Here are 105 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.

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-- 3 Pennsylvania Schools Achieve Green Ribbon Schools Recognition From U.S. Dept. of Education  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: California Area School District In Washington County Recognized As Top Sustainability School

-- DEP EE Newsletter: Winners Of 2022 PA Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience Awards Announced; Other Environmental Ed News  [PaEN]

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Update - Earth Week Edition  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Greensburg Salem, Derry, Norwin Top Westmoreland Envirothon Competition

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Envirothon Held At Chapman State Park

-- The Sentinel: Cumberland Valley Students Take Part In Conodoguinet Creek Bioblitz

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Creek Critters - A Book For Kids Inspires Scientific Discovery In Utah School

-- Landscape Architecture Students Help Pittsburgh Communities Reimagine What's Possible Using Green Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Washington & Jefferson College Hosts Free Green Building & Design Summer Institute For High School Students June 12-23  [PaEN]

-- Bucks County Master Watershed Steward Jim Walter Inspires Environmental Action  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner Walt Moore, Chester County, Named PA Distinguished Dairy Producer

-- Lancaster Farming: PA Lawmaker Wants To Make Farm Conservation Plans A Requirement For Farmland Preservation Tax Break Eligibility

 -- Allegheny County Conservation District Now Accepting Applications For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Grants; Your County Is Too  [PaEN]

-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Recognizes Stormwater Pioneers For Best Stormwater Management On Private Property

-- Clean Water For A Healthy & Thriving Economy: Community Partners Join Together To Restore Lancaster's Green Spaces - By Elvira Felix, Lancaster Clean Water Partners & Lydia Martin, Donegal Chapter Trout Unlimited  [PaEN]

-- Indiana Gazette: Blackleggs Creek Mine Drainage Cleanup, Trout Nursery Initiative

-- Brodhead Watershed Assn. StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties  [PaEN]

-- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, Climate Change In Top 5 Threats To Health Outcomes; No Update On University Of Pittsburgh Oil & Gas Health Impacts Study  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project Blog: Importance Of Keeping A Health Diary When Living Near Shale Gas Facilities - Well Pad, Pipelines, Compressor Stations, Processing Plants, Storage Facilities, Injection Wells, Waste Sites, Trucking Facilities, Petrochemical Plants

-- Citizen Complaint Results In Discovery Of An Unreported Crude Oil Spill Affecting Over 2,400 Feet Of Stream At A Cameron Energy Conventional Well Site In Forest County  [PaEN]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: With New Governor, Lawmakers Push To Move [Shale Gas] Drilling Sites From Communities

-- WESA/Inside Climate News: Awash In Toxic Wastewater From Fracking Natural Gas, PA Faces A Disposal Reckoning

-- PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP’s Authority To Protect Public Resources, Playgrounds From Adverse Impacts Of Shale Gas Well Operations; Do Not Mistake This Win For Adequate Protection  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: After Massive Equitrans Underground Natural Gas Storage Area Leak Alarmed DEP, The Agency Is Still Finding Its Role In The Response

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept Out Of Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Task Force Meeting

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Local Leaders, DOT Must Stop Plant In Wyalusing, Bradford County From Shipping LNG Natural Gas By Rail Or Truck Or Both To Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphians Envision A ‘Fossil Fuel-Free’ Refinery Redo At Community Summit

-- House Environmental Committee Sets April 24 Hearing On Plugging Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; New Bill Restores Authority To Increase Conventional Well Bonding  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times Editorial: Have Plan For Federal Cash To Plug Abandoned Gas Wells

-- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations  [PaEN ]

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com: IRRC Approves New Air Pollution Standards For Conventional Oil/Gas Industry

-- Concerned Residents, Advocates Call On DEP For The Opportunity To Comment On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Potter County  [PaEN]

-- Intense, Bright White Light From The Shell Plastics Plant Turns Night Into Day For Many Neighbors Of The Beaver County Plant  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Cherry Springs State Park And The Wonder Of Dark Skies

-- Beaver County Times: Casey Champions Rail Safety Bills During Beaver County Visit

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Member Of Congress Summer Lee Worries About Future Train Derailments

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Risky Railways From Pittsburgh To Site Of Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - by Ruth Ann Dailey

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Industrial Disasters Raise Questions About Erie Plastics Recycling Plant

-- 23 Pennsylvania, National Climate Groups Call On EPA To Cut Pollution In Power Sector  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Call On EPA To Cut Climate Pollution From PA’s Power Sector With Carbon Pollution Standards For New, Existing Power Plants

-- UpStream Newsletter From Stroud Water Research Center: Climate Impacts On Water Quality; Celebrating 10 Years In LEED Platinum Research Center

-- LancasterOnline: Earth Day Summit April 22 To Bring Experts, Ideas To Lancaster

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Earth Day Event In Lancaster Aims To Give People Hope In The Face Of Climate Change

-- WITF: Feeling Overwhelmed By Dire Climate News? Gettysburg Interfaith Service Offers Hope Amid Despair

-- Brandywine Conservancy Launches New Climate Resiliency Initiative To Help Local Municipalities, Landowners Address Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- MCall - Evan Jones: Lehigh Valley Planning Commission Receives $1 Million Grant To Complete Regional Climate Plan

-- WHYY: Climate Activists Arrested At Vanguard Investments Headquarters In Chester County

-- Ohio River Valley Institute Report: Timing Is Right For Rebirth Of A Clean, Green Steel Industry In PA Based On

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: ‘Green Steel’ Would Curb Carbon Emissions, Spur Economic Revival In SW PA, Study Says

-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Earth Day Approaches, Climate Solutions Have Never Been More Appealing - By Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: Erie Must Seize Its Place In The Emerging Green Economy For Health, Equity And Prosperity - By Sister Pat Lupo and Jenny Tompkins

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: This Earth Day, Let’s All Really Commit To Lowering The Global Temperature - Richard Whiteford

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Shapiro Climate Change Panel’s Secrecy Arrogant And Unacceptable

-- Scranton Times: Area Businesses Follow Earth-Friendly Practices

-- Scranton Times: Earth Day Event In Scranton Promotes Clean Environment

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Celebrates Earth Day, And 50th Anniversary

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Earth Day Has ‘Lost Its Way,’ Here’s How To Get Back To Its Roots - By Clean Air Council

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Earth Day Events Put Focus On Conservation

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: Focusing On The Importance Of Earth Day

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Progress For Earth Day

-- Solar Energy Facility Decommissioning Bills On House Consumer Protection Committee Agenda For April 25  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Community Solar Can Propel PA Toward An Equitable Clean Energy Future - By Vote Solar PA

-- York Dispatch: 2nd Solar Energy Project In Dover Township Receives Approval

-- PPL Electric Releases 2022 Sustainability Report Highlights Commitment To A Sustainable Energy Future

-- TribLive: Electric Vehicles Sparking Interest In Western PA, Especially Among Younger Drivers

-- PA Turnpike Commission Releases 2022 Sustainability Report - EV Charging, Roadside Vegetation

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Battery Plant Among $150 Billion In Accelerated Clean Energy Spending

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Private Investment Gets Head Start On Electronic Vehicle Buildout In PA

-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep PA Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania; 216 Cleanup Events Scheduled For Earth Day Weekend  [PaEN]

-- LehighValleyNews.com: Lehigh Valley’s Litter Vigilantes: ‘It’s A Year-Round, Constant Effort’ 

-- WTAJ: Keep Cambria County Beautiful: Tire, Appliance Recycling Events Returning

-- Independence Conservancy Hosts 4 Waste Tire Collection Events In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Hempfield Community Members, Students Gather For Earth Day Volunteering

-- CitizensVoice: Volunteers Cleanup Trash In Nanticoke On Earth Day

-- Republican Herald: Young Girls Help Earth Day Cleanup In Schuylkill County

-- Sen. Yaw Encourages Participation In National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day April 22

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Cleanways Accepting Many Types Of Plastics For Those Lacking Curbside Recycling

-- TribLive: Etna Borough Council To Consider Plastic Bag Ban

-- PA Resources Council: Go ‘Green’ On Earth Day - And Every Day This Spring

-- UnionProgress.com: Concerned About Lead In Your Soil In Allegheny County?  Get It Tested For Free

-- Penn State Extension: Take Survey On Herbicide Drift Damage And Herbicide Application Issues  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Blog: Bring Biodiversity Back To Your Lawn - Convert Your Lawn To A Habitat

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Looking Back To See The Way Forward

-- TribLive: Trees Planted Throughout Sharpsburg As Part Of Western PA Conservancy Program

-- Centre Daily Times: Outdoor Recreation Is The Future Of Economic Development, Purple Lizard Guides The Way

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Outdoor Recreation Boosts Physical And Psychological Growth In Kids

-- Spotlight PA: Erie’s View Of 2024 Solar Eclipse Will Be Exceptional, But It’s Going To Cost You

-- DCNR Receives Two Successful Independent Audits For State Forest Management [PaEN]

-- TreeVitalize Conference To Focus On Urban Trees, Community Resilience May 31-June 1 In Philadelphia  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny County Conifer Symposium June 14 To Explore Future Of Conifers In A Changing Climate In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- PA Master Naturalists Now Accepting Applications For Fall Volunteer Training  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Luzerne County Educator Starts 15th Year Of Hiking Series

-- TribLive: Public Offered Look At 5-Mile Tarentum-East Deer Trail Plan

-- TribLive: River Recreation Opportunities Expand Along The Kiski River In Leechburg

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna Greenway Provides Plenty Of Wildlife In Parks, Trails

-- Republican Herald: New Walking Trail Installed In Union Twp. Near Ringtown, Schuylkill County

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: How The Allegheny National Forest Came To Be 100 Years Ago

-- Natural Lands Adds 373 Acres To Bear Creek Preserve In Luzerne County  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Celebrating A Passion For Conservation - North Branch Land Trust

-- Warren Times: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited, Brokenstraw Fish & Game Club Hosting Earth Day Event April 22

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Erie Fisherman Honored For His Steelhead Fishing Stories Newsletter

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: The Urban Birder: Here’s Why You Should Spend More Time Looking Up

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Trail Guide Training May 2

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Blog: Bat Conservation In Pennsylvania

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[Posted: April 23, 2023]   PA Environment Digest

4/24/2023