Sunday, March 5, 2023

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Celebrating 50th Anniversary With Special Events

-- Penn State Students: Apply Now For City Semester In Pittsburgh To Learn About Urban Sustainability [PaEN]

-- Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Has Short, Long Summer Internship Opportunities Available

-- PA Sea Grant: Online Great Lakes Literacy Education Exploration Opportunities For Educators (GLLee) Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited Hosting March 11 Conservation Advocacy 101 Workshop In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Penn State Extension Hosts 4-Part Educator Training Course: Carbon Incentives For Forest Owners Starting March 8 [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Lost And Found: A Treaty Promised Lenape Indians Statehood For Help In American Revolution

-- Apply Now From Anywhere In The World!  PA Wilds Accepting Applications From Individuals For The Remote Lifestyle Experience Program  [PaEN]

-- Rare Jurassic-Era Insect Found At Arkansas Walmart In 2012 By Director Of Penn State’s Insect Identification Lab

-- Senate Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability: Natural Gas Continues To Have Reliability Problems; Renewables Aren’t Coming Online Fast Enough; Energy Office To Be Proposed  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County: ‘I’m Ecstatic. It Was The Dirtiest, Dirtiest Place Ever.  It Put A Blight On Our Community’ 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Hear Challenges To Electric Grid Reliability; Experts Call For Clear Policy

-- Republican Herald Guest Essay: Living On The Electric Grid Could Mean Living On The Edge - By Gregory Maresca, Freelance Writer From Northumberland County

-- PJM Interconnection Study Shows Renewable Energy Sources Not Coming Online Fast Enough To Replace Fossil Fuel Plants; Critical Path Analysis Started To Avoid Grid Reliability Risks  [PaEN] 

-- Better Path Coalition, FracTracker Alliance Release Pennsylvania Is Worth Protecting, A Visual Reminder Of The People, Places & Natural Resources Worth Protecting From Environmental Devastation, Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: In PA, Home To Nation’s First Oil Well, Environmental Activists Stage A ‘People’s Filibuster’ At State Capitol

-- EnergyWire: Is Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Safe?

-- The Philadelphia Citizen Guest Essay: The Unchecked Threat Of LNG Natural Gas At The Port Of Philadelphia - By Clean Air Council

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 8 Webinar On Renewable Natural Gas  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Climate Network Hosts March 28 Climate Workshop In Elk County  [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans, 4 Democrats Pass Resolution Urging Restart Of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Abandoned By Company [BTW Not In PA]   [PaEN]

-- DEP Clean Water Academy Releases New Course On Evaluating Legacy Sediments & Stream Restoration Using Oil Creek, York County As Case Study  [PaEN]

-- Pike Conservation District: PennDOT, Winter Weather Management, Salt Watch By Izaak Walton League And You - By Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN]

-- DEP’s Healthy Waters PA Partnership Progress Update: Funding Opportunities, Actions, County Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN] 

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts: Highlights Of County Conservation District Activities In 2022  

-- PA American Water Seeking Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Protection Of Lycoming Creek Water Quality Topic Of March 1 Meeting By Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: One Of The Founders Of Erie Steelhead Fishing Program Left A Legacy Behind

-- Inquirer: Meet The Danville Man Determined To Climb The Tallest Tree In All 67 PA Counties To Draw Attention To Forest Threats

-- Erie Times: Maple Magic: 18 Places To Try Pure Maple Syrup Around Erie 

-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Closer To Achieving Arboretum Certification

-- Western PA Conservancy/Grow Pittsburgh Providing Material Technical Support To Community Vegetable Gardens In Pittsburgh 

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Protecting Clean Water Together - Good Weeds + Less Mowing = Happier Gardening

-- Observer-Reporter: Improve Your Garden And Biodiversity With Native Plants

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy:  Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Dinner Set For April 29 

-- Penn State Extension: Latest Home Garden News 

-- Penn State Launches Statewide Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Network

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Irvin Works Bald Eagle Pair Lay An Egg In Pittsburgh

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. Nature At Risk - Practicing ‘Eagle-Eyed Etiquette’

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights In-Person, Virtual Events Coming Up In March

-- The Guardian: Audubon Society Chapters, Bird Union Drop Audubon Name To Distance From Namesake’s Racist Past

-- Erie Times: Turtles, Herons, Dragonflies: A Walk Along Presque Isle’s Lagoons

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust: Vernal Pools Hike March 25 In Monroe County  [More Information On Vernal Pools ]

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Biologist Optimistic About Reintroducing American Martens In PA

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bowers: Reflections In Nature - Cold Weather Has Not Affected Wildlife


Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

[Posted: March 5, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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