PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

12 Water Conservation Best Practices Roundtable In Berks County [PaEN] -- Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Welcomes Ag Progress Days Visitors To Learn More About Healthy Soil, Conservation [Aug. 5-7 [PaEN] -- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Free Virtual Bugs, Balance, and Biodiversity Forest Health Program, Sept.

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 2, 2024

1 Electricity Price Changes; Rates Will Vary From 8.4% Decrease To 31.2% 11 Pasture Walk In Franklin County Reforest Our Future Patch Project Creates Mini-Forests In Beaver County Community Chesapeake Bay Foundation: 'Get Real' When Considering A Christmas Tree Brodhead Watershed Association Water At Risk: What's Behind Backyard Trash Burning Bans?

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities. Posted: June 13, 2025] PA Environment Digest

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

2,070 conventional wells-- 66% of those abandoned wells were not required to have a well plugging bond by law. 2,070 conventional wells-- 66% of those abandoned wells were not required to have a well plugging bond by law. 753 well owners covering 81,396 wells did report. 4,946 well owners were required to report. Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

1 At The Southeast Agricultural Research Farm In Centre County [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valleys Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Educational Programs; Tree Planting; Hikes; Summer Camps -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Its Spring! Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- Scranton Times: Proposed State Senate Bill To Fast Track Data Centers, Limit Local Zoning [ Senate Bill 939 ] [ PDF of Article ] -- ReedSmith Law Firm: The A.I.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Fellows were selected through a competitive process that involved review panels composed of national experts in marine science, policy, and education. Nathaniel says, “I have always been incredibly passionate about marine conservation and the interface of science and law in making positive change for our oceans.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

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] PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED June 14 to 19.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2025

Of Conservation Districts’ Trash Cleanup Challenge Brentwood-Baldwin-Whitehall Multi-Municipal Shade Tree Commission Member Donna McCrea Recognized With Keep PA Beautiful Community Pride Award In Allegheny County Coterra Energy Fined $299,000 For Contaminating 13 Private Water Supplies In Lenox Twp., 20, Crawford County; Annual Dinner Sept.

Clean Air Act

National Law Center

JULY 29, 2025

Additionally, the Supreme Court found that when considering whether an agency’s NEPA report complies with the law, reviewing courts should grant “substantial deference” to the agency. National Environmental Policy Act NEPA was signed into law on January 1, 1970.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities. Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Webinar On The Pennsylvania Right To Farm Law. September 25-- Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators. June 10-- Virtual. Harrisburg.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

DEP’s Bureau of Radiation Protection also leads public education efforts, including radon awareness and mitigation, earning national recognition for its comprehensive safety programs. billion to date for reclamation efforts.

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

MAY 18, 2025

4-8 [PaEN] -- Penn State University To Host Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 4-8 [PaEN] -- Penn State University To Host Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 4-8 [PaEN] -- Penn State University To Host Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Visit DEPs Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Natural Gas

Acoel

APRIL 23, 2025

This year marks my 50 th year practicing environmental law. In NYC, I met my wife, Katy, a graduate student at Columbia, and we jointly decided to apply to law schools in NYC, DC, and Boston. UT Law was (and is) an exceptional law school; remarkably, tuition back then was even less than the cost of our textbooks.

Law

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

” states Theresa McClenaghan, Executive Director and Counsel, Canadian Environmental Law Association. Under federal pesticide law, the health minister may establish an independent panel to review decisions when there is scientific doubt about the validity of the risk assessment on which the decision was based.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

During this visit, a Penn State Extension Educator will take pictures of the well to document its condition, as well as GPS coordinates. Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities. September 25-- Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators. June 24- - Virtual.

2025

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Kober This profile was first published on the PA Conservation Heritage website-- Paul O. A highlight of his college years was studying in Vienna, Austria during his junior year at the Vienna Center of the Institute of European Studies (IES), where he broadened his liberal arts education with courses in history, philosophy, and art history.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2025

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] PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED June 14 to 19.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

I expect this new law will help to curb illegal dumping in our city and am proud to have sponsored it.” Clean Philadelphia NOW’s “End Legacy Dumping, Break the Cycle” citywide campaign calls for systemic change – prevention, abatement, enforcement, and education – to permanently end dumping in Philadelphia by 2028.

Law

Law Columbia

MAY 7, 2025

The request follows similar initiatives at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas (ITLOS, see here and here ), the International Court of Justice (ICJ, see here and here ), and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR, see here ). 24, African Charter), the right to education (art.

Climate Change

National Law Center

JUNE 10, 2025

However, the court disagreed, concluding that Swampbuster is a valid exercise of Congress’s spending power and that the law should be upheld. Background Swampbuster is the term commonly used to refer to provisions of the Highly Erodible Land and Wetland Conservation program that address wetland conservation. 5 U.S.C. §

2013

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

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 10, 2025

Visit the Penn State Extension website to learn more about many other educational opportunities. Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Webinar On The Pennsylvania Right To Farm Law. September 25-- Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators. June 10-- Virtual. Harrisburg.

Law

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2025

To help agriculture professionals just beginning their journey in agricultural conservation, the Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training , administered by Penn State Extension, is holding a June 24 webinar-- Conservation Cornerstone: Pennsylvania Right to Farm Laws -- from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2025

Shippensburg University, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Host South Mountain Climate & Land Use Exploration For Educators August 6- - In-Person. DCNR Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Grant Applications. 29 [PaEN] -- First Come, First Served: Applications Now Being Accepted For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Through Sept.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

Noon. -- DEP: Widespread Non-Compliance With Environmental Laws Continues In Conventional Oil & Gas Industry; 3,108+ Abandoned Wells; At Least 85% Conventional Well Owners Fail To Submit Production, Waste, Well Integrity Reports [PaEN] -- Rep. DEP Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board meeting.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 23, 2025

Resource Links: -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX [4.10.23] -- On Feb.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 28, 2025

million, the largest grant to any state from the federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. States and tribes will lead project selection and oversee implementation, ensuring solutions are customized to local needs and conditions. Pennsylvania will receive $244.8 Since 2022, Pennsylvania has received $979.3

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2025

Smucker -- Republican Herald: Hunger In Schuylkill County To Rise Amid Food Stamp Cuts, Official Say -- York Dispatch: Impact Of President’s Tax, Spending Law On York County? Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

2026

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Energypath brings together a diverse audience of industry leaders, policymakers, students, educators, and community advocates to explore the future of sustainable energy. And that starts with education. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. And right now, we need that inspiration.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

WeConservePA will honor Cynthia Carrow with the 2025 Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award at its PA Land Conservation Conference in State College on April 2-5. Cynthia Carrow began her career at the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy (WPC) in March of 1973, more than 51 years ago. In 1996, Ms.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2025

Shippensburg University, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Host South Mountain Climate & Land Use Exploration For Educators August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Penn State Extension Wednesday Water Series Webinar - Understanding Your Home Water Test Results.

Clean Air Act

National Law Center

JULY 8, 2025

The webinar is the latest installment in the NALC’s “Western Water” Webinar Series, which highlights pressing water law issues in the Western United States. NALC Director Harrison Pittman said the “Western Water” Webinar Series plays an important role in sharing legal insight on water law across the country.

2013

Vermont Law

OCTOBER 31, 2024

law applies. NOAA is responsible for research of the ocean and weather, conservation of the ocean, management of fisheries, and the protection of marine endangered species. Twelve nautical miles from shore to sea are the territorial waters, where full U.S.

Ocean

Circle of Blue

MAY 12, 2025

The supply of fresh water is essential to our quality of life and creates a competitive advantage for our region, said Howard Learner, executive director of the Chicago-based Environmental Law and Policy Center. Laws and policies could also use a refresh. Midwesterners understand the importance of the Great Lakes. A month from now?

Politics

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Dedication to upholding the Constitution and the Rule of Law is irrelevant. ENRD has a history of cultivating excellent attorneys, some of whom move on to advising and representing all manner of clients as lawyers in law firms, as in-house counsel for companies, and as staff in public service organizations. ENRD is expendable.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Webinar On Sustaining The State Park, Forest System And Growing PAs Outdoor Recreation Economy. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Noon to 1:00 p.m. May 22-- Agenda Posted. May 22-- Virtual.

Electricity