102 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 102 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!

-- Team From North East High School In Erie County Wins 2024 PA Envirothon, Now Goes To International Competition In July  [PaEN] 

-- Erie Times: North East High School Team Wins State Envirothon, Heads To International Competition 

-- Post-Gazette: West Jefferson, Carmichaels, Upper St. Clair Students Recognized In Allegheny Conservation District,  State Envirothon Competitions 

-- Observer-Reporter: A Decade Of Dedication: Ohiopyle State Park Manager Retires

-- Shapiro Administration Celebrates 2024 DCNR Ranger Trainee Graduates At Little Buffalo State Park

-- PA Recreation & Park Society Celebrates Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Offers Other Professional Development Events  [PaEN]

-- TalkErie.com: Regional Science Consortium And Partners Received 2024 Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence 

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: PA's Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Receives National Recognition For Collaboration, Partnerships  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: 2023 Year-In-Review

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Accessible Parks Benefit Everyone

-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Park System Ranks Among Top 20 Nationally

-- Altoona Mirror: Leaders To Commemorate 50 Years Of Raystown Dam

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Volunteers Teach In Elementary School Nature Education Program 

-- Tribune-Democrat: May 31, 1889 - Johnstown Flood Kills More Than 2,000

-- Tribune-Democrat: Visitors, Park Rangers Honor 1889 Johnstown Flood Victims On 135th Anniversary

-- Lt. Governor, Acting DEP Secretary Highlight Potential Of Solar Power On Abandoned Mine Lands At Beaver County Site; Issued New Report On Solar Potential Of Mined Lands  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Issues Request For Information For Clean Energy Generation, Storage Projects On State-Owned Abandoned Mine Lands; Webinar June 10  [PaEN] 

-- MCall Guest Essay: Shapiro Energy/Climate Plan Would Move PA Economy Into The Future, Protect The Environment - By Carbon Off

-- 60+ Organizations Call For PA Senate Passage Of Community Solar Legislation [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun: Families United Network ‘Flips The Switch’ To Solar Energy Panels At Their Muncy Campus

-- WESA: Swisshelm Park Solar Energy Project Radiates Pittsburgh’s Energy Future

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Feds Offer $90 Million For Vast Solar Energy Array On PA Mine Land In Clearfield County 

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Yes, Solar Energy Can Work In Cloudy Pittsburgh

-- WESA: USDA Unveils $145 Million Rural Energy For America Program To Boost Renewable Energy In Rural Areas

-- PUC Publishes Final Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability, Resilience And Reduce Energy Costs  [PaEN] 

-- Pennsylvania Joins Federal-State Initiative To Make America’s Power Grid More Reliable, Able To Deliver Clean Power At Reduced Cost  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Program Announces KEEP Home Energy Loan Contractor Training Events Starting June 4  [PaEN]

-- 3DPrint.com: WATT Fuel Cell Mount Pleasant Plant Expanding Operations To Produce Fuel Cells In Westmoreland County 

-- EPA Awards $55.7 Million In Rebates To 21 School Districts For Clean School Buses In Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: New Clean Energy School Buses Coming To Pittsburgh-Area School Districts 

-- WHYY: Know A Teen Interested In Journalism Or Climate Work?  June 3 Solving The Climate Crisis Program

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Report Finds Allegheny County Health Dept. Air Quality Permit Backlog Getting Worse; DEP Making Progress  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer Editorial: Philadelphia’s Black Communities Would Suffer Most From Weakened Air Pollution Rules

-- DEP Extends Temporary Air Quality Permits For Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; Shell Said It Will Submit Full Title V Air Permit Application By June 21 Deadline  [PaEN]

-- Week 10: Illegal Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues Unabated On Paved, Dirt Roads, Before It Rains, It Doesn’t Matter In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Orders 7 Rhodes Estate Water Companies To Secure Counsel For Hearings On Their Future [More Fallout From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County]  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: PA’s Fracking Wastewater Contains A ‘Shocking’ Amount Of The Critical Clean Energy Mineral Lithium  

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 25 to 31 - Shale Wastewater Pipeline Spill; Drill Cuttings Violations; More Abandoned Conventional Wells  [PaEN] 

-- The Energy Age Blog: Cecil Twp., Washington County Latest Township To Realize Current Gas Well Regulations Aren’t Enough To Protect People 

-- Farm & Dairy: Cecil Twp., Washington County To Add New Restrictions On Oil & Gas Drilling - Like Living With A Helicopter 100 Feet Over Your Head 24 hours A Day

-- Center For Coalfield Justice June 13 In-Person Program On Air Pollution Hazards From Oil & Gas Sites, South Franklin Township Park, Washington County

-- Evangelical Environmental Network, Partners Host June 5 Webinar On Pipeline Methane Leaks - Causes, Impacts, Solutions  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research Traced Radioactive Radium In Freshwater Mussels To Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Working To Plug More Dangerous Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners - By Rep. Mandy Steele (D-Allegheny)

-- TribLive: Rustic Ridge Family That Lost Home To Natural Gas Explosion Awaits Completion Of New House In Plum, Allegheny County

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Releases Recommendations To US DOE On LNG Gas Export Facility Impact Analysis  [PaEN] 

-- Delaware Currents: Gibbstown, NJ LNG Gas, Wyalusing LNG Gas Projects Show A Flicker Of Life

-- Protect PT Lunch & Learn Online Program - Frac-Enomics, Is It Worth It? Now On Demand  [PaEN] 

-- 50+ Appalachian Groups Call On US DOE To Suspend ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Project  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Appalachian Groups Call For Hydrogen Hub Pause

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Gas Producers CNX Wants In On The Hydrogen Revolution

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Elected Officials, Regulators Must Protect The Public Interest In Amazon/Talon Energy Data Center Deal In Luzerne County [Energy, Water Consumption, Few Jobs]

-- Warren Times Editorial: Find Long-Term Energy Answers

-- DEP Disapproves Final Cleanup Report On Dozens Of Chemicals At The American Refining Group Bradford Refinery In McKean County For Not Meeting Cleanup Standards [PaEN] 

-- EPA Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz Visits Erie To Highlight Brownfield Projects Funded By $5.5 Million EPA Grants  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: These Bucks County Water Systems Have Higher-Than-allowable Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh-Area Water Providers Eyeing Cybersecurity As EPA Warns Of Increased Hacks 

-- Help Wanted: Upstream Pittsburgh Water Equity Director  

-- The Allegheny Front/WDIY: Lehigh University Students Find Greener Protective Gear For Firefighters [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’]

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Sets Training On Rail Incidents Involving Toxic Chemicals, Campus Emergencies

-- WNEP: Chemical Spill Drill For Healthcare Providers, First Responders In Luzerne County

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Gets Grant For Levee Work To Prevent Flood Insurance Hikes

-- YourErie.com: Volunteers Remove Over 500 Tires From Allegheny Watershed During Annual Cleanup 

-- PennLive: Wiconisco Creek Anglers Assn. Organized 30+ Volunteers For Stream Cleanup In Dauphin County 

-- Lancaster Farming: PA Dairies Get $25 Million Boost for Climate-Smart Practices; Penn State Seeking 100 Farms To Receive Assistance 

-- LancasterOnline: Conowingo Creek Restoration Serves As Model For Conservation  

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer, et al: Since 2020, 55 Million Square Feet Of Warehouse Space Have Reshaped Jobs, Traffic, Landscapes

-- Center For Watershed Protection Hosts 3-Part Stream Restoration Webinar Series Starting June 4  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts June 10 Webinar On Watershed-Friendly Native Planting  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds Newsletter Highlights Student AgVenture Camp; Watershed Stewards Native Plant Kit; Pond Management; Rain Barrel Guy; Much More!  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Highlights Partnership Helping PA Communities Plant 2,500 Large Bare Root Trees; Woodland Health Practices Handbook; Chesapeake Stormwater Training  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Woods & Wildlife News & Notes: May Forest Snapshot; Service Forester Assistance For Forestland Owners; Forest Education For Teachers, Youth Leaders 

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Mussel Hatchery Produces More Juveniles, Thanks To New Discoveries

-- Inquirer: Philly’s Nursery-Grown Mussels Are Crucial To Cleaning Rivers, Local Scientists Just Made A Major Breakthrough 

-- WTAJ/AP: Researchers Find Tiny Organism Has Power To Reduce Persistent Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Farm Fields 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation - B.J. Small: Marvelous Macros - Tiny Aquatic Creatures With An Important Message 

-- Williamsport Sun: You Can Help Birds, Just By Looking Around [Breeding Birds Of PA Project]

-- TribLive: Wildlife, Plants, Paddlers Find A Haven On Sycamore Island In Allegheny River 

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Host June 20 Summer Solstice At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden  [PaEN] 

-- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: Fall Cankerworms Drop From Leaves Onto Homes, Cars, People In Southwest PA

-- DCNR: Great American Getaway RV Tour Highlights Outdoor Adventures In State Parks, Forests As Millions Spend Memorial Day Weekend Outdoors 

-- Warren Times: Shapiro Hikes Rimrock As Part Of ‘Great American Getaway’ RV Tour

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: State Forester Seth Cassell - Outdoor Recreation Is Booming In Pennsylvania

-- PA Healthy Lands Week Now Accepting Event Sign-Ups - Sept. 28 to Oct. 6  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: PA Healthy Lands Week Accepting Signups; Kittatinny Ridge Sentinel Landscape Designation; PA Sojourn Grants Awarded; Much More!  

-- WITF/WVIA: Hikers Celebrate PA Native Species Day At Lackawanna State Park

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Conservancy To Maintain 1.5 Mile Section Of Schuylkill River Trail

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: What Could Completing The Erie To Pittsburgh Trail Do For Our Economy - By Seth Trott, Impact Corry 

-- Altoona Mirror: Johnstown Brings Back WalkWorks Program

-- KYW: Nearly $90 Million In Federal Funds Could Be Invested In Philly-Area Trail Corridors 

-- TribLive: Wildlife, Plants, Paddlers Find A Haven On Sycamore Island In Allegheny River 

-- Game Commission Updates Public On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Research

-- TribLive: Game Commission Partners With Maryland Zoo To Boost Allegheny Wood Rat Population

-- WPXI: After Area Bear Sightings, Game Commission Offers Tips For Community 

-- Adult Mentors Needed!  Wildlife Leadership Academy Summer Student Field Programs  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: You Can Help Birds, Just By Looking Around [Breeding Birds Of PA Project]

-- KDKA: Young Peregrine Falcons In Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning Nest Learning To Fly

-- TribLive: Copperheads, Timber Rattlers, And Rare Eastern Massasauga Among PA’s Venomous Snakes 

-- MCall: Rabies A Concern When Interacting With Wild Animals In PA

-- DEP Adds Jamestown Canyon Virus To West Nile Virus Mosquito Monitoring Program For 2024  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: West Nile Virus Detected In Allegheny County Mosquitoes For First Time This Year

-- TribLive: ‘Quiet Epidemic’ Delves Into Chronic Lyme Disease

-- DEP Tick Surveillance And Testing Program

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[Posted: June 2, 2024]   PA Environment Digest