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-- Gov. Shapiro Proposes ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan To Increase & Diversify Energy Generation; Reduce Climate Changing Pollution; Lower Energy Costs; Create Jobs [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro: What Industry Leaders, Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Are Saying About The Governor’s Commonsense Energy Plan
-- Gov. Shapiro Reaches Agreement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Price Hikes And Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Utility Bills [PaEN]
-- PA Republican Senator To Introduce Bill Suspending State Taxes On Natural Gas Producers; Cut DEP Permit Fees; End Drilling Moratorium On DCNR Lands; Exempt Coal-Fired Power Plants From EPA Regulations [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- Senate Republicans Pass Bill Authorizing An Authority To Take Over Permitting Large-Scale Energy Projects; Eliminating Public Comment; Waiving Any Regulation; Providing Immunity From Prosecution; Barbers Reviewing Permits? [PaEN - 2024] [A Warning]
-- Republicans On PA Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Eliminate Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants, Establish Independent Energy Office [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- PA Senate Republican Leader: ‘Every Consumer Of Electricity In This Commonwealth Is Going To Pay More;’ ‘What You’re Going To Face Is Going To Be Really Unpleasant’ [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- PA House Republicans Introduce Bill Creating An Energy Advocate With Power To Veto Any Action By Any State Agency That Harms Energy Reliability, Affordability [PaEN- 2024] [A Warning]
-- PA House Republicans Announce Energy Package, Including An Energy Advocate Within DEP To Veto Any Action That Would Impact PA’s Energy Portfolio And An Independent Energy Office With The Same Power [PaEN - 2024] [A Warning]
-- White House: President Launches Initiative To Eliminate 10 Regulations For Every New Regulation Issued; Cost Of New Regulations Must Be ‘Significantly’ Less Than Zero [PaEN] [A Warning]
-- WSJ: US Imposes 10% Tariff On Canadian Oil, Gas, 25% On Other Products [PDF of Article] [United Refining In Warren Uses 70,000 Barrels Of Canadian Oil A Day ] [A Warning]
-- Range Resources And MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges To The 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Facility Setback Ordinance Adopted By Cecil Township, Washington County [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources & MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges Against 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Setback Ordinance In Cecil Twp., Washington County
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Restore DEP Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonds To Prevent Hundreds Of New Well Abandonments A Year [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Should Plug These Abandoned Conventional Wells In Peters Twp., Washington County Before Fracking From Mingo Well Pad
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation [PaEN]
-- Citizens Voice: Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Proposed UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike
-- NYT: Oil, Gas Companies Embrace New President, But Not ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ [No Plans To Increase Production Unless Prices Rise Significantly]
-- Inquirer: President Wants US To Be ‘Leading’ Producer Of Non-Fuel Minerals; Here’s How PA Could Help; Rare Earth Elements Could Be More Important Than Expansion Of Fracking [PDF of Article]
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- LancasterOnline: Activist Urges Lancaster County Commissioners To Fight Three Mile Island Opening
-- LancasterOnline: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Owner Defends Safety Record And Planning Of Restart
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PennEnvironment Warns Of Environmental, Cost Impact Of A.I. Buildout
-- ABC27: Could Three Mile Island Restart Be At Risk Due To Federal Funding Freeze?
-- Reuters: Talen Goes To Court Over FERC’s Amazon Co-Located Data Center Rejection
-- Beaver Times: Two Years Ago: Remember Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front: 2 Years After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Some Residents Worry About Liver Disease
-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio Pushes Rail Safety Bill With Visit To Tarentum, Allegheny County
-- TribLive Editorial: Railway Safety Is Worth Congressional Action
-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22 Million Settlement After 2023 Derailment
-- Utility Dive: PA Cryptocurrency Miner Stronghold-Scrubgrass Reclamation To Pay $1.4 Million To Settle Charges It Violated PJM Market Rules
-- Commonwealth Financing Authority Announces $16 Million In Act 13 Funding For Watershed Restoration, Flood Mitigation, Recreation; Small Water & Sewer Application Period Opening [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Now Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications [PaEN]
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Nearly 16,700 BMPs In 2024; Grant Opportunities; County Clean Water Projects [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute Accepting Applications For The Good Farmer Award [PaEN]
-- Sponsorship Opportunities Available For Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Conference April 1-3 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- Save The Date! May 13-15 DCNR Watershed Forestry Summit [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners News: Focus On Cover Crops; 75 Years Of Conservation; MS4 Stormwater Listening Session
-- Penn State Extension To Hold Feb. 21 In-Person Volunteer Live Staking Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithful Green Leaders Training Starting March 11 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk Feb. 26 Quality Of PA Roadside Springs Webinar [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Rain Garden Projects Get Logan Township Approval In Blair
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Nearly $1 Million Federal Stormwater Climate Grant In Allegheny County Environmental Justice Communities
-- Reminder: Call For Presentations: Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators Sept. 25 In Harrisburg
-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs; Stream Team Volunteer Training; Much More
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Now Accepting Registrations For Summer Nature Camps For Students Grades 1-6
-- First Community Foundation Partnership: 90+ Scholarships Available For Students In Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Mifflin, Northumberland, Sullivan, Snyder, Tioga, Union Counties
-- Tribune-Democrat: Educator John Frederick Aims To Separate Fact From Fiction At Climate-Change Lecture In Cresson
-- TribLive: Conservative Group Objects To Slippery Rock University STEM Program’s Minority Recruitment
-- DEP Announces Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest, Encourages Pennsylvanians To Test For Radon [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health News: New Administration Withdraws Proposed Limits On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Industrial Wastewater
-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On 96 Stream Water Quality Redesignations In 29 Counties; Virtual Hearing March 13 [PaEN]
-- House Energy Committee To Hold Feb. 4 Hearing On Bill Establishing $156 Million Federally-Funded Solar For All Program [PaEN]
-- E&ENews/Politico: EPA Freezes Federal Solar For All Program Funding Until Further Notice [PA Was Due To Receive $156 Million]
-- 10 Government Entities In Centre County Approve Solar Energy Purchase Agreement To Save Local Taxpayers $4.4 Million Over 15 Years [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Transformational Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Are Designed To Lower Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Consumers - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Beech Hollow 215 MW Solar, 100MW Battery Energy Project On Waste Coal Pile In Washington County Has Been Abandoned Due To Uncertainties Over Reclamation Of Waste Pile
-- Inquirer: Escalating Demand And Diminished Supply Has Spiked PUC Concern About The Future Ability Of State’s Electric Grid
-- Pennsylvania Solar Center Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Lodestar Awards [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: GE Vernova Investing $10 Million In Findlay Twp. Facility, Will Create 270 Jobs To Support Solar Energy Battery Storage
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Rising Toward A Cleaner Future: PA’s Carbon Capture And Storage Ladder For Industrial Decarbonization
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: New Administration Order Canceling Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Leaves Some PA Sites In Limbo
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Senate Moves Bill To Reinstate Utility Cutoff Protections, But Disputes Remain
-- Courier Times: Nockamixon Superfund Site Added To DEP’s Priority Cleanup List; Here’s What Happens Next
-- Scranton Times: DEP To Assume Oversight Of Waverly Twp. Superfund Site In Lackawanna County
-- Post-Gazette: 2 Pittsburghers Pitched In To Help People Impacted By California Wildfires
-- MyChesCo.com: Chester County Reports Preservation Of Over 1,240 Acres In 2024
-- Republican Herald: Scout Reservation Land In Schuylkill County Now Permanently Protected
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Hunters Gain Access To 2,000 More Acres Of State Game Lands
-- Apply Now! PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Spring Training Offered In Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Dauphin, Indiana, Montour, Philadelphia, Somerset Counties [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: PA Master Naturalist - Communications/Development Coordinator [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invites Public Comments To Help Shape A Bold Vision For Outdoor Recreation In PA; 5 Webinars Start Feb. 3 [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Path Of The Flood Trail In Cambria County Named 2025 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Path Of The Flood Trail Earns State’s Trail Of The Year Award
-- Altoona Mirror: Path Of The Flood Trail Gets State Honor In Cambria County
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Sojourn Grants [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: Beaver County Receives State Grants For Parks, Green Spaces
-- Altoona Mirror: Bedford Fulton Recreation Authority Received Grant For Trail Project Along Abandoned Turnpike
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Committee Unanimously Backs Bike Lane Legislation
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces Winners Of 2024 Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Jan. 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Ice Dunes At Presque Isle Are Beautiful, But Dangerous
-- City & State PA: PA Tourism Marketing Efforts Get Long-Overdue Upgrade
-- York Daily Record: Lebanon DA Charged Both Snowmobilers With Animal Cruelty In Running Down Fox
-- York Daily Record: The Hellbender, PA’s Official State Amphibian, Is Proposed For Endangered Species Status
-- Fish & Boat Commission Recruiting New Class Of Waterways Conservation Officer Trainees
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Confirms First 2025 Case Of Bird Flu In Domestic Poultry In Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: PA Confirms First 2025 Bird Flu Case In Commercial Chicken Flock
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bird Flu Raises Concerns About Poultry, Wildfowl In Chesapeake Region
-- Bristol Twp. Environmental Advisory Committee Bird Town Spotlight: The American Bittern [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: It’s The Perfect Time Of Year For Some Winter Birding
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[Posted: February 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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