148 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 148 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!

-- Dr. Susan L. Brantley Named A Distinguished Daughter Of Pennsylvania For Her Research On Water, Geology And The Environmental Impacts Of Natural Gas, Oil Extraction  [PaEN] 

-- Widener Law Emeritus Professor John Dernbach Receives American Bar Association Distinguished Achievement Award In Environmental Law And Policy  [PaEN]

-- Rails To Trails Conservancy Honors Philadelphia’s Sarah Clark Stuart As Nation’s 2024 Trail Champion  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Eagle Scout Patrick Litzinger Builds Campsites At Lorain/Stoneycreek Hiking Trails In Cambria County  

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Becomes Accredited Arboretum In Philadelphia

-- Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water  [PaEN] 

-- The Guardian: Fracking’s Return Stirs Fury In Pennsylvania Town Whose Water Turned Toxic   [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Fracking In Pennsylvania Hasn’t Gone As Well As Some May Think

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Marks 20th Anniversary Of First Marcellus Shale Well  [PDF of Article]

-- NY Post: Fracking Could Decide The Election In Pennsylvania And Nationwide

-- Wall Street Journal Guest Essay: Fracking Isn’t As Popular (Or Important) In Pennsylvania As You Think; The Truth For Residents Is More Complicated  [PDF of Article]  - By Colin Jerolmack, Author Of Up To Heaven And Down To Hell and Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Sierra Club PA Hosts Oct. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! How Oil & Gas Waste Haunts Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Murrysville Council Denies Citizen Petition To Rescind Oil And Gas Leases Under Park Land In Westmoreland County  

-- Protect PT Hosts Nov. 11 Information Session On Penn Twp. Rezoning Proposal To Allow Shale Gas Industrial Development In Rural Resources Zone In Westmoreland County 

-- Bradford Era: ‘No Help From Any Quarter’ Residents Fighting Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Cyclone, McKean County  [PDF of Article]

-- Inside Climate News: How Fracking Technology Could Drive Clean Geothermal Energy Boom For Heat Instead Of Oil, Gas

-- DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well Orphaned By The Well Owner That Contaminated A Clarion County Family's Drinking Water Well; Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Abandoned Their Wells - 814 Violations So Far In 2024 - 2 New Plugging Grant Programs   [PaEN] 

-- ExploreClarion.com: DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well That Contaminated Vowinckel Family’s Drinking Water In Clarion County

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 19 to 25 - DEP Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Top 814; Conventional Owner Ignores Order; Gas Leaks & Spills  [PaEN] 

-- City & State NY: The Fate Of State’s Conventional Oil/Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners May Depend On The Presidential Election [New York, Pennsylvania]

-- NPR: States Work To Track Down, Cap Dangerous Methane Leaks From Conventional Oil, Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners [Allegheny National Forest]

-- EDF: New Report Shows 22% Growth In PA's Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Mitigation Industry In 3 Years  [PaEN] 

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Down To 12, Lowest In More Than 17 Years; Community Support Drops; Big Hole In DEP Budget  [PaEN]

-- Wall Street Journal: They Are Basking In America’s Oil Boom - And Preparing For The Big Bust

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 20 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In September; 232 General Permits So Far In 2024  [PaEN]  

-- DEP Extends Air Quality Permits For Temporary Operation Of Shell Petrochemical Plant; No Schedule Posted Yet For Considering Full Title V Air  Quality Permit  [PaEN] 

--  Energy Age Blog: Shell Petrochemical Complex In Beaver County Fully Operational

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Ready For Prime Time; But It Has An Achilles’ Heel- No Natural Gas Liquids Storage  [PDF of Article] 

-- WHYY: Developer Of Fmr Philadelphia Refinery Site Signs Community Benefits Commitment With 16 Groups

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Lessons From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Have Yet To Be Made Law - That Must Change 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Studies Shed Light On Contamination, Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Musicians, Activists To Gather Friday, Oct. 25 To Help People Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Exhibit Focuses On Continuing Physical, Mental Toll On 9/11 Survivors, Responders

-- EPA Strengthens Standards To Protect Children From Exposure To Lead Paint Dust

-- TribLive/AP: EPA Imposes Stricter Standards To Protect Children From Exposure To Lead Paint

-- DEP Now Accepting Qualified Professional Bids As Part Of SPEED Permit Review Program  [PaEN] 

-- PJM CEO Expresses Concern About Electric Generating Capacity: Higher Prices Have Incentivized Some Generators, But Building Gas Generators Has Slowed, Permitting, Supply Chain Issues Hamper Renewables  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: With Electricity Prices Rising, Groups Blame Slow Rollout Of Renewables 

-- PennEnvironment: Pennsylvania Ranks 48th In US For Renewable Energy Growth  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Data Shows PA Lags Behind Other States In Renewable Energy Growth In Last Decade

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Republicans Understand Irresponsibility Of Anti-Energy Policies; But Renewable Energy Sector Should ‘Thrive’ And ‘Become A Larger Part’ Of How We Meet Our Energy Needs

-- Utility Dive: Power Plant Owners Group Backs PJM Electricity Generation Capacity Auction Delay But Warn Of Waning Investor Confidence 

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards DEP $16.2 Million To Support Local Electric Grid Modernization Projects; Total Of $474 Million Awarded To States, Tribes 

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owners Make Restart Pitch To Regulators In Maryland, While Critics Remain Skeptical Of Both

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owner Lays Out Reopening Timeline At Public Hearing In Maryland  

-- WNEP: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Holds Public Meeting In Maryland On Plans To Reopen Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- Reuters: US Nuclear Regulator Kicks Off Review On Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Nuclear Boosters, Skeptics Eyeing Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart

Reuters: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Gears Up For Reboot

-- Wall Street Journal:  Churches Look Skyward For Energy Savings [Solomon’s Church Solar Energy, Chambersburg, Franklin County]  [PDF of Article] 

-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Zoning Panel OKs 4th Session For Solar Energy Facility Hearing; Size Requirement In Contention In Westmoreland

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Authority Receives One Bid For 2.3 MW Solar Energy Facility

-- Spotlight PA: Legal Bills Divide Some Elected Officials Involved In Centre County Solar Energy Project

-- Allegheny Conference Of Community Development:  A Major Win - Mainspring Energy Receives DOE Grant For Linear Generator Sustainable Energy Manufacturing Facility  [PaEN]

-- DCED Invests $8.6 Million To Help Bring Mainspring Energy To PA, Creating Nearly 600 Clean Energy Jobs In Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette: Mainspring Clean Energy Company Plans To Build New Plant Near Airport, Hire 600 Workers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mainspring Energy To Bring Big Plant, Hundreds Of Jobs To Coraopolis

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Meet Mainspring, The Company Behind Tuesday’s Big Clean Energy Announcement

-- Utility Dive: Iron-Air Battery Developer Form Energy Raises $405 Million, Announces Collaboration With GE Vernova On Manufacturing Operations

-- The Guardian: US Power Grid Added Battery Storage Equal  To 20 Nuclear Reactors In Past 4 Years

-- DEP Eligible For $1.7 Million US DOE Residential Energy Audit Workforce Development Grant; $27 Million Awarded Nationally For Clean Energy Workforce Training 

-- PUC: Utilities, DHS Partner To Simplify Access To Utility Assistance For Families In Need

-- PUC Seeks Nominations For PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: In Fight To Decide Fate Of US Steel, Climate, Public Health Take A Backseat To Politics

-- Post-Gazette: Steelworkers Boss Vows 13-Day Blitz To Lobby Against Nippon Buying US Steel

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Area Planners Prep For Climate Future - Pretty Much Everywhere It’s Gonna Be Wet

-- Washington & Jefferson Blog: Draft DOE Carbon Management Strategy To Fast-Track Deployment  

-- WHYY-Sophia Schmidt: Over 60? Climate Change Could Be Coming For Your Nest Egg

-- Bloomberg: Climate Activism Is No Longer A Young Person’s Game

-- US DOT Announces $196 Million In Grants To Replace Aging Natural Gas Pipes, Cut Methane Emissions, Including $40 Million To Philadelphia Gas Works

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Gas Works Gets Federal Money To Replace Aging Natural Gas Mains

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Gas Plant Fined For Air Pollution Violations

-- EPA Awards $250 Million To Electrify I-95 Freight Corridor With Green Technology 

-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosting 2-Part Food Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Training Series  [PaEN]

-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosting 2-Part Metals Manufacturing Pollution Prevention Training Series  [PaEN]

-- Penn State EarthTalks: Oct. 28 - Recycling As A Strategy To Increase Critical Minerals Supply  [PaEN]

-- On The Kendal Journey Blog: Have Questions About Sustainability?  Read 'Not The End Of The World - How We Can Be The First Generation To Build A Sustainable Planet By Hannah Ritchie

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Tenaska, EQT Say Geologic Carbon Storage Will Be Ready Within A Decade 

-- Wheeling News-Register: Sen. Manchin Announces $44 Million DOE Funding To Develop Carbon Storage Hub In Marshall County, WV 

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Ex-President Has Derided Biden’s Landmark Climate Programs, Would He Ditch Hydrogen?

-- The Allegheny Front: Coal Community Groups Ask Presidential Candidates For Continued Funding To Re-Energize Coal Community Economies 

-- Observer Reporter: Coal Is Surviving, But Has An Environmental Black Eye [6th Article In Series On Shale Gas]  [PDF of Article]  

-- S&P Global: Race For Presidency Has No Time For Old ‘King Coal’

-- ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates $2 Million Federal Grant For New Community Conservation Center To Enhance Environmental Stewardship, Local Economy  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open!  PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Conference March 10-12 In Erie  [PaEN] 

-- Educators Invited To Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meetings Oct. 22, Dec. 12, Feb. 19, April 25  [PaEN]

-- Penn State GIS Day Nov. 18-19 In State College, Online [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sustainability Focus Of Spruced-Up Courtyard At Middle School In Lower Burrell 

-- NextPittsburgh: Chatham University, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Partner To Enhance Shadyside Campus Arboretum

-- US Dept. Of Interior Announces Approval Of Another $244 Million In Funding To Pennsylvania For Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution From Abandoned Mine Lands; Local Mine Reclamation Grants Due To DEP Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- Firepoint Energy Has Leased 100-Acre Coal Waste Site In Indiana County for Lithium Extraction, Synthetic Fuel Production 

-- EPA Announces Over $132 Million For Clean Water, Drinking Water Revolving Water Infrastructure Funding In PA

-- Dept. Of Agriculture, Land O'Lakes Farmer Cooperative, National Hemp Assn. Receive $40 Million In USDA Funding To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Improve Water Quality  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: After 40 Years Of Cutting Edge Environmental Restoration, Can The Bay Partnership Again Reinvent Itself In Time To Save The Bay In The 21st Century? 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Historic York County Farm To Become Gateway For Susquehanna National Heritage Area Discovery Center & Heritage Park

-- Save The Date: Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Con 2025 - April 1-3 In Harrisburg

-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: Job Fairs; Conservation Success; Manure Storage, Safety; All Weather Paddocks; Biochar; Upcoming Training Events

-- Scranton Times: Dickson City Begins Work To Stabilize Price Creek Banks, Minimize Risk Of Disastrous Flood 

-- WHYY: Real Estate Developer Aims To Control Flooding, Erosion In Chester County

-- Post-Gazette: Beaver County College Student Flies Supplies To Hurricane Helene Victims 

-- TribLive/AP: On Lake Erie, Getting Rid Of Problem Algae Starts With Giving It Less Food

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Register Now For Jim Finley Stewardship Day, Nov. 2

-- Schuylkill Action Network To Hold Annual Meeting Nov. 1 At Albright College In Berks County  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District - Agricultural Engineer, Administrative Assistant  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Announces Over $132 Million For Clean Water, Drinking Water Revolving Water Infrastructure Funding In PA

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Delivers Jobs, Safe, Lead-Free Water To Erie - By Roxanne Brown, United Steelworkers

-- LancasterOnline Guest Essay: Are You Ready For The Next Natural Disaster?  Lancaster County Residents Must Be Prepared  

-- WNEP: Hazleton Drought Contingency Plan In Effect Until Further Notice; Customers Being Asked To Conserve Water 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Issues Voluntary Water Conservation Notice

-- TribLive: 206-Year-Old Bridge A Sight To See For Visitors In Depleted Youghiogheny River Lake 

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: The Effort To Protect Communities From PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Must Include A Way Forward For Manufacturers As Well - By Harold Epps, Senor Advisory, DSG Global

-- Keep PA Beautiful Hosts Community Stewardship Summit In Scranton: Bridging Action, Infrastructure, Policy, Innovation  [PaEN]

-- One Beautiful Planet Seeks Volunteers For Nov. 16 Levittown Lake Cleanup In Bucks County. 8:30 a.m.

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh City Council Passed New Ordinance Authorizing Quality Of Life Tickets For Trash Violators

-- State Officials Encourage Participation In Drug Take-Back Day Oct. 26

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Garbage Fire Quickly Extinguish, Cause Uncertain

-- Scranton Times: Keystone Landfill Gas Plant Fined For Air Pollution Violations

-- Erie Times: IRG, Erie-Area Environmentalists Debate Merit Of ‘Recycling’ Plastics Into Fuel 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Don’t Fall For Smoke And Mirrors, Recycling Won’t Solve Our Plastics Problem - Jenny Thompkins, PennFuture

-- DCNR Urges Caution To Prevent Wildfires Amid Increased Risk Due To Dry Conditions  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR: 5th Fall Foliage Report: Some Color Is Fading In Northern PA, But Middle And Southern Areas Will Have Vivid Foliage This Coming Week  [PaEN]  

-- Republican Herald: No Open Burning Advisory Issued For Schuylkill County

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Fire Officials Warn Against Outdoor Burning: It’s Bone-Dry And Getting Drier

-- LevitttownNow.com: Bucks County Implements 30-Day Burn Ban Amid Drought Conditions

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Backyard Fire Pit, Campfires Banned In NJ As ‘Some Of The Driest Conditions Ever’ Spread Across The State

-- US Forest Service Announces $34 Million Available To Support Sustainable Forestry Industry, Healthy Forest Landscapes, Applications Due Dec. 11

-- One United Lancaster: Lancaster Celebrates $1 Million Federal Grant For Street Tree Program 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 9-Part Woods In Your Backyard Webinar Series Starting Jan. 15  [PaEN]  

-- Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Nov. 16 Wildlife Tree Ornaments Workshop For Youth  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Historic York County Farm To Become Gateway For Susquehanna National Heritage Area Discovery Center & Heritage Park

-- PA Recreation & Parks Society Hosts Nov. 19 Community Engagement & Program Development Summit In Harrisburg

-- LehighValleyLive: Northcentral PA ATV Trail Is A Hit, Generating $23.5 Million For Local Businesses, Study

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Expanding In Mayfield  

-- NextPittsburgh: 11 Great Nature Trails In And Around Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette: Police Make Arrest After Man Stabbed, Killed Along Montour Trail In Allegheny County; Police Seek Information

-- Williamsport Sun: City Of Williamsport Seeks Public Input On Parks And Recreation

-- Reading Eagle: Get Physical Activity While Taking In The Beauty Of Nature By Hitting Regional Trails

-- TribLive: Sand Blasting Saves Historic Tredway Trail Landmark From Graffiti, Charges Filed 

-- MCall: Wildlands Conservancy Black River Sanctuary Now Open To Public 

-- Veteran PA Statehouse Reporter Robert Swift Releases New Book - Life, Liberty And Death On The Appalachian Frontier About Journeying Through The Appalachians, Major River Systems In The 18th Century PA, NY  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Motorists Should Be Mindful Of Ramped-Up Deer Activity 

-- WHYY: Conservation Meets ‘Ethical’ Hunting: John Heinz Refuge Hosts Mentored Deer Hunts

-- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: Researchers Explain Why Everyone Should Care About Bats 

-- Penn State: Invasive Flathead Catfish Impacting Susquehanna River’s Food Chain, Researchers Find

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh Company Helps Indigenous People In Columbia Share The Beauty Of Birds With The World 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Here’s How To Count Birds In Your Backyard Like A Citizen Scientist [PDF of Article]

-- Erie Times: Erie Bird Observatory Seeking Executive Director 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Jack Frost Seems To Have Come Early This Year

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[Posted: October 27, 2024]   PA Environment Digest