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Vice Chair Of DEP Citizens Advisory Council Asks DEP To Report On University Of Pittsburgh Study That Found At Least 800,000 Tons Of Oil & Gas Production Waste Sent To Landfills Was Unaccounted For In One Year


DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017


Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Still Fighting To Make Road Dumping Its Wastewater Legal; DEP Introduces Concepts Of A ‘Life Insurance Policy’ For Plugging Wells; Certified 3rd Party Inspectors


The Derrick: Permanent Alternate Water Supply Being Considered For Village Of Reno, Venango County After Contamination By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill


Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 7 to 13 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Spills; Venting Gas; Emergency Well Plugging


DEP Invites Comments At Nov. 14 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Marcus Hook Terminal In An EJ Area, Delaware County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 14


PJM Interconnection Formally Files Changes To Electric Capacity Market Rules With FERC Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot


Better Path Coalition: Oct. 18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure


Sierra Club's Delaware County Team Hosts Oct. 16 Webinar On Lawsuit Challenging Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells


DOE Awards Natural Gas-Based Hydrogen Hub In Western PA, Renewable/Nuclear Power-Based Hydrogen Hub In Eastern PA; Reactions


DEP Extends Public Comment Period On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy To Nov. 30; Will Schedule Additional Hearings


EPA Awards Penn State Hershey Medical Center $1.19 Million Community Pollution Prevention Grant To Advance Environmental Justice In PA, NY


Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards $150,000 Grant For Cambria County Mine Reclamation Project To Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation


Oct. 24 Webinar: Reforesting Mine Lands - How The Forestry Reclamation Approach Works For Coal Communities


Registration Open For Virtual Sessions! 18th Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum Nov. 3-5


Keep PA Beautiful: Free Cleanup Supplies Available For Registered Pick Up PA, International Coastal Cleanups Thru Nov. 30


DEP Collects $500,000 In Penalties From DC Ambler Properties In Montgomery County For Hazardous Sites Cleanup Act Violations


EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz Visits Brownfields Job Training Site In Pittsburgh, Highlights Conservation Work


Montgomery County-based ELEDLights Named Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Efficiency Champion


PA Solar Center: Oct. 20 Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development


DEP Accepting Applications For $16 Million In PA Grid Resilience Funding; Nov. 1 Deadline


Sustainable Pittsburgh Now Accepting Grant Applications From Businesses, Groups, Municipalities Looking To Earn Sustainability Certification In 7 Western PA Counties


PA GreenGov Council Launches PA Climate Change Mitigation & Resilience Network


EEN Action - Evangelical Environmental Network Delivered Over 51,000 Signatures To Gov. Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative


Re-Imagining A Christian Response To Changing Climate - Comments By Dr. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary


PA Interfaith Power & Light Religion & Environment Webinar Series: Nov. 1 - A Jewish Approach To Activism & Accompaniment Thru The Climate Crisis


Impacto Media: Rich Negrin, Está Creando Un Ejército De Guerreros Ambientales [DEP Secretary Rich Negrin Is Forming An Army Of Climate Warriors]


Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $14.5 Million In Grants To Pittsburgh, Towanda Groups To Grow Green Manufacturing


Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $3.5 Million To Preserve 18 Farms, 1,336 Acres In 13 Counties


2024 River Of The Year Nominations Now Being Accepted Through Nov. 10


DCNR: 3rd Fall Foliage Report Shows ‘Best Color’ Appearing In Northern Half Of Pennsylvania


Out For Your Fall Hike And Find An Illegal Dump Site Or Graffiti Defacing The Environment? Don’t Ignore It, Report It!


DCNR Opens Survey For Public Input On Plans For New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park In York County


DCNR PA Outdoor Corps Seeks Public Land Partner Projects In 2024


Natural Lands Accepting Applications For 2023 PECO Green Region Grants


PA Chapter - Wild Turkey Federation Pledges $325,580 For Conservation, Hunting Heritage Projects


Governor's Invasive Species Council Shares Updates On State-Level Invasive Species Initiatives In Latest Newsletter


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Educators In Greene & Washington Counties Forming Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition; Oct. 16 Kickoff Webinar


Penn State Extension Oct. 28: Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For Water Ways On Wheels Bike Tour


Drexel University Environmental Collaboratory Oct. 26 Student-Focused Fireside Chat With DEP Secretary Rich Negrin


DEP Invites Students Age 9-14 To Submit Entries In Student Radon Poster Contest


Manada Conservancy Hosts Nov. 2 In-Person Presentation On A Path Forward - Local Climate Action In Hershey


PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. 18 Webinar On Democracy, Voting & Climate Solutions


Environmental Educators: Multipart Universal Design For Learning In Environmental Education Course Oct. 30 to Dec. 22


Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Host Nov. 18 Wildlife Tree Ornaments Workshop For Youth


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House Committee Meets Oct. 16 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill; Resolution To Study Potential Of Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Pools


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[Posted: October 16, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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