Monday, September 2, 2024

September 2 - 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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146 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Sept. 19 Webinar: A Year Later: Have Leaders Addressed Health Concerns From Natural Gas Development Raised In University Of Pittsburgh Public Health Studies?


DEP Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Strategies To Prevent Well Abandonments; Injection Well Primacy; Tracking Water Contamination; Other Topics


State, United Mine Workers Announce First-In-PA Registered Apprenticeship Program To Plug Oil And Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners; DEP Issued 722 Violations For Well Abandonment So Far In 2024


Range Resources Shale Gas Water Pipeline Suffers Blowout In Washington County


9-Year-Old Drives Tractor Into Conventional Well Causing Gas Leak


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 24 to 30 - Water Pipeline Blowout; 9-Year-Old Hits Conventional Gas Well; 5 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 31


Appalachian Regional Commission Selects Job Training, Revitalization Groups For Communities Impacted By Coal, Power Plant Closures; Underserved, Marginalized Communities; 5 In PA Serving Coal, Oil & Gas Counties


DEP To Test Drinking Water In PA Within 1 Mile Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Site For Next 10 Years After EPA Confirms Remediation Is Complete


Environmental Quality Board Meets Sept. 10 On Proposed Stream Redesignations, Laboratory Fee Review


DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 10 On Hydrogen, Food Processing Residuals


Cooper-Booth Wholesale Co. Installs 1.17 GW Rooftop Solar Energy Facility In Lancaster County


Pittsburgh Works Together Releases New Report: The PJM Grid In Peril: What Will Keep The Lights On?


Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bills To Establish PA Baseload Energy Development Fund Based On Texas Model; And Have One Permit For Power Plants


Ready For 100% Montgomery County: Communities With Half The County Population Support Clean Energy Future


PennEnvironment: New US DOE Appliance Efficiency Standards Will Save PA Households $128 Annually


Washington & Jefferson College To Host Pittsburgh Regional Carbon Capture Conference Oct. 22 In Washington County


U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Announce Over $17 Million In Grants For Delaware River Basin Restoration


DEP Releases 2023 Annual Report On Chesapeake Bay Watershed Celebrating Accomplishments Of Counties, Communities, State And Local Leaders


National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, US Fish & Wildlife Announce $8.9 Million To Restore, Conserve Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed


Conservation Innovation Fund, Kennett Twp., Chester County Receive Ground-Breaking Stormwater Permit Relying On Nature-Based Solutions


Foxwynd Foundation Awards $75,000 Tree Survival Grant To Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership


EPA Names Khesha Reed As Deputy Director For Chesapeake Bay Program Office


DEP Publishes Updated PAG-02 NPDES Stormwater General Permit


Penn State Study Examines Perceptions Of Flood Insurance - Clients Often Underestimate Their Flood Risk, Lack Knowledge About Flood Insurance


Shapiro Administration Announces Statewide ‘Recovery In Nature’ Initiative Across Nine State Parks In Conjunction With National Recovery Month


August 30 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Central PA Conservancy: Sept. 9 Webinar On Becoming A Volunteer Conservation Easement Monitor


Hourglass To Host Sept. 10 Forum On Outdoor Recreation In Lancaster County


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications


Volunteers Record Bee Biodiversity And Discover New Species In PA During Penn State Research Project


NSF Grant To Fund Penn State, Universities Partnership Study Of How Quickly eDNA Degrades In Streams To Better Understand How It Can Be Used To Identify Aquatic Life


Rosalie Haizlett Launches New Book: Tiny Worlds Of The Appalachian Mountains, An Artist's Journey


North Branch Land Trust Names Emma Thompson Land Conservation & Stewardship Director


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DCNR State Parks August Environmental Education Newsletter - Welcome Back To School Edition!


PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Sept. 11 PA Fertilizer Law, Homeowner Lawn Care For Healthy Watersheds Webinar


Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Hosts Sept. 12 In-Person, Online Connecting Communities In The Fight Against Industrial Pollution


Allegheny County Conservation District, Partners Host 5-Part Building Vibrant Communities Workshops Starting Sept. 24


York County Master Watershed Stewards Host Sept. 26 Stormwater Management, Storm Drain Art Walking Tour; 2024 Art Winners Announced


Eastern PA Consulting & Industrial Forester Conference Set For Sept. 26 At Dauphin County Conservation District


PAEE Professional Development Courses: Design For Learning In Environmental Education; Introduction To Community Engagement


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[Posted: September 2, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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