Monday, April 7, 2025

April 7 - 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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136 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Environmental Health Project Releases New White Paper: PA's Shale Gas - What We Can Do Now To Better Protect Public Health


Environmental Health Project: Lois Bower-Bjornson Shares Her First-Hand Experiences With Shale Gas Health, Environmental Impacts In Washington County


7 Years Ago, People From 70 Households Gave First-Hand Accounts Of How The PA Shale Gas Industry Impacted Their Health, Lives And Communities To A State Grand Jury Describing The ‘Sometimes Harsh Reality’ Of These Operations


Environmental Hearing Board Denies EQT Shale Gas Motion To Exclude Evidence Of Medical Conditions, Toxicology Reports Related To A Landowner Appeal Of A DEP Water Supply Contamination Determination


DEP: Shale Gas Driller Failed To Restore 3 Million Gallon Water Impoundment, Well Site For Nearly 8 Years In Clinton County


DEP: Nearly 7 Year Struggle Continues To Cleanup Multiple Conventional Oil Well Spills At Site In Economy Borough, Beaver County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 29 to April 4 - Failed To Restore 3MG Water Impoundment; Failed To Get Pipeline Permits; Nearly 7 Years Without Conventional Well Spill Cleanup


Guest Essay: The Real Waste In Pennsylvania Government - Criticizing The Right Of Citizens To Petition Their Government For Change


House Environmental Committee Meets April 7 On Bill To Establish DEP Environmental Justice Permit Review Program To Analyze, Consider Cumulative Impacts Of Pollution From Some New Facilities


DEP To Use General Permit To Implement New Federal Oil & Gas Facility Methane Reduction Regulation


EPA To Hold May 6 Virtual Hearing [If Requested] On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp., McKean County


Susquehanna River Basin Commission April 24 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Requests, Including Renewal Of 2 Shale Gas Water Projects


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 5


Utility Dive: US DOE Offers 2 National Energy Technology Laboratory Sites In Pittsburgh For Colocating Data Centers, Related Power Plants


Sustainable Pittsburgh: April 10 Webinar On Tracking Federal Policy Shifts & Funding Opportunities For Sustainability Initiatives


DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 8 On Climate Action Plan, Solar Panel Recycling, Chesapeake Bay Updates


DEP Climate Change Committee Meets April 22 On Microgrids, Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging, Update On Federal Clean Energy, Climate Funding Programs


Federal Agency Fires Staff, Guts $378 Million In Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Funding; PA Says It Has Funding To Finish Current Season; Next Year In Doubt


Penn State Extension Center For Agricultural Assistance Training Recognizes Sen. Martin, Sen. Yaw For Ag Conservation Leadership


PASA Sustainable Agriculture Begins Staff Furloughs; Federal Funding To Support Farmers Still Frozen


PA Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Sustainable Agriculture Grants Starting April 21


Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Spill Notification Regulation Changes; May 15 Virtual Hearing


EPA To Finalize Water Quality Standards To Protect Critical Fish Species, Clean Up The Water In The Delaware River


PEMA, Delaware River Basin Commission Hosting 3 Middle Delaware Flood Hazard Mitigation Webinars Starting April 9


PA Environmental Professionals Host April 29 Webinar On Flood Alert System For Grafius Run In Lycoming County


Erie Times: International Recycling Group Cancels Plans For Plastics Recycling Plant In Erie Citing President’s Tariffs, Pause In US DOE Funding Commitment


Keep PA Beautiful: Sen. Comitta, Rep. Williams Honor Shakira Davis Of Coatesville, Chester County With Community Pride Award


Litter Love: 50 Volunteers Collected 170 Bags Of Litter In Coatesville, Chester County


Protecting Clean Water Together: All Those Plastics You Thought You Couldn't Recycle? Now You Can In Monroe County


Keep PA Beautiful Updates Popular Litter Education Series: Open Your Eyes To Litter In A Watershed


PA Dept. Of Agriculture Expands Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area To Bradford, Sullivan, Venango, Wyoming Counties


The Nature Conservancy - PA/DE Adds 509 Acres To Protected Land Along Susquehanna River Water Gaps In Dauphin County


DCNR Reports Campsite Reservations Up 30% As People Try To Find Alternatives To Federal Recreation Facilities Closed By President’s Staff Cuts; Gift Certificates Available


DCNR Resource Highlights New Forests For All Plan; Explore PA State Parks, Forests Recreation Options; Expanding PA Outdoor Corps; Tips-Trout Season Opens


April 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Volunteers Needed! PA Forestry Assn. Sproul State Forest Tree Planting Ramble April 12 In Centre County


Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Grant Applications For Canoe, Kayak Access Projects In Western PA


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


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - April 5


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn.; PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers


Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI)


-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: April 7, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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