Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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

-- House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program  [PaEN]

-- NOTE: Governor’s nomination of Richard Negrin as DEP Secretary and Cindy Adams Dunn as DCNR Secretary will be on legislative Day 16 of 25 when the Senate returns to session on June 5.  June 27 is the last day for action.  No Committee action scheduled yet.

-- NOTE: Rodney R. Akers, Esq. has been nominated to the Environmental Hearing Board as a placeholder to replace Thomas Renwand who retired.

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- TribLive: Ohiopyle’s Other Side: Fewer Than 30 People Live In The Borough Dwarfed By A State Park

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency Green Job Training Prepares Future Philly Workers For Climate Transition

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville University’s Ecology Professor John Wallace Retiring After 25 Years

-- Scranton Times: Forest City Students Visit Keystone College To Learn About Nature

-- PA American Water Announces 2023 Wonderful World Of Water Camps In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Daily American: Schools Should Apply Now For Deer Valley YMCA Outdoor Environmental Education Program In Somerset County

-- TribLive: Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. To Host Young Naturalist Camp June 11-13 In Westmoreland County 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - Night Transforms The Forest

-- NextPittsburgh: Latodami Nature Center Offers A Quieter Way To Explore North Park In Allegheny County

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Water Week Connects Land Management To Water Health June 2 to 10

-- U.S. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Things Are Different In The House: Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs Became ‘Democracy’ vs. ‘Open Mic Night’  [PaEN] 

-- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA  [PaEN] 

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health  [HB 1032, SB 230]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Fund More PA Schools To Tap Sunshine To Power Their Buildings

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Energy Facility Better Than Nothing For Toxic Coal Waste Site

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item:  Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club 

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- TribLive: Shall Appalachia Find $10 Million For Air Quality Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- AP: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million For Air Pollution Violations At Massive New Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million To Settle Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation 

-- Reuters: European Union Natural Gas Use Expected To Shrink By More Than Its Russian Impacts

-- Bloomberg: Natural Gas Price Plunge Brings Relief To Europe After Energy Panic

-- Bloomberg: Plunging LNG Natural Gas Prices Put U.S. Export Cancellations In The Frame

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times Editorial: Keeping A Natural Lifeline Pure With Environmental Rights Amendment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Industry]  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry]  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Appalachia Is Vying For Big Hydrogen And What It Will Mean To Win

-- Penn State Researchers Looking At Using Coal To Store Hydrogen Like Batteries Store Energy 

-- AP: PA Supreme Court Appears Split Over PA Plan To Force Power Plants To Pay For Carbon Emissions [RGGI] 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Order Halting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program

-- Politics PA: PA Supreme Court Considers Whether Power Plants Should Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- AP: PA Supreme Court To Consider Plan To Make Power Plants Pay For Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Brown Institute For Environment & Society Conference: Climate Obstruction In 2023 May 31 to June 2 

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- Observer-Reporter: Pittsburgh Healing Waters Fly Fishing:  Fly Fishing Program Offers Rehab To Veterans

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: PA’s Water Resources A Blessing, Safety Is Key To Enjoying Them

-- Penn State’s Lara Fowler Named Director Of Sustainability Institute, Chief Sustainability Officer

-- Beaver County Times: Become A Penn State Master Gardener In Beaver County

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center Erie: Monday Music In The Woods Jun 5 - July 31

-- Natural Lands: Connect To The Outdoors At Upcoming Summer Events

-- PennLive: Is It OK To Pick Weeds To Eat?  Foraging In Harrisburg Region Grows As ‘There Is Food All Around Us’

-- TribLive: Invasive Asian Tiger Mosquito Loves The Standing Water Near Your House

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Insects Affect Our Ways Of Life Negatively And Positively

-- PennLive: Researchers In National Aviary In Pittsburgh Sight Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Thought To Be Extinct In Louisiana

-- TribLive: Get Ready To Stomp: Spotted Lanternflies About To Hatch In Western PA

-- TribLive: Penn State Extension Hosts June Meetings In Allegheny County On Spotted Lanternfly

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, Partners Host Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo June 3 Shikellamy State Park Marina, Sunbury  [PaEN]

-- YourErie.com: Republican Cong. Kelly Voices Opposition To Proposed French Creek Wildlife Refuge

-- The Ripon Advance: PA Republican Cong. Kelly, Thompson Seek Federal Reconsideration Of Proposed French Creek Watershed National Wildlife Refuge

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Makes The Economic Case For The National Forest 

-- Bloomberg: Intensity Of Methane Emissions By Oil & Gas Industry Declined: Report

-- Bloomberg: Solar Power Investment Set To Surpass Oil Production Spending This Year

-- Bloomberg: Multiplying Solar And Battery Factories Put Net Zero In Closer Reach

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: May 28, 2023]