147 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 147 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!

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 3 to 9 - Diversified Prod LLC Fails To Comply With Order To Plug Abandoned Shale Gas Wells;  700 Abandoned Conventional Well Violations  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: How PA's Oil & Gas Industry Continues To Illegally Dump Wastewater On Roads Across The State  [PaEN] 

-- Courier Times: How PA’s Oil & Gas Industry Illegally Dump Wastewater On Roads Across The State

-- Residents, Environmental Groups, Advocates To Hold A Stand With Dimock Day On Aug. 16 In Montrose, Susquehanna County [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Aug. 20 In-Person Program On Investigations Into Rare Childhood Cancers In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- NPJ Climate Action: Community Rights And Energy Politics In Lycoming County 

-- Environmental Health Project Contributes To New Book On Sustainable Development & Rural Public Health - From Fossil Fuels To Greener Futures  [PaEN] 

-- WTAE: Washington County Man Wins Battle To Question Chevron Shale Gas Company Over Alleged Contamination, Health Impacts [Brian Latkanich lawsuit]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Fracking And Harris - How Close Is Too Close? - By Terrie Baumgardner, Clean Air Council’s Beaver County Outreach Coordinator

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Emma Lewis, Shell Senior VP Of Chemicals Wants To Build Trust And A Legacy At Shell’s Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County 

-- TribLive: West Deer Twp. To Take Public Comments On Oil & Gas Well Pad Zoning Proposal Tuesday [Aug. 6] In Allegheny County  

-- FracTracker Alliance: PA Oil & Gas Industry Trends - Drilled Wells, Violations, Production, Waste 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Shale Drilling Becomes Leaner & Meaner, Lowering Costs  [PDF of article]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: DEP Won’t Use Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners To Plug Abandoned Wells - By Commonwealth Foundation [Factually Wrong On Plugging Contracts + Conventional Well Owners Own Tens Of Thousands Of Abandoned Wells + They Got 687 Violations For Abandoning Wells So Far In 2024, One Well Owner Abandoned 120 Last Week Alone]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Diversified Energy Grows Via Culling, Harvesting Mature Conventional Gas Wells  [PDF of article]

-- HartEnergy.com: Williams Opened Regional Energy Access Project Gas Pipeline Despite Federal Court Vacating Its FERC Permit, Will Seek Temporary Permit To Keep It Open 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Mountain Valley Pipeline Shuts Down Section Of Pipeline For Maintenance After Opening Brand New Pipeline 2 Months Ago  [PDF of Article] 

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: New Gas, Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Rules Must Be Enacted For The Health Of Current And Future Generations - By State Sen. Nikil Saval (D-Philadelphia) and Pete Gosar, Wyoming, Western Leaders & Appalachian Leaders Voices

-- US Pipeline & Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Streamlines Environmental Review For Project That Fix Leak-Prone Natural Gas Pipelines

-- Triblive: 1 Year Later, No Answers On Plum Boro Home Natural Gas Explosion In Allegheny County

-- TribLive Podcast: Looking Back At The Plum Boro Natural Gas Home Explosion In Allegheny County

-- WFMZ: Natural Gas Leak Prompts Evacuations, Road Closure In Palmer Twp., Northampton County  

-- Franklin County Free Press: Chambersburg Boro Breaks Ground On Natural Gas, Stormwater, Transportation Infrastructure Projects Supported By Federal, State Funding

-- Washington Examiner: US DOE Files Appeal To Continue Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits 

-- Reuters: Natural Gas Price Shocks Play Greater Role In Euro Zone Inflation, ECB Paper Says 

-- Lancaster Farming: Game Commission Working To Quiet Noise Concerns From Gas Cryptocurrency Mining Operation On State Game Lands In Elk County  

-- AP: Harris Once Wanted To Ban Fracking; Ex-President Wants Voters In Energy-Rich Pennsylvania To Remember

-- Inside Climate News: In PA’s Competitive US Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage

-- FracTracker Alliance: How Fracking Bans Protect Communities And The Environment

-- Marcellus Shale [Gas] Coalition Blog: How Natural Gas In Pennsylvania Shapes The Presidential Race

-- Inside Climate News: In PA’s Competitive US Senate Race, Fracking Takes Center Stage

-- The Center Square: Increased Health Care Funding Sought In Settlement For Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Altoona Mirror: Cresson Neighbors Upset About Railroad Tank Cars Venting Liquified Carbon Dioxide In Nearby Rail Yard

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Fears Surface As Report Eyes Railroad Safety

-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Disaster Proclamation For 21 Counties Following Severe Storms Across Commonwealth

-- DEP Flood Recovery Information 

-- AP: Flooding From Debby Leads To High Water Rescues In NY, Pennsylvania

-- Williamsport Sun: Destroyed Homes, Infrastructure Throughout Lycoming County And Beyond  

-- Williamsport Sun: Force Of Flood Waters Severely Damaged Firehouse, Homes In Lycoming County

-- TribLive: Creek Inundates Northern Indiana County Town As Debby Pours On Rain 

-- York Daily Record: Debby Deluges York County [Photos]

-- Fox43: Kayakers Clear Flood-Prone Swatara Creek As Remnants Of Hurricane Debby Expected To Dump More Rain On Lebanon County 

-- TribLive: Bushy Run Continues Clearing Damage From June Tornado, Receives Financial Support From Community

-- LancasterOnline: College Park Climate Action Neighborhood Debut New Stormwater Drain Murals In Lancaster City

-- Inquirer Editorial: Intense Storms Are In The Forecast And Climate Change Is On The Ballot

-- DEP Permit Modernization: 18,387 Permits Since 11/2023; 8 Failed To Be Reviewed Within Deadlines, Eligible For PAyback; No Application Fees Refunded

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Supreme Court Collecting Briefs In Challenge To RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania May Not Be Able To Keep All The Lights On In Four Years -  By Terry Fitzpatrick, Energy [Utilities] Association Of PA  [PaEN] 

-- Bloomberg: It Will Take More Than Record Payouts From PJM’s One Auction To Spur New Power Plants; Takes At Least 3 Years To Building A Gas-Fired Power Plant

-- US Treasury: More Than 160,000 PA Families Saved $267 Million+ On Clean Energy, Energy Efficiency Investments Thru Federal Inflation Reduction Act  [PaEN] 

-- Partnership For Resilient Schools Receives $15.3 Million US DOE Grant To Support Energy Efficient, Safe Learning Environments In Pittsburgh Public Schools, Wilkinsburg School District  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: Pittsburgh School Leaders Say $15 Million Grant Will Help Make Buildings Energy Efficient

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Public Schools, Wilkinsburg School District To Get Federal Funds To Make Schools More Energy Efficient

-- Politico: Can Climate Cash Help Harris Hold Onto Pennsylvania?  

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Solar For Schools Can Power And Empower School Districts - By Ralph Cecere, Homer-Center School District 

-- Pivot Energy Collaborates With Microsoft To Develop 150 Community-Scale Solar Energy Projects In PA, Other States

-- NextPittsburgh: 4 Groups Burned The Competition, Not Fossil Fuels, In Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Carbon Reduction Sprint Competition

-- Princeton University Center For Energy & Environment: PA Policy Makers Underestimate Public Support For Solar Projects, Survey Says 

-- Citizens Voice: Lehman Twp. Solar Energy Facility Meeting Now Set For Next Week At Misericordia University

-- Scranton Times: Proposed Newton Twp. Solar Energy Facility Draws Resident Opposition

-- Scranton Times: Mayfield Twp. To Vote On Legislation Addressing Large Solar Energy Facilities

-- WHYY: Bucks County Community College Receives $2 Million For Clean Energy Job Training 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Solar For Schools Can Power And Empower School Districts - By Ralph Cecere, Homer-Center School District 

-- Warren Times: County Planners Look To Other Wind Energy Ordinances For Guidance

-- LancasterOnline: College Park Climate Action To Host Art, Science Event In Lancaster Aug. 10

-- KDKA: How Do Coaches, Student Athletes Adjust To A Changing Climate? 

-- Spotlight PA: High Temps Can Make People With Dementia Irritable, Confused And Uncomfortable; What To Know

-- Centre Daily News: Climate Watch - The Dangers Of Heat Must Be Understood, Addressed

-- TribLive: Heat Waves, Dry Spells Have Financial Impacts Yet To Be Seen By Local Farmers

-- Tribune-Democrat: USDA Issues Drought Disaster Declaration For Somerset, Bedford Counties 

-- Public News Source: Western PA Leads The Charge In ‘Green Economy’

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Despite The Risks, Pennsylvania Races Into The Geologic Carbon Capture Era 

-- Standard-Speaker: Hazleton Coal Operation Under Review After Worker’s Death

 -- Clean Air Council, Johns Hopkins University, Marcus Hook Area Neighbors Release Community Environmental Health Study Findings In Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: FERC Seeks More Info On Talen Nuclear - Amazon Data Center Energy Deal 

-- BisNow.com: Wave Of Nuclear-Powered Data Centers Faces Opposition From Utilities

-- Clean Air Task Force: Federal Court Refuses To Block Stricter Standards For Hazardous Air Emissions From Power Plants

-- Spotlight PA: What PA’s $47.6 Billion Budget Does For State’s Rural Communities

-- State Conservation Commission Now Accepting Applications For $13 Million In REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credits - First-Come, First-Served  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration, Improvement Grants; 2 Applicant Webinars Coming Up  [PaEN] 

-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Receives Additional Funding For Quick Response Mine Drainage Treatment Project Emergency Repairs  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Now Accepting Applications For Fall Grant Round  [PaEN] 

-- Trout Unlimited Releases 'Angling For Hope - A Vision For PA's Beech Creek' A Short Film On Efforts To Treat Abandoned Mine Drainage, Bring Back Aquatic Life In This Centre, Clinton County Watershed  [PaEN] 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Early Data Shows Benefits Of Analog Beaver Dam Effort In Stream Management At Susquehanna University - By Jay Scholfield, Summer Intern  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network To Hold Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Bus Tour On Sept. 5  [PaEN]

-- Firepoint Energy Takes Steps To Become Publicly Traded Company To Pursue Waste-Coal-To- Energy, Rare Earth, Critical Minerals Recovery Projects

-- StateImpactPA: Nine Wells Tested By Letterkenny Army Depot In Franklin County Found With High PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Levels

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Aug. 28 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Environmental Behavior, Transport, Remedies  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: City Of Harrisburg’s Sewage Is Still Flowing Into The Susquehanna River, And Residents Of The Entire Region Should Be Alarmed - By Ted Evgeniadis, Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper 

-- The Reporter: Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Gets $25,000 Grant For Floating Classroom 

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Aug. 21 Online Community Engagement And Climate Resilience Planning Workshop  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 10 Webinar On Proper Native Tree Planting For Long-Term Success  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 5 Webinar On Watershed Friendly Native Planting  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Offer Native Trees, Shrubs In Annual Fundraiser

-- PPL Electric Keeps Pollinators Buzzing At Lancaster Conservancy’s Kellys Run Preserve

-- Pittsburgh-based Volpatt Construction, Partners Diverted More Than 275 Tons Of Waste From Landfills As Part Of 'Dumpster Last' Philosophy  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Pittsburgh-Area Teacher Finds Plastic And Inspiration On A Lake Erie Research Expedition

-- TribLive/AP: Microplastics Are Everywhere, But Are They Harming Us?

-- The Allegheny Front: Kayak Tour Allows Pittsburghers To Transform Trash Into Art 

-- NextPittsburgh: Are There Hazardous Levels Of Lead In Gardens Across Allegheny County?  [Allegheny Conservation District Explains]

-- WESA: New State Funding Available To Revitalize Sites From Pittsburgh’s Industrial Past

-- Temple University Press To Release Cradle Of Conservation - An Environmental History Of Pennsylvania By Allen Dieterich-Ward Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History [PaEN] 

-- Save The Date!  WeConservePA Environmental Advisory Council Fall Gathering Oct. 5 Temple University, Ambler

-- Penn State, Carnegie Mellon Students, Staff Work With Pittsburgh Municipalities To Predict Geohazards  [PaEN] 

-- State Museum Of PA Hosts Aug. 16 Virtual Program On How The PA Geological Survey Uses Satellite Data And You Can Too  [PaEN]

-- Registration Now Open For Stewardship Projects To Be Held During PA Healthy Lands Week Sept. 28 To Oct. 6  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Organizations Making The Outdoors More Inclusive In Pennsylvania

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: ATV/Snowmobile Grants; Whitehall Road Regional Park In Spotlight; Creating Close-To-Home Recreation Access In Reading 

-- DCNR To Host Aug. 23 Meeting For Prospective Vendors At Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area In Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 29 Students Split Across 2 Day Explore Wellsboro State Park In HERYN Environmental Education Expansion Program

-- Reading Eagle: French Creek State Park Connects Kids With Nature 

-- Aug. 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Holds Annual Power Of The Partnership Program Sept. 27 In Franklin County  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Mom Starts Nonprofit To Help Everyone Get Healing Power Of Nature 

-- Latest Conserved Land Census Reports 187,626 Acres Of Land Conserved In PA From 2014 To 2023-- 51 Acres A Day  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmland Trust Tops State In Conservation Easements

-- Patch.com: Ross Twp., Allegheny Land Trust Team On 30 Acre Woodland Conservation  Effort In Allegheny County 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Unveils Preliminary Plan For Trails, Parking At Unity Preserve 

-- Beaver County Times: Native Tree Nursery & Forest Education Center Groundbreaking In Brady’s Run Park [Supported By Shell Petrochemical Plant Penalty Mitigation Fund]

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Some Raspberries, Blackberries And Blueberries

-- Call For Presentations! WeConservePA Is Accepting Presentation Proposals For The April 2-4 PA Land Conservation Conference In State College  [PaEN]

-- American Chestnut Foundation Hosts Aug. 16 Webinar On Adaptive Silviculture For Climate Change: Exploring Options For Sustaining Eastern Forests  [PaEN]

-- US Fish & Wildlife Service Proposes To List Regal Fritillary Butterfly As Endangered; Habitat At Fort Indiantown Gap In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Proposal Would Put Rare Butterfly At Fort Indiantown Gap On Endangered Species List

-- TribLive: 200 Monarch Butterflies Released During Annual Greensburg Garden Center Event 

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Spotted Lanternfly Reports Drop 75% Across PA, But Allegheny County Leads The State 

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Area Arborist - Spotted Lanternfly Populations May Be Waning, But Residents Should Remain Vigilant

-- WITF: What Researchers Have Learned About The Spotted Lanternfly

-- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: If You Like Waterfalls, Here Are The Top 5  State Parks To Visit

-- NextPittsburgh: New Interactive Map Shows EV Charging Stations Near PA State Parks

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Adaptive Kayak Launch Added At Montour Preserve To Help More People Access Lake Chillisquaque In Montour County 

-- NextPittsburgh: Highland Park And Allegheny County Tennis Courts Adapted To Include Blind, Wheelchair-Using Players

-- WTAE: Three Rivers Heritage Trail Not High Crime Area Despite Complaints, Pittsburgh Officials Say

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Yellowish Liquid Contamination Was Present For Years On Property That Forced Closure Of Bartram’s Mile Trail 

-- TribLive: 4-Mile Trail To Open Soon In Leechburg, Thanks To Volunteers’ Dedication In Armstrong County 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Commissioners Want To Create Countywide ATV Trail 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Twp. Board Split On Whether To Allow ATV Traffic On Its Roads

-- Warren Times: National Canoe, Kayak Races Open Thursday At Chapman State Park

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Approves Funding For Mountain Bike Skills Park In Williamsport

-- Centre Daily Times: 2 Dams Are Being Removed On Spring Creek; What To Know About The Projects

-- PA Resources Council What’s Up, Watershed: Cool Waters - How Trees Help To Protect Pennsylvania’s State Fish The Brook Trout

-- Erie Times: Dog Owners Take Precautions As Harmful Algal Blooms Thrive In Erie County Waters

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Highlights Work Funded By Federal Great American Outdoor Act 

-- City Of Lock Haven, PA Municipal League And KABOOM! Unveil Kid-Designed, Community-Built Playground At Hoberman Park In Clinton County  [PaEN]

-- US DOT Now Accepting Grant Applications For Wildlife Crossings Pilot Program [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Fishing, Boating Projects In Allegheny County Win Fish & Boat Commission Grants

-- Williamsport Sun: State Game Lands System To Grow By Nearly 5,300 Acres

-- AP: Sighting Of Alligator Swimming In Lake Erie Prompts PA Search 

-- Lower Susquehanna River Mussel Survey [Video]

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[Posted: August 11, 2024]   PA Environment Digest