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

-- 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

-- 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

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

-- PA Oil & Gas Industry Has Record Year: Cost, Criminal Convictions Up; $3.1 Million In Penalties Collected; Record Number Of Violations Issued; Major Compliance Issues Uncovered; Evidence Of Health Impacts Mounts [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 

-- Observer-Reporter: Explosion, Fire At Energy Transfer’s Revolution Natural Gas Cryogenic Plant Burned For Nearly 11 Hours On Christmas Day In Smith Twp., Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Dec. 24 to 30  [PaEN] 

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

-- DEP Posted 50 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. 31 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Top U.S. Natural Gas Producer Pittsburgh-Based EQT Saw Output Drops Of 30% During Cold Snap 

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

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

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 30 RiverWatch Video Report

-- The Weather Channel: Huge Ice Jam Block Susquehanna River, Backed Up Water Causes Flooding Near Wrightsville, York County

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

-- UnionProgress.com: Winter Can Be The Perfect Time To Start Feeding Feathered Friends

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

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

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

-- Warren Times: Audubon Natural Center First Friday Jan. 6 Nature As My Art Partner; First Sunday Story Time Jan. 8

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

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: How Does Wildlife Survive In Winter’s Rough Environment?

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Get To Know Trees On A Winter Walk With Tree Pittsburgh

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

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

-- USA Today: These Lies About Climate Change Just Wouldn’t Die In 2022

-- The Guardian: U.S. Response To The Climate Emergency: Key Moments Of 2022

-- Bloomberg: Six Climate Breakthroughs That Made 2022 A Step Toward Net Zero

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: January 1, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

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