July 16 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The July 16 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Agriculture, Forestry Workgroups Present Key Recommendations To Meet PA’s Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Obligations

Over 200 Attend DEP Webinar On County-Level Chesapeake Bay Clean Water Planning Process

Bay Journal: Midpoint Assessment For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup: Only 40% Of Nitrogen Goal Met

Bay Journal: Exelon, Maryland Come To Legal Blows Over Conowingo Dam Cleanup Requirements

CBF: Congressional Republicans Again Try To Gut Accountability For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

EQB Publishes Unconventional Well Permit Fee Increase Regulation For Comment

DEP Invites Comments On Revised Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy

PUC Unanimously Denies Request To Reverse Flow Of Buckeye Laurel Pipeline

DCNR Recognizes Employees Going Above And Beyond To Support Agency Mission

Keystone Fund Provides 25 Years Of Community Improvements, Economic Benefits

DCNR Sets 8 More Public Meetings Seeking Public Input On State Forest District Plans

Sen. Yudichak Completes 165-Mile Trek On Delaware & Lehigh Trail In Wilkes-Barre

4 House, Senate Game & Fisheries Committee Chairs Commit To New Funding For Fish & Boat Commission In 2019

PennDOT Wins Award For One Of The Largest Endangered Species Conservation Efforts In North America; WPC Details Relocation Effort

Quecreek Mine Rescue Anniversary Celebration July 28 In Somerset County

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule

House Republican Policy Committee Hearing July 17 On Pipeline Safety In Delaware County

[ Water ] 

FEMA Denies Western PA Disaster Declaration Request, Wolf To Appeal

Army Corps Of Engineers Sets Flood Proofing, Floodplain Management Workshops In Allegheny, Armstrong Counties

Transitioning From Gray To Green Infrastructure Using Urban Forestry Webinar July 24

York Master Watershed Stewards Rain Barrel Workshop Aug. 8

Save The Date: Delaware Watershed Research Conference Nov. 29 In Philadelphia

New Jersey Gov. Murphy Elected Chair Of Delaware River Basin Commission, Replacing Gov. Wolf 

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 2 Hearing, Sept. 7 Business Meeting

PA Sea Grant Program Awards Nearly $1 Million In Aquatic And Watershed Research Grants

PA No-Till Alliance Summer Soil Health Field Day July 26 In Danville, Montour County

Register Now: Eastern Native Grass Symposium Sept. 17-19 In Erie

Save The Date: Penn State Ag Progress Days Aug. 14-16 In Huntingdon County Near State College

Sewickley Creek Family Field Day Aug. 4 Highlights Creek Cleanup, Outdoors In Westmoreland

July Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

DEP Invites Comments On 6 Stream Evaluation Reports In Delaware, Elk, Fayette, Luzerne, Monroe Counties

Proposed Total Maximum Daily Load Water Quality Plan For Montour Creek, Perry County Available For Comment

General Permit For Erosion & Sedimentation Control At Oil & Gas Drilling Sites, Related Facilities Available For Comment

DEP Provides Notice Of Court-Ordered Compliance Date Changes For Existing Gas Drilling Impoundments

CNX Gas Company Pays $250,000 Penalty For Marchland 3 Pipeline Violations In Indiana County

[ Litter Cleanup - Recycling - HHW Collection ]

Keep PA Beautiful Invites Groups, Communities To Join Adoption Programs To Keep Roadsides Litter Free

PRC, Partners Hold Household Chemical Collection Event July 21 In Washington County

Penn State Extension: Aug. 21 Planning, Implementing A Municipal Leaf Compost Facility Webinar

PA Resources Council Signs On As e-Stewards Enterprise For E-Waste Recycling

[ Tick, Mosquitoes Disease ]

Health, DEP, DCNR Highlight Tick, Mosquito Awareness, Opportunities To Spend Time Outdoors

DEP Reports West Nile Virus Now Found In More Than Half Of PA Counties, 38 Total

[ Air Quality ]

Group Against Smog & Pollution, Clean Air Council Sue Allegheny County Over Illegal Use Of Clean Air Funds

[ Energy ]

Auditor General Recommends Changes To State LIHEAP, Weatherization Programs To Make Them More Effective

Lancaster To Be Site Of First 100% Solar-Powered Hotel In The U.S.

Duquesne Light, Nissan Extend PA Electric Vehicle Incentive Deadline To Sept. 30

[ Policy ]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June Now Available

[ Parks - Recreation - Education ]

Celebrate Latino Conservation Week In The Outdoors July 14-22

PennDOT, DCED Designate U.S. Bicycle Routes 30 And 36 In Northwest, NorthCentral PA

July 11 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Allegheny Land Trust: Environmental Ed Workshops July 24: Nature Storybooks, Aug. 7: Animal Architects

Celebrate The Prairie Bloom At Jennings Environmental Ed Center July 28 In Butler County

PA Horticultural Society Hosts Woody Plant Conference July 20 At Swarthmore College

Goats Tackle South Side Park Invasive Species In Allegheny County; 2nd Annual GoatFest July 28

[ Wildlife ]

Game Commission: Piping Plovers Nest Again On Presque Isle In Erie

[ Appointments ]

DEP Names Allison Acevedo Director Of Environmental Justice

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Names Bill Gladden Executive Director

Casey Schneck Joins PA Parks & Forests Foundation As Intern

[ Helpful Resources ]

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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