PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

DEP Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee meeting. 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. Room 105 Rachel Carson Building. 26 -- DCED: It’s Fall-ier In Pennsylvania!

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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 (..)

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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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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

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2025

TODAY 2:00 : DEP To Announce Opening Of Growing Greener Plus Grant Round In Schuylkill County. April 24-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission hearing on water withdrawal requests, including renewal of two shale gas water projects in Susquehanna and Wyoming counties. SRBC Offices, 4423 North Front Street in Harrisburg.

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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.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2024

. -- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 4 PA Bulletin [PaEN] -- DEP Posts New Permit Modernization Webpage To Track Progress In ‘Getting Stuff Done’ Without Sacrificing Environmental, Public Health Protection -- Bill Reported Out Of (..)

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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

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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

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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

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

Conservation 82

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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

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 24, 2023

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- 2022 Train Derailment Site - Harmar Twp., PA Bulletin, page 1753 ) Waste Permits -- EQT CHAP LLC - Herminie North Centralized Water Facility: DEP approved General Permit WMGR123 for the facility in Sewickley Twp., Many of the notices offer the opportunity for public comments. Allegheny County.

Natural Gas 93

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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

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

The production and waste report is critical to understanding how much wastewater and other waste those wells generated and where it was disposed of. Read more here.]

Natural Gas 62

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Land Recycling/Brownfield Cleanups -- Coterra Energy, Inc. - PA Bulletin, page 7965 ) Residual Waste Permits -- SWN Production Company LLC - Freitage Water Transfer Facility: DEP invites comments on application for determination of applicability for a WMGR123 Residual Waste process facility for oil and gas liquid waste in Jackson Twp.,

Natural Gas 62

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2023

It is a financial problem, an environmental problem and the waste of a natural resource. All these practices create new brownfields which account for over half the contaminated sites now in DEP’s Land Recycling Program. It leaves taxpayers stuck with the bill for plugging and cleanup and no one responsible for operating the wells.

Natural Gas 86

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

By Council To Modernize Governance -- The Allegheny Front: New Book Takes On Radiation Dangers In Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN] -- ABC27: Environmental Advocacy Groups Rally At Capitol For Action On Gas, Oil Industry -- Sen.

Conservation 83

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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

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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

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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

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Environmental Progress

JANUARY 20, 2022

The Regulation sets a time limit on the inclusion of nuclear energy but not on fossil fuels and grants the Commission special powers to rule on nuclear taxonomy compliance. The Regulation sets a deadline on the operation of final disposal facilities for radioactive waste. This makes the condition impractical.

Fossil Fuels 52

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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

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov. Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov. Million To 126 Municipalities To Support Local Recycling Programs [PaEN] -- DEP To Hold Nov.

Conservation 83

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

14 Webinar On Learning To Recycle Right In Celebration Of America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- PA Municipal League, Sustainable Pittsburgh Host Sustainable PA Conference In State College Nov. 9 -- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Hosts Nov.

Natural Gas 82

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2025

Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Cascading Failures Combined To Produce The Worst Nuclear Power Accident In US History At Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov.

Nuclear Power 53

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

2 Pittsburgh Companies Say Yes -- Volunteers Needed!

Conservation 53

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2025

Spoiler - Still A Risk] -- Pike Conservation District: The Connection Between Groundwater And Geology -- PennLive: Lancaster County Golf Course To Close Due To Sinkholes -- Protecting Clean Water Together: All Those Plastics You Thought You Couldn't Recycle? Comitta, Rep.

Conservation 53

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 18, 2022

Other DEP Priorities Executive Deputy Ziadeh mentioned these other 2022 priorities-- -- Continue advancing the long-term success of watershed restoration efforts, in particular in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed; -- Also in the water program, finalizing the PFAS drinking water standard and Manganese water quality standard rulemaking packages; -- Continuing (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] -- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia -- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition -- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep.

Natural Gas 109

Natural Gas Waste Nuclear Power Earth Day 109

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

TODAY 3:00: Ohio River Valley Institute Webinar Announcing A Roadmap For Industrial Decarbonization In Pennsylvania.

Nuclear Power 109

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Natural Resources Electricity 109

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 19, 2025

Bucks County On The PA Priority List Of Hazardous Sites [PaEN] -- Tribune-Democrat: DEP To Outline Plans To Remove Waste Telephone Poles, Railroad Ties From Elk Lick Twp. 24 Webinar Q&A On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program [PaEN] -- NASEO Hosts Jan.

Conservation 83

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Support A Massive Recycling Plant In Erie That Will Make Plastics For Steelmaking? -- PA Resources Council Expands Glass Recycling With First Permanent Site In Eastern PA - Haverford Twp., Could Make Way For New Municipal Complex, Educational Opportunities -- The Allegheny Front: Should The Federal Govt.

Conservation 82

Conservation Nuclear Power Electricity 2024 82

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 3, 2024

4:00 to 5:00 p.m. -- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: ‘Life Waste’ Is A Musical Tour Of The Potential Of Biogas [ Dickinson College Farm Methane Digester ] -- Senate Passes Sen. . -- DEP Begins Accepting Grant Applications Oct. TMI Restart] -- Financial Times: Is Nuclear Energy The Zero-Carbon Answer To Powering AI?

Nuclear Power 82

Nuclear Power Natural Gas Carbon Dioxide Conservation 82

PA Environment Daily

JULY 7, 2024

Man Killed In Storm Cleanup Accident Was Eagle Scout In Westmoreland -- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Invite Entries To 4th Annual Pennsylvania Pollinator Photo Challenge [PaEN] -- PA Resources Council Invites Entries Into Lens On Litter Photo Contest By Oct.

Conservation 84

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 26, 2023

Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Dump -- Celebrate Pennsylvania Native Species Day May 18 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Tween Trek April 6 -- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians. Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians.

Conservation 83

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 11, 2024

10 -- WESA: PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event Saturday In Pittsburgh -- Residents, Environmental Groups, Advocates To Hold A Stand With Dimock Day On Aug. 10 Webinar On Proper Native Tree Planting For Long-Term Success [PaEN] -- South Mountain Partnership Holds Annual Power Of The Partnership Program Sept.

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