July 1 PA Environment Digest Is Now Available

The July 1 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ 103 Pages This Week ]

[ Headlines ]

Major Environmental Priorities Not Addressed In FY 2019-20 State Budget, Shell Game Continues

Growing Greener Coalition: Cuts Made To Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Funding Could Have Planted 32,000 Acres of Stream Buffers

CBF: PA Elected Leaders Failed To Show The Will, Leadership To Restore Pennsylvania's Rivers And Streams

Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices

Pre-Qualification For DCNR, PennVEST Multifunction Riparian Buffer Grants Begins July 1

Applications Now Being Accepted For Clean Water Fund Grants In Lancaster County

Senate Republicans Pass Senate Bill 619 Fundamentally Changing Definition Of Water Pollution Effectively Making Spills And Discharges To Streams No Longer Pollution

CBF-PA Urges House Not To Act On Senate Bill 619 Redefining Water Pollution

Column: Desire For Riches Often Comes At The Cost Of Natural Resources

PUC Distributes Nearly $252 Million In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue, Largest Amount To Date

IFO Projecting Either $9.6 Million Increase In Drilling Impact Fee Revenue In 2019 Or $37.1 Million Decrease

PUC Opens Comment Period On Enhancements To Pipeline Safety Regulations, Additional Financial Reporting

And The 2019 Winners Of The Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Are…

PA Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp Presents Award To Ashley Wilmont

PA Conservation Heritage Project Releases Online Story Map Exploring The History Of Pennsylvania’s Forests

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced

Senate Republicans Pass Bills Misleading Public On Changes To Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program When Changes In Federal Law Needed

PEC Opposes Bill Limiting Reporting On Environmental Impacts From Underground Coal Mining

Senate Environmental Committee OKs Bill To Make Report On Impacts Of Deep Coal Mining Optional, And Other Bills

[ The Feds ]

CBF: U.S. House Passes Increase In Federal Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program

EPA Approves Allegheny County Request To Permanently Eliminate Low-RVP Summer Gasoline Requirement

USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Releases SoilWeb 2.0 Soil Survey Data App

[ Water ]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians - Austin Unruh & Multi-Functional Stream Buffers

DEP Holds July 17 Hearing On Consol's Bailey Mine Draft Water Quality Permit In Greene County

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Project In Indiana County

DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Water Quality Plans For 5 Watersheds In Adams, Bedford, Lebanon, Mifflin, Snyder, Union Counties

Penn State Seed Grant Supports Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research

DEP Invites Comments On Annual Reports From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

[ Environmental Education]

DEP Awards $205,000 In Environmental Education Grants For 45 Projects

2019 Seedlings For Schools Program Experiences Huge Response To New Pollinator Garden Option

Brodhead Watershed Association Annual River Ramble Will Tour Unique Sites On 2 Of Monroe County's Purest Creeks

[ Citizen Scientist ]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Become A Citizen Scientist To Help Us Understand, Find Solutions For Climate Change

Lacawac Sanctuary: Become A Pocono Lake Ecological Observatory Network Citizen Scientist In Wayne County

[ Recycling ]

PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Pop Up Glass Recycling Collection Events In Allegheny County During July

[ Air ]

DEP Holds Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For GenOn Northeast, Armstrong County

Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On DEP RACT II Air Quality Plan For FirstEnergy Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Beaver County

DEP Hearing August 12 On Air Quality Plan Approval For Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center, Northampton County

[ Energy ]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Enters Into $18,500 Settlement With Sunoco Mariner East II Pipeline

PUC PA 1 Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $180,850 In Penalties For Violations

PUC Offers Energy Saving, Cooling Tips As First Summer Hot Weather Alert Issued

City Of Reading Becomes 19th Community In PA To Commit To 100% Renewable Energy

Millersville University Is First In PA To Receive Zero Energy Building Designation

Op-Ed: Legislature Should Take A Hard Look At Cap-And Invest Program To Use All Of Our Energy Options

[ Recreation - Forests - Land Conservation ]

July 14-Snorkeling In Cherry Creek For Kids; July 20-Cherry Valley Refuge Turtle Hike In Monroe County

Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 436 Acres In Warren County

PALTA Publishes New Guides To Protecting Conservation Landowners From Personal Injury, Liability Loss

Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Perki-Bay Expedition 2019 Now Underway! Follow Them On Facebook

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights July Education Programs, Activities

DCNR Good Natured Blog: The Best Way to Explore PA Water Trails May Be By Canoe

Lyme Timber, Three Rivers Forest Mgmt To Hold Public Meetings On Lyme’s Investment In Timber In Northcentral PA

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosts 2019 Festival Of Wood August 3-4 In Pike County

June 26 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

[ Wildlife ]

Brodhead Watershed Assn: July 13 - How We Can Help Wildlife Withstand Climate Change, Monroe County

Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Awards $73,410 In Grants To 30 Wildlife Habitat, Hunting Projects In 44 PA Counties

[ Opportunities ]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Streamlines Science Department With Promotions, New Hire

Help Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Land Manager

[ Helpful Resources ]

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