Here are 79 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Better Path Coalition: 65 Organizations, Businesses, 2,700+ Individuals Petition Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Ban Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaints Result In DEP Issuing PA General Energy More Violations At Loyalsock Creek Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Assesses $600,000 Penalty For Illegal Disposal Of Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste Drill Cuttings In Fayette County  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Western PA Contractor Fined $600,000 For Illegal Dumping Over 1,800 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste 

-- AG Shapiro: Free Water Evaluations Begin For Homeowners Affected By Construction Of Mariner East 2 Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline  [PaEN] 

-- WJAC: Cambria County Couple Files Lawsuit Against Sunoco Over Mariner East Pipeline Construction They Said Made Their Property Nearly Uninhabitable By Eliminating Their Water Supply, Bulldozing Their Barn, Causing Sinkholes

-- Altoona Mirror: Cambria County Couple Sue Sunoco Over Mariner Pipeline Damage; Raw Sewage Coming Into Kitchen Sink

-- Republican Herald/Scranton Times Editorial: DEP Professes Unwarranted Faith In Shale Gas Drillers  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Union Progress - Laura Legere: Decaying Allegheny County Conventional Oil & Gas Wells To Be Plugged With Federal Funding Boost

-- Presentations Now Available From Shale Gas & Public Health Conference In Nov. Hosted By PA League Of Women Voters & University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Quality Violations In Sept. - Oct.  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell’s Flaring At Beaver County Ethane Plant Pushed Company Over Air Permit Limits, Data Shows

-- Beaver Times: Regulators Say Shell Exceeded Emissions Cap During Cracker Plant Startup

-- New Castle News: DEP: Opening Of Shell’s Western PA ‘Cracker’ Plant Caused Pollutants To Spike

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Air Pollution Soars During Startup Of Beaver County Ethane Plant

-- TribLive: Shell Issued Violation Notice For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits During Startup Of Beaver County Ethane Plant 

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Petrochemical Plants Are An Environmental And Economic Dead End For Southwestern PA - By Breathe Collaborative

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Tie State Taxpayer Subsidies Of Petrochemical Plants To Environmental Compliance 

-- TribLive: Murrysville Holds Public Hearing On 2nd Fracking Waste Well On Plum Border In Westmoreland County

-- Pittsburgh Union Progress - Laura Legere: Decaying Allegheny County Conventional Oil & Gas Wells To Be Plugged With Federal Funding Boost 

-- EPA Accepts Final DEP Oil/Gas Facility VOC/Methane Emission Limits Regulation For Review, Stops Imposition Of Federal Highway Funding, Other Sanctions  [PaEN]

-- Public News Service: New EPA Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules Could Translate To More PA Jobs

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Natural Gas Stoves Can Hurt Indoor Air Quality, Consumer Advocates Say

-- Bob Donnan Blog: The 12 Days Of Christmas And Other  Christmas Carols About The Real Impact Of Natural Gas Industry In Pennsylvania

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Real Shale Gas History: Spying & Psychological Operations On PA Citizens 2010-14

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Real Shale Gas History: 12 Articles On Shale Gas Development In PA As Told By The Families and Communities That Experienced It

-- Inside Climate News: Q/A With Eliza Griswold Pulitzer Winning Author Of Deep Dive Into Fracking In PA, How Extractive Industries ‘Gut’ Communities

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time Pennsylvania Residents, Regulators Demand Health Risks From Shale Gas Fracking Be Addressed - By Clean Air Council

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Decarbonization Pathway Relies On Zero Emissions Resources, Energy Efficiency, Increased Electrification Is Less Costly Than Natural Gas, Carbon Capture Options  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Decarbonization Program Would Eliminate Most Emissions In SW PA By 2050, New Study Finds

-- Environmental Health News: Western PA Can Meet Its Climate Goals, If The Region Stops Subsidizing Natural Gas

-- Times Leader: Ohio River Valley Institute Clean Energy Pathway Creates Jobs

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 8 Western PA Organizations For Their Green Energy Leadership 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Rural PA To Receive $1 Million USDA Grant For Solar Panel Installation

-- Philadelphia C-PACE Hits $100 Million In Clean Energy Financing With New $30 Million Freezpak Facility Project  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Integrity Project Urges EPA To Limit Benzene Pollution From Western PA Steel Plants In Response To Community Monitoring Data

-- Now On Demand: Group Against Smog & Pollution Webinar: What The Donora PA Smog Disaster Can Teach Us 74 Years Later  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh Tech: AlgenAir’s Aerium Isn’t A Lava Lamp, It’s The Future Of Air Cleaning

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Wabtec’s Battery-Powered Locomotive Wins S&P Global Commodity Insights Award

-- Altoona Mirror: Dennis Youchinson From Blair County Recipient Of 2022 Fusion Technology Award

-- DEP Awards $12.2 Million In Grants To Support 34 County Clean Water Action Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grants Extend All The Way To PA’s Northern Border

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants To Improve PA’s Water Quality  [Original Grant Announcement]

-- Fox43: Conestoga River In Lancaster County Finalist For PA River Of The Year - Vote Now

-- Bell's Brewery Awards PA Parks & Forests Foundation Grant For Land-Water Relationships Education Program At Susquehannock State Park In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal Forum: The Interfaith Sweet Spot For Environmental Stewardship - AmeriCorps Member, Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake

-- EPA Fines Knouse Foods In Adams County $230,000 For 120 Violations Of Federal Clean Water Act  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Family Farm Inspires Healthy Eating In Pittsburgh Neighborhood

-- Rodale Institute: Work With A Rodale Consultant To Plan Your Transition To Organic Agriculture

-- Rodale Institute: Take Online Courses On How To Transition To Organic Agriculture

-- Shippensburg News-Chronicle: Middle Spring Watershed Assn./ Cumberland County Master Watershed Steward Program Stream Of Consciousness Column: Triple Divides

-- Schuylkill County Floodplain Restoration Project Wins National Recognition  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Intermunicipal Stormwater Committee Proposes Floodplain Restoration Projects

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Completes 6 Stormwater Projects In 5 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods 

-- Courier Times: As Burlington Island Cleanup Gets Underway In The Delaware River, Locals Hope One Day For Full Access To This Gem 

-- Appalachian Voices: U.S. Senate Passes Amended STREAM Mine Reclamation Act And Sends It Back House  [PaEN]

-- MCall Guest Essay: Recycling, The Neighbors And The Global Economy - Lehigh Valley Development Corp

-- The Holcad: Westminster College Students Present Project To Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

-- Penn State Extension: Dec. 21 Webinar On 4-H Youth Program. 1:00 p.m.

-- Courier Times: Bucks, Montgomery County Residents Receive PFAS Test Results As Part Of Expanded Study Near Military Bases  [One Result Is 381 ng/mL, 20 ng/mL is Considered High]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Make Lead Testing For Children Mandatory

-- Register Now! Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 11  [PaEN]

-- 5th Biennial Penn State Forest Landowners Conference Set For March 24 & 25 In State College  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Feb. 2 Webinar: Keeping PA's Privately-Owned Forests Intact And Working, Opportunities For Land Conservation  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Christmas Trees Reign Supreme In Schuylkill County

-- Scranton Times: Audubon School Alumni Decorate Christmas Tree At Nay Aug Park With Food For Feathered Flyers

-- Altoona Mirror: Lyme Disease Musical Tells Blair County Area Native’s Experience 

-- West Penn Power Green Team Joins Ohiopyle State Park To Create Wildlife Habitat In Somerset County  [PaEN]

-- Latrobe Bulletin: Audubon Society Of Western PA Works With PennDOT To Create Roadside Meadows

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Protects 2,478 Acres On 30 Farms In 18 Counties  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Preserves 278 Acres Of Former Pocono Drag Lodge In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Former Pocono Drag Strip Becomes 278 Acres Of Preserved Land

-- Dr. Rugh & Sylvia Henderson Partnered With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect Historic Farm  [PaEN]

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves 4.45 More Acres And Connects Trails In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Farm & Natural Lands Trust Helps Preserve Acreage And York County’s Quality Of Life 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Nolde Forest In Berks County, PA’s Newest Old-Growth Forest, Might Have The Most Interesting Backstory Of All 

-- Erie Times: Presque Isle, A (Sometimes) Haven From The Noise Pollution That Can Harm Your Health

-- LancasterOnline: State Grant Puts Little Conestoga Creek Trail 2 Years Ahead Of Schedule

-- WeConservePA: Apply Now To Host 2025 PA Greenways & Trails Summit

-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Applications For Regional Trail Workshop Grants

-- PA Chapter American Fisheries Society Spring Technical Meeting Feb. 23-24: Save The Date, Sponsorship Opportunities 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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

[Posted: December 18, 2022]

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