Here are 88 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!

-- 21 Projects Honored With The 2023 Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence  [PaEN]

-- PA Environmental Council: Making This Place Better - Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Honors 25 Organizations For Leadership In Clean, Renewable Solar Energy From Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: PA Solar Center Honors 25 Western PA Organizations For Commitment To Sustainable Energy

-- Winners Of PennDOT Innovations Student Challenge From Lenape Technical School Propose Eco-Stop Truck Parking Areas  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Carmichaels H.S. Team Wins Greene County Envirothon

-- Republican Herald: Students Compete In Schuylkill County Envirothon; Winner Moving On To State Competition

-- Williamsport Sun: Local Leaders Praise Work Of Lycoming County Conservation District For Its Work With Agriculture, Environment, Notes Much Work Still Needs To Be Done

-- Attorney General Henry Charges 2 With Criminal Risking Catastrophe Charges Related To Work On Natural Gas Pipeline In Lawrence County; Pipelines Have Worst Environmental Compliance Record In PA [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: 2 Charged With Covering Up Inferior Natural Gas Pipeline Work In Lawrence County

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Nearly 11 Months Since An EQT Shale Gas Well Frac-Out Left Residents Near New Freeport, Greene County Without Clean Water; DEP’s Investigation Not Complete  [PaEN]

-- Citizen Complaint, Company Report Results In DEP Inspection Finding 63,000 Gallon Wastewater Spill At Seneca Resources Shale Gas Well On State Game Lands In Elk County; More Leaks, Spills   [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 29 to May 5; Major Shale Gas Wastewater Spill; 6 More Abandoned Well NOVs   [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PennEnergy Resources Latest Plan To Use Big Sewickley Creek Water For Fracking Draws More Pushback In Allegheny County

-- KDKA: Community Members Fighting Water Withdrawal Proposal By PennEnergy Resources For Shale Gas Drilling From Big Sewickley Creek, Beaver County  [Video]

-- EDF: Federal Pipeline And Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Proposes Vital Standards to Enhance Safety, Cut Methane From Nation’s Pipeline Network  [PaEN]

-- AP: New Federal Pipeline Agency Rule Aimed At Cutting Methane Leaks

-- Earthworks Submits Video Evidence To DEP Of More Air Pollution Violations By Gas Flares At Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell CEO Said Beaver County Petrochemical Plant Startup ‘Niggles’ Will Last Through 2023

-- WTAE Listens: Beaver County’s Shell Petrochemical Plant And Its Impact

-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper Seeking Volunteers For 3 Rivers Watch, Training Starts May 6 For Pollution Patrols; Other Upcoming Events  [PaEN]

-- House Committee Moves First PA Bill Setting New Rail Safety Requirements In Response To Norfolk Southern Train Derailment  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: PA House Committee Approves Bill Tightening Railroad Regulations After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- Post-Gazette/Capitolwire.com-Robert Swift: PA House Panel Approves First Rail Safety Bill After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- PennLive: PA House Committee Approves Bill Tightening Railroad Regulations After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment

-- UnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Fire Chief Says City Ready To Deal With A Hazardous Train Derailment

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Leadership Needed On Air, Water Quality In Norfolk Southern Train Derailment - By Environmental Medicine Education International

-- Breathe Project Update: EPA Regional Administrator Ortiz Meets With Mon Valley Residents

-- EPA Region 3 Hosts 2023 Virtual Summit May 17 - Investing For A Healthy, Sustainable Future  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups Circulate Petition Asking Dept. of Health, University Of Pittsburgh For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities  [PaEN]

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA Host May 10 Webinar: Imagine A More Natural PA - How We Use Methane Gas, What It's Doing To Us   [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice: State Dept. of Health, CDC Launch Environmental Public Health Tracking Program  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Advocates Push For Support Of Radon Testing In Schools

-- MCall: Many Homes In Lehigh Valley Have High Levels Of Radon, Here’s Why You Should Care

-- TribLive Editorial: It’s Long Past Time We Test Our Schools For Radon

-- PA Environmental Groups Testify On Cryptocurrency Mining In PA At House Environmental Hearing 

-- Yahoo! News: Biden Proposes 30% Climate Change Tax On Cryptocurrency Mining

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Small Businesses Uniquely Vulnerable To Climate Risks, For Many, Costs Are Already Mounting 

-- Post-Gazette: GreenSwans, Carnegie Climate Tech Startup, Looks To A Greener Future For Revenue

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Blog: RGGI Funds Should Be Used To Help Transition Homer City Power Plant Workers

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Protect Sharpsburg’s Health, Climate - Cut Power Plant Pollution - By Brittany Reno, Mayor Of Sharpsburg

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Allegheny County Executive Must Clean Up Our Air - Howard M. Rieger, Southwest PA Grassroots Town Halls

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Government-Corporate Partnership Improved Life In A Mon Valley Town Around U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City

-- Sheetz Surpasses 2 Million Electric Vehicle Charging Sessions

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Recharge Electric Vehicle Tax Structure

-- PA Capital-Star: Clean Water Advocates Call On General Assembly To Build On Success Of Clean Streams Fund Last Year And Expand Efforts This Year

-- AP: Audit Says Senate, House Expense Account Surplus Jumped To Record $261 Million In FY 2022 After Record Spending  [PaEN]

-- Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition: Rehabilitated Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Providing Clean Water To Moraine State Park Lake; What's Limnology?    [PaEN]

-- Standard Speaker: State Lawmakers Consider Solutions To Jeddo Tunnel Abandoned Mine Discharge Pollution

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Three Steps To Protect Philadelphia’s Drinking Water, Ensuring Our Right To Clean Water - By Villanova Professors

-- WHYY: Climate Change Could Impact The Philly Region’s Water Supply, New Storage Options May Help

-- UnionProgress.com: Clinton Underground Coal Mine Fire Still Burns 30 Years Later In Allegheny County

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Faces Difficult Trade-Offs With Agriculture - Why The Region Isn’t Meeting Its 2025 Cleanup Goal

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Million To Farmers To Help Protect Water Quality

-- Pike Conservation District Accepting Agriculture Conservation Assistance Grant Applications; And So Is Your County  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council, PA American Water Partner To Launch Watershed Education Initiative In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Yahoo! News/Reading Eagle: Reading Environmental Advisory Council Reports Focus On Green Infrastructure And Climate Resiliency

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Seeking Volunteer Riparian Rangers; Training May 6, 10  [PaEN]

-- FirstEnergy Donates, Plants Nearly 700 Trees In Mercer County To Celebrate Earth Day, Arbor Day

-- The Express: Clinton Conservation District, Others Team Up To Protect Fishing Creek

-- The Express: Members Of God’s Country Chapter Trout Unlimited, Kettle Creek Watershed Assn, Native Fish Coalition PA Chapter Pull 15 Bags Of Garbage From Little Kettle Creek

-- TribLive: Pond Cleanup Removes Plants From Penn Twp. Fishing Spot, For A Cause

-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts May 12 Online Listening Session On Flood Impacts & Solutions [PaEN] 

-- Observer-Reporter: Biology Professor To Present Buffalo Creek Watershed Study May 11 Buffalo Twp. Municipal Building

-- CBF: 'Experience The Upper Conestoga River' And Its Restoration Plan At Free Field Day May 13  [PaEN]

-- Schuylkill Action Network Spring Connections Newsletter: Mine Drainage; Pathogens & Point Sources; Agriculture; Stormwater; Stewardship, More!

-- May PA Township News Features Articles On GeoHazards; Funding Stormwater Control Measures; Grid-Scale Solar Energy Facilities  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free May 10 'Crash Course' Webinar On Backyard Composting During National Composting Week  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Launches Hard-To-Recycle Collection Events In Allegheny County June 3  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Plymouth Fire Co. Electronics Recycling Event May 6 In Luzerne County

-- Scranton Times: Cleanups Set For Scranton Neighborhoods

-- TribLive: Hundreds Help Clean Up Monroeville

-- TribLive: Shaler Residents Can Now Recycle Glass

-- Spotlight PA: How To Provide Feedback On Plan For Maryland National Guard To Lower Fighter Jet Training Over PA Wilds

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 500 Voices Helping Set Agenda For PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry

-- DCNR Highlights How Governor’s Budget Would Help With Infrastructure Needs At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: 31 PA Lakes To Undergo $88 Million In Major Improvements, Here’s What’s Planned By Fish & Boat Commission

-- Warren Times: Fish & Boat Commission Considering Dam, Spillway Repairs At Browns Lake In Warren County

-- PA Firefly Festival: Enter The Glamping With The Fireflies Raffle  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Announces Trout In The Classroom Grant Awards For 2023-24 School Year  [PaEN]

-- Join Temple University Harrisburg & Let’s Go Outdoors May 13 For A Mini-BioBlitz During Our Big Adventure Day At Reservoir Park  [PaEN]

-- Compass Education Hosts June 23 Workshop In Philadelphia On Building A Culture Of Sustainability In Your School  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Schools A Logical Ally In Fight Against Tick-Borne Diseases

-- Centre Daily Times: The Bike Roost, A New Bike Sales, Repair Shop In Boalsburg Is ‘All About Community’

-- Scranton Times Blog: After Losing 200 Pounds, Hiker Takes On 2,200-Mile Appalachian Trail

-- Republican Herald: $1 Million Donated To Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary May Events: Warbler Weekend; Youth Art Exhibit; World Migratory Bird Day; Native Plant Sale; Mysterious World Of Bats, More!

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Each Dead Bird In Academy Of Natural Sciences Collection Of 250,000 Still Has A Tale To Tell

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

Going The RIGHT WAY:

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

Going The WRONG WAY:

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

[Posted: May 7, 2023]  

5/8/2023