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

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Say Proposed Constitutional Change Targets Pollution Regs, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

-- Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: House Energy Committee Voted To Kill Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs, Now $500 Million In Federal Highway Funding Is At Risk

-- Scranton Times Editorial: House Committee’s Vote Against Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Another Example Of Pandering To Industry

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes - Rep. Metcalfe’s Antics Will Cost PA Dearly [House Committee Vote To Disapprove Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs]

-- Williamsport Sun: Lawmakers Tour Evangelical Community Hospital To See Energy Efficiency Improvements

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Food Producers Tell Of Inflation Struggles [Natural Gas, Oil Price , Energy Spikes Driving Increased Egg, Other Food Costs]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Support PA Farmers - Shop Local, Buy PA Preferred This Harvest Season

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

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

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

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-- 58 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]

Check Calendars For Events Near You!

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

Air

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Say Proposed Constitutional Change Targets Pollution Regs, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

-- Post-Gazette: House Energy Committee Voted To Kill Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs, Now $500 Million In Federal Highway Funding Is At Risk

-- Scranton Times Editorial: House Committee’s Vote Against Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Another Example Of Pandering To Industry

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes - Rep. Metcalfe’s Antics Will Cost PA Dearly [House Committee Vote To Disapprove Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs]

-- Guest Essay: God Created Us To Do Good Works - A Safe Climate And Healthy Environment Must Be Part Of That - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox and Paul Douglas, Evangelical Environmental Network [PaEN]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Special Report - Public Records Provide New Details Of July Power Outages At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works And What's Being Done To Remedy Electrical Issues [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Oct. 4 Hearing On Brunner Island Power Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Located In York County [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Environmental Hazards In Scranton School District

-- Financial Times: Methane Hunters: What Explains The Surge In The Potent Greenhouse Gas? [Natural Sources]

-- Erie Times: Stop Blaming Goldenrod For Late-Summer Allergies

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: 20 Years Since Ecoterrorism Attack On U.S. Forest Service Research Station In Irvine, Warren County

Awards & Recognition

-- Water Resources Assn. Of The Delaware River Basin Announces 2022 Award Recipients [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Sheila Fleming Is Retiring From The Brandywine Conservancy After 23 Years Of Service

-- University Of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Now Certified As Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

-- Centre Daily Times: National Park Service Turning 106, Here’s Where To Celebrate In Pennsylvania

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Changes To List Of Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened, Rare PA Native Wild Plants [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Update Wild Plant Regulations; Public Comment To Open Aug. 27

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

-- Republican Herald: Moth Enthusiast Curates Rare Moth, Butterfly Collection At Ned Smith Center Near Millersburg

-- Feature: Native Plant Meadows Experience ‘Growing Pains’ - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center And Emily Stambaugh, Intern, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Inside The Fight To Save The Eastern Hemlock, PA’s State Tree

-- Pike Conservation District To Unveil Pollinator Garden Sept. 17 In Dingman Twp. Park [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Honeybee Day? PA Agriculture Recognizes $76 Million Apiary Industry

-- Courier Times: Sahli Nature Park’s Pollinator Program Halts After Someone Frees Monarch Butterflies Prematurely

-- Native Fish Coalition, PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Support Fish & Boat Commission Efforts To Protect Against Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Water Activities Suspended At Pinchot State Park Due To Harmful Algal Blooms

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Swimming, Other Water Activities Suspended At Pinchot State Park Due To Harmful Algal Blooms

-- Scranton Times: Spotted Lanternfly ‘Popping Up Everywhere’ In Lackawanna County

-- Republican Herald: Spotted Lanternfly: Beautiful But Destructive Pest Makes Annual Appearance

-- Erie Times: Stop Blaming Goldenrod For Late-Summer Allergies

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: American Rescue Plan Funds To Help Protect Farms, Natural Lands After Lancaster County Commissioners’ Approval

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Has Spent Only A Quarter Of Its Federal COVID Relief Money As Neighborhoods Await Improvements

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Awards PA $25 Million In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Public Input On Strengthening PA's Electric Grid Against Extreme Weather Events At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Officials Celebrate $857 Million Upgrade To Ohio River Locks, Funded In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Bids

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

Budget

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Regulation Increasing Radiological Health Fees

Chesapeake Bay

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- DEP, Partners Showcase Stream Restoration Projects In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Donegal Trout Unlimited Show Fishing Creek Restoration

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Still Time To Apply For First-Come, First Served REAP Tax Credits To Support Farm Conservation Projects [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office: August Update, Showcasing Partner Accomplishments

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Citizen Action

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Special Report - Public Records Provide New Details Of July Power Outages At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works And What's Being Done To Remedy Electrical Issues [PaEN]

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Aug. 27 PA Bulletin; 1 More Oil & Gas Facility Land Recycling Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Reverses Decision, Reduces Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline Penalty For High Noise Levels, Exacerbating Emergency And Fire Hazards To $3,000 From $51,000 [Read Original Decision]

-- DEP To Hold Oct. 5 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Regional Energy Access Expansion Project In Eastern PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Impoundments By Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC In Washington County [PaEN]

-- EPA To Hold Aug. 30 Hearing On Proposed Drilling Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: EPA Schedules Hearing On Proposed Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Allegheny County Judge Rules Environmental Violations [NOVs] Can Inform How Townships Evaluate Land Use Permits For Natural Gas Drilling Operations; Appeal Expected By Olympus Energy

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Son Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age 3, Was Fracking To Blame? - By Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Landfill Cited For Leachate Leak Into Speers Run By DEP [DEP Hearing On Landfill Permit Aug. 31 ]

-- NFWF Announces $15.8 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In PA [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Nearly $32 Million In Grants Will Help Fish, Birds, Streams, Trails In Delaware River Watershed

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- DEP, Partners Showcase Stream Restoration Projects In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Donegal Trout Unlimited Show Fishing Creek Restoration

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes! [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Still Time To Apply For First-Come, First Served REAP Tax Credits To Support Farm Conservation Projects [PaEN]

-- Call For Session Proposals: WeConservePA 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute Seeking Grow Clean Water College Outreach Ambassadors In Delaware Watershed [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.1 Million To Protect 784 Acres Of Farmland In 9 Counties [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Allegheny Land Trust Celebrates Community Conservation - The Protection And Debut Of Healcrest Glen [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Changes To List Of Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened, Rare PA Native Wild Plants [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Update Wild Plant Regulations; Public Comment To Open Aug. 27

-- Reading Eagle: Hereford Twp. Residents Seeking Help To Remove Thousands Of Dead Ash Trees In Danger Of Falling

-- Stroud Water Research Center August Update: Dirt Diaries - Soil Health Campaign Drives Underwear Digs Across PA

-- Penn State Extension: Managing Your Drinking Water Well During A Drought [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension To Offer Private Drinking Water Testing Webinars This Fall [PaEN]

-- Attention Farmers! Still Time To Respond To USDA Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey

-- PA Resources Council Holds Household Chemical Collection Sept. 10 In South Park, Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Cleanups Help Reduce Trash In Conewango Creek

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Cleanup Set For September 10

-- York Daily Record: York City Community Garden Brings Peace To Troubled Neighborhood

-- WHYY: Tree Clearing For FDR Park Wetland Sparks Outrage In Philly

-- Game Commission: Pennsylvanians Can Help Watch For Rabbit Disease

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deadly Rabbit Virus Found In PA

-- University Of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Now Certified As Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

-- DEP Invites Public Input On Strengthening PA's Electric Grid Against Extreme Weather Events At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Voices: FERC Grants Mountain Valley Pipeline 4 More Years To Complete Troubled Project Despite Opposition

-- The Guardian: Outrage In Appalachia Over Manchin’s ‘Vile’ Mountain Valley Pipeline Deal

Climate

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. Will Hash Out Clean Energy Details With Global Leaders In Pittsburgh Sept. 22-23

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Say Proposed Constitutional Change Targets Pollution Regs, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

-- Post-Gazette: House Energy Committee Voted To Kill Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs, Now $500 Million In Federal Highway Funding Is At Risk

-- Scranton Times Editorial: House Committee’s Vote Against Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Another Example Of Pandering To Industry

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes - Rep. Metcalfe’s Antics Will Cost PA Dearly [House Committee Vote To Disapprove Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs]

-- Pennsylvania Solar Center, Generation180 Outline Benefits To Schools Switching To Solar Energy - Saving Money, Avoiding Costly Price Spikes [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: God Created Us To Do Good Works - A Safe Climate And Healthy Environment Must Be Part Of That - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox and Paul Douglas, Evangelical Environmental Network [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Wiser Way To Fight Climate Change In A World In Which China Makes It Inevitable - Joseph Duckett

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Legislature, Protect The Environment And Save People Money, Join RGGI - By PennEnvironment

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Snags $7.85 Million From Feds To Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

-- Inquirer: From ‘Truffala Trees’ To Carbon Storage, Temple’s Ambler Campus Offers New Discoveries One Year After Hurricane Ida

-- DEP Invites Public Input On Strengthening PA's Electric Grid Against Extreme Weather Events At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Is It Time For PA To Ban Summer Utility Shutoffs?

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Camden Energy Company Has A $7.4 Billion Plan To Build The Future Of Nuclear Power [Just Needs A Site]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Wind Turbines Will Help Not Hurt The Jersey Shore

-- Financial Times: Methane Hunters: What Explains The Surge In The Potent Greenhouse Gas? [Natural Sources]

Climate - New Federal Climate, Energy Healthcare Law

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Invests $40 Billion In Climate-Smart Agriculture; More Work To Do On 2023 Federal Farm Bill

-- AP: Sen. Manchin Dismisses Critics, Embraces ‘Hero And Villain’ Role Over New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law

Coal Mining

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Dimming Bitcoin Profits Shift Stronghold Mining Towards The Electric Grid

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

-- WSJ: West Virginia’s Coal Dependence Drives Up Consumer Electric Bills

Coastal Zone

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants Starting Aug. 29 [PaEN]

Compliance Action

-- PUC Approves Settlement With Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Addressing Compliance Plan For Stormwater Issues [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: DEP Takes Raccoon Refuse To Court For Failing To Cleanup Trash-Filled Transfer Facility

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Landfill Cited For Leachate Leak Into Speers Run By DEP [DEP Hearing On Landfill Permit Aug. 31 ]

-- PUC Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $33,875 In Penalties For PA One Call Violations

-- DEP Took Action On 801 Permits, 91% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,100 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Pike Conservation District To Unveil Pollinator Garden Sept. 17 In Dingman Twp. Park [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR Blog: Connecting With A Missing Voice In Conservation - The Next Generation [PaEN]

-- DCNR Helps Kickoff Second Statewide ‘Walk With A Doc’ Campaign Promoting Health And Nature [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Changes To List Of Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened, Rare PA Native Wild Plants [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Update Wild Plant Regulations; Public Comment To Open Aug. 27

-- DCNR Seeking Ideas For Trail Improvement Project In Mountain Creek Watershed, Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- MCall: DCNR Sets Partial Firearms Ban At Nockamixon State Park Where Teen Was Killed Watching Sunset

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Fire Forester Returns From Fighting Wildfire In Montana

-- York Daily Record: Water Activities Suspended At Pinchot State Park Due To Harmful Algal Blooms

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Swimming, Other Water Activities Suspended At Pinchot State Park Due To Harmful Algal Blooms

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes! [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Laurel Highlands, Pocono Mountains In Running For Top 10 Fall Foliage Destinations Nationally

-- TribLive: Laurel Highlands In Running Again For Best Fall Foliage Honors

-- Centre Daily Times: Nature Plays A Role In Boosting Mental Health, Try It For Yourself At Millbrook Marsh

-- Call For Session Proposals: WeConservePA 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: VisitPA.org Launches TV Series Featuring Culinary Trails

DEP

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Say Proposed Constitutional Change Targets Pollution Regs, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Aug. 27 PA Bulletin; 1 More Oil & Gas Facility Land Recycling Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Awards PA $25 Million In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Son Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age 3, Was Fracking To Blame? - By Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Landfill Cited For Leachate Leak Into Speers Run By DEP [DEP Hearing On Landfill Permit Aug. 31 ]

-- DEP To Hold Oct. 5 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Regional Energy Access Expansion Project In Eastern PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Impoundments By Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC In Washington County [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 State Water Plan Identifying Priorities For Management & Protection

-- DEP, Williamsport Authority, PA Rural Water Assn., Lycoming County Highlight Importance Of Source Water Protection To Clean Drinking Water [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts Sept. 27 Webinar On Applying For Environmental Education Grant Funding [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants Starting Aug. 29 [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Oct. 4 Hearing On Brunner Island Power Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Located In York County [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Regulation Increasing Radiological Health Fees

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office: August Update, Showcasing Partner Accomplishments

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

-- DEP Invites Public Input On Strengthening PA's Electric Grid Against Extreme Weather Events At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: DEP Takes Raccoon Refuse To Court For Failing To Cleanup Trash-Filled Transfer Facility

-- DEP News & Views Newsletter Highlights Environmental, Energy, Education Initiatives Over The Last Few Months

-- DEP Took Action On 801 Permits, 91% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,100 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Delaware River

-- Water Resources Assn. Of The Delaware River Basin Announces 2022 Award Recipients [PaEN]

-- NFWF Announces $15.8 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In PA [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Oil Slick Spreads On Delaware River Near Old Festival Pier In Philly

-- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts Sept. 21 What's The Ecological Status Of The Schuylkill River? [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute Seeking Grow Clean Water College Outreach Ambassadors In Delaware Watershed [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Philadelphia Art Exhibit Underscores Mussels’ Vital Role In Delaware River

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 26 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Water Resources Assn. Of The Delaware River Basin Announces 2022 Award Recipients [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 State Water Plan Identifying Priorities For Management & Protection

-- DEP, Williamsport Authority, PA Rural Water Assn., Lycoming County Highlight Importance Of Source Water Protection To Clean Drinking Water [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Aqua Water Executives Get An Earful From Angry Bucks County Sewer Customers Over Proposed Sale Of Water, Sewer System

-- Penn State Extension: Managing Your Drinking Water Well During A Drought [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension To Offer Private Drinking Water Testing Webinars This Fall [PaEN]

-- EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals As Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

-- AP: EPA To Designate Some ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances

Drought

-- Penn State Extension: Managing Your Drinking Water Well During A Drought [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Despite Recent Rain, Farmers Say Crops Still In Bad Shape

Economic Development

-- Post-Gazette: Firm Specializing In Cell And Gene Therapy To Team With Pitt At Hazelwood Green [Redeveloped Brownfield]

-- WESA: Hazelwood Green, Once A Steel Making Brownfield Site In Pittsburgh, Will Soon Produce Gene Therapies

-- DCED Awards $1 Million For Environmental Cleanup At Former Richmond Coal Generating Station In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- DCED Awards $467,636 Grant For Environmental Cleanup At Former Pottstown Plating Works In Montgomery County [PaEN]

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

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Support PA Farmers - Shop Local, Buy PA Preferred This Harvest Season

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Food Producers Tell Of Inflation Struggles [Natural Gas, Oil Price , Energy Spikes Driving Increased Egg, Other Food Costs]

Education

-- DEP Hosts Sept. 27 Webinar On Applying For Environmental Education Grant Funding [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Solar Center, Generation180 Outline Benefits To Schools Switching To Solar Energy - Saving Money, Avoiding Costly Price Spikes [PaEN]

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes! [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: From ‘Truffala Trees’ To Carbon Storage, Temple’s Ambler Campus Offers New Discoveries One Year After Hurricane Ida

-- Scranton Times: Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Environmental Hazards In Scranton School District

-- DCNR Blog: Connecting With A Missing Voice In Conservation - The Next Generation [PaEN]

-- Our Shared Waters Coalition Blog: Fostering A Lifelong Appreciation For Our Shared Waters On The Schuylkill River Sojourn - By Sarah Crothers Bach, Education Director, Schuylkill River Greenways

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Thinking Of Jumping Into The Three Rivers? Check For Toxins

-- DCNR Invites Comments On Changes To List Of Extirpated, Endangered, Threatened, Rare PA Native Wild Plants [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Update Wild Plant Regulations; Public Comment To Open Aug. 27

-- Game Commission Offering Learn To Hunt Webinars Starting Aug. 24

-- Rodale Institute Seeking Grow Clean Water College Outreach Ambassadors In Delaware Watershed [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center August Update: Dirt Diaries - Soil Health Campaign Drives Underwear Digs Across PA

-- DEP News & Views Newsletter Highlights Environmental, Energy, Education Initiatives Over The Last Few Months

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office: August Update, Showcasing Partner Accomplishments

-- University Of Pittsburgh-Johnstown Now Certified As Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary

-- Penn State Extension: Managing Your Drinking Water Well During A Drought [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension To Offer Private Drinking Water Testing Webinars This Fall [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Of NE PA Annual Membership Meeting Sept. 7, Milanville, Wayne County

-- Stroud Water Research Center Hosts Sept. 21 What's The Ecological Status Of The Schuylkill River? [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 26 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Register Now! PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Oct. 5-7, State College

-- Post-Gazette: Inside The Fight To Save The Eastern Hemlock, PA’s State Tree

-- Centre Daily Times: Have You Noticed Trees Turning Brown In Central PA, Blame The Leafminer

-- Centre Daily Times: Nature Plays A Role In Boosting Mental Health, Try It For Yourself At Millbrook Marsh

-- Call For Session Proposals: WeConservePA 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Online Elk Viewing Video Cam From Benezette, Elk County Now Live

-- Delaware Currents: Philadelphia Art Exhibit Underscores Mussels’ Vital Role In Delaware River

-- Republican Herald: Red-Tailed Hawk Released In Schuylkill County After Recuperating At Red Creek Wildlife Center For Nearly A Year

-- Game Commission: Pennsylvanians Can Help Watch For Rabbit Disease

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deadly Rabbit Virus Found In PA

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center - Nature Inspires The Best Seasonal Decorations

-- Inquirer: At Philly Bug Fest 2022, Humans Learn To Love The Bug, And Who Knew A Roach Had 2 Brains?

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Honeybee Day? PA Agriculture Recognizes $76 Million Apiary Industry

-- Republican Herald: Moth Enthusiast Curates Rare Moth, Butterfly Collection At Ned Smith Center Near Millersburg

-- Pike Conservation District To Unveil Pollinator Garden Sept. 17 In Dingman Twp. Park [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Sahli Nature Park’s Pollinator Program Halts After Someone Frees Monarch Butterflies Prematurely

-- Erie Times: Stop Blaming Goldenrod For Late-Summer Allergies

-- Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Hosts Unique By Nature - Diverse By Design Exhibit By Jerry Hassinger [PaEN]

-- Financial Times: Back To Nature - Why Employers Are Sending Staff On Environmental Retreats

Emergency Response

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Oil Slick Spreads On Delaware River Near Old Festival Pier In Philly

-- TribLive: Special Training, Equipment Prep Emergency Crews For Water, Physical Rescues

-- State Fire Commissioner Now Accepting Applications For Act 13 Emergency Services Grants [PaEN]

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]

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Fall For 10th Straight Week As Parts Of PA Near $4 Mark; National Average $3.90

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Food Producers Tell Of Inflation Struggles [Natural Gas, Oil Price , Energy Spikes Driving Increased Egg, Other Food Costs]

-- Forbes: Regional Energy Emergencies Declared In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin After A Fire Shut Down BP Oil Refinery In Indiana, The Largest Refinery In The Midwest

-- The Hill: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Declares Regional Emergency Following BP Refinery Fire In Indiana

-- Bloomberg: Fire At Biggest U.S. Midwest Refinery Threatens Fuel Supplies

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - No Change In Last 3 Weeks - 23

-- WSJ: Endless Demand Spurs U.S. Natural Gas Prices To Shale-Era Highs

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Fall 5% On Delay On Texas LNG Plant Restart [Showing Again LNG Exports Mean High U.S. Natural Gas Prices]

-- Deloitte: Oil & Gas Producers Have Highest-Ever Cash Flows, $1.4 Trillion In 2022, How Will They Invest It?

National/International

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: The Energy Crisis Is Making The Green Movement’s Case

-- Bloomberg: Diesel Pinch Looms As World Seeks Relief From Pricey Natural Gas

-- Financial Times: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Gyrate On Shifting Export Outlook [Texas LNG Plant Delay Restart Resulted In Lower Prices]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Prices Soar In Europe, Asia As Crisis Heats Up Competition [13% to 18%]

-- Reuters: European Natural Gas Price Jumps 16% To New Record High

-- Reuters: Asian Natural Gas Prices Jump After Russia Work Sends European Natural Gas Prices To New Record High

-- Reuters: Analysis - Forget Showering, It’s Eat Or Heat For Shocked Europeans Hit By Energy Crisis As Natural Gas, Electricity Prices Surge

-- WSJ: European Energy Rationing This Winter Is Looking Less Likely, Economic War With Russia Likely To Keep Prices High

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Gas, Oil Industry On Course To Make Nearly $200 Billion This Year

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Set To Export Record Amounts Of Crude Oil Into 2023

-- Reuters: Oil Price Climbs As Tight Supply Moves Back Into Focus

-- Bloomberg: Energy Crisis Tearing Through Markets Leaves A Trail Of Losers

Energy

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Say Proposed Constitutional Change Targets Pollution Regs, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Plan

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Legislature, Protect The Environment And Save People Money, Join RGGI - By PennEnvironment

-- Scranton Times Editorial: House Committee’s Vote Against Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Another Example Of Pandering To Industry

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes - Rep. Metcalfe’s Antics Will Cost PA Dearly [House Committee Vote To Disapprove Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs]

-- DEP Invites Public Input On Strengthening PA's Electric Grid Against Extreme Weather Events At Aug. 31 Virtual Meeting [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Snags $7.85 Million From Feds To Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Food Producers Tell Of Inflation Struggles [Natural Gas, Oil Price , Energy Spikes Driving Increased Egg, Other Food Costs]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Dimming Bitcoin Profits Shift Stronghold Mining Towards The Electric Grid

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. Will Hash Out Clean Energy Details With Global Leaders In Pittsburgh Sept. 22-23

-- Pennsylvania Solar Center, Generation180 Outline Benefits To Schools Switching To Solar Energy - Saving Money, Avoiding Costly Price Spikes [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: God Created Us To Do Good Works - A Safe Climate And Healthy Environment Must Be Part Of That - By Rev. Mitchell C. Hescox and Paul Douglas, Evangelical Environmental Network [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Wiser Way To Fight Climate Change In A World In Which China Makes It Inevitable - Joseph Duckett

-- WHYY: Is It Time For PA To Ban Summer Utility Shutoffs?

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Pay No Attention To That PECO Past-Due Notice, It Was Sent Erroneously

-- PUC Seeks Comment On Proposed Settlement With PECO Over Improper Electric Service Terminations

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PECO Agrees To Pay $225,000 Fine After Improperly Terminating 50,000 Customers

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC OKs Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Gas Main Replacement Plan, Including Nearly 1,000 Miles Of Pipes Installed Before WW II

-- Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Of NE PA Annual Membership Meeting Sept. 7, Milanville, Wayne County

-- Financial Times Guest Essay: The Energy Crisis Is Making The Green Movement’s Case

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - No Change In Last 3 Weeks - 23

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Fall 5% On Delay On Texas LNG Plant Restart [Showing Again LNG Exports Mean High U.S. Natural Gas Prices]

-- Deloitte: Oil & Gas Producers Have Highest-Ever Cash Flows, $1.4 Trillion In 2022, How Will They Invest It?

-- Forbes: Regional Energy Emergencies Declared In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin After A Fire Shut Down BP Oil Refinery In Indiana, The Largest Refinery In The Midwest

-- The Hill: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Declares Regional Emergency Following BP Refinery Fire In Indiana

-- Bloomberg: Fire At Biggest U.S. Midwest Refinery Threatens Fuel Supplies

-- WSJ: West Virginia’s Coal Dependence Drives Up Consumer Electric Bills

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Camden Energy Company Has A $7.4 Billion Plan To Build The Future Of Nuclear Power [Just Needs A Site]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Wind Turbines Will Help Not Hurt The Jersey Shore

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Natural Gas-Fired Generation Set Daily Records Last Month; U.S. EIA Still Projects Gas Generation This Year Will Not Top 2020

Energy Conservation

-- Williamsport Sun: Lawmakers Tour Evangelical Community Hospital To See Energy Efficiency Improvements

Environmental Health

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Aug. 27 PA Bulletin; 1 More Oil & Gas Facility Land Recycling Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Son Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age 3, Was Fracking To Blame? - By Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force

-- Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Special Report - Public Records Provide New Details Of July Power Outages At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works And What's Being Done To Remedy Electrical Issues [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Thinking Of Jumping Into The Three Rivers? Check For Toxins

-- EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals As Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

-- AP: EPA To Designate Some ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances

-- Scranton Times: Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Environmental Hazards In Scranton School District

-- WITF/AP: USDA Scattering Rabies Vaccine Bait In PA, 12 Other States To Keep Raccoons From Spreading The Disease

-- TribLive: Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Found In Allegheny, Armstrong, Westmoreland County; Mosquito Spraying Slated

-- Centre Daily Times: Nature Plays A Role In Boosting Mental Health, Try It For Yourself At Millbrook Marsh

Environmental Heritage

-- Warren Times: 20 Years Since Ecoterrorism Attack On U.S. Forest Service Research Station In Irvine, Warren County

Environmental Justice

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues [PaEN]

EPA

-- EPA To Hold Aug. 30 Hearing On Proposed Drilling Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: EPA Schedules Hearing On Proposed Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County

-- EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals As Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

-- AP: EPA To Designate Some ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances

Farming

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Support PA Farmers - Shop Local, Buy PA Preferred This Harvest Season

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Food Producers Tell Of Inflation Struggles [Natural Gas, Oil Price , Energy Spikes Driving Increased Egg, Other Food Costs]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.1 Million To Protect 784 Acres Of Farmland In 9 Counties [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Invests $40 Billion In Climate-Smart Agriculture; More Work To Do On 2023 Federal Farm Bill

-- NFWF Announces $15.8 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In PA [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Nearly $32 Million In Grants Will Help Fish, Birds, Streams, Trails In Delaware River Watershed

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Still Time To Apply For First-Come, First Served REAP Tax Credits To Support Farm Conservation Projects [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Despite Recent Rain, Farmers Say Crops Still In Bad Shape

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Snags $7.85 Million From Feds To Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

-- Scranton Times: Spotted Lanternfly ‘Popping Up Everywhere’ In Lackawanna County

-- Republican Herald: Spotted Lanternfly: Beautiful But Destructive Pest Makes Annual Appearance

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- DEP, Partners Showcase Stream Restoration Projects In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Donegal Trout Unlimited Show Fishing Creek Restoration

-- Attention Farmers! Still Time To Respond To USDA Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office: August Update, Showcasing Partner Accomplishments

-- Rodale Institute Seeking Grow Clean Water College Outreach Ambassadors In Delaware Watershed [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center August Update: Dirt Diaries - Soil Health Campaign Drives Underwear Digs Across PA

-- WITF Smart Talk: VisitPA.org Launches TV Series Featuring Culinary Trails

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Honeybee Day? PA Agriculture Recognizes $76 Million Apiary Industry

-- Pike Conservation District To Unveil Pollinator Garden Sept. 17 In Dingman Twp. Park [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: York City Community Garden Brings Peace To Troubled Neighborhood

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Native Fish Coalition, PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Support Fish & Boat Commission Efforts To Protect Against Spread Of Aquatic Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Voluntary Permits Project Feature: Shoreline Restoration At Yellow Creek In Indiana County - By Mike Parker, Communications Director, PFBC [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Special Training, Equipment Prep Emergency Crews For Water, Physical Rescues

Flooding

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: From ‘Truffala Trees’ To Carbon Storage, Temple’s Ambler Campus Offers New Discoveries One Year After Hurricane Ida

Forests

-- DCNR Blog: Connecting With A Missing Voice In Conservation - The Next Generation [PaEN]

-- DCNR Helps Kickoff Second Statewide ‘Walk With A Doc’ Campaign Promoting Health And Nature [PaEN]

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes! [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: From ‘Truffala Trees’ To Carbon Storage, Temple’s Ambler Campus Offers New Discoveries One Year After Hurricane Ida

-- DCNR Seeking Ideas For Trail Improvement Project In Mountain Creek Watershed, Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Laurel Highlands, Pocono Mountains In Running For Top 10 Fall Foliage Destinations Nationally

-- TribLive: Laurel Highlands In Running Again For Best Fall Foliage Honors

-- Centre Daily Times: Nature Plays A Role In Boosting Mental Health, Try It For Yourself At Millbrook Marsh

-- Post-Gazette: Inside The Fight To Save The Eastern Hemlock, PA’s State Tree

-- Centre Daily Times: Have You Noticed Trees Turning Brown In Central PA, Blame The Leafminer

-- Reading Eagle: Hereford Twp. Residents Seeking Help To Remove Thousands Of Dead Ash Trees In Danger Of Falling

-- BillyPenn: Philly’s New ‘Reforestation Hub’ Will Sell Fallen Trees As Lumber To Fund Planting More

-- WHYY: Tree Clearing For FDR Park Wetland Sparks Outrage In Philly

-- Warren Times: 20 Years Since Ecoterrorism Attack On U.S. Forest Service Research Station In Irvine, Warren Count

Forests - Wildfires

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Fire Forester Returns From Fighting Wildfire In Montana

Game Commission

-- Game Commission Expands Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area In Southcentral PA

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Another Chronic Wasting Disease Management Are Expansion Announced By Game Commission

-- Game Commission Offering Learn To Hunt Webinars Starting Aug. 24

-- Game Commission: Pennsylvanians Can Help Watch For Rabbit Disease

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Deadly Rabbit Virus Found In PA

-- Game Commission: Online Elk Viewing Video Cam From Benezette, Elk County Now Live

Grants/Funding

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Awards PA $25 Million In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- NFWF Announces $15.8 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In PA [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Nearly $32 Million In Grants Will Help Fish, Birds, Streams, Trails In Delaware River Watershed

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.1 Million To Protect 784 Acres Of Farmland In 9 Counties [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Still Time To Apply For First-Come, First Served REAP Tax Credits To Support Farm Conservation Projects [PaEN]

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants Starting Aug. 29 [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts Sept. 27 Webinar On Applying For Environmental Education Grant Funding [PaEN]

-- State Fire Commissioner Now Accepting Applications For Act 13 Emergency Services Grants [PaEN]

-- DCED Awards $1 Million For Environmental Cleanup At Former Richmond Coal Generating Station In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- DCED Awards $467,636 Grant For Environmental Cleanup At Former Pottstown Plating Works In Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Snags $7.85 Million From Feds To Help Farmers Fight Climate Change

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $100,000 In Grants For Groundwater Level Monitoring [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Officials Celebrate $857 Million Upgrade To Ohio River Locks, Funded In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Green Infrastructure

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.1 Million To Protect 784 Acres Of Farmland In 9 Counties [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Allegheny Land Trust Celebrates Community Conservation - The Protection And Debut Of Healcrest Glen [PaEN]

-- NFWF Announces $15.8 Million In Conservation Grants To Help Restore Delaware River Watershed; 20 Grants, $7.3 Million In PA [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Nearly $32 Million In Grants Will Help Fish, Birds, Streams, Trails In Delaware River Watershed

-- Inquirer: From ‘Truffala Trees’ To Carbon Storage, Temple’s Ambler Campus Offers New Discoveries One Year After Hurricane Ida

-- Reading Eagle: Hereford Twp. Residents Seeking Help To Remove Thousands Of Dead Ash Trees In Danger Of Falling

-- BillyPenn: Philly’s New ‘Reforestation Hub’ Will Sell Fallen Trees As Lumber To Fund Planting More

-- WHYY: Tree Clearing For FDR Park Wetland Sparks Outrage In Philly

-- Fish & Boat Commission Voluntary Permits Project Feature: Shoreline Restoration At Yellow Creek In Indiana County - By Mike Parker, Communications Director, PFBC [PaEN]

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes! [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Inside The Fight To Save The Eastern Hemlock, PA’s State Tree

-- Centre Daily Times: Have You Noticed Trees Turning Brown In Central PA, Blame The Leafminer

-- PA Resources Council Receives New Grant Funding For Environmental Justice Work On Stormwater, Flooding Issues [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Office: August Update, Showcasing Partner Accomplishments

-- PUC Approves Settlement With Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Addressing Compliance Plan For Stormwater Issues [PaEN]

-- Call For Session Proposals: WeConservePA 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]

-- Attention Farmers! Still Time To Respond To USDA Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey

-- Stroud Water Research Center August Update: Dirt Diaries - Soil Health Campaign Drives Underwear Digs Across PA

-- Centre Daily Times: Nature Plays A Role In Boosting Mental Health, Try It For Yourself At Millbrook Marsh

-- Financial Times: Methane Hunters: What Explains The Surge In The Potent Greenhouse Gas? [Natural Sources]

Hazardous Substances

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Aug. 27 PA Bulletin; 1 More Oil & Gas Facility Land Recycling Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Son Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age 3, Was Fracking To Blame? - By Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force

-- Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Special Report - Public Records Provide New Details Of July Power Outages At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works And What's Being Done To Remedy Electrical Issues [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Thinking Of Jumping Into The Three Rivers? Check For Toxins

-- EPA Proposes Designating Certain PFAS Chemicals As Hazardous Substances Under Superfund

-- AP: EPA To Designate Some ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Hazardous Substances

-- Scranton Times: Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over Environmental Hazards In Scranton School District

Land Conservation

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.1 Million To Protect 784 Acres Of Farmland In 9 Counties [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Allegheny Land Trust Celebrates Community Conservation - The Protection And Debut Of Healcrest Glen [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: A Big Win For Lancaster County's Iconic Landscape And Waterways [PaEN]

-- DEP, Partners Showcase Stream Restoration Projects In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Donegal Trout Unlimited Show Fishing Creek Restoration

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Forests, Clean Water And Craft Beverages? Yes! [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Sheila Fleming Is Retiring From The Brandywine Conservancy After 23 Years Of Service

-- Call For Session Proposals: WeConservePA 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]

-- Attention Farmers! Still Time To Respond To USDA Conservation Practice Adoption Motivations Survey

Land Recycling

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Aug. 27 PA Bulletin; 1 More Oil & Gas Facility Land Recycling Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Firm Specializing In Cell And Gene Therapy To Team With Pitt At Hazelwood Green [Redeveloped Brownfield]

-- WESA: Hazelwood Green, Once A Steel Making Brownfield Site In Pittsburgh, Will Soon Produce Gene Therapies

-- DCED Awards $1 Million For Environmental Cleanup At Former Richmond Coal Generating Station In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- DCED Awards $467,636 Grant For Environmental Cleanup At Former Pottstown Plating Works In Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- The Heinz Endowments Magazine: From Rust To Renewal In Pittsburgh - Hazelwood Green

Lake Erie

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants Starting Aug. 29 [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: What You Need To Know For Day 1 Of Tall Ships Erie 2022

-- Erie Times: Tall Ships Erie 2022 - What To Know For Day 2 Of The Festival

-- Erie Times: PA- U.S. Brig Niagara Leads The Parade Of Sail At Tall Ships

-- Erie Times: What To Know On Day 4 Of Erie Tall Ships Festival

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- PA Resources Council Holds Household Chemical Collection Sept. 10 In South Park, Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Cleanups Help Reduce Trash In Conewango Creek

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Cleanup Set For September 10

-- Erie Times: DEP Takes Raccoon Refuse To Court For Failing To Cleanup Trash-Filled Transfer Facility

Mine Reclamation

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Dimming Bitcoin Profits Shift Stronghold Mining Towards The Electric Grid

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

Ohio River

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Thinking Of Jumping Into The Three Rivers? Check For Toxins

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: There’s Still Time For A Freshwater Dip At Regional Parks

-- Fish & Boat Commission Voluntary Permits Project Feature: Shoreline Restoration At Yellow Creek In Indiana County - By Mike Parker, Communications Director, PFBC [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Special Training, Equipment Prep Emergency Crews For Water, Physical Rescues

Oil & Gas

-- Creating New Brownfields: Oil & Gas Well Drillers Notified DEP They Are Cleaning Up Soil & Water Contaminated With Chemicals Harmful To Human Health, Aquatic Life At 272 Locations In PA [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: My Son Was Diagnosed With Leukemia At Age 3, Was Fracking To Blame? - By Patrice Tomcik, Moms Clean Air Force

-- Bay Journal: New Abandoned Wells - More Concerns Emerge Over Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Awards PA $25 Million In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Impoundments By Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC In Washington County [PaEN]

-- EPA To Hold Aug. 30 Hearing On Proposed Drilling Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- TribLive: EPA Schedules Hearing On Proposed Injection Well In Plum Borough, Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette: House Energy Committee Voted To Kill Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs, Now $500 Million In Federal Highway Funding Is At Risk

-- Scranton Times Editorial: House Committee’s Vote Against Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Another Example Of Pandering To Industry

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes - Rep. Metcalfe’s Antics Will Cost PA Dearly [House Committee Vote To Disapprove Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Regs]

-- State Fire Commissioner Now Accepting Applications For Act 13 Emergency Services Grants [PaEN]

-- MCall - Ford Turner: PA Food Producers Tell Of Inflation Struggles [Natural Gas, Oil Price , Energy Spikes Driving Increased Egg, Other Food Costs]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC OKs Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Gas Main Replacement Plan, Including Nearly 1,000 Miles Of Pipes Installed Before WW II

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - No Change In Last 3 Weeks - 23

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Fall 5% On Delay On Texas LNG Plant Restart [Showing Again LNG Exports Mean High U.S. Natural Gas Prices]

-- Financial Times: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Gyrate On Shifting Export Outlook [Texas LNG Plant Delay Restart Resulted In Lower Prices]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Prices Soar In Europe, Asia As Crisis Heats Up Competition [13% to 18%]

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Natural Gas-Fired Generation Set Daily Records Last Month; U.S. EIA Still Projects Gas Generation This Year Will Not Top 2020

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Gas, Oil Industry On Course To Make Nearly $200 Billion This Year

-- Deloitte: Oil & Gas Producers Have Highest-Ever Cash Flows, $1.4 Trillion In 2022, How Will They Invest It?

-- Forbes: Regional Energy Emergencies Declared In Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin After A Fire Shut Down BP Oil Refinery In Indiana, The Largest Refinery In The Midwest

-- The Hill: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Declares Regional Emergency Following BP Refinery Fire In Indiana

-- Bloomberg: Fire At Biggest U.S. Midwest Refinery Threatens Fuel Supplies

Pipelines