Here are 90 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!

-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: William C. Forrey - A Career In State Parks, Recreation Doing It Right, And Protecting The Environment - By Wayne W. Kober  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Firefighters Rise To The Challenge As Wildfires Spark Across Pennsylvania - By Seth Cassell, PA State Forester & Thomas Cook, State Fire Commissioner  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Now Is The Time To Double Our Efforts To Protect Our Environment, Our Grandchildren; Saying You Care Means Little, Only Action Counts - By Jack D. Miller, Lewisburg  [PDF of Article]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Our Society Needs To Do More Right Now To Deal With Global Warming - By Gisell Morales, Student at Dauphin County Technical School

-- Republican Herald: Donated PA Campers To House Carolina Hurricane Survivors

-- TribLive: Members Of High School Fishing Club Help To Restock Pine Creek With Trout In Allegheny County

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Post Office To Be Named For Beloved Worker Who Was A Flood Victim In 2023

-- DEP Determines Rulemaking Petition Submitted By Environmental, Health Groups To Adopt More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Is An Action The Environmental Quality Board Has Statutory Authority To Take  [PaEN]

-- CNX Gas Company Reports It Did Not Stop Pumping Shale Gas Wastewater Through A Punctured Pipeline For 24+ Hours During An Incident In Morris Township, Greene County In May  [PaEN]

-- DEP Discovers Evidence Of Continuous Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Release At McKean County Well Site During Routine Inspection [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 23 to 29 - 3 Wastewater Pipeline Releases; More Abandoned Shale Gas, Conventional Wells; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells  [PaEN]

-- Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Violating The State Clean Streams Law In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties; Will Pay $300,000 In Penalties  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Shell Pipeline Company Pleads No Contest To Criminal Charges For Discharges During Falcon Pipeline Construction  [PDF of Article]

-- WTAE: Shell Falcon Pipeline LP Convicted Of Criminal Charges After Violating PA Clean Streams Law

-- Bucks County Beacon Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, State Legislature Must Act As Bulwark Against New Republican Environmental Rollbacks - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Public News Service: PA Environmental, Free Speech Advocates Worry Over ‘Anti-Terror’ Law Moving In Congress

-- Public Citizen: LNG Gas Exports Could Cost Pennsylvanians Up To $16 Billion More In Energy Costs [PaEN]

-- AP: Republican Administration Threatens To Impose New 25% Tariffs On All Canadian Imports To US  [United Refining Refinery In Warren Uses Oil From Canada As Feedstock]

-- Financial Times: Oil/Gas Producers Warn 25% Republican Tariffs On Canada Will Push Up Prices For American Motorists, Natural Gas Users   [United Refining Refinery In Warren Uses Oil From Canada As Feedstock]

-- Public Source.org: Pittsburgh-Based EQT’s ‘Bulldog’ Has D.C. In His Grip, With Profits And Maybe Higher Gas Bills On The Horizon

-- Wilkes-Barre Times/AP: Republican Call For ‘Energy Dominance’ Is Likely To Run Into Real-World Limits

-- Reuters: Exxon: US Oil/Gas Firms Unlikely To Go ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Under Republican Administration 

-- Reuters: Exclusive: Republican Administration Prepares Wide-Ranging Energy Plan To Boost Natural Gas Exports, Oil Drilling, Sources Say  [PDF of Article]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How EQT Gas Company Is Tackling Ambitious Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals

-- Utility Dive: EPA Proposes Tightening NOx Limits For New Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EPA Plans To Approve West Virginia Underground Injection Control Program, Here’s What That Means For PA  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EPA Set To Bestow WV With CO2 Class VI Injection Well Primacy  [PDF of Article]

-- Altoona Mirror: One Minute Norfolk-Southern Railcar Inspections Problematic

-- DEP: Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley Touts Shapiro Administration’s Commitment To Permit Modernization, Environmental Protection In New Op-Ed

-- MyChesterCounty: DEP Slashes Permit Backlog By 75%, Ends Oil & Gas Delays - What It Means For Pennsylvania

-- The Center Square: Shapiro Launches Permit Fast Track Program

-- PUC Invites Stakeholder Comments On The Issue Of The Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PUC Encourages Consumers To Prepare For Dec. 1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Decrease To 31.2% Increase [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Slag Heap Goes Solar: New 15-Acre Solar Energy Facility To Break Ground In Pittsburgh

-- Altoona Mirror: Council Of Governments Begins Planning For Solar Energy Facility In Blair County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: AI And Data Centers Need Massive Amounts Of Electricity; That’s Good News For Natural Gas

-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy Asks FERC For PJM Rules On Data Centers And Other Co-Located Loads

-- Utility Dive: Energy Capital Partners Should Be Required By FERC To Say Whether Its Plans To Buy 5.3 GW Of Power Capacity Would Take Power Off The Grid For Use By Data Centers; Could Drive Up PJM Capacity Prices

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Study: Climate Change Boosted Wind Speeds In 2024 Atlantic Hurricanes

-- The Energy Age Blog: Marshall County, WV School Officials Review Safety Plans At Cameron Elementary School In The Event Of Flooding Caused By Underground Longwall Coal Mining

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Science Is Important, But People Must Be At The Center Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort - By Lawrence Sanford, Chair Bay Program Scientific & Technical Advisory Committee

-- Guest Essay: Turning The Tide On The Chesapeake Bay - Giving Thanks For Pennsylvania's Progress And A New Opportunity For Leadership - By Marel King, PA Director, Chesapeake Bay Commission; Julia Krall, PA Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation; Kristin Reilly, Choose Clean Water Coalition; and Chris Hoffman, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau  [PaEN]

-- Penn State’s Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies Spearheads New Design Standards For Stream Crossings  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Water Authority Applies For $7.3 Million Trail Grant From DEP Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program

-- Brodhead Watershed Association Protecting Clean Water Together: Who's In Charge Of Your Water?  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: 'Get Real' When Considering A Christmas Tree  [PaEN]

-- Vista.Today: Community Volunteers Lead Environmental Research Across Delaware River Basin

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Has Updated List Of Professional Development Workshops, Training On Climate Awareness; Empowering Youth & Activate Change

-- Penn State Extension Field Crop News: PA Agronomic Education Conference; Are My Forages Dead? Educational Opportunities; More!

-- Penn State Extension: Upcoming Crops Days And Conferences For Crop Producers, Pesticide Applicators, Crop Consultants

-- Penn State: American Soil Losing More Crop Nutrients Due To Heavier Rainstorms, Study Shows

-- AP: Drought Is Causing Saltwater To Creep Up The Delaware River, Here’s What’s Being Done About It

-- WHYY: Recent Rainfall Not Enough To Pull Philly Region Out Of Drought, Climatologists Say

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Dried Waterways Stun Residents, Leave Fish Stranded, Hurt Outdoor Tourism From Lehigh Valley, To Philly, New Jersey’s Pinelands

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Region’s Driest Year Since 2002 Has Led To  An Increase In Wildfires

-- Post-Gazette: Drought-Like Weather Helped PennDOT’s 2024 Construction Season In Western PA

--  TribLive: Drought To Blame For Murky Latrobe Water, Authority Says; It Remains Safe To Drink

-- AP: Record Dryness In US Northeast Should Change Water Behavior, Experts Say

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Community Water System Design Standards Public Water Supply Manual  [PaEN]

-- Capital Resource, Conservation & Development Area Council Hosts Dec. 11 Pasture Walk In Franklin County  [PaEN]

 -- WPXI: New Study Tests Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked To Cancer In Pittsburgh-Area Water

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Area Water Systems Have No Plans To Remove Fluoride

-- TribLive/AP: Erie Slammed With Lake Effect Snow, Shapiro Declares Disaster Emergency

-- Erie Times: Gov. Shapiro Activates National Guard In Erie County To Help People In Need During Snowstorm

-- Reading Eagle: Sinkholes Nearly Close Berkshire Mall For The Holiday Shopping Season

-- Brodhead Watershed Association Water At Risk: What's Behind Backyard Trash Burning Bans?  [PaEN]

-- PennEnvironment Releases New Guide To Buying Refurbished Electronics During Holiday Season  [PaEN]

-- PA Historical & Museum Commission Accepting Applications For Historical Markers

-- Post-Gazette: Centuries Later, The Rivers That Run Through Pittsburgh Still Keep Businesses Afloat

-- Eckley Miners' Village Receives American Eagle Outfitters Foundation Grant  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Those Who Called Centralia Home Is Now A Ghost Town Because Of A Continuing Mine Fire

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Brady Trail Tunnel Opens; Help With Watershed Forestry Projects; Cumberland County Project Leverages Multiple Benefits

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Parks Get $600,000 Boost With DCNR Grants

-- Centre County Gazette: Centre County Receives Nearly $400,000 In DCNR Grants To Fund Conservation Projects

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: New Friends Of Promised Land State Park Group Formed In Pike County  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Civilian Conservation Corps Pavilion At Mont Alto State Park Restored In Franklin County

-- Natural Lands, ClearWater Conservancy Announce The Preservation Of 667 Acres In Huntingdon County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Coastal Zone Management Consistency Determination For FDR Park Environmental Restoration Project In Philadelphia  [PaEN] 

-- Reforest Our Future Patch Project Creates Mini-Forests In Beaver County Community  [PaEN]

-- Arboretum At Penn State To Plant ‘Moon Tree’ In Children's Garden

-- Penn State Altoona Professors Edit New Northern Appalachia Literary Field Guide  v

-- Penn State Extension Dec. 12 Webinar - Cost-Benefit of Voluntary Carbon Projects: Online Tool Demo  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Forest Seminar Webinar Jan. 14 - Brook Trout In Our Native Waters  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Forest Seminar Webinar Dec. 10 - Invasive Toolkit For Landowners  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Researchers Study Soundscapes To Monitor Invasive Plants

-- LehighValleyLive: Misfire - Divided Over Sunday Deer Hunting

-- Spotlight PA: Game Commission Changed First Day Of Deer Season In 2019; Some Rural Businesses Want To See it Switched Back

-- Warren Times: Lead Toxicity Can Be Reduced With Changes To Hunting Practices

-- Williamsport Sun: Good Samaritan Wildlife Gives Area A Resource For Injured Animals

-- NorthcentralPA.com: Tiadaghton Audubon Society Announces Dates For Christmas Bird Counts In Tioga County

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[Posted: December 1, 2024] 

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