67 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 67 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.

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-- Over $3 Million From New Federal Budget Will Direct Fund 2 Chesapeake Bay Foundation Projects In Centre, Chester, Huntingdon, Lancaster Counties  

-- Lancaster Farming: County Water Quality Cleanup Plans Boost Local Efforts For Chesapeake Bay

-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Municipalities Awarded Growing Greener Watershed Cleanup Grants

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: What We Owe Pennsylvania's Rachel Carson

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-- Guest Essay: PA Farmers, Communities And Chesapeake Bay Will Benefit From Significant Investment Of Federal American Rescue Plan Funding In Cleaning Up Our Waterways  -  By House Speaker Bryan Cutler (R-Lancaster) and Sen. Scott Martin (R-Lancaster)   [PaEN]  [$500 Million Bipartisan Proposals Using American Rescue Plan Funding Wait For Action]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Seize The Chance To Improve Water Quality In The Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay Watersheds

-- Warren Times: Students Go 3D For Save The Rain Project By Warren Conservation District

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: Creating Native Habitat In A Postage-Stamp Garden 

-- 2022 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference June 22-23; Project Video Tours Due May 6 

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary & Bartram’s Garden Plans For Freshwater Mussel Hatchery Taking Shape 

-- LandHealth Institute Invites High School Students To Be Watershed Stewards In Philadelphia  

-- Lancaster Farming: Lewisburg FFA Chapter Helps Release American Eels Into Susquehanna River

-- Daily Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance, Bucknell Students Build New Website

-- Williamsport Sun Gazette: Healthy Streams Good For Fish And For Business

-- PEC Podcast: Preview Of Fairmount Water Works Exhibit On How Water Shaped Philadelphia’s History

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Water Authority Files Lawsuits Against More Than 2 Dozen Chemical Companies Accusing Them Of Contaminating The Local Water System

-- PG Guest Essay: Pittsburgh Water Authority Investment Will Ensure Water Reliability For Generations - Pittsburgh Water Authority

-- Rodale Institute To Host First-Ever Regenerative Healthcare Conference Oct. 16-19 At Its Berks County Organic Experimental Farm 

-- Environmental Quality Board Approves Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations; Conventional Drillers Oppose 

-- PennLive: Drilling Crew Praised For Reducing Damage To Natural Gas Drilling Well Pad From Fire In Lycoming County, Fire Chief

-- Williamsport Sun: Firefighters Faced Unique Challenges With Fire At Natural Gas Drilling Rig In Lycoming County 

-- Vesper Energy Developing 200 MW Solar Energy Project In Lawrence County

-- Community College Of Allegheny County Flipped The Switch On Completed Solar Energy Installation

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Aiming For 50% Renewable Energy By 2030, DCNR Launches More Solar Projects

-- University Of Pittsburgh Announces Climate Action Plan To Go Carbon Neutral By 2037  

-- AP: PA Hydropower Eyes Bigger Energy Role, Less Environmental Harm

-- Dickinson College Hosts March 24 Discussion On The Business Of Food Waste: Climate Mitigation Thru Organics Recycling  

-- PA League Of Women Voters: Let's Have A Cleaner, Healthier Energy Future For Pennsylvania 

-- Guest Essay: PA Republican Suggestions To Make Us More Dependent On Fossil Fuels Will Not Secure Our Energy Future - By  Rep. Nancy Guenst (D-Montgomery), U.S. Army Veteran & Rep. Joseph G. Webster (D-Montgomery), U.S. Air Force Colonel, Retired  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Clean Energy Transition Would Break Russia’s Geopolitical Hold - Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Energy Independence Means Good Union Jobs In Clean Energy  - Patricia DeMarco, Forest Hills Borough Council 

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: No Time To Waste To Fund Climate Solutions - PennEnvironment

-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $4 Million For 6 Projects In PA To Boost Economic Growth In Areas Hit By The Decline Of The Coal Industry

-- Senate Resolution Offers Hope Lawmakers May Finally Be Taking The Economic And Environmental Benefits Of Developing A Rare Earth Minerals Industry Seriously In PA 

-- DEP Recognizes Rail Management Services For Replacing Diesel Engines To Improve Air Quality At Franklin County Railyard 

-- EPA Announces Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants Of 2022; Two In PA 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: It’s Critical We Expand Clean Electricity And Electrify Our Cars, Trucks, Buses Now - PennEnvironment

-- The Allegheny Front: Packaging Group Makes The Case For Better Glass Recycling

-- TribLive: Springdale Business Big Hit With Furniture Made Out Of Used Wine, Whiskey Barrels

-- YorkDR: Lebanon Bicycle Recycle Is Wheeling Out Their Grand Opening By Helping The Community  

-- DEP, PennDOT Encourage Everyone To Join Litter Cleanup Events And ‘Pick Up Pennsylvania’ 

-- Warren Times: Annual Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Seeking Volunteers

-- Williamsport Sun: Newberry Streets Could Be Vacated To Help Prevent Illegal Dumping

-- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Winners Of Litter Hawk Youth Art Awards Program 

-- Berks Nature To Open New Rooftop Addition, Event Venue - The Rookery - At The Nature Place In Reading March 21 

-- NextPittsburgh: CoNectar, A Honey Shop, Cafe And Education Center Makes A Beeline For Millvale  

-- PA Sustainable Agriculture, Chatham University: New Study Shows Direct-To-Consumer Markets Demonstrated Resilience, Growth During Pandemic  

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Issues RFP For Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Consultant 

-- Somerset Conservancy Adds 273 Acres To Kimberly Run Natural Area

-- ClearWater Conservancy, Patton Township Permanently Protect 149 Acre Gray's Woods Preserve In Centre County 

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Sweet Root Natural Area In Bedford County Into National Old-Growth Forest Network 

-- DCNR Blog: Newly Found Disease Killing American Beech Trees; Help Track The Disease  

-- TribLive: Sewickley Troop 243 Scout Completes Eagle Scout Project Plants 30 Trees At Recreation Area

-- Erie News Now: Work To Restore And Expand Pymatuning State Park Trail To Resume

-- CourierT: Horsham Group To Build Region’s First Miracle Baseball Field To Level Playing Field For All

-- Republican Herald: Groundbreaking Held For All-Inclusive Playground In Minersville

-- WHYY: Delaware County Forges A Process To Turn Massive Don Guanella Property Into ‘Second To None’ Park

-- ABC27: How PA Trees Can Counter The Effects Of Climate Change

-- Penn State: From Museum To Laptop: Visual Leaf Library A New Tool For Identifying Plants

-- White House To Nominate PA Native David Applegate As Director of the U.S. Geological Survey 

-- PA Society For Ornithology To Hold 2nd Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 17-20

-- Republican Herald: Bald Eagle Released At Red Creek Wildlife Center

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Mentored Youth Day, Dietz-Schneck Memorial Fishing Event Back At Sweet Arrow Lake

-- CitizensV: Harveys Creek Cleaned Up, Stocked For Trout Season

-- Nature At Risk: How Important Can A Tiny Bird Be? 

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Life On The Forest Habitat Edge

-- ErieT: Volunteers At 58 State Parks Build, Maintain Bird Boxes For A Variety Of Species - Video

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[Posted: March 20, 2022]   PA Environment Digest