Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

Upcoming Events

-- Republican Herald - Pat McKinney: It’s Fall Migration Time At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary

-- HealthFirstPA, Partners Host Aug. 8 Webinar On Pollution And Children’s Health - Norfolk Southern Train Derailment And Beyond 9:00 a.m.  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 15 In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania To Release Long-Awaited Studies On Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development  [Aug. 15]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant To Test Emergency Sirens Thursday, Aug. 17

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Aug. 18 PA Renewable Energy Policy Webinar - Time To Take Action  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County 2023 Pollinator Festival Aug. 19 At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, Enola 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 20 Stormwater Operation & Maintenance Workshop, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

Programs/Information

-- Elementary School Curriculum On PA Pollinators And Agriculture Now Available From Penn State  [PaEN]

-- Penn State City Semester Student Monitors Clean Water Standards In Pittsburgh's Three River  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Public Libraries, Berks Nature Reveal Bilingual StoryWalk

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Benefits Of Dead Trees; Phenological Fun; Quaking Aspen; Upcoming Events; More!

-- MCall Guest Essay: Saucon Creek Shows Some Surprisingly Good Pollution News For The Lehigh River - By Toby Broun, Allentown Central Catholic High School

-- TribLive: Hampton Township Nears Stream Cleanup Goal In Allegheny County

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Trough Creek Watershed Assn. Could Be Reactivated

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?  Part I: Start At Home

-- Centre County Times: Climate Watch: 4 Steps Toward Meeting Our 2030 Paris Climate Goals

-- On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia, Partners: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Floating Classroom Presentation On Sustainability, Conservation, Efficiency - Growing Plants Via Hydroponics, Aquaponics

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy, PA Fly Fishing Assn. Announce New Youth Fly Fishing Education ‘Stepping Stones’ Program For 2024  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Atlantic Sturgeon Return To US Rivers, But Will They Die In The Delaware River?

-- Courier Times: Recovery Of Bald Eagle Continues, Why Many Call Bucks County Home

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Look At A Meadow Jumping Mouse

-- TribLive: Just How Many Loose Alligators Are There In Western PA Anyway?

-- Mussels Inspire Penn State Researchers To Develop Eco-Friendly Way To Extract Critical Rare Earth Elements

-- PennLive: Pigs Gathering Sticks?  Woodpeckers Sharing A Tree?  Signs Of A Harsh Winter - Farmers’ Almanac

Public Participation

-- Mountain Watershed Assn.  Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 16, 17, 18  [PaEN]

-- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. 21  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Stream Evaluation Reports For 3 Streams In Monroe/Carbon; Susquehanna; Berks/Lehigh/Montgomery Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Water Quality Data Submission Deadline For Brodhead Creek, Monroe County   [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Total Maximum Daily Load Water Quality Plan For Alder Run Headwaters, Erie County  [PaEN]

Background On Issues

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 5 to 11; Routine Venting Of Conventional Wells, Shale Gas Wells; Major Conventional Spills; Pipeline Subsidence  [PaEN]

-- Mayor Of Sugarcreek Asks For Donations To Refill Village Of Reno Water Tank After Contamination In Venango County; Emergency Water Distribution Resumes; Contamination From Conventional Oil Wastewater Tanks Suspected  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Kara O’Neil: Oil City Approves Water Sale Plan To Help Out Reno Pending DEP OK  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Water Distribution Will Resume In Village Of Reno, Venango County Affected By Suspected Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill  [PDF of article ]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP: No Time Frame On When Water Will Be Safe To Drink In Reno; Water Distribution On Hold Due To Low Chlorine Levels  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Do Not Consume Water Advisory Continues For Reno, Venango County, Aug. 11 Event Set To Raise Money For Water Fund  [PDF of article ]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP Inspection Report Outlines Findings In Reno, Venango County Water System Contamination Case [PDF of article] 

-- The Derrick: Volunteers Signing Up To Help With Emergency Water Distribution In Reno  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: Reno Water Customers Turn Out To Air Concerns About Ongoing Water Issues At Sugarcreek Borough Council Meeting [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: Reno Water Customers Advised Not To Consume Water [PDF of article]

-- TribLive: Death Toll Rises To 4 In Plum House Explosion; ‘Sounds Like Natural Gas’ But Not Sure  [Plum Has Been A Battleground Over Shale Gas Drilling, Oil & Gas Waste Injection Wells]

-- WTAE: Moment Of Plum House Explosion Caught On Doorbell Camera

-- WTAE: Plum House Explosion: ‘I’ve Been To 6 House Explosions In Plum, This Is The Worst I’ve Seen In 47 Years’

-- TribLive: Plum Has History Of Natural Gas House Explosions

-- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: DEP Report: Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Seen As ‘Potential Threat To Human Health And The Environment’ And To Lake Erie

-- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site

-- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. 21  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Flares Gas After Losing Power During Storm

-- WTAE: Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Flaring Gas After Storms Cause Power Outage

-- PA Capital-Star: After Pittsburgh Coke [Coal] Plant Closed, ER Visits Plummeted

-- EPA: G2 STEM LLC Withdraws Application For Oil/Gas Wastewater Underground Injection Well Permit In Fayette County  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Uproar Cancels Fayette County Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well; Locals Not ‘Easy Pickings’

-- Post-Gazette: EPA: Virginia Company Withdraws Application For Controversial Oil/Gas Wastewater Disposal Well In Fayette County

-- Post-Gazette: Residents In This Fayette County Town Are Going To Battle With EPA Over An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Well Permit

-- Damascus Citizens: Comments Point Out Significant Deficiencies In  Proposed Fayette County Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- DEP Extends Comment Period On Proposed Roulette Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County To Sept. 7  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: American Petroleum Institute Of PA Oil/Natural Gas Industry Group Frustrated With Permitting Process  [Federal Pipeline Issues - Pipelines Are PA’s Most Penalized Industry For Environmental Violations]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Blog: Oil & Gas - Central To Pennsylvania Politics, But Not Its Economy

-- Public Source: Inside PA’s Compliance Monitoring Of Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; DEP Struggling To Keep Up

-- WeConservePA: North Branch Land Trust, Earth Conservancy Highlight Major Conservation Projects In Luzerne County During Site Visit

-- York Daily Record: PA Farmers ‘Don’t Get Enough Credit’ For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup, Says Longtime York County Farmer

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Blog: Family Farm In Lancaster County Does All It Can To Help Local Streams Recover

-- Bradford Era Editorial: PA Must Help Protect Chesapeake Bay

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Keystone State Needs To Do Its Part To Protect Chesapeake Watershed

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Township Drafts Solar Array Ordinance

-- Beaver County Times: Solar Innovation Is Coming To Beaver County - By Daniel Rossi-Keen

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Is Investing In Wind Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Commits To Purchasing More Wind Energy

-- TribLive: Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected For Clean Energy Workforce Initiative

-- Duquesne Light Company: A Clean Energy Future Starts With A Skilled Workforce

-- The Guardian: They Got Jobs In Solar Industry, But The Reality Was Less Sunny Than They Expected

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 51,000 Christians Call For Stronger Standards On Fossil Fuel Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection, Other Grid Operators Express Concerns Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Will Accelerate Retirements Of Fossil Fuel Plants Without Reliable Renewable, Storage Technologies To Replace Them  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM, MISO, Other Grid Operators Warn Of ‘Significant Power Shortages’ From Epa’s Power Plant Carbon Rule

-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Climate Change Becomes Harder To Ignore, Proposed EPA Power Plant Standards Give Hope - PennEnvironment

-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy CEO ‘Disappointed’ To See Peers Opposing EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rule

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Participation In RGGI Has Been Held Up For More Than A Year, What Has The State Lost?

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: By Stalling On RGGI, Here’s What Pennsylvania Residents Are Missing - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- Grid: In Last Century, PA And NJ Battled New York City To Control Water From Delaware River; With Sea Levels Rising And Droughts Looming, Another Fateful Conflict May Lie Ahead

--  TribLive: Kayakers Catch Alligator In Kiski River

-- TribLive Editorial: Dumping Animals Dumps Responsibility On Others

-- AP: Vermont’s Flood-Wracked Capital City Ponders A Rebuild With One Eye On Climate Change

-- The Guardian: Penn State Study Finds More Than 1 Million Acres Of Indigenous Land Flooded By Dams

-- WPost: Despite Reforms, Mining For Electric Vehicle Metals In Congo Exacts Steep Cost On Workers

-- Reuters: Climate-Friendly Cows Bred To Belch Less Methane

-- The Guardian: They Got Jobs In Solar Industry, But The Reality Was Less Sunny Than They Expected

-- Financial Times: Global Insurers Rack Up $50 Billion In Losses From Natural Catastrophes So Far This Year; Reinsurers Demand Much Higher Prices

-- Warren Times: 4 Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

-- The Guardian: July Was World’s Hottest Month On Record, Climate Scientists Confirm

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

[Posted: August 13, 2023]

8/14/2023