April 8 PA Environment Digest Now Available

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[ Headlines ]

Draft PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan To Be Released For Public Comment April 12

$200,000 Penalty Proposed In PUC Settlement Of 2017 Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Case

Rep. Quinn Introduces Bipartisan Package Of Pipeline Bills To Regulate Routes, Emergency Plans And More

Sen. Aument Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Preserve PA's Nuclear Power Industry Also With $500M Annual Price Tag

Fmr Gov. Ridge To Testify At April 8 House Consumer Affairs Committee Hearing On Nuclear Power Bill

PFAS Action Team To Provide Updates On Upcoming Sampling Plan, Solicit Resident Feedback April 15 In Montgomery County

Northeast Recycling Council Recognizes 3 PA Communities For Environmental Leadership

PA Environmental Educators Announce Winners Of 2019 Awards

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Girl Scout Hannah Puttcamp, Lackawanna County

PA Envirothon Statewide Competition Set For May 21-22 At University Of Pittsburgh In Johnstown; Volunteers Needed

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule

House Environmental Committee Meets April 9 To Consider Erosion Permit Review Deadlines, Requiring Municipal Notice Of Waste Violations

House Environmental Committee Holds April 8 Info Meeting On Consequences Of Polystyrene Ban In PA

[ The Feds ]

Latest Chesapeake Bay Barometer Tells Cautionary Success Story About Bay Restoration

Leading Farm, Conservation, Wildlife Groups Unite In Support of Protecting Federal Farm Bill Conservation Funding 

[ Water ]

Focus Of April 16 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting To Be Water Programs

Appalachian Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications

Alliance For Appalachia: A Toolkit For Cleanup & Community Development

Manure Application Changes With Winter Crop Can Cut Nitrogen Loss, Boost Profits For Dairy Farmers

LandStudies Collaborates With Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center To Offer Free Economic Ecology - Floodplain Restoration Course

April 9 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Features Presentation On Stakeholder Engagement On Ag Water Management Issues

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Technical Committee Meets April 18

Spring Guardian Newsletter Now Available From Susquehanna River Basin Commission

[ Invasive Species ]

Noxious Weed Committee To Consider Adding Tree Of Heaven Spotted Lanternfly Haven To Noxious Weed List April 25

Penn State Extension Schedules More Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

[ Cleanups - Recycling - Waste]

Cumberland County Vector Control, Partners To Hold Tire, Electronics Waste Collection May 4

Brandywine River Cleanup Set For April 20 In Chester County

Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling Highlights Upcoming Collection, Cleanup Events

Close The Loop, Partners Hold Free Give & Take Day April 27 In Monroe County

PPG Industries To Pay $1.2 Million Penalty To DEP For Disposal Site Violations In Armstrong County

[ Air ]

Hold Erie Coke Accountable/GASP Community Update On April 16 In Erie

[ Environmental Ed ]

PA Anthracite Section Of Society Of Mining Engineers Accepting Applications For Student Scholarships

Lacawac Sanctuary Environmental Ed Center Summer Camps Registration Now Open In Wayne County

Interns Wanted: Alliance For Watershed Education Of The Delaware River Internship Opportunities

Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Stewardship Interns

[ Energy ]

PUC Safety Engineers Probe UGI Natural Gas Distribution Line Hit In Hershey

PUC Outlines What Behavior Consumers Should Expect From PA's Retail Energy Marketing Companies

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Here Comes The Sun-- State Park, Forest Renewable Energy Initiatives

Exelon Files Required Three Mile Island Decommissioning Report With NRC

Harrisburg University Distinguished Speaker Series Adds Solar Energy Program April 23, State Of Climate Science Presentation April 25

[ Environmental Policy ]

PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In March

[ Forests - Recreation ]

As Spring Begins, DCNR, Health Urge Residents To Protect Against Lyme Disease

Managing Woody Landscape Pests, Disease From A Municipal Perspective Webinar April 16

Tree Pittsburgh Will Offer Tree Tender Training Starting May 29

Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Awards Grants For Trail Projects

Registration Now Open For 2019 Schuylkill River Sojourn June 1-7

South Mountain Partnership To Hold Spring Meeting May 3 In Biglerville, Adams County

Apply Now For South Mountain Partnership Recreation, Conservation Mini-Grants

Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications

April 3 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

[ Wildlife ]

Hawk Mountain: Broad-Winged Hawks Are On The Move!

Invasive Round Gobies May Be Poised To Decimate Endangered French Creek Mussels

RiverStewards Blog: John Arway: Do Your Duty And Fear No One, Part 2

[ Opportunities ]

David Allard Named Acting DEP Deputy For Air, Waste, Radiation & Remediation

PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Name Harold Daub Executive Director

Help Wanted: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Data Management Specialist

Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Office Assistant

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Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

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Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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