42 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 42 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!

 

-- U.S. House Sends Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill To Biden’s Desk, Includes Largest-Ever Investment In Cleaning Up Abandoned Coal Mines - PA’s #1 Water Pollution Problem  [Pennsylvanians worked 5 years to get this done.]  [PaEN]

 

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Presents Mira Lloyd Dock Awards To Kiasha Huling Of Philadelphia & Shauna Yorty Of Lancaster; PA Forestry Assn.  Recognizes Marci Mowery With Myra Dock Award  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 3 Winners Of Environmental Rights Amendment Song Contest Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Celebrates Opening Of Dziak Drive 

-- Western PA Conservancy Leads Stream Improvement Project At St. Leo's Church Near Ridgway, Elk County  [PaEN]

 

-- Bucknell University & Susquehanna University Plant Forest Buffers To Slow Rainwater Runoff  [PaEN]

 

-- Master Watershed Stewards In Berks & Schuylkill Counties To Unveil Live Stake Nursery At Cacoosing Park, Berks County Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited Helps Save Linn Run State Park Hemlock Trees From Woolly Adelgid  [PaEN]

-- Call For Presentations: Westminster College, Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Student Symposium On The Environment Nov. 29 To Dec. 2  [PaEN]

-- EIN: Local Leaders Gather At Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Center To Call For Green Infrastructure Funding 

 

-- SunburyDT:  Bucknell Susquehanna River Symposium Speaker Stresses Partnerships, Funding Needs

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Selects Hilary Harp Falk As New President  & CEO  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Recognizes Melissa D. Ho Of World Wildlife Fund With Freshwater Excellence Award [PaEN]

 

-- 18 Lancaster County Farms And Businesses Receive PA Solar Center Solar Energy Leadership Awards  [PaEN]

 

-- ErieT: General McLane Grad Ali Zaidi Works With Biden To Find Opportunities In Climate Change

-- MCall: Fmr Bon-Ton Distribution Center Rebuilt With Sustainability In Mind

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia A Leader In Turning Old Factories And Offices Into Apartments

 

-- ScrantonT: Environmental Cleanup On Land Along Lackawanna River Eyed For Park

 

-- YaleEnvironment360 - John Hurdle: More Eyes On Polluters - The Growth Of Citizen Monitoring [Western PA]

-- AltoonaM: Myers Elementary Teacher Leads First Graders In Litter Cleanup Effort 

-- PG/AP: Pittsburgh To Host 2022 Meeting Of World’s Energy Ministers 

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh To Host Global Climate And Energy Meeting Next Year

-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh Delegation Shares City’s Successes At UN Climate Summit In Glasgow

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh To Host The World On How To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels  [PaEN]

-- 3 PA Universities Recognized In EPA’s Top 30 College & University List Of Green Power Users  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Making Sense Of A Volatile Energy Market - By Ronald Fisher, Executive Director, The Energy Co-op 

-- Inquirer: After Hunger Strike For The Climate, Philly’s Abby Leedy Keeps Marching

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Holds Virtual Building Toward A Just Future Conference Focused On Climate Justice Nov. 14  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Partners With Regen Network To Sell Carbon Credits To Support Local Land Conservation; Largest Sale Of Urban Forest Credits In U.S.  [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Family-Owned Forests Define PA’s Landscape, Can They Cash In On The Carbon In Their Trees? 

-- Inquirer - Rebuilding Philly: Let’s Reimagine Urban Green Space As A Way To Promote Social Justice

-- ReadingE: Spotted Lanternfly Research Brings Top FFA Award To Conrad Weiser Grad  

-- Agriculture: 11.2 Million Acres Of Farm & Forest Land Enrolled In Clean & Green Preservation Program  [PaEN]

-- Sproat Family, Natural Lands Partner To Preserve 42 Acre Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farmland Trust Partners With Landowners To Preserve 88 Acre Zimmerman Farm; 51 Acre Gehr Farm  [PaEN]

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: PA Hardwoods Enrich Lives Worldwide, Support Environment, Jobs, Economy

 

-- PG: Pittsburgh Establishes Hays Woods Park, Its Largest In Nearly 100 Years

 

-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Erie County Father, Son Hike 2,100 Mile Appalachian Trail

-- ScrantonT: The Magic Of Running Trails In Lackawanna State Park

-- TribLive: Etna Holds Ceremony For Opening Of Riverfront Trail And Park

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Recreation Dept. Has ‘Bounce Back Year’ Though Affects From COVID Still Linger

-- AP: Delaware Water Gap Proposal Would Give PA, NJ First National Park

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[Posted: November 7, 2021] PA Environment Digest