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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]
Articles & NewsClips By Topic -------------------------------------------------------
-- 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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[Posted: January 16, 2022]
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