PA Environment Digest Blog: 82 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 82 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!

-- Moms Clean Air Force Blog: Happy Mother’s Day To My Growing, Badass Climate Community - By Alexandra Zissu

-- PA Wilds Center Announces Winners Of 2023 PA Wilds Champion Awards; Recognition Dinner July 27 [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Canon-McMillian H.S. Team Wins Washington County Envirothon

-- Warren Times: Aletta Marie Summers Returns To PA Wildlife Leadership Academy As Wildlife Conservation Ambassador

-- LancasterOnline: Janus School Students Release Rainbow Trout Into The Wild

-- Republican Herald: Tamaqua Area Students Learn About The Outdoors At Locust Lake State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Gone Fishin’: Trinity Elementary Students Head To Mingo Creek County Park For Nature Lessons

-- Dallas Youth Commit To Conservation With North Branch Land Trust In Luzerne County - By Melissa Lopez, North Branch Land Trust, Land Protection and Stewardship Coordinator [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Young Ambassadors Of Pennsylvania Program Graduates Inaugural Class Of 2023; Sign Ups For New Class Start Aug. 1 [PaEN]

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Children's Art Contest Winners Attend Commissioners Meeting To Accept Awards [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Students Craft Metal Selfie Frames At County Parks To Mark County’s 250th Anniversary

-- University Of Pennsylvania, Drexel University Team 2nd Place Winner Of EPA Environmental Justice Video Challenge For Students To Help Solve Community Problems [PaEN]

-- PennLive: PA Bar Association Recognizes Terry Bossert, Former DEP Chief Counsel, With 50-Year Member Award

-- Dept. Of Agriculture: PA Senate Confirms Russell Redding To Serve As Secretary Of Agriculture

-- DEP: Widespread Presence Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Fresh Water May Have Led To ‘Inadvertently’ Using Contaminated Water For Fracking Gas Wells In Washington County [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Money Won’t Be Enough To Solve PA Abandoned Conventional Oil/Gas Well Problem, Current Well Owners Routinely Fail To Plug Their Wells

-- DEP: Seneca Resources Ignores NOVs On DCNR Shale Gas Well Pad Cleanup For 7 Months & Counting; Citizen Complaint Finds Homeowner Well Venting Gas; Multiple Tanker Truck Spills [PaEN]

-- PA General Energy Announced It Will Plug Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Grant Twp., Indiana County [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Ohio Environmentalists, Oil Companies Battle State Over Dumping Of PA/OH Fracking Wastewater

-- TribLive: Class Action Lawsuit Alleges 123,000 Mon Valley Residents Due Compensation For Nuisance Caused By 2018 U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

-- Groups File Federal Lawsuit Against Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County For Air Pollution Violations [PaEN]

-- AP: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Over Air Quality At Massive New PA Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times: Environmental Groups Sue Shell Petrochemical Plant For ‘Repeated Air Pollution Violations’

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Have Some In Beaver County Questioning Its Ability To Be A Good Neighbor

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Air Pollution Problems Leave Some Beaver County Locals Concerned

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Sued Over Air Emissions

-- Post Gazette: Shell Faces Lawsuits From Environmental Groups Over Pollution, Emissions At Its Beaver County Plant

-- Reuters: Shell’s Start Up At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Slower Than Expected, To Take Rest Of 2023

-- ABCNews: Microplastics In Lake Erie Highlight Growing Concern Over Potential Health Effects [Shale Gas Wells, Shell Petrochemical Plant]

-- New Jersey Monitor: Critics Of Gibbstown, NJ Plan For LNG Natural Gas Transport From Bradford County Warn Of Global Warming Impact

-- Harrisburg University Research Cited By 2 Federal Agencies In New Regulations To Fight Methane Pollution From Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Solarpunk Envisions A Sustainable Future With Art, Innovation And Jobs

-- EPA Proposes New Carbon Pollution Standards For Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants To Tackle Climate Crisis, Protect Public Health

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Again Proposes Power Plant Carbon Pollution Reduction Rules, Third Time The Charm?

-- The Guardian: New U.S. Rules Could Stem Emissions From Coal, Gas Power Plants

-- Bloomberg: EPA Plan To Cut Planet-Warming Pollution Spares Most Natural Gas Power Plants

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Applauds Proposed Federal Rule To Detect, Repair Natural Gas Pipeline Leaks

-- Young Evangelicals For Climate Action Applaud Proposed EPA Standards To Cut Pollution From Fossil Fuel Power Plants

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: House Lawmakers Examine Cryptocurrency’s Use Of Waste Coal To Generate Power For Data Mining

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA’s Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Is Closing, What Would It Take To Transition The Site To Renewables?

-- TribLive: Demo Crews Implode Former 510 MW Elrama Coal-Fired Power Plant In Washington County [Neighbor: “I’m glad it’s gone. There would be constant soot.” Neighbor: “We’re Used To It.” You Had To Scrub Your House Twice A Year.]

-- WESA: Nearly Half Of PA’s Top 12 Greenhouse Gas Emitting Power Plants Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- WHYY: Power Plants Among The Largest Industrial Climate Polluters In PA

-- PA Capital-Star: Report: Pennsylvania Ranked Fourth Nationally In Greenhouse Gas Emissions In 2020

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: New Study Tracks PA’s Top 12 Polluting Power Plant, And Nearly Half Are In Pittsburgh Region

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: Region’s Power Plants Among State’s Top Polluters

-- MCall: Who Are Top Greenhouse Gas Polluters In Lehigh Valley? New Report Provides Details

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly-Area Power Plant On Group’s List Of ‘Dirty Dozen’ PA Greenhouse Gas Polluters

-- Scranton Times: Invenergy’s Natural Gas Power Plant Among State’s 12 Worst Greenhouse Gas Polluters, Study Shows

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Home Energy Use Can Be Expensive, Contribute To Climate Change; New Programs Aim To Cut Bills And Emissions

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Threatens The State Tree, Bird And Fish; Work Is Under Way To Help The Native Species

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Settlement Focuses On Cleanup Efforts At Central PA Farms - By Julia Krall, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA

-- PA American Water Awards $75,000+ In Local Environmental Project Grants [PaEN]