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[Posted: February 19, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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

Gov. Shapiro

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

Senate/House

-- AP: Split PA House Set For Raucous Return To Session Feb. 21

-- The Center Square: House Democratic Leaders Quiet Ahead Of Next Week’s Session

-- PennLive - John Baer: This Is What The PA House Should Do When It Returns To Work

Budget

-- PA Capital-Star: State Revenues At Inflection Point - Will ‘Temper Substantially’ In 2023

-- House Budget Hearing Schedule: March 22- Agriculture, March 23- DCNR/DEP

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Slamming Norfolk Southern As ‘Ignorant’ And Greedy After Ohio/PA Train Derailment 

-- City & State PA: State Officials Ramp Up Scrutiny On Norfolk Southern’s Handling Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment

Environment/Energy Issues

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Members Wants To Incentivize Agroforestry Practices

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Make No Mistake: Current ‘Regulatory Reform’ Efforts In Pennsylvania Could Threaten Vital Environmental Protections

-- Wellsboro Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Energy Industry Needs Protection - By Doug McLinko, Bradford County Commissioner

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- EnergyWire: Energy Companies Are Racing To Build New Energy Infrastructure-- LNG Terminals, Pipelines-- Before Federal Regulations Are Updated

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Philadelphia - Don’t Miss The Big Picture On LNG Natural Gas, You Need An Export Terminal - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Producers Poised To Leapfrog Rivals With 3 New Export Terminal Projects

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Traders On Edge As Texas LNG Export Plant Gets Closer To Restart; Nearby Residents Worried Company Hasn’t Learned The Lesson Of Last Year’s Explosion

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based EQT - Sharp Drop In Price Of Natural Gas Could Lead To Industry Cutting Back On Drilling

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Fall As Historic Energy Crisis Recedes; Prices Are Still Double Usual Levels For Time Of Year

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Fall To 18-Month Low As Energy Crisis Ebbs

-- Energy Future PA Names Former Rep. Kate Harper Co-Chair

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

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & 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

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb. 13

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Natural Gas Compressor Stations - A Guide To Protecting Your Health And The Environment [Photo: FracTracker, Clinton County] [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Pro-Life Christians Applaud Promulgation Of Final EPA Mercury Rule

-- AP: EPA Moves To Restore Rule On Mercury From Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Touts Air Monitoring Results Near Washington County Shale Gas Drill Pad; Environmental Health Project Criticizes Results

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New Analysis - PA Needs RGGI And A Stronger Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Accelerate Transition To Clean Energy

-- PA Technical Assistance Program Highlights Upcoming Pollution Prevention Roundtables, Clean Energy Transition, Other Educational Programs For Businesses  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Giant Foods Debuts First All-Electric Vehicles

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh-based CorePower Magnetics Working To Expand Range Of Electric Vehicles

-- Wheeling News: EPA Letter Lists More Chemicals Released Into The Air, Water At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- AP: Colorado Ponders Storing Carbon In The Form Of Biochar In Defunct Oil And Gas Wells [PA Included]

-- EPA Releases Initial Program Design Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

-- Reuters: EPA Sets Soot Pollution Rule, Energy Companies Warn Of Costs

Alternative Fuels

-- Reading Eagle: Giant Foods Debuts First All-Electric Vehicles

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh-based CorePower Magnetics Working To Expand Range Of Electric Vehicles

-- Scranton Times: 55 Years Ago - PPL Shows Off New Electric Vehicles In Allentown

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Scranton School District Must Accommodate Electric Buses

-- Reuters: Tesla To Open U.S. EV Charging Network To Rivals In $7.5 Billion Federal Program 

Awards & Recognition

-- Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge & Chairman Thomas W. Renwand Retires After 27 Years Of Service; Steven Beckman Named Chief Judge; Sarah Clark Added To Board  [PaEN]

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Recognizes Brian Sneeringer From Adams Conservation District  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: These Black Leaders Focus On Inspiration, Fulfillment And Environmental Justice

-- PA Resources Council: Participants In Lens On Litter Photo Contest Get Extra Points For Cleaning Up Sites They Photograph [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Imagine A Clean Energy Future 5th to 12th Grade Student Competition Submissions Due Feb. 28

-- Carlisle Sentinel: New Cumberland Resident Wins Award In PA Parks & Forests Foundation Photo Contest

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- DCNR Awards $290,734 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Hays Woods Park In Allegheny County Gets Mellon Foundation Grant To Enhance Its Ecosystem

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Looks To Create Accessible Areas For People To Connect With Nature At Frick Park

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Casey: Federal Tax Credits Go Into Effect For Coal Community Clean Energy Manufacturing Projects

-- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 21 Webinar On DEP's Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN] 

Budget

-- PA Capital-Star: State Revenues At Inflection Point - Will ‘Temper Substantially’ In 2023

-- House Budget Hearing Schedule: March 22- Agriculture, March 23- DCNR/DEP

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: $423 Million In Improvements, Renovations Coming To State Parks Over Next 3 Years

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: High Energy Prices Create Windfall For Game Commission’s Projects

-- WITF: PA Emergency Services Implore State For Urgent Help With Staffing, Funding - Fire, EMS, Police

Chesapeake Bay

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps To Reduce Agricultural Pollution - By Trisha Salvia, Interim PA Executive Director

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Awards Over $65,000 To Support 37 Water Pollution Reduction Projects By Districts [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Proposals For PA Most Effective Basins In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- Sentinels Of The Susquehanna Vol. 2 Now On Sale Featuring 40 Stories On Important River-Related Topics - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Members Wants To Incentivize Agroforestry Practices

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Citizen Action

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 18  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 18 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Weighs Formalizing Environmental Factors In Managing Its $4.6 Billion Endowment

-- EPA: Capital Region Water Authority Agrees To Make Upgrades To Wastewater Treatment For Harrisburg Area [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Deadline Set For Harrisburg To Stop Flushing Raw Sewage Into The Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Harrisburg’s Long Fight Over Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna Gets A Peace Pact; Court Approval Pending

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plan Proposed To End Harrisburg’s Sewage-Related Water Pollution

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: New Conowingo Dam License Critical To Chesapeake Bay Restoration

-- DEP Climate Change Committee To Discuss Scope Of Next Climate Impacts Assessment Report, Climate Action Plan Feb. 21 [PaEN]

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb. 13

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yukon Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion In Westmoreland County Concerning For Public Health

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Inside Climate News: In Dimock, Susquehanna County, A PA Town Riven By Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between A Judge And A Gas Driller Over Recent Attorney General Settlement

-- Energy Future PA Names Former Rep. Kate Harper Co-Chair

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Middle Creek Watersheds March 1 In Snyder County

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Little Schuylkill River Watershed March 2 In Schuylkill County

-- NextPittsburgh: Allegheny Land Trust Acquires 120+ Acres As Protected Green Space In 2022

-- WeConservePA: Centre County Farmland Trust Receives Donated Easement Of 55 Acres Of Farmland In Bellefonte

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Looks To Create Accessible Areas For People To Connect With Nature At Frick Park

-- Feb. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Announces Paulina Jerez Joins Board Of Trustees

Climate

-- DEP Climate Change Committee To Discuss Scope Of Next Climate Impacts Assessment Report, Climate Action Plan Feb. 21 [PaEN]

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Zoning Board Denied Resident’s Request To Install Solar Array

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New Analysis - PA Needs RGGI And A Stronger Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Accelerate Transition To Clean Energy

-- MCall Guest Essay: What Is Higher Education’s Role In Tackling The Climate Change Crisis? - By Lee Kump Dean Of Penn State College Of Earth & Mineral Sciences

-- Kleinman Center for Energy Policy At Penn Guest Essay: The Complex, Politically Fraught Path To Building Electrification

-- Reading Eagle: Giant Foods Debuts First All-Electric Vehicles

-- Scranton Times: 55 Years Ago - PPL Shows Off New Electric Vehicles In Allentown

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Scranton School District Must Accommodate Electric Buses

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh-based CorePower Magnetics Working To Expand Range Of Electric Vehicles

-- USDA NRCS Announce Availability Of Federal Climate/Energy Act Funding For Climate-Smart Agriculture Nationwide

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Make Federal Farm Bill Climate Bill

-- Energy Future PA Names Former Rep. Kate Harper Co-Chair

-- AP: Colorado Ponders Storing Carbon In The Form Of Biochar In Defunct Oil And Gas Wells [PA Included]

-- EPA Releases Initial Program Design Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

-- Reuters: EPA Sets Soot Pollution Rule, Energy Companies Warn Of Costs

-- AP: Report: Companies’ Climate Targets Not What They Claim To Be

-- Reuters: Tesla To Open U.S. EV Charging Network To Rivals In $7.5 Billion Federal Program

-- Bloomberg: IEA: Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Last Year Subsidizing Fossil Fuels

Coal Mining

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Feb. 28 Webinar On Protecting Your Health And Property From Damage Caused By Coal Mining  [PaEN]

-- WFMZ: Is Underground Coal Mine Fire Spreading Toward Homes, Businesses In Schuylkill County - Part I

-- WFMZ: What is DEP Saying About Underground Coal Mine Fires In Schuylkill County? - Part II

-- WFMZ: Man Speaks Out Who Lives Less Than 2 Miles From Active Coal Mine Fire In Schuylkill County - Part III

-- WFMZ: What Can Be Done About Extinguishing Underground Coal Mine Fire In Schuylkill County? - Part IV 

-- Sen. Casey: Federal Tax Credits Go Into Effect For Coal Community Clean Energy Manufacturing Projects

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Look Back - 13 Coal Miners Entombed In Plymouth Mine

Compliance Action

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: In Dimock, Susquehanna County, A PA Town Riven By Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between A Judge And A Gas Driller Over Recent Attorney General Settlement

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Touts Air Monitoring Results Near Washington County Shale Gas Drill Pad; Environmental Health Project Criticizes Results

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shale Gas Company Foundation Increase Pace Of Giving In The Region [Families Have Been Without Water Since June Near EQT Drill Pad In Greene County]

-- EPA: Capital Region Water Authority Agrees To Make Upgrades To Wastewater Treatment For Harrisburg Area [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Deadline Set For Harrisburg To Stop Flushing Raw Sewage Into The Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Harrisburg’s Long Fight Over Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna Gets A Peace Pact; Court Approval Pending

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plan Proposed To End Harrisburg’s Sewage-Related Water Pollution

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: New Conowingo Dam License Critical To Chesapeake Bay Restoration

-- Acting AG Henry Obtains Settlement With Eagle Disposal For Thousands Of Missed Trash, Recycling Collections In Lancaster County; Customers Must Apply For Restitution  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 844 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,674 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Illegally Dumped Tires Discovered On Earth Conservancy Property, Reward For Information On Dumpers Offered

Conservation Districts

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Recognizes Brian Sneeringer From Adams Conservation District  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Awards Over $65,000 To Support 37 Water Pollution Reduction Projects By Districts [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Holding ‘One Water’ Art Contest For Students K-8

-- WeConservePA: Where Is The Love (For Environmental Ed)? - PA Envirothon

Court Actions

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge & Chairman Thomas W. Renwand Retires After 27 Years Of Service; Steven Beckman Named Chief Judge; Sarah Clark Added To Board  [PaEN]

Dam Safety

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Middle Creek Watersheds March 1 In Snyder County

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Little Schuylkill River Watershed March 2 In Schuylkill County

DCNR

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: $423 Million In Improvements, Renovations Coming To State Parks Over Next 3 Years

-- DCNR Awards $290,734 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn's Stewards Spring Newsletter Now Available - An Interview With Bill Forrey  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Otters Make Presque Isle Their Home, What Other Mammals Can You See In The Park?

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests Feb. 22 Webinar: Get To Know Your Forest - Pinchot State Forest.  Noon.

-- Carlisle Sentinel: New Cumberland Resident Wins Award In PA Parks & Forests Foundation Photo Contest

-- Feb. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Forecasts Larger High Fire Danger Area For Feb. 14

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Shows Reduced Danger For Feb. 15

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Crews Battle Large Brush Fire In Perry County

-- AP: FBI Records Deepen Mystery Of Dig On DCNR State Forest Land For Civil War-Era Gold

DEP

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 18  [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 21 Webinar On DEP's Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- DEP Climate Change Committee To Discuss Scope Of Next Climate Impacts Assessment Report, Climate Action Plan Feb. 21 [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: DEP Conducting An Assessment Of Abandoned Mine Lands To Host Solar Energy Projects

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Convert Abandoned Mine Lands Into Solar Farms

-- Inside Climate News: In Dimock, Susquehanna County, A PA Town Riven By Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between A Judge And A Gas Driller Over Recent Attorney General Settlement

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yukon Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion In Westmoreland County Concerning For Public Health

-- EPA: Capital Region Water Authority Agrees To Make Upgrades To Wastewater Treatment For Harrisburg Area [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Deadline Set For Harrisburg To Stop Flushing Raw Sewage Into The Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Harrisburg’s Long Fight Over Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna Gets A Peace Pact; Court Approval Pending

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plan Proposed To End Harrisburg’s Sewage-Related Water Pollution

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: New Conowingo Dam License Critical To Chesapeake Bay Restoration

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice: Correction To PFAS MCL Rule

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb. 13

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Unreliable Natural Gas Power Plants Are To Blame For December’s Power Crisis - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Natural Gas Remains Today’s Energy Solution

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Touts Air Monitoring Results Near Washington County Shale Gas Drill Pad; Environmental Health Project Criticizes Results

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shale Gas Company Foundation Increase Pace Of Giving In The Region [Families Have Been Without Water Since June Near EQT Drill Pad In Greene County]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New Analysis - PA Needs RGGI And A Stronger Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Accelerate Transition To Clean Energy

-- Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge & Chairman Thomas W. Renwand Retires After 27 Years Of Service; Steven Beckman Named Chief Judge; Sarah Clark Added To Board  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Make No Mistake: Current ‘Regulatory Reform’ Efforts In Pennsylvania Could Threaten Vital Environmental Protections

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 18 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 844 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,674 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Delaware River

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Little Schuylkill River Watershed March 2 In Schuylkill County

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 17 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Seeking Trash Pickers, Tree Huggers, Creek Walkers, and Do-Gooders For April 15 Cleanup [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water  [PaEN]

-- EPA Region III Sets March 2 Virtual Listening Session On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Strategic Roadmap  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice: Correction To PFAS MCL Rule

-- TribLive: Boil Water Advisory Affects Thousands Of Households In Multiple Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Water Authority Issues Boil Water Advisories For A Dozen Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Due To Power Outage At Pump Station 

-- Post-Gazette: Some Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Remain Under Boil Water Advisory

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Water Authority Lifts Boil Water Advisory For All Neighborhoods

-- Beaver Times: Industry Residents Seek Answers On Dirty Drinking Water

Earth Day

-- Williamsport Sun: Earth Day At Mill Cove Environmental Area Near Mansfield Returns This April

Economic Development

-- Sen. Casey: Federal Tax Credits Go Into Effect For Coal Community Clean Energy Manufacturing Projects

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb. 13

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

Education

-- WeConservePA: Where Is The Love (For Environmental Ed)? - PA Envirothon

-- Reminder: PA Sea Grant Research Funding Opportunities Deadline Feb. 22

-- Interns Wanted: PA Sea Grant Program Offers Summer Internship Opportunities

-- Post-Gazette: Penn State Weighs Formalizing Environmental Factors In Managing Its $4.6 Billion Endowment

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Awards Over $65,000 To Support 37 Water Pollution Reduction Projects By Districts [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Natural Gas Compressor Stations - A Guide To Protecting Your Health And The Environment [Photo: FracTracker, Clinton County] [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- MCall Guest Essay: What Is Higher Education’s Role In Tackling The Climate Change Crisis? - By Lee Kump Dean Of Penn State College Of Earth & Mineral Sciences

-- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 21 Webinar On DEP's Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN]

-- WFMZ: 4-Part Investigation Into Underground Coal Mine Fire In Schuylkill County

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Feb. 28 Webinar On Protecting Your Health And Property From Damage Caused By Coal Mining  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Imagine A Clean Energy Future 5th to 12th Grade Student Competition Submissions Due Feb. 28

-- EPA Region III Sets March 2 Virtual Listening Session On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Strategic Roadmap  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Holding ‘One Water’ Art Contest For Students K-8

-- Penn State Extension April 1 Webinar On Creating Healthy Garden Soil. 9:30 to 11:00 a.m.

-- Sentinels Of The Susquehanna Vol. 2 Now On Sale Featuring 40 Stories On Important River-Related Topics - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN]

-- PA Technical Assistance Program Highlights Upcoming Pollution Prevention Roundtables, Clean Energy Transition, Other Educational Programs For Businesses  [PaEN]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New Analysis - PA Needs RGGI And A Stronger Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Accelerate Transition To Clean Energy

-- Williamsport Sun: Earth Day At Mill Cove Environmental Area Near Mansfield Returns This April

-- New Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Feb. 17: Imhotep Institute Charter High School STEM Program

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Look Into The Making Of Maple Syrup

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests Feb. 22 Webinar: Get To Know Your Forest - Pinchot State Forest.  Noon.

-- DCNR Awards $290,734 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Snow Geese Make Their Yearly Stop At Middle Creek Wildlife Area [Video]

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: About 600 Wild Deer To Get GPS Collars In Chronic Wasting Disease Research Project

-- TribLive: Native Marten Reintroduction In PA Under Consideration, Game Commission Presentation Friday, Saturday In Monroeville

-- Farm & Dairy: PA Farmers Concerned About Plan To Reintroduce Marten

-- LancasterOnline: Here Are 5 Wildlife Livestreams To Watch PA Wildlife

-- The Allegheny Front: Latest Environmental & Energy News From Western PA

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Canton Repository: Lawsuit: Fish And Animals Dying As Far As 20 Miles Away From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Slamming Norfolk Southern As ‘Ignorant’ And Greedy After Ohio/PA Train Derailment 

-- City & State PA: State Officials Ramp Up Scrutiny On Norfolk Southern’s Handling Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Officials Vow To ‘Hold This Railroad Accountable,’ Announce Monthly Water Testing

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Air Quality Remains Unaffected By Train Derailment, Officials Say

-- UnionProgress.com: Experts: Pittsburgh Water Safe To Drink Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Says Norfolk Southern’s Response To Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Fire Put First Responders And Residents At ‘Significant Risk’

-- WESA: Shapiro Rips Train Company For Prioritizing Track Reopening Over ‘Safer’ Approach After Ohio/PA Derailment

-- TribLive: Shapiro Criticizes Norfolk Southern’s Emergency Response To Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror: Gov. Shapiro Blasts Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment

-- USA Today: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Fact Check: What’s True And What’s False?

-- Politics PA: Casey, Fetterman Press EPA, NTSB Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: Casey, Fetterman Join Ohio Counterparts To Call For More Federal Action On Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio Calls For Congressional Action After Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- TribLive: Online Resources For Information On Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: EPA Head Sees Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site As Residents Demand Info

-- AP: EPA Chief At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site: ‘Trust The Government’

-- USA Today: EPA Will ‘Hold Norfolk Southern Responsible’ For Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Cleanup

-- Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Pipeline Explosions, Uncontrolled Releases Put Spotlight On Public Health, Safety Threats Posed By Petrochemical, Natural Gas Industrial And Pipeline Infrastructure In PA  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Norfolk Southern CEO Pledges To Ensure Safety Of Ohio Town After Train Derailment

-- AP: Norfolk Southern CEO Visits Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- Norfolk Southern: Furthers Environmental Efforts In East Palestine, Ohio [Train Derailment Site]

-- AP: Ohio To Open Medical Clinic Near Ohio/PA Trail Derailment As Health Worries Linger

-- CNN: Ohio Residents Worry Rashes, Headaches, Other Symptoms May Be Tied To Chemicals From Ohio/OA Train Crash

-- Post-Gazette: Ohio Residents Fear For Their Health And Answers Are Hard To Find - ‘How Long Is This Going To Last?’

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak, Others: What We Know About Health Concerns Related To Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- PennLive: Will Toxic Chemicals From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Reach Central PA?

-- WPost: What’s Known About The Toxic Plume From The Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- TribLive: Lawsuit: Thousands Of Western PA Residents At Risk After Ohio Train Derailment 

-- Bloomberg: Ohio/PA Train Crash Unleashes Local Rage, Suspicion Over Toxic Chemicals

-- New Jersey Monitor: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Prompts New Calls To Block PA Natural Gas Transport Plan By Train/Truck To Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

-- Post-Gazette: Ohio/PA Residents, Officials Still Reeling From Aftermath Of Train Derailment

-- WHYY: Health Concerns Grow After Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- WITF/AP: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Aftermath: How Worried Should People Be?

-- WPost: Officials Tell Ohio Town Hit By Toxic Train Crash To Drink Bottled Water

-- AP: West Virginia Drinking Water Still Clear Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment Toxin

-- Wheeling News: NTSB Looking At Overheated Wheel Bearing In Ohio/PA Train Derailment Investigation

-- Post-Gazette: Ohio Town Residents Pack Meeting Seeking Answers About Ohio/PA Train Derailment, But Many Leave Frustrated

-- AP:  Jeers, Boos From Ohio Villagers Enraged By Toxic Ohio/PA Train Spill

-- AP: Upset Ohio Residents Seek Answers Over Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- WKYC: Norfolk Southern May Be Liable For Cost Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment Cleanup  

-- Seeking Alpha: Norfolk Southern Trades Lower After EPA Warning Of Heavy Ohio/PA Derailment Clean Up Costs 

-- Courier Journal: Pollution From Ohio/PA Train Wreck Headed Down The Ohio River 

-- AP: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Prompts WV Water Utility To Take Precautions Related To Possible Chemical Contamination

-- Newsweek: Toxic Chemicals From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Raises Drinking Water Impact Concerns

-- Wheeling News: EPA Letter Lists More Chemicals Released Into The Air, Water At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- PennLive Letter: PA Is Making Progress On Protecting The Environment While Being A Major Natural Gas Producer

 -- Inquirer Guest Essay: The Ohio/PA Train Disaster Could Happen In Philly And South Jersey - PennEnvironment/NRDC

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Hold Railroad Accountable For Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Underscores Train Danger

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Who’s Next?  Attacks On Press Freedom, Big and Small, Put Democracy At Risk [Train Derailment-related Reporter Arrested]

Emergency Response

-- WITF: PA Emergency Services Implore State For Urgent Help With Staffing, Funding - Fire, EMS, Police

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]

-- TribLive: Seasonal Increase Nearing As Gasoline Prices Continue To Fall

-- LehighValleyLive: Cheaper Natural Gas Is Forecast, Will Lehigh Valley’s Utility Bills Drop?

-- Inquirer: Home Heating Prices At Their Highest In years, Here’s How To Reduce Your Heating Bill In Philadelphia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based EQT - Sharp Drop In Price Of Natural Gas Could Lead To Industry Cutting Back On Drilling

-- Reuters: EQT Drilling Company Misses Quarterly Profit Estimates On Lower Natural Gas Sales

-- Baker Hughes Natural Gas Rig Count: PA Count Still At 22

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Fall As Historic Energy Crisis Recedes; Prices Are Still Double Usual Levels For Time Of Year

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Fall To 18-Month Low As Energy Crisis Ebbs

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas: Fasten Your Seat Belts, The Buffers That Keep America’s Natural Gas Price Fluctuations At Bay Are Eroding

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Producers Skimped On Price Hedges, Now Face Expected Losses

-- EnergyWire: Energy Companies Are Racing To Build New Energy Infrastructure-- LNG Terminals, Pipelines-- Before Federal Regulations Are Updated

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Philadelphia - Don’t Miss The Big Picture On LNG Natural Gas, You Need An Export Terminal - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Producers Poised To Leapfrog Rivals With 3 New Export Terminal Projects

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Traders On Edge As Texas LNG Export Plant Gets Closer To Restart; Nearby Residents Worried Company Hasn’t Learned The Lesson Of Last Year’s Explosion

-- Bloomberg: Ransomware Cyber Attacks On Industrial Firms, Natural Gas Sector Increased By 87% In 2022

National/International

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil, Natural Gas Output Set To Rise To Record Highs In March, Less Than  Dec. 2021 Levels - U.S. EIA  [New Appalachia Gas Wells Producing Lowest Since June 2020]

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Is Stuck In Storage After Prices Sank From Peak

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slide On Signs Worst Of Energy Crisis Averted

-- Reuters: Crude Oil Prices Fall On Demand Fears

Energy

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Make No Mistake: Current ‘Regulatory Reform’ Efforts In Pennsylvania Could Threaten Vital Environmental Protections

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Zoning Board Denied Resident’s Request To Install Solar Array

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New Analysis - PA Needs RGGI And A Stronger Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Accelerate Transition To Clean Energy

-- Kleinman Center for Energy Policy At Penn Guest Essay: The Complex, Politically Fraught Path To Building Electrification

-- TribLive: Seasonal Increase Nearing As Gasoline Prices Continue To Fall

-- LehighValleyLive: Cheaper Natural Gas Is Forecast, Will Lehigh Valley’s Utility Bills Drop?

-- Inquirer: Home Heating Prices At Their Highest In years, Here’s How To Reduce Your Heating Bill In Philadelphia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based EQT - Sharp Drop In Price Of Natural Gas Could Lead To Industry Cutting Back On Drilling

-- Wellsboro Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Energy Industry Needs Protection - By Doug McLinko, Bradford County Commissioner

-- Energy Future PA Names Former Rep. Kate Harper Co-Chair

-- PJM Interconnection: Environmental Information Services To Produce Energy Certificates Hourly

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas: Fasten Your Seat Belts, The Buffers That Keep America’s Natural Gas Price Fluctuations At Bay Are Eroding

-- EnergyWire: Energy Companies Are Racing To Build New Energy Infrastructure-- LNG Terminals, Pipelines-- Before Federal Regulations Are Updated

-- Bloomberg: IEA: Governments Spent Record $1 Trillion Last Year Subsidizing Fossil Fuels

Energy Conservation

-- PA Technical Assistance Program Highlights Upcoming Pollution Prevention Roundtables, Clean Energy Transition, Other Educational Programs For Businesses  [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: The Republican War On Energy Efficiency Will Cost The Poor The Most

Environmental Health

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Natural Gas Compressor Stations - A Guide To Protecting Your Health And The Environment [Photo: FracTracker, Clinton County] [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Pro-Life Christians Applaud Promulgation Of Final EPA Mercury Rule

-- AP: EPA Moves To Restore Rule On Mercury From Power Plants

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yukon Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion In Westmoreland County Concerning For Public Health

-- WKYC: Norfolk Southern May Be Liable For Cost Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment Cleanup  

-- Seeking Alpha: Norfolk Southern Trades Lower After EPA Warning Of Heavy Ohio/PA Derailment Clean Up Costs 

-- Courier Journal: Pollution From Ohio/PA Train Wreck Headed Down The Ohio River 

-- AP: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Prompts WV Water Utility To Take Precautions Related To Possible Chemical Contamination

-- Newsweek: Toxic Chemicals From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Raises Drinking Water Impact Concerns

-- Wheeling News: EPA Letter Lists More Chemicals Released Into The Air, Water At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water  [PaEN]

-- EPA Region III Sets March 2 Virtual Listening Session On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Strategic Roadmap  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice: Correction To PFAS MCL Rule

Environmental Hearing Board

-- Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge & Chairman Thomas W. Renwand Retires After 27 Years Of Service; Steven Beckman Named Chief Judge; Sarah Clark Added To Board  [PaEN]

Environmental Heritage

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Look Back - 13 Coal Miners Entombed In Plymouth Mine

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn's Stewards Spring Newsletter Now Available - An Interview With Bill Forrey  [PaEN]

Environmental Justice

-- PennLive: These Black Leaders Focus On Inspiration, Fulfillment And Environmental Justice

EPA

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Pro-Life Christians Applaud Promulgation Of Final EPA Mercury Rule

-- AP: EPA Moves To Restore Rule On Mercury From Power Plants

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Says Norfolk Southern’s Response To Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Fire Put First Responders And Residents At ‘Significant Risk’

-- Altoona Mirror: Gov. Shapiro Blasts Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment

-- TribLive: Lawsuit: Thousands Of Western PA Residents At Risk After Ohio Train Derailment 

-- Post-Gazette: Ohio/PA Residents, Officials Still Reeling From Aftermath Of Train Derailment

-- WHYY: Health Concerns Grow After Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- WITF/AP: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Aftermath: How Worried Should People Be?

-- WPost: Officials Tell Ohio Town Hit By Toxic Train Crash To Drink Bottled Water

-- WESA/AP: Ohio Community To Host Public Meeting Tonight On Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Chemicals

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Who’s Next?  Attacks On Press Freedom, Big and Small, Put Democracy At Risk [Train Derailment-related Reporter Arrested]

-- WKYC: Norfolk Southern May Be Liable For Cost Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment Cleanup  

-- Seeking Alpha: Norfolk Southern Trades Lower After EPA Warning Of Heavy Ohio/PA Derailment Clean Up Costs 

-- Courier Journal: Pollution From Ohio/PA Train Wreck Headed Down The Ohio River 

-- AP: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Prompts WV Water Utility To Take Precautions Related To Possible Chemical Contamination

-- Newsweek: Toxic Chemicals From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Raises Drinking Water Impact Concerns

-- Wheeling News: EPA Letter Lists More Chemicals Released Into The Air, Water At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: EPA ‘Waters Of The U.S.’ Rule Doesn’t Change How Streams Are Regulated In PA

-- EPA Releases Initial Program Design Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

-- Reuters: EPA Sets Soot Pollution Rule, Energy Companies Warn Of Costs

Farming

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps To Reduce Agricultural Pollution - By Trisha Salvia, Interim PA Executive Director

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Members Wants To Incentivize Agroforestry Practices

-- WeConservePA: Centre County Farmland Trust Receives Donated Easement Of 55 Acres Of Farmland In Bellefonte

-- USDA NRCS Announce Availability Of Federal Climate/Energy Act Funding For Climate-Smart Agriculture Nationwide

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Make Federal Farm Bill Climate Bill

Flooding

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Community Moves Forward On Forming Stormwater Authority That Would Assess Residents Fees

-- Citizens Voice: Wyoming Valley Authority Gives Update On Stormwater Fee Project Spending

Forests

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: $423 Million In Improvements, Renovations Coming To State Parks Over Next 3 Years

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn's Stewards Spring Newsletter Now Available - An Interview With Bill Forrey  [PaEN]

-- Feb. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Forecasts Larger High Fire Danger Area For Feb. 14

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Shows Reduced Danger For Feb. 15

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Crews Battle Large Brush Fire In Perry County

-- AP: FBI Records Deepen Mystery Of Dig On DCNR State Forest Land For Civil War-Era Gold

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Members Wants To Incentivize Agroforestry Practices

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Look Into The Making Of Maple Syrup

-- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests Feb. 22 Webinar: Get To Know Your Forest - Pinchot State Forest.  Noon.

Game Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: High Energy Prices Create Windfall For Game Commission’s Projects

-- TribLive: Dogs Could Help Game Commission Track Chronic Wasting Disease

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: About 600 Wild Deer To Get GPS Collars In Chronic Wasting Disease Research Project

-- TribLive: Native Marten Reintroduction In PA Under Consideration, Game Commission Presentation Friday, Saturday In Monroeville

-- Farm & Dairy: PA Farmers Concerned About Plan To Reintroduce Marten

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh’s Hays Bald Eagles Deliver First Egg Of 11th Season [Watch Online]

-- York Dispatch: Tens Of Thousands Of Waterfowl Take To Skies At Middle Creek Wildlife Area [Photos]

-- PennLive: Snow Geese Make Their Yearly Stop At Middle Creek Wildlife Area [Video]

-- Williamsport Sun: Tales From A Rare Bird Chaser And Why It’s A Great Hobby

-- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Event At Kinzua Dam A Success

-- Reading Eagle: Game Commission Sets ‘Prescribed Fire’ To Maintain Grasslands In Western Berks County

-- LancasterOnline: Here Are 5 Wildlife Livestreams To Watch PA Wildlife

Grants/Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps To Reduce Agricultural Pollution - By Trisha Salvia, Interim PA Executive Director

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Proposals For PA Most Effective Basins In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- USDA NRCS Announce Availability Of Federal Climate/Energy Act Funding For Climate-Smart Agriculture Nationwide

-- Reminder: PA Sea Grant Research Funding Opportunities Deadline Feb. 22

-- NextPittsburgh: Hays Woods Park In Allegheny County Gets Mellon Foundation Grant To Enhance Its Ecosystem

-- EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water  [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn's Stewards Spring Newsletter Now Available - An Interview With Bill Forrey  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: $423 Million In Improvements, Renovations Coming To State Parks Over Next 3 Years

-- NextPittsburgh: Allegheny Land Trust Acquires 120+ Acres As Protected Green Space In 2022

-- WeConservePA: Centre County Farmland Trust Receives Donated Easement Of 55 Acres Of Farmland In Bellefonte

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Proposals For PA Most Effective Basins In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Members Wants To Incentivize Agroforestry Practices

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps To Reduce Agricultural Pollution - By Trisha Salvia, Interim PA Executive Director

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Community Moves Forward On Forming Stormwater Authority That Would Assess Residents Fees

-- Citizens Voice: Wyoming Valley Authority Gives Update On Stormwater Fee Project Spending

-- NextPittsburgh: Hays Woods Park In Allegheny County Gets Mellon Foundation Grant To Enhance Its Ecosystem

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Look Into The Making Of Maple Syrup

-- Penn State Extension April 1 Webinar On Creating Healthy Garden Soil. 9:30 to 11:00 a.m

Hazardous Substances

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Natural Gas Compressor Stations - A Guide To Protecting Your Health And The Environment [Photo: FracTracker, Clinton County] [PaEN]

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb. 13

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Pro-Life Christians Applaud Promulgation Of Final EPA Mercury Rule

-- AP: EPA Moves To Restore Rule On Mercury From Power Plants

-- EPA Releases $75 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Emerging Contaminants Like PFAS In PA Drinking Water  [PaEN]

-- EPA Region III Sets March 2 Virtual Listening Session On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Strategic Roadmap  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice: Correction To PFAS MCL Rule

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Luzerne County-based North Branch Land Trust Seeks Office Administrator

Land Conservation

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps To Reduce Agricultural Pollution - By Trisha Salvia, Interim PA Executive Director

-- NextPittsburgh: Allegheny Land Trust Acquires 120+ Acres As Protected Green Space In 2022

-- WeConservePA: Centre County Farmland Trust Receives Donated Easement Of 55 Acres Of Farmland In Bellefonte

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Conservancy: Learn About Apple Tree Pruning At Free Saturday Event

-- Natural Lands Announces Paulina Jerez Joins Board Of Trustees

-- Help Wanted: Luzerne County-based North Branch Land Trust Seeks Office Administrator

Land Recycling

-- Altoona Mirror: Former Appvion Paper Mill To Be Cleaned Up, Redeveloped Into K-12 Athletic Complex

Lake Erie

-- Reminder: PA Sea Grant Research Funding Opportunities Deadline Feb. 22

-- Interns Wanted: PA Sea Grant Program Offers Summer Internship Opportunities

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- PA Resources Council: Participants In Lens On Litter Photo Contest Get Extra Points For Cleaning Up Sites They Photograph [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Illegally Dumped Tires Discovered On Earth Conservancy Property, Reward For Information On Dumpers Offered

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Seeking Trash Pickers, Tree Huggers, Creek Walkers, and Do-Gooders For April 15 Cleanup [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: DEP Conducting An Assessment Of Abandoned Mine Lands To Host Solar Energy Projects

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Convert Abandoned Mine Lands Into Solar Farms

-- WFMZ: Is Underground Coal Mine Fire Spreading Toward Homes, Businesses In Schuylkill County - Part I

-- WFMZ: What is DEP Saying About Underground Coal Mine Fires In Schuylkill County? - Part II

-- WFMZ: Man Speaks Out Who Lives Less Than 2 Miles From Active Coal Mine Fire In Schuylkill County - Part III

-- WFMZ: What Can Be Done About Extinguishing Underground Coal Mine Fire In Schuylkill County? - Part IV 

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Feb. 28 Webinar On Protecting Your Health And Property From Damage Caused By Coal Mining  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 18  [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. 21 Webinar On DEP's Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 38 Water Use Requests For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Make No Mistake: Current ‘Regulatory Reform’ Efforts In Pennsylvania Could Threaten Vital Environmental Protections

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- Wellsboro Gazette Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Energy Industry Needs Protection - By Doug McLinko, Bradford County Commissioner

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After [PaEN]

-- Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions  To Transportation [PaEN]

-- New Jersey Monitor: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Prompts New Calls To Block PA Natural Gas Transport Plan By Train/Truck To Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

-- Inside Climate News: In Dimock, Susquehanna County, A PA Town Riven By Fracking, Concerns About Ties Between A Judge And A Gas Driller Over Recent Attorney General Settlement

-- Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Hit Shell Petrochemical Plant With Another Air Violation Feb. 13

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Shell Flares Burn Again After Equipment Malfunction At Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- WTAE: Heightened Gas Flaring Activity At Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant [Video]   [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Beaver Times: Malfunction Triggers Elevated Flaring At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [Gas Flares Burning Dirty Black Like On Monday Indicate Incomplete Combustion]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Problem At Shell Petrochemical Plant Leads To High Flaring

-- York County-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 100,000+ Pro-Life Evangelicals Support Strong Oil & Gas Facility Methane Limits  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: EPA Seeks To Empower Third Parties, Citizens To Search Out Oil & Gas Facility Methane Leaks, Natural Gas Industry Pushing Back

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Touts Air Monitoring Results Near Washington County Shale Gas Drill Pad; Environmental Health Project Criticizes Results

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Natural Gas Compressor Stations - A Guide To Protecting Your Health And The Environment [Photo: FracTracker, Clinton County] [PaEN]

-- AP: Colorado Ponders Storing Carbon In The Form Of Biochar In Defunct Oil And Gas Wells [PA Included]

-- PA Business Report: UGI, Archaea To Develop Renewable Natural Gas Facility At Landfill In Schuylkill County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Shale Gas Company Foundation Increase Pace Of Giving In The Region [Families Have Been Without Water Since June Near EQT Drill Pad In Greene County]

-- TribLive: Seasonal Increase Nearing As Gasoline Prices Continue To Fall

-- LehighValleyLive: Cheaper Natural Gas Is Forecast, Will Lehigh Valley’s Utility Bills Drop?

-- Inquirer: Home Heating Prices At Their Highest In years, Here’s How To Reduce Your Heating Bill In Philadelphia

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-based EQT - Sharp Drop In Price Of Natural Gas Could Lead To Industry Cutting Back On Drilling

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Fall As Historic Energy Crisis Recedes; Prices Are Still Double Usual Levels For Time Of Year

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Prices Fall To 18-Month Low As Energy Crisis Ebbs

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas: Fasten Your Seat Belts, The Buffers That Keep America’s Natural Gas Price Fluctuations At Bay Are Eroding

-- EnergyWire: Energy Companies Are Racing To Build New Energy Infrastructure-- LNG Terminals, Pipelines-- Before Federal Regulations Are Updated

-- Reuters: U.S. Shale Oil, Natural Gas Output Set To Rise To Record Highs In March, Less Than  Dec. 2021 Levels - U.S. EIA  [New Appalachia Gas Wells Producing Lowest Since June 2020]

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Producers Skimped On Price Hedges, Now Face Expected Losses

-- Reuters: EQT Drilling Company Misses Quarterly Profit Estimates On Lower Natural Gas Sales

-- Bloomberg: Ransomware Cyber Attacks On Industrial Firms, Natural Gas Sector Increased By 87% In 2022

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Philadelphia - Don’t Miss The Big Picture On LNG Natural Gas, You Need An Export Terminal - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming)

-- Reuters: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Producers Poised To Leapfrog Rivals With 3 New Export Terminal Projects

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Traders On Edge As Texas LNG Export Plant Gets Closer To Restart; Nearby Residents Worried Company Hasn’t Learned The Lesson Of Last Year’s Explosion

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Is Stuck In Storage After Prices Sank From Peak

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slide On Signs Worst Of Energy Crisis Averted

-- Reuters: Crude Oil Prices Fall On Demand Fears

-- The Guardian: Major U.S. Railroad Merger Could Bring More Tar Oil Sands, Oil From Utah To Southeast Texas

Pipelines

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Natural Gas Compressor Stations - A Guide To Protecting Your Health And The Environment [Photo: FracTracker, Clinton County] [PaEN]

-- EnergyWire: Energy Companies Are Racing To Build New Energy Infrastructure-- LNG Terminals, Pipelines-- Before Federal Regulations Are Updated

-- Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Pipeline Explosions, Uncontrolled Releases Put Spotlight On Public Health, Safety Threats Posed By Petrochemical, Natural Gas Industrial And Pipeline Infrastructure In PA  [PaEN]

Permitting

-- DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 18  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 18 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Editorial: On Energy Facility Permitting: Sen. Yaw: ‘We Can Deal With Regulations, What We Can’t Deal With Are Delays’

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yukon Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion In Westmoreland County Concerning For Public Health

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: Make No Mistake: Current ‘Regulatory Reform’ Efforts In Pennsylvania Could Threaten Vital Environmental Protections

-- DEP Took Action On 844 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,674 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Public Participation

-- DEP Approves Permits For Transcontinental Gas Regional Energy Access Expansion Pipeline Project in Luzerne, Northampton, Bucks, Chester, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Climate Change Committee To Discuss Scope Of Next Climate Impacts Assessment Report, Climate Action Plan Feb. 21 [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yukon Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion In Westmoreland County Concerning For Public Health

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 11 to 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 18  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 18 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Middle Creek Watersheds March 1 In Snyder County

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Little Schuylkill River Watershed March 2 In Schuylkill County

-- EPA Releases Initial Program Design Of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

-- Reuters: EPA Sets Soot Pollution Rule, Energy Companies Warn Of Costs

Radiation Protection

-- Citizens Voice: Sludge From Luzerne County Wastewater Treatment Plant Tests Positive For Radiation

Recreation

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: $423 Million In Improvements, Renovations Coming To State Parks Over Next 3 Years

-- PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Motion To Prevent Unconstitutional Spending Of DCNR Oil & Gas Revenues For Nonconservation Purposes  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn's Stewards Spring Newsletter Now Available - An Interview With Bill Forrey  [PaEN]

-- Feb. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Crawford County Marries Rich Industrial History With Outdoor Recreation

-- NextPittsburgh: Hays Woods Park In Allegheny County Gets Mellon Foundation Grant To Enhance Its Ecosystem

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Looks To Create Accessible Areas For People To Connect With Nature At Frick Park

-- Altoona Mirror: Former Appvion Paper Mill To Be Cleaned Up, Redeveloped Into K-12 Athletic Complex

-- Carlisle Sentinel: New Cumberland Resident Wins Award In PA Parks & Forests Foundation Photo Contest

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Resources Council: Participants In Lens On Litter Photo Contest Get Extra Points For Cleaning Up Sites They Photograph [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Commissions Asked To Oppose Underground Coal Mine. Yukon Industrial Waste Facility Expansions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Yukon Hazardous Waste Facility Expansion In Westmoreland County Concerning For Public Health

-- Acting AG Henry Obtains Settlement With Eagle Disposal For Thousands Of Missed Trash, Recycling Collections In Lancaster County; Customers Must Apply For Restitution  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Lawsuit Over Forced Labor At Lackawanna County Recycling Center Reinstated

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Approves Land Purchase For Future Landfill Expansion

-- WESA: Allegheny County Could Consider Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- Latest Update On Fight Against Bethlehem Landfill Expansion

Regulations

-- Environmental Quality Board Notice: Correction To PFAS MCL Rule

Renewable Energy

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: DEP Conducting An Assessment Of Abandoned Mine Lands To Host Solar Energy Projects

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Convert Abandoned Mine Lands Into Solar Farms

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New Analysis - PA Needs RGGI And A Stronger Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Accelerate Transition To Clean Energy

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Zoning Board Denied Resident’s Request To Install Solar Array

-- PJM Interconnection: Environmental Information Services To Produce Energy Certificates Hourly

Schuylkill River

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Little Schuylkill River Watershed March 2 In Schuylkill County

Stormwater

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Community Moves Forward On Forming Stormwater Authority That Would Assess Residents Fees

-- Citizens Voice: Wyoming Valley Authority Gives Update On Stormwater Fee Project Spending

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 38 Water Use Requests For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 38 Water Use Requests For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Proposals For PA Most Effective Basins In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- EPA: Capital Region Water Authority Agrees To Make Upgrades To Wastewater Treatment For Harrisburg Area [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Deadline Set For Harrisburg To Stop Flushing Raw Sewage Into The Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Harrisburg’s Long Fight Over Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna Gets A Peace Pact; Court Approval Pending

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plan Proposed To End Harrisburg’s Sewage-Related Water Pollution

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: New Conowingo Dam License Critical To Chesapeake Bay Restoration

-- Sentinels Of The Susquehanna Vol. 2 Now On Sale Featuring 40 Stories On Important River-Related Topics - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- EPA: Capital Region Water Authority Agrees To Make Upgrades To Wastewater Treatment For Harrisburg Area [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Deadline Set For Harrisburg To Stop Flushing Raw Sewage Into The Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Harrisburg’s Long Fight Over Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna Gets A Peace Pact; Court Approval Pending

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plan Proposed To End Harrisburg’s Sewage-Related Water Pollution

-- Citizens Voice: Sludge From Luzerne County Wastewater Treatment Plant Tests Positive For Radiation

Watershed Protection

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Pennsylvania Eyes Next Steps To Reduce Agricultural Pollution - By Trisha Salvia, Interim PA Executive Director

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts Awards Over $65,000 To Support 37 Water Pollution Reduction Projects By Districts [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Members Wants To Incentivize Agroforestry Practices

-- EPA: Capital Region Water Authority Agrees To Make Upgrades To Wastewater Treatment For Harrisburg Area [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Deadline Set For Harrisburg To Stop Flushing Raw Sewage Into The Susquehanna River

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Harrisburg’s Long Fight Over Sewage Overflows Into Susquehanna Gets A Peace Pact; Court Approval Pending

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plan Proposed To End Harrisburg’s Sewage-Related Water Pollution

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: New Conowingo Dam License Critical To Chesapeake Bay Restoration

-- Sentinels Of The Susquehanna Vol. 2 Now On Sale Featuring 40 Stories On Important River-Related Topics - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Seeking Trash Pickers, Tree Huggers, Creek Walkers, and Do-Gooders For April 15 Cleanup [PaEN]

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Middle Creek Watersheds March 1 In Snyder County

-- USDA-NRCS PA Invites Public To Scoping Meeting For Dams In Little Schuylkill River Watershed March 2 In Schuylkill County

-- USDA NRCS Announce Availability Of Federal Climate/Energy Act Funding For Climate-Smart Agriculture Nationwide

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Make Federal Farm Bill Climate Bill

-- PA Technical Assistance Program Highlights Upcoming Pollution Prevention Roundtables, Clean Energy Transition, Other Educational Programs For Businesses  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Holding ‘One Water’ Art Contest For Students K-8

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 17 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: EPA ‘Waters Of The U.S.’ Rule Doesn’t Change How Streams Are Regulated In PA

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Wildlife

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Proposals For PA Most Effective Basins In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Grants [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Dogs Could Help Game Commission Track Chronic Wasting Disease

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: About 600 Wild Deer To Get GPS Collars In Chronic Wasting Disease Research Project

-- Erie Times: Otters Make Presque Isle Their Home, What Other Mammals Can You See In The Park?

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh’s Hays Bald Eagles Deliver First Egg Of 11th Season [Watch Online]

-- TribLive: Native Marten Reintroduction In PA Under Consideration, Game Commission Presentation Friday, Saturday In Monroeville

-- Farm & Dairy: PA Farmers Concerned About Plan To Reintroduce Marten

-- WHYY/Plan Philly: ‘Lights Out’ Initiative Appears To Be Saving Birds From Crashing Into Philly Buildings

-- Reading Eagle: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Celebrating 50th Anniversary In 2023

-- York Dispatch: Tens Of Thousands Of Waterfowl Take To Skies At Middle Creek Wildlife Area [Photos]

-- PennLive: Snow Geese Make Their Yearly Stop At Middle Creek Wildlife Area [Video]

-- Williamsport Sun: Tales From A Rare Bird Chaser And Why It’s A Great Hobby

-- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Event At Kinzua Dam A Success

-- DCNR Awards $290,734 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Game Commission Sets ‘Prescribed Fire’ To Maintain Grasslands In Western Berks County

-- LancasterOnline: Here Are 5 Wildlife Livestreams To Watch PA Wildlife

Opportunities

-- Interns Wanted: PA Sea Grant Program Offers Summer Internship Opportunities

-- Help Wanted: Luzerne County-based North Branch Land Trust Seeks Office Administrator

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[Posted: February 19, 2023]

2/20/2023