118 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 118 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!

-- Hydrogen Tax Credit Changes, Riparian Buffers, Light Pollution On House Environmental Committee Agenda For Dec. 13  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee To Hold Dec. 11 Hearing On Bill To Expand Renewable Energy Mandates In Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: What’s The Current State of Clean Energy Transition?

-- Solar Power World: New 46 MW Solar Energy Facility In Beaver County To Generate Funds To Support Local Nonprofit Organizations

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Solar Power With Savings In November - 8th Electric Bill Under $8.00 In 2023

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Accepting Entries In Student Imagine A Clean Energy Future Contest  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Build Electric Vehicle Infrastructure - By Bob Donnan, Bobscaping Blog

-- Tribune-Democrat: Conemaugh Twp. Schools Eye Energy Savings Study

-- Citizens Voice: Utility Assistance Program Will Open For Applications Funded By American Rescue Plan Money

-- PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Low-Income Energy Reduction Program Regulations

-- DEP Plugs 132 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells So Far;  DEP Issued 490 NOVs For New Conventional Well Abandonments So Far In 2023  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Expects $44 Million To Plug Conventional Wells Leaking Methane; $76 Million For 2nd Year Of Federal Conventional Abandoned Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- Roulette Oil & Gas LLC Withdraws Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Application In Potter County  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 2 to 8 -- 9 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Restore Shale Gas Pad; No Progress In Spill Cleanups  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Sets Jan. 23 Hearing On Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Frazer Compressor Station In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Natural Gas Smell Causes Evacuation At Plum Boro Middle School, Allegheny County  [Plum Boro Natural Gas Home Explosion Killed 6 People In August]  

-- The Derrick Editorial: Reliable Power Means Shoring Up Natural Gas Infrastructure

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: Time To Make Our Electric Grid More Reliable By Increasing Renewable Energy, Storage - By State College Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- TribLive: MAX Environmental Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill Could Pay $275,000 To Settle Pollution Claims In Class Action Lawsuit By Residents  [75% Of Waste Comes From Shale Gas Industry]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Trigger Shutdown Of 4 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Tioga County  [PaEN] 

-- PennEnvironment, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Sue Styropek USA To Stop Plastic Pollution In Raccoon Creek, Ohio River In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Lawsuit Alleges Federal Clean Water Act Violations From Beaver County Plastics Manufacturer

-- Beaver County Times: Lawsuit Claims Styropek Polluted Beaver County Waterways

-- Post-Gazette: Local Environmental Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Plastics Manufacturer In Beaver County

-- PA Senate Hearing Focuses On Minimizing Risk And Harm In Development Of PA’s Hydrogen Infrastructure  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Concerns Grow Over Perceived Viability Of Hydrogen Hubs

-- PA Capital-Star: Hydrogen Hubs Face Scrutiny At PA Senate Dems Hearing

-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: Hydrogen Hubs Won’t Create Jobs - By Commonwealth Foundation

-- Scranton Times: Landfill Gas Processing Plant Holds Public Information Session In Throop About Storing Carbon Dioxide Deep Underground

-- PennFuture Blog: Mapping Climate Change By Viewing USDA's New Plant Hardiness Zones Map - By Brigitte Meyer, Staff Attorney  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 7 Outreach Session In Luzerne County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives

-- DEP Hosts Dec. 12 Outreach Session In Bradford County On Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Shares Details About Funding To Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions At Outreach Session

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP Looking For Local, State Input On Climate Change Action

-- Penn State Climate Solutions Symposium May 14-15 To Focus On Forging New Partnerships In Climate, Research, Solutions  [PaEN]

-- Penn State To Launch Climate Consortium To Identify, Create, Implement Solutions To Climate Change

-- WHYY: Heavy Rain, Floods, Heat: How Climate Change Makes Life Tougher For Unhoused People In The Philly Area

-- Columbia University: ‘A Miracle Will Occur’ Is Not Sensible Climate Policy - By James Hansen, Pushker Kharecha and Makiko Sato

-- EQT Joins The Oil & Gas Decarbonization Charter To Reduce Methane Emissions

-- Penn State Ranks 4th In US In 2024 QS World University Rankings For Sustainability

-- Republican Herald: DEP Investigating Accident At Gilberton Coal Mine, Schuylkill County

-- Observer-Reporter: Coal Miners Who Died In Robena Mine Explosion Remembered

-- PennLive Letter: Republican Con. Scott Perry’s Latest Attack On Coal Miners Could Prove Deadly [Black Lung] - BlueGreen Alliance

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: To Preserve The Lives And Livelihoods Of Coal Miners, Enhance Federal Silica Regulations

-- LancasterOnline: Study Of Traffic Emissions Expands Millersville University’s Efforts To Assess Local Air Quality

-- EPA Announces $1 Million In Grants For Brownfield Job Training In Pittsburgh, Cumberland County [PaEN] 

-- Rep. Rob Mercuri Presents Allegheny County Resident Lynn Appman With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Newtown Twp. OKs Ban On Plastic Bags, Utensils And Straws

-- Scranton Times Column: Draft Shapiro For DEP Keystone Landfill Odor Patrol

-- Scranton Times Editorial: To Find Out What’s Rotten At The Keystone Landfill, Follow Your Nose

-- MCall: Palmer Township’s Warehouse Boom Has Redefined A Community; Why Everyone In The Lehigh Valley Needs To Pay Attention

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Senate Bill And Federal Rule Could Protect Kids From Lead In Water At School

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Asks Residents To Identify Lead Water Service Lines

-- York Daily Record: Lake Williams Reservoir Dam Built To Handle Flood Of Biblical Proportion

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Public Scrutiny Will Benefit Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers - By Robert Powelson, Former PUC Commissioner

-- Penn State Extension Host Jan. 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Releases New Study Of Groundwater Recharge Potential In Critical Aquifer Areas  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Releases 10-Year Evaluation Showing Water Losses In Public Water Supply Systems Have Remained Constant  [PaEN]

-- New Legislation Creates Task Force To Address Rising Flood Insurance Premiums  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: PA Creates Flood Mitigation Task Force, What It Will Do And What It Means For Homeowners

-- WESA/WPSU: New PA Task Force To Increase Accessibility To Flood Insurance

-- Gettysburg Times: Watershed Alliance of Adams County Reports 2023 Accomplishments

-- Courier Express: Elk County Conservation District Completes Project On 20-Year-Old Acid Mine Treatment System

-- TribLive: Stream Restoration Work Being Done Along Powers Run Road In Allegheny County

-- American Farmland Trust Seeking PA Corn, Soybean Farmers To Join Soil Health Practices Study, $1,000 Stipend Offered For Qualified Farmers  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture 2024 Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 8-10 In Lancaster 

-- Penn State: Novel 3D Agro-Hydrologic Model Informs Land Use And Nutrient Control In Troubled Waters

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Update: Funding Opportunities; County Implementation Accomplishments 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria, Blair, Bedford Conservation Districts Awarded $500,000+ In Grants

-- Perry County Dairy Producer Gives Inside Look At Rotational Grazing Operation, How To Drive Strong Milk Production And Pasture Health  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Assistance Training Names Jennifer Fetter Director

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Fake Beaver Dams May Be Next Big Restoration Tool For Watersheds, Susquehanna University Freshwater Research Institute

-- Susquehanna University: Dam Good Engineering! Beaver Dams The Blueprint For Conservation - Freshwater Research Institute

-- Registration Open!  Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Faith & Waters Restoration Summit Feb. 19  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservation District Appoints Matt Kofroth Assistant Manager, Amanda Goldsmith Watershed Specialist

-- DCNR Awards Grant To French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust For Lawn Conversion, Streamside Tree Planting In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Shape Its Conservation Future By Leading On New Federal Farm Bill - By PA Cong. Brian Fitzpatrick & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- PennLive: Raw Sewage Is Flowing Into The Susquehanna, But This Harrisburg Project Will Help Stop That

-- PA Capital-Star: Lt. Gov. Davis Highlights $17.5 Million Harrisburg Stormwater Infrastructure Project

-- Delaware Currents: Sewage Is Overflowing Into Philly’s Rivers, Is The City’s $2 Billion+ Fix Working?

-- Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Names Phil Dunn As New Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Caring For Forests In Pennsylvania’s State Parks

-- Citizens Voice Blog: Forest Stewardship Is Critical In State Parks

-- Reading Eagle: Forum Focuses On Mount Penn Preserve Trails And Forest Stewardship

-- Penn State Extension Community & Urban Forestry Team Invite You To Take Survey On Education Resources

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 410 Acres Of Forestland Along Clear Creek In Somerset County; Land Added To Forbes State Forest  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Announced Acquisition Of 46 Acres For Use As A Park In Aston Township, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Roman Catholic Nuns’ Convent Land Is Becoming Delaware County’s Newest Park

-- WeConservePA: New GIS Dashboard Displays 20 Years Of Land Trust Land Conservation Information

-- Voting Begins For Pennsylvania’s 2024 River Of The Year: Allegheny, Lackawaxen, Youghiogheny Rivers  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Cast Your Vote For The State’s River Of The Year - Lackawaxen River In Running

-- WITF: DCNR Wants You To Pick Pennsylvania’s River Of The Year

-- Warren Times: Allegheny River Nominated For River Of The Year

-- Reminder: Nominations Due For 2024 Parks & Forests Foundation Awards Dec. 15  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In November Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Rep. Flick To Host DCNR Grant Seminar Dec. 20

-- PennLive: Here’s How Outdoors-Loving Non-Hunters Can Avoid Getting Shot During Deer Season

-- DCNR State Parks Winter/Holiday Environmental Education Activities, Teaching Ideas!  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Winter Fun At Jennings Environmental Ed Center, Annual Student Symposium On The Environment

-- WeConservePA: Schuylkill River Trail's Auburn Gap Closes With Opening Of Auburn Bridge In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Unique Sculpture Trail Unveiled On Stretch Of D&H Rail Trail In Forest City, Susquehanna County

-- WNEP: Sickler’s Bike & Sports Shop Celebrates 90 Years In Business, One Of The Big Hubs In NE PA For Cycling

-- TribLive: Friends Of Norwin Trails Seek Volunteers For North Huntingdon Trail Work In Westmoreland

-- TribLive: Friends Of Norwin Trails Hosts First Trail Maintenance Day: ‘A Beautiful Gem For North Huntingdon’

-- Warren Times: North Country Trail Group Highlights 2023 Work, Looks Ahead To 2024

-- York Daily Record: Damaged Dam On Codorus Creek In York City To Be Demolished, For Greenway

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Parks Tax Spending Draws Little Fire In Council Session

-- TribLive: 10-Year-Old Allegheny Twp. Girl Revved To Compete In National Trail Bike Competitions 

-- Herald-Standard: Mountain Watershed Assn. To Present Final Plan For Youghiogheny River Watershed Dec. 7

-- The Nature Conservancy-Pennsylvania Nature News: 2023 Impact Report; Volunteer Accomplishments; 50 Years Of Federal Endangered Species Act

-- TribLive: Go Laurel Highlands Recognizes 9 Photo Contest Winners

-- US DOT Awards Pennsylvania $840,000 To Develop Statewide Wildlife Crossings Plan  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Gets $840,000 Federal Grant To Reduce Animal-Vehicle Crashes

-- PA Capital-Star: PA To Receive Grant Funding For Development Of Wildlife Corridors Plan

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Remembering Mike Burke, The Bard Of The On The Wing Column, Born And Raised In Loretto, Cambria County

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: PA Native Outdoor Allie Turns Love Of Hunting, Outdoors Into Influencer Career

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - Wildlife Ripples In The Water

-- PA Firefly Festival Update: Applications For 2024 Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery Available Jan. 1

-- Observer-Reporter: Marie Exotics Reptile Rescue Protects Scaly Friends From Abandonment

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[Posted: December 10, 2023]   PA Environment Digest