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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- Asbury Woods Environmental Ed Center In Erie Recognizes Outstanding Volunteers [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Receives Federal Appalachian States Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award For Clearfield County Mine Reclamation, Trail Enhancement Project [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- House/Senate Legislative Climate Caucus Announces Climate Week Activities In PA Oct. 1-7; PA Climate Convergence Oct. 1-2 [PaEN]
-- DCNR, PA Forestry Assn., Partners Celebrate Pennsylvania Forests With Walk In Penn’s Woods Events Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Celebrate PA Wilds With Walk In Penn’s Woods Sunday, Oct. 1
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Oct. 1 Taste Of The Harvest Special Event
-- House Environmental Committee Holds Hearing On Bill To Protect Stream Buffers Oct. 2 [PaEN]
-- House Judiciary Committee Meets Oct. 3 To Consider Bill Against Lawsuits Aimed At Silencing Citizen Critics; Republicans, Democrats Introduced Similar Bills [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Oct. 3 Wildlife Conservation Science, Outdoor Recreation Curriculum, Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio: Cleaning Up Our Energy Systems, Oct. 5 At 4:00 p.m.
-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History In Pittsburgh Hosts Smithsonian Life In One Cubic Foot - Exploring The Diversity Of Life On Earth In Your Own Backyards [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Women And Their Woods Plant Identification Workshop Oct. 14 At Prompton State Park, Wayne County [PaEN]
-- York Daily Record: Solar Eclipse Coming Oct. 14, What You’ll Be Able To See From Central PA
-- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024]
-- Penn State Extension: 4-Part Webinar Series: Primer For Forest Management And Birds Thru Oct. 18
-- Still Time To Submit Entries For PA Resources Council's Gene Capaldi Lens On Litter Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- PA Forestry Assn. Annual Symposium & Awards Program Set For Nov. 4 In State College [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Nov. 14 PA Forest Seminar Webinar - Benefits Of Large Woody Debris In Streams, Noon and 7:00 p.m.
-- Penn State College Of Agricultural Sciences Hosts Nov. 15 Webinar: A Walk In The Woods - A Look Into Private Forests In PA And Beyond [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Offering SOLO’s Wilderness First Responder Certification Course In January
-- Save The Date! PA Recycling Markets Center’s PA ReMaDE Conference Jan. 18-19 In Bethlehem [PaEN]
-- Save The Date: Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 23-24 In State College [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Events; Promise Corps Work On Black River Sanctuary; Much More!
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Comments On Title V Air Quality Permit For Eastern Gas Transmission Compressor Station In Westmoreland County At Oct. 31 Hearing [PaEN]
-- DEP Updates Times Of 2 Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy To Accept Comments In Erie, Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: EPA Rolls Out Training Grants For Environmental Justice Communities
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - September 30 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 54 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 30 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- BCTV.org: Volunteers Needed To Assist Penn State Extension Master Watershed Stewards In Schuylkill County
-- BCTV.org: The Highlands At Wyomissing In Berks County Joins Statewide Partnership To Plant 10 Million Trees
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Blog: Back To School For Students Means Back Into PA’s Creeks And Rivers In PA’s Rivers & Streams Environmental Ed Program
-- Penn State Student Club Fosters Diversity, Community, Professionalism In Earth & Mineral Sciences [PaEN]
-- PennDOT Reminds Motorists NEVER To Drive Through Flooded Roadways
-- The Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Is Banning Plastic Bags Next Month, Here’s What You Need To Know.
-- DCNR Issues First Fall Foliage Report Of The Season - First Glimmers Of Autumn Are Here [PaEN]
-- DCNR, PA Forestry Assn., Partners Celebrate Pennsylvania Forests With Walk In Penn’s Woods Events Oct. 1 [PaEN]
-- KDKA: Fall Foliage Report: Moderate Summer Sets Stage For ‘Very Colorful’ Autumn Across PA
-- Warren Times: Fall Foliage Inbound
-- CountryLiving Survey: Wellsboro, Tioga County Named #9; Milford, Pike County #28 of 55 Best Fall Towns In US For Foliage
-- Erie Times: Leaves In Erie Region Are Readying Their Fall Colors, Find Out When And Where To See Them
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Communities Get Influx Of Federal Cash To Plant Trees
-- Penn State Extension Latest Woods & Wildlife News And Notes Newsletter
-- Citizens Voice: Eckley Miners’ Village Seeks To Become A Hub For College And High School Research
-- The Conservation Fund, DCNR Add 436 Acres Of Forest Land To Pinchot State Forest In Lackawanna County With Financial Support From Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Company [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Scranton Opens 400-Acre State Forest Expansion To Public
-- WNEP: 436 Acres Of Scranton Woodland Added To Pinchot State Forest
-- WVIA: Greenways & Trails Summit Brings Experts From All Over The State To Scranton
-- WeConservePA: 2023 PA Greenways & Trails Summit Wrap-Up: A Scranton Success
-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Adds Biography Of John Arway, Former Executive Director Of Fish & Boat Commission [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald Editorial: Wildlife Corridors Would Help Drivers, Animals [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Wildlife Habitat Is A Top Priority For Game Commission, Many Private Forest Landowners - Issues And Insights [Video]
-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Oakland Dam Removed From North Branch Susquehanna River In Susquehanna County
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: Blakeslee Preserve Stream Restoration Project, Cherry Valley National Refuge In Monroe County [Video]
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: It’s October Party Thanks To Game Commission
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Look At Bird Calls And Various Songs From Our Avian Friends
-- Game Commission: Hemorrhagic Disease Outbreak In Crawford County, 30-40 Deer Found Dead
-- The Allegheny Front: Climate Change Has Altered Poison Ivy Leaves In PA - Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Study
-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Prevent Invasive Species Migration - Clean, Drain, Dry
Background On Issues
-- Gov. Shapiro’s Work Group Concludes A Cap-And-Invest Carbon Pollution Regulation Program Would Be Optimal Approach To Reducing Greenhouse Emissions From Power Plants; Scale Up Solar Energy [PaEN]
-- AP: Gov. Shapiro Noncommittal On Greenhouse Gas Strategy As Climate Task Force Finishes Work
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Gov. Shapiro’s Climate Work Group Endorses Emissions Curbs To Fight Climate Change But Don’t Embrace RGGI Membership
-- House/Senate Legislative Climate Caucus Announces Climate Week Activities In PA Oct. 1-7; PA Climate Convergence Oct. 1-2 [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Sept. 23 to 29; More Abandoned Wells; Oil & Gas Doesn’t Typically Issue NOVs For ‘Routine’ Venting Of Natural Gas, Will Air Quality Under New Regs? [PaEN]
-- Environmental Health Project: How DEP Issues Permits For Shale Gas Facilities Without Considering Cumulative Impacts - How New Facilities Will Add To Existing Pollution Loads And Impact The Area [PaEN]
-- Member Of Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group Briefs DCNR Advisory Council On Siting Of Shale Gas Well Pad On State Forest Land To Accommodate Taking Gas From Private Land In Tioga County [PaEN]
-- Gettysburg Times: DCNR Secretary Dunn Stresses Connection Between Community And Protection Of Natural Resources Giving People ‘A Sense Of Place’ That Makes PA Unique [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette/NYT: ‘Monster [Shale Gas] Fracks’ Are Getting Far Bigger, And Far Thirstier [Texas]
-- FracTracker Alliance: PA Watersheds At Risk: Drought And Fracking; Per Well Water Use In PA Increased From 2 to 9 Million Gallons Per Well In 2008 to 14 to 39 Million Gallons per Well in 2019
-- Halt The Harm Webinar: Wasted Water: The Impacts Of Shale Gas Fracking’s Water Use From PA To Colorado [Video]
-- PJM Interconnection Files Proposed Winter Storm Elliot Settlement With Non-Performing Electric Generators With FERC, Requests Final Action By Dec. 29 [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Board Proposes Market Reforms Based Largely On Unreliability Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants During Winter Storm Elliot [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM Board Calls For Capacity Market Changes To Bolster Grid Reliability, Resource Adequacy
-- Reuters: US Power Grids Must Adapt To Rapid Electrification, Operators Say
-- DEP Updates Times Of 2 Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Policy To Accept Comments In Erie, Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: EPA Rolls Out Training Grants For Environmental Justice Communities
-- On Sept. 27 Families Will Hold Town Hall Meeting In Washington County Seeking Policy Changes After Pitt Studies Link Natural Gas Development And Negative Health Outcomes [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro, The Fracking Clock Is Ticking - By Megan McDonough, Food & Water Watch
-- Grist - Will Peischel: Inside The Rough-And-Tumble Race To Clean Up America’s Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells [PA Highlighted]
-- Guest Essay: DEP Should Invest $33.6 Million In New Federal Funding Wisely To Plug Conventional Oil & Gas Wells And Not Reward The Industry For Bad Behavior - By Russell Zerbo, Clean Air Council [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Pipeline Operator Faces $100,000 PUC Penalty For 2020 House Explosion In Greene County
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: WV Sen. Manchin (D), PA Republican Cong. Reschenthaler Tell A Tale Of 2 Energy Futures [Biden’s Boost To Energy Independence, Ex-President’s Energy Deregulation]
-- Guest Essay: EPA Further Threatens Grid Reliability By Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants, Including Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants - By Sen. Gene Yaw (R-Lycoming), Majority Chair of the PA Senate Environmental Committee
-- Penn State Technical Assistance Program Saves Company $50,000+ In Annual Energy Costs; Call To Make Your Appointment Today [PaEN]
-- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn., Philadelphia Energy Authority Host Solar Tour Webinar On Oct. 3 [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Seneca Pumped Storage Electric Generating Station On Allegheny River Conducts Tour
-- Observer-Reporter: Hydropower Makes Splash As Washington & Jefferson College Center Resumes Series
-- NRCS-PA Announces Conservation Funding Opportunities For FY 2024
-- Brandywine Red Clay Alliance: Agriculture’s Role In A Clean Watershed: The Whole Farm Approach [PaEN]
-- Sept. 29 Take Five Friday With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Outdoor Life: Bill Would Divert $150 Million From Game Commission, Threaten Federal Wildlife Funding In PA
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Groups Oppose State’s Attempt To Move Money From Game Commission To Another Fund
-- NewsTalk103.7FM: PA Officials Warn Of $150 Million ‘Raid’ On State Game Fund
-- Chesapeake Bay Program: An Estimated 28.1% Of The Chesapeake Bay Met Water Quality Standards In The 2019-21 Assessment Period, Down From 28.9% In 2018-20
-- EPA: Making Generational Investment To Improve Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay Watershed
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Column - Tom Horton: If You Point The Finger At Pennsylvania, The Other Three Are Pointing At You
-- Williamsport Sun: Project Underway To Rebuild Fishing Creek Trout Habitat, Boost Economy, Help Environment In Clinton County
-- Erie Times: What Was That Smell? DEP Says It Was Likely Lake Erie ‘Burping’ From Water Chemistry Changes
-- DCNR Blog: Trail Towns - Connecting The Outdoors And Communities - By Hanna Ryon, DCNR Intern To Office Of Outdoor Recreation
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Tyler Arboretum Loses 900 Ash Trees To Emerald Ash Borer, Forced To Close Miles Of Public Trails
-- Inquirer: We Were Wrong About Spotted Lanternflies [In Some Ways] Research Shows, Kill Them Anyway
-- Citizens Voice: Urban Forester Gives Advice On Dealing With Spotted Lanternfly In Luzerne County
-- TribLive: Does The 2010 Stink Bug Invasion Hold Any Spotted Lanternfly Lessons?
-- WHYY: PA To Increase PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Monitoring In Rivers, Streams
-- LehighValleyNews.com: Report: 4 lehigh Valley Streams Found Contaminated With PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- EPA Finalizes Rule Requiring Reporting Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Use To Better Protection Communities
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Same Geology, Same Drilling, Different Resource: Geothermal Energy Interest Simmers In PA
-- PennLive Letter: Fossil Fuels Are Fueling Climate Change And Disaster For Our Planet - By Ed Perry, Former Aquatic Biologist, US Fish & Wildlife Service
-- Real Clean Energy Guest Essay: Suing Companies For Their Impacts On Climate Change Would Close PA For Business - By PA Manufacturers Association
-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Carbon Capture And Storage Next Big Opportunity For PA - By Diana Irey Vaughan, Washington County Commissioner
-- Pennsylvania Receives Federal Appalachian States Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Award For Clearfield County Mine Reclamation, Trail Enhancement Project [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Planned Warehouse Park In Archbald, Mayfield Receives Nearly $15 Million In DEP Grant Funding For Mine Reclamation [DEP Announcement Had No Dollar Amounts]
-- WNEP: Mine Subsidence Sinkhole Filled In Luzerne County Under Emergency DEP Contract
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP: Newport Twp. Mine Subsidence Sinkhole Repair Could Cost $200,000
-- WNEP: Work Continues To Fill Mine Subsidence Sinkhole In Luzerne County
-- WNEP: Do You Live Above An Abandoned Mine In Pennsylvania? Here’s How To Find Out [Mine Subsidence Insurance Available From DEP]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sinkhole Caused By Underground Coal Mine Subsidence Opens Near Newport Twp. Apartment Complex, Dozens Displaced; 14 Apartments Condemned
-- WNEP: More Than 20 People Displaced, Buildings Condemned After Massive Sinkhole Opens Up In Luzerne County Due To Underground Coal Mine Subsidence
-- NPR: Fossil Fuel Rules Catch Western US Towns Between Old Economies And New Green Goals
-- WPost: What The World Would Look Like Without Fossil Fuels
-- DOE Finalizes Energy Efficiency Standards For Residential Furnaces To Save $1.5 Billion In Annual Utility Bills
-- Bloomberg: Climate Disasters Drain US Emergency Fund, Adding To Government Shutdown Risk
-- White House: Fact Sheet On First White House Climate Resilience Summit And Releases National Climate Resilience Framework
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: October 1, 2023]
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