Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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

-- Community Demands Accountability From EQT Natural Gas On 1-Year Anniversary Of Greene County Frack-Out Incident; Families Still Without Clean Water; No DEP Investigation Results  [PaEN] 

-- KDKA Investigations: Washington County Family Says Energy Transfer/MarkWest Natural Gas Processing Plants Turned Peaceful Farm Into Nightmare  - Part I & II [PaEN]

-- KDKA Investigations: Environmental Group Says DEP Is Stonewalling It Amid Search For Answers About Energy Transfer Natural Gas Plant Explosion Christmas Day In Washington County - Part II 

--  DEP Rejects MarkWest Act 2 Cleanup Notification For 10,000 Gallon Natural Gas Condensate Spill At Compressor Station In Robinson Twp., Washington County; Notice Is Re-sent   [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 1 to 7; New Brownfield Cleanups; Shale Gas Well Plugging Picks Up; New Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 8; New Brownfield Cleanups Increase  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Shale Gas Well Emergency Response, Pollution Prevention Contingency Plan Guidance  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Aug. 23 Hearing On Title V Air Quality Permit Revisions For Artemas Natural Gas Compressor Station In Bedford County  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News: Q/A: What To Do About Pollution From A Vast New Shell Petrochemical Plant In Pennsylvania 

-- WeConservePA Hosts Oct. 5 Webinar On Establishing Local Environmental Advisory Councils; EAC Network Gathering Oct. 21 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Drops Appeal Of Shale Gas Well Pad Denial In West Deer; Residents Plan To Fight Recently Approved Well Pad

-- Observer-Reporter: Tractor-Trailer Carrying Fracking Sand Overturns In East Finley

-- The Allegheny Front: Activists Rally To Prevent Fracking Under Ohio’s Salt Fork State Park

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Projected Drop In Act 13 Impact Fee Revenues In 2023 Reiterates Need For Natural Gas Infrastructure

-- The Intelligencer: West Virginia Income, Natural Gas Severance Taxes Drive $1.8 Billion Surplus

-- Trout Unlimited - Brian Cooper: Beech Creek Abandoned Mine Drainage Cleanup Will Expand Brook Trout Habitat In Centre, Clinton Counties  

-- WVIA: Company Seeks Former Mine Lands For Reforestation

-- DCNR Blog: Building The Outdoor Recreation Economy One Bike At A Time - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern to the Director of Outdoor Recreation  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Wilds Promotes Remote Work With ‘Test Drive’ Program And Free Housing

-- Rodale Institute Annual Organic Field Day To Be Held July 21 At Kutztown, Berks County Campus  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Women Are Changing The Face Of Agriculture

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Forest Owners Look To The Carbon Market To Help Manage Their Trees 

-- WESA: Woods Further Afield: Dispatches From PA’s Rothrock State Forest

--  TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Plants Native Grasses, Wildflowers At St. Xavier Site 

-- North Branch Land Trust Hosts July 14 Botanical Drawing Basics Workshop At The Dallas Twp. Municipal Building, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Nonprofits Can Apply For Duquesne Light $10,000 Microgrants To Benefit Communities, Education, Clean Energy [Deadline July 21]

-- TribLive Letter: ‘Every Bottle Back’ Aids Pittsburgh Recycling - By Tony Crisci, PA Beverage Association

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 7 RiverWatch Video Report 

-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network Blog: Caring For Our ‘Garden Of Eden’ - Solar Energy Benefits For Pennsylvania - By Julian Burnett, PosiGen Solar & Energy Efficiency  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For Entire Electrical Grid Footprint for July 5   [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: How Residents Of Philly’s Hottest Neighborhoods Are Coping As Temperatures Rise

-- Centre Daily Times Climate Watch: What Climate Models Can Teach Us About Heat

-- PJM Interconnection Announces New Project Evaluation Process Begins July 10; More Than 260,000 MW Of Mostly Renewable Projects In Queue  [PaEN]

-- WESA/StateImpactPA: In PA, Renewable Energy Projects Could Come Online Faster With New PJM Interconnection Grid Policy

-- Inside Climate News: PJM Interconnection Grid Operator Must Process And Connect Backlogged Clean Energy Projects, New Report Says

-- UtilityDive: Most Of US Faces Elevated Risk Of Blackouts In Extreme Heat This Summer, North American Electric Reliability Corp Warns 

-- Canary Media: Natural Gas Is The Pillar Of US Electric Generation, It’s Also Unreliable

-- WPost Guest Essay: Renewables Are Saving Texas As Coal, Natural Gas Plants Go Offline - Again - So Give Them Their Due

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Region Among Hotspots For PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Tap Water, Study Finds

-- KYW: Proposed EPA Rule On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Could Cost Companies $1 Billion, But Health Experts Say It Still Falls Short

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Conservancy’s Phil Wenger - Departing Thoughts From A Land Trust Convert

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Celebrating Our Wildland Firefighters

-- WKSU: EPA Seeks Public Input On 4th Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Action Plan 

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Summer Fun At Jennings Environmental Center; Inspiration In Idaho  [PaEN]

-- Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Host Homeowners Resource Fair July 21 At Wallenpaupack Environmental Center  [PaEN]

-- Republican Cong. Kelly: US Fish & Wildlife Service To ‘Pause’ Consideration Of Proposed French Creek National Wildlife Refuge To Draft Smaller Refuge Proposal

-- Franklin County Free Press Guest Essay: Protecting PA Wildlife Through Wildlife Corridors

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville/F&M Study: Green Roofs Bring More Bats Into Lancaster City, That’s A Good Thing

-- PennLive: Rare Butterflies Bloom Amid The Booms At Ft. Indiantown Gap

-- LancasterOnline: 6 Ways To Help Pennsylvania’s At-Risk Firefly Population

-- NYT: Formal Landscaping With Native Plants?  Yes, It’s Possible [Natural Lands - Stoneleigh]

-- TribLive Editorial: The Impact Of Nonnative Species On Local Ecosystems Can Be Profound

-- Penn State: A Seed Survival Story: How Trees Keep ‘Friends’ Close And ‘Enemies’ Guessing

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary July Events: More Than A Walk In The Woods; Birds Become Poems; Family Forest Fun; Moth Night; Nature Photography; Wild Edible Plants; More! 

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA July News: Working With Fire; Fish Surveys In Lebanon County; Kinzua Dam ‘Pulse’ Water Release 

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Aphids; Downy Mildew; Watering To Beat The Summer Heat; Japanese Beetles; Master Gardener Workshops Near You

-- WESA: Wildfire Smoke Hasn’t Been Problem For Garden Plants, But Climate Change Is

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Are Back Killing Trees, Threatening Agriculture And Changing The Taste Of Honey

-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly: Checklist For Travelers; Participate In Lanternfly Distribution Survey; 50% Off Extension Courses

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: ‘Do Not Disturb’ Young Wildlife, Take Precautions Not To Attract Them

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: July 9, 2023]  PA Environment Digest