120 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 120 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  [PaEN]

-- Abandoned Well Citizen Expert Laurie Barr, University Of Pennsylvania Prof. Jennifer Wilcox Recognized On The Grist 50 List [PaEN]  

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Team USA Wins Youth World Fly Fishing Championship, Including 2 Anglers, Head Coach From PA 

-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 40 Students Selected As 2024-25 Young Ambassadors For A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Upper Delaware Council Announces Honorees For 36th Annual River Valley Awards, Including 4 From Pennsylvania  [PaEN]  

-- DCNR: Trails At Jakes Rocks Honored As Pennsylvania’s 2024 Trail Of The Year In Warren County 

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Trails At Jakes Rocks Recognized During Trail Of The Year Event

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Economic Benefits Of Trails At Jakes Rocks Highlighted 

-- Dickinson College Farm's Matt Steiman Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award From The Sustainable Energy Fund  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants

-- Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’  [PaEN] 

-- Earthworks: Radically Misleading - Gov. Shapiro’s Dangerous Partnership With CNX Resources Hurts Communities, Ignores The Facts

-- Cecil Township Proposes 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance From Oil & Gas Infrastructure For Sept. 4 Hearing In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Everything You Know From TV About Pennsylvania And Fracking Is Wrong

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 2nd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped To Lowest Level Since 2020; Number Of PA Drilling Rigs Drop By Nearly 25% In 2 Weeks As A Result Of Drillers Trying To Raise The Price Of Gas  [PaEN] 

-- Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Invites Comments On Accelerated Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 - Mystery Oil Leak Into Allegheny River; Holes In Shale Gas Casing; 65 Days Late In Plugging Conventional Well  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Approves $76.4 Million To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania; 1,234 Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells In Last 20 Months  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants

-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meetings In 3 Northwest PA Counties On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area  [PaEN] 

-- Center for Coalfield Justice Blog: Update On Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Greene, Washington Counties; Next DEP Report On Longwall Impacts Due… Soon  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup In Appalachia Faces, Federal Delays, Capacity Limits 

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announces $23.8 Million In Small Watershed Grants To Support Chesapeake Bay Watershed Restoration Efforts; $7.5 Million To Benefit PA  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: $1 Million In Federal Grants For Trees, Fencing On Farms In Lancaster, Other Local Counties 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $1.5 Million In Research To Support Ag Industry Work To Tackle Complex Climate, Conservation Challenges On Farms  [PaEN] 

-- USDA NRCS Now Accepting Applications For FY 2025 Agricultural Conservation Easement Program  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training To Hold 3  Multi-Day In-Person Ag Conservation Keystone Training Workshops In October  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Why Reducing Farm Pollution In The Chesapeake Bay Region Is A Complex Problem 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: This Is The Moment To Think Big For The Chesapeake Bay - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Trees For Graziers Host 2 Silvopasture Farm Walks On Sept. 4 In York County, Sept. 11 In Lebanon County  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Webinar Series On Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land, Starting Sept. 25  [PaEN] 

-- Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Help Stroud Township Save Money With Stormwater Inspections In Monroe County  [PaEN] 

-- Philadelphia Watershed Stewards Hold Oct. 13 In-Person Tap Talk: Watershed Impacts Of Lesser-Known Pollutants  [PaEN]

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Seeks Volunteers For Annual Plant-A-Thon Set To Plant 10,000 Native Trees, Shrubs, Perennials Throughout The 4-County Watershed  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Buffalo Creek Watershed Alliance Showcases Buffalo Creek Acid Rain Mitigation Sites In Union County

-- USDA Grant To Fund Penn State AI-Powered Research Into Nitrate Pollution Measurements Database In Chesapeake Bay, Ohio River, Upper Mississippi River Watersheds 

-- LancasterOnline: Penn State Research To Employ AI To Monitor Nitrates In Polluted Waterways

-- Penn State Extension, Partners To Host Oct. 2-3 In-Person Educator Workshop- Dive Even Deeper: Watershed Literacy And Tree Plantings In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Holds Watershed Exploration Programs For Students In Grades 6 to 12 From 8 PA Schools In September, October  [PaEN] 

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Highlight Professional Development Opportunities: Dare 2B Tick Aware; Sustainable Agriculture Education & EE 

-- Pike, Wayne Conservation Districts, Trout Unlimited Chapter Partner On New Stream Keepers Youth Program Oct. 5   [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Temperature Impacts On Streams; Teachers Dive Into Conestoga River; Transforming Local Parks To Enhance Fresh Water  [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute/Organic Farmers Assn.: NEW! The Organic Voice Magazine 

-- Registration Open!  Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 At University Of Pittsburgh  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Names Kristen Bowman Kavanagh, P.E. As New Executive Director  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Record National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funding For Delaware Watershed Restoration In PA, DE, NJ 

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Coastal Zone Grants In Delaware Estuary, Lake Erie Coastal Zones  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Accepting Photo Contest Submissions Until Sept. 13

-- Penn State Extension Offers 3-Part Webinar Series On On-Lot Septic Systems Starting Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- Pike County Conservation District: How To Properly Maintain Your On-Lot Septic System

-- PennEnvironment: New Study Of 9 PA School Districts Show These Schools Fail To Protect Children From Lead In School Drinking Water; Urges Action On Bipartisan Legislation   [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Compromise Elusive On Reforming 2016 Law On How Investor-Owned Water Utilities Buy Municipal Drinking, Wastewater Systems 

-- PA Senate Democratic Policy Hearing Held On Proposals To Ban PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In PA

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: 20,595 Permits Since 11/2023; Decisions On 16,745;  Zero  Currently Eligible For PAyback Did Not Meet Decision Deadlines; No Application Fees Refunded [9.6.24]

-- Clean Air Advocates File Lawsuit Against EPA To Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants From Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Plants  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Coke [Coal] Oven Battery Rules

-- Sept. 11 Webinar On $396.1 Million PA RISE Program To Provide Grants, Incentives To Decarbonize Industry  [PaEN] 

-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Biden Administration Backs Erie Plastic Pellet Company To Replace Coal In Making Steel, Critic Disagrees 

-- Green Building Alliance Awarded $1.48 Million Federal Grant To Launch Green Pathways Workforce Initiative In Southwest PA  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Green Building Alliance, Catalyst Connection Receive Multi-Million Dollar Grants To Connect Rural Areas With Job Opportunities

-- DailyEnergyInsider.com: 220 MW Great Cove Solar Energy Facility In Franklin, Fulton Counties Begins Operation 

-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University Welcome Center Solar Energy Facility Produces Twice As Much Energy As It Uses, Savings Used For Sustainability Projects 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Twp. Developing Guidelines For Solar Energy Facilities In Somerset County

-- Citizens Voice: Developer Makes Pitch For Solar Energy Facility In Hazle Twp., Hearing To Resume Oct. 7

-- Registration Open! CEO’s For Sustainability C-Suite Sustainability Summit, Nov. 14

-- Scranton Times: Green, Affordable Housing Facilities Aim To Bring Old Lots New Life

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EOS Energy Storage Company Workers To Join Steelworkers 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh ‘Top Ecosystem’ For Climate Tech, Here’s What Developments Are Happening Here 

-- Bloomberg: High Natural Gas, Other Fossil Fuel Use Highlights US Challenge To Clean Energy Transition

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart Idea Gains PA Legislative Attention As Opposition Mounts 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Activists Try To Head Off Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- PennDOT Invites Public To Comment On Plan For Expanded Electric Vehicle Charging Support, Funding Distribution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Survey Seeks Input On Electric Vehicle Chargers In Lancaster City

-- Inside Climate News: As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing For Impact In Unexpected Places  [PA Included] 

-- The Allegheny Front: Is Climate Change To Blame For The High Cost Of Potato Chips?   We Crunched The Numbers 

-- StateImpactPA: Radio Adaptation Of ‘Between Hevan And Eartha’ On Climate Change

-- PUC: Number Of Storm-Related Electric Outages Increasing Due To A Jump In Number Of Severe Storms With Extremely High Winds  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: PennDOT Praised For Quickly Reopening Flood-Damaged Highway In Lycoming County

-- PUC Notice Reviewing All Jurisdictional Fixed Public Utilities’ Universal Assistance Program Enrollment

-- Utility Dive: Ratepayer Advocates Urge PJM To Include Power Plants With ‘Reliability-Must-Run’ Contracts In Next Electricity Auction; Would Have Lowered Overall Cost Of Last Auction By $5 Billion 

-- Utility Dive: Reregulation?  How Utilities And States Are Responding To PJM’s Record Electricity Capacity Prices [Part 1 of 3] 

-- Utility Dive: PJM Considers Fast-Track Review For Shovel-Ready Electric Generation Projects [Part 2 of 3] 

-- Utility Dive: Increasing Capacity Of Existing Generation, Batteries, Demand Response May Offer Near-Term Responses To Record PJM Electricity Auction Prices [Part 3 of 3] 

-- StateImpactPA: Franklin County Transource High-Voltage Power Line Project: How Did We Get Here?

-- PUC Awarded $4.6 Million DOE Grant To Improve Siting Process For High-Voltage Electric Transmission Lines  [PaEN] 

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Announced It Will Invest $16.9 Million In Appalachia's Electric Grid, Businesses, Workforce, Trails; 4 Projects Benefit PA  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $232 Million In Brownfield Economic Revitalization Project Grants

-- DCED Now Accepting Applications For $20 Million In Grants For Main Street Matters Program

-- Keep PA Beautiful News: Summit For Community Stewardship Oct. 16-17; 40 New Young Ambassadors; Fall Pick Up PA; State Park Litter Prevention 

-- Keep PA Beautiful Supports 16th Allegheny River & Watershed Cleanup Sept. 12 to 14 In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY Climate Fixers: Curbside Recycling Is Broken, In Kensington, Rabbit Recycling Will Take Anything 

-- TribLive: Trash To Treasure: Fox Chapel Area Artists Compete In Global Junk Kouture Competition 

-- Post-Gazette: Grandpa Isn’t Driving The Garbage Truck, But He’s A Recycling Wizard

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 700 Acres Of Forestland In Fayette County; 1,495 Acres In Elk County To Be Added To State Forest Lands   [PaEN] 

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: You’re Not The Boss In Wilderness - By John Clayton 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Welcomes New Friends Of Tyler State Park Group In Bucks County  [PaEN] 

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Announces The Keystone Susquehanna Riverlands Hiking & Outdoors Weekend Oct. 18-20 In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN] 

-- PA Forestry Assn. Encouraging Groups To Hold Local Walk In Penn's Woods Events Oct. 5-6  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA Nature News: Celebrating 50 Years Of Tannersville Cranberry Bog; Philly Tree Collaboration; Chesapeake Film Festival; More 

-- NE PA: Celebrate Trails Month With PA Environmental Council 

-- Times News: Weatherly Awarded $1.7 Million State Grant For New Trail In Carbon County

-- Tribune-Democrat: Tour de Trail Flight 93 National Memorial Ride Set For Sept. 7 

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Mini-Grant Applications Now Being Accepted

-- Williamsport Sun: Winners Of Susquehanna Greenway Photo Contest Announced

-- MCall: Bethlehem Weighing Ordinance To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs

-- Game Commission Invites Comments On Proposed Endangered Bird Listing For Northern Goshawk And American Goshawk

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Receives US Fish & Wildlife Grant To Conserve Grassland Raptors  [PaEN] 

-- US DOT Accepting Applications For Grants To Remove Or Replace Culverts To Improve Or Restore Passages For Anadromous Fish  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: Baby Beavers Brought Together At Pocono Wildlife Center In Monroe County 

-- Williamsport Sun Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Apples Good Food Supply For Wildlife

-- WNEP: Beginner Beekeepers Will Soon Have A Place To Start Their Own Colonies In Monroe County  

-- Spotlight PA: At-Risk Butterfly Hunkers Down At PA’s Biggest Bombing Range At Fort Indiantown Gap 

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternfly Management; PA Invasive Plant List; Online Learning Opportunities 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Master Gardener Classes Starting Soon

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Finding A Positive Buzz For Mosquitoes 

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[Posted: September 8, 2024]   PA Environment Digest