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Earth Day 50 PA

Earth Day 50 PA: What I Did On The First Earth Day - Richard Lewis, Fish & Boat Commission, PA Forestry Association

Politics

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2 Senators, 1 House Member In SW PA Have Sources Of Income Tied To Fracking Companies

Op-Ed: Facing A Difficult Future, PA’s Trump-Supporting Mining Communities Are Defiant And Resilient

Air

Sen. Yaw Doesn’t Disagree With Wolf Proposal To Increase DEP Staffing, More Chesapeake Bay Funding

Air Quality Near Closed Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Showing Significant Improvement

Op-Ed: How We Can Clean Up Lehigh Valley’s Dirty Air

Asbestos Forces Closure Of Another Philly School

What We Know About Lead, Asbestos Contamination At Scranton School District

Frustrated School Parents Demand Air Quality Reports On Scranton Schools

Scranton School District’s Asbestos Problems Show Lack Of Oversight, Broken System

Editorial: Scranton School District Needs Long Term Plan To Deal With Asbestos, Contamination Issues

Teachers Call For Rapid-Response Team For Asbestos Problems In Philly Schools

No Elevated Lead Levels Reported In Luzerne County Schools’ Drinking Water

Op-Ed: Our Students Deserve Safe, Healthy Schools

Penn State Researchers Modeling Safest Locations To Shelter During Urban Air Pollution Events [PaEN]

Alternative Fuels

U.S. DOE Grant Powers Penn State Research On Natural Gas Vehicle Storage Tanks

Penn State Researchers Look At Novel Methods To Enhance Battery Performance

Awards & Recognition

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ross Snook, New Hanover Twp. Environmental Advisory Board [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Announces Spirit Of South Mountain Award Winner, Mini-Grant Recipients [PaEN]

PA Environmental Professionals Call For Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Award Nominations [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

3 More Plants Added To Noxious Weed List By Controlled Plant & Noxious Weed Committee [PaEN]

Allegheny Outfitters Hosts Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Detection Training Program Feb 13, 15 In Warren County [PaEN]

Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Gardening With Nature Feb. 18, Native Plant Fest May 16 [PaEN]

Still Time To Sign Up For PA Master Naturalist Spring Training In Delaware, Montour Counties [PaEN]

Fireflies Have A Mating Problem: The Lights Are Always On

Fireflies Face Extinction Risk, And Tourists Are Partly To Blame

Bumblebees Are Dying Across North America, Europe As The Climate Warms, Scientists Say

NPR: Bumblebees Are Disappearing Because Of Extreme Heat

Erie Nature Watch: Presque Isle State Park Has Lost Nearly Half Of Its Butterfly Species

BBC: Second Monarch Butterfly Activist Found Dead In Mexico

Budget

AP: Senate, House Budget Surplus Grew To $172 Million; Spent More Than Last Year [PaCN]

Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal Repairs Damage To Environmental Funding Done Last Year; Proposes Additional Funding For FY 2020-21 [PaEN]

Budget Background: Where Did The $2.93 Billion In Environmental Funding The General Assembly Diverted Or Cut Go? [PaEN]

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Wolf’s Budget Proposes Boosting Staff At Environmental, Conservation Agencies

Sen. Yaw Doesn’t Disagree With Wolf Proposal To Increase DEP Staffing, More Chesapeake Bay Funding

Rachel McDevitt: Farming Advocates Hope To Restore Line Items Cut From Wolf’s Proposed Budget

NRDC: Gov. Wolf Affirms Support For RGGI In 2020-21 Budget Address

Jan Murphy: Gov. Wolf’s Sixth Budget: What Can We Expect?

Philly Elementary School Closed Indefinitely For Asbestos, Lead Paint Cleanup

Op-Ed: Our Students Deserve Safe, Healthy Schools

Editorial: Some Of Wolf’s Budget Proposals Make Sense, But We Need Fiscal Sanity Too

2 Senators, 1 House Member In SW PA Have Sources Of Income Tied To Fracking Companies

Stephen Caruso: Why PA’s Pension Funds Have Millions Of Dollars Of Your Money Tied Up In Natural Gas Industry

StateImpact PA: DEP To Receive 36% Less Federal Mine Reclamation Funding This Year [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Feds Reducing PA Mine Reclamation Funding By $20M To $32 Million This Year

January PA State Revenue $83.6 Million Over Estimates [PaCN]

Senate, House Take Final Action On Bill Providing Unlimited Subsidies To Industries Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing; Governor Set To Veto [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Some Lawmakers Think They Can Override Wolf’s Veto Of Bill Giving Unlimited Subsidies For Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing

Lawmakers Send Natural Gas Use Tax Credit Bill To Wolf Who’s Promised Veto

Outgoing Speaker Turzai Proud Unlimited Natural Gas Subsidy Bill Going To Governor’s Desk

AP- Mark Scolforo: Gov. Wolf Plans To Veto Natural Gas Manufacturing Subsidy Tax Credit

Laura Legere: Legislature Approves Natural Gas Tax Credit To Lure Petrochemical Makers To PA

Editorial: Republicans Say No Severance Tax, But Give Natural Gas More Subsidies

Lancaster Farming: Proposed Ag Budget Keeps Farm Bill, But Makes Some Cuts

Luzerne County Council Stormwater Resolution Vote Plans Still Unclear

Colcom Revolving Fund For Local Land Trusts By Western PA Conservancy [PaEN]

CBF: U.S. House Advances Crucial Bill To Extend Chesapeake Bay Program

PA Dems, Republicans Boost Federal Funding For Great Lakes

Chesapeake Bay

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

CBF: Draft Federal Rule Change To Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Leaves Out Vital Provisions [PaEN]

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Calls For Key Water Quality Improvements In Proposed USDA Conservation Reserve Program Regulation [PaEN]

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators [PaEN]

Sen. Yaw Doesn’t Disagree With Wolf Proposal To Increase DEP Staffing, More Chesapeake Bay Funding

Lancaster County Campaign Seeks To Preserve 50 Farms That Have Plans To Keep Pollutants From Washing Into Streams

Lancaster Farming: Penn State’s Water4Ag Taking A Different Approach To Water Quality Goals And Chesapeake Bay

3 PA Farmers Say They Do Try To Stem Chesapeake Bay Pollution, And It’s Expensive

Greencastle Awaiting Stormwater Waiver Decision From DEP

Luzerne County Council Stormwater Resolution Vote Plans Still Unclear

Online Petition Seeks White House Repeal Of Stormwater Fee Order

CBF: U.S. House Advances Crucial Bill To Extend Chesapeake Bay Program

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Citizen Action

DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Feb. 18 On RGGI Reg; State Water Plan; Draft Chapter 105 Regs [PaEN]

DEP Hearing Feb. 26 [If Needed] On Chesapeake Energy Request To Waive Setback For Well To Be Drilled In Bradford County [PaEN[

Protect PT To Hold Workshop On Fracking Feb. 15 In Westmoreland

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ross Snook, New Hanover Twp. Environmental Advisory Board [PaEN]

Registration Open!  2020 Environmental Advisory Council Network Conference May 2, Montgomery County [PaEN]

Letter: Radon Health Threat In Pennsylvania

Penn Students Celebrate Small Victory After University Announces It Won’t Invest Directly In Some Fossil Fuels

Volunteers Needed At Fire Departments Across Pennsylvania

Allegheny Outfitters Hosts Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Detection Training Program Feb 13, 15 In Warren County [PaEN]

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators [PaEN]

Lancaster County Campaign Seeks To Preserve 50 Farms That Have Plans To Keep Pollutants From Washing Into Streams

Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership: Jenkintown Creek Neighbors Are Stream Smart [PaEN]

Citizen Science: Help Bird Conservation By Counting Your Backyard Birds Feb. 14-17 [PaEN]

Cumberland County Master Gardeners Host Gardening With Nature Feb. 18, Native Plant Fest May 16 [PaEN]

For Water Quality: Creating Woods Instead Of Lawns

Still Time To Sign Up For PA Master Naturalist Spring Training In Delaware, Montour Counties [PaEN]

Trout Unlimited Delaware River Fly Tri, A Test Of Fitness And Fishing At The Delaware Water Gap May 16 [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Recreation That's Accessible For All [PaEN]

New Visit PA Happy Traveler Guide Includes Special Earth Day 50 PA Feature Story [PaEN]

Register Now: June 14 French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space & Trails In Chester County [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Property Protected By WPC Conservation Easement In Cook Twp., Westmoreland County

Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy Preserves Meadow Lane Farm In Snyder County [PaEN]

Colcom Revolving Fund For Local Land Trusts By Western PA Conservancy [PaEN]

Friends Of Flight 93 Announces New Leadership

Money Available For Student Buses To Flight 93 Memorial

Allegheny Front: Clean Water Group To Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Plant In Ohio

Climate

Witnesses Tell House Committee About The Negative Consequences Of PA Joining Regional Greenhouse Gas Reduction Initiative [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: In One-Sided House Hearing, Coal Workers Lay Out Dire Stakes For RGGI Cap-And-Trade

Joint Conservation Committee: DEP- Coal Waste-Fired Power Plants Will Not Incur Significant Compliance Costs Under Draft RGGI Reg. [PaEN]

Senators Yudichak, Argall, Yaw To Introduce Resolution Directing Joint Conservation Committee To Study Impacts Of Joining RGGI On Coal Waste Cogeneration [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: DEP Makes Allowances In Climate Cap-And-Trade Proposal For Waste Coal Power Plants

Reid Frazier: Wolf’s Support For Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries In A State Trying To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Penn Students Celebrate Small Victory After University Announces It Won’t Invest Directly In Some Fossil Fuels

Op-Ed: Climate Action Is Here And Pennsylvania Is Entering The Race - PEC, EDF

Penn State Researchers Look At Novel Methods To Enhance Battery Performance

Congressional Republicans Will Seek To Commit U.S. To Plant 3.3 Billion Trees Annually

Bipartisan Innovate First, Regulate Later Climate Change Bill To Be Introduced In U.S. House By Members From Oregon, West Virginia [PaEN]

S&P Global: Bipartisan U.S. House Duo Pitches Innovate First, Regulate Later Climate Concept

Lyme Disease Cases May Rise 92% In U.S. Due To Climate Change

Bumblebees Are Dying Across North America, Europe As The Climate Warms, Scientists Say

NPR: Bumblebees Are Disappearing Because Of Extreme Heat

The Guardian: Sea Level Rise Accelerating Along U.S. Coastline, Scientists Warn

AP: Photos Of King Tides Globally Show Risks Of Climate Change

World’s Oceans Are Speeding Up Due To Climate Change, A Researchers Find

Coal Mining

Penn Students Celebrate Small Victory After University Announces It Won’t Invest Directly In Some Fossil Fuels

Joint Conservation Committee: DEP- Coal Waste-Fired Power Plants Will Not Incur Significant Compliance Costs Under Draft RGGI Reg. [PaEN]

Senators Yudichak, Argall, Yaw To Introduce Resolution Directing Joint Conservation Committee To Study Impacts Of Joining RGGI On Coal Waste Cogeneration [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Facing A Difficult Future, PA’s Trump-Supporting Mining Communities Are Defiant And Resilient

Compliance Action

Attorney General Files Criminal Charges In Lycoming Over 60,000 Gallon Spill Of Frac Water

PUC: Energy Marketer So Aggressive It Reached Out To Dead PPL Customers

Conservation Districts

Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Hold March 5 Workshop On Resource Conservation Issues Affecting Local Realtors [PaEN]

Court Action

EHN: Could The Ohio River Have Rights? A Movement To Grant Rights Test Power Of Local Control

Dam Safety

Fox43 Reveals Pennsylvania’s Dangerous Dams

DCNR

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Recreation That's Accessible For All [PaEN]

All Tobacco, Vaping, E-Cigarettes Now Banned At Playgrounds In State Parks [PaEN]

New Visit PA Happy Traveler Guide Includes Special Earth Day 50 PA Feature Story [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Announces Spirit Of South Mountain Award Winner, Mini-Grant Recipients [PaEN]

Feb. 5 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Feb. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

DEP

DEP Environmental Justice Update Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

Delaware River

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership: Jenkintown Creek Neighbors Are Stream Smart [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Accepting Comments On Draft 2020 Water Quality Assessment Methodology [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 7 RiverWatch Video Report

Delaware RiverKeeper Testifies Before Congress On Needed Natural Gas Act/FERC Reforms [PaEN]

DRBC

Delaware River Basin Commission Accepting Comments On Draft 2020 Water Quality Assessment Methodology [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]

No Elevated Lead Levels Reported In Luzerne County Schools’ Drinking Water

Town Hall Address Community Concerns Over Elevated Lead Levels In Penn State Tyson Hall Residence Building

One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County [PaEN]

Why Philly Shouldn’t Be Freaking Out About PFAS In Their Water… Yet

Guardian: PFAS: The Forever Chemicals Fueling A Public Health Crisis

Earth Day

New Visit PA Happy Traveler Guide Includes Special Earth Day 50 PA Feature Story [PaEN]

Economic Development

$37,344 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant Approved For Clarion County Project [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Wolf’s Support For Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries In A State Trying To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Senate, House Take Final Action On Bill Providing Unlimited Subsidies To Industries Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing; Governor Set To Veto [PaEN]

Lawmakers Send Natural Gas Use Tax Credit Bill To Wolf Who’s Promised Veto

Sen. Yudichak, Rep. Kaufer Applaud Passage Of Unlimited Subsidy For Natural Gas Use In Manufacturing

Outgoing Speaker Turzai Proud Unlimited Natural Gas Subsidy Bill Going To Governor’s Desk

Wolf Promises Veto On Unlimited Natural Gas Tax Incentive Bill

AP- Mark Scolforo: Gov. Wolf Plans To Veto Natural Gas Manufacturing Subsidy Tax Credit

Laura Legere: Legislature Approves Natural Gas Tax Credit To Lure Petrochemical Makers To PA

Katie Meyer: Some Lawmakers Think They Can Override Wolf’s Veto Of Bill Giving Unlimited Subsidies For Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing

Editorial: Republicans Say No Severance Tax, But Give Natural Gas More Subsidies

Trump Credits Economic Progress To Environmental Rollbacks

Education

Deadlines Extended: Keystone Coldwater Conference Student Poster, Mentoring Program Submissions [PaEN]

Still Time! Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations To Become Student Conservation Ambassadors By Attending Its 2020 Summer Camps [PaEN]

Asbestos Forces Closure Of Another Philly School

Philly Elementary School Closed Indefinitely For Asbestos, Lead Paint Cleanup

What We Know About Lead, Asbestos Contamination At Scranton School District

Frustrated School Parents Demand Air Quality Reports On Scranton Schools

Teachers Call For Rapid-Response Team For Asbestos Problems In Philly Schools

No Elevated Lead Levels Reported In Luzerne County Schools’ Drinking Water

Marcus Schneck: Best Chance To See Full Moon Is After Sunset Tonight

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Last Call To Apply For Summer Internship Positions [PaEN]

Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Hamm Conservation & Stewardship Intern Positions [PaEN]

Professional Development

PA Environmental Professionals Call For Karl Mason And Walter Lyon Award Nominations [PaEN]

Emergency Response

Volunteers Needed At Fire Departments Across Pennsylvania

Penn State Researchers Modeling Safest Locations To Shelter During Urban Air Pollution Events [PaEN]

Energy

Senators Yudichak, Argall, Yaw To Introduce Resolution Directing Joint Conservation Committee To Study Impacts Of Joining RGGI On Coal Waste Cogeneration [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: In One-Sided House Hearing, Coal Workers Lay Out Dire Stakes For RGGI Cap-And-Trade

Joint Conservation Committee: DEP- Coal Waste-Fired Power Plants Will Not Incur Significant Compliance Costs Under Draft RGGI Reg. [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: DEP Makes Allowances In Climate Cap-And-Trade Proposal For Waste Coal Power Plants

Reid Frazier: Wolf’s Support For Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries In A State Trying To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Op-Ed: Climate Action Is Here And Pennsylvania Is Entering The Race - PEC, EDF

Op-Ed: PA Helped Make U.S. World’s Leading Energy Producer - Associates Petroleum Industries

Experts Update Chester County Economic Development Council On Key Energy Trends For 2020

Regional Utility Sustainable Energy Funds Provide Annual Update On Actions [PaEN]

PUC Updates Policy On Promoting Diversity At Utilities; Begins Rulemaking Process On Reporting Diversity Information [PaEN]

Delmont Library In Westmoreland Captures $40,000 Grant For Solar Panels, Geothermal HVAC System

Penn State Researchers Look At Novel Methods To Enhance Battery Performance

U.S. DOE Grant Powers Penn State Research On Natural Gas Vehicle Storage Tanks

PUC: Energy Marketer So Aggressive It Reached Out To Dead PPL Customers

Widespread Power Outage Affected Most Of Lebanon County

Falling Natural Gas Prices Batter National Fuel

PPL Marks 100 Years Of Service

Duquesne Light Customers Get Power Back In Pittsburgh Sunday Night

Energy Conservation

Regional Utility Sustainable Energy Funds Provide Annual Update On Actions [PaEN]

2020 Industry Forum On Energy Efficiency - Healthcare, Food Services & Higher Education April 3 In Philadelphia [PaEN]

Environmental Health

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]

Sen. Santarsiero To Introduce Bill Banning The Harmful Pesticide Chlorpyrifos [PaEN]

The Guardian: Largest Maker Of Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids To Stop Producing Chemical

Town Hall Address Community Concerns Over Elevated Lead Levels In Penn State Tyson Hall Residence Building

Asbestos Forces Closure Of Another Philly School

Philly Elementary School Closed Indefinitely For Asbestos, Lead Paint Cleanup

What We Know About Lead, Asbestos Contamination At Scranton School District

Frustrated School Parents Demand Air Quality Reports On Scranton Schools

Scranton School District’s Asbestos Problems Show Lack Of Oversight, Broken System

Editorial: Scranton School District Needs Long Term Plan To Deal With Asbestos, Contamination Issues

Teachers Call For Rapid-Response Team For Asbestos Problems In Philly Schools

No Elevated Lead Levels Reported In Luzerne County Schools’ Drinking Water

Op-Ed: Our Students Deserve Safe, Healthy Schools

One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County [PaEN]

Why Philly Shouldn’t Be Freaking Out About PFAS In Their Water… Yet

Guardian: PFAS: The Forever Chemicals Fueling A Public Health Crisis

Environmental Policy

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In January Now Available [PaEN]

Farming

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

CBF: Draft Federal Rule Change To Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Leaves Out Vital Provisions [PaEN]

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Calls For Key Water Quality Improvements In Proposed USDA Conservation Reserve Program Regulation [PaEN]

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators [PaEN]

Lancaster County Campaign Seeks To Preserve 50 Farms That Have Plans To Keep Pollutants From Washing Into Streams

Lancaster Farming: Penn State’s Water4Ag Taking A Different Approach To Water Quality Goals And Chesapeake Bay

3 PA Farmers Say They Do Try To Stem Chesapeake Bay Pollution, And It’s Expensive

Rachel McDevitt: Farming Advocates Hope To Restore Line Items Cut From Wolf’s Proposed Budget

Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy Preserves Meadow Lane Farm In Snyder County [PaEN]

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Sen. Santarsiero To Introduce Bill Banning The Harmful Pesticide Chlorpyrifos [PaEN]

The Guardian: Largest Maker Of Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids To Stop Producing Chemical

Colcom Revolving Fund For Local Land Trusts By Western PA Conservancy [PaEN]

PALTA: Authorities, Conservation Groups Eligible For Conservation Easement Assistance Grants [PaEN]

Flooding

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

Lycoming Commissioners OK $1 Million Levee Grant

Forests

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Allegheny Outfitters Hosts Hemlock Woolly Adelgid Detection Training Program Feb 13, 15 In Warren County [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Property Protected By WPC Conservation Easement In Cook Twp., Westmoreland County

Want To Sponsor The 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit?  Act Now!  [PaEN]

Wooden Shipping Pallets Slightly More Sustainable Than Plastic [PaEN]

Lyme Disease Cases May Rise 92% In U.S. Due To Climate Change

Feb. 5 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Feb. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Geologic Hazards

2 Small Earthquakes Reported In York County Saturday, Sunday

Mennonite Disaster Service Reviewing Efforts In Puerto Rico Following Earthquakes

Grants/Funding

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

National Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Awards 2 Grants For Pennsylvania Projects [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

StateImpact PA: DEP To Receive 36% Less Federal Mine Reclamation Funding This Year [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Feds Reducing PA Mine Reclamation Funding By $20M To $32 Million This Year

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: Penn State’s Water4Ag Taking A Different Approach To Water Quality Goals And Chesapeake Bay

CBF: Draft Federal Rule Change To Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Leaves Out Vital Provisions [PaEN]

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Calls For Key Water Quality Improvements In Proposed USDA Conservation Reserve Program Regulation [PaEN]

Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy Preserves Meadow Lane Farm In Snyder County [PaEN]

3 PA Farmers Say They Do Try To Stem Chesapeake Bay Pollution, And It’s Expensive

Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership: Jenkintown Creek Neighbors Are Stream Smart [PaEN]

Op-Ed: City Council Has Unique Chance To Green Philly, Starting With Infrastructure

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Property Protected By WPC Conservation Easement In Cook Twp., Westmoreland County

Luzerne County Council Stormwater Resolution Vote Plans Still Unclear

Online Petition Seeks White House Repeal Of Stormwater Fee Order

Greencastle Awaiting Stormwater Waiver Decision From DEP

For Water Quality: Creating Woods Instead Of Lawns

Want To Sponsor The 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit?  Act Now!  [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]

Sen. Santarsiero To Introduce Bill Banning The Harmful Pesticide Chlorpyrifos [PaEN]

The Guardian: Largest Maker Of Chlorpyrifos Pesticide Linked To Brain Damage In Kids To Stop Producing Chemical

Town Hall Address Community Concerns Over Elevated Lead Levels In Penn State Tyson Hall Residence Building

Asbestos Forces Closure Of Another Philly School

Philly Elementary School Closed Indefinitely For Asbestos, Lead Paint Cleanup

What We Know About Lead, Asbestos Contamination At Scranton School District

Frustrated School Parents Demand Air Quality Reports On Scranton Schools

Scranton School District’s Asbestos Problems Show Lack Of Oversight, Broken System

Editorial: Scranton School District Needs Long Term Plan To Deal With Asbestos, Contamination Issues

Teachers Call For Rapid-Response Team For Asbestos Problems In Philly Schools

No Elevated Lead Levels Reported In Luzerne County Schools’ Drinking Water

Op-Ed: Our Students Deserve Safe, Healthy Schools

One Health Seminar Series: PFAS Chemicals In PA Threaten Our Health, Environment, What Can We Do? Feb. 11 Bucks County [PaEN]

Why Philly Shouldn’t Be Freaking Out About PFAS In Their Water… Yet

Guardian: PFAS: The Forever Chemicals Fueling A Public Health Crisis

Land Conservation

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Property Protected By WPC Conservation Easement In Cook Twp., Westmoreland County

Merrill W. Linn Land & Waterways Conservancy Preserves Meadow Lane Farm In Snyder County [PaEN]

Colcom Revolving Fund For Local Land Trusts By Western PA Conservancy [PaEN]

PALTA: Authorities, Conservation Groups Eligible For Conservation Easement Assistance Grants [PaEN]

Lancaster County Campaign Seeks To Preserve 50 Farms That Have Plans To Keep Pollutants From Washing Into Streams

Two Lehigh Valley Park/Historic Sites Listed On Preservation Group’s Endangered Properties List

Still Time To Sign Up For PA Master Naturalist Spring Training In Delaware, Montour Counties [PaEN]

Register Now: June 14 French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space & Trails In Chester County [PaEN]

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Last Call To Apply For Summer Internship Positions [PaEN]

Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Hamm Conservation & Stewardship Intern Positions [PaEN]

Land Recycling

$37,344 Industrial Sites Reuse Grant Approved For Clarion County Project [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: Creditors Urge Judge To Reject Philly Refinery Bankruptcy Plan; Heap Scorn On Executive Bonuses

Andrew Maykuth: EPA To Bankruptcy Court: Closed Philly Refinery Owes Us Millions

Andrew Maykuth: Sunoco Files Objection Ahead Of Bankruptcy Sale Of Philly Refinery

Andrew Maykuth: Bankrupt Philly Refinery Sale Delayed, Will Not Be Resolved This Week

Editorial: Philly Must Plan For A Post-Refinery Future

Lake Erie

Erie Beaches Suffer Historic Erosion

Editorial: Presque Isle Takes Beating From Climate In Erie

PA Dems, Republicans Boost Federal Funding For Great Lakes

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Keep PA Beautiful: Just 9 Cities In PA Spend More Than $68 Million A Year On Litter, Illegal Dumping Cleanup, Education, Enforcement & Prevention [PaEN]

Bay Journal: PA, Fed Up With Litter, Organizes For New Attack [PaEN]

Frank Kummer: Philly Spends $48 Million A Year To Clean Up Litter, PA Report Finds

Mine Reclamation

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

StateImpact PA: DEP To Receive 36% Less Federal Mine Reclamation Funding This Year [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Feds Reducing PA Mine Reclamation Funding By $20M To $32 Million This Year

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Contract To Provide Mine Drainage Treatment System O&M [PaEN]

Ohio River

EHN: Could The Ohio River Have Rights? A Movement To Grant Rights Test Power Of Local Control

Oil & Gas

Attorney General Files Criminal Charges In Lycoming Over 60,000 Gallon Spill Of Frac Water

Warren County Brine Challenger Featured In Rolling Stone Magazine

2 Senators, 1 House Member In SW PA Have Sources Of Income Tied To Fracking Companies

Stephen Caruso: Why PA’s Pension Funds Have Millions Of Dollars Of Your Money Tied Up In Natural Gas Industry

Reid Frazier: Wolf’s Support For Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries In A State Trying To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Senate, House Take Final Action On Bill Providing Unlimited Subsidies To Industries Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing; Governor Set To Veto [PaEN]

Lawmakers Send Natural Gas Use Tax Credit Bill To Wolf Who’s Promised Veto

Sen. Yudichak, Rep. Kaufer Applaud Passage Of Unlimited Subsidy For Natural Gas Use In Manufacturing

Outgoing Speaker Turzai Proud Unlimited Natural Gas Subsidy Bill Going To Governor’s Desk

Wolf Promises Veto On Unlimited Natural Gas Tax Incentive Bill

AP- Mark Scolforo: Gov. Wolf Plans To Veto Natural Gas Manufacturing Subsidy Tax Credit

Laura Legere: Legislature Approves Natural Gas Tax Credit To Lure Petrochemical Makers To PA

Katie Meyer: Some Lawmakers Think They Can Override Wolf’s Veto Of Bill Giving Unlimited Subsidies For Using Natural Gas In Manufacturing

Editorial: Republicans Say No Severance Tax, But Give Natural Gas More Subsidies

Joint Conservation Committee: Belle Vernon Municipal Authority Taking A Stand Against Pollution From Drilling Waste [PaEN]

DEP Hearing Feb. 26 [If Needed] On Chesapeake Energy Request To Waive Setback For Well To Be Drilled In Bradford County [PaEN[

Protect PT To Hold Workshop On Fracking Feb. 15 In Westmoreland

Op-Ed: PA Helped Make U.S. World’s Leading Energy Producer - Associates Petroleum Industries

EQT Drilling Shrinks Presence In Downtown Pittsburgh

Penn Students Celebrate Small Victory After University Announces It Won’t Invest Directly In Some Fossil Fuels

Andrew Maykuth: Creditors Urge Judge To Reject Philly Refinery Bankruptcy Plan; Heap Scorn On Executive Bonuses

Andrew Maykuth: EPA To Bankruptcy Court: Closed Philly Refinery Owes Us Millions

Andrew Maykuth: Sunoco Files Objection Ahead Of Bankruptcy Sale Of Philly Refinery

Andrew Maykuth: Bankrupt Philly Refinery Sale Delayed, Will Not Be Resolved This Week

Editorial: Philly Must Plan For A Post-Refinery Future

U.S. DOE Grant Powers Penn State Research On Natural Gas Vehicle Storage Tanks

Falling Natural Gas Prices Batter National Fuel

Allegheny Front: Clean Water Group To Start Monitoring Near Proposed Ethane Plant In Ohio

Pipelines

Delaware RiverKeeper Testifies Before Congress On Needed Natural Gas Act/FERC Reforms [PaEN]

FERC Reorganizes To Better Address Landowner Rehearing Requests

Permitting

Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Hold March 5 Workshop On Resource Conservation Issues Affecting Local Realtors [PaEN]

DEP Posts 77 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]

PUC Updates Policy On Promoting Diversity At Utilities; Begins Rulemaking Process On Reporting Diversity Information [PaEN]

PUC: Energy Marketer So Aggressive It Reached Out To Dead PPL Customers

Radiation Protection

Letter: Radon Health Threat In Pennsylvania

Trump Backs Off Support For Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site

Recreation

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

All Tobacco, Vaping, E-Cigarettes Now Banned At Playgrounds In State Parks [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Recreation That's Accessible For All [PaEN]

New Visit PA Happy Traveler Guide Includes Special Earth Day 50 PA Feature Story [PaEN]

Erie Nature Watch: Presque Isle State Park Has Lost Nearly Half Of Its Butterfly Species

Feb. 5 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Feb. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Host Winter Backpack Trip On March 7-8 In Warren County [PaEN]

Allegheny Front: Leaning Into The Cycle Of Nature On A Winter Hike

Trout Unlimited Delaware River Fly Tri, A Test Of Fitness And Fishing At The Delaware Water Gap May 16 [PaEN]

Two Lehigh Valley Park/Historic Sites Listed On Preservation Group’s Endangered Properties List

Erie Beaches Suffer Historic Erosion

Editorial: Presque Isle Takes Beating From Climate In Erie

National Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Awards 2 Grants For Pennsylvania Projects [PaEN]

New Upper Bucks Rail Trail Will Soon Link The Region’s Paths To A Host Of Others

PEC Environmental Forum In Luzerne Focuses On Lure Of Great Outdoors

Senate Committee Gives Green Light To Sheltered Bike Lanes

After 5 Years Of Work, Pittsburgh Releases Plan To Expand Biking Amenities

Draft Plan Calls For More Bike Lanes In Pittsburgh

Editorial: E-Bike Setback Shouldn’t Detour Philly Cycling

Pittsburgh Parks Tax Bill Moves Ahead After Council Members Drop Funding Demands

Editorial: Pittsburgh Parks Funding Should Be Based On Need, Not Location

Marcus Schneck: Almost 8,000 Bluebirds, Swallows, Kestrels, Others Fledged In PA State Parks

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Register Now: June 14 French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space & Trails In Chester County [PaEN]

Friends Of Flight 93 Announces New Leadership

Money Available For Student Buses To Flight 93 Memorial

Recycling/Waste

Joint Conservation Committee: Belle Vernon Municipal Authority Taking A Stand Against Pollution From Drilling Waste [PaEN]

Sludge Recycler, Landfill Pull Plug On Controversial Sludge Treatment Plant In Lehigh Valley

Many Luzerne Residents Seeing Higher Garbage Fees Thanks To Sinking Recycling Market

Host Fees Allow Lycoming County Township To Pile Up Nearly $11 Million Over 20 Years

Jessup Council To Send Letter To DEP Over Keystone Landfill Leachate Discharge

Wooden Shipping Pallets Slightly More Sustainable Than Plastic [PaEN]

Editorial: Establish Right-To-Repair

Regulations

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Disapprove Final EQB Triennial Water Standards Reg. Because DEP Didn’t Fill Out Regulatory Analysis Form Properly [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

Regional Utility Sustainable Energy Funds Provide Annual Update On Actions [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Wolf’s Support For Petrochemicals Raises Climate Worries In A State Trying To Cut Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Delmont Library In Westmoreland Captures $40,000 Grant For Solar Panels, Geothermal HVAC System

Penn State Researchers Look At Novel Methods To Enhance Battery Performance

What Happens To All The Old Wind Turbines?

Stormwater

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership: Jenkintown Creek Neighbors Are Stream Smart [PaEN]

Luzerne County Council Stormwater Resolution Vote Plans Still Unclear

Online Petition Seeks White House Repeal Of Stormwater Fee Order

Greencastle Awaiting Stormwater Waiver Decision From DEP

For Water Quality: Creating Woods Instead Of Lawns

Op-Ed: City Council Has Unique Chance To Green Philly, Starting With Infrastructure

Susquehanna

Op-Ed: Human Toll On Mighty Susquehanna River

Wastewater Facilities

Joint Conservation Committee: Belle Vernon Municipal Authority Taking A Stand Against Pollution From Drilling Waste [PaEN]

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]

Sale Or Lease Of Wilkes-Barre Sewer System Still Under Consideration

Water Quality

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Disapprove Final EQB Triennial Water Standards Reg. Because DEP Didn’t Fill Out Regulatory Analysis Form Properly [PaEN]

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Regulations Being Considered By PUC To Encourage Water, Wastewater System Consolidation In Light Of PFAS, Lead, Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]

Joint Conservation Committee: Belle Vernon Municipal Authority Taking A Stand Against Pollution From Drilling Waste [PaEN]

Watershed Protection

Growing Greener Coalition: Tremendous Backlog Of Environmental Infrastructure Needs Demand Much Higher Levels Of Investment By State [PaEN]

StateImpact PA: DEP To Receive 36% Less Federal Mine Reclamation Funding This Year [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: Feds Reducing PA Mine Reclamation Funding By $20M To $32 Million This Year

NFWF Delaware River Program Now Accepting Applications For Watershed Restoration Grants [PaEN]

Senate Agriculture Committee Reports Out Bill To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf, Certify Applicators [PaEN]

Lancaster County Campaign Seeks To Preserve 50 Farms That Have Plans To Keep Pollutants From Washing Into Streams

Lancaster Farming: Penn State’s Water4Ag Taking A Different Approach To Water Quality Goals And Chesapeake Bay

CBF: Draft Federal Rule Change To Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program Leaves Out Vital Provisions [PaEN]

U.S. Senator Bob Casey Calls For Key Water Quality Improvements In Proposed USDA Conservation Reserve Program Regulation [PaEN]

3 PA Farmers Say They Do Try To Stem Chesapeake Bay Pollution, And It’s Expensive

Deadlines Extended: Keystone Coldwater Conference Student Poster, Mentoring Program Submissions [PaEN]

Tookany/Tacony Frankford Watershed Partnership: Jenkintown Creek Neighbors Are Stream Smart [PaEN]

Op-Ed: City Council Has Unique Chance To Green Philly, Starting With Infrastructure

Want To Sponsor The 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit?  Act Now!  [PaEN]

Pike & Wayne Conservation Districts Hold March 5 Workshop On Resource Conservation Issues Affecting Local Realtors [PaEN]

For Water Quality: Creating Woods Instead Of Lawns

Luzerne County Council Stormwater Resolution Vote Plans Still Unclear

Online Petition Seeks White House Repeal Of Stormwater Fee Order

Greencastle Awaiting Stormwater Waiver Decision From DEP

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Disapprove Final EQB Triennial Water Standards Reg. Because DEP Didn’t Fill Out Regulatory Analysis Form Properly [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Accepting Comments On Draft 2020 Water Quality Assessment Methodology [PaEN]

Op-Ed: City Council Has Unique Chance To Green Philly, Starting With Infrastructure

Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 7 RiverWatch Video Report

Joint Conservation Committee: Belle Vernon Municipal Authority Taking A Stand Against Pollution From Drilling Waste [PaEN]

EHN: Could The Ohio River Have Rights? A Movement To Grant Rights Test Power Of Local Control

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Last Call To Apply For Summer Internship Positions [PaEN]

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Wildlife

2020 Adult Trout Stocking Schedules Now Available

PA Waters To Get More Trophy-Sized Trout

Marcus Schneck: Trout Stocking Schedule For 2020, What’s Different This Year?

Deadlines Extended: Keystone Coldwater Conference Student Poster, Mentoring Program Submissions [PaEN]

Still Time! Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations To Become Student Conservation Ambassadors By Attending Its 2020 Summer Camps

Trout Unlimited Delaware River Fly Tri, A Test Of Fitness And Fishing At The Delaware Water Gap May 16 [PaEN]

Game Commission: Bear Harvest State’s Best All-Time

AP: PA Hunters Killed Record 4,653 Black Bears In 2019

State Officials Exploring Options As Hunting Group Calls For Stricter Rules On Chronic Wasting Disease

PA Wildlife Futures Program: Taking On Wildlife Disease Problems

TomVenesky: House Committee Reviewing Saturday Deer Season Opener

Game Commission Game Warden Cadet Class Applications Now Being Accepted

Marcus Schneck: Draft Plan Asks: Is PA’s Elk Herd Facing A Genetic Timebomb?

Citizen Science: Help Bird Conservation By Counting Your Backyard Birds Feb. 14-17 [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh Bald Eagle Dad Pummels Intruding Eagle

Marcus Schneck: With Cameras, Critters, Little Privacy Exists For Nesting Eagles, Falcons In PA

Marcus Schneck: Almost 8,000 Bluebirds, Swallows, Kestrels, Others Fledged In PA State Parks

Dead 15-Foot Python Found In York County Woods

Pat Bywater: Erie Photographer Hooks Stunning Nature Images

Marcus Schneck: Survival Of The Slowest At Academy Of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia

Meet Poppy, The 10-Month Old Groundhog From Lancaster County That Starred In Jeep’s Groundhog Day Commercial

The Strange Story Of Bill Murray’s Super Bowl Ad And A PA Groundhog That Has Her Own Merchandise

Lyme Disease/West Nile/Zika Virus

Lyme Disease Cases May Rise 92% In U.S. Due To Climate Change

Opportunities

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Last Call To Apply For Summer Internship Positions [PaEN]

Federal Policy

EPA Region III Releases 2019 Report On Accomplishments & Environmental Progress [PaEN]

Trump Credits Economic Progress To Environmental Rollbacks

Editorial: More Talk Necessary On Federal NEPA Reform

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2/10/2020