PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

On December 4, the Department of Environmental Protection announced grant awards totaling $600,000 to 12 community organizations across Pennsylvania through the new Pennsylvania Engaging New Voices on Environmental Justice program. Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Justice Government-To-Government grant.

Environmental Protection

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Lead has long been confirmed toxic under Canada’s environmental protection law (CEPA), and DEHP was recently added to the list. These substances are linked to brain damage and ADHD, liver damage, reproductive harms and other devastating diseases. So why are these substances allowed to be in kids’ shoe charms or any other product?

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Residents said both DEP and the US Environmental Protection Agency ignored the history of significant conventional oil and gas well drilling in the area, pointing to more than 100 wells around the proposed injection well site they felt would not provide a secure disposal area for the wastewater. in January, 2024. Read more here.

2024

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Join PA Sea Grant and the Department of Environmental Protection for the upcoming Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum webinar on Groundwater and Climate Change on November 19 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Interested in understanding how climate change affects our groundwater and what it means for the environment and economy?

Climate Change

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

Circle of Blue

JULY 31, 2025

The country has faced drought conditions for the last five years according to the director of the Environmental Protection Organisation Sheena Ansari and the Meteorological Organisation recorded a 40% drop in rainfall over the last four months compared to a long-term average.

Sustainable Development

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On October 23, the Department of Environmental Protection began plugging a conventional gas well orphaned by the well owner that contaminated a family's drinking water well in Vowinckel, Clarion County. Read more here. Visit DEP’s Orphan Well Plugging Grant Program webpage for more information.

2024

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

PA Bulletin, page 7526 ) PA Bulletin - November 16, 2024 Note: The Department of Environmental Protection published 60 pages of public notices related to proposed and final permit and approval/ disapproval actions in the November 16 PA Bulletin - pages 7475 to 7535. Received October 10, Issued October 24, 2024. (

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 17, 2024

The Ohio River Restoration Program Act, modeled after successful initiatives like those in the Great Lakes, the Chesapeake Bay and other major bodies of water, would create an Ohio River National Program Office within the US Environmental Protection Agency to convene states, local governments, interstate compact agencies, tribal nations, and non-governmental (..)

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 3, 2024

They want Canada to list all PFAS chemicals as toxic under Canada’s Environmental Protection Act, and finalize strong rules to keep these chemicals out of the products we use every day. This would make a real difference in protecting our families and our planet.

Government

NAEP Leadership Blog

MAY 22, 2025

coastal waters and shorelines, ensuring swift and effective environmental mitigation. Marine Environmental Protection Program Through its Marine Environmental Response Policy office, the Coast Guard oversees initiatives aimed at preventing and responding to environmental threats.

2010

Circle of Blue

AUGUST 4, 2025

In 1997, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued a No Further Remediation Letter for the site, but many local advocates have demanded Related Midwest perform another remediation ahead of IQMP. Photo © Christiana Freitag A Skeptical Southeast When South Works closed in the 1990s, U.S.

Technology

Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

We negotiated hard with auto makers, recyclers and others for the bill to include robust reporting requirements, producer responsibly and environmental protections. For two years, we worked on SB 615 with Senator Ben Allen to require all EV batteries to be repurposed or recycled.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

The departments of Environmental Protection and Conservation and Natural Resources are now accepting applications for internships in Harrisburg and at a variety of locations around Pennsylvania. The deadline to apply is January 13. Interns are generally paid $17 an hour, but see the job description of each position for all the details.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Residents said both DEP and the US Environmental Protection Agency ignored the history of significant conventional oil and gas well drilling in the area, pointing to more than 100 wells around the proposed injection well site they felt would not provide a secure disposal area for the wastewater. in January, 2024. Read more here.

2024

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2025

On January 8, the Department of Environmental Protection issued permits to Bishop Brothers Construction Company Inc. for the Minard Mine , a surface mining operation for sand, gravel, and sandstone in Athens Township, Bradford County following careful regulatory review and consideration of extensive public comment. acres, of which 150.7

2023

Legal Planet

JULY 7, 2025

Thus, as we consider changes to CEQA to facilitate housing and clean energy, we also need to closely reexamine the overall suite of California environmental law to ensure that in making CEQA work better, we aren’t unintentionally creating loopholes in our existing environmental protections in California. Download as PDF

Endangered Species Act

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

Academy of Natural Sciences

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

According to the Department of Environmental Protection, the city and the surrounding regions are currently in a ‘drought watch.’ Most public parks and private landowners now have fire restrictions in place and some well-known streams and reservoirs are actually shriveling up.

Recycling

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

This stops legislators from rescinding environmental protections when doing so would damage the environment because it would violate the peoples constitutional rights. They give the people power by ensuring those people are not just given a clean environment, but that they are entitled to one.

Climate Change

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

She and her team of volunteers have found more than 1,000 lost and unplugged oil and gas wells, which they promptly reported to the state Department of Environmental Protection. She’s also been sued twice and chased from oil and gas rigs on public lands.

2010

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Events scheduled from March 1 through May 31 receive free trash bags, gloves, and safety vests provided by support from the Department of Environmental Protection and PennDOT, as supplies last. Events must be registered to receive free cleanup supplies.

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

On November 4, Protect PT and Three Rivers Waterkeeper announced they have appealed two permits for the Slickville Pipeline Project issued by the Department of Environmental Protection to the Environmental Hearing Board. mile route.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Classified by the Department of Environmental Protection as a high-quality, cold-water stream, the creek is part of the Juniata River Watershed, which provides recreation and clean drinking water to millions of people.

Conservation

Enviromental Defense

JANUARY 9, 2025

2024 had some bumps in the road for environmental protection. Attacks on nature, clean energy, and livable communities filled the headlines. But what about for 2025? Can we secure a better future despite the regressive forces out there that want to drag us all down?

2025

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Any proposed expansion of facilities would lock Pennsylvanians into more plastic industry buildout, more fracked fossil fuel infrastructure, and more pollution. At the end of the press conference, Moms Clean Air Force delivered 5,000+ signed petitions to Gov.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Annual reporting is a legal requirement under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA). The NPRI is Canadas source of information on the largest emitters of pollutants to air, land and water. A comparison of the production data in Albertas Petrinex system shows systemic underreporting throughout the industry.

Government

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 14, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making significant progress in addressing contamination at the Jackson Ceramix Superfund site in Falls Creek Borough in Jefferson County.

Environmental Protection

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2025

By removing the environmental assessment requirements, Premier Ford is revealing his government’s pave-it-over approach that prioritizes harmful infrastructure projects over environmental protection.

Government

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Environmental Protection agency (EPA) has set maximum contaminant levels for certain PFAS in drinking water; however, enforceable federal standards for PFAS in food products and biosolids have yet to be established. At the national level, the U.S.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the November 30 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a Federal Consistency Determination under the Coastal Zone Management Act for the FDR Park Nature Phase Environmental Restoration Project in the City of Philadelphia.

Clean Water Act

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 23, 2025

About the poll: The survey was conducted with 1,200 adult Canadians over the age of 18 from April 14 to 16, 2025.

Government

PA Environment Daily

JULY 16, 2025

On July 15, the Department of Environmental Protection awarded more than $3.47 million through the Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant (AFIG) program to help local communities purchase alternative fuel vehicles, build out alternative fuel infrastructure, cut costs, and improve air quality in 17 counties across Pennsylvania. “We

Nitrogen Oxides

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 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.

Natural Gas

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 9, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. But only a portion have been thoroughly evaluated for their toxicity due to time, cost, ethical concerns and regulatory limitations. To safeguard public health, researchers at organizations such as the U.S. … Continue reading How do researchers determine how toxic a chemical is?

Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan and all other Executive Council members must be there as well. Maryland Governor Wes Moore, Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, and Bay Commission Chair Virginia Delegate David Bulova have already confirmed their attendance.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundations Events webpage and DCNRs Calendar of Events for activities happening near you. For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNRs website. Resource Links: -- Gov.

Conservation