130 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 130 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!

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Recognizes PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program With Appalachian States Regional Abandoned Mine Reclamation Award  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Penn State, Critical Green Concepts Seeking Acid Mine Drainage Samples To Evaluate For Rare Earth, Critical Mineral Production Potential  [PaEN] 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Working To Repair Abandoned Mine Opening In Toby Creek, Luzerne County 

-- WNEP: DEP Working To Fill Abandoned Mine Openings On Toby Creek

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Confirms Water Loss In Toby Creek Near Site Of April Abandoned Mine Subsidence

-- PA Wilds Center: New Viewfinders Installed To Allow Colorblind Visitors To Enjoy Fall Foliage At Leonard Harrison State Park In Tioga County; 9 Other State Parks  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Issues First Fall Foliage Report: Vibrant Colors Should Arrive Sooner, Last Slightly Longer  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Makes Fall Foliage Experts Available; Offers Tips On Foliage Trips; Weekly Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 26 

-- DCED: It’s Fall-ier In Pennsylvania! PA Launches Fall Travel Campaign To Promote The Great American Getaway 

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA’s Dr. Ned Ketyer Shares Summary Of Studies Of Shale Gas Development Impacts On Human Health  [PaEN] 

-- The Energy Age Blog: Doctor Summarizes Health Studies On Shale Gas Development Health Impacts 

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: CNX Resources: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk; You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say 

-- Inquirer/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: CNX Resources: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk; You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Respond

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 21 to 27 - Gas Storage Areas Wells Leaking; Failure To Comply With Orders, Failure To Report Fracking Chemicals; Bubbling Conventional Pipeline Leak  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Issues Violations To 3 Shale Gas Drillers For Failing To Report Fracking Chemicals, Including At EQT’s Lumber Well Pad In Greene County  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Comments Due Oct. 21 On New 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Being Built In Springfield, Troy, West Burlington & Granville Townships, Bradford County  [PaEN] 

-- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources Applies For More Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Twp., Washington County - Drilling Close To Home-- Literally!

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Lawsuit Over Radioactive Drill Cuttings At Mercer County Landfill Heads To Commonwealth Court Hearing Oct. 8  [PDF of Article]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: EQT Gas Driller Says Natural Gas Price Spikes Coming Next Year Moving From $2 to $3 Range Up To As High As $9   [PDF of Article]   [PA Is 59% Dependent On Gas To Generate Electricity]  

-- Bloomberg: Top Investor In US Oil, Gas Companies Says Shale Producers No Longer In Position To Ramp Up Output To Give Consumers A Break On Energy Prices 

-- US DOE: China Is Biggest Destination For US LNG Gas Exports; PA Shale Gas Industry Says We Have ‘Duty’ To Export Gas To China, Our Military, Economic Competitor  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Interconnection Market Design Flaws Added Nearly 50% To Latest Capacity Auction Electricity Costs: Market Monitor; PJM To Publish A Response 

-- PUC: No Evidence Allegheny County Home Explosion Where 2 Died Related To Columbia Gas Facilities; Allegheny County, DEP Investigations Continue  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Propane Involved In Crescent Twp. House Explosion, Investigation Shows 

-- AP: EPA Data Make It Hard To Know The Extent Of Contamination From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: $600 Million Settlement Gets Court Approval, While Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Nightmares Continue

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Bhopal Survivors Bring Message About Chemical Exposures To Western PA, Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Victims

-- House Committee Meets Oct. 1 To Consider Bill To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Says ‘Concerns Are Growing’ That PJM Cleared Electric Generation Projects Are Not Being Built; Less Than 2 GW Of Capacity Added Almost All Solar; 37,000+ MW Approved

-- Utility Dive: PJM Rejects Call To Include Reliability Must-Run Power Plants In Its Capacity Auctions That Could Reduce Electricity Costs For Ratepayers 

-- MCall: New Report Reveals How Much Lehigh Valley Contributing To Climate Change 

-- PA Bipartisan Climate Initiative Hosts Oct. 1 Briefing On State Of Climate Efforts In Pennsylvania At College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia  [PaEN] 

-- PA GreenGov Council 2024 Sustainability Week Features 5 Webinars Starting Oct. 7  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Oct. 18 Webinar On Solar For Schools Grant Program  [PaEN]

-- Learn How To Save Money On Energy Thru PA Solar Center’s G.E.T. Solar Program In Oct. 31 Webinar For Businesses, Nonprofits, Communities  [PaEN] 

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: RiverWise Solar Energy Initiatives Have Potential To Save Communities, Schools, Municipalities $74 Million Generate 24.6 MW - By Daniel Rossi-Keen,  RiverWise 

-- Inside Climate News: Understanding Rural Opposition To Solar Energy Facilities [New PA Study]

-- PennLive: Dauphin County Agency’s Plan To Sell Failed Solar Energy Facility Raises Questions On Connection To County Coroner 

-- TribLive: Battle Over Proposed Unity Twp. Solar Energy Facility Continues In Westmoreland

-- Scranton Times: Proposed Newton Township Solar Energy Facilities Rejected

-- TribLive: Sewickley Twp Considers Solar Energy Facility Regulations In Westmoreland 

-- The Guardian: Pennsylvania, 6 Other States Biggest Winners In Landmark Federal Clean Energy Funding 

-- PublicNewsService.org: York, PA Hydropower Turbine Manufacturer Uses Federal Funding To Boost Jobs

-- Observer-Reporter: Federal Grant To Power Up Battery Production At Weirton’s Form Energy

-- EPA/AmeriCorps Launch Nationwide Environmental Justice Climate Corps

-- The Allegheny Front: Study: Colleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become ‘Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction’ 

-- Courier Times: Parts Of Upper Bucks County Hit Hard With Power Outages; Why PUC Says Met-Ed Needs To Do More

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Council To Consider Massive Fee Hike For US Steel, Other Air Quality Violators 

-- WHYY: SEPTA To Try Out Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses As Early As This Fall

-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $965 Million To Fund Clean School Buses

-- Zillow, First Street Will Introduce Flood, Wildfire, Wind, Heat, Air Quality Climate Risk Information On For-Sale Property Listings  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 29 Webinar On How Recent US Supreme Court Decisions Will Impact Environmental Regulation, Planning  [PaEN]  

-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Fear, Hope Among Mixed Reactions As Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Plans To Restart

-- PennLive Letter: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Should Not Reopen Until We Find A Solution For Nuclear Waste - By Herb Field [former editorial writer with Patriot-News]

-- Politico: AI Revives ‘Zombie’ Nuclear Power Plants [Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart]

-- Bloomberg: Constellation CEO Says US Needs To Build Data Centers Near Power Plants, Without Transmission Line Issues  [Constellation Did Three Mile Island Deal With Microsoft]

-- Utility Dive: A Fast-Track PJM Interconnection Review Could Speed Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart: Constellation 

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: 21,964 Permits Since 11/2023; Decisions On 18,123;  One Currently Eligible For PAyback Did Not Meet Decision Deadlines; ZERO Application Fees Refunded [9.28.24]

--  Baltimore Sun: EPA: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Going In ‘Right Direction,’ Thanks Partly To Pennsylvania

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Publishes Guidelines For Agriculture Innovation Grant Program

-- Gettysburg Times: Adams County Trout Unlimited - Conewago Creek Restoration Project 

-- The Daily Item: Clear Shade Creek Large Wood Trout Habitat Project Underway In Somerset 

-- Capital RC&D Hosts Oct. 18 Winter Feeding Pasture Walk In Newville, Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania 

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition, Penn State Extension Host Oct. 5 Backyard Stream Repair Workshop In Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Study: Road Salts Continue To Build Up In The Brandywine, Damaging Watershed 

-- The BURG: Rain Gardens Foster Health For Waterways, Beauty For Yards [Dauphin County] 

-- York Daily Record: Handy Guidebook To Petroglyphs In Susquehanna River Now Available

-- Tribune-Democrat: Safety Focus Of Conemaugh River Project To Clean Out River Channel In Johnstown’s West End 

-- Dept. Of Labor & Industry: Temporary Disaster Unemployment Assistance Available For Tropical Storm Debby In Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, Union Counties

-- PA AG One Newsletter: USDA Encourages Ag Producers, Small Businesses, Residents To Prepare For Hurricane Helene  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Editorial: Extreme Weather Shows Need To Work Together

-- PennLive: Sewage Pipeline Rupture Caused Nearly 1 Million Gallons Of Raw Sewage To Be Discharged Into Penns Creek In Snyder County

-- DEP: Temporary Repair To Sewage Pipeline Stops Sewage Release Into Penns Creek, Susquehanna River In Snyder County  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 20-Inch Sewage Pipeline That Moves 2 Million Gallons Of Wastewater A Day Ruptures Below Selinsgrove Impacts Penns Creek, Susquehanna River In Snyder County; Boaters Urged To Avoid The Area 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Snyder County Sewage Pipeline Rupture Update: Temporary Fix In Place, Pipe To Arrive For Long-Term Report 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA’s Lead Drinking Water Pipe Problem One Of The Worst In The Nation

-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Water Authority Prepares To Inform Customers Of Lead Pipe Removal Requirements 

-- WESA: Latest Phase Of Pittsburgh Water Authority $500 Million System Upgrade Underway In Highland Park

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Water System ‘Entering A New Era’

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Losing The Potomac River Water Supply Could Cost The Region Billions [Headwaters Of Potomac Is In PA]

-- WHYY: Did Legislature Undermine Chester’s Influence Over Its Water Authority?

-- TribLive/AP: Federal Judge: Fluoride In Drinking Water Poses Enough Risk To Merit New EPA Action

-- Spotlight PA: Troubled Rural Water Company Could Be Forced To Sell Pending PUC Investigation

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Don’t Spread Cancer-Causing Chemicals Here Or Anywhere - By Clean Water Action [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’] 

-- EPA Issues Consent Order To Max Environmental Technologies For Clean Water Act Violations At Yukon, Westmoreland County Facility; Virtual Listening Session Set For Oct. 9  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Stop Polluting Sewickley Creek, EPA Tells Max Environmental Yukon Landfill Operator 

-- TribLive: Hazelwood Green Brownfield Developer Announces Plans For First Housing Component 

-- TribLive: Remediated Industrial Property, Wetland Near Former Cheswick Power Plant In Springdale Twp. Could Make Way For New Municipal Complex, Educational Opportunities 

-- The Allegheny Front: Should The Federal Govt. Support A Massive Recycling Plant In Erie That Will Make Plastics For Steelmaking? 

-- PA Resources Council Expands Glass Recycling With First Permanent Site In Eastern PA - Haverford Twp., Delaware County  [PaEN] 

-- Keep PA Beautiful Welcomes New Local Affiliate-- Keep Monroe County Beautiful!  [PaEN]

-- 2nd Century Alliance Coatesville Cleanup, Beautification A Success In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Cleanways, Unity Pledge Their Help In Effort To Gather 25 Billion Pieces Of Litter 

-- The Corry Journal: Erie County Volunteers Come Together For Annual International Coastal Cleanup 

-- DCNR: Ridley Creek State Park Inducted Into National Old-Growth Forest Network In Delaware County

-- LancasterOnline: American Chestnuts In East Hempfield Twp. Provide Hope For Nearly Extinct Tree

-- Penn State Extension Woods & Wildlife News: September Forest Snapshot; Non-Lead Ammo For Deer Hunting; The Forestry Musician; Multiple Educational Opportunities 

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives PPL Foundation Grant To Continue Rare Acidic Ridgetop Barrens Ecosystem Conservation Efforts In Luzerne County [PaEN]

-- Nearly 500 Riders Participate In Brandywine Conservancy's 6th Bike The Brandywine In Chester County  [PaEN] 

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘Our Mountain:’  Crowd Opposes Turnpike Plan To Bypass Allegheny Tunnel In Somerset County 

-- EPA Selects Landforce, PowerCorpsPHL For $13.9 Million Grant For Wood Reuse Workforce Development At Sites In Pittsburgh, Philadelphia  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Farms Sprout In Pittsburgh’s Food Deserts

-- TribLive: Tarentum Urban Farm Provides More Than Food To Borough Residents

-- DCNR, DDAP Join Recovery Hike And Butterfly Release To Celebrate Recovery Month At Colonel Denning State Park In Perry County 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn’s Stewards Newsletter: New Book On PA Conservation History; PA Healthy Lands Week; Viewfinders For Colorblind In 10 Parks; Friends Group Activities; More!  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Accepting Applications For Positions On Trails Advisory Committee 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Ghost Town Trail Fans Celebrate 30th Anniversary 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage: First-Person Account - Cyclists Experience GAP Trail From End To End 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage - Trail System’s Scenery, Setting, Amenities Attract Riders From Around The World 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Great Allegheny Passage - 9/11 Memorial Trail Built On GAP’s Foundation 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster County’s Outdoor Recreation Has Become One Of Its Biggest Draws  [PDF of Article] 

-- WITF/WPSU: Clearfield County Municipalities Move Closer To Creating Whitewater Recreation Parks 

-- Western PA Conservancy’s Fallingwater Hosts 2024 Gnome House Design Challenge For Students 8 To 13

-- Game Commission: Highlights From Game Commissioners Meeting; Adds 1,000+ Acres To State Game Lands

-- Patch.com: Falls Township, Bucks County Recognized As Bird Town Community

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Boro Moves To Transform Blighted, Fenced-In Sinkholes Into Bird Sanctuaries In Cumberland County 

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Look At How We Can Help Birds Throughout The Seasons

-- Audubon Society Receives $274,000 Grant For Conservation Project In Delaware Watershed

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Hurricane Helene Spawns Mass Migration Of 500 Million Birds

-- Echo-Pilot - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission President Highlights Opportunities, Challenges For PA Anglers In Coming Year

-- The Center Square: Fish & Boat Commission Accused Of Unconstitutional Searches Of Cabin Property

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Names Eric Null Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: State Championship Fishing Tournament Set For This Weekend In Tidioute

-- Tribune-Democrat: Somerset Lake To Be Lowered This Spring To Repair New Dam

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Backyard Bee Watchers, Photographers Help Discover Multiple New Species In PA 

-- Take The 2024 Penn State Extension Beekeepers Survey 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Return Of Long-Lost Butterfly, Nearly Forgotten Fruit Enriches Pittsburgh 

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[Posted: September 29, 2024]   PA Environment Digest