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

-- ABC27: Naked Power Grab? PA Republican-Controlled Legislature Increasingly Pushing Constitutional Amendments To Get Their Way

-- Sen. Yaw Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For State Government To Buy Renewable Energy, Something Every Utility, And Thousands Of Energy Users Do [PaEN]

-- DailyLocal Guest Essay: The Case For Cap And Invest In PA To Reduce Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions - By Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee

-- YorkD Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Out Of Touch In Opposing RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program - Kathy Cook, PA League Of Women Voters

-- CourierT: It Could Be Years Before PFAS Rules Are Set, Sen. Collet Has A Plan To Move Faster By A New Law

-- Senate Environmental Committee Information Meeting Dec. 8 On Tiadaghton State Forest ATV Pilot Connector. Tiadaghton State Forest Office, 10 Lower Pine Bottom Road, Waterville, Lycoming County. 10:00 a.m.

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

-- PA Environment Digest: Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]

Air

-- AP: Keystone [Armstrong County], Conemaugh [Westmoreland County] Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close By 2028 As A Result Of EPA Wastewater Rule

-- TribLive/AP: 2 Western PA Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close After New EPA Wastewater Rule

-- PG: Pittsburgh Transit Prepping 40 New Clean Diesel Buses For Road Service

Alternative Fuels

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Hope Federal Infrastructure Money Will Spur People To Buy EVs

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Charged Up For An Electric Vehicle Future In Pennsylvania - PennEnvironment

-- PG Editorial: Vulnerable In Move To Electric Cars - Source Of Batteries

-- PG: Pittsburgh Transit Prepping 40 New Clean Diesel Buses For Road Service

Bids

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Proposals For Riparian Forest Buffer Preparation & Maintenance In Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Your Erie: No Bees, No Thanksgiving; PA Organizations Show Insect’s Importance

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- Dec. 1 Webinar: Discussion Of Proposals To Use Part Of PA’s $7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding For Conservation. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Spends $1.2 Billion In American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Services For Medicaid Recipients

-- Gov. Wolf: Announces $1.2 Billion American Rescue Plan Funded Effort To Support Services For Medicaid Recipients [So How Much Money Is Left?]

-- ErieT: Erie County Township Pays Its 10 Employees $10,000 Bonuses From American Rescue Plan Money

-- ErieT: Here’s Where $9 Million In Federal Relief Funds Have Gone So Far In Erie County

-- WilliamsportS: Brandon Park Fields Considered For American Rescue Plan Funding

-- MCall: This Is How Lehigh Valley Cities Plan To Spend Their American Rescue Plan Money

-- LancasterOnline: Federal Stimulus Money Will Help Lancaster Avoid Tax Increase In 2022

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- PG - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Surge Of Funds For Plugging Abandoned Wells Offers Hope, Challenges For PA [DEP Has Only $15 Per Well In Bonds On Hand To Deter Future Abandoned Wells]

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Eastwick Residents Want Biden’s Infrastructure Plan To Fund Philly’s First Climate Migration Project

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Hope Federal Infrastructure Money Will Spur People To Buy EVs

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Republicans Think Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick Is A Traitor, Why He’s Really A Hero

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Scrutinizing PA’s Stake In Infrastructure Deal - By Jim Gluch

Build Back Better Budget Bill

-- WSJ: Democrats Tackle Changes To $2 Trillion Spending Plan As Deadlines Loom

Budget

-- Dec. 1 Webinar: Discussion Of Proposals To Use Part Of PA’s $7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding For Conservation. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- PG - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Surge Of Funds For Plugging Abandoned Wells Offers Hope, Challenges For PA [DEP Has Only $15 Per Well In Bonds On Hand To Deter Future Abandoned Wells]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Boost Income From Oil Leases

Chesapeake Bay

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training [PaEN]

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water

-- Northeastern High School Students Plant 1,200 Trees Along Hartman Run In York County [PaEN]

-- Virginia Pilot: Streams Are Cutting Into Land In York County, Restoration Projects Aim To Slow Their Flow, Reduce Chesapeake Bay Pollutants

-- Hunters And Wildlife Enthusiasts In PA Are Finding Many Benefits In Streamside Forests [PaEN]

-- Elizabethtown College, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Partner On Lawn Conversion Project To Reduce Polluted Runoff [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update On Watershed Plan Implementation: Spotlight On County Action Plan Actions

-- Penn State Extension: Slow The Flow - Reduce Stormwater Running Off Your Property [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: How Concentrated Water Flow Paths From Agricultural Fields Impact Land And The Environment

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Proposals For Riparian Forest Buffer Preparation & Maintenance In Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Releases New Book: Sentinels Of The Susquehanna To Raise Awareness, Spark Collaboration [PaEN]

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s No Quick Fix To Harrisburg Aging Water Infrastructure - Capital Region Water Authority

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050 [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: 80 PA Master Naturalists Graduate From 10 Counties

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary [PaEN]

-- Northeastern High School Students Plant 1,200 Trees Along Hartman Run In York County [PaEN]

-- Virginia Pilot: Streams Are Cutting Into Land In York County, Restoration Projects Aim To Slow Their Flow, Reduce Chesapeake Bay Pollutants

-- Hunters And Wildlife Enthusiasts In PA Are Finding Many Benefits In Streamside Forests [PaEN]

-- Elizabethtown College, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Partner On Lawn Conversion Project To Reduce Polluted Runoff [PaEN]

-- Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update On Watershed Plan Implementation: Spotlight On County Action Plan Actions

-- Penn State Extension: Slow The Flow - Reduce Stormwater Running Off Your Property [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Releases New Book: Sentinels Of The Susquehanna To Raise Awareness, Spark Collaboration [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Keeping Plastics Out Of Our Waters Is Pivotal To Improving The Health Of Our Waterways

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Our National Reckoning On Race Must Include Environmental Justice

-- DEP: Took Action On 845 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,215 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Climate

-- Sen. Yaw Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For State Government To Buy Renewable Energy, Something Every Utility, And Thousands Of Energy Users Do [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Municipalities Want To Limit Carbon Emissions, PA Utilities Want To Preempt Them

-- DailyLocal Guest Essay: The Case For Cap And Invest In PA To Reduce Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions - By Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee

-- YorkD Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Out Of Touch In Opposing RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program - Kathy Cook, PA League Of Women Voters

-- MCall Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Will Create Funding For PA Clean Energy Jobs - By iSpring Associates

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Stop Coddling The Coal Industry And Transition To Clean Energy - Jacquelyn Bonomo, PennFuture & Larry Schweiger, past president National Wildlife Federal & Western PA Conservancy

-- DEP Blog: Pennsylvania Has A Strong Climate Action Plan, And We Need To Use It Now - By DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell

-- SunburyDI Guest Essay: False Climate Solutions - OIl & Gas Companies Rebranding Their Products As ‘Clean’ And ‘Green’ - By Sandy Field, Climate Reality Project - Susquehanna Valley Chapter

-- ABC27: Naked Power Grab? PA Republican-Controlled Legislature Increasingly Pushing Constitutional Amendments To Get Their Way

-- AP: Keystone [Armstrong County], Conemaugh [Westmoreland County] Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close By 2028 As A Result Of EPA Wastewater Rule

-- TribLive/AP: 2 Western PA Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close After New EPA Wastewater Rule

-- The Guardian: What Happens When America’s Coal Power Plants Die?

-- PG Editorial: Global Methane Pledge Offer Reason For Cautious Optimism

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Eastwick Residents Want Biden’s Infrastructure Plan To Fund Philly’s First Climate Migration Project

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Hope Federal Infrastructure Money Will Spur People To Buy EVs

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Charged Up For An Electric Vehicle Future In Pennsylvania - PennEnvironment

-- PG Editorial: Vulnerable In Move To Electric Cars - Source Of Batteries

-- PG: Pittsburgh Transit Prepping 40 New Clean Diesel Buses For Road Service

-- NPR: The Biggest Problem With The Electric Grid Isn’t Demand, It’s Climate Change

-- WSJ Guest Essay: COP26 Prepared The World To Beat Climate Change - John Kerry

Coal Mining

-- AP: Keystone [Armstrong County], Conemaugh [Westmoreland County] Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close By 2028 As A Result Of EPA Wastewater Rule

-- TribLive/AP: 2 Western PA Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close After New EPA Wastewater Rule

Compliance Action

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $129,000 In Penalties For Safety Violations

-- Forbes: America’s Biggest Natural Gas Well Operator Is Diversified Energy With 69,000 Conventional Wells In PA, Other States [DEP’s 2019 Settlement With Diversified]

Conservation Districts

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Dam Safety

-- WBTimes: Fish & Boat Commission Breaks Ground On Dam Rehabilitation Project In Wayne County

DCNR

-- DCNR Blog: The Benefits Of Harvesting Timber On State Forest Lands

-- ErieT: Storm Watching At Presque Isle State Park

DEP

-- PG - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Surge Of Funds For Plugging Abandoned Wells Offers Hope, Challenges For PA [DEP Has Only $15 Per Well In Bonds On Hand To Deter Future Abandoned Wells]

-- State Releases First-Ever Litter Action Plan, Calls For Universal Access To Trash Disposal, Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility, New Anti-Litter Funding [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Should Get Aggressive About Litter

-- DEP Blog: Pennsylvania Has A Strong Climate Action Plan, And We Need To Use It Now - By DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell

-- Forbes: America’s Biggest Natural Gas Well Operator Is Diversified Energy With 69,000 Conventional Wells In PA, Other States [DEP’s 2019 Settlement With Diversified]

-- DEP: PA Energy Storage Consortium Holds Virtual Meeting Dec. 7 - 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- DEP: Took Action On 845 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,215 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- CourierT: It Could Be Years Before PFAS Rules Are Set, Sen. Collet Has A Plan To Move Faster By A New Law

Economic Development

-- DCNR Blog: The Benefits Of Harvesting Timber On State Forest Lands

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Proposals For Riparian Forest Buffer Preparation & Maintenance In Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York

-- WESA: Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Sites Gets Green Light For More Development

-- The Guardian: What Happens When America’s Coal Power Plants Die?

Education

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Ralph Abele Excellence In Outreach Scholarship Awards To 5 Students [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: 80 PA Master Naturalists Graduate From 10 Counties

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training [PaEN]

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water

-- Dec. 1 Webinar: Discussion Of Proposals To Use Part Of PA’s $7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding For Conservation. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- PA Resources Council December Conservation Workshops Spotlight Backyard Composting; Give A Gift Of Environmental Learning [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Dec. 18 Mount Wismer Hike In Monroe County With Naturalist & Barrett Township Supervisor Darryl Speicher. 10:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Releases New Book: Sentinels Of The Susquehanna To Raise Awareness, Spark Collaboration [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Slow The Flow - Reduce Stormwater Running Off Your Property [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: How Concentrated Water Flow Paths From Agricultural Fields Impact Land And The Environment

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050 [PaEN]

-- Nov. 24 Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk Webinar: Linking Surface And Ground Water In Cities [PaEN]

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Live Webcam Installed At Eagle Nest On U.S. Steel Irvin Plant In West Mifflin

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Game Warden Patrols Lancaster County Enforcing Game Rules During Deer Season Opener

-- AltoonaM - Jessica Mundie: Birdwatchers See Deeper Meaning

-- ReadingE: The Exciting World Of Bird Migration

-- ErieT: Storm Watching At Presque Isle State Park

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Butter Up! Amateur Butter Sculpture Contest On Social Media Returns To 2022 Farm Show

-- DCNR Blog: The Benefits Of Harvesting Timber On State Forest Lands

-- TribLive: Christmas Tree Farms Are All ‘About Creating Memories’

-- WHYY: Why Do We Love The Way Autumn Smells? It’s Not About Pumpkin Spice

-- ReadingE: Berks Master Gardeners - Why Are There More Acorns Some Years?

-- WESA/NPR: Winners Of Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards Will Brighten Your Day

-- DEP Blog: Pennsylvania Has A Strong Climate Action Plan, And We Need To Use It Now - By DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell

-- NBC10: Proposed Elementary School To Be Steps Away From 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Delaware County

Emergency Response

-- NBC10: Proposed Elementary School To Be Steps Away From 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Delaware County

Energy

-- Sen. Yaw Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For State Government To Buy Renewable Energy, Something Every Utility, And Thousands Of Energy Users Do [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Municipalities Want To Limit Carbon Emissions, PA Utilities Want To Preempt Them

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Electricity Prices Rising By As Much As 50% Next Week; Here’s How You Can Save

-- ScrantonT: Multiple Programs Available To Help With Heating Costs

-- PUC: Electric Utilities To Increase Cost Of Electricity They Provide To Non-Shopping Customers Dec. 1, Some As High As 50%; Increases Driven By Price Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- IFO Reports PA Natural Gas Prices Increased 187.1% In Last Year, Higher Than Henry Hub Price [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: With Energy Prices High, Pennsylvanians Urged To Review Heating Bill Options With Utilities

-- TribLive: Winter Heating Costs Rising [Driven By Surge In Natural Gas Prices], PUC Advises Customers To Shop For Rates

-- PUC Natural Gas Winter Reliability Reports - Heating Bills Will Be Significantly More Expensive This Winter [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Pennsylvania Has A Strong Climate Action Plan, And We Need To Use It Now - By DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell

-- DailyLocal Guest Essay: The Case For Cap And Invest In PA To Reduce Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions - By Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee

-- YorkD Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Out Of Touch In Opposing RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program - Kathy Cook, PA League Of Women Voters

-- MCall Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Will Create Funding For PA Clean Energy Jobs - By iSpring Associates

-- SunburyDI Guest Essay: False Climate Solutions - OIl & Gas Companies Rebranding Their Products As ‘Clean’ And ‘Green’ - By Sandy Field, Climate Reality Project - Susquehanna Valley Chapter

-- ABC27: Naked Power Grab? PA Republican-Controlled Legislature Increasingly Pushing Constitutional Amendments To Get Their Way

-- AP: Keystone [Armstrong County], Conemaugh [Westmoreland County] Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close By 2028 As A Result Of EPA Wastewater Rule

-- TribLive/AP: 2 Western PA Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close After New EPA Wastewater Rule

-- The Guardian: What Happens When America’s Coal Power Plants Die?

-- Exelon: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Plan To Move Nuclear Power Plants, Retail Energy, Power Generation Business To Separate Company

-- ReadingE: Exelon Moving Nuclear Power Plants, Including Limerick, To Spin-Off Company

-- ReadingE: Many To See Increase In Heating Costs. Why, How Much And What To Do

-- DEP: PA Energy Storage Consortium Holds Virtual Meeting Dec. 7 - 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- PG Editorial: Global Methane Pledge Offer Reason For Cautious Optimism

-- Utility Dive: FERC Balks At PPL-led Utility Proposal To Profit From PJM Network Upgrades

-- NPR: The Biggest Problem With The Electric Grid Isn’t Demand, It’s Climate Change

Environmental Health

-- CourierT: It Could Be Years Before PFAS Rules Are Set, Sen. Collet Has A Plan To Move Faster By A New Law

Environmental Justice

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Our National Reckoning On Race Must Include Environmental Justice

EPA

-- AP: Keystone [Armstrong County], Conemaugh [Westmoreland County] Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close By 2028 As A Result Of EPA Wastewater Rule

-- TribLive/AP: 2 Western PA Coal-Fired Power Plants To Close After New EPA Wastewater Rule

-- The Guardian: What Happens When America’s Coal Power Plants Die?

-- PG Editorial: Dirty Dollars Report Indicts Lax, Naive Legislators On Attempts To Shield WV Company From Environmental Regulators

Farming

-- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY2022 [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: How Concentrated Water Flow Paths From Agricultural Fields Impact Land And The Environment

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050 [PaEN]

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- Your Erie: No Bees, No Thanksgiving; PA Organizations Show Insect’s Importance

-- WESA: Want To Start A Farm? Good Luck Finding Land

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Butter Up! Amateur Butter Sculpture Contest On Social Media Returns To 2022 Farm Show

Fish & Boat Commission

-- WBTimes: Fish & Boat Commission Breaks Ground On Dam Rehabilitation Project In Wayne County

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]

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Eastwick Residents Want Biden’s Infrastructure Plan To Fund Philly’s First Climate Migration Project

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water

Flooding - Hurricane Ida

-- ReadingE: Operation Holiday: Family Devastated By Hurricane Ida Standing Strong Against Flood Of Devastation

-- YorkDR: Hurricane Ida Swamped Their Home, Now They’re Thankful For The Volunteers Who Helped Them Recover

Forests

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: The Benefits Of Harvesting Timber On State Forest Lands

-- TribLive: Christmas Tree Farms Are All ‘About Creating Memories’

-- WHYY: Why Do We Love The Way Autumn Smells? It’s Not About Pumpkin Spice

-- ReadingE: Berks Master Gardeners - Why Are There More Acorns Some Years?

Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deer Hunting Season Begins Saturday, Everything You Need To Know

-- TribLive: Most Hunters Welcome Saturday Start Of Firearms Deer Season

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Game Warden Patrols Lancaster County Enforcing Game Rules During Deer Season Opener

Grants/Funding

-- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY2022 [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY2022 [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training [PaEN]

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary [PaEN]

-- Northeastern High School Students Plant 1,200 Trees Along Hartman Run In York County [PaEN]

-- Virginia Pilot: Streams Are Cutting Into Land In York County, Restoration Projects Aim To Slow Their Flow, Reduce Chesapeake Bay Pollutants

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s No Quick Fix To Harrisburg Aging Water Infrastructure - Capital Region Water Authority

-- Hunters And Wildlife Enthusiasts In PA Are Finding Many Benefits In Streamside Forests [PaEN]

-- Elizabethtown College, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Partner On Lawn Conversion Project To Reduce Polluted Runoff [PaEN]

-- Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update On Watershed Plan Implementation: Spotlight On County Action Plan Actions

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Proposals For Riparian Forest Buffer Preparation & Maintenance In Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York

-- DCNR Blog: The Benefits Of Harvesting Timber On State Forest Lands

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension: Slow The Flow - Reduce Stormwater Running Off Your Property [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: How Concentrated Water Flow Paths From Agricultural Fields Impact Land And The Environment

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050 [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- CourierT: It Could Be Years Before PFAS Rules Are Set, Sen. Collet Has A Plan To Move Faster By A New Law

Land Conservation

-- John Nierer Partners With Heritage Conservancy To Protect 14+ Acres In Northampton County [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Lancaster Conservancy Saves 130-Acre Forest In York County

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: 80 PA Master Naturalists Graduate From 10 Counties

Land Recycling

-- WESA: Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Sites Gets Green Light For More Development

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- State Releases First-Ever Litter Action Plan, Calls For Universal Access To Trash Disposal, Recycling, Extended Producer Responsibility, New Anti-Litter Funding [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Should Get Aggressive About Litter

-- TribLive: Proposal Would Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags At Most Pittsburgh Stores

-- PG: What To Expect If Pittsburgh Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags

Ohio River

-- Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

Oil & Gas

-- Sen. Yaw Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For State Government To Buy Renewable Energy, Something Every Utility, And Thousands Of Energy Users Do [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Municipalities Want To Limit Carbon Emissions, PA Utilities Want To Preempt Them

-- PG - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Surge Of Funds For Plugging Abandoned Wells Offers Hope, Challenges For PA [DEP Has Only $15 Per Well In Bonds On Hand To Deter Future Abandoned Wells]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Electricity Prices Rising By As Much As 50% Next Week; Here’s How You Can Save

-- ScrantonT: Multiple Programs Available To Help With Heating Costs

-- PUC: Electric Utilities To Increase Cost Of Electricity They Provide To Non-Shopping Customers Dec. 1, Some As High As 50%; Increases Driven By Price Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- IFO Reports PA Natural Gas Prices Increased 187.1% In Last Year, Higher Than Henry Hub Price [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: With Energy Prices High, Pennsylvanians Urged To Review Heating Bill Options With Utilities

-- TribLive: Winter Heating Costs Rising [Driven By Surge In Natural Gas Prices], PUC Advises Customers To Shop For Rates

-- PUC Natural Gas Winter Reliability Reports - Heating Bills Will Be Significantly More Expensive This Winter [PaEN]

-- Forbes: America’s Biggest Natural Gas Well Operator Is Diversified Energy With 69,000 Conventional Wells In PA, Other States [DEP’s 2019 Settlement With Diversified]

-- SunburyDI Guest Essay: False Climate Solutions - OIl & Gas Companies Rebranding Their Products As ‘Clean’ And ‘Green’ - By Sandy Field, Climate Reality Project - Susquehanna Valley Chapter

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Natural Gas Driller Proposes Compressor Station In Upper Burrell

-- NPR: U.S. Emergency Oil Stash Is In The Spotlight As Gasoline Prices Surge, What To Know

-- AP: U.S. To Release 50 Million Barrels Of OIl To Ease Energy Costs

-- PG Editorial: Global Methane Pledge Offer Reason For Cautious Optimism

-- AP: Biden Sets Out Oil, Gas Leasing Reform, Stops Short Of Ban

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Boost Income From Oil Leases

Pipelines

-- NBC10: Proposed Elementary School To Be Steps Away From 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Delaware County

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $129,000 In Penalties For Safety Violations

Permitting

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Our National Reckoning On Race Must Include Environmental Justice

-- DEP: Took Action On 845 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,215 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Our National Reckoning On Race Must Include Environmental Justice

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Natural Gas Driller Proposes Compressor Station In Upper Burrell

-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC: Electric Utilities To Increase Cost Of Electricity They Provide To Non-Shopping Customers Dec. 1, Some As High As 50%; Increases Driven By Price Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- IFO Reports PA Natural Gas Prices Increased 187.1% In Last Year, Higher Than Henry Hub Price [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: With Energy Prices High, Pennsylvanians Urged To Review Heating Bill Options With Utilities

-- TribLive: Winter Heating Costs Rising [Driven By Surge In Natural Gas Prices], PUC Advises Customers To Shop For Rates

-- PUC Natural Gas Winter Reliability Reports - Heating Bills Will Be Significantly More Expensive This Winter [PaEN]

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $129,000 In Penalties For Safety Violations

Radiation Protection

-- Exelon: Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approves Plan To Move Nuclear Power Plants, Retail Energy, Power Generation Business To Separate Company

-- ReadingE: Exelon Moving Nuclear Power Plants, Including Limerick, To Spin-Off Company

-- PG: NRC Hits Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant In Ohio With 5 Safety Violations

Recreation

-- ScrantonT: Should You Go Into The Woods During Hunting Season?

-- AltoonaM - Jessica Mundie: Birdwatchers See Deeper Meaning

-- ErieT: Storm Watching At Presque Isle State Park

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Repairs Delayed At World’s Longest Inflatable Dam On Susquehanna At Sunbury

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: KayakLanCo’s First Season A Success Amid Pandemic-Inspired Interest In The Outdoors

-- TribLive: Frankie Pace Park Dedicated Over I-579 As Connection Between Downtown Pittsburgh And Hill District

-- PG: Pittsburgh Council Passes Ordinance To ‘Tighten’ Guidelines For Parks Trust Fund

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Can Now Spend Money Collected Thru Park Tax To Invest In Parks

-- TribLive: Proposal Would Make It Illegal To Park In Pittsburgh’s Bike Lanes

-- WHYY: Philly Expands Winter Curfew At Several Parks Due To Deer Control Activities

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Old Railroad Tracks Should Be Used For Trains, Not Trails

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Dec. 18 Mount Wismer Hike In Monroe County With Naturalist & Barrett Township Supervisor Darryl Speicher. 10:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- WHYY: Why Do We Love The Way Autumn Smells? It’s Not About Pumpkin Spice

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Resources Council December Conservation Workshops Spotlight Backyard Composting; Give A Gift Of Environmental Learning [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Proposal Would Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags At Most Pittsburgh Stores

-- PG: What To Expect If Pittsburgh Bans Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- Penn State Extension: Keeping Plastics Out Of Our Waters Is Pivotal To Improving The Health Of Our Waterways

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Wants You To Recycle Your Clean Amazon Boxes

-- WHYY: Fabric Recycler FABSCRAP Wants To Make Philly Designers Greener

-- CentreDT: Recycling Changes To Know About This Fall

Regulations

-- ABC27: Naked Power Grab? PA Republican-Controlled Legislature Increasingly Pushing Constitutional Amendments To Get Their Way

-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

-- ABC27: Naked Power Grab? PA Republican-Controlled Legislature Increasingly Pushing Constitutional Amendments To Get Their Way

-- Sen. Yaw Introduces Bill To Make It Illegal For State Government To Buy Renewable Energy, Something Every Utility, And Thousands Of Energy Users Do [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Municipalities Want To Limit Carbon Emissions, PA Utilities Want To Preempt Them

-- DailyLocal Guest Essay: The Case For Cap And Invest In PA To Reduce Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions - By Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Minority Chair of the Senate Environmental Committee

-- YorkD Guest Essay: PA Lawmakers Out Of Touch In Opposing RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program - Kathy Cook, PA League Of Women Voters

-- MCall Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Will Create Funding For PA Clean Energy Jobs - By iSpring Associates

-- SunburyDI Guest Essay: False Climate Solutions - OIl & Gas Companies Rebranding Their Products As ‘Clean’ And ‘Green’ - By Sandy Field, Climate Reality Project - Susquehanna Valley Chapter

-- DEP: PA Energy Storage Consortium Holds Virtual Meeting Dec. 7 - 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Electricity Prices Rising By As Much As 50% Next Week; Here’s How You Can Save

-- ScrantonT: Multiple Programs Available To Help With Heating Costs

-- PUC: Electric Utilities To Increase Cost Of Electricity They Provide To Non-Shopping Customers Dec. 1, Some As High As 50%; Increases Driven By Price Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- IFO Reports PA Natural Gas Prices Increased 187.1% In Last Year, Higher Than Henry Hub Price [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: With Energy Prices High, Pennsylvanians Urged To Review Heating Bill Options With Utilities

-- PUC Natural Gas Winter Reliability Reports - Heating Bills Will Be Significantly More Expensive This Winter [PaEN]

-- NPR: The Biggest Problem With The Electric Grid Isn’t Demand, It’s Climate Change

Stormwater

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Penn State Extension 9-Part Webinar Series Woods In Your Backyard Starting Jan. 19 [PaEN]

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary [PaEN]

-- Northeastern High School Students Plant 1,200 Trees Along Hartman Run In York County [PaEN]

-- Virginia Pilot: Streams Are Cutting Into Land In York County, Restoration Projects Aim To Slow Their Flow, Reduce Chesapeake Bay Pollutants

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s No Quick Fix To Harrisburg Aging Water Infrastructure - Capital Region Water Authority

-- Hunters And Wildlife Enthusiasts In PA Are Finding Many Benefits In Streamside Forests [PaEN]

-- Elizabethtown College, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Partner On Lawn Conversion Project To Reduce Polluted Runoff [PaEN]

-- Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update On Watershed Plan Implementation: Spotlight On County Action Plan Actions

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension: Slow The Flow - Reduce Stormwater Running Off Your Property [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: How Concentrated Water Flow Paths From Agricultural Fields Impact Land And The Environment

-- Nov. 24 Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk Webinar: Linking Surface And Ground Water In Cities [PaEN]

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050 [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Releases New Book: Sentinels Of The Susquehanna To Raise Awareness, Spark Collaboration [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s No Quick Fix To Harrisburg Aging Water Infrastructure - Capital Region Water Authority

Watershed Protection

-- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY2022 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Training [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: 80 PA Master Naturalists Graduate From 10 Counties

-- Now Available On Demand: Caring For The Earth Webinar - Opportunities For Religious Institutions To Protect Clean Water

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Plants 3,000 Trees To Reduce Flooding; Celebrates 75th Anniversary [PaEN]

-- Northeastern High School Students Plant 1,200 Trees Along Hartman Run In York County [PaEN]

-- Virginia Pilot: Streams Are Cutting Into Land In York County, Restoration Projects Aim To Slow Their Flow, Reduce Chesapeake Bay Pollutants

-- Hunters And Wildlife Enthusiasts In PA Are Finding Many Benefits In Streamside Forests [PaEN]

-- Elizabethtown College, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Partner On Lawn Conversion Project To Reduce Polluted Runoff [PaEN]

-- Armstrong, Indiana & Westmoreland Master Watershed Stewards Plant Live Stake Nursery In Indiana County Park [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update On Watershed Plan Implementation: Spotlight On County Action Plan Actions

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Webinar: Dec. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 6:00 to 7:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension: Slow The Flow - Reduce Stormwater Running Off Your Property [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: How Concentrated Water Flow Paths From Agricultural Fields Impact Land And The Environment

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s No Quick Fix To Harrisburg Aging Water Infrastructure - Capital Region Water Authority

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Releases New Book: Sentinels Of The Susquehanna To Raise Awareness, Spark Collaboration [PaEN]

-- U.S.G.S. Issues Report On Greatest Opportunities For Nitrogen Reduction In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Thru 2050 [PaEN]

-- American Rivers: New Report: Funding The Future Of Green Infrastructure In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Nature World News: New Study Sheds Light On Role Of Urban Trees In Alleviating Stormwater Flows

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Seeking Proposals For Riparian Forest Buffer Preparation & Maintenance In Adams, Bedford, Centre, Cumberland, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York

-- Penn State Extension: Keeping Plastics Out Of Our Waters Is Pivotal To Improving The Health Of Our Waterways

-- Guest Essay: Watershed Districts - The Case For Environmental Gerrymandering - By Captain David Bell, Merchant Marine Officer and Master Watershed Steward and Tookany/ Tacony -Frankford StreamKeeper

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Wildlife

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Ralph Abele Excellence In Outreach Scholarship Awards To 5 Students [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Mary Ann Thomas: Not Your Father’s Opening Of Deer Season; Full Weekend Buck & Doe Starts Saturday

-- TribLive: Most Hunters Welcome Saturday Start Of Firearms Deer Season

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Abundant Wild Foods Will Spread The Deer Opening Day Saturday

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deer Hunting Season Begins Saturday, Everything You Need To Know

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: COVID, Chronic Wasting Disease Remain Factors This Deer Hunting Season

-- WITF: Penn State Study: Hunters Spread COVID To Deer

-- PG - John Hayes: Chronic Wasting Disease Spreads Ahead Of Opening Day

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Game Warden Patrols Lancaster County Enforcing Game Rules During Deer Season Opener