Awards/Recognition
-- Republican Herald: ‘Porcupine Pat’ Reflects On Decades Of Environmental Education At Schuylkill Conservation District
-- Penn State Honors 2024 Student Sustainability Award Winners
-- Bucks County Herald: Elementary Schools Win $5,000 From PECO’s Natural Gas Safety Challenge
-- PennFuture Celebrates 25th Anniversary
-- Reminder: Deadline For PA Wilds Center BIG IDEA Contest April 18
-- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn. Announces Photography Contest Winners
-- Vote Now! For Your Favorite Photo In Chesapeake Bay Foundation Contest; One PA Photo Included
Solar Eclipse
-- Erie Times: Erie Basks In Limelight Of The Solar Eclipse: ‘Center Of The Universe’
-- TribLive Editorial: What Will You Learn From The Eclipse?
Grants
-- MCall: Allentown To Award ‘Mirogrants’ To Youth-Led Projects Addressing Climate Change
Help Wanted
-- PUC Commissioner Kathryn L. Zerfuss To Moderate Careers In Energy Panel At Lehigh University April 16
Upcoming Events
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Teen Summit Aims To Build Community Around Collective Action On Climate Change
-- Penn State EarthTalks: April 15 Webinar On Exposure To Indoor PM2.5, Temperature, Humidity Gradients, 4:00 p.m.
-- NRCS-PA State Technical Advisory Committee Meeting Set For April 16
-- Penn State Climate Consortium Webinar April 16 To Raise Awareness Of Its Activities, 3:00 p.m.
-- 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]
-- 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]
-- LancasterOnline: April 26-27 Climate Summit To Close Out Earth Day Celebrations In Lancaster County
-- Erie Times: Volunteers Needed For Annual Presque Isle State Park Cleanup April 27
-- 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
Programs/Information
-- York Dispatch: Chemistry Experiment Gone Wrong Prompts Evacuation Of York County High School [DEP School Chemical Cleanout Campaign]
-- Latest Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Looks At Youth Climate Leadership [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Newsletter Highlights Young Ambassadors; Pick Up PA; More!
-- DEP Bans Sale Of Eyoyo Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: DCNR Issues Warning For Spring Wildfire Season
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed CNX Midstream Double 24-Inch, 14 Mile Long Gas Pipelines In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 13 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 63 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 13 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Reminder: DEP Holds April 29 Hearing On Water Quality Permits For Arcadia Warehouse Project In Northampton County
-- DEP Sets May 29 Hearing On Wheelabrator Municipal Waste Combustion Facility Air Quality Permit In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Environmental Educators: Fill Out The 2024 PA Statewide Environmental Education Survey Today [PaEN]
-- PUC Reminds Consumers Of Mid-April Public Hearing On PECO Default Electric Service Plan
Background On Issues
-- 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]
-- 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
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Fracking Industry Has Opportunity To Defeat Biden In 2024
-- 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]
-- 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
-- WNEP: School Officials Back PA Bill To Fund School District Solar Energy Facilities
-- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp., Schuylkill County
-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: House Committee To Consider Bill Setting Electric Vehicle Fee To Start At $125
-- CNHI News: House Dem Says Electric Vehicle Road Fee Talks Resume, Senate Republican Firm On Current Proposal
-- TribLive Editorial: Smart, Timely Action Needed On Electric Vehicle Fees
-- LancasterOnline: Faith, Nonprofit Leaders Promote Green Transportation In Lancaster County
-- Utility Dive Guest Essay: Regulators: Don’t Panic And Rush To Gas Amid Cries We’re Out Of Power
-- CNX Expands Air Pollution Monitoring To More Shale Gas Well Pads, Compressor Stations Under The Collaborative Agreement With State [PaEN]
-- LehighValleyLive: Lehigh Valley Lawmaker Wants More Fracking Chemical Information
-- The Allegheny Front: Why Conservationists Are Pushing To Get The New Federal Farm Bill Reauthorized
-- Potter Leader-Enterprise: New Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Video Explains Why Some PA Trout Streams Lack Full Protections
-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Benefits Of Rain Gardens; New Watershed Teaching Tools; Bern Sweeney Recognition [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA House Republicans: Federal Pause On Permits For New LNG Gas Export Facilities May Spark ‘Electricity Crisis’ [If We Don’t Ship More PA Gas Out Of The Country? And to China like EQT Wants?]
-- PA Capital-Star: Biden ‘Moratorium’ On LNG Gas Exports Could Hurt PA’s Energy Future, House Republican Panel Hears [There Is No Moratorium, It’s A Pause On New LNG Export Facilities, Export Facility Capacity Will Still Double During Pause ]
-- Moms Clean Air Force: New EPA Protections Will Curb Chemical Plant Pollution, Clean Up Air In Impacted Communities [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Anaerobic Digestion; Biochar In Forest Economy; Climate Solutions Symposium; How Transmission Lines Power Your Home; More!
-- Tribune-Democrat: EPA Gas Meters, Testing Finds No Air, Water Issues At North Star High School After Students Fall Ill, Superintendent Says
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Off To Wettest April Ever, On Pace For Wettest Year In History
-- AP: UN Climate Chief Says Humans Have 2 Years Left ‘To Save The World’
-- TribLive Editorial: What Will You Learn From The Eclipse?
-- 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
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Scientists Experiment With Bioreactors To Address Nitrogen, Phosphorus Pollution From Region’s Springs
-- Rep. Warren’s Bill To Help Reduce Single-Use Plastic Bottles Clears House Committee
-- Williamsport Sun: What To Do If You Didn’t Schedule Treatment To Fight Spongy [Gypsy] Moths This Year
-- 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
-- PA Capital-Star: Sunday Hunting Proposal Again Pits PA Hunters Against Hikers, Bikers, Hhorseback Riders
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: American Marten Reintroduction, Antlerless Deer Licenses Topics For Game Commission Meeting
-- 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
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: The Muskrat Is The Little Brother Of The Beaver
Visit the DEP Calendar of Events; PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.
[Posted: April 14, 2024] PA Environment Digest
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