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[Posted: January 29, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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

Gov. Shapiro

-- Spotlight PA-Stephen Caruso: Gov. Shapiro on banning new leases for oil & gas drilling in state parks/forests: "At this time, we have no plans to change that."

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Creating New Office To Implement Economic Development Projects,, Create Jobs, Foster Innovation, With A Special Focus On Disadvantaged And Underserved Communities

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: How Josh Shapiro Expanded His Base, How He Plans To Lead Pennsylvania

Senate/House Transition

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Hopes Of Bipartisan Cooperation Give Way To Complete Deadlock In PA House

-- PA Capital-Star: Looking To Solve A Harrisburg Problem, House Speaker Turns To Pittsburgh For Advice

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Stalemate Stops Constitutional Amendments From Appearing On May Ballot

-- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Jim Gregory, A Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Asks Fellow Republicans To Unbundle Constitutional Amendments

-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer To Chair House Energy, Environmental Resource Committee

Environment/Energy Issues

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Lawmakers Revive Bill To Require Legislative Approval Of Economically Significant Regulations

-- BroadandLiberty.com Guest Essay: Cooperation, Not Partisanship, Will Solve Pennsylvania’s Environmental Challenges - Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster), Chair Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By AWOW Tech For Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Program Broken [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Bill Defrays Charging Station Cost For Electric Car Owners

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: New Senate Game & Fisheries Committee Chair Looks To Improve Hunting, Fishing Opportunities In PA

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

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

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

Check Calendars For Events Near You!

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

Air

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Flaring Emissions Dominate Pollution From Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project Panel Warns Against Using Natural Gas For Hydrogen Hubs

-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- CNX Pilot Project To Use Heat From Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Stations To Generate Energy

-- EPA Announces $1.35 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Thousands Of Refinery Jobs Are At Risk [Including In PA] And Congress Or President Must Fix It - By John Bland, Boilermakers

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Decarbonization Pathways For PA: The Good, The Bad And The Most Likely - Ugly - By Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Air Pollution Violations $1.5 Million Penalty Settlement Finalized By Federal Court; Public Comments Provide ‘No Basis’ For Altering Decree

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Consent Decree Explained

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. Hits Contractors With $1.1 Million Fine For Illegal Asbestos Removal At Former Westinghouse Facility

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Climate Summits Depend On Science & Hope - You Can Host A Youth Climate Summit In Your Community - By The Wild Center, NY

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Today’s Concerned Youth Can Make A Massive Impact On Climate Change, Here’s How - By The Wild Center, NY

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Bill Defrays Charging Station Cost For Electric Car Owners

-- TribLive: Surveillance Work Leads Police To Western PA Catalytic Converter Theft Suspects

Alternative Fuels

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Bill Defrays Charging Station Cost For Electric Car Owners

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EV Battery Component Sales Drive Matthews International Growth

-- The Guardian: How U.S. Transition To Electric Cars Threatens Environmental Havoc

-- Financial Times: Michigan, Georgia, Ohio Have Stepped Up Efforts To Lure European Clean Energy Businesses

Awards & Recognition

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- Scranton Times Editorial: A Reminder Of NE PA’s Natural Assets

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Pittsburgh Selects Sustainable Startups Among New Crop Of Innovative Businesses

-- PA Wilds Center, Leave No Trace Partner On Promoting Sustainable Tourism Practices In The Pennsylvania Wilds Region; Feb. 1 Webinar Set [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy Ends Year Celebrating New Conservation Milestones, Including 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved [PaEN]

-- DailyLocal.com: Brandywine Conservancy Celebrates 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved

-- Vista.Today: 2 West Chester Residents Win PA Parks & Forests Photo Contest

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Crows, Crows And More Crows Among Interesting Results Of Audubon Christmas Bird Count

-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts Webinars On Aquatic Invasive Critters; Vernal Pool Wetland Restoration; Plants That Burn! [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Public Library To Host Bee-Focused Events In March

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities

Budget

-- PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer To Chair House Energy, Environmental Resource Committee

Chesapeake Bay

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- BroadandLiberty.com Guest Essay: Cooperation, Not Partisanship, Will Solve Pennsylvania’s Environmental Challenges - Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster), Chair Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- PA American Water Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- York Conservation District Hosts March 2 Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Sweet Arrow Lake To Host Tree Seedling Sale

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Citizen Action

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- WJAC: Environmentalists Question Elk County Crypto-Mining Proposal: ‘Nobody Heats Their Home With Crypto’

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: National Weather Service In Pittsburgh: River Ice Spotters Needed To Keep Eye On Potential Flooding

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Decarbonization Pathways For PA: The Good, The Bad And The Most Likely - Ugly - By Ohio River Valley Institute

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Jim Gregory, A Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Asks Fellow Republicans To Unbundle Constitutional Amendments

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Lawmakers Revive Bill To Require Legislative Approval Of Economically Significant Regulations

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Consent Decree Explained

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center News: Tracking Road Salt In Streams; Scouts From 12 Troops Tackle Merit Badge Program; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts Webinars On Aquatic Invasive Critters; Vernal Pool Wetland Restoration; Plants That Burn! [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Student Scholarship, Due March 24

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- Scranton Times Editorial: A Reminder Of NE PA’s Natural Assets

-- Jan. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy Ends Year Celebrating New Conservation Milestones, Including 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved [PaEN]

-- DailyLocal.com: Brandywine Conservancy Celebrates 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved

-- Natural Lands: New Garden Golf Course To Become Public Park In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 106-Acre Chester County Golf Course Is Becoming A Public Park

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. To Conserve Nearly 300 Acres On Moosic Mountain

-- Open Space Institute Support Secures More Than 1,000 Acres In Eastern PA For Clean Water, Carbon Storage

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts March 9 Online Program About Protecting Your Land With A Conservation Easement. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Master Naturalist Program Training Offered In Washington County

-- Greene County Messenger: BHE GT&S Energy Grant Supports Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited Glade Run Watershed Project

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Assn. Receives DCNR Grant Toward Schuylkill River Trail Work

-- Keep PA Beautiful, PalmettoPride Present Multi-State Litter Law Enforcement Study [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Community News & Resources: Sign Up For These Anti-Litter Programs; Land & Water Stewards; Road & Area Adoption Programs

-- Vista.Today: 2 West Chester Residents Win PA Parks & Forests Photo Contest

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Crows, Crows And More Crows Among Interesting Results Of Audubon Christmas Bird Count

-- Help Wanted: PA Environmental Council Communications Coordinator

-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Recycling Operations Coordinator

Federal Climate, Health Care Law

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Solar Energy Is Set To Boom In The Pittsburgh Region

Climate

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Solar Energy Is Set To Boom In The Pittsburgh Region

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project Panel Warns Against Using Natural Gas For Hydrogen Hubs

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Decarbonization Pathways For PA: The Good, The Bad And The Most Likely - Ugly - By Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Climate Summits Depend On Science & Hope - You Can Host A Youth Climate Summit In Your Community - By The Wild Center, NY

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Today’s Concerned Youth Can Make A Massive Impact On Climate Change, Here’s How - By The Wild Center, NY

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Pittsburgh Selects Sustainable Startups Among New Crop Of Innovative Businesses

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Feb. 15 Webinar On What Can PA Hope To Achieve Or Make Progress On Climate Issues This Year? 7:00 p.m.

-- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Jim Gregory, A Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Asks Fellow Republicans To Unbundle Constitutional Amendments

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Lawmakers Revive Bill To Require Legislative Approval Of Economically Significant Regulations

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Bill Defrays Charging Station Cost For Electric Car Owners

-- UtilityDive: Constellation, NRG, Other Generators Urge FERC To Reject PJM’s Mid-Capacity Auction Rule Fix

-- UtilityDive: PJM Generator Average Interconnection Costs Soar 728%, Driven By Network Upgrades, DOE Lab

-- Financial Times: Michigan, Georgia, Ohio Have Stepped Up Efforts To Lure European Clean Energy Businesses

-- Bloomberg: Wind Turbines Taller Than The Statue Of Liberty Are Falling Over

-- The Guardian: How U.S. Transition To Electric Cars Threatens Environmental Havoc

-- The Economist: How Much Innovation Is Necessary To See Off Fossil Fuels? ‘No Miracles Needed’ [50th Anniversary Of First Oil Shock In 1973, There Have Been At Least 6 Major Shocks]

-- Bloomberg: Amazon Climate Disaster Could Cascade Across Earth, New Study Shows

Coal Mining

-- EPA Proposes To Deny Permission For Continued Operation Of 6 Coal Ash Disposal Areas, Including The Conemaugh Generating Station In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Ruling On Coal Ash Disposal Area Could Shutter Conemaugh Coal Power Plant Ahead Of Schedule

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Underground Mine Map Grant Program

-- Republican Herald: ‘PostHistory’ Depicts Coal Region History After King Coal Was Dethroned

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Victims Remembered On Tragedy’s 64th Anniversary

-- Scranton Times: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Remembered After 64 Years

Compliance Action

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Consent Decree Explained

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: U.S. Steel Appeals Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Title V Air Quality Permit Issued By Allegheny County

-- EPA Announces $1.35 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN]

-- EPA Proposes To Deny Permission For Continued Operation Of 6 Coal Ash Disposal Areas, Including The Conemaugh Generating Station In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Ruling On Coal Ash Disposal Area Could Shutter Conemaugh Coal Power Plant Ahead Of Schedule

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. Hits Contractors With $1.1 Million Fine For Illegal Asbestos Removal At Former Westinghouse Facility

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfills Cited For Smell After 230 Complaints

-- Keep PA Beautiful, PalmettoPride Present Multi-State Litter Law Enforcement Study [PaEN]

-- DEP Takes Action On 590 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,169 Inspections, Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- York Conservation District Hosts March 2 Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop [PaEN]

Court Action

-- Damascus Citizens For Sustainability Files Lawsuit Challenging The Delaware River Basin Commission Fracking Wastewater Rule Generally And For Allowing Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Creating Widespread Pollution [PaEN]

DCNR

-- Spotlight PA-Stephen Caruso: Gov. Shapiro on banning new leases for oil & gas drilling in state parks/forests: "At this time, we have no plans to change that."

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- Scranton Times Editorial: A Reminder Of NE PA’s Natural Assets

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- Jan. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Assn. Receives DCNR Grant Toward Schuylkill River Trail Work

-- NextPittsburgh: Embrace Winter On The Allegheny Front At Black Moshannon State Park, Clearfield County

-- PA Wilds Center, Leave No Trace Partner On Promoting Sustainable Tourism Practices In The Pennsylvania Wilds Region; Feb. 1 Webinar Set [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- Spotlight PA: How Communities In Northcentral PA Are Attempting To Preserve A Scarce Resource - Darkness [Includes Natural Gas Flaring]

-- Brandywine Conservancy Ends Year Celebrating New Conservation Milestones, Including 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved [PaEN]

-- DailyLocal.com: Brandywine Conservancy Celebrates 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved

-- Natural Lands: New Garden Golf Course To Become Public Park In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 106-Acre Chester County Golf Course Is Becoming A Public Park

-- Open Space Institute Support Secures More Than 1,000 Acres In Eastern PA For Clean Water, Carbon Storage

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts March 9 Online Program About Protecting Your Land With A Conservation Easement. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- Vista.Today: 2 West Chester Residents Win PA Parks & Forests Photo Contest

DEP

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer To Chair House Energy, Environmental Resource Committee

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Flaring Emissions Dominate Pollution From Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Underground Mine Map Grant Program

-- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Jim Gregory, A Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Asks Fellow Republicans To Unbundle Constitutional Amendments

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Lawmakers Revive Bill To Require Legislative Approval Of Economically Significant Regulations

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill

-- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfills Cited For Smell After 230 Complaints

-- AP: PA Passes PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Limit

-- TribLive: Local Water Systems Prepare To Deal With Stricter Regulations For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- DEP Teaching Green: New PA Gateway To Green Education Hub; PA Digital Water Atlas; Grant; Programs; Much More! [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center News: Tracking Road Salt In Streams; Scouts From 12 Troops Tackle Merit Badge Program; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: DEP Explains - Environmental Complaints And Emergencies

-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- DEP Takes Action On 590 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,169 Inspections, Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Deep Mine Safety

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Underground Mine Map Grant Program

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Feb. 8 Hearing, March 8 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Feb. 8 Hearing, March 8 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN]

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities

-- Williamsport Sun Guess Essay: Curiosity, Questions Offer Key To Improve Water Quality At Home, Across Area - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- WHYY: Philly Water Rates Could Soon Rise Under City Proposal

-- AP: PA Passes PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Limit

-- TribLive: Local Water Systems Prepare To Deal With Stricter Regulations For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Bucksco.Today: Game Commission Begins Testing Deer In Bucks County For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- EPA Announces Plans For Wastewater Regs, Studies, Including Limits For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ New Study For Nutrients

-- TribLive: Water Technology Company Evoqua To Be Acquired In $7.5 Billion Deal

Economic Development

-- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Flaring Emissions Dominate Pollution From Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Thousands Of Refinery Jobs Are At Risk [Including In PA] And Congress Or President Must Fix It - By John Bland, Boilermakers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EV Battery Component Sales Drive Matthews International Growth

-- TribLive: Water Technology Company Evoqua To Be Acquired In $7.5 Billion Deal

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Ranks 8th Among America’s Best Cities For Outdoor Enthusiasts

-- Scranton Times: Area Bike Shops See Strong Demand

-- Financial Times: Michigan, Georgia, Ohio Have Stepped Up Efforts To Lure European Clean Energy Businesses

-- PA Wilds Center, Leave No Trace Partner On Promoting Sustainable Tourism Practices In The Pennsylvania Wilds Region; Feb. 1 Webinar Set [PaEN]

Education

-- DEP Teaching Green: New PA Gateway To Green Education Hub; PA Digital Water Atlas; Grant; Programs; Much More! [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center News: Tracking Road Salt In Streams; Scouts From 12 Troops Tackle Merit Badge Program; Much More [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts Webinars On Aquatic Invasive Critters; Vernal Pool Wetland Restoration; Plants That Burn! [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

-- Lebanon Valley Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Student Scholarship, Due March 24

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: National Weather Service In Pittsburgh: River Ice Spotters Needed To Keep Eye On Potential Flooding

-- York Conservation District Hosts March 2 Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts March 9 Online Program About Protecting Your Land With A Conservation Easement. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN]

-- Shippensburg News-Chronicle: Stream Of Consciousness - What Is A Watershed? [Generated By ChatGPT - Even An A.I. Knows The Value Of Protecting Watersheds]

-- Game Commission: Watch Bears, Eagles, Snow Geese Around The Clock From Home Via Livestreams [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Public Library To Host Bee-Focused Events In March

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- WaterNow Alliance Blog: Project Accelerator Comes To Southwest PA To Champion Sustainable, Innovate Watershed Solutions

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Solar Energy Is Set To Boom In The Pittsburgh Region

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- UGI Urges Natural Gas Customers To Recognize Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Fuel-Burning Appliances During Heating Season

-- The Guardian: U.S. Renters Worry About Living With Natural Gas Stoves Amid Health Concerns, Lack Choice Of Which Appliances To Use

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Decarbonization Pathways For PA: The Good, The Bad And The Most Likely - Ugly - By Ohio River Valley Institute

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Feb. 15 Webinar On What Can PA Hope To Achieve Or Make Progress On Climate Issues This Year? 7:00 p.m.

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Climate Summits Depend On Science & Hope - You Can Host A Youth Climate Summit In Your Community - By The Wild Center, NY

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Today’s Concerned Youth Can Make A Massive Impact On Climate Change, Here’s How - By The Wild Center, NY

-- EPA Proposes To Deny Permission For Continued Operation Of 6 Coal Ash Disposal Areas, Including The Conemaugh Generating Station In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Ruling On Coal Ash Disposal Area Could Shutter Conemaugh Coal Power Plant Ahead Of Schedule

-- Republican Herald: ‘PostHistory’ Depicts Coal Region History After King Coal Was Dethroned

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Victims Remembered On Tragedy’s 64th Anniversary

-- Scranton Times: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Remembered After 64 Years

-- Williamsport Sun Guess Essay: Curiosity, Questions Offer Key To Improve Water Quality At Home, Across Area - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Master Naturalist Program Training Offered In Washington County

-- Vista.Today: 2 West Chester Residents Win PA Parks & Forests Photo Contest

-- Spotlight PA: How Communities In Northcentral PA Are Attempting To Preserve A Scarce Resource - Darkness [Includes Natural Gas Flaring]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Hiking, Fishing, History: 8 Places To Explore In PA’s Great Outdoors

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - 340 Species Of Birds Leave North America In Winter

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Crows, Crows And More Crows Among Interesting Results Of Audubon Christmas Bird Count

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: In Allegheny County, Bald Eagles Sprucing Up Their Nests Before Mating

-- WITF: How To See The Snow Goose Migration At Middle Creek Wildlife Area In Lancaster County

-- Erie Times: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Eagle Nesting Season On Presque Isle State Park

-- NYT: In Texas Oil/Natural Gas Country, A Pair Of Strong Earthquakes Were Part Of A Surge In Seismic Activity Related To Oil And Natural Gas Production

-- The Economist: How Much Innovation Is Necessary To See Off Fossil Fuels? ‘No Miracles Needed’ [50th Anniversary Of First Oil Shock In 1973, There Have Been At Least 6 Major Shocks]

Emergency Response

-- E&E News: Natural Gas Pipelines Explode - How Far Away Is Enough To Survive? [National Transportation Safety Board Says Current Blast Zone Significantly Underestimates The Danger]

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Emergency Workers Deployed To California Disaster For Flood And Landslide Assistance

-- UGI Urges Natural Gas Customers To Recognize Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Fuel-Burning Appliances During Heating Season

-- DEP Blog: DEP Explains - Environmental Complaints And Emergencies

-- DEP Takes Action On 590 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,169 Inspections, Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

6th Oil/Natural Gas Price Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer To Chair House Energy, Environmental Resource Committee

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- Warren Times: Gasoline Prices Rise Throughout Western PA

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National - $3.51, Pennsylvania - $3.79

-- TribLive: Oil Prices, Refinery Issues Contribute To Rising Gasoline Prices, Analyst Says

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Settle Lower On Stronger Supply Outlook

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Expert Says Price Of Natural Gas Will Soar Again When Freeport, Texas LNG Export Plant Restarts

-- Reuters: Freeport, Texas LNG Natural Gas Export Plant Gets OK To Take Early Steps To Restart

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Price Falls Below $3 For First Time Since May 2021

-- Baker Hughes Natural Gas Drill Rigs By State - PA Has 22

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: CNX Natural Gas Will Continue Stock Buyback Program Which Already Spent $868 Million: ‘And We’re Potentially Just Getting Started’ [DEP Compliance Database Shows CNX had 214 environmental violations over last 2 years, including abandoning wells without plugging them]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX To See Return To Normal Natural Gas Production This Year After failure Of Well In Central PA

-- Scranton Times: UGI Files Request To Raise Electric Rates Again

-- MCall: PPL Electric Customers Seeing Shocking Bill Increases; Here’s What The Company Says Is To Blame

-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Shocked By Sky-High Electric Bills

-- Citizens Voice: PPL Customers Suspect They Were Overbilled

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Consumers Ripped Off By PPL, Abandoned By PUC

-- Spotlight PA: How PA Homeowners Can Apply For Utility And Mortgage Assistance

National/International

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Extends Weekly Loss With Eyes On Weather, Texas LNG Export Plant Might Resume Shipments

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Rebound After Slump With Asia Demand In Focus

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slip Again As Ample Supplies Help To Soften Crisis

-- Reuters: Texas LNG Plant Repairs Complete After Explosion, Seeks To Restart Some Operations

-- Financial Times: Oil Market Braces For Fresh Turmoil As EU Prepares To Cut Off Russian Diesel

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil/Natural Gas Face Headwinds After Record $199 Billion Profit Haul

-- Financial Times: Big Oil/Natural Gas Profit Juggernaut On Pace To Slow But Not Stop

-- Bloomberg: Chevron Posts Record 2022 Profit, Bolstering $75 Billion Stock Buyback Plan

Energy

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer To Chair House Energy, Environmental Resource Committee

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Solar Energy Is Set To Boom In The Pittsburgh Region

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project Panel Warns Against Using Natural Gas For Hydrogen Hubs

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- WJAC: Environmentalists Question Elk County Crypto-Mining Proposal: ‘Nobody Heats Their Home With Crypto’

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National - $3.51, Pennsylvania - $3.79

-- TribLive: Oil Prices, Refinery Issues Contribute To Rising Gasoline Prices, Analyst Says

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Settle Lower On Stronger Supply Outlook

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Expert Says Price Of Natural Gas Will Soar Again When Freeport, Texas LNG Export Plant Restarts

-- Reuters: Freeport, Texas LNG Natural Gas Export Plant Gets OK To Take Early Steps To Restart

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Price Falls Below $3 For First Time Since May 2021

-- Baker Hughes Natural Gas Drill Rigs By State - PA Has 22

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX To See Return To Normal Natural Gas Production This Year After failure Of Well In Central PA

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Decarbonization Pathways For PA: The Good, The Bad And The Most Likely - Ugly - By Ohio River Valley Institute

-- UGI Urges Natural Gas Customers To Recognize Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Fuel-Burning Appliances During Heating Season

-- Scranton Times: UGI Files Request To Raise Electric Rates Again

-- MCall: PPL Electric Customers Seeing Shocking Bill Increases; Here’s What The Company Says Is To Blame

-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Shocked By Sky-High Electric Bills

-- PennLive: PPL Says It Fixed Problems That Led To Shocking Bills For Electricity Customers

-- Spotlight PA: How PA Homeowners Can Apply For Utility And Mortgage Assistance

-- UtilityDive: Constellation, NRG, Other Generators Urge FERC To Reject PJM’s Mid-Capacity Auction Rule Fix

-- UtilityDive: PJM Generator Average Interconnection Costs Soar 728%, Driven By Network Upgrades, DOE Lab

-- Bloomberg: Wind Turbines Taller Than The Statue Of Liberty Are Falling Over

-- The Economist: How Much Innovation Is Necessary To See Off Fossil Fuels? ‘No Miracles Needed’ [50th Anniversary Of First Oil Shock In 1973, There Have Been At Least 6 Major Shocks]

Environmental Health

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project Panel Warns Against Using Natural Gas For Hydrogen Hubs

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- E&E News: Natural Gas Pipelines Explode - How Far Away Is Enough To Survive? [National Transportation Safety Board Says Current Blast Zone Significantly Underestimates The Danger]

-- UGI Urges Natural Gas Customers To Recognize Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Fuel-Burning Appliances During Heating Season

-- The Guardian: U.S. Renters Worry About Living With Natural Gas Stoves Amid Health Concerns, Lack Choice Of Which Appliances To Use

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- EPA Announces $1.35 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Thousands Of Refinery Jobs Are At Risk [Including In PA] And Congress Or President Must Fix It - By John Bland, Boilermakers

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill

-- Erie Times: Erie County’s Lyme Disease Cases Decline In 2022 After Record-High Year

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities

-- AP: PA Passes PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Limit

-- TribLive: Local Water Systems Prepare To Deal With Stricter Regulations For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Bucksco.Today: Game Commission Begins Testing Deer In Bucks County For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- EPA Announces Plans For Wastewater Regs, Studies, Including Limits For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ New Study For Nutrients

Environmental Heritage

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Hiking, Fishing, History: 8 Places To Explore In PA’s Great Outdoors

-- Republican Herald: ‘PostHistory’ Depicts Coal Region History After King Coal Was Dethroned

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Victims Remembered On Tragedy’s 64th Anniversary

-- Scranton Times: Knox Coal Mine Disaster Remembered After 64 Years

EPA

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Officials Question EPA Safety Standards Surrounding Fmr Exide Site

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- EPA Proposes To Deny Permission For Continued Operation Of 6 Coal Ash Disposal Areas, Including The Conemaugh Generating Station In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Ruling On Coal Ash Disposal Area Could Shutter Conemaugh Coal Power Plant Ahead Of Schedule

-- EPA Announces $1.35 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Thousands Of Refinery Jobs Are At Risk [Including In PA] And Congress Or President Must Fix It - By John Bland, Boilermakers

-- EPA Announces Plans For Wastewater Regs, Studies, Including Limits For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ New Study For Nutrients

Farming

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture & Innovative Production Grants, March 27 Deadline

-- York Conservation District Hosts March 2 Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop [PaEN]

Fish & Boating Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Summary Of Actions At Jan. 23 Board Meeting

-- BucksCo.Today: Fish & Boat Commission Authorizes Grant To Remove Spring Garden Dam On Neshaminy Creek

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: New Senate Game & Fisheries Committee Chair Looks To Improve Hunting, Fishing Opportunities In PA

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill

Flooding

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: National Weather Service In Pittsburgh: River Ice Spotters Needed To Keep Eye On Potential Flooding

Forests

-- Spotlight PA-Stephen Caruso: Gov. Shapiro on banning new leases for oil & gas drilling in state parks/forests: "At this time, we have no plans to change that."

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- Scranton Times Editorial: A Reminder Of NE PA’s Natural Assets

-- Jan. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- PA American Water Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Grants [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- Scranton Times: Sweet Arrow Lake To Host Tree Seedling Sale

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Firewood Suppliers Have A Tough Job, But They Love To Do It

-- Vista.Today: 2 West Chester Residents Win PA Parks & Forests Photo Contest

-- Bloomberg: Amazon Climate Disaster Could Cascade Across Earth, New Study Shows

Game Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: New Senate Game & Fisheries Committee Chair Looks To Improve Hunting, Fishing Opportunities In PA

-- Bucksco.Today: Game Commission Begins Testing Deer In Bucks County For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Game Commission: Watch Bears, Eagles, Snow Geese Around The Clock From Home Via Livestreams [PaEN]

-- WITF: How To See The Snow Goose Migration At Middle Creek Wildlife Area In Lancaster County

Geologic Hazards

-- NYT: In Texas Oil/Natural Gas Country, A Pair Of Strong Earthquakes Were Part Of A Surge In Seismic Activity Related To Oil And Natural Gas Production

Grants/Funding

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Grants [PaEN]

-- Greene County Messenger: BHE GT&S Energy Grant Supports Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited Glade Run Watershed Project

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Assn. Receives DCNR Grant Toward Schuylkill River Trail Work

-- USDA NRCS Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture & Innovative Production Grants, March 27 Deadline

-- Spotlight PA: How PA Homeowners Can Apply For Utility And Mortgage Assistance

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Underground Mine Map Grant Program

Green Infrastructure

-- Spotlight PA-Stephen Caruso: Gov. Shapiro on banning new leases for oil & gas drilling in state parks/forests: "At this time, we have no plans to change that."

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- PA American Water Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Grants [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- Scranton Times: Sweet Arrow Lake To Host Tree Seedling Sale

-- Shippensburg News-Chronicle: Stream Of Consciousness - What Is A Watershed? [Generated By ChatGPT - Even An A.I. Knows The Value Of Protecting Watersheds]

-- PA Wilds Center, Leave No Trace Partner On Promoting Sustainable Tourism Practices In The Pennsylvania Wilds Region; Feb. 1 Webinar Set [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy Ends Year Celebrating New Conservation Milestones, Including 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved [PaEN]

-- DailyLocal.com: Brandywine Conservancy Celebrates 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved

-- Natural Lands: New Garden Golf Course To Become Public Park In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 106-Acre Chester County Golf Course Is Becoming A Public Park

-- Open Space Institute Support Secures More Than 1,000 Acres In Eastern PA For Clean Water, Carbon Storage

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. To Conserve Nearly 300 Acres On Moosic Mountain

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts March 9 Online Program About Protecting Your Land With A Conservation Easement. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Assn. Receives DCNR Grant Toward Schuylkill River Trail Work

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Master Naturalist Program Training Offered In Washington County

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Officials Question EPA Safety Standards Surrounding Fmr Exide Site

Hazardous Substances

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project Panel Warns Against Using Natural Gas For Hydrogen Hubs

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- E&E News: Natural Gas Pipelines Explode - How Far Away Is Enough To Survive? [National Transportation Safety Board Says Current Blast Zone Significantly Underestimates The Danger]

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- UGI Urges Natural Gas Customers To Recognize Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Fuel-Burning Appliances During Heating Season

-- The Guardian: U.S. Renters Worry About Living With Natural Gas Stoves Amid Health Concerns, Lack Choice Of Which Appliances To Use

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- EPA Announces $1.35 Million Penalty, Settlement With Genesee & Wyoming Railroad Over Clean Air Act Violations [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Thousands Of Refinery Jobs Are At Risk [Including In PA] And Congress Or President Must Fix It - By John Bland, Boilermakers

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- KDKA: Washington County Country Club Fined For Chartiers Creek Fish Kill

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 4 States Participating In Accelerated Lead Water Service Pipe Replacement Project In Underserved Communities

-- AP: PA Passes PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Limit

-- TribLive: Local Water Systems Prepare To Deal With Stricter Regulations For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- EPA Announces Plans For Wastewater Regs, Studies, Including Limits For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ New Study For Nutrients

-- Bucksco.Today: Game Commission Begins Testing Deer In Bucks County For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: PA Environmental Council Communications Coordinator

-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Recycling Operations Coordinator

Land Conservation

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy Ends Year Celebrating New Conservation Milestones, Including 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved [PaEN]

-- DailyLocal.com: Brandywine Conservancy Celebrates 70,000 Acres Permanently Preserved

-- Natural Lands: New Garden Golf Course To Become Public Park In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 106-Acre Chester County Golf Course Is Becoming A Public Park

-- Open Space Institute Support Secures More Than 1,000 Acres In Eastern PA For Clean Water, Carbon Storage

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. To Conserve Nearly 300 Acres On Moosic Mountain

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Boy Scouts Selling Of Storied Camps Under Pressure From Sex Abuse Claims, Bankruptcy And Locals Are Worried

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts March 9 Online Program About Protecting Your Land With A Conservation Easement. 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.

-- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Master Naturalist Program Training Offered In Washington County

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful, PalmettoPride Present Multi-State Litter Law Enforcement Study [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Community News & Resources: Sign Up For These Anti-Litter Programs; Land & Water Stewards; Road & Area Adoption Programs

Oil & Gas

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- House Republicans Name Advocate For Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Rep. Martin Causer Chair Of House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project Panel Warns Against Using Natural Gas For Hydrogen Hubs

-- WJAC: Environmentalists Question Elk County Crypto-Mining Proposal: ‘Nobody Heats Their Home With Crypto’

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: National - $3.51, Pennsylvania - $3.79

-- TribLive: Oil Prices, Refinery Issues Contribute To Rising Gasoline Prices, Analyst Says

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Settle Lower On Stronger Supply Outlook

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Expert Says Price Of Natural Gas Will Soar Again When Freeport, Texas LNG Export Plant Restarts

-- Reuters: Freeport, Texas LNG Natural Gas Export Plant Gets OK To Take Early Steps To Restart

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Price Falls Below $3 For First Time Since May 2021

-- Baker Hughes Natural Gas Drill Rigs By State - PA Has 22

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- Spotlight PA-Stephen Caruso: Gov. Shapiro on banning new leases for oil & gas drilling in state parks/forests: "At this time, we have no plans to change that."

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Flaring Emissions Dominate Pollution From Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- FracTracker Alliance Seeking Information On Use Of Drones For Environmental Monitoring Work; Feb. 3 Online Meeting Set On Oil & Gas Facility Monitoring Project [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Feb. 1 Monthly Eyes On Shell Meeting. 7:30 p.m.

-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- TribLive Letter: EPA Must Protect Our Children Against Oil & Gas Facility Methane Emissions - By Moms Clean Air Force

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Thousands Of Refinery Jobs Are At Risk [Including In PA] And Congress Or President Must Fix It - By John Bland, Boilermakers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX To See Return To Normal Natural Gas Production This Year After failure Of Well In Central PA

-- UGI Urges Natural Gas Customers To Recognize Signs Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning From Fuel-Burning Appliances During Heating Season

-- The Guardian: U.S. Renters Worry About Living With Natural Gas Stoves Amid Health Concerns, Lack Choice Of Which Appliances To Use

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- CNX Pilot Project To Use Heat From Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Stations To Generate Energy

-- The Economist: How Much Innovation Is Necessary To See Off Fossil Fuels? ‘No Miracles Needed’ [50th Anniversary Of First Oil Shock In 1973, There Have Been At Least 6 Major Shocks]

-- NYT: In Texas Oil/Natural Gas Country, A Pair Of Strong Earthquakes Were Part Of A Surge In Seismic Activity Related To Oil And Natural Gas Production

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil/Natural Gas Face Headwinds After Record $199 Billion Profit Haul

-- Financial Times: Big Oil/Natural Gas Profit Juggernaut On Pace To Slow But Not Stop

-- Bloomberg: Chevron Posts Record 2022 Profit, Bolstering $75 Billion Stock Buyback Plan

Pipelines

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- E&E News: Natural Gas Pipelines Explode - How Far Away Is Enough To Survive? [National Transportation Safety Board Says Current Blast Zone Significantly Underestimates The Danger]

-- CNX Pilot Project To Use Heat From Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Stations To Generate Energy

Permitting

-- DEP Issues Revised Air Quality General Permit For Natural Gas, Oil-Fired Small Combustion Units Up To 100 Million Btu/Hour; Benefits Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- WJAC: Environmentalists Question Elk County Crypto-Mining Proposal: ‘Nobody Heats Their Home With Crypto’

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant Permit In Philadelphia Up For Renewal

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- MCall: Grand Central Landfill Recycling Center, Route 309 Truck Terminals Raise Traffic Concerns

-- DEP Takes Action On 590 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,169 Inspections, Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Public Participation

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 21 to 27 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Jan. 28 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Feb. 8 Hearing, March 8 Business Meeting [PaEN]

PUC

-- PUC: Act 13 Per Well Drilling Impact Fee To Increase For Calendar Year 2022 Nearly 28% For Unconventional Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- U.S. EIA: Over The Last 20 Years, Natural Gas Displaced Most Coal-Fired Electric Generation In PA [From 2% Of Generation To 52% In 2021]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In PA, But Not Without Tradeoffs

-- PennFuture Blog: What We Learned During Christmas Deep Freeze - You Can’t Rely On Natural Gas To Generate Electric Power When It’s Cold - By Rob Altenburg

-- PJM’s Preliminary Review Of Christmas Storm Electric Generation Failures Shows Natural Gas Units Failed To Provide Power At Over Triple The Rate Of Other Generation [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Elliot In December Hit Oil Production, Refinery Sites With Freeze-Ins, Equipment Failures

-- Scranton Times: UGI Files Request To Raise Electric Rates Again

-- MCall: PPL Electric Customers Seeing Shocking Bill Increases; Here’s What The Company Says Is To Blame

-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Shocked By Sky-High Electric Bills

-- Citizens Voice: PPL Customers Suspect They Were Overbilled

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Consumers Ripped Off By PPL, Abandoned By PUC

-- PennLive: PPL Says It Fixed Problems That Led To Shocking Bills For Electricity Customers

-- Spotlight PA: How PA Homeowners Can Apply For Utility And Mortgage Assistance

-- WHYY: Philly Water Rates Could Soon Rise Under City Proposal

Recreation

-- Spotlight PA-Stephen Caruso: Gov. Shapiro on banning new leases for oil & gas drilling in state parks/forests: "At this time, we have no plans to change that."

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- DCNR Blog: A Landscape Approach To Conservation, Creating Economic Opportunity; New Video Released [PaEN]

-- DCNR Video: Pennsylvania’s Landscape Conservation Program

-- Scranton Times Editorial: A Reminder Of NE PA’s Natural Assets

-- Jan. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center, Leave No Trace Partner On Promoting Sustainable Tourism Practices In The Pennsylvania Wilds Region; Feb. 1 Webinar Set [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Ranks 8th Among America’s Best Cities For Outdoor Enthusiasts

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Hiking, Fishing, History: 8 Places To Explore In PA’s Great Outdoors

-- Scranton Times: Area Bike Shops See Strong Demand

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Assn. Receives DCNR Grant Toward Schuylkill River Trail Work

-- Post-Gazette: Short Section Of Great Allegheny Passage/Three Rivers Heritage Trail To Close Wednesday For Project

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Selects Firm To Design VOPP Bike/Walking Trail

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Looks To Spend $2.6 Million On Playground Projects In Schenley Park, Lincoln Place

-- NextPittsburgh: Embrace Winter On The Allegheny Front At Black Moshannon State Park, Clearfield County

-- Philly Voice: Greening Vacant Lots In Philly Raised Surrounding Property Values By 4.3% In First Year, Wharton Business School Study Finds

-- Erie Times: It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Eagle Nesting Season On Presque Isle State Park

-- Vista.Today: 2 West Chester Residents Win PA Parks & Forests Photo Contest

-- Spotlight PA: How Communities In Northcentral PA Are Attempting To Preserve A Scarce Resource - Darkness [Includes Natural Gas Flaring]

Recycling/Waste

-- EPA Proposes To Deny Permission For Continued Operation Of 6 Coal Ash Disposal Areas, Including The Conemaugh Generating Station In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Ruling On Coal Ash Disposal Area Could Shutter Conemaugh Coal Power Plant Ahead Of Schedule

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By AWOW Tech For Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Program Broken [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfills Cited For Smell After 230 Complaints

-- MCall: Grand Central Landfill Recycling Center, Route 309 Truck Terminals Raise Traffic Concerns

-- PA Capital-Star: Investing In The Circular Economy - Gisele Fetterman Meant The Free Store To Be A 5-Year Project, It’s Now 10 Years Old

-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Recycling Operations Coordinator

Regulations

-- Natural Gas Industry, Senate Republicans Launch Effort To Unleash The Industry, Reduce Regulation, Call For Automatic Approval Of Permits, Limit Public Comments [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Manufacturers Ask Legislators For Help: ‘We See Natural Gas As The DNA Of Improving Manufacturing In Appalachia’

-- DCED’s Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Advisory Council Meets Feb. 16 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases Bid Solicitation To Plug 19 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells In Forest County All At Taxpayer Expense [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Plugging PA’s Abandoned Conventional Oil And Gas Wells

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Abandoned Thousands Of Natural Gas Wells Over 5 Years, Ignored State Law, DEP Report Says

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: DEP Reports Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Culture Of Noncompliance Not Likely To Change Soon, More Resources, Updated Regulations Needed

-- Environmental Health News: What Happens If The Largest Owner Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In The U.S. [Diversified Energy] Goes Bankrupt?

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: UPMC, Allegheny Health Network Promote Natural Gas Despite Known Health Risks

-- Senate Republicans Urge Gov. Shapiro To Take Steps ‘Immediately’ To Repeal Final Reg. Limiting Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI] [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Passes PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Limit

-- TribLive: Local Water Systems Prepare To Deal With Stricter Regulations For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- The Center Square: Republican Rep. Jim Gregory, A Child Sexual Abuse Survivor, Asks Fellow Republicans To Unbundle Constitutional Amendments

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Lawmakers Revive Bill To Require Legislative Approval Of Economically Significant Regulations

Renewable Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Solar Energy Is Set To Boom In The Pittsburgh Region

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Decarbonization Pathways For PA: The Good, The Bad And The Most Likely - Ugly - By Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Climate Summits Depend On Science & Hope - You Can Host A Youth Climate Summit In Your Community - By The Wild Center, NY

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Today’s Concerned Youth Can Make A Massive Impact On Climate Change, Here’s How - By The Wild Center, NY

-- UtilityDive: Constellation, NRG, Other Generators Urge FERC To Reject PJM’s Mid-Capacity Auction Rule Fix

-- UtilityDive: PJM Generator Average Interconnection Costs Soar 728%, Driven By Network Upgrades, DOE Lab

-- Bloomberg: Wind Turbines Taller Than The Statue Of Liberty Are Falling Over

-- Financial Times: Michigan, Georgia, Ohio Have Stepped Up Efforts To Lure European Clean Energy Businesses

Schuylkill River

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Assn. Receives DCNR Grant Toward Schuylkill River Trail Work

Stormwater

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Grants [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- WaterNow Alliance Blog: Project Accelerator Comes To Southwest PA To Champion Sustainable, Innovate Watershed Solutions

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- Scranton Times: Sweet Arrow Lake To Host Tree Seedling Sale

Susquehanna River

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Guess Essay: Curiosity, Questions Offer Key To Improve Water Quality At Home, Across Area - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

Sustainability

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Pittsburgh Selects Sustainable Startups Among New Crop Of Innovative Businesses

-- PA Wilds Center, Leave No Trace Partner On Promoting Sustainable Tourism Practices In The Pennsylvania Wilds Region; Feb. 1 Webinar Set [PaEN]

Water Resources

-- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- EPA Announces Plans For Wastewater Regs, Studies, Including Limits For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals,’ New Study For Nutrients

Watershed Protection

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Susquehanna River North Branch Named 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Susquehanna River’s North Branch Named 2023 River Of The Year

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Susquehanna River Takes Top Honors In Statewide Vote

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Results Of PA In The Balance Ag Conference; Leadership Change At DEP, State Conservation Commission; Grants Announced; Much More [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Post-Construction Stormwater Management Manual [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference With Events On March 12, 13, Main Conference March 14 At Lehigh University [PaEN]

-- WaterNow Alliance Blog: Project Accelerator Comes To Southwest PA To Champion Sustainable, Innovate Watershed Solutions

-- DEP Releases Final 2022 Pennsylvania State Water Plan, Digital Atlas Of Water Resources And Use [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan’s Blog: DEP Finds Valley Brook Country Club Responsible For Pesticide Runoff Causing 7-Mile Long Fish Kill In Chartiers Creek, Washington County

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Feb. 8 Hearing, March 8 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands: New Garden Golf Course To Become Public Park In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 106-Acre Chester County Golf Course Is Becoming A Public Park

-- BucksCo.Today: Fish & Boat Commission Authorizes Grant To Remove Spring Garden Dam On Neshaminy Creek

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership To Use Growing Greener Grant To Improve Stormwater Management At Congregation Adath Jeshurun In Elkins Park, Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- Reminder: PA Master Naturalist Spring Training Sign Ups Happening Now [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDailyNews: Huntingdon County Stream Restoration To Benefit From Growing Greener Grant

-- Shippensburg News-Chronicle: Stream Of Consciousness - What Is A Watershed? [Generated By ChatGPT - Even An A.I. Knows The Value Of Protecting Watersheds]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Tree Fund Helps Plant Trees

-- York Conservation District Hosts March 2 Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Sweet Arrow Lake To Host Tree Seedling Sale

-- Greene County Messenger: BHE GT&S Energy Grant Supports Chestnut Ridge Trout Unlimited Glade Run Watershed Project

-- Williamsport Sun Guess Essay: Curiosity, Questions Offer Key To Improve Water Quality At Home, Across Area - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Master Naturalist Program Training Offered In Washington County

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Wildlife

-- DCNR Reminder: Grant Application Period Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Until April 5

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Summary Of Actions At Jan. 23 Board Meeting