April 22 - Earth Day: Weekly PA Environment Digest Now Available

“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” 

-- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution  [It’s Not A Suggestion]

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Gov. Shapiro Honors 22 Projects With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence; Awards Dinner April 30

Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution

Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

Senate Hearing: Penn State Expert: ‘No More Research That Needs To Be Done’ To Justify A Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’

Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago

Senate Hearing: DEP Still Evaluating The Data On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Asks Public To Report Road Dumping

April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council Meeting Features Discussion Of Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells

PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 13 to 19 - Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices Of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells

Commonwealth Court Affirms EHB Ruling Sen. Muth Lacks Standing To Appeal A DEP Permit For Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility

Protect PT Hosting April 30 Webinar On How Your Municipality Can Protect Itself From The Dangers Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells

PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 20

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds May 2 Hearing On Water Use Requests, Including 7 Shale Gas Drilling Uses In Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties

PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor

Guest Essay: Claims That Only Thermal Energy Resources Can Ensure Electric Grid Reliability Don’t Pass The Laugh Test

Encina Announces Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant Will Not Be Built In Northumberland County

DEP: Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants Will Open April 22

CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $21.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Economic Revitalization Grant

NRCS-PA Is Now Accepting Applications For Regional Conservation Partnership Grants

NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Survey Of Western PA Counties To Determine Impacts Of Flooding So Far In April

Penn State Extension To Host Agricultural Conservation Conference June 4-6 In State College

Lancaster Clean Water Partners Latest Podcast Features A Conversation With EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz

Natural Areas Assn. Hosts 2-Part Webinar Series - Embracing The Power Of Nature For Watershed Recovery

Registration Open! Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, May 23 In Harrisburg

DEP Invites Comments On Draft Stream Evaluation Reports In Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming, Sullivan Counties; Including Loyalsock Creek

Penn State Extension: Can You Tell If A Stream Is Healthy? Meet The Stream Doctors With Science U

Original Student 'Hellbender Defenders' Celebrate 5-Year Anniversary Of PA's Official State Amphibian And Clean Water Ambassador

Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Hearing May 8, Business Meeting June 5

DEP Invites Comments At June 10 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Pixelle Specialty Solutions Paper Making Plant In York County

G.E.T. Solar Informational Webinar April 25 For Businesses, Schools, Municipalities & Nonprofits

PA Solar Center Hosts April 25 Webinar On Solar Workforce & Apprenticeship Opportunities

PPL Utilities: 2023 Sustainability Report Highlights PPL’s Utility Of The Future Strategy

Penn State EarthTalks: April 22 Sustainable & Climate-Resilient Urban Solutions Online Program

PA Resources Council Offers Free Statewide Recycling Webinar On Earth Day, April 22

Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania

PA Resources Council Launches 2024 Household Chemical Collections May 4 At Allegheny County Event; First Of 8 In Western PA

Little Juniata River Assn.: More Than 100 Volunteers Clean Up 30 Miles Of River Banks In Huntingdon, Blair Counties

Yuengling Brewery, Keep PA Beautiful Celebrate Partnership With Cleanup In Schuylkill County

PA Chapter American Planning Assn. Accepting Nominations For Great Places In Pennsylvania

DCNR Highlights Conservation Job Opportunities In PA Outdoor Corps As 2024 Season Begins

The Conservation Fund Transfers Conservation Easement For 19,800 Acres In Elk, McKean Counties To Western PA Conservancy

Allegheny Land Trust Announces Conservation Of 114 Acres Of Green Space In 2 Transactions In Allegheny County

Keystone Trails Assn. Welcomes 3 New Staff Members To Expand Presence In Bedford, Clinton & Lancaster Counties

New Craft Beer In Williamsport Celebrates National I Love My State Parks Week By Supporting State Parks

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Migration Hawkwatch Begins

Audubon Society Of Western Pennsylvania & Bird Town PA Partner To Create Sustainable Environment for Birds, Wildlife, People

Asbury Woods Environmental Center Takes On Greater Erie City Nature Challenge April 26-29; Six Other PA Areas Participating

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

DCNR State Parks April Environmental Education Newsletter Celebrates Earth Month

PAEE/NAAEE: Relaunch Of 'Outside For 5' Campaign Urges Educators To Embrace Outdoor Learning

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[Posted: April 22, 2024]  PA Environment Digest