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

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Gov. Wolf, Republicans Agree To Fill 3 Seats On 5 Member Public Utility Commission

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work

-- Inquirer: Constitutional Amendments Bill Could Undermine Climate Rules, Advocates Fear

-- House Republicans Ask IRRC To Review Hundreds Of Regulations For Need, Effectiveness

-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]

-- ABC27: Lawmakers Seek To Ban Balloon Releases

-- Financial Times: U.S. Lawmakers Investigate ‘Deceptive’ PR Tactics On Behalf Of Oil And Gas

-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture  [PaEN]

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else-- 

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

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

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults  [PaEN] 

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN]

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Air

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs  [PaEN]

-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Zero In On ‘Super Emitters’ Of Methane - Conventional, Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter  [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: ‘Dramatic’ Rise In Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline In U.S. Air Quality For Millions

Alternative Fuels

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Accelerate Its Electric Vehicle Game

-- Bloomberg: New Federal Climate, Energy Bill Has U.S. Battery Industry Revved Up

Awards & Recognition

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes  [PaEN]

-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush

-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030

-- PA Environmental Educators Issue Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 Annual Conference; PAEE & MWEE Award Nominations Now Open  [PaEN]

-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson  [PaEN]

-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards  [PaEN]

-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County

-- CBS News Pittsburgh: Westmoreland County Farmer Breaks Record For Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Grown In PA - 2,405 Pounds

-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA  [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions?  We Provide Answers To Some Of Them

-- WESA: Spotted Lanternflies Are Laying Their Eggs, How To Stop The Invasive Insect’s Spread

-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050

Chesapeake Bay

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee  [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions

-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds  [PaEN]

--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Volunteers Vital To Southwestern PA

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers

-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program  [PaEN]

-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading  [PaEN]

-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]

-- Dept. Of Human Services Warns Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Aid Recipients Of Potential Scam

-- Inquirer: Quakers Protest Vanguard Climate Policy At Its HQ

-- WHYY/Billy Penn: 8 Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard HQ In Malvern

-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2

-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn Webinar On How To Make Instagram Work For You  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects

-- 5th Bike The Brandywine Event Welcomes Nearly 400 Riders For A Sunny, Scenic Day Thru Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items. To Nonprofits For Reuse  [PaEN]

-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup

-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success

-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60

-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]

-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers

-- PennEnvironment, 160+ Advocacy PA Groups Call On Biden Administration To Cut Climate Pollution In Half By 2030

Climate

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future

-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66

-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State  [PA Doesn’t, Yet]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Judge Deals New Setback To 75 MW Solar Energy Project In Adams County - By Ad Crable

-- Penn State’s Sept. 26  EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Constitutional Amendments Bill Could Undermine Climate Rules, Advocates Fear

-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work

-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7

-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change

-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities

-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation

-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change

-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA  [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition Sept. 21 Webinar How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? With Robert Howarth, Cornell University, 7:00 p.m.

-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Webinar On Local Climate Action Planning With Penn State & Partners  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Quakers Protest Vanguard Climate Policy At Its HQ

-- WHYY/Billy Penn: 8 Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard HQ In Malvern

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation

-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport

-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Zero In On ‘Super Emitters’ Of Methane - Conventional, Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’

-- TribLive: Some Cities Passing Bans On  Natural Gas Appliances To Help Curb Emissions  Causing Climate Change

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Should Accelerate Its Electric Vehicle Game

-- PennEnvironment, 160+ Advocacy PA Groups Call On Biden Administration To Cut Climate Pollution In Half By 2030

-- PA Capital-Star: Clash Over Climate Change Funding Emerging In Federal Farm Bill Debate

-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change

-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast

--  Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave

-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis

-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture

-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico

-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska

-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches

-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas

-- The Economist: Can Europe Decarbonise Its Heavy Industry? Economics, Technology Starting To Look More Favourable

-- Bloomberg: Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion Of Assets In Pursuit Of 1.5C Climate Goal

-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity

-- The Guardian: UN Chief Calls For Windfall Profits Tax On Fossil Fuel Companies: ‘Polluters Must Pay’

-- The Guardian: Vulnerable Countries Demand Global Tax To Pay For Climate-Led Loss And Damage

-- Reuters: Poor Countries Want Compensation From Rich Counties For Damage They Cause From Climate Change

-- AP: U.S. Senate Ratifies International Climate Deal On Hydrofluorocarbon Refrigerants

Climate: New Federal Climate, Energy Law

-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State  [PA Doesn’t, Yet]

-- Bloomberg: New Federal Climate, Energy Bill Has U.S. Battery Industry Revved Up

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30

-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects

-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Manchin Says U.S. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Said His Permitting Reform Bill Crucial For Future Energy Projects

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Congressional Republicans Can’t Take ‘Yes’ For An Answer On Manchin Energy Permitting Reforms

Coal Mining

-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches

-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas

-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel

Compliance Action

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Revises Enforcement, Penalty Policies  [PaEN]

-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Court Decisions

-- National Law Review: Oil & Gas And Another Questionable PA Environmental Rights Amendment Decision - By David G. Mandelbaum

DCNR

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 29; Start Planning Your Trip To Experience PA's Colorful Autumn Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA

-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA

-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA Experts Offer Foliage Tips For Residents And Travelers

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Fall Foliage Rightly Puts PA On The Map

-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030

-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream

-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day

-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2

-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits

-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects

-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers

-- National Law Review: Oil & Gas And Another Questionable PA Environmental Rights Amendment Decision - By David G. Mandelbaum

DEP

-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: DEP Plan To Clean Up Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Contamination In Chester County Draws Criticism From Environmentalists

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs  [PaEN]

-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Webinar On Local Climate Action Planning With Penn State & Partners  [PaEN]

-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter  [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs

-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster  [PaEN]

-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware Currents: Delaware River Is Largest Source Of Macroplastics Pollution In North America, Report Says

-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township

-- WHYY: Delaware River Fest Returns Saturday With Free Pedal Boat And Ferry Rides

-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 23 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush

Drinking Water

-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: East Must Stay Prepared For Drought

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Region Needs To Prepare For Droughts

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums

-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA?

-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems

-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Water Authority Issues Boil Water Advisory After Water Main Break

Drought

-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: East Must Stay Prepared For Drought

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Region Needs To Prepare For Droughts

Economic Development

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue

-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers

-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County

-- Erie Times: Meadville Firm Hydroblox Recycles Junk Plastics To Make Products That Prevent Flooding

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Comcast Promises Energy Efficiency Improvements In Its Vast Cable And Internet System

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Mike Bloomberg Commits $85 Million To Stop Petrochemical Plants In Ohio Valley, Gulf Coast 

-- Bloomberg: Investors Commit $7.1 Trillion Of Assets In Pursuit Of 1.5C Climate Goal

-- WSJ: High Natural Gas Prices Push European Manufacturers To Shift To U.S., Green-Energy Incentives Luring Companies

Education

-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Educators Issue Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 Annual Conference; PAEE & MWEE Award Nominations Now Open  [PaEN]

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps, Youth And Volunteer Opportunities

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Oct. 11 Eagles And Their Habitat Program At The Van Scott Nature Reserve In Wayne County  [PaEN]

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2

-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds  [PaEN]

-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Riverfest In Scranton Celebrates The Lackawanna River

-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbird Feeders Can Stay Up Several More Weeks, Here’s Why

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Young People Call For Climate Action As Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change

-- PennTAP Hosts Nov. 3 Webinar On Local Climate Action Planning With Penn State & Partners  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050

-- Penn State’s Sept. 26  EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn Webinar On How To Make Instagram Work For You  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Schedule Of Game Land Tours In October

-- Western PA Conservancy: Meet Fallingwater’s Summer Internship Class, Learn About Intern Opportunities 

-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity

-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast

--  Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave

-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis

-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture

-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change

-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees

-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs

-- DEP Blog: What To Do With Your On-Lot Septic System After A Flood

-- Western PA Conservancy Fallingwater Oct. 25 Webinar: Artisans To Share Inspiration At 50th Anniversary Of Touchstone Center For Crafts School. Noon.

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions?  We Provide Answers To Some Of Them

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fall Begins This Week: How Much Do You Know About The Autumnal Equinox?

-- WHYY: Delaware River Fest Returns Saturday With Free Pedal Boat And Ferry Rides

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: York County Pawpaw Festival Spotlights Forgotten Native Fruit Enjoying A Resurgence

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy

-- Reuters: Biden Administration To Fund Community Education On Nuclear Waste

Emergency Response

-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’

-- WLBT: Mowing Accident Causes Natural Gas Pipeline Leak In Warren County

-- WHYY/PlanPhilly: 5 Tips From Your Neighbors On How To Deal With Flooding

-- Gov. Wolf: Two Members Of PA Task Force 1 Deploying To Puerto Rico To Support Hurricane Fiona Response

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Area Puerto Rican And Dominican Communities Readying Humanitarian Response To Hurricane Damage - Again

-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Category 3 Hurricane

-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations

-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico

-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska

-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis

-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

6th Oil/Natural Gas Price Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 1% On Rising Demand, Daily Output Decline

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA?  [PaEN]

-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - After No Change For 7 Weeks, Up 1 - 24

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Heating Oil Dealers Advise Customers To Stock Up Now, Prices Expected To Rise

-- Financial Times: BP Refinery Fire In Ohio Kills 2 Workers; Analysts Warn Prolonged Shutdown Could Push Fuel Prices Higher

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Downward Streak For National Average Gasoline Price Ends  [PA Gasoline Prices ]

-- TribLive: Decline In Gasoline Prices Breaks 2018 Record, But Change To Winter Fuel Could Snap Trend

-- Bloomberg: Oil Falls Below $80 En Route To Biggest Run Of Weekly Losses This Year

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Slide 1% After U.S. Fed Raises Interest Rates

-- The Guardian: How The Natural Gas Industry Capitalized On The Ukraine War To Change Biden Energy Policy

National/International

-- Bloomberg: Unrealistic Demands Hindering European LNG Natural Gas Deals: ‘If You Want A Cheap Price… The Answer Obviously Is ‘No’’

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Posts 4th Weekly Loss As Winter Reserves Fill Up With Ample Supplies Of LNG

-- Financial Times: Tellurian’s $25 Billion Driftwood LNG Plant In Louisiana Fails To Get Financing, Shell Pulls Out Of Deal

-- Bloomberg: European Industry Buckles Under Weight Of Soaring Natural Gas Prices

-- WSJ: High Natural Gas Prices Push European Manufacturers To Shift To U.S., Green-Energy Incentives Luring Companies

-- NYT: ‘Crippling’ Energy Bills Driven By Spike In Natural Gas Costs Force Europe’s Factories To Go Dark

-- The Economist: How The EU Intends To Collect ‘Windfall Profits’ From Energy Firms

-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change

-- Reuters: Britain Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Fracking Where It Is Supported By Communities

-- Bloomberg: New UK Fracking Needs Local Support, But It’s Nowhere To Be Seen

-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel

-- WPost: Coal Stoves, Wood Thieves: Europe Braces For Winter Without Russian Natural Gas

-- Financial Times: Energy Crunch Threatens To Shatter European Unity, Warns IEA Boss

-- Reuters: Europe Races To Prepare For Energy Crunch This Winter; European Natural Gas Prices More Than Doubled From Start Of 2022

-- AP: Environmental Groups Attack EU’s Green Label For Natural Gas, Nuclear Power

-- Bloomberg: EU’s ‘Fake’ Green Label For Natural Gas, Nuclear Are Under Legal Attack

Global Energy Action Forum - Pittsburgh

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future

-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Not Registered For Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh?  You Can Still Feel The Buzz

-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Energy VIPs Are In Pittsburgh, Everyone Wants Their Attention 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Energy Maker Or Taker Left Behind: How The World Transitions To Clean Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Global Clean Energy Conference Kicks Off With Energy, Enthusiasm For Change

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: World Leaders Hail New U.S. Climate, Energy Act To Spur Clean Energy Work

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: In Pittsburgh, John Kerry Says Climate Change Solutions Will Be Driven By Private Sector

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: The Hydrogen Money Is Here, Just In Time For The Hype

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Pennsylvania Plans To Win Hydrogen Hub

-- Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA  [PaEN]

-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7

-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard

-- TribLive: Some Pittsburgh Elected Officials Caution Against ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Hub Pitch

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: The World Comes To Pittsburgh, But Which Pittsburgh Will It See?

-- NorthcentralPA.com: Energy Future PA Coalition Pushes For Zero-Carbon Alternatives In PA

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: U.S. DOE Opening Lab On CO2 Capture From The Air, Will It Be In Pittsburgh Or WV?

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pricing Climate Risk Into Portfolios Remains Key Challenge For Commercial Real Estate Industry

-- PA Capital-Star: ‘We Need To Do Everything We Can Now’: In Pittsburgh, Students March For Climate Justice

-- WESA: Young People Call For Climate Action As Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh

Energy

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future

-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Energy Maker Or Taker Left Behind: How The World Transitions To Clean Energy

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Gov. Wolf, Republicans Agree To Fill 3 Seats On 5 Member Public Utility Commission

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050

-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66

-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State  [PA Doesn’t, Yet]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Judge Deals New Setback To 75 MW Solar Energy Project In Adams County - By Ad Crable

-- Penn State’s Sept. 26  EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030

-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA

-- Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Pennsylvania Plans To Win Hydrogen Hub

-- Better Path Coalition Sept. 21 Webinar How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? With Robert Howarth, Cornell University, 7:00 p.m.

-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation

-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport

-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Indicators 2022: Energy Use In NE PA - Economic, Environmental Impacts

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Penn State, Construction Trades, DePasquale Others Form Nonpartisan Energy Future PA Group

-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation

-- Dept. Of Human Services Warns Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Aid Recipients Of Potential Scam

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy

-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change

-- PA Capital-Star: Amid A Massive American Clean Energy Shift, Electric Grid Operators Play Catch-Up

-- Reuters: Coal Rush! Energy Crisis Fires Global Hunt For Polluting Fuel

-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches

-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas

-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations

Energy Conservation

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Comcast Promises Energy Efficiency Improvements In Its Vast Cable And Internet System

Environmental Health

-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs  [PaEN]

-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma

-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge

Environmental Heritage

-- TribLive: Improvements Eyed At Flight 93 Memorial’s Western Overlook

-- Western PA Conservancy: Meet Fallingwater’s Summer Internship Class, Learn About Intern Opportunities 

-- Western PA Conservancy Fallingwater Oct. 25 Webinar: Artisans To Share Inspiration At 50th Anniversary Of Touchstone Center For Crafts School. Noon.

Environmental Justice

-- EPA Launches New Office Dedicated To Advancing Environmental Justice And Civil Rights

-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma

-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter  [PaEN]

EPA

-- EPA Launches New Office Dedicated To Advancing Environmental Justice And Civil Rights

-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA  [PaEN]

Farming

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities

-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee  [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data

-- Penn State: Mixed Cover Crops Capture Carbon In Soil, Could Help Mitigate Climate Change

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions

-- CBS News Pittsburgh: Westmoreland County Farmer Breaks Record For Heaviest Pumpkin Ever Grown In PA - 2,405 Pounds

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions?  We Provide Answers To Some Of Them

-- WESA: Spotted Lanternflies Are Laying Their Eggs, How To Stop The Invasive Insect’s Spread

-- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh

-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Clash Over Climate Change Funding Emerging In Federal Farm Bill Debate

Flooding

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change

-- WHYY/PlanPhilly: 5 Tips From Your Neighbors On How To Deal With Flooding

-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: More Apartments Proposed In Manayunk’s Venice Island A Year After It Was Swamped By Hurricane Ida

-- Erie Times/USA Today: The Climate Future Is Now, Humans Navigate A ‘Perilous Course’ On The East Coast

--  Erie Times/USA Today: Hurricane Ida’s Deluge Nearly Drowned Him In His NY Apartment, He Can’t Afford To Leave

-- Courier Times: Not All East Coast States Have A Plan For Protecting Citizens From Climate Crisis

Flooding - Hurricanes

-- Gov. Wolf: Two Members Of PA Task Force 1 Deploying To Puerto Rico To Support Hurricane Fiona Response

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Area Puerto Rican And Dominican Communities Readying Humanitarian Response To Hurricane Damage - Again

-- WHYY/AP: Puerto Ricans Seething Over Lack Of Power Days After Fiona, Call For Ouster Of Private Electricity Company

-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Barrels Toward Turks And Caicos As Category 3 Hurricane

-- WPost: Efforts To Modernize Puerto Rico’s Power Grid Face Recriminations

-- AP: Hurricane Fiona Nears Dominican Republic After Pounding Puerto Rico

-- AP: Flood Waters Receding After Storm Batters Western Alaska

Forests

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 29; Start Planning Your Trip To Experience PA's Colorful Autumn Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA

-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA

-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA Experts Offer Foliage Tips For Residents And Travelers

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Fall Foliage Rightly Puts PA On The Map

-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program  [PaEN]

-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2

-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits

-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Spotted Lanternfly Threat Is Uncertain, But The Plan Is Eradication

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Questions?  We Provide Answers To Some Of Them

-- WESA: Spotted Lanternflies Are Laying Their Eggs, How To Stop The Invasive Insect’s Spread

-- TribLive: Leaf Disease Continues To Ravage PA Beech Trees

-- Inquirer: The Secret, Lucrative World Of PA’s Wild Ginseng Diggers

Forests - Wildfires

-- The Guardian: ‘Dramatic’ Rise In Wildfire Smoke Triggers Decline In U.S. Air Quality For Millions

-- The Guardian: Filmmakers Capture How Escalating Wildfires Have Devastated California Landscapes

Game Commission

-- Game Commission: Schedule Of Game Land Tours In October

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream

Grants/Funding

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee  [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County

-- TribLive: Plum Borough Receives $73,000 CFA Grant For Stormwater Improvements

-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- EXTENDED: Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Agreement Mine Drainage Cleanup Grants  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities

-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Upstream Pittsburgh Gets $120,000 Grant For Fern Hollow Bridge Restoration, Frick Park Rehab

-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7

-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard

Green Infrastructure

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants  [PaEN]

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day

-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions

-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee  [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County

-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: DEP Plan To Clean Up Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Contamination In Chester County Draws Criticism From Environmentalists

Hazardous Substances

-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs  [PaEN]

-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma

-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge

Land Conservation

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants  [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day

-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

Land Recycling

-- DEP Finalizes Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan For Bishop Tube Site In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: DEP Plan To Clean Up Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Contamination In Chester County Draws Criticism From Environmentalists

Land Use

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Officials Advance The Conversion Of Offices To Homes

-- Inquirer: More Apartments Proposed In Manayunk’s Venice Island A Year After It Was Swamped By Hurricane Ida

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items. To Nonprofits For Reuse  [PaEN]

-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires

-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup

-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60

-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]

Mine Reclamation

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners  [PaEN]

-- EXTENDED: Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Applications For Watershed Cooperative Agreement Mine Drainage Cleanup Grants  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps, Youth And Volunteer Opportunities

--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

Ohio River

-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]

On-Lot Septic Systems

-- DEP Blog: We’re Pumped For Local Onlot Septic System Management Programs

-- DEP Blog: What To Do With Your On-Lot Septic System After A Flood

Oil & Gas

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs  [PaEN]

-- KYW: Asthma Peak Week: Philadelphia Ranks Among Most Challenging Cities For People With Asthma

-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Notified DEP A Republican Bill Allowed To Become Law In July May Block Funding For New Federal Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program  [PaEN]

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: No Energy Maker Or Taker Left Behind: How The World Transitions To Clean Energy

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference

-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA

-- Team Pennsylvania, Co-Chaired By Gov. Wolf, Issues Road Map On Hydrogen Development, Carbon Management In PA  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Pennsylvania Plans To Win Hydrogen Hub

-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems

-- Better Path Coalition Sept. 21 Webinar How Green Is Blue Hydrogen? With Robert Howarth, Cornell University, 7:00 p.m.

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation

-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport

-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet

-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7

-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Zero In On ‘Super Emitters’ Of Methane - Conventional, Unconventional Oil & Gas Facilities

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Up 1% On Rising Demand, Daily Output Decline

-- Explainer: So Why Does A Susquehanna County Gas Company Have To Raise Rates 33.2% When Susquehanna County Is The #1 Shale Gas Producer In PA?  [PaEN]

-- PA PUC: Cost Of Natural Gas Provided By Major Utilities In PA Increased As Much As 154% Over Last Year [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes PA Natural Gas Drill Rig Count - After No Change For 7 Weeks, Up 1 - 24

-- TribLive: Decline In Gasoline Prices Breaks 2018 Record, But Change To Winter Fuel Could Snap Trend

-- AAA Gasoline Prices: Downward Streak For National Average Gasoline Price Ends  [PA Gasoline Prices ]

-- Financial Times: BP Refinery Fire In Ohio Kills 2 Workers; Analysts Warn Prolonged Shutdown Could Push Fuel Prices Higher

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Heating Oil Dealers Advise Customers To Stock Up Now, Prices Expected To Rise

-- Bloomberg: Oil Falls Below $80 En Route To Biggest Run Of Weekly Losses This Year

-- National Law Review: Oil & Gas And Another Questionable PA Environmental Rights Amendment Decision - By David G. Mandelbaum

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Mike Bloomberg Commits $85 Million To Stop Petrochemical Plants In Ohio Valley, Gulf Coast 

-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’

-- TribLive: Some Cities Passing Bans On  Natural Gas Appliances To Help Curb Emissions  Causing Climate Change

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: California Moves To Ban New Natural Gas Furnaces, Heaters By 2030 To Fight Climate Change

-- The Guardian: How The Natural Gas Industry Capitalized On The Ukraine War To Change Biden Energy Policy

-- U.S. DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Concept Papers Due Nov. 7

-- Utility Dive: DOE Opens $7 Billion Hydrogen Hub Funding Opportunity, Issues Draft Production Standard

-- AP: First Public Global Database Of Fossil Fuels Launches

-- The Guardian: Burning World’s Fossil Fuel Reserves Could Emit 3.5 Trillion Tons Of Greenhouse Gas

-- Reuters: Britain Lifts Ban On Shale Gas Fracking Where It Is Supported By Communities

-- Bloomberg: New UK Fracking Needs Local Support, But It’s Nowhere To Be Seen

-- Financial Times: U.S. Lawmakers Investigate ‘Deceptive’ PR Tactics On Behalf Of Oil And Gas

Pipelines

-- House Committee Fails To Address $70 Million In Penalties On Natural Gas Pipelines Or Real Concerns Of People Living Near Gas Production & Distribution Facilities  [PaEN]

-- WLBT: Mowing Accident Causes Natural Gas Pipeline Leak In Warren County

-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs  [PaEN]

-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems

-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30

-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects

-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Manchin Says U.S. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Said His Permitting Reform Bill Crucial For Future Energy Projects

PennVEST

-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

Permitting

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- DEP Takes Action On 744 Permits, 97% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,434 Inspections; Responded To 4 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill; U.S. Senate To Vote By Sept. 30

-- The Guardian: Sen. Manchin Unveils Bill To Expedite Federal Energy Projects

-- Reuters: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Permitting Reform Bill Some Democrats Slam

-- Bloomberg: Sen. Manchin Unveils Energy Bill Boosting WV Natural Gas Pipeline

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Sen. Manchin Says U.S. Needs Energy Permitting Reform To Compete, At Clean Energy Event In Pittsburgh

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sen. Manchin Said His Permitting Reform Bill Crucial For Future Energy Projects

Public Participation

-- DEP Public Notices -- Oil & Gas Industry Facilities  [PaEN]

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 24 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Gov. Wolf, Republicans Agree To Fill 3 Seats On 5 Member Public Utility Commission

-- Inquirer: Site Of Montgomery County House Explosion That Killed 5 Inspected, Residents Near The Explosion Displaced For Months, Received Not Updates On Cause

-- MCall - Ford Turner: Residents Smelled Natural Gas For Years Near Montgomery County Home That Blew Up: ‘It Smacked You In The Face’

-- TribLive: Some Cities Passing Bans On  Natural Gas Appliances To Help Curb Emissions  Causing Climate Change

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change [PaEN]

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums

-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA?

-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems

Radiation Protection

-- Reuters: Biden Administration To Fund Community Education On Nuclear Waste

Recreation

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Posts 3 Videos To Help Applicants Apply For Conservation Grants, Including Special Fall Grant Round, Watershed Forestry Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 29; Start Planning Your Trip To Experience PA's Colorful Autumn Now  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter  [PaEN]

-- Sept. 23 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Experts Pick Best Places To See Fall Foliage In Southwestern PA

-- Citizens Voice: Fall Foliage Expected To Be Huge Attraction In NE PA

-- Republican Herald: Drought Means Schuylkill County Fall Foliage Will Be Shorter, Not As Bright, Experts Say

-- WeConservePA Call For Presentation Proposals For 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference April 26-28, Reading  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream

-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day

-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2

-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits

-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County

-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee  [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County

-- WHYY: East Fairmount Park To Host Inaugural Philadelphia Polo Classic

-- PennLive: Perry County Eagle Scout Project Goes ‘Gaga’ Ball At Community Park

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects

-- TribLive: Improvements Eyed At Flight 93 Memorial’s Western Overlook

-- 5th Bike The Brandywine Event Welcomes Nearly 400 Riders For A Sunny, Scenic Day Thru Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Clinton County To Study Fish, Kayak Passage With Susquehanna Greenway Partnership

-- TribLive: Upstream Pittsburgh Gets $120,000 Grant For Fern Hollow Bridge Restoration, Frick Park Rehab

-- TribLive: Plans For $1.3 Million Renovation Of Overlook Park In Pittsburgh Released

-- TribLive: Bethel Park Breaks Ground For Pine Tree Park Improvements

-- Erie Times/Beaver County Times: Patagonia’s ‘The Scale Of Hope’ Film Explores Climate, Climbing In Pittsburgh And Identity

Recycling/Waste

-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards  [PaEN]

-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]

-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster  [PaEN]

-- Oct. 15 PA Resources Council Pittsburgh Reuse Fest Provides Opportunity To Donate Items. To Nonprofits For Reuse  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Delaware River Is Largest Source Of Macroplastics Pollution In North America, Report Says

-- ABC27: Lawmakers Seek To Ban Balloon Releases

-- Scranton Times: Wegmans Shoppers Happy To Use Paper And Reusable Bags Over Plastic To Help The Environment

-- Erie Times: Meadville Firm Hydroblox Recycles Junk Plastics To Make Products That Prevent Flooding

-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup

-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success

-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60

Regulations

-- House Republicans Ask IRRC To Review Hundreds Of Regulations For Need, Effectiveness

Renewable Energy

-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]

-- WESA: Global Leaders Meet In Pittsburgh In Hopes Of Charting A Clean Energy Future

-- Clean Energy Justice Convergence: Citizen Activist Events Related To Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh

-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050

-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66

-- Bloomberg: Federal Climate, Energy Law Has Incentives For Community Solar Projects, If Authorized By State  [PA Doesn’t, Yet]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Judge Deals New Setback To 75 MW Solar Energy Project In Adams County - By Ad Crable

-- Penn State’s Sept. 26  EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Amid A Massive American Clean Energy Shift, Electric Grid Operators Play Catch-Up

-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Info. Meeting: Carbon Capture, Utilization And Storage Shows Promise In PA

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Changes Needed To Make A PA Hydrogen Hub Work

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. DOE Launches Big Initiative On Clean Industrial Energy

-- Financial Times: Clean Energy Bosses Urge Permit Reforms To Meet U.S. Climate Goals

Stormwater

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Plum Borough Receives $73,000 CFA Grant For Stormwater Improvements

-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township

-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sept. 15 Business Meeting Recap

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Revises Enforcement, Penalty Policies  [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sept. 15 Business Meeting Recap

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Revises Enforcement, Penalty Policies  [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue

-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture  [PaEN]

-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career  [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: Small-Town Municipal Sewer Systems Are Getting Tech-Like Premiums

-- Inquirer Pro/Con: Is Privatizing Municipally-Owned Sewer/Water Systems A Good Idea In PA?

-- Inquirer Editorial: Time To Repeal PA Law That Allows Sale Of Municipal Water Systems

-- The Guardian: Fury Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ As U.S State Spread Toxic Sewage Sludge

Watershed Protection

-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes  [PaEN]

-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush

-- Pennsylvania Receives $240 Million In Water Infrastructure Funding Under Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bay Water Quality Declines In More Recent Data

-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties  [PaEN]

-- CFA Announces Investment Of $18.2 Million In 130 Recreation, Flood Protection, Environmental Restoration Projects Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee  [PaEN]

-- MyChesco.com: CFA-Act 13 Funding Supports Watershed And Trail Projects In Chester County

-- TribLive: Plum Borough Receives $73,000 CFA Grant For Stormwater Improvements

-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township

--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties

-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds  [PaEN]

-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Riverfest In Scranton Celebrates The Lackawanna River

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Oct. 18 Lunch & Learn Webinar On How To Make Instagram Work For You  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: Re-Wilding Our Streams To Save The Chesapeake Bay - By Robert Siegried, Resource Environmental Solutions

-- WHYY: Delaware River Fest Returns Saturday With Free Pedal Boat And Ferry Rides

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 23 RiverWatch Video Report

-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County

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Wildlife

-- Game Commission: Schedule Of Game Land Tours In October

-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: National Hunting & Fishing Day Events In PA

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream

-- MCall: Elk On The Loose In Northampton County, Police Warn Not To Approach

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Hosts Oct. 11 Eagles And Their Habitat Program At The Van Scott Nature Reserve In Wayne County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbird Feeders Can Stay Up Several More Weeks, Here’s Why

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: PA Hunters Will Have 15,000 More Pheasants To Pursue

-- Williamsport Sun: Clinton County To Study Fish, Kayak Passage With Susquehanna Greenway Partnership

-- Erie Times/USA Today: Muskrats, Eagles, Marsh: This Tribal Chief Sees Climate Crisis Threaten East Coast Culture

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster County Rider Excels In World’s Toughest Horse Race - 1,200 Mile Mongol Derby

Opportunities

-- Rodale Institute Announces Retirement Of CEO Jeff Moyer After 46 Year Career  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining AmeriCorps, Youth And Volunteer Opportunities

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