PA Environment Digest Blog: 60 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 60 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!

-- Guest Essay: Funding Crucial For The Future Of Clean Water In Pennsylvania - By Hilary Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation & Allyson Gibson, Lancaster Clean Water Partners [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Point State Park In Pittsburgh Gets A Visit, Boost From DCNR Secretary [Funding To Pay For $1.4 Billion Maintenance Backlog]

-- DCNR Blog: 40 Years Of Doing Something Wild! PA Wild Resource Conservation Fund [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Wild Resource Conservation Fund At 40

-- DEP, DCNR, PennDOT Employees Recognized With Governor’s Award For Excellence For Environmental Projects [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Hosting Upcoming Programs On Funding Projects, Rain Gardens, Interfaith Environmental Stewardship [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Living Memorial To Victims Of Violence, Pandemic To Take Root In City Of Harrisburg [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Blog: A Christian’s Guide To Planet Earth - By Betsy Painter, Author & Conservation Biologist [PaEN]

-- Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited: Ligonier Valley Middle School Students Wrap Up Outdoor Club Activities In Westmoreland [PaEN]

-- PA Consortium For Scientific Assistance To Watersheds Provides Free Technical Assistance To Watershed Groups; USGS Provided Training [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District - Rain Barrels Decorated By Students Promote Clean Water Environmental Message

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Appalachian Ecology Residential Camp For Teens Interested In Careers In Conservation

-- Erie Times: Asbury Woods Environmental Center Taking Nature Programs To Erie Neighborhood Parks

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $26.63 Million For Mine Reclamation Projects Related To Economic Development [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: New Fertilizer Plant In Schuylkill County Will Use Acid Mine Water In Production Process

-- Villanova Stormwater Partnership Call For Presentation Proposals For Stormwater Symposium Oct. 12-13; Update On Revised DEP Stormwater Manual A Highlight [PaEN]

-- Delaware Currents: Model Of Delaware Estuary Processes A Big Step In Getting The Delaware River Cleaner

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Earns Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award

-- Penn State Extension Water Team Stormwater BMP Walks May 27: Greensburg; June 9: Cumberland County; Get Outside In May! Programs [PaEN]

-- Help Celebrate Lancaster County Water Week June 3-11 [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Active River Users For New 3 Rivers Watch Program In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

-- Shippensburg Chronicle: Stream Of Consciousness - Kayaking Our Way To Clean Streams

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Accepting Presentation Proposals For 2023 Annual Conference In January, February [PaEN]

-- Pocono Record Guest Essay: Boost The Procono Economy By Protecting Our Exceptional Streams - By Donna Kohut, Our Pocono Waters

-- WHYY Guest Essay: Philly Should Prioritize Green Infrastructure With Its Federal Dollars - By Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Philadelphia City Council & Alex Cupo, Sustainable Business Network Of Greater Philadelphia

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Forestry Camp Continues To Give PA Inmates Marketable Skills In Arboriculture

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: 67,755 Christians Call On EPA For Cleaner Trucks

-- New Report Finds Solar Energy Installations At PA K-12 Schools Doubled Since 2020; Their Energy Costs Don’t Fluctuate With Energy Markets

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Schools Have Doubled Their Solar Power Use Since 2020

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Aggressive Push To Secure Clean Hydrogen Hub In PA [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf: PA Well-Positioned To Be Leader In National Clean Energy Transition

-- Centre Daily Times: State College Project Finalist For $1 Million Grant To Fight Climate Change, Inequality

-- Duquesne Light Releases Whitepaper On Electrification's Potential To Benefit The Environment, Economy, Local Communities [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly Council Weighing Citywide Contract To Convert Street Lights To LEDs

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Environmentalists Petition Feds To Reverse Rule Allowing Shipping Liquid Natural Gas By Rail

-- StateImpactPA - Jon Hurdle: Eureka Resources Fracking Wastewater Treatment Plant Called A New Threat To Dimock’s Water In Susquehanna County

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pittsburgh Airport Brokers New Deals With CNX To Incentivize Drilling And, Possibly, Make Fuel From Natural Gas

-- University Of Houston: Shale Gas Wastewater Could Be Substantial Source Of Lithium To Support Renewable Energy [Eureka Resources] [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Protect PT To Host May 26 Discussion On Gas Well Development In Westmoreland County

-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee Holds June 2 Hearing On Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Infrastructure In Allegheny County [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: We Must Strengthen Our Self-Sufficiency Regarding Energy

“But there is no reason our leaders cannot grow our gas and oil supply while also growing green energy domestically for household consumption — therefore over time becoming less dependent on fossil fuels.”

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Hydropower’s Future Is Clouded By Climate Change, It’s Also Essential To The U.S. Electric Grid - Penn State University Prof, Student

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Reopens Certification Programs To Support, Recognize Sustainability Progress [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh-Founded Reed Smith Law Firm Unveils Global Environmental Sustainability Plan [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: 2 Towns In Rural PA Are Giving Remote Workers Free Housing For A Month, In Hopes They’ll Stay Longer

-- Pennsylvania’s Rachel Carson: Celebrate Her Birthday May 27, 1907 - Rachel Carson Homestead - The Life & Legacy Of Rachel Carson - 60 Years Since Silent Spring Was Published

-- Guest Essay: When People Have To Choose Health Or Jobs, Everyone Loses - The View From Rachel Carson’s Homestead In Allegheny County - By Kiley Bense [PaEN]

-- Rachel Carson On Leadership: The Human Race is Challenged More Than Ever Before To Demonstrate Our Mastery, Not Over Nature, But Of Ourselves [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: In Praise Of Rachel Carson And Public Service; Happy Birthday Rachel Carson! - By James M. Seif, Former Secretary of DEP [PaEN]

-- Feature - What We Owe To Pennsylvania’s Rachel Carson [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Rachel Carson No Stranger To The Chesapeake Bay, Its Creatures [PaEN]

-- PA Conservation Heritage/WITF Documentary On Rachel Carson [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful/PennDOT: Opening Young Ambassadors Program For High School Students In August [PaEN]