PA Environment Digest

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Farmer Climate Story: Thistle Creek Farms, Huntingdon County

-- Open Space Institute Expands Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund To Support Conservation Of Climate Critical Pennsylvania Forests [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For Up To $165 Million To Advance Domestic Geothermal Energy Deployment[PaEN]

-- Range Resources Natural Gas Driller Publishes Corporate Sustainability Report 2021-22

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Sees Progress Reducing Emissions In Annual ESG Report

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Local Climate Solutions Are The Way Forward

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Climate Action Must Be Strategic, Not Apocalyptic

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Confirms 4 Heat-Related Deaths

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 4 Harnessing Hydrogen: Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities In Appalachia [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Postal Service Fleet Should Be Electric

-- USA Today: Climate Change Exposes Growing Gap Between Weather We’ve Planned For And What’s Coming

-- AP: Feds Hope New Website Can Prevent Deaths From Worsening Heat

-- AP: Climate Disinformation Leaves Lasting Mark As World Heats

-- U.S. DOE Launches New Solar Initiatives To Lower Electricity Bills, Create Clean Energy Jobs

-- Reuters: U.S. Solar Industry Jobs Rose 9% In 2021, Mainly In Installation

-- Utility Dive: Renewable Energy Industry Marks Slowest Quarter Since 2019 With Installations Down 55%

-- Bloomberg: Solar Power Equipment Prices Keep Rising In Clean Energy Threat

-- AP: Oil-Funded Rockefeller Foundation Makes Fight Against Climate Change Central To All Its Work

-- Financial Times: Oil & Gas Majors: Time For Transformative Clean Energy Deal? Cash Bonanza Raises Prospect Of Large-Scale Deals To Turbocharge Transition Strategies

-- Reuters: EPA To Use Limits On Ozone, Coal Ash To Encourage Retirement Of Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

Climate - U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill

-- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen. Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

Resource Links:

-- Summary Of Energy Security & Climate Change Provisions (U.S. Senate Democrats)

-- Click Here for the full text of the agreement. (WPost)

-- Click Here for the full test of the agreement. (Utility Dive)

-- AP: What’s In And Out Of Democrats’ Inflation-Fighting Package

-- Bloomberg: Here’s What’s In U.S. Senate Democrats’ $370 Billion Climate Spending Deal

-- Bloomberg: What’s In The Manchin-Schumer Deal

-- USA Today: U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill - What You Need To Know About Major Effort To Fight Climate Change

-- WSJ: Senate Climate Bill Is A Boon For Fossil Fuels

-- ClimateWire: A Federal Climate Bill With Fossil Fuel Victories

NewsClips:

-- Post-Gazette: PA Climate Advocates ‘Excited’ After Manchin’s Sudden Turn Gets Budget Bill Compromise

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Historic U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill True Progress

-- PA Capital-Star: With Millions In Federal Funding, PennDOT Charges Ahead On Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Development In PA

-- AP: Manchin, Schumer Make Surprise Deal On Health, Energy, Taxes

-- WPost: How The U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill Might Impact You And Change The U.S.

-- NYT: U.S. Senate Climate, Energy Bill Would Be ‘Transformative’ For Auto And Energy Industries

-- Bloomberg: Manchin Wins Big Nods To Oil In Deal Ending Logjam On Climate

-- Bloomberg: Here’s How The New U.S. Climate Deal Could Make Energy Bills Cheaper

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Senate Deal’s ‘Huge’ Carbon Cuts Would Keep U.S. Climate Goals Alive

-- Utility Dive: With Manchin’s Support, Democrats Unveil Bill With $396 Billion In Energy, Climate Spending

-- Financial Times: Fears Over U.S. Energy Security Help Unlock Historic $369 Billion Climate Bill

-- WPost: Manchin Says He Has Reached Deal With Schumer On Economy, Climate Bill

-- NYT: Surprise U.S. Senate Democrat Deal Would Be Most Ambitious Climate Action Undertaken By U.S.

-- NPR: After Spiking Earlier Talks, Manchin Agrees To A New Deal On Climate, Taxes

-- WSJ: America’s New Energy Crisis - Fossil Fuel Plants Closing Faster Than Green Alternatives Replace Them

Coal Mining

-- Appalachian Voices: Bipartisan STREAM Act Passes U.S. House To Address Long-Term Mine Drainage Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EPA To Use Limits On Ozone, Coal Ash To Encourage Retirement Of Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

Compliance Action

-- AG Shapiro: Southeast Directional Drilling Pleads Guilty To Contaminating Water Supply In Washington County, To Pay $15,000 Fine [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Poultry Company Settles Water Pollution Suit For $1 Million

-- DEP Took Action On 770 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,378 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies Last Week [PaEN]

Conservation Districts

-- Pike/Wayne County Homeowner Environmental Resource Fair July 29 [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Celebrate Recent Grants; Accepting Watershed Leadership Academy Applications [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Hosting Free Rain Barrel Giveaway July 28

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Install Downspout Planters, Naturalize Stormwater Basins, Plant Live Stake Nursery With KPB, The GIANT Company Healing The Planet Grant [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Lehigh Valley Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Healing The Plant Grant

DCNR

-- DCNR Awards $955,500 In ATV/Snowmobile Trail Project Grants To Support 7 Projects; New Grant Round Opens Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Mayor Vows Crackdown On Illegal ATVs In September

-- Growing Greener Coalition: DCNR Online Grant Application Workshop Set For Nov. 3

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Draft E-bike Policy; Advisory Council Meets July 27 On Policy [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brain Whipkey: PA Looks To Accommodate E-Bike Riders In State Parks, Forests

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Floats New Policy On E-Bikes In State Forests, State Parks

-- DCNR Blog: Celebrating Parks And The People Who Make Them Possible [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What It’s Like To Be A Park Ranger? - By Brian Price, Ranger Supervisor, French Creek State Park

-- July 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- U.S. Forest Service Cancels DCNR's Keystone Crew Deployment To Sugarloaf Wildfire In Wyoming; Crew Returning To Await Another Assignment [PaEN]

-- DCNR Surveying Visitors On Their Experiences In Gallitzin, Rothrock State Forests [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Young Workers At The Big Woods In French Creek State Park Encouraged By PA Official

-- DCNR Announces Sustainable Trail System Project In Mountain Creek Watershed, Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Helps Celebrate Completion Of The Northwest River Trail In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Health/DEP/DCNR Urge Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes To Prevent West Nile Virus [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Work On Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam At Shikellamy State Park Complete, Boating Begins

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Barriers To Equitable River Access Persist In Delaware River Basin, But They’re Not Always What You Expect

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Beartown Woods Natural Area

DEP

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution Caused By Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Makes It Unsuitable For A Dust Suppressant, Washes Right Off The Road Into The Ditch [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Profile: Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University - Monitoring Impact Of Shale Gas Extraction On Private Water Wells, Groundwater In SW PA [PaEN]

-- 16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Lawsuit Claims Diversified Energy And EQT Drilling Played Hot Potato With Oil & Gas Well Plugging Liabilities

-- Grist - Naveena Sadasivam: Pennsylvania Just Lost A Key Tool To Address Its Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Problem

-- AG Shapiro: Southeast Directional Drilling Pleads Guilty To Contaminating Water Supply In Washington County, To Pay $15,000 Fine [PaEN]

-- EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg. Setting Manganese Toxics Water Quality Standard, RACT For Major Sources Of Nitrogen Oxides [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Law: Commonwealth Court Judge Reinstates Order Blocking PA’s Entry Into RGGI - Copy Of Order

-- House Committee Meets Aug. 2 To Disapprove Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities; Blocking The Rule Will Mean Loss Of Federal Highway Funds [PaEN]

-- WFMZ: Proposed Poconos Solar Energy Project, PA’s Largest, Gets DEP Permit

-- PennDOT, DEP Highlight Commitment To Clean Transportation By Sheetz, Pittsburgh Clean Cities, PPL; Update On Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: What To Know About DEP’s Newest Plan To Reduce Pollution To The Chesapeake Bay

-- Latest DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: DEP Sees Significant Increases In Large Area Farm BMP Implementation [PaEN]

-- DEP Opens Next Round Of Environmental Education Grants Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Of Technical Guidance In Development [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Office Posts Updated Agency By Agency Regulatory Agenda Of Regulations In Development [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In July 30 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 770 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,378 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies Last Week [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission To Hold Aug. 10 Hearing, Sept. 8 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Lehigh Valley Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Healing The Plant Grant

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: River Sojourns - Connecting People To Our Share Waters Through Paddling And Partnerships

-- WHYY: Take Me To The River -Academy Of Natural Sciences Sends Visitors Outside To The Schuylkill River

-- Pike/Wayne County Homeowner Environmental Resource Fair July 29 [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 29 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission To Hold Aug. 10 Hearing, Sept. 8 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: River Sojourns - Connecting People To Our Share Waters Through Paddling And Partnerships

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 29 RiverWatch Video Report

Dam Safety

-- Reading Eagle: Reading’s Bernhart Dam Spillway Removed, But Work Not Done

-- Reading Eagle: Long-Term Benefits Of Dam Removal On Cacoosing Creek Outweigh Sediment Impacts [Video]

Drinking Water

-- WHYY: Bucks County Municipal Leaders Oppose Plans To Privatize Sewer System

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Proposed $1.1 Billion Sale Of Bucks County Sewer System To Aqua PA Draws A Crowd At First Open House

-- PUC Sets Aug. 17 Hearing For Proposed Water Rate Increase Of 33.8%, Wastewater Increase Of 35% By York Water Company

-- Reading Eagle: Reading’s Bernhart Dam Spillway Removed, But Work Not Done

Economic Development

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Leaving Beaver County As Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant Sets To Open

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Barriers To Equitable River Access Persist In Delaware River Basin, But They’re Not Always What You Expect

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Award Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Grants To Volunteer Fire Companies

-- TribLive Letter: Natural Gas Development Benefits PA Residents - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- Reading Eagle: Young Workers At The Big Woods In French Creek State Park Encouraged By PA Official

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pipelines To Prosperity - End Pipeline Permitting Obstructions, Accelerate LNG Exports, Designate Critical Energy Infrastructure - American Petroleum Institute

-- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen. Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

Education

-- DEP Opens Next Round Of Environmental Education Grants Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Install Downspout Planters, Naturalize Stormwater Basins, Plant Live Stake Nursery With KPB, The GIANT Company Healing The Planet Grant [PaEN]

-- PA Outdoor Writers Association Awards $9,000 In Youth Education Grants To 14 Recipients [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant For 'Loving Our Local Waters - Amando Nuestras Aguas Locales'; Bilingual Stewardship Sign Contest Open [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant

-- PA Environmental Council Intern Alexsys Frierson Celebrating Summer With TrailOff

-- Pike/Wayne County Homeowner Environmental Resource Fair July 29 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: July Is Lake Appreciation Month In Pennsylvania; Interpreting Water Tests; Field Guide To Aquatic Plants [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: River Sojourns - Connecting People To Our Share Waters Through Paddling And Partnerships

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Teen's Experiment To Monitor Local Water Quality Wins At Science Fair [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Passing The Internship Torch From Older To Younger Brother; Partnership With Grove City College [PaEN]

-- StateCollege.com: July 30 Community Day Offers Activities To Learn How To Protect Marsh Creek In Howard, Centre County

-- WITF Smart Talk: Dickinson College Project Will Turn Composted Waste Into Electricity

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 4 Harnessing Hydrogen: Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities In Appalachia [PaEN]

-- PPL Foundation Awards $450,000 In Grants To Support Education, Building Sustainable Communities, Promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

-- Call For Presentations: Bucknell University's 17th River Symposium Nov. 4-5 [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Seeks Monarch Festival Volunteers, Vendors, Supporters For Aug. 27 Festival

-- MCall: Migrating Monarch Butterflies, Which Summer In Lehigh Valley, Now Endangered; What You Need To Know

-- WHYY/AP: Monarch Butterflies Are In Trouble, Here’s How You Can Help

-- Erie Times - Brain Whipkey: Hop To It: PA Woods & Forests Gears Up For Frog Week [Video/Article]

-- PA Woods & Forests Facebook Page

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Pine Siskin Makes Journey Of 2,400+ Miles, Crossing PA On Its Way To Canada

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partners Name Winners Of 2022 Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Celebrate Recent Grants; Accepting Watershed Leadership Academy Applications [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: See Inside Lancaster Science Factory’s New Mueller Family Outdoor Courtyard

-- Reading Eagle: Albright College Summer Camp Part Of Science Research Institute’s Effort To Change Education

-- Land Health Institute: Join Fun, Entertaining, Educational WonderWalks In Philadelphia

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: These Key Projects Would Boost Quality-Of-Life In York County [Recreation, Land Conservation, Farm, Historic]

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Through A Butterflies’ Eyes

-- The Allegheny Front: A Rare Prairie In PA Is In Full Bloom Right Now In Butler County

-- WHYY: Take Me To The River -Academy Of Natural Sciences Sends Visitors Outside To The Schuylkill River

-- Republican Herald: Mortimer, 15-Year-Old, 60-Pound Tortoise Missing From His Home In Schuylkill County

-- Republican Herald: $200 Reward Offered For Return Of Mortimer, Missing 60 Pound Tortoise From Schuylkill County

-- Republican Herald: Mortimer, The Runaway Tortoise, Found Safe Returns Home In Schuylkill County

-- WITF Smart Talk: Cherry Springs State Park One Of The Best Places On East Coast For Stargazing

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Blotchy Bass Syndrome Has Affected Local Fish For Years, Studies Continue

-- Game Commission Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Art Show Returns Aug. 5-7, Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Middle Creek Visitors Center ‘Excited’ To Again Host Wildlife Art Show

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What It’s Like To Be A Park Ranger? - By Brian Price, Ranger Supervisor, French Creek State Park

-- PA Resources Council Releases August Workshop & Webinar Schedule For Southwest PA Residents [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

-- Health/DEP/DCNR Urge Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes To Prevent West Nile Virus [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Takes Aim At Mosquitoes And West Nile Virus

-- AP: Feds Hope New Website Can Prevent Deaths From Worsening Heat

-- AP: Climate Disinformation Leaves Lasting Mark As World Heats

-- Help Wanted: Audubon Society Of Western PA Buffalo Creek Watershed Coordinator [PaEN]

Emergency Response

-- U.S. Forest Service Cancels DCNR's Keystone Crew Deployment To Sugarloaf Wildfire In Wyoming; Crew Returning To Await Another Assignment [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania: It Will Flood Here: Are You Prepared? Get Flood Insurance Now! [PaEN]

-- WHYY: First Responders Join Military For ‘Worst Case Scenario’ Training In Philly This Week

-- Inquirer: U.S. Army Conducts Drills In Philly To Train For ‘America’s Worst Day’

-- Courier Times: Where In Bucks County Flood Insurance Costs Are Rising The Most, And What You Can Do About It

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Still No Answers On Deadly Pottstown Home Explosion

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Award Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Grants To Volunteer Fire Companies

-- USA Today: Climate Change Exposes Growing Gap Between Weather We’ve Planned For And What’s Coming

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]

-- Meadville Tribune: National Fuel Raises Natural Gas Rates To Residential Customers 26% Due To High Natural Gas Prices

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Declining, Pittsburgh-Area Prices Among Highest In State

-- Post-Gazette: Cost Of Commuting In Pittsburgh Has Jumped 60%, Gasoline Prices Are Not The Top Reason

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: How To Save On Energy Costs: Fuel Oil Up 70%, Natural Gas Up 38%, Electricity Up 14% (Driven By Natural Gas)

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: EQT Drilling Working To ‘Catalyze’ East Coast LNG Projects Amid Appalachian Constraints

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pipelines To Prosperity - End Pipeline Permitting Obstructions, Accelerate LNG Exports, Designate Critical Energy Infrastructure - American Petroleum Institute

-- Post-Gazette: IGS Acquires Dominion Energy Solutions And Budget Billing For Natural Gas Customers Skyrockets

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Increased 1 Last Week

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Drilling Won’t Increase Production Until It Can Move More Natural Gas Out Of Appalachian Basin, Expand LNG Exports From East Coast

-- Reuters: Limited Fracking Supplies, Capital Constraints, Labor Shortages Hampering U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Production

-- Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming): Natural Gas/LNG Exports, Production Troubles, Heat Waves Behind High Energy Costs

-- WSJ: Oil, Natural Gas Energy Prices May Keep Inflation High For Years

-- WSJ: America’s New Energy Crisis - Fossil Fuel Plants Closing Faster Than Green Alternatives Replace Them

National/International

-- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen. Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 3% After Hitting 14-Year High [Price Up 66% In July]

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Roar Toward Record Monthly Gain On Searing U.S. Heat

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Is Taking Traders On White-Knuckle Summer Ride

-- Reuters: Russia Cuts Natural Gas Flows Further As Europe Issues Savings Plea

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Soar After Russia Deepens Supply Cuts

-- Bloomberg: Russian Natural Gas Supply Uncertainty Sends Asia LNG Prices Surging; Asian LNG Buyers Starting To Outbid Rivals In Europe

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Jump As Russia Curbs Pipeline Flow

-- Reuters: EU Agrees To Compromise Cut Of 15% In Natural Gas Use

-- Reuters: Analysis: Russian Natural Gas Flow Too Low To Fill Europe’s Winter Storage

-- NYT: Europe’s Race To Secure New Energy Sources Is On A Knife’s Edge

-- Bloomberg: Asia Natural Gas Prices Extend Surge As Region Seeks More Supply

-- Reuters: Analysis: U.S. LNG Exports To Europe On Track To Surpass Biden Promise

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: EQT Drilling Working To ‘Catalyze’ East Coast LNG Projects Amid Appalachian Constraints

-- Bloomberg: Russia’s Latest Move To Cut Natural Gas Threatens Higher LNG Prices, Shortages

-- Financial Times: Rwanda Deploys Troops To Protect TotalEnergies Mammoth Natural Gas Project In Mozambique

-- The Hill: Biden Administration Estimates Releases From Oil Reserve Prevented 40-Cent Gasoline Hike

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil Set For Record Profit Was World Reels From High Fuel Cost

-- The Guardian: Oil, Natural Gas Company Profits Boom As Americans Reel From High Fuel Prices

-- Reuters: Shell, Total Continue Stock Buyback Bonanza After Record Profits

-- Reuters: Shell Smashes Record Again With $11.5 Billion Profit

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil And Chevron Shatter Profit Record After Global Oil Price Surge

-- Reuters: Oil Rises For 2nd Day On Supply Tightness Concerns

-- Bloomberg: Germany Approves $180 Billion Funding To Accelerate Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Shift

Energy

-- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen. Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Law: Commonwealth Court Judge Reinstates Order Blocking PA’s Entry Into RGGI - Copy Of Order

-- House Committee Meets Aug. 2 To Disapprove Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities; Blocking The Rule Will Mean Loss Of Federal Highway Funds [PaEN]

-- WFMZ: Proposed Poconos Solar Energy Project, PA’s Largest, Gets DEP Permit

-- NBC10: Philly’s Clean Energy Goals Languish As Solar Farm In Adams County Remains Unbuilt/SEPTA Solar Farm In Franklin County In Operation

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For Up To $165 Million To Advance Domestic Geothermal Energy Deployment[PaEN]

-- Exelon Corp Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report Highlighting Clean Energy Transition

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Local Climate Solutions Are The Way Forward

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Climate Action Must Be Strategic, Not Apocalyptic

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant For 'Loving Our Local Waters - Amando Nuestras Aguas Locales'; Bilingual Stewardship Sign Contest Open [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant

-- The New Republic: Tiny PA Town Of 700 Declared War On Fracking Industry In 2014, They’re Finally Getting Their Day In Court, Its Own State Is Fighting Against It

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Still No Answers On Deadly Pottstown Home Explosion

-- Meadville Tribune: National Fuel Raises Natural Gas Rates To Residential Customers 26% Due To High Natural Gas Prices

-- Post-Gazette: IGS Acquires Dominion Energy Solutions And Budget Billing For Natural Gas Customers Skyrockets

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Billing Fiasco Drains Trust In American Institutions

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 4 Harnessing Hydrogen: Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities In Appalachia [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pipelines To Prosperity - End Pipeline Permitting Obstructions, Accelerate LNG Exports, Designate Critical Energy Infrastructure - American Petroleum Institute

-- Reuters: Limited Fracking Supplies, Capital Constraints, Labor Shortages Hampering U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Production

-- Convervative Texans For Energy Innovation: May Heat Wave Exposes Myth Of Fossil Fuel Reliability As Texas Coal And Gas Fired Generators Fail Early Season Performance Test

-- Reuters: EPA To Use Limits On Ozone, Coal Ash To Encourage Retirement Of Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

-- WSJ: America’s New Energy Crisis - Fossil Fuel Plants Closing Faster Than Green Alternatives Replace Them

Energy Conservation

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: How To Save On Energy Costs: Fuel Oil Up 70%, Natural Gas Up 38%, Electricity Up 14% (Driven By Natural Gas)

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

-- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen. Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

Environmental Health

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution Caused By Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Makes It Unsuitable For A Dust Suppressant, Washes Right Off The Road Into The Ditch [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Profile: Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University - Monitoring Impact Of Shale Gas Extraction On Private Water Wells, Groundwater In SW PA [PaEN]

-- The New Republic: Tiny PA Town Of 700 Declared War On Fracking Industry In 2014, They’re Finally Getting Their Day In Court, Its Own State Is Fighting Against It

-- 16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July [PaEN]

-- Health/DEP/DCNR Urge Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes To Prevent West Nile Virus [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Takes Aim At Mosquitoes And West Nile Virus

Environmental Justice

-- DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board Meets Aug. 18 In Johnstown To Hear From Communities In Southwest PA [PaEN]

-- CBF Applauds U.S. House Committee Passage Of Environmental Justice For All Act, Urges Further Action

-- Inquirer Editorial: Prioritize Pollution Removal In Communities Of Color

EPA

-- York Daily Record: Fmr Superfund Site In Hopewell Twp., Now A Park, Could Be Reopened As A Landfill

-- York Dispatch: Decades After Contamination, York County Waste Authority Considers Reopening Superfund Site

-- Reading Eagle: EPA Cleaning Up Hazardous Exide Property In Muhlenberg Twp. As Superfund Site

-- EPA Seeks Input For New $100 Million Pollution Prevention Grant Program Funded By The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- Reuters: EPA To Use Limits On Ozone, Coal Ash To Encourage Retirement Of Remaining Coal-Fired Power Plants After U.S. Supreme Court Ruling

Farming

-- StateImpactPA: What To Know About DEP’s Newest Plan To Reduce Pollution To The Chesapeake Bay

-- Latest DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: DEP Sees Significant Increases In Large Area Farm BMP Implementation [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Accepting Applications For $13 Million In Farm Conservation Tax Credits - First Come, First Served [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA: Apply Now For Climate Smart Agriculture And Soil Health Conservation Innovation Grants [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Grants Starting Aug. 1

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Farmer Climate Story: Thistle Creek Farms, Huntingdon County

-- Manada Conservancy: Kohler Family Farm - A Farm Preserving A Legacy In Dauphin County

-- WLVT: Rodale Institute Will Invest $3 Million PA Grant To Build Organic Farming Research Center

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Trout Sales And Other Facts About The Aquaculture Industry

-- Erie Times: Flower Farmers Seed A Growing Backyard Industry In Erie, NW PA

-- Help Wanted: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Is Hiring Staff & Interns!

Flooding

-- Pennsylvania: It Will Flood Here: Are You Prepared? Get Flood Insurance Now! [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Where In Bucks County Flood Insurance Costs Are Rising The Most, And What You Can Do About It

-- Citizens Voice: Casey Advances $1.5 Million For Levee Project In Luzerne County

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Luzerne County Should Speed Decision On West Pittston Levee

-- Bay Journal: With Waters Rising, Baltimore Eyes $138 Million Plan To Limit Coastal Flood Damage

-- WESA/NPR: Record Flooding In Kentucky, Appalachia Kills More Victims As Searches Continue

-- AP: Governor: Search For Kentucky Flood Victims Could Take Weeks

-- AP: Explainer: One Weather System Floods St. Louis And Kentucky

-- USA Today: Climate Change Exposes Growing Gap Between Weather We’ve Planned For And What’s Coming

Forests

-- StateImpactPA: What To Know About DEP’s Newest Plan To Reduce Pollution To The Chesapeake Bay

-- Open Space Institute Expands Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund To Support Conservation Of Climate Critical Pennsylvania Forests [PaEN]

-- Allegheny National Forest Tionesta Scenic & Research Natural Area Added To Old-Growth Forest Network In McKean County [PaEN]

-- July 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- DCNR Surveying Visitors On Their Experiences In Gallitzin, Rothrock State Forests [PaEN]

-- Health/DEP/DCNR Urge Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes To Prevent West Nile Virus [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Takes Aim At Mosquitoes And West Nile Virus

-- Reading Eagle: Young Workers At The Big Woods In French Creek State Park Encouraged By PA Official

-- Warren Times: Warren Street Landscape Committee Talked Riverbank Vegetation, Forest Health

Forests - Wildfires

-- U.S. Forest Service Cancels DCNR's Keystone Crew Deployment To Sugarloaf Wildfire In Wyoming; Crew Returning To Await Another Assignment [PaEN]

-- AP: Wildfires In West Explode In Size Amid Hot, Windy Conditions

-- USA Today: How Big Is California’s Largest Wildfire This Year? Visual Explainer

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Warren Times: Fish & Boat Commission Fishing, Boating Fee Increases See Positive Public Feedback

Game Commission

-- Game Commission Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Art Show Returns Aug. 5-7, Lancaster County [PaEN]

Geology

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For Up To $165 Million To Advance Domestic Geothermal Energy Deployment[PaEN]

Grants/Funding

-- DEP Opens Next Round Of Environmental Education Grants Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- Open Space Institute Expands Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund To Support Conservation Of Climate Critical Pennsylvania Forests [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Accepting Applications For $13 Million In Farm Conservation Tax Credits - First Come, First Served [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA: Apply Now For Climate Smart Agriculture And Soil Health Conservation Innovation Grants [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Grants Starting Aug. 1

-- DCNR Awards $955,500 In ATV/Snowmobile Trail Project Grants To Support 7 Projects; New Grant Round Opens Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Mayor Vows Crackdown On Illegal ATVs In September

-- Growing Greener Coalition: DCNR Online Grant Application Workshop Set For Nov. 3

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For Up To $165 Million To Advance Domestic Geothermal Energy Deployment[PaEN]

-- PA Outdoor Writers Association Awards $9,000 In Youth Education Grants To 14 Recipients [PaEN]

-- PPL Foundation Awards $450,000 In Grants To Support Education, Building Sustainable Communities, Promote Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Poultry Company Settles Water Pollution Suit For $1 Million

-- WLVT: Rodale Institute Will Invest $3 Million PA Grant To Build Organic Farming Research Center

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Celebrate Recent Grants; Accepting Watershed Leadership Academy Applications [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Hosting Free Rain Barrel Giveaway July 28

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Install Downspout Planters, Naturalize Stormwater Basins, Plant Live Stake Nursery With KPB, The GIANT Company Healing The Planet Grant [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Lehigh Valley Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Healing The Plant Grant

-- Citizens Voice: Casey Advances $1.5 Million For Levee Project In Luzerne County

-- Richard King Mellon Foundation Issues RFP On Stopping, Slowing Spread Of Invasive Plant Species [PaEN]

Green Building

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

Green Infrastructure

-- StateImpactPA: What To Know About DEP’s Newest Plan To Reduce Pollution To The Chesapeake Bay

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Decades In The Making, ALCOSAN Deals With One Of Pittsburgh’s Most Intractable Problems - Massive Stormwater Runoff

-- WESA: ALCOSAN’s Rising Sewage Bills Draw Complaints And Calls For More Action To Help Customers

-- Giangiulio Family Partners With Natural Lands To Preserve 113 Acre Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 110 Acres Of Forestland, Wetlands In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy: Kohler Family Farm - A Farm Preserving A Legacy In Dauphin County

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Farmer Climate Story: Thistle Creek Farms, Huntingdon County

-- Open Space Institute Expands Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund To Support Conservation Of Climate Critical Pennsylvania Forests [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Celebrate Recent Grants; Accepting Watershed Leadership Academy Applications [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Beartown Woods Natural Area

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- York Daily Record: Fmr Superfund Site In Hopewell Twp., Now A Park, Could Be Reopened As A Landfill

-- Reading Eagle: EPA Cleaning Up Hazardous Exide Property In Muhlenberg Twp. As Superfund Site

-- 16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution Caused By Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Makes It Unsuitable For A Dust Suppressant, Washes Right Off The Road Into The Ditch [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Profile: Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University - Monitoring Impact Of Shale Gas Extraction On Private Water Wells, Groundwater In SW PA [PaEN]

-- The New Republic: Tiny PA Town Of 700 Declared War On Fracking Industry In 2014, They’re Finally Getting Their Day In Court, Its Own State Is Fighting Against It

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Communities Hold Household Hazardous Waste Collection July 29-30

Land Conservation

-- Giangiulio Family Partners With Natural Lands To Preserve 113 Acre Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 110 Acres Of Forestland, Wetlands In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy: Kohler Family Farm - A Farm Preserving A Legacy In Dauphin County

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Farmer Climate Story: Thistle Creek Farms, Huntingdon County

-- Open Space Institute Expands Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund To Support Conservation Of Climate Critical Pennsylvania Forests [PaEN]

-- Allegheny National Forest Tionesta Scenic & Research Natural Area Added To Old-Growth Forest Network In McKean County [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Beartown Woods Natural Area

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: These Key Projects Would Boost Quality-Of-Life In York County [Recreation, Land Conservation, Farm, Historic]

-- Natural Lands: Regina A. Hairston Joins Natural Lands Board

-- Help Wanted: Audubon Society Of Western PA Buffalo Creek Watershed Coordinator [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- 16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In July 30 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- PA Resources Council Releases August Workshop & Webinar Schedule For Southwest PA Residents [PaEN]

-- Enter Now! PA Resources Council Invites Submissions To Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Communities Hold Household Hazardous Waste Collection July 29-30

Mine Reclamation

-- Appalachian Voices: Bipartisan STREAM Act Passes U.S. House To Address Long-Term Mine Drainage Cleanup [PaEN]

-- EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg. Setting Manganese Toxics Water Quality Standard, RACT For Major Sources Of Nitrogen Oxides [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Passing The Internship Torch From Older To Younger Brother; Partnership With Grove City College [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Evaluation Of How DEP Regulates Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling & The Industry’s Compliance With Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study: Potential Pollution Caused By Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Makes It Unsuitable For A Dust Suppressant, Washes Right Off The Road Into The Ditch [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: PA’s Natural Gas Boom - What Went Wrong? Why Does It Matter? What Can We Do Better To Protect Public Health? [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Profile: Dr. John Stolz, Duquesne University - Monitoring Impact Of Shale Gas Extraction On Private Water Wells, Groundwater In SW PA [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Leaving Beaver County As Shell’s Ethane Cracker Plant Sets To Open

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Lawsuit Claims Diversified Energy And EQT Drilling Played Hot Potato With Oil & Gas Well Plugging Liabilities

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Diversified Energy Buys ConocoPhillips Assets In TX, OK For $240 Million [Taking On More Oil & Gas Well Plugging Obligations]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Diversified Energy Acquisition Adds More Well Plugging Capability

-- Grist - Naveena Sadasivam: Pennsylvania Just Lost A Key Tool To Address Its Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Problem

-- AG Shapiro: Southeast Directional Drilling Pleads Guilty To Contaminating Water Supply In Washington County, To Pay $15,000 Fine [PaEN]

-- The New Republic: Tiny PA Town Of 700 Declared War On Fracking Industry In 2014, They’re Finally Getting Their Day In Court, Its Own State Is Fighting Against It

-- 16 Oil & Gas Facility Spill, Soil, Water Contamination Cleanups Under Act 2 Land Recycling Program During July [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In July 30 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups [PaEN]

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Still No Answers On Deadly Pottstown Home Explosion

-- Range Resources Natural Gas Driller Publishes Corporate Sustainability Report 2021-22

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Sees Progress Reducing Emissions In Annual ESG Report

-- House Committee Meets Aug. 2 To Disapprove Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities; Blocking The Rule Will Mean Loss Of Federal Highway Funds [PaEN]

-- AP: Hidden Menace: Massive Methane Leaks From Oil & Gas Facilities Speed Up Climate Change

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Award Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Grants To Volunteer Fire Companies

-- TribLive Letter: Natural Gas Development Benefits PA Residents - Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- Inside Climate News/StateImpact PA: Fetterman’s Evolution On Climate Change, Fracking And The Environment

-- Post-Gazette: IGS Acquires Dominion Energy Solutions And Budget Billing For Natural Gas Customers Skyrockets

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Billing Fiasco Drains Trust In American Institutions

-- Casper Star Tribune (Wyoming): Natural Gas/LNG Exports, Production Troubles, Heat Waves Behind High Energy Costs

-- Reuters: Limited Fracking Supplies, Capital Constraints, Labor Shortages Hampering U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Production

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Drilling Won’t Increase Production Until It Can Move More Natural Gas Out Of Appalachian Basin, Expand LNG Exports From East Coast

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: U.S. Natural Gas Shackled By ‘Short-Sighted’ Energy Policy, Says Range Resources CEO

-- Natural Gas Intelligence: EQT Drilling Working To ‘Catalyze’ East Coast LNG Projects Amid Appalachian Constraints

-- PA Business Report: EQT Drilling - 70% Of U.S. Voters Support Increasing Natural Gas Production

-- CNX, Dynamis Introduce Electric Powered Drilling System Fueled By On-Site Natural Gas

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 4 Harnessing Hydrogen: Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities In Appalachia [PaEN]

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 3% After Hitting 14-Year High [Price Up 66% In July]

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Roar Toward Record Monthly Gain On Searing U.S. Heat

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Is Taking Traders On White-Knuckle Summer Ride

-- WSJ: Oil, Natural Gas Energy Prices May Keep Inflation High For Years

-- Reuters: Russia Cuts Natural Gas Flows Further As Europe Issues Savings Plea

-- Reuters: Analysis: U.S. LNG Exports To Europe On Track To Surpass Biden Promise

-- The Hill: Biden Administration Estimates Releases From Oil Reserve Prevented 40-Cent Gasoline Hike

-- The Guardian: Oil, Natural Gas Company Profits Boom As Americans Reel From High Fuel Prices

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil Set For Record Profit Was World Reels From High Fuel Cost

-- Financial Times: Oil & Gas Majors: Time For Transformative Clean Energy Deal? Cash Bonanza Raises Prospect Of Large-Scale Deals To Turbocharge Transition Strategies

Pipelines

-- AG Shapiro: Southeast Directional Drilling Pleads Guilty To Contaminating Water Supply In Washington County, To Pay $15,000 Fine [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pipelines To Prosperity - End Pipeline Permitting Obstructions, Accelerate LNG Exports, Designate Critical Energy Infrastructure - American Petroleum Institute

Permitting

-- WFMZ: Proposed Poconos Solar Energy Project, PA’s Largest, Gets DEP Permit

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In July 30 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 770 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,378 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies Last Week [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP Posts Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Of Technical Guidance In Development [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Office Posts Updated Agency By Agency Regulatory Agenda Of Regulations In Development [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Draft E-bike Policy; Advisory Council Meets July 27 On Policy [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brain Whipkey: PA Looks To Accommodate E-Bike Riders In State Parks, Forests

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Floats New Policy On E-Bikes In State Forests, State Parks

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In July 30 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Fish & Boat Commission Fishing, Boating Fee Increases See Positive Public Feedback

-- PUC Sets Aug. 17 Hearing For Proposed Water Rate Increase Of 33.8%, Wastewater Increase Of 35% By York Water Company

-- EPA Seeks Input For New $100 Million Pollution Prevention Grant Program Funded By The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

PUC

-- PUC Sets Aug. 17 Hearing For Proposed Water Rate Increase Of 33.8%, Wastewater Increase Of 35% By York Water Company

-- Meadville Tribune: National Fuel Raises Natural Gas Rates To Residential Customers 26% Due To High Natural Gas Prices

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: How To Save On Energy Costs: Fuel Oil Up 70%, Natural Gas Up 38%, Electricity Up 14% (Driven By Natural Gas)

-- Post-Gazette: IGS Acquires Dominion Energy Solutions And Budget Billing For Natural Gas Customers Skyrockets

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Billing Fiasco Drains Trust In American Institutions

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Commissioners Award Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Grants To Volunteer Fire Companies

-- TribLive Letter: Natural Gas Development Benefits PA Residents - Marcellus Shale Coalition

Recreation

-- Growing Greener Coalition: DCNR Online Grant Application Workshop Set For Nov. 3

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Draft E-bike Policy; Advisory Council Meets July 27 On Policy [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brain Whipkey: PA Looks To Accommodate E-Bike Riders In State Parks, Forests

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Floats New Policy On E-Bikes In State Forests, State Parks

-- DCNR Blog: Celebrating Parks And The People Who Make Them Possible [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What It’s Like To Be A Park Ranger? - By Brian Price, Ranger Supervisor, French Creek State Park

-- July 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- DCNR Awards $955,500 In ATV/Snowmobile Trail Project Grants To Support 7 Projects; New Grant Round Opens Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Mayor Vows Crackdown On Illegal ATVs In September

-- DCNR Surveying Visitors On Their Experiences In Gallitzin, Rothrock State Forests [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Barriers To Equitable River Access Persist In Delaware River Basin, But They’re Not Always What You Expect

-- DCNR Announces Sustainable Trail System Project In Mountain Creek Watershed, Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Helps Celebrate Completion Of The Northwest River Trail In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: River Sojourns - Connecting People To Our Share Waters Through Paddling And Partnerships

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle’s Multi-Purpose Trail Is Everyone’s Favorite, Do We Need A Bike-Only Lane?

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Hitting The Midpoint Of The Appalachian Trail, The Easy Way In Cumberland County

-- WITF Smart Talk: Cherry Springs State Park One Of The Best Places On East Coast For Stargazing

-- Centre Daily Times: What To Know About Exploring Trails At Gray’s Woods Preserve

-- Land Health Institute: Join Fun, Entertaining, Educational WonderWalks In Philadelphia

-- WITF Smart Talk: Hanover Remembers Its History With New Rail Trails In York County

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: These Key Projects Would Boost Quality-Of-Life In York County [Recreation, Land Conservation, Farm, Historic]

-- TribLive: Inside The Pickleball Boom: Here’s What You Should Know

-- Penn State Extension: July Is Lake Appreciation Month In Pennsylvania; Interpreting Water Tests; Field Guide To Aquatic Plants [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partners Name Winners Of 2022 Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Intern Alexsys Frierson Celebrating Summer With TrailOff

-- DCNR: Work On Adam T. Bower Memorial Dam At Shikellamy State Park Complete, Boating Begins

-- Health/DEP/DCNR Urge Pennsylvanians To Fight The Bite And Protect Themselves From Mosquitoes To Prevent West Nile Virus [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: PA Takes Aim At Mosquitoes And West Nile Virus

-- Warren Times: Warren Street Landscape Committee Talked Riverbank Vegetation, Forest Health

-- Erie Times: Tall Ships Erie Festival Coming August 25-28

-- TribLive: Butler-Freeport Community Trail Celebrates 30 Years Of Recreation Alongside Buffalo Creek

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Resources Council Releases August Workshop & Webinar Schedule For Southwest PA Residents [PaEN]

-- Enter Now! PA Resources Council Invites Submissions To Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Communities Hold Household Hazardous Waste Collection July 29-30

-- WITF Smart Talk: Dickinson College Project Will Turn Composted Waste Into Electricity

-- York Daily Record: Fmr Superfund Site In Hopewell Twp., Now A Park, Could Be Reopened As A Landfill

-- York Dispatch: Decades After Contamination, York County Waste Authority Considers Reopening Superfund Site

-- Reading Eagle: EPA Cleaning Up Hazardous Exide Property In Muhlenberg Twp. As Superfund Site

Regulations

-- EQB Meets Aug. 9 On Final Reg. Setting Manganese Toxics Water Quality Standard, RACT For Major Sources Of Nitrogen Oxides [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Office Posts Updated Agency By Agency Regulatory Agenda Of Regulations In Development [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Of Technical Guidance In Development [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

-- AP: U.S. Senate Democrats, Sen. Manchin Agree On Largest Single Investment In Measures To Fight Climate Change, Assess Methane Leak Fees On Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Law: Commonwealth Court Judge Reinstates Order Blocking PA’s Entry Into RGGI - Copy Of Order

-- WFMZ: Proposed Poconos Solar Energy Project, PA’s Largest, Gets DEP Permit

-- NBC10: Philly’s Clean Energy Goals Languish As Solar Farm In Adams County Remains Unbuilt/SEPTA Solar Farm In Franklin County In Operation

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Local Climate Solutions Are The Way Forward

-- U.S. DOE Launches New Solar Initiatives To Lower Electricity Bills, Create Clean Energy Jobs

-- Reuters: U.S. Solar Industry Jobs Rose 9% In 2021, Mainly In Installation

-- Utility Dive: Renewable Energy Industry Marks Slowest Quarter Since 2019 With Installations Down 55%

-- Bloomberg: Solar Power Equipment Prices Keep Rising In Clean Energy Threat

-- Convervative Texans For Energy Innovation: May Heat Wave Exposes Myth Of Fossil Fuel Reliability As Texas Coal And Gas Fired Generators Fail Early Season Performance Test

-- Financial Times: Oil & Gas Majors: Time For Transformative Clean Energy Deal? Cash Bonanza Raises Prospect Of Large-Scale Deals To Turbocharge Transition Strategies

-- WSJ: America’s New Energy Crisis - Fossil Fuel Plants Closing Faster Than Green Alternatives Replace Them

Schuylkill River

-- WHYY: Take Me To The River -Academy Of Natural Sciences Sends Visitors Outside To The Schuylkill River

Stormwater

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Decades In The Making, ALCOSAN Deals With One Of Pittsburgh’s Most Intractable Problems - Massive Stormwater Runoff

-- WESA: ALCOSAN’s Rising Sewage Bills Draw Complaints And Calls For More Action To Help Customers

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Install Downspout Planters, Naturalize Stormwater Basins, Plant Live Stake Nursery With KPB, The GIANT Company Healing The Planet Grant [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Lehigh Valley Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Healing The Plant Grant

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Hosting Free Rain Barrel Giveaway July 28

Susquehanna River

-- Scranton Times: Researchers Examine Water Quality Of Susquehanna River In Tunkhannock Area

-- Call For Presentations: Bucknell University's 17th River Symposium Nov. 4-5 [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Farmer Climate Story: Thistle Creek Farms, Huntingdon County

-- Open Space Institute Expands Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund To Support Conservation Of Climate Critical Pennsylvania Forests [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: It Takes An Ecovillage To Raise A Child [Rachel Carson EcoVillage] - Stefani Danes, Remaking Cities Institute At Carnegie Mellon University

-- WLVT: Rodale Institute Will Invest $3 Million PA Grant To Build Organic Farming Research Center

-- Exelon Corp Releases 2021 Corporate Sustainability Report Highlighting Clean Energy Transition

-- Range Resources Natural Gas Driller Publishes Corporate Sustainability Report 2021-22

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Sees Progress Reducing Emissions In Annual ESG Report

-- Help Wanted: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Is Hiring Staff & Interns!

Technical Guidance

-- DEP Posts Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Of Technical Guidance In Development [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- PUC Sets Aug. 17 Hearing For Proposed Water Rate Increase Of 33.8%, Wastewater Increase Of 35% By York Water Company

-- WHYY: Bucks County Municipal Leaders Oppose Plans To Privatize Sewer System

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Proposed $1.1 Billion Sale Of Bucks County Sewer System To Aqua PA Draws A Crowd At First Open House

-- MCall: Sewage Treatment Plan Proposal Raises Concerns For 800 Acre Industrial Park In Slate Belt