93 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 93 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!

-- Quality Industrial Coatings Receives National Small Business Environmental Stewardship Award  [PaEN] 

-- Master Watershed Stewards In York County Recognize Betsy Leppo, Western PA Conservancy, Gifford Pinchot State Park Staff As 2023 Outstanding Partners For Work On Vernal Pools  [PaEN]

-- Master Watershed Steward Robert Pace Partners To Protect Watersheds In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny National Forest Partnership Projects Improve Stream Health Using Federal Inflation Reduction Act Funds  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta, Sen. Santarsiero, Rep. Otten, Rep. Abney To Introduce Gov. Shapiro’s Energy, Climate Initiatives  [PaEN]

-- US DOE Awards Mineral Basin Solar Project In Clearfield County $90 Million For 402 MW Facility On Abandoned Mine Lands; Filling Gap Left By Closure Of Homer City Coal-Fired Power Plant  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Send $90 Million For Largest PA Solar Energy Project Yet

-- Electrek: Pennsylvania’s Largest Solar Energy Facility Will Replace Its Largest Coal-fired Power Plant  [Mineral Basin Solar Project, Clearfield County] 

-- Solar United Neighbors Hails House Committee Action On Community Solar Legislation  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Federal Solar Subsidies Race Is On In Pennsylvania

-- Shenandoah Sentinel: West Mahanoy Planners Give Reading Anthracite Solar Farm Conditional Green Light 

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Housing Authority Plots Path To Solar Power

-- PA Capital-Star: House Environmental Committee Reports Out Framework For Leasing Lake Erie Lakebed For Wind Energy Development

-- Erie Times: Wind Farms In Lake Erie Off Erie County Coast?  House Committee Moves Merski Bill

-- Utility Dive: Up To 58 GW Of Power Generation In PJM Faces Retirement By 2030 Without Replacement Capacity In Sight, Market Monitor 

-- DEP Reports The Number Of Methane Contaminated Water Supplies From Oil & Gas Drilling Is Up ‘Across The Board,’ ‘Not A Good Trend’  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Pursuing Federal Funding To Further Define Human Health Impacts Of Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Shale Gas Drilling Resulted In 54 Incidents Of New Wells Interfering With Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Water Wells Or Other Shale Gas Wells   [PaEN] 

-- The Energy Age Blog: Well Communication Events Over Past 8 Years 

-- Fayette County Commissioners Unanimously Pass Ordinance Restricting Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells  [PaEN]

-- Spring Road Dumping Season Underway As Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Get Rid Of Their Wastewater   [PaEN] 

-- Those Aren’t Vernal Pools! - That’s Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Pooling Along The Side Of The Road During Spring Dumping Season  [PaEN]

-- Those Roads Are Just Wet!  Just One Side?  Straight Line Start & Stop Points?  Nope, The Spring Road Dumping Season Is Here As Conventional Oil & Gas Operators Get Rid Of Their Wastewater   [PaEN] 

-- DeSmog: Activists Launch Their Own Investigation Of Mud Spill Near Sunoco Mariner East Pipeline In Chester County

-- TribLive: Protect PT To Scrutinize Beaver Run Reservoir Fracking Water Usage In Wake Of Drought

-- Reading Eagle: West Reading Chocolate Factory Natural Gas Explosion A Year Later - A Tragic Day 

-- Obserser-Reporter Letter: Shale Gas Fracking Leaves A Trail Of Destruction - By Megan McDonough

-- The Energy Age Blog: Development Of Range Resources-Appalachia Augustine George Shale Gas Well Pad - Act 14 Notice To Municipalities

-- The Energy Age Blog: Act 14 Notice To Local Governments Offering The Chance To Comment On EQT For Habanero Well 22 In Washington County

-- DEP Notified Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County It Can No Longer Operate Under An Air Quality Construction Permit And Has 120 Days To Submit A Full Title V Air Quality Permit Application  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Taxpayers Subsidize Polluting Plastics Plants Like Shell’s Petrochemical Plant, Report Finds 

-- Post-Gazette: Pitt Receives $870,000 Grant To Study Aftereffects Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

-- Warren Times Editorial: Don’t Wait For The Next Train Derailment

-- PA Utility Law Project: On-Demand Webinar: Exploring The Impact Of LNG Gas Exports On Pennsylvania Families

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: LNG Gas Exports Are A Rotten Deal For Appalachians

-- PennLive: Climate Activists Trying To Meet With Gov. Shapiro Arrested After Refusing To Disperse

-- PA Capital-Star: For Residents Of Clairton, Allegheny County, Progress On Air Quality Feels A Long Way Off [Clairton Coke [Coal] Works]  

-- Inside Climate News: A Window Into Persistent Inequities Of Environmental Policy - Clairton Coke [Coal] Works In Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Methane Initiative Adds More Members Among Oil & Gas Producers

-- Environmental Law Institute: Wildfire Smoke - State Policies For Reducing Indoor Exposure

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Drill Shows How CONSOL Responds To Fire Emergency Inside Its Big Coal Mine 

-- The Allegheny Front/WVIA: Preserving PA’s Coal History To Look To The Future 

-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: Funding for Sustainable Farming; Managing Pastured Lands; Soil Erosion Threat Increasing With Climate Change 

-- Call For Artists: Street 2 Creek Storm Drain Street Art Contest In City Of York  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: April 9 Webinars: Introduction To Working Riparian Buffers You Can Eat; Other Buffer Resources  [PaEN] 

-- April 23 Webinar: Importance Of Tree Equity Amidst Changing Community Climates Hosted By Penn State Extension, Partners  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 25 Webinar On PA Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Public Engagement Strategies  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Ag Conservation Currents: Funding for Sustainable Farming; Managing Pastured Lands; Soil Erosion Threat Increasing With Climate Change 

-- Learn How Your Property Could Be Certified Watershed-Friendly By Penn State Extension At April 25 Workshop In Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- PEMA Reminds Northeast PA Flood Survivors Of March 25 Deadline To Apply For SBA Low-Interest Loans

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Cartwright, PEMA Respond To FEMA Denial Of Flood Damage Aid

-- Insurance Dept.: Stay Protected With Flood Insurance During Flood Awareness Week  [PaEN] 

-- NRCS To Help Property Owners In Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wyoming Counties Damaged By Flooding  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Releases New Tool To Help Communities Understand Local Impacts Of Extreme Precipitation Events  [PaEN]

-- Groups Send Letter To Congress Seeking Critical Investments In Appalachian Flood Recovery And Resilience Program  [PaEN] 

-- Food & Water Watch: Groups, Residents Call On PUC To Put An End To Predatory Water System Pricing In Pennsylvania

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: EPA Seeks Court Order To Enter Jackson Ceramix Superfund Site In Clearfield County Contaminated With Lead, Arsenic, Other Pollutants

-- Reading Eagle: Contaminated Land Around Former Exide Plant Superfund Site To Undergo New Cleanup Effort

-- Republican Herald: Shenandoah OKs Purchase Of Trail Cameras To Prevent Illegal Dumping

-- Litter Lifters Of West Vincent, Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassador Kaelyn Stek Plan, Carry Out Litter Cleanup In Chester County  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: Pine Grove Junior ROTC Students Clear Tires From Illegal Dump Site In Schuylkill County

-- TribLive: Citizen Science Lab, Young Black Motivated Kings & Queens Partner On STEAM Education

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Now Accepting Applications For Science Scholarships; Call For Conference Presentations  [PaEN] 

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: ‘Our Future Lies In The Lake [Erie]’ - By Dr. Sherri Mason Backs Gannon University Blasco Lease

-- Register Now For PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Training  [PaEN] 

-- Gov. Shapiro Launches Outdoor Business Alliance To Support PA’s Outdoor Economy At Gilson Snow in Snyder County  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Launches Outdoor Business Alliance

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Cost Of Trails Yields Many Benefits

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets March 27 To Hear Update On Grant Programs, State Budget   [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Last Minute Tips For Grant Applicants; Match-Free Tree Grants; Making Erie Safer For Migrating Birds 

-- Western PA Conservancy Accepting Applications For Canoe Access Grants In Western PA  [PaEN] 

-- Wildlands Conservancy: Register Now For 28th Lehigh River Sojourn, June 8-11 

-- DCNR Announces Restoration Work Underway At Delaware Canal State Park In Delaware County

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Highlights Jennings Environmental Ed Center Beavers; March 25 & April 8 Eclipse; More Activities  [PaEN]

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy Hosts April 21 A Night For Nature And Helles-bender Beer At Turkey Hill Brewing In Bloomsburg  [PaEN] 

-- Western PA Conservancy Seeking Volunteers For Upcoming Stewardship Work Days

-- Northern Appalachian Folk Festival Indiana, PA: April 27:  Michael Klimkos - The Fires Of Penn’s Woods 

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Commissioners OK Contract For New Roaring Brook Trail System

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Programming Planned At City Parks 

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Allegheny National Forest Outlines Scope Of 18,000 Acre Hemlock Run Forest Management Project

-- US Forest Service: Weathering The Warmth - Early Spring's Impact On Trees - By Joseph M. Phillips, US Forest Service Northern Research Station  [PAEN] 

-- Erie Times: Indicted In Undercover Sting, McKean County Ginseng Dealer Gets Fined In Erie Federal Court

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: The Do’s And Don’ts Of Invasive Species Management, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Tiny, Invasive Mud Snails Can Cause Huge Impacts On Aquatic Ecosystems

-- Inquirer: Take An Illustrated Tour Around the John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, The First Urban Wildlife Refuge In The US 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Mentored Youth Trout Day March 30; PA Trout Season Opens April 6

-- Scranton Times Blog: A Shout-Out For The Brook Trout

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Angler Researches Lowering Lakes From The Bottom To Cool Waters And Help Trout Survive

-- Game Commission: Bobwhite Quail Back In Pennsylvania

-- PennLive: Bobwhite Quail Reintroduced By Game Commission

-- PennLive: An Up-Close Look At Nation’s Biggest Wildlife Success Story Here In PA [Spoiler - Bald Eagle]

-- Inquirer: Don’t Fear The Wild Mushroom, PA Woman Wants To Demystify Mycology  

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - The Wind Is A Very Important Aspect Of Our Lives

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[Posted: March 24, 2024]   PA Environment Digest