PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection is offering free industrial energy audits to the first 20 facilities that apply to the PA Industrial Energy Assessment Program. Other applicants can qualify for 80% off the costs of a detailed audit.

Environmental Protection

National Law Center

OCTOBER 10, 2024

On September 25, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its Vulnerable Species Action Plan (“VSAP”), the finalized version of its. The post EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

Environmental Protection

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 4, 2025

IQMP is intended to bring quantum capabilities to tackle the biggest challenges in healthcare, green energy, agriculture, and national security, according to PsiQuantum spokesperson Chris Estep. Steel largely remediated the site of toxic soils from over a century of steelmaking.

Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists

JUNE 25, 2025

If you compare it with water use for agriculture, for example, then it would arguably not be too much water. 66 billion liters convert to 53,507 acre-feet, a measure of water use in agriculture and you can think of each acre-foot as the area of one football field filled with one foot of water. California, Arizona, and parts of Texas.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

MAY 9, 2025

The Environmental Council of the States and the Environmental Protection Network reported this week the President's Budget Request issued on May 2 would cut over $1 billion going to states to administer federal pollution control and permitting programs, eliminating 16 of the 19 categorial state grants.

Pollution Control

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

million for the Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP). Established in 2022, the Clean Streams Fund tackles ways to improve our waters from some agricultural activities, acid mine drainage, and urban/suburban stormwater runoff while encouraging innovative clean water programs. Read more here.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 24, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), experienced cuts, my colleagues at Penn State and I spent three years sending sampling kits to residents throughout the Commonwealth helping private well owners test the quality of their water supply free of charge. The health of our community depends on it. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2025

Holds July 30 Training On Managing PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Contaminated Water, Waste In Washington County Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts In-Person Workshops On Identification Of On-Farm Resource Concerns & Implementing Conservation Practices Aug. 6 Hearing, Sept. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2025

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) or the U.S.

Environmental Protection

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2025

This work is supported by the Water Foundation, the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative [Competitive Grant no. Department of Agricultures National Institute of Food and Agriculture, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Assistance Agreement no. 2021-69012-35916] from the U.S. RD-84046301-0.

2014

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

On July 22, surrounded by solar panels nestled within the Quaker Race Day Use Area at Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County, leaders from the Public Utility Commission, Department of Environmental Protection, and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources gathered to mark a major clean energy milestone-- 2 gigawatts (GW) of installed (..)

Solar Power

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of its interim guidance and additional materials to support the regulatory community in implementing the requirements of the October 4, 2024, final rule for the Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) Application Exclusion Zone (AEZ) (2024 AEZ Rule).

2024

Legal Planet

MARCH 28, 2025

This is the second in a series of posts on the reasons we might have environmental review. Why might we have an environmental review statute such as NEPA when we already have a range of other environmental protection statutes such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and more? The first post is here.

Clean Water Act

PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2025

It works for progress on methane pollution, clean electricity, clean transportation, forests, fisheries and oceans, healthy communities, fuels and feedstocks, agriculture, water, food, carbon markets and other critical environmental challenges. McKean County [PaEN] [Posted: May 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7634 ) -- The Department of Agriculture published notice in the November 23 PA Bulletin announcing the issuance of a Firewood Quarantine Order for firewood from outside the state or traveling through the state unless it is heat treated to prevent the spread of invasive species under the authority of the Plant Pest Act of 1992.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

On February 10, the Department of Environmental Protection and Attorney General Dave Sunday announced the award of $14,866,280 in grants to support 79 local water quality improvement projects. Funded by natural gas pipeline settlement. Read more here.]

Natural Gas

National Law Center

JULY 29, 2025

3, Issue 14 One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Resource Roundup One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Nutrition Title Challenge to California’s Hen Housing Laws Administrative Law Ag & Food Law Update Agencies Agricultural Marketing Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Bureau of Land Management Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.

2013

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 20, 2025

Austin Davis and Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley celebrated the grand opening of the Blacklick Creek Mine Drainage Treatment Facility during an open house event. On March 20, Lt.

2006

A Greener Life

JULY 3, 2025

They are empowering green development to help integrate environmental protection, economic modernization and social progress. Agrivoltaic systems, which combine agriculture with solar energy production, are also scaling in China. Explainer: Why is soil health being degraded worldwide?

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2025

Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Million In CY 2024 Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Fees To Communities, Statewide Programs; $15 Million Less Than Last Year Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3

Recycling

HumanNature

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Beginning with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) release of the report Livestocks Long Shadow in 2006, the totality of the contribution of cattle to livelihoods, food security, and ecosystem services has been questioned when contrasted with their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions and the environmental equilibrium.

Climate Change

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

Environmental Protection Agencys region 5, which covers most of the Great Lakes states. In 2024, the Joyce Foundation examined groundwater governance in the U.S.

Cooling

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Drought Monitor, an assessment of drought conditions used by, for example, the US Department of Agriculture to trigger disaster declarations and eligibility for low-interest loans for farmers across the country. Their research, policies, and environmental protections are essential building blocks for a sustainable and just future.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2025

The county began its Water Quality Monitoring program in 2020, following a 2019 report from the Department of Environmental Protection that claimed York County was the second-highest contributor to key pollutants of nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment entering the Susquehanna River and the Chesapeake Bay.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

JULY 17, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments, and recycled loan repayments from previous PennVEST funding awards. Click Here for a list of projects funded and the PennVEST announcement.

Clean Water Act

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency created the term “Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation”, (CAFO) as part of a regulatory scheme for enforcing the Clean Water Act. CAFOs dominate agriculture in the United States: in 2017, an estimated 99% of all meat sold in the U.S. came from animals confined in CAFOs. Then, the D.C.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency on behalf of the federal government, and the chair of the tri-state, legislative Chesapeake Bay Commission. The original 10 goals have been simplified into four: Thriving Habitats and Wildlife, Clean Water, Healthy Landscapes, and Engaged Communities. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2025

Their study, available online and scheduled for publication in the July issue of the Journal of Environmental Management , revealed that 18%, or 30 out of 167, of private wells sampled exceeded maximum contaminant levels for drinking water set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 15, 2025

The letter notes that funding cuts below fiscal year 2024 levels will undermine environmental protections that promote prosperity and human health of people across the country. State and local agencies have to invest significantly more funds beyond the statutory match requirements to meet their delegation commitments.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Of Agriculture Announces Preservation Of 2,842 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties Dec. Of Agriculture Announces Preservation Of 2,842 Acres Of Farmland In 13 Counties Dec. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. 30 Hearing [Not Jan. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 23, 2025

PA Trout Unlimited; PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Diversity - Equity - Inclusion (DEI) -- David Hess Former Secretary, PA Department of Environmental Protection Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

12-14; Use Your Agricultural Conservation Passport [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Aug. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept.

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 29, 2025

Here are 153 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. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

19 & 21 -- Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts In-Person Workshops On Identification Of On-Farm Resource Concerns & Implementing Conservation Practices Aug. 19-21, Sept. 16-18 [PaEN] -- Registration Open!

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2025

mile tributary of the Potomac River and a Department of Environmental Protection-designated High-Quality Cold-Water Fishery, flows through the properties. Nearly 4,000 feet of Town Creek, a 41.6-mile This stream supports a critically imperiled damselfly species and a rare mussel species in Pennsylvania.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2025

Copy of GP-16 ] The Environmental Quality Board published notice in the April 5 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed regulation changes relating to spill notification and setting a May 15 virtual hearing starting at 1:00 p.m. Read more here. Permits -- Waste Management Disposal Services Of PA , Inc. Butler County. ( Greene County. (

Regulations

National Law Center

JULY 9, 2025

The National Agricultural Law Center compiles and publishes a quarterly newsletter highlighting recent and upcoming events and resources. The newsletter for.

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