PA Environment Digest

“ "The climate crisis and its consequences are clear, and so policy is unavoidable," EU climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said, adding that he thought the invasion of Ukraine by top gas supplier Russia was spurring countries to quit fossil fuels faster.”

-- Reuters: Factbox: EU Countries Agree On Laws To Fight Climate Change

-- WPost: World Pledged To Cut Methane, Emissions Are Rising Instead, Study Finds

-- Financial Times: Would Carbon Food Labels Change The Way Your Shop?

Climate - U.S. Supreme Court Decision

-- AP: Kerry: Despite Setbacks At Home, U.S. To Make Climate Goals

-- U.S. Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Carbon Pollution [PaEN]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Respond To U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Power Plant Carbon Pollution [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Supreme Court Ruling A Set-Back For Climate Regulations, But PA Retains Power To Set Carbon Pollution Limits, Lawyers Say

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: ‘Major Step Backward’: PA Groups React To Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- StateImpactPA/The Allegheny Front: U.S. Supreme Court Pushes U.S. Closer To ‘Climate Cliff,’ Say PA Environmental Leaders

-- TribLive: What Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Means For Carbon Emissions In Pittsburgh, PA

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Supreme Court Hurts EPA’s Ability To Fight Carbon Pollution - By PennFuture

-- NPR: EPA Prepares For Its ‘Counterpunch’ After The Supreme Court Ruling

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority To Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants

-- Bloomberg Green: EPA Isn’t ‘Knocked Out,’ But Doing Its Job Just Got Much Harder

-- Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Just Gave Federal Agencies A Big Reason To Worry

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Ability To Set Fleet-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards For Power Plants

-- WSJ: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Power Of EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Other Regulatory Agencies

-- WPost: U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power To Reduce Carbon Emissions From Power Plants

-- Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Power To Curb Carbon Emissions

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Climate Authority In Blow To Biden

-- Financial Times: U.S. Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Power To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Coal Mining

-- 15th Coal Miner’s Heritage Festival July 10 At The No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum, Carbon County [PaEN]

Compliance Action

-- WESA: Environmentalists Train Drone Pilots To Find And Pursue Pollution [PA Included]

-- DEP Took Action On 668 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducated 1,006 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms? Climate Change Makes Them More Prolific, Intense [PaEN]

DCNR

-- Check The Calendars For Events Near You: PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events.

-- DCNR Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- Daily Item: Rep. Culver, DCNR Secretary Say State Considering Adding State Park Infrastructure Funding To Budget

-- PennLive: DCNR Staffing Shortages Force More Than Half Of State Park Pools To Close Or Reduce Hours

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: State Park, Other Campgrounds Will Be Destination This Weekend For Many Who Changed Their Plans

-- July 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Special Discover French Creek Webinar Aug. 10 [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com Guest Essay: The Great Outdoors Plays Critical Role In America - By Stuart Clarke, Watershed Program Director, William Penn Foundation

-- DCNR: State Agencies Highlight Responsible Celebration With Alcohol Ahead Of July 4 Holiday Weekend

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna Greenways Deliver Recreation, Eco-Tourism For River Towns In PA - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Night Skies In PA: State Parks Offer Clear Views For Stargazers, Astrotourists

-- The Valley Ledger: Delaware River Sojourn Committee Honors High Admirals In Northampton County

-- Scranton Times: Tuscarora And Locust Lake Sister Parks Celebrate Half A Century

-- Fox43: Harrisburg City, DCNR Launches New PA Outdoor Corps Youth Environment Cleanup Program

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Staff Clear Down Trees After Storm

-- Republican Herald: Locust Lake State Park Campers Marvel At Rescued Reptiles

-- WLVR: Penn State Researchers Want Public’s Help It Discovering What Eats Spotted Lanternflies

-- DCNR Blog: What Can We Do About The Spongy Moth [Formerly Known As Gypsy Moth] Outbreak

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sharp Eyed Walleyes And The Pleasures Of Nature We Share

-- KYW: Lawmakers Pass Bill To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs On City Streets [Returns To Senate for concurrence - Senate Bill 1183]

DEP

-- Ramez Ziadeh Takes Over As Acting Secretary Of DEP [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Penn State Study: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [6.30.22]

-- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Testifies In Congress On Need To Defend Our Children’s Health & Taxpayers By Fixing Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Require Real Well Plugging Bonding [PaEN]

-- DEP To Recommend Fee Increase For Erosion & Sediment Control Permits To EQB July 12 [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Change To United Refining Company Air Quality Permit Adding Emission Limit For Sulfur Dioxide In Warren [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: DEP Waited More Than 2 Years To Test Wells For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ After Finding Nearby Contamination Near State College Airport

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Electric Cargo Handling Grants To Reduce Air Pollution [PaEN]

-- DEP Teaching Green: Environmental Education Grant Program Expanding [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 668 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducated 1,006 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 38 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Green Lodging Partnership Celebrates 10 Years Of Supporting Local Conservation [PaEN]

-- The Valley Ledger: Delaware River Sojourn Committee Honors High Admirals In Northampton County

-- MCall: Washed Out Bridge, Crumbling Road Threatened To Leave Woman Stranded In Her Remote Home Near Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Enter Project Saving Charlotte

-- Call For Presentations: Partnership For Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Delaware River Festival - Sept. 24 - Philadelphia - Camden

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 1 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Spotlight PA: DEP Waited More Than 2 Years To Test Wells For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ After Finding Nearby Contamination Near State College Airport

-- Centre Daily Times: Benner Twp Residents Want Expanded PFAS Water Testing Around State College Airport Contamination Site

-- Sen. Yaw: House Committee Moves PFAS Firefighting Foam Legislation To Full House

-- EPA Awards Villanova University Innovative Solutions Student Research Grant Related To PFAS Stabilization In Soils [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Customers Reach $5 Million Milestone In Federal Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance Grants Program

-- York Daily Record: Lush Meadow Overtakes Empty Lake Bed As Massive Prep Under Way For New Lake Williams Dam

Drought

-- TribLive: Western PA Farmers Battle Weather, Price Hikes, Shortages To Produce Sweet Corn

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Region Isn’t In A Drought - No Matter What Your Lawn Says

Economic Development

-- PA Environmental Council: $3.7 Billion - The Value Of Clean Water In Just 3 Watersheds Of The Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape - By Marla Meyer Papernick, PA Environmental Council [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna Greenways Deliver Recreation, Eco-Tourism For River Towns In PA - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Green Lodging Partnership Celebrates 10 Years Of Supporting Local Conservation [PaEN]

-- Nextracker And BCI Steel Renovate Abandoned Pittsburgh Steel Factory To Serve Growing U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Market [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. Steel Meets U.S. Solar In Leetsdale Manufacturing Facility

-- NextPittsburgh: BCI Steel Reopens Leetsdale Factory To Make Solar Components

-- U.S. DOE Seeks Public Input On $500 Million Bipartisan Infrastructure Program To Turn Former Mine Lands Into Clean Energy Projects [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DOE Secretary Talks Western PA’s Clean Energy Future During Visit

-- WESA: In Pittsburgh Visit, Energy Secretary Touts Economic Benefits Of Combating Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star: House Passes Bill To Block Wind Energy Projects That Interfere With Military Installations’ Airspace

-- Kraft Heinz Company Makes First Wind Energy Investment With Repsol For 90% Of Electricity Used In European Plant Sites [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Kraft Heinz Enters Into 2 Power Purchase Agreements For Wind Energy

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Beaver County Ethane Plant’s Opening Is Finally Near, Bringing Clouds Of Hope And Fear

-- OGCI Climate Investments Invests In KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis, Carbon Capture & Storage Project In Clinton County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA A Sweet Spot, But Not The Sweetest, For Honey Producers

Education

-- DEP Teaching Green: Environmental Education Grant Program Expanding [PaEN]

-- 30 Years and Counting - Stroud Water Research Center’s Education Department Makes Cutting-Edge Freshwater Science Fun [PaEN]

-- Lackawanna College Environmental Ed Center Accepting Applications For Fall Conservation & Natural Resource Certificate [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms? Climate Change Makes Them More Prolific, Intense [PaEN]

-- 15th Coal Miner’s Heritage Festival July 10 At The No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum, Carbon County [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Regional Manure Expo Focuses On Farm-Level Agronomic, Economic, Environmental Advances July 13-14 In Franklin County

-- Western PA Conservancy: Special Discover French Creek Webinar Aug. 10 [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Video: An Unlikely Team Works To Restore Native Woodlands On Reclaimed Mining Site In Cambria County

-- PA Environmental Council: $3.7 Billion - The Value Of Clean Water In Just 3 Watersheds Of The Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape - By Marla Meyer Papernick, PA Environmental Council [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory Will Lead Regional Network To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

-- Penn State Names Lara Fowler Interim Chief Sustainability Officer, Director Of Sustainability Institute

-- Broadway World: Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Announces New Art Exhibition & Experience Focused On Watershed

-- Reading Eagle: Master Watershed Steward Program Presented $10,000 Healing The Planet Grant From Giant Foods, KPB

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts July 16 Trees For Your Animals & Land Workshop In Perry County [PaEN]

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Eagle Scout Teams Up To Plant Trees At Camp Anderson

-- Penn State Extension: PA Landowners Guide To Utility-Scale Solar Leasing [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: For Native Americans In Southcentral PA, ‘We’re Still Growing, We’re Still Surviving’

-- WLVR: Penn State Researchers Want Public’s Help It Discovering What Eats Spotted Lanternflies

-- DCNR Blog: What Can We Do About The Spongy Moth [Formerly Known As Gypsy Moth] Outbreak

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Night Skies In PA: State Parks Offer Clear Views For Stargazers, Astrotourists

-- Republican Herald: Locust Lake State Park Campers Marvel At Rescued Reptiles

-- Republican Herald: Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Population At Fort Indiantown Gap

-- LancasterOnline: Fundraiser To Bring Public Butterfly Garden To New Holland

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Storm Of Mayflies Moving Up The Susquehanna River

-- WPCAMR: WPSU Video: Microbes Clean Pollution From Abandoned Mine Drainage [PaEN Companion Story 2018 ]

-- PA Forestry Association News You Can Use May/June: Nov. 5 Penn’s Forest Carbon - Growing Green

-- Environmental Health Project Anniversary Celebration Sept. 15 In Pittsburgh

-- EPA Awards Villanova University Innovative Solutions Student Research Grant Related To PFAS Stabilization In Soils [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Joins Hazmat Training On Railroad Preparedness For Real-Life Scenarios

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter Now Available

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Penn State Researchers Ask You To Report - Have You Seen Something Eat A Spotted Lanternfly?

-- Penn State Partner Projects Highlight Awareness, Importance Of Pollinators, Including Bee A Hero!

-- Penn State Extension Offers Home Food Preservation Webinars

-- WeConservePA Hosts Sept. 15-16 Leave No Trace Minimum Impact Outdoor Recreation Practices & Education Workshop, Rushton Conservation Center, Newtown Square, Delaware County.

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Study Confirms Walley Prefer Certain Colors

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sharp Eyed Walleyes And The Pleasures Of Nature We Share

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Furbearing American Martens, Last Seen In The Early 1900s, Could Be Reintroduced In PA

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: Birds Can Be Our Connection To The Tropics

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - While Serene, Nature Can Also Be Quite Cruel

-- Call For Presentations: Partnership For Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Jan. 30 - Feb. 1 [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Delaware River Festival - Sept. 24 - Philadelphia - Camden

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed: Share Your Tacony Creek Park Story And Connection!

-- Penn State Researchers Reveal Secrets Of Reptile And Amphibian Aging

-- Warren Times: Audubon Offering Nature Play Days On July, August Mondays

-- Warren Times: Start Earning Votes For Your Entry In Local Audubon’s 2022 Nature Photo Contest

-- Warren Times: Audubon Little Explorers To Meet July 9

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Game Warden, U.S. Steel Employees Rescue Bald Eagle; Bird’s Sibling Helped Rescuers Find It

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Steel Plant Eagle Fledgling’s Tumble Lands It In Rehab Center

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights July - Summer Events

-- TribLive: Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Dinosaur Expert Helps Discover Unusual Fossil In Egypt

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: The Warhol Connects The Exhibit Of Paola Pivi With Conservation And Environmental Art

Emergency Response

-- Dept. Of Insurance/PEMA Urge Pennsylvanians To Prepare For Hurricane Season [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Tanker Truck Leaking Sulfuric Acid On Miles Of Roads In Warren County Into New York State Caused Road Closures, Detours

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Joins Hazmat Training On Railroad Preparedness For Real-Life Scenarios

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

-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Cost Nearly Doubles, Average Bill Increases $33/Month

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Freeing Competitive Markets Where Only A Handful Of Corporations Control The Prices You Pay - Rep. Pisciottano (D-Allegheny) & Rep. Innamorato (D-Allegheny)

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves Refund Of $12.4 Million In Excessive Weather Charges For Philadelphia Natural Gas Customers

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Reverses Onerous Weatherization Charges For May Gas Bills

-- WHYY: Refunds To Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Customers For May Bills Could Cost $12 Million

-- PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Unusually Large Weather Normalization Charge To Customers Of Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Excessive Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges

-- WHYY: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges; Does Billing Practice Put Customers On Hook For Warming Temps Due To Climate Change?

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: What To Do If Your Philadelphia Natural Gas Works ‘Weather Normalized’ Bill Is Not Normal

-- York Daily Record: Sheetz Lowers Some Gasoline Prices Below $4 Now Thru July 4 Weekend

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Sen. Boscola Proposes Temporary Halt To Gasoline, Diesel Taxes In PA

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Federal Gasoline Tax Holiday A Mistake

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Dr. Oz’s Misinformed Oil & Natural Gas Policies - Penn State Public Policy Student

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Until Other Solutions Are Feasible - Support Drilling

National/International

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: U.S. Oil Production Hits New 2022 Peak, But Remains 1 Million Barrels/Day Below Pre-Pandemic Levels [U.S. EIA ]

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Oil Company Refinery Capacity Decreased In 2021 For 2nd Consecutive Year

-- Reuters: Little Demand For Oil & Gas Drilling Rights On Federal Land In Govt. Auction

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: American Oil/Natural Gas Production Alone Cannot Protect U.S. Consumers From Rising Global Prices

-- Bloomberg: JPMorgan Sees ‘Stratospheric’ $380 Oil On Worst-Case Russian Cut

-- Bloomberg: Surging Fuel Costs Are Causing Demand Destructions, Says Largest Independent Oil Trader

-- NYT: Skyrocketing Global Fuel Prices Threaten Livelihoods, Social Stability

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Jump As Supply Risks Add To Storage Concerns

-- Bloomberg: EU Eyes Natural Gas Demand Cuts To Confront Russian Supply Halt Risk

-- Bloomberg: Germany Cut Natural Gas Consumption By 35% In May

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge 17% As Texas LNG Outage Continues [Note: Natural Gas Prices Drop Without LNG Exports]

-- Reuters: U.S. Regulator Bars Texas LNG Plant Restart Over Safety Concerns

-- NYT: Liquefied Natural Gas Comes To Europe’s Rescue, But For How Long

“Today’s high L.N.G. price may lead Europe to turn away even more rapidly than previously planned from gas, building more wind and solar energy facilities.”

-- EnergyWire: LNG Explosion Shines Light On 42-Year-Old Natural Gas Rules

-- AP: Climate Concerns Grow As U.S. Helps Europe Replace Russian Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg: G7 Leaders Favor LNG Investment In U-Turn Due To Energy Crisis

“Leaders from the Group of Seven… on Tuesday supported temporary public investments in gas projects to help navigate an unprecedented energy crisis that’s contributing to inflation and leading to more coal use in power generation.”

-- Bloomberg: G7 Leaders Want Urgent Evaluation Of Russian Oil/Natural Gas Price Caps [Why Just Russian?]

-- Bloomberg: G-7 Expected To Agree On Exploring A Price Cap On Russian Oil [Why Just Russian Oil?]

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Chief Predicts Continued Surge In Oil Markets

-- Reuters: Exxon Signals Operating Profits Could Double Over First Quarter

-- Bloomberg: Exxon Sees $5.5 Billion Refining Windfall As Gasoline Prices Soar, Signals Gigantic Profits For Industry

-- Bloomberg: Shell Chief Paints Bleak Picture On Global Energy Supply; Not Enough LNG To Cover Russian Cuts

-- The Economist: Can Europe Keep The Lights On This Winter? Energy Crunch Intensifies

-- Reuters: EU Countries Reach Deal On Climate Laws After Late-Night Talks

-- Reuters: Factbox: EU Countries Agree On Laws To Fight Climate Change

Energy

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

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: With State Climate Action In The Spotlight, Wolf’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule Takes Effect

-- Penn State Extension: PA Landowners Guide To Utility-Scale Solar Leasing [PaEN]

-- Nextracker And BCI Steel Renovate Abandoned Pittsburgh Steel Factory To Serve Growing U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Market [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. Steel Meets U.S. Solar In Leetsdale Manufacturing Facility

-- NextPittsburgh: BCI Steel Reopens Leetsdale Factory To Make Solar Components

-- U.S. DOE Seeks Public Input On $500 Million Bipartisan Infrastructure Program To Turn Former Mine Lands Into Clean Energy Projects [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DOE Secretary Talks Western PA’s Clean Energy Future During Visit

-- WESA: In Pittsburgh Visit, Energy Secretary Touts Economic Benefits Of Combating Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star: House Passes Bill To Block Wind Energy Projects That Interfere With Military Installations’ Airspace

-- Kraft Heinz Company Makes First Wind Energy Investment With Repsol For 90% Of Electricity Used In European Plant Sites [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Kraft Heinz Enters Into 2 Power Purchase Agreements For Wind Energy

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We All Benefit By Helping People In Need Pay Utility Bills [LIHEAP] - By Rep. Matzie

-- Altoona Mirror: Peoples Gas Cost Nearly Doubles, Average Bill Increases $33/Month

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves Refund Of $12.4 Million In Excessive Weather Charges For Philadelphia Natural Gas Customers

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Reverses Onerous Weatherization Charges For May Gas Bills

-- WHYY: Refunds To Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Customers For May Bills Could Cost $12 Million

-- PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Unusually Large Weather Normalization Charge To Customers Of Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Excessive Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges

-- WHYY: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges; Does Billing Practice Put Customers On Hook For Warming Temps Due To Climate Change?

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: What To Do If Your Philadelphia Natural Gas Works ‘Weather Normalized’ Bill Is Not Normal

-- WESA: New State Consumer Advocate Aims To Be ‘The Consumer’s Voice’ On Utility Issues

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Freeing Competitive Markets Where Only A Handful Of Corporations Control The Prices You Pay - Rep. Pisciottano (D-Allegheny) & Rep. Innamorato (D-Allegheny)

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Sen. Boscola Proposes Temporary Halt To Gasoline, Diesel Taxes In PA

-- WPSU: For A Rural Elk County Community, A Cryptocurrency ‘Mine’ Brought Noise Pollution Like A Jet Engine

-- The Guardian: The Natural Gas Industry’s New Playbook? Advertise To The Young, People Of Color [PA Included]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Electric Fantasyland Led To Higher Rates, Higher Taxes, More Terminations, Policymakers Need To Be Held Accountable - By Erie Epstein, Three Mile Island Alert

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge 17% As Texas LNG Outage Continues [Note: Natural Gas Prices Drop Without LNG Exports]

-- Reuters: U.S. Regulator Bars Texas LNG Plant Restart Over Safety Concerns

-- PaHomepage.com: Natural Gas Used In Homes May Contain Harmful Air Pollutants, Study

-- OGCI Climate Investments Invests In KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis, Carbon Capture & Storage Project In Clinton County

-- Inquirer Editorial: With Climate Change, We Must Resist The Quick Fix On Oil Supplies, Must Identify Long Term, Sustainable Solutions

-- Utility Dive: EPA Regional Ozone Proposal Threatens Electric Reliability: RTOs, State Utility Regulators

-- Reuters: EU Countries Reach Deal On Climate Laws After Late-Night Talks

-- Reuters: Factbox: EU Countries Agree On Laws To Fight Climate Change

Environmental Health

-- Bay Journal: Penn State Study: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [6.30.22]

-- Warren Times: House Members Introduced Fracking Health Protection Bill

-- Environmental Health Project Anniversary Celebration Sept. 15 In Pittsburgh

-- Spotlight PA: DEP Waited More Than 2 Years To Test Wells For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ After Finding Nearby Contamination Near State College Airport

-- Centre Daily Times: Benner Twp Residents Want Expanded PFAS Water Testing Around State College Airport Contamination Site

-- PaHomepage.com: Natural Gas Used In Homes May Contain Harmful Air Pollutants, Study

-- Sen. Yaw: House Committee Moves PFAS Firefighting Foam Legislation To Full House

-- EPA Awards Villanova University Innovative Solutions Student Research Grant Related To PFAS Stabilization In Soils [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms? Climate Change Makes Them More Prolific, Intense [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sharp Eyed Walleyes And The Pleasures Of Nature We Share

-- WPost: Summer In America Becoming Hotter, Longer And More Dangerous

Environmental Heritage

-- 15th Coal Miner’s Heritage Festival July 10 At The No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum, Carbon County [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: For Native Americans In Southcentral PA, ‘We’re Still Growing, We’re Still Surviving’

-- Post-Gazette: Remembering Hurricane Agnes’ Impact On Pittsburgh, 50 Years Later

EPA

-- AP: Kerry: Despite Setbacks At Home, U.S. To Make Climate Goals

-- U.S. Supreme Court Decision Did Not Affect EPA’s Ability To Regulate Carbon Dioxide As A Pollutant, Has No Impact On DEP's RGGI Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Program [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Of U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Carbon Pollution [PaEN]

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Respond To U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Power Plant Carbon Pollution [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Supreme Court Ruling A Set-Back For Climate Regulations, But PA Retains Power To Set Carbon Pollution Limits, Lawyers Say

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: ‘Major Step Backward’: PA Groups React To Supreme Court Decision On Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- StateImpactPA/The Allegheny Front: U.S. Supreme Court Pushes U.S. Closer To ‘Climate Cliff,’ Say PA Environmental Leaders

-- TribLive: What Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling Means For Carbon Emissions In Pittsburgh, PA

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Supreme Court Hurts EPA’s Ability To Fight Carbon Pollution - By PennFuture

-- NPR: EPA Prepares For Its ‘Counterpunch’ After The Supreme Court Ruling

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority To Curb Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants

-- Bloomberg Green: EPA Isn’t ‘Knocked Out,’ But Doing Its Job Just Got Much Harder

-- Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Just Gave Federal Agencies A Big Reason To Worry

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Ability To Set Fleet-Wide Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards For Power Plants

-- WSJ: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Power Of EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Other Regulatory Agencies

-- WPost: U.S. Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Power To Reduce Carbon Emissions From Power Plants

-- Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Federal Power To Curb Carbon Emissions

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Climate Authority In Blow To Biden

-- Financial Times: U.S. Supreme Court Curbs EPA’s Power To Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- Utility Dive: EPA Regional Ozone Proposal Threatens Electric Reliability: RTOs, State Utility Regulators

Farming

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update: Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications; York County Better Farms, Clean Water Field Day; Join Mifflin County Riparian Rangers! [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Let’s Clean Up And Protect Western PA’s Waterways - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- EPA Approval Of Pequea Creek Watershed Restoration Plan Advances Efforts To Improve Water Quality In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Begin Accepting Clean Water Fund Large Grant Applications July 26; Watershed Leadership Academy Open [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Regional Manure Expo Focuses On Farm-Level Agronomic, Economic, Environmental Advances July 13-14 In Franklin County

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts July 16 Trees For Your Animals & Land Workshop In Perry County [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Farm Joins County’s Farmland Preservation Program

-- TribLive: Western PA Farmers Battle Weather, Price Hikes, Shortages To Produce Sweet Corn

-- Penn State Extension Offers Home Food Preservation Webinars

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA A Sweet Spot, But Not The Sweetest, For Honey Producers

-- Financial Times: Would Carbon Food Labels Change The Way Your Shop?

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission: July 4th Fish For Free Day In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Boat Registration Process Simplified

-- Sen. Robinson’s Boat Registration Bill Becomes Law

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Pittsburgh Named One Of Top Fishing Cities In New Study

Game Commission

-- Game Commission Board Meets July 8 In Harrisburg

-- WTAJ: Diversified Energy Donates Game Commission Buildings For Wildlife Processing

Flooding

-- Dept. Of Insurance/PEMA Urge Pennsylvanians To Prepare For Hurricane Season [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Remembering Hurricane Agnes’ Impact On Pittsburgh, 50 Years Later

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Area Levee Work Comes In $3 Million Over Budgeted Cost

Forests

-- Check The Calendars For Events Near You: PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events.

-- DCNR Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- Daily Item: Rep. Culver, DCNR Secretary Say State Considering Adding State Park Infrastructure Funding To Budget

-- DCNR: State Agencies Highlight Responsible Celebration With Alcohol Ahead Of July 4 Holiday Weekend

-- July 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Video: An Unlikely Team Works To Restore Native Woodlands On Reclaimed Mining Site In Cambria County

-- PA Forestry Association News You Can Use May/June: Nov. 5 Penn’s Forest Carbon - Growing Green

-- 30 Years and Counting - Stroud Water Research Center’s Education Department Makes Cutting-Edge Freshwater Science Fun [PaEN]

-- WLVR: Penn State Researchers Want Public’s Help It Discovering What Eats Spotted Lanternflies

-- DCNR Blog: What Can We Do About The Spongy Moth [Formerly Known As Gypsy Moth] Outbreak

-- USDA Directs U.S. Forest Service To Take Action To Restore Forests, Improve Resilience, Curb Climate Change

Grants/Funding

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Begin Accepting Clean Water Fund Large Grant Applications July 26; Watershed Leadership Academy Open [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Electric Cargo Handling Grants To Reduce Air Pollution [PaEN]

-- DEP Teaching Green: Environmental Education Grant Program Expanding [PaEN]

-- GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Master Watershed Steward Program Presented $10,000 Healing The Planet Grant From Giant Foods, KPB

Green Infrastructure

-- DCNR Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- Daily Item: Rep. Culver, DCNR Secretary Say State Considering Adding State Park Infrastructure Funding To Budget

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office Update: Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications; York County Better Farms, Clean Water Field Day; Join Mifflin County Riparian Rangers! [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Let’s Clean Up And Protect Western PA’s Waterways - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- EPA Approval Of Pequea Creek Watershed Restoration Plan Advances Efforts To Improve Water Quality In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Begin Accepting Clean Water Fund Large Grant Applications July 26; Watershed Leadership Academy Open [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Mine Drainage Restoration Along North Country Trail; Celebrate The Blazing Star Prairie Bloom At Jennings July 30 [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com Guest Essay: The Great Outdoors Plays Critical Role In America - By Stuart Clarke, Watershed Program Director, William Penn Foundation

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna Greenways Deliver Recreation, Eco-Tourism For River Towns In PA - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- 30 Years and Counting - Stroud Water Research Center’s Education Department Makes Cutting-Edge Freshwater Science Fun [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Video: An Unlikely Team Works To Restore Native Woodlands On Reclaimed Mining Site In Cambria County

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts July 16 Trees For Your Animals & Land Workshop In Perry County [PaEN]

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Eagle Scout Teams Up To Plant Trees At Camp Anderson

-- GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Farm Joins County’s Farmland Preservation Program

-- Reading Eagle: Master Watershed Steward Program Presented $10,000 Healing The Planet Grant From Giant Foods, KPB

Hazardous Substances

-- Bay Journal: Penn State Study: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [6.30.22]

-- Warren Times: House Members Introduced Fracking Health Protection Bill

-- PaHomepage.com: Natural Gas Used In Homes May Contain Harmful Air Pollutants, Study

-- Spotlight PA: DEP Waited More Than 2 Years To Test Wells For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ After Finding Nearby Contamination Near State College Airport

-- Centre Daily Times: Benner Twp Residents Want Expanded PFAS Water Testing Around State College Airport Contamination Site

-- Sen. Yaw: House Committee Moves PFAS Firefighting Foam Legislation To Full House

-- EPA Awards Villanova University Innovative Solutions Student Research Grant Related To PFAS Stabilization In Soils [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms? Climate Change Makes Them More Prolific, Intense [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Frances Rodgers Partners With French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust To Preserve 7.5 Acres In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Luzerne County Farm Joins County’s Farmland Preservation Program

-- MyChesco.com Guest Essay: The Great Outdoors Plays Critical Role In America - By Stuart Clarke, Watershed Program Director, William Penn Foundation

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Plan To Sell Off Former Scout Camp In Schuylkill County For Development In Roxborough Rattles Neighbors

-- GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Hosts Sept. 15-16 Leave No Trace Minimum Impact Outdoor Recreation Practices & Education Workshop, Rushton Conservation Center, Newtown Square, Delaware County.

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- Encore Tire Recycling Event July 9 In Greensburg, Westmoreland County; Volunteers Needed [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Allegheny County Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In July [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Hosts 3 Rivers Watch Summer Training Events July 9, August 6 [PaEN]

-- Fox43: Harrisburg City, DCNR Launches New PA Outdoor Corps Youth Environment Cleanup Program

Mine Reclamation

-- PA Environmental Council Video: An Unlikely Team Works To Restore Native Woodlands On Reclaimed Mining Site In Cambria County

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Mine Drainage Restoration Along North Country Trail; Celebrate The Blazing Star Prairie Bloom At Jennings July 30 [PaEN]

-- GIANT Foods, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Award 45 Healing The Planet Waterways, Community Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- WPCAMR: WPSU Video: Microbes Clean Pollution From Abandoned Mine Drainage [PaEN Companion Story 2018 ]

-- U.S. DOE Seeks Public Input On $500 Million Bipartisan Infrastructure Program To Turn Former Mine Lands Into Clean Energy Projects [PaEN]

Ohio River

-- University Of Pittsburgh Water Collaboratory Will Lead Regional Network To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Hosts 3 Rivers Watch Summer Training Events July 9, August 6 [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

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

-- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Testifies In Congress On Need To Defend Our Children’s Health & Taxpayers By Fixing Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Require Real Well Plugging Bonding [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Penn State Study: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [6.30.22]

-- Warren Times: Tanker Truck Leaking Sulfuric Acid On Miles Of Roads In Warren County Into New York State Caused Road Closures, Detours

-- Warren Times: House Members Introduced Fracking Health Protection Bill

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Fracking Is Bad For Public Parks And The People Who Use Them - Forest Hills Resident

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: Leaked Methane From Natural Gas Facilities Harmful To Children, Climate, Economy - Environmental Defense Fund

-- WPSU: For A Rural Elk County Community, A Cryptocurrency ‘Mine’ Brought Noise Pollution Like A Jet Engine

-- DEP Invites Comments On Change To United Refining Company Air Quality Permit Adding Emission Limit For Sulfur Dioxide In Warren [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Freeing Competitive Markets Where Only A Handful Of Corporations Control The Prices You Pay - Rep. Pisciottano (D-Allegheny) & Rep. Innamorato (D-Allegheny)

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Until Other Solutions Are Feasible - Support Drilling

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EPA Hearing On Drilling Wastewater Injection Well Hears Plum Borough Residents’ Complaints

-- PaHomepage.com: Natural Gas Used In Homes May Contain Harmful Air Pollutants, Study

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Dr. Oz’s Misinformed Oil & Natural Gas Policies - Penn State Public Policy Student

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Beaver County Ethane Plant’s Opening Is Finally Near, Bringing Clouds Of Hope And Fear

-- The Guardian: The Natural Gas Industry’s New Playbook? Advertise To The Young, People Of Color [PA Included]

-- OGCI Climate Investments Invests In KeyState Natural Gas Synthesis, Carbon Capture & Storage Project In Clinton County

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Reverses Onerous Weatherization Charges For May Gas Bills

-- WHYY: Refunds To Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Customers For May Bills Could Cost $12 Million

-- PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Unusually Large Weather Normalization Charge To Customers Of Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Excessive Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges

-- WHYY: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges; Does Billing Practice Put Customers On Hook For Warming Temps Due To Climate Change?

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: What To Do If Your Philadelphia Natural Gas Works ‘Weather Normalized’ Bill Is Not Normal

-- WESA: New State Consumer Advocate Aims To Be ‘The Consumer’s Voice’ On Utility Issues

-- York Daily Record: Sheetz Lowers Some Gasoline Prices Below $4 Now Thru July 4 Weekend

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Sen. Boscola Proposes Temporary Halt To Gasoline, Diesel Taxes In PA

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Federal Gasoline Tax Holiday A Mistake

-- WTAJ: Diversified Energy Donates Game Commission Buildings For Wildlife Processing

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: U.S. Oil Production Hits New 2022 Peak, But Remains 1 Million Barrels/Day Below Pre-Pandemic Levels [U.S. EIA ]

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Oil Company Refinery Capacity Decreased In 2021 For 2nd Consecutive Year

-- Reuters: Little Demand For Oil & Gas Drilling Rights On Federal Land In Govt. Auction

-- Bloomberg: JPMorgan Sees ‘Stratospheric’ $380 Oil On Worst-Case Russian Cut

-- Bloomberg: Surging Fuel Costs Are Causing Demand Destructions, Says Largest Independent Oil Trader

-- NYT: Skyrocketing Global Fuel Prices Threaten Livelihoods, Social Stability

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge 17% As Texas LNG Outage Continues [Note: Natural Gas Prices Drop Without LNG Exports]

-- Reuters: U.S. Regulator Bars Texas LNG Plant Restart Over Safety Concerns

-- Bloomberg: G7 Leaders Want Urgent Evaluation Of Russian Oil/Natural Gas Price Caps [Why Just Russian?]

-- NYT: Liquefied Natural Gas Comes To Europe’s Rescue, But For How Long

“Today’s high L.N.G. price may lead Europe to turn away even more rapidly than previously planned from gas, building more wind and solar energy facilities.”

-- EnergyWire: LNG Explosion Shines Light On 42-Year-Old Natural Gas Rules

-- AP: Climate Concerns Grow As U.S. Helps Europe Replace Russian Natural Gas

Pipelines

-- Williamsport Sun: Republican PA Cong. Keller - Building Out Pipelines To Bring PA Natural Gas To New England Critical

-- Reuters: FERC Gives National Fuel Gas More Time To Build Northern Access Pipeline In PA, NY

-- Reuters: Equitrans To Complete Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline In 2023, Asks FERC For 4-Year Extension

Permitting

-- DEP To Recommend Fee Increase For Erosion & Sediment Control Permits To EQB July 12 [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 668 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducated 1,006 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 38 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP Invites Comments On Change To United Refining Company Air Quality Permit Adding Emission Limit For Sulfur Dioxide In Warren [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts Aug. 4 Hearing on an NPDES permit application for a Rutter’s Convenience Store in Antis Township, Blair County. (PA Bulletin, page 3721) Read more here.

-- DEP Posts 38 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We All Benefit By Helping People In Need Pay Utility Bills [LIHEAP] - By Rep. Matzie

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves Refund Of $12.4 Million In Excessive Weather Charges For Philadelphia Natural Gas Customers

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Reverses Onerous Weatherization Charges For May Gas Bills

-- WHYY: Refunds To Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Customers For May Bills Could Cost $12 Million

-- PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Unusually Large Weather Normalization Charge To Customers Of Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Excessive Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges

-- WHYY: PA Consumer Advocate To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Charges; Does Billing Practice Put Customers On Hook For Warming Temps Due To Climate Change?

-- WESA: New State Consumer Advocate Aims To Be ‘The Consumer’s Voice’ On Utility Issues

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Electric Fantasyland Led To Higher Rates, Higher Taxes, More Terminations, Policymakers Need To Be Held Accountable - By Erie Epstein, Three Mile Island Alert

-- Utility Dive: EPA Regional Ozone Proposal Threatens Electric Reliability: RTOs, State Utility Regulators

Recreation

-- Check The Calendars For Events Near You: PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events.

-- DCNR Discusses Infrastructure Needs At Shikellamy State Park, Across State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- Daily Item: Rep. Culver, DCNR Secretary Say State Considering Adding State Park Infrastructure Funding To Budget

-- PennLive: DCNR Staffing Shortages Force More Than Half Of State Park Pools To Close Or Reduce Hours

-- July 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Special Discover French Creek Webinar Aug. 10 [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: State Park, Other Campgrounds Will Be Destination This Weekend For Many Who Changed Their Plans

-- DCNR: State Agencies Highlight Responsible Celebration With Alcohol Ahead Of July 4 Holiday Weekend

-- MCall: Beltzville State Park In Carbon County Warning It May Turn People Away Over July 4 Weekend Due To Overcrowding

-- MyChesco.com Guest Essay: The Great Outdoors Plays Critical Role In America - By Stuart Clarke, Watershed Program Director, William Penn Foundation

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Green Lodging Partnership Celebrates 10 Years Of Supporting Local Conservation [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: - Pat McKinney: Schuylkill County Outdoor Recreation Map Shows The Way To Adventure

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Mine Drainage Restoration Along North Country Trail; Celebrate The Blazing Star Prairie Bloom At Jennings July 30 [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Night Skies In PA: State Parks Offer Clear Views For Stargazers, Astrotourists

-- Scranton Times: Tuscarora And Locust Lake Sister Parks Celebrate Half A Century

-- Republican Herald: Locust Lake State Park Campers Marvel At Rescued Reptiles

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Boat Registration Process Simplified

-- Sen. Robinson’s Boat Registration Bill Becomes Law

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna Greenways Deliver Recreation, Eco-Tourism For River Towns In PA - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Allegheny 100 Hiking Challenge Again Brings Hikers To Allegheny National Forest

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed: Share Your Tacony Creek Park Story And Connection!

-- The Valley Ledger: Delaware River Sojourn Committee Honors High Admirals In Northampton County

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Conestoga Club, RiverKeepers Plan To Improve Recreational Access Along 30-Mile Stretch Of Conestoga River

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Plan To Sell Off Former Scout Camp In Schuylkill County For Development In Roxborough Rattles Neighbors

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Staff Clear Down Trees After Storm

-- MCall: Washed Out Bridge, Crumbling Road Threatened To Leave Woman Stranded In Her Remote Home Near Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area; Enter Project Saving Charlotte

-- WeConservePA Hosts Sept. 15-16 Leave No Trace Minimum Impact Outdoor Recreation Practices & Education Workshop, Rushton Conservation Center, Newtown Square, Delaware County.

-- MCall: Nearly A Dozen Rescued After Raft Hits Rock On Lehigh River

-- Erie Times: Lack Of Lifeguards Affects Erie-Area Beaches, Pools, Parks

-- Post-Gazette: Bike Share Pittsburgh Donating 450 Retired Healthy Ride Bikes As Part Of Recycle A Bicycle Program

-- Courier Times: Lower Makefield Weighs Parks And Rec Needs As It Considers Future Of Macclesfield Park, Snipes Tract

-- KYW: Lawmakers Pass Bill To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs On City Streets [Returns To Senate for concurrence - Senate Bill 1183]

-- PennLive: Planned Mountain Bike Park Aims To Get Kids Off The Couch In Cumberland County

-- Sen. Robinson’s Boat Registration Bill Becomes Law

Recycling/Waste

-- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Exempting Conventional Oil & Gas Wells From Plugging Bonds Sticking Taxpayers With $5.1 Billion In Cleanup Liability [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Testifies In Congress On Need To Defend Our Children’s Health & Taxpayers By Fixing Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Require Real Well Plugging Bonding [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Penn State Study: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Spread On Pennsylvania Roads Bad For Health, Land - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [6.30.22]

-- Warren Times: Tanker Truck Leaking Sulfuric Acid On Miles Of Roads In Warren County Into New York State Caused Road Closures, Detours

-- Encore Tire Recycling Event July 9 In Greensburg, Westmoreland County; Volunteers Needed [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Allegheny County Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In July [PaEN]

-- DEP To Recommend Fee Increase For Erosion & Sediment Control Permits To EQB July 12 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EPA Hearing On Drilling Wastewater Injection Well Hears Plum Borough Residents’ Complaints

Regulations

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: With State Climate Action In The Spotlight, Wolf’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule Takes Effect

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Executive Director David Sumner Receives The Legal Intelligencer Professional Excellence Award

Renewable Energy

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

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: With State Climate Action In The Spotlight, Wolf’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule Takes Effect

-- Penn State Extension: PA Landowners Guide To Utility-Scale Solar Leasing [PaEN]

-- Nextracker And BCI Steel Renovate Abandoned Pittsburgh Steel Factory To Serve Growing U.S. Utility-Scale Solar Market [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. Steel Meets U.S. Solar In Leetsdale Manufacturing Facility

-- NextPittsburgh: BCI Steel Reopens Leetsdale Factory To Make Solar Components

-- TribLive: DOE Secretary Talks Western PA’s Clean Energy Future During Visit

-- WESA: In Pittsburgh Visit, Energy Secretary Touts Economic Benefits Of Combating Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star: House Passes Bill To Block Wind Energy Projects That Interfere With Military Installations’ Airspace

-- Kraft Heinz Company Makes First Wind Energy Investment With Repsol For 90% Of Electricity Used In European Plant Sites [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Kraft Heinz Enters Into 2 Power Purchase Agreements For Wind Energy

-- Inquirer Editorial: With Climate Change, We Must Resist The Quick Fix On Oil Supplies, Must Identify Long Term, Sustainable Solutions

-- Reuters: EU Countries Reach Deal On Climate Laws After Late-Night Talks

-- Reuters: Factbox: EU Countries Agree On Laws To Fight Climate Change

Stormwater

-- DEP Hosts Aug. 4 Hearing on an NPDES permit application for a Rutter’s Convenience Store in Antis Township, Blair County. (PA Bulletin, page 3721) Read more here.

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter Now Available

Susquehanna River

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna Greenways Deliver Recreation, Eco-Tourism For River Towns In PA - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Bay Dead Zone Forecast Smaller Than Average Area

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Storm Of Mayflies Moving Up The Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter Now Available

Sustainability

-- Penn State Names Lara Fowler Interim Chief Sustainability Officer, Director Of Sustainability Institute

Wastewater Facilities

-- PA American Water Customers Reach $5 Million Milestone In Federal Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance Grants Program

Watershed Protection