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-- 82 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]

Check Calendars For Events Near You!

-- Check The Calendars For Events Near You: PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events.

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

Air

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Proposed EPA Standards To Cut Pollution From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Lawmakers Examine Cryptocurrency’s Use Of Waste Coal To Generate Power For Data Mining

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In  Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.”  You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, Resources For The Future: The Prospects For Pennsylvania As A RGGI Member - Reducing Emissions, Generating Revenue, Minimal Impact On Electricity Rates

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Study Bolsters Case For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UPenn Fake Report Endorses Marcellus-Killing RGGI Carbon Tax

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Central PA Is Among The Nation’s Worst Air Pollution - By Evangelical Environmental Network  [RGGI]

-- Centre Daily Times: Expect Hazy Skies As Canadian Wildfires Bring Smoke Over Central PA

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: PA Business Leaders Warn Latest Proposed EPA Standard For Particulates Will Sting

-- EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards For Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants To Tackle Climate Crisis, Protect Public Health

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Again Proposes Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules, Third Time The Charm?

-- The Guardian: New U.S. Rules Could Stem Emissions From Coal, Gas Power Plants

-- Bloomberg: EPA Plan To Cut Planet-Warming Pollution Spares Most Natural Gas Power Plants

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates EPA’s Proposed Safeguards On Fossil Fuel Power Plant Pollution

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Proposed EPA Standards To Cut Pollution From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Outlines How The Forest Came To Be - ‘Allegheny National Brushpatch’   [ANF 1923]

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Canon-McMillian H.S. Team Wins Washington County Envirothon

-- Warren Times: Aletta Marie Summers Returns To PA Wildlife Leadership Academy As Wildlife Conservation Ambassador

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN]

-- York County Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Entries To Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: PA Bar Association Recognizes Terry Bossert, Former DEP Chief Counsel, With 50-Year Member Award

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Threatens The State Tree, Bird And Fish; Work Is Under Way To Help The Native Species

-- DCNR Blog: One Of The Best Things You Can Do To Help The Environment - Plant A Native Tree!

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

-- PennLive: Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch In Nest On Rachel Carson Building In Harrisburg: ‘Remarkable Turn Of Events’

-- Courier Times: Beavers Return To Silver Lake Park In Bristol Township

--  York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Efforts Underway To Save Oak Trees From Spongy [Gypsy] Moths Across PA

Budget

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Republican Budget Maven Calls For Reforms In 2023-24 Budget Process

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Federal Farm Bill Is For Everyone

Chesapeake Bay

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Independent Study Evaluates Why Progress In Achieving Bay Water Quality Goals Is Lagging

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Settlement Focuses On Cleanup Efforts At Central PA Farms - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Presentation Proposals For Chesapeake Watershed Forum, Due June 4

-- ​​PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers, Partners Host May 17 Webinar - Putting Water Quality Data To Work Locally, A Conversation Cafe  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Federal Farm Bill Is For Everyone

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Citizen Action

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Societal Cost Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ About $17.5 Trillion Across Global Economy, Report

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- ​​PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers, Partners Host May 17 Webinar - Putting Water Quality Data To Work Locally, A Conversation Cafe  [PaEN]

-- York County Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Entries To Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- LebTown.com: Quittapahilla Watershed Group Spotlights Quittie Creek Stream Restoration Project

-- The News-Item: Little Shamokin Creek Watershed Assn. To Hold Day Of Fishing For Youth, Service Members, Veterans May 20

-- TribLive: Roaring Run Watershed Assn. Trying To Raise Money For Trail-Related Projects

-- WGAL-TV: Major Transformation Underway At Michaux State Forest

-- Penn State Fly Fishing Club Spotlights Community, Conservation  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Gone Fishin’: Trinity Elementary Students Head To Mingo Creek County Park For Nature Lessons

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Aletta Marie Summers Returns To PA Wildlife Leadership Academy As Wildlife Conservation Ambassador

-- Public News Service: Restoring Freshwater Mussels To Improve Delaware River Water Quality 

-- Communities Unite To Collect 29,000 Pounds Of Trash During Earth Week, Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Harry Enstrom Chapter Izaak Walton League Does Roadside Cleanup In Greene County

-- TribLive Letter: Grateful For Clean Up Day Efforts In Monroeville

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host May 20 Household Chemical Collection Event In Cambria County; 5 More Events Set For Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, PennDOT Partner On Cigarette Litter Prevention At Rest Stops  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Young Ambassadors Of Pennsylvania Program Graduates Inaugural Class Of 2023; Sign Ups For New Class Start Aug. 1  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: York Man Pulled 26,000 Pieces Of Trash From Susquehanna River One  Boatload At A Time

-- TribLive: Hampton’s Recycle Rama Scheduled For May 13

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Full Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Very Low-Level [100 Feet] Maryland Air National Guard Training Flights; Take Action Now  [PaEN]

-- Dallas Youth Commit To Conservation With North Branch Land Trust In Luzerne County - By Melissa Lopez, North Branch Land Trust, Land Protection and Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Composite Mountain Bike Team Looks To Get More Kids On Bikes

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Home Energy Use Can Be Expensive, Contribute To Climate Change; New Programs Aim To Cut Bills And Emissions

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates EPA’s Proposed Safeguards On Fossil Fuel Power Plant Pollution

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Proposed EPA Standards To Cut Pollution From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: ‘We Just Want Someone Sane:’ What Happens When A Small Town Goes MAGA - Washington, PA ‘In Pennsylvania, The Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots’

Climate

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In  Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.”  You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- NextPittsburgh: Solarpunk Envisions A Sustainable Future With Art, Innovation And Jobs

-- Financial Times: Few U.S. Companies In Position To Fully Capitalize On New Solar Tax Credit Rules, Experts Warn

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, Resources For The Future: The Prospects For Pennsylvania As A RGGI Member - Reducing Emissions, Generating Revenue, Minimal Impact On Electricity Rates

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Study Bolsters Case For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UPenn Fake Report Endorses Marcellus-Killing RGGI Carbon Tax

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Central PA Is Among The Nation’s Worst Air Pollution - By Evangelical Environmental Network  [RGGI]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards For Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants To Tackle Climate Crisis, Protect Public Health

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Again Proposes Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules, Third Time The Charm?

-- The Guardian: New U.S. Rules Could Stem Emissions From Coal, Gas Power Plants

-- Bloomberg: EPA Plan To Cut Planet-Warming Pollution Spares Most Natural Gas Power Plants

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates EPA’s Proposed Safeguards On Fossil Fuel Power Plant Pollution

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Proposed EPA Standards To Cut Pollution From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

-- PA Business Report: PA Business Leaders Warn Latest Proposed EPA Standard For Particulates Will Sting

-- Better Path Coalition: May 24 Webinar With Dan Zegart, Investigative Reporter Who Covered 2020 CO2 Pipeline Explosion In Mississippi. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Threatens The State Tree, Bird And Fish; Work Is Under Way To Help The Native Species

Coal Mining

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In  Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.”  You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- Penn State To Host Inaugural Mining PA Conference Aug. 12-16 In State College  [PaEN]

Compliance Action

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Societal Cost Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ About $17.5 Trillion Across Global Economy, Report

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

Conservation Districts

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District May 20 Free Soil Lead Screening, Education Event In Braddock, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

Court Decisions

-- MCall: Judge Throws Out Township Zoning Change, Rules In Favor Of Residents Opposed To Bethlehem Landfill Expansion

-- MCall: Appeal Clock Starts On Bethlehem Landfill Expansion Plan

DCNR

-- DCNR, Aging, Health Highlight Physical, Mental Benefits Of Connecting Older Adults To The Outdoors

-- DCNR, DCED Visit Priority Bicycles Company In Lycoming County To Highlight PA’s Growing Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Touts Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation To Economy During Lycoming County Visit

-- DCNR Blog: One Of The Best Things You Can Do To Help The Environment - Plant A Native Tree!

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Full Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Very Low-Level [100 Feet] Maryland Air National Guard Training Flights; Take Action Now  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Blaze A Trail With Family-Focused Fun Near Clear Creek State Park

-- PennLive: Construction To Curtail Access To PA Grand Canyon From Leonard Harrison State Park

-- WGAL-TV: Major Transformation Underway At Michaux State Forest

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Urgent Issue Water Trail Mini-Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Area Students Learn About The Outdoors At Locust Lake State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Gone Fishin’: Trinity Elementary Students Head To Mingo Creek County Park For Nature Lessons

-- TribLive: Roaring Run Watershed Assn. Trying To Raise Money For Trail-Related Projects

-- TribLive: Local RV Dealers Still See Interest In Camping: ‘Only Getting Busier’

-- Penn State Extension: The Bite Stops Here: Fighting Lyme Disease With Prevention

-- StateImpactPA: PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease, State Responding With New Tick Testing, Research, Education

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

DEP

-- Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, Stream Cleaning, Take ‘Protection’ Out Of The Dept. Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Move Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time, Complexity To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 60+ PA Business Groups Urge Action On State’s Permitting Reform

-- PA Chamber Of Business & Industry, 67 Other Business Groups Call On Lawmakers To Enact Permitting Reform [SB 350]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert: Permitting Reform Needed For Energy Transition

-- Penn State Shale [Gas] Network Workshop Features Acting DEP Secretary Richard Negrin May 18-19 In State College  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, Resources For The Future: The Prospects For Pennsylvania As A RGGI Member - Reducing Emissions, Generating Revenue, Minimal Impact On Electricity Rates

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Study Bolsters Case For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UPenn Fake Report Endorses Marcellus-Killing RGGI Carbon Tax

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Central PA Is Among The Nation’s Worst Air Pollution - By Evangelical Environmental Network  [RGGI]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Public News Service: Restoring Freshwater Mussels To Improve Delaware River Water Quality 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper May 12 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest - Confluence: Land, Water Wildlife

Drinking Water

-- PA American Water Awards $75,000+ In Local Environmental Project Grants  [PaEN]

-- MCall: PA Seeing Feeding Frenzy Of Sales Of Public Water, Public Sewer Systems

-- WHYY: Philly’s Tap Water Has A Trust Problem, Did The Recent Contamination Scare Make It Worse?

-- WHYY: Philly Water Rate Hike Plans Draw Scrutiny From City Council

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Water Authority Files Request To Hike Rates By Nearly 60% Over 3 Years

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority Files For 60% Rate Increase Over 3 Years

-- York Daily Record: York Water From Stream To Your Tap: See How The System Works

-- Williamsport Sun: Naturally Occurring Uranium vs. New National Drinking Water Study Offers Key Takeaways

-- WHYY: Temple Researchers To Study How Drinking Water From Private Wells Impacts Children’s Health

Economic Development

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, DCED Visit Priority Bicycles Company In Lycoming County To Highlight PA’s Growing Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Touts Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation To Economy During Lycoming County Visit

-- TribLive: Local RV Dealers Still See Interest In Camping: ‘Only Getting Busier’

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In  Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.”  You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

Education

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Observer-Reporter: Canon-McMillian H.S. Team Wins Washington County Envirothon

-- Warren Times: Aletta Marie Summers Returns To PA Wildlife Leadership Academy As Wildlife Conservation Ambassador

-- Dallas Youth Commit To Conservation With North Branch Land Trust In Luzerne County - By Melissa Lopez, North Branch Land Trust, Land Protection and Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Students Craft Metal Selfie Frames At County Parks To Mark County’s 250th Anniversary

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Young Ambassadors Of Pennsylvania Program Graduates Inaugural Class Of 2023; Sign Ups For New Class Start Aug. 1  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch In Nest On Rachel Carson Building In Harrisburg: ‘Remarkable Turn Of Events’

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center: Making Memories With Nature

-- ​​PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers, Partners Host May 17 Webinar - Putting Water Quality Data To Work Locally, A Conversation Cafe  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Janus School Students Release Rainbow Trout Into The Wild

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Area Students Learn About The Outdoors At Locust Lake State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Gone Fishin’: Trinity Elementary Students Head To Mingo Creek County Park For Nature Lessons

-- Penn State Shale [Gas] Network Workshop Features Acting DEP Secretary Richard Negrin May 18-19 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Natural Gas Transitional Fossil Fuel

-- PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Got Its Electric Reliability Report Wrong - By Casey Roberts, Sierra Club

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Societal Cost Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ About $17.5 Trillion Across Global Economy, Report

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

-- Penn State To Host Inaugural Mining PA Conference Aug. 12-16 In State College  [PaEN]

-- PEMA, Insurance Dept. Urge Preparedness For Potential Spring And Summer Flooding

-- Williamsport Sun: Naturally Occurring Uranium vs. New National Drinking Water Study Offers Key Takeaways

-- LebTown.com: Quittapahilla Watershed Group Spotlights Quittie Creek Stream Restoration Project

-- Penn State Fly Fishing Club Spotlights Community, Conservation  [PaEN]

-- York County Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Entries To Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Independent Study Evaluates Why Progress In Achieving Bay Water Quality Goals Is Lagging

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Settlement Focuses On Cleanup Efforts At Central PA Farms - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Presentation Proposals For Chesapeake Watershed Forum, Due June 4

-- WHYY: Philly’s Tap Water Has A Trust Problem, Did The Recent Contamination Scare Make It Worse?

-- York Daily Record: York Water From Stream To Your Tap: See How The System Works

-- TribLive: Blaze A Trail With Family-Focused Fun Near Clear Creek State Park

-- NextPittsburgh: Solarpunk Envisions A Sustainable Future With Art, Innovation And Jobs

-- Financial Times: Few U.S. Companies In Position To Fully Capitalize On New Solar Tax Credit Rules, Experts Warn

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Home Energy Use Can Be Expensive, Contribute To Climate Change; New Programs Aim To Cut Bills And Emissions

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Threatens The State Tree, Bird And Fish; Work Is Under Way To Help The Native Species

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, Resources For The Future: The Prospects For Pennsylvania As A RGGI Member - Reducing Emissions, Generating Revenue, Minimal Impact On Electricity Rates

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Study Bolsters Case For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UPenn Fake Report Endorses Marcellus-Killing RGGI Carbon Tax

-- Better Path Coalition: May 24 Webinar With Dan Zegart, Investigative Reporter Who Covered 2020 CO2 Pipeline Explosion In Mississippi. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Central PA Is Among The Nation’s Worst Air Pollution - By Evangelical Environmental Network  [RGGI]

-- The Economist: Expensive Electricity (68% Spike), Natural Gas (145% Spike) May Have Killed More Europeans Than COVID Last Winter

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Lawmakers Examine Cryptocurrency’s Use Of Waste Coal To Generate Power For Data Mining

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn.: May 20 Grass Lake & Glacial Till Barrens Evening Birding & Blooms, Monroe County

-- Delaware RiverKeeper May 12 RiverWatch Video Report

-- DCNR Blog: One Of The Best Things You Can Do To Help The Environment - Plant A Native Tree!

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Full Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Very Low-Level [100 Feet] Maryland Air National Guard Training Flights; Take Action Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Aging, Health Highlight Physical, Mental Benefits Of Connecting Older Adults To The Outdoors

-- DCNR, DCED Visit Priority Bicycles Company In Lycoming County To Highlight PA’s Growing Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- WGAL-TV: Major Transformation Underway At Michaux State Forest

-- Allegheny County Conservation District May 20 Free Soil Lead Screening, Education Event In Braddock, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest - Confluence: Land, Water Wildlife

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Summer Events

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

--  York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Efforts Underway To Save Oak Trees From Spongy [Gypsy] Moths Across PA

-- Penn State Extension: The Bite Stops Here: Fighting Lyme Disease With Prevention

-- StateImpactPA: PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease, State Responding With New Tick Testing, Research, Education

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Enjoy Dogwoods In Bloom This Year

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette: Norfolk Southern Says It Will Compensate Residents Whose Homes Lost Value Within 5 Mile Radius Of East Palestine Train Derailment

-- Reuters: Norfolk Southern To Set Up Home Value Reimbursement Fund After Ohio Derailment

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Clean Air Council Urges Residents To ‘Opt In’ To Seek Out Information And Maintain Interest, After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- TribLive Editorial: Pennsylvania Has Real Role In Regulating Rail

-- WTAE: Emergency Crews Respond To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment In Lawrence County, No Hazardous Materials

-- TribLive: Norfolk Southern Train Derails In New Castle, No Hazardous Materials Released

-- KYW/CBSnews: Highways Pose Greatest Danger For Potential PA Hazmat Situations

-- The Center Square: U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Advances Railway Safety Act

Emergency Response

-- KYW/CBSnews: Highways Pose Greatest Danger For Potential PA Hazmat Situations

-- Better Path Coalition: May 24 Webinar With Dan Zegart, Investigative Reporter Who Covered 2020 CO2 Pipeline Explosion In Mississippi. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- PEMA, Insurance Dept. Urge Preparedness For Potential Spring And Summer Flooding

-- LancasterOnline: Muddy Run Pump-Storage Electric Generation Facility To Test Warning Sirens May 11

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]

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania Average $3.67; National Average $3.53

-- PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Got Its Electric Reliability Report Wrong - By Casey Roberts, Sierra Club

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Drop By 2 To 24 Last Week

-- Reuters: U.S. Weekly Natural Gas Rig Count Falls By Most Since 2016 [17 Rigs], Baker Hughes  [Gas Prices Plunged 49% So Far In 2023]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Drilling Collapses In U.S. At Fastest Rate In 7 Years Amid Tumbling Prices 

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: ‘We Just Want Someone Sane:’ What Happens When A Small Town Goes MAGA - Washington, PA ‘In Pennsylvania, The Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots’

-- Wall Street Journal: Big Oil/Natural Gas Has $150 Billion In Cash, Investors Want A Share; New Drilling Isn’t Near The Top Of The List

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Set For Longest Run Of Weekly Losses Since 2020

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Buying Slows On Expectations Of Further Price Crash

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Extend Drop, Record Amounts Of LNG Idling In Ships At Sea

National/International

-- The Economist: Expensive Electricity (68% Spike), Natural Gas (145% Spike) May Have Killed More Europeans Than COVID Last Winter

-- Financial Times: G7 And EU To Ban Restart Of Russian Gas Pipelines; Europe Successfully Cut Demand, Accelerated Roll Out Of Renewable Energy, Sourced Alternative Supplies

-- Reuters: US Permit Crackdown On Proposed LNG Natural Gas Projects That Don’t Meet Construction Deadlines Poses New Hurdles, Analysts

-- Financial Times: Falling Crude Prices And Recession Fears Bring U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Rally To A Halt

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Fall On Stronger Dollar, Demand Fears

-- Bloomberg: Wildfire Risk In Canada’s Oil Heartland Set To Rise Over Hot Weekend

-- Bloomberg: Wildfires In Canada Force Evacuations, Cut Oil And Natural Gas Output

-- Reuters: Democrats Press Biden Administration On Climate Impact Of LNG Natural Gas Buildout

Energy

-- PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Got Its Electric Reliability Report Wrong - By Casey Roberts, Sierra Club

-- NextPittsburgh: Solarpunk Envisions A Sustainable Future With Art, Innovation And Jobs

-- Financial Times: Few U.S. Companies In Position To Fully Capitalize On New Solar Tax Credit Rules, Experts Warn

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Drop By 2 To 24 Last Week

-- Reuters: U.S. Weekly Natural Gas Rig Count Falls By Most Since 2016 [17 Rigs], Baker Hughes  [Gas Prices Plunged 49% So Far In 2023]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Drilling Collapses In U.S. At Fastest Rate In 7 Years Amid Tumbling Prices 

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania Average $3.67; National Average $3.53

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In  Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.”  You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- LancasterOnline: Muddy Run Pump-Storage Electric Generation Facility To Test Warning Sirens May 11

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, Resources For The Future: The Prospects For Pennsylvania As A RGGI Member - Reducing Emissions, Generating Revenue, Minimal Impact On Electricity Rates

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Study Bolsters Case For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UPenn Fake Report Endorses Marcellus-Killing RGGI Carbon Tax

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Central PA Is Among The Nation’s Worst Air Pollution - By Evangelical Environmental Network  [RGGI]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Lawmakers Examine Cryptocurrency’s Use Of Waste Coal To Generate Power For Data Mining

-- City & State PA: Leaders Convene In Pittsburgh For City & State’s 2023 Energy Summit

-- Better Path Coalition: May 24 Webinar With Dan Zegart, Investigative Reporter Who Covered 2020 CO2 Pipeline Explosion In Mississippi. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- The Economist: Expensive Electricity (68% Spike), Natural Gas (145% Spike) May Have Killed More Europeans Than COVID Last Winter

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: ‘We Just Want Someone Sane:’ What Happens When A Small Town Goes MAGA - Washington, PA ‘In Pennsylvania, The Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots’

-- Utility Dive: U.S. DOE Proposes Framework For National Electric Transmission Corridors To Spur New Lines, Ease Grid Congestion

Energy Conservation

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Home Energy Use Can Be Expensive, Contribute To Climate Change; New Programs Aim To Cut Bills And Emissions

Environmental Health

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Temple Researchers To Study How Drinking Water From Private Wells Impacts Children’s Health

-- KYW/CBSnews: Highways Pose Greatest Danger For Potential PA Hazmat Situations

-- Allegheny County Conservation District May 20 Free Soil Lead Screening, Education Event In Braddock, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

-- Penn State Extension: The Bite Stops Here: Fighting Lyme Disease With Prevention

-- StateImpactPA: PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease, State Responding With New Tick Testing, Research, Education

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

Environmental Heritage

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Outlines How The Forest Came To Be - ‘Allegheny National Brushpatch’   [ANF 1923]

Environmental Justice

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN]

EPA

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces Availability Of $30 Million For Great Lakes Environmental Protection, Restoration Projects In Underserved Communities

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- PA Business Report: PA Business Leaders Warn Latest Proposed EPA Standard For Particulates Will Sting

-- EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards For Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants To Tackle Climate Crisis, Protect Public Health

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Again Proposes Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules, Third Time The Charm?

-- AP: EPA: New Pollution Limits Proposed For U.S. Coal, Gas Power Plants Reflect ‘Urgency’ Of Climate Crisis

-- The Guardian: New U.S. Rules Could Stem Emissions From Coal, Gas Power Plants

-- Bloomberg: EPA Plan To Cut Planet-Warming Pollution Spares Most Natural Gas Power Plants

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Celebrates EPA’s Proposed Safeguards On Fossil Fuel Power Plant Pollution

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Proposed EPA Standards To Cut Pollution From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

-- Williamsport Sun: Naturally Occurring Uranium vs. New National Drinking Water Study Offers Key Takeaways

-- AP: Court: EPA Must Regulate Perchlorate, Contaminant In Water

Farming

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: PA Senate Confirms Russell Redding To Serve As Secretary Of Agriculture

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Independent Study Evaluates Why Progress In Achieving Bay Water Quality Goals Is Lagging

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Settlement Focuses On Cleanup Efforts At Central PA Farms - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Federal Farm Bill Is For Everyone

-- MCall Guest Essay: U.S. Farming Adds To World’s Toxic Waste Problem - By Bruce Wilson, Green Builder

Flooding

-- PEMA, Insurance Dept. Urge Preparedness For Potential Spring And Summer Flooding

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN] 

Forests

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Full Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Very Low-Level [100 Feet] Maryland Air National Guard Training Flights; Take Action Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Aging, Health Highlight Physical, Mental Benefits Of Connecting Older Adults To The Outdoors

-- WGAL-TV: Major Transformation Underway At Michaux State Forest

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Outlines How The Forest Came To Be - ‘Allegheny National Brushpatch’   [ANF 1923]

-- DCNR Blog: One Of The Best Things You Can Do To Help The Environment - Plant A Native Tree!

-- Penn State Extension: The Bite Stops Here: Fighting Lyme Disease With Prevention

-- StateImpactPA: PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease, State Responding With New Tick Testing, Research, Education

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

Forests - Wildfires

-- Centre Daily Times: Expect Hazy Skies As Canadian Wildfires Bring Smoke Over Central PA

Game Commission

--  York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Efforts Underway To Save Oak Trees From Spongy [Gypsy] Moths Across PA

Grants/Funding

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Urgent Issue Water Trail Mini-Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Awards $75,000+ In Local Environmental Project Grants  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Federal Farm Bill Is For Everyone

-- EPA Announces Availability Of $30 Million For Great Lakes Environmental Protection, Restoration Projects In Underserved Communities

Green Infrastructure

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Full Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Very Low-Level [100 Feet] Maryland Air National Guard Training Flights; Take Action Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Aging, Health Highlight Physical, Mental Benefits Of Connecting Older Adults To The Outdoors

-- DCNR, DCED Visit Priority Bicycles Company In Lycoming County To Highlight PA’s Growing Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Touts Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation To Economy During Lycoming County Visit

-- ​​PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers, Partners Host May 17 Webinar - Putting Water Quality Data To Work Locally, A Conversation Cafe  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Federal Farm Bill Is For Everyone

-- PA American Water Awards $75,000+ In Local Environmental Project Grants  [PaEN]

-- LebTown.com: Quittapahilla Watershed Group Spotlights Quittie Creek Stream Restoration Project

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Urgent Issue Water Trail Mini-Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: One Of The Best Things You Can Do To Help The Environment - Plant A Native Tree!

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

Hazardous Substances

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Societal Cost Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ About $17.5 Trillion Across Global Economy, Report

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- WHYY: Temple Researchers To Study How Drinking Water From Private Wells Impacts Children’s Health

-- Allegheny County Conservation District May 20 Free Soil Lead Screening, Education Event In Braddock, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley?  New Report Provides Details

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- KYW/CBSnews: Highways Pose Greatest Danger For Potential PA Hazmat Situations

Land Conservation

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Awards $75,000+ In Local Environmental Project Grants  [PaEN]

-- Dallas Youth Commit To Conservation With North Branch Land Trust In Luzerne County - By Melissa Lopez, North Branch Land Trust, Land Protection and Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: One Of The Best Things You Can Do To Help The Environment - Plant A Native Tree!

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

-- TribLive: Hats Off To PNC Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Spring Hat Luncheon Celebrating 25 Years

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Summer Events

Land Recycling

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

Lake Erie

-- EPA Announces Availability Of $30 Million For Great Lakes Environmental Protection, Restoration Projects In Underserved Communities

Lehigh River

-- WFMZ: History’s Headlines: Lehigh River’s Troubled Waters

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host May 20 Household Chemical Collection Event In Cambria County; 5 More Events Set For Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, PennDOT Partner On Cigarette Litter Prevention At Rest Stops  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Young Ambassadors Of Pennsylvania Program Graduates Inaugural Class Of 2023; Sign Ups For New Class Start Aug. 1  [PaEN]

-- Communities Unite To Collect 29,000 Pounds Of Trash During Earth Week, Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: York Man Pulled 26,000 Pieces Of Trash From Susquehanna River One  Boatload At A Time

-- Observer-Reporter: Harry Enstrom Chapter Izaak Walton League Does Roadside Cleanup In Greene County

-- TribLive Letter: Grateful For Clean Up Day Efforts In Monroeville

-- TribLive: Hampton’s Recycle Rama Scheduled For May 13

Mine Reclamation

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Lawmakers Examine Cryptocurrency’s Use Of Waste Coal To Generate Power For Data Mining

-- Penn State To Host Inaugural Mining PA Conference Aug. 12-16 In State College  [PaEN]

Noncoal Mining

-- Penn State To Host Inaugural Mining PA Conference Aug. 12-16 In State College  [PaEN] 

Oil & Gas

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- Penn State Shale [Gas] Network Workshop Features Acting DEP Secretary Richard Negrin May 18-19 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Natural Gas Transitional Fossil Fuel

-- PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Got Its Electric Reliability Report Wrong - By Casey Roberts, Sierra Club

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations  [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- Guest Essay: PA Conventional Oil/Gas Operators Blog: More Carbon Dioxide Is Good, Less Is Bad - By Gregory Wrightstone, CO2 Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: ‘We Just Want Someone Sane:’ What Happens When A Small Town Goes MAGA - Washington, PA ‘In Pennsylvania, The Big Lie Is Spreading Its Roots’

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rigs Drop By 2 To 24 Last Week

-- Reuters: U.S. Weekly Natural Gas Rig Count Falls By Most Since 2016 [17 Rigs], Baker Hughes  [Gas Prices Plunged 49% So Far In 2023]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Drilling Collapses In U.S. At Fastest Rate In 7 Years Amid Tumbling Prices 

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania Average $3.67; National Average $3.53

-- Wall Street Journal: Big Oil/Natural Gas Has $150 Billion In Cash, Investors Want A Share; New Drilling Isn’t Near The Top Of The List

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Set For Longest Run Of Weekly Losses Since 2020

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Buying Slows On Expectations Of Further Price Crash

-- Bloomberg: Wildfires In Canada Force Evacuations, Cut Oil And Natural Gas Output

-- Financial Times: G7 And EU To Ban Restart Of Russian Gas Pipelines; Europe Successfully Cut Demand, Accelerated Roll Out Of Renewable Energy, Sourced Alternative Supplies

-- Financial Times: Falling Crude Prices And Recession Fears Bring U.S. Oil, Natural Gas Rally To A Halt

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Extend Drop, Record Amounts Of LNG Idling In Ships At Sea

-- Reuters: US Permit Crackdown On Proposed LNG Natural Gas Projects That Don’t Meet Construction Deadlines Poses New Hurdles, Analysts

-- Reuters: Democrats Press Biden Administration On Climate Impact Of LNG Natural Gas Buildout

-- Reuters: White House Backs Faster Energy Project Permits, Joining Republicans

-- The Economist: Expensive Electricity (68% Spike), Natural Gas (145% Spike) May Have Killed More Europeans Than COVID Last Winter

Pipelines

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- Reuters: White House Backs Faster Energy Project Permits, Joining Republicans

Permitting

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 6 to 12; Equitrans Gas Storage Area Issued New NOVs  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Shale [Gas] Network Workshop Features Acting DEP Secretary Richard Negrin May 18-19 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Natural Gas Transitional Fossil Fuel

-- PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Got Its Electric Reliability Report Wrong - By Casey Roberts, Sierra Club

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County   [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: Societal Cost Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ About $17.5 Trillion Across Global Economy, Report

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- Triumph Township, Warren County Advertising For 100,000 Gallons Of ‘Salt Brine’ To Dump On Township Roads  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, Stream Cleaning, Take ‘Protection’ Out Of The Dept. Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Move Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time, Complexity To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 60+ PA Business Groups Urge Action On State’s Permitting Reform

-- PA Chamber Of Business & Industry, 67 Other Business Groups Call On Lawmakers To Enact Permitting Reform [SB 350]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert: Permitting Reform Needed For Energy Transition

-- MCall: National Park Service: River Pointe Commerce Park Could Mar Appalachian Trail, Delaware River Recreation

-- Reuters: White House Backs Faster Energy Project Permits, Joining Republicans

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment May 13   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 13 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, Stream Cleaning, Take ‘Protection’ Out Of The Dept. Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Move Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time, Complexity To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 60+ PA Business Groups Urge Action On State’s Permitting Reform

-- PA Chamber Of Business & Industry, 67 Other Business Groups Call On Lawmakers To Enact Permitting Reform [SB 350]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert: Permitting Reform Needed For Energy Transition

-- WESA: PA PUC Asks If Utility Aid Programs Can Be Improved

PUC

-- PJM Interconnection: Summer Electricity Supplies Should Be Sufficient Under Anticipated Conditions; Higher Than Expected Generator Outages, Extreme Scenarios Could Bring Risk To Reserve Margins [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: How PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Got Its Electric Reliability Report Wrong - By Casey Roberts, Sierra Club

-- WESA: PA PUC Asks If Utility Aid Programs Can Be Improved

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Water Authority Files Request To Hike Rates By Nearly 60% Over 3 Years

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority Files For 60% Rate Increase Over 3 Years

-- MCall: PA Seeing Feeding Frenzy Of Sales Of Public Water, Public Sewer Systems

-- The Economist: Expensive Electricity (68% Spike), Natural Gas (145% Spike) May Have Killed More Europeans Than COVID Last Winter

Radiation Protection

-- StateImpactPA - Rachael McDevitt: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Enters New Phase Of Cleanup

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- Williamsport Sun: Naturally Occurring Uranium vs. New National Drinking Water Study Offers Key Takeaways

Recreation

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Center Seeks Full Environmental Impact Statement For Proposed Very Low-Level [100 Feet] Maryland Air National Guard Training Flights; Take Action Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Aging, Health Highlight Physical, Mental Benefits Of Connecting Older Adults To The Outdoors

-- DCNR, DCED Visit Priority Bicycles Company In Lycoming County To Highlight PA’s Growing Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Touts Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation To Economy During Lycoming County Visit

-- May 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Urgent Issue Water Trail Mini-Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- LebTown.com: Quittapahilla Watershed Group Spotlights Quittie Creek Stream Restoration Project

-- TribLive: Blaze A Trail With Family-Focused Fun Near Clear Creek State Park

-- PennLive: Construction To Curtail Access To PA Grand Canyon From Leonard Harrison State Park

-- TribLive: Roaring Run Watershed Assn. Trying To Raise Money For Trail-Related Projects

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn.: May 20 Grass Lake & Glacial Till Barrens Evening Birding & Blooms, Monroe County

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Composite Mountain Bike Team Looks To Get More Kids On Bikes

-- Reading Eagle: Schuylkill River Greenways Has A Plan To Complete Trail In Berks County

-- York Daily Record: New Creekside Park Land, Mill With Civil War History Acquired In Manchester Township

-- TribLive: Local RV Dealers Still See Interest In Camping: ‘Only Getting Busier’

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Pittsburgh’s E-Scooter Program Gets First Green Light In Harrisburg, But Will Face Opposition

-- MCall: National Park Service: River Pointe Commerce Park Could Mar Appalachian Trail, Delaware River Recreation

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Summer Events

-- Penn State Extension: The Bite Stops Here: Fighting Lyme Disease With Prevention

-- StateImpactPA: PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease, State Responding With New Tick Testing, Research, Education

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Students Craft Metal Selfie Frames At County Parks To Mark County’s 250th Anniversary

Recycling/Waste

-- Communities Unite To Collect 29,000 Pounds Of Trash During Earth Week, Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: York Man Pulled 26,000 Pieces Of Trash From Susquehanna River One  Boatload At A Time

-- Observer-Reporter: Harry Enstrom Chapter Izaak Walton League Does Roadside Cleanup In Greene County

-- TribLive Letter: Grateful For Clean Up Day Efforts In Monroeville

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host May 20 Household Chemical Collection Event In Cambria County; 5 More Events Set For Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, PennDOT Partner On Cigarette Litter Prevention At Rest Stops  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Young Ambassadors Of Pennsylvania Program Graduates Inaugural Class Of 2023; Sign Ups For New Class Start Aug. 1  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Hampton’s Recycle Rama Scheduled For May 13

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA May Lift Ban On Using Recycled Material To Fill Stuffed Toys

-- MCall: Judge Throws Out Township Zoning Change, Rules In Favor Of Residents Opposed To Bethlehem Landfill Expansion

-- MCall: Appeal Clock Starts On Bethlehem Landfill Expansion Plan

Regulations

-- Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, Stream Cleaning, Take ‘Protection’ Out Of The Dept. Of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Move Bills To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing, Waive Any Permitting Requirement, Add Cost, Time, Complexity To Regulatory/Permitting Bureaucracy  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: 60+ PA Business Groups Urge Action On State’s Permitting Reform

-- PA Chamber Of Business & Industry, 67 Other Business Groups Call On Lawmakers To Enact Permitting Reform [SB 350]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Expert: Permitting Reform Needed For Energy Transition

Renewable Energy

-- NextPittsburgh: Solarpunk Envisions A Sustainable Future With Art, Innovation And Jobs

-- Financial Times: Few U.S. Companies In Position To Fully Capitalize On New Solar Tax Credit Rules, Experts Warn

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In  Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.”  You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, Resources For The Future: The Prospects For Pennsylvania As A RGGI Member - Reducing Emissions, Generating Revenue, Minimal Impact On Electricity Rates

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: New Study Bolsters Case For PA To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- Marcellus Drilling News: UPenn Fake Report Endorses Marcellus-Killing RGGI Carbon Tax

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Central PA Is Among The Nation’s Worst Air Pollution - By Evangelical Environmental Network  [RGGI]

-- Wall Street Journal: Backlash Builds Against $3 Trillion Clean Energy Wind, Solar Projects

Stormwater

-- York County Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Entries To Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Art Contest  [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Communities Unite To Collect 29,000 Pounds Of Trash During Earth Week, Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: York Man Pulled 26,000 Pieces Of Trash From Susquehanna River One  Boatload At A Time

-- Williamsport Sun: Naturally Occurring Uranium vs. New National Drinking Water Study Offers Key Takeaways

Wastewater Facilities

-- MCall: PA Seeing Feeding Frenzy Of Sales Of Public Water, Public Sewer Systems

Watershed Protection

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Independent Study Evaluates Why Progress In Achieving Bay Water Quality Goals Is Lagging

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Settlement Focuses On Cleanup Efforts At Central PA Farms - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Presentation Proposals For Chesapeake Watershed Forum, Due June 4

-- ​​PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers, Partners Host May 17 Webinar - Putting Water Quality Data To Work Locally, A Conversation Cafe  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Awards $75,000+ In Local Environmental Project Grants  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Federal Farm Bill Is For Everyone

-- LebTown.com: Quittapahilla Watershed Group Spotlights Quittie Creek Stream Restoration Project

-- Public News Service: Restoring Freshwater Mussels To Improve Delaware River Water Quality 

-- LancasterOnline: Janus School Students Release Rainbow Trout Into The Wild

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Area Students Learn About The Outdoors At Locust Lake State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Gone Fishin’: Trinity Elementary Students Head To Mingo Creek County Park For Nature Lessons

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

-- WFMZ: History’s Headlines: Lehigh River’s Troubled Waters

-- Delaware RiverKeeper May 12 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Penn State Fly Fishing Club Spotlights Community, Conservation  [PaEN]

-- York County Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Entries To Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- Communities Unite To Collect 29,000 Pounds Of Trash During Earth Week, Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week  [PaEN]

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Wildlife

-- PennLive: Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch In Nest On Rachel Carson Building In Harrisburg: ‘Remarkable Turn Of Events’

-- Public News Service: Restoring Freshwater Mussels To Improve Delaware River Water Quality 

-- LancasterOnline: Janus School Students Release Rainbow Trout Into The Wild

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Area Students Learn About The Outdoors At Locust Lake State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Gone Fishin’: Trinity Elementary Students Head To Mingo Creek County Park For Nature Lessons

-- Warren Times: Aletta Marie Summers Returns To PA Wildlife Leadership Academy As Wildlife Conservation Ambassador

-- The News-Item: Little Shamokin Creek Watershed Assn. To Hold Day Of Fishing For Youth, Service Members, Veterans May 20

-- LebTown.com: Quittapahilla Watershed Group Spotlights Quittie Creek Stream Restoration Project

-- Penn State Fly Fishing Club Spotlights Community, Conservation  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Beavers Return To Silver Lake Park In Bristol Township

-- DCNR's New Woods And Meadows News Offers Tips, Examples On Lawn Conversions To Native Meadows, Woods  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Let It Grow! Video Puts To Music The Benefits Of Native, Meadow Habitats by DCNR Environmental Educator Curtis Sherwood  [It’s great!]

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Threatens The State Tree, Bird And Fish; Work Is Under Way To Help The Native Species

--  York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Efforts Underway To Save Oak Trees From Spongy [Gypsy] Moths Across PA

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest - Confluence: Land, Water Wildlife

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- Penn State Extension: The Bite Stops Here: Fighting Lyme Disease With Prevention

-- StateImpactPA: PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease, State Responding With New Tick Testing, Research, Education

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards  [PaEN]

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[Posted: May 14, 2023]

5/15/2023