November 4 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The November 4 PA Environment Digest is now available

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[ Headlines ]

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA

Maryland Governor Announces $200 Million Agreement With Exelon On Conowingo Dam To Improve Water Quality In Lower Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action

Bay Journal: Rachel Carson No Stranger To The Chesapeake Bay, Its Creatures

100 Groups, Companies, 1,000 Citizens To Legislators, Wolf: Oppose SB 790 Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater

DEP Reaches $650,000 Settlement With Greene County Gas Storage Field Operator For Oil & Gas Act Violations

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Reauthorization Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund

Senate Passes Bill To Restrict Some Uses Of Firefighting Foams With PFAS; Clean Water Action Says Bill Is Meant To Protect Industry

Wolf Administration Seeking Information On Local Needs To Address Lead Hazards; Senate Fails To Take Action On Lead Task Force Recommendations

Senate Consumer Protection Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill To Promote Electric, CNG, Hydrogen Vehicle Infrastructure Development

Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program Recognized With Northeast Recycling Council Sustainability Leadership Award

South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Spirit Of South Mountain Award Nominations

DCNR: Still Lots Of Good Opportunities To View Fall Foliage Over Next Week

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule[UPDATED]/Bills Introduced

House Committee Hearing Pits Climate Change Skeptics/Deniers Against Most Of The Scientific Community, Major Companies On Climate Change Impacts, Solutions

House Judiciary Committee Holds Dec. 16 Hearing On Bipartisan Anti-SLAPP-- Citizen Intimidation-- Lawsuit Legislation

[ The Feds ]

CBF: U.S. Senate Passes Increase In Essential Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program

EPA Blog: Engaging Partners In Improving Chesapeake Bay Water Quality

EPA Removes Landfills In Chester, Lehigh Counties From National Superfund Site List

EPA Removes Landfills In Chester, Lehigh Counties From National Superfund Site List

AFCO C&S, LLC In Chambersburg To Pay Over $1.4 Million In Penalties To EPA In Settlement Of Pesticide Violations

[ Water ]

DEP Opportunities To Bid On Mine Reclamation Projects In Allegheny, Cambria Counties

DEP Received Good Samaritan Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Proposal In Tioga County

DEP Invites Individuals, Groups To Submit Data To Help Review Water Quality Standards For Tohickon Creek Tributary In Bucks County

Master Watershed Stewards In York County Introduce 150 Urban Youth, Adults To Fishing, Conservation

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: Riparian Forest Buffers For Bats

Nearly 700 Attend Workshops To Help Private Water Well, Septic System Owners Across PA

Pike Conservation District Watershed Specialist Monitors Groundwater Levels In PA's Fastest Growing County

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Lindsay Hughes, North Penn Water Authority

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Accepting Entries For Philadelphia and Schuylkill Student Art Contests

Registration Now Open For 2020 Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp

DEP Hosts Nov. 18 Webinar On How To Apply For An Environmental Education Grant

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Nov. 13, Business Meeting Dec. 11

[ Cleanups - Recycling - Waste ]

PA Environmental Council, EPCAMR, Partners Hold Illegal Dumpsite Cleanup In Luzerne County Nov. 9

KPB: Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry County Groups Collect Over 4,000 Waste Tires In Tire War Competition

Professional Recyclers Of PA Now Accepting Presentation Proposals For 2020 Recycling & Organics Conference July 29-31 In Gettysburg

Lackawanna County Company Pays DEP $75,000 Penalty For Environmental Violations

DEP Publishes Final Management Of Fill Technical Guidance

State Funding To Help Luzerne County Turn Old Industrial Site Into Recreational Area

[ Air ]

DEP Sets Dec. 6 Hearing [If Needed] On Altoona Air Quality Maintenance Plan For Ozone

DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For General Carbide Corp In Westmoreland County

[ Energy ]

EQB Invites Comments On Proposed Surface Coal Mining Water Supply Replacement Regulation Changes

Dept. Of Human Services Now Accepting Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Applications

DEP Sets Dec. 4 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Water Quality Permit In Carbon County

PUC Recaps Recent Blue Flame Exercise Involving Large-Scale Utility Outage

PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Elected Vice President Of Organization Of PJM States

[ Biodiversity ]

Pollinator Project Will Complement Penn State Solar Power Project In Franklin County

Arboretum At Penn State Breaks Ground On The Pollinator And Bird Garden

[ Geology ]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: It’s Not Just Faith That Moves Mountains

[ Forests - Recreation ]

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Executive Director Attends National Wilderness Workshop In Oregon

Oct. 30 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Nov. 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Brodhead Watershed Association Hosts Nov. 16 Glen Run Nature Preserve Hike In Monroe County

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosting Annual Dickens’ Christmas Carol Program Dec. 7-8 Kicking Off Holiday Tour Season

[ Wildlife ]

Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Chronic Wasting Disease Research Project Grant Applications

Disney Conservation Fund Helps Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Support Wildlife, The Environment

[ Opportunities ]

Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Urban Resource Conservationist

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