126 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 126 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!

-- US Dept. Of Education Honors Green Ribbon Schools, Including PA Schools In Butler County, Reading, Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Rowan Elementary School Designated As Green Ribbon School

-- Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcons See First Egg Hatches Of The Season; Connection To Rachel Carson [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Peregrine Falcon Population Likely Growing Statewide 

-- PA Environmental Educators Host PA Environmental Justice & Education Summit May 13  [PaEN] 

-- Heights Philadelphia, EPA Announce New Partnership Aiding Black, Brown And First-Generation Students’ Pathways to Environmental Studies & Careers  [PaEN]

-- Educators Invited To April 30 Online Meeting Of Southwest PA Environmental Literacy Coalition  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine Township, Allegheny County Earns Governor’s Local Government Excellence Award For Environmental Initiatives

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History 

-- Warren Times: Winners Announced In Warren Conservation District Youth Art Contest 

-- TribLive: KRUNK Movement Students Release Original Album With Earth Day Theme

-- Penn State Students Help PA Communities Track Carbon Footprints, Recommend Ways To Reduce Them 

-- Williamsport Sun: PA College Of Technology Students Excel At Toyota Green Grand Prix In Watkins Glen

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: On Earth Day, We Express Gratitude For What We Share 

-- DEP Reports ZERO Shale Gas Well Permits Under Review; DEP May Have Only 20% Of The Revenue Needed To Fund Its Oil & Gas Regulation Program  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Venting Abandoned Conventional Gas Well In Ross Twp. After Dangerous Gas Levels Detected In Home Displacing 2 Families In Allegheny County 

-- Witness At Senate Hearing On Oil & Gas Wastewater Road Dumping Reports Her Home  Has Been Surrounded By Dumping; Dumping Again On The Upswing In 2024  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 20 to 26 - 2 Venting Shale Gas Wells; 16 More Conventional Abandoned Well Violations, 1 Shale Gas Well Abandonment  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: You Don’t Need To ‘Sacrifice’ Chester For Europe’s LNG Gas Security - By Lisa Badum, Member Of German Bundestag Since 2017

-- Clean Air Council/Sierra Club: PA Falling Behind In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonding; Burden Falls On Taxpayers  [PaEN] 

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Charged For Falcon Pipeline Spills During Plant Construction

-- TribLive Editorial: Federal Rail Safety Rule No Substitute For Congressional Action 

-- Gov. Shapiro Announces Commitment To Get 50% Of Electricity For State Government From Solar Energy Facilities In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]  

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Shapiro Addressing Climate Crisis Head On Through Good Transportation Policy - By Pittsburghers For Public Transit

-- EPA Awards PA Energy Development Authority Over $156 Million To Deliver Residential Solar, Lowering Energy Costs, Advancing Environmental Justice Across Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Pennsylvania To Receive Over $156 Million For Solar For All Initiative

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Plans To Roll Out Solar Access Plan With New $156 Million Federal Grant 

-- USDA Awards Funding For 55 PA Farm, Small Business Clean Energy Projects  [PaEN]

-- 5 Pennsylvania Colleges, Join 3 From North Carolina In Joint Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement From Facility In Kentucky [PaEN] 

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn./DEP Publish New Go Solar And Save Toolkit For Schools  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: JM Steel Doubles Steel Output For Solar Industry, With Plans For Continued Growth 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: JM Steel To Double Capacity And Solar Energy Work At Growing Steel Plant In Leetsdale

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Utility-Scale Battery Storage Company Sees Manufacturing Line Ready By This Quarter

-- York Daily Record: York County Commissioners Approve C-PACE Program To Help Businesses Fund Renewable Energy, Conservation 

-- PA Convention Center Sustainability Report Highlights Big Cuts In Energy Usage

-- The Allegheny Front: US Energy Secretary Visits Pittsburgh Steel Plant To Tout New Energy Efficiency Rule, Union Jobs

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Saving Butler Steel Mill From New Federal Rules Was Inspired Policymaking

-- DEP Awards $2.9 Million For Clean Diesel Transportation To Improve Air Quality  [PaEN] 

-- PennDOT Opens Next Round Of National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding May 13; April 30 Webinar On This Opportunity  [PaEN]

-- PA Moms Clean Air Force Celebrates Deployment Of First Electric Schools At Steelton-Highspire School District In Dauphin County Funded By EPA's Clean School Bus Program  [PaEN]  

-- PennLive: Electric-Powered Bus Fleet Puts Steelton-Highspire School District On Road to Savings

-- Attend The April 30 Southeast PA Electric School Bus Lunch & Learn Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Organizing 2025 Abandoned Mine Pools As Resources Conference April 23-24   [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Climate Summit At Millersville University Emphasizes Education, Empowerment

-- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal

-- PennVEST Makes $274 Million Investment In Water Infrastructure Projects in 22 Counties  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Highlights Stream Buffer Role In Improving Habitat, Water Quality At Big Elk Creek State Park, Chester County  [PaEN] 

-- DEP, DCNR, Agriculture, Fish Commission, Local Partners Celebrate Turtle Creek Watershed Stream Restoration, Investments, Water Quality Improvements  [PaEN]  

-- The Daily Item: DEP, Partners Celebrate Turtle Creek Stream Restoration

-- WNEP: Improving Water Quality In Turtle Creek Watershed, Union County

-- WVIA: Turtle Creek Waterway Restored In Union County

-- Organic Agriculture Transition Expert Luke Howard Joins Rodale Institute To Lead Agricultural Land Revitalization Project In South Central PA  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Federal Farm Bill Conservation Funding Helps Keep Family Farms Viable - By Tom Croner, co-owner of T.Rich Inc. in Somerset County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Large Woody Material Stream Restoration Aims To Improve Stream Ecosystems In Pennsylvania 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Lancaster Gets Early Earth Day Gift: 100 Trees Planted At Dart Corporation Property  [PaEN] 

-- Patch.com: Darby Watershed Cleanup Event April 27 In Berwyn In Chester County

-- DEP Releases Final Land Application Of Manure Supplement To Manure Management For Environmental Protection Manual  [PaEN] 

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Ag Conservation Research Grants; Ag Research Grants  [PaEN] 

-- Interfaith Partners For Chesapeake Bay Host May 2 Webinar: How To Get Your Green Projects Funded  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy, Partners Hold Lancaster Water Week June 7-15  [PaEN]

-- Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour  [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals: 2024 Chesapeake Watershed Forum Oct. 18-20 In WV  [PaEN]

-- PUC Urges Congressional Action To Address Potential PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Cleanup Liability For Water & Wastewater Utilities  [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces Online Collection Of Environmental Justice Resources

-- Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts April 29 Webinar On Challenges For Drinking Water Systems: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals,' Lead Service Lines  [PaEN]

-- Appalachian Groups Send Letter To Congress Seeking Critical Investments In Appalachian Flood Resilience Programs And Workforce Development  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Why USDA NRCS Is Asking Western PA Property Owners To Complete A Survey About April Flooding

-- A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed, Starting April 25  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: ‘Catch The Rain’ Program Helps Residents Prevent Stormwater Runoff In White Clay Watershed

-- NextPittsburgh: Wightman Park’s Green Stormwater System Passes First Major Test

-- US Geological Survey Hosts May 9 Webinar On New USGS Base Streamflow Forecasting Web Tool  [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society: Critical Funding And Advocacy For The Delaware River Watershed

-- EPA, Local Philadelphia Area Partners Celebrate Earth Week, Declare Trash Free Waters Begin With You!  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny CleanWays April 27 Event Needs Help To Clear Debris From Stormwater Grates

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Marks Milestone Of Removing 11,000 Lead Water Service Lines

-- Citizens Voice: DEP: Toby Creek Flow Has ‘Visibly Increase’ Following Weekend Work On Abandoned Mine Subsidence

-- Appalachian Groups Send Letter To Congress Seeking Critical Investments In Appalachian Flood Resilience Programs And Workforce Development  [PaEN]

-- EPA Finalizes Suite Of Standards To Reduce Pollution From Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

-- The Allegheny Front: New EPA Rules Cut Carbon, Mercury, Other Pollution From Coal, New Gas-fired Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Cheers, Jeers For EPA’s New Power Plant Pollution Reduction Rules

-- Beaver County Times: American Lung Assn. State Of The Air Report Indicates Air Quality Is Lightly Improving In Pittsburgh Region

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: American Lung Assn. Improves Western PA Region’s Air Ratings, But Says More Needs To Be Done

-- PennLive: American Lung Assn. Report  Harrisburg Area’s Air Quality Is Among Worst On East Coast

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Harrisburg, Lancaster Get F Grades For Air Pollution In American Lung Assn. Report 

-- TribLive: American Lung Assn. Ranks Pittsburgh Area Among Nation’s Most Polluted

-- American Lung Assn. 2024 State Of Air Report Reveals Most Hazardous Air Quality Days In 25 Years

-- EPA Finalizes Suite Of Standards To Reduce Pollution From Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Plants

-- The Allegheny Front: New EPA Rules Cut Carbon, Mercury, Other Pollution From Coal, New Gas-fired Power Plants

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Cheers, Jeers For EPA’s New Power Plant Pollution Reduction Rules

-- PennFuture: Learn How To Protect the Natural Environment With Public Participation Public Power - A Community Guide to Local Land Use Decision-Making In PA  [PaEN]

-- MCall: C.F. Martin Produces Whale Of A Guitar For Earth Day As Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition

-- Post-Gazette: Earth Day Celebrations Kick Off With Events Across Western PA - Planet vs. Plastics Theme 

-- Erie Times: Report: Great Lakes Beaches, Including Presque Isle, Suffering From Plastic Pollution

-- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp. To Host Electronics Waste Recycling Event April 27 In Schuylkill County 

-- Independence Conservancy Holds Community Tire Collections In Allegheny, Beaver Counties Starting April 27  [PaEN] 

-- WNEP: Volunteers Help Clean Up Fishing Creek In Columbia County 

-- Shapiro Administration, Attorney General Urge Participation In National Prescription Drug Take Back Day April 27  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Evacuated After Explosive Substance Found

-- Inside Climate News: Encina Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant In Northumberland County Died After 2 Years; What Happened?

-- DCNR Invites Pennsylvanians To Complete Online Outdoor Recreation Survey  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Action Alert: Support Needed For New Michaux State Forest District Resource Center In Franklin County; Attend May 1 Commissioners Meeting  [PaEN]

-- KDKA: Great Allegheny Passage Trail Ranked Among The Best Trails In The Country

-- Outdoor News - Ben Moyer: Outdoors Make Ohiopyle, PA Northeast’s Best Small Town

-- The Daily News Huntingdon Guest Essay: Validations Of Our Special Place - By Dave Hurst

-- PPL Utilities: Nurturing Nature Preserving Ecosystems Through The Lancaster Conservancy

-- WNEP: Celebrating Earth Day With A New Trail In Susquehanna County

-- PA Environmental Council: Small But Mighty: Morrisville Connector Closes Crucial Gap In Delaware & Lehigh Trail 

-- WNEP: New Park Opens In Monroe County

-- Inside Climate News: Thousands Of American Climate Corps Jobs Are Now Open; What Will The New Program Look Like?

-- PennDOT Invests Over $49.5 Million In Projects To Improve Pedestrian Access, Trails, Public Transit, Enhanced Student Safety

-- Registration Now Open For 2024 Delaware River Sojourn June 15-22 

-- Scranton Times: Author Diane Ackerman Sheds Light On Environmental Factors And Mental Health During Earth Day Program

-- KYW: Communities Across Philly Region To Plant Trees, Preserve Planet On Earth Day

-- Tribune-Democrat: Virginia Teens, Local Groups Volunteer To Plant Trees At Flight 93 Memorial

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie Celebrates Arbor Day April 27 

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Tree City USA 36th Anniversary Observed In Greenwood Hill

-- Republican Herald: The Liveliness Of Trees Celebrated At Arbor Day Program In Charles Baber Cemetery

-- Altoona Mirror: Hollidaysburg Borough Celebrates Arbor Day

-- Williamsport Sun: 135-Year Old Brandon Park Is Sunny Backdrop For Williamsport’s Arbor Day Ceremony

-- New Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Podcast Features Pollinator Habitat Certification Program  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Keep It Native - Native Plants Benefit Local Ecosystem

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Going Beyond Birders With Migratory Bird Day Activities May 11

-- PennLive: Lights Out Harrisburg, Here Come The Birds

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Many Birds Have Begun Building Their Nests

-- WHYY: Several Birds Named After Philadelphians Will Be Renamed As Part Of Effort To Stop Honoring Enslavers, Racists

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[Posted: April 28, 2024]   PA Environment Digest