March 16 PA Environment Digest Now Available

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[ Headlines ]

Pennsylvania Takes Escalating Actions To Mitigate The Spread Of Coronavirus; Total Cases 63

DCNR Cancels ALL Organized Events, Programs, Volunteer Days In ALL State Parks, Forests Thru April 30

Keep PA Beautiful Suspends Pick Up Pennsylvania Thru The End Of April, Will Pick Up In May & June

PUC Prohibits All Utility Terminations During Coronavirus Disaster Emergency

Canceled Riparian Forest Buffer Summit To Be Rescheduled For 2021

Penn State Extension Has Canceled All Public Education Programs, Events Statewide Thru April 5

PA/NJ Chapter Of The American Chestnut Foundation Converts March 21 Growers Meeting To Webinar

Postponed- Carnegie Mellon University Energy Week March 23-27 In Pittsburgh

29 PA Conservation Districts Receive $67,000 For 41 Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Education Projects

PennDOT Announces District 6 & 12 Winners Of Student Innovations Litter Challenge From Montgomery, Westmoreland Counties

PA Resources Council In Pittsburgh Launches 100% Recycled, 100% Local Office Paper Cooperative With American Eagle Paper Mill In Blair County

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Awards 5 Students College Scholarships

PA Lake Management Society Recognizes Winners Of Lake Management Awards

Court: Indiana County Twp. Has Right To Defend Its Prohibition Of A Drilling Wastewater Injection Well Using The Environmental Rights Amendment

Earth Day 50 PA: Marci Mowery: A Sense Of Place In This World

PA Environmental Council At 50: Taking The Lead

[ News From The Capitol ]

PA Capitol Report: Senate, House Come Back To Session To An Empty Capitol

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule [Updated]

House Committee Meets March 16 To Take Up Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution, Lets Regulated Entities Challenge Every DEP Document Without Public Involvement

Senate Appropriations Committee Holds Hearing On Pipeline Investment Program March 24

Senate, House Policy Committees To Hold Hearing March 25 On Grow PA Infrastructure, Education, Health Care Innovations

Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Hearings April 8 & 14 On The Potential Impact Of Joining The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

House Democrats Support Redistricting, Campaign Finance, Ethics, Voting Reforms

[ The Feds ]

Over 100 Groups Sign Letter Urging Congressional Action On Federal Mine Reclamation Fee, Black Lung Bills

Reminder: NRCS-PA Conservation Stewardship Program Renewals Due Now

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Takes CEQ To Task Over Proposed Rollback Of Federal Project Environmental Reviews

[ Water ]

Registration Now Open For PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference June 24-25

Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Joins Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Clean Up PA's Waterways

DEP Accepting Bids For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects In Allegheny, Clearfield, Fayette Counties

Op-Ed: From Rooftops To Rivers, Solving The Big Problem Of Stormwater With Local Solutions

Op-Ed: Don't You Know Pennsylvania Doesn't Have Land On The Chesapeake Bay?

A Movement Grows To Help Farmers Reduce Pollution And Turn A Profit With Working Riparian Buffers

Dept. Of Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Help Transition To Organic Farming

Using Cover Crops With High Tunnels Can Suppress Soil Pathogens, Pests, Improve Soil Health

Pittsburgh Water Authority Submits Multi-Year Rate Increase Request To PUC

Fix A Leak Week Highlights Importance Of Not Wasting Water

[ Environmental Ed ]

CBF-PA, Local Groups Host More Than A Dozen On-Water Experiences For Students In 8 PA Counties

Schuylkill Action Network Accepting Applications For Schuylkill Acts & Impacts Watershed Expedition For High School Students

DEP Environmental Ed Grant Helps Fund Algal Bloom Education In Erie

Consider Creating A Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience For Students

Latest Teaching Green Environmental Education Newsletter Available From DEP

[ Air ]

DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Air Quality Infrastructure Plan Revisions

GASP: Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fined $13,000 For Air Pollution Violations In Allegheny County

Phipps Conservatory To Host April 14-15 One Health One Planet Symposium On Air Quality In Pittsburgh

[ Energy ]

Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant Owner Rescinds Closure Notice Based On Gov. Wolf's Proposal To Join RGGI Regional Climate Initiative

PUC To Invite Comments On Phase IV Of Act 129 Energy Efficiency Program

DEP Has Scheduled 3 Hearings On Mariner East II Pipeline Erosion, Water Encroachment Permits In Chester, Delaware Counties

DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Adelphia Pipeline Project

Dueling Press Conferences For/Against Signing Bill Providing Taxpayer Funded Subsidies For Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing

Rebates Still Available For Purchase Of Alternative Fuel Vehicles

DEP Accepting Applications For Level 2 Electric Vehicle Charging Station Rebates

Solar Energy Farm Generation Reaches 35 Million Kilowatt Hours At Pocono Raceway

[ Climate Change ]

State Parks Struggle To Safeguard Species Affected By Climate Change

Stroud: Modeling Mayflies To Understand The Challenges Of A Warming Planet

[ Recreation - Land Conservation - Forests ]

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

South Mountain Partnership Starts Accepting Recreation, Conservation Mini Grant Applications April 1

Wildlands Conservancy Protects 27 More Acres For South Mountain Preserve In Lehigh County

Penn State Extension Hosts Spotted Lanternfly Meetings In Blair, Lebanon, Montour, Perry Counties

PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In February

March 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

[ Wildlife ]

Scott Weidensaul To Speak At April 3 Pennsylvania Wildlife For Everyone Gala In State College

Bluebird Society Of Pennsylvania Conference Set For March 27-28 In Bethlehem

Register Now! PA Outdoor Writers Assn. Spring Conference May 14-17 In Dauphin County

[ Opportunities ]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Names Jamie Dawson Director Of Education

Help Wanted: Eckley Miners' Village Education Assistant

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