PA Environment Daily

MAY 1, 2023

Twenty-one school, business and community projects were honored with the 2023 Governor's Award for Environmental Excellence. The last parcel of this property was put under conservation easement in March, 2022. As a result, the full 1,505 acres— which could have become a 700-house subdivision— remain contiguous open space.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Pursue Your Constitutional Right To A Clean Environment In Pennsylvania House next voting day Dec. 11, 12, 13 -- Committee Schedule Senate next voting day Dec. to -25.7%) ] -- PUC: Proposed Settlement With PPL To Resolve Widespread Consumer Billing Issues, $1 Million Penalty -- MCall: PPL To Pay Fines, Forgive Costs Totaling $17.2 Take A Hike!

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

-- EQB To Meet Nov. In State College On Game Day -- Better Path Coalition Invites Submissions For ‘Worth Protecting’ Photo Book For New Governor, Legislators [PaEN] -- NRDC Blog: How Clean Is Pennsylvania’s New Hydrogen Subsidy? 14 Webinar On Streamside Tree Planting Effectiveness [PaEN] -- ??

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Frontiers

JUNE 5, 2023

Ammonia: ​a cost-effective priority for cleaner air​ China International Champion Prof Baojing Gu from Zhejiang University presented a game-changing map of how nitrogen emissions contribute to deadly air pollution, plus an analysis showing that ammonia is a better target than nitrogen oxides for tackling this global health threat.

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MGKF Law

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

On September 14, 2023, in Conservation Law Foundation v. Academy Bus , a Massachusetts District Court held that the members of the Conservation Law Foundation (the “Foundation”) lacked standing to challenge the idling of buses under the Clean Air Act (“CAA”). Conservation Law Found.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire December 25 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 20, 2023

21 [PaEN] -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the January 21 PA Bulletin a new application period for the Community Conservation Partnerships Grant Program. PA Bulletin, page 541 ) -- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. The deadline for applications is April 5.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The 2023 floods in Planada and other nearby areas are a clear example of how a lack of climate resilience and inadequate disaster-mitigation infrastructure is affecting these communities. Reducing the incidence of severe wildfires would indirectly benefit people in the Central Valley by improving air quality. Like in this photo.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 1, 2023

PA Bulletin, page 7434 ] Air Permits -- Coterra Energy, Inc. Wood E Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP issued an Air Quality Plan Approval for multiple air pollution sources for the facility located in Dimock Twp., Fayette County. [ Washington County. [ Susquehanna County. [ York County. [ York County. [ Washington County. [

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire November 20 PA Environment Digest 75 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Shapiro Administration Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence State Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

The February 6 PA Environment Digest is now available. 28 to Feb. 3 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 28 to Feb. 3 PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - Feb. 17 - Apply For USDA Rural Energy For America Program, G.E.T.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2023

Capitol Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: May 14, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2023

Steel Reaches Tentative Settlement Over Air Pollution Following 2018 Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Plant [No Specifics Yet] -- WHYY: Philly Officials Say Water Is Safe After Bucks County Chemical Spill, How Do We Know That? -- NextPittsburgh: DEP Awards $3.7

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 25, 2023

. -- NOTE: Rodney R. Akers, Esq. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available [PaEN] -- MCall: Lehigh Valley Community Speaks Out Against Proposed Massive Slate Belt Warehouse Park -- LancasterOnline: Park City, Conestoga River Areas Key To Lancaster’s Plan For Development -- DCNR: Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 12, 2023

On January 12, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced an investment of $11.8 New Grant Rounds Opening The 2023 grant round will open on January 17 and close April 5. Visit DCNR’s Community Conservation Partnerships Program (C2P2) webpage for more information.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

In just the first half of 2023, over 670,000 EVs were sold with over 80 percent of those fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs ). Florida and Texas are now second and third in cumulative EV sales, despite state leadership that has been antagonistic towards EVs and a more conservative-leaning population.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2024

On June 10, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society in collaboration with Aqua Pennsylvania , and local conservation districts, are joining forces to announce the 2024 grant recipients of their vital tree planting grant program, “ Trees for Watersheds.” In 2023, the Trees for Watersheds grant helped this group plant 145 trees. “At

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed standards on carbon pollution from fossil-fuel-fired power plants ( Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2023-0072-0001 ). Additionally, medical research shows that air pollution from carbon-based fuels claims up to 200,000 American lives each year.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

GT Thompson, Chair of the US House Agriculture Committee; Members Of The PA In The Balance Farm Conservation Initiative Team; Student Jessica Herr [PaEN] -- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Jane Cook Leads By Example In Lehigh Valley [PaEN] -- PA Assn. 16 In State College [PaEN] -- Western PA Conservancy: Dec. 26 to Nov. 26 to Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Below are examples of going the WRONG WAY on environmental and energy issues from last week’s articles and NewsClips-- -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept. /DEP

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 17 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Inside Climate News: Gov. 27 Released 1.1

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Natural Gas Renewable Energy Waste Climate Change 93

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

formal notice ) Grants -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the February 3 PA Bulletin announcing the opening of a new grant round for ATV/Snowmobile Project Grants. Visit the Board webpage for options on attending the meeting remotely. Contact Laura Chambers at lchambers@pa.gov or 717-772-5158.

Nitrogen Oxides 90

Nitrogen Oxides Environmental Protection Ozone Regulations 90

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

27 - Public Invited To Submit Questions To Transportation Groups Urge DEP To Temporarily Halt Operations At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; File 2nd Notice Of Intent To Sue For Air Pollution Violations Center For Coalfield Justice Feb. Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: February 20, 2023] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Senate Environmental Committee Meets May 10 On Bills To Narrow Grounds For Appealing DEP Actions, ‘Stream Cleaning,’ Renaming DEP To The Dept.

Recycling 93

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

2023 Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona [PaEN] -- Inquirer: These Philly High School Kids Are Trying To Clean The Schuylkill River - With Mussels -- Western PA Conservancy Hosts April 18 Webinar On Helping Elk Creek Thrive In Erie County [PaEN] -- PA Society For Ornithology Third Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 9-19, Sign Up Now!

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Natural Gas Conservation Fossil Fuels Climate Change 70

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

Files Petition To Designate Parts Of Donegal Township Unsuitable For Coal Mining In Westmoreland County National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grants; Webinar Jan. 28 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Homer City Generation Station In Indiana County National Assn.

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Natural Resources Conservation Recycling Air Pollution 96

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2024

Background CNX reported on air monitoring from two monitors at each site-- one upwind and one downwind-- for a limited number of parameters-- Particulate Matter 2.5 No information from CNX correlated well development, waste handling, spills or unanticipated air pollution releases or other activities at any of the well pads or other sites.

Natural Gas 137

Natural Gas Air Pollution Fossil Fuels Regulations 137

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2023

The theme for the 2023 workshop is “Environmental and Policy Challenges and Opportunities” and will focus on fostering data-driven and multi-stakeholder discussions on the environmental and social impacts of unconventional energy development. Penn State is not making the Workshop available online.] Click Here to register for the workshop.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 5, 2023

As 2023 draws to a close, Jamie Stroble, Director of Climate Action and Resilience reflects on the link between healthy community relationships and a healthy climate. Many of these organizations, such as The Nature Conservancy, benefit from a long legacy of major donors and have cultivated significant influence over time.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2023

Washington County [PaEN] -- WHYY: Cancer-Causing Benzene Will Not Be Monitored At Former Philadelphia Refinery Site In 2023 -- DEP Declares Air Quality Action Day Thursday, Dec. 29 In Allegheny County, Susquehanna Valley Areas -- DEP Declares Air Pollution Action Day In Allegheny County For Friday, Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 5, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: June 5, 2023] PA Environment Digest The June 5 PA Environment Digest is now available. Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues. Click Here for a Calendar of Upcoming Events.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. For Natural Gas Explosion Destroying Home/Business In Greene County Clean Air Council, FracTracker Alliance Sept. 28 DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Sept. Lehigh County Register Now!

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Natural Gas Electricity Conservation Air Pollution 74

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 12, 2024

Both faculty and student researchers at Penn State Altoona will partner with Shell Pipeline Company LP to study the effects of pipeline right-of-way vegetation management on flora and fauna, with a goal of maintaining habitats and biodiversity through strategic conservation practices.

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Recycling Biofuels Air Pollution Carbon Emissions 84

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JUNE 14, 2023

Photo credit: USDA Editor’s Note: This guest post by Michael Happ, Program Associate for Climate and Rural Communities at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, (IATP), discusses how popular conservation programs should focus on small-scale and sustainable farms, not industrial-scale farms. water resources.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

Under “Respect our shared night sky,” the groups recommended-- -- Reduce overnight lighting -- Share the Exterior Lighting Study report -- Provide shielding, filtering and energy-conserving technology per the International Dark Sky Association.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2024

The Beaver County Environmental Mitigation Community Fund was created as part of a May 2023 consent order and agreement signed between DEP and Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC that resolved air quality violations at the Shell plant from October 2022 through April 2023. Read more here. Read more here. Read more here.

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