PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

The Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO), with statewide membership, is looking for businesses to apply as Sponsoring Partners in our annual PA Breeding Bird Blitz for Conservation (B4C) to be held June 6 – 16, 2025.

Conservation

ESA

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It is no surprise the topic is being mentioned in various spaces where it is not the focus – there cannot be conservation of biodiversity without climate change mitigation. However, solutions to the climate crisis cannot rely on biodiversity conservation alone. link to [link] Cover of the book titled ‘Biodiversity and Climate Change.

Climate Change

National Law Center

JULY 29, 2025

initiated the lawsuit in late 2021 to challenge an EIS report that was issued by the United States Surface Transportation Board (“the Board”) for the construction of an 88-mile railroad line in northeastern Utah. Before approving the project, the Board conducted a NEPA review and in 2021 published its final EIS report.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2025

On June 11, as part of the watershed-wide Chesapeake Bay Awareness Week , the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources celebrated the new naturalistic fish passage at Shikellamy State Park in Northumberland County for its upstream benefit to native species such as American shad and eels, and its downstream benefit to the Chesapeake Bay.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

While DCNR took the lead in managing parks and forests, DEP was entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting Pennsylvania’s air, land, and water resources, an increasingly complex and critical mission. billion to date for reclamation efforts.

Environmental Protection

Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This blog was written by Michele Conrad, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. She is passionate about helping fisheries manage their way through climate change and furthering ocean conservation efforts. Sign up to receive our emails.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

The MCWA applied for and received its first grant through the Lehigh Valley Greenways in 2021 to complete work in cooperation with Northampton County at Gertrude Fox Conservation Area in Hanover Township. This unique park follows the creek along Biery’s Bridge Road east of Center Street in north Bethlehem,” Cook explained.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2025

The project, which cost over $27 million to construct, was funded by the 2021 and 2022 Capital Budget Approved Funds in state funds, federal funds through the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization Program, and Pennsylvanias Acid Mine Drainage 30% Set-Aside Program, also federally-funded.

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Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The 2021 final evaluation decision concluded risks were “acceptable.” The PMRA proposed to end its use in agriculture to protect aquatic ecosystems but later backtracked on the proposed ban.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

In 2021, the Missouri distinct population segment of the eastern hellbender was listed as endangered. The listing also mandates that federal agencies consult with the Service to ensure the species conservation. The eastern hellbender is one of two subspecies of hellbenders in the United States. 13, starting a 60-day comment period.

Endangered Species Act

Law Columbia

JULY 2, 2025

For example, the agencies that are responsible for managing public lands and approving fossil fuel development on those lands operate under much broader mandates than the STB, including mandates related to multiple use, sustainable use, conservation, and environmental protection. 1984; Knobe & Shapiro (2021). [4]

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

(Elsevier, 2019), the definitive textbook on glass science and technology, and author of the newly published textbook, Materials Kinetics: Transport and Rate Phenomena (Elsevier, 2021). John is a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors with 83 granted U.S.

Recycling

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 12, 2025

Farmers already face long wait times at local USDA offices, often going months without knowing if their loans are approved or waiting for reimbursement for conservation expenses. agriculture, conservation, and food policy and markets. Staffing cuts will greatly exacerbate these already long delays.

2019

Circle of Blue

MAY 21, 2025

Here, you can see the industry that put us here, Jessie McFadden, wildlife biologist with the local conservation authority, says. Here, you can see the industry that put us here, Jessie McFadden, wildlife biologist with the local conservation authority, says. Beach closures were lifted in 2021 after the water was cleared of E.

Conservation

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

Background Swampbuster is the term commonly used to refer to provisions of the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation program that address wetland conservation. Swampbuster is implemented by the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (“NRCS”). Conclusion The court in CTM Holdings, LLC v.

2013

Law Columbia

MARCH 27, 2025

City of New York , plumbing and building trade groups challenged New York Citys Local Law 154 of 2021 , a piece of legislation that prohibits fossil fuel combustion in most new buildings. EPCA sets federal energy-efficiency standards for certain appliances, such as refrigerators, furnaces, ranges, and ovens.

Law

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Conservatives made a dramatic effort to remove this language, which went down to defeat when other Republicans crossed the aisle to oppose the amendment. The Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021 was aimed at helping farmers, ranchers, and private forest landowners enter the offsets market.

Law

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 30, 2024

In 2021, a record-breaking heat dome enveloped Oregon , tragically claiming the lives of 72 people. In response, Multnomah County, which includes Portland, filed a lawsuit for over $51 billion against major fossil fuel entities–one of the largest claims for a climate case to date.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

Read more here ] The Office of Attorney General also brought about a 2021 settlement with Chesapeake Energy for payment of royalties to landowners with shale gas leases that involved $5.3 million in restitution for Pennsylvania landowners. Read more here.] DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties [Shared Equally], Plus $1.4

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

March 1 is the deadline to submit projects and become a Conservation Partner. Since the Breeding Bird Blitz began in 2021, the Society has partnered with nonprofit organizations across the state on bird conservation projects raising a total of $67,318 to support these projects. Conservation Partner Guidelines.

2025

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2025

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The Western PA Conservancy hosts a March 11 webinar featuring five women talking about careers in conservation and preservation as part of the International Women and Girls In Science Day celebration starting at Noon. She attended Slippery Rock university where she earned a BS in Geography and Environmental Studies.

Conservation

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

NOAA is responsible for research of the ocean and weather, conservation of the ocean, management of fisheries, and the protection of marine endangered species. The need for an Ocean Policy Committee in 2021 indicates the potential for efficiency increases by creating DOA.

Ocean

Circle of Blue

MAY 12, 2025

Smith, and Sloan joined by younger entrants like RHST, a Canadian firm intent on conserving water in agriculture, and CLEANR, the Cleveland-based company that produces a microplastics filter for washing machines. The Great Lakes Commission, in 2021, published an Action Plan for Growing the Great Lakes Blue Economy.

Politics

A Greener Life

JANUARY 16, 2025

In its 2021 report on the complex challenges of wetlands protection, ZELA decries the practice of turning wetlands into residential areas. The Conservation Society of Monavale (COSMO), a support group founded in 2005, took it upon itself to promote and protect Monavale Vlei in Harare.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

In December 2021, CNX Resources pleaded no contest to criminal charges brought by then Attorney General Shapiro to stop the practice. Read more here. [In Read more here. Customer Charge Increase By Wellsboro Electric; 18% Gas Increase + 13.4%

Natural Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 22, 2024

FEMA also prioritizes funds for other critical resilience activities that are often underprioritized such as implementing building codes and conserving and restoring wetlands and dunes. As one of the FEMA programs under Justice40 , FEMA ensures a minimum of 40 percent of the benefits are targeted to historically disadvantaged communities.

Climate Change

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 13, 2025

Photo credit: Edwin Remsberg Recently, the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC), alongside 100 food, farm, conservation, and rural organizations, delivered a letter to Congressional appropriators urging them to fully fund the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SARE) at $60 million in fiscal year (FY) 2026.

2026

HumanNature

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Endangered mutualisms: the conservation of plant-pollinator interactions. While there are surely other factors that need to be addressed in agricultural systems to promote native bee abundance and diversity (eg: pesticides and herbicides), taking a small step in the right direction will lead us to a more sustainable future. References 1.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Jack Winieski Dedicated His Professional Career To Improving Trees Through Genetics - By Wayne W. DEP Announce $5.275 Million In Penalties, Plus $1.4 Million In Abandoned Well Plugging Funding Against Shale Gas Drilling Companies-- XTO Energy, Inc.,

Conservation

Law Columbia

JANUARY 24, 2025

Among the EOs rescinded on Monday was President Bidens 2021 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO No. Essentially, President Trump is asking DOE to roll back existing appliance efficiency standards set under the Energy Policy & Conservation Act.

Paris Agreement

PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2025

A 1985 study released in 2010 by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources found high concentrations of barium in conventional oil and gas brines was the "likely the source of barium contents exceeding the drinking-water limits in some private wells and small municipal water supplies in western Pennsylvania." [ Read more here.]

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

-- PA’s Penncrest High School Envirothon Team From Delaware County Takes 7th Place In International NCF-Envirothon In Canada! Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

The program was recommended in the Commonwealths Litter Action Plan announced by the Governors Office in November 2021 and is funded by the Department of Transportation. Their commitment to this groundbreaking program will leave a lasting impact, empowering students and strengthening communities across Pennsylvania.

2026

Acoel

APRIL 2, 2025

The project builds from a 2021 study conducted at UC Merced, one of the projects partner universities, that estimated that covering all 4,000 miles of Californias canals with solar panels could generate enough electricity to power 10 million homes and reduce solar energys land footprint by placing solar arrays on already developed land.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

acre Phase IV Expansion in accordance with the permit renewal that was issued on October 13, 2021. ERSI is an existing permitted construction and demolition (C&D) waste landfill. ERSI is proposing to redesign the ±50.65 The proposed redesign includes both liner and leachate collection system modifications.

Waste