Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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

-- DCNR Blog: Gaining Leadership Skills With Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - Now Hiring - By: Bri Geiner, Crew Member, 2022 Harrisburg Young Adult Crew  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Bureau Of State Parks Environmental Education Activities, Professional Development, Much More

-- DEP Issues Orders To Equitrans To Plug Additional Wells At Cambria County Underground Natural Gas Storage Facility, Bring Other Wells Up To Current Casing Standards And Take Other Actions  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Equitrans Natural Gas Storage Well Leak In Cambria County Sparks Overhaul Of Monitoring Efforts

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adopts A Ban On Discharging Wastewater From Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Operations, Strengthens Rules On Exporting, Importing Water To Support Fracking  [PaEN]

-- Courier Times/Pocono Record: Water And Fracking - What The Delaware River Basin Commission Bans, Allows Under New Rules

-- Bob Donnan Blog: Comparing How The Delaware River Basin Commission And The Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission Address Shale Gas Industry Wastewater

-- Bay Journal: Hellbender Habitat Slammed By Pollution From Shale Gas Development In PA's Loyalsock Creek - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal  [PaEN]

-- Bob Donnan Blog: What It’s Like To Live Next To A Shale Gas Well Pad While It’s Flaring Natural Gas

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard -  Dec. 3 to 9  [PaEN]

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

-- PUC Winter Natural Gas Reliability Reports - Households Using Natural Gas Will See A Significant Increase In Heating Bills  [PaEN]

-- Canary Media Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Exports Hurt Americans By Driving Home Heating Costs To Record Highs

-- Independent Fiscal Office Reports 3rd Quarter PA Natural Gas Production Dropped For 3rd Consecutive Quarter Over 2021; PA Hub Natural Gas Price Increased 94.7% Over Last Year  [PaEN]

-- Power For Tomorrow: The Impact Of Natural Gas Price Spikes On Electricity Prices

-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Moves To Renewable Natural Gas, Away From Shale Gas To Power Vehicles  [PaEN]

-- RMI: The Business Case For New Fossil Gas Power Plants Is Shrinking

-- Marcellus Shale Coalition Video: Time To Build Natural Gas Pipelines, Power Plants And More

-- PA Environmental Professionals Recognize Fmr DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell, Lorie Erb & Bog Turtle Recovery Program  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh Now Accepting Submissions For Sustainability Challenge, $300,000 To Be Given To Implement Winning Proposal  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Applications For College Scholarships

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Eagle Scout Goes Deep To Pull 1-Ton Dumpster, Mobile Home From Conestoga River In Lancaster County

-- Perkiomen Creek Finalist For Pennsylvania’s 2023 River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Schuylkill River, Perkiomen Creek Competing For 2023 PA River Of The Year

-- Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education To Permanently Preserve 24-Acre Forest In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnerships Blog: Keystone Recreation, Park & Conservation Fund A Success Story In Pennsylvania - By Emily Baldauff, Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Organizer  [Keystone Fund website ]

-- Women For A Healthy Environment Dec. 9 Online PA Healthy School Summit - Recharging For A New Era In Environmental Health. 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Dec. 12 Webinar: Mapping A Clean Energy Transition For Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Dec. 13 Webinar On Managing Invasive Species & Overgrown Landscapes With Goats  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Dec. 13 Webinar: Species Of The Allegheny Front Landscape.  Noon to 12:45 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Hosts Entertaining Dec. 16 Webinar Uncovering Probably True Solar Stories With Tor 'Solar Fred' Valenza  [PaEN]

-- PA Sea Grant Announces $1.07 Million Investment In Six Projects To Address Critical Aquatic Ecosystem, Watershed Challenges; Next Proposal Round Opens Jan. 5  [PaEN]

-- Delaware RiverKeeper: 2023 Watershed Congress Set For March 25

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study Shows Climate Change Threatens North American Wildflowers  [PaEN]

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Wildflowers Starved For Sunlight By Tree Reaction To Climate Change: New Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study

-- WESA: Climate Change Is Threatening North America’s Wildflowers, Carnegie Museum Research Shows

-- PA/NJ Chapter American Chestnut Foundation Update: April 1 Spring Growers Meeting; PA Farm Show Outreach; Spring/Summer Internships

-- Stroud Water Research Center Dec. 7 Exploring Our Hidden Waters - An Evening Of Film, Imagery, Storytelling - In-Person 6:30 p.m.

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Trail Towns Poised To Capitalize On Increasing Access, Popularity Of Rails-To-Trails

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Generational Changing’ Investments Poised To Remake Western PA’s Trails System

-- Inside Climate News: New Book By Annie Proulx Shows Us How To Fall In Love With Wetlands; Serve As Vital Carbon Sinks [Bartram’s Garden, Philadelphia ]

-- Williamsport Sun: Cherry Springs State Park Offering Dark Skies Programs In December

-- PA Forestry Assn./Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Release 6th Discovering PA's Forest Heritage Video - PA Forest Fire Towers  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Forest Fridays - Happy National Mutt Day

-- PA Firefly Festival Update: Register For 2023 PA Firefly Festival Ticket Lottery

-- Republican Herald: Animals Perish When Fire Destroys Building At Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- MCall/Reading Eagle: Fire Kills Animals At Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County, Main Building Destroyed

-- Republican Herald: Red Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center To Reopen In Temporary Location Following Fire

-- Williamsport Sun: Tiadaghton Audubon Society - Individuals Wanted To Help With Christmas Bird Count

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Examining Why A Buck Has Antlers And Not Horns

-- The Nature Conservancy - PA/DE: 2022 Impact Report

-- AP: New Abnormal: Climate Disaster Damage ‘Down’ To $268 Billion

-- Help Wanted: Shippensburg University Center For Land Use & Sustainability

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: December 11, 2022]


12/12/2022

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