Monday, April 28, 2025

April 28 - 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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189 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


DEP, Partners Celebrate Earth Day At Schuylkill County Stream Restoration Project; Announce Opening On Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants


DEP Now Accepting Growing Greener Plus, Abandoned Mine Bond Forfeiture Reclamation, Stormwater Planning, Section 319 Grant Applications


CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants


DEP, Local Partners Celebrate Stream Restoration Investments In Little Conestoga Creek Watershed, Lancaster County


New Report: Role Of Community-Based Watershed Organizations In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment In Pennsylvania - Barriers & Recommendations


DCNR Marks Earth Day By Planting Over 400 Trees At Pottstown School District In Montgomery County


DCNR Celebrates Arbor Day By Encouraging Pennsylvanians To Support Tree Planting Across The State With Donations To Keystone Tree Fund


DCNR Unveils Solar Energy Facility At Gifford Pinchot State Park In York County Cutting Costs, Climate-Changing Emissions On Public Land; Celebrating 30 Years Of Stewardship


PennVEST Approves $242.8 Million Investment In 32 Water Infrastructure Projects In 23 Counties


DEP: Abandoned Shale Gas Water Impoundment Not Used For 7 Years Cited For Not Being Restored In Clarion County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 12 to 25: Another Abandoned Shale Gas Water Impoundment; 18 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Exposed Gas Pipeline Crosses Stream


Conventional Oil & Gas Facility Owners Must Now File A Methane Emissions Compliance Report By June 1, 2025 Required By A 2022 DEP Methane Pollution Reduction Rule As A Result Of Court Settlement


Environmental Health Project Launches AirView Public, New App To Help Communities Protect Residents From Oil & Gas Pollution; Communities Can Join Today


DEP To Hold May 1 Virtual Update On State Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Twin Oaks Pipeline Leak In Bucks County


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 19


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 26


Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Trigger Restrictions On 29 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 58 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In March; 142 In 2025


DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report


House, Senate Members Introduce Gov. Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability


PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use


New Report: Fixing PJM’s Broken Electric Generation Approval Process Can Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across The Mid-Atlantic


Gov. Shapiro: FERC Approves Settlement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Prices Hikes, Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Electric Bills


North American Electric Reliability Corp. Files Proposed Cold Weather Standard To Improve Reliability For Natural Gas-fired, Other Electric Generators


Eleven Coal, Coal-Waste Power Plants In Pennsylvania Now Covered By Presidential Exemption From 2024 Mercury, Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulation For 2 Years


PUC Announces May 6, 7 Hearings On Proposed 15.7% Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works


PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4% Increase In Columbia Gas Natural Gas Rate


PUC Commissioners Urge Congressional Action To Preserve $19 Million In Remaining LIHEAP Funds For PA This Year


USDA Cancels Partnership For Climate-Smart Commodities Grants; Up To $911 Million Impact On Pennsylvania Farmers


DEP Partners With PennTAP And Catalyst Connection On RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program To Reduce Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across PA


EPA Announces Appointment Of Amy Van Blarcom-Lackey As Region III Administrator


PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 14-16 In State College; Sponsorships, Exhibit Space Available


Sen. Yaw Introduces ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Regulation Bill Directing Some Revenue To Clean Streams Fund


ACAP Ag Conservation Conference Highlights Innovation, Collaboration And Recognized Conservation Leadership


Ohio River Basin Alliance Releases Report Documenting $50 Billion In Annual Economic Benefits Of Natural Ecosystems In Ohio River Watershed - $1.725 Billion In PA


Western PA Conservancy Announces BHE GT&S 14 Grants To Watershed Groups In Western PA


DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay Watershed Update Highlights County Projects To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution, Grant And Training Opportunities


York County Partners With USGS On Water Quality Monitoring To Document Nutrient, Sediment Pollution Going Into Local Streams, Chesapeake Bay


Penn State Extension Celebrates Earth Day With Dr. Watt R. Shedd; Road Salt Pollution; Street2Creek Call For Artists In York; Rain Barrel Kits; Learn How To Plant Trees


Guest Essay: A Fish Drawn To Water: My Yellow Breeches Watershed Journey

By Leigh Ann Chow, Cumberland County Master Watershed Steward Candidate


Aqua Pennsylvania, PA Environmental Council Award More Than $55,000 In Local Grants To Protect Your Drinking Water In Southeast Pennsylvania


American Water Foundation Awards 16 Water & Environment Grants To Organizations In Pennsylvania


Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: April 30 - Small Pennsylvania Watershed, Big Impact - Restoration Of Halfmoon Creek, Centre County


Susquehanna River Basin Commission Highlights Updated Water Quality Maps; Natural Gas Water Use Report; Impact Of Federal Cuts


USGS PA Water Science Center Highlights New Interactive Water Quality Dashboards; Drought Monitoring Network; PFAS Aquatic Exposure Effects


Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 7; Business Meeting June 11


DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Consent Agreement For The Precision National Plating Site In Lackawanna County


Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; How To Join Or Host Events


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Welcomes Newest Local Affiliate - Keep Chester City Beautiful In Delaware County


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Seeking Student Leaders For Young Ambassadors Program, Grades 10-12


PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collections Launch May 17 In Allegheny County


PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Announces River Sojourn Grants, Schedule


PA Recreation & Park Society: People, Parks & Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Improve Recreation, Community And Organizational Development


PA Parks & Forest Foundation Launches New Podcast-- It's Time To Think Outside!


Allegheny Land Trust, Game Commission Partner To Preserve 266 Acre Deer Creek Conservation Project In Indiana Twp., Allegheny County


Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Website For Getting Started With Native Plants; Native Plant Sales In Delaware, Westmoreland Counties


North Branch Land Trust Hosts May 10 Event In Luzerne County On Exploring The Beauty And Importance Of Native Plants


CBF: Pollen Explosion Sometimes Creates Strange Green/Yellow Slicks On Waters In Chesapeake Bay Watershed


Citizen Scientists Help Toads Cross The Road In Roxborough Neighborhood Of Philadelphia; 22,000 Toads Saved Over 16 Years


Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center’s May 2-3 Birding Cup Bird Identification Competition To Benefit Musser Gap Greenway’s Grassland Habitat In Centre County


PA Firefly Festival Receives Over 1,800 Entries To Campout Lottery; Private Guided Firefly Eco-Tours Available At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County


Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Zero Waste Events Coordinator


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DCNR State Parks Environmental Educator Newsletter Helps You Celebrate Earth Day!


Western PA Environmental Education Summit June 10


Allegheny Land Trust, Cannon Design Releases Plans For New Mobile Learning Lab


Susquehanna University Students Translate Climate Research Into Children's Stories


Penn State Landscape Architecture Students Collaborate On Project To Improve The Quality Of Life For Pittsburgh's Hilltop Neighborhoods


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - April 19


PA Bulletin Public Notices - April 26


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: April 28, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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