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[Posted: April 23, 2023]
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Gov. Shapiro
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: 100 Days In, Gov. Shapiro Must Sharpen His Focus On Climate Change And The Environment - By Clean Air Council
Budget
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Senate Republican Leader To Focus On ‘Responsible’ Budget, More Than An On-Time One
-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Leader Talks Budget, Schools, Energy, More
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Beaver County Times: Casey Champions Rail Safety Bills During Beaver County Visit
-- NextPittsburgh: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Worries About Future Train Derailments
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Risky Railways From Pittsburgh To Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - by Ruth Ann Dailey
-- Post-Gazette: East Palestine Ohio 17-Year-Old Advocates For Herself, Other Teens After Train Derailment
-- AP: Norfolk Southern CEO Repeats Derailment Apologies Before Ohio Senate
Environment/Energy Issues
-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 25 On Bipartisan Bills To Provide School Solar Energy Grants, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- Solar Energy Facility Decommissioning Bills On House Consumer Protection Committee Agenda For April 25 [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection [PaEN]
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- American Journal Of Transportation: PA LNG Task Force Takes Testimony On Expanding Natural Gas To PA Ports
-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA
-- TribLive: Coal-Fired Homer City Power Plant Closing; Future Dim For 2 Other Regional Facilities [Competition With Natural Gas Put Coal Plants Out Of Business]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Save The Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant - Commonwealth Foundation
-- Washington Examiner: Republican PA Cong. Reschenthaler Blames Biden For Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant
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-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]
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-- 105 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]
-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]
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Air
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
-- Reuters: How Federal Clean Air Act Lets Closed Coal-fired Power Plants Keep Polluting For Years
-- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8 Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Philly Region’s Dry Spell Intensifies, Tree Pollen Is Loving It More Than Allergy Sufferers
Allegheny National Forest
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: How The Allegheny National Forest Came To Be 100 Years Ago
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Partners For Geocaching Trail
Alternative Fuels
-- TribLive: Electric Vehicles Sparking Interest In Western PA, Especially Among Younger Drivers
-- PA Turnpike Commission Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - EV Charging, Roadside Vegetation
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Battery Plant Among $150 Billion In Accelerated Clean Energy Spending
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Private Investment Gets Head Start On Electronic Vehicle Buildout In PA
Awards & Recognition
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Recognizes Stormwater Pioneers For Best Stormwater Management On Private Property
-- 3 Pennsylvania Schools Achieve Green Ribbon Schools Recognition From U.S. Dept. of Education [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: California Area School District In Washington County Recognized As Top Sustainability School
-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Greensburg Salem, Derry, Norwin Top Westmoreland Envirothon Competition
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Envirothon Held At Chapman State Park
-- Scranton Times: Luzerne County Educator Starts 15th Year Of Hiking Series
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Erie Fisherman Honored For His Steelhead Fishing Stories Newsletter
-- Reading Eagle: Massive Willow Tree Estimated To Be 200 Years Old Taken Down At Blue Marsh Lake Basin
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- Inquirer: A New Disease Is Killing Beech Trees In PA, NJ; Worse Than Spotted Lanternfly?
-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spraying 110,000 Acres Of State Game Lands For Spongy Moths (formerly Gypsy Moths)
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Annual Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Management Begins
-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Bat Conservation In Pennsylvania
-- DCNR Blog: Bring Biodiversity Back To Your Lawn - Convert Your Lawn To A Habitat
-- Centre Daily Times: Top Invasive Plants You Should Watch For In Your PA Backyard
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Many Flowers Beginning To Appear Thanks To Weather
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Spring Migration Update - Running Behind 10-Year Average
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Annual Spring Native Plant Sale May 20-21
Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
Budget
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Senate Republican Leader To Focus On ‘Responsible’ Budget, More Than An On-Time One
-- PA Capital-Star: Senate Republican Leader Talks Budget, Schools, Energy, More
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
Chesapeake Bay
-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Settlement Proposed For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Lawsuit Over EPA’s Oversight Of Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Settles Lawsuit With States, Enviros Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Reaches Settlement Over PA Pollution To Chesapeake Bay
-- AP: EPA Agrees To Make Pennsylvania Cut Chesapeake Bay Pollution
-- 3 Pennsylvania Schools Achieve Green Ribbon Schools Recognition From U.S. Dept. of Education [PaEN]
-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News [PaEN]
-- Clean Water For A Healthy & Thriving Economy: Community Partners Join Together To Restore Lancaster's Green Spaces - By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- USDA Announces $18.3 Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- American Journal Of Transportation: PA LNG Task Force Takes Testimony On Expanding Natural Gas To PA Ports
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 39 Water Use Permits For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming Counties [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Significantly Lower Water Flow May Have Long-Ranging Ripple Effect For Aquatic Resources, Recreational Use - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: 100 Days In, Gov. Shapiro Must Sharpen His Focus On Climate Change And The Environment - By Clean Air Council
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- Indiana Gazette: Blackleggs Creek Mine Drainage Cleanup, Trout Nursery Initiative
-- Clean Water For A Healthy & Thriving Economy: Community Partners Join Together To Restore Lancaster's Green Spaces - By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- Natural Lands Adds 373 Acres To Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County Grows By 373 Acres
-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; 216 Cleanup Events Scheduled For Earth Day Weekend [PaEN]
-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz
-- TribLive: Trees Planted Throughout Sharpsburg As Part Of Western PA Conservancy Program
-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard Investments Headquarters In Chester County
-- WITF: Feeling Overwhelmed By Dire Climate News? Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- April 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Celebrating A Passion For Conservation - North Branch Land Trust
-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Earth Day Approaches, Climate Solutions Have Never Been More Appealing - By Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Envision A ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ Refinery Redo At Community Summit
-- DEP Took Action On 764 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,401 Inspections; Responded To 10 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Climate
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Summit April 22 To Bring Experts, Ideas To Lancaster
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard Investments Headquarters In Chester County
-- WITF: Feeling Overwhelmed By Dire Climate News? Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable
-- Solar Energy Facility Decommissioning Bills On House Consumer Protection Committee Agenda For April 25 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA
-- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Project In Dover Township Receives Approval
-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Earth Day Approaches, Climate Solutions Have Never Been More Appealing - By Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: This Earth Day, Let’s All Really Commit To Lowering The Global Temperature - Richard Whiteford
-- UpStream Newsletter From Stroud Water Research Center: Climate Impacts On Water Quality; Celebrating 10 Years In LEED Platinum Research Center
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan
-- TribLive: Electric Vehicles Sparking Interest In Western PA, Especially Among Younger Drivers
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Truck Decarbonizing Startup To Double Workforce After Raising $17.8 Million
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Private Investment Gets Head Start On Electronic Vehicle Buildout In PA
-- PA Turnpike Commission Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - EV Charging, Roadside Vegetation
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Battery Plant Among $150 Billion In Accelerated Clean Energy Spending
-- PennLive: Application Submitted To Establish Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub In PA
-- Ohio River Valley Institute Report: Timing Is Right For Rebirth Of A Clean, Green Steel Industry In PA Based On
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: ‘Green Steel’ Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Spur Economic Revival In SW PA, Study Says
Coal Mining
-- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8 Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
-- Reuters: How Federal Clean Air Act Lets Closed Coal-fired Power Plants Keep Polluting For Years
-- TribLive: Coal-Fired Homer City Power Plant Closing; Future Dim For 2 Other Regional Facilities [Competition With Natural Gas Put Coal Plants Out Of Business]
-- Washington Examiner: Republican PA Cong. Reschenthaler Blames Biden For Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Save The Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant - Commonwealth Foundation
Compliance Action
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Montgomery County Receives NOV For Odor Violations
-- Citizens Voice: Former Huber Breaker Owner Arraigned On Environmental Crimes Over Hazardous Waste
-- DEP Took Action On 764 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,401 Inspections; Responded To 10 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
Conservation Districts
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
-- TribLive: Greensburg Salem, Derry, Norwin Top Westmoreland Envirothon Competition
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Envirothon Held At Chapman State Park
DCNR
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Outdoor Recreation Is The Future Of Economic Development, Purple Lizard Guides The Way
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Outdoor Recreation Boosts Physical And Psychological Growth In Kids
-- DCNR Receives Two Successful Independent Audits For State Forest Management [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Looking Back To See The Way Forward
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Cherry Springs State Park And The Wonder Of Dark Skies
-- DCNR: Seven Tubs Recreation Area Closed For Critical Infrastructure Improvements In Luzerne County
-- Scranton Times: Seven Tubs Nature Area Closed Through At Least Summer For Improvement Project
-- DCNR Blog: Bring Biodiversity Back To Your Lawn - Convert Your Lawn To A Habitat
-- Citizens Voice: Mountain Top Wildfire In Luzerne County Winds Down
-- Centre Daily Times: Multiple Fire Companies Called To Battle Wildfire In Philipsburg Area
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Update - Earth Week Edition [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Bat Conservation In Pennsylvania
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Cherry Springs State Park And The Wonder Of Dark Skies
-- WeConservePA: Lauren Imgrund Moving From DCNR To National Park Service
DEP
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection [PaEN]
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 25 On Bipartisan Bills To Provide School Solar Energy Grants, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations [PaEN]
-- Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Montgomery County Receives NOV For Odor Violations
-- DEP Took Action On 764 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,401 Inspections; Responded To 10 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Delaware River
-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Recognizes Stormwater Pioneers For Best Stormwater Management On Private Property
-- Courier Times: What Do We Know About Water Pollution Risks Of Heavy Industries Operating Along The Delaware River?
-- USDA Announces $18.3 Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin
Drinking Water
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Allocates $1 Million Grant To Pay To Replace Lead Waterlines
Drought
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Is ‘Abnormally Dry,’ Are We Headed For Another Drought Warning?
Earth Day
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring
-- Reading Eagle: Retired High School Biology Teacher Reflects On 53 Years Of Earth Days
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Looking Back To See The Way Forward
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Update - Earth Week Edition [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Celebrating A Passion For Conservation - North Branch Land Trust
-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Summit April 22 To Bring Experts, Ideas To Lancaster
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change
-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Events To Celebrate, Clean Up Neighborhoods, Waterways In Lancaster County
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Earth Day Events Put Focus On Conservation
-- Scranton Times: Earth Day Event In Scranton Promotes Clean Environment
-- Warren Times: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Hosting Earth Day Event April 22
-- TribLive: Trees Planted Throughout Sharpsburg As Part Of Conservancy Program
-- York Dispatch: Go Green In The City Returns To Downtown York Saturday
-- Republican Herald: Young Girls Help Earth Day Cleanup In Schuylkill County
-- CitizensVoice: Volunteers Cleanup Trash In Nanticoke On Earth Day
-- TribLive: Clean Up Days, Tree Plantings And More In Sewickley Area For Earth Day
-- TribLive: Hempfield Community Members, Students Gather For Earth Day Volunteering
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day, And 50th Anniversary
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Earth Day Has ‘Lost Its Way,’ Here’s How To Get Back To Its Roots - By Clean Air Council
-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Earth Day Approaches, Climate Solutions Have Never Been More Appealing - By Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: This Earth Day, Let’s All Really Commit To Lowering The Global Temperature - Richard Whiteford
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Must Seize Its Place In The Emerging Green Economy For Health, Equity And Prosperity - By Sister Pat Lupo and Jenny Tompkins
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Focusing On The Importance Of Earth Day
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Progress For Earth Day
Economic Development
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Outdoor Recreation Is The Future Of Economic Development, Purple Lizard Guides The Way
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Battery Plant Among $150 Billion In Accelerated Clean Energy Spending
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Cheswick Firm Wins DOE Funding To Increase Efficiency Of Glass For Solar Panels
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Private Investment Gets Head Start On Electronic Vehicle Buildout In PA
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Truck Decarbonizing Startup To Double Workforce After Raising $17.8 Million
-- PennLive: Application Submitted To Establish Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub In PA
-- Ohio River Valley Institute Report: Timing Is Right For Rebirth Of A Clean, Green Steel Industry In PA Based On
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: ‘Green Steel’ Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Spur Economic Revival In SW PA, Study Says
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Must Seize Its Place In The Emerging Green Economy For Health, Equity And Prosperity - By Sister Pat Lupo and Jenny Tompkins
Education
-- 3 Pennsylvania Schools Achieve Green Ribbon Schools Recognition From U.S. Dept. of Education [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: California Area School District In Washington County Recognized As Top Sustainability School
-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Update - Earth Week Edition [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Retired High School Biology Teacher Reflects On 53 Years Of Earth Days
-- TribLive: Greensburg Salem, Derry, Norwin Top Westmoreland Envirothon Competition
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Envirothon Held At Chapman State Park
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Creek Critters - A Book For Kids Inspires Scientific Discovery In Utah School
-- Landscape Architecture Students Help Pittsburgh Communities Reimagine What's Possible Using Green Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: East Palestine Ohio 17-Year-Old Advocates For Herself, Other Teens After Train Derailment
-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Free Green Building & Design Summer Institute For High School Students June 12-23 [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades
-- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8 Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- WFMJ: New Study On Eastern Ohio Gas/Oil Wells Links Fracking To Earthquakes
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard Investments Headquarters In Chester County
-- WITF: Feeling Overwhelmed By Dire Climate News? Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Envision A ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ Refinery Redo At Community Summit
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Must Seize Its Place In The Emerging Green Economy For Health, Equity And Prosperity - By Sister Pat Lupo and Jenny Tompkins
-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation; Lehigh River On List Too [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio River Ranks 2nd On America’s Most Endangered List By American Rivers Group
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh River Named One Of 10 Most Endangered In Country; Warehouses And Poor Planning Blamed In Report
-- Pocono Record: Warehouse Growth Puts PA’s Lehigh River On Most Endangered List
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lehigh River Listed As ‘Most Endangered’ River In U.S. Due To Rampant Warehouse Developments
-- American Rivers: Lehigh And Ohio Rivers Listed In America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- UpStream Newsletter From Stroud Water Research Center: Climate Impacts On Water Quality; Celebrating 10 Years In LEED Platinum Research Center
-- Penn State Extension Experts Release Guidelines To Increase Worker Safety Of Manure Storage Facilities
-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA [PaEN]
-- USDA NRCS-PA: Hosting 9-Part People’s Garden Webinar Series Beginning April 26
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Cherry Springs State Park And The Wonder Of Dark Skies
-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Summit April 22 To Bring Experts, Ideas To Lancaster
-- Warren Times: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Hosting Earth Day Event April 22
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: The Urban Birder: Here’s Why You Should Spend More Time Looking Up
-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Trail Guide Training May 2
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Bat Conservation In Pennsylvania
-- DCNR Blog: Bring Biodiversity Back To Your Lawn - Convert Your Lawn To A Habitat
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Annual Spring Native Plant Sale May 20-21
-- Centre Daily Times: Top Invasive Plants You Should Watch For In Your PA Backyard
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Many Flowers Beginning To Appear Thanks To Weather
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Spring Migration Update - Running Behind 10-Year Average
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day, And 50th Anniversary
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs In May
-- Spotlight PA: Erie’s View Of 2024 Solar Eclipse Will Be Exceptional, But It’s Going To Cost You
Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Beaver County Times: Casey Champions Rail Safety Bills During Beaver County Visit
-- NextPittsburgh: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Worries About Future Train Derailments
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Risky Railways From Pittsburgh To Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - by Ruth Ann Dailey
-- Post-Gazette: East Palestine Ohio 17-Year-Old Advocates For Herself, Other Teens After Train Derailment
-- AP: Norfolk Southern CEO Repeats Derailment Apologies Before Ohio Senate
Emergency Response
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Industrial Disasters Raise Questions About Erie Plastics Recycling Plant
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]
-- Erie Times: Sheetz Drops Price Of Unleaded 85 To $1.85/Gallon Thru April 30
-- TribLive: PA Likely To See Jump In Gasoline Prices Over Next 2 Weeks
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Natural Gas Production Dropped In 2022, 1st Time Since Shale Began
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Capacity Limits Restrain PA Natural Gas Production
Remember These--
-- EnergyNow.com: Chesapeake Energy CEO Urges Slowdown In Natural Gas Output After Price Plunge
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Consultant Suggests Drillers Fight Low Natural Gas Price By Choking Wells 50%
-- Bloomberg: EQT Gas Says Natural Gas Price Slump Will Slow U.S. Supply Growth
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- American Journal Of Transportation: PA LNG Task Force Takes Testimony On Expanding Natural Gas To PA Ports
National/International
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Edge Up
-- Financial Times: EU Natural Gas Usage Falls 18% After Price Shock Caused By Russian Supply Cuts
-- Bloomberg: Tourmaline Aims To Double Portion Of Natural Gas Shipped As LNG By 2026
Energy
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
-- Solar Energy Facility Decommissioning Bills On House Consumer Protection Committee Agenda For April 25 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA
-- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Project In Dover Township Receives Approval
-- PPL Electric Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlights Commitment To A Sustainable Energy Future
-- PUC Approves $125,000 Penalty Against National Fuel Gas Related to 2020 Gas Leak, Fire In Erie
-- PUC To Seek Comment On Revised Settlement With Columbia Gas Washington County House Explosion
-- PUC To Seek Comment On Revised Settlement With Columbia Gas Of PA Concerning Over-Pressurization Of Distribution Systems
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.9% Increase By Philadelphia Natural Gas Works
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- American Journal Of Transportation: PA LNG Task Force Takes Testimony On Expanding Natural Gas To PA Ports
-- Utility Dive: PJM Asks FERC To Help Resolve Complaints With 8 Power Companies Over Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties [About 200 Companies Face Penalties]
-- Marcellus Drilling News/CMU: 10% Of Natural Gas Pipeline Compressors Vulnerable To Outages Because They Run On Electricity
-- CNX, Sapphire Technologies Partner To Develop New System To Generate Electricity In Pipelines, Wells
-- TribLive: Coal-Fired Homer City Power Plant Closing; Future Dim For 2 Other Regional Facilities [Competition With Natural Gas Put Coal Plants Out Of Business]
-- Washington Examiner: Republican PA Cong. Reschenthaler Blames Biden For Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Save The Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant - Commonwealth Foundation
-- Reuters: How Federal Clean Air Act Lets Closed Coal-fired Power Plants Keep Polluting For Years
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Battery Plant Among $150 Billion In Accelerated Clean Energy Spending
-- PennLive: Application Submitted To Establish Regional Clean Hydrogen Hub In PA
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bitcoin Miner Mawson Infrastructure Concentrating Fully On Western PA Facility
-- Ohio River Valley Institute Report: Timing Is Right For Rebirth Of A Clean, Green Steel Industry In PA Based On
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: ‘Green Steel’ Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Spur Economic Revival In SW PA, Study Says
-- Bloomberg: Republicans Fight A Solar Boom That’s Made Texas King Of Clean Energy
Energy Conservation
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
Environmental Health
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Good Idea? House Bill 914 (Leadbeter-R-Columbia) requires DEP to approve the “beneficial use and reuse” of oil and gas drill cuttings as structural fill, soil substitutes, soil additives, raw materials for other products including for aggregates, construction-related materials or agricultural uses and for the extraction and recovery of critical minerals.
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8 Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Allocates $1 Million Grant To Pay To Replace Lead Waterlines
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
Environmental Heritage
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Looking Back To See The Way Forward
-- Reading Eagle: Retired High School Biology Teacher Reflects On 53 Years Of Earth Days
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: How The Allegheny National Forest Came To Be 100 Years Ago
Environmental Justice
-- AP: Biden Signs Order Prioritizing Environmental Justice
EPA
-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Settlement Proposed For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Lawsuit Over EPA’s Oversight Of Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Settles Lawsuit With States, Enviros Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Reaches Settlement Over PA Pollution To Chesapeake Bay
-- AP: EPA Agrees To Make Pennsylvania Cut Chesapeake Bay Pollution
-- Courier Times: What Do We Know About Water Pollution Risks Of Heavy Industries Operating Along The Delaware River?
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan
-- EPA Releases Framework For Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments
-- Reuters: How Federal Clean Air Act Lets Closed Coal-fired Power Plants Keep Polluting For Years
Farming
-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Settlement Proposed For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Lawsuit Over EPA’s Oversight Of Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Settles Lawsuit With States, Enviros Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Reaches Settlement Over PA Pollution To Chesapeake Bay
-- AP: EPA Agrees To Make Pennsylvania Cut Chesapeake Bay Pollution
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- Lancaster Farming: PA Lawmaker Wants To Make Farm Conservation Plans A Requirement For Farmland Preservation Tax Break Eligibility
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- Clean Water For A Healthy & Thriving Economy: Community Partners Join Together To Restore Lancaster's Green Spaces - By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Experts Release Guidelines To Increase Worker Safety Of Manure Storage Facilities
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- USDA NRCS-PA: Hosting 9-Part People’s Garden Webinar Series Beginning April 26
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
Flooding
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan
Forests
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- DCNR Receives Two Successful Independent Audits For State Forest Management [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Looking Back To See The Way Forward
-- April 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Trees Planted Throughout Sharpsburg As Part Of Conservancy Program
-- TribLive: Clean Up Days, Tree Plantings And More In Sewickley Area For Earth Day
-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spraying 110,000 Acres Of State Game Lands For Spongy Moths (formerly Gypsy Moths)
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Annual Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Management Begins
-- Inquirer: A New Disease Is Killing Beech Trees In PA, NJ; Worse Than Spotted Lanternfly?
-- Reading Eagle: Massive Willow Tree Estimated To Be 200 Years Old Taken Down At Blue Marsh Lake Basin
-- AP: U.S. Plans New Forest Protections, Issues Old-Growth Inventory
Forests - Wildfires
-- Citizens Voice: Mountain Top Wildfire In Luzerne County Winds Down
-- Centre Daily Times: Multiple Fire Companies Called To Battle Wildfire In Philipsburg Area
-- Altoona Mirror: Teen Volunteer Firefighter Accused Of Setting Wildfires
Game Commission
-- Game Commission: Highlights From April 15 Board Of Commissioners’ Meeting
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spraying 110,000 Acres Of State Game Lands For Spongy Moths (formerly Gypsy Moths)
Geologic Hazards
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
-- WFMJ: New Study On Eastern Ohio Gas/Oil Wells Links Fracking To Earthquakes
Grants/Funding
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- USDA Announces $18.3 Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan
-- ABC27: Chambersburg Receives $5.2 Million Federal PHMSA Grant To Repair Aging Natural Gas Pipelines
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Allocates $1 Million Grant To Pay To Replace Lead Waterlines
Green Buildings
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- UpStream Newsletter From Stroud Water Research Center: Climate Impacts On Water Quality; Celebrating 10 Years In LEED Platinum Research Center
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Free Green Building & Design Summer Institute For High School Students June 12-23 [PaEN]
Green Infrastructure
-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Settlement Proposed For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Lawsuit Over EPA’s Oversight Of Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Settles Lawsuit With States, Enviros Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Reaches Settlement Over PA Pollution To Chesapeake Bay
-- AP: EPA Agrees To Make Pennsylvania Cut Chesapeake Bay Pollution
-- Clean Water For A Healthy & Thriving Economy: Community Partners Join Together To Restore Lancaster's Green Spaces - By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training [PaEN]
-- Landscape Architecture Students Help Pittsburgh Communities Reimagine What's Possible Using Green Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Outdoor Recreation Is The Future Of Economic Development, Purple Lizard Guides The Way
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Outdoor Recreation Boosts Physical And Psychological Growth In Kids
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Celebrating A Passion For Conservation - North Branch Land Trust
-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Trees Planted Throughout Sharpsburg As Part Of Conservancy Program
-- TribLive: Clean Up Days, Tree Plantings And More In Sewickley Area For Earth Day
-- AP: U.S. Plans New Forest Protections, Issues Old-Growth Inventory
Hazardous Substances
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Good Idea? House Bill 914 (Leadbeter-R-Columbia) requires DEP to approve the “beneficial use and reuse” of oil and gas drill cuttings as structural fill, soil substitutes, soil additives, raw materials for other products including for aggregates, construction-related materials or agricultural uses and for the extraction and recovery of critical minerals.
-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA
-- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8 Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Allocates $1 Million Grant To Pay To Replace Lead Waterlines
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
Land Conservation
-- Natural Lands Adds 373 Acres To Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County Grows By 373 Acres
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Celebrating A Passion For Conservation - North Branch Land Trust
-- PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training [PaEN]
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection [PaEN]
-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day, And 50th Anniversary
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs In May
Land Recycling
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Envision A ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ Refinery Redo At Community Summit
Lehigh River
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh River Named One Of 10 Most Endangered In Country; Warehouses And Poor Planning Blamed In Report
-- Pocono Record: Warehouse Growth Puts PA’s Lehigh River On Most Endangered List
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lehigh River Listed As ‘Most Endangered’ River In U.S. Due To Rampant Warehouse Developments
-- American Rivers: Lehigh And Ohio Rivers Listed In America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers
Littering/Illegal Dumping
-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring
-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; 216 Cleanup Events Scheduled For Earth Day Weekend [PaEN]
-- MCall: Earth Day: Your Guide To Events And Cleanups Around Lehigh Valley
-- LehighValleyNews.com: Lehigh Valley’s Litter Vigilantes: ‘It’s A Year-Round, Constant Effort’
-- Republican Herald: Young Girls Help Earth Day Cleanup In Schuylkill County
-- CitizensVoice: Volunteers Cleanup Trash In Nanticoke On Earth Day
-- Scranton Times: Earth Day Event In Scranton Promotes Clean Environment
-- WTAJ: Keep Cambria County Beautiful: Tire, Appliance Recycling Events Returning
-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 22
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Cleanways Accepting Many Types Of Plastics For Those Lacking Curbside Recycling
-- TribLive: Etna Borough Council To Consider Plastic Bag Ban
Mine Reclamation
-- Indiana Gazette: Blackleggs Creek Mine Drainage Cleanup, Trout Nursery Initiative
Ohio River
-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation; Lehigh River On List Too [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio River Ranks 2nd On America’s Most Endangered List By American Rivers Group
-- American Rivers: Lehigh And Ohio Rivers Listed In America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers
Oil & Gas
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 39 Water Use Permits For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming Counties [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Significantly Lower Water Flow May Have Long-Ranging Ripple Effect For Aquatic Resources, Recreational Use - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection [PaEN]
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment [PaEN]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- TribLive: Coal-Fired Homer City Power Plant Closing; Future Dim For 2 Other Regional Facilities [Competition With Natural Gas Put Coal Plants Out Of Business]
-- Washington Examiner: Republican PA Cong. Reschenthaler Blames Biden For Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Save The Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant - Commonwealth Foundation
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Good Idea? House Bill 914 (Leadbeter-R-Columbia) requires DEP to approve the “beneficial use and reuse” of oil and gas drill cuttings as structural fill, soil substitutes, soil additives, raw materials for other products including for aggregates, construction-related materials or agricultural uses and for the extraction and recovery of critical minerals.
-- WFMJ: New Study On Eastern Ohio Gas/Oil Wells Links Fracking To Earthquakes
-- PUC Approves $125,000 Penalty Against National Fuel Gas Related to 2020 Gas Leak, Fire In Erie
-- PUC To Seek Comment On Revised Settlement With Columbia Gas Washington County House Explosion
-- PUC To Seek Comment On Revised Settlement With Columbia Gas Of PA Concerning Over-Pressurization Of Distribution Systems
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.9% Increase By Philadelphia Natural Gas Works
-- ABC27: Chambersburg Receives $5.2 Million Federal PHMSA Grant To Repair Aging Natural Gas Pipelines
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Natural Gas Production Dropped In 2022, 1st Time Since Shale Began
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Capacity Limits Restrain PA Natural Gas Production
Remember These--
-- EnergyNow.com: Chesapeake Energy CEO Urges Slowdown In Natural Gas Output After Price Plunge
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Consultant Suggests Drillers Fight Low Natural Gas Price By Choking Wells 50%
-- Bloomberg: EQT Gas Says Natural Gas Price Slump Will Slow U.S. Supply Growth
-- Utility Dive: PJM Asks FERC To Help Resolve Complaints With 8 Power Companies Over Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties [About 200 Companies Face Penalties]
-- Marcellus Drilling News/CMU: 10% Of Natural Gas Pipeline Compressors Vulnerable To Outages Because They Run On Electricity
-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Envision A ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ Refinery Redo At Community Summit
-- Financial Times: EU Natural Gas Usage Falls 18% After Price Shock Caused By Russian Supply Cuts
Pipelines
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- ABC27: Chambersburg Receives $5.2 Million Federal PHMSA Grant To Repair Aging Natural Gas Pipelines
-- CNX, Sapphire Technologies Partner To Develop New System To Generate Electricity In Pipelines, Wells
Permitting
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- DEP Took Action On 764 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,401 Inspections; Responded To 10 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable
-- DEP Posts 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- PUC Approves $125,000 Penalty Against National Fuel Gas Related to 2020 Gas Leak, Fire In Erie
-- PUC To Seek Comment On Revised Settlement With Columbia Gas Washington County House Explosion
-- PUC To Seek Comment On Revised Settlement With Columbia Gas Of PA Concerning Over-Pressurization Of Distribution Systems
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 9.9% Increase By Philadelphia Natural Gas Works
-- Utility Dive: PJM Asks FERC To Help Resolve Complaints With 8 Power Companies Over Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties [About 200 Companies Face Penalties]
-- Marcellus Drilling News/CMU: 10% Of Natural Gas Pipeline Compressors Vulnerable To Outages Because They Run On Electricity
-- ABC27: Chambersburg Receives $5.2 Million Federal PHMSA Grant To Repair Aging Natural Gas Pipelines
-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants
Recreation
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Outdoor Recreation Is The Future Of Economic Development, Purple Lizard Guides The Way
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Outdoor Recreation Boosts Physical And Psychological Growth In Kids
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Looking Back To See The Way Forward
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Cherry Springs State Park And The Wonder Of Dark Skies
-- April 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- TribLive: River Recreation Opportunities Expand Along The Kiski River In Leechburg
-- TribLive: Public Offered Look At 5-Mile Tarentum-East Deer Trail Plan
-- Scranton Times: Luzerne County Educator Starts 15th Year Of Hiking Series
-- Republican Herald: New Walking Trail Installed In Union Twp. Near Ringtown, Schuylkill County
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Provides Plenty Of Wildlife In Parks, Trails
-- DCNR: Seven Tubs Recreation Area Closed For Critical Infrastructure Improvements In Luzerne County
-- Scranton Times: Seven Tubs Nature Area Closed Through At Least Summer For Improvement Project
-- Spotlight PA: Erie’s View Of 2024 Solar Eclipse Will Be Exceptional, But It’s Going To Cost You
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Partners For Geocaching Trail
Recycling/Waste
-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring
-- UnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Launches Initiative To Reduce Food Waste
-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; 216 Cleanup Events Scheduled For Earth Day Weekend [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 22
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Cleanways Accepting Many Types Of Plastics For Those Lacking Curbside Recycling
-- MCall: Earth Day: Your Guide To Events And Cleanups Around Lehigh Valley
-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- WTAJ: Keep Cambria County Beautiful: Tire, Appliance Recycling Events Returning
-- Scranton Times: Earth Day Event In Scranton Promotes Clean Environment
-- CitizensVoice: Volunteers Cleanup Trash In Nanticoke On Earth Day
-- Republican Herald: Young Girls Help Earth Day Cleanup In Schuylkill County
-- TribLive: Hempfield Community Members, Students Gather For Earth Day Volunteering
-- TribLive: Clean Up Days, Tree Plantings And More In Sewickley Area For Earth Day
-- TribLive: Paper Not Plastic - Students Decorate Earth Day Bags For Monroevill, Pitcairn Stores
-- TribLive: Etna Borough Council To Consider Plastic Bag Ban
-- Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Montgomery County Receives NOV For Odor Violations
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Good Idea? House Bill 914 (Leadbeter-R-Columbia) requires DEP to approve the “beneficial use and reuse” of oil and gas drill cuttings as structural fill, soil substitutes, soil additives, raw materials for other products including for aggregates, construction-related materials or agricultural uses and for the extraction and recovery of critical minerals.
-- Citizens Voice: Former Huber Breaker Owner Arraigned On Environmental Crimes Over Hazardous Waste
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Industrial Disasters Raise Questions About Erie Plastics Recycling Plant
Regulations
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
Renewable Energy
-- House Environmental Committee Meets April 25 On Bipartisan Bills To Provide School Solar Energy Grants, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations [PaEN]
-- Solar Energy Facility Decommissioning Bills On House Consumer Protection Committee Agenda For April 25 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA
-- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Project In Dover Township Receives Approval
-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Earth Day Approaches, Climate Solutions Have Never Been More Appealing - By Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Battery Plant Among $150 Billion In Accelerated Clean Energy Spending
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Cheswick Firm Wins DOE Funding To Increase Efficiency Of Glass For Solar Panels
-- Bloomberg: Republicans Fight A Solar Boom That’s Made Texas King Of Clean Energy
-- AP: U.S. Invests In Alternative Solar Tech, More Solar For Renters
-- EPA Releases Framework For Implementing Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investments
Stormwater
-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Settlement Proposed For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Lawsuit Over EPA’s Oversight Of Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Settles Lawsuit With States, Enviros Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Reaches Settlement Over PA Pollution To Chesapeake Bay
-- AP: EPA Agrees To Make Pennsylvania Cut Chesapeake Bay Pollution
-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Recognizes Stormwater Pioneers For Best Stormwater Management On Private Property
SRBC
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 39 Water Use Permits For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming Counties [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Significantly Lower Water Flow May Have Long-Ranging Ripple Effect For Aquatic Resources, Recreational Use - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
Susquehanna River
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 39 Water Use Permits For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming Counties [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Significantly Lower Water Flow May Have Long-Ranging Ripple Effect For Aquatic Resources, Recreational Use - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
-- USDA Announces $18.3 Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin
Sustainability
-- DCNR Receives Two Successful Independent Audits For State Forest Management [PaEN]
-- PA Turnpike Commission Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - EV Charging, Roadside Vegetation
-- PPL Electric Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlights Commitment To A Sustainable Energy Future
-- Scranton Times: Area Businesses Follow Earth-Friendly Practices
Wastewater Facilities
-- Courier Times: What Do We Know About Water Pollution Risks Of Heavy Industries Operating Along The Delaware River?
Watershed Protection
-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal: Settlement Proposed For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Lawsuit Over EPA’s Oversight Of Pennsylvania
-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Settles Lawsuit With States, Enviros Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: EPA Reaches Settlement Over PA Pollution To Chesapeake Bay
-- AP: EPA Agrees To Make Pennsylvania Cut Chesapeake Bay Pollution
-- USDA Announces $18.3 Million In Funding For Clean Water Infrastructure To Protect Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Delaware River Basin
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 39 Water Use Permits For Shale Gas Well Drilling Pads In Bradford, Clinton, Lycoming, Potter, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming Counties [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Significantly Lower Water Flow May Have Long-Ranging Ripple Effect For Aquatic Resources, Recreational Use - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News [PaEN]
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Recognizes Stormwater Pioneers For Best Stormwater Management On Private Property
-- Clean Water For A Healthy & Thriving Economy: Community Partners Join Together To Restore Lancaster's Green Spaces - By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Creek Critters - A Book For Kids Inspires Scientific Discovery In Utah School
-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation; Lehigh River On List Too [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio River Ranks 2nd On America’s Most Endangered List By American Rivers Group
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh River Named One Of 10 Most Endangered In Country; Warehouses And Poor Planning Blamed In Report
-- Pocono Record: Warehouse Growth Puts PA’s Lehigh River On Most Endangered List
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lehigh River Listed As ‘Most Endangered’ River In U.S. Due To Rampant Warehouse Developments
-- American Rivers: Lehigh And Ohio Rivers Listed In America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers
Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal
-- Indiana Gazette: Blackleggs Creek Mine Drainage Cleanup, Trout Nursery Initiative
-- Penn State Extension Experts Release Guidelines To Increase Worker Safety Of Manure Storage Facilities
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Wildlife
-- Game Commission: Highlights From April 15 Board Of Commissioners’ Meeting
-- TribLive: Shaler Commissioners Pushing For Ordinance To Prohibit Deer Feeding
-- Game Commission Announces Plans For Spraying 110,000 Acres Of State Game Lands For Spongy Moths (formerly Gypsy Moths)
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Erie Fisherman Honored For His Steelhead Fishing Stories Newsletter
-- Warren Times: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Hosting Earth Day Event April 22
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Bat Conservation In Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Provides Plenty Of Wildlife In Parks, Trails
-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: The Urban Birder: Here’s Why You Should Spend More Time Looking Up
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Spring Migration Update - Running Behind 10-Year Average
-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Trail Guide Training May 2
Opportunities
-- WeConservePA: Lauren Imgrund Moving From DCNR To National Park Service
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[Posted: April 23, 2023]
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