77 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 77 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!

-- Pennsylvania Awarded $244.9 Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]

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

-- WESA: PA To Receive $26.6 Million To Cleanup, Redevelop Abandoned Mine Lands

-- Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Protect PT Hosts 4-Part Online Living Near Shale Gas Community Training Workshops Starting Nov. 10 - Documenting Complaints  [PaEN]

-- On-Demand Webinar: Creating A Healthy Home And Community With Shale Gas Development In Your Neighborhood  [PaEN]

 

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County High School Closed By Equitrans Midstream Natural Gas Pipeline Fire 796 Feet From School On Nov. 4 

 

-- Independent Fiscal Office Estimates CY 2022 Drilling Impact Fee Will Generate Record $274.8 Million In Revenue At Lowest Tax Rate On Record  [PaEN]

 

-- Pittsburgh-Based EQT Natural Gas Awarded Gold Standard Rating By U.N. Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reduction Partnership

 

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- PA Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Will Accept Applications Starting Nov. 1 [PaEN]

 

-- WESA: Heating Bill Assistance Program Now Accepting Applications

 

-- U.S. Dept. Of Health & Human Services Announces $4.5 Billion To Lower Heating Costs For American Families This Winter

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Residents Raise Concerns Over Mon Valley Air Pollution Episode

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Advocates Say Allegheny County’s Air Pollution Rules Should Be Revisited

-- EPA Announces More Than $4.27 Million For Community Air Pollution Monitoring Projects In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EPA Underwriting Citizen Scientists Monitoring Air Quality In Southwestern PA

-- Stroud Water Research Center Honors Michael E. Mann, Ph.D., Leading Climate Scientist And Author  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-Based CEOs For Sustainability Issue Call To Action On Decarbonization

-- Construction Begins On University Of Pittsburgh’s 20-MW Gaucho Solar Project Near Pittsburgh International Airport  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Construction Begins On University Of Pittsburgh’s Big New Solar Energy Project

-- Erie Times: Solar Energy Facilities Proposed For North East, Girard, Washington Twps. In Erie County.  Here’s What We Know

-- Berks Nature: 300 Explored Extreme Weather & Climate Change At 14th Annual State Of The Environment Breakfast  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Summer Of 2022 Gave Us A Glimpse Into Our Climate Future - PA Should Heed The Warning, Flooding Biggest Threat - By Laura Fowler, Director, Penn State's Sustainability Institute  [PaEN]

-- New Program Brings Together Residents, Businesses To Help Make Lancaster County Carbon Neutral  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: E-School Buses Drive Progress

-- EPA Seeks Public Input On Setting Up 7 New Climate, Health, Energy And Environmental Justice Programs

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Honors Longtime Board President Kathy Snavely - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper   [PaEN]

-- DEP Reports On 2021-22 Farmers’ Efforts To Improve Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: 2021 Progress Report; Funding Assistance Available; County Clean Water Plan Implementation; Much More 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Celebrates Farm Conservation, Sustainable Ag Programs With Funding From PA Farm Bill

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Implementing Farm Conservation Practices In Pennsylvania Will Result In $352.5 Million In Economic Benefits, Support 3,457 Jobs A Year  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Agricultural Investments For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Spur Economy

-- Bay Journal: Volunteers Plant Trees Around-The-Clock In 4 Pennsylvania Counties In Chesapeake Bay Watershed - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Conservationists Plant 4,000 Trees In One Day In 4 PA Counties In Chesapeake Bay Watershed 

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Newsletter: No Tricks, Just Amazing Momentum Across Lancaster!

 

-- TribLive: Valley High Students Among Volunteers Planting Trees In New Kensington, Westmoreland County

-- Republican Herald: Williams Valley Students Plant Trees To Improve Water Quality In Schuylkill County 

 

-- Republican Herald: Stream Restoration Work To Benefit Sweet Arrow Lake Near Pine Grove

 

-- Fox43: Federal Funding To Restore, Reduce Pollution In Local Waterways Awarded To Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, York Counties

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Nov. 15 Webinar On Technology & Tips For Volunteer Management  [PaEN]

-- Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment Dec. 1; Student Entries Invited  [PaEN]

-- Young People, Adult Leaders Sought For New Sea Scouting Program Starting Soon In Middle Susquehanna Region - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Nov. 16 Webinar: Western PA Conservancy Education Programs - Connecting Youth To Nature Through Art and Science. Noon.

-- Songs Of The Susquehanna Vol. 3: Original Songs Inspired By The River Now Being Accepted By the Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper   [PaEN]

-- WHYY: How To Get A Rain Barrel And Deal With Composting In Philadelphia

-- Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Files Notice Of Intent To File A Lawsuit Against Modern Landfill In York County Over Landfill Discharges Into Kreutz Creek

-- York Dispatch: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Eyes Lawsuit To Force Cleanup At Landfill In York County

-- Williamsport Sun: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Detected In Middle Susquehanna Just Below Williamsport In June 

 

-- WHYY: Philly Sues 3M, DuPont, Other Companies Over PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Sues Makers Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Inquirer: Lead Poisoning In Philly Kids Has Declined, Families May Still Need To Take Safety Precautions

-- Inquirer: With New Standards, More Children Considered At Risk From Lead In Philadelphia  

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s 2022 Litter Summit A Success!  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Youghiogheny River Cleanup Snags Nearly 700 Tires 

-- The Spearhead Group In Bucks County Launches Spearhead Project Earth With Burlington Island Cleanup In Delaware River  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More  [PaEN]

-- Open Space Institute's Appalachian Landscapes Protection Fund Now Accepting Proposals To Protect Forests For Carbon Sequestration, Wildlife Habitat, Other Benefits  [PaEN]

-- Chester County Commissioners, DCNR, Willistown Conservation Trust, Willistown Township Celebrate 12-Acre Addition to Kirkwood Preserve [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: Improvements Planned For More Than 2,000 Acres Of Protected Land In York County

 

-- WHYY: Limerick Twp., Montgomery County Proposes Tax Increase To Preserve Land Amid Rise In Development

-- DCNR Blog: Ecological Benefits Of Old-Growth Forests

-- DCNR, USDA Forest Service Sign Shared Forest Stewardship Agreement

 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Pennsylvania Forest Webinar Series Starting Nov. 8  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Conewango Creek Groups Mull Wild And Scenic River Status

-- DCNR Celebrates $100,000 Investment In Wilkinsburg’s Rosa Parks Park Rehab Project In Allegheny County

 

-- WHYY: How A Philly Hiking Group Is Improving Women’s Wellness: ‘A Sisterhood Built On Healing And Nature’ 

-- Volunteers Needed! Hollow Oak Land Trust: Nov. 20 Trail Maintenance At Trout Run In Coraopolis, Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Harrison Twp. Unearthing ‘Hidden Gem’ Of Silverlake In Allegheny County

-- PennLive: Children’s Lake Drained As $4.3 Million Rebuilding Project Gets Underway In Boiling Springs

-- TribLive: Hempfield, Westmoreland County Residents Could Have New Park On Land Bought From Excela Health

-- TribLive: Public Input Meetings Will Focus On Proposed Nature, Art Park In Hempfield, Westmoreland County

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Recognizes Adrian Naveda As 2022 James A. Kushlan Award Recipient

-- Bradford Era: Wildlife Biologist Gary Alt Paid A Price For Healthier Deer Herd, But Says It Was Worth It

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Launches New We Are Nature Podcast Series, Exploring Natural Histories And Livable Futures  [PaEN]

 

-- WESA: New Glass Panes At Pittsburgh’s National Aviary Will Make Things Safer For Birds

 

-- TribLive: From Floods To Fishing: $650,000 Project Will Control Flooding, Offer ADA Fishing In Hampton, Allegheny County

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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

[Posted: November 6, 2022]   PA Environment Digest