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Here are 101 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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-- Gov. Shapiro Proposes ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan To Increase & Diversify Energy Generation; Reduce Climate Changing Pollution; Lower Energy Costs; Create Jobs [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro: What Industry Leaders, Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Are Saying About The Governor’s Commonsense Energy Plan
-- Gov. Shapiro Reaches Agreement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Price Hikes And Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Utility Bills [PaEN]
-- 30 Stakeholder Comments Received By PUC On Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania; Increasing Natural Gas Power Plant Reliability To 90-95% Would Mean No Imminent Capacity Problem [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republicans Reintroduce Bills To Eliminate State Appeals Of Pipeline Permits; Limit Grounds For Appeal Of Any DEP Permits; Punish Communities For Protecting Their Constituents Against Shale Gas Drilling Impacts [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- PA Republican Senator To Introduce Bill Suspending State Taxes On Natural Gas Producers; Cut DEP Permit Fees; End Drilling Moratorium On DCNR Lands; Exempt Coal-Fired Power Plants From EPA Regulations [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill Authorizing An Authority To Take Over Permitting Large-Scale Energy Projects; Eliminating Public Comment; Waiving Any Regulation; Providing Immunity From Prosecution; Barbers Reviewing Permits? [PaEN - 2024] [A Warning]
-- Republicans On PA Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Eliminate Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants, Establish Independent Energy Office [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- PA Senate Republican Leader: ‘Every Consumer Of Electricity In This Commonwealth Is Going To Pay More;’ ‘What You’re Going To Face Is Going To Be Really Unpleasant’ [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- PA House Republicans Introduce Bill Creating An Energy Advocate With Power To Veto Any Action By Any State Agency That Harms Energy Reliability, Affordability [PaEN- 2024] [A Warning]
-- PA House Republicans Announce Energy Package, Including An Energy Advocate Within DEP To Veto Any Action That Would Impact PA’s Energy Portfolio And An Independent Energy Office With The Same Power [PaEN - 2024] [A Warning]
-- White House: President Launches Initiative To Eliminate 10 Regulations For Every New Regulation Issued; Cost Of New Regulations Must Be ‘Significantly’ Less Than Zero [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- WSJ: US Imposes 10% Tariff On Canadian Oil, Gas, 25% On Other Products [PDF of Article] [United Refining In Warren Uses 70,000 Barrels Of Canadian Oil A Day ] [A Warning]
-- Range Resources And MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges To The 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Facility Setback Ordinance Adopted By Cecil Township, Washington County [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources & MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges Against 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Setback Ordinance In Cecil Twp., Washington County
-- PUC: Calendar Year 2024 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees To Remain Same As 2023; Dramatic Decline In Financial Support From Shale Gas Industry Continues [PaEN]
-- DEP Releases 2 Contracts For Bidding In Next Round Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging: 12 Wells In Kinzua State Park, McKean County, 18 Wells In Warren County [PaEN]
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Restore DEP Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonds To Prevent Hundreds Of New Well Abandonments A Year [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Should Plug These Abandoned Conventional Wells In Peters Twp., Washington County Before Fracking From Mingo Well Pad
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments At March 5 Hearing On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Hazleton Generation Natural Gas Power Plant In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Citizens Voice: Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Proposed UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike
-- NYT: Oil, Gas Companies Embrace New President, But Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ [No Plans To Increase Production Unless Prices Rise Significantly]
-- Inquirer: President Wants US To Be ‘Leading’ Producer Of Non-Fuel Minerals; Here’s How PA Could Help; Rare Earth Elements Could Be More Important Than Expansion Of Fracking [PDF of Article]
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- LancasterOnline: Activist Urges Lancaster County Commissioners To Fight Three Mile Island Opening
-- LancasterOnline: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owner Defends Safety Record And Planning Of Restart
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennEnvironment Warns Of Environmental, Cost Impact Of A.I. Buildout
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
-- Beaver Times: Two Years Ago: Remember Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front: 2 Years After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Some Residents Worry About Liver Disease
-- WESA: PA Cong. Deluzio Calls On Vance To Push Rail Safety On Eve Of Norfolk Southern Derailment Anniversary
-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio Pushes Rail Safety Bill With Visit To Tarentum, Allegheny County
-- TribLive Editorial: Railway Safety Is Worth Congressional Action
-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22 Million Settlement After 2023 Derailment
-- Utility Dive: PA Cryptocurrency Miner Stronghold-Scrubgrass Reclamation To Pay $1.4 Million To Settle Charges It Violated PJM Market Rules
-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Announces $16 Million In Act 13 Funding For Watershed Restoration, Flood Mitigation, Recreation; Small Water & Sewer Application Period Opening [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Now Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications [PaEN]
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Nearly 16,700 BMPs In 2024; Grant Opportunities; County Clean Water Projects [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute Accepting Applications For The Good Farmer Award [PaEN]
-- Sponsorship Opportunities Available For Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Conference April 1-3 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- Save The Date! May 13-15 DCNR Watershed Forestry Summit [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners News: Focus On Cover Crops; 75 Years Of Conservation; MS4 Stormwater Listening Session
-- Penn State Extension To Hold Feb. 21 In-Person Volunteer Live Staking Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithful Green Leaders Training Starting March 11 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk Feb. 26 Quality Of PA Roadside Springs Webinar [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Rain Garden Projects Get Logan Township Approval In Blair
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Nearly $1 Million Federal Stormwater Climate Grant In Allegheny County Environmental Justice Communities
-- Reminder: Call For Presentations: Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators Sept. 25 In Harrisburg
-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs; Stream Team Volunteer Training; Much More
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Now Accepting Registrations For Summer Nature Camps For Students Grades 1-6
-- First Community Foundation Partnership: 90+ Scholarships Available For Students In Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Mifflin, Northumberland, Sullivan, Snyder, Tioga, Union Counties
-- Tribune-Democrat: Educator John Frederick Aims To Separate Fact From Fiction At Climate-Change Lecture In Cresson
-- TribLive: Conservative Group Objects To Slippery Rock University STEM Program’s Minority Recruitment
-- DEP Announces Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest, Encourages Pennsylvanians To Test For Radon [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health News: New Administration Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Industrial Wastewater
-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On 96 Stream Water Quality Redesignations In 29 Counties; Virtual Hearing March 13 [PaEN]
-- House Energy Committee To Hold Feb. 4 Hearing On Bill Establishing $156 Million Federally-Funded Solar For All Program [PaEN]
-- E&ENews/Politico: EPA Freezes Federal Solar For All Program Funding Until Further Notice [PA Was Due To Receive $156 Million]
-- 10 Government Entities In Centre County Approve Solar Energy Purchase Agreement To Save Local Taxpayers $4.4 Million Over 15 Years [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Transformational Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Are Designed To Lower Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Consumers - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Beech Hollow 215 MW Solar, 100MW Battery Energy Project On Waste Coal Pile In Washington County Has Been Abandoned Due To Uncertainties Over Reclamation Of Waste Pile
-- Inquirer: Escalating Demand And Diminished Supply Has Spiked PUC Concern About The Future Ability Of State’s Electric Grid
-- Pennsylvania Solar Center Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Lodestar Awards [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: GE Vernova Investing $10 Million In Findlay Twp. Facility, Will Create 270 Jobs To Support Solar Energy Battery Storage
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Rising Toward A Cleaner Future: PA’s Carbon Capture And Storage Ladder For Industrial Decarbonization
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: New Administration Order Canceling Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Leaves Some PA Sites In Limbo
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Moves Bill To Reinstate Utility Cutoff Protections, But Disputes Remain
-- PUC PA OneCall Damage Prevention Committee Announced $240,575 In Penalties For Underground Utility Violations
-- DEP Proposes To Add Nockamixon TCE Contamination To PA Priority List Of Hazardous Sites, Starts Process To Cleanup Contamination At The Source
-- Courier Times: Nockamixon Superfund Site Added To DEP’s Priority Cleanup List; Here’s What Happens Next
-- Scranton Times: DEP To Assume Oversight Of Waverly Twp. Superfund Site In Lackawanna County
-- Post-Gazette: 2 Pittsburghers Pitched In To Help People Impacted By California Wildfires
-- MyChesCo.com: Chester County Reports Preservation Of Over 1,240 Acres In 2024
-- Republican Herald: Scout Reservation Land In Schuylkill County Now Permanently Protected
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Hunters Gain Access To 2,000 More Acres Of State Game Lands
-- Apply Now! PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Spring Training Offered In Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Dauphin, Indiana, Montour, Philadelphia, Somerset Counties [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: PA Master Naturalist - Communications/Development Coordinator [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invites Public Comments To Help Shape A Bold Vision For Outdoor Recreation In PA; 5 Webinars Start Feb. 3 [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Path Of The Flood Trail In Cambria County Named 2025 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Path Of The Flood Trail Earns State’s Trail Of The Year Award
-- Altoona Mirror: Path Of The Flood Trail Gets State Honor In Cambria County
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Sojourn Grants [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: Beaver County Receives State Grants For Parks, Green Spaces
-- Altoona Mirror: Bedford Fulton Recreation Authority Received Grant For Trail Project Along Abandoned Turnpike
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Committee Unanimously Backs Bike Lane Legislation
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces Winners Of 2024 Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Jan. 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Ice Dunes At Presque Isle Are Beautiful, But Dangerous
-- City & State PA: PA Tourism Marketing Efforts Get Long-Overdue Upgrade
-- York Daily Record: Lebanon DA Charged Both Snowmobilers With Animal Cruelty In Running Down Fox
-- PennLive: Lebanon County Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Trying To Run Over A Fox With A Snowmobile; Unclear With 17-Year Also Involved Was Charged
-- York Daily Record: The Hellbender, PA’s Official State Amphibian, Is Proposed For Endangered Species Status
-- Fish & Boat Commission Recruiting New Class Of Waterways Conservation Officer Trainees
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Confirms First 2025 Case Of Bird Flu In Domestic Poultry In Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: PA Confirms First 2025 Bird Flu Case In Commercial Chicken Flock
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bird Flu Raises Concerns About Poultry, Wildfowl In Chesapeake Region
-- Bristol Twp. Environmental Advisory Committee Bird Town Spotlight: The American Bittern [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: It’s The Perfect Time Of Year For Some Winter Birding
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[Posted: February 1, 2025]
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