Monday, June 30, 2025

June 30 - 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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153 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA


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


Gov. Shapiro Honors Exceptional Commonwealth Employees For Remarkable Public Service, Including From DCNR, DEP


Senate Confirms Jessica Shirley To Lead The Department Of Environmental Protection; Committee Questions On Environmental Justice, RESET Energy Board


PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events


5 Years Later: A Progress Report On PA’s Grand Jury Recommendations For Protecting Public Health, Communities From Shale Gas Industry Impacts - A Long Way To Go


DEP Reports It Has No Idea How Many Shale Gas Water/Wastewater Pipelines There Are, The Spills They’ve Had Or Their Impacts


PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 7 to 27 - Finding 27,000 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Not Tracking Water/Wastewater Pipelines; Failure To Comply With DEP Orders; Inadvertent Pipeline Construction Returns - Again


DEP: 768 Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells May Be Plugged In Next Year; Over 27,000 New Abandoned Wells May Have Been Found; Alternatives To Well Plugging Bonds


House Committee Moves Bill To Restore Authority For Setting Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bond Amounts To Help Protect Taxpayers From Billions In Plugging Costs; Republicans Oppose


Environmental Council Of The States Reports US Senate Budget Bill Removes Repeal Of 23 Inflation Reduction Act Climate/Energy Programs; But Still Rescinds Unobligated Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds


Penn State Extension Hosts July 23 Webinar On Understanding Pennsylvania's Legacy Conventional Oil & Gas Well Problem


DEP Sets 8th Hearing July 22 On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities


DEP Publishes Notices On Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company Northeast Supply Enhancement Quarryville Pipeline Loop, Compressor Station Permits/Approval In Chester, Lancaster Counties


PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 28


DEP Seeking New Member Of Oil & Gas Technical Advisory Board


Range Resources Proposes To Drill 2 New Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Township, Challenging Its 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance In Washington County


PUC Distributes $164.5 Million In CY 2024 Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Fees To Communities, Statewide Programs; $15 Million Less Than Last Year


Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. 20 Webinar On Oil & Gas Development Impacts On Groundwater Quality, Public Health


Marcellus Drilling News: Integrated Lithium Production Plant Coming To PA In 2026 Using Oil & Gas Production Wastewater


Marcellus Drilling News: Avonlea Lithium Corp. Completes Successful Lithium Extraction From Shale Gas Wastewater At Susquehanna County Pilot Plant


PJM Extends Hot Weather Alert To June 26; Extends Maximum Generation Alert To June 25; Calls For Pre-Emergency Load Management Reductions In Demand Response Program


NRDC, PennFuture, EDF, Other Groups Challenge US DOE Decision To Keep Eddystone Power Plant In Delaware County Running Past Its Planned Closing Date


Westmoreland-Based WATT Fuel Cell, Hope Gas In WV Launch Home Natural Gas Fuel Cell Backup Power Program To Strengthen Electric Grid Resiliency


PA Senate Republicans Moving Bill To Abolish DEP Climate Change, Recycling Fund, Coastal Zone Advisory Committees


Pennsylvania Receives Another $244.8 Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept. 2


Appalachian Voices: Nonprofits, Tribes, Local Government Sue President For Terminating EPA Grant Programs Helping Communities Vulnerable To Pollution, Disasters


DEP Launches Chapter 102 Erosion & Sedimentation Permit SPEED Permitting Initiative June 30


PA Solar Center Launches GET Solar Program To Expand Solar Energy In 10-County Southwest PA Region To Help Businesses, Nonprofits Save Money


PA Senators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation To Promote Solar Energy On Warehouses To Lower Energy Costs, Expand Renewable Energy


PennTAP Hosts July 17 Webinar On Funding & Incentives To Support Pollution Prevention and Energy Efficiency Projects


EPA Releases $36,923,000 To Pennsylvania To Address PFAS 'Forever Chemical' Contamination Of Drinking Water In Small & Disadvantaged Communities


Keep PA Beautiful: Learn More About Rural Municipal Waste Transfer Facilities


Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Now Accepting Applications For Recycling Mini-Grants


New Online Tool Helps Southeast PA Residents, Businesses Divert Waste From Chester Incinerator, Bucks County Landfill By Recycling, Donating Unwanted Items


Reminder: The Giant Company, Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Healing The Planet Tree Planting Grant Applications Until July 1


Sand County Foundation Now Accepting Nominations For Leopold Farm Conservation Award


Penn State Ag Progress Days Set For Aug. 12-14; Use Your Agricultural Conservation Passport


PA Interfaith Power & Light Accepting Applications For Watershed Circle Watershed Protector Training For Congregations, Community Groups


PA Trout Unlimited: Coldwater Heritage Partnership Extends Deadline For Conservation Grants, Mariner East Pipeline Settlement Grants To July 22


Northcentral PA Conservancy Partners With Jim & Cheryl Redmond To Preserve 109 Acres In Lycoming County


Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults


Register Now! PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 10-12 In State College


On The Governor’s Desk


News From PA House & Senate


The Feds - New Administration


Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events


Grants & Awards


PA Bulletin Public Notices - June 28


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: June 30, 2025]  PA Environment Digest

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