Monday, November 18, 2024

November 18 - 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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107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


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


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


Chesapeake Bay Journal: Volunteer Laurie Barr Leads Hunt For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania


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


FracTracker Alliance Announces 2024 Community Sentinel Award Recipients To Be Honored Dec. 4


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


Guest Essay: Our Children’s Health Isn’t Partisan, Pennsylvania Needs Strong Pollution Protections From Fracking Now


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


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 16


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


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


Environmental Quality Board Approves Proposed Spill Notification Regulation; NOx & VOC Corrections For Comment; Blasting Reg


DEP Will No Longer Accept New Chapter 102 Erosion & Sedimentation ePermit Applications During ‘Pause’; Oil & Gas E&S Applications Not Affected


DEP Extends General Permits: Oil & Gas Erosion & Sedimentation [ESCGP-3]; Beneficial Use Of Biosolids By Land Application [PAG-07 + PAG-08]; Beneficial Use Of Residential Septage [PAG-09]


DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For Restoration Of Pursley Creek Damaged By Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Center Twp., Greene County


DEP To Hold Dec. 17 Hearing On Chapter 105 Permit For Pocono Mountains Corporate Center North Warehouse In Monroe County


DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit Renewal For The Consol Bailey Coal Prep Plant In Greene/Washington Counties


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


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


Nov. 18 EarthTalk Features Penn State Sustainability Director Lara Fowler On Decarbonizing The University


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


Penn State Research: Public Pressure Influences Whether Companies Reduce Their Environmental Impact


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


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


$402,021 Awarded By DEP To Support Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Projects


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


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


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


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


Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy To Host Public Meetings On Perkiomen Mapping & Flood Mitigation Study Spanning Parts Of Montgomery, Berks, Bucks, Lehigh Counties


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


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


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


Nov. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Reps. Daley, Ortitay Highlight Findings In New Wildlife Conservation Corridor Report


PA Society For Ornithology: 2025 PA Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation Seeking Sponsors


PA Sea Grant: Choose Native Guide Promotes Using Native Species In Landscaping & Water Gardening


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


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


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


PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Nov. 19 Watersheds And Their Problems Webinar


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


News From PA House & Senate


House, Senate Democrats, Republicans Elect Leadership Teams For New Legislative Session


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - November 16


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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[Posted: November 18, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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