February 24 - 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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In Memoriam: Former Sen. Mary Jo White, Republican Chair Of The Senate Environmental Resources & Energy Committee 

104 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

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

Gov. Shapiro Formally Nominates Jessica Shirley To Be DEP Secretary

The Derrick: Aqua PA Spells Out Venango Water Co. Expenses Since Its PUC-Ordered Emergency Role [Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill Cost Water Customers $900,000, So Far, In Venango County]

The Derrick: GCI Water Solutions Fails To Report How Much Oil & Gas Wastewater It Is Treating Thru Titusville's Wastewater Plant In Crawford County

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 15 to 21 -- Shale Gas Wells Seismic Investigation; Conventional Well Spill Cost Water Co. Customers $900,000 So Far; Oil & Gas Waste Plant Fails To Report Wastewater

Part I - Environmental Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction

Part II - Health Impacts: State Dept. Of Health, Penn State Medical Webinars On Caring For Persons Living & Working In Communities With Oil & Natural Gas Extraction

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 22

Environmental Integrity Project: President Orders Hundreds Of Energy Emergency Reviews Of US Army Corps Of Engineers Project Permits, Including Dozens In PA

DEP Soliciting Proposals For 6 Professional Services Related To Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Federal Funding At Risk

PUC Approves $9,000 Penalty Against Columbia Gas For Defective Welding At Gas Regulator Station In Beaver County

PUC To Investigate Proposed 10.8% UGI Natural Gas Rate Increase

PUC To Invite Comments On Future Of Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program

DEP Announces Public Outreach Workshops On Pennsylvania's 2024 Priority Climate Action Plan To Qualify For Federal Funding That Is Now At Risk

Tribune-Democrat Publishes Series On How Region Is Using Solar Energy, Energy Efficiency To Reduce Energy Costs, Move To A More Sustainable Future

Registration Open! ACAP Ag Conservation Conference Set For April 1-3 In Harrisburg

Foundation For PA Watersheds Accepting Letters Of Funding Interest For New Grant Round Until March 15

Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Holds Faith & Waters Restoration Forum April 3 In Maryland

Feb. 25 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar - Biosecurity Essentials By The Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training

Three Rivers Waterkeeper Releases 2024 Swim Guide Report Highlighting E. coli Concerns And Health Of The Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio Rivers

Delaware River Basin Commission Releases 2025 Annual Report On The State Of The Delaware River Watershed

Northampton Bucks County Municipal Authority To Begin Project To Connect Properties Impacted By Navy PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Contamination To Public Water

DEP Invites Comments At March 19 Hearing On Hazardous Sites Cleanup Interim Response At The North Centre Twp. PFAS Investigation Site In Columbia County

Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Black Appalachian Coalition, PennFuture, Partners Host March 4 Webinar -- Why Is My Electricity Bill So High? And Going Higher?

Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 19 Webinar On Meeting The Challenges Of The Electric Grid - PJM's Role

City Of Reading Opens Applications For Spring Reading Conservation Corps

Feb. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

WeConservePA: Buck Hill Conservation Foundation Protects 687.5 Acres With Metzgars Conservation Easement In Monroe County

ClearWater Conservancy Preserves 100 Acres Of Beaver Branch Property To Enhance Conservation Efforts In Centre County

Western PA Conservancy Protects 97 Acres To Expand Popular Outdoor Recreation Areas In Fayette County

WeConservePA: Lebanon Valley Conservancy Partnered With Brehm Family To Safeguard 78 Acre Farm In Union Twp., Lebanon County

WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Preserves 3 Properties Totalling 60 Acres Of Land In Bucks County

Lancaster Conservancy Partners With Graham Family To Protect 56 Acres In York County

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Partnered With Alleva Family To Preserve 20 Acres In Chester County

PA Society For Ornithology: Still Time To Submit Projects For Funding As Part Of 2025 Breeding Bird Blitz June 6-16

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Penn State Extension Hosts March 6 Lawn To Meadow Conversions Webinar

March 11 Webinar On Lawn Care For Clean Water, Penn State Extension

News From PA House & Senate

The Feds - New Administration

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

PA Bulletin Public Notices - February 22

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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection

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[Posted: February 24, 2025]  PA Environment Digest