Monday, March 31, 2025

March 31 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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111 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 At 3:53 a.m. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island


PennDOT, DEP, Keep PA Beautiful Invite Public To Be Part Of Pick Up Pennsylvania Litter Cleanup By Organizing Or Volunteering For Local Cleanup Events


Criminal Convictions; Record Penalties, Restitution Of Over $158.3 Million Highlight Big Shale Gas, Related Petrochemical Industry Compliance History In Pennsylvania


DEP Reports 575 Water Supply/Stray Gas Complaints About Oil & Gas Operations In Last 2 Years; Investigation Can Take A Year, Sometimes 2-3 To Find Those Responsible


Daily Grind Living Next To Oil & Gas Industry: Spills, Polluted Water Supplies, Smells Like Gas, Noise, Air Pollution, Explosions, Truck Traffic, Erosion, Radioactive Waste, Gas Flares, Dust, Lights, Road Dumping Waste, Abandoned Wells


DEP To Recommend Environmental Quality Board Accept A Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells At April 8 Meeting


DEP: US Interior Dept. Withdraws Orphan Oil & Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Grant Program To Help Prevent Future Well Abandonments, A Severe Problem In PA


DEP Soliciting Bids On 3rd Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Contract For 19 Wells In Clarion, Jefferson Counties At Taxpayer Expense


DEP: Conventional Well Owner Has 2nd Well Explosion, Fire In A Week In Westmoreland County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 22 to 28 - Failed To Comply With Well Plugging Order For 63 Months; Abandoned Conventional Well Violations Hit 113; Another Conventional Well Explosion, Same Owner


DEP To Hold May 7 Hearing On Proposed Title V Air Quality Permit For Tennessee Gas Pipeline Compressor Station 219 In Jefferson Twp., Mercer County


DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For A MarkWest Liberty 4.5 Mile, 20-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline In Allegheny, Washington Counties Impacting Montour Trail Property


DEP Invites Comments On 401 Water Quality Certification For Rover Pipeline Rover-Bulger Compressor Station, Harmon Creek Meter Station Expansion In Smith Twp., Washington County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 29


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 50 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In February


Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Triggering Restrictions On 19 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals, 17 More Approaching Restrictions


DEP Environmental Justice Office Highlights 2024 Accomplishments, Updates On Shell Petrochemical Plant, Homer City Energy Site, More


EPA: Clean Air Act Presidential Exemption Request Information; Send Requests To: airaction@epa.gov


PUC Launches Review Of Electric Grid Impacts From Data Center Growth, Sets April 24 Hearing


DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit For Kratos Cryptocurrency Mining Facility Powered By Natural Gas In Clinton County


PJM Interconnection Reliability Initiative Attracts 94 Applications For 26.6 GW Of New Electric Generation Capacity; Reviews To Be Completed By 2026; List Of Projects Not Available Now


DEP Invites Comments On Waste Permit For Expansion Of Brunner Island Power Plant Waste Disposal Landfill In York County


Apply Now! Free PA Industrial Energy Audits Available To First 20 Facilities To Apply


Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program To Help Small To Mid-Size Manufacturers Reduce Energy Costs Across The State With RISE PA


April 18 Webinar: RISE PA - Decreasing Industrial Pollution For Pennsylvania Families


USDA Gives Rural Energy For America Applicants 30 Days To Remove 'Harmful DEIA And Far-Left Climate Features' From Their Project Proposals


Local Officials Tour Burkholder's Country Market Solar Energy Project In Spring Mills, Centre County


DEP Proposes To Delist Currie Landfill Site In Erie County From State Priority List Of Hazardous Sites, Comments Invited


DEP Launches Federally-Funded, No-Cost Drinking Water Lead Sampling, Grant Program For Schools, Childcare Facilities


National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Chesapeake WILD Grant Proposals; 3 NFWF Grant Opportunities Now Open


State Conservation Commission Now Accepting Applications For Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grants From Philadelphia County


Guest Essay: Federal Freeze On Funding For Pennsylvania Farmers A Blow To Momentum For Cleaner Waterways


Master Watershed Stewards Expand Watershed-Friendly Residential Certification Program To Include New Residents; Over 400 Certified So Far


Little Lehigh Watershed Stewards: Monitoring Road Salt Pollution And Taking Action At Home


Natural Lands: Borough Of Chester Heights Adds 40 Acres Of Open Space In Delaware County


March 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Call For Presentations: WeConservePA Accepting Presentation Proposals For PA Greenways & Trails Summit In Harrisburg


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Webinar On The Impacts Of Climate Change On Women's Health Now Available On Demand


PA Recycling Markets Center To Host May 20 Recycled Metals Commodities Markets, Tariffs Update Webinar


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - The New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices – March 29


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: March 31, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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