Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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

Awards/Recognition

-- In Memoriam: Remembering Roy Siefert - By Renee Carey, Executive Director, Northcentral PA Conservancy  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Defense Fund To Receive Dickinson College Rose-Walters Prize For Environmental Activism  [PaEN] 

-- Amazon Web Services Partners With Stroud Water Research Center To Achieve Shared Water Stewardship Goals [PaEN] 

-- The Derrick: Students From 7 Schools Compete In Clarion Conservation District Envirothon

-- Tribune-Democrat: Area Students Learn About Nature At Annual Envirothon 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Students Compete In Envirothon Competition

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Celebrates Arbor Day With Tree Planting

-- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn. Announces Photo Contest Winners

Help Wanted

-- Keep PA Beautiful Seeking Volunteers To Become PA Waterway Stewards To Reduce Litter On Water Trails, Waterways  [PaEN] 

Upcoming Events

-- Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts May 27 Webinar On Environmentally Sensitive Maintenance Practices For Dirt & Gravel Roads  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Launches 10th Annual Trail Challenge

-- Planet Philadelphia May 2 Program On Predicting Economic Effects Of Climate Change, 4:00 p.m. 

-- ClearWater Conservancy Kicks Off 9th Season Of Centred Outdoors Adventures The Week Of May 4  [PaEN] 

-- Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts, Trout Unlimited Chapter Host May 31 Stream Keepers Program For Youth Ages 11-14  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale Schedule, By County 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Resources Council Starts Spring Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Western PA

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights May Education Programs, Events 

Public Participation

-- EPA Will Hold May 6 Virtual Hearing On Proposed Permit For A Sandstone Development Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Lafayette Twp., McKean County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Gigawatt Homer City Generation Natural Gas Power Plant For Data Center In Indiana County  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 3 [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posted 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 3 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets June 4 Meeting/Hearing On Liberty Soils Biosolids Facility Permit In Schuylkill County  [PaEN] 

-- Grist.org: President Bypassing Community Input In US Army Corps Of Engineers Permits To Fast-Track Energy Projects That Risk Pollution

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: The Votes Are In, US Steel Eaglet’s Name Is - Ocho 

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Help Pick Name For US Steel Irvin Bald Eaglet And Donate To A Wildlife Center

Programs/Information

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Trees Across PA Will Thrive With Grants To Nine Partner Groups  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Conservancy, Bucknell University Students Partner On New Web Tool To  Help Chose Native Trees, Scrubs To Plant  [PaEN] 

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center Names Sarah Bennett Executive Director  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Clearer Waters Expected At Burrell Lake Following Last Year’s Algal Bloom In Westmoreland

-- Clean Philadelphia NOW Coalition Releases First In A 10-Part Series Of Videos On Illegal Dumping In Philadelphia Neighborhoods  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Drug Take Back Day Collects 825 Pounds

Background On Issues

-- PA Senate Committee Meets May 7 On Bill To Punish Communities Taking Steps To Protect Their Residents From Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas Drilling  [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Continue To Push DEP To Legalize Road Dumping Their Wastewater  [PaEN] 

-- Consol Conventional Well Plugging Incident Contaminates Livestock Water Supply, 2 Springs, Stream In Morris Twp., Greene County  [PaEN] 

-- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County  [PaEN] 

-- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County; State Agencies Have No Jurisdiction Over Safety Issues  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 26 to May 2: Contaminated Livestock Water Supply; Ruptured Gathering Pipeline; Failure To Comply With Shale Gas Well Plugging Order  [PaEN] 

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: Fracking Gas-Powered Cryptocurrency Mining Operation In PA Shuts Down Without A Word To Regulators, Site Found Abandoned  

-- Gov. Shapiro, CNX Resources Announce New Shale Gas Well Pad Air Monitoring Initiative  [PaEN] 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shapiro, CNX Expand Air Quality Monitoring At A Shale Gas Drilling Site In Washington County

-- DEP Releases 2024 Climate Change Action Plan Update; 2024 Climate Impacts Assessment Report [PaEN] 

-- PJM Interconnection: 51 Generation Projects, 9.3 GW To Move Forward To Address Near-Term Electricity Demand Growth-- 39 Upgrades, 12 New Construction  [PaEN] 

-- PennLive Letter: Market Competition In PJM Is Solving Pennsylvania’s Energy Challenges - By Glen Thomas, Former Chair, PA Public Utility Commission [PJM Picks 51 Energy Projects]

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Electricity Realism Isn’t Climate Denialism - Javier Blas, Bloomberg Opinion

-- The Allegheny Front: Renewables Generate More Electricity Than Coal In PJM Regional Grid

-- New Interactive Map Highlights Federal Clean Energy Investments In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: Map Reveals Complex Nature Of Clean Energy Tax Credits

-- WESA: Double The Solar Energy Coming Soon To Pittsburgh Airport

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Duquesne Light Celebrates Its First Solar Power Agreement, For The Second Time 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Solar Expansion At Pittsburgh Airport To Boost Clean Energy Output To 7.7 Megawatts

-- PennDOT Focus On Innovations, Including Using Environment-Friendly Products, EV Charging Build Out

-- PennLive: 22 Bay Electric Vehicle Charging Station Opens In Lower Swatara Twp., Dauphin County

-- House Hearing: Local Communities Ask For State, Federal Help After Devastating Floods  [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy, Partners Release Brandywine Flood Study Report [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Marginalized Communities In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Struggle To Overcome The Nature Gap-- Deficit In Green Spaces, Protected Land

-- Inquirer: Pollen Is About To Peak In Philly, The Green Snow Season May Be Getting Worse

-- Inside Climate News: President Is Harming National Parks For Future Generations, Fmr National Park Service Director Warns 

-- Observer-Reporter: Assn. Of Rural Conservation Spring Fling Bird Watch Walk In Washington County

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 100 Million Hummingbirds, Other Migrating Birds Winging It Through PA This Spring

-- Williamsport Sun: What Can We Do To Help Counter The Bird Decline?

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Our Wildlife Needs Humans To Connect Them - By Stephanie Wein & Rep. Jason Ortitay  [Wildlife Corridors]

-- WNEP: Pocono Wildlife Center Handling Busy Baby Animal Season

-- Republican Herald: Frantic Mama Duck Reunited With 12 Ducklings That Fell Into Storm Drain

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Acorns Provide Wildlife With Best, Most Reliable Food

Wildfires

-- PennWatch: DCNR Reports 100% Containment Of Hammonds Rocks Wildfire; 80% Containment Of Thompson Hollow Wildfire In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County 

-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Visits Michaux State Forest To Thank Wildfire Fighters 

-- DCNR: Combined Efforts Of 150 Firefighters Have Stopped The Michaux State Forest Wildfires In Cumberland County From Growing  [PaEN] 

-- Post-Gazette: Wildfire Smoke Associated With 20,000 Premature Deaths And Billions In Damages New Carnegie Mellon Study Calculates

Storm Damage/Power Outages

-- PUC: Storm Recovery Moving Ahead, But Work Remains: 136,000 Customers Remain Without Power  [PaEN] 

-- WESA: Duquesne Light Says All Customers Should Have Power Back By Tuesday

-- KDKA: Shapiro Says ‘Honest Dialogue’ Needed About Proactive Steps To Reduce Future Power Outages

-- PUC Working Closely With Utilities, State Agencies To Restore Power To 426,000 Customers After Powerful Storms; 3 Deaths Reported So Far  [PaEN] 

-- PEMA: Cleanup, Recovery Efforts Continue After Severe Storms Across Pennsylvania

-- Arkansas Advocate: President Denies Disaster Aid For Devastating Tornadoes, Flooding, Tells States To Do More 

-- Inside Climate News: US Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Common Bonds Of Loss Into Action [108 US Disaster Declarations Last Year]

Flooding

-- House Hearing: Local Communities Ask For State, Federal Help After Devastating Floods  [PaEN]

-- Brandywine Conservancy, Partners Release Brandywine Flood Study Report [PaEN]

-- WHYY:  Eastwick Philadelphia Residents Travel To DC To Demand Federal Flood Solutions Funding Be Restored 

-- Arkansas Advocate: President Denies Disaster Aid For Devastating Tornadoes, Flooding, Tells States To Do More 

-- Inside Climate News: US Disaster Survivors Organize Across America, Turning Common Bonds Of Loss Into Action [108 US Disaster Declarations Last Year]

-- Planet Philadelphia May 2 Program On Predicting Economic Effects Of Climate Change, 4:00 p.m. 

-- AP: Loss Of Federal Resilient Infrastructure Program Spells Disaster For Hundreds Of Communities, Their Projects

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.

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[Posted: May 4, 2025]  PA Environment Digest