PA Environment Digest

-- 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]

-- Shell Petrochemical Plant Had 3-Hour Emergency Flaring Event To Burn Off Flammable Gases In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Using Water Hoses ‘To Assist In Cooling External Areas Of Ground Flares’ That Need To Be ‘Reinforced’

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant To ‘Reinforce’ Ground Flare Stack, Using Water In Meantime To Cool The Flare Burning Off Natural Gas

-- KDKA: Residents Want Answers About Loud Bang, Orange Glow At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: More Emergency Flaring At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County After Compressor Problem

-- Better Path Coalition Webinar March 28 - Brown Bag Briefing On Carbon Dioxide Removal, Noon

-- York Dispatch: Water Use, Discharge Concerns Emerge As Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning

-- Fox43: Activists Raise Concerns About Toxic Water Disposal At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast: Converting Waste Heat Into Battery Energy

-- PA Environmental Council StoryMap: Celebrating Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Watershed Projects

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts 3-Part Online Buffalo Creek Watershed Forested Land Workshops For Butler, Armstrong Counties [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

-- AURORA Outdoor Orientation Programs Take New Penn State Students ‘Into The Wild’

-- Maintain Forester Certification With Penn State Extension Offerings

-- Penn State Launches New Carbon Calculator Tool To Help Dairy Farms Improve Sustainability

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Inspire Interest In Fishing And Boating [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Audubon Society Of Western PA Grant Program Aims To Establish Bird-Friendly Communities In Mon Valley

-- 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

-- TribLive: What Does Pittsburgh’s Mild Winter Mean For Spring Bugs?

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County Conservation District Holds Student Poster Contest On ‘One Water’

-- Penn State: Ornithologist Amanda Rodewalk To Speak March 16 On Strategic Conservation In An Uncertain World, 5:00 p.m., Available Via Zoom

-- WESA: Contest Asks PA Kids To Create Art About Tick Bite Prevention

-- Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Economy Grew To Over 92,700 Jobs Since COVID Economic Crisis [PaEN]

-- Erie News Now: U.S. Cities Are Cracking Down On Climate Emissions, PA Republicans Want To Get Ahead Of Bans Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

-- 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]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Full Circle: Bald Eagles Live, Hunt Near Former Harrison DDT Plant

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Mentor Youth Trout Day: A Unique Opportunity To Teach, Learn And Create Memories On The Water

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Web Of Wetlands At Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Get Makeover To Help All Kinds Of Wildlife

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Events In April

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Animals Follow The Rhythms Of Day And Night

-- Courier Times: Beavers, The Historic Dam Builders, Make A Comeback In Bucks County

-- Inquirer: Counting And Cuddling Bear Cubs Across Pennsylvania

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County March 21 Gardening With Nature: Bee Friendly, Plant This, Not That! Camp Hill, Cumberland County

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- WESA: Paradox Of East Palestine: Safe Test Results Come Back, While Residents Report Health Problems

-- Moms Clean Air Force: Moms From Beaver County, SW PA Impacted By Ohio/PA Train Derailment To Attend House Hearing Today

-- The Center Square: Federal, State Agencies To Hold Open House On Train Derailment In Beaver County March 16

-- PA Dept. Of Health Acting Secretary Visits Workers, Residents At Train Derailment Health Resource Center In Beaver County

-- The Center Square: Support Remains As PA Closes Train Derailment Resources Health Center

-- UnionProgress.com: Clean Air Council Works To Provide Direct Relief To East Palestine, OH Residents

-- PA Capital-Star: Ohio/PA Train Derailment Was ‘H.G. Wells War Of The Worlds Stuff’

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: East Palestine Rail Disaster Could Happen Anywhere In PA - By Clean Air Council

-- WESA/Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: After Derailment, Many In East Palestine Live With Questions About Dioxins

-- The Center Square: Local PA Farmers Spearhead Soil Testing After Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: After 2 Centuries, A Dairy Farm Family In Lawrence County Worries For The Future Across The State Line From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: In Beaver County, Anxiety, Uncertainty Under The Black Cloud Of A Rail Disaster

-- WESA: Environmental Groups Push EPA, Not Norfolk Southern, To Lead Testing For Dioxins

-- WESA/ProPublica: Norfolk Southern Contractor Testing Air In East Palestine Homes

-- WESA: As Interest In Buying Homes Tumbles, East Palestine, OH Homeowners Feel Stuck With No Escape

-- AP: EPA Tells States Not To Block Waste From Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- Grid: PA Congressional Staffer Sought Help From EPA’s Ohio/PA Train Derailment Hotline After Being Stonewalled By State Officials

-- TribLive/AP: Ohio Sues Norfolk Southern Over Toxic Train Derailment

-- TribLive: Norfolk Southern CEO: ‘I Understand My Responsibility’ In Ohio/PA Train Derailment Cleanup

-- TribLive Editorial: Will Norfolk Southern CEO’s Response Lead A Bad Taste?

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Create Federal Fund For Rail Crashes To Make Sure Communities, Emergency Responders Are Made Whole

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Rail Remains Safest Way To Ship Materials, Despite The Train Derailment In Ohio - By Illinois Railroad Association

-- AP: Pro-Moscow Voices Tried To Steer Ohio Train Disaster Debate

Emergency Response

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: East Palestine Rail Disaster Could Happen Anywhere In PA - By Clean Air Council

-- 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

-- Williamsport Sun: Muncy Borough Denies Property Owners Buyouts For Flooded Homes

-- Reading Eagle: Crews Battle 2-Alarm Brush Fire In Muhlenberg

-- Inquirer: Philly, Neighboring PA Counties Under National Weather Service Elevated Risk For Wildfires

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Maps

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]

-- Wall Street Journal: Why Natural Gas Bills Are Going Crazy, With No End In Sight

-- Utility Dive: Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023 Will Lead To ‘Plunge’ In Peak Electricity Prices In Most U.S. Markets. According To Moody’s Investors Services

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Drops 7% To 3-Week Low On Milder Weather Forecasts

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up 2 From Last Week To 24 [Between 21 and 25 in 2023]

-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need Common-Sense Energy Policies That Promote Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Exports - Anthony Pugliese, Fmr FERC Chief Of Staff

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Edge Higher As Change To Summer Blends Underway Coast To Coast

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average - $3.62; National Average - $3.47

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sheetz Drops Certain Gasoline Prices Until March 24

-- Financial Times: Oil Caught Up In Banking Fears As U.S. Crude Drops Below $70/Barrel

National/International

-- Bloomberg: Texas Electric Grid Ability To Handle Summertime Energy Demand May Hinge On Renewable Sources

Energy

-- Wall Street Journal: Why Natural Gas Bills Are Going Crazy, With No End In Sight

-- Utility Dive: Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023 Will Lead To ‘Plunge’ In Peak Electricity Prices In Most U.S. Markets. According To Moody’s Investors Services

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Drops 7% To 3-Week Low On Milder Weather Forecasts

-- 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

-- WHYY: LIHEAPalooza Teaches Philadelphians How To Lower Utility Bills Friday

-- Shell Petrochemical Plant Had 3-Hour Emergency Flaring Event To Burn Off Flammable Gases In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Using Water Hoses ‘To Assist In Cooling External Areas Of Ground Flares’ That Need To Be ‘Reinforced’

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant To ‘Reinforce’ Ground Flare Stack, Using Water In Meantime To Cool The Flare Burning Off Natural Gas

-- KDKA: Residents Want Answers About Loud Bang, Orange Glow At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: More Emergency Flaring At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County After Compressor Problem

-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need Common-Sense Energy Policies That Promote Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Exports - Anthony Pugliese, Fmr FERC Chief Of Staff

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Edge Higher As Change To Summer Blends Underway Coast To Coast

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average - $3.62; National Average - $3.47

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sheetz Drops Certain Gasoline Prices Until March 24

-- Financial Times: Oil Caught Up In Banking Fears As U.S. Crude Drops Below $70/Barrel

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- 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]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Natural Gas Production Drops For First Time In A Decade Caused By Weather, Midstream Issues

-- 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

-- PennLive Editorial: PA Could Benefit Greatly From Hydrogen Hubs, If They Are Well-Regulated

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast: Converting Waste Heat Into Battery Energy

-- Erie News Now: U.S. Cities Are Cracking Down On Climate Emissions, PA Republicans Want To Get Ahead Of Bans Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Miner Moves Australian Units To Pennsylvania

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Midland Bitcoin Mining Company Mawson Moved Funds From Failed Signature Bank

-- York Dispatch: Water Use, Discharge Concerns Emerge As Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning

-- Fox43: Activists Raise Concerns About Toxic Water Disposal At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Vistra Energy Deal ‘Positive News’ For Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant, Leaders Say

-- The Guardian: Older Americans To Blockade Banks In Climate Protest: ‘We Have Money And Power’

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US EIA Forecast Finds Natural Gas Still Important To Economy Even As Renewables Make Gains Through 2050

-- The Guardian: US Utility Firms Spent Big Preparing Power Grid For Storms And Still Failed

-- PA Capital-Star: PJM - Nation’s Biggest Electric Capacity Market-- Needs Fixing, Critics Say

-- Utility Dive: Confidential PJM Meetings Hinder State Energy Policy, Oversight: WV, MD Lawmakers Say

-- Bloomberg: Texas Electric Grid Ability To Handle Summertime Energy Demand May Hinge On Renewable Sources

Environmental Health

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

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

-- Environmental Health Project Webinar: March 21 PFAS: Breaking Down The Future Of Forever Chemicals In Our Water, 7:00 p.m.

-- March 29 Southeastern PA Town Hall Meeting In Chester County To Focus On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Walleye Sample Taken Near Sunbury Illustrates PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Issue

-- EPA Proposes First National PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Standard

-- AP: EPA To Limit Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water

-- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing [PaEN]

-- 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]

-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need Common-Sense Energy Policies That Promote Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Exports - Anthony Pugliese, Fmr FERC Chief Of Staff

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- Erie News Now: U.S. Cities Are Cracking Down On Climate Emissions, PA Republicans Want To Get Ahead Of Bans Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Miner Moves Australian Units To Pennsylvania

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Midland Bitcoin Mining Company Mawson Moved Funds From Failed Signature Bank

-- Philly Voice: Deer Ticks Fueling Rise Of Flu-Like Babesiosis Illness That Isn’t Lyme Disease

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Holds Safe Steps Children's Art Contest [PaEN]

-- WESA: Contest Asks PA Kids To Create Art About Tick Bite Prevention

-- TribLive: Did Raccoon Dogs Start COVID Pandemic? Western PA Experts Weigh In

Environmental Heritage

-- MCall: 4 Native Americans Travel 1,600 Miles To Visit their Ancestral Lands In Lehigh Valley

-- Planet Philadelphia: Climate Change’s Effect On Women & Environmental News March 17, 4:00 p.m.

Environmental Justice

-- Sustainable Community Network Of SW PA Webinar March 24 - Policy Connection - Environmental Justice. Noon

-- WPost: National Audubon Society Keeps Name Despite Ties To Slavery, 3 Board Members Resign

EPA

-- EPA Proposes First National PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Standard

-- AP: EPA To Limit Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water

-- 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

-- PJM: EPA’s Good Neighbor NOx Reduction Plan Reflects PJM, Grid Input On Reliability Concerns

Farming

-- PennLive: Opportunities Grown At Central PA Farm With USDA Grants

-- Penn State Launches New Carbon Calculator Tool To Help Dairy Farms Improve Sustainability

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers, Seeing Demand For Organic Produce, Week To Make PA Preferred Program Permanent

-- Courier Times: DEP Can’t Test ‘Horrible Odor’ Coming From Bucks County Farm Commercial Composting, Mulching Operation Because Of State Law

-- 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

-- TribLive: What Does Pittsburgh’s Mild Winter Mean For Spring Bugs?

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts 3rd Annual Garden Seed Swap In Washington County

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County March 21 Gardening With Nature: Bee Friendly, Plant This, Not That! Camp Hill, Cumberland County

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Inspire Interest In Fishing And Boating [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Walleye Sample Taken Near Sunbury Illustrates PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Issue

Flooding

-- Williamsport Sun: Muncy Borough Denies Property Owners Buyouts For Flooded Homes

Forests

-- 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 Blog: DCNR Building A Network Of Rural Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In State Parks, Forests

-- DCNR Seeking Volunteer Trail Stewards In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County For March 26 Trail Workday [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets March 22 On Proposed Budget, Heritage Areas [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Keystone Trails Association Spring Hiking Weekend April 21-23 In Tioga County [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Butler County Is Rebounding Thanks To Outdoor Recreation

-- Maintain Forester Certification With Penn State Extension Offerings

-- Reading Eagle: Crews Battle 2-Alarm Brush Fire In Muhlenberg

-- Inquirer: Philly, Neighboring PA Counties Under National Weather Service Elevated Risk For Wildfires

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Maps - March 16

Game Commission

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Web Of Wetlands At Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Get Makeover To Help All Kinds Of Wildlife

Geologic Hazards

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Awards $220,000 To Repair Homewood Landslide [PaEN]

Grants/Funding

-- 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

-- PennLive: Opportunities Grown At Central PA Farm With USDA Grants

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Awards $220,000 To Repair Homewood Landslide [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Begins Accepting Applications For $62 Million In Federal EV Charging Station Funding March 27

-- 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]

-- DOE Announces $750 Million Available To Advance Clean Hydrogen Technologies

-- PennLive Editorial: PA Could Benefit Greatly From Hydrogen Hubs, If They Are Well-Regulated

Green Infrastructure

-- 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]

-- Online Supporting Wildlife On Your Property Workshop Series For Residents In Buffalo Creek Watershed Butler, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Desilting Basin Dam On Little Schuylkill River To Fade Into History

Hazardous Substances

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

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

-- Environmental Health Project Webinar: March 21 PFAS: Breaking Down The Future Of Forever Chemicals In Our Water, 7:00 p.m.

-- March 29 Southeastern PA Town Hall Meeting In Chester County To Focus On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosting Series Of In-Person/Online Private Water Supply Education And Testing [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Walleye Sample Taken Near Sunbury Illustrates PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Issue

-- EPA Proposes First National PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Drinking Water Standard

-- AP: EPA To Limit Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water

-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need Common-Sense Energy Policies That Promote Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Exports - Anthony Pugliese, Fmr FERC Chief Of Staff

-- 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]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward [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]

-- Erie News Now: U.S. Cities Are Cracking Down On Climate Emissions, PA Republicans Want To Get Ahead Of Bans Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Miner Moves Australian Units To Pennsylvania

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Midland Bitcoin Mining Company Mawson Moved Funds From Failed Signature Bank

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Spring & Summer Environmental Educators, Intern, Camp Assistants [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Recruiting Lifeguards, Aims To Open More Pools This Year

Land Conservation

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Dedicates Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary In Robeson Twp.

Land Recycling

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Major Pittsburgh Region Projects Move Forward In 2023: Carrie Furnace, Hazelwood Green [Brownfield Redevelopment]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- 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]

Oil & Gas

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

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

-- Wall Street Journal: Why Natural Gas Bills Are Going Crazy, With No End In Sight

-- Utility Dive: Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023 Will Lead To ‘Plunge’ In Peak Electricity Prices In Most U.S. Markets. According To Moody’s Investors Services

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Drops 7% To 3-Week Low On Milder Weather Forecasts

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Up 2 From Last Week To 24 [Between 21 and 25 in 2023]

-- Shell Petrochemical Plant Had 3-Hour Emergency Flaring Event To Burn Off Flammable Gases In Beaver County [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Using Water Hoses ‘To Assist In Cooling External Areas Of Ground Flares’ That Need To Be ‘Reinforced’

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant To ‘Reinforce’ Ground Flare Stack, Using Water In Meantime To Cool The Flare Burning Off Natural Gas

-- KDKA: Residents Want Answers About Loud Bang, Orange Glow At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: More Emergency Flaring At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County After Compressor Problem

-- 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

-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need Common-Sense Energy Policies That Promote Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Exports - Anthony Pugliese, Fmr FERC Chief Of Staff

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Edge Higher As Change To Summer Blends Underway Coast To Coast

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA Average - $3.62; National Average - $3.47

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sheetz Drops Certain Gasoline Prices Until March 24

-- Financial Times: Oil Caught Up In Banking Fears As U.S. Crude Drops Below $70/Barrel

-- Bradford Era: PA Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Hold Annual Conference March 23 At Rivers Casino In Pittsburgh

-- 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]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Governor’s First Budget Includes RGGI, Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Park Improvements

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Coming Soon To PA, The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Energy Tax - By Keystone Forward

-- Erie News Now: U.S. Cities Are Cracking Down On Climate Emissions, PA Republicans Want To Get Ahead Of Bans Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

-- Marcellus Drilling News/Wellsboro Gazette: Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Objects To Location Of Mt. Nessmuk Shale Gas Drill Pad In Tioga State Forest

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Natural Gas Production Drops For First Time In A Decade Caused By Weather, Midstream Issues

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: US EIA Forecast Finds Natural Gas Still Important To Economy Even As Renewables Make Gains Through 2050

-- Utility Dive: Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023 Will Lead To ‘Plunge’ In Peak Electricity Prices In Most U.S. Markets. According To Moody’s Investors Services

-- Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Economy Grew To Over 92,700 Jobs Since COVID Economic Crisis [PaEN]

-- March 29 Southeastern PA Town Hall Meeting In Chester County To Focus On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- 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]

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- PennLive Editorial: PA Could Benefit Greatly From Hydrogen Hubs, If They Are Well-Regulated

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Midland Bitcoin Mining Company Mawson Moved Funds From Failed Signature Bank

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Miner Moves Australian Units To Pennsylvania

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Range Resources’ CEO-In-Waiting Sees The Road Ahead For Natural Gas

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources CEO To Retire

Pipelines

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

-- Environmental Groups Appeal DEP Permits For Transco Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline In Luzerne, Monroe Counties [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: We Need Common-Sense Energy Policies That Promote Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Exports - Anthony Pugliese, Fmr FERC Chief Of Staff

-- 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

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Sunoco Pipeline Project Nearing Completion In Upper Makefield, Bucks County

-- U.S. DOT Misses Deadline To Suspend Rule Allowing Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail, Including A Proposal In PA [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Wave Of New LNG Natural Gas Export Plants Threatens To Knock Down Prices

-- Federal Court Rules Challenge To DEP Air Quality Permit For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Quakertown Compressor Station May Go Forward [PaEN]

-- Teen Vogue: Mountain Valley Pipeline Protesters Live In Treehouses To Physically Block Pipeline Construction For 932 Days

-- AP: Kansas Lawmakers Fear More Spills From Keystone Oil Pipeline After Massive Spill

Permitting

-- DEP To Hold March 29 Informal Conference On Proposed Strongstown Coal Mine In Indiana, Cambria County [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Hearing April 24 On I-80-115 C-1 Site/ Pocono Mountains Corporate Center North Waterhouse Site In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

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

-- Marcellus Drilling News: New Fortress Energy Reapplying For Wyalusing LNG Natural Gas Plant Permits In Bradford County [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]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day [PaEN]

-- 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]

-- Altoona Mirror: DEP Approves Stormwater NPDES Water Quality Permit For Rutter’s Truck Stop In Pinecroft

-- DEP Took Action On 785 Permits, 95% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,731 Inspections; Responded To 11 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP To Hold March 29 Informal Conference On Proposed Strongstown Coal Mine In Indiana, Cambria County [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Hearing April 24 On I-80-115 C-1 Site/ Pocono Mountains Corporate Center North Waterhouse Site In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

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

-- Marcellus Drilling News/Wellsboro Gazette: Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Objects To Location Of Mt. Nessmuk Shale Gas Drill Pad In Tioga State Forest

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- DEP Posts 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- Wall Street Journal: Why Natural Gas Bills Are Going Crazy, With No End In Sight

-- Utility Dive: Lower Natural Gas Prices In 2023 Will Lead To ‘Plunge’ In Peak Electricity Prices In Most U.S. Markets. According To Moody’s Investors Services

-- 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

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PA Court Overturns PUC Decision Allowing Delaware County Natural Gas Project Saying Environmental Review Needed

-- PUC Recognizes 2023 Fix A Leak Week

-- PA Capital-Star: PJM - Nation’s Biggest Electric Capacity Market-- Needs Fixing, Critics Say

-- Utility Dive: Confidential PJM Meetings Hinder State Energy Policy, Oversight: WV, MD Lawmakers Say

-- Bloomberg: Texas Electric Grid Ability To Handle Summertime Energy Demand May Hinge On Renewable Sources

Radiation Protection

-- York Dispatch: Water Use, Discharge Concerns Emerge As Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning

-- Fox43: Activists Raise Concerns About Toxic Water Disposal At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Vistra Energy Deal ‘Positive News’ For Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant, Leaders Say

-- March 29 Southeastern PA Town Hall Meeting In Chester County To Focus On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

Recreation

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets March 22 On Proposed Budget, Heritage Areas [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: DCNR Building A Network Of Rural Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In State Parks, Forests

-- DCNR Seeking Volunteer Trail Stewards In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County For March 26 Trail Workday [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Quest To Visit PA State Parks Complete For Union County Couple

-- March 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Duquesne Light Donates $1 Million To Allegheny Commons Park Project

-- NextPittsburgh: Butler County Is Rebounding Thanks To Outdoor Recreation

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Dedicates Ephraim Malickson Wildlife Sanctuary In Robeson Twp.

-- 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]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Recruiting Lifeguards, Aims To Open More Pools This Year

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Expand, Yet Preserve State’s Outdoor Assets

-- AURORA Outdoor Orientation Programs Take New Penn State Students ‘Into The Wild’

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: E-Bikes Raise Management Concerns In Some Parks, Public Forests

-- Philly Voice: Deer Ticks Fueling Rise Of Flu-Like Babesiosis Illness That Isn’t Lyme Disease

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Holds Safe Steps Children's Art Contest [PaEN]

-- WESA: Contest Asks PA Kids To Create Art About Tick Bite Prevention

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Resources Council Announces 2023 Collection Events Schedule For E-Waste, Tires, Household Chemicals For Allegheny, Delaware Counties [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Glass Backward: PA Resources Council And Partners Push For More Glass Recycling

-- Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors Conducting Pick Up Pennsylvania Community Improvement Events [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Volunteers Wanted For Earth Day Cleanup In Sharpsburg

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Seeks 300 Residents To Test A Citywide Composting Program

-- Inside Climate News: Encina Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant In PA Faces Setback: One Of Its Proposed Buildings Is Too Tall

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Sen. Comitta Nominates Oxford Borough For KPB Community Pride Award [PaEN]

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Posts 2021-22 Annual Report

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Turning Discarded Hamburgers, Chicken, Salad Into Tons Of Compost

Renewable Energy

-- 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

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast: Converting Waste Heat Into Battery Energy

-- Erie News Now: U.S. Cities Are Cracking Down On Climate Emissions, PA Republicans Want To Get Ahead Of Bans Phasing Out Fossil Fuels

-- The Guardian: Older Americans To Blockade Banks In Climate Protest: ‘We Have Money And Power’

-- Bloomberg: Texas Electric Grid Ability To Handle Summertime Energy Demand May Hinge On Renewable Sources

-- The Guardian: US Utility Firms Spent Big Preparing Power Grid For Storms And Still Failed

Schuylkill River

-- WHYY: Connecting With The Schuylkill River, A Walk To Celebrate World Water Day

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Desilting Basin Dam On Little Schuylkill River To Fade Into History

Stormwater

-- Erie Times: Stormwater Bills Have Hit City Of Erie Mailboxes, Here’s A Breakdown Of The New Fee

-- TribLive: Delmont Moves Ahead With Creation Of Stormwater Authority

-- Altoona Mirror: DEP Approves Stormwater NPDES Water Quality Permit For Rutter’s Truck Stop In Pinecroft

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- Penn State Launches New Carbon Calculator Tool To Help Dairy Farms Improve Sustainability

-- TribLive: Sustainable Backyard Workshop April 22 In Mt. Pleasant Twp., Westmoreland County

-- CONSOL Energy Releases 2022 Corporate Sustainability Report

Water Quality

-- DEP To Hold Hearing April 24 On I-80-115 C-1 Site/ Pocono Mountains Corporate Center North Waterhouse Site In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: DEP Approves Stormwater NPDES Water Quality Permit For Rutter’s Truck Stop In Pinecroft

Wastewater Facilities

-- PA Dept. Of Human Services To Extend Federal Drinking Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance Programs [PaEN]

Watershed Protection

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 11 to 17; Fracking 2 Wells Interfered With Another Shale Gas Well In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

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

-- Penn State Launches New Carbon Calculator Tool To Help Dairy Farms Improve Sustainability

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Hosts 3-Part Online Buffalo Creek Watershed Forested Land Workshops For Butler, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]

-- Online Supporting Wildlife On Your Property Workshop Series For Residents In Buffalo Creek Watershed Butler, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Web Of Wetlands At Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Get Makeover To Help All Kinds Of Wildlife

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 6 Natural Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Renewals For 7.1 Million Gallons/Day [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council StoryMap: Celebrating Upstream Suburban Philadelphia Watershed Projects

-- Erie Times: Stormwater Bills Have Hit City Of Erie Mailboxes, Here’s A Breakdown Of The New Fee

-- TribLive: Delmont Moves Ahead With Creation Of Stormwater Authority

-- Altoona Mirror: DEP Approves Stormwater NPDES Water Quality Permit For Rutter’s Truck Stop In Pinecroft

-- York Dispatch: Water Use, Discharge Concerns Emerge As Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning

-- Fox43: Activists Raise Concerns About Toxic Water Disposal At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- WHYY: Connecting With The Schuylkill River, A Walk To Celebrate World Water Day

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Desilting Basin Dam On Little Schuylkill River To Fade Into History

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 17 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Inspire Interest In Fishing And Boating [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Audubon Society Of Western PA Grant Program Aims To Establish Bird-Friendly Communities In Mon Valley

-- Online Supporting Wildlife On Your Property Workshop Series For Residents In Buffalo Creek Watershed Butler, Armstrong Counties [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Web Of Wetlands At Middle Creek Wildlife Area To Get Makeover To Help All Kinds Of Wildlife

-- Courier Times: Beavers, The Historic Dam Builders, Make A Comeback In Bucks County

-- Inquirer: Counting And Cuddling Bear Cubs Across Pennsylvania

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Migration Hawk Watch Begins April 1 [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Webinar: March 21 PFAS: Breaking Down The Future Of Forever Chemicals In Our Water, 7:00 p.m.

-- Williamsport Sun: Walleye Sample Taken Near Sunbury Illustrates PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Issue

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Full Circle: Bald Eagles Live, Hunt Near Former Harrison DDT Plant

-- Penn State: Ornithologist Amanda Rodewalk To Speak March 16 On Strategic Conservation In An Uncertain World, 5:00 p.m., Available Via Zoom

-- TribLive: Sen. Boscola Seeks To Move PA Deer Season Opener Back To Monday

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Mentor Youth Trout Day: A Unique Opportunity To Teach, Learn And Create Memories On The Water

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Events In April

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Animals Follow The Rhythms Of Day And Night

-- WPost: National Audubon Society Keeps Name Despite Ties To Slavery, 3 Board Members Resign

-- TribLive: Did Raccoon Dogs Start COVID Pandemic? Western PA Experts Weigh In

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Holds Safe Steps Children's Art Contest [PaEN]

-- WESA: Contest Asks PA Kids To Create Art About Tick Bite Prevention

-- Philly Voice: Deer Ticks Fueling Rise Of Flu-Like Babesiosis Illness That Isn’t Lyme Disease

Opportunities

-- Help Wanted: Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Spring & Summer Environmental Educators, Intern, Camp Assistants [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Recruiting Lifeguards, Aims To Open More Pools This Year

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[Posted: March 19, 2023]

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