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[Posted: June 4, 2023]

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Air

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?

-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.

-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fines From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health 

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event

-- DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia To Contribute To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Wildfire In Canada Prompts Air Quality Alert For Lehigh Valley

-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented

-- AP: Wildfire In Nova Scotia Spurs Evacuation Of 16,000 People

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council

-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Recreation Valued, If Ancillary Benefit To Creation Of Allegheny National Forest

Alternative Fuels

-- Electrification Coalition Hosts June 20 PA Medium, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp And Showcase At Harrisburg University  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland School District Launches Pilot Program To Test Viability Of Electric Buses

-- Centre Daily Times: Would $50 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Help Revitalize Philipsburg, Retain Talent?

Awards & Recognition

-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Victims Of 1889 Johnstown Flood Remembered At National Memorial

-- The Allegheny Front Wins 3 Golden Quill Awards And Best In Show

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County

-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County

-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control

-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More

-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow

-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County

-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More 

Budget - Federal

-- AP: Federal Debt Ceiling Deal: What’s In, What’s Out Of The Bill To Avert U.S. Default

-- Bloomberg: Federal Debt Limit Deal Omits Broad Overhaul To Speed Up Energy Permits

-- WPost: Here’s What’s In Federal Debt Ceiling Deal - Directs Federal Agencies To Issue All Approvals For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

-- Reuters: Biden, McCarthy Debt Deal Would Speed Up Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Approvals

-- Bloomberg: Equitrans Stock Soars As Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline Set To Benefit From U.S. Debt Deal

-- AP: Hard-Right Conservatives Oppose Federal Debt Limit Compromise Led By PA Republican Cong. Perry; May Try To Oust Republican Speaker McCarthy

-- Politics PA: Republican PA Cong. Perry, Freedom Caucus Announce Opposition To Federal Debt Ceiling Bill

-- PennLive - John Baer: Open Letter To Washington ‘Leaders’ On That Federal Debt Ceiling Thing

Budget

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports May Tax Collections $46.1 Million Below Its Estimates; Year-To-Date Revenues $1.2 Billion Above Estimates

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports May State Revenue $84.9 Million Below IFO Estimates; Year-To-Date Up $2.45 Billion Above Estimates

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: State Treasurer - PA Had $437 Million Investment Income, Treasurer Says Stash It Away

-- PA Capital-Star: Cash-Strapped Volunteer Fire Departments Ask Lawmakers For Help

Chesapeake Bay

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Register Now!  Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10

-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP

-- Register Now!  Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23

-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?

-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.

-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs

-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California)  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event

-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon

-- GridPhilly.com: At Former Philadelphia Refinery, Pollution Concerns Persist Under The Surface

-- LancasterOnline: Four Seasons Produce Warehouse Dramatically Reduces Energy Use, Price Of Electricity In New Cool Warehouse Expansion

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U.  [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control

-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Plans $300,000 In Improvements At Mellon Park

-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow

-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Climate

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- Electrification Coalition Hosts June 20 PA Medium, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp And Showcase At Harrisburg University  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland School District Launches Pilot Program To Test Viability Of Electric Buses

-- Centre Daily Times: Would $50 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Help Revitalize Philipsburg, Retain Talent?

-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits

-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open

-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future

-- TribLive: 40 Pittsburgh Schools To Shift To Remote Learning Thursday Due To Heat

-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State?  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub

-- Bloomberg: Constellation Energy’s Billion-Dollar Plan To Make Hydrogen With Nuclear Power On Hold As DOE Considers Limiting Tax Credits

-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals

-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists

-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says

New Federal Climate/Energy Law

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub

-- Bloomberg: Constellation Energy’s Billion-Dollar Plan To Make Hydrogen With Nuclear Power On Hold As DOE Considers Limiting Tax Credits

Coal Mining

-- Senate, House Lawmakers Announce Co-Chairs For Legislative Coal Caucus

-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State?  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To  Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Scranton Times: Meet The Team Restoring Brooks Coal Mine At Nay Aug Park To Reopen To Public As Museum

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Unused Coal Heads To New Shores In Post-Crisis Glut

Compliance Action

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?

-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.

-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fins From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health 

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs

-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN]

Court Decision

-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]

Dam Safety

-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day

DCNR

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth

-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up  [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County

-- PennLive: Mountain Wildfire Spreads To At Least 100 Acres In Snyder County

DEP

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To  Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?

-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.

-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP

-- DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia To Contribute To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Wildfire In Canada Prompts Air Quality Alert For Lehigh Valley

-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented

-- AP: Wildfire In Nova Scotia Spurs Evacuation Of 16,000 People

-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control

-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers  [PaEN]

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures

-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 2 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly ‘Water Bar’ Back At City Hall To Let You Taste The Tap Water

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

Drought

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

Economic Development

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State?  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Centre Daily Times: Would $50 Million Lithium-Ion Battery Factory Help Revitalize Philipsburg, Retain Talent?

-- The Economist: Global Fertility Has Collapsed, With Profound Economic Consequences

Education

-- DEP Awards $1 Million To Support 73 Local Projects To Educate, Engage Youth And Adults In Improving The Environment In Their Communities  [PaEN]

-- Register Now!  Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23

-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP

-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: 40 Pittsburgh Schools To Shift To Remote Learning Thursday Due To Heat

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits

-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek

-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies  [PaEN]

-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event

-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?

-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.

-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach

-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Little Explorers Get ‘Down In The Dirt’ June 10

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Ed Center 5 Mile Trail Run In Erie June 10

-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs

-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California)  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County

-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly ‘Water Bar’ Back At City Hall To Let You Taste The Tap Water

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up  [PaEN]

-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More 

-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season

-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day

-- Electrification Coalition Hosts June 20 PA Medium, Heavy-Duty Electric Vehicle Boot Camp And Showcase At Harrisburg University  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Partnership June 3 Outdoor Expo

-- TribLive: Canoe, Kayak Trip Set For Sewickley Creek June 3

-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County

-- NextPittsburgh: Digging Up The Secrets Of The Frick Environmental Center

-- Scranton Times: Meet The Team Restoring Brooks Coal Mine At Nay Aug Park To Reopen To Public As Museum

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U.  [PaEN]

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Summer 2023 Delaware Highlands Journal

-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone

-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control

-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More

-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition

-- The Allegheny Front: Researchers Team Up To Analyze Recordings Of Bird Songs In PA Forests

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Many Animals And Birds In Wild Have Albinism In Nature

-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals

-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says

Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Officials Talk Train Derailment  Contingency Plans With Expert

-- Environmental Health Project, HealthFirstPA May 31 Webinar On Pollution And Children’s Health - Norfolk Southern Train Derailment And Beyond, Noon

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Ohio Residents Near Norfolk Southern Derailment Can’t Return To Homes They Fear Are Poisoned, And It’s Taking A Toll: ‘Depression Is Through The Roof’

Emergency Response

-- PA Capital-Star: Cash-Strapped Volunteer Fire Departments Ask Lawmakers For Help

-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

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] 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- Baker Hughes: PA Natural Gas Drilling Rig Count Same As Last Week - 24

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties

-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?

-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation

-- TribLive: West Penn, Duquesne Light Electric Rates Increasing For Customers Who Do Not Shop For Their Electric This Week

-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]

-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon

-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle

-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State?  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: National Average Gasoline Price Expected To Stay Under $4 This Summer, Analyst Says

-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania $3.69, National $3.57

-- Reuters: Oil Up Over 2% After US Debt Deal, Jobs Data: Focus Turns To OPEC+

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Drops Again To Lowest Levels In Over 2 Years, Solar Energy Power Hits Record

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic; Some Traders Predict Short-Term Prices Could Even Go Negative At Times This Summer  [Updated]

-- Bloomberg: European Price Of Natural Gas Slips As Sluggish Chinese Data Damps LNG Demand

National/International

-- Reuters: Natural Gas Grid Congestion Soars As EU Pivots From Russian Fuel

-- Bloomberg: Asian Natural Gas Premium Puts Europe In Competition For LNG This Summer

-- Bloomberg: Poorer Nations Snap Up Cheap LNG Natural Gas In Economic Boost

-- Reuters: Norway Shuts Hammerfest LNG Natural Gas Plant Due To Gas Leak, Facility Being Evacuated

-- Wall Street Journal: Exxon, Chevron Near Deals To Drill In Natural Gas-Rich Algeria; Proximity To Europe Makes It Attractive To U.S. Drillers With Cash To Invest

-- Reuters: Column: U.S. Oil And Natural Gas Output Still Rising In Response To High Prices Last Year

-- Reuters: Crude Oil Price Falls 2% On U.S. Debt Deal Struggles, OPEC+ Talks Uncertainty

-- Reuters: Drones Attack Russian Oil Refineries Near Major Oil Port Novorossiisk

Energy

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties

-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?

-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation

-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]

-- TribLive: West Penn, Duquesne Light Electric Rates Increasing For Customers Who Do Not Shop For Their Electric This Week

-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon

-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle

-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Grange Talks Solar Energy At America’s Rural Energy Coalition National Conference

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies  [PaEN]

-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open

-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: $200 Million Project Aims To Bring New Life To Downtown Pittsburgh’s Ancient Steam Tunnels

-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State?  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council

-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon

-- TribLive: National Average Gasoline Price Expected To Stay Under $4 This Summer, Analyst Says

-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania $3.69, National $3.57

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub

-- Bloomberg: Constellation Energy’s Billion-Dollar Plan To Make Hydrogen With Nuclear Power On Hold As DOE Considers Limiting Tax Credits

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Unused Coal Heads To New Shores In Post-Crisis Glut

Energy Conservation

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Home Repair, Energy Efficiency Program To Open Applications In Allegheny County May 30

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Considering $2.2 Million Study On LED Streetlight Conversion

-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

-- LancasterOnline: Four Seasons Produce Warehouse Dramatically Reduces Energy Use, Price Of Electricity In New Cool Warehouse Expansion

-- U.S. DOE: Applications Being Accepted For $45 Million To Improve Energy Efficiency In Nonprofit Buildings, Deadline June 29

Environmental Health

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement

-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fins From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health 

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event

-- TribLive: Climate Change, Pollution, Weather Impact Start, Severity Of Allergy Season

-- York Dispatch: West Nile Positive Mosquitoes Found In York County, What Can You Do?

-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control

-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

-- AP: Earth Is ‘Really Quite Sick Now’ And In Danger Zone In Nearly All Ecological Ways, Study Says

Environmental Heritage

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management

Environmental Justice

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education  [PaEN]

EPA

-- Meadville Tribune: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant For Industrial Site Cleanup In Meadville

-- Delaware County Redevelopment Authority Announces Award Of $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]

Farming

-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Grange Talks Solar Energy At America’s Rural Energy Coalition National Conference

-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture

-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Agriculture Is Central To Our Growth’: Shapiro Attends Opening Of Carbon County Farm’s Greenhouse

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Firm Building Vertical Farm In Luzerne County Shuts Down

-- Post-Gazette: Owner Puts Braddock Plant Up For Sale 7 Months After Vertical Farm Closed

-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter - Checklist For Travelers; Business Resources; Online Learning Opportunities; More

-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow

-- PennLive: Annual Pollinator And Garden Faire Planned For June 17 In Halifax, Dauphin County

-- Western PA Conservancy: June 27 Webinar - Pollinator Habitat - Build It And They Will Come, Noon

-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News - Supporting Native Bees; Make Your Property Pollinator Friendly; Much More

Fish & Boat Commission

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

-- WHYY: Fish Kill In Bushkill Creek Has People Wondering Is Nearby Quarry To Blame In Northampton County; Fish & Boat Commission Investigating

Flooding

-- AP: It’s Time To Prepare For The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season

-- Tribune-Democrat: Victims Of 1889 Johnstown Flood Remembered At National Memorial

-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals

-- USDA NRCS Promotes National Dam Safety Awareness Day

Forests

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties  [PaEN]

-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California)  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Recreation Valued, If Ancillary Benefit To Creation Of Allegheny National Forest

Forest Wildfires

-- PennLive: Mountain Wildfire Spreads To At Least 100 Acres In Snyder County

-- DEP: Large Wildfire In Nova Scotia To Contribute To Air Quality Action Day Wednesday, May 31 In Lehigh Valley, Southeast PA, Susquehanna Valley  [PaEN]

-- KYW: Canada Wildfire Could Impact Philadelphia Area: Check The Smoke Map

-- MCall: Wildfire In Canada Prompts Air Quality Alert For Lehigh Valley

-- Inquirer: Wildfire Smoke From Nova Scotia In Air Over Philly This Week May Be Unprecedented

-- AP: Wildfire In Nova Scotia Spurs Evacuation Of 16,000 People

Game Commission

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

-- Game Commission Provides Update On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance

-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone

-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23

Grants/Funding

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- Patch.com: $2.5 Million In Preservation Grants Awarded By Chester County Commissioners

-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park  [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant For Industrial Site Cleanup In Meadville

-- Delaware County Redevelopment Authority Announces Award Of $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Home Repair, Energy Efficiency Program To Open Applications In Allegheny County May 30

-- U.S. DOE: Applications Being Accepted For $45 Million To Improve Energy Efficiency In Nonprofit Buildings, Deadline June 29

Green Infrastructure

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth

-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs

-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California)  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County

-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County

-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow

Hazardous Substances

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- Attorney General Henry Files Civil Complaint Against DuPont And Affiliates For Manufacture Of PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Seeks Payment For Cleanup Costs  [PaEN]

-- NYT: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Makers Chemours, DuPont, Corteva Settle Public Water Lawsuits In $1.19 Billion Agreement

-- WESA: Mon Valley Leaders Have $5 Million In U.S. Steel Fins From Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant, But Little Has Gone To Public Health 

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution Seeking Pollution Reading Watchdogs For Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant At Special June 2 Event

-- Guest Essay: Consider Health Risks When Sealing Driveways And Parking Lots - By Harry Campbell, Chesapeake Bay Foundation  [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California)  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Focus Newsletter Now Available: New Bureau Structure, Cultural Resources Management, Beech Leaf Disease, Forest Fridays Sign Up  [PaEN]

-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition

-- Patch.com: $2.5 Million In Preservation Grants Awarded By Chester County Commissioners

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County

-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County

-- WHYY: Hibernia County Park In Chester County Gets 5-Acre Wildflower, Grass Meadow

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Summer 2023 Delaware Highlands Journal

Land Recycling

-- Meadville Tribune: EPA Awards $1 Million Grant For Industrial Site Cleanup In Meadville

-- Delaware County Redevelopment Authority Announces Award Of $1 Million EPA Brownfields Grant

-- GridPhilly.com: At Former Philadelphia Refinery, Pollution Concerns Persist Under The Surface

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Summer Public Events Committed To Zero Waste In Western Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Distribute Last Batch Of Blue Recycling Bins To Residents

-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG

Mine Reclamation

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To  Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U.  [PaEN]

Monongahela River

-- Observer-Reporter: Lock And Dam 4 Project Nearing Completion On Monongahela River

Ohio River

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

Oil & Gas

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Environmental Groups Seek Results Of Pitt Health Studies On Impact Of Natural Gas Development

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

-- Courier Times: After ‘Abnormally Dry’ May In Bucks County, Water Authorities Urge Conservation Measures

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette-Megan Tomasic: Elizabeth Twp. Residents Concerned About Planned Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad Near High School In Allegheny County

-- PA Capital-Star: Shell Petrochemical Plant To Pay $10 Million In Fines For Exceeding Air Pollution Limits - Will It Matter?

-- Eyes On Shell Petrochemical Plant Accountability Campaign To Hold In-Person Rally June 8 In Beaver. 9:00 a.m.

-- Eyes On Shell: Shell Petrochemical Plant Announced On Facebook It Is Restarting Plant, Flaring Of Gases Will Be Occurring

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: These High School Students Are Grappling With Living With The Chemical Pollution From The Shell Petrochemical Plant And The Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach

-- Post-Gazette-Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh-Area Utilities, Transit Agencies Launching Hydrogen Pilots, Anticipating Wider Use In The Future

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Examine Climate Issues Related To Proposed Hydrogen Hub

-- York Daily Record: Homer City On The Brink, As Coal-Fired Power Plant Shuts; What’s The Impact For The State?  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- Observer-Reporter: Hatfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolition To Continue Next Week  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- TribLive: Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant Smokestacks Imploded Taking Down Power Lines, Damaging Homes  [Could Not Compete With Natural Gas]

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining Could Be PA’s Next Big Environmental Threat, We Need To Treat It That Way - By Clean Air Council

-- GridPhilly.com: At Former Philadelphia Refinery, Pollution Concerns Persist Under The Surface

-- Warren Times: Environmental Group Announces PA General Energy To Plug Gas Well Proposed As Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Indiana County  [Read more here]

-- TribLive: National Average Gasoline Price Expected To Stay Under $4 This Summer, Analyst Says

-- AAA Average Gasoline Prices: Pennsylvania $3.69, National $3.57

-- Reuters: Oil Up Over 2% After US Debt Deal, Jobs Data: Focus Turns To OPEC+

-- Reuters: Natural Gas Grid Congestion Soars As EU Pivots From Russian Fuel

-- Bloomberg: Asian Natural Gas Premium Puts Europe In Competition For LNG This Summer

-- Bloomberg: European Natural Gas Price Drops Again To Lowest Levels In Over 2 Years, Solar Energy Power Hits Record

-- Bloomberg: European Price Of Natural Gas Slips As Sluggish Chinese Data Damps LNG Demand

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic; Some Traders Predict Short-Term Prices Could Even Go Negative At Times This Summer  [Updated]

-- Wall Street Journal: Exxon, Chevron Near Deals To Drill In Natural Gas-Rich Algeria; Proximity To Europe Makes It Attractive To U.S. Drillers With Cash To Invest

-- Reuters: Column: U.S. Oil And Natural Gas Output Still Rising In Response To High Prices Last Year

-- Reuters: Crude Oil Price Falls 2% On U.S. Debt Deal Struggles, OPEC+ Talks Uncertainty

Pipelines

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Patch.com: South Brunswick, NJ Opposes Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline Project From PA

-- Bloomberg: Federal Debt Limit Deal Omits Broad Overhaul To Speed Up Energy Permits

-- WPost: Here’s What’s In Federal Debt Ceiling Deal - Directs Federal Agencies To Issue All Approvals For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists

Permitting

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Lawmakers Are Clawing Back State’s Power To Prevent The Abandonment Of Conventional Oil/Gas Wells

-- Warren Times Guest Essay: Simple Truth - Conventional Oil/Gas Well Operators Frequently Abandoned Their Wells, Better Bonding Is A Solution To This Ever-Growing Problem - By Sierra Club

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Advocates Say More Scrutiny Needed Over Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging

-- DEP Moves To Enforce Order To Plug 4 Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells Leaking Methane In Allegheny County Owned By Michael Harju & Economy Natural Gas, Inc.  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 27 to June 2 -- Conventional Operators Fail To Start Plugging, Fail To Cleanup Spills; More NOVs For Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports PA Natural Gas Production Peaked In 4th Quarter 2021 [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette-Megan Tomasic: Elizabeth Twp. Residents Concerned About Planned Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad Near High School In Allegheny County

-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Patch.com: South Brunswick, NJ Opposes Northeast Supply Enhancement Natural Gas Pipeline Project From PA

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- House Environmental Committee Meets June 6 To Consider Bills On Environmental Impact Reports; Cryptocurrency Operations; Clean Hydrogen  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators June 29 Webinar On Implementing JEDI - Environmental Justice In Environmental Education  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Group Against Smog & Pollution: Despite Fee Changes, Air Quality Permit Backlog For Major Air Pollution Sources Still An Issue For Allegheny Health Dept, DEP

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Crew Does Newburg Stream Work; Needs Permit

-- Bloomberg: Federal Debt Limit Deal Omits Broad Overhaul To Speed Up Energy Permits

-- WPost: Here’s What’s In Federal Debt Ceiling Deal - Directs Federal Agencies To Issue All Approvals For Mountain Valley Natural Gas Pipeline

-- WPost - Timothy Puko: Why The Federal Debt Deal Infuriates Climate Activists

-- DEP Took Action On 760 Permits, 99% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,128 Inspections; Responded To 1 Environmental Emergency Last Week

Public Participation

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 13 To Hear Acting DEP Secretary Negrin Outline His Vision For Changing DEP; Enforcement, Customer Service Strategies; Permit Review Changes; Environmental Justice Plans; More  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Holds June 5 Hearing On Bill Requiring Environmental Impact Reports On Certain Electric Generation, Waste, Major Air Pollution Sources Locating In Already Burdened Communities  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - June 3   [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 3 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- Delaware Valley Journal: Delaware County Natural Gas Pumping Station Still On Hold In Marple Township After Court Decision Said PUC Had To Apply Environmental Rights Amendment

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Footprint For June 2  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: PJM, PSEG, Other Electric Generators Urge FERC To Reject Natural Gas-Fired, Other Generator Pleas To Drop Winter Storm Elliott Nonperformance Penalties

-- EnergyWire: FERC Aims To Fix The Grid’s Renewable Energy Project Connection Backlog - Can It?

-- AG Henry, Office Of Consumer Advocate Urge Pennsylvanians To Shop For Electricity, Natural Gas Suppliers; Be Aware Of Door-To-Door Solicitation

-- TribLive: West Penn, Duquesne Light Electric Rates Increasing For Customers Who Do Not Shop For Their Electric This Week

-- Altoona Mirror: Penelec Announces Rate Increase [For Those Who Do Not Shop For Electricity]

-- Inquirer: PGW, PECO Gas Customers To See Lower Bills Soon

-- TribLive Editorial: Increased Electric Bills Are Power Struggle

Recreation

-- PA U.S. Senators Casey, Fetterman Request Full Environmental Impact Statement On Maryland Air National Guard Very Low Level Military Training Flights [100 Feet] Over PA Wilds  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WVIA: PA’s U.S. Senators Call For More Intensive Study On Very Low Level Military Training Flights In PA Wilds

-- 11 Remote Workers, Families To Live, Work And Play In PA Wilds This Summer In Cameron, Warren Counties  [PaEN]

-- Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Free Guided Tours Of Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Rare Butterfly Habitat Tours Open To Public At Fort Indiantown Gap

-- June 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Area Recreation Key To Economic Growth

-- Citizens Voice: Ricketts Glen Waterfall Featured On New Postal Service Stamp

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Partnership June 3 Outdoor Expo

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Jennings Environmental Center, 3MJC Host Historic Foltz One Room School Open House Events; Mine Drainage Treatment At Slippery Rock U.  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Plans $300,000 In Improvements At Mellon Park

-- TribLive: Canoe, Kayak Trip Set For Sewickley Creek June 3

-- Warren Times: PA Route 6 Alliance - First Bike-Friendly Business Designated In Warren County

-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon

-- Altoona Mirror: Canoe Creek State Park Works To Control Invasive Shrubbery In Blair County

-- NorthCentralPA.com: Envision Marsh Creek June 8 At Bald Eagle State Park Environmental Learning Center In Centre County

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In May Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Fairmount Park Conservancy Announced It Received $10 Million Grant For $250 Million Project To Transform Philadelphia's FDR Park  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Proposal To Allow Some e-Bikes On Trails At Jakes Rocks In Allegheny National Forest Still Under Review

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Recreation Valued, If Ancillary Benefit To Creation Of Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: With Need For Allegheny National Forest Outlined, First Supervisor Identified Priorities For Early Forest Management

-- WHYY: Roughly 500 Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs, Motorcycles Flood Streets Of Philly, Drive Into Montgomery County

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Dunk Lifeguard Residency Requirement To Open More City Pools

Recycling/Waste

-- Warren Times: Environmental Group Announces PA General Energy To Plug Gas Well Proposed As Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Indiana County  [Read more here]

-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Host Household Chemical Collection Events In Fayette, Washington Counties In June  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Schedule Of Summer Public Events Committed To Zero Waste In Western Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Protecting Clean Water Together - Disposing Of The Hard Stuff - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Distribute Last Batch Of Blue Recycling Bins To Residents

-- Republican Herald: PPL To Host Small Appliance Recycling Event At Frackville Center June 3

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Advanced’ Plastics Recycling Is Real And Erie Is Poised To Lead The Nation Forward - By IRG

-- TribLive: Plea In Catalytic Converter Thefts Spotlights Larger Problem

-- Keep PA Beautiful, DCED Host June 13 Webinar On How Your Community Can ‘Fight Dirty’ - A Review Of Anti-Littering Media Assets, Tools And Resources  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh, State Must Clean Up Their Act With Stiffer Penalties For Littering And Dumping

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pass State Bill To Get Serious About Preventing Litter

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dump More Fines On Litterbugs

Renewable Energy

-- Lancaster Farming: PA State Grange Talks Solar Energy At America’s Rural Energy Coalition National Conference

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Bridgeway Capital To Offer Solar Energy Loans To Nonprofits

-- Ohio Valley 2023 Solar And Electric Vehicle Charger Co-op Now Open

-- Pocono Record: Solar Energy Project Proceeding With Protections For Swiftwater Creek

-- Now On Demand: Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does The Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Partners Host June 8 Webinar - Solar Successes & Lessons Learned From PA School Case Studies  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Pitt Research Grants Ignite Sustainable Innovation For A Greener Energy Future

-- Center for Applied Environmental Science June 1 Webinar On Carbon Capture & Storage, Noon

-- Reuters: Texas Battery Rush - Power Woes Fuel Energy Storage Boom

-- Financial Times: Renewable Energy Drive To Lift Capacity By A Third In 2023, IEA Says

SRBC

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

Susquehanna River

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area On Pace To Have The Driest May Ever Recorded

-- Citizens Voice: Dry Weather Impacting Area Farmers

-- York Dispatch: York County Issues Another 30-Day Burn Ban

-- Observer-Reporter: Western PA Experiences 19th Driest May On Record

-- Inquirer: Philly Had Driest May On Record, And Some Parts Of Region Were Even Drier

Sustainability

-- Delaware County’s 2nd Annual Sustainability Conference June 8, Widener University, Chester, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

-- CNX Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlighting Local Environmental, Social, Governance Approach

-- Bloomberg: Net Zero Insurance Alliance Loses More Members After Republican Attacks On ESG [Environmental, Social, Governance] Goals

Water Resources

-- Observer-Reporter: Lock And Dam 4 Project Nearing Completion On Monongahela River

Watershed Protection

-- UPDATED: Susquehanna River Basin Low Stream Flows Trigger SRBC Water Withdrawal Restrictions On 49 Oil & Gas Drilling Operations & Other Water Users  [PaEN]

-- Visit U.S. Geologic Survey Real-Time Water Data Map For Pennsylvania Showing Very Low Stream Conditions All Over The Commonwealth

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior Announces Availability Of $244.7 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To PA For Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Maximize Use Of New Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To  Cleanup Abandoned Coal Mines In Pennsylvania - By Cong. Chris Deluzio & Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- DEP Awards $1 Million To Support 73 Local Projects To Educate, Engage Youth And Adults In Improving The Environment In Their Communities  [PaEN]

-- Register Now!  Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23

-- Lancaster Farming Guest Essay: Too Many Farmers Take Clean And Green Tax Break But Don’t Comply With Law Requiring A Conservation Plan - By PASA Sustainable Agriculture

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners 2022 Milestones Report - Progress Toward Achieving Chesapeake Bay Nutrient Reduction Goals

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update Newsletter - Restoring And Sustaining Lancaster County Waterways

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: New Lancaster Conservation District Watershed Website Makes Improving Lancaster’s Waterways Easy

-- Lancaster Conservancy: Lancaster Water Week Now Underway June 2 to 10

-- The Reporter: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership, Rep. Sanchez Celebrate Installation Of Stormwater Tanks At Alverthorpe Park

-- Rep. Webster, Environmental Groups Promote HB 1275 Requiring Riparian Stream Buffers In PA To Help Reduce Flooding, Stormwater Damage - Video  [Sponsor Summary]

-- Pike Conservation District: Homeowner's Checklist For Watershed-Friendly Home - By: Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Crew Does Newburg Stream Work; Needs Permit

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Seeking Stream Team Volunteers To Help Maintain Riparian Buffers  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Watershed Association Needs Volunteers, Info Session June 7 At Warren Conservation District

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers June 14 Conversation Cafe Webinar - A Story Of Nonprofit Resilience - The Upper Merced River Watershed Council (California)  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Fish Kill In Bushkill Creek Has People Wondering Is Nearby Quarry To Blame In Northampton County; Fish & Boat Commission Investigating

-- Inquirer: Once Neglected, Ignored, Tacony Creek Park is Finally Getting Visitors Thanks To Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Programs

-- Delaware RiverKeeper June 2 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Summer 2023 Delaware Highlands Journal

-- Observer-Reporter: Lock And Dam 4 Project Nearing Completion On Monongahela River

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-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dirty Water Deed [U.S. Supreme Court Decision On Wetlands Protection]

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Wildlife

-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing & Conservation Seeking Candidates To Serve On Fish & Boat Commission Board In Multiple Positions

-- Game Commission Springtime Alert: Leave Young Wildlife Alone

-- Nature At Risk: Are Bats Flying Back From The Brink? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Provides Update On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance

-- Lancaster Farming: Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge Draws Farm Opposition

-- WHYY: Fish Kill In Bushkill Creek Has People Wondering Is Nearby Quarry To Blame In Northampton County; Fish & Boat Commission Investigating

-- Register Now!  Dive Deeper Biennial Water Resource Conference For Educators Set For Sept. 28 In Harrisburg; Scholarships Available  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission To Hold Junior Game Warden Camps For Students 12 to 15 Starting June 23

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Little Explorers Get ‘Down In The Dirt’ June 10

-- The Allegheny Front: Researchers Team Up To Analyze Recordings Of Bird Songs In PA Forests

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Many Animals And Birds In Wild Have Albinism In Nature

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- York Dispatch: West Nile Positive Mosquitoes Found In York County, What Can You Do?

-- York Dispatch: DEP ‘Mosquito Academy’ Prepares Biologists For Summer Pest Control

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[Posted: June 4, 2023]

6/5/2023