PA Environment Digest

-- Guest Essay: The Case For Equitable Energy Storage In Pennsylvania - By Odette Mucha, Vote Solar and Liz Robinson, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PJM Power Grid Operator Moves On New Plan To Clear Logjam Of Solar Energy Projects

-- Utility Dive: PJM Stakeholders Advance Grid Reform Plan To Speed Process, Clear Clean Energy Backlog

-- PJM Interconnection Planning Committee Widely Endorses New Plan To Clear Solar Energy Projects

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Don’t Let Grid Operator PJM Restrict Solar Energy

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Geothermal Energy Lies Right Beneath Our Feet, Could Philadelphia Tap Into It?

-- AP: States Get Go-Ahead To Build Electric Car Charging Stations

-- Clean Air Council: Over 60 PA State, Local Elected Officials Called On EPA To Strengthen Oil & Gas Methane Rules

-- WHYY: Council Hears Options For Decarbonizing Philadelphia Gas Works

-- PennLive Letter: Republican Bills Rob Clean Energy To Fund Cleanup Of Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Drillers

-- Penn State: Geneticists Close To Grasping How Plant Communities May Adapt To Climate Change

-- NPR: Obsolete Rainfall Records Blocking Cities’ Climate Change Prep

-- USDA To Invest $1 Billion In Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America

-- The Guardian: Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws To Blacklist Companies That Boycott The Oil Industry Thru Energy Discrimination Elimination Act [Watch For It In PA]

-- NYT: Why This Year Could Be A Tipping Point For Electric Cars

-- S&P Global: More Than 23GW Of Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity To Retire In 2028 As Plant Closures Accelerate

-- Financial Times: ‘Net Zero’ Plans By Some Of World’s Biggest Companies Accused Of Falling Short

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: Climate Disasters Are Like Another 9/11 For Insurers

-- Reuters: Biden Administration Sees Carbon Capture As Key Tool In Climate Fight

-- AP: U.S. Judge Strikes Down Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate

Coal Mining

-- Critical Budget Issue: How Will The General Assembly Help Communities, Workers Transition To Clean Energy? [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Biden Administration Sees Carbon Capture As Key Tool In Climate Fight

-- S&P Global: More Than 23GW Of Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity To Retire In 2028 As Plant Closures Accelerate

Coastal Zone

-- DEP Awards $250,000+ In Grants To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $574,974 In Grants To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone [PaEN]

Compliance Action

-- DEP Took Action On 669 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,432 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- YorkD: York County Company Faces $400,000 Federal Penalty For Asbestos Removal Violations At Elementary School Site

-- PG: Beck’s Refuse Service Owner In Washington County Admits To Federal Tax Fraud

Court Decision

-- Environmental Hearing Board Strengthens DEP’s Clean Streams Law Complaint Investigation Process - By Martin R. Siegel, Esq., Barley Snyder [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR Blog: Gov. Wolf’s Proposed Budget Supports Conservation And Recreation [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Low-Altitude A-10 Warthog Combat Training Protested As Threat To PA Wilds

-- Feb. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available; Feb. 14 Growing Greener 3 Funding Event [PaEN]

-- DCNR Reports 1,371 Wildfires Burned 2,981 Acres In 2021, Down Slightly From 2020 [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Ralph Brock, State’s First African American Forester, To Be Honored In Pottsville Hometown

-- YorkDR - Brian Whipkey: Discover Nescopeck State Park In Luzerne County

-- ErieT: In Midst Of Winter, Thinking Back And Ahead To A Presque Isle State Park Summer

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna State Park Winterfest Draws Crowds

-- WarrenT: Hundreds Take Part In Winterfest At Chapman State Park

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: State Parks Top 150,000 Nestbox Fledglings In 2021, Including Bluebirds, Swallows And Kestrels

-- DEP Soliciting Bids To Plug 7 Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers In Chapman State Park In Warren County

DEP

-- Scott Perry No Longer DEP Deputy For Oil & Gas Management [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA

-- Representative Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Compares Their History In PA To The Holy Bible - But He Left Out Some Parts [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: For Diversified Oil, Well Plugging Goes From Liability To Moneymaker; Company Sees Tremendous Potential Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding [133 companies expressed interest in new well plugging program in PA]

-- Growing Greener Grant To Help Restore The Health Of 30 Agriculturally-Impaired Streams In Central PA 30 x 30 Stream Restoration Initiative [PaEN]

-- Chester County Press: Sen. Comitta Announces $1.3 Million For Watershed Protection Projects

-- DEP Soliciting Bids To Plug 7 Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers In Chapman State Park In Warren County

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Denial Of NPDES Permit For 20MW Solar Energy Project In Erie County [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 669 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,432 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- NFWF Accepting Applications For Delaware River Watershed Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $574,974 In Grants To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone [PaEN]

-- Chester County Press: Sen. Comitta Announces $1.3 Million For Watershed Protection Projects

-- Delaware River Water Resources Assn. Accepting Applications For Buzzi College Scholarship

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 11 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Inquirer: Massive Water Main Break Floods Several Blocks In Philadelphia, Prompting Evacuations - Video

-- AP: Philadelphia Water Main Break Causes Flooding, Evacuations

-- Inquirer: Wolf Urged To Declare Disaster Emergency For Philly Water Main Break

-- WHYY: Philly Water Extends Freeze On Residential Shutoffs, Offers Virtual Utility Fairs

-- Warren Times: Conewago Creek Watershed Assn. To Offer Water Well Testing In May, Warren County Has One Of The Lowest Rates Of Testing

Economic Development

-- Critical Budget Issue: How Will The General Assembly Help Communities, Workers Transition To Clean Energy? [PaEN]

-- ErieT: After Layoffs Over Last 2 Years, Wabtec Workers In Erie Being Called Back To Work On Battery-Electric Locomotives

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Low-Altitude A-10 Warthog Combat Training Protested As Threat To PA Wilds

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster2040 Conference On Land Development In Lancaster County Set For March 31

-- WarrenT: Hundreds Take Part In Winterfest At Chapman State Park

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna State Park Winterfest Draws Crowds

-- MCall: Emmaus Grad Growing Her Sustainable Goods Shop, Zero-Waste Refillery With 2nd Lehigh Valley Location

Education

-- PEC: Northeast PA Environmental Partnership Award Winners - The Stourbridge Project & Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Water Resources Assn. Accepting Applications For Buzzi College Scholarship

-- Protect PT Hosts Feb. 15 Webinar On Proposed Increase In Oil & Gas Well Bond Amounts To Protect Taxpayers Paying To Plug Wells Conventional, Unconventional Drillers Abandon [PaEN]

-- PUC Hosts Pittsburgh ‘Be Utility Wise’ Virtual Conference For Human Services Groups Feb. 22

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh, Partners Host Educational Events March 10 & 15 On Embodied Carbon And Why It Matters To Your Carbon-Reduction Strategy [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA, Partners Host New 4-Part Solar Energy Webinar Series Beginning March 17 [PaEN]

-- PA Climate Convergence Set For June 11-13 In Harrisburg

-- Warren Times: Conewago Creek Watershed Assn. To Offer Water Well Testing In May, Warren County Has One Of The Lowest Rates Of Testing

-- Triblive - Mary Ann Thomas: For 10th Year, Pittsburgh Hays’ Bald Eagles Lay 1st Egg

-- PG - John Hayes: Hays Eagles Incubating First Egg Of The Season

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: First 38,000+ Snow Geese Arrive At Middle Creek Wildlife Area

-- Republican Herald - Craig Morgan: Discarded Wildlife Trophies Can Be Turned Into Attractive Decorations For The Home

-- DCNR Reports 1,371 Wildfires Burned 2,981 Acres In 2021, Down Slightly From 2020 [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation April 2 Spring Growers Meeting. Annville, Lebanon County.

-- PA Horticultural Society: Make Plans For 2022 Philadelphia Flower Show June 11-19

-- Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Catching A Wave - First Waves Program Engages Youth With Nature

-- WeConservePA Planning For Trails In Wetlands And Wet Areas Workshop April 29-30. Allegheny County.

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Now Open For Youth Summer Nature Camps

-- Wildlands Conservancy Accepting Registrations For Summer Camps

-- Inquirer: Longwood Gardens’ $250 Million Renovation Taps Increasingly Popular Green Bonds

-- Penn State: Soil Disturbance In Farming Reduces Availability Of ‘Longevity Vitamin’ Ergothioneine In Crops

-- Penn State: Geneticists Close To Grasping How Plant Communities May Adapt To Climate Change

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: State Parks Top 150,000 Nestbox Fledglings In 2021, Including Bluebirds, Swallows And Kestrels

-- Game Commission: Time To Ready Bluebird Nesting Boxes

-- Inquirer: How A Rainy Day, Fish Launched Penn State’s Center For Dirt & Gravel Studies

-- PPL Foundation: Powering A Brighter Future Technical School/ College Scholarship Program

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Work At Fallingwater? Job Fair Set For Feb. 15 To Fill 10 Positions

Emergency Response

-- PUC Invites Public Comments On Enhancements To Regulations Covering Petroleum & Hazardous Liquids Pipelines [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: How Extreme Winter Storms Are Connected To Climate Change And Hurting Business

-- Inquirer: Wolf Urged To Declare Disaster Emergency For Philly Water Main Break

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: Climate Disasters Are Like Another 9/11 For Insurers

Energy

-- PEC: Northeast PA Environmental Partnership Award Winners - The Stourbridge Project & Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society [PaEN]

-- Critical Budget Issue: How Will The General Assembly Help Communities, Workers Transition To Clean Energy? [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Launches A Solar Energy Lease Program For Homeowners

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Denial Of NPDES Permit For 20MW Solar Energy Project In Erie County [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA, Partners Host New 4-Part Solar Energy Webinar Series Beginning March 17 [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: The Case For Equitable Energy Storage In Pennsylvania - By Odette Mucha, Vote Solar and Liz Robinson, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh, Partners Host Educational Events March 10 & 15 On Embodied Carbon And Why It Matters To Your Carbon-Reduction Strategy [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PJM Power Grid Operator Moves On New Plan To Clear Logjam Of Solar Energy Projects

-- Utility Dive: PJM Stakeholders Advance Grid Reform Plan To Speed Process, Clear Clean Energy Backlog

-- PJM Interconnection Planning Committee Widely Endorses New Plan To Clear Solar Energy Projects

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Don’t Let Grid Operator PJM Restrict Solar Energy

-- EDF: PA Receives First $25.3 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Investments From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Equals Jobs & Cleaner Air For PA [PaEN]

-- U.S. DOT: PA To Receive First $25.3 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- PG - Laura Legere: $25.3 Million Flow To PA To Build Electric Vehicle Charging Network On Interstates

-- WESA: Federal Funds To Boost PA’s Supply Of Highway Charging Stations For Electric Vehicles

-- WESA: As PA Invests In Electric Vehicles, PennDOT Vows To Make Driving Them More Accessible

-- Sen. Casey: PA To Receive $25 Million To Expand Access To Electric Vehicle Charging From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- Climate Watch: Electrifying Facts About Climate Change - Citizens Climate Watch

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: The World Cup Wants A Sustainable Stadium, Are The Eagles Green Enough?

-- WilliamsportS: Landfill Gas Project In Wayne Township Landfill’s Future

-- PUC Hosts Pittsburgh ‘Be Utility Wise’ Virtual Conference For Human Services Groups Feb. 22

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Geothermal Energy Lies Right Beneath Our Feet, Could Philadelphia Tap Into It?

-- WHYY: Council Hears Options For Decarbonizing Philadelphia Gas Works

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Eyes Contracts To Ship Natural Gas Overseas

-- PPL Foundation: Powering A Brighter Future Technical School/ College Scholarship Program

-- ReadingE: Expect Even Higher Gasoline Prices By Summer, Most Analysts Say [International Energy Markets Are Controlling The Price You Pay]

-- The Guardian: Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws To Blacklist Companies That Boycott The Oil Industry Thru Energy Discrimination Elimination Act [Watch For It In PA]

-- Financial Times: ‘Net Zero’ Plans By Some Of World’s Biggest Companies Accused Of Falling Short

-- S&P Global: More Than 23GW Of Coal-Fired Power Plant Capacity To Retire In 2028 As Plant Closures Accelerate

Environmental Health

-- Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease [PaEN]

-- ABC6: Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Emissions From Allentown’s B.Braun Plant Caused Their Cancer

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvard Study Linking Natural Gas Drilling To Health Impacts In Seniors Should Result In Wider Scrutiny

Environmental Heritage

-- Republican Herald: Ralph Brock, State’s First African American Forester, To Be Honored In Pottsville Hometown

-- Representative Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Compares Their History In PA To The Holy Bible - But He Left Out Some Parts [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Philly Playground Exhibit Honors City’s Black Leaders, Legends

Environmental Justice

-- PBS - Jon Hurdle: For Low-Income Pittsburgh, CleanAir Remains An Elusive Goal

-- Bloomberg Law: Chester Residents See Federal Court Class Denied Over Covanta Incinerator Odors

Farming

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- Growing Greener Grant To Help Restore The Health Of 30 Agriculturally-Impaired Streams In Central PA 30 x 30 Stream Restoration Initiative [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Permanently Protects Additional 1,969 Acres Of Farmland Bringing Total To 600,000+ [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Dept. Of Agriculture Preserves 545 Acres Of Farmland In Lancaster County

-- ReadingE: Nearly 300 Acres Of Farmland Preserved In Berks County

-- MCall Guest Essay: We Will Continue To Preserve Farmland, Open Space To Combat Warehouse Proliferation - Northampton County Executive

-- WITF: PA Farmers Dealing With Stress, Mental Health Issues Now Have New Resource For Help

-- Pittsburgh City Paper: 7 Local Urban Farming Projects Funded By Dept. Of Agriculture

-- CitizensV: Schuylkill County Conservation District, Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Assn. Offering Tree Seedlings

-- WITF/PennLive: Tens Of Thousands Of Bees Stolen From The GIANT Company Cumberland County Pollinator Project

-- AP: 60,000 Bees Stolen From The GIANT Company Pollinator Field In Cumberland County

-- Penn State: Soil Disturbance In Farming Reduces Availability Of ‘Longevity Vitamin’ Ergothioneine In Crops

-- Indiana Gazette: Planting To Aid Pollinators Planned Along Rte 119 By Audubon Society Of Western PA

-- USDA To Invest $1 Billion In Climate Smart Commodities, Expanding Markets, Strengthening Rural America

Fish & Boat Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Buy Angler Access Across Private Lands

Flooding

-- The Allegheny Front: How Extreme Winter Storms Are Connected To Climate Change And Hurting Business

-- Inquirer: Massive Water Main Break Floods Several Blocks In Philadelphia, Prompting Evacuations - Video

-- AP: Philadelphia Water Main Break Causes Flooding, Evacuations

-- NPR: Obsolete Rainfall Records Blocking Cities’ Climate Change Prep

-- AP: U.S. Judge Strikes Down Biden Climate Damage Cost Estimate

Forests

-- DCNR Blog: Gov. Wolf’s Proposed Budget Supports Conservation And Recreation [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- DCNR Reports 1,371 Wildfires Burned 2,981 Acres In 2021, Down Slightly From 2020 [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Ralph Brock, State’s First African American Forester, To Be Honored In Pottsville Hometown

-- CBF Blog: Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winner Kiasha Huling Plants Trees To Cool The 'Heat Island' Effect In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- CBF Blog: Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winner Shauna Yorty Is Growing Community Connections In A Lancaster Neighborhood [PaEN]

-- Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease [PaEN]

-- Feb. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available; Feb. 14 Growing Greener 3 Funding Event [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Schuylkill County Conservation District, Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Assn. Offering Tree Seedlings

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Loggers Discover Bear Cubs, Game Commission Places Cubs With New Mothers

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation April 2 Spring Growers Meeting. Annville, Lebanon County.

Game Commission

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Loggers Discover Bear Cubs, Game Commission Places Cubs With New Mothers

-- Game Commission: New Game Wardens Added To The Fold

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Game Wardens Assigned Across The State

-- Game Commission: Time To Ready Bluebird Nesting Boxes

Grants/Funding

-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]

-- EDF: PA Receives First $25.3 Million For Electric Vehicle Charging Investments From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law - Equals Jobs & Cleaner Air For PA [PaEN]

-- NFWF Now Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Small Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- NFWF Accepting Applications For Delaware River Watershed Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- Chester County Press: Sen. Comitta Announces $1.3 Million For Watershed Protection Projects

-- DEP Awards $250,000+ In Grants To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $574,974 In Grants To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh City Paper: 7 Local Urban Farming Projects Funded By Dept. Of Agriculture

Green Infrastructure

-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA

-- TribLive Editorial: Addressing Pennsylvania’s Unseen Blight Of Abandoned Mines

-- PG Editorial: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Invigorates Mine Cleanup Efforts - Full Steam Ahead!

-- NFWF Now Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Small Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Schuylkill County Conservation District, Sweet Arrow Lake Conservation Assn. Offering Tree Seedlings

-- Growing Greener Grant To Help Restore The Health Of 30 Agriculturally-Impaired Streams In Central PA 30 x 30 Stream Restoration Initiative [PaEN]

-- Chester County Press: Sen. Comitta Announces $1.3 Million For Watershed Protection Projects

-- YorkDR Guest Essay: This Year, Pennsylvania Must Properly Fund Efforts To Cleanup Our Waterways - PennFuture

-- Republican Herald: Ralph Brock, State’s First African American Forester, To Be Honored In Pottsville Hometown

-- CBF Blog: Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winner Kiasha Huling Plants Trees To Cool The 'Heat Island' Effect In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- CBF Blog: Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winner Shauna Yorty Is Growing Community Connections In A Lancaster Neighborhood [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: How A Rainy Day, Fish Launched Penn State’s Center For Dirt & Gravel Studies

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster2040 Conference On Land Development In Lancaster County Set For March 31

-- WeConservePA Planning For Trails In Wetlands And Wet Areas Workshop April 29-30. Allegheny County.

-- MCall Guest Essay: We Will Continue To Preserve Farmland, Open Space To Combat Warehouse Proliferation - Northampton County Executive

Hazardous Substances

-- ABC6: Lawsuit Alleges Toxic Emissions From Allentown’s B.Braun Plant Caused Their Cancer

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvard Study Linking Natural Gas Drilling To Health Impacts In Seniors Should Result In Wider Scrutiny

Land Conservation

-- Registration Now Open! Virtual 2022 Watershed Forestry Summit March 2-3 [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Permanently Protects Additional 1,969 Acres Of Farmland Bringing Total To 600,000+ [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Dept. Of Agriculture Preserves 545 Acres Of Farmland In Lancaster County

-- ReadingE: Nearly 300 Acres Of Farmland Preserved In Berks County

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster2040 Conference On Land Development In Lancaster County Set For March 31

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Buy Angler Access Across Private Lands

-- MCall Guest Essay: We Will Continue To Preserve Farmland, Open Space To Combat Warehouse Proliferation - Northampton County Executive

-- WeConservePA Planning For Trails In Wetlands And Wet Areas Workshop April 29-30. Allegheny County.

Land Use

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster2040 Conference On Land Development In Lancaster County Set For March 31

Lake Erie

-- DEP Awards $250,000+ In Grants To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received The Initial $244.9 Million From The Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Clean Up Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: PA To Get Surge Of Money For Abandoned Mine Cleanup

-- TribLive: Federal Mine Cleanup Funding See As Game-Changer In PA

-- WLVR: PA Has The Most Abandoned Coal Mines In The U.S., How $245 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Will Help

-- TribLive Editorial: Addressing Pennsylvania’s Unseen Blight Of Abandoned Mines

-- PG Editorial: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Invigorates Mine Cleanup Efforts - Full Steam Ahead

Oil & Gas

-- Scott Perry No Longer DEP Deputy For Oil & Gas Management [PaEN]

-- Representative Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Drillers Compares Their History In PA To The Holy Bible - But He Left Out Some Parts [PaEN]

-- Protect PT Hosts Feb. 15 Webinar On Proposed Increase In Oil & Gas Well Bond Amounts To Protect Taxpayers Paying To Plug Wells Conventional, Unconventional Drillers Abandon [PaEN]

-- PennLive Letter: Republican Bills Rob Clean Energy To Fund Cleanup Of Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Drillers

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Natural Gas Industry, Some PA Lawmakers Trying To Block Clean Energy Options - PennEnvironment

-- DEP Soliciting Bids To Plug 7 Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers In Chapman State Park In Warren County

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Eyes Contracts To Ship Natural Gas Overseas

-- Clean Air Council: Over 60 PA State, Local Elected Officials Called On EPA To Strengthen Oil & Gas Methane Rules

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Harvard Study Linking Natural Gas Drilling To Health Impacts In Seniors Should Result In Wider Scrutiny

-- ReadingE: Expect Even Higher Gasoline Prices By Summer, Most Analysts Say [International Energy Markets Are Controlling The Price You Pay]

-- The Guardian: Rightwing Lobby Group ALEC Driving Laws To Blacklist Companies That Boycott The Oil Industry Thru Energy Discrimination Elimination Act [Watch For It In PA]

-- Reuters: Biden Administration Sees Carbon Capture As Key Tool In Climate Fight

Pipelines

-- PUC Invites Public Comments On Enhancements To Regulations Covering Petroleum & Hazardous Liquids Pipelines [PaEN]

-- PennFuture Blog: Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Problems Persist In Pennsylvania

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Dangerous Mariner East Pipeline Protests Put First Responders At Risk - Bruce Castor, Fmr Montgomery County Republican Commissioner, DA

Permitting

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Denial Of NPDES Permit For 20MW Solar Energy Project In Erie County [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 669 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,432 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- PUC Invites Public Comments On Enhancements To Regulations Covering Petroleum & Hazardous Liquids Pipelines [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC Invites Public Comments On Enhancements To Regulations Covering Petroleum & Hazardous Liquids Pipelines [PaEN]

-- PUC Hosts Pittsburgh ‘Be Utility Wise’ Virtual Conference For Human Services Groups Feb. 22

Recreation

-- DCNR Blog: Gov. Wolf’s Proposed Budget Supports Conservation And Recreation [PaEN]

-- Feb. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available; Feb. 14 Growing Greener 3 Funding Event [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Low-Altitude A-10 Warthog Combat Training Protested As Threat To PA Wilds

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Buy Angler Access Across Private Lands

-- DCNR Reports 1,371 Wildfires Burned 2,981 Acres In 2021, Down Slightly From 2020 [PaEN]

-- WarrenT: Hundreds Take Part In Winterfest At Chapman State Park

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna State Park Winterfest Draws Crowds

-- YorkDR - Brian Whipkey: Discover Nescopeck State Park In Luzerne County

-- ErieT: In Midst Of Winter, Thinking Back And Ahead To A Presque Isle State Park Summer

-- MCall: 2nd Child Dies After Falling Into An Icy Pond In Schuylkill County

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Conestoga River Club Plans Year Of Recreation, Conservation In Lancaster County
-- Capital Area Greenbelt June 5 Tour de Belt Registration Now Open!

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Sojourn To Launch From Schuylkill County Again

-- NextPittsburgh: Beloved Allegheny Riverfront Park Will Get Much-Needed Restoration

-- PG: RiverLife Announces Restoration Plan For Allegheny Riverfront Park In Pittsburgh

-- KDKA: Environmentalists Worry About Impact Of Bridge Collapse On Frick Park

-- PG Editorial: Rebuilding A Bridge, Frick Park, Nine Mile Run Watershed In Pittsburgh

-- MCall: Hellertown Library Dispute Continues To Escalate, Could Affect Saucon Rail Trail

-- BillyPenn: 7 Parks And Public Spaces That Will Transform Philadelphia

-- PA Environmental Council: ‘Good People’ Make The Difference - Diane Kripas

-- PA Environmental Council: Catching A Wave - First Waves Program Engages Youth With Nature

-- PA Cap-Star: Philly Playground Exhibit Honors City’s Black Leaders, Legends

-- Dauphin County Seeking Volunteers For Wildwood Park Work Day March 12

-- WilliamsportS: Lose Park To See Big Upgrades

-- Health Dept. Accepting Entries For Student Art Competition To Raise Awareness About Ticks, Lyme Disease [PaEN]

-- DEP Soliciting Bids To Plug 7 Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers In Chapman State Park In Warren County

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Want To Work At Fallingwater? Job Fair Set For Feb. 15 To Fill 10 Positions

Recycling/Waste

-- CourierT: Waste Management Landfill Expected To Generate $135 Million For Falls Twp., Bucks County

-- WilliamsportS: Landfill Gas Project In Wayne Township Landfill’s Future

-- Bloomberg Law: Chester Residents See Federal Court Class Denied Over Covanta Incinerator Odors

-- TribLive: Sewickley Selects Glass Recycling Site

-- MCall: Emmaus Grad Growing Her Sustainable Goods Shop, Zero-Waste Refillery With 2nd Lehigh Valley Location

-- PG: Beck’s Refuse Service Owner In Washington County Admits To Federal Tax Fraud

-- YorkD: York County Company Faces $400,000 Federal Penalty For Asbestos Removal Violations At Elementary School Site

Renewable Energy

-- PEC: Northeast PA Environmental Partnership Award Winners - The Stourbridge Project & Greater Wyoming Valley Audubon Society [PaEN]

-- Critical Budget Issue: How Will The General Assembly Help Communities, Workers Transition To Clean Energy? [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Denial Of NPDES Permit For 20MW Solar Energy Project In Erie County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Launches A Solar Energy Lease Program For Homeowners

-- WeConservePA, Partners Host New 4-Part Solar Energy Webinar Series Beginning March 17 [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: The Case For Equitable Energy Storage In Pennsylvania - By Odette Mucha, Vote Solar and Liz Robinson, Philadelphia Solar Energy Association [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: The World Cup Wants A Sustainable Stadium, Are The Eagles Green Enough?

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Natural Gas Industry, Some PA Lawmakers Trying To Block Clean Energy Options - PennEnvironment

-- WHYY: PJM Power Grid Operator Moves On New Plan To Clear Logjam Of Solar Energy Projects

-- Utility Dive: PJM Stakeholders Advance Grid Reform Plan To Speed Process, Clear Clean Energy Backlog

-- PJM Interconnection Planning Committee Widely Endorses New Plan To Clear Solar Energy Projects

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Don’t Let Grid Operator PJM Restrict Solar Energy

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Geothermal Energy Lies Right Beneath Our Feet, Could Philadelphia Tap Into It?

-- Financial Times: ‘Net Zero’ Plans By Some Of World’s Biggest Companies Accused Of Falling Short

Stormwater

-- DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed Denial Of NPDES Permit For 20MW Solar Energy Project In Erie County [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Joins Talks To End Harrisburg Sewage Overflows