110 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 110 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!

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Health Depends On Regulation Of Oil & Gas Development  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Studies Of Natural Gas Development Point To Health Costs

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Residents Call For Action After Pitt Study Links Natural Gas Development To Asthma, Childhood Lymphoma

-- TribLive: Environmental Advocates Weight In On State Dept. Of Health, Pitt Study Of Natural Gas Development Health Impacts

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Does Anyone Care About The Study Linking PA Natural Gas Development To Cancer In Kids? 

-- Post-Gazette Letter: We Now Know How Bad Natural Gas Development Is For Children - By Dr. Edward Ketyer, Physicians For Social Responsibility PA

-- Republican Rep. Krupa To Introduce Bill To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: State, County Elected Leaders Take Proactive Steps To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells

-- Lawsuit Filed Against General Assembly, Governor Challenges Constitutionality Of Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Harm Caused By Abandoning Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 19 to 25 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Gas Frack-Out; More Leaking Wastewater Tanks; Equitrans Cleanup Continues  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Finds 2 More Petro Erie, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks With A Pipe Leading To A Discharge Area In A Ditch In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP Cites Petro Erie With 5 Additional Violations [For More Leaking Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County, Near Contaminated Reno Water Supply]  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: DEP Opens Webpage For Updates On Village Of Reno Water Supply, Venango County; Actions Related To Petro Erie, Inc. Conventional Oil Driller Who Contaminated The Water  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick - Letter To Editor: Disappointed In Lack Of Involvement In Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. James To Resolve Village Of Reno Water Contamination Issue In Venango County [Polluted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]   [PDF of Article] 

-- Shapiro Administration Secures Methane Detectors For Neighborhood In Plum Boro, Allegheny County Where Home Exploded  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: DEP Examining ‘Pinhole Leak’ In A Penneco Natural Gas Gathering Line Behind Homes That Exploded In Plum Boro, Allegheny County  [PUC, DEP Have No Statutory Authority To Regulate Safety Of Gathering Pipelines]

-- 150+ Residents Of Chester Opposed To An LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Proposed In Their Community Let Their Feelings Be Known To The House Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Proposed In Chester Draws Pushback: ‘We Suffer For Everybody Else’s Comfort’

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: ‘We Suffer For Everybody’s Else’s Comfort’ Critics Of LNG Natural Gas Export Hub Say

-- WHYY: Chester Residents Unite Against Philly LNG Natural Gas Task Force Proposal: ‘We Will Not Allow This Environmental Genocide’

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Vow To Fight LNG Natural Gas Export Facility In Delaware County’s Poorest community

-- Inquirer: LNG Natural Gas Plant Could Bring Millions To Bankrupt Chester, Leaders, Residents Say No Thanks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To Environmental Justice Policy

-- AP: Environmental Groups Recruit People Of Color Into Overwhelmingly White Conservation World [Includes Philadelphia]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Appalachian Economy Sees Few Gains From Natural Gas Development, Report Says

-- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Approves 2 Penalty Settlements With Columbia Gas Totaling $1.525 Million For A House Explosion In Washington County, 2 Natural Gas Pipeline Over-Pressurization Incidents In Franklin, Clarion Counties  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY/Billy Penn: Neighbors Raise $20,000 For Residents Impacted By New Year’s Day Natural Gas Explosion In Port Richmond, Philadelphia 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Don’t Derail Train Safety Bills [Both Congress, PA Legislature Have Bills Pending]

-- Scholarships Available For 2023 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. To Treat Mine Drainage In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Receives $100,000 Federal Grant To Repair Mine Drainage Treatment System In Tioga County  [PaEN] 

-- Olean Times Herald: A Mine Reclamation Success Story In The PA Wilds - Bennett’s Branch Of Sinnehamoning Creek, Dents Run In Clearfield, Elk Counties

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Restoration Of Abandoned Mine Drainage In Espy Run A Significant Achievement

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of 161 PA Streams Sampled In USGS Study

-- Bipartisan Group Of PA Members Of Congress Urge President To Declare Federal Disaster After Severe Flooding, Storms Caused 7 Deaths, Property Damage In Berks, Bucks, Northampton Counties  [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy, Partners Announce Launch Of Brandywine Creek Flood Study Following Historic Flooding From Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: New Study To Determine Causes Of Flooding Along Brandywine Creek

-- TribLive: 75th Anniversary Of Construction Of Youghiogheny River Dam 

-- EPA, The Hershey Company Commit $2 Million To Land O'Lakes Dairy Farms Members In PA For Sustainable Farming Initiatives  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA, The Hershey Company Commit $2 Million For PA Dairy Farm Conservation

-- How One Man's Journey To Becoming A Tree Parent Is Growing A Forest And Inspiring Others - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center  [PaEN]

-- How Penn State Extension Launched One Of The Most Successful Volunteer Training Programs In The US To Help Revive Struggling Local Watershed Groups - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension, Audubon Society Of Western PA Host Oct. 21 Backyard Stream Repair Field Day In Allegheny County; Other Extension Watershed Resources  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Supplement To Manure Management For Environmental Protection Guidance For Animal Manures And Agricultural Process Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: County Action Plan Updates; Training; Grants; Accomplishments; More

-- Funding Now Available For Energy Efficiency, Farm Conservation Projects Thru DEP’s Small Business Advantage Grant Program  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Announces New $150,000 Stream & Watershed Enhancement Grant Program  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Western PA Conservancy Working On Juniata River Watershed Plan

-- PA Environmental Council: Cultivating Connections At Rodale Institute On Organic, Restorative Farming Practices

-- Stroud, PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Launching Agroforestry Project At Wild Fox Farm In Berks County In-Person Sept. 6  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug. 26

-- DEP PA Clean Water Academy: Releases Training On Guiding Principles Of Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Just Peachy: Visiting Chambersburg To Learn About PA’s Most Famous Fruit

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Push For Conservation Money In Next Federal Farm Bill

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Stresses Old Infrastructure, Stormwater Fees To Fund Projects Are A Way To Help Limit Flooding, Pollution

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Battle Over Climate-Warming Cryptocurrency Mines Intensifies

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Cryptocurrency Mining Company Wants Plant To Burn Tires To Fuel Its Operations; Environmental Advocates Ask DEP To Say No

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Polluters Should Pay To Protect Communities From Climate Crisis They Created - By Clean Air Council

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?  Part 3: Dig In The Dirt

-- WHYY: Delaware County Confronts Climate Crisis With First-Ever Sustainability Plan

-- On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia Faith In Action: Environmental Justice For All - Ensuring Equity And Benefits Across Our Most Climate-Impacted Communities  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Montana Court Rules For Future [Climate Case Brought By Children]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Why The Sharp Rise In Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions Exceedences In Mon Valley In Spite Of Edgar Thomson Steel Plant Deal?

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Disappointed By Delay In Updating EPA Ozone Pollution Standards, Calls For Swift Action

-- York County-Based Young Evangelicals For Climate Action: Delayed Ozone Pollution Standards Will Harm Our Communities, Perpetuate Environmental Injustice

-- 15 Western PA Environmental Organizations Call On Gov. Shapiro To Implement RGGI  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: Solar Power Comes To University Of Pittsburgh Campus

-- BCTV.org: Funding Available In Met-Ed, Penelec Service Territories For Sustainable Energy Projects

-- PA Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Now Accepting Applications  [PaEN]

-- MCall Guest Essay: The Shift To Green Energy Should Protect Families Who Work In Fossil Fuel Industry - By Reba Elliott, Catholic Laudato Si’ Movement Protecting God’s Creation

-- Air & Waste Management Assn. Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 26-27 In Pittsburgh  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Sen. Casey Hopes Tax Credits For Clean Energy Projects Can Boost PA’s Coal Communities

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Commissioners Take First Step Toward C-PACE Clean Energy Financing Program

-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For $2.6 Million In PA Clean Diesel Grants  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Electric Vehicle Drivers Can Soon Get A Shorti And A Charge-Up At Some Wawas

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Former Owner Of Huber Breaker Pleads Guilty To Charges Brought By State Attorney General For Illegal Hazardous Waste Dumping In Luzerne County

-- Inquirer: Rebirth Of A Long-Shuttered 120-Year-Old Scranton Coal Mine As An Educational Coal Mine

-- Warren Times: Tom Clark Making The World Better Place One Piece Of Garbage At A Time

-- Post-Gazette: Kyle Winkler Is The Zero Waste Wrangler, Gathering Compostable Trash For AgRecycle In Washington County

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Litter Capture Booms Piloted In Presque Isle Bay, Erie  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 4th Generation Keeps Family Business Running At Pitt Penn Recycling In Allegheny County 

-- PA Resources Council Announces 5 Upcoming Recycling, Safe Disposal Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver, Delaware Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Listen To Lycoming Landfill Staff - Don’t Throw Out Lithium Batteries, Recycle Them

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Make Pittsburgh Recycling Better By Making Recycling Jobs Better

-- Pennsylvania Invests $8.6 Million To Protect 2,645 Acres Of Farmland In 18 Counties  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: In Their Own Words, 15 Essays By Individuals Who Made The Choice To Permanently Conserve Their Land  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 4th Generation Keeps Family Business Running At Pitt Penn Recycling In Allegheny County 

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Listen To Lycoming Landfill Staff - Don’t Throw Out Lithium Batteries, Recycle Them

-- TribLive: PA Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Exercise In Pittsburgh Tuesday

-- TribLive: Rafting Fatality Inquest Jurors Recommend Drastic Changes At Ohiopyle 

-- TribLive: Inquest Examines Dangers Of Rafting Near Dimple Rock At Ohiopyle

-- TribLive: Another Tiki Boat Captain Saves Person From Drowning In Pittsburgh River

-- Centre Daily Times: What Happens To A PA Forest After A Timber Sale?  This Area Offers An Example  

-- Three New Conservation Easement Guides From WeConservePA Address Carbon Issues  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Nominations Open For Spirit Of South Mountain Award 

-- WPSU: Alcohol Made From Sunflower Seeds?!  A Tour Of New Distillery, Education Center In Kane, McKean; Part Of PA Wilds

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Pollinator Group Exceeds Goal Of 250 Habitat Sites For Monarch Butterflies

-- Penn State Researchers: Bee Populations At Risk Of One-Two Punch From Heat Waves, Pathogen Infection

-- Penn State Extension: There Is A Predator Hiding In Empty Spotted Lanternfly Eggs - Dustywing 

-- WITF: Penn State College Of Ag Team Leading Center Focused On Stopping Tick-Borne Diseases

-- Post-Gazette: What Happens When You Get Caught In The Lyme Disease Wars

-- Allegheny National Forest Accepting Comments On Environmental Assessment For Invasive Plants And Interfering Vegetation

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeks Comment On Plan To Deal With Invasive Species

-- Warren Times: Artist’s Love Of Nature Brings Praise For Allegheny National Forest Program

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Artist-In-Residence Program Seen As A Success

-- Scranton Times: NE PA’s Knotweed Jungle: Invasive, Hidden In Plain Sight And Difficult To Control

-- KDKA: Salamander Mussel Found In Pennsylvania Facing Extinction

-- Game Commission: Online Elk Viewing Cam Back For Another Season  [View Live Stream] 

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Asking Permission Of Landowners To Hunt Sometimes Results In Access Being Granted

-- Updated Pennsylvania's Wildlife Conservation History By Joe Kosack Now Available From Game Commission  [PaEN]

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[Posted: August 27, 2023]   PA Environment Digest