Monday, November 22, 2021

November 22 PA Environment Digest Now Available

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE: PA Environment Digest will be closed from November 23 to 27 to give the entire staff off work to celebrate Thanksgiving.  The next weekly Digest will be December 6.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!


The November 22 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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41 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic


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


Preliminary Results From New Penn State Study Find Increased Cancer, Health Risks From Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater, Especially For Children


New Pitt-Duquesne Study Shows Higher Exposures To Radiation In Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater When Appropriate Exposure Scenarios Are Used


Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services, FracTracker Alliance Call On Citizens To Report Dumping Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Dirt & Gravel Roads


Trout Unlimited: What Do Pennsylvania's Dirt And Gravel Roads Have To Do With Trout?


The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Pollution’s Mental Toll: How Air, Water And Climate Pollution Shape Our Mental Health


EQB Accepts Petitions For Study To Increase Oil & Gas Well Bonding; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells


Marcellus Shale Coalition Challenges EQB Authority To Increase Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; DEP Has $15 Per Well Available In Bonds To Plug Conventional Wells


DCNR Signs Oil & Gas Lease Agreement For 198.5 Acres Of Publicly-Owned Streambeds In Wyoming County For $794,000 + Royalties


DRBC Extends Comment Period On Draft Regulations Covering Discharges Of Wastewater From Fracking Operations & Ban On Road Dumping Of Wastewater & Co-Products


PUC Imposes $1 Million Penalty On Energy Transfer Company For 2018 Revolution Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County


PUC Orders More Than A Dozen Actions To Improve Safety In Construction, Operation Of Mariner East Pipelines; Sunoco Must Pay $2,000 Penalty


Guest Essay: Shifting Toward Clean Energy Can Lower Costs For Pennsylvanians; Unlike Natural Gas, Clean Energy Does Not Suffer From Wild Price Fluctuations


WPCAMR: New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Addresses PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem; Questions About What Projects Can Be Funded


Evangelical Environmental Network: Signing Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Good News For Our Children, Communities And Country


Commonwealth Financing Authority Invests $10.4 Million In Environmental Improvement Projects Funded By Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees


NFWF, EPA Announce $2.5 Million In Conservation Grants In Pennsylvania To Help Restore The Chesapeake Bay Watershed


PUC OKs Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Rate Settlement, Including $21 Million Annual Stormwater Charge


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Reschedules Hearing To Dec. 2 On Proposed Fee Change To Encourage Use Of AMD Impacted Waters, SRBC/DEP Letter Of Understanding


DEP Advisory Committee Supports Adopting Science-Based Water Quality Criteria For Toxic Manganese To Protect Public Health, Environment And No Change In Point Of Compliance For The Standard


House Republicans Move Bills Amending State Constitution To Invalidate Actions By The Executive Branch To Cement One-Party Rule Of State Government


Family Forest Carbon Program Now Open Across Pennsylvania Provides New Revenue Opportunities For Forest Landowners; 60 Enrolled So Far Covering 10,000 Acres


Penn State: Increased Flooding Due To Climate Change Will Be Worse In Small Watersheds; Underestimating Flood Risks Due To Climate Change Can Lead To Poor Infrastructure Design


DEP Blog: Ten Tools To Take On Climate Change In Pennsylvania


Guest Essay: Are We Prepared For Solar Energy Projects In Pennsylvania?


FirstEnergy Encourages Customers To Shop For Best Energy Deals As Fuel Costs Rise; Natural Gas Costs Driving Electric Rates Up


Evangelical Environmental Network: U.S. House Passage Of Build Back Better Budget Puts Us Closer To A Bright Inheritance For Our Children


DEP Releases Guidelines For Recycling In Your Community Booklet On America Recycles Day


Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Art, Essay, Video Entries For Litter Hawk Youth Awards Program


PA Wilds Center Seeks Public Meetings On Proposed Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard; Asking Others To Sign-On To The Request


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Requests Public Meetings On Proposed Very Low-Level Combat Training Flights By Maryland National Guard In PA Wilds


Wildlands Conservancy Protects 2,700 Acre Penrose Swamp Barrens In Carbon & Luzerne Counties


Lancaster Conservancy Preserves 130 Acres Of Forest Land In York County


Gibble Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Protect 53 Acres In Lebanon County


DCNR Honors Boy Scout Troop That Visited 120 State Parks In Honor Of Late Scoutmaster


Nov. 19 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Petitions Allegheny National Forest To Prohibit Mountain Biking On All Non-Motorized Trails


4 PA Conservation Group Collaboration Receives NFWF Funding To Track Important Migratory Routes In The Northeast U.S.


Help Wanted: Berks Nature - 2 Positions Open


Educational Opportunities for Students & Adults


Applications Now Being Accepted For Pennsylvania’s Green Ribbon Schools Recognition Program


Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations For Student Conservation Ambassadors


Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Virtual Turning A New Leaf Conference Dec. 8-9; Certification Training Schedule Updated


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds


EPA Sets Nov. 30, Dec. 1 Hearings On Proposal To Cut Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


Keystone Coldwater Conference + PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Feb. 25-26


Supporting Member PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers; PA Outdoor Writers Assn.; PA Trout Unlimited


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