68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 68 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!

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Driller Compliance Review Will Go Back At Least 5 Years; Whether It Will Be Public Document Not Decided  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: Q/A With Eliza Griswold Pulitzer Winning Author Of Deep Dive Into Fracking In PA, How Extractive Industries ‘Gut’ Communities - By David Shribman, Former Editor Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  [PaEN]

-- Climate Wire: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Includes New $700 Million Grant Program To Mitigate Methane Emissions From Conventional Oil & Gas Wells   [PaEN]

-- Yale School Of Public Health Study Found PA Children 2 To 3 Times More Likely To Be Diagnosed With Leukemia If They Live Near Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Children Living Near PA Fracking Sites At Increased Risk Of Leukemia, Study Finds

-- The Guardian: PA Children Born Near Fracking Wells More At Risk For Leukemia, Study

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: New Research Links Fracking To Increased Risk Of Leukemia In Children

-- PA Supreme Court: Accounting Required For Environmental Rights Amendment Trust Fund Money From State Forest Oil & Gas Drilling - By John C. Dernbach, Commonwealth Law School, Widener University   [PaEN]

-- Grant Township Charter Banning Drilling Wastewater Injection Wells Struck Down By State Court; Decision Appealed To PA Supreme Court  [PaEN]

-- KPVI: Grant Township Drilling Waste Injection Well Battle Goes To PA Supreme Court

-- York County Conservation District Announces Annual Conservation Award Recipients  [PaEN]

-- Gettysburg Connection: Adams County Planting Partnership Offers Free Native Trees, Shrub Seedlings

-- NextPittsburgh: Where’s The Cornfield In The Middle Of Downtown Pittsburgh?  Green Rooftops Absorb Potential Roof Runoff

-- Poconos Region Special Protection Streams Deliver $3 Billion In Economic Benefits [PaEN]

 

-- Environmental, Watershed Groups Appeal Stormwater Permit For Proposed Swiftwater Solar Project In Monroe County  [PaEN]

 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Protecting The Water While Harvesting Sunshine, Researchers Say Stormwater From Solar Energy Fields Needs Careful Management

-- Standard-Journal: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Watershed Groups Essential, Need Volunteers

 

-- Penn State Students Aiding Project To Reduce Plastics In Tree Grow Tubes To Support Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Awards Environmental Science Scholarships To Molly Hoffman And Megan Kownurko  [PaEN]

 

-- Covanta Delaware Valley, Chester Environmental Partnership To Award $20,000 In Scholarships To Local Students

 

-- Scranton Times: With Water Levels Dropping, Abington Heights School District Students Rescue, Relocate Fish From Pond In Lackawanna County

 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Conestoga River Enthusiast Worries About Large, Dangerous Debris Piles: ‘Could Just Pull You Right Under’

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft State Water Plan Update  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh, Allegheny Conservation District Study Links Pittsburgh Urban Soil Contamination To Historical Air Pollution, Inversions  [PaEN]

 

-- Allegheny County Health Dept.  Releases Air Quality Annual Review Covering 2021 [PaEN]

 

-- Dickinson College To Host International Climate Symposium Oct. 24-26  [PaEN]

-- New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Bill Signed Into Law; PA Groups React  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: How Will New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Help PA Fight Climate Change?

-- WESA: New Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Law Gives Pittsburgh Region Climate Fund, More Jobs, Cleaner Air And Hope 

-- TribLive: PA Lawmakers Tout Increased State, Federal Funding To Fight Climate Change

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: I’m A Teen Worried About Climate, The New Climate, Energy Bill Doesn’t Do Enough, But It’s A Start

-- MCall Guest Essay: Green Investments Position Lehigh Valley For Success - Rep. Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) + Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA

-- TribLive: Highlands Democrats Host ‘Green Heroes’ Environmental Rally At Harrison Hills Today

-- Courier Times: How Bucks County Farmers Are Dealing With Climate Change 

-- Renewables Now: CPV Building 100 MW Solar Farm On Former Coal Mine In Portage Twp., Cambria County

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officials To Make Solar Panel Installation Less Cumbersome

-- New Poll: Strong Majority Of PA Voters Support Climate Action To Cut Carbon and Methane Pollution  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Steel, Equinor, Shell To Explore PA-OH-WV Regional Clean Energy Hub To Create New Jobs, Stimulate Economic Growth, Reduce Carbon Emissions

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Why Shell, U.S. Steel Are Eyeing A Clean Energy Hub, And How They’ll Get There

-- Seneca Resources Achieves Top Emissions Performance Certification Of Its Natural Gas Production Under MiQ Standard  (Check Seneca Resources’ DEP compliance record)

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 4 Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities For Hydrogen In Appalachia  [PaEN]

 

-- WHYY: From Trash To Treasure: Magic Gardens Event Encourages Recycling Thru Creativity In Philadelphia

-- Sen. Cappelletti Introduces Bill To Fix State Electronic Waste Recycling Program - Senate Bill 1310

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Every Litter Bit Matters In Keeping Pennsylvania Beautiful - Gov. Tom Wolf

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Repurposed Railroad Bridge For Bald Eagle Valley Trail Over Susquehanna River To Be Dedicated 

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: $3.5 Million Purchase Of Bridge, Rail Line, Opens Path To Armstrong Trail Expansion

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Group Helps Those With Mobility Impairments Stay Active At Frances Slocum State Park

 

-- Feature: 'Every Trail Sparks A Story' - Jonas Mountain Nature Preserve, Monroe County; Sept. 24 Fall Colors Hike - By Carol Hillestad, For Pocono Heritage Land Trust  [PaEN]

 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail Expansions In The Works

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: New Local Outdoor Adventure - Rail Biking

-- Erie Times: Tall Ships Erie 2022: Explore the Tall Ships Coming To This Year’s Festival Aug. 25-28 

-- Post-Gazette: How 62 Acres Slated For Development In Allegheny County Became A Conservation Success Story [Allegheny Land Trust]

-- WHYY: $20.8 Million Push To Save 208 Acres Of Crebilly Farm In Westtown Twp., Chester County Will Be On The Ballot In November 

 

-- Westmoreland Conservation District To Offer Forest Stewardship Workshop Sept. 24; Focus On Invasive Plants  [PaEN]

-- WTAJ: Lumber Heritage Region Announces Recipients Of Mini Grants To Support Education Programs On The Lumber Industry

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Contributions Remembered At Friday Event

-- Warren Times: Civilian Conservation Corps Service Changed Life’s Path For Edwin Zevotek

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Celebrates 40 Years Of Discovery - New Species, Solving Mysteries, Finding Rare Species In New Places  [PaEN]

 

-- Scranton Times: PA Natural Heritage Program Annual Report Released

-- Agriculture, DCNR Celebrate Honey Bee Day, Aug. 20; Bees Play A Critical Role In Food Production, Biodiversity  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: The Business Of Bees - Honey, Money And The Survival Of Humanity

-- Post-Gazette: Western PA Conservancy’s Gardens Get Even More Welcoming To Butterflies And Bees

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center To Host Monarch Butterfly Festival Aug. 27

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: Chimney Swift Conservation In Southwest PA; Contribute Your Sightings  [PaEN]

 

-- Reading Eagle: American Kestrels Studied At Rentschler Arboretum In Berks County

-- Reading Eagle: Albright College: Bats Are Back At Wertz’s Red Bridge In Berks County

 

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Fish & Boat Commission Faced An Ordeal To Reel In A Fishing License Fee Increase

 

-- Fish & Boat Commission: Go On Mussel Field Survey, Learn About Mussel  Relocation Project [Videos] 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Going The WRONG WAY:

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN] 

[Posted: August 21, 2022]   PA Environment Digest