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Air

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Wildfire Smoke A Reminder Of Our Shared Vulnerability  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Review Column: Where There's Smoke, There's Wildfires And Serious Questions To Answer - By Lori Falce, Tribune-Review Community Engagement Editor  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - Baseball: The Common Ground On Climate Change 

-- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: What The Wildfires Teach Us - We Might Not Survive Our Own Climate Foolishness, But The Planet Will Go On Spinning Without Us 

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Activists Ask County Leaders To Support Greater Oversight Of Shell Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Beaver County Commissioners Meeting About Shell Petrochemical Plant Highlights Importance Of Leading Without Being In Charge

-- WESA-Reid Frazier: Residents Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant Pollution In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Residents Urge Beaver County Commissioners To Help Lobby Shell To Protect Health, Police Shell

-- DEP Publishes Notice Continuing Suspension Of Enforcement Of Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program Until January 2, 2026, Federal Rules Will Still Apply

-- DEP: Declares Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day For June 11 In Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA

-- Allegheny County Health Dept.: Air Pollution Warning Issued For Mon Valley - Particulate Standard Exceeded

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 11 - High Danger In 52 Counties

-- EPA AirNow Forecasts Code YELLOW Air Quality For Saturday, June 10

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 10 - High Danger In 63 Counties

-- TribLive: Air Quality In Western PA Continues To Improve, Could Return To ‘Normal’ Levels By Monday

-- MCall: Unlikely Return Of ‘Unprecedented’ Haze In Lehigh Valley Anytime Soon

-- DEP/EPA AirNOW Forecasts Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day Friday, June 9 Across PA

-- TribLive: Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Issued For Region

-- DEP Declares Statewide Code RED Air Quality Action Alert Due To Wildfire Smoke; Current Weather Patterns Likely To Continue Until Friday

-- Scranton Times: ‘You Can Feel The Smoke Right In Your Throat’

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Air Quality Reaches Hazardous Levels, How Long Will It Last?

-- TribLive: Western PA Air Quality Worsens As Canadian Wildfires Continue To Burn

-- Post-Gazette: What Are Local Health Implications Of Canadian Wildfires?

-- Erie Times: Erie’s Air Quality ‘Unhealthy’ Due To Canadian Wildfires

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Likely Contributing To Delays, Cancellations Of Flights Out Of Pittsburgh

-- WHYY: Wildfires: Philadelphians Urged To Stay Indoors, Phillies Game Rescheduled

-- Inquirer: Bad Air Quality Poses A Particular Risk To Children With Asthma, In Philly That Means Mostly Black And Hispanic Kids

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Express Concern As Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Envelops Region

-- Altoona Mirror: Air Quality Not Up To Par - Smoke Raises Concerns

-- Williamsport Sun: Hazardous Air Quality Brings Harmful Impact To Williamsport Area

-- Warren Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Warren County

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Wednesday, June 7 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Liberty-Clairton, Southwest PA

-- MCall: Allentown IronPigs Baseball Game In Syracuse Postponed Due To Air Quality Concerns

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wildfires Lead To Unhealthy Air In NE PA Railroads Baseball Game Postponed

-- WITF/AP: Canada Wildfires Leading To Air Quality Alerts Over PA, US And Rest Of Northeast; Here’s How To Stay Safe

-- AP: Quebec Orders More Evacuations As Dozens Of Wildfires In Canada Remain Out Of Control

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 6 For Particulate Matter In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Southwest PA, Liberty-Clairton Area

-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires A Factor As Air Quality Action Day Warning Issued For Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke From Canada Wildfires To Cause Unhealthy Air In Pittsburgh Region Tuesday

-- TribLive: Amid Dusty Cleanup, Springdale Residents Remain Unsettled In Wake Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosions

-- TribLive: Crews Continue To Address Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Claims For Property Damage Caused By Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion Due Friday Evening

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Residents Worry In Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Implosion: ‘They Nuked Our Little Neighborhood’

-- TribLive Editorial: Was Smokestack Demolition Blast A Failure Of Planning Or Communication?

-- Observer-Reporter: Cooling Towers At Former Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished In Greene County

-- TribLive: Part Of Hatfield Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant To Be Razed

Alternative Fuels

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill Eliminating Alternative Fuels Tax For Electric Vehicles Creating New Fee

-- TribLive/PennLive: PA Looking To Charge Electric Vehicle Owners A $290 Annual Fee

-- TribLive Editorial: Electric Vehicle Fee For Road Use Only Fair, But Is There A Better Path Forward?

-- Planet Philadelphia: June 16: Transportation Options For Sustainability, 4:00 p.m.

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

Awards & Recognition

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: River Of The Year Nod Could Boost Event Attendance Along Susquehanna

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Lebanon County Residents LuAnn Horn & Kathy Redinger Recognized With Community Pride Award  [PaEN]

-- Now Underway!  Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - Donate To Your Favorite Team By June 19 [PaEN]

-- Water Resources Association Of The Delaware River Basin Accepting 2023 Award Nominations  [PaEN]

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

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- WESA/LehighValleyNews: How A Statewide Study Of Wildlife Corridors Could Impact PA

-- Now Underway!  Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - Donate To Your Favorite Team By June 19 [PaEN]

-- DEP: Harrisburg Peregrine Falcon Banding Event Wednesday, June 7 At 9:30 Available Online

-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US

-- KYW: What Kills Spotted Lanternflies?  USDA Lab At University Of Delaware May Have A Potential Solution - Natural Predators From China

-- WKBN: PA U.S. Senator Fetterman, Other Members Introduce Bill To Create Spotted Lanternfly Research & Development Program

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Fall Member Meeting Nov. 4; Passing Of Bob Summersgill; Volunteers Needed!

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: New Native Planting In Lackawanna County; Holmesburg Baptist Church Stormwater Pioneer; And More

-- Penn State Researchers Study Biodiversity Through Science And Art At Berks & Lehigh Valley Campuses

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Spotlights Ecological Value Of Floodplains; Other Updates On PA’s Rarest Species  [PaEN]

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center Celebrates The Bloom! July 29 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival: Lights Out For Lightning Bugs!  June 24-30  [PaEN]

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Act

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives $52.4 Million EPA Loan To Continue Drinking Water System Improvements

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Announce $52.4 Million EPA Loan For Water Infrastructure Improvements

Budget

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Disputes Over Education Spending, Cash Reserves Emerge As PA Budget Deadline Approaches

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA Senate Republicans Balk At House Democrats’ Budget Proposal As Talks Intensify

-- Spotlight PA - Steven Caruso: PA State Budget: Guide To What’s On The Table, What Comes Next, How To Follow Along

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: It’s Crunch Time In Harrisburg As State Budget Season Goes Into Full Swing

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA House Resolution Would Study Impact Of PA Not Having Natural Gas Severance Tax

-- TribLive Editorial: Electric Vehicle Fee For Road Use Only Fair, But Is There A Better Path Forward?

Chesapeake Bay

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality?

-- University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Science Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Health Showing Significant Improvement, New Environmental Justice Index Shows Strong Disparities

-- AP: Chesapeake Bay Report Cites Environmental Justice Disparities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Comments On University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Report Card

-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week

-- PA Senate Passes Resolution Designating June 4 to 10 Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week In Pennsylvania

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts June 7 Water Quality Monitoring Workshop

-- Warren Times: Middle Schoolers Work In Watershed

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farm Gets $10,000 DEP Grant To Help Students Explore Their Watershed

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Mourns The Loss Of Dr. Beth McGee, Director Of Science & Agricultural Policy

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Citizen Action

-- Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Activists Ask County Leaders To Support Greater Oversight Of Shell Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Beaver County Commissioners Meeting About Shell Petrochemical Plant Highlights Importance Of Leading Without Being In Charge

-- WESA-Reid Frazier: Residents Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant Pollution In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Residents Urge Beaver County Commissioners To Help Lobby Shell To Protect Health, Police Shell

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Lebanon County Residents LuAnn Horn & Kathy Redinger Recognized With Community Pride Award  [PaEN]

-- Now Underway!  Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - Donate To Your Favorite Team By June 19 [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Federal Court Declines To Prohibit PA Environmental Hearing Board From Hearing Appeals Of DEP Permits Issued For Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline Project  [PaEN]

-- PennRecord.com: Judge Partially Sustains Objections In Natural Gas Pipeline Trespass Lawsuit In Allegheny County

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Municipal Waste Transfer Station In Hazleton, Luzerne County. 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: The Zen Of The Trail

-- June 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Permanently Preserves 63.5 Acres At Confluence Of East, West Branches Of Delaware River  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Launches Land Conservation Project To Preserve Additional 24 Acres In Ross Township, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Permanently Preserves 2 Properties Totalling Nearly 30 Acres In Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Completes 2 Conservation Easements Protecting Critical Resources In Brandywine Creek Watershed

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality?

-- University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Science Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Health Showing Significant Improvement, New Environmental Justice Index Shows Strong Disparities

-- AP: Chesapeake Bay Report Cites Environmental Justice Disparities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Comments On University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Report Card

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteers For 3 Riparian Buffer Tree Maintenance/ Education Days In PA; Woodland Stewardship Network Conference July 13  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts June 7 Water Quality Monitoring Workshop

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farm Gets $10,000 DEP Grant To Help Students Explore Their Watershed

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: New Native Planting In Lackawanna County; Holmesburg Baptist Church Stormwater Pioneer; And More

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit

-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County

-- Citizens Voice: Volunteer Has Advice For Keeping Roadways Clean - Recycle

-- Centre County Region Announces Pilot Food Scraps Drop Off Sites For Composting  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Teams Up With Special Events To Reduce Waste

-- TribLive Editorial: Enough Garbage, It’s Time To Pass A Bill That Gets Serious About Litter

-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Nine Mile Run Watershed Assn. Organizes Petition Opposed To New Craft Apartment Project Near Frick Park

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Spotlights Ecological Value Of Floodplains; Other Updates On PA’s Rarest Species  [PaEN]

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center Celebrates The Bloom! July 29 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival: Lights Out For Lightning Bugs!  June 24-30  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Fall Member Meeting Nov. 4; Passing Of Bob Summersgill; Volunteers Needed!

-- TribLive: After Yearslong Court Battle, Construction Of Electronic Billboard In Tarentum, Allegheny County Begins

-- Reuters: First US Youth Climate Change Trial Kicks Off In Montana

Climate

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Wildfire Smoke A Reminder Of Our Shared Vulnerability  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Review Column: Where There's Smoke, There's Wildfires And Serious Questions To Answer - By Lori Falce, Tribune-Review Community Engagement Editor  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - Baseball: The Common Ground On Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: What The Wildfires Teach Us - We Might Not Survive Our Own Climate Foolishness, But The Planet Will Go On Spinning Without Us

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: How Climate Activists Are Working To Shift Trillions Of Dollars Away From Fossil Fuels And Into Renewables

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement For Its U.S. Operations Headquartered In Pittsburgh

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Help Schools Develop Solar Power

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Committee Advances Bill Eliminating Alternative Fuels Tax For Electric Vehicles Creating New Fee

-- TribLive/PennLive: PA Looking To Charge Electric Vehicle Owners A $290 Annual Fee

-- Planet Philadelphia: June 16: Transportation Options For Sustainability, 4:00 p.m.

-- TribLive Editorial: Electric Vehicle Fee For Road Use Only Fair, But Is There A Better Path Forward?

-- Rebuild By Design: Atlas Of Disaster Finds Climate-Related Extreme Weather Caused Over $630 Million In Disaster Damage In PA From 2011 to 2021; Doesn’t Include Damage Not Covered By Federal Programs [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Climate Disasters Cost Pennsylvania $630 Million Over 10 Years

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Climate Change And Homeowners’ Insurance On A Collision Course

-- USA Today: The Dull Way Americans Are Being Forced To Care About Climate Change Risk: Insurance

-- TribLive: Part Of Hatfield Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant To Be Razed

-- Financial Times: UK Watchdog Bans Shell, Repsol And Petronas Greenwashing Ads On Environmental Benefits Of Their Products  [Shell & Repsol Operate In PA]

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Residential Heat Pump Sales Pass Natural Gas Furnaces For First Time As Interest In Efficiency Tech Surges: IEA

-- Bloomberg: Chevron Says Natural Gas More Than Just A Transitional Fuel

-- AP: Amount Of Warming Triggering Carbon Dioxide In Air Hits New Peak, Growing At Near-Record Rate

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Facility To Convert Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Other Fuels Coming To Charleston, WV

-- U.S. DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen Strategy And Roadmap To Build A Clean Energy Future, Accelerate Manufacturing Boom

-- Inside Climate News: Mining Critical To Renewable Energy Tied To Hundreds Of Alleged Human Rights Abuses

-- Financial Times: Gridlock: How A Lack Of Power Lines Will Delay The Age Of Renewables

-- Bloomberg: How Natural Gas Burning Stoves Became Part Of America’s Cultural Wars

-- Reuters: First US Youth Climate Change Trial Kicks Off In Montana

Coal Mining

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit

-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability

-- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties  [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation]

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- TribLive: Amid Dusty Cleanup, Springdale Residents Remain Unsettled In Wake Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosions

-- TribLive: Crews Continue To Address Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Claims For Property Damage Caused By Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestack Implosion Due Friday Evening

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Residents Worry In Aftermath Of Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Implosion: ‘They Nuked Our Little Neighborhood’

-- TribLive Editorial: Was Smokestack Demolition Blast A Failure Of Planning Or Communication?

-- TribLive: Part Of Hatfield Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant To Be Razed

-- Observer-Reporter: Cooling Towers At Former Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished In Greene County

-- US EIA: Increased US Renewable And Natural Gas Electric Generation Likely To Reduce Summer Coal Demand

Compliance Action

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Richmond Register: PA Company Fairmont Brine Settles Charges Of Illegally Dumping WV Radioactive Fracking Waste In Kentucky

-- Republican Herald: Natural Soil Products In Pottsville Fined $50,000 By DEP, Ordered To Reduce Biosolid Smells

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill Taking ‘Protection’ Out Of The Name Of Department Of Environmental Protection; But DEP Doesn’t Have To Change Its Signs Until They Wear Out  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Approves New Name For DEP In Hopes Of A ‘Culture Change’   [Read more here.]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: ‘Protection’ Still Core Of DEP’s Job  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 612 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,168 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- York County Conservation District 2023 Envirothon Involved Nearly 800 Students Countywide  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: New Native Planting In Lackawanna County; Holmesburg Baptist Church Stormwater Pioneer; And More

-- Help Wanted: Warren County Conservation District - District Manager

Court Decisions

-- Federal Court Declines To Prohibit PA Environmental Hearing Board From Hearing Appeals Of DEP Permits Issued For Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline Project  [PaEN]

-- PennRecord.com: Judge Partially Sustains Objections In Natural Gas Pipeline Trespass Lawsuit In Allegheny County

DCNR

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: River Of The Year Nod Could Boost Event Attendance Along Susquehanna

-- Senate Confirms Cindy Adams Dunn As Secretary of the Department Of Conservation & Natural Resources  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Senate Confirms Cindy Adams Dunn As DCNR Secretary

-- Senate Environmental Committee Unanimously Reports Nomination Of Cindy Adams Dunn As DCNR Secretary To Full Senate With Favorable Recommendation

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry: State Forester Ellen Shultzabarger Accepts Position With US Forest Service  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: The Zen Of The Trail

-- DCNR Blog: How To Forage For Edible Plants, Fungi, Fruits, Nuts Responsibly

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Spotlights Ecological Value Of Floodplains; Other Updates On PA’s Rarest Species  [PaEN]

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center Celebrates The Bloom! July 29 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- June 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

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

-- Republican Herald: Visitors Enjoy Summer Festival At Tuscarora State Park

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Forecasts High Danger June 6 In 59 Of 67 Counties

-- MCall: Route 33 Reopens After Wildfire Closes Part Of Highway In Northampton County

-- PennLive: National Weather Service Issues WildFire Weather Watch For Tuesday Across Central PA

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Ban On Outdoor Fires Could Take Effect Friday As Drought Worsens

DEP

-- Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance

-- Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Activists Ask County Leaders To Support Greater Oversight Of Shell Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Beaver County Commissioners Meeting About Shell Petrochemical Plant Highlights Importance Of Leading Without Being In Charge

-- WESA-Reid Frazier: Residents Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant Pollution In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Residents Urge Beaver County Commissioners To Help Lobby Shell To Protect Health, Police Shell

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit

-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County

-- Scranton Times: Abandoned Mine Subsidence-Marred Dickson City Road To Finally Receive Repairs

-- DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Municipal Waste Transfer Station In Hazleton, Luzerne County. 

-- Republican Herald: Natural Soil Products In Pottsville Fined $50,000 By DEP, Ordered To Reduce Biosolid Smells

-- DEP Publishes Notice Continuing Suspension Of Enforcement Of Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program Until January 2, 2026, Federal Rules Will Still Apply

-- DEP: Declares Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day For June 11 In Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA

-- Allegheny County Health Dept.: Air Pollution Warning Issued For Mon Valley - Particulate Standard Exceeded

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 11 - High Danger In 52 Counties

-- EPA AirNow Forecasts Code YELLOW Air Quality For Saturday, June 10

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 10 - High Danger In 63 Counties

-- TribLive: Air Quality In Western PA Continues To Improve, Could Return To ‘Normal’ Levels By Monday

-- MCall: Unlikely Return Of ‘Unprecedented’ Haze In Lehigh Valley Anytime Soon

-- DEP/EPA AirNOW Forecasts Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day Friday, June 9 Across PA

-- TribLive: Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Issued For Region

-- DEP Declares Statewide Code RED Air Quality Action Alert Due To Wildfire Smoke; Current Weather Patterns Likely To Continue Until Friday

-- Scranton Times: ‘You Can Feel The Smoke Right In Your Throat’

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Air Quality Reaches Hazardous Levels, How Long Will It Last?

-- TribLive: Western PA Air Quality Worsens As Canadian Wildfires Continue To Burn

-- Post-Gazette: What Are Local Health Implications Of Canadian Wildfires?

-- Erie Times: Erie’s Air Quality ‘Unhealthy’ Due To Canadian Wildfires

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Likely Contributing To Delays, Cancellations Of Flights Out Of Pittsburgh

-- WHYY: Wildfires: Philadelphians Urged To Stay Indoors, Phillies Game Rescheduled

-- Inquirer: Bad Air Quality Poses A Particular Risk To Children With Asthma, In Philly That Means Mostly Black And Hispanic Kids

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Express Concern As Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Envelops Region

-- Altoona Mirror: Air Quality Not Up To Par - Smoke Raises Concerns

-- Williamsport Sun: Hazardous Air Quality Brings Harmful Impact To Williamsport Area

-- Warren Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Warren County

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Wednesday, June 7 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Liberty-Clairton, Southwest PA

-- MCall: Allentown IronPigs Baseball Game In Syracuse Postponed Due To Air Quality Concerns

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wildfires Lead To Unhealthy Air In NE PA Railroads Baseball Game Postponed

-- WITF/AP: Canada Wildfires Leading To Air Quality Alerts Over PA, US And Rest Of Northeast; Here’s How To Stay Safe

-- AP: Quebec Orders More Evacuations As Dozens Of Wildfires In Canada Remain Out Of Control

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 6 For Particulate Matter In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Southwest PA, Liberty-Clairton Area

-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires A Factor As Air Quality Action Day Warning Issued For Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke From Canada Wildfires To Cause Unhealthy Air In Pittsburgh Region Tuesday

-- DEP: Harrisburg Peregrine Falcon Banding Event Wednesday, June 7 At 9:30 Available Online

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill Taking ‘Protection’ Out Of The Name Of Department Of Environmental Protection; But DEP Doesn’t Have To Change Its Signs Until They Wear Out  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: PA Senate Approves New Name For DEP In Hopes Of A ‘Culture Change’   [Read more here.]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: ‘Protection’ Still Core Of DEP’s Job  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 612 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,168 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Permanently Preserves 63.5 Acres At Confluence Of East, West Branches Of Delaware River  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Permanently Preserves 2 Properties Totalling Nearly 30 Acres In Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Completes 2 Conservation Easements Protecting Critical Resources In Brandywine Creek Watershed

-- Water Resources Association Of The Delaware River Basin Accepting 2023 Award Nominations  [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives $52.4 Million EPA Loan To Continue Drinking Water System Improvements

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Announce $52.4 Million EPA Loan For Water Infrastructure Improvements

Drought

-- TribLive: Dry Conditions Expected To Continue In Western Pennsylvania

-- MCall: No Significant Rain In Sight For Lehigh Valley As Region Moves Closer To Drought

-- KYW: Bucks County Officials Asking Residents To Conserve Water Due To Dry Conditions

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farmers Worried About Lack Of Rain

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Region In Historic Stretch Of Dry Weather, The Longest Since 1990s

-- Williamsport Sun: Dry Conditions In Lycoming Prompt Drought Watch, Trouble Growers

-- PennLive: Even With Long, Rainless Stretch, Central PA Remains Well Short Of Drought Status

-- Warren Times: Outdoor Burning Discouraged As Hot, Dry Stretch Takes Its Toll

Economic Development

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: River Of The Year Nod Could Boost Event Attendance Along Susquehanna

-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Elk County Visitor Center Extends Hours, Prepares For Elk Calving Season

-- NextPittsburgh: Wellsboro Adds Charm And Adventure To The Heart Of The PA Wilds

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

Education

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Wildfire Smoke A Reminder Of Our Shared Vulnerability  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Review Column: Where There's Smoke, There's Wildfires And Serious Questions To Answer - By Lori Falce, Tribune-Review Community Engagement Editor  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - Baseball: The Common Ground On Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: What The Wildfires Teach Us - We Might Not Survive Our Own Climate Foolishness, But The Planet Will Go On Spinning Without Us

-- York County Conservation District 2023 Envirothon Involved Nearly 800 Students Countywide  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Help Schools Develop Solar Power

-- NextPittsburgh: Rhonda Phillips Brings Decades Of Sustainability Research To New Role As Chatham University President

-- Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US

-- Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Activists Ask County Leaders To Support Greater Oversight Of Shell Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Beaver County Commissioners Meeting About Shell Petrochemical Plant Highlights Importance Of Leading Without Being In Charge

-- WESA-Reid Frazier: Residents Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant Pollution In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Residents Urge Beaver County Commissioners To Help Lobby Shell To Protect Health, Police Shell

-- Extended: Appalachian Regional Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications Thru June 30

-- Water Resources Association Of The Delaware River Basin Accepting 2023 Award Nominations  [PaEN]

-- Now On Demand: 2023 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Middle Schoolers Work In Watershed

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts June 7 Water Quality Monitoring Workshop

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteers For 3 Riparian Buffer Tree Maintenance/ Education Days In PA; Woodland Stewardship Network Conference July 13  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: New Native Planting In Lackawanna County; Holmesburg Baptist Church Stormwater Pioneer; And More

-- DCNR Blog: How To Forage For Edible Plants, Fungi, Fruits, Nuts Responsibly

-- PA Senate Passes Resolution Designating June 4 to 10 Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week In Pennsylvania

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- Rebuild By Design: Atlas Of Disaster Finds Climate-Related Extreme Weather Caused Over $630 Million In Disaster Damage In PA From 2011 to 2021; Doesn’t Include Damage Not Covered By Federal Programs [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Climate Disasters Cost Pennsylvania $630 Million Over 10 Years

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Climate Change And Homeowners’ Insurance On A Collision Course

-- USA Today: The Dull Way Americans Are Being Forced To Care About Climate Change Risk: Insurance

-- Planet Philadelphia: June 16: Transportation Options For Sustainability, 4:00 p.m.

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability

-- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties  [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation]

-- Bloomberg: How Natural Gas Burning Stoves Became Part Of America’s Cultural Wars

-- Financial Times: UK Watchdog Bans Shell, Repsol And Petronas Greenwashing Ads On Environmental Benefits Of Their Products  [Shell & Repsol Operate In PA]

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Facility To Convert Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Other Fuels Coming To Charleston, WV

-- U.S. DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen Strategy And Roadmap To Build A Clean Energy Future, Accelerate Manufacturing Boom

-- Bloomberg: Chevron Says Natural Gas More Than Just A Transitional Fuel

-- DEP: Declares Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day For June 11 In Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA

-- Allegheny County Health Dept.: Air Pollution Warning Issued For Mon Valley - Particulate Standard Exceeded

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 11 - High Danger In 52 Counties

-- EPA AirNow Forecasts Code YELLOW Air Quality For Saturday, June 10

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 10 - High Danger In 63 Counties

-- TribLive: Air Quality In Western PA Continues To Improve, Could Return To ‘Normal’ Levels By Monday

-- MCall: Unlikely Return Of ‘Unprecedented’ Haze In Lehigh Valley Anytime Soon

-- DEP/EPA AirNOW Forecasts Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day Friday, June 9 Across PA

-- TribLive: Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Issued For Region

-- DEP Declares Statewide Code RED Air Quality Action Alert Due To Wildfire Smoke; Current Weather Patterns Likely To Continue Until Friday

-- Scranton Times: ‘You Can Feel The Smoke Right In Your Throat’

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Air Quality Reaches Hazardous Levels, How Long Will It Last?

-- TribLive: Western PA Air Quality Worsens As Canadian Wildfires Continue To Burn

-- Post-Gazette: What Are Local Health Implications Of Canadian Wildfires?

-- Erie Times: Erie’s Air Quality ‘Unhealthy’ Due To Canadian Wildfires

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Likely Contributing To Delays, Cancellations Of Flights Out Of Pittsburgh

-- WHYY: Wildfires: Philadelphians Urged To Stay Indoors, Phillies Game Rescheduled

-- Inquirer: Bad Air Quality Poses A Particular Risk To Children With Asthma, In Philly That Means Mostly Black And Hispanic Kids

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Express Concern As Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Envelops Region

-- Altoona Mirror: Air Quality Not Up To Par - Smoke Raises Concerns

-- Williamsport Sun: Hazardous Air Quality Brings Harmful Impact To Williamsport Area

-- Warren Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Warren County

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Wednesday, June 7 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Liberty-Clairton, Southwest PA

-- MCall: Allentown IronPigs Baseball Game In Syracuse Postponed Due To Air Quality Concerns

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wildfires Lead To Unhealthy Air In NE PA Railroads Baseball Game Postponed

-- WITF/AP: Canada Wildfires Leading To Air Quality Alerts Over PA, US And Rest Of Northeast; Here’s How To Stay Safe

-- AP: Quebec Orders More Evacuations As Dozens Of Wildfires In Canada Remain Out Of Control

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 6 For Particulate Matter In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Southwest PA, Liberty-Clairton Area

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Penn State Master Gardeners Of Beaver County Hosting Field Studies Of Trees In Regional Ecosystem

-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton  [PaEN]

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

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: 10-Year PA Deer Study Shakes Up What Hunters Thought They Knew

-- WESA/LehighValleyNews: How A Statewide Study Of Wildlife Corridors Could Impact PA

-- DEP: Harrisburg Peregrine Falcon Banding Event Wednesday, June 7 At 9:30 Available Online

-- Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Opens Chirp, Chitter, Caw - Surrounded By Bird Song Experience

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Education Programs, Activities In June

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Spotlights Ecological Value Of Floodplains; Other Updates On PA’s Rarest Species  [PaEN]

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center Celebrates The Bloom! July 29 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival: Lights Out For Lightning Bugs!  June 24-30  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center’s June 17 Dragons & Fairies Festival

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Photo Contest Deadline July 2

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- House Passes Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Rail Safety After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: PA House Passes New Train Safety Bill In Split Vote: ‘How Many East Palestines Should We Accept?’

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Officials Say They Don’t Know Long-Term Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment On Residents

-- AP: Federal Regulators Promise Safety Review At All Major Freight Railroads

Emergency Response

-- PennLive: Firefighters From 14 Volunteer Companies Put Out Blaze At Lycoming County Landfill

-- Rebuild By Design: Atlas Of Disaster Finds Climate-Related Extreme Weather Caused Over $630 Million In Disaster Damage In PA From 2011 to 2021; Doesn’t Include Damage Not Covered By Federal Programs [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Climate Disasters Cost Pennsylvania $630 Million Over 10 Years

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Climate Change And Homeowners’ Insurance On A Collision Course

-- USA Today: The Dull Way Americans Are Being Forced To Care About Climate Change Risk: Insurance

-- WBOY: WV DEP Testing After Fairmount Brine Plant Fire/Explosion Shows No Signs Of Contamination

-- WTRF: Utica Shale Gas Well Pad Explodes In Ohio, Seen Over 15 Miles Away

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

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

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.65, National Average- $3.58

-- US EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Expected To Increase 30% In 2024

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge 35% On The Week As Supply Risks Rattle Market

-- US EIA: Eastern US Wholesale Electricity Prices Expected To Be 50% Lower In 2023 As A Result Of Lower Natural Gas Prices

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig County Remains At 24

-- Reuters: US Drillers Cut Oil/Gas Drilling Rigs For 6th Week In A Row, Baker Hughes Says

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability

-- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties  [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation]

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Residential Heat Pump Sales Pass Natural Gas Furnaces For First Time As Interest In Efficiency Tech Surges: IEA

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.65, National Average- $3.58

-- Forbes: U.S. Shale Oil Drilling Is Slowing Down Due To Factors Beyond Anyone’s Control

National/International

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge 35% On The Week As Supply Risks Rattle Market

-- Reuters: LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Developer Venture Global Spars With Customers Over Mechanical Failures That Prevented Cargo Deliveries

-- AP: Saudi Arabia Slashing Oil Production Could Mean Higher Gasoline Prices For US Drivers  [Oil/Natural Gas Prices Set By Foreign Markets, Not U.S.]

Energy

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: How Climate Activists Are Working To Shift Trillions Of Dollars Away From Fossil Fuels And Into Renewables

-- Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement For Its U.S. Operations Headquartered In Pittsburgh

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Help Schools Develop Solar Power

-- LancasterOnline: Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes NRC Inspection Due To Safety Failure Last May In York County

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability

-- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties  [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation]

-- WHYY: PA Residents Receiving LIHEAP Or Weatherization Assistance Can Get Free Air Conditioners This Summer

-- PUC Urges Consumers To #CheckForID When Dealing With Door-To-Door Or In-Person Energy Sales Agents

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.65, National Average- $3.58

-- US EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Expected To Increase 30% In 2024

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge 35% On The Week As Supply Risks Rattle Market

-- US EIA: Eastern US Wholesale Electricity Prices Expected To Be 50% Lower In 2023 As A Result Of Lower Natural Gas Prices

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Residential Heat Pump Sales Pass Natural Gas Furnaces For First Time As Interest In Efficiency Tech Surges: IEA

-- Bloomberg: How Natural Gas Burning Stoves Became Part Of America’s Cultural Wars

-- Bloomberg: Chevron Says Natural Gas More Than Just A Transitional Fuel

-- AP: Saudi Arabia Slashing Oil Production Could Mean Higher Gasoline Prices For US Drivers  [Oil/Natural Gas Prices Set By Foreign Markets, Not U.S.]

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Facility To Convert Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Other Fuels Coming To Charleston, WV

-- U.S. DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen Strategy And Roadmap To Build A Clean Energy Future, Accelerate Manufacturing Boom

-- US EIA: Increased US Renewable And Natural Gas Electric Generation Likely To Reduce Summer Coal Demand

Energy Conservation

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PECO Provides Customers With Energy-Saving Tips As Philly Enters Summer Months

Environmental Health

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: The Zen Of The Trail

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: PA Senate Moves Bill To Require Blood Lead Level Testing For Children

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 6 For Particulate Matter In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Southwest PA, Liberty-Clairton Area

-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires A Factor As Air Quality Action Day Warning Issued For Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke From Canada Wildfires To Cause Unhealthy Air In Pittsburgh Region Tuesday

-- WESA: Allegheny County To Start Mosquito Treatment Monday

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. Takes Action To Slow Mosquito Breeding

Environmental Justice

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Science Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Health Showing Significant Improvement, New Environmental Justice Index Shows Strong Disparities

-- AP: Chesapeake Bay Report Cites Environmental Justice Disparities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Comments On University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Report Card

-- Inside Climate News: Mining Critical To Renewable Energy Tied To Hundreds Of Alleged Human Rights Abuses

EPA

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives $52.4 Million EPA Loan To Continue Drinking Water System Improvements

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Announce $52.4 Million EPA Loan For Water Infrastructure Improvements

Farming

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality?

-- University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Science Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Health Showing Significant Improvement, New Environmental Justice Index Shows Strong Disparities

-- AP: Chesapeake Bay Report Cites Environmental Justice Disparities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Comments On University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Report Card

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteers For 3 Riparian Buffer Tree Maintenance/ Education Days In PA; Woodland Stewardship Network Conference July 13  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farm Gets $10,000 DEP Grant To Help Students Explore Their Watershed

-- KYW: What Kills Spotted Lanternflies?  USDA Lab At University Of Delaware May Have A Potential Solution - Natural Predators From China

-- WKBN: PA U.S. Senator Fetterman, Other Members Introduce Bill To Create Spotted Lanternfly Research & Development Program

-- Lancaster Farming: What Else Can Game Commission Do To Protect Crops From Deer Damage?

-- DCED: PA Ice Cream Trail Sweetens Summer With Record Number Of Stops

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Mourns The Loss Of Dr. Beth McGee, Director Of Science & Agricultural Policy

Fish & Boat Commission

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Looking For Bass In PA?  Here’s How And Where To Find Them

-- WESA/LehighValleyNews: How A Statewide Study Of Wildlife Corridors Could Impact PA

-- Scranton Times: Wildlife Experts Banded Together With Alliance Landfill To Study Kestrels

Flooding

-- Rebuild By Design: Atlas Of Disaster Finds Climate-Related Extreme Weather Caused Over $630 Million In Disaster Damage In PA From 2011 to 2021; Doesn’t Include Damage Not Covered By Federal Programs [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Climate Disasters Cost Pennsylvania $630 Million Over 10 Years

-- Post-Gazette/Bloomberg: Climate Change And Homeowners’ Insurance On A Collision Course

Forests

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry: State Forester Ellen Shultzabarger Accepts Position With US Forest Service  [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Fall Member Meeting Nov. 4; Passing Of Bob Summersgill; Volunteers Needed!

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteers For 3 Riparian Buffer Tree Maintenance/ Education Days In PA; Woodland Stewardship Network Conference July 13  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7  [PaEN]

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- June 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Penn State Master Gardeners Of Beaver County Hosting Field Studies Of Trees In Regional Ecosystem

-- KYW: What Kills Spotted Lanternflies?  USDA Lab At University Of Delaware May Have A Potential Solution - Natural Predators From China

-- WKBN: PA U.S. Senator Fetterman, Other Members Introduce Bill To Create Spotted Lanternfly Research & Development Program

Forests - Wildfires

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Wildfire Smoke A Reminder Of Our Shared Vulnerability  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Review Column: Where There's Smoke, There's Wildfires And Serious Questions To Answer - By Lori Falce, Tribune-Review Community Engagement Editor  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Watch - Baseball: The Common Ground On Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star - John Micek: What The Wildfires Teach Us - We Might Not Survive Our Own Climate Foolishness, But The Planet Will Go On Spinning Without Us

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map Forecasts High Danger June 6 In 59 Of 67 Counties

-- MCall: Route 33 Reopens After Wildfire Closes Part Of Highway In Northampton County

-- PennLive: National Weather Service Issues WildFire Weather Watch For Tuesday Across Central PA

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Ban On Outdoor Fires Could Take Effect Friday As Drought Worsens

-- Williamsport Sun: Wildfire Damages 5 Acres In Cascade Twp. Tuesday

-- DEP: Declares Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day For June 11 In Susquehanna Valley, Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA

-- Allegheny County Health Dept.: Air Pollution Warning Issued For Mon Valley - Particulate Standard Exceeded

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 11 - High Danger In 52 Counties

-- EPA AirNow Forecasts Code YELLOW Air Quality For Saturday, June 10

-- DCNR Wildfire Danger Map June 10 - High Danger In 63 Counties

-- TribLive: Air Quality In Western PA Continues To Improve, Could Return To ‘Normal’ Levels By Monday

-- MCall: Unlikely Return Of ‘Unprecedented’ Haze In Lehigh Valley Anytime Soon

-- DEP/EPA AirNOW Forecasts Code ORANGE Air Quality Action Day Friday, June 9 Across PA

-- TribLive: Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert Issued For Region

-- DEP Declares Statewide Code RED Air Quality Action Alert Due To Wildfire Smoke; Current Weather Patterns Likely To Continue Until Friday

-- Scranton Times: ‘You Can Feel The Smoke Right In Your Throat’

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Air Quality Reaches Hazardous Levels, How Long Will It Last?

-- TribLive: Western PA Air Quality Worsens As Canadian Wildfires Continue To Burn

-- Post-Gazette: What Are Local Health Implications Of Canadian Wildfires?

-- Erie Times: Erie’s Air Quality ‘Unhealthy’ Due To Canadian Wildfires

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Likely Contributing To Delays, Cancellations Of Flights Out Of Pittsburgh

-- WHYY: Wildfires: Philadelphians Urged To Stay Indoors, Phillies Game Rescheduled

-- Inquirer: Bad Air Quality Poses A Particular Risk To Children With Asthma, In Philly That Means Mostly Black And Hispanic Kids

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Express Concern As Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Envelops Region

-- Altoona Mirror: Air Quality Not Up To Par - Smoke Raises Concerns

-- Williamsport Sun: Hazardous Air Quality Brings Harmful Impact To Williamsport Area

-- Warren Times: Canadian Wildfire Smoke Reaches Warren County

-- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day For Particulate Wednesday, June 7 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Liberty-Clairton, Southwest PA

-- MCall: Allentown IronPigs Baseball Game In Syracuse Postponed Due To Air Quality Concerns

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Wildfires Lead To Unhealthy Air In NE PA Railroads Baseball Game Postponed

-- WITF/AP: Canada Wildfires Leading To Air Quality Alerts Over PA, US And Rest Of Northeast; Here’s How To Stay Safe

-- AP: Quebec Orders More Evacuations As Dozens Of Wildfires In Canada Remain Out Of Control

-- DEP/EPA AirNow Forecast Air Quality Action Day For Tuesday, June 6 For Particulate Matter In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley, Southwest PA, Liberty-Clairton Area

-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires A Factor As Air Quality Action Day Warning Issued For Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke From Canada Wildfires To Cause Unhealthy Air In Pittsburgh Region Tuesday

Game Commission

-- WTAJ: Elk County Visitor Center Extends Hours, Prepares For Elk Calving Season

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: 10-Year PA Deer Study Shakes Up What Hunters Thought They Knew

-- Lancaster Farming: What Else Can Game Commission Do To Protect Crops From Deer Damage?

-- TribLive: Efforts Underway To Help Free Deer In Fox Chapel Area From Plastic Bucket Stuck Around Its Neck

-- TribLive: Game Commission Wildlife Officers Free Deer Of Plastic Feeder Stuck Around Its Neck In O’Hara

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Looking For Bass In PA?  Here’s How And Where To Find Them

-- Scranton Times: Wildlife Experts Banded Together With Alliance Landfill To Study Kestrels

Grants/Funding

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

-- Extended: Appalachian Regional Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications Thru June 30

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives $52.4 Million EPA Loan To Continue Drinking Water System Improvements

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Officials Announce $52.4 Million EPA Loan For Water Infrastructure Improvements

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farm Gets $10,000 DEP Grant To Help Students Explore Their Watershed

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Assess Abandoned Mine Pollution In Moshannon Creek Watershed With DEP Grant  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Help Schools Develop Solar Power

Green Infrastructure

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: River Of The Year Nod Could Boost Event Attendance Along Susquehanna

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry: State Forester Ellen Shultzabarger Accepts Position With US Forest Service  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- June 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Permanently Preserves 63.5 Acres At Confluence Of East, West Branches Of Delaware River  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Launches Land Conservation Project To Preserve Additional 24 Acres In Ross Township, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality?

-- University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Science Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Health Showing Significant Improvement, New Environmental Justice Index Shows Strong Disparities

-- AP: Chesapeake Bay Report Cites Environmental Justice Disparities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Comments On University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Report Card

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteers For 3 Riparian Buffer Tree Maintenance/ Education Days In PA; Woodland Stewardship Network Conference July 13  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: New Native Planting In Lackawanna County; Holmesburg Baptist Church Stormwater Pioneer; And More

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Penn State Master Gardeners Of Beaver County Hosting Field Studies Of Trees In Regional Ecosystem

Hazardous Substances

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: PA Senate Moves Bill To Require Blood Lead Level Testing For Children

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Warren County Conservation District - District Manager

Land Conservation

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Permanently Preserves 63.5 Acres At Confluence Of East, West Branches Of Delaware River  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Launches Land Conservation Project To Preserve Additional 24 Acres In Ross Township, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Permanently Preserves 2 Properties Totalling Nearly 30 Acres In Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Completes 2 Conservation Easements Protecting Critical Resources In Brandywine Creek Watershed

-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton  [PaEN]

-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: What Else Can Game Commission Do To Protect Crops From Deer Damage?

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- TribLive: Part Of Hatfield Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant To Be Razed

Land Use

-- TribLive: After Yearslong Court Battle, Construction Of Electronic Billboard In Tarentum, Allegheny County Begins

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Lebanon County Residents LuAnn Horn & Kathy Redinger Recognized With Community Pride Award  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Volunteer Has Advice For Keeping Roadways Clean - Recycle

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hannah Hohman, Allegheny CleanWays Cleaning Their Way Down The Mon River

-- Centre County Region Announces Pilot Food Scraps Drop Off Sites For Composting  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Teams Up With Special Events To Reduce Waste

-- MCall - Bill White: Back On The Attack Against Campaign Yard Sign Trash

-- TribLive Editorial: Enough Garbage, It’s Time To Pass A Bill That Gets Serious About Litter

Mine Reclamation

-- Extended: Appalachian Regional Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications Thru June 30

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Assess Abandoned Mine Pollution In Moshannon Creek Watershed With DEP Grant  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Abandoned Mine Subsidence-Marred Dickson City Road To Finally Receive Repairs

Ohio River

-- Allegheny Land Trust Launches Land Conservation Project To Preserve Additional 24 Acres In Ross Township, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- Better Path Coalition: June 22 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Laurie Barr On Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants In PA, Study Shows  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Abandoned Conventional Oil/Natural Gas Wells In PA Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Groundbreaking Study Shows

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: Abandoned Oil, Gas Wells Emit Carcinogens, Other Harmful Pollutants, Study Says

-- Inside Climate News - Stacey Burling: $400 Million In Federal Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Funds In PA, But It’s Not Enough; Hazards Include EQT Frack-Out In Greene County; More Wells Being Abandoned All The Time

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance

-- Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Activists Ask County Leaders To Support Greater Oversight Of Shell Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Beaver County Commissioners Meeting About Shell Petrochemical Plant Highlights Importance Of Leading Without Being In Charge

-- WESA-Reid Frazier: Residents Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant Pollution In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Residents Urge Beaver County Commissioners To Help Lobby Shell To Protect Health, Police Shell

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA House Resolution Would Study Impact Of PA Not Having Natural Gas Severance Tax

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability

-- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties  [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig County Remains At 24

-- Reuters: US Drillers Cut Oil/Gas Drilling Rigs For 6th Week In A Row, Baker Hughes Says

-- US EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Expected To Increase 30% In 2024

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Surge 35% On The Week As Supply Risks Rattle Market

-- US EIA: Eastern US Wholesale Electricity Prices Expected To Be 50% Lower In 2023 As A Result Of Lower Natural Gas Prices

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: PA- $3.65, National Average- $3.58

-- Richmond Register: PA Company Fairmont Brine Settles Charges Of Illegally Dumping WV Radioactive Fracking Waste In Kentucky

-- WBOY: WV DEP Testing After Fairmount Brine Plant Fire/Explosion Shows No Signs Of Contamination

-- WTRF: Utica Shale Gas Well Pad Explodes In Ohio, Seen Over 15 Miles Away

-- Financial Times: UK Watchdog Bans Shell, Repsol And Petronas Greenwashing Ads On Environmental Benefits Of Their Products  [Shell & Repsol Operate In PA]

-- Utility Dive: U.S. Residential Heat Pump Sales Pass Natural Gas Furnaces For First Time As Interest In Efficiency Tech Surges: IEA

-- Bloomberg: How Natural Gas Burning Stoves Became Part Of America’s Cultural Wars

-- Bloomberg: Chevron Says Natural Gas More Than Just A Transitional Fuel

-- Forbes: U.S. Shale Oil Drilling Is Slowing Down Due To Factors Beyond Anyone’s Control

-- AP: Saudi Arabia Slashing Oil Production Could Mean Higher Gasoline Prices For US Drivers  [Oil/Natural Gas Prices Set By Foreign Markets, Not U.S.]

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Facility To Convert Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Other Fuels Coming To Charleston, WV

-- U.S. DOE Releases National Clean Hydrogen Strategy And Roadmap To Build A Clean Energy Future, Accelerate Manufacturing Boom

Pipelines

-- Federal Court Declines To Prohibit PA Environmental Hearing Board From Hearing Appeals Of DEP Permits Issued For Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline Project  [PaEN]

-- PennRecord.com: Judge Partially Sustains Objections In Natural Gas Pipeline Trespass Lawsuit In Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Equitrans: Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline To Be Completed By End Of 2023

Permitting

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Broad+Liberty Guest Essay: The World Needs PA’s Natural Gas And Philly Is Poised To Deliver It [LNG Export Terminal] - By Mike Butler, Consumer Energy Alliance

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- Reuters: EU Plans Strategy To Scale Up Investment In Capturing CO2 Emissions

-- New Analysis: PA's RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants Will Cut Consumer Energy Costs, Increase Federal Investments In PA  [PaEN]

-- Virginia Mercury: Virginia Air Board Approves Withdrawal From Regional Carbon Market [RGGI]

-- Sen. Yaw Statement On Virginia Withdrawal From RGGI

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Republican Lawmakers Hopeful After Virginia Rejects RGGI Carbon Pricing

-- EnergyWire: PA Coal Plants Keep Closing, Does The State Need Carbon Trading?  [RGGI]

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit

-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County

-- Reminder: DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Municipal Waste Transfer Station In Hazleton, Luzerne County. 

-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill Taking ‘Protection’ Out Of The Name Of Department Of Environmental Protection; But DEP Doesn’t Have To Change Its Signs Until They Wear Out  [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 612 Permits, 96% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,168 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Help Wanted: Warren County Conservation District - District Manager

Public Participation

-- House Committee Reports Out Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution; And Other Bills  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com- Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves Environmental Justice Permit Bill

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Justice Permitting Bill Moves Through PA House Committee

-- Republicans, Shale Gas Industry Oppose House Bill Requiring The Evaluation Of Cumulative Impacts Of Some New Pollution Sources On Communities Already Burdened By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- MarkWest Liberty Midstream Files To Clean Up 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill Caused By December’s Winter Storm Elliot Freeze In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 3 to 9:   Plugged Conventional Well Frack-Out; 10 More NOVs For Abandoning Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 10   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 10 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Comments On Proposed Oil/Gas Waste Underground Injection Well In Fayette County; July 11 Virtual Public Hearing Set  [PaEN]

-- Senate Environmental Committee Info Session On Carbon Capture Discusses Job Potential; Reaching Net-Zero Carbon Goal; Impacts/Risks Of The Technology; PA’s Poor Track Record In Regulating Pipelines, Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Carbon Capture Success Hinges On Taxpayer Subsidies, For Now

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Virtual Fundamentals Of Carbon Capture And CO2 Flooding Workshop June 27  [PaEN]

-- DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response For The Boyertown Landfill PFAS Contamination Site, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Municipal Waste Transfer Station In Hazleton, Luzerne County. 

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit

-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County

PUC

-- PUC Urges Consumers To #CheckForID When Dealing With Door-To-Door Or In-Person Energy Sales Agents

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection: Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Won’t Impact Electric Grid Reliability

-- Utility Dive: FERC To Oversee Settlement Talks To Resolve Complaints About $1.8 Billion In PJM Interconnection Winter Storm Elliot Nonperformance Penalties  [Primarily Natural Gas-Fired Generation]

-- US EIA: U.S. Natural Gas Prices Expected To Increase 30% In 2024

-- US EIA: Eastern US Wholesale Electricity Prices Expected To Be 50% Lower In 2023 As A Result Of Lower Natural Gas Prices

Radiation Protection

-- LancasterOnline: Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Undergoes NRC Inspection Due To Safety Failure Last May In York County

-- Richmond Register: PA Company Fairmont Brine Settles Charges Of Illegally Dumping WV Radioactive Fracking Waste In Kentucky

Recreation

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Newsletter Spotlights Dark Skies In PA; Reading Trail Markers; Local Partnerships; Initiatives By Friends Of Groups; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: The Zen Of The Trail

-- June 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 17-19 In Scranton  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grant Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

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

-- Republican Herald: Visitors Enjoy Summer Festival At Tuscarora State Park

-- DCED: PA Ice Cream Trail Sweetens Summer With Record Number Of Stops

-- WTAJ: Elk County Visitor Center Extends Hours, Prepares For Elk Calving Season

-- NextPittsburgh: Wellsboro Adds Charm And Adventure To The Heart Of The PA Wilds

-- Scranton Times: Fewer Public Swimming Pools, Lakes In Lackawanna County Could Cause More Visits To Deadly Swimming Areas

Recycling/Waste

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Lebanon County Residents LuAnn Horn & Kathy Redinger Recognized With Community Pride Award  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Volunteer Has Advice For Keeping Roadways Clean - Recycle

-- Centre County Region Announces Pilot Food Scraps Drop Off Sites For Composting  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Teams Up With Special Events To Reduce Waste

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hannah Hohman, Allegheny CleanWays Cleaning Their Way Down The Mon River

-- MCall - Bill White: Back On The Attack Against Campaign Yard Sign Trash

-- TribLive Editorial: Enough Garbage, It’s Time To Pass A Bill That Gets Serious About Litter

-- Republican Herald: Natural Soil Products In Pottsville Fined $50,000 By DEP, Ordered To Reduce Biosolid Smells

-- Reminder: DEP Hosts June 21 Hearing On Proposed Municipal Waste Transfer Station In Hazleton, Luzerne County. 

-- PennLive: Firefighters From 14 Volunteer Companies Put Out Blaze At Lycoming County Landfill

-- Richmond Register: PA Company Fairmont Brine Settles Charges Of Illegally Dumping WV Radioactive Fracking Waste In Kentucky

-- Courier Times: Are The Feds Done Dumping Delaware River Dredge On Burlington Island?

-- Post-Gazette/AP: Facility To Convert Plastic Waste Into Hydrogen Other Fuels Coming To Charleston, WV

Regulations

-- DEP Publishes Notice Continuing Suspension Of Enforcement Of Heavy-Duty Diesel Emissions Control Program Until January 2, 2026, Federal Rules Will Still Apply

Renewable Energy

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Help Schools Develop Solar Power

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: How Climate Activists Are Working To Shift Trillions Of Dollars Away From Fossil Fuels And Into Renewables

-- PV Magazine: Chesapeake Conservancy Mapped Solar Energy Buildout To Determine Biodiversity Impact On Largest Estuary In The US

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Help Schools Develop Solar Power

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

-- Covestro Signs First Major Renewable Energy Agreement For Its U.S. Operations Headquartered In Pittsburgh

-- Inside Climate News: Mining Critical To Renewable Energy Tied To Hundreds Of Alleged Human Rights Abuses

-- Financial Times: Gridlock: How A Lack Of Power Lines Will Delay The Age Of Renewables

-- US EIA: Increased US Renewable And Natural Gas Electric Generation Likely To Reduce Summer Coal Demand

Schuylkill River

-- Now On Demand: 2023 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River Now Available  [PaEN] 

SRBC

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Assess Abandoned Mine Pollution In Moshannon Creek Watershed With DEP Grant  [PaEN]

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

Susquehanna River

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: River Of The Year Nod Could Boost Event Attendance Along Susquehanna

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Assess Abandoned Mine Pollution In Moshannon Creek Watershed With DEP Grant  [PaEN]

-- Wall Street Journal: Surprising New Source Of Lithium For Batteries - Oil/Gas Wastewater

Sustainability

-- Pittsburgh 2030 District Announces Significant Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions -  44.8% From Baseline; Savings Of $59.7 Million In Utility Costs  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Arconic Is Approaching Its Environmental And Social Goals

Wastewater Facilities

-- Republican Herald: Natural Soil Products In Pottsville Fined $50,000 By DEP, Ordered To Reduce Biosolid Smells

Watershed Protection

-- DCNR Celebrates Susquehanna River North Branch As 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: River Of The Year Nod Could Boost Event Attendance Along Susquehanna

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Should New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals Have A Greater Dose Of Reality?

-- University Of Maryland Center For Environmental Science Report Finds Chesapeake Bay Health Showing Significant Improvement, New Environmental Justice Index Shows Strong Disparities

-- AP: Chesapeake Bay Report Cites Environmental Justice Disparities

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Comments On University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay Report Card

-- Penn State's 2023 Ag Progress Days On Tap For August 8-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Stream Restoration Effort Part Of Lancaster Water Week

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: New Native Planting In Lackawanna County; Holmesburg Baptist Church Stormwater Pioneer; And More

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Coal Mine Opponents To Petition DEP To Reject Mining Permit

-- PA Capital-Star: Mountain Watershed Assn. Calls On DEP To Reform Coal Mining Permit Process, Oppose 4,200 Acre Expansion Of Rustic Ridge Mine In Westmoreland County

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Assess Abandoned Mine Pollution In Moshannon Creek Watershed With DEP Grant  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Learn How To Protect Your Watershed By Attending 3 Upcoming Community Science Webinars Starting June 7  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Training, Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professionals Host 3-Part Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Training Starting June 23  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteers For 3 Riparian Buffer Tree Maintenance/ Education Days In PA; Woodland Stewardship Network Conference July 13  [PaEN]

-- Extended: Appalachian Regional Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications Thru June 30

-- Water Resources Association Of The Delaware River Basin Accepting 2023 Award Nominations  [PaEN]

-- Now On Demand: 2023 Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Farm Gets $10,000 DEP Grant To Help Students Explore Their Watershed

-- Warren Times: Middle Schoolers Work In Watershed

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts June 7 Water Quality Monitoring Workshop

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Permanently Preserves 63.5 Acres At Confluence Of East, West Branches Of Delaware River  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Launches Land Conservation Project To Preserve Additional 24 Acres In Ross Township, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Permanently Preserves 2 Properties Totalling Nearly 30 Acres In Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Completes 2 Conservation Easements Protecting Critical Resources In Brandywine Creek Watershed

-- Penn State, PA Forest Products Assn. Host 2023 Forest Products Equipment & Technology Exposition June 9-10 In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Nine Mile Run Watershed Assn. Organizes Petition Opposed To New Craft Apartment Project Near Frick Park

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Wildlife

-- Now Underway!  Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation - Donate To Your Favorite Team By June 19 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: 10-Year PA Deer Study Shakes Up What Hunters Thought They Knew

-- WESA/LehighValleyNews: How A Statewide Study Of Wildlife Corridors Could Impact PA

-- Lancaster Farming: What Else Can Game Commission Do To Protect Crops From Deer Damage?

-- TribLive: Efforts Underway To Help Free Deer In Fox Chapel Area From Plastic Bucket Stuck Around Its Neck

-- TribLive: Game Commission Wildlife Officers Free Deer Of Plastic Feeder Stuck Around Its Neck In O’Hara

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Looking For Bass In PA?  Here’s How And Where To Find Them

-- WTAJ: Elk County Visitor Center Extends Hours, Prepares For Elk Calving Season

-- Scranton Times: Wildlife Experts Banded Together With Alliance Landfill To Study Kestrels

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Education Programs, Activities In June

-- Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Opens Chirp, Chitter, Caw - Surrounded By Bird Song Experience

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Spotlights Ecological Value Of Floodplains; Other Updates On PA’s Rarest Species  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Great Outdoor Picnic June 24 At Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park, Centre County

-- Jennings Environmental Ed Center Celebrates The Bloom! July 29 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival: Lights Out For Lightning Bugs!  June 24-30  [PaEN]

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- WESA: Allegheny County To Start Mosquito Treatment Monday

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Health Dept. Takes Action To Slow Mosquito Breeding

Opportunities

-- Help Wanted: North Branch Land Trust - Land Protection & Stewardship Coordinator  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Warren County Conservation District - District Manager

In Memoriam

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Mourns The Loss Of Dr. Beth McGee, Director Of Science & Agricultural Policy

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Fall Member Meeting Nov. 4; Passing Of Bob Summersgill; Volunteers Needed! 

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[Posted: June 11, 2023]

6/12/2023