Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

Awards/Recognition

-- Saint Vincent College Professor's Internship Program Aims To Help Continue Cleanup Of Local Mine Drainage, Waterways In Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR Forest Fridays: Inspirational Women In Botany

-- Inside Climate News: Swarthmore College Breaking New Ground In Pursuit Of Clean Energy Campus 

Grants

-- Reading Eagle: Kutztown University’s Organic Farming Program Gets $1.5 Million State Grant

-- Western PA Conservancy: Reminder Community Vegetable Garden Grants Due March 15  

Help Wanted

-- Saint Marys, Elk County And Williamsport To Host Remote Workers For 2024 Wilds Are Working initiative; April 19 Deadline For Interested Workers To Apply  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Trades Students Get Info On Weatherization Jobs At Somerset Career Expo

-- Pittsburgh-based Landforce Crew Sign-ups Extended To March 4 

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeks Applications For Next Artist-In-Residence

Upcoming Events

-- Clean Air Council: Feb. 28 Public Meeting On Encina Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, 7:00 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Webinar: Feb. 29 How Solar Can Save Your Business, Organization Money, Noon

-- York Daily Record: Come Have A Say In Future Of New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park Feb. 29

-- Planet Philadelphia March 1 Will We Have A Greener Future Or Stick With Old Industries?  4:00 p.m.

-- Republican Herald: Pine Grove Boro, Students Plan To Clear Dumped Tires

-- Audubon PA: March 3 A Voice For Birds, Solar Energy At The John James Audubon Center, Montgomery County  [PaEN] 

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts March 7 Webinar On The Future Of Carbon Capture [PaEN] 

-- Penn State EarthTalk: March 11 - Improving Models To Inform Urban Climate Risk Strategies, 4:00 p.m.

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets March 12 On Cryptocurrency, Electronic Waste Recycling, ARCH 2 Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN] 

-- Frick Environmental Center In Pittsburgh Hosts March 14 Symposium On What Does Ecologically Responsible Land Stewardship Look Like?  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Water Community Conference Set For March 14-15 In-Person, Virtual

-- PA Utility Law Project March 15 Webinar On Impacts Of LNG Gas Exports On Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Families; LNG Export Capacity To Double, Even With Permit Pause  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun: Game Commission Ruffed Grouse Biologist To Discuss State Bird March 16

-- DCNR Plans Tohickon Creek Whitewater Release In Bucks County For March 16-17 Event

-- Pike Conservation District March 21 Contractor’s Workshop, 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

-- Penn State Extension: March 22 Webinar - Forest Management & Climate Change - A Women's Perspective  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State March 22 Virtual Water Cooler Talk: Algae And Microplastics Stick Together  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Anthracite Heritage Museum To Open For Spring

Programs/Information

-- Inside Climate News: Swarthmore College Breaking New Ground In Pursuit Of Clean Energy Campus 

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Birders Have Guarded Optimism On Plight Of Piping Plovers At Presque Isle In Erie; Watch For Their Arrival Begins In April

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February  [PaEN] 

-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlight Upcoming Education Programs, Activities 

-- Pike Conservation Podcasts: Hidden Geocache Treasurers In Pike County/

-- Penn State Extension: Gardening And Climate Change

Public Participation

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets March 12 On Cryptocurrency, Electronic Waste Recycling, ARCH 2 Hydrogen Hub  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - March 2 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 2 PA Bulletin  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Invites Comments On Consent Agreement Related To Purchasing A Portion Of Ridge Run PFAS Contamination Site In Bucks County  [PaEN]

-- Comments Invited On DEP Consent Agreements On Purchasing Parts Of The Topton Hazardous Site In Berks County  [PaEN] 

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Hazard Mitigation Committee Hosts 4 Workshop Sessions On Community Hazards

-- PUC Reminds Consumers Comment On PPL Electric Billing Settlement Ends Feb. 28

-- PUC Reminder Of Opportunities To Comment On Proposed 18.7% Peoples Natural Gas Rate Increase 

Background On Issues

-- DEP: Oil & Gas Regulatory Program Will Be In The Red By Fall; All Sectors Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program No Go; Update On Permitting Reform  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 24 to March 1 - 11 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Field Of Leaking Wells; Voluntary Plugging; No Cleanup Progress In Reno Spill [PaEN]

-- Latest DEP Inspection Shows No Progress By Petro Erie In Cleaning Up The Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated The Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County 6 Months Ago  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Testimony Provides Overview Of Budget Request, Progress On Permitting, Environmental Justice, Infrastructure Investments, PFAS, Watershed Cleanup, Climate, Clean Energy Initiatives  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Budget Testimony Reviews Funding Requests, Need For Continued Investment In Recreation, Natural Resources, Workforce Development  [PaEN] 

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition, Partners Release Newest PA Clean Water Legislative Briefing Book - Water Quality Issues, Legislative & Funding Solutions  [PaEN] 

-- 40 Individuals File Appeals, Most Handwritten, Of DEP’s Permit For Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County  [PaEN]

-- EPA Appeals Board Allows Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper Appeal Of Penneco Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County To Move Forward  [PaEN]

-- Incomplete Application For CNX Midstream Slickville Fracking Wastewater, Natural Gas Pipelines Project In Westmoreland County Withdrawn By DEP  [PaEN] 

-- DEP: Clay-Like Material Polluting Marsh Creek Is Not Bentonite From Mariner East Pipeline Construction, But Naturally Occuring; Sunoco Cleanup Operation Finished  [PaEN]

-- Chemstream Chemical Maker Agrees To Disclose Information About Its Proprietary Chemicals Used In Natural Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- PA Business Report: Chemstream Announces Radical Transparency Fracking Chemical Compliance Initiative

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: DEP Hiring Dozens Of Workers For Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program 

-- Guest Essay: The Conventional Oil And Gas Industry Isn't Taking Responsibility For Their Wells - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Majority Chair, House Environmental Committee  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Forest Fridays: Inspirational Women In Botany

-- PA Environmental Groups: New PUC Rules, DEP Guidance Victory For Increased Safety In Pipeline Construction And Operation  [PaEN]

-- City & State PA: Special Report On The Future Of Energy In PA

-- Utility Dive: 2024 PJM Outlook - Tough Choices Loom On Capacity Market, Plant Retirements, Transmission Planning  [PJM To Process 230,000 MW Of New Generation Over 3 Years]

-- Utility Dive: Report Ranks PJM Grid Interconnection Process Worst Of Regional Grid Operators

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Old Trees, Heavy Rain, High Heat Are Climate Concerns For Harrisburg Neighbors 

-- The Allegheny Front: Ohio Commission Approves Bids To Frack Under Ohio’s Largest State Park, 2 Wildlife Areas

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Panel: Washington County State Of The Economy Explores Impacts Of ARCH2 Hydrogen Projects

-- TribLive: Allegheny County Hits US Steel With $1.9 Million Fine Over Clairton Coke [Coal] Works Air Pollution 

-- Post-Gazette: US Steel Fined $1.9 Million For Emissions At Clairton Coke [Coal] Works

-- PA House Passed Train Safety Legislation In June 2023; PA Senate Has Failed To Act

-- MCall: 3 Norfolk Southern Trains Involved In Northampton County Derailment Sending 2 Engines Diesel Fuel, Plastic Pellets Into Lehigh River; Officials Say No Danger To Public 

-- AP: 3 Norfolk Southern Trains Involved In ‘Collision And Derailment’ In Northampton County

-- KYW: Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Spills Diesel Fuel, Plastic Pellets Along Lehigh River Near Bethlehem

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Green Party’s Stein Slams Government, Norfolk Southern Railroad During Town Meeting In Beaver County

-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 12 On Land Recycling Program Cleanup Standards For More PFAS Chemicals; Revised Standard For Lead; Rulemaking Petition For Fletcher Run, Greene County By CONSOL Coal  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: If You Made Clean Energy Upgrades In 2023, It Might Be Time To Claim Your Tax Credit

-- The Energy Age Blog: Number Crunching: Home Electricity, Gas, EV Expenses

-- Penn State: Ladybug Scents Offer A More Ecologically Friendly Way To Protect Crops  

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster City Installs Fencing Around PFOA/PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contaminated Stream In Conestoga Pines Park

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Volunteers Make Jennings Environmental Ed Center Improving The Prairie Day A Success!  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: West Deer Twp. Considering Multi-Municipal Watershed Study In Allegheny County 

-- PAHomePage: Underground Mine Fire Concerns In Columbia County - Centralia 2.0? 

-- PaHomePage: New Details On Underground Mine Fire In Columbia County

-- Inside Climate News: A Company Planning A Drilling Spree In New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent As Lawmakers Seek To Ban Use Of Carbon Dioxide To Produce Shale Gas

-- Warren Times: Tapping Into Best Of Natural World [Maple Tapping Season]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Game Commission Grilled About Lobbyist Use

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: 24 PA Trout Streams That Deserve Conservation Status Update 

-- Outdoor News - Tom Venesky: Wild Brown Trout No Reason To Scorn Stocked Trout In PA

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book About Deer Invites Us To Take A Closer Look At Ourselves

-- Bradford Era: Natural Gas Revenues Top $1 Billion For Game Commission Since 2008

-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Natural Gas Revenues Top $1 Billion For Game Commission Since 2008

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Visit To Middle Creek Wildlife Area Makes New Memories And Can Revive Old Ones

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Wildlife Often Find Themselves In Ecological Traps, Particularly Birds - By Jerry Hassinger, Fmr Director Of Wildlife Diversity, Game Commission  [PaEN] 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Great Expectations Return For US Steel Irvin Works’ Bald Eagle Nest

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: First Bald Eagle Egg Laid At Mon Valley Works Irvin Plant 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lancaster’s North Museum Bird Collection Gathered Thanks To Generation Of Amateur Naturalists 

-- Warren Times: Warren County School District Opposes USDA Old-Growth Forest Proposal

-- WeConservePA: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Preserves Peace Garden in North Philadelphia  [PaEN] 

-- York Daily Record: First Egg Laid At Popular Hanover Bald Eagle Nest

-- Erie Times: Erie County Has Lost Nearly 10% Of Its Farms In Last 5 Years 

-- Chester County News: New Pollinator Project Nets PA Turnpike Diamond Award In Environmental Engineering 

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Tastes Of Winter: Wild Harvests Abound, Even In This Season Of Scarcity

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center: How Does A Moth View Time? 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Spring Equinox Is What Determines Season

Visit the  DEP Calendar of Events;  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: March 3, 2024]  PA Environment Digest