Here are 69 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.

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-- State Board Of Education Publishes Final Education Standards For Science, Environment, Ecology, Technology & Engineering Grades K-12 [PaEN]

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets July 25 To Hear Presentation On Penn State Study Finding Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On Unpaved Roads Contains Pollutants That Exceed Human-Health Standards  [PaEN]

-- Guest Essay: Gov. Wolf, Don’t Give Money To The Oil Industry - By Rev. Mitchell Hescox & Kim Anderson, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- Gov. Wolf Vetoes Bill Prohibiting Communities From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Address Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- After A 12 Year Journey, Gov. Wolf Signs Bill Into Law To Control Overuse Of Fertilizer On Turf  [PaEN]

-- WESA: PA Legislature Approves New $125 Million Home Repair Assistance Initiative With Energy Efficiency Program

-- Citizens Voice: Yudichak, Heffley Work To Help Property Owners Get Access To Clean Energy Financing Program [C-PACE]

-- PennLive: Wolf Signs Law Allowing Confiscation, Sale Of Illegally-Ridden Dirt Bikes, ATVs

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: PA, Longtime Pariah Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Gets Rare ‘Attaboy’ For New Environmental Investments

-- Bay Journal: PA Takes ‘Historic’ Action To Fund Clean Water Projects And Help The Chesapeake Bay - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal

-- PA Capital-Star: State Budget Will Give Environmental Efforts A Funding Boost

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Better Parks, Cleaner Rivers: How PA Will Spend A ‘Generational’ $765 Million For Conservation And Environmental Programs 

-- StateImpact PA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmentalists Hail Latest PA Budget, Even As Key Climate Program On Hold

-- AP: State Budget Funds 3 New State Parks, Locations To Be Determined

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Could A New State Park Be Coming To The Philly Region?

-- 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated In July 22-23 In Somerset County  ​[PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘Lasting Bond’: Fmr Gov. Schweiker Looking Forward To Reunion With Quecreek Miners

-- Tribune-Democrat: For Miner Unger, Quecreek Rescue Meant Opportunity To Live Life To Fullest 

-- Tribune-Democrat: ‘Miracle’ Of Quecreek Mine Rescue Worth Retelling, Remembering For Property Owner Where Rescue Happened 20 Years Ago

-- TribLive: Quecreek Miners, Fmr Gov. Schweiker Kick Off Rescue Reunion

-- Post-Gazette: Quecreek 20 Years Later - Miners Reunite At Racetrack

-- TribLive: Quecreek Mine Rescue 20th Anniversary Events Begin Saturday - July 22 -23 Main Events

-- Daily American: How To Join The Celebration Of 20th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue

-- Chesapeake Bay Commission Executive Director Ann Pesiri Swanson To Retire; Commission Members Recognize Her Achievements  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Ann Pesiri Swanson, Longtime Director Of Chesapeake Bay Commission, To Retire - By Timothy B. Wheeler

-- Rodale Institute Receives $1.1 Million Donation From The Giant Food Company [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Rodale Institute Gets $1.1 Million Donation From Giant Food Company

-- LancasterOnline: East Drumore Twp. Approves Preserving 77 Acres Of Farmland

-- Adams Conservation District, Partners Offer Free Trees To Landowners

-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Expands Shell Recycling To 4 Philly Restaurants

-- EPA Provides $5.5 Million In Bipartisan Infrastructure Funds To Clean Up Bucks and Montgomery County Superfund Sites  [PaEN]

-- DEP Demonstrates Oil Recovery System At Berwick Seep Hazardous Sites Cleanup Project In Columbia County  [PaEN]

-- Airport Geeks: Pittsburgh International Airport Sees Great Benefits Just 1 Year After Going Live With Microgrid

-- Pittsburgh's PNC Bank To Power Operations With Renewable Energy  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Exelon, PG&E, PSEG, Other Companies Call On Congress To Pass ‘Ambitious’ Clean Energy Spending Package 

-- U.S. DOE Awards Weatherization, Energy Efficiency Funding To PA, Philadelphia From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts July 22 Webinar: Solar Made Easy For Communities - SolarAPP, SolSmart & GET Solar Communities  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh’s Climate Change Achievements Welcome Global Clean Energy Action Forum In September - Green Building Alliance

-- PennDOT Receives National Recognition For Reconnecting Pittsburgh Communities Thru I-579 Recreation & Open Space Cap Project  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Association: Take Advantage Of A Variety Of Hiking Experiences And Volunteer For Trail Care Events Across PA  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Introducing New Paddling Guidebook For Lumber History On The West Branch Susquehanna River  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: New Susquehanna Water Trail Guide Traces PA Logging History

-- PA Lake Management Society, Partners Hold July 15 Lake Appreciation Month Full Moon Paddle At Blue Marsh Lake, Berks County 

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Webinar: Nature Heals - The Mental Health Benefits Of The Outdoors July 20  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh City Paper: Ohio Valley River Fest July 17 In Monaca, Beaver County

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Fishing Only Part Of Toddler’s Creek-Side Adventures

-- DCNR: PA Outdoor Corps Youth Crew Working At Locust Lake State Park In Schuylkill County

 -- Republican Herald: PA Outdoor Corps Helps Fill Labor Gap At State Park In Schuylkill County

-- WESA: Pittsburgh-Based Cartoon Inspires New Program To Encourage Kids To Explore Nature 

-- WESA: Allegheny County Parks Opens Region’s Biggest Public Sculpture Garden

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: 3 Checks Presented To Support Wilkes-Barre Special Needs Playground

-- WHYY: FDR Park Getting New Pop-Up Play Space Designed By Kids In Philly

-- WHYY: New Playground In Philly To Be Named After Political Trailblazer Anna Verna

-- Williamsport Sun: DCNR Cleans Up Williamsport Fish Passageway, Shares Maintenance Plan

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of Beartown Woods Natural Area, Franklin County, Into Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Natural Area Named For Native Ornithologist Robert Porter Allen In Willliamsport

-- 2023 International Conference On Pollinator Biology, Health & Policy June 3-6 At Penn State; Call For Abstracts 

-- Festival Of Wood Returns To Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Sept. 24 & 25 In Pike County [PaEN]

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation: Fall Meeting Nov. 12; American Chestnut Symposium Sept. 30-Oct.1; In Memoriam: Mark Knight

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Greenways Hopes To Raise $5 Million; Program Explained Wednesday

-- WHYY: Philly’s New Tree Bill Is A Great Start To Hold Developers Accountable, But It Needs Work

-- TribLive: Volunteers Sought To Clean Allegheny River Banks From Verona To Aspinwall July 23

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Needs Help With Invasive Water Chestnut Pull July 23

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Game Commission Takes Positive Steps With Marten, Bobwhite Quail

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: After Decades, Bobwhite Quail Could Be Back In PA By 2024

-- Erie Times: Lady Hawk Was Tamarack Wildlife Center’s Majestic Animal Ambassador

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: New National Commission Will Work To Control Aquatic Invasive Species [Includes Fmr PA Fish & Boat Commission Executive Director John Arway]

-- Dept. Of Health Reports First Human Cases Of Mosquito-borne West Nile Virus In Berks, Lancaster, Luzerne, Philadelphia Counties [PaEN]

-- Pike County Tick Borne Diseases Task Force Hosts Health Symposium July 30 [PaEN]

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[Posted: July 17, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

7/18/2022