PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

So far in 2025, DEP issued 39 violations to 10 shale gas drilling companies for abandoning and not plugging their well, most drilled in the early days of shale gas development in Pennsylvania-- 2009 to 2013. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Chair House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee -- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Failing To Properly Regulate Its Oil & Gas Industry - By Rep.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

We all have a role to play in the restoration and protection of the natural resources that make this region such a special place,” said Harry Stone, past chair of the Ohio River Basin Alliance. Combined with other efforts, restoration investments can ultimately contribute to better health outcomes for people in the region.” “We

Conservation

Circle of Blue

MAY 15, 2025

Some preparatory work was funded in 2009. Army Corps of Engineers This story is part of a Great Lakes News Collaborative series on the relationship between the regions economy and its most abundant natural resource: Water. Marie locks, including that critical iron ore, updating them did not seem to be a priority in Washington.

2009

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2025

Well was drilled in 2009. LPR Energy holds 42 permits. Bialy Gas Production LLC; Chris E. Burke; Edward E. & Frederick J. Craig; Crude A Co - Randy L. The order required the site to be restored by December 31, 2023. The last inspection on September 16, 2024 also found it was not restored. Violations continued. No response requested.

2025

Scientific American

JUNE 12, 2025

“Ignoring the immense harm to public health from power plant pollution is a clear violation of the law,” said Manish Bapna, president and chief executive officer of the Natural Resources Defense Council. They are changing the goal posts that basically eliminate greenhouse gas regulation."

Regulations

Law Columbia

JANUARY 21, 2025

404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec. 404, Rivers and Harbors Act Sec. 10, and Marine Protection Research and Sanctuaries Act Sec.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Room 515 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online.

Electricity

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Click Here to watch live. House Floor. TODAY 1:00: Agenda Posted.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 1, 2025

My work began when my daughter was born in 2009. We have approximately 34 well pads, a compressor station, numerous pipelines, one that is 75 feet on our property, a staging and housing facility, and in addition constant truck traffic. My children began to experience negative health impacts from the oil and gas industry.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 29, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin released the agency’s proposal to rescind the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which has been used to justify over $1 trillion in regulations, including the Biden-Harris Administration’s electric vehicle (EV) mandate. Click Here for the MSC announcement. For more than 15 years, the U.S.

Greenhouse

Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation? Will there be enough water for the state’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource growing scarcer across much of the rest of the nation?

2009

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 16, 2024

million from Cyprus Amax Minerals Company for natural resource damage due to pollution at the American Zinc and Chemical Site in Washington County and will use the money for projects to benefit the environment in the County. On October 16, the Department of Environmental Protection announced it has secured $1.62

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Pennsylvania has won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers. Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Penn State Extension.

2005

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

Technical expertise is provided by the following partners: Department of Agriculture, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, Department of Education, and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

2003

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2021

Click Here to read the entire petition. For more information, visit the PA Environmental Defense Foundation website. Questions should be directed to John E. Childe, attorney for PEDF, by sending email to: childeje@aol.com or calling 717-743-9811.

2009

PA Environment Daily

MAY 27, 2022

“We are immensely proud of these students' accomplishments and wish them all the best as they kick start their careers and take the lessons learned about conservation and natural resources from the Envirothon with them throughout their lives," Seftas added. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Natural Resources

Legal Planet

DECEMBER 15, 2021

My first encounter with Justice Hobbs was at a small lunch-and-learn discussion he held with Berkeley Law students in 2009, shortly after I started the JD program. I attended on a whim. I had never met a judge before, and hadn’t really considered the idea of a clerkship. He struck me as kind and funny (yet earnest), creative, and curious.

2013

Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Will there be enough water for Michigan’s thriving farm sector, and for every other use of a natural resource that is growing scarcer across the nation? Last year, farmers and livestock operations used 187 billion gallons of water – that’s double the amount used in 2009. It’s a question with profound implications.

2021

PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2023

Throughout the week-long competition, students demonstrated their knowledge on soils and land use, aquatic ecology, forestry and wildlife management through written tests and interactive stations featuring New Brunswick’s natural resources. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2024

Technical expertise is provided by the following partners: Department of Agriculture, PA Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Game Commission, Fish and Boat Commission, Department of Education, and the U.S.D.A. Natural Resources Conservation Service.

2024

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

million put into budgetary reserve in 2008-09 from the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources; -- $5 million reduction in Resource Enhancement and Protection (REAP) farm conservation tax credit program in FY 2009-10; -- $102.8 million from DEP, $1.5 million; DCNR: $1.5

2010

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2023

On January 25, the North Branch of the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania has been selected by a public vote as the 2023 Pennsylvania River of the Year , Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn and Janet Sweeney of the PA Organization for Waterways and Rivers (POWR).

2023

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MARCH 28, 2024

USDA Photo by Preston Keres Champions of managed grazing are celebrating USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) call for applications for the Grazing Lands Conservation Initiative (GLCI).

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 11, 2023

The South Mountain Partnership Mini-Grant Program was developed in 2009 and is administered by the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Financial support is provided by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources through the [Growing Greener] Environmental Stewardship Fund. The deadline for applications is May 26.

2023

Enviromental Defense

AUGUST 2, 2024

The federal government first promised to end these subsidies back in 2009. But the job isn’t done The rules released last year only apply to tax measures or spending that comes directly from government departments, like Natural Resources Canada or Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.

Fossil Fuels

Enviromental Defense

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Take action: Tweet at the Minister of Natural Resources Canada, Jonathan Wilkinson, to tell him not to buy CAPP’s greenwashing and take urgent action on climate change by limiting emissions from Canada’s biggest source of pollution – the fossil fuel industry. CAPP is trying to buy and build the social license (ie.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2025

Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4

Conservation

HumanNature

MARCH 15, 2024

Annual review of environment and resources, 34, 405-430. Energy transition is a complex and non-linear process with multiple questions and interdependent factors. In Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies (pp. What is environmental sociology? Environmental Sociology, 1(3), 139-142. Pellow, D., & Roberts, J. Environmental justice.

2023

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Although Mr. Raleigh passed away before he could conserve his land, his niece honored his wishes after she inherited the property and donated the land to the Conservancy in 2009. In accordance with the donor’s wishes, the Conservancy then sold the property, protected with a conservation easement, to a conservation-minded buyer, Ms.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The mission of the Wildlife Leadership Academy is to engage and empower high school age youth to become Conservation Ambassadors to ensure a sustained wildlife, fisheries, and natural resources legacy for future generations. Prior to being the director, she was the Program and Outreach Coordinator, hired in 2009.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The first Pennsylvania Breeding Bird Atlas dates to the mid-late 1980s and the 2nd was completed in 2009. Key supporters of the Atlas include the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology which provided a small grant in 2023 and Department of Conservation and Natural Resources which is providing point count teams key access in state parks.

2029

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 7, 2024

From 2009 through March 2024, the average retail price of electricity leapt by $3.21 per kilowatt hour in Pennsylvania as the state’s share of natural gas increased by 16%. Contributes To Rising Electricity Bills Fracking development may also be contributing to Pennsylvanians’ rising electricity bills.

Regulations

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 1, 2022

On August 1, the 2022 National Conservation Foundation-Envirothon , an international environmental and natural resources education competition for high school students, announced Pennsylvania's Penncrest High School Team from Delaware County placed 10th in the international competition. Forty teams from across the U.S.

2003

PA Environment Daily

JULY 26, 2024

On July 26, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced the designation of a new Wild Plant Sanctuary on private property in York County. Magnolia Groves Wild Plant Sanctuary becomes the nineteenth private tract to be accepted into the Department’s Wild Plant Sanctuary Program.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2021

Pennsylvania has won the International Envirothon competition in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009 and 2017 and frequently places in the top 10 finishers. Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Penn State Extension.

2003