152 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 152 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.

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-- Final State Budget Includes $50 Million For Clean Streams Fund; New SPEED Permit Review Program; Support For DEP Oil & Gas Program  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Chesapeake Conservancy Highlight Importance Of $50 Million In Stream Restoration Funding Included In Pennsylvania’s New Budget  [PaEN]

-- PA Lawmakers, Groups Celebrate Passage Of Solar For Schools Bipartisan Solar Energy Initiative  [PaEN]

-- House, Senate Send Bill Authorizing Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide To The Governor  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Environmental Groups Warn Fast-Tracking Carbon Capture A Mistake In Pennsylvania  

--  Pittsburgh Business Times: Bill Would Regulate Carbon Capture, Storage In Wells Underground, But Environmentalists Are Pushing Back 

-- House, Senate Give Final, Unanimous Approval To Changes In Anti-SLAPP Bill Designed To Stop Lawsuits Restricting Public Participation, Free Speech  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: PA Lawmakers Pass Bill To Curb Frivolous Lawsuits, Protect Free Speech

-- State Health Plan Identified Oil & Gas Development As Health Risk Last Year; Environmental Health Indicators Map Is Now Available To Show Potential Risks Near You  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: New Book Investigates What Happens To The Mountains Of Waste Generated By Oil & Gas Industry [Including Road Dumping]

-- Federal Court Again Says Groups Have A Right To Appeal Permits For Gas Pipelines To State Environmental Hearing Board, Overruling Transco, DEP Objections  [PaEN]

-- PUC's Pipeline Safety Program Recognized For Exemplary Standards & Impact On Residents, Businesses; State Agencies Lack Authority To Act On Pipeline Issues [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 6 to 12 - Double Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Failure; 19 + 12 Abandoned Conventional Wells; Draining Water Impoundment By Spraying  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Water Encroachment Permit For A Beech Resources, LLC Project To Construct 3 Pipelines On A Right-of-Way Impacting An Exceptional Value Stream, EV Wetlands In Lycoming County  [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: PUC To Hold Second Hearing July 15 On Venango Water Company [Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Contamination Of Water Supply]   [PaEN]

-- Now On Demand: PublicSource.org - Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia  [PaEN]

-- DEP Received 16,574 Permit Applications Since Nov. 2023: 13,017 Decided; 3,557 Pending; 9 Did Not Meet Decision Deadlines Eligible For PAyback Refund: Zero Asked For Refunds 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: DEP Cut Permitting Backlog 60% Since 2023

-- Clean Air Council: Federal Court Rejects Attempt To Block EPA Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Reduction Regulation 

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA Supreme Court Does Not Align With Ideological Split Of US Supreme Court Chevron Decision - By Jerry Dickinson, University Of Pittsburgh School Of Law

-- Utility Dive: US Supreme Court’s Chevron Ruling Creates Legal, Regulatory Uncertainty In Power Sector Over Future EPA Mandates, Moody’s Ratings 

-- Sierra Club DelCo Green Team To Host July 15 Webinar On Congress, the Environment, And Congressional Review Act   [PaEN]

-- University Of Maryland Chesapeake Bay & Watershed Report Card Shows The Same (Watershed) Or Improving (Bay) Water Quality  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Report Card Gives Chesapeake Bay A C+, Its Best Grade In 21 Years; Bay’s Health Received The Same Score In 2002 

-- PennLive: Blamed For Chesapeake Bay Pollution, PA Took Steps To Clean Up - Here’s How It’s Going

-- LancasterOnline: Chesapeake Bay Report Card Reveals Progress From Local Pollution Control Efforts

-- Williamsport Sun: Sen. Yaw: State’s Efforts Are ‘Positively Transforming’ Chesapeake Bay Watershed

-- Discover NEPA: Keep NE PA’s Rivers & Streams Clean With PA Environmental Council

-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Science Teacher Joins Research On Lake Erie

-- Patch.com: New Hope-Solebury Students Awarded Aquetong Watershed Scholarships In Bucks County 

-- PA Assn. Environmental Educators Call For Presentation Proposals For 2025 Annual Conference Set For March 10-12 In Erie  [PaEN] 

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: How The US Supreme Court’s ‘Good Neighbor’ Ruling Could Impact Air Quality In Pennsylvania

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

-- PA Capital-Star: Casey, Deluzio Announced $3.66 Million For Public Water Supply In Beaver County Affected By Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

-- TribLive: Delmont Awards $1.23 Million For Project To Address Sewage Overflows, Next Step In State Consent Order

-- LancasterOnline: Pequea Twp. Gives OK To Wawa Store Well Water Use Despite Residents’ Concerns About Impact On Surrounding Wells

-- WHYY: Publicly Owned Water Companies In Philadelphia’s Suburbs Take Pride In Holding Out Against Privatization, Keeping Water Bills Low

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Success Outdoors Not Measured In Fish Caught or Miles Hiked, But In Mindful Immersion During 24-Day Kayaking, Canoeing Adventure On West Branch Of Susquehanna River  

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 2024 HERYN Programs Serve 84 Young People With Kayaking, Fishing, Conservation Instruction 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: 16 Middle Schoolers Explore Preserve, Creative Problem Solving Through STEM Camp Program Day   

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: Students Engage With RiverKeeper Presentation On Eastern Hellbender During Annual Envirocamp Program

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Highlights Youth Conservation Corps 50-Mile Paddling Perki-Bay Expedition In New Video  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Latest Upstream Newsletter: Heat Waves In The Water; Unseen Intruders; Trash Monitoring; Plastic Free July; Celebrating 75 Years Of Ruth Patrick’s Legacy  

-- EPA Invests $20 Million In Water Workforce Training, Career Development; Including $4.9 Million Grant To The Energy Innovation Center Institute In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: As Sea Levels Rise, Philly, Camden At Risk Of Being Inundated With Raw Sewage, Study Finds 

-- WHYY: Philadelphians Missing Out On Flood Insurance Discounts, The City Could Cash In Next Year

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Nears $2.7 Million In FEMA Funds To Buy Out 21 Flood-Prone Properties

-- WNEP: Scranton To Demolish Flooded Homes

-- WNEP: $500,000 Federal Grant To Help Repair Luzerne County Fairgrounds After Flooding

-- Reading Eagle: Antietam Schools’ Post-Flood Project To Build Temporary Classrooms On Schedule, Officials Say

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Fatal Flash Flood: Sudden Loss Of Parents Still Raw For Son A Year Later

-- Courier Times: Bucks County Community To Hold Memorial Service For Victims Lost To 2023 Flood

-- PennLive: Tornado Ripped Through Campbelltown, Lebanon County 20 Years Ago: ‘The Defining Disaster’

-- FEMA Finalizes Rule To Increase Resilience Against Flooding To Protect Future Taxpayer-Funded Projects

-- US Geological Survey PA Water Science Center Newsletter Highlights Drought, Flooding, Water Quality Information  [PaEN]

-- WPXI: Demolition Begins On Monongahela River Dam

-- PennWATCH: Kevin Stewart Honored With Lung Association’s Prestigious Professional Service Award 

-- GASP: Environmental Groups Support Plan To Boost Funding For Allegheny County Air Quality Program

-- Breathe Project: PA Cong. Summer Lee Questions EPA Administrator Over Cancer Rates In Braddock [Video]

-- KDKA: Pungent Odor Has Plagued Pitcairn For Years, Now Community, Environmental Groups Hope Air Sample Canister Will ID Mystery Smell 

-- Sen. Culver: US EPA Installs Air Quality Monitors Around Wilburton Coal Bank Fire In Columbia County  [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: DEP To Fix Abandoned Mine Borehole In Millers Run In Cecil Twp. Washington County  [PDF of Story ] 

-- Post-Gazette: Hazelwood Green Youth Sports Complex Ready To Advance On Brownfield Site

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Homer City, Indiana County Navigates An Uncertain Future After Its Coal-fired Power Plant Closed 

-- Penn State Hosts Mining Summer Camp Aug. 4-9 In State College For H.S. Juniors, Seniors  [PaEN] 

-- Bradford Era Guest Essay: The Time To Prepare For The Electric Vehicle Transition In PA Is Now - By Nick Bibby, Advanced Energy United

-- PennLive Editorial: Time To Accept Change - Electric Vehicles Are On The Way, If They’re Not Already Here

-- Inquirer: More Fast, Public Electric Vehicle Charging Is On The Way, But PA Is ‘Playing Catch-Up’

-- Inquirer: Federally-funded Electric Vehicle Charging Arriving In Philly Region

-- TribLive: Electric Vehicle Stations Still Under Construction In Aspinwall

-- The Center Square: Philadelphia Schools To Spend $41.5 Million On Green Buses

-- Sen. Casey Secures $208 Million For Mack Trucks In Lehigh Valley To Manufacturer Zero Emissions Vehicles, Create 295 New Union Jobs

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How US Steel Is Using Battery Powered Locomotives At Some Of Its Plants 

-- Penn State: Making Rechargeable Batteries More Sustainable With Fully Recyclable Components

-- The Heinz Endowments Commits $9.3 Million To Improve Region’s Climate, Environment, Health Outcomes

-- Post-Gazette: Heinz Endowments Awards $9.3 Million To Pittsburgh Organizations Focused On Climate, Health

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Community Development Network Hosts Aug. 6 Climate Action Planning - Resources And Funding Opportunities Webinar; Guide To Tools & Funding  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Energy Policy Conference Sept. 17-18 In King Of Prussia 

-- LancasterOnline: Messick’s Farm Equipment Joins Lancaster County Ranks Of Large-Scale Solar

-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. Junior Solar Sprint Another Sunny Success  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Nanticoke Citizens Plan Meeting About Solar Energy Facility In Residential Zone In Luzerne County

-- Warren Times: Warren County In Early Stages Of Wind Energy Facility Regulations

-- Warren Times Editorial: Wind Project Protections Are Necessary

-- PhillyVoice.com: PA-Constellation Energy Considering Restarting Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1

-- Inquirer: Could Nuclear Power Restart At Three Mile Island?  Here’s What To Know About The Plant’s History Amid Questions About Its Future

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Reopening Chatter Keeps Getting More Serious

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Consider Restart As PA Look To New Tech To Meet Demand

-- Guest Essay: March 28, 1979 -- Three Mile Island - By James M. Seif, Former Administrative Assistant to Gov. Dick Thornburgh  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Electrification Is Coming, Grid Panic Is Already Here 

-- WHYY: How To Prepare For Power Outages If Your Health Depends On Home Medical Devices

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Duquesne Light’s New Power Outage Reporting Passes First Test During Region’s Severe Weather

-- WHYY: Philly Declares Heat Health Emergency With Temperatures Nearing 100 Degrees

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Opening 6 Cooling Centers As Temperatures Climb Monday, Tuesday

-- PennLive: Dry Conditions Are Likely As ‘Relentless’ Heat Continues; Are We Headed For A Drought?

-- WITF/LancasterOnline: With Temperatures Continuing To Climb, How Does Heat Impact Crops?

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Temperature In Streams Can Be A Pollutant

-- MCall Guest Essay: How Farming Contributes, And Doesn’t, To Climate Change - By Mark Lichtenwalner, Lower Macungie Twp. Farmer

-- Dept. of Agriculture Starts Accepting Applications For Urban Agricultural Infrastructure Grants July 22, Deadline Sept. 6

-- Inquirer: Federal Agency Is Pushing Urban Agriculture As A Climate Change, Social Issues Solution

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Hosts New Art Exhibit: Seed Stories - A Celebration Of Land-based Creators

-- Registration Open!  Keep PA Beautiful 2024 Summit For Community Stewardship In Scranton Oct. 16-17  [PaEN]

-- Darby Creek Valley Assn. Webinar Features Master Watershed Steward Dr. Carol Armstrong On Microplastics In Riverine Systems  [Video] 

-- Empowering People: Trash Monitoring Along The Schuylkill River 

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Celebrate Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Featured Projects In Dauphin County; Philadelphia

-- Altoona Mirror: Warming Waters: Park Managers Ensure Lakes, Streams Safe For Humans, Wildlife 

-- PA Environmental Council: DCNR Seeking Applications For Its NextGen Advisory Council  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Quills Blog: DCNR, Education Launch PA’s 2024 Summer Learning And Literacy Road Trip  

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pack Up For Pennsylvania 2024 Summer Learning, Literacy Road Trip

-- Republican Herald: Boy Scouts From Across The Area Learn Sailing At Hawk Mountain Scout Reservation

-- Spotlight PA: Will Former Cameron County Landfill Become PA’s Next Stargazing Mecca?

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: New Big Elk Creek State Park Development Highlights Tension Between State Agency, Local Power

-- Daily Local News: Residents Join Lawmakers To Oppose State’s Plan To Develop Big Elk Creek Watershed Into ‘Tourist Attraction’ 

-- The Allegheny Front: Trails Along Pittsburgh’s Rivers Helping The Region’s Economy

-- Post-Gazette: 2.5 Mile Segment Of Great Allegheny Passage Trail In Fayette County To Closure Due To Gas Pipeline Project Through Mid-October

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Blair County Development Corp. Receives Grant For ATV Trail Feasibility Study In Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield Counties

-- Scranton Times: Scranton To Create Urban Trail Linking Clover Field To Lackawanna River Heritage Trail

-- LancasterOnline: Cocalico Towns Map Future Link With Warwick-Ephrata Rail Trail

-- Warren Times: Route 6 Alliance Projects In Warren, Tidioute, Youngsville To Make Area More Bike Friendly With Racks, Repair Stations 

-- WHYY: Second Wind Bicycles Repairs, Delivers Bikes To People In Berks, Bucks, Montgomery Who Need Them The Most

-- Republican Herald: New Boat Launchpad Offers Easier Access To Schuylkill River At Island Park In Schuylkill Haven

-- WHYY: Brandywine Valley’s Trail System In PA, DE Set For New Additions, Closures

-- Tribune-Democrat: Whitewater Release Valve Back In Action At Quemahoning Reservoir After Repairs 

-- TribLive: Mountain Watershed Assn. Plans Youghiogheny River Rafting Trip July 28

-- Reading Eagle: Drowning In Reading Brings New Warnings About Swimming In The Schuylkill River

-- Observer-Reporter: One Killed In Water Skiing Accident In Washington County

-- Disc Golf Soars To New Heights In The Susquehanna Greenway; Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo Aug. 3 - By Sienna Dunkleberger, Intern, Susquehanna Greenway Partnership   [PaEN]

-- July 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation Now Available  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Celebrates Forest Stewardship Council Leadership Award For Achieving 25 Years Of Forest Management Certification; 2024 Update Available On Shale Gas Drilling In State Forests  [PaEN] 

-- Celebrating The 20th Anniversary Of The Foundation For Sustainable Forests With Wendell Berry’s  'A Forest Conversation' Essay On The Foundation's Founders, Mission & Roots  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference Sept. 21; Annual Dinner Sept. 20 With Tim Palmer And Rosalie Haizlett, In Crawford County  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Woodland Stewardship Webinar Series - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh Must Embrace The Trees

-- WHYY: Philly’s Avenue Of The Arts To Spend $100 Million Greenifying South Broad Street

-- Celebrate The Bloom! July 27 In Butler County, PA’s Only Prairie With Native Blazing Star, 224 Other Species  [PaEN]

-- WITF/WPSU: At PA Firefly Festival In Forest County, Visitors And Researchers Experience Synchronous Fireflies

-- Arboretum At Penn State's Pollinator And Bird Garden Wins International Award  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Moths Emerge For A Short Time Span

-- WNEP: Celebrating Bugs In The Poconos At Kettle Creek Environmental Center

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Issues Quarantine Order Establishing A Framework For Taking Actions To Prevent Damage To Nursery Stock From The Invasive Box Tree Moth  [PaEN]  

-- MCall: Emerald Ash Borer Killing Trees Causing Frequent Power Outages In One Lehigh Valley Neighborhood 

-- Tom Ridge Environmental Center In Erie Hosts Aug. 3 Film Showing Of Seeing The Unseen - Aquatic Invaders & What's At Stake  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Allegheny National Forest Fighting Spread Of Hemlock Wooly Adelgid With Silver Flies

-- The Allegheny Front: Hollow Oak Land Trust Is Fighting Invasive Hemlock Woolly Adelgid In Allegheny County

-- Penn State Extension Survey: Lyme Disease And The Lyme Disease Vaccine

-- Stroud Water Research Center To Honor Award-Winning Author, Fisherman Paul Greenberg With Award For Freshwater Excellence At Sept. 19 Gala  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Board Adds Nearly 5,300 Acres To State Game Lands 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Support Sunday Hunting In PA, Improve Wildlife Habitat 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Fish Commission Outlines New Management Plan For Black Bass

-- WNEP: Eclipse The Bald Eagle Released Back Into Wild By Pocono Wildlife & Rehabilitation Center

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Lead Poisoning Continues To Impact Bald Eagle Populations In PA And Beyond 

-- TribLive: Dry, Hot Weather Brings Timber Rattlesnakes Out In Westmoreland

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Blog: New Susquehanna University Study Shows Key Behavioral, Physical Impacts Of Increasing Water Temps On Sculpin (Fish), Stream Headwaters

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Dog Days Of Summer Won’t Last For Too Long

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[Posted: July 14, 2024]   PA Environment Digest