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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
-- Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Proposes Major Initiative To Speed Up DEP Permit Reviews/ Inspections; Double Oil & Gas Fund Investment In State Parks/Forests Infrastructure [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania State Actions Responding To Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of March 6 [PaEN]
-- Rep. Greg Vitali Named Majority Chair Of House Environmental Committee; House Appoints Committee Members [PaEN]
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Update - Vernal Equinox Edition [PaEN]
-- Reminder: Penn State Extension Hosts 4-Part Educator Training Course: Carbon Incentives For Forest Owners Starting March 8 [PaEN]
-- Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited Hosting March 11 Conservation Advocacy 101 Workshop In Monroe County [PaEN]
-- Better Path Coalition Hosts March 24 Program: ‘In the Footsteps of Rachel Carson: Lessons for Our Time’ Discussion With Author Patricia DeMarco, Ph.D [PaEN]
-- Save Our Streams PA Hosting April 28-30 Abandoned Well Weekend Workshop In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- Future Scientists Wanted: Land Health Institute Accepting Applications For Future Environmental Scientists, Stewards Program [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: Communitopia’s Raina Rippel Believes Pittsburgh Students Can Be Environmental Action Leaders
-- TribLive Editorial: 9-Year Old Lobbies Vandergrift Elected Officials To Open Playgrounds Early, Council Put Off A Decision
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: An Ode To Mud
-- DEP Hosting 6 Regional Engagement Sessions On Climate Action For Environmental Justice Communities Starting April 5 [PaEN]
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Workshop: March 28 - Urban Growers Leasing Land For Growing Projects, Garden Dreams Nursery, Pittsburgh
-- Dept. Of Health Now Accepting Entries To How To Prevent A Tick Bite/Lyme Disease Student Art Video, Poster Contest
-- TribLive: Wildlife Livestream Helps ‘Bring The Outdoors In’ For Saint Vincent Students
-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Accepting Summer Day Camp Registrations
-- TribLive: Game Commission Seeking Genetic Info On ‘Tame’ Ruffed Grouses
-- Governor’s Advisory Council For Hunting, Fishing And Conservation Meets March 13
-- Game Commission Hosts 10 Regional Public Information Sessions On Reintroduction Of The American Marten
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - March Brings Mud
-- 2023 PA Firefly Festival, Glow & Know Campout Details Now Available, Registration Deadline March 31
-- NextPittsburgh: Want To Learn Whitewater Kayaking? Start In The Swimming Pool
-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay: Forests Responding To Unseasonable Conditions; Volunteer Tree Plantings, Tree Talk - Black Cherry; More!
-- PA Director Of Outdoor Recreation Announces Statewide Stakeholder Meetings Starting March 29 [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: PA’s Outdoor Recreation Boom Persists, Data Shows
-- DCNR Blog: Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Supports Outdoor Recreation Economy, Park And Forest Infrastructure
-- The Water Center At University Of Pennsylvania Hosts March 17 In-Person Panel Discussion Of Delaware Basin-Wide Cooperation For Drought Resilience In Philadelphia
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To 2023 Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Students Across PA Are Raising Catfish In Classrooms
-- Warren Times: Tamarack Wildlife Center Returns Eagle To Wild After 5-Month Rehab
-- ABC27: Two PA Freshwater Mussels Listed As Threatened Under Federal Endangered Species Act
-- AP: Longsolid, Round Hickorynut Freshwater Mussels Granted Federal Protection
-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Accepting Applications For ISO 50001 Energy/Sustainability Readiness Cohort
-- PA Solar Center Hosts March 17 Webinar On Opportunities For PA In Solar Supply Chain, Solar Recycling And Reuse [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light/Jewish Earth Alliance March 15 Webinar On Why PA Needs Both RGGI And Expanded Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards
-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Hosts March 23 TEC Talk On Trends On Industry Decarbonization At Hazleton Campus [PaEN]
-- U.S. Senate Hearing: Energy, Environmental Impacts Of Cryptocurrency Mining In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: U.S. Senate Panel Probes How Cryptocurrency Mining Increases Energy Consumption
-- Nebraska Examiner: U.S. Senate Panel Probes How Cryptocurrency Mining Increases Energy Consumption In Nebraska And PA
-- Senate Passes Bill Blocking Local Elected Officials From Moving To Cleaner Energy Sources To Combat Climate Change [PaEN]
-- Rep. Fiedler, Labor Leaders, Educational, Environmental Leaders Announce Bill To Create Grant Program To Invest In Solar Energy Facilities At Schools [PaEN]
-- Bill Setting Decommissioning Rules For Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities Passes The Senate [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: One Of The Worst Global Methane Leaks In 2022 Was In PA - Equitrans In Cambria County; Routine Abandonment, Non-Compliance Of Conventional Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets March 13 To Hear Updates On Regulation Of Natural Gas Storage Areas, Chapter 78 Regs; Federal Well Plugging Program, Carbon Capture, Hydrogen Development [PaEN]
-- DEP Methane Overflight Research Study Resulted In Voluntary Reductions In Oil & Gas, Landfill Facilities; Coal Industry Uncooperative [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Lower Boom On Natural Gas Leaks, Audit Abandoned Gas Well Capping [PaEN]
-- PA-based Evangelical Environmental Network: Opposes Congressional Republican Attempts To Repeal Federal Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Reduction Program
-- Sen. Yaw Proposes Independent Energy Office To Promote Development Of PA’s Diverse Energy Portfolio - Natural Gas, Nuclear Power, Coal [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Greene County House That Exploded In 2018 From Natural Gas Leak Stands As A Monument To Leaking Gas Pipelines, Leaking Gas Wells, Leaking Gas Storage Areas
-- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County: ‘I’m Ecstatic. It Was The Dirtiest, Dirtiest Place Ever. It Put A Blight On Our Community’
-- TribLive: Fmr Cheswick Coal-fired Power Plant Property Could Be Rezoned Residential In Allegheny County
-- WESA: CMU Researchers Find High Levels Of A Hazardous Chemical Acrolein Weeks After Ohio/PA Train Derailment [Acrolein Also Used In Shale Gas Fracking Fluid ,To Treat Shale Gas Drilling Impoundments]
-- Inquirer: Solar Panels Can Cost $20,000 But Some Philly-Area Homeowners Say They’re Worth The Investment As Energy Prices Go Up [Driven By Natural Gas Price Spikes]
-- LancasterOnline: New Energy Co-Op Helps Make Switch To Solar Power Easier, More Affordable In Lancaster
-- U.S. EIA: 'Increasing Electricity Generation From Renewable Sources Contributes To Lower Power Prices' In 2023 [PaEN]
-- The Guardian: The First Great Energy Transition: How Humanity Gave Up Whaling
-- Bloomberg: Oil Investors Get $128 Billion Payout As Doubts Grow About Fossil Fuels; Long-Term Projects Like Refineries, Natural Gas Power Plants Could Become Stranded Assets
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: March 12, 2023] PA Environment Digest
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