Sunday, July 24, 2022

74 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 74 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!


-- Special Feature - 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Celebrated In Somerset County [PaEN]


-- TribLive Editorial: Quecreek Mine Rescue Brought Us Together, It Would Serve Us Well To Remember That 


-- DEP Partnering With 15 Engineering Firms To Design Mine Reclamation Projects To Be Funded By Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  ​​[PaEN]


-- PA AML Campaign: Urge Sen. Toomey To Support Abandoned Mine Remediation STREAM Act  [PaEN]


-- U.S. Dept. Of Interior Releases Final Guidance On Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding 


-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Casey, Colleagues Introduce Bill To Improve Black Lung Benefits Program

 

-- Bradford Era: McKean County Conservation District Held Mine Drainage Tour


-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Floating Classroom Covers Mining Heritage And Acid Mine Drainage Issues


-- DEP Submits Final Pennsylvania Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan To EPA With New State Funds Supporting Partners’ Progress  [PaEN]


-- Guest Essay: PA Budget's Historic Investments In Clean Water Is A Watershed Moment - By Bill Chain, Interim Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA  [PaEN]


-- PennVEST Makes $269 Million Investment In 11 Water Infrastructure Projects In 10 Counties  [PaEN]


-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Stream Projects Get Funding Due To $1 Million Poultry Plant Settlement


-- PennLive: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Settles Pollution Claims Against Lebanon County Poultry Rendering Plant


-- Tribune-Democrat: Cambria Conservation District Awards Contract For Stream Bank Stabilization Project


-- Chesapeake Bay Trust Awards 2 Green Infrastructure/Jobs Grants In PA  [PaEN]


-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed: U.S. House Passes Delaware River Basin Conservation Reauthorization Act


-- Ag Progress Days In-Person, Online Tours Cover Livestock, Forest Management, Water Quality Aug. 9-11 [PaEN]


-- MCall/Reading Eagle: Rodale Institute Celebrates $3 Million State Grant For A New Science Center


-- WeConservePA 2-Part Lawn Conversion And Green Infrastructure Why & How Webinars   [PaEN]


-- TribLive: ‘Everything Water’: Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts 5th Headwaters Party July 23

 

-- Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership Stormwater Management Symposium Oct. 12-13  [PaEN]


-- Call For Presenters, Sponsors For 2022 PSATS Regional Stormwater Conference Workshops  [PaEN]


-- DEP Concerned About Impact Of New Law Blocking Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding On New Federal Well Plugging Funds, Regulating Waste Injection Wells  [PaEN]


-- Guest Essay: Gov. Wolf, Don’t Give Money To The Oil Industry - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox & Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network [PaEN] 


-- Guest Essay: Key To Lower Energy Prices And Energy Freedom Is Diversifying Electricity Generation With Solar, Renewable Energy - By Sharon Pillar, Pennsylvania Solar Center  [PaEN]


-- The Express Letter: Drilling Is Not The Way To Energy Independence


-- TribLive: Allegheny County Council Overturns Veto Of Fracking Ban In County Parks


-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Council Overturns Veto Of Fracking Ban In County Parks


-- TribLive Editorial: Veto Of Fracking In Allegheny County Parks Not A Defeat For County Executive, But A Victory For People And Process


-- Warren Times: Warren City Planners Reject Council’s Inquiry Into Allowing Oil Drilling In Parks, Areas Zoned For Preservation


-- Environmental Health Project, HealthFirstPA Webinar: PA's Shale Gas Boom: How PA Failed To Protect Public Health And What We Can Do To Correct It Now Available On Demand  [PaEN] 


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Health Project: PA Should Prioritize Public Health Over Natural Gas Drilling


-- DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 23 PA Bulletin; Notice Of 6 Oil & Gas Facility Cleanups  [PaEN]


-- IRRC Unanimously Approves Part I Of Final Reg. Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Unconventional Shale Gas Facilities; DEP Moves To Avoid Federal Highway Funding Sanctions [PaEN]


-- Natural Gas Producer Olympus Energy Earns Premier Environmental Performance Ratings From Project Canary  [PaEN]


-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Natural Gas Producer Gets High Marks From Environmental Assessment


-- PA Capital-Star: Environmental Watchdogs Petition DCNR To Remove $5,000 Access Fee On Oil & Gas Well Database


-- Petition To Eliminate $5,000 Fee To Access Public Information In DCNR’s ‘EDWIN’ Oil & Gas Well Database


-- Bloomberg: How Sheetz Partnered With Tesla And Brought EV Charging To Rural America


-- Post-Gazette - Ashley Murray/Anya Litvak: PA’s Clean Energy Producers Say WV Sen. Manchin Blockade Will Slow, But Not Halt Progress


-- TribLive: 35-Unit Rachel Carson EcoVillage On Chatham University Eden Hall Campus OK’d By Richland Officials


-- Students Bring International Focus To Pittsburgh's High-Performance, Energy Efficient Building Design [PaEN]


-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Cong. Fitzpatrick Wants To Up Rare Earth Metal Production To Support Renewable Energy, EVs - Clean Air Council

 

-- TribLive: Carrie Blast Furnace Site Gets $7.5 Million In State Funding To Move Forward With Redevelopment

 

-- October 22-- WeConservePA Environmental Advisory Council Fall Gathering. Haverford Community & Environmental Center, Delaware County.

 

-- PPL Foundation Scholarships Support Next Generation Of Leaders, STEM Education


-- The Sentinel: Dickinson College Plans $1.5 Million Project To Convert Waste Into Biogas For Cooking And Heating


-- PA Festival Of The Arts Visitors Helped Meet Zero Waste Goal By Recycling 1,500 Pounds In State College  [PaEN]


-- MCall: Lehigh Valley School Districts Create Outdoor Classrooms

 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Snorkel Backyard Streams To Discover Underwater Spectacles

 

-- TribLive: Free Science-Based Children’s Program On Tap At Vandergrift Public Library

 

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Seeking Volunteer Waterway Stewards To Reduce Litter  [PaEN]


-- Keep PA Beautiful Newsletter: New Waterway Stewards, Young Ambassadors Programs; Healing The Planet Grants, Cigarette Litter Prevention, More!

 

-- TribLive: Volunteers Donate Thousands Of Hours Of Time Maintaining Western PA’s Hiking, Biking Trails  

 

-- TribLive: Despite Popularity, Aging Trails Subject To All Manner Of Abuse In Western PA

 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $2.5 Million Grant Will Help Extend Schuylkill River Trail From Bartram’s Garden To South Philly

 

-- WNEP: Selinsgrove Kayakers Paddling The 444 Miles Of The Susquehanna River Come Thru Central PA


-- Post-Gazette: Always B Smiling Wants Its Own Trailside Activity Center To Take More People For A Ride


-- TribLive: Allegheny River Trail Park’s Concert Series A Hit With Families


-- WESA: Inaugural Paddlesports Festival Comes To Pittsburgh’s Allegheny River


-- TribLive: Cheswick, East Deer Among Municipalities Working To Connect Trails To Three Rivers Heritage Trail 

 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: National Park Sites Pumped Nearly $300 Million Into PA Economy Last Year


-- TribLive: Murrysville Monarchs Fly Free As Delmont Library Prepares For July 30 Release Party


-- Cumberland County Master Gardeners: Planting a Butterfly Friendly Garden Talk At Two Mile House, Carlisle Aug. 4  [PaEN]


-- Ned Smith Center For Nature & Arts: July 30 Nature & Arts Festival In Millersburg, Dauphin County

 

-- Centre Daily Times: Eagle Scout Project Makes Centre County Wetlands Accessible

 

-- July 30-- Celebrate The Bloom! At The Only Prairie In PA Featuring The Blazing Star. Jennings Environmental Center, Butler County.


-- Penn State: Torrey Pine Genetic Research May Benefit Efforts To Save American Chestnut, Ash Trees


-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: New Robert Porter Allen Natural Area Another Blessing


-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Susquehanna River Among Waterways Targeted As U.S.G.S. Takes Closer Look At Blotchy Bass Syndrome 


-- TribLive: New Kensington Native To Patrol Ohio River As Part Of Fish & Boat Commission’s Newest Officer Class


-- Warren Times: Book Tells Of Life As Fish & Boat Law Enforcement Officer


-- York Daily Record: Purple Martin Colony Thrives At Mark’s Harness Shop 


-- York Daily Record - Brain Whipkey: Washington County Teen Shares Her Passion For Racoon Hunting With Help From Her Family And Dog


Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Going The WRONG WAY:

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN]

[Posted: July 24, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

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