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48 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 48 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!

-- In Memoriam: Walter N. Heine, PA Deputy For Mines, First Director Of Federal Office Of Surface Mining [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania State Actions Last Week On Ohio/PA Train Derailment [PaEN]

-- PA Supreme Court Sides With Citizens, Landowner Not Sunoco Pipeline On Reimbursing Legal Costs For Lawsuits Won By Citizens [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Haven’t Filed Annual Production/Waste Generation Reports For 61,655 Wells; Attorney General Continues Investigation Of Road Dumping Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Abandoned Responsibility [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Feb. 18 to 24; First Violations Noted At New Well Plugging Sites [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Feud Between Grant Twp., PA General Energy Over Indiana County Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Before State Supreme Court

-- DEP Air Quality Committee To Hear Presentation On Methane Emissions Monitoring Overflight Study Of 91 Oil & Gas Facilities, Coal Mines, Landfills On March 9 [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Why Is The Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County Being Sued By Environmental Groups?

-- UnionProgress.com: Environmental Groups Give Beaver County Shell Petrochemical Plant ‘F’ Grade For First 100 Days In Operation

-- Beaver County Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant Hit With Air Violations; Activists Call For Operations Halt

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Air Pollution Is Killing Us, We’ve Got To Act Now To Stop It - By Carolyn Heckman, Evangelical Environmental Network

-- Erie Times: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Supervisor Pleads Guilty To Violating Federal Clean Air Act, Says Orders Came From Boss

-- DCNR Seeking Nominations For 2023 Watershed Forestry Leadership Award [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference At Lehigh University On March 14 [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Pennsylvania's State Water Plan Points To New Challenges - By Ad Crable, Chesapeake Bay Journal [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Cutting Waste In Reforestation Of Riparian Buffers; Summer Intern Opportunities [PaEN]

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts 2-Part Webinar On Opportunities, Challenges Of Green Parking Lots March 29, April 12 [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Forbes Trail Chapter Trout Unlimited To Unveil New Linn Run Watershed Conservation Plan In Westmoreland County

-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds: Healthy Soils Remain Resilient In Changing Climate; Cover Crops For Healthy Watersheds; Online Learning Opportunities [PaEN]

-- Penn State: New Grant Will Help Empower Small Farms With Sustainable Practices

-- Rodale Institute: Now On Demand 2022 Virtual Regenerative Healthcare Conference

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Forms LLC, Names Allyson Gibson, Executive Director [PaEN]

-- PA Lake Management Society Annual Conference Feb. 28 to March 1 In State College

-- Erie Times: Gannon University Seeks To Clean Lake Erie And Boost Economy In The Process

-- Warren Times: Warren County Conservation District Accepting Scholarship Applications

-- WESA: Carnegie Mellon Wants To Diversity STEM Fields With $150 Million Investment In Graduate Level Education

-- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Awards STEM Education Grants

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Salt For Snow And Ice - Effects On Waterways Not Very Nice - By Harry Campbell, PA Science Policy and Advocacy Director [PaEN]

-- Alliance For Chesapeake Bay: Project Clean Stream Trash Cleanup Events Start March 31

-- Warren Times: Eagle Scout Project Brings New Recycling Container To Sheffield

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water Authority Celebrates Its 10,000th Lead Service Line Replacement

-- York Dispatch: Enel Green Power’s Solar Project - Dover’s First - Moves Forward

-- Guest Essay: Forestall Or Foresee - The Energy Transition And The Pennsylvania Legislature - By Ralph Kisberg, Responsible Drilling Alliance, Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: A Better Way - Common-Sense Energy Policy Bridges Political Divides - By Eugene DePasquale & Kate Harper, EnergyFuturePA.org

-- Erie Times: Penn State Behrend Project Resolve Initiative To Bolster Industry And Environment

-- Erie Times: Is The Future Green At Erie’s Wabtec Locomotive Plant?

-- Pennsylvania Protects 32 Farms, 3,047 Acres In 21 Counties From Future Development [PaEN]

-- NRCS Announces New Partnership Project To Improve Habitat Across Allegheny Plateau In Pennsylvania; Apply Now For Project Funding [PaEN]

-- Penn State: Time In Nature May Help Older Adults With Improved Health, Purpose In Life

-- TribLive: Summer Interns Sought For Forbes State Forest For Conservation Tasks Based In Westmoreland County