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[Posted: May 28, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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-- 99 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [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.

-- House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program [PaEN]

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Opens New Lehigh Gorge State Park Access Point To Highlight How Proposed Budget Investments In Parks, Forests Will Benefit Public, Economy

-- Citizens Voice: Gov. Shapiro Opens Trail, Boat Access On Lehigh River At White Haven, Luzerne County

Air

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- The Allegheny Project: Pittsburgh Media Outlets Collaborate To Cover Air Quality Misinformation In Southwest PA

-- June 29-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 29 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Lancaster County Waste-to-Energy Facility, 1:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2861)

-- July 5-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of July 5 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Braskem America, Inc. Facility in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County, 3:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2865)

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Appalachia Is Vying For Big Hydrogen And What It Will Mean To Win

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- EPA/DEP: Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. To Pay $2.4 Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million Fine To Eastman Chemical For Pollution At Western PA Site

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Changed How It Regulates Toxic Air Pollution, Here Are 3 Things To Know

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- MCall Guest Essay: Proposed Federal Oil & Gas Methane Rule Intended To Help Stop Climate Changes Needs More Flexibility - By T.J. Rooney, Lobbyist

-- AP: Will Biden’s Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge The Divide On Clean Energy Future?

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Makes The Economic Case For The National Forest

Alternative Fuels

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Celebrates Groundbreaking For Big Battery Plant In Weirton, WV

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners [PaEN]

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN]

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville University’s Ecology Professor John Wallace Retiring After 25 Years

Bid Opportunities

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Project In Washington County

-- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 27 PA Bulletin inviting reclamation proposals for the Warren C. Hart Mine#66 Operation in Snowshoe and Burnside Townships, Centre County. (PA Bulletin, page 2871)

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- House Adopts Bipartisan Resolution To Study Wildlife Habitat Corridors To Protect Wildlife And People [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Get Ready To Stomp: Spotted Lanternflies About To Hatch In Western PA

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts June Meetings In Allegheny County On Spotted Lanternfly

-- TribLive: Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Loves The Standing Water Near Your House

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Insects Affect Our Ways Of Life Negatively And Positively

-- PennLive: Researchers In National Aviary In Pittsburgh Sight Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Thought To Be Extinct In Louisiana

Budget

-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Opens New Lehigh Gorge State Park Access Point To Highlight How Proposed Budget Investments In Parks, Forests Will Benefit Public, Economy

-- Citizens Voice: Gov. Shapiro Opens Trail, Boat Access On Lehigh River At White Haven, Luzerne County

-- Independent Fiscal Office Releases Initial Revenue Estimate For FY 2023-24

-- The Center Square: Economic Outlook Projects Modest Growth In Pennsylvania

Federal Budget

-- Bloomberg: Here’s Why Energy Permitting Reform Is On The Table In U.S. Debt-Limit Talks

Chesapeake Bay

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: In Major New Report, Scientists Outline Path To Better Chesapeake Bay, But It’s A Slow One

-- Bay Journal Forum: Saving The Chesapeake Bay Means Creating A Future With And For People - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- CBF: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection Could Damage Efforts To Restore The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Sharply Limits Federal Government’s Ability To Police Pollution Into Certain Wetlands

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Wetlands Rule, What It Means For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court Loves That Dirty Water [Wetlands Decision]

-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For $500 Million for Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Deadline Aug. 18

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- Lock Haven Express: $30,000 In Coldwater Heritage Partnership Grants Awarded To Clinton Conservation District, Kettle Creek Watershed Association For Stream Restoration Projects

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Water Week Connects Land Management To Water Health June 2 to 10

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation

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Citizen Action

-- Things Are Different In The House: Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs Became ‘Democracy’ vs. ‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN]

-- Registration Deadline Extended To May 31: 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit June 13-15 In Altoona

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets June 15 On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 36 Shale Gas Well Drilling Pad Water Use Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients [PaEN]

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- The Allegheny Project: Pittsburgh Media Outlets Collaborate To Cover Air Quality Misinformation In Southwest PA

-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 21 hearing on proposed waste permit for a Municipal Waste Transfer Station to be located in Hazleton, Luzerne County, 6:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2900)

-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 29 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Lancaster County Waste-to-Energy Facility, 1:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2861)

-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of July 5 hearing on proposed RACT 3 Air Quality Permit for Braskem America, Inc. Facility in Marcus Hook Borough, Delaware County, 3:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2865)

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Warren Times Editorial: Keeping A Natural Lifeline Pure With Environmental Rights Amendment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Drilling Donates $100,000 To Upgrade Greene County Fairgrounds [Meanwhile Frac-Out Incident Drags On In Same County That Left Families Without Clean Water Since Last June]

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Changed How It Regulates Toxic Air Pollution, Here Are 3 Things To Know

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- York Dispatch: Proposed $2.1 Billion Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Along Susquehanna River Hits First Snag With Federal Regulators

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Names Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman New President & CEO, The Rev. Mitch Hescox Retiring [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelical Farmers Support New Proposed Federal Cover Act To Help Farmers

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Pittsburgh Healing Waters Fly Fishing: Fly Fishing Program Offers Rehab To Veterans

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Allegheny County Parks Foundation Survey Seeks Input On Trail Link Connecting County Parks

-- North American Land Trust: Neighbors, Friends Help Plant Nearly 400 Native Trees In Brinton Run Preserve, Chadds Ford

-- Tioga Publishing: Penelec Green Team Joins Forces With Volunteers To Plant Trees To Shade Trout Along Pine Creek

-- Lock Haven Express: $30,000 In Coldwater Heritage Partnership Grants Awarded To Clinton Conservation District, Kettle Creek Watershed Association For Stream Restoration Projects

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Preserves Two Properties With Landowners In Williams, Upper Mt. Bethel Townships, Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Celebrates Crease Street Garden Community Preservation In Philadelphia

-- MCall: Camp Trexler Boy Scout Camp Sold For $7.8 Million To Nonprofit Trexler Veterans Initiative Providing Services To Veterans

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Boy Scouts Sell Camp Trexler For $7.8 Million, Deal Appears To Avoid Large-Scale Development Of Property

-- May 26 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Loves The Standing Water Near Your House

-- Reading Eagle: 2 Companies Donate Roof To Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- DEP Took Action On 820 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,465 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- WITF/NPR: The U.S. Is Expanding Carbon Dioxide Pipelines, One Poisoned Town In Mississippi Wants You To Know Its Story

-- TribLive: Climate Protesters Dragged From Shell Shareholder Meeting As They Rush Stage

-- The Guardian: Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are ‘Mostly Junk And Some May Harm

Climate

-- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health [HB 1032, SB 230]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Fund More PA Schools To Tap Sunshine To Power Their Buildings

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Energy Facility Better Than Nothing For Toxic Coal Waste Site

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Celebrates Groundbreaking For Big Battery Plant In Weirton, WV

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Penn State Researchers Looking At Using Coal To Store Hydrogen Like Batteries Store Energy

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- MCall Guest Essay: Proposed Federal Oil & Gas Methane Rule Intended To Help Stop Climate Changes Needs More Flexibility - By T.J. Rooney, Lobbyist

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Names Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman New President & CEO, The Rev. Mitch Hescox Retiring [PaEN]

-- MCall: Allentown’s Climate Change Failures And How The New 3-City Coalition Could Help

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Will Have More Heat Waves, Delaware River Projected To Rise More Than A Foot Over Next 25 Years Due To Climate Change

-- AP: Will Biden’s Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge The Divide On Clean Energy Future?

-- AP: UN Agency: 2 Million Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over Past 50 Years

-- Bloomberg: Solar Power Investment Set To Surpass Oil Production Spending This Year

-- Bloomberg: Multiplying Solar And Battery Factories Put Net Zero In Closer Reach

-- WITF/NPR: The U.S. Is Expanding Carbon Dioxide Pipelines, One Poisoned Town In Mississippi Wants You To Know Its Story

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

-- TribLive: Climate Protesters Dragged From Shell Shareholder Meeting As They Rush Stage

-- The Guardian: Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are ‘Mostly Junk And Some May Harm

Coal Mining

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Mine Safety Improving, Feds Say

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- TribLive: Smokestacks For Coal-Fired Cheswick Power Plant To Be Imploded In Allegheny County

Compliance Action

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- EPA/DEP: Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. To Pay $2.4 Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million Fine To Eastman Chemical For Pollution At Western PA Site

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Drilling Donates $100,000 To Upgrade Greene County Fairgrounds [Meanwhile Frac-Out Incident Drags On In Same County That Left Families Without Clean Water Since Last June]

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $296,475 In Penalties At May Meeting Relating To Pipelines, Underground Utilities

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Attorney General Files Natural Gas Pipeline Malfeasance Charges Ranging From Fraud To Risking Catastrophe

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Aims To Curb PA Litter Problem With Hefty Fines, Community Service For Offenders

-- DEP Took Action On 820 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,465 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Court Action

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- JDSupra: PA Storage Tank Trust Fund Cleanup Eligibility, PA Supreme Court Addresses Registration, Fee Issue

-- CBF: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection Could Damage Efforts To Restore The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Sharply Limits Federal Government’s Ability To Police Pollution Into Certain Wetlands

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Wetlands Rule, What It Means For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court Loves That Dirty Water [Wetlands Decision]

DCNR

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Opens New Lehigh Gorge State Park Access Point To Highlight How Proposed Budget Investments In Parks, Forests Will Benefit Public, Economy

-- Citizens Voice: Gov. Shapiro Opens Trail, Boat Access On Lehigh River At White Haven, Luzerne County

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- TribLive: Ohiopyle’s Other Side: Fewer Than 30 People Live In The Borough Dwarfed By A State Park

-- DCNR Expands Program To Provide Free Sunscreen At State Parks Throughout PA

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Should PA’s State Park Serve Alcohol? By Mark Nicastre [Spoiler - Yes]

-- Registration Deadline Extended To May 31: 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit June 13-15 In Altoona

-- DCNR Blog: Rock Climbing Adventures In PA State Parks, Forests

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23

-- DCNR: Regional ATV Connector Pilot Opens For Season, Shares New Routes

-- May 26 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

DEP

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27 [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Drilling Donates $100,000 To Upgrade Greene County Fairgrounds [Meanwhile Frac-Out Incident Drags On In Same County That Left Families Without Clean Water Since Last June]

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- DEP Awards $7.8 Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment Projects; Next Round Of Applications Due Aug. 25 [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Mine Safety Improving, Feds Say

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Project In Washington County

-- JDSupra: PA Storage Tank Trust Fund Cleanup Eligibility, PA Supreme Court Addresses Registration, Fee Issue

-- DEP Took Action On 820 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,465 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Deep Mine Safety

-- The Center Square: Pennsylvania Mine Safety Improving, Feds Say

Delaware River

-- North American Land Trust: Neighbors, Friends Help Plant Nearly 400 Native Trees In Brinton Run Preserve, Chadds Ford

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Will Have More Heat Waves, Delaware River Projected To Rise More Than A Foot Over Next 25 Years Due To Climate Change

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds June 7 Business Meeting To Consider Water Withdrawal Requests, Other Items [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper May 26 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Now Available! Paddlers’ Guide To The Delaware River

Drinking Water

-- York Dispatch: Lake Williams Reservoir Project Utterly Transformed Dam Eyes November Completion

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- PA American Water Announces 2023 Wonderful World Of Water Camps In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Four Steps To Keep Water Affordable In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Water Shutoffs Resume In Philly May 31, But New Categories Of Residents Are Exempt

Economic Development

-- House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency Green Job Training Prepares Future Philly Workers For Climate Transition

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- TribLive: Ohiopyle’s Other Side: Fewer Than 30 People Live In The Borough Dwarfed By A State Park

-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Opens New Lehigh Gorge State Park Access Point To Highlight How Proposed Budget Investments In Parks, Forests Will Benefit Public, Economy

-- Citizens Voice: Gov. Shapiro Opens Trail, Boat Access On Lehigh River At White Haven, Luzerne County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Celebrates Groundbreaking For Big Battery Plant In Weirton, WV

-- 300+ Registered For ReImagine Appalachia's Community Benefits And Labor Standards Virtual Summit On Taking Advantage Of New Federal Funding; Toolkits Available [PaEN]

-- AP: Will Biden’s Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge The Divide On Clean Energy Future?

Education

-- House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program [PaEN]

-- NOTE: Governor’s nomination of Richard Negrin as DEP Secretary and Cindy Adams Dunn as DCNR Secretary will be on legislative Day 16 of 25 when the Senate returns to session on June 5. June 27 is the last day for action. No Committee action scheduled yet.

-- NOTE: Rodney R. Akers, Esq. has been nominated to the Environmental Hearing Board as a placeholder to replace Thomas Renwand who retired.

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- TribLive: Ohiopyle’s Other Side: Fewer Than 30 People Live In The Borough Dwarfed By A State Park

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency Green Job Training Prepares Future Philly Workers For Climate Transition

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners [PaEN]

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville University’s Ecology Professor John Wallace Retiring After 25 Years

-- Scranton Times: Forest City Students Visit Keystone College To Learn About Nature

-- PA American Water Announces 2023 Wonderful World Of Water Camps In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

-- Daily American: Schools Should Apply Now For Deer Valley YMCA Outdoor Environmental Education Program In Somerset County

-- TribLive: Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. To Host Young Naturalist Camp June 11-13 In Westmoreland County

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - Night Transforms The Forest

-- NextPittsburgh: Latodami Nature Center Offers A Quieter Way To Explore North Park In Allegheny County

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Water Week Connects Land Management To Water Health June 2 to 10

-- U.S. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Things Are Different In The House: Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs Became ‘Democracy’ vs. ‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN]

-- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health [HB 1032, SB 230]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Fund More PA Schools To Tap Sunshine To Power Their Buildings

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Energy Facility Better Than Nothing For Toxic Coal Waste Site

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation

-- Reuters: European Union Natural Gas Use Expected To Shrink By More Than Its Russian Impacts

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic

-- Bloomberg: Plunging LNG Natural Gas Prices Put U.S. Export Cancellations In The Frame

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Appalachia Is Vying For Big Hydrogen And What It Will Mean To Win

-- Penn State Researchers Looking At Using Coal To Store Hydrogen Like Batteries Store Energy

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Brown Institute For Environment & Society Conference: Climate Obstruction In 2023 May 31 to June 2

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- Observer-Reporter: Pittsburgh Healing Waters Fly Fishing: Fly Fishing Program Offers Rehab To Veterans

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA’s Water Resources A Blessing, Safety Is Key To Enjoying Them

-- Penn State’s Lara Fowler Named Director Of Sustainability Institute, Chief Sustainability Officer

-- Beaver County Times: Become A Penn State Master Gardener In Beaver County

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center Erie: Monday Music In The Woods Jun 5 - July 31

-- Natural Lands: Connect To The Outdoors At Upcoming Summer Events

-- PennLive: Is It OK To Pick Weeds To Eat? Foraging In Harrisburg Region Grows As ‘There Is Food All Around Us’

-- TribLive: Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Loves The Standing Water Near Your House

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Insects Affect Our Ways Of Life Negatively And Positively

-- PennLive: Researchers In National Aviary In Pittsburgh Sight Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Thought To Be Extinct In Louisiana

-- TribLive: Get Ready To Stomp: Spotted Lanternflies About To Hatch In Western PA

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts June Meetings In Allegheny County On Spotted Lanternfly

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, Partners Host Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo June 3 Shikellamy State Park Marina, Sunbury [PaEN]

-- YourErie.com: Republican Cong. Kelly Voices Opposition To Proposed French Creek Wildlife Refuge

-- The Ripon Advance: PA Republican Cong. Kelly, Thompson Seek Federal Reconsideration Of Proposed French Creek Watershed National Wildlife Refuge

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Makes The Economic Case For The National Forest

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

-- Bloomberg: Solar Power Investment Set To Surpass Oil Production Spending This Year

-- Bloomberg: Multiplying Solar And Battery Factories Put Net Zero In Closer Reach

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette: NTSB Sets June 22-23 Hearing On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

Emergency Response

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- WFMZ: West Reading Borough, Fire Company To Distribute Free Natural Gas Alarms To Homes Near Chocolate Plant Explosion Site

-- WHYY: Forecasters Predict A ‘Near Normal’ Hurricane Season, But Urge Communities To Prepare

-- DEP Took Action On 820 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,465 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- AP: UN Agency: 2 Million Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over Past 50 Years

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]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- Baker Hughes - PA Natural Gas Drill Rigs Same As Last Week 24

-- Reuters: European Union Natural Gas Use Expected To Shrink By More Than Its Russian Impacts

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic

-- Bloomberg: Plunging LNG Natural Gas Prices Put U.S. Export Cancellations In The Frame

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Slumps Again As Industries Struggle To Boost Demand

National/International

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Glut Is About To Vanish As Key Price Spread Flips Threatening To Divert Cargoes To Asia

-- Reuters: Shale R&D Cuts Cast Shadow On Future Of U.S. Oil/Natural Gas Production

Energy

-- Things Are Different In The House: Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs Became ‘Democracy’ vs. ‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN]

-- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health [HB 1032, SB 230]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Fund More PA Schools To Tap Sunshine To Power Their Buildings

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Energy Facility Better Than Nothing For Toxic Coal Waste Site

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition [PaEN]

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Appalachia Is Vying For Big Hydrogen And What It Will Mean To Win

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Penn State Researchers Looking At Using Coal To Store Hydrogen Like Batteries Store Energy

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- York Dispatch: Proposed $2.1 Billion Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Along Susquehanna River Hits First Snag With Federal Regulators

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Plans In Congress To Update U.S. Electrical Grid

-- LancasterOnline: PA Doesn’t Protect Against Summer Utility Shutoffs; Here’s How Residents Can Get Help

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency Green Job Training Prepares Future Philly Workers For Climate Transition

-- Reuters: Shale R&D Cuts Cast Shadow On Future Of U.S. Oil/Natural Gas Production

-- AP: Will Biden’s Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge The Divide On Clean Energy Future?

-- WITF/NPR: The U.S. Is Expanding Carbon Dioxide Pipelines, One Poisoned Town In Mississippi Wants You To Know Its Story

-- Bloomberg: Solar Power Investment Set To Surpass Oil Production Spending This Year

-- Bloomberg: Multiplying Solar And Battery Factories Put Net Zero In Closer Reach

-- TribLive: Climate Protesters Dragged From Shell Shareholder Meeting As They Rush Stage

-- The Guardian: Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are ‘Mostly Junk And Some May Harm

Energy Conservation

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency Green Job Training Prepares Future Philly Workers For Climate Transition

Environmental Health

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Will Have More Heat Waves, Delaware River Projected To Rise More Than A Foot Over Next 25 Years Due To Climate Change

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Changed How It Regulates Toxic Air Pollution, Here Are 3 Things To Know

-- TribLive: Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Loves The Standing Water Near Your House

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

Environmental Heritage

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Makes The Economic Case For The National Forest

EPA

-- EPA/DEP: Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. To Pay $2.4 Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million Fine To Eastman Chemical For Pollution At Western PA Site

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

Farming

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: In Major New Report, Scientists Outline Path To Better Chesapeake Bay, But It’s A Slow One

-- Bay Journal Forum: Saving The Chesapeake Bay Means Creating A Future With And For People - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For $500 Million for Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Deadline Aug. 18

-- Courier Times: These Farms Were In Long Fight To Preserve Agricultural Landscape In Lower Makefield, Bucks County

-- TribLive: Get Ready To Stomp: Spotted Lanternflies About To Hatch In Western PA

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts June Meetings In Allegheny County On Spotted Lanternfly

-- Evangelical Environmental Network, Evangelical Farmers Support New Proposed Federal Cover Act To Help Farmers

-- Beaver County Times: Become A Penn State Master Gardener In Beaver County

-- PennLive: Is It OK To Pick Weeds To Eat? Foraging In Harrisburg Region Grows As ‘There Is Food All Around Us’

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Insects Affect Our Ways Of Life Negatively And Positively

-- Help Wanted: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Multiple Job Openings Available

Fish & Boat Commission

-- House Adopts Bipartisan Resolution To Study Wildlife Habitat Corridors To Protect Wildlife And People [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Senate Game & Fisheries Committee Chair Questions New PA Fishing License Increase

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA’s Water Resources A Blessing, Safety Is Key To Enjoying Them

-- LancasterOnline - P.J. Reilly: Trout-Fishing Paradise Can Be Found At Penns Creek Mifflin County

Flooding

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Will Have More Heat Waves, Delaware River Projected To Rise More Than A Foot Over Next 25 Years Due To Climate Change

-- AP: UN Agency: 2 Million Killed, $4.3 Trillion In Damages From Extreme Weather Over Past 50 Year

Forests

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners [PaEN]

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- TribLive: Ohiopyle’s Other Side: Fewer Than 30 People Live In The Borough Dwarfed By A State Park

-- DCNR Blog: Rock Climbing Adventures In PA State Parks, Forests

-- May 26 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Regional ATV Connector Pilot Opens For Season, Shares New Routes

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Get Ready To Stomp: Spotted Lanternflies About To Hatch In Western PA

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts June Meetings In Allegheny County On Spotted Lanternfly

-- TribLive: Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Loves The Standing Water Near Your House

-- PennLive: Is It OK To Pick Weeds To Eat? Foraging In Harrisburg Region Grows As ‘There Is Food All Around Us’

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Makes The Economic Case For The National Forest

Game Commission

-- Scranton Times: Children Ages 5 And 14 Months Injured In Mountain Top Bear Attack At Their Home

-- Game Commission: Bear Involved In Attack On 2 Children In Luzerne County Captured, Euthanized

-- House Adopts Bipartisan Resolution To Study Wildlife Habitat Corridors To Protect Wildlife And People [PaEN]

Geologic Hazards

-- U.S. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

Grants/Funding

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Deadline To Apply For DEP Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA Mine Reclamation, Pipeline Penalty Projects, Stormwater Planning, Watershed Restoration Grants June 23 [PaEN]

-- Reminder CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants Due May 31

-- Reminder: Next Deadline Aug. 25 For DEP Local Federally-Funded Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants

-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For $500 Million for Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Deadline Aug. 18

-- DEP Awards $7.8 Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment Projects; Next Round Of Applications Due Aug. 25 [PaEN]

-- Lock Haven Express: $30,000 In Coldwater Heritage Partnership Grants Awarded To Clinton Conservation District, Kettle Creek Watershed Association For Stream Restoration Projects

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

-- 300+ Registered For ReImagine Appalachia's Community Benefits And Labor Standards Virtual Summit On Taking Advantage Of New Federal Funding; Toolkits Available [PaEN]

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners [PaEN]

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions [PaEN]

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July [PaEN]

-- Registration Deadline Extended To May 31: 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit June 13-15 In Altoona

-- Reminder: Deadline To Apply For DEP Growing Greener Plus, Section 319, SMCRA Mine Reclamation, Pipeline Penalty Projects, Stormwater Planning, Watershed Restoration Grants June 23 [PaEN]

-- Reminder CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants Due May 31

-- Reminder: Next Deadline Aug. 25 For DEP Local Federally-Funded Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: In Major New Report, Scientists Outline Path To Better Chesapeake Bay, But It’s A Slow One

-- Bay Journal Forum: Saving The Chesapeake Bay Means Creating A Future With And For People - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- CBF: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection Could Damage Efforts To Restore The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Sharply Limits Federal Government’s Ability To Police Pollution Into Certain Wetlands

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Wetlands Rule, What It Means For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court Loves That Dirty Water [Wetlands Decision]

-- USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Accepting Applications For $500 Million for Regional Conservation Partnership Program, Deadline Aug. 18

-- Courier Times: These Farms Were In Long Fight To Preserve Agricultural Landscape In Lower Makefield, Bucks County

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Preserves Two Properties With Landowners In Williams, Upper Mt. Bethel Townships, Northampton County

-- MCall: Camp Trexler Boy Scout Camp Sold For $7.8 Million To Nonprofit Trexler Veterans Initiative Providing Services To Veterans

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Boy Scouts Sell Camp Trexler For $7.8 Million, Deal Appears To Avoid Large-Scale Development Of Property

-- North American Land Trust: Neighbors, Friends Help Plant Nearly 400 Native Trees In Brinton Run Preserve, Chadds Ford

-- Tioga Publishing: Penelec Green Team Joins Forces With Volunteers To Plant Trees To Shade Trout Along Pine Creek

-- Lock Haven Express: $30,000 In Coldwater Heritage Partnership Grants Awarded To Clinton Conservation District, Kettle Creek Watershed Association For Stream Restoration Projects

-- PennLive: Is It OK To Pick Weeds To Eat? Foraging In Harrisburg Region Grows As ‘There Is Food All Around Us’

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- JDSupra: PA Storage Tank Trust Fund Cleanup Eligibility, PA Supreme Court Addresses Registration, Fee Issue

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

Hazardous Substances

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24 [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Changed How It Regulates Toxic Air Pollution, Here Are 3 Things To Know

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Multiple Job Openings Available

Land Conservation

-- Courier Times: These Farms Were In Long Fight To Preserve Agricultural Landscape In Lower Makefield, Bucks County

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Preserves Two Properties With Landowners In Williams, Upper Mt. Bethel Townships, Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Celebrates Crease Street Garden Community Preservation In Philadelphia

-- MCall: Camp Trexler Boy Scout Camp Sold For $7.8 Million To Nonprofit Trexler Veterans Initiative Providing Services To Veterans

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Boy Scouts Sell Camp Trexler For $7.8 Million, Deal Appears To Avoid Large-Scale Development Of Property

-- North American Land Trust: Neighbors, Friends Help Plant Nearly 400 Native Trees In Brinton Run Preserve, Chadds Ford

-- CBF: U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection Could Damage Efforts To Restore The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Sharply Limits Federal Government’s Ability To Police Pollution Into Certain Wetlands

-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects EPA Wetlands Rule, What It Means For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Scranton Times Editorial: U.S. Supreme Court Loves That Dirty Water [Wetlands Decision]

-- House Adopts Bipartisan Resolution To Study Wildlife Habitat Corridors To Protect Wildlife And People [PaEN]

-- YourErie.com: Republican Cong. Kelly Voices Opposition To Proposed French Creek Wildlife Refuge

-- The Ripon Advance: PA Republican Cong. Kelly, Thompson Seek Federal Reconsideration Of Proposed French Creek Watershed National Wildlife Refuge

Land Recycling

-- TribLive: Smokestacks For Coal-Fired Cheswick Power Plant To Be Imploded In Allegheny County

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

Land Use

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Community Speaks Out Against Proposed Massive Slate Belt Warehouse Park

-- LancasterOnline: Park City, Conestoga River Areas Key To Lancaster’s Plan For Development

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- In Memoriam: John P. Fillo, Past President, Board Member PA Resources Council

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Aims To Curb PA Litter Problem With Hefty Fines, Community Service For Offenders

-- Inquirer: Trash Left On The Streets By Penn Students Moving Out - A Non-Exhaustive List

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working, But We Can Do Better - By Maurice Sampson

-- PA Resources Council Releases Interactive Map Of Glass Recycling Bin Locations Throughout Southwestern PA [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- DEP Awards $7.8 Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment Projects; Next Round Of Applications Due Aug. 25 [PaEN]

-- 300+ Registered For ReImagine Appalachia's Community Benefits And Labor Standards Virtual Summit On Taking Advantage Of New Federal Funding; Toolkits Available [PaEN]

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- DEP Opportunity To Bid On Mine Reclamation Project In Washington County

Oil & Gas

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27 [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Drilling Donates $100,000 To Upgrade Greene County Fairgrounds [Meanwhile Frac-Out Incident Drags On In Same County That Left Families Without Clean Water Since Last June]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets June 15 On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 36 Shale Gas Well Drilling Pad Water Use Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry] [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Appalachia Is Vying For Big Hydrogen And What It Will Mean To Win

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- WFMZ: West Reading Borough, Fire Company To Distribute Free Natural Gas Alarms To Homes Near Chocolate Plant Explosion Site

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Chief Excellence Officer To Leave Natural Gas Producer

-- Reuters: European Union Natural Gas Use Expected To Shrink By More Than Its Russian Impacts

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic

-- Bloomberg: Plunging LNG Natural Gas Prices Put U.S. Export Cancellations In The Frame

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Natural Gas Glut Is About To Vanish As Key Price Spread Flips Threatening To Divert Cargoes To Asia

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Slumps Again As Industries Struggle To Boost Demand

-- Reuters: Shale R&D Cuts Cast Shadow On Future Of U.S. Oil/Natural Gas Production

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

-- TribLive: Climate Protesters Dragged From Shell Shareholder Meeting As They Rush Stage

-- The Guardian: Chevron’s Carbon Offsets Are ‘Mostly Junk And Some May Harm

Pipelines

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Attorney General Files Natural Gas Pipeline Malfeasance Charges Ranging From Fraud To Risking Catastrophe

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $296,475 In Penalties At May Meeting Relating To Pipelines, Underground Utilities

-- Reuters: Federal Court Questions Another Equitrans Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Permit

-- WITF/NPR: The U.S. Is Expanding Carbon Dioxide Pipelines, One Poisoned Town In Mississippi Wants You To Know Its Story

Permitting

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27 [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 820 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadline; Conducted 1,465 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- Things Are Different In The House: Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs Became ‘Democracy’ vs. ‘Open Mic Night’ [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 27 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- June 21-- DEP published notice in May 27 PA Bulletin of June 21 hearing on proposed waste permit for a Municipal Waste Transfer Station to be located in Hazleton, Luzerne County, 6:00 p.m. (PA Bulletin, page 2900)

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets June 15 On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 36 Shale Gas Well Drilling Pad Water Use Permits In Bradford, Clearfield, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds June 7 Business Meeting To Consider Water Withdrawal Requests, Other Items [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Changed How It Regulates Toxic Air Pollution, Here Are 3 Things To Know

-- York Dispatch: Proposed $2.1 Billion Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Project Along Susquehanna River Hits First Snag With Federal Regulators

PUC

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $296,475 In Penalties At May Meeting Relating To Pipelines, Underground Utilities

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Plans In Congress To Update U.S. Electrical Grid

-- LancasterOnline: PA Doesn’t Protect Against Summer Utility Shutoffs; Here’s How Residents Can Get Help

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Four Steps To Keep Water Affordable In Pennsylvania

-- WHYY: Water Shutoffs Resume In Philly May 31, But New Categories Of Residents Are Exempt