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

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Governor's Adult, Youth Advisory Councils For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Urge Lawmakers To Support Growing Greener III Environmental Funding [PaEN]

-- Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: Call To Action - Advocate For Growing Greener III Funding

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: How To Fund Public Parks And Wild Places In PA [Growing Greener III Funding] - By Suzanne Biemiller, Audubon Mid-Atlantic

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: It’s Time For Historic Investments In PA Parks, Trails, Forests, Clean Water - By Steve Stroman

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Most UNwanted List: Lookout For Bad Environmental, Energy Provisions During Final Budget Week [PaEN]

-- Who’s Protecting Taxpayers? House Republicans Pass Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- New General Assembly-Mandated General Permit Allows Unconventional Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facilities To ‘Pop-Up’ Within 300 Feet Of You Without Notice [PaEN]

-- House Republicans Pass Bill Giving IRRC Veto Over Final Regulations; Stacking The IRRC [PaEN]

-- House Republicans Move Bill Conflicting With Federal Stormwater Requirements, Could Cost PA $7 Million In Federal Funding [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Need Smart Policy To Bring Down Inflation, Reduce Energy Costs - House Republican Leader [Refers To Energy Bills That Only Pretend To Increase Natural Gas Supplies, Do Not Address Gasoline/Diesel. Read Them]

-- PA Capital-Star: House Democrats Pitch Bills To Take On Price-Fixing, Price-Gouging At Gasoline Pump

-- PennLive: PA Senate Democrats Demand Republicans Pass Gasoline Tax Holiday: ‘It’s time To Free The Funds’

-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Push Gasoline Tax Holiday, Strengthening State Price Gouging Laws To Help Alleviate Impact Of Inflation

-- PennLive Guest Essay: End Corporate Greed And Price Gouging To Protect The People - PA House Democrats

-- Fox Business: Why Restarting Pennsylvania’s Oil Production Is Dr. Oz’s ‘Top Priority’ [Note: PA Oil Production Has Always Been Small, Is For Lubrication Products, Not Gasoline/Diesel, No Limits On Drilling In Allegheny National Forest; Shouldn’t He Know PA By Now?]

-- Energy Wire: PA Governor’s Race Portends Energy Future In Fossil-Fuel Heavy PA

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: The Planet’s Alarm Clock Is Blaring But PA Politicians Hit The Snooze Button

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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-- 79 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]

Take Action Now!

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Tell Your Legislator NOW To Set Aside $500 Million From Federal American Rescue Funds To Support Local Environmental, State Park & Forest Projects

-- Governor's Adult, Youth Advisory Councils For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Urge Lawmakers To Support Growing Greener III Environmental Funding [PaEN]

-- Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: Call To Action - Advocate For Growing Greener III Funding

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: How To Fund Public Parks And Wild Places In PA [Growing Greener III Funding]

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: It’s Time For Historic Investments In PA Parks, Trails, Forests, Clean Water - By Steve Stroman

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- Erie Times: PA Has $10 Billion Burning A Hole In Its Pocket, Should It Be Spent Now, And If So, How? [Growing Greener III Included]

-- Independent Fiscal Office: FY 2021-22 Revenue $48.15 Billion, $6.24 Billion Above Estimates; FY 2022-23 Revenue $42.32 Billion

-- 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July In Somerset County [PaEN]

Air

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 21 In Pittsburgh, Indiana County Areas

-- DEP Issues Air Quality Action Day For Saturday, June 25 In Southeast PA, Lehigh Valley, Southwest PA, Mercer County, Susquehanna Valley

-- Reuters: U.S. Weighs Lifting Summer Smog Rules To Lower Gasoline Prices

-- WSJ: Cost Of Ethanol Gasoline Additive Outpaces Crude Oil This Quarter

-- Reuters: New Research Reveals U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Have Not Improved

Alternative Fuels

-- Post-Gazette: PennDOT Survey Seeks Input On Location Of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- WSJ: Cost Of Ethanol Gasoline Additive Outpaces Crude Oil This Quarter

Awards & Recognition

-- DCNR Celebrates 2022 Ranger Trainee Graduates At Gifford Pinchot State Park - Thought About Being A Ranger? [PaEN]

-- PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Elected President Of Mid-Atlantic Conference Of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Wilds Center Announces 2022 Champions Of The PA Wilds Award Winners

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Releases 2021 Annual Accomplishments Report

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Glass Recycling Program Collects 420 Tons So Far This Year, Shattering Record [PaEN]

-- Summer Opens New Opportunities To Participate In PRC’s Lens On Litter Photo Contest, Win Up To $500! [PaEN]

-- The Valley Advantage: 5 Questions With KPB Litter Hawk Youth Winner Amber Drozdis

-- Reading Eagle: It’s 15th Anniversary Of First Nesting Of Peregrine Falcons In Downtown Reading

-- Post-Gazette - Good Things: Nominate Remarkable Trees In Pittsburgh; International Canoeing Championships

-- Courier Times: Bristol’s 338-Year-Old Tree Dying On Radcliffe Street? Not On Lou’s Watch

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- PennLive: Now’s The Time Of Year To Try This New Spotted Lanternfly Trap

-- June 20-26- Pollinator Partnership Celebrates Pollinator Week [Check For Events Near You]

-- University Of Pittsburgh - Pitt Sustainability - Pollinator Week 2022 Events

-- Erie Times: ‘Meadow Areas Provide Critical Habitat’: That’s Why Brown’s Farm Meadow Is Being Restored At Asbury Woods Environmental Center

-- Penn State Extension: National Pollinator Week Celebration June 25 Burnside Plantation Tour, Bethlehem, PA

-- PennLive: Giant Foods Replaces Tens Of Thousands Of Solen Honeybee From Solar Energy Farm

-- Altoona Mirror: Mountain Laurel, State Flower, Blooming Across Pennsylvania

-- TribLive: Goats Being Used To Clear Brush, Noxious Plants At Firemen’s Memorial Park In Aspinwall

-- AP: New Control Measure For Invasive Carp - Eat Them

-- The Guardian: Montreal To Host UN Convention On Biological Diversity In December

-- Financial Times: Push To Halt Biodiversity Loss With Legally Binding EU Targets

-- Bloomberg Green: Biodiversity Loss May Push Developing World Closer To Default

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Tell Your Legislator NOW To Set Aside $500 Million From Federal American Rescue Funds To Support Local Environmental, State Park & Forest Projects

-- Governor's Adult, Youth Advisory Councils For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Urge Lawmakers To Support Growing Greener III Environmental Funding [PaEN]

-- Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: Call To Action - Advocate For Growing Greener III Funding

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: How To Fund Public Parks And Wild Places In PA [Growing Greener III Funding]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Nonprofits Seek American Rescue Plan Funding In Luzerne

-- Erie Times: PA Has $10 Billion Burning A Hole In Its Pocket, Should It Be Spent Now, And If So, How? [Growing Greener III Included]

-- $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 Infrastructure Law

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Blog: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Unlocks Decarbonization Playbook - By Tyler Sing

Budget

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Governor's Adult, Youth Advisory Councils For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Urge Lawmakers To Support Growing Greener III Environmental Funding [PaEN]

-- Bicycle Coalition Of Greater Philadelphia: Call To Action - Advocate For Growing Greener III Funding

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: How To Fund Public Parks And Wild Places In PA [Growing Greener III Funding]

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: It’s Time For Historic Investments In PA Parks, Trails, Forests, Clean Water - By Steve Stroman

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Erie Times: PA Has $10 Billion Burning A Hole In Its Pocket, Should It Be Spent Now, And If So, How? [Growing Greener III Included]

-- Independent Fiscal Office: FY 2021-22 Revenue $48.15 Billion, $6.24 Billion Above Estimates; FY 2022-23 Revenue $42.32 Billion

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: State’s Natural Gas Drilling Impact Fee Rises Sharply With Production Increases [Correction To Story: Fee Has Nothing To Do With The Amount Of Gas Produced, It’s A Per Well Fee ]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Up To $24.3 Million Growth In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Collected In 2023; Lowest Ever Effective Tax Rate Of 0.6% [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Political Dance Between Pitt And Legislature On Funding Heads Down To The Wire - Environmental Law Clinic, Other Issues

Chesapeake Bay

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: 50 Years Later: Killer Storm Hurricane Agnes Continues To Haunt Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Jeremy Cox

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Citizen Action

-- Who’s Protecting Taxpayers? House Republicans Pass Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]

-- New Muhlenberg Poll Finds 77% Of Pennsylvanians Believe Climate Change Is A Serious Problem; 55% Believe Human Actions Are To Blame [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Poll: 75% Of Pennsylvanians Accept Evidence Of Climate Change

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: We Live Near Site Of Philly Refinery Fire, 3 Years Later We’re Still Worried

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Doc Fritchey Chapter TU Setting The Pace In Restoring PA Coldwater Resources In Central PA [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Saving Land In Landenberg, Chester County To Protect Drinking Water [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s New Anti-Violence Plan Funds Policing, Youth Safe Havens And Environmental Improvements

-- DEP To Hold June 28 Public Meeting On Noncoal Surface Mining Permit In Westmoreland County

-- PA Resources Council: Glass Recycling Program Collects 420 Tons So Far This Year, Shattering Record [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Summer - Building A Pennsylvania Where Nothing Is Wasted

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Releases 2021 Annual Accomplishments Report

-- PennLive: Now’s The Time Of Year To Try This New Spotted Lanternfly Trap

-- Summer Opens New Opportunities To Participate In PRC’s Lens On Litter Photo Contest, Win Up To $500! [PaEN]

Climate

-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]

-- Energy Wire: PA Governor’s Race Portends Energy Future In Fossil-Fuel Heavy PA

-- New Muhlenberg Poll Finds 77% Of Pennsylvanians Believe Climate Change Is A Serious Problem; 55% Believe Human Actions Are To Blame [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Poll: 75% Of Pennsylvanians Accept Evidence Of Climate Change

-- WHYY: Northeast Philly Airport Could Go Solar

-- Scranton Times: Scott Twp. Supervisors Table Solar Farm Request

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Be Developed Into A Solar Energy Farm In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3632)

-- AP: PA, East Coast Governors Team Up With Biden For Offshore Wind Power

-- Warren Times Editorial: Biden Solar Plan Is Step Back For U.S.

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: The Planet’s Alarm Clock Is Blaring But PA Politicians Hit The Snooze Button

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Montauk Renewables Joining Russell 3000

-- PJM Capacity Auction Secures Electricity Supplies; Solar Increased 25%; More Carbon-Free Resources At Competitive Prices [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Auction Prices Fall 32% With More Nuclear, Solar Capacity Clearing

-- Bloomberg: Payouts Fall On PJM Power Grid In Win For Nukes, Solar, Blow To Coal

-- SWPA EE Roundtable, PA Solar Center Host July 28 Workshop In Pittsburgh On How Businesses Use Solar Energy To Make Them Less Vulnerable To Energy Cost Spikes [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PennDOT Survey Seeks Input On Location Of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- U.S. Govt. Accountability Office: Critical Mineral Shortages Could Disrupt Global Supply Chains [PA Senate Tabled Resolution To Study Critical Mineral Industries Potential In PA ]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute, A-Z Impacts Of Plastic July 7 Webinar Understanding the Impacts of the Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub Proposed for the Ohio River Valley. 7:00 p.m.

-- FracTracker Alliance: Does Hydrogen Have A Role In Our Energy Future

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel In Partnership To Potentially Decarbonize… Gary Works Plant

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Plan For Green Hydrogen Plant In Lancaster County Nexed, Plug Power Officials Confirm

-- Bloomberg Green: Big Oil Bets Green Hydrogen Is Future Of Energy

-- AP: Nuclear Power Industry Hopes To Expand Output With New Reactors

-- Reuters: New Research Reveals U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Have Not Improved

-- The Guardian: California’s Largest Reservoirs At Critically Low Levels Signaling A Dry Summer Ahead

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What Shale Gas Pros, Foes Are Saying About SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Cement Carbon Dioxide Emissions Quietly Double In 20 Years

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Blog: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Unlocks Decarbonization Playbook - By Tyler Sing

-- International Energy Agency: Record Global Clean Energy Spending Grows By 8% In 2022; Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Still Far From Sufficient To Tackle Energy, Climate Crises

-- Financial Times: EU Warns Against Fossil Fuel ‘Backsliding’ As Coal Replaces Russian Natural Gas

-- Financial Times: Global CEOs Urge G7 Leaders To Step Up Climate Action

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: How To Fix The World’s Energy Emergency Without Wrecking The Environment - Safe Supply v. Safe Climate

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: Electrifying Everything Does Not Solve The Climate Crisis, But It Is A Great Start

Compliance Action

-- DEP Took Action On 691 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines: Conducted 1,257 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

DCNR

-- DCNR Celebrates 2022 Ranger Trainee Graduates At Gifford Pinchot State Park - Thought About Being A Ranger? [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Centre Daily Time - Mark Nale: Afield: Keeping Pennsylvania’s State Parks Free Benefits Residents, Visitors

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: How Pine Creek Survived Its Extraction Past To Become A Top Outdoors Draw

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Bounces Back After 2019-20 Flooding Fueled By High Lake Levels

-- Erie Times: New Houseboat Arrives At Horseshoe Pond In Presque Isle State Park

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Cook Forest State Park Named One Of The Best Places To Camp In U.S.

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle State Park A Natural Wonder, It’s Paddler-Friendly Lagoons Are Engineered

-- Feature - 27th Annual Delaware River Sojourn Highlighted Unique Geology Of Delaware River Basin - By Chris Mele for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study Finds Tourism Activity Collapse During COVID Benefited Rural Hospitality Employment [PaEN]

-- MCall Guest Essay: Morning Call Editor With ALS - I Have Journeyed To The Mountains To Die

DEP

-- Who’s Protecting Taxpayers? House Republicans Pass Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- New General Assembly-Mandated General Permit Allows Unconventional Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facilities To ‘Pop-Up’ Within 300 Feet Of You Without Notice [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- House Republicans Pass Bill Giving IRRC Veto Over Final Regulations; Stacking The IRRC [PaEN]

-- House Republicans Move Bill Conflicting With Federal Stormwater Requirements, Could Cost PA $7 Million In Federal Funding [PaEN]

-- KDKA: Drilling Company Wants To Withdraw 1.5 Million Gallons Of Water Daily From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County

-- DEP To Hold June 28 Public Meeting On Noncoal Surface Mining Permit In Westmoreland County

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Be Developed Into A Solar Energy Farm In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3632)

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Susquehanna, Wayne Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3631)

-- DEP Took Action On 691 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines: Conducted 1,257 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 40 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Feature - 27th Annual Delaware River Sojourn Highlighted Unique Geology Of Delaware River Basin - By Chris Mele for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- WHYY: 6 Don’t Miss Stops Along The Delaware River Trails, One Of Philly’s Best New Outdoor Spaces

-- WHYY: Sculptural Fountain At Philly’s Cherry Street Pier Is A 16 Inch Glass Bed Of Living Freshwater Mussels That Cleans Delaware River Water

-- Delaware Currents: Lackawaxen River Basin Earns Top Scores For Water Quality

-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 24 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Feature - 27th Annual Delaware River Sojourn Highlighted Unique Geology Of Delaware River Basin - By Chris Mele for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- Courier Times: Could Bucks, Montgomery Communities Be Model Towns For Others After New EPA PFAS Guidelines?

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: 60 Years Ago, Pittsburgh’s Rachel Carson Was More Right Than She Knew - By Jack Doyle, Historian [PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals]

--WHYY: Large Water Main Break Floods Streets In North Philly Leaving Damaged Homes In Its Wake

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]

Drought

-- The Guardian: California’s Largest Reservoirs At Critically Low Levels Signaling A Dry Summer Ahead

Economic Development

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Centre Daily Time - Mark Nale: Afield: Keeping Pennsylvania’s State Parks Free Benefits Residents, Visitors

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: How Pine Creek Survived Its Extraction Past To Become A Top Outdoors Draw

-- DEP Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Programs Can Help Your Business Respond To Rising Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- Get Help Reducing Your Rising Energy Costs In A Spiking Energy Market From PennTAP, Free Energy Assessments, More [PaEN]

-- PA Small Business Development Centers EMAP Program Provides Free Energy Efficiency Assessment To Help Businesses Reduce Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- FOX29: Penn-America Energy Plans LNG Natural Gas Facility Between South Philadelphia, Marcus Hook

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Wilds Center Announces 2022 Champions Of The PA Wilds Award Winners

-- Centre Daily Times: People Flocking To Bellefonte From Thousands Of Miles Away For New Remote Worker Program

-- Penn State Study Finds Tourism Activity Collapse During COVID Benefited Rural Hospitality Employment [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Maple Syrup Production Lags Again During Year That Set National Record

-- PennTAP Hosts July 21 Webinar On Financing Energy Improvements To Increase Efficiency, Save Money As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- U.S. Govt. Accountability Office: Critical Mineral Shortages Could Disrupt Global Supply Chains [PA Senate Tabled Resolution To Study Critical Mineral Industries Potential In PA ]

-- WSJ: Solar-Power Developers Pledge To Buy U.S. Panels - If Someone Makes Them

Education

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Centre Daily Time - Mark Nale: Afield: Keeping Pennsylvania’s State Parks Free Benefits Residents, Visitors

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: How Pine Creek Survived Its Extraction Past To Become A Top Outdoors Draw

-- DEP Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Programs Can Help Your Business Respond To Rising Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- Get Help Reducing Your Rising Energy Costs In A Spiking Energy Market From PennTAP, Free Energy Assessments, More [PaEN]

-- PA Small Business Development Centers EMAP Program Provides Free Energy Efficiency Assessment To Help Businesses Reduce Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- PennTAP Hosts July 21 Webinar On Financing Energy Improvements To Increase Efficiency, Save Money As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- SWPA EE Roundtable, PA Solar Center Host July 28 Workshop In Pittsburgh On How Businesses Use Solar Energy To Make Them Less Vulnerable To Energy Cost Spikes [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Host July 27 Water Cooler Talk On Pesticides And Water Pollution [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Regional Mine Land Reforestation Conference Aug. 17-18 In West Virginia [PaEN]

-- PUC Stresses Ways To Stay Cool, Ways To Save Energy During Summer Heat

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Sculptural Fountain At Philly’s Cherry Street Pier Is A 16 Inch Glass Bed Of Living Freshwater Mussels That Cleans Delaware River Water

-- Scranton Times: Appreciate The Aquatic Critters In Upper Little Swatara Creek With ‘Porcupine Pat’

-- Williamsport Sun: Programs Planned For Children, Families At Little Pine And Hyner Run State Parks

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Diamonds To The Return Of Riverfest

-- TribLive: Murrysville Library Otter Program July 9 For Families, Children

-- Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Summer Camp, Educational Programs In Lehigh Valley

-- Williamsport Sun: Montgomery’s River Fest Draws Artists, Vendors, Community

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: By Turning Fairmount Water Works Into A Party Space, Philly Exemplifies The Worst Of Park Privatization

-- The Valley Advantage: 5 Questions With KPB Litter Hawk Youth Winner Amber Drozdis

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Trawling For Nurdles

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Allows Visitors Experience PA’s Conservation History

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Releases 2021 Annual Accomplishments Report

-- Erie Times: ‘Meadow Areas Provide Critical Habitat’: That’s Why Brown’s Farm Meadow Is Being Restored At Asbury Woods Environmental Center

-- June 20-26- Pollinator Partnership Celebrates Pollinator Week [Check For Events Near You]

-- University Of Pittsburgh - Pitt Sustainability - Pollinator Week 2022 Events

-- Penn State Extension: National Pollinator Week Celebration June 25 Burnside Plantation Tour, Bethlehem, PA

-- PennLive: Giant Foods Replaces Tens Of Thousands Of Solen Honeybee From Solar Energy Farm

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Fathers Could Take Lesson From Roles In Nature

-- Altoona Mirror: Mountain Laurel, State Flower, Blooming Across Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette - Good Things: Nominate Remarkable Trees In Pittsburgh; International Canoeing Championships

-- Reading Eagle: It’s 15th Anniversary Of First Nesting Of Peregrine Falcons In Downtown Reading

-- PennLive: Now’s The Time Of Year To Try This New Spotted Lanternfly Trap

-- MCall: Schuylkill County Woman Treated For Rabies After Being Bitten By Kitten That Tested Positive

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Reports 48 Cases Of Rabies In PA Since March

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: How To Fix The World’s Energy Emergency Without Wrecking The Environment - Safe Supply v. Safe Climate

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: Electrifying Everything Does Not Solve The Climate Crisis, But It Is A Great Start

Emergency Response

-- TribLive: Western PA Residents Continue Cleanup After Storms, Some Still Without Power

6th Oil/Natural Gas Price Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Gas Customers Get Hit With ‘Outrageous’ Natural Gas Bills Three Times Last Year’s Due To ‘Weather Normalization Adjustment’

-- TribLive: PA Average Gasoline Price Dips Below $5

-- PA Capital-Star: House Democrats Pitch Bills To Take On Price-Fixing, Price-Gouging At Gasoline Pump

-- PennLive: PA Senate Democrats Demand Republicans Pass Gasoline Tax Holiday: ‘It’s time To Free The Funds’

-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Push Gasoline Tax Holiday, Strengthening State Price Gouging Laws To Help Alleviate Impact Of Inflation

-- PennLive Guest Essay: End Corporate Greed And Price Gouging To Protect The People - PA House Democrats

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Suspend Gasoline Tax If… The $1 Billion Lost Can Be Covered

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Diesel Fuel Outages, High Prices Could Direct Affect Farm Harvests; Lawmakers Discuss Options

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Lower Burrell Service Station To Offer Gasoline For $2.38/Gallon For 2 Hours

-- WPost: Refineries Are Making A Windfall, Why Do They Keep Closing? [Philly Refinery Explosion]

-- Reuters: Explainer: Why Is There A Worldwide Oil Refining Crunch?

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Southwestern Energy Plans $1 Billion Share Repurchase Giving Money Back To Investors [Part Of International Trend To Reward Investors First]

-- Chesapeake Energy Doubles Stock Buyback To $2 Billion [Rewarding Investors First Is Part Of International Trend]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: America Can Achieve Energy Independence By Unleashing Oil, Natural Gas Production - By Dauphin County Commissioner Chad Saylor [And Make U.S. More Vulnerable To Energy Cost Spikes]

-- FOX29: Penn-America Energy Plans LNG Natural Gas Facility Between South Philadelphia, Marcus Hook

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Gas Customers Get Hit With ‘Outrageous’ Natural Gas Bills Three Times Last Year’s Due To ‘Weather Normalization Adjustment’

-- University Of Pennsylvania Regulatory Review Guest Essay: Drilling Approvals Are Not The Reason For High Oil Prices

National/International

-- OilPrice.com: Why Are Refiners In The U.S. Still Exporting Gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel; Exports Up 32%

-- MarketWatch: Oil Industry Describes Emergency Meeting With Biden Administration As ‘Constructive’

-- U.S. DOE Readout On Meeting With Domestic Oil Refiners

-- WPost: Why Gasoline Is So Expensive In Some U.S. States, But Not Others

-- WSJ: Cost Of Ethanol Gasoline Additive Outpaces Crude Oil This Quarter

-- Reuters: U.S. Weighs Lifting Summer Smog Rules To Lower Gasoline Prices

-- Bloomberg: One-Third Of China’s Oil Refining Capacity Idle Even As Prices Soar

-- Reuters: Explainer: Why Is There A Worldwide Oil Refining Crunch?

-- AP: How Much For Gasoline? Around The World, Pain Is Felt At The Pump

-- Reuters: Oil Slumps By Around $5 As Biden Calls For 3 Month Fuel Tax Holiday

-- AP: Biden To Call For 3-Month Suspension Of Federal Gasoline, Diesel Taxes

-- Reuters: Crude Oil Settles Up But Posts Weekly Declined On Recession Fears

-- Inquirer Editorial: Don’t Blame Biden For Higher Gasoline Prices

-- Washington Examiner: Did Russian Hackers Blow Up Texas LNG Terminal Facility? [U.S. Cyber Officials Issued Another Warning In April On The Vulnerability Of Natural Gas Facilities To Cyber Attacks ]

-- Reuters: Texas Repeatedly Raises Air Pollution Limits For Cheniere LNG Natural Gas Terminal

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Posts 2nd Weekly Gain On Russia Supply Squeeze

-- Reuters: Factbox: Europe Takes Action In Case Russian Natural Gas Supply Stops

-- Reuters: German Natural Gas Storage Triggers More Severe Warning, Russia Accused Of Economic Attack

-- WPost: Germany Steps Up Measures To Conserve Natural Gas As Russia Slows Supply To Europe

-- Bloomberg: Europe Power Soars To 6-Month High On Germany Natural Gas Supply Alert

-- Bloomberg: Austria Returns To Coal Era In Hedge Against Russian Power Play

-- The Guardian: Fossil Fuel Firms ‘Have Humanity By The Throat’, Says UN Head

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Rises Again As Supply Crisis Spreads Across Region

-- Financial Times: International Energy Agency Warns Europe To Prepare For Total Shutdown Of Russian Natural Gas Exports

-- Financial Times Editorial: Russia’s Natural Gas Squeeze - A Moment Of Truth For Europe

-- International Energy Agency: Record Global Clean Energy Spending Grows By 8% In 2022; Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Still Far From Sufficient To Tackle Energy, Climate Crises

-- Financial Times: EU Warns Against Fossil Fuel ‘Backsliding’ As Coal Replaces Russian Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg: Germany Pushes For G-7 Reversal On Fossil Fuels In Climate Blow

Energy

-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]

-- Energy Wire: PA Governor’s Race Portends Energy Future In Fossil-Fuel Heavy PA

-- New Muhlenberg Poll Finds 77% Of Pennsylvanians Believe Climate Change Is A Serious Problem; 55% Believe Human Actions Are To Blame [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Poll: 75% Of Pennsylvanians Accept Evidence Of Climate Change

-- DEP Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Programs Can Help Your Business Respond To Rising Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- Get Help Reducing Your Rising Energy Costs In A Spiking Energy Market From PennTAP, Free Energy Assessments, More [PaEN]

-- PA Small Business Development Centers EMAP Program Provides Free Energy Efficiency Assessment To Help Businesses Reduce Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- PJM Capacity Auction Secures Electricity Supplies; Solar Increased 25%; More Carbon-Free Resources At Competitive Prices [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Auction Prices Fall 32% With More Nuclear, Solar Capacity Clearing

-- Bloomberg: Payouts Fall On PJM Power Grid In Win For Nukes, Solar, Blow To Coal

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Be Developed Into A Solar Energy Farm In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3632)

-- WHYY: Northeast Philly Airport Could Go Solar

-- Scranton Times: Scott Twp. Supervisors Table Solar Farm Request

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Montauk Renewables Joining Russell 3000

-- Warren Times Editorial: Biden Solar Plan Is Step Back For U.S.

-- PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Elected President Of Mid-Atlantic Conference Of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners [PaEN]

-- PennTAP Hosts July 21 Webinar On Financing Energy Improvements To Increase Efficiency, Save Money As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- SWPA EE Roundtable, PA Solar Center Host July 28 Workshop In Pittsburgh On How Businesses Use Solar Energy To Make Them Less Vulnerable To Energy Cost Spikes [PaEN]

-- FOX29: Penn-America Energy Plans LNG Natural Gas Facility Between South Philadelphia, Marcus Hook

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Gas Customers Get Hit With ‘Outrageous’ Natural Gas Bills Three Times Last Year’s Due To ‘Weather Normalization Adjustment’

-- Warren Times: Warren City Council Asks Planning Commission To Look Into Oil & Gas Development In City Preservation Zones

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: We’re Still Tilting At Windmills, We Should Be Using The Oil Under Our Feet

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Blog: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Unlocks Decarbonization Playbook - By Tyler Sing

-- U.S. Govt. Accountability Office: Critical Mineral Shortages Could Disrupt Global Supply Chains [PA Senate Tabled Resolution To Study Critical Mineral Industries Potential In PA ]

-- AP: PA, East Coast Governors Team Up With Biden For Offshore Wind Power

-- Ohio River Valley Institute, A-Z Impacts Of Plastic July 7 Webinar Understanding the Impacts of the Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub Proposed for the Ohio River Valley. 7:00 p.m.

-- FracTracker Alliance: Does Hydrogen Have A Role In Our Energy Future

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Plan For Green Hydrogen Plant In Lancaster County Nexed, Plug Power Officials Confirm

-- Bloomberg Green: Big Oil Bets Green Hydrogen Is Future Of Energy

-- AP: Nuclear Power Industry Hopes To Expand Output With New Reactors

-- International Energy Agency: Record Global Clean Energy Spending Grows By 8% In 2022; Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Still Far From Sufficient To Tackle Energy, Climate Crises

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: How To Fix The World’s Energy Emergency Without Wrecking The Environment - Safe Supply v. Safe Climate

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: Electrifying Everything Does Not Solve The Climate Crisis, But It Is A Great Start

Energy Conservation

-- DEP Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Programs Can Help Your Business Respond To Rising Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- Get Help Reducing Your Rising Energy Costs In A Spiking Energy Market From PennTAP, Free Energy Assessments, More [PaEN]

-- PA Small Business Development Centers EMAP Program Provides Free Energy Efficiency Assessment To Help Businesses Reduce Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- PennTAP Hosts July 21 Webinar On Financing Energy Improvements To Increase Efficiency, Save Money As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- PUC Stresses Ways To Stay Cool, Ways To Save Energy During Summer Heat

Environmental Health

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: We Live Near Site Of Philly Refinery Fire, 3 Years Later We’re Still Worried

-- Courier Times: Could Bucks, Montgomery Communities Be Model Towns For Others After New EPA PFAS Guidelines?

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: 60 Years Ago, Pittsburgh’s Rachel Carson Was More Right Than She Knew - By Jack Doyle, Historian [PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals]

-- Penn State Extension Host July 27 Water Cooler Talk On Pesticides And Water Pollution [PaEN]

-- MCall: Schuylkill County Woman Treated For Rabies After Being Bitten By Kitten That Tested Positive

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Reports 48 Cases Of Rabies In PA Since March

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Mosquito Found With West Nile Virus In Cumberland County

-- MCall Guest Essay: Morning Call Editor With ALS - I Have Journeyed To The Mountains To Die

Environmental Heritage

-- 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July In Somerset County [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Allows Visitors Experience PA’s Conservation History

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: 60 Years Ago, Pittsburgh’s Rachel Carson Was More Right Than She Knew - By Jack Doyle, Historian [PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals]

-- Inquirer: Hurricane Agnes Was Record-Setting Rainstorm In PA, 50 Years Later, The Memories, Anxieties Persist

-- Bay Journal: 50 Years Later: Killer Storm Hurricane Agnes Continues To Haunt Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Jeremy Cox

-- Citizens Voice: Hurricane Agnes Documentary Premiers: An Anniversary To Observe, Not Celebrate

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Hurricane Agnes Left Lots Of Marks On Harrisburg Area And Beyond

-- Altoona Mirror: Hurricane Agnes Battered Blair County 50 Years Ago

-- Citizens Voice: Hurricane Agnes Flood Devastated The Wyoming Valley 50 Years Ago Today

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wilkes University Launches Audio Walking Tour, Retrospective On Agnes

-- LancasterOnline: Tropical Storm Agnes Leaves Impact On Lancaster County 50 Years Later

-- WPost: Hurricane Agnes And The Susquehanna: How Devastation Inspired Mitigation

-- TribLive: 50 Years Ago, Hurricane Agnes Left Indelible Mark

-- Reading Eagle: 50 Years Later, Agnes Flood Still Worst On Record In Berks County

-- U.S. Geological Survey: 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane Agnes

-- Scranton Times Editorial: 50 Years Later, Hurricane Agnes Holds Lessons

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Agnes Documentary Captures The Spirit Of The Wyoming Valley

Environmental Justice

-- Appalachian Voices: Biden Administration Announces Programs Included In The Justice40 Initiative From 4 Agencies To Help Disadvantaged Communities [PaEN]

EPA

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- Courier Times: Could Bucks, Montgomery Communities Be Model Towns For Others After New EPA PFAS Guidelines?

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: 60 Years Ago, Pittsburgh’s Rachel Carson Was More Right Than She Knew - By Jack Doyle, Historian [PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals]

Farming

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Now’s The Time Of Year To Try This New Spotted Lanternfly Trap

Fish & Boat Commission

-- WLVR: Proposal To Raise Cost To Fish, Boat In PA Under Consideration

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Almost $90 Million Worth Of Lake Improvements Planned Across PA By Fish & Boat Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: National Fish Habitat Partnership Partners On Fish Habitat Work

-- AP: New Control Measure For Invasive Carp - Eat Them

Game Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s What Hunters Can Expect This Fall [Game Commission]

-- DCNR: Permits On Sale For Deer Management Assistance Program In State Forests, Parks

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

Flooding

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Hurricane Agnes Was Record-Setting Rainstorm In PA, 50 Years Later, The Memories, Anxieties Persist

-- Bay Journal: 50 Years Later: Killer Storm Hurricane Agnes Continues To Haunt Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Jeremy Cox

-- Altoona Mirror: Hurricane Agnes Battered Blair County 50 Years Ago

-- Citizens Voice: Hurricane Agnes Flood Devastated The Wyoming Valley 50 Years Ago Today

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wilkes University Launches Audio Walking Tour, Retrospective On Agnes

-- Citizens Voice: Hurricane Agnes Documentary Premiers: An Anniversary To Observe, Not Celebrate

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Hurricane Agnes Left Lots Of Marks On Harrisburg Area And Beyond

-- LancasterOnline: Tropical Storm Agnes Leaves Impact On Lancaster County 50 Years Later

-- WPost: Hurricane Agnes And The Susquehanna: How Devastation Inspired Mitigation

-- TribLive: 50 Years Ago, Hurricane Agnes Left Indelible Mark

-- Reading Eagle: 50 Years Later, Agnes Flood Still Worst On Record In Berks County

-- U.S. Geological Survey: 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane Agnes

-- Scranton Times Editorial: 50 Years Later, Hurricane Agnes Holds Lessons

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Agnes Documentary Captures The Spirit Of The Wyoming Valley

-- Reading Eagle: Blue Marsh Dam Provides Some Protection From Flooding In Berks County

--WHYY: Large Water Main Break Floods Streets In North Philly Leaving Damaged Homes In Its Wake

Forests

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates 2022 Ranger Trainee Graduates At Gifford Pinchot State Park - Thought About Being A Ranger? [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: People Flocking To Bellefonte From Thousands Of Miles Away For New Remote Worker Program

-- Appalachian Regional Mine Land Reforestation Conference Aug. 17-18 In West Virginia [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Mountain Laurel, State Flower, Blooming Across Pennsylvania

-- Courier Times: Bristol’s 338-Year-Old Tree Dying On Radcliffe Street? Not On Lou’s Watch

-- Post-Gazette - Good Things: Nominate Remarkable Trees In Pittsburgh; International Canoeing Championships

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Maple Syrup Production Lags Again During Year That Set National Record

-- PennLive: Now’s The Time Of Year To Try This New Spotted Lanternfly Trap

-- Penn State Forest Ecologist Marc Abrams Retires After 35 Years

Geology

-- New USGS PA Groundwater Quality Monitoring Data Tool Displays Monitoring Results On Interactive Map [PaEN]

-- U.S. Geological Survey: 50th Anniversary Of Hurricane Agnes

Grants/Funding

-- PennTAP Hosts July 21 Webinar On Financing Energy Improvements To Increase Efficiency, Save Money As Energy Markets Spike

Green Infrastructure

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: National Fish Habitat Partnership Partners On Fish Habitat Work

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Doc Fritchey Chapter TU Setting The Pace In Restoring PA Coldwater Resources In Central PA [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren City Council Asks Planning Commission To Look Into Oil & Gas Development In City Preservation Zones

Hazardous Substances

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: We Live Near Site Of Philly Refinery Fire, 3 Years Later We’re Still Worried

-- Courier Times: Could Bucks, Montgomery Communities Be Model Towns For Others After New EPA PFAS Guidelines?

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: 60 Years Ago, Pittsburgh’s Rachel Carson Was More Right Than She Knew - By Jack Doyle, Historian [PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals]

-- Penn State Extension Host July 27 Water Cooler Talk On Pesticides And Water Pollution [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Natural Lands Saving Land In Landenberg, Chester County To Protect Drinking Water [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Summer Camp, Educational Programs In Lehigh Valley

-- Warren Times: Warren City Council Asks Planning Commission To Look Into Oil & Gas Development In City Preservation Zones

Land Recycling

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: We Live Near Site Of Philly Refinery Fire, 3 Years Later We’re Still Worried

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- The Valley Advantage: 5 Questions With KPB Litter Hawk Youth Winner Amber Drozdis

-- Summer Opens New Opportunities To Participate In PRC’s Lens On Litter Photo Contest, Win Up To $500!

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Spring Collection Events Produce Big Numbers In Removing Unwanted Waste

-- Warren Times: Warren County Hosting Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event July 14

-- WHYY: Philly’s New Anti-Violence Plan Funds Policing, Youth Safe Havens And Environmental Improvements

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Trawling For Nurdles

-- Summer Opens New Opportunities To Participate In PRC’s Lens On Litter Photo Contest, Win Up To $500! [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Regional Mine Land Reforestation Conference Aug. 17-18 In West Virginia [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Acid Mine Water Discharge Found In Plains Twp., Luzerne County

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Be Developed Into A Solar Energy Farm In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3632)

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Susquehanna, Wayne Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3631)

-- U.S. Govt. Accountability Office: Critical Mineral Shortages Could Disrupt Global Supply Chains [PA Senate Tabled Resolution To Study Critical Mineral Industries Potential In PA ]

Noncoal Mining

-- DEP To Hold June 28 Public Meeting On Noncoal Surface Mining Permit In Westmoreland County

Oil & Gas

-- Who’s Protecting Taxpayers? House Republicans Pass Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- New General Assembly-Mandated General Permit Allows Unconventional Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facilities To ‘Pop-Up’ Within 300 Feet Of You Without Notice [PaEN]

-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren City Council Asks Planning Commission To Look Into Oil & Gas Development In City Preservation Zones

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Gas Customers Get Hit With ‘Outrageous’ Natural Gas Bills Three Times Last Year’s Due To ‘Weather Normalization Adjustment’

-- TribLive: PA Average Gasoline Price Dips Below $5

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Up To $24.3 Million Growth In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Collected In 2023; Lowest Ever Effective Tax Rate Of 0.6% [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Shale Gas Well Impact Fees Rise As Natural Gas Prices Surge; Effective Tax Rate Drops To 0.6%

-- StateImpactPA: Drilling Impact Fees From Drilling Rebounded In 2021 After Pandemic Slowdown

-- PJM Capacity Auction Secures Electricity Supplies; Solar Increased 25%; More Carbon-Free Resources At Competitive Prices [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Southwestern Energy Plans $1 Billion Share Repurchase Giving Money Back To Investors [Part Of International Trend To Reward Investors First]

-- Chesapeake Energy Doubles Stock Buyback To $2 Billion [Rewarding Investors First Is Part Of International Trend]

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Posts 2nd Weekly Gain On Russia Supply Squeeze

-- Reuters: Crude Oil Settles Up But Posts Weekly Declined On Recession Fears

-- KDKA: Drilling Company Wants To Withdraw 1.5 Million Gallons Of Water Daily From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County

-- FOX29: Penn-America Energy Plans LNG Natural Gas Facility Between South Philadelphia, Marcus Hook

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Allegheny County Executive Defends 2014 Natural Gas Drilling At County Park

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Columbia Gas Faces Yet Another Settlement, As Its Push To Higher Pressure Lines Sets Off Explosions

-- PA Capital-Star: House Democrats Pitch Bills To Take On Price-Fixing, Price-Gouging At Gasoline Pump

-- PennLive: PA Senate Democrats Demand Republicans Pass Gasoline Tax Holiday: ‘It’s time To Free The Funds’

-- Post-Gazette: PA Democrats Push Gasoline Tax Holiday, Strengthening State Price Gouging Laws To Help Alleviate Impact Of Inflation

-- PennLive Guest Essay: End Corporate Greed And Price Gouging To Protect The People - PA House Democrats

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Suspend Gasoline Tax If… The $1 Billion Lost Can Be Covered

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Lower Burrell Service Station To Offer Gasoline For $2.38/Gallon For 2 Hours

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Diesel Fuel Outages, High Prices Could Direct Affect Farm Harvests; Lawmakers Discuss Options

-- University Of Pennsylvania Regulatory Review Guest Essay: Drilling Approvals Are Not The Reason For High Oil Prices

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: We’re Still Tilting At Windmills, We Should Be Using The Oil Under Our Feet

-- EQT Natural Gas Releases 2021 Environmental, Social And Governance Report

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shows Progress Toward Net-Zero Goals

-- MarketWatch: Oil Industry Describes Emergency Meeting With Biden Administration As ‘Constructive’

-- U.S. DOE Readout On Meeting With Domestic Oil Refiners

-- Bloomberg: World’s Dirtiest Oil And Gas Fields Are In Texas, Russia And Turkmenistan

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What Shale Gas Pros, Foes Are Saying About SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule

-- Ohio River Valley Institute, A-Z Impacts Of Plastic July 7 Webinar Understanding the Impacts of the Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub Proposed for the Ohio River Valley. 7:00 p.m.

-- FracTracker Alliance: Does Hydrogen Have A Role In Our Energy Future

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Plan For Green Hydrogen Plant In Lancaster County Nexed, Plug Power Officials Confirm

-- Bloomberg Green: Big Oil Bets Green Hydrogen Is Future Of Energy

-- International Energy Agency: Record Global Clean Energy Spending Grows By 8% In 2022; Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Still Far From Sufficient To Tackle Energy, Climate Crises

Pipelines

-- Reuters: New Research Reveals U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks Have Not Improved

Permitting

-- New General Assembly-Mandated General Permit Allows Unconventional Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facilities To ‘Pop-Up’ Within 300 Feet Of You Without Notice [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold June 28 Public Meeting On Noncoal Surface Mining Permit In Westmoreland County

-- DEP Took Action On 691 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines: Conducted 1,257 Inspections; Responded To 3 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 40 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP To Hold June 28 Public Meeting On Noncoal Surface Mining Permit In Westmoreland County

-- DEP Posts 40 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC Chair Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Elected President Of Mid-Atlantic Conference Of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Up To $24.3 Million Growth In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Collected In 2023; Lowest Ever Effective Tax Rate Of 0.6% [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Shale Gas Well Impact Fees Rise As Natural Gas Prices Surge; Effective Tax Rate Drops To 0.6%

-- StateImpactPA: Drilling Impact Fees From Drilling Rebounded In 2021 After Pandemic Slowdown

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Columbia Gas Faces Yet Another Settlement, As Its Push To Higher Pressure Lines Sets Off Explosions

-- PUC Stresses Ways To Stay Cool, Ways To Save Energy During Summer Heat

-- PJM Capacity Auction Secures Electricity Supplies; Solar Increased 25%; More Carbon-Free Resources At Competitive Prices [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Auction Prices Fall 32% With More Nuclear, Solar Capacity Clearing

-- Bloomberg: Payouts Fall On PJM Power Grid In Win For Nukes, Solar, Blow To Coal

Radiation Protection

-- PJM Capacity Auction Secures Electricity Supplies; Solar Increased 25%; More Carbon-Free Resources At Competitive Prices [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Auction Prices Fall 32% With More Nuclear, Solar Capacity Clearing

-- Bloomberg: Payouts Fall On PJM Power Grid In Win For Nukes, Solar, Blow To Coal

-- AP: Nuclear Power Industry Hopes To Expand Output With New Reactors

Recreation

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Families Priced Out Of Making Vacation Memories [But PA State Parks Are There, Free, Close To Home For Recreation]

-- Centre Daily Time - Mark Nale: Afield: Keeping Pennsylvania’s State Parks Free Benefits Residents, Visitors

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: How Pine Creek Survived Its Extraction Past To Become A Top Outdoors Draw

-- DCNR Celebrates 2022 Ranger Trainee Graduates At Gifford Pinchot State Park - Thought About Being A Ranger? [PaEN]

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Releases 2021 Annual Accomplishments Report

-- Centre Daily Times: People Flocking To Bellefonte From Thousands Of Miles Away For New Remote Worker Program

-- Feature - 27th Annual Delaware River Sojourn Highlighted Unique Geology Of Delaware River Basin - By Chris Mele for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- WHYY: 6 Don’t Miss Stops Along The Delaware River Trails, One Of Philly’s Best New Outdoor Spaces

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Cook Forest State Park Named One Of The Best Places To Camp In U.S.

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle State Park A Natural Wonder, It’s Paddler-Friendly Lagoons Are Engineered

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Bounces Back After 2019-20 Flooding Fueled By High Lake Levels

-- Erie Times: New Houseboat Arrives At Horseshoe Pond In Presque Isle State Park

-- Penn State Study Finds Tourism Activity Collapse During COVID Benefited Rural Hospitality Employment [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Mountain Laurel, State Flower, Blooming Across Pennsylvania

-- ExploreClarion.com: The Endless Mountains Adventure Race Is Underway

-- Reading Eagle: Schuylkill River Sojourn Is A Time For Bonding

-- NextPittsburgh: Cool Off At These Free Pittsburgh Spray Parks And Fountains

-- Scranton Times: Fitness Equipment Installed At South Abington Park

-- Scranton Times: Talking About Walking - Walkability Study For Scranton

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: $332,000 Olmsted Commons Park Planned For Vandergift’s Historic District

-- DCED Highlights Bull Run Greenway Restoration Project At Hufnagle Park In Union County

-- WHYY: Philly Parks Drew Visitors From 6 Countries During International Recreation Conference

-- MCall Guest Essay: Morning Call Editor With ALS - I Have Journeyed To The Mountains To Die

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Almost $90 Million Worth Of Lake Improvements Planned Across PA By Fish & Boat Commission

-- Scranton Times: Community Building At Nay Aug Park Undergoes Expansion

-- Scranton Times: Taylor Park Due For Major Upgrade

-- Citizens Voice: Coal Street Park Renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Park

-- TribLive: Fountain Street Overlook To Open With A Scenic View Of Pittsburgh

-- MCall Guest Essay: Morning Call Editor With ALS - I Have Journeyed To The Mountains To Die

Recycling/Waste

-- New General Assembly-Mandated General Permit Allows Unconventional Oil & Gas Liquid Waste Processing Facilities To ‘Pop-Up’ Within 300 Feet Of You Without Notice [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Spring Collection Events Produce Big Numbers In Removing Unwanted Waste

-- PA Resources Council: Glass Recycling Program Collects 420 Tons So Far This Year, Shattering Record [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Summer - Building A Pennsylvania Where Nothing Is Wasted

-- Warren Times: Warren County Hosting Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event July 14

-- WHYY: Easttown Twp. Bans Plastic Bags, As Advocates Push To Eliminate Styrofoam Across The Philly ‘Burbs

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Looking To Give 2nd Life To Old Electronic Devices Thru New Partnership

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Council Approves Partnership To Hire Formerly Incarcerated People, Refurbish Old Electronic Devices

-- WHYY: Philly’s New Anti-Violence Plan Funds Policing, Youth Safe Havens And Environmental Improvements

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Trawling For Nurdles

-- MCall: Residents Rip Plan To Expand Landfill In Northampton County, Say It’s Made Nearby Roads A ‘Pigsty’

Regulations

-- House Republicans Pass Bill Giving IRRC Veto Over Final Regulations; Stacking The IRRC [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

-- Sign On To The REAL Energy Freedom For Pennsylvania Petition To PA Lawmakers [PaEN]

-- Energy Wire: PA Governor’s Race Portends Energy Future In Fossil-Fuel Heavy PA

-- New Muhlenberg Poll Finds 77% Of Pennsylvanians Believe Climate Change Is A Serious Problem; 55% Believe Human Actions Are To Blame [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Poll: 75% Of Pennsylvanians Accept Evidence Of Climate Change

-- PJM Capacity Auction Secures Electricity Supplies; Solar Increased 25%; More Carbon-Free Resources At Competitive Prices [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Auction Prices Fall 32% With More Nuclear, Solar Capacity Clearing

-- Bloomberg: Payouts Fall On PJM Power Grid In Win For Nukes, Solar, Blow To Coal

-- DEP Energy Conservation & Energy Efficiency Programs Can Help Your Business Respond To Rising Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- Get Help Reducing Your Rising Energy Costs In A Spiking Energy Market From PennTAP, Free Energy Assessments, More [PaEN]

-- PA Small Business Development Centers EMAP Program Provides Free Energy Efficiency Assessment To Help Businesses Reduce Energy Costs As Energy Markets Spike [PaEN]

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Be Developed Into A Solar Energy Farm In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3632)

-- WHYY: Northeast Philly Airport Could Go Solar

-- Scranton Times: Scott Twp. Supervisors Table Solar Farm Request

-- SWPA EE Roundtable, PA Solar Center Host July 28 Workshop In Pittsburgh On How Businesses Use Solar Energy To Make Them Less Vulnerable To Energy Cost Spikes [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Montauk Renewables Joining Russell 3000

-- Ohio River Valley Institute, A-Z Impacts Of Plastic July 7 Webinar Understanding the Impacts of the Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Hub Proposed for the Ohio River Valley. 7:00 p.m.

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Plan For Green Hydrogen Plant In Lancaster County Nexed, Plug Power Officials Confirm

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Blog: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Unlocks Decarbonization Playbook - By Tyler Sing

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel In Partnership To Potentially Decarbonize… Gary Works Plant

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: We’re Still Tilting At Windmills, We Should Be Using The Oil Under Our Feet

-- Warren Times Editorial: Biden Solar Plan Is Step Back For U.S.

-- WSJ: Solar-Power Developers Pledge To Buy U.S. Panels - If Someone Makes Them

-- WSJ: Metals Mining Firms’ Returning Profits To Investors, Cautious Spending Threatens Shift To Green Energy

-- U.S. Govt. Accountability Office: Critical Mineral Shortages Could Disrupt Global Supply Chains [PA Senate Tabled Resolution To Study Critical Mineral Industries Potential In PA ]

-- AP: PA, East Coast Governors Team Up With Biden For Offshore Wind Power

-- International Energy Agency: Record Global Clean Energy Spending Grows By 8% In 2022; Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Still Far From Sufficient To Tackle Energy, Climate Crises

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: How To Fix The World’s Energy Emergency Without Wrecking The Environment - Safe Supply v. Safe Climate

-- The Economist - Technology Quarterly: Electrifying Everything Does Not Solve The Climate Crisis, But It Is A Great Start

Stormwater

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- House Republicans Move Bill Conflicting With Federal Stormwater Requirements, Could Cost PA $7 Million In Federal Funding [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Summary Of Actions At June 16 Meeting

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Diamonds To The Return Of Riverfest

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Summary Of Actions At June 16 Meeting

Sustainability

-- EQT Natural Gas Releases 2021 Environmental, Social And Governance Report

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shows Progress Toward Net-Zero Goals

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel In Partnership To Potentially Decarbonize… Gary Works Plant

Wastewater Facilities

-- Centre Daily Times: Centre Region’s Wastewater Treatment Plan Facing Thousands In Repairs From Power Surges

Watershed Protection

-- Bipartisan Group Of Lawmakers, Hunters, Anglers, Farm, Environmental, Recreation Groups All Working Together, Down To The Wire, To Bring Home A Win On Growing Greener III Funding [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Released Results Showing PA Achieved Only 22% Of 2025 Nitrogen Reduction Goal, 45% of Sediment, 48% Of Phosphorus [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: As 2025 Approaches, Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Grows More Elusive - By Karl Blankenship

-- Appalachian Regional Mine Land Reforestation Conference Aug. 17-18 In West Virginia [PaEN]

-- 2-Year Effort To Restore Plunketts Creek In Lycoming County Recognized With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

-- Doc Fritchey Chapter TU Setting The Pace In Restoring PA Coldwater Resources In Central PA [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Approves $3.4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To Support Lancaster Clean Water Partners Projects [PaEN]

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Be Developed Into A Solar Energy Farm In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3632)

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Susquehanna, Wayne Counties (PA Bulletin, page 3631)

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Summary Of Actions At June 16 Meeting

-- WHYY: Sculptural Fountain At Philly’s Cherry Street Pier Is A 16 Inch Glass Bed Of Living Freshwater Mussels That Cleans Delaware River Water

-- Delaware Currents: Lackawaxen River Basin Earns Top Scores For Water Quality

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Diamonds To The Return Of Riverfest

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: By Turning Fairmount Water Works Into A Party Space, Philly Exemplifies The Worst Of Park Privatization

-- New USGS PA Groundwater Quality Monitoring Data Tool Displays Monitoring Results On Interactive Map [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 24 RiverWatch Video Report

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