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

-- DEP Secretary Negrin To Citizen Activists: ‘We Don’t Represent Chevron, We Don’t Represent Shell And I’ve Made That Absolutely Clear-- We’re Holding Those Leaders Accountable’ [PaEN] 

-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA DEP Secretary Negrin Sucks Up To Radical Anti-Drillers At Citizens Advisory Council Meeting 

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 8 to 14; Failed Shale Gas, Conventional Well Plugging; Leaking Conventional Wells  [PaEN]

-- DEP: Risk Assessment Did Not Prove Chemicals Polluting Soil & Groundwater At American Refinery Group’s Bradford Petroleum Refinery Met Safe Environmental Cleanup Standards  [PaEN] 

-- DCNR State Parks July Environmental Education Newsletter - 34 Summer Nature-Based Activities For Kids; Counting Fireflies; And Much More!  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: How You Can Get Involved In Science From Your Own PA Backyard

-- Centre Daily Times: Little Juniata Natural Area Showcases Unique Geology, Sights Of The ‘Little J’ River

-- FirstEnergy Developing Pollinator Habitat Along Transmission Line In Bradford, Susquehanna Counties

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Recognized With International Award For Bee Monitoring Work

-- PennLive: Camp Hill Borough Has Become A Bee City USA Affiliate In Cumberland County

-- Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund: The Law Did Not Save Grant Township’s Water From PA General Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well, The People Of Grant Did

-- 2nd Annual Marcellus Shale Water Business Update Conference Aug. 9 In Pittsburgh On Managing Shale Gas, Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Do Oil & Gas Drillers Owe Taxpayers Royalties For Oil & Gas Under Roads, Streets, Bridges And Other Taxpayer-Owned Land?  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: New Sinkhole Forms [Again] Along Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In Chester County

-- DEP Blog: Do You Know What’s Below? Gasoline Stations And Aging Underground Storage Tanks In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- EQB No Longer Has Statutory Authority To Change Conventional Oil & Gas Well Bonding Amounts To Help Prevent 400 to 600 New Well Abandonments A Year; Adopts Proposed Changes To Water Quality Standards For Comment  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Posts Draft Final Chapter 105 Environmental Assessment Alternatives Analysis; Will Discuss At Agricultural Advisory Board Meeting July 18  [PaEN]

-- DEP Reminder Of July 25 Hearing On Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County

-- DEP Secretary Introduces Bevin Ann Buchheister As New Acting Deputy Secretary For Water Programs  [PaEN] 

-- Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Recognizes PA Master Watershed Steward Jodi Sulpizio, Jodi Rose, Interfaith Partners For Chesapeake, As Watershed Champions  [PaEN] 

-- Federal Court Settlement Between CBF, Other Groups And EPA Over Requiring Pennsylvania To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Requirements Now Final 

-- PA Capital-Star: Settlement Finalized In Lawsuit Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution From PA

-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Federal Lawsuit Over PA’s Role In Chesapeake Cleanup Comes To Settlement

-- EPA Region 3: Statement By Adam Ortiz On Final Chesapeake Bay Settlement

-- Progressive Farmer: Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Dismissal Clears Way For EPA Runoff Crackdown On Farms In 7 PA Counties

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Asks PA Supreme Court To Reverse A Commonwealth Court Decision Saying West Chester Stormwater Fee Is A Tax  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Jayné Park-Martinez Sparks Conservation Efforts  [PaEN] 

-- Warren Times: Western PA Conservancy Honored For Work In Allegheny National Forest

-- Triblive: Shaler Township Commissioners Approved Girty’s Run Stream Restoration Project In Allegheny County 

-- Rodale Institute Blog: Nurturing Nature’s Filter - Soil Health And Its Influence On Water Quality

-- Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards, Master Gardeners Hold July 26 Webinar On How To Participate In Native Tree & Shrub Sale/Fundraiser, Tips On Planting, More!  [PaEN]

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Highlights Stream Surveys; Restoring Rivers; Juniata Flood Risk; Meeting Over Mussels; More  [PaEN]

-- Standard-Journal: Life Along The Susquehanna River Focus Of Documentary

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay July Update: Tree Planter’s Worst (Cutest) Enemy; Red Maples; Upcoming Tree Maintenance Days; More!

-- NRCS-PA: How To Protect Livestock From Harmful Algal Blooms

-- Scranton Times: Scranton Eyes ‘Climate Action Plan’ To Address Adverse Impacts

-- US DOE Selects Penn State University As One Of 9 Organizations To Help Deploy Clean Energy Technologies To Decarbonize The Industrial Sector  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards DEP $3 Million For Energy Efficiency Code Technical Training

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards $906,965 Grant To DCNR PA Geologic Survey/WV Geologic Survey For Central Appalachian Partnership For Carbon Storage

-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards Funding For Small Business Research, Development, Including To EC Power Group, Inc. In PA To Speed Up Battery Charging

-- US Dept. Of Energy Accepting Applications For $32 Million In Funding For Building rare Earth, Critical Minerals Facilities

-- EPA Launches $20 Billion Competition To Catalyze Investment In Clean Energy Projects, Tackle Climate Crisis

-- Senate Bill Introduced To Provide $5 Million In Tax Credits To Develop Solar Energy Facilities On Brownfields, Abandoned Mine Sites, Warehouse Roofs  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: 1880s Barn In Butler County Park Has Modern Solar Energy Profile

-- TribLive: Audubon’s Succop Nature Park Will Be Energy Self-Sufficient By Year’s End In Butler County

-- Penn State Hosts Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 23  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philly Exhibit Highlights How Art Can Move The Needle In Public Perception Of Climate Change

-- Republican Herald: Tri-Valley Teacher Helps Promote Green Energy In 3rd Trip To South Africa

-- WTAE: Monroeville Couple Battle Tesla Over Solar Panels, Roof Damage

-- DEP Blog: Commercial Kitchens Can Get Up To $8,500 In Rebates To Electrify Your Cooking

-- University Of Pittsburgh Names 5 Finalists In Pitt Sustainability Challenge [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: University Of Pittsburgh Names Finalists Advancing In Pitt Sustainability Challenge

-- PennFuture Releases Model Municipal Warehouse Facility Zoning Ordinance To Help Manage Impacts  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Environmental Group Creates Tool To Help Municipalities Regulate Warehouse Development

-- WPSU/NPR: Natural Gas Can Rival Coal’s Climate-Warming Potential When Leaks Are Counted 

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host July 19 Webinar On EPA's Proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Rule Covering Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: 10 Poorest Counties In PA: Cameron, McKean, Forest, Cambria, Venango, Clearfield, Fayette, Warren, Jefferson, Elk [Also Happens To Be Heart Of Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling In PA]

-- PA Mine Map Atlas Has Served State Since The Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County  [PaEN] 

-- Feature: Rock - Water - Air: A Personal Account Of The 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue  [PaEN] 

-- Scranton Times: Anthracite Coal To See: Brooks Mine Tourist Attraction In Nay Aug Park To Reopen

-- WESA: PA Launches 2nd Round Of Drinking Water, Wastewater Bill Assistance

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Replace All Lead Water Pipes

-- EPA Announces Proposal To Strengthen Lead Paint Standards To Protect Children Against Lead Exposure

-- Penn State Hosts Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 23  [PaEN]

-- PJM Interconnection Issues Hot Weather Alert For July 12 & 13 For Its Mid-Atlantic, Southern Regions  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Local Experts Advise Against Cranking Down The Thermostat During High Heat

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Schools And Duquesne Light Subsidiary’s Energy Efficiency Projects Ensure Safety While Saving Money

-- PPL Electric Utilities’ First-Of-Its-Kind Dynamic Line Rating Technology Improves Reliability, Reduces Costs

-- NextPittsburgh: How Duquesne Light Trains Workers To Fix Power Lines In Pittsburgh

-- PA Eligible To Apply For $76.4 Million In Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells; Conventional Operators Still Abandoning Wells  [PaEN]

-- Public News Service: Report: Oil And Gas Air Pollution Effects On Health Of Pennsylvanians  

-- Environmental Defense Fund Blog: New Health Study Shows Cost Of Oil & Gas Pollution In Appalachia

-- TribLive: Protect PT Seeks Support For Proposed Ordinance Regulating Shale Gas Wells In Penn Twp., Westmoreland County; Meeting July 13 

-- MethaneSAT-EDF Successfully Test Methane Detection Technology To Be Used To Document Methane Emissions From Onshore Natural Gas Production In North America  [PaEN]

-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program July 21: Exploring Ways Economic Resources Can Be Redeployed To Lessen Climate Change Risk 

-- DEP Announces July 13 Local Steering Committee Meeting For $5 Million Shell Petrochemical Plant Community Fund  [PaEN]

-- Beaver County Times: Community Panel To Make Plan For Shell’s $5 Million Air Quality Violations Settlement Fund

-- Living On Earth: Shell Petrochemical Plastics Plant Pollutes

-- City & State PA Guest Essay: Hydrogen Energy Sounds Too Good To Be True - Because It Is - By Clean Air Council

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: What The Wildfire Smoke From Canada Tells Us About Climate Change - By Larry Schweiger

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Our Natural World Is Richly Rewarding - Swimming, Hiking, Biking, Rafting, Boating, Fishing, Wildlife

-- Scranton Times: Participants Explored Public Lands Sunday At Lackawanna State Park

-- Courier Times: For 100 Years, Canal Boatmen And Their Families Lived On The Water In Bucks County [Delaware Canal]

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Abigail Luteri Always Enjoyed Fishing, Now She’s Patrolling Eastern PA Waterways For The Fish & Boat Commission

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited - Bob Pennell: Americans Continue To Find Their Best Selves In Recreational Fishing  [TakeMeFishing Special Report ]

-- Erie Times Guest Essay: A National Wildlife Refuge For French Creek Could Be A Boon For The Region - By Wendy Ormon, Erie Resident

-- LancasterOnline: Tropical Bird-- A Limpkin-- Spotted For First Time In PA At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

-- Vista Today: ‘Bird Towns’ Taking Flight In Chester County, Throughout Pennsylvania

-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Game Commission: Man Admits To Killing Bald Eagle In Washington County

-- Scranton Times Blog: Bats Need Good PR Agents

-- Penn State Extension: Q/A: Tick Season Is Starting Sooner, And They Are Showing Up In New Places

-- LancasterOnline: When Will Mayflies Swarm In Lancaster County? 

-- Erie Times: Mother Earth Fair In Erie To Offer Workshops On Organic Gardening, Sustainable Living, More July 15-16

-- Williamsport Sun: Tracking Drought Factors, Effects On Plants

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Awarded $225,000 Grant From Mellon Foundation To Lead Campaign Against Spread Of Invasive Plant Species  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - The Milkweed Plant Was Very Important In World War II

-- Manada Conservancy Aug. 17 Summer Native Plant Sale In Dauphin County

-- AP: European Union Lawmakers Back Major Plan To Protect Nature, Fight Climate Change

-- Wall Street Journal: Insurers Are In The Hot Seat On Climate Change

-- Financial Times: Extreme Wildfires Are Here To Stay, Can Human Beings Really Fight Them?

-- WPost: Floods, Fires And Deadly Heat Are The Alarm Bells Of A Planet On The Brink

-- The Guardian: Big Oil/Natural Gas Companies Who Made Record Profits Quietly Walk Back On Climate Pledges As Global Heat Records Tumble

-- AP: Humans’ Impact On The Earth Began A New Epoch In The 1950s Called The Anthropocene, Scientists Say

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: July 16, 2023]  PA Environment Digest

7/17/2023