Monday, March 10, 2025

March 10 - 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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126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


PA Environmental Educators Want You To Share Your Moment Of Joy And Wonder About The Environment! Who Couldn’t Use A Little More Joy!


Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order To Recruit Federal Employees To Continue Their Public Service With PA State Government


Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society


DCNR Resource News: Outdoor Recreation Means Business, Jobs; Delaware River Of The Year; 40 Answered The Call To Battle Wildfires In California


Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, 320 Partners, Thousands Of Volunteers To Plant Nearly 200,000 Trees In PA This Year; Over 8.2 Million Planted Since 2018


Keep PA Beautiful Celebrating 35 Years Of Supporting Community Improvement Across Pennsylvania


Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Dr. Pouné Saberi, MD Speaks On How Healthcare Providers Can Better Serve Individuals Exposed To Health Threats From Shale Gas Development


Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project - The Science Is In, Shale Gas Development Harming Public Health - Arming People To Prevent, Reduce Harm


Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Lois Bower-Bjornson - What It’s Like Living In Frackland - Residents Talk About Dealing With The Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas


Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Bob Donnan - 15 Years Of Shale Gas Development Through Aerial Photos - Hiding In Plain Sight


Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Gillian Graber, Protect PT -- We Need To Work Together, Pool Our Knowledge To Push Back Against This Industry That's Harming Our Communities


DEP: Diversified Production LLC Abandons Shale Gas Powered Cryptocurrency Facility In Elk County; 9 More Violations For Abandoned Shale Gas Wells This Week


The Derrick: State Attorney General Launches Criminal Investigation Into Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated Venango Water Company Spring


DEP Orders Energy Transfer/Sunoco To Install Water Treatment Systems In Over 200 Homes Impacted By Petroleum Products Pipeline Leak In Bucks County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 1 to 7: Cryptocurrency Facility, 9 More Shale Gas Wells Abandoned; Attorney General Investigates Conventional Wastewater Spill; Pipeline Ordered To Provide Clean Water


Oil & Gas Advisory Board To Hear DEP Update On Water, Wastewater Shale Gas Well Development Pipelines; Methane Migration; Guidance On Dewatering Impoundments March 20


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 8


Evangelical Environmental Network: Proposed Bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Act Reintroduced In Congress To Identify, Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells


PUC House Budget Hearing: We Aren’t Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources


Guest Essay: State Budget Season Offers Hope For An Energy Future Made In PA


DEP: Check Your Eligibility Now! Penn Energy Savers Rebates Are Coming Soon To Help Eligible Households Upgrade To Energy Efficient Appliances, Do Building Retrofits


City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3 Million Over 20 Years; Help Achieve City’s 100% Renewable Energy Goal


House Energy Committee Meets March 17 To Consider Legislation Freeing $156.1 Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze


Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy Storage, Cooling Facility In Schuylkill County


Funding Freeze: PASA Sustainable Agriculture Starting Employee Furlough Due To Continuing Federal Funding Freeze


Stronghold Digital Mining, DEP, Environmental Groups Settle Appeal, Require Removal Of Unpermitted Scrubgrass Power Plant's Coal Ash Pile 14 Months Faster In Venango County


March 26 Lunch & Learn Meeting On Project To Demonstrate Scale Rare Earth, Critical Minerals Recovery In Clearfield County


Western PA Conservancy: Landowners, Apply Now For Statewide Riparian Tree Plantings


Volunteers Needed! OSM Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Releases Spring Tree Planting Schedule


PA iMapInvasives Program: Replace Your Invasive, Non-Native Plants, Shrubs With Native Plants At 5 Upcoming Give-Away Events Starting May 3


Penn State Extension Hosts April 1 Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing Webinar; A Free Water Test Included


Registration Open! Water Utilities: US Water Alliance One Water Summit In Pittsburgh July 8-11; SPC Forming Delegation


DEP To Hold March 24 Hearing On Revised Highway Materials, LLC Perkiomenville Quarry Industrial Minerals Mining Permit In Montgomery County


Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest


March 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Mini-Grants


PA Environmental Council Accepting Applications For Artist-In-Residency Program Focused On Susquehanna River Water Trails; March 11 Online Q/A


PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February Now Available


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: First Signs of Spring on the Susquehanna Greenway - By Darian Jones


PA iMapInvasives Program Releases Results Of Citizen Science Invasive Species Scavenger Hunts In 2023, 2024


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


PA Firefly Festival Hosts Firefly Naturalist Guide Training June 21 At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - March 8


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: March 10, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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