Here are 59 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!

-- DEP: Wastes Generated By The New Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program Will NOT Be Exempt From Hazardous Waste Regulations, Unlike Wastes From Active Wells  [PaEN]

-- 180+ Attended 2022 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference; MayFly Award Winners Recognized  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Stakeholders Celebrate ‘Vitally Important’ Somerset County Acid Mine Drainage Treatment Systems

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition Partners With Westminster College H.S. Science Camp; Completes Blacks Creek Maintenance Pond  [PaEN]

-- Brodhead Watershed Association Honors Volunteer Wendy Lichty, Dr. Matt Connell For Conservation Efforts At Sept. 23 Celebration  [PaEN]

-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake, Brightside Baptist Church Rain Garden Proves Green Infrastructure Is Beautiful And Functional In Lancaster County - By Sean O'Connor, Communications Intern, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy: Rain Garden System Expands Environmental Benefits, Offers Opportunities To Teach Green Infrastructure At Pittsburgh Schools  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Report On Progress, Local Projects To Improve Water Quality In Lancaster County

-- Bay Journal: 'Precision' Stream Conservation In 6 PA Counties Gets Federal Funding - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: Western PA Conservancy Watershed Mini Grant Will Aid Allegheny College’s Creek Connections Program

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Catawissa Creek’s Run To Be PA’s River Of The Year Has A Silver Lining

-- Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Program Offering Level 1 Certification Training Sept. 8-9 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Learn More About Pond Management At Twilight Pond Walks At 6 Locations Around PA

-- Dept. Of Agriculture Awards Research Grants For Soil Health, Farm Conservation, Regenerage Farming, Spotted Lanternfly Mitigation  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Stroud Water Research Center Gets Grant To Help Sustain State’s Agriculture Industry

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Is EnviroDIY Citizen Science Water Quality Data As Good As USGS [Spoiler - It’s A Close Match]

-- Expanding Meaningful Environmental and Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Technology Tools And Practice Online Educator Training Starting Sept. 27  [PaEN]

-- DRBC: Microplastics Pervasive In Waters Adjacent To Delaware River’s Population Centers  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Microplastics Found Throughout Delaware River And Its Tributaries

-- MCall - Paul Muschick: How New Reverse Vending Machines And Prizes For Students Are Helping The Environment At Lafayette College

-- The Burg: Capital Region Water Board Approves Plan Designed To Slash Pollutant Going Into Harrisburg Area Waterways

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Monitors Hydrologic Conditions Across The Basin; Including Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

-- Sept. 7 Screening Of Hurricane Agnes 50: Life After The Flood; It Happened Before And Flooding Will Be Worse In The Future Due To Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Storms Are Getting Worse, What Does That Mean For Our Health

-- Environmental Hearing Board Rules Renovo Energy Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Limits On Sulfur Dioxide, VOC Emissions Set Too High  [PaEN]

-- Clean Air Council Celebrates Joseph Minott's 40 Year Commitment To Leading The Council, And To The Environment  [PaEN]

-- EPA Announces Winners Of Let’s Talk About Heat Challenge Includes 1 From PA; Sharing Strategies To Help Communities Stay Safe During Extreme Heat  [PaEN]

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Sept. 23 Innovative CEOs Enabling And Expanding Decarbonization; Part Of Global Clean Energy Action Forum  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Suburban Philadelphia Firm Bets On New Technology to Store Solar Power 24/7

-- Erie 2030 District Achieves 22.4% Decline In Energy Use; $4.6 Million In Energy Savings; 14.6% Decline In Carbon Emissions  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Homebuilding Startup - Module - Selected As One Of 6 New Ventures For The Housing Lab, Prioritizing Housing Equity, Sustainability  [PaEN]

-- New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Provides Overview Of Efforts Since 2009  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: The New Allegheny County Sustainability Report Is Out, How Did Our Region Do?

-- Post-Gazette: Local Pittsburgh-Area Climate Initiatives To Receive A Boost When Long-Awaited Federal Climate, Energy, Healthcare Act Funds Flow

-- Utility Dive: Plugging $1 Billion For Alternative Fuel Vehicles, EPA Head Test-Drives Electric Garbage Truck [Made By Mack In PA]

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: With Critical Climate Change Fight, We’re All In It Together - Charles Dumas

-- Public Herald: Sen. Muth Raises More Questions About NPDES Permit DEP Issued For Eureka Resources Drilling Wastewater Treatment Plant In Susquehanna County

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: PA Company Wants To Build 2nd Fracking Waste Injection Well In Pittsburgh Suburb

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: DEP Hears Concerns Over Proposed Leachate Evaporator At Westmoreland County Landfill That Processes Frack Waste

-- BobScaping: New Video-- ‘Blowout: Who’s Next?’  Tells Story Of Fracking-Related Pollution Cases, Including Dimock, Susquehanna County

-- TribLive: Plum Residents Speak Out Against Drilling Wastewater Injection Well Proposal In Allegheny County

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Young Voters Can Save The Planet - NextGen America

-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Sept. 15 Program In Hershey On How Citizen Science, Place-Based Learning Are Helping To Address Environmental Challenges  [PaEN]

-- DCNR, Crawford & Warren Conservation Districts Host Field To Forest Workshops On Sept. 24, Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sewickley-Based Allegheny Land Trust Earns National Accreditation

-- Sustaining The Serpentine Barrens Conference-Tour Oct. 18-19 In Chester County  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Free Paint-By-Number Projects Based On PA State Parks, Forests

-- Penn State Extension Hosts Competitive Virtual Walking Program Sept. 12 to Nov. 7 

-- Registration Now Open! Laurel Highlands Trail Summit, Sept. 20, In Somerset County

-- Pike County Conservation District: Climate Change Update For Trails Month

-- POLLINATORS! The Musical Coming To Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College Sept. 11 - By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Sept. 17 Pollinator Festival At Adams Ricci Park 

-- Nature At Risk: Your Small Changes Can Help Bring Monarchs Back - By Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Nature-Based Child Care Center Opens At Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve In Fox Chapel, Allegheny County

-- TribLive: Eagle Scout Projects At Morosini Reserve Offer New Chances To Check Out Local Wildlife In Murrysville, Westmoreland County

-- Penn State: Boy’s Discovery Reveals Wasps Highly Complex Interaction With Ants, Oak Tree Galls

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming County Audubon: Being A Birder Is A Fun Hobby For Many People

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Highlights September Educational Events, Activities

-- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Invites You To Fall In Love With Nature Autumn Special Events

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: September 4, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

9/5/2022