62 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 62 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 Offers 10 Point Plan To Improve Permit Reviews; Climate/Energy Work Group Co-Chairs Announced; Work Group Formed To Prevent New Oil & Gas Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- House Budget Hearing: Acting DEP Secretary Outlines His Views On Environmental Justice, Announces Fernando Treviño As Special Deputy For Environmental Justice  [PaEN]

-- DEP Acting Secretary Negrin Wants To Encourage A Culture Of Being User-Friendly At DEP And Used The Train Derailment Response As An Example  [PaEN]

-- DEP Acting Secretary Negrin: All Climate Change Is Local - We Are Guardians Of Our Neighborhoods, We Are To Act In Service To Our Neighbors  [PaEN]

-- DEP Projects Over $1.5 Million Deficit In Account Funding Oil & Gas Regulation Program In FY 2023-24  [PaEN]

-- DEP Budget Testimony: Increasing Permitting Efficiency, Cleaning Up Legacy Pollution, Investing In Communities, Holding Companies Accountable  [PaEN]

-- Former DEP Secretaries Invited To Share Their Experiences Protecting Pennsylvania's Environment With Acting Secretary Negrin  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Again Suggest DCNR Allow More Natural Gas Drilling To Fund Park/Forest Operations; New Hellbender License Plate Coming In June  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Budget Testimony: Supporting PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry, Conserving Natural Resources [PaEN]

-- Agriculture Budget Testimony: Budget Proposal Supports Agriculture Economy; Land & Water Stewardship; Organic Farming; Helps Deal With Threats To Food System  [PaEN]

-- PA Senate Hearing: Norfolk Southern CEO - Ignition Of Rail Cars Following Ohio Trainwreck Was A 'Success' ?  [PaEN] 

-- Shapiro Administration Announces Long-Term Presence In Beaver County To Assist Residents Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- House Budget Hearing: Acting DEP Secretary Outlines His Views On Environmental Justice, Announces Fernando Treviño As Special Deputy For Environmental Justice  [PaEN]

-- Feature-- Remembering March 28, 1979 At The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant - The Accident No One Thought Would Happen -- Like With Natural Gas Infrastructure Today   [PaEN]

-- AP: Deadly Chocolate Factory Explosion Kills 3, 5 Missing In Reading; Employees Reported Smelling Natural Gas, Investigation By Officials, UGI Ongoing 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Temporarily Shuts Down Part Of Beaver County Petrochemical Plant For Repairs Fully Activating Natural Gas, Flammable Gases Flaring System Again For An Unspecified Period Of Time

-- Guest Essay: Shell Petrochemical Plant Off To A Bad- And Dangerous- Start In Beaver County - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council [PaEN]

-- FracTracker Alliance: April 6 Hellbent Virtual Screening, The Story Of Grant Township’s Fight To Stop Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well  2:00 p.m.

-- Financial Times: EPA Vows ‘Aggressive’ Crackdown On Oil And Gas Methane Leaks

-- Republican Herald: PSU Schuylkill Professors Discuss Coal Culture At Minersville Historical Society

-- LancasterOnline: City Of Lancaster To Use Solar Power To Reduce Cost, Energy Use At Water Treatment Facilities

-- NextPittsburgh: Raycycle Won’t Let Pittsburgh’s Cloudy Days Block Solar Energy Installation

-- UnionProgress.com: PennDOT Working To Plug Gaps Between Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

-- PennLive Guest Essay: State Park, Forest EV Charging Stations Aid Critical Public Infrastructure - By John Norbeck, DCNR Deputy For Parks & Forestry

-- Philadelphia Energy Authority: $40 Million C-PACE Energy Efficiency Closes For Multifamily Project  [PaEN] 

-- PUC Strongly Encourages Customers To Explore Electric Shopping Options To Help Reduce Size Of Utility Bills  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Healthy Forests Are A Climate Solution All Of Us Can Agree On - By Madeleine Para, Citizens Climate Lobby, Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens Climate Lobby

-- NextPittsburgh: Women For A Healthy Environment Improves Quality Of Life In Western PA 

-- DEP Releases 2022 Progress Report On Improving Water Quality In PA’s Portion Of The Chesapeake Bay Watershed  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open For May 9 Online Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium; Optional In-Person Tour May 3  [PaEN]

-- Greening The Grey: Engineering Natural Solutions For Stormwater Management  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Stream Restoration Undertaken On Farnsworth Branch In Allegheny National Forest By Western PA Conservancy, Warren Conservation District, Trout Unlimited

-- Penn State Extension Webinar: March 29 Water Cooler Talk - Agroforestry’s Impact On Water Quality  [PaEN]

-- Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetland: Rutter's Development Threatens Old Crow Mitigation Wetland In Huntingdon County - By Claire Holzner, Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetland  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening April 19-22  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Agricultural Sciences Webinar: April 19 Master Gardener Program And Impacts In PA, 1:00 p.m.

-- Rodale Institute Names Jeff Tkach, CEO, Succeeding Jeff Moyer  [PaEN] 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How Philly Teachers Are Bringing Meaningful STEM Experiences To Students Through Environmental And Outdoor Clubs  [PaEN] 

-- Registration Open!  Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Summer Student Science Academy In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: What It Takes To Get PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Out Of Drinking Water, Big New Systems You Might Have To Help Pay For 

-- PA American Water Celebrates ‘Fix A Leak Week By Promoting Water-Saving Tips

-- PA Resources Council Partnering With Large-Scale Events In Western PA To Reduce Event Waste Thru Zero Waste Program  [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Announces Wide Variety Of Waste Recycling, Collection Events In 2023

-- Observer-Reporter: PA Resources Council Household Chemical Collection Events Slated For Fayette, Washington Counties

-- PennLive: Cumberland County Sets Household Hazardous Waste Collection Events Schedule Starting April 13

-- Courier Times: Artificial Turf Recycler Hit With Environmental Violations As It Works To Open PA Plant In Schuylkill County

-- MCall: 40 Years After Palmerton Zinc Pile Was Added To Federal Superfund List, Restoration Work  Continues 

-- TribLive: Workers To Start Some Maintenance, Construction At Parks Twp., Armstrong County Nuclear Waste Dump

-- Celebrate Pennsylvania Native Species Day May 18  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Tween Trek April 6

-- The Nature Conservancy Receives $4.25 Million In Combined Investments For Appalachians. Conservation, Including Along Kittatinny Ridge  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: M. Night Shyamalan Buys Chester County Farm For $24 Million, Viewed By Conservationists As A Steward, Not Developer

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Acquires 77 Acres Of Land Adjacent To de Perrot Woods Nature Preserve

-- WeConservePA Highlights Education Programs Coming Up Through June  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Wetlands In Spring, Some Of The Most Biodiverse Places In Pennsylvania

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, DCNR April 29 Program On Planting Trees To Help Soil, Water, Wildlife

-- Republican Herald: Injured Hiker’s Trek Up Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Driven By Determination, Friendship And Love 

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce: Sign Up Now For The Sinnemahone Paddle April 8 - First Of The Sinnemahone Triple Crown Events In 2023 

-- NextPittsburgh: Emporium, Cameron County, May Be Off The Beaten Path, But It’s A Hidden Gem For Gravel Cycling

-- LancasterOnline: These Seniors Help Nature By Nurturing Mason Bees, One Of Spring’s First Pollinators

-- Complete Your Bracket!  Penn State Center For Pollinator Research Wants You To Vote In March Madness Bee Of The Year Contest  [PaEN]

-- WESA: PA Struggles To Fight Invasive Species, As Experts Push For A Regional Approach

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania Finds Widespread Problems With Invasive Species And Aims To Tackle Them 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Safe Is It To Eat Fish Caught In PA Waters?

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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[Posted: March 26, 2023]   PA Environment Digest