May 13 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The May 13 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

May 22 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting Focuses On Draft PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

Senate Environmental Committee Reports Out Renomination Of McDonnell As DEP Secretary With Favorable Recommendation

DEP Secretary McDonnell’s Statement Before Senate Environmental Committee

Senate Confirms Dunn For DCNR Secretary, Redding As Agriculture Secretary

Exelon Announces Three Mile Island Will Be Shut Down By Sept. 30, 2019

House Hearing: Nuclear Bill Worst Of All Worlds For Ratepayers; Won’t Do Anything To Save TMI

Senate/House Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bills To Transition State To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050

Senate Task Force On Lead Announces 5 Bill Package To Require Lead Testing, Reduce Lead Exposure Of Children

PA Chapter National Assn. Of Water Companies Honors Sen. Tomlinson With James McGirr Kelly Award For Excellence

Northeast Environmental Partners Now Accepting Award Nominations

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced

Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Regulate Application Of Lawn Fertilizer, Certify Applicators

Senate Committee Advances Bill To Increase Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit To $45 Million/Year

House Committee Hears Concerns About Regional Consistency, Timeframes In Permit Reviews; DEP Taking Steps To Address Issues

Senate Committee Approves Bill To Authorize Game Commission To Set Its Own Fees

House Environmental Committee To Hold Info Meeting May 14 On Demand Response Industry In PA

[ Water ]

Coldwater Heritage Partnership Distributes $75,000 In Grants; New Grant Round Opens In Sept.

PA American Water Awards $40,000 In Local Watershed Grants To 8 Organizations

NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Innovation Grants

Perseverance Pays Off In The Potts Run Watershed, Clearfield County

Opportunity To Rehabilitate DEP’s Antrim Mine Drainage Treatment Plant In Tioga County

Volunteers Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality, Habitat For Native Trout In Lackawanna County

Pike Conservation District Homeowner Tips To Protect Clean Water Workshop June 20

PA Land Trust Assn.: New Guide To Working With Nature To Manage Stormwater

DEP Extends Comment Period On Draft Tohickon Creek Stream Evaluation, Bucks County

Celebrate Drinking Water Week In Pennsylvania May 5-11

Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Water Partnership Education Van Gets Makeover For Drinking Water Week

PUC Recognizes Drinking Water Week In Pennsylvania

Insurance Commissioner Highlights Importance Of Flood Insurance

[ Environmental Ed ]

PA Sea Grant Looking For PA Educators To Participate In Great Lakes Educator Program

Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Benefits Of Trees Are Tree-mendous

DEP’s Latest Teaching Green Environmental Ed Newsletter Now Available

PA Resources Council, Allegheny CleanWays Host Wild & Scenic Film Festival In Pittsburgh June 1

[ Cleanup Events ]

Deadline For Submitting Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Entries June 7; Public Helps Choose Winners

Volunteers Needed For Schuylkill Action Network Scrub & Pub Cleanup Event May 16 In Montgomery County

[ Air ]

New Report Finds Mon Valley Near Pittsburgh Has Worst Air Quality In PA

DEP Cites Erie (Coal) Coke For Numerous Unresolved Air Quality Violations

[ Energy ]

DEP Collected $330,775 In Penalties For Violations At EQT Drilling Sites In Allegheny County

PUC Formally Publishes Procedure For Approving Alternative Utility Rate Proposals

DEP Awards Nearly $1 Million In Pollution, Energy Use Reduction Grants To 201 Small Businesses

Pittsburgh 2030 District 2018 Progress Report Reception May 23

[ Tick-borne Disease ]

Health, DCNR, DEP: Watch Out For Ticks, Lyme Disease As Weather Warms

Pike County Commissioners Recognize Mikki Weiss For Her Work On Tick Borne Diseases Task Force

[ Invasive Species - Forests ]

Agriculture, USDA, Penn State Tour Lancaster County Highlighting Efforts To Battle Spotted Lanternfly

Penn State Extension Sets 4 More Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Offers Reward For Suspicious Wildfires In Luzerne County

Capital Area Greenbelt Hosts May 18 Forest Restoration Tour & Discussion In Harrisburg

Penn State Extension: Diversity In Urban Tree Plantings May 21 Webinar

Penn State Extension: Managing Invasive Plant Species Workshop July 24 In Allentown

[ Pollinators - Gardening ]

PennDOT Launches New Pollinator Habitat Plan; Adopt And Beautify For Pollinators Program For Citizens Who Want To Help

PA Horticultural Society Accepting 2019 Gardening Contest Nominations

[ Recreation ]

Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Hike Cameron County June 1

Manada Conservancy Highmark Walk For A Healthy Community May 18 In Harrisburg

Still Time To Register For June 9 French Creek Iron Tour Cycling For Open Space In Chester County

[ Environmental Policy ]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In April

[ Wildlife ]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 14th Annual Arts Tour & Sale June 4, Berks County

Songbird-Body Changes Allowing Migration May Have Human Health Implications

[ Opportunities ]

Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Administrative Assistant

[ Helpful Resources ]

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Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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