Monday, April 14, 2025

April 14 - 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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171 News Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Late Night Road Dumping: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues To Be Dumped On Dirt, Gravel, Paved Roads; DEP Expected To Provide Update At April 24 Meeting


DEP: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leak Investigation In Bucks County Expands To Delaware, Montgomery Counties; DEP, Dept. Of Health Briefing On State Response To Leak Now Available On Demand


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 5 to 11 - Late Night Conventional Wastewater Road Dumping; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Pipeline Leak Investigation Expands To 2 Other Counties; More Abandoned Wells


Environmental Quality Board Tables Vote On Accepting Petition For Study To Increase Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells Until Last Minute Comments Can Be Reviewed


Conventional/Shale Oil & Gas Industry Association Acknowledges 1.4 Million People ‘Are Impacted By General Oil & Gas Operations’ In Pennsylvania


DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Permit For EQT ARO LLC 3 Mile Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline In Cascade Twp., Lycoming County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 12


PUC: NTSB Releases Report, Recommendations From Investigation Of West Reading Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion


Center For Coalfield Justice, MIT Researchers Host April 17 Public Meeting In Washington County On An Upcoming Seismic Study In Southwestern PA


House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bill To Require DEP To Consider Cumulative Impacts Of Certain New Sources Of Pollution On Already Impacted Communities


DEP Reduces Permit Backlog From 2,400 To 300 Permits (88%); Already Reviewed More Than 9,000 Permits This Year


Liberty Energy, Range Resources Announce Support For Developing A Natural Gas Data Center Power Plant In Robinson Twp., Washington County


House Bill Introduced Authorizing Community Solar Energy Programs


PUC To Host Meeting Of The PA Sustainable Energy Board On April 17


Penn State Institute Of Energy And The Environment To Hold Climate Solutions Symposium May 19-20 In State College


PA Solar Center, Philadelphia Energy Authority To Hold April 22 Webinar On How Businesses, Municipalities, Schools Can Save Money Going Solar In Southeast PA


Etna Center For Community Renovation Project To Showcase Sustainability, Green Building Principles In Allegheny County


PJM, Google & Tapestry Join Forces To Apply A.I. To Enhance Regional Planning, Generation Interconnection


PJM Interconnection Supports Presidential Exemptions From Clean Air Act Standards Requested By 13,900 MW Of Electric Generation In PJM Region, Including Keystone And Conemaugh Power Plants In PA


President Signs Executive Orders Directing US Attorney General To Take Action Against States Impeding Domestic Energy Production; Rescinds Policies Transition Away From Coal; Lifts Toxics Standards For Coal Power Plants


President Issues Executive Orders Requiring 1 Year Sunset Dates On Existing Regulations Affecting Energy; Identifying Regulations Limiting Competition; Repealing ‘Unlawful’ Regulations


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Announces Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Winners


Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Applications For Young Ambassadors Program From Students In Grades 10-12


Chester County Resident David Shirey Honored With Keep PA Beautiful’s Community Pride Award By Rep. Lawrence


Little Juniata River Association Organized 150 Volunteers To Clean Up 20 Miles Of River Banks In Blair, Huntingdon Counties


PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Western PA Household Chemical Collection Events


DEP Sets May 12 Hearing On Response At The Brookhaven Manufactured Home Community PCE Hazardous Site Cleanup In York County


DEP Updates PA Drought Conditions: Berks County Remains In Drought Warning; Drought Watch Lifted In 6 Counties; 27 Counties Remain In Drought Watch


Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For Coldwater Conservation Grants; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Mariner East/Revolution Pipelines Penalty Settlement Grants


Fish & Boat Commission Funds 5 Watershed Restoration Projects In Lancaster, York Counties Totaling $150,000


Conowingo Dam Steering Committee Releases Update On Conowingo Reservoir Nutrient Reduction Efforts


Vote Now! For Chesapeake Bay Foundation Photo Contest Viewers’ Choice Award - Look For Photos From Pennsylvania!


April 11 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Pennsylvania Invests Nearly $12 Million To Ensure 3,187 Acres On 29 Farms in 17 Counties Stay Farms Forever


Over 1,300 Acres Of Forest Preserved In Northwest PA By Foundation For Sustainable Forests in 2024


Manada Conservancy Protects 656 Acres In Kittatinny Ridge Conservation Landscape In Dauphin County


Foundation For Sustainable Forests Hosts April 15 ‘Tap Talk’ Presentation By Brian Donahue, Author Of Slow Wood - Greener Building From Local Forests


Pennsylvania Society For Ornithology: Team Registration Now Open For 5th Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 6-16


PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Vernon Ross - Combat Photographer, Grocer, Advocate For Hunting And Fishing


Help Wanted: Allegheny County Sustainability Specialist


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Apply Now! PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Fall Training In Allegheny, Butler, Cambria, Center/Huntingdon, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Montgomery, Westmoreland Counties


Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Celebrate Earth Day With April 26 Naturepalooza 2025 In Philadelphia


Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts May 6 Gardening For Wildlife - How People Benefit When Nature Thrives Workshop In Monroe County


Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Hosts May 8 In-Person Oil & Gas Industry Waste Worker Safety Workshop, Webinar In Scranton


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - April 12


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: April 14, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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