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Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

While DCNR took the lead in managing parks and forests, DEP was entrusted with the vital responsibility of protecting Pennsylvania’s air, land, and water resources, an increasingly complex and critical mission. A Strong Start: Building a Modern Environmental Agency The formation of DEP in 1995 was a strategic step forward.

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Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

She holds a PhD in environmental health engineering from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, was a policy fellow at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and has also worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences

Legal Planet

MARCH 3, 2025

These bills are designed to function similarly to the federal Superfund law, which allows the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to seek funds retroactively from polluters to clean up contaminated sites. The California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) would be the agency tasked with overseeing this effort.

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NEPA in the Supreme Court (Part I)

Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In what could turn out to be another loss for environmental protection in the Supreme Court, the Court is about to decide a major case about the scope of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA). The case, Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v.

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Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River

Inside Climate News

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Protection Act and the Clean Water Act when it approved expanding a Colorado reservoir. By Wyatt Myskow A federal district court judge ruled last week that the U.S.

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Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last Decade

Yale E360

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Between 2012 and 2022, at least 1,910 people advocating for environmental protection were killed worldwide, a new report finds. Read more on E360 →

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EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan

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.

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The Coast Guard and Preventing Environmental Pollution

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.

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Why Native Women’s Voices Are Crucial to Saving Brazil’s Forests

Yale E360

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Cristiane Julião — a member of the Pankararu Indigenous group and co-founder of the National Articulation of Ancestral Warriors Women — challenges the deeply rooted sexism that hinders environmental protection in Brazil. The state needs to listen to women,” she insists. Read more on E360 →

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Filling the gaps from CEQA reform

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

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Introducing the Community Guide to Cumulative Impacts

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Guide The Union of Concerned Scientists and Coming Clean , together with community and environmental justice organizations, co-developed a Guide to help you learn about and organize around cumulative impacts policies.

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How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 1, 2024

This doctrine has played a crucial role in enabling agencies to enforce regulations on complex issues such as environmental protection, public health, and consumer safety. Slower Regulatory Process : The decision introduces a new level of difficulty into the regulatory process.

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Rightwing Authoritarianism vs the Environment

Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Researchers have found links between two psychological dispositions and hostility to environmental protection. Those who reject environmental protection see the harms as falling on others of lower status and become more likely to reject social equality generally.

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Interns Wanted: DEP, DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Paid Internships

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.

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New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

Legal Planet

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Despite the wide range of issues the legislature was contending with, many innovative environmental protection issues advanced, especially those aimed at tackling environmental health challenges in our most disadvantaged communities.

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Registration Now Open For Keep PA Beautiful 2025 Pick Up Pennsylvania! Organize Your Litter Pickup, Beautification Events Now

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.

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City & State PA Hosts April 22 Energy Summit - The Future Of Energy In Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 18, 2025

Panelists will include-- -- Jessica Shirley, Acting Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection -- Stephen M. Greg Vitali , Majority Chair, Environmental & Natural Resources Committee -- Kathryn L. DeFrank , Chair, Public Utility Commission -- Rep. Zerfuss, PUC Commissioner, U.S.

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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Earlier this year, environmental health advocates scored a big win when the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) updated the ethylene oxide sterilizer rule requiring commercial sterilizers to significantly lower their emissions. Overburdened communities are not being protected fast enough by these incremental approaches.

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DEP Awards $600,000 To 12 Community Organizations For Environmental Justice Outreach

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.

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Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 2, 2025

Department of Environmental Protection found that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) was not doing enough to attain the “actual, measurable, and permanent emissions reductions” of the state climate law. In 2016, the landmark decision in Kain v.

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Ford Government Backtracks on Promise to Require EA for Proposed Dresden Dump

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.

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EPA Needs to Listen to the Public. Will New Public Participation Guidance Help?

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Last month, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued updated final guidelines for how the agency plans to “ meaningfully engage ” the public in health and environmental protection.

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Field Notes from India: Climate Adaptation from the Ground Up

Legal Planet

APRIL 1, 2025

The team held focus groups with its members and, to their surprise, the younger members said that to stay relevant for the next half century SEWA had to focus on environmental protection. Out of this emerged the Swaccha Akash campaign building cleaner skies for future generations.

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DEP Publishes Notices On Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company Northeast Supply Enhancement Quarryville Pipeline Loop, Compressor Station Permits/Approval In Chester, Lancaster Counties

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notices in the June 28 PA Bulletin related to permits and approvals needed for the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company’s Northeast Supply Enhancement Quarryville Pipeline Loop and compressor station projects in Chester and Lancaster counties. (

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DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well Orphaned By The Well Owner That Contaminated A Clarion County Family's Drinking Water Well; Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Abandoned Their Wells - 767 Violations So Far In 2024

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.

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President's Proposed Budget Cuts Will 'Incapacitate’ State Environmental Programs - $120+ Million At Risk In DEP’s Budget; Drinking Water, Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Cut 89%

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.

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A Busy Legislative Season in California Adds Up to a More Climate Proof Future

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.

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Senate Urged to Fix Bill C-5 to Protect Democracy and the Environment

Enviromental Defense

JUNE 24, 2025

Canada’s leading environmental law and policy organizations are calling on the Senate to make essential amendments to Bill C-5 before it becomes law. Address De Facto Henry VIII Powers in Section 7(3) Section 7(3) represents an even more troubling affront to constitutional norms.

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Apply Now! Free PA Industrial Energy Audits Available To First 20 Facilities To Apply

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.

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USEPA Releases Draft General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges

Vorys Law

DECEMBER 23, 2024

13, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed draft 2026 Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges (MSGP). On Friday, Dec. The MSGP is a general permit that regulates stormwater discharges from various industrial facilities.

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Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Award Thru January 31

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Special guests will include representatives from the Department of Environmental Protection and America250PA. “We The Litter Hawk Youth Award program was created with funding provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. All winners and their families, guardians and teachers are welcome to attend.

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PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2025

Awardees were evaluated for their degree of environmental protection, innovation, partnership, economic impact, consideration of climate change, sustainability, and environmental justice, as well as outcomes achieved. WESA and 91.3 WYEP in partnership with Appliance Warehouse, eLoop LLC, Liberty Tire and Reworld.

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The New Administration and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Developments — A Conversation with Jim Aidala

Nanotech

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) generally, and key issues the Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) can be expected to tackle.

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Toxic PFAS in Kids’ Gloves Is Just the Tip of the “Forever Chemicals” Iceberg

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.

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Harmful Chemicals in Plastic Are Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and the Environment

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?

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DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 23 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

PA Bulletin - November 23, 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 23 PA Bulletin - pages 7575 to 7635. Read more here. At a related event announcing a new PA Permit Fast Track Program, Gov.

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PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 19

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?

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The Heinz Endowments: Nonprofits, Philanthropy Create Infrastructure To Help Bring Nearly $1 Billion In Regional, Statewide Clean Energy Funding To Pennsylvania

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Nearly $5 billion in federal grants from the US Environmental Protection Agency’s 2024 Climate Pollution Reduction Grants program is also a source of the influx of clean energy funding. billion in clean energy tax credits as of May 2024. This moment has been nearly two years in the making,” said Endowments President Chris DeCardy.

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DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the January 4 PA Bulletin inviting comments on draft Technical Guidance for Maintaining Freeboard and Dewatering of Well Development Impoundments for Unconventional Oil and Gas Operations. [ DEP ID: 800-2200-005 ] The deadline for comments is February 3.

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DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

During a routine inspection on November 27, the Department of Environmental Protection issued a violation to Stonehaven Energy MGT Co. The Latshaw 9 conventional well was first issued a permit as a waste injection well by DEP on June 10, 2014 and by the US Environmental Protection Agency on June 28, 2016.

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EPA Alumni Association: An Open Letter To EPA Administrator & Congress - We’re Not Done Yet!

PA Environment Daily

MAY 21, 2025

On May 19, the EPA Alumni Association wrote the following letter as an Open Letter to current US Environmental Protection Administrator Lee Zeldin and Members of Congress on recent actions to significantly cut EPAs staff and budget-- Last month, Administrator Lee Zeldin of the U.S. Click Here for a copy of the letter.

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More state and local attention to financing can advance sustainable groundwater management

Legal Planet

APRIL 11, 2025

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

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Environmental Hearing Board Denies Supersedeas, Allows Operation Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County During Appeal

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.

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The True Intent of Overturning Chevron: Stifle Agency Rulemaking

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 8, 2024

In effect, judges with no subject matter expertise on the substance of a case will be deciding the technical details and best approach for a huge range of issues in public health, environmental protection, public safety, conservation and more. Well, you guessed it. Everyone else.

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Celebrating 30 Years of Environmental Progress As The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Ask a Scientist: What Value Do Wetlands Provide?

Trending Sources

Making Polluters Pay for Climate Consequences

NEPA in the Supreme Court (Part I)

Federal Court Ruling on a Reservoir Expansion Could Have Big Implications for the Colorado River

Close to 2,000 Environmental Activists Killed Over Last Decade

EPA Releases Vulnerable Species Action Plan

The Coast Guard and Preventing Environmental Pollution

Why Native Women’s Voices Are Crucial to Saving Brazil’s Forests

Filling the gaps from CEQA reform

Introducing the Community Guide to Cumulative Impacts

How the Supreme Court’s Chevron Decision Benefits Big Oil and Gas

Rightwing Authoritarianism vs the Environment

Interns Wanted: DEP, DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Paid Internships

New Environmental Laws Focus on Public Health

Registration Now Open For Keep PA Beautiful 2025 Pick Up Pennsylvania! Organize Your Litter Pickup, Beautification Events Now

City & State PA Hosts April 22 Energy Summit - The Future Of Energy In Pennsylvania

Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

DEP Awards $600,000 To 12 Community Organizations For Environmental Justice Outreach

Massachusetts’ Freedom to Move Act Can Get Transportation on Track

Ford Government Backtracks on Promise to Require EA for Proposed Dresden Dump

EPA Needs to Listen to the Public. Will New Public Participation Guidance Help?

Field Notes from India: Climate Adaptation from the Ground Up

DEP Publishes Notices On Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company Northeast Supply Enhancement Quarryville Pipeline Loop, Compressor Station Permits/Approval In Chester, Lancaster Counties

DEP Plugs Conventional Gas Well Orphaned By The Well Owner That Contaminated A Clarion County Family's Drinking Water Well; Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Abandoned Their Wells - 767 Violations So Far In 2024

President's Proposed Budget Cuts Will 'Incapacitate’ State Environmental Programs - $120+ Million At Risk In DEP’s Budget; Drinking Water, Wastewater Infrastructure Funding Cut 89%

A Busy Legislative Season in California Adds Up to a More Climate Proof Future

Senate Urged to Fix Bill C-5 to Protect Democracy and the Environment

Apply Now! Free PA Industrial Energy Audits Available To First 20 Facilities To Apply

USEPA Releases Draft General Permit for Industrial Stormwater Discharges

Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Accepting Nominations For Litter Hawk Youth Award Thru January 31

PA Resources Council Receives 2025 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence For Hard-To-Recycling Collection Events

The New Administration and Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) Developments — A Conversation with Jim Aidala

Toxic PFAS in Kids’ Gloves Is Just the Tip of the “Forever Chemicals” Iceberg

Harmful Chemicals in Plastic Are Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and the Environment

DEP Posted 60 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In November 23 PA Bulletin

PA Sea Grant/DEP: Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Webinar Set For Nov. 19

The Heinz Endowments: Nonprofits, Philanthropy Create Infrastructure To Help Bring Nearly $1 Billion In Regional, Statewide Clean Energy Funding To Pennsylvania

DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments

DEP Issues Abandoned Well Violation To Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well With Nearly Full Storage Tanks, Expired EPA Permit In Venango County

EPA Alumni Association: An Open Letter To EPA Administrator & Congress - We’re Not Done Yet!

More state and local attention to financing can advance sustainable groundwater management

Environmental Hearing Board Denies Supersedeas, Allows Operation Of Catalyst Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County During Appeal

The True Intent of Overturning Chevron: Stifle Agency Rulemaking

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