107 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 107 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!

-- Northeast Pennsylvania Environmental Partners Announce Award Recipients; Recognition Dinner Oct. 17 In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Shade Creek Watershed Assn. Celebrates 25th Anniversary Sept. 21 In Somerset County  [PaEN] 

-- Republican Herald: Swatara Co-op  Trout Nursery Celebrates 25 Years

-- DCNR Good Natured Blog: I’m Having A Great Forestry Intern Experience!  -  By Connor Duncan, DCNR Forestry Intern [PaEN]

 -- Student Interns Are Learning About The Water Industry With Trade College Summer Experiences At The Chester Water Authority  [PaEN] 

-- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: The Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County 22 Years Later  [PaEN]

-- No One Warned A Cameron County Family Their Water Well Was Contaminated By A Seneca Resources Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Rupture  [PaEN] 

-- Shell Petrochemical Plant Asks DEP To Classify Chemical Makeup, Flow Rate Of Gases Going To Be Burned Off By Flares, Air Pollution Sources, Control Equipment Operating At The Plant Confidential Business Information  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 20 to 26 - Abandoned Well Violations To Owner Of 727 Conventional Wells ‘Returned To Sender,’ More Wastewater Pipeline Spills; 2nd Attempt To Plug Shale Gas Well  [PaEN] 

-- Grist - Jake Bolster: Road Dumping Returns: How Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State

-- MotherJones.com: Frackers Are Spraying Toxic Wastewater On Pennsylvania Roads Despite Ban

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Fight Over Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater Is A Rural-Urban Tension [They Now Dump More On Paved Roads; Road Dumping Is Waste Disposal -  This Is 2024, Not 1859  Learn The Real Facts]

-- NonProfitQuarterly.org - Justin Nobel: Is Radioactivity The Key To Holding The Fracking Industry Accountable?  [Bryan Latkanich Case In Washington County] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 22 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In June; 155 General Permits In 2024  [PaEN] 

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: New Report Reveals The Need For Protective Standards For All Gas Well-Related Gathering Pipelines

-- Altoona Mirror: PUC Files Complaint: Peoples Natural Gas Accused Of 22 Safety Violations, $800,000 Fine Proposed In 2021 Tyrone Explosion 

-- PA Capital-Star/Inside Climate News: National Spotlight Shines On Shapiro’s Contested Environmental Record

-- Fortune: Harris Reverses Earlier Anti-Fracking Stance And No Longer Supports A Ban

-- Bloomberg: Harris Backs Off Fracking Ban As Republicans Campaign On Past Position

-- The Hill: Harris Does Not Support Fracking Ban - Campaign Official

-- TribLive: New Law Adds Free-Speech Protection Against Frivolous ‘SLAPP’ Lawsuits

-- Post-Gazette: Lawmakers Introduce New Bipartisan Bill In Congress To Push Rail Safety After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Rail Safety Measure Needed To Prevent ‘Ticking Time Bombs’ In Rail Yards, US House Committee Told

-- DEP Requiring Any Facility Operating Under A Temporary Title V Air Plan Approval For More Than 12 Months To Submit a Title V Operating Permit On Or Before Nov. 25, 2024  [PaEN]

-- House Committee To Hold 2nd Hearing July 29 On Governor’s Energy Plan To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Bipartisan Solar For Schools And Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Bills Into Law  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Schools Can Soon Apply For Grants To Offset Cost Of Solar Projects

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: New Solar For Schools Program

-- Penn State Study Finds Solar Farms With Stormwater Controls Mitigate Runoff, Erosion  [PaEN] 

-- Shapiro Administration Secures $396.1 Million In Federal Funding To Cut Carbon Pollution From Industries, Create Jobs  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Western PA’s Industrial Sector Can Tap Into $396 Million In Federal Climate Funding Received By DEP 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pennsylvania Gets Nearly $400 Million For Industrial Decarbonization

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: PA Gets $400 Million From EPA To Lower Carbon Emissions From Industries

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania To Receive $396 Million For Industrial Decarbonization

-- With Support from Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund, Green Building Alliance Launches Resilient Communities Initiative In Reading, Meadville  [PaEN] 

-- Green Building Alliance Thanks Sen. Fetterman For Seeking Critical Grant Support For Program To Expand Small Business Resilience In Erie, New Kensington, Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- Spotlight PA: Federal Dollars Driving Energy Policy In Pennsylvania Toward Solar, Hydrogen

-- EPA Announces $13.9 Million In Environmental, Climate Justice Community Change Grants In PA  [PaEN] 

-- WHYY: Flurry Of Grant Money Flowing To Philly Region For Environmental Projects

-- WTAE: Nuclear Energy Leader Discusses Industry Future: ‘It’s A Community Of Women’

-- StateImpactPA: Harley-Davidson In York Gets $89 Million In Federal Funding To Boost E-Motorcycle Production

-- PennEnvironment: New Interactive Map Spotlights State, National Parks With Access To Electric Vehicle Charging  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Book By Rob Jackson Provides Hope For Restoring The Atmosphere From Climate Pollution 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Action Is A Moral Imperative - By Rev. Erik Hoeke, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary 

-- TribLive: Historical Society Mines Derry Area’s Coal Mining Past For Living History Program In Westmoreland

-- Call For Nominations! PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Awards  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Pennsylvania’s Budget Pledges Ongoing Support For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

-- Inside Climate News: Historic Investments, Accountability Push Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts In Right Direction Says EPA Region III Administrator Adam Ortiz 

-- State Conservation Commission Starts Accepting Resource Enhancement & Protection Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Aug. 1  [PaEN] 

-- Watershed Alliance Of York, Partners Host 22nd Annual Watershed Week Sept. 21 - 27  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: A Collaborative Triumph In The Conestoga Watershed - Hammertown Tributary

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Restoring Streams, Cultivating Partnerships - Gordonville Farm Riparian Buffer 

-- Penn State Extension - Ag Conservation Currents: Ag Progress Days; Livestock Watering; Grass Riparian Buffers; REAP Application Period Opens; ABCs Of Agricultural Conservation

-- Lancaster Farming: USDA Secretary Calls For Systemic Changes In Agriculture At Rodale Organic Farming Field Day

-- Penn State Extension - Watershed Winds: Why Did My Streamside Tree Die?  Monitoring Soil Moisture; Pond & Lake Wildlife; Private Wells & Water Systems; Water-Related Education Programs

-- The Allegheny Front/WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Task Force Makes Recommendations On Flood Insurance - New Tax Breaks, Grants And Assistance

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Agnes Flood Documentary To Be Screened At River Common Sept. 12

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights Chesapeake Bay Report Card; Tioga River Mine Drainage Treatment Project; eDNA; New Cooling Tower Tech  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Aug. 21 Webinar - Water Testing Through Penn State's Ag Analytical Lab  [PaEN] 

-- Learn How You Can Qualify For Free Well Water Testing During Aug. 22 Penn State Extension Webinar  [PaEN]

-- Spotlight PA: Public Water System Privatization On The Rise In PA, Here’s What You Need To Know

-- WESA/AP: Demand For Rare Elements Used In Clean Energy Could Help Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines In Appalachia

-- Registration Open! 2024 Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem; Delaware Conservation Fund Symposium Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 26 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Lehigh County-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs: Stream Restoration; Volunteer Opportunities; Wine & Dine Dinner; Student American Chestnut Project 

-- York Daily Record: Contaminated Foundry Site In Adams County Gets Grant, Loans To Be Rehabilitated

-- Patch.com: Students Team Up With Bucks Beautiful To Enhance Buckingham Wetlands

-- MCall Guest Essay: We Need Detailed Soil Maps Of Our Cities So We Know Where It’s Safe To Work, Live, Play And Grow Food - By Nora Vaughn, Lehigh University Student

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Will Be Accepting Applications For Recycling Mini Grants Starting Aug. 12 

-- Beaver County Times: Electronics Recycling Event At Riverside H.S. Aug. 6 In Beaver County

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Report: Chemical Recycling Of Plastic Won’t Benefit The Ohio Valley

-- Republican Herald: Citizens Of Western Schuylkill County Face New Landfill Threat By Backwood Waste Management

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Active or Passive? Plans For Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County Spark Controversy 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A New Plan For Pennsylvania Forests - New Uses, More Trails, Continued Logging

-- Scranton Times Quills Blog: Plant Trees For Free In Pennsylvania

-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts July 31 School Grounds Greening - Helping Children Learn In And From Nature Webinar [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Section Of Clear Creek State Forest Recognized By Old-Growth Forest Network In Mercer County

-- Penn State Extension - Woods & Wildlife News: Integrated Forest Management; Invasion Ecology; Preventing Feral Hog Invasions; Woodland Steward Series; Forest Farming - Ginseng

-- Natural Lands Partners With Landowner Michael Kaczenski To Protect 252 Acres Of Forest Land In Carbon County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Partnered With Fleetwood Borough To Increase Protection For Local Drinking Water Under New Fleetwood Reservoir Woodland Conservation Easement Covering 190 Acres  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Partners With Landowner Kevin Stein To Protect 139+ Acres In The Kittatinny Ridge Landscape  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: ClearWater Conservancy Partners With Diane Albright To Protect 95-Acre Woodland As Part Of Beaver Branch Gorge Biological Diversity Area In Centre County  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Protects 4.6 More Acres In West Vincent Twp., Chester County 

-- DCNR Designates New Umbrella Magnolia Groves Wild Plant Sanctuary In York County  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front: A Rare Prairie In Pennsylvania Is In Full Bloom Right Now At DCNR Jennings Environmental Center, Butler County

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Seldom Seen Mushroom Found Near Kinzua Dam

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Nature’s Garden A Learning Experience 

-- Center For Biological Diversity: EPA Releases New Strategy To Protect Endangered Plants, Animals From Insecticides

-- EPA Releases Draft Strategy To Better Protect Endangered Species From Insecticides

-- DCNR Virtual Grant Workshop For Recreation, Conservation Projects Set For Nov. 7  [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Aug. 14 Trails Advisory Committee Forum Mercer County; DCNR Seeks Survey Input From Trail Managers, Providers On Land/Water Trail Plan  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Active or Passive? Plans For Big Elk Creek State Park In Chester County Spark Controversy 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - We All Need To Experience Nature

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: A Summer Road Trip From Pittsburgh To Goddard State Park

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Chapter Of The North Country Trail Assn. Wraps Up Trail Shelter Project

-- TribLive: Goats Get To Work Clearing Natrona Riverfront In Preparation For Work On Three Rivers Heritage Trail Connection

 -- WNEP: Senior Residents Enjoy Kayak Ride Along Susquehanna River In Snyder County

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hazelwood Summer Camp Teaches Life Lessons Along With Rowing On The Mon River

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Restored Glade Run Lake In Butler Is Back To Where It Used To Be 

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, 50+ Vendors To Host Susquehanna Greenway Expo Aug. 3 At Shikellamy State Park Marina, Sunbury  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Big Ideas In Store For Tarentum, Cheswick Riverfronts Using Fish & Boat Commission Fishing, Boating Access Grant

-- Post-Gazette: $16 Million In Funding Awarded For Sharpsburg Riverfront, New Kensington Plant Redevelopments

-- NextPittsburgh: Exploring Allegheny River Towns: Sharpsburg Is A Tiny Ball Of Fun

-- DCNR State Parks July Environmental Education Newsletter: Summer Learning & Literacy Road Trip; Celebrating Park & Recreation Professionals; Literacy Survey, Professional Workshops  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Game Commission To Expand Hunting Lands By 5,200 Acres

-- TribLive: ‘Frog Week’ Part Of PA Woods & Forests Goal To Draw Attention To Backyard Creatures In Westmoreland

-- Inquirer: It’s Been 10 Years Since The Spotted Lanternfly Landed In PA, Is It As Bad As We Feared?

-- Inquirer: Spotting And Stopping The Spotted Lanternfly

-- Erie Times: Cocaine Trade Threatens Winter Habitat Of PA’s Warblers, Orioles And More In Central America 

-- Williamsport Sun - Dan Brauning, Lycoming Audubon: Migration Marvels - A Look At How Birds Exemplify The Cycle Of Life

-- TribLive: $1.2 Million Federal Grant To Help PA Expand Eastern Massasauga Rattler’s Habitat

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[Posted: July 28, 2024]   PA Environment Digest