-- DEP, DCNR, Guests Honored Franklin Kury, Author Of PA Environmental Rights Amendment, With Dedication In Rachel Carson Building [PaEN]
-- Dickinson College To Recognize Environmental & Indigenous Rights Advocate Tara Houska With Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism [PaEN]
-- CBF Blog: Student In CBF's Student Leadership Program Worked To Rename Stream After Kitty Payne, An Emancipated Slave Who Lived Near Biglerville, Adams County - By B.J. Small, Chesapeake Bay Foundation [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: DCNR’s Conservation And Stewardship Of State’s Natural Resources Is Vital To Pennsylvania's Booming Outdoor Recreation Industry - By Cindy Adams Dunn, Acting Secretary of DCNR, and John Norbeck Deputy Secretary for Parks & Forestry [PaEN]
-- Land Health Institute Accepting Applications For Philadelphia Program For Future Environmental Scientists And Stewards (ProFESS), May 15 Deadline
-- Senate Environmental Committee Holds May 1 Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability Looking At Natural Gas, Other Generation Failures During Winter Storm Elliot In December [PaEN]
-- House Committee Meets May 2 On Bill To Restore Authority To Review Conventional Oil/Gas Well Plugging Bonding Amounts; Help Prevent Routine Abandonment Of An Average Of 561 Wells A Year [PaEN]
-- House Hearing: Let’s Work Together To Make Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Practices Cleaner, Respect Property Rights, Protect Taxpayers And Prevent New Abandoned Wells [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: House Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
-- Bradford Era: Rep. Causer Applauds Conventional Oil/Gas Well Owner Art Stewart For Testimony On Orphan Wells [Actually They’re Confused-- Current Conventional Operators Abandon 561 Wells A Year, On Average; 55,000 More At High Risk Of Abandonment]
-- Bradford Era/The Center Square: Committee Warned Of Lurking Taxpayer Cost For Plugging Conventional Oil/Gas Wells
-- Guest Essay: Conventional vs Unconventional Oil & Gas Wells - Not As Different As You Might Think - By Laurie Barr, Save Our Streams PA [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Implement Reforms For Natural Gas Drilling, Fracking [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 22 - 28; Conventional Wells Venting Gas; Shale Gas Well Pad Spills [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint Results In Finding 2 Abandoned Conventional Wells Owned By Prosperity Oil Co. Continuing To Vent Natural Gas In Washington County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Appalachia: DEP Inspections Find Violations For Spills, Releases, Continuing Defective Casing/Cementing At Shale Gas Well Pads In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 29 [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Clarifies New Regulations On Oil/Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban Road Spreading, Disposal From Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- House Consumer Protection Committee Reports Out Solar Energy Decommissioning Bills For Rereferral To House Environmental Committee [PaEN]
-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Bills On School Solar Energy Grants For Rereferral, Local Notice Of Toxics Violations [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Replicate Steelton-Highspire Schools’ Solar Energy Facility Across PA
-- NRDC: U.S. Dept. Of Transportation Denies Special Permit For Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail From A Proposed Bradford County LNG Plant [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: US DOT Denies ‘Bomb Train’ Permit To Ship LNG Gas Through Populated Areas In Pennsylvania
-- Eyes On Shell Reports Shell Petrochemical Plant Fenceline Monitors Found Benzene Emissions Above Toxic Substances Limits; No Timeline For Restarting Plant; DEP Issued Another NOV For Air Violations [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Addresses Bad Smell, Elevated Benzene Emissions At Beaver County Chemical Plant
-- Beaver County Times: Questions Remain After Shell Air Monitors Detect Benzene At Petrochemical Plant
-- TribLive: Operations On Hold At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Apologizes For Recent Odor At Petrochemical Plant, Promises To Do Better In The Future
-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Community Matters: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Claim To Be A Good Neighbor Is Insulting To Beaver County Residents - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, Ph.D, RiverWise
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: May 5 - Reducing Cancer Caused By Our Environment, 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
-- Register Now! 9th Annual Renewables Summit Set For May 22-23 Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- MCall: Carbon Farming - What A Green Future Could Look Like For The Lehigh Valley
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Join The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative - By Rev. Michell C. Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network
-- PennLive: 100+ People To Be Laid Off Due To Homer City Coal-fired Power Plant Closure
-- Post-Gazette: WV Electricity Customers Would See Their Bills Increase $36 Million To Keep Coal-Fired Power Plant Open
-- Bloomberg: Oregon City Banned Natural Gas, The Gas Company Fought Back With $1 Million Counterattack
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: As Lancaster Climate Summit Demonstrated, We Still Have Chance To Save Our Planet
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open
-- April 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- YourErie.com: French Creek Watershed Could Soon Become A National Wildlife Refuge
-- TribLive: Monroeville Conservation Project Among Allegheny Land Trust’s 30th Anniversary Efforts
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Launches Ambitious 15-Year North Scranton Riverfront Project
-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plans To Plant 500,000 More Trees Across PA During 2023 [PaEN]
-- DCNR Highlights Importance Of Trees In Communities On National Arbor Day At Cumberland County Event [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Arbor Day Celebrated In Pottsville, Schuylkill Haven
-- Citizens Voice Blog: Celebrate Arbor Day In Pennsylvania
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Centennial, Tree City USA Celebrated
-- Western PA Conservancy To Hold Public Meetings, Invites Public Suggestions On Future Use, Improvements To Juniata River Watershed [PaEN]
-- Bedford Gazette: Juniata Watershed Meetings Planned In May
-- Inquirer: Hershey’s Chocolate Comes Full Circle On PA Dairy Farm, The Cows Love It
-- Penn State Extension Watersheds: How Land Use Impacts Groundwater [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Christmas Tree Farm In Schuylkill County Taking Part In International Research
-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Resource Conservationist [PaEN]
-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center In Erie Leads City Nature Challenge, 4-Day Bioblitz April 28 - May 1 [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Putting Earth First: Portage Students Turn Out For Reboot Of School’s Annual Earth Day Cleanup
-- Post-Gazette: Shaler Students ‘Love The Earth’ And Show It In A New Book
-- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St. Joseph
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming College Students, Service Organizations Clean Up For Earth Day
-- WTAJ: ClearWater Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day With Annual Watershed Cleanup Day In Centre County
-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Native Plant Sale April 24 - May 5, Montgomery County
-- WESA: Find Seedlings, Local Growing Tips At One Of Penn State Extension’s Many Plant Sales
-- Centre Daily Times: Central PA Native Plant Festival Coming Next Month To New Location
-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences: May 17 Webinar On The Latest Buzz On Beekeeping & Pollinators. 1:00 p.m.
-- Nature At Risk Series: Why Backyard Pollinators Are All The Buzz - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Bees Are Busy At Philly’s Libraries, Making Honey Used For Education And Fun
-- Warren Times: Hellbender Makes Appearance At Cornplanter Council Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Spring Conservation Show
-- Penn State Extension: June 13 Webinar On Wildlife Adaptations - How Wildlife Endures Extreme Weather, Limited Resources, Predators To Stay Alive [PaEN]
-- Centre Daily Times: Major Habitat Improvement Project Complete At Sayers Dam, See It Now Before It’s Covered With Water: ‘A Fisherman’s Dream”
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Area Students Release Fingerling Trout, Enjoy Outdoor Fun At County Fairgrounds [Trout In The Classroom]
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon: A Look At Bringing Peregrine Falcons Back To PA After DDT Effects
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Will New, Glass-Sided Skyscraper In Lancaster Kill Migrating Birds? Here’s What’s Being Considered
-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center First Sunday Story Time May 7
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Registration Open For Unique Appalachian Ecology Course For Teens - June 16-26, Deadline May 14
-- Altoona Mirror: Area Bat Population Slowly But Steadily Rebounding [Lincoln Caverns, Frank Felbaum Bat Sanctuary]
-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Spring Green-Up - Seasonal Transition Marks Time To Start Anew
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Look At The Difference Between Altricial, Preconcial
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Establishes Protocol For Removal Of Ticks From Students In School
-- TribLive: Western PA Scientists Research Evolutionary Path Of Ancient Mammal Ancestors: Eating Plants And Blinking
-- Erie Times: Bluffs Of Lake Erie Are Receding, Threatening Homes Along The Shore
-- EPA Releases Report Showing Health Impacts Of Climate Change On Children In US
-- EPA Announces $400 Million Grant Program To Fund Clean School Buses
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: EPA Announces Nationwide Funding For Electric School Buses In Nanticoke
Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.
Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.
Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.
[Posted: April 30, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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