Sunday, May 15, 2022

65 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 65 new stories in the
PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!


-- Allegheny National Forest: Commercial Alternatives For Dust Suppression Makes The Practice Of Road Dumping Conventional Drilling Wastewater ‘Unnecessary’ On Roads  [PaEN]


-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Issue Alert To Members About Possible Road Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater In Allegheny National Forest  [PaEN]


-- Guest Essay: PA's Low-Producing Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Are Leaking Too Much Methane, The Industry Needs To Take Care Of Its Own Trash - By Rev. Mitch Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Climate Change Demands Southwestern PA Transition To A New Low-Carbon Energy Reality - By Hilary Mercer, Shell Polymers/Pennsylvania Chemicals Project & Kevin Walker, President/CEO Duquesne Light [PaEN]

 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: McKinsey Report Outlines Steps Southwest PA, U.S. Can Take To Meet Climate Goals

 

-- May 18 Webinar: Learn More About Funding The Growing Greener Program For The Next Generation  [PaEN]


-- EPA Announces 2022 State Water Revolving Fund Grants Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; PA Share Is $240.1 Million  [PaEN]

 

-- NRCS-PA: $22.5 Million Chesapeake Bay Partnership Initiative To Benefit PA Farmers

 

-- Sen. Casey, DEP Highlight Importance Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding To Address Abandoned Mine Reclamation In Visit To Northumberland County  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Blog: Whiskey Springs ATV Trail, Clinton County To Close 4 Days A Week To Allow Work On 3 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Projects  [PaEN]

 

-- Scranton Times: Casey, Cartwright Team Up On Bipartisan Abandoned Mine Land O&M Costs Bill

 

-- Poconos Residents Support More Action To Protect ‘Exceptional Value’ Streams, New Poll Finds  [PaEN]


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Poconos Residents Support Action Too Protect ‘Exceptional Value’ Streams

 

-- Gettysburg Times: Watershed Alliance Of Adams County, Adams Conservation District Distributed Nearly 10,000 Trees In Adams County

 

-- Bedford Gazette: Stonerstown Plans Tree Planting May 14

 

-- DCNR, Corrections Forestry Camp Program Prepares Reentrants For Tree Maintenance Careers In Centre County  [PaEN]

 

-- Local Organization Selected To Host Organization For Southwest PA Water Network  [PaEN]

 

-- Over 700 Students Participate In York County In-Person Envirothon Competition; Statewide Competition May 25  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Trout Unlimited Has STREAM Girls/STREAM Keeper Program Materials Available  [PaEN]

 

-- MCall: Southern Lehigh H.S. Trout In The Classroom Release With Lehigh Conservation District  [Photos]

 

-- Reading Eagle: DCNR Secretary Takes A Hike With Students At Nolde Forest Environmental Center In Berks


-- Game Commission, DEP, DCNR Held Live Rachel Carson Building Peregrine Falcon Banding Event   [PaEN]


-- PA Resources Council Awarded Foundation For Delaware County Grant For Stream Stewards Student Education Program  [PaEN]

 

-- Wildlife For Everyone: Contractor Selected For Soaring Eagle Wetland Educational Trail Accessibility Improvements, Centre County  [PaEN]

 

-- Meadville Tribune: Allegheny College Cuts Ribbon On New Watershed Research Center

 

-- FEMA Region 3, Silver Jackets Host Hurricane Agnes50 Virtual Seminar Series Starting May 18  [PaEN]

 

-- EPA Announces Brownfields Cleanup, Assessment Funding; 8 Grants In PA Totalling $7.3 Million [Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding Included]  [PaEN]

 

-- Black Appalachian Coalition, Emerald Cities Collaborative Host May 17 Listening Session On Justice40 & What It Means For Black Communities. 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.

 

-- The Hill Guest Essay: Clean Energy Can Light A New Path Forward For Former Coal Communities - U.S. Secretary of Energy 


-- Centre Daily Times: Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Celebrating 50th Anniversary By Giving Away Gift Cards To 50 Residents With Perfect Recycling Bins 

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Volunteers Pitch In As Part Of Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week

 

-- York Dispatch: Railway Gives Hope Trash Will Be Cleaned Up, And A Warning To Trespassers

 

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh’s Electronic Waste Collection Program Returning

 

-- ​​DEP Announces Local Climate Action Training Provided To 121 More Municipalities; Apply Now For Training  [PaEN]


-- Centre Daily Times: How Residents, Businesses, Local Government Embrace Solar Power In Centre County

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming County Works Toward Harnessing Solar Energy En Masse

 

-- WFMZ: Poconos Plan For PA’s Largest Solar Field To See Light Again In June  

 

-- WHYY: For These Young Trainees, Careers In Solar Look Like Philly’s Future


-- PA Awards $2 Million In Clean Energy Workforce Development Grants [PaEN]

 

-- PA Capital-Star: PA Awards $2 Million In Clean Energy Workforce Development Grants


-- Erie Times: Cargo Ship Delivers Wind Energy Equipment Thru Port Of Erie 


-- PA Business Report: Reading-Based Penske Truck Leasing In Joint Initiative With Shell Recharge Solutions To Provide EV Charging At Penske Locations


-- Citizens Voice: UGI Accelerates Use Of Cleaner Fuel Vehicles


-- Utility Dive: States Band Together To Push For Nationwide Fleet Electrification [PA Included] 


-- TribLive: New Bike Share Pittsburgh System Features e-Bikes

 

-- Existing Technologies Can Help World Meet Agricultural Methane Targets By 2030  [PaEN]


-- Muhlenberg College Survey: Emission Reduction Remains Public’s Preferred Approach To Dealing With Climate Change; If We Don’t Act Now It Will Cost More Later  [PaEN]


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Camping Boom Draws More Diversity, Millennials, But One Group Has Started To Dwindle


-- Registration Open! PA Wilds Dinner & Champion Of PA Wilds Awards Program July 28 At Birds Brewing Company, Jersey Shore, Lycoming County.


-- LancasterOnline: Zion Lutheran Church Hosts Warwick To Ephrata Rail Trail Church Services Twice A Month

 

-- Republican Herald: Volunteer Maintains Spirit Of Tuscarora Trail At Tuscarora State Park, Schuylkill County 

 

-- ExploreClarion.com: Cook Forest Conservancy Initiatives Project To Clear Japanese Knotweed

 

-- Scranton Times: Fire Crews Battle Brush Fire On West Mountain In Newton Twp.

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Forest Fire Burned Out Of Control For Hours In Lycoming County

 

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Take A Break From Politics, Spend Time In Nature

 

-- A Daughter Partners With Pocono Heritage Land Trust To Remember Her Parents Through The 400 Acre Kurmes Paradise Creek Nature Preserve In Monroe County [PaEN]

 

-- WITF: The Conservation Fund Purchased York County Underground Railroad Site To Preserve

 

-- DCNR Awards $320,866 In Wild Resources Conservation Grants; Deadline For Next Grant Round July 8  [PaEN]

 

-- North Penn Water Authority, Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Hold May 20 Groundbreaking, May 21 Planting Day For Rain Garden Project In Skippack Twp., Montgomery County  [PaEN]

 

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners Host Pollinator Palooza Garden Tours Starting May 21; Bring Your ‘Passports’ & Cameras, Get A Free Native Plant  [PaEN]

 

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Event Celebrates Opening Of Dallas Twp. Pollinator Garden

 

-- Scranton Times: Attract Pollinators To Your Garden With Native Plants

 

-- American Chestnut Foundation PA/NJ Chapter Newsletter Now Available 

 

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Road To Recovery Concert Fundraiser May 28 For Chainsaw Carver Todd Gladfelter From Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Highlights Impact Of Coastal Zone Grants At Erie Bird Observatory [PaEN]


Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: May 15, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

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