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

-- Governor’s Transition

-- AP: Shapiro’s Bipartisanship Talk Welcome In Fight-Weary State Capitol

-- PennLive: Gov.-Elect Josh Shapiro To Hold Inauguration Celebration At Rock Lititz, Lancaster County

-- Inquirer Column: Will Shapiro Do To PA’s Pension Billions What He Did In Montgomery County?

-- PA Senate/House Transition

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Republicans Fight To Prolong House Majority And Pass Far-Reaching State Constitutional Amendments

-- LancasterOnline - Brad Bumsted: As Parties Squabble Over Claim PA House Majority, Proposed Abortion Amendment Looms Over Start Of 2023 Legislative Session

-- LancasterOnline: What’s In PA Republicans’ Package Of State Constitutional Amendments?

-- The Center Square: Now Both Parties Claim The House Majority And Authority To Set Special Election Dates

-- AP: House Republican Leader Seeks May Vote On Democratic Vacancies In House Power Struggle [House Democratic Leader Set Feb. 7 For The Special Elections]

-- Rep. Cutler: House Republican Leader Cutler Announces May 16 Special Elections For 2 House Seats

-- AP: State Election Agency Argues Against Delay In Filling 3 House Vacancies

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: PA Republicans Fight To Prolong House Majority And Pass Far-Reaching State Constitutional Amendments

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House Democrats Accuse Republican Leader Cutler Of Inappropriate Transfer Of $51.5 Million

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Leader Cutler Sworn In Days After Dems Declare Control Of Special House Elections

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA House Republican Cutler Says ‘The Math’ Makes Him Majority Leader

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Advocates, Lawmakers Hope PA House Power Shift Opens Door For [Good] Election Law Changes

-- PA Capital-Star: Fight Over Control Of PA House Is Harrisburg High-Stakes Lunacy At Its Worst

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Republicans Play Dirty In Power Struggle For PA State House

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: How Political Greed Backfired For PA House Democrats

-- PennLive - John Baer: Taxpayers Will Pay Lawyer Bills For Both Parties In Fight Over Who Controls PA House

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Squabbling In State House Shows Pennsylvanians How Dysfunctional The Legislature Is

-- TribLive Editorial: Voters Control PA House, Not The Parties

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA House Only Needs To Look At History To Find Bipartisanship It So Sorely Lacks - By Mark Singel

Environment & Energy Issues

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

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

-- 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

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

-- 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]

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

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

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

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

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-- 79 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.”

-- DEP Publishes 2023 Meeting Dates For Advisory Committee And Boards [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

-- 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]

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

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

Air

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

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

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

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

-- 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

-- 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

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

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

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

-- PA Capital-Star: Donora Smog Museum And Historical Society Preserves Borough’s Rich History

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

-- PA Capital-Star: Philly Seeks To Curb Catalytic Converter Thefts Amid Nationwide Spike

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

Alternative Fuels

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

Awards & Recognition

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

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

-- 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

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- 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

-- AP: U.N. Biodiversity Talks In Final Days With Many Issues Unresolved

Chesapeake Bay

-- 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]

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

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

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

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

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Oaks Are Dying At Record Rates Across Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Fallen Leaves - A Tree’s Gift To The Stream

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Citizen Action

-- 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]

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

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 17 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

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

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

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

-- 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]

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

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

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

-- 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]

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

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

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

-- 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

-- Dec. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- 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]

-- 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

-- 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

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

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

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Natural Gas Powering Our County And Beyond - By Chair Of Washington County Commissioners [IFO: Natural Gas Price Increased 95% Over Last Year ]

-- DEP Publishes 2023 Meeting Dates For Advisory Committee And Boards [PaEN]

Climate

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

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

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

-- Scranton Times Editorial: DEP Professes Unwarranted Faith In Drillers [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- 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

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Zoning Hearing On Solar Energy Farm Postponed After Neighbors Seek Delay

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

-- CNX Unveils Appalachia-Focused Vision For The Future, Promoting New Natural Gas Development, Use - ‘Produce It Here. Use It Here - First’ [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Lays Out Appalachia First Vision For Economic Growth

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX’s Nick DeIuliis Speaks About Why Appalachia First Is Best Approach For Pittsburgh, Appalachia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Rice Acquisition Of NET Power A Bet On Carbon Capture And Storage And Natural Gas Transition

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

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Represents Western PA’s Economic Future - By Pittsburgh Works Together

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch: 2022 Climate Record, Much Progress But More Needed

-- Planet Philadelphia Dec. 16 Radio Program Highlights Non-Greenhouse Gas Emitting Uses Of Coal. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

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

-- NYT: The Climate Impact Of Your Neighborhood, Mapped

-- NYT: For Planet Earth, This Might Be The Start Of A New Geologic Age

Coal Mining

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

-- Planet Philadelphia Dec. 16 Radio Program Highlights Non-Greenhouse Gas Emitting Uses Of Coal. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Compliance Action

-- 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]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

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

-- 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

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

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

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

DCNR

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

-- DCNR Celebrates Completion Of Projects At Washington Crossing Historic Park In Bucks County

-- DCNR Finalizes E-bike Policy For State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Releases Electric Bike Policy For Trails In State Parks, Forests

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

-- Dec. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Residents Share Worries About Proposed Catawissa ATV Park With State Consultant

-- 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

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

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

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

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

-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Applications For Regional Trail Workshop Grants

DEP

-- 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]

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

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 17 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- 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

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

-- 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]

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

-- 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

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

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

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

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

-- MCall: Bethlehem Landfill’s Expansion Worries Residents: ‘Why The Christmas Rush?’

-- 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

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

-- DEP Publishes 2023 Meeting Dates For Advisory Committee And Boards [PaEN]

Delaware River

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

Drinking Water

-- EPA Accepting Applications For $25.7 Million In Grants For Technical Assistance To Rural, Small Community Drinking Water, Wastewater Systems

-- 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

-- Scranton Times: Scranton, Dunmore Homeowners To See Average $576 Increase In Annual PA American Water Water/Sewer Bill

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Amend State Utilities Law To Limit Water, Wastewater Rate Increases

-- Inquirer Editorial: Despite Bankruptcy, City Of Chester Should Not Sell Off Its Water System

-- PA American Water Announces $25,000 Grant To York City Parks Conservancy

Economic Development

-- 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

-- CNX Unveils Appalachia-Focused Vision For The Future, Promoting New Natural Gas Development, Use - ‘Produce It Here. Use It Here - First’ [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Lays Out Appalachia First Vision For Economic Growth

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX’s Nick DeIuliis Speaks About Why Appalachia First Is Best Approach For Pittsburgh, Appalachia

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

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Represents Western PA’s Economic Future - By Pittsburgh Works Together

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Natural Gas Powering Our County And Beyond - By Chair Of Washington County Commissioners [IFO: Natural Gas Price Increased 95% Over Last Year ]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industrial Energy Consumers Of America Write Gov. Wolf, Others Urging Building More Natural Gas Pipelines

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

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

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

Education

-- 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]

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

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

-- 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]

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

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

-- 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

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

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

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Represents Western PA’s Economic Future - By Pittsburgh Works Together

-- PA Capital-Star: Donora Smog Museum And Historical Society Preserves Borough’s Rich History

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

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- 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.

-- 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

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

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

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

-- 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

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

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Trees Respond To Thunderstorm With Their Own Electrical Discharges, Study

-- Penn State Extension Community Trees Newsletter: Learning Opportunities, Upcoming Events, Much More

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Oaks Are Dying At Record Rates Across Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Fallen Leaves - A Tree’s Gift To The Stream

-- Republican Herald: Visitors Learn To Identify Winter Trees At Sweet Arrow Lake County Park

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

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

-- Wild Excellence Films: WQED Airs Golden Eagles: Witnesses To A Changing West Dec. 21 [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Dec. 15 Webinar: Conservation Of The Evening Grosbeak. 6:30 p.m.

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: National Audubon Photo Contest Exhibit At Buffalo Creek Nature Park

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Hold Holiday Camps For 4-12 Year Olds

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Christmas With The Critters Tuesday Dec. 27

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

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - December Wasn’t Always Our 12th Month

-- Planet Philadelphia Dec. 16 Radio Program Highlights Non-Greenhouse Gas Emitting Uses Of Coal. 4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

-- NYT: The Climate Impact Of Your Neighborhood, Mapped

-- NYT: For Planet Earth, This Might Be The Start Of A New Geologic Age

Emergency Response

-- PennLive: Residents Evacuated Just Before Natural Gas Explosion Flattened Their Home In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: 92-Year-Old Man Survived Massive Natural Gas Explosion That Pulverized Neighbor’s Home 30 Feet Away In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: Investigation Into Natural Gas Explosion That Leveled Dauphin County Home Continues

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Special Report: More Than 125 Natural Gas Odor Reports In Pottstown, Montgomery County In The 29 Months Before Deadly Home Explosion

-- UGI Encourages Residents To Follow Safe Natural Gas Practices During Holidays

-- Peoples Gas: Be Safe And Energy Efficient This Holiday Season

-- Columbia Gas Reminds Customers Of Carbon Monoxide Safety This Heating Season

-- Philadelphia Gas Works Offers Customers Tips On Staying Safe As Winter Weather Arrives

-- National Fuel Gas: Advises Homeowners To Be Vigilant And Stay Safe This Winter Season

-- PECO Gas: Smell Natural Gas? Leave The Area! Natural Gas Safety Tips

-- Centre Daily Times: Hundreds Without Power In Penns Valley

-- Warren Times Editorial: Power Supply Attacks Are Alarming

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]

-- Warren Times: Columbia Gas Customers To See Rate Increase

-- PPL Utilities: Help Available For Customers To Assistance In Paying Energy Bills

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Falling Across Nation, But PA Drivers Still Paying More Than Others

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Rise As Cold Wave Boosts Heating Demand

-- Bloomberg: LNG Natural Gas Supplier New Fortress Surges After 3,000% Dividend Increase

-- Financial Times: Biggest U.S. Shale Operator Says More Drilling Would Harm Industry - ‘Pouring Profits Into Faster Output At Expense Of Shareholder Returns Would Send Investors Fleeing’

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil Production To Keep Growing, At Snail’s Pace - U.S. EIA

-- Reuters: Keystone Oil Pipeline Restart Timetable Unclear After 558,000 Gallon Leak, Traders Worry About Supply

National/International

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise As Another Cold Snap Approaches

-- AP: U.S. Buying 3 Million Barrels Of Oil To Start Replenishing Strategic Oil Reserve

Energy

-- 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]

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

-- 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

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Zoning Hearing On Solar Energy Farm Postponed After Neighbors Seek Delay

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

-- CNX Unveils Appalachia-Focused Vision For The Future, Promoting New Natural Gas Development, Use - ‘Produce It Here. Use It Here - First’ [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Lays Out Appalachia First Vision For Economic Growth

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX’s Nick DeIuliis Speaks About Why Appalachia First Is Best Approach For Pittsburgh, Appalachia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Rice Acquisition Of NET Power A Bet On Carbon Capture And Storage And Natural Gas Transition

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

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Represents Western PA’s Economic Future - By Pittsburgh Works Together

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Natural Gas Powering Our County And Beyond - By Chair Of Washington County Commissioners [IFO: Natural Gas Price Increased 95% Over Last Year ]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- Warren Times: Columbia Gas Customers To See Rate Increase

-- PPL Utilities: Help Available For Customers To Assistance In Paying Energy Bills

-- Centre Daily Times: Hundreds Without Power In Penns Valley

-- Warren Times Editorial: Power Supply Attacks Are Alarming

-- Scranton Times: Owner Of Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County Sees Bankruptcy Plan Approved By Federal Court

-- Cardinal News: Dominion Energy Plans To Deploy Small Modular Nuclear Reactors Statewide In Virginia By 2032

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise As Another Cold Snap Approaches

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Falling Across Nation, But PA Drivers Still Paying More Than Others

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

Energy Conservation

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

-- DCED: Counties Can Now Apply For Whole-Home Repairs Program Funding, Including Energy Efficiency Improvements

Environmental Health

-- 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]

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

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

-- 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]

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

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

-- 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

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

-- 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

-- 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

-- 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

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

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

-- 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

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

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

Environmental Heritage

-- PA Capital-Star: Donora Smog Museum And Historical Society Preserves Borough’s Rich History

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

EPA

-- 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

-- EPA Accepting Applications For $25.7 Million In Grants For Technical Assistance To Rural, Small Community Drinking Water, Wastewater Systems

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

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

Farming

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

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces $300,000 Available for Farm Vitality Planning Grants

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

-- 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

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

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

-- Inquirer: Big, Commercial Farms Taking Notes On How PA’s Family Farms Have Diversified

Fish & Boat Commission

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

Flooding

-- 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

Forests

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

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

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

-- Citizens Voice: Residents Share Worries About Proposed Catawissa ATV Park With State Consultant

-- 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]

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

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Trees Respond To Thunderstorm With Their Own Electrical Discharges, Study

-- Penn State Extension Community Trees Newsletter: Learning Opportunities, Upcoming Events, Much More

-- Dec. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Oaks Are Dying At Record Rates Across Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Fallen Leaves - A Tree’s Gift To The Stream

-- DCNR Finalizes E-bike Policy For State Parks And Forests [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DCNR Releases Electric Bike Policy For Trails In State Parks, Forests

-- Republican Herald: Visitors Learn To Identify Winter Trees At Sweet Arrow Lake County Park

Game Commission

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Deer Season First Day Start Shift A Tradeoff In Boosting Licenses And Preserving Tradition

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Why A State Legislator Wants To Change The Start Of Deer Season Back To Monday

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Game Commission Decisions On First Day Start Leave Hunters At The Gate

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Reports Deer Hunter Rescued After Hanging Upside Down From Tree For An Hour

Grants/Funding

-- DCED: Counties Can Now Apply For Whole-Home Repairs Program Funding, Including Energy Efficiency Improvements

-- 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

-- PA American Water Announces $25,000 Grant To York City Parks Conservancy

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces $300,000 Available for Farm Vitality Planning Grants

-- EPA Accepting Applications For $25.7 Million In Grants For Technical Assistance To Rural, Small Community Drinking Water, Wastewater Systems

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

-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Applications For Regional Trail Workshop Grants

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

Green Infrastructure

-- 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]

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

-- 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

-- 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

-- DCNR Celebrates Completion Of Projects At Washington Crossing Historic Park In Bucks County

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

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

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Oaks Are Dying At Record Rates Across Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Fallen Leaves - A Tree’s Gift To The Stream

-- 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

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

-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Applications For Regional Trail Workshop Grants

-- 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

-- Republican Herald: Visitors Learn To Identify Winter Trees At Sweet Arrow Lake County Park

Hazardous Substances

-- 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]

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

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

-- Scranton Times Editorial: DEP Professes Unwarranted Faith In Drillers [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- 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

-- 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]

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

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

-- 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

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

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

-- 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

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

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

-- 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

Land Conservation

-- 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

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

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

-- 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

Littering/Illegal Dumping

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

Mine Reclamation

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

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

Oil & Gas

-- 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]

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

-- Bloomberg: A Massive Natural Gas Leak In Pennsylvania Is Adding To Climate Scrutiny

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Consent Agreement Allowing Shale Gas Drilling To Resume Under Dimock, Susquehanna County Sets New Drilling, Water Supply Protection Standards, Imposes $444,000 Penalty [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: ‘Gasland’ Driller Will Pay Millions For New Water System In Dimock

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Lets Polluter Resume Shale Gas Drilling In Dimock Protected Zone, Outraging Residents At Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’

-- AP: Pennsylvania Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Drilling In Polluted Dimock, Susquehanna County

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

-- 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]

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

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

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

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

-- PennLive: Residents Evacuated Just Before Natural Gas Explosion Flattened Their Home In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: 92-Year-Old Man Survived Massive Natural Gas Explosion That Pulverized Neighbor’s Home 30 Feet Away In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: Investigation Into Natural Gas Explosion That Leveled Dauphin County Home Continues

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Special Report: More Than 125 Natural Gas Odor Reports In Pottstown, Montgomery County In The 29 Months Before Deadly Home Explosion

-- UGI Encourages Residents To Follow Safe Natural Gas Practices During Holidays

-- Peoples Gas: Be Safe And Energy Efficient This Holiday Season

-- Columbia Gas Reminds Customers Of Carbon Monoxide Safety This Heating Season

-- Philadelphia Gas Works Offers Customers Tips On Staying Safe As Winter Weather Arrives

-- National Fuel Gas: Advises Homeowners To Be Vigilant And Stay Safe This Winter Season

-- PECO Gas: Smell Natural Gas? Leave The Area! Natural Gas Safety Tips

-- 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

-- CNX Unveils Appalachia-Focused Vision For The Future, Promoting New Natural Gas Development, Use - ‘Produce It Here. Use It Here - First’ [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Lays Out Appalachia First Vision For Economic Growth

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX’s Nick DeIuliis Speaks About Why Appalachia First Is Best Approach For Pittsburgh, Appalachia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industrial Energy Consumers Of America Write Gov. Wolf, Others Urging Building More Natural Gas Pipelines

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Rice Acquisition Of NET Power A Bet On Carbon Capture And Storage And Natural Gas Transition

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

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Represents Western PA’s Economic Future - By Pittsburgh Works Together

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Natural Gas Powering Our County And Beyond - By Chair Of Washington County Commissioners [IFO: Natural Gas Price Increased 95% Over Last Year ]

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: 12 Days Of Marcellus - ‘On The First Day Of Marcellus, Natural Gas Gave To Me’

-- 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

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- Warren Times: Columbia Gas Customers To See Rate Increase

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Rise As Cold Wave Boosts Heating Demand

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rise As Another Cold Snap Approaches

-- Bloomberg: LNG Natural Gas Supplier New Fortress Surges After 3,000% Dividend Increase

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Falling Across Nation, But PA Drivers Still Paying More Than Others

-- AP: U.S. Buying 3 Million Barrels Of Oil To Start Replenishing Strategic Oil Reserve

-- Financial Times: Biggest U.S. Shale Operator Says More Drilling Would Harm Industry - ‘Pouring Profits Into Faster Output At Expense Of Shareholder Returns Would Send Investors Fleeing’

-- Reuters: Keystone Oil Pipeline Restart Timetable Unclear After 558,000 Gallon Leak, Traders Worry About Supply

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil Production To Keep Growing, At Snail’s Pace - U.S. EIA

Pipelines

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

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 10 to 16 [PaEN]

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

-- DEP Posted 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 17 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

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

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

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industrial Energy Consumers Of America Write Gov. Wolf, Others Urging Building More Natural Gas Pipelines

-- Reuters: Keystone Oil Pipeline Restart Timetable Unclear After 558,000 Gallon Leak, Traders Worry About Supply

-- Reuters: Keystone Oil Pipeline Cleanup Turns Remote Kansas Valley Into A Small Town