Monday, March 17, 2025

March 17 - 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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141 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


WeConservePA Honors Cynthia Carrow With 2025 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award


Master Watershed Steward Dean Neely Takes A Hands-On Approach To Conservation In Monroe County


Stroud Water Research Center Named Delaware River Watershed Champion


From Classrooms To Communities: Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors Are Making a Difference


Community Speaks Out Against Expansion Of Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County


Moms Clean Air Force To DEP: Families In Washington County Are Already Living In The Middle Of Major Natural Gas Industrial Sites - Do Not Expand The Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant And Make It Worse


Washington County Resident To DEP: Harmon Creek Natural Gas Plant Expansion Will Result In A Huge Increase In Air Pollution, It Should Be Required To Have A Major Air Quality Permit, It Is Not A ‘Minor’ Source


PA American Water Identifies Water Source For New Public Water System To Replace Water Wells Contaminated By Shale Gas Fracking 20 Years Ago In Dimock Twp., Susquehanna County


Courier Times: PA State Attorney General Investigates Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaks For Potential Environmental Crimes In Bucks County [Convicted Of Other Criminal Charges, Penalized Over $48.1 Million For Pipeline Violations So Far]


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 8 to 14 -- 9 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Emergency Access To Gas Storage Area Well Blocked; Now 32 Abandoned Shale Gas Wells This Year


PA Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Attended By Nearly 480 People Featured Health Experts, Scientists, Advocacy Groups On Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Development


Gov. Shapiro Marks Milestone Of Plugging 300 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Over 2 Years; New Technology Finding More Abandoned Wells


Republican Herald Editorial: One-Sided Discussions On Issues Don’t Promote True Progress, EPA Visit Was Not A 'Roundtable Discussion,' But A 'Rally' For Natural Gas In Delaware River Basin


DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Permits, 401 Certification For National Fuel Gas Tioga Pathway Natural Gas Pipeline Project In McKean, Potter, Tioga Counties


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 15


EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At Petrochemical Plants


EPA Launches Biggest Deregulation Action For Industry In US History, 'Driving A Dagger Straight Into The Heart Of The Climate Change Religion,’ Unleashing The American Energy Industry


Clean Air Council: EPA To Reverse Life-Saving Finding Carbon Pollution Is Endangering Public Health By Driving Climate Change


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: EPA Deregulation Bombshell A Blow To The Chesapeake Bay


Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA Announces Plan To Put Pollution Before Our Health


Environmental Council Of The States, Other State Organizations Write Congress About The Importance Of Federal Funding To State Agencies Implementing Federal Programs


Gov. Shapiro Launches Legislative Push for 'Lightning Plan’ To Build More Energy Projects, Speed Up Permitting, Lower Costs, Create Jobs For Pennsylvanians


Guest Essay: Geothermal Might Have The Answer For Pennsylvania's Clean Energy Needs


Steelton-Highspire School District, Tröegs Independent Brewing Show Benefits Of Going Solar, Driving Electric Busses In Dauphin County


PUC Issues Emergency Order To Veolia Water To Take Over Wonderview Sanitary Water Facilities In Columbia County After Owner Abandoned The System


PUC Acts To Appoint PA American Water Company To Operate Rock Spring Water Company, Negotiate Long-Term Solution With State College Water Authority


PUC Approves Sale Of Troubled East Dunkard Water System In Greene County To PA American Water Company


PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: Millions In Trout Unlimited Watershed Projects Improve The Environment, Local Economies Across The US; Federal Funding Freeze, Office Closures, Staff Cuts 'Sacrificing Our National Conservation Legacy'


National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Responds To Termination Of Critical USDA Local Farm To School, Child Care Food Purchase Program


Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Poll - Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup Faces Unprecedented Federal Upheaval; Restoring The Bay Is Now MORE Of A Priority


Volunteers Needed! Alliance For Chesapeake Bay To Hold Back-to-Back TreeLay Planting Events On April 5 At 3 PA Locations


Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center’s Greening The Lower Susquehanna Program Hosts April 5 In-Person Riparian Buffer Maintenance Workshop In Lancaster County


ClearWater Conservancy: Stream Of Volunteers Needed For 29th Watershed Cleanup Day April 12 In Centre County


Penn State Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts April 29 Webinar On Effective Outreach Engagement On Adopting Farm Conservation Practices


Lancaster Conservancy, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Coalition Partners Appeal FERC's Decision On Susquehanna River Pumped-Hydroelectric Project To Federal Court


March 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Lebanon Valley Conservancy Partners With 2 Farm Owners To Preserve 120 Acres Of Farmland In Lebanon County


North Branch Land Trust Hosts Amphibian Migration Watch March 29 In Lackawanna County


Pennsylvania's Bat-Woman: Bat Conservation & Rehabilitation Executive Director Shares Her Mission


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Keep PA Beautiful Open Your Eyes To Litter In A Watershed Activity Books Now Available In English, Spanish


PA Interfaith Power & Light Held A Webinar On PA Bright Solar Leasing Program


News From PA House & Senate


House Environmental Committee Meets March 18 On Bills To Regulate Food Processing Waste; Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits; Expanding C-PACE Financing For EV Charging, More


The Feds - New Administration


EPA Advances Major Cleanup Plan For Jackson Ceramix Superfund Site In Jefferson County


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - March 15


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: March 17, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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