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Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- House Republicans Pass Bill Making Fundamental Changes In Clean Streams Law, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- AP: House Republicans Send Resolution Killing RGGI Regs To Gov. Wolf To Veto, Lack Votes For Override
=-- PG - Laura Legere: House Votes To Reject Gov. Wolf’s Climate Plan For Power Plants; Resolution Headed For Veto
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: House Votes To Stop State’s Entrance To Cap-And-Trade Program, But Wolf Veto Likely
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: House Votes To ‘Disapprove’ Entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Defying Gov. Wolf
-- Guest Essay: RGGI Fails Pennsylvania On Its Most Basic Promise - Sen. Gene Yaw (R), Majority Chair, Senate Environmental Committee
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
-- PA Conservative Energy Forum Supports Solar Energy Development As Economic Driver And Benefit To Landowners [PaEN]
-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Appliance Standards, A Bipartisan Way To Cut Energy Costs And Reduce Air Pollution In PA - Sen. Lindsey Williams (D), PennEnvironment
-- WBTimes: Bipartisan Bill To Help Protect Children From Lead Poisoning Advances In Senate
-- Senate, House Appropriations Committees Set 2022 State Budget Hearing Schedule [PaEN]
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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-- 61 New Stories - REAL Environmental And Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]
Air
-- AP: House Republicans Send Resolution Killing RGGI Regs To Gov. Wolf To Veto, Lack Votes For Override
=-- PG - Laura Legere: House Votes To Reject Gov. Wolf’s Climate Plan For Power Plants; Resolution Headed For Veto
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: House Votes To Stop State’s Entrance To Cap-And-Trade Program, But Wolf Veto Likely
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: House Votes To ‘Disapprove’ Entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Defying Gov. Wolf
-- Guest Essay: RGGI Fails Pennsylvania On Its Most Basic Promise - Sen. Gene Yaw (R), Majority Chair, Senate Environmental Committee
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
-- PA Conservative Energy Forum Supports Solar Energy Development As Economic Driver And Benefit To Landowners [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
Alternative Fuels
-- PennDOT: New 511PA App Features Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
-- PG: Healthy Ride Rebuilding Pittsburgh’s Bike-Sharing Program, Adding Electric-Assist Bikes
-- AP: U.S. Electric Vehicle Charging Network Strategy Being Released
-- White House: Fact Sheet On Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan
Awards & Recognition
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Executive Director Julie Slavet Honored By Wyncote Audubon Society [PaEN]
-- EPA Accepting Nominations For Presidential Innovation Award For Environmental Educators [PaEN]
-- Nominations For President’s K-12 Environmental Youth Award Now Being Accepted By EPA [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: What Will Be Picked As PA Bird Of The Year? Odds Are It’s A Species With A ‘Conservation Story To Tell’
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: What Will Be Picked As PA Bird Of The Year? Odds Are It’s A Species With A ‘Conservation Story To Tell’
-- Penn State Survey Finds Strong Public Support For Bird Conservation, But Hundreds Of Bird Species Are In Trouble Now [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Snowy Owls Spotted At Presque Isle State Park, But Keep Your Distance
-- TribLive: Volunteers Sought For Christmas Bird Count
-- PennLive: Public Reports Of Spotted Lanternflies Down 50% In 2021, But That Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story: Researcher
-- Bay Journal: Quest Under Way To Find, Protect Old-Growth Forests In PA, Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Philly’s Fairmont Park’s Iconic Maple Tree Is Gone, Arborists Cite Climate Change
-- PA Master Naturalist To Offer Spring Training Courses In Allegheny, Northern Chester, Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- Courier Express: PA Endangered Species Series: Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
-- WLVR: Japanese Barberry, A Tick Magnet, Banned In Pennsylvania
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Has Historic Opportunity To Restore Water Quality Of Beloved Rivers - Sean Hoffmann, Environment America [American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Still Waiting For Treasury Guidance Before Spending $106 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding
-- YorkDR: York Mayor To Present Plans To Spend $35 Million In American Rescue Plan Funding
-- NYT: Republicans Who Assailed Biden’s Stimulus Bill Are Embracing The Money
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law
-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes
-- White House: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Pipe And Paint Action Plan
-- CourierT: Why $4.4 Billion In Federal Infrastructure Funds Isn’t Enough To Fix PA Roads
-- AP - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Hope, Challenges Amid Surge Of Funds To Plug Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By The Industry For Taxpayers To Deal With
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Has Historic Opportunity To Restore Water Quality Of Beloved Rivers - Sean Hoffmann, Environment America [American Rescue Plan, Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding]
-- EPA Announces Plans To Use Funds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Expedite Cleanup At 3 Superfund Sites In Berks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Crossley Farms, North Penn Water Authority Sites Among Those Receiving EPA Superfund Infusion
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: In Philly, EPA Announces $1 Billion To Speed Up Superfund Cleanups, Including 3 Sites In PA
-- WHYY: D.C. Is Sending $30 Million To Fast-Track Cleanup Of Toxic Soil In Philly
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $240 Million In Clean Water Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [EPA Announced Dec. 2]
-- PG: Infrastructure Cash Welcome, But Won’t Cover All Needs, Officials Say
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- PA Wilds Finalist In National Build Back Better Regional Challenge For Up To $100 Million [PaEN]
-- WESA: Southwestern PA Named Finalist For Up To $100 Million In Build Back Better Money
-- Public Source: Biden’s Agenda Promises Major Clean Energy Investments, What Would That Mean For Western PA?
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Small Businesses In PA Seek Congressional Action On Build Back Better Climate Initiatives - By Saeid Kamalpour, GlobInK
-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Grinch Will Steal Christmas If Congress Doesn’t Pass Build Back Better Budget - By Jill Sunday Bartoli, Professor Emerita, Elizabethtown College
-- PG: U.S. Senate Has Tough Task Ahead To Get Build Back Better Plan Budget To Biden By Christmas
Budget
-- Senate, House Appropriations Committees Set 2022 State Budget Hearing Schedule [PaEN]
-- WHYY: New PA Funding Will Connect More Homes With PFAS-Tainted Wells To Public Water
Chesapeake Bay
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DEP: 2020 PA Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Health Communities Report
-- DEP: December Chesapeake Bay Health Waters PA Partnership, Progress Newsletter
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- Penn State Plans Survey Of Farm Conservation Practices In 14 PA Counties Starting In January [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Joins $14 Million Project To Improve Little Conestoga Creek
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- Penn State Extension: What Are You Doing For Clean Water?
-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Volunteer Water Monitors Needed In Lycoming, Clinton Counties For New Stream Team Initiative; Feb. 8 Info Meeting [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- Penn State Extension: Watershed Winds Newsletter: Private Well Testing, Salt Watch Monitoring, Impact Of Soil On Water Quality, Much More
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: After 45 Years, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Baker Reflects On The Bay At A Crossroads
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Citizen Action
-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations - By David E. Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- Click Here for a link to a printable version of this article.
-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]
-- TribLive: 2nd Drilling Waste Injection Well Project In Plum Faces Opposition From Residents, Borough Officials
-- DEP Posts 2022 Schedule For Advisory Committee, Board Meetings; Remote Attendance Options Will Continue To Be Available [PaEN]
-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26 [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Executive Director Julie Slavet Honored By Wyncote Audubon Society [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Details Economic Benefits Of PA's Parks & Forests In New Video [PaEN]
-- Dec. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalist To Offer Spring Training Courses In Allegheny, Northern Chester, Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Volunteer Water Monitors Needed In Lycoming, Clinton Counties For New Stream Team Initiative; Feb. 8 Info Meeting [PaEN]
-- Nominations For President’s K-12 Environmental Youth Award Now Being Accepted By EPA [PaEN]
-- PA Horticultural Society Webinar: January 25 Starting From Scratch - A Guide To Creating A New Garden With Author Page Dickey. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Protects 2,569 More Acres Of Farmland On 30 Farms [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- Penn State Extension: What Are You Doing For Clean Water?
-- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District: Restoring Balance - Protecting Cacoosing Creek And Our Waterways
-- DEP Blog: Environmental Education Grant Helps Fund New Montgomery County Meadow
-- DailyLocal: Volunteers Repair Riparian Buffer In Coatesville
-- TribLive: Delmont Residents Given No Notice Of Stormwater Pond Project
-- Penn State Extension: Watershed Winds Newsletter: Private Well Testing, Salt Watch Monitoring, Impact Of Soil On Water Quality, Much More
-- KDKA: PA Resources Council’s 5 Green New Year’s Resolutions [Audio]
-- TribLive: Volunteers Sought For Christmas Bird Count
-- PA-Based Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Keeping Up The Pressure Following Historic Rights Of Nature Victory In Ecuador [PaEN]
Climate
-- AP: House Republicans Send Resolution Killing RGGI Regs To Gov. Wolf To Veto, Lack Votes For Override
=-- PG - Laura Legere: House Votes To Reject Gov. Wolf’s Climate Plan For Power Plants; Resolution Headed For Veto
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: House Votes To Stop State’s Entrance To Cap-And-Trade Program, But Wolf Veto Likely
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: House Votes To ‘Disapprove’ Entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Defying Gov. Wolf
-- Guest Essay: RGGI Fails Pennsylvania On Its Most Basic Promise - Sen. Gene Yaw (R), Majority Chair, Senate Environmental Committee
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
-- PA Conservative Energy Forum Supports Solar Energy Development As Economic Driver And Benefit To Landowners [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- MCall: In Bethlehem, Neighbors Push Back Against A Solar Farm, They Beat Warehouses, Other Lehigh Valley Communities Think
-- PJM Interconnection Releases Initial Results Of Renewable Energy Transition Study
-- Utility Dive: PJM Reports Transition To Renewable Energy Likely Requires Market Changes, Transmission Growth
-- Public Source: Biden’s Agenda Promises Major Clean Energy Investments, What Would That Mean For Western PA?
-- White House: Summary Of Dec. 15 Roundtable Hosted By Working Group On Coal And Power Plant Communities And Economic Revitalization
-- FirstEnergy Invests In Venture Capital Fund To Help Advance Sustainable Energy Innovation
-- ScrantonT: Are Environmental Benefits of Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant In Luzerne County As Promised?
-- CentreDT: Climate Watch: 2 New Climate Books That Make Excellent Holiday Gifts
-- WHYY: How Climate Scientists Are Decoding Philly’s Warm Weather
-- Penn State Survey Finds Strong Public Support For Bird Conservation, But Hundreds Of Bird Species Are In Trouble Now [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Snowy Owls Spotted At Presque Isle State Park, But Keep Your Distance
-- WHYY: Philly’s Fairmont Park’s Iconic Maple Tree Is Gone, Arborists Cite Climate Change
-- The Guardian: Biden Calls On EPA To Investigate Role Of Climate Crisis In Deadly Tornadoes
-- USA Today: ‘We Can Expect More’: Did Climate Change Play A Role In The Deadly Weekend Tornadoes?
-- AP: U.S. Electric Vehicle Charging Network Strategy Being Released
-- White House: Fact Sheet On Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan
-- WPost: Climate Change Has Destabilized The Earth’s Poles, Putting The Rest Of The Planet In Peril
-- NPR: U.N. Verified New Record High Temperature For The Arctic
Coal Mining
-- White House: Summary Of Dec. 15 Roundtable Hosted By Working Group On Coal And Power Plant Communities And Economic Revitalization
-- PG: Coal Miners Could Be Achilles’ Heel Of Biden’s Climate Plan
Compliance Action
-- House Republicans Pass Bill Making Fundamental Changes In Clean Streams Law, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- DEP Acts On 866 Permits, 79% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,380 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- Reuters: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Proposes $40 Million Civil Penalty For Energy Transfer Partners Rover Natural Gas Pipeline Spill In Ohio, Originates In PA [PA has collected over $55 million in penalties from Energy Transfer Partners/Sunoco for pipeline construction violations]
Conservation Districts
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- Penn State Plans Survey Of Farm Conservation Practices In 14 PA Counties Starting In January [PaEN]
Court Decisions
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities [PaEN]
-- PA-Based Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund Keeping Up The Pressure Following Historic Rights Of Nature Victory In Ecuador [PaEN]
DCNR
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Details Economic Benefits Of PA's Parks & Forests In New Video [PaEN]
-- Sen. Casey Seeks Transparent Public Process, Extension Of Comment Period On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights In The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces $1.2 Million Grant To Preserve 156 Acres In Chester County For Conservation, Passive Recreational Use [PaEN]
-- DCNR Receives $250,000 Grant For Outdoor Recreation Concierge Program
-- DCNR Announces $237,500 Grant For Penn Hills Community & Universal Parks In Allegheny County
-- PG: DCNR Removes Historical Marker Using Phrase ‘Anglo-Saxon Supremacy’ From Point State Park In Pittsburgh
-- DCNR To Celebrate The New Year With First Day Hikes Across Pennsylvania
-- WBTimes: DCNR To Celebrate The New Year With First Day Hikes Across PA
-- Dec. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- ErieT: 13 Tips For Wintertime Walking At Presque Isle State Park
-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Crew Members To Gain Real-World Work Skills
-- GantNews: You Can Improve Health With Outdoor Recreation In PA’s Parks & Forests
-- ErieT: Snowy Owls Spotted At Presque Isle State Park, But Keep Your Distance
DEP
-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations - By David E. Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- Click Here for a link to a printable version of this article.
-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Revised Erosion Control Permits For PA Pipeline/Mariner East Pipeline Segments In Chester, Delaware Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DEP: 2020 PA Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Health Communities Report
-- DEP: December Chesapeake Bay Health Waters PA Partnership, Progress Newsletter
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- DEP Hosts 8th Round Of State Water Plan Regional Committee Meetings Starting Jan. 11 [PaEN]
-- DEP To Outline Recommendations For Changing Act 101 And Electronics Waste Recycling Laws To Make Them More Effective At Dec. 16 Advisory Committee Meeting [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 2022 Schedule For Advisory Committee, Board Meetings; Remote Attendance Options Will Continue To Be Available [PaEN]
-- DEP Acts On 866 Permits, 79% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,380 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Delaware River
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Vacates PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline Certificate Of Necessity
-- Delaware River Basin Commission: Highlights Of Dec. 8 Business Meeting
-- YorkDR Letter: Are Delaware Water Gap Rockfall Mitigation Project, River Pointe Development, DRBC Fracking Regulations Connected?
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 17 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: 3-Part Webinar Series On Urban Waters - Resilient & Sustainable Communities Starting Jan. 11, 18, 25. Noon.
-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Names Kelly Knutson Next Director
DRBC
-- Delaware River Basin Commission: Highlights Of Dec. 8 Business Meeting
-- YorkDR Letter: Are Delaware Water Gap Rockfall Mitigation Project, River Pointe Development, DRBC Fracking Regulations Connected?
Drinking Water
-- DEP Hosts 8th Round Of State Water Plan Regional Committee Meetings Starting Jan. 11 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Lack Of Oversight, Coordination Leads To Wide Disparity In Water Prices Across Western PA
-- TribLive: A-K Valley Residents Pay Wide Range Of Prices For Water Pulled From Same Source
-- Penn State Extension: 353 Private Water Supplies Tested In 15 PA Counties, 29% Failed Coliform Bacteria Test
-- TribLive Editorial: Why Doesn’t PUC Monitor More Water Authorities?
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $240 Million In Clean Water Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [EPA Announced Dec. 2]
-- WHYY: New PA Funding Will Connect More Homes With PFAS-Tainted Wells To Public Water
-- WHYY: The PFAS Exposure Study For Bucks, Montgomery Counties Has Started, Here’s How To Join
-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: New EPA Docs Show Widespread Health Risk From PFOA As ‘Likely Carcinogen’
-- WBTimes: Bipartisan Bill To Help Protect Children From Lead Poisoning Advances In Senate
-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes
-- White House: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Pipe And Paint Action Plan
Economic Development
-- Sen. Casey Seeks Transparent Public Process, Extension Of Comment Period On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights In The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Details Economic Benefits Of PA's Parks & Forests In New Video [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Campground Owners Hold Annual Convention, Topics Are All Over The Map
-- MCall: Outdoor Activities On Farms Grew With COVID Pandemic
-- SEEDS Awarded 2 Grants Totaling Nearly $15,000 To Fund Sustainability Initiatives In NE PA [PaEN]
-- Penn State: Battery Metals From Abandoned Mine Wastewater: Potential Economic Benefits For Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Are Environmental Benefits of Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant In Luzerne County As Promised?
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Small Businesses In PA Seek Congressional Action On Build Back Better Climate Initiatives - By Saeid Kamalpour, GlobInK
-- White House: Summary Of Dec. 15 Roundtable Hosted By Working Group On Coal And Power Plant Communities And Economic Revitalization
-- FirstEnergy Invests In Venture Capital Fund To Help Advance Sustainable Energy Innovation
-- PG: Nuclear Waste Excavation Plan In Armstrong County Promises To Add Jobs
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Western Pennsylvania Are Dying-- Or Is It? - Andrew Cuff
Education
-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26 [PaEN]
-- EPA Accepting Nominations For Presidential Innovation Award For Environmental Educators [PaEN]
-- Nominations For President’s K-12 Environmental Youth Award Now Being Accepted By EPA [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalist To Offer Spring Training Courses In Allegheny, Northern Chester, Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- Penn State Plans Survey Of Farm Conservation Practices In 14 PA Counties Starting In January [PaEN]
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: 3-Part Webinar Series On Urban Waters - Resilient & Sustainable Communities Starting Jan. 11, 18, 25. Noon.
-- Rodale Institute Urges Farmers, Families To Learn More About How To Grow Clean Water [PaEN]
-- DEP, PA Sea Grant, Partners Host Virtual PA Lake Erie Environmental Forum Jan. 25 [PaEN]
-- PA Horticultural Society Webinar: January 25 Starting From Scratch - A Guide To Creating A New Garden With Author Page Dickey. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
-- Now On Demand: Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: What Are You Doing For Clean Water?
-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- DEP Blog: Environmental Education Grant Helps Fund New Montgomery County Meadow
-- Penn State Extension: Watershed Winds Newsletter: Private Well Testing, Salt Watch Monitoring, Impact Of Soil On Water Quality, Much More
-- KDKA: PA Resources Council’s 5 Green New Year’s Resolutions [Audio]
-- Pocono Record - Brain Whipkey: Deer Camp Owner In Pocono Mountains Introduces People To The Outdoors
-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Crew Members To Gain Real-World Work Skills
-- PRPS/Park Maintenance Institute 2021 Year In Review Webinar Dec. 15. 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Virtual Certified Park & Recreation Professional With Me Study Group. Jan. 28- March 4
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Virtual Directors & Supervisors Roundtable Jan. 26, March 30, May 25, Aug. 24, Nov. 16
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Annual Conference & Expo March 29-April 1
-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Winter Lantern Walk On Dec. 18 Aims To Connect People With Nature
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Host Online Our Woods & Waters Film Series Jan. 21, Feb. 25 [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Fall/Winter Newsletter
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Latest Newsletter On Education, Activities, Upcoming Events
-- CentreDT: Climate Watch: 2 New Climate Books That Make Excellent Holiday Gifts
-- Environmental Health News: The Emerging Field Of Pollution And Mental Health Research
-- WITF Smart Talk: Harrisburg University Professor Names Newly Discovered Dinosaurs
Emergency Response
-- House Republicans Pass Bill Making Fundamental Changes In Clean Streams Law, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
Emergency Response - Tornado Recovery
-- Gov. Wolf: 2 Members of PA-Task Force 1 Deployed To Kentucky To Assist In Search & Rescue Efforts
-- TribLive: Army Corps’ Pittsburgh District Sends 16 Workers To Provide Temporary Power In Tornado Aftermath
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Firefighters To Take Equipment To Kentucky
-- Inquirer: Philly Area Nonprofits Deploy To Kentucky After Deadly Tornadoes
-- The Guardian: Biden Calls On EPA To Investigate Role Of Climate Crisis In Deadly Tornadoes
-- USA Today: ‘We Can Expect More’: Did Climate Change Play A Role In The Deadly Weekend Tornadoes?
Energy
-- AP: House Republicans Send Resolution Killing RGGI Regs To Gov. Wolf To Veto, Lack Votes For Override
=-- PG - Laura Legere: House Votes To Reject Gov. Wolf’s Climate Plan For Power Plants; Resolution Headed For Veto
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: House Votes To Stop State’s Entrance To Cap-And-Trade Program, But Wolf Veto Likely
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: House Votes To ‘Disapprove’ Entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Defying Gov. Wolf
-- Guest Essay: RGGI Fails Pennsylvania On Its Most Basic Promise - Sen. Gene Yaw (R), Majority Chair, Senate Environmental Committee
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
-- PA Conservative Energy Forum Supports Solar Energy Development As Economic Driver And Benefit To Landowners [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- MCall: In Bethlehem, Neighbors Push Back Against A Solar Farm, They Beat Warehouses, Other Lehigh Valley Communities Think
-- White House: Summary Of Dec. 15 Roundtable Hosted By Working Group On Coal And Power Plant Communities And Economic Revitalization
-- PJM Interconnection Releases Initial Results Of Renewable Energy Transition Study
-- Utility Dive: PJM Reports Transition To Renewable Energy Likely Requires Market Changes, Transmission Growth
-- SEEDS Awarded 2 Grants Totaling Nearly $15,000 To Fund Sustainability Initiatives In NE PA [PaEN]
-- FirstEnergy Invests In Venture Capital Fund To Help Advance Sustainable Energy Innovation
-- DEP Encourage Pennsylvanians To Winterize Their Homes For Savings On Utility Bills
-- PUC: Highlights Ways Consumers Can Manage Energy Use, Cost To Help Control Size Of Winter Energy Bills
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Natural Gas Heating Bills Higher, But Natural Gas Jobs, Impact Fee Benefit Region
-- PUC Highlights 2021 Accomplishments
-- PUC Approves Nearly 12% Rate Increase For Columbia Gas
-- PUC Approves 4.23% Rate Increase For Duquesne Light
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Rate Increases For Columbia Gas, Duquesne Light Customers Begin In Coming Weeks
-- Public Source: Biden’s Agenda Promises Major Clean Energy Investments, What Would That Mean For Western PA?
-- Utility Dive: Regional Electric Grid Operator In New England Warns They Can Meet Winter Power Demand ‘If The Weather Is Mild’
-- PG/AP: Congress Improves Import Ban Targeting Forced Labor In China
Energy Conservation
-- DEP Encourage Pennsylvanians To Winterize Their Homes For Savings On Utility Bills
-- PUC: Highlights Ways Consumers Can Manage Energy Use, Cost To Help Control Size Of Winter Energy Bills
-- FirstEnergy Invests In Venture Capital Fund To Help Advance Sustainable Energy Innovation
-- YorkDR Guest Essay: Appliance Standards, A Bipartisan Way To Cut Energy Costs And Reduce Air Pollution In PA - Sen. Lindsey Williams (D), PennEnvironment
Environmental Health
-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations - By David E. Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- Click Here for a link to a printable version of this article.
-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]
-- Now On Demand: Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- WHYY: New PA Funding Will Connect More Homes With PFAS-Tainted Wells To Public Water
-- WHYY: The PFAS Exposure Study For Bucks, Montgomery Counties Has Started, Here’s How To Join
-- WBTimes: Bipartisan Bill To Help Protect Children From Lead Poisoning Advances In Senate
-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes
-- White House: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Pipe And Paint Action Plan
-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health News: The Emerging Field Of Pollution And Mental Health Research
-- GantNews: You Can Improve Health With Outdoor Recreation In PA’s Parks & Forests
-- Penn State Extension: 353 Private Water Supplies Tested In 15 PA Counties, 29% Failed Coliform Bacteria Test
-- Penn State: Black Bears Could Play Important Role In Dispersal Of Ticks Carry Lyme Disease And Other Pathogens
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Black Bears May Be Major Factor In Spread Of Ticks In PA
-- PG: Healthy Ride Rebuilding Pittsburgh’s Bike-Sharing Program, Adding Electric-Assist Bikes
-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: New EPA Docs Show Widespread Health Risk From PFOA As ‘Likely Carcinogen’
Environmental Heritage
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: After 45 Years, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Baker Reflects On The Bay At A Crossroads
Environmental Justice
-- PG: DCNR Removes Historical Marker Using Phrase ‘Anglo-Saxon Supremacy’ From Point State Park In Pittsburgh
EPA
-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes
-- White House: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Pipe And Paint Action Plan
-- EPA Announces Plans To Use Funds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Expedite Cleanup At 3 Superfund Sites In Berks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Crossley Farms, North Penn Water Authority Sites Among Those Receiving EPA Superfund Infusion
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: In Philly, EPA Announces $1 Billion To Speed Up Superfund Cleanups, Including 3 Sites In PA
-- WHYY: D.C. Is Sending $30 Million To Fast-Track Cleanup Of Toxic Soil In Philly
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $240 Million In Clean Water Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [EPA Announced Dec. 2]
-- EPA Accepting Nominations For Presidential Innovation Award For Environmental Educators [PaEN]
-- Nominations For President’s K-12 Environmental Youth Award Now Being Accepted By EPA [PaEN]
-- EPA Awards PA Company XCMR, Inc. Innovative Technology Grant For Pathogen Killer
-- The Guardian: Biden Calls On EPA To Investigate Role Of Climate Crisis In Deadly Tornadoes
-- USA Today: ‘We Can Expect More’: Did Climate Change Play A Role In The Deadly Weekend Tornadoes?
Farming
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DEP: 2020 PA Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Health Communities Report
-- DEP: December Chesapeake Bay Health Waters PA Partnership, Progress Newsletter
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- Penn State Plans Survey Of Farm Conservation Practices In 14 PA Counties Starting In January [PaEN]
-- MCall: Outdoor Activities On Farms Grew With COVID Pandemic
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Joins $14 Million Project To Improve Little Conestoga Creek
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Protects 2,569 More Acres Of Farmland On 30 Farms [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- McCaffrey Family And Natural Lands Partner To Protect 35 Acre Farm In Chester County Next To Hibernia County Park [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- Rodale Institute Urges Farmers, Families To Learn More About How To Grow Clean Water [PaEN]
-- CitizensV: Application Deadline For Luzerne County Farmland Preservation Program Feb. 1
-- WESA: Farming Is Grueling Work, But Pittsburgh Startup Is Using Technology To Make It Easier
-- WITF: PA Organic Farmers Face Uncertain 2022 As They Battle Inflation
-- PennLive: Public Reports Of Spotted Lanternflies Down 50% In 2021, But That Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story: Researcher
-- Help Wanted: Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Seeking Watershed Project Coordinator
Flooding
-- ScrantonT: Couple Who Sold Flood-Ravaged Home To Luzerne County Wants $200/Month Lease-Back
Forests
-- Sen. Casey Seeks Transparent Public Process, Extension Of Comment Period On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights In The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Details Economic Benefits Of PA's Parks & Forests In New Video [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities [PaEN]
-- Dec. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- York Daily Record: 3 Groups, Across 3 Generations Create Natural Ornaments For 3 Live Christmas Trees
-- PennLive: Public Reports Of Spotted Lanternflies Down 50% In 2021, But That Doesn’t Tell The Whole Story: Researcher
-- GantNews: You Can Improve Health With Outdoor Recreation In PA’s Parks & Forests
-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Crew Members To Gain Real-World Work Skills
-- WHYY: Philly’s Fairmont Park’s Iconic Maple Tree Is Gone, Arborists Cite Climate Change
-- Bay Journal: Quest Under Way To Find, Protect Old-Growth Forests In PA, Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Host Online Our Woods & Waters Film Series Jan. 21, Feb. 25 [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Fall/Winter Newsletter
Game Commission
-- PennLive: Game Commission Warns Of Possible Rabid Fox In Cumberland County
-- PG - John Hayes: Private Hunting Clubs Sue Game Commission Over Searches
Geology
-- WITF Smart Talk: Harrisburg University Professor Names Newly Discovered Dinosaurs
Grants/Funding
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- NextPittsburgh: $9.2 Million RACP State Grant Includes 20-Block Riverfront Park In Pittsburgh’s Strip District
-- DCNR Announces $237,500 Grant For Penn Hills Community & Universal Parks In Allegheny County
-- DCNR Receives $250,000 Grant For Outdoor Recreation Concierge Program
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- SEEDS Awarded 2 Grants Totaling Nearly $15,000 To Fund Sustainability Initiatives In NE PA [PaEN]
-- EPA Announces Plans To Use Funds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Expedite Cleanup At 3 Superfund Sites In Berks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Crossley Farms, North Penn Water Authority Sites Among Those Receiving EPA Superfund Infusion
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: In Philly, EPA Announces $1 Billion To Speed Up Superfund Cleanups, Including 3 Sites In PA
-- WHYY: D.C. Is Sending $30 Million To Fast-Track Cleanup Of Toxic Soil In Philly
-- EPA Awards PA Company XCMR, Inc. Innovative Technology Grant For Pathogen Killer
-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes
-- White House: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Pipe And Paint Action Plan
Green Infrastructure
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DEP: 2020 PA Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Health Communities Report
-- DEP: December Chesapeake Bay Health Waters PA Partnership, Progress Newsletter
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Joins $14 Million Project To Improve Little Conestoga Creek
-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District: Restoring Balance - Protecting Cacoosing Creek And Our Waterways
-- DEP Blog: Environmental Education Grant Helps Fund New Montgomery County Meadow
-- DailyLocal: Volunteers Repair Riparian Buffer In Coatesville
-- TribLive: Delmont Residents Given No Notice Of Stormwater Pond Project
-- NextPittsburgh: New ‘Living Street’ With Rain Gardens & A Meadow Landscaped With Native Plants Will Connect Larimer And Homewood Residents To Bakery Square And Mellon Park
-- CitizensV: Application Deadline For Luzerne County Farmland Preservation Program Feb. 1
-- BeaverT: Brighton Twp., Beaver County To Focus On Land Preservation In Next Decade
-- Bay Journal: Quest Under Way To Find, Protect Old-Growth Forests In PA, Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Host Online Our Woods & Waters Film Series Jan. 21, Feb. 25 [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Fall/Winter Newsletter
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
-- EPA Announces Plans To Use Funds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Expedite Cleanup At 3 Superfund Sites In Berks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Crossley Farms, North Penn Water Authority Sites Among Those Receiving EPA Superfund Infusion
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: In Philly, EPA Announces $1 Billion To Speed Up Superfund Cleanups, Including 3 Sites In PA
-- WHYY: D.C. Is Sending $30 Million To Fast-Track Cleanup Of Toxic Soil In Philly
Hazardous Substances
-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations - By David E. Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- Click Here for a link to a printable version of this article.
-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]
-- Now On Demand: Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- WHYY: New PA Funding Will Connect More Homes With PFAS-Tainted Wells To Public Water
-- WHYY: The PFAS Exposure Study For Bucks, Montgomery Counties Has Started, Here’s How To Join
-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: New EPA Docs Show Widespread Health Risk From PFOA As ‘Likely Carcinogen’
-- WBTimes: Bipartisan Bill To Help Protect Children From Lead Poisoning Advances In Senate
-- WPost: Biden Administration Details Push To Rid Nation Of Millions Of Lead Pipes
-- White House: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Lead Pipe And Paint Action Plan
-- Environmental Health News: The Emerging Field Of Pollution And Mental Health Research
-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring [PaEN]
Land Conservation
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Protects 2,569 More Acres Of Farmland On 30 Farms [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces $1.2 Million Grant To Preserve 156 Acres In Chester County For Conservation, Passive Recreational Use [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Local Municipal Open Space Referendums In PA 2021 Status Report
-- Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 155 Acres Along Conewago Recreation Trail [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Environmental, Recreational Benefits Celebrated As Lancaster Conservancy Announces 50th Preserve
-- McCaffrey Family And Natural Lands Partner To Protect 35 Acre Farm In Chester County Next To Hibernia County Park [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: 200 Acres Preserved In 5 Recent Conservation Deals In Berks County
-- BeaverT: Brighton Twp., Beaver County To Focus On Land Preservation In Next Decade
-- CitizensV: Application Deadline For Luzerne County Farmland Preservation Program Feb. 1
-- PA Master Naturalist To Offer Spring Training Courses In Allegheny, Northern Chester, Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Quest Under Way To Find, Protect Old-Growth Forests In PA, Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Host Online Our Woods & Waters Film Series Jan. 21, Feb. 25 [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Fall/Winter Newsletter
Land Recycling
-- NextPittsburgh: New Plan Could Revive Carrie Furnace Mill Site, The Stakes Are High For Rankin
Lake Erie
-- DEP, PA Sea Grant, Partners Host Virtual PA Lake Erie Environmental Forum Jan. 25 [PaEN]
Mine Reclamation
-- Penn State: Battery Metals From Abandoned Mine Wastewater: Potential Economic Benefits For Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission PA Online Abandoned Mine Drainage Location GIS Map
Oil & Gas
-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations - By David E. Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- Click Here for a link to a printable version of this article.
-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]
-- AP - Laura Legere & Anya Litvak: Hope, Challenges Amid Surge Of Funds To Plug Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By The Industry For Taxpayers To Deal With
-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring [PaEN]
-- TribLive: 2nd Drilling Waste Injection Well Project In Plum Faces Opposition From Residents, Borough Officials
-- Now On Demand: Physicians For Social Responsibility-PA Host Virtual Conference On Health Hazards Of Oil & Gas Industry In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Citizens Voice Letter: Editorial Ignored Contributions Of PA Natural Gas Industry - Marcellus Shale Coalition
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Natural Gas Heating Bills Higher, But Natural Gas Jobs, Impact Fee Benefit Region
-- ScrantonT: Are Environmental Benefits of Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant In Luzerne County As Promised?
-- Public Source: Biden’s Agenda Promises Major Clean Energy Investments, What Would That Mean For Western PA?
-- YorkDR Letter: Are Delaware Water Gap Rockfall Mitigation Project, River Pointe Development, DRBC Fracking Regulations Connected?
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Report: 177,000 Low-Producing Oil & Gas Wells Continues To Grow, States Could Be Left With Bill For Plugging [PA Included]
Pipelines
-- DEP Issues Revised Erosion Control Permits For PA Pipeline/Mariner East Pipeline Segments In Chester, Delaware Counties [PaEN]
-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Vacates PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline Certificate Of Necessity
-- Reuters: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Proposes $40 Million Civil Penalty For Energy Transfer Partners Rover Natural Gas Pipeline Spill In Ohio, Originates In PA [PA has collected over $55 million in penalties from Energy Transfer Partners/Sunoco for pipeline construction violations]
Permitting
-- DEP Issues Revised Erosion Control Permits For PA Pipeline/Mariner East Pipeline Segments In Chester, Delaware Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 2022 Schedule For Advisory Committee, Board Meetings; Remote Attendance Options Will Continue To Be Available [PaEN]
-- DEP Acts On 866 Permits, 79% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,380 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Posts 2022 Schedule For Advisory Committee, Board Meetings; Remote Attendance Options Will Continue To Be Available [PaEN]
-- DEP Hosts 8th Round Of State Water Plan Regional Committee Meetings Starting Jan. 11 [PaEN]
-- Upcoming Friends Of The Wissahickon Events To Keep Wissahickon Valley Park Clean & Green [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- PUC Highlights 2021 Accomplishments
-- PUC: Highlights Ways Consumers Can Manage Energy Use, Cost To Help Control Size Of Winter Energy Bills
-- PUC Approves Nearly 12% Rate Increase For Columbia Gas
-- PUC Approves 4.23% Rate Increase For Duquesne Light
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Rate Increases For Columbia Gas, Duquesne Light Customers Begin In Coming Weeks
-- TribLive Editorial: Why Doesn’t PUC Monitor More Water Authorities?
Radiation Protection
-- PG: Nuclear Waste Excavation Plan In Armstrong County Promises To Add Jobs
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster Woman’s Collection of Warped Plants From Around Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Headed To Smithsonian
Recreation
-- Sen. Casey Seeks Transparent Public Process, Extension Of Comment Period On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights In The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Details Economic Benefits Of PA's Parks & Forests In New Video [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Lawsuit To Stop Northcentral Regional ATV Trail Connector Project As Violation Of Public Trust Responsibilities [PaEN]
-- DCNR To Celebrate The New Year With First Day Hikes Across Pennsylvania
-- WBTimes: DCNR To Celebrate The New Year With First Day Hikes Across PA
-- Dec. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- ErieT: 13 Tips For Wintertime Walking At Presque Isle State Park
-- NextPittsburgh: $9.2 Million RACP State Grant Includes 20-Block Riverfront Park In Pittsburgh’s Strip District
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Will Soon Have 6 New Parks Spanning 300-Plus Acres And 11 Neighborhoods
-- PA Cap-Star: SW PA Trail Council Maintains Its Portion Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail Thru Donations, Volunteers
-- DCNR Announces $1.2 Million Grant To Preserve 156 Acres In Chester County For Conservation, Passive Recreational Use [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces $237,500 Grant For Penn Hills Community & Universal Parks In Allegheny County
-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Seeking Crew Members To Gain Real-World Work Skills
-- PG: DCNR Removes Historical Marker Using Phrase ‘Anglo-Saxon Supremacy’ From Point State Park In Pittsburgh
-- PRPS/Park Maintenance Institute 2021 Year In Review Webinar Dec. 15. 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Virtual Certified Park & Recreation Professional With Me Study Group. Jan. 28- March 4
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Virtual Directors & Supervisors Roundtable Jan. 26, March 30, May 25, Aug. 24, Nov. 16
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: Annual Conference & Expo March 29-April 1
-- CentreDT: Centre Region Parks And Recreation Selects Bids For Whitehall Road Regional Park
-- Upcoming Friends Of The Wissahickon Events To Keep Wissahickon Valley Park Clean & Green [PaEN]
-- City Of Philadelphia: Protected Bike Lanes Doubled In 2021
-- WBTimes: Wilkes-Barre Bike Gang Helps Clear Storm Damage From Nesbitt Park Trail
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Western Pennsylvania Are Dying-- Or Is It? - Andrew Cuff
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Campground Owners Hold Annual Convention, Topics Are All Over The Map
-- GantNews: You Can Improve Health With Outdoor Recreation In PA’s Parks & Forests
-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Winter Lantern Walk On Dec. 18 Aims To Connect People With Nature
-- Upcoming Friends Of The Wissahickon Events To Keep Wissahickon Valley Park Clean & Green [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Parks And Rec To The Rescue In West Wyoming, Luzerne County
-- WBTimes Editorial: Local Rec Board’s Efforts A Shining Example Of Holiday Spirit
-- PG: Healthy Ride Rebuilding Pittsburgh’s Bike-Sharing Program, Adding Electric-Assist Bikes
-- TribLive: Seven Springs Sale Seen As Possible Boost To Tourism
Recycling/Waste
-- DEP Outlines Recommendations For Changing Act 101 And Electronics Waste Recycling Laws To Make Them More Effective At Dec. 16 Advisory Committee Meeting [PaEN]
-- KDKA: PA Resources Council’s 5 Green New Year’s Resolutions [Audio]
-- YorkDR: New CRCD Global Plant In York Turns Plastic Waste Into Concrete Enhancing Mix [Video]
-- TribLive: Experts Join Discussion About Potential Plastic Bag Ban In Pittsburgh
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Needs Revising To Add Fees And Eliminate Loopholes
-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need To Repair, Restore And Reuse More Things To Save Planet Earth - Christina Ciocirlan, Fulbright Scholar, Elizabethtown College
-- Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread Illegally On Dirt Roads, Companies Fail To Comply With DEP Waste Regulations - By David E. Hess, Former Secretary Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- Click Here for a link to a printable version of this article.
-- Better Path Coalition Report: How To Close The Loophole Allowing Uncontrolled Road Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater & Fix Oil and Gas Waste Reporting System [PaEN]
-- TribLive: 2nd Drilling Waste Injection Well Project In Plum Faces Opposition From Residents, Borough Officials
Regulations
-- DEP Posts 2022 Schedule For Advisory Committee, Board Meetings; Remote Attendance Options Will Continue To Be Available [PaEN]
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
Renewable Energy
-- AP: House Republicans Send Resolution Killing RGGI Regs To Gov. Wolf To Veto, Lack Votes For Override
=-- PG - Laura Legere: House Votes To Reject Gov. Wolf’s Climate Plan For Power Plants; Resolution Headed For Veto
-- WITF - Rachel McDevitt: House Votes To Stop State’s Entrance To Cap-And-Trade Program, But Wolf Veto Likely
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: House Votes To ‘Disapprove’ Entering Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Defying Gov. Wolf
-- Guest Essay: RGGI Fails Pennsylvania On Its Most Basic Promise - Sen. Gene Yaw (R), Majority Chair, Senate Environmental Committee
-- AP: Governor’s Carbon-Pricing Plan Encounters Hurdle In Final Publication [RGGI]
-- PA Conservative Energy Forum Supports Solar Energy Development As Economic Driver And Benefit To Landowners [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: It’s Well Past Time For PA To Transition To A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- MCall: In Bethlehem, Neighbors Push Back Against A Solar Farm, They Beat Warehouses, Other Lehigh Valley Communities Think
-- SEEDS Awarded 2 Grants Totaling Nearly $15,000 To Fund Sustainability Initiatives In NE PA [PaEN]
-- Penn State: Battery Metals From Abandoned Mine Wastewater: Potential Economic Benefits For Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Small Businesses In PA Seek Congressional Action On Build Back Better Climate Initiatives - By Saeid Kamalpour, GlobInK
-- White House: Summary Of Dec. 15 Roundtable Hosted By Working Group On Coal And Power Plant Communities And Economic Revitalization
-- PJM Interconnection Releases Initial Results Of Renewable Energy Transition Study
-- Utility Dive: PJM Reports Transition To Renewable Energy Likely Requires Market Changes, Transmission Growth
-- FirstEnergy Invests In Venture Capital Fund To Help Advance Sustainable Energy Innovation
-- Public Source: Biden’s Agenda Promises Major Clean Energy Investments, What Would That Mean For Western PA?
-- NYT: Green Energy Race Draws An American Underdog To Bolivia’s Lithium
-- PG/AP: Congress Improves Import Ban Targeting Forced Labor In China
Stormwater
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DEP: 2020 PA Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Health Communities Report
-- DEP: December Chesapeake Bay Health Waters PA Partnership, Progress Newsletter
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: 3-Part Webinar Series On Urban Waters - Resilient & Sustainable Communities Starting Jan. 11, 18, 25. Noon.
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Joins $14 Million Project To Improve Little Conestoga Creek
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District: Restoring Balance - Protecting Cacoosing Creek And Our Waterways
-- DEP Blog: Environmental Education Grant Helps Fund New Montgomery County Meadow
-- DailyLocal: Volunteers Repair Riparian Buffer In Coatesville
-- NextPittsburgh: New ‘Living Street’ With Rain Gardens & A Meadow Landscaped With Native Plants Will Connect Larimer And Homewood Residents To Bakery Square And Mellon Park
-- TribLive: Delmont Residents Given No Notice Of Stormwater Pond Project
SRBC
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Volunteer Water Monitors Needed In Lycoming, Clinton Counties For New Stream Team Initiative; Feb. 8 Info Meeting [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission PA Online Abandoned Mine Drainage Location GIS Map
Sustainability
-- SEEDS Awarded 2 Grants Totaling Nearly $15,000 To Fund Sustainability Initiatives In NE PA [PaEN]
Technical Guidance
-- DEP Posts 2022 Schedule For Advisory Committee, Board Meetings; Remote Attendance Options Will Continue To Be Available [PaEN]
Water Resources
-- DEP Hosts 8th Round Of State Water Plan Regional Committee Meetings Starting Jan. 11 [PaEN]
Wastewater Facilities
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $240 Million In Clean Water Funding From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [EPA Announced Dec. 2]
Watershed Protection
-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Program Figures Show PA Led Region In 2020 Cleanup Progress [PaEN]
-- DEP: 2020 PA Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Health Communities Report
-- DEP: December Chesapeake Bay Health Waters PA Partnership, Progress Newsletter
-- Gov. Wolf Announces $17.4 Million To Improve Local Water Quality In 33 Counties In The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Receives $527,000 Grant For Local Clean Water Projects
-- ABC27: Lancaster County Receives State Grant To Continue Clean Water Conservation Efforts
-- Franklin & Marshall College Launches Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative Based On Legacy Sediments Research [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Putting The Chesapeake Bay Watershed On A Pollution Diet
-- Penn State Plans Survey Of Farm Conservation Practices In 14 PA Counties Starting In January [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Executive Director Julie Slavet Honored By Wyncote Audubon Society [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: 3 PA Farms Will Test Alley Cropping, A Planting System With Trees
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Twp. Joins $14 Million Project To Improve Little Conestoga Creek
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: 3-Part Webinar Series On Urban Waters - Resilient & Sustainable Communities Starting Jan. 11, 18, 25. Noon.
-- Rodale Institute Urges Farmers, Families To Learn More About How To Grow Clean Water [PaEN]
-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26 [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: New ‘Living Street’ With Rain Gardens & A Meadow Landscaped With Native Plants Will Connect Larimer And Homewood Residents To Bakery Square And Mellon Park
-- Penn State Extension: What Are You Doing For Clean Water?
-- Artists Paint Storm Drain Art To Raise Water Pollution Awareness In York County [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Volunteer Water Monitors Needed In Lycoming, Clinton Counties For New Stream Team Initiative; Feb. 8 Info Meeting [PaEN]
-- Watershed Stewards In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties Plan Salt Watch Monitoring [PaEN]
-- DEP, PA Sea Grant, Partners Host Virtual PA Lake Erie Environmental Forum Jan. 25 [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Berks Conservation District: Restoring Balance - Protecting Cacoosing Creek And Our Waterways
-- DEP Blog: Environmental Education Grant Helps Fund New Montgomery County Meadow
-- DailyLocal: Volunteers Repair Riparian Buffer In Coatesville
-- TribLive: Delmont Residents Given No Notice Of Stormwater Pond Project
-- Penn State Extension: Impact Of Soil On Water Quality In Riparian Buffers
-- Penn State Extension: Watershed Winds Newsletter: Private Well Testing, Salt Watch Monitoring, Impact Of Soil On Water Quality, Much More
-- House Republicans Pass Bill Making Fundamental Changes In Clean Streams Law, Letting Companies Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission: Highlights Of Dec. 8 Business Meeting
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 17 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Help Wanted: Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Seeking Watershed Project Coordinator
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Wildlife
-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Coldwater Conference & PA Chapter of the American Fisheries Society Meeting Feb. 25-26 [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: 3 Years In, Plenty Of PA Deer Hunters Say They ‘Hate’ The Saturday Gun Opener
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: What Will Be Picked As PA Bird Of The Year? Odds Are It’s A Species With A ‘Conservation Story To Tell’
-- Penn State Survey Finds Strong Public Support For Bird Conservation, But Hundreds Of Bird Species Are In Trouble Now [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Volunteers Sought For Christmas Bird Count
-- ErieT: Snowy Owls Spotted At Presque Isle State Park, But Keep Your Distance
-- PennLive: Washington County Residents Call 911 On 100-Pound Tortoise ‘Walking Down The Street’
-- Pocono Record - Brain Whipkey: Deer Camp Owner In Pocono Mountains Introduces People To The Outdoors
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Will 2021 PA Bear Kill Rank In Top 10?
-- Penn State: Black Bears Could Play Important Role In Dispersal Of Ticks Carry Lyme Disease And Other Pathogens
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Black Bears May Be Major Factor In Spread Of Ticks In PA
-- Courier Express: PA Endangered Species Series: Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
-- PennLive: Game Commission Warns Of Possible Rabid Fox In Cumberland County
-- PG - John Hayes: Private Hunting Clubs Sue Game Commission Over Searches
Opportunities
-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Names Kelly Knutson Next Director
-- Help Wanted: Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Seeking Watershed Project Coordinator
Other
-- YorkDR Editorial: Can Kindness And Compassion Make A Comeback In 2022?
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[Posted: December 19, 2021]
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