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-- Sand County Foundation Selects 3 Finalists For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Cecil Township Supervisors Direct Solicitor To Prepare Ordinance Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Well Pads By At Least 2,500 Feet; Another Hearing, Vote Expected Nov. 4 [PaEN]
-- Southwestern PA Community, Health Organizations To Hold Sept. 17 Online Press Event - One Year After Pitt Shale Gas Health Impacts Studies And The Failure To Fulfill Essential Promises Made To Residents [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: What’s The Health Risk Of Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In PA? Regulators Want To Know
-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: Fracking Loopholes Remain, With More Sick Families In Communities [Includes Pennsylvania Examples]
-- WESA: New Freeport, Greene County Residents File Lawsuit Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies [PaEN]
-- WESA: New Freeport, Greene County Residents File Lawsuit Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies
-- PublicSource.org: New Freeport, Greene County Residents In Federal Court Demanding Clean Water From EQT Natural Gas Company After Frack-Out
-- TheDailyClimate.org: PA’s CNX Resources Gas Drilling Company With More Than 2,000 Environmental Violations Selected For Federal Hydrogen Hub Environmental Justice Funding
-- TribLive Letter: Between 2016-2023 PA Households Paid 51% More For Natural Gas As LNG Gas Exports Surged; Shale Gas Drillers Accumulate 81,289 Environmental Violations - By Jan Milburn, Westmoreland County
-- PUC Publishes Final Public Utility Owned Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Standards In Sept. 14 PA Bulletin [Read background here ]
-- House Committee Sets Sept. 17 Hearing On PA One Call Underground Utility Notification Program Reauthorization; Almost All Conventional Gas/Oil Pipelines Specifically Excluded [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 7 to 13 - 12,600+ Gallon Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Release; 1,000 Gallon+ Subsurface Conventional Wastewater Spill; 28+ Abandoned Wells; Stray Gas Investigation In Elk Viewing Area [PaEN]
-- DEP Finds Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Sprayed & Leaked 12,600+ Gallons For Nearly 3 Hours In Gilmore Twp., Greene County [PaEN]
-- DEP Reports Subsurface Release Of An Estimated 1,000 Gallons Of Wastewater At Hebron Gas Storage Field Conventional Well In Hebron Twp., Potter County; Water Supplies Impacted, Report Well Problems To DEP Near This Facility [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Violation To Apex Energy (PA) LLC For Failure To Submit List Of Fracking Chemicals For 37 Shale Gas Wells Over 6 Years In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- WHYY Climate Fixers - Susan Phillips: A 20,000 Square Foot Philly Building Ditched Natural Gas By Tapping Into The Heat Beneath Our Feet
-- Senate Hearing: Landowner Concerns About Liability For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells May Be Impediment To Plugging Leaking Wells; Need To Make Plugging Programs More Effective To Deal With ‘Growing Problem’ [PaEN]
-- DEP Declares 21 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Owned By Schreiner Oil & Gas Inc. Abandoned, Not Plugged In Erie, McKean Counties; 747 Violations For Conventional Well Abandonment This Year [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State’s $100,000+ Cost To Plug Abandoned/Orphan Wells ‘Outrageously Enormous;’ Taking Care Of Problem No Simple Task
-- Groundbreaking Initiative Using Drones To Locate Orphan, Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania Kicks Off [PaEN]
-- The Derrick - John Bartlett: An Eye In The Sky Will Seek Old Oil, Gas Wells [PDF of Article]
-- Baker Hughes: PA Shale Gas Drilling Rigs Drop Another 2 From Last Week To 14 - On Aug. 23 There Were 21 - 33% Drop [Effort To Raise Natural Gas Prices Continues]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Coterra Energy Pulling All Active Marcellus Drilling Rigs From Susquehanna County Until Natural Gas Price Recovers [PDF of Article] [Dimock Is In This County]
-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Shale Gas Drilling Slowed In 2024, Prices Expected To Rise This Winter
-- Governing Magazine: Oil & Gas Towns Don’t Need Help Now, But They Will As World Shifts To Clean Energy
-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Methane Emissions Much Higher Than Gas Industry Targets, EDF Study Says
-- US DOE Now Accepting Applications For $15 Million In Funding To Reduce Methane Emissions From Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells
-- Governing Magazine: Oil & Gas Towns Don’t Need Help Now, But They Will As World Shifts To Clean Energy
-- Environmental Quality Board Approves Proposed Stream Redesignations For Public Comment; Votes Down Motion To Decouple Truck Emission Standards From California In 2 Years [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Company To Be Featured In $1 Million Project To Define ‘Regenerative Poultry’
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: City Of Lancaster Getting More Trees, Thanks To A Grant From The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful
-- Secretaries Of Maryland Dept. Of Natural Resources, PA DCNR Discuss Water Quality Goals, Potential Interstate Trail Connections At Joint Event
-- Volunteer Gary Grahl Finds Next 'Career' As A Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward In Berks County [PaEN]
-- Gettysburg Times: What’s In Your Water? - By Adams County Master Watershed Stewards
-- Chester County News: Stroud Water Research Center In Avondale Is Pioneering Watershed Health
-- Horn Farm Agricultural Education Center Launches New Ecological Restoration Certification, Ecological Gardener Training Programs [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: New Law Limits Grass Fertilizer In PA; Free Sept. 11 Webinar Teaches How To Feed Your Lawn
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay News: Planning For Resilience; Loblolly Pine; Upcoming Events; News Around The Watershed
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Oct. 17 Webinar - Adenosine Triphosphate In Algal Bloom Tracking [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft PA Great Lakes Water Management Program 5-Year Report [PaEN]
-- FEMA: President Issues Tropical Storm Debby Disaster Declaration For Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties
-- Williamsport Sun: Biden Signs Federal Disaster Declaration For Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties Due To Flooding From Tropical Storm Debby
-- PennLive: Cleanup Continues In Perry County After Damage From Devastating August Rainstorm
-- WNEP: Marking 1 Year Since Severe Flash Flooding In Lackawanna County
-- Williamsport Sun Letter: Stream ‘Cleaning’ Could Be Key To Flood Prevention - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming) [Senate Bills 689 & 690 Read real story here.]
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Lauds Allegheny County Board Of Health Approval Of Revised Fee Schedule To Fund Air Quality Program
-- PA Capital-Star: Environmentalists Question PA Company’s Plan To Use Plastic Waste To Make Steel
-- Shapiro Administration Announces $75 Million In Environmental Repair Grants To 109 School Districts To Deal With Lead, Asbestos, Mold, Other Contaminants
-- Vote Solar, Solar United Neighbors, 60+ Groups Urge PA Senate To Unlock Community Solar Energy Benefits By Taking Action On Bipartisan Legislation [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Environmental, Education, Labor Advocates Celebrate New ‘Solar For Schools’ Grant Program
-- WESA: Program To Help Power PA Schools With Solar Energy Will Go Online Soon
-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards $20 Million To Improve Siting Of Renewable Energy Facilities; $1.96 Million To PA [PaEN]
-- Shapiro Administration Secures $1.96 Million US DOE Grant To Help Communities Build Out Clean, Renewable Energy Projects
-- The Keystone: PA Received Over $1.08 Billion In Clean Energy Investments From Federal Inflation Reduction Act
-- Grist: Coalition Of PA Trade Unions Launch New Clean Energy Advocacy Group-- Union Energy
-- Centre Daily Times: Climate Action, Resiliency A Team Effort In Centre County
-- Ohio River Valley Institute, Black Appalachian Coalition Host Sept. 19 Webinar On Environmental Justice & Building A Clean Energy Economy [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: $55 Million Federally-Funded Tenaska Carbon Geologic Sequestration Project Expected To Permanently Employ 4 People, According To A WV University Study [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Growing Demand For Power, But No Clean Plan For PJM Grid Operator
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: ‘Good Bones:’ A New Life For The Former Bruce Mansfield Coal Power Plant Could Mean It Stays Put; Possible Conversion To Gas Due To High PJM Electricity Prices
-- WHYY: Low-Income Philadelphians Continue To Face High Energy Costs, Analysis Finds
-- Utility Dive: Rising Power Prices Increase Credit Risk For Utilities - Moody’s [PJM Price Spikes Included]
-- Post-Gazette: US Dept. Of Labor Electric Vehicle Apprenticeship Program Coming To Pittsburgh
-- Dickinson College Included In AASHE Sustainable Campus Index For Third Straight Year
-- WHYY Climate Fixers: PA Flax Project Wants To Use A ‘Climate-Positive’ Plant To Transform Fashion Industry
-- PA Resources Council What’s Up Watershed: Beautiful Your Yard With Three Native Plants!
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Environmental Charter School’s New CEO Goes Back To School
-- Williamsport Sun: Just 3 Floating Classroom Programs Left For This Year
-- Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Weather Cooperating For 16th Allegheny River Cleanup
-- Countryside Conservancy, Peck Family Partner On Preservation Of 420-Acres In Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Countryside Conservancy Preserves Peck Family Land In Susquehanna County For Future Generations To Enjoy
-- North Branch Land Trust Partners With Estate Of Robert L. Carson Family To Conserve 94 Acres In Columbia County [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 25 On Sustainability And Green Infrastructure Initiatives; Ecological, Economic Benefits Of Restoration Work [PaEN]
-- Sept. 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- DCNR To Host Programs In 25 State Parks For Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend Sept. 13-15
-- Olean Times Herald: $72,000 Appalachian Regional Commission Grant To Support Trail Connectivity In NY, PA [PA Environmental Council]
-- TribLive: Construction To Begin For 1-Mile Leechburg Bike Trail In Armstrong County
-- Times Of Chester County Guest Essay: Trails Are No Longer A Luxury, But A Must-Have In Many Communities - By Patrick Starr, PA Environmental Council
-- Warren Times Editorial: Plan For More Jakes Rocks Trails Success
-- Observer-Reporter: Greens Bring Green$: Trails Like Panhandle, Montour, Great Allegheny Passage Support Local Businesses
-- TribLive: Greensburg Approves Plan To Improve Infrastructure For Walking, Cycling With WalkWorks Grant
-- NextPittsburgh: 10 Great Creeks To Explore Around Pittsburgh
-- Reading Eagle: Input Sought On Improvements For Recreation Area Along Schuylkill River In Southeastern Berks
-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Supervisors Give Solicitor OK To Address ATV Use, Reject Resident’s Proposal In Westmoreland
-- Manada Conservancy, Partners To Host Sept. 26 Climate Change & Penn's Woods; Oct. 6 Walk In Penn's Woods Events In Dauphin County [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Invasive Box Tree Moth Discovered In Erie, High-Value Ornamental Shrubs Threatened
-- Erie Times: Invasive Box Tree Moth Found In Erie, Limiting Some Plant Sales; What To Know
-- WHYY: Invasive Box Tree Moth Spotted In Western PA: What To Know About The Threat It Poses And How To Control It
-- The Allegheny Front: Citizen Help Wanted Collecting Spotted Lanternflies So Saint Vincent College Scientists Can Track Them
-- PA Natural Heritage Program Wild Heritage News Highlights Partners & Priorities In Invasive Species Management, Aquatic Mushrooms And Much More [PaEN]
-- PA Firefly Festival Newsletter Reflects On 2024 Firefly Festival Week; Describes Firefly Education Services And More [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: After 87 Years, Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies Return To Pittsburgh Thanks To Pawpaws
-- NextPittsburgh: How My Backyard Project Helped Bring Zebra Swallowtail Butterflies Back To Pittsburgh
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Re-Introducing The Extinct Guam Kingfisher One Chick At A Time, Pittsburgh National Aviary
-- Warren Times: State Police Corporals Swoop In To Rescue Red-Tailed Hawk
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