100 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 100 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!

-- PA Environmental Council Recognizes Davitt Woodwell, Altoona Water Authority, Community Of Kane At Western PA Awards Dinner  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful’s Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania Program Graduates The Class Of 2024; Applications Now Being Accepted  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Teen Caught The EPA By The Ear, And They Listened

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-- Warren Times: Four Students Awarded Scholarships By Warren County Conservation District

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pittston Area School Students Conduct Trout In The Classroom Trout Release

-- House Environmental Committee Hearing On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater Set For June 10; A Voting Meeting On Bill To Ban Road Dumping June 11  [PaEN]  

-- Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Former DEP Secretary Wants Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads To Remain Illegal

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets June 13 On Migration Of Waste From Injection Wells; E&S Permitting; Federal Plugging Programs; Updated Conventional Waste Regs; Financial Assurance To Prevent Well Abandonment  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 1 to 7 - 38 Conventional Wells Evaluated For Plugging; Spills; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Failure To Notify DEP Of 121 Conventional Well Owner Transfers  [PaEN] 

-- The Energy Age Blog: 3 New EQT Shale Gas Well Pads Ready For Drilling In Union Twp., Washington County

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Radium Found In Mussels Downstream From PA Frack Waste

-- Environmental Health News: The Oil & Gas Industry’s Radioactive Problem: Q & A With Author Justin Nobel

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Fracking Produces A Resource [Lithium] Needed To Wean Us Off Fossil Fuels - Pennsylvania Should Embrace It

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Martins Ferry WV Council Pressure Ohio Agency To Clean Up PA-Owned Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant NOW

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carlton: In Rural PA, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers Lifeline For Dying Conventional Gas Wells [But Do They Bother To Get Permits]

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Rural Pennsylvania, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers A Lifeline For Dying Gas Wells [But Do They Bother To Get Permits]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Means More Facking Pollution, False Promises - By Talor Musil, Environmental Health Project & Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute 

-- KDKA: Residents And Research Say Shell Petrochemical Plant A Bust, Fell Short Of Economic Promises

-- Beaver County Times: Watchdogs To Monitor Air Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant With Penalty Funds

-- Post-Gazette: EPA Outlines Plans For Long-Term Health, Water Monitoring Around Norfolk Southern Train Derailment, Is It Enough? 

-- Inside Climate News: Ohio, PA Residents Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Say Their ‘Basic Needs’ Are Still Not Being Met

-- PA Senate Approves Mastriano, Vogel, Brooks Bill To Let Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Victims Keep More Money

-- AP: IRS Decides People Who Get Money From Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Won’t Be Taxed On It

-- Clean Air Council: US Steel Complying With Lawsuit Settlement To Reduce Harmful Air Pollution At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works  [PaEN] 

-- KDKA: Battery 15 At US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Permanently Shut Down

--  TribLive: US Steel Closes Portion Of Clairton Coke [Coal] Works As Part Of Lawsuit Settlement

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: EPA Coke [Coal] Oven Rule To Bring New Monitoring Requirements To US Steel’s Clairton Plant

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Cause Of Omnis Bailey Coal Waste Processing Plant Fire In Greene County Unknown  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: State Police Fire Marshal Unable To Determine Cause Of the Bailey Mine Coal Waste Plant Fire In Greene County 

-- WNEP: DEP Holds Meeting In Columbia County On Underground Coal Mine Fire Burning Since 2022

-- Firepoint Energy Eyeing PA Coal Waste As Source Of Rare Earth Elements And Jet Fuel  [PaEN]   

-- Tribune-Democrat: Coal Miners’ Memorial Weekend June 13-16 Will Celebrate Windber’s Heritage

-- News-Item: Former Glen Burn Colliery Mine Transport Shuttle Installed At Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area In Northumberland County

-- Scranton Times: Archbald To Restore Old Mine Cart For Colliery Revitalization Project

-- Scranton Times: Finding New Life For Coal Mining Relics In Archbald

-- 400+ Pennsylvanians Participate In Virtual Citizen Lobby Day For Action On Climate Solutions, Gov. Shapiro's Energy Plan  [PaEN]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New NRDC Analysis: Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Plan Is A Winner

-- Rep. Matzie: House Committee Hears Testimony On Bill To Accelerate State’s Energy Production, Modernize PA Energy Development Authority 

-- PennLive: PA House Discusses Overhaul Of PA Energy Development Authority In Light Of Senate Bill, Federal Dollars

-- DCNR Celebrates Reaching Renewable Energy Goal At Presque Isle State Park In Erie With Installation Of Solar Energy Arrays  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: State Leaders, Regulators Push For Solar For Former Mine Lands

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition June 17 Webinar On Federal Funding Opportunities For Coal To Solar Energy Projects  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Officials Say Unused Dam Along The Schuylkill In Norristown Could Provide Green Energy For The County

-- Reuters: US May Revive Some Shut Nuclear Plants To Help Meet Emissions Goal, DOE Chief Says [Three Mile Island In PA]  

-- PennDOT Announces Additional Corridor Eligible For Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Funding

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Green Panel: New Federal Funding Carrots Approach For Climate, Environmental Measures A Major Opportunity For Western PA

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Pennsylvania, Landowners Could Be Forced To Let Carbon Dioxide Be Buried Under Their Property 

-- Pennsylvania Eligible For Third Installment Of $244.7 Million In Federal Funding To Support Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Has Third Year Of $244.7 Million For Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands

-- US Dept. Of The Interior Awards $28.67 Million To PA To Revitalize Abandoned Mine Lands, Create Jobs Under AMLER Program  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Will A Focus On Stream Health Boost Chesapeake Bay Cleanup? 

-- TribLive: Export Officials On Board With $5 -$10 Million Turtle Creek Remediation Project In Westmoreland 

-- Water Cooler Talk Webinar July 30 - Using Community Science Tool To Track Stream Health  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Conservancy, Many Partners: Lancaster Water Week - June 7-15 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: ‘Experience The Upper Conestoga’ At A Free, Family-Friendly Event During Lancaster Water Week 

-- Daily American: Somerset County Environmental Education Projects Receive Funding

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Receives $30,000 DEP Environmental Education Grant  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Area Students Complete After-School Nature, Food Program

-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Everything Mayflies - Swarms On Radar, As A Stream Health Monitor; Take The Watermark Watershed Challenge;  Building Trust To Boost The Bay 

-- Scranton Times: Local Farmers Battling Climate Change Consider The Pros, Cons Of Federal Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: New Report - Extreme Rainfall In Pennsylvania To Increase  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Flood Risk Is Increasing In Philly Region, Here’s What You Need To Know

-- WESA: ReImagine Appalachia Report Proposes Policy Recommendations To Increase Flood Resilience In Appalachia

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call For Better Flood Relief Policies For Appalachian Communities

-- Spotlight PA: On Any Given Day, This Centre County Community Might Not Have Running Water, Residents Are At A Loss 

-- WITF/LancasterOnline.com: Water Systems Facing Millions In Upgrades To Address PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals”

-- WESA: Lead Levels In Pittsburgh’s Tap Water Fall To 20-Year Low

-- KDKA: PA American Water Replacing Lead Water Service Pipes

-- Keep PA Beautiful Newsletter: Summit For Community Stewardship Oct. 16-17; Healing Planet Tree Planting Grants; 250 PA Day

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: When You Mow, Leave The Grass, Seriously

-- Altoona Mirror: Dancing Stars Farm Provides Top-Notch Heirloom Grains To Distilleries Near And Far

-- DCNR To Hold Virtual Town Hall Event June 12 On Draft Plan For The Future of Pennsylvania Forests - Forests for All  [PaEN]

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Applications For Healing The Planet Tree Planting Grants  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: Woodland Stewardship Committee Of Schuylkill County Conservancy To Connect Landowners In Schuylkill County 

-- NACD Awarded $585,824 For Northeast Mid-Atlantic Forests & Water Partnership Project To Advance Regional Conservation Efforts In PA, Other States  [PaEN] 

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts Doug Tallamy For Change Waits In Your Yard Presentation June 17 At Lycoming College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension July 30 Webinar On Tree Communication - How Trees Thrive Thru Interactions With Each Other And Their Environment  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Over 300 Tree Seedlings Planted By US Forest Service

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Features Seepage Wetlands, Turtle Habitat Management, Fungal Biodiversity, Lake Erie Cisco, And More!  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education: Visit A Green Space Near You For Some Down Time  [PaEN] 

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Investing In Our Trails Is A Winning Formula For Pennsylvania - By Brook Lenker, Keystone Trails Association

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Healing With Nature Mosaic Mural Creates More Than Art

-- Republican Herald: Wiconisco Creek Anglers Clean Up, Create Trail In Williams Twp

-- Republican Herald: Volunteers Clean Up Littered Area In Shenandoah, Trail Cameras To Be Installed Shortly

-- Citizens Voice: Coming Together To Clean Up Wildlife Habitat On State Game Lands In Luzerne County

-- Republican Herald: ‘The Living River’ Is Theme Of This Year’s Schuylkill River Sojourn 

-- TribLive: Officials Celebrate Enhanced Bike Trail In Downtown Pittsburgh

-- NextPittsburgh: Celebrate The Trails This Weekend At Great Day On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail 

-- Scranton Times: Bicycle Recyclers Top 1,000 Giveaways

-- PA Environmental Council Awards $60,000 In Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Mini Grants For 11 Projects  [PaEN]

-- Landforce Pittsburgh Opens Crew Member Job Training Application Period June 10

-- North Branch Land Trust: Hike & Photograph Luzerne County’s Acidic Ridgetop Barrens June 15  [PaEN] 

-- Hollow Oak Land Trust Highlights Upcoming Program, Embrace The Beauty Of Nature  In Allegheny County

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Offers Summer Programs For All Ages

-- PA Firefly Festival Lottery Attracts Over 2,500 Entries - 150 Were Selected To Attend Activities In Late June; Live Stream Firefly Presentation  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Will Fireflies Fade From Summer Nights?

-- TribLive: More Work Needed To Help Bees In Pennsylvania, Experts Say

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: White Perch Caught In Delaware River Might Seem Small, But It’s A PA Record

-- Citizens Voice: Look To Susquehanna River For World-Class Bass Fishery 

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[Posted: June 9, 2024]   PA Environment Digest