May 14 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The May 14 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

DEP Begins Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications May 14

DEP Announces $55.6 Million In Federal Funding To Support 150 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects

Driving PA Forward Grant/Rebate Program To Replace Older Diesel Engines, Cut Nitrogen Oxide Emissions

PennDOT Announces Funding For Trail, Environmental Projects To Support Transportation Alternatives

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Files Motion To Protect $383 Million In State Forest Drilling Payments

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2018 Award Winners

Cliff Jones, A Life Well Lived-- Remarks By DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn

Commonwealth Court To Hear Mariner East 2 Pipeline Case Challenging Eminent Domain On Environmental Rights Amendment Grounds

Delaware RiverKeeper Files Multiple Legal Challenges With FERC Over PennEast Pipeline

Environmental Coalition Backs Common PA Conservation Agenda Aimed At Candidates For Governor

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule [Updated]/Gov’s Schedule

Senators Yaw, Yudichak, Rep. Everett To Introduce Bills Creating Keystone Tree Fund Checkoff

[ Water ]

Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Milestones Award Winners, May 23 Awards Ceremony

Feature: Thaddeus Stevens Students Build Rain Garden On Campus In Lancaster

PA American Water Announces Winners Of Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest

Centre County 7th Graders Learn About Water Quality In Their Own Backyards

Manada Conservancy, Brewery, Other Partners Plant 400 Trees In Lower Swatara Twp, Dauphin County

Stomping In Chiques Creek With Manheim Central Students, Lancaster County

Organizations Partner For 2nd Annual Lancaster County Water Week June 1 To 9

Stream Stewardship Workshop Set In Mount Joy, Lancaster County June 13 & 20

Reminder: Choose Clean Water Conference Comes To Lancaster May 22-23

Apply Now For $5,000 In Mine Reclamation Grants From Anthracite Power Producers

[  Education ]

Honesdale, Wallenpaupack High School Students Win 2018 Wayne, Pike Counties Envirothon

Dominion Energy Awards $22,500 Environment, Stewardship Grants In PA

DEP Keystone Energy Education Workshop For Teachers May 17 In Cumberland County

Watch Harrisburg Peregrine Falcon Banding Live May 14

[ Recycling - Cleanups ]

Keep PA Beautiful Distributes Recycled Content Benches In 11 Counties Donated By GIANT, MARTIN's Foods

Volunteers Needed: Clean Up Mother Earth For This Mother’s Day, Dauphin County May 12

[ Mine Subsidence ]

New DEP Initiative To Help Educate Homeowners About Mine Subsidence Damage Risks

[ Community Participation ]

Chester Environmental Partnership Honors 5 With 2018 CEP Awards

DEP Northwest Regional Roundtable Meets May 15 In Warren On Filing Complaints, Emergency Protocols

[ Energy ]

DCNR Secretary Highlights Solar Energy Installations At Mt. Pisgah, Fort Washington State Parks

PJM Regional Electric Grid Operator Reports Ready To Meet Expected Hot Summer Demand

U.S. EIA: Pennsylvania To Add 5.2 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generating Capacity In 2018

[ Air Quality ]

EPA Recognizes Children's Hospital Of Philadelphia With Asthma Management Award

Op-Ed: State Officials Need To Protect PA From Trump's EPA

[ Forests - Recreation ]

Bay Journal: Marcellus Drilling Producing More Than Natural Gas-- Free Ride For Invasive Plants

Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Lacawac Sanctuary June 2 Money Grows On Trees Workshop, Wayne County

Sen. Yudichak Kicks Off Senator Takes A Hike On Delaware & Lehigh Trail In Bucks County

DCED, PennDOT, DCNR, Local Partners Celebrate New Recreational Opportunities In Carbondale Riverwalk Improvements

[ Recognition ]

DEP Attorney Mike Heilman Recognized With Governor's Award For Employee Excellence

DCNR Ranger Jared Pierce Recognized With Governor's Award For Employee Excellence

[ Transition ]

In Memoriam: Robert F. Jondreau, Executive Director, PA Resources Council

[ Opportunities ]

Help Wanted: Berks County Conservation District Urban Resource Conservationist

[ Helpful Resources ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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Stories Invited

Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

Register Now For 20th PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference 

PA Environment Digest is edited by David E. Hess, former Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  He can be contacted at 717-576-0420 or send email to: DHess@CrisciAssociates.com. 

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