PA Environment Digest Articles
Beaver County
*  [7/8/2024] DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Application Complete, Now Posted On DEP's Website; Comment Period Opening Soon
*  [7/8/2024] DEP Approves Final Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Shell Petrochemical Plant Site In Beaver County
*  [7/8/2024] PA Resources Council Releases Schedule Of Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical Collection Events Remaining This Year In Western PA
*  [7/1/2024] DEP Reviewing Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Operating Permit Application For Administrative Completeness
*  [6/3/2024] Lt. Governor, Acting DEP Secretary Highlight Potential Of Solar Power On Abandoned Mine Lands At Beaver County Site; Issued New Report On Solar Potential Of Mined Lands
*  [6/3/2024] DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Shell Said It Will Submit Full Title V Air Permit Application By June 21 Deadline
*  [5/20/2024] DEP: $5 Million In Grants Recommended To Support Mitigation Projects In Beaver County Related To Shell Petrochemical Plant Environmental Violations + Shell Paid Total Penalties Of $7,606,027.75
*  [5/20/2024] DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Redesignation Of Beaver Area For Sulfur Dioxide Attainment; Hearing Set June 18
*  [5/6/2024] Gov. Shapiro Announces SBA Low-interest Loans Available For April 2024 Flood Survivors In Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Washington, Westmoreland Counties
*  [4/29/2024] Independence Conservancy Holds Community Tire Collections In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [4/22/2024] Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution
*  [4/22/2024] PA Resources Council Launches 2024 Household Chemical Collections May 4 At Allegheny County Event; First Of 8 In Western PA
*  [4/15/2024] Moms Clean Air Force: New EPA Protections Will Curb Chemical Pollution, Clean Up Air In Impacted Communities
*  [3/25/2024] DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application
*  [2/26/2024] DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Pays Additional $2,671,044.75 In Civil Penalties For 12-Month Air Quality Violations After May 2023 Consent Order
*  [2/26/2024] Western PA Residents Comment After A Year Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Operations
*  [2/19/2024] DEP: Interim Report On A Full Year Of Sampling Finds No Evidence Of Contamination In Western PA Related To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [2/19/2024] PA Taxpayers To Give $130.9 Million In Tax Credits To Subsidize Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Total Expected To Be $1.17 Billion Thru 2042; No Regard For Environmental Compliance Record
*  [2/19/2024] DEP Approves PennEnergy Resources 1.5 Million Gallon/Day Water Withdrawal For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County
*  [1/29/2024] 66 Months Later, DEP Worked With Conventional Well Owner, But Multiple Spills At A Well Site Have Still Not Been Cleaned Up; No Protections In Place For Operators Or Taxpayers
*  [1/22/2024] DEP Hosts In-Person, Virtual Q/A Sessions On Applying For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Mitigation Grants In Beaver County
*  [1/22/2024] Better Path Coalition: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - One Year Later, Feb. 1 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing
*  [1/8/2024] DEP Accepting Project Applications For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund
*  [1/1/2024] DEP Reviewing Final Act 2 Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Dozens Of Chemicals At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
*  [12/25/2023] HEI Energy, Penn State Study Uses 28,500 Water Sample Results To Help Identify Oil & Gas Industry Groundwater Pollution
*  [12/11/2023] PennEnvironment, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Sue Styropek USA To Stop Plastic Pollution In Raccoon Creek, Ohio River In Beaver County
*  [12/4/2023] Shapiro Administration Provides Update On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Response 9 Months After Derailment
*  [11/20/2023] Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant
*  [11/20/2023] DEP: Penalties Collected From Air Pollution Violations At Webco's Oil City Facility Funds Local Park Projects In Venango County
*  [10/23/2023] PUC Safety Division Investigating Columbia Gas Service Disruptions To 4,000+ Customers In Beaver County
*  [10/9/2023] The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers Waterkeeper Citizen Monitoring Finds Plastics Maker Styrenics LLC Discharging Plastic Nurdles Into Ohio River, Threatens Lawsuit To Stop Them
*  [10/2/2023] PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 14
*  [9/4/2023] Public Health Watch: Black Water - How Industry Fights Controls On Manganese, A Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant; Beaver County Community Impacted
*  [9/4/2023] Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [8/28/2023] PA Resources Council Announces 5 Upcoming Recycling, Safe Disposal Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver, Delaware Counties
*  [8/7/2023] US DOE Awards $100,000 To Help Beaver County Environmental Justice Communities Go Solar
*  [7/24/2023] Steering Committee Releases Protocol To Allocate $5 Million Penalty Fund Related To The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
*  [7/17/2023] DEP Held July 13 Local Steering Committee Meeting For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Community Fund
*  [6/12/2023] House Passes Bipartisan Legislation To Strengthen Rail Safety After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [6/12/2023] Residents, Environmental Groups Rally Against Shell Petrochemical Plant's Pollution In Beaver County
*  [5/29/2023] DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24
*  [5/22/2023] State Agencies Hold Small Business Resources Fair May 17 In Beaver County To Help Community Recover From Impacts Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [5/15/2023] Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations
*  [5/8/2023] Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
*  [5/8/2023] House Committee Moves First PA Bill Setting New Rail Safety Requirements In Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [5/1/2023] Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations
*  [5/1/2023] DEP Posts Soil, Water Sampling Results Related To Monitoring PA For Impacts From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [4/24/2023] Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant
*  [4/24/2023] Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County
*  [4/17/2023] DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits
*  [4/17/2023] Ohio River Valley Institute Hosts April 19 Webinar On Policy Action In Response To The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment & Beyond
*  [4/10/2023] PennWest University California To Host April 13 In-Person/Online Program Ask The Expert: Environmental Disasters On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [4/3/2023] Shapiro Announces Norfolk Southern Repaid PA Fire Departments, First Responders $1 Million
*  [4/3/2023] Dept. Of Health Establishes Community-Based Health Resource Network To Provide Long-Term Assistance To Residents Impacted By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [3/27/2023] Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County
*  [3/27/2023] Shapiro Administration Announces Long-Term Presence In Beaver County To Assist Residents Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
*  [3/27/2023] PA Senate Hearing: Norfolk Southern CEO: Ignition Of Rail Cars Following Ohio Trainwreck Was A 'Success'
*  [3/20/2023] Shell Petrochemical Plant Had 3-Hour Emergency Flaring Event To Burn Off Flammable Gases In Beaver County
*  [3/13/2023] Pennsylvania State Actions Responding To Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of March 6
*  [3/13/2023] House Democratic & Republican Policy Committees Hold March 14 Joint Hearing On Impact Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment In Beaver County
*  [3/13/2023] Norfolk Southern CEO To Appear March 20 Before PA Senate Committee To Answer Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Committee Subpoenas Documents
*  [3/13/2023] Moms Clean Air Force: Impacted Parents From Ohio, PA Will Raise Concerns About Chemical Pollution From The Train Derailment, Petrochemical Industry In The Ohio Valley During U.S. Senate Hearing
*  [3/13/2023] Sen. Bob Casey Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee On Ohio/PA Train Derailment
*  [3/6/2023] Senate Committee Votes 9-1 To Issue A Subpoena To Compel CEO Of Norfolk Southern To Appear At March 8 Hearing On Train Derailment; 2nd Subpoena Expected Next Week For Documents
*  [3/6/2023] Pennsylvania State Actions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of Feb. 27
*  [2/27/2023] Pennsylvania State Actions Last Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment
*  [2/20/2023] Gov. Shapiro Lays Out Serious Concerns Regarding Norfolk Southern’s Incident Management After Meeting With Beaver County Officials
*  [2/20/2023] Gov. Shapiro Announces Pennsylvania Will Conduct Independent Water Sampling Following Ohio/PA Train Derailment
*  [2/20/2023] PA Agriculture On Ohio/PA Train Derailment Impacts: 2 Reports Of Horses Affected By Smoke Immediately Following Controlled Burn; No Reports Of Livestock, Domestic Animal Health Symptoms After
*  [2/20/2023] Two PA Senate Committees To Hold Hearings On Ohio/PA Train Derailment: Emergency Preparedness- Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. 27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions To Transportation
*  [2/20/2023] Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations
*  [2/13/2023] Ohio/PA Train Derailment, Pipeline Explosions, Uncontrolled Releases Put Spotlight On Public Health, Safety Threats Posed By Petrochemical, Natural Gas Industrial And Pipeline Infrastructure In PA
*  [2/6/2023] Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue Shell Chemical For Air Pollution Violations At Its Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
*  [12/26/2022] Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long
*  [12/19/2022] DEP Issues Notice Of Violation To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Quality Violations In Sept. - Oct.
*  [12/12/2022] DEP Invites Comments On Transfer Of Ownership Of Little Blue Run Residual Waste Disposal Impoundment In Beaver County
*  [12/5/2022] Dramatic Video From Carnegie Mellon’s Project Breathe Shows Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County Flaring Natural Gas Due To Malfunction
*  [12/5/2022] DEP Invites Comments On NPDES Water Quality Permit Renewal For Little Blue Run Coal Ash Disposal Area In Beaver County
*  [11/28/2022] Beaver County Residents And Allies Launch New Shell Ethane Plant Accountability Campaign
*  [11/28/2022] Applications Now Being Accepted For PA Master Naturalist Training
*  [11/21/2022] Beaver County Residents, Allies Launch New Shell Ethane Plant Accountability Campaign With Nov. 21 Webinar
*  [10/24/2022] TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks
*  [10/24/2022] Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry
*  [10/24/2022] Penn State's Jenn Baka Receives National Science Foundation Grant For A 5-Year Study Of The Shell Ethane Plant's Environmental And Human Impacts In Beaver County
*  [10/24/2022] Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls Hosts Oct. 24 Virtual Program On Eyes On Shell Ethane Plant Campaign In Beaver County
*  [10/17/2022] DEP: Shell, Pipeline Contractor Assessed $670,000 Penalty For Falcon Ethane Pipeline Construction Violations In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [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
*  [9/19/2022] Independence Conservancy Hosts 3 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County
*  [9/19/2022] PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 8
*  [6/6/2022] Duquesne Light Expanding Public Electric Vehicle Charging Offerings In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [5/23/2022] Duquesne Light Releases Whitepaper On Electrification's Potential To Benefit The Environment, Economy, Local Communities
*  [4/18/2022] Independence Conservancy To Hold 3 Waste Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [4/18/2022] PA Resources Council Reaches Milestone Of Responsibly Managing 6 Million Pounds Of Household Chemicals In Southwest PA
*  [4/4/2022] PA Resources Council Hosts April 30 Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County
*  [2/7/2022] AG Shapiro Charges Energy Transfer Partners With Environmental Crimes Over Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion
*  [12/6/2021] NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For $300,000 For Funding Forest Easements In 12 PA Counties
*  [11/22/2021] PUC Imposes $1 Million Penalty On Energy Transfer Company For 2018 Revolution Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County
*  [10/18/2021] Independent Conservancy Hosts Last Waste Tire Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 23
*  [10/4/2021] Independence Conservancy Hosts Walk In Penn’s Woods At Rocky Bend Nature Preserve Beaver County
*  [9/27/2021] PA Resources Council To Hold Household Chemical Collection Event Oct. 9 In Beaver County
*  [9/20/2021] Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County
*  [9/13/2021] Dept. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. 16
*  [8/16/2021] DEP Collects $140,000 Penalty From ETC Northeast Field Services For Pipeline Construction Violations In Beaver County
*  [6/7/2021] DEP Publishes Section 401 Water Quality Certification For Revolution Pipeline In Western PA
*  [5/24/2021] PA Solar Center Recognizes Solar Energy Leaders In Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [5/17/2021] PA Solar Center To Recognize Solar Energy Leaders In Beaver, Washington Counties In Special May 20 Virtual Event
*  [5/17/2021] Duquesne Light Now Accepting Community Impact Grant Applications For Projects/Programs In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [4/26/2021] Independent Conservancy Hosts Wildflower Walk At Rocky Bend Nature Preserve In Beaver County April 25
*  [4/19/2021] Independence Conservancy To Hold Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [4/5/2021] PA Resources Council 2021 Schedule Of 23 Household Chemical, Hard-To-Recycle, Electronic Waste Collection Events In Western PA
*  [3/29/2021] DEP, EPA, DOJ Reach $1.9 Million Agreement With Chesapeake Appalachia For Failure To Identify, Protect Wetlands At 76 Gas Well Drilling Sites
*  [3/15/2021] NRCS-PA: Healthy Forest Reserve Program Funding Available For PA Landowners In 12 Counties To Help Protect Indiana Bat
*  [3/8/2021] DEP Order Requires Payment Of $125,000 Penalty For Latest Revolution Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Violations In Beaver County
*  [2/22/2021] Dept. Of Health Seeks Focus Group Members To Discuss Private Water Wells; 13 County Water Supply Testing/Protection Webinars Set
*  [2/8/2021] Hollow Oak Land Trust Celebrates 30 Years Of Protecting & Connecting Greenspace In Western PA
*  [1/25/2021] DEP Renews General Permits For 27 Facilities In 5 Counties To Process/Reuse Oil & Gas Drilling Waste
*  [12/14/2020] Energy Transfer Partners Files Appeal Of DEP Order To Keep Natural Gas Out Of Unstable Section Of Revolution Pipeline That Exploded In 2018
*  [12/14/2020] DEP Invites Comments On Energy Transfer Partners Erosion & Sedimentation Permits For Revolution Pipeline Slope Failure Fixes
*  [11/16/2020] DEP Orders Energy Transfer Partners To Keep Natural Gas Out Of Unstable Sections Of Revolution Pipeline That Exploded In 2018
*  [11/2/2020] Independence Conservancy Walk In Penn's Woods Featured Mine Reclamation, Invasive Species Stop-And-Talk Points
*  [10/5/2020] DEP Invites Comments On 2 Shell Ethane Plant Air Quality Permits For Beaver County Facility
*  [10/5/2020] Independence Conservancy Hosted A Walk In Penn's Woods, Beaver County
*  [9/7/2020] Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Recycling Events In Beaver County
*  [9/7/2020] PA Resources Council Sets 3 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [8/31/2020] Student Completes Virtual Internship With Fish & Boat Commission
*  [8/10/2020] PA Environmental Council: Renewable Energy In Southwestern Pennsylvania
*  [7/6/2020] DEP Completes Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response At Pool Doctor-Beaver Alkali Products, Beaver County
*  [6/8/2020] PA Resources Council Announces 6 Household Chemical Collection Events In Western PA
*  [5/11/2020] EPA Selects 8 PA Projects To Receive $3.7 Million For Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment
*  [4/13/2020] Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Regions Participating In City Nature Challenge 2020 Citizen Science Event
*  [3/16/2020] Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Owner Rescinds Closure Notice Based On Gov. Wolf's Proposal To Join RGGI Regional Climate Initiative
*  [3/9/2020] The Economy As A Complement, Not Detriment To The Environment - Shell Ethane Plant
*  [2/24/2020] PA Plant Conservation Network To Hold 2nd Public Stakeholder Meeting March 27 In Beaver County
*  [2/24/2020] Pennsylvania Rare Plant Forum To Be Held March 28 At Penn State Beaver Campus
*  [2/16/2020] DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For 6 Facilities In Beaver, Delaware, Montgomery, Westmoreland Counties
*  [1/20/2020] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For 2 Dominion Energy Pipeline Projects In Beaver, Lawrence, Westmoreland Counties
*  [1/13/2020] DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Beaver, Berks, Greene, Lancaster, Washington, Westmoreland, York Counties
*  [1/6/2020] DEP Issues $30.6 Million Penalty Over ETC Revolution Pipeline Explosion Violations; Lifts Permit Bar
*  [12/23/2019] Keep PA Beautiful, BEHR Paints, Home Depot Fresh Paint Days Community Projects Completed
*  [12/23/2019] DEP Orders Aliquippa Water Authority To Address Iron, Manganese Issue In Drinking Water
*  [12/23/2019] Hearings [If Needed] Set On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Beaver, Butler, Philadelphia, Westmoreland Counties
*  [12/16/2019] Voting Now Open For Pennsylvania's 2020 River Of The Year
*  [12/9/2019] PA Resources Council Accepting School Registrations For Let's Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge In Western PA
*  [10/28/2019] DEP Holds Dec. 17 Hearing [If Needed] On Allegheny & Tsingshan Stainless RACT II Air Quality Plan, Beaver County
*  [10/14/2019] Independence Conservancy Walk In Penn's Woods At Rocky Bend Nature Preserve A Success In Beaver County
*  [9/22/2019] Last PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, National Drug Take-Back Day Events In October In Western PA
*  [9/22/2019] Independence Conservancy Hosts Oct. 6 Rocky Bend Nature Preserve Walk In Penn's Woods, Beaver County
*  [9/2/2019] DEP Provides Update On Pool Doctor Hazardous Site Cleanup In Beaver County, Hearing Set For Sept. 4
*  [8/26/2019] DEP Terminates Some Permit Review, Inspection Authority Delegated To Beaver Conservation District
*  [8/26/2019] Environmental Groups Praise DEP For Revoking Beaver Conservation District's Authority Over Pipeline Permits, Call For More Action
*  [8/26/2019] Independence Conservancy Hosts Next 3 Community Tire Collection Events In Beaver County
*  [8/19/2019] Duquesne Light Hopes To Ease Transition To Driving Electric Vehicles With New Online EV Resource Guide
*  [7/29/2019] Penn State Extension Helps Beaver County Girl Scouts Explore Their Local Watershed
*  [7/29/2019] 8 Communities Receive Fresh Paint Days Grants Courtesy Of Keep PA Beautiful, Behr Paint, The Home Depot
*  [7/29/2019] PA Resources Council: Only A Few More Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical Collection Events Left In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [7/22/2019] Sept. 4 DEP Hearing On Cleanup Plan For Pool Chemicals Site In Beaver County
*  [7/8/2019] DEP Reports Mosquitos In Beaver, Delaware Counties First To Test Positive For West Nile Virus
*  [7/1/2019] Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On DEP RACT II Air Quality Plan For FirstEnergy Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Beaver County
*  [6/10/2019] Volunteers Needed For June 15 River Sweep Cleanup In Western PA
*  [6/3/2019] DEP Proposes To Issue Water Quality Certification, Chapter 102, 105 Permits For West Loop Natural Gas Pipeline In Beaver, Lawrence Counties
*  [5/27/2019] Allegheny Land Trust Holds May 28 Meeting On Big Sewickley Creek Watershed In Allegheny, Beaver, Butler Counties
*  [5/20/2019] DEP Orders Energy Transfer To Restore Waterways Impacted During Construction Of Revolution Pipeline In 4 Counties
*  [4/29/2019] Volunteers Help Independence Conservancy Finish Wetland Restoration Project In Beaver County
*  [4/29/2019] PA Resources Council Holds 7 Household Chemical Collection Events In Western PA
*  [4/22/2019] Independence Conservancy Holds 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [4/22/2019] Columbia Gas Employees Celebrate Earth Day With Cleanup In Beaver County
*  [4/15/2019] Duquesne Light Providing Electric Vehicle Charging Station Rebates To Commercial Customers
*  [2/11/2019] DEP Puts Indefinite Hold On Reviewing Permits For All Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Projects In PA
*  [1/21/2019] Post-Gazette: DEP Says Energy Transfer LP Not Complying With Order To Stabilize Beaver County Pipeline Explosion Site
*  [1/21/2019] DEP Re-Publishes Notice Of Final Water Quality Certification For National Fuel Gas Line N To Monaca Pipeline, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [1/14/2019] DEP Posts Formal Notices Of Permits Issued To Shell Ethane Pipeline
*  [1/7/2019] DEP Announces 6 Grants To Reduce Stormwater Pollution, Restore Streams, Install Buffers In Beaver, Bradford, Dauphin Counties
*  [12/31/2018] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For National Fuel Gas Line N To Monaca Pipeline, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [12/24/2018] EPA Approves DEP Request To Eliminate 7.8 RVP Gasoline In Pittsburgh Region Which Increased Summer Gasoline Prices Up To 15 Cents/Gallon
*  [12/24/2018] DEP Approves Shell Falcon Ethane Pipeline Permits In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [11/5/2018] DEP Inspections Find Unreported Landslides On Right-Of-Way Of Newly Constructed Revolution Pipeline In Western PA, Compliance Order Issued
*  [10/29/2018] DEP: Nov. 28 Hearing On Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Little Blue Run Waste Impoundment Discharge Permit, Beaver County
*  [10/1/2018] Op-Ed: How PA Leaders Can Help Prevent Another Major Gas Pipeline Explosion
*  [10/1/2018] PRC Holds Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, Drug Take-Back Events In Western PA During October
*  [9/24/2018] Independence Conservancy To Hold 3 Community Tire Collection Events This Fall In Beaver County
*  [9/3/2018] FirstEnergy To Close Its Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Pennsylvania, And The State’s Largest
*  [8/20/2018] FirstEnergy Takes Next Step In Deactivation Of Its 3 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [8/6/2018] PA Resources Council Sets Fall Recycling Awareness, Backyard Composting, Vermicomposting Workshops, Hard-To-Recycle, HHW Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [7/30/2018] DEP Holds Aug. 2 Stormwater Education Workshop For Educators In Beaver County
*  [7/30/2018] Health Dept. To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Aug. 9 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/9/2018] DEP Reported West Nile Virus Found In 10 More Counties Bringing Total To 33
*  [6/18/2018] Independence Conservancy, Local Partners Cleanup Flood Debris From Raccoon Creek In Beaver County
*  [6/18/2018] River Sweep Volunteers Needed June 16 To Cleanup Waterways In Western PA
*  [6/11/2018] Independence Conservancy Completes Raccoon Creek Stream Bank, Buffer Project In Beaver County
*  [6/11/2018] DEP Invites Comments On Monaca Gas Pipeline Project Water Quality Certification In Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [5/28/2018] FirstEnergy Nuclear Power Plants Fail To Clear PJM Power Auction
*  [4/30/2018] Reminder: PRC, Partners Hold Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events In Western PA Starting May 5
*  [4/30/2018] FirstEnergy Files Letter With NRC Affirming Plans To Deactivate Beaver Valley, 2 Other Nuclear Power Plants
*  [4/23/2018] DEP Suspends Enforcement Of Low-RVP Gasoline Requirement In Pittsburgh After Final Regulation Repealing The Requirement Published
*  [4/9/2018] FirstEnergy Generation Files For Bankruptcy Just Before Midnight
*  [4/2/2018] UPDATED: FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania, BANKRUPTCY
*  [4/2/2018] FirstEnergy Seeks Emergency Federal Order To Avert Shutdown Of Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
*  [4/2/2018] House-Senate PA Nuclear Energy Caucus Chairs React To FirstEnergy Nuclear Plant Deactivation Notices
*  [3/12/2018] DEP Sets 3 Public Hearings On Proposed Shell Ethane Pipeline In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [3/12/2018] PRC: 2018 Schedule Of Drug Take-Back, Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, Reuse Fest Events In Western PA
*  [3/12/2018] EPA Acts To Reduce Manganese Emissions From S.H. Bell Plant On PA-Ohio Border
*  [2/19/2018] DEP Extends Comment Period On Permits For Shell Ethane Pipeline, Hearings To Be Scheduled
*  [1/22/2018] EPA Releases Superfund Redevelopment Focus List That Includes 3 PA Sites
*  [1/22/2018] Shell Proposes Nearly 60 Mile Ethane Pipeline In Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [12/4/2017] 5 Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Awards Announced, Applications Still Being Accepted
*  [11/20/2017] DEP Issues Water Quality Certification To Equitrans Pipeline Project In Allegheny, Beaver
*  [10/30/2017] Latest Public-Private CNG Transit Fueling Station Opens In Beaver County
*  [10/2/2017] PA Resources Council Holds Last 5 Special Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [9/4/2017] Environmental Groups Reach Agreement With Shell On Monitoring Ethane Plant Air Emissions In Beaver County
*  [8/28/2017] Independence Conservancy To Hold 4 Community Tire Collection Events In Beaver County
*  [8/14/2017] Keep PA Beautiful: 8 Communities Get A Fresh Coat Of Paint Thanks To Behr, The Home Depot
*  [6/26/2017] DEP Issues Water Quality Permit For Shell Petrochemical Complex In Beaver County
*  [6/26/2017] West Nile Virus Program Announces Positive Mosquito Results In 5 More Counties
*  [6/19/2017] Volunteer For ORSANCO Ohio River Sweep In Western PA June 17
*  [6/19/2017] DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day Saturday, June 17 For Southwest PA
*  [6/19/2017] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Projects In Armstrong, Beaver, Elk Counties
*  [4/3/2017] Sustainable Pittsburgh Calls On Shell For Sustainability Assessment Of Ethane Plant
*  [3/27/2017] PRC Sets 15 Household Chemical, Drug, Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Western PA
*  [2/27/2017] DEP Holds Feb. 28 Meeting/Hearing On TCE Response In Vanport, Beaver County
*  [2/27/2017] Bruce Mansfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Expected To Restart Next Week
*  [1/30/2017] DEP OKs Water Quality Certification For Emsworth, Montgomery Locks Hydro Projects
*  [1/30/2017] Penn State Extension, DCNR Woods In Your Backyard Workshops Feb. 25, April 1, 8
*  [1/9/2017] Nominations Now Being Accepted For Western PA Environmental Awards
*  [12/19/2016] DEP Accepting Comments On Shell Ethane Plant Air, Water Permits Until Dec. 26
*  [12/13/2016] DEP: National Mine Land Reclamation Award To Amerikohl For Beaver County Quarry
*  [12/5/2016] FirstEnergy: Bruce Mansfield Coal Plant Residuals To Be Used For Reclamation In WV
*  [11/28/2016] DEP Suspends Stage II Vapor Recovery Enforcement For New, Modified Gasoline Stations
*  [11/28/2016] Dec. 15 Meeting, Hearing On Shell Ethane Plant Air, Water Permit Changes In Beaver
*  [11/14/2016] DEP Suspends Enforcement Of Stage II In Southeast Due To Diminishing Benefits
*  [11/14/2016] Dec. 15 Hearing On NPDES Permit For Shell Ethane Cracker Plant In Beaver
*  [10/3/2016] PRC Holds Hard-To-Recycle, Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [10/3/2016] Comments Invited On Montgomery Lock & Dam 42-MW Hydroelectric Facility
*  [8/22/2016] DEP: 14 Counties Nonattainment Areas For New Ozone Standard, August Meetings Set
*  [8/22/2016] Keep PA Beautiful, Behr Paints, Home Depot Award 2016 Fresh Paint Days Grants
*  [8/22/2016] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Project In Beaver County
*  [8/15/2016] Raccoon Creek Watershed Put On PA Rivers Conservation Registry
*  [8/1/2016] Senior Environment Corps Volunteers Finish Water Quality Training In Beaver County
*  [8/1/2016] Dept. Of Health Distributing Free Potassium Iodide On Aug. 4 Near Nuclear Power Plants
*  [7/25/2016] Wolf Holds Roundtable On Economic Impact Of New Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County
*  [6/27/2016] Senior Environment Corps Forming Beaver County Group
*  [6/13/2016] Shell To Build Ethane Plant In Beaver, Could Qualify For $1.8 Billion State Tax Credit
*  [5/16/2016] Airborne Manganese Levels In Glasgow, Beaver County Warrant Further Investigation
*  [5/2/2016] PA Resources Council Launches Western PA Household Chemical Collection Events May 7
*  [5/2/2016] In Memoriam: Albert F. Moran, Co-Founder Independence Conservancy
*  [3/21/2016] PA Resources Council Schedules Hard-To-Recycled Collection Events In Western PA
*  [3/7/2016] PRC Household Chemical, Pharmaceutical Collection Events Set In Western PA
*  [2/29/2016] No Radioactive Contamination Detected Outside Beaver Falls Scrapyard
*  [12/21/2015] 25 Communities Receiving Keep PA Beautiful’s 25th Anniversary Grants Get Results
*  [12/7/2015] Center For Rural PA: Rural Pennsylvanians Recycling Less DEP Data Says
*  [12/7/2015] Drone To Help Assess Beaver County Asbestos Superfund Site Dec. 7
*  [11/16/2015] PRC, SW Air Quality Partnership Student Let’s Clear The Air Poster Challenge
*  [10/19/2015] Series Of 4 MS4 Municipal Stormwater Workshops Set In Western PA
*  [10/12/2015] Southwest PA Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge Open For Entries
*  [9/28/2015] PA Resources Council To Hold 2 Final Collection Events In Western PA
*  [8/24/2015] Wildlife For Everyone: Hereford Manor Lake Restoration Underway In Beaver County
*  [8/3/2015] PA Resources Council Special Waste Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [7/27/2015] State Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Near Nuclear Power Plants Aug. 6
*  [4/27/2015] DEP Hearing On Cleanup Of Beaver County Hazardous Waste Site May 5
*  [4/27/2015] PA Resources Council Hosts 6 Household Chemical Collection Events In Western PA
*  [4/6/2015] DEP Meeting, Hearing On Shell Ethane Plant May 5 In Beaver County
*  [4/6/2015] DEP April 14 Hearing On Cleanup Of Hazardous Substances In Beaver County Landfill
*  [3/30/2015] DEP Sets May 5 Hearing On Air Permits For Shell Ethane Facility In Beaver County
*  [3/23/2015] DEP, Police Search For Testing Firm’s Missing Nuclear Gauge In Beaver County
*  [2/16/2015] EPA Awards Clean Diesel School Bus Grants In 30 States, PA Gets One
*  [12/22/2014] EPA: Coal Ash Not A Hazardous Waste, Sets New Disposal Rules
*  [12/1/2014] 4 PA Counties Would Violate New Ozone Standard Proposed By EPA
*  [11/10/2014] Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Available Nov. 20 To Residents Near Nuclear Power Plants
*  [10/6/2014] Feature: WREN Vanport Twp: A Small System With Tall Order To Preserve Clean Water
*  [8/4/2014] July Catalyst Newsletter Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition
*  [6/30/2014] June Issue Of The Catalyst Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition
*  [6/2/2014] EPA Brownfields Grants Help Western PA Communities
*  [4/7/2014] DEP Issues Permit Requiring Closure Of FirstEnergy’s Little Blue Run Impoundment
*  [12/30/2013] Shell Extends Land-Option For Ethane Cracker Plant In Beaver County
*  [12/9/2013] Opportunity To Bid On DEP Projects In Beaver, Clearfield And Erie Counties
*  [10/7/2013] Independence Conservancy Seeks Input On Watershed Conservation Plan, E-Newsletter
*  [8/12/2013] DEP Meeting, Hearing On Little Blue Run Coal Waste Impoundment Closure Plan Aug. 15
*  [7/22/2013] New Website, Public Meetings On Raccoon Creek Watershed Conservation Plan
*  [7/1/2013] Shell Announces 6 Month Extension Of Beaver Cracking Plant Option
*  [3/25/2013] DEP Plans Hickory Run Energy Hearing April 3 Lawrence County
*  [11/12/2012] DEP Fines Beaver County Man $137,800 For Wetlands Violations
*  [10/1/2012] Help Wanted: Briar Bush Nature Center, Beaver County
*  [8/20/2012] PRC Hosts Household Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver Counties
*  [8/6/2012] DEP Files Settlement To Close Little Blue Run Coal Ash Disposal Facility In Beaver
*  [8/6/2012] Corbett Discusses Challenges Ahead For Shell Cracker Plant
*  [6/18/2012] Sen. Vogel, Rep. Christiana Introduce Ethane Tax Credit Bill
*  [6/18/2012] Corbett Administration Highlights Potential Of 20,000 Jobs From Shell Ethane Plant
*  [3/19/2012] Shell Signs Agreement To Evaluate Beaver County Site For Ethane Cracker Plant
*  [10/17/2011] Household Chemical Collection Event Set For October 22 In Beaver County
*  [10/10/2011] DEP Completes Beaver County Waste Tire Pile Cleanup
*  [10/3/2011] Chesapeake Energy Starts Utica Shale Natural Gas Production In PA, Ohio
*  [5/16/2011] DEP Asks EPA For Waiver From Low RVP Gasoline In Face Of Shortages In Pittsburgh
*  [5/2/2011] Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits
*  [3/28/2011] PRC: Western PA Schedule For Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events
*  [3/28/2011] State Parks Roll Out A Green Welcome Mat For Spring Visitors
*  [3/28/2011] DEP Opportunity To Bid On Lancaster, Beaver Counties Tire Pile Cleanups
*  [2/28/2011] Special March 5 Events At Beaver County High Hazard Dams, Trout Season Begins In April
*  [12/6/2010] DCNR Approves Five Watershed Conservation Plans, Adds To Rivers Registry
*  [11/22/2010] DCNR Approves Four Watershed Conservation Plans, Adds To Rivers Registry
*  [9/20/2010] Beaver County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event October 2
*  [8/9/2010] Pennsylvania’s Wild Resources Symposium Scheduled For August 17
*  [4/12/2010] Independence Conservancy Sponsors Tire Collection Events May 15, 29
*  [3/22/2010] Save The Date: Ohio River Sweep Cleanup Set For June 19
*  [11/9/2009] Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station Receives 20-Year License Extension
*  [6/19/2009] PROP Organics Roundtable Set For July 14 In Beaver County
*  [5/15/2009] Environmental Teacher Workshops Set For June And July In Western PA
*  [4/17/2009] Governor Announces 2009 Environmental Excellence Award Winners
*  [10/10/2008] Final Conservation and Management Plan Released For Beaver River
*  [6/6/2008] Group to Hold Public Meeting on Proposed Dam Repairs June 26 in Beaver County
*  [3/14/2008] Project Will Eliminate Dangerous Highwalls, Replace Wetlands, Protect Streams
*  [2/1/2008] Connoquenessing Creek Watershed Plan Available for Public Review
*  [1/18/2008] DEP Invites Comments on TMDLs for 4 Watersheds in Beaver, Fayette Counties
*  [12/1/2006] Duquesne Light 16.2% Rate Increase Includes Energy Dev. Authority Contribution
*  [9/1/2006] Household Hazardous Waste Collection Nets 35,000 Pounds of Waste
*  [9/1/2006] Share Your Vision for the Connoquenessing Creek Watershed in September
*  [5/26/2006] Finalists Named for 2006 Commonwealth Design Awards by 10,000 Friends
*  [4/14/2006] Feature - 12 Winners Announced for Governor's Environmental Excellence Award
*  [11/25/2005] Abitibi-Consolidated Expands Service to Encourage Paper Recycling
*  [11/4/2005] Keystone Profiles, Ltd. Saves Over $41,000 a Year in Energy, Waste Costs
*  [10/28/2005] Watershed Mini-Grants Available From Western PA Conservancy, Dominion
*  [7/29/2005] Ohio River Watershed Celebration Attracts 800 Participants, Awards Presented
*  [5/27/2005] Southwest River Sweep Volunteers Needed for June 18
*  [3/18/2005] More Brownfield Projects Approved Under Business In Our Sites
*  [3/18/2005] First Energy to Spend $1.1 Billion, Reduce Pollution 212,500 tons In Settlement
*  [3/11/2005] Bruce Mansfield Power Plant to Upgrade Pollution Controls, Reuse Facilities
*  [3/11/2005] 2004 Youth Hunter Essay Contest Winners Honored
*  [12/3/2004] Comments Invited on TMDL Plans in Allegheny, Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [11/12/2004] Farmers in 17 Counties Eligible for 'CHEMSWEEP' Pesticide Disposal Program