Monday, September 23, 2024

September 23 - 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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110 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Stroud Center Honors Bestselling Author Of Four Fish, Paul Greenberg, With Freshwater Excellence Award


PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Recognize Kristina Thompson & PennDOT District 5-0 With Walter Lyon Award; Former DEP Secretary David Hess With Karl Mason Award


PA Coal Alliance Members Recognized For Mine Reclamation And Employee Safety


Cecil Township, Washington County Posts Proposed Ordinance Increasing Setbacks From Shale Gas Well Pads Of 2,500 Feet From Homes, Businesses; 5,000 Feet From Schools, Hospitals; Nov. 4 Hearing, Meeting Set


Environmental Health Project: State Dept. Of Health Progress On Implementing Recommendations After Pitt Health Studies Show Impacts From Shale Gas Development ‘Extremely Limited’


Del-Chesco United For Pipeline Safety: Texas Explosion Shows Communities In PA With Energy Transfer's Mariner East Pipeline And Other Pipelines Are Vulnerable To The Same Unmitigated Risk From Unsecured Pipeline Valves


Exploding Water Well Shed Triggers DEP Investigation Of 59+ Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Cyclone, McKean County; Highlights Limits On Providing Temporary Water For Well Owners Impacted


Homeowner Complaint Results In DEP Emergency Plugging Of A Penn Resources, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Leaking Gas, Oil, Wastewater In McKean County


DEP Discovers Wastewater Spill From Conventional Oil/Gas Well That Could Be Seen From Google Earth In Armstrong County As A Result Of A Complaint


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 14 to 20 - Seeing Conventional Wastewater Spill From Google Earth; Emergency Well Plugging; Abandoned Shale Gas Wells; Leaking Gas Well Next To Baseball Field


Protect PT: Westmoreland Landfill Surrenders Air Quality Permit For An Evaporator System To Dispose Of Leachate Wastewater Impacted By Shale Gas Drilling Waste


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 21


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 24 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In August; 212 General Permits So Far In 2024


Allegheny Institute For Public Policy: Counties, Municipalities Need To ‘Begin Lowering Their Expectations’ On The Support From Shale Gas Industry Drilling Impact Fee


Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Sounds Alarm Over Maintaining Sufficient Winter Natural Gas Supplies To Address Extreme Winter Conditions; PA Gas Producers Cutting Production, Pulling Drill Rigs


EPA Names Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens In Pittsburgh One Of 4 Leading National Green Power Partners In 2024


No False Solutions PA Coalition Releases New Too Infrequently Asked Questions About Carbon Capture And Storage


PA Turnpike Releases Request For Proposals To Construct Solar Energy Facilities In Its Rights-of-Way; 7,900 Acres Have Solar Potential


Center For Rural Pennsylvania Hosts Oct. 7 Webinar On Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facility Development


DEP Now Accepting Applications For Small Business Advantage Grants To Support Water Quality Restoration, Energy Efficiency, Pollution Prevention Projects


Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Celebrates $17.3 Million In National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware River Watershed


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Invites 2nd Round Of Nutrient Pollution Reduction Proposals As Part Of Conowingo Dam 'Pay-for-Success' Program; Webinar Set For Oct. 9


October Is Riparian Buffer Month! Celebrate Trees And Streams!


Master Watershed Stewards Continue Great Partnership With Dickinson’s ALLARM Stream Team Water Monitoring Program


PA Dept. Of Health Seeks Participants In Oct. 16 Online Focus Group Sessions On How Private Water Well Owners Prepare, Respond To Emergencies Impacting Their Wells


Call For Presentations! Bucknell University 2024 River Symposium Nov. 8-9


Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithfull Green Leaders Training Program Starting Oct. 14


Southwestern PA Water Network Hosts Sept. 28 Confluence At Mingo Creek - A Celebration Of Watersheds In PA's Ohio River Watershed


Keep PA Beautiful, Erie-Western PA Port Authority, Partners Collaborate To Keep Litter, Debris From Going Into Presque Isle Bay, Lake Erie


PA Resources Council, Partners Host 3 Electronic Waste Collection Events In Delaware, Montgomery Counties Starting Sept. 26


French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Kirlin Family To Preserve 55 Acres In Chester County


PA Parks & Forests Foundation Releases Spanish-Language 'Leave No Trace' Video To Promote Inclusion, Diversity In The Outdoors


Sept. 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Special Report: Local Experts All Agree, Hellbenders Need Better Protection - Sign The Petition To Protect The Hellbender


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


National Museum Of Industrial History Hosts Immersive VR Experiences On Industrial History For Lehigh Watershed Explorers Starting Sept. 21


Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host Oct. 21 MS4 Stormwater Forum In Manheim


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[Posted: September 23, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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