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

-- Governor’s Transition

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center: Gov.-Elect Shapiro Appoints Leaders Of PA Solar Center, PA Solar & Storage Industries Assn. To Transition Team

-- AP: Shapiro’s Big Win For PA Governor Is A High Note Amid Antisemitism Surge

-- PA Senate/House Transition

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Democrats, Republicans Agree On One Of Three Special Election Dates To Fill Vacancies

-- AP: Closed-Door Talks Fail To Settle PA State House Control Fight

-- WESA: Commonwealth Court Hears Legal Challenges On Special Election Dates As Democrats, Republicans Pick Candidates

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: How A State Senate Race Could Throw The House Into More Chaos

-- MCall Guest Essay: PA House Republicans Ignore The Will Of The Voters With Power Grab - ACLU Of PA

-- MCall Guest Essay: When It Comes To The PA House Majority, Democrats Have A Math, Legal Problem - Republican House Leader Bryan Cutler

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: The Best And Worst Of Times - A Tale Of Two PA Transitions-- Governor, State House

-- Inquirer Column: Democratic State Rep. McClinton Can No More Declare Herself Speaker Than The Ex-President Can Declare Himself President

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA House Republican Power-Grab On Special Elections Disenfranchises Western PA Voters, Here’s Why

-- Warren Times Editorial: May Is Far Too Late To Hold House Special Elections

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Keep State House Special Elections In February To Ensure Communities Have Representation And To Resolve Ongoing Power Struggle

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: The Power Struggle In PA House Is Unseemly

-- Scranton Times Editorial: PA Capitol Chaos Calls For Special Reform

Federal FY2023 Budget

-- Appalachian Voices: Final FY2023 Federal Budget Includes STREAM Act, Abandoned Mine Land Economic Program Increase, Not Black Lung Benefits [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Abandoned Mine Pollution Long-Term Cleanup Will Get Money From Federal Spending Bill

-- Scranton Times: STREAM Act Legislation Passes Congress

-- PA Trout: Federal STREAM Mine Reclamation Act Advocacy At National Wild Trout Symposium Highlights Trip West [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Advocates Urge Congress To Include Key Coal Community Investments In Forthcoming Budget Legislation

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Applauds Strong Conservation Investments In Final Federal Spending Bill [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Federal FY2023 Budget Increases Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program, Watershed Investments For Landscape Defense, NRCS Technical Assistance

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright: Omnibus Federal Budget Package Includes $53 Million For NE PA, Including Wyoming Valley Stormwater Funding

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Praises Inclusion Of Growing Climate Solutions Act In Year-End Congressional Funding Package

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Continues Fight For Federal Wildlife Funding, Despite Setback

Environment/Energy Issues

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Electricity Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Sen. Laughlin To Introduce Bill To Remove The Remaining Prohibitions On Sunday Hunting

-- WPost: New Studies Show Politically Conservative Areas Had Higher COVID Death Rates; Working-Age People Have Shorter Lives Overall

-- Syracuse University: Study: Rise In Working-Age Deaths In U.S. Linked To Conservative State Policies

-- Scientific American: People In Conservative Counties Have Higher Death Rates, May Stem Largely From Policy Choices

-- Stacker.com: Pennsylvania Counties With Shortest Life Expectancy 1 (shortest)-15: Fayette, Schuylkill, Greene, Philadelphia, Luzerne, Cambria, Lawrence, Wyoming, Northumberland, Mercer, Carbon, Blair, Beaver, Lackawanna, Armstrong

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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-- 59 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.

DEP ADVISORY: “Due to the upcoming change in [Governor’s] administration, DEP executive staff have asked that all advisory committee meetings slated for January and February be rescheduled to March.”

-- DEP Publishes 2023 Meeting Dates For Advisory Committee And Boards [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: ‘It May Make A Difference To All Eternity Whether We Do Right Or Wrong Today’ - Doing And Saying The Right Thing Has Enormous Impact

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Gives Santa’s Reindeer Clean Bill Of Health, Approved For Gift Deliveries In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: State Veterinary Officials Clear Santa’s Reindeer For Flight

Air

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Shows How Western PA Benefits When Govt., Business Work Together - PA Chamber Of Commerce & Industry

-- The Allegheny Front: ‘We Do Have Questions To Answer’ About Single-Use Plastic Waste, Shell Internal Emails Reveal

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long [PaEN]

-- EPA Issues Final Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Slash Dangerous Pollution

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds EPA’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Nitrogen Oxide Standard

-- AP: EU Reaches Deal On Emissions Trading, Social Climate Fund

-- The Guardian: EU’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue To Fall Despite Return To Coal

Alternative Fuel

-- Reading Eagle: Reading-based Penske Truck Rentals Adds Electric Trucks To Commercial Fleet

-- The Center Square: Philadelphia School District Adding 47 Electric, Propane School Buses

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: PUC Studies How Utilities Will Meet New Electric Vehicle Demand

-- WSJ: Postal Service Outlines Plans To Convert Fleet To Electric Vehicles

Awards & Recognition

-- Lancaster Farming: Karl Brown, Executive Secretary Of State Conservation Commission Retires After Decades Of Program Growth

-- In Memoriam: Marcus Schneck, PA’s Preeminent Outdoors Journalist, Dies At 66

-- PUC Highlights 2022 Accomplishments

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Inquirer: Honeybees Are At Risk, Along With The Crops They Pollinate; These PA Scientists Think The Solution Lies In The Insects’ Brains

-- AP: Historic Biodiversity Agreement Reached At U.N. Conference

-- The Guardian: COP15: Historic Deal Struck To Halt Biodiversity Loss By 2030

-- Bloomberg: COP15 Adopts Biodiversity Plan To Protect 30% Of Land And Water By 2030

-- The Economist: Why Climate Change Is Intimately Tied To Biodiversity

Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Announces $750 Million To Accelerate Clean Hydrogen Technologies

Federal Budget 2023

-- U.S. House Appropriations Committee Releases Omnibus 2023 Federal Budget Bill

-- Agriculture Summary

-- Energy Summary

-- Interior/Environment Summary

-- Appalachian Voices: Final FY2023 Federal Budget Includes STREAM Act, Abandoned Mine Land Economic Program Increase, Not Black Lung Benefits [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Abandoned Mine Pollution Long-Term Cleanup Will Get Money From Federal Spending Bill

-- Scranton Times: STREAM Act Legislation Passes Congress

-- PA Trout: Federal STREAM Mine Reclamation Act Advocacy At National Wild Trout Symposium Highlights Trip West [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Advocates Urge Congress To Include Key Coal Community Investments In Forthcoming Budget Legislation

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Applauds Strong Conservation Investments In Final Federal Spending Bill [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Federal FY2023 Budget Increases Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program, Watershed Investments For Landscape Defense, NRCS Technical Assistance

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright: Omnibus Federal Budget Package Includes $53 Million For NE PA, Including Wyoming Valley Stormwater Funding

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Praises Inclusion Of Growing Climate Solutions Act In Year-End Congressional Funding Package

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Continues Fight For Federal Wildlife Funding, Despite Setback

Chesapeake Bay

-- CBF: Federal Court Vacates FERC Conowingo Power Dam License, Offering New Chance For Chesapeake Bay Protections [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Federal Appeals Court Vacates Conowingo Dam License, Federal Regulators Ordered To Weigh Tougher Requirements To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay

-- LancasterOnline: Federal Court Pulls Conowingo Dam 50-Year License

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Applauds Strong Conservation Investments In Final Federal Spending Bill [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Federal FY2023 Budget Increases Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program, Watershed Investments For Landscape Defense, NRCS Technical Assistance

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright: Omnibus Federal Budget Package Includes $53 Million For NE PA, Including Wyoming Valley Stormwater Funding

-- DEP Update On Healthy Waters Initiative To Cleanup PA’s Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- DEP Notice Final, Revised NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater From Industrial Activities (PAG-03) Available

-- Baltimore Sun Guest Essay: A Moral Obligation To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay - Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake

-- Master Watershed Stewards Complete Live Stake Nurseries Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- Stroud Watershed Education Mobile Lab Advances Environmental Literacy - 3,000 Miles, 1,300 Participants [PaEN]

-- York Master Watershed Stewards Participate In Vernal Pool Monitoring At Gifford Pinchot State Park [PaEN]

-- York County Watershed Organizations Remove 50,000 Pounds Of Trash From Waterways In 50K Trash Challenge In 2022 [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds DEP Grants To Support County Clean Water Action Plans To Clean Up Local Waters

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Citizen Action

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- CBF: Federal Court Vacates FERC Conowingo Power Dam License, Offering New Chance For Chesapeake Bay Protections [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Federal Appeals Court Vacates Conowingo Dam License, Federal Regulators Ordered To Weigh Tougher Requirements To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay

-- LancasterOnline: Federal Court Pulls Conowingo Dam 50-Year License

-- PA Trout: Federal STREAM Mine Reclamation Act Advocacy At National Wild Trout Symposium Highlights Trip West [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Stewards Complete Live Stake Nurseries Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- York Master Watershed Stewards Participate In Vernal Pool Monitoring At Gifford Pinchot State Park [PaEN]

-- York County Watershed Organizations Remove 50,000 Pounds Of Trash From Waterways In 50K Trash Challenge In 2022 [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster Nonprofit Launches Local Carbon Credit Program To Help Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

-- TribLive: State Service Forester Leads Tree Value Workshop At Penguin Court Farm In Westmoreland

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster Branches Out With First Urban Forester, Investing $500,000 For Trees

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Navy Veterans Patrick & Helen Robinson Relate Their 7-Year Struggle Dealing With Impacts Of Mariner East Pipeline Construction In Indiana County, And They Continue [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - John Hurdle: Dimock Residents Fear New Methane Contamination As PA Lifts Shale Gas Drilling Ban In Susquehanna County

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Is The Public Being ‘Dimocked’ Again On Shale Gas?

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long [PaEN]

-- Carnegie Mellon, Other Partners In Project Breathe Wish Southwest PA Residents Happy Holidays By Showing Memorable Moments In 2022 [Video]

-- Stroud Watershed Education Mobile Lab Advances Environmental Literacy - 3,000 Miles, 1,300 Participants [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 20 - Register Now!

-- Allegheny Land Trust Establishes Churchill Valley Greenway Conservation Internship, Applications Open In March [PaEN]

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

-- Reading Eagle: Following Tragic Fire, Red Creek Wildlife Rescue Plans To Bounce Back Stronger Than Ever

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Fall 2022 Newsletter: Why Not Head Out For A ‘Spin’?

-- TribLive: Nature Calendar Honors Delmont, Westmoreland County Man’s Memory, Will Benefit Borough Library

Climate

-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Plan To Build Solar Energy Farm On Former Steel Mill Dumping Ground Awaits State Approval

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster Nonprofit Launches Local Carbon Credit Program To Help Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

-- Reading Eagle: Reading-based Penske Truck Rentals Adds Electric Trucks To Commercial Fleet

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: PUC Studies How Utilities Will Meet New Electric Vehicle Demand

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Is Coming For The New Jersey Shore, Retiring Stockton University Coastal Expert Warns

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sustainable Iron-Air Storage Battery Manufacturer To Bring 750 Jobs To Weirton, WV

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Storage Battery Manufacturer Picked Weirton For Its New $760 Million Battery Plant

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Announces $750 Million To Accelerate Clean Hydrogen Technologies

-- EPA Issues Final Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Slash Dangerous Pollution

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Praises Inclusion Of Growing Climate Solutions Act In Year-End Congressional Funding Package

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil Investors Call For More Aggressive Climate Targets

-- AP: EU Reaches Deal On Emissions Trading, Social Climate Fund

-- The Guardian: EU’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue To Fall Despite Return To Coal

-- The Economist: Why The Gulf’s Oil Powers Are Betting On Clean Energy

-- WSJ: Postal Service Outlines Plans To Convert Fleet To Electric Vehicles

-- The Economist: Why Climate Change Is Intimately Tied To Biodiversity

-- AP: Policy, Climate, War Make 2022 ‘Pivot Year’ For Clean Energy

-- Financial Times: Insurance Industry Pushes Back On U.S. Climate Risk Data Demand To Assess Vulnerabilities To Extreme Weather Loses

Coal Mining

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- PA Trout: Federal STREAM Mine Reclamation Act Advocacy At National Wild Trout Symposium Highlights Trip West [PaEN]

-- The Guardian: EU’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Continue To Fall Despite Return To Coal

Coastal Zone

-- DEP Announces Award Of Coastal Zone Grants For Delaware Estuary, Lake Erie [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Is Coming For The New Jersey Shore, Retiring Stockton University Coastal Expert Warns

Compliance Action

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - John Hurdle: Dimock Residents Fear New Methane Contamination As PA Lifts Shale Gas Drilling Ban In Susquehanna County

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Is The Public Being ‘Dimocked’ Again On Shale Gas?

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Better Path Coalition Wants More Information On DEP’s Settlement On Illegal Dumping 1,831 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste In Fayette County

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Environmental Enforcement Has Fallen Off Under Biden

Conservation Districts

-- Lancaster Farming: Karl Brown, Executive Secretary Of State Conservation Commission Retires After Decades Of Program Growth

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Applauds Strong Conservation Investments In Final Federal Spending Bill [PaEN]

DCNR

-- DCNR To Celebrate The New Year With Nearly 60 First Day Hikes Across Pennsylvania Public Lands [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR To Host ‘First Day’ Hikes At PA State Parks To Boost Health, Foster Connection To Public Lands

-- DCNR Blog: Working On The Pennsylvania State Parks Of Tomorrow

-- NextPittsburgh: Presque Isle State Park Attracts Nature Lovers To Erie

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

-- South Mountain Partnership Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 20 - Register Now!

DEP

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - John Hurdle: Dimock Residents Fear New Methane Contamination As PA Lifts Shale Gas Drilling Ban In Susquehanna County

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Is The Public Being ‘Dimocked’ Again On Shale Gas?

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Better Path Coalition Wants More Information On DEP’s Settlement On Illegal Dumping 1,831 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste In Fayette County

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- CBF: Federal Court Vacates FERC Conowingo Power Dam License, Offering New Chance For Chesapeake Bay Protections [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Federal Appeals Court Vacates Conowingo Dam License, Federal Regulators Ordered To Weigh Tougher Requirements To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay

-- LancasterOnline: Federal Court Pulls Conowingo Dam 50-Year License

-- DEP Update On Healthy Waters Initiative To Cleanup PA’s Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- DEP Notice Final, Revised NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater From Industrial Activities (PAG-03) Available

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- EPA Issues Final Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Slash Dangerous Pollution

-- DEP Took Action On 666 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,469 Inspections; Respondd To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Delaware River

-- DEP Announces Award Of Coastal Zone Grants For Delaware Estuary, Lake Erie [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Water Authority Trying To Reassure Reade Twp. Silt From Reservoir Dam Renovation Being Placed On State Game Lands Will Not Hurt Water Wells

-- Now On Demand: The Federal Clean Water Act At 50, Other Presentations From 2022 Watershed Congress

Economic Development

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Shows How Western PA Benefits When Govt., Business Work Together - PA Chamber Of Commerce & Industry

-- The Allegheny Front: ‘We Do Have Questions To Answer’ About Single-Use Plastic Waste, Shell Internal Emails Reveal

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster Nonprofit Launches Local Carbon Credit Program To Help Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Approves Up To $10 Million For Hazelwood Green Deal On BioForge Project

-- Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Advocates Urge Congress To Include Key Coal Community Investments In Forthcoming Budget Legislation

-- South Mountain Partnership Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 20 - Register Now!

Education

-- Lancaster Farming: Karl Brown, Executive Secretary Of State Conservation Commission Retires After Decades Of Program Growth

-- In Memoriam: Marcus Schneck, PA’s Preeminent Outdoors Journalist, Dies At 66

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: ‘It May Make A Difference To All Eternity Whether We Do Right Or Wrong Today’ - Doing And Saying The Right Thing Has Enormous Impact

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - John Hurdle: Dimock Residents Fear New Methane Contamination As PA Lifts Shale Gas Drilling Ban In Susquehanna County

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Is The Public Being ‘Dimocked’ Again On Shale Gas?

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety [PaEN]

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Jan. 23: With Edges In Place - How To Garden To Accommodate Human Interface With Natural Form, Function. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time Pennsylvania Residents, Regulators Demand Health Risks From Shale Gas Fracking Be Addressed - By Clean Air Council

-- TribLive Guest Essay: I’ve Seen Firsthand How Harmful Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Can Affect Our Health - Physicians For Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Is Coming For The New Jersey Shore, Retiring Stockton University Coastal Expert Warns

-- The Center Square: Philadelphia School District Adding 47 Electric, Propane School Buses

-- Now On Demand: The Federal Clean Water Act At 50, Other Presentations From 2022 Watershed Congress

-- Stroud Watershed Education Mobile Lab Advances Environmental Literacy - 3,000 Miles, 1,300 Participants [PaEN]

-- PA Trout: Federal STREAM Mine Reclamation Act Advocacy At National Wild Trout Symposium Highlights Trip West [PaEN]

-- Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited Rivers Youth Camp Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]

-- TribLive: State Service Forester Leads Tree Value Workshop At Penguin Court Farm In Westmoreland

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster Branches Out With First Urban Forester, Investing $500,000 For Trees

-- Allegheny Land Trust Establishes Churchill Valley Greenway Conservation Internship, Applications Open In March [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: Feb. 6 - Creating An Edible Landscape. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.

-- Inquirer: Honeybees Are At Risk, Along With The Crops They Pollinate; These PA Scientists Think The Solution Lies In The Insects’ Brains

-- Warren Times: Free Guided Nature Walk At Audubon Nature Center On New Year’s Eve Day

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: We’re Often In Awe Of Synchronized Bird Movements

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Audubon Society: The Winter Finches Are Finally Back

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: 2 Young Hawk Mountain Researchers Published In The Journal Of Raptor Research

-- Altoona Mirror: On Target: Google Search Leads Hollywood To Blair County Bowmaker

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Fall 2022 Newsletter: Why Not Head Out For A ‘Spin’?

-- TribLive: Nature Calendar Honors Delmont, Westmoreland County Man’s Memory, Will Benefit Borough Library

-- AP: Policy, Climate, War Make 2022 ‘Pivot Year’ For Clean Energy

Emergency Response

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- UGI Natural Gas: Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions, UGI Is Asking 730,000 Customers In 45 Counties To Reduce Gas Use

-- The Daily Item: UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Decrease Use Thru Noon Today To Combat A Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Electricity Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- PA PUC Echoes Call For Electricity Customers To Conserve Thru Holiday Weekend

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 12,027 Customers Without Electric Power [8:00 a.m.] [Tioga County - 5,754 customers out, 23.1% Outage; Tioga ranks #7 in natural gas production]

-- WHYY: Turn It Off: Electricity Grid Operator PJM Asks Customers To Conserve Energy

-- AP: PA, Other States Warned Of Rolling Blackouts, Asked To Conserve Electricity

-- Bloomberg: PJM Leans On Consumers To Keep Electric Grid Stable

-- DEP Took Action On 666 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,469 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- Financial Times: Insurance Industry Pushes Back On U.S. Climate Risk Data Demand To Assess Vulnerabilities To Extreme Weather Loses

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]

-- AAA Pennsylvania Gasoline Price Average: $3.60; National Average: $3.09

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Continue To Nosedive In Lehigh Valley

-- PennLive: Blame Increase In PA Gasoline Tax For Likely Increase At Pump In January

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- Moneygeek.com: Pennsylvania #28 On List Of States With Most Expensive Natural Gas Heating Bills

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- WHYY: Delmarva Power Has Seen 60% Increase In Natural Gas Rates In Past 2 Years

-- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety [PaEN]

-- Reuters: Column: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Exports Both A Lifeline And A Drain For Europe; Surging Cost Of LNG To Come Under Scrutiny In 2023

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Cuts U.S. Oil, Natural Gas, Power Output, Sending Prices Higher

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Output Drops As Winter Storms Disrupts Production, Shuts Wells

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Winter Storm Shows Europe’s Risk By Threatening LNG Natural Gas Supply

-- Bloomberg: Texas Freeport LNG Natural Gas Terminal Postpones Restart, Again

National/International

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Prices Drop Amid Near-Record LNG Imports

-- Reuters: EU Countries Agreed On Natural Gas Price Cap To Contain Energy Crisis

-- Bloomberg: Europe's Natural Gas Price Cap Threatens To Intensify Energy Crisis, LNG Exporters May Send Fuel To Asia If Prices Are Better

-- Bloomberg: EU Natural Gas Prices Cap Would Have Prevented Record Summer Cost Spikes

-- Reuters: Renewables Provide 46.9% Of Power Used In Germany In 2022

-- Public News Source: Big Oil Kept Gasoline Prices High As Crude Oil Prices Dropped

-- Financial Times: Biggest U.S. Shale Operator Says More Drilling Would Harm Industry - ‘Pouring Profits Into Faster Output At Expense Of Shareholder Returns Would Send Investors Fleeing’

Energy

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- UGI Natural Gas: Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions, UGI Is Asking 730,000 Customers In 45 Counties To Reduce Gas Use

-- The Daily Item: UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Decrease Use Thru Noon Today To Combat A Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Electricity Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- PA PUC Echoes Call For Electricity Customers To Conserve Thru Holiday Weekend

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 12,027 Customers Without Electric Power [8:00 a.m.] [Tioga County - 5,754 customers out, 23.1% Outage; Tioga ranks #7 in natural gas production]

-- WHYY: Turn It Off: Electricity Grid Operator PJM Asks Customers To Conserve Energy

-- AP: PA, Other States Warned Of Rolling Blackouts, Asked To Conserve Electricity

-- Bloomberg: PJM Leans On Consumers To Keep Electric Grid Stable

-- Inside Climate News - John Hurdle: Dimock Residents Fear New Methane Contamination As PA Lifts Shale Gas Drilling Ban In Susquehanna County

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Is The Public Being ‘Dimocked’ Again On Shale Gas?

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Carnegie Mellon, Other Partners In Project Breathe Wish Southwest PA Residents Happy Holidays By Showing Memorable Moments In 2022 [Video]

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Asks Consumers To Conserve Electricity [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: PJM Interconnection Orders Some Customers To Curtail Demand, Issues System-Wide Emergency

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 34,333 Customers Without Electric Power [6:15 a.m.] [Most- First Energy with 21,324]

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Cuts U.S. Oil, Natural Gas, Power Output, Sending Prices Higher

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Output Drops As Winter Storms Disrupts Production, Shuts Wells

-- Moneygeek.com: Pennsylvania #28 On List Of States With Most Expensive Natural Gas Heating Bills

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- WHYY: Delmarva Power Has Seen 60% Increase In Natural Gas Rates In Past 2 Years

-- Utility Dive: PJM Seeks Mid-Auction Capacity Market Rule Change To Address Anomaly That Led To ‘Unjust’ Price

-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Plan To Build Solar Energy Farm On Former Steel Mill Dumping Ground Awaits State Approval

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: PUC Studies How Utilities Will Meet New Electric Vehicle Demand

-- AAA Pennsylvania Gasoline Price Average: $3.60; National Average: $3.09

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Continue To Nosedive In Lehigh Valley

-- PennLive: Blame Increase In PA Gasoline Tax For Likely Increase At Pump In January

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Sustainable Iron-Air Storage Battery Manufacturer To Bring 750 Jobs To Weirton, WV

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Storage Battery Manufacturer Picked Weirton For Its New $760 Million Battery Plant

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Announces $750 Million To Accelerate Clean Hydrogen Technologies

-- Reuters: EU Countries Agreed On Natural Gas Price Cap To Contain Energy Crisis

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Winter Storm Shows Europe’s Risk By Threatening LNG Natural Gas Supply

-- Bloomberg: Europe's Natural Gas Price Cap Threatens To Intensify Energy Crisis, LNG Exporters May Send Fuel To Asia If Prices Are Better

-- Bloomberg: EU Natural Gas Prices Cap Would Have Prevented Record Summer Cost Spikes

-- Public News Source: Big Oil Kept Gasoline Prices High As Crude Oil Prices Dropped

-- Financial Times: Biggest U.S. Shale Operator Says More Drilling Would Harm Industry - ‘Pouring Profits Into Faster Output At Expense Of Shareholder Returns Would Send Investors Fleeing’

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil Investors Call For More Aggressive Climate Targets

-- AP: EU Reaches Deal On Emissions Trading, Social Climate Fund

-- The Economist: Why The Gulf’s Oil Powers Are Betting On Clean Energy

-- AP: Policy, Climate, War Make 2022 ‘Pivot Year’ For Clean Energy

Environmental Health

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time Pennsylvania Residents, Regulators Demand Health Risks From Shale Gas Fracking Be Addressed - By Clean Air Council

-- TribLive Guest Essay: I’ve Seen Firsthand How Harmful Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Can Affect Our Health - Physicians For Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Carnegie Mellon, Other Partners In Project Breathe Wish Southwest PA Residents Happy Holidays By Showing Memorable Moments In 2022 [Video]

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- Public Utility Commission Notice Of Jurisdiction Over Natural Gas And Hazardous Liquids Pipelines And Certain LNG Natural Gas Facilities

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- WPost: New Studies Show Politically Conservative Areas Had Higher COVID Death Rates; Working-Age People Have Shorter Lives Overall

-- Syracuse University: Study: Rise In Working-Age Deaths In U.S. Linked To Conservative State Policies

-- Scientific American: People In Conservative Counties Have Higher Death Rates, May Stem Largely From Policy Choices

EPA

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- EPA Issues Final Standards For Heavy-Duty Vehicles To Slash Dangerous Pollution

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds EPA’s Heavy-Duty Vehicle Nitrogen Oxide Standard

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Environmental Enforcement Has Fallen Off Under Biden

Farming

-- Lancaster Farming: Karl Brown, Executive Secretary Of State Conservation Commission Retires After Decades Of Program Growth

-- CBF: Federal Court Vacates FERC Conowingo Power Dam License, Offering New Chance For Chesapeake Bay Protections [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Federal Appeals Court Vacates Conowingo Dam License, Federal Regulators Ordered To Weigh Tougher Requirements To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay

-- LancasterOnline: Federal Court Pulls Conowingo Dam 50-Year License

-- DEP Update On Healthy Waters Initiative To Cleanup PA’s Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- DEP Notice Final, Revised NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater From Industrial Activities (PAG-03) Available

-- Baltimore Sun Guest Essay: A Moral Obligation To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay - Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Praises Inclusion Of Growing Climate Solutions Act In Year-End Congressional Funding Package

-- Inquirer: Honeybees Are At Risk, Along With The Crops They Pollinate; These PA Scientists Think The Solution Lies In The Insects’ Brains

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Continues Fight For Federal Wildlife Funding, Despite Setback

Flooding

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Climate Change Is Coming For The New Jersey Shore, Retiring Stockton University Coastal Expert Warns

-- Financial Times: Insurance Industry Pushes Back On U.S. Climate Risk Data Demand To Assess Vulnerabilities To Extreme Weather Loses

Forests

-- DCNR To Celebrate The New Year With Nearly 60 First Day Hikes Across Pennsylvania Public Lands [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR To Host ‘First Day’ Hikes At PA State Parks To Boost Health, Foster Connection To Public Lands

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

-- TribLive: State Service Forester Leads Tree Value Workshop At Penguin Court Farm In Westmoreland

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster Branches Out With First Urban Forester, Investing $500,000 For Trees

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster Nonprofit Launches Local Carbon Credit Program To Help Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Game Commission

-- Lancaster Farming: Sen. Laughlin To Introduce Bill To Remove The Remaining Prohibitions On Sunday Hunting

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PA Continues Fight For Federal Wildlife Funding, Despite Setback

Grants/Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds DEP Grants To Support County Clean Water Action Plans To Clean Up Local Waters

-- DEP Announces Award Of Coastal Zone Grants For Delaware Estuary, Lake Erie [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Announces $750 Million To Accelerate Clean Hydrogen Technologies

Green Infrastructure

-- Lancaster Farming: Karl Brown, Executive Secretary Of State Conservation Commission Retires After Decades Of Program Growth

-- CBF: Federal Court Vacates FERC Conowingo Power Dam License, Offering New Chance For Chesapeake Bay Protections [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Federal Appeals Court Vacates Conowingo Dam License, Federal Regulators Ordered To Weigh Tougher Requirements To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay

-- LancasterOnline: Federal Court Pulls Conowingo Dam 50-Year License

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Applauds Strong Conservation Investments In Final Federal Spending Bill [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Federal FY2023 Budget Increases Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program, Watershed Investments For Landscape Defense, NRCS Technical Assistance

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cong. Cartwright: Omnibus Federal Budget Package Includes $53 Million For NE PA, Including Wyoming Valley Stormwater Funding

-- DEP Update On Healthy Waters Initiative To Cleanup PA’s Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- DEP Notice Final, Revised NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater From Industrial Activities (PAG-03) Available

-- Baltimore Sun Guest Essay: A Moral Obligation To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay - Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake

-- Master Watershed Stewards Complete Live Stake Nurseries Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- York Master Watershed Stewards Participate In Vernal Pool Monitoring At Gifford Pinchot State Park [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster Nonprofit Launches Local Carbon Credit Program To Help Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

-- TribLive: State Service Forester Leads Tree Value Workshop At Penguin Court Farm In Westmoreland

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster Branches Out With First Urban Forester, Investing $500,000 For Trees

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds DEP Grants To Support County Clean Water Action Plans To Clean Up Local Waters

-- South Mountain Partnership Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 20 - Register Now!

-- Stroud Watershed Education Mobile Lab Advances Environmental Literacy - 3,000 Miles, 1,300 Participants [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Establishes Churchill Valley Greenway Conservation Internship, Applications Open In March [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time Pennsylvania Residents, Regulators Demand Health Risks From Shale Gas Fracking Be Addressed - By Clean Air Council

-- TribLive Guest Essay: I’ve Seen Firsthand How Harmful Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Can Affect Our Health - Physicians For Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Carnegie Mellon, Other Partners In Project Breathe Wish Southwest PA Residents Happy Holidays By Showing Memorable Moments In 2022 [Video]

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- Public Utility Commission Notice Of Jurisdiction Over Natural Gas And Hazardous Liquids Pipelines And Certain LNG Natural Gas Facilities

-- U.S. Attorney: Families Might Be Eligible For Crime Victims’ Compensation For Hardships Caused By The Indictment Of Former Erie Coke (Coal) Plant For Environmental Crimes [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Harmed By Erie Coke (Coal) Plant? You Might Be Eligible For Financial Compensation - Sister Pat Lupo

-- WPost: New Studies Show Politically Conservative Areas Had Higher COVID Death Rates; Working-Age People Have Shorter Lives Overall

-- Syracuse University: Study: Rise In Working-Age Deaths In U.S. Linked To Conservative State Policies

-- Scientific American: People In Conservative Counties Have Higher Death Rates, May Stem Largely From Policy Choices

Land Conservation

-- Lancaster Farming: Karl Brown, Executive Secretary Of State Conservation Commission Retires After Decades Of Program Growth

-- DEP Update On Healthy Waters Initiative To Cleanup PA’s Portion Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Baltimore Sun Guest Essay: A Moral Obligation To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay - Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Lancaster Nonprofit Launches Local Carbon Credit Program To Help Businesses Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

-- Allegheny Land Trust Establishes Churchill Valley Greenway Conservation Internship, Applications Open In March [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Winter Partnership Meeting Jan. 20 - Register Now!

-- NextPittsburgh: Meet Joey-Linn Ulrich, Allegheny County Parks Foundation’s New Leader

Land Recycling

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Approves Up To $10 Million For Hazelwood Green Deal On BioForge Project

Lake Erie

-- DEP Announces Award Of Coastal Zone Grants For Delaware Estuary, Lake Erie [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- York County Watershed Organizations Remove 50,000 Pounds Of Trash From Waterways In 50K Trash Challenge In 2022 [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

-- Appalachian Voices: Final FY2023 Federal Budget Includes STREAM Act, Abandoned Mine Land Economic Program Increase, Not Black Lung Benefits [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Abandoned Mine Pollution Long-Term Cleanup Will Get Money From Federal Spending Bill

-- Scranton Times: STREAM Act Legislation Passes Congress

-- PA Trout: Federal STREAM Mine Reclamation Act Advocacy At National Wild Trout Symposium Highlights Trip West [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Advocates Urge Congress To Include Key Coal Community Investments In Forthcoming Budget Legislation

Natural Gas Regional Supply Constraints

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- UGI Natural Gas: Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions, UGI Is Asking 730,000 Customers In 45 Counties To Reduce Gas Use

-- The Daily Item: UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Decrease Use Thru Noon Today To Combat A Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Electricity Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- PA PUC Echoes Call For Electricity Customers To Conserve Thru Holiday Weekend

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 12,027 Customers Without Electric Power [8:00 a.m.] [Tioga County - 5,754 customers out, 23.1% Outage; Tioga ranks #7 in natural gas production]

-- WHYY: Turn It Off: Electricity Grid Operator PJM Asks Customers To Conserve Energy

-- AP: PA, Other States Warned Of Rolling Blackouts, Asked To Conserve Electricity

-- Bloomberg: PJM Leans On Consumers To Keep Electric Grid Stable

Oil & Gas

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Families Affected By Alleged ‘Frack-Out’ In Greene County Have A Little Happier Holiday Thanks To Water Donated By Center For Coalfield Justice [PaEN]

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- UGI Natural Gas: Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions, UGI Is Asking 730,000 Customers In 45 Counties To Reduce Gas Use

-- The Daily Item: UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Decrease Use Thru Noon Today To Combat A Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Electricity Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - John Hurdle: Dimock Residents Fear New Methane Contamination As PA Lifts Shale Gas Drilling Ban In Susquehanna County

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Is The Public Being ‘Dimocked’ Again On Shale Gas?

-- Post-Gazette Essay: What Fossil Fuel Disaster Will Be The Last One We Tolerate? - By Adriana E. Ramirez [Equitrans Gas Leak, Keystone Oil Pipeline Spill]

-- League Of Women Voters, Partners Host Jan. 12 Webinar On LNG Natural Gas Export Terminal Safety [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Shows How Western PA Benefits When Govt., Business Work Together - PA Chamber Of Commerce & Industry

-- Carnegie Mellon, Other Partners In Project Breathe Wish Southwest PA Residents Happy Holidays By Showing Memorable Moments In 2022 [Video]

-- The Allegheny Front: ‘We Do Have Questions To Answer’ About Single-Use Plastic Waste, Shell Internal Emails Reveal

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Gas Industry Appeased Too Long [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time Pennsylvania Residents, Regulators Demand Health Risks From Shale Gas Fracking Be Addressed - By Clean Air Council

-- TribLive Guest Essay: I’ve Seen Firsthand How Harmful Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry Can Affect Our Health - Physicians For Social Responsibility Pennsylvania

-- Concerned Health Professionals Of PA Ask Health Professionals To Sign Letter Urging Gov.-Elect Shapiro To Protect Public Health, Environment From Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industry [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Better Path Coalition Wants More Information On DEP’s Settlement On Illegal Dumping 1,831 Truck Loads Of Oil & Gas Waste In Fayette County

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Southwest PA Landowners Settle Class Action Lawsuit With Chief Oil & Gas For $5.5 Million

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Newsweek Ranks These Pittsburgh-Based Companies Among ‘Most Responsible In US [Including Equitrans whose natural gas storage facility in Cambria County had a 1 billion cubic feet release of natural gas]

-- Moneygeek.com: Pennsylvania #28 On List Of States With Most Expensive Natural Gas Heating Bills

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- WHYY: Delmarva Power Has Seen 60% Increase In Natural Gas Rates In Past 2 Years

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Natural Gas Output Drops As Winter Storms Disrupts Production, Shuts Wells

-- Bloomberg: U.S. Winter Storm Shows Europe’s Risk By Threatening LNG Natural Gas Supply

-- Reuters: Winter Storm Cuts U.S. Oil, Natural Gas, Power Output, Sending Prices Higher

-- Bloomberg: Texas Freeport LNG Natural Gas Terminal Postpones Restart, Again

-- Reuters: Column: U.S. LNG Natural Gas Exports Both A Lifeline And A Drain For Europe; Surging Cost Of LNG To Come Under Scrutiny In 2023

-- AAA Pennsylvania Gasoline Price Average: $3.60; National Average: $3.09

-- MCall: Gasoline Prices Continue To Nosedive In Lehigh Valley

-- PennLive: Blame Increase In PA Gasoline Tax For Likely Increase At Pump In January

-- U.S. Dept. Of Energy Announces $750 Million To Accelerate Clean Hydrogen Technologies

-- Reuters: EU Countries Agreed On Natural Gas Price Cap To Contain Energy Crisis

-- Bloomberg: Europe's Natural Gas Price Cap Threatens To Intensify Energy Crisis, LNG Exporters May Send Fuel To Asia If Prices Are Better

-- Bloomberg: EU Natural Gas Prices Cap Would Have Prevented Record Summer Cost Spikes

-- Public News Source: Big Oil Kept Gasoline Prices High As Crude Oil Prices Dropped

-- Financial Times: Biggest U.S. Shale Operator Says More Drilling Would Harm Industry - ‘Pouring Profits Into Faster Output At Expense Of Shareholder Returns Would Send Investors Fleeing’

-- Bloomberg: Big Oil Investors Call For More Aggressive Climate Targets

-- AP: EU Reaches Deal On Emissions Trading, Social Climate Fund

-- Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Advocates Urge Congress To Include Key Coal Community Investments In Forthcoming Budget Legislation

Pipelines

-- Oil & Gas Industry Impacts: Cambria County Family Sues Sunoco After 3 Years Of Dealing With Damage To Home, Well, Septic System, Property From Mariner East Pipeline Construction [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Sunoco Refined Product Pipeline Relocation Project Nears Completion Under Delaware River In Bucks County

-- Public Utility Commission Notice Of Jurisdiction Over Natural Gas And Hazardous Liquids Pipelines And Certain LNG Natural Gas Facilities

NPR: Keystone Oil Pipeline Leaked In Kansas, What Makes This Spill So Bad?

Pennsylvania’s Pipeline Experiences:

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

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone

-- PA Mariner East & Revolution Natural Gas/Liquids Pipelines Convicted Of Criminal Charges Related To Environmental Violations

-- PA's Brand New Natural Gas Pipeline Exploded in 2018 in Beaver County

Permitting

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- Public Utility Commission Notice Of Jurisdiction Over Natural Gas And Hazardous Liquids Pipelines And Certain LNG Natural Gas Facilities

-- DEP Notice Final, Revised NPDES General Permit For Discharges Of Stormwater From Industrial Activities (PAG-03) Available

-- DEP Took Action On 666 Permits, 98% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,469 Inspections; Responded To 6 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Public Participation

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 17 to 23 [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In The Dec. 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

-- PUC Sets Jan. 19 Hearings On Proposed 9.2% Rate Increase By National Fuel Gas

PUC

-- UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Conserve Energy Use Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints [PaEN]

-- UGI Natural Gas: Due To Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions, UGI Is Asking 730,000 Customers In 45 Counties To Reduce Gas Use

-- The Daily Item: UGI Asks Natural Gas Customers To Decrease Use Thru Noon Today To Combat A Regional Natural Gas Supply Constraints Caused By Extreme Weather Conditions

-- PJM Interconnection ‘Possibility Of Rotating Customer Electricity Outages Is Real’ - A Mix Of Power Plants In The System Are ‘Not Performing’ - Filing DOE Emergency Power Request [PaEN]

-- PA PUC Echoes Call For Electricity Customers To Conserve Thru Holiday Weekend

-- Pennsylvania Power Outages: 12,027 Customers Without Electric Power [8:00 a.m.] [Tioga County - 5,754 customers out, 23.1% Outage; Tioga ranks #7 in natural gas production]

-- WHYY: Turn It Off: Electricity Grid Operator PJM Asks Customers To Conserve Energy

-- AP: PA, Other States Warned Of Rolling Blackouts, Asked To Conserve Electricity

-- Bloomberg: PJM Leans On Consumers To Keep Electric Grid Stable

-- Public Utility Commission Notice Of Jurisdiction Over Natural Gas And Hazardous Liquids Pipelines And Certain LNG Natural Gas Facilities

-- PUC Highlights 2022 Accomplishments

-- PUC Sets Jan. 19 Hearings On Proposed 9.2% Rate Increase By National Fuel Gas

-- Moneygeek.com: Pennsylvania #28 On List Of States With Most Expensive Natural Gas Heating Bills

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Natural Gas Prices Rise [94.7%] As Production Falls, Report Says

-- WHYY: Delmarva Power Has Seen 60% Increase In Natural Gas Rates In Past 2 Years

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Rebellious Montgomery County Residents Take Novel Legal Approach To Thwart Sewer System Sale

Radiation Protection

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Oil & Gas Development, Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Water Withdrawal Requests [PaEN]