February 10 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The February 10 PA Environment Digest is now available

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[ Headlines ]

Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal Repairs Damage To Environmental Funding Done Last Year; Proposes Additional Funding For FY 2020-21

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State

StateImpact PA: DEP To Receive 36% Less Federal Mine Reclamation Funding This Year

Budget Background: Where Did The $2.93 Billion In Environmental Funding The General Assembly Diverted Or Cut Go?

Keep PA Beautiful: Just 9 Cities In PA Spend More Than $68 Million A Year On Litter, Illegal Dumping Cleanup, Education, Enforcement & Prevention

Bay Journal: PA, Fed Up With Litter, Organizes For New Attack

PA Environmental Professionals Call For Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Award Nominations

South Mountain Partnership Announces Spirit Of South Mountain Award Winner, Mini-Grant Recipients

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ross Snook, New Hanover Twp. Environmental Advisory Board

DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb. 18 On RGGI Reg; State Water Plan; Draft Chapter 105 Regs

Deadlines Extended: Keystone Coldwater Conference Student Poster, Mentoring Program Submissions

[ News From The Capitol ]

PA Capitol Report: Wolf’s Budget Proposal Increases Spending, Debt, But Not Sales, Income Taxes

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule

Sen. Santarsiero To Introduce Bill Banning The Harmful Pesticide Chlorpyrifos

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Disapprove Final EQB Triennial Water Standards Reg. Because DEP Didn’t Fill Out Regulatory Analysis Form Properly

Senate, House Take Final Action On Bill Providing Unlimited Subsidies To Industries Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing; Governor Set To Veto

Joint Conservation Committee: DEP- Coal Waste-Fired Power Plants Will Not Incur Significant Compliance Costs Under Draft RGGI Reg.

Senators Yudichak, Argall, Yaw To Introduce Resolution Directing Joint Conservation Committee To Study Impacts Of Joining RGGI On Coal Waste Cogeneration

Witnesses Tell House Committee About The Negative Consequences Of PA Joining Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators

Senate Environmental Committee Reports Out Bills On Alternative On-Lot Sewage Systems, Waste Tire Dumping Fine Legislation

Joint Conservation Committee: Belle Vernon Municipal Authority Taking A Stand Against Pollution From Drilling Waste

[ The Feds ]

CBF: Draft Federal Rule Change To Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Leaves Out Vital Provisions

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Calls For Key Water Quality Improvements In Proposed USDA Conservation Reserve Program Regulation

EPA Region III Releases 2019 Report On Accomplishments & Environmental Progress

Delaware RiverKeeper Testifies Before Congress On Needed Natural Gas Act/FERC Reforms

Bipartisan Innovate First, Regulate Later Climate Change Bill To Be Introduced In U.S. House By Members From Oregon, West Virginia

[ Water ]

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants

Delaware River Basin Commission Accepting Comments On Draft 2020 Water Quality Assessment Methodology

Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership: Jenkintown Creek Neighbors Are Stream Smart

Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Hold March 5 Workshop On Resource Conservation Issues Affecting Local Realtors

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Contract To Provide Mine Drainage Treatment System O&M

Registration Open! 2020 Environmental Advisory Council Network Conference May 2, Montgomery County

Still Time! Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations To Become Student Conservation Ambassadors By Attending Its 2020 Summer Camps

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants

One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County

[ Land Recycling ]

$37,344 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant Approved For Clarion County Project

[ Environmental Justice ]

DEP Environmental Justice Update Newsletter Now Available

[ Air ]

Penn State Researchers Modeling Safest Locations To Shelter During Urban Air Pollution Events

[ Energy ]

DEP Hearing Feb. 26 [If Needed] On Chesapeake Energy Request To Waive Setback For Well To Be Drilled In Bradford County

PUC Updates Policy On Promoting Diversity At Utilities; Begins Rulemaking Process On Reporting Diversity Information

Regional Utility Sustainable Energy Funds Provide Annual Update On Actions

2020 Industry Forum On Energy Efficiency - Healthcare, Food Services & Higher Education April 3 In Philadelphia

[ Environmental Policy ]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In January Now Available

[ Native Plants - Invasive Species ]

Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Gardening With Nature Feb. 18, Native Plant Fest May 16

3 More Plants Added To Noxious Weed List By Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee

Allegheny Outfitters Hosts Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Detection Training Program Feb 13, 15 In Warren County

[ Land Conservation - Forests - Recreation ]

Still Time To Sign Up For PA Master Naturalist Spring Training In Delaware, Montour Counties

Wooden Shipping Pallets Slightly More Sustainable Than Plastic

National Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Awards 2 Grants For Pennsylvania Projects

Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy Preserves Meadow Lane Farm In Snyder County

PALTA: Authorities, Conservation Groups Eligible For Conservation Easement Assistance Grants

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Host Winter Backpack Trip On March 7-8 In Warren County

Trout Unlimited Delaware River Fly Tri, A Test Of Fitness And Fishing At The Delaware Water Gap May 16

All Tobacco, Vaping, E-Cigarettes Now Banned At Playgrounds In State Parks

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Recreation That's Accessible For All

New Visit PA Happy Traveler Guide Includes Special Earth Day 50 PA Feature Story

Feb. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Feb. 5 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

[ Wildlife ]

Citizen Science: Help Bird Conservation By Counting Your Backyard Birds Feb. 14-17

[ Opportunities ]

Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Hamm Conservation & Stewardship Intern Positions

[ Helpful Resources ]

Environment & Energy NewsClips

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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Stories Invited - About PA Environment Digest

Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 In State College

Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11-12 In Altoona

PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference June 24-25 In State College

Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

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