Awards/Recognition
-- Saint Vincent College: Angela Belli Receives 2025 PA Association of Environmental Educators’ Keystone Award
-- Post-Gazette: Local Elementary Students Draw, Clean Up In Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program
-- WNEP: Schuylkill County’s Kaye Shwenk Wins Keep PA Beautiful Affiliate Volunteer Of The Year Award
-- Susquehanna University Students Translate Climate Research Into Children's Stories [PaEN]
-- Penn State Landscape Architecture Students Collaborate On Project To Improve The Quality Of Life For Pittsburgh's Hilltop Neighborhoods [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: 175 Students From Clairon, Jefferson, Forest Counties Celebrate Earth Day At Cook Forest State Park
-- Observer-Reporter: Waynesburg University Celebrates Earth Day With Education, Action
-- The Derrick: Local Catholic Students Write Why Earth Day Is Important
-- WNEP: King’s College Volunteers Plant Trees, Pick Up Litter In Wilkes-Barre
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Helped Put Earth Day On The Map
-- PoliticsPA: Presidents Of 11 PA Colleges Condemn President’s ‘Unprecedented Government Overreach’
-- ABC27: City Of Harrisburg Named Official Audubon Bird Town, Will Join Effort To Protect Birds
-- The Daily Collegian: State College Joins Audubon Bird Town Pennsylvania Program
Grants
-- PA Recreation & Park Society: People, Parks & Community Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Improve Recreation, Community And Organizational Development [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Hands-On Science Program Was Poised To Teach Middle Schoolers Across Philly, Then DOGE Killed The Funding
-- Inquirer: DOGE’s Sweeping AmeriCorps Cuts Leave Philly Volunteer Programs Unsure If They Will Get Promised Funding
Help Wanted
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Seeking Student Leaders For Young Ambassadors Program, Grades 10-12 [PaEN]
-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; How To Join Or Host Events [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Zero Waste Events Coordinator [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Beaver Times: North Country Trail Association Plans April 19 Cleanup. Other Events
-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Trout Unlimited to Hold Stream Cleanup April 19 On Lycoming Creek
-- Berks County Agricultural Center To Host April 23 Open House, 8:00 a.m. to Noon
-- Gettysburg Connection: Gettysburg Nature Alliance Hosts April 26 Stream Cleanup Event At Sachs Bridge
-- 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]
-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk: April 30 - Small Pennsylvania Watershed, Big Impact - Restoration Of Halfmoon Creek, Centre County [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold May 1 Virtual Update On State Response To Energy Transfer/Sunoco Twin Oaks Pipeline Leak In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Website For Getting Started With Native Plants; Native Plant Sales In Delaware, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Stewards In York County: Street2Creek Storm Drain Art In York - Call For Artists
-- 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]
-- Erie Times: City Of Erie Tire, Electronics Recycling Collection Set For May 3
-- 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 Derrick: Early Arbor Day Observance Sees Oil City Students Planting New Tree In Hasson Park
-- The Derrick: Venango County To Host Waste Tire Collection May 17
-- PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle Collections Launch May 17 In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Western PA Environmental Education Summit June 10 [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Delaware River Sojourn June 14-20 - Celebrating 30 Years Of Paddling The Delaware
-- PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 14-16 In State College; Sponsorships, Exhibit Space Available [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 19 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 26 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 96 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PUC Announces May 6, 7 Hearings On Proposed 15.7% Rate Increase For Philadelphia Gas Works [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing May 7; Business Meeting June 11 [PaEN]
-- PUC To Investigate Proposed 11.4% Increase In Columbia Gas Natural Gas Rate [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report [PaEN]
-- New Report: Role Of Community-Based Watershed Organizations In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment In Pennsylvania - Barriers & Recommendations [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Educator Newsletter Helps You Celebrate Earth Day! [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forest Foundation Launches New Podcast-- It's Time To Think Outside! [PaEN]
-- ACAP Ag Conservation Conference Highlights Innovation, Collaboration And Recognized Conservation Leadership [PaEN]
-- Allegheny Land Trust, Cannon Design Release Plans For New Mobile Learning Lab [PaEN]
-- MCall: C.F. Martin’s Latest Guitar For Earth Day, Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition
-- Citizen Scientists Help Toads Cross The Road In Roxborough Neighborhood Of Philadelphia; 22,000 Toads Saved Over 16 Years [PaEN]
-- 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]
-- 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’
-- The Derrick: Students Put Their Environmental Expertise To The Test At Venango County Envirothon
-- WESA: 2 Peregrine Falcon Chicks Hatch Atop Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning
-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Website For Getting Started With Native Plants; Native Plant Sales In Delaware, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Invasive Plants Take The Spotlight At New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Exhibit
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Rejoins Worst In Nation For Air Quality In Latest ‘State Of The Air’
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Metro Air Ranked Among Worst In Country, Study Says
-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Air Quality Among Worst In US; Takeaways From American Lung Assn. Latest Report
-- Erie Times: Canadian Wildfires Drop Erie County’s Grade In State Of The Air Report
-- WTAE: Wildfire Smoke From Canada Impacted Air Quality In Pittsburgh
-- Beaver Times: State Of The Air Report Gives Beaver County Passing Grade For Ozone, Particulates
-- 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
-- Tribune-Democrat: Special Report: Data Show Earth Continues To Get Hotter
-- WHYY: Helping Kids With Autism Learn ‘Earth-To-Table’ Gardening
-- Penn State Extension Master Gardeners Plant Seeds For Gardening Success
-- 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]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Highlights Updated Water Quality Maps; Natural Gas Water Use Report; Impact Of Federal Cuts [PaEN]
-- USGS PA Water Science Center Highlights New Interactive Water Quality Dashboards; Drought Monitoring Network; PFAS Aquatic Exposure Effects [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Pennsylvania Is One Of The Top States For Birdwatching
-- CBF: Pollen Explosion Sometimes Creates Strange Green/Yellow Slicks On Waters In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: Climate Advocates Brace For President's Executive Order Targeting Nonprofits' Tax Exempt Status
-- Reuters: Climate Nonprofits Anticipate Fight With President Over Tax Exempt Status
Background On Issues
-- 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]
-- PublicSourceNews.org: Setback On Setbacks: PA Environmental Quality Board Tables Consideration Of New Limits On Drilling Near Building, Water Sources
-- Farm & Dairy: PA Environmental Board Delays Vote On Petition To Increase Shale Gas Well Setbacks
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission: Low Stream Flows Trigger Restrictions On 29 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 58 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In March; 142 In 2025 [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
-- York County Partners With USGS On Water Quality Monitoring To Document Nutrient, Sediment Pollution Going Into Local Streams, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record: DEP Overstated Pollution Levels In York County Streams, New Tests Show
-- Master Watershed Stewards In York County: Street2Creek Storm Drain Art In York - Call For Artists
-- 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
-- TribLive: As Data Centers Spread, Their Leaders Push For Transparency, Consistency In State Regulations [PUC Hearing]
-- AP-Marc Levy: Big Tech’s Soaring Energy Demands Are Making Coal-Fired Power Plant Sites Attractive [Not Necessarily The Plants Themselves]
-- 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’
-- House, Senate Members Introduce Gov. Shapiro's 'Lightning' Energy Plan To Lower Energy Costs, Create Jobs, Protect Pennsylvania From Global Energy Instability [PaEN]
-- DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report [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
-- Gov. Shapiro: FERC Approves Settlement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Prices Hikes, Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Electric Bills [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: FERC Approves PJM Interconnection Electricity Capacity Auction Price Cap, Floor [Negotiated with Gov. Shapiro]
-- PA Capital-Star: FERC Approves Shapiro’s PJM Settlement To Halt ‘Runaway’ Electricity Prices
-- DelawareValleyJournal.com: Grid Operator PJM Rejects Accusations It’s Slow-Rolling Renewable Energy Generation
-- 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
-- PennLive Letter: Congress Holds Key To PA’s Next Energy Breakthrough - Mine Methane Capture - By Mike Moore, Waste Gas Capture Initiative
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Coal Is Not Clean
-- E&ENews/Politico: President’s Push For More LNG Gas Exports Risks Domestic Price Surge
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Energy Policies Will Cause Us To Pay More - By Sen. Camera Bartolotta (R-Washington) [PJM Policies-Data Center Growth Taking Power Away From Public-Natural Gas Prices Are Real Problem - Get The Real Story Here ]
-- PennDOT Opens 3 New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In Clearfield, Clinton, Columbia Counties
-- 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
-- Reading Eagle: Reading Church Powered By Solar Panels In Berks County
-- 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
-- Williamsport Sun: Signs Opposing Solar-Chicken Farm In Muncy Creek Twp. Plucked From Front Yards Escalating Rising Tensions
-- TribLive: Survey Finds Ignorance, Fear Surrounding Nuclear Waste Cleanup In Parks Twp., Armstrong County
-- Sen. Yaw Introduces ‘Skill’ Gambling Games Regulation Bill Directing Some Revenue To Clean Streams Fund [PaEN]
-- DEP Healthy Waters Chesapeake Bay Watershed Update Highlights County Projects To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Pollution, Grant And Training Opportunities [PaEN]
-- Guest Essay: A Fish Drawn To Water: My Yellow Breeches Watershed Journey - By Leigh Ann Chow, Cumberland County Master Watershed Steward Candidate [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]
-- American Water Foundation Awards 16 Water & Environment Grants To Organizations In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Beaver Dams Can Improve Watersheds In PA; Freshwater Institute, Susquehanna University
-- Erie Times: Asbury Woods’ Green Roof Beautifies Building, Benefits Birds, Bugs; How It Works
-- Williamsport Sun: Sen. Yaw To State: Make Stream ‘Cleaning’ [Dredging] Easier
-- Little Juniata River Association Organized 150 Volunteers To Clean Up 20 Miles Of River Banks In Blair, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
-- TribLive: As Plastics Waste Grows Globally, Latrobe Worshippers Put Faith In Recycling Efforts
-- Erie Times: Single-Use Plastic Bags, Banned From Erie Giant Eagle Stores 3 Years Ago, Have Returned
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Allegheny County Ready To Develop ‘Brilliant’ Trail Across Allegheny River At Aspinwall
-- LancasterOnline: State Dept. Of Health Reports Increased Tick Bite Visits
-- WESA: At Onset Of Black Fly Larva Season, Pennsylvania Bites Back
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: April 27, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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