June 24 PA Environment Digest Now Available - Stop Budget Shenanigans Edition!

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-- CBF-PA: Pennsylvania's Rivers And Streams Need Your Help!  Urge Legislators To Make Critical Investments In Clean Water Now!

-- Growing Greener Coalition Call To Action: Protect Local Environmental, Recreation Project Funds, No Backsliding!

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Call To Action On State Budget: Haven't We Heard This Off-Key Tune Before?

[ Headlines ]

Call To Action: Republican Bill Moves To Fundamentally Change Definition Of Water Pollution In Pennsylvania

Note: First Votes On State Budget Set To Happen Monday, June 24. Stay Tuned….

County Commissioners, Professional Recyclers Oppose Raid On Recycling Fund To Pay Agency Operating Costs

Keep PA Beautiful Opposes Using Recycling Fund, Other Community Project Monies To Pay Agency Operating Expenses

PA Municipal Authorities Oppose Using Recycling Fund To Pay DEP Operating Costs

Joint Committee Report On DEP’s Chapter 102 & 105 Permit Reviews Asks For Much More Data, Shows Impact Of Budget Cuts

DEP To Have New Draft Under 5 Acre General Permit For Erosion Control Available In July To Begin Public Review

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge IRRC To Disapprove DEP Air Quality Permit Fee Increases, Threatening Integrity Of Program

EPA Says PA’s Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan Comes Up Short, Lacks Commitments To Resources To Carry It Out

DEP Accepting Applications For EPA Section 319 Watershed Restoration, Planning Grants

Local Governments Ask House Committees For More Resources To Meet MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reductions

DEP: Federal Fee Due To Expire In 2021 That Is The Only Source Of Funds To Address $3.9 Billion In High-Priority AML Problems

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Urges PA Congressional Delegation To Reauthorize Federal Mine Reclamation Fee, Program

Sen. Yudichak, Rep. Frankel To Introduce Resolutions Supporting Reauthorization Of Federal Mine Reclamation Fee

Senate Committee Reports Out Bills To Improve Pipeline Emergency Response

DEP Expects To Present EQB With A Consultant Report On Costs/Benefits Of Climate Cap-And-Trade Petition Early Next Year; Update On PFOS Petition

Hundreds Rally At PA Capitol For Passage Of Bipartisan, 100% Renewable Energy Legislation

New Report: Clean Energy Jobs Grew To 90,772 In Pennsylvania In 2018

Community Energy, Inc. Study Finds Replacing 10% Of PA's Electric Generation With Solar Would Save $300 Million Annually, Create 65,000 Jobs

Philadelphia City Council Passes Legislation Creating Solar Incentive Program

Dept. Of Health Reminds Pennsylvanians To Protect Themselves From Ticks, Mosquitoes When Outdoors

June 24 Mosquito Spraying In Westmoreland County To Help Control West Nile Virus

[ Pollinator Week ]

Pollinator Week: Penn State Extension: Planting Pollinator-Friendly Gardens

Pollinator Week: Bay Journal-Crable: PennDOT Hopes Plantings Will Put Pollinators On Road To Recovery

Pollinator Week: DCNR Good Natured Blog: Invasive Plant Species Can Hurt Both Pollinators And Native Plant Communities

Pollinator Week: DCNR Good Natured Blog: Hand Pollination Used For Rare Orchid When There's A Lack Of Pollinators

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced

Senate Environmental Committee Meets June 25 To Consider Bill To Make Report On Impacts Of Deep Coal Mining Optional, Other Bills

Sen. Scarnati Introduces Bill To Regulate Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Different From House Version

June Newsletter From Joint Conservation Committee - PA Audubon/ Outward Bound Discovery Center In Philadelphia

[ The Feds ]

NRCS-PA, CBF-PA Offering Farm Conservation Assistance In Centre, Clinton, Lycoming Counties; Applications Due June 28

NRCS-PA Provides $9 Million In Grants To Conservation Districts To Help Implement Federal Farm Bill Programs

NRCS-PA, Mid-Atlantic 4R Nutrient Stewardship Assn. Form Partnership To Assist Farmers

EPA, USDA Host June 26 Webinar On Private Sector Financing Solutions For Nutrient Reductions

PA-Based National Organic Farmers Association Outlines 2019 Federal Policy Priorities

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Reclamation Offering Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Grants To Not-For Profit Groups

Register Now! 2019 PA/National Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference

[ Water ]

Register Now! Rodale Institute Hosts Organic Farming Field Day July 19 In Kutztown, Berks County

PEC Blog: Dirtying The Dibble Bars - Nearly 65,000 Native Tree Seedlings Planted This Season

Turtle Creek Watershed Restoration, Union County-- Everyone Does A Little, So No One Has To Do It All

York County's Newest Master Watershed Stewards Complete Training

Private Drinking Water Wells-- What & Where To Test, How Much Will It Cost?

Penn State Extension: Repairing My Stream - Do I Need A Permit?

PA Environmental Council Responds To Concerns About New Ohio River Standards Adopted By ORSANCO

June Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

[ Environmental Education ]

Interns: Bloomsburg Student Intern Justin Groshek With Natural Resources Conservation Service On Path To Success

Penn State High School-College EnvironMentors Team Wins First Place In National Competition

DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Falcon Watch Wrap-Up: 4 Young Peregrines Take To The Sky, With A Little Help From Volunteers, Interns

[ Litter Cleanup ]

Vote Now For The Best Great American Cleanup Of PA Videos Thru June 26

[ Air ]

Applications Being Accepted For Driving PA Forward Electric Cargo Handling Grants

DEP Accepting Applications For Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates

[ Recreation - Land Conservation ]

Wilds Cooperative Of PA Launches New Website, Expands Membership To Grow Nature, Heritage Tourism In PA Wilds

Registration Now Open For PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 22-24 Shippensburg

French Creek Valley Conservancy Completes Boat Launch On Conserved Land In Crawford County

Land Conservancy Of Adams County Preserves 142-Acre Farm Near Gettysburg Battlefield

[ Invasive Species ]

Great Lakes State Governors, Canadian Premiers Support Law Enforcement Efforts To Hold Invasive Species Offenders Accountable

[ Wildlife ]

Call For Presentations: 3rd Annual PA Sportsmen's Forum Sept. 20-21 At Middle Creek Wildlife Area, Lebanon County

Bat Research At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Inspires Bat Day On July 20

[ Opportunities ]

Natural Lands Names Kelly Herrenkohl VP Of Communications & Engagement

Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy – Operations Manager

Help Wanted: Ernst Conservation Seeds

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