PA Environment Digest Articles
Greene County
*  [12/2/2024] 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
*  [11/18/2024] DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Restoration Of Pursley Creek Damaged By Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Center Twp., Greene County
*  [11/18/2024] DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Consol Bailey Coal Prep Plant In Greene/Washington Counties
*  [11/11/2024] Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Dec. 12 Learn How To Effectively Advocate For Change Workshop In Washington County
*  [10/28/2024] Educators Invited To Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meetings Dec. 12, Feb. 19, April 25
*  [10/7/2024] Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 16 In-Person Program In Waynesburg, Greene County On Protecting Public Health, Resources From Shale Gas Development
*  [9/30/2024] DEP Issues Violations To 3 Shale Gas Drillers For Failing To Report Fracking Chemicals, Including At EQT’s Lumber Well Pad In Greene County
*  [9/16/2024] WESA: New Freeport, Greene County Residents File Lawsuit Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies
*  [9/16/2024] DEP Finds Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Sprayed & Leaked 12,600+ Gallons For Nearly 3 Hours In Gilmore Twp., Greene County
*  [9/16/2024] Ohio River Valley Institute: $55 Million Federally-Funded Tenaska Carbon Geologic Sequestration Project Expected To Permanently Employ 4 People, According To A WV University Study
*  [8/19/2024] Attorney General Henry Announces Greylock Shale Gas Driller Will Pay $140,000, Plead No Contest To Multiple Criminal Charges For Environmental Violations In Greene County
*  [6/10/2024] Center For Coalfield Justice: Cause Of Omnis Bailey Coal Waste Processing Plant Fire In Greene County Unknown
*  [5/20/2024] DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data To Be Part Of Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Berks, Bucks, Centre, Forest, Greene, Huntingdon, Lancaster, Westmoreland Counties
*  [5/13/2024] Penn State Extension Holds In-Person Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Workshops In Waynesburg, Lancaster, Punxsutawney
*  [4/29/2024] Educators Invited To April 30 Online Meeting Of Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition
*  [4/22/2024] DEP Invites Comments On Draft Stream Evaluation Reports In Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming, Sullivan Counties; Including Loyalsock Creek
*  [3/18/2024] DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8 Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission
*  [3/4/2024] Environmental Quality Board Meets March 12 On Land Recycling Program Cleanup Standards For More PFAS Chemicals; Revised Standard For Lead; Rulemaking Petition For Fletcher Run, Greene County By CONSOL Coal
*  [2/12/2024] DEP: Commonwealth Court Issues Order Appointing PA American Water Company Receiver For East Dunkard Water System Authority In Greene County Due To Compliance Issues
*  [2/5/2024] DEP Issues Equitrans Midstream Violation For Not Plugging 19 Abandoned Conventional Wells At The Swarts Natural Gas Storage Field In Greene County; Conflicts With Coal Mining
*  [2/5/2024] Environmental Quality Board Meets Feb. 13 On Land Recycling Program Cleanup Standards For More PFAS Chemicals, Revised Standard For Lead, Rulemaking Petition For Fletcher Run, Greene County By CONSOL Coal
*  [1/15/2024] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Project To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining
*  [1/8/2024] DEP: Shale Gas Operator Found Responsible For Water Supply Contamination After Investigation Documents Chemical Contamination Spread Across 3 Townships In Greene County
*  [12/25/2023] CNX Resources Begins Disclosing General Information On Fracking Chemicals, Air Monitoring Results Online At 2 Shale Gas Well Pads
*  [12/25/2023] HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution
*  [12/4/2023] DEP- EQT Settlement Agreement Allows Fracking To Resume From 2 Shale Gas Well Pads In Area Impacted By Frack-Out In New Freeport, Greene County; Does Not Address Water Supply Issues Of Residents
*  [11/6/2023] Attorney General Henry Announces Criminal Charges Against Equitrans For 2018 Natural Gas Explosion That Destroyed Home In Greene County
*  [11/6/2023] PUC Issues Emergency Order To PA American Water To Operate Troubled East Dunkard Water Authority In Greene County; Lawsuit Filed Alleging Water Tainted By Mine Drainage, Shale Gas Operations
*  [10/16/2023] Educators In Greene & Washington Counties Forming Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition; Oct. 16 Kickoff Webinar
*  [9/25/2023] PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed $100,000 Penalty Settlement With Mifflin Energy Corp. For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County
*  [8/21/2023] Federal Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation Awards $100,000 Grant To Treat Acid Mine Drainage In Dunkard Creek Watershed, Greene County
*  [8/7/2023] DEP Invites Comments On Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Equitrans To Replace Abandoned Natural Gas Storage Wells In Greene County Due To Coal Mining
*  [7/17/2023] DEP Invites Comments On CNX Midstream Project To Expose Natural Gas, Water/Wastewater Pipelines To Prevent Longwall Coal Mining Damage In Greene County
*  [7/10/2023] Community Demands Accountability From EQT Natural Gas On 1-Year Anniversary Of Greene County Frack-Out Incident; Families Still Without Clean Water; No DEP Investigation Results
*  [5/8/2023] Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete
*  [12/26/2022] Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice
*  [11/21/2022] Center For Coalfield Justice Holds First Water Distribution Day Nov. 19 To Help Provide Families Drinking Water In Greene County Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site In June
*  [11/21/2022] DEP Assesses $200,000 In Penalties For Drilling Wastewater Spills By CNX In Greene County
*  [11/14/2022] Observer-Reporter: Ongoing Water Donation Drive Helping Dozens Of Greene County Families Who Haven’t Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ At Natural Gas Well Site
*  [11/14/2022] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Accepting Comments On Draft EIS For Ohio Valley Connector Natural Gas Pipeline In Greene County Until Nov. 21
*  [10/31/2022] DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties
*  [10/10/2022] DEP Collects $147,250 Penalty From Rice Drilling B LLC For Erosion & Sedimentation Violations In Greene County; DEP Found Rice Had Hundreds Of Other Violations, Including Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them
*  [9/19/2022] University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development
*  [8/22/2022] DEP To Hold Virtual Hearings On Proposed Expansions Of 3 Deep Coal Mines In Greene County
*  [8/15/2022] DEP Sets Virtual Hearings On Consol Harvey Mine, Enlow Fork Underground Coal Mine Expansions In Greene County
*  [8/8/2022] DEP Hosts Aug. 24 Virtual Hearing On Consol Bailey Coal Mine Expansion In Greene County
*  [7/11/2022] DCNR Dedicates New Pool Complex, Solar Energy Arrays At Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County
*  [6/13/2022] AG Shapiro Charges Energy Corporation Of America/Greylock, 2 Employees With Environmental Crimes Involving Leaks At Oil & Gas Well Sites In Clearfield, Greene Counties
*  [9/6/2021] PA Forestry Assn. Keystone Woodland And Field Day On Sept. 18 In Greene County
*  [5/3/2021] Carmichaels H.S. Envirothon Team Partners With Izaak Walton League To Plant Trees For Earth Day; Wins Greene County Envirothon
*  [4/19/2021] EQT Natural Gas Announces Commitment To Seek Independent Natural Gas Certification Under Equitable Origin, MiQ Standards For 200 Wells In Greene, Washington Counties
*  [3/22/2021] Trout Stocking On Ten Mile Creek In Greene County With Izaak Walton League Members
*  [2/15/2021] Greene County Student One Of National Conservation Districts Assn. Poster Contest Winners - Where Would We BEE Without Pollinators?
*  [1/25/2021] DEP Renews General Permits For 27 Facilities In 5 Counties To Process/Reuse Oil & Gas Drilling Waste
*  [11/16/2020] PA Forestry Assn. Recognizes Rebecca Trigger & Mark Foley With 2020 PA Tree Farm Of The Year Award; Robb Piper Tree Farm Inspector Of The Year
*  [10/12/2020] DEP: Columbia Gas Will Pay $156,000 Penalty For Pipeline Construction Violations In Greene County
*  [10/5/2020] DEP Settlements Impose Total Of $427,650 In Penalties On EQM For Pipeline Construction Violations in Greene, Washington, Westmoreland Counties
*  [8/10/2020] PA Environmental Council: Renewable Energy In Southwestern Pennsylvania
*  [7/27/2020] PA Conservation Districts Announce Student Pollinator Poster Contest Winners
*  [5/25/2020] DCED Announces $3 Million+ To Support Water Infrastructure Projects In 5 Counties
*  [4/27/2020] Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Program In PA Announces Award Winners
*  [4/13/2020] DEP Settlement With CNX For E&S Violations In Greene, Washington Counties Yields $180,000 Streambank, Fish Habitat Project
*  [12/30/2019] Act 54 Report Again Finds 40% Of Streams Suffered Loss Of Flow, Pooling, Reduction In Biological Activity Due To Impacts From Underground Coal Mining
*  [12/9/2019] PA Resources Council Accepting School Registrations For Let's Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge In Western PA
*  [11/11/2019] Comments Invited On DEP Ozone Reduction Maintenance Plans For Erie, Franklin, Greene Counties; 3 Hearings Set [If Needed]
*  [11/4/2019] DEP Reaches $650,000 Settlement With Greene County Gas Storage Field Operator For Oil & Gas Act Violations
*  [10/14/2019] DEP Reaches Settlement With CNX On Well Plugging Violations At 141 Conventional Coalbed Methane & Gas Wells, 5 Unconventional Gas Wells In 4 Southwest Counties
*  [10/14/2019] DEP Conducting Review Of Water Quality Standards In Dunkard Creek Watershed, Greene County; Data Invited
*  [10/7/2019] DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Drilling Lease In Greene County For $162,400 In Upfront Payments
*  [9/16/2019] Center For Coalfield Justice, Partners Hosting Greene County Solar Festival Sept. 28
*  [9/2/2019] Consol Longwall Coal Mining Damage Settlement Funds New Swimming Pool Complex At Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County
*  [8/19/2019] 27 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Centre, Dauphin
*  [8/12/2019] Carmichaels High School Envirothon Team Thanks Everyone Who Helped Them Win 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition!
*  [8/5/2019] Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Takes 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition!
*  [7/29/2019] Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Heads To International Competition In North Carolina; Send Them A Good Luck Email!
*  [7/1/2019] DEP Holds July 17 Hearing On Consol's Bailey Mine Draft Water Quality Permit In Greene County
*  [6/10/2019] July 17 DEP Hearing Set On Bailey Central Mine Complex Coal Refuse Disposal Area NPDES Permit, Greene County
*  [4/8/2019] PA Envirothon Statewide Competition Set For May 21-22 At University Of Pittsburgh In Johnstown; Volunteers Needed
*  [4/1/2019] EQT Foundation Invites Applications For Higher Ed Scholarships In Greene, Washington Counties
*  [10/8/2018] DCNR Announces $600,000 Investments In Greene County Trails, Recreation
*  [9/10/2018] DEP Receives Application Proposing Major Modifications To Closure Plan For Hatfield Ferry Power Station CCB Landfill In Greene County
*  [7/30/2018] DEP: West Nile Virus Found In 8 More Counties Bringing Total To 48; Wet Weather Offers Perfect Mosquito Breeding Conditions
*  [7/23/2018] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Water Quality Certification For Dominion Pipeline In Greene, Armstrong Counties
*  [7/9/2018] August 9 DEP Hearing On Coal Mine Refuse Disposal Facility Water Quality Permit, Greene County
*  [6/11/2018] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Pipeline Expansion Project In Greene County
*  [5/21/2018] DCNR Signs Submerged Land Leases Worth Over $4.6 Million
*  [4/30/2018] EPA Announces $2.7 Million In Grants For 7 Brownfields Projects In PA
*  [4/30/2018] DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Agreement With EQT Drilling Worth $874,200 In Greene, Washington Counties
*  [3/26/2018] DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permit For APV Renaissance Natural Gas Power Plant, Greene County
*  [2/12/2018] DEP Proposes Water Quality Certification For Revised Equitrans Pipeline Project In Greene County
*  [2/12/2018] DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Water Quality Plans In Greene, Indiana Counties
*  [1/22/2018] Consol, DEP, Center For Coalfield Justice Settle: No Mining Under Stream In Ryerson Station State Park
*  [1/22/2018] DEP Fines Energy Corp Of America $1.7 Million For Drilling Violations In Greene, Clearfield Counties
*  [1/8/2018] Ryerson State Park Plans For Restoration In Greene County
*  [1/1/2018] DEP Assesses CNX Gas Drilling $433,500 For Violations In Greene County
*  [11/6/2017] Bailey Longwall Coal Mine Issued Permits For New Mining By DEP In Greene County
*  [10/23/2017] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Gas Pipeline Replacement In Greene County
*  [10/16/2017] Nov. 2 Hearing On Air Permit For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Greene County
*  [10/16/2017] PA’s Harvey Mine Team Places Second In 2017 National Coal Mine Rescue Contest
*  [8/21/2017] EHB Denies Permit Expanding Bailey Longwall Mine In Greene County At The Heart Of Legislative Debate To Change Law
*  [7/31/2017] Comments Invited On Kishacoquillas, Mifflin County; Whiteley Creek Watershed, Greene County TMDL-Related Plans
*  [7/31/2017] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Equitrans Pipeline Project In Western PA
*  [7/31/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In Greene County
*  [7/24/2017] Gov. Wolf Allows Bill Rolling Back Protection For Streams From Mining To Become Law
*  [7/24/2017] DEP Public Conference July 26 On Revised Bailey Underground Coal Mine Permit In Greene County
*  [7/3/2017] House Retroactively Rolls Back Protection For Streams From Underground Coal Mining
*  [6/26/2017] DEP July 19 Public Conference On Bailey Mine Expansion Permit, Greene County
*  [6/19/2017] Funding For Coal Mine Worker Training In PA Released From Appalachian Agency Targeted For Elimination By Trump
*  [5/22/2017] Senate Committee Votes May 22 On Controversial Bill To Retroactively Change Protection For Streams Affected By Coal Mining
*  [5/22/2017] PEC Expresses Opposition To Bill Retroactively Changing Protection For Streams Affected By Deep Coal Mining
*  [5/22/2017] Observer-Reporter: Consol Agrees Not To Mine Near Kent Run, Ryerson Station State Park
*  [4/17/2017] DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Agreements With EQT Drilling Worth Over $2.5 Million
*  [4/3/2017] DEP To Hold Statewide Listening Tour To Gather Input On Environmental Justice
*  [2/27/2017] DEP Certifies Gray’s Landing, Point Marion Lock & Dam Hydro Projects On Mon River
*  [1/30/2017] EHB Stops Longwall Mining Under Ryerson State Park Until Appeal Can Be Heard
*  [1/9/2017] Nominations Now Being Accepted For Western PA Environmental Awards
*  [12/19/2016] DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Cert. For Leach Xpress Pipeline, Greene County
*  [12/13/2016] DEP Fines Rice Energy Subsidiaries $3.5 Million At 10 Well Sites, 6 Pipeline Locations
*  [12/5/2016] DEP Final Report On Tenmile Creek In Greene County Shows No Radioactivity Danger
*  [12/5/2016] DEP Invites Comments On Columbia Gas Pipeline Replacement Project In Southwest
*  [12/5/2016] 3 Monongahela River Lock & Dam Hydro Projects Get Conditional Approval By DEP
*  [10/10/2016] Leach Xpress Pipeline Project In Greene County Proposed Water Quality Certification
*  [10/3/2016] Greene, Luzerne County Reclamation Projects Recognized By Office Of Surface Mining
*  [8/29/2016] DEP Fines Pipeline Companies $174K For Changing Plans Without Approval
*  [8/15/2016] DEP Hearing On Bailey Coal Refuse Disposal Area Water Quality Permit Sept. 21
*  [8/8/2016] EPA, DEP Settlement With Consol Requires $3M Penalty, Upgrades To Protect Ohio River
*  [7/25/2016] Federal Disaster Assistance OK’d For 5 SW Counties, SBA Outreach Center Opens
*  [4/11/2016] DEP Fines Rice Drilling $393,000 For Violations In Greene, Washington Counties
*  [12/21/2015] DEP Analysis Concludes No Radioactivity Danger in Tenmile Creek, Greene County
*  [11/30/2015] DEP: Chesapeake Appalachia Fined $1.4 M For Drill Pad Landslide In Greene County
*  [11/16/2015] PRC, SW Air Quality Partnership Student Let’s Clear The Air Poster Challenge
*  [10/12/2015] Southwest PA Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge Open For Entries
*  [9/21/2015] Fish Commission Reaches $2.5M Settlement Over Dunkard Creek Fish Kill
*  [9/14/2015] Sept. 22 Public Meeting On Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County
*  [7/27/2015] DEP Citizens Advisory Council OKs Comments On Act 54 Deep Mining Impact Report
*  [7/27/2015] DCNR: Greene County Lake Dam Damaged By Deep Coal Mining Won’t Be Rebuilt
*  [7/27/2015] Study Finds Negligible Radiation In Ten Mile Creek, Greene County
*  [5/18/2015] May 21 Meeting On Proposal To Modify Greene County Coal Waste Landfill Permit
*  [4/27/2015] May 21 DEP Meeting On Changes To Power Plant Landfill In Greene County
*  [4/13/2015] Environmental Quality Board Considers Air, Drinking Water, Other Items April 21
*  [1/26/2015] CBF-PA: Erie, Greene Counties Join Clean Water Counts! Initiative
*  [12/22/2014] Report: Relationship Of Drilling To Crime, Traffic Fatalities, STDs And Rents
*  [12/8/2014] Center For Rural PA Study Documents Community Impacts Of Marcellus Drilling Boom
*  [11/3/2014] DEP Publishes Notice Of Proposed Agreement To Clean Up Parts Of Dunkard Creek
*  [8/11/2014] DEP Releases After Action Reports On Fatal Chevron Well Fire
*  [8/11/2014] DEP, DCNR Break Ground On Mather Coal Refuse Pile Project In Greene County
*  [6/2/2014] Center For Coalfield Justice Appeals Longwall Mining Permit In Greene County
*  [5/19/2014] DCNR Leases Streambed In Greene County For Oil And Gas
*  [4/28/2014] DEP Issues Air Monitoring Report On Chevron Well Fire Site, Greene County
*  [4/14/2014] Case Studies: Shale Drilling’s Mixed Legacy, New Jobs & Community Costs
*  [4/14/2014] Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Workshops In Southwest April 22, 29
*  [3/31/2014] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Project In Greene County
*  [3/10/2014] DEP: Radiation Levels Normal After Greene County Well Fire
*  [2/17/2014] Gov. Corbett’s Statement On Greene County Natural Gas Well Explosion
*  [1/20/2014] DEP Schedules Jan. 21 Hearing On Compressor Station Air Plan In Greene County
*  [9/16/2013] House Democrats Hold Hearing On Energy Issues In Greene County
*  [9/2/2013] CONSOL Energy's Enlow Fork Mine Earns Mine Rescue Win
*  [4/29/2013] DCNR, CONSOL Agreement To Repair Mining Damage To Ryerson Station State Park
*  [11/14/2011] DEP Invites Comments On Revised Duckard Creek, Greene County TMDL
*  [11/7/2011] Housing Finance Agency Study Documents Impact Of Marcellus Development On Housing
*  [9/12/2011] Fish Commission Sues Consol Energy Over Dunkard Creek Fishkill
*  [6/20/2011] PA, WV Environmental Agencies Alert Residents Of Golden Algae In Private Pond
*  [5/16/2011] DEP Asks EPA For Waiver From Low RVP Gasoline In Face Of Shortages In Pittsburgh
*  [3/28/2011] DEP Shuts Down Company Accused Of Dumping Drilling, Other Wastewater
*  [3/21/2011] EPA, WV Fine Consol $5.5 Million For Dunkard Creek Water Violations
*  [11/8/2010] DEP Report On Air Quality Impacts From Marcellus Shale Operations In Southwest
*  [11/8/2010] DEP Orders Consol Pennsylvania Coal Co. To Repair Ryerson Station Dam
*  [4/5/2010] DEP Revokes Consol Dunkard Creek Discharge In Response To Permit Appeal
*  [2/19/2010] DEP Investigation Faults Mining Activity In Ryerson Station Dam Damage
*  [1/11/2010] DEP Fines Atlas For Violations At 13 Well Sites In Fayette, Washington, Greene Counties
*  [10/24/2008] Game Commission Approves Land Donations, Mineral Leases
*  [9/26/2008] DEP Invites Public Comments On Total Maximum Daily Load Plans In 11 Watersheds
*  [5/9/2008] DEP Invites Comments on Whiteley Creek TMDL Plan in Greene County
*  [8/17/2007] DEP Invites Information on Stream Redesignation Reviews, Withdraws a TMDL
*  [4/20/2007] EPA, PennVEST Recognize Mine Cleanup Work, Bristol Drinking Water Facility
*  [1/19/2007] DEP Invites Comments on TMDL Plans on 6 Streams in 4 Counties
*  [12/8/2006] Two PA Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Projects Win National Awards
*  [7/14/2006] Allegheny Energy Invests $550 Million to Reduce Air Pollution, Mercury at Hatfield
*  [5/26/2006] Delaware, Greene, York High Schools Take State Envirothon Honors
*  [11/4/2005] New Website Helps Residents Learn if They Need Mine Subsidence Insurance
*  [10/28/2005] Watershed Mini-Grants Available From Western PA Conservancy, Dominion
*  [5/27/2005] Southwest River Sweep Volunteers Needed for June 18
*  [4/29/2005] Feature: Habitat Solutions, Inc. Restoring Native Plants, Wetlands & Streams
*  [1/21/2005] 'Business In Our Sites' Brownfield Project Funding Announced