Monday, December 9, 2024

December 9 - 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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104 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Delaware Highlands Conservancy Celebrates 100th Birthday Of Founder Barbara Yeaman By Establishing A New Land Conservation Fund


Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Recreation Economy Grows To $19 Billion In 2023, Supporting Thousands Of Jobs and Creating Economic Opportunity Across The Commonwealth


PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation Hosts Dec. 11 Webinar On Release Of 2023 Data Showing Tremendous Growth In PA’s Outdoor Recreation Economy


PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Court Action Challenging Use Of ATVs For Recreation In Northcentral PA State Forests Resulting In 2,000+ Miles Of Illegal ATV Trails


Delaware River Basin Commission Declares Water Supply Emergency, Takes Steps To Protect Water Supplies


DEP Sees ‘Very Significant Budget Gap’ In Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program Due To Reduced Permit Fee Revenue


DCED PA Crude [Oil] Development Advisory Council Meets Dec. 12 To Discuss Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater; New EPA Methane Emissions Reduction Program; Other Updates


DEP Issues 10 Violations To Big Dog Energy, LLC, Diversified Production LLC For Abandoning Shale Gas Wells; Violations For Shale Gas Abandonments More Than Doubled In 2024


DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County


DEP: Horizontal Exploration LLC Failed To Comply With State Court Order To Plug 6 Conventional Wells In McKean County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 30 to Dec. 6 - Abandoned Shale Gas Wells Doubled From Last Year; Failure To Comply With Court Order To Plug Conventional Wells; Abandoned Waste Injection Well


Apply Now! DEP Conventional Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grant Applications Due Dec. 16; $44.4 Million Available - Only 10 Applicants Applied For 77 Wells So Far


Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 12 Webinar On Carbon Reduction Credits In Oil & Gas Well Plugging


Independent Fiscal Office Reports Slight Increase In PA 3rd Quarter Natural Gas Production; Lowest Number Of New Shale Gas Wells Drilled Since 2008


PA Senate Republicans To Reintroduce Bills Limiting Citizen Rights To Appeal DEP Permit Decisions, Punish Communities That Take Steps To Protect Themselves Against Shale Gas Development Impacts


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - December 7


PUC: Natural Gas Distribution Companies Prepare For Winter - Gas Consumption Expected To Decrease 1.8%, Cost For Residential Customers To Increase 1%


PUC Enforcement Bureau Files Complaint Against Philadelphia Gas Works Over 2021 Natural Gas House Explosion; Alleging The Company Failed To Properly Investigate, Address Leaking Gas Pipeline


PUC To Seek Public Comments On Settlement With Columbia Gas Concerning Welding Issues At Regulator Station In Beaver County


The Heinz Endowments: Nonprofits, Philanthropy Create Infrastructure To Help Bring Nearly $1 Billion In Regional, Statewide Clean Energy Funding To Pennsylvania


Green Building Alliance, 2030 District Host Dec. 10 Webinar On PJM Electricity Price Increases - Why And What To Do?


PA Solar Center Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Potential Changes Ahead Under New Republican Administration


DEP To Hold Jan. 22 Hearing On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Carpenter Technology Plant In Berks County


DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Consent Order For Penn State Benner Township PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination Site In Centre County


DEP Awards $600,000 To 12 Community Organizations For Environmental Justice Outreach


Center For Coalfield Justice: Environmental Justice Communities Abandoned By Global Plastics Treaty Process


DEP Accepting Applications From Public Schools, Childcare Facilities For Drinking Water Lead Testing, Lead Reduction Measures Starting Dec. 9


DEP Invites Comments On Draft Manual For Land Treatment Of Onlot Septic System Wastewater


Master Watershed Steward Tim Matthews Aims To Make Conservation Family-Friendly In Susquehanna County


Pike Conservation District: Sliding Into Winter! One 12 Ounce Mug Of Salt Is All You Need To Prevent Ice From Forming On A 20 Foot Driveway


Guest Essay: How Farmers Are Navigating The Challenges Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' - The Growing Problem Of PFAS Contamination In Agriculture


Penn State Extension Hosts Dec. 9 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Land-Applied Biosolids - Research Update And Discussion


PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Dec. 10 Webinar On How DEP, EPA Protect PA's Waterways


PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Parks & Forests Awards


Dec. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Natural Lands, Landowners Starr & Howard Offenger Partner To Preserve Historical Farmstead In Cumberland County


College Township Secures $300,000 DCNR Grant For Development of ClearWater Community Conservation Center; Next DCNR Grant Round Opens Jan. 21


DCNR Awards More Than $372,000 In Wild Resource Conservation Program Grants To Help Protect Pennsylvania’s Native Biodiversity


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Interns Wanted: DEP, DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Paid Internships


PA Sea Grant: National Marine Fisheries Service & Sea Grant Fellowship Program Accepting Applications


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - December 7


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[Posted: December 9, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

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