Here are 98 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!

-- House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Bill Banning Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater, Prohibiting Its Use As Coproduct Under Residual Waste Regulations  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Penn State Expert Says ‘Pennsylvania Should Ban Road Spreading Of Oil & Gas Wastewater;’  Contaminants Exceed Health, Environmental Standards  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies Says Road Spreading Oil & Gas Wastewater Is Not An Effective Dust Suppressant, Does Not Meet Environmental Testing Standards  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: Protect PT - Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater ‘Is Disproportionately Responsible For Negative Impacts On Human Health,’ Especially From Radioactive Radium  [PaEN]

-- House Hearing: On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘We Studied This For Nearly 30 Years And The Conclusions Are The Same - The Wastewater Contains Harmful Contaminants’  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Supports Bill To Ban Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA House Effort Seeks To Ban Spreading Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater For Dust Suppression Called Into Question

-- Bradford Era: Rural Road Dust Suppression Technique Using Oil & Gas Wastewater Called Into Question

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Must Be In Compliance With PA Environmental Laws & Regulations To Be Eligible For New Federally-Funded Well Plugging Grants  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 8 to 14 - Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Now Top 512, Equaling All Of 2023  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: DEP Has Been Chronically Understaffed For Years, Unable To Fulfill Its Basic Mission - By Rep. Greg Vitali (D-Delaware)

-- The Guardian: Rare Cancers, Full-Body Rashes, Death: Did Fracking Make Their Kids Sick?  [Pennsylvania]

-- Public Source: There Is Something Wrong Under New Freeport, Greene County After EQT Shale Gas Fracking

-- Public Source: DEP Takes Measured Approach To Private Water Supply Complaints Related To Oil & Gas Drilling

-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Gives Act 14 Notices In Washington County For 8 More Wells In Union Township

-- DEP’s June 7 Weekly Workload Report: Zero Shale Gas Wells Drilled In PA, 2 New Permits Issued, Only 1 New Shale Gas Application Received, Only 1 Under Review   [Gas Industry Cutting Back To Raise Prices]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Update On PA Oil & Gas Subsurface Trespass Cases, Good News For Mineral Rights Owners

-- Post-Gazette: New EPA Regulations Put Limits On Benzene, Other Emissions From Nation’s Largest Coke [Coal] Works

-- Post-Gazette: What We Learned From Last Year’s Canadian Wildfire Episodes

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Green Building Alliance Project Lauds Forest Hills For Its Progress In Reducing Carbon Emissions And Saving Energy 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County Unveils Operations Building Largely Remodeled With Recycled Materials

-- House Committee Approves Bill Giving PA Energy Development Authority Ability To Use Federal Climate, Clean Energy Funding  [PaEN]

-- Pa Capital-Star: PA Energy Financing Authority Overhaul Could Help PA Tap Billions In Energy Federal Infrastructure Money

-- Rep. Fiedler: PA School Superintendents Voice Support For Solar For Schools Legislation

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Is A Solar Electric Systems A Good Fit For Me?  Improving Electric Grid Reliability; Agrivoltaics; Online Energy Education Opportunities

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: Pennsylvania Takes A Crack At Making Virtual Power Plants A Reality

-- PA Energy Development Authority Launches $1.8 Million Financing Program To Help Local Governments Make Energy Efficiency Upgrades  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: MORE Money, Less Energy: State Launches Program For Municipalities To Fund Energy Efficiency Projects

-- Penn State Students Learn Best Practices During High-Performance Building Summer Camp In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Opens Electric Vehicle Charging Station Off I-80 In Emlenton, Clarion County, One Of First States To Open Multiple National EV Infrastructure-Funded Stations

-- Centre Daily Times - Climate Watch: Start Planning How You Will Electrify Your Life To Help Stop Climate Change

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Nation’s Power Grid Must Be Top Priority, Boosting Protection And Grid Capacity

-- PUC Collaborates With Dept. Of Human Services For LIHEAP Data Sharing To Increase Customer Program Efficiencies And Enrollment

-- WHYY: Free Air Conditioners Available Again In PA Through Utility Assistance Program

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: With ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Planned For Western PA, Some Decisions Are Malleable, Others Are Already Made

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hub Boosters Promise Major Jobs, Opponents, Demand More Transparency

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Montgomery County Plans $30 Million Hydropower Station On Schuylkill River

-- Republican Herald: Sen. Argall Highlights Efforts To Reclaim Mine-Scarred Land For Power Generation

-- DEP Establishes A Customer Experience Management Advisory Council To Put Customer Service Front And Center For Agency Leadership  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA DEP Customer Service Advisory Council Has No Customers On It

-- Scranton Times: DEP Cites Keystone Landfill For Exceeding Leachate Storage Limits

-- Scranton Times: Dunmore Asks DEP For Enhanced Air Monitoring Around Keystone Landfill, Landfill Defends Current System

-- York Daily Record: After Family Became Sick, Moved, Cumberland County Farmer Wants To Inform About Food Processing Residuals

-- TribLive: US Army Corps Of Engineers Says Removal Of Nuclear Waste From Armstrong County Dump To Start Next Summer

-- Reading Eagle: EPA Begins Removing Hazardous Materials From Fire-Damaged Factory In Reading

-- AP: Toxic Garlic Should Have Prompted EPA To Warn Against Gardening Near Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Watchdog Says

-- Post-Gazette: NTSB To Release Findings On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment June 25

-- WHYY/AP: Unsecured Tanker Truck Hatch Spilled Out Gasoline In crash That Destroyed I-95 Bridge In Philly

-- WHYY: Some PA Goodwill Stores Will Now Recycle Electronic Waste For Free

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Paper Threading Events Collects 13,126 Pounds Of Paper  [PaEN]

-- June 27 VideoCast On Insights Into Circularity - Keeping Plastics And Other Resources In Use For As Long As Possible - PA Recycling Markets Center  [PaEN]

-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts July 11 Battery Recycling Markets Development Summit [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Headwinds In Reducing Nutrient Pollution

-- Master Watershed Steward Marcus Ferreira - The Man Behind Philadelphia's Green Future  [PaEN]

-- WESA: With New Fern Hollow Bridge In Place, Environmentalists Set To Evaluate Creek Below In Pittsburgh

-- Lancaster Farming: Union County Takes Detailed Look At Farms’ Soil Health

-- Scranton Times: NRCS To Provide $900,000 For Flood Repairs In Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming Counties

-- Delaware River Basin Commission To Develop Its First Climate Resilience Plan; Adopts Amendments To Practice, Procedures Rules  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission, Lancaster County Waste Authority Complete Cooling Tower Retrofit At Waste-To-Energy Plant To Save Energy, Conserve Water

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Reports Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Conservation Landscaping Council Offers Buffer Basics, Marvelous Meadows & Level 1 Landscape Professional Certification Training In PA  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Nearly 19% Of  Drinking Water Systems Tested In PA Contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Levels Above New EPA Standards

-- WHYY: Water Privatization Has Led To Rate Hikes, PA Regulators Now Adding Oversight To Help Keep Bills From Rising

-- Post-Gazette: Carmichaels, Lakeview High Schools Finish In Top 10 In State Envirothon

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Celebrating Scenic Rivers; North East H.S. Wins Statewide Envirothon; Don’t Miss River Sojourns; Where To Find DCNR Grant Policies

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education: Take A Deep Breath And Dive Into Summer! [PaEN]

-- Juniata College Raystown Field Station: Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor Course June 29-30  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Pittsburgh-based Landforce Green Infrastructure Job Training Program

-- Registration Open!  PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 11-13 In State College  [PaEN]

-- State Farmland Preservation Program Invests $9.8 Million To Protect 2,629 Acres On 28 Farms In 19 Counties From Future Development  [PaEN]

-- MCall: 3 More Lehigh Valley Farms Saved From Development Under State Farmland Preservation Program

-- Natural Lands Preserves 95 Acres Of Forest, Waterways, Historical Farm In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Parks, Forests, Trails Help Make Pennsylvania - The Great American Getaway

-- DCNR: PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation Joins National Coalition Supporting $1.1 Trillion Industry Nationwide

-- Warren Times: Nearly 200 Hikers Took Part In Allegheny-100 Hiking Challenge Last Weekend

-- TribLive: Ribbon Cut On Allegheny River Trail Park Expansions In Aspinwall

-- TribLive: West Penn Power Volunteers Participate In 10th Build-A-Bike Program

-- Reading Eagle: Schuylkill River Sojourn Launches Saturday

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Sojourn Has Record Number Of Kayakers For 112-Mile River Trek To Philadelphia

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Conservancy Completes Cleanup On Schuylkill River Trail

-- DCNR Joins Lower Paxton Twp. To Celebrate New Inclusive Playground In Dauphin County

-- PennLive: Inclusive Playground, Picnic Plaza Opens In Dauphin County Park

-- South Mountain Partnership Flex Grants Applications Are Due June 28

-- TribLive: Lower Burrell Seeks Ways To Mitigate Extensive Algae Bloom At Burrell Lake Park In Westmoreland

-- DCNR Forests For All Strategic Plan Online Town Hall Meeting Available On Demand; Take Survey To Provide Feedback  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Proposed State Forests Plan In PA Addresses Variety Of Challenges And Needs

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Women And Their Woods Educational Retreat Sept. 15-18  [PaEN]

-- PA Horticultural Society, Aqua Pennsylvania Award Over $210,000 In Tree Planting Grants To Local Environmental Groups  [PaEN]

-- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy, Warrenton Twp. Tree Planting Grants From Horticultural Society

-- Citizens Voice: Grant Helps North Branch Land Trust Battle Invasive Plants At Hanover Crossings Marsh Sanctuary

-- TribLive: Oakmont Unveils Dark Hollow Woods Nature Reserve Master Plan, Looking For Volunteers In Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 24-Hour World Series Of Birding Delights Saint Vincent Students

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Wildlife As Pets? It’s Illegal And A Really Bad Idea

-- Inside Climate News: Will The Lightning Bug Show Go On?

-- House Adopts Rep. Matzie’s Pollinator Week Resolution

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[Posted: June 16, 2024]  

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