104 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 104 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!

-- House Unanimously Passes Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics And Dampening Public Participation  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College Environmental & Indigenous Rights Honoree Tara Houska: Don’t Disconnect Yourself From The Reality Of Nature; Endless Expansion Of Pipelines Have No Place In Reality; Find Powerful Moments Of Joy  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Updates Location Of Scranton Public Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy  [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice Update: Invitation To Comment On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy

-- Joseph Minott, Long-Time Executive Director Of Clean Air Council, To Retire At End Of 2023  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Honors Laura Turner Seydel Of Captain Planet Foundation With Freshwater Excellence Award  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Holds 20th SANniversary Celebration Nov. 2 At Elmwood Park Zoo, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro, DCNR Announce Investment Of $52.5 Million In Local Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Across PA; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. 16  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Announces Appointment Of Seth Cassell As Pennsylvania's 18th State Forester  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Hears Benefits Of Forested Stream Buffers-- Increasing Property Values, Water Quality Improvements, Reduced Impacts From Flooding; Builders, Republican Chair Worried About A ‘Taking’ Of Property  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Committee Hears Testimony On Riparian Stream Buffer Bill

-- Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Partners: October Is Riparian Buffer Month!  Join Special Events Near You! Build Awareness. Share Tips, Facts! 

-- Could Your Land Benefit From A Forested Riparian Stream Buffer?  Contact The Western PA Conservancy  [PaEN]

-- Maryland's Conowingo Pay For Success Program Funding Now Available In PA’s Susquehanna River Watershed For Projects To Reduce Nutrient Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Apply Now For Climate-Smart Agriculture Grants From Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences, Partners  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension: New Program Offers Free Technical Assistance To Transition To Organic Production Agriculture

-- Pike County Conservation District: What Is The Conservation Districts' Role?  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Greening Lower Susquehanna Program Seeks Volunteers For Nov. 4 Riparian Buffer Planting In Lancaster County 

-- WVIA: Earth Conservancy Receives EPA Funding To Restore Abandoned Mine Lands In Espy Run Creek In Luzerne County

-- TribLive: Murrysville Moves Ahead With Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project In Lyon Run Watershed

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed: 300+ Attend 11th Annual Delaware River Watershed Forum Uniting Hundreds Of Conservation Advocates, Constituents And Organizations  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 24 Webinar - Science Meets Community Engagement: The Delaware River Watershed Initiative  [PaEN]

-- PA Clean Water Academy Releases 2 New Courses On Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration, 2024 Integrated Water Quality Report Viewer  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Will Proposed Gannon University Great Lakes Research & Education Center Be Housed In Blasco Library?

-- Pennsylvania Students Join Others At Chesapeake Bay Foundation Student Leadership Summit To Take Action On Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna State Park Teaches Watershed Environmental Connections

-- LancasterOnline: Mountville Holds Community Watershed Event Oct. 7

-- PA Meaningful Watershed Education Program 4-Part Facilitator Certification Training Starts Oct. 16 

-- York Dispatch: York-Area Businesses Do Their Part To Conserve Water During Drought Warning

-- US Small Business Administration To Provide Low-Interest Disaster Loans To Businesses, Homeowners As A Result Of July Flooding In Northampton County  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Scranton To Provide Individual Assistance To Flood Victims With Federal American Rescue Funds

-- WNEP: Luzerne County Emergency Management Agency Urging Anyone With Flood Damage From September Storm To Report It

-- WHYY: Residents Of Eastwick Philadelphia Neighborhood Question Officials On Proposed Levee To Prevent Flooding

-- USGS Study: Floodplains In Chesapeake Bay, Delaware Watersheds Provide $124 Million+ In Annual Water Quality, Sediment Trapping Benefits

-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Change Is Causing More Damaging ‘Mid-Size’ Storms, Insurers Are Taking Notice

-- The Guardian: Type Of Storm That Drenched New York Up To 20% Wetter Due To Climate Crisis

-- Repsol Gas USA Issued Violation For Denying DEP Right To Document Damaged Shale Gas Well Casing During Investigation Of Uncontrolled Gas Venting In Bradford County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Unauthorized Water Withdrawals For 17 Days From Beaver Run Reservoir In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- Petro Erie Inc. Again Claims It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s 2nd Order To Cleanup Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 -- Company Tries To Limit DEP Investigation; Unauthorized Water Withdrawals; Can’t Pay For Reno Cleanup; Venting Gas Wells; More Abandoned Conventional Wells  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Hearing Board Will Hear Key Arguments On Appeal By A Washington County Family Alleging Shale Gas Drilling Contaminated Their Water Supply With PFAS And Other Chemicals  [PaEN]

-- WPXI: Activists, Washington County Residents Concerned After Study Explores Link Between Natural Gas Development, Cancer

-- FarmAndDairy.com: Orphan Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Hard To Plug, Despite Influx Of Federal Dollars In PA, OH

-- PUC: Focus Of Natural Gas Explosion In Port Richmond Section Of Philadelphia Now Inside The Buildings  [PaEN]

-- AP: PA Chocolate Factory Fined For Failing To Evacuate Before Fatal Natural Gas Explosion

-- TribLive: Car Rally Held To Raise Money For Rustic Ridge Families Impacted By Home Explosion, Fires In Allegheny County

-- Agencies Celebrate Eastern Hellbender License Plate Recognizing PA’s Clean Water Ambassador; Shale Gas Development On DCNR Land Threatens Habitat  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On PA General Energy Constructing 3 Shale Natural Gas, Water Pipelines Thru Exceptional Value, High Quality, Wild Trout Streams In Lycoming County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Now Accepting Comments On 2 Proposed Olympus Energy Water Withdrawal Structures At Beaver Run Reservoir To Support Shale Gas Development In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- Center For Rural Pennsylvania: Rural Population To Shrink 5.8%; Fewer Young People, More Older People; Current Policies Failed To Sustain Communities, Ensure Long-Term Rural Resiliency  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Study: Westmoreland County Will Lead Population Decline In Western PA, While Others Will Boom

-- TribLive: At 16%, Westmoreland County Tops Local Population Loss Estimates  

-- PA Capital-Star: Population Projections Highlight Need For Long-Term Solutions To Sustain Rural PA Communities; Population Expected To Shrink By 5.8% 

-- The Allegheny Front: Three Rivers Waterkeeper Citizen Monitoring Finds Plastics Maker Styrenics LLC Discharging Plastic Nurdles Into Ohio River, Threatens Lawsuit To Stop Them  - By Reid Frazier  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Groups To Sue Styropek For Plastic Discharge At Potter Twp. Facility

-- Post-Gazette: Environmental Groups Announce Intent To Sue Beaver County Plastics Manufacturer For Discharging Plastic Nurdles

-- The Allegheny Front: EPA Rejects Part Of Allegheny County Air Quality Permit For Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- Post-Gazette: EPA Objects To Allegheny County Air Quality Permit Issued To Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- PennFuture: Environmental Groups Win EPA’s Objection To Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Allegheny County Air Permit

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Allegheny County’s Progress On Air Quality - By Allegheny Health Dept.

-- The Guardian: ‘We’re Not Doomed Yet:’ University Of Pennsylvania Climate Scientist Michael Mann On Our Last Chance To Save Human Civilisation

-- The Allegheny Front: University Of Pennsylvania’s Michael Mann’s New Book Says Earth’s Climate History Shows Us There’s Still Time To Act 

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Activists Call On PA Lawmakers To End Fossil Fuel Use At ‘PA Climate Convergence’

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: At ‘Climate Convergence’ In PA, Environmental Activists Urge Gov. Shapiro, State Lawmakers To Do More To Curb Emissions

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light 10th Annual Conference- No Faith In Fossil Fuels - Nov. 5: Virtual Keynote & Panel Discussion, 5 Regional Workshop Locations  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh-based Contemporary Craft Oct. 14 Climate Awakening Forum - Crafting A Sustainable Future, 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

-- NPR Climate Week: The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Health Care Has A Massive Carbon Footprint, These Pittsburgh Doctors Are Trying To Change That

-- WNEP: Bloomsburg Considering Solar Power For Public Works, Recycling Buildings

-- WNEP: Snyder County Midwest School District Saving More Money Than Expected From Solar Energy For A Year+

-- WNEP: Tunkhannock School District In Wyoming County Moving To Solar Energy To Save Money

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast: Solar Energy At Wastewater Treatment Plants

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: New Investment In Pittsburgh’s Exus Wind Energy Firm Means More Renewable Projects

-- EPA's GreenChill Program Recognizes Environmentally Friendly Refrigerant Management In Supermarket Industry, Including Weis Markets, The Giant Company, ALDI In PA  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle Guest Essay: Let’s Make Pennsylvania A Leader In Energy Efficiency - By PennEnvironment

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Oct. 17 In-Person Harnessing Hydrogen: Exploring Local & Regional Opportunities In Appalachia Program  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: DEP Secretary To Be Featured Speaker At Washington & Jefferson Hydrogen Seminar

-- PennLive: Application To Build Hydroelectric Dam On Lower Susquehanna River Rejected By Feds

-- Tribune-Democrat: Officials Identify Coal Miner Killed In Accident At LCT Energy’s Maple Springs Mine In Somerset County

-- AP: Coal Miner Killed In Somerset County Mining Accident; DEP Investigating

-- KDKA: Fayette County Families Plead With Elected Officials To Provide More Help After Mine Subsidence Damaged Washington Twp. Homes; No Gas Service For 3 Weeks

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: New Anthracite Coal Mine Tour In Scranton Shares Pennsylvania’s Checkered Mining Legacy

-- Erie Times: Two Erie Authorities Hope To Acquire Former Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site And Begin Cleanup 

-- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Former Berks County Battery Plant Considered For New Cleanup Effort

-- Attorney General Henry Supports EPA Proposal To Strengthen Lead Hazard Standards

-- PennLive: Harrisburg Area Community College Finds High Blood Lead Levels In Instructors Using Indoor Firing Range, Will Close Law Enforcement Training Facility

-- Allegheny County Conservation District, Grow Pittsburgh Offer Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Rep. Kaufer To Host Community Electronics Waste Recycling Event Oct. 26 In Luzerne County

-- University Of Pittsburgh Sustainability Challenge Winner Is Ecotone Renewables For Food Waste Solutions On Campus

-- Game Commission Works With Legislators, Stakeholders To Safeguard Federal Wildlife Funds; House Passes Budget Bill Without Game Fund Transfer  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: 633 Acres Of Drake's Creek Watershed In Carbon County Preserved By Lehigh Valley's Wildlands Conservancy  [PaEN]

-- 414 Acres Of Forestland Added To Elk State Forest In Cameron County By Western PA Conservancy  [PaEN] 

-- Courier Times: Lower Makefield Unveils Big Plans For Preserved Patterson Farm Makeover

-- Republican Herald: Walk In Penn’s Woods ‘Well Attended’ At Penn State Schuylkill

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: New Office Of Outdoor Recreation Puts Focus On Industry

-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria County Officials Tout Ghost Town Trail Signs As Safety Boost

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Bridging The Gap - A Vision For Recreation In Marianna And Beyond

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Breaks Ground On $7 Million 10-Acre Waterfront Park In Bridesburg

-- WHYY: Philly’s Latest Riverfront Park Will Rise From Site Of An Old Concrete Factory In Bridesburg

-- PennLive: PA House Passes Bill To Would Allow Cities To Crack Down On Illegal Dirt Bikes, ATVs

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition To Host Webinars On Spread Of Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Oct. 17 And Aquatic Invasive Species Nov. 14  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Dept. Of Ecosystem Science & Management: Guide To Seed Selection For Planting Resilient Forests

-- North Branch Land Trust Receives Grant From PPL Foundation To Survey Rare Plants In Butler Preserve, Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Fall Is A Great Time To Landscape With Native Plants In Erie

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[Posted: October 8, 2023]   PA Environment Digest