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

Awards/Recognition

-- 2024 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Honors Schuylkill County’s Bill Reichert With Mayfly Award   [PaEN]

-- PA Audubon Recognizes Muhlenberg Professor Daniel Klem With Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award For Research On Bird Deaths Caused By Window Strikes  [PaEN]

-- Cecil Township Supervisors In Washington County Adopt 2,500 Setback From Shale Gas Well Pads From Homes, Businesses, 5,000 Foot Setback From Hospitals, Schools  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Announces Photo Contest Winners

Grants

-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini-Grants  [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded $750,000 RCAP Funding For New Community Conservation Center In Centre County  [PaEN]

Help Wanted

-- WHYY: Love Your Park Returns To Philadelphia This Weekend To Beautify City Parks, Green Spaces

Upcoming Events

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Event In Pittsburgh Saturday, Nov. 9

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Nov. 12 Webinar On State Road Budget Impacts Of Electric Vehicle Transition  [PaEN]

-- Community Advocates For Clean Energy Host Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Nov. 14 Webinar On Learning To Recycle Right In Celebration Of America Recycles Day  [PaEN]

-- PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh Host Sustainable PA Conference In State College Nov. 20-22  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 22 Behind The Scenes Tour Of Game Commission's Howard Tree Nursery In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 25 Webinar On Private Water Supply Testing, Education; Helpful To Those In Oil & Gas Drilling Areas Which May Impact Water Wells  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Dec. 12 Learn How To Effectively Advocate For Change Workshop In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Audubon: Christmas Bird Count Starts Dec. 14, Ends Jan. 5

Programs/Information

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Ed Newsletter Autumn Edition Now Available  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: How Nature And Forest Therapy Can Open Up New Paths To Mental Wellness  [PDF of Article]

-- TribLive: New Environmental Field Study Class At Burrell Gets Students In The Elements In Westmoreland

-- Luzerne County-based North Branch Land Trust Welcomes New Environmental Ed Coordinator, Office Administrator [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In October Now Available  [PaEN]

-- WTAE: Public Access To Bridge At Youghiogheny River Lake Uncovered By Low Water Levels Restricted Due To Stability Concerns

-- WHYY: How To Keep Your Trees Healthy During Ongoing Drought

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials Update Highlights Grid-Scale Solar Energy; Restarting Nuclear Plants; Ag Innovation Grants; Educational Opportunities

-- Republican Herald: Artist’s Book-- Reclamation: From Coal Dust To Hope-- An Ode To Irish Grandparents Who Worked In Schuylkill’s Coal Fields

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 9 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 71 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 9 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: DEP To Host Nov. 14 Public Meeting On Concerns About 5 Schuylkill County Facilities

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Dec. 12 Learn How To Effectively Advocate For Change Workshop In Washington County  [PaEN]

Background On Issues

-- Cecil Township Supervisors In Washington County Adopt 2,500 Setback From Shale Gas Well Pads From Homes, Businesses, 5,000 Foot Setback From Hospitals, Schools  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Cecil Township Supervisors Approve Ordinance Increasing Setbacks For New Shale Gas Well Pads  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Cecil Township Supervisors Pull The Trigger On Frack ‘Ban’ Via Setbacks  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Pushes Back Against Cecil Township’s 2,500 Foot Setback From Well Pads  [PDF of Article]

-- PA Republican Senators Introduce Bill To Punish Local Elected Officials Who Want To Protect Their Constituents From The Documented Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development  [PaEN] 

-- 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]

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Longtime Environmental Official On PA Election Results: People Will Need To Be ‘As Tenacious As The Industry’

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 2 to 8 - 8,800 Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; Failure To Comply With Plugging Order; Spills, Releases, Gas Leaks  [PaEN]

-- 66 Water Withdrawals Now Restricted In Susquehanna River Basin Due To Low-Flow Water Conditions, Most Shale Gas-related  [PaEN] 

-- Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal DEP Permits For CNX Slickville Natural Gas, Shale Gas Wastewater Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Federal Court Agrees The Environmental Hearing Board Can Hear Appeals Of Transco’s Regional Energy Access Expansion Natural Gas Pipeline Project  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Coterra Energy Expands Curtailment Of Marcellus Drilling, Fracking; No Rigs In Marcellus Due To Low Prices  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: CEO Of PA Fracking Services Company Says Shale Gas Drillers Are Idle, Hitting Rock Bottom Due To Low Natural Gas Prices[PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: MarkWest/MPLX To Add Natural Gas Liquids Processing Plant At Harmon Creek Facility In Smith Twp., Washington County  [PDF of Article] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Deep Well Services Company In Southwest PA To Be Bought By United Arab Emirates Company 

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Celebrating 20 Years Of Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development - By Dave Callahan, Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition & Jeff Kotula, Washington County Chamber of Commerce  [PDF of Article]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: With Such Extreme Weather, Our Nation Needs Natural Gas Now More Than Ever - By Natural Gas Assn. Of America [Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Were Over Half Power Plant Failures During Last Winter Storm In PJM]

-- TribLive: Pennsylvanians See Utility Bills Climb Despite Living In One Of America’s Most Productive Natural Gas States 

-- Post-Gazette: Beaver County Styrene Plastics Plant To Shut Down In January Citing Aging Plant

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Partnership Update Highlights Grant Opportunities; Local Projects; Progress Reducing Pollution Loads  [PaEN]

-- One United Lancaster: Project By Project, Lancaster Clean Water Partners Targets ‘Clean & Clear By 2040’ (Video)

-- The News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Welcomes Tour Of Experts On Bucknell River Symposium Field Trip

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Billingsley Family To Preserve 23 Acres In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Churchill Valley Greenway: Golf Course Without Golfers; Rewilding Exhibit At Pitt Displays Local Golf Courses’ Return To Nature In Allegheny County

-- Discover NE PA: Help Keep Northeast PA Beautiful On America Recycles Day Nov. 15

-- Keep PA Beautiful Welcomes Schuylkill Keep It Pretty As New Local Affiliate  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Report: Coal-Based Steelmaking Causes Hundreds Of Premature Deaths, Billions In Health Costs Nationwide 

-- LandGate White Paper Catalogs 11 GW Of Solar Energy Facilities Proposed In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Lamar Township In Clinton County Passes Solar Energy Facility Ordinance

-- Penn State Extension: Restarting Old Nuclear Power Plants - Can It Be Done?

-- Utility Dive: FERC Rejects Interconnection Pact For Amazon Data Center At Talen Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne County

-- Utility Dive: FERC’s Amazon, Talen Energy Ruling ‘Not The Final Word’ On Nuclear, Data Center Colocation: Constellation CEO

-- S&P Global: US Power Generators Pump The Brakes On Coal Plant Retirements

-- TribLive: Cleanup Of Parks Twp. Nuclear Waste Dump To Begin Next Summer In Armstrong County; US Army Corps Details The Plan

-- PennLive Letter: Legislature Should Adopt Water Conservation Standards Legislation For Appliances - By PennEnvironment

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: USGS PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Study Looks At Which Tissues The Chemicals Build Up In Fish, Plus Land Use, Sources

-- Erie Times: Low Stream Flows Killing Steelhead Fish Returning To Spawn In Trout Run; How Officials Fixed The Problem Causing It 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Anglers Risk Losing Popular Erie Steelhead Spot Access As Low Water Conditions Persist

-- Wild Ones Native Plants Hosts Nov. 10 Native Plant Seed Share In Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- WESA: New Conservation Plan Aims To Protect Endangered PA Bats From Habitat Loss

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Bats Play Important Role In Aquatic Ecosystem, But White Nose Syndrome Likely Reshaping Ripple Effect

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 10, 2024]

11/11/2024