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-- New European Commission REPowerEU Plan Does Not Justify Dramatic Increase In Drilling, Gas Infrastructure Build Out PA Natural Gas Politicians Are Calling For [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence

-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Addiction To Fossil Fuels Fuel War: ‘Only Truly Addicted People Chase After Their Next Hit With Singular Focus As The Consequences Of Their Addiction Pile Up Around Them’ - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network-PA [PaEN]

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety

-- CourierT: How Gasoline Prices, Ukraine, PA Energy Are Shaping 2022 Election - Favoring Republicans

-- PA House Republicans Outline Agenda For Boosting PA Energy Production: Open Delaware River Watershed & State Forest Land For Drilling, Stop RGGI Carbon Reduction Program

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House Republicans Call For Gas Drilling On State Lands To End Reliance On Foreign Sources [65% Of Existing Gas Leases In State Forest Land Going Unused 40% Of Gas Drilling Permits Issued By DEP Go Unused ]

-- Rep. Metcalfe: Wolf Pathetically Weak On Rejecting Russia, Traitorous Sellout Against Expanding Domestic Energy Production

-- PennLive Guest Essay: State, National Leaders Need To Get Out Of The Way Of Our Home-Grown Natural Gas Industry To Marginalize Putin’s Global Influence - Rep. Benninghoff, House Republican Leader

-- Warren Times: Sen. Corman, Candidate For Governor, Talks Oil & Gas During Warren County Campaign Stops - “I believe the energy economy is the way… to rebuild our population.” “Given what’s happening in Ukraine and our skyrocketing fuel prices, it’s important to call attention to our domestic oil producers here in Pennsylvania, like Cameron Energy.”

-- Sen. Corman, Republican Candidate For Governor, Calls For Nearly 50% Gasoline Tax Cut; Use American Rescue Plan Funds To Pay $500 Million For State Police; Float $650 Million Bond For PennDOT

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Soaring Inflation, Gasoline Prices Have PA Lawmakers Talking About Tax ‘Holidays,’ Distributing Federal Aid

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Gasoline Tax Break Merited, No Assurance Savings Will Be Passed On To Driver [Because There Is No Limit To What Oil Companies Can Charge]

-- Senate Committees To Hold March 21 Hearing On Economic Impacts Of DEP Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Republicans Passed A Tax Break For Data Centers, Now Crypto-Miners Are Taking Advantage Of Up To $90 Million A Year By 2027

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Republicans Who Cannot Or Will Not Confront Praise Of A Tyrant Must Be Held Accountable By Their Constituents

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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

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

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-- 51 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

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Issues $1.8 Million Fine Against U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant For Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Fined $1.8 Million For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Near Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: U.S. Steel Slapped With $1.8 Million Fine For Alleged Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant

-- EPA Proposes ‘Cross-State Air Pollution Rule To Cut Smog-Causing Air Pollution From Power Plants, Industrial Sources, Pipelines In 25 States [Including PA]

-- AP: EPA Plan Would Limit Downwind Pollution From Power Plants

-- EPA Proposes Stronger Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Promote Clean Air, Support Transition To Zero-Emissions Future

-- AP: EPA Rule Would Make Heavy Trucks Cut Smog, Soot Pollution

-- EPA Restores California’s Authority To Enforce Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards For Cars, Light Trucks

-- WPost: Biden’s EPA Chief Puts Power Plants On Notice For Air Pollution, Previews Suite Of New Fossil Fuel Rules

Alternative Fuel

-- DEP Celebrates Installation Of Latest Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers To Help Reduce Vulnerability To Volatile Energy Markets, Dependence On Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Newest Electric Vehicle Chargers Designed To Help Drivers Living In Rowhouses Go Electric

-- PUC Highlights 4 Electric Utilities In PA Decreasing The Cost of Their Electricity [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Petition To Issue A Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging [PaEN]

Awards & Recognition

-- DCNR Designates September 11th National Memorial Trail As A Statewide Major Greenway [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: DCNR Names 9/11 National Memorial Trail As Statewide Major Greenway

-- PA Master Naturalist: Let’s Celebrate PA Master Naturalist Volunteers Kristin Joivell, Nancy Thorne & Sandy Stanko On International Women’s Day!

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates The Women Of Hawk Mountain On International Women’s Day!

-- Natural Lands: President Oliver Bass Named To Philadelphia Business Journal’s Power 100

-- PA Master Naturalist: Learn How Volunteers Beth Clark (Centre County) And Todd Swanson (Delaware County) Make A Huge Difference For Nature

-- Parks & Forests 2022 Thru The Seasons Photo Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Seeks Student Healthy Soil, Healthy Life Art Contest Submissions

Bidding Opportunity

-- Dept. Of General Services Issues ITQ Seeking Small Businesses Interested In Conducting Commercial Building Energy Audits

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Indiana County

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- WeConservePA Webinar April 21 - Creating Landscape Connectivity - PA Land Trusts And The Eastern Wildway [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Don’t Call It The Gypsy Moth Anymore: Longtime Threat To PA Forests Gets New Name

-- Inquirer: Birders Go Bonkers Over A Snowy Owl In PA, Highlighting The Pandemic Growing Pains And Obsessions Of The Hobby

-- TribLive: Lights Out Pittsburgh Program Helping Migrating Birds Continues This Spring

-- WESA: Program Asks Pittsburgh Buildings, Homeowners To Limit Light Pollution To Aid Migrating Birds

-- Penn State: Biologist Tricia Miller Shares Her Insights Into Golden Eagle Behavior, Conservation Concerns In March 15 Webinar

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation Newsletter: April 2 Spring Growers Meeting With Dr. Doug Tallamy On Nature’s Best Hope

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Tiny Endangered Bat From PA Sets Big Migration Record

-- Save The Date: 10th Annual PA Firefly Festival June 24-25 Forest County; 3 Glow & Know Campouts

-- The Guardian: Fears For Bees As U.S. Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Pesticides that Paralyze Insects

-- AP: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Reversed Previous Finding Malathion Is Harmful To Plants, Animals

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- House Democratic Leaders Call On Republican Leaders To ‘Free The Funds’ On The One Year Anniversary Of The Passage Of The Federal American Rescue Plan

-- PG: How Pittsburgh Uses Its $335 Million Federal American Rescue Plan Money

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Approves $25.4 Million American Rescue Plan Budget

-- $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

-- Appalachian Voices: Congress Misses Another Opportunity To Tackle Ongoing Cost Of Acid Mine Drainage [PaEN]

-- Times Leader Editorial: More Good News In Effort To Cleanup Mining-Scarred Land [Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law]

-- TribLive Editorial: Infrastructure Priorities Demand Plan For Success

-- EPA Releases Memo Outlining Strategy To Equitably Deliver Clean Water Thru Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- AP: EPA Memo Steers Clean Water Money To Disadvantaged Communities

-- TribLive: PA To Receive ‘Hundreds Of Millions’ To Help Fund Rural Internet Expansion

Budget

-- House Democratic Leaders Call On Republican Leaders To ‘Free The Funds’ On The One Year Anniversary Of The Passage Of The Federal American Rescue Plan

Chesapeake Bay

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Again Team Up To Offer Healing The Planet Grants To Improve The Health Of Waterways, Communities [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeks Volunteers For 11 Tree Plantings In 5 PA Counties Starting March 31 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Emily Broich Shows How Small Improvements Can Have Big Impact On Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Forest Fish - A Plan To Restore Habitat For Brook Trout In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Wyoming Conservation District Reuses Christmas Trees To Improve Fish Habitat

-- Williamsport Sun - Mike Reuther: Wild Trout Flourish In Cool, Fertile Streams

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter Now Available

-- Tribune-Democrat Editorial: Immediate Threat To Water Resources Thwarted In Quemahoning Creek, But Much Work Remains

-- Times Leader Editorial: More Good News In Effort To Cleanup Mining-Scarred Land [Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Encouraged By Federal Fiscal 2022 Funding Increases For Priority Programs

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Chesapeake Bay Fish Lose Some Of Their Privacy, But It’s All For The Benefit Of Science

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- Compilation Of Stories, Photos, Poems, Songs Pennsylvanians Created To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of The PA Environmental Rights Amendment [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: ‘Caring For Earth, Caring For You’ During Catholic Sisters Week March 8-14 - By Sister Pat Lupo, OSB, and Sister Dorothy Stoner, OSB, St. Benedictine Sisters of Erie [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Environmental Justice Policy For Permit Reviews, 3 Virtual Hearings Set [PaEN]

-- DEP Names Justin Dula Acting Director For Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Again Team Up To Offer Healing The Planet Grants To Improve The Health Of Waterways, Communities [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: Learn How Volunteers Beth Clark (Centre County) And Todd Swanson (Delaware County) Make A Huge Difference For Nature

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves 111 More Acres In Chester County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Helps Add 162 Acres To White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County; Apply Now For DCNR Grants [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Chestnut Hill Conservancy Celebrates 50th Conservation Easement To Protect Property

-- Tribune-Democrat Editorial: Immediate Threat To Water Resources Thwarted In Quemahoning Creek, But Much Work Remains

-- Times Leader Editorial: More Good News In Effort To Cleanup Mining-Scarred Land [Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeks Volunteers For 11 Tree Plantings In 5 PA Counties Starting March 31 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Emily Broich Shows How Small Improvements Can Have Big Impact On Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Dickinson College Hosts Climate Justice Teach-In March 30 [PaEN]

-- MCall: Convenience Chain Sheetz Making Big Investment In Renewable Energy

-- Southwestern PA Water Resource Center Hosting Webinars On Solar Development, Green Infrastructure, Water Quality Impacts Starting March 16 [PaEN]

-- WESA: Protect PT Joins Plum Borough Council In Fight Against 2nd Drilling Wastewater Injection Well

-- ScrantonT: The Nature Conservancy Removes Century-Old Dam, Reservoir In Lackawanna County

-- TribLive: Lights Out Pittsburgh Program Helping Migrating Birds Continues This Spring

-- WESA: Program Asks Pittsburgh Buildings, Homeowners To Limit Light Pollution To Aid Migrating Birds

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Winter Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Parks & Forests 2022 Thru The Seasons Photo Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]

Climate

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN]

-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety

-- DEP Celebrates Installation Of Latest Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers To Help Reduce Vulnerability To Volatile Energy Markets, Dependence On Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Newest Electric Vehicle Chargers Designed To Help Drivers Living In Rowhouses Go Electric

-- MCall: Convenience Chain Sheetz Making Big Investment In Renewable Energy

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Deploying Solar Arrays To Power Buildings, Save Money, Reduce Agency's Carbon Footprint [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Have Some Renewable Energy? An Investor Would Like to Speak With You

-- Dickinson College Hosts Climate Justice Teach-In March 30 [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Water Resource Center Hosting Webinars On Solar Development, Green Infrastructure, Water Quality Impacts Starting March 16 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Environment For Change On Climate

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: Organized Labor Sees Promise In Transition To Clean Energy

-- DEP Celebrates $30 Million In Low-Interest Loans For High-Impact Commercial Energy Efficiency Projects [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of General Services Issues ITQ Seeking Small Businesses Interested In Conducting Commercial Building Energy Audits

-- Senate Committees To Hold March 21 Hearing On Economic Impacts Of DEP Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants [PaEN]

-- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Costs Increase To $13.50 From $13 In March 9 Auction

-- PUC Invites Comments On Petition To Issue A Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging [PaEN]

-- City & State PA: PA Could Be Second-Most Flooded State In 2022 Behind Florida, New Study Shows

-- National Fuel Gas Company Releases Inaugural Climate Report

-- UtilityDive: Accounting For Clean Energy Capacity Value In PJM Would Lower Costs, Emissions, RMI Study Finds

-- AP: Measure To Help Address Climate Change In Maryland Advances

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Energy Chief Calls For More Oil Output Amid ‘War Footing’ - “Right now, we need oil and gas production to rise to meet current demand.” It isn’t at odds with clean energy commitment and efforts to decarbonize. “We can walk and chew gum at the same time.”

-- The Guardian: ‘Defining Moment’: How Can The U.S. End Its Dependency On Fossil Fuels?

-- EPA Proposes ‘Cross-State Air Pollution Rule To Cut Smog-Causing Air Pollution From Power Plants, Industrial Sources, Pipelines In 25 States [Including PA]

-- AP: EPA Plan Would Limit Downwind Pollution From Power Plants

-- EPA Proposes Stronger Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Promote Clean Air, Support Transition To Zero-Emissions Future

-- AP: EPA Rule Would Make Heavy Trucks Cut Smog, Soot Pollution

-- EPA Restores California’s Authority To Enforce Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards For Cars, Light Trucks

-- PA Cap-Star: EPA Reinstates California Authority To Adopt Its Own Vehicle Standards, What’s Next For PA?

-- EPA Publishes State-Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data, Resources To Promote State Action On Climate Change

-- WPost: Biden’s EPA Chief Puts Power Plants On Notice For Air Pollution, Previews Suite Of New Fossil Fuel Rules

-- Bloomberg Green: Credit Suisse Investors Push Bank To Cut Fossil-Fuel Financing

-- Bloomberg: Solar Firms Jump As U.S. And U.K. Move To Ban Russia Oil Imports

-- USA Today: 75% Of Amazon Rainforest Shows Signs Of Loss, A ‘Tipping Point’ Of Dieback, Study Shows

-- NYT: As War Rages, A Struggle To Balance Energy Crunch And Climate Crisis

Coal Mining

-- Warren Times: Remnants Of Coal-Fired Warren Generating Station Imploded

-- Bloomberg Green: Seeing The Future Of Energy Thru A Coal Company’s Solar Strategy - Building Renewables On Old Coal Mining Sites Is A Win-Win

Compliance Action

-- AP: PUC Judge: Sunoco/Energy Transfer Failed To Protect Delaware County Community During Construction Of Mariner East Pipeline, $51,000 Penalty Proposed [PaEN]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Issues $1.8 Million Fine Against U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant For Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Fined $1.8 Million For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Near Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: U.S. Steel Slapped With $1.8 Million Fine For Alleged Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Seeks Student Healthy Soil, Healthy Life Art Contest Submissions

-- ScrantonT: Wyoming Conservation District Reuses Christmas Trees To Improve Fish Habitat

Court Decision

-- PA Supreme Court To Decide If The Owner Of Mariner East Pipelines - Sunoco/Energy Transfer - Must Pay Attorneys Fees In Legal Challenges They Lost To Citizens Or Will Taxpayers [PaEN]

Dam Safety

-- ScrantonT: The Nature Conservancy Removes Century-Old Dam, Reservoir In Lackawanna County

DCNR

-- DCNR Grant Helps Add 162 Acres To White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County; Apply Now For DCNR Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR Designates September 11th National Memorial Trail As A Statewide Major Greenway [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: DCNR Names 9/11 National Memorial Trail As Statewide Major Greenway

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Deploying Solar Arrays To Power Buildings, Save Money, Reduce Agency's Carbon Footprint [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities In March; PA Outdoor Corp Hiring Young Adults [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Economic Importance Of Outdoor Recreation At TCOFly Shop In Cumberland County

-- ScrantonT: Bicycles Remain In High Demand Amid Parts Shortages

-- Compilation Of Stories, Photos, Poems, Songs Pennsylvanians Created To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of The PA Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Living Landscape Observer Hosts Webinar On Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes - A Story Of Success At Scale On April 1 [PaEN]

-- State Agencies Encourage Pennsylvanians To Protect Themselves Against Tickborne Diseases When Outdoors [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Rare But Dangerous’ Deer Tick Virus Found At Elevated Levels In More PA Locations

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Warns Against Emergency Of ‘Rare But Dangerous’ Deer Tick Virus

-- PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Oppose Redesignation Of Delaware Water Gap As National Park, Concerned About Loss Of Hunting, Fishing Access

-- March 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Winter Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Parks & Forests 2022 Thru The Seasons Photo Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Columnist Details History Of Retired DCNR Rockhill Fire Tower

DEP

-- DEP Announces $2.99 Million In Growing Greener Grants to Support 12 Water Cleanup Projects In Southwest PA; Apply Now For Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Indiana County

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Environmental Justice Policy For Permit Reviews, 3 Virtual Hearings Set [PaEN]

-- DEP Names Justin Dula Acting Director For Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 36 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The March 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- WHYY: New Federal Legislation Would Reauthorize Funding Strategy For Delaware River Watershed

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 11 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- WHYY: New Federal Legislation Would Reauthorize Funding Strategy For Delaware River Watershed

Drinking Water

-- WESA: New PA Program Is Helping Residents Cover Unpaid Water, Sewer Bills

-- WHYY: Taking The First Steps Toward Firm PFAS Limits For Drinking Water In PA, Delaware

-- WHYY: Besides Water, How Else Am I Exposed To PFAS?

-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: Is EPA Putting Interests Of Chemical Companies Making PFAS Ahead Of Your Health? These Experts Think So

-- PA American Water Helps Educate Homeowners During EPA’s Fix A Leak Week - March 14-22

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Issues Boil Water Advisory For Coatesville Water System

-- PG: Massive Water Main Break In Pittsburgh Causes Commuting Headache

Earth Day - April 22

What are you doing for Earth Day?

Economic Development

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: Organized Labor Sees Promise In Transition To Clean Energy

-- DCNR Highlights Economic Importance Of Outdoor Recreation At TCOFly Shop In Cumberland County

-- ScrantonT: Bicycles Remain In High Demand Amid Parts Shortages

-- South Mountain Partnership: Releases 2021 Year In Review Report On Accomplishments

-- TribLive: Murrysville Sugar-Maker Expecting ‘Pretty Good’ Maple Syrup Season

-- ScrantonT: It’s Maple Syrup Time At Keystone College

-- YorkDR - Brain Whipkey: Anglers, Hunters Contribute $1.5 Billion To PA’s Economy Each Year

-- Living Landscape Observer Hosts Webinar On Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes - A Story Of Success At Scale On April 1 [PaEN]

Education

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities In March; PA Outdoor Corp Hiring Young Adults [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalist: Let’s Celebrate PA Master Naturalist Volunteers Kristin Joivell, Nancy Thorne & Sandy Stanko On International Women’s Day!

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates The Women Of Hawk Mountain On International Women’s Day!

-- PA Master Naturalist: Learn How Volunteers Beth Clark (Centre County) And Todd Swanson (Delaware County) Make A Huge Difference For Nature

-- Natural Lands: President Oliver Bass Named To Philadelphia Business Journal’s Power 100

-- Warren Times: Audubon Little Explorers Learn About Backyard Birds March 12

-- PA American Water Helps Educate Homeowners During EPA’s Fix A Leak Week - March 14-22

-- Penn State: Biologist Tricia Miller Shares Her Insights Into Golden Eagle Behavior, Conservation Concerns In March 15 Webinar

-- Southwestern PA Water Resource Center Hosting Webinars On Solar Development, Green Infrastructure, Water Quality Impacts Starting March 16 [PaEN]

-- PA Trout Unlimited Women, Diversity And Inclusion Training Webinar March 16 [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College Hosts Climate Justice Teach-In March 30 [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation Newsletter: April 2 Spring Growers Meeting With Dr. Doug Tallamy On Nature’s Best Hope

-- Living Landscape Observer Hosts Webinar On Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes - A Story Of Success At Scale On April 1 [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Webinar April 21 - Creating Landscape Connectivity - PA Land Trusts And The Eastern Wildway [PaEN]

-- PA Trout Unlimited 3rd Annual Women’s Leadership Retreat May 13-15 In Port Matilda, Centre County [PaEN]

-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Oct. 5-7, State College [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces 2022 Household Chemical, Electronics Waste, Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Eastern, Western PA [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute Partners With The GIANT Company, Kitchen Table Consultants To Develop Regenerative Organic Agriculture Case Studies [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Seeks Student Healthy Soil, Healthy Life Art Contest Submissions

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Deploying Solar Arrays To Power Buildings, Save Money, Reduce Agency's Carbon Footprint [PaEN]

-- Washington Examiner - Salena Zito: An Energy Company Shows Students The Path To Prosperity [PA natural gas firm CNX]

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Columnist Details History Of Retired DCNR Rockhill Fire Tower

-- The Guardian: ‘Defining Moment’: How Can The U.S. End Its Dependency On Fossil Fuels?

-- WHYY: New Philly Council Bill Sets 2025 Deadline To Give Public School Students More Access To Filtered Drinking Water

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Winter Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Parks & Forests 2022 Thru The Seasons Photo Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Chesapeake Bay Fish Lose Some Of Their Privacy, But It’s All For The Benefit Of Science

-- Inquirer: Birders Go Bonkers Over A Snowy Owl In PA, Highlighting The Pandemic Growing Pains And Obsessions Of The Hobby

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Fossil Site Yields New Species Of Prehistoric Creature

-- Save The Date: 10th Annual PA Firefly Festival June 24-25 Forest County; 3 Glow & Know Campouts

-- Help Wanted: Environmental Educator & Nature Center Director, Park At Governor Dick Forest [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Wildlife Leadership Academy Summer Field School Supervisor [PaEN]

Emergency Response

-- Warren Times: Wildfire That Burned 259 Acres In Glade Twp. Ruled Arson

-- City & State PA: PA Could Be Second-Most Flooded State In 2022 Behind Florida, New Study Shows

-- USA Today: U.S. Officials Put Americans On Alert For Russian Cyberattacks As Ukraine War Grows, Especially On U.S. Infrastructure

True Energy Independence Means More Renewables

[Our Dependence On Oil/Natural Gas Is Being Used As A Weapon Against Us - Again]

-- New European Commission REPowerEU Plan Does Not Justify Dramatic Increase In Drilling, Gas Infrastructure Build Out PA Natural Gas Politicians Are Calling For [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN]

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry And Their Politicians Are Pushing Hard To Hook Us To Volatile Foreign Energy Markets Where There Is No Limit On What They Can Charge You [PaEN]

-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Celebrates Installation Of Latest Electric Vehicle Fast Chargers To Help Reduce Vulnerability To Volatile Energy Markets, Dependence On Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Newest Electric Vehicle Chargers Designed To Help Drivers Living In Rowhouses Go Electric

-- CourierT: How Gasoline Prices, Ukraine, PA Energy Are Shaping 2022 Election - Favoring Republicans

-- PA House Republicans Outline Agenda For Boosting PA Energy Production: Open Delaware River Watershed & State Forest Land For Drilling, Stop RGGI Carbon Reduction Program

-- Rep. Metcalfe: Wolf Pathetically Weak On Rejecting Russia, Traitorous Sellout Against Expanding Domestic Energy Production

-- Pittsburgh Biz Journal: PA-based EQT Proposes Plan To ‘Unleash’ LNG Natural Gas By Increasing Drilling, Building 4x Pipeline/LNG Capacity, Removing Barriers To Construction [Where’s it going to go? Europe’s REpowerEU Plan calls for moving away from all natural gas.]

-- PG Guest Essay: Ukraine Crisis Time To Pivot To Renewable Energy - PennFuture

-- York Dispatch Guest Essay: Clean Energy Transition Would Break Russia’s Geopolitical Hold - Citizens Climate Lobby

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Fracked Gas In Appalachia Won’t Help Ukraine, But Will Hurt Our Communities - Anais Peterson, Earthworks

-- The Hill: Here’s Who Stands To Win From High Gasoline Prices [Spoiler - U.S. Shale Oil Producers Are #1]

-- WSJ: Why Are Gasoline Prices So High? Invasion Accelerates Rise In Already Climbing Prices

-- Bloomberg: Biden Wants U.S. Oil To Drill More, Here’s Why They’re Holding Back, U.S. Oil Production Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

-- Financial Times: Oil Spike Crashes Houston’s Weeklong Energy Party At ‘Shocking Time’

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philly Gasoline Prices Move Up A Nickel, But Crude Oil Markets Pull Back

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Are Spiking Across PA; Is It Price Gouging?

-- Sen. Corman, Republican Candidate For Governor, Calls For Nearly 50% Gasoline Tax Cut; Use American Rescue Plan Funds To Pay $500 Million For State Police; Float $650 Million Bond For PennDOT

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Soaring Inflation, Gasoline Prices Have PA Lawmakers Talking About Tax ‘Holidays,’ Distributing Federal Aid

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Gasoline Tax Break Merited, No Assurance Savings Will Be Passed On To Driver [Because There Is No Limit To What Oil Companies Can Charge]

-- York Dispatch Editorial: American Drives Do Have Some Reasonable Options In Battle Against Higher Gasoline Prices - Ditch The Gas-Guzzlers

-- Gov. Wolf Applauds Biden’s Ban On Russian Energy Imports, Calls On Congress To Enact Federal Gasoline Tax Holiday

-- Inquirer Editorial: Cutting Off Russian Oil Is Right Call

-- PUC Highlights 4 Electric Utilities In PA Decreasing The Cost of Their Electricity [PaEN]

-- LehighValleyLive: German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck - "The only forms of energy that don’t belong to anyone, where nobody can say, ‘It’s all mine and I’m going to blackmail you with,’ are wind and solar."

-- The Hill Guest Essay: Russia’s Attack On Ukraine A Clear Warning To U.S. To Become Energy Independent With Renewables - Admiral Dennis V. McGinn

-- MCall: Convenience Chain Sheetz Making Big Investment In Renewable Energy

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Clean Energy Best Response To Russian Invasion, Not Fossil Fuels

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Have Philly Gasoline Prices Peaked? Are Retailers Gouging? [Think About It - There are no limits on what they can charge you.]

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: Partisan Policies Didn’t Raise Gasoline Prices, And Partisan Sniping Won’t Lower Them; U.S. Oil Production Still About 12% Less Than Pre-Pandemic

-- AP: Gasoline Prices Hit Record Highs In Pennsylvania

-- ScrantonT: Businesses Struggling To Adapt To Soaring Fuel Prices

-- WHYY/AP - Susan Phillips: As Gasoline Prices Rise, Philadelphia Area Residents Rethink How They Work

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Set Records In PA, Lehigh Valley Rising Nearly 20 Cents Over Weekend

-- WLVR: PA Farmers See Fertilizer Prices Spike And Russia’s War Could Make It Worse

-- PG - Ashley Murray & Anya Litvak: U.S. Lawmakers Say Russia-Ukraine Conflict Calls For More American Energy, But Ramp Up Could Be Complex

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Republicans Who Cannot Or Will Not Confront Praise Of A Tyrant Must Be Held Accountable By Their Constituents

-- National/International

-- New European Commission REPowerEU Plan Does Not Justify Dramatic Increase In Drilling, Gas Infrastructure Build Out PA Natural Gas Politicians Are Calling For [PaEN]

-- BBC: EU Unveils Plan To End Reliance On Russian Gas

-- Bloomberg: EU Maps Out Plan To Replace Russian Gas On Threat Of Cut-Off

-- Financial Times: EU Plans To Cut Russian Gas Imports By Two-Thirds In A Year

-- Bloomberg Green: Europe Is On Wartime Mission To End Its Addiction To Russian Fossil Fuel

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Plan To Quit Russian Energy Starts Global Fight For Gas - “Rule book for energy markets has been thrown out the window.”

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago

-- The Guardian: ‘This Is A Fossil Fuel War’: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out

-- Bloomberg Green: Europe Ramps Up Coal Burning With Natural Gas Out Of Favor

-- Financial Times: EU To Step Up Push For Clean Power As Ukraine Conflict Escalates, Driven By Need For Self-Sufficiency

-- Financial Times: Will The Ukraine War Derail The Green Energy Transition As Europe Scrambles To Find Alternatives To Russian Oil & Gas; Coal Could Be Winner

-- The Guardian: ‘Defining Moment’: How Can The U.S. End Its Dependency On Fossil Fuels?

-- Reuters: OPEC Has No Control Over Events Roiling Global Oil Markets - “There is no capacity in the world that could replace 7 million barrels [of Russian oil] per day.” [Point being no one can influence this volatile energy market now.]

-- WSJ: Shale Oil Companies Say There Are Limits To How Much, How Quickly They Can Boost Oil Supplies Due To Supply Chain Issues, Wary Investors, Shortages Of Labor, Sand, Equipment; Will Take A Good 18 Months Just To Ramp Up - “There’s only about a 10-year inventory of shale [oil] drilling locations left, maybe 15”

-- The Economist: What Oil Bosses Are Saying About The Global Energy Crisis - “The [energy markets] turbulence has just begun.”

-- Financial Times: Oil Industry Pleads With Wall Street To Stop Holding Back Investment In New Crude Supply As ‘Chaos’ And ‘Bedlam’ Threaten To Overwhelm Energy Markets

-- The Guardian: Oil And Gas Companies Are Looking At A Bonanza From The Ukraine War, Fear Of Shortages Gives Fossil Fuel Companies Leverage

-- AP: Biden Banning Russian Oil Imports, Warns Of ‘Costs’

-- White House: Remarks By Biden Announcing Russian Oil Ban - “In the Uni15ted States, 90 percent of onshore oil production takes place on land that isn’t owned by the federal government. And of the remaining 10 percent that occurs on federal land, the oil and gas industry has millions of acres leased. They have 9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year. They have 9,000 to drill onshore that are already approved.” [40% of unconventional gas drilling permits issued by DEP in Pennsylvania haven’t been used.]

-- AP: Explainer: What Does A U.S. Ban On Russian Oil Accomplish?

-- Financial Times: What Does Banning Russian Oil Mean For Global Energy Markets?

-- Financial Times: Biden Administration Ratchets Up Pressure On U.S. Shale Producers To Increase Supply To Tame Oil Prices

-- Reuters: OPEC Meets With U.S. Shale Executives As Oil Prices Skyrocket

--The Guardian: Russia Threatens To Cut Natural Gas To Europe Via Nord Stream 1 Pipeline In Response To Oil Ban

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Rise As Markets Face Historic ‘Energy Supply Shock’

-- Financial Times: Curbs On Russian Exports Raise Risk Of Oil Shock And Recession In Europe [Those without electric or hybrid vehicles get ready.]

-- Financial Times: International Energy Agency Ready To Release More Oil To Ease Soaring Energy Prices, Says Chief

-- The Atlantic: America Is The World’s Largest Oil Producer, So Why Is Losing Russia’s Oil Such A Big Deal? "...under the U.S. oil industry as it exists today, there is no way to spin up new oil production in a few weeks or months. But more important, it means that U.S. oil companies have developed the opposite of independence.

“Since Congress lifted the ban on oil exports in 2015, all American-drilled oil and some of our natural gas have been priced on the international market. Global market forces, not our abundance of domestic fossil fuels, set the price of oil and gasoline in the United States."

"Market dynamics, not overzealous regulations, have imprisoned the industry. That hasn’t stopped lobbyists from pretending otherwise.”

“Energy independence was not an awful goal. But true independence cannot be achieved by the market alone.

“The U.S. ensures that its food supply, timberlands, and water quality are not administered solely by the market.

“That same philosophy can apply to two of its most important natural resources: its fossil fuels and its climate.

“The first goal can be achieved through more aggressive management of the industry; the second, by a phaseout of fossil fuels altogether.

“Only through such stewardship can the United States secure the true dividends of prosperity and freedom.”

-- The Hill: Banning Russian Oil Would Hit U.S. Prices Hard

-- Reuters: What Would A U.S. Ban On Russian Oil Mean For The World?

-- WSJ: Oil Companies Contemplate World Without Russian Crude

-- WPost: Calls For U.S. Ban On Russian Oil Gain Momentum Despite Inflation Concerns

-- Reuters: Brent Crude Oil Spikes To $139 On Prospect Of Russia Oil Ban

-- Financial Times: Why Oil Prices Might Still Climb Higher [In 2008 Putin’s Invasion Into Georgia Caused Oil To Hit All-Time High Of $150 - Anyone See A Pattern?]

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago

-- Reuters: U.S. Push To Export LNG Amid Ukraine Crisis Slowed By Climate Concerns, Sources Say

-- Bloomberg: Hackers Targeted U.S. LNG Producers In Run-Up To Ukraine War

-- WSJ: Germany Goes Ahead With First LNG Terminal To Cut Dependence On Russian Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg Green: Credit Suisse Investors Push Bank To Cut Fossil-Fuel Financing

-- Bloomberg: Solar Firms Jump As U.S. And U.K. Move To Ban Russia Oil Imports

-- Bloomberg Green: Methane Cloud Spotted In Texas Shale Basin Near Energy Transfer Natural Gas Pipelines [a.k.a Sunoco, Revolution, Mariner East Pipelines In PA]

-- Reuters: Natural Gas Leak Spurs Evacuation At One Of The Biggest Oil Fields In Alaska

-- NYT: As War Rages, A Struggle To Balance Energy Crunch And Climate Crisis

-- USA Today: U.S. Officials Put Americans On Alert For Russian Cyberattacks As Ukraine War Grows, Especially On U.S. Infrastructure

Energy

-- New European Commission REPowerEU Plan Does Not Justify Dramatic Increase In Drilling, Gas Infrastructure Build Out PA Natural Gas Politicians Are Calling For [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence

-- Oil & Gas Industry And Their Politicians Are Pushing Hard To Hook Us To Volatile Foreign Energy Markets Where There Is No Limit On What They Can Charge You [PaEN]

-- PA House Republicans Outline Agenda For Boosting PA Energy Production: Open Delaware River Watershed & State Forest Land For Drilling, Stop RGGI Carbon Reduction Program

-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Green: Seeing The Future Of Energy Thru A Coal Company’s Solar Strategy - Building Renewables On Old Coal Mining Sites Is A Win-Win

-- PG Guest Essay: Ukraine Crisis Time To Pivot To Renewable Energy - PennFuture

-- York Dispatch Guest Essay: Clean Energy Transition Would Break Russia’s Geopolitical Hold - Citizens Climate Lobby

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Fracked Gas In Appalachia Won’t Help Ukraine, But Will Hurt Our Communities - Anais Peterson, Earthworks

-- MCall: Convenience Chain Sheetz Making Big Investment In Renewable Energy

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Deploying Solar Arrays To Power Buildings, Save Money, Reduce Agency's Carbon Footprint [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Water Resource Center Hosting Webinars On Solar Development, Green Infrastructure, Water Quality Impacts Starting March 16 [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Have Some Renewable Energy? An Investor Would Like to Speak With You

-- Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Allowance Costs Increase To $13.50 From $13 In March 9 Auction

-- PUC Formally Publishes Order On Net Metering - Use Of Third-Party Operators Policy

-- PUC Invites Comments On Petition To Issue A Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Controversial PECO Natural Gas Project Approved Near Homes In Delaware County

-- PG Guest Essay: New Federal Rules Threaten State’s Position In Electricity Market - Glen Thomas, Fmr PUC Chair

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Clean Energy Best Response To Russian Invasion, Not Fossil Fuels

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Environment For Change On Climate

-- PUC Highlights 4 Electric Utilities In PA Decreasing The Cost of Their Electricity [PaEN]

-- Attorney General, Consumer Advocate Remind Pennsylvanians They Can Still Apply For Low Income Home Energy Assistance

-- Senate Committees To Hold March 21 Hearing On Economic Impacts Of DEP Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Republicans Passed A Tax Break For Data Centers, Now Crypto-Miners Are Taking Advantage Of Up To $90 Million A Year By 2027

-- Warren Times: Remnants Of Coal-Fired Warren Generating Station Imploded

-- Utility Dive: PJM Rejects Generator Trade Group Request To Bar Some Renewables From Capacity Auction

-- UtilityDive: Accounting For Clean Energy Capacity Value In PJM Would Lower Costs, Emissions, RMI Study Finds

-- EPA Proposes Stronger Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Promote Clean Air, Support Transition To Zero-Emissions Future

-- AP: EPA Rule Would Make Heavy Trucks Cut Smog, Soot Pollution

-- WPost: Biden’s EPA Chief Puts Power Plants On Notice For Air Pollution, Previews Suite Of New Fossil Fuel Rules

-- NYT: As War Rages, A Struggle To Balance Energy Crunch And Climate Crisis

-- USA Today: U.S. Officials Put Americans On Alert For Russian Cyberattacks As Ukraine War Grows, Especially On U.S. Infrastructure

Energy Conservation

-- DEP Celebrates $30 Million In Low-Interest Loans For High-Impact Commercial Energy Efficiency Projects [PaEN]

-- Attorney General, Consumer Advocate Remind Pennsylvanians They Can Still Apply For Low Income Home Energy Assistance

-- Dept. Of General Services Issues ITQ Seeking Small Businesses Interested In Conducting Commercial Building Energy Audits

Environmental Health

-- YorkD: Cost Of Potassium Iodide Pills That Can Protect You Against Certain Kinds Of Radiation Has Surged, Here’s Why

-- WHYY: New Philly Council Bill Sets 2025 Deadline To Give Public School Students More Access To Filtered Drinking Water

-- Republican Herald: Walk At Locust Lake State Park Promotes Fitness, Nature

-- WHYY: Researcher Finds ‘Stunning’ Rate Of COVID Among Deer Across PA; What It Means For Humans

-- WHYY: Taking The First Steps Toward Firm PFAS Limits For Drinking Water In PA, Delaware

-- WHYY: Besides Water, How Else Am I Exposed To PFAS?

-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: Is EPA Putting Interests Of Chemical Companies Making PFAS Ahead Of Your Health? These Experts Think So

Environmental Heritage

-- Compilation Of Stories, Photos, Poems, Songs Pennsylvanians Created To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of The PA Environmental Rights Amendment [PaEN]

-- DCNR Designates September 11th National Memorial Trail As A Statewide Major Greenway [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Winter Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Now Available [Underground Railroad] [PaEN]

Environmental Justice

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Environmental Justice Policy For Permit Reviews, 3 Virtual Hearings Set [PaEN]

-- DEP Names Justin Dula Acting Director For Environmental Justice [PaEN]

EPA

-- EPA Releases Memo Outlining Strategy To Equitably Deliver Clean Water Thru Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- AP: EPA Memo Steers Clean Water Money To Disadvantaged Communities

-- EPA Proposes ‘Cross-State Air Pollution Rule To Cut Smog-Causing Air Pollution From Power Plants, Industrial Sources, Pipelines In 25 States [Including PA]

-- AP: EPA Plan Would Limit Downwind Pollution From Power Plants

-- EPA Proposes Stronger Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Promote Clean Air, Support Transition To Zero-Emissions Future

-- AP: EPA Rule Would Make Heavy Trucks Cut Smog, Soot Pollution

-- EPA Restores California’s Authority To Enforce Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards For Cars, Light Trucks

-- PA Cap-Star: EPA Reinstates California Authority To Adopt Its Own Vehicle Standards, What’s Next For PA?

-- EPA Publishes State-Level Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data, Resources To Promote State Action On Climate Change

-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: Is EPA Putting Interests Of Chemical Companies Making PFAS Ahead Of Your Health? These Experts Think So

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Encouraged By Federal Fiscal 2022 Funding Increases For Priority Programs

-- The Guardian: Fears For Bees As U.S. Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Pesticides that Paralyze Insects

-- AP: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Reversed Previous Finding Malathion Is Harmful To Plants, Animals

Farming

-- Rodale Institute Partners With The GIANT Company, Kitchen Table Consultants To Develop Regenerative Organic Agriculture Case Studies [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat Editorial: Immediate Threat To Water Resources Thwarted In Quemahoning Creek, But Much Work Remains

-- Times Leader Editorial: More Good News In Effort To Cleanup Mining-Scarred Land [Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law]

-- WLVR: PA Farmers See Fertilizer Prices Spike And Russia’s War Could Make It Worse

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Seeks Student Healthy Soil, Healthy Life Art Contest Submissions

-- The Guardian: Fears For Bees As U.S. Set To Extend Use Of Toxic Pesticides that Paralyze Insects

Flooding

-- City & State PA: PA Could Be Second-Most Flooded State In 2022 Behind Florida, New Study Shows

Forests

-- Compilation Of Stories, Photos, Poems, Songs Pennsylvanians Created To Celebrate The 50th Anniversary Of The PA Environmental Rights Amendment [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities In March; PA Outdoor Corp Hiring Young Adults [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Deploying Solar Arrays To Power Buildings, Save Money, Reduce Agency's Carbon Footprint [PaEN]

-- State Agencies Encourage Pennsylvanians To Protect Themselves Against Tickborne Diseases When Outdoors [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Rare But Dangerous’ Deer Tick Virus Found At Elevated Levels In More PA Locations

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Warns Against Emergency Of ‘Rare But Dangerous’ Deer Tick Virus

-- WHYY: Researcher Finds ‘Stunning’ Rate Of COVID Among Deer Across PA; What It Means For Humans

-- DCNR Highlights Economic Importance Of Outdoor Recreation At TCOFly Shop In Cumberland County

-- YorkDR - Brain Whipkey: Anglers, Hunters Contribute $1.5 Billion To PA’s Economy Each Year

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeks Volunteers For 11 Tree Plantings In 5 PA Counties Starting March 31 [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Wildfire That Burned 259 Acres In Glade Twp. Ruled Arson

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Columnist Details History Of Retired DCNR Rockhill Fire Tower

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Forest Fish - A Plan To Restore Habitat For Brook Trout In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Wyoming Conservation District Reuses Christmas Trees To Improve Fish Habitat

-- Williamsport Sun - Mike Reuther: Wild Trout Flourish In Cool, Fertile Streams

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter Now Available

-- TribLive: Murrysville Sugar-Maker Expecting ‘Pretty Good’ Maple Syrup Season

-- ScrantonT: It’s Maple Syrup Time At Keystone College

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Is There Cell Coverage At Your Outdoor Destination? Know Before You Go

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Winter Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Parks & Forests 2022 Thru The Seasons Photo Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]

-- March 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Don’t Call It The Gypsy Moth Anymore: Longtime Threat To PA Forests Gets New Name

-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation Newsletter: April 2 Spring Growers Meeting With Dr. Doug Tallamy On Nature’s Best Hope

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeks Feedback On Forest Health Project

Forests - Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeks Feedback On Forest Health Project

Fish & Boat Commission

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: More Stocking Planned After Opening Day Of PA Trout Season

-- YorkDR - Brain Whipkey: Anglers, Hunters Contribute $1.5 Billion To PA’s Economy Each Year

-- PA Trout Unlimited 3rd Annual Women’s Leadership Retreat May 13-15 In Port Matilda, Centre County [PaEN]

-- PA Trout Unlimited Women, Diversity And Inclusion Training Webinar March 16 [PaEN]

Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Growing Its Pheasant Program As Interest Rebounds

-- YorkDR - Brain Whipkey: Anglers, Hunters Contribute $1.5 Billion To PA’s Economy Each Year

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Tiny Endangered Bat From PA Sets Big Migration Record

Grants/Funding

-- DCNR Grant Helps Add 162 Acres To White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County; Apply Now For DCNR Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces $2.99 Million In Growing Greener Grants to Support 12 Water Cleanup Projects In Southwest PA; Apply Now For Grants [PaEN]

-- TribLive: $3 Million In Growing Greener Grants Announced For SW PA, Including Mill Creek In Ligonier Twp.

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Two Events On Grant Collaboration March 21-- NFWF, March 23- Clean Water Fund

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 ARIPPA Mine Reclamation Grants [PaEN]

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Again Team Up To Offer Healing The Planet Grants To Improve The Health Of Waterways, Communities [PaEN]

-- EPA Releases Memo Outlining Strategy To Equitably Deliver Clean Water Thru Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- AP: EPA Memo Steers Clean Water Money To Disadvantaged Communities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Encouraged By Federal Fiscal 2022 Funding Increases For Priority Programs

Green Infrastructure

-- DEP Announces $2.99 Million In Growing Greener Grants to Support 12 Water Cleanup Projects In Southwest PA; Apply Now For Grants [PaEN]

-- TribLive: $3 Million In Growing Greener Grants Announced For SW PA, Including Mill Creek In Ligonier Twp.

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Two Events On Grant Collaboration March 21-- NFWF, March 23- Clean Water Fund

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Again Team Up To Offer Healing The Planet Grants To Improve The Health Of Waterways, Communities [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat Editorial: Immediate Threat To Water Resources Thwarted In Quemahoning Creek, But Much Work Remains

-- Times Leader Editorial: More Good News In Effort To Cleanup Mining-Scarred Land [Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeks Volunteers For 11 Tree Plantings In 5 PA Counties Starting March 31 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Emily Broich Shows How Small Improvements Can Have Big Impact On Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Forest Fish - A Plan To Restore Habitat For Brook Trout In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Wyoming Conservation District Reuses Christmas Trees To Improve Fish Habitat

-- Williamsport Sun - Mike Reuther: Wild Trout Flourish In Cool, Fertile Streams

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter Now Available

-- Living Landscape Observer Hosts Webinar On Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes - A Story Of Success At Scale On April 1 [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Webinar April 21 - Creating Landscape Connectivity - PA Land Trusts And The Eastern Wildway [PaEN]

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves 111 More Acres In Chester County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Helps Add 162 Acres To White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County; Apply Now For DCNR Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Deploying Solar Arrays To Power Buildings, Save Money, Reduce Agency's Carbon Footprint [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- WHYY: New Philly Council Bill Sets 2025 Deadline To Give Public School Students More Access To Filtered Drinking Water

-- WHYY: Taking The First Steps Toward Firm PFAS Limits For Drinking Water In PA, Delaware

-- WHYY: Besides Water, How Else Am I Exposed To PFAS?

-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: Is EPA Putting Interests Of Chemical Companies Making PFAS Ahead Of Your Health? These Experts Think So

Land Conservation

-- PA Master Naturalist: Let’s Celebrate PA Master Naturalist Volunteers Kristin Joivell, Nancy Thorne & Sandy Stanko On International Women’s Day!

-- PA Master Naturalist: Learn How Volunteers Beth Clark (Centre County) And Todd Swanson (Delaware County) Make A Huge Difference For Nature

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates The Women Of Hawk Mountain On International Women’s Day!

-- Natural Lands: President Oliver Bass Named To Philadelphia Business Journal’s Power 100

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves 111 More Acres In Chester County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Helps Add 162 Acres To White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County; Apply Now For DCNR Grants [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Chestnut Hill Conservancy Celebrates 50th Conservation Easement To Protect Property

-- Living Landscape Observer Hosts Webinar On Pennsylvania Conservation Landscapes - A Story Of Success At Scale On April 1 [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Webinar April 21 - Creating Landscape Connectivity - PA Land Trusts And The Eastern Wildway [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Chester County-based North American Land Trust Transaction Investigated By NY Attorney General Related To Former President

Land Recycling

-- Warren Times: Remnants Of Coal-Fired Warren Generating Station Imploded

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Again Team Up To Offer Healing The Planet Grants To Improve The Health Of Waterways, Communities [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- DEP Announces $2.99 Million In Growing Greener Grants to Support 12 Water Cleanup Projects In Southwest PA; Apply Now For Grants [PaEN]

-- TribLive: $3 Million In Growing Greener Grants Announced For SW PA, Including Mill Creek In Ligonier Twp.

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 ARIPPA Mine Reclamation Grants [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat Editorial: Immediate Threat To Water Resources Thwarted In Quemahoning Creek, But Much Work Remains

-- Appalachian Voices: Congress Misses Another Opportunity To Tackle Ongoing Cost Of Acid Mine Drainage [PaEN]

-- Times Leader Editorial: More Good News In Effort To Cleanup Mining-Scarred Land [Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law]

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Indiana County

Oil & Gas

-- New European Commission REPowerEU Plan Does Not Justify Dramatic Increase In Drilling, Gas Infrastructure Build Out PA Natural Gas Politicians Are Calling For [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence

-- Oil & Gas Industry And Their Politicians Are Pushing Hard To Hook Us To Volatile Foreign Energy Markets Where There Is No Limit On What They Can Charge You [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Have Philly Gasoline Prices Peaked? Are Retailers Gouging? [Think About It - There are no limits on what they can charge you.]

-- PA House Republicans Outline Agenda For Boosting PA Energy Production: Open Delaware River Watershed & State Forest Land For Drilling, Stop RGGI Carbon Reduction Program

-- 2 Republican Senators Lay Out Agenda For Deregulating Oil & Gas Industry, Power Plants In PA [PaEN]

-- Rep. Metcalfe: Wolf Pathetically Weak On Rejecting Russia, Traitorous Sellout Against Expanding Domestic Energy Production

-- PG Guest Essay: Ukraine Crisis Time To Pivot To Renewable Energy - PennFuture

-- York Dispatch Guest Essay: Clean Energy Transition Would Break Russia’s Geopolitical Hold - Citizens Climate Lobby

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Fracked Gas In Appalachia Won’t Help Ukraine, But Will Hurt Our Communities - Anais Peterson, Earthworks

-- PG - Ashley Murray & Anya Litvak: U.S. Lawmakers Say Russia-Ukraine Conflict Calls For More American Energy, But Ramp Up Could Be Complex

-- WESA: Protect PT Joins Plum Borough Council In Fight Against 2nd Drilling Wastewater Injection Well

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Controversial PECO Natural Gas Project Approved Near Homes In Delaware County

-- The Hill: Here’s Who Stands To Win From High Gasoline Prices [Spoiler - U.S. Shale Oil Producers Are #1]

-- WSJ: Why Are Gasoline Prices So High? Invasion Accelerates Rise In Already Climbing Prices

-- Bloomberg: Biden Wants U.S. Oil To Drill More, Here’s Why They’re Holding Back, U.S. Oil Production Remains Below Pre-Pandemic Levels

-- Financial Times: Oil Spike Crashes Houston’s Weeklong Energy Party At ‘Shocking Time’

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Policymakers Look To Provide Relief At The Gasoline Pump

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philly Gasoline Prices Move Up A Nickel, But Crude Oil Markets Pull Back

-- WHYY/AP - Susan Phillips: As Gasoline Prices Rise, Philadelphia Area Residents Rethink How They Work

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Are Spiking Across PA; Is It Price Gouging?

-- York Dispatch Editorial: American Drives Do Have Some Reasonable Options In Battle Against Higher Gasoline Prices - Ditch The Gas-Guzzlers

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Gasoline Tax Break Merited, No Assurance Savings Will Be Passed On To Driver [Because There Is No Limit To What Oil Companies Can Charge]

-- Washington Examiner - Salena Zito: An Energy Company Shows Students The Path To Prosperity [PA natural gas firm CNX]

-- National Fuel Gas Company Releases Inaugural Climate Report

-- AP: Biden Banning Russian Oil Imports, Warns Of ‘Costs’

-- White House: Remarks By Biden Announcing Russian Oil Ban - “In the United States, 90 percent of onshore oil production takes place on land that isn’t owned by the federal government. And of the remaining 10 percent that occurs on federal land, the oil and gas industry has millions of acres leased. They have 9,000 permits to drill now. They could be drilling right now, yesterday, last week, last year. They have 9,000 to drill onshore that are already approved.” [40% of unconventional gas drilling permits issued by DEP in Pennsylvania haven’t been used.]

-- AP: Explainer: What Does A U.S. Ban On Russian Oil Accomplish?

-- Financial Times: What Does Banning Russian Oil Mean For Global Energy Markets?

-- Financial Times: Biden Administration Ratchets Up Pressure On U.S. Shale Producers To Increase Supply To Tame Oil Prices

-- Reuters: OPEC Meets With U.S. Shale Executives As Oil Prices Skyrocket

"Market dynamics, not overzealous regulations, have imprisoned the industry. That hasn’t stopped lobbyists from pretending otherwise.”

“Energy independence was not an awful goal. But true independence cannot be achieved by the market alone.

“The U.S. ensures that its food supply, timberlands, and water quality are not administered solely by the market.

“That same philosophy can apply to two of its most important natural resources: its fossil fuels and its climate.

“The first goal can be achieved through more aggressive management of the industry; the second, by a phaseout of fossil fuels altogether.

“Only through such stewardship can the United States secure the true dividends of prosperity and freedom.”

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Exporters Emerge As Big Winners Of Europe Natural Gas Crisis; Price For LNG 10 Times Its Value A Year Ago

-- Reuters: U.S. Push To Export LNG Amid Ukraine Crisis Slowed By Climate Concerns, Sources Say