94 New Stores - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 94 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 Celebrates 60 Years Of Scientist, Writer, Pennsylvania Native Rachel Carson’s Literary Work 'Silent Spring'  [PaEN]

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: What To Expect At Next Week’s Global Clean Energy Action Forum

-- DEP, Fish & Boat Commission Investigate Multiple, Continuing Water Pollution Discharges From PGE Natural Gas Pipeline Construction Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County  [PaEN]

 

-- Rare Eastern Hellbender Habitat In Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County Harmed By Sediment Plumes From Pipeline Crossings, Shale Gas Drilling Water Withdrawal Construction Projects [PaEN]

 

-- Williamsport Sun: DEP: Marcellus Shale Company Polluted Loyalsock Creek

 

-- PennLive: Clean Streams Law Violations Observed At Natural Gas Pipeline Site On Loyalsock Creek, Lycoming County 

 

-- The Standard-Journal: Friends Of The ‘Sock Monitoring Pipeline Work Along Loyalsock Creek

 

-- NorthcenteralPA.com: Eastern Hellbender Habitats At Risk In Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Pollution

 

-- NPR: Wildlife Conservation Tends To Save Charismatic Species, That May Be About To Change [Uses PA’s Eastern Hellbender Designation As An Example]

 

-- Federal Appeals Court Rejects PA Senate Republican Caucus Challenge To Delaware River Basin Commission Natural Gas Fracking Ban  [PaEN]

 

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin Survives PA Republican Lawmakers’ Challenge In Federal Court

 

-- Reuters: Delaware River Basin Fracking Ban Challenge By PA Republican Caucus Rejected By Court

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host Nov. 15-16 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference  [PaEN]

 

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

 

-- Environmental Health Project Marks 10 Years Of Defending Public Health In The Face Of Shale Gas Development

 

-- American Lung Association Report Details Health And Environmental Impacts Of Fuel-Burning Appliances At Home [Natural Gas, Wood, Propane, Heating Oil]  [PaEN]

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: DEP Needs To Evaluate Health Impacts Of Evaporating Leachate From A Westmoreland Landfill Accepting Shale Gas Drilling Waste - By Justin Nobel   [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Clash Over Plans To Drill Near School In Allegheny County, Community Already Has 38 Shale Gas Wells [Local Hearing Resumes Sept. 15]

 

-- PUC Acts To Investigate Philadelphia Natural Gas Works Weather Price Adjustment, But Leaves PGW’s Original WPA Rate System In Place

 

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: PUC Will Investigate Philly Natural Gas Works Rates After Summer ‘Weather Normalization' Debacle

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Olympus Energy, Elizabeth Twp. Residents Battle Over Shale Gas Drilling Site Near High School

 

-- Observer-Reporter: Columbia Gas Of PA Offers First Responder Natural Gas Pipeline, Facility Safety Training In Case Of Fires, Explosions

 

-- TribLive: Landowners To Receive $5.5 Million To Settle Suit Over Oil, Gas Rights In Fayette County

 

-- Bobscaping Blog: What Would Rachel Carson Say About Fracking?  Video Of Aerial Photos Of The Oil & Gas Industrial Landscape In SW PA, Eastern OH And Northern WV

 

-- West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, Six&Kane Will Host Oct. 7-8 Programs On A 120+ Year Old Commercial Building In McKean Being Reborn To Passive House Energy Standards  [PaEN]

 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Pennsylvania Gives Millions To Boost Electric Vehicle Adoption

 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Zero-Emission Fleet To Cost $572.2 Million By 2045 Goal  

 

-- StateImpactPA: Oct. 1 In-Person Forum On Climate Change At WITF Media Center 

 

--  Erie Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Act Opens New PA Energy Frontier - Clean Hydrogen - Team PA Foundation

 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Energizes Environment, Economy

 

-- WHYY: Penn Students Camp Out To Demand More University Action On Climate Change

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Is A Parenting Issue - Work Toward Bold, Immediate Climate Action

 

-- Westmoreland County Conservation District Announces 2022 Conservation Award Winners  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive: Sewickley Farm Earns Conservation Award Thanks To Management Practices

 

-- Warren Times: ‘Field To Forest’ Workshop To Be Held Oct. 1 In Warren County

 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

 

-- PennDOT Invites Comments On Chesapeake Bay, Delaware, Ohio & Lake Erie Watershed Stormwater Management Plans [PaEN]

 

-- Lebanon Daily News: Saving The Chesapeake Bay One Waterway At A Times - On Proposed Snitz Creek Restoration Project

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Stormwater System Repair Begins: Added Charge To Appear In October

 

-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Helping Unsung Aquatic Heroes To Promote Cleaner Water - Freshwater Mussels 

 

-- Penn State Master Gardeners, Alumni Spruce Up Flight 93 National Memorial In Somerset County 

 

-- TribLive: Flight 93 Memorial Attendees Aim To Foster Knowledge In Future Generations

 

-- TribLive: Harrison, ATI, Western PA Conservancy Partner To ‘Put Trees To Bed For Winter’

 

-- USDA Announces Investments In Partnerships For Climate-Smart Commodities And Rural Projects - 19 Benefiting PA [PaEN]

 

-- Conservation Innovation Fund, Agriculture Industry Partners Awarded $25 Million USDA Grant To Pay Farmers For Their Stewardship To Improve Water Quality, Reduce Carbon  [PaEN]

 

-- Lancaster Farming: $900 Million USDA Funded Climate Projects To Benefit Pennsylvania

 

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Awarded $55 Million To Advance Climate-Smart Farming, Marketing

 

-- Centre Daily Times: USDA Will Give Penn State $25 Million To Work With PA Dairy Farmers On Combating Climate Change

 

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Fall Workshops, Events Line-Up - Pasture Walks To Potlucks  

 

-- Erie Times: Private Forest Landowners Can Get Cash For Carbon Reduction, Here’s How A PA Couple Is Doing It

 

-- StateImplementPA - Rachel McDevitt: In PA, Climate Change Can Increase Flooding Risk In Places That Rarely Worried About It, Middletown Is Seeking Solutions 

 

-- Penn State Sustainability: Hurricane Agnes 50-Life After The Flood Post-Film Panel Discussion

 

-- PEMA To Start Accepting Applications For FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance Grants Sept. 30  [PaEN]

 

-- Chester Water Authority Petitions DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board To Hold Hearings On Water Affordability  [PaEN]

 

-- Standard-Speaker: Old Idea To Reclaim Mine Water Pitched Again To Supplement Water Supplies, But Hazelton Authority Has Doubts

 

-- Three Rivers WaterKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50 Years Of The Federal Clean Water Act, Pittsburgh

 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Oct. 15 Celebrating 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Lewisburg 

 

-- Erie Times: EPA Work Nearly Done At Erie Coke (Coal) Site, Now It’s The State DEP’s Turn

 

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Electronic Devices Made By 4 Manufacturers Not Complying With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law  [PaEN]

 

-- PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Host Sept. 21 Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges  [PaEN]

 

-- York Daily Record: Refillism: York Store Will Fill Any Container With Eco-Friendly Cleaning, Beauty Products

 

-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County Starting Sept. 17  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County During October  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collection Event In Beaver County Oct. 8  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Resources Council Announces Inaugural Zero Waste Non-Event Fundraiser During October  [PaEN]

 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny CleanWays Crew, Volunteers Work To Clean Up Allegheny Riverbanks 

 

-- Warren Times: ‘A Lot Of New Old Stuff’ Found In Allegheny River Cleanup

 

-- Warren Times: Volunteers Work To Clean Up Conewango Creek

 

-- Post-Gazette: Want To Be An Olympian? Start Picking Up Trash In Pittsburgh

 

-- Centre Daily Times: Recycling: Show Off Your Clean Tailgate Spot This Football Season For A Chance To Win A Gift Card

 

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Recognize PA Pollinator Photo Challenge Winners  [PaEN]

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Going Native - Fall A Good Time To Plot Your Turf Lawn Makeover To Native Plant Garden

 

-- Inquirer: West Kensington’s Community Garden A Refuge For Neighborhood, Advocates Trying To Give All Philly Neighborhoods Similar Spaces

 

-- Let’s Bio-Blitz: Become A Citizen Scientist With North Branch Land Trust In NE PA  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Announces Recreation Engagement Coalition Aimed At Growing $12 Billion Outdoor Recreation Sector In PA  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Outdoor Recreation Coalition Unveiled For Pennsylvania

-- WVIA: New PA Group Formed To Grow Outdoor Recreation Industry

 

-- DCNR Formal Notice Of Special Fall Round Of Community Conservation Partnership Grants

 

-- WeConservePA: Wissahickon Trails Win Two Major Awards

-- Join The 6th Annual Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 2 And Learn How Forests Work For You [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Webinar Sept. 20: Forest Restoration In PA With TNC Land Managers, Noon 

-- New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video: Children And Outdoor Recreation Are A Perfect Match  [PaEN]

 

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Nature Heals And Reminds Us Of How Much Is At Sake - Helen Ubinas

 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Updated West Branch Susquehanna River Map & Guide Released  [PaEN]

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Updated Maps, Guide Released For 228-Mile West Branch Susquehanna River Water Trail

 

-- Reading Eagle: Take Advantage Of The Great Outdoors, Right Around The Corner

 

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow In Wayne Twp., Could Become Schuylkill County Park In Spring 2023

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- WVIA: Pennsylvania Could Soon Have A New National Park - Delaware River National Park & Lenape Preserve 

-- WeConservePA, Game & Fish & Boat Commission Urge You To Contact PA U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey To Support Passage Of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

 

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Conservation Museum At Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes This National Hunting And Fishing Day Like No Other 

-- Audubon Scientists Use Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Data To Develop New Method For Mapping Bird Migrations

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Birding Festival Set For Oct. 7-9 In Philadelphia

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[Posted: September 18, 2022]   PA Environment Digest