Links to all the articles and NewsClips in this week’s PA Environment Digest by topic in one place--

-- 31 New Stories Of REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater - Part 2

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Her Story Of Dealing With Health Impacts From Drilling Operation, Wastes - Part 1

Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge Disapproval Of Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. For Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report Podcast: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative With Sen. Pittman, Rachel Gleason, PA Coal Alliance

-- AP: Pennsylvania Court Vacancies Allow Voters to Shape Judiciary

-- PG: Nordenberg Pledges Open, Honest Redistricing Process For Pennsylvania

Articles & NewsClips By Topic From Last Week -------------------------

Air

-- Pittsburgh City Paper: Pittsburgh’s Air Quality On Pace To Have One Of Worst Years In Recent History

-- WESA: Town Hall Calls Attention To Pittsburgh Air Quality Problems

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Getting Paid To Reduce Methane Emissions From Old Coal Mines, CNX Shows How

-- AP: Forgotten Oil & Gas Wells Linger, Leaking Toxic Chemicals  [PA Included]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council: Millions Of Leaky And Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Are Threatening Lives And The Climate  [PA Included]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Has A Methane Problem - Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

Alternative Fuels

-- ScrantonT: Scranton Mayor, Others Call For Bold Federal Investment In Electric Vehicle And Clean Transportation Infrastructure

-- Exelon: Joins Electric Highway Coalition; Encourages Electric Vehicle Adoption

-- FirstEnergy: Joins Electric Highway Coalition To Enable Long-Distance Electric Vehicle Travel

Awards & Recognition

-- Pennsylvania’s Envirothon Team Places 7th In International Envirothon Competition!  [PaEN]

-- EPA: Eastwick Lower Darby Creek Area Community Advisory Group Wins Superfund Community Excellence Award  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Being A Park Ranger - Brian Price, DCNR Ranger, French Creek State Park

-- PA Wilds Center: Abbi Peters Graduates As Fellow Of Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Leadership Institute

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Announces Winners Of 10th Annual Photo Contest [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Marcus Schneck: Northern Goshawk Headed To Endangered Species Status In PA

-- YorkDR: In Face Of Devastating Blight, One York County Chestnut Tree Might Hold Key To Species Survival

-- How Certified Pollinator Friendly Garden #845 Is Doing This Year - Planning/Planting Pollinator Garden #845

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Kids Who Pushed For Hellbender To Be PA State Amphibian Have New Target: Squashing Spotted Lanternfly

-- Penn State Extension: Offers Tips On How To Manage Spotted Lanternflies On Ornamental Trees

-- Pike County Conservation District/Penn State Extension: August 18 - Spotted Lanternfly Seminar. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Manada Conservancy: August 17 - September 11 Native Plant Sales In Dauphin County

-- The Guardian: New IUCN Green Status Tool Launched To Help Species ‘Thrive, Not Just Survive’

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- The White House: Fact Sheet On Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan - Includes Funding For Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Plugging Orphaned Gas Wells, Brownfield Remediation

-- PG/Daniel Moore: As Details Emerge, Bipartisan Support Solidifies Behind $1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal

-- Wolf: Praises President Biden, U.S. Senate for Actions On Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition: Infrastructure Bill Includes $238 Million For Chesapeake Bay Restoration

-- Coalition For Delaware River Watershed: $26 Million In Restoration Funding Included In Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Package

-- PG Guest Essay: Biden Infrastructure Plan Targets State’s Coal Communities - U.S. Secretary Of The Interior

-- ErieT: Casey, U.S. Senate Advance Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Toomey Votes No

-- PG/Daniel Moore: With Historic Infrastructure Deal, Will Dems Let Perfect By The Enemy Of The Good?

-- AP: U.S. Senate Work On Infrastructure Plan Slides Into Saturday

-- NPR: U.S. Senate Ready To Move Ahead On $1 Trillion Infrastructure Deal

-- AP: Infrastructure Deal: U.S. Senate Suddenly Acts To Take Up Bill

-- AP: Senators, White House In Talks To Finish Federal Infrastructure Bill

-- AP: U.S. Senators Race To Seal Infrastructure Deal As Pressure Mounts

Budget

-- StateImpactPA/Rachel McDevitt: In Boost For Environmental Rights, PA Supreme Court Rules Drilling Revenue From State Forests Must Be Used For Conservation

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania High Court Ruling Shores Up State’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Supreme Court Is Right To Protect Oil & Gas Fund

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Is Steward Of Public Land, Not A Developer

-- PennDOT: Transportation Revenue Options Commission Submits Report To Gov. Wolf, General Assembly

-- AP: Transportation Funding Panel Advancing A $15.6 Billion Package Of Recommendations

-- MCall: Here’s What A Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Fee Could Cost Lehigh Valley Drivers

-- PG: State Commission Finalizes Funding Plan For Transportation Eliminating Gasoline Tax

-- PennLive/Jan Murphy: Panel To Recommend PA Move To Mileage-Based User Fee As Gasoline Tax Replacement

-- AP: PennDOT Funding Report Could Launch Years of Debate

Chesapeake Bay

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Farm Funding Our Best Shot To Reduce Pollution In Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- CBF: Freshwater Mussels Could Help Clean Up Pennsylvania's Rivers, Streams  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Newsletter Provides Summer Update On Actions To Implement County Clean Water Plan

-- Audubon: Braided Meadows At John James Audubon Center In Mill Grove, Montgomery County

-- CBF: Praises U.S. House Passage Of Legislation To Fund Priority Programs Next Year

-- HuntingdonDN: Huntingdon County Farmers Contribute To Ag Water Quality Action Plan

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Kids Who Pushed For Hellbender To Be PA State Amphibian Have New Target: Squashing Spotted Lanternfly

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Issues Statement On 2020 Bay Grasses Survey Results

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Citizen Action

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater - Part 2

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Her Story Of Dealing With Health Impacts From Drilling Operation, Wastes - Part 1

-- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: PA Trout Unlimited Volunteers Improve, Protect Waterways

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Susquehanna University Stream Ecology Institute; Building The Next Generation Of Ecologists

-- Shippensburg NC: Stream Of Consciousness: Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards

-- FracTracker Alliance: Releases Digital Atlas Showing The Impacts Of Natural Gas Development In Lycoming Creek Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PA Society For Ornithology: Inaugural Breeding Bird Blitz Raised $10,645 For Bird Conservation, Doubling Fundraising Goal  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Loyalhanna Watershed’s Aug. 7 Harvest Dinner Features Outdoor Picnic Setting For 2nd Year

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Invites Residents To Partner With Municipalities To Adopt A Road Or Area To Help Reduce Litter And Associated Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Illegal Dumping Reports Show Major Increase Within Last Year

-- LancasterOnline/Ad Crable: Pressure Resumes For Plastic Bag Bans

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: July 30 Take Five Fridays With Pam

-- Patch: New Hope Man Is Next Director Of Friends Of The Delaware Canal

-- Manada Conservancy: August 17 - September 11 Native Plant Sales In Dauphin County

Climate

-- WBTimes Editorial: Flood Management Strategies Need To Evolve, Especially With Impacts Of Climate Change

-- PG Editorial: Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Floods, Wildfires And Heat.  Will The World Meet The Moment?

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Getting Paid To Reduce Methane Emissions From Old Coal Mines, CNX Shows How

-- AP: Forgotten Oil & Gas Wells Linger, Leaking Toxic Chemicals  [PA Included]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council: Millions Of Leaky And Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Are Threatening Lives And The Climate  [PA Included]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Has A Methane Problem - Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge Disapproval Of Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. For Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report Podcast: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative With Sen. Pittman, Rachel Gleason, PA Coal Alliance

-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Ticking Time Bomb - Climate Change - Cumberland Valley H.S. Student

-- WESA: Casey Wants To Revive Civilian Conservation Corps To Address Climate Change

-- Public News Service: Sen. Casey’s Civilian Conservation Corps Could Help Fight Climate Change

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Civilian Conservation Corps Times Comes, Again

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Almost Certain To Have Its Coldest July Since 2015, What Will August Bring?

-- StateCollege.com: A Year And A Half In, Solar Array Showing Its Worth For Centre County

-- WHYY: Solarize Delaware County Completes Largest Project To Date As County Takes Fresh Approach To Sustainability

-- Green Building Alliance: August 3 - Solar Innovation At Hazelwood Green In Pittsburgh - In-Person Tour

-- ASES National Solar Tour October 2-3: Sign Up To Be A Stop On The National Solar Tour

-- PA Cap-Star: What Can PA Learn From A Washington State Community’s Transition Away From Fossil Fuels?

-- The Guardian: Washington State County First In U.S. To Ban New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

-- PG/Daniel Moore: In Climate Push, Federal Reviews to Nudge New Infrastructure Projects Toward Clean Energy

-- ScrantonT: Scranton Mayor, Others Call For Bold Federal Investment In Electric Vehicle And Clean Transportation Infrastructure

-- Exelon: Joins Electric Highway Coalition; Encourages Electric Vehicle Adoption

-- FirstEnergy: Joins Electric Highway Coalition To Enable Long-Distance Electric Vehicle Travel

-- WHYY: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates As Nation’s Power Generator

-- The Guardian: Green, Empty Promises?  The Truth Behind Corporate Climate Pledges

-- The Guardian: Plans Of Four G20 Counties Are Threat To Global Climate Pledge, Warn Scientists

-- The Guardian: Record-Shattering Heat Becoming Much More Likely, Says Climate Study

-- NPR: Climate Scientists Meet As Floods, Fires, Droughts, Heat Waves Batter Countries

-- AP:  Warming Rivers In U.S. West Killing Fish, Imperiling Industry

-- The Guardian: Critical Measures Of Global Heating Reaching Tipping Point, Study Finds

-- The Guardian: Three Americans Create Enough Carbon Emissions To Kill One Person, Study Finds

Coal Mining

-- Trout Unlimited: Urges Congress To Pass Good Samaritan Legislation To Promote  Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines Without Assuming Liability - Watch Hearing Here

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- PG Guest Essay: Biden Infrastructure Plan Targets State’s Coal Communities - U.S. Secretary Of The Interior

-- EPCAMR: Reminder To Apply For Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Mine Reclamation Grant By July 31

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Getting Paid To Reduce Methane Emissions From Old Coal Mines, CNX Shows How

-- WHYY: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates As Nation’s Power Generator

Compliance Action

-- Inquirer/Frank Kummer: Fuel Delivery Driver Charged By County DA In Gasoline Spill That Contaminated Delaware County School Grounds

-- WHYY: Delaware County DA Announces Criminal Charges In Brookhaven Fuel Spill

-- DEP: Took Action On 596 Permits - 97% On Time; Conducted 1,302 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies In last Week

Conservation Districts

-- PA Conservation Districts Assn: July 26 Newsletter Highlights Westmoreland BMP Interactive Map, Bradford County 65th Anniversary

-- Pike County Conservation District/Penn State Extension: August 18 - Spotted Lanternfly Seminar. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Court Decisions

-- StateImpactPA/Rachel McDevitt: In Boost For Environmental Rights, PA Supreme Court Rules Drilling Revenue From State Forests Must Be Used For Conservation

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania High Court Ruling Shores Up State’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Supreme Court Is Right To Protect Oil & Gas Fund

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Is Steward Of Public Land, Not A Developer

-- Commonwealth Court Rules Against A DEP Request To Dismiss Delaware RiverKeeper PFAS Rulemaking Petition Challenge [PaEN]

DCNR

-- Gov. Wolf: Highlights Need For State Parks To Be Welcoming To All In Penn’s Parks For All Initiative  [PaEN]

-- AP: Governor Releases Plan For Pennsylvania’s 121 State Parks; Parks Face $500 Million In Maintenance Backlog

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Being A Park Ranger - Brian Price, DCNR Ranger, French Creek State Park

-- PennLive: Third Crew Of DCNR Wildfire Fighters Heads West, This Time To Idaho

-- Fox43: Another Crew Of DCNR Wildfire Fighters Headed To Western U.S. To Battle Raging Wildfires

-- PG Editorial: Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Floods, Wildfires And Heat.  Will The World Meet The Moment?

-- StateImpactPA/Rachel McDevitt: In Boost For Environmental Rights, PA Supreme Court Rules Drilling Revenue From State Forests Must Be Used For Conservation

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania High Court Ruling Shores Up State’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Supreme Court Is Right To Protect Oil & Gas Fund

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Is Steward Of Public Land, Not A Developer

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Among Worst States In Nation In Outdoor Economic Value, Says Study

-- Vote Today! USA Today Nature Inn At Bald Eagle Best Eco-Friendly Hotel

-- First Lady Frances Wolf: Celebrates PA Tourism During Visit To Northeast PA

-- DCNR: Accepting Application For ATV, Snowmobile Grants Starting August 2

-- Patch: New Hope Man Is Next Director Of Friends Of The Delaware Canal

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: July 30 Take Five Fridays With Pam

-- ErieT: Geology Lays Out Presque Isle State Park’s Origin

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: State Parks Cut Cigarette Butt Trash Nearly 70%

DEP

-- DEP: To Require Radiological Testing Of Leachate At Landfills, Including Those Accepting Drilling Wastes; Does Not Include Additional Testing Of Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA/Reid Frazier: DEP To Require Landfills To Test For Radioactivity From Fracking Waste

-- ScrantonT: Wolf: Landfills Will Soon Be Required To Test For Radium

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Stream Designations For Dunbar Creek et al

-- Health, DEP, DCNR: Prevalence Of Ticks In Pennsylvania Is High, Take Steps To Prevent Tick Bites And Tick-borne Diseases  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PA Officials Warn Of Uptick In Hard-To-Spot Ticks As Summer Wears On

-- PA Cap-Star: State Officials Push For Tick-borne Illness Awareness

-- DEP: Took Action On 596 Permits - 97% On Time; Conducted 1,302 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies In last Week

Deep Mine Safety

-- Pittsburgh Magazine: This Week In Pittsburgh History: The Quecreek Miners Are Rescued

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: Holds Aug. 11 Hearing, September 9 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug. 18 Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: July 30 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission: Holds Aug. 11 Hearing, September 9 Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug. 18 Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- StateImpactPA/John Hurdle: DEP To Propose Limits On PFAS Family Of Chemicals That It Says Balance Coast And Public Health

-- Commonwealth Court Rules Against A DEP Request To Dismiss Delaware RiverKeeper PFAS Rulemaking Petition Challenge [PaEN]

-- PennVEST: Invests $97 Million In Clean Water Infrastructure, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 19 Counties [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority To Receive Nearly $24 Million In PennVEST Funding For Sewer Line Upgrades, Other Repairs

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Sewer Authority Receives $2.3 Million State Loan To Eliminate Overflow Point

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authorities Push Assistance Programs For Low-Income Customers

-- AltoonaM: Altoona Water Authority Authorizes Bid Ads For Bellwood Dam Project

-- Inquirer: Water Main Break Floods Philadelphia Neighborhood

-- WHYY: Philly Residents Survey Damage After Massive Water Main Break: ‘Like An Asteroid Struck’

-- ErieT: Erie Water Works Issues Boil Water Advisory For Harborcreek Township

Economic Development

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- DCED, DEP: Invests $520,000 To Clean Up Ashley Rail Yard, Assess Fmr International Color Printing Plant In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Wolf Announces $520,000 Grant To Clean Up Ashley Rail Yard In Luzerne County

-- DCED: Announces $500,000 Grant For Environmental Cleanup At Former Rail Yard in Lackawanna County  [PaEN]

-- DCED: Announces $37,500 Grant For Aliquippa’s East End Redevelopment Site Environmental Assessment

-- PG/Anya Litvak: A Waste Coal-Burning, Crypto-Mining Pirate Ship Sets Sale In PA

-- TribLive: Pandemic Leaves Western PA Bike Shops Struggling In Shortage

-- PG: Evoqua To Bring Sustainability And Innovation Hub To Lawrenceville

-- PA Cap-Star: PA Among Worst States In Nation In Outdoor Economic Value, Says Study

-- PA Wilds Center: Abbi Peters Graduates As Fellow Of Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Leadership Institute

-- Penn State Technical Assistance: August 19 - Small Business Costs Savings And Energy Reduction Calculator Toolkits Webinar.  11:00 a.m.

-- First Lady Frances Wolf: Celebrates PA Tourism During Visit To Northeast PA

Education

-- Pennsylvania’s Envirothon Team Places 7th In International Envirothon Competition!  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Susquehanna University Stream Ecology Institute; Building The Next Generation Of Ecologists

-- Penn State Extension: August 25 - Water Cooler Talk: Can Turf And Water Quality Co-Exist Webinar.  Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: How To Track A Single Raindrop From Your Backyard To The Ocean

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug. 18 Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Schedule Of Online Backyard Composting, Rain Barrel, Recycling Conservation Workshops In August [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners, Delaware Valley University Pilot ‘Grow-Save-Repeat’ Project

-- Shippensburg NC: Stream Of Consciousness: Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: The Ticking Time Bomb - Climate Change - Cumberland Valley H.S. Student

-- PA Sea Grant: Announces Lincoln Rehm From Drexel University Is One Of 74 Finalists For John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

-- Penn State Extension: Offers Tips On How To Manage Spotted Lanternflies On Ornamental Trees

-- PA Society For Ornithology: Inaugural Breeding Bird Blitz Raised $10,645 For Bird Conservation, Doubling Fundraising Goal  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. BioBlitz To Provide Baseline Snapshot Of Biodiversity In Leggett’s Creek Greenway

-- TribLive: Scouts From Pack 184 Create Project To Increase Bird Population In Heritage Park In Monroeville

-- ReadingE: Songbird Death Event Still Has No Answers:  Updated Game Commission Advisory

-- Outdoor Discovery Center At Crooked Creek In Armstrong County: Hosts Aug. 17 Learn About Elk Program [PaEN]

-- ErieT/Brian Whipkey: Planning A Trip To See The Elk In PA?  Here’s What You Need To Know

-- Alliance For Watershed Education Of The Delaware River: Art Thru The Lenapehoking Art Project [Video]

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Can You Pass The Tick Test?

-- Penn State Technical Assistance: August 19 - Small Business Costs Savings And Energy Reduction Calculator Toolkits Webinar.  11:00 a.m.

Emergency Response

-- Wolf: Announces Availability Of Low-Interest Loans For Survivors Of Devastating July Flooding  [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Bucks County Flood Victims Eligible For Low-Interest Loans To Help Recovery

-- CourierT: PA Won’t Issue Disaster Declaration For Bucks County Flooding, Wolf Seeks SBA Assistance For Residents

-- AP: 8 Tornadoes Confirmed In Pennsylvania, NJ During Storms

-- TribLive: Weather Service Confirms EF1 Tornado Hit Along Fayette-Westmoreland Border

-- ErieT: Weather Service Confirms 1 Tornado In Crawford County Damaged Buildings

-- MCall: Bucks County Tornado Was An EF3, Among 7 Confirmed So Far In PA, NJ From Thursday’s Storms

-- CourierT: Powerful EF3 Tornado Cuts Wide Trail Through Bucks County

-- CourierT: Bucks County Residents Had Seconds To Make Life Or Death Decisions As EF3 Tornado Hit

-- Inquirer: Tornado Counts Have Spiked Dramatically Around Philly, Elsewhere, Here’s What’s Behind The Surge

-- WHYY: Businesses, Residents Reeling In Aftermath Of Tornadoes, Floods In SE PA

-- AP: Tornadoes Spur Injuries, Damage In Eastern Pennsylvania

-- Inquirer: Tornado Rips Apart Buildings In Bucks County As Storms Cross Philly Region

-- CourierT: 2 Tornadoes Touch Down In 80 Minutes Leaving Path Of Destruction In Bucks County

-- MCall: Forecasters Almost Issued A Tornado Emergency Warning Thursday; Would Have Been First One Ever In Mid-Atlantic States

-- MCall: 1,000s Of Gallons Of Fuel Oil Leaked Into Slate Belt Creek Since April, No One Seems To Know Where It’s Coming From

Energy

-- AltoonaM Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers Put Their Industry Over Your Health

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug. 18 Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Poll Finds PA Voters Want Tougher Regulation Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastes; Support Community Regulation Of Drilling; Favor Clean Energy Sources  [PaEN]

-- PG/Anya Litvak: A Waste Coal-Burning, Crypto-Mining Pirate Ship Sets Sale In PA

-- WESA: New Energy Map Of Commercial Buildings Could Help Pittsburgh Reach Sustainability Goals

-- StateCollege.com: A Year And A Half In, Solar Array Showing Its Worth For Centre County

-- WHYY: Solarize Delaware County Completes Largest Project To Date As County Takes Fresh Approach To Sustainability

-- Green Building Alliance: August 3 - Solar Innovation At Hazelwood Green In Pittsburgh - In-Person Tour

-- ASES National Solar Tour October 2-3: Sign Up To Be A Stop On The National Solar Tour

-- Penn State Technical Assistance: August 19 - Small Business Costs Savings And Energy Reduction Calculator Toolkits Webinar.  11:00 a.m.

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge Disapproval Of Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. For Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report Podcast: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative With Sen. Pittman, Rachel Gleason, PA Coal Alliance

-- FracTracker Alliance: Releases Digital Atlas Showing The Impacts Of Natural Gas Development In Lycoming Creek Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: DEP Steamrolling Clinton County Natural Gas Power Plant Approval Is Out Of Step With Agency Rhetoric - Clean Air Council

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Getting Paid To Reduce Methane Emissions From Old Coal Mines, CNX Shows How

-- Inquirer: Andrew Maykuth: Utilities Disconnect 116,000 PA Households After State Lifts Moratorium On Pandemic Shutoffs

-- PA Bulletin: Public Utility Commission Formally Publishes Order On Energy Supplier Door-To-Door And In-Person Marketing, Lifting Of Disaster Emergency

-- PA Cap-Star: What Can PA Learn From A Washington State Community’s Transition Away From Fossil Fuels?

-- The Guardian: Washington State County First In U.S. To Ban New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

-- EPA: Announces Intent To Bolster Limits On Water Pollution From Power Plants

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Expedite Cleaner Water With Tougher Power Plant Standards

-- WHYY: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates As Nation’s Power Generator

Energy Conservation

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- WESA: New Energy Map Of Commercial Buildings Could Help Pittsburgh Reach Sustainability Goals

-- Penn State Technical Assistance: August 19 - Small Business Costs Savings And Energy Reduction Calculator Toolkits Webinar.  11:00 a.m.

Environmental Health

-- AltoonaM Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers Put Their Industry Over Your Health

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater - Part 2

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Her Story Of Dealing With Health Impacts From Drilling Operation, Wastes - Part 1

-- AP: Forgotten Oil & Gas Wells Linger, Leaking Toxic Chemicals  [PA Included]

-- Public Herald: Ohio Operates A Radioactive Industry Off The Record From PA, Ohio Oil & Gas Drilling Waste - Part 1

-- Public Herald: Investigation Uncovers Ohio Is ‘Illegally’ Building Radioactive Mountains, Affecting 26 Waterways From PA, Ohio Oil & Gas Drilling Waste - Part 2

-- StateImpactPA/John Hurdle: DEP To Propose Limits On PFAS Family Of Chemicals That It Says Balance Coast And Public Health

-- Commonwealth Court Rules Against A DEP Request To Dismiss Delaware RiverKeeper PFAS Rulemaking Petition Challenge [PaEN]

Environmental Heritage

-- Pittsburgh Magazine: This Week In Pittsburgh History: The Quecreek Miners Are Rescued

-- WHYY: The Lenape Native Americans Seek A Return Home To PA: ‘We Just Want To Be Welcomed Back’

Environmental Justice

-- Allegheny Front: EPA Takes Up Environmental Justice Complaint Against SEPTA’s Permit For Natural Gas Power Plant 

EPA

-- EPA: Eastwick Lower Darby Creek Area Community Advisory Group Wins Superfund Community Excellence Award  [PaEN]

-- EPA: Announces Intent To Bolster Limits On Water Pollution From Power Plants

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Expedite Cleaner Water With Tougher Power Plant Standards

Farming

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Farm Funding Our Best Shot To Reduce Pollution In Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- HuntingdonDN: Huntingdon County Farmers Contribute To Ag Water Quality Action Plan

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Kids Who Pushed For Hellbender To Be PA State Amphibian Have New Target: Squashing Spotted Lanternfly

-- Pike County Conservation District/Penn State Extension: August 18 - Spotted Lanternfly Seminar. 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners, Delaware Valley University Pilot ‘Grow-Save-Repeat’ Project

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board: Proposes Single Opening Day Of Trout, Takes Other Actions At Meeting

-- Marcus Schneck: Single Statewide Opening Day For Trout Season Will Return Under Commission Plan

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties

Flooding

-- CourierT: PA Won’t Issue Disaster Declaration For Bucks County Flooding, Wolf Seeks SBA Assistance For Residents

-- WBTimes Editorial: Flood Management Strategies Need To Evolve, Especially With Impacts Of Climate Change

-- PG Editorial: Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Floods, Wildfires And Heat.  Will The World Meet The Moment?

-- WBTimes: New Planned Flood Maps Impact Luzerne County Communities

-- Fox43: Green Infrastructure In Harrisburg Combats Flooding, Pollution

Forests

-- StateImpactPA/Rachel McDevitt: In Boost For Environmental Rights, PA Supreme Court Rules Drilling Revenue From State Forests Must Be Used For Conservation

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania High Court Ruling Shores Up State’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Supreme Court Is Right To Protect Oil & Gas Fund

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Is Steward Of Public Land, Not A Developer

-- DCNR: Accepting Application For ATV, Snowmobile Grants Starting August 2

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: July 30 Take Five Fridays With Pam

-- YorkDR: In Face Of Devastating Blight, One York County Chestnut Tree Might Hold Key To Species Survival

-- TreeVitalize Pittsburgh: Now Accepting Applications For Spring 2022 Tree Plantings Until Oct. 15 - Contact Jeff Bergman at 412-586-2396 or jbergman@paconserve.org

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Urban Forest Or Urban Boulevard?  Philadelphia Tries To Reimagine The Parkway - Again

Forests - Wildfires

-- PennLive: Third Crew Of DCNR Wildfire Fighters Heads West, This Time To Idaho

-- Fox43: Another Crew Of DCNR Wildfire Fighters Headed To Western U.S. To Battle Raging Wildfires

-- WITF Smart Talk: Forest Fires Rage Across The Western U.S., How Vulnerable Is PA To Wildfire Risk?

-- PG Editorial: Climate Change Is Driving Extreme Floods, Wildfires And Heat.  Will The World Meet The Moment?

-- AP: Western Wildfire Battles Aided By Weather But Losses Grow

-- The Guardian: At Least 85 Wildfires Torch 1.5 Million Acres Across Drought-Hit U.S. West

-- AP: California’s Largest Fire Torches Homes As Blazes Lash Western U.S.

-- The Guardian: Climate Crisis ‘A Hammer Hitting Us In The Head’ Says Oregon Governor As Wildfires Rage

Game Commission

-- Marcus Schneck: Nearly All Huntable Species In PA Now Legal Game For Mentored Hunters

-- Marcus Schneck: Northern Goshawk Headed To Endangered Species Status In PA

-- PennLive: Army Reservists To Rescue Game Commission Project By Removing Earthen Levee As A Training Exercise In Lycoming County

-- Game Commission: Names David Mitchell New Deputy Executive Director

Geology

-- ErieT: Geology Lays Out Presque Isle State Park’s Origin

Grants/Funding

-- EPCAMR: Reminder To Apply For Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Mine Reclamation Grant By July 31

-- DCNR: Accepting Application For ATV, Snowmobile Grants Starting August 2

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties

-- TreeVitalize Pittsburgh: Now Accepting Applications For Spring 2022 Tree Plantings Until Oct. 15 - Contact Jeff Bergman at 412-586-2396 or jbergman@paconserve.org

-- PennVEST: Invests $97 Million In Clean Water Infrastructure, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 19 Counties [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority To Receive Nearly $24 Million In PennVEST Funding For Sewer Line Upgrades, Other Repairs

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Sewer Authority Receives $2.3 Million State Loan To Eliminate Overflow Point

-- DCED, DEP: Invests $520,000 To Clean Up Ashley Rail Yard, Assess Fmr International Color Printing Plant In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Wolf Announces $520,000 Grant To Clean Up Ashley Rail Yard In Luzerne County

-- DCED: Announces $500,000 Grant For Environmental Cleanup At Former Rail Yard in Lackawanna County  [PaEN]

-- DCED: Announces $37,500 Grant For Aliquippa’s East End Redevelopment Site Environmental Assessment

Green Infrastructure

-- PennVEST: Invests $97 Million In Clean Water Infrastructure, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 19 Counties [PaEN]

-- CBF: Freshwater Mussels Could Help Clean Up Pennsylvania's Rivers, Streams  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Farm Funding Our Best Shot To Reduce Pollution In Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Newsletter Provides Summer Update On Actions To Implement County Clean Water Plan

-- Audubon: Braided Meadows At John James Audubon Center In Mill Grove, Montgomery County

-- Fox43: Green Infrastructure In Harrisburg Combats Flooding, Pollution

-- TreeVitalize Pittsburgh: Now Accepting Applications For Spring 2022 Tree Plantings Until Oct. 15 - Contact Jeff Bergman at 412-586-2396 or jbergman@paconserve.org

-- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: PA Trout Unlimited Volunteers Improve, Protect Waterways

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- EPA: Eastwick Lower Darby Creek Area Community Advisory Group Wins Superfund Community Excellence Award  [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- AltoonaM Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers Put Their Industry Over Your Health

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater - Part 2

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Her Story Of Dealing With Health Impacts From Drilling Operation, Wastes - Part 1

-- AP: Forgotten Oil & Gas Wells Linger, Leaking Toxic Chemicals  [PA Included]

-- Public Herald: Ohio Operates A Radioactive Industry Off The Record From PA, Ohio Oil & Gas Drilling Waste - Part 1

-- Public Herald: Investigation Uncovers Ohio Is ‘Illegally’ Building Radioactive Mountains, Affecting 26 Waterways From PA, Ohio Oil & Gas Drilling Waste - Part 2

-- StateImpactPA/John Hurdle: DEP To Propose Limits On PFAS Family Of Chemicals That It Says Balance Coast And Public Health

-- Commonwealth Court Rules Against A DEP Request To Dismiss Delaware RiverKeeper PFAS Rulemaking Petition Challenge [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Conserves 528 Acres Of Forest Along Caldwell Creek, Warren County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust: Protects Kincaid Street Garden In Pittsburgh’s Garfield Neighborhood  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Gail Farmer Appointed To WeConservePA’s Policy Advisory Committee

-- PG Editorial: Protect Alaskan Wilderness, A Resource Once Spent Cannot Be Replaced

Land Recycling

-- DCED, DEP: Invests $520,000 To Clean Up Ashley Rail Yard, Assess Fmr International Color Printing Plant In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Wolf Announces $520,000 Grant To Clean Up Ashley Rail Yard In Luzerne County

-- DCED: Announces $500,000 Grant For Environmental Cleanup At Former Rail Yard in Lackawanna County  [PaEN]

-- DCED: Announces $37,500 Grant For Aliquippa’s East End Redevelopment Site Environmental Assessment

Land Use Planning

-- MCall Guest Essay: Why We Are Finished With Warehouses - Lower Macungie Twp. Board President

Lake Erie

-- PA Sea Grant: Announces Lincoln Rehm From Drexel University Is One Of 74 Finalists For John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

-- ErieT: Geology Lays Out Presque Isle State Park’s Origin

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Invites Residents To Partner With Municipalities To Adopt A Road Or Area To Help Reduce Litter And Associated Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Illegal Dumping Reports Show Major Increase Within Last Year

-- ReadingE: Runners, Hikers, Mountain Bikers Give Back By Cleaning Up Mount Penn In Reading

-- Inquirer: Activists Take Bags Of Litter To Philly Municipal Services Building To Protest Philly’s Trash ‘Epidemic’

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: State Parks Cut Cigarette Butt Trash Nearly 70%

Mine Reclamation

-- Trout Unlimited: Urges Congress To Pass Good Samaritan Legislation To Promote  Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines Without Assuming Liability - Watch Hearing Here

-- PG Guest Essay: Biden Infrastructure Plan Targets State’s Coal Communities - U.S. Secretary Of The Interior

-- EPCAMR: Reminder To Apply For Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Mine Reclamation Grant By July 31

-- PG/Anya Litvak: A Waste Coal-Burning, Crypto-Mining Pirate Ship Sets Sale In PA

Ohio River

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Poll Finds PA Voters Want Tougher Regulation Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastes; Support Community Regulation Of Drilling; Favor Clean Energy Sources  [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

-- AltoonaM Editorial: Natural Gas Drillers Put Their Industry Over Your Health

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater - Part 2

-- SW PA Environmental Health Project: Siri Lawson, Warren County, And Her Story Of Dealing With Health Impacts From Drilling Operation, Wastes - Part 1

-- Public Herald: Ohio Operates A Radioactive Industry Off The Record From PA, Ohio Oil & Gas Drilling Waste - Part 1

-- Public Herald: Investigation Uncovers Ohio Is ‘Illegally’ Building Radioactive Mountains, Affecting 26 Waterways From PA, Ohio Oil & Gas Drilling Waste - Part 2

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Poll Finds PA Voters Want Tougher Regulation Of Natural Gas Drilling Wastes; Support Community Regulation Of Drilling; Favor Clean Energy Sources  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Aug. 18 Webinar- Radioactivity In Fracking - Too Hot To Handle With Scientist/Author Justin Nobel [PaEN]

-- Ohio Capital Journal: Feds And States Not Taking Radioactivity From Fracking Seriously, Environmental Group Says

-- NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater Other Waste  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Law Guest Essay: Legal Gaps Leave Fracking A Radioactive Mess

-- DEP: To Require Radiological Testing Of Leachate At Landfills, Including Those Accepting Drilling Wastes; Does Not Include Additional Testing Of Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA/Reid Frazier: DEP To Require Landfills To Test For Radioactivity From Fracking Waste

-- ScrantonT: Wolf: Landfills Will Soon Be Required To Test For Radium

-- Sen. Muth, Rep. Innamorato: Call On DEP To Close Loopholes In Regulation Of Oil & Gas Industry Waste As Hazardous Waste

-- FracTracker Alliance: Releases Digital Atlas Showing The Impacts Of Natural Gas Development In Lycoming Creek Watershed  [PaEN]

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Underground Drilling Wastewater Pipelines Can Be A Big, Unregulated Business In PA  [2019]

-- AP: Forgotten Oil & Gas Wells Linger, Leaking Toxic Chemicals  [PA Included]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council: Millions Of Leaky And Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Are Threatening Lives And The Climate  [PA Included]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Has A Methane Problem - Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- Seneca Resources And U.S. Well Services Announce All-Electric Natural Gas Well Completion

-- Allegheny Front: EPA Takes Up Environmental Justice Complaint Against SEPTA’s Permit For Natural Gas Power Plant

-- PA Cap-Star Guest Essay: DEP Steamrolling Clinton County Natural Gas Power Plant Approval Is Out Of Step With Agency Rhetoric - Clean Air Council

-- MCall: 1,000s Of Gallons Of Fuel Oil Leaked Into Slate Belt Creek Since April, No One Seems To Know Where It’s Coming From

-- Inquirer/Frank Kummer: Fuel Delivery Driver Charged By County DA In Gasoline Spill That Contaminated Delaware County School Grounds

-- WHYY: Delaware County DA Announces Criminal Charges In Brookhaven Fuel Spill

Pipelines

-- PG/Anya Litvak: Underground Drilling Wastewater Pipelines Can Be A Big, Unregulated Business In PA  [2019]

-- PG/Daniel Moore: In Climate Push, Federal Reviews to Nudge New Infrastructure Projects Toward Clean Energy

Permitting

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Stream Designations For Dunbar Creek et al

-- DEP: Took Action On 596 Permits - 97% On Time; Conducted 1,302 Inspections; Responded To 2 Environmental Emergencies In last Week

-- PA Bulletin - July 31, 2021

Public Participation

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Stream Designations For Dunbar Creek et al

PUC

-- Inquirer: Andrew Maykuth: Utilities Disconnect 116,000 PA Households After State Lifts Moratorium On Pandemic Shutoffs

-- PA Bulletin: Public Utility Commission Formally Publishes Order On Energy Supplier Door-To-Door And In-Person Marketing, Lifting Of Disaster Emergenc

Radiation Protection

-- Ohio Capital Journal: Feds And States Not Taking Radioactivity From Fracking Seriously, Environmental Group Says

-- DEP: To Require Radiological Testing Of Leachate At Landfills, Including Those Accepting Drilling Wastes; Does Not Include Additional Testing Of Drilling Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA/Reid Frazier: DEP To Require Landfills To Test For Radioactivity From Fracking Waste

-- ScrantonT: Wolf: Landfills Will Soon Be Required To Test For Radium

-- NRDC: Regulation Is Too Weak For Radioactive Oil And Gas Drilling Wastewater Other Waste  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Law Guest Essay: Legal Gaps Leave Fracking A Radioactive Mess

-- Sen. Muth, Rep. Innamorato: Call On DEP To Close Loopholes In Regulation Of Oil & Gas Industry Waste As Hazardous Waste

Recreation

-- Gov. Wolf: Highlights Need For State Parks To Be Welcoming To All In Penn’s Parks For All Initiative  [PaEN]

-- AP: Governor Releases Plan For Pennsylvania’s 121 State Parks; Parks Face $500 Million In Maintenance Backlog

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Being A Park Ranger - Brian Price, DCNR Ranger, French Creek State Park

-- StateImpactPA/Rachel McDevitt: In Boost For Environmental Rights, PA Supreme Court Rules Drilling Revenue From State Forests Must Be Used For Conservation

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania High Court Ruling Shores Up State’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- TribLive Editorial: PA Supreme Court Is Right To Protect Oil & Gas Fund

-- ScrantonT Editorial: State Is Steward Of Public Land, Not A Developer

-- Vote Today! USA Today Nature Inn At Bald Eagle Best Eco-Friendly Hotel

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: July 30 Take Five Fridays With Pam

-- Pittsburgh Quarterly: The Perfect Antidote, Appreciation Of Nature is Soaring And The Recreation Business Is Booming

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Announces Winners Of 10th Annual Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- First Lady Frances Wolf: Celebrates PA Tourism During Visit To Northeast PA

-- DCNR: Accepting Application For ATV, Snowmobile Grants Starting August 2

-- PA Wilds Center: Abbi Peters Graduates As Fellow Of Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Leadership Institute

-- ClearWater Conservancy: Schedule Of August Tours Of Local Parks, Natural Areas In Centre County Area

-- ReadingE: Schuylkill River Sojourners Return Year After Year For Fun And Fellowship

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Clean Water Paddle Push - Explore Your Watershed This August!

-- WHYY: New East Falls Boat Landing On Schuylkill River Will Be ADA Accessible, And A Great Bird Watching Spot

-- PA Environmental Council: Public Lands Rides - PA’s Grand Canyon In Tioga State Forest

-- ErieT: Geology Lays Out Presque Isle State Park’s Origin

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: State Parks Cut Cigarette Butt Trash Nearly 70%

-- TribLive: Pandemic Leaves Western PA Bike Shops Struggling In Shortage

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Teen Jolie Abadir Places In Top 50 Of Age Group At USA Climbing Youth Nationals

-- Patch: New Hope Man Is Next Director Of Friends Of The Delaware Canal

-- Health, DEP, DCNR: Prevalence Of Ticks In Pennsylvania Is High, Take Steps To Prevent Tick Bites And Tick-borne Diseases  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PA Officials Warn Of Uptick In Hard-To-Spot Ticks As Summer Wears On

-- PA Cap-Star: State Officials Push For Tick-borne Illness Awareness

-- Inquirer/Frank Kummer: PA Officials Warn Against An Increase In Disease-Carrying Ticks

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Resources Council: To Hold Sept. 11 Reuse Fest In Erie Providing Opportunity For Public To Donate Items For Reuse By Local Nonprofits  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council: Schedule Of Online Backyard Composting, Rain Barrel, Recycling Conservation Workshops In August [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Radio Morning Show Helps Spread The Word About Recycling In Centre County

-- WHYY: After A Pandemic Delay, Philly Is Opening 12 Community Composting Sites

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Invites Residents To Partner With Municipalities To Adopt A Road Or Area To Help Reduce Litter And Associated Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Illegal Dumping Reports Show Major Increase Within Last Year

-- Inquirer: Activists Take Bags Of Litter To Philly Municipal Services Building To Protest Philly’s Trash ‘Epidemic’

-- LancasterOnline/Ad Crable: Pressure Resumes For Plastic Bag Bans

-- PennLive: Lycoming County Likely To Acquire Fmr Allenwood Prison Camp To Expand Landfill

-- MCall: Federal Lawsuit Alleges Son Of Charles Chrin Formed Competing Companies To Lure Customers Away From Family Waste Hauling Business

-- Reuters: Big Oil’s Solution For Recycling Plastic Waste Littered With Failure

Renewable Energy

-- Sen. Comitta, Rep. Herrin: Discuss RGGI Investments Act, Climate Change During Online Program [PaEN]

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge Disapproval Of Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. For Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: What Can PA Learn From A Washington State Community’s Transition Away From Fossil Fuels?

-- The Guardian: Washington State County First In U.S. To Ban New Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

-- StateCollege.com: A Year And A Half In, Solar Array Showing Its Worth For Centre County

-- WHYY: Solarize Delaware County Completes Largest Project To Date As County Takes Fresh Approach To Sustainability

-- Green Building Alliance: August 3 - Solar Innovation At Hazelwood Green In Pittsburgh - In-Person Tour

-- ASES National Solar Tour October 2-3: Sign Up To Be A Stop On The National Solar Tour

-- Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge Disapproval Of Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Reg. For Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report Podcast: The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative With Sen. Pittman, Rachel Gleason, PA Coal Alliance

-- PG/Daniel Moore: In Climate Push, Federal Reviews to Nudge New Infrastructure Projects Toward Clean Energy

-- WHYY: Renewables Overtake Coal, But Natural Gas Still Dominates As Nation’s Power Generator

Schuylkill River

-- ReadingE: Schuylkill River Sojourners Return Year After Year For Fun And Fellowship

-- WHYY: New East Falls Boat Landing On Schuylkill River Will Be ADA Accessible, And A Great Bird Watching Spot

Stormwater

-- Fox43: Green Infrastructure In Harrisburg Combats Flooding, Pollution

SRBC

-- Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Communications & Outreach Specialist

Susquehanna River

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Susquehanna University Stream Ecology Institute; Building The Next Generation Of Ecologists

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Announces Winners Of 10th Annual Photo Contest [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Communications & Outreach Specialist

Sustainability

-- WESA: New Energy Map Of Commercial Buildings Could Help Pittsburgh Reach Sustainability Goals

-- PG: Evoqua To Bring Sustainability And Innovation Hub To Lawrenceville

-- Rite Aid: Releases Third Annual Corporate Sustainability Report

-- EcoWatch: Earth Overshoot Day - The Day Humanity Exceeds Its Yearly allotment Of the Planet’s Biological Assets-- Moves Forward By Nearly A Month

Water Quality

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Stream Designations For Dunbar Creek et al

Wastewater Facilities

-- PennVEST: Invests $97 Million In Clean Water Infrastructure, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 19 Counties [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority To Receive Nearly $24 Million In PennVEST Funding For Sewer Line Upgrades, Other Repairs

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Sewer Authority Receives $2.3 Million State Loan To Eliminate Overflow Point

Watershed Protection

-- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: PA Trout Unlimited Volunteers Improve, Protect Waterways

-- Trout Unlimited: Urges Congress To Pass Good Samaritan Legislation To Promote  Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines Without Assuming Liability - Watch Hearing Here

-- CBF: Freshwater Mussels Could Help Clean Up Pennsylvania's Rivers, Streams  [PaEN]

-- HuntingdonDN: Huntingdon County Farmers Contribute To Ag Water Quality Action Plan

-- PennVEST: Invests $97 Million In Clean Water Infrastructure, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 19 Counties [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority To Receive Nearly $24 Million In PennVEST Funding For Sewer Line Upgrades, Other Repairs

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Sewer Authority Receives $2.3 Million State Loan To Eliminate Overflow Point

-- PA Bulletin: Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Stream Designations For Dunbar Creek et al

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Newsletter Provides Summer Update On Actions To Implement County Clean Water Plan

-- Audubon: Braided Meadows At John James Audubon Center In Mill Grove, Montgomery County

-- Fox43: Green Infrastructure In Harrisburg Combats Flooding, Pollution

-- WHYY: Cheltenham Twp Slashes Funding In Half To Tookany/ Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership; Wants Partners To Pay More

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Kids Who Pushed For Hellbender To Be PA State Amphibian Have New Target: Squashing Spotted Lanternfly

-- Shippensburg NC: Stream Of Consciousness: Cumberland County Master Watershed Stewards

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Clean Water Paddle Push - Explore Your Watershed This August!

-- TribLive: Loyalhanna Watershed’s Aug. 7 Harvest Dinner Features Outdoor Picnic Setting For 2nd Year

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Farm Funding Our Best Shot To Reduce Pollution In Bay - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- CBF: Praises U.S. House Passage Of Legislation To Fund Priority Programs Next Year

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Susquehanna University Stream Ecology Institute; Building The Next Generation Of Ecologists

-- PA Sea Grant: Announces Lincoln Rehm From Drexel University Is One Of 74 Finalists For John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: July 30 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

-- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: PA Trout Unlimited Volunteers Improve, Protect Waterways

-- Trout Unlimited: Urges Congress To Pass Good Samaritan Legislation To Promote  Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines Without Assuming Liability - Watch Hearing Here

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Awards Grants For Sinnemahoning Watershed Restoration Projects In Cameron, Elk, Potter and McKean Counties

-- CBF: Freshwater Mussels Could Help Clean Up Pennsylvania's Rivers, Streams  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission Board: Proposes Single Opening Day Of Trout, Takes Other Actions At Meeting

-- Marcus Schneck: Single Statewide Opening Day For Trout Season Will Return Under Commission Plan

-- TribLive: Fish Commission Considers Single Opening Day For Trout

-- CourierT/Brian Whipkey: Good Things Happening For PA Anglers - Somerset Lake

-- Marcus Schneck: Nearly All Huntable Species In PA Now Legal Game For Mentored Hunters

-- PennLive: Army Reservists To Rescue Game Commission Project By Removing Earthen Levee As A Training Exercise In Lycoming County

-- WHYY: New East Falls Boat Landing On Schuylkill River Will Be ADA Accessible, And A Great Bird Watching Spot

-- PA Society For Ornithology: Inaugural Breeding Bird Blitz Raised $10,645 For Bird Conservation, Doubling Fundraising Goal  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. BioBlitz To Provide Baseline Snapshot Of Biodiversity In Leggett’s Creek Greenway

-- Marcus Schneck: Northern Goshawk Headed To Endangered Species Status In PA

-- TribLive/Mary Ann Thomas: State To Remove Peregrine Falcon From Threatened Species List

-- TribLive: Scouts From Pack 184 Create Project To Increase Bird Population In Heritage Park In Monroeville

-- ReadingE: Songbird Death Event Still Has No Answers:  Updated Game Commission Advisory

-- ErieT/Brian Whipkey: Planning A Trip To See The Elk In PA?  Here’s What You Need To Know

-- Outdoor Discovery Center At Crooked Creek In Armstrong County: Hosts Aug. 17 Learn About Elk Program [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Names David Mitchell New Deputy Executive Dir

-- WPXI: Audubon Society Of Western PA Says Its OK To Put Bird Feeders Back Up  [ASWP actually said *may* be able to resume feeding in the next few weeks]ector

-- Marcus Schneck: Mystery Bird Disease: What Do We Know Now?

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: New Access Road Opened To Remote Spot In Juniata/Perry State Game Lands

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Allegheny National Forest Considers Ban On Wildlife Feeding

-- AP:  Warming Rivers In U.S. West Killing Fish, Imperiling Industry

-- The Guardian: New IUCN Green Status Tool Launched To Help Species ‘Thrive, Not Just Survive’ 

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- Health, DEP, DCNR: Prevalence Of Ticks In Pennsylvania Is High, Take Steps To Prevent Tick Bites And Tick-borne Diseases  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PA Officials Warn Of Uptick In Hard-To-Spot Ticks As Summer Wears On

-- PA Cap-Star: State Officials Push For Tick-borne Illness Awareness

-- Inquirer/Frank Kummer: PA Officials Warn Against An Increase In Disease-Carrying Ticks

-- PennLive/Marcus Schneck: Can You Pass The Tick Test?

-- DEP: Mosquito Spraying In Crawford County To Help Control West Nile Virus

-- PG: Allegheny County Health To Spray For West Nile Virus In West End Tuesday

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Communications & Outreach Specialist

Opportunities

-- WeConservePA: Gail Farmer Appointed To WeConservePA’s Policy Advisory Committee

-- PA Wilds Center: Abbi Peters Graduates As Fellow Of Appalachian Regional Commission’s Appalachian Leadership Institute

-- TribLive: U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Pittsburgh District Installing New Commander

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8/2/2021