115 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 115 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!

-- DEP Secretary Negrin Resigns Effective Dec. 8, On Medical Leave; Jessica Shirley Named Interim Acting Secretary  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bill Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Shale Natural Gas Drilling Sites, Infrastructure Based On Latest Science, Grand Jury Report  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: New Report Compiles Years Of Data About Health Risks Associated With Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure 

-- WESA/Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Research By Public Health Experts Shows ‘Damning’ Evidence On The Harms Of Fracking

-- Inside Climate News - Jake Bolster: Should Wastewater From Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Be Spread On Pennsylvania Roads? 

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Nov. 14 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 21 to 27 -- Plugging 100th Well Tough Going; 30 Abandoned Conventional Wells Confirmed To 1 Operator  [PaEN]

-- We Have Constitutionally Guaranteed Environmental Rights - But What Are We Leaving Our Kids? - By Carol Hillestad, Pocono Heritage Land Trust   [PaEN] 

-- DEP Adds Details On The 3 Upcoming Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: DEP’s New Environmental Justice Policy Includes More Communities Impacted By Pollution

-- WHYY: DEP’s Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Doesn’t Solve The Problem, Advocates Say

-- EPA Awards Nearly $5.3 Million For Environmental Justice Projects In PA Communities  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: RGGI Is About Climate Change, But Also About Environmental Justice - By Clean Air Council

-- EPA Region 3 Highlights Importance Of Children’s Health Month With North Philadelphia Daycare Visit  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2024 Water Quality Report Shows 28,820 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (34%) - An Increase From 27,886 In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: As Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Increase, CBF Sees Opportunities And Momentum In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 12th Annual Watershed Milestones Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Watershed Specialists In Susquehanna County Raising Awareness Of Riparian Stream Buffers 

-- Gov. Shapiro Recognizes Exemplary Commonwealth Employees For Dedication To Public Service, Including 3 State Park Rangers  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Park Rangers Earn Governor’s Award For Excellence

-- DCNR Good Natured Blog: Getting To Know Seth Cassell, The New State Forester  [PaEN]

-- PPL Corporation Appoints Christine M. Martin PPL Electric Utilities President

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County’s Solar Energy Facility Surge: 8 Projects Proposed On Coal Lands, Farm Fields

-- Republican Herald: 40 Acre Solar Energy Facility Proposed In Orwigsburg Boro, Schuylkill County

-- TribLive: Western PA Energy Consortium To Use Clean Energy From Ohio Wind Farm

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Buys Energy From Ohio Wind Farm

-- Courier Times: Bucks, Montgomery Counties Join Chester, Delaware Counties To Purchase Electricity For Their Operations To Reduce Costs, Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- Bipartisan Climate Initiative Officially Launches Education Effort To Use PA Environmental Rights Amendment To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Adapt To Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Feds Award Nearly $25 Million To Duquesne Light For High-Tech Electric Grid Projects

-- PennTAP: Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Meets Nov. 2 On Benefits Of HVAC Equipment Upgrades, Funding Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Hosts Nov. 13 Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding Networking Event In Harrisburg; Regional Outreach Events Continuing  [PaEN] 

-- NRDC: Moving To Electric Trucks In PA Could Save 140 Lives, Create 3,524 Jobs  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Companies And Projects Finally Revealed: ‘The Cloak Has Been Removed’ [ ARCH2 Presentation ]  [ ARCH2 website ]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Hydrogen Is Coming To Pennsylvania, Now What?  

-- Spotlight PA: Officials Celebrate PA’s Two Hydrogen Hubs, But Many Details Remain Shrouded In Secrecy 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: What Is The Philly-Area Hydrogen Hub, Who’s Behind It, How Will It Work?

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Mapping The Hydrogen Hub In The Midst Of DEP’s ‘Environmental Justice’ Communities On PennEnviroScreen  

-- NextPittsburgh: After 75 Years, ‘Willful Ignorance’ Remains The Donora Smog’s Lasting Fallout 

-- TribLive: Film Screening Next In 75th Anniversary Of Deadly Donora Smog Disaster

-- Bay Journal: Accepting Leadership Gavel, Maryland Governor Vows New Approach Toward Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup - By Jeremy Cox, Chesapeake Bay Journal    [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Share Wetland Restoration, Streamside Forest Buffer Success Stories  [PaEN] 

-- Public News Service: Halfmoon, Pequea Creek Restoration Projects Aim To Restore Watershed Health

-- Republican Herald: DEP Awards Grants To 2 Projects In Schuylkill County For Restoring Health Of Local Watersheds

-- WHYY: DCNR Program Helps Residents, Businesses Convert Lawns To Meadows

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Earth Conservancy Receives $17.5 Million DEP Federal Abandoned Mine Lands Grant For Restoration Of Nanticoke Creek

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Thumbs Up To Nanticoke Creek Watershed Restoration Project

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: With Target On Its Back, Lancaster County Leads State In Stream Restoration Projects

-- LancasterOnline: Conewago, Conowingo, Pequea Creek Watersheds Gain State Funds For Pollution Cleanup

-- LancasterOnline: 80 PA Farms Eligible For Conservation Practices Grants, Including Lancaster County Poultry Farms 

-- Lancaster Farming: Perdue Partners With Alliance For Chesapeake Bay On Conservation Grant

-- Lebanon County Conservation District Hosts Successful Swatara Creek Water Quality Field Day  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center, Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake, Other Partners Help Reduce Water Pollution In Lower Susquehanna Basin  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Review: Dairy Farm Checkoff Partners With Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, PA Dairy Farm

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Holding Online Proposal Coaching Sessions For Prospective Delaware Watershed Grant Applicants  [PaEN]

-- Deadline Change: DEP Accepting Applications For Next Round Of Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project Grants Until Nov. 8  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Challenges Of Tackling Water Pollution Hotspots In Lancaster County 

-- Large Heating Oil Spill In Cumberland County Highlights A Hole In Storage Tank Act, Availability Of Voluntary Underground Tank Leak Cleanup Insurance  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Mandatory Water Conservation Order Lifted In Cumberland County Days After Heating Oil Spill Impacts The Conodoguinet Creek

-- KDKA: DEP Investigating Oil Slicks On Monongahela River Near McKeesport

-- Reading Eagle: Native Trees Given Away In Berks County As Part Of 10 Million Trees Project

-- TribLive: Youngsters From Monroeville School Contribute To Greenway Reforestation In Allegheny County 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Nonprofits Expand Tree Planting Efforts 

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Canopy Alliance And City Will Use $9 Million To Revitalize Region’s Tree Canopy

-- WHYY: Federal Money Coming To Philly For Tree Planting, Lead Paint Awareness, A/C Units

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Trees Improve Our Lives, Let’s Save Them Them When We Can

-- Buffalo Creek Coalition: Dec. 7 One Day Hybrid Summit - Buffalo Creek Confluence: Coming Together For Shared Solutions  [PaEN] 

-- Meadville Tribune: Foundation For Sustainable Forests First In State To Receive USDA Community Forestry Grant

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Collaborative Emergency Flooding Solution For Spencer Lane Announced, Including ‘Beaver Deceiver’

-- WNEP: Scranton Officials Working With Scranton Community Foundation To Offer Flood Recovery Grants To Victim’s Of Last Month’s Flooding

-- Scranton Times: Application Window Opens Monday For Flood Relief Grants

-- ​​Pennypack Ecological Restoration Trust Cuts Ribbon On New Education & Research Field Station In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: 500+ Learn About River Thru 2023 Floating Classroom Programs

-- Williamsport Sun: Final Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Floating Classroom Focused On Raptors

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper, Partners Establish ‘Vernal School’ To Support The Montour Preserve In Montour County  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Partnership Can Foster New Opportunities At Montour Preserve For Those Willing To Get Creative

-- Warren Times: After-School Environmental Studies Program Gives Students Something Extra ‘Special’ 

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: What To Flush Or Not To Flush Into Your Septic System; Brooke Meets A Stream Doctor; More Education Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania To Crack Down On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Streams And Rivers

-- Better Path Coalition: Nov. 2 Brown Bag Briefing On Fracking And PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- EPA Finalizes Rule To Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting To Toxics Release Inventory

-- USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center Newsletter: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals;’ Orphan Oil & Gas Wells; Hurricane Ida Impacts; More!  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Spill Of Plastic Pellets In MD, PA Streams Reveals The Polluting Potential Of ‘Nurdles’

-- Marcellus Drilling News: East Dunkard Water Users Sue Water Authority, CNX, Others For Tainted Water  [PDF of Article]   [Copy of Lawsuit]

-- WTAE: DEP: East Dunkard Water Authority System Not Able To Produce Water After Plant Had ‘Breakdown In Treatment’

-- Observer-Reporter: Water Service Disruptions Affecting East Dunkard Water Authority Customers  [PDF of Article]

-- Observer-Reporter: PUC Dismisses Joint Settlement, Civil Penalty Against East Dunkard Water Authority  [PDF of Article]

-- House Committee To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On State’s Electronics Waste Recycling Law; Current Program Is Broken  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Chester Residents Unhappy With Taking Philly’s Trash, Speak Out At City Council Hearing

-- Keep PA Beautiful Updates Popular Litter Education Series: Open Your Eyes To Litter - Book 1 Available Now!  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday, Oct. 28

-- Warren Times: Today [Oct. 28] Is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day

-- KYW: Montgomery County Looks To Protect, Families, Drinking Water During Drug Take Back Day [Oct. 28]

-- TribLive: Volunteers Needed To Help With Making Sewickley’s Light Up Night On Dec. 1 Zero Waste Event In Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Proposal Would Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

-- WITF/Spotlight PA: Centre County Fire Company’s All-Female Attack Line Makes History

-- Warren Times: Clarendon Volunteer Fire Dept. To Utilize DCNR Grant On Wildfire Equipment

-- Heritage Conservancy Preserves Over 55 Acres In Bucks County Next To Quakertown Preserve Native Plant Sanctuary  [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Rural Towns Hope To Entice Remote Workers To Move To PA Wilds With A ‘Free’ Summer, Here’s How It’s Going  

-- PA Wilds Center: Appalachian Regional Commission Grant To Support Expansion Of PA Wilds Entrepreneurial Ecosystem 

-- South Mountain Partnership: Report Card, Grant Recipients, Much More! 

-- WNEP: Schuylkill County Couple’s Mission To Visit All PA State Parks Complete 

-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission, Wayne County, Partners Celebrate Opening Of White Mills River Access Park Along Lackawaxen River Trail

-- Erie Times: Brian Whipkey: Fish & Boat Commission Approves Land Purchase At Mouth Of Trout Run In Erie For Steelhead Production

-- Feature: Enjoy The Recreational Diversity Of The Susquehanna Greenway’s 10 State Parks - By Natalie Miller, Intern, Susquehanna Greenway Partnership  [PaEN]

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Results Of Sinnemahone Ultra Trail Run, Last Event In The 2023 Sinnemahone Triple Crown  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: York County Trail Towns Will Get $100,000 For Public Art, Revitalization

-- Republican Herald: Plans Underway For Schuylkill River Trail Route In Frackville

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: West Shore Wildlife Rehab Center Outgrows Space, Needs Help Finding New Home

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Opens Reservations For Eagle Watch Bus Tours Starting Jan. 6

-- PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Hosts Online Student Career/Jobs Program Nov. 9  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Hundreds Of Bats In Philly’s FDR Park Living In A Complex Society That’s Vital To Park Health

-- DCNR Blog: Remember Me As You Pass By - Caring For Historic Cemeteries On DCNR Lands

-- In Memoriam: Bob Clark, Outdoor Writer, Executive Director Of PA Forestry Assn.

-- In Memoriam: David A. Wolf, Outdoor Writer For Over 50 Years

-- In Memoriam: John C. Street, Outdoor Writer for PA Game News, Clarion News, Fly Fisherman

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[Posted: October 29, 2023]   PA Environment Digest