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-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building [PaEN]
-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism [PaEN]
-- County Conservation District Week Observed April 23-29 [PaEN]
-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023 [PaEN]
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards 11 Grants Totaling $120,000 [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Organizers Of Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Envision It As Model For Clean Water Projects
-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together Series: Community Solar Saves Water - Keeps it Clean - Saves Money, Too! - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- CleanScapes: Volunteers Needed For Cleanups In Clinton County, Northcentral PA Starting April 29
-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County
-- Julia Krall Named PA Executive Director Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking [PaEN]
-- EDF: Pennsylvania Has 55,000 Oil/Gas Wells At High Risk Of Being Abandoned; 51,000 Wells At Risk Of Being Transferred To Low Solvency Owners; Current Conventional Well Owners Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average [PaEN]
-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA [PaEN]
-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Tentatively Sets May 18 Online Public Conference On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County; Opponents Again Call For Robust Public Participation Process [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise
-- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability
-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant [PaEN]
-- Fox News: Federal PHMSA Decides Not To Grant Permit For Transporting LNG Natural Gas From A Proposed Wyalusing, Bradford County Plant Via Railroad
-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania
-- WHYY: Controversial Plan To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail From Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant Hits Another Roadblock
-- Utility Dive: State Regulators - Including PA - Urge PJM To Speed Interconnection For New Generation In Face Of Power Plant Retirements
-- House Environmental Committee Sets May 1 Hearing On Cryptocurrency And Climate Change; Background Brief [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Violation At PA Natural Gas Drilling Site Raises Questions About Lack Of Cryptocurrency Regulation
-- Register Now! 9th Annual Renewables Summit Set For May 22-23 Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- UnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Adding Solar Panels To New Stanton Office As Part Of Sustainability Effort
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA
-- EPA Names 2023 Top Cities For ENERGY STAR Certified Buildings, Including Philadelphia
-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley
-- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philadelphia Students Present Environmental Problems And Solutions At WHYY
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open
-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Who Pays For Air Quality Regulatory Program In Allegheny County? Health Dept. Proposes Changes In Funding
-- DelcoTimes.com: Chester Residents, Activists Again March On Covanta Waste-To-Energy Facility
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster, PA’s Air Quality Is Still Terrible
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Electric Shuttle Buses, EV Charging Infrastructure Bound For Pittsburgh Airport
-- Reimagine Appalachia: New Report Outlines Job Impacts Of Green Locomotives From The Wabtec Manufacturing Facility In Erie [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts Soil, Water Sampling Results Related To Monitoring PA For Impacts From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Hershey’s Chocolate Comes Full Circle On PA Dairy Farm, The Cows Love It
-- TribLive: Mountain Climbers Rappel Down Mount Washington In Pittsburgh To Cleanup Litter
-- Post-Gazette: ‘This Is Amazing,’: Dozens Rappel Off Mount Washington For Annual Litter Clean Up
-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Collects Over 73,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste At Collection Event April 28-29 [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collection Events In Allegheny County During May [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Cambria County During May [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Sets May Schedule For Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: 685 Pounds Of Prescription Drugs Collected During Take Back Day In Schuylkill County
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly’s Ban Has Prevented 200 Million Plastic Bags From Being Used
-- WHYY: Study Finds Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working
-- WHYY: Cheltenham Twp. Passes Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags; 16th Municipality In PA To Pass A Ban
-- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program
-- TribLive: Leechburg Recycling Center Volunteers Carry Heavy Burden
-- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St. Joseph
-- Altoona Mirror: Putting Earth First: Portage Students Turn Out For Reboot Of School’s Annual Earth Day Cleanup
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Area Students Release Fingerling Trout, Enjoy Outdoor Fun At County Fairgrounds [Trout In The Classroom]
-- Post-Gazette: Shaler Students ‘Love The Earth’ And Show It In A New Book
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day
-- Land Health Institute Accepting Applications For Philadelphia Program For Future Environmental Scientists And Stewards (ProFESS), May 15 Deadline
-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie Leads City Nature Challenge, 4-Day Bioblitz April 28 - May 1 [PaEN]
-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Bees Are Busy At Philly’s Libraries, Making Honey Used For Education And Fun
-- Archinect News: PHMC Receives Grant To Start Process Of Renovating The Learning Center At The Eckley Miners’ Village Museum In Carbon County
-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Altoona Is Boosting Its Economy With Outdoor Recreation
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project
-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven
-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated
-- UnionProgress.com: New Designation Celebrates 8 Of Pittsburgh’s ‘Remarkable Trees’
-- WHYY: Philly’s Commercial Corridors Are Blooming With Greenery Thanks To 117 New Trees
-- Centre Daily Times: Firefighters Who Battled Wildfire In Philipsburg Area Receive ‘Overwhelming’ Community Support
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School
-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge
-- Fish & Boat Commission Board Awards Boating Facility, Erie Access Improvement Grants, Moves To Protect Wild Trout Populations
-- Reading Eagle: 1,300+ Feet Of Blue Marsh Lake Shoreline Restored, Fish Habitat Added
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will New, Glass-Sided Skyscraper In Lancaster Kill Migrating Birds? Here’s What’s Being Considered
-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show
-- Penn State Extension: June 13 Webinar On Wildlife Adaptations - How Wildlife Endures Extreme Weather, Limited Resources, Predators To Stay Alive [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Open For Unique Appalachian Ecology Course For Teens - June 16-26, Deadline May 14
-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary]
-- TribLive: Western PA Scientists Research Evolutionary Path Of Ancient Mammal Ancestors: Eating Plants And Blinking
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[Posted: April 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest
