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Here are 78 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!
-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes [PaEN]
-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Honors DRBC’s Pamela Bush
-- ClearWater Conservancy Awarded State Grant For Streamside Forest Restoration Projects In 3 Watersheds In Centre, Huntingdon Counties [PaEN]
--Latrobe Bulletin Guest Essay: Restoration Of Blacklick Creek Watershed, Cambria, Indiana Counties
-- TribLive: Upstream Pittsburgh Gets $120,000 Grant For Fern Hollow Bridge Restoration, Frick Park Rehab
-- MyChesco.com: Bristol Borough To Receive $110,000 State Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Patch.com: $255,000 Grant To Slow Flow Of Mill Creek Erosion In Bristol Township
-- Master Watershed Stewards Program Expands Across Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]
-- TribLive Editorial: Volunteers Vital To Southwestern PA
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards Grants To 8 Projects To Extract Critical Minerals From Mine Waste, Including To The University Of Pittsburgh & Partners [PaEN]
-- Celebrate Riparian Buffer Month In October With Penn State Extension, Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council, Local Groups - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center [PaEN]
-- Fall Is For Planting: Rain Garden Resources From Penn State Extension [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute CEO Urges U.S. House Agriculture Committee To Give Farmers More Choice In Farming Methods Like Regenerative Organic Agriculture [PaEN]
-- In Memoriam: Dr. Ralph Heister Former Executive Director, Green Valleys Watershed Association, Chester County
-- DEP Inviting Stakeholders To Participate In PAG-13 NPDES General Permit For Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Workgroup [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf: Two Members Of PA Task Force 1 Deploying To Puerto Rico To Support Hurricane Fiona Response
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Change In PA: More Storm-Driven Power Outages Possible, Analysis Says
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Seek Solutions To Increased Flooding Risks Often Caused By Climate Change
-- DEP Tells Citizens Advisory Council Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Still Does Not Meet Residual Waste Regulations; Remains Illegal [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Links Groundwater Contamination To Areas Of Unconventional Shale Gas And Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling [PaEN]
-- Study: Industry Data Shows Hazardous Air Pollutants Are ‘Ubiquitous’ In The Natural Gas Transmission System; More Justification For Robust Leak Prevention Programs [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Seeks Participants In Study On Fracking And Childhood Cancers
-- DEP Finalizing First Bid Packages To Plug 249 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Under New Federal Taxpayer Funded Well Plugging Program [PaEN]
-- Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh: News Coverage, Recorded Sessions [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Touts PA's Leadership In Clean Energy Transition At Global Clean Energy Action Forum In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: The World Is Coming To Innovation Powerhouse Pittsburgh - Allegheny County, Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Allegheny Conference
-- PA Environmental Council: Clean Hydrogen & Carbon Capture Can Be Part Of A Comprehensive Decarbonization Strategy: Responsibly Deployed With Environmental Integrity, Accountability And Equity [PaEN]
-- Peoples Gas, University Of Pittsburgh Partnering On Pilot Program To Evaluate Transport Of Hydrogen In Natural Gas Systems
-- Courier Times Guest Essay: New Federal Climate, Energy Law Will Boost PA’s ‘Hydrogen Economy’ - Team Pennsylvania Foundation
-- The Hill Guest Essay: Should Taxpayers Gamble On Blue Hydrogen And Carbon Capture? - By Shanti Gamper-Rabindrain, University Of Pittsburgh, Author Of “America’s Energy Gamble: People, Economy And Planet”
-- Daily Item Guest Essay: Embrace The Future Now Before It’s Too Late - Responsible Decarbonization Alliance, Williamsport
-- Landowners Urge Lawmakers To Pass Real Community Solar Energy Bills To Give $1.8 Billion Boost To PA Economy, Help Farmers As Senate Committee Meets Sept. 20 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Real Community Solar Legislation Could Ease Economic Pressures - David McKenzie, Operating Engineers Local 66
-- Penn State’s Sept. 26 EarthTalk Webinar Features Update On Solar Energy In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Council Meets Sept. 28 To Hear Updates On 3 New State Parks, Utility-Scale Solar Facility Guidance, Trails Program [PaEN]
-- DCNR Announces All Electricity Used By Agency Will Come From Renewable Sources By 2030 [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: DCNR On Track To Get 100% Of Energy From Renewable Sources By 2030
-- EPA's GreenChill Smart Supermarket Refrigeration Partnership Celebrates 15 Years; Recognizes 4 Supermarket Companies Serving PA [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Andrew Maykuth: Comcast Promises Energy Efficiency Improvements In Its Vast Cable And Internet System
-- Senate, House Climate Caucus Calls On General Assembly To Act On Meaningful Climate Legislation, Protect Public Health [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Quakers Protest Vanguard Climate Policy At Its HQ
-- WHYY/Billy Penn: 8 Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard HQ In Malvern
-- PennEnvironment, 160+ Advocacy PA Groups Call On Biden Administration To Cut Climate Pollution In Half By 2030
-- Penn State Awarded $25 Million Grant To Help Dairy Farmers Develop Climate-Smart Commodities
-- Penn State Shares $25 Million DOE Grant To Study Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation
-- Penn State Researchers Part Of $540 Million U.S. DOE Initiative To Invest In Clean Energy Technologies, Low-Carbon Manufacturing To Help Achieve U.S. Net-Zero Emissions By 2050
-- PA Municipal Authorities Recognize Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority, Chester Water Authority With Communication Awards [PaEN]
-- If You Missed It: PennEnvironment, PA Resources Council Webinar On A Plan To Reduce Waste, Improve Recycling Efforts, And Meet Modern Waste Challenges [Via Facebook]
-- Erie Times: Meadville Firm Hydroblox Recycles Junk Plastics To Make Products That Prevent Flooding
-- Register Now For 2022 Litter Summit Nov. 1-2 In Lancaster [PaEN]
-- 16th Annual Tire Collection Challenge In Huntingdon, Mifflin, Perry Counties Collects 2,003 Tires
-- Keep PA Beautiful: Hundreds Help Clean Up Erie During 37th Annual International Coastal Cleanup
-- Warren Times: Hundreds Of Volunteers Make 3-Day Allegheny River Cleanup A Success
-- Register Now For Pike County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Oct. 29
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Roadside Cleanup Oct. 1 On Route 60
-- Warren Times Editorial: Righting The Wrongs In The Allegheny River Watershed [Litter, Illegal Dumping]
-- DEP Interviews EJ Champion James Rebarchak In Latest Environmental Justice Newsletter [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Invites Volunteers To 1st Annual Jim Finley Stewardship Day In Moxie Woods, Mercer County, Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Orwigsburg Logging Project Combines Stewardship And Revenue
-- Post-Gazette: Native Urban Garden Stewardship Program Looking For 2023 Candidates In Pittsburgh
-- Post-Gazette: Never Heard Of ‘BioChar?’ Commonwealth Carbon Is Trying To Change That
-- TribLive: Flight 93 Site, Laurel Hill State Park, Forbes State Forest Seek Volunteers To Help With Projects
-- Centre Daily Times: Here’s How To Pitch In And Support PA Parks For National Public Lands Day
-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Here’s What Lancaster Conservancy Is Doing With Its 3,000 Acres In York County - By Jim McClure
-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 348 Acres Of Forest, Wetland Communities In French Creek Watershed, Erie County [PaEN]
-- North Branch Land Trust Receives DCNR Grant To Protect 220 Acres In Huntsville Reservoir Watershed, Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Federal Co-Chair Gayle Manchin Tours PA Wilds Conservation Shop In Kinzua Bridge, Sees ARC Investments In Action [PaEN]
-- PA Water Trails Program Announces Newest Trail: The Perkiomen Creek Water Trail, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- Keystone Trails Association Holds Fall Hiking Weekend Oct. 14-16 In Lewisburg, Union County Featuring Mega Trail Hiker Heather Anderson [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: ‘Walk In Penn’s Woods’ Offered At Rider Park Oct. 2
-- Post-Gazette: Walk With A Doc Event Encourages Healthy Habits
-- PennLive: Perry County Eagle Scout Project Goes ‘Gaga’ Ball At Community Park
-- Post-Gazette: A Smash Hit On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail: The Outpost Eatery In Westmoreland County
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Elk-Watching ‘Spectacle’ In PA Accessible Via Scenic Driver, Live Stream
-- PA Natural Heritage Program Summer Wild Heritage News: New Interest In Old Forests; Mapping Climate Refugia In PA; Join Tree-Of-Heaven Citizen Science Project [PaEN]
-- DCNR Blog: Be Part Of A Citizen Science Project To Help Track Bird Migration During The Fall Migration Round-Up In State Parks [PaEN]
-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Injured Steel Mill Bald Eagle ‘Imped’ With Grafted Feathers
Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.
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[Posted: September 25, 2022] PA Environment Digest
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