Awards/Recognition
-- In Memoriam: DCNR State Park Ranger Alec Campbell [PaEN]
-- In Memoriam: DCNR Mourns The Death Of Dave Warfel, Weiser State Forest, Wildland Fire Academy Instructor [PaEN]
-- In Memoriam: Gerry Kaufman Founder Of The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership In Montgomery County And Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Honors Lancaster County Project To Capture And Treat Over 16 Million Gallons Of Stormwater In Long's Park [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Christine Boyle Makes A Splash In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- DCNR Celebrates Path Of The Flood Trail In Cambria County As PA's 2025 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Stakeholders Celebrate Path Of The Flood Trail’s Recognition As 2025 Trail Of The Year: A ‘Remarkable Day’
-- Altoona Mirror: Path Of Flood Trailed Honored As PA Trail Of The Year
-- Tribune-Democrat: 1889 Johnstown Flood Anniversary Commemorated With Luminaria Event
-- Berks Nature Announces Retirement Of President Kim Murphy [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington HS Students Plant Trees, Address Erosion Control At City Park
Grants
-- Inquirer: These 26 Philly-Area Schools Getting State-Paid Solar Energy Facilities And Taxpayers Could Benefit
-- WESA - Rachel McDevitt: Solar Energy Savings For Clairton, Other PA Schools At Risk From Proposed Federal Cuts
-- Gov. Shapiro Highlights Proposed $50 Million Investment In Science To Speed Up PA’s Innovation Economy, Connect Researchers With The Private Sector
-- TribLive: As President Cuts Research Money, Gov. Shapiro Pitches $50 Million For Science, Innovation
Help Wanted
-- DEP Seeking Qualified Contractors To Deliver Energy-Saving Upgrades Across PA As Part Of Penn Energy Savers Program [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Dept. Of Agriculture: Follow An Ice Cream Trail This Summer!
-- The Citizens Voice: May 30-31 BioBlitz In Nesbitt Park, Kirby Park Natural Area In Wilkes-Barre
-- Wilkes-Barre Times-Leader: First-Ever Wilkes-Barre BioBlitz Uncovers Hundreds Of Species
-- Gettysburg Connection: Calling Planting Volunteers, Join Watershed Alliance Of Adams County May 31 For Pine Run Planting
-- KYW: Emergency Siren Tests At Limerick, Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plants This Week
-- PA Solar Center Hosts June 5 Lodestar Awards To Recognize 20 Business, School, Farm, Church Solar Energy Projects; Featuring DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn [PaEN]
-- Delaware County To Host 4th Annual Sustainability Conference June 9 - 14
-- Cumberland County Master Gardeners: June 12 In-Person Trees For Climate Change Workshop [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: June 16 Community Forestry Webinar On Resolving Tree-Sidewalk Conflicts [PaEN]
-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation: June 21 Great Outdoor Picnic At Penn’s Cave & Wildlife Park, Centre County
-- Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts June 24 Webinar On The Pennsylvania Right To Farm Law [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension June 25 Pennsylvania Harmful Algal Blooms Webinar [PaEN]
-- Fort Indiantown Gap In Lebanon County Offering Regal Fritillary Butterfly Tours July 5, 11, 12, Register Now
-- Penn State Extension Hosts In-Person Pest Biocontrol School Oct. 15 In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 10 To Hear Presentations From The Evangelical Environmental Network, Susquehanna River Basin Commission [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities; 7 Hearings Set [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - May 31 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 31 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- TribLive: Canadian Wildfires Again Bring Smoke, Haze To Western PA
-- The Guardian: Canadian Wildfires Will Threaten US Air Quality For Days
-- EPA AirNow Fire And Wildfire Smoke Conditions Map
-- Courier Times: These Dams Look Harmless, But They’re Deceptive, Dangerous And Deadly
-- WNEP: Staying Safe On Area Waterways
-- WNEP: Upgrades Coming To Sunbury Wetland Ecological Education Park
-- TribLive: Laurel Caverns Proposed As PA’s First Underground State Park
-- TribLive Guest Essay: PA’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Renaissance - A Model For Economic Growth - By Diana Polson, Keystone Research Center
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Sustainability Helps Institutions Get Ahead Of Their Peers - By Ron Cole, President, Allegheny College
-- Lancaster Farming: Stroud Water Research Center Floats New Restoration Approaches To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
-- Lancaster Farming: Lancaster County Farmer Works With Stroud Water Research Center To Improve Water Quality
-- Erie Times: 40 Years Ago Tornadoes Kill 12 In Erie County
-- Beaver Times: Pennsylvania Remembers Outbreak Of Deadly Tornadoes 40 Years Later
-- Inquirer: 40 Years Ago A Rare And Deadly Tornado Outbreak Struck Pennsylvania; Are More In Our Future?
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Filmmaker Offering Online Preview Of Documentary On Pittsburgh Region’s Longtime Air Pollution Problems
-- Inquirer: Penn Climate Scientist Michael Mann $1 Million Verdict Reduced To $5,000
-- Beaver Times - Paul Zavolta, Master Gardener: Embracing Moss In Your Yard
-- Williamsport Sun: Native Wildflowers Are Abundant In Our Region
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 24 to 31 -- Failed To Restore 5 Shale Gas Water Impoundments In One County; 5 New Cases Of Defective Shale Well Cement; More Abandoned Shale, Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- DEP: XTO Energy Failed To Restore 5 Multi-Million Gallon Shale Gas Water Impoundments In Butler County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On State Plan To Implement Federal Rule Requiring Methane Emissions Reductions From Conventional Oil & Gas, Shale Gas Facilities; 7 Hearings Set [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: PennEnergy Surrenders Water Withdrawal Approval/Permit Saying Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County Could Not Provide Enough Water For Shale Gas Operations [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved 45 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In April; 187 In 2025 [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Senate Bill Would Cut Drilling Impact Fee Funding From Communities That Restrict Oil, Gas Activity
-- Warren Times: Instead Of ‘Drill, Baby, Drill,’ US Rig Counts Falling, Layoffs Increasing [Due To Falling Oil/Gas Prices]
-- PA Elected Officials, Consumer, Clean Energy Advocates Demand Electric Grid Operator PJM Act To Hold Down Electricity Costs [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA’s Potential Data Center Mirage And Your Electric Bill - By Athan Koutsiouroumbas, Long Nyquist And Associates [Lobbying Firm]
-- Lancaster Farming: Could Measuring Greenhouse Gases Increase Returns On PA Dairy Farms?
-- Lancaster Farming: Stroud Water Research Center Floats New Restoration Approaches To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
-- Lancaster Farming: Lancaster County Farmer Works With Stroud Water Research Center To Improve Water Quality
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Hope Episcopal Church In Manheim Completes Stormwater Bioretention Area To Reduce Stormwater Runoff [Video]
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Delaware City Refinery Has Released Toxic Air Pollutants For Several Days Due To ‘Boiler Failure’
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Are Allegheny County Elected Officials Abandoning Us In The Fight Against Air Pollution? - By Howard Rieger, Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls
-- Inquirer: SEPTA’s Planned Cuts Could Add 70,000 Hours To The Region’s Morning Commute
-- Reuters: US Electricity Generation Capacity Additions To Slow Sharply If Federal Clean Energy Tax Incentives Repealed
-- YaleEnvironment360: The ‘Green’ Aviation Fuel That Would Increase Carbon Emissions
-- MCall Letter: Republican Cong. Mackenzie Needs To Fight For Federal Clean Energy Tax Credits
-- MCall Guest Essay: Congress Can’t Protect Us Without Protecting Clean Energy - By Tinku Khanwalkar
-- Centre Daily Times - Climate Watch: Why Congress Must Not Pull The Plug On PA’s Clean Energy Progress - By Lisa Richardson, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, State College Chapter
-- Reuters: Clean Power Produces More Electricity Than Fossil Fuels In US For 3rd Month In A Row [Not In PA Or PJM ]
-- AP: Lawsuits Aim To Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Responsible For Climate Change, Here’s A Look At Some
-- Reuters: EU Almost On Track To Reach 2030 Climate Goal
-- AP: Get Ready For Several Years Of Killer Heat, Top Weather Forecasters Warn
-- Gov. Shapiro Makes State Disaster Funding Available, Secures Federal SBA Low-Interest Loans To Support Flood Victims In Somerset, Bedford, Cambria, Fayette And Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- Daily American: Gov. Shapiro Visits Flood Sites In Somerset County: ‘We Can’t Keep Going Through This’ [Text Version]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Gov. Shapiro Says Help For Flood Victims Available; State Will Help Region Rebuild: ‘As Long As It Takes’
-- WJAC-TV: Gov. Shapiro Tours Flood Areas; Pledges Aid To Somerset County Flood Victims
-- KDKA: Legislation To Be Introduced Aimed At Banning Single-Use Plastic Bags In PA
-- WHYY: Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick Is Swarming SE PA; Here’s What You Need To Know
-- TribLive: Allegheny County Parks Create Economic Spillover In Nearby Municipalities
-- Game Commission: New Pymatuning Wildlife Learning Center Under Construction In Crawford County
-- The Allegheny Front: River Otters In Western PA Are An Environmental Success Story
-- LehighValleyNews: Allentown, Bethlehem Achieve Gold Status From Audubon Bird Town Pennsylvania
-- LehighValleyLive: Easton Joins Statewide Bird Town, Nature Conservation Effort
-- Beaver Times: Great Horned Owls Make Their Home At Pittsburgh’s Schenley Park
-- Williamsport Sun: Chirping Away - A Closer Look At PA’s Songbird Mimics -- Robert Ross, USGS Ecologist & Tiadaghton Audubon Society
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Our Feathered Friends Have Already Started Laying Eggs
-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Fear Not This Misunderstood Beneficial Springtime Visitor [Garter Snakes]
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Spring Is A Time To Nerd Out Over Nature
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: June 1, 2025] PA Environment Digest
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