Monday, May 26, 2025

May 26 - 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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149 Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Environmental Hearing Board Agrees There Is ‘Acute’ Danger In CNX Misusing A Deposition In An Appeal Before The Board To ‘Punish’ An Environmental Advocate For Her Advocacy Against CNX


Late Night Dumping II: Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumping Continues On Roads, This Time With Bigger Trucks; New Research On Harmful Wastewater Impacts


PA American Water Begins Construction Of Pipeline To Provide Replacement Water For Dimock Township Residents Who Had Wells Contaminated By Shale Gas Drilling 20 Years Ago In Susquehanna County


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 17 to 23 -- Failure To Comply With Shale Well Plugging Order; 28 Months Without 3 Conventional Well Cleanups; 206 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Road Dumping Continues


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 24


May 29 Webinar: Introduction To Community Benefit Agreements For Energy, Other Industrial Projects


PA Environmental Council Honors Cynthia Carrow With Lifetime Achievement Award, Cambria County Conservation & Recreation Authority, DEP's RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Program


Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Graduates Class Of 2025 Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Class Of 2026


DEP Supports 68 Environmental Education Projects Across PA With $1.1 Million In Grants


EPA Alumni Association: An Open Letter To EPA Administrator & Congress - We’re Not Done Yet!


House Committee Told PA Needs An Energy Policy, Doing Nothing Means We Are Going To Run Out Of Power; Overreliance On One Fuel-- Gas-- Is Raising Electricity Prices


PUC Urges Electricity Customers To Start Shopping, Conserve Energy To Help Avoid Impact Of June 1 Rate Increases Of Between 5% and 16% On Most Electric Bills


PUC To Investigate Proposed 18.4% Rate + 37.5% Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4% Customer Charge Increase For Valley Energy Gas; 11% Rate + 26% Customer Charge Increase For Citizens' Electric


Solar Energy Advocates, Business Owners Urge PA Lawmakers To Unlock $156 Million In Solar For All Federal Funding


DCED Awards $22.6 Million To 74 Schools To Help Schools Lower Electricity Costs, Create Jobs Under Solar For Schools Program


Energy Future PA Co-Chairs: Federal Budget Proposal That Eliminates Clean Energy Tax Credits Puts Billions In Private Investment, Thousands Of Jobs At Risk In PA


Evangelical Environmental Network: US House-Passed Budget Bill Raises Costs, Increases Health Risks; Eliminates PA’s MERP Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funding


Gov. Shapiro Requests Federal Small Business Administration Disaster Aid For Flood Survivors In Somerset County


PEMA Multi-Agency Resource Center Opens May 22 For Flood Survivors In Somerset County


Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Honored With A Foxwynd Foundation $10,000 Visionary Leadership Award


CBF Blog: Big Spring High School Is Getting Kids Outdoors To Investigate Their Local Environment, Thanks To NOAA Grant


CBF: White House Proposes To Eliminate Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education Training (B-WET) Program


Headwaters To The Ohio Water Network Hosts May 29 Webinar On The Changing Landscape Of Federal Clean Water Funding & Policy


Penn State Seeks Participants For Survey Study On How People Perceive The Safety And Trust Of Their Water


North Branch Land Trust Completes 220 Acre Conservation Easement On Huntsville Reservoir In Luzerne County


DCNR Kicks Off Summer Outdoor Recreation Season At Bald Eagle State Park In Centre County


Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Health Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation


May 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation


Penn’s Stewards: Miles Of Beauty - Hiking Pennsylvania’s State Forest Hiking Trails


Allentown Parknership To Build Full-Court Basketball Court At Stevens Park


Save The Date! PA Park & Recreation Professionals Day Is July 18


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


DCNR State Parks Environmental Educator News Blooming With PA Native Species Day; Pollinator Activities; Educator Workshops


PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts 3-Part Business Fundamentals For Compost Operations Webinars Starting June 17


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - May 24


Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest


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


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-- David Hess

Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection


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[Posted: May 26, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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