47 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 47 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!

-- Gov. Wolf Proposes $450 Million Growing Greener III Initiative Funded By Federal American Rescue Plan; Bipartisan Support Building For Conservation Allocation  [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Commonwealth Budget Should Fully Fund Environmental Protection - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Minority Chair House Environmental Committee [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership: Sign On To Join Letter Asking Counties To Invest Federal American Rescue Plan Funds In Local Conservation, Recreation And Place-Based Revitalization  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Receives First $25 Million From Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law For Plugging Oil & Gas Wells Abandon By Conventional Drillers  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Announces $4.7 Million In Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants In Southcentral PA  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Magazine: Donegal Trout Unlimited Chapter, Lancaster County, Wins Award For Stream Cleanup Efforts

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Doc Fritchey Chapter Trout Unlimited’s Limestone Dosing Keeps Fish Habitat Livable For 36 Years  [PaEN]

 

-- CBF Blog: Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Partners Create Unique Watershed Restoration Plan For Halfmoon Creek In Centre County  [PaEN]

 

-- Standard-Speaker: Once Heavily Polluted By Mining, Black Creek Now Classified As Wild Trout Stream

 

-- Ducks Unlimited Celebrates 85 Years Of Wildlife Conservation, Restoring Or Protecting More Than 15 Million Acres Of Habitat In North America; Over 28,300 Acres In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- Conservation Finance Network: Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands Clears Revenue Paths - Sam Feibel, Franklin & Marshall College

 

-- Cumberland County Planning Dept. Issues RFP For Farm Conservation Planning & Technical Assistance Services  [PaEN]

 

-- Pike Conservation District: Source Water Protection And The Pocono Source Water Protection Collaborative  [PaEN]

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Groups Build Off River Of The Year Nomination Momentum To Help Catawissa Creek Reach Its Potential

 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Update On Implementing Lancaster County Clean Water Action Plan  

 

-- Save The Date!  Lancaster Conservancy Water Week June 3-11

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Asking Public’s Help To Evaluate Submissions To Songs Of Susquehanna Contest 

 

-- Penn State Master Gardener Program’s Latest Newsletter - What’s The Buzz 

 

-- AP: DEP Files Lawsuit Against Reference Bureau To Publish Final RGGI Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulations; PA Could Lose Air Pollution Reductions, $283 Million  [PaEN]

 

-- SEEDS, Northern Poconos Chamber Name Highlights Foundation 2022 Green Business Of The Year In NE PA  [PaEN]

 

-- Danville News: Talen Moving Toward Converting Coal-Fired Montour Power Plant To Natural Gas

 

-- PG: Saving The Planet By Looking At What’s On The Plate At College Campus Like Slippery Rock

-- PG - Anya Litvak: On Track For A Zero-Carbon Locomotive, Wabtec Is On To Step 2 

 

-- ErieT: Wabtec Lands Largest Order Yet For New Battery-Electric Locomotives From Union Pacific Railroad

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Feb. 16 Webinar On First in the World: An Airport That Generates Its Own Power [Spoiler, It’s Pittsburgh]  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Solar Center Webinar: Feb. 11 Agrivoltaics And Dual-Use Solar Applications To Promote Food Production, Energy Generation, Grazing, Pollinator Habitats, More  [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Solar Means Business in America: Here’s What that Looks Like in Pennsylvania - Scott Elias, Mid-Atlantic Director, Solar Energy Industries Association  [PaEN]

-- PPL Utilities: Joins Energy Impact Partners’ Deep Decarbonization Frontier Fund

 

-- PA Cap-Star: Green Energy-Related Jobs Projected To Grow 6.4% In PA Over Next 5 Years

 

-- PennEnergy Resources Achieves Project Canary Responsibly Sourced Natural Gas Certification

 

-- EQT, Marathon Launch Initiative To Support Low-Carbon, Hydrogen Industrial Hub In Ohio, PA, WV

 

-- PA Lawmakers Join Other Elected Officials Calling On EPA To Prevent Chemical Disasters, Protect Workers, Prioritize Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- AP: EPA Restores Rule To Limit Power Plant Mercury Emissions

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Clearing The Air Of Mercury

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philadelphia Names Environmental Justice Advisory Commission To Address ‘Racially Biased And Discriminatory Policies’

-- Millersville University Engage For Change Journal - Environmental Justice Issue  [PaEN]

-- PUC Chair Dutrieuille Recognizes Black History Month And Highlights Upcoming State Observance Program

 

-- GreenPhilly: State Grant Secures Neighborhood Gardens Trust Brewerytown Garden As Community Green Space

 

-- CentreDT: New Centre County Park Can Move Forward After Approval Of Master Plan

 

-- DCNR State Parks Offers Environmental Education Activities & Updates For February  [PaEN]

 

-- ScrantonT: Outdoorsman Keeps Discovery Of Rare Hartford Fern Secret For 30 Years

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Mill Workers At U.S. Steel Irvin Plant Construct Peaceful Solution For Owl vs. Eagle Spat 

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will Bobwhite Quail Return To Pennsylvania?

 

-- Audubon: New Citizen Science Initiative - Climate Watch

 

-- Cornell Lab Of Ornithology, Audubon: Great Backyard Bird Count Feb. 18-21

-- CitizensV: Great Backyard Bird Count Begins Feb. 18

 

-- Gant News: Game Warden Provides Lessons In Technology, Law Enforcement For DuBois Wildlife Tech Students

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[Posted: February 6, 2022]   PA Environment Digest