107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 107 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!

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania - By Ad Crable  [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance Announces 2024 Community Sentinel Award Recipients To Be Honored Dec. 4  [PaEN] 

-- Moms Clean Air Force: Pennsylvanians Call On State Leaders For Protection From Fossil Fuel And Plastic Industry Expansion  [PaEN] 

-- Guest Essay: Our Children’s Health Isn’t Partisan, Pennsylvania Needs Strong Pollution Protections From Fracking Now - By Rachel Sica Meyer, Beaver County Resident, Moms Clean Air Force  [PaEN] 

-- ABCNews: Pennsylvania Residents In Cecil Township, Washington County Fight Fracking In Their Backyard  (Video) 

-- FracTracker, Clean Air Council, Earthworks: New StoryMap On Expanding Shale Gas Safety Zones

-- Environmental Hearing Board Issues Temporary Supersedeas To Stop The Opening Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County Until Hearing On Full Supersedeas [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Environmental Groups Appeal CNX Slickville Pipelines Permits  

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 9 to 15 - Failed Well Pluggings; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells; More Abandoned Conventional, Shale Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Low Streamflow Conditions Prompt Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Advise Shale Gas Drillers, Water Systems, Companies With Water Withdrawal Approvals To Plan For Alternative Operations  [PaEN]  

-- JD Supra: Federal District Court Sends PA Oil & Gas Royalty Dispute To Trial 

-- EPA Finalizes Rule Setting Fee On Wasteful Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Industry  

-- KDKA: EPA To Hit Oil & Gas Companies With Waste Methane Fee, But Will It Last?

-- Financial Times: How Oil & Gas Companies Disguise Their Methane Emissions 

-- WBOY: EPA Officials Share Findings After Radiation Found At Fairmont, WV Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Site

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Norfolk Southern Railcar Inspection Rule Problematic

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp: Natural Gas Electric Generation Is Threatened This Winter By Ongoing Concerns About Gas Production, Delivery In Extreme Weather Conditions  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves 6 Months Delay To PJM’s Next 3 Electric Power Capacity Auctions 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvanians Will Not Be Happy About Double-Digit Hikes In Their Electricity Bills Next Year - By Scott Bomboy, Bucks County Township Supervisor 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Duquesne Light Customers Will See 3.99% Price Hike Next Month

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay: PA Riparian Forest Buffer Project Plants Its 1,000th Acre Of Forest Buffer!   [PaEN] 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Video: PA Riparian Forest Buffer Projects Plants Its 1,000th Acre!

-- Patch.com: Newtown Township Rain Gardens Win Master Gardeners Of Delaware County Garden Contest 

-- WNEP: Students Join Forces With Diamond City Partnership For Tree Planting Project In Wilkes-Barre Area   

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Trusted Partner For Community Scientists; Conserving National Park Streams; Support Clean Water  [PaEN] 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Nov. 19 Watersheds And Their Problems Webinar  [PaEN]

-- MorningAgClips: Franklin/Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards Seeking Volunteers, Info Sessions Dec. 12 (In-Person), Dec. 16 (Virtual) 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Clean Water Efforts In Lancaster County Could Get A Boost Through Lancaster ExtraGive On Nov. 22

-- $402,021 Awarded By DEP To Support Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Projects  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 11-12  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Awards $288,000 In Grants To Support Local Projects In Lake Erie Coastal Zone  [PaEN] 

-- PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 19  [PaEN] 

-- PA Sea Grant Names PA 2025 Knauss Marine Policy Fellows: Nathaniel Edelheit-Rice, Sahara Rios-Bonilla, Chelsea Russ  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Secures Additional Federal Aid To Help 12 Counties Recover From Tropical Storm Debby  [PaEN] 

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy To Host 3 Public Meetings On Perkiomen Mapping &  Flood Mitigation Study Spanning Parts Of Montgomery, Berks, Bucks, Lehigh Counties Starting Nov. 12  [PaEN] 

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Calls For Stronger Environmental Oversight Of U.S. Steel Irvin Plant Discharges Into Monongahela River In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Three Rivers WaterKeeper Wants Stricter Water Permit For US Steel Irvin Plant To Stop Oily Releases Into Monongahela River In Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette: Industrial-Grade Chemical Used To Preserve Plastic Showing Up In Street Drugs

-- MCall: Receive A Notice That Your Water Pipes May Contain Lead?  Here’s What You Need To Know

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Dec. 10 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Management - Philadelphia Water Department Approach  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Names PUC Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss, David Graybill, Juniata County, To Farm, Ranch and Rural Communities Advisory Committee  [PaEN]  

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: What To Know About Climate Change And Drought In The Philly Region

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Calls For Voluntary Conservation In Response To Drought Conditions 

-- Courier Times: Here Are Latest Water Restrictions In Doylestown, Bucks County Amid Drought Conditions

-- MCall: Lehigh River At Lowest Level In Eight Years After Months Of Abnormally Dry Weather 

-- WNEP: Drought In Northeast, Central Pennsylvania Affecting Christmas Tree Farms  

-- Altoona Mirror: Growers Say Drought Shouldn’t Affect This Year’s Christmas Tree Crop

-- TribLive: Snowfall Expected To Be Minimal In Western PA This Winter

-- WTAE: Firefighter Stable After Being Struck By Tree Fighting Wildfire In Amwell Twp., Washington County 

-- WHYY: Burn Bans In Effect Throughout Philadelphia Region Amid Drought Conditions 

-- WTAE: Firefighters Begging People To Comply With Burn Bans After Multiple Wildfires 

-- KDKA: Sunday’s Rain Not A Sign To Start Burning Again, Firefighters Say

-- WNEP: Crews Called To Wildfire In Lackawanna County

-- MCall: Blue Mountain Wildfire Cause Under Investigation As Resources Diverted To Berks County Wildfire

-- Reading Eagle: Neversink Mountain Fire 100% Contained; PA Forestry Crew Heading Home

-- Reading Eagle: Public Urged To Keep Off Trails In Fire Damaged Areas Of Neversink Mountain

-- Governor Of New Jersey Declares Statewide Drought Warning  

-- WHYY: New Jersey Declares Drought Warning As Reservoir, Groundwater Levels Decline

-- PECO Agrees To Purchase 25 MW Of Solar Energy As Part Of Its Default Power Procurement In Settlement With Energy Justice Advocates  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: PECO Agrees Purchase 25 MW Of Solar Energy For Default Electricity Customers 

-- Public News Service: Federal Funds Help Power Four Seasons Produce In Lancaster County Rooftop Solar Energy Facility

-- Scranton Times: The Nesquehoning Solar Energy Facility Next Door In Carbon County 

-- Inquirer: At This Eco-Friendly Apartment In Chester County Renters Won’t Have Electric Bills

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Nov. 22 Webinar On New Guidebook For Municipalities On Large-Scale Solar Development  [PaEN] 

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Success Presents Climate Change Challenges We Will Meet Head-On - By Lehigh Valley Planning Commission 

-- Nov. 18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Delegation In Azerbaijan For UN’s Annual Climate Meeting  

-- WPSU: When Will Greenhouse Gas Emissions Finally Peak?  Could Be Soon

-- The Allegheny Front/Environmental Health News: Hydrogen Hubs Test New Federal Environmental Justice Rules  [2 Parts]

-- MCall: New Plan For Lehigh Valley Hydroelectric Power - Chain Dam

-- LancasterOnline - Rachel McDevitt: Controversial Susquehanna River Hydro Energy Storage Project Still Waiting On Word From Regulator

-- Penn State Research: Public Pressure Influences Whether Companies Reduce Their Environmental Impact  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: Allegheny County Executive Revamps County Board Of Health With 8 New Appointees

-- Post-Gazette: Center Of Life Unveils Plans For Community Hub, Education Center At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Residents To DEP: Stop The Stench From Waste Facility

-- 30 Volunteers At 2nd Century Alliance, Litter Lifters Of West Vincent Litter Cleanup Collect 168 Bags Of Litter, TVs, Lawnmower, 300 Political Yard Signs In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- WNEP: 200 Residents Took Part In Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event In Lackawanna County

-- Keep PA Beautiful Update: Litter Hawk Award Nominations; Join Pick Up PA; America Recycles Day; Community Stewardship Summit; Schuylkill Keep It Pretty; Power Of Beauty 

-- EPA Highlights Recycling Progress, Resources Available For America Recycles Day 

-- WeConservePA: PA Voters Approved All 5 Local Referendums On The November Ballot Making $96 Million Available For Open Space Conservation  [PaEN]  

-- DCNR Announces $79.4 Million In Grants To Support 307 Recreation, Land Conservation, Tree Planting Projects Across Pennsylvania; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 21  [PaEN]  

-- DCNR Grants Update: Grant Application Workshops Available; Conservation Easement Assistance Grants; Other Funding Opportunities 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown Gets State Grant To Make Stonycreek, Little Conemaugh, Conemaugh Rivers More Accessible

-- Erie Times: DCNR Grants To Asbury Woods, Erie County Parks Will Fund Pickleball Courts, Playgrounds, More

-- Altoona Mirror: Youngs Woods Park, Susquehanna River Walk Extension Projects Get DCNR Grants

-- York Daily Record: Hanover Reservoirs, York Area Parks Recipients Of DCNR Outdoor Recreation Grants

-- Citizens Voice: New ADA Bathroom Facility Opens At Kirby Park In Luzerne County

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Nov. 20 To Discuss A Draft Environmental Justice Plan, Diversity Initiatives; 2023-24 Annual Report Released  [PaEN]  

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Adds Nearly 19 Acres To Shaw Family Nature Preserve In Mount Joy Twp.

-- PA Sea Grant: Choose Native Guide Promotes Using Native Species In Landscaping & Water Gardening  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Host Nov. 23 Workshop On Holiday Greens Creations - Bring Home The Cheer In Wayne County

-- North Branch Land Trust: Dec. 7 Forage For Your Own Native Wreath Hike/Craft Event In Luzerne County

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - True Beauty Of A Tree Is Seen When It Loses Its Leaves

-- USDA NRCS/NFWF: $1 Million In Funding Available For Community-Based Gardens

-- DCNR Blog: Places That Honor Veterans And Preserve Our History 

-- Nov. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation - Office And Online Retail Facilitator  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Removing A Beloved Dam On Little Sewickley Creek In Northern Allegheny County 

-- The Allegheny Front: New Plan Aims To Improve River Access In Allegheny County 

-- WNEP: Students Taking Advantage Of Adaptive Playground In Wilkes-Barre As City Looks To Build Another 

-- PA Wilds Center: 4 Artists Selected To Develop New PA Wild Product Lines With Local Manufacturers As Part Of Inaugural Wilds Artisan Collaborative Initiative 

-- Reps. Daley, Ortitay Highlight Findings In New Wildlife Conservation Corridor Report  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Here’s Why PA Deer Hunters Should Feel Optimistic About Rifle Season 

-- WESA/WPSU: Game Commission Temporarily Expands Sunday Hunting, Hopes For Permanent Change Next Year 

-- PA Society For Ornithology: 2025 PA Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation Seeking Sponsors  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Keeping An Eye On The Sparrow As Winter Months Approach

-- Warren Times: Tamarack Wildlife Center Releases Latest Rehabilitated Bald Eagle

-- WHYY: Saving Philly’s Bats, One DIY Condo At A Time Thru This Penn Project 

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[Posted: November 17, 2024]   PA Environment Digest