Awards/Recognition
-- WGAL: Liz Winand From Shank’s Mare Outfitters Introduced Thousands Of Young People To The Great Outdoors
-- Shapiro Administration Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Mark America Recycles Day Nov. 15th With Free PA Resources Council Webinar
-- PUC Highlights Nov. 15 Utility & Resources Fair In Delaware County
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio: Nov. 17 - Sustainability For The Built Environment, 4:00 p.m.
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Natural Investigators Education Program Nov. 25
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Offers Eagle Watch Volunteer Training Dec. 9
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Implementing Green Stormwater Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! PA Recycling Markets Center’s PA ReMaDE Conference Jan. 18-19 [PaEN]
-- Call For Proposals, Student Posters By 2024 Keystone Coldwater Conference On Feb. 23-24 In State College [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 17-19 Pocono Environmental Ed Center
Programs/Information
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Newsletter Is Back With Lots Of Teaching Ideas For Fall!
-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents Newsletter: News That Infiltrates & Transpires
-- Courier Times: ‘Leave The Leaves:’ What’s Behind The Campaign
-- Keep PA Beautiful Local Affiliates Make Nov. 15 America Recycles Day Every Day Thru Permanent Drop-Off Sites In Your Community [PaEN]
-- State Fire Commissioner: Improper Disposal Of Rechargeable Batteries Is Leading To More, And More Dangerous Fires [PaEN]
-- EPA Awards Clean Air Council Recycling Education Grant To Support Composting In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: What I Learned From My Compost Heap
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Red Cross Volunteers Train For Disasters, Which Are Increasing With Climate Change
-- Spotlight PA: PA Leads The Nation For Lyme Disease Cases; Oil & Gas Development, Fragmentation In Forests Boosts The Risk
-- TribLive: PA Leads Nation In Lyme Disease Cases, Oil & Gas Development, Other Forest Fragmentation Boosting The Risk
-- Williamsport Sun: PA Leads The Nation For Lyme Disease Cases; Oil & Gas Development, Fragmentation In Forests Boosts The Risk
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partners With Amazon Web Services On Watershed Restoration To Help Achieve Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Reviews Environmental Progress In 15th State Of Environment Report
-- PennLive: Sunday Hunting And Other Upcoming Dates For Hunters, Non-Hunters To Know
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Beware Of Love-Struck Deer Crossing The Road This Time Of Year
-- Republican Herald - Rick Hynick: Study Shows Temperature Primary Factor In Whitetail Buck Movement
-- Centre Daily Times: Afield: PA Is Home To A Healthy Elk Herd
-- TribLive - John Hayes: Bear Season Forecast Shows Optimal Conditions
-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Hunters Play Important Role In Game Commission Bear Management
-- TribLive: Wild Turkey Population ‘Unbelievable’ This Year, With Wooded Areas Of Allegheny County Popular Spots For Birds
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Video Update On Osprey Populations Along The Delaware River & Bay
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: There Are Only A Few Native Maples Trees Here In PA
-- DCNR Blog: A Bumper Crop Of Red Oak Acorns
-- LehighValleyLive: Introducing Penn’s Woods, Your Guide To Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors
-- York Daily Record: Smoke From Wildfires In Virginia Drifting Into Central PA
-- WNEP: Wildfire Smoke From Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia In The Air Above PA
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - November 18 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For 400MW Solar Energy & Battery Storage Project On Reclaimed Abandoned Mine Land In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- DEP Accepting Comments On Two Proposed COAs Involving The Easton Road PFC And Cross Keys PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination Sites In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Renewal Of Danco Industries Petroleum Contaminated Wastewater Treatment Facility In Venango County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Dec. 18 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Waste Tire Fuel At Panther Creek Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 66 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Conservation Groups May Be Vulnerable To Litigation On Mine Drainage Treatment Projects Without Federal Good Samaritan Law
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Democrats Seek Balance Between Environmental Policy, Loyalty To Labor
-- State Dept. Of Health Pushing For Changes To Reduce Adverse Health Impacts From Natural Gas Development [PaEN]
-- DEP Issued At Least 472 Violations To 90 Conventional Oil & Gas Operators; 20 NOVs To 10 Shale Gas Operators For Abandoning Their Wells Without Plugging Them So Far In 2023 [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Record 5,653 Notices Of Violation To Conventional Oil & Gas Operators So Far In 2023; ‘Culture Of Non-Compliance’ Continues [PaEN]
-- Shale Gas Operators On Track To Have More Violations In 2023 - Frozen Gas Infrastructure; Explosion; Pad Fire; Uncontrolled Gas Venting; Frack Outs; Major Spills; Pipeline Crashing Thru A Home Highlight 2023 So Far [PaEN]
-- DEP Releases 2022 Oil & Gas Program Annual Report
-- Spotlight PA - Lilly Riddle: Companies Behind Mariner East II Pipeline Paid $42 Million In Pollution Fines To Pennsylvania
-- Spotlight PA: Did Mariner East Pipeline Construction Affect Your Water? Contact Spotlight PA
-- EnergyPortal.eu: Mariner East Pipeline Penalties Could Set Precedent For Environmental Enforcement; Attorney General’s Office Cited For Lack Of Transparency On Remediation Efforts
-- Beaver County Residents Call For Accountability, Emergency Preparedness After Dozens Of Malfunctions, Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times: Citizen Watchdogs, Activists Mark One Year Of Shell Petrochemical Plant Operations
-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Is Shapiro’s Voluntary Agreement With CNX The Right Move For Gas Well Safety? ‘We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses’
-- Warren Times Editorial: Right Partnership On Gas Wells? ‘We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses’ [Shapiro-CNX Statement of Mutual Interests]
-- TribLive: DEP Fines Companies Involved In Implosion Of Smokestacks At Cheswick Power Plant
-- Post-Gazette: DEP Hits Demolition Company Of Cheswick Power Plant Smokestacks With $39,000 Fine
-- WHYY: American Lung Association Calls For Increased Radon Testing In PA
-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Overview Reports Now Available; But Do Not Address Winter Storm Elliot Issues [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Winter Storm Elliot’s Natural Gas Infrastructure Failures Not An Isolated Event; Report Says Electric Grid Still Vulnerable: ‘Winter Is Coming’
-- TribLive: International Natural Gas Commodities Market, Milder Weather Predictions Could Ease Winter Heating Costs
-- Utility Dive: FERC Projects Winter Wholesale Power Prices To Drop 5% In PJM, New York And Southeast
-- Utility Dive: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Investigating Possible Winter Storm Elliott Market Manipulation By Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants, Marketers
-- PUC Alert: Dec. 1 Utility Prices Are Changing - Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% to -25.7%) [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Everything You Need To Know About Applying For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Natural Gas Bills Going Up, But Lower Than PGW Wanted
-- PA Capital-Star: PA’s Natural Gas Development Is Hurting Its Oldest Residents
-- Williamsport Sun Letter: Fracking Falsehood Spread By Sen. Yaw, Others - By Dean Marshall, Lock Haven
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Warns Of Mandatory Water Restrictions As Dry Autumn Persists, Beaver Run Reservoir Continues To Fall [Shale Gas Drillers Withdrawn Water From The Reservoir For Fracking]
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Halts Fracking Water Withdrawals By CNX, Olympus Energy At Beaver Run Reservoir As Part Of Water Conservation Plan [Shale Gas Operators Took 301 Million Gallons From Reservoir This Year]
-- York Dispatch: No Relief In Sight As York County’s Drought Continues Into The Fall
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 16 RiverWatch Video Report
-- TribLive/AP: Ohio Commission Approves Natural Gas Drilling In State Parks, Wildlife Areas Despite Fraud Investigation
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After 8-Year Effort, Another Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant In Allegheny County Is Nixed; Due To ‘Current Market Conditions’
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Invenergy Drops Plans To Build Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County
-- TribLive: Invenergy Scraps Plan For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Stronghold Digital Cryptocurrency Mining Company Plans Big Carbon Capture Project At Scrubgrass Power Plant In Venango County
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Panel Considers How Hydrogen Hubs Can Help Meet Climate Goals
-- Hydrogen Insight: Plug Power Share Price Plunges 40% After Firm Admits It Could Fold In Next 12 Months [Key Player In Western PA Hydrogen Hub]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Examining PA’s Hydrogen Revolution: Q/A With K&L Gates
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Three Things Pennsylvania Needs To Be Ready For Hydrogen - By Three Penn State Professors
-- New York State: Massive Southern Tier Gas Drilling Spree Proposed - 6,500 Land Leases Sought For Plan To Extract Shale Gas, Store Carbon Dioxide
-- New York State: NY DEC, State Legislators Muted On Massive Plan To Extract Natural Gas, Store Carbon Dioxide In Southern Tier; But Green Groups Outraged
-- Financial Times: S&P Finds Investors Ignore ESG When Lending To Some Oil And Gas Companies
-- Reuters: Tougher EU Methane Rules Mean US Natural Gas Sector Must Clean Up Its Act
-- Financial Times: New EU Rules On Methane Leaks To Hit Oil And Gas Importers
-- Reuters: EU Agrees To Law To Hit Fossil Fuel, LNG Natural Gas Imports With Methane Emissions Limits
-- Bloomberg: EU Sets New Rules On LNG Natural Gas Imports - Production, Transportation
Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
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[Posted: November 19, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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