Awards/Recognition
-- WNEP: John Levitsky, Luzerne Conservation District, Recognized With Thomas P. Shelburne Award By Northeast Environmental Partners [Video]
-- 2024 River Of The Year Nominations Now Being Accepted Through Nov. 10 [PaEN]
-- Educators In Greene & Washington Counties Forming Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition; Oct. 16 Kickoff Webinar [PaEN]
-- Morning Ag Clips: York County 4-H Member Suggests Idea For EPA Youth Advisory Council
-- DEP Invites Students Age 9-14 To Submit Entries In Student Radon Poster Contest [PaEN]
Grants
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Now Accepting Grant Applications From Businesses, Groups, Municipalities Looking To Earn Sustainability Certification In 7 Western PA Counties [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Peace & Justice Center, King’s College Hosts ‘Gasland’ Film Director Josh Fox Oct. 11
-- House Committee Meets Oct. 16 On Cryptocurrency Mining Moratorium Bill; Resolution To Study Potential Of Geothermal Energy From Abandoned Mine Pools [PaEN]
-- Sierra Club's Delaware County Team Hosts Oct. 16 Webinar On Lawsuit Challenging Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- Better Path Coalition: Oct. 18 Webinar Launching 9th Compendium Of Scientific, Medical Findings Demonstrating Risks, Harms Of Natural Gas Development, Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. 18 Webinar On Democracy, Voting & Climate Solutions [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center: Oct. 20 Webinar On Solar Guidebook For PA Landowners - Leasing Property For Large-Scale Solar Development [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Keystone Trails Association Hiking Festival Coming To Johnstown Area Oct. 20-22
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Highlighting October Upcoming Events
-- Oct. 24 Webinar: Reforesting Mine Lands - How The Forestry Reclamation Approach Works For Coal Communities [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Oct. 25 Webinar - Biochar Impact On Soil Infiltration Rates, Noon
-- Drexel University Environmental Collaboratory Oct. 26 Student-Focused Fireside Chat With DEP Secretary Rich Negrin [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Oct. 28: Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For Water Ways On Wheels Bike Tour [PaEN]
-- Environmental Educators: Multipart Universal Design For Learning In Environmental Education Course Oct. 30 to Dec. 22 [PaEN]
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Nov. 2 In-Person Presentation On A Path Forward - Local Climate Action In Hershey [PaEN]
-- Registration Open For Virtual Sessions! 18th Chesapeake Bay Watershed Forum Nov. 3-5 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Host Nov. 18 Wildlife Tree Ornaments Workshop For Youth [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Free Cleanup Supplies Available For Registered Pick Up PA, International Coastal Cleanups Thru Nov. 30 [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Farmland Preservation Artists Of Central PA Launch Show At Capitol Building In Harrisburg
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Erie Wants You To Come See The Eclipse There Next Spring
Programs/Information
-- Out For Your Fall Hike And Find An Illegal Dump Site Or Graffiti Defacing The Environment? Don’t Ignore It, Report It! [PaEN]
-- DCNR Celebrates Keystone State Park’s Selection As Nation’s Top Fall Foliage Destination
-- DCNR: 3rd Fall Foliage Report Shows ‘Best Color’ Appearing In Northern Half Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- DCNR PA Outdoor Corps Seeks Public Land Partner Projects In 2024 [PaEN]
-- Governor's Invasive Species Council Shares Updates On State-Level Invasive Species Initiatives In Latest Newsletter [PaEN]
-- PA GreenGov Council Launches PA Climate Change Mitigation & Resilience Network [PaEN]
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Now Accepting Grant Applications From Businesses, Groups, Municipalities Looking To Earn Sustainability Certification In 7 Western PA Counties [PaEN]
-- WESA: How A $9 Million Grant Will Boost Pittsburgh’s Urban Forest
-- Penn State Extension: Ag Conservation Currents - News That Infiltrates & Transpires: Applications For Climate-Smart Ag Practices Now Open
-- Franklin County Free Press: F&M Trust Employees Plant 500+ Trees And Shrubs, Create Riparian Buffer On Shippensburg Farm
-- Gettysburg Times: Gettysburg H.S. Class Of 1978 Gives Back By Planting Trees
-- The Daily Review: Conservation Corner: ‘We All Float Down Here;’ Pollution And The Chesapeake Bay - By Bradford Conservation District
-- Inquirer: Bartram’s Garden Honored Indigenous Heritage Past, Present, Future
-- AP: PA Seeks To Expand Public Awareness Of Its Indigenous Culture And History
-- The Sentinel: Dickinson College Debuts Center For The Future Of Native Peoples
-- Scranton Times: Riverside Students Explore Trail, Collect Litter For Art Project
-- Penn State Extension: Green Industry Current Issues For October: European Hornet; Spicebush; Field Observations For NW PA
-- WeConservePA: Forest Fridays: Welcoming Our New State Forester Seth Cassell
-- ABC27: Working To Bring Back The American Chestnut
-- Governor's Invasive Species Council Shares Updates On State-Level Invasive Species Initiatives In Latest Newsletter [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflection In Nature: Once You’re A Game Warden, Then You’re Always A Game Warden
-- DCNR Blog: Forests Help With Climate Change
-- DCNR Blog: Using Fossils To Determine The Age Of Rocks
-- Vista Chester County News: How PA American Water Promotes Sustainability Practices In Schools Near You
-- Scranton Times: Nature, Butterflies Focus Of South Abington Twp. Little Free Library
-- ABC27: What Is The Worst Natural Disaster To Hit Pennsylvania?
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Ancient And Disappearing Hobby Of Raising Pigeons Hangs On In Local Clubs
-- TribLive: Canals Played A Pivotal Role In 1800s Transportation Along Allegheny, Kiski Rivers
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - October 14 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: ZIP Code Discrimination, Pollution Top Concerns At First DEP Hearing On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy
-- DEP Environmental Justice Update: Invitation To Comment On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: DEP Seeks Input On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy Protecting Communities With High Pollution Burdens [Virtual 1st Hearing Lasted 32 Minutes, 3 Witnesses]
-- Scranton Times Column: DEP To Get Earful At University Of Scranton Oct. 16 Environmental Justice Policy Hearing
-- Erie Times: Make Your Voice Heard About Future Of Former Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Property
-- DEP Posted 55 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 14 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DCNR Opens Survey For Public Input On Plans For New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park In York County [PaEN]
-- NRCS-PA Hosts State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Oct. 26, 1:00 p.m.
Background On Issues
-- Impacto Media: Rich Negrin, Está Creando Un Ejército De Guerreros Ambientales [DEP Secretary Rich Negrin Is Forming An Army Of Climate Warriors] [PaEN]
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Still Fighting To Make Road Dumping Its Wastewater Legal; DEP Introduces Concepts Of A ‘Life Insurance Policy’ For Plugging Wells; Certified 3rd Party Inspectors [PaEN]
-- DEP Reports Shale Gas Operations Sent Over 138,000 Cubic Feet Of Radioactive TENORM Waste To Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facilities For Disposal In 2022 - Over 911,000 Cubic Feet Since 2017 [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 7 to 13 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Spills; Venting Gas; Emergency Well Plugging [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Permanent Alternate Water Supply Being Considered For Village Of Reno, Venango County After Contamination By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill [PaEN]
-- DOE Awards Natural Gas-Based Hydrogen Hub In Western PA, Renewable/Nuclear Power-Based Hydrogen Hub In Eastern PA; Reactions [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times: Columbia Gas Testing Hydrogen-Blended Natural Gas In Center Twp.
-- The Allegheny Front: After Fayette County’s First Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit Was Withdrawn From EPA; Residents Worry There May Be More To Come
-- TribLive: Some Plum Boro, Allegheny County Residents, Activists Push Back Against 2nd Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well
-- Post-Gazette: Plum Boro, Allegheny County, Environmental Group Go To Commonwealth Court Trying To Stop New Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well
-- Inside Climate News: Plum Boro, Allegheny County, Environmental Group Go To Commonwealth Court Trying To Stop New Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Plum Boro, Allegheny County Residents Battle Penneco, Zoning Board Over Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Well
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards $150,000 Grant For Cambria County Mine Reclamation Project To Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: OSM Funding Awarded For West Carroll Twp., Cambria County Mine Drainage Treatment Project
-- EEN Action - Evangelical Environmental Network Will Deliver Over 51,000 Signatures To Gov. Shapiro In Support Of Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Isn’t Sold On RGGI Climate Program, His Working Group Isn’t Either - What’s Next?
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, Let’s Hold The Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable Via RGGI - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Oct. 18 Webinar On Democracy, Voting & Climate Solutions [PaEN]
-- Re-Imagining A Christian Response To Changing Climate - Comments By Dr. Julia O’Brien, Lancaster Theological Seminary [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Religion & Environment Webinar Series: Nov. 1 - A Jewish Approach To Activism & Accompaniment Thru The Climate Crisis [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: $30 Million, 20 MW Solar Energy Facility To Break Ground In Clarion County Next Spring
-- Centre Daily Times Climate Watch: Make Community Solar Legal In Pennsylvania
-- Inside Climate News: A Reality Check About Solar Panel Waste And Effects On Human Health [Amount Is Tiny; Most Health Concerns Are Unfounded]
-- Lehigh Valley News: PennEnvironment: PA Ranks 50th In US For Renewable Energy Growth
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lagged In Renewable Energy Growth In Past Decade, But Trend May Be Reversing
-- Post-Gazette: Advocacy Group Warns PA Isn’t Keeping Pace In Race To Transition Away From Fossil Fuels
-- PA Capital-Star: Report Shows PA Needs To Boost Renewable Energy Production, Lawmakers, Advocates Say
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Converting To Clean Energy Depends On Electric Transmission Line Buildout
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $14.5 Million In Grants To Pittsburgh, Towanda Groups To Grow Green Manufacturing [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Catalyst Connection Wins $10 Million In Federal Funding To Help Smaller Manufacturers With Clean Energy
-- Altoona Mirror Letter: America Must Rely On Renewable Energy, Nearly Every Species Of Plant, Insect, Fish, Wildlife Under Threat From Rapidly Warming Planet - By Ed Perry, Fmr US Fish & Wildlife Biologist
-- Penn State Hosts SPARK 2050 Energy Summit To Ignite Energy Transformation
-- The Guardian: Climate Crisis Costing $16 Million An Hour In Extreme Weather Damage, Study Estimates
-- Financial Times: Global Water Cycles Are ‘Spinning Out Of Balance,’ Weather Agency Reports
-- The Daily Item Letter: Fossil Fuels Have A History Of Being Unreliable
-- PA Physicians For Social Responsibility: MarkWest Carpenter Natural Gas Compressor Station Natural Gas Leaks In Washington County [Video]
-- TribLive: Environmental Groups Claim Victory In EPA Ruling On US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Air Permit
-- The Intelligencer: Motorists On I-70 Warned Of Lane Closures Due To Longwall Underground Coal Mining Under I-70 Between The WV and PA State Lines Thru Dec. 9
-- US Fish & Wildlife Service: Largest Dam Removal In PA - Oakland Dam, North Branch Susquehanna River
-- PA Chapter - Wild Turkey Federation Pledges $325,580 For Conservation, Hunting Heritage Projects [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Land-For-Shale Gas Deal Between Game Commission, PA General Energy Will Result In New State Game Land In Warren County
-- WHYY/Plan Philly: Philadelphians Envision Black Green Futures At Inaugural ecoFEST
-- Williamsport Sun: Ticks And Tick-Borne Illnesses On The Rise This Year - By John Zaktansky, Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper
-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Outdoors: Fall Harvest - Autumn Reveals Its Bounty And Spendor
-- Williamsport Sun: Spotted Lanternflies ‘Still A Problem:’ Invasive Insect Brings Risks For Agriculture
-- TribLive: A Sweet Tenant: RIDC’s Rooftop Hives In Hazelwood, New Stanton Give Bees A Home
-- TribLive: Giant Eagle To Donate Money From Paper Bag Sales To Charities As Plastic Ban Takes Effect In Pittsburgh
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Shoppers, Businesses Say Final Goodbyes To Plastic Bags
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: October 15, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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