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Feb. 6 PA Environment Digest Now Available

Feb. 6 PA Environment Digest now available.  Click Here to print this entire Digest.

DEP Awards 73 Grants to Protect, Improve Watersheds, But Growing Greener Is Broke
The Department of Environmental Protection announced Friday it will invest in 73 watershed protection projects intended to improve watersheds, stormwater runoff, acid mine drainage and educational programs, among other environmental efforts.            This year, the Growing Greener Program, which is funded by the Environmental Stewardship Fund, will award $9.72 million for 57 projects around the state.            The Growing Greener Program is now all but bankrupt and the program needs to be refunded.  The Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee bills now pending in the General Assembly and a potential transfer from the DCNR Oil and Gas Fund are the best possibilities to see the program continue.  Visit the Renew Growing Greener Coalition website for more information.            An additional project, funded by the Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Grant, will cost $72,912. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Section 319 Nonpoint Source Management Program, which was created through the federal Clean Water Act to help reduce water pollution from nonpoint sources, is funding 15 additional projects, which would total $3.12 million.            "We are delighted to provide support to local communities and watershed groups to fund projects that enhance and protect Pennsylvania's water quality," DEP Secretary Mike Krancer said. "That includes projects that add

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Roanoke basin group weighs in on governor’s uran

The Roanoke River Basin Association says Gov. Bob McDonnell’s order directing the development of statutory and administrative regulations for uranium mining and milling sidesteps Virginia law.

“The Virginia law unambiguously reserves the authority to lift the uranium ban to the state legislature and developing regulations ahead of the legislative vote may prove to be a complete waste of taxpayers’ money.

The Roanoke River Basin Association disapproves of Governor McDonnell’s action as premature and fiscally imprudent.” Read the RRBA’s full statement here:  http://prod.rrba.org/



http://blogs.fredericksburg.com/waterearthsky/2012/01/27/roanoke-basin-group-weighs-in-on-governors-uranium-regulations-order/

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AND NOW: 8. 5 Tons Of Water At 35,500 Bq/L Leaked

- 8.5 Tonnes of Water Leaked from Reactor Well/Spent Fuel Pool of Reactor 4 According to TEPCO (EX-SKF, Feb. 1, 2012) - #Fukushima I Nuke Plant Reactor 4 Was Leaking Water from Reactor Well/Spent Fuel Pool, and That Was Indicated by Water Level of Skimmer Surge Tank (EX-SKF, Jan. 31, 2012) - 301,750,000 Bq leaked from [...] continue reading world news

Natural Gas Spot Prices Near 10-Year Lows

Warm Weather Creates Robust Supplies

Natural gas prices have continued their downward trend this winter as a result of warmer-than-normal temperatures, ample natural gas in storage, and growing production. Population-weighted heating degree days since November 1, 2011 are down 12% nationally from the 30-year average. Total working natural gas in underground storage in the lower 48 states was 3,098 Bcf for the week ending January 20, 21% above the storage levels from one year ago. Daily dry gas production averaged about 64.2 billion cubic feet per day (Bcfd) in January, up almost 10% from last January.

Click on the tab headers below to see charts highlighting factors affecting natural gas prices.

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Weather
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Production
Futures Prices




Average spot natural gas prices for January were $2.68/MMBtu. Spot natural gas prices in January 2012 reached their lowest level in 10 years except for a 4-day period over the Labor Day weekend in 2009. (EIA)

Series of lectures about Christ Church Cathedral

The Irish Architectural Archive will be hosting a series of lunchtime lectures related to Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin throughout February.
To Read the full schedule of lectures click here.
All of the lectures are free and open to the public. They will all take place in the Irish Architectural Archive at 45 Merrion Square, Dublin.


Story courtesy of the Irish Architectural Archive.
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