PA Environment Digest

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Your Guide To Fall Colors On The Susquehanna Greenway - By Andrew Bechdel, AmeriCorps Susquehanna Greenway & Trails Assistant [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Where You Can Find Fall Foliage, Pumpkin Festivals In PA

-- Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. 18 [PaEN]

-- Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Washington County Residents Seek Answers On Health Impacts Of Fracking, Shale Gas

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Public Briefed On Fracking Health Studies, Despite No-Show From Pitt, State Health Dept.

-- Observer-Reporter: Looking For Answers - Residents Await Results Of Shale Gas Drilling Health Studies

-- Pocono Record: DEP Taking Comments On Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties

-- The Allegheny Front: New Film Connects Plight Of Hellbenders With Concerns Over Natural Gas Development

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Environmental Groups Tour Acid Mine Drainage Sites And Revitalized Stream in Luzerne County

-- PaHomePage.com: Combating Climate By Restoring Abandoned Mine Drainage Degraded Streams

-- Registration Now Open For 2022 Watershed Congress In Montgomery County Oct. 22 [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners Award $362,756 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: DEP Grant To Aid Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. Watershed Cleanup Project

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: ‘Transformational’ Project To Create Trail, Restore Floodplain On Little Conestoga Creek

-- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 11 Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting 10:00 a.m.

-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Nov. 10, Berks Nature Rookery, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- EPA Seeking Nominations For Local Govt. Advisory Committee And Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee, Deadline Oct. 31

-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]

-- DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pick Up Pennsylvania Targets Local Litter

-- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA Climate Forum Brings Informed Public Into Problem-Solving Effort

-- Inquirer: A Few Philly-Area Churches Are Going Solar, New Tax Incentives Make It Easier For Others

-- PA Solar Center: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Makes Flipping The Switch To Go Solar For Homeowners, Businesses Well Within Reach - By Sharon Pillar, Executive Director PA Solar Center [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Ever Wonder If The Soil In Your Philly Yard Has Lead In It? Now’s Your Chance To Find Out

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmland Trust Celebrates Preservation Successes, Sees Urgency With Encroaching Development

-- Natural Lands Joins Art-Reach’s ACCESS Program To Let More People Enjoy Popular Paid Events [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Using Native Plants To Create An Impressive Fall Display

-- Natural Areas Assn. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct. 28 On The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]

Climate

-- DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Needs To Finish Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Regulations By Dec. 16 Or Face Highway Funds Sanctions, EPA Says

-- WSJ: Nationwide Work Starts To Plug Abandoned Conventional Gas & Oil Wells [In PA Newly Abandoned Wells Outnumber Wells The State Plans To Plug]

-- DCNR Announces Guidance For Planners Seeking To Generate Clean Renewable Energy Through Grid-Scale Solar Installations [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: A Few Philly-Area Churches Are Going Solar, New Tax Incentives Make It Easier For Others

-- Williamsport Sun: Interest In Solar Power Projects Growing Statewide, Including Lycoming County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Massive Solar Project To Help Power U.S. Steel Plant… In Arkansas

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Solar Should Be Bigger Part Of Energy Puzzle, But Only Part

-- PA Solar Center: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Makes Flipping The Switch To Go Solar For Homeowners, Businesses Well Within Reach - By Sharon Pillar, Executive Director PA Solar Center [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Community Solar Energy Projects Slowly Expand In The Chesapeake Bay Region [Except In Pennsylvania Where Legislation Is Needed] - By Ad Crable

-- Penn State Oct. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: Permitting Reform Required For Renewable Energy In Race Against Climate Change - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- UPMC Pledges To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 50% By 2030, Announces New Sustainability Leadership [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Meet UPMC’s Sustainability Cochairs And How They’re Approaching Going Net Zero [PA’s Largest Non-government Employer]

-- CEOs For Sustainability 2022 C-Suite Summit Nov. 2 Hazelwood Green Pittsburgh

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Missing Out On Millions As RGGI Battle Drudges On

-- City & State PA: Legal Challenges To RGGI Keeping Millions In Carbon Allowances From Flowing To PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: RGGI: PA Leadership Tale Of Opposition, Support And Ambivalence

-- Bloomberg: Solar Energy Now 33% Cheaper Than Natural Gas Power In U.S.

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Parking Authority To Install More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- StateImpactPA: PA Climate Forum Brings Informed Public Into Problem-Solving Effort

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Highlights Relationship Of Wetlands And Climate Change

-- AP: Low-Income Communities Learn To Tackle Climate-Fueled Heat [Philadelphia Included]

-- Annual Conference Of Interfaith Power & Light To Focus On Environmental Justice & Human Resilience On Nov. 13 [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct. 25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN]

-- Natural Areas Assn. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct. 28 On The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests [PaEN]

-- ABC27: PA State Police Investigating People Allegedly Jumping Off Wind Turbines

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Windmills Are Our Shrines To Our Modern-Day Climate Change Madness - Robert T. Smith, Environmental Consultant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shale Gas Companies Join Hydrogen Hub Group

-- Bloomberg: Bill Gates Warns Producers Blue Hydrogen Must Be Clean

-- Inquirer Editorial: Climate Change And Foolhardy Plan For New Apartments On Flood-Prone Venice Island

-- CNN: This 100% Solar Community In Florida Hit Head-On By Hurricane Ian Had No Loss Of Power, Minimal Damage

-- Financial Times: Ex-Fed Official: Blacklisting Companies Over Their Policies To Deal With Climate Issues Encourages Risky Investment

Coal Mining

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Coal Prices Climb Past $200 As Global Energy Crunch Boosts Demand

Compliance Action

-- DEP Issued NOVs To Conventional Oil & Gas Companies For Abandoning 55 Wells Without Plugging Them During September Alone, A Dramatic Increase In New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups Raise Serious Compliance Issues With Olympus Energy-- Over 600 Violations On 13 DEP Permits-- In Comments On Proposed Shale Gas Drilling Pad In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- DEP Collects $147,250 Penalty From Rice Drilling B LLC For Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Greene County; DEP Found Rice Had Hundreds Of Other Violations, Including Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection

-- York Dispatch: York County Landfill Discharge Into Creek Violates DEP Standards, Remedy Expected In 2023

-- DEP Took Action On 795 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,628 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Scranton Times: Environmental Groups Tour Acid Mine Drainage Sites And Revitalized Stream in Luzerne County

-- PaHomePage.com: Combating Climate By Restoring Abandoned Mine Drainage Degraded Streams

-- Bradford Era: McKean Conservation District Holds Annual BMP Tour

DCNR

-- DCNR Blog: Celebrating And Planning For Three New State Parks

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust Welcomes Howland Preserve As New State Park

-- TribLive Editorial: How Many State Parks Is Enough?

-- DCNR Issues 2nd Weekly Fall Foliage Report - 4 Counties At Peak Of Color [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: When Will The Peak Colors Be Best For Leaf Peeping?

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Your Guide To Fall Colors On The Susquehanna Greenway - By Andrew Bechdel, AmeriCorps Susquehanna Greenway & Trails Assistant [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Where You Can Find Fall Foliage, Pumpkin Festivals In PA

-- Reminder: DCNR Offering Online Grant Writing Workshop Nov. 3

-- DCNR Ecological Restoration Efforts Aim To Preserve Historic CCC Camp In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Proposals For A 4-Season Recreation Adventure Center Concession At Denton Hill State Park, Potter County

-- DCNR Announces Guidance For Planners Seeking To Generate Clean Renewable Energy Through Grid-Scale Solar Installations [PaEN]

-- Oct. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Traveling The Great Allegheny Passage Trail By Motorized Wheelchair

-- Warren Times: Lake Fish Survey Brings Encouraging Results At Chapman State Park

DEP

-- DEP Issued NOVs To Conventional Oil & Gas Companies For Abandoning 55 Wells Without Plugging Them During September Alone, A Dramatic Increase In New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Nationwide Work Starts To Plug Abandoned Conventional Gas & Oil Wells [In PA Newly Abandoned Wells Outnumber Wells The State Plans To Plug]

-- Environmental Groups Raise Serious Compliance Issues With Olympus Energy-- Over 600 Violations On 13 DEP Permits-- In Comments On Proposed Shale Gas Drilling Pad In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Fall Visitors To Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Urged To Report Illegal Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016 [PaEN]

-- DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Needs To Finish Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Regulations By Dec. 16 Or Face Highway Funds Sanctions, EPA Says

-- Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Washington County Residents Seek Answers On Health Impacts Of Fracking, Shale Gas

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Public Briefed On Fracking Health Studies, Despite No-Show From Pitt, State Health Dept.

-- Observer-Reporter: Looking For Answers - Residents Await Results Of Shale Gas Drilling Health Studies

-- Pocono Record: DEP Taking Comments On Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties

-- Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. 18 [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Commonwealth Court Upholds EHB Decision To Vacate DEP Permit For 845-Acre Landfill In Clearfield County

-- York Dispatch: York County Landfill Discharge Into Creek Violates DEP Standards, Remedy Expected In 2023

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Off Pace To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

-- DEP Provides PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Healthy Waters Partnership Update [PaEN]

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN]

-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pick Up Pennsylvania Targets Local Litter

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct. 25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 795 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,628 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners Award $362,756 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: DEP Grant To Aid Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. Watershed Cleanup Project

-- Registration Now Open For 2022 Watershed Congress In Montgomery County Oct. 22 [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Jan. 30-Feb. 1 [PaEN]

-- Apply Now For Institute Of Conservation Leadership Delaware River Watershed Professionals Of Color 2022 Cohort [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: On Native Ground: As ‘Land Acknowledgments’ Proliferate, Indigenous Peoples Want Actions, Not Words

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 11 Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting 10:00 a.m.

-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Nov. 10, Berks Nature Rookery, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 7 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Sen. Yaw Announces Legislation To Ban Food Packaging Containing PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals

-- Environmental Health Project Oct. 19 Webinar: PFAS And Health Impacts - What Frontline Communities Need To Know, 7:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Boil-Water Advisory Lifted In Parts Of Montgomery County

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Still On Drought Watch Despite Recent Rain

Drought

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Still On Drought Watch Despite Recent Rain

Economic Development

-- Fall Visitors To Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Urged To Report Illegal Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Daily Review: Sen. Yaw Talks Energy Independence During Visit To Bradford County [Dependence On Natural Gas]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Big Natural Gas Has Throttled PA’s Economy For The Last 15 Years - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Ethane Cracker In Beaver County Will Start Up Soon, We Answer Your Questions

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Missing Out On Millions As RGGI Battle Drudges On

-- City & State PA: Legal Challenges To RGGI Keeping Millions In Carbon Allowances From Flowing To PA

-- October 24-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on “fossil fuels - driving America’s economy and quality of life.”

-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Proposals For A 4-Season Recreation Adventure Center Concession At Denton Hill State Park, Potter County

-- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: NE PA Stands To Benefit From Land Recycling

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Your Guide To Fall Colors On The Susquehanna Greenway - By Andrew Bechdel, AmeriCorps Susquehanna Greenway & Trails Assistant [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy

-- Pittsburgh Inno: Pittsburgh-Based Electronics Recycler To Deploy Robotics, AI For First-In-Nation Flat Panel Display Recycling

-- Financial Times: Ex-Fed Official: Blacklisting Companies Over Their Policies To Deal With Climate Issues Encourages Risky Investment

Education

-- The Allegheny Front: New Film Connects Plight Of Hellbenders With Concerns Over Natural Gas Development

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]

-- Apply Now For Institute Of Conservation Leadership Delaware River Watershed Professionals Of Color 2022 Cohort [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Some Say Legislation Requiring Radon Testing In Schools Comes Down To Politics, Others Say It’s Money

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: For Children, Radon Risks Outweigh That For Adults

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: These Women Effected Change To Spur Radon Laws In Their States

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Needs To Test Schools For Radon

-- DEP Environmental Ed Update: Grant Applications Due Soon; Student Radon Poster Contest; 60th Anniversary Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: On Native Ground: As ‘Land Acknowledgments’ Proliferate, Indigenous Peoples Want Actions, Not Words

-- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct. 16

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Features Eels In Classroom; Fish Detectives; 2nd Round Consumptive Use Grants Coming; AMD Cleanup; More [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Girl Scout Creates Storybook Trail At Ashbury Woods In Hopes Of Bringing More Children Outside

-- TribLive: Shaler Area Students Rally To Protect Girty’s Run Farmland In Allegheny County

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Highlights Relationship Of Wetlands And Climate Change

-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Seeking Arboretum Certification For Campus

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Looking For Artist-In-Residence

-- Warren Times: Lumberjack Competition In The Heart Of The Allegheny National Forest

-- Natural Lands Joins Art-Reach’s ACCESS Program To Let More People Enjoy Popular Paid Events [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute: Celebrating 75 Years Of Organic Leadership [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Latest Spotted Lanternfly News

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Using Native Plants To Create An Impressive Fall Display

-- WESA/Allegheny Front: How The Fungi Beneath Our Feet Help Decide The Trees Overhead

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy

-- StateImpactPA: PA Climate Forum Brings Informed Public Into Problem-Solving Effort

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts 9-Part Virtual Caring For Creation Environmental Education Program Starting Oct. 7 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Oct. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 11 Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting 10:00 a.m.

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Pennsylvania Nature News; Oct. 15 Guided Hike At Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve, Lackawanna County; More

-- Environmental Health Project Oct. 19 Webinar: PFAS And Health Impacts - What Frontline Communities Need To Know, 7:00 p.m.

-- Registration Now Open For 2022 Watershed Congress In Montgomery County Oct. 22 [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct. 25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN]

-- Natural Areas Assn. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct. 28 On The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests [PaEN]

-- CEOs For Sustainability 2022 C-Suite Summit Nov. 2 Hazelwood Green Pittsburgh

-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Nov. 10, Berks Nature Rookery, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Conservation is The Key To Preserving The Earth’s Natural Beauty - Aarushi Dedhiya, Former PennLive.com intern

-- Annual Conference Of Interfaith Power & Light To Focus On Environmental Justice & Human Resilience On Nov. 13 [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 15 Webinar - Cost/Benefit Comparison Of Common MS4 Stormwater Management BMPs [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Nov. 17-18 At Marshall University, WV [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Jan. 30-Feb. 1 [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - A Gentian Conservation And Conservation

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: Latest Forest Inventory Data Released; Importance Of Stream Passages; Much More

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September [PaEN]

-- Earth Science Week Oct. 9-15: Educators, Order Your Free Earth Science For A Sustainable World K -12 Toolkit

-- Penn State Birdsong Research Reveals Rare Hybrid Coupling By Rose-Breasted Grosbeak And Scarlet Tanager

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: New, Collaborative Raptor Popular Index Website Features Migration Count Trends, Raptors At Risk Analyses

Emergency Response

-- WHYY: PA Task Force 1 Assists In Search And Rescue Operations Following Hurricane Ian

-- DEP Took Action On 795 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,628 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]

-- MCall: With Winter Approaching, Heating Oil Prices Are Rising, Should Customers Lock In Now Or Wait? [Heating Oil 49% Higher Than Last Year]

-- Erie Times: Energy Costs Are On The Rise, Ways To Save Money, Where To Get Help

-- Scranton Times: Gasoline Prices Rising Again In NE PA

-- WPost: U.S. Is World’s Largest Oil & Natural Gas Producer, But You’ll Still Pay More For Gasoline, Natural Gas

-- AP Explainer: How Will OPEC+ Production Cuts Affect Oil Prices, Inflation? [Spoiler - Prices, Inflation Go Up]

-- TribLive: AAA Says Tight Supply, Increased Demand Main Reasons For Rising Gasoline Prices

-- USA Today: More Pain At The Pump As OPEC+ Cuts Oil Production By 2 Million Barrels

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil, Natural Gas Producers To Remain On Sidelines If OPEC+ Cuts Output Energy Executives Say

-- Bloomberg: Solar Energy Now 33% Cheaper Than Natural Gas Power In U.S.

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas At $4 to $5 Is A Thing Of The Past, Says Tellurian Chairman

-- Reuters: Global Natural Gas Markets To Remain Tight Next Year Amid Supply Squeeze, IEA

-- Bloomberg: Floating LNG Terminal Rates Spike In Europe On Ship Shortage

-- Reuters: White House Rules Out Ban On Natural Gas Exports This Winter [Even With Natural Gas Price Spikes]

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count At 23 - Same Number For Last 8 Out Of 9 Weeks

-- Reuters: U.S. Oil & Gas Rig Count Falls For First Time In 4 Weeks - Baker Hughes

-- Bloomberg: Oil Up 16% This Week, Biggest Weekly Gain Since March On Supply Fears As OPEC+ Decision Tightens Markets

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Biden’s Drawdown Of Oil Reserves Has Weakened America, For His Party’s Benefit

National/International

-- Bloomberg: Shell CEO Says Governments Need To Tax Energy Firms To Help Poor

-- Reuters: Exxon Signals Strong Q3 Earnings On Natural Gas Pricing

-- Reuters: Explainer: Caps And Corridors - How Can Europe Contain Natural Gas Prices?

-- Financial Times: EU, Norway Agree To ‘Joint Tools’ To Tackle Europe’s High Natural Gas Prices

-- Bloomberg: Europe Natural Gas Prices Slide As Storage, EU Steps Cut Risks For This Winter

-- AP: Europe Faces ‘Unprecedented Risk’ Of Natural Gas Shortage, IEA Says

-- The Economist: Why Fracking Cannot Solve Europe’s Energy Crisis

-- WSJ: High Natural Gas Prices Cloud Asia’s Push For LNG

-- Financial Times: U.S. Says ‘Nothing Off Table’ In Response To OPEC+ Oil Cuts [Including Refined Fuel Export Limits, More Sales From Strategic Reserve]

-- Financial Times: The New Oil War: OPEC+ Moves Against The U.S.

-- Reuters: OPEC+ Oil Output Cut Ahead Of Winter Fans Inflation Concerns

-- Financial Times: White House Accuses OPEC+ Of Aligning With Russia

-- WSJ: OPEC+ Cut In Oil Production Likely To Boost Prices, Help Moscow

-- Financial Times: OPEC+ Unleashes Shockwaves With Big Cut In Oil Production

-- Reuters: Oil Jumps About $4 As OPEC+ Weighs Biggest Output Cut Since 2020

-- Reuters: OPEC+ To Consider Crude Oil Production Cut Of Over 1 Million Barrels/Per Day, Biggest Since Pandemic To Address Market Weakness

-- Reuters: OPEC+ Heads For Deep Supply Cuts, Clash With U.S.

-- Financial Times: OPEC+ Plans Substantial Oil Production Cut To Prop Up Prices

-- Bloomberg: Desperate Europeans Return To World’s Oldest Fuel For Warmth - Wood [Just One Consequence Of Dependence On One Fuel - Natural Gas]

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Coal Prices Climb Past $200 As Global Energy Crunch Boosts Demand

Energy

-- MCall: With Winter Approaching, Heating Oil Prices Are Rising, Should Customers Lock In Now Or Wait? [Heating Oil 49% Higher Than Last Year]

-- TribLive: AAA Says Tight Supply, Increased Demand Main Reasons For Rising Gasoline Prices

-- Scranton Times: Gasoline Prices Rising Again In NE PA

-- WPost: U.S. Is World’s Largest Oil & Natural Gas Producer, But You’ll Still Pay More For Gasoline, Natural Gas

-- AP Explainer: How Will OPEC+ Production Cuts Affect Oil Prices, Inflation? [Spoiler - Prices, Inflation Go Up]

-- October 24-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on “fossil fuels - driving America’s economy and quality of life.”

-- DCNR Announces Guidance For Planners Seeking To Generate Clean Renewable Energy Through Grid-Scale Solar Installations [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Interest In Solar Power Projects Growing Statewide, Including Lycoming County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Massive Solar Project To Help Power U.S. Steel Plant… In Arkansas

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Solar Should Be Bigger Part Of Energy Puzzle, But Only Part

-- Bay Journal: Community Solar Energy Projects Slowly Expand In The Chesapeake Bay Region [Except In Pennsylvania Where Legislation Is Needed] - By Ad Crable

-- Inquirer: A Few Philly-Area Churches Are Going Solar, New Tax Incentives Make It Easier For Others

-- PA Solar Center: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Makes Flipping The Switch To Go Solar For Homeowners, Businesses Well Within Reach - By Sharon Pillar, Executive Director PA Solar Center [PaEN]

-- Penn State Oct. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: Permitting Reform Required For Renewable Energy In Race Against Climate Change - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct. 25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN]

-- CEOs For Sustainability 2022 C-Suite Summit Nov. 2 Hazelwood Green Pittsburgh

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Missing Out On Millions As RGGI Battle Drudges On

-- City & State PA: Legal Challenges To RGGI Keeping Millions In Carbon Allowances From Flowing To PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: RGGI: PA Leadership Tale Of Opposition, Support And Ambivalence

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shale Gas Companies Join Hydrogen Hub Group

-- Bloomberg: Bill Gates Warns Producers Blue Hydrogen Must Be Clean

-- Bloomberg: Solar Energy Now 33% Cheaper Than Natural Gas Power In U.S.

-- ABC27: PA State Police Investigating People Allegedly Jumping Off Wind Turbines

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Windmills Are Our Shrines To Our Modern-Day Climate Change Madness - Robert T. Smith, Environmental Consultant

-- Daily Review: Sen. Yaw Talks Energy Independence During Visit To Bradford County [Dependence On Natural Gas]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Big Natural Gas Has Throttled PA’s Economy For The Last 15 Years - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- The Guardian: The American Electric Vehicle Boom Is About To Begin, Does The U.S. Have The Power To Charge It?

Energy Conservation

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Missing Out On Millions As RGGI Battle Drudges On

-- City & State PA: Legal Challenges To RGGI Keeping Millions In Carbon Allowances From Flowing To PA

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Energy Costs Are On The Rise, Ways To Save Money, Where To Get Help

Environmental Health

-- Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Washington County Residents Seek Answers On Health Impacts Of Fracking, Shale Gas

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Public Briefed On Fracking Health Studies, Despite No-Show From Pitt, State Health Dept.

-- Observer-Reporter: Looking For Answers - Residents Await Results Of Shale Gas Drilling Health Studies

-- DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda [PaEN]

-- Bills Establishing Incentives For Using Fossil-Fueled Vehicles Introduced In The House, Senate; Eliminates Support For Hybrid, Electric Vehicles [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: For Children, Radon Risks Outweigh That For Adults

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: These Women Effected Change To Spur Radon Laws In Their States

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Needs To Test Schools For Radon

-- Sen. Yaw Announces Legislation To Ban Food Packaging Containing PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals

-- Environmental Health Project Oct. 19 Webinar: PFAS And Health Impacts - What Frontline Communities Need To Know, 7:00 p.m.

-- WHYY: Ever Wonder If The Soil In Your Philly Yard Has Lead In It? Now’s Your Chance To Find Out

-- Post-Gazette: Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] Levels In Mon Valley Surpass State Standard Near Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette: Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] Level In Mon Valley Dip Below State Standard In Pittsburgh

-- WITF Smart Talk: Zero Emission Trucks Would Make Central PA Healthier; Asthma Prevalent In Harrisburg Region

-- WHYY: Admissions Of Children With Respiratory Illnesses Up At Delaware Valley Hospitals

-- AP: Low-Income Communities Learn To Tackle Climate-Fueled Heat [Philadelphia Included]

Environmental Heritage

-- DCNR Ecological Restoration Efforts Aim To Preserve Historic CCC Camp In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: On Native Ground: As ‘Land Acknowledgments’ Proliferate, Indigenous Peoples Want Actions, Not Words

-- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]

Environmental Justice

-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Tired Of Talking’: Advocates Call On Legislature To Address Environmental Justice Issues

-- House Democrats: State Government Should Refocus Efforts On Environmental Justice, Prepare Permit Environmental Impact Assessments

-- Reading Eagle: Reading Activists Want City Protection From Environmental Toxins, Oversight By New Environmental Justice Committee

-- Apply Now For Institute Of Conservation Leadership Delaware River Watershed Professionals Of Color 2022 Cohort [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: On Native Ground: As ‘Land Acknowledgments’ Proliferate, Indigenous Peoples Want Actions, Not Words

-- Annual Conference Of Interfaith Power & Light To Focus On Environmental Justice & Human Resilience On Nov. 13 [PaEN]

EPA

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Will The U.S. Supreme Court Restrict The Scope Of The Federal Clean Water Act?

-- Pittsburgh Section-American Society Of Civil Engineers: Federal Clean Water Act 50th Anniversary Celebration Oct. 15 In Pittsburgh

-- EPA Seeking Nominations For Local Govt. Advisory Committee And Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee, Deadline Oct. 31

Farming

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Off Pace To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

-- DEP Provides PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Healthy Waters Partnership Update [PaEN]

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners Award $362,756 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: DEP Grant To Aid Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. Watershed Cleanup Project

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: ‘Transformational’ Project To Create Trail, Restore Floodplain On Little Conestoga Creek

-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8 [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmland Trust Celebrates Preservation Successes, Sees Urgency With Encroaching Development

-- Rodale Institute: Celebrating 75 Years Of Organic Leadership [PaEN]

-- Financial Times: The Future Of Farming - How Global Crises Are Reshaping Agriculture [Regenerative Agriculture]

-- Bradford Era: McKean Conservation District Holds Annual BMP Tour

-- TribLive: Shaler Area Students Rally To Protect Girty’s Run Farmland In Allegheny County

-- Penn State Extension: Latest Spotted Lanternfly News

-- TribLive: Meet Winners Of 2022 Sustainable Gardening Awards From Phipps Conservatory

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Boating Facility And Erie Access Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission To Begin Blue Catfish Restoration In The Ohio River

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Blue Catfish, An Aquatic Alpha Predator Is Being Reintroduced To The Ohio River

Flooding

-- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct. 25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Levee To Receive $4 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funds From Lycoming County

-- Post-Gazette: PA Turnpike Beings Flood Mitigation Work Near Southern Beltway In McDonald

-- Inquirer Editorial: Climate Change And Foolhardy Plan For New Apartments On Flood-Prone Venice Island

Flooding - Hurricanes

-- WHYY: PA Task Force 1 Assists In Search And Rescue Operations Following Hurricane Ian

-- CNN: This 100% Solar Community In Florida Hit Head-On By Hurricane Ian Had No Loss Of Power, Minimal Damage

Forests

-- DCNR Issues 2nd Weekly Fall Foliage Report - 4 Counties At Peak Of Color [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: When Will The Peak Colors Be Best For Leaf Peeping?

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Your Guide To Fall Colors On The Susquehanna Greenway - By Andrew Bechdel, AmeriCorps Susquehanna Greenway & Trails Assistant [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Where You Can Find Fall Foliage, Pumpkin Festivals In PA

-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Seeking Arboretum Certification For Campus

-- Natural Areas Assn. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct. 28 On The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests [PaEN]

-- Oct. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Latest Spotted Lanternfly News

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: Monster Trunk Talley Photo Contest; Oct. 28-29 TreeLay; Riparian Forest Buffer Summit

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: Latest Forest Inventory Data Released; Importance Of Stream Passages; Much More

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Looking For Artist-In-Residence

-- WESA/Allegheny Front: How The Fungi Beneath Our Feet Help Decide The Trees Overhead

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Cases In Fayette County Result In Special Regulations

Grants/Funding

-- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DCNR Offering Online Grant Writing Workshop Nov. 3

-- DEP Environmental Ed Update: Grant Applications Due Soon; Student Radon Poster Contest; 60th Anniversary Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Boating Facility And Erie Access Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners Award $362,756 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: DEP Grant To Aid Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. Watershed Cleanup Project

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: ‘Transformational’ Project To Create Trail, Restore Floodplain On Little Conestoga Creek

-- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Features Eels In Classroom; Fish Detectives; 2nd Round Consumptive Use Grants Coming; AMD Cleanup; More [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Proposals Until Oct. 31

-- Post-Gazette: Riverlife Gets $2 Million Allegheny County Grant To Begin Buying Property For New Parks Around West End Bridge

-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Find Out What Upgrades, Restorations Are Coming To Mellon Park

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Receives DCNR Grants For Greenbelt Restoration, Playground Development, More

Green Infrastructure

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track [PaEN]

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Off Pace To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

-- DEP Awards $3 Million To Restore Watersheds Statewide By Reducing Water Pollution [PaEN]

-- DEP Provides PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Healthy Waters Partnership Update [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners Award $362,756 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: DEP Grant To Aid Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. Watershed Cleanup Project

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: ‘Transformational’ Project To Create Trail, Restore Floodplain On Little Conestoga Creek

-- Lancaster County Community Foundation Announce More Than $100,000 In Lancaster Clean Water Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN]

-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust Welcomes Howland Preserve As New State Park

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants For Natural Resource Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: McKean Conservation District Holds Annual BMP Tour

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmland Trust Celebrates Preservation Successes, Sees Urgency With Encroaching Development

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 15 Webinar - Cost/Benefit Comparison Of Common MS4 Stormwater Management BMPs [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Joins Art-Reach’s ACCESS Program To Let More People Enjoy Popular Paid Events [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: How Many State Parks Is Enough?

-- TribLive: Shaler Area Students Rally To Protect Girty’s Run Farmland In Allegheny County

-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Seeking Arboretum Certification For Campus

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: Monster Trunk Talley Photo Contest; Oct. 28-29 TreeLay; Riparian Forest Buffer Summit

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Using Native Plants To Create An Impressive Fall Display

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: Latest Forest Inventory Data Released; Importance Of Stream Passages; Much More

-- PennDOT Accepting Unsolicited Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Proposals Until Oct. 31

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Berks Nature - VP For Land & Conservation Programs; Welcome Receptionist & Store Associate [PaEN]

Green Technology

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Startup Uses Power Of Algae To Clean Up Indoor Air

Hazardous Substances

-- DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda [PaEN]

-- Bills Establishing Incentives For Using Fossil-Fueled Vehicles Introduced In The House, Senate; Eliminates Support For Hybrid, Electric Vehicles [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: Zero Emission Trucks Would Make Central PA Healthier; Asthma Prevalent In Harrisburg Region

-- WHYY: Admissions Of Children With Respiratory Illnesses Up At Delaware Valley Hospitals

-- Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Washington County Residents Seek Answers On Health Impacts Of Fracking, Shale Gas

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Public Briefed On Fracking Health Studies, Despite No-Show From Pitt, State Health Dept.

-- Observer-Reporter: Looking For Answers - Residents Await Results Of Shale Gas Drilling Health Studies

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Some Say Legislation Requiring Radon Testing In Schools Comes Down To Politics, Others Say It’s Money

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: For Children, Radon Risks Outweigh That For Adults

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: These Women Effected Change To Spur Radon Laws In Their States

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Needs To Test Schools For Radon

-- Post-Gazette: Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] Levels In Mon Valley Surpass State Standard Near Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette: Hydrogen Sulfide [Rotten Egg Smell] Level In Mon Valley Dip Below State Standard In Pittsburgh

-- Sen. Yaw Announces Legislation To Ban Food Packaging Containing PFAS ‘Forever’ Chemicals

-- Environmental Health Project Oct. 19 Webinar: PFAS And Health Impacts - What Frontline Communities Need To Know, 7:00 p.m.

-- WHYY: Ever Wonder If The Soil In Your Philly Yard Has Lead In It? Now’s Your Chance To Find Out

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Berks Nature - VP For Land & Conservation Programs; Welcome Receptionist & Store Associate [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Off Pace To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

-- DEP Provides PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Healthy Waters Partnership Update [PaEN]

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Register Now For NFWF Virtual Chesapeake Bay Agricultural Networking Forum & Listening Sessions Starting Nov. 8 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States To Get Millions For Climate-Smart Farm Practices -- By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmland Trust Celebrates Preservation Successes, Sees Urgency With Encroaching Development

-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust Welcomes Howland Preserve As New State Park

-- TribLive Editorial: How Many State Parks Is Enough?

-- TribLive: Shaler Area Students Rally To Protect Girty’s Run Farmland In Allegheny County

-- Natural Lands Joins Art-Reach’s ACCESS Program To Let More People Enjoy Popular Paid Events [PaEN]

-- Natural Areas Assn. To Host A Virtual Symposium Oct. 28 On The Role of Natural Areas in Climate Resilience in Central Appalachian Forests [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 15 Webinar - Cost/Benefit Comparison Of Common MS4 Stormwater Management BMPs [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Pennsylvania Nature News; Oct. 15 Guided Hike At Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve, Lackawanna County; More

-- Help Wanted: Berks Nature - VP For Land & Conservation Programs; Welcome Receptionist & Store Associate [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: NE PA Stands To Benefit From Land Recycling

Lake Erie

-- PA Sea Grant, DEP Host Oct. 25 PA Lake Erie Forum Webinar On Climate Hazard Mitigation & Climate Migration [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pick Up Pennsylvania Targets Local Litter

Mine Reclamation

-- Scranton Times: Environmental Groups Tour Acid Mine Drainage Sites And Revitalized Stream in Luzerne County

-- PaHomePage.com: Combating Climate By Restoring Abandoned Mine Drainage Degraded Streams

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 11 Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting 10:00 a.m.

Ohio River

-- Register Now For Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Nov. 17-18 At Marshall University, WV [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission To Begin Blue Catfish Restoration In The Ohio River

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Blue Catfish, An Aquatic Alpha Predator Is Being Reintroduced To The Ohio River

Oil & Gas

-- DEP Issued NOVs To Conventional Oil & Gas Companies For Abandoning 55 Wells Without Plugging Them During September Alone, A Dramatic Increase In New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Nationwide Work Starts To Plug Abandoned Conventional Gas & Oil Wells [In PA Newly Abandoned Wells Outnumber Wells The State Plans To Plug]

-- Environmental Groups Raise Serious Compliance Issues With Olympus Energy-- Over 600 Violations On 13 DEP Permits-- In Comments On Proposed Shale Gas Drilling Pad In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Fall Visitors To Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Urged To Report Illegal Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016 [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection

-- The Allegheny Front: New Film Connects Plight Of Hellbenders With Concerns Over Natural Gas Development

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

-- DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Needs To Finish Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Regulations By Dec. 16 Or Face Highway Funds Sanctions, EPA Says

-- Washington County Community Meeting Updates Residents On PA Health & Environment Studies, Discusses Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Washington County Residents Seek Answers On Health Impacts Of Fracking, Shale Gas

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Public Briefed On Fracking Health Studies, Despite No-Show From Pitt, State Health Dept.

-- Observer-Reporter: Looking For Answers - Residents Await Results Of Shale Gas Drilling Health Studies

-- WPost: U.S. Is World’s Largest Oil & Natural Gas Producer, But You’ll Still Pay More For Gasoline, Natural Gas

-- AP Explainer: How Will OPEC+ Production Cuts Affect Oil Prices, Inflation? [Spoiler - Prices, Inflation Go Up]

-- October 24-- House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee hearing on “fossil fuels - driving America’s economy and quality of life.”

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Big Natural Gas Has Throttled PA’s Economy For The Last 15 Years - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- Daily Review: Sen. Yaw Talks Energy Independence During Visit To Bradford County [Dependence On Natural Gas]

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count At 23 - Same Number For Last 8 Out Of 9 Weeks

-- Warren Times: 40 Warren Residents Evacuated For Natural Gas Leak Near Construction Site

-- Scranton Times: Gasoline Prices Rising Again In NE PA

-- TribLive: AAA Says Tight Supply, Increased Demand Main Reasons For Rising Gasoline Prices

-- Bloomberg: Oil Up 16% This Week, Biggest Weekly Gain Since March On Supply Fears As OPEC+ Decision Tightens Markets

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Ethane Cracker In Beaver County Will Start Up Soon, We Answer your Questions

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shale Gas Companies Join Hydrogen Hub Group

-- Bloomberg: Bill Gates Warns Producers Blue Hydrogen Must Be Clean

-- Bloomberg: Europe Natural Gas Prices Slide As Storage, EU Steps Cut Risks For This Winter

-- AP: Europe Faces ‘Unprecedented Risk’ Of Natural Gas Shortage, IEA Says

-- Bloomberg: Floating LNG Terminal Rates Spike In Europe On Ship Shortage

-- Reuters: Explainer: Caps And Corridors - How Can Europe Contain Natural Gas Prices?

-- Financial Times: EU, Norway Agree To ‘Joint Tools’ To Tackle Europe’s High Natural Gas Prices

-- AP Explainer: How Will OPEC+ Production Cuts Affect Oil Prices, Inflation? [Spoiler - Prices, Inflation Go Up]

-- USA Today: More Pain At The Pump As OPEC+ Cuts Oil Production By 2 Million Barrels

-- Reuters: Global Natural Gas Markets To Remain Tight Next Year Amid Supply Squeeze, IEA

-- Reuters: OPEC+ Oil Output Cut Ahead Of Winter Fans Inflation Concerns

-- Financial Times: White House Accuses OPEC+ Of Aligning With Russia

-- WSJ: OPEC+ Cut In Oil Production Likely To Boost Prices, Help Moscow

-- Financial Times: OPEC+ Unleashes Shockwaves With Big Cut In Oil Production

-- Reuters: Oil Jumps About $4 As OPEC+ Weighs Biggest Output Cut Since 2020

-- Reuters: OPEC+ To Consider Crude Oil Production Cut Of Over 1 Million Barrels/Per Day, Biggest Since Pandemic To Address Market Weakness

-- Financial Times: OPEC+ Plans Substantial Oil Production Cut To Prop Up Prices

Pipelines

-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection

-- Pocono Record: DEP Taking Comments On Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties

-- The Allegheny Front: New Film Connects Plight Of Hellbenders With Concerns Over Natural Gas Development

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

Permitting

-- Pocono Record: DEP Taking Comments On Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties

-- Altoona Mirror: Commonwealth Court Upholds EHB Decision To Vacate DEP Permit For 845-Acre Landfill In Clearfield County

-- DEP Took Action On 795 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,628 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. 18 [PaEN]

-- Pocono Record: DEP Taking Comments On Permits For Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- EPA Seeking Nominations For Local Govt. Advisory Committee And Small Communities Advisory Subcommittee, Deadline Oct. 31

PUC

-- PUC Highlights Efforts To Safeguard Critical Utility Systems During Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Radiation Protection

-- DEP: PA Fracking Operations Sent Nearly 236,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2021 - 811,070 since 2016 [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Some Say Legislation Requiring Radon Testing In Schools Comes Down To Politics, Others Say It’s Money

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: For Children, Radon Risks Outweigh That For Adults

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: These Women Effected Change To Spur Radon Laws In Their States

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Needs To Test Schools For Radon

-- DEP Environmental Ed Update: Grant Applications Due Soon; Student Radon Poster Contest; 60th Anniversary Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring [PaEN]

Radon

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: Some Say Legislation Requiring Radon Testing In Schools Comes Down To Politics, Others Say It’s Money

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: For Children, Radon Risks Outweigh That For Adults

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: These Women Effected Change To Spur Radon Laws In Their States

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Needs To Test Schools For Radon

-- DEP Environmental Ed Update: Grant Applications Due Soon; Student Radon Poster Contest; 60th Anniversary Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring [PaEN]

Recreation

-- Fall Visitors To Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Urged To Report Illegal Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- DCNR Issues 2nd Weekly Fall Foliage Report - 4 Counties At Peak Of Color [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: When Will The Peak Colors Be Best For Leaf Peeping?

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Your Guide To Fall Colors On The Susquehanna Greenway - By Andrew Bechdel, AmeriCorps Susquehanna Greenway & Trails Assistant [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Where You Can Find Fall Foliage, Pumpkin Festivals In PA

-- DCNR Blog: Celebrating And Planning For Three New State Parks

-- DCNR Ecological Restoration Efforts Aim To Preserve Historic CCC Camp In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Proposals For A 4-Season Recreation Adventure Center Concession At Denton Hill State Park, Potter County

-- Land Trust Alliance Magazine Highlights Efforts Along PA's Kittatinny Ridge To Document The Economic Benefits Of Land Conservation - By Marina Shauffler [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust Welcomes Howland Preserve As New State Park

-- TribLive Editorial: How Many State Parks Is Enough?

-- Reminder: DCNR Offering Online Grant Writing Workshop Nov. 3

-- Oct. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Boating Facility And Erie Access Improvement Grants [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Lake Fish Survey Brings Encouraging Results At Chapman State Park

-- Post-Gazette: Traveling The Great Allegheny Passage Trail By Motorized Wheelchair

-- Monterey Pass Civil War Battlefield Park Trail System Project In Franklin County Recognized With 2002 Spirit Of South Mountain Award [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Announces $50,000 In Mini-Grants To Support 8 Local Recreation, Restoration, Education Projects [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Research Grant Proposals [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Announces A New Online Resource For Outdoor Recreation [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Seeking Arboretum Certification For Campus

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Eyeing FDR Park For World Cup Practice Pitches, Communities Of Color Are Saying Hands Off

-- Inquirer Editorial: Redesign Of FDR Park Is The Kind Of Planning Philly Should Get Behind

-- Inquirer: Plan To Create Horse Stables In Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park Could Provide Base For City’s Iconic Urban Cowboys

-- Pittsburgh, KABOOM!, Partners Unveil Kid-Designed, Community-Built Playground In West Penn Park

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh Building One Of The Great Linear Parks In The World

-- Post-Gazette: Riverlife Gets $2 Million Allegheny County Grant To Begin Buying Property For New Parks Around West End Bridge

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Awards Grant For Bike Trail Design Through Verona, Oakmont, Penn Hills And Plum

-- Post-Gazette: RiverLife Begins Project To Create Park ‘Unforgettable Experience’ Between Downtown Pittsburgh’s Sister Bridges

-- NextPittsburgh: Find Out What Upgrades, Restorations Are Coming To Mellon Park

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Receives DCNR Grants For Greenbelt Restoration, Playground Development, More

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Carrie Furnace On Cusp Of Long-Awaited Breakthrough

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Pennsylvania Nature News; Oct. 15 Guided Hike At Dick & Nancy Eales Preserve, Lackawanna County; More

Recycling/Waste

-- Recycling Program, Managing Electronics Waste On DEP Citizens Advisory Council Agenda For Oct. 18 [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Commonwealth Court Upholds EHB Decision To Vacate DEP Permit For 845-Acre Landfill In Clearfield County

-- York Dispatch: York County Landfill Discharge Into Creek Violates DEP Standards, Remedy Expected In 2023

-- Pittsburgh Inno: Pittsburgh-Based Electronics Recycler To Deploy Robotics, AI For First-In-Nation Flat Panel Display Recycling

-- DEP, Partners Join In Luzerne County Litter Cleanup, Call On Pennsylvanians To Help Pick Up Pennsylvania This Fall [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pick Up Pennsylvania Targets Local Litter

Regulations

-- DEP Adds Final-Omitted Reg. Limiting Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities To Oct. 12 EQB Agenda [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Needs To Finish Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Regulations By Dec. 16 Or Face Highway Funds Sanctions, EPA Says

Renewable Energy

-- DCNR Announces Guidance For Planners Seeking To Generate Clean Renewable Energy Through Grid-Scale Solar Installations [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Interest In Solar Power Projects Growing Statewide, Including Lycoming County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Massive Solar Project To Help Power U.S. Steel Plant… In Arkansas

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Solar Should Be Bigger Part Of Energy Puzzle, But Only Part

-- Bay Journal: Community Solar Energy Projects Slowly Expand In The Chesapeake Bay Region [Except In Pennsylvania Where Legislation Is Needed] - By Ad Crable

-- Inquirer: A Few Philly-Area Churches Are Going Solar, New Tax Incentives Make It Easier For Others

-- PA Solar Center: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Makes Flipping The Switch To Go Solar For Homeowners, Businesses Well Within Reach - By Sharon Pillar, Executive Director PA Solar Center [PaEN]

-- Penn State Oct. 10 EarthTalks Lecture To Discuss Solar And Agriculture Land Use Competition [PaEN]

-- CEOs For Sustainability 2022 C-Suite Summit Nov. 2 Hazelwood Green Pittsburgh

-- TribLive Letter: Permitting Reform Required For Renewable Energy In Race Against Climate Change - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- ABC27: PA State Police Investigating People Allegedly Jumping Off Wind Turbines

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Windmills Are Our Shrines To Our Modern-Day Climate Change Madness - Robert T. Smith, Environmental Consultant

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Missing Out On Millions As RGGI Battle Drudges On

-- City & State PA: Legal Challenges To RGGI Keeping Millions In Carbon Allowances From Flowing To PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: RGGI: PA Leadership Tale Of Opposition, Support And Ambivalence

-- Bloomberg: Solar Energy Now 33% Cheaper Than Natural Gas Power In U.S.

-- CNN: This 100% Solar Community In Florida Hit Head-On By Hurricane Ian Had No Loss Of Power, Minimal Damage

Schuylkill River

-- Schuylkill River Greenways, Partners Award $362,756 In Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Grants [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 11 Abandoned Mine Drainage Workgroup Meeting 10:00 a.m.

-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Nov. 10, Berks Nature Rookery, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Stormwater

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Nov. 15 Webinar - Cost/Benefit Comparison Of Common MS4 Stormwater Management BMPs [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Erie City Council Set To Once Again Address Stormwater Fee

SRBC

-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Features Eels In Classroom; Fish Detectives; 2nd Round Consumptive Use Grants Coming; AMD Cleanup; More [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Off Pace To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals

-- DEP Provides PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Healthy Waters Partnership Update [PaEN]

-- EPA: Most States, Including Pennsylvania, Did Not Meet 2-Year Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: With 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goal Out Of Reach, Region Plans For What's Next At Oct. 11 Executive Council Meeting - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Bucknell University River Symposium Abstracts Due Oct. 16

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Features Eels In Classroom; Fish Detectives; 2nd Round Consumptive Use Grants Coming; AMD Cleanup; More [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Announces A New Online Resource For Outdoor Recreation [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Your Guide To Fall Colors On The Susquehanna Greenway - By Andrew Bechdel, AmeriCorps Susquehanna Greenway & Trails Assistant [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- CEOs For Sustainability 2022 C-Suite Summit Nov. 2 Hazelwood Green Pittsburgh

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Insights For A Successful Regional Decarbonization Strategy

-- Financial Times: The Future Of Farming - How Global Crises Are Reshaping Agriculture [Regenerative Agriculture]

Wastewater Facilities

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Sewer Authorities Say A $5 Million Improvement Will Decrease Basement Backups

-- Registration Now Open For 2022 Watershed Congress In Montgomery County Oct. 22 [PaEN]

Watershed Protection

-- Williamsport Sun Outdoors: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: New Clean Water Violations On Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Should Spark Change, Improved Hellbender Protection

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation 2022 State Of The Chesapeake Blueprint Report Finds Restoration Efforts Are Off Track [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: States, Including PA, Off Pace To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals