Monday, January 20, 2025

January 20 - 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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128 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Public Utility Commission Urges Consumers To Prepare For Extreme Cold


PJM Interconnection: New All-Time Peak Electricity Demand Possible Jan. 20-22; PJM Working With Gas Generators To Try To Get Them Online Before Extreme Cold Hits


30 Stakeholder Comments Received By PUC On Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania; Increasing Natural Gas Power Plant Reliability To 90-95% Would Mean No Imminent Capacity Problem


Gov. Shapiro Threatens To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM If It Does Not Protect Consumers Against Soaring Power Prices


TECfusions Unveils Massive 1,400-Acre Data Center Project With 3 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation In Westmoreland County


PUC Sets Feb. 11 Hearings On PPL Transmission Line Projects In York County Related To Three Mile Island, Peach Bottom


Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Seeking Applicants For Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate Related To PUC Actions


PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: George Wolff - One Room School To ‘The Group That Doesn’t Exist’


Shapiro Administration Accomplishments: DCNR Makes Significant Strides In Strengthening Conservation And Climate Resilience Across Pennsylvania


Registration Now Open! 2025 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference At Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Online Feb. 27


What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Diversified Production LLC Starts 2025 With 11 Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging Shale Gas Wells


What The Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Federal Lands - Shenango River Lake, Allegheny National Forest


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 11 to 17 - More Abandoned Shale Gas, Than Conventional Wells So Far In 2025; Failed Act 2 Cleanup; Acid Forming Rock; Expired Permits


Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Ban Road Dumping Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater, Supported By The Shapiro Administration


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 18


USDOT Finalizes Rule To Modernize Gas Pipeline Methane Emissions Detection Requirements


EPA Issues Permit To Seneca Resources Company For Elk County Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well


DEP Launches New Permit Tracking Webpage For Applicants, Public


Indiana County Conservation District Launches Chapter 102, 105 Permit Submittal Tool To Help Applicants Put Together Complete Applications


Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Establish DEP Environmental Justice Permit Review Program In Law, Analyze Cumulative Impacts Of Pollution From Facilities, Supported By DEP


DEP Proposes Listing Nockamixon TCE Contamination Site In Nockamixon Twp., Bucks County On The PA Priority List Of Hazardous Sites


PennTAP: Small & Mid-Size Industries Must Complete An Energy Technical Assessment Report To Be Eligible For RISE PA Decarbonization Grants


DEP Hosts Jan. 24 Webinar Q&A On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program


NASEO Hosts Jan. 27 Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program, PA Energy Programs For Industry


PA Solar Center Hosts Jan. 31 Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program For Industry


Hatboro Environmental Advisory Council: Jan. 29 Hatboro Solar 101 Program - Get Your Solar Questions Answered, Montgomery County


RegenAll To Host Lancaster’s First Ever Climate Town Hall Jan. 26


EPA, City Of Corry Sign Order/Consent Agreement To Correct Permit Violations And Replace Wastewater Treatment Plant In Erie County


DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges From Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13)


Comments Invited On New And Revised DEP Water Quality Assessment Methodology For Impaired Waters Listings


Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Eligibility Requirements To Pay Claims Under Tank Cleanup Program


EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment Saying Land Application Of Biosolids With PFOA And PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Can Be A Human Health Risk


Penn State Extension Ag Water Webinar Series: Feb. 24 PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' 101 For Farmers


EPA Awards Small Business Green Technology Development Grants, Including Grant To PA Company To Mitigate Phosphorus Farm Runoff


Early Registration Now Open For March 29 Watershed Congress At Alvernia University, Berks County


Penn State Extension: 4 Ag Water Series Webinars On County Clean Water Plans; Watersheds & Mapping; Mitigate Flooding & Drought; Tile Drainage Starting March 3


Penn State Extension To Host March 4 Webinar On Residential Stormwater Solutions - Rainwater Catchment Systems


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights New Studies On Harmful Algal Blooms, Eels, Dam Removal; Grants


8 New Videos Feature Ecosystem And Community-Focused Research By PA Sea Grant; Research Grant Proposals Due Feb. 14


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Welcomes New Local Affiliate - Keep Coatesville Beautiful, Chester County


DCNR Awards Nearly $1.4 Million To Support 5 Local ATV And Snowmobile Projects; Watch For Upcoming DCNR Grant Opportunities

Jan. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partners With Eastern Pennsylvania Conference Of The United Methodist Church To Preserve 130 Acre Camp In Chester County


Game Commission Posts 2025 Events At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area And Conservation Heritage Museum In Lancaster County; When Will Migrating Birds Arrive?


Help Wanted: Nonprofit Stream Restoration, Inc. Watershed Restoration Project Manager


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Accepting Applications For College Scholarships


Seedlings For Schools Program Begins Accepting Orders Feb. 3


DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Newsletter Highlights Winter Teaching Ideas; Outdoor Activities; Winter Salt Week; Amphibian Week


Interns Wanted: PA Sea Grant - Undergraduate Internship Opportunities


PA Sea Grant: Applications Now Being Accepted For Sea Grant Shipboard Educator Science Workshop On Lake Michigan


Penn State Extension Hosts 70 In-Person Agronomic Pesticide Update Certification Workshops From Jan. 21 to March 27


Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Nitrogen - Crop Nutrient And Water Pollutant


Penn State Extension To Host 4-Part Webinar Series On Pond Management Starting March 19


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - January 18


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: January 20, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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