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!

-- Inside Climate News: Gov. Shapiro Provides Fresh Support To Key Changes Recommended In 2020 Grand Jury Report To Tighten Regulation Of The Natural Gas Drilling Industry To Better Protect Public Health, Environment  [PaEN]

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Million Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas; Same Facility Plagued Community With Blowdowns 3 Times A Day, 7 Days A Week For Nearly 10 Years Until Criminal Charges Brought Against CNX [PaEN] 

-- DEP Issues Three More Air Quality Violations To Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Related To Emergency Flaring, Exceeding 12-Month Air Pollution Limits  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: DEP Investigating Odor Event From Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- WHYY: Activists Want You To Talk About Philly Refinery Redevelopment Saturday

-- WESA: After New Pittsburgh Derailment, Lawmakers Call Again To Pass Federal Train Safety Regulations

-- PA Capital-Star: After Latest Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Western PA Lawmakers Call For Accountability

-- UnionProgress.com: ‘Bomb Trains’ Are A Threat Lawmakers Must Deal With, Say Western PA Political, Environmental Leaders

-- Post-Gazette: Local Officials, Environmentalists Say It’s Time To Get Rid Of ‘Bomb Trains’

-- UnionProgress.com: 2nd Beaver County School District Sues Norfolk Southern Over Ohio Train Derailment

-- Beaver County Times: Beaver County Schools File Complaints Against Norfolk Southern On Train Derailment

-- National Wildlife Federation Selected To Serve PA, Other Mid-Atlantic States To Help Communities Access Historic Investments To Advance Environmental Justice [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Demonstration Of Attainment Of National Air Quality Standards In Indiana County Nonattainment Area

-- MCall: EPA To Limit Use Of Ethylene Oxide Used At Lehigh Valley Plant After Finding Higher Cancer Risk

-- EPA Proposes New Standards To Reduce Exposure To Ethylene Oxide Pollution

-- Scranton Times Editorial: EPA Rule To Cut Mercury Emissions From Power Plants Long Overdue

-- Shapiro Administration Announces Commitment To Fight Climate Change Under New EPA Climate Grant Program  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA To Get $6 Million In Grants For Climate Change Planning From EPA

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmaker Launches New Attempt To Allow Community Solar 

-- MCall: Lehigh University Begins Construction On 20 Acre Solar Energy Facility To Supply At Least 90% Of Electricity Needed For Goodman Campus In Bethlehem 

-- PennEnvironment Releases Online Map Highlighting Renewable Energy Projects In Every County Across PA  [PaEN]

-- LehighValleyLive.com: PA Not Just A Fossil Fuel State - 67 Examples Of Clean Energy, Including Crayola

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Green Group Highlights Renewable Energy Projects In All 67 Counties

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Hosts May 4 Webinar - Solar Schools: New Incentives Make Now The Best Time To Go Solar  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Lawmakers Propose Grant Program To Fund Solar Projects At K-12 Schools, Colleges

-- Warren Times Editorial: Warren County Has New Tool To Protect Prime Farmland From Solar Energy Projects

-- Observer-Report Editorial: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Plan Serves Economy, Environment, Shapiro Should Stay The Course 

-- TribLive Letter: Who’s Profiting From Our High Utility Bills; Huge Natural Gas Profits On The Backs Of PA Renters, Homeowners 

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Consumers Need PUC Voice - PPL Electric, UGI Natural Gas Sending Bills With No Relation To Power Use

-- EPA Awards Allegheny County $10 Million Grant To Replace Diesel With Electric Buses In Mon Valley  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: April 17 Webinar On Green Steel In The Ohio River Valley - Mon Valley Works Possibilities  [PaEN]

-- EPA Proposes Strongest-Ever Pollution Standards For Cars, Trucks To Accelerate Transition To A Clean Transportation Future

-- WESA/WVIA: More Federal Funding Coming To PA To Cleanup Abandoned Mine Lands, Treat Mine Discharges

-- KPVI: At Aylesworth Creek Lake, Trout Thrive and Officials Celebrate Mine Drainage Cleanup In Lackawanna County 

-- WTAJ: Proposed Project To Re-mine, Reclaim Abandoned Coal Land In Moshannon Valley, Clearfield County

-- Apply Now For A Scholarship To Attend The Watershed Forestry Summit In Altoona June 14-15  [PaEN] 

-- Fox43: 14,000 Native Trees To Be Planted April 14-15 At Furnace Run Park, Franklin County   

-- Stroud Water Research Center 2022 Annual Report: Profiles In Stewardship - Unalachtigo -- People Next To The Big Water  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Water Authority: Join A Stormwater Conversation Near You Discussing Stormwater Management Planning

-- MCall: Is It Possible To Have An Environmentally Friendly Warehouse?  Yes, And Here’s How

-- NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Conservation Innovation Grants  [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA: PA Grazing/Forage Lands Conservation Coalition Receives Conservation Grazing Grant

-- NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Grants From Producers Transitioning To Organic Agriculture

-- Western PA Audubon Society, Buffalo Creek Coalition Host May 9 Grants & Funding Workshop In Butler County, Online  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives EPA’s AQUARIUS Award For Community Lead Response

-- EPA Awards $1.8 Million To Delaware Estuary Program, Including Support For Mussel Hatchery At Philadelphia's Bartram's Gardens  [PaEN]

-- EPA Requests Public Input, Data On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Inform Future Federal Superfund Regulations

-- PA Resources Council Launches Initiative To Reduce Food Waste - Eat Well, Save Money & Waste Less  [PaEN]

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Announces Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Poster, Video, Essay Winners  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Tomorrow Teams Up With Keep PA Beautiful

-- Keep PA Beautiful, America250PA Now Offering Mini-Grants To Support Community Cleanups, Improvement Projects; Separate Liberty Tree Project Support Available  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy: Sign Up For April 15 Stream Cleanup, Volunteers Needed  

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?  Researchers Are Sniffing Out The Possibilities

-- Lancaster Conservancy Announces Plan To Acquire Over 300 Acres Along Susquehanna River In York County  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Preserving 300+ Acres In York County Near Susquehanna River

-- Reminder: National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Accepting Applications For America The Beautiful Challenge Grants  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Outdoor Recreation Economic Potential ‘Bigger’ Than Natural Gas, DCNR Secretary Says

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance: Happy Earth Day!  DCNR Acting Secretary Reminds Us Of The Economic Value Of Outdoor Recreation, Public Lands - ‘It’s Bigger Than Gas’ 

-- Williamsport Sun: State Recreation Director Meets With Local Leaders

-- Williamsport Sun Letter: PA Wilds Face Multiple Threats Of Natural Gas Drilling Infrastructure, Renovo Gas Power Plant, Keystates Blue Hydrogen Hub, Maryland National Guard Training Flights - By Dean Marshall

-- The Center Square: Delaware Water Gap National Park Petition From Lenape Preserve Alliance Reignites Controversy

-- WHYY: William Penn’s Pennsbury Manor Estate In Bucks County Whispers The Noisy History Of The Lenape People

-- DelcoTimes.com: Chester Youth Organizations Receive Grants From PA Environmental Council, Circuit Trails Coalition

-- Warren Times: Chapman State Park Volunteers Receive Statewide Recognition For Cavity-Nesting Birds Trail Monitoring

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce: Sinnemahone Paddle Results Available; Register For Remaining Triple Crown Events

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: ‘Pennsylvania Gold’ The Stampede To Find Shed Elk Antlers

-- Warren Times: After 5 Months Of Rehab, Bald Eagle Released By Tamarack Wildlife Center 

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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[Posted: April 16, 2023]   PA Environment Digest