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!

-- Community Demands Accountability From EQT Natural Gas On 1-Year Anniversary Of Greene County Frack-Out Incident; Families Still Without Clean Water; No DEP Investigation Results  [PaEN] 

-- KDKA Investigations: Washington County Family Says Energy Transfer/MarkWest Natural Gas Processing Plants Turned Peaceful Farm Into Nightmare  - Part I & II  [PaEN]

-- KDKA Investigations: Environmental Group Says DEP Is Stonewalling It Amid Search For Answers About Energy Transfer Natural Gas Plant Explosion Christmas Day In Washington County - Part II 

--  DEP Rejects MarkWest Act 2 Cleanup Notification For 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill At Compressor Station In Robinson Twp., Washington County; Notice Is Re-sent   [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 1 to 7; New Brownfield Cleanups; Shale Gas Well Plugging Picks Up; New Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 8; New Brownfield Cleanups Increase  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Shale Gas Well Emergency Response, Pollution Prevention Contingency Plan Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Aug. 23 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit Revisions For Artemas Natural Gas Compressor Station In Bedford County  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Rally Region, State Against LNG Natural Gas Project In Wyalusing, Bradford County

-- Scranton Times: Developer Revives Efforts To Ship LNG Natural Gas From Bradford County Through Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming Counties  [Article Text ]

-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Drops Appeal Of Shale Gas Well Pad Denial In West Deer; Residents Plan To Fight Recently Approved Well Pad

-- Inside Climate News: Q/A: What To Do About Pollution From A Vast New Shell Petrochemical Plant In Pennsylvania 

-- WeConservePA Hosts Oct. 5 Webinar On Establishing Local Environmental Advisory Councils; EAC Network Gathering Oct. 21 [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Starts Accepting Resource Enhancement Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Aug. 7  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PA Member Of Congress In The Middle Of The Action As Congress Debates Federal Farm Bill

-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day To Be Held July 21 At Kutztown, Berks County Campus  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Women Are Changing The Face Of Agriculture

-- Trout Unlimited - Brian Cooper: Beech Creek Abandoned Mine Drainage Cleanup Will Expand Brook Trout Habitat In Centre, Clinton Counties  

-- WVIA: Company Seeks Former Mine Lands For Reforestation

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Forest Owners Look To The Carbon Market To Help Manage Their Trees 

-- WKSU: EPA Seeks Public Input On 4th Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville/F&M Study: Green Roofs Bring More Bats Into Lancaster City, That’s A Good Thing

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Summer Fun At Jennings Environmental Center; Inspiration In Idaho  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Nonprofits Can Apply For Duquesne Light $10,000 Microgrants To Benefit Communities, Education, Clean Energy [Deadline July 21]

-- Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Host Homeowners Resource Fair July 21 At Wallenpaupack Environmental Center  [PaEN]

-- Fox43: Low-Income Household Water, Wastewater Assistance Program Reopening

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Region Among Hotspots For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Tap Water, Study Finds

-- KYW: Proposed EPA Rule On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Could Cost Companies $1 Billion, But Health Experts Say It Still Falls Short

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Fixing PA Water Systems Will Cost Billions, Let Local Governments Tap Private Capital - By Jim Seif, Former DEP Secretary, EPA Region 3 Administrator

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Can Curb Pollution, Protect Public Health By Reducing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Now - Alison L. Steele, Environmental Health Project

-- EPA/DOE To Provide More Than $1 Billion To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Sector

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Finally Gets Lawyers In Federal Clean Air Act Criminal Case

-- Public News Service: PA Groups Support New EPA Carbon Pollution Standards For Coal, Gas Plants

-- Feature: Comparing The Cost Of Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles versus Electric Vehicles: Which One Is Right For You? - By Robert Donnan, McMurray, Washington County   [PaEN] 

-- WESA: PA’s Transition To Electric Cars Is Going Just OK - New Report

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Battery Push That Got Pittsburgh-Based Matthews International Into Tesla’s Electric Cars

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network: 46,979 Pro-Life Evangelicals Support EPA’s Cleaner Vehicles Rule

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network Blog: Caring For Our ‘Garden Of Ed’ - Solar Energy Benefits For Pennsylvania - By Julian Burnett, PosiGen Solar & Energy Efficiency  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: POWER’s People’s Renewable Energy Plan For PECO Rally Drew A Small But Committed Crowd

-- PJM Interconnection Announces New Project Evaluation Process Begins July 10; More Than 260,000 MW Of Mostly Renewable Projects In Queue  [PaEN]

-- WESA/StateImpactPA: In PA, Renewable Energy Projects Could Come Online Faster With New PJM Interconnection Grid Policy

-- Inside Climate News: PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Must Process And Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, New Report Says

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Electrical Grid Footprint for July 5   [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Hydrogen Hub Legislation Stuck In House Committee

-- Inside Climate News: Rush To Build Carbon Pipelines Leaps Ahead Of Federal Rules And Safety Standards

-- Guest Essay: ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Smoke And Mirrors - By Karen Elias, Lock Haven  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: How Residents Of Philly’s Hottest Neighborhoods Are Coping As Temperatures Rise

-- Beaver County Times: Casey, Fetterman Cheer Proposed DOT/PHMSA Rule To Enhance Rail Hazmat Reporting

-- PA Resources Council Announces July Schedule Of Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Locations In Allegheny, Lawrence, Mercer Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council To Host 2 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County Aug. 12 & 26  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Letter: ‘Every Bottle Back’ Aids Pittsburgh Recycling - By Tony Crisci, PA Beverage Association

-- DCNR Blog: Building The Outdoor Recreation Economy One Bike At A Time - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern to the Director of Outdoor Recreation  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Wilds Promotes Remote Work With ‘Test Drive’ Program And Free Housing

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: How To Protect Against Effects Of Harmful Algal Blooms In Bucks County Lakes, Rivers

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Are Back Killing Trees, Threatening Agriculture And Changing The Taste Of Honey

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly: Checklist For Travelers; Participate In Lanternfly Distribution Survey; 50% Off Extension Courses

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Celebrating Our Wildland Firefighters

-- Altoona Mirror: Climate Change Making Wildfires And Smoke Worse

-- WESA: Wildfire Smoke Hasn’t Been Problem For Garden Plants, But Climate Change Is

-- Land Conservancy Of Adams County Partners With Estella King To Permanently Protect 50-Acres Of Farmland  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Richland Twp., Bucks County Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Earned Income Tax Referendum For Conserving Open Space

-- WHYY: Part 1 Of Push To Save Historic Crebilly Farm In Chester County Is Complete

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Conservancy’s Phil Wenger - Departing Thoughts From A Land Trust Convert

-- Delaware Currents: Old-Growth Forest In The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Gains National Recognition

-- WESA: Woods Further Afield: Dispatches From PA’s Rothrock State Forest

-- NYT: Formal Landscaping With Native Plants?  Yes, It’s Possible [Natural Lands - Stoneleigh]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Plants Native Grasses, Wildflowers At St. Xavier Site 

-- PennLive: Rare Butterflies Bloom Amid The Booms At Ft. Indiantown Gap

-- LancasterOnline: 6 Ways To Help Pennsylvania’s At-Risk Firefly Population

-- North Branch Land Trust Hosts July 14 Botanical Drawing Basics Workshop At The Dallas Twp. Municipal Building, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: A Seed Survival Story: How Trees Keep ‘Friends’ Close And ‘Enemies’ Guessing

-- Franklin County Free Press Guest Essay: Protecting PA Wildlife Through Wildlife Corridors

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Native Brook Trout Are Historic Pennsylvania Treasures

-- TribLive Editorial: The Impact Of Nonnative Species On Local Ecosystems Can Be Profound

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[Posted: July 9, 2023]   PA Environment Digest