PA Environment Digest covered hundreds of stories during 2005, but none were as inspiring as those that recognized individuals, businesses and organizations for their positive efforts to improve the environment.

Teachers, students, farmers, business people, public agencies, watershed associations and nonprofit groups all took the initiative to make their habitats better.

Here is just a sampling of the kind of good environmental news that happens every day in Pennsylvania--

January

· Westmoreland + Shaver's Creek Award Winners Recognized

· Affordable Housing Goes Green in Cumberland County

· Free Waste Reduction Assessments in Allegheny County from PRC

· Beverage Industry Cuts Packaging in Half Since 1990

· The Art of Environmental Education in Steel Valley Middle School

· Rozell Stidd To Receive Ralph Abele Conservation Heritage Award

· New Cambria Wind Farm Locates on Reclaimed Strip Mine

· PA Partnership Forming to Promote No-Till Conservation Practices

· Adams County Trout Unlimited Receives Nat’l Conservation Award

· DCNR Honors Pike County Community For Wildfire Preparedness

· Feature: The Geography of Restoring Aultmans Run in Indiana County

· Case Study: Roofing System Gives Londonderry School Extra Green Credit

· How to Clean 3 Miles of Stream Banks-- Let Eagle Scouts Lead the Way!

· Using Pennsylvania’s “Citizen Capital” To Cleanup Our Abandoned Mine Legacy

February

· Coatesville School Join EPA’s Tools for Schools Indoor Air Quality Program

· Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show Presents Annual Outdoor Achievement Awards

· Inspiring Folks to Get Involved in Their Watershed By Jo Ellen Litz

· Natural Heroes Public Television Series Wins 26th Annual Telly Award

· The New Math of Energy Production: Cows + Manure = Gas + Electricity

· American Water Launches Watershed Grant Program in Pennsylvania

· “State of the ‘Sock,” Loyalsock Creek Watershed Association

· Chester County Dentist Makes His Office Cleaner, Brighter

· PPL Invests $630 Million in Voluntary Pollution Controls

· Brownfields Loan Transforms Vacant Lot to Business Center

· Johnson & Johnson Recognized as Corporate Environmental Leader by EPA

March

· Forest Lands Beautification Program Cleans Up 33 Dumps, 287 Tons of Trash

· EPA Recognizes Limerick Township For Environmental Performance

· Display at Philadelphia Flower Show Highlights Native Species

· The Chemistry of Saving Anderson Creek

· Bruce Mansfield Power Plant to Upgrade Pollution Controls, Reuse Facilities

· Three Companies Add Facilities to Environmental Performance Track in PA

· Two PA Companies Recognized for Energy Efficiency, Greenhouse Gas Reductions

· 2004 Youth Hunter Essay Contest Winners Honored

· Trout Egg Planting Completes McIlvaine Run Restoration

· 2004 Winners of the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award

· Environmental Advisory Councils Win Recognition at Annual Conference

· West Branch of the Susquehanna Named DCNR’s River of the Year

· Lancaster, EPA Turn Brownfield into Roberto Clemente Park

· PNC Bank Takes Environment into Account

· 3 New Historical Markers Remember People, Places in PA Environmental History

April

· BP Solar Panels Provide Backup Power In Governor’s Residence

· William Jeanes Environmental Excellence Award Presented to PPL Project Earth

· Pennsylvania League of Angling Youth Turns 25 Years Old

· Sawmill Will Cut Costs, Pollution With Financial Help From DEP/DCED

· The Lenape Nation: A Tradition of Caretaking— People and the Environment

· Kettle Creek Newsletter Praises Volunteers, Touts Projects, Tells What’s Next

· PA National Guard Facility Wins National Recognition, After State Honors

· Philadelphia Group Wins EPA Children’s Health Award

· Farmers Recognized for Protecting the Chesapeake Bay

· Join Companies that Saved $1 Billion and the Environment - Earth Day 2005

· Pennsylvania Colleges & Universities Increase Wind Energy Commitment

· PECO, Aqua America, GlaxoSmithKline Make Wind Power Commitments

· Penn State Student Leave Behinds Turn Into “Trash to Treasure” Sale

· Game Commission Gives PPL Wildlife Award

· Pennsylvania Teacher Among Winners of IMCC Awards

· Six of Top 25 Green Power Purchasers in U.S. Do Business in PA

· Follow the Leaders- Students, Companies, Non-Profits, Government

· A Significant Milestone for the Lehigh River and Its Watershed

· Finalists Announced for Western PA Environmental Awards

· 10 Year Anniversaries for Land Recycling, DEP Website

· Habitat Solutions, Inc. Restoring Native Plants, Wetlands & Streams

May

· PA Companies Pledge Greenhouse Gas Cuts as Climate Leaders, Receive Awards

· Over 60% of Voters Approve Growing Greener Ballot Initiative

· Reynoldsville Company Saves Over $77,000 Reducing Waste

· Plaza at PPL Center Earns Energy Star for Efficiency

· Gary Alt, Eastern Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation Win Mason Award

· Winners of First Shades of Green Award Announced in Pittsburgh

· Keep PA Beautiful Awards Groups in Great PA Cleanup! Troy-Bilt Yard Vacs

· Conservation Institute Revives Natural Science/Natural History Education

· Over 300 High School Students Participate in PA Envirothon Competition

· Exelon Joins the Pew Center on Global Climate Change

· Ann Meyers Recognized with R. Emmet Doherty Clean Air Award

· Western PA Environmental Awards Program Winners Announced

· Western PA Audubon Announces Education and Conservation Award Winners

June

· Pennsylvania’s 10 Years of Success in Addressing ‘Brownfield’ Sites

· Reclaimed Water Offers Solutions to Water Quality, Water Demand Problems

· Equipment Rental Program Helps Promote No-Till Farming, Other Programs

· Dennis Tubbs, PA CleanWays Show the Way for Others to Follow

· It Takes a Village to Grow A Park, Ask the Students of Village Park Elementary

· Protect Our Watersheds Art Contest Winners Announced

· Tyrone Company Reduces Hazardous Waste, Takes 725+ Trucks Off the Road

· Catasauqua Wins National Award for Pretreatment Program

· Carnegie Science Center Awards for Excellence Presented

· Friendship Park, Household Hazardous Waste Project Involve Community

· PA Water Environment Association Recognizes Environmental Excellence

· Philadelphia/RecycleBank Triple Recycling in Pilot Areas

· Environmental Education is Alive and Well in Armstrong County

· Guided by Water - Conserving Aquatic Biodiversity in Pennsylvania EnviroEducation.com, Steinbrenner’s Recognized in Awards Program

· Mine Blowout Results in Cooperative Project That Is a Model for the Future

· Amerikohl, Collection Connection Show the Way for Others

July

· Gautier Steel, Johnstown, Cut Energy Costs by $290,000+

· PA Environmental Professionals Support Environmental Heritage Project

· Projects, Environmental Centers Discover Natural Pennsylvania

· Fish & Boat Commission’s Austen Leads National Fish Habitat Effort

· Pittsburgh Youth Action Board Wins Environmental Advocacy Award

· North Versailles Teen Wins Awards for Air Pollution Experiments

· Students Take Environmental Message to the Streets in Erie

· Worms Help Granville Twp. Turn Biosolids into Exceptional Quality Compost

· Pennsylvania Student Team Wins 2005 Canon Envirothon

· Student, Teacher Win Honors in National Environmental Competition

· Poster Contest, Scholarship Winners Announced by Conservation Districts

· Ohio River Watershed Celebration Attracts 800 Participants, Awards Presented

· Pennsylvania Welcomes World to Pittsburgh for Bassmaster Classic

· George B. Wolff Receives State Conservation Commission Service Award

August

· New Plant Will Turn Thousands of Tons of Scrubber Sludge Into Wall Board

· Federal-Mogul in Boyertown Eliminates Lead Solder In Its Operations

· Dry Cleaner Reduces Energy Bill and Waste

· Kettle Creek Celebrates Completion of Mine Reclamation, Treatment Projects

· Plan to Restore Youghiogheny River Tributary Approved

· TU Magazine Features Stories of Four PA Projects and People

· What’s 28 Feet Long and Eats Trash In the Waters Around Pittsburgh?

· Controller Recommends RecycleBank Program to Boost Recycling in Philadelphia

· Philadelphia Program to Cleanup Vacant Lots Lauded

· PPL to Add Scrubbers to Brunner Island Power Station

· Student Interns Talk About Their Summer Experiences

· PA Senior Environment Corp Documentary Nominated for Emmy Award

· York Educator Wins Conservation District Award

· Conservation Consultants Building Achieves Gold LEED Standard

· Mine Water Treatment Technology Conference Attracts Over 260

· Wildlands Conservancy Land Protection Initiative

· Learning Can Be Tough for These DCNR Interns

September

· Pennsylvania Sends Relief Help, Steps Taken to Ease Potential Fuel Shortage

· Dzemyan, Land Management Supervisor, Recognized for Conservation Work

· Nine Mile Run Partners To Celebrate Completion of First Phase

· EPA Honors Penn State Student as Rising Star in Environmental Science

· Remining Program Leads to Cleaning Up Abandoned Mines in Westmoreland

· Group Fosters Support to Preserve the Avondale Mine Disaster Site

· Soy Energy, Inc. Becomes Part of Agriculture’s PA Preferred Program

· Life on the Delaware Documentary Distributed Nationally on PBS Stations

· Million Solar Roofs Partnership Celebrates October 1 Solar Tour Day

· Cumberland Valley Trout Unlimited Wins 2005 Silver Trout Award

· Audenreid Treatment Project Will Clean Up 36 Miles of Catawissa Creek

· Lukas Petre PA CleanWays Sue Wiseman Scholarship Winner

· AMD & ART Receive National Phoenix Award

· Chester Waterfront Brownfields Project Wins Phoenix Award

· Consortium Formed to Buy Diesel Fuel Made from Waste Coal at Schuylkill Plant

· Cambria District Mining Office Opens for National Solar Tour October 1

· Turnpike Commission Increases Purchase of Wind Power

October

· Mercer County Brownfield Site Turned Into Community Asset

· Gov. Rendell Honors Six Pennsylvania Environmental Leaders

· Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Facility Dedicated in Findlay Township

· Appalachian Land & Conservation Donates Viewshed Easements to DCNR

· Seven PA Students Receive NOAA Hollings Scholarships

· School District Joins EPA’s Tools for Schools Indoor Air Quality Program

· Heartland Coalition Works to Heal Middle/Upper Susquehanna Watershed

· Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Recognized as a “Best Workplace for Commuters”

· Pittsburgh Clean Cities Coalition Joins “Beyond a Billion" Celebration

· Pittsburgh Mayor Appoints Clean Pittsburgh Commission Members

· Volunteers Needed to Plant 4,000 Trees along Brandywine Creek

· Northeast Environmental Partnership Recognizes Good Environmental Works

· EPA Green Power Partnership Tops 3 Billion Kilowatts, 13 PA Partners

· Upper Merion Township Authority Wins National Clean Water Recognition

· Adams Township, Mars, Carbon County Honored for Groundwater Efforts

November

· First Environmental Bond Grants for Brownfield, Watershed, Energy Projects

· New Environmental Bond Grant Funds Watershed Project Repairs Statewide

· Capital Region Senior Environment Corps Wins Watershed Protection Award

· Over 450 Attend Premier of “Looking to the River” Documentary by WVIA-TV

· Schuylkill River Heritage Recognizes Partners for Preservation, Water Trail Efforts

· Pitt Laboratory Earns Gold Green Building Designation

· Keystone Profiles, Ltd. Saves Over $41,000 a Year in Energy, Waste Costs

· Conestoga Wood Specialties Wins Businesses for the Bay Award

· A Year of Changes for Wolf Creek, Grove City, by Anna McAnnich

· Blacklick Creek Assn. Still Going Strong, 13 Watershed Projects and Counting

· $14.4 Million in Watershed Restoration Grants Announced

· Exelon Sold 1 Million+ Megawatt-Hours of Wind Energy, Gathers Honors

· Limerick Generating Station Achieves ISO 14000 Environmental Certification

· Penn State Newspaper Recycling Effort Raises Scholarship Funds

· Important Bird Areas, Kittatinny Ridge Project Protect Habitat Areas

· Helping a McMurray Dry Cleaner Lower Utility Bills and Reduce Waste

· PA Plants 4 Times More Stream Buffers Than Maryland, Virginia Combined

· PA Restores 3 Times More Brownfields Than Virginia, Maryland Combined

· Winners of the Why I Love My Pennsylvania State Park Children's Essay Contest

· The 4 Es Was Theme of PRC’s 2005 Awards Dinner

· Chester County Recognizes Green Businesses

December

· BP Forms BP Alternative Energy Low Carbon Power Business

· Westmoreland Conservation Campus Expanding to Include “GreenForge”

· The Nature Conservancy - Celebrating 50 Years in Pennsylvania

· Watershed Groups Are “Active Environmentalists,” Not “Environmental Activists”

· Solar Energy Leader Honored by Society of Women Environmental Professionals

· DRBC Honors Pioneering Ecologist Dr. Ruth Patrick

· RecycleBank Happy New Year!

12/30/2005