64 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 64 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Sign Petition Urging Governor-Elect Shapiro To Prioritize Banning Roading Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts 

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Says Leaks, Spill Damage Continue At Cambria County Gas Storage Site That Leaked For Weeks

-- WJAC: DEP: Investigation Into Cambria County Storage Area Natural Gas Leak Revealed ‘Numerous Violations’ By Company

-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Orders Gas Company To Take Mitigation Steps After Storage Area Natural Gas Leak; Incident Brought 10 Violations, State Says

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: DEP Orders Equitrans To Take Action On Natural Gas Storage Area Release

-- Bloomberg: Pennsylvania Says Many Violations Seen At Site Of Natural Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 3 Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Groups File Lawsuit To Block Rule Limiting VOC/Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Facilities [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Dimock Clean Drinking Water Plea Suggests New PA Governor Won’t Tolerate Violations By Energy Companies, Advocates Say

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ [Dimock, Susquehanna County] 

-- Environmental Health News: Waste From 8 PA Shale Gas Drilling Sites Using PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Shipped To At Least 97 Sites For Reuse And Disposal [23 Million Gallons Of Waste, 30,390 Tons Of Solid Waste] 

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Charges Of Illegal Disposal Of Drilling Wastewater In Dunkard Creek, Greene County Brought Against Wastewater Hauler [2011] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Greene County DA Conducting Criminal Investigation Of East Dunkard Water Authority For Distributing Contaminated Drinking Water

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- EPA: Registration Open For Virtual Hearing On Supplemental Rule To Cut Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Operations  [Jan. 10-11]

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times: 73-Acre Proposed Solar Farm To Produce Electricity In Scranton 

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Counties Can Apply For Whole Home Repair Funding, Including Energy Efficiency Upgrades

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Startup Says Its Tech Will Let Electric Vehicles Go The Distance Without Recharging

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Electric Utilities In PA Monitoring Grid Infrastructure In Wake Of North Carolina Attacks

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Professionals Recognize Fmr DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Lorie Erb & Bog Turtle Recovery Program  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Local Agriculture Operator Mark Heller Making A Difference [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Eels In The Classroom; Vote For Conestoga River As River Of The Year; Lancaster Resident Honored For Environmental Justice Work

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Eagle Scout Goes Deep To Pull 1-Ton Dumpster, Mobile Home From Conestoga River In Lancaster County 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Applications For College Scholarships

-- Women For A Healthy Environment Dec. 9 Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- Politics PA: PA Congressman Thompson Named Chair Of U.S. House Agriculture Committee

-- PA Municipal League Envision 2032 Recommendations In 7 Key Topics, Including Healthy, Sustainable Communities

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

 

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Permanently Preserve 24-Acre Forest In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeks Partner To Protect 755-Acre Camp Trexler In Monroe County From Development  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Brandywine Conservancy Helps Preserve 14+ Acres Of Historic Chester County Family Farm 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents Protect Forests From Development Using Conservation Easements, Working With Berks Nature 

-- MCall Guest Essay: Climate Change Threatens Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, The Time To Protect Them Is Now - By John Plonski 

-- Susquehanna River North Branch Vying For 2023 PA River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Philly Voice: Schuylkill River Among 4 Nominees For PA’s 2023 River Of The Year

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System 

 

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Secretary Joins Local Officials To Dedicate New Martic Forge Trestle Bridge In Lancaster County

-- PA Environmental Council: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Mini Grant Applications Due Dec. 14

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Appoints Four New Board Members

 

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Release 6th Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video - PA Forest Fire Towers  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: ‘Trees For Troops’ Encourages Donating Christmas Trees To Service Members

-- Agriculture Secretary Highlights Partnerships Protecting Pennsylvania’s Economy, Environment From Invasive Species Damage [PaEN]

-- WHYY: FarmerJawn Is Expanding Their Agriculture Access Vision Into Chester County

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Climate Change Threatens North American Wildflowers  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: New Book By Annie Proulx Shows Us How To Fall In Love With Wetlands; Serve As Vital Carbon Sinks [Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia ]

 

-- Citizens Voice: Laurel Run Dam Removal Will Address Safety, Ecology Issues, DCNR Says

-- PA Firefly Festival Update: Register For 2023 PA Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery

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Going The WRONG WAY:

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN]

[Posted: December 11, 2022]   PA Environment Digest