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-- Reading Eagle: Reading Church Powered By Solar Panels In Berks County
-- TribLive: As Plastics Waste Grows Globally, Latrobe Worshippers Put Faith In Recycling Efforts
-- WNEP: Schuylkill County’s Kaye Shwenk Wins Keep PA Beautiful Affiliate Volunteer Of The Year Award
-- Saint Vincent College: Angela Belli Receives 2025 PA Association of Environmental Educators’ Keystone Award
-- Susquehanna University Students Translate Climate Research Into Children's Stories [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Helping Kids With Autism Learn ‘Earth-To-Table’ Gardening
-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Plant Seeds For Gardening Success
-- WNEP: King’s College Volunteers Plant Trees, Pick Up Litter In Wilkes-Barre
-- Erie Times: City Of Erie Tire, Electronics Recycling Collection Set For May 3
-- Warren Times: Volunteers Refurbishing Trailhead Kiosks Along Allegheny National Forests’ North Country Trail
-- Post-Gazette: Local Elementary Students Draw, Clean Up In Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program
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-- Observer-Reporter: Waynesburg University Celebrates Earth Day With Education, Action
-- Penn State Landscape Architecture Students Collaborate On Project To Improve The Quality Of Life For Pittsburgh's Hilltop Neighborhoods [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times: North Country Trail Association Plans April 19 Cleanup. Other Events
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Ready To Develop ‘Brilliant’ Trail Across Allegheny River At Aspinwall
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Trout Unlimited to Hold Stream Cleanup April 19 On Lycoming Creek
-- Gettysburg Connection: Gettysburg Nature Alliance Hosts April 26 Stream Cleanup Event At Sachs Bridge
-- The Derrick: 175 Students From Clairon, Jefferson, Forest Counties Celebrate Earth Day At Cook Forest State Park
-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Haven Students Soak Up Lessons In Nature Thru Trout In The Classroom Project
-- The Allegheny Front: From Classroom To Creek: Students Learn About Trout By Raising And Releasing Fish
-- Altoona Mirror: Portage Area High School Students Donate Their Time To Help Clean Up Community: ‘Every Little Bit Counts’
-- PennLive: Environmental Activist Helps Bring New Park To Harrisburg Neighborhood
-- Erie Times: Asbury Woods’ Green Roof Beautifies Building, Benefits Birds, Bugs; How It Works
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Welcomes Newest Local Affiliate - Keep Chester City Beautiful In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Students Put Their Environmental Expertise To The Test At Venango County Envirothon
-- The Derrick: Venango County To Host Waste Tire Collection May 17
-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Marks 37th Year As A Tree City USA
-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collections Launch May 17 In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Early Arbor Day Observance Sees Oil City Students Planting New Tree In Hasson Park
-- ABC27: City Of Harrisburg Named Official Audubon Bird Town, Will Join Effort To Protect Birds
-- The Derrick: Local Catholic Students Write Why Earth Day Is Important
-- The Daily Collegian: State College Joins Audubon Bird Town Pennsylvania Program
-- PennLive: Fisherman Pulls 2 Kayakers From Dock Street Dam In Harrisburg: ‘They Weren’t Going To Last Long’
-- Citizen Scientists Help Toads Cross The Road In Roxborough Neighborhood Of Philadelphia; 22,000 Toads Saved Over 16 Years [PaEN]
-- WESA: 2 Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch Atop Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Helped Put Earth Day On The Map
-- New Report: Role Of Community-Based Watershed Organizations In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment In Pennsylvania - Barriers & Recommendations [PaEN]
-- PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 14-16 In State College; Sponsorships, Exhibit Space Available [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Basin Alliance Releases Report Documenting $50 Billion In Annual Economic Benefits Of Natural Ecosystems In Ohio River Watershed - $1.725 Billion In PA [PaEN]
-- CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants [PaEN]
-- DEP, Local Partners Celebrate Stream Restoration Investments In Little Conestoga Creek Watershed, Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Officials Tour Little Conestoga Creek Blue Green Connector Project
-- DEP, Partners Celebrate Earth Day At Schuylkill County Stream Restoration Project; Announce Opening On Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: DEP Secretary Touts Growing Greener Grant Program, Pine Grove Floodplain Project
-- ACAP Ag Conservation Conference Highlights Innovation, Collaboration And Recognized Conservation Leadership [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: A Fish Drawn To Water: My Yellow Breeches Watershed Journey - By Leigh Ann Chow, Cumberland County Master Watershed Steward Candidate [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Announces Award Of 14 BHE GT&S Grants To Watershed Groups In Western PA [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Beaver Dams Can Improve Watersheds In PA; Freshwater Institute, Susquehanna University
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Watershed Alliance Working To Preserve Natural Resources
-- Western PA Environmental Education Summit June 10 [PaEN]
-- DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay Watershed Update Highlights County Projects To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution, Grant And Training Opportunities [PaEN]
-- CBF: Pollen Explosion Sometimes Creates Strange Green/Yellow Slicks On Waters In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- Sen. Yaw Introduces ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Regulation Bill Directing Some Revenue To Clean Streams Fund [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Celebrates Earth Day With Dr. Watt R. Shedd; Road Salt Pollution; Street2Creek Call For Artists In York; Rain Barrel Kits; Learn How To Plant Trees [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Stewards In York County: Street2Creek Storm Drain Art In York - Call For Artists
-- York County Partners With USGS On Water Quality Monitoring To Document Nutrient, Sediment Pollution Going Into Local Streams, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: April 30 - Small Pennsylvania Watershed, Big Impact - Restoration Of Halfmoon Creek, Centre County [PaEN]
-- USGS PA Water Science Center Highlights New Interactive Water Quality Dashboards; Drought Monitoring Network; PFAS Aquatic Exposure Effects [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Highlights Updated Water Quality Maps; Natural Gas Water Use Report; Impact Of Federal Cuts [PaEN]
-- USDA Cancels Partnership For Climate-Smart Commodities Grants; Up To $911 Million Impact On Pennsylvania Farmers [PaEN] [Warning]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: USDA Shuts Down ‘Climate Smart’ Program With Big Impacts On Farm Conservation Work In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [Warning]
-- WHYY: Philly-Area Farmers Among Hundreds Impacted By President’s Gutting Of Climate-Friendly Farm Grants [Warning]
-- PennVEST Approves $242.8 Million Investment In 32 Water Infrastructure Projects In 23 Counties [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: North Fork Water Project Awarded Funds For ‘Flood Resilience’ Project; Scalp Level Gets Sewer, Stormwater Funding
-- Erie Times: Erie Water Works Secures $10 Million For Lead Pipe Replacement Project
-- Altoona Mirror: PennVEST Loans Altoona Water Authority For Wastewater System Improvements
-- Northampton Twp., Northampton Bucks County Municipal Authority Announced The Award Of $20 Million In PennVEST Funding To Expand Navy PFAS Remediation
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Awards $193 Million In Contracts For Next Stage Of System Overhaul
-- Aqua Pennsylvania, PA Environmental Council Award More Than $55,000 In Local Grants To Protect Your Drinking Water In Southeast Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- American Water Foundation Awards 16 Water & Environment Grants To Organizations In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Victims Of Tropical Storm Debbie Flooding Can Now Apply For More Aid
-- TribLive: Export Set To Pay Off Flood-Control Project That Helped Dry Out The Borough In Westmoreland
-- Post-Gazette: Flood Protection, Other Federally-Funded Infrastructure Projects In Limbo In Pittsburgh Suburbs [Warning]
-- Arkansas Advocate: President Denies Disaster Aid For Devastating Tornadoes, Flooding, Tells States To Do More [Warning]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 12 to 25: Another Abandoned Shale Gas Water Impoundment; 18 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Exposed Gas Pipeline Crosses Stream [PaEN]
-- DEP: Abandoned Shale Gas Water Impoundment Not Used For 7 Years Cited For Not Being Restored In Clarion County [PaEN]
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Facility Owners Must Now File A Methane Emissions Compliance Report By June 1, 2025 Required By A 2022 DEP Methane Pollution Reduction Rule As A Result Of Court Settlement [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold May 1 Virtual Update On State Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Twin Oaks Pipeline Leak In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project Launches AirView Public, New App To Help Communities Protect Residents From Oil & Gas Pollution; Communities Can Join Today [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Letter: I Applaud Bucks County Commissioners Who Had The Guts To Challenge The Natural Gas Industry For Contributing To Climate Crisis - Cat Lodge, Washington County Resident
-- Post-Gazette/AP: Jury Decides Norfolk Southern Should Pay For $660 Million Settlement In 2024 Train Derailment
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Waiting Takes A Toll On Victims Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- Post-Gazette/AP: In Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Trial, Railroad, Chemical Maker Agree On Who Pays Residents
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Outcome Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Case Important
-- DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report [PaEN]
-- House, Senate Members Introduce Gov. Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability [PaEN]
-- DEP Partners With PennTAP And Catalyst Connection On RISE PA Industrial Decarbonization Grant Program To Reduce Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across PA [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record: New Solar Energy Canopies At Pinchot State Park Save Money, Power Community
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Must Lead On Renewable Energy - By Erika Strasburger, Pittsburgh City Council
-- TribLive: New York City Firm Gets Initial OK For Solar Energy Facility On Site Of Former Unity Stone Quarry In Westmoreland
-- Altoona Mirror: Solar Energy Facility In Greenfield Twp. Gets Positive Review By Blair County Planning Commission
-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Earth’s Warming Affecting Americans From Coast To Coast
-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Climate Change Wreaks Havoc In Gardening, Fishing And Just Living
-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Climate Change Impacting Housing Market, Insurance Industry
-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: States Using Courts To Fight President’s Climate Policies
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-- MCall: C.F. Martin’s Latest Guitar For Earth Day, Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Earth Day Gut Check - How President’s Environmental Cuts Hit The Lake Erie Region - By Chris J. Magic, French Creek Indivisible [Warning]
-- Utility Dive: Climate Advocates Brace For President's Executive Order Targeting Nonprofits' Tax Exempt Status [Warning]
-- Reuters: Climate Nonprofits Anticipate Fight With President Over Tax Exempt Status [Warning]
-- Eleven Coal, Coal-Waste Power Plants In Pennsylvania Now Covered By Presidential Exemption From 2024 Mercury, Hazardous Air Pollutant Regulation For 2 Years [PaEN] [Warning]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Coal Is Not Clean [Warning]
-- United Mine Workers, United Steelworkers File Action In Federal Court To Overturn MSHA Delay In Enforcing Silica Rule To Protect Mine Workers [Warning]
-- TribLive: Delay In Federal ‘Silica Rule’ Leaves Some Coal Miners’ Advocates Worried [Warning]
-- PUC Hearing On Data Center Growth Impacts Finds 30-40% Of Utility Demand Could Be From Data Centers; Concerns About Stranded Costs; Major Commitments To Net-Zero Carbon Emissions Energy Use [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Electricity Supplier Urges Careful Planning For Data Center ‘Extreme Energy Demands’
-- PA Capital-Star: Data Centers’ Demand For Electricity Brings Unprecedented Opportunity, Challenges
-- AP-Marc Levy: Big Tech’s Soaring Energy Demands Are Making Coal-Fired Power Plant Sites Attractive [Not Necessarily The Plants Themselves]
-- TribLive: As Data Centers Spread, Their Leaders Push For Transparency, Consistency In State Regulations [PUC Hearing]
-- TribLive Editorial: Data Centers’ Power Usage Must Be Monitored And Managed
-- Post-Gazette: PUC Tees Up Hearing On Data Centers As A.I. Critic Says, ‘We Want To Be A Little More Cautious’
-- Gov. Shapiro: FERC Approves Settlement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Prices Hikes, Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Electric Bills [PaEN]
-- Reuters: FERC Denies Rehearing On Colocated Amazon Data Center Energy Pact In Luzrne County
-- Utility Dive: Ratepayer Advocates: FERC Should Order PJM To Rerun Last Electricity Capacity Auction; Could Lead To $5 Billion In Consumer Savings
-- New Report: Fixing PJM’s Broken Electric Generation Approval Process Can Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs Across The Mid-Atlantic [PaEN]
-- North American Electric Reliability Corp. Files Proposed Cold Weather Standard To Improve Reliability For Natural Gas-fired, Other Electric Generators [PaEN]
-- PUC Commissioners Urge Congressional Action To Preserve $19 Million In Remaining LIHEAP Funds For PA This Year [PaEN]
-- Energy Association Of PA [Utilities] Calls For Protection Of LIHEAP Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; How To Join Or Host Events [PaEN]
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Seeking Student Leaders For Young Ambassadors Program, Grades 10-12 [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Zero Waste Events Coordinator [PaEN]
-- WESA: Could Sustainable Shopping Get A Boost As President’s Tariffs Panic Fast Fashion Brands?
-- Inquirer: Secondhand Stores Are Poised To Benefit If President’s Tariffs Drive Up New Clothing Costs
-- TribLive: Survey Finds Ignorance, Fear Surrounding Nuclear Waste Cleanup In Parks Twp., Armstrong County
-- DCNR Celebrates Arbor Day By Encouraging Pennsylvanians To Support Tree Planting Across The State With Donations To Keystone Tree Fund [PaEN]
-- Allegheny Land Trust, Game Commission Partner To Preserve 266 Acre Deer Creek Conservation Project In Indiana Twp., Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Nature Conservancy Acquires 509 Acres Of Land In Dauphin County, Transfers To Game Commission
-- Beaver Times: Logging Poised To Accelerate In Allegheny National Forest [Warning]
-- PennLive: Wildfires Burn 2,700 Acres Of Michaux State Forest, Fires Remain 0% Contained In Cumberland County
-- PennLive: New Evacuation Notice Issued As Crews Struggle To Contain Cumberland County Wildfires
-- PennLive: Red Cross Opens Shelter To Serve Cumberland County Wildfire Evacuees
-- DEP Alerts Cumberland County Residents To Elevated Air Quality Levels Due To Wildfire Smoke
-- LancasterOnline: Wildfires In Cumberland County Burn More Than 1,350 Acres So Far- What Does It Mean For Central PA?
-- WGAL: Driving Thru The Michaux State Forest Wildfires In Cumberland County [Video]
-- York Daily Record: Officials: Close To 1,000 Acres Burning Across 2 Michaux State Forest Wildfires
-- PennLive: Cumberland County Wildfires Burn Nearly 1,000 Acres: Officials
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 560-Acre Carbon County Wildfire Near Fully Contained
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 560 Acre Wildfire In Carbon County Forces Closure Of Popular Trail
-- MCall: Large Brush Fire Near Jim Thorpe Continues As Crews Contain More Than 50%
-- Erie Times: Wildfire Near Jim Thorpe Sets Hundreds Of Acres Ablaze, See Wildfire Map
-- WNEP: Crews Battle Blustery Winds In Bear Mountain Wildfire
-- MCall: Massive Carbon County Brush Fire Spreads To 460 Acres As Crews Work To Keep It From Residential Area
-- WNEP: Bear Mountain Wildfire Continues To Burn Near Jim Thorpe
-- DCNR Grants: Partnership Expands Recreation Options In Northeast PA; 420 Applications For Conservation Partnership Grants Totaling $120 Million
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Announces River Sojourn Grants, Schedule [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Delaware River Sojourn June 14-20 - Celebrating 30 Years Of Paddling The Delaware
-- Discover NE PA: The Hidden Power Of Northeast PA’s Waterways
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: People, Parks & Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Improve Recreation, Community And Organizational Development [PaEN]
-- Warren Times Editorial: State Parks A Vital Resource
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pittsburgh Should Market Itself As One Of America’s Great Outdoors Cities, Because It Is
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Dozens Of Pittsburgh Parks And Recreation Projects Have Been Delayed, Mothballed
-- PA Parks & Forest Foundation Launches New Podcast-- It's Time To Think Outside! [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Eyes Forming Trail Authority
-- Republican Herald: Challenging The Limits Of Disability, Todd Gladfelter Begins His 2,000 Mile Road To Recovery Trail Ride
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Educator Newsletter Helps You Celebrate Earth Day! [PaEN]
-- Allegheny Land Trust, Cannon Design Release Plans For New Mobile Learning Lab [PaEN]
-- PoliticsPA: Presidents Of 11 PA Colleges Condemn President’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’ [Warning]
-- Inquirer: Hands-On Science Program Was Poised To Teach Middle Schoolers Across Philly, Then DOGE Killed The Funding [Warning]
-- Inquirer: DOGE’s Sweeping AmeriCorps Cuts Leave Philly Volunteer Programs Unsure If They Will Get Promised Funding [Warning]
-- Erie Times: Presque Isle Spring Beach Walk Reveals Good Conditions With Federal Funding Uncertain [Warning]
-- Reading Eagle: Blue Marsh Lake Recreation Area Reducing Services After Federal Cuts [Warning]
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Website For Getting Started With Native Plants; Native Plant Sales In Delaware, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Hosts May 10 Event In Luzerne County On Exploring The Beauty And Importance Of Native Plants [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Penguin Court Offers Native Plant Sale, Plans Master Naturalist Course In Westmoreland
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Invasive Plants Take The Spotlight At New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Exhibit
-- Penn State Extension Webinar Series To Focus On Successful Tree And Shrub Planting Starting April 28
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Plant Identification Walks Thru Parks In Centre, Franklin, Huntingdon, Lebanon, Somerset Counties [Begins April 30]
-- Erie Times: McKean County Man Pleads Guilty To One Charge, Fined In Federal Probe Of Ginseng Purchasing
-- PennLive: Pennsylvania Is One Of The Top States For Birdwatching
-- Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center’s May 2-3 Birding Cup Bird Identification Competition To Benefit Musser Gap Greenway’s Grassland Habitat In Centre County [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Pittsburgh National Aviary To Establish Major Avian Research Hub In Fox Chapel Allegheny County
-- PennLive: Hummingbird Migration Underway In Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: A Closer Look At Our Wood Ducks
-- PA Firefly Festival Receives Over 1,800 Entries To Campout Lottery; Private Guided Firefly Eco-Tours Available At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County [PaEN]
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