PA Environment Digest

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: U.S. Natural Gas Key To Helping Families - American Petroleum Institute [Cost Of Natural Gas In PA Increased Up To 154% Over Last Year.]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Gasoline Prices: They’re Down, Then They’re Up, Now They’re Down, But Why?

-- Reuters: Top Shale Executive Says U.S. Oil Output Gains To Disappoint

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Storage Of Frack Gear Is Helping To Hold Back U.S. Oil Production

-- Reuters: U.S. Coast Guard Probes Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion In Louisiana

National/International

-- Reuters: America Exports Natural Gas, Imports High Price

-- Reuters: EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Output And Demand To Hit Record Highs In 2022 [But Maybe Not In PA ]

-- Reuters: EU To Claw Back Energy Firms’ Profits Rather Than Cap Russian Natural Gas Price

-- Reuters: EU To Propose Price Cap On Russian Natural Gas

-- Financial Times: Europe Sounds ‘Full Mobilisation’ As Kremlin Shuts Key Natural Gas Pipeline

-- Bloomberg: EU To Consider Emergency Power-Use Cuts, Power Price Caps Profit Grab

-- Reuters: Putin Says Russia To Stop Supplying Energy If Western Price Caps Imposed On Oil, Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg: New UK Prime Minister Lifts Shale Gas Fracking Ban To Boost Fuel Supply

-- Reuters: Wide Demand Reduction Only Feasible Solution To European Energy Crisis, Equinor

-- Financial Times: Brussels Pushes For EU-Wide Caps On Natural Gas Price

-- Reuters: European Union Natural Gas Price Rockets Higher On Russian Gas Pipeline Shutdown

-- Financial Times: Russia Switches Off Europe’s Main Natural Gas Line Until Sanctions Are Lifted

-- Bloomberg: Oil Price Powers Higher As OPEC+ Meets To Decide On Supply; Natural Gas Roars

-- Financial Times: Oil Supply Cuts On Table As OPEC+ Meets

-- Financial Times: Europe’s New Dirty Energy: The ‘Unavoidable Evil’ Of Wartime Fossil Fuels [Natural Gas, Coal]

-- Financial Times: EU Plans Windfall Tax To Counter ‘Astronomic’ Energy Bills

-- Reuters: EPA Denies Cheniere’s Request To Sidestep Hazardous Pollution Rule For LNG Facilities On Gulf Coast

Energy

-- Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Companies Accelerating Pace Of Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them Threatening To Put PA’s Taxpayer-Funded Well Plugging Program Even Further Behind [PaEN]

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA? [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: U.S. EIA: Retail Electricity Prices Continue Rapid Rise Driven By Rising Natural Gas Prices

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: New ‘Landmark’ Federal Climate, Energy Law Turns Up The Power On PA Solar, Wind, Hydropower Energy Projects

-- Public Source: State Policies Could Prevent PA From Taking Full Advantage Of New Federal Climate, Energy Law To Promote Solar Energy Expansion

-- Altoona Mirror: 100-MW CPV Maple Hill Solar Energy Project Under Construction In Portage, Cambria County

-- WPSU: Centre County School District, Governments, Utilities Hope To Go Solar In A Group Buy

-- Post-Gazette: PA Turnpike Jumping Into Solar Power As It Explores Electrified Road Services For Electric Vehicles

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Signs Climate, Innovation Agreement With Dortmund, Germany

-- PA Solar Center, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Host Sept. 16 Webinar On Provisions Of New Federal Climate, Energy Law On Solar Energy And Energy Efficiency [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Sept. 21 Webinar On The Connection Between Climate And Voting [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant To Comply With Lower Air Pollution Limits

-- Lewistown Sentinel: Lower Air Pollution Limits Ordered For Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant

-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Raises Electricity Rates 18.69% Due To Natural Gas Price Spikes

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: U.S. Natural Gas Key To Helping Families - American Petroleum Institute [Cost Of Natural Gas In PA Increased Up To 154% Over Last Year.]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh Can Still Power The Future - Ed Gainey, Mayor Of Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Once ‘Essential,’ Then Expendable, American Workers Are Transforming The Economy - Liz Shuler, President Of AFL-CIO [Clean Energy, Solving Climate Change]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Natural Gas And Labor, Forging A Reliable, Sustainable Energy Future - PA Pipe Trades & Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- Daily Collegian Letter: Natural Gas, Nuclear Are True Green Energies - Prof. Russell Johns, Petrophysical Engineer, Penn State Dept. Of Energy & Mineral Engineering

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Biden’s Labor Day Escapades - Dave McCormick, Fmr Republican Candidate For U.S. Senate [Natural Gas]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Changes The Game For Blue Hydrogen

-- York Dispatch: From Trash To Ash: Where Your Waste Goes Each Week In York County

-- NextPittsburgh: How Does Duquesne Light Connect Your Home To Pittsburgh’s Electric Grid? [Video]

-- Bloomberg: California Avoids Blackouts With Bigger Test Ahead As Heat Looms

-- Utility Dive: U.S. DOE Issues Road Map On Decarbonizing Industry Focused On Efficiency, Electrification And Low-Carbon Fuels

-- Reuters: EIA: U.S. Power Use To Reach Record High In 2022 As Economy Grows

-- AP: Sen. Manchin’s Big Energy Deal Draws Pushback From Many Democrats

-- E&E News: What To Expect On Permitting Reform As Congress Returns

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin’s Plan To Fast-Track Energy Projects Headed For Showdown

Energy Conservation

-- WESA: Allegheny County To Create New Dept. Of Sustainability

-- Bloomberg: A Text Alert May Have Saved California From Power Blackouts Tuesday

Environmental Health

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health Recruiting Southwest PA Families For Childhood Cancer Study Related To Shale Gas Development

-- DEP Public Notices: Oil & Gas Industry Facilities Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 20 ‘Wellhead To Stovetop’ Hearing On Natural Gas In PA; Will They Mention $70 Million In Pipeline Penalties Assessed So Far? [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Companies Accelerating Pace Of Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them Threatening To Put PA’s Taxpayer-Funded Well Plugging Program Even Further Behind [PaEN]

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Committee OK Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw: [Republicans] On Senate Environmental Committee Oppose Manganese Regulation

-- BobScaping Blog: Proposed Westmoreland Landfill Leachate Evaporator - 45,000 Gallons/Day [Westmoreland Landfill Accepts Fracking Waste]

-- WITF Smart Talk: What Is Rabies And How Can You Protect People, Animals?

Environmental Heritage

-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN]

-- Courier Times/Daily American: 21 Years After Flight 93 Crashed, Shanksville Borough Remains Part Of Rural America

-- Post-Gazette: Flight 93 Families Turn Pain Into Purpose On 21st Anniversary

-- AP: Jill Biden Shares Memories Of 9/11 As Wife, Sister, More

-- TribLive: First Lady Jill Biden To Speak Sept. 11 At Flight 93 Memorial Service

-- TribLive Editorial: Remember The Shared Grief Of Sept. 11 Attacks

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: On Sept. 11, Remember That We Overcome Fear And Doubt

-- Post-Gazette: Beauty Blooms To Honor 9/11 Heroes At Remember Me Rose Garden

-- Post-Gazette: On A Trip Across the 9/11 Trail, He Was Flagging; It Felt Great

-- Post-Gazette: You, Too, Can Pedal On The 9/11 Trail This Fall

-- DEP To Host Sept. 13 Virtual Roundtable To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Publication [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Tribune Democrat: David McCullough, Author Of ‘The Johnstown Flood’ Remembered Fondly In City Where His Career Took Off

-- Republican Herald: Remembering Coal Miners At The No. 9 Mine’s Annual Labor Day Picnic In Lansford

EPA

-- EPA Withdraws Proposal To List East 10th Street Site In Marcus Hook, Delaware County On Superfund List; Transferring Site To DEP [PaEN]

-- Reuters: How U.S. Regulators Allow Ethanol Plants To Pollute More Than Oil Refineries

Farming

-- Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Agriculture Must Return To Eco-Friendly Roots - Family Farm Defenders

-- Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Farmer Grant Program Opens Oct. 1 [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay To Plant 90 Acres Of Trees In PA This Fall For Cleaner Streams

-- Rodale Institute Now Accepting Registrations For 2023 Regenerative Farming Training

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Purchases 127-Acre Property In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farmers Say Rain Good, But Won’t Save All Crops

-- MCall: Heavy Rain Fell This Week In Lehigh Valley, Might Be Too Late For Farmers

-- WITF Smart Talk: What Is Agritourism And How Does It Help PA Farmers?

-- Rodale Institute/Organic Farmers Assn.: September Organic Voice Magazine

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch: Long-Term Solutions Needed To Food Shortage Problems

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Woman Talks About Using TikTok To Educate Her Followers About Spotted Lanternflies

Fish & Boat Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: $4.3 Million Project Under Way At Children’s Lake In Boiling Springs To Build New Dam, Improve Fishing Experience

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In 2 Berks, Lebanon County Watersheds [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission Wants To Change Regs For Private Trout Fisheries, What Does A Hatchery Owner Think?

Flooding

-- WHYY: PennDOT Says Litter Played Major Role In Tuesday’s Flash Flooding On Schuylkill Expressway In Philadelphia

-- Scranton Times: Many Parts Of Northeast PA See 4 Inches Of Rain

-- WHYY: East Falls Post Office To Reopen More Than A Year After Hurricane Ida Flooding

-- Planet Philadelphia Environmental Radio Show: A Larger Look At Flooding - Problem And Solutions Sept. 16 - 4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

-- TribLive/Bloomberg: Climate Change Is Overwhelming U.S. Flood Maps, FEMA Head Says

-- The Guardian: U.S. Flood Maps Outdated Thanks To Climate Change, FEMA Director Says

-- Post-Gazette/Tribune Democrat: David McCullough, Author Of ‘The Johnstown Flood’ Remembered Fondly In City Where His Career Took Off

Forests

-- Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay To Plant 90 Acres Of Trees In PA This Fall For Cleaner Streams

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites You To Volunteer At Your Local State Park And State Forest Sept. 13 In Honor Of Maurice Goddard's 110th Birthday [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania’s Forests, Outdoor Spaces Among Our Greatest Assets [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Best Weeks For Fall Foliage In PA Forecast By Mapping Project

-- TribLive: Western PA Retailers Concerned About 2022 Christmas Tree Stock

-- 2022 Eastern PA Consulting And Industrial Forester Conference Sept. 28, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- Penn State James C. Finley Center for Private Forests 5th Biennial Forest Landowners Conference March 24-25, State College [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Woman Talks About Using TikTok To Educate Her Followers About Spotted Lanternflies

-- Sept. 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: DCNR Releases Ginseng Harvesting Guide

Forests - Wildfires

-- The Guardian: California Heatwave Enters Intense Phase Bringing Blackouts, Wildfires

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: New Members Of Commission Board Welcomed

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk Hunting Seasons Start Saturday As Their Numbers Grow

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Game Commission Confirms Often-Fatal Virus Confirmed In Dead Deer At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

Grants/Funding

-- DCNR Hosts Nov. 3 Statewide Grant Workshop For Recreation & Conservation Projects; Special Fall Grant Round [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Hosts 2-Part Grant Writing Workshop Nov. 9 & 16 [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Invitation To Submit Applications For Multimodal Transportation Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Farmer Grant Program Opens Oct. 1 [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Announces $90 Million Investment In More Than 330 Projects To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources; Special Fall DCNR Grant Round Now Open [PaEN]

-- WLVR: PA Recreation, Conservation Projects Get Multimillion Dollar Boost

-- Scranton Times: DCNR Grants To Help Local Park Renovation Projects

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Central lPA To Get Share Of $90 Million From DCNR For Recreation, Conservation Projects

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Receives $1 Million For Park, Conservation And Recreation Projects

-- Reading Eagle: $548,000 Coming To Berks County To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources

-- TribLive: Allegheny River Communities Receive $805,000 For Trail Expansion, Maintenance

-- Warren Times: DCNR Recreation Funds To Improve Brokenstraw Creek

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County, Others Get $1.2 Million In Grants To Enhance Parks

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Heritage Trail Officials Make Minor Revisions As Extension Gets Underway

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Improvement Grants In 2 Berks, Lebanon County Watersheds [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funds Project To Restore Bartram’s Mile Fishing Pier On The Schuylkill River To Provide Recreation, Fishing Access [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces Larger Rebates For Electric Vehicles; $3.4 Million For Installation Of 54 Fast Vehicle Chargers [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Higher Electric Vehicle Rebates Available In Pennsylvania

-- DEP Blog: Electric Vehicles - Learn What PA Is Doing To Help Drive A Cleaner Future

-- WHYY: SEPTA Gets $23 Million For Adapting Bus Depots For Electric, Hybrid Vehicles

-- EPA Hosts Sept. 8 Virtual Listening Session On Developing New Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunity [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania’s Forests, Outdoor Spaces Among Our Greatest Assets [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites You To Volunteer At Your Local State Park And State Forest Sept. 13 In Honor Of Maurice Goddard's 110th Birthday [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates The Delaware Canal State Park Towpath As PA’s 2022 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]

-- DCNR Hosts Nov. 3 Statewide Grant Workshop For Recreation & Conservation Projects; Special Fall Grant Round [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Hosts 2-Part Grant Writing Workshop Nov. 9 & 16 [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Announces $90 Million Investment In More Than 330 Projects To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources; Special Fall DCNR Grant Round Now Open [PaEN]

-- WLVR: PA Recreation, Conservation Projects Get Multimillion Dollar Boost

-- Scranton Times: DCNR Grants To Help Local Park Renovation Projects

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Central lPA To Get Share Of $90 Million From DCNR For Recreation, Conservation Projects

-- TribLive: Allegheny River Communities Receive $805,000 For Trail Expansion, Maintenance

-- Warren Times: DCNR Recreation Funds To Improve Brokenstraw Creek

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County, Others Get $1.2 Million In Grants To Enhance Parks

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Heritage Trail Officials Make Minor Revisions As Extension Gets Underway

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Purchases 127-Acre Property In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay To Plant 90 Acres Of Trees In PA This Fall For Cleaner Streams

-- Reading Eagle: Member Of Congress Houlahan Meets Reading’s New Climate Corps

-- 2022 Eastern PA Consulting And Industrial Forester Conference Sept. 28, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- Penn State James C. Finley Center for Private Forests 5th Biennial Forest Landowners Conference March 24-25, State College [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership 12th Annual Power Of The Partnership Celebration Sept. 30

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Nov. 5 Environmental Sustainability And The Delaware Highlands Conservancy Program With Dr. Michael Cann [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funds Project To Restore Bartram’s Mile Fishing Pier On The Schuylkill River To Provide Recreation, Fishing Access [PaEN]

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- DEP Begins Hazardous Site Investigation Into Contaminants Left At Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant In Erie [PaEN]

-- EPA Withdraws Proposal To List East 10th Street Site In Marcus Hook, Delaware County On Superfund List; Transferring Site To DEP [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health Recruiting Southwest PA Families For Childhood Cancer Study Related To Shale Gas Development

-- DEP Public Notices: Oil & Gas Industry Facilities Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 20 ‘Wellhead To Stovetop’ Hearing On Natural Gas In PA; Will They Mention $70 Million In Pipeline Penalties Assessed So Far? [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Companies Accelerating Pace Of Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them Threatening To Put PA’s Taxpayer-Funded Well Plugging Program Even Further Behind [PaEN]

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Committee OK Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw: [Republicans] On Senate Environmental Committee Oppose Manganese Regulation

-- BobScaping Blog: Proposed Westmoreland Landfill Leachate Evaporator - 45,000 Gallons/Day [Westmoreland Landfill Accepts Fracking Waste]

-- Republican Herald: 7 Penn State Students, 1 Faculty Member Affected By Chemical Spill At Schuylkill Campus

Land Conservation

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania’s Forests, Outdoor Spaces Among Our Greatest Assets [PaEN]

-- DCNR Hosts Nov. 3 Statewide Grant Workshop For Recreation & Conservation Projects; Special Fall Grant Round [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Hosts 2-Part Grant Writing Workshop Nov. 9 & 16 [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Announces $90 Million Investment In More Than 330 Projects To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources; Special Fall DCNR Grant Round Now Open [PaEN]

-- WLVR: PA Recreation, Conservation Projects Get Multimillion Dollar Boost

-- Scranton Times: DCNR Grants To Help Local Park Renovation Projects

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Central lPA To Get Share Of $90 Million From DCNR For Recreation, Conservation Projects

-- TribLive: Allegheny River Communities Receive $805,000 For Trail Expansion, Maintenance

-- Warren Times: DCNR Recreation Funds To Improve Brokenstraw Creek

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Heritage Trail Officials Make Minor Revisions As Extension Gets Underway

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Purchases 127-Acre Property In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Courier Times - Brian Whipkey: Somerset County Pheasants Forever Chapter Donated $50,000+ To County Conservation District To Purchase Menser Farm Preserve

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Schuylkill Center For Environmental Ed: ‘Boy Scout’ Tract In NW Philadelphia Could Be Preserved, Controversial Development Plan Put On Hold

-- 2022 Eastern PA Consulting And Industrial Forester Conference Sept. 28, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- Penn State James C. Finley Center for Private Forests 5th Biennial Forest Landowners Conference March 24-25, State College [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Nov. 5 Environmental Sustainability And The Delaware Highlands Conservancy Program With Dr. Michael Cann [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- MCall: Interest In Iron Works Ramping Up As Catasauqua Votes To Clean Up Industrial Site

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Trash Travels - Join Keep PA Beautiful For The Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PennDOT Says Litter Played Major Role In Tuesday’s Flash Flooding On Schuylkill Expressway In Philadelphia

-- Scranton Times: Keep PA Beautiful, Fishing App Ask Anglers To Report Trash In PA Waterways

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 20 To Hear Waste Program Overview, State Water Plan Update And Discuss A Transition Paper For Incoming Governor [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Composting, Recycling, Rain Barrel Workshops, Webinars In September For Southwest PA Residents [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Volunteers Work To Keep The Allegheny’s Riverbanks Clean In Natrona, Tarentum As Part Of Allegheny CleanWays 3 Rivers Effort

-- TribLive: Help Pull Plastics, Mattresses, Toys And More From Allegheny River In Harrison, Tarentum Sept. 10

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Officials Look To Break Records At This Year’s Garbage Olympics On Sept. 17

-- Warren Times: Warren County Commissioners Support Allegheny River Cleanup Effort

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Announces Plans For Electronics Recycling Oct. 17 & 20

-- MCall: Wegmans Pulls Plug On Plastic Bags, Months After Announcing Its Plans

-- Graham Packaging Named A Sustainability Leadership Award Winner [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- Daily American: Oven Run Mine Drainage Treatment Project Will Boost Water Quality Of Stonycreek River

-- Republicans On Senate Committee OK Letter To IRRC Disapproving A Final Manganese Water Quality Standard Protecting Public Health [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw: [Republicans] On Senate Environmental Committee Oppose Manganese Regulation

Ohio River

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: ALCOSAN Previews 16 Miles Of Tunnels To Be Built Along Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers To Control Stormwater Sewer Overflows

-- ALCOSAN: Proposed Regional Tunnel System To Help Control Stormwater Sewer Overflows

-- Post-Gazette: Second Ex-Pittsburgh Water Authority Official Sentenced To Probation In Sludge-Dumping Scandal

-- Southwestern PA Water Summit To Be Held Oct. 20 & 27 By The Southwestern PA Water Network [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Southwestern PA Water Network Strategic Network Coordinator [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Volunteers Work To Keep The Allegheny’s Riverbanks Clean In Natrona, Tarentum As Part Of Allegheny CleanWays 3 Rivers Effort

-- TribLive: Help Pull Plastics, Mattresses, Toys And More From Allegheny River In Harrison, Tarentum Sept. 10

-- TribLive: Learn About Fly Fishing, Spineless Creatures At Buffalo Creek Watershed Festival Sept. 10 At Audubon Nature Park

Oil & Gas

-- Conventional Oil & Natural Gas Companies Accelerating Pace Of Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them Threatening To Put PA’s Taxpayer-Funded Well Plugging Program Even Further Behind [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health Recruiting Southwest PA Families For Childhood Cancer Study Related To Shale Gas Development

-- New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 20 ‘Wellhead To Stovetop’ Hearing On Natural Gas In PA; Will They Mention $70 Million In Pipeline Penalties Assessed So Far? [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices: Oil & Gas Industry Facilities Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA? [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant To Comply With Lower Air Pollution Limits

-- Lewistown Sentinel: Lower Air Pollution Limits Ordered For Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant

-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Raises Electricity Rates 18.69% Due To Natural Gas Price Spikes

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: U.S. Natural Gas Key To Helping Families - American Petroleum Institute [Cost Of Natural Gas In PA Increased Up To 154% Over Last Year.]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA Natural Gas And Labor, Forging A Reliable, Sustainable Energy Future - PA Pipe Trades & Marcellus Shale Coalition

-- Reuters: EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Output And Demand To Hit Record Highs In 2022 [But Maybe Not In PA ]

-- Financial Times: U.S. Natural Gas Rescue Plan For Europe Threatens Domestic U.S. Backlash As Prices Surge To Triple What They Were

-- U.S. EIA: Short-Term Energy Outlook Projects Continued Natural Gas Price Increases Thru 2022

-- Daily Collegian Letter: Natural Gas, Nuclear Are True Green Energies - Prof. Russell Johns, Petrophysical Engineer, Penn State Dept. Of Energy & Mineral Engineering

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Biden’s Labor Day Escapades - Dave McCormick, Fmr Republican Candidate For U.S. Senate [Natural Gas]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Here’s What To Know As Shell’s New Ethane Plant In Beaver County Nears Completion

-- UGI Corporation Announces Investment In A New Renewable Natural Gas Project In Upstate New York

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Gasoline Prices: They’re Down, Then They’re Up, Now They’re Down, But Why?

-- Reuters: Top Shale Executive Says U.S. Oil Output Gains To Disappoint

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Changes The Game For Blue Hydrogen

-- Reuters: EPA Denies Cheniere’s Request To Sidestep Hazardous Pollution Rule For LNG Facilities On Gulf Coast

-- E&E News: What To Expect On Permitting Reform As Congress Returns

-- AP: Sen. Manchin’s Big Energy Deal Draws Pushback From Many Democrats

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin’s Plan To Fast-Track Energy Projects Headed For Showdown

-- Reuters: How U.S. Regulators Allow Ethanol Plants To Pollute More Than Oil Refineries

Pipelines

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health Recruiting Southwest PA Families For Childhood Cancer Study Related To Shale Gas Development

-- New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Sept. 20 ‘Wellhead To Stovetop’ Hearing On Natural Gas In PA; Will They Mention $70 Million In Pipeline Penalties Assessed So Far? [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host Virtual Hearing Oct. 5 On Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Project Affecting 7 Counties

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT To Acquire WV Companies For $5.2 Billion, Expanding Pipeline Reach

-- AP: Sen. Manchin’s Big Energy Deal Draws Pushback From Many Democrats

-- E&E News: What To Expect On Permitting Reform As Congress Returns

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin’s Plan To Fast-Track Energy Projects Headed For Showdown

Permitting

-- DEP To Host Virtual Hearing Oct. 5 On Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Project Affecting 7 Counties

-- Williamsport Sun: Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant To Comply With Lower Air Pollution Limits

-- Lewistown Sentinel: Lower Air Pollution Limits Ordered For Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant

-- Scranton Times: Scranton, Dunmore Officials Ask Gov. Wolf To Review Keystone Landfill Proposal

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Wolf Should Heed Request For Review Of Keystone Landfill Permit

-- BobScaping Blog: Proposed Westmoreland Landfill Leachate Evaporator - 45,000 Gallons/Day [Westmoreland Landfill Accepts Fracking Waste]

-- DEP Public Notices: Oil & Gas Industry Facilities Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Published 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- AP: Sen. Manchin’s Big Energy Deal Draws Pushback From Many Democrats

-- E&E News: What To Expect On Permitting Reform As Congress Returns

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin’s Plan To Fast-Track Energy Projects Headed For Showdown

Public Participation

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health Recruiting Southwest PA Families For Childhood Cancer Study Related To Shale Gas Development

-- DEP To Host Virtual Hearing Oct. 5 On Transco Natural Gas Pipeline Project Affecting 7 Counties

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 20 To Hear Waste Program Overview, State Water Plan Update And Discuss A Transition Paper For Incoming Governor [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices: Oil & Gas Industry Facilities Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Published 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- EPA Hosts Sept. 8 Virtual Listening Session On Developing New Pollution Prevention Grant Opportunity [PaEN]

-- BobScaping Blog: Proposed Westmoreland Landfill Leachate Evaporator - 45,000 Gallons/Day [Westmoreland Landfill Accepts Fracking Waste]

PUC

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA? [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Raises Electricity Rates 18.69% Due To Natural Gas Price Spikes

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: U.S. Natural Gas Key To Helping Families - American Petroleum Institute [Cost Of Natural Gas In PA Increased Up To 154% Over Last Year.]

-- Utility Dive: U.S. EIA: Retail Electricity Prices Continue Rapid Rise Driven By Rising Natural Gas Prices

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Bucks County Nexes Proposed $1.1 Billion Sewer Sale To Aqua Pennsylvania Amid Public Outcry

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Aqua PA Bails Out Of Bucks Sewer System Sale Talks After Commissioners Signal Thumbs Down

Radiation Protection

-- New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves [PaEN]

Recreation

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania’s Forests, Outdoor Spaces Among Our Greatest Assets [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates The Delaware Canal State Park Towpath As PA’s 2022 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Celebrated As 2022 PA Trail Of The Year [Photos]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites You To Volunteer At Your Local State Park And State Forest Sept. 13 In Honor Of Maurice Goddard's 110th Birthday [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: PA’s 2022 River Of The Year - French Creek - Cleans Up Nicely

-- DCNR Hosts Nov. 3 Statewide Grant Workshop For Recreation & Conservation Projects; Special Fall Grant Round [PaEN]