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Transition - Governor

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- AP: Shapiro Taps Longtime Aides For Top Jobs In Governor’s Office

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Gov.-Elect Shapiro Choses Jennifer Selber, AG Crime Staffer, As General Counsel

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Shapiro Names Uri Monson, Budget Secretary, Larry Hailsham Executive Deputy Chief Of Staff

-- Post-Gazette: Michelle Henry, Shapiro’s Successor For Attorney General Is No Stranger To The Big Stage

-- PA Municipal League Envision 2032 Recommendations In 7 Key Topics, Including Healthy, Sustainable Communities

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Wolf Leaves Office With Few Regrets, No Grudges

-- PennLive: Five Things You May Not Know About Gov. Wolf 

Transition - Senate/House

-- PA Capital-Star: Control Of State House Hangs On 3 Allegheny County Special Elections

-- AP: House Republicans Sue Over Special Election In Battle For House Majority

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Legislative Reference Bureau Opinion Says Neither Party Has A PA House Majority [May Only Count Living Members]

-- City & State PA: Legislative Agency Says Democrats Lack A Majority In The PA House

-- Erie Times: House Leadership War Sets Ugly Tone For PA’s Next Legislative Session

-- WESA: Slugfest In Harrisburg As Democrats, Republicans Fight Over Control Of PA House

-- AP: PA House Democrats Move To Take Power, Schedule 3 Special Elections; Republicans Protest Moves

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Dispute Over PA House Special Elections, Control Likely Heading To Court

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House’s Unprecedented Power Struggle Shows No Let Up In The Drama Surrounding It

-- City & State PA: Tug Of War For Control Of State House Intensifies

-- Sen. Ward Announces Staff Appointments For Office Of Senate President Pro Tempore

-- Sen. Pittman Announces Staff For The Majority Leader’s Office

Environment & Energy Issues

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Post-Gazette/CapitolWire.com: Sen Baker To Reintroduce Bill To Require Universal Lead Testing For Young Children

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Appoints Four New Board Members

-- Politics PA: PA Congressman Thompson Named Chair Of U.S. House Agriculture Committee 

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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 -- 64 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.

DEP ADVISORY:  “Due to the upcoming change in [Governor’s] administration, DEP executive staff have asked that all advisory committee meetings slated for January and February be rescheduled to March.” 

Air

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- EPA: Registration Open For Virtual Hearing On Supplemental Rule To Cut Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations  [Jan. 10-11]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Fails To Show Up In Court On Environmental Charges, What’s Next?

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- NPR: U.S. Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way

Alternative Fuels

-- WHYY: PA Announces Money To Help Get Dirty Diesel Trucks Out Of High-Traffic Communities

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Startup Says Its Tech Will Let Electric Vehicles Go The Distance Without Recharging

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Environmental Professionals Recognize Fmr DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Lorie Erb & Bog Turtle Recovery Program  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Agriculture Secretary Highlights Partnerships Protecting Pennsylvania’s Economy, Environment From Invasive Species Damage [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Managing Invasive Species & Overgrown Landscapes With Goats  [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Update: April 1 Spring Growers Meeting; PA Farm Show Outreach; Spring/Summer Internships

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Climate Change Threatens North American Wildflowers  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildflowers Starved For Sunlight By Tree Reaction To Climate Change: New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study

-- WESA: Climate Change Is Threatening North America’s Wildflowers, Carnegie Museum Research Shows

-- PA Firefly Festival Update: Register For 2023 PA Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery

-- Williamsport Sun - Katie Bohen: New Clues About How Carbon Dioxide Affects Bumblebee Reproduction

Chesapeake Bay

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

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Citizen Action

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard -  Dec. 3 to 9  [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 50 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Charges Of Illegal Disposal Of Drilling Wastewater In Dunkard Creek, Greene County Brought Against Wastewater Hauler [2011]

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County DA Conducting Criminal Investigation Of East Dunkard Water Authority For Distributing Contaminated Drinking Water

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- Green Rock Energy Partners Acquires PA South Hills Renewable Gas Production Facility

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: 2023 Watershed Congress Set For March 25

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Permanently Preserve 24-Acre Forest In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeks Partner To Protect 755-Acre Camp Trexler In Monroe County From Development  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Conservancy Helps Preserve 14+ Acres Of Historic Chester County Family Farm

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Protect Forests From Development Using Conservation Easements, Working With Berks Nature

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Release 6th Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video - PA Forest Fire Towers  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: ‘Trees For Troops’ Encourages Donating Christmas Trees To Service Members

-- WHYY: FarmerJawn Is Expanding Their Agriculture Access Vision Into Chester County

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: 13 States Are Protesting Philadelphia-based Vanguard Group’s Support Of Cleaner Energy To Fight Climate Change

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia-based Vanguard Quits Clean Energy Group After 13 Republican States Complain

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Vanguard Pulls Out Of International Climate Initiative, Angering Environmentalists

Climate

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Scranton Times: 73-Acre Proposed Solar Farm To Produce Electricity In Scranton

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PA Announces Money To Help Get Dirty Diesel Trucks Out Of High-Traffic Communities

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Startup Says Its Tech Will Let Electric Vehicles Go The Distance Without Recharging

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: 13 States Are Protesting Philadelphia-based Vanguard Group’s Support Of Cleaner Energy To Fight Climate Change

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia-based Vanguard Quits Clean Energy Group After 13 Republican States Complain

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Vanguard Pulls Out Of International Climate Initiative, Angering Environmentalists

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- EPA: Registration Open For Virtual Hearing On Supplemental Rule To Cut Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations  [Jan. 10-11]

-- Inside Climate News: New Book By Annie Proulx Shows Us How To Fall In Love With Wetlands; Serve As Vital Carbon Sinks [Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia ]

-- NPR: U.S. Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way

-- Financial Times: Solar Energy Boom Will See Sunshine Surpass Coal For Power In 5 Years, IEA Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Proposals For Hydrogen Hub In Appalachia Have Great Potential, But Challenges Ahead

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Hydrogen Hubs May Point Way To Clean Energy Transition

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Climate Change Threatens North American Wildflowers  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildflowers Starved For Sunlight By Tree Reaction To Climate Change: New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study

-- WESA: Climate Change Is Threatening North America’s Wildflowers, Carnegie Museum Research Shows

-- AP: New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

-- Financial Times: COP15: U.N. Warns Of The Cost Of ‘Humanity Treating Nature Like A Toilet’

-- WPost: Big Oil Talks Clean Energy Transition, But Perpetuates Petroleum U.S. House Documents Say

Coal Mining

-- DEP Invites Comments On Transfer Of Ownership Of Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- AP: EPA Head Visits West Virginia City That Had 10-Year Boil Water Advisory

Compliance Action

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Orders Gas Company To Take Mitigation Steps After Storage Area Natural Gas Leak; Incident Brought 10 Violations, State Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Orders Equitrans To Take Action On Natural Gas Storage Area Release

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Fails To Show Up In Court On Environmental Charges, What’s Next?

-- PUC Approves $48,000 Refund To Sunoco Pipeline On A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 751 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,444 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Applications For College Scholarships

Dam Safety

-- Citizens Voice: Laurel Run Dam Removal Will Address Safety, Ecology Issues, DCNR Says

DCNR

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Environmental Education Activities, Professional Development, Much More

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Secretary Joins Local Officials To Dedicate New Martic Forge Trestle Bridge In Lancaster County

-- Citizens Voice: Laurel Run Dam Removal Will Address Safety, Ecology Issues, DCNR Says

-- DCNR: Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Recreation Meets Dec. 15

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Release 6th Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video - PA Forest Fire Towers  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Applications Due Dec. 14

-- Williamsport Sun: Cherry Springs State Park Offering Dark Skies Programs In December

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Happy National Mutt Day

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

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Appoints Four New Board Members 

DEP

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Transfer Of Ownership Of Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PA Announces Money To Help Get Dirty Diesel Trucks Out Of High-Traffic Communities

-- PA Environmental Professionals Recognize Fmr DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Lorie Erb & Bog Turtle Recovery Program  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Effect For Carbon, Luzerne, Northampton, Potter,  Schuylkill Counties  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard -  Dec. 3 to 9  [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 50 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 751 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,444 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 9 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: 2023 Watershed Congress Set For March 25

-- MCall Guest Essay: Climate Change Threatens Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, The Time To Protect Them Is Now - By John Plonski

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 9 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County DA Conducting Criminal Investigation Of East Dunkard Water Authority For Distributing Contaminated Drinking Water

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- EPA Proposes Rule On Reporting Of PFAS Data Thru Toxics Release Inventory

-- EPA Issues Guidance To States To Reduce Harmful PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Customers Will See Higher Water (14.5%) , Sewer (39.1%) Bills Starting In January [Rate Increases Outpace Inflation]

-- AP: EPA Head Visits West Virginia City That Had 10-Year Boil Water Advisory

Drought

-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Effect For Carbon, Luzerne, Northampton, Potter,  Schuylkill Counties  [PaEN]

Economic Development

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Proposals For Hydrogen Hub In Appalachia Have Great Potential, But Challenges Ahead

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Hydrogen Hubs May Point Way To Clean Energy Transition

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: 13 States Are Protesting Philadelphia-based Vanguard Group’s Support Of Cleaner Energy To Fight Climate Change

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia-based Vanguard Quits Clean Energy Group After 13 Republican States Complain

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Vanguard Pulls Out Of International Climate Initiative, Angering Environmentalists

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Startup Says Its Tech Will Let Electric Vehicles Go The Distance Without Recharging

Education

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Environmental Education Activities, Professional Development, Much More

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard -  Dec. 3 to 9  [PaEN]

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

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year  [PaEN]

-- Power For Tomorrow: The Impact Of Natural Gas Price Spikes On Electricity Prices

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- PA Environmental Professionals Recognize Fmr DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Lorie Erb & Bog Turtle Recovery Program  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Applications For College Scholarships

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Eagle Scout Goes Deep To Pull 1-Ton Dumpster, Mobile Home From Conestoga River In Lancaster County

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Permanently Preserve 24-Acre Forest In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- Women For A Healthy Environment Dec. 9 Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Managing Invasive Species & Overgrown Landscapes With Goats  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Dec. 13 Webinar: Species Of The Allegheny Front Landscape.  Noon to 12:45 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: 2023 Watershed Congress Set For March 25

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Climate Change Threatens North American Wildflowers  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildflowers Starved For Sunlight By Tree Reaction To Climate Change: New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study

-- WESA: Climate Change Is Threatening North America’s Wildflowers, Carnegie Museum Research Shows

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Update: April 1 Spring Growers Meeting; PA Farm Show Outreach; Spring/Summer Internships

-- Stroud Water Research Center Dec. 7 Exploring Our Hidden Waters - An Evening Of Film, Imagery, Storytelling - In-Person 6:30 p.m.

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- Inside Climate News: New Book By Annie Proulx Shows Us How To Fall In Love With Wetlands; Serve As Vital Carbon Sinks [Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia ]

-- Williamsport Sun: Cherry Springs State Park Offering Dark Skies Programs In December

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Release 6th Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video - PA Forest Fire Towers  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Happy National Mutt Day

-- PA Firefly Festival Update: Register For 2023 PA Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery

-- Republican Herald: Animals Perish When Fire Destroys Building At Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- MCall/Reading Eagle: Fire Kills Animals At Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County, Main Building Destroyed

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center To Reopen In Temporary Location Following Fire

-- Williamsport Sun: Tiadaghton Audubon Society - Individuals Wanted To Help With Christmas Bird Count

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Examining Why A Buck Has Antlers And Not Horns

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA/DE: 2022 Impact Report

-- AP: New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

-- Help Wanted: Shippensburg University Center For Land Use & Sustainability

Emergency Response

-- DCED Sets Dec. 14 Hearing On Federal Disaster Grant Funding Plan For Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Flood-Prone Eastwick Neighborhood Will Finally Get Custom Emergency Alerts

-- DEP Took Action On 751 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,444 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Utilities In PA Monitoring Grid Infrastructure In Wake Of North Carolina Attacks

-- AP: New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

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]

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Customers Going To Pay More For Electric, Natural Gas In Central PA

-- Altoona Mirror: PA Homeowners Could See Heating Oil Prices Increase 45% This Winter

-- Williamsport Sun: Home Heating Oil Prices Remain High In Region, Winter Costs Uncertain

-- PUC Approves 10.6% Increase In Natural Gas Rates By Valley Energy, Bradford County [PA’s #3 County In Natural Gas Production]

-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.2% Natural Gas Rate Increase By National Fuel Gas

-- PUC Rejects Proposed Settlement With Columbia Gas Over 2019 House Explosion In Washington County

-- PUC Approves A Partial Settlement To Increase Natural Gas Rates For Columbia Gas 4.6%

-- PUC Approves 6.8% Increase In Electric Rates For Citizens’ Electric Company Of Lewisburg

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%; New Shale Gas Wells Up 42%

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%, New Wells Up 42%

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year  [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Same As Last Week - 22

-- Financial Times: Biden Adviser Calls Refusal Of U.S. Shale Oil/Gas Investors To Ramp Up Drilling And Collect Dividends Instead  ‘Un-American’

-- Power For Tomorrow: The Impact Of Natural Gas Price Spikes On Electricity Prices

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Marcellus/Utica Drillers (All Gas Drillers) Had Fantastic Third Quarter Earnings

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Futures Jump 5% On Colder Forecasts For Late December

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge As Winter Blast Stokes Demand [Watch PA Prices Increase]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Publicly Traded Shale Gas Producers Haven’t Increased Pace Of Drilling In Spite Of Higher Prices; New Report Says Privately Owned Drillers Are

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

-- U.S. EIA: Natural Gas Prices To Increase Even More In December Due To Winter Demand, Rising LNG Exports

-- AAA: Gasoline Prices Nationally Lower Than A Year Ago - But Not In PA

-- TribLive: OPEC+ Oil Production Cuts, Russian Price Cap Could Disrupt Falling Gasoline Prices

-- Reuters: Oil Price Falls Close To 2022 Lows On Economic Worries, Easing Supply Fears

National/International

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Should Stay Elevated To Attract LNG

-- Financial Times: Europe Cuts Natural Gas Demand By A Quarter To Shed Reliance On Russia

-- Bloomberg: Europe Can Ride Out Natural Gas Crunch This Winter And Next, French Energy Distributor Says

Energy

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Scranton Times: 73-Acre Proposed Solar Farm To Produce Electricity In Scranton

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Customers Going To Pay More For Electric, Natural Gas In Central PA

-- PUC Approves 10.6% Increase In Natural Gas Rates By Valley Energy, Bradford County [PA’s #3 County In Natural Gas Production]

-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.2% Natural Gas Rate Increase By National Fuel Gas

-- PUC Rejects Proposed Settlement With Columbia Gas Over 2019 House Explosion In Washington County

-- PUC Approves A Partial Settlement To Increase Natural Gas Rates For Columbia Gas 4.6%

-- PUC Approves 6.8% Increase In Electric Rates For Citizens’ Electric Company Of Lewisburg

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%, New Wells Up 42%

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%; New Shale Gas Wells Up 42%

-- Power For Tomorrow: The Impact Of Natural Gas Price Spikes On Electricity Prices

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge As Winter Blast Stokes Demand [Watch PA Prices Increase]

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Proposals For Hydrogen Hub In Appalachia Have Great Potential, But Challenges Ahead

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Hydrogen Hubs May Point Way To Clean Energy Transition

-- Altoona Mirror: PA Homeowners Could See Heating Oil Prices Increase 45% This Winter

-- Williamsport Sun: Home Heating Oil Prices Remain High In Region, Winter Costs Uncertain

-- AAA: Gasoline Prices Nationally Lower Than A Year Ago - But Not In PA

-- Inquirer: 13 States Are Protesting Philadelphia-based Vanguard Group’s Support Of Cleaner Energy To Fight Climate Change

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia-based Vanguard Quits Clean Energy Group After 13 Republican States Complain

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Vanguard Pulls Out Of International Climate Initiative, Angering Environmentalists

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

-- Financial Times: Europe Cuts Natural Gas Demand By A Quarter To Shed Reliance On Russia

-- Bloomberg: New England Power Grid Operator May Ask Residents To Curb Energy Use In Extreme Cold

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Guttman Family Transitions Energy Business To Be Employee Owned

-- WESA/NPR: Someone Shot At Electricity Substations In North Carolina, Knocking Out Power For 45,000+

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Utilities In PA Monitoring Grid Infrastructure In Wake Of North Carolina Attacks

-- AP: U.S. Power Grid Has Long Faced Terror Threat

-- USA Today: North Carolina Electric Substation Attack A ‘Wake-Up Call’ In Latest Nationwide Infrastructure Threat

-- The Guardian: Attacks On Power Stations In Oregon, Washington States Raise Fears For U.S. Electric Grid

-- NPR: U.S. Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way

-- Financial Times: Solar Energy Boom Will See Sunshine Surpass Coal For Power In 5 Years, IEA Says

Energy Conservation

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Counties Can Apply For Whole Home Repair Funding, Including Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Environmental Health

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- WHYY: Hazardous Waste Storage Areas At Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Could Close Within A Year

-- Women For A Healthy Environment Dec. 9 Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- Post-Gazette/CapitolWire.com: Sen Baker To Reintroduce Bill To Require Universal Lead Testing For Young Children

-- EPA Proposes Rule On Reporting Of PFAS Data Thru Toxics Release Inventory

-- EPA Issues Guidance To States To Reduce Harmful PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution

Environmental Justice

-- AP: EPA Head Visits West Virginia City That Had 10-Year Boil Water Advisory 

EPA

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Fails To Show Up In Court On Environmental Charges, What’s Next?

-- AP: EPA Head Visits West Virginia City That Had 10-Year Boil Water Advisory

-- EPA Proposes Rule On Reporting Of PFAS Data Thru Toxics Release Inventory

-- EPA Issues Guidance To States To Reduce Harmful PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution

-- EPA: Registration Open For Virtual Hearing On Supplemental Rule To Cut Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations  [Jan. 10-11]

-- NPR: U.S. Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way

Farming

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Politics PA: PA Congressman Thompson Named Chair Of U.S. House Agriculture Committee

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Face New Realities In Stormwater Management

-- WHYY: FarmerJawn Is Expanding Their Agriculture Access Vision Into Chester County

-- York Daily Record: New PA Farm Show Milkshake Flavor Coming [Spoiler - Orange Cream]

-- Agriculture Secretary Highlights Partnerships Protecting Pennsylvania’s Economy, Environment From Invasive Species Damage [PaEN]

-- DEP Notice Extending NPDES General Permit For Aquatic Animal Production Facilities To March 2, 2024

-- Williamsport Sun - Katie Bohen: New Clues About How Carbon Dioxide Affects Bumblebee Reproduction

Flooding

-- DCED Sets Dec. 14 Hearing On Federal Disaster Grant Funding Plan For Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Flood-Prone Eastwick Neighborhood Will Finally Get Custom Emergency Alerts

-- AP: New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

Forests

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Release 6th Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video - PA Forest Fire Towers  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: ‘Trees For Troops’ Encourages Donating Christmas Trees To Service Members

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Recreation Meets Dec. 15

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Update: April 1 Spring Growers Meeting; PA Farm Show Outreach; Spring/Summer Internships

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

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Appoints Four New Board Members

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Happy National Mutt Day

Geologic

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Orders Gas Company To Take Mitigation Steps After Storage Area Natural Gas Leak; Incident Brought 10 Violations, State Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Orders Equitrans To Take Action On Natural Gas Storage Area Release

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

Grants/Funding

-- DCED Sets Dec. 14 Hearing On Federal Disaster Grant Funding Plan For Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Applications Due Dec. 14

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PA Announces Money To Help Get Dirty Diesel Trucks Out Of High-Traffic Communities

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Counties Can Apply For Whole Home Repair Funding, Including Energy Efficiency Upgrades

Green Infrastructure

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Permanently Preserve 24-Acre Forest In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeks Partner To Protect 755-Acre Camp Trexler In Monroe County From Development  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Conservancy Helps Preserve 14+ Acres Of Historic Chester County Family Farm

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Protect Forests From Development Using Conservation Easements, Working With Berks Nature

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Applications Due Dec. 14

-- MCall Guest Essay: Climate Change Threatens Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, The Time To Protect Them Is Now - By John Plonski

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA/DE: 2022 Impact Report

Hazardous Substances

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Orders Gas Company To Take Mitigation Steps After Storage Area Natural Gas Leak; Incident Brought 10 Violations, State Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Orders Equitrans To Take Action On Natural Gas Storage Area Release

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- Women For A Healthy Environment Dec. 9 Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- WHYY: Hazardous Waste Storage Areas At Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Could Close Within A Year

-- Post-Gazette/CapitolWire.com: Sen Baker To Reintroduce Bill To Require Universal Lead Testing For Young Children

-- EPA Proposes Rule On Reporting Of PFAS Data Thru Toxics Release Inventory

-- EPA Issues Guidance To States To Reduce Harmful PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Shippensburg University Center For Land Use & Sustainability

Land Conservation

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Permanently Preserve 24-Acre Forest In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeks Partner To Protect 755-Acre Camp Trexler In Monroe County From Development  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Conservancy Helps Preserve 14+ Acres Of Historic Chester County Family Farm

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Protect Forests From Development Using Conservation Easements, Working With Berks Nature

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Applications Due Dec. 14

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- MCall Guest Essay: Climate Change Threatens Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, The Time To Protect Them Is Now - By John Plonski

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Managing Invasive Species & Overgrown Landscapes With Goats  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Names Karen Wallace Vice President Of Finance

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA/DE: 2022 Impact Report

Land Recycling

-- WHYY: Hazardous Waste Storage Areas At Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Could Close Within A Year

Lake Erie

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard -  Dec. 3 to 9  [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Orders Gas Company To Take Mitigation Steps After Storage Area Natural Gas Leak; Incident Brought 10 Violations, State Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Orders Equitrans To Take Action On Natural Gas Storage Area Release

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- Green Rock Energy Partners Acquires PA South Hills Renewable Gas Production Facility

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Customers Going To Pay More For Electric, Natural Gas In Central PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%; New Shale Gas Wells Up 42%

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year  [PaEN]

-- Power For Tomorrow: The Impact Of Natural Gas Price Spikes On Electricity Prices

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Same As Last Week - 22

-- Financial Times: Biden Adviser Calls Refusal Of U.S. Shale Oil/Gas Investors To Ramp Up Drilling And Collect Dividends Instead  ‘Un-American’

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Marcellus/Utica Drillers (All Gas Drillers) Had Fantastic Third Quarter Earnings

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Futures Jump 5% On Colder Forecasts For Late December

-- Bloomberg: EU Natural Gas Price Cap Spat Worsens As 12 Nations Urge Lower Ceiling 

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge As Winter Blast Stokes Demand [Watch PA Prices Increase]

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Should Stay Elevated To Attract LNG

-- U.S. EIA: Natural Gas Prices To Increase Even More In December Due To Winter Demand, Rising LNG Exports

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Proposals For Hydrogen Hub In Appalachia Have Great Potential, But Challenges Ahead

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Hydrogen Hubs May Point Way To Clean Energy Transition

-- Altoona Mirror: PA Homeowners Could See Heating Oil Prices Increase 45% This Winter

-- Williamsport Sun: Home Heating Oil Prices Remain High In Region, Winter Costs Uncertain

-- AAA: Gasoline Prices Nationally Lower Than A Year Ago - But Not In PA

-- Reuters: Oil Price Falls Close To 2022 Lows On Economic Worries, Easing Supply Fears

-- TribLive: OPEC+ Oil Production Cuts, Russian Price Cap Could Disrupt Falling Gasoline Prices

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Publicly Traded Shale Gas Producers Haven’t Increased Pace Of Drilling In Spite Of Higher Prices; New Report Says Privately Owned Drillers Are

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Charges Of Illegal Disposal Of Drilling Wastewater In Dunkard Creek, Greene County Brought Against Wastewater Hauler [2011]

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County DA Conducting Criminal Investigation Of East Dunkard Water Authority For Distributing Contaminated Drinking Water

-- WHYY: Hazardous Waste Storage Areas At Former Philadelphia Refinery Site Could Close Within A Year

-- EPA: Registration Open For Virtual Hearing On Supplemental Rule To Cut Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations  [Jan. 10-11]

-- NPR: U.S. Wants To Slash Carbon Emissions From Power Plants, Natural Gas Is In The Way

-- Financial Times: Europe Cuts Natural Gas Demand By A Quarter To Shed Reliance On Russia

-- Bloomberg: Europe Can Ride Out Natural Gas Crunch This Winter And Next, French Energy Distributor Says

-- WPost: Big Oil Talks Clean Energy Transition, But Perpetuates Petroleum U.S. House Documents Say

Pipelines

-- PUC Approves $48,000 Refund To Sunoco Pipeline On A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Biden Backs Adding Manchin Energy Bill Permitting Provisions To Must-Pass Defense Measure

-- The Guardian: Environmental Leader Urge Democrats To Drop Manchin Energy Deregulation Bill

-- Reuters: Keystone Pipeline Shut Down After 588,000 Gallon Oil Spill In Kansas

Permitting

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Transfer Of Ownership Of Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Notice Extending NPDES General Permit For Aquatic Animal Production Facilities To March 2, 2024

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

-- DEP Posted 50 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 751 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,444 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Bloomberg: Biden Backs Adding Manchin Energy Bill Permitting Provisions To Must-Pass Defense Measure

-- The Guardian: Environmental Leader Urge Democrats To Drop Manchin Energy Deregulation Bill

Public Participation

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 50 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DCED Sets Dec. 14 Hearing On Federal Disaster Grant Funding Plan For Bedford, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Transfer Of Ownership Of Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- EPA: Registration Open For Virtual Hearing On Supplemental Rule To Cut Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations  [Jan. 10-11]

-- EPA Proposes Rule On Reporting Of PFAS Data Thru Toxics Release Inventory

-- EPA Issues Guidance To States To Reduce Harmful PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Pollution

PUC

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Customers Going To Pay More For Electric, Natural Gas In Central PA

-- Williamsport Sun: Home Heating Oil Prices Remain High In Region, Winter Costs Uncertain

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%; New Shale Gas Wells Up 42%

-- PUC Approves 10.6% Increase In Natural Gas Rates By Valley Energy, Bradford County [PA’s #3 County In Natural Gas Production]

-- Williamsport Sun: PA Natural Gas Price Up 95%, New Wells Up 42%

-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.2% Natural Gas Rate Increase By National Fuel Gas

-- PUC Rejects Proposed Settlement With Columbia Gas Over 2019 House Explosion In Washington County

-- PUC Approves A Partial Settlement To Increase Natural Gas Rates For Columbia Gas 4.6%

-- PUC Approves 6.8% Increase In Electric Rates For Citizens’ Electric Company Of Lewisburg

-- PUC Modifies Settlement With PECO Energy Regarding Improper Electric Service Terminations

-- PUC Seeks Comment On Proposed Settlement With Duquesne Light On Inadvertent Release Of Customer Information

-- PUC Approves $48,000 Refund To Sunoco Pipeline On A Penalty It Paid For Mariner East Pipeline Construction Violations  [PaEN]

-- WESA/NPR: Someone Shot At Electricity Substations In North Carolina, Knocking Out Power For 45,000+

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Utilities In PA Monitoring Grid Infrastructure In Wake Of North Carolina Attacks

-- AP: U.S. Power Grid Has Long Faced Terror Threat

-- USA Today: North Carolina Electric Substation Attack A ‘Wake-Up Call’ In Latest Nationwide Infrastructure Threat

-- The Guardian: Attacks On Power Stations In Oregon, Washington States Raise Fears For U.S. Electric Grid

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

-- Bloomberg: New England Power Grid Operator May Ask Residents To Curb Energy Use In Extreme Cold

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Customers Will See Higher Water (14.5%) , Sewer (39.1%) Bills Starting In January [Rate Increases Outpace Inflation]

Recreation

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Applications Due Dec. 14

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Environmental Education Activities, Professional Development, Much More

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Secretary Joins Local Officials To Dedicate New Martic Forge Trestle Bridge In Lancaster County

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

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Appoints Four New Board Members

-- Centre Daily Times: Amid ‘Convoluted Mess,’ Additional Funding Released For Whitehall Road Regional Park

-- Post-Gazette: Some Pittsburgh Council Members Question Plans For Parks Tax

-- NextPittsburgh: 7 Of Our Favorite Overlooked Parks In Pittsburgh

-- MCall Guest Essay: Climate Change Threatens Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, The Time To Protect Them Is Now - By John Plonski

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

Recycling/Waste

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Transfer Of Ownership Of Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment In Beaver County  [PaEN]

Regulations

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Dec. 15 On Radioactive Drilling Waste; Road Dumping Wastewater; Limits On Methane Emissions; More  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final-Omitted Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Dec. 10 PA Bulletin: Final Regulations Setting VOC/Methane Limits On Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

Renewable Energy

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- Green Rock Energy Partners Acquires PA South Hills Renewable Gas Production Facility

-- Scranton Times: 73-Acre Proposed Solar Farm To Produce Electricity In Scranton

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Giant Windmill Blades Being Stored In Erie For New York Windmill Farm

-- Inquirer: 13 States Are Protesting Philadelphia-based Vanguard Group’s Support Of Cleaner Energy To Fight Climate Change

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia-based Vanguard Quits Clean Energy Group After 13 Republican States Complain

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Vanguard Pulls Out Of International Climate Initiative, Angering Environmentalists

-- Financial Times: Solar Energy Boom Will See Sunshine Surpass Coal For Power In 5 Years, IEA Says

-- WPost: Big Oil Talks Clean Energy Transition, But Perpetuates Petroleum U.S. House Documents Say

Schuylkill River

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Protect Forests From Development Using Conservation Easements, Working With Berks Nature

Stormwater

-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Face New Realities In Stormwater Management

Susquehanna River

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal  [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PA American Water Customers Will See Higher Water (14.5%) , Sewer (39.1%) Bills Starting In January [Rate Increases Outpace Inflation]

Watershed Protection

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Limits Fracking Waste In Delaware River Watershed

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Delaware River Basin Commission Bans Fracking Wastewater From Watershed

-- WHYY: Delaware River Basin Commission Votes To Ban Fracking Wastewater Discharges

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: 2023 Watershed Congress Set For March 25

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Eagle Scout Goes Deep To Pull 1-Ton Dumpster, Mobile Home From Conestoga River In Lancaster County

-- Lancaster Farming: Farmers Face New Realities In Stormwater Management

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Dec. 7 Exploring Our Hidden Waters - An Evening Of Film, Imagery, Storytelling - In-Person 6:30 p.m.

-- Inside Climate News: New Book By Annie Proulx Shows Us How To Fall In Love With Wetlands; Serve As Vital Carbon Sinks [Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia ]

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 9 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

-- PA Environmental Professionals Recognize Fmr DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Lorie Erb & Bog Turtle Recovery Program  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Recreation Meets Dec. 15

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- Republican Herald: Animals Perish When Fire Destroys Building At Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- MCall/Reading Eagle: Fire Kills Animals At Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County, Main Building Destroyed

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center To Reopen In Temporary Location Following Fire

-- Williamsport Sun: Tiadaghton Audubon Society - Individuals Wanted To Help With Christmas Bird Count

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Examining Why A Buck Has Antlers And Not Horns

-- Citizens Voice - Trail Mix: Canada Geese Splashdown In Sugarloaf Twp. Pond

-- Williamsport Sun - Katie Bohen: New Clues About How Carbon Dioxide Affects Bumblebee Reproduction

-- Inside Climate News: New Book By Annie Proulx Shows Us How To Fall In Love With Wetlands; Serve As Vital Carbon Sinks [Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia ]

Opportunities

-- Help Wanted: Shippensburg University Center For Land Use & Sustainability

-- Natural Lands Names Karen Wallace Vice President Of Finance

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[Posted: December 11, 2022]

12/12/2022