Here are 46 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!

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: In Pennsylvania, New Governor Fuels Hopes For Tougher Rules On Energy, Environment

-- Gov. Shapiro Issues Order Directing Agencies To Set Deadlines For Permit Reviews, Requires Money-Back Guarantee If Deadlines Not Met; A Similar Program Started At DEP In 1995 [PaEN] 

-- Master Watershed Steward Program Statewide Accomplishments In 2022  [PaEN]

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Announces 2023 Pasabilities Awards Recipients  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Update: Starting 2023 At A Pace For Success; Watershed Leadership Academy Begins; Much More!

-- Tulpehocken Creek Watershed Association Reviews Accomplishments, Seeks New Members In Berks County  [PaEN]

--  Scranton Times: Tu B’Shevat, A Jewish Holiday With An Environmental Twist, Begins Sunday - The New Year Of The Trees

-- Pike Conservation District: Link Between Forests & Healthy Watersheds; Environmental Ed Grant Application Period Open  [PaEN]

-- LiveRoof: Philadelphia Navy Yard Redevelopment Includes Gigantic Green Roof!

-- Pennsylvania Lake Erie Environmental Forum Feb. 21 - Education & Volunteerism In Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Register Now For 2023 Watershed Congress - March 25 In-Person, March 27-31 Online  [PaEN]

-- Save The Date: Choose Clean Water Conference May 23-24 In Harrisburg  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal Forum: For A Resilient Chesapeake Bay, We Need An Even More Resilient Effort - By Kate Fritz, Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay

-- Bay Journal Forum: Rewilding Wetlands - The Clear Path To Clearer Water - By Joseph Sweeney, Water Science Institute & Drew Altland, Ecotone, LLC

-- Penn State’s Center For Critical Minerals To Receive $2.1 Million Grant To Build Pilot Plant To Recover Rare Earth Elements, Other Critical Minerals From Acid Mine Drainage  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Biden Unveils $500 Million For Philadelphia Lead Pipe Replacement

-- Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Dallas Area Authority, Luzerne County For Dumping Millions Of Gallons Of Untreated Wastewater Into Toby Creek  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times/The Center Square: Report: Coal Falls, Natural Gas Climbs In Pennsylvania [But There Are Tradeoffs - Oil & Gas Culture Of Non-Compliance]

-- WCCSradio: Indiana Borough G.E.T. Solar Program Extended; Feb. 17 Webinar Set

-- PA Capital-Star: How Did Renewables Fare During Winter Storm Elliott In December?  [Fossil Fuel Failures, Natural Gas Shortages, Wind & Solar Performed As Forecasts Projected]

-- PennFuture Blog: Lessons From December Deep Freeze - Don’t Put All Our Energy Generation Eggs In One Basket - By Rob Altenburg

-- WESA/Lehigh Valley News: Sen. Casey Visits Lehigh Valley Crayola Factory, Highlights Use Of Renewable Energy

-- Courier Express: St. Marys City Council Adopts Ordinance To Regulate Bitcoin Mining, Solar Energy Facilities

-- LehighValleyLive Guest Essay: Why Easton Would Miss Great Opportunity If It Passes On Lehigh Canal Hydropower Plan - By Lamont McClure, Northampton County Executive

-- Better Path Coalition: Brown Bag Briefing On Impacts Of Unconventional Shale Gas Development By John Stolz, Duquesne University - Now Available On Demand

-- University Of Pittsburgh Hosts Feb. 6 Webinar: Reaping What We Spill, Leak And Spew  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups File Notice Of Intent To Sue Shell Chemical For Air Pollution Violations At Its Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Activists: Shell Petrochemical Plant Not Living Up To ‘Good Neighbor’ Promises

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Methane Pollution, Pennsylvania’s Clean Air Unfinished Business - By Environmental Defense Fund, PA Environmental Council

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Emergency Planning Committee Sending Letters To Local Companies Not Complying With  Requirement To Report Hazardous Chemicals

-- City & State PA: Westmoreland County Residents Trying To Stop Proposal By MAX Environmental Technology For Treated Hazardous Waste Landfill

-- DEP/PROP: Study Shows Growth in K-12 Students' Recycling Knowledge; 1988 Recycling Law Updates Needed  [PaEN]

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley H.S. Student Headed To U.S. Capitol To Demo His Award-Winning Recycling App, RecycleBot

-- DCNR: Mount Jewett To Kinzua Bridge Trail, McKean County Selected As PA’s 2023 Trail Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Hosts Feb. 14 Webinar On Strategies To Advance Park Equity In Rural Areas  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy Permanently Preserves 1,071 Acres In Pike County To Create A 43-Mile Corridor Of Protected State Game Lands  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission, Ducks Unlimited Partner To Improve 1,600 Acres Of Wetland Habitats On 61 State Game Lands  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Wyoming County Now Has A State Park After State Purchased Howland Preserve For Nearly $2.6 Million

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill Commissioners Award $255,000 To Preserve County Farmland

-- Pocono Heritage Land Trust: A Cautionary Tale In Land Conservation - Why A Handshake Is No Longer Enough - By Carol Hillestad  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Oases Amid Development, Lackawanna River Conservation Assn. Preserves Land

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Among Country’s Most Walkable Cities

-- WITF: Centre Wildlife Care Urges Hunters To Use Non-Lead Ammo After Another Bald Eagle Dies From Lead Poisoning

-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Proposals For Delaware Watershed Conservation Fund Grants  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Resolution To Study Wildlife Conservation Corridors To Be Reintroduced In House

-- Nature At Risk: Are We Driving Out the Northern Leopard Frog? - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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

[Posted: February 5, 2023]  

2/6/2023