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[Posted: June 4, 2023]
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Air
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?
-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fines From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event
-- DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia To Contribute To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley [PaEN]
-- MCall: Wildfire In Canada Prompts Air Quality Alert For Lehigh Valley
-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented
-- AP: Wildfire In Nova Scotia Spurs Evacuation Of 16,000 People
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council
-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season
Allegheny National Forest
-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Recreation Valued, If Ancillary Benefit To Creation Of Allegheny National Forest
Alternative Fuels
-- Electrification Coalition Hosts June 20 PA Medium, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp And Showcase At Harrisburg University [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pine-Richland School District Launches Pilot Program To Test Viability Of Electric Buses
-- Centre Daily Times: Would $50 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Help Revitalize Philipsburg, Retain Talent?
Awards & Recognition
-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp
-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Victims Of 1889 Johnstown Flood Remembered At National Memorial
-- The Allegheny Front Wins 3 Golden Quill Awards And Best In Show
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap
-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County
-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County
-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control
-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More
-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow
-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County
-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon
-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More
Budget - Federal
-- AP: Federal Debt Ceiling Deal: What’s In, What’s Out Of The Bill To Avert U.S. Default
-- Bloomberg: Federal Debt Limit Deal Omits Broad Overhaul To Speed Up Energy Permits
-- WPost: Here’s What’s In Federal Debt Ceiling Deal - Directs Federal Agencies To Issue All Approvals For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline
-- Reuters: Biden, McCarthy Debt Deal Would Speed Up Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Approvals
-- Bloomberg: Equitrans Stock Soars As Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Set To Benefit From U.S. Debt Deal
-- AP: Hard-Right Conservatives Oppose Federal Debt Limit Compromise Led By PA Republican Cong. Perry; May Try To Oust Republican Speaker McCarthy
-- Politics PA: Republican PA Cong. Perry, Freedom Caucus Announce Opposition To Federal Debt Ceiling Bill
-- PennLive - John Baer: Open Letter To Washington ‘Leaders’ On That Federal Debt Ceiling Thing
Budget
-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports May Tax Collections $46.1 Million Below Its Estimates; Year-To-Date Revenues $1.2 Billion Above Estimates
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports May State Revenue $84.9 Million Below IFO Estimates; Year-To-Date Up $2.45 Billion Above Estimates
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: State Treasurer - PA Had $437 Million Investment Income, Treasurer Says Stash It Away
-- PA Capital-Star: Cash-Strapped Volunteer Fire Departments Ask Lawmakers For Help
Chesapeake Bay
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Register Now! Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy
-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10
-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions
-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP
-- Register Now! Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available [PaEN]
-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23
-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?
-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs
-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs
-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California) [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event
-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon
-- GridPhilly.com: At Former Philadelphia Refinery, Pollution Concerns Persist Under The Surface
-- LancasterOnline: Four Seasons Produce Warehouse Dramatically Reduces Energy Use, Price Of Electricity In New Cool Warehouse Expansion
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available [PaEN]
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U. [PaEN]
-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control
-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Plans $300,000 In Improvements At Mellon Park
-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow
-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week
Climate
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- Electrification Coalition Hosts June 20 PA Medium, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp And Showcase At Harrisburg University [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pine-Richland School District Launches Pilot Program To Test Viability Of Electric Buses
-- Centre Daily Times: Would $50 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Help Revitalize Philipsburg, Retain Talent?
-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits
-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open
-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek
-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future
-- TribLive: 40 Pittsburgh Schools To Shift To Remote Learning Thursday Due To Heat
-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State? [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub
-- Bloomberg: Constellation Energy’s Billion-Dollar Plan To Make Hydrogen With Nuclear Power On Hold As DOE Considers Limiting Tax Credits
-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals
-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists
-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says
New Federal Climate/Energy Law
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub
-- Bloomberg: Constellation Energy’s Billion-Dollar Plan To Make Hydrogen With Nuclear Power On Hold As DOE Considers Limiting Tax Credits
Coal Mining
-- Senate, House Lawmakers Announce Co-Chairs For Legislative Coal Caucus
-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State? [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- Scranton Times: Meet The Team Restoring Brooks Coal Mine At Nay Aug Park To Reopen To Public As Museum
-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Unused Coal Heads To New Shores In Post-Crisis Glut
Compliance Action
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?
-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fins From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs
-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week
Conservation Districts
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist [PaEN]
Court Decision
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]
Dam Safety
-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day
DCNR
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth
-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions
-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County
-- PennLive: Mountain Wildfire Spreads To At Least 100 Acres In Snyder County
DEP
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education [PaEN]
-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?
-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP
-- DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia To Contribute To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley [PaEN]
-- MCall: Wildfire In Canada Prompts Air Quality Alert For Lehigh Valley
-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented
-- AP: Wildfire In Nova Scotia Spurs Evacuation Of 16,000 People
-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control
-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week
-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Delaware River
-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers [PaEN]
-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park
-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [Sponsor Summary]
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures
-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 2 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs [PaEN]
-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement
-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Philly ‘Water Bar’ Back At City Hall To Let You Taste The Tap Water
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
Drought
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
Economic Development
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State? [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Centre Daily Times: Would $50 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Help Revitalize Philipsburg, Retain Talent?
-- The Economist: Global Fertility Has Collapsed, With Profound Economic Consequences
Education
-- DEP Awards $1 Million To Support 73 Local Projects To Educate, Engage Youth And Adults In Improving The Environment In Their Communities [PaEN]
-- Register Now! Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available [PaEN]
-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23
-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap
-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP
-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold [PaEN]
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: 40 Pittsburgh Schools To Shift To Remote Learning Thursday Due To Heat
-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits
-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek
-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies [PaEN]
-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event
-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?
-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach
-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Little Explorers Get ‘Down In The Dirt’ June 10
-- Asbury Woods Environmental Ed Center 5 Mile Trail Run In Erie June 10
-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs
-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California) [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County
-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Philly ‘Water Bar’ Back At City Hall To Let You Taste The Tap Water
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy
-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10
-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park
-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [Sponsor Summary]
-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist [PaEN]
-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up [PaEN]
-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon
-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More
-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season
-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day
-- Electrification Coalition Hosts June 20 PA Medium, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp And Showcase At Harrisburg University [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Partnership June 3 Outdoor Expo
-- TribLive: Canoe, Kayak Trip Set For Sewickley Creek June 3
-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County
-- NextPittsburgh: Digging Up The Secrets Of The Frick Environmental Center
-- Scranton Times: Meet The Team Restoring Brooks Coal Mine At Nay Aug Park To Reopen To Public As Museum
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U. [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Summer 2023 Delaware Highlands Journal
-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone
-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control
-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More
-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition
-- The Allegheny Front: Researchers Team Up To Analyze Recordings Of Bird Songs In PA Forests
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Many Animals And Birds In Wild Have Albinism In Nature
-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals
-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says
Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Officials Talk Train Derailment Contingency Plans With Expert
-- Environmental Health Project, HealthFirstPA May 31 Webinar On Pollution And Children’s Health - Norfolk Southern Train Derailment And Beyond, Noon
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Ohio Residents Near Norfolk Southern Derailment Can’t Return To Homes They Fear Are Poisoned, And It’s Taking A Toll: ‘Depression Is Through The Roof’
Emergency Response
-- PA Capital-Star: Cash-Strapped Volunteer Fire Departments Ask Lawmakers For Help
-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
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]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Same As Last Week - 24
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2 [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties
-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?
-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation
-- TribLive: West Penn, Duquesne Light Electric Rates Increasing For Customers Who Do Not Shop For Their Electric This Week
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]
-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon
-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle
-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State? [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: National Average Gasoline Price Expected To Stay Under $4 This Summer, Analyst Says
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania $3.69, National $3.57
-- Reuters: Oil Up Over 2% After US Debt Deal, Jobs Data: Focus Turns To OPEC+
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Drops Again To Lowest Levels In Over 2 Years, Solar Energy Power Hits Record
-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic; Some Traders Predict Short-Term Prices Could Even Go Negative At Times This Summer [Updated]
-- Bloomberg: European Price Of Natural Gas Slips As Sluggish Chinese Data Damps LNG Demand
National/International
-- Reuters: Natural Gas Grid Congestion Soars As EU Pivots From Russian Fuel
-- Bloomberg: Asian Natural Gas Premium Puts Europe In Competition For LNG This Summer
-- Bloomberg: Poorer Nations Snap Up Cheap LNG Natural Gas In Economic Boost
-- Reuters: Norway Shuts Hammerfest LNG Natural Gas Plant Due To Gas Leak, Facility Being Evacuated
-- Wall Street Journal: Exxon, Chevron Near Deals To Drill In Natural Gas-Rich Algeria; Proximity To Europe Makes It Attractive To U.S. Drillers With Cash To Invest
-- Reuters: Column: U.S. Oil And Natural Gas Output Still Rising In Response To High Prices Last Year
-- Reuters: Crude Oil Price Falls 2% On U.S. Debt Deal Struggles, OPEC+ Talks Uncertainty
-- Reuters: Drones Attack Russian Oil Refineries Near Major Oil Port Novorossiisk
Energy
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2 [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties
-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?
-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]
-- TribLive: West Penn, Duquesne Light Electric Rates Increasing For Customers Who Do Not Shop For Their Electric This Week
-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon
-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle
-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Grange Talks Solar Energy At America’s Rural Energy Coalition National Conference
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies [PaEN]
-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open
-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek
-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: $200 Million Project Aims To Bring New Life To Downtown Pittsburgh’s Ancient Steam Tunnels
-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State? [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council
-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon
-- TribLive: National Average Gasoline Price Expected To Stay Under $4 This Summer, Analyst Says
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania $3.69, National $3.57
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub
-- Bloomberg: Constellation Energy’s Billion-Dollar Plan To Make Hydrogen With Nuclear Power On Hold As DOE Considers Limiting Tax Credits
-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Unused Coal Heads To New Shores In Post-Crisis Glut
Energy Conservation
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Home Repair, Energy Efficiency Program To Open Applications In Allegheny County May 30
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Considering $2.2 Million Study On LED Streetlight Conversion
-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
-- LancasterOnline: Four Seasons Produce Warehouse Dramatically Reduces Energy Use, Price Of Electricity In New Cool Warehouse Expansion
-- U.S. DOE: Applications Being Accepted For $45 Million To Improve Energy Efficiency In Nonprofit Buildings, Deadline June 29
Environmental Health
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs [PaEN]
-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement
-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fins From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event
-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season
-- York Dispatch: West Nile Positive Mosquitoes Found In York County, What Can You Do?
-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control
-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says
Environmental Heritage
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management
Environmental Justice
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education [PaEN]
EPA
-- Meadville Tribune: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant For Industrial Site Cleanup In Meadville
-- Delaware County Redevelopment Authority Announces Award Of $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]
Farming
-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Grange Talks Solar Energy At America’s Rural Energy Coalition National Conference
-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open
-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture
-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy
-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10
-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park
-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [Sponsor Summary]
-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Agriculture Is Central To Our Growth’: Shapiro Attends Opening Of Carbon County Farm’s Greenhouse
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Firm Building Vertical Farm In Luzerne County Shuts Down
-- Post-Gazette: Owner Puts Braddock Plant Up For Sale 7 Months After Vertical Farm Closed
-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More
-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow
-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County
-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon
-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More
Fish & Boat Commission
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions
-- WHYY: Fish Kill In Bushkill Creek Has People Wondering Is Nearby Quarry To Blame In Northampton County; Fish & Boat Commission Investigating
Flooding
-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season
-- Tribune-Democrat: Victims Of 1889 Johnstown Flood Remembered At National Memorial
-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals
-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day
Forests
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy
-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10
-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park
-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [Sponsor Summary]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California) [PaEN]
-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Recreation Valued, If Ancillary Benefit To Creation Of Allegheny National Forest
Forest Wildfires
-- PennLive: Mountain Wildfire Spreads To At Least 100 Acres In Snyder County
-- DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia To Contribute To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley [PaEN]
-- KYW: Canada Wildfire Could Impact Philadelphia Area: Check The Smoke Map
-- MCall: Wildfire In Canada Prompts Air Quality Alert For Lehigh Valley
-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented
-- AP: Wildfire In Nova Scotia Spurs Evacuation Of 16,000 People
Game Commission
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions
-- Game Commission Provides Update On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance
-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone
-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23
Grants/Funding
-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]
-- Patch.com: $2.5 Million In Preservation Grants Awarded By Chester County Commissioners
-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park [PaEN]
-- Meadville Tribune: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant For Industrial Site Cleanup In Meadville
-- Delaware County Redevelopment Authority Announces Award Of $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits
-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Home Repair, Energy Efficiency Program To Open Applications In Allegheny County May 30
-- U.S. DOE: Applications Being Accepted For $45 Million To Improve Energy Efficiency In Nonprofit Buildings, Deadline June 29
Green Infrastructure
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth
-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap
-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy
-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10
-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park
-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [Sponsor Summary]
-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs
-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California) [PaEN]
-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County
-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County
-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow
Hazardous Substances
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs [PaEN]
-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement
-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fins From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event
-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
Land Conservation
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth
-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California) [PaEN]
-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up [PaEN]
-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition
-- Patch.com: $2.5 Million In Preservation Grants Awarded By Chester County Commissioners
-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County
-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County
-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Summer 2023 Delaware Highlands Journal
Land Recycling
-- Meadville Tribune: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant For Industrial Site Cleanup In Meadville
-- Delaware County Redevelopment Authority Announces Award Of $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant
-- GridPhilly.com: At Former Philadelphia Refinery, Pollution Concerns Persist Under The Surface
Littering/Illegal Dumping
-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs
-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Summer Public Events Committed To Zero Waste In Western Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Distribute Last Batch Of Blue Recycling Bins To Residents
-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG
Mine Reclamation
-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U. [PaEN]
Monongahela River
-- Observer-Reporter: Lock And Dam 4 Project Nearing Completion On Monongahela River
Ohio River
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
Oil & Gas
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette-Megan Tomasic: Elizabeth Twp. Residents Concerned About Planned Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad Near High School In Allegheny County
-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?
-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.
-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach
-- Post-Gazette-Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh-Area Utilities, Transit Agencies Launching Hydrogen Pilots, Anticipating Wider Use In The Future
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub
-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State? [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council
-- GridPhilly.com: At Former Philadelphia Refinery, Pollution Concerns Persist Under The Surface
-- Warren Times: Environmental Group Announces PA General Energy To Plug Gas Well Proposed As Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Indiana County [Read more here]
-- TribLive: National Average Gasoline Price Expected To Stay Under $4 This Summer, Analyst Says
-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania $3.69, National $3.57
-- Reuters: Oil Up Over 2% After US Debt Deal, Jobs Data: Focus Turns To OPEC+
-- Reuters: Natural Gas Grid Congestion Soars As EU Pivots From Russian Fuel
-- Bloomberg: Asian Natural Gas Premium Puts Europe In Competition For LNG This Summer
-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Drops Again To Lowest Levels In Over 2 Years, Solar Energy Power Hits Record
-- Bloomberg: European Price Of Natural Gas Slips As Sluggish Chinese Data Damps LNG Demand
-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic; Some Traders Predict Short-Term Prices Could Even Go Negative At Times This Summer [Updated]
-- Wall Street Journal: Exxon, Chevron Near Deals To Drill In Natural Gas-Rich Algeria; Proximity To Europe Makes It Attractive To U.S. Drillers With Cash To Invest
-- Reuters: Column: U.S. Oil And Natural Gas Output Still Rising In Response To High Prices Last Year
-- Reuters: Crude Oil Price Falls 2% On U.S. Debt Deal Struggles, OPEC+ Talks Uncertainty
Pipelines
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment
-- Patch.com: South Brunswick, NJ Opposes Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline Project From PA
-- Bloomberg: Federal Debt Limit Deal Omits Broad Overhaul To Speed Up Energy Permits
-- WPost: Here’s What’s In Federal Debt Ceiling Deal - Directs Federal Agencies To Issue All Approvals For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline
-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists
Permitting
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging
-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc. [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette-Megan Tomasic: Elizabeth Twp. Residents Concerned About Planned Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad Near High School In Allegheny County
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment
-- Patch.com: South Brunswick, NJ Opposes Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline Project From PA
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP
-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Crew Does Newburg Stream Work; Needs Permit
-- Bloomberg: Federal Debt Limit Deal Omits Broad Overhaul To Speed Up Energy Permits
-- WPost: Here’s What’s In Federal Debt Ceiling Deal - Directs Federal Agencies To Issue All Approvals For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline
-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists
-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week
Public Participation
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More [PaEN]
-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment
-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2 [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties
-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?
-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation
-- TribLive: West Penn, Duquesne Light Electric Rates Increasing For Customers Who Do Not Shop For Their Electric This Week
-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]
-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon
-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle
Recreation
-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds
-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties [PaEN]
-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap
-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth
-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Partnership June 3 Outdoor Expo
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U. [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Plans $300,000 In Improvements At Mellon Park
-- TribLive: Canoe, Kayak Trip Set For Sewickley Creek June 3
-- Warren Times: PA Route 6 Alliance - First Bike-Friendly Business Designated In Warren County
-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon
-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County
-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available [PaEN]
-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Recreation Valued, If Ancillary Benefit To Creation Of Allegheny National Forest
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management
-- WHYY: Roughly 500 Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs, Motorcycles Flood Streets Of Philly, Drive Into Montgomery County
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Dunk Lifeguard Residency Requirement To Open More City Pools
Recycling/Waste
-- Warren Times: Environmental Group Announces PA General Energy To Plug Gas Well Proposed As Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Indiana County [Read more here]
-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Summer Public Events Committed To Zero Waste In Western Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Distribute Last Batch Of Blue Recycling Bins To Residents
-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG
-- TribLive: Plea In Catalytic Converter Thefts Spotlights Larger Problem
-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs
Renewable Energy
-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Grange Talks Solar Energy At America’s Rural Energy Coalition National Conference
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits
-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open
-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek
-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold [PaEN]
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future
-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon
-- Reuters: Texas Battery Rush - Power Woes Fuel Energy Storage Boom
-- Financial Times: Renewable Energy Drive To Lift Capacity By A Third In 2023, IEA Says
SRBC
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
Susquehanna River
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded
-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers
-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban
-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record
-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier
Sustainability
-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach
-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals
Water Resources
-- Observer-Reporter: Lock And Dam 4 Project Nearing Completion On Monongahela River
Watershed Protection
-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users [PaEN]
-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth
-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- DEP Awards $1 Million To Support 73 Local Projects To Educate, Engage Youth And Adults In Improving The Environment In Their Communities [PaEN]
-- Register Now! Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available [PaEN]
-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23
-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy
-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10
-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park
-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video [Sponsor Summary]
-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist [PaEN]
-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Crew Does Newburg Stream Work; Needs Permit
-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California) [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Fish Kill In Bushkill Creek Has People Wondering Is Nearby Quarry To Blame In Northampton County; Fish & Boat Commission Investigating
-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs
-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 2 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Summer 2023 Delaware Highlands Journal
-- Observer-Reporter: Lock And Dam 4 Project Nearing Completion On Monongahela River
Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]
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Wildlife
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions
-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone
-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Game Commission Provides Update On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance
-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition
-- WHYY: Fish Kill In Bushkill Creek Has People Wondering Is Nearby Quarry To Blame In Northampton County; Fish & Boat Commission Investigating
-- Register Now! Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available [PaEN]
-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Little Explorers Get ‘Down In The Dirt’ June 10
-- The Allegheny Front: Researchers Team Up To Analyze Recordings Of Bird Songs In PA Forests
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Many Animals And Birds In Wild Have Albinism In Nature
West Nile/Zika Virus
-- York Dispatch: West Nile Positive Mosquitoes Found In York County, What Can You Do?
-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control
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[Posted: June 4, 2023]
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