PA Environment Digest

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition (Unconventional Drillers): Latest Yale Headline-Grabbing Study Contradicts Previous Research [Read the entire studies, not just the few words MSC cites, to get the whole story.]

-- AG Shapiro: Reminder: Residents Impacted By Mariner East Pipeline Can Submit Requests For Free Water Testing Until Aug. 19

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater Associated With Industrial Activity (PAG-03) [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft State Water Plan Update [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 20 PA Bulletin; 4 More Oil & Gas Site Cleanup Reports [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26 [PaEN]

-- WHYY: $20.8 Million Push To Save 208 Acres Of Crebilly Farm In Westtown Twp., Chester County Will Be On The Ballot In November

-- Post-Gazette: How 62 Acres Slated For Development In Allegheny County Became A Conservation Success Story [Allegheny Land Trust]

-- TribLive: Highlands Democrats Host ‘Green Heroes’ Environmental Rally At Harrison Hills Today

-- August 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Gettysburg Connection: Adams County Planting Partnership Offers Free Native Trees, Shrub Seedlings

-- Stroud Water Research Center Roaring Twenties Soiree For Rivers Sept. 16 The Navy Yard, Philadelphia

-- WHYY: PA Horticultural Society Pop Up Garden With ‘Gritty Margs,’ Mojitos, More Plants Than You Can Count

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: $3.5 Million Purchase Of Bridge, Rail Line, Opens Path To Armstrong Trail Expansion

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Group Helps Those With Mobility Impairments Stay Active At Frances Slocum State Park

-- Help Wanted: PA Interfaith Power & Light Executive Director [PaEN]

Climate

-- New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Signed Into Law; PA Groups React [PaEN]

-- Climate Wire: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Includes New $700 Million Grant Program To Mitigate Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

-- WESA: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Gives Pittsburgh Region Climate Fund, More Jobs, Cleaner Air And Hope

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers Tout Increased State, Federal Funding To Fight Climate Change

-- Pennsylvania Allowances Removed From Sept. 7 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Republican Legislators Stall Regulations Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities

-- New Poll: Strong Majority Of PA Voters Support Climate Action To Cut Carbon and Methane Pollution [PaEN]

-- Renewables Now: CPV Building 100 MW Solar Farm On Former Coal Mine In Portage Twp., Cambria County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Protecting The Water While Harvesting Sunshine, Researchers Say Stormwater From Solar Energy Fields Needs Careful Management

-- Environmental, Watershed Groups Appeal Stormwater Permit For Proposed Swiftwater Solar Project In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officials To Make Solar Panel Installation Less Cumbersome

-- DEP Invites Comments On Electric Grid Resilience Plan At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26 [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: I’m A Teen Worried About Climate, The New Climate, Energy Bill Doesn’t Do Enough, But It’s A Start

-- Courier Times: How Bucks County Farmers Are Dealing With Climate Change

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

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philadelphia’s Biggest Barrier To Climate Action Is The Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- U.S. Steel, Equinor, Shell To Explore PA-OH-WV Regional Clean Energy Hub To Create New Jobs, Stimulate Economic Growth, Reduce Carbon Emissions

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Shell, U.S. Steel Are Eyeing A Clean Energy Hub, And How They’ll Get There

-- Seneca Resources Achieves Top Emissions Performance Certification Of Its Natural Gas Production Under MiQ Standard (Check Seneca Resources’ DEP compliance record)

-- Citizens Voice: Construction Of Bitcoin Mining Facility Suspended Near Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County

-- WITF: In PA Cities, Street Trees Can Help Cool Ever-Hotter Temps, But They Present Their Own Problems To Solve

-- MCall Guest Essay: Green Investments Position Lehigh Valley For Success - Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) + Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Climate Changes Makes Appalachian Life Even Harder, Why Do We Stay?

-- LancasterOnline: Climate Change Will Raise Heat Wave Risk In Lancaster, According To Model

-- Bloomberg: Much Of U.S. Will Be An ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ By The 2050s

-- Capital & Main: FracTracker Alliance Infrared Video Shows Widespread Oil & Gas Methane Leaks In Los Angeles

-- Financial Times: Record Lows For Rivers Across China, U.S. And Europe Sap Economies

-- Financial Times: EU Carbon Price Hits Record As Natural Gas Shortages Force Return To Coal

-- Climate - Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law

-- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

-- Climate Wire: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Includes New $700 Million Grant Program To Mitigate Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- WESA: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Gives Pittsburgh Region Climate Fund, More Jobs, Cleaner Air And Hope

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers Tout Increased State, Federal Funding To Fight Climate Change

-- New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Signed Into Law; PA Groups React [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Electric Vehicle Tax Credits May Have Little Local Impact

-- NYT: After Signing Climate Bill, Biden Prepares More Actions To Cut Emissions

-- White House: Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law - By The Numbers

-- AP: What’s In New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law?

-- Financial Times: A Guide To The U.S. Climate, Health And Tax Package

-- Financial Times: U.S. Climate Law’s Solar And Wind Boom Applause Muted By Cost, Permit Concerns

-- Utility Dive: S&P Global: Rising Fuel Prices, New Climate, Energy Act Likely To Spur Rapid Renewable Energy Growth

-- WSJ: Energy Projects Needed Across The U.S. Face Local Hurdles

Coal Mining

-- DEP To Hold Virtual Hearings On Proposed Expansions Of 3 Deep Coal Mines In Greene County [PaEN]

Compliance Action

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Driller Compliance Review Will Go Back At Least 5 Years; Whether It Will Be Public Document Not Decided [PaEN]

-- DEP Suspending Enforcement Of Certain Vapor Leak Monitoring For Small Gasoline Storage Tanks In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Areas [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority Supervisor Gets Probation For Role In Dumping Sludge In Allegheny River

-- DEP Took Action On 846 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,389 Inspections Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- York County Conservation District Announces Annual Conservation Award Recipients [PaEN]

-- Gettysburg Connection: Adams County Planting Partnership Offers Free Native Trees, Shrub Seedlings

-- University Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Conservation District Study Links Pittsburgh Urban Soil Contamination To Historical Air Pollution, Inversions [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland Conservation District To Offer Forest Stewardship Workshop Sept. 24; Focus On Invasive Plants [PaEN]

Court Decisions

-- Grant Township Charter Banning Drilling Wastewater Injection Wells Struck Down By State Court; Decision Appealed To PA Supreme Court [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Grant Township Drilling Waste Injection Well Battle Goes To PA Supreme Court

DCNR

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Site Announced For First State Forest Area For Motorized Recreation

-- York Dispatch Editorial: New Motorized Recreation Area Big Win For PA

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Group Helps Those With Mobility Impairments Stay Active At Frances Slocum State Park

-- DCNR Prohibits Hunting With Firearms In Four State Parks In Southeast PA

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Hunting Restrictions Go Into Effect For Some PA State Parks

-- DCNR Announces $1.5 Million Improvements At Seven Tubs Recreation Area In Luzerne County

-- Scranton Times: DCNR Secretary Announces $1.5 Million In Improvements At Seven Tubs Recreation Area

-- DCNR Announces Infrastructure Improvements To Yellow Creek State Park, Indiana County

-- Republican Herald: Tuscarora State Park Closed To Swimming Due To Harmful Algae

-- DCNR Updates Cost Of Ohiopyle State Park Whitewater Launches

-- August 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: $3.5 Million Purchase Of Bridge, Rail Line, Opens Path To Armstrong Trail Expansion

-- DCNR Secretary Joins Ribbon Cutting Ceremony For Falcon Bridge On The Bald Eagle Valley Trail In Clinton County

-- Williamsport Sun: Repurposed Railroad Bridge For Bald Eagle Valley Trail Over Susquehanna River To Be Dedicated

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Contributions Remembered At Friday Event

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Service Changed Life’s Path For Edwin Zevotek

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Celebrates 40 Years Of Discovery - New Species, Solving Mysteries, Finding Rare Species In New Places [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: PA Natural Heritage Program Annual Report Released

-- Agriculture, DCNR Celebrate Honey Bee Day, Aug. 20; Bees Play A Critical Role In Food Production, Biodiversity [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Woman Dies In Ohiopyle Rafting Accident

DEP

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Want To Rewrite Penn State Study Showing Their Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads Is Bad For Human Health, Environment [PaEN]

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Driller Compliance Review Will Go Back At Least 5 Years; Whether It Will Be Public Document Not Decided [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Allowances Removed From Sept. 7 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Republican Legislators Stall Regulations Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Grant Township Charter Banning Drilling Wastewater Injection Wells Struck Down By State Court; Decision Appealed To PA Supreme Court [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Grant Township Drilling Waste Injection Well Battle Goes To PA Supreme Court

-- DEP Suspending Enforcement Of Certain Vapor Leak Monitoring For Small Gasoline Storage Tanks In Philadelphia, Pittsburgh-Beaver Valley Areas [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater Associated With Industrial Activity (PAG-03) [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Virtual Hearings On Proposed Expansions Of 3 Deep Coal Mines In Greene County [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft State Water Plan Update [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Splish, Splash - A Deep Dive Into Proper Pool Water Discharge

-- DEP Now Accepting Recycling Implementation Grant Applications, Deadline Oct. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Electric Grid Resilience Plan At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: To Lower Your Electricity Bills, Take A Three-Prong Approach

-- DEP Took Action On 846 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,389 Inspections Last Week

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 20 PA Bulletin; 4 More Oil & Gas Site Cleanup Reports [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Executive Board Notice Of Reorganization Of The Department Of Environmental Protection

Delaware River

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 19 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Yale School Of Public Health Study Found PA Children 2 To 3 Times More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Leukemia If They Live Near Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Children Living Near PA Fracking Sites At Increased Risk Of Leukemia, Study Finds

-- The Guardian: PA Children Born Near Fracking Wells More At Risk For Leukemia, Study

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: New Research Links Fracking To Increased Risk Of Leukemia In Children

-- Inquirer Editorial: As PA Municipalities Sell Water Systems To For-Profit Companies, Consumers Are Left Paying The Price

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft State Water Plan Update [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: New Method To Break Down PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shows Promise, Study Says

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Home Brewers’ Guide To Private Well Or Spring Water Oct. 10

Drought

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Drought? Not Yet, But Likely Soon As Parched Conditions Persist

Economic Development

-- Poconos Region Special Protection Streams Deliver $3 Billion In Economic Benefits [PaEN]

-- MCall Guest Essay: Green Investments Position Lehigh Valley For Success - Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) + Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Republican Herald: Christmas Tree Growers Hit By Drought, High Cost Of Fertilizer, Labor Shortage

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Home Brewers’ Guide To Private Well Or Spring Water Oct. 10

-- EPA Calls For Nominations For 2023 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards, Deadline Sept. 28

Education

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Awards Environmental Science Scholarships To Molly Hoffman And Megan Kownurko [PaEN]

-- Covanta Delaware Valley, Chester Environmental Partnership To Award $20,000 In Scholarships To Local Students

-- Scranton Times: With Water Levels Dropping, Abington Heights School District Students Rescue, Relocate Fish From Pond In Lackawanna County

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Sept. 14 Webinar On Outreach & Marketing To New, Existing Members, Donors [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA 2-Part Webinar: Grants - Finding, Writing And Managing Nov. 9 & 16 [PaEN]

-- Agriculture, DCNR Celebrate Honey Bee Day, Aug. 20; Bees Play A Critical Role In Food Production, Biodiversity [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Business Of Bees - Honey, Money And The Survival Of Humanity

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Conservancy’s Gardens Get Even More Welcoming To Butterflies And Bees

-- Reviving The ‘Lost’ Higbee Map Of Pennsylvania’s 86,000 Miles Of Streams [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Splish, Splash - A Deep Dive Into Proper Pool Water Discharge

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 24 Rain Barrel Workshop In Irwin

-- DEP Invites Comments On Electric Grid Resilience Plan At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: To Lower Your Electricity Bills, Take A Three-Prong Approach

-- Penn State Students Aiding Project To Reduce Plastics In Tree Grow Tubes To Support Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Northern Lights Could Be Visible From PA The Next Few Nights

-- TribLive: Stargazers Across Western PA Could Catch Glimpse Of Northern Lights

-- Inquirer: In Search Of Pennsylvania’s Coolest Places In The Dog Days Of Summer

-- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26 [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: I’m A Teen Worried About Climate, The New Climate, Energy Bill Doesn’t Do Enough, But It’s A Start

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Home Brewers’ Guide To Private Well Or Spring Water Oct. 10

-- Westmoreland Conservation District To Offer Forest Stewardship Workshop Sept. 24; Focus On Invasive Plants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Albright College: Bats Are Back At Wertz’s Red Bridge In Berks County

-- The Express: Fish & Boat Commission To Provide Presentation On Reptiles, Amphibians In Fishing Creek Watershed Aug. 29 In Loganton, Clinton County

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Go On Mussel Field Survey, Learn About Mussel Relocation Project [Videos]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: 60 Second Monthly Video Update

-- University Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Conservation District Study Links Pittsburgh Urban Soil Contamination To Historical Air Pollution, Inversions [PaEN]

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

-- WHYY: PA Horticultural Society Pop Up Garden With ‘Gritty Margs,’ Mojitos, More Plants Than You Can Count

-- Courier Times: How Bucks County Farmers Are Dealing With Climate Change

-- WTAJ: Lumber Heritage Region Announces Recipients Of Mini Grants To Support Education Programs On The Lumber Industry

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Contributions Remembered At Friday Event

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Service Changed Life’s Path For Edwin Zevotek

-- Inquirer: Union County Couple Making Interactive ‘Floating’ Maps Of Small-Town PA, See Towns Evolve Over Time

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: Chimney Swift Conservation In Southwest PA; Contribute Your Sightings [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbird Boom At Your Feeders Points To Migration Under Way

-- Reading Eagle: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Begins Fall Raptor Migration Count

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Fall Raptor Migration Season Makes Hawk Mountain A High-Flying Destination

-- Reading Eagle: American Kestrels Studied At Rentschler Arboretum In Berks County

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Monarch Butterfly Festival Aug. 27

-- Altoona Mirror: Little Bug, Big Trouble: Spotted Lanternflies ‘A Nuisance To The Public’

-- Spotlight PA: Spotted Lanternfly Squashing Was Once All The Rage In PA, Is That Zeal Fading?

-- Scranton Times: See It? Squish It? PA And Surrounding States Fighting The Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts To Discuss Spotted Lanternfly Invasion At North Park, Allegheny County Aug. 22

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hosts Sept. 17 Native Plant Sale 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Emergency Response

-- Federal SBA Loans Available To Westmoreland County & Southwest PA Residents With Flood Damage As A Result Of The Aug. 5 Storms [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Low-Interest Loans Available To Aug. 5 Western PA Flood Victims

-- Citizens Voice: Talen Energy To Test Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Emergency Sirens Thursday

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Climate Changes Makes Appalachian Life Even Harder, Why Do We Stay?

-- Bloomberg: Much Of U.S. Will Be An ‘Extreme Heat Belt’ By The 2050s

-- Financial Times: Record Lows For Rivers Across China, U.S. And Europe Sap Economies

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]

-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: National Fuel Gas To Increased Cost Of Natural Gas 39.7% Effective Aug. 1

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposes To Cap Its Weather Normalization Charge To Prevent Future Billing Mayhem

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Decline In PA Natural Gas Production For 2nd Quarter In A Row For First Time; But An Increase In New Wells Drilled [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: State’s Natural Gas Production Drops 2nd Quarter In A Row

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - No Change From Last Week - 23

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Shortage Fears Has Prices Flirting With Levels Not Seen In U.S. In 15 Years

-- CNN: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Spike To 14-Year High, Prices Up 525% Since June 2020

-- Erie Times: Erie Sees Gasoline Prices Fall Below $4, Will It Keep Dropping?

National/International

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Heading For Longest Run Of Weekly Price Increases In Europe

-- Financial Times: EU Carbon Price Hits Record As Natural Gas Shortages Force Return To Coal

-- Reuters: Canada Says Hydrogen Better Than LNG Natural Gas For German Needs

-- Bloomberg: World Embraces Dirtier Fuels As Natural Gas Prices Hit Exorbitant Heights

-- Bloomberg: Asia Natural Gas Prices At Highest Since Russian War Began On Fuel Crunch

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Advance As Energy Crisis Pounds Region

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge Again As Higher Demand Compounds Supply Pain

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Jumps [Again] Amid Rising Demand, Moscow’s Supply Grip

-- Bloomberg: Key European Power Price Doubles In 2 Months Due To Record Natural Gas Prices

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Rises As Heat, Drying Rivers Drive Demand

-- U.S. Energy Information Administration: Natural Gas Price Volatility Reached An All-Time High In First Quarter 2022

-- Financial Times: Middle East Countries Set For $1.3 Trillion Oil, Natural Gas Windfall, Says IMF

-- NYT: Falling Oil Prices Defy Predictions, But What About The Next Chapter?

Energy

-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: National Fuel Gas To Increased Cost Of Natural Gas 39.7% Effective Aug. 1

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposes To Cap Its Weather Normalization Charge To Prevent Future Billing Mayhem

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports Decline In PA Natural Gas Production For 2nd Quarter In A Row For First Time; But An Increase In New Wells Drilled [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: State’s Natural Gas Production Drops 2nd Quarter In A Row

-- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

-- WESA: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Gives Pittsburgh Region Climate Fund, More Jobs, Cleaner Air And Hope

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers Tout Increased State, Federal Funding To Fight Climate Change

-- Pennsylvania Allowances Removed From Sept. 7 Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Auction [PaEN]

-- Renewables Now: CPV Building 100 MW Solar Farm On Former Coal Mine In Portage Twp., Cambria County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Protecting The Water While Harvesting Sunshine, Researchers Say Stormwater From Solar Energy Fields Needs Careful Management

-- Environmental, Watershed Groups Appeal Stormwater Permit For Proposed Swiftwater Solar Project In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officials To Make Solar Panel Installation Less Cumbersome

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philadelphia’s Biggest Barrier To Climate Action Is The Philadelphia Natural Gas Works

-- House Environmental Committee Aug. 30 Hearing On Threats Electromagnetic Pulse Attacks, Solar Flares Pose To Electric Grids [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Electric Grid Resilience Plan At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Construction Of Bitcoin Mining Facility Suspended Near Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County

-- U.S. Steel, Equinor, Shell To Explore PA-OH-WV Regional Clean Energy Hub To Create New Jobs, Stimulate Economic Growth, Reduce Carbon Emissions

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Shell, U.S. Steel Are Eyeing A Clean Energy Hub, And How They’ll Get There

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

-- MCall Guest Essay: Green Investments Position Lehigh Valley For Success - Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) + Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- WSJ: Energy Projects Needed Across The U.S. Face Local Hurdles

-- Utility Dive: S&P Global: Rising Fuel Prices, New Climate, Energy Act Likely To Spur Rapid Renewable Energy Growth

-- Financial Times: EU Carbon Price Hits Record As Natural Gas Shortages Force Return To Coal

-- NYT: After Signing Climate Bill, Biden Prepares More Actions To Cut Emissions

Energy Conservation

-- DEP Blog: To Lower Your Electricity Bills, Take A Three-Prong Approach

Environmental Health

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Want To Rewrite Penn State Study Showing Their Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads Is Bad For Human Health, Environment [PaEN]

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Driller Compliance Review Will Go Back At Least 5 Years; Whether It Will Be Public Document Not Decided [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 20 PA Bulletin; 4 More Oil & Gas Site Cleanup Reports [PaEN]

-- Yale School Of Public Health Study Found PA Children 2 To 3 Times More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Leukemia If They Live Near Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Children Living Near PA Fracking Sites At Increased Risk Of Leukemia, Study Finds