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

-- Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA’s Natural Gas Industry Set To Benefit From Billions In State Tax Credits

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Send Gov. Wolf Large Package Of Energy Tax Credits

-- TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: State Insists On Paying Polluters [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Tax Credit Bill Gifts Natural Gas, Dirty Hydrogen With $4 Billion In Taxpayer Subsidies - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Wolf, PA Lawmakers Look To Push Through Massive Tax Incentives For Hydrogen Production, Natural Gas

-- Bill Goes To Governor Creating Well Plugging Grant Program; Senate, House Again Fail To Address Woefully Inadequate Conventional Well Plugging Bonding [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee OK’d Bills Rebranding Fossil Fuels As ‘Low Emission,’ Eliminating Incentives For EVs; Fails To End Ban On Raising Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding; Reports Out EHB Nominee Sarah Clark [PaEN]

-- Senator Yaw: LNG Exports Critical In Preventing Emissions Backslide [Real Story Is LNG Exports Keep PA Natural Gas Prices High, Which Is Where Industry Wants Them As Business Media Keeps Reporting]

-- DelcoTimes Letter: Many Questions About Proposed LNG Export Terminal In Chester, Delaware County - PA League Of Women Voters

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- Erie Times: Fetterman, Dr. Oz Have At Least One Thing In Common To Critics: They’ve Waffled On Fracking

-- Sen. DiSanto Wants Commonwealth Agencies To Pay Their Fair Share Of Local Stormwater Fees

-- Inside Climate News: PA’s Dairy Farmers Clamor For Candidates Who Will Cut Environmental Regulations

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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-- 76 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]

Check Calendars For Events Near You!

-- Check The Calendars For Events Near You: PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events.

Air

-- TribLive: Weather Conditions Prompt Allegheny County Health Dept. Air Pollution Warning For Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Extends Air Pollution Warning For Mon Valley Through Monday Morning

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel Cuts Back Emissions In Allegheny County As Air Quality Warnings Continue

-- Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County [PaEN]

-- WSJ: Tougher Federal Rules On Methane Leaks Coming, But Conventional Oil & Gas Wells That Are Responsible For 80%+ Of Leaks Might Catch A Break [PA Examples]

Alternative Fuels

-- EPA Awards $34.6 Million In Clean School Bus Grants To PA School Districts [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 2 Washington County School Districts Benefiting From EPA Clean Bus Grants

-- Columbia Gas Launches Alternative Fuel Vehicle Pilot Program Using Adsorbed Natural Gas

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Columbia Gas Unveils Renewable Natural Gas Fleet Vehicle

-- WESA: How A Tank Full Of Powder Turns Natural Gas Into Fuel For Pickup Trucks

-- The Economist: Vehicle Battery-Makers Are Being Designed To Recycle Raw Materials

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Audubon Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With First Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award [PaEN]

-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Butler-Freeport ‘The Little Trail That Could’ Celebrates 30th Anniversary Saturday

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Final Report On 2021 Healing The Planet Grants Supported By The Giant Company

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds - By Dr. Robert M. Ross [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Takes Emergency Steps After Invasive Species Found At Hatcheries

-- TribLive: Longwood Residents Participate In Planting Meadow At Plum Retirement Community To Improve Wildlife Habitat, Attract Pollinators

-- Phipps Conservatory Native Plant And Sustainability Conference Nov. 12 In Pittsburgh. 9:45 a.m to 3:40 p.m.

-- TribLive: 4 Western PA Mayors Sign Monarch Pledge, Volunteers Sought To Help Save Butterflies, Other Pollinators

-- Nature At Risk: The American Bald Eagle Flies High Once More - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbirds, Other PA Birds On New List Of 70 Species ‘At The Tipping Point’

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- Spotlight PA: Track How Your PA Municipality Is Using American Rescue Plan Funding

Budget

-- Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA’s Natural Gas Industry Set To Benefit From Billions In State Tax Credits

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Send Gov. Wolf Large Package Of Energy Tax Credits

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Tax Credit Bill Gifts Natural Gas, Dirty Hydrogen With $4 Billion In Taxpayer Subsidies - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: State Insists On Paying Polluters [PaEN]

-- Sen. DiSanto Wants Commonwealth Agencies To Pay Their Fair Share Of Local Stormwater Fees

-- Scranton Times: Officials Highlight Federal, State Investments In Conservation, Environment, Urban Revitalization

Chesapeake Bay

-- State Conservation Commission Accepting REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Until Nov. 18 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Sharing Our Knowledge Of Watershed Restoration [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Project Receives $2 Million State RACP Grant

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- DEP Tours Kettle Creek Stream Restoration Project, Highlights Clinton County Clean Water Action Plan Progress [PaEN]

-- DCNR Joins Volunteers, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay For 24-Hour Treelay Tree Plantings Oct. 28-29 In Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York Counties

-- Reminder: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29 [PaEN]

-- Lebtown.com: Two Lebanon County Borough Split $300,000 In Grants To Restore Stream Damage

-- DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Civilian Conservation Corps: Tough Times Led To Lasting Legacies At Chesapeake Bay Region’s Parks

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Citizen Action

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- DelcoTimes Letter: Many Questions About Proposed LNG Export Terminal In Chester, Delaware County - PA League Of Women Voters

-- WSJ: Tougher Federal Rules On Methane Leaks Coming, But Conventional Oil & Gas Wells That Are Responsible For 80%+ Of Leaks Might Catch A Break [PA Examples]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Final Report On 2021 Healing The Planet Grants Supported By The Giant Company

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: The Family Forest Carbon Program - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Sharing Our Knowledge Of Watershed Restoration [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Project Receives $2 Million State RACP Grant

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- DEP Tours Kettle Creek Stream Restoration Project, Highlights Clinton County Clean Water Action Plan Progress [PaEN]

-- Lebtown.com: Two Lebanon County Borough Split $300,000 In Grants To Restore Stream Damage

-- DCNR Joins Volunteers, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay For 24-Hour Treelay Tree Plantings Oct. 28-29 In Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York Counties

-- Reminder: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Group Using Mini Grants To Shine Light On Conservation Efforts

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission Needs Volunteers For Planting In Allegheny County Nov. 12

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds - By Dr. Robert M. Ross [PaEN]

-- A Study Finding Microplastics In 100% Of Exceptional Value, High Quality, Class A Trout Streams Sampled In PA Is Disturbing To Wildlife Advocates [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In NE PA’s Cleanest Waterways

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland Land Trust, WeConservePA Host Site Visit To Ongoing Conservation Of Schwarz Farm [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Agriculture Land Preservation Board Accepting Applications

-- WHYY: Chester County Farmer Makes A Horror Movie To Save The Family Farm

-- DCNR: State, Local Officials Join In Dedication Of Enola Low Grade Rail Trail Bridge In Lancaster County

-- TribLive: Longwood Residents Participate In Planting Meadow At Plum Retirement Community To Improve Wildlife Habitat, Attract Pollinators

-- Warren Times: Residents With Private Water Wells Encouraged To Attend Penn State Extension Program, Have Water Tested

-- Warren Times Editorial: Take Advantage Of Water Well Clinic, Test Your Water

-- DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Substantial Changes To Radon Mitigation Standards Guidance [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host Dec. 1 Public Meeting, Hearing On Proposed MAX Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill No. 7 In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 767 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,605 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Oct. 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Nov. 10, Berks Nature Rookery

-- Williamsport Sun: Locals Help With Hurricane Ian Relief In Florida

-- PUC Sets Nov. 17 Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Normalization Charge

-- Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County [PaEN]

-- DEP Urges Residents To Recycle Household Goods, Clothing Which Make Up 10% Of Municipal Waste Stream; Launches Circular Merchant Platform App [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Participating In National Prescription Drug Take Back Day For 17th Time

-- WHYY: Delaware Valley Sites Collect Unused Medications On National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

-- PennLive: Harrisburg, Dauphin County Fight Illegal Dumping: ‘We Will Find You, And You Will Be Stopped’

Climate

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Energy Becoming Mainstream For PA Utilities - The Cheapest Form Of Electric Generation You Can Build [And There Is Zero Fuel Cost]

-- WSJ: Tougher Federal Rules On Methane Leaks Coming, But Conventional Oil & Gas Wells That Are Responsible For 80%+ Of Leaks Might Catch A Break [PA Examples]

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: The Family Forest Carbon Program - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Penn State Institutes Of Energy & The Environment/ PA GreenGov Council Nov. 10 Webinar: Household Carbon Reduction - Building Sciences Connection. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- PA Municipal League/Sustainable PA Nov. 15 In-Person/Virtual Fall Sustainability Conference, The Inn at Villanova University, Radnor, Delaware County. 8:30 to 4:00 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Nov. 18 Webinar: PA Solar Guidebooks: Helping Landowners and Municipalities Navigate Solar Growth [PaEN]

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Nov. 15 Webinar: Unraveling The Ins And Outs Of Retro-Commissioning And Saving Energy. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- University of Pittsburgh Prof. Shanti Gamper-Rabindram On America’s Energy Future Nov. 15 At Riverstone Books In Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m.

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Proposal: Fuel For Ongoing Market ‘Crisis’ Or A Needed Step To Limit Overprocurement?

-- NYT: War In Ukraine Likely To Speed Shift To Clean Energy, IEA Says

-- AP: Report: Global Crises Can Speed Up Move To Clean Energy

-- AP: Poll: Most In U.S. Want More Action On Climate Change

-- AP: UN Report: Climate Pollution Reductions ‘Highly Inadequate’

-- The Guardian: UN Finds ‘No Credible Pathway To 1.5C In Place’

-- The Guardian: Goal Of Limiting Global Heating To 1.5C ‘More Fragile’ Than Ever, Says Cop27 Chair

-- Financial Times: World On Track For Up To 2.6C Temperature Rise By 2100, Reports UN

-- WSJ: Carbon-Capture Projects Are Taking Off, Here’s How They Stash The Greenhouse Gas

-- Inside Climate News: With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Assets

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Do We Know Humans Triggered Warming?

-- AP: Climate Questions: Who Are The Big Emitters Of Greenhouse Gases?

Coal Mining

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Will Monitor Culm Bank Site For Possible Underground Coal Mine Fire In Newport Twp. Near Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant Site In Luzerne

-- Scranton Times: Coal Mine Subsidence Closes Portion Of Keystone Ave. In Blakely, Lackawanna County

-- Inside Climate News: With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Assets

Compliance Action

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

Court Action

-- Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County [PaEN]

DCNR

-- PA Audubon Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With First Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award [PaEN]

-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- DCNR Leased 176 Acres Of Susquehanna River Submerged Land To SWN Natural Gas Production Company In Susquehanna County For $704,000 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- LebTown.com: Swatara State Park To Expand By 136 Acres Thanks To Gift Of Land By Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation

-- DCNR Notice Of Revised State Forest Schedule Of Fees

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Shares Info About Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area Plans At Meeting In East Union

-- DCNR: State, Local Officials Join In Dedication Of Enola Low Grade Rail Trail Bridge In Lancaster County

-- DCNR State Parks Fall Edition Of Their Environmental Education Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- DCNR Issues 5th Weekly Fall Foliage Report - Sightseers Should Target SE PA For Best Color [PaEN]

-- Oct. 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Butler-Freeport ‘The Little Trail That Could’ Celebrates 30th Anniversary Saturday

-- NextPittsburgh: Outdoor Inclusion Coalition Aims To Make Parks More Accessible For All

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Civilian Conservation Corps: Tough Times Led To Lasting Legacies At Chesapeake Bay Region’s Parks

-- DCNR: Benjamin Rush State Park To Host Mentored Deer Hunt Oct. 28-29 In Philadelphia

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Fridays: How Do Animals Know When To Go? When To Stock Up For The Winter?

DEP

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- Bill Goes To Governor Creating Well Plugging Grant Program; Senate, House Again Fail To Address Woefully Inadequate Conventional Well Plugging Bonding [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Will Monitor Culm Bank Site For Possible Underground Coal Mine Fire In Newport Twp. Near Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant Site In Luzerne

-- Scranton Times: Coal Mine Subsidence Closes Portion Of Keystone Ave. In Blakely, Lackawanna County

-- Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops - By Penn State News [PaEN]

-- DEP Urges Residents To Recycle Household Goods, Clothing Which Make Up 10% Of Municipal Waste Stream; Launches Circular Merchant Platform App [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Publishes Final Regulation On Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule

-- DEP To Host Dec. 1 Public Meeting, Hearing On Proposed MAX Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill No. 7 In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Substantial Changes To Radon Mitigation Standards Guidance [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Grants Available, Cooking In A Healthy Kitchen, EV Grants Webinar, Help Wanted

-- DEP Took Action On 767 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,605 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 9 Hearing On Water Requests; Dec. 7 Quarterly Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 28 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 9 Hearing On Water Requests; Dec. 7 Quarterly Business Meeting [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops - By Penn State News [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Residents With Private Water Wells Encouraged To Attend Penn State Extension Program, Have Water Tested

-- Warren Times Editorial: Take Advantage Of Water Well Clinic, Test Your Water

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Nearly $45 Million In Funding For Local Community Block Grant Projects, Including Wastewater, Drinking Water And Parks

-- Inquirer: Philly Schools Are Getting $5 Million To Ensure Students Have Clean Drinking Water

-- WHYY: North, West Philly Continue To See Higher Concentration Of Lead Exposures, Despite Citywide Decline

Economic Development

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Energy Becoming Mainstream For PA Utilities - The Cheapest Form Of Electric Generation You Can Build [And There Is Zero Fuel Cost]

-- Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Tax Credit Bill Gifts Natural Gas, Dirty Hydrogen With $4 Billion In Taxpayer Subsidies - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Will Monitor Culm Bank Site For Possible Underground Coal Mine Fire In Newport Twp. Near Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant Site In Luzerne

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Nov. 15 Webinar: Unraveling The Ins And Outs Of Retro-Commissioning And Saving Energy. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- DCED Awards $7,481 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant For Environmental Assessment Of Former Railroad Station In Altoona

Education

-- DCNR State Parks Fall Edition Of Their Environmental Education Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Residents With Private Water Wells Encouraged To Attend Penn State Extension Program, Have Water Tested

-- Warren Times Editorial: Take Advantage Of Water Well Clinic, Test Your Water

-- TribLive: 4 Western PA Mayors Sign Monarch Pledge, Volunteers Sought To Help Save Butterflies, Other Pollinators

-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Grants Available, Cooking In A Healthy Kitchen, EV Grants Webinar, Help Wanted

-- NextPittsburgh: Forest Bathing Brings Japanese Wellness Trend To The Pittsburgh Woodlands

-- US Geological Survey Pennsylvania Waters Fall 2022 Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Spooky Species: Don’t Let These Real PA Creatures Cross Into The Cryptid Class

-- Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Now Open! Fun, Prizes & Litter Awareness For Grades K To 6 [PaEN]

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Nov. 4 Conewago Creek Walk & Talk Event, Adams County. 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

-- PUC Holding ‘Be Utility Wise’ Events Oct. 27 In Berks County, Nov. 9 In Cambria County

-- Penn State EarthTalk Oct. 31 On Engineering Enhanced Thin-Film Solar Cells, 4:00 p.m.

-- Still Time To Register! Bucknell University River Symposium. Nov. 4-5 In Lewisburg

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Nov. 5 Eagle Day: A Golden Opportunity To See North America’s Largest Bird Of Prey

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center First Sunday Storytime Nov. 6 Is Free

-- TribLive: Fundraiser To Help Vets, First Responders Through Outdoor Learning, Hunting Scheduled In Ross On Nov. 10

-- Penn State Institutes Of Energy & The Environment/ PA GreenGov Council Nov. 10 Webinar: Household Carbon Reduction - Building Sciences Connection. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- Phipps Conservatory Native Plant And Sustainability Conference Nov. 12 In Pittsburgh. 9:45 a.m to 3:40 p.m.

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission Needs Volunteers For Planting In Allegheny County Nov. 12

-- South Mountain Partnership Nov. 13 Tending Change In Michaux State Forest Walk & Talk Event, Franklin County LTBA. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

-- Penn State GIS Day Celebrating A World Of Possibilities Nov. 14-15

-- Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Nov. 15 Webinar: Unraveling The Ins And Outs Of Retro-Commissioning And Saving Energy. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- PA Municipal League/Sustainable PA Nov. 15 In-Person/Virtual Fall Sustainability Conference, The Inn at Villanova University, Radnor, Delaware County. 8:30 to 4:00 p.m.

-- University of Pittsburgh Prof. Shanti Gamper-Rabindram On America’s Energy Future Nov. 15 At Riverstone Books In Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Nov. 18 Webinar: PA Solar Guidebooks: Helping Landowners and Municipalities Navigate Solar Growth [PaEN]

-- DCNR Issues 5th Weekly Fall Foliage Report - Sightseers Should Target SE PA For Best Color [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers: Prescribed Fire Could Reduce Tick Populations, Pathogen Transmission

-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University Acknowledges Native Americans’ Stewardship Of Local Land

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What Is A Riparian Forest Buffer And Why Should You Care? - By Teddi Stark, DCNR Watershed Forestry Program Manager [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Announces New Senior Education Internship [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildlife Winter Forecast - Squirrels Seem Confused, But Woolly Bears See Mild Season On The Way

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Fridays: How Do Animals Know When To Go? When To Stock Up For The Winter?

-- Williamsport Sun: Seven Mountains Audubon - A Look At The Many Songs Of The Year-Round Birds In PA

-- Nature At Risk: The American Bald Eagle Flies High Once More - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County

-- Penn State’s Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center Breaks New Ground With Training Venomous Snakes

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: Help Save The Delaware River Atlantic Sturgeon

-- York Daily Record: Brian Whipkey: Bigfoot, Mountain Lions, Other Mythical Creatures: PA Officials Discuss What They Know

-- AP: Poll: Most In U.S. Want More Action On Climate Change

-- AP: UN Report: Climate Pollution Reductions ‘Highly Inadequate’

-- The Guardian: UN Finds ‘No Credible Pathway To 1.5C In Place’

-- Financial Times: World On Track For Up To 2.6C Temperature Rise By 2100, Reports UN

-- AP: Climate Questions: What’s Going On With Climate Change?

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Much Has The Climate Changed Already?

-- AP: Climate Questions: Who Is Most Vulnerable To Climate Change?

-- AP: Climate Questions: Why Do Small Degrees Of Warming Matter?

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Does Carbon Dioxide Trap Heat?

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Do We Know Humans Triggered Warming?

-- AP: Climate Questions: Who Are The Big Emitters Of Greenhouse Gases?

Emergency Response

-- Williamsport Sun: Locals Help With Hurricane Ian Relief In Florida

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]

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- National Fuel Gas Requests PUC To Approve 9.2% Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8% Since May 2021 [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 9% Increase In The Basic Monthly Bill For Typical PECO Natural Gas Division Customers; On Top Of An 103.2% Increase In Cost Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Blog: Natural Gas Costs Are Principal Driver Of Current Inflation; Increasing Gas Production For Export Also Increases Prices And Volatility

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh, National Gasoline Prices Continue Seasonal Decline

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Plans Cutback To One Drilling Rig In 2023 To Keep Production Flat Or Only Slighting Growing, Limiting Capital Expenditures

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: We Need More Drilling, More Pipelines, More Refineries As Families Struggle With Higher Heating Bills

-- DelcoTimes Letter: Many Questions About Proposed LNG Export Terminal In Chester, Delaware County - PA League Of Women Voters

-- Reuters: Column: Higher LNG Exports May Turbocharge U.S. Energy Transition By Driving Higher Natural Gas Prices

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Gains 5% On Technical Move, Forecast LNG Export Rise

-- Bloomberg: Two Massive LNG Plants Start Construction In Texas

-- CNBC: Wave Of 60 LNG Tankers Waiting To Unload Is Overwhelming Europe, Hitting Natural Gas Prices

-- Reuters: LNG Ships Play Waiting Game Off Spain’s Coast As Higher Prices Eyed

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Glut To Help Ease Winter LNG Crunch In Asia

-- Bloomberg: West Texas Natural Gas Prices Go Negative For First Time In Two Years [Obviously, Not In PA]

-- Bloomberg: Heating Oil Being Rationed In New York City; New England Utility Urges Biden To Declare Emergency To Avoid Natural Gas Shortage

-- Financial Times: US Exports Record Oil Volumes As Fuel Price Tensions Build At Home

-- Bloomberg: Exxon Said It Is Returning Its Profits To The American People In The Form Of Higher Dividends To Its Shareholders [91 cents/share]

-- Bloomberg: Windfall Oil & Natural Gas Profits Go To Shareholders, Companies Face Backlash

National/International

-- Bloomberg: Europe Can’t Rely On U.S. Natural Gas To Plug Growing Gap Next Year

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Slump On Mild Weather, Ample Supplies

-- Reuters: IEA: Tightening LNG Markets, Major Oil Producers Cutting Supply Have Put The World In The Middle Of A Global Energy Crisis

-- Reuters: Oil Prices Drop As China Demand Data Disappoints

-- The Guardian: New Prime Minister Will Keep Ban On Fracking In UK

-- Reuters: Biden Says Shell Is Misusing Its Profits By Not Cutting Gasoline Prices

-- Bloomberg: Exxon Profit Surpasses Expectations On Natural Gas Export Surge

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Profit Triples To Record $20 Billion On Higher Energy Prices

-- WSJ: Exxon Hits Record Profits Again As Oil Industry Sees Banner Quarter

-- NYT: Exxon And Chevron Rack Up Giant Profits

-- Reuters: TotalEnergies, Shell Post Bumper Profits, LNG Business Diverges

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil’s Profits Just Keep Rolling In As World Economy Sputters; 3rd Quarter Earnings Set To Top $50 Billion

-- Reuters: Valero Kicks Off U.S. Refiners Earnings Season With Surging Quarterly Profit

-- NYT: War In Ukraine Likely To Speed Shift To Clean Energy, IEA Says

-- AP: Global Energy Crisis, Spiraling Energy Costs Can Speed Up Move To Clean Energy

Energy

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Energy Becoming Mainstream For PA Utilities - The Cheapest Form Of Electric Generation You Can Build [And There Is Zero Fuel Cost]

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA’s Natural Gas Industry Set To Benefit From Billions In State Tax Credits

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Send Gov. Wolf Large Package Of Energy Tax Credits

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Tax Credit Bill Gifts Natural Gas, Dirty Hydrogen With $4 Billion In Taxpayer Subsidies - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: State Insists On Paying Polluters [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: We Need More Drilling, More Pipelines, More Refineries As Families Struggle With Higher Heating Bills

-- Erie Times: Fetterman, Dr. Oz Have At Least One Thing In Common To Critics: They’ve Waffled On Fracking

-- National Fuel Gas Requests PUC To Approve 9.2% Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8% Since May 2021 [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 9% Increase In The Basic Monthly Bill For Typical PECO Natural Gas Division Customers; On Top Of An 103.2% Increase In Cost Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Blog: Natural Gas Costs Are Principal Driver Of Current Inflation; Increasing Gas Production For Export Also Increases Prices And Volatility

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Plans Cutback To One Drilling Rig In 2023 To Keep Production Flat Or Only Slighting Growing, Limiting Capital Expenditures

-- Financial Times: US Exports Record Oil Volumes As Fuel Price Tensions Build At Home

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business [PaEN]

-- PUC Holding ‘Be Utility Wise’ Events Oct. 27 In Berks County, Nov. 9 In Cambria County

-- Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Nov. 15 Webinar: Unraveling The Ins And Outs Of Retro-Commissioning And Saving Energy. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- PUC Sets Nov. 17 Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Normalization Charge

-- PA Solar Center Nov. 18 Webinar: PA Solar Guidebooks: Helping Landowners and Municipalities Navigate Solar Growth [PaEN]

-- University of Pittsburgh Prof. Shanti Gamper-Rabindram On America’s Energy Future Nov. 15 At Riverstone Books In Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m.

-- MCall: What’s Happening With Proposed Hydro Plants Along 3 Lehigh Valley Canals?

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Proposal: Fuel For Ongoing Market ‘Crisis’ Or A Needed Step To Limit Overprocurement?

-- WSJ: Carbon-Capture Projects Are Taking Off, Here’s How They Stash The Greenhouse Gas

-- Inside Climate News: With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Assets

Energy Conservation

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- PUC Holding ‘Be Utility Wise’ Events Oct. 27 In Berks County, Nov. 9 In Cambria County

-- Penn State Institutes Of Energy & The Environment/ PA GreenGov Council Nov. 10 Webinar: Household Carbon Reduction - Building Sciences Connection. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- PA Municipal League/Sustainable PA Nov. 15 In-Person/Virtual Fall Sustainability Conference, The Inn at Villanova University, Radnor, Delaware County. 8:30 to 4:00 p.m.

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Nov. 15 Webinar: Unraveling The Ins And Outs Of Retro-Commissioning And Saving Energy. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- PPL Utilities: This Halloween It’s Time To Slay Those Energy Vampires

Environmental Health

-- Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops - By Penn State News [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: A Guide To Environmental Health In Southwestern PA

-- TribLive: Weather Conditions Prompt Allegheny County Health Dept. Air Pollution Warning For Tuesday

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Extends Air Pollution Warning For Mon Valley Through Monday Morning

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: U.S. Steel Cuts Back Emissions In Allegheny County As Air Quality Warnings Continue

-- WHYY: North, West Philly Continue To See Higher Concentration Of Lead Exposures, Despite Citywide Decline

-- NextPittsburgh: Forest Bathing Brings Japanese Wellness Trend To The Pittsburgh Woodlands

Environmental Hearing Board

Environmental Heritage

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Civilian Conservation Corps: Tough Times Led To Lasting Legacies At Chesapeake Bay Region’s Parks

-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University Acknowledges Native Americans’ Stewardship Of Local Land

Environmental Justice

-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Grants Available, Cooking In A Healthy Kitchen, EV Grants Webinar, Help Wanted

EPA

-- EPA Awards $34.6 Million In Clean School Bus Grants To PA School Districts [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 2 Washington County School Districts Benefiting From EPA Clean Bus Grants

Farming

-- State Conservation Commission Accepting REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Until Nov. 18 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: The Family Forest Carbon Program - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Agriculture Land Preservation Board Accepting Applications

-- York Dispatch: ‘Houses Everywhere’: Saving Farmland In York County For A New Generation

-- WHYY: Chester County Farmer Makes A Horror Movie To Save The Family Farm

-- Inside Climate News: PA’s Dairy Farmers Clamor For Candidates Who Will Cut Environmental Regulations

-- Help Wanted: US Dept. Of Agriculture Temporary County Program Technician Located In Schuylkill County

Fish & Boat Commission

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Takes Emergency Steps After Invasive Species Found At Hatcheries

Flooding

-- Williamsport Sun: Locals Help With Hurricane Ian Relief In Florida

Forests

-- DCNR Leased 176 Acres Of Susquehanna River Submerged Land To SWN Natural Gas Production Company In Susquehanna County For $704,000 [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: The Family Forest Carbon Program - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29 [PaEN]

-- DCNR Notice Of Revised State Forest Schedule Of Fees

-- DCNR Issues 5th Weekly Fall Foliage Report - Sightseers Should Target SE PA For Best Color [PaEN]

-- Oct. 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers: Prescribed Fire Could Reduce Tick Populations, Pathogen Transmission

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds - By Dr. Robert M. Ross [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Nov. 13 Tending Change In Michaux State Forest Walk & Talk Event, Franklin County LTBA. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

-- NextPittsburgh: Forest Bathing Brings Japanese Wellness Trend To The Pittsburgh Woodlands

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission Needs Volunteers For Planting In Allegheny County Nov. 12

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Civilian Conservation Corps: Tough Times Led To Lasting Legacies At Chesapeake Bay Region’s Parks

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Fridays: How Do Animals Know When To Go? When To Stock Up For The Winter?

Game Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Quality Of PA Deer Harvest Improved Due To 20 Years Of antler Point Restrictions

-- DCNR: Benjamin Rush State Park To Host Mentored Deer Hunt Oct. 28-29 In Philadelphia

Grants/Funding

-- State Conservation Commission Accepting REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Until Nov. 18 [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- LancasterOnline: Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Project Receives $2 Million State RACP Grant

-- Sen. Gordner Announces $200,000 Grant For Shamokin Creek Restoration Project In Northumberland County [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Officials Highlight Federal, State Investments In Conservation, Environment, Urban Revitalization

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Nearly $45 Million In Funding For Local Community Block Grant Projects, Including Wastewater, Drinking Water And Parks

-- DCED Awards $7,481 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant For Environmental Assessment Of Former Railroad Station In Altoona

-- EPA Awards $34.6 Million In Clean School Bus Grants To PA School Districts [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 2 Washington County School Districts Benefiting From EPA Clean Bus Grants

Green Buildings

-- Penn State Institutes Of Energy & The Environment/ PA GreenGov Council Nov. 10 Webinar: Household Carbon Reduction - Building Sciences Connection. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

Green Infrastructure

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: The Family Forest Carbon Program - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]

-- State Conservation Commission Accepting REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Until Nov. 18 [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Sharing Our Knowledge Of Watershed Restoration [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- Sen. Gordner Announces $200,000 Grant For Shamokin Creek Restoration Project In Northumberland County [PaEN]

-- DEP Tours Kettle Creek Stream Restoration Project, Highlights Clinton County Clean Water Action Plan Progress [PaEN]

-- Lebtown.com: Two Lebanon County Borough Split $300,000 In Grants To Restore Stream Damage

-- DCNR Joins Volunteers, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay For 24-Hour Treelay Tree Plantings Oct. 28-29 In Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York Counties

-- Reminder: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Project Receives $2 Million State RACP Grant

-- TribLive: Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Group Using Mini Grants To Shine Light On Conservation Efforts

-- DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Nov. 4 Conewago Creek Walk & Talk Event, Adams County. 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission Needs Volunteers For Planting In Allegheny County Nov. 12

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: What Is A Riparian Forest Buffer And Why Should You Care? - By Teddi Stark, DCNR Watershed Forestry Program Manager [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 4 Western PA Mayors Sign Monarch Pledge, Volunteers Sought To Help Save Butterflies, Other Pollinators

-- York Dispatch: ‘Houses Everywhere’: Saving Farmland In York County For A New Generation

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Nearly $45 Million In Funding For Local Community Block Grant Projects, Including Wastewater, Drinking Water And Parks

-- LebTown.com: Swatara State Park To Expand By 136 Acres Thanks To Gift Of Land By Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation

-- TribLive: Longwood Residents Participate In Planting Meadow At Plum Retirement Community To Improve Wildlife Habitat, Attract Pollinators

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds - By Dr. Robert M. Ross [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers: Prescribed Fire Could Reduce Tick Populations, Pathogen Transmission

Hazardous Substances

-- Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops - By Penn State News [PaEN]

-- WHYY: North, West Philly Continue To See Higher Concentration Of Lead Exposures, Despite Citywide Decline

Help Wanted

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Announces New Senior Education Internship [PaEN]

-- Help Wanted: Trout Unlimited - PA Abandoned Mine Drainage Project Manager

-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council - Zero Waste PA Program Manager; Events Coordinator

-- Help Wanted: US Dept. Of Agriculture Temporary County Program Technician Located In Schuylkill County

Land Conservation

-- Westmoreland Land Trust, WeConservePA Host Site Visit To Ongoing Conservation Of Schwarz Farm [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: ‘Houses Everywhere’: Saving Farmland In York County For A New Generation

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Agriculture Land Preservation Board Accepting Applications

-- LebTown.com: Swatara State Park To Expand By 136 Acres Thanks To Gift Of Land By Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission Needs Volunteers For Planting In Allegheny County Nov. 12

-- TribLive: 4 Western PA Mayors Sign Monarch Pledge, Volunteers Sought To Help Save Butterflies, Other Pollinators

-- Phipps Conservatory Native Plant And Sustainability Conference Nov. 12 In Pittsburgh. 9:45 a.m to 3:40 p.m.

-- TribLive: Longwood Residents Participate In Planting Meadow At Plum Retirement Community To Improve Wildlife Habitat, Attract Pollinators

-- Penn State Researchers: Prescribed Fire Could Reduce Tick Populations, Pathogen Transmission

-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University Acknowledges Native Americans’ Stewardship Of Local Land

Land Recycling

-- DCED Awards $7,481 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant For Environmental Assessment Of Former Railroad Station In Altoona

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Final Report On 2021 Healing The Planet Grants Supported By The Giant Company

-- Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Now Open! Fun, Prizes & Litter Awareness For Grades K To 6 [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Harrisburg, Dauphin County Fight Illegal Dumping: ‘We Will Find You, And You Will Be Stopped’

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Police Departments, Sheriff’s Office Collecting Unused Meds Saturday

Mine Reclamation

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Will Monitor Culm Bank Site For Possible Underground Coal Mine Fire In Newport Twp. Near Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant Site In Luzerne

-- Scranton Times: Coal Mine Subsidence Closes Portion Of Keystone Ave. In Blakely, Lackawanna County

-- Help Wanted: Trout Unlimited - PA Abandoned Mine Drainage Project Manager

-- Inside Climate News: With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Assets

Oil & Gas

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- Bill Goes To Governor Creating Well Plugging Grant Program; Senate, House Again Fail To Address Woefully Inadequate Conventional Well Plugging Bonding [PaEN]

-- Senate, House Pass Massive, 20-Year Taxpayer Subsidies For Natural Gas, Hydrogen And Petrochemical Industries In Hours With No Public Accountability Or Environmental Safeguards [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: PA’s Natural Gas Industry Set To Benefit From Billions In State Tax Credits

-- AP: PA Lawmakers Send Gov. Wolf Large Package Of Energy Tax Credits

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: State Insists On Paying Polluters [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Tax Credit Bill Gifts Natural Gas, Dirty Hydrogen With $4 Billion In Taxpayer Subsidies - By Patrick McDonnell, PennFuture

-- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Wolf, PA Lawmakers Look To Push Through Massive Tax Incentives For Hydrogen Production, Natural Gas

-- WSJ: Tougher Federal Rules On Methane Leaks Coming, But Conventional Oil & Gas Wells That Are Responsible For 80%+ Of Leaks Might Catch A Break [PA Examples]

-- A Study Finding Microplastics In 100% Of Exceptional Value, High Quality, Class A Trout Streams Sampled In PA Is Disturbing To Wildlife Advocates [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In NE PA’s Cleanest Waterways

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More [PaEN]

-- Public Herald: Public Records Show PA Has 10,543 Injection Wells Where Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Often Used For Enhanced Recovery Of Oil & Gas

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: We Need More Drilling, More Pipelines, More Refineries As Families Struggle With Higher Heating Bills

-- Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops - By Penn State News [PaEN]

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds - By Dr. Robert M. Ross [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbirds, Other PA Birds On New List Of 70 Species ‘At The Tipping Point’

-- DCNR Leased 176 Acres Of Susquehanna River Submerged Land To SWN Natural Gas Production Company In Susquehanna County For $704,000 [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Legislation On Oil & Gas Royalty Payment Transparency To Hit Gov’s Desk

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh, National Gasoline Prices Continue Seasonal Decline

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- National Fuel Gas Requests PUC To Approve 9.2% Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8% Since May 2021 [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves 9% Increase In The Basic Monthly Bill For Typical PECO Natural Gas Division Customers; On Top Of An 103.2% Increase In Cost Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Blog: Natural Gas Costs Are Principal Driver Of Current Inflation; Increasing Gas Production For Export Also Increases Prices And Volatility

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Columbia Gas Unveils Renewable Natural Gas Fleet Vehicle

-- WESA: How A Tank Full Of Powder Turns Natural Gas Into Fuel For Pickup Trucks

-- PUC Sets Nov. 17 Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Normalization Charge

-- Environmental Health News: A Guide To Environmental Health In Southwestern PA

-- WHYY: 7 Arrested At ‘People’s Decommissioning’ Of Oil Tank Farm At Former Philadelphia Refinery In Southwest Philly

-- Erie Times: Fetterman, Dr. Oz Have At Least One Thing In Common To Critics: They’ve Waffled On Fracking

-- PUC Approves 9% Increase In The Basic Monthly Bill For Typical PECO Natural Gas Division Customers; On Top Of An 103.2% Increase In Cost Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves 9% Increase For PECO Natural Gas Customers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Range Resources Plans Cutback To One Drilling Rig In 2023 To Keep Production Flat Or Only Slighting Growing, Limiting Capital Expenditures

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT, CNX See Bright Future For Appalachian Natural Gas, But Energy Agency Says Russia’s War Has Caused Many To Rethink Use Of Gas

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EQT Drilling Points To Pipeline Maintenance, Drought For 30% Slowdown In New Wells

-- Financial Times: US Exports Record Oil Volumes As Fuel Price Tensions Build At Home

-- DelcoTimes Letter: Many Questions About Proposed LNG Export Terminal In Chester, Delaware County - PA League Of Women Voters

-- Reuters: Column: Higher LNG Exports May Turbocharge U.S. Energy Transition By Driving Higher Natural Gas Prices

-- Reuters: U.S. Natural Gas Price Gains 5% On Technical Move, Forecast LNG Export Rise

-- AP: Global Energy Crisis, Spiraling Energy Costs Can Speed Up Move To Clean Energy

-- Bloomberg: Two Massive LNG Plants Start Construction In Texas

-- Bloomberg: West Texas Natural Gas Prices Go Negative For First Time In Two Years [Obviously, Not In PA]

-- CNBC: Wave Of 60 LNG Tankers Waiting To Unload Is Overwhelming Europe, Hitting Natural Gas Prices

-- Reuters: LNG Ships Play Waiting Game Off Spain’s Coast As Higher Prices Eyed

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Glut To Help Ease Winter LNG Crunch In Asia

-- Bloomberg: Europe Can’t Rely On U.S. Natural Gas To Plug Growing Gap Next Year

-- Reuters: IEA: Tightening LNG Markets, Major Oil Producers Cutting Supply Have Put The World In The Middle Of A Global Energy Crisis

-- Reuters: Biden Says Shell Is Misusing Its Profits By Not Cutting Gasoline Prices

-- Bloomberg: Exxon Profit Surpasses Expectations On Natural Gas Export Surge

-- Financial Times: ExxonMobil Profit Triples To Record $20 Billion On Higher Energy Prices

-- WSJ: Exxon Hits Record Profits Again As Oil Industry Sees Banner Quarter

-- NYT: Exxon And Chevron Rack Up Giant Profits

-- Reuters: TotalEnergies, Shell Post Bumper Profits, LNG Business Diverges

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil’s Profits Just Keep Rolling In As World Economy Sputters; 3rd Quarter Earnings Set To Top $50 Billion

-- Reuters: Valero Kicks Off U.S. Refiners Earnings Season With Surging Quarterly Profit

-- Inside Climate News: With Fossil Fuel Companies Facing Pressure To Reduce Carbon Emissions, Private Equity Is Buying Up Their Aging Oil, Natural Gas And Coal Assets

Pipelines

-- Reuters: Federal Judge Questions New Water Permit For Mountain Valley Pipeline

Permitting

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host Dec. 1 Public Meeting, Hearing On Proposed MAX Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill No. 7 In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County [PaEN]

-- DEP Took Action On 767 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,605 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- DEP To Host Dec. 1 Public Meeting, Hearing On Proposed MAX Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill No. 7 In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Substantial Changes To Radon Mitigation Standards Guidance [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Submission Of Water Quality Data For Stream Redesignation Evaluations In Columbia, Franklin, Fulton, Greene Counties [PaEN]

-- PUC Notice Extending Comment Period On Use Of Fully Projected Future Test Year Proposed Rulemaking

-- PUC Seeks Comments On Proposed Settlement With National Gas & Electric LLC Over Sales And Marketing Practices

-- PUC Notice Seeks Members For PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Nov. 9 Hearing On Water Requests; Dec. 7 Quarterly Business Meeting [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Shares Info About Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area Plans At Meeting In East Union

-- DEP Took Action On 767 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,605 Inspections; Responded To 8 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posted 58 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- PUC Approves 9% Increase In The Basic Monthly Bill For Typical PECO Natural Gas Division Customers; On Top Of An 103.2% Increase In Cost Of Natural Gas [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Approves 9% Increase For PECO Natural Gas Customers

-- National Fuel Gas Requests PUC To Approve 9.2% Increase In Base Delivery Charge; Separate Cost Of Gas Up 127.8% Since May 2021 [PaEN]

-- PUC Sets Nov. 17 Hearings On Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Normalization Charge

-- PUC Notice Extending Comment Period On Use Of Fully Projected Future Test Year Proposed Rulemaking

-- PUC Directs Allegheny County Contractor To Pay $2,500 Penalty For PA One Call Violations

-- PUC Holding ‘Be Utility Wise’ Events Oct. 27 In Berks County, Nov. 9 In Cambria County

-- PUC: 2021-22 Audit Investigations Identified Over $60 Million In Savings For Utilities & Consumers

-- PUC Elects Newly Confirmed Commissioner Stephen DeFrank As Vice Chairman

-- PUC Recognizes National Critical Infrastructure Security Month

-- PUC Notice Seeks Members For PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Proposal: Fuel For Ongoing Market ‘Crisis’ Or A Needed Step To Limit Overprocurement?

Radiation Protection

-- DEP Invites Comments On Substantial Changes To Radon Mitigation Standards Guidance [PaEN]

Radon

-- DEP Invites Comments On Substantial Changes To Radon Mitigation Standards Guidance [PaEN]

Recreation

-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- LebTown.com: Swatara State Park To Expand By 136 Acres Thanks To Gift Of Land By Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation

-- Republican Herald: DCNR Shares Info About Catawissa Motorized Recreation Area Plans At Meeting In East Union

-- DCNR: State, Local Officials Join In Dedication Of Enola Low Grade Rail Trail Bridge In Lancaster County

-- DCNR Notice Of Revised State Forest Schedule Of Fees

-- DCNR State Parks Fall Edition Of Their Environmental Education Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

-- DCNR Issues 5th Weekly Fall Foliage Report - Sightseers Should Target SE PA For Best Color [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Benjamin Rush State Park To Host Mentored Deer Hunt Oct. 28-29 In Philadelphia

-- Oct. 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Butler-Freeport ‘The Little Trail That Could’ Celebrates 30th Anniversary Saturday

-- LancasterOnline: Manor Twp. To Host Nov. 7 Full-Moon Bike Ride On New Enola Low Grade Rail Trail Across The Safe Harbor Trestle Bridge

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Sizing Up The Daunting Thousand Steps Trail In Huntingdon County, One Of PA’s Most Unique Pathways

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Great Allegheny Passage Trail Section Temporarily Closed To Drain Eagle Lake In Allegheny County

-- NextPittsburgh: Outdoor Inclusion Coalition Aims To Make Parks More Accessible For All

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Acquires Wooded Lots For Trails At Garfield Park

-- PennLive: City Of Harrisburg Invests $13 Million In Outdoor Projects In Parks

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Someone Screamed For Help On The Schuylkill River Trail, No One Stopped

-- Fish & Boat Commission Encourages Safety While Fishing And Boating During Cold Weather Months

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Civilian Conservation Corps: Tough Times Led To Lasting Legacies At Chesapeake Bay Region’s Parks

Recycling/Waste

-- Public Herald: Public Records Show PA Has 10,543 Injection Wells Where Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Is Often Used For Enhanced Recovery Of Oil & Gas

-- DEP To Host Dec. 1 Public Meeting, Hearing On Proposed MAX Yukon Hazardous Waste Landfill No. 7 In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Final Report On 2021 Healing The Planet Grants Supported By The Giant Company

-- Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Now Open! Fun, Prizes & Litter Awareness For Grades K To 6 [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Publishes Final Regulation On Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule

-- DEP Urges Residents To Recycle Household Goods, Clothing Which Make Up 10% Of Municipal Waste Stream; Launches Circular Merchant Platform App [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Police Departments, Sheriff’s Office Collecting Unused Meds Saturday

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Inside A Chester County E-Waste Recycler Where Thousands Of Old Laptops Get Restored Or Destroyed Every Month

-- Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County [PaEN]

-- A Study Finding Microplastics In 100% Of Exceptional Value, High Quality, Class A Trout Streams Sampled In PA Is Disturbing To Wildlife Advocates [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In NE PA’s Cleanest Waterways

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Participating In National Prescription Drug Take Back Day For 17th Time

-- WHYY: Delaware Valley Sites Collect Unused Medications On National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

-- PennLive: Harrisburg, Dauphin County Fight Illegal Dumping: ‘We Will Find You, And You Will Be Stopped’

-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council - Zero Waste PA Program Manager; Events Coordinator

-- The Guardian: Only 5% Of Plastic Waste Generated In U.S. Recycled, Report Says

-- The Economist: Vehicle Battery-Makers Are Being Designed To Recycle Raw Materials

Regulations

-- Environmental Quality Board Publishes Final Regulation On Municipal Waste Rural Transfer Facility Permit-By-Rule

Renewable Energy

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Energy Becoming Mainstream For PA Utilities - The Cheapest Form Of Electric Generation You Can Build [And There Is Zero Fuel Cost]

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- Penn State EarthTalk Oct. 31 On Engineering Enhanced Thin-Film Solar Cells, 4:00 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Nov. 18 Webinar: PA Solar Guidebooks: Helping Landowners and Municipalities Navigate Solar Growth [PaEN]

-- MCall: What’s Happening With Proposed Hydro Plants Along 3 Lehigh Valley Canals?

-- Utility Dive: PJM Capacity Proposal: Fuel For Ongoing Market ‘Crisis’ Or A Needed Step To Limit Overprocurement?

-- Utility Dive: Texas Solar, Wind Energy Saved Consumers Nearly $28 Billion Over 12 Years: Report

-- NYT: War In Ukraine Likely To Speed Shift To Clean Energy, IEA Says

-- AP: Global Energy Crisis, Spiraling Energy Costs Can Speed Up Move To Clean Energy

Schuylkill River

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Someone Screamed For Help On The Schuylkill River Trail, No One Stopped

Stormwater

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- Sen. DiSanto Wants Commonwealth Agencies To Pay Their Fair Share Of Local Stormwater Fees

Susquehanna River

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- DCNR Leased 176 Acres Of Susquehanna River Submerged Land To SWN Natural Gas Production Company In Susquehanna County For $704,000 [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Project Receives $2 Million State RACP Grant

-- DCNR Joins Volunteers, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay For 24-Hour Treelay Tree Plantings Oct. 28-29 In Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York Counties

-- Reminder: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29 [PaEN]

-- Still Time To Register! Bucknell University River Symposium. Nov. 4-5 In Lewisburg

Sustainability

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- Penn State Institutes Of Energy & The Environment/ PA GreenGov Council Nov. 10 Webinar: Household Carbon Reduction - Building Sciences Connection. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- PA Municipal League/Sustainable PA Nov. 15 In-Person/Virtual Fall Sustainability Conference, The Inn at Villanova University, Radnor, Delaware County. 8:30 to 4:00 p.m.

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business [PaEN]

-- MCall: It’s Easy To Be Green At Bethlehem’s New Verde Store

-- The Guardian: Businesses Call For Nature Impact Disclosures To Be Mandatory By 2030

Wastewater Facilities

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Nearly $45 Million In Funding For Local Community Block Grant Projects, Including Wastewater, Drinking Water And Parks

Watershed Protection

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]

-- State Conservation Commission Accepting REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Until Nov. 18 [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Final Report On 2021 Healing The Planet Grants Supported By The Giant Company

-- DCNR Leased 176 Acres Of Susquehanna River Submerged Land To SWN Natural Gas Production Company In Susquehanna County For $704,000 [PaEN]

-- Still Time To Register! Bucknell University River Symposium. Nov. 4-5 In Lewisburg