Here are 25 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!

-- 3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN] 

-- DEP Report Finds: Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers Routinely Abandon Wells; Fail To Report How Millions Of Gallons Of Waste Is Disposed; And Non-Compliance Is An ‘Acceptable Norm’ [PaEN]

-- UnionProgress.com - Laura Legere: ‘Rule Rather Than The Exception’: DEP Rips Conventional Oil & Gas Industry For Noncompliance

-- PA Chapter American Planning Assn. Names 2022 Great Places In PA Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- Meadville Tribune: 2022 Was A Year To Remember For French Creek, State’s River Of The Year

-- Westminster Students Present Data Findings From DeSale Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Excursion  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Conservancy Announces Champions Of The Chesapeake: Rappahannock Tribe Chief Anne Richardson & Blacks of the Chesapeake President Vince Leggett

-- PA Capital-Star: Inside The 14-Year Battle To Secure A Water Line For Fracking’s ‘Ground Zero’ In PA [Dimock, Susquehanna County]

-- Agriculture Secretary Releases Guidance For Farms And Rural Communities Considering Solar Energy Production  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: University Of Pittsburgh Offering $300,000 To Group That Comes Up With Best Carbon Neutrality Plan

-- Group Against Smog & Pollution Monitoring Unhealthy Air Quality Levels In Allegheny County

-- Warren Times Editorial: Lead Testing For Children Needs To Happen

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Family Maximizing The Land On Their Preserved Farm

-- WHYY: Major Trail Is Opening In Montgomery County This Winter, With Other Trail Projects In The Pipeline

-- PA Authorities Assn: New PA Parks & Forests Foundation Video Highlights How Protecting Forests Improves Water Quality, Enhances PA’s Economy

-- Wildlife For Everyone Now Accepting Applications For College Scholarship Program  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Life Lessons Taught In DCNR’s Pennsylvania Outdoor Corps - By Brianna Geiner, Corps Member

-- TribLive: Mary Ann Thomas & Maddie Aiken: Several Hundred Birders Slough Through Rain To Count Thousands Of Birds, Some Rare

-- ExploreClarion: Penn State DuBois Ecology Students Raise Awareness Of PA Endangered Species

-- Interns Wanted: DEP Now Accepting Applications For Internships In 2023, Check List Often

-- Interns Wanted: DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Internships In 2023, Check List Often

-- UnionProgress.com: North American Wildflowers Threatened By Climate Change

-- PA Master Naturalist Update: Naturalists In Action; Spring 2023 Training Courses

-- Penguin Court & Thomas Road Farm In Westmoreland County Are Hosting 5 Virtual Programs On Winter Adaptations Of Animals  [PaEN]

-- Dauphin County Parks & Recreation: Friends Of Wildwood 4-Part Winter Lecture Series On Planting Trees For Tomorrow [PaEN]

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

Going The RIGHT WAY:

-- 3,190 New Stories In 2022 - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership [PaEN]

Going The WRONG WAY:

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues 

[Posted: January 1, 2023]   PA Environment Digest

1/2/2023