90 News Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 90 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!

-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy - By David Hess, Former Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Local, State, Federal Officials To Mark 22nd Anniversary Of Flight 93 Crash On 9/11 In Somerset County

-- Post-Gazette: Flight 93 National Memorial At Place To Remember And Reflect

-- Beaver County Times: Events Planned For 9/11 Anniversary At Flight 93 National Memorial

-- KDKA: Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Crashes Into, Thru Westmoreland County Home And A Loophole In State Law That Doesn’t Regulate Gathering Pipelines For Safety  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 2 to 8; Equitrans Issued NOVs For Failing To Provide DEP Inspectors Access To Facilities As Requested  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Lessons Of Equitrans 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Natural Gas Storage Facility Blowout Just Starting To Surface As Gas Injection Season Nears 

-- DEP: Preliminary Test Results Not Indicative Of Stray Gas Migration Cause Of Plum Boro Home Explosion In Rustic Ridge Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Investigators Say Cause Of Fatal Plum Boro Gas Explosion Came From Inside The Home

-- AP: Investigators Pinpoint House As Source Of Gas Explosion That Killed 6 In Plum Boro, Allegheny County

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Officials Update Sugarcreek Boro On Continuing Reno Water Issues In Venango County, Aqua PA Still Hauling Water To Keep System Going; DEP To Hold Public Meeting  [Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater]  [PDF of Article]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Cong. Deluzio Pushes For Passage Of Rail Safety Legislation In Congress [PA Bill Stuck In Senate]

-- DEP Provides Oil & Gas Advisory Board With Updates On Well Plugging Financial Assurance; Pitt Health Studies; Funding Options For Program; Civil Penalty Policy  [PaEN]

-- Republican Rep. Krupa Introduces HB 1656 To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: New PA Legislation Aims To Classify Oil & Gas Wastewater As Hazardous Waste

-- NJ Spotlight News - Jon Hurdle: Feds Suspend Rule Allowing Natural Gas To Be Shipped By Train, Another Blow To Plan For LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal In South Jersey 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: US DOT Defuses Rolling Bombs [Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Train] For Now

-- DEP Hosts Sept. 29 Online Training On New Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Guidance  [PaEN] 

-- Legal Victory Puts Hellbender Back On Track For Federal Endangered Species Protection - By Waterkeeper Alliance   [PaEN] 

-- State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results  [PaEN] 

-- University Of Pittsburgh News: Pitt Studies Link Unconventional Natural Gas Development To Childhood Cancer, Asthma Attacks 

-- The Guardian: Report - Natural Gas Projects In Australia Risk Exposing People To Cancer And Birth Defects  [Following University Of Pittsburgh Studies]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Leaders Aren’t Helpless And Must Take Action To Protect Constituents From Natural Gas Development Health Impacts - By Tom Pike, Penn Twp., Westmoreland County

-- The Daily Item Guest Essay: Is Natural Gas Development Good For Pennsylvania? $3.8 Billion In PA Taxpayer Subsidies; University Of Pittsburgh Health Studies; Methane Leaks; Jobs Decline - By Sandy Field, Climate Reality Project - Susquehanna Valley Chapter

-- Inquirer Editorial: Natural Gas Development Is Making Pennsylvanians Sick, Lawmakers Must Act 

-- WHYY: PA’s Expanded Environmental Justice Policy Goes Into Effect This Month: ‘We Should Be Doing More’

-- NextPittsburgh: Study Of Health Benefits Of Neville Island Coke [Coal] Plant Closure Raises Questions About Clairton Coke Plant

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Group Against Smog & Pollution Guide To Understanding Local Air Quality 

-- Erie Times: Huge Solar Energy Facility Could Be Built In Erie County

-- Guest Essay:  Support Solar Energy For Family Farms And Build A Stronger Economy And Grid - By Chad Forcey, PA Conservative Energy Forum  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Workers Power Pennsylvania’s Clean Energy Economy - By The Nature Conservancy-PA & BlueGreen Alliance

-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Lost $1 Billion Opportunity By Not Implementing RGGI - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture 

-- PUC Commissioner Yanora: Supporting Integration Of Hydropower In Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Systems Serves Public Interest  [PaEN]

-- GreenGov Council, Penn State Sustainability Hosts 2023 Commonwealth Sustainability Week Oct. 2-6  [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Oct. 14 Solar Curriculum Teacher Training, Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Sept. 20 Webinar On Making Climate-Friendly Appropriations A Priority In The Federal Budget

-- Warren Times Editorial: Renewables Are Barely A Blip On State Electric Grids

-- USDA Awards PA Partnership $7.85 Million For Farmland Preservation & Climate Change Mitigation Project  [PaEN] 

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Environmentalists Demand Answers About PA Governor’s Secretive Committee On Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Part 5 - Shop Smart

-- PennLive Editorial: Climate Change No Hoax, It’s Too Darn Hot

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Lack Of Staff In Conservation Agencies Barrier To Reducing Farm Runoff In Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Rodale Institute Regenerative Healthcare Conference Farm-To-Healthcare Immersion Nov. 16-17 St. Luke's Hospital, Easton 

-- Berks Weekly: Schuylkill River Restoration Fund Awards $350,000 In Grants For 6 Projects

-- Penn State Research: Microplastics May Increase Riverbed Sediment Movement, Erosion

-- Southwestern PA Water Network Newsletter - The Inaugural Issue

-- Penn State Extension: Sept. 27 Water Cooler Talk Webinar: Private Wells And Enteric Disease  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Report - PA Schools Rated ‘F’ For Efforts To Remove Lead From Drinking Water

-- Post-Gazette: Environmental Group, Teachers Union Sound Alarm On State’s Inaction On Lead In School Drinking Water

-- Huntingdon Daily News: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Little Juniata River

-- Richard Roush To Step Down As Dean Of Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences

-- York Daily Record: Ron Fountain Risked His Life To Prevent A Meltdown At Three Mile Island, Now Gets Recognized 

-- EPA Proposes To Add Area Surrounding Former Exide Technologies Laureldale Facility, Berks County To Superfund List; Sept. 28 Public Info Sessions  [PaEN] 

-- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Berks Battery Plant Site Proposed For Federal Superfund List

-- Republican Herald: McAdoo Superfund Site Neighbor Wants To Guard Against Future Pollution

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Presents Vision For BioForge Manufacturing Hub At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site

-- GridPhilly.com: Reckless Developments Put Residents In Floods’ Path

-- WHYY: FEMA Designates PA, DE, NJ Areas As Disaster Resilence Zones, Here’s What It Means

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Must Face The Reality Of Climate Change And The Increasing Threat Of Flooding - By Megan Tunon, Etna Borough Community Organization  

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Register Fall Cleanups Now To Be Part Of International Coastal Cleanup; Free Cleanup Supplies Available  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Volunteers Needed For Conewango Creek Cleanup Sept. 9

-- WTAE: No More Plastic Bags At Giant Eagle Stores In Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Small Changes Can Make Big Difference For City Of Pittsburgh Recycling

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro Pushes Office Of Outdoor Recreation To Boost $14 Billion Tourism Industry

-- Tribune-Democrat: Woodland Wanderings: Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Boosts Businesses At Both Ends

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Outdoor Recreation Office Is Government Done Right

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Rolls Out Major Bike Infrastructure Improvements, Including Upgraded Mon Wharf Trail

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 109 Acres Of Forest Land In Warren County As Addition To State Game Land 197  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Preserves 53-Acre Farm In Cumberland County To Help Protect The Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sisters Of Mercy At St. Xavier’s Academy Open Grounds As Nature Preserve In Westmoreland County

-- WITF/LehighValleyNews.com: Environmental Survey Finds Shrinking Open Space A Dominant Concern In Lehigh, Northampton Counties

-- Guest Essay: Allegheny National Forest’s Tracy Ridge Is A Prime Example Of Wilderness Here In The East - By Kirk Johnson, Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial Celebration Sept. 24 Features Headliner Bands 

-- WeConservePA, Central PA Conservancy Host Site Visit Walking Letort Spring Garden Preserve Trails In Cumberland County 

-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Receives $162,100 NFWF Grant For Wildlife Habitat Restoration In Chester County  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Hosts Sept. 27 Field Day At The Bower Native Plant Landscape &  Sculpture Park In Perry County  [PaEN] 

-- Reading Eagle: Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Ride For The River In Pottstown

-- WHYY: Portion Of Schuylkill River Trail Near Manayunk To Close Monday For Restoration

-- The Allegheny Front: What’s Next For Pittsburgh’s Newest Park - Hays Woods

-- TribLive: Saint Vincent Professor Seeks Public’s Participation In Spotted Lanternfly Research

-- Update On PA Firefly Festival And 2023 Firefly Season! Luminaries In Firefly World  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: New Updates Come To 'Beescape,' An Online Tool For Supporting Pollinators

-- PA Chapter Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Oppose Transfer Of $150 Million From Game Fund To Clean Streams Fund In Senate Budget Bill; Could Make State Ineligible For Federal Wildlife Funds  [PaEN]

-- PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Oppose State Budget Bill Transfer Of $150 Million From Game Commission Fund To Clean Streams Fund

-- WESA: Species Of Freshwater Mussel Found In Western PA Might Soon Be Listed As Endangered

-- The Allegheny Front: Hunting For Invasive Snails In Lake Erie

-- Post-Gazette: Families Celebrate Reading On Alphabet Trail In Frick Park, Pittsburgh

-- Altoona Mirror: Toad-ally Awesome - Frog Week Citizen Science Project Aims To Monitor, increase Wild Populations Of Amphibians

-- Williamsport Sun: Scout River Ecology Day Helps Clean Up Aquatic Ecosystems At Shikellamy State Park

-- GridPhilly.com: Wissahickon Environmental Center Inspires Children, Adults and Prospective Environmental Scientists

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[Posted: September 10, 2023]   PA Environment Digest