-- Observer-Reporter: Carmichaels H.S. Team Wins Greene County Envirothon
-- Republican Herald: Students Compete In Schuylkill County Envirothon; Winner Moving On To State Competition
-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year [PaEN]
-- Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park [PaEN]
-- Winners Of PennDOT Innovations Student Challenge From Lenape Technical School Propose Eco-Stop Truck Parking Areas [PaEN]
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10 [PaEN]
-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts May 6 For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA [PaEN]
-- Help/Interns Wanted: Stroud Water Research Center Interns, Restoration Coordinator, Seasonal Technicians [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp. Municipal Building
-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13 [PaEN]
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year
-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds
-- EPA Region 3 Hosts 2023 Virtual Summit May 17 - Investing For A Healthy, Sustainable Future [PaEN]
-- Deadline Extended! Delaware River Watershed Forum Accepting Presentation Proposals Thru May 12
-- WHYY: Climate Change Could Impact The Philly Region’s Water Supply, New Storage Options May Help
-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!
-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency
-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Solar Energy Producer Aspen Power Makes First Inroads Into Western PA
-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities [PaEN]
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us [PaEN]
-- Senate Hearing: Wholesale Electricity Prices Too Low To Support Coal, Natural Gas Power Plants In Market; Natural Gas Reliability Issues Will Continue [PaEN]
-- Broad+Liberty: Energy Executive Warn Of Looming Power Shortages In PA At PA Senate Hearing
-- Utility Dive: FERC Commissioners Tell U.S. Senate Committee Power Plants Are Retiring Faster Than They’re Being Replaced - ‘The Arithmetic Doesn’t Work’
-- Utility Dive: State Regulators, Others Urge FERC To Reject PJM Plan To Delay June 14 Capacity Auctions
-- Reuters: Chesapeake Energy Profit Beats Estimates On Higher Output Of Natural Gas
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Electric School Bus Transition Fraught With Complications
-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology? [PaEN]
-- UnionProgress.com: Clinton Underground Coal Mine Fire Still Burns 30 Years Later In Allegheny County
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Small Businesses Uniquely Vulnerable To Climate Risks, For Many, Costs Are Already Mounting
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets May 9 For Updates On Federal Infrastructure Projects; Act 54 Report On Damage From Coal Mining; Carbon Capture; Hydrogen Hub [PaEN]
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Seeks Federal Money For Hydrogen Fuel Production
-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing
-- NY Assembly Member Dr. Anna Kelles Testifies Before House Environmental Committee On NY State Law On Cryptocurrency Mining
-- City & State PA: New York Legislator’s Twitter Account Hacked After Appearance Before PA House Environmental Committee
-- Stronghold Digital Mining Testifies At House Hearing On Cryptocurrency Mining
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Mawson Infrastructure Plans Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Mining Site In Ohio
-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining
-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs [PaEN]
-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 6 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023
-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact
-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County [Video]
-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities [PaEN]
-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program [PaEN]
-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents
-- TribLive: Advocates Push For Support Of Radon Testing In Schools
-- MCall: Many Homes In Lehigh Valley Have High Levels Of Radon, Here’s Why You Should Care
-- TribLive Editorial: It’s Long Past Time We Test Our Schools For Radon
-- Compass Education Hosts June 23 Workshop In Philadelphia On Building A Culture Of Sustainability In Your School [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City
-- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101
-- DEP Blog: Air Pollution - Learn What DEP Is Doing To Help You Breathe Easier
-- PA Anthracite Coal Council: PA Anthracite Coal Production Up 34% In 2022, Exports Up 54%
-- Scranton Times: Research Offers Hope For New Future For Anthracite Coal [Rare Earth, Critical Minerals, Carbon Fibers]
-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality
-- PA Resources Council Offers Free May 10 'Crash Course' Webinar On Backyard Composting During National Composting Week [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Center Caring For 3 Injured Bald Eagles In Schuylkill County
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Each Dead Bird In Academy Of Natural Sciences Collection Of 250,000 Still Has A Tale To Tell
-- The Allegheny Front: Wildlife Biologists Are Studying Why Some Ruffed Grouse Lose Their Fear Of Humans
-- Penn State: Early-Nesting Ducks At Increased Risk Due To Changes In Climate, Land Use
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary May Events: Warbler Weekend; Youth Art Exhibit; World Migratory Bird Day; Native Plant Sale; Mysterious World Of Bats, More!
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Outlines 5 Prescribed Burns This Spring
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Schools A Logical Ally In Fight Against Tick-Borne Diseases
-- DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests In Spongy [Gypsy] Moth Suppression Effort
-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR To Begin Spraying Forests For Spongy Moths
-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald - Craig Morgan: Deerfly Patch Chemical-Free Option In Protection Against Biting Critters
-- TribLive: Bees Are Swarming Early This Year; Help Is Available For Containment, Removal
-- WESA: Home Gardeners Prepare: Spotted Lanternflies Are Returning
-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter: How To Build A Circle Trap; Business Tool Kit; Online Learning Opportunities
-- The Center Square: Vineyard Owners Use Nature To Defeat Spotted Lanternflies
-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternflies; American Burnweed; Wild Hydrangeas; Learning Opportunities
-- ExploreClarion.com: Seneca Rocks Audubon Society To Host Free Nature Program May 10
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Improving Wildlife Habitat; Birding In The Watershed; And More!
-- The Nature Conservancy PA Newsletter: Tannersville Cranberry Bog Restoration Recap; Volunteers Needed For Workdays; More!
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: It’s A Plentiful Year For Finding Wild Mushrooms And Leeks In Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Mayapple Gets Name Because Fruit Appears This Month
-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Penn State Prof Explains How The Northern Lights Put On A Show For Pennsylvanians
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: May 7, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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