110 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 110 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!

-- Stroud Center Honors Bestselling Author Of Four Fish, Paul Greenberg., With Freshwater Excellence Award  [PaEN] 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Names Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens In Pittsburgh One Of 4 Leading National Green Power Partners In 2024  [PaEN]

-- PA Coal Alliance Members Recognized For Mine Reclamation And Employee Safety  [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Somerset County Coal Mines Recognized For Safety, Mine Reclamation

-- Williamsport Sun: PA College Of Technology Earns US DOE Zero Energy Design Designation For Education Programs

-- Tribune-Democrat: Shade Creek Watershed Assn. Celebrates 25th Anniversary Sept. 21

-- Post-Gazette: America’s Environmental Poet Robinson Jeffers First Met Nature In Western PA

-- Williamsport Sun - In Memoriam: Gordon L. Hiller, Agriculture Conservation Leader

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: 21,483 Permits Since 11/2023; Decisions On 17,625;  4 Currently Eligible For PAyback Did Not Meet Decision Deadlines; ZERO Application Fees Refunded [9.17.24] 

-- Cecil Township, Washington County Posts Proposed Ordinance Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Well Pads Of 2,500 Feet From Homes, Businesses; 5,000 Feet From Schools, Hospitals; Nov. 4 Hearing, Meeting Set  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: State Dept. Of Health Progress On Implementing Recommendations After Pitt Health Studies Show Impacts From Shale Gas Development ‘Extremely Limited’  [PaEN]

-- WVIA: Fracking Still Stains Dimock, Susquehanna County As Candidates Spar Over Shale Gas Drilling

-- TheDailyClimate.org: Residents Say Pennsylvania Has Failed Communities After State Studies Linked Shale Gas Fracking To Child Cancer

-- The Energy Age Blog: North Fayette Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed Range Resources Fracking Site In Allegheny County 

-- KDKA: North Fayette Twp. Residents Raise Concerns About Proposed Range Resources Fracking Site In Allegheny County

-- Del-Chesco United For Pipeline Safety: Texas Explosion Shows Communities In PA With Energy Transfer's Mariner East Pipeline And Other Pipelines Are Vulnerable To The Same Unmitigated Risk From Unsecured Pipeline Valves  [PaEN]

-- Food & Water Watch: Explosion Of Energy Transfer Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In Texas Highlights Company’s Terrible Safety Record In Pennsylvania 

-- Exploding Water Well Shed Triggers DEP Investigation Of 59+ Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Cyclone, McKean County; Highlights Limits On Providing Temporary Water For Well Owners Impacted  [PaEN]

-- Homeowner Complaint Results In DEP Emergency Plugging Of A Penn Resources, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Leaking Gas, Oil, Wastewater In McKean County  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Discovers Wastewater Spill From Conventional Oil/Gas Well That Could Be Seen From  Google Earth In Armstrong County As A Result Of A Complaint  [PaEN]

Will There Be Enough Gas?

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Sounds Alarm Over Maintaining Sufficient Winter Natural Gas Supplies To Address Extreme Winter Conditions; PA Gas Producers Cutting Production, Pulling Drill Rigs  [PaEN] 

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Sounds Alarm Over Whether There Will Be Sufficient Winter Natural Gas Supplies To Address Extreme Weather Conditions This Winter  [Click Here for NERC statement] 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Is Blocking Battery Storage Interconnection Pathway That Could Unlock ‘Tens Of Thousands Of Megawatts’ Of Additional Capacity For The Grid

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 14 to 20 - Seeing Conventional Wastewater Spill From Google Earth; Emergency Well Plugging; Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Leaking Gas Well Next To Baseball Field  [PaEN]

-- Sierra Club Magazine: Plants & Goodwin Racing To Fix Pennsylvania’s Leaking Conventional Oil & Gas Wells 

-- Warren Times Editorial: There Isn’t Enough Money To Plug All Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners, Must Use Funds In A Cost-Effective Way 

-- Protect PT: Westmoreland Landfill Surrenders Air Quality Permit For An Evaporator System To Dispose Of Leachate Wastewater Impacted By Shale Gas Drilling Waste  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Eureka Resources Oil/Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Struggles Raise Questions About The Future Of Lithium Extraction From Oil/Gas Wastewater  

-- Allegheny Institute For Public Policy: Counties, Municipalities Need To ‘Begin Lowering Their Expectations’ On The Support From Shale Gas Industry Drilling Impact Fee  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Scientists Skeptical Of CNX Claim Its Fracking ‘Poses No Public Health Risks’ 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Peoples Natural Gas Customers To See 12% Rate Increase This Month, With More Increases On The Way 

-- The Energy Age Blog: Peoples Natural Gas Customers Will See 12% Rate Increase This Month - More Increases On The Way!

-- Reuters: EQT CEO Sees Natural Gas Prices Remaining Below $3/mmBtu; EQT Cut Gas Production By 1 Billion Cubic Feet Per Day To Try To Raise Prices

-- New York Times: Big Energy Issue In Pennsylvania Is Low Natural Gas Prices, Not Fracking; PA Has Gas Glut; Drillers Throttling Production  [PDF of Article] 

-- Communications Earth & Environment Journal: Treating Abandoned Mine Drainage Can Protect Streams Cost Effectively And Benefit Vulnerable Communities [Pennsylvania Program] - By University of Pittsburgh, Kenyon College 

 -- Kleinfelder: Morris Run Active Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility To Benefit Water Quality In Tioga River 

-- TribLive: Lowber Field Day Gives Area Students Hands-On Knowledge Of Abandoned Mine Drainable Problem In Westmoreland

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Celebrates $17.3 Million In National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Still Time To Register! Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem, PA

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites 2nd Round Of Nutrient Pollution Reduction Proposals As Part Of Conowingo Dam 'Pay-for-Success' Program; Webinar Set For Oct. 9  [PaEN] 

-- DelcoToday.com: Aqua PA Aids Schuylkill River Restoration Fund With Grants To Tackle Pollution, Enhance Water Quality

-- Schuylkill Action Network Newsletter Highlights Work Group Updates; Upcoming Events; Partner Resources; Healthy Lands Week; Grant Opportunities

-- Master Watershed Stewards Continue Great Partnership With Dickinson’s ALLARM Stream Team Water Monitoring Program  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: In Chesapeake Bay Region, Indigenous Peoples Council Sees Conservation, Sovereignty As One

-- October Is Riparian Buffer Month! Celebrate Trees And Streams!  [PaEN]

-- VistaToday: Hankin Group Begins Floodplain Restoration Project With Expansion Of Keva Flats In Exton, Chester County

-- National Museum Of Industrial History Hosts Immersive VR Experiences On Industrial History For Lehigh Watershed Explorers Starting Sept. 21  [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithfull Green Leaders Training Program Starting Oct. 14  [PaEN]

-- Call For Presentations!  Bucknell University 2024 River Symposium Nov. 8-9  [PaEN] 

-- Save The Date!  Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Bucknell University To Host Abandoned Mine Pools As Beneficial Resource Conference June 4 - 5, 2025 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Oct. 21 MS4 Stormwater Forum In Manheim  [PaEN]

-- EPA’s 12th Annual SepticSmart Week: Do Your Part, Be SepticSmart!

-- PEMA: Survivors Of Flooding From Tropical Storm Debby Encouraged To Apply For Federal Aid In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties  

-- Williamsport Sun: Tropical Storm Debby Flood Victims In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties Can Apply For FEMA Assistance

-- WNEP: Disaster Recovery Center Opens In Lycoming County

-- Southwestern PA Water Network Hosts Sept. 28 Confluence At Mingo Creek - A Celebration Of Watersheds In PA's Ohio River Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PA Dept. Of Health Seeks Participants In Oct. 16 Online Focus Group Sessions On How Private Water Well Owners Prepare, Respond To Emergencies Impacting Their Wells  [PaEN]

-- LehighValleyLive: NY City, DRBC, Federal Partners Renew Study Of Broader Uses For Francis E. Walter Dam On Lehigh River

-- TribLive: Prep Work For Parks Twp., Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Cleanup About Halfway Done, Officials Say 

-- WESA: Allegheny Health Dept. Offering $5 Million To Support Clean Air Projects - No One Has Applied

-- NextPittsburgh: New Incubator Launches 12 Environmental Justice Projects In Western PA

-- Appalachian Voices: New Funding Opportunity Available For Central Appalachian Environmental Justice Organizations

-- Keep PA Beautiful, Erie-Western PA Port Authority, Partners Collaborate To Keep Litter, Debris From Going Into Presque Isle Bay, Lake Erie; Cleanup Events Set For Sept. 21  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: Impressive Rooftop Solar Energy Savings At Home And On The Road

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Saw 4.6% Increase In Clean Energy Jobs In 2023; PA Clean Energy Jobs Top 100,000 

-- PA Capital-Star:/Grist: As Pennsylvania Chooses Next President, Its Unions Are Choosing Clean Energy  

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Fair Labor Standards For Clean Energy Projects Are Good For Workers, Good For The Climate, Good For Appalachia - By Ohio River Valley Institute, Keystone Research Center

-- PA Turnpike Releases Request For Proposals To Construct Solar Energy Facilities In Its Rights-of-Way; 7,900 Acres Have Solar Potential  [PaEN]

-- Beaver Times: RiverWise Receives More Federal Funding To Support Solar Energy Facility In Beaver County

-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Approves Plan For Solar Energy Facility In Schuylkill County

-- Altoona Mirror: Antis Township Sites Eyed For Solar Energy Facilities

-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania Hosts Oct. 7 Webinar On Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facility Development  [PaEN] 

-- PennDOT Opens 3rd Federally-Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Aston, Delaware County

-- EPA Announces New Kids & Climate Health Zone With Stories, Tips To Protect Children In A Changing Climate 

-- WHYY: Schoolyards In Philly Will Get Rain Gardens To Prevent Stormwater Runoff, Provide Relief From Heat Thanks To Federal Grant To The Nature Conservancy

-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming October Programs - It’s Spooky Out There!  

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Adds New Fall Programs For All Age Groups To Nurture Love Of Nature 

-- NextPittsburgh: Get To Know The 9 Allegheny County Parks 

-- WHYY Climate Fixers: Slowing Down ‘Fast Fashion’ With Natural Dyes

-- No False Solutions PA Coalition Releases New Too Infrequently Asked Questions About Carbon Capture And Storage  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Developers Seek More Hydrogen Hub Projects In Western PA

-- PA Resources Council, Partners Host 3 Electronic Waste Collection Events In Delaware, Montgomery Counties Starting Sept. 26  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Mt. Oliver Takes Trashiest Title In Pittsburgh’s 8th Garbage Olympics

-- Creek Defenders’ Nurdle Patrol Harrisburg Oct. 5 City Island Boat Ramp

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Kirlin Family To Preserve 55 Acres In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission To Vote On Buying More Property For State Game Lands,  Now Owns 1.5 Million+ Acres 

-- Game Commission State Game Lands Tours To Get Rolling Oct. 6

-- WHYY: Philly Tree Plan Implementation Gets Underway With USDA Grant 

-- DCNR Blog: Exploring Accessible Trails In Pennsylvania State Parks, Forests 

-- PennLive - Outdoors Cindy Ross: Trails, Bikes, Boats: People With Disabilities Have Many Options For Enjoying The Outdoors

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Releases Spanish-Language 'Leave No Trace' Video To Promote Inclusion, Diversity In The Outdoors  [PaEN]

-- Sept. 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage: Trail’s Outdoor ‘Adventures’ Provide Substantial And Growing Economic Impact Across Region 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage: A ‘Hidden Gem:’ Trail Acts As A Community Hub, Source Of Prime Outdoor Experiences 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage: ‘Investment’ In Recreation: Abandoned Railroad Beds Now Utilized As Popular Hiking, Biking Trails 

-- LancasterOnline: Outdoor Recreation’s Boost To Local Economy Focus Of Lancaster County Study

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Trails Are Transportation - By Patrick Starr, PA Environmental Council 

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Making More Trails Sustainable; Trails & Climate Change; Grants Workshop; Water Trail Mini-Grants

-- WNEP: State Parks Offering New Backpack Loaner Program

-- Williamsport Sun: A Look At 5 Hikes That Are Perfect In The Fall For Families

-- LancasterOnline: 6 Hiking Trails Where You Can See Peak Fall Color In Lancaster, York Counties

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Night Hike Sept. 28

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Special Report: Local Experts All Agree, Hellbenders Need Better Protection - Sign The Petition To Protect The Hellbender  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fisher, Weasel-Like Animal Once Eliminated From PA, Spotted On Murrysville Wildlife Camera 

-- University Of Penn Today: How Is The World Working To Save Biodiversity?  Panel Discussed Local, Global Initiatives

-- VistaToday: Phoenixville Becomes A Designated Audubon ‘Bird Town’

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia High School Becomes Birder Attraction As Chimney Swifts Fly In By The Thousands 

-- WPost: Mayflies Are Sending Us A Warning About Urban Wildfires; Metals Concentrations Increased Dramatically

-- Inquirer: Giant, Flying Joro Spider Seen In Bucks County, Here’s What To Know About This Invasive Species

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[Posted: September 22, 2024]   PA Environment Digest