75 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 75 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!

-- Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Proposes Major Initiative To Speed Up DEP Permit Reviews/ Inspections; Double Oil & Gas Fund Investment In State Parks/Forests Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Supports Outdoor Recreation Economy, Park And Forest Infrastructure 

-- Pennsylvania State Actions Responding To Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of March 6 [PaEN]

-- WESA: CMU Researchers Find High Levels Of A Hazardous Chemical Acrolein Weeks After Ohio/PA Train Derailment [Acrolein Also Used In Shale Gas Fracking Fluid ,To Treat Shale Gas Drilling Impoundments] 

-- 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  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Final Piece Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Fence Line Air Monitoring System Now Online, But Don’t Expect Instant Data

-- Norfolk Southern CEO To Appear March 20 Before PA Senate Committee To Answer Questions About Ohio/PA Train Derailment; Committee Subpoenas Documents [PaEN]

-- House Democratic & Republican Policy Committees Hold March 14 Joint Hearing On Impact Of Ohio/PA Train Derailment In Beaver County [PaEN] 

-- Sen. Bob Casey Testifies Before U.S. Senate Committee On Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Democrats Call On Congress, Feds To Toughen Regs On Toxic Trains

-- DEP Reports No Signs Of Groundwater Contamination With First Results From Water Sampling Near Ohio/PA Train Derailment Site  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: ‘We’re Afraid To Drink Our Water’: Beaver County Families Want Assurances After Train Derailment

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Dioxin Concerns From Ohio/PA Train Derailment Persist As People Wait On Test Results 

-- WESA: PA Supreme Court: Groups That Appeal Environmental Permits And Win Can Recoup Legal Fees From Companies

-- Rep. Greg Vitali Named Majority Chair Of House Environmental Committee; House Appoints Committee Members  [PaEN]

-- DEP Methane Overflight Research Study Resulted In Voluntary Reductions In Oil & Gas, Landfill Facilities; Coal Industry Uncooperative [PaEN] 

-- The Guardian: One Of The Worst Global Methane Leaks In 2022 Was In PA - Equitrans In Cambria County; Routine Abandonment, Non-Compliance Of Conventional Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping  [PaEN]

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network: Opposes Congressional Republican Attempts To Repeal Federal Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reduction Program

-- Save Our Streams PA Hosting April 28-30 Abandoned Well Weekend Workshop In Bradford County  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Well Done Foundation Says Taxpayers Shouldn’t Be Stuck With Paying To Plug Oil & Gas Wells, Private Finance Or Corporate Funding Needed

-- Delaware Currents: Future Of Rail Shipment Of PA LNG-Natural Gas To Gibbstown LNG  Export Project Remains Far From Certain In Philadelphia Area 

-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosts March 23 TEC Talk On Trends On Industry Decarbonization At Hazleton Campus  [PaEN]

-- DOE Now Accepting Proposals For $6 Billion In Funding To Decarbonize Energy-Intensive Industries

-- Rep. Fiedler, Labor Leaders, Educational, Environmental Leaders Announce Bill To Create Grant Program To Invest In Solar Energy Facilities At Schools  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Solar Panels Can Cost $20,000 But Some Philly-Area Homeowners Say They’re Worth The Investment As Energy Prices Go Up [Driven By Natural Gas Price Spikes]  

-- LancasterOnline: New Energy Co-Op Helps Make Switch To Solar Power Easier, More Affordable In Lancaster

-- PA Solar Center Hosts March 17 Webinar On Opportunities For PA In Solar Supply Chain, Solar Recycling And Reuse [PaEN]

-- U.S. EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023  [PaEN]

-- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Penn State Extension Hosts 4-Part Educator Training Course: Carbon Incentives For Forest Owners Starting March 8 [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Energy Efficient Appliances Can Help The Environment, Save Pennsylvanians Money - Reps. Jennifer O’Mara (D-Delaware), Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin), Sen. Lindsey Williams (D-Allegheny), Flora Cardoni (PennEnvironment)

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County: ‘I’m Ecstatic. It Was The Dirtiest, Dirtiest Place Ever.  It Put A Blight On Our Community’ 

-- Observer-Reporter: Fmr Hatfield Power Plant Smokestacks Demolished, Marking End Of Coal-Fired Era

-- TribLive: Fmr Cheswick Coal-fired Power Plant Property Could Be Rezoned Residential In Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Seward Coal-Fired Generating Station In Westmoreland County To Get New Operator

-- WESA: Mon Valley Clean Air Watchdogs Call On EPA To Challenge Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant’s Operating Permit From Allegheny County 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EPA Region III Official To Meet With Pittsburgh Environmental Groups Over Air Pollution Standards

-- TribLive Editorial: Air And Water Testing Is Not Just For Disasters

-- DEP Hosting 6 Regional Engagement Sessions On Climate Action For Environmental Justice Communities Starting April 5  [PaEN]

-- EPA: $16 Million In Pollution Prevention Grants Available In Environmental Justice Communities

-- DEP Receives $29.35 Million In Federal Funding To Support Abandoned Mine Land Economy Revitalization  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Columbia County Residents Concerned About Coal Mine Fire Near Mount Carmel - ‘Like Burning Tires’

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Poised To Become Hub For Energy Storage, Battery Production 

-- Scranton Times: The Electric City Gets First Electric Vehicle Fleet

-- PUC’s #CallUtilitiesNow Campaign Receives International, PA Recognition 

-- WESA: Study Receives EPA Grant To Look At Flooding And Health Outcomes In Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Leader Hillary Harp Falk Calls For Shifts In Bay Cleanup Strategies 

-- Bay Journal Forum: Farms Need Federal Support Now, For Their Own Sake And For The Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Interstate Chesapeake Bay Commission Issues 2022 Annual Report

-- Susquehanna University Freshwater Research Institute, Chesapeake Conservancy Formalize Relationship On Watershed Restoration Projects  [PaEN]

-- Future Scientists Wanted: Land Health Institute Accepting Applications For Future Environmental Scientists, Stewards Program  [PaEN] 

-- NextPittsburgh: Communitopia’s Raina Rippel Believes Pittsburgh Students Can Be Environmental Action Leaders 

-- TribLive Editorial: 9-Year Old Lobbies Vandergrift Elected Officials To Open Playgrounds Early, Council Put Off A Decision

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: An Ode To Mud

-- Coalition For Delaware River Watershed: Bipartisan Bill Introduced In Congress To Expand Equity In Delaware River Conservation Program  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: This Is The Time For Pennsylvanians To Pipe Up On Lead Water Service Line Removal - By PA American Water

-- DEP Posts Updated List Of Technical Guidance In Development To Promote Public Involvement  [PaEN]

-- Keep Chester County Beautiful Volunteer Beth Intoccia Encourages Others To Make Their Communities Stronger, Cleaner And Better Places To Live  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Permanent Glass Recycling To Open Soon In Oakmont Area Of Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: Goodwill To End Use Of Plastic Bags In Southwestern PA

-- Keep PA Beautiful Invites Teachers, Students To Participate In Litter Free School Zone Program  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Secures Nearly $4 Million For Farmland Preservation

-- WNEP:  Jim Thorpe Borough Council Shoots Down Development Near Mauch Chunk Lake In Carbon County

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Montgomery County Residents Fight Plan To Build New Town Hall On What They Thought Was Permanent Open Space

-- PA Director Of Outdoor Recreation Announces Statewide Stakeholder Meetings Starting March 29  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square: PA’s Outdoor Recreation Boom Persists, Data Shows 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Outdoor Recreation Industry Green, Growing

-- Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited Hosting March 11 Conservation Advocacy 101 Workshop In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- 2023 PA Firefly Festival, Glow & Know Campout Details Now Available, Registration Deadline March 31

-- TribLive: Wildlife Livestream Helps ‘Bring The Outdoors In’ For Saint Vincent Students 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Students Across PA Are Raising Catfish In Classrooms

-- Warren Times: Tamarack Wildlife Center Returns Eagle To Wild After 5-Month Rehab

-- ABC27: Two PA Freshwater Mussels Listed As Threatened Under Federal Endangered Species Act

-- AP: Longsolid, Round Hickorynut Freshwater Mussels Granted Federal Protection

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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

[Posted: March 12, 2023]   PA Environment Digest