Monday, October 28, 2024

October 28 - 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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148 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic


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


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


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


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


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


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


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 26


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


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


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


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


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


PennEnvironment: Pennsylvania Ranks 48th In US For Renewable Energy Growth


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


DEP Now Accepting Qualified Professional Bids As Part Of SPEED Permit Review Program


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


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


DEP Invites Comments On Total Maximum Daily Nutrient Load Plans For Muddy Run, Union County; Deer Creek, York County


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


Delaware River Basin Commission To Hold Nov. 6 Hearing, Dec. 5 Business Meeting


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


Keep PA Beautiful Held Community Stewardship Summit In Scranton: Bridging Action, Infrastructure, Policy, Innovation


DCNR Urges Caution To Prevent Wildfires Amid Increased Risk Due To Dry Conditions


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


Cameron County Chamber Announces Results Of Sinnemahone Trail Run, Final Triple Crown Event Of This Season


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


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


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


Educators Invited To Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition Online Meetings Dec. 12, Feb. 19, April 25


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


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


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


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


Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Nov. 16 Wildlife Tree Ornaments Workshop For Youth


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


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


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 18th Century PA, NY


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[Posted: October 28, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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