108 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 108 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!

-- State Budget Guest Essay: PA's Budget Must Build On Clean Water Momentum With Greater Investments In The Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program - By Julia Krall, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation in PA  [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Another Drop In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Revenue In 2024 By As Much As $114 Million From 2022  [PaEN] 

-- Sen. Camera Bartolotta: PA Should Be Producing 4 Times The Gas We Are Now, Exporting It Around The World: ‘We Just Need To Get Government The Hell Out Of The Way’  [PaEN] 

-- PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: More Bad Acting By Sen. Bartolotta - Frac The Hell Out Of Pennsylvania!

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts July 17 Meeting In Washington County On How To Protect Your Families' Health Living Near Shale Gas Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Protect PT: Penn Twp. Zoning Hearing Board July 11 Hearing On Hyperion/Olympus Energy Pipeline Compressor Station In Westmoreland County

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 22 to 28 - 12 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Told Governor’s Energy Plan Diversifies Energy Generation, Avoids One-Fuel Dependence, Improves Grid Reliability, Lowers Consumer Costs, Generates Jobs; Or Upends Competitive Markets And Is A ‘Death Wish’ For Our Economy  [PaEN]

-- House Passes Bill To Update PA Energy Development Authority To Better Leverage Available Federal Clean Energy Funding  [PaEN]  

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Passes Bill To Allow State To Use Federal Funds For Clean Energy Development

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Action: Celebrates PA House Passage Of Legislation To Strengthen PA Energy Development Authority

-- Spotlight PA - Kate Huangpu: Power Grid Concerns Complicate Talks About Incentivizing Green Energy In PA

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Begin Debate On New Renewable Energy Goals

-- PA Receives $28.6 Million In Federal Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program Funding; Local AML/AMD Project Funding Application Period Open  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards Funding For Projects Repurposing Existing Energy Facilities, Including 4 In PA Promoting Reuse Of Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Mine Pools, Abandoned Mine Lands  [PaEN]

-- WPost: Indiana County Coal Workers Feel Abandoned As Coal Plants Close In Pennsylvania; How Biden’s Promise To Coal Country Became A Warning For Democrats 

-- TribLive/AP: US Miners’ Union Head: Republican Effort To Block Silica Dust Rule ‘Attack’ On Workers

-- PA Capital-Star: US House Republicans Vote To Defund Enforcement Of Silica Dust Rule Protecting Miners

-- Scranton Times: Archbald’s Mine Car Restoration Moving Forward

-- House Committee Amends, Reports Out Senate Bill Setting A Framework For Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: PA House Committee Moves Carbon Capture, Storage Rules Quickly

-- Organizations, Concerned Citizens Call On House Committee To Resist Rushing To A Vote On Bill Related To Geologic Carbon Sequestration Without A Hearing  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar Energy Facility To Transform Toxic Swisshelm Park Slag Dump In Allegheny County 

-- Observer-Reporter: Proposed Solar Farm In Georges Twp., Fayette County Sparks Backlash From Neighbors

-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Solar Energy Facility, Zoning Hearing To Continue In Westmoreland

-- PennTAP Hosts July 18 Webinar On Funding And Incentives To Finance Energy Efficiency Improvements In Your Facility  [PaEN] 

-- Legislative Budget & Finance Committee Report Finds DEP Issued Shale Gas Well Drilling Permits In Less Than 40 Days Required By Law Over Last 5 Years; By 2022 It Was Down To 21 Days [Page 63]

-- DEP Permitting Efficiency: Since Nov. 2023, DEP Received 16,070 Applications, Decided 12,294; Pending 3,776; Missed Review Deadlines PAyback Eligible - 13  [6.28.24]

-- DEP Soliciting Bids For Plugging 20 Conventional, Abandoned Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells Owned By Pennzoil In The Allegheny National Forest  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Lauren Myers: Pollution Risks From Gas Stoves Are Greater In Small Homes

-- Post-Gazette: Alcoa Says More Program Being Made On Technology To Eliminate All Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Smelting Process

-- Request For Presentation Proposals: Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 At University Of Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: The Chesapeake Bay Program Flunked Its 2025 Cleanup Goals, What Happens Next?

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: For The Chesapeake Bay, Federal Leadership Is Sorely Needed For 2025 And Beyond - By Ann Mills & Nancy Stoner

-- EPA, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $22.4 Million To Support Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 8 Projects To Benefit PA  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Clean Water Partners To Benefit From $1.5 Million In EPA/NFWF Grants

-- Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 in Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August  [PaEN] 

-- News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Receives Foundation For PA Watersheds Grant To Support Watershed Manager

-- WTAJ: Over $100,000 In Grants To Go Towards Central PA Conservation Efforts

-- FIG Lancaster: Allyson Gibson, Lancaster Clean Water Partners, Is Passionate About Clean And Clear Water 

-- LebTown: Lebanon County Clean Water Alliance Wants To Know Your Water Improvement Project Stories 

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Blog: Celebrating The Findlay Twp. Activity Center Rain Gardens 

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Conservation District Now An Independent Agency With Most Of Its Funding No Longer Provided By County

-- Warren Times Editorial: Streambank Work Vital To Area

-- PA Sea Grant: 3 PA Educators To Participate In Shipboard Science Program On Lake Erie  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension Ag Progress Days To Be Held August 13-15

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Issues 2023 Impact Report - Helping Farmers Grow Climate Resilience, Education And Innovation 

-- Capital RC&D To Hold July 30 Pasture Walk On Grazing Practices And New Temporary Fencing Program At The Voight Family Farms In Lebanon County  [PaEN] 

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Celebrates Completion Of Rain Gardens To Manage Stormwater, Enhance Biodiversity In Findlay Township  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Blog: Celebrating The Findlay Twp. Activity Center Rain Gardens 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Launches PA Plants Native! Initiative To Plant 100,000 Trees In Next 18 Months; Fall Tree Request Form Now Live!  [PaEN] 

-- Master Watershed Stewards Host July 15 Annual Q/A Webinar On Fall Native Tree And Shrub Sale Species  [PaEN]

-- Instead Of Fines, DEP Agrees To PA American Water Cleanup Of Silt In Roaring Brook, Lackawanna River; Creating Fish Habitat, Natural Enhancements Worth $300,000  [PaEN] 

-- WVIA: DEP Reaches Sediment Pollution Deal With PA American Water For Polluted Lackawanna County Waterways

-- Environmental, Conservation Groups Seek To Intervene To Protect Municipal Riparian Buffer Ordinance In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- WVIA: Residents Fight ‘Greedy’ Poconos Warehouse Expansion

-- Citizens Voice: Pittston Twp. Takes Opposition To Warehouse In Residential Zone To PA Supreme Court

-- Scranton Times: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Lackawanna, Luzerne County School Water Supplies 

-- The Allegheny Front - Julie Grant: 5 Takeaways From NTSB Investigation Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment 

-- Post-Gazette: Group Rebuts EPA’s Claims About Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Response, Calls For ‘Thorough’ Investigation

-- Post-Gazette: NTSB: Failures And Miscommunication Plagued Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Beaver County Times: NTSB Final Report: Norfolk Southern’s Actions Were ‘Unconscionable’

-- House Environmental Committee Reports Out Bipartisan Landslide Insurance Legislation  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: What Is Lyme Disease And What Is Causing The Spike In Reported Cases?

-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette-Washington Fight The Bite Tick, Mosquito Surveillance Program Underway

-- TribLive: Experts Predict High Spotted Lanternfly Numbers In Western PA 

-- Bill Requiring PennDOT To Plant Native Plants Along State Highways Goes To Governor  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: PA Lawmakers Want To Ban Invasive Plant Species From State Highways

-- Citizens Voice: Grant Will Help Lehman Sanctuary Expand Wildflower Growth

-- TribLive: Leechburg Homeowner Embraces A ‘No-Mow’ Lifestyle In Armstrong County 

-- Sunbury Daily Item Guest Essay: You Are Nature’s Best Hope - Transform Your Property To Encourage Species Biodiversity - By Barb Jarmoska, Responsible Decarbonization Alliance 

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Blog: Christian Hope In The World Of Pollinators -  By Rev. Philip Westra, Evangelical Environmental Network  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive: Free Guided Tours Of Rare Butterfly Habitat Still Available At Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County  [PaEN] 

-- Rep. Pielli To Introduce Bills To Protect Insects, Conserve Monarch Butterfly Habitats  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Minersville/Pine Grove Students Savor Watershed Science Experiences Environmental Projects Led By Schuylkill Conservation District 

-- TribLive: Poison Prevention, Deer Damage Techniques Earn Kudos For Local Master Gardeners

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: ‘Big Bugs’ Land At Pittsburgh Botanic Garden To Highlight Importance Of Pollinators, Insects 

-- Interactive Training To Help Identify And Report Aquatic Invasive Species Thru The PA AIS Field Guide App Now Available From PA Sea Grant  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Bushy Run Battlefield Now Part Of National Old-Growth Forest Network In Westmoreland 

-- Nearly $25 Million Federal Grant Awarded To Sharpsburg To Reconnect Town To Its Riverfront In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Blighted Sharpsburg Brownfield Gets $25 Million Bump In Allegheny Shores Transformation

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Tiny Sharpsburg Gets $25 Million Federal Grant To Provide Access To A Riverfront Brownfield Redevelopment

-- Post-Gazette: Sharpsburg To Receive $25 Million Federal Grant To Connect To Its Riverfront

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: New Sharpsburg Riverside Development Will Be A Model For The Region 

-- US Senators Casey, Fetterman Announce $15 Million For Codorus Greenway Project In York  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates Grand Jury Preservation Award For Project At Washington Crossing Historic Park

-- 2023 PA Trails Report: 48 Miles Of Trails, 16 Trailheads, 6 Tunnels, 7 Bridges Added, More!    [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Three Rivers Heritage Trail Report Puts Economic Impact At $26.5 Million 

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Proposed Investment In PA’s Trail System Will Boost Economic Development - By Joe Massaro, PA Restaurant & Lodging Assn.

-- Blair Alliance: Major Trail Network Coming To The First Frontier Blair County 

-- Williamsport Sun: Pine Creek Rail Trail An Asset To All Those Who Use The Trail

-- PA Wilds Center: 2 New PA Wilds Conservation Shops Open In Forest, Tioga Counties 

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Maple Museum Opens In Somerset County With Tube Cutting

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Maple Museum To Debut In Somerset County Saturday

-- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: DCNR Says These Beaches, Summer Attractions Worth The Drive 

-- Beaver County Times: Pennsylvania A Top-Ten Summer Road Trip State, Here’s Why

-- DCNR Announces Entrance Project At Cherry Springs State Park In Potter County To Enhance Dark Skies Experience

-- Spotlight PA: A Rainy PA Forest In Ohiopyle State Park Offers Fun Window Into An Appalachian Ecology Debate

-- DCNR Grants News: New Lackawaxen River Access; Orkney Park Permanently Protected; July 19 Park & Recreation Professionals Day 

-- WPSU Video: PA’s State Parks & Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy

-- Dept. Of Health Awards $255,000 In WalkWorks Grants To Support 9 Projects In 7 Counties

-- York Daily Record: Paddling A 444-Mile Journey Inspires Susquehanna River Art And History  

-- Inquirer: He’s 11 And Makes $100,000 A Year Riding His Bike In The Philly Suburbs; Haverford Police Are Not Pleased 

-- LancasterOnline: York Man Sentenced To Probation For Destroying Enola Low Grade Trail Bridge; Must Pay $1 Million+  

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Eaglet Takes Flight For First Time From US Steel Irvin Works Plant Nest  

-- Williamsport Sun: Research Rediscovers ‘Extinct’ Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

-- Republican Herald: Wild Animals Show Off For Kids At Pottsville Free Public Library

-- CBF Blog: Voracious, Invasive Blue Catfish Being Welcomed Into Ohio River Basin, But Eating Chesapeake Bay Alive  [PaEN] 

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[Posted: June 30, 2024]   PA Environment Digest