125 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 125 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!

-- State Budget: Growing Greener Coalition Urges Lawmakers To Support $80 - $100 Million Healthy Outdoors For All Program; Contact Your Legislator  [PaEN]  

-- State Budget: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges PA Lawmakers To Reinvest In Clean Streams Fund; Citizens To Contact Their Legislators  [PaEN] 

-- State Budget: PA Environmental Council Sends Budget, Policy Recommendations To PA House, Senate Members  [PaEN] 

-- State Budget: PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Pennsylvania Residents Overwhelmingly Support Investments In Trails  [PaEN]

-- PUC: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Drops $100 Million From Last Year’s Record To $179.6 Million; Puts Hole In State, Local Budgets  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Shale Gas Impact Fee Funds Plummet Due To Low Natural Gas Prices  

-- TribLive: Natural Gas Well Impact Fee Allocations Drop; But ‘Every Little Bit Helps’

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition: Shale Gas Impact Fee Returns $180 Million [$100 Million Less Than Last Year]; Natural Gas Prices Drop $1.8 Billion In 2023, [Down From International Price Spikes Of 2022]

-- IRRC Approves Final Revised PUC Regulations Strengthening Rules For Intrastate Hazardous Liquids Pipelines; Gas Pipelines Fined Over $71 Million, Have Worst Compliance Record Of Any Industry, Including Criminal Charges  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold July 2 Virtual Hearing On PA General Energy Project To Construct 3.7 Miles Of Shale Gas, Water Pipelines Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality, Wild Trout Streams In Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Mid State Trail Assn., Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited Challenge PA General Energy Multiple Shale Gas Pipeline Plan In Northwestern Lycoming County

-- PennLive: Trout Unlimited, Mid State Trail Assn. Unhappy With Proposed Route Of PA General Energy Shale Gas Pipelines Thru Lycoming County

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 15 to 21 - More Failed Shale Gas Well Plugs; Landslides; Venting Gas; Injection Well Issue?  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Still Pose A Threat - By Amanda Veazey, Geologist, CSR Services, LLC, Crawford County

-- PUC To Hold July 15 Prehearing Conference On Future Of Venango Water Company, Related Companies As Follow-Up To Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: North Huntingdon Twp Could Get Nearly $7,000 For Gas Rights Under Township Land In Westmoreland County

-- Observer-Reporter: Cecil Township Puts Off Hearing On Shale Gas Drilling Ordinance In Washington County

-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Podcast: How Potential For Global LNG Gas Oversupply Could Affect The Competitiveness Of The US Industry

-- Bloomberg: Cracks Appearing In LNG Gas Demand By China As Gas Supply Via Pipelines Grows

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: CNX Plan To Turn Mine Methane Gas Into Jet Fuel A ‘Win-Win’ Or Carbon Accounting ‘Gimmick’?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Will Creating Hydrogen Hubs In PA Get Us Away From Fossil Fuels? But How To Do It, And Whether It’s Possible Are Open Questions

-- CNHInews: Advocates Urge True Clean Energy Approach For Hydrogen, Others Pine For PA’s Natural Gas

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: Since Nov. 2023, DEP Received 15,705 Permit Applications, 3,740 Pending, Only 9 Did Not Meet Review Deadlines And Are Eligible For PAyback  [6.22.24]

-- DCNR, Local Groups Celebrate The Allegheny River As The 2024 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: ‘Special’ Allegheny River Recognized As PA River Of The Year

-- WESA/WPSU: Federal Funding Targets PA’s Abandoned Coal Mines, Economic Development 

-- Inaugural Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program Conference Recap; Award Winners Recognized  [PaEN] 

-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day July 19 In Berks County

-- Gov. Shapiro Visits Dickinson College Farm To Highlight Energy Plan, Proposed Investments In Agriculture

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Volunteers Distributed Over 16,000 Trees In Pennsylvania; Fall Tree Planting Program Being Planned  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Chalfant Run Remediation Set As Transformation Of Former Churchill Country Club Continues 

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Volunteers, Western PA Conservancy Work To Stabilize Brokenstraw Creek Streambank

-- PEMA Reminds Residents Of June 28 Deadline For SBA Loans For Flood Recovery In Southwest PA

-- Patch.com: Philadelphia, Delaware, Bucks Counties Among Worst In US For Flooding 

-- TribLive: Jeannette Flood Project Set To Begin After Years Of Delays 

-- Public Source: When It Rains, Fear Still Reigns In Pittsburgh’s Flood-Prone Four Mile Run Watershed

-- Master Watershed Stewards, Erie Water Works, Ernst Conservation Seeds, Volunteers Team Up To Plant Native Meadow In Erie  [PaEN] 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Conodoguinet Creek In Cumberland County Focus Of New Citizen Science Water Quality Project 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Push To Save Native Trout In PA Hampered By Stream Study Backlog 

-- Circle Of Blue - Kyle Bagenstose: Billions Over Budget, Questions Swirl Over Philly’s ‘Green Fix’ For Sewers

-- The Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania Accepting Applications For Regional Network Collaborative For Water Leadership In Greater Philadelphia Region  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: RiverFest - Celebrating The Susquehanna River

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Virtual Book Club Features 'Susquehanna River Of Dreams' Author Susan Stranahan June 26  [PaEN] 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Hurricane Agnes Could Never Wash Away The Spirit Of The People 

-- Scranton Times: Instead Of Fines, DEP Agrees To PA American Water Cleanup Of Silt In Roaring Brook, Lackawanna River; Creating Fish Habitat, Natural Enhancements Worth $300,000

-- WHYY: 30+ PA Schools Detected High Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Their Drinking Water 

-- PA American Water Files Application With PUC To Acquire East Dunkard Water Authority In Greene County 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Will Consider Benefits Vs. Higher Costs In Private Ownership Of Water Utilities

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Fines US Steel Nearly $80,000 In Latest Round Of Air Pollution Penalties 

-- BeaverCountian.com: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Sirens Caused Alarm In Beaver County; Company Took Nearly A Month To Address Middle-of-the-Night Alarms 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Petrochemical Plant Explains Nighttime Fire Alarms At Beaver County Plant, Warns Sirens Will Sound Later This Week 

-- KDKA: Shell Petrochemical Plant Holding Emergency Drill TODAY In Beaver County

-- The Allegheny Front: NTSB Set To Vote On Investigation Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Tuesday

-- AP: Norfolk Southern Said Ahead Of The NTSB Hearing That Railroads Will Examine Vent and Burn Decisions

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Young People Reflect On Norfolk Southern Train Derailment After 16 Months: Anxiety, Apathy, Acceptance

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Restarting Life After The Norfolk Southern Toxic Train Derailment Brings Agony, Anxiety And A Few Moments Of Joy

-- WHYY: Former Employees Remember Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, 5 Years Later: ‘This Is How I’m Gonna Die’

-- Erie Times: EPA To Sample Soil Of Former Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Neighbors To Check For Toxic Pollutants

-- PA Environmental Council Joins Nonpartisan Energy Future PA Coalition  [PaEN]

-- PennFuture Report Recommends Changes To State Policies To Support Clean Energy, Environmental Justice Communities, Labor, Tackle Climate Crisis And Lead Clean Industry Revolution  [PaEN] 

-- PA Capital-Star: Pennsylvania’s Economic Focus Must Shift Away From Fossil Fuels, Environmental Nonprofit Says

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA’s Mine-Scarred Land Presents Challenges For Solar Development Despite Financial Incentives 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Sites Other Than Farmland More Feasible For Solar 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Companies Buying, Leasing Land Have Varying Goals For Directing Solar Energy 

-- Tribune-Democrat/CNHInews: Solar Energy Ordinances, Regulations Vary Across Pennsylvania

-- Tribune-Democrat: Health Agencies Encourage Solar Panel Recycling

-- CNHI News/Sunbury Daily Item Editorial: It Matters Where Solar Energy Facilities Are Placed 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Lake Erie Horizon Cluttered With Windmills? S.O.N.S. Of Lake Erie Is A Hard ‘No’ - By Jerry Skrypzak 

-- WESA: From France To Pittsburgh, City Sustainability Leader Flore Marion On Climate Change Preparations

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Climate Change Is Making Heat Waves Like This Week’s More Common And Severe In PA

-- The Hershey Company Updates Science-based Targets As It Advances Efforts To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions 

-- WHYY: Philly Home Repair Program Seen As Climate Resilience Tool Gets Its First City Funding

-- Williamsport Sun: Ground Broken For Clean Energy House Instruction, Job-Producing Projects At Penn College

-- TribLive: Plum Among School Districts Eyeing Electric Bus Fleet

-- Post-Gazette: Transition To Electric Vehicles Highlighted And Promoted At Pittsburgh Event

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Swarthmore’s Move To Ban Gas Leaf Blowers Gets Blowback, And Support 

-- Lancaster Farming: Concerns About Spreading Biosolids Containing PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As Fertilizer In Northampton County 

-- Inquirer Column: Philly Mayor’s Cleanup Efforts Are Speaking My Anti-Litter Love Language

-- WHYY: Drexel Professor, Students Take A Deeper Look At Textile Waste

-- Centre Daily Times: Have Fun At Summer Festivals, But Don’t Forget To Recycle

-- Lackawanna Historical Society June 28 Webinar Features Prof. Allen Dietrich-Ward On An Environmental History Of Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Historical Finds Can Be Dug Up Along Susquehanna River With Help From Blue Rock Heritage Center

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: America Has The Heroes We Need - We Went To The Moon And Discovered The Earth - By David Shribman

-- Republican Herald: Day Campers At Frog Hollow Nature Area Learn In Nature’s Classroom 

-- Manada Conservancy/Dauphin County: Ice Cream Social; Summer Native Plant Sale; Bird Blitz For Conservation; Climate Change & Penns Woods - What Does The Future Hold? 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne Community College Holds Ribbon Cutting For Yeager Arboretum 

-- Agriculture Secretary, Sen. Comitta Visit Chester County’s Jenkins Arboretum, Highlighting Bill To Protect Pollinators, Boost Agriculture  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Is Celebrating Pollinator Week June 17-21! [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Freeport Post Office Adds Garden To Support Native Pollinators 

-- The Allegheny Front/WHYY: Beekeeper At Delaware’s Winterthur Museum & Garden Wants You To Consider Raising Bees

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 250 Acres To Safeguard Forestland, Water Quality In The French Creek Watershed, Venango County  [PaEN] 

-- Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Hugh & Nell Matthews Partner On 37+ Acre Conservation Easement  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Lehigh County Preserved 400+ Farms, Here’s What The Future Holds

-- NextPittsburgh: Scenic Pittsburgh Opens City’s Newest Greenspace In The Hill District

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Receives Grant To Help Restore Historic Cemetery Fence In Van Scott Nature Reserve In Wayne County

-- Agriculture Secretary Joins Local Ag Educator To Climb Tallest Tree In Bedford County; Promote Jobs In Forestry

-- MyChesCo.com: Finite Carbon Expands Forest Carbon Offset Program To Northeastern US

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Are Back, You Might Need A Shop Vac 

-- LancasterOnline: Spotted Lanternflies Arrived In PA 10 Years Ago, Here’s What Experts Have Learned

-- DCNR Showcases Improvements At Leonard Harrison State Park - PA’s Grand Canyon - In Pennsylvania Wilds

-- DCNR Celebrates Expanded Access To Pine Creek Rail Trail With Completion Of Whitetail Recreation Area Parking Area

-- Republican Herald Blog: Did You Know PA State Parks Are Nationally-Renowned?

-- June 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Despite Deaths, Inquest Jurors’ Recommendations, Whitewater In-Boat Rafting Guides Remain Optional On Youghiogheny River 

-- Reading Eagle: Surprises Await Schuylkill River Sojourners Around Every Bend

-- Reading Eagle: Paddlers Partake In 26th Annual Schuylkill River Sojourn

-- WNEP: Little Mexico Trailhead Opens In Monroe County

-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority Secures Final Grant To Finish East Coast Rail Trail Loop

-- Inquirer: Appalachian Trail Hikers Are Always Hungry: Here’s Where they Like To Eat In Pennsylvania 

-- US Army Corps Of Engineers: Love Your Lake During July At Blue Marsh Lake In Berks County 

-- National Park Service: Paddling The Beautiful Conowingo Islands In The Susquehanna River

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest To Offer Free Orienteering Program

-- TribLive: Long-Delayed Pittsburgh Park Projects Cause Frustration

-- TribLive: Parks Conservancy Revitalizing Riverview Park’s Valley Refuge Shelter

-- MCall: Hundreds Of Teens Gathered In The Lehigh Valley For National Youth Bike Summit 

-- Game Commission Seeks Feedback From Hunting License Buyers

-- Republican Herald: Working Together Volunteers Improve Wildlife Habitat On State Game Lands 

-- Game Commission: Volunteers Needed To Count Pennsylvania's Birds For 3rd PA Bird Atlas  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Out Birdwatching To Build Third Statewide Bird Atlas

-- The Allegheny Front: Swissvale, First ‘Bird Town’ In Allegheny County Commits To Creating Bird-Friendly Community

-- Western PA Conservancy, Fallingwater Webinar Aug. 15 - Between The City And Forest, Creating Safer Habitats For Birds  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Birders In Lancaster County Offer Trips And Tips

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Young Wildlife Are Neither Lost Nor Abandoned, Merely Out On Their Own

-- Help Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Vice President, Land Conservation 

-- Help Wanted: Adult Mentors Needed! Wildlife Leadership Academy Summer Student Field Programs 

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[Posted: June 23, 2024]   PA Environment Digest