PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 28, 2022

An October 13 inspection by the Department of Environmental Protection again found multiple violations of the state Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act at the PA General Energy Shawnee water withdrawal and natural gas pipeline construction site on the Loyalsock Creek in Gamble Township, Lycoming County. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 10, 2024

“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. 19 & Feb. 19 & Feb. 19 & Feb. 19 & Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the November 20 PA Bulletin it has signed an oil and gas lease agreement with BKV Operating, LLC covering 198.5 The lease requires an upfront payment of $794,000 for the five year lease and specifies natural gas royalties to be paid to DCNR.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2022

Take Action: -- Take Action To Protect PA’s Parks & Forests ] NewsClips: -- PA Cap-Star: DCNR Says $638 Million Budget Ask Will Add Staff, Address Aging Infrastructure -- The Center Square: PA Parks A Major Source Of Revenue For Recreation And Natural Gas Resource Links - DCNR: -- DCNR Budget Testimony: Critical Investments Needed To Reduce $1.4

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2022

These grants are funded by the Act 13 drilling impact fees paid by natural gas drillers. Related Article: -- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 [Note: New grant guidelines for the Act 13 Programs were approved by the CFA on January 26, so read them carefully.] Questions should be directed to 717-787-6245.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 14 PA Environment Digest 63 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues All Articles & NewsClips In This Week’s Digest By Topic What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2021

billion in state forest drilling revenue to DCNR’s Oil and Gas Lease Fund in compliance with a PA Supreme Court decision on July 21. Related Article: -- PA Supreme Court Again Declares Transfers From DCNR Oil & Gas Fund Unconstitutional Under Environmental Rights Amendment [Posted: August 3, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2021

On August 20, the Department of Environmental Protection announced $1 million in 2021 Small Business Advantage Grant funding is available to small businesses and farmers who want to improve their operations through energy efficiency, pollution prevention, and natural resource protection.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

Thank you for this opportunity to discuss the budget for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR). Never has DCNR’s mission to conserve and sustain Pennsylvania’s natural resources for present and future generations’ use and enjoyment been more important. In 2021 there were roughly 42.2

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2021

On December 6, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell announced the Commonwealth has reached a settlement with Sunoco Pipeline, L.P., ?that NewsClips: -- PA Cap-Star: Sunoco To Pay $4.3

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Malfunction At Shell’s Ethane Plant In Beaver County Turned Sky Orange By Burning Natural Gas Flaring System -- Dramatic Video From Carnegie Mellon’s Project Breathe Shows Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

To mark that milestone, the PA Parks and Forests Foundation invites you to get outdoors and volunteer in a state park or forest near you to thank Goddard for his significant conservation legacy. Earlier this year, we celebrated the 50th anniversary of M.K.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 30, 2022

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- PA Chapter Of Natural Resources Extension Professionals Names Ross Snook Of Montgomery County Natural Resources Education Champion [PaEN] -- Penn State EarthTalks: Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 7, 2022

“I really want to thank you [Commission members] for your thoughtful deliberations and policy decisions to protect the basin's water resources from the risks posed by high volume hydraulic fracturing or HVHF,” said Steve Tambini, Commission Executive Director.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

billion diverted from DCNR’s Oil and Gas Fund unconstitutional-- twice, they… keep… on… doing… it. Year after year environmental groups, conservation districts, farmers, local governments oppose the cuts and outline the critical environmental infrastructure needs communities have. Read more here. million from DEP, $1.5

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

On September 22, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn told DCNR’s Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council one way to address the $1 billion backlog in maintenance and safety projects in State Parks and Forests was to use federal American Rescue Fund dollars.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2022

This year we are putting more money on the table for attractive and productive landscapes and communities, clean water, and access to outdoor recreation with the largest investment in conservation and environmental programs in decades. I n October 2021, Gov. Thanks to leadership from Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

Background A report on pipelines by The Nature Conservancy projected the miles of pipelines in Pennsylvania will at least quadruple by 2030. DEP and the Public Utility Commission have fined natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines over $55 million for environmental and safety law violations. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

The conviction we secured against Energy Transfer for environmental crimes while building natural gas pipelines will continue to pay dividends for future generations by funding projects that protect Pennsylvania’s natural resources.” Approximately 1 acre (ac.)

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2022

Dubaich, DCNR Bureau of Facility Design and Construction As the state’s leading conservation agency, DCNR strives to model practices that conserve and sustain our natural resources. By 2030, the department will derive 50 percent of its electric from renewables. That will be accomplished mostly through solar installations.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2022

This pipeline project is slated to take natural gas liquids out of the US to overseas markets. Although the company has yet to clean up the spill, they paid $4 million to the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, a pittance compared to the $2.5 Read more here.] Read more here.] Read more here.] “We

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

On September 28, the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee nearly unanimously reported out Senate Bill 525 (Gordner-R-Columbia, Comitta--D-Chester)-- bipartisan legislation allocating $500 million from the federal American Rescue Plan to fund Growing Greener watershed, farm conservation, mine reclamation and recreation projects.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 1, 2021

On June 1, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced the formal designation of a new Wild Plant Sanctuary in Allegheny County. Cline to conserve the sanctuary through conservation-based practices. Posted: June 1, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2022

3, Business Meeting March 17 DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program DEP Invests Over $2.7 24 Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 24 Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Of Agriculture Preserves 1,999 Acres Of Farmland On 21 Farms In 13 Counties DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Hosts Oct. Of Agriculture Preserves 1,999 Acres Of Farmland On 21 Farms In 13 Counties DCNR's Conservation & Natural Resources Council Hosts Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 31, 2022

million square feet, released its 2021 Progress Report detailing efforts by partners who have committed to a dramatic reduction in energy use and carbon emissions in their buildings by the year 2030. In 2021, Erie 2030 District partners reduced energy usage to 22.4% million in 2021 (annualized) energy savings.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 2, 2022

The unconventional shale gas drillers issued NOVs include these companies. The year the violations were issued are noted as are the well pad names-- Apex Energy (2021) -- PF Eisaman 3 - Hempfield Twp., McKean - Wells are leaking gas Chesapeake Appalachia (2019) -- Heartwood 2 ESG - Keating Twp., Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

Penn State did not test for PFAS and PFOA ‘forever chemicals” like researchers in Ohio, although other researchers have found PFAS have been used at natural gas drilling sites in Pennsylvania. PA Road Dumping Problem In 2021, conventional oil and gas operators reported disposing of 977,671 gallons of their wastewater by road dumping.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Julie Weatherington-Rice, a certified Professional Geologist and Soil Scientist, said research confirmed as early as the 1980s the oil and gas wastewater spread on roads in Ohio contained harmful chemicals like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene. In 2019, more research found PFAS and PFOA ‘forever chemicals’ in the drilling wastewater.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Find more temperature and rainfall data at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Learn about these and other current and projected climate change impacts at: 2021 Pennsylvania Climate Impacts Assessment. Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions are tracked yearly.

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

The flares from the refinery burned so bright after Hurricane Ida in 2021 that they could be seen 25 miles away. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030. Seven workers were killed in a 1988 explosion at the refinery. billion pounds of ethylene a year.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2022

PFAS Hazardous Site Cleanup Investigation In Centre County [PaEN] -- Oil & Natural Gas Facility Health Impacts Assessment Bill Introduced In The House [PaEN] -- Penn State Beaver Seeking Volunteers For June 23 Focus Group On Energy Development, Groundwater Quality & Public Health In Western PA [PaEN] -- EQB Adopts Part I Of Reg.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2024

“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. 22 DEP Awards $39.6 16; Snowmobile/ATV Grants Feb.

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms. water resources.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 19, 2021

Helpful Resources: Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: July 19, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2021

Senate returns to voting session June 7, 8, 9 House returns to voting session June 7, 8, 9 Click Here for LATEST Updated PA Environment & Energy NewsClips TODAY’s Calendar Of Events Growing Greener Coalition: American Rescue Plan For Water & Green Infrastructure [PaEN] Lancaster Conservancy: Water Connects Us All - Lancaster Water Week June (..)

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 22, 2022

Energy Policy & Conservation Act (“EPCA”), are specifically tasked with administering two broad rebate programs for which individuals and building owners are eligible. State and Private Forestry Conservation Programs : a $1.5 Third , some funds will be routed through states and state energy offices.

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