PA Environment Digest Articles
Beaver County
*  [11/4/2024] Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations: Similar Action In 2023 Resulted In $10 Million Settlement
*  [10/28/2024] EDF: New Report Shows 22% Growth In PA's Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Mitigation Industry In 3 Years
*  [10/28/2024] DEP Extends Air Quality Permits For Temporary Operation Of Shell Petrochemical Plant; No Schedule Posted Yet For Considering Full Title V Air Quality Permit
*  [10/21/2024] Beaver County Residents Invited To Join An Oct. 23 In-Person Tour Of Shale Gas Fracking Sites & Infrastructure In Washington County And Discover Its Costs
*  [10/21/2024] Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Receives Grant To Strengthen Communications and Community Engagement Initiatives
*  [10/21/2024] Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Urges EPA To Move Forward With Strong Regulation Of Vinyl Chloride Under Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, While Calling For A Ban
*  [10/7/2024] No Decision Posted Yet From DEP On Whether Flare Gas Chemical Makeup, Volume At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Is Confidential Business Information
*  [9/16/2024] Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties
*  [9/9/2024] Penn State Extension Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training To Hold 3 Multi-Day In-Person Ag Conservation Keystone Training Workshops In October
*  [9/2/2024] DEP To Test Drinking Water In PA Within 1 Mile Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site For Next 10 Years After EPA Confirms Remediation Is Complete
*  [9/2/2024] Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Hosts Sept. 12 In-Person, Online Connecting Communities In The Fight Against Industrial Pollution
*  [8/26/2024] PA Resources Council, Partners Hold Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Fayette, Beaver Counties On Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 12
*  [8/19/2024] Penn State, Shell Petrochemicals, Shell Pipeline Company Announce Collaboration Focused On Energy And Sustainability
*  [8/19/2024] DEP Invites Comments On A Proposed $1.3 Million Cost Recovery Action At The Pool Doctor, Beaver Alkali Products Site In Beaver County
*  [7/29/2024] Shell Petrochemical Plant Asks DEP To Classify Chemical Makeup, Flow Rate Of Gases Going To Be Burned Off By Flares, Air Pollution Sources, Control Equipment Operating At The Plant Confidential Business Information
*  [7/22/2024] PA Solar Center: $74 Million In Potential Energy Savings Over 25 Years Found In Beaver County If 7 Communities Go Solar
*  [7/15/2024] DEP To Hold Aug. 14 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit For the IPSCO Koppel Tubular LLC Facility In 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