Awards/Recognition
-- Sand County Foundation: Troy Firth Receives Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Honeybees And Pollinators Carry Young FFA Speaker To New Heights
-- PA Resources Council Announces 2025 Lens On Litter Photo Contest, Including New Before & After Prize Category [PaEN]
-- Reminder: Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Accepting Nominations For Students In Grades K to 6 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Officially Designated An Audubon ‘Bird Town’ In Allegheny County
Grants
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Scholarship Applications From Wallenpaupack Area, Honesdale, Delaware Valley, Western Wayne School Districts In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For First Round Of Local Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants March 3 [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Announces Award Of $155,000+ To Support 34 Local Watershed Improvement Projects [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives Susquehanna Greenway Partnership Watershed Education Grant [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: New Federal Clean Energy Rebates In Limbo For Residents Of PA, DE, NJ
Help Wanted
-- Gettysburg Connection: Watershed Alliance Of Adams County Seeking Citizen Scientists To Test For Salt In Waterways As Part Of SALT WATCH
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt On Snow And Ice Makes A Bad Brew For Local Waterways - Watch Winter Salt Week Webinars - By Harry Campbell, Science Policy & Advocacy Director [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Seeks Riparian Steward Volunteers In Armstrong, Erie, Forest, Indiana, Jefferson, Potter, Venango Counties [PaEN]
-- Apply Now! Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps Youth Employment Program Now Accepting Applications [PaEN]
-- DCNR/PA Environmental Council Host Jan. 30 Webinar On New Outdoor Ambassador Program Launching In The Laurel Highlands And Poconos Conservation Landscapes [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands: Participate In A Jan. 20 MLK Day Of Service Event In One Of Our Preserves
-- Natural Lands: Apply Now For Class Of 2025 Force Of Nature Volunteer Program
-- Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District - Resource Conservationist Technician [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Jan. 14 Watersheds And Their People Webinar Sharing Watershed Project Stories [PaEN]
-- ReImagine Appalachia's Virtual Strategy Summit Set For Jan. 14 -15 [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: Jan. 15 Webinar: Walking Softer Education - Empower Youth, Activate Change, Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests, French Creek Valley Conservancy: Jan. 17 Virtual Woods & Water Film Series; Feb. 21 In-Person Woods & Water Film Series [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Jan. 21 Webinar On Private Water Supply Education, Offers Free Well Water Testing [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt On Snow And Ice Makes A Bad Brew For Local Waterways - Watch Winter Salt Week Webinars - By Harry Campbell, Science Policy & Advocacy Director [PaEN]
-- Reminder: Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts Jan. 28 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Through CARAT [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Hosts Jan. 28 Webinar On PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' And Impacts To Local Waterways [PaEN]
-- Register Now! PASA Sustainable Agriculture Conference Feb. 5-7 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators: Feb. 12 Webinar: Cradle Of Conservation - An Environmental History of Pennsylvania, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m.
-- Fish & Boat Commission Feb. 12 Webinar: Women’s Intro To Fly Fishing Program, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Why You Should Attend These 5 Outdoor Shows This Winter In PA
-- Citizens Voice: Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Events: Digging Up The Past
-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Wild & Scenic Film Festival March 5 In Lititz, Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Register Now! PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Annual Conference March 10-12 In Erie [PaEN]
-- Register Now! PA Recreation & Parks Society Annual Conference & Expo March 16-19 In Hershey [PaEN]
-- Registration Now Open! WeConservePA PA Land Conservation Conference April 2-4 In State College [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- PennTAP: Small & Mid-Size Industries Must Complete Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Site Assessment To Be Eligible For RISE PA Decarbonization Grants [PaEN]
-- DEP: Shared Energy Manager Program Saved Local Governments $2.8 Million; Apply Now To Join Program [PaEN]
-- DEP Encourages Pennsylvanians To Test Their Homes For Radon During January, National Radon Action Month [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PA Needs To Get Serious About Radon
-- Post-Gazette: Why Radon Gas Deserves Pennsylvanians’ Attention
-- Spotlight PA: What To Do If You Have An Issue With Your Municipal Water, Wastewater Authority
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn.: Solar For Schools Middle School Curriculum Now Available [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In December Now Available [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging In Western PA Could Speed Up Under Deal Reached With West Virginia Landowners, Diversified Energy
-- ABC6: John James Audubon Center In Montgomery County Teaches You Everything You Wanted To Know About Birds
-- Town Hall Meeting On Wildlife Damage To Agricultural Crops Held At PA Farm Show
-- Lancaster Farming: PA Builds Collaboration On Deer Damage To Crops
-- Citizens Voice: Rep. Stambaugh To Introduce Bill To Fund Deer Fencing To Prevent Crop Damage From Game Commission’s $500 Million Surplus
-- KDKA: Signs Of Hope That Pittsburgh’s Hays Bald Eagles Could Rebuild Nest
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hires Megan Roselli As Director Of Education
-- PA iMapInvasives Newsletter Highlights Jumping Worm Jamboree, Benefits Of Regional Invasive Species Partnerships, Plant Patrol In Indiana County, Restoring Mussels In Dunkard Creek [PaEN]
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Newsletter: Reflecting On 2024; Forest Resiliency Insights; Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, TNC Chief Scientist
-- PA Horticultural Society Shares Top 10 Gardening Trends For 2025
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 11 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 84 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 11 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance For Land Application Of Excess Water From Shale Gas Well Development Impoundments
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 14 On Data Centers, Three Mile Island Unit 2 Nuclear Plant Decommissioning, Abandoned Mine Land Reforestation [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 22 On Accessible Recreation Topics [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Jan. 30 Hearing On New General Into Basin Transfers, Water Withdrawal Requests - 6 For Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- DCNR Hosts 5 Webinars On Draft State Outdoor Recreation Plan Starting Feb. 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Feb. 20 Hearing On Interim Response To PFAS Well Water Contamination Near The Middle Spring Creek HSCA Site In Southampton Twp., Cumberland & Franklin Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Extends Comment Period On Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Consent Order For Penn State Benner Township PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Contamination Site In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Taylor Borough To Hold Hearing, Consider Ordinance Regulating Solar Energy Facilities In Lackawanna County
-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Proposes Guidelines For ATV Trails, Limiting Solar Energy Facilities To Conservation Zone In Westmoreland
-- W&J Center For Energy Policy & Management: Jan. 7 Hydrogen Hub Open House In Washington County Postponed Due To Weather
-- Mountain State Spotlight: Residents Near Proposed Appalachian Hydrogen Hub In WV Can Voice Their Concerns About The Project Thru March 3
Background On Issues
-- Powering The Planet: The Cleanup Bill For The Fracking Boom Is Already Here; Shale Gas Drillers Are Already Abandoning Their Wells - By Justin Mikulka, Powering The Planet [PA Examples] [PaEN]
-- Bucks County Beacon - Justin Mikulka: The Cleanup Bill For The Fracking Boom Is Already Here In States Like Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Fate Of Butterflies And More Depends On Us - ‘We Are The Stewards And Caretakers Of This World, The Only World That We Have, It’s Time We Started Acting Like It’ [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging In Western PA Could Speed Up Under Deal Reached With West Virginia Landowners, Diversified Energy
-- ABCNews: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Bring Fears Of Leak Dangers, ABC News Investigation Finds
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Methane Emission Reduction Is Becoming A Booming Industry In Pennsylvania - By Center for Methane Emissions Solutions
-- WESA: Could Locally Drilled Natural Gas Get More Expensive With New Republican Administration’s Push To Increase LNG Gas Exports? [Spoiler - Yes]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: US Natural Gas Markets (And Prices) Now Linked With Rest Of World [PDF of Article]
-- Bloomberg: Shale Gas Executives Raising Price Bar Needed To Boost Gas Drilling Survey Says
-- Stars & Stripes Guest Essay: Don’t Allow Our LNG Gas Resources To Empower Our Rivals While We Shoulder The Burdens - By Steve Anderson, US. Army Brigadier General, Retired
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh-Based Epiphany Environmental LLC Frack Waste Treatment Company Files For Bankruptcy - Had Proposed Plant In Potter County With 2023 PennVEST Funding [PDF of Article]
-- Philadelphia Tribune Guest Essay: Natural Gas Is Dirty, LNG Gas Proponents Don’t Just Ignore The Facts, They Ignore The Human Toll - By Ben Jealous, Executive Director Sierra Club, University of Pennsylvania Professor
-- TribLive Letter: Natural Gas Drives Benefits Across PA - By Moody & Associates, Largest Shale Gas Drilling Consultant
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Are U-Turn Shale Gas Wells The Future Of Drilling? One In Susquehanna County Now [PDF of Article]
-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: Natural Gas And Agriculture Working In Tandem For PA
-- Spotlight PA: Shapiro Says ‘Broken’ PJM Power Auction Process Could Lead To Higher Electricity Costs; Here’s What To Know
-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Why Gov. Shapiro Sued To Limit Future Electric Bill Hikes
-- Warren Times Editorial: Finding Savings For Energy Costs [Shapiro PJM Complaint, RGGI]
-- PUC Approves $700,000 Penalty For Columbia Gas Plastic Pipeline Explosion In Clarion County [PaEN]
-- PUC Approves Settlement In 2019 Philadelphia Gas Works Explosion That Killed 2, Displaced 60 Residents [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: PUC Settles Case With PGW Over Deadly 2019 Gas Explosion In South Philly
-- WJAC: Fatal Coal Mine Accident Under Investigation In Somerset County
-- AP: Efforts Continue To Stabilize Area Where PA Woman Fell To Her Death In Abandoned Mine Sinkhole
-- TribLive: About $500,000 Of Work To Fill Westmoreland Abandoned Mine Sinkhole Nearly Complete
-- WPXI: DEP Determining Size, Extinguishing Fayette County Mine Fire That May Have Been Burning For Months
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Chesapeake Conservancy Leader Steps Down After 14 Years
-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Highlights Accomplishments In 2024 Annual Report
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Abandoned Conventional Well Plugging In Western PA Could Speed Up Under Deal Reached With West Virginia Landowners, Diversified Energy
-- ABCNews: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Bring Fears Of Leak Dangers, ABC News Investigation Finds
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: How Blocking Nippon/US Steel Sale Could Impact Western PA Air Quality
-- TribLive: Pittsburgers Reflect On Region’s Industrial Arc In Wake Of Blocked US Steel Deal
-- Financial Times: Quarter Of Freshwater Species Face Extinction Risk, Research Finds
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: NJ, PA, NY Join Forces To Protect Dwindling Brook Trout
-- USGS PA Water Science Center Releases Highlights Of Water Quality Monitoring In Chiques, Swatara Creek Watersheds
-- Republican Herald: Christmas Trees Go From Holiday To Habitat
-- Financial Times: Catastrophes Cost World $320 Billion In 2024, Reinsurer Reports
-- TribLive: Climate Change Will Continue With Warmer, Wetter Conditions Predicted
-- Financial Times: World Breaches 1.5C Global Warming Target For First Time In 2024
-- Financial Times: The Rising Threat Of Deadly Diseases Jumping From Animals To Humans
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[Posted: January 12, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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