June 4 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The June 4 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation: PA Lagging In Meeting All Pollution Reduction Goals Except From Wastewater Plants

Landis Homes Retirement Community Friends Of The Woods & Wetlands Group Receives Service Award In Lancaster

DEP Loses Appeal Of Unconventional Drilling Regulation Injunction At PA Supreme Court, Case On Merits Continues

PA Supreme Court Says Local Governments Must Amend Zoning Ordinances To Specifically Allow For Drilling

House Sets Final Vote Tuesday On Bill Weakening Standards For Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling

DCNR, Local Groups Join In Celebration Of State Park System's 125th Anniversary At Washington Crossing Historic Park

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Launches 125th Anniversary State Parks, Forests Celebration

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Forthcoming Report: Conserving the Legacy: The Future Is In Our Hands

The Conservation Fund Purchases 32,598 Acres Of Forest Land In Elk, McKean Counties

Northeast Environmental Partners Now Accepting Environmental Award Nominations

[ News From The Capitol ]

On The Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule/ Bills Introduced

Bill To Require DEP To Replace Delaware, Susquehanna River Basin Commissions Referred To House State Government Committee

Sen. Rafferty Introduces Bipartisan Resolution To Create Commission On Pipeline Construction & Operations

Sen. Baker Introduces Bill To Declare DRBC Fracking Ban A Taking Of Property

May Environmental Synopsis Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee

[ The Feds ]

CBF-PA Praises U.S. Sen. Casey For Bill Increasing Federal Support For Farmers Planting Streamside Buffers

Op-Ed: Data The New Driver In Conservation Decisions Regarding The Chesapeake Bay

National Sustainable Ag Coalition: USDA Resumes Farm Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment

PA, Other Attorneys General Sue EPA Over Failure To Enforce Critical Rule On Methane Emissions From Landfills

Trump Orders DOE To Take Steps To Prevent The Loss Of Coal, Nuclear And Fuel-Secure Power Generation Facilities

[ Environmental Education ]

Children's Water Festival Creates Young Conservationists In Erie

Delaware River Basin Commission Offers Clean Water Lessons To Students At Lehigh Valley HydroMania

Deadline Extended: Goddard Student Leadership Legacy Institute Applications For July 8-13 Program

[ Water ]

Agriculture Announces $1.3M In Ag Research Grants, Including On Nutrient Reductions, Spotted Lanternfly

POWR, PEC Hold Regional Watershed Workshops June 20 Carlisle, June 28 Doylestown

Lancaster Is Using Green Infrastructure To Manage Stormwater, Make Neighborhoods Safer

LandStudies Latest Green Infrastructure Newsletter Now Available

Mid-Atlantic Chapter International Erosion Control Association Conference Sept. 18-20 In Camp Hill

Latest Runoff Rundown Newsletter Now Available From Center For Watershed Protection

DEP Invites Comments On Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Compact Procedures, Guidance Changes

Delaware River Basin Commission Summer Photo Contest Begins June 25

July 19 DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Nockamixon TCE Well Contamination Site, Bucks County

July 11 DEP Hearing On Interim Response At Ridge Run PFAS, PFOS, PFOA Well Contamination Site, Bucks County

PA American Water Awards $50,000 In Grants To Local Fire Companies

May 31: National Dam Safety Awareness Day, Commemorates Johnstown PA Dam Failure That Killed Over 2,200 People

[ Litter Cleanup ]

May 31: National Dam Safety Awareness Day, Commemorates Johnstown PA Dam Failure That Killed Over 2,200 People

[ Air ]

DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee To Discuss Proposed Fee Increases June 14

DEP Hearing July 17 [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Sonneborn Petrolia Facility Butler County

[ Energy ]

Pennsylvania’s Solar Future Stakeholder Meeting June 14 In Philadelphia

PennTAP: Saving Energy Costs Workshop For Business June 19 In Westmoreland County

Penn State Study: Using Oil & Gas Well Brine As Dust Suppressant Less Than Ideal

Volunteer Training For Shale Gas Stream Monitoring July 7, Allegheny County

DEP Opportunity To Bid On Plugging Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells In Butler County

IFO: Natural Gas Production Grows 9.9%, Producing Wells Up 9.1% In First Quarter

[ Environmental Justice ]

DEP To Name New Environmental Justice Director By End Of June

[ Recreation - Forests ]

Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Initiative Awards $60,000 To 10 Projects

DCNR Blog: PA River Sojourns Offer More Than A Quick Paddle

Brodhead Watershed: June 16: Van Buskirk Preserve Hike, Snorkeling In McMichael Creek Kids Event, Monroe County

May 30 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights June Education Programs

Summer Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Opens For 2018 Season In Pike County

[ Wildlife ]

Fort Indiantown Gap Offers Tour In Lebanon County To See Rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly Late June, July

Game Commission Citizen Science: Join June Appalachian Bat Count! 

[ Other Useful Resources ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

Stories Invited

Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

Register Now For 20th PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference 

PA Environment Digest is edited by David E. Hess, former Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  He can be contacted at 717-576-0420 or send email to: DHess@CrisciAssociates.com. 

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