PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 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. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. House Floor.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

On January 15, the Shapiro Administration said the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has made significant progress in sustainably managing and enhancing Pennsylvanias public lands. Resource Links: -- Gov. For more information on state parks and forests and recreation in Pennsylvania, visit DCNRs website.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. acre site for the construction of 15 data center buildings by NP Hazleton Holdings, LLC submitted the application for the Project Hazelnut in Pittston Township, Luzerne County. ( acre warehouse project site in Falls Township, Bucks County by NP Falls Township Industrial, LLC. (

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 27, 2025

Environmental Protection Agencys Chesapeake Bay Program recounted Chesapeake Bay jurisdictions big wins from the year. Resource Link: -- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffers Thru April 2 [PaEN] [Posted: January 27, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

On January 6, the Department of Environmental Protection reported its staff conducted over 107,000 inspections to protect Pennsylvanians constitutional right to clean air, pure water, and a healthy and safe environment. DEP also responded to 410 environmental emergencies, like spills from traffic accidents to chemical fires.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2025

12 Abandoned Conventional Wells DEP has a new initiative underway in 2025 to inspect conventional oil and gas wells that have never been inspected before to ensure the safest oil and gas production possible. DEP issued the original violations for failure to restore the well pad and the water impoundment on July 14, 2017. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 24, 2025

. -- SRBC also published notice in the January 25 PA Bulletin announcing the registration of five grandfathered water withdrawals in December. formal notice ) Permits -- Grings Hill Business Park, LLC - Grings Hill Warehouse Park: DEP invites comments on a proposed denial of an Individual Stormwater NPDES permit for the 54.48 Berks County. (

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2024

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. House Floor. House Floor.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 25, 2025

On March 25, the departments of Transportation and Environmental Protection and Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful invited the public to be part of the 2025 Pick up Pennsylvania litter cleanup initiative by organizing or volunteering for local cleanup events in their communities. Posted: March 25, 2025] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2025

Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) or identified by a local government for flood mitigation are eligible for the program. -- Greenways, Trails And Recreation Program : Projects which involve development, rehabilitation and improvements to public parks, recreation areas, greenways, trails and river conservation.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2024

On October 8, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn announced that Pennsylvanians now have the opportunity to nominate their favorite trail for the 2025 Trail of the Year. The Trail of the Year will be announced in early 2025. “If

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 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. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. House Floor.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2025

On April 17, 2025, DEP issued a notice of violation to Laurel Mountain Production based on an April 14 inspection for failure to close and restore the Stacey Road Freshwater Impoundment in Perry Township, Clarion County after the facility was not used for seven years. DEP classified the facility as abandoned.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 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. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Notice: See You February 10 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.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved PJMs proposed Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI), allowing new natural gas-fired power plants to jump to the front of the interconnection queue for fast-track reviewahead of the clean energy projects that comprise 97.5% of the proposed generation in the queue.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

On November 15, the Department of Environmental Protection announced the award of $402,021 to support 10 local projects to protect and restore the Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone. Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit Feb. 12 (In-Person), Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2025

PA Bulletin, page 3176 ) 2025 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2025, DEP received or acted on 59 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 27, 2025

On March 20, the Department of Environmental Protection told the Oil and Gas Technical Advisory Board the US Department of the Interior has "withdrawn" the Orphan Oil and Gas Well Regulatory Improvement Act Grant Program designed to help states strengthen their programs, in particular to prevent future oil and gas well abandonments.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2025

On April 23, Department of Environmental Protection Acting Secretary Jessica Shirley and members of the Lancaster Clean Water Partners gathered at the Blue Green Connector Project to celebrate stream and floodplain restoration investments on Little Conestoga Creek. to Noon -- Williamsport Sun: Sen.

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AUGUST 2, 2022

Southeastern states are seeing saltwater intrusion the fastest, with the Maryland Geological Survey estimating an increase of 15 percent in state salinity by 2025. The process can be thought of like a seesaw, explained Holly Michael, director of the Delaware Environmental Institute. It’s a balance between the land and the sea.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2025

On April 7, the House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee amended and reported out House Bill 109 (Vitali-D-Delaware) establishing an environmental justice permit review program in DEP to consider cumulative impacts of pollutants on communities already burdened by pollution by a vote of 14 to 12-- Republicans opposing.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 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. Snowden at dsnowden@pa.gov or (717) 783-8846. House Floor.

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Law Columbia

APRIL 10, 2025

This follows a decade of record-breaking temperatures, with the World Meteorological Organization concluding that the past ten years 2025-2024 are the ten warmest years on record. These laws are administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE). o C above pre-industrial levels.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

The symposium is sponsored by Penn State Extension, the Department of Environmental Protection, the PA Water Resources Research Center , and the Penn State College of Agriculture Sciences. March 24-- Penn State Extension Ag Water Series Webinar: Countywide Clean Water Plans - Beyond 2025. Noon to 1:00 p.m. Harrisburg.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2024

This project represents a step forward in managing stormwater, enhancing biodiversity and promoting environmental stewardship. The rain gardens were made possible by the Growing Greener Grant from the Department of Environmental Protection, with matching funds provided by Findlay Township.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2024

The cost of lining up those resources has skyrocketed—by a factor of almost seven—to a record high level. Electricity bills for the 65 million people in the region could increase by as much as 29% starting in June 2025—and it may be only the beginning unless swift action is taken by PJM. MW-Day For 2025/26 Delivery Compared To $28.92/MW-Day

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MAY 8, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency agreed to a timeline for updating water pollution standards for meat and poultry factories. The agency must complete its rulemaking by August 31, 2025. It is a centerpiece of agency authority to interpret broad directives from Congress, especially environmental laws.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 17, 2024

Click Here for copies of the Plans. -- The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the May 18 PA Bulletin announcing it is extending the NPDES General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13) until a new PAG-13 is reissued. The deadline for comments is June 17.

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Circle of Blue

OCTOBER 20, 2021

That’s 47 times the federal Environmental Protection Agency’s “action level,” though no amount of lead is considered safe. Environmental Protection Agency, asking the agency to provide an “immediate emergency supply of safe drinking water” along with other remedies.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Luzerne County [PaEN] -- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council To Hear Update On State Budget, Chesapeake Bay Program March 26 [PaEN] -- PUC To Hold Hearings Starting April 7 On Proposed UGI Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 10.8% Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The addition of the Beaver Branch property highlights ClearWaters mission to conserve and restore central Pennsylvanias natural resources for future generations. The eastern portion of the property includes the Beaver Branch Gorge Biological Diversity Area , a Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Area.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 25, 2023

On its tentative agenda is consideration of its FY 2025 budget, a climate change resolution and water withdrawal requests, including eight shale gas drilling operations-- 1 in Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek. Grants -- The Department of Environmental Protection announced it is now accepting applications for $2.6

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 13, 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. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 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. House Democratic Policy Committee hearing on Get The Lead Out.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 15, 2025

This launch comes after the Department of Environmental Protection discontinued the use of its Chapter 102 E-Permitting system. Visit the Indiana County Conservation District website for more information on conserving local natural resources. Click Here to access the Districts Permit Submittal Tool.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2024

The Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership is helping to get Pennsylvania on track for its 2025 Chesapeake Bay pollution reduction goals. Joe Hallinan, manager of the partnership for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation said they plan to distribute 100,000 trees each spring and fall, to reach the goal of 10 million new trees in the state by 2025.

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