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

-- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Gov. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues? [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Environmentalists Breathe Sigh Of Relief In PA With Midterm Election Results, But Shapiro’s, Fetterman’s Policies On Key Issues Remain Uncertain

-- Washington Examiner: Natural Gas-Friendly Message Helped Fuel Democrat Shapiro’s PA Win

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Tout Benefits Of Fossil Fuels At International Climate Talks 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Republican House Member Sued By Former Staff Over Mold In His District Office

-- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Westtown Twp. Voters Approved Preservation Of Crebilly Farm, One Of Chester County’s Biggest Unprotected Properties Threatened By Development

-- WHYY: Westtown Twp. Residents Support Tax Increase To Save Crebilly Farm In Chester County

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Township Vote Against Tax Increase To Preserve Open Space Amid Influx Of Development

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

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

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

Check Calendars For Events Near You!

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

Air

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Kids From Oil & Gas Methane Pollution

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- GASP: Allegheny County Resident Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel Over Noxious Odors, Dust From Edgar Thomson Facility  ​

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Latest RGGI Lawsuit Highlights Increases In Pollution, Electricity Prices - Commonwealth Foundation

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints 

-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice Of Final Regulation Setting RACT Air Quality Standards For Major Sources Of NOx, VOCs

-- TribLive: 4 Charged In Catalytic Converter Thefts In Westmoreland

-- Reuters: Exclusive: U.S., U.N. Plan New Pledge Targeting Oil & Gas Methane Emissions - Document 

-- Financial Times: Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record Despite China Slowdown

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Moves Ahead With 45,000 Acre Forest Management Projects In McKean County

Alternative Fuels

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Public Utility Commission Orders Review Of Electric Vehicle Charging Rates

-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Management Hosts Nov. 16 Webinar: Plugging In - EVS And The Charging Network  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - Developing Fast-Charging Batteries For Electric Vehicles

-- Inquirer: Proterra Electric Bus Battery Caught Fire In A Philly SEPTA Depot

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Scholarships To 5 Teen Conservation Leaders In Honor Of Ralph Abele; Nominations Being Accepted For Youth Conservation Ambassadors  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland High Schoolers Selected For Statewide Young Ambassadors Litter Prevention Program

-- PA Solar Center To Honor Blair, Somerset, Westmoreland County Groups For Solar Energy Leadership Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Announces Winners Of Photo Contest 

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Responses To PA Plant, Insect, Animal, Aquatic, Pathogen Invasive Species Impact Survey 2022 Due Nov. 18  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Invasive Species Bugging You? Governor’s Invasive Species Council Wants To Know

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Invasive Mudsnails Found In 2 State Fish Hatcheries In Central PA, But Trout Stockings Continue

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: The Unfortunately Named Allegheny Woodrat Is Focus Of New Rescue Effort 

-- Agriculture: Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Adds 5 Weeds To Restricted List  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Pollinator Pitstop Program Starts A Community-Wide Movement Thanks To West Vincent Township Environmental Advisory Council In Chester County - By Donna Delany

-- Penn State: Higher Demand For Wild Leeks (Ramps) Has Foragers Overeager, Threatens Plant

Budget

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

Chesapeake Bay

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December  [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Conservationists Discuss Benefits Of Recent Riparian Tree Planting Near Schuylkill Haven

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Citizen Action

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]    

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December  [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ - Dimock, Susquehanna County - PA Residents Feel Left Behind - Part I

-- Reuters: Catholic Nuns In Lancaster County Lose Religious Battle Against Natural Gas Pipeline 

-- DEP Issues Revised Chapter 102 Permit For Mariner East II Pipeline Post Construction Stormwater Management BMPs In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA  [PaEN]

-- GASP: Allegheny County Resident Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel Over Noxious Odors, Dust From Edgar Thomson Facility  ​

-- TribLive: Sustainable Sewickley Hosts Solar Energy Event Nov. 14 In Allegheny County

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- Inside Climate Change: PA Environmental Group Challenges Proposed Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant

-- PA Capital-Star: Coal-fired Power Plant Operators Ignore Responsibilities On Ash Cleanup, Including 8 In PA

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Westtown Twp. Voters Approved Preservation Of Crebilly Farm, One Of Chester County’s Biggest Unprotected Properties Threatened By Development

-- WHYY: Westtown Twp. Residents Support Tax Increase To Save Crebilly Farm In Chester County

-- Cottage Hill Garden In York Receives TLC Thru Partnerships With Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Welcomes Newest Affiliate-- Keep Chester County Beautiful  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Accepting Campaign Signs For Recycling [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Recycle Your Campaign Yard Signs In Montgomery County

-- SEEDS 11th Annual Free Book Swap In Wayne County A Major Success - 41,000 Books Donated

-- Professional Recyclers Of PA November News & Opportunities

-- Morning Ag Clips: Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg Students Partner With Master Watershed Steward To Plant Native Rain Garden

-- Republican Herald: Conservationists Discuss Benefits Of Recent Riparian Tree Planting Near Schuylkill Haven

-- TribLive: Annual Tree Plantings Take Root In Aspinwall, Allegheny County

-- Southcentral PA Appalachian Chapter Audubon Society Offering Full Scholarship To Hog Island Audubon Camp In Maine; Other Opportunities Available  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Pollinator Pitstop Program Starts A Community-Wide Movement Thanks To West Vincent Township Environmental Advisory Council In Chester County - By Donna Delany

-- WHYY: Towamencin Residents Move Forward With Fight Against Sewer Privatization In Montgomery County

New Federal Climate, Energy Law

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, Equinor Project Becomes Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Applicant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Few Details Released In State’s Bid For Federal Hydrogen Hub Funding 

-- DCED/Team Pennsylvania Submit Hydrogen Hub Concept Paper To U.S. Dept. Of Energy [Paper Not Available]

Climate

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, Equinor Project Becomes Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Applicant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Few Details Released In State’s Bid For Federal Hydrogen Hub Funding 

-- DCED/Team Pennsylvania Submit Hydrogen Hub Concept Paper To U.S. Dept. Of Energy [Paper Not Available]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Ohio Oil Company, Canadian Renewables Company Aim To Build $3 Billion In Wind, Solar Projects In PA, OH, WV

-- Penn State EarthTalk Nov. 14 Webinar: Effect Of Sheep Stocking Rates At Solar Energy Arrays On Farmland  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sustainable Sewickley Hosts Solar Energy Event Nov. 14 In Allegheny County

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Nov. 16 Webinar - Countering Climate Disinformation In The Media  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center To Honor Blair, Somerset, Westmoreland County Groups For Solar Energy Leadership Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Expects To Get About A Fifth Of Its Electricity From New Solar Energy Farm Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Starts Construction On Gaucho Solar Project Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- Penn State's 2nd Annual Solar Symposium To Be Held Nov. 16 Online  [PaEN]

-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Management Hosts Nov. 16 Webinar: Plugging In - EVS And The Charging Network  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Latest RGGI Lawsuit Highlights Increases In Pollution, Electricity Prices - Commonwealth Foundation

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Public Utility Commission Orders Review Of Electric Vehicle Charging Rates

-- StateImpact PA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change Prompts PA Farmers To Adapt Crops And Businesses

-- Reuters: Exclusive: U.S., U.N. Plan New Pledge Targeting Oil & Gas Methane Emissions - Document 

-- AP: Report: Ukraine War-Triggered Natural Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal; Shere Amount Of LNG Projects Shocked Analysts 

-- Bloomberg: The ‘Dash’ For Natural Gas Risks Breaking 1.5 Degrees Level To Avert Climate Disaster; New LNG  Could Use 10% Of World’s Remaining Carbon Budget

-- Financial Times: U.S. Coal Phaseout Plan Meets Divided Response At COP27

-- Reuters: U.S. EIA Sees 23% Of Remaining U.S. Coal-Fired Power Capacity Retired By End Of 2029 As A Result Of Competition With Natural Gas, Renewables

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Tout Benefits Of Fossil Fuels At International Climate Talks 

-- The Economist: Economic Growth No Longer Requires Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- Financial Times: Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record Despite China Slowdown

Climate - COP27

-- AP: U.N. Climate Talks Reach Halftime With Key Issues Unresolved

-- AP: U.S. To COP27 Climate Summit: American Big Steps Won’t Be Repealed

-- White House: Biden-Harris Administration Announce Roadmap For Nature-Based Solutions To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Communities And Support Local Economies

-- Financial Times: U.S. Coal Phaseout Plan Meets Divided Response At COP27

-- The Guardian: COP27: Crucial Climate Talks More Fragile Than Ever After Year Of Turmoil

-- NPR: What’s At Stake At The COP27 Global Climate Negotiations

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Tout Benefits Of Fossil Fuels At International Climate Talks 

-- The Guardian: Climate Crisis: Past 8 Years Were 8 Hottest Ever, Says UN

-- Financial Times: Warmest 8 Years On Record And Rising Sea Levels, As COP27 Launches

-- The Economist: Climate Crisis: Say Goodbye To 1.5C

-- The Economist: Economic Growth No Longer Requires Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- Financial Times: Global Carbon Emissions Hit Record Despite China Slowdown

Coal Mining

-- PA Capital-Star: Coal-fired Power Plant Operators Ignore Responsibilities On Ash Cleanup, Including 8 In PA

-- Industrial Archives & Library In Bethlehem Seeking Volunteers To Work On Anthracite Mining Maps, Related Documents

-- The Allegheny Front: How One PA Company Is Using Waste Coal To Power Bitcoin Mining

-- Financial Times: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Natural Gas CEO Wants To Kill Global Coal 

-- Reuters: U.S. EIA Sees 23% Of Remaining U.S. Coal-Fired Power Capacity Retired By End Of 2029 As A Result Of Competition With Natural Gas, Renewables

-- Financial Times: U.S. Coal Phaseout Plan Meets Divided Response At COP27

Compliance Action

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- York Dispatch: Nuclear Regulators Investigate 2 Recent Incidents At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant 

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Announces Winners Of Photo Contest 

DCNR

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Outdoor Recreation Industry Added $13.6 Billion To PA Economy In 2021

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Seeks Comment On Off-Highway Vehicle Park Plan In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties

-- NextPittsburgh: Franklin, Venango County, Poised To Become The Next Great ‘Outdoor Town’  [Except for the dumping and negative environmental impacts of the conventional oil & gas industry]

-- Penn State Study Gauges Public Perception Of Prescribed Burns In Forest Management

-- Centre Daily Times: 800 Acre Sandy Ridge Wildfire In Centre County Started Out As A Prescribed Burn By Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Major Forest Fire’ Burning In Heart Of PA Elk Range In Elk County

-- WJAC: 1 Injured As Crews From Six Counties Fight Large Forest Fire In Elk County

-- Altoona Mirror: Dry Conditions Fuel Wildfire Risk In Blair County

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Higher Demand For Wild Leeks (Ramps) Has Foragers Overeager, Threatens Plant

-- DCNR Names Corie Eckman Park Manager For Colonel Denning State Park In Cumberland County

DEP

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]    

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Revised Chapter 102 Permit For Mariner East II Pipeline Post Construction Stormwater Management BMPs In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling 

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Part Of DEP Investigation Into High Methane Levels In 2 Homes In South Strabane Twp., Washington County  

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ - Dimock, Susquehanna County - PA Residents Feel Left Behind - Part I

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints 

-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice Of Final Regulation Setting RACT Air Quality Standards For Major Sources Of NOx, VOCs

-- Reuters: Exclusive: U.S., U.N. Plan New Pledge Targeting Oil & Gas Methane Emissions - Document 

Delaware River

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 11 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Cybersecurity Regulations, Seeks Comments On Potential Enhancements And Revisions  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Pennsylvanian: Philadelphia Schools Receive $5 Million EPA Grant To Provide Clean For Students

-- WHYY: Towamencin Residents Move Forward With Fight Against Sewer Privatization In Montgomery County

-- William Penn Foundation, Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Nov. 9 Webinar: Tackling The Next Half Century Of Water Challenges. 6:00 p.m.

Economic Development

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Outdoor Recreation Industry Added $13.6 Billion To PA Economy In 2021

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- NextPittsburgh: Franklin, Venango County, Poised To Become The Next Great ‘Outdoor Town’  [Except for the dumping and negative environmental impacts of the conventional oil & gas industry]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, Equinor Project Becomes Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Applicant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Few Details Released In State’s Bid For Federal Hydrogen Hub Funding 

-- DCED/Team Pennsylvania Submit Hydrogen Hub Concept Paper To U.S. Dept. Of Energy [Paper Not Available]

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Proposed Development Rethinking The Ohio Riverfront In Pittsburgh

-- Inside Climate Change: PA Environmental Group Challenges Proposed Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - Developing Fast-Charging Batteries For Electric Vehicles

-- The Economist: Economic Growth No Longer Requires Rising Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Education

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December  [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Scholarships To 5 Teen Conservation Leaders In Honor Of Ralph Abele; Nominations Being Accepted For Youth Conservation Ambassadors  [PaEN]

-- Southcentral PA Appalachian Chapter Audubon Society Offering Full Scholarship To Hog Island Audubon Camp In Maine; Other Opportunities Available  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland High Schoolers Selected For Statewide Young Ambassadors Litter Prevention Program

-- PPL Utilities Awards Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Grants To Teachers

-- Morning Ag Clips: Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg Students Partner With Master Watershed Steward To Plant Native Rain Garden

-- WeConservePA: Pollinator Pitstop Program Starts A Community-Wide Movement Thanks To West Vincent Township Environmental Advisory Council In Chester County - By Donna Delany

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Announces Winners Of Photo Contest 

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- William Penn Foundation, Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Nov. 9 Webinar: Tackling The Next Half Century Of Water Challenges. 6:00 p.m.

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]   

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- GASP: Allegheny County Resident Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel Over Noxious Odors, Dust From Edgar Thomson Facility  ​

-- Penn State EarthTalk Nov. 14 Webinar: Effect Of Sheep Stocking Rates At Solar Energy Arrays On Farmland  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sustainable Sewickley Hosts Solar Energy Event Nov. 14 In Allegheny County

-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Management Hosts Nov. 16 Webinar: Plugging In - EVS And The Charging Network  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Nov. 16 Webinar - Countering Climate Disinformation In The Media  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center To Honor Blair, Somerset, Westmoreland County Groups For Solar Energy Leadership Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's 2nd Annual Solar Symposium To Be Held Nov. 16 Online  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Dec. 6 Advanced Grower Intensive, Other Educational Opportunities 

-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Expects To Get About A Fifth Of Its Electricity From New Solar Energy Farm Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- Industrial Archives & Library In Bethlehem Seeking Volunteers To Work On Anthracite Mining Maps, Related Documents

-- The Daily Pennsylvanian: Philadelphia Schools Receive $5 Million EPA Grant To Provide Clean For Students

-- AP: Sickness Affecting 48 At Private Charter School Still Unexplained In Lehigh Valley

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg School District Partnered With Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Assn. To Build 2nd Bike Trail

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: One Bird Is Found At Nearly Every Backyard Feeder In PA; Here Are The Most Common 24

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Bird Feeder Watchers Should Look For Grosbeaks, Other Northern Birds 

-- Scranton Times - Trail Mix: Where Have All The Turtles Gone?

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: The Unfortunately Named Allegheny Woodrat Is Focus Of New Rescue Effort 

-- Responses To PA Plant, Insect, Animal, Aquatic, Pathogen Invasive Species Impact Survey 2022 Due Nov. 18  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Invasive Species Bugging You? Governor’s Invasive Species Council Wants To Know

Emergency Response

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- AP: Sickness Affecting 48 At Private Charter School Still Unexplained In Lehigh Valley

-- Centre Daily Times: 800 Acre Sandy Ridge Wildfire In Centre County Started Out As A Prescribed Burn By Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Major Forest Fire’ Burning In Heart Of PA Elk Range In Elk County

-- WJAC: 1 Injured As Crews From Six Counties Fight Large Forest Fire In Elk County

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]

-- Altoona Mirror: Cost Of Heating Oil Raises Concerns As Winter Nears; Price Went From Just Over $3/Gallon In Oct. 2021 To $6.45/Gallon On Oct. 24; Big Surge In People Getting Heat Pumps

-- Warren Times: There’s Help For Higher Winter Heating Bills

-- MCall: Gasoline In PA Costs More Than Any Of Its Neighboring States

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: High Natural Gas Prices Mean Big Profits For National Fuel Gas 

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Drops By 2 Since Last Week, Now 22

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge After Monday’s Surge On Possible LNG Export Delays  [To Keep Natural Gas Prices High In U.S., The Industry Needs To Export More LNG]

-- Reuters: Dominion Energy Weighing Sale Of Stake In Cove Point LNG Natural Gas Facility - Bloomberg

-- Bloomberg: Texas Freeport LNG Natural Gas Terminal Says Tweets About Cracked Pipes Are False, Letter About Terminal Reopening Fake Led To Natural Gas Prices Plunge

-- The Economist: Can American Liquefied Natural Gas Rescue Europe?  Wall Street, Europe Standing In The Way

-- Reuters: Exclusive: U.S., U.N. Plan New Pledge Targeting Oil & Gas Methane Emissions - Document 

National/International

-- Reuters: EU Executive To Outline Natural Gas Price ‘Corridor’ As ‘Correction Mechanism Friday

-- AP: Report: Ukraine War-Triggered Natural Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal; Shere Amount Of LNG Projects Shocked Analysts 

-- Bloomberg: The ‘Dash’ For Natural Gas Risks Breaking 1.5 Degrees Level To Avert Climate Disaster; New LNG  Could Use 10% Of World’s Remaining Carbon Budget

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Tout Benefits Of Fossil Fuels At International Climate Talks 

Energy

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling 

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- Altoona Mirror: Cost Of Heating Oil Raises Concerns As Winter Nears; Price Went From Just Over $3/Gallon In Oct. 2021 To $6.45/Gallon On Oct. 24; Big Surge In People Getting Heat Pumps

-- Warren Times: There’s Help For Higher Winter Heating Bills

-- MCall: Gasoline In PA Costs More Than Any Of Its Neighboring States

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Drops By 2 Since Last Week, Now 22

-- TribLive: Sustainable Sewickley Hosts Solar Energy Event Nov. 14 In Allegheny County

-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Expects To Get About A Fifth Of Its Electricity From New Solar Energy Farm Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Starts Construction On Gaucho Solar Project Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- PA Solar Center To Honor Blair, Somerset, Westmoreland County Groups For Solar Energy Leadership Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Ohio Oil Company, Canadian Renewables Company Aim To Build $3 Billion In Wind, Solar Projects In PA, OH, WV

-- Penn State EarthTalk Nov. 14 Webinar: Effect Of Sheep Stocking Rates At Solar Energy Arrays On Farmland  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's 2nd Annual Solar Symposium To Be Held Nov. 16 Online  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Latest RGGI Lawsuit Highlights Increases In Pollution, Electricity Prices - Commonwealth Foundation

-- York Dispatch: Nuclear Regulators Investigate 2 Recent Incidents At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant 

-- Financial Times: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Natural Gas CEO Wants To Kill Global Coal 

-- Financial Times: U.S. Coal Phaseout Plan Meets Divided Response At COP27

-- Reuters: U.S. EIA Sees 23% Of Remaining U.S. Coal-Fired Power Capacity Retired By End Of 2029 As A Result Of Competition With Natural Gas, Renewables

-- The Allegheny Front: How One PA Company Is Using Waste Coal To Power Bitcoin Mining

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Public Utility Commission Orders Review Of Electric Vehicle Charging Rates

-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Cybersecurity Regulations, Seeks Comments On Potential Enhancements And Revisions  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Electricity Restored To 20,000+ Customers In Allentown After Substation Fire

-- MCall: PPL Faults Bad Data Cleanup For Billing Mess Earlier This Year Affecting Thousands Of Customers

-- Reuters: Winter Electric Power Resources May Be Tight In Parts Of North America, NERC Says

-- Reuters: U.S. West Faces Power Reliability Issues From Growing Use Of Renewables, WECC Says More Time Needed To Determine Mitigate Risks

-- PUC Holds Nov. 17 Public Input Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment

-- PPL Utilities Awards Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Grants To Teachers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: High Natural Gas Prices Mean Big Profits For National Fuel Gas 

-- Reuters: EU Executive To Outline Natural Gas Price ‘Corridor’ As ‘Correction Mechanism Friday

-- AP: Report: Ukraine War-Triggered Natural Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal; Shere Amount Of LNG Projects Shocked Analysts 

-- Bloomberg: The ‘Dash’ For Natural Gas Risks Breaking 1.5 Degrees Level To Avert Climate Disaster; New LNG  Could Use 10% Of World’s Remaining Carbon Budget

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge After Monday’s Surge On Possible LNG Export Delays  [To Keep Natural Gas Prices High In U.S., The Industry Needs To Export More LNG]

-- Reuters: Dominion Energy Weighing Sale Of Stake In Cove Point LNG Natural Gas Facility - Bloomberg

-- The Economist: Can American Liquefied Natural Gas Rescue Europe?  Wall Street, Europe Standing In The Way

Environmental Health

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling 

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Part Of DEP Investigation Into High Methane Levels In 2 Homes In South Strabane Twp., Washington County  

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints 

-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- The Daily Pennsylvanian: Philadelphia Schools Receive $5 Million EPA Grant To Provide Clean For Students

-- AP: Sickness Affecting 48 At Private Charter School Still Unexplained In Lehigh Valley

Environmental Heritage

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

EPA

-- EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Kids From Oil & Gas Methane Pollution

Farming

-- StateImpact PA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change Prompts PA Farmers To Adapt Crops And Businesses

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Dec. 6 Advanced Grower Intensive, Other Educational Opportunities 

-- Cottage Hill Garden In York Receives TLC Thru Partnerships With Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company  [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Montgomery County Township Vote Against Tax Increase To Preserve Open Space Amid Influx Of Development 

-- TribLive: Portion Of Brookline Memorial Park May Be Converted Into Urban Farm

-- WeConservePA: Pollinator Pitstop Program Starts A Community-Wide Movement Thanks To West Vincent Township Environmental Advisory Council In Chester County - By Donna Delany

-- Agriculture: Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee Adds 5 Weeds To Restricted List  [PaEN]

Flooding

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- PEMA, PennDOT Urge Pennsylvanians To Exercise Caution During Heavy Rains Expected From Tropical Storm Nicole

-- TribLive: Record Rainfall, Flooding Affects Western PA

-- Patch.com: Tropical Storm Nicole Could Hit Central, Eastern PA With Downpours, Strong Wind Friday

Forests 

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Outdoor Recreation Industry Added $13.6 Billion To PA Economy In 2021

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Seeks Comment On Off-Highway Vehicle Park Plan In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Moves Ahead With 45,000 Acre Forest Management Projects In McKean County

-- TribLive: Annual Tree Plantings Take Root In Aspinwall, Allegheny County

-- Centre Daily Times: 800 Acre Sandy Ridge Wildfire In Centre County Started Out As A Prescribed Burn By Game Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: ‘Major Forest Fire’ Burning In Heart Of PA Elk Range In Elk County

-- WJAC: 1 Injured As Crews From Six Counties Fight Large Forest Fire In Elk County

-- Penn State Study Gauges Public Perception Of Prescribed Burns In Forest Management

-- Altoona Mirror: Dry Conditions Fuel Wildfire Risk In Blair County

-- Penn State: Higher Demand For Wild Leeks (Ramps) Has Foragers Overeager, Threatens Plant

Game Commission

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

Grants/Funding

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December  [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Westtown Twp. Voters Approved Preservation Of Crebilly Farm, One Of Chester County’s Biggest Unprotected Properties Threatened By Development

-- WHYY: Westtown Twp. Residents Support Tax Increase To Save Crebilly Farm In Chester County

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Township Vote Against Tax Increase To Preserve Open Space Amid Influx Of Development 

-- Morning Ag Clips: Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg Students Partner With Master Watershed Steward To Plant Native Rain Garden

-- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy To Hold Open House On Newport Twp. Park Study In Luzerne County

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Moves Ahead With 45,000 Acre Forest Management Projects In McKean County

-- TribLive: Annual Tree Plantings Take Root In Aspinwall, Allegheny County

-- White House: Biden-Harris Administration Announce Roadmap For Nature-Based Solutions To Fight Climate Change, Strengthen Communities And Support Local Economies

Hazardous Substances

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling 

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Part Of DEP Investigation Into High Methane Levels In 2 Homes In South Strabane Twp., Washington County  

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints 

-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- The Daily Pennsylvanian: Philadelphia Schools Receive $5 Million EPA Grant To Provide Clean For Students

-- AP: Sickness Affecting 48 At Private Charter School Still Unexplained In Lehigh Valley

Land Conservation

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Westtown Twp. Voters Approved Preservation Of Crebilly Farm, One Of Chester County’s Biggest Unprotected Properties Threatened By Development

-- WHYY: Westtown Twp. Residents Support Tax Increase To Save Crebilly Farm In Chester County

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Township Vote Against Tax Increase To Preserve Open Space Amid Influx Of Development 

-- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy To Hold Open House On Newport Twp. Park Study In Luzerne County

Land Use

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Proposed Development Rethinking The Ohio Riverfront In Pittsburgh

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Cottage Hill Garden In York Receives TLC Thru Partnerships With Keep PA Beautiful, The GIANT Company  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Accepting Campaign Signs For Recycling [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Recycle Your Campaign Yard Signs In Montgomery County

Mine Reclamation

-- The Allegheny Front: How One PA Company Is Using Waste Coal To Power Bitcoin Mining

Noncoal Mining

-- Courier Times: Springfield Quarry Plan Still Unresolved As Resident Wait, Worry In Bucks County

Ohio River

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Proposed Development Rethinking The Ohio Riverfront In Pittsburgh

Oil & Gas

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]    

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling 

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- Observer-Reporter: Range Resources Part Of DEP Investigation Into High Methane Levels In 2 Homes In South Strabane Twp., Washington County  

-- E&E News - Heather Richards: Biden Orphan Well Plan Faces Trouble In PA: ‘All For Naught’ If DEP Can’t Stop New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ - Dimock, Susquehanna County - PA Residents Feel Left Behind - Part I

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council and Washington County Resident  [PaEN]  

-- EPA Unveils Proposed Methane Pollution Reduction Standards Covering Oil & Gas Facilities, Including Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Kids From Oil & Gas Methane Pollution

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Aerial Photos Of Dozens Of Unconventional Shale Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects, Energy Facilities In Southwestern PA, Northern WV

-- NextPittsburgh: Franklin, Venango County, Poised To Become The Next Great ‘Outdoor Town’  [Except for the dumping and negative environmental impacts of the conventional oil & gas industry]

-- Tribune-Democrat Guest Editorial: State Insists On Paying Natural Gas Polluters In $2 Billion Tax Credit Package

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Drops By 2 Since Last Week, Now 22

-- Altoona Mirror: Cost Of Heating Oil Raises Concerns As Winter Nears; Price Went From Just Over $3/Gallon In Oct. 2021 To $6.45/Gallon On Oct. 24; Big Surge In People Getting Heat Pumps

-- MCall: Gasoline In PA Costs More Than Any Of Its Neighboring States

-- Public Source: DEP Promises To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant, Look Into All Citizen Complaints 

-- Public Source: Citizen Scientists Prepare To Monitor Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

-- Grist: Fracking, Abortion, The Challenge Of Raising A Family In Southwest PA

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, Equinor Project Becomes Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Applicant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Few Details Released In State’s Bid For Federal Hydrogen Hub Funding 

-- DCED/Team Pennsylvania Submit Hydrogen Hub Concept Paper To U.S. Dept. Of Energy [Paper Not Available]

-- Financial Times: Pittsburgh-Based EQT Natural Gas CEO Wants To Kill Global Coal 

-- Reuters: EU Executive To Outline Natural Gas Price ‘Corridor’ As ‘Correction Mechanism Friday

-- AP: Report: Ukraine War-Triggered Natural Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal; Shere Amount Of LNG Projects Shocked Analysts 

-- Bloomberg: The ‘Dash’ For Natural Gas Risks Breaking 1.5 Degrees Level To Avert Climate Disaster; New LNG  Could Use 10% Of World’s Remaining Carbon Budget

-- Bloomberg: Texas Freeport LNG Natural Gas Terminal Says Tweets About Cracked Pipes Are False, Letter About Terminal Reopening Fake Led To Natural Gas Prices Plunge

-- Reuters: Winter Electric Power Resources May Be Tight In Parts Of North America, NERC Says

-- Reuters: U.S. West Faces Power Reliability Issues From Growing Use Of Renewables, WECC Says More Time Needed To Determine Mitigate Risks

-- AP: Congressional Republicans Tout Benefits Of Fossil Fuels At International Climate Talks 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: High Natural Gas Prices Mean Big Profits For National Fuel Gas 

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge After Monday’s Surge On Possible LNG Export Delays  [To Keep Natural Gas Prices High In U.S., The Industry Needs To Export More LNG]

-- Reuters: Dominion Energy Weighing Sale Of Stake In Cove Point LNG Natural Gas Facility - Bloomberg

-- The Economist: Can American Liquefied Natural Gas Rescue Europe?  Wall Street, Europe Standing In The Way

-- Reuters: Exclusive: U.S., U.N. Plan New Pledge Targeting Oil & Gas Methane Emissions - Document 

Pipelines

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]    

-- DEP Issues Revised Chapter 102 Permit For Mariner East II Pipeline Post Construction Stormwater Management BMPs In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, Equinor Project Becomes Pennsylvania’s Hydrogen Hub Applicant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Few Details Released In State’s Bid For Federal Hydrogen Hub Funding 

-- DCED/Team Pennsylvania Submit Hydrogen Hub Concept Paper To U.S. Dept. Of Energy [Paper Not Available]

-- Reuters: Catholic Nuns In Lancaster County Lose Religious Battle Against Natural Gas Pipeline 

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Aerial Photos Of Dozens Of Unconventional Shale Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects, Energy Facilities In Southwestern PA, Northern WV

Permitting

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]    

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Revised Chapter 102 Permit For Mariner East II Pipeline Post Construction Stormwater Management BMPs In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]    

-- DEP Posted 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 12 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Williams Urges FERC To Approve Regional Energy Access Natural Gas Pipeline Expansion Affecting 6 Counties In PA  [PaEN]

-- PUC Holds Nov. 17 Public Input Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Seeks Comment On Off-Highway Vehicle Park Plan In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties

-- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy To Hold Open House On Newport Twp. Park Study In Luzerne County

PUC

-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Cybersecurity Regulations, Seeks Comments On Potential Enhancements And Revisions  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA Public Utility Commission Orders Review Of Electric Vehicle Charging Rates

-- PUC Holds Nov. 17 Public Input Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: High Natural Gas Prices Mean Big Profits For National Fuel Gas 

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Plunge After Monday’s Surge On Possible LNG Export Delays  [To Keep Natural Gas Prices High In U.S., The Industry Needs To Export More LNG]

-- MCall: Electricity Restored To 20,000+ Customers In Allentown After Substation Fire

-- MCall: PPL Faults Bad Data Cleanup For Billing Mess Earlier This Year Affecting Thousands Of Customers

-- Reuters: Winter Electric Power Resources May Be Tight In Parts Of North America, NERC Says

Radiation Protection

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- York Dispatch: Nuclear Regulators Investigate 2 Recent Incidents At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant 

Recreation

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 16 On Plan For Investing Federal American Rescue Plan Funding  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Outdoor Recreation Industry Added $13.6 Billion To PA Economy In 2021

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Public Comment On Catawissa Recreation Area Master Plan In Schuylkill, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Publishes Recommendations For Supporting Gravel Riding On Trails

-- NextPittsburgh: Franklin, Venango County, Poised To Become The Next Great ‘Outdoor Town’  [Except for the dumping and negative environmental impacts of the conventional oil & gas industry]

-- TribLive: Portion Of Brookline Memorial Park May Be Converted Into Urban Farm

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg School District Partnered With Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Assn. To Build 2nd Bike Trail

-- Centre Daily Times: 6 Years After It Reopened, Colyer Lake Is A Treasured Spot For Outdoor Enthusiasts

-- DCNR Names Corie Eckman Park Manager For Colonel Denning State Park In Cumberland County

Recycling/Waste

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June  

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling 

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- PA Capital-Star: Coal-fired Power Plant Operators Ignore Responsibilities On Ash Cleanup, Including 8 In PA

-- Inside Climate Change: PA Environmental Group Challenges Proposed Advanced Plastics Recycling Plant

-- Keep PA Beautiful Welcomes Newest Affiliate-- Keep Chester County Beautiful  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Accepting Campaign Signs For Recycling [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Recycle Your Campaign Yard Signs In Montgomery County

-- SEEDS 11th Annual Free Book Swap In Wayne County A Major Success - 41,000 Books Donated

-- Professional Recyclers Of PA November News & Opportunities

Regulations

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice Of Final Regulation Setting RACT Air Quality Standards For Major Sources Of NOx, VOCs

Renewable Energy

-- PA Solar Center To Honor Blair, Somerset, Westmoreland County Groups For Solar Energy Leadership Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Ohio Oil Company, Canadian Renewables Company Aim To Build $3 Billion In Wind, Solar Projects In PA, OH, WV

-- Penn State EarthTalk Nov. 14 Webinar: Effect Of Sheep Stocking Rates At Solar Energy Arrays On Farmland  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's 2nd Annual Solar Symposium To Be Held Nov. 16 Online  [PaEN]

-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Expects To Get About A Fifth Of Its Electricity From New Solar Energy Farm Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Starts Construction On Gaucho Solar Project Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- TribLive: Sustainable Sewickley Hosts Solar Energy Event Nov. 14 In Allegheny County

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Latest RGGI Lawsuit Highlights Increases In Pollution, Electricity Prices - Commonwealth Foundation

-- Reuters: U.S. West Faces Power Reliability Issues From Growing Use Of Renewables, WECC Says More Time Needed To Determine Mitigate Risks

-- France24.com: U.S. Blocks More Than 1,000 Shipments Of Solar Energy Equipment From China Over Slave Labor

Stormwater

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Dec. 6 Advanced Grower Intensive, Other Educational Opportunities 

-- PA Business Report: Philadelphia-Based Petrochemical Company Braskem America Announces Progress Toward Environmental Goals

Wastewater Facilities

-- PUC Launches Review Of Utility Cybersecurity Regulations, Seeks Comments On Potential Enhancements And Revisions  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Towamencin Residents Move Forward With Fight Against Sewer Privatization In Montgomery County

-- William Penn Foundation, Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Nov. 9 Webinar: Tackling The Next Half Century Of Water Challenges. 6:00 p.m.

Watershed Protection

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December  [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Carbon County Votes Overwhelmingly To Authorize Up To A $10 Million Bond To Protect Water Quality, Working Farms, Wildlife Habitat  [PaEN]

-- Morning Ag Clips: Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg Students Partner With Master Watershed Steward To Plant Native Rain Garden

-- Republican Herald: Conservationists Discuss Benefits Of Recent Riparian Tree Planting Near Schuylkill Haven

-- TribLive: Annual Tree Plantings Take Root In Aspinwall, Allegheny County

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 11 RiverWatch Video Report

-- William Penn Foundation, Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Nov. 9 Webinar: Tackling The Next Half Century Of Water Challenges. 6:00 p.m.

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Wildlife

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Scholarships To 5 Teen Conservation Leaders In Honor Of Ralph Abele; Nominations Being Accepted For Youth Conservation Ambassadors  [PaEN]

-- Southcentral PA Appalachian Chapter Audubon Society Offering Full Scholarship To Hog Island Audubon Camp In Maine; Other Opportunities Available  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

-- Outdoor Recreation Added Nearly $14 billion To PA’s Economy In 2021, Up 22% From 2020; Nov. 29 Webinar To Review The Results  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: One Bird Is Found At Nearly Every Backyard Feeder In PA; Here Are The Most Common 24

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Bird Feeder Watchers Should Look For Grosbeaks, Other Northern Birds 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: The Unfortunately Named Allegheny Woodrat Is Focus Of New Rescue Effort 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Invasive Mudsnails Found In 2 State Fish Hatcheries In Central PA, But Trout Stockings Continue

-- Responses To PA Plant, Insect, Animal, Aquatic, Pathogen Invasive Species Impact Survey 2022 Due Nov. 18  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Invasive Species Bugging You? Governor’s Invasive Species Council Wants To Know

-- Bucks County Herald Guest Essay: Wildlife Corridors Would Help Prevent Vehicle Collisions

-- Scranton Times - Trail Mix: Where Have All The Turtles Gone?

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[Posted: November 13, 2022]

11/14/2022