Dec. 17 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The December 17 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

High School Students Determined To Continue Efforts To Have PA Recognize Eastern Hellbenders

EPA Names Dana Aunkst Director Of Chesapeake Bay Program

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Meets Dec. 17

DCNR, PennVEST Award Nearly $1 Million In Grants To Support Multi-Functional Stream Buffers

PUC Judge Denies Petition For Emergency Order To Shutdown Interim Plan To Ship Natural Gas Liquids Through Mariner East Pipelines

PUC Enforcement Bureau Proposes $225,000 Penalty For 2017 Ethane/Propane Leak From Mariner East 1 Pipeline In Berks County

Draft DEP Proposal To Cut Gas Well Methane Emissions Exempts Most Conventional Gas Wells Accounting For 50% Or More Of Methane Pollution

U.S. Postal Service 2019 Forever Stamp Series Features PA’s Clarion River

New Report: Outdoor Recreation Is A Bigger Economic Powerhouse Than Construction In PA

Agriculture: Businesses Urged To Get Spotted Lanternfly Permits, Inspections Start In May

Bob & Jane Slagter Of Warren County Recognized As Outstanding PA Tree Farmers Of The Year

Sen. Yudichak, Cong. Barletta, Author Caroline Jones Celebrate The Launch Of We Saved The Bees And The Butterflies Children's Book

DEP Posts 2019 Advisory Committee, Board Meeting Schedules

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Co-Sponsor Memos/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule

House Appropriations Committee Sets Budget Hearing Schedule

[ The Feds ]

Farm, Conservation Groups Say New Federal Farm Bill Has Victories, But Serious Cuts To Farm Conservation

Federal Flood Recovery Aid Available In 26 Counties Following Record Summer Rains

EPA, Army Corps Propose New Waters Of U.S. Definition

[ Water ]

Spotlight: How Floodplain Restoration Can Impact Stream Temperature In Restored Watershed Systems

Audubon Society Of Western PA Seeking Public Input On Buffalo Creek Watershed Conservation Plan Update In Armstrong, Butler Counties

Small Farms, Big Impact Grant Applications Now Being Accepted To Help Small Sustainable Farms

DEP Posts 2019 Schedule For Sewage Enforcement Officer Examinations

NOAA Now Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Watershed Education & Training (B-WET) Grants

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Urges Feds To Provide Funding For Flood Warning System

[ Waste - Illegal Dumping - Waste Reduction ]

DEP Reports On 2017-18 Hazardous Sites Cleanup Program Actions At 273 Sites In PA

KPB: Two Men Cited In Crackdown On Illegal Dumping In Arnold, Westmoreland County

PA Resources Council, Partners Host True Zero Waste Symposium Feb. 21 In Pittsburgh

EPA Recognizes 3 Organizations In PA With 2018 Food Recovery Challenge Awards

[ Energy ]

Anthracite Heritage Foundation, King's College, Partners Celebrate Anthracite Mining Heritage Month In January

Penn State Ground And Stream Water Research Reveals Clues To Shale Drilling Impacts

DCED, DEP, Local Partners Hold Groundbreaking For New Solar Energy Array In Bedford County

Emerging Erie 2030 District Energy Efficiency Workshop Dec. 20

DCNR Blog: Understanding Climate Change In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Geological Information Available To Public In Many Forms

[ Land Conservation - Forests - Recreation ]

Pennsylvania Acts To Preserve 28 More Farms, Nearly 2,000 Acres

Conservation Partners, Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Funds Protect 77 Acres In Berks County

Penn State, ClearWater Conservancy Partner To Conserve Musser Gap Property In Centre County

Foundation For Sustainable Forests’ Loving The Land Series - Carmen & Kathy Testi, Erie County

PA Land Trust Invites Comments On Model Conservation Easement Language

Western PA Conservancy Conserve Magazine Celebrates 125th Anniversary Of State Parks & Forests

DCNR Awards Grants To Support ATV Trails In Clarion & Jefferson, Northumberland Counties

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians - Robert Schiffbauer, Township Supervisor In Fayette County

Dec. 13 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Pike County Tick Borne Disease Task Force Has Donated Supply Of Tick Keys Available For Public

Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy Host Woods & Waters Film Series Jan. 11, Feb. 22

[ Wildlife ]

Op-Ed: Reflecting On 12 Years Of Service On The Fish & Boat Commission Board

Appalachian Audubon Society Chapter Accepting Hog Island Youth Education Program Scholarship Applications

[ Transition ]

In Memoriam: John Waffenschmidt, Covanta, Leader On Environmental Justice Issues

New Leadership On PA Parks & Forest Foundation Board Of Directors

Help Wanted: Londonderry Twp, Dauphin County MS4 Stormwater Environmental Specialist

Help Wanted: PA Governor’s Invasive Species Council Coordinator

[ Other Useful Resources ]

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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