Here are 68 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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-- DEP To Host Sept. 13 Virtual Roundtable To Celebrate The 60th Anniversary Of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Publication [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Invites You To Volunteer At Your Local State Park And State Forest Sept. 13 In Honor Of Maurice Goddard's 110th Birthday  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Pennsylvania’s Forests, Outdoor Spaces Among Our Greatest Assets  [PaEN]

-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette/Tribune Democrat: David McCullough, Author Of ‘The Johnstown Flood’ Remembered Fondly In City Where His Career Took Off

-- Gov. Wolf Announces $90 Million Investment In More Than 330 Projects To Improve Recreation, Conserve Natural Resources; Special Fall DCNR Grant Round Now Open  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Celebrates The Delaware Canal State Park Towpath As PA’s 2022 Trail Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: States/EPA Agree To New Plan For More Nutrient, Sediment Reductions In Chesapeake Bay Watershed To Make Up For Conowingo Dam - By Karl Blankenship, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Farming: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay To Plant 90 Acres Of Trees In PA This Fall For Cleaner Streams

-- Rodale Institute Now Accepting Registrations For 2023 Regenerative Farming Training 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: ALCOSAN Previews 16 Miles Of Tunnels To Be Built  Along Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers To Control Stormwater Sewer Overflows 

-- ALCOSAN: Proposed Regional Tunnel System To Help Control Stormwater Sewer Overflows

-- Daily American: Oven Run Mine Drainage Treatment Project Will Boost Water Quality Of Stonycreek River

-- Willistown Conservation Trust Publishes Comprehensive State Of Our Streams Report In Chester, Delaware Counties - By Lauren McGrath & Anna Willig, Willistown Conservation Trust  [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: PA’s 2022 River Of The Year - French Creek - Cleans Up Nicely 

-- Warren Times: Warren County Commissioners Support Allegheny River Cleanup Effort

-- TribLive: Penn-Trafford Graduate Heads Up Sustainability Programs In Turtle Creek Watershed

-- MyTwintiers.com: Lawrenceville, Tioga County Plugs Bullet Hole In Water System Storage Tank With Tree Branch

-- Southwestern PA Water Summit To Be Held Oct. 20 & 27 By The Southwestern PA Water Network [PaEN]

-- Exceptional Value Water Quality Designation, State Forest Land, River Honors Were Not Enough To Protect Loyalsock Creek From Natural Gas Drilling & Pipelines In Lycoming County - By Friends Of The 'Sock   [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Oct. 5 In-Person, Virtual Public Meeting On PA Health Studies Of Natural Gas Development In Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Recruiting Families In Southwest PA For Study Of Childhood Cancer, One Of 3 Studies Of Potential Health Impacts Linked To Shale Natural Gas Development [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh’s School Of Public Health Recruiting Southwest PA Families For Childhood Cancer Study Related To Shale Gas Development  

-- WHYY: Environmentalists Decry DRBC Permit Extension Approval For LNG Natural Gas Terminal In South Jersey To Export PA Natural Gas  -  By Zoe Read, WHYY, with Jon Hurdle of NJ Spotlight contributing [PaEN]

-- Natural Gas, Hazardous Liquids Pipelines Are NOT Required To Carry Insurance Or Show They Can Pay For Damages If They Explode, Leak Or Kill Someone  [PaEN]

-- New Book Edited By Researchers From 3 Pittsburgh Universities Now Available On The Environmental Impacts From The Development Of Unconventional Oil & Gas Reserves  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: 100-MW CPV Maple Hill Solar Energy Project Under Construction In Portage, Cambria County

-- WPSU: Centre County School District, Governments, Utilities Hope To Go Solar In A Group Buy

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Changes The Game For Blue Hydrogen

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: New ‘Landmark’ Federal Climate, Energy Law Turns Up The Power On PA Solar, Wind, Hydropower Energy Projects 

-- PA Solar Center, Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance Host Sept. 16 Webinar On Provisions Of New Federal Climate, Energy Law On Solar Energy And Energy Efficiency  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Provides Permanent Funding For Coal Miners’ Black Lung Health Care 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Sept. 21 Webinar On The Connection Between Climate And Voting  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Member Of Congress Houlahan Meets Reading’s New Climate Corps

-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Signs Climate, Innovation Agreement With Dortmund, Germany

-- WESA: Allegheny County To Create New Dept. Of Sustainability

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh Can Still Power The Future - Ed Gainey, Mayor Of Pittsburgh

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Once ‘Essential,’ Then Expendable, American Workers Are Transforming The Economy - Liz Shuler, President Of AFL-CIO [Clean Energy, Solving Climate Change]

-- DEP Announces Larger Rebates For Electric Vehicles; $3.4 Million For Installation Of 54 Fast Vehicle Chargers  [PaEN]

-- DEP Blog: Electric Vehicles - Learn What PA Is Doing To Help Drive A Cleaner Future

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Regional Transit Commits To Zero-Emission Bus Fleet

-- WHYY: SEPTA Gets $23 Million For Adapting Bus Depots For Electric, Hybrid Vehicles

-- Post-Gazette: PA Turnpike Jumping Into Solar Power As It Explores Electrified Road Services For Electric Vehicles

-- Guest Essay: Why Are We Still Using Dirty Energy To Charge My Clean Vehicle?  EV Charging 2.0  - By Eric Lowitt, Charge-Zero  [PaEN]

-- PA GreenGov Council Hosts Virtual PA Sustainability Summit Oct. 3-7  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant To Comply With Lower Air Pollution Limits

-- Lewistown Sentinel: Lower Air Pollution Limits Ordered For Renovo Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant

-- Trash Travels - Join Keep PA Beautiful For The Pick Up Pennsylvania Program To Keep Our Waterways Clean  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: PennDOT Says Litter Played Major Role In Tuesday’s Flash Flooding On Schuylkill Expressway In Philadelphia

-- Scranton Times: Keep PA Beautiful, Fishing App Ask Anglers To Report Trash In PA Waterways

-- TribLive: Help Pull Plastics, Mattresses, Toys And More From Allegheny River In Harrison, Tarentum Sept. 10

-- TribLive: Volunteers Work To Keep The Allegheny’s Riverbanks Clean In Natrona, Tarentum As Part Of Allegheny CleanWays 3 Rivers Effort  

-- TribLive: Pittsburgh Officials Look To Break Records At This Year’s Garbage Olympics On Sept. 17

-- Citizens Voice: Wilkes-Barre Announces Plans For Electronics Recycling Oct. 17 & 20

-- Graham Packaging Named A Sustainability Leadership Award Winner  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly’s Mill Creek Community Mourns Loss Of Beloved Parks And Recreation Employee Killed By A Bullet Friday

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Special Needs Playground Damaged, May Wants Those Responsible Caught

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust Purchases 127-Acre Property In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times - Brian Whipkey: Somerset County Pheasants Forever Chapter Donated $50,000+ To County Conservation District To Purchase Menser Farm Preserve 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Schuylkill Center For Environmental Ed: ‘Boy Scout’ Tract In NW Philadelphia Could Be Preserved, Controversial Development Plan Put On Hold

-- PA Wilds Region Digital Community Gift Cards Now Available For Purchase

-- Warren Times: Students Aid In Allegheny National Forest Projects Thru Conservation Program

-- Penn State James C. Finley Center for Private Forests 5th Biennial Forest Landowners Conference March 24-25, State College  [PaEN]

-- 2022 Eastern PA Consulting And Industrial Forester Conference Sept. 28, Cumberland County  [PaEN]

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Funds Project To Restore Bartram’s Mile Fishing Pier On The Schuylkill River To Provide Recreation, Fishing Access  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster County Woman Talks About Using TikTok To Educate Her Followers About Spotted Lanternflies

-- Centre Daily Times: Penns Valley Woman Places In Top 10 At International Fly Fishing Contest

-- Republican Herald: Williams Valley Trap Shooting Team Wins National Title

-- Game Commission: New Members Of Commission Board Welcomed

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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[Posted: September 11, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

9/12/2022