Monday, September 25, 2023

September 25 PA Environment Digest Now Available


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92 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic


Senators Santarsiero, Comitta To Introduce Bill Increasing Setback Safety Zones From Shale Natural Gas Drilling Sites From 500 To 2,500 Feet, Based On Latest Science


DEP Issues NOVs To Roulette Oil & Gas LLC For Abandoning Another Conventional Well In Potter County; Roulette Applying For Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit


Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 16 to 22 - 2nd Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? 5 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Order


Petro Erie, Inc. Appeals 2nd DEP Order Requiring The Operator To Restore The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply Contaminated By A Spill Of Conventional Oil Well Wastewater In Venango County


EPA Approves Permit For Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Plum Boro, Allegheny County; 30 Days To File Appeal


DEP Hears Concerns, Some Support From Water Resources Committee On Draft Reg. On Reporting Unauthorized Spills, Releases


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 23


PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed $100,000 Penalty Settlement With Mifflin Energy Corp. For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County


Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. 28 Webinar Updates Public On Efforts To Reduce Methane, Other Air Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Infrastructure - Shale Gas & Conventional Wells


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 8 Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawals - 1 In Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek, Home To The Hellbender


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 34 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties


Game Commission Board OKs More Shale Gas Drilling In Lycoming County, Home To The Hellbender, And Sullivan County


FracTracker Alliance Now Accepting Nominations For 2023 Community Sentinel Award


House Environmental Committee Meets Sept. 26 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill


Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, NERC Final Report On Winter Storm Elliott Says Legislative Action Needed To Establish Reliability Rules For Natural Gas Infrastructure


DEP To Increase Monitoring, Develop Surface Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' After Study Shows 76% Of Streams, Rivers Contained At Least One Of These Chemicals


DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water Leading Shale Gas Operators To Use Contaminated Water In Fracking Operations; DEP Doesn’t Require Routine PFAS Testing


DEP: York County Moved To Drought Warning; 19 Counties Still In Drought Watch


DEP Invites Comments At Oct. 25 Hearings On NPDES Stormwater Permits For Two Warehouse Projects In Lowhill Twp., Lehigh County


Register Now! PA Statewide Watershed Conference Oct. 29-30 In Altoona


Celebrate Riparian Buffers Month In October! With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center


DEP Announced $38.76 Million In Funding For 6 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects In 5 Counties; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 2


DEP Publishes Final Air Quality General Permit For Installation Of Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares


DEP Starts Air Monitoring Study Near Rausch Creek Coal Waste-fired Electric Generation Facility, Schuylkill County In Response To Citizen Concerns In An EJ Area


DEP Blog: Abandoned Coal Mine Reforestation Initiatives Healing The Land


Penn State Master Watershed Steward Coordinator Erin Frederick Honored By Lehigh Valley Business Council


Penn State Extension Future Master Watershed Steward Program Scaling Up


Stroud Water Research Center Partner Hillendale Elementary School Awarded U.S. Green Ribbon School Award For Environmental Education, Sustainability In Chester County


Introduce Students Ages 8-10 On How They Can Be Stream Doctors In The New Book -- Brooke Meets A Stream Doctor


Master Watershed Stewards Celebrate 10 Years Of Making A Difference


ClearWater Conservancy’s Deb Nardone Resigns As Executive Director To Step Into The Role Of Executive Director For Foundation For PA Watersheds


Penn State Research: 87% Of Rivers, Streams Rapidly Warming, 70% Losing Oxygen; Aquatic Life May Be At Risk, Study Finds


17 PA Farmers, Organizations, Businesses Call On Congress To Expand Support For Agroforestry


ReImagine Appalachia Hails Announcement Of American Climate Corps


PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh Host Sustainable PA Annual Conference Set For Nov. 1-3 In Gettysburg


PUC Invites Comments On Proposed Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability And Resilience


PennDOT To Hold 6 Regional Outreach Sessions On Electric Vehicle Charging And How EVs Can Best Fit In Your Community


Washington & Jefferson College To Host Sept. 27 Webinar On Hydropower From The Three Rivers


Lancaster Theological Seminary: Re-Imagining A Christian Response To A Changing Climate Oct. 6 Online Program


Dickinson College Will Host An Evening With Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska On Her Groundbreaking Advocacy Work Oct. 4


EPA And Lincoln University Expand Partnership To Include Department Of Environmental Protection


PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection In Allegheny County


DCNR Experts Offer Fall Foliage Tips; Weekly Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 28


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 27 At Tiadaghton State Forest Center, Lycoming County


Sept. 22 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Cameron County Sinnemahone Triple Crown Gravel Bike Race Results; Ultra Marathon Trail Run Set For Oct. 21


Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Erie Access Improvement Grants


PA Environmental Council Now Accepting Applications For Water Trails Mini-Grants


Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Host Military Veterans And First Responders At Trout Fishing Event In Westmoreland County


In Memoriam: Thomas Hoffmaster - A Friend To Fly Anglers And Fish


DCNR Publishes Final List Of 82 Changes To PA Native Wild Plant Classification List


PA Natural Heritage Program Spotlights Conservation Genetics; Rare Plant Mysteries; Be A Good Bee Collaborator; Old Growth Forest Field Work; Moth List Updates


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Meaningful Watershed Education, PA Environmental Educator Awards


Penn State Extension: In-Person, Virtual Creating A Garden That Welcomes Wildlife Workshop Nov. 11 At Olewine Nature Center, Dauphin County


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