March 11 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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88 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic

WeConservePA Honors Steven J. Schiffman, Esq. With 2024 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces 2024 Award Winners; Honorees Celebration Set For May 14

WVIA: Bernie McGurl, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. - A Life Dedicated To The River's Flow

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Blog: Nearly 190 People Attended Keystone Coldwater Conference In February

DEP Imposed $422,365 In Penalties On 14 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators In 2023 For Abandoning Wells, Spills, Venting Gas; 93 Operators Cited For Abandoning 271 Wells

DEP Declares 101 Medina Res Dev Co. LLC Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned, Not Plugged In Crawford, Erie Counties

New Reporting On The Uncontrolled Impacts Of Shale Gas Industry: The ‘Poisons Are Still Going Through My System;’ Roar, Fire From Gas Flares; Nothing Has Changed In 15 Years

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 2 to 8 - 119 Conventional Well Abandonment Violations; Pipeline Land Slips; Ignored Orders

EPA Region III Issues Formal Notice With Instructions On Appealing Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 9

DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 19 On Drinking Water Supply Impacts From Drilling; New Financial Assurance Strategies To Prevent Abandonment; Draft Spill Policy; Injection Well Primacy; Much More

US Senators Introduce Bill To Ban US LNG Gas Sales To Any Entity Under The Control Of Communist China To Protect US Jobs; Americans From Price Spikes; EQT Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China; Where Do AMERICAN Interests Lie?

Marcellus Drilling News: ‘Selling Oil And Natural Gas To China?’ ‘It Simply Should Not Happen, Period’

Stars and Stripes Guest Essay: Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Exports Right Move For National Security - Rivals Like China Are Using US LNG To Build Influence

DEP Reports Progress On Permitting Reform; Reduces Permit Backlog By 41%

DEP Newsletter Highlights Community Projects; Hazardous Sites Cleanup; Upcoming Events

DEP Publishes Appeal Notice For 2023 Consent Order With Stronghold Digital Mining On Removal Of Coal Ash, Imposing $28,800 Penalty At Waste Coal Power Plant In Venango County

DEP: All Counties Now Back To Normal Status, All Drought Watches, Warnings Lifted

DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater Associated With Construction Activities (PAG-2)

Audubon Society Of Western PA, Partners Host March 28 Streambank Stabilization Workshop In-Person, Online

DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Conservation District 2023 Accomplishments; Grants Coming Up; County Accomplishments; Much More

EPA Opens Regional $1.5 Million Grant Competition For Pollution Source Reduction Projects

Chesapeake Bay Foundation: PA Photographers Invited to Enter Save The Bay Photo Contest

Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director Steve Tambini Announces Retirement

PUC Urges Congressional Delegation To Ensure Remaining LIHEAP Funding Is Available For Low-Income Pennsylvanians

Community, Climate Advocates Petition To Intervene In PECO Rate Case Saying It Falls Short In Providing Renewable Energy And Addressing Environmental Justice Needs Of Residents

EPA Adds Fmr Exide Technologies Facility In Berks County To Superfund National Priorities List

PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Workshop March 23 In Delaware County

Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Susquehanna River Water Trails Launches Logos & Branding With 2024 Programming

PA Firefly Festival: Ticket Lottery Applications Now Available For 2024 PA Firefly Events In June

ClearWater Conservancy Names Elizabeth Crisfield Executive Director

Delaware Highlands Conservancy Holds 30th Anniversary Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Event May 4

Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Assistant Legal Counsel, Grants Coordinator, Hydrologist, Summer Interns

Help Wanted: Pittsburgh-Based Landforce Director Of Wood Reuse

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

PA Environmental Professionals Host April 24 Webinar On Protecting PA’s Aquatic Ecosystems from Thermal Discharges In An Era of Climate Change

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[Posted: March 11, 2024]  PA Environment Digest