Here are 99 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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-- House Bill Introduced To Create Veterans Entering The Sustainability Sector Workforce Incentive Program  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: Pittsburgh Healing Waters Fly Fishing:  Fly Fishing Program Offers Rehab To Veterans

-- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce Announces Participants In PA Wilds Remote Working Project To Visit The County In July  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Lifestyle Goals May Spark Rural Renaissance

-- TribLive: Ohiopyle’s Other Side: Fewer Than 30 People Live In The Borough Dwarfed By A State Park

-- Warren Times Editorial: Keeping A Natural Lifeline Pure With Environmental Rights Amendment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Industry]  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Court Drills Down On Environment - Environmental Quality A Right Not A Luxury [The Heart Of The Unconventional Shale Gas Drilling Industry]  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: PA Supreme Court Reaffirms Environmental Quality Is A Right Not A Luxury In Shale Gas Drilling Ruling   [PaEN]

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition Recognizes 2023 Clean Water Champions  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Recognizes 2023 Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Bothered By DEP Records Showing They Receive NOVs For Abandoning An Average Of 561 Oil/Gas Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 20 to 26; DEP Issues More NOVs For Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- Democrats On House Environmental Committee Report Out Bill To Help Prevent The Routine Abandonment Of 561 Conventional Oil/Gas Wells A Year  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item:  Conventional Well Plugging Bill Amended To Give It Better Shot At Passing Through House - Rep. Vitali

-- Spotlight PA: PA Limited A Board’s Power To Regulate Oil & Gas Wells, Democrats Want To Restore It

-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Accountability, Stronger Bonding Rules Can Ease Routine Conventional Well Abandonment Problem - By Sierra Club

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Conventional Oil/Gas Industry Responsible For Capping Wells

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Renew Bonds To Close, Cleanup Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Drilling Donates $100,000 To Upgrade Greene County Fairgrounds [Meanwhile Frac-Out Incident Drags On In Same County That Left Families Without Clean Water Since Last June]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Familiar Skepticism Clouds Outlook For Philadelphia LNG Natural Gas Export Hub

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Attorney General Files Natural Gas Pipeline Malfeasance Charges Ranging From Fraud To Risking Catastrophe

-- DeSmog - Justin Nobel: EPA Weighs Superfund Status For Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste

-- DEP Signs Consent Order Including $10 Million In Penalties, Local Payments With Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County To Resolve Air Quality Violations; Plant To Restart May 24  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Shell Agrees To Pay $10 Million To Resolve Air Emission Violations At Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver Times: Shell To Pay $10 Million For Air Violations And Restart Petrochemical Plant

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Shell’s Air Pollution Violations Result In $10 Million Find For Beaver County Petrochemical Plant

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Environmental Groups Say Shell Should Have Done More At Petrochemical Plant

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Accountability For Shell Petrochemical Plant Is A Critical First Step Toward Community Empowerment

-- Republican Herald Editorial: DEP $10 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Fine Just Cost Of Business

-- Scranton Times Editorial: State Subsidizes Shell Petrochemical Plant, Then Slaps Wrist For Air Quality Violations

-- EPA/DEP: Eastman Chemical Resins, Inc. To Pay $2.4 Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million Fine To Eastman Chemical For Pollution At Western PA Site

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Philadelphia Changed How It Regulates Toxic Air Pollution, Here Are 3 Things To Know

-- The Allegheny Project: Pittsburgh Media Outlets Collaborate To Cover Air Quality Misinformation In Southwest PA

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Holiday Cold-Snap Emergency Raises Questions About Power Generation

-- House Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools; Also Moves Resolution Urging Hydrogen Hub In PA  [PaEN]

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Legislation Creating Solar Energy Grant Program For Schools - Bills Will Defend Children’s Health  [HB 1032, SB 230]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Would Fund More PA Schools To Tap Sunshine To Power Their Buildings

-- NextPittsburgh: Solar United Neighbors Launch 2023 Co-Op Program To Bring More Green Energy To Allegheny County

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Solar Energy Facility Better Than Nothing For Toxic Coal Waste Site

-- AP: Will Biden’s Hard-Hat Environmentalism Bridge The Divide On Clean Energy Future?

-- Penn State Wind Energy Club Takes 3rd Place In U.S. Dept. Of Energy 10th Annual Collegiate Wind Energy Competition  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Energy Coordinating Agency Green Job Training Prepares Future Philly Workers For Climate Transition

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Form Energy Celebrates Groundbreaking For Big Battery Plant In Weirton, WV

-- Things Are Different In The House: Hearing On Hydrogen Hubs Became ‘Democracy’ vs. ‘Open Mic Night’  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Hydrogen Hubs Threaten Taxpayer Waste Without Thoughtful Design

-- Forbes - Cyrus Farivar: How PA Politics Are Shaking Up The State’s Cryptocurrency Scene - Tax Credits, Energy Options To Power Bitcoin Data Mining Operations

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Cryptocurrency Data Mining In PA Must Be Regulated - By Rep. Greg Vitali, Charles McPhedran, Earthjustice

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts May 25 Webinar On Climate Change And Penn’s Woods: What Does the Future Hold  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Can Help Communities Throughout PA - Sierra Club

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Names Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman New President & CEO, The Rev. Mitch Hescox Retiring  [PaEN]

-- Penn State’s Lara Fowler Named Director Of Sustainability Institute, Chief Sustainability Officer

-- TribLive: Smokestacks For Coal-Fired Cheswick Power Plant To Be Imploded In Allegheny County

-- Evangelical Environmental Network Supports Plans In Congress To Update U.S. Electrical Grid

-- LancasterOnline: PA Doesn’t Protect Against Summer Utility Shutoffs; Here’s How Residents Can Get Help

-- EPA Announces $14 Million+ For Cleanup, Technical Assistance For PA Brownfield Sites  [PaEN]

-- 300+ Registered For ReImagine Appalachia's Community Benefits And Labor Standards Virtual Summit On Taking Advantage Of New Federal Funding; Toolkits Available   [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: $14 Million In Federal Aid For Brownfield Cleanup Headed To PA, Sens. Casey, Fetterman

-- DEP Awards $7.8 Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment Projects; Next Round Of Applications Due Aug. 25   [PaEN]

-- Registration Deadline Extended To May 31: 2023 Watershed Forestry Summit June 13-15 In Altoona 

-- Bay Journal Forum: Saving The Chesapeake Bay Means Creating A Future With And For People - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: In Major New Report, Scientists Outline Path To Better Chesapeake Bay, But It’s A Slow One

-- Bay Journal: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Wastewater Plant Biosolids Used As Fertilizer Raise Concerns

-- The Guardian: Maine Plans Removal Of PFAS From Sewage Sludge Used As Fertilizer

-- North American Land Trust: Neighbors, Friends Help Plant Nearly 400 Native Trees In Brinton Run Preserve, Chadds Ford

-- Tioga Publishing: Penelec Green Team Joins Forces With Volunteers To Plant Trees To Shade Trout Along Pine Creek

-- Lock Haven Express: $30,000 In Coldwater Heritage Partnership Grants Awarded To Clinton Conservation District, Kettle  Creek Watershed Association For Stream Restoration Projects

-- U.S. Geological Survey Pennsylvania Water Science Center Spring Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

-- In Memoriam: John P. Fillo, Past President, Board Member PA Resources Council

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Bill Aims To Curb PA Litter Problem With Hefty Fines, Community Service For Offenders

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Is Working, But We Can Do Better - By Maurice Sampson

-- PA Resources Council Releases Interactive Map Of Glass Recycling Bin Locations Throughout Southwestern PA  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Announces College Scholarship Recipients  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Announces 2023 Wonderful World Of Water Camps In Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Conservancy Water Week Connects Land Management To Water Health June 2 to 10

-- Scranton Times: Forest City Students Visit Keystone College To Learn About Nature

-- Daily American: Schools Should Apply Now For Deer Valley YMCA Outdoor Environmental Education Program In Somerset County

-- TribLive: Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. To Host Young Naturalist Camp June 11-13 In Westmoreland County

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center - Night Transforms The Forest

-- NextPittsburgh: Latodami Nature Center Offers A Quieter Way To Explore North Park In Allegheny County

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Millersville University’s Ecology Professor John Wallace Retiring After 25 Years

-- Courier Times: These Farms Were In Long Fight To Preserve Agricultural Landscape In Lower Makefield, Bucks County

-- WeConservePA: Heritage Conservancy Preserves Two Properties With Landowners In Williams, Upper Mt. Bethel Townships, Northampton County

-- WeConservePA: Neighborhood Gardens Trust Celebrates Crease Street Garden Community Preservation In Philadelphia

-- MCall: Camp Trexler Boy Scout Camp Sold For $7.8 Million To Nonprofit Trexler Veterans Initiative Providing Services To Veterans

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Boy Scouts Sell Camp Trexler For $7.8 Million, Deal Appears To Avoid Large-Scale Development Of Property

-- DCNR: Gov. Shapiro Opens New Lehigh Gorge State Park Access Point To Highlight How Proposed Budget Investments In Parks, Forests Will Benefit Public, Economy

-- Citizens Voice: Gov. Shapiro Opens Trail, Boat Access On Lehigh River At White Haven, Luzerne County

-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, Partners Host Susquehanna Greenway Outdoor Expo June 3 Shikellamy State Park Marina, Sunbury  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald - Doyle Dietz: Schuylkill River Sojourn Celebrates Its 25th Year June 17-23

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Allegheny County Parks Foundation Survey Seeks Input On Trail Link Connecting County Parks

-- TribLive: Work Begins On Next Phase Of Pittsburgh’s Allegheny Commons Park Improvements

-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority Plans To Expand Popular Walking Trail In Mayfield

-- Observer-Reporter: Montour Trail Tunnel To Reopen By Memorial Day

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Levee Authority Receives First Sponsor To Spruce Up Recreational Trail Features

-- Centre Daily Times: New Park Offers Cyclists Of All Ages A Chance To Develop Skills

-- Now Available! Paddlers’ Guide To The Delaware River

-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: First Allegheny National Forest Supervisor Makes The Economic Case For The National Forest

-- House Adopts Bipartisan Resolution To Study Wildlife Habitat Corridors To Protect Wildlife And People  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: 2 Companies Donate Roof To Red Creek Wildlife Center In Schuylkill County

-- PennLive: Researchers In National Aviary In Pittsburgh Sight Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Thought To Be Extinct In Louisiana

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[Posted: May 28, 2023]

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