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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- We Remember Sept. 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy - By David Hess, Former Secretary, Department of Environmental Protection [PaEN]
-- TribLive: ‘Teach To Remember 9/11’ Virtual Education Program To Officer New Resources For Educators
-- PennLive: Ex-Flight Attendant Pushes Airline Beverage Cart To Shanksville To Honor Flight 93 Crew
-- Penn State Behrend Campus In Erie Earns Silver STARS Rating For Sustainability Achievements
-- PA Solar Center To Honor 10 Organizations For Their Solar Energy Leadership In Chester County On Sept. 28 [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Armstrong Conservation District - Agricultural Technician [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Our Pocono Waters Hosts Sept. 6 Webinar On New Model Ordinance To Mitigate The Environmental Impacts Of Warehouse Facilities [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts Sept. 8 Bus Tour Of Stream Restoration Projects
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hosts Fall Native Plant Sale Sept. 16
-- Gov. Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Historic Site Hosting Festival Of Wood Sept. 23 - 24 In Pike County; 60th Anniversary Of Site Dedication [PaEN]
-- Armstrong Conservation District Hosts Sept. 24 Armstrong River Run & Watershed Walk To Benefit Local Watershed Groups [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Host In-Person Municipal Stormwater Forum Sept. 25, Clipper Magazine Stadium, Lancaster. 7:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Public Participation
-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets Sept. 5 On Proposed Permit Fee Changes; Well Plugging Financial Assurances To Prevent Abandonments; Environmental Justice Policy; Injection Well Primacy [PaEN]
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Sept. 12 On Environmental Justice Policy; DEP Customer Service Initiatives; Risks With Carbon Capture, Sequestration [PaEN]
-- DEP To Host Sept. 12 Public Meeting On Bishop Tube Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Chester County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Public To Weigh In On Proposed Olympus Energy/Hyperion Leto Natural Gas Compressor Station In West Deer Twp., Allegheny County
-- DEP Invites Comments On NPDES Water Quality Permit Renewal For Modern Landfill, York County At Hearing On Oct. 4 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 2 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- The Center Square: State Dept. Of Health Invites Citizens To File Environmental Health Complaints Related To Natural Gas Development; Health Will Also Review Environmental Test Results [PaEN]
-- Forbes Survey Lists Best Employers By State: No Natural Gas Companies Are On The List Of Top 97 Companies In PA; Sheetz Is #20
-- PA Solar Center Issues RFP For Solar Developers To Assist 11 Allegheny County Municipalities, Pittsburgh Water Authority Connect To Solar Energy [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Key Role Of Institutions In Clean Power [University of Pittsburgh Solar Energy Project]
-- NASA Shares First Images From US Air Pollution Monitoring Satellites
-- NASA Has New Fleet Of Earth Satellites Monitoring Air Pollution Impacts On Health, Agriculture
-- DEP Provides Notice Of Food Recovery Infrastructure Grants Awarded Under Act 101
-- PA Resources Council, Partners To Hold Erie Reuse Fest September 23 [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: PA Resources Council’s ‘Lens On Litter’ Photo Contest Puts Pollution In Spotlight
-- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Hershey, EPA Hope New Pollution Control Partnership On Dairy Farms Will Be Sweet Success
-- Reading Eagle: $260,000 In Grants Awarded To 4 Schuylkill River Watershed Improvement Projects In Berks County
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can I Do About Climate Change? Part 4: Getting Around
-- Citizens Voice: Annual Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Raptor Count Could Aid Climate Change Research
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Promising Feed Supplements Could Squelch The Belch In Cows
-- TribLive: Elk Farm 1 Example Of Butler County’s Changing Agricultural Industry
-- WESA: Proposed Lake Erie National Marine Sanctuary Would Include Vast Number Of Shipwrecks, Advocates Say
-- WESA: National Aviary In Pittsburgh Welcomes Female Steller’s Sea Eagle In Conservation Effort
-- Williamsport Sun Editorial: Economic Impact Of Outdoor Recreation Cannot Be Overstated
-- DCNR: New State Budget Makes Largest State Investment In State Parks & Forests In Decades; Highlights New Office Of Outdoor Recreation [Office Opened In January 2022]
-- TribLive: Gov. Shapiro Touts Connellsville, Fayette County As An Example Of Success Investing In Outdoor Recreation
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Gov. Shapiro Visits Fayette County To Promote Spending On Parks And Outdoor Recreation
-- Observer-Reporter: Shapiro: Connellsville ‘A Great Example’ Of How Outdoor Recreation Leads To Revitalization
-- TribLive: Ride The Natural Water Slides At Ohiopyle State Park - Video
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Launches Office Of Outdoor Recreation
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: New PA Office Aims To Grow Outdoors Recreation Economy, Jobs
-- DCNR Celebrates Mount Jewett To Kinzua Bridge Trail As Pennsylvania’s 2023 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: DCNR Highlights Trail Of The Year In McKean County
-- DCNR, Trails Advisory Committee, WeConservePA, Partners Release 2022 Pennsylvania Trails Annual Report [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Ranks Among 10 Best Small Cities For Outdoor Enthusiasts
-- DCNR Blog: Accessible Recreation For All - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern
-- WESA: PA Legislators Work To Make Suicide Awareness Information Available In State Parks, Forests
-- ABC27 News: Ole Bull State Park Manager In Potter County Saves Bear Cub From Plastic Jug - Video
-- Master Watershed Steward Don Horn Promotes Sustainability And Clean Water - By Alexandra McLaughlin, Penn State News [PaEN]
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Talking Dirt And Downpours In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Habitat Improvement Projects Continue By Partners In Brokenstraw Watershed
-- Pike Conservation District: Protecting Your Drinking Water Source - Groundwater
-- Penn State Extension: Trees Can Give Downtown Commercial Areas A Competitive Advantage Over Big Box Stores - By Vincent Cotrone, Urban Forestry Educator [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy: Bushkill Creek Restoration; First Graders Wild About Learning; Be Part Of The Stream Team!; Much More
-- Western PA Conservancy Water Land Life Newsletter: Plan Your Fall Adventures On WPC Preserves; Bring Fallingwater To Your Classroom; More!
-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Master Gardener Workshops Near You; Goldenrod; Invasive Knotweed; Inviting Birds To Your Garden; Much More!
-- Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Newsletter: Quarantine Questions; Handling Yard Waste; Lanternfly Distribution Survey; Online Learning Opportunities: More!
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Purple Martins In PA Are About To Migrate, Where To See Them Gather Before They Head South
-- Nature At Risk: North American Least Shrews In Monroe County - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Habitat Improvement Projects Continue By Partners In Brokenstraw Watershed
-- 2023 Celebrate The Bloom! At Jennings Environmental Education Center A Rainy Success In Butler County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Old Farmer’s Almanac Predicts Mild, Snowy Winter For Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette: It’s Linked To Ticks, Can Be Life Threatening, What Do We Know About Alpha-Gal Syndrome?
-- Scranton Times: Tips For Controlling Knotweed With Glyphosate-Based Herbicides
Background On Issues
-- DEP Expands Environmental Justice Protections With Updated Policy, Improved Mapping Tool; Enhanced Permit Reviews Start Sept. 16 [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To DEP Environmental Justice Policy [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Natural Gas Well Setbacks Questioned After Health Impact Studies
-- PA Capital-Star: PA Residents Call For Action After Health Studies Link Natural Gas Development To Asthma, Lymphoma
-- Between The Lines Podcast: Pediatrician Dr. Ned Ketyer Explains The Results Of New Studies Of The Health Impacts Of Natural Gas Development On Children And Adults [PaEN]
-- DEP Responds To Emergency Notification Of Uncontrolled Venting Of Natural Gas For Over 10.5 Hours From A Repsol Oil Shale Gas Well; Temporary Evacuation Order Issued In Bradford County [PaEN]
-- EQT Shale Gas Wastewater Truck Rolls Over Spilling More Than 4,600 Gallons Of Wastewater In Lycoming County [PaEN]
-- Now On Demand: Wasted Water: The Impacts of Fracking’s Water Use from Pennsylvania to Colorado Webinar, FracTracker Alliance
-- Delco Times: Chester Bankruptcy Receiver Warns Of Projects That Could Handcuff City Finances And Negatively Impact Residents’ Health On Heels Of Hearing On Proposed LNG Natural Gas Export Project In The City [PDF of article]
-- Bloomberg: Ports In Europe Lure Investors Into Clean Energy Gateway Plan, Away From Fossil Fuels
-- PA Business Report: PA Manufacturers’ Assn. Touts Regional Potential Economic Gains From LNG Natural Gas Plant In Chester, Delaware County
-- PA Manufacturers Assn: Anti-LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Groups Fail To Realize Local Benefits, Global Implications [Here’s the other side]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Needs More Pipelines, LNG Natural Gas Export Facilities - By T.J. Rooney, Industry Lobbyist [Here’s the other side]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Key To Pennsylvania’s Energy Infrastructure - By Marcellus Shale Gas Industry & PA Building Trades Unions [Here’s the other side]
-- AP: Federal Rule Allowing Rail Shipments Of LNG Natural Gas On Hold To Allow More Study Of Safety Concerns
-- PA Capital-Star: Plan To Export PA Natural Gas By Rail Sidetracked By Feds
-- TribLive: 5th Shale Gas Well Pad Planned In Frazer Twp., Allegheny County; Cecil, West Deer Townships Considering More Well Pad Proposals
-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: Reno Water Advisory Lifted [PDF of article]
-- The Derrick: 6 Weeks After Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater, Emergency Water Supply Distributions Continue In Village Of Reno, Venango County [PDF of article]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Concerns Swirl Over Benzene, Particulate Matter Emissions From Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Industry, Environmentalists Spar Over New EPA Rules Tightening Air Emission Standards On Clairton Coke [Coal] Works
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Erie Coke [Coal] Plant Site Cleanup May Cost Taxpayers Millions
-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA’s Participation In RGGI Matters More Than Other States, Here’s Why - By Clean Air Council
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Clean Air And A Healthy Climate Can Be Pennsylvania Future - By Vanessa Lynch, Moms Clean Air Force
-- DEP Awards $2.9 Million In Grants To Schools, Businesses, Local Governments To Switch To Zero- Or Low-Emission Vehicles; Next Round Of Applications Due Dec. 15 [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp. Testing Electric Vehicle For Municipal Use
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Action Has Brought Major Investment, Jobs To PA; Lawmakers Should Strive For More - By Bruce Cooper & Mark Reynolds Slippery Rock Chapter Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Will PA Courts Follow Montana In Protecting Children From Impacts Of Climate Change? - By Bruce Ledewitz, Duquesne School Of Law
-- PJM Interconnection Hears Testimony On Making Electricity Market Reforms To Address Nonperformance Of Natural Gas And Other Generators During Winter Storm Elliot; Transition To Clean Energy [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: As Renewables, Energy Storage Grows, Questions Remain For Utilities And Regulators On Electric Grid Reliability
-- Warren Times: Sen. Casey Visits Warren County To Talk About Federal Funding To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Including 5,000 To 7,000 In Allegheny National Forest
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Diversified Energy Plugs 174 Appalachian Oil & Gas Wells In First Half Of 2023 [Owns 22,000+ wells in PA]
-- WESA: New Carnegie Museum Of Art Exhibit In Pittsburgh Visits Front Lines Of Fossil Fuels - What It's Like To Live Where Coal, Oil, Natural Gas Are Extracted
-- WTAE: 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Part Of Ohio, May Have Been Felt In Pittsburgh Area [Earthquakes have been tied to shale gas drilling, injection wells in Ohio, PA ]
-- KDKA: 3rd Earthquake Hits Northeast Ohio In Past Week Shaking Traffic Cameras
-- PennLive: Climate Change Strains PA Farmers With Extreme Heat, Floods, Droughts
-- PennLive: Some PA Farmers See No Climate Change: ‘Every Year The Weather Impacts Us’
-- Inquirer: Philly Changed The Way The World Views Heat Disasters And May Have Saved Thousands Of Lives
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of PA Streams Sampled, Including One Near You
-- Beaver County Times: Researchers Detect PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Beaver County Waterways
-- WHYY: More Than 70% Of PA’s Rivers, Streams Contain PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Say Proposed U.S. House Cuts To EPA Would Hurt PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Control Efforts
-- Public Health Watch: Black Water - How Industry Fights Controls On Manganese, A Little-Known Drinking Water Contaminant - By Natasha Gilbert [Highlights Problems In Beaver County Water Supply] [PaEN]
-- WHYY/BillyPenn: Jerome Shabazz’s Grand Vision To Turn Vacant Lots Into New Park System In Philadelphia [Chair of DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council ]
-- Guest Essay: Allegheny National Forest’s Tracy Ridge Is A Prime Example Of Wilderness Here In The East - By Kirk Johnson, Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness [PaEN]
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: A Pilgrim At Brandywine Creek - To Counter Ecological Grief, I Turn To The Beaver, The Goldfinch, The Pollinator - By Elizabeth Esenstadt Evans
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Insect Conservation - By Nate Reagle, Certified Pollinator Steward [PaEN]
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: September 3, 2023]
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