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Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Gov. Wolf, Republicans Agree To Fill 3 Seats On 5 Member Public Utility Commission
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work
-- Inquirer: Constitutional Amendments Bill Could Undermine Climate Rules, Advocates Fear
-- House Republicans Ask IRRC To Review Hundreds Of Regulations For Need, Effectiveness
-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]
-- ABC27: Lawmakers Seek To Ban Balloon Releases
-- Financial Times: U.S. Lawmakers Investigate ‘Deceptive’ PR Tactics On Behalf Of Oil And Gas
-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture [PaEN]
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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-- 78 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]
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Air
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Zero In On ‘Super Emitters’ Of Methane - Conventional, Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities
-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: ‘Dramatic’ Rise In Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline In U.S. Air Quality For Millions
Alternative Fuels
-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Accelerate Its Electric Vehicle Game
-- Bloomberg: New Federal Climate, Energy Bill Has U.S. Battery Industry Revved Up
Awards & Recognition
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes [PaEN]
-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush
-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- PA Environmental Educators Issue Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 Annual Conference; PAEE & MWEE Award Nominations Now Open [PaEN]
-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson [PaEN]
-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards [PaEN]
-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County
-- CBS News Pittsburgh: Westmoreland County Farmer Breaks Record For Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Grown In PA - 2,405 Pounds
-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA [PaEN]
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions? We Provide Answers To Some Of Them
-- WESA: Spotted Lanternflies Are Laying Their Eggs, How To Stop The Invasive Insect’s Spread
-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers
Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
Chesapeake Bay
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee [PaEN]
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities [PaEN]
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]
--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Editorial: Volunteers Vital To Southwestern PA
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes [PaEN]
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]
-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]
-- Dept. Of Human Services Warns Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Aid Recipients Of Potential Scam
-- Inquirer: Quakers Protest Vanguard Climate Policy At Its HQ
-- WHYY/Billy Penn: 8 Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard HQ In Malvern
-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2
-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn Webinar On How To Make Instagram Work For You [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects
-- 5th Bike The Brandywine Event Welcomes Nearly 400 Riders For A Sunny, Scenic Day Thru Chester County [PaEN]
-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- Oct. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items. To Nonprofits For Reuse [PaEN]
-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup
-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success
-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60
-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]
-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County
-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers
-- PennEnvironment, 160+ Advocacy PA Groups Call On Biden Administration To Cut Climate Pollution In Half By 2030
Climate
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future
-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State [PA Doesn’t, Yet]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Judge Deals New Setback To 75 MW Solar Energy Project In Adams County - By Ad Crable
-- Penn State’s Sept. 26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Constitutional Amendments Bill Could Undermine Climate Rules, Advocates Fear
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work
-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7
-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change
-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities
-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation
-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change
-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA [PaEN]
-- Better Path Coalition Sept. 21 Webinar How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? With Robert Howarth, Cornell University, 7:00 p.m.
-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Webinar On Local Climate Action Planning With Penn State & Partners [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Quakers Protest Vanguard Climate Policy At Its HQ
-- WHYY/Billy Penn: 8 Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard HQ In Malvern
-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation
-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport
-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet”
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Zero In On ‘Super Emitters’ Of Methane - Conventional, Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’
-- TribLive: Some Cities Passing Bans On Natural Gas Appliances To Help Curb Emissions Causing Climate Change
-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Accelerate Its Electric Vehicle Game
-- PennEnvironment, 160+ Advocacy PA Groups Call On Biden Administration To Cut Climate Pollution In Half By 2030
-- PA Capital-Star: Clash Over Climate Change Funding Emerging In Federal Farm Bill Debate
-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change
-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave
-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska
-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches
-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas
-- The Economist: Can Europe Decarbonise Its Heavy Industry? Economics, Technology Starting To Look More Favourable
-- Bloomberg: Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion Of Assets In Pursuit Of 1.5C Climate Goal
-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity
-- The Guardian: UN Chief Calls For Windfall Profits Tax On Fossil Fuel Companies: ‘Polluters Must Pay’
-- The Guardian: Vulnerable Countries Demand Global Tax To Pay For Climate-Led Loss And Damage
-- Reuters: Poor Countries Want Compensation From Rich Counties For Damage They Cause From Climate Change
-- AP: U.S. Senate Ratifies International Climate Deal On Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerants
Climate: New Federal Climate, Energy Law
-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State [PA Doesn’t, Yet]
-- Bloomberg: New Federal Climate, Energy Bill Has U.S. Battery Industry Revved Up
-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30
-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects
-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam
-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Manchin Says U.S. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Said His Permitting Reform Bill Crucial For Future Energy Projects
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Congressional Republicans Can’t Take ‘Yes’ For An Answer On Manchin Energy Permitting Reforms
Coal Mining
-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches
-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas
-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel
Compliance Action
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Revises Enforcement, Penalty Policies [PaEN]
-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
Court Decisions
-- National Law Review: Oil & Gas And Another Questionable PA Environmental Rights Amendment Decision - By David G. Mandelbaum
DCNR
-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 29; Start Planning Your Trip To Experience PA's Colorful Autumn Now [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA
-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA
-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA Experts Offer Foliage Tips For Residents And Travelers
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Fall Foliage Rightly Puts PA On The Map
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2
-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits
-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects
-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers
-- National Law Review: Oil & Gas And Another Questionable PA Environmental Rights Amendment Decision - By David G. Mandelbaum
DEP
-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County [PaEN]
-- WHYY: DEP Plan To Clean Up Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Contamination In Chester County Draws Criticism From Environmentalists
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Webinar On Local Climate Action Planning With Penn State & Partners [PaEN]
-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter [PaEN]
-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs
-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Delaware River
-- Delaware Currents: Delaware River Is Largest Source Of Macroplastics Pollution In North America, Report Says
-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township
-- WHYY: Delaware River Fest Returns Saturday With Free Pedal Boat And Ferry Rides
-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 23 RiverWatch Video Report
DRBC
-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush
Drinking Water
-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: East Must Stay Prepared For Drought
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Region Needs To Prepare For Droughts
-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums
-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA?
-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems
-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority Issues Boil Water Advisory After Water Main Break
Drought
-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say
-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: East Must Stay Prepared For Drought
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Region Needs To Prepare For Droughts
Economic Development
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue
-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers
-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County
-- Erie Times: Meadville Firm Hydroblox Recycles Junk Plastics To Make Products That Prevent Flooding
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Comcast Promises Energy Efficiency Improvements In Its Vast Cable And Internet System
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Mike Bloomberg Commits $85 Million To Stop Petrochemical Plants In Ohio Valley, Gulf Coast
-- Bloomberg: Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion Of Assets In Pursuit Of 1.5C Climate Goal
-- WSJ: High Natural Gas Prices Push European Manufacturers To Shift To U.S., Green-Energy Incentives Luring Companies
Education
-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Educators Issue Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 Annual Conference; PAEE & MWEE Award Nominations Now Open [PaEN]
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps, Youth And Volunteer Opportunities
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Oct. 11 Eagles And Their Habitat Program At The Van Scott Nature Reserve In Wayne County [PaEN]
-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2
-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Riverfest In Scranton Celebrates The Lackawanna River
-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbird Feeders Can Stay Up Several More Weeks, Here’s Why
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- WESA: Young People Call For Climate Action As Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change
-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Webinar On Local Climate Action Planning With Penn State & Partners [PaEN]
-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
-- Penn State’s Sept. 26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn Webinar On How To Make Instagram Work For You [PaEN]
-- Game Commission: Schedule Of Game Land Tours In October
-- Western PA Conservancy: Meet Fallingwater’s Summer Internship Class, Learn About Intern Opportunities
-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity
-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave
-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture
-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change
-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees
-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs
-- DEP Blog: What To Do With Your On-Lot Septic System After A Flood
-- Western PA Conservancy Fallingwater Oct. 25 Webinar: Artisans To Share Inspiration At 50th Anniversary Of Touchstone Center For Crafts School. Noon.
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions? We Provide Answers To Some Of Them
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Begins This Week: How Much Do You Know About The Autumnal Equinox?
-- WHYY: Delaware River Fest Returns Saturday With Free Pedal Boat And Ferry Rides
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: York County Pawpaw Festival Spotlights Forgotten Native Fruit Enjoying A Resurgence
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy
-- Reuters: Biden Administration To Fund Community Education On Nuclear Waste
Emergency Response
-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’
-- WLBT: Mowing Accident Causes Natural Gas Pipeline Leak In Warren County
-- WHYY/PlanPhilly: 5 Tips From Your Neighbors On How To Deal With Flooding
-- Gov. Wolf: Two Members Of PA Task Force 1 Deploying To Puerto Rico To Support Hurricane Fiona Response
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Area Puerto Rican And Dominican Communities Readying Humanitarian Response To Hurricane Damage - Again
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Category 3 Hurricane
-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska
-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis
-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
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]
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 1% On Rising Demand, Daily Output Decline
-- 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]
-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]
-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - After No Change For 7 Weeks, Up 1 - 24
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Heating Oil Dealers Advise Customers To Stock Up Now, Prices Expected To Rise
-- Financial Times: BP Refinery Fire In Ohio Kills 2 Workers; Analysts Warn Prolonged Shutdown Could Push Fuel Prices Higher
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Downward Streak For National Average Gasoline Price Ends [PA Gasoline Prices ]
-- TribLive: Decline In Gasoline Prices Breaks 2018 Record, But Change To Winter Fuel Could Snap Trend
-- Bloomberg: Oil Falls Below $80 En Route To Biggest Run Of Weekly Losses This Year
-- Reuters: Oil Prices Slide 1% After U.S. Fed Raises Interest Rates
-- The Guardian: How The Natural Gas Industry Capitalized On The Ukraine War To Change Biden Energy Policy
National/International
-- Bloomberg: Unrealistic Demands Hindering European LNG Natural Gas Deals: ‘If You Want A Cheap Price… The Answer Obviously Is ‘No’’
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Posts 4th Weekly Loss As Winter Reserves Fill Up With Ample Supplies Of LNG
-- Financial Times: Tellurian’s $25 Billion Driftwood LNG Plant In Louisiana Fails To Get Financing, Shell Pulls Out Of Deal
-- Bloomberg: European Industry Buckles Under Weight Of Soaring Natural Gas Prices
-- WSJ: High Natural Gas Prices Push European Manufacturers To Shift To U.S., Green-Energy Incentives Luring Companies
-- NYT: ‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Driven By Spike In Natural Gas Costs Force Europe’s Factories To Go Dark
-- The Economist: How The EU Intends To Collect ‘Windfall Profits’ From Energy Firms
-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change
-- Reuters: Britain Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Fracking Where It Is Supported By Communities
-- Bloomberg: New UK Fracking Needs Local Support, But It’s Nowhere To Be Seen
-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel
-- WPost: Coal Stoves, Wood Thieves: Europe Braces For Winter Without Russian Natural Gas
-- Financial Times: Energy Crunch Threatens To Shatter European Unity, Warns IEA Boss
-- Reuters: Europe Races To Prepare For Energy Crunch This Winter; European Natural Gas Prices More Than Doubled From Start Of 2022
-- AP: Environmental Groups Attack EU’s Green Label For Natural Gas, Nuclear Power
-- Bloomberg: EU’s ‘Fake’ Green Label For Natural Gas, Nuclear Are Under Legal Attack
Global Energy Action Forum - Pittsburgh
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future
-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Not Registered For Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh? You Can Still Feel The Buzz
-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Energy VIPs Are In Pittsburgh, Everyone Wants Their Attention
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Energy Maker Or Taker Left Behind: How The World Transitions To Clean Energy
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Global Clean Energy Conference Kicks Off With Energy, Enthusiasm For Change
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: World Leaders Hail New U.S. Climate, Energy Act To Spur Clean Energy Work
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: In Pittsburgh, John Kerry Says Climate Change Solutions Will Be Driven By Private Sector
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Hydrogen Money Is Here, Just In Time For The Hype
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Pennsylvania Plans To Win Hydrogen Hub
-- Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA [PaEN]
-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7
-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard
-- TribLive: Some Pittsburgh Elected Officials Caution Against ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Hub Pitch
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The World Comes To Pittsburgh, But Which Pittsburgh Will It See?
-- NorthcentralPA.com: Energy Future PA Coalition Pushes For Zero-Carbon Alternatives In PA
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. DOE Opening Lab On CO2 Capture From The Air, Will It Be In Pittsburgh Or WV?
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pricing Climate Risk Into Portfolios Remains Key Challenge For Commercial Real Estate Industry
-- PA Capital-Star: ‘We Need To Do Everything We Can Now’: In Pittsburgh, Students March For Climate Justice
-- WESA: Young People Call For Climate Action As Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh
Energy
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future
-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Energy Maker Or Taker Left Behind: How The World Transitions To Clean Energy
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Gov. Wolf, Republicans Agree To Fill 3 Seats On 5 Member Public Utility Commission
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State [PA Doesn’t, Yet]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Judge Deals New Setback To 75 MW Solar Energy Project In Adams County - By Ad Crable
-- Penn State’s Sept. 26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA
-- Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Pennsylvania Plans To Win Hydrogen Hub
-- Better Path Coalition Sept. 21 Webinar How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? With Robert Howarth, Cornell University, 7:00 p.m.
-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems
-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation
-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport
-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet”
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Indicators 2022: Energy Use In NE PA - Economic, Environmental Impacts
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Penn State, Construction Trades, DePasquale Others Form Nonpartisan Energy Future PA Group
-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation
-- Dept. Of Human Services Warns Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Aid Recipients Of Potential Scam
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy
-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change
-- PA Capital-Star: Amid A Massive American Clean Energy Shift, Electric Grid Operators Play Catch-Up
-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel
-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches
-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas
-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations
Energy Conservation
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Comcast Promises Energy Efficiency Improvements In Its Vast Cable And Internet System
Environmental Health
-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma
-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge
Environmental Heritage
-- TribLive: Improvements Eyed At Flight 93 Memorial’s Western Overlook
-- Western PA Conservancy: Meet Fallingwater’s Summer Internship Class, Learn About Intern Opportunities
-- Western PA Conservancy Fallingwater Oct. 25 Webinar: Artisans To Share Inspiration At 50th Anniversary Of Touchstone Center For Crafts School. Noon.
Environmental Justice
-- EPA Launches New Office Dedicated To Advancing Environmental Justice And Civil Rights
-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma
-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter [PaEN]
EPA
-- EPA Launches New Office Dedicated To Advancing Environmental Justice And Civil Rights
-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA [PaEN]
Farming
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture [PaEN]
-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities
-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee [PaEN]
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data
-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions
-- CBS News Pittsburgh: Westmoreland County Farmer Breaks Record For Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Grown In PA - 2,405 Pounds
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions? We Provide Answers To Some Of Them
-- WESA: Spotted Lanternflies Are Laying Their Eggs, How To Stop The Invasive Insect’s Spread
-- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh
-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Clash Over Climate Change Funding Emerging In Federal Farm Bill Debate
Flooding
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change
-- WHYY/PlanPhilly: 5 Tips From Your Neighbors On How To Deal With Flooding
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: More Apartments Proposed In Manayunk’s Venice Island A Year After It Was Swamped By Hurricane Ida
-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave
-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis
Flooding - Hurricanes
-- Gov. Wolf: Two Members Of PA Task Force 1 Deploying To Puerto Rico To Support Hurricane Fiona Response
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Area Puerto Rican And Dominican Communities Readying Humanitarian Response To Hurricane Damage - Again
-- WHYY/AP: Puerto Ricans Seething Over Lack Of Power Days After Fiona, Call For Ouster Of Private Electricity Company
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Category 3 Hurricane
-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations
-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico
-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska
Forests
-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 29; Start Planning Your Trip To Experience PA's Colorful Autumn Now [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA
-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA
-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA Experts Offer Foliage Tips For Residents And Travelers
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Fall Foliage Rightly Puts PA On The Map
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2
-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions? We Provide Answers To Some Of Them
-- WESA: Spotted Lanternflies Are Laying Their Eggs, How To Stop The Invasive Insect’s Spread
-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees
-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers
Forests - Wildfires
-- The Guardian: ‘Dramatic’ Rise In Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline In U.S. Air Quality For Millions
-- The Guardian: Filmmakers Capture How Escalating Wildfires Have Devastated California Landscapes
Game Commission
-- Game Commission: Schedule Of Game Land Tours In October
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream
Grants/Funding
-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee [PaEN]
-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County
-- TribLive: Plum Borough Receives $73,000 CFA Grant For Stormwater Improvements
-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- EXTENDED: Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Agreement Mine Drainage Cleanup Grants [PaEN]
-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities
-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Upstream Pittsburgh Gets $120,000 Grant For Fern Hollow Bridge Restoration, Frick Park Rehab
-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7
-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard
Green Infrastructure
-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants [PaEN]
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee [PaEN]
-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County
-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County [PaEN]
-- WHYY: DEP Plan To Clean Up Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Contamination In Chester County Draws Criticism From Environmentalists
Hazardous Substances
-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma
-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge
Land Conservation
-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County [PaEN]
Land Recycling
-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County [PaEN]
-- WHYY: DEP Plan To Clean Up Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Contamination In Chester County Draws Criticism From Environmentalists
Land Use
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Officials Advance The Conversion Of Offices To Homes
-- Inquirer: More Apartments Proposed In Manayunk’s Venice Island A Year After It Was Swamped By Hurricane Ida
Littering/Illegal Dumping
-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards [PaEN]
-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- Oct. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items. To Nonprofits For Reuse [PaEN]
-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires
-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup
-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60
-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]
Mine Reclamation
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners [PaEN]
-- EXTENDED: Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Agreement Mine Drainage Cleanup Grants [PaEN]
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps, Youth And Volunteer Opportunities
--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
Ohio River
-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]
On-Lot Septic Systems
-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs
-- DEP Blog: What To Do With Your On-Lot Septic System After A Flood
Oil & Gas
-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma
-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Energy Maker Or Taker Left Behind: How The World Transitions To Clean Energy
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA
-- Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Pennsylvania Plans To Win Hydrogen Hub
-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems
-- Better Path Coalition Sept. 21 Webinar How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? With Robert Howarth, Cornell University, 7:00 p.m.
-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation
-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport
-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet”
-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7
-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Zero In On ‘Super Emitters’ Of Methane - Conventional, Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities
-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 1% On Rising Demand, Daily Output Decline
-- 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]
-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]
-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - After No Change For 7 Weeks, Up 1 - 24
-- TribLive: Decline In Gasoline Prices Breaks 2018 Record, But Change To Winter Fuel Could Snap Trend
-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Downward Streak For National Average Gasoline Price Ends [PA Gasoline Prices ]
-- Financial Times: BP Refinery Fire In Ohio Kills 2 Workers; Analysts Warn Prolonged Shutdown Could Push Fuel Prices Higher
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Heating Oil Dealers Advise Customers To Stock Up Now, Prices Expected To Rise
-- Bloomberg: Oil Falls Below $80 En Route To Biggest Run Of Weekly Losses This Year
-- National Law Review: Oil & Gas And Another Questionable PA Environmental Rights Amendment Decision - By David G. Mandelbaum
-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Mike Bloomberg Commits $85 Million To Stop Petrochemical Plants In Ohio Valley, Gulf Coast
-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’
-- TribLive: Some Cities Passing Bans On Natural Gas Appliances To Help Curb Emissions Causing Climate Change
-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change
-- The Guardian: How The Natural Gas Industry Capitalized On The Ukraine War To Change Biden Energy Policy
-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7
-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard
-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches
-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas
-- Reuters: Britain Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Fracking Where It Is Supported By Communities
-- Bloomberg: New UK Fracking Needs Local Support, But It’s Nowhere To Be Seen
-- Financial Times: U.S. Lawmakers Investigate ‘Deceptive’ PR Tactics On Behalf Of Oil And Gas
Pipelines
-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities [PaEN]
-- WLBT: Mowing Accident Causes Natural Gas Pipeline Leak In Warren County
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems
-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause
-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30
-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects
-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam
-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Manchin Says U.S. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Said His Permitting Reform Bill Crucial For Future Energy Projects
PennVEST
-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
Permitting
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30
-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects
-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam
-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Manchin Says U.S. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Said His Permitting Reform Bill Crucial For Future Energy Projects
Public Participation
-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Gov. Wolf, Republicans Agree To Fill 3 Seats On 5 Member Public Utility Commission
-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause
-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’
-- TribLive: Some Cities Passing Bans On Natural Gas Appliances To Help Curb Emissions Causing Climate Change
-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums
-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA?
-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems
Radiation Protection
-- Reuters: Biden Administration To Fund Community Education On Nuclear Waste
Recreation
-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 29; Start Planning Your Trip To Experience PA's Colorful Autumn Now [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter [PaEN]
-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA
-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA
-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say
-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2
-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits
-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County
-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee [PaEN]
-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County
-- WHYY: East Fairmount Park To Host Inaugural Philadelphia Polo Classic
-- PennLive: Perry County Eagle Scout Project Goes ‘Gaga’ Ball At Community Park
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects
-- TribLive: Improvements Eyed At Flight 93 Memorial’s Western Overlook
-- 5th Bike The Brandywine Event Welcomes Nearly 400 Riders For A Sunny, Scenic Day Thru Chester County [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Clinton County To Study Fish, Kayak Passage With Susquehanna Greenway Partnership
-- TribLive: Upstream Pittsburgh Gets $120,000 Grant For Fern Hollow Bridge Restoration, Frick Park Rehab
-- TribLive: Plans For $1.3 Million Renovation Of Overlook Park In Pittsburgh Released
-- TribLive: Bethel Park Breaks Ground For Pine Tree Park Improvements
-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity
Recycling/Waste
-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards [PaEN]
-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]
-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- Oct. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items. To Nonprofits For Reuse [PaEN]
-- Delaware Currents: Delaware River Is Largest Source Of Macroplastics Pollution In North America, Report Says
-- ABC27: Lawmakers Seek To Ban Balloon Releases
-- Scranton Times: Wegmans Shoppers Happy To Use Paper And Reusable Bags Over Plastic To Help The Environment
-- Erie Times: Meadville Firm Hydroblox Recycles Junk Plastics To Make Products That Prevent Flooding
-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup
-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success
-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60
Regulations
-- House Republicans Ask IRRC To Review Hundreds Of Regulations For Need, Effectiveness
Renewable Energy
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future
-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners [PaEN]
-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State [PA Doesn’t, Yet]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Judge Deals New Setback To 75 MW Solar Energy Project In Adams County - By Ad Crable
-- Penn State’s Sept. 26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Amid A Massive American Clean Energy Shift, Electric Grid Operators Play Catch-Up
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy
-- Financial Times: Clean Energy Bosses Urge Permit Reforms To Meet U.S. Climate Goals
Stormwater
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Plum Borough Receives $73,000 CFA Grant For Stormwater Improvements
-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
SRBC
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sept. 15 Business Meeting Recap
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Revises Enforcement, Penalty Policies [PaEN]
Susquehanna River
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sept. 15 Business Meeting Recap
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Revises Enforcement, Penalty Policies [PaEN]
Sustainability
-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue
-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career [PaEN]
Wastewater Facilities
-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums
-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA?
-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems
-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge
Watershed Protection
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes [PaEN]
-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush
-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee [PaEN]
-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County
-- TribLive: Plum Borough Receives $73,000 CFA Grant For Stormwater Improvements
-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township
--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Riverfest In Scranton Celebrates The Lackawanna River
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn Webinar On How To Make Instagram Work For You [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions
-- WHYY: Delaware River Fest Returns Saturday With Free Pedal Boat And Ferry Rides
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 23 RiverWatch Video Report
-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County
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Wildlife
-- Game Commission: Schedule Of Game Land Tours In October
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: National Hunting & Fishing Day Events In PA
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream
-- MCall: Elk On The Loose In Northampton County, Police Warn Not To Approach
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Oct. 11 Eagles And Their Habitat Program At The Van Scott Nature Reserve In Wayne County [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbird Feeders Can Stay Up Several More Weeks, Here’s Why
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: PA Hunters Will Have 15,000 More Pheasants To Pursue
-- Williamsport Sun: Clinton County To Study Fish, Kayak Passage With Susquehanna Greenway Partnership
-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster County Rider Excels In World’s Toughest Horse Race - 1,200 Mile Mongol Derby
Opportunities
-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career [PaEN]
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps, Youth And Volunteer Opportunities
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[Posted: September 25, 2022]
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