Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

-- PA Forestry Association, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Announce Mira Lloyd Dock Award Winners - Brennan Ka’aihue, Dr. Zeshan Ismat, Linda L. Finley [PaEN]

-- Interested In Becoming A Master Watershed Steward? Penn State Extension Holding Information Sessions For Areas Across The State Starting In December  [PaEN]

-- DEP Water Resources Advisory Committee Meets Nov. 17 On Draft DEP Stormwater Management Manual Update; Proposed Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy Awards $2,500 In Scholarships To 5 Teen Conservation Leaders In Honor Of Ralph Abele; Nominations Being Accepted For Youth Conservation Ambassadors  [PaEN]

-- Southcentral PA Appalachian Chapter Audubon Society Offering Full Scholarship To Hog Island Audubon Camp In Maine; Other Opportunities Available  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of The Interior, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation, Partners Announce $91 Million In America The Beautiful Challenge Grants; Including 2 Benefitting PA  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Pine-Richland High Schoolers Selected For Statewide Young Ambassadors Litter Prevention Program

-- PPL Utilities Awards Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Grants To Teachers

-- Morning Ag Clips: Montessori Academy Of Chambersburg Students Partner With Master Watershed Steward To Plant Native Rain Garden

-- WeConservePA: Pollinator Pitstop Program Starts A Community-Wide Movement Thanks To West Vincent Township Environmental Advisory Council In Chester County - By Donna Delany

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Announces Winners Of Photo Contest

-- Vote Now! To Help Pick PA Parks & Forests Foundation 2022 Photo Contest Winners  [PaEN]

-- William Penn Foundation, Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Nov. 9 Webinar: Tackling The Next Half Century Of Water Challenges. 6:00 p.m.

-- Observer-Reporter: Center For Coalfield Justice Holding Water Donation Drives In Greene County For Families Who Say They Have Not Had Clean Drinking Water Since June Following An Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” At Natural Gas Well Site

-- Center for Coalfield Justice: How You Can Donate Water To Greene County Families Affected By Alleged EQT “Frack-Out” In June 

-- Bob Donnan Blog/WTAE: Washington County Family Files Landmark Lawsuit Over Hazardous Chemicals And Chevron/EQT Shale Gas Drilling

-- WTAE: Lawsuit By Washington County Homeowner Says Fracking Caused PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ To Contaminate His Drinking Water 

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Washington County Family Sues Chevron, EQT Over Shale Gas Well Pads Near House

-- NEW FEATURE: Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Nov. 5 To 11  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment  [PaEN]  

-- Guest Essay: Stop Giving Handouts To Natural Gas Industry, Make Them Clean Up Their Own Messes And Protect Public Health - By Mitchell Hescox, Evangelical Environmental Network; Jacquelyn Omotalade, Environmental Health Project; Melissa Ostroff, MPH, Earthworks  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Our Leaders Need To Stop Negotiating With The Fossil-Fuel Industry Behind Closed Doors And Protect Public Health And Our Children - By Lois Bower-Bjornson, Clean Air Council

-- FracTracker Alliance, Clean Air Council, Other Groups Hosting Nov. 14 Webinar On Protected Zones: Setbacks From Oil & Gas Facilities In California, Colorado, PA  [PaEN]

-- GASP: Allegheny County Resident Files Lawsuit Against U.S. Steel Over Noxious Odors, Dust From Edgar Thomson Facility  ​

-- Penn State EarthTalk Nov. 14 Webinar: Effect Of Sheep Stocking Rates At Solar Energy Arrays On Farmland  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Sustainable Sewickley Hosts Solar Energy Event Nov. 14 In Allegheny County

-- Washington & Jefferson Center For Energy Policy & Management Hosts Nov. 16 Webinar: Plugging In - EVS And The Charging Network  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Nov. 16 Webinar - Countering Climate Disinformation In The Media  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center To Honor Blair, Somerset, Westmoreland County Groups For Solar Energy Leadership Nov. 17  [PaEN]

-- Penn State's 2nd Annual Solar Symposium To Be Held Nov. 16 Online  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Dec. 6 Advanced Grower Intensive, Other Educational Opportunities

-- WESA: University Of Pittsburgh Expects To Get About A Fifth Of Its Electricity From New Solar Energy Farm Near Pittsburgh Airport

-- Industrial Archives & Library In Bethlehem Seeking Volunteers To Work On Anthracite Mining Maps, Related Documents

-- The Daily Pennsylvanian: Philadelphia Schools Receive $5 Million EPA Grant To Provide Clean For Students

-- AP: Sickness Affecting 48 At Private Charter School Still Unexplained In Lehigh Valley

-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg School District Partnered With Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Assn. To Build 2nd Bike Trail

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: One Bird Is Found At Nearly Every Backyard Feeder In PA; Here Are The Most Common 24

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: PA Bird Feeder Watchers Should Look For Grosbeaks, Other Northern Birds

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: The Unfortunately Named Allegheny Woodrat Is Focus Of New Rescue Effort

-- Scranton Times - Trail Mix: Where Have All The Turtles Gone?

-- Responses To PA Plant, Insect, Animal, Aquatic, Pathogen Invasive Species Impact Survey 2022 Due Nov. 18  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Invasive Species Bugging You? Governor’s Invasive Species Council Wants To Know

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

[Posted: November 13, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

11/14/2022