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

Awards/Recognition

-- Penn State Ag Council Recognizes Cong. GT Thompson, Chair of the US House Agriculture Committee; Members Of The PA In The Balance Farm Conservation Initiative Team; Student Jessica Herr  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Jane Cook Leads By Example In Lehigh Valley  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Now Accepting Nominations For Annual PAEE Awards, Meaningful Watershed Educational Experiences Awards  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Entries For Litter Hawk Youth Award Program For Students In Grades K To 6  [PaEN]

Grants

-- EPA Awards $34 Million In Grants To Reduce Air Pollution At Schools; Highlights Efforts In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Grants; Natural Gas Pipeline Mitigation Projects  [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Launches New Discover State Grants Website To Streamline Access To Government Funding Opportunities  [PaEN]

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds -  Grants Program Administrator  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: PA-NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Administrator Position 

--  WESA: First Electric Vehicle Technician Apprentice Program Starts At Allegheny County Community College

-- Be Part Of Keep PA Beautiful’s International Coastal Cleanups In November, Free Cleanup Supplies Available  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 100 Philly Parks Need Your Help With Fall Cleanup

Upcoming Events

-- Penn State EarthTalks Series: Nov. 4 - Repurposing Underutilized Lands For Energy - Marginal Farmlands, Abandoned Mine Sites, Brownfields  [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights Upcoming Events, Programs In November

-- PA Resources Council To Hold Nov. 9 Household Chemical Collection Event Sponsored By  PPG & Pittsburgh Penguins; Last Of The Season  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board To Consider Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; Blasting; NOx & VOC Corrections Nov. 12  [PaEN] 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Nov. 12 Webinar On Threatened, Endangered Species Policy Updates  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Nov. 14 Webinar: Living On A Few Acres: Backyard Beef, Sheep And Goats, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- PA Forestry Assn. 138th Annual Symposium - What Makes A Healthy Forest;  Awards Program Nov. 16 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 4 Webinar: Our Work Helps The Allegheny River Thrive

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 9 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion  [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For PASA 2025 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster  [PaEN]

Programs/Information

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Receives Another Round Of Record-Level Federal Funding For Abandoned Coal Mine Cleanups

-- WESA: The Road To The Federal Clean Air Act Passes Through Pittsburgh [And Before That The PA Air Pollution Control Act]

-- York Daily Record: Dallastown Intermediate School Students Plant A ‘Moon Tree’ That Traveled Into Space

-- TribLive: Hampton Girls Excel At Riding Waves, Even On Allegheny River

-- Penn State: Deer, Seedlings And Soil pH Influence Local Forest Regeneration

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Headlines At North American Hawk Migration Conference

-- Penn State Extension: The Value Of Bats To Crop Production And Revenue

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Halloween Edition! Bat Stories; Bat Trivia; Witch-Hazel; News Around The Watershed

-- Penn State Extension: What’s The Buzz? Pollinator Newsletter: York County Habitat Of Merit Award Winner; Late Season Bloomers; Safe Havens For Pollinators; Pollinator Podcast  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 2 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Joint Meeting Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council, Environmental Justice Advisory Board Nov. 12 On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reductions; Hydrogen Hubs  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Nov. 14 Public Meeting On 5 Schuylkill County Facilities-- Natural Soil Products, Liberty Soils, Summit Anthracite (Stavola) Mining Site, Rausch Creek Mining Site, CES Landfill  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Nov. 19 Public Meeting On Blythe Recycling & Demolition Site Landfill Permit Renewal In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Dec. 10 Hearing On A State Air Quality Implementation Plan Amendment For Holcim Solutions & Products Plant In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Agreement With Venango County On Cleaning Up Unlined Landfill Site  [PaEN]

Bradford Era Series On Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- Bradford Era:  7-Part Series Details Concerns Residents Of Cyclone, McKean County Have With Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era: ‘I Regret Purchasing This Home:’ Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permitted Next Door In Cyclone, McKean County  [PDF of Article]

-- Bradford Era: Pool And Uneducated: Cyclone Residents Feel Community Was Targeted By Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Owner In McKean County.  [PDF of Article]

-- Bradford Era: Cyclone: Subterranean ‘Swiss Cheese’ Around Area Where Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Was Permitted In McKean County  [PDF of Article]

-- Bradford Era: ‘No Help From Any Quarter’ Residents Fighting Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Cyclone, McKean County  [PDF of Article]

-- Bradford Era: A Heavy Weight To Bear - Truck Traffic, Noise From Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Operations In McKean County  [PDF of Article]

-- Bradford Era: ‘I Just Want Help With My Exploding Water’ Flaming Cyclone Water No Party Trick Near Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well  [PDF of Article]

-- Bradford Era: New Water Authority Coming To Hilltop Area: Residents Of Cyclone Worried About Their Well Water From Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well  [PDF of Article]

Background On Issues

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: As Fracking Turns 20 In Pennsylvania, Towns Consider New Regulations For Distance Between Homes And Well Pads [Cecil Twp., Washington County]  [PDF of Article]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Oct. 26 to Nov. 1 - No Attempt To Contain, Cleanup Injection Well Spill; Gas Storage Area Well Release; More Abandoned Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves Emergency Order Appointing Aqua Pennsylvania Temporary Operator For 6 Rhodes Estate Water Companies As Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Randy Bartley: Priority To Plug Old Conventional Oil, Gas Wells Deepens For DEP  [PDF of Article]

-- The Derrick - Randy Bartley: Plugging A Problem Abandoned Conventional Gas Well  [PDF of Article]

-- DEP Discovers Wastewater Release At Bear Lake Properties Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Warren County During Routine Inspection  [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era:  7-Part Series Details Concerns Residents Of Cyclone, McKean County Have With Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations: Similar Action In 2023 Resulted In $10 Million Settlement  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Living And Dying In Sullivan County, One Of PA’s Most Rural Counties [Immigration Only Answer To Population Decline; Ranks 10th In PA Counties Natural Gas Production]  [PDF of Article]

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Stoves Linked To 40,000 Premature Deaths In Europe Annually

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Pennsylvania, Older Climate Activists Tell Would-Be Voters: ‘We Caused It, We Can Solve It’

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Start To See Impact Of Federal Climate Spending, As Election Casts Doubt On Future Of Programs

-- Gov. Shapiro, Joins 4 Other Governors To Call On PJM To Reform Its Electric Generating Capacity Auction Rules To Prevent Billions Of Dollars In 'Unnecessary’ Costs To Their Residents, Businesses  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Electric Bills Are Rising In PA, NJ; Governors Want PJM To Help Cut Costs

-- PPL Utilities Increases Price Of Electricity Dec. 1 To 10.77 Cents/kWH Up From 10.04 Cents/kWH

-- National Fuel Gas Increases Natural Gas Costs 3.7% On Nov. 1

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania Near Bottom For Renewable Energy Growth, Virginia 4th

-- PennLive: Friend Of Ex-Dauphin County Commissioner Got $2 Million In Contracts For County Solar Energy Facility

-- PA Turnpike Seeks Partners For Stationary Electric Vehicle Inductive Charging Showcase At Dauphin County Headquarters  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike To Test Electrified Parking Pads For Electric Vehicles

-- Pennsylvania Declares Drought Conditions In 35 Counties -- Berks, Schuylkill Counties In Drought Warning, 33 In Drought Watch  [PaEN]

-- Low-Flow Water Conditions Trigger Big Jump In Susquehanna River Basin Water Withdrawal Restrictions, Most Shale Gas-related  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research-Based Startup Intel-E-Waste Offers Turnkey Electronics Waste Recycling Solution  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Study Finds Microplastics Increasing In Freshwater, Directly Related To Plastics Production  [PaEN]

-- Institute For Energy Economics & Financial Analysis: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County 'Unlikely To Meet Financial Targets'

-- The Philadelphia Citizen: PA’s Secret Weapon To Fight Climate Change - State Environmental Rights Amendment

-- PennLive: This October Will Be One Of The Driest Ever Recorded In Central PA

-- TribLive: Trick-Or-Drought? How Dry Is It In Western Pennsylvania?

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Deadline Looms, Officials Propose Next Phase  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program: Chesapeake Bay Shows Slight Water Quality Improvement In 2020-22 Assessment Period

-- CBF: New Chesapeake Bay Assessment Reveals Concerns, New Restoration Data Tool Offers Hope  [PaEN]

-- Dirty Work: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Adding 130,000 New Trees During Fall Planting Season In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- USGS Releases New Video: Susquehanna River Story - What Does The Science Say About Water Quality?  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: State Of The Susquehanna River - A Closer Look At Our River

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Blog: Cocalico Creek Watershed Association’s Collaborative Path To Restoration

-- Aquatic Resource Restoration Company: Bringing Oil Creek Back To Life - A Floodplain Restoration Project In York County

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 1 RiverWatch Video Report

-- DCNR’s Erie Bluffs State Park Inducted Into National Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Erie Bluffs State Park Joins Old-Growth Forest Network, What It Means For The Park

-- Western PA Conservancy Adds 23 Acres To Old-Growth Tryon-Weber Woods Natural Area In Crawford County  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Native PA Beech Tree Battles 2 Diseases That Put It At Risk For Extinction

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Paddlers Account For 60% Of PA Boating Fatalities In 2024

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Fish Ladder Still Hampered By Some Gate Issues

-- Williamsport Sun: Ducks Are Back In The Landscape

Visit the  DEP Calendar of Events;  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: November 3, 2024]

11/4/2024