78 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 78 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!

-- Gov. Shapiro: We Need Stronger Laws To Deal With The ‘Corporate Greed’ That Let Oil & Gas Operators Get Away With Abandoning Wells For Far Too Long [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Village Of Reno ‘Getting Back To Normal’ After July Conventional Oil Wastewater Spill Caused Water Crisis  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: Late Sugarcreek Boro Mayor Charlie McDaniel Praised For Leadership Responding To Village Of Reno Water Supply Emergency Caused By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill

-- FracTracker Alliance Recognizes 5 Individuals With The 2023 Community Sentinel Awards - 3 From Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust, Earth Conservancy, DCNR Preserve 1,400 Acres In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Groups Complete Protection Of 1,400 Acres Of Wilkes-Barre Mountain

-- Warren Times: Linda White Recognized By North Country Trail Association For Work In Allegheny National Forest 

-- Republican Herald: Sweet Arrow Lake At 100; Recreation Refuge To 50,000 Annually In Schuylkill County

-- Dickinson College Farm Anaerobic Digester Project Wins National Recognition  [PaEN]

-- 9th Compendium Of Studies On Health & Environmental Harms From Natural Gas Development Released - ‘The Rapidly Expanding Body Of Evidence Compiled Here Is Massive, Troubling And Cries Out For Decisive Action’  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Marks Plugging 100th Conventional Oil & Gas Well In 10 Months; New Initiative Allows Texting Abandoned Well Photos/Locations To Governor That Need Plugging  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Praise To Shapiro Administration For Plugging Old Conventional Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells

-- Protect PT, Partners Host Oct. 26 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Pennsylvania's Oil & Gas Production  [PaEN]

-- EPA, West Virginia Officials Working To Secure Fairmount Oil & Gas Wastewater Processing Facility To Prevent Release Of Radioactive, Hazardous Materials  [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Potter County Township Wants To Make It Easier For Other Places In PA To Fight Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Wells 

-- Inside Climate News: Answers About Old Conventional Gas Wells Repurposed As Injection Wells For Oil/Gas Wastewater May Never Be Fully Unearthed 

-- Senate Committee Briefing Finds No Definition Or Standard For ‘Responsibly Sourced’ Natural Gas; PA Producers Already Below One RS Threshold  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Reports Out Cryptocurrency Mining Bill Without Permit Moratorium; Resolution To Encourage Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Pools; Hearing On Gas Facility Setbacks Oct. 30  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Panther Creek Power Plant Wants To Burn Tires To Fuel Its Cryptocurrency Mining Operation, Why Environmentalists Are Fighting It 

-- Erie Times: Environmental Group Backs Plans To Acquire, Remediate Erie Coke [Coal] Site

-- Hilco Redevelopment Breaks Ground For Bellwether District In South Philadelphia On Former Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Site 

-- WHYY/BillyPenn: What To Know About The Bellwether District, The Giant Complex Now Rising On The Site Of The Former Philadelphia Refinery

-- WHYY: Philly Climate Activists Rally For Investments In Public Spaces: ‘We Can Have Nice Things’

-- Inside Climate News: Sen. Fetterman, Cong. Cartwright, Other Members Call For GAO Investigation Of Environmental Damage Caused By ‘Temporarily’ Inactive Coal Mines

-- Guest Essay: My Hometown Shows The Benefits Of The Fossil Fuel Industry Come At A Tremendous Cost - Gov. Shapiro, Let's Hold Them Accountable - Support The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative  - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network - Action  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Clean Energy Funds Investment Can Aid Hard-Hit Communities

-- WITF: How Pennsylvania Churches Are Addressing Climate Change By Tapping The Power Of The Sun

-- Republican Herald: Solar Panels Brighten Energy Picture In Pottsville Schools

-- Williamsport Sun: Township Zoning Officials Grill Solar Energy Company, Set Conditions For Special Exception Approval

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar-Powered Millvale Community Hub Breaks Ground… Kind Of

-- The Shenandoah Sentinel: Reading Anthracite Gets First Solar Energy Facility Approved 

-- WESA: Planned Pittsburgh Solar Energy Facility On Brownfield Site Generates Continued Interest With Neighbors

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Seeks To Ramp Up Renewable Energy Amid Slow State Progress 

-- Guest Post: Bobscaping Blog: When Will Peters Twp., Washington County Finally ‘Go Green;’  Failed To Install Solar Energy On Their Buildings Despite Multiple Opportunities-- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 16 Webinar On Agrivoltaics And Large-Scale Solar Facilities  [PaEN] 

-- PUC To Seek Public Comment On Proposed Policy Statement On Electric Utility Rate Design For Electric Vehicle Charging In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Environmental Group Launches $1 Million Electric Vehicle Ad Campaign In Scranton

-- US DOE Awards $3.5 Billion In Grants To Strengthen Power Grid Against Extreme Weather, To Deliver Cheaper, Cleaner, Reliable Energy, PA Included  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Millions Of Federal Dollars Could Help PA Build Climate-Ready Electric Grid

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Duquesne Light Gets $23 Million In DOE Funding For Electrical Grid Upgrades

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Long Duration Energy Storage Integral To Net Zero Carbon Clean Energy Transition 

-- PEMA Now Accepting Letters Of Interest For FEMA Flood Mitigation & Building Resilient Infrastructure And Communities Grant Programs  [PaEN]

-- DEP Adds 3 More Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: These New Changes Could Re-Shape Environmental Justice In Pennsylvania [Interview With DEP Secretary Negrin]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Mapping The Hydrogen Hub In The Midst Of DEP’s ‘Environmental Justice’ Communities On PennEnviroScreen  

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Investment Of $175.7 Million In 25 Water Infrastructure Projects In 16 Counties  [PaEN]

-- EPA, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Invest $9.6 Million In Projects To Improve Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; $5.6 Million Benefits PA  [PaEN]

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Perdue Farms Awarded $1 Million EPA, NFWF Grant To Accelerate Full-Farm Conservation Efforts On Poultry Operations In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP Awards Over $3.8 Million In Federal Section 319 Grants To 15 Projects To Restore Watershed Health  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Community Members’ Efforts Help Establish Rain Garden At Duncansville Memorial Park

-- Scranton Times: Charity Offers Aid To Flood Victims

-- Tribune-Democrat: Blacklick Valley H.S. Students Get Inside Look At $26 Million Plan To Treat Mine Drainage Pollution, Revive Blacklick Creek

-- Stroud Water Research Center UpStream: Bringing Stream Life To You! Add Green Space, Reduce Flooding; Never Too Old To Learn To Build Soil Health  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: Erie Council OKs Lease With Gannon University To Build Great Lakes Water Research And Education Center Inside Library

-- Rodale Institute 2022 Annual Report: Growing The Regenerative, Organic Agriculture Movement

-- Registration Open For PASA Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 8-10

-- USDA NRCS-PA: Federal, State Officials Launch New Training Center For Ag Professionals In Pennsylvania

-- USDA NRCS-PA  Opens Urban Service Center In Philadelphia To Support Urban Agriculture

-- Encina Fort Union LLC Withdraws Stormwater Permit Application For A Facility That Chemically Recycles Waste Plastics In Northumberland County After It Could Not Respond To Major Deficiencies In 4 Months  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council, Partners Expand Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program To Pilot In Delaware County - Oct. 21-26 [PaEN]

-- WPXI: Allegheny County Man Spends Hours In Kayak Cleaning Litter From Ohio River 

-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Name 33 Students As The 2023-24 Young Ambassadors Promoting A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Community News, Resources: Young Ambassadors; Open Your Eyes To Litter Student Book Series; Litter Hawk Youth Award Nominations Due Jan. 31

-- Sen. Mastriano To Introduce Bill To Establish A Process To Formally Recognize The Lenape Nation In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Adds 47 Acres To William Penn State Forest Zimmerman Natural Area In Berks County  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Features History Of Lehigh Gorge State Park Wilderness  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Harrisburg’s Wildwood Park Was Nearly Ruined By A Road 50 Years Ago

-- Inquirer: Paul W. Meyer, Celebrated Former Executive Director Of The Morris Arboretum & Gardens, Has Died At 71

-- WeConservePA Now Accepting Nominations For Lifetime Conservation Leadership Award  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Accepting Nominations For 2024 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year; Trail Committee Members Needed  [PaEN] 

-- PA Wilds Center: Holiday Shopping Kicks Off On Nov. 4 With PA Wilds Makers Market Online Showcase 

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation: EZ Access Dock At Canoe Creek State Park Expands Recreational Opportunities

-- Erie Times: Fall At Presque Isle: Beaches Assessed; Marina, Solar Panel Work Begins 

-- PennLive: Giant Company Donates $50,000 For Playground Accessibility Project In Dauphin County

-- TribLive: Pedestrian Bridge In Springfield Twp. Is A Step To Closing Gaps On Indian Creek Valley Trail

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Land Trust Scenic Driver Traces Part Of 18th Century Forbes Road

-- The Center Square: More Trees Coming To Low-Income,Historically Black Neighborhoods Across Pittsburgh

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Hunting Remains Important For Economy, Ecology

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Clean Water Institute’s Matt Kaunert Speaks About Declining Populations Of Hellbenders In Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 21 Species Declared Extinct, But Not The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

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[Posted: October 22, 2023]   PA Environment Digest