Monday, September 16, 2024

September 16 - Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” 

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]


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98 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


Stories You May Have Missed Last Week: PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic


Sand County Foundation Selects 3 Finalists For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award


Volunteer Gary Grahl Finds Next 'Career' As A Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward In Berks County


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


WESA: New Freeport, Greene County Residents File Lawsuit Against EQT Gas Drilling Company Over Contaminated Water Supplies


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


DEP Finds Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Sprayed & Leaked 12,600+ Gallons For Nearly 3 Hours In Gilmore Twp., Greene County


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


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


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


DEP Declares 21 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Owned By Schreiner Oil & Gas Inc. Abandoned, Not Plugged In Erie, McKean Counties


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’


Groundbreaking Initiative Using Drones To Locate Orphan, Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania Kicks Off


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 14


House Committee Sets Sept. 17 Hearing On PA One Call Underground Utility Notification Program Reauthorization; Almost All Conventional Gas/Oil Pipelines Specifically Excluded


Susquehanna River Basin Conditions Trigger Low-Flow Water Use Restrictions At 7 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Water Withdrawal Requests - Including 8 For Shale Gas Development; Total Of 23 In 2024


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


Vote Solar, Solar United Neighbors, 60+ Groups Urge PA Senate To Unlock Community Solar Energy Benefits By Taking Action On Bipartisan Legislation


US Dept. Of Energy Awards $20 Million To Improve Siting Of Renewable Energy Facilities; $1.96 Million To PA


Ohio River Valley Institute, Black Appalachian Coalition Host Sept. 19 Webinar On Environmental Justice & Building A Clean Energy Economy


Environmental Quality Board Approves Proposed Stream Redesignations For Public Comment; Votes Down Motion To Decouple Truck Emission Standards From California In 2 Years


DEP Invites Comments On Draft PA Great Lakes Water Management Program 5-Year Report


Swatara Watershed Assn., Master Watershed Stewards Host Oct. 19 Waterways On Wheels - Swatara Rail Trail In Schuylkill County


US Army Corps Of Engineers To Sign Cost Sharing Agreement On Future Use Study Of Francis E. Walter Dam Reservoir In Carbon County


PA Resources Council, Allegheny County Host Weekday Electronic Waste Recycling Collections During Mondays, Wednesdays In October


Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties


DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. 25 On Sustainability And Green Infrastructure Initiatives; Ecological, Economic Benefits Of Restoration Work


Sept. 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


DCNR To Host Programs In 25 State Parks For Girl Scouts Love State Parks Weekend Sept. 13-15


Countryside Conservancy, Peck Family Partner On Preservation Of 420-Acres In Susquehanna County


North Branch Land Trust Partners With Estate Of Robert L. Carson Family To Conserve 94 Acres In Columbia County


PA Natural Heritage Program Wild Heritage News Highlights Partners & Priorities In Invasive Species Management, Aquatic Mushrooms And Much More


PA Firefly Festival Newsletter Reflects On 2024 Firefly Festival Week; Describes Firefly Education Services And More


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Horn Farm Agricultural Education Center Launches New Ecological Restoration Certification, Ecological Gardener Training Programs


Manada Conservancy, Partners To Host Sept. 26 Climate Change & Penn's Woods; Oct. 6 Walk In Penn's Woods Events In Dauphin County


Penn State Extension Hosts Oct. 17 Webinar - Adenosine Triphosphate In Algal Bloom Tracking


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[Posted: September 16, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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