February 11 PA Environment Digest Is Now Available

The February 11 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Gov. Wolf Proposes To Shift $75.7 Million From Environmental Funds To Pay Agency Operating Expenses Instead Of Funding Community-Based Projects

CBF-PA Sees 2019-20 State Budget As Key To Meeting Pennsylvania's Clean Water Commitments

WPCAMR Abandoned Mine Post: Growing Greener May Lose From Governor's Proposed Budget

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Urges Support For INCREASED Funding For Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Fund

House Appropriations Committee Holds DEP, DCNR Budget Hearings Feb. 14

DEP Puts Indefinite Hold On Reviewing Permits For All Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Projects In PA

Gov. Wolf: Urges General Assembly To Fill Gaps In State Regulation Of Pipelines

After 10 Days, Pressure Problem From Fracking Utica Gas Well In Westmoreland County Said To Be Under Control

Sen. Aument, Rep. Mehaffie Circulate Co-Sponsor Memos On Bill To Update The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Help Save Nuclear Power Plants

PUC Approves 13 Percent Increase In Pittsburgh Water Authority Rates To Improve Infrastructure, Operations

NRDC: In PUC Rate Agreement, Pittsburgh Agrees To Terms For Tackling Its Lead Contaminated Water

PA PFAS Action Team Meets Feb. 12 In Montgomery County To Provide Updates, Hear Public Comments

EPA Accepting Grant Applications For Help To Develop Plan To Offset Lack Of Sediment Trapping Capacity At Conowingo Dam

House State Government Committee OKs Bill Recognizing Eastern Hellbender Sending It To Full House For Action

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Honors 2019 Award Winners

DCNR Blog: Stories Of Black History In PA State Parks, Forests

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Noah Lewis 16th Century Reenactor

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

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

Senate, House Democratic Policy Committees Hear Testimony On Improving Air Quality In Allegheny County

Senate Game & Fisheries Committee Reports Out Bill Authorizing Sunday Hunting

February Newsletter Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee

[ The Feds ]

Bipartisan Bill Introduced In Congress To Support Chronic Wasting Disease Research

The Nature Conservancy: U.S. Senate Takes First Steps Toward Reauthorizing Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund

Defend Our Future Student Leaders, Elected Officials In Philadelphia Push For Continued Reduction Of Mercury Pollution, Oppose Federal Rollback

Appalachian Regional Commission Accepting Applications For POWER Workforce, Economic Revitalization Grants

[ Citizen Action ]

DEP Citizens Advisory Council Will Review Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative, Small Business Ombudsman Programs Feb. 19

[ Water ]

Groups Put Keep PA Beautiful, Anheuser-Busch Mini-Watershed Grants To Good Use

DEP, Partners Host Weathering The Storm Workshops On Understanding Stormwater Runoff In Lebanon, Harrisburg, Williamsport

York Conservation District Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop March 1

Manure Injection Offers Hope, Challenge For Restoring Chesapeake Bay Water Quality

Monroe Master Watershed Stewards Hold Info Session On Feb. 9 In Stroudsburg

Feb. 17 Info Session On Master Watershed Stewards Program In Chester, Delaware Counties

Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network Hosts Regional Water We Share Forum Feb. 28 In Bethlehem

Your Feedback Wanted On The Datashed.org Water Quality Information Website

February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Reflections On A Changing Climate Program March 3 In Monroe County

Call For Presentations: 7th Annual Delaware River Watershed Forum Oct. 16-17 Allentown

Pennsylvania Sea Grant: Lake Erie Shipboard Science Workshop For Teachers Now Accepting Applications

Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment, Teacher Curriculum Guide Now Available

[ Waste - Recycling ]

DEP Approves Report On 2017 Slope Failure At Advanced Disposal Services Greentree Landfill In Elk County

DEP To Host March 5 Meeting On Proposed Elcon Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage Facility In Bucks County

Registration Now Open! Professional Recyclers Of PA Recycling & Organics Conference July 24-26

Kroger Company Accepting Applications For $1 Million In Food Waste Reduction Grants

[ Radiation Protection ]

DEP: Wayne Memorial Health System To Pay $15,600 Penalty Over High X-Ray Radiation Levels

[ Air ]

DEP Orders Erie (Coal) Coke Corp. To Submit Control Plan To Resolve Online Air Quality Violations

Air Quality Action Day Alert Issued For 20 Pennsylvania Counties Early Last Week

Register Now For Clean Air Council Run For Clean Air In Philadelphia April 20

[ Energy - Climate ]

PUC Underground Utility Line, Pipeline Damage Prevention Committee Meets Feb. 12

PennTAP Hosts A Series Of Webinars, Workshops For Businesses On Energy, Sustainability Tools To Reduce Costs

Penn State University, Lightsource BP To Develop 70 MW Solar Energy Generation Facility On 500 Acres In Franklin County

Exelon: PA Nuclear Plants Operate At Full Power During Record-Breaking Polar Vortex; PJM Reported No Major Problems

New Poll: Republicans And Democrats Tend To Agree On Climate Change

[ Recreation - Biodiversity - Forests ]

Who Saved Room For Pie? Jennings Environmental Ed Center Cherry Pie Hike Feb. 23 In Butler County

Making The Most Of Your Piece Of Nature: A Sustainable Backyard Workshop March 16 In Westmoreland County

17 In-Person Tree Tender Training Classes Being Offered For Volunteers In Pittsburgh, Southeast PA

Penn State Extension Offers Free Online Spotted Lanternfly Permit Training For Businesses

Prairie Improvement Day At Jennings Environmental Center A Success In Butler County

Feb. 6 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Allegheny Land Trust Posts Record Year For Conservation Protecting 411 Acres Of Green Space

[ Wildlife ]

Fish & Boat Commission Warns Of Rapidly Changing Ice Conditions

Mid-Atlantic Panel On Aquatic Invasive Species Accepting Small Grant Proposals

Help Bird Conservation By Counting Your Backyard Birds Feb. 15-18

Op-Ed: Hikers, Birders & Bikers Should Not Be Swayed By Inaccuracies About Sunday Hunting

Game Commission: Reducing Deer Numbers In Bedford, Blair Will Not Be Part Of Chronic Wasting Disease Project

[ Opportunities ]

Wayne County-Based Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Program (SEEDS) Names Sandy Long Executive Director

Interns Wanted: Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers National Historic Site, Pike County

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