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New Satellite Will See Water’s Big Picture

Circle of Blue

Having eyes in the sky, either on airplanes or spacecraft, is transforming environmental monitoring and management. Environmental Protection Agency is leading a coalition to develop a satellite-based program to detect toxin-producing algae in lakes. At sea, they track illegal fishing. Hossain joined the team in 2008.

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Guest Essay: Counties, PEMA Need To Include A Complete Vulnerability Assessment Of All Natural Gas Facilities In State, County Hazard Mitigation Emergency Plans

PA Environment Daily

By Cat (Cathy) Lodge, Washington County Resident My family’s home is in Washington County and we have more Marcellus and Utica Shale natural gas industrial facilities than any other county in Pennsylvania. Counties across the state have witnessed harm from the heavy industrial activity associated with natural gas exploration.

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DEP, Partners Celebrate Earth Day At Schuylkill County Stream Restoration Project; Announce Opening On Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants

PA Environment Daily

On April 22, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the opening of the next round of Growing Greener Plus Grants with a field visit to the Swatara Creek Floodplain Restoration site near Pine Grove Borough with the Schuylkill County Conservation District and other local officials. Click Here for a video from the event.

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DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 16 PA Bulletin

PA Environment Daily

DEP published a second notice formally rescinding the previous 2004 Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the September 16 PA Bulletin the NPDES General Permit for Discharges from the Application of Pesticides (PAG-15) is now available.

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DEP Publishes Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Changing Permit Review Process; Opens Comment Period Setting 9 Public Hearings

PA Environment Daily

On September 16, the Department of Environmental Protection published the Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy in the PA Bulletin that will now guide DEP’s permit application reviews and outreach efforts in environmental justice areas throughout the Commonwealth.

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DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

PA Environment Daily

On January 21, the Department of Environmental Protection announced funding for more than $2.7 million in Alternative Fuel Incentive Grants (AFIGs) to 18 cleaner fuel transportation projects statewide that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other air pollutants. Click Here for a list of grants awarded.

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DEP Issued 754 Notices Of Violation For Defective Oil & Gas Well Casing, Cementing, The Fundamental Protection Needed To Prevent Gas Migration, Groundwater & Air Contamination, Explosions

PA Environment Daily

These violations are particularly serious because both conventional oil and gas wells and unconventional shale gas wells are fracked with high pressure, high volume liquids, chemicals and sand to crack open the rock formations to allow the freer flow of oil and natural gas to the surface. You can do the math.

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