Monday, June 17, 2024

June 17 Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” 

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


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98 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic


House Committee Reports Out Bills To Ban Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Prohibit Use Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals’ In Consumer Products


House Hearing: Shapiro Administration Supports Bill Banning Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater, Prohibiting Its Use As Coproduct Under Residual Waste Regulations


House Hearing: Penn State Expert Says ‘Pennsylvania Should Ban Road Spreading Of Oil & Gas Wastewater;’ Contaminants Exceed Health, Environmental Standards


House Hearing: Penn State Center For Dirt & Gravel Road Studies Says Road Spreading Oil & Gas Wastewater Is Not An Effective Dust Suppressant, Does Not Meet Environmental Testing Standards


House Hearing: A First-Hand Account Of How Repeated, Unlimited Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Tearing Apart Dirt Roads And Creating Multiple Environmental Hazards


House Hearing: Protect PT - Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater ‘Is Disproportionately Responsible For Negative Impacts On Human Health,’ Especially From Radioactive Radium


House Hearing: On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘We Studied This For Nearly 30 Years And The Conclusions Are The Same - The Wastewater Contains Harmful Contaminants’


House Hearing: PA State Assn. Of Township Supervisors Opposes Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Saying It’s Only Affordable Option For Dust Suppression [Plain Water Works Just As Well]


House Hearing: Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Trade Groups Oppose Bill Banning The Road Dumping Their Wastewater Saying It’s ‘Effective And Safe’


PA Environmental Council Supports Bill To Ban Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 8 to 14 - Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Now Top 512, Equaling All Of 2023


DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Must Be In Compliance With PA Environmental Laws & Regulations To Be Eligible For New Federally-Funded Well Plugging Grants


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 15


House Committee Approves Bill Giving PA Energy Development Authority Ability To Use Federal Climate, Clean Energy Funding


PA Energy Development Authority Launches $1.8 Million Financing Program To Help Local Governments Make Energy Efficiency Upgrades


Penn State Students Learn Best Practices During High-Performance Building Summer Camp In Pittsburgh


DEP To Hold July 15 & 16 Hearings On Phasing Out Stage II Gasoline Vapor Recovery Systems


DEP Establishes A Customer Experience Management Advisory Council To Put Customer Service Front And Center For Agency Leadership


Chesapeake Bay Program Reports Highest Number Of Forest Buffers Planted Across Watershed Since 2016


PA Horticultural Society, Aqua Pennsylvania Award Over $210,000 In Tree Planting Grants To Local Environmental Groups


Master Watershed Steward Marcus Ferreira - The Man Behind Philadelphia's Green Future


Chesapeake Bay Conservation Landscaping Council Offers Buffer Basics, Marvelous Meadows & Level 1 Landscape Professional Certification Training In PA


Delaware Highlands Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Women And Their Woods Educational Retreat Sept. 15-18


Delaware River Basin Commission To Develop Its First Climate Resilience Plan; Adopts Amendments To Practice, Procedures Rules


DEP Invites Comments On Proposed 41 Acre Expansion Of Pioneer Crossing Landfill In Berks County


DEP Invites Comments On Waste Permit Renewal For Kelly Run Landfill In Allegheny County


DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Plan Approval For IRG Erie Plastic Recycling Facility


Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Paper Threading Events Collects 13,126 Pounds Of Paper


PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts July 11 Battery Recycling Markets Development Summit


June 27 VideoCast On Insights Into Circularity - Keeping Plastics And Other Resources In Use For As Long As Possible - PA Recycling Markets Center


State Farmland Preservation Program Invests $9.8 Million To Protect 2,629 Acres On 28 Farms In 19 Counties From Future Development


Natural Lands Preserves 95 Acres Of Forest, Waterways, Historical Farm In Chester County


DCNR Forests For All Strategic Plan Online Town Hall Meeting Available On Demand; Take Survey To Provide Feedback


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DCNR State Parks Environmental Education: Take A Deep Breath And Dive Into Summer!


Registration Open! PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 11-13 In State College


Juniata College Raystown Field Station: Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor Course June 29-30


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices


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[Posted: June 17, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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