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-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- Let’s Pass Some Good Environmental & Energy Legislation In 2022 - Instead Of Just Dog Whistles [PaEN]
Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------
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-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]
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-- 35 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]
-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]
Top Stories In 2021
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- Let’s Pass Some Good Environmental & Energy Legislation In 2022 - Instead Of Just Dog Whistles [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Deliver NE PA Major Funding For Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Top Stories Of 2021: The Fight Over RGGI
-- Plan Philly: Philly’s Year In Environmental News And What’s Next: Carbon Pledge, Bag Ban, Tree Plan
-- ScrantonT: Keystone Landfill Expansion Leads Top Stories Of 2021
-- Pinchot Institute For Conservation: Lessons & Losses To Remember In The New Year
-- The Guardian: Floods, Fires, Freezes: How 2021 Made Biden A Climate Crisis President
-- The Guardian: The Climate Victories Of 2021 That Put Fossil Fuels In Check
Air
-- Harrisburg University: Research Suggests Methane Leak Detection, Repair Programs Reduce Emissions
-- S&P Global: Natural Gas Use May Affect Climate As Much As Coal Does If Methane Leaks Persist
Alternative Fuels
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Reading’s First Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Will Be At Albright College
-- ScrantonT: EV Charging Stations Available At Scheetz In Scranton
-- PG: Pittsburgh Opens Largest Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Western PA
Awards & Recognition
-- Society Of American Foresters Honors Penn State Extension Forest Resources Educator David Jackson [PaEN]
-- Westminster College 2021 Student Symposium On The Environment Winners; 100+ Participate [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Hempfield Students Take 2nd In Carnegie Science Center Competition
-- 30th Annual Environmental Quality Report On Pike County Streams Now Available [PaEN]
-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: A Quarter Century Of Progress
-- PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau Announces Winter Landscape Photo Contest
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- Save The Date: 2022 Forest Health, Insect, Disease Briefing March 15- In-Person, March 17-Virtual
-- DCNR Sets Feb. 1 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding [PaEN]
-- AltoonaM: Game Commission Studying Predator Impacts On Fawns
-- The Allegheny Front: Why Dragonflies Found In The Ohio River Could Mean Good News For The Waterway
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Deliver NE PA Major Funding For Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Infrastructure Projects In PA Need More Private Sector Collaborations
Build Back Better Budget Bill
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: If You Know The Democratic Party, You Shouldn’t Be Surprised The Build Back Better Budge Seems Doomed [Until It Isn’t] - Philly Democratic Socialists
-- The Hill Guest Essay: Build Back Better Is Crucial To Boost Climate Action Without Leaving Coal Miners Behind
-- The Hill: Four Environmental Fights To Watch In Congress In 2022
-- ReImagine Appalachia Virtual January Strategy Summit January 11 & 12
Budget
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Deliver NE PA Major Funding For Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
Chesapeake Bay
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: This Week’s Good Things - Environmental Stewards
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Citizen Action
-- DEP Lists 84 Townships As ‘Waste Facilities’ Where Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Has Been Disposed Of By Road Spreading; Municipalities Need To Do Their Due Diligence [PaEN]
-- Conservation Effort Launches In Northern PA To Protect, Enhance Or Restore 1,675 Acres of Endangered Wetland Habitat By Ducks Unlimited, Partners [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Partners Restore Wetlands On 130-Acre Aquafarm In Mercer County As Migrating Bird Habitat [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Cargill Improve PA Public Land In Bradford County
-- WESA: Master Watershed Stewards To Monitor Road Salt Concentration In PA Streams & Water Supplies In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties
-- Pike County Conservation District Participating In Winter Salt Watch Practice Run [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: This Week’s Good Things - Environmental Stewards
-- DEP Invites Public To Submit Data For Stream Evaluations In Berks, Clearfield Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Took Action On 607 Permit Applications, 98% Met Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 892 Inspections Last Week
Climate
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Study: Flood Risk Rising Across PA As Climate Changes
-- WHYY: How Eastwick In Philadelphia Can Survive The Battle With Urban Flooding
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Top Stories Of 2021: The Fight Over RGGI
-- TribLive: Outgoing Pittsburgh Mayor Peduto Reflects On Time In Office, What’s Next
-- PG Editorial: U.S. Must Continue Fight Against Climate Change
-- Plan Philly: Philly’s Year In Environmental News And What’s Next: Carbon Pledge, Bag Ban, Tree Plan
-- ReadingE: Reading’s First Public Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Will Be At Albright College
-- ScrantonT: EV Charging Stations Available At Scheetz In Scranton
-- PG: Pittsburgh Opens Largest Electric Vehicle Charging Station In Western PA
-- Harrisburg University: Research Suggests Methane Leak Detection, Repair Programs Reduce Emissions
-- S&P Global: Natural Gas Use May Affect Climate As Much As Coal Does If Methane Leaks Persist
-- Voice Of America: Solar Power Projects See The Light On Former Appalachian Coal Land
-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: Kentucky Tornado Latest In Growing Trend Of Twisters That Risk Ecological Disaster
-- The Guardian: Cost Of World’s 10 Most Expensive Natural Disasters Rises To $170 Billion, Aid Group Finds [Hurricane Ida Most Expensive In 2021]
-- E&E Daily: New $800 Billion Federal Defense Spending Bill Includes Provisions On PFAS, Climate Resilience, Net-Zero Energy [Bill Summary]
-- The Guardian: Floods, Fires, Freezes: How 2021 Made Biden A Climate Crisis President
-- The Guardian: The Climate Victories Of 2021 That Put Fossil Fuels In Check
-- The Guardian Guest Essay: I’m A Climate Scientist, The Movie Don’t Look Up Captures The Madness I See Every Day
Coal Mining
-- Anthracite Heritage Foundation/King’s College Announce January Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Events [PaEN]
-- Voice Of America: Solar Power Projects See The Light On Former Appalachian Coal Land
-- The Guardian: The Climate Victories Of 2021 That Put Fossil Fuels In Check
Compliance Action
-- DEP Took Action On 607 Permit Applications, 98% Met Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 892 Inspections Last Week
Conservation Districts
-- 30th Annual Environmental Quality Report On Pike County Streams Now Available [PaEN]
-- Pike Conservation District Declares Groundwater Month - Groundwater 101 [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Conservation District: Why You Should Take A Winter Hike At Erie County’s Overlooked Public Park
-- WESA: Master Watershed Stewards To Monitor Road Salt Concentration In PA Streams & Water Supplies In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties
-- Pike County Conservation District Participating In Winter Salt Watch Practice Run [PaEN]
DCNR
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients
-- ScrantonT: DCNR Grants For Parks, Trails, Forest Preserve In Lackawanna County
-- WBTimes: Over $600,000 In DCNR Grants For 2 Projects In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Recreation, Conservation Projects In A-K Valley, Westmoreland County Receive DCNR Grants
-- DCNR Submits Comments Calling For A Full EIS, Comment Extension On Proposed Low-Altitude Combat Training Flights Over The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- The Express: Clinton County Commissioners Galvanize Opposition To Military Flights
-- DCNR Sets Feb. 1 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding [PaEN]
-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Start The Year Off On The Right Foot - Take A Hike In A State Park
-- WHYY: PA Offers First Day Hikes Statewide To Get More People Outside, Active In New Year
-- ReadingE: First Day Hikes Are Back, Here’s Where To Find Them
-- AltoonaM: First Day Hikes Return For 2022
-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna State Park’s First Day Hike Kicks Off 2022
-- ErieT: Erie Conservation District: Why You Should Take A Winter Hike At Erie County’s Overlooked Public Park
-- ScrantonT: I Promised You’ll Enjoy This State Park - Promised Land
DEP
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Administration Says It Wants To Improve Environmental Justice Policy
-- DEP Sets Jan. 26 Hearing On Permits For LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Mine Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- CourierT: Rockhill Quarry Neighbors Urge DEP To Let Quarry Permit Lapse
-- DEP Invites Public To Submit Data For Stream Evaluations In Berks, Clearfield Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Took Action On 607 Permit Applications, 98% Met Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 892 Inspections Last Week
-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Delaware River
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- Bay To Bay News Guest Essay: Delaware River Basin Commission 60th Anniversary Is A Story Of Our Shared Waters - By Steve Tambini, Executive Director
-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: A Quarter Century Of Progress
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Contemporary Sees A Future With Fresh Water Mussels
DRBC
-- Bay To Bay News Guest Essay: Delaware River Basin Commission 60th Anniversary Is A Story Of Our Shared Waters - By Steve Tambini, Executive Director
Drinking Water
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Human Services Begins Accepting Applications For Federal Low Income Household Drinking & Wastewater Assistance Program Jan. 4 [PaEN]
-- WESA: Behind In Your Water/Sewer Bill? New PA Program Can Help
-- Reuters: EPA To Order Chemical Makers To Test PFAS Substances For Toxicity
-- E&E Daily: New $800 Billion Federal Defense Spending Bill Includes Provisions On PFAS, Climate Resilience, Net-Zero Energy [Bill Summary]
Economic Development
-- DCNR Submits Comments Calling For A Full EIS, Comment Extension On Proposed Low-Altitude Combat Training Flights Over The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- The Express: Clinton County Commissioners Galvanize Opposition To Military Flights
-- Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Corridor: NE Trail Towns Economic Development Webinar Series Starts Jan. 31
-- Penn State Extension: Landscape Workforce Professional Development Courses
-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Land Bank Needs Environmental Liability Shield Bill To Pass Legislature [Why Can’t PA Do This?]
-- ReImagine Appalachia Virtual January Strategy Summit January 11 & 12
Education
-- Society Of American Foresters Honors Penn State Extension Forest Resources Educator David Jackson [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients
-- ReImagine Appalachia Virtual January Strategy Summit January 11 & 12
-- Registration Open! PA Assn. Of Environmental Education Virtual Conference March 21-22, In-Person Regional Events March 23 [PaEN]
-- Westminster College 2021 Student Symposium On The Environment Winners; 100+ Participate [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Hempfield Students Take 2nd In Carnegie Science Center Competition
-- Pike Conservation District Declares Groundwater Month - Groundwater 101 [PaEN]
-- CourierT Guest Essay: 10 Easy Steps To Help The Environment In 2022 - Avery Vaughan, Council Rock H.S. South, Bucks County
-- 30th Annual Environmental Quality Report On Pike County Streams Now Available [PaEN]
-- TribLive: NWS Says Meteors Likely To Blame For New Year’s Day Boom In Pittsburgh
-- PA Horticultural Society: Tree Tenders Winter Basic Training Starts Jan. 13
-- Anthracite Heritage Foundation/King’s College Announce January Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Events [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Hosts Jan. 18 Recycling & Waste Reduction Webinar [PaEN]
-- Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Corridor: NE Trail Towns Economic Development Webinar Series Starts Jan. 31
-- PA Forestry Association 2022 Conservation Banquet March 5 In State College
-- Save The Date: 2022 Forest Health, Insect, Disease Briefing March 15- In-Person, March 17-Virtual
-- Penn State Extension: Landscape Workforce Professional Development Courses
-- Fish & Boat Commission: PA League Of Angling Youth Winter Newsletter - Ice Fishing, A Winter Adventure For Everyone!
-- Help Wanted: Fish & Boat Commission Seasonal Fisheries Biologist Aide Positions [PaEN]
-- WESA: Pittsburgh Uses School Lunches To Take On Environmental And Labor Issues
-- AltoonaM: Writer Pat Farabaugh Captures Johnstown’s Resiliency Thru Historic Floods
-- The Allegheny Front: Long-Time Environmental Journalist Don Hopey Reflects On His Beat In Pittsburgh
-- The Allegheny Front: First Person: Denele Hughson, Grow Pittsburgh’s Executive Director
-- AP: Thanks To Help From Rodale Institute, A PA Collective Owned By Immigrants Provides Indigenous Corn To Make Tortillas
-- YorkD: Audubon Christmas Bird Count For Kids Contributes To International Tally In York County
-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Receives Grant To Expand Science Olympiad For Elementary, Middle-School Students
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Learn To Make Feathery Insect Imitations That Will Fool Fish
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Contemporary Sees A Future With Fresh Water Mussels
-- PA Forestry Association: December/January Connect Newsletter
Emergency Response
-- USA Today - Kyle Bagenstose: Kentucky Tornado Latest In Growing Trend Of Twisters That Risk Ecological Disaster
-- The Guardian: Cost Of World’s 10 Most Expensive Natural Disasters Rises To $170 Billion, Aid Group Finds [Hurricane Ida Most Expensive In 2021]
Energy
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Top Stories Of 2021: The Fight Over RGGI
-- PG Editorial: U.S. Must Continue Fight Against Climate Change
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Looking Out For The Many And The Few: A PUC Consumer Advocate’s Life Of Tension
-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Falling After Setting New Christmas Day Record
-- Harrisburg University: Research Suggests Methane Leak Detection, Repair Programs Reduce Emissions
-- S&P Global: Natural Gas Use May Affect Climate As Much As Coal Does If Methane Leaks Persist
-- ReImagine Appalachia Virtual January Strategy Summit January 11 & 12
-- Voice Of America: Solar Power Projects See The Light On Former Appalachian Coal Land
-- E&E Daily: New $800 Billion Federal Defense Spending Bill Includes Provisions On PFAS, Climate Resilience, Net-Zero Energy [Bill Summary]
-- The Guardian: Floods, Fires, Freezes: How 2021 Made Biden A Climate Crisis President
-- The Guardian: The Climate Victories Of 2021 That Put Fossil Fuels In Check
Environmental Health
-- DEP Lists 84 Townships As ‘Waste Facilities’ Where Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Has Been Disposed Of By Road Spreading; Municipalities Need To Do Their Due Diligence [PaEN]
-- Reuters: EPA To Order Chemical Makers To Test PFAS Substances For Toxicity
-- E&E Daily: New $800 Billion Federal Defense Spending Bill Includes Provisions On PFAS, Climate Resilience, Net-Zero Energy [Bill Summary]
Environmental Heritage
-- Anthracite Heritage Foundation/King’s College Announce January Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Events [PaEN]
-- AltoonaM: Writer Pat Farabaugh Captures Johnstown’s Resiliency Thru Historic Floods
-- PG: Is The Abandoned Century III Mall In Pittsburgh An Endangered Historical Site Worth Preserving?
Environmental Justice
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Wolf Administration Says It Wants To Improve Environmental Justice Policy
EPA
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- Reuters: EPA To Order Chemical Makers To Test PFAS Substances For Toxicity
Farming
-- AP: Thanks To Help From Rodale Institute, A PA Collective Owned By Immigrants Provides Indigenous Corn To Make Tortillas
Fish & Boat Commission
-- Fish & Boat Commission: PA League Of Angling Youth Winter Newsletter - Ice Fishing, A Winter Adventure For Everyone!
-- Help Wanted: Fish & Boat Commission Seasonal Fisheries Biologist Aide Positions [PaEN]
Flooding
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Study: Flood Risk Rising Across PA As Climate Changes
-- WHYY: How Eastwick In Philadelphia Can Survive The Battle With Urban Flooding
-- AltoonaM: Writer Pat Farabaugh Captures Johnstown’s Resiliency Thru Historic Floods
Flooding - Hurricane Ida
-- Inquirer: IRS Extends Tax Deadline To Feb. 15 For Victims Of Hurricane Ida
-- ScrantonT: Donations Flowing In For Kentucky Care-A-Van
-- The Guardian: Cost Of World’s 10 Most Expensive Natural Disasters Rises To $170 Billion, Aid Group Finds [Hurricane Ida Most Expensive In 2021]
-- The Guardian: Floods, Fires, Freezes: How 2021 Made Biden A Climate Crisis President
Forests
-- DCNR Submits Comments Calling For A Full EIS, Comment Extension On Proposed Low-Altitude Combat Training Flights Over The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- The Express: Clinton County Commissioners Galvanize Opposition To Military Flights
-- Society Of American Foresters Honors Penn State Extension Forest Resources Educator David Jackson [PaEN]
-- Save The Date: 2022 Forest Health, Insect, Disease Briefing March 15- In-Person, March 17-Virtual
-- PA Horticultural Society: Tree Tenders Winter Basic Training Starts Jan. 13
-- PA Forestry Association 2022 Conservation Banquet March 5 In State College
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: This Week’s Good Things - Environmental Stewards
-- Pinchot Institute For Conservation: Lessons & Losses To Remember In The New Year
-- WESA: Give Your Christmas Tree New Life When You Recycle It In Allegheny County
-- PA Forestry Association: December/January Connect Newsletter
-- PA Forestry Association Seeks Association Management Firm - Copy Of RFP, One-Page Summary: Proposals Due Jan. 16
Forests - Wildfires
-- TribLive/AP: Colorado Wildfires Burn Hundreds Of Homes, Force Evacuations
Game Commission
-- AltoonaM: Game Commission Studying Predator Impacts On Fawns
Grants/Funding
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients
-- ScrantonT: DCNR Grants For Parks, Trails, Forest Preserve In Lackawanna County
-- WBTimes: Over $600,000 In DCNR Grants For 2 Projects In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Recreation, Conservation Projects In A-K Valley, Westmoreland County Receive DCNR Grants
-- TribLive: Franklin Regional Receives Grant To Expand Science Olympiad For Elementary, Middle-School Students
Green Infrastructure
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients
-- ScrantonT: DCNR Grants For Parks, Trails, Forest Preserve In Lackawanna County
-- WBTimes: Over $600,000 In DCNR Grants For 2 Projects In Luzerne County
-- Conservation Effort Launches In Northern PA To Protect, Enhance Or Restore 1,675 Acres of Endangered Wetland Habitat By Ducks Unlimited, Partners [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Partners Restore Wetlands On 130-Acre Aquafarm In Mercer County As Migrating Bird Habitat [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Cargill Improve PA Public Land In Bradford County
-- Plan Philly: Philly’s Year In Environmental News And What’s Next: Carbon Pledge, Bag Ban, Tree Plan
-- PA Horticultural Society: Tree Tenders Winter Basic Training Starts Jan. 13
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: This Week’s Good Things - Environmental Stewards
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
Hazardous Substances
-- DEP Lists 84 Townships As ‘Waste Facilities’ Where Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Has Been Disposed Of By Road Spreading; Municipalities Need To Do Their Due Diligence [PaEN]
-- Reuters: EPA To Order Chemical Makers To Test PFAS Substances For Toxicity
-- E&E Daily: New $800 Billion Federal Defense Spending Bill Includes Provisions On PFAS, Climate Resilience, Net-Zero Energy [Bill Summary]
Land Conservation
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients
-- ScrantonT: DCNR Grants For Parks, Trails, Forest Preserve In Lackawanna County
-- WBTimes: Over $600,000 In DCNR Grants For 2 Projects In Luzerne County
-- Conservation Effort Launches In Northern PA To Protect, Enhance Or Restore 1,675 Acres of Endangered Wetland Habitat By Ducks Unlimited, Partners [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Partners Restore Wetlands On 130-Acre Aquafarm In Mercer County As Migrating Bird Habitat [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Cargill Improve PA Public Land In Bradford County
Land Recycling
-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Land Bank Needs Environmental Liability Shield Bill To Pass Legislature [Why Can’t PA Do This?]
Mine Reclamation
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law To Deliver NE PA Major Funding For Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation
-- Westminster College 2021 Student Symposium On The Environment Winners; 100+ Participate [PaEN]
-- ReImagine Appalachia Virtual January Strategy Summit January 11 & 12
-- Voice Of America: Solar Power Projects See The Light On Former Appalachian Coal Land
Noncoal Mining
-- CourierT: Rockhill Quarry Neighbors Urge DEP To Let Quarry Permit Lapse
Ohio River
-- The Allegheny Front: Why Dragonflies Found In The Ohio River Could Mean Good News For The Waterway
Oil & Gas
-- DEP Lists 84 Townships As ‘Waste Facilities’ Where Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Has Been Disposed Of By Road Spreading; Municipalities Need To Do Their Due Diligence [PaEN]
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- AltoonaM: Tyrone Natural Gas Blast Survivor Dies
-- TribLive: Gasoline Prices Falling After Setting New Christmas Day Record
-- Harrisburg University: Research Suggests Methane Leak Detection, Repair Programs Reduce Emissions
-- S&P Global: Natural Gas Use May Affect Climate As Much As Coal Does If Methane Leaks Persist
Pipelines
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Changes To Mariner East 2 Pipeline Will Reap Rewards - Fmr. Republican Sen. Earl Baker
-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: Mariner East Pipeline Set To Be Completed In 2022 After Years Of Environmental Damage, Record Penalties And Delays
Permitting
-- DEP Sets Jan. 26 Hearing On Permits For LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Mine Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- CourierT: Rockhill Quarry Neighbors Urge DEP To Let Quarry Permit Lapse
-- DEP Took Action On 607 Permit Applications, 98% Met Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 892 Inspections Last Week
-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Sets Jan. 26 Hearing On Permits For LCT Energy Rustic Ridge #1 Mine Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Public To Submit Data For Stream Evaluations In Berks, Clearfield Counties [PaEN]
-- DCNR Sets Feb. 1 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding [PaEN]
-- DEP Took Action On 607 Permit Applications, 98% Met Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 892 Inspections Last Week
-- DEP Posts 51 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- PG - Anya Litvak: Looking Out For The Many And The Few: A PUC Consumer Advocate’s Life Of Tension
Recreation
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- ErieT: Erie Zoo, Asbury Woods, Snowmobile Clubs Among DCNR Grant Recipients
-- ScrantonT: DCNR Grants For Parks, Trails, Forest Preserve In Lackawanna County
-- WBTimes: Over $600,000 In DCNR Grants For 2 Projects In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Recreation, Conservation Projects In A-K Valley, Westmoreland County Receive DCNR Grants
-- DCNR Submits Comments Calling For A Full EIS, Comment Extension On Proposed Low-Altitude Combat Training Flights Over The PA Wilds [PaEN]
-- The Express: Clinton County Commissioners Galvanize Opposition To Military Flights
-- ErieT - Brian Whipkey: Start The Year Off On The Right Foot - Take A Hike In A State Park
-- WHYY: PA Offers First Day Hikes Statewide To Get More People Outside, Active In New Year
-- ReadingE: First Day Hikes Are Back, Here’s Where To Find Them
-- AltoonaM: First Day Hikes Return For 2022
-- ErieT: Erie Conservation District: Why You Should Take A Winter Hike At Erie County’s Overlooked Public Park
-- ScrantonT: I Promised You’ll Enjoy This State Park - Promised Land
-- ScrantonT: Lackawanna State Park’s First Day Hike Kicks Off 2022
-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Council Approves 6 Greenways As City Parks
-- Delaware & Lehigh Heritage Corridor: NE Trail Towns Economic Development Webinar Series Starts Jan. 31
-- PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau Announces Winter Landscape Photo Contest
-- Fish & Boat Commission: PA League Of Angling Youth Winter Newsletter - Ice Fishing, A Winter Adventure For Everyone!
Recycling/Waste
-- DEP Lists 84 Townships As ‘Waste Facilities’ Where Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Has Been Disposed Of By Road Spreading; Municipalities Need To Do Their Due Diligence [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Hosts Jan. 18 Recycling & Waste Reduction Webinar [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT: Keystone Landfill Expansion Leads Top Stories Of 2021
-- CentreDT: Ferguson Twp. Takes First Steps To Ban Single Use Plastic Bags
-- WHYY: Philly Will Start Enforcing Plastic Bag Ban Next Year, Many Stores Not Ready
-- Plan Philly: Philly’s Year In Environmental News And What’s Next: Carbon Pledge, Bag Ban, Tree Plan
-- AltoonaM: State, Local Police Warn Of Catalytic Converter Thefts
Renewable Energy
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Top Stories Of 2021: The Fight Over RGGI
-- PG Editorial: U.S. Must Continue Fight Against Climate Change
-- ReImagine Appalachia Virtual January Strategy Summit January 11 & 12
-- S&P Global: Natural Gas Use May Affect Climate As Much As Coal Does If Methane Leaks Persist
-- Voice Of America: Solar Power Projects See The Light On Former Appalachian Coal Land
-- The Guardian: Floods, Fires, Freezes: How 2021 Made Biden A Climate Crisis President
-- The Guardian: The Climate Victories Of 2021 That Put Fossil Fuels In Check
Stormwater
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Study: Flood Risk Rising Across PA As Climate Changes
-- WHYY: How Eastwick In Philadelphia Can Survive The Battle With Urban Flooding
-- WESA: Master Watershed Stewards To Monitor Road Salt Concentration In PA Streams & Water Supplies In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties
-- Pike County Conservation District Participating In Winter Salt Watch Practice Run [PaEN]
Water Quality
-- WESA: Master Watershed Stewards To Monitor Road Salt Concentration In PA Streams & Water Supplies In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties
-- Pike County Conservation District Participating In Winter Salt Watch Practice Run [PaEN]
Wastewater Facilities
-- Dept. Of Human Services Begins Accepting Applications For Federal Low Income Household Drinking & Wastewater Assistance Program Jan. 4 [PaEN]
-- WESA: Behind In Your Water/Sewer Bill? New PA Program Can Help
Watershed Protection
-- In 2021 Initiatives By The Biden Administration, Congress Make Historic Investments In Cleaning Up PA’s Environment; How To Invest $11 Billion Remains Up In The Air [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invests $70 Million In 317 Recreation, Land Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects [PaEN]
-- Westminster College 2021 Student Symposium On The Environment Winners; 100+ Participate [PaEN]
-- Bay To Bay News Guest Essay: Delaware River Basin Commission 60th Anniversary Is A Story Of Our Shared Waters - By Steve Tambini, Executive Director
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Study: Flood Risk Rising Across PA As Climate Changes
-- WESA: Master Watershed Stewards To Monitor Road Salt Concentration In PA Streams & Water Supplies In Armstrong, Indiana, Westmoreland Counties
-- Pike County Conservation District Participating In Winter Salt Watch Practice Run [PaEN]
-- 30th Annual Environmental Quality Report On Pike County Streams Now Available [PaEN]
-- Pike Conservation District Declares Groundwater Month - Groundwater 101 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Public To Submit Data For Stream Evaluations In Berks, Clearfield Counties [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Why Dragonflies Found In The Ohio River Could Mean Good News For The Waterway
-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: A Quarter Century Of Progress
-- LancasterOnline Editorial: This Week’s Good Things - Environmental Stewards
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Contemporary Sees A Future With Fresh Water Mussels
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Wildlife
-- Conservation Effort Launches In Northern PA To Protect, Enhance Or Restore 1,675 Acres of Endangered Wetland Habitat By Ducks Unlimited, Partners [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Partners Restore Wetlands On 130-Acre Aquafarm In Mercer County As Migrating Bird Habitat [PaEN]
-- Ducks Unlimited, Cargill Improve PA Public Land In Bradford County
-- 30th Annual Environmental Quality Report On Pike County Streams Now Available [PaEN]
-- AltoonaM: Game Commission Studying Predator Impacts On Fawns
-- DCNR Sets Feb. 1 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Funding [PaEN]
-- Fish & Boat Commission: PA League Of Angling Youth Winter Newsletter - Ice Fishing, A Winter Adventure For Everyone!
-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Contemporary Sees A Future With Fresh Water Mussels
-- YorkD: Audubon Christmas Bird Count For Kids Contributes To International Tally In York County
-- The Allegheny Front: Why Dragonflies Found In The Ohio River Could Mean Good News For The Waterway
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Learn To Make Feathery Insect Imitations That Will Fool Fish
-- Help Wanted: Fish & Boat Commission Seasonal Fisheries Biologist Aide Positions [PaEN]
Opportunities
-- Help Wanted: Fish & Boat Commission Seasonal Fisheries Biologist Aide Positions [PaEN]
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[Posted: January 2, 2022]
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