120 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 120 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!

-- In Memoriam: Joanne Denworth, Environmental Leader And Attorney  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Joanne Denworth, 1938 - 2024

-- Inquirer: Joanne Denworth, Retired Lawyer And Environmental Expert, Has Died At 85

-- Retired Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge Thomas W. Renwand To Receive PA Bar Assn.  Environmental & Energy Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Environmental Advisory Council Conference Smashes Attendance Records; Fall EAC Gathering Being Planned  [PaEN]

-- Chester County Commissioners Recognize Keep PA Beautiful’s Chester County Volunteer Of The Year

-- EPA Recognizes Bimbo Bakeries USA In Reading As One Of Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants Of 2023  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Unveils Cap-And-Invest PA Climate Emissions Reduction Initiative To Reduce Carbon Pollution From Power Plants; Update Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Diversify Electric Generation, Improve Reliability  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Joins Industry, Labor, Environmental, Consumer Leaders To Highlight New Energy Plan To Create Jobs, Lower Costs For Pennsylvanians  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Labor & Industry Leaders Praise Energy/Climate Plan 

-- Gov. Shapiro: PA Environmental Leaders Praise Energy/Climate Plan 

-- Gov. Shapiro On Republican Reaction To His Energy Plan: They’ve Done Nothing And Power ‘Plants Have Closed On Their Watch;’ They’re ‘Used To Doing Nothing;’ ‘Doing Nothing Is Not Acceptable’ [PaEN]

-- Senate Republicans Reject Gov. Shapiro’s Offer To Work On Legislation To Make The Electric Grid More Reliable, Diversify Our Energy Sources, Lower Energy Costs For Ratepayers, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN] 

-- EPA: Pennsylvania One Of 45 States, MSAs To Submit Priority Climate Action Plans As Part Of $5 Billion Climate Pollution Reduction Grant Program  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: There’s No Excuse For Inaction On Climate Change In Pennsylvania - By Carolyn Comitta (D-Chester), Minority Chair Of Senate Environmental Committee

-- Pennsylvania’s Electric Grid Is Dependent On One Fuel To Generate 59% Of Our Electricity; Market Moving To Renewables + Storage  [PaEN] 

-- US EIA Report Shows How Winter Storms Have Reduced US Natural Gas Production, But Disruptions Can Happen Any Time Of The Year  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Canton Twp., Washington County Joins Other Municipalities In NWS StormReady Program

-- Shapiro Marks Plugging 200th Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well: These Companies Will Do Anything To Avoid Paying For Plugging; It’s Not Okay Some In The Legislature Are Shielding Them; Text Well Locations  [PaEN]

-- DEP Cites Conventional Oil & Gas Well Operators For Abandoning, Not Plugging 140 More Wells Last Week; Total Now 380 Wells This Year  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Will Not Be Eligible For New Methane Reduction Well Plugging Grants If They Are Not In Compliance With State Law, Regulations  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 9 to 15  - Home Explosion; 140 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Methane In Water Supply; Porcupine Causes Wastewater Spill  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: ‘Complete Devastation:’ Crescent Fire Chief Confirms 2 Dead In Another Allegheny House Explosion; Gas Well, Propane On The Property  

-- TribLive: Friends, Neighbors Remember Victims Of Crescent Twp. House Explosion In Allegheny County 

-- WTAE: 3 Allegheny County Home Explosion Investigations Launched In Past 2 Years Remain Open

-- TribLive: Couple’s Death In House Explosion Rekindles Memories, Unanswered Questions On Home Explosions 

-- Post-Gazette: Crescent Twp. Community Mourns Couple Killed In Home Explosion As Investigators Seek Answers 

-- WPXI: DEP Acknowledges Presence Of Unregistered Conventional Gas Wells Near Site Of Tuesday Explosion

-- KDKA: Fmr DEP Officials Says It’s ‘Nearly Impossible’ To Identify All Unregistered Conventional Gas Wells

-- DEP Issues Violation To Blackhill Energy, LLC Shale Gas Driller For Contaminating Groundwater, 3 Water Supplies With Methane In Springfield Twp., Bradford County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: Public Utility Commission Starts Investigation Into Possible Order For Another Utility To Permanently Acquire Venango Water Company Impacted By Conventional Oil Well Spill [PaEN]

-- DEP Issues Violation To CNX Gas Company For Withdrawing Over 1.8 Million Gallons Of Water For Fracking For 22 Days Without Permission [PaEN] 

-- WVIA: Frustrated With Water Polluted By Shale Gas Drilling, Dimock, Susquehanna County Residents Confront Governor At Clean Energy Announcement In Scranton 

-- Public News Service: PA Advocates Push For Swift Update Of Federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Rules  

-- Clean Air Council, Moms Clean Air Force, Earthworks Host March 20 Webinar On Federal Waste Oil & Gas Emission Charges  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Billions In PA Taxpayer Subsidies Go To Polluting Shell Petrochemical Plant Without Regard To Environmental Compliance 

-- Post-Gazette: New Push For Stalled Rail Safety Bill In Congress Comes After Norfolk Southern Derailment Anniversary; Republicans Object To Regulations To Improve Safety 

-- EPA Issues Final Rule On Reducing Emissions Of Harmful Ethylene Oxide Found At 5 Facilities In PA  [PaEN] 

-- EPA Finalizes New Standards To Limit Toxic Air Pollution From Gasoline Distribution Facilities

-- Clean Air Council Names Alex Bomstein, Esq. New Executive Director  [PaEN]

-- March 20 Penn State Extension Webinar On Defining Nature's Worth From A Health And Economic Perspective  [PaEN]

-- PennVEST To Hold Local, In-Person, Online Educational Events To Share Information On Unprecedented Water Infrastructure Funding Opportunities, Starting March 21 [PaEN]

-- Interstate Commission On Potomac River Basin Publishes A New Plan For A Fresh Path Forward For The Potomac River  [PaEN] 

-- Gazette Leader: New Report Details Water Challenges Across Potomac River Basin

-- Advocates For Clean Water In Delaware River Watershed Visit Capitol Hill In Washington To Urge Support Of Conservation Measures  [PaEN] 

-- Outdoor News - Ben Moyer: PA’s West Branch Susquehanna Watershed Now Has Wild Trout After Water Quality Improvements 

-- Federal Office Of Mine Reclamation Opens New Round Of Watershed Cooperative Agreement Program Grants  [PaEN] 

-- Stroud Water Research Center UpStream: Student Stewardship; Stream Restoration Investments; World Environmental Ed Congress; Starting A Watershed Organization; World Water Day March 22; More!  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Inaugural PA Partners For Climate Smart Ag Commodities Summit Held In State College [PaEN] 

-- Reading Eagle: PA Environmental Officials Visit Carsonia Park To See Planned Antietam Valley Watershed Upgrades

-- The Daily Item: Turtle Creek Restoration Project In East Buffalo Twp., Union County Will Continue In July

-- LancasterOnline: Solanco Students Help Restore Hickory Trees To Lancaster City

-- Volunteers Needed For 24-Hour Tree Planting Relay April 5-6 Organized By The Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension, Partners Host Volunteer Tree Plantings April 13 - Lebanon County, April 16 - Lancaster County  [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Solanco Students Help Restore Hickory Trees To Lancaster City

-- Chestnut Hill Local: Friends Of Wissahickon Receive $356,000 State Grant For Restoration

-- Calling All Volunteers! Participate In Perkiomen Stream Cleanup On April 13 In Montgomery County  [PaEN] 

-- Patch.com: Aquetong Watershed Assn. April 20 Litter Cleanup In Bucks County

-- Penn State Extension: April 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing 

-- Mountain Watershed Assn. Will Install Warning Signs Around Wastewater Outfall Of MAX Environmental Technologies Yukon Facility In Sewickley Creek, Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Signs Warn Sewickley Creek Users In Yukon Of Possible Pollution From MAX Environmental Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility In Westmoreland County 

-- Erie News Now: Erie Port Authority Votes To Condemn Former Erie Coke [Coal] Property For Redevelopment

-- Observer-Reporter: Water Quality Problems Return For East Dunkard Water System Customers In Greene County  

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Examines PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination, Evaluation Of Existing Tech

-- Penn State Extension: April 8 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education And Water Testing 

-- Shenandoah Sentinel: Petition Calls On DEP, State, Feds To Investigation Coal Dirt Messes On Highways In Schuylkill County

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Coalition To Save Old Crow Wetlands Appeals DEP Permit For New Rutters Store In Smithfield Twp. [PaEN] 

-- LancasterOnline: Neighbors Bring Concerns On  Rheems Quarry Expansion To State Regulators

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: A Grid For All: Assembling An Army Of Energy Soldiers Through Virtual PowerPlants 

-- Altoona Mirror: Rep. Fiedler Promotes Solar Energy Projects At Schools During Visit

-- The Energy Age: Solar Energy News - 7 Tips On Buying Solar Panels; US Installs More Solar In 2023 Than Ever Before; Solar Panel Recycling; Community Solar 

-- Delaware County Green Team Meets Online March 18: Community Solar May Come Alive In PA!  7:30 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Hosts March 22 Webinar Unpacking Solar Energy Interconnection With Electric Grid In PA  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Federal, State Energy Efficiency Programs For Farms And Businesses; Balancing Carbon, Forest Health Other Goals  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: The Latest On Heat Pumps

-- The Energy Age Blog: The Latest On Wind Power  

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Seeks Bids For More Electric Vehicle Chargers At Linden Garage

-- EPA Awards Funding To Student Teams For Innovative Solutions To Environmental, Public Health Challenges; Widener University Receives Funding  [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council Western PA Schedule Of Household Chemical, Hard-To-Recycle, Electronics Waste Collection Events  [PaEN] 

-- PA Business Report: State Launches STEM Fellowship Program

-- Earth Conservancy, Industrial Archives & Library Announce Landmark Agreement To Preserve, Provide Access To Key Piece Of America’s Anthracite Coal History - Glen Alden Coal’s Records  [PaEN]  [Played A Key Role In PA Environmental History] 

-- DEP Environmental Justice Update Highlights Governor’s New STEM Fellowship; Grant Deadlines; May 14 Environmental Justice Advisory Board Meeting  [PaEN] 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light: March 18 Spiritual Care Webinar Series Gathering Wisdom From The Wise Ones - The Work & Wisdom Of Thomas Berry, 7:00 p.m. 

-- DCNR State Parks March Environmental Education Newsletter Puts Spring In Your Educational Steps!  [PaEN] 

-- State Agencies Share Resources For Visitors, Motorists Ahead Of April 8 Solar Eclipse

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: How Will Birds, Other Animals Respond To April 8 Total Solar Eclipse? 

-- Warren Times: New Report Reveals Tourism Brought In $76 Billion For State In 2022

-- Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Welcomes PA Office Of Outdoor Recreation As New Member

-- Williamsport Sun: Living Out The ‘Wilds’ In Williamsport - PA Wilds Remote Working Initiative

-- Cameron County Chamber: Sinnemahone Paddle Race Set For April 13 - First Event In The 2024 Sinnemahone Triple Crown  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: 13 Great Hiking Trails For Springtime In Lancaster County

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Tourism Plan Will Pay For Park Upgrades

-- Scranton Times: Hundreds Hear About, Weigh In On Lackawanna County ATV Park Study

-- NorthcentralPA.com: DCNR To Continue ATV Trail Connector In Potter, Tioga Counties

-- Tribune-Democrat: Hikers Learn Local History On Allegheny Portage Railroad 190th Anniversary Trip

-- WHYY: Advocates Hope New Philly Mayor Moves The Needle On Parks & Rec Funding

-- WITF: US Park Service Taps PA Woman To Head Gettysburg Historic Sites

-- DCNR, State Fire Commissioner Warn Of Increasing Risk Of Seasonal Wildfires; 1,900 Wildfires Burned 9,186 Acres, Caused 3 Deaths In 2023  [PaEN] 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: Columbia Man Admits Lighting Fire That Destroyed Bridge On The Enola Low Grade Trail In 2018

-- Brandywine Conservancy Seeks Renewal Of Accreditation Thru National Land Trust Commission

-- Penn State Extension Community Trees Update: 59th Annual Shade Tree Symposium March 25-26 In Lebanon  [PaEN] 

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Spring Growers Meeting April 6 

-- Biorenewables Symposium To Be Held April 18-19 In State College On Biobased, Energy, Products, Materials  [PaEN]

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: 24-Hour Tree Planting Relay; Vernal Pools Video; What’s Poppin; Events Around The Watershed

-- Penn State Extension, Partners Host April 16 Online Mini-Workshop - Choosing Native Plants [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cambria County Host Dr. Doug Tallamy April 11 - Nature's Best Hope, A New Approach To Conservation That Starts In Your Yard  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Hidden Gems: Frost Entomological Museum 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission’s Windfall From Natural Gas, Oil Leases Brief; How Will Money Be Used? 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Discusses Strategies For Future Purchase Of State Game Lands

-- LancasterOnline: Want To See PA Bald Eagle Hatchlings? Tune Into Local Webcams

-- York Dispatch: Bald Eagle Pair Latest To Take Up Residence Near Hanover

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Purple Martins Are Making Their 7,000 Mile Trip To Pennsylvania, Here’s Where To See Them 

-- Williamsport Sun: Encounter With Louisiana Waterthrush In Sproul State Forest; How Citizen Science Can Help Crucial Species

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will Peregrine Falcons Be Dive-Bombing People On The Enola Low Grade Trail?  Time Will Tell

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: To Save The Allegheny Woodrat, Researchers Schlep Pounds Of Nuts 

-- MCall: Breeding Amphibians To Close Northampton County Road For Several Weeks

-- Inquirer: Pocono Wildlife Rehab Center Needs Money To Keep Saving Bear Cubs, Wounded Raptors

-- Great Lakes Echo: 2 PA Farmers Found Guilty Of Poisoning Migratory Birds In Lawrence County 

-- WTAE: North Hills Deer Freed From Plastic Jug On Its Head 

-- Governor’s Office Publishes Updated Regulatory Agenda, Agency By Agency List Of Regulations In Development

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[Posted: March 17, 2024]   PA Environment Digest