Awards/Recognition
-- Dickinson College Ranked First Among Baccalaureate Institutions In Comprehensive Sustainability Report; CMU, Penn, Penn State, Muhlenberg Also Recognized [PaEN]
-- Westmoreland Conservation District Recognizes Kitz Family Farm, Bob Hedin Of Hedin Environmental For Conservation Efforts, Local Partnerships At Awards Ceremony [PaEN]
-- Penn State: Laszlo Kulcsar Named Interim Dean Of College Of Agricultural Sciences
-- EPA Now Accepting Nominations For 2024 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards; Webinar Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: The Late Sugarcreek Boro Mayor Charlie McDaniel Praised For Leadership Responding To Village Of Reno Water Supply Emergency Caused By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill [PDF of article]
Grants
-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For 2023 Environmental Education Grants [PaEN]
-- Gettysburg College Awarded NOAA Grant To Improve Watershed Education, Training In Pennsylvania
-- Pike County Courier: Pocono Environmental Education Center Awarded American Water Charitable Foundation Grant
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation - 3 Pennsylvania Positions [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Watershed Alliance Of York: 21st Annual Watershed Week Sept. 16 - 22
-- PA Solar Center Sept. 22 Webinar: Solar + Storage + Micrograms = Energy Freedom [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Fall Migration Underway; Other Upcoming Events
-- Penn State’s Great Insect Fair Returns To Snider Ag Arena Sept. 30 [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: USDA To Host Walk In Penn’s Woods Event Oct. 1
-- Better Path Coalition, Partners Host PA Climate Convergence Sept. 30, Oct. 1-2 In Harrisburg With In-Person, Online Events [PaEN]
-- Interfaith Partners For Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Faithful Green Leaders Online Training In October [PaEN]
-- Center For Coalfield Justice, Donora Historical Society & Smog Museum Host Oct. 11 Webinar On 75th Anniversary Of Donora Smog Disaster [PaEN]
-- Oil Region National Heritage Area To Hold 2nd Oil Heritage Energy Security Conference Oct. 12-13 In Venango County [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Oct. 14 Women & Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop With Heather Houskeeper, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
-- Registration Open! 2023 Pennsylvania Botany Symposium Oct. 20-21 In State College [PaEN]
-- Call For Presentation Proposals: 18th River Symposium Nov. 3-4 At Bucknell University [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Organizers Hope To Top 2,000 Volunteers For Pennsylvania’s Third Bird Atlas Of All The State’s Species
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 16 [PaEN]
-- Game Commission To Engage With Public At Town Hall Meetings On Habitat Work, Hunting Opportunities On State Game Lands
-- DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 16 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- State Department of Health published notice in the September 16 PA Bulletin amending regulations related to certification of Lifeguards.
-- Lehigh Valley News: Lehigh Valley Teen Water Tester Takes On Saucon Creek
-- TribLive: Leechburg Native Goes Global To Advocate For Clean Water Access In Africa
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Looks To Expand Youth Environmental Programs
-- TribLive: Greenfield Elementary Students Help Design Green Schoolyard Proposal
-- Mountain Watershed Association Announces Return Of Free Water Guardians After-School Club For K-8 Students In Connellsville, Fayette County [PaEN]
-- French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Launches Conservation Corps Volunteer Program In Chester County [PaEN]
-- NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Flood Disaster Recovery Needs Survey In Luzerne, Lackawanna and Wyoming Counties; Responses Due Oct. 7 [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Flash Flooding Catastrophic For Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times: Flash Flood Sweeps Away ‘The Love Of My Life’
-- Citizens Voice: Flash Flood Interrupts Wedding In Luzerne County
-- PA Capital-Star: ‘Resources Are Going To Be Spread Thin:’ NE PA Rallies After Weekend Storms
-- Scranton Times: PEMA Opens Web Link For Residents, Businesses To Report Storm Damage In NE PA
-- Scranton Times: Sen. Casey Surveys Lackawanna County Flood Damage As Recovery Work Continues In Region
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Eyes Request For Federal Flood Victim Buyout As Recovery Continues
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Offers Assistance For Flooded Properties At Pop-Up Town Halls
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Area Community Foundation To Collect Funds For Flood Relief
-- Scranton Times: Trolley Trail Troubles: Flash Flooding Damage Closes Popular Path In Lackawanna County
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Relocation Best Answer For Floods
-- Inquirer: Army Corps Of Engineers Propose 1,400 Foot Levee In Eastwick To Ease Flooding
-- Reading Eagle: Flooding In Northern Berks Township Puts Homes, Residents At Risk, Officials Say
-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Leaders Want Response On Federal Flood Disaster Declaration
-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Putting Plans In Place To Address Flooding While Businessman Calls For Action
-- AP: As Climate Risks Increase, New York Could Require Flood Disclosures In Home Sales
-- AP: Louisiana, 9 Other States Ask Federal Judge To Block Changes In National Flood Insurance Program
-- AP: US Sets Record For Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters In A Year, And There’s Still 4 Months To Go
-- PA Resources Council To Host Last Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event In Allegheny County Oct. 7 [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: We Followed Pittsburgh’s Recycling To An Epic Processing Facility In Hazelwood
-- Keep PA Beautiful News: Fall Pick Up PA Events; 2022 Healing The Planet Grants Report; Much More!
-- Pennsylvania Coal Alliance Recognizes Companies For Safety, Reclamation [PaEN]
-- PA Business Report: PA Coal Alliance Recognizes Companies For Safety, Reclamation
-- Shenandoah Sentinel: Coal Refuse Bank Fire Near Wilburton, Columbia County Being Extinguished, DEP Docs Say
-- Penn State Course Gives Students Hands-On Wildland Fire Management Training
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Federal Judge Strikes Down Ruling Eastern Hellbenders Are Not Endangered
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitte: Eastern Hellbender May Get Another Shot At Federal Protections
-- Middle Susquehanna Riverkeeper - John Zaktansky: Hellbender Ruling A Needed Step Toward Better Protections
-- Game Commission Makes Changes To Chronic Wasting Disease Management Areas
-- Game Commission: New Chronic Wasting Disease Rules More Convenient For Pennsylvanians Hunting Out-Of-State
-- KDKA: Birds Migrating South For Winter Light Up Pittsburgh Radar
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Summer Is Behind Us As September Brings Autumn
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Reaches Settlement With Timber Thieves On Preserved Property [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: Feds Pledge More Than $1 Billion To Plant Trees In Cities; PA Projects Received Nearly $28 Million
-- TribLive: $9 Million Federal Grant To Fund Pittsburgh Forestry Efforts
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Montour County Man Climbing Tallest Trees At The Highest Points In PA, Checks Lancaster County Off List
-- TribLive: Mantis Makes Meal Of Pesky Spotted Lanternfly
-- Courier Times: Ever Encountered The Lizards Of Levittown? How They Got To Bucks County, What To Do About Them
-- WHYY: Contemporary Lenape Artists Offer Their Perspective On Lenape History
-- TribLive: Indiana University Of PA Professor Collaborates On Book About Bennu Asteroid With Queen Lead Guitarist Sir Brian May
Background On Issues
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 9 to 15; First Abandoned Shale Gas Well Pad? Another Leaking Equitrans Storage Well; Plugging Grant Twp. Injection Well [PaEN]
-- Oil & Gas Industry Spills, Releases Created Over 575 New Brownfield Sites So Far In Pennsylvania, With More Every Week [PaEN]
-- Petro Erie, Inc. Says It Lacks The Financial Ability To Comply With DEP’s Order To Clean Up Conventional Oil Well Wastewater That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County; Will Taxpayers Be Stuck With Cleanup Costs Again? [PaEN]
-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Residents In Village Of Reno, Venango County Still Reporting Problems With Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater; Late Mayor Of Sugarcreek Boro Praised [PDF of Article]
-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Some Residents Of Village Of Reno, Venango County Didn’t Receive Water Updates Relating To Contamination Of Their Water Supply By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater [PDF of Article]
-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: The Late Sugarcreek Boro Mayor Charlie McDaniel Praised For Leadership Responding To Village Of Reno Water Supply Emergency Caused By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill [PDF of article]
-- Environmental Health Project Finds Results ‘Very Concerning’ From University Of Pittsburgh Studies Showing Links Between Natural Gas Development And Lymphoma Cancer, Worsening Asthma Conditions, Lower Birth Weights [PaEN]
-- Public Source: ‘It’s Just Too Close:’ People Living Near Natural Gas Drilling, Industrial Facilities Suffer As State And Local Governments Fail To Buffer Homes
-- Bedford Gazette Editorial: Natural Gas Development is Making Pennsylvanians Sick, Lawmakers Must Act
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: How An Indiana County Biodigester Turns Manure To Gas And The Real Cash Cow: Carbon Credits
-- Meadville Tribune: Is French Creek Getting Cleaner?
-- The Allegheny Front: Author Tim Palmer Revisits The Youghiogheny River And Finds Many Changes For The Better
-- The Center Square: Warehouse Growth Worrying Environmental Groups
-- Erie Times: No Deal, How Fairview, Girard Citizens Won A Reset Of Erie County Farm Business Park Plan
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 15 RiverWatch Video Report
-- York Dispatch: York Water Co. Issues Mandatory Restrictions On Non-Essential Water Use Amid Worsening Drought
-- Sparta Independent: Prospect Of National Park Along Delaware River Hits Major Setbacks
-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: Help Permanently Preserve George Washington Park In The City Of Warren [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Federal Oil, Gas Leases Create Jobs And Meet Needs For Affordable Energy [Note: There are 5,000 to 7,000 abandoned conventional oil and gas wells in the Allegheny National Forest]
-- Post-Gazette: Top Work Places Survey In Pittsburgh Has EQT Natural Gas Drilling In First Place [Check their DEP environmental compliance record here ]
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: PA Wilds Remote Working Program Participants Give Feedback On Warren
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Can Help Our Country Meet The Growing Demand For Rare-Earth Minerals - By Rep. Mike Armanini (R-Clearfield) [Already Started With Federal Grants]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Wins Millions In ‘Smart’ Energy Infrastructure Funding
-- PennLive Guest Essay: America Urgently Needs More Young People To Work In Mines - By National Mining Association
-- Bay Journal: Virginia Natural Gas Compressor Project Raises Environmental Justice Questions
-- EPA Issues Final Rule Strengthening State Section 401 Water Quality Certification Rule For Infrastructure, Pipeline, Development Projects [Pipelines are the most penalized industry in PA for environmental violations]
-- The Hill: EPA Gives States More Authority To Block Pipeline Projects [Section 401 Certification Rule]
-- Bloomberg: US Electric Vehicle Sales Reach Breakthrough Pace
-- The Allegheny Front: Groups Say ‘Clean’ Hydrogen Projects Lack Transparency And Fear Climate, Safety Impacts
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Misses 7th RGGI Auction As Litigation Keeps Involvement In Limbo
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA State Geologists Are Building Digital Map Of Deep Layers For Carbon Dioxide Storage
-- PennLive: Small Earthquake Shakes Lehigh-Berks County Line; You Probably Didn’t Notice
-- Centre Daily Times: Another Sinkhole Opens In Centre County, Closing Bike Path In Ferguson Twp.
-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Plans Centennial Time Capsule
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Part 6: Upgrade Your Home
-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Get Questions - Climate Change, Hope And Action - By Patrick McShea, Educator, Carnegie Museum of Natural History [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Fingerprints Of Climate Change Seen In PA’s Hot Summer Days
-- AP: US Sets Record For Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters In A Year, And There’s Still 4 Months To Go
-- EPA Report Shows Major Emissions Reductions In Electricity Sector From Inflation Reduction Act
-- The Guardian: California Sues Oil, Natural Gas Companies Claiming They Downplayed The Risk Of Fossil Fuels
-- Wall Street Journal: Inside ExxonMobil’s Strategy To Downplay Climate Change
-- AP: Earth Is Outside Its ‘Safe Operating Space For Humanity’ On Most Key Measurements, Study Says
-- The Guardian: Earth ‘Well Outside Safe Operating Space For Humanity,’ Scientists Find
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: September 17, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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