66 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 66 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!

-- Act 14: Little Known State Law Gives Municipalities, Counties First Chance To Comment On DEP Permits Before Applications Are Submitted; Critical First Step In Public Involvement  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: ‘Porcupine Pat’ Reflects On Decades Of Environmental Education At Schuylkill Conservation District

-- Penn State Honors 2024 Student Sustainability Award Winners

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Area Activists Ask For Voice In US Steel Sale Talks

-- LehighValleyLive: Lehigh Valley Lawmaker Wants More Fracking Chemical Information

-- Westmoreland County-Based Protect PT Calls For Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; CAC Member Asks For DEP Response  [PaEN] 

-- New Penn State Study Shows Continuous Radioactive Radium Exposure From Oil & Gas Wastewater Poses A Threat To Aquatic, Human Health As It Accumulates In Aquatic Species  [PaEN]

-- Better Path Coalition Hosts April 19 Virtual Brown Bag Briefing With Justin Nobel On His New book About Radioactive Waste From The Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Hearing Board Allows 2nd Appeal Of Tri-County Landfill Permit To Move Forward Over Threats Posed By Birds, Radioactive Oil & Gas Waste [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: State Intervenes In Venango Water Case [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Residents In Conewango Twp. Complain About Noise From Allshouse Oil Well Compressor

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Official Joins Pittsburgh-based EQT In Saying We Have A 'Duty’ To Provide LNG Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: Gas Profiteers: It’s Our ‘Duty’ To Provide Gas To China

-- DEP Issues $1.1 Million Civil Penalty To Equitrans For Violations Related To The Uncontrolled Venting Of 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Gas From The Rager Mountain Gas Storage Area In Cambria County  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Cambria County Gas Storage Well Blowout Brings $1.1 Million Penalty For Equitrans

-- WJAC: DEP Fines Equitrans Gas Company $1.1 Million For 2022 Cambria County Gas Storage Area Leak

-- Tribune-Democrat: Equitrans To Pay More Than $1.1 Million Penalty For 2022 Gas Storage Area Leak In Cambria County

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: $1 Million Fine Levied Against Equitrans For Major Gas Storage Area Leak In Cambria County

-- CNX Expands Air Pollution Monitoring To More Shale Gas Well Pads, Compressor Stations Under The Collaborative Agreement With State  [PaEN]  

-- Bucks County Herald: Elementary Schools Win $5,000 From PECO’s Natural Gas Safety Challenge 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Carbon Credits Are A Promising Option To Fund Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging

-- Dept. Of Interior Finalizes Action To Ensure Fair Return To Taxpayers For Public Land Oil & Gas Drilling

-- Moms Clean Air Force: New EPA Protections Will Curb Chemical Plant Pollution, Clean Up Air In Impacted Communities  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Teen Summit Aims To Build Community Around Collective Action On Climate Change 

-- Latest Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Looks At Youth Climate Leadership  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Allentown To Award ‘Mirogrants’ To Youth-Led Projects Addressing Climate Change 

-- LancasterOnline: April 26-27 Climate Summit To Close Out Earth Day Celebrations In Lancaster County

-- WNEP: School Officials Back PA Bill To Fund School District Solar Energy Facilities

-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland

-- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp., Schuylkill County

-- PA Energy Development Authority Launches Keystone Energy Efficiency Program To Lower Electricity Costs For Homeowner, 4 Unit Residences  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Faith, Nonprofit Leaders Promote Green Transportation In Lancaster County 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Polluters Should Pay For Damage To Climate - By Citizens Climate Lobby

-- EPA Sets First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard For PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' In Drinking Water; PA State MCL Will Change  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Years After PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Rock Bucks, Montgomery Counties, EPA Sets Near-Zero Detection Limit

-- PA Capital-Star: EPA Sets PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Limits Found In One-Third Of PA Water Systems

-- WHYY: Philly-Area Water Providers Grapple With Costs Of Reducing Toxic PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- LancasterOnline: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Linked To Cancer Found In Lancaster County Water

-- TribLive Guest Essay: America Is Investing In Clean Water Infrastructure - By Clean Water Action

-- Observer-Reporter: PA American Water Touts Progress At East Dunkard Water Treatment Plant In Greene County

-- Tribune-Democrat: Mineral Point-Area Waste Coal Pile To Be Removed In Cambria County

-- City & State PA: Interview With Adam Ortiz, EPA Region III Administrator

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Scientists Experiment With Bioreactors To Address Nitrogen, Phosphorus Pollution From Region’s Springs

-- Brodhead Watershed Association Seeks StreamWatch Program Volunteers In Monroe County; Training May 18  [PaEN] 

-- Patch.com: Arbor Day Tree Planting In Newtown Square To Mitigate Erosion, Runoff April 27 In Delaware County

-- WNEP: Volunteers Planted Trees In Montage Mountain For ‘Grow’ Event

-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Benefits Of Rain Gardens; New Watershed Teaching Tools; Bern Sweeney Recognition  [PaEN]

-- Potter Leader-Enterprise: New Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Video Explains Why Some PA Trout Streams Lack Full Protections

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Equity Director Wants Advocacy As Diverse As Nature

-- PA Assn. Environmental Educators: Fill Out The 2024 PA Statewide Environmental Education Survey Today  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Launches 2024 Hard-To-Recycle Collection Campaign April 20 In Western PA [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council: Registration Open For Weekday Electronics Waste Collections In Allegheny County  [PaEN] 

-- Keep PA Beautiful Newsletter Highlights Young Ambassadors; Pick Up PA; More! 

-- Erie Times: Volunteers Needed For Annual Presque Isle State Park Cleanup April 27

-- TribLive: East Deer Twp. Schedules First Cleanup Day April 21: ‘Make The Town A Little Bit Nicer’

-- Scranton Times: College Students Pitch In To Beautify Pocket Park In Scranton

-- WHYY: Philly Mayor Reveals More Of Her Plan To Make Philly ‘Clean And Green’

-- Agriculture Invests Over $8 Million To Protect 2,250 Acres Of Farmland In 15 Counties  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR: Director Of Outdoor Recreation Joins Small Business Roundtable To Promote Partnerships To Build PA’s $17 Billion Outdoor Recreation Economy

-- Scranton Times: Dunmore To Build Pocket Park Using Keystone Landfill Fines

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox: Climate Change Leaving Some Plants, Trees In The Dust

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey:  PA Tick Experts Explain Why Outdoors Enthusiasts Need To Plan Ahead To Prevent Tick Bites

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh Finally Has A New Bald Eagle Chick To Watch 

-- TribLive: Egg Hatches In US Steel’s Bald Eagle Nest

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Endangered Bats In PA Have A Sanctuary In Marietta, Lancaster County 

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Center Rebounds At Open House Attended By Hundreds Of Supporters

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[Posted: April 14, 2024]   PA Environment Digest