Monday, November 25, 2024

November 25 - 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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156 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jack Winieski Dedicated His Professional Career To Improving Trees Through Genetics


Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Update: Industrial Shale Gas Development In Tioga State Forest Prioritizes Industry Profit Over Constitutional Mandate To Preserve, Protect State Forest Lands


EPA, Justice Dept., DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc., Hilcorp Energy Company For Federal, State Clean Air Act Violations


DEP So Far In 2024: 6,907 Violations Issued To Owners Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells - 153% More Than In 2021; 833 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells -- Exceeding All Of 2023


Oil & Gas Wastewater Release At Bear Lake Properties Injection Well In Warren County Went Unreported For 109 Days; More Contamination Discovered Along Related Wastewater Pipeline Route


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 16 to 22 - $5.257 Million In Penalties; Conventional Well Owners Issued More Violations Than All Of 2023; More Abandoned Wells; Failure To Submit Shale Gas Reports


DEP Prints Corrected Notice Inviting Comments On New Air Pollution Permit For Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant In Washington County; Plant Suffered Major Explosion, Fire In 2022


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - November 23


DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Dec. 5 On Methane Emissions Reduction; Federal Plugging Program; Injection Well Primacy; Financial Assurance; Drilling & Permitting Activity Impacts On DEP Budget


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 12 On New Fee Schedule; Water Withdrawals, Including 4 Shale Gas; New General Permit For Into-Basin Diversions


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 42 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In October; 274 General Permits So Far In 2024


Delaware River Basin Commission Meets Dec. 5 To Consider Resolution To Preserve And Protect Water Supplies During Persistent Dry Conditions


Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order Creating PA Permit Fast Track Program; Can't Blame DEP Anymore For Delaying Projects


DEP Reduces Permit Backlog By 75%, Completely Eliminates Backlog For Oil & Gas Permits; You Can’t Blame DEP Anymore For Project Delays


Guest Essay: Protecting Public Health Means Enforcing Environmental Regulations While Helping Businesses Thrive - By Jessica Shirley, Acting DEP Secretary


DCNR Speeds Up Endangered, Threatened Species Environmental Permit Review Times, ATV Permitting, Ginseng Certification


DEP Publishes Updated Non-Regulatory Agenda Showing Technical Guidance Documents In Development


PUC To Host Nov. 25 Technical Conference On Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania


DEP: Some Guidance Now Available To Apply For $396 Million In RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grants; Application Period Opens Early In 2025


Dickinson College To Host Atmospheric Scientist Katharine Hayhoe To Discuss Finding Hope In The Face Of Climate Change During Public Talk Dec. 4


Green Building Alliance Invites New Kensington Commercial Property, Business Owners To 2030 District Launch and Energy Efficiency Info Session Dec. 4 In Westmoreland County


PA Solar Center, Fair Shake Environmental Legal Services Release New Guidebook For PA Municipalities On Development Of Large-Scale Solar Facilities


Chesapeake Bay Foundation Will Fight Preliminary FERC Permit Granted For Proposed Susquehanna River Pump Storage Hydroelectric Project In York County


DEP Awards $2.55 Million In Federal Funding To Support 5 Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects


DEP Briefs Water Resources Committee On Proposed Changes To PAG-13 General Permit For Small Municipal Stormwater Dischargers; Latest Emerging Contaminants Sampling Results; Microplastics Study


Berks Nature: New Data On The Annual Economic Value Of Nature Documents $853 Million In Savings, $938 Million In Outdoor Recreation Benefits To Citizens of Berks County


Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Seeks Input On Shaping Agenda For ACAP Ag Conservation Con 2025 In April


ClearWater Conservancy Receives $99,000 Grant To Install Forested Riparian Stream Buffers In Centre County; Next DCNR Grant Round Opens Jan. 21


Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Application For Stream Habitat Improvement Projects In Lancaster, York Counties


Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards Accepting Volunteer Applications For Spring 2025 Training


Master Watershed Stewards Naturalize Stormwater Basin In York County


Master Watershed Stewards In York Introduce Urban Youth To Fishing


Penn State Extension: Private Water Supply Education, Water Testing Accomplishments In 2024


Managing Your Well During A Drought, Tips From Penn State Extension


PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts Dec. 17 Webinar On Glass For A Sustainable Future


PA Resources Council Spearheading Effort To Establish Permanent Recycling Center In Allegheny County; Asking Public To Sign Support Letter


Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Award Thru January 31


PA Dept. Of Agriculture Issues Firewood Quarantine Order For Firewood From Outside The State Or Traveling Through The State Unless Heat-Treated To Prevent The Spread Of Invasive Species


DCNR’s Square Timber Wild Area In Cameron County Inducted Into The Old-Growth Forest Network


Wildlands Conservancy Opens 187 Acre Black River Sanctuary In Lehigh County


Susquehanna Greenway, Susquehanna River Trail Assn.: New Middle Susquehanna Paddling Resource To Be Available Next Spring For Snyder, Northumberland, Juniata, Perry, & Dauphin Counties


Rothrock Trail Alliance Awarded $500,000 Grant To Improved Recreation Access To Rothrock State Forest In Centre County; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 21


PA Parks & Forests Foundation: New Friends Of Chapman State Park Group Formed In Warren County


Vote Now! For PA Parks & Forests Foundation People’s Choice Photo Contest Award


Nov. 22 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Volunteers Invited To Be Part Of Pennsylvania Bird Atlas First Ever Winter Bird Survey Starting Dec. 1


Pennsylvania Firefly Festival Lottery For 2025 Festival & Glow & Know Campouts Will Start January 1


Federal Highway Administration, Fish & Wildlife Service Host Dec. 4 Online Pollinator Conservation And Transportation Symposium


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Applications Now Being Accepted For Rivers Conservation Fly Fishing Youth Camp June 15-20, Messiah University, Cumberland County


Nominations Now Being Accepted For Wildlife Leadership Academy Student Conservation Ambassadors Program


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


EPA Accepting Comments On New Draft Framework To Advance Consideration of Cumulative Impacts On Communities


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - November 23


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[Posted: November 25, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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