Of PA: Passage Of Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill First Step In Achieving Climate Vision

-- Allegheny County Conservation District: 500 Volunteers Planted 17 Acres Of Native Trees In 11 Municipalities To Improve Water Quality; Now It’s Your Turn

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Midstate Universities Plant Forest Buffers To Clean Water From Campuses

-- Grist: Reinventing Coal Country: Reclaiming America’s Abandoned Mine Lands [PA examples]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Horse-Drawn Manure Injector Designed To Entice Plain Sects, Reduce Polluted Farm Runoff

-- PennLive: Susquehanna River Contamination Is Getting Worse, And Harrisburg’s Sewer System Is Being Blamed

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Use Federal Funds To Stop Sewage Overflow Nightmare In Harrisburg - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- MCall: Plan To Dispose Of Processed Sewage On Lehigh Valley Preserved Farmland Raises Concerns

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 19 RiverWatch Video Report