46 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 46 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!

-- PA Master Naturalist Trainee Kristin Joivell From Huntingdon County Honored With Presidential Award For Excellence In Math, Science Teaching  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Selected As PA's 2022 Trail Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Unique, Historical Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Named PA Trail Of The Year

-- DEP Budget Testimony: Significant Investments In Environmental Cleanup, Improving Permit Review Times, Holding Polluters Responsible, Relief To Those Harmed By Pollution  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Budget Hearing: We Have A Unique Opportunity To Invest In Our Recreation, Clean Water & Land Conservation Infrastructure With Growing Greener III  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Conservation Funds Help Communities Provide Outdoor Places, Opportunities; Apply Now  [PaEN]

-- POWR/PEC: Registration Now Open For 4 Regional Watershed Workshops Starting March 11  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Western PA Watershed Groups Have High Hopes For Tapping Into Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funds

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Looking At 2021 Successes! Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands, Grants, Water Quality Monitoring

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Little Conestoga Creek’s Severely Eroded Banks Target Of Proposed Restoration Project

-- Trout Unlimited PA Coldwater Habitat Program Releases 2021 Annual Report  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Money Grows On Trees For Owners Who Manage Small Forests To Capture Carbon, Fight Climate Change  [PaEN]

 

-- Register Now For Brodhead Watershed Assn. Volunteer StreamWatcher Training March 24 & 26 In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- AltoonaM: Cambria Conservation District Sponsoring 50th Tree & Plant Sale

-- Warren Times: Students Part Of Warren Conservation District Rain Barrel Effort

-- CourierT: Bucks County Targeting PFAS Manufacturers In Lawsuit Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Chemical Contamination 

-- PA Solar Center: 9 NE PA Organizations Receive Lodestar Award For Solar Energy Leadership  [PaEN]

-- Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund Awards $230,000 Grant For Rooftop Solar At University Of Pittsburgh-Bradford, McKean County  [PaEN]

-- New Poll Finds 81%, Bipartisan Support For Solar Power In Pennsylvania Over Other Energy Sources  [PaEN]

-- PUC Partners On Virtual Consumer Education Workshops In SE PA On Energy Shopping, Conservation, Customer Assistance On March 2, 9, 16   [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Lackawanna Transit Should Prepare For Electric Buses

 

-- Exelon, Coalition Of Power Companies Argue Before U.S. Supreme Court In Favor Of Preserving EPA’s Authority To Regulate Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 

-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 15 To Consider Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations  [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: EQT Natural Gas Producer Putting Its Money Into ‘Energy Transition’ -- Fuel Cells That Chemically Produce Energy To Power Homes, Businesses 

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: People Living Near Mariner East Pipeline See Work Continuing, Even Though Company Says Construction Is Finished

-- FracTracker Alliance Holding 3 Webinars On Using Maps & Data To Empower Action Starting March 8  [PaEN]

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues $859,000 In Penalties Against U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

-- PG Editorial: Getting Tough On Air Pollution In The Mon Valley, Allegheny County

-- WarrenT: DEP Continues To Monitor Air Around United Refinery In Warren After Naphtha Release

-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Company Making Environmentally Friendly Easter Eggs

-- Schuylkill Action Network Seeking Volunteers For 2022 Schuylkill Scrub Litter Cleanup March 1 to May 31

-- NextPittsburgh: Cinderlands Beer Joins Allegheny Cleanways, 3 Rivers Outdoor Company To Spread Awareness Of Illegal Dumping In Allegheny County

-- Penn State Alumni Advance Communities With Careers At The Sustainability Program Thru The Penn State Center In Pittsburgh

-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts South Mountain Science Summit April 29  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: The Conservation Fund Has Purchased 400+ Acres In Lackawanna County For $1.715 Million

-- WeConservePA: Glick Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves 83-Acre Farm

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 105 Acres Of Forested Land To Safeguard Habitats, Expanding Hunting Opportunities In Bedford County  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Fruitful Endeavor - The Philadelphia Orchard Project

-- The Allegheny Front: River Advocates Call For Removing Old Dams More Quickly 

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Offering Discounted Pollinator Seed Mix For Agricultural Properties In PA  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bee Bootcamp Will Include Beehive Training For Veterans In Central PA 

-- LancasterOnline: 84 Things For Plant Lovers To Do In March, Including Following Monarch Butterfly Migration

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Chapter Of North Country Trail Assn. Seeking Feedback On Trail Improvements

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Steelworkers In West Mifflin Celebrate 1st Bald Eagle Egg Of Season 

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All  [PaEN]

-- PG: Carnegie Museum Paleontologist Achieved Immortality Thanks To A Few Prehistoric Jaws

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: March 6, 2022]   PA Environment Digest