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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
April 8 Solar Eclipse
-- DCNR Advice On Viewing April 8 Solar Eclipse
-- DCNR Blog: There Goes The Sun - April 8 Solar Eclipse
-- TribLive: Western PA Schools Make Plans For April 8 Solar Eclipse
-- Utility Dive: April 8 Solar Eclipse Could Cut US Solar Energy Output By 40 GWh, Here’s How Grid Operators Are Preparing
Earthquake
-- AP: East Coast Earthquakes Aren’t Common, But They Are Felt By Millions
-- MCall: 4.8 Earthquake Shakes New Jersey, Felt Across Eastern PA; 4.0 Aftershock Follows
-- MCall: How Common Are Earthquakes In Eastern PA, Why Was The NJ Quake Felt So Far Away?
-- WGAL: UGI Gas Utilities Checking Gas Lines As Precaution After East Coast Earthquake: If You Smell Gas, Evacuate Immediately
Grants
-- ReImagine Appalachia Applauds EPA’s $500 Million Grant To Appalachian Community Capital To Stimulate Green Energy Investments In Low-Income Rural Communities Affected By Fossil Fuel Industry’s Decline [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- PA Resources Council Traveling Glass Recycling Program To Hold Month-Long Collection Engagement In Delaware County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Webinar: April 19 Uses And Benefits Of Rain Barrels, 7:00 p.m.
-- Beaver County Times: Enjoy Free Earth Day Fun At Sisters Of St. Joseph Center In Baden April 20
-- CleanWater Conservancy: Volunteers Needed For 28th Annual Watershed Cleanup Day April 20 In Centre County [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy: April 25 Webinar - Seven Simple Ways To Help Our Birds, Noon
-- Penn State Extension: May 4 Rain Barrel Discovery Workshop, Lancaster; Registration Fee Includes Rain Barrel
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: Check Here For Upcoming Earth Day Activities
-- Two BioBlitz Events, Earth Day Events In Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster Counties Coming Up!
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA April Nature News: Controlled Burn Season; National Go Birding Day April 27; Eel Research In PA; More
-- Keystone Trails Association To Host Trail Love Maintenance Event in Michaux State Forest On National Trails Day June 1 In Adams County [PaEN]
-- PA Society For Ornithology To Hold 4th Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation June 7-17 - Sign Up Your Team Today! [PaEN]
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy To Host Free Earth Month Events At 2 City Parks
-- Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program Highlights Upcoming Webinars On Sustainable Metals, Bioindustrial Manufacturing; Small Business, Ag Funding Opportunities [PaEN]
-- Green Minds Wanted! Call for Abstracts, PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Annual Conference Sept. 11-13 In State College [PaEN]
-- Request For Presentation Proposals: Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem, PA [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Pike County Conservation District: What Is Envirothon?
-- Penn State Extension - Special Flooding Resources Watershed Winds Newsletter
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Seeking High School Students For Young Ambassadors Program [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times: Tunkhannock Area School District OKs $10 Million Solar Energy Deal [To Reduce Energy Costs, Avoid Price Spikes Of Natural Gas]
-- The Allegheny Front: A School Day Built Around Birds Gives Students Many Ways Into Their World At Pittsburgh Pre-K to 8 School
-- TribLive: Western PA Audubon Society Seeks Participants For Certified Backyard Habitat Program
-- DCNR Blog: Pollinator Gardens For Balconies And Doorsteps
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Offering Gardeners Free Soil Lead Screening [PaEN]
-- GettysburgConnection.org: Adams County Planting Partnership, Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, Watershed Alliance of Adams County Offers Free Native Trees For Adams County Residents
-- WGAL: Spreading Awareness While Also Planting Thousands Of Trees In Lancaster
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - April 6 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 75 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets April 9 On ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Proposal; DEP Guidance On Building Pipelines [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold May 21 Meeting/Hearing On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For Covanta Municipal Waste Combustion Units In Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Guidance Setting Closure Requirements For Aboveground, Underground Storage Tanks [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Seeking Information On AgroTourism Through New Survey
Background On Issues
-- DEP Reports Only 1 Shale Gas Well Permit Under Review Drastically Reducing The Revenue Needed To Run Its Entire Oil & Gas Regulatory Program [PaEN]
-- Road Dumping Continues At Will As Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Get Rid Of Their Wastewater [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 30 to April 5 - 19 Abandoned Well Violations; Venting Gas; Spills; No Containment; Erosion BMP Failures [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA: Little Information Made Public About Free Water Testing Ordered As Part Of Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline Settlement To Criminal Charges By Attorney General [PaEN]
-- City & State PA: Q/A With Sen. Carolyn Comitta, Minority Chair Senate Environmental Resources And Energy Committee
-- Central Penn Business Journal: Shapiro’s Energy Plan Draws Reactions From PA Labor, Industry Leaders
-- TribLive Guest Essay: My Commonsense Plan For A New Era Of Energy Leadership In PA - By Gov. Shapiro
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Lower Industrial Pollution, Increased Jobs Possible With RISE PA, Leaders From DEP, Community, Climate Groups, Union Agree
-- LancasterOnline: $1 Million In Federal Solar Grants For Lancaster County Farms, Businesses
-- TribLive Editorial: Is Now The Time For Solar Energy In Western PA?
-- Financial Times: Solar Panels Are So Cheap They’re Being Used To Build Garden Fences In Netherlands, Germany
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Bigger Federal Tax Incentives Mean Bigger Blades For PA Wind Farms
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Coming Push For Advanced Geothermal Energy And A Role For Pennsylvania
-- The Allegheny Front: PennEnergy Plan To Withdraw Water From Big Sewickley Creek In Beaver County For Fracking Revives Worry About Threatened Fish
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Zefiro Methane; Plants & Goodwin Looking To Plug Abandoned Conventional Gas Wells To Generate Carbon Credits
-- AP: Heat-Trapping Carbon Dioxide, Methane Levels In The Air Last Year Spiked To Record Highs Again
-- PUC Finalizes Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability And Resilience [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Electricity Storage Enterprises Wins Expansion Of Contract With Pine Gate Renewables
-- The Energy Age Blog: Electric Vehicle Charging, Solar Energy And Home Utility Costs In March
-- KDKA: Radioactive Nuclear Waste Burial Ground In Armstrong County To Be Cleaned Up By Federal Government
-- US Dept. Of Interior Announces $244 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Funding For Pennsylvania; Local Grants Available [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Work Begins To Stabilize Abandoned Mine Subsidence-Prone Portion Of Westmoreland Village
-- WESA: PA Leads Nation In Abandoned Coal Mines, But Feds See Light At End Of The Tunnel
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Feds Give PA $244 Million For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Problems
-- Tribune-Review: Mucky, Orangish Abandoned Mine Water Flows Out Of Hillside Into Johnstown Due To Heavy Rains
-- US Senator Casey Presses Cumberland Coal Mine Owner About Impact Of Mine Closure On Miners, Families In Greene County
-- EPA Region 3 Administrator Adam Ortiz Visits University Of Pittsburgh To Discuss Research, Collaboration; Kicked Off Earth Month At Pittsburgh Charter School [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable, Jeremy Cox: As Rain Fell, Sewage Systems Across The Bay Region Buckled
-- LancasterOnline: Manheim Twp. Says City Of Lancaster Trying To Pass The Buck In Stormwater Lawsuit
-- Inquirer: Water Privatization Is Coming Under Renewed Scrutiny From PA Lawmakers, Regulators As Consumers Sour On Rate Increases
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Casey Announces $1.35 Million For Nanticoke Creek Restoration Project
-- WNEP: $1 Million+ Abandoned Coal Mine Land Reclamation Project Announced In Luzerne County
-- PA Resources Council Launches New What's Up Watershed? Educational Series [PaEN]
-- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Felled Trees Used To Improve Allegheny National Forest
-- Spotlight PA: Some PA Municipalities Turning To Fees To Cover Stormwater Management Costs, But Pushback, A Lawsuit Threaten That Revenue
-- WHYY: PA Flood Insurance Premium Task Force Meets In Bucks County Amid Severe Rainstorms
-- WPXI: Flood Waters, Landslides Damage Communities In Washington, Greene Counties
-- Observer-Reporter: Muddy Mess: Damage Assessment Begins In Wake Of Record Rainfall
-- Triblive: Too Familiar: Residents Near Creeks, Streams Begin Flood Cleanup
-- WTAE: Roads Closed Due To Flooding, Landslides After Heavy Rain In Western PA
-- TribLive: Westmoreland Authority Says Rains Pump 2 Billion Gallons Into Beaver Run Reservoir
-- TribLive: High Waters Cast Doubt On Trout Season Opener Saturday
-- York Dispatch: Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Dam Operators Speak Out Against New Pump-Storage Hydro Proposal
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Files Motion To Intervene In Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Facility Case With FERC
-- National Science Foundation Grant Awards Penn State, SRBC, DRBC, Potomac River Basin, Chesapeake Bay Program, Other Partners To Study Managing Salt Contamination Of Tidal River Water Supplies
-- Delaware RiverKeeper April 5 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Water In Your Pocket: Why Not Buy Refurbished Tech? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: How To Get Rid Of Old Paint, Outdated Computers, More With Erie County Recycling Program
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Pennsylvanians Deserve The Right To Repair
-- WESA/WVIA: State Takes Another Step In Supporting PA’s Outdoor Recreation Industry
-- NextPittsburgh: PA Reveals Roadmap To Grow $17 Billion Outdoor Economy
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Takes Next Steps To Construct Frick Park Outdoor Sensory Classroom
-- DCNR Grants Update: Project Spotlight; Heritage Area Video Playlist; Grant Tips; More!
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Wave Of Defense Tactics Aim To Save Eastern Hemlocks
-- PennLive: This 4-Point Plan Could Beat The Spotted Lanternflies In 2024
-- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: Parasitic Wasps, Vibrating Traps, Other Ways Science Is Trying To Destroy Spotted Lanternfly
-- Penn State Extension: Spotted Lanternfly News: Business Inspections Resume April 1; Training Opportunities
-- Williamsport Sun: What To Do Before Spongy [Gypsy] Moths Damage Your Trees Irreplaceably
-- Penn State Extension: Home Garden News: Master Gardener Plant Sale Directory
-- Republican Herald: People Worship At Sunrise Service Amid Wonders Of Nature At Sweet Arrow Lake County Park
-- LehighValleyLive: Will Ticks Be Worse This Year After Another Mild Winter In Lehigh Valley?
-- Post-Gazette: Snake Season Is Approaching, Here’s What To Know To Stay Safe
Visit the DEP Calendar of Events; 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: April 7, 2024]
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