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

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Jan. 28 Hearing On $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- MCall Guest Essay: How We Helped Stabilize PA’s Economy During Pandemic - Sen. Browne (R)  [Spoiler: He didn’t thank Biden/Congress for the federal aid that propped up state, local budgets.]

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Vetoes Measure To Block RGGI Entrance

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: With Veto, Wolf Keeps Key Climate Change Initiative Breathing, Why Should You Care?

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Vetoes Republican Effort To Block Carbon Fee On PA Power Plants

-- Gov. Wolf: Energy, Environment, Faith Sustainability, Immigration Advocacy Groups Support Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Republican Sen. Pittman Reacts To Wolf Veto Of RGGI Disapproval Resolution

-- Senate Republican Caucus Response To Gov. Wolf’s Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Sen. Yaw: Override Necessary To Protect Pennsylvanians From Gov. Wolf’s Carbon Tax

-- Sen. Bartolotta: Online Meeting Of PA Legislative Gas & Oil Caucus - Prices Increases For Natural Gas & Oil Primary Topic - Video

-- TribLive Guest Essay: What Critics Get Wrong About Energy ‘Choice’ Legislation - Sen. Yaw

-- YorkDR: Rep. Gillespie Elected Chair Of PA Chesapeake Bay Commission Delegation

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

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

-- Environment And Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults  [PaEN]

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]

Year Ahead - Year End Review

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Final Year Will Focus On Issues That Matter Most - Gov. Wolf  [Nothing About The Environment]

-- MCall Guest Essay: How We Helped Stabilize PA’s Economy During Pandemic - Sen. Browne (R)  [Spoiler: He didn’t thank Biden/Congress for the federal aid that propped up state, local budgets.]

-- DCNR Blog: 2021 Year In Review From DCNR  [PaEN]

Air

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Thousands Of Gallons Of Toxic Phenol Reportedly Spilled At Philly Chemical Plant

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Hearing Officer Blocks Allegheny County’s New Coke (Coal) Oven Regulations For U.S. Steel

-- PA Cap-Star: Allegheny County’s Fine Against U.S. Steel For Air Quality Violations Too Small, Environmentalists Say

-- PG - Anya Litvak: U.S. Steel Picks Arkansas For $3 Billion Mini-Mill Investment, After Canceling Upgrade To Mon Valley Works In May

-- PG: Some Allegheny County Residents Say Health Dept. Hasn’t Taken Enough Steps To Improve Air Quality

-- PA Cap-Star: New Year’s Resolution For PA: Go Big On Reducing Methane Emissions - Clean Air Council

-- DEP: Thursday Air Quality Action Day: Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Philadelphia Area

-- The Guardian: U.S. Emissions Surged In 2021, Putting The Nation Further Off Track From Its Climate Targets

-- The New Yorker: The U.S. Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts To Protect The Environment

Alternative Fuels

-- AP: Wabtec Sells 4 More Battery-Electric Locomotives To Mining Company In Australia

-- ErieT: Wabtec Sells 4 More Erie-Build Electric Locomotives

Awards & Recognition

-- ​​Brubaker Farms In Lancaster County Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Thomas Dolan IV - 1923-2021

-- PG: Even The Winners In This Photo Contest Are Trashy [PA Resources Council Lens On Litter]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- City Of Philadelphia: Nominate Your Local Climate Champ!

-- New Fossil Species Named For Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Paleontologist David S. Berman  [PaEN]

Bid

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Plugging 7 Orphan Oil & Gas Wells In Warren County  [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Experts Remain Baffled By Last Year’s Mystery Bird Disease, Offer No Assurances The Issue Is Resolved

-- Penn State Experts Clear Up Falsehoods About Spotted Lanternfly

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: 3 More Popular Landscaping Plants Under Consideration As PA Noxious Weeds

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Westmoreland County Needs A People’s American Rescue Plan Funding Plan

-- ErieT: City Of Erie To Launch Application Process For The First $10 Million Of $76 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds It Has Available

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Formally Extends Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program Thru 2034  As Required By Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Use Fed Cash To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Polluted Waterways

-- Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Benefit Bridges, Parks, Trails, Expansion Of Electric Vehicle Charging

-- S&P Global: White House Rolls Out New Efforts To Boost U.S. Renewable Energy, Transmission

-- White House: Biden Administration Races To Deploy Clean Energy That Creates Jobs, And Lowers Costs

Build Back Better Budget Bill

-- WESA: Sen. Casey Hopeful On Democrats’ Massive Social Spending Investments: ‘We Can Get There’

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Greedy Old Propagandist Politicians Won’t Lift A Finger To Help The Poor

Budget

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- MCall Guest Essay: How We Helped Stabilize PA’s Economy During Pandemic - Sen. Browne (R)  [Spoiler: He didn’t thank Biden/Congress for the federal aid that propped up state, local budgets.]

Chesapeake Bay

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- ​​Brubaker Farms In Lancaster County Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: PA Contends Its New Cleanup Plan Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Goals [PaEN]

--  WITF Smart Talk: PA Lags In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals

-- PennWATCH: PA Plan To Meet 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: Rep. Gillespie Elected Chair Of PA Chesapeake Bay Commission Delegation

-- NRCS-PA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities To Support Climate-Smart Agriculture In 2022  [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Proposals For $225 Million In Regional Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Awarded USDA Grant To Expand Outreach To Underserved Farmers In PA, MD, VA  [PaEN]

-- WITF: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Gets Grant To Help Disadvantaged Farmers

-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Orders Being Accepted; Seedlings For Schools Program Opens Jan. 31  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Ahead On State Legislative Agendas: Climate, Environmental Justice, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funds

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: January Newsletter - Chestnut Oak, Seasonal Tree Maintenance, More

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Natural Gas To Gasoline: A $6 Billion Proposal In PA

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Citizen Action

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years [PaEN]

-- American Communities Project: How Fracking Collides With Civics In Rural PA

-- DEP Opens Comment Period On 2022 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report Jan. 15; Briefing Jan. 20  [PaEN]

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- EQB Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Regulations: NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule; Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Lackawanna County-Based Countryside Conservancy Protects 265 Acres At Base Of Elk Mountain

-- Natural Lands Preserves Land Along White Clay Creek In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Knouse Foods, Partners Protect Fly-Fishing Access Along Conewago Creek  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Green Space In Sewickley Area To Grow More Than 90 Acres

-- Inquirer: Upper Gwynedd Twp. Wants To Use Eminent Domain To Preserve 33 Acres In Montgomery County

-- Berks Nature Seeking Volunteers To Be Berks Nature Ambassadors [PaEN]

-- Jan. 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Voter Registration And Citywide Cleanups: How To Get Involved In Philly’s MLK Day of Service

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Orders Being Accepted; Seedlings For Schools Program Opens Jan. 31  [PaEN]

-- Daily American: Shade Twp. Approve Space For Shade Creek Watershed Association

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: An Intern's Update - November 2021 Water Quality Summary - By Isaac Busler, Butler Senior High School  [PaEN]

-- PG: Some Allegheny County Residents Say Health Dept. Hasn’t Taken Enough Steps To Improve Air Quality

-- PA Cap-Star: New Year’s Resolution For PA: Go Big On Reducing Methane Emissions - Clean Air Council

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: South Philly Residents Worried About Hilco Refining Operations Permits At Fmr Philadelphia Refinery Site

-- WHYY: Philly Hits A ‘Crossroads’ Of Environmental Justice At Ex-Philly Refinery

Climate

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Vetoes Measure To Block RGGI Entrance

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: With Veto, Wolf Keeps Key Climate Change Initiative Breathing, Why Should You Care?

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Vetoes Republican Effort To Block Carbon Fee On PA Power Plants

-- Gov. Wolf: Energy, Environment, Faith Sustainability, Immigration Advocacy Groups Support Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Republican Sen. Pittman Reacts To Wolf Veto Of RGGI Disapproval Resolution

-- Senate Republican Caucus Response To Gov. Wolf’s Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Sen. Yaw: Override Necessary To Protect Pennsylvanians From Gov. Wolf’s Carbon Tax

-- Sen. Yaw: DEP Must Address Skyrocketing RGGI Auction Prices [DEP Declined An Invitation To Testify At Jan. 18 Committee Hearing On The Issue]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Balancing The Environment, Energy Needs Should Be Led By Pennsylvanians, Not By 10 Other States [RGGI]  [Why Don’t Opponents Have A Plan Like Supporting A Clean Energy Standard?]

-- City Of Philadelphia: Nominate Your Local Climate Champ!

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 3 Philly Experts On How The City Can Burn Less Fossil Fuel To Heat Homes

-- Inquirer Editorial: Be A Climate City Or Own A Natural Gas Utility? Philadelphia Can’t Do Both

-- PA Cap-Star: New Year’s Resolution For PA: Go Big On Reducing Methane Emissions - Clean Air Council

-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Jan. 28 Hearing On $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- AP: Wabtec Sells 4 More Battery-Electric Locomotives To Mining Company In Australia

-- ErieT: Wabtec Sells 4 More Erie-Build Electric Locomotives

-- Penn State Podcast Talks About Biofiltration, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- The Guardian: U.S. Emissions Surged In 2021, Putting The Nation Further Off Track From Its Climate Targets

-- AP: Earth Experiences 6th Warmest Year On Record In 2021

-- Reuters: Analysis: Shrink To Fit: The Year Big Oil Starts To Become Small Oil

-- The Guardian: U.S. Hit By 20 Separate Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters In 2021, NOAA Report Says

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy To Hire 1,000 Clean Energy Corps Workers

Coal Mining

-- EPA: West Penn Power To Pay $610,000 Penalty In Federal-State Settlement Over Coal Ash Landfills Discharge Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- AP: EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds

Coastal Zone

-- DEP Funds 12 Projects Totalling $574,974 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone

Compliance Action

-- TribLive: Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Assn. Wants Stream Restoration, Not Credits From Revolution Pipeline Settlement In Beaver County

-- EPA: West Penn Power To Pay $610,000 Penalty In Federal-State Settlement Over Coal Ash Landfills Discharge Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: West Penn Power Agrees To Fine, 2 New Pipelines To Reroute Coal Wastewater From Landfills

-- PA Cap-Star: Allegheny County’s Fine Against U.S. Steel For Air Quality Violations Too Small, Environmentalists Say

-- DEP Took Action On 582 Permits, 92% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,348 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Help Wanted: Washington County Conservation District - 2 Positions  [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR Blog: 2021 Year In Review From DCNR  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- NEW!  DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Aspiring Archaeologists, Preservationists For PA Cultural Resource Crew Members  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities & Updates For January [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Hold Jan. 18 Virtual Town Hall Meeting On Inflatable Dam Work At Shikellamy State Park.  2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- DCNR Names Robert Sweeney Manager For Chapman State Park In Warren County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Search-And-Rescue Also A Thing In PA Parks

-- Jan. 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Do You Know Where To Find Chipmunk Alley At Presque Isle State Park?

DEP

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- EQB Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Regulations: NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule; Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: PA Contends Its New Cleanup Plan Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Goals [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Lags In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals

-- PennWATCH: PA Plan To Meet 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- DEP Funds 12 Projects Totalling $574,974 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone

-- DEP Blog: Winter And Water Main Breaks - What To Watch For And What You Can Do

-- DEP: Reminder - Feb. 2 Virtual Hearing On Water Quality Permit For Warehouse In Northampton County. 6:00 to 9:00  p.m.

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Plugging 7 Orphan Oil & Gas Wells In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 582 Permits, 92% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,348 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 14 RiverWatch Video Report 

Drinking Water

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Naval Installation To Begin Testing Residential Wells For Cancer-Causing PFAS In Cumberland County

-- WESA: Restoring Pittsburgh’s Vacant Land To Use Just Got A Little Easier With Agreement To Clear Debt To Pittsburgh Water Authority

-- DEP Blog: Winter And Water Main Breaks - What To Watch For And What You Can Do

Economic Development

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Natural Gas To Gasoline: A $6 Billion Proposal In PA

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Sen. Laughlin Invites National Fuel Gas To Relocate HQ To PA: ‘Pennsylvania Is Pro-Natural Gas, And We’re Not Going To Do These Ridiculous Mandates’

-- Yahoo! Finance: OLB Group Signs Long-Term Lease For Cryptocurrency Mining Facility In Bradford

-- Meten Begins Trial Operation Of Crypto Mining Business In PA

-- PG: Recycle By Refilling: Meet The Women Bringing ‘Refilleries’ To Pittsburgh

-- WESA: Restoring Pittsburgh’s Vacant Land To Use Just Got A Little Easier With Agreement To Clear Debt To Pittsburgh Water Authority

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Bellwether District Will Transform Former Philadelphia Refinery Into Environmentally Sustainable, Economic Engine - Hilco Redevelopment Partners

-- AP: Wabtec Sells 4 More Battery-Electric Locomotives To Mining Company In Australia

-- ErieT: Wabtec Sells 4 More Erie-Build Electric Locomotives

-- PG - Anya Litvak: U.S. Steel Picks Arkansas For $3 Billion Mini-Mill Investment, After Canceling Upgrade To Mon Valley Works In May

Education

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Offering Paid Internships Across PA In Summer 2022 + Video

-- NEW!  DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Aspiring Archaeologists, Preservationists For PA Cultural Resource Crew Members  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities & Updates For January [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: See And Hear Susquehanna River Ice - Video

-- PA State Grange: Jan. 13 Farm Show Solar Energy Program - Video

-- PA State Museum Lunch & Learn Webinar: Jan. 14 - Adventures In Nature Lab: American Eels In The Susquehanna River.  12:15 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Jan. 26 Water Cooler Talk: Microplastics And Environmental Health.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.  [PaEN]

-- PA Professional Geologists: Feb. 16 Webinar: Dust Suppression With Oil & Gas Produced Water Featuring Author Of Penn State Study Finding Increased Cancer Risks With Road Spreading.  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- Berks Nature Seeking Volunteers To Be Berks Nature Ambassadors [PaEN]

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Seeking Teachers, Adults To Serve As Mentors For Summer Field Schools  [PaEN]

-- U.S.G.S. PA Water Science Center Winter Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: An Intern's Update - November 2021 Water Quality Summary - By Isaac Busler, Butler Senior High School  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: The Effects Of Road Salt On Our Streams, Rivers - Salt Levels Higher Than Seawater

-- PG: Even The Winners In This Photo Contest Are Trashy [PA Resources Council Lens On Litter]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: January Newsletter - Chestnut Oak, Seasonal Tree Maintenance, More

-- TribLive: Hike Through Murrysville Nature Reserve Shows Plenty Of Winter Life

-- DEP Blog: Winter And Water Main Breaks - What To Watch For And What You Can Do

-- Penn State Podcast Talks About Biofiltration, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- DEP Encourages Residents To Test For Radon, Highlights Opportunity To Request Free Testing Kit

-- New Fossil Species Named For Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Paleontologist David S. Berman  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Artist Explores Environmental Themes Thru Library Exhibit

-- LancasterOnline: Did All Of That Pandemic Baking Lead To More Competition At 2022 Farm Show?

Emergency Response

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Thousands Of Gallons Of Toxic Phenol Reportedly Spilled At Philly Chemical Plant

-- PUC Offers Safety Tips As Winter Storm Izzy Approaches

-- ScrantonT: Care-A-Van Departs For Kentucky, Tennessee To Aid Tornado Victims

-- The Guardian: U.S. Hit By 20 Separate Billion-Dollar Climate Disasters In 2021, NOAA Report Says

Energy

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Vetoes Measure To Block RGGI Entrance

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: With Veto, Wolf Keeps Key Climate Change Initiative Breathing, Why Should You Care?

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Vetoes Republican Effort To Block Carbon Fee On PA Power Plants

-- Gov. Wolf: Energy, Environment, Faith Sustainability, Immigration Advocacy Groups Support Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Republican Sen. Pittman Reacts To Wolf Veto Of RGGI Disapproval Resolution

-- Senate Republican Caucus Response To Gov. Wolf’s Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Sen. Yaw: Override Necessary To Protect Pennsylvanians From Gov. Wolf’s Carbon Tax

-- Sen. Yaw: DEP Must Address Skyrocketing RGGI Auction Prices [DEP Declined An Invitation To Testify At Jan. 18 Committee Hearing On The Issue]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Balancing The Environment, Energy Needs Should Be Led By Pennsylvanians, Not By 10 Other States [RGGI]  [Why Don’t Opponents Have A Plan Like Supporting A Clean Energy Standard?]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: What Critics Get Wrong About Energy ‘Choice’ Legislation - Sen. Yaw

-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Jan. 28 Hearing On $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Bartolotta: Online Meeting Of PA Legislative Gas & Oil Caucus - Price Increases For Natural Gas & Oil Primary Topic - Video

-- PA State Grange: Jan. 13 Farm Show Solar Energy Program - Video

-- Seneca Resources Achieves Certification Of Natural Gas Production Under Equitable Origin Standard   [Compliance History in PA Starting In 2015]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: U.S. Natural Gas Critical To Strengthening America’s National Security

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Futures Climbed 14% To Bring Year-To-Date Advance To A Record 30% As Cold Hits East Coast

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Natural Gas To Gasoline: A $6 Billion Proposal In PA

-- Inquirer Editorial: Be A Climate City Or Own A Natural Gas Utility? Philadelphia Can’t Do Both

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 3 Philly Experts On How The City Can Burn Less Fossil Fuel To Heat Homes

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Good-Paying Philadelphia Gas Works Jobs Would Be Irreplaceable If Philly Moves Away From Natural Gas

-- PG Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Keep America, Pennsylvania Competitive - American Petroleum Institute - PA

-- Yahoo! Finance: OLB Group Signs Long-Term Lease For Cryptocurrency Mining Facility In Bradford

-- Meten Begins Trial Operation Of Crypto Mining Business In PA

-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Options For Energy Conservation, Savings As Colder Weather Arrives

-- AP: EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy To Hire 1,000 Clean Energy Corps Workers

-- The Guardian: U.S. Emissions Surged In 2021, Putting The Nation Further Off Track From Its Climate Targets

-- Reuters: Analysis: Shrink To Fit: The Year Big Oil Starts To Become Small Oil

Environmental Health

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years[PaEN]

-- American Communities Project: How Fracking Collides With Civics In Rural PA

-- PA Professional Geologists: Feb. 16 Webinar: Dust Suppression With Oil & Gas Produced Water Featuring Author Of Penn State Study Finding Increased Cancer Risks With Road Spreading.  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Thousands Of Gallons Of Toxic Phenol Reportedly Spilled At Philly Chemical Plant

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Naval Installation To Begin Testing Residential Wells For Cancer-Causing PFAS In Cumberland County

-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Testing Deer For Presence Of PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Response To Advisories In Neshaminy Creek Watershed

Environmental Heritage

-- PA Environmental Council: Thomas Dolan IV - 1923-2021

-- Inquirer: Thomas Dolan IV, Celebrated Philadelphia Conservationist, Dies At 98

Environmental Justice

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: South Philly Residents Worried About Hilco Refining Operations Permits At Fmr Philadelphia Refinery Site

-- WHYY: Philly Hits A ‘Crossroads’ Of Environmental Justice At Ex-Philly Refinery

EPA

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: PA Contends Its New Cleanup Plan Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Goals [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- EPA: West Penn Power To Pay $610,000 Penalty In Federal-State Settlement Over Coal Ash Landfills Discharge Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: West Penn Power Agrees To Fine, 2 New Pipelines To Reroute Coal Wastewater From Landfills

-- AP: EPA Moves To Crack Down On Dangerous Coal Ash Storage Ponds

-- The New Yorker: The U.S. Supreme Court Case That Could Upend Efforts To Protect The Environment

Farming

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- ​​Brubaker Farms In Lancaster County Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: PA Contends Its New Cleanup Plan Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Goals [PaEN]

--  WITF Smart Talk: PA Lags In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals

-- PennWATCH: PA Plan To Meet 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Proposals For $225 Million In Regional Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Awarded USDA Grant To Expand Outreach To Underserved Farmers In PA, MD, VA  [PaEN]

-- WITF: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Gets Grant To Help Disadvantaged Farmers

-- NRCS-PA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities To Support Climate-Smart Agriculture In 2022  [PaEN]

-- The Giant Company Donates $1 Million To Harrisburg University To Support New Center For Advanced Agriculture and Sustainability  [PaEN]

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture Assn.: Find Inspiration At 2022 Virtual Conference Going On Now Thru Jan. 28

-- PA State Grange: Jan. 13 Farm Show Solar Energy Program - Video

-- Penn State Experts Clear Up Falsehoods About Spotted Lanternfly

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Quarterly Meeting January 24

-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN]

Forests

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: 2021 Year In Review From DCNR  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Orders Being Accepted; Seedlings For Schools Program Opens Jan. 31  [PaEN]

-- Jan. 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: January Newsletter - Chestnut Oak, Seasonal Tree Maintenance, More

Game Commission

-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Testing Deer For Presence Of PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Response To Advisories In Neshaminy Creek Watershed

-- Game Commission Offering Paid Internships Across PA In Summer 2022 + Video

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Experts Remain Baffled By Last Year’s Mystery Bird Disease, Offer No Assurances The Issue Is Resolved

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Orders Being Accepted; Seedlings For Schools Program Opens Jan. 31  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Names David Gustafson Director Bureau Of Wildlife Habitat Management

Grants/Funding

-- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Sets Spring, Fall Grant Application Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities To Support Climate-Smart Agriculture In 2022  [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Proposals For $225 Million In Regional Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In Lancaster, York Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Host Municipality Inspectors Reimbursements  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Awarded USDA Grant To Expand Outreach To Underserved Farmers In PA, MD, VA  [PaEN]

-- The Giant Company Donates $1 Million To Harrisburg University To Support New Center For Advanced Agriculture and Sustainability  [PaEN]

-- DEP Funds 12 Projects Totalling $574,974 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone

-- DCED Awards $13,586 Environmental Assessment Grant For Site In Crawford County

Green Infrastructure

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- ​​Brubaker Farms In Lancaster County Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award  [PaEN]

--  WITF Smart Talk: PA Lags In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals

-- PennWATCH: PA Plan To Meet 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- NRCS-PA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities To Support Climate-Smart Agriculture In 2022  [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Proposals For $225 Million In Regional Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Orders Being Accepted; Seedlings For Schools Program Opens Jan. 31  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Lackawanna County-Based Countryside Conservancy Protects 265 Acres At Base Of Elk Mountain

-- Natural Lands Preserves Land Along White Clay Creek In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Knouse Foods, Partners Protect Fly-Fishing Access Along Conewago Creek  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Green Space In Sewickley Area To Grow More Than 90 Acres

-- Inquirer: Upper Gwynedd Twp. Wants To Use Eminent Domain To Preserve 33 Acres In Montgomery County 

Green Technology

-- WHYY: Phoenixville’s Wastewater Treatment Plant To Get First Hydrothermal Carbonization Upgrade In North America

Hazardous Substances

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years[PaEN]

-- American Communities Project: How Fracking Collides With Civics In Rural PA

-- PA Professional Geologists: Feb. 16 Webinar: Dust Suppression With Oil & Gas Produced Water Featuring Author Of Penn State Study Finding Increased Cancer Risks With Road Spreading.  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Thousands Of Gallons Of Toxic Phenol Reportedly Spilled At Philly Chemical Plant

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Naval Installation To Begin Testing Residential Wells For Cancer-Causing PFAS In Cumberland County

-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Testing Deer For Presence Of PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Response To Advisories In Neshaminy Creek Watershed

Land Conservation

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Lackawanna County-Based Countryside Conservancy Protects 265 Acres At Base Of Elk Mountain

-- Inquirer: Upper Gwynedd Twp. Wants To Use Eminent Domain To Preserve 33 Acres In Montgomery County
-- Natural Lands Preserves Land Along White Clay Creek In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- ChesterCounty.com: In Wyn’s Memory: New Garden Twp. Purchases 7.8-Acre Property For Preservation

-- Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Knouse Foods, Partners Protect Fly-Fishing Access Along Conewago Creek  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Green Space In Sewickley Area To Grow More Than 90 Acres

-- WESA: Restoring Pittsburgh’s Vacant Land To Use Just Got A Little Easier With Agreement To Clear Debt To Pittsburgh Water Authority

-- Berks Nature Seeking Volunteers To Be Berks Nature Ambassadors [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Bellwether District Will Transform Former Philadelphia Refinery Into Environmentally Sustainable, Economic Engine - Hilco Redevelopment Partners

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: South Philly Residents Worried About Hilco Refining Operations Permits At Fmr Philadelphia Refinery Site

-- WHYY: Philly Hits A ‘Crossroads’ Of Environmental Justice At Ex-Philly Refinery

-- DCED Awards $13,586 Environmental Assessment Grant For Site In Crawford County

-- ScrantonT: Environmental Cleanup Wraps Up At Site New Sheetz In Lackawanna County

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- WHYY: Voter Registration And Citywide Cleanups: How To Get Involved In Philly’s MLK Day of Service

-- PG: Even The Winners In This Photo Contest Are Trashy [PA Resources Council Lens On Litter]

Mine Reclamation

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Formally Extends Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program Thru 2034  As Required By Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Use Fed Cash To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Polluted Waterways

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: An Intern's Update - November 2021 Water Quality Summary - By Isaac Busler, Butler Senior High School  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Sets Spring, Fall Grant Application Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: New Fee Incentives For Use Of Abandoned Mine Impacted Water  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Tried 813 Times To Abandon Wells Without Plugging Them; Failed To Report Waste Generated 836 Times Over 2 Years[PaEN]

-- PA Professional Geologists: Feb. 16 Webinar: Dust Suppression With Oil & Gas Produced Water Featuring Author Of Penn State Study Finding Increased Cancer Risks With Road Spreading.  1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- American Communities Project: How Fracking Collides With Civics In Rural PA

-- Seneca Resources Achieves Certification Of Natural Gas Production Under Equitable Origin Standard   [Compliance History in PA Starting In 2015]

-- PA Cap-Star: Republican Sen. Laughlin Invites National Fuel Gas To Relocate HQ To PA: ‘Pennsylvania Is Pro-Natural Gas, And We’re Not Going To Do These Ridiculous Mandates’

-- Sen. Bartolotta: Online Meeting Of PA Legislative Gas & Oil Caucus - Prices Increases For Natural Gas & Oil Primary Topic - Video

-- TribLive Guest Essay: What Critics Get Wrong About Energy ‘Choice’ Legislation - Sen. Yaw

-- PA Cap-Star: New Year’s Resolution For PA: Go Big On Reducing Methane Emissions - Clean Air Council

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Plugging 7 Orphan Oil & Gas Wells In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Natural Gas To Gasoline: A $6 Billion Proposal In PA

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: 3 Philly Experts On How The City Can Burn Less Fossil Fuel To Heat Homes

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Good-Paying Philadelphia Gas Works Jobs Would Be Irreplaceable If Philly Moves Away From Natural Gas

-- PG Guest Essay: Oil & Gas Keep America, Pennsylvania Competitive - American Petroleum Institute - PA

-- Inquirer Editorial: Be A Climate City Or Own A Natural Gas Utility? Philadelphia Can’t Do Both

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: South Philly Residents Worried About Hilco Refining Operations Permits At Fmr Philadelphia Refinery Site

-- WHYY: Philly Hits A ‘Crossroads’ Of Environmental Justice At Ex-Philly Refinery

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Futures Climbed 14% To Bring Year-To-Date Advance To A Record 30% As Cold Hits East Coast

-- TribLive Guest Essay: U.S. Natural Gas Critical To Strengthening America’s National Security

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Bellwether District Will Transform Former Philadelphia Refinery Into Environmentally Sustainable, Economic Engine - Hilco Redevelopment Partners

-- Reuters: Analysis: Shrink To Fit: The Year Big Oil Starts To Become Small Oil

Pipelines

-- TribLive: Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Assn. Wants Stream Restoration, Not Credits From Revolution Pipeline Settlement In Beaver County

Permitting

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Reminder - Feb. 2 Virtual Hearing On Water Quality Permit For Warehouse In Northampton County. 6:00 to 9:00  p.m.

-- DEP Took Action On 582 Permits, 92% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,348 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- DEP Opens Comment Period On 2022 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report Jan. 15; Briefing Jan. 20  [PaEN]

-- EQB Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Regulations: NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule; Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule  [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Hold Jan. 18 Virtual Town Hall Meeting On Inflatable Dam Work At Shikellamy State Park.  2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- DEP: Reminder - Feb. 2 Virtual Hearing On Water Quality Permit For Warehouse In Northampton County. 6:00 to 9:00  p.m.

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 15 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Options For Energy Conservation, Savings As Colder Weather Arrives

-- PUC Offers Safety Tips As Winter Storm Izzy Approaches

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Adds A Bucks County Sewer System To Its Portfolio For $53 Million

Radiation Protection

-- DEP Encourages Residents To Test For Radon, Highlights Opportunity To Request Free Testing Kit

Recreation

-- DCNR Blog: 2021 Year In Review From DCNR  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Hold Jan. 18 Virtual Town Hall Meeting On Inflatable Dam Work At Shikellamy State Park.  2:00 to 3:00 p.m.

-- NEW!  DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Aspiring Archaeologists, Preservationists For PA Cultural Resource Crew Members  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities & Updates For January [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Search-And-Rescue Also A Thing In PA Parks

-- DCNR Names Robert Sweeney Manager For Chapman State Park In Warren County

-- Jan. 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Heritage Trail Crossing To Receive $120,000+ Grant In Lackawanna County

--  WNEP: DCNR Funding To Provide Access Locations To Lackawaxen River In Wayne County

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River ShiverFest Lives Up To Its Name

-- LancasterOnline: 5 Top Lancaster County Winter Hiking Trails

-- TribLive: Hike Through Murrysville Nature Reserve Shows Plenty Of Winter Life

-- TribLive: Allegheny Twp. Supervisor Donates $2,500 For Gate To Curb Vandalism In Finnin Park

-- TribLive: North Park In Allegheny County To Expand By 2 Acres

-- ReadingE: Wyomissing Explores Bike-Share Network With Reading, West Reading

-- ErieT: Do You Know Where To Find Chipmunk Alley At Presque Isle State Park?

Recycling/Waste

-- EQB Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Regulations: NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule; Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule  [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Host Municipality Inspectors Reimbursements  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley Officials Seek Permanent Glass Recycling Site

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Jan. 26 Water Cooler Talk: Microplastics And Environmental Health.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.  [PaEN]

-- PG: Recycle By Refilling: Meet The Women Bringing ‘Refilleries’ To Pittsburgh

-- EPA: West Penn Power To Pay $610,000 Penalty In Federal-State Settlement Over Coal Ash Landfills Discharge Violations In Allegheny, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: West Penn Power Agrees To Fine, 2 New Pipelines To Reroute Coal Wastewater From Landfills

Renewable Energy

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Resolution That Would Kill Carbon Pollution Reduction Program For Power Plants; General Assembly Failed To Act Within Statutory Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Vetoes Measure To Block RGGI Entrance

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: With Veto, Wolf Keeps Key Climate Change Initiative Breathing, Why Should You Care?

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Vetoes Republican Effort To Block Carbon Fee On PA Power Plants

-- Sen. Yaw: Override Necessary To Protect Pennsylvanians From Gov. Wolf’s Carbon Tax

-- Sen. Yaw: DEP Must Address Skyrocketing RGGI Auction Prices [DEP Declined An Invitation To Testify At Jan. 18 Committee Hearing On The Issue]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Balancing The Environment, Energy Needs Should Be Led By Pennsylvanians, Not By 10 Other States [RGGI]  [Why Don’t Opponents Have A Plan Like Supporting A Clean Energy Standard?]

-- Gov. Wolf: Energy, Environment, Faith Sustainability, Immigration Advocacy Groups Support Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Republican Sen. Pittman Reacts To Wolf Veto Of RGGI Disapproval Resolution

-- Senate Republican Caucus Response To Gov. Wolf’s Veto Of RGGI Resolution

-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Jan. 28 Hearing On $300 Million Anthracite Ridge Wind Farm In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- PA State Grange: Jan. 13 Farm Show Solar Energy Program - Video

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy To Hire 1,000 Clean Energy Corps Workers

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: New Fee Incentives For Use Of Abandoned Mine Impacted Water  [PaEN]

-- PA State Museum Lunch & Learn Webinar: Jan. 14 - Adventures In Nature Lab: American Eels In The Susquehanna River.  12:15 p.m.

Stormwater

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

--  WITF Smart Talk: PA Lags In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals

-- PennWATCH: PA Plan To Meet 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: New Fee Incentives For Use Of Abandoned Mine Impacted Water  [PaEN]

-- PA State Museum Lunch & Learn Webinar: Jan. 14 - Adventures In Nature Lab: American Eels In The Susquehanna River.  12:15 p.m.

-- YorkDR: See And Hear Susquehanna River Ice - Video

Wastewater Facilities

-- WHYY: Phoenixville’s Wastewater Treatment Plant To Get First Hydrothermal Carbonization Upgrade In North America

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Adds A Bucks County Sewer System To Its Portfolio For $53 Million

-- WESA: Restoring Pittsburgh’s Vacant Land To Use Just Got A Little Easier With Agreement To Clear Debt To Pittsburgh Water Authority

Water Quality

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- EQB Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Regulations: NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule; Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule  [PaEN]

-- DEP Opens Comment Period On 2022 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report Jan. 15; Briefing Jan. 20  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: The Effects Of Road Salt On Our Streams, Rivers - Salt Levels Higher Than Seawater

Watershed Protection

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Reports Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- ​​Brubaker Farms In Lancaster County Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2022 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- DEP Proposes New, Limited General Permit For Processing, Beneficial Use Of Oil & Gas Liquid Wastes; No Chemical Concentration Limits Or Public Review Of Individual Permit Uses Are Included  [PaEN]

-- DEP Opens Comment Period On 2022 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring Report Jan. 15; Briefing Jan. 20  [PaEN]

-- EQB Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Regulations: NPDES Water Quality Compliance Schedule; Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Formally Extends Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program Thru 2034  As Required By Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: PA Contends Its New Cleanup Plan Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Goals [PaEN]

--  WITF Smart Talk: PA Lags In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals

-- PennWATCH: PA Plan To Meet 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Awarded USDA Grant To Expand Outreach To Underserved Farmers In PA, MD, VA  [PaEN]

-- WITF: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Gets Grant To Help Disadvantaged Farmers

-- NRCS-PA Offers Expanded Conservation Program Opportunities To Support Climate-Smart Agriculture In 2022  [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Proposals For $225 Million In Regional Conservation Partnership Grants  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: An Intern's Update - November 2021 Water Quality Summary - By Isaac Busler, Butler Senior High School  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Sets Spring, Fall Grant Application Deadlines  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Ahead On State Legislative Agendas: Climate, Environmental Justice, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funds

-- TribLive: Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Assn. Wants Stream Restoration, Not Credits From Revolution Pipeline Settlement In Beaver County

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Use Fed Cash To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Polluted Waterways

-- Stroud Water Research Center: The Effects Of Road Salt On Our Streams, Rivers - Salt Levels Higher Than Seawater

-- Game Commission: Howard Nursery Seedling Orders Being Accepted; Seedlings For Schools Program Opens Jan. 31  [PaEN]

-- DEP Funds 12 Projects Totalling $574,974 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone

-- Daily American: Shade Twp. Approve Space For Shade Creek Watershed Association

-- U.S.G.S. PA Water Science Center Winter Pennsylvania Waters Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

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Wildlife

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Quarterly Meeting January 24

-- Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Testing Deer For Presence Of PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Response To Advisories In Neshaminy Creek Watershed

-- Game Commission Offering Paid Internships Across PA In Summer 2022 + Video

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Experts Remain Baffled By Last Year’s Mystery Bird Disease, Offer No Assurances The Issue Is Resolved

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Seeking Teachers, Adults To Serve As Mentors For Summer Field Schools  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Where Were Top Spots For PA Anglers In 2021?

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Popular PA Fishing Spot Among 10 Best Winter Fishing Destinations

-- PA State Museum Lunch & Learn Webinar: Jan. 14 - Adventures In Nature Lab: American Eels In The Susquehanna River.  12:15 p.m.

-- Game Commission: Names David Gustafson Director Bureau Of Wildlife Habitat Management

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Why Did Robins Suddenly Appear In My Backyard In Winter?

-- Penn State: Noted Ornithologist Margaret Brittingham Retires After 33 Years

-- ErieT: Do You Know Where To Find Chipmunk Alley At Presque Isle State Park?

-- WBTimes: Northeast Regional Coyote Hunt Offers $2,000 Grand Prize

Opportunities

-- Help Wanted: Washington County Conservation District - 2 Positions  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Names Robert Sweeney Manager For Chapman State Park In Warren County

-- Game Commission: Names David Gustafson Director Bureau Of Wildlife Habitat Management 

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