February 18 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The February 18 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Using Community Environmental Project Funds For Agency Operating Costs; Issues Call To Action

PA Recreation & Park Society Opposes Diversion Of Millions Dedicated To Local Recreation Project Funding To Pay Agency Expenses; Issues Call To Action

DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council Urges Gov. Wolf To Rebalance DEP’s Legal Mandates And Fiscal Resources

DEP Secretary Promotes Restore PA Bond Proposal To Get More Funding For Environmental Improvement Projects

Budget Testimony Submitted By The Department Of Environmental Protection

DCNR Touts Restore PA Bond Proposal As The Only Plan That Can Truly Address State’s Infrastructure Needs

DCNR Budget Testimony Submitted To House, Senate Appropriations Committee

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

New PA Farm Bill Proposal Includes $6 Million For Farm Conservation Practices, Aims To Make PA Leading Organic State

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Steering Committee Meets Feb. 20

New Study Estimates Annual Economic Value Of Northampton-Lehigh Master Watershed Steward Program At Over $140,000

Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Petition Complete, Will Be On Next EQB Meeting Agenda

DEP Climate Advisory Committee Meets Feb. 26 For Update On Action Plan, Impacts Assessment, Inventory

DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Certification, Permits For PennEast Pipeline Project

Conventional Gas Drillers Ask PA Supreme Court To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision

Community Groups Large & Small Can Participate In The Keep PA Beautiful 15th Annual Great American Cleanup Of PA

[ News From The Capitol ]

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

DEP Budget Topic Of Feb. 19 House Environmental Committee Meeting

Keystone Tree Fund To Be Considered Feb. 19 By House Transportation Committee

House Environmental Committee Meets Feb. 20 On Forge The Future Economic Development Report

Joint Conservation Committee To Hold March 19 Meeting On Promoting PA Route 6 For Biking, Local Tourism

[ The Feds ]

EPA Announces Nationwide PFAS Action Plan; State Plans To Move Ahead With Its Own MCL

Feds Provide Delaware River Watershed Restoration & Conservation Program $6 Million For 2019

CBF: EPA's Chesapeake Bay Program Fully Funded By Congress

U.S. Senate Passes Land & Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization, House Must Act

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Urges Hunters, Anglers To Push Back Against New EPA Plan That Ignores Wildlife Habitat

[ Awards ]

PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Accepting Nominations For 2019 Karl Mason & Walter Lyon Awards

[ Water ]

PennVEST To Hold 11 Information Sessions On Water Quality, Green Infrastructure Funding Programs

PA American Water Now Accepting Entries In Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest

Stream Of Learning College Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted By PA American Water

Applications Now Being Accepted For PA American Water Environmental Grant Program

Brodhead Watershed Assn.: Would You Like To Be A Watershed Warrior In Monroe County?

Watershed Groups Working With Municipalities Workshop March 16 In Gettysburg

Rodale Institute Veterans Organic Farming Training Program Now Accepting Applications

Berks Conservation District Hosts Forested Riparian Buffer Showcase April 26

Westmoreland Conservation District To Host Public Meetings On Draft Integrated Water Resources Plan Feb. 19, 20

Philadelphia Residents Invited To Rain Check Workshops To Learn How They Can Help Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Audubon Of Western PA Hosts Feb. 27 Meeting On Buffalo Creek Watershed Plan 10-Year Update In Armstrong County

Opportunity To Bid On A DEP Mine Reclamation Project In Butler County

Schuylkill Environmental Ed Center Toad Detour Training Program In Philadelphia Feb. 16

Chesapeake Bay Journal: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper’s Sewage-Sniffing Dog

River Fugues: Catalyst For Action Panel Discussion On Water Quality Issues Facing Monroe County Region Feb. 27 In East Stroudsburg

Aquatic Invaders! Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment & Teacher Curriculum Guide

New PA Sea Grant Aquatic Invaders Attack Pack Educational Tool Now Available

[ Littering - Composing ]

Litter? Not In Philly! Campaign Expands To Southwest Philadelphia, Volunteers Needed

PA Resources Council: 10 Backyard Composting Workshops Scheduled In Allegheny County

[ Sustainability ]

Join I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge Running From Feb. 27 To March 20

10th Annual Sustainability Conference: Smart Cities: Transforming Cities For A New Era March 6 Pittsburgh

[ Air ]

DEP Invites Comments On Interstate NOx Pollution Reduction Limits For Nonelectric Generating Units

Environmental Groups To Sue Over Federal Clean Air Act Violations At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works, Other Facilities In Western PA

GASP Submits Petition To Allegheny County Health Dept. Asking To Deny Eastman Chemical Permits

[ Energy ]

Tribune Review: Environmental Groups Set Feb. 28 Public Meeting On Shale Gas Well Failure In Westmoreland County

DEP Unveils Plan To Increase Electric Vehicle Use In Pennsylvania

Carnegie Mellon U. Energy Week 2019 Set For March 25-29

[ Recreation - Tourism - Land Conservation ]

PA Wilds Buyers Market Wholesale & Retail Show Featuring Regionally Made Products March 2 In Clarion

Mid-Atlantic Greenways & Trails Summit April 4-6 In Philadelphia

Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 144-Acre Ewing Family Woods In Erie County

Heritage Conservancy Preserves 114-Acre Bonk Farm Near Quakertown Swamp In Bucks County

Natural Lands/Pocono Heritage Land Trust Preserve 340 Acres In Monroe County Called One Of The Birthplaces Of Trout Fishing

[ Wildlife ]

Game Commission Continues To Capture, Tag Deer For Chronic Wasting Disease Research In Bedford, Blair Counties

[ Opportunities ]

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