-- 3 Pennsylvania Schools Achieve Green Ribbon Schools Recognition From U.S. Dept. of Education [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: California Area School District In Washington County Recognized As Top Sustainability School
-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Update - Earth Week Edition [PaEN]
-- Reading Eagle: Retired High School Biology Teacher Reflects On 53 Years Of Earth Days
-- TribLive: Greensburg Salem, Derry, Norwin Top Westmoreland Envirothon Competition
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Envirothon Held At Chapman State Park
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer
-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Creek Critters - A Book For Kids Inspires Scientific Discovery In Utah School
-- Landscape Architecture Students Help Pittsburgh Communities Reimagine What's Possible Using Green Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: East Palestine Ohio 17-Year-Old Advocates For Herself, Other Teens After Train Derailment
-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring
-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 15 to 21; 10 Abandoned Well NOVs; New Crude Oil Leak; Defective Casing/Cementing [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 22 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues [PaEN]
-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Free Green Building & Design Summer Institute For High School Students June 12-23 [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant [PaEN]
-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants
-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry
-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: Nearly 120 Million In U.S. Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi- American Lung Assn. Report
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Air Quality Improves In New Report, But Takes Steps Back, Too
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Has Some Of The Worst Air Quality In The Country
-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Air Quality Gets Mixed Grades
-- UnionProgress.com: Half Of 1.8 Million Pounds Of Industrial Air Pollutants Discharged In Pittsburgh Area In 2021 Came From U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities
-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning
-- Bay Journal: Shale Gas Drilling, Development Yields Both Fears, Funding For Pennsylvania Public Lands - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]
-- 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]
-- DEP/Equitrans Settlement: DEP, Preempted By Federal Law, Withdraws Order, Closes NOVs Against Equitrans For Cambria County Natural Gas Storage Leak Releasing 1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP Reaches Deal With Equitrans On Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Order
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County To Ship LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting
-- American Journal Of Transportation: PA LNG Task Force Takes Testimony On Expanding Natural Gas To PA Ports
-- WFMJ: New Study On Eastern Ohio Gas/Oil Wells Links Fracking To Earthquakes
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard Investments Headquarters In Chester County
-- WITF: Feeling Overwhelmed By Dire Climate News? Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Envision A ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ Refinery Redo At Community Summit
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Must Seize Its Place In The Emerging Green Economy For Health, Equity And Prosperity - By Sister Pat Lupo and Jenny Tompkins
-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Responds To Listing Of Ohio River As America's 2nd Most Endangered River In The Nation; Lehigh River On List Too [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio River Ranks 2nd On America’s Most Endangered List By American Rivers Group
-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh River Named One Of 10 Most Endangered In Country; Warehouses And Poor Planning Blamed In Report
-- Pocono Record: Warehouse Growth Puts PA’s Lehigh River On Most Endangered List
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lehigh River Listed As ‘Most Endangered’ River In U.S. Due To Rampant Warehouse Developments
-- American Rivers: Lehigh And Ohio Rivers Listed In America’s 10 Most Endangered Rivers
-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too [PaEN]
-- UpStream Newsletter From Stroud Water Research Center: Climate Impacts On Water Quality; Celebrating 10 Years In LEED Platinum Research Center
-- Penn State Extension Experts Release Guidelines To Increase Worker Safety Of Manure Storage Facilities
-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA [PaEN]
-- USDA NRCS-PA: Hosting 9-Part People’s Garden Webinar Series Beginning April 26
-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County? Get It Tested For Free
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Cherry Springs State Park And The Wonder Of Dark Skies
-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Summit April 22 To Bring Experts, Ideas To Lancaster
-- Warren Times: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Hosting Earth Day Event April 22
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: The Urban Birder: Here’s Why You Should Spend More Time Looking Up
-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Trail Guide Training May 2
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Bat Conservation In Pennsylvania
-- DCNR Blog: Bring Biodiversity Back To Your Lawn - Convert Your Lawn To A Habitat
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Annual Spring Native Plant Sale May 20-21
-- Centre Daily Times: Top Invasive Plants You Should Watch For In Your PA Backyard
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Many Flowers Beginning To Appear Thanks To Weather
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Spring Migration Update - Running Behind 10-Year Average
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day, And 50th Anniversary
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs In May
-- Spotlight PA: Erie’s View Of 2024 Solar Eclipse Will Be Exceptional, But It’s Going To Cost You
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: April 23, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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