44 New Stories - REAL Conservation And Environmental Leadership In PA

Here are 44 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- WPCAMR: Federal Mine Reclamation Fee Expired Sept. 30 - Congress Considers The Future Of Mine Reclamation Program  [PaEN]  [PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem - Mine Drainage] 

-- Appalachian Voices: Congress Fails To Reauthorize Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program; People In Pennsylvania Have Worked For 5 Years So Far To Get Their Members Of Congress And General Assembly To Act On This Critical Issue  [PaEN]  [PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem - Mine Drainage] 

-- DEP, Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Highlight Acid Mine Drainage Issues For Inside Climate News Reporter

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Bay Executive Council Fails To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Its Water Pollution Cleanup Commitments [PaEN]  [PA’s #2 Water Pollution Problem - Agricultural Runoff]

-- Senate Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bill Allocating $500 Million In American Rescue Fund Monies For Local Environmental Improvement, Recreation Projects [PaEN]

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Enters Fourth Fall Season;  3 Million+ Trees Planted So Far  [PaEN]

-- Water Science Institute, Partners: Celebrated Big Spring Run Legacy Sediment Stream Restoration Project In Lancaster County Sept. 30  [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland Conservation District: Announces 2021 Conservation Award Winners 

-- Middle Spring Watershed Assn. Stream Restoration Project In Shippensburg Working Well After Hurricane Ida  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Highlights Passive Acid Mine Drainage Treatment System Rehab Project, NW PA GIS Conference, Hunting Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- CentreDT: Centre County PA Senior Environment Corps Seeks New Members Of All Ages

-- Patch: Newtown Township Establishes Rain Gardens In Delaware County

-- Brandywine Conservancy: Receives $400,000 NFWF Delaware River Restoration Fund Grant

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Releases Sediment & Nutrient Pollution StoryMap  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission’s Our Shared Waters Program Hosts Experiential Learning Aboard The Kalmar Nyckel Tall Ship

-- Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University’s 16th River Symposium Nov. 5-6  [PaEN]

-- PA Keystone Coldwater Conference + PA Chapter Of American Fisheries Society Meets Feb. 25-26 In State College  [PaEN]

-- ABC27: PA American Water Company Employees Helped Plant 300 Trees, Shrubs On York Twp. Farm

-- PA American Water: Systems Recognized For Excellent Tap Water Quality

-- Allegheny County Council: Honors Outgoing Group Against Smog And Pollution Executive Director Rachel Filippini

-- Keep PA Beautiful’s Surveillance Cameras Catch Illegal Dumping In Michaux State Forest, Franklin County  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Resources Council: Sets October Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Collection Locations In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Front: Dumpbusters Clear A Ton Of Trash From A Pittsburgh Hillside

-- CentreDT: Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority’s Green Business Partnership Applications, Tours Available

-- DEP: Potential For Environmental Impacts From Spills Or Leaks Of Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste Materials Is Real; Health Dept. Not Aware Of All Chemicals In Oil & Gas Wastewater Making Risk Assessment Difficult  [PaEN]

-- Health Advocacy Groups Meet With State Dept. Of Health, DEP To Discuss Residents Impacted By Shale Gas Emissions [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: 100+ PA Landowners Get Class Action Lawsuit OK’d Against EQT Over Natural Gas Storage Area 

-- DEP: Terminates Proposed Beech Hollow Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant's Air Quality Permit In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- United Nations Committee On Sustainable Energy: Recognizes Pittsburgh’s Green Building Alliance; Dr. Jim Freihaut At Penn State  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee OKs Bill Expanding C-PACE Clean Energy, Energy Conservation Program  [PaEN]

-- American Fisheries Society: 112 World Aquatic Scientific Societies Call For Urgent Action Against Human-Caused Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Why Do Pennsylvanians Have To Pay A Higher Price For Natural Gas? For Producing Energy?  [PaEN]

-- Martha and Richard Coyle Partner With Berks Nature To Preserve 94.5 Acre Farm In Berks County [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Protects 50 Acres Along Great Allegheny Passage Trail, Casselman River In Somerset County  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Celebrates D & H Rail-Trail In Northeast PA As Pennsylvania’s 2021 Trail of Year  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: A Philly Teen Commemorates 1,500 Migrating Birds Killed Hitting City Buildings

-- Daily American: Windber Teen Builds Trail Signs To Earn Girl Scouts’ Gold Award

-- Independence Conservancy: Walk In Penn’s Woods Oct. 3 At Rocky Bend Nature Preserve Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: 6 Pittsburgh Parks To Shine During Parks Conservancy Celebration

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Todd Bauman Receives Prestigious Warden Award

-- PECO/Natural Lands: Green Region Open Space Grant Program Now Accepting Applications  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Begins Accepting Applications For Canoe Access Grants Oct. 18  [PaEN]

-- PG: Allegheny County Couple Gives Monarch Butterflies The Royal Treatment

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hellbender Comeback Effort Releases State Amphibian Into Susquehanna River Tributary

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[Posted: October 3, 2021]  PA Environment Digest