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Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees  [PaEN]

-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- Spotlight PA: PA Republicans Answered Wolf’s Pandemic Vetoes With Constitutional Changes, That Strategy Is Here To Stay

-- ‘Trust The People’- Amend The State Constitution To Authorize Citizens To Establish New Laws Without The General Assembly  [PaEN]

-- PG: Fox Chapel Councilwoman Mandy Steele Conquers Coal Tar, Now Wants A Shot At State House

-- TribLive: Co-Founder Of Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy To Announce Run For House

Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------

Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]

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-- 46 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults  [PaEN]

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]

2022 Priorities

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Strong Financial Position Of Commonwealth Going Into Next Budget  [Then He Shouldn’t Have Any Problem Supporting Bipartisan $500 Million For Local Conservation, Recreation Improvement Projects In His Budget Address.  Read more here.  He also forgot to thank Biden & Congress for billions in federal aid.]

-- WESA: ‘Seize The Moment’: Gov. Wolf Talks About His Legacy And Sets Table For Budget Speech  [Nothing on the environment]

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Wolf Touts PA’s Strong Financial Position, Why That’s Only Half The Story

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Touts Multi-Billion State Surplus, Outlines Some Priorities, But Projections Depict Gloomy Fiscal Future

-- TribLive: Wolf Joins Pittsburgh Leaders To Tout PA’s Fiscal Improvements

Air

-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped 

-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy  [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Middletown Police Find 14 Catalytic Converters During Traffic Stop

Alternative Fuels

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds

-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Maryland County Proposal Would Mandate New Homes Have Wiring For Electric Vehicle Charging

Awards & Recognition

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award

-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31

-- Audubon Accepting Entries To 2022 Photography Awards Thru March 9

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- Penn State Entomologists To Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors

-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92

-- Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home: The Importance Of Native Plants In Your Backyard - Video Of Presentation

-- AP: Long-Sought Great Lakes Projects Get Funding, Including Protecting Lakes From Asian Carp

-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists

American Rescue Plan Funding

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: How Are Allegheny County Municipalities Sending $130 Million Federal American Rescue Plan Money?

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- WESA: ‘Unprecedented’ Funding For Pittsburgh Locks And Dams Hailed As A Win

-- PG: $858 Million Headed To Fix Aging Ohio River Lock And Dam In Beaver County

-- Sen. Casey Announces $857 Million For Upper Ohio River Navigation System From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- Sen. Casey Announces $31 Million From U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Philadelphia And Berks County Water Infrastructure Projects

-- Sen. Casey Announces $11 Million From U,S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Wyoming Valley Levee

-- Sen. Casey Announces $1.859 Million From U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Tionesta Lake, Cowanesque Lake, Hammond Lakes in PA Wilds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- Sen. Casey Announces $1.4 Million For Beltzville Lake Dam In Carbon County From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

-- Sen. Casey Announces $1 Million For Indian Rock Dam In York County From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law

Budget

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million  [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Shortchanges State Taxpayers

-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push

-- Independent Fiscal Office Issues Report On Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit

-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Strong Financial Position Of Commonwealth Going Into Next Budget  [Then He Shouldn’t Have Any Problem Supporting Bipartisan $500 Million For Local Conservation, Recreation Improvement Projects In His Budget Address.  Read more here.  He also forgot to thank Biden & Congress for billions in federal aid.]

-- WESA: ‘Seize The Moment’: Gov. Wolf Talks About His Legacy And Sets Table For Budget Speech  [Nothing on the environment]

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Wolf Touts PA’s Strong Financial Position, Why That’s Only Half The Story

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Touts Multi-Billion State Surplus, Outlines Some Priorities, But Projections Depict Gloomy Fiscal Future

-- TribLive: Wolf Joins Pittsburgh Leaders To Tout PA’s Fiscal Improvements

Chesapeake Bay

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]

-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects

-- AltoonaM: Altoona Prepares Several New Stormwater Projects

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022 

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A ‘Blizzard Of Snow Geese At PA’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area

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Citizen Action

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- ‘Trust The People’- Amend The State Constitution To Authorize Citizens To Establish New Laws Without The General Assembly  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities  [PaEN]

-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants  [PaEN]

-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report

-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council

-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading

-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition

-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

-- PG: Fox Chapel Councilwoman Mandy Steele Conquers Coal Tar, Now Wants A Shot At State House

-- TribLive: Co-Founder Of Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy To Announce Run For House

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach  [PaEN]

--  TribLive: Olympus Energy Gas Well In Washington Twp On Hold As More Discussions To Be Scheduled

-- PA Record: Allegheny County Couple File Lawsuit Against Penn Energy Resources Saying They Trespassed On Their Property To Build A Natural Gas Pipeline

-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video

-- PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program  [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man

-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter

-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022

-- PG: Cold, Wet Run On North Country Trail Raised $15,000 For A Nigerian Family

Climate

-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers 

-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition

-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors

-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Integrated Modeling Of Climate Impacts On Electricity Demand And Cost

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy  [PaEN]

-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Should Be A Consideration In Planning Massive Fishtown Housing Developments In Philadelphia

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Sue NJ Governor Saying He Hasn’t Done Enough On Climate Change

-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets]  [PaEN]

-- U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas

-- AP: Race To Cut Carbon Emissions Splits U.S. State On Nuclear Energy

-- Financial Times: Industry Steels Itself For Challenge Of ‘Net Zero’ Manufacturing

-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way

-- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Energy Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty

Coal Mining

-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped 

-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams

-- Independent Fiscal Office Issues Report On Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit

-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum

-- MCall/SunburyDI: PA Coal Carver’s Family Visits Sculpture At Line Mountain Elementary School

-- CitizensV: Second Mine Car Moved To Miners’ Memorial Park In Ashley

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way

Compliance Action

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams

-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

Conservation Districts

-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills  [PaEN]

-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees  [PaEN]

-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

DCNR

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- PA Environmental Council: PA Groups Comment On Maryland Air National Guard Proposed Low-level Flyover Training

-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available  [PaEN]

-- SuburyDI: Boating Season Delayed By Fiber Dam Repairs At Shikellamy State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Ohiopyle State Park Attendance Returned To Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2021

DEP

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways 

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council

-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man

-- DEP Invites Comments On Changes To NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges - PAG-03  [PaEN]

-- DEP Notice Of Availability For NPDES Water Quality General Permit For Discharges From Hydrostatic Testing Of Tanks and Pipelines (PAG-10).  Click Here for copies.

-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 22 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Deep Mine Safety

-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum

Delaware River

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 9, Business Meeting March 9  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations  [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- The Patch: Bucks County Audubon Gets $154,000 Growing Greener Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments

-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 21 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 9, Business Meeting March 9  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations  [PaEN]

Drinking Water

-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Busted Water Mains Flood Philly Streets As City Fails To Hit Pipe Replacement Goals

-- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions  [PaEN]

Economic Development

-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped 

-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy  [PaEN]

-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom  [PaEN]

-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program

-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading

-- Financial Times: Industry Steels Itself For Challenge Of ‘Net Zero’ Manufacturing

Education

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner West Chester Area School District Opens New Water Quality Education Center

-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom  [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Izaak Walton League - Harry Enstrom Chapter: Feb. 3 Three Rivers Quest Virtual Roundtable Series. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Webinar: Feb. 18 - Social Media & Marketing For Environmental Educators. Noon to 1:00 p.m.

-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- WeConservePA Virtual Roundtable Feb. 26 On Maintenance & Stewardship Of Trails. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]

-- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources

-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture

-- Rodale Institute Launches Online Course For Regenerative Organic Agriculture Consumers  [PaEN]

-- Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home: The Importance Of Native Plants In Your Backyard - Video Of Presentation

-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter

-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come

-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Migration Sensor Network Tracks Purple Martins From Christina River Watershed To Central America

-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading

-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum

-- MCall/SunburyDI: PA Coal Carver’s Family Visits Sculpture At Line Mountain Elementary School

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Are Nature - A New Natural History Experience.  Pittsburgh.

-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities  [PaEN]

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets]  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond

-- WESA: Why Ice Forms Differently On The Monongahela And Allegheny Rivers

-- WeConservePA Publishes New Guide To Tree Law In Pennsylvania

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

-- WLVR: Meet ‘Meeko,’ The Lehigh Valley Zoo’s Plastics Recycling Raccoon

-- GreenPhilly: How Local Environmental Centers Are Bringing Inclusion For Underserved Communities Outdoors In Delaware River Basin

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A ‘Blizzard Of Snow Geese At PA’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Winter Artisan Program Series Begins Feb. 5

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: January Virtual Programs, Including Migration Season Wrap Up 

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: These Are The Most Seen Birds In Our Backyards

-- ErieT: It’s Owl Nesting Season Around Northwest PA

-- Audubon Accepting Entries To 2022 Photography Awards Thru March 9

-- Penn State Entomologists To Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Summer Internship Opportunity

-- Stroud Water Research Center Intern & Job Opportunities

Emergency Response

-- StateCollege.com: 5,000 Gallons Of Oil Dumped Into State College Wastewater System, Police Are Investigating

-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24  [PaEN]

Emergency Response - Tornado Relief

-- TribLive: Monroeville Corvette Club Sends Relief Supplies To Kentucky Tornado Victims

Energy

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: PA Has Highest Gasoline Prices East Of Rockies, Blame High [International] Crude Oil Prices

-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped 

-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment

-- Penn State: Integrated Modeling Of Climate Impacts On Electricity Demand And Cost

-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities  [PaEN]

-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom  [PaEN]

-- PG - Salena Zito: From The PA Farm Show: Energy Costs Are Top Concern [At The Mercy Of International Energy Markets That Set Prices]

-- KDKA: Rising Cost Of Natural Gas Could Impact Your Heating Bill [Due To International Market Pressures]

-- The Guardian: Winter Natural Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4 Billion Over Snowstorm

-- TribLive: Western PA Temperatures Could Drop To 0 In Days Ahead

-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading

-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition

-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors

-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond

-- Utility Dive: FERC Orders PJM To Scrap ‘Adder’ Mechanism Seen Bolstering Capacity Prices

-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets]  [PaEN]

-- U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas

-- AP: Race To Cut Carbon Emissions Splits U.S. State On Nuclear Energy

-- Financial Times: Industry Steels Itself For Challenge Of ‘Net Zero’ Manufacturing

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way

-- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Energy Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty

Energy Conservation

-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Passive House Accelerator: Pittsburgh Sanctuary Saved By Passive Retrofit

-- Penn State Research: Nanoscale Window Coating Could Help Reduce Energy Costs

Environmental Health

-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers

-- DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Clearfield County Site Recorded Highest Rate Ever Of Tick-Carried Virus Anywhere In U.S.

-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions  [PaEN]

Environmental Heritage

-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum

-- CitizensV: Second Mine Car Moved To Miners’ Memorial Park In Ashley

-- MCall/SunburyDI: PA Coal Carver’s Family Visits Sculpture At Line Mountain Elementary School

-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92

Environmental Justice

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council

-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

EPA

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams

-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities  [PaEN]

Farming

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture

-- PG - Salena Zito: From The PA Farm Show: Energy Costs Are Top Concern [At The Mercy Of International Energy Markets That Set Prices]

-- Rodale Institute Launches Online Course For Regenerative Organic Agriculture Consumers  [PaEN]

-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter

-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects

-- Penn State Entomologists To Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors

Flooding

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Baltimore District Receives $62 Million For Infrastructure, Disaster Relief Projects In Chesapeake Bay Region, Including PA  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Flood Authority Awarded $11 Million From Federal Infrastructure Funds

Forests

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- PA Environmental Council: PA Groups Comment On Maryland Air National Guard Proposed Low-level Flyover Training

-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Publishes New Guide To Tree Law In Pennsylvania

-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists

Forests - Wildfires

-- TribLive/AP: Wildlife Along California’s Big Sur Forces Evacuations

-- PA Cap-Star: In ‘Paradigm Shift,’ U.S. Forest Service To Use Logging, Controlled Burns To Prevent Wildfires

Grants/Funding

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Feb. 18 Grant Deadline Reminder

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available  [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- The Patch: Bucks County Audubon Gets $154,000 Growing Greener Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Baltimore District Receives $62 Million For Infrastructure, Disaster Relief Projects In Chesapeake Bay Region, Including PA  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Flood Authority Awarded $11 Million From Federal Infrastructure Funds

-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions  [PaEN]

Green Buildings

-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition  [PaEN]

-- Passive House Accelerator: Pittsburgh Sanctuary Saved By Passive Retrofit

Green Infrastructure

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24  [PaEN]

-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects

-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter

-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach  [PaEN]

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers 

-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions  [PaEN]

Land Conservation

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- WeConservePA Virtual Roundtable Feb. 26 On Maintenance & Stewardship Of Trails. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach  [PaEN]

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Natural Lands Names Charles Carrier Vice President Of Human Resources

Land Recycling

-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped 

-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy  [PaEN]

Land Use

--  TribLive: Olympus Energy Gas Well In Washington Twp On Hold As More Discussions To Be Scheduled

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Warehouse Development On Farmland Does More Harm Than Good

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Should Be A Consideration In Planning Massive Fishtown Housing Developments In Philadelphia

-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond

Lake Erie

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

-- AP: Long-Sought Great Lakes Projects Get Funding, Including Protecting Lakes From Asian Carp

Littering/Illegal Dumping

-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man

-- WESA: Fox Chapel Teen Focuses On Litter With Award-Winning Photo

-- PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022

Mine Reclamation

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Independent Fiscal Office Issues Report On Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program

Ohio River

-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways 

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Izaak Walton League - Harry Enstrom Chapter: Feb. 3 Three Rivers Quest Virtual Roundtable Series. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

-- WESA: Why Ice Forms Differently On The Monongahela And Allegheny Rivers

Oil & Gas

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers 

-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million  [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Shortchanges State Taxpayers

-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations  [PaEN]

--  TribLive: Olympus Energy Gas Well In Washington Twp On Hold As More Discussions To Be Scheduled

-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom  [PaEN]

-- PG - Salena Zito: From The PA Farm Show: Energy Costs Are Top Concern [At The Mercy Of International Energy Markets That Set Prices]

-- Inquirer: PA Has Highest Gasoline Prices East Of Rockies, Blame High [International] Crude Oil Prices

-- KDKA: Rising Cost Of Natural Gas Could Impact Your Heating Bill [Due To International Market Pressures]

-- The Guardian: Winter Natural Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4 Billion Over Snowstorm

-- Energy News Network: A Minnesota Co-Op Credits Transition To Clean Energy For Stabilizing Wholesale Electric Rates - ‘More Wind And Solar Are Just Going To Keep Those Energy Costs Lower And Lower’

-- TribLive: Western PA Temperatures Could Drop To 0 In Days Ahead

-- CitizensV: UGI Official; Release Value Activation Caused Reports Of Possible Gas Explosion

-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets]  [PaEN]

-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way

Pipelines

-- PA Record: Allegheny County Couple File Lawsuit Against Penn Energy Resources Saying They Trespassed On Their Property To Build A Natural Gas Pipeline

-- PA Cap-Star: Tougher Federal Pipeline Standards Backed By FERC, Gov. Wolf After Colonial Pipeline Hack 

PennVEST

-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

Permitting

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council

-- DEP Invites Comments On Changes To NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges - PAG-03  [PaEN]

-- DEP Notice Of Availability For NPDES Water Quality General Permit For Discharges From Hydrostatic Testing Of Tanks and Pipelines (PAG-10).  Click Here for copies.

-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week

-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 22 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Changes To NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges - PAG-03  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 9, Business Meeting March 9  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 3, Business Meeting March 17  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 22 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

PUC

-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million  [PaEN]

-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Shortchanges State Taxpayers

Radiation Protection

-- CourierT: American Lung Assn. Ranks PA Low For Radon Mitigation Efforts

-- AP: Race To Cut Carbon Emissions Splits U.S. State On Nuclear Energy

Radon

-- CourierT: American Lung Assn. Ranks PA Low For Radon Mitigation Efforts

Recreation

-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- PA Environmental Council: PA Groups Comment On Maryland Air National Guard Proposed Low-level Flyover Training

-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Baltimore District Receives $62 Million For Infrastructure, Disaster Relief Projects In Chesapeake Bay Region, Including PA  [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Flood Authority Awarded $11 Million From Federal Infrastructure Funds

-- SuburyDI: Boating Season Delayed By Fiber Dam Repairs At Shikellamy State Park

-- Observer-Reporter: Ohiopyle State Park Attendance Returned To Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2021

-- TribLive: Co-Founder Of Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy To Announce Run For House

-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project  [PaEN]

-- PG: Cold, Wet Run On North Country Trail Raised $15,000 For A Nigerian Family

-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects

-- Philly Voice: Friends Of Wissahickon Pedestrian Bridge Project Could Restore Access To The Park Damaged By Storm Erosion

-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Parks To Get TLC: Fun Spots, Environmentally Friendly Green Elements

-- ScrantonT: Carbondale Could Turn Former Hotel Into Riverwalk Park

-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program  [PaEN]

-- CitizensV: Second Mine Car Moved To Miners’ Memorial Park In Ashley

-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists

Recycling/Waste

-- WLVR: Meet ‘Meeko,’ The Lehigh Valley Zoo’s Plastics Recycling Raccoon

-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man

-- PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Awarded $3.4 Million DOE Contract To Target Upcycling Plastic Waste

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams

Renewable Energy

-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities  [PaEN]

-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition

-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors

-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition  [PaEN]

-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?

-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets]  [PaEN]

-- U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas

-- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Energy Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty

Schuylkill River

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Stormwater

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push

-- AltoonaM: Altoona Prepares Several New Stormwater Projects

SRBC

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 3, Business Meeting March 17  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 3, Business Meeting March 17  [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

Sustainability

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture

-- Rodale Institute Launches Online Course For Regenerative Organic Agriculture Consumers  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond

Water Quality

-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees  [PaEN]

-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills  [PaEN]

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways 

-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report

-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources

Wastewater Facilities

-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College  [PaEN]

-- StateCollege.com: 5,000 Gallons Of Oil Dumped Into State College Wastewater System, Police Are Investigating

Watershed Protection

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited  [PaEN]

-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report

-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner West Chester Area School District Opens New Water Quality Education Center

-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees  [PaEN]

-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push

-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills  [PaEN]

-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds  [PaEN]

-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects

-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA

-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage

-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways 

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams

-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants

-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA  [PaEN]

-- The Patch: Bucks County Audubon Gets $154,000 Growing Greener Grant For Watershed Restoration Project

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants  [PaEN]

-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Izaak Walton League - Harry Enstrom Chapter: Feb. 3 Three Rivers Quest Virtual Roundtable Series. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award

-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission

-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available  [PaEN]

-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects

-- AltoonaM: Altoona Prepares Several New Stormwater Projects

-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24  [PaEN]

-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April  [PaEN]

-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022

-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 21 RiverWatch Video Report

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Summer Internship Opportunity

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Wildlife

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants  [PaEN]

-- PG Editorial: Hunting For Better Representation On Game Commission Board

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A ‘Blizzard Of Snow Geese At PA’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area

-- AP: Long-Sought Great Lakes Projects Get Funding, Including Protecting Lakes From Asian Carp

-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Migration Sensor Network Tracks Purple Martins From Christina River Watershed To Central America

-- Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home: The Importance Of Native Plants In Your Backyard - Video Of Presentation

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Winter Artisan Program Series Begins Feb. 5

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: January Virtual Programs, Including Migration Season Wrap Up 

-- ErieT: It’s Owl Nesting Season Around Northwest PA

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: These Are The Most Seen Birds In Our Backyards

-- Audubon Accepting Entries To 2022 Photography Awards Thru March 9

-- Game Commission: Report Turkey Flocks To Help With Research

-- PennLive: Bear Spotted Wandering Around Central PA Neighborhood

-- AP: All 100 Lab Monkeys Accounted For After Several Escaped Crash Near Danville

-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists

West Nile/Zika Virus

-- DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Clearfield County Site Recorded Highest Rate Ever Of Tick-Carried Virus Anywhere In U.S.

Transition

-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]

Opportunities

-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program

-- Natural Lands Names Charles Carrier Vice President Of Human Resources

-- Help Wanted: Grey Towers National Historic Site Pike County- Seasonal Employment : Custodial, Food Service

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Summer Internship Opportunity

-- Stroud Water Research Center Intern & Job Opportunities

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[Posted: January 23, 2022]


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