PA Environment Daily

MAY 30, 2023

House holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 5, 6, 7, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events WEDNESDAY 1:30: PA Recycling Markets Center Webinar Environmental Justice Issues For Recycling Facilities , 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.

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Natural Gas Nuclear Power Recycling Cooling 109

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Support A Massive Recycling Plant In Erie That Will Make Plastics For Steelmaking? -- DCNR Makes Fall Foliage Experts Available; Offers Tips On Foliage Trips; Weekly Foliage Reports Begin Sept. Visit the Committee webpage for options to join the meeting remotely. 26 -- DCED: It’s Fall-ier In Pennsylvania!

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- House Committee OKs Increase In Per Ton Recycling Fee To Support Local Recycling Programs, Waste Disposal Planning [PaEN] -- NextPittsburgh: Is Hyperlocal Recycling The Future?

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Recycling 2025 Conservation Waste 66

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

. - Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- PUC To Hold Hearings Starting April 7 On Proposed UGI Gas Rate Increase Of Up To 10.8% -- PUCs Be Utility Wise Conference Attracts About 150 Community Providers, Empowers Frontline Advocates -- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA, Climate Action Campaign Host March 24 Webinar On Impacts Of Climate (..)

Nuclear Power 53

Nuclear Power Recycling Conservation Natural Gas 53

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

House Committee Meets On Recycling Fee, Farm Solar The House Local Government Committee is scheduled to hold a voting meeting on House Bill 223 (Isaacson-D-Philadelphia) increasing the recycling fee on municipal waste disposed in the state to $5/ton from $2/ton ( sponsor summary ).

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Recycling Natural Gas Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 77

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 3, 2024

June 4-- House Environmental Resources & Energy Committee meets to consider House Bill 2241 (Siegel-D-Lehigh) providing for the recycling of lithium batteries ( sponsor summary ). Room 523 Irvis Building. Click Here to watch online. Room 205 Ryan Building. Click Here to watch online.

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Natural Gas Nuclear Power Renewable Energy Natural Resources 113

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 5, 2024

. - A Life Dedicated To The River's Flow [PaEN] -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Marshall Middle School Wins Western PA Science Bowl, Moves On To Nationals In April -- MCall: Judge Upholds Lehigh Valley Township’s Ruling Against Building Warehouses On Golf Course -- Spotlight PA: PA Pays Property Owners For Land Lost To Eminent Domain, But (..)

Nuclear Power 107

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Conservation 2024 107

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

2024 Act 2 Oil & Gas Facility Pollution Cleanups So far in 2024, DEP received or acted on 244 Act 2 Land Recycling notices related to oil and gas facility site cleanups. No deadline set for follow-up actions. DEP inspection report. Read more here.

Natural Gas 108

Natural Gas 2024 2023 2017 108

PA Environment Daily

JULY 8, 2024

commercial nuclear power industry. The accident occurred at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant Unit 2 near Middletown, a few miles downstream from Harrisburg. We had a pleasant and very substantive call, about the press treatment of the incident, the NRC's role, the implications for nuclear power, and so on.

Nuclear Power 95

Nuclear Power Radiation 2002 Cooling 95

PA Environment Daily

JULY 14, 2024

14 Hearing [If Requested] On Title V Air Quality Permit For Gas-fired Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Aug. 14 Hearing [If Requested] On Title V Air Quality Permit For Gas-fired Hummel Station Power Plant In Snyder County [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Aug. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

Nuclear Power 83

Nuclear Power 2024 Carbon Dioxide Conservation 83

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Senate returns to voting session Feb. 27, 28, March 1, 6, 7, 8 -- Committee Schedule -- March 7-- Governor’s Budget Address House returns to voting session Feb. 21, 22, 23, 27, 28, March 1 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear Updates From Oil & Gas, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Programs Feb.

Natural Gas 110

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Electricity 2017 110

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2023

Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN] -- Rep. MGD Out-Of-Basin Transfer [PaEN] -- Republicans On Senate Committee Report Out Bill Allowing General Assembly To Kill Regulations By Doing Nothing [PaEN] -- U.S.

Natural Gas 97

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Regulations 2023 97

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 11, 2024

Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 15-18 [PaEN] -- Juniata College Raystown Field Station: Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor Course June 29-30 [PaEN] -- Natural Lands Preserves 95 Acres Of Forest, Waterways, Historical Farm In Chester County [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Wildlife As Pets?

Nuclear Power 108

Nuclear Power Radiation Carbon Emissions Natural Resources 108

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Good Luck Finding Land -- WHYY: Why Do We Love The Way Autumn Smells?

Nuclear Power 62

Nuclear Power Climate Change Recycling Greenhouse 62

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

Meuser ] -- DEP: New Location For May 21 Meeting/Hearing On The Renewal Of The Air Quality Permit For Covanta Municipal Waste Combustion Units In Montgomery County [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments At May 29 Hearing On Blythe Recycling and Demolition Landfill Permit Renewal In Schuylkill County [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Do The Owners Of The (..)

Natural Gas 101

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Waste Recycling 101

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

Plucked From Front Yards Escalating Rising Tensions -- Aqua Pennsylvania, PA Environmental Council Award More Than $55,000 In Local Grants To Protect Your Drinking Water In Southeast Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Webinar Series To Focus On Successful Tree And Shrub Planting Starting April 28 -- Saint Vincent College: Angela Belli Receives (..)

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Earth Day Natural Gas Air Pollution Natural Resources 53

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Maybe [Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Restart] -- PA Capital-Star:/Grist: As Pennsylvania Chooses Next President, Its Unions Are Choosing Clean Energy -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania Saw 4.6% Billion Plastics Recycling Facility In Northumberland County -- Williamsport Sun - In Memoriam: Gordon L.

Natural Gas 108

Natural Gas Clean Energy Nuclear Power Politics 108

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

. -- November 21 PA Environment Digest Now Available [PaEN] -- UPDATED: After 14 Days, Efforts To Stop A Natural Gas Leak At A Cambria County Underground Gas Storage Area Have Apparently Been Successful [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Plugged With Cement, Company Says, Capping A 14 Day Leak -- AP: Equitrans: (..)

Nuclear Power 62

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Recycling Politics 62

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Yaw’s Senate Bill 284.

Nuclear Power 62

Nuclear Power Recycling Fossil Fuels Pollution Control 62

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 6, 2023

25 to March 3; More Well Plugging Sites Inspected PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 4 Independent Fiscal Office Reports 4th Quarter 2022 Natural Gas Production Decreased 1.6%; Average Price Increased By 82.5%

Natural Gas 97

Natural Gas Climate Change Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 97

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Shapiro, State Lawmakers To Do More To Curb Emissions -- The Guardian: ‘We’re Not Doomed Yet:’ University Of Pennsylvania Climate Scientist Michael Mann On Our Last Chance To Save Human Civilisation -- Beaver County Times: NRC Approves Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant License Transfer To Vistra -- WNEP: Bloomsburg Considering Solar Power For Public (..)

Fossil Fuels 108

Fossil Fuels Nuclear Power Conservation Solar Power 108

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

20: Using Land From Cities To Farms To Increase Sustainability , 4:00 p.m. -- North Branch Land Trust: Jan.

Conservation 82

Conservation Natural Gas Electricity 2024 82

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

How Utilities And States Are Responding To PJM’s Record Electricity Capacity Prices [Part 1 of 3] -- Utility Dive: PJM Considers Fast-Track Review For Shovel-Ready Electric Generation Projects [Part 2 of 3] -- Utility Dive: Increasing Capacity Of Existing Generation, Batteries, Demand Response May Offer Near-Term Responses To Record PJM Electricity (..)

Nuclear Power 76

Nuclear Power Electricity Conservation Recycling 76

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- EQT Corporation - Master Splinter Shale Gas Well Pad: DEP received a Final Report on remediation of soil contaminated with chloride, aluminum, barium, lithium, manganese, selenium, strontium, vanadium, boron, zinc, and iron for the pad located in Somerset Twp., PA Bulletin, page 6496 ) Read more here.

Natural Gas 116

Natural Gas Air Pollution Waste Nuclear Power 116

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2024

. -- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Agriculture To Get Greater Voice In Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort -- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: $40 Million+ Heading To PA Farms To Increase Climate Resilience -- Lower Susquehanna Source Water Protection Partnership Holds Virtual Meeting Dec.

Natural Gas 82

Natural Gas Nuclear Power 2025 Carbon Emissions 82

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 4, 2021

12-14 [PaEN] -- Talen Energy: Announces Bitcoin Zero-Carbon Mining Joint Venture Connected To The Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant -- Power Magazine: Group Buys PA Coal Refuse Plants To Power Bitcoin Mining -- Mining People Magazine: No.

Nuclear Power 62

Nuclear Power 2021 Recycling Air Pollution 62

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 6, 2024

8 On Hydrogen Hubs, Data Centers, Food Processing Residuals, PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Regulation [PaEN] -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Nuclear Energy Growing, But Power Demand Still A Problem -- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nuclear Power At Three Mile Island Plant Is No Climate Solution, Why Would Anyone Tempt Fate? -

Conservation 83

Conservation Nuclear Power Natural Gas Waste 83

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Monitoring Starts In Schuylkill County -- Shapiro Administration Commends 3 PA Schools For Environmental Efforts As Green Ribbon Schools -- National Energy Technology Laboratory: Winners In Western PA, West Virginia Science Bowl Competed In National Science Bowl -- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces 5 Recipients (..)

Conservation 83

Conservation Nuclear Power Waste 2024 83

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 12, 2023

Shapiro’s Budget Supports Outdoor Recreation Economy, Park And Forest Infrastructure -- The Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania Hosts March 17 In-Person Panel Discussion Of Delaware Basin-Wide Cooperation For Drought Resilience In Philadelphia -- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To 2023 Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN] -- York (..)

Natural Gas 83

Natural Gas Endangered Species Act Nuclear Power Fossil Fuels 83

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- 2022 Train Derailment Site - Harmar Twp., The following DEP notices were published in the March 25 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Allegheny County.

Natural Gas 93

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Waste 2023 93

PA Environment Daily

MAY 7, 2022

Casey, USDA Promise $22.5 Casey, USDA Promise $22.5

Natural Gas 52

Natural Gas Nuclear Power Recycling 2030 52

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 10, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN] -- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate [PaEN] -- Sen. Susquehanna County. ( Butler County. (

Natural Gas 90

Natural Gas Air Pollution Nuclear Power Regulations 90

PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

29; No Information Yet On Whether Oil & Gas Development Health Risks Will Be Included Health Department Distributing Free Potassium Iodide Tablets To Pennsylvanians Near State’s Four Active Nuclear Power Plants Sept. Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6%

Conservation 52

Conservation Nuclear Power 2009 Waste 52

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - The following DEP notices were published in the December 24 PA Bulletin related to oil and gas industry facilities. Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Susquehanna County. ( Wyoming County. ( Susquehanna County. ( Washington County. ( Berks County. (

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Waste Nuclear Power Regulations 62

PA Environment Daily

MAY 14, 2022

Can Take To Meet Climate Goals -- PA Awards $2 Million In Clean Energy Workforce Development Grants [PaEN] -- PA Capital-Star: PA Awards $2 Million In Clean Energy Workforce Development Grants -- DEP Highlights Impact Of Coastal Zone Grants At Erie Bird Observatory [PaEN] -- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To NPDES General Permit PAG-06 - (..)

Natural Gas 62

Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Nuclear Power Clean Energy 62

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2021

While a natural gas well may use between five and ten million gallons of water for a one-time completion process, by comparison an average nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania uses up to 35 million gallons of water per day. Last year, shale gas producers recycled more than 90 percent of the water they used.

Natural Gas 40

Natural Gas Nuclear Power 2020 Natural Resources 40

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Penn State Center For Critical Minerals Develops New Process To Extract Rare Earth Oxides From Abandoned Mine Drainages, Sludges [PaEN] -- Post-Gazette Editorial: This Land Is Your Land -- Pennsylvania Resources Council Announces Successful 'Zero Waste Non-Event' [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful’s Cumberland County Affiliate Transitions From All Volunteer (..)

Conservation 56

Conservation Natural Gas Nuclear Power Recycling 56