PA Environment Digest

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt For Snow And Ice - Effects On Waterways Not Very Nice - By Harry Campbell, PA Science Policy and Advocacy Director [PaEN]

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay: Project Clean Stream Trash Cleanup Events Start March 31

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Can Age-Old Use Of Biochar Help Solve Modern Nutrient Pollution Problems?

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Ice Climbing In Chesapeake Region Melts In Face Of Warm Winters

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Citizen Action

-- PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Receives DEP Notice Of Violation For Exceeding Air Emission Limits In Nov., Dec.; NOVs For Air, Water Violations Total 10 So Far

-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Being Sued By Environmental Groups?

-- Shell Accountability Campaign Coalition Marks 100th Day Of Operator With Feb. 23 Webinar On The Facility's Report Card

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hit With Air Violations; Activists Call For Operations Halt

-- UnionProgress.com: Environmental Groups Give Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant ‘F’ Grade For First 100 Days In Operation

-- Warren Times: Feud Between Grant Twp., PA General Energy Over Indiana County Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Before State Supreme Court

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- WITF/NPR: Activist Group Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania, Other States

-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited To Unveil New Linn Run Watershed Conservation Plan In Westmoreland County

-- Pennsylvania Protects 32 Farms, 3,047 Acres In 21 Counties From Future Development [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Public Invited To Meeting On Schuylkill Watershed Dams At Tuscarora State Park Next Week

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay: Project Clean Stream Trash Cleanup Events Start March 31

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Forms LLC, Names Allyson Gibson, Executive Director [PaEN]

Climate

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- WITF/NPR: Activist Group Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania, Other States

-- Penn State: New Method Creates Material That Could Create The Next Generation Of Solar Cells

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Rep. Struzzi Plans To Introduce Bill To ‘Eliminate’ RGGI Regulation To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants

-- PennDOT Will Begin Accepting National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications March 27 [PaEN]

-- Financial Times: Vanguard Chief Defends Decision To Pull Asset Manager Out Of Climate Alliance

-- AP: IEA: Oil & Gas Industry Has ‘No Excuse’ For High Methane Emissions

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Crops For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly Releases Final Plan To Increase The City’s Tree Canopy

-- Financial Times: U.S. Makes ‘No Apologies’ For Prioritising American Jobs, Clean Energy Tsar Tells EU

Coal Mining

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Violating Federal Clean Air Act, Says Orders Came From Boss

-- In Memoriam: Walter N. Heine, PA Deputy For Mines, First Director Of Federal Office Of Surface Mining [PaEN]

Compliance Action

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Haven’t Filed Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Natural Gas Pipeline Case Spurs Ruling On Payment Of Attorney Fees Where Citizens Win Legal Challenges

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Receives DEP Notice Of Violation For Exceeding Air Emission Limits In Nov., Dec.; NOVs For Air, Water Violations Total 10 So Far

-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Being Sued By Environmental Groups?

-- Shell Accountability Campaign Coalition Marks 100th Day Of Operator With Feb. 23 Webinar On The Facility's Report Card

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hit With Air Violations; Activists Call For Operations Halt

-- UnionProgress.com: Environmental Groups Give Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant ‘F’ Grade For First 100 Days In Operation

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Sees $8 - $10 Million In Expenses In 2023 Related To Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Facility Leak

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Violating Federal Clean Air Act, Says Orders Came From Boss

-- DEP Took Action On 683 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,340 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Scholarship Applications

-- Help Wanted: York County Conservation District Engineering Technician 2

Court Action

-- PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Natural Gas Pipeline Case Spurs Ruling On Payment Of Attorney Fees Where Citizens Win Legal Challenges

-- Warren Times: Feud Between Grant Twp., PA General Energy Over Indiana County Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Before State Supreme Court

-- Lexology.com: PA Supreme Court To Hear Case Determining Whether PA Is An At-The-Well Or First-Marketable Product State In Paying Natural Gas Royalties

Dam/Watershed Restoration

-- Republican Herald: Public Invited To Meeting On Schuylkill Watershed Dams At Tuscarora State Park Next Week

DCNR

-- DCNR Accepting Grant Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Protection Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Spongy [Formerly Gypsy] Moth Damage Expected In Central PA This Year - By Andrew Rohrbaugh, Bureau of Forestry

-- NRCS Announces New Partnership Project To Improve Habitat Across Allegheny Plateau In Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Project Funding [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Gets $1 Million To Restore Bird Habitats

-- Brandywine Conservancy Accepting Applications Starting March 20 For Brandywine Creek Greenway Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Archaeology And The Segregated Civilian Conservation Corps - Giving Voice To The Voiceless - By Joe Baker, Bureau Of Forestry

-- WGAL: 50-Year Old Message In A Bottle Found In Perry County State Park

-- Feb. 24 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Time In Nature May Help Older Adults With Improved Health, Purpose In Life

DEP

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Haven’t Filed Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- Feb. 25: DEP Has Collected Water Samples From Nearly Every Private Well In PA Within One Mile Of Norfolk Southern Derailment Site; Results Expected Next Week [PaEN]

-- Feb. 20: DEP Provides Update On Actions Monitoring Air, Water For Impacts From Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hit With Air Violations; Activists Call For Operations Halt

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Sees $8 - $10 Million In Expenses In 2023 Related To Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Facility Leak

-- DEP Extends Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Deadline To June 30

-- DEP Extends Deadline For Grants To Electrify Truck Fleet Pilot Program To March 31

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Mouse Problems In Rachel Carson Building, Not The Computer Kind

-- DEP Took Action On 683 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,340 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14 [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Spotlights March Educational Events: The Story Of Rachel Carson; The Lorax And More!

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 24 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: What Are PFAS, How Toxic Are They And How Do You Become Exposed?

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Stay The Course On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Celebrates Its 10,000th Lead Service Line Replacement

-- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Awards STEM Education Grants

Economic Development

-- Erie Times: Penn State Behrend Project Resolve Initiative To Bolster Industry And Environment

-- Erie Times: Gannon University Seeks To Clean Lake Erie And Boost Economy In The Process

-- Erie Times: Is The Future Green At Erie’s Wabtec Locomotive Plant?

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Mining Operation Installs 100MW Electric Capacity At Beaver County Steel Plant

-- Financial Times: U.S. Makes ‘No Apologies’ For Prioritising American Jobs, Clean Energy Tsar Tells EU

Education

-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- In Memoriam: Walter N. Heine, PA Deputy For Mines, First Director Of Federal Office Of Surface Mining [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania State Actions Last Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: U.S. Averaging One Chemical Accident Every 2 Days From Train Derailments, Pipeline Ruptures, Truck Crashes, Industrial Spills

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14 [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Scholarship Applications

-- TribLive: Summer Interns Sought For Forbes State Forest For Conservation Tasks Based In Westmoreland County

-- Interns Wanted: Trout Unlimited Seeking Summer Interns Based In Lock Haven

-- Help Wanted: Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Agricultural Outreach Specialist

-- PA Lake Management Society Annual Conference Feb. 28 to March 1 In State College

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Invites Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference

-- Warren Times: Eagle Scout Project Brings New Recycling Container To Sheffield

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Crops For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12 [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute: Now On Demand 2022 Virtual Regenerative Healthcare Conference

-- Penn State: New Grant Will Help Empower Small Farms With Sustainable Practices

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt For Snow And Ice - Effects On Waterways Not Very Nice - By Harry Campbell, PA Science Policy and Advocacy Director [PaEN]

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Penn State Behrend Project Resolve Initiative To Bolster Industry And Environment

-- DCNR Blog: Spongy [Formerly Gypsy] Moth Damage Expected In Central PA This Year - By Andrew Rohrbaugh, Bureau of Forestry

-- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Awards STEM Education Grants

-- WESA: Carnegie Mellon Wants To Diversity STEM Fields With $150 Million Investment In Graduate Level Education

-- WITF/NPR: Activist Group Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania, Other States

-- Penn State: Time In Nature May Help Older Adults With Improved Health, Purpose In Life

-- WGAL: 50-Year Old Message In A Bottle Found In Perry County State Park

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Spotlights March Educational Events: The Story Of Rachel Carson; The Lorax And More!

-- Williamsport Sun: Forest Associations Set Programs For This Year

-- DCNR Blog: How Invasive Plants Negatively Impact Fishing - By Ryan Reed, Bureau Of Forestry

-- PennLive: Digger Crayfish Went Undetected For 100+ Years, Now PA May Need A Plan To Save It From Disappearing Forever

-- Game Commission: Learn More About American Martens

-- York Daily Record: Hanover Bald Eagle Cam: Viewers Anxiously Await Arrival Of First Egg

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Celebrates Pi Day With Pie Auction March 3-8

-- Williamsport Sun: Seven Mountains Audubon Holding Events In March

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Pennsylvania State Actions Last Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- Feb. 22: Gov. Shapiro Ensuring Local PA Fire Departments Are Reimbursed By Norfolk Southern For Contaminated Equipment [PaEN]

-- Feb. 21: Gov. Shapiro Visits Ohio/EPA Train Derailment Site; Beaver County To Give Update Hear More From Residents; Case Referred To AG For Criminal Investigation [PaEN - 2.21.23]

-- Feb. 20: DEP Provides Update On Actions Monitoring Air, Water For Impacts From Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- Feb. 25: DEP Has Collected Water Samples From Nearly Every Private Well In PA Within One Mile Of Norfolk Southern Derailment Site; Results Expected Next Week [PaEN]

-- NBC News: Gov. Shapiro Said Tuesday DEP Referred The Ohio/PA Train Derailment To The PA Office Of Attorney General For Criminal Investigation

-- PA Capital-Star: Gov. Shapiro Blasts Norfolk Southern For ‘Arrogance And Incompetence’ In Ohio/Train Derailment

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Gov. Shapiro Vows To Hold Norfolk Southern Accountability For Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Shapiro Administration: Continues to Support Pennsylvanians After Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- PEMA Launches Online Ohio/PA Train Derailment Dashboard

-- PA Emergency Management Agency Opens New Ohio/PA Train Derailment Webpage

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: ‘Forgotten’ Pennsylvania Locals Castigate ‘Pathetic’ Response To Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- The Allegheny Front: Activists Look To Outside Researchers For Answers On Soil And Water Safety In Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- EPA: Orders Norfolk Southern To Conduct All Cleanup Actions Associated With Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: EPA Takes Charge Of Cleanup In Toxic Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: EPA Orders ‘Pause’ In Ohio/PA Train Derailment Waste Removal; 102,000 Gallons Of Liquid Waste In Storage, 4,5000 Cubic Yards Of Solid Waste; More Generated Every Day

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: NE PA Congressional Reps Weigh In On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Aftermath

-- UnionProgress.com: Carnegie Science Center Experts Answer Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts

-- Carnegie Science Center Webinar Feb. 23: Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Submit Your Questions [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Carnegie Science Center Invites Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Clean Air Council Welcomes Supplies For Residents

-- Sen. Mastriano: PA Senate Committee Hosts Hearing Highlight Effects Of Norfolk Southern Ohio/PA Train Derailment Emergency Response Efforts

-- WESA: PA Leaders Begin To Piece Together What Happened After Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Residents Describe The Horror Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment At PA Senate Hearing; ‘The Whole Sky Was Black’

-- PennLive: PA Residents Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment Ask Not To Be Forgotten: ‘We Count, Too’

-- TribLive: PA Senate Committee Hears 5 Hours Of Testimony On Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Senate Hearing: Railroad’s Cagey Decisions After Ohio/PA Derailment Impeded Response

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Sen. Muth Hospitalized After Senate Hearing On Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette: Norfolk Southern Will Not Attend PA Senate Hearing This Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- ABC27: Sen. Mastriano Visits Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site [2 PA Senate Hearings Scheduled]

-- Insider: Sen. Mastriano Told Supporters He Didn’t Take Money From Norfolk Southern, Records Show He Took $1,000

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Deserves Answers About Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams)

-- Patch.com: PA Lawmakers Call For Suspension Of Federal Regulations Allowing Rail Transport Of LNG Natural Gas In Wake Of Train Derailment

-- WESA: Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Latest News On The Derailment And Cleanup

-- WESA: Pennsylvanians Near Ohio/PA Say They’ve Been Forgotten Across State Lines

-- Altoona Mirror: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Raises Concerns About Local Disaster Preparedness

-- York Dispatch: Is York County Ready For An Ohio/PA-Type Train Derailment Disaster?

-- The Guardian: U.S. Averaging One Chemical Accident Every 2 Days From Train Derailments, Pipeline Ruptures, Truck Crashes, Industrial Spills

-- TribLive: How Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacted PA’s Air, Water Quality

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Officials Insist Pollution From Ohio/PA Trail Derailment Not Harming Animals In PA

-- Williamsport Sun: Mission Barn In Williamsport Donates Cleaning Buckets, Supplies To Victims Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Erie Times: Even 100+ Miles From Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Residents Are Asking Should I Be Worried?

-- TribLive: Giant Eagle Temporarily Stops Selling Bottled Water Produced At Water Plant Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Inquirer: Philly Grocery Store Selling Bottled Water From Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Even As Western PA Grocery Chain Pulls Product

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Could A Toxic Train Derailment Happen Here?

-- NPR: The Most Thorough Explanation Yet For The Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: Biden Orders Door-to-Door Checks At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site

-- WESA: Doctor Near Train Derailment Site Details The Main Thing He’s Watching For Now

-- PennLive: Ohio Residents Fear Chemical Leak From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Could Shatter Live, Town Forever: ‘This Is Not OK’

-- TribLive/AP: Did Dioxins Spread After The Ohio/PA Train Derailment?

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: How Dangerous Was The Ohio/PA Chemical Train Derailment? An Expert Explains

-- PennFuture Blog: Environmental Disaster From Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- WFMJ: New Lawsuit Claims ‘Controlled’ Chemical Burn Worsened Ohio/PA Train Derailment Threats

-- AP: EPA Orders ‘Pause’ In Ohio/PA Train Derailment Waste Removal; 102,000 Gallons Of Liquid Waste In Storage, 4,5000 Cubic Yards Of Solid Waste; More Generated Every Day

-- Norfolk Southern Feb. 20 Update On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Response

-- Norfolk Southern: Orange Flyers On Homes Warning Of Hazardous Chemicals Are Not The Actions Of NS

-- AP: NTSB: No Alert For Train Crew Until Just Before Derailment

-- ProPublica: Norfolk Southern Policy Let’s Official Order Crews To Ignore Safety Alerts

-- AP: U.S. Transportation Secretary Urges Safety Changes After Fiery Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror: Former Engineers Say Norfolk Southern Policy Contributes To Train Derailments

-- The Guardian: Safety Regulators Say Ohio/PA Train Derailment ‘100% Preventable’

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Next Train Disaster Is Inevitable

-- CNN: Norfolk Southern Paying $6.5 Million To Ohio/PA Train Derailment Victims; Meanwhile Giving $7.5 Billion To Shareholders

-- WITF/NPR: Risks For Chemical Spills Are High, But Here’s How To Protect Yourself, Your Community

-- AP: Toxic Wastewater From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Headed To Texas

-- Post-Gazette: Former President, Erin Brockovich To Visit Site Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- AP: Ex-President Criticized Federal Response To Ohio/PA Train Derailment [His Administration Repealed Railroad Safety Regulations]

-- TribLive: Brockovich Steals Show At Ohio/PA Train Derailment Seminar In Ohio

-- TribLive: A Few Things To Know About Erin Brockovich

-- TribLive Editorial: In Wake Of Ohio/PA Train Crash, Norfolk Southern Reps Must Be Seen To Be Believed

Emergency Response

-- DCNR Accepting Grant Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Protection Grants [PaEN]

-- Patch.com: PA Lawmakers Call For Suspension Of Federal Regulations Allowing Rail Transport Of LNG Natural Gas In Wake Of Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Raises Concerns About Local Disaster Preparedness

-- York Dispatch: Is York County Ready For An Ohio/PA-Type Train Derailment Disaster?

-- The Guardian: U.S. Averaging One Chemical Accident Every 2 Days From Train Derailments, Pipeline Ruptures, Truck Crashes, Industrial Spills

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: Gasoline Prices Edge Lower In Pittsburgh, Across PA While National Average Unchanged

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.68, National $3.41

-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Say Their Electric Bills Are Still Wrong

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PPL CEO: ‘We Should Have And Could Have Done Better’ With Incorrect Customer Bills, Utility Still Working To Correct Customer Problems

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Electric Deregulation Law Has Again Let Down Consumers, PPL’s Billing Problem Proves It

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM’s Mid-Auction Capacity Rule Change Over Protests From Some Generators

-- PA Capital-Star: After A Series Of Winter Storms, FERC Approves New Standards For Power Plants To Prevent Power Failures During Extreme Weather [PJM’s December Freeze Included]

-- Scranton Times: Slumping Natural Gas Prices May Hold Relief For UGI Customers

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy To Reduce Drilling This Year Amid Natural Gas Price Slump

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas Prices Plunge, And Drillers Dial Back

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Prices Drop To Pandemic-Era Low As U.S. Supply Glut Worsens

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Up 3 From Last Week To 25

-- Reuters: Drillers Cut Most Oil And Gas Rigs In A Month Since June 2020

-- Financial Times: Freeport, TX LNG Natural Gas Export Plant Reopens, But Safety Concerns Persist After Explosion

-- The Guardian: U.S. Energy Firms Use Ukraine War To Lock In Long-Term Natural Gas Contracts

-- The Guardian: U.S. Averaging One Chemical Accident Every 2 Days From Train Derailments, Pipeline Ruptures, Truck Crashes, Industrial Spills

National/International

-- Bloomberg: EU Set To Unveil Electricity Market Reform To Shield Customers From Energy Price Spikes, Spur Development Of Renewables, Weaken Link Between Electricity And Natural Gas

-- Reuters: Europe Nears End Of Winter With Bulging Natural Gas Stocks

-- Reuters: IEA Warns Of Tighter Energy Supply Next Winter

-- Public Citizen: LNG Natural Gas: New Report On How Natural Gas Industry Exploited Ukraine War To Lock In Methane Emission Increases, Infrastructure Expansion

-- Washington Examiner: Green Groups Take Aim At Biden’s Narrative On LNG Natural Gas Exports

Energy

-- Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Forestall Or Foresee - The Energy Transition And The Pennsylvania Legislature - By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance, Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Better Way - Common-Sense Energy Policy Bridges Political Divides - By Eugene DePasquale & Kate Harper, EnergyFuturePA.org

-- York Dispatch: Enel Green Power’s Solar Project - Dover’s First - Moves Forward

-- PennDOT Will Begin Accepting National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications March 27 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Slumping Natural Gas Prices May Hold Relief For UGI Customers

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy To Reduce Drilling This Year Amid Natural Gas Price Slump

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas Prices Plunge, And Drillers Dial Back

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Prices Drop To Pandemic-Era Low As U.S. Supply Glut Worsens

-- Patch.com: PA Lawmakers Call For Suspension Of Federal Regulations Allowing Rail Transport Of LNG Natural Gas In Wake Of Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Rep. Struzzi Plans To Introduce Bill To ‘Eliminate’ RGGI Regulation To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Edge Lower In Pittsburgh, Across PA While National Average Unchanged

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average $3.68, National $3.41

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed National Fuel Gas Settlement Related To Natural Gas Line Leak, Fire

-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Say Their Electric Bills Are Still Wrong

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PPL CEO: ‘We Should Have And Could Have Done Better’ With Incorrect Customer Bills, Utility Still Working To Correct Customer Problems

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Electric Deregulation Law Has Again Let Down Consumers, PPL’s Billing Problem Proves It

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM’s Mid-Auction Capacity Rule Change Over Protests From Some Generators

-- PA Capital-Star: After A Series Of Winter Storms, FERC Approves New Standards For Power Plants To Prevent Power Failures During Extreme Weather [PJM’s December Freeze Included]

-- Warren Times: Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill To Preempt Natural Gas Stove, Furnace Bans

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Mining Operation Installs 100MW Electric Capacity At Beaver County Steel Plant

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM’s Mid-Auction Capacity Rule Change Over Protests From Some Generators

-- Bloomberg: EU Set To Unveil Electricity Market Reform To Shield Customers From Energy Price Spikes, Spur Development Of Renewables, Weaken Link Between Electricity And Natural Gas

-- Financial Times: U.S. Makes ‘No Apologies’ For Prioritising American Jobs, Clean Energy Tsar Tells EU

Environmental Health

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Haven’t Filed Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility [PaEN]

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Sees $8 - $10 Million In Expenses In 2023 Related To Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Facility Leak

-- Environmental Health Project Featured Research: Historic Redlining And The Siting Of Oil And Gas Wells In The United States

-- National Bureau Of Economic Research Working Paper: Negotiations Of Oil & Gas Auxiliary Lease Clauses - Evidence From Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale

-- Warren Times: Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill To Preempt Natural Gas Stove, Furnace Bans

-- Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: What Are PFAS, How Toxic Are They And How Do You Become Exposed?

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Celebrates Its 10,000th Lead Service Line Replacement

-- Penn State: Time In Nature May Help Older Adults With Improved Health, Purpose In Life

-- EPA Releases Proposed Approach For Considering Cumulative Risks Under Toxic Substance Control Act

Environmental Heritage

-- DCNR Blog: Archaeology And The Segregated Civilian Conservation Corps - Giving Voice To The Voiceless - By Joe Baker, Bureau Of Forestry

Environmental Justice

-- EPA Announces $550 Million In Grant Funding To Advance Environmental Justice

EPA

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Violating Federal Clean Air Act, Says Orders Came From Boss

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Air Pollution Is Killing Us, We’ve Got To Act Now To Stop It - By Carolyn Heckman, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- EPA Announces $550 Million In Grant Funding To Advance Environmental Justice

-- EPA Releases Proposed Approach For Considering Cumulative Risks Under Toxic Substance Control Act

Farming

-- Pennsylvania Protects 32 Farms, 3,047 Acres In 21 Counties From Future Development [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Cutting Waste In Reforestation Of Riparian Buffers; Summer Intern Opportunities [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Crops For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Deadline To June 30

-- Penn State: New Grant Will Help Empower Small Farms With Sustainable Practices

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Adds Butler, Clearfield, Clinton, Fayette, Lawrence, Somerset Counties To Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Expands To 6 More Counties In PA

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Officials Insist Pollution From Ohio/PA Trail Derailment Not Harming Animals In PA

-- Fish & Boat Commission Holds Special March 1 Board Meeting On Permit, License Fees

-- PennLive: It’s About To Cost A Little More To Fish In PA, Here Are Proposed New License Fees

-- PennLive: Stocking 3.2 Million Trout In PA Begins For 2023 Season

-- PennLive: Digger Crayfish Went Undetected For 100+ Years, Now PA May Need A Plan To Save It From Disappearing Forever

-- DCNR Blog: How Invasive Plants Negatively Impact Fishing - By Ryan Reed, Bureau Of Forestry

Forests

-- DCNR Accepting Grant Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Protection Grants [PaEN]

-- Penn State: PA Private Forest Landowners Want To Use Controlled Fire To Manage Their Woodlands

-- Williamsport Sun: Forest Associations Set Programs For This Year

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Adds Butler, Clearfield, Clinton, Fayette, Lawrence, Somerset Counties To Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Expands To 6 More Counties In PA

-- WHYY: Philly Releases Final Plan To Increase The City’s Tree Canopy

-- Feb. 24 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Summer Interns Sought For Forbes State Forest For Conservation Tasks Based In Westmoreland County

-- DCNR Blog: Spongy [Formerly Gypsy] Moth Damage Expected In Central PA This Year - By Andrew Rohrbaugh, Bureau of Forestry

Game Commission

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Officials Insist Pollution From Ohio/PA Trail Derailment Not Harming Animals In PA

-- Game Commission: Learn More About American Martens

-- York Daily Record: Hanover Bald Eagle Cam: Viewers Anxiously Await Arrival Of First Egg

Geologic Hazards

-- Centre Daily Times: Hazardous Sinkholes Common In Parts Of PA, Here’s What To Look Out For

Grants/Funding

-- DCNR Accepting Grant Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Protection Grants [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Will Begin Accepting National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications March 27 [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Deadline To June 30

-- DEP Extends Deadline For Grants To Electrify Truck Fleet Pilot Program To March 31

-- Penn State: New Grant Will Help Empower Small Farms With Sustainable Practices

-- Republican Herald: Public Invited To Meeting On Schuylkill Watershed Dams At Tuscarora State Park Next Week

-- Brandywine Conservancy Accepting Applications Starting March 20 For Brandywine Creek Greenway Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- NRCS Announces New Partnership Project To Improve Habitat Across Allegheny Plateau In Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Project Funding [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Gets $1 Million To Restore Bird Habitats

-- EPA Announces $550 Million In Grant Funding To Advance Environmental Justice

Green Infrastructure

-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Protects 32 Farms, 3,047 Acres In 21 Counties From Future Development [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Crops For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12 [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Cutting Waste In Reforestation Of Riparian Buffers; Summer Intern Opportunities [PaEN]

-- Penn State: PA Private Forest Landowners Want To Use Controlled Fire To Manage Their Woodlands

-- WHYY: Philly Releases Final Plan To Increase The City’s Tree Canopy

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Forms LLC, Names Allyson Gibson, Executive Director [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Haven’t Filed Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility [PaEN]

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Sees $8 - $10 Million In Expenses In 2023 Related To Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Facility Leak

-- Environmental Health Project Featured Research: Historic Redlining And The Siting Of Oil And Gas Wells In The United States

-- National Bureau Of Economic Research Working Paper: Negotiations Of Oil & Gas Auxiliary Lease Clauses - Evidence From Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale

-- Warren Times: Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill To Preempt Natural Gas Stove, Furnace Bans

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Celebrates Its 10,000th Lead Service Line Replacement

-- Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: What Are PFAS, How Toxic Are They And How Do You Become Exposed?

-- EPA Releases Proposed Approach For Considering Cumulative Risks Under Toxic Substance Control Act

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Agricultural Outreach Specialist

-- Help Wanted: York County Conservation District Engineering Technician 2

Land Conservation

-- Pennsylvania Protects 32 Farms, 3,047 Acres In 21 Counties From Future Development [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy Accepting Applications Starting March 20 For Brandywine Creek Greenway Mini Grants [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Spotlights March Educational Events: The Story Of Rachel Carson; The Lorax And More!

Lake Erie

-- Erie Times: Penn State Behrend Project Resolve Initiative To Bolster Industry And Environment

-- Erie Times: Gannon University Seeks To Clean Lake Erie And Boost Economy In The Process

-- Erie Times: Is The Future Green At Erie’s Wabtec Locomotive Plant?

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay: Project Clean Stream Trash Cleanup Events Start March 31

Mine Reclamation

-- In Memoriam: Walter N. Heine, PA Deputy For Mines, First Director Of Federal Office Of Surface Mining [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Consol Proposes Nearly 4-Mile Pipeline To Carry Treated Coal Mine Water To Allegheny River Thru Plum Borough, Allegheny County

Oil & Gas

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Haven’t Filed Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Forestal Or Foresee - The Energy Transition And The Pennsylvania Legislature - By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance, Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- Patch.com: PA Lawmakers Call For Suspension Of Federal Regulations Allowing Rail Transport Of LNG Natural Gas In Wake Of Train Derailment

-- PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Natural Gas Pipeline Case Spurs Ruling On Payment Of Attorney Fees Where Citizens Win Legal Challenges

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Receives DEP Notice Of Violation For Exceeding Air Emission Limits In Nov., Dec.; NOVs For Air, Water Violations Total 10 So Far

-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Being Sued By Environmental Groups?

-- Shell Accountability Campaign Coalition Marks 100th Day Of Operator With Feb. 23 Webinar On The Facility's Report Card

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hit With Air Violations; Activists Call For Operations Halt

-- UnionProgress.com: Environmental Groups Give Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant ‘F’ Grade For First 100 Days In Operation

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Sees $8 - $10 Million In Expenses In 2023 Related To Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Facility Leak

-- Warren Times: Feud Between Grant Twp., PA General Energy Over Indiana County Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Before State Supreme Court

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy To Reduce Drilling This Year Amid Natural Gas Price Slump

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas Prices Plunge, And Drillers Dial Back

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Prices Drop To Pandemic-Era Low As U.S. Supply Glut Worsens

-- Tioga Publishing: UGI Subsidiary Plans LNG Natural Gas Storage Facility In Cumberland County

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington School District Finalizes Lease With Natural Gas Driller

-- Warren Times: Rep. Causer To Introduce Bill To Preempt Natural Gas Stove, Furnace Bans

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Natural Gas Company Working With Regulators On Acquisition Of Driller, Midstream Pipeline Operator

-- Environmental Health Project Featured Research: Historic Redlining And The Siting Of Oil And Gas Wells In The United States

-- National Bureau Of Economic Research Working Paper: Negotiations Of Oil & Gas Auxiliary Lease Clauses - Evidence From Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale

-- Lexology.com: PA Supreme Court To Hear Case Determining Whether PA Is An At-The-Well Or First-Marketable Product State In Paying Natural Gas Royalties

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Up 3 From Last Week To 25

-- Reuters: Drillers Cut Most Oil And Gas Rigs In A Month Since June 2020

-- Public Citizen: LNG Natural Gas: New Report On How Natural Gas Industry Exploited Ukraine War To Lock In Methane Emission Increases, Infrastructure Expansion

-- Washington Examiner: Green Groups Take Aim At Biden’s Narrative On LNG Natural Gas Exports

-- Financial Times: Freeport, TX LNG Natural Gas Export Plant Reopens, But Safety Concerns Persist After Explosion

-- AP: IEA: Oil & Gas Industry Has ‘No Excuse’ For High Methane Emissions

Pipelines

-- Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]

-- Patch.com: PA Lawmakers Call For Suspension Of Federal Regulations Allowing Rail Transport Of LNG Natural Gas In Wake Of Train Derailment

-- PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Natural Gas Pipeline Case Spurs Ruling On Payment Of Attorney Fees Where Citizens Win Legal Challenges

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Insists It Sees Path To Completing Long-Delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline

-- TribLive: Consol Proposes Nearly 4-Mile Pipeline To Carry Treated Coal Mine Water To Allegheny River Thru Plum Borough, Allegheny County

-- The Guardian: U.S. Averaging One Chemical Accident Every 2 Days From Train Derailments, Pipeline Ruptures, Truck Crashes, Industrial Spills

Permitting

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 683 Permits, 93% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,340 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 25 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed National Fuel Gas Settlement Related To Natural Gas Line Leak, Fire

-- EPA Releases Proposed Approach For Considering Cumulative Risks Under Toxic Substance Control Act

PUC

-- Scranton Times: Slumping Natural Gas Prices May Hold Relief For UGI Customers

-- Scranton Times: PPL Customers Say Their Electric Bills Are Still Wrong

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PPL CEO: ‘We Should Have And Could Have Done Better’ With Incorrect Customer Bills, Utility Still Working To Correct Customer Problems

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Electric Deregulation Law Has Again Let Down Consumers, PPL’s Billing Problem Proves It

-- PA Capital-Star: After A Series Of Winter Storms, FERC Approves New Standards For Power Plants To Prevent Power Failures During Extreme Weather [PJM’s December Freeze Included]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed National Fuel Gas Settlement Related To Natural Gas Line Leak, Fire

-- Guest Essay: Forestal Or Foresee - The Energy Transition And The Pennsylvania Legislature - By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance, Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy To Reduce Drilling This Year Amid Natural Gas Price Slump

-- Wall Street Journal: Natural Gas Prices Plunge, And Drillers Dial Back

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Prices Drop To Pandemic-Era Low As U.S. Supply Glut Worsens

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM’s Mid-Auction Capacity Rule Change Over Protests From Some Generators

-- Bloomberg: EU Set To Unveil Electricity Market Reform To Shield Customers From Energy Price Spikes, Spur Development Of Renewables, Weaken Link Between Electricity And Natural Gas

Recreation

-- DCNR Planning Whitewater Release Into Tohickon Creek In Bucks County For Annual Boating Event

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Therapy Dog Spreads Joy And Explores the PA Outdoors

-- Feb. 24 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Time In Nature May Help Older Adults With Improved Health, Purpose In Life

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Ice Climbing In Chesapeake Region Melts In Face Of Warm Winters

-- TribLive: Section Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail To Be Closed Between Ohiopyle And Confluence For 2 Months

-- Scranton Times: Crossing Project To Improve Pedestrian Safety On Lackawanna River Heritage Trail

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Grant Allows Trail Work To Begin In Marshall

-- NextPittsburgh: Get To Know The 9 Allegheny County Parks

-- Scranton Times: Factoryville Officials Looking To Connect 2 Popular Parks With Trail

-- WHYY: Philly Bike Share Program To Expand In Historically-Marginalized Communities

Recycling/Waste

-- Republican Herald: Shenandoah To Restart Recycling Program

-- Warren Times: Eagle Scout Project Brings New Recycling Container To Sheffield

-- Warren Times: Feud Between Grant Twp., PA General Energy Over Indiana County Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Before State Supreme Court

Renewable Energy

-- Senate Committee Meets Feb. 27 On Decommissioning Solar Energy Facilities, Limiting 1 Use Of PFAS Chemicals, Resolution Calling For Restart Of Keystone XL Pipeline [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Forestall Or Foresee - The Energy Transition And The Pennsylvania Legislature - By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance, Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- WITF/NPR: Activist Group Spreading Misinformation To Stop Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania, Other States

-- Penn State: New Method Creates Material That Could Create The Next Generation Of Solar Cells

-- York Dispatch: Enel Green Power’s Solar Project - Dover’s First - Moves Forward

-- PA Capital-Star: Republican Rep. Struzzi Plans To Introduce Bill To ‘Eliminate’ RGGI Regulation To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants

-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Better Way - Common-Sense Energy Policy Bridges Political Divides - By Eugene DePasquale & Kate Harper, EnergyFuturePA.org

-- Bloomberg: EU Set To Unveil Electricity Market Reform To Shield Customers From Energy Price Spikes, Spur Development Of Renewables, Weaken Link Between Electricity And Natural Gas

-- Financial Times: U.S. Makes ‘No Apologies’ For Prioritising American Jobs, Clean Energy Tsar Tells EU

Schuylkill River

-- Republican Herald: Public Invited To Meeting On Schuylkill Watershed Dams At Tuscarora State Park Next Week

Stormwater

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12 [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Federal Stormwater Regulations Apply To One Town In Perry County

Sustainability

-- Rodale Institute: Now On Demand 2022 Virtual Regenerative Healthcare Conference

Watershed Protection

-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Stay The Course On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Cutting Waste In Reforestation Of Riparian Buffers; Summer Intern Opportunities [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Crops For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12 [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Federal Stormwater Regulations Apply To One Town In Perry County

-- TribLive: Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited To Unveil New Linn Run Watershed Conservation Plan In Westmoreland County

-- PA Lake Management Society Annual Conference Feb. 28 to March 1 In State College

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Forms LLC, Names Allyson Gibson, Executive Director [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Public Invited To Meeting On Schuylkill Watershed Dams At Tuscarora State Park Next Week

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt For Snow And Ice - Effects On Waterways Not Very Nice - By Harry Campbell, PA Science Policy and Advocacy Director [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Gannon University Seeks To Clean Lake Erie And Boost Economy In The Process

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 24 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

-- Fish & Boat Commission Holds Special March 1 Board Meeting On Permit, License Fees

-- PennLive: It’s About To Cost A Little More To Fish In PA, Here Are Proposed New License Fees

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: PA Officials Insist Pollution From Ohio/PA Trail Derailment Not Harming Animals In PA

-- Lehigh Valley Live: Lawmaker Wants Study Of Conservation Corridors To Protect Wildlife

-- NRCS Announces New Partnership Project To Improve Habitat Across Allegheny Plateau In Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Project Funding [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Gets $1 Million To Restore Bird Habitats

-- TribLive: Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited To Unveil New Linn Run Watershed Conservation Plan In Westmoreland County