Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

-- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Asks DCNR To Protect State Forest Land From Seneca Shale Gas Drilling Well Pad, Comply With PA Supreme Court Decision, Protect Recreation, Wildlife  [PaEN]

-- Governor’s Invasive Species Council Celebrates Pennsylvania Native Species Day At North Creek Nurseries, Chester County  [PaEN]

-- Shapiro Administration Announces Support For First National Marine Sanctuary In PA - Lake Erie Shoreline In Erie County; Encourages Others To Support  [PaEN]

-- AP: Lake Erie Shoreline In PA On Its Way To Becoming National Marine Sanctuary

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Highlights PA Native Species Day, DEP EE Grants Open In August, Summer EE Activities  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Franklin Regional School District, Westmoreland Conservation District Seek Grant For Haymaker Run Environmental Center Near School

-- Bucks County Herald: Heritage Conservancy To Host BioBlitz Celebration May 18-19 At Croydon Woods Nature Preserve In Bucks County

-- NextPittsburgh: YMCA’s Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer Immerses Western PA Students In Environmental Education

-- Erie Times: Trout In The Classroom Project Reels Kids In For STEM Learning In Erie Area Schools

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Trout In The Classroom Program Great For Young Students

-- Stroud: High School Student’s Research Shows Salt Pollution of Fresh Water Has Tripled in 20 Years  [PaEN]

-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: High School Students Invited To Enroll In Summer Sustainability Institute

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Student Investigators To Study Pond Life May 27

-- Warren Times: May 24 Get-Together At Audubon Nature Center To Form New Birding Group

-- Penn State Center For Ag Conservation Assistance Training Hosts 3-Part Field, Virtual Learning Series On How To Implement Riparian Buffers On Ag Lands Starting June 23 

-- Penn State Extension: Government Program Funding For Farm Conservation Practices

-- Penn State Master Watershed Stewards Host June 14 Tap Talks On Sustainable Landscaping In Manheim, Lancaster County

-- Intern Wanted: PA Forestry Association Forest Heritage & Discovery Center, Caledonia State Park

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Mother ‘Nurture’s’ Ways: Memories With Mom In The Great Outdoors Are Oh So Sweet

-- PennDOT, DCNR, York County Officials Encourage Bicycle Safety, Discuss Benefits Of Biking

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: If You Find Young Wild Animals, Here’s What You Need To Know To Keep Them And You Safe

-- Elk County Conservation District, 9 Other Districts Partner To Host Regional Forest Landowners Workshop June 17 In Ridgway  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Meet The Environmentalist Advocating For Clean Water From His Home - A Sailboat On The Delaware River

-- Williamsport Sun: Little Pine, Hyner Run State Parks Offer Education Programs

-- PA Historical & Museum Commission Receives Grant To Design Research Center At Eckley Miners’ Village

-- Olympus Energy Shale Gas Driller Expresses Fear Municipalities Will Use Their DEP Compliance Record With Hundreds Of Violations To Help Make Local Land Use Decisions On Oil & Gas Infrastructure Projects  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Groups Launched Effort May 4 Asking For Update On Studies Of Health Impacts Of Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities, So Far No Response  [PaEN]

-- Struggle To Plug Tatonka Oil Co. LLC’s Nancy 13 Conventional Well Leaking Gas, Production Wastewater Since 2018; Citizen Complaint Finds ‘Bubbling’ Gas Well  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - May 20   [PaEN]

-- EPCAMR: PA Solar On Mined Lands Statewide Summit July 19 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Large Solar Energy Facility In The Works For Western PA’s Largest Waste Coal Pile In Washington County 

-- ReImagine Appalachia Hosts Virtual Community Benefits Summit May 23 & 25 On Maximizing Federal Investments In Appalachia

-- NRDC: PJM Interconnection Delays In Queue To Approve Renewable Energy Projects Threatens State Transition To Clean Energy; PJM Has Approved 35,000 MW Of Renewables Not Yet Connected  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: North American Electric Reliability Corp Issued Highest Alert Ever Urging Electric Generators, Transmission Owners To Take Measures To Prepare For Winter After Generator Nonperformance In 2018, 2021, 2022

-- TribLive: PJM Interconnection Says Region’s Power Grid Should Be Fine For Summer Demand

-- Utility Dive: Most Of U.S. Faces Elevated Risk Of Blackouts In Extreme Heat This Summer, North American Electric Reliability Corp Warns

-- Scranton Times: Outdoor Enthusiast Builds Cabin With Plans To Live ‘Off The Grid’ In Harmony Twp.

-- The Center Square: What Carbon Pricing Means, And Costs, In Pennsylvania

-- Duquesne Light Releases Inaugural Environmental, Social & Governance Report - Advancing A Clean Energy Future For All

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Green Building Alliances Releases New 2030 District Report Shows Pittsburgh Nearing Voluntary Sustainability Goals

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show: Holding Fossil Fuel Companies To Account May 19 At 4:00 p.m.

-- PA Recycling Markets Center May 31 Webinar Environmental Justice Issues For Recycling Facilities, 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of The Snyder-Middleswarth Natural Area, Snyder County Into The Old-Growth Forest Network  [PaEN]

-- Pinchot Institute For Conservation, U.S. Forest Service Sign MOU Enhancing Long-Term Partnership  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Woodmobile Drives Forestry Message To Warren County

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Shedding Light On The Antler Craze In Pennsylvania Elk Country

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Millions Of Birds Will Fly Over Western PA The Next 2 Weeks

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: Spring Raptor Migration Recap

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Benefit For The Birds Online Auction Thru May 31

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, Hamburg Area Arts Alliance Arts Tour Returns June 3

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Lilac Bushes Are In Bloom And Provide Beautiful Smell

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: May 21, 2023]


5/22/2023

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