120 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 120 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy - By David Hess, Former Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: ‘Teach To Remember 9/11’ Virtual Education Program To Officer New Resources For Educators

-- PennLive: Ex-Flight Attendant Pushes Airline Beverage Cart To Shanksville To Honor Flight 93 Crew

-- DCNR Celebrates Mount Jewett To Kinzua Bridge Trail As Pennsylvania’s 2023 Trail Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: DCNR Highlights Trail Of The Year In McKean County

-- Gov. Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Historic Site Hosting Festival Of Wood Sept. 23 - 24 In Pike County; 60th Anniversary Of Site Dedication  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Ranks Among 10 Best Small Cities For Outdoor Enthusiasts

-- PA Solar Center To Honor 10 Organizations For Their Solar Energy Leadership In Chester County On Sept. 28  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Behrend Campus In Erie Earns Silver STARS Rating For Sustainability Achievements

-- DEP Expands Environmental Justice Protections With Updated Policy, Improved Mapping Tool; Enhanced Permit Reviews Start Sept. 16  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy  [PaEN]

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy;  Injection Well Primacy  [PaEN]

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 12 On Environmental Justice Policy; DEP Customer Service Initiatives; Risks With Carbon Capture, Sequestration  [PaEN]

-- DEP Responds To Emergency Notification Of Uncontrolled Venting Of Natural Gas For Over 10.5 Hours From A Repsol Oil Shale Gas Well; Temporary Evacuation Order Issued In Bradford County  [PaEN]

-- EQT Shale Gas Wastewater Truck Rolls Over Spilling More Than 4,600 Gallons Of Wastewater In Lycoming County  [PaEN]

-- Do Not Consume Water Advisory Lifted In Village Of Reno; Petro Erie, Inc. Barely Begins Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Site That Contaminated The Water Supply In Venango County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Reno Water Advisory Lifted  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: 6 Weeks After Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater, Emergency Water Supply Distributions Continue In Village Of Reno, Venango County  [PDF of article]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 26 to Sept. 1-- Uncontrolled Venting Of Shale Gas Well; 4,600 Gallon Spill Of Shale Gas Wastewater; Cleanup Of Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Barely Begins  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Natural Gas Well Setbacks Questioned After Health Impact Studies

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Residents Call For Action After Health Studies Link Natural Gas Development To Asthma, Lymphoma

-- Between The Lines Podcast: Pediatrician Dr. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Safety Division Continues Investigation Into Deadly House Explosion In Plum Borough, Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: PA Physicians For Social Responsibility Offers Gas Imaging Camera To Plum Boro Residents Affected By Home Explosion

-- WTAE: PA Physicians For Social Responsibility To Bring Natural Gas Imaging Camera To Plum Boro To Check For Leaks Thursday

-- Warren Times: Sen. Casey Visits Warren County To Talk About Federal Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Including 5,000 To 7,000 In Allegheny National Forest

-- Delco Times: Chester Bankruptcy Receiver Warns Of Projects That Could Handcuff City Finances And Negatively Impact Residents’ Health On Heels Of  Hearing On Proposed LNG Natural Gas Export Project In The City  [PDF of article]

-- TribLive: Public To Weigh In On Proposed Olympus Energy/Hyperion Leto Natural Gas Compressor Station In West Deer Twp., Allegheny County 

-- AP: Federal Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Natural Gas On Hold To Allow More Study Of Safety Concerns 

-- PA Capital-Star: Plan To Export PA Natural Gas By Rail Sidetracked By Feds

-- TribLive Editorial: Rail Safety Legislation Derailed 

-- PJM Interconnection Hears Testimony On Making Electricity Market Reforms To Address Nonperformance Of Natural Gas And Other Generators During Winter Storm Elliot; Transition To Clean Energy  [PaEN] 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: As Renewables, Energy Storage Grows, Questions Remain For Utilities And Regulators On Electric Grid Reliability

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Concerns Swirl Over Benzene, Particulate Matter Emissions From Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industry, Environmentalists Spar Over New EPA Rules Tightening Air Emission Standards On Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Cleanup May Cost Taxpayers Millions 

-- WESA: New Carnegie Museum Of Art Exhibit In Pittsburgh Visits Front Lines Of Fossil Fuels - What It's Like To Live Where Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Are Extracted

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Utility-Scale Energy Storage Battery Maker Eos Launches Expansion With Promise For 1,000 Manufacturing Jobs In Pittsburgh

-- TribLive: Federal Loan To Support $500 Million Expansion At Eos Utility-Scale Electricity Storage Battery Plan In Mon Valley

-- Utility Dive: Pittsburgh-based Eos Energy Lands $400 Million DOE Loan Guarantee For Long-Duration Utility-Scale Electricity Storage Battery Plant

-- DEP Awards $2.9 Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. Testing Electric Vehicle For Municipal Use

-- PA Solar Center Issues RFP For Solar Developers To Assist 11 Allegheny County Municipalities, Pittsburgh Water Authority Connect To Solar Energy  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Key Role Of Institutions In Clean Power [University of Pittsburgh Solar Energy Project]

-- TribLive: Allegheny County To Draft Climate Action Plan

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Council Approves July 2024 Deadline For Climate Action Plan

-- WESA: Allegheny County To Create Climate Action Plan

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Centre City Tower To Get $5 Million In C-PACE Funding To Help Save Energy

-- PennLive: Climate Change Strains PA Farmers With Extreme Heat, Floods, Droughts 

-- Inquirer: Philly Changed The Way The World Views Heat Disasters And May Have Saved Thousands Of Lives

-- WESA: Garfield Community Farm Hosts Environmental Justice Event, Commemorates Federal Inflation Reduction Act

-- Report: Hundreds Of New Clean Energy Jobs, $103 Million Investment In PA’s Communities Of Color

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can I Do About Climate Change? Part 4: Getting Around

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Clean Air And A Healthy Climate Can Be Pennsylvania Future - By Vanessa Lynch, Moms Clean Air Force

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Action Has Brought Major Investment, Jobs To PA; Lawmakers Should Strive For More - By Bruce Cooper & Mark Reynolds Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Will PA Courts Follow Montana In Protecting Children From Impacts Of Climate Change? - By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne School Of Law

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Participation In RGGI Matters More Than Other States, Here’s Why - By Clean Air Council

-- PUC’s Stephen M. DeFrank Thanks Gov. Shapiro For Appointment As New Chairman  [PaEN] 

-- Gladys Brown Dutrieuille Offers Thoughts On Her PUC Tenure; Thanks Commission Staff, Colleagues For Their Dedication And Commitment As She Departs State Service  [PaEN]

-- PUC Welcomes New Commissioner Kim Barrow, Thanks Senate For Confirmation Votes, Governor For Nomination; Barrow Elected Vice Chair Of PUC  [PaEN]

-- PPL Corporation Names Christine M. Martin Interim President Of PPL Electric Utilities

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Awards $14.9 Million To Restore Delaware River Watershed, Including $7.3 million In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $35 Million In Delaware River Watershed Conservation Projects Funded

-- WHYY: Philly’s FDR Park Gets Federal Grant For Stream And Wetland Restoration

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: What’s Next For The Chesapeake Bay?  New Science Challenges Old Assumptions

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Project To Plant 10 Million Trees By 2025 In PA Rooted In Lancaster County

-- Master Watershed Steward Don Horn Promotes Sustainability And Clean Water - By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Hershey, EPA Hope New Pollution Control Partnership On Dairy Farms Will Be Sweet Success

-- Warren Times: Habitat Improvement Projects Continue By Partners In Brokenstraw Watershed 

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Systems Receive Rehab In Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- ABC27 News: Dover Twp., York County Receives $5.8 Million Federal Grant For Floodplain Restoration Project

-- Inquirer: After Hurricane Ida’s 800-Year Flood, The Battle To Protect The Brandywine Watershed Is About To Escalate

-- Reading Eagle: $260,000 In Grants Awarded To 4 Schuylkill River Watershed Improvement Projects In Berks County

-- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept. 8 Bus Tour Of Stream Restoration Projects 

-- Citizens Voice: Freeland Stormwater Project In Luzerne County Largest Infrastructure Investment In 2 Decades

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host In-Person Municipal Stormwater Forum Sept. 25, Clipper Magazine Stadium, Lancaster. 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. 6 Webinar On New Model Ordinance To Mitigate The Environmental Impacts Of Warehouse Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Talking Dirt And Downpours In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association  [PaEN]

-- AP: Municipalities Say An Adverse Ruling On A Case Now Before PA Supreme Court On Stormwater Fees Could Drain Them Financially

-- Pike Conservation District: Protecting Your Drinking Water Source - Groundwater 

-- ​​Armstrong Conservation District Hosts Sept. 24 Armstrong River Run & Watershed Walk To Benefit Local Watershed Groups  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: A Pilgrim At Brandywine Creek - To Counter Ecological Grief, I Turn To The Beaver, The Goldfinch, The Pollinator - By Elizabeth Esenstadt Evans

-- Public Health Watch: Black Water - How Industry Fights Controls On Manganese, A Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant - By Natasha Gilbert  [Highlights Problems In Beaver County Water Supply]   [PaEN] 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of PA Streams Sampled, Including One Near You

-- Beaver County Times: Researchers Detect PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Beaver County Waterways

-- WHYY: More Than 70% Of PA’s Rivers, Streams Contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Hold Erie Reuse Fest September 23  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Permanent Glass Recycling Station Soon Available In Township Of Pine, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Independence Conservancy Hosts Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver, Washington Counties  [PaEN]

-- City of Pittsburgh, PA Resources Council Recycled Over 189,000 Pounds Of Electronics Waste Since 2022  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill River Cleanup Attracts Over 100 Volunteers In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA, Lancaster Conservancy, State Senators Host Site Visits In Hellam Hills York County

-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Jerome Shabazz’s Grand Vision To Turn Vacant Lots Into New Park System In Philadelphia  [Chair of DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council  ]

-- Penn State Extension: Trees Can Give Downtown Commercial Areas A Competitive Advantage Over Big Box Stores - By Vincent Cotrone, Urban Forestry Educator  [PaEN]

-- Ray & Terry Bentley, Dave & Gail Nesspor Partner With French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust To Preserve Over 175 Acres In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Farm Family Look To Preserve All Their Land

-- Guest Essay: Allegheny National Forest’s Tracy Ridge Is A Prime Example Of Wilderness Here In The East - By Kirk Johnson, Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Economic Impact Of Outdoor Recreation Cannot Be Overstated

-- DCNR: New State Budget Makes Largest State Investment In State Parks & Forests In Decades; Highlights New Office Of Outdoor Recreation [Office Opened In January 2022]

-- TribLive: Gov. Shapiro Touts Connellsville, Fayette County As An Example Of Success Investing In Outdoor Recreation

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Gov. Shapiro Visits Fayette County To Promote Spending On Parks And Outdoor Recreation

-- Observer-Reporter: Shapiro: Connellsville ‘A Great Example’ Of How Outdoor Recreation Leads To Revitalization

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Launches Office Of Outdoor Recreation 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: New PA Office Aims To Grow Outdoors Recreation Economy, Jobs 

-- DCNR, Trails Advisory Committee, WeConservePA, Partners Release 2022 Pennsylvania Trails Annual Report [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Accessible Recreation For All - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern

-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette County Coroner's Jury Recommends Stronger Warnings For Whitewater Rafters

-- Brandywine Conservancy Now Accepting Brandywine Creek Greenway Mini Grant Applications  [PaEN] 

-- 2023 Celebrate The Bloom! At Jennings Environmental Education Center A Rainy Success In Butler County  [PaEN] 

-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Insect Conservation - By Nate Reagle, Certified Pollinator Steward  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Conservation And Habitat Improvement Projects Helping Glendale Lake At Prince Gallitzin State Park 

-- ABC27 News: Ole Bull State Park Manager In Potter County Saves Bear Cub From Plastic Jug - Video 

-- WESA: Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary Would Include Vast Number Of Shipwrecks, Advocates Say

-- Citizens Voice: Annual Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Raptor Count Could Aid Climate Change Research

-- WESA: National Aviary In Pittsburgh Welcomes Female Steller’s Sea Eagle In Conservation Effort

-- Guest Essay: Looking At New Options For Overcoming Obstacles To Fish Migration In Pennsylvania's Waterways -  By Stephen J. Wiedemer, Turtle Creek, Allegheny County  [PaEN]

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[Posted: September 3, 2023]   PA Environment Digest