PA Environment Digest

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Could Geothermal Be The Next Pennsylvania Energy Boom? [An Energy Source Not Subject To Volatile Markets And Dictators, True Energy Independence]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Archaea Energy Explores Underground Carbon Storage In Lackawanna County

-- WHYY: Bucks County Residents Call For Shutdown Of Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline [After 16 Month Leak Contaminated Wells]: ‘Our Lives Have Been Upended’

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Bucks County Residents Fear Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak Could Be More Widespread Than Company Acknowledges; Class Action Lawsuit Expected To Be Filed

-- Courier Times: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Disputes Findings, Recommended Fixes Of Federal Pipeline Regulator In Jet Fuel Pipeline Leak Investigation In Bucks County

-- ABC27: Sen. Muth Looks To Keep Radium, Other Oil & Gas Waste Out Of Drinking Water

-- MCall Guest Essay: PA Will Benefit From Tighter Methane Emissions Standards For Oil & Gas Industry - By John Walliser, PA Environmental Council

-- Bloomberg: US House Votes To Repeal Methane Fee On Oil, Gas Producers, Ends Incentive To Control Leaks

-- Reuters: Congress Kills Biden Era Methane Fee On Oil, Gas Producers

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Congress Repeals Cost-Effective Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Program Safeguarding Children's Health [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Congress Kills Biden Era Methane Fee On Oil, Gas Producers

- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Launches Eyes On Air Webpage To Provide Real-Time Air Quality For Beaver County [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2024 PA Natural Gas Production Down 1.8%, PA Natural Gas Price Up 19.1% In Last Year [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Natural Gas Price Up 150% From 1 Year Ago, Not Coming Down Soon [PDF of Article]

-- Forbes: How LNG Gas Exports Will Define US Energy Policy Under New President; US Gas Market May Become More Vulnerable To Price Volatility In Global Gas Market Straining States That Rely On Natural Gas For Power Generation

-- Grist: Exporting Natural Gas Raises Your Power Bills; The President Is Doing It Anyway

-- Senate DEP Budget Hearing Focuses On Permit Reviews; Governor’s Lightning Energy Plan; Bringing On More Baseload Power Generation; Firing ‘Intractable’ DEP Employees [PaEN]

-- DEP House Budget Hearing: Democrat Rep. Vitali Raises Concerns About Whether DEP Has The Resources To Fulfill Its Mission When Workloads Have Increased Dramatically [PaEN]

-- House DEP Budget Hearing: Republican Rep. Kail Says It Is ‘Outrageous’ DEP Has A Process Where Citizens Can Petition Their Government For Changes To Regulations [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Significant Electricity Load Growth Can Be Accommodated Without A Stampede To New Natural Gas Generation Just By Increasing Efficiency At Existing Power Plants - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy [PaEN]

-- E&E News/Politico: Electricity Prices Are Spiking; That’s A Problem For The President

-- AP: President’s Tariffs On Mexico, Canada To Start March 4 [Will Impact United Refining In Warren That Uses Canadian Oil ]

-- Beaver Times: Climate Change Could Cost PA Billions; Lawmaker Says; It’s Time To Get Ready

-- Financial Times: Why Is America Still Building Houses In Climate Danger Zones?

-- WITF: Federally-Funded Solar For All Program Needs General Assembly Approval To Get Started

-- Altoona Mirror: Antis Twp. Solar Energy Facility Proposal Raises Some Concerns Among Planners

-- E&ENews/Politico: President Darkens Financial Outlook For Clean Tech Companies - Solar, Wind, Battery

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Pollution From Max Environmental Landfill Has Caused Problems For Decades; Fracking Waste Made It Worse In Westmoreland County [Part I]

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: EPA Investigation Confirmed Residents Worst Fears About Max Environmental Landfill; What Happens Next Is Uncertain In Westmoreland County [Part II]

-- The Slate: Shippensburg Residents Discuss PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Water Contamination Concerns

-- Sen. Culver Commends Progress Extinguishing Wilburton Coal Bank Fire In Columbia County [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Take Part In Winter Salt Stream Snapshot [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: After 5 Years, Saturday Deer Opener Proving To Be The Right Choice

-- LancasterOnline: Raven Ridge Wildlife Center Rehabilitating Beaver Wounded By Birdshot In Marietta

-- Centre Daily Times: Volunteers Drawn To PA Saw-Whet Owl Banding Stations Appreciate Small, Cute Raptor

-- Williamsport Sun: Make Sure To Watch For Short-Eared Owls This Winter

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Spiders And Webs, A Closer Look

Federal Funding Cuts

-- Gov. Shapiro Announced Federal Funds Identified In State Lawsuit Are No Longer Frozen - Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Water Infrastructure [PaEN]

-- AP: Gov. Shapiro Says Billions In Federal Funding Now Unfrozen

-- PA Capital-Star: Uncertainty Remains For Programs In PA Impacted By Federal Funding Freeze, Despite Reversal

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: $2.1 Billion In Federal Funding Restored In PA After State’s Lawsuit, But Other Funding For State-Administered Programs May Be At Risk

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: President’s Federal Funding Freeze Brought Some Abandoned Mine Cleanups In PA To A Standstill

-- Politico.com: White House Now Says President Meant He Will Cut 65% Of EPA’s Budget, Not Staff

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: President's Proposed 65% Cut In EPA Budget, Coming Mass Layoffs Spell Disaster For Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Some Federal Funding For States Freed, But Large Amounts Of Federal Funding For Others Still Stalled

-- The Center Square: Congressional Lawmakers Relaunch Chesapeake Bay Task Force To Bolster Cleanup Efforts

-- LancasterOnline: PA Ag Secretary ‘Nervous’ Over Federal Funds For Food Access, Animal Health, Environmental Conservation

-- WESA: Amid Frozen Forestry Funds, Pittsburgh’s Faith Leaders Called To Become Environmental Shepherds

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Taking Action On Federal Funding Freeze

-- The Allegheny Front: Pennsylvania Farm Group Faces Layoffs Amid Federal Funding Freeze

-- National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition: Tell Your Members Of Congress To Unfreeze Agriculture Funds Now

-- Inquirer: President Freezes National Park Money For Valley Forge Forest Management

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsoppple: Conservationists Raise Alarm Over Federal Employee Firings

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Cuts Raise Concerns Over Wildfire Fighting, Forest Management

-- Warren Times Letter: Job Reductions At Allegheny National Forest Will Take Toll On Warren County

-- The Guardian: US Public Land Stewards Decry Firings, Loss Of Knowledge: ‘Erased Generations Of Talent’

-- PennLive: Fmr DCNR, National Heritage Area Director Brenda Barrett Protests Cuts To National Parks: They Are ‘Endangering Our Crown Jewels’

-- PennLive Guest Essay: If You Care About National Parks, Forests, Tell Congress To Stop President’s Cuts Now - By Douglas Austen, Fmr Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director

-- Observer-Reporter: ‘Everybody Is Going To Be Impacted’ By Federal Layoffs, Cuts [PDF of Article]

-- Warren Times Editorial: Not A Big Fan Of Celebrating President’s Cuts: People Receiving Pink Slips In Our Region Work Each Day To Earn A Paycheck To Support Their Families, It’s Just Adding To The Unemployment Rolls

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[Posted: March 2, 2025]

3/3/2025

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