Here are 97 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 8 to 14; Failed Shale Gas, Conventional Well Plugging; Leaking Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Risk Assessment Did Not Prove Chemicals Polluting Soil & Groundwater At American Refinery Group’s Bradford Petroleum Refinery Met Safe Environmental Cleanup Standards  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water/Wastewater Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: New Sinkhole Forms [Again] Along Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In Chester County

-- DEP Reminder Of July 25 Hearing On Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County

-- DEP Blog: Do You Know What’s Below? Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Protect PT Seeks Support For Proposed Ordinance Regulating Shale Gas Wells In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County; Meeting July 13

-- Public News Service: Report: Oil And Gas Air Pollution Effects On Health Of Pennsylvanians 

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: New Health Study Shows Cost Of Oil & Gas Pollution In Appalachia

-- Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund: The Law Did Not Save Grant Township’s Water From PA General Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well, The People Of Grant Did

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Do Oil & Gas Drillers Owe Taxpayers Royalties For Oil & Gas Under Roads, Streets, Bridges And Other Taxpayer-Owned Land?  [PaEN]

-- MethaneSAT-EDF Successfully Test Methane Detection Technology To Be Used To Document Methane Emissions From Onshore Natural Gas Production In North America  [PaEN]

-- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4 Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Conventional Operators Still Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: 10 Poorest Counties In PA: Cameron, McKean, Forest, Cambria, Venango, Clearfield, Fayette, Warren, Jefferson, Elk [Also Happens To Be Heart Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling In PA]

-- 2nd Annual Marcellus Shale Water Business Update Conference Aug. 9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Draft Final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis; Will Discuss At Agricultural Advisory Board Meeting July 18  [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces July 13 Local Steering Committee Meeting For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Community Fund  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Community Panel To Make Plan For Shell’s $5 Million Air Quality Violations Settlement Fund

-- Living On Earth: Shell Petrochemical Plastics Plant Pollutes

-- WTAE: Carnegie Mellon Researcher Publish February Mobile Air Sampling Results From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Scrutiny Needs To Continue Over Rail Safety

-- Allegheny County Health Dept. Issued $301,725 In Stipulated Penalties To U.S. Steel For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations

-- PA Capital-Star: Allegheny County Fines US Steel $301,275 For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works 2022 Summer Air Pollution Violations

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Eyes ‘Climate Action Plan’ To Address Adverse Impacts

-- Senate Bill Introduced To Provide $5 Million In Tax Credits To Develop Solar Energy Facilities On Brownfields, Abandoned Mine Sites, Warehouse Roofs  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 1880s Barn In Butler County Park Has Modern Solar Energy Profile

-- TribLive: Audubon’s Succop Nature Park Will Be Energy Self-Sufficient By Year’s End In Butler County

-- WTAE: Monroeville Couple Battle Tesla Over Solar Panels, Roof Damage

-- Penn State Hosts Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 23  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Tri-Valley Teacher Helps Promote Green Energy In 3rd Trip To South Africa

-- University Of Pittsburgh Names 5 Finalists In Pitt Sustainability Challenge [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: University Of Pittsburgh Names Finalists Advancing In Pitt Sustainability Challenge

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards DEP $3 Million For Energy Efficiency Code Technical Training

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Schools And Duquesne Light Subsidiary’s Energy Efficiency Projects Ensure Safety While Saving Money

-- PPL Electric Utilities’ First-Of-Its-Kind Dynamic Line Rating Technology Improves Reliability, Reduces Costs

-- NextPittsburgh: How Duquesne Light Trains Workers To Fix Power Lines In Pittsburgh

-- Erie Times: Mother Earth Fair In Erie To Offer Workshops On Organic Gardening, Sustainable Living, More July 15-16

-- WHYY: Philly Exhibit Highlights How Art Can Move The Needle In Public Perception Of Climate Change

-- WPSU/NPR: Natural Gas Can Rival Coal’s Climate-Warming Potential When Leaks Are Counted

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host July 19 Webinar On EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- US DOE Selects Penn State University As One Of 9 Organizations To Help Deploy Clean Energy Technologies To Decarbonize The Industrial Sector  [PaEN]

-- EPA Launches $20 Billion Competition To Catalyze Investment In Clean Energy Projects, Tackle Climate Crisis

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards $906,965 Grant To DCNR PA Geologic Survey/WV Geologic Survey For Central Appalachian Partnership For Carbon Storage

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards Funding For Small Business Research, Development, Including To EC Power Group, Inc. In PA To Speed Up Battery Charging

-- US Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For $32 Million In Funding For Building rare Earth, Critical Minerals Facilities

-- DEP Blog: Commercial Kitchens Can Get Up To $8,500 In Rebates To Electrify Your Cooking

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What The Wildfire Smoke From Canada Tells Us About Climate Change - By Larry Schweiger

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Hydrogen Energy Sounds Too Good To Be True - Because It Is - By Clean Air Council

-- EPA Takes Step In Phasedown Of Climate Damaging Hydrofluorocarbons

-- Federal Court Settlement Between CBF, Other Groups And EPA Over Requiring Pennsylvania To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Requirements Now Final

-- PA Capital-Star: Settlement Finalized In Lawsuit Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Federal Lawsuit Over PA’s Role In Chesapeake Cleanup Comes To Settlement

-- EPA Region 3: Statement By Adam Ortiz On Final Chesapeake Bay Settlement

-- Progressive Farmer: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Dismissal Clears Way For EPA Runoff Crackdown On Farms In 7 PA Counties

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Asks PA Supreme Court To Reverse A Commonwealth Court Decision Saying West Chester Stormwater Fee Is A Tax  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Jayné Park-Martinez Sparks Conservation Efforts  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Recognizes PA Master Watershed Steward Jodi Sulpizio, Jodi Rose, Interfaith Partners For Chesapeake, As Watershed Champions  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Western PA Conservancy Honored For Work In Allegheny National Forest

-- Triblive: Shaler Township Commissioners Approved Girty’s Run Stream Restoration Project In Allegheny County

-- Watershed Alliance Of York Accepting Applications For Riparian Forest Buffer Grants [PaEN]

-- Central Penn Business Journal: York County Community Foundation Awards Land, Watershed Grants

-- PennFuture Releases Model Municipal Warehouse Facility Zoning Ordinance To Help Manage Impacts  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Environmental Group Creates Tool To Help Municipalities Regulate Warehouse Development

-- Rodale Institute Blog: Nurturing Nature’s Filter - Soil Health And Its Influence On Water Quality

-- WESA: PA Launches 2nd Round Of Drinking Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance

-- DEP Secretary Introduces Bevin Ann Buchheister As New Acting Deputy Secretary For Water Programs  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Quarterly: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Casting A Bigger And Bigger Shadow On Our Land And Water

-- DRBC: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Surface Water, Sediment And Fish In PA Coastal Zone

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Replace All Lead Water Pipes

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Set For July 29

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards, Master Gardeners Hold July 26 Webinar On How To Participate In Native Tree & Shrub Sale/Fundraiser, Tips On Planting, More!  [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy Aug. 17 Summer Native Plant Sale In Dauphin County

-- FirstEnergy Developing Pollinator Habitat Along Transmission Line In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Recognized With International Award For Bee Monitoring Work

-- PennLive: Camp Hill Borough Has Become A Bee City USA Affiliate In Cumberland County

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - The Milkweed Plant Was Very Important In World War II

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Awarded $225,000 Grant From Mellon Foundation To Lead Campaign Against Spread Of Invasive Plant Species  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Seeks Applicants For NextGen Advisory Council  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Campers Clamor For Spots In PA State Parks, Breaking Memorial Day Weekend Record

-- Scranton Times: Participants Explored Public Lands Sunday At Lackawanna State Park

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Our Natural World Is Richly Rewarding - Swimming, Hiking, Biking, Rafting, Boating, Fishing, Wildlife

-- DCNR State Parks July Environmental Education Newsletter - 34 Summer Nature-Based Activities For Kids; Counting Fireflies; And Much More!  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: McDade Park, Downtown Pittston Earn Great Places In PA Designations From PA Planning Association

-- DelcoTimes: New Delaware County Park In Marple Township Will Weave Conservation With Recreation

-- Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Equitable Trail Network Grants, Deadline July 31

-- LancasterOnline: Conestoga River Club Aims To Improve Safety, Increase Disabled Access Along The Waterfront

-- Williamsport Sun: Lock Haven Native Steve Yale Once Again Hiking Appalachian Trail - Part I of IV

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiking At 75 - Pioneer Earl Shaffer Had Deep York County Roots

-- Courier Times: For 100 Years, Canal Boatmen And Their Families Lived On The Water In Bucks County [Delaware Canal]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Abigail Luteri Always Enjoyed Fishing, Now She’s Patrolling Eastern PA Waterways For The Fish & Boat Commission

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited - Bob Pennell: Americans Continue To Find Their Best Selves In Recreational Fishing  [TakeMeFishing Special Report ]

-- TribLive: Twin Lakes Park Fishing Tournament Honors Delmont Man’s Memory, Passion For Nature In Westmoreland County

-- LancasterOnline: Tropical Bird-- A Limpkin-- Spotted For First Time In PA At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

-- Vista Today: ‘Bird Towns’ Taking Flight In Chester County, Throughout Pennsylvania

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: A National Wildlife Refuge For French Creek Could Be A Boon For The Region - By Wendy Ormon, Erie Resident

-- Scranton Times Blog: Bats Need Good PR Agents

Environmental Heritage

-- PA Mine Map Atlas Has Served State Since The Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County  [PaEN]

-- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue  [PaEN]

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: July 16, 2023]

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