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-- 88 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

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Allegheny County Executive Must Clean Up Our Air - Howard M. Rieger, Southwest PA Grassroots Town Halls

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City

-- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101

-- DEP Blog: Air Pollution - Learn What DEP Is Doing To Help You Breathe Easier

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- York Dispatch Editorial: Breathing A Little Easier In York County [State Of The Air Report]

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submit Application To DOE For Funding, Including Part Of PA

-- Conservation Voters Of PA, PennFuture Host May 11 Webinar On Hydrogen & Climate Change - How The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Using H2 As A Front For More Fracking

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest ATV Trails Open May 26

Alternative Fuels

-- Sheetz Surpasses 2 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Sessions

--The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric Vehicle Fee Touted As Best Path Forward To Replace Gasoline Tax

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric School Bus Transition Fraught With Complications

-- PA Capital-Star: House Panel Examines Ways To Collect ‘Fair Share’ Of Road Costs From Electric Vehicle Owners

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Recharge Electric Vehicle Tax Structure

Awards & Recognition

-- 21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy

-- Williamsport Sun: Local Leaders Praise Work Of Lycoming County Conservation District For Its Work With Agriculture, Environment, Notes Much Work Still Needs To Be Done

-- Winners Of PennDOT Innovations Student Challenge From Lenape Technical School Propose Eco-Stop Truck Parking Areas  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Carmichaels H.S. Team Wins Greene County Envirothon

-- Republican Herald: Students Compete In Schuylkill County Envirothon; Winner Moving On To State Competition

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Each Dead Bird In Academy Of Natural Sciences Collection Of 250,000 Still Has A Tale To Tell

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Bees Are Swarming Early This Year; Help Is Available For Containment, Removal

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

-- WESA: Home Gardeners Prepare: Spotted Lanternflies Are Returning

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter: How To Build A Circle Trap; Business Tool Kit; Online Learning Opportunities

-- The Center Square: Vineyard Owners Use Nature To Defeat Spotted Lanternflies

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternflies; American Burnweed; Wild Hydrangeas; Learning Opportunities

-- Bloomberg: Biodiversity Beats Climate When It Comes To Swaying Republicans

Budget

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- AP: Audit Says Senate, House Expense Account Surplus Jumped To Record $261 Million In FY 2022 After Record Spending  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- Sheetz Surpasses 2 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Sessions

--The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric Vehicle Fee Touted As Best Path Forward To Replace Gasoline Tax

-- PA Capital-Star: House Panel Examines Ways To Collect ‘Fair Share’ Of Road Costs From Electric Vehicle Owners

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Recharge Electric Vehicle Tax Structure

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports April Tax Collections $51.1 Million Over Its Estimates; Fiscal Year Up $1.2 Billion

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports April State Revenue $434.4 Million Over IFO Estimates; Fiscal Year Up $2.53 Billion

Chesapeake Bay

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Difficult Trade-Offs With Agriculture - Why The Region Isn’t Meeting Its 2025 Cleanup Goal

-- Bay Journal: Kandis Boyd Leaves As Head Of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Office

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- Capital RC&D Council Hosts June 9 Bison Pasture Roam In Dauphin County   [PaEN]

-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10  [PaEN]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Improving Wildlife Habitat; Birding In The Watershed; And More!

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Help Wanted: York Conservation District - Engineering Technicians, Watershed Restoration Specialist  [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Methane Leaks From Gas & Oil Industrial Infrastructure

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts May 6 For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Increased Bonding Amounts Will Not Discourage Conventional Oil/Gas Operators From Walking Away From Their Wells; DEP Should Impose More Penalties - By PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. (conventional operators) [But they know operators haven’t set aside the money to plug the wells]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us   [PaEN]

-- EPA Region 3 Hosts 2023 Virtual Summit May 17 - Investing For A Healthy, Sustainable Future  [PaEN]

-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Allegheny County Executive Must Clean Up Our Air - Howard M. Rieger, Southwest PA Grassroots Town Halls

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host May 31 Public Meeting On Proposed Waste Transfer Station In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee

-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City

-- Altoona Mirror: Plan By RES Coal To Mine Coal Near Drinking Water Reservoir Could Net Hollidaysburg $10 to $12 Million Over 15 Years

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- The Express: Clinton Conservation District, Others Team Up To Protect Fishing Creek

-- The Express: Members Of God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited, Kettle Creek Watershed Assn, Native Fish Coalition PA Chapter Pull 15 Bags Of Garbage From Little Kettle Creek

-- TribLive: Pond Cleanup Removes Plants From Penn Twp. Fishing Spot, For A Cause

-- Capital RC&D Council Hosts June 9 Bison Pasture Roam In Dauphin County   [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp. Municipal Building

-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Muddled Messaging And Secret Meetings On Climate Issues Hurting PA Natural Gas Industry - By Keystone Forward

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Plymouth Fire Co. Electronics Recycling Event May 6 In Luzerne County

-- Scranton Times: Cleanups Set For Scranton Neighborhoods

-- TribLive: Hundreds Help Clean Up Monroeville

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free May 10 'Crash Course' Webinar On Backyard Composting During National Composting Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Launches Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County June 3  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Shaler Residents Can Now Recycle Glass

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: $1 Million Donated To Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- DEP Took Action On 785 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,656 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians  [PaEN]

Climate

-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Solar Energy Producer Aspen Power Makes First Inroads Into Western PA

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Increased Bonding Amounts Will Not Discourage Conventional Oil/Gas Operators From Walking Away From Their Wells; DEP Should Impose More Penalties - By PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. (conventional operators) [But they know operators haven’t set aside the money to plug the wells]

-- WHYY: Climate Change Could Impact The Philly Region’s Water Supply, New Storage Options May Help

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Small Businesses Uniquely Vulnerable To Climate Risks, For Many, Costs Are Already Mounting 

-- Post-Gazette: GreenSwans, Carnegie Climate Tech Startup, Looks To A Greener Future For Revenue

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Shareholders Reject Climate Change Proposal That Drew Heated Debate

-- Observer-Reporter: CNX Commits $1 Million To Penn Highlands Mon Valley Substance Recovery Unit

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Methane Leaks From Gas & Oil Industrial Infrastructure

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Muddled Messaging And Secret Meetings On Climate Issues Hurting PA Natural Gas Industry - By Keystone Forward

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us   [PaEN]

-- Sheetz Surpasses 2 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Sessions

--The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric Vehicle Fee Touted As Best Path Forward To Replace Gasoline Tax

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric School Bus Transition Fraught With Complications

-- PA Capital-Star: House Panel Examines Ways To Collect ‘Fair Share’ Of Road Costs From Electric Vehicle Owners

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Recharge Electric Vehicle Tax Structure

-- Post-Gazette: Mass.-Based Company To Build $760 Million Battery Plant On The Ashes Of Weirton Steel, Weirton, WV

-- Bloomberg: America’s Nuclear Waste Capital Wants More Of It, Against State Wishes

-- The Guardian: New York Adopts Legislation To Scale Up Renewable Energy By Moving Utilities Out Of Private Hands To Become Publicly Owned

-- AP: Climate Talks See Pushes For Global Renewable Energy Target

-- Bloomberg: Biodiversity Beats Climate When It Comes To Swaying Republicans

-- Financial Times: COP28 Team Marshals Oil And Gas Industry Ahead Of Climate Summit

Coal Mining

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Clinton Underground Coal Mine Fire Still Burns 30 Years Later In Allegheny County

-- Altoona Mirror: Plan By RES Coal To Mine Coal Near Drinking Water Reservoir Could Net Hollidaysburg $10 to $12 Million Over 15 Years

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City

-- PA Anthracite Coal Council: PA Anthracite Coal Production Up 34% In 2022, Exports Up 54%

-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Coal Exports Rose Sharply For Consol Energy

Compliance Action

-- Attorney General Henry Charges 2 With Criminal Risking Catastrophe Charges Related To Work On Natural Gas Pipeline In Lawrence County; Pipelines Have Worst Environmental Compliance Record In PA [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: 2 Charged With Covering Up Inferior Natural Gas Pipeline Work In Lawrence County

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Increased Bonding Amounts Will Not Discourage Conventional Oil/Gas Operators From Walking Away From Their Wells; DEP Should Impose More Penalties - By PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. (conventional operators) [But they know operators haven’t set aside the money to plug the wells]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

Conservation Districts

-- Williamsport Sun: Local Leaders Praise Work Of Lycoming County Conservation District For Its Work With Agriculture, Environment, Notes Much Work Still Needs To Be Done

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- Observer-Reporter: Carmichaels H.S. Team Wins Greene County Envirothon

-- Republican Herald: Students Compete In Schuylkill County Envirothon; Winner Moving On To State Competition

-- Help Wanted: York Conservation District - Engineering Technicians, Watershed Restoration Specialist  [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR Highlights How Governor’s Budget Would Help With Infrastructure Needs At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County

-- DCNR: Work To Begin On Key Infrastructure Improvements To Leonard Harrison State Park, Tioga County

-- DCNR: Lackawanna State Park Pool To Be Closed For Summer For Repairs

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee Meets May 10

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- May 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

DEP

-- 21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Receives State Agency Reports On Permitting, Next Step Is To Set Money-Back Permit Review Times  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Meets May 10 On Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, ‘Stream Cleaning,’ Renaming DEP To The Dept. Of Environmental Services  [PaEN]

-- 2 Senate Committees Meet May 8 To Run Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

-- Attorney General Henry Charges 2 With Criminal Risking Catastrophe Charges Related To Work On Natural Gas Pipeline In Lawrence County; Pipelines Have Worst Environmental Compliance Record In PA [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: 2 Charged With Covering Up Inferior Natural Gas Pipeline Work In Lawrence County

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Increased Bonding Amounts Will Not Discourage Conventional Oil/Gas Operators From Walking Away From Their Wells; DEP Should Impose More Penalties - By PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. (conventional operators) [But they know operators haven’t set aside the money to plug the wells]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Muddled Messaging And Secret Meetings On Climate Issues Hurting PA Natural Gas Industry - By Keystone Forward

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee

-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101

-- DEP Blog: Air Pollution - Learn What DEP Is Doing To Help You Breathe Easier

-- TribLive: Advocates Push For Support Of Radon Testing In Schools

-- MCall: Many Homes In Lehigh Valley Have High Levels Of Radon, Here’s Why You Should Care

-- TribLive Editorial: It’s Long Past Time We Test Our Schools For Radon

-- Altoona Mirror: Plan By RES Coal To Mine Coal Near Drinking Water Reservoir Could Net Hollidaysburg $10 to $12 Million Over 15 Years

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Difficult Trade-Offs With Agriculture - Why The Region Isn’t Meeting Its 2025 Cleanup Goal

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Clinton Underground Coal Mine Fire Still Burns 30 Years Later In Allegheny County

-- DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host May 31 Public Meeting On Proposed Waste Transfer Station In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 785 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,656 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Delaware River

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Three Steps To Protect Philadelphia’s Drinking Water, Ensuring Our Right To Clean Water - By Villanova Professors

-- Deadline Extended!  Delaware River Watershed Forum Accepting Presentation Proposals Thru May 12

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

Drinking Water

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Three Steps To Protect Philadelphia’s Drinking Water, Ensuring Our Right To Clean Water - By Villanova Professors

-- WHYY: Climate Change Could Impact The Philly Region’s Water Supply, New Storage Options May Help

Economic Development

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Small Businesses Uniquely Vulnerable To Climate Risks, For Many, Costs Are Already Mounting 

-- Post-Gazette: Mass.-Based Company To Build $760 Million Battery Plant On The Ashes Of Weirton Steel, Weirton, WV

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- Post-Gazette: GreenSwans, Carnegie Climate Tech Startup, Looks To A Greener Future For Revenue

-- Centre Daily Times: The Bike Roost, A New Bike Sales, Repair Shop In Boalsburg Is ‘All About Community’

-- PA Anthracite Coal Council: PA Anthracite Coal Production Up 34% In 2022, Exports Up 54%

-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]

Education

-- Observer-Reporter: Carmichaels H.S. Team Wins Greene County Envirothon

-- Republican Herald: Students Compete In Schuylkill County Envirothon; Winner Moving On To State Competition

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year  [PaEN]

-- Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park  [PaEN]

-- Winners Of PennDOT Innovations Student Challenge From Lenape Technical School Propose Eco-Stop Truck Parking Areas  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10  [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts May 6 For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp. Municipal Building

-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- EPA Region 3 Hosts 2023 Virtual Summit May 17 - Investing For A Healthy, Sustainable Future  [PaEN]

-- Deadline Extended!  Delaware River Watershed Forum Accepting Presentation Proposals Thru May 12

-- WHYY: Climate Change Could Impact The Philly Region’s Water Supply, New Storage Options May Help

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency

-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Solar Energy Producer Aspen Power Makes First Inroads Into Western PA

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us   [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric School Bus Transition Fraught With Complications

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: Clinton Underground Coal Mine Fire Still Burns 30 Years Later In Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Small Businesses Uniquely Vulnerable To Climate Risks, For Many, Costs Are Already Mounting 

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee

-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- TribLive: Advocates Push For Support Of Radon Testing In Schools

-- MCall: Many Homes In Lehigh Valley Have High Levels Of Radon, Here’s Why You Should Care

-- TribLive Editorial: It’s Long Past Time We Test Our Schools For Radon

-- Compass Education Hosts June 23 Workshop In Philadelphia On Building A Culture Of Sustainability In Your School  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City

-- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101

-- DEP Blog: Air Pollution - Learn What DEP Is Doing To Help You Breathe Easier

-- PA Anthracite Coal Council: PA Anthracite Coal Production Up 34% In 2022, Exports Up 54%

-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free May 10 'Crash Course' Webinar On Backyard Composting During National Composting Week  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Center Caring For 3 Injured Bald Eagles In Schuylkill County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Each Dead Bird In Academy Of Natural Sciences Collection Of 250,000 Still Has A Tale To Tell

-- The Allegheny Front: Wildlife Biologists Are Studying Why Some Ruffed Grouse Lose Their Fear Of Humans

-- Penn State: Early-Nesting Ducks At Increased Risk Due To Changes In Climate, Land Use

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary May Events: Warbler Weekend; Youth Art Exhibit; World Migratory Bird Day; Native Plant Sale; Mysterious World Of Bats, More!

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Schools A Logical Ally In Fight Against Tick-Borne Diseases

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald - Craig Morgan: Deerfly Patch Chemical-Free Option In Protection Against Biting Critters

-- TribLive: Bees Are Swarming Early This Year; Help Is Available For Containment, Removal

-- WESA: Home Gardeners Prepare: Spotted Lanternflies Are Returning

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter: How To Build A Circle Trap; Business Tool Kit; Online Learning Opportunities

-- The Center Square: Vineyard Owners Use Nature To Defeat Spotted Lanternflies

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternflies; American Burnweed; Wild Hydrangeas; Learning Opportunities

-- ExploreClarion.com: Seneca Rocks Audubon Society To Host Free Nature Program May 10

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Improving Wildlife Habitat; Birding In The Watershed; And More!

-- The Nature Conservancy PA Newsletter: Tannersville Cranberry Bog Restoration Recap; Volunteers Needed For Workdays; More!

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: It’s A Plentiful Year For Finding Wild Mushrooms And Leeks In Pennsylvania

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Mayapple Gets Name Because Fruit Appears This Month

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Penn State Prof Explains How The Northern Lights Put On A Show For Pennsylvanians

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- House Committee Moves First PA Bill Setting New Rail Safety Requirements In Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PA House Committee Approves Bill Tightening Railroad Regulations After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com-Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves First Rail Safety Bill After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PennLive: PA House Committee Approves Bill Tightening Railroad Regulations After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette: Most Train Derailments In Western PA Happen Near Major Rivers, New Study Shows

-- UnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Fire Chief Says City Ready To Deal With A Hazardous Train Derailment

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: EPA Says Soil At Train Derailment Site Looks ‘Really Good,’ But Some See A Disconnect With Their Health

-- WTAE: Norfolk Southern Environmental Consultant-- Center For Toxicology & Environmental Health--  Accused Of ‘Questionable Practices’

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Leadership Needed On Air, Water Quality In Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - By Environmental Medicine Education International

-- WESA: 3 Months After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Deep Anxiety Lingers

Emergency Response

-- UnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Fire Chief Says City Ready To Deal With A Hazardous Train Derailment

-- Observer-Reporter: PUC Release Revised Settlement Proposal In 2019 Columbia Gas Natural Gas House Explosion

-- WITF/AP: NTSB Preliminary Report Says Berks County Chocolate Factory Workers Smelled ‘Rotten Eggs’ Before A Natural Gas Explosion Leveled The Building

6th Oil/Natural Gas Price Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- TribLive: Rising Gasoline Supplies Expected To Increase Downward Pressure On Prices, Analyst Says

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania Average $3.70; National Average $3.54

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. DOT Rejects LNG Natural Gas Rail Shipment Permit From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Acknowledges ‘Narrower’ Path For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Completion

-- Reuters: Equitrans May Still Complete Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline By End-2023

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Consol Energy Expands Share Repurchasing Program To $1 Billion

-- Argus: Coterra Energy Plans Delay In Natural Gas Well Completions Due To Low Gas Prices, Drop 2 Drill Rigs In Marcellus Areas 

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Drillers See Natural Gas Price Rebound In 2024 After Prices Tumbled More Than 50% This Year

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - No Change From Last Week - 26

-- Reuters: New York State Bans Natural Gas In Some New Construction

-- Bloomberg: World’s Top LNG Natural Gas Buyer Sees Risk Of Another Price Spike This Year

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Extend Slide As LNG Imports Swell To Record

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Price Sinks To Lowest Level Since Energy Crisis Began

National/International

-- Reuters: APA Corp Pulls Back On U.S. Natural Gas Activity Amid Low Prices 

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Price Sinks To Lowest Level Since Energy Crisis Began

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Head Lower With Subdued Demand In Focus

-- Bloomberg: World’s Top LNG Natural Gas Buyer Sees Risk Of Another Price Spike This Year

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Extend Slide As LNG Imports Swell To Record

-- Reuters: IEA- Global Natural Gas Markets Rebalancing, To Remain Tight In 2023; European Gas Storage 60% Full

-- AP: BP Posts $5 Billion Quarterly Profit On Strong Oil, Gas Trading

-- Reuters: Shell Posts $10 Billion Quarterly Profit As Trading Offset Lower Energy Prices

-- Bloomberg: Shell Maintains Pace Of $4 Billion Stock Buybacks As Profit Beats Estimates

Energy

-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Solar Energy Producer Aspen Power Makes First Inroads Into Western PA

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Drillers See Natural Gas Price Rebound In 2024 After Prices Tumbled More Than 50% This Year

-- Reuters: APA Corp Pulls Back On U.S. Natural Gas Activity Amid Low Prices 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. DOT Rejects LNG Natural Gas Rail Shipment Permit From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submit Application To DOE For Funding, Including Part Of PA

-- Conservation Voters Of PA, PennFuture Host May 11 Webinar On Hydrogen & Climate Change - How The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Using H2 As A Front For More Fracking

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- PA Anthracite Coal Council: PA Anthracite Coal Production Up 34% In 2022, Exports Up 54%

-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Sees A Bigger Market For Its Smaller Nuclear Reactor

-- Reuters: New York State Bans Natural Gas In Some New Construction

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee

-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City

-- Observer-Reporter: PUC Release Revised Settlement Proposal In 2019 Columbia Gas Natural Gas House Explosion

-- Utility Dive: Energy Company Aims To Build $2.1 Billion, 858 MW Pumped Storage Project Along Susquehanna River In York County

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Default Utility Electric Rates To Go Down For Some This Summer [Thanks To Drop In Natural Gas Prices]

-- PPL Electricity Price To Compare To Drop June 1 For Customers Who Don’t Shop For Suppliers

-- PUC Sets Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposed 10% Rate Increase

-- FirstEnergy Donates, Plants Nearly 700 Trees In Mercer County To Celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day

-- AP: Dominion Energy Eyeing More Natural Gas, Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Plants

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Sees A Bigger Market For Its Smaller Nuclear Reactor

-- Bloomberg: Idle Oil Wells’ Next Act? Becoming Batteries For Renewable Energy

-- Bloomberg: World’s Top LNG Natural Gas Buyer Sees Risk Of Another Price Spike This Year

-- Bloomberg: America’s Nuclear Waste Capital Wants More Of It, Against State Wishes

-- AP: Climate Talks See Pushes For Global Renewable Energy Target

Environmental Health

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Allegheny County Executive Must Clean Up Our Air - Howard M. Rieger, Southwest PA Grassroots Town Halls

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Methane Leaks From Gas & Oil Industrial Infrastructure

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submit Application To DOE For Funding, Including Part Of PA

-- Conservation Voters Of PA, PennFuture Host May 11 Webinar On Hydrogen & Climate Change - How The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Using H2 As A Front For More Fracking

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Effort To Find Viruses In Wastewater Still Backed Up

-- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp. Municipal Building

-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Schools A Logical Ally In Fight Against Tick-Borne Diseases

EPA

-- EPA Region 3 Hosts 2023 Virtual Summit May 17 - Investing For A Healthy, Sustainable Future  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Kandis Boyd Leaves As Head Of EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Office

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Methane Leaks From Gas & Oil Industrial Infrastructure

Farming

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Difficult Trade-Offs With Agriculture - Why The Region Isn’t Meeting Its 2025 Cleanup Goal

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Capital RC&D Council Hosts June 9 Bison Pasture Roam In Dauphin County   [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Bees Are Swarming Early This Year; Help Is Available For Containment, Removal

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: It’s A Plentiful Year For Finding Wild Mushrooms And Leeks In Pennsylvania

-- WESA: Home Gardeners Prepare: Spotted Lanternflies Are Returning

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter: How To Build A Circle Trap; Business Tool Kit; Online Learning Opportunities

-- The Center Square: Vineyard Owners Use Nature To Defeat Spotted Lanternflies

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternflies; American Burnweed; Wild Hydrangeas; Learning Opportunities

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 31 PA Lakes To Undergo $88 Million In Major Improvements, Here’s What’s Planned By Fish & Boat Commission

-- Warren Times: Fish & Boat Commission Considering Dam, Spillway Repairs At Browns Lake In Warren County

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

Flooding

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions [PaEN] 

-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency

Forests

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Improving Wildlife Habitat; Birding In The Watershed; And More!

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- FirstEnergy Donates, Plants Nearly 700 Trees In Mercer County To Celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Explores Urban Forests, Their Impact On Hot Cities

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

-- WESA: Home Gardeners Prepare: Spotted Lanternflies Are Returning

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter: How To Build A Circle Trap; Business Tool Kit; Online Learning Opportunities

-- The Center Square: Vineyard Owners Use Nature To Defeat Spotted Lanternflies

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternflies; American Burnweed; Wild Hydrangeas; Learning Opportunities

Game Commission

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

Geologic Hazards

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

Grants/Funding

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year  [PaEN]

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- FirstEnergy Donates, Plants Nearly 700 Trees In Mercer County To Celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day

Green Infrastructure

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Difficult Trade-Offs With Agriculture - Why The Region Isn’t Meeting Its 2025 Cleanup Goal

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Capital RC&D Council Hosts June 9 Bison Pasture Roam In Dauphin County   [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions [PaEN] 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10  [PaEN]

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency

-- FirstEnergy Donates, Plants Nearly 700 Trees In Mercer County To Celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Explores Urban Forests, Their Impact On Hot Cities

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: It’s A Plentiful Year For Finding Wild Mushrooms And Leeks In Pennsylvania

Green Technology

-- Bloomberg: Idle Oil Wells’ Next Act? Becoming Batteries For Renewable Energy

Hazardous Substances

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Allegheny County Executive Must Clean Up Our Air - Howard M. Rieger, Southwest PA Grassroots Town Halls

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Methane Leaks From Gas & Oil Industrial Infrastructure

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submit Application To DOE For Funding, Including Part Of PA

-- Conservation Voters Of PA, PennFuture Host May 11 Webinar On Hydrogen & Climate Change - How The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Using H2 As A Front For More Fracking

Help Wanted

-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: York Conservation District - Engineering Technicians, Watershed Restoration Specialist  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center - Water Resources Specialist  [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- Capital RC&D Council Hosts June 9 Bison Pasture Roam In Dauphin County   [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians  [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Plymouth Fire Co. Electronics Recycling Event May 6 In Luzerne County

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free May 10 'Crash Course' Webinar On Backyard Composting During National Composting Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Launches Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County June 3  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Shaler Residents Can Now Recycle Glass

-- New Recycling Materials Markets Database Hopes To Connect Recyclers With End Users Of Their Materials  [PaEN]

-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosting June 8 Battery Recycling Markets Summit In Bethlehem  [PaEN]

-- The Express: Clinton Conservation District, Others Team Up To Protect Fishing Creek

-- The Express: Members Of God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited, Kettle Creek Watershed Assn, Native Fish Coalition PA Chapter Pull 15 Bags Of Garbage From Little Kettle Creek

-- TribLive: Pond Cleanup Removes Plants From Penn Twp. Fishing Spot, For A Cause

-- Scranton Times: Cleanups Set For Scranton Neighborhoods

-- TribLive: Hundreds Help Clean Up Monroeville

Mine Reclamation

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- Standard Speaker: State Lawmakers Consider Solutions To Jeddo Tunnel Abandoned Mine Discharge Pollution

-- UnionProgress.com: Clinton Underground Coal Mine Fire Still Burns 30 Years Later In Allegheny County

-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee

-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

Ohio River

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts May 6 For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Increased Bonding Amounts Will Not Discourage Conventional Oil/Gas Operators From Walking Away From Their Wells; DEP Should Impose More Penalties - By PA Independent Oil & Gas Assn. (conventional operators) [But they know operators haven’t set aside the money to plug the wells]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. DOT Rejects LNG Natural Gas Rail Shipment Permit From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

-- PA Business Report: American Petroleum Institute Issues Report On Oil/Natural Gas Pipeline Safety  [Natural Gas Pipelines In PA Have The Worst Environmental Record Of Any Industry.  Read more here.]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Impact Of Obstacles To Natural Gas Production Frustrating - Build More Pipelines

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Shale Drillers See Natural Gas Price Rebound In 2024 After Prices Tumbled More Than 50% This Year

-- Reuters: APA Corp Pulls Back On U.S. Natural Gas Activity Amid Low Prices 

-- Argus: Coterra Energy Plans Delay In Natural Gas Well Completions Due To Low Gas Prices, Drop 2 Drill Rigs In Marcellus Areas 

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs - No Change From Last Week - 26

-- Financial Times: European Natural Gas Price Sinks To Lowest Level Since Energy Crisis Began

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us   [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Shareholders Reject Climate Change Proposal That Drew Heated Debate

-- Observer-Reporter: CNX Commits $1 Million To Penn Highlands Mon Valley Substance Recovery Unit

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Great Lakes Clean Hydrogen Hub Coalition Submit Application To DOE For Funding, Including Part Of PA

-- Conservation Voters Of PA, PennFuture Host May 11 Webinar On Hydrogen & Climate Change - How The Fossil Fuel Industry Is Using H2 As A Front For More Fracking

-- Reuters: New York State Bans Natural Gas In Some New Construction

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee

-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- AP: Dominion Energy Eyeing More Natural Gas, Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Plants

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Sees A Bigger Market For Its Smaller Nuclear Reactor

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Consol Energy Expands Share Repurchasing Program To $1 Billion

-- PUC Sets Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposed 10% Rate Increase

-- Observer-Reporter: PUC Release Revised Settlement Proposal In 2019 Columbia Gas Natural Gas House Explosion

-- WITF/AP: NTSB Preliminary Report Says Berks County Chocolate Factory Workers Smelled ‘Rotten Eggs’ Before A Natural Gas Explosion Leveled The Building

-- TribLive: Rising Gasoline Supplies Expected To Increase Downward Pressure On Prices, Analyst Says

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania Average $3.70; National Average $3.54

-- Bloomberg: Idle Oil Wells’ Next Act? Becoming Batteries For Renewable Energy

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Extend Slide As LNG Imports Swell To Record

-- Bloomberg: World’s Top LNG Natural Gas Buyer Sees Risk Of Another Price Spike This Year

-- Reuters: IEA- Global Natural Gas Markets Rebalancing, To Remain Tight In 2023; European Gas Storage 60% Full

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Head Lower With Subdued Demand In Focus

-- AP: BP Posts $5 Billion Quarterly Profit On Strong Oil, Gas Trading

-- Reuters: Shell Posts $10 Billion Quarterly Profit As Trading Offset Lower Energy Prices

-- Bloomberg: Shell Maintains Pace Of $4 Billion Stock Buybacks As Profit Beats Estimates

-- Financial Times: COP28 Team Marshals Oil And Gas Industry Ahead Of Climate Summit

Pipelines

-- Attorney General Henry Charges 2 With Criminal Risking Catastrophe Charges Related To Work On Natural Gas Pipeline In Lawrence County; Pipelines Have Worst Environmental Compliance Record In PA [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: 2 Charged With Covering Up Inferior Natural Gas Pipeline Work In Lawrence County

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Stop Methane Leaks From Gas & Oil Industrial Infrastructure

-- PA Business Report: American Petroleum Institute Issues Report On Oil/Natural Gas Pipeline Safety  [Natural Gas Pipelines In PA Have The Worst Environmental Record Of Any Industry.  Read more here.]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans Acknowledges ‘Narrower’ Path For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Completion

-- Reuters: Equitrans May Still Complete Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline By End-2023

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Impact Of Obstacles To Natural Gas Production Frustrating - Build More Pipelines

Permitting

-- Gov. Shapiro Receives State Agency Reports On Permitting, Next Step Is To Set Money-Back Permit Review Times  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Meets May 10 On Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, ‘Stream Cleaning,’ Renaming DEP To The Dept. Of Environmental Services  [PaEN]

-- 2 Senate Committees Meet May 8 To Run Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- Altoona Mirror: Plan By RES Coal To Mine Coal Near Drinking Water Reservoir Could Net Hollidaysburg $10 to $12 Million Over 15 Years

-- DEP Took Action On 785 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,656 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6   [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- EPA Region 3 Hosts 2023 Virtual Summit May 17 - Investing For A Healthy, Sustainable Future  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee Meets May 10

-- DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host May 31 Public Meeting On Proposed Waste Transfer Station In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- Observer-Reporter: PUC Release Revised Settlement Proposal In 2019 Columbia Gas Natural Gas House Explosion

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Muddled Messaging And Secret Meetings On Climate Issues Hurting PA Natural Gas Industry - By Keystone Forward

-- Altoona Mirror: Plan By RES Coal To Mine Coal Near Drinking Water Reservoir Could Net Hollidaysburg $10 to $12 Million Over 15 Years

-- PUC Sets Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposed 10% Rate Increase

-- Reading Eagle: Sewer System Sale Debates Continue Across Region Prompting May 16 Primary Ballot Question In Montgomery County Town

-- DEP Took Action On 785 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,656 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- Attorney General Henry Charges 2 With Criminal Risking Catastrophe Charges Related To Work On Natural Gas Pipeline In Lawrence County; Pipelines Have Worst Environmental Compliance Record In PA [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: 2 Charged With Covering Up Inferior Natural Gas Pipeline Work In Lawrence County

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Default Utility Electric Rates To Go Down For Some This Summer [Thanks To Drop In Natural Gas Prices]

-- PUC Sets Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Proposed 10% Rate Increase

-- PPL Electricity Price To Compare To Drop June 1 For Customers Who Don’t Shop For Suppliers

-- Observer-Reporter: PUC Release Revised Settlement Proposal In 2019 Columbia Gas Natural Gas House Explosion

-- WITF/AP: NTSB Preliminary Report Says Berks County Chocolate Factory Workers Smelled ‘Rotten Eggs’ Before A Natural Gas Explosion Leveled The Building

-- Reading Eagle: Sewer System Sale Debates Continue Across Region Prompting May 16 Primary Ballot Question In Montgomery County Town

Radiation Protection

-- AP: Dominion Energy Eyeing More Natural Gas, Modular Nuclear Reactor Power Plants

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Westinghouse Sees A Bigger Market For Its Smaller Nuclear Reactor

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Army Corps Of Engineers Recommends No Further Action On Scott Twp., Allegheny County Uranium Processing Site

-- Bloomberg: America’s Nuclear Waste Capital Wants More Of It, Against State Wishes

Radon

-- TribLive: Advocates Push For Support Of Radon Testing In Schools

-- MCall: Many Homes In Lehigh Valley Have High Levels Of Radon, Here’s Why You Should Care

-- TribLive Editorial: It’s Long Past Time We Test Our Schools For Radon

Recreation

-- DCNR Highlights How Governor’s Budget Would Help With Infrastructure Needs At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County

-- DCNR: Work To Begin On Key Infrastructure Improvements To Leonard Harrison State Park, Tioga County

-- DCNR: Lackawanna State Park Pool To Be Closed For Summer For Repairs

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Snowmobile & ATV Advisory Committee Meets May 10

-- May 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In April  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: See What’s New In Bucks County On Growing Circuit Trails Network

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- Centre Daily Times: The Bike Roost, A New Bike Sales, Repair Shop In Boalsburg Is ‘All About Community’

-- Scranton Times Blog: After Losing 200 Pounds, Hiker Takes On 2,200-Mile Appalachian Trail

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest ATV Trails Open May 26

-- York Dispatch: New Trails Open At Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve

-- York Daily Record: Wizard Ranch Nature Preserve In Hellam Twp Opens To Public

-- Scranton Times: Greenfield Twp. Looking To Develop First Township Park

-- TribLive: Pine Community Park Master Plan Update Unveiled

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Improving Wildlife Habitat; Birding In The Watershed; And More!

-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

Recycling/Waste

-- DEP Set To Hold May 17 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility In Chester, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host May 31 Public Meeting On Proposed Waste Transfer Station In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Plymouth Fire Co. Electronics Recycling Event May 6 In Luzerne County

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free May 10 'Crash Course' Webinar On Backyard Composting During National Composting Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Launches Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County June 3  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Shaler Residents Can Now Recycle Glass

-- New Recycling Materials Markets Database Hopes To Connect Recyclers With End Users Of Their Materials  [PaEN]

-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosting June 8 Battery Recycling Markets Summit In Bethlehem  [PaEN]

-- The Express: Clinton Conservation District, Others Team Up To Protect Fishing Creek

-- The Express: Members Of God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited, Kettle Creek Watershed Assn, Native Fish Coalition PA Chapter Pull 15 Bags Of Garbage From Little Kettle Creek

-- Scranton Times: Cleanups Set For Scranton Neighborhoods

-- TribLive: Hundreds Help Clean Up Monroeville

-- Bloomberg: America’s Nuclear Waste Capital Wants More Of It, Against State Wishes

Regulations

-- Senate Environmental Committee Meets May 10 On Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, ‘Stream Cleaning,’ Renaming DEP To The Dept. Of Environmental Services  [PaEN]

-- 2 Senate Committees Meet May 8 To Run Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Solar Energy Producer Aspen Power Makes First Inroads Into Western PA

-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing

-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions

-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Expects Natural Gas Volatility To Remain, Could Hold Off Bringing Some Wells Online If Low Prices Continue 

-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production

-- Utility Dive: Energy Company Aims To Build $2.1 Billion, 858 MW Pumped Storage Project Along Susquehanna River In York County

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Mass.-Based Company To Build $760 Million Battery Plant On The Ashes Of Weirton Steel, Weirton, WV

-- The Guardian: New York Adopts Legislation To Scale Up Renewable Energy By Moving Utilities Out Of Private Hands To Become Publicly Owned

-- Bloomberg: Idle Oil Wells’ Next Act? Becoming Batteries For Renewable Energy

-- AP: Climate Talks See Pushes For Global Renewable Energy Target

Schuylkill River

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

Stormwater

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- Utility Dive: Energy Company Aims To Build $2.1 Billion, 858 MW Pumped Storage Project Along Susquehanna River In York County

Sustainability

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Small Businesses Uniquely Vulnerable To Climate Risks, For Many, Costs Are Already Mounting 

-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency

-- Compass Education Hosts June 23 Workshop In Philadelphia On Building A Culture Of Sustainability In Your School  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: GreenSwans, Carnegie Climate Tech Startup, Looks To A Greener Future For Revenue

Wastewater Facilities

-- Reading Eagle: Sewer System Sale Debates Continue Across Region Prompting May 16 Primary Ballot Question In Montgomery County Town

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Effort To Find Viruses In Wastewater Still Backed Up

Watershed Protection

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- Williamsport Sun: Local Leaders Praise Work Of Lycoming County Conservation District For Its Work With Agriculture, Environment, Notes Much Work Still Needs To Be Done

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- Capital RC&D Council Hosts June 9 Bison Pasture Roam In Dauphin County   [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Difficult Trade-Offs With Agriculture - Why The Region Isn’t Meeting Its 2025 Cleanup Goal

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10  [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts May 6 For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- Standard Speaker: State Lawmakers Consider Solutions To Jeddo Tunnel Abandoned Mine Discharge Pollution

-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]

-- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp. Municipal Building

-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13  [PaEN]

-- The Express: Clinton Conservation District, Others Team Up To Protect Fishing Creek

-- The Express: Members Of God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited, Kettle Creek Watershed Assn, Native Fish Coalition PA Chapter Pull 15 Bags Of Garbage From Little Kettle Creek

-- TribLive: Pond Cleanup Removes Plants From Penn Twp. Fishing Spot, For A Cause

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Deadline Extended!  Delaware River Watershed Forum Accepting Presentation Proposals Thru May 12

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Three Steps To Protect Philadelphia’s Drinking Water, Ensuring Our Right To Clean Water - By Villanova Professors

-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians  [PaEN]

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Wildlife

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 31 PA Lakes To Undergo $88 Million In Major Improvements, Here’s What’s Planned By Fish & Boat Commission

-- Warren Times: Fish & Boat Commission Considering Dam, Spillway Repairs At Browns Lake In Warren County

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

-- The Express: Clinton Conservation District, Others Team Up To Protect Fishing Creek

-- The Express: Members Of God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited, Kettle Creek Watershed Assn, Native Fish Coalition PA Chapter Pull 15 Bags Of Garbage From Little Kettle Creek

-- TribLive: Pond Cleanup Removes Plants From Penn Twp. Fishing Spot, For A Cause

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Center Caring For 3 Injured Bald Eagles In Schuylkill County

-- Republican Herald: $1 Million Donated To Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- The Allegheny Front: Wildlife Biologists Are Studying Why Some Ruffed Grouse Lose Their Fear Of Humans

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Each Dead Bird In Academy Of Natural Sciences Collection Of 250,000 Still Has A Tale To Tell

-- Penn State: Early-Nesting Ducks At Increased Risk Due To Changes In Climate, Land Use

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park  [PaEN]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Improving Wildlife Habitat; Birding In The Watershed; And More!

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring

-- ExploreClarion.com: Seneca Rocks Audubon Society To Host Free Nature Program May 10

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary May Events: Warbler Weekend; Youth Art Exhibit; World Migratory Bird Day; Native Plant Sale; Mysterious World Of Bats, More!

-- Republican Herald - Craig Morgan: Deerfly Patch Chemical-Free Option In Protection Against Biting Critters

-- TribLive: Bees Are Swarming Early This Year; Help Is Available For Containment, Removal

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Schools A Logical Ally In Fight Against Tick-Borne Diseases

-- Republican Herald - Craig Morgan: Deerfly Patch Chemical-Free Option In Protection Against Biting Critters

Opportunities

-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: York Conservation District - Engineering Technicians, Watershed Restoration Specialist  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center - Water Resources Specialist  [PaEN]

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[Posted: May 7, 2023]

5/8/2023