PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2023

The departments of Environmental Protection, Agriculture and Conservation and Natural Resources have released Pennsylvania's Healthy Waters Health Communities 2022 Chesapeake Bay Progress Report. Progress through partnership” was the guiding theme for our work to reduce nutrient and sediment nonpoint source pollution.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2024

The Commonwealth Financing Authority begins accepting applications for Act 13 Program watershed restoration, abandoned mine drainage abatement, baseline water quality data, orphaned or abandoned well plugging, sewage facilities, flood mitigation programs and recreation grants on February 1. The deadline for applications is May 31.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The funds will be used to implement projects that leverage public-private partnerships in the Susquehanna River watershed that will improve water quality in Pennsylvania, directly impacting the Chesapeake Bay.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 4, 2024

But maybe the most famous sabotage occurred in March of 2023, after heavy rains flooded Dear Creek and someone artificially diverted the water flow toward Allensworth to protect industrial farmland operations elsewhere. Over the next 15 years, California will have to repurpose about 1 million acres of cropland, most of it out of the 5.5

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2023

This includes properties such as personal residences, businesses, schools, churches, farms, shared properties such as HOA's, hospital campuses, public/municipal properties, institutions, and more that employ best practices in managing water resources where they live, work, and recreate to minimize adverse impacts on water quality.

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Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil The harrowing trail of toxic nutrients in farm country water. An investigation by Circle of Blue uncovered compelling evidence for why — agrochemical contamination in Nebraska’s surface, ground, and drinking water. Read part one here.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 14, 2022

million in 2023 Countywide Action Plan (CAP) Implementation Grants to benefit 34 county teams across Pennsylvania’s share of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed to support their progress in reducing nutrient and sediment pollution to restore the health of local streams, rivers, and lakes. “In Pennsylvania is required to reduce nitrogen by 32.5

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2023

By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited Since the COVID-19 pandemic Lancastrians have come to appreciate outdoor recreation as an essential activity to living a long and healthy life. Clean water gives life to our public parks, trails, and recreational spaces.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

New legislation in North Carolina could fast track a farm project that environmentalists say supports obsolete waste management practices that cause air and water pollution. There is no clean water to drink, food to eat and the children are crying for milk. feet) of water. IN RECENT WATER NEWS.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 31, 2022

The EPA intends to deny a Clean Water Act permit for a mine development in Alaska’s Bristol Bay watershed. Officials sign a Navajo-Utah water rights settlement. The EPA announces an interagency working group for water reuse. The Rundown. NOAA expects another above-average Atlantic hurricane season. And lastly, the U.S.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 4, 2022

Michigan’s Lack of Septic System Regulations is Causing Problems for Some of its Most Pristine Lakes Failing systems can allow contaminated water to seep through the earth into nearby bodies of water. water systems are aging. In some communities, this means water bills that residents can’t afford or water that’s unsafe to drink.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2024

Read more here. -- T he Susquehanna River Basin Commission published notice in the January 20 PA Bulletin its Executive Director gave his approval to 25 water use permits for individual shale gas well drilling pads in Bradford, Lycoming, Potter, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga and Wyoming counties. Read more here. Bradford County. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

5 - Progress On Cleaning Up Our Energy; The Role Of the Arts In Addressing The Climate Crisis - 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. -- Warren Times - Audubon Nature Center: Audubon To Host Sunday Story Time -- EPA, PennEnvironment, Moms Clean Air Force PA, PECO Host Jan. Boscola Announces $475,000 In Lehigh Valley Stormwater Management Grants -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 20, 2022

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is cheering the long-awaited boost to water quality in Pennsylvania’s rivers and streams that comes with this breakthrough budget. More than 90 percent of the Commonwealth’s remaining pollution reductions must come from agriculture. Otherwise, they are going to take the farm.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The term Riparian, according to Merriam-Webster, means relating to, living, or located on the bank of a natural watercourse, such as a river. Riparian comes from the Latin riparius, which is the same root word that gives us the term River. Nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment all exist naturally within streams and rivers.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2022

On July 29, DEP’s Chesapeake Bay Office reported significant increases in large area farm Best Management Practice implementation within Pennsylvania’s part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Nutrient Management Core Nitrogen increased from 322,606 to 533,883 acres, which is an increase of 211,277 acres and a 39.6%

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2023

The Commonwealth Financing Authority is now accepting applications for Act 13 Program watershed restoration, abandoned mine drainage abatement, baseline water quality data, orphaned or abandoned well plugging, sewage facilities, flood mitigation programs and recreation grants. The deadline for applications is May 31. million in 130 projects.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

They sequester carbon, clean the air, provide habitat, grow resources, offer countless opportunities for recreation, bestow beauty, filter water we drink, and help prevent streams and rivers from flooding. With increased stormwater, there is more flooding, erosion, pollution, property damage, loss of natural resources, etc.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2022

It’s no coincidence that this most productive farmland and most productive estuary exist near one another, for they are inextricably linked by the Susquehanna River. For centuries, the farmlands of Lancaster County and the waters of the Chesapeake Bay co-existed in ecological balance with each other. This is a legacy worth pursuing.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2022

On April 29, the Lancaster Clean Water Fund, administered by the Lancaster County Community Foundation and managed by the Lancaster Clean Water Partners , announced the award of $1,731,835 to five Implementation Large Grant projects in the most recent grant round.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 2023

In these early days of 2023, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is encouraged that momentum in 2022 can bring us closer to cleaner rivers and streams in Pennsylvania. Most notably, the state legislature voted last year to create the $220 million Clean Streams Fund.

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Washington Nature

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leading up to the position, Kate had practiced environmental law but found herself looking for something different. There were no environmental laws in the United States until Congress passed The Clean Air, Clean Water, and Endangered Species Acts in the 1970s,” she said.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The exhaust also pollutes the air and contributes greenhouse gases. This organic matter also allows more precipitation to soak into the ground, reducing nuisance flooding events and polluted stormwater runoff while recharging groundwater supplies. For many critters, that means final preparations for coming winter. Blowers are noisy.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

On September 26, the Northeast PA Environmental Partners announced the winners of their annual environmental partnership awards and their recognition dinner on November 3 at the Woodlands Inn and Resort in Plains, Luzerne County. The award winners are-- Thomas P. Shelburne Award The 28th Annual Thomas P.

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Smith Enviorment

DECEMBER 14, 2023

This post covers the most significant legislation affecting state water quality protections: AQUACULTURE PERMITTING Replace the existing NPDES General Permit for aquaculture operations. The Clean Water Act requires a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for any release of waste to surface waters.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 19, 2022

The Department of Environmental Protection invites comments on a draft update to the State Water Plan which outlines recommendations for policy and legislative actions for each of the six water planning regions in the Commonwealth and statewide.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

acre water-permeable green parking lot along Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road, just about the historic fairgrounds. acre water-permeable green parking lot along Corrigan Drive and Brownsville Road, just about the historic fairgrounds. million gallons of stormwater – or enough water to fill 35,714 bathtubs.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

The Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition's latest newsletter includes articles on rehabilitating the Barkley Road passive mine drainage treatment system helping to assure clean water for Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park in Butler County and a field trip for Grove City College students to the Enico Bridge passive treatment system.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2021

By Jake Solyst, Chesapeake Bay Program Fishing continues to get better and better along the headwaters of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Between 2017 and 2019, three aging dams were removed, improving water quality and fish passage. And with the dam removals, these species have more habitat to enjoy.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 26, 2024

The letter states, in part: "Appalachian communities are home to rich assets — including our land, water, heritage, and people — and many of our organizations and local governments are working to leverage these assets as we diversify and strengthen our local economies."

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

They prevent erosion, reduce flooding, provide habitat for wildlife in and near the water, create recreational opportunities, and filter pollutants. By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Riparian buffers, or streamside forests, are one of the best ways to protect and improve our local streams.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 6, 2022

By Danielle Rhea, Extension Educator & Jen Weld, PAOneStop In Pennsylvania, the area of agricultural land disturbance determines if a farm needs an Agricultural Erosion and Sediment Control Plan (Ag E&S Plan). Soil erosion is the process of wearing away and moving soil by wind or water. Code § 102.4(a)).

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Susquehanna River drains the middle part of Pennsylvania and is the largest river feeding the Chesapeake, delivering, on average, half of the fresh water to the Bay. Heavy rains mean more runoff from the land, flooding, and more pollution into streams, rivers, and ultimately the Chesapeake Bay.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

The Commonwealth Financing Authority will be accepting applications for grants funded by Act 13 drilling impact fees for watershed restoration, abandoned mine drainage abatement, baseline water quality data, orphaned or abandoned well plugging, sewage facilities, flood mitigation programs and recreation starting February 1 through May 31.

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Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 9, 2021

While the official provincial policy is designed to rein in sprawl, the Ontario government’s actions show that in practice, it is doing exactly the opposite. Here’s a quick look at what Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk found for a few key areas of concern. The Land-Use Planning audit is no different. WARNINGS IGNORED. HIGHWAY 413.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

They prevent erosion, reduce flooding, provide habitat for wildlife in and near the water, create recreational opportunities, and filter pollutants. By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Riparian buffers, or streamside forests, are one of the best ways to protect and improve our local streams.

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Acoel

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

By a narrowly divided vote, it has snuffed out on procedural grounds litigation challenging the agricultural nutrient pollution of the Raccoon River. The Raccoon River rises in central Iowa, an area of exceptional agricultural productivity, especially corn, soybeans, and hogs.

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