Here are 58 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Tell Your Legislator NOW To Set Aside $500 Million From Federal American Rescue Funds To Support Local Environmental, State Park & Forest Projects [PaEN]

-- Penncrest High School Team, Delaware County Took Statewide Honors At PA Envirothon  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Celebrating Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Economy, Recognizing Cindy Adams Dunn With Lifetime Achievement Award

-- Gov. Wolf Announces DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell To Depart July 2, Names Ramez Ziadeh Acting Secretary  [PaEN]

-- New Penn State Study Finds Runoff From Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On Unpaved Roads Contains Pollutants That Exceed Human-Health, Environmental Standards   [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Announces $10,000 Sponsorship Of Pennsylvania Envirothon; Statewide Competition May 25  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny College Creek Connections Involves 40 Middle School Students In Stream Quality Assessment, Crawford County  [PaEN]

-- Warren Conservation District 'Save The Rain' Educational Workshop Highlights How Rain Barrels Help Reduce Pollution  [PaEN]

-- Sign Up Now! LandHealth Institute's ProFESS - Future Environmental Scientists & Stewards - For Students Grades 9-12 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Fish & Boat Commission June 7 STREAM Keepers Program In Lancaster County For Children And Their Families

-- Warren Times: Mobile Lab Brings ‘Agriculture To The Kids’

-- Rodale Institute To Hold Organic Field Day July 22 In Berks County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Central PA Couple Hiked All 121 PA State Parks Thru Pandemic  

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Women Of Influence: Meet Catherine Qureshi, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

-- Health/Education/DCNR Announce Student Winners Of Tick, Lyme Disease Art Competition [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates 10 Years Of Watershed Restoration - 1,000 Acres Of Riparian Buffers, 41,000 Acres Of Improved Soil Health  [PaEN]

-- Northcentral PA Conservancy Purchases Blossburg Property To Allow Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment Project Along Tioga River  [PaEN]

-- Streambank Stabilization Project At Shirk Farms, Snyder County Highlights Importance Of Farm Conservation Practices To Improving Water Quality  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Meadow Planting At Spring Creek In Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick: Scrubgrass Creek Watershed Assn. Works To Offset Effects Of Acid Mine Drainage

-- 70 Groups Support Action To Get Lead Out Of School Drinking Water In Philadelphia

-- Centre County Commissioners Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority's 50th Anniversary  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council, Partners, Local Officials Announce Plan To Reduce Waste, Modernize Recycling In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Braskem Team Members Clean Up Market Memorial Park, Marcus Hook Creek, Delaware County  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Fmr Bethlehem Steel Brownfield Now Home To PA’s Largest Indoor, Vertical Farm

-- DEP/Small Business Development Center EMAP Business Environmental Assistance Program Receives National Recognition [PaEN]

-- Earthworks, FracTracker Alliance Release New Online Oil & Gas Threat Map; Find Natural Gas Facilities, Wells Near You  [PaEN]

-- Clean Air Council Announces Voluntary Settlement With Energy Transfer Over Air Permits For Marcus Hook Natural Gas Liquids Plant  [PaEN]

-- AP: $33 Million Allocated From Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law To Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells On Federal Land, Including 18 In Allegheny National Forest

-- Lawrence County Farmer Challenges Local Ordinance Prohibiting Installation Of Solar Energy Facilities On Farms Under State’s Right To Farm Act; Attorney General Reviewing  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Philly Restarts Stalled Program To Power 22% Of City Buildings By Solar

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Influx Of Nearly 700 Renewable Energy Projects In PA Has Regional Grid Operator Planning For Future

-- Achieving Net Zero: Pittsburgh 2030 District Shifts Focus To Help Partners Meet Aggressive New Global Carbon Reduction Goals  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh’s Green Building Initiative Shifts Focus To Help Meet Global Carbon Reduction Goals By 2040 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh 2030 District To Shift From Energy Reduction To Carbon Reduction To Meet Climate Goals

-- Pittsburgh International Airport, CNX Announce Strategy To Reduce Emissions, Costs For Transportation, Other Industries  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland Selected To Serve As Pilot Program For Electric-Powered School Buses 

-- SEEDS Offers FREE Home Energy Efficiency Assessments To Lackawanna County Residents  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For Sustainable Energy Fund Energypath 2022 - Energy Source Diversity June 29  [PaEN]

-- PennTAP Hosts June 7 Northcentral Energy Roundtable; July 21 Financing Energy Improvements Webinars  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Caring For Creation Together - A West Virginia Interfaith Conference On Climate Change June 4 In Charleston  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster Conservancy Seeks $5 Million In Public Donations, Hopes To Preserve Thousands More Acres

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Farmland Trust Raises $8.4 Million To Preserve Dozens Of Local Farms

-- King Family Partners With Lancaster Farmland Trust To Preserve 73 Acre Farm  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Raises Funding To Protect 90 Acres Of Green Space In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Announces June 5 Opening Of Pomeroy McMichaels Nature Preserve, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Jenkins Woods - A Hidden Gem Of Natural Splendor In Monroe County - By Chris Mele for Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: Countryside Conservancy Introduces Sposito Preserve, Lackawanna County

-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Invite Entries To Pennsylvania Pollinator Photo Challenge 2022  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Firefly Festival Newsletter: Participate In Lights Out For Lightning Bugs Campaign June 19-25 

-- Inquirer: Philadelphia Urged To Buy Back $10 Million In Liens To Protect Community Gardens

-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Collaborate On Grants To Improve Lackawaxen River Access In Wayne County  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Reimagining Scranton’s Parks - 300-Page Report Evaluates Park Conditions, Proposes Improvements 

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Lofty View Of Susquehanna River From Safe Harbor Dam Railroad Trestle Converted To Rail-Trail Crossing Expected To Become A Nationwide Draw; Opening June 2

-- Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo To Be Held June 4 At Shikellamy State Park, Northumberland County  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Lenni Lenape Native Americans Were Forced From Pennsylvania; Their Ancestral Remains Now Will Rest At Pennsbury Manor

-- LandHealth Institute Highlights Upcoming Wonderwalk Events In Philadelphia’s Natural Areas 

-- Republican Herald: Celebration Will Return As Pioneer Mine Tunnel Marks 60th Anniversary

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: May 29, 2022]

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