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Here are 74 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.
Thank you for your leadership!
-- Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Economy Grew To Over 92,700 Jobs Since COVID Economic Crisis [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Jumps To Top 10 In Clean Energy Jobs
-- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Facility Proposal Advances Toward Vote In Dover Township
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Why Your Electric/Natural Gas Utility Bill Has Gone Up And What You Can Do About It - By Patrick Cicero, Consumer Advocate Of PA, Terrance Fitzpatrick, Energy Assn. Of PA [Natural Gas Prices Tripled]
-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Building A Network Of Rural Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In State Parks, Forests
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Begins Accepting Applications For $62 Million In Federal EV Charging Station Funding March 27
-- UnionProgress.com: West Mifflin, Allegheny County Stays Current With EV Charging Stations, Electric Cars, And Police Truck
-- DOE Announces $750 Million Available To Advance Clean Hydrogen Technologies
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project: 75% Of Hazardous Waste Accepted At MAX Environmental Yukon Facility In Westmoreland County Comes From Shale Gas Industry; Sludge Proposed To Be Delisted As Hazardous Waste [PaEN]
-- DEP To Submit Letter Of Intent To EPA As Early As This Week For Primacy To Regulate Underground Injection Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Business Groups Urge EPA To Speed Up Approval Of State Primacy Applications For Injection Well Regulation [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Wants To Regulate Carbon Dioxide Storage Wells, State Plans To Tell Feds
-- Equitrans/DEP In Discussions To Resolve EHB Appeal Of DEP’s Order To Fix Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Conventional Access Wells [PaEN]
-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]
-- Commonwealth Court Rules PUC Is ‘Obligated’ To Conduct An Environmental Review Of Projects By The Environmental Rights Amendment In Case Involving A PECO Natural Gas Pumping Station In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed
-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Washington County Town Was Rocked By Natural Gas Explosion At Home, Years Later Residents Are Waiting For Closure From PUC Investigation
-- March 29 Southeastern PA Town Hall Meeting In Chester County To Focus On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Fossil Fuels [PaEN]
-- Shell Petrochemical Plant Had 3-Hour Emergency Flaring Event To Burn Off Flammable Gases In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues $307,800 Stipulated Penalty Against U.S. Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works For 2nd Quarter [PaEN]
-- WESA: Allegheny County Levees $307,000 In Fines On US Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations
-- TribLive: U.S. Steel Ready To Close 3 Of 10 Batteries At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Closing 3 Coke (Coal) Batteries At Its Clairton Plant, Move Expected To Lower Emissions
-- PA Capital-Star: Groups Highlight Federal Investment In Air Pollution Monitoring In Western PA
-- TribLive: Residents Can Track Rotten Egg-- Hydrogen Sulfide-- Smell In Allegheny County
-- Post-Gazette: New Allegheny County Dashboard Will Track Rotten Egg Odor In The Air
-- UnionProgress.com: Improving Air Quality A Top Priority For Allegheny County Executive Candidates
-- EPA: Power Plant, Pipeline, Cement, Paper, Glass And Other Industries In PA, Other States Face Tighter NOx Standards Under EPA’s Final Good Neighbor Rule [PaEN]
-- EPA: Power Plant, Pipeline, Cement, Paper, Glass And Other Industries In PA, 21 Other States Face Tighter NOx Standards Under EPA’s Final Good Neighbor Rule
-- Utility Dive: Power Plant, Pipeline, Cement, Paper Plant Owners In 22 States Face Tighter NOx Standards Under EPA’s Final Good Neighbor Rule
-- Environmental Defense Fund, Clean Air Council, Environmental Health Project Sponsor Ad Campaign To Finalize Strong EPA Oil & Gas Methane Emission Limits To Protect PA's Health & Climate [PaEN]
-- CONSOL Energy Releases 2022 Corporate Sustainability Report
-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward [PaEN]
-- Fox43: Activists Raise Concerns About Toxic Water Disposal At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant
-- York Dispatch: Water Use, Discharge Concerns Emerge As Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
-- PUC Recognizes 2023 Fix A Leak Week
-- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing [PaEN]
-- EPA Proposes First National PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Standard
-- AP: EPA To Limit Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water
-- Environmental Health Project Webinar: March 21 PFAS: Breaking Down The Future Of Forever Chemicals In Our Water, 7:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Launches New Carbon Calculator Tool To Help Dairy Farms Improve Sustainability
-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County Conservation District Holds Student Poster Contest On ‘One Water’
-- WHYY: Connecting With The Schuylkill River, A Walk To Celebrate World Water Day
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Awards $220,000 To Repair Homewood Landslide [PaEN]
-- PA Dept. Of Human Services To Extend Federal Drinking Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance Programs [PaEN]
-- WHYY: LIHEAPalooza Teaches Philadelphians How To Lower Utility Bills Friday
-- Sustainable Community Network Of SW PA Webinar March 24 - Policy Connection - Environmental Justice. Noon
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Major Pittsburgh Region Projects Move Forward In 2023: Carrie Furnace, Hazelwood Green [Brownfield Redevelopment]
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Sen. Comitta Nominates Oxford Borough For KPB Community Pride Award [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors Conducting Pick Up Pennsylvania Community Improvement Events [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Volunteers Wanted For Earth Day Cleanup In Sharpsburg
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Posts 2021-22 Annual Report
-- PA Resources Council Announces 2023 Collection Events Schedule For E-Waste, Tires, Household Chemicals For Allegheny, Delaware Counties [PaEN]
-- The New Yorker Book Review: Searching For Unfamiliar Terrain In ‘The Nature Book’ By Tom Comitta
-- Tree Pittsburgh: Western PA Wild Ones - Native Plant Symposium March 29 [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Dedicates Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary In Robeson Twp.
-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts 3-Part Online Buffalo Creek Watershed Forested Land Workshops For Butler, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Quest To Visit PA State Parks Complete For Union County Couple
-- Marcellus Drilling News/Wellsboro Gazette: Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Objects To Location Of Mt. Nessmuk Shale Gas Drill Pad In Tioga State Forest
-- DCNR Seeking Volunteer Trail Stewards In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County For March 26 Trail Workday [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Butler County Is Rebounding Thanks To Outdoor Recreation
-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Donates $1 Million To Allegheny Commons Park Project
-- Post-Gazette: Connellsville Trades Coal For Bicycles In Bid For Economic Rebirth In Fayette County
-- NextPittsburgh: The Wheel Mill Encourages Newcomers To Try Pittsburgh’s Mountain Biking Scene
-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Trails Association Spring Hiking Weekend April 21-23 In Tioga County [PaEN]
-- AURORA Outdoor Orientation Programs Take New Penn State Students ‘Into The Wild’
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Expand, Yet Preserve State’s Outdoor Assets
-- Governor’s Invasive Species Council Shares Results Of First Statewide Invasive Impacts Survey, Announces Pilot Management Program [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Invasive Species Are A ‘Scourge’ In PA, Report Says
-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Holds Safe Steps Children's Art Contest [PaEN]
-- Online Supporting Wildlife On Your Property Workshop Series For Residents In Buffalo Creek Watershed Butler, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Audubon Society Of Western PA Grant Program Aims To Establish Bird-Friendly Communities In Mon Valley
-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Inspire Interest In Fishing And Boating [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Web Of Wetlands At Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Get Makeover To Help All Kinds Of Wildlife
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Full Circle: Bald Eagles Live, Hunt Near Former Harrison DDT Plant
Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.
Going The RIGHT WAY:
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-- 3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership [PaEN]
Going The WRONG WAY:
-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]
[Posted: March 19, 2023]
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