Here are 121 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!

-- Pennsylvania Environmental Council Celebrates 200th Podcast Recognizing Another Milestone: Issue #1,000 Of PA Environment Digest  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Coal Alliance Recognizes Companies For Safety, Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: PA Coal Alliance Recognizes Companies For Safety, Reclamation

-- Westmoreland Conservation District Recognizes Kitz Family Farm, Bob Hedin Of Hedin Environmental For Conservation Efforts, Local Partnerships At Awards Ceremony  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Students Get Education In Environmental Cleanup, Career Opportunities At Lowber Mine Drainage Treatment System In Westmoreland County

-- Dickinson College Ranked First Among Baccalaureate Institutions In Comprehensive Sustainability Report; CMU, Penn, Penn State, Muhlenberg Also Recognized  [PaEN]

-- DEP Publishes Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Changing Permit Review Process; Opens Comment Period Setting 9 Public Hearings  [PaEN]

-- Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Senate Amendment Taking $150 Million From Game Commission Fund That Threatens Federal Wildlife Funding  [PaEN] 

-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Braces For Impact Of $150 Million Transfer Out Of Game Fund

-- LancasterOnline: Fracking Revenue Fund 12 Years Of Environmental Projects In Lancaster County

-- Oil & Gas Industry Spills, Releases Created Over 575 New Brownfield Sites So Far In Pennsylvania, With More Every Week  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights  [PaEN]

-- Public Source: ‘It’s Just Too Close:’ People Living Near Natural Gas Drilling, Industrial Facilities Suffer As State And Local Governments Fail To Buffer Homes

-- Bedford Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Development is Making Pennsylvanians Sick, Lawmakers Must Act

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard -  September 9 to 15;  First Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? Another Leaking Equitrans Storage Well; Plugging Grant Twp. Injection Well  [PaEN]

-- Petro Erie, Inc. Says It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s Order To Clean Up Conventional Oil Well Wastewater That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County; Will Taxpayers Be Stuck With Cleanup Costs Again?  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Residents In Village Of Reno, Venango County Still Reporting Problems With Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater; Late Mayor Of Sugarcreek Boro Praised  [PDF of Article]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Some Residents Of Village Of Reno, Venango County Didn’t Receive Water Updates Relating To Contamination Of Their Water Supply By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater  [PDF of Article]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: The Late Sugarcreek Boro Mayor Charlie McDaniel Praised For Leadership Responding To Village Of Reno Water Supply Emergency Caused By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill  [PDF of article]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For A Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipeline Project Going Under The Schuylkill River In Chester, Montgomery Counties  [PaEN]

-- EPA Issues Final Rule Strengthening State Section 401 Water Quality Certification Rule For Infrastructure, Pipeline, Development Projects  [Pipelines are the most penalized industry in PA for environmental violations]

-- The Hill: EPA Gives States More Authority To Block Pipeline Projects [Section 401 Certification Rule]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Natural Gas Industry Says Not Enough Pipelines Could Cut Off Expansion Of Natural Gas Supplies  [Pipelines are the most penalized industry in PA for environmental violations]

--  Inquirer Guest Essay: Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells In PA Must Be Plugged - By Well Done Foundation  [In The Business Of Plugging Wells]

-- Oil Region National Heritage Area To Hold 2nd Oil Heritage Energy Security Conference Oct. 12-13 In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- PUC Urges Consumers To Shop For Natural Gas Supplies To Lock In Lower Gas Prices To Help Insulate Against Potential Energy Price Spikes  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Top Work Places Survey In Pittsburgh Has EQT Natural Gas Drilling In First Place  [Check their DEP environmental compliance record here ]

-- The Allegheny Front: Groups Say ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Projects Lack Transparency And Fear Climate, Safety Impacts

-- Shenandoah Sentinel: Coal Refuse Bank Fire Near Wilburton, Columbia County Being Extinguished, DEP Docs Say

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Help Our Country Meet The Growing Demand For Rare-Earth Minerals - By Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield)  [Already Started With Federal Grants]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: America Urgently Needs More Young People To Work In Mines - By National Mining Association

-- Shapiro Administration Secures $100 Million From Monsanto Related To PCB Contamination That Damaged PA Waterways  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Pharma Giant Bayer To Pay PA $100 Million Over Widespread PCB Contamination

-- The Allegheny Front: Chemical Companies To Pay PA $100 Million For PCB Contamination

-- WHYY: Chemical Companies To Pay PA $100 Million For PCB Contamination

-- PennLive: Pharma Giant Bayer To Pay PA $100 Million To Clean Up Contaminated Waterways

-- Warren Times: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Ban, Testing Proposed

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Mystery Plumes From US Steel’s Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Prompts GASP To Demand Answers, Accountability

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Sierra Club Study Highlights Industrial Polluters In Pittsburgh Region

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: EPA Failed To Take Action On Excessive Benzene Emissions At Philly Refinery Site For Years

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Faults EPA For Not Enforcing Limits On Toxic Benzene Emissions At Oil Refineries

-- EPA Report Shows Major Emissions Reductions In Electricity Sector From Inflation Reduction Act

-- Allegheny County Awards $2.3 Million For 4 Clean Air Fund Projects

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Awards $2.3 Million For 4 Local Clean Air Fund Projects

-- Center For Coalfield Justice, Donora Historical Society & Smog Museum Host Oct. 11 Webinar On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster  [PaEN]

-- EPA Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; Webinar Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Two 30,000 Underground Storage Tanks Removed From Abandoned Industrial Site

-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio, US Sen. Fetterman Renew Calls For Action On Railway Safety Act

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Rail Cutbacks Threaten Communities, Cities In Ways That Could Be ‘Catastrophic,’ Officials Urge Passing Of Federal Rail Safety Legislation  [PA Bill Stuck In Senate]

-- Better Path Coalition, Partners Host PA Climate Convergence Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2 In Harrisburg With In-Person, Online Events  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How An Indiana County Biodigester Turns Manure To Gas And The Real Cash Cow: Carbon Credits

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Get Questions - Climate Change, Hope And Action - By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Part 6: Upgrade Your Home

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Fingerprints Of Climate Change Seen In PA’s Hot Summer Days

-- PA Solar Center Sept. 22 Webinar: Solar + Storage + Micrograms = Energy Freedom  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Wins Millions In ‘Smart’ Energy Infrastructure Funding

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Kennametal Highlights Emissions Reductions, Employee Development In 2023 ESG Report

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA State Geologists Are Building Digital Map Of Deep Layers For Carbon Dioxide Storage

-- The Center Square: Warehouse Growth Worrying Environmental Groups

-- PA Resources Council To Host Last Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event In Allegheny County Oct. 7  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful News: Fall Pick Up PA Events; 2022 Healing The Planet Grants Report; Much More!

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Officials Laud Glass Recycling Success And Look To Spread Environmental Benefit Further

-- Warren Times: Metal Recycling Dumpster Back To Raise Funds For Allegheny River Cleanup

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Is Banning Plastic Bags Next Month, Here’s What You Need To Know

-- Post-Gazette: Businesses Prepare For Pittsburgh’s Plastic Bags Ban

-- Interfaith Partners For Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Faithful Green Leaders Online Training In October  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Timberwolf Orchard In Mercer County: Where Regenerative Farming, Soil Health Practices Are Taking Root

-- Lehigh Valley News: Lehigh Valley Teen Water Tester Takes On Saucon Creek

-- Mountain Watershed Association Announces Return Of Free Water Guardians After-School Club For K-8 Students In Connellsville, Fayette County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Leechburg Native Goes Global To Advocate For Clean Water Access In Africa

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Looks To Expand Youth Environmental Programs

-- NRCS-PA Invites Applications For $65 Million For Conservation & Climate Action On Private Lands Grants  [PaEN]

-- Call For Presentation Proposals: 18th River Symposium Nov. 3-4 At Bucknell University [PaEN]

-- Watershed Alliance Of York: 21st Annual Watershed Week Sept. 16 - 22

-- Meadville Tribune: Is French Creek Getting Cleaner?

-- Gettysburg College Awarded NOAA Grant To Improve Watershed Education, Training In Pennsylvania

-- Pike County Courier: Pocono Environmental Education Center Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation Grant

-- The Allegheny Front: Author Tim Palmer Revisits The Youghiogheny River And Finds Many Changes For The Better

-- NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Flood Disaster Recovery Needs Survey In Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties; Responses Due Oct. 7  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Flash Flooding Catastrophic For Lackawanna County

-- Scranton Times: PEMA Opens Web Link For Residents, Businesses To Report Storm Damage In NE PA

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Offers Assistance For Flooded Properties At Pop-Up Town Halls

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Area Community Foundation To Collect Funds For Flood Relief

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Putting Plans In Place To Address Flooding While Businessman Calls For Action

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Relocation Best Answer For Floods

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: PA Wilds Remote Working Program Participants Give Feedback On Warren

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: Help Permanently Preserve George Washington Park In The City Of Warren  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Butler Twp. Farm Preserved Through Luzerne County Program

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Launches Conservation Corps Volunteer Program In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: No Deal, How Fairview, Girard Citizens Won A Reset Of Erie County Farm Business Park Plan

-- PA Capital-Star: Feds Pledge More Than $1 Billion To Plant Trees In Cities; PA Projects Received Nearly $28 Million

-- TribLive: $9 Million Federal Grant To Fund Pittsburgh Forestry Efforts

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Reaches Settlement With Timber Thieves On Preserved Property  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Oct. 14 Women & Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop With Heather Houskeeper, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Course Gives Students Hands-On Wildland Fire Management Training

-- Spotlight PA: PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry Now Has A Direct Line To State Government

-- DCNR Announces New Recreational Operator For Denton Hill State Park In Potter County

-- Inquirer: Denton Hill State Park Ski Resort Will Reopen For First Time In A Decade

-- TribLive: Keystone State Park In Westmoreland County Honored As Top Local Fall Foliage Destination

-- Post-Gazette: Keystone State Park Crowned Nation’s Top Fall Foliage Destination

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County ATV Park Study Underway

-- Warren Times: Allegheny Outdoor Club Works On Bike/Hike Trail

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Beings Improving Trail Linking Three Rivers Heritage Trail, Riverview Park

-- Altoona Mirror: Abandoned Turnpike Tunnel Trail Receives Funding To Create Recreational Opportunity

-- York Daily Record: Mill Creek Falls Nature Preserve Opens In York County With 2 New Trails, One With Waterfall

-- Williamsport Sun: Bring Your Own Kayak Paddle; Walk In Penn’s Woods Day Coming Up!

-- Warren Times: USDA To Host Walk In Penn’s Woods Event Oct. 1

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Montour County Man Climbing Tallest Trees At The Highest Points In PA, Checks Lancaster County Off List

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Trying To Make The Most Of Penn’s Woods

-- TribLive: Greenfield Elementary Students Help Design Green Schoolyard Proposal

-- Registration Open! 2023 Pennsylvania Botany Symposium Oct. 20-21 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State’s Great Insect Fair Returns To Snider Ag Arena Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Federal Judge Strikes Down Ruling Eastern Hellbenders Are Not Endangered

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitte: Eastern Hellbender May Get Another Shot At Federal Protections

-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper - John Zaktansky: Hellbender Ruling A Needed Step Toward Better Protections

-- Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture: Fish Habitat Funding Opportunities

-- Game Commission To Engage With Public At Town Hall Meetings On Habitat Work, Hunting Opportunities On State Game Lands

-- LancasterOnline: Organizers Hope To Top 2,000 Volunteers For Pennsylvania’s Third Bird Atlas Of All The State’s Species

-- KDKA: Birds Migrating South For Winter Light Up Pittsburgh Radar

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Fall Migration Underway; Other Upcoming Events

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Summer Is Behind Us As September Brings Autumn

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[Posted: September 17, 2023]  

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