Mariner East pipeline builder Energy Transfer is back at the area near Marsh Creek State Park to clean up more drilling mud.

Rich Negrin was confirmed to the post in June.

The Shapiro Administration says Negrin is the first Latino DEP Secretary.

The measure’s sponsor said a name change could spark what he sees as a needed culture change.

The commonwealth will receive up to a $3 million Climate Pollution Reduction Grant through the program set up by the Inflation Reduction Act.

DEP plans to use the feedback in a new guide for addressing climate in EJ areas. 

Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro proposed a $199.6 million budget for DEP for the upcoming fiscal year, a raise of about 9%.

Former DEP secretary Patrick McDonnell says the new leader will have his management skills tested at an agency that’s been constrained by a decade of underfunding.