Here are 86 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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-- Water Resources Assn. Of Delaware River Basin Announces 2023 Award Winners  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Program Blog: Family Farm In Lancaster County Does All It Can To Help Local Streams Recover

-- MCall Guest Essay: Saucon Creek Shows Some Surprisingly Good Pollution News For The Lehigh River - By Toby Broun, Allentown Central Catholic High School

-- EPA: Apply Now For $206 Million, 4-Year Funding For Local Water Quality Improvement Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed And To Advance Environmental Justice  [PaEN]

-- National Assn. Of Conservation Districts Invites County Conservation Districts To Apply For $90 Million In Grants To Fund Local Climate-Smart Conservation Practices  [PaEN]

-- Bradford Era Editorial: PA Must Help Protect Chesapeake Bay

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Keystone State Needs To Do Its Part To Protect Chesapeake Watershed

-- Philadelphia Water Dept. Blog: Spotlight On Award-Winning West Philly Green Stormwater Project

-- Schuylkill Action Network Oct. 20 Stormwater Operation & Maintenance Workshop, Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- Huntingdon Daily News: Trough Creek Watershed Assn. Could Be Reactivated

-- TribLive: Hampton Township Nears Stream Cleanup Goal In Allegheny County

-- StateImpactPA: PA Advocacy Group’s Guide Encourages Municipalities To Update Zoning Laws Covering Warehouse, Distribution Centers

-- Williamsport Sun: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Floating Classroom Presentation On Sustainability, Conservation, Efficiency - Growing Plants Via Hydroponics, Aquaponics

-- DEP Invites Comments On Stream Evaluation Reports For 3 Streams In Monroe/Carbon; Susquehanna; Berks/Lehigh/Montgomery Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Extends Water Quality Data Submission Deadline For Brodhead Creek, Monroe County   [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Total Maximum Daily Load Water Quality Plan For Alder Run Headwaters, Erie County  [PaEN

-- Mayor Of Sugarcreek Asks For Donations To Refill Village Of Reno Water Tank After Contamination In Venango County; Emergency Water Distribution Resumes; Contamination From Conventional Oil Wastewater Tanks Suspected  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Kara O’Neil: Oil City Approves Water Sale Plan To Help Out Reno Pending DEP OK  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Water Distribution Will Resume In Village Of Reno, Venango County Affected By Suspected Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill  [PDF of article ]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP: No Time Frame On When Water Will Be Safe To Drink In Reno; Water Distribution On Hold Due To Low Chlorine Levels  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Do Not Consume Water Advisory Continues For Reno, Venango County, Aug. 11 Event Set To Raise Money For Water Fund  [PDF of article ]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP Inspection Report Outlines Findings In Reno, Venango County Water System Contamination Case [PDF of article] 

-- The Derrick: Volunteers Signing Up To Help With Emergency Water Distribution In Reno  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: Reno Water Customers Turn Out To Air Concerns About Ongoing Water Issues At Sugarcreek Borough Council Meeting [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: Reno Water Customers Advised Not To Consume Water [PDF of article]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 5 to 11; Routine Venting Of Conventional Wells, Shale Gas Wells; Major Conventional Spills; Pipeline Subsidence  [PaEN]

-- EPA: G2 STEM LLC Withdraws Application For Oil/Gas Wastewater Underground Injection Well Permit In Fayette County  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Uproar Cancels Fayette County Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well; Locals Not ‘Easy Pickings’

-- Post-Gazette: EPA: Virginia Company Withdraws Application For Controversial Oil/Gas Wastewater Disposal Well In Fayette County

-- Post-Gazette: Residents In This Fayette County Town Are Going To Battle With EPA Over An Oil & Gas Wastewater Disposal Well Permit

-- Damascus Citizens: Comments Point Out Significant Deficiencies In  Proposed Fayette County Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well

-- DEP Extends Comment Period On Proposed Roulette Oil/Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Clara Twp., Potter County To Sept. 7  [PaEN]

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: Over 51,000 Christians Call For Stronger Standards On Fossil Fuel Power Plants  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Constellation Energy CEO ‘Disappointed’ To See Peers Opposing EPA’s Power Plant Carbon Rule

-- TribLive Guest Essay: As Climate Change Becomes Harder To Ignore, Proposed EPA Power Plant Standards Give Hope - PennEnvironment

-- Public Source: Inside PA’s Compliance Monitoring Of Shell Petrochemical Plant In Beaver County; DEP Struggling To Keep Up

-- DEP Accepting Comments On 2 Major Olympus Energy/Hyperion Midstream Natural Gas, Water Pipeline Projects Impacting EV, HQ Streams, Wetlands In Westmoreland County  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 15 In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania To Release Long-Awaited Studies On Health Impacts Of Shale Gas Development

-- Environmental Health Project: LNG (Liquefied) Natural Gas - Health And Climate Impacts

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Bipartisan Poll Finds Broad Support In PA For Clean Energy Transition  [PaEN]

-- On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia, Partners: Solar-Powered Faith Communities And Houses Of Worship, Saving Money And Ethical Labor  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority To Buy More Wind Energy From Western PA Energy Consortium  [PaEN]

-- WESA: Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Is Investing In Wind Energy

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Commits To Purchasing More Wind Energy

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Participation In RGGI Has Been Held Up For More Than A Year, What Has The State Lost?

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: By Stalling On RGGI, Here’s What Pennsylvania Residents Are Missing - By Joseph Minott, Clean Air Council

-- PJM Interconnection, Other Grid Operators Express Concerns Proposed EPA Power Plant Rule Will Accelerate Retirements Of Fossil Fuel Plants Without Reliable Renewable, Storage Technologies To Replace Them  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: New Book Looks To Climate Resilience To Ensure No One Gets Left Behind

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?  Part I: Start At Home

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Aug. 16 Webinar: Why Should We Care About, Advocate For A Climate-Friendly Federal Farm Bill?  [PaEN]

-- PA League Of Women Voters, Food & Water Watch Launch Letter-Writing Campaign Opposing Hydrogen Hubs In PA  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: Philly To Replace Every Street Light [130,000] With LED Lights Over Next 2 Years

-- WHYY: Philly Starts Replacing Its Street Lights With More Efficient LEDs

-- WPost: In PA It Costs Much Less To Fuel An Electric Vehicle Than Gasoline: Truck $41 Less; SUV $25 Less; Sedan $35 Less Per Fill Up

-- WPost: Despite Reforms, Mining For Electric Vehicle Metals In Congo Exacts Steep Cost On Workers

-- AP: Coal Miners Plead With Feds For Stronger Enforcement During Emotional Hearing On Black Lung Rule

-- Hold Erie Coke Accountable Calls On EPA, DEP, Erie County & City To Form Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Community Working Group On Site Cleanup, Revitalization  [PaEN]

-- Erie Times: DEP Report: Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Seen As ‘Potential Threat To Human Health And The Environment’ And To Lake Erie

-- Erie News Now: State Report Details Pollution At Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site

-- DEP Starts Taxpayer-Funded Hazardous Sites Cleanup Process For American Biodiesel Site In Erie County; Hearing Sept. 21  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: After Pittsburgh Coke [Coal] Plant Closed, ER Visits Plummeted

-- WITF: Berks Students Who Lost School In Flood Find New Classroom At Albright College

-- PEMA: PA Task Force 1 Team Deploy To Hawaii To Support Federal Search And Rescue Efforts

-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Inaction On Rail Safety Reflects Poorly On Congress [No Action In PA Senate Either]

-- Latrobe Bulletin: Ligonier Citizen Air Monitors Provide Real-Time Data

-- Eastern Hellbender, Pollinator Habitat Vehicle License Plates Now Available From PennDOT  [PaEN]

-- North Branch Land Trust Celebrates Hellbenders With Specially Designed Hellbender Products!  Proceeds Benefit The Trust

-- Elementary School Curriculum On PA Pollinators And Agriculture Now Available From Penn State  [PaEN]

-- SOLD OUT!  Manada Conservancy: Free Native Pollinator Plants To First 50 Landowners In Swatara Creek Watershed, Dauphin County  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County 2023 Pollinator Festival Aug. 19 At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden, Enola 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

-- Reading Eagle: Berks County Public Libraries, Berks Nature Reveal Bilingual StoryWalk

-- WeConservePA: North Branch Land Trust, Earth Conservancy Highlight Major Conservation Projects In Luzerne County During Site Visit

-- WeConservePA: Lancaster Conservancy, DCNR Partner To Add 21 Acres To New Susquehanna Riverlands State Park  [PaEN]

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA Announces Acquisition And Transfer Of 5 Acres To Boyd Big Tree Preserve  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Who Gave $3 Million So Schuylkill Center For Environmental Education Could Preserve Tract Of Land?  Two Sisters

-- WeConservePA: Westmoreland Conservancy Celebrates New Peaceful Stable Reserve

-- Post-Gazette: Estimated 28,000 People Flock To Weekend Regatta At Moraine State Park

-- Mountain Watershed Assn.  Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. 16, 17, 18  [PaEN]

-- South Mountain Partnership Power Of The Partnership Celebration Sept. 29 In Lewisberry  [PaEN]

-- Wildlife Leadership Academy, PA Fly Fishing Assn. Announce New Youth Fly Fishing Education ‘Stepping Stones’ Program For 2024  [PaEN]

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: What’s A Chesapeake Logperch, And Why Are So Many Agencies Trying To Save It?

-- Courier Times: Atlantic Sturgeon Return To US Rivers, But Will They Die In The Delaware River?

-- TribLive: Kayakers Catch Alligator In Kiski River

-- TribLive Editorial: Dumping Animals Dumps Responsibility On Others

-- Mussels Inspire Penn State Researchers To Develop Eco-Friendly Way To Extract Critical Rare Earth Elements

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[Posted: August 13, 2023]

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