PA Environment Digest Blog: 35 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 35 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!

-- LancasterOnline: Landisville Mennonite Church Converts Nearly 4 Acres Of Farmland To Forest And Meadow

-- Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Now Have NRCS-PA Funding Available For Priority Watersheds In 14 PA Bay Counties [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: He Wanted To Help Lebanon County Creek, Instead He Watched Sunoco/Mariner East Pipeline Pollute It

-- Stroud Water Research Center Named Winner Of 2021 Amazon Web Services Imagine Grant For Nonprofits [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Acid Mine Drainage Treatment A Vital Component Of National Infrastructure - By Stonycreek-Conemaugh River Improvement Project Board Of Directors [PaEN]

-- Opportunity To Bid On DEP Blacklick Creek AMD Treatment Facility, Cambria & Indiana Counties [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Stream Evaluation Report Covering 85 Class A Wild Trout Waters [PaEN]

-- Available On Demand: Presentations From PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Statewide Conference For Watershed Organizations [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commissioners Celebrates 60 Years Of Managing, Protecting & Improving the Basin’s Water Resources [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: DEP Releases Final Rule To Cut Methane Leaks From Existing Oil & Gas Well Sites

-- BCTV.org: Pennsylvanians Make Their Voices Heard At EPA Oil & Gas Methane Rule Hearing

-- FracTracker Alliance, Halt The Harm Network To Honor 4 With Sentinel Awards At Dec. 9 Program [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Personal Narrative: Rose Friend's Home In Washington County Surrounded By Natural Gas Drill Pads, Compressor Stations

-- Now On Demand: Videos From 2021 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference; Including Preliminary Results Of A Penn State Study On Health Risks From Road Spreading Conventional Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: 600-Acre Dover Solar Project Under Consideration By Zoning Board Dec. 15

-- YorkD: Saubel’s Markets Receives Rural Energy For America Grant To Harness Solar Energy

-- Inquirer: Homeowners Associations Aim To Protect Property Values, But Can Limit Installation Of Solar Panels

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Report Explores A Decarbonized Future For Philadelphia Gas Works, Cites Current Structure And Business Model As Challenges

-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Tackle Climate Change To Truly Build Back Better - Conservation Voters Of PA

-- Guest Essay: Why We Must Focus On Climate-Friendly Manufacturing - By Lori Brennan, The Nature Conservancy-PA & Lorraine Faccenda, LaFarge Whitehall Cement Plant [PaEN]

-- EPA Administrator, UAW President Test-Drive Fully Electric Volvo In NC And Mack Trucks [Made In Lehigh Valley]

-- Pocono Record Guest Essay: We Must Speed Up Transition To Zero-Emission Vehicles To Avoid Climate Crisis - By Dr. Steph Lee, MD, Dr. Maya Ragavan, MD & Flora Cardoni, PennEnvironment

-- WHYY Guest Essay: If You Don’t Trust The Air You Breathe, Keep Reading - By Philadelphia Council Member Katherine Gilmore and Ebony Griffin, Public Interest Law Center, Environmental Justice Working Group

-- Eastern University Guest Essay: Environmental Racism In Our Country - The Problem Of Waste Incineration In Delaware County And What We Can Do About It - By Sophia Hunter

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Conservation District Makes Available More College Scholarships

-- New Mineral Named For Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Scientist Dr. Travis Olds [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: Plans Advance To Improve Codorus Creek Corridor In York With $10 Million Grant - Video Of Project Plans

-- MCall: South Whitehall Twp To Preserve Donated Land As Open Space

-- Metka Family Partners With Natural Lands To Save 26 Acres Near French Creek State Park, Berks County [PaEN]

-- Citizen Science: Upper Delaware BioBlitz Identified More Than 700 Species Of Plants & Wildlife [PaEN]

-- ErieT: Will $9 Million In American Rescue Plan Funds Turn Crumbling Paper Plant Into New Erie Park?

-- DCNR Seeks Members For A New Next Gen Council To Increase Participation And Diversity Of Perspectives In State Parks, Forest Programs [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Offering On Demand Videos On Health Benefits Of Outdoor Recreation [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Spots Remain For Volunteer Birders In Audubon’s 122nd Annual Christmas Bird Count

-- ReadingE: Feeder Watchers Can Help With Christmas Bird Count