PA Environment Digest

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Healthy Forests Are A Climate Solution All Of Us Can Agree On - By Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby, Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Financial Times: EPA Vows ‘Aggressive’ Crackdown On Oil And Gas Methane Leaks

-- Inside Climate News: Fossil Fuel Executives See A ‘Golden Age’ For Natural Gas, If They Can Brand It As ‘Clean’

-- The Guardian: Older Americans To Blockade Banks In Climate Protest: ‘Fossils Against Fossil Fuels’

-- Financial Times: Solar Power: Europe Attempts To Get Out Of China’s Shadow

-- AP: Nations Approve Key UN Science Report On Climate Change

-- The Guardian: World Can Still Avoid Worst Of Climate Collapse With Genuine Change, IPCC Says

-- AP: World On ‘Thin Ice’ As UN Climate Report Gives Stark Warning

-- Inside Climate News: New IPCC Report Shows The ‘Climate Time Bomb Is Ticking,’ Says UN Secretary General

-- CarbonBrief: Q&A: U.N. IPCC Wraps Up Its Most In-Depth Assessment Of Climate Change

Coal Mining

-- Republican Herald: PSU Schuylkill Professors Discuss Coal Culture At Minersville Historical Society

Compliance Action

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

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

-- Altoona Mirror: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Destroyed Property Owned By Navy Veterans In Cambria County

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Crypto Currency Mining At Natural Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry In NW PA

-- PUC PA One-Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $171,575 In Penalties Against Utilities, Contractors For Violations

-- Courier Times: Artificial Turf Recycler Hit With Environmental Violations As It Works To Open PA Plant In Schuylkill County

-- DEP Took Action On 726 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,869 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Stream Restoration Undertaken On Farnsworth Branch In Allegheny National Forest By Western PA Conservancy, Warren Conservation District, Trout Unlimited

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, DCNR April 29 Program On Planting Trees To Help Soil, Water, Wildlife

-- Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening April 19-22 [PaEN]

DCNR

-- Senate Republicans Again Suggest DCNR Allow More Natural Gas Drilling To Fund Park/Forest Operations; New Hellbender License Plate Coming In June [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: In PA, Drilling On Public Land Loses And 2 Invasive Bugs Win

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: State Parks Dept. Budget Hearing Focuses On New Hires, Infrastructure

-- PennLive: As DCNR Asks For Boost In Infrastructure Spending, Republicans See Opening For More Gas Leasing On State Land

-- PennLive Guest Essay: State Park, Forest EV Charging Stations Aid Critical Public Infrastructure - By John Norbeck, DCNR Deputy For Parks & Forestry

-- DCNR Blog: Wetlands In Spring, Some Of The Most Biodiverse Places In Pennsylvania

-- DCNR Budget Testimony: Supporting PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry, Conserving Natural Resources [PaEN]

DEP

-- DEP Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy Work Group Co-Chairs Announced; Work Group Formed To Prevent New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- House Budget Hearing: Acting DEP Secretary Outlines His Views On Environmental Justice, Announces Fernando Treviño As Special Deputy For Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- DEP Acting Secretary Negrin Wants To Encourage A Culture Of Being User-Friendly At DEP And Used The Train Derailment Response As An Example [PaEN]

-- DEP Projects Over $1.5 Million Deficit In Account Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program In FY 2023-24 [PaEN]

-- DEP Budget Testimony: Increasing Permitting Efficiency, Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution, Investing In Communities, Holding Companies Accountable [PaEN]

-- DEP Acting Secretary Negrin: All Climate Change Is Local - We Are Guardians Of Our Neighborhoods, We Are To Act In Service To Our Neighbors [PaEN]

-- Former DEP Secretaries Invited To Share Their Experiences Protecting Pennsylvania's Environment With Acting Secretary Negrin [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Permitting Reform, RGGI Carbon Pollution Program Take Center Stage At DEP’s Senate Budget Hearing

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Permitting Delays, Carbon Tax [RGGI] Still Vexing Lawmakers

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com - Robert Swift: Senate DEP Budget Hearing Focuses On Permit Reform, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

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

-- Altoona Mirror: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Destroyed Property Owned By Navy Veterans In Cambria County

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Crypto Currency Mining At Natural Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry In NW PA

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- DEP: Norfolk Southern Gives Notice On Starting Next Phase Of Cleanup At Site Of 2022 Trail Derailment In Harmar Twp., Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets May 10 Hearing On Perdue AgriBusiness Plant NOx/VOC RACT 3 Air Quality Plan In Lancaster County [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Artificial Turf Recycler Hit With Environmental Violations As It Works To Open PA Plant In Schuylkill County

-- WEDNESDAY: DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Matter For Wednesday, March 22 In Liberty-Clairton, Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette: Mon Valley Air Pollution Warning Extended

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Safe Is It To Eat Fish Caught In PA Waters?

-- DEP Took Action On 726 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,869 Inspections; Responded To 7 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 25 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 24 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: Latest Estuary Newsletter

Drinking Water

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: What It Takes To Get PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out Of Drinking Water, Big New Systems You Might Have To Help Pay For

-- WHYY: Philly Water Customers Are Concerned About Proposed Rate Hike: ‘Where Does It End?’

-- Post-Gazette: Boil Water, Flush Advisory Issued For 4,400 Households In Pittsburgh’s East End

-- York Daily Record: Lake Williams Reservoir Dam Project Over Halfway Done

-- PA American Water Celebrates ‘Fix A Leak Week By Promoting Water-Saving Tips

Earth Day - April 22

-- What Do You Have Planned?

Education

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

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

-- NextPittsburgh: Women For A Healthy Environment Improves Quality Of Life In Western PA

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How Philly Teachers Are Bringing Meaningful STEM Experiences To Students Through Environmental And Outdoor Clubs [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Highlights Education Programs Coming Up Through June [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Summer Student Science Academy In Montgomery County [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia: March 23 Webinar: From Fridge To Furnace - Federal Energy Efficiency Help For Faith Groups, Nonprofits. Noon

-- PUC Vice Chair DeFrank To Participate In Philadelphia’s ‘Be Utility Wise’ Consumer Education Conference March 22

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: March 29 Water Cooler Talk - Agroforestry’s Impact On Water Quality [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance: April 6 Hellbent Virtual Screening, The Story Of Grant Township’s Fight To Stop Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well 2:00 p.m.

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Tween Trek April 6

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: April 14 Ways To Fund Your On-Farm Biogas Project, Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Agricultural Sciences Webinar: April 19 Master Gardener Program And Impacts In PA, 1:00 p.m.

-- Registration Open For May 9 Online Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium; Optional In-Person Tour May 3 [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetland: Rutter's Development Threatens Old Crow Mitigation Wetland In Huntingdon County - By Claire Holzner, Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetland [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Mild Winter May Foretell Things To Come In Northeast PA

-- Celebrate Pennsylvania Native Species Day May 18 [PaEN]

-- Complete Your Bracket! Penn State Center For Pollinator Research Wants You To Vote In March Madness Bee Of The Year Contest [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: These Seniors Help Nature By Nurturing Mason Bees, One Of Spring’s First Pollinators

-- Penn State Study: Mapping People’s Knowledge Of Bees May Aid In Pollinator Conservation

-- Inquirer: Tree Pollen Hits An ‘Extreme’ Level As The Season Starts In Philly Region

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest To Host Night Sky Program Friday

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Healthy Forests Are A Climate Solution All Of Us Can Agree On - By Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby, Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens Climate Lobby

-- NextPittsburgh: How To Tap A Maple Tree For Sap In Western PA

-- PA American Water Celebrates ‘Fix A Leak Week By Promoting Water-Saving Tips

-- PUC Strongly Encourages Customers To Explore Electric Shopping Options To Help Reduce Size Of Utility Bills [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: PSU Schuylkill Professors Discuss Coal Culture At Minersville Historical Society

-- Inside Climate News: Fossil Fuel Executives See A ‘Golden Age’ For Natural Gas, If They Can Brand It As ‘Clean’

-- Greening The Grey: Engineering Natural Solutions For Stormwater Management [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Stream Restoration Undertaken On Farnsworth Branch In Allegheny National Forest By Western PA Conservancy, Warren Conservation District, Trout Unlimited

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary: Latest Estuary Newsletter

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 24 RiverWatch Video Report

-- WESA: PA Struggles To Fight Invasive Species, As Experts Push For A Regional Approach

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania Finds Widespread Problems With Invasive Species And Aims To Tackle Them

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Safe Is It To Eat Fish Caught In PA Waters?

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Rumble In The Treetops As Pittsburgh Eagle Nest Invaded By Another Bald Eagle

-- Centre Daily Times: Hummingbirds Are Migrating Back To PA, When To Spot Them, Set Up Your Feeder

-- Williamsport Sun - Dan Brauning, Lycoming Audubon Society: Throughout Central PA, Bird Migration Is Underway

-- Warren Times: Audubon Was Wrong, Birds Do Have A Sense Of Smell

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: The Sounds Of Nature Through Animals And Birds

Ohio/PA Train Derailment

-- PA Senate Hearing: Norfolk Southern CEO - Ignition Of Rail Cars Following Ohio Trainwreck Was A 'Success' ? [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Announces Long-Term Presence In Beaver County To Assist Residents Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- DEP Acting Secretary Negrin Wants To Encourage A Culture Of Being User-Friendly At DEP And Used The Train Derailment Response As An Example [PaEN]

-- House Budget Hearing: Acting DEP Secretary Outlines His Views On Environmental Justice, Announces Fernando Treviño As Special Deputy For Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Rebuilding Public Trust After The Train Derailment Starts From The Ground Up

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Western PA Residents Want More Testing- And Attention-- After Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette: Beaver County School District Sues Norfolk Southern Over Train Derailment Chemical Plume

-- AP: Bipartisan Support Emerges For US Senate Railroad Safety Bill After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: Norfolk Southern Will Be There ‘As Long As It Takes,’ CEO Tells PA Senate Panel; ‘Unified Command’ Made The Decision To Burn Chemicals Lead By Local Ohio Fire Chief

-- City & State PA: In PA Senate Hearing: Norfolk Southern CEO Said Local Fire Chief, OH Governor Had Final Say On Chemical Tanker Burn

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Lawmakers Grill Norfolk Southern CEO On Decision To Burn Chemicals After Train Derailment

-- The Center Square: Norfolk Southern CEO Reluctant To Say Who OK’d Chemical Burn After Derailment

-- PennLive: Legislators Frustrated With Norfolk Southern CEO’s Appearance Before PA Senate Committee

-- PA Senate Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness Committee March 20 Hearing Video With Norfolk Southern CEO + Written Testimony

-- Politics PA: Norfolk Southern CEO To Appear Before PA Senate Committee Monday

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Government Should Extract Direct Compensation From Norfolk Southern For Train Derailment

-- PA Capital-Star: Jessica Conard Of East Palestine, OH Has Become A Reluctant Community Advocate After Train Derailment

-- AP: After Derailment, Toxic Burn Student Athletes Seek Normalcy In Ohio

Emergency Response

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- PA Senate Hearing: Norfolk Southern CEO - Ignition Of Rail Cars Following Ohio Trainwreck Was A 'Success' ? [PaEN]

-- DEP: Norfolk Southern Gives Notice On Starting Next Phase Of Cleanup At Site Of 2022 Trail Derailment In Harmar Twp., Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: 8,000+ Gallons Of Hazardous Material Spills Into Bucks County Creek Near Delaware River

-- Warren Times: Warren County Deploys Spill Response Trailers For Local Fire Companies Throughout County

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]

-- PUC Strongly Encourages Customers To Explore Electric Shopping Options To Help Reduce Size Of Utility Bills [PaEN]

-- WJAC: Peoples Natural Gas Files Request With PUC To Lower Cost Of Gas

-- PUC Sets April 11 Hearing On Proposed 8.9% UGI Electric Rate Increase

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - No Change From Last Week: 24

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Slump After Mild Winter Leaves Big Surplus

-- Bloomberg: EU Proposes Extending 15% Cut In Natural Gas Demand Thru Next Winter

-- Bloomberg: Oil Near 15-Month Lows, Key Gauge Sinks As Banking Jolt Spreads

Energy

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- PUC Strongly Encourages Customers To Explore Electric Shopping Options To Help Reduce Size Of Utility Bills [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia: March 23 Webinar: From Fridge To Furnace - Federal Energy Efficiency Help For Faith Groups, Nonprofits. Noon

-- PUC Sets April 11 Hearing On Proposed 8.9% UGI Electric Rate Increase

-- WJAC: Peoples Natural Gas Files Request With PUC To Lower Cost Of Gas

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Slump After Mild Winter Leaves Big Surplus

-- PUC Vice Chair DeFrank To Participate In Philadelphia’s ‘Be Utility Wise’ Consumer Education Conference March 22

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: April 14 Ways To Fund Your On-Farm Biogas Project, Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- Scranton Times: Solar Company Appeals Zoning Rejection Of Solar Energy Facility On West Mountain In Scranton

-- Scranton Times: Taylor Borough Zoners Reject Solar Energy Facility Proposal Near Ransom Road

-- Altoona Mirror: Bedford County Solar Energy Facility Project Will Not Go Ahead With RER Energy Group

-- NextPittsburgh: Raycycle Won’t Let Pittsburgh’s Cloudy Days Block Solar Energy Installation

-- Reading Eagle: Residents Slam Plans For Solar Energy Facility In Northern Berks

-- LancasterOnline: City Of Lancaster To Use Solar Power To Reduce Cost, Energy Use At Water Treatment Facilities

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Solar Energy Fastest-Growing Energy Source In U.S., Let Sun Shine In NE PA’s Backyard

-- Philadelphia Energy Authority: $40 Million C-PACE Energy Efficiency Closes For Multifamily Project [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Hydrogen Hub, Carbon Projects Face Internal, External Hurdles

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel, Shell Outline Commercial Challenges To Decarbonization

-- Citizens Voice: Unit At Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant Shut Down For Refueling In Luzerne County

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance: April 6 Hellbent Virtual Screening, The Story Of Grant Township’s Fight To Stop Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well 2:00 p.m.

-- BroadAndLiberty.com Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Be A Leader In Natural Gas Production - By National Federation Of Independent Business In PA

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Pipeline Replacement Plan Will Cost Up To $8 Billion, Ignores Climate Impacts, Study Says

-- LancasterOnline: Proposed Pump-Storage Electric Project Generates Controversy

-- Inside Climate News: Fossil Fuel Executives See A ‘Golden Age’ For Natural Gas, If They Can Brand It As ‘Clean’

Energy Conservation

-- Philadelphia Energy Authority: $40 Million C-PACE Energy Efficiency Closes For Multifamily Project [PaEN]

-- ReImagine Appalachia: March 23 Webinar: From Fridge To Furnace - Federal Energy Efficiency Help For Faith Groups, Nonprofits. Noon

Environmental Health

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

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

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Crypto Currency Mining At Natural Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry In NW PA

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: What It Takes To Get PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out Of Drinking Water, Big New Systems You Might Have To Help Pay For

-- DEP: Norfolk Southern Gives Notice On Starting Next Phase Of Cleanup At Site Of 2022 Trail Derailment In Harmar Twp., Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening April 19-22 [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Safe Is It To Eat Fish Caught In PA Waters?

-- NextPittsburgh: Women For A Healthy Environment Improves Quality Of Life In Western PA

Environmental Heritage

-- Republican Herald: PSU Schuylkill Professors Discuss Coal Culture At Minersville Historical Society

Environmental Justice

-- House Budget Hearing: Acting DEP Secretary Outlines His Views On Environmental Justice, Announces Fernando Treviño As Special Deputy For Environmental Justice [PaEN]

EPA

-- MCall: 40 Years After Palmerton Zinc Pile Was Added To Federal Superfund List, Restoration Work Continues

-- Financial Times: EPA Vows ‘Aggressive’ Crackdown On Oil And Gas Methane Leaks

Farming

-- Agriculture Budget Testimony: Budget Proposal Supports Agriculture Economy; Land & Water Stewardship; Organic Farming; Helps Deal With Threats To Food System [PaEN]

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: M. Night Shyamalan Buys Chester County Farm For $24 Million, Viewed By Conservationists As A Steward, Not Developer

-- Rodale Institute Names Jeff Tkach, CEO, Succeeding Jeff Moyer [PaEN]

-- 'Manureshed' Management In Susquehanna River Basin Can Make Big Difference To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: March 29 Water Cooler Talk - Agroforestry’s Impact On Water Quality [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: April 14 Ways To Fund Your On-Farm Biogas Project, Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening April 19-22 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: These Seniors Help Nature By Nurturing Mason Bees, One Of Spring’s First Pollinators

-- Penn State Study: Mapping People’s Knowledge Of Bees May Aid In Pollinator Conservation

-- Penn State Agricultural Sciences Webinar: April 19 Master Gardener Program And Impacts In PA, 1:00 p.m.

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Safe Is It To Eat Fish Caught In PA Waters?

Flooding

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wyoming Valley Levee Authority Awarded $8 Million In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding

-- TribLive: Flooding Closes Roads In Western PA

Forests

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Healthy Forests Are A Climate Solution All Of Us Can Agree On - By Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby, Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: March 29 Water Cooler Talk - Agroforestry’s Impact On Water Quality [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, DCNR April 29 Program On Planting Trees To Help Soil, Water, Wildlife

-- NextPittsburgh: How To Tap A Maple Tree For Sap In Western PA

Game Commission

-- TribLive: Opponents Of Saturday Deer Hunting Opener Cite Negative Economic, Social Impacts

-- TribLive Editorial: What Is The Value Of Tradition In Deer Hunting?

Geologic Hazards

-- Reuters: Injection Well Disposal Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Likely Caused Earthquake In Alberta In 2022

Grants & Funding

-- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians Conservation, Including Along Kittatinny Ridge [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians. Conservation, Including Along Kittatinny Ridge [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: M. Night Shyamalan Buys Chester County Farm For $24 Million, Viewed By Conservationists As A Steward, Not Developer

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Acquires 77 Acres Of Land Adjacent To de Perrot Woods Nature Preserve

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Healthy Forests Are A Climate Solution All Of Us Can Agree On - By Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby, Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Greening The Grey: Engineering Natural Solutions For Stormwater Management [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Stream Restoration Undertaken On Farnsworth Branch In Allegheny National Forest By Western PA Conservancy, Warren Conservation District, Trout Unlimited

-- Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetland: Rutter's Development Threatens Old Crow Mitigation Wetland In Huntingdon County - By Claire Holzner, Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetland [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, DCNR April 29 Program On Planting Trees To Help Soil, Water, Wildlife

-- DCED Awards $56,250 Grant For Environmental Assessment On Proposed Addition To Schuylkill River Trail In Philadelphia

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania Finds Widespread Problems With Invasive Species And Aims To Tackle Them

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- MCall: 40 Years After Palmerton Zinc Pile Was Added To Federal Superfund List, Restoration Work Continues

-- TribLive: Workers To Start Some Maintenance, Construction At Parks Twp., Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Dump

Hazardous Substances

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 18 to 24; Continuing Violations At Equitrans Gas Storage Area; 6 More New Well Abandonments [PaEN]

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

-- Altoona Mirror: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Destroyed Property Owned By Navy Veterans In Cambria County

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Crypto Currency Mining At Natural Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry In NW PA

-- Warren Times: Warren County Deploys Spill Response Trailers For Local Fire Companies Throughout County

-- DEP: Norfolk Southern Gives Notice On Starting Next Phase Of Cleanup At Site Of 2022 Trail Derailment In Harmar Twp., Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: 8,000+ Gallons Of Hazardous Material Spills Into Bucks County Creek Near Delaware River

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: What It Takes To Get PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out Of Drinking Water, Big New Systems You Might Have To Help Pay For

-- Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening April 19-22 [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Safe Is It To Eat Fish Caught In PA Waters?

Land Conservation

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians Conservation, Including Along Kittatinny Ridge [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: M. Night Shyamalan Buys Chester County Farm For $24 Million, Viewed By Conservationists As A Steward, Not Developer

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Acquires 77 Acres Of Land Adjacent To de Perrot Woods Nature Preserve

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Healthy Forests Are A Climate Solution All Of Us Can Agree On - By Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby, Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens Climate Lobby

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, DCNR April 29 Program On Planting Trees To Help Soil, Water, Wildlife

Land Recycling

-- DEP: Norfolk Southern Gives Notice On Starting Next Phase Of Cleanup At Site Of 2022 Trail Derailment In Harmar Twp., Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- DCED Awards $56,250 Grant For Environmental Assessment On Proposed Addition To Schuylkill River Trail In Philadelphia

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- PA Resources Council Partnering With Large-Scale Events In Western PA To Reduce Event Waste Thru Zero Waste Program [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Announces Wide Variety Of Waste Recycling, Collection Events In 2023

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Events Slated For Fayette, Washington Counties

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Sets Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events Schedule Starting April 13

--TribLive: Pittsburgh Delays Start Of Plastic Bag Ban

-- WESA: City Officials Push Back Pittsburgh Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Is Pulling Out Of A Program That Pays Community Members To Collect Litter