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

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN]

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety [PaEN]

-- City & State PA: PA Republicans Call For Pipeline Expansions Following Invasion Of Ukraine [And Lash Us Tighter To Energy Commodities Whose Price Is Determined By Foreign Energy Markets And Despots]

-- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves

-- Republican Rep. Metcalfe Calls On Gov. Wolf To Ban On Russian Sourced Energy, Unleash PA’s Full Potential To Power Free World

-- Gov. Wolf Blasts Republicans For Exploiting Crisis In Ukraine To Line Pockets Of The Natural Gas Industry

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf, Republicans Spar Over PA Natural Gas Exports, Russian Imports

-- PoliticsPA: The Politics Around Energy And Russian Invasion In PA

-- WNEP: Calls For Pennsylvania To Supply More Natural Gas

-- Guest Essay: Are We Nuts? American Energy Is Key To Undermining Putin’s War - Sen. Yaw (R-Lycoming) [That’s Not What Europe Is Thinking - They Want True Energy Independence.]

-- PG Guest Essay: When It Comes To Natural Gas, Russia Is Putin Us On - State Treasurer Stacy Garrity [Clever, But Not factual: PA hasn’t ‘halted’ natural gas export projects, drillers don’t use 40% of their permits]

-- Senators Yaw, Yudichak Request Independent Fiscal Office To Audit Modeling Done By DEP To Justify Final RGGI Regulations Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Yudichak, Yaw Request Independent Review Of ‘Outdated’ RGGI Modeling

-- PUC Partners On Virtual Consumer Education Workshops In SE PA On Energy Shopping, Conservation, Customer Assistance On March 2, 9, 16 [PaEN]

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 And Adults [PaEN]

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

Air

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues $859,000 In Penalties Against U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

-- TribLive: U.S. Steel Hit With $859,000 In Penalties For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Violations

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Appealing $860,000 Allegheny County Penalty For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Violations

-- TribLive Editorial: Balancing Act Between Regulation And Condemnation [Allegheny County Air Pollution Penalties On Clairton Coke (Coal) Works]

-- WarrenT: DEP Continues To Monitor Air Around United Refinery In Warren After Naphtha Release

-- PG Editorial: Getting Tough On Air Pollution In The Mon Valley, Allegheny County

Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Chapter Of North Country Trail Assn. Seeking Feedback On Trail Improvements

-- Warren Times: Wildlife Feeding Prohibition Remains In Place In Allegheny National Forest

-- Warren Times: Help Wanted: U.S. Forest Service - Allegheny National Forest

Alternative Fuels

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philly Gasoline Prices Over $4 A Gallon For The First Time In 14 Years [Electric Vehicle Drivers Haven’t Seen Any Change]

-- WHYY: Philly Auto Show Returns After COVID Hiatus, Flooded With Electric Cars

-- DEP: Electric, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates For Consumers

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Too Many Drivers Still Aren’t Ready To Make The Switch To Electric Vehicles, Wireless Charging Would Help

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Lackawanna Transit Should Prepare For Electric Buses

Awards & Recognition

-- PA Master Naturalist Trainee Kristin Joivell From Huntingdon County Honored With Presidential Award For Excellence In Math, Science Teaching [PaEN]

-- DCNR: Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Selected As PA's 2022 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Unique, Historical Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Named PA Trail Of The Year

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Looking At 2021 Successes! Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands, Grants, Water Quality Monitoring

-- AltoonaM: Cambria Conservation District Sponsoring 50th Tree & Plant Sale

-- PA Solar Center: 9 NE PA Organizations Receive Lodestar Award For Solar Energy Leadership [PaEN]

-- CitizensVoice: Nine NE PA Companies To Receive Awards For Solar Energy Leadership

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All [PaEN]

-- PG: Carnegie Museum Paleontologist Achieved Immortality Thanks To A Few Prehistoric Jaws

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

-- TribLive: Western PA Watershed Groups Have High Hopes For Tapping Into Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funds

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Offering Discounted Pollinator Seed Mix For Agricultural Properties In PA [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Salamanders, Frogs, Toads On The Move Across PA; How To Experience It Yourself

-- Entomological Society Of America: 'Spongy Moth' Adopted As New Common Name For Lymantria dispar [Gypsy Moth]

-- WHYY: Documentary Promises Inside Look At 2018 Heist At Philly’s Insectarium

-- Manada Conservancy - Dauphin County: April 21- Pollinator Victory Garden; May 7- Native Plant Sale

-- LancasterOnline: 84 Things For Plant Lovers To Do In March, Including Following Monarch Butterfly Migration

-- DCNR Blog: Growing Native Plants To Thwart Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bee Bootcamp Will Include Beehive Training For Veterans In Central PA

-- PennLive: Worried About Spotted Lanternflies Coming This Spring? PA Spells Out Ways To Prevent Them

-- WITF Smart Talk: Controlling Invasive Species In Pennsylvania

-- Western PA Conservancy Studies Impacts Of Invasives In 12 Counties In Northwest PA

Federal American Rescue Plan

-- TribLive Guest Essay: American Rescue Plan Money Should Go Where It’s Most Needed In Allegheny County

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested. What’s Your Community Doing?

Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law

-- WLVR: For PA And Other States, Money From Landmark Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Won’t Come Free

-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Support For Plugging PA’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, But RGGI Still Divides

-- DEP Blog: Plugging Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

Budget

-- Dept. Of Revenue Reports February State Revenues Exceeded Estimates By $155.7 Million; Year-To-Date Up $2 Billion

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports February State Revenues Exceeded Estimates By $256.7 Million; Year-To-Date Up $2.46 Billion

-- DEP Budget Hearing: Unconventional Natural Gas Industry Didn’t Drill 40% Of The Wells It Had DEP Permits For [PaEN]

-- 12 Unconventional Shale Gas Drillers Issued DEP Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them At 35 Well Pads In 17 Counties [PaEN]

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety [PaEN]

-- DEP Budget Testimony: Significant Investments In Environmental Cleanup, Improving Permit Review Times, Holding Polluters Responsible, Relief To Those Harmed By Pollution [PaEN]

-- DEP News & Views Newsletter: Investing In Pennsylvania’s Future

-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Support For Plugging PA’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, But RGGI Still Divides

-- DEP Blog: Plugging Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

-- DCNR Budget Hearing: We Have A Unique Opportunity To Invest In Our Recreation, Clean Water & Land Conservation Infrastructure With Growing Greener III [PaEN]

-- Republican Senators Propose Gas Drilling On At Least 22,000 More Acres Of State Forest, Mining 920 Acres Of Coal Under A State Park To Pay For DCNR Infrastructure Backlog [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: DCNR Says $638 Million Budget Ask Will Add Staff, Address Aging Infrastructure

-- DCNR Budget Testimony: Critical Investments Needed To Reduce $1.4 Billion Backlog Of Infrastructure Repairs, To Expand Local Economies, Provide Recreation For All [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Conservation Funds Help Communities Provide Outdoor Places, Opportunities; Apply Now [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: PA Parks A Major Source Of Revenue For Recreation And Natural Gas

-- PennLive Editorial: State Must Find Money To Stop Sewage Flowing Into Susquehanna River

-- PA Cap-Star: Agriculture Secretary Stresses Interconnection Of Agency’s Challenges At Budget Hearing

-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received $26.5 Million In Federal Funding For DEP’s Traditional Mine Reclamation Program [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

-- POWR/PEC: Registration Now Open For 4 Regional Watershed Workshops Starting March 11 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Money Grows On Trees For Owners Who Manage Small Forests To Capture Carbon, Fight Climate Change [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited PA Coldwater Habitat Program Releases 2021 Annual Report [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Little Conestoga Creek’s Severely Eroded Banks Target Of Proposed Restoration Project

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Feb/March Healthy Waters Newsletter

-- PennLive Editorial: State Must Find Money To Stop Sewage Flowing Into Susquehanna River

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Looking At 2021 Successes! Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands, Grants, Water Quality Monitoring

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Citizen Action

-- POWR/PEC: Registration Now Open For 4 Regional Watershed Workshops Starting March 11 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Western PA Watershed Groups Have High Hopes For Tapping Into Abandoned Mine Cleanup Funds

-- Bay Journal: Money Grows On Trees For Owners Who Manage Small Forests To Capture Carbon, Fight Climate Change [PaEN]

-- Trout Unlimited PA Coldwater Habitat Program Releases 2021 Annual Report [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Little Conestoga Creek’s Severely Eroded Banks Target Of Proposed Restoration Project

-- ScrantonT: The Conservation Fund Has Purchased 400+ Acres In Lackawanna County For $1.715 Million

-- WeConservePA: Glick Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust Preserves 83-Acre Farm

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 105 Acres Of Forested Land To Safeguard Habitats, Expanding Hunting Opportunities In Bedford County [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Looking At 2021 Successes! Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands, Grants, Water Quality Monitoring

-- AltoonaM: Cambria Conservation District Sponsoring 50th Tree & Plant Sale

-- Register Now For Brodhead Watershed Assn. Volunteer StreamWatcher Training March 24 & 26 In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts South Mountain Science Summit April 29 [PaEN]

-- CourierT: Bucks County Targeting PFAS Manufacturers In Lawsuit Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Chemical Contamination

-- Schuylkill Action Network Seeking Volunteers For 2022 Schuylkill Scrub Litter Cleanup March 1 to May 31

-- Audubon Society Of Western PA Offering Discounted Pollinator Seed Mix For Agricultural Properties In PA [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: River Advocates Call For Removing Old Dams More Quickly

-- NextPittsburgh: Cinderlands Beer Joins Allegheny Cleanways, 3 Rivers Outdoor Company To Spread Awareness Of Illegal Dumping In Allegheny County

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Fruitful Endeavor - The Philadelphia Orchard Project

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Chapter Of North Country Trail Assn. Seeking Feedback On Trail Improvements

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: 84 Things For Plant Lovers To Do In March, Including Following Monarch Butterfly Migration

Climate

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center: 9 NE PA Organizations Receive Lodestar Award For Solar Energy Leadership [PaEN]

-- CitizensVoice: Nine NE PA Companies To Receive Awards For Solar Energy Leadership

-- Met-Ed/Penelec Sustainable Energy Fund Awards $230,000 Grant For Rooftop Solar At University Of Pittsburgh-Bradford, McKean County [PaEN]

-- New Poll Finds 81%, Bipartisan Support For Solar Power In Pennsylvania Over Other Energy Sources [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 15 To Consider Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philly Gasoline Prices Over $4 A Gallon For The First Time In 14 Years [Electric Vehicle Drivers Haven’t Seen Any Change]

-- WHYY: Philly Auto Show Returns After COVID Hiatus, Flooded With Electric Cars

-- DEP: Electric, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates For Consumers

-- Deadline Extended: DEP Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program [PaEN]

-- ErieT Guest Essay: Too Many Drivers Still Aren’t Ready To Make The Switch To Electric Vehicles, Wireless Charging Would Help

-- Bay Journal: Money Grows On Trees For Owners Who Manage Small Forests To Capture Carbon, Fight Climate Change [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 30 Webinar On Current & Future Management Of Dairy Operations Given Climate Changes [PaEN]

-- Jewish Earth Alliance, PA Interfaith Power & Light Host March 16 Webinar On Leveraging Federal Funds For Environmental Sustainability Efforts [PaEN]

-- Senators Yaw, Yudichak Request Independent Fiscal Office To Audit Modeling Done By DEP To Justify Final RGGI Regulations Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [PaEN]

-- WBTimes: Yudichak, Yaw Request Independent Review Of ‘Outdated’ RGGI Modeling

-- ScrantonT Editorial: Lackawanna Transit Should Prepare For Electric Buses

-- Exelon, Coalition Of Power Companies Argue Before U.S. Supreme Court In Favor Of Preserving EPA’s Authority To Regulate Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions

-- IPCC: New UN Report Warns Of Deadly Climate Change Consequences

-- Gov. Wolf: Comments On UN Panel Report: Time For Climate Action Is Now

-- AP: UN Climate Report: ‘Atlas Of Human Suffering’ Worse, Bigger

-- WPost: Humanity Has A ‘Brief And Rapidly Closing Window’ To Avoid A Hotter, Deadly Future, UN Climate Report Says

-- NYT: Climate Change Is Harming The Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, UN Warns

-- WPost Guest Essay: We Can Reduce Global Temperatures Faster Than We Once Thought, If We Act How - Michael E. Mann (Penn State), Mark Hertsgaard, Saleemul Huq

-- Reuters: China Sees Biggest Growth In Energy, Coal Use Since 2011

-- AP: Months After Pledge, India Has Yet To Submit Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court To Weigh Limits To EPA Efforts On Climate Change

-- AP: U.S. Supreme Court Justices Wrestle With EPA Power To Curb Carbon Pollution

-- Reuters: Explainer: Why $100 Oil Could Hurt The Transition To Clean Energy More Than It Helps [By Promoting More Drilling]

Coal Mining

-- Tribune Democrat: Man Dies Following Underground Coal Mine Incident In Somerset County

-- Republican Herald: Presentation Gives Insight Into Female Coal Miners In U.S.

-- ScrantonT: Anthracite Heritage Museum Opens For Season March 4

-- Triblive: Republicans Push To Strip Safety Measures From West Virginia Mining Law [Watch for it in PA]

-- Reuters: China Sees Biggest Growth In Energy, Coal Use Since 2011

-- Reuters: Insurer AIG Steps Back From Coal, Arctic Energy Investment, Underwriting

Compliance Action

-- 12 Unconventional Shale Gas Drillers Issued DEP Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them At 35 Well Pads In 17 Counties [PaEN]

-- AP: Attorney General May Seek Removal Of Judge In Cabot Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Criminal Case Because Of Ties To Company

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues $859,000 In Penalties Against U.S. Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

-- TribLive: U.S. Steel Hit With $859,000 In Penalties For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Violations

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: U.S. Steel Appealing $860,000 Allegheny County Penalty For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Violations

-- TribLive Editorial: Balancing Act Between Regulation And Condemnation [Allegheny County Air Pollution Penalties On Clairton Coke (Coal) Works]

-- PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Meets Virtually On March 8

-- YorkDR: EPA Seeking Explanation From Hanover Foods After Pollution Violations

-- YorkD: EPA Forcing Changes On York County Food Processor Over Water Pollution

Conservation Districts

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Looking At 2021 Successes! Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands, Grants, Water Quality Monitoring

-- Pike Conservation District: Not Just A Hole In The Ground! Visually Pleasing Stormwater Best Management Practices [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Students Part Of Warren Conservation District Rain Barrel Effort

-- AltoonaM: Cambria Conservation District Sponsoring 50th Tree & Plant Sale

-- Help Wanted: Pike Conservation District Full-Time District Engineer [PaEN]

Dam Safety

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: The Nature Conservancy Removes Popular, But At Risk Dam In Lackawanna County

-- The Allegheny Front: River Advocates Call For Removing Old Dams More Quickly

Deep Mine Safety

-- Tribune Democrat: Man Dies Following Underground Coal Mine Incident In Somerset County

DCNR

-- DCNR Budget Hearing: We Have A Unique Opportunity To Invest In Our Recreation, Clean Water & Land Conservation Infrastructure With Growing Greener III [PaEN]

-- Republican Senators Propose Gas Drilling On At Least 22,000 More Acres Of State Forest, Mining 920 Acres Of Coal Under A State Park To Pay For DCNR Infrastructure Backlog [PaEN]

-- PA Cap-Star: DCNR Says $638 Million Budget Ask Will Add Staff, Address Aging Infrastructure

-- DCNR Budget Testimony: Critical Investments Needed To Reduce $1.4 Billion Backlog Of Infrastructure Repairs, To Expand Local Economies, Provide Recreation For All [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Conservation Funds Help Communities Provide Outdoor Places, Opportunities; Apply Now [PaEN]

-- The Center Square: PA Parks A Major Source Of Revenue For Recreation And Natural Gas

-- DCNR: Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Selected As PA's 2022 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Unique, Historical Delaware Canal State Park Towpath Named PA Trail Of The Year

-- ErieT: In Complicated Times, A Walk At Presque Isle State Park Can Be A Simple, Soothing Solution

-- DCNR Blog: Growing Native Plants To Thwart Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- DCNR Names Mike Kuzar New Manager For Washington Crossing Historic Park

-- Entomological Society Of America: 'Spongy Moth' Adopted As New Common Name For Lymantria dispar [Gypsy Moth]

DEP

-- DEP Budget Hearing: Unconventional Natural Gas Industry Didn’t Drill 40% Of The Wells It Had DEP Permits For [PaEN]

-- 12 Unconventional Shale Gas Drillers Issued DEP Notices Of Violation For Abandoning Wells Without Plugging Them At 35 Well Pads In 17 Counties [PaEN]

-- Senate Budget Hearings: PA’s Experience With New Pipeline Construction Shows State Laws Not Strong Enough To Prevent Environmental Damage, Protect Public Safety [PaEN]

-- DEP News & Views Newsletter: Investing In Pennsylvania’s Future

-- The Center Square: Bipartisan Support For Plugging PA’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, But RGGI Still Divides

-- DEP Blog: Plugging Pennsylvania’s Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells

-- Gov. Wolf Announced PA Received $26.5 Million In Federal Funding For DEP’s Traditional Mine Reclamation Program [PaEN]

-- Environmental Quality Board Meets March 15 To Consider Final Rule Reducing VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- Tribune Democrat: Man Dies Following Underground Coal Mine Incident In Somerset County

-- DEP Experiencing Computer Database, Application Outages; They’re Working On It [PaEN]

-- Deadline Extended: DEP Accepting Applications For Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program [PaEN]

-- DEP: Electric, Alternative Fuel Vehicle Rebates For Consumers

-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Feb/March Healthy Waters Newsletter

-- WarrenT: DEP Continues To Monitor Air Around United Refinery In Warren After Naphtha Release

-- DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 5 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Delaware River

-- Pocono Record: Proposed Rules Would Allow For Delaware River Water To Be Exported For Fracking

-- Delaware RiverKeeper March 4 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

-- Pocono Record: Proposed Rules Would Allow For Delaware River Water To Be Exported For Fracking

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Summary Of February 17 Water Management Committee Meeting

Drinking Water

-- CourierT: DEP Opens Comment Period On PFAS Chemicals In Drinking Water

-- CourierT: Bucks County Targeting PFAS Manufacturers In Lawsuit Over ‘Forever Chemicals’ Chemical Contamination

-- Republican Herald: Help Available For Pennsylvanians Struggling To Pay Water, Sewer Bills

Drought

-- AP: Climatologists: Drought To Worsen In Oregon, Idaho This Year

Economic Development

-- DCNR Blog: Conservation Funds Help Communities Provide Outdoor Places, Opportunities; Apply Now [PaEN]

-- WITF Smart Talk: Green Jobs Could Grow In PA - 4,500 Openings Now

-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Company Making Environmentally Friendly Easter Eggs

-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts South Mountain Science Summit April 29 [PaEN]

-- PG - Anya Litvak: EQT Natural Gas Producer Putting Its Money Into ‘Energy Transition’ -- Fuel Cells That Chemically Produce Energy To Power Homes, Businesses

-- ScrantonT: Maple Syrup Season Nearing Peak Production

Education

-- PA Master Naturalist Trainee Kristin Joivell From Huntingdon County Honored With Presidential Award For Excellence In Math, Science Teaching [PaEN]

-- PG: Carnegie Museum Paleontologist Achieved Immortality Thanks To A Few Prehistoric Jaws

-- FracTracker Alliance Holding 3 Webinars On Using Maps & Data To Empower Action Starting March 8 [PaEN]

-- POWR/PEC: Registration Now Open For 4 Regional Watershed Workshops Starting March 11 [PaEN]

-- PUC Partners On Virtual Consumer Education Workshops In SE PA On Energy Shopping, Conservation, Customer Assistance On March 2, 9, 16 [PaEN]

-- ScrantonT: Anthracite Heritage Museum Opens For Season March 4

-- PA Resources Council Hosts Backyard Composting Webinars On March 10 & 29 [PaEN]

-- Jewish Earth Alliance, PA Interfaith Power & Light Host March 16 Webinar On Leveraging Federal Funds For Environmental Sustainability Efforts [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Bradford Woods Conservancy Hosts March 16 Program On Reversing Plight Of Dwindling Bluebird Population In Allegheny County

-- Register Now For Brodhead Watershed Assn. Volunteer StreamWatcher Training March 24 & 26 In Monroe County [PaEN]

-- Manada Conservancy - Dauphin County: April 21- Pollinator Victory Garden; May 7- Native Plant Sale

-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 30 Webinar On Current & Future Management Of Dairy Operations Given Climate Changes [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Hosts South Mountain Science Summit April 29 [PaEN]

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Theodore Roosevelt Genius Prize For Innovative Ways To Make Wildlife Conservation Relevant To All [PaEN]

-- Register Now For 2022 Shale Network Workshop In State College May 12-13 [PaEN]

-- Penn State Researchers To Study Links Between Fracking, Water Contamination In Southwestern PA; Follows Similar Study In NE PA That Found Water Contamination [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Money Grows On Trees For Owners Who Manage Small Forests To Capture Carbon, Fight Climate Change [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center - The Pulse Of Nature [Maple Syrup Season]

-- Warren Times: Students Part Of Warren Conservation District Rain Barrel Effort

-- PennFuture Environmental Voices Podcast: Environmental Justice

-- Pike Conservation District: Not Just A Hole In The Ground! Visually Pleasing Stormwater Best Management Practices [PaEN]

-- Harrisburg University Professors Team With Students To Develop Smart Disaster Prediction, Prevention System

-- Schuylkill Action Network Seeking Volunteers For 2022 Schuylkill Scrub Litter Cleanup March 1 to May 31

-- NextPittsburgh: Cinderlands Beer Joins Allegheny Cleanways, 3 Rivers Outdoor Company To Spread Awareness Of Illegal Dumping In Allegheny County

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Looking At 2021 Successes! Removing Sediment To Restore Wetlands, Grants, Water Quality Monitoring

-- Penn State Alumni Advance Communities With Careers At The Sustainability Program Thru The Penn State Center In Pittsburgh

-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Fruitful Endeavor - The Philadelphia Orchard Project

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: March Pennsylvania Nature News

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Steelworkers In West Mifflin Celebrate 1st Bald Eagle Egg Of Season

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: March Virtual Events On Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcons, Women Of Hawk Mountain Panel

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Hummingbirds Are On The Move To PA, But There’s Plenty Of Time To Get Ready

-- WHYY: Documentary Promises Inside Look At 2018 Heist At Philly’s Insectarium

-- DCNR Blog: Growing Native Plants To Thwart Invasive Species [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Bee Bootcamp Will Include Beehive Training For Veterans In Central PA

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Building Bird-Safe Cities

-- Entomological Society Of America: 'Spongy Moth' Adopted As New Common Name For Lymantria dispar [Gypsy Moth]

-- Carnegie Museums Of Art & Natural History: Register Now For 2022 Summer Camps

-- LancasterOnline: 84 Things For Plant Lovers To Do In March, Including Following Monarch Butterfly Migration

Emergency Response

-- Tribune-Democrat: Heating Oil Fuel Leak Stopped In Quemahoning Creek, Somerset County

-- Harrisburg University Professors Team With Students To Develop Smart Disaster Prediction, Prevention System

True Energy Independence Means More Renewables

-- PA Natural Gas Politicians Want To ‘Unleash’ PA’s Gas Industry - What We Need First Is For Industry To Take Up The Slack; Oil & Gas 2.0; True Energy Independence [PaEN]

-- DEP Budget Hearing: Unconventional Natural Gas Industry Didn’t Drill 40% Of The Wells It Had DEP Permits For [PaEN]

-- True Energy Independence Means More Renewables, Not Letting Foreign Markets Or Despots Dictate What We Pay For Energy [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: A Small Measure Of Relief Is Coming For Shell-Shocked Philly Area Natural Gas Customers

-- MCall: Utility Bills Have Risen, Will They Go A Lot Higher? That Depends Of Factors Still To Be Determined, Including the Crisis In Ukraine [PPL- Your utility bill increased because the cost of natural gas, other energy supply sources increased]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Philly Gasoline Prices Over $4 A Gallon For The First Time In 14 Years [Electric Vehicle Drivers Haven’t Seen Any Change]

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Gasoline Prices Surge Over $4/Gallon, How Much Higher Can They Go? [This Isn’t Hurricane Katrina Or Demand For Gasoline Here, This Is All Because Foreign Energy Markets Are Setting The Price - Windfall Profits Tax Anyone?]

-- TribLive: U.S. Gasoline Prices Rise On Higher Oil Prices Brought On By Russian Invasion Of Ukraine

-- TribLive: PA, Pittsburgh Region Hit With Record High Gasoline Prices

-- LehighValleyLive: Increasing Role For PA To Help Europe Meet Energy Needs Faces Hurdles, Critics

-- WNEP: Calls For Pennsylvania To Supply More Natural Gas

-- PG - Anya Litvak: Who Decides What ‘Responsible’ Natural Gas Production Really Means?

-- The Epoch Times: Republicans Urge Gov. Wolf To Unleash PA’s Immense Natural Gas Reserves

-- Altoona Mirror: Russia War Spurs Republican Lawmakers To Push State’s Fossil Fuels [Tieing Us Closer To Foreign Energy Markets That Set Prices]

-- PoliticsPA: The Politics Around Energy And Russian Invasion In PA

-- Gov. Wolf Blasts Republicans For Exploiting Crisis In Ukraine To Line Pockets Of The Natural Gas Industry

-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf, Republicans Spar Over PA Natural Gas Exports, Russian Imports

-- Republican Rep. Metcalfe Calls On Gov. Wolf To Ban On Russian Sourced Energy, Unleash PA’s Full Potential To Power Free World [Now He Decides It’s OK For A Governor To Act?]

-- Guest Essay: Are We Nuts? American Energy Is Key To Undermining Putin’s War - Sen. Yaw (R-Lycoming) [That’s Not What Europe Is Thinking - They Want True Energy Independence.]