July 22 PA Environment Digest Now Available

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[ Headlines ]

Keep Up-To-Date With PA Environmental & Energy News When You Want It: As It Happens, Daily, Weekly

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Asks Court To Block FY 19-20 Transfers From Oil & Gas Fund To Pay DCNR Operating Expenses

DCNR Conservation Advisory Council Set To Discuss Plan To Make Up Land Lost To Drilling, Penn’s Parks For All Plan July 24

PRPS Celebrated Park & Recreation Professionals Day On July 19!

Growing Greener Coalition: Lawmakers Name Hellbender Clean Water Ambassador, Then Cut $16 Million For Clean Water Projects

Op-Ed: Is This What We Expect From Our Government?

Baltimore Sun Editorial: Let’s Sue Pennsylvania Over Lack Of Chesapeake Bay Progress, Commitment

Reminder: DEP Accepting EPA Section 319 Watershed Restoration, Planning Grant Applications Thru Aug. 9

PennVEST Funds $136 Million In Water Infrastructure Projects In 17 Counties

Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Has A Major Goal In 2019-- To Restore Program To Spread Waste Water From Wells On Roads

PJM Issues Hot Weather Alert; PUC Offers Tips On Ways To Stay Cool, Electric Safe In Advance Of Storms, Heat Wave

PJM Forecasts July 21 Peak Electricity Use At 142,639 MW; Natural Gas, Coal, Nuclear Taking Biggest Loads

DEP Reports Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Snyder County, Bringing Total Counties To 8

Pollinator Partnership Looking For PA Volunteers For Monarch, Bee Project Wingspan; Meeting July 24, Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced

[ The Feds ]

AG Shapiro, Lehigh Valley Community Leaders Speak Out Against Rolling Back Federal Clean Car Standards

USDA: $400 Million In Loan Guarantees Still Available To Help Small Rural Businesses, Farmers Reduce Energy Costs

[ Permitting ]

DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee To Discuss Draft Language For New PAG-01 Small Project General Permit, Manganese Standard July 25

[ Water ]

The AlleghenyVoice.com-- New Source For Environmental News In The Allegheny River Watershed

50,000 Reasons Why The Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Program Is 6 Years Strong

Dozens Attend DEP Open House On Stream Maintenance, Flooding Needs In Centre County

Wildlife For Everyone: Bald Eagle Creek Restoration Kickstarts Proposed Wildlife Center In Centre County

Central PA Conservancy Partners With Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA On Student Action & Restoration Program

Independence School Students Learn Freshwater Science Thru Stroud Water Research Center Partnership

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Helps Wormleysburg Celebrate River Day 2019

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay States Grapple With PFAS Contaminating Drinking Water

Wildlands Conservancy: Stream Restoration Success, Why Sea Lamprey Are A Good Sign For Lehigh Watershed

PA Horticultural Society, Philadelphia Water Dept., Property Owner Complete Largest Residential Rain Garden In The City

Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Streamside Spruce-Up July 27 In Abington, Montgomery County

Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Consultant To Evaluate Options For Additional Water Storage To Meet Low Flow Water Demands In The Basin

Register Now For Delaware River Watershed Forum Oct. 16-17 In Allentown

AAPlasma, LLC In Philadelphia Receives EPA Small Business Environmental Technology Grant

[ Litter - Recycling - Cleanup ]

Keep PA Beautiful Partners With Dixie Plant United Steel Workers To Keep Kuebler Road Clean In Northampton County

Centre County Festivals Recycle 3,500 Pounds Of Organics, Recyclable Materials

Greater Lebanon County Refuse Authority Offers At Your Door Household Hazardous Waste Pick-Up

Presentation Proposals Now Being Accepted For 2020 PA Brownfields Conference March 9-11, State College

Sept. 4 DEP Hearing On Cleanup Plan For Pool Chemicals Site In Beaver County

[ Air ]

DEP Hearing Aug. 27 [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Alumax Mill Products, Lancaster

[ Utilities - Pipelines ]

PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Assesses $44,150 In Penalties For Hitting Pipelines, Underground Utilities

CFA Provides Grants To Subsidize Extension Of Natural Gas Service In Butler, Crawford, Northampton Counties

[ Invasive Species ]

New PA Farm Bill Program Provides $3 Million Toward Containment Of Spotted Lanternfly

Penn State Extension Offers Resources For Landscape Professionals To Control Tree-Of-Heaven, Spotted Lanternfly

Agriculture, Penn State Hold Bad Bug Live Facebook Program July 30 On Spotted Lanternfly

[ Forests ]

Clarion University Alum Luke Bobnar Makes A Living In The Great Outdoors With Western PA Conservancy

DCNR Dedicates 486-Acre Addition To Delaware State Forest In Pike County

Research Proposals Now Being Accepted By The American Chestnut Foundation

American Chestnut Foundation Invites Entries In 2019 Chestnut Photo Contest

[ Recreation ]

Ironmaster's Mansion Operations To Transition To Appalachian Trail Museum In 2020

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail Stewardship Weekend July 26, 27, 28, Warren County

[ Land Conservation ]

PA Land Trust Assn. Issues New Guides For Permits On Conserved Land, Many Other Topics

[ Helpful Resources ]

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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