Here are 108 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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-- Eureka Resources Shuts Down Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility; DEP Wastewater, Waste Violations Continue From Feb. 2023  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Eureka Resources Plans To Close/Sell 2 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Williamsport: Not Enough Wastewater Volume To Keep Plants Open [PaEN]

-- Times West Virginian: EPA OKs $3.1 Million, More Time To Clean Up Abandoned Fairmont, WV  Oil & Gas Wastewater Plant; Radioactive Materials Confirmed Present  [ EPA Response Webpage  ]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 17 to 23 - Failure Of Casing During Fracking; 46 Day Delay In Water Compliant Notice; Closing 3 Wastewater Treatment Facilities; 40 More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]

-- DEP Designates Renewal Of Marcus Hook Terminal Air Quality Permit Subject To Environmental Justice Enhanced Public Participation; Stormwater Permit Also Pending  [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice News: Update On EJ Policy Implementation; Staffing; And More!

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Some Question If Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Will Bring Clean Energy

-- The Energy Age Blog: CNX ‘Glowing’ Analysis Of Natural Gas Development Safety Based On Very Limited Air Quality Monitoring

-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: After Partnering With PA To Monitor Itself, CNX Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: CNX Data Confirms Natural Gas Development Not Public Health Risk

-- Post-Gazette: Ohio Residents Want More Time, Information Before Accepting $600 Million Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Settlement

-- WESA: Federal Judge Denies Motion To Extend Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Settlement Deadline

-- TribLive: RiverLife Has Been Caring For Pittsburgh’s Waterways For 25 Years

-- TribLive: Officials Paddle For The Future Of The Allegheny River: ‘Up Close And Personal’

-- TribLive: Kayakers Take On Ohiopyle’s Renowned Rapids - Upstream

-- Republican Herald: Local Scouts Gain Leadership Skills At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Training Course

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grants; Sept. 12 Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy, Partners Complete Project To Stabilize Tioga River Bank In Blossburg, Tioga County  [PaEN]

-- Moshannon Creek Watershed Assn: Healing The Red Mo - The Toxic Legacy Of Acid Mine Drainage In Clearfield County  [WPSU Video]

-- LancasterOnline: The Giant Company Healing The Planet Tree Planting Grants Benefit McCaskey High School, Lititz Church

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: The Backbone Of An Amazing Network Of Partners Who Work To Restore Clean Water In Lancaster County  [Video]

-- Scranton Times: Moscow Sewer Authority, US Army Corps Of Engineers To Answer Questions About Polluted Septic Tanks And Wetlands, $4 Million Remediation Project

-- Bradford Era: National Forest Service Accepting Comments On Stream Habitat Project In Elk County

-- Bradford Era: US Forest Service Seeks Input On Tar Sites Cleanup In Allegheny National Forest

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Gardens For Clean Water - A Seasonal Newsletter For Habitat Owners, Caretakers

-- Center For Watershed Protection: Introducing The PA MS4 Stormwater Collaboration Toolkit - Unlocking Water Quality Success  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: EPA May Increase Oversight Of State Stormwater Programs In Chesapeake Watershed

-- Rodale Institute Presents An Evening With Will Harris: A Conversation Between Farmers Sept. 10 At Kutztown University   [PaEN]

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Fixers - Slowing Down Fashion With Century-Old Tradition In Collegeville, Montgomery County

-- Southwestern PA Water Network To Host Confluence At Mingo Creek - A Celebration Of Watersheds Sept. 28 In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Upper Delaware Council Hosts Sept. 5 Presentation On Upper Delaware Oral History Project At Its Offices In Narrowsburg, NY, And Online  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Red Tape Leaves Most Of $1 Billion In Federal Funds To Reclaim Abandoned Mine Land Unspent, GAO Report  [PA Included]

-- York Daily Record: York Water Company Wins National Award For Lake Williams Reservoir Dam Rehabilitation Project

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A New Age Of Flooding - By Tim Palmer, Author Of Seek Higher Ground, The Natural Solution To Our Urgent Flooding Crisis

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Bipartisan Legislation On Landslides And Sinkholes

-- WJAC: Brockway Residents In Jefferson County Alarmed By Asbestos In Municipal Drinking Water Above Allowable Limits

-- Republican Herald: Lake Wynonah Property Owners Voice Water Quality, Billing Concerns To Plum Creek Municipal Authority

-- Schuylkill Action Network Hosts Sept. 24 Southeast PA Water Utility Forum At Albright College, Berks County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Schools In PA, NJ, DE Receive More Than $1 Million To Test, Treat Lead In Drinking Water

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 11 Webinar On Corrosive Water Issues  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Wawa Must Comply With Pequea Township’s New, Stricter Well Water Testing Requirements

-- Gov. Shapiro Adds 7 Counties To Flood Disaster Proclamation: Cambria, Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Elk, Indiana, York; Aid For Flood Survivors  [PaEN]

-- Insurance Dept. Urges Insurance Companies To Use Flexibility In Premium Due Dates, Extend Grace Periods And Waive Late Fees And Penalties  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A New Age Of Flooding - By Tim Palmer, Author Of Seek Higher Ground, The Natural Solution To Our Urgent Flooding Crisis

-- Williamsport Sun: Water Testing Begins In Lewis Township As Part Of Flood Response

-- PennLive: PennDOT Secretary Promises Quick Fix For Flood-Damaged Northcentral PA Highway

-- Tribune-Democrat: Repairs Begin On Ghost Town Trail Sections Damaged By Hurricane Debbie

-- Attorney General Henry Reminds Homeowners Of Predatory Scammers During Hurricane Season

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Brookside Levee Project Set To Begin Tuesday

-- WESA: Allegheny County Health Gets $930,000 Grant To Grow Climate Resilience

-- PennLive: $450 Million State Labs Complex To Be Built On Former Harrisburg State Hospital Grounds [Agriculture, DCNR, DEP, Health, State Police]

-- Dept. Of General Services Unveils Final Joint Laboratory Plans For Former Harrisburg State Hospital Property

-- Competitive Power Ventures Begins Construction Of Third Renewable Energy Project Using Abandoned Mine Land In PA  [PaEN]

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Reuse Degraded Lands For Clean Energy - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Former DEP, DCNR Secretary

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Firepoint Energy CEO Wary Of Critical Mineral Subsidies That Could Disappear

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Company Receives USDA Funding For Solar Energy Project

-- Republican Herald: Williams Valley Leaders Visit Operational Solar Energy Facility In Dauphin County

-- Save the Date!  PA Solar Center: Eastern PA Sunset Soiree & Awards Program Sept. 26 In Philadelphia

-- Erie 2030 District Announces $4.2 Million In Energy Savings; Emissions; Energy Demand Reductions In 2023  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Federal Tax Credits For Home Solar, Energy Efficiency You Might Not Know About

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: PJM’s Spike In Electric Prices Due To Natural Gas Un-Reliability And PJM’s Failure To Connect New Clean Energy Generation - By Claire Lang-Ree, NRDC

-- PUC Supports A Common Application Form To Break Barriers To Essential Electric, Gas, Water & Wastewater Public Utility Assistance For Eligible Families

-- Beaver County Times: Center Twp. To Receive Electric Vehicle Charging Station As Part Of Federal Grant

-- Scranton Times Editorial: AI Is An Energy Hog That Could Hurt Progress Fighting Climate Change [Takes Power Away From Electric Grid]

-- Republican Herald: Blaschak Anthracite, Railroad Fired Up About Hard Coal Industry’s Future

-- PUC OKs Implementation Of PaPUC Forward Strategic Plan Centered On Professional Development, Process Excellence, Enhanced Consumer Education  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Richard King Mellon Foundation Seeks Proposals For Tech Job Training 

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Environmental Education Grants, Deadline Nov. 15

-- PA Sea Grant: Lake Erie Shipboard Educator Science Workshop StoryMap Highlights This Year's Experience  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Cumru Twp. Looks To Develop Land Near Closed Coal-Fired Titus Station Power Plant

-- Courier Times: Developer Proposes 104 New Homes Along Quakertown Area Superfund Site

-- Daily Local News: Litter Lifters Stoop To Pick Up Trash All Over Chester County; ‘Litter Queen’ Strives To Keep The County Beautiful

-- Volunteers Needed For Sept. 21 Litter Cleanup, Beautification Events In Coatesville, Chester County; Find Cleanups Near You  [PaEN]

-- Erie County, DEP, Partners To Hold 2024 International Coastal Cleanup Sept. 21

-- TribLive: Junior Green Corps Students Play Part In Transforming Homewood Neighborhood In Pittsburgh

-- PA Resources Council, Partners Hold Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Fayette, Beaver Counties On Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 12  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Offering Tire Recycling For Residents Next Month

-- Warren Times: 16th Annual Allegheny River Cleanup Set For Sept. 12

-- Scranton Times: Fall Electronics Recycling Event Planned For Tunkhannock Sept. 14 In Wyoming County

-- LehighValleyNews: Bethlehem Landfill Gets Landfill Gas Plant

-- LancasterOnline: 7 Lancaster County Farms Preserved With $2 Million In State Funds

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lower Merion School District Plans To Sell Oakwell Estate It Took By Eminent Domain To Natural Lands For Preservation

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Fixers: Native Plants, No Mow And DIY Fertilizer In Northwest Philadelphia

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Pollinator Plants Add Wildlife Habitat Along The Turnpike, In Lancaster County Parks

-- Entomology Advocacy Week!  Help Shape Science-Based Policy For Insects, Pollinators By Supporting House Bill 2471  [PaEN]

-- Celebrate The World Of Insects At Penn State's Annual Great Insect Fair Sept. 14 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Financial Times: Where Have All The Insects Gone?

-- Register Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Women And Their Woods Retreat Sept. 15-18 In Wayne County, PA  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 2024 Fall Foliage Forecast Impacted By Record Heat In Western PA

-- Republican Herald: Smokey Bear Celebrates 80th Birthday In Minersville

-- Health, DCNR, DEP Highlight Lyme Disease, Tick Bite Prevention Best Practices At Memorial Lake State Park, Dauphin County

-- York Daily Record: PA Being Invaded By New Tick Species: How To Protect Yourself

-- PennDOT Invests Over $51 Million In Multimodal Transportation Projects, Including 3 Trails; New Grant Round Opens Sept. 23  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Invests $2.1 Million In 6 ATV And Snowmobile Projects; New Grant Round Closes Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Register Your PA Healthy Lands Event; New Inclusive Playgrounds; Grant Application Webinar Nov. 7

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Composite Mountain Bike Team Hosting Statewide Race Sept. 7-8

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Water Trail News - Ohio River Basin - By Tali MacArthur, Watershed Outreach Manager

-- TribLive: Burrell Lake Park Scout Project ‘The Perfect Project At The Perfect Time’

-- Inquirer: How The I-95 Cap Project Will Reconnect Philadelphians To The Delaware Waterfront

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Winners Named In 13th Annual Photo Contest; Vote For People’s Choice Winners [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Entries For Summer Photo Contest Until Aug. 31

-- Lancaster Farming: Programs Available To Help Landowners Manage Deer

-- Discover NE PA: Pennsylvania’s Bald Eagles - A Conservation Success Story

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Common Terns Fledge In Erie For First Time In 60 Years In Pennsylvania

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: How A $350 Wooden Box Revived The Common Tern

-- Game Commission: At Last, Nest Success For Common Terns In Erie County

-- PennLive: Game Commission Looking For 5 People Who Vandalized Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch In Perry County

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Historic Susquehanna River Home To Variety Of Large Fish, Birds, And These Unique Objects

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[Posted: August 25, 2024]

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