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

-- New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers? [PaEN]

-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]

-- PG Editorial: Ukraine Is The End Of Easy Peace, PA Can Play Key Supply Chain Role By Reclaiming Critical Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mine Waste [Why Don’t PA Lawmakers Support This?]

-- Senate Republicans File To Intervene To Oppose The DEP Lawsuit To Publish Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations [PaEN] [To help with today’s energy prices? PA will still be at the mercy of international energy markets]

-- Republican Senators Yaw, Pittman, Langerholc Introduce Resolution Urging Biden To Restart The Keystone XL Pipeline [A Canadian Oil pipeline. From American Petroleum Institute Talking Points]

-- WKOK Podcast: Interview With Sen. Yaw On Energy, Harrisburg Issues

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Annual Report Presentation By Timothy Schaeffer, Executive Director; 20212 Annual Report

-- Game Commission: Annual Report Presentation By Bryan Burhans, Executive Director; 2021 Annual Report

Articles & NewsClips By Topic -------------------------

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

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

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

Air

-- Warren Times: United Refining Company Equipment Failure Causing Strong Odor Of ‘Natural’ Petroleum Vapor In Warren

-- WJET24: United Refinery Naphtha Release In Warren Causing Headaches, Nausea, Strong Odor, Has Residents Seeking Answers - Video

-- WJET24: Naphtha Tank Repairs Continue At United Refinery In Warren - Video

-- Warren Times: State DEP Monitoring United Refinery Tank Failure That Caused Release The Of Naphtha [Naphtha can irritate, burn skins and eyes, cause nausea and vomiting]

-- Warren Times: DEP To Continue Air Monitoring Around United Refinery After Release Of Naphtha; Opens Special United Refinery Webpage

-- Warren Times Editorial: Strong Odor Incident From United Refinery Tank Failure Deserved More Urgency From Company

-- WESA: Advocates Say Stricter Air Permit For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Could Help Ensure Air Quality

-- City Of Philadelphia: Join The Air Pollution Control Board

Alternative Fuels

-- DEP Request For Information On Proposed Medium/Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Grant Program [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Charging An Electric Car Should Be As Easy And Automatic As An E-ZPass

-- ErieT: GE Transportation Announced Plans For Battery-Electric Locomotive In 2005; Now Wabtec Engine Is Finding A Market

Awards & Recognition

-- Award-Winning Master Watershed Steward Projects From 2021 [PaEN]

-- Spotlight On A Busy Master Watershed Steward - Tom Price, Bucks County [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center: March 3 Virtual Lodestar Solar Energy Awards For Northeast PA. 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Accepting Entries For Youth Art Month Contest Starting March 1 [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Schuylkill County Conservancy Searching For Big Trees Of Schuylkill County

-- Penn State Mining Engineering Faculty Member Mohammad Rezaee Named A Henry Krumb Lecturer

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- PA Recreation & Park Society March 10 Meadow Management For Pollinators. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

-- PA Horticultural Society Online Garden Tenders Training Starts March 1

-- Western PA Conservancy: Growing Good With Native Species In Your Garden

-- LancasterOnline: These Are PA’s Banned Plants, What To Plant Instead

-- LancasterOnline: How You Can Help Honeybees, How Honey Can Help Your Health
-- Cumberland County Master Gardeners: March 15 Native Plant Expert To Teach Techniques For Eliminating Garden Pests

-- AP: Invasive Rash-Causing Browntail Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- CitizensV: Luzerne County Levee Fee Will Be 10% Lower This Year, Thanks To American Rescue Plan Funding

-- $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

-- American College Of Environmental Lawyers: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Operations & Maintenance

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Parts Of Eastern PA To See Millions In Environmental Work From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Budget

-- Budget Briefing: Senate, House Budget Hearings Should Talk About Once-In-A-Generation Investments In Cleaning Up The Environment; Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: New Prospects For Investing In PA’s Environment & Outdoors

-- DCNR Posts Budget Hearing Materials

-- DEP Posts Budget Hearing Materials

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Announces Over $1.5 Billion To Support State Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation

Chesapeake Bay

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Data Revision Shows Less Progress Toward Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

-- Bay Journal Forum: Cleanup Deadline Is Near, The Chesapeake Bay Needs Action Now - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA - Pay Your Fair Share For Clean Water - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Lancaster One Water Partnership Chesapeake Conversations: Telling Youth Climate Stories March 13, Virtual & In-Person [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- Stroud Water Research Center: In Memoriam - Greg Wilson, Donegal Trout Unlimited

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Health Project Highlights Economic, Public Health Costs of Fracking

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Hears Pitch For Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Project

-- Penn State Extension Beings 5-Part Backyard Stream Repair Webinar Series March 15 [PaEN]

-- Award-Winning Master Watershed Steward Projects From 2021 [PaEN]

-- Spotlight On A Busy Master Watershed Steward - Tom Price, Bucks County [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA - Pay Your Fair Share For Clean Water - Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- PA Solar Center: March 3 Virtual Lodestar Solar Energy Awards For Northeast PA. 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- WHYY: Got An Idea To Address The Impacts Of Climate Change Along The Delaware? You Could Win Money To Make It Happen

-- PennFuture President & CEO Jacquelyn Bonomo Announces Retirement; Matthew Stepp Named Interim President [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Public Information Forum Highlights Concerns About Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery

-- CitizensV: Activists Online Forum Raising Concerns About Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery

-- WESA: Advocates Say Stricter Air Permit For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Could Help Ensure Air Quality

-- City Of Philadelphia: Join The Air Pollution Control Board

-- Keep PA Beautiful Affiliates, Partners Collect Over 2 Million Pounds Of Electronic Waste, 29,900 Tires, 100,000 Pounds Of Household Chemicals In 2021 [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Registration Opening March 1 For Centre County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

-- LancasterOnline: Octorara H.S. Green Club Collected 279 Pounds Of Bottle Caps, Will Be Turned Into Courtyard Benches

-- TribLive: Snowstorm Doesn’t Deter Apple Pruners At Murrysville Nature Reserve

-- ReadingE: Get Growing For A Cause: Think Native Plants For Your Garden

-- PA Horticultural Society: How To Make Your Garden A Winter Oasis For Wildlife

-- Neighborhood Gardens Trust: Gardening Roots - The Glenwood Green Acres Story From Philadelphia

Climate

-- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs

-- U.S. DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN]

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain https://tinyurl.com/ycks75x2

-- DEP Request For Information On Proposed Medium/Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Grant Program [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Got An Idea To Address The Impacts Of Climate Change Along The Delaware? You Could Win Money To Make It Happen

-- WESA: New Energy Co-Op Aims To Make Switching To Solar More Affordable And Easy To Understand In Allegheny County

-- PA Solar Center: March 3 Virtual Lodestar Solar Energy Awards For Northeast PA. 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- PA Cap-Star: Dispute Over Schuylkill County Wind Farm Exposes Fissures In PA’s Push To Meet Renewable Energy Goals

-- PG - Laura Legere: Carbon Pollution From PA Power Plants Is Rising, And It’s Not Just A Pandemic Bounce

-- Community Resilience Action Network Of Erie Inviting Public To Participate In Community Vulnerability Assessment [PaEN]

-- Lancaster One Water Partnership Chesapeake Conversations: Telling Youth Climate Stories March 13, Virtual & In-Person [PaEN]

-- WaterNow Alliance: April 13-14 Tap Into Resilience Summit In Philadelphia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert Sees Western PA’s Huge Advantage In Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

-- ErieT: GE Transportation Announced Plans For Battery-Electric Locomotive In 2005; Now Wabtec Engine Is Finding A Market

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Charging An Electric Car Should Be As Easy And Automatic As An E-ZPass

-- AP: UN: Wildfires Getting Worse Globally, Governments Unprepared

-- AP: Citing Drought, Federal Officials Won’t Give Water To Farmers In California’s Central Valley

-- U.S. DOE: Announces $150 Million To Reduce Climate Impacts Of Energy Technologies, Manufacturing

Coal Mining

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]

-- U.S. DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert Sees Western PA’s Huge Advantage In Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

-- Penn State Mining Engineering Faculty Member Mohammad Rezaee Named A Henry Krumb Lecturer

-- Financial Times: Fossil Fuel Groups Seek Damages For Canceling Coal, Natural Gas, Oil Projects

Compliance Action

-- TribLive: Allegheny Conservation District Inspects Cheswick Site Where 2 Excavators Are Buried Under Mud, Water

-- PUC Approves Settlements With Retail Energy Suppliers’ Sales & Marketing Practices

-- Hanover Foods Signs Consent Order With EPA Over Numerous Violations At Its Wastewater Treatment Facility [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 794 Permits, 86% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,224 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- PG: Man Charged In Bogus $2 Million Green Energy Scheme In SC Pleads Guilty

Conservation Districts

-- TribLive: Allegheny Conservation District Inspects Cheswick Site Where 2 Excavators Are Buried Under Mud, Water

-- TribLive Editorial: Contractors And Government Both Need Good Communication [Excavators Stuck In Mud/Water In Allegheny County]

Dam Safety

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Emergency Dam Removal Completed At Eales Preserve In Lackawanna County [PaEN]

DCNR

-- Budget Briefing: Senate, House Budget Hearings Should Talk About Once-In-A-Generation Investments In Cleaning Up The Environment; Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: New Prospects For Investing In PA’s Environment & Outdoors

-- DCNR Posts Budget Hearing Materials

-- DCNR Blog: Maple Sugar Season Is Underway!

-- Feb. 25 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Featuring ERA Flipbook; New Monthly Clean Water & Forested Ecosystems DIY Activity [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Why Presque Isle Is Still Erie County’s Main Tourism Driver

-- LebTown: DCNR Grant Helps Jumpstart John E. Wengert Memorial Park In Lebanon

-- Feature: Winter Mushrooming On The Susquehanna Greenway [PaEN]

-- New PA Wilds Campaign To Encourage Relocation To, And Working From, Region's Communities [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Announces Over $1.5 Billion To Support State Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation

DEP

-- Budget Briefing: Senate, House Budget Hearings Should Talk About Once-In-A-Generation Investments In Cleaning Up The Environment; Oil & Gas Program At A Crossroads [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: New Prospects For Investing In PA’s Environment & Outdoors

-- DEP Posts Budget Hearing Materials

-- New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers? [PaEN]

-- New Abandoned Wells: 256 Conventional Oil & Gas Companies Issued NOVs For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them [PaEN]

-- New Abandoned Wells: 60 Conventional Oil & Gas Companies Issued 10 Or More NOVs For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In Any One Year [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Accepting Comments On Proposed PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level [PaEN]

-- DEP: Announces Public Comment Period On New PFOS/PFOA Drinking Water Regulation

-- DEP Sets Virtual Regional State Water Plan Update Hearings For March 11 [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: DEP Explains Environmental Complaints And Emergencies

-- DEP Environmental Justice Update: Your Environment, Your Voice

-- DEP OKs Coal Ash Use For Structural Fill To Build Data Mining Operation At Coal Waste-Fired Scrubgrass Power Plant In Venango County [PaEN]

-- DEP Request For Information On Proposed Medium/Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Grant Program [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 794 Permits, 86% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,224 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- CourierT: Stakeholders Hope For Conservation With Proposed Sale On Upper Delaware At Ten Mile River

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Parts Of Eastern PA To See Millions In Environmental Work From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- WHYY: Got An Idea To Address The Impacts Of Climate Change Along The Delaware? You Could Win Money To Make It Happen

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 25 RiverWatch Report

-- CentreDT: Delaware Water Gap In PA National Park Service’s 15th Most Popular In U.S.

Drinking Water

-- Environmental Quality Board Accepting Comments On Proposed PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level [PaEN]

-- DEP: Announces Public Comment Period On New PFOS/PFOA Drinking Water Regulation

-- DEP Sets Virtual Regional State Water Plan Update Hearings For March 11 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Drinking Water Team To Offer Water Testing In 18 PA Counties [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Penn State Extension Offers Well Water Testing Program

-- WaterNow Alliance: April 13-14 Tap Into Resilience Summit In Philadelphia

-- The Guardian: PFAS Pollution Led To Contamination Of U.S. Drinking Water Wells In PA Other Eastern States, USGS Study Finds

Drought

-- AP: Citing Drought, Federal Officials Won’t Give Water To Farmers In California’s Central Valley

Economic Development

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs

U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]

-- PG Editorial: Ukraine Is The End Of Easy Peace, PA Can Play Key Supply Chain Role By Reclaiming Critical Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mine Waste [Why Don’t PA Lawmakers Support This?]

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- U.S. DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN]

-- New PA Wilds Campaign To Encourage Relocation To, And Working From, Region's Communities [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Maple Sugar Season Is Underway!

-- CentreDT: Delaware Water Gap In PA National Park Service’s 15th Most Popular In U.S.

-- ErieT: GE Transportation Announced Plans For Battery-Electric Locomotive In 2005; Now Wabtec Engine Is Finding A Market

-- PG: Global Developer Hired To Transform Old Hazelwood Coke (Coal) Works Into Robotics, AI, Life Sciences Hub

-- PG Guest Essay: Who Will Stand With Mon Valley Steelworkers And Communities?

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Hunters, Sport Shooters Spend More than $1.8 Billion On Their Sports: Report

Education

-- PA Solar Center: March 3 Virtual Lodestar Solar Energy Awards For Northeast PA. 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- Friends Of Heinz Refuge Hosting 4-Part Webinar Series On Preventing Plastic Pollution Starting March 9 [PaEN]

-- PA Recreation & Park Society March 10 Meadow Management For Pollinators. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

-- PA Solar Center: March 11 Webinar - Meeting Peak Demand And Environmental Justice With Solar Energy. Noon to 1:15 p.m.

-- Lancaster One Water Partnership Chesapeake Conversations: Telling Youth Climate Stories March 13, Virtual & In-Person [PaEN]

-- PA Waste Industry Associations Host 2022 Recycling Summit In Harrisburg March 14-15 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Beings 5-Part Backyard Stream Repair Webinar Series March 15 [PaEN]

-- Cumberland County Master Gardeners: March 15 Native Plant Expert To Teach Techniques For Eliminating Garden Pests

-- U.S. DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy Accepting Applications For Richard H. & Karen R. Light Student Scholarship Program. Deadline April 1

-- WaterNow Alliance: April 13-14 Tap Into Resilience Summit In Philadelphia

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Organic No-Till: Searching For The Holy Grail In Agriculture

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Bridging The Nature Gap: New Partnership Brings Philadelphia Kids To The Great Outdoors

-- Brandywine Conservancy Blog: Our Taste For Salt Is Killing Our Freshwater Ecosystems

-- USA Today: Road Salt, Salt Brine Triggering ‘Massive’ Harm To U.S. Lakes, Contaminating Drinking Water, Studies Warn

-- WHYY: Got An Idea To Address The Impacts Of Climate Change Along The Delaware? You Could Win Money To Make It Happen

-- CentreDT: Learning To Live: Nature’s Healing Promise

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Upstream Newsletter - Issues, Upcoming Events, More

-- PA Horticultural Society Online Garden Tenders Training Starts March 1

-- Western PA Conservancy: Growing Good With Native Species In Your Garden

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Health Project Highlights Economic, Public Health Costs of Fracking

-- Intern Wanted: Natural Lands Crow’s Nest Preserve Internship In Land Stewardship, Environmental Education In Chester County

-- Intern Wanted: Trout Unlimited Biological Field Intern Position Based In Lock Haven

-- Penn State Extension Drinking Water Team To Offer Water Testing In 18 PA Counties [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Penn State Extension Offers Well Water Testing Program

-- LancasterOnline: Octorara H.S. Green Club Collected 279 Pounds Of Bottle Caps, Will Be Turned Into Courtyard Benches

-- YorkDR: York ‘Go Green In The City’ Event Returns For 14th Year, Vendors Needed

-- GreenPhilly: Combining Art, Science & Community At Easton’s Nurture Nature Center

-- Feature: Winter Mushrooming On The Susquehanna Greenway [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: The Joy Of Floods, Flooding - Audubon Community Nature Center

-- ErieT: Lake Erie Isn’t Deep, But Has Depth Of Character Among The Great Lakes

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Has 2022 Snow Goose Horde Peaked At 150,000 At Middle Creek Wildlife Area?

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Here’s How To Know The Species Of Birds Seen In PA Backyards - Project FeederWatch

-- LancasterOnline: How You Can Help Honeybees, How Honey Can Help Your Health

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Accepting Entries For Youth Art Month Contest Starting March 1 [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Free Our Woods & Waters Virtual Film Series Feb. 25

-- PA Forestry Assn. February News You Can Use Newsletter

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Educational, Other Activities In March

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Upcoming Educational Events, Activities In March

-- ReadingE: Get Growing For A Cause: Think Native Plants For Your Garden

-- PA Horticultural Society: How To Make Your Garden A Winter Oasis For Wildlife

-- Neighborhood Gardens Trust: Gardening Roots - The Glenwood Green Acres Story From Philadelphia

Emergency Response

-- Warren Times: United Refining Company Equipment Failure Causing Strong Odor Of ‘Natural’ Petroleum Vapor In Warren

-- WJET24: United Refinery Naphtha Release In Warren Causing Headaches, Nausea, Strong Odor, Has Residents Seeking Answers - Video

-- WJET24: Naphtha Tank Repairs Continue At United Refinery In Warren - Video

-- Warren Times: State DEP Monitoring United Refinery Tank Failure That Caused Release The Of Naphtha [Naphtha can irritate, burn skins and eyes, cause nausea and vomiting]

-- Warren Times: DEP To Continue Air Monitoring Around United Refinery After Release Of Naphtha; Opens Special United Refinery Webpage

-- Warren Times Editorial: Strong Odor Incident From United Refinery Tank Failure Deserved More Urgency From Company

-- DEP Blog: DEP Explains Environmental Complaints And Emergencies

True Energy Independence Means More Renewables

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: PA Natural Gas Industry Looks To Export To Europe As Prices Skyrocket On Foreign Markets And PA Due To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Natural Gas Utility Bills Soaring In Philly Region And So Is Customer Outrage- PECO Gas Up 38%, PGW Up 17% [PA Needs True Energy Independence, Not Energy Sources Whose Price Is Controlled By Foreign Markets And Despots]

-- PUC To Investigate UGI Utilities Natural Gas Service Rate Increase

-- WBTimes: PUC Suspends Proposed 9.5% UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike To Investigate

-- Republican Senators Yaw, Pittman, Langerholc Introduce Resolution Urging Biden To Restart The Keystone XL Pipeline [A Canadian Oil pipeline. From American Petroleum Institute Talking Points]

-- The Economist: If Russian Natural Gas Was Cut Off To Europe, Could LNG Plug The Gap? [Spoiler - Not From The U.S. Which Is Already Exporting At Near Full Capacity]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: It’s Time U.S. Energy Policy Stops Empowering Russia - PA Chamber Of Commerce [From American Petroleum Institute Talking Points]

-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]

-- PG Editorial: Ukraine Is The End Of Easy Peace, PA Can Play Key Supply Chain Role By Reclaiming Critical Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mine Waste [Why Don’t PA Lawmakers Support This?]

-- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Offshore Wind Leases Top $4 Billion For Coastal NJ, NY; More Than Oil & Gas Leases

-- NYT: No True Energy Independence As Long As U.S. Tied To Globally Priced Fossil Fuels, Critical Minerals

-- The Guardian Guest Essay: This Is How We Defeat Putin And Other Petrostate Autocrats - More Renewables

-- NYT: U.S. Oil Industry Uses Ukraine Invasion To Push For More Drilling, Although Wind And Solar Provide More Protection From Boom And Bust Oil Markets

-- The Guardian: U.S. Fossil Fuel Industry Leaps On Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine To Argue For Looser Regulation, Drilling On Public Lands [As They Try To Profit From Fossil Fuel Price Increases Caused By War]

-- The Economist: If Russian Natural Gas Was Cut Off To Europe, Could LNG Plug The Gap? [Spoiler - Not From The U.S. Which Is Already Exporting At Near Full Capacity]

-- Financial Times: The New [Fossil Fuel] Energy Shock: Putin, Ukraine And The Global Economy

-- WSJ: Europe’s Dependence On Natural Gas Ties West’s Hands In Russia’s War On Ukraine

-- Bloomberg: EU Climate Chief Wants Renewables To Stop Making Putin ‘Rich’

-- MarketWatch: ‘Want To Stop Making Putin Rich… Renewables Is The Answer’

-- WPost: EU Will Unveil Strategy To Break Free From Russian Gas, Push Europe Toward More Renewables; Will Change Come Quickly Enough?

-- American Petroleum Institute Talking Points On Ukraine Crisis And Energy Security [Watch for them in PA Lawmaker Statements]

-- Huffpost: Oil-Backed Republicans Push For More Domestic Oil & Gas Production, Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [Learn about American Petroleum Institute Talking Points]

-- Yahoo!News: Biden’s Republican Critics Are Wrong About U.S. Natural Gas Production, Experts Say

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- U.S. DOE: Announces $150 Million To Reduce Climate Impacts Of Energy Technologies, Manufacturing

-- US EIA: Energy Implications Of Potential Iron And Steel Sector Decarbonization Pathways

Energy

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: PA Natural Gas Industry Looks To Export To Europe As Prices Skyrocket On Foreign Markets And PA Due To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

-- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- WESA: New Energy Co-Op Aims To Make Switching To Solar More Affordable And Easy To Understand In Allegheny County

-- PA Cap-Star: Dispute Over Schuylkill County Wind Farm Exposes Fissures In PA’s Push To Meet Renewable Energy Goals

-- PG - Laura Legere: Carbon Pollution From PA Power Plants Is Rising, And It’s Not Just A Pandemic Bounce

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert Sees Western PA’s Huge Advantage In Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

-- IFO Reports Natural Gas Production Increased 6.8% In 2021 [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Led Natural Gas Producing States In Production In 2021, Report Says [PA at the mercy of international energy markets for what it costs consumers]

-- TribLive: Russia’s Invasion To Hit Americans In Wallet At Gas Pump, Analyst Says [PA at the mercy of international energy markets]

-- WBTimes: Public Information Forum Highlights Concerns About Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery

-- CitizensV: Activists Online Forum Raising Concerns About Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery

-- DEP OKs Coal Ash Use For Structural Fill To Build Data Mining Operation At Coal Waste-Fired Scrubgrass Power Plant In Venango County [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle Guest Essay: U.S. Energy Policy Must Stop Empowering Russia - PA Chamber Of Commerce [Maybe it should stop putting PA at the mercy of international energy markets]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM’s ‘Fat Market’ For Electric Generation Capacity Fuels Environmental Injustice And Consumer Expense In PA, PJM Region

-- TribLive: International Forces Costing American Drivers $375 Million More Every Day On Gasoline, Analyst Says [PA at the mercy of international energy markets for what it costs consumers.]

-- PennLive: Gasoline Prices Could Get ‘Rather Ugly’ In The Coming Weeks With Tensions High Over Russia, Ukraine [PA Held Hostage By International Fossil Energy Markets]

-- PUC Approves Settlements With Retail Energy Suppliers’ Sales & Marketing Practices

-- PUC To Investigate UGI Utilities Natural Gas Service Rate Increase

-- WBTimes: PUC Suspends Proposed 9.5% UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike To Investigate

-- AP/MCall: Rhode Island Challenges $3.8 Billion PPL Deal Over Service Quality, Price Increases, Environmental Work

-- PG: Man Charged In Bogus $2 Million Green Energy Scheme In SC Pleads Guilty

-- Financial Times: Fossil Fuel Groups Seek Damages For Canceling Coal, Natural Gas, Oil Projects

Environmental Health

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Health Project Highlights Economic, Public Health Costs of Fracking

-- Warren Times: United Refining Company Equipment Failure Causing Strong Odor Of ‘Natural’ Petroleum Vapor In Warren

-- WJET24: United Refinery Naphtha Release In Warren Causing Headaches, Nausea, Strong Odor, Has Residents Seeking Answers - Video

-- WJET24: Naphtha Tank Repairs Continue At United Refinery In Warren - Video

-- Warren Times: State DEP Monitoring United Refinery Tank Failure That Caused Release The Of Naphtha [Naphtha can irritate, burn skins and eyes, cause nausea and vomiting]

-- Warren Times: DEP To Continue Air Monitoring Around United Refinery After Release Of Naphtha; Opens Special United Refinery Webpage

-- Warren Times Editorial: Strong Odor Incident From United Refinery Tank Failure Deserved More Urgency From Company

-- Penn State: COVID Omicron Detected For First Time In White-Tailed Deer In New York

-- Environmental Quality Board Accepting Comments On Proposed PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level [PaEN]

-- DEP: Announces Public Comment Period On New PFOS/PFOA Drinking Water Regulation

-- AP: Farmers Want Bill To Ban PFAS Chemicals In Wastewater Sludge Put On Fields

-- The Guardian: PFAS Pollution Led To Contamination Of U.S. Drinking Water Wells In PA Other Eastern States, USGS Study Finds

Environmental Justice

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM’s ‘Fat Market’ For Electric Generation Capacity Fuels Environmental Injustice And Consumer Expense In PA, PJM Region

-- DEP Environmental Justice Update: Your Environment, Your Voice

EPA

-- Hanover Foods Signs Consent Order With EPA Over Numerous Violations At Its Wastewater Treatment Facility [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Experts Worry U.S. Supreme Court Could Hamstring EPA, Other Federal Agencies In Upcoming Climate Case

Farming

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Organic No-Till: Searching For The Holy Grail In Agriculture

-- AP: Farmers Want Bill To Ban PFAS Chemicals In Wastewater Sludge Put On Fields

Federal Policy

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- U.S. DOE: Announces $150 Million To Reduce Climate Impacts Of Energy Technologies, Manufacturing

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Announces Over $1.5 Billion To Support State Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation

-- The Allegheny Front: Experts Worry U.S. Supreme Court Could Hamstring EPA, Other Federal Agencies In Upcoming Climate Case

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Annual Report Presentation By Timothy Schaeffer, Executive Director; 20212 Annual Report

-- TribLive: How Westmoreland Fishing Community Is Preparing For Trout Season

Flooding

-- Community Resilience Action Network Of Erie Inviting Public To Participate In Community Vulnerability Assessment [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Luzerne County Levee Fee Will Be 10% Lower This Year, Thanks To American Rescue Plan Funding

-- WaterNow Alliance: April 13-14 Tap Into Resilience Summit In Philadelphia

-- Inquirer: Victims Of Hurricane Ida Stuck In Hotels Six Months Later

-- WESA: Flooding Possible In Pittsburgh Region This Week

Forests

-- DCNR Blog: Maple Sugar Season Is Underway!

-- Feb. 25 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Featuring ERA Flipbook; New Monthly Clean Water & Forested Ecosystems DIY Activity [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Schuylkill County Conservancy Searching For Big Trees Of Schuylkill County

-- CentreDT: Learning To Live: Nature’s Healing Promise

-- PA Forestry Assn. February News You Can Use Newsletter

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Free Our Woods & Waters Virtual Film Series Feb. 25

-- AP: Invasive Rash-Causing Browntail Moth Spreading Due To Warming, Scientists Find

-- AP: UN: Wildfires Getting Worse Globally, Governments Unprepared

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: Annual Report Presentation By Bryan Burhans, Executive Director; 2021 Annual Report

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Hunters, Sport Shooters Spend More than $1.8 Billion On Their Sports: Report

Grants/Funding

-- LebTown: DCNR Grant Helps Jumpstart John E. Wengert Memorial Park In Lebanon

Green Infrastructure

-- Penn State Extension Beings 5-Part Backyard Stream Repair Webinar Series March 15 [PaEN]

-- Award-Winning Master Watershed Steward Projects From 2021 [PaEN]

-- Spotlight On A Busy Master Watershed Steward - Tom Price, Bucks County [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Organic No-Till: Searching For The Holy Grail In Agriculture

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Bridging The Nature Gap: New Partnership Brings Philadelphia Kids To The Great Outdoors

-- Brandywine Conservancy Blog: Our Taste For Salt Is Killing Our Freshwater Ecosystems

-- USA Today: Road Salt, Salt Brine Triggering ‘Massive’ Harm To U.S. Lakes, Contaminating Drinking Water, Studies Warn

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Upstream Newsletter - Issues, Upcoming Events, More

-- CourierT: Stakeholders Hope For Conservation With Proposed Sale On Upper Delaware At Ten Mile River

-- LancasterOnline: These Are PA’s Banned Plants, What To Plant Instead

-- PA Recreation & Park Society March 10 Meadow Management For Pollinators. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Parts Of Eastern PA To See Millions In Environmental Work From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- Intern Wanted: Natural Lands Crow’s Nest Preserve Internship In Land Stewardship, Environmental Education In Chester County

Hazardous Substances

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Health Project Highlights Economic, Public Health Costs of Fracking

-- Warren Times: United Refining Company Equipment Failure Causing Strong Odor Of ‘Natural’ Petroleum Vapor In Warren

-- WJET24: United Refinery Naphtha Release In Warren Causing Headaches, Nausea, Strong Odor, Has Residents Seeking Answers - Video

-- WJET24: Naphtha Tank Repairs Continue At United Refinery In Warren - Video

-- Warren Times: State DEP Monitoring United Refinery Tank Failure That Caused Release The Of Naphtha [Naphtha can irritate, burn skins and eyes, cause nausea and vomiting]

-- Warren Times: DEP To Continue Air Monitoring Around United Refinery After Release Of Naphtha; Opens Special United Refinery Webpage

-- Warren Times Editorial: Strong Odor Incident From United Refinery Tank Failure Deserved More Urgency From Company

-- Environmental Quality Board Accepting Comments On Proposed PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level [PaEN]

-- DEP: Announces Public Comment Period On New PFOS/PFOA Drinking Water Regulation

-- AP: Farmers Want Bill To Ban PFAS Chemicals In Wastewater Sludge Put On Fields

-- The Guardian: PFAS Pollution Led To Contamination Of U.S. Drinking Water Wells In PA Other Eastern States, USGS Study Finds

Land Conservation

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Emergency Dam Removal Completed At Eales Preserve In Lackawanna County [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: Vision 2022: French Creek Valley Conservancy

-- CourierT: 7 Untold Tales About Bucks County Landmark Bowman’s Hill

-- PA Recreation & Park Society March 10 Meadow Management For Pollinators. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

-- TribLive: Snowstorm Doesn’t Deter Apple Pruners At Murrysville Nature Reserve

-- CourierT: Stakeholders Hope For Conservation With Proposed Sale On Upper Delaware At Ten Mile River

-- LancasterOnline: How You Can Help Honeybees, How Honey Can Help Your Health

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Educational, Other Activities In March

-- Intern Wanted: Natural Lands Crow’s Nest Preserve Internship In Land Stewardship, Environmental Education In Chester County

Land Recycling

-- PG: Global Developer Hired To Transform Old Hazelwood Coke (Coal) Works Into Robotics, AI, Life Sciences Hub

-- PG Guest Essay: Who Will Stand With Mon Valley Steelworkers And Communities?

Lake Erie

-- Community Resilience Action Network Of Erie Inviting Public To Participate In Community Vulnerability Assessment [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Virtual Regional State Water Plan Update Hearings For March 11 [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Lake Erie Isn’t Deep, But Has Depth Of Character Among The Great Lakes

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful Affiliates, Partners Collect Over 2 Million Pounds Of Electronic Waste, 29,900 Tires, 100,000 Pounds Of Household Chemicals In 2021 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Octorara H.S. Green Club Collected 279 Pounds Of Bottle Caps, Will Be Turned Into Courtyard Benches

-- Friends Of Heinz Refuge Hosting 4-Part Webinar Series On Preventing Plastic Pollution Starting March 9 [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]

-- PG Editorial: Ukraine Is The End Of Easy Peace, PA Can Play Key Supply Chain Role By Reclaiming Critical Rare Earth Elements From Coal Mine Waste [Why Don’t PA Lawmakers Support This?]

-- American College Of Environmental Lawyers: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Operations & Maintenance

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Hears Pitch For Acid Mine Drainage Remediation Project

-- DEP OKs Coal Ash Use For Structural Fill To Build Data Mining Operation At Coal Waste-Fired Scrubgrass Power Plant In Venango County [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - The Allegheny Front: PA Natural Gas Industry Looks To Export To Europe As Prices Skyrocket On Foreign Markets And PA Due To Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

-- New Abandoned Wells: DEP Records Show Abandoning Oil & Gas Wells Without Plugging Them Is Pervasive In Conventional Drilling Industry; Who Is Protecting Taxpayers? [PaEN]

-- New Abandoned Wells: 256 Conventional Oil & Gas Companies Issued NOVs For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them [PaEN]

-- New Abandoned Wells: 60 Conventional Oil & Gas Companies Issued 10 Or More NOVs For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them In Any One Year [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Health Project Highlights Economic, Public Health Costs of Fracking

-- Warren Times: United Refining Company Equipment Failure Causing Strong Odor Of ‘Natural’ Petroleum Vapor In Warren

-- WJET24: United Refinery Naphtha Release In Warren Causing Headaches, Nausea, Strong Odor, Has Residents Seeking Answers - Video

-- WJET24: Naphtha Tank Repairs Continue At United Refinery In Warren - Video

-- Warren Times: State DEP Monitoring United Refinery Tank Failure That Caused Release The Of Naphtha [Naphtha can irritate, burn skins and eyes, cause nausea and vomiting]

-- Warren Times: DEP To Continue Air Monitoring Around United Refinery After Release Of Naphtha; Opens Special United Refinery Webpage

-- Warren Times Editorial: Strong Odor Incident From United Refinery Tank Failure Deserved More Urgency From Company

-- WBTimes: Public Information Forum Highlights Concerns About Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery

-- CitizensV: Activists Online Forum Raising Concerns About Proposed Nacero Natural Gas To Gasoline Refinery

-- PG - Laura Legere: Carbon Pollution From PA Power Plants Is Rising, And It’s Not Just A Pandemic Bounce

-- IFO Reports Natural Gas Production Increased 6.8% In 2021 [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Led Natural Gas Producing States In Production In 2021, Report Says [PA at the mercy of international energy markets for what it costs consumers]

-- PUC To Investigate UGI Utilities Natural Gas Service Rate Increase

-- WBTimes: PUC Suspends Proposed 9.5% UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike To Investigate

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources To Return To Drilling In Northeastern PA

-- TribLive: International Forces Costing American Drivers $375 Million More Every Day On Gasoline, Analyst Says [PA at the mercy of international energy markets for what it costs consumers.]

-- PennLive: Gasoline Prices Could Get ‘Rather Ugly’ In The Coming Weeks With Tensions High Over Russia, Ukraine [PA Held Hostage By International Fossil Energy Markets]

-- TribLive: Russia’s Invasion To Hit Americans In Wallet At Gas Pump, Analyst Says [PA at the mercy of international energy markets]

-- Reading Eagle Guest Essay: U.S. Energy Policy Must Stop Empowering Russia - PA Chamber Of Commerce [Maybe it should stop putting PA at the mercy of international energy markets]

-- Financial Times: Fossil Fuel Groups Seek Damages For Canceling Coal, Natural Gas, Oil Projects

Permitting

-- DEP Took Action On 794 Permits, 86% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,224 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- Environmental Quality Board Accepting Comments On Proposed PFOA/PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level [PaEN]

-- DEP: Announces Public Comment Period On New PFOS/PFOA Drinking Water Regulation

-- DEP Sets Virtual Regional State Water Plan Update Hearings For March 11 [PaEN]

-- Community Resilience Action Network Of Erie Inviting Public To Participate In Community Vulnerability Assessment [PaEN]

-- DEP Request For Information On Proposed Medium/Heavy-Duty Zero Emission Vehicle Grant Program [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: Vision 2022: French Creek Valley Conservancy

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC Approves Settlements With Retail Energy Suppliers’ Sales & Marketing Practices

-- PUC To Investigate UGI Utilities Natural Gas Service Rate Increase

-- WBTimes: PUC Suspends Proposed 9.5% UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike To Investigate

Recreation

-- DCNR Blog: Maple Sugar Season Is Underway!

-- WESA: Winter Sports Hit Their Peak In PA After The Olympics

-- New PA Wilds Campaign To Encourage Relocation To, And Working From, Region's Communities [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Why Presque Isle Is Still Erie County’s Main Tourism Driver

-- CentreDT: Learning To Live: Nature’s Healing Promise

-- PA Recreation & Park Society March 10 Meadow Management For Pollinators. Lancaster Farm & Home Center. 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

-- Feb. 25 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Featuring ERA Flipbook; New Monthly Clean Water & Forested Ecosystems DIY Activity [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Ghost Town Trail Extension Project Progressing, Officials Say

-- LebTown: DCNR Grant Helps Jumpstart John E. Wengert Memorial Park In Lebanon

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Wissahickon Valley Park Could Need $2 Million To Add Enough Toilets To Handle Its Crowds

-- Feature: Winter Mushrooming On The Susquehanna Greenway [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Delaware Water Gap In PA National Park Service’s 15th Most Popular In U.S.

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Announces Over $1.5 Billion To Support State Wildlife Conservation, Outdoor Recreation

Recycling/Waste

-- Keep PA Beautiful Affiliates, Partners Collect Over 2 Million Pounds Of Electronic Waste, 29,900 Tires, 100,000 Pounds Of Household Chemicals In 2021 [PaEN]

-- PA Waste Industry Associations Host 2022 Recycling Summit In Harrisburg March 14-15 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Octorara H.S. Green Club Collected 279 Pounds Of Bottle Caps, Will Be Turned Into Courtyard Benches

-- Friends Of Heinz Refuge Hosting 4-Part Webinar Series On Preventing Plastic Pollution Starting March 9 [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Registration Opening March 1 For Centre County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event

-- PG Editorial: Don’t Throw Out Old Tech, Donate It Instead

Renewable Energy

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: Renewable Energy Project Backlog Hampers Projects, Industry Group Says; 13 GW Of Solar Power Waiting In PA Alone Would Create 45,000 Direct Jobs

-- U.S. DOE: Releases First-Ever Comprehensive Strategy To Secure America’s Clean Energy Supply Chain

-- PG Guest Essay: Creating A Mineral Supply Chain From Mining Wastes - Jennifer Wilcox, DOE [PA Highlighted - Why Don’t State Lawmakers Support This?]

-- U.S. DOE Hosts March 30 Webinar On Repurposing Fossil Energy Assets [PaEN]

-- WESA: New Energy Co-Op Aims To Make Switching To Solar More Affordable And Easy To Understand In Allegheny County
-- PA Solar Center: March 3 Virtual Lodestar Solar Energy Awards For Northeast PA. 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center: March 11 Webinar - Meeting Peak Demand And Environmental Justice With Solar Energy. Noon to 1:15 p.m.

-- PA Cap-Star: Dispute Over Schuylkill County Wind Farm Exposes Fissures In PA’s Push To Meet Renewable Energy Goals

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert Sees Western PA’s Huge Advantage In Hydrogen, Carbon Capture

Susquehanna River

-- Feature: Winter Mushrooming On The Susquehanna Greenway [PaEN]

Water Quality

-- Brandywine Conservancy Blog: Our Taste For Salt Is Killing Our Freshwater Ecosystems

-- USA Today: Road Salt, Salt Brine Triggering ‘Massive’ Harm To U.S. Lakes, Contaminating Drinking Water, Studies Warn

Wastewater Facilities

-- Hanover Foods Signs Consent Order With EPA Over Numerous Violations At Its Wastewater Treatment Facility [PaEN]