Here are 75 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.

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-- State Dept. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts From Natural Gas Development  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Natural Gas Development Is Hurting Its Oldest Residents

-- DEP Issued At Least 472 Violations To 90 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators; 20 NOVs To 10 Shale Gas Operators For Abandoning Their Wells Without Plugging Them So Far In 2023  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues  [PaEN]

-- Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills;  Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Halts Fracking Water Withdrawals By CNX, Olympus Energy At Beaver Run Reservoir As Part Of Water Conservation Plan [Shale Gas Operators Took 301 Million Gallons From Reservoir This Year]

-- Williamsport Sun Letter: Fracking Falsehood Spread By Sen. Yaw, Others - By Dean Marshall, Lock Haven

-- PennLive Letter: The Fossil Fuel Industry Carries Too Much Weight In Pennsylvania

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Is Shapiro’s Voluntary Agreement With CNX The Right Move For Gas Well Safety?  ‘We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses’

-- Warren Times Editorial: Right Partnership On Gas Wells?  ‘We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses’ [Shapiro-CNX Statement of Mutual Interests]

-- Spotlight PA - Lilly Riddle: Companies Behind Mariner East II Pipeline Paid $42 Million In Pollution Fines To Pennsylvania 

-- Spotlight PA: Did Mariner East Pipeline Construction Affect Your Water?  Contact Spotlight PA

-- EnergyPortal.eu: Mariner East Pipeline Penalties Could Set Precedent For Environmental Enforcement; Attorney General’s Office Cited For Lack Of Transparency On Remediation Efforts

-- Post-Gazette: Plum Community Continues To Rebuild 3 Months After Natural Gas Explosion In Allegheny County

-- The Allegheny Front: EPA Finds Spills, Leaks, Heavy Metals At MAX Environmental Landfill In Westmoreland County [75% Of Waste Comes From Shale Gas Industry ]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Danco Industries Petroleum Contaminated Wastewater Treatment Facility In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Amtrak Backs Off Plan To Install Natural Gas Boilers At 30th Street Station In Philadelphia, Crediting New Climate Goals

-- Reuters: Tougher EU Methane Rules Mean US Natural Gas Sector Must Clean Up Its Act

-- Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Citizen Watchdogs, Activists Mark One Year Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Operations

-- Shapiro Administration Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Penalties Collected From Air Pollution Violations At Webco's Oil City Facility Funds Local Park Projects In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Part Of $39,100 Penalty Imposed For Waste Violations Related To Implosion Of Smokestacks At Former Cheswick Power Plant In Allegheny County Will Benefit Community  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: American Lung Association Calls For Increased Radon Testing In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Democrats Seek Balance Between Environmental Policy, Loyalty To Labor

-- Coalition Applauds Introduction Of Bipartisan Community Solar Energy Legislation  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 400MW Solar Energy & Battery Storage Project On Reclaimed Abandoned Mine Land In Clearfield County  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Foster Twp. Gives Preliminary OK To Reading Anthracite Solar Energy Facility In Schuylkill County

-- Erie Times: Venango Twp. Planners  Recommend Rejection Of Solar Energy Facility Plan

-- Scranton Times: Hearing On Solar Energy Facilities Draws Out Concerns In Clinton Twp.

-- Utility Dive: DOE Proposes Easing Environmental Reviews For Certain Storage, Solar, Transmission Projects

-- NextPittsburgh: Catalyst Connection To Give $10 Million To Small Manufacturers For Clean Energy Initiatives

-- PennDOT To Open Next Round Of Federal Electric Vehicle Charging Application Period Dec. 11; Sets Nov. 20 Online Information Session  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: PennDOT Details Statewide Electric Vehicle Charging Network Includes I-81 In Schuylkill County

-- WESA: Electric Car Owners Can Now Charge In City Of Pittsburgh

-- Utility Dive: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Investigating Possible Winter Storm Elliott Market Manipulation By Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants, Marketers

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Winter Storm Elliot’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Failures Not An Isolated Event; Report Says Electric Grid Still Vulnerable: ‘Winter Is Coming’

-- PUC Alert: Dec. 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% to -25.7%)  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Everything You Need To Know About Applying For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Overview Reports Now Available; But Do Not Address Winter Storm Elliot Issues  [PaEN]

-- US Global Change Research Program Releases 5th National Climate Assessment

-- White House: Fact Sheet On 4th National Climate Assessment, Announces $6 Billion To Strengthen Climate Resilience Across The Country

-- Inside Climate News/The Allegheny Front: Environmental Justice A Key Theme Throughout 5th National Climate Assessment

-- PennLive: Expect More Extreme Weather Threats In PA: Climate Change Report

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Red Cross Volunteers Train For Disasters, Which Are Increasing With Climate Change

-- US Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $7.4 Million In Grants To Restore Chesapeake Bay Watershed Habitats; $1.8 Million+ To Benefit PA  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: State Conservation Commission Seeking Proposals To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Loads In Priority Watersheds, Due Nov. 20  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Partners With Amazon Web Services On Watershed Restoration To Help Achieve Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals  [PaEN]

-- The Shenandoah Sentinel: The Orange Mahanoy Creek Could Finally Be Treated In Schuylkill County

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Conservation Groups May Be Vulnerable To Litigation On Mine Drainage Treatment Projects Without Federal Good Samaritan Law

-- Republican Herald: Lawmakers Tour Abandoned Mine Drainage Sites In Schuylkill County

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Implementing Green Stormwater Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Talk Of Developing Stowell Farm Raising Concerns About Increased Flooding

-- MCall: Residents Urge DEP To Deny Environmental Permits For Massive Lehigh Valley Industrial Warehouse Site

-- Pike Conservation District: DEP Releases New Online Bridge & Culvert Maintenance & Repair Permitting Tool  [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals, Student Posters By 2024 Keystone Coldwater Conference On Feb. 23-24 In State College  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Senators Ask For $30 Million To Replace Schools’ Lead Pipes

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Mark America Recycles Day Nov. 15th With Free PA Resources Council Webinar

-- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Make Nov. 15 America Recycles Day Every Day Thru Permanent  Drop-Off Sites In Your Community  [PaEN]

-- State Fire Commissioner: Improper Disposal Of Rechargeable Batteries Is Leading To More, And More Dangerous Fires  [PaEN]

-- EPA Awards Clean Air Council Recycling Education Grant To Support Composting In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Warden, Forester, Wildlife Biologist - Here’s What Outdoors-Related Careers Pay In PA

-- WGAL: Liz Winand From Shank’s Mare Outfitters Introduced Thousands Of Young People To The Great Outdoors

-- Registration Open!  PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 17-19 Pocono Environmental Ed Center

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Newsletter Is Back With Lots Of Teaching Ideas For Fall!

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Natural Investigators Education Program Nov. 25

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Reviews Environmental Progress In 15th State Of Environment Report

-- TribLive: Murrysville Reserve Namesake Wants To Help Maintain Trails: ‘It Just Needs Some Attention’ In Westmoreland

-- TribLive: Tunnel Reopens On Montour Trail In Peters Twp., Washington County

-- Observer-Reporter: Greer Tunnel Reopens Along Montour Trail

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh’s Frick Park Being Considered For Historic Designation

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Celebrates The Grand Opening Of The Warwick Revolutionary War-Era Cannon Shelter  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Sunday Hunting And Other Upcoming Dates For Hunters, Non-Hunters To Know

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Hunters Play Important Role In Game Commission Bear Management

-- TribLive: Wild Turkey Population ‘Unbelievable’ This Year, With Wooded Areas Of Allegheny County Popular Spots For Birds

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Offers Eagle Watch Volunteer Training Dec. 9

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: November 19, 2023] 

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