Here are 111 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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-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Photos From 1979 Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident Show Region’s Reaction

-- PennLive: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident: How It Unfolded In 1979

-- PennLive: What’s The Status Of Reopening Undamaged Unit At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant?

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Anti-Nuke Activists Use 46th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident To Protest Restart

-- Post-Gazette: Anti-Nuke Activists Use 46th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident To Protest Restart

-- PennDOT, DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Invite Public To Be Part Of Pick Up Pennsylvania Litter Cleanup By Organizing Or Volunteering For Local Cleanup Events  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: 22 Nest Boxes At Powdermill Nature Reserve Leads Ligonier Teen To Eagle Scout Title In Westmoreland

-- Tribune-Democrat: Soaring Eagles Symbolize Importance Of Preservation, Conservation - By Chip Minemyer, Publisher  [PDF of Article]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Expand Watershed-Friendly Residential Certification Program To Include New Residents; Over 400 Certified So Far [PaEN]

-- The BURG (Harrisburg): Stewarding Streams: Volunteers Team Up With Penn State Extension Program To Foster Watershed Health

-- Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards: Monitoring Road Salt Pollution And Taking Action At Home  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming/Hazleton Standard-Speaker: Luzerne County Residents Share Concerns About Local Climate Impacts With DEP  [Click Here for remaining meetings.]

-- The Allegheny Front: Advice From A Youth Climate Organizer; Preview Of Pittsburgh Youth Climate Summit

-- StateCollege.com Guest Essay: Youth Know The Direction America Should Take - I’m Listening - By Peter Buck, Director of Education At Penn State Sustainability

-- Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DEP Reports 575 Water Supply/Stray Gas Complaints About Oil & Gas Operations In Last 2 Years; Investigation Can Take A Year, Sometimes 2-3 To Find Those Responsible [PaEN]

-- Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Recommend Environmental Quality Board Accept A Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells At April 8 Meeting  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Bucks County Residents Sue Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Over Pipeline Leak That Contaminated Their Wells

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Residents Suing Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline For Pipeline Leak That Poisoned Drinking Water

-- WHYY: Oil Companies Ask Bucks County Judge To Dismiss Climate Change Responsibility Lawsuit

-- DEP Soliciting Bids On 3rd Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Contract For 19 Wells In Clarion, Jefferson Counties At Taxpayer Expense  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Pennsylvania Caps 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In 2 Years

-- DEP: US Interior Dept. Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 22 to 28 - Failed To Comply With Well Plugging Order For 63 Months; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Hit 113; Another Conventional Well Explosion, Same Owner  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Conventional Well Owner Has 2nd Well Explosion, Fire In A Week In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Triggering Restrictions On 19 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 17 More Approaching Restrictions  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 50 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In February [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases Natural Gas Industry Water Use Report 2019-2023

-- Lock Haven Express Letter:  KeyState Petrochemical Plant In Clinton County Faces Uncertain Future With Federal Funding Freeze - By Karen Elias

-- Observer-Reporter: Residents Speak Out Against Westmoreland Landfill Request To Discharge Treated Wastewater Into Monongahela River  [They Say Includes Fracking Waste]   [PDF of Article]

-- DEP Environmental Justice Office Highlights 2024 Accomplishments, Updates On Shell Petrochemical Plant, Homer City Energy Site, More  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Foundation Distributes First Grants From US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Work Air Pollution Settlement

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: President’s EPA Head Vows To Roll Back Dozens Of Regulations, What Impact Will That Have On Public Health?

-- EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@ epa.gov [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: EPA Employees, Supporters March In Philly To Protest Cuts: ‘A Reckless Dismantling’

-- Warren Times Editorial: DEP Should Take Close Look At Oil & Gas Drilling Permit And Its Impact On Betts Park Users In City Of Warren

-- The Energy Age Blog: Fracking Under Ohio’s Largest State Park Gets Underway; How The Industry Has Changed Guernsey County

-- AP: Trial Will Determine Who Will Pay $600 Million Settlement In Disastrous Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Local Officials Tour Burkholder's Country Market Solar Energy Project In Spring Mills, Centre County  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Resolution To Study Renewable Energy On Lake Erie Advances Out Of PA House Committee

-- The Center Square: Lake Erie’s Renewable Energy Future Up For Study

-- Apply Now! Free PA Industrial Energy Audits Available To First 20 Facilities To Apply  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program To Help Small To Mid-Size Manufacturers Reduce Energy Costs Across The State  [PaEN]

-- April 18 Webinar: RISE PA - Decreasing Industrial Pollution For Pennsylvania Families [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro, Farm Leaders Visit Penn England Farms In Blair County To Promote ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan

-- Altoona Mirror: Gov. Shapiro Touts ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan In Blair County

-- Lancaster Farming: Shapiro Touts Methane Digesters In Visit To Dairy Farm

-- Gov. Shapiro: What Labor, Industry, Environmental, Consumer Leaders Are Saying About The ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan To Secure Pennsylvania’s Energy Future

-- PublicNewsService.org: PA Works To Counter President’s Clean Energy Rollbacks With ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan

-- Post-Gazette - Ford Turner: Gov. Shapiro, Republicans Appear Headed For Energy Showdown

-- PUC Launches Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth, Sets April 24 Hearing  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Public Utility Commission Sets Hearing On A.I. Data Centers’ Impacts On Electricity Grid

-- PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6 GW Of New Electric Generation Capacity; Reviews To Be Completed By 2026; List Of Projects Not Available Now  [PaEN]

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: More Bad Ideas To Promote Natural Gas, More Clean Energy Solutions For Load Growth - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Fmr DEP Secretary

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Expect Higher Electric Bills This Summer By As Much As 20%  [Thousands Of Energy Projects Stuck In PJM Review] - By Rob Altenburg, PennFuture

-- ​​Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Webinar On The Impacts Of Climate Change On Women's Health Now Available On Demand  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Farmers Were Counting On Clean Energy Grants, Then Presiden’ts USDA Moved The Goalposts

-- EarthJustice: USDA Requires Unlawful New Conditions For Release Of Rural Energy For American Funding

-- WHYY: More EPA Grant Terminations Hit Philly Region, Tree Planting, Internships For Teens, Community Engagement

-- PublicNewsService.org: PA Groups Urge Congress To Preserve Clean Energy Tax Incentives

-- Inquirer: Federal Electric Vehicle Charging Funds Paused; How Is PA Able To Keep Building?

-- Tribune-Democrat: Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition Begins To Make Way For Natural Gas Power Plant   [PDF of Article]

-- Post-Gazette: Deep Fear In Coal Country: DOGE Cuts Put Region’s Miners And Families On Edge

-- Grist: President Moves To Shutter Mine Safety Offices In Coal Country

-- WJAC: Rosebud Mining To Employ About 50 Employees From Bankrupt Corsa Coal Mines

-- DEP Proposes To Delist Currie Landfill Site In Erie County From State Priority List Of Hazardous Sites, Comments Invited  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Pays $15,000 Fine For Leachate Violation

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Commissioners Oppose Biosolids Company Expansion

-- PA Recycling Markets Center To Host May 20 Recycled Metals Commodities Markets, Tariffs Update Webinar  [PaEN]

-- DEP Launches Federally-Funded, No-Cost Drinking Water Lead Sampling, Grant Program For Schools, Childcare Facilities  [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Chesapeake WILD Grant Proposals; 3 NFWF Grant Opportunities Now Open  [PaEN]

-- State Conservation Commission Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grants From Philadelphia County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Letter: A Clean Environment Is Not ‘Government Waste’ - Barbara Jones, Environmental Consultant

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: President’s Deregulatory Blitz Threatens Chesapeake Bay, Environmental Advocates Say

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: New Federal Administration Upends Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Work

-- Guest Essay: Federal Freeze On Funding For Pennsylvania Farmers A Blow To Momentum For Cleaner Waterways - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Hempfield Twp. Couple Say Goodbye To Home Prone To Repeated Flooding, With Help From Township, State And Feds In Westmoreland County

-- City & State PA: Warehouses Have Become PA’s Biggest Cash Crop-- For Better And Worse

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Proposed Susquehanna River Pumped-Hydroelectric Project Wins Preliminary FERC Approval, Draws Lawsuit

-- PennLive: Opponents Of Susquehanna River Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Project Ask Court To Overturn FERC Permit Approval

-- Natural Lands: Borough Of Chester Heights Adds 40 Acres Of Open Space In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Hanover Evening Sun: West Manheim Twp. Purchases 38-acre Nace Farm Property To Preserve Agricultural Land

-- City & State PA: Meet The Pennsylvania Timber Mills Behind The Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat

-- Republican Herald: Weather Extremes Spark Perfect Conditions For Brush Fires

-- Williamsport Sun: Ramps Will Be Blooming In Nearby Forests Soon

-- Call For Presentations: WeConservePA Accepting Presentation Proposals For PA Greenways & Trails Summit In Harrisburg  [PaEN]

-- March 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: Over The Hill Gang’s Decades Of Volunteerism Preserves Beauty Of Gerard Hiking Trail  [PDF of Article ]

-- WESA: RiverLife Breaks Ground On Allegheny Riverfront Park Reno, Part Of Plan To ‘Complete The Loop’

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Names First Group Of Volunteer Park Ambassadors

-- Warren Times: Eisenhower Grad Begins Long Hike To Conquer Appalachian Trail

-- WESA: PA, Other States Push To Shift Road Funds To Transit, Bike Projects As President Threatens Cuts

-- TribLive: Visitors Welcome As Structural Work To Protect Iconic Fallingwater Frank Lloyd Wright Home Continues In Fayette County

-- WITF/StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Threat Of Bird Flu In PA Still Present, Despite Popular Wildlife Area Reopening To Public

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: First Bald Eagle Chick Hatches At US Steel’s Irvin Plant In Allegheny County

-- Williamsport Sun: Speeding Up Bird Education Learning Curve For Bird Watchers

-- Williamsport Sun: Cornell Lab Of Ornithology NestWatch Project Invites People To Monitor Nearby Bird Nests

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Most Waterfowl Return To Same Area they Were Raised

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts March 26 Webinar On Illustrating Appalachian Biodiversity With Author/Illustrator Rosalie Haizlett  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust April 12 Birding Walk & Birdhouse Craft Event, Luzerne County

-- LehighValleyLive.com: Trout Fishing In PA: Health Benefits, Consumption Warnings

-- PennLive: What Anglers Need To Know For PA’s 2025 Fishing Season Opener April 5

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