Here are 117 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.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Gov. Shapiro Honors 22 Projects With Governor's Award For Environmental Excellence; Awards Dinner April 30  [PaEN]

-- AP: Earth Day: How A US Senator’s Idea, And [PA’s] Rachel Carson Got People Fighting For Their Planet

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: For 100 Years, Friends Of The Wissahickon Has Been Protecting The Park From Everything From Cars To Climate Change

-- Original Student 'Hellbender Defenders' Celebrate 5-Year Anniversary Of PA's Official State Amphibian And Clean Water Ambassador  [PaEN]

-- KDKA: Eastern Hellbender’s Absence From PA Waterways Warning Sign Of Bigger Problems

-- Williamsport Sun: Beloved Butterfly Expert Rick Mikula Steps Away From Conservation

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA House Measure Aims To Protect Vulnerable Communities From Heavy Pollution Burden  [Environmental Justice]

-- York Daily Record: Nature Preserve In York County Named To Honor Robert A. Kinsley

-- DCNR Highlights Conservation Job Opportunities In PA Outdoor Corps As 2024 Season Begins  [PaEN]

-- PPL Utilities: 2023 Sustainability Report Highlights PPL’s Utility Of The Future Strategy  [PaEN]

-- PPL Electric Utilities Earn 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner Of The Year Sustained Excellence Award

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - April 13 to 19 - Oil & Gas Well Owners Actively, Repeatedly Ignoring DEP Notices Of Violation; 12 Abandoned Wells  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: First-Hand Account Of Health, Environmental Impacts From Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater - ‘Inhaling Oil & Gas Wastewater 24-Hours A Day’  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: Penn State Expert: ‘No More Research That Needs To Be Done’ To Justify A Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: The Case For An Immediate, Total Ban On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: 3.5 Million Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Dumped On PA Public Roads Since DEP’s ‘Moratorium’ On Dumping Started 6 Years Ago  [PaEN]

-- Senate Hearing: DEP Still Evaluating The Data On Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater; Asks Public To Report Road Dumping  [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Democratic State Senators Want To End Road Dumping Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater

-- MyChesterCounty.com: PA Senators Call For Ban On Spraying Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads

-- April 25 Conventional Oil & Gas Well Owners Advisory Council Meeting Features Discussion Of Dumping Wastewater On Public Roads; Well Plugging Grant Programs; Regs. Limiting Methane Pollution From Wells  [PaEN]

-- Attorney General Henry Files Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline For Failure To Report Drilling Issues That Caused Industrial Waste, Potential for Water Pollution  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Attorney General Files Criminal Charges Against Shell Falcon Pipeline On Whistleblower Reports Over Pipeline Spills

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment/Disposal Company Was Building A Conglomerate; What’s Left Is A Pile Of Waste 

-- [NOT Leadership For PA/US]  PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor  [PaEN]

-- Bloomberg: Europe’s Demand For LNG Gas Set To Peak In 2024 As Crisis Fades

-- Environmental Health Project: Gov. Shapiro’s Record On Shale Gas And Health - A Look At The Grand Jury Recommendations One Year In

-- Protect PT Hosting April 30 Webinar On How Your Municipality Can Protect Itself From The Dangers Of Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Withdraws Request To EPA To Be Considered In Compliance With Federal Air Quality Standards

-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Sets Stricter Air Emission Rules For 3 Philly-Area Chemical Plants, Dozens Of Others Nationwide

-- G.E.T. Solar Informational Webinar April 25 For Businesses, Schools, Municipalities & Nonprofits  [PaEN]

-- PA Solar Center Hosts April 25 Webinar On Solar Workforce & Apprenticeship Opportunities  [PaEN]

-- E&E News: EPA To Unleash $7 Billion For Low-Income Solar Energy Projects

-- The Center Square: Lake Erie Targeted For Wind, Solar Development

-- Rep. Fiedler: Labor, Environmental Leaders Join House Democrats To Announce Joint Blue-Green Legislative Agenda

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Push Bills To Bring Labor, Environmental Groups Together

-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Blue-Green Alliance Debuts Legislative Agenda; Labor And Environmentalists Are Talking

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Blue-Green Caucus Chases Job Growth And Climate Protection

-- City & State PA: ‘We Can Move The Needle’: Leaders Converge In Harrisburg For PA Energy Summit

-- Guest Essay: Claims That Only Thermal Energy Resources Can Ensure Electric Grid Reliability Don’t Pass The Laugh Test - By John Quigley, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy, University of Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times Guest Essay: Shapiro’s Energy Plan Not What Pennsylvania Needs - By Sierra Club

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro Energy Plan Keeps PA Interests Front And Center

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Awards PA $21.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation, Economic Revitalization Grant  [PaEN]

-- AP: Coal Miners Are Getting New Protections From Silica Dust Linked To Black Lung Disease

-- PA Capital-Star - Ian Karbal: Mine Safety Advocates Agree New Silica Dust Rule Is Progress, But Some Worry It’s Not Enough

-- Post-Gazette: Federal Regulators Combat Rise In Deadly Black Lung Disease Among Coal Miners 

-- PennLive Guest Essay: President Fulfilling Promise To Our Nation’s Coal Miners To Protect Their Health And Save Lives - By US Secretary of Labor

-- TribLive Editorial: Coal Workers’ Respiratory Health Must Be Priority

-- WNEP: Work Continues To Repair Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Luzerne County

-- WNEP: Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Luzerne Borough, Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Luzerne Closes Main Street, Back Mountain Trail

-- Citizens Voice: Abandoned Mine Subsidence Impacts Toby Creek In Luzerne Sunday, No Injuries Reported

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conducts Water Tests After Mine Subsidence In Luzerne

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Investigates Water Surfacing Above Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Luzerne County

-- WNEP: Efforts To Fill Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Toby Creek Continue For 4th Day

-- Citizens Voice: DEP: Unclear If Toby Creek Mine Subsidence Caused Sinkhole, Residents Report Water Bubbling, Sulfur Smell

-- MCall: EPA Puts Limits On PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ In Drinking Water, But Lehigh Valley Officials Asking, Will They Work?

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Regulations Are Welcome, But Still More To Do

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: EPA Provides $206 Million In Cleanup Grants For Chesapeake Bay Region

-- NRCS-PA Conducting Rapid Survey Of Western PA Counties To Determine Impacts Of Flooding So Far In April  [PaEN]

-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners Latest Podcast Features A Conversation With EPA Regional Administrator Adam Ortiz  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension To Host Agricultural Conservation Conference June 4-6 In State College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: Can You Tell If A Stream Is Healthy? Meet The Stream Doctors With Science U  [PaEN]

-- Natural Areas Assn. Hosts 2-Part Webinar Series - Embracing The Power Of Nature For Watershed Recovery  [PaEN]

-- Chester County Press: Kennett Twp. Renews Partnership With Watershed Restoration Group To Reduce Pollution In Brandywine-Christiana Watershed

-- WNEP: Volunteers Plant Trees, Clean Up Nesbitt Park In Wilkes-Barre

-- Scranton Times: Organizations Team Up To Clean Up Sherwood Park In Dunmore

-- TribLive: Volunteers From West Penn Power Green Team Handing Out Free Dogwood Saplings In Jeannette April 19

-- West Penn Power Green Team Joins Community Volunteers To Plant Native Trees, Shrubs In Washington County Park

-- Registration Open! Pennsylvania Groundwater Symposium, May 23 In Harrisburg  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Opponents Of Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Project Flood Oversight Commission With Comments

-- Inquirer: These Hiking Trails Could Soon Be Underwater Thanks To Proposed Susquehanna River Hydroelectric Dam In York County

-- Communities Celebrate Earth Day By Joining Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Pick Up Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Little Juniata River Assn.: More Than 100 Volunteers Clean Up 30 Miles Of River Banks In Huntingdon, Blair Counties  [PaEN]

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Millvale Pickoff Saturday Marks Start Of 4th Litter League Competition

-- WHYY: Hundreds Help Clean And Green Neighborhoods In West Philly

-- PA Resources Council Offers Free Statewide Recycling Webinar On Earth Day, April 22  [PaEN]

-- ​​PA Resources Council Launches 2024 Household Chemical Collections May 4 At Allegheny County Event; First Of 8 In Western PA  [PaEN]

-- Yuengling Brewery, Keep PA Beautiful Celebrate Partnership With Cleanup In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Encina Announces Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant Will Not Be Built In Northumberland County  [PaEN] 

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Plans For Largest Plastics Plant In US Dropped In Northumberland County

-- WNEP: Plans For Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant In Northumberland Put Off

-- PennLive: Company Scraps Plans For $1.1 Billion Chemical Plastics Recycling Plant

-- WITF/WPSU: Penn State Extension Leaving 20% Of Positions Unfilled As Part Of Efforts To Balance Budget [Extension Is A Critical Environmental, Energy Education Resource For Citizens]

-- DCNR State Parks April Environmental Education Newsletter Celebrates Earth Month  [PaEN]

-- PAEE/NAAEE: Relaunch Of 'Outside For 5' Campaign Urges Educators To Embrace Outdoor Learning  [PaEN]

-- Citizens Voice: Earth Day At Nesbitt Park: Students Learn About Local Environment In Luzerne County

-- WNEP: Students Connecting With The Environment In Carbon County

-- The Allegheny Front: Teens Network And Strategize Around Climate Action At Pittsburgh Youth Climate Action Summit

-- PHL 17: ‘Wandering: Observations Of Our Watershed” Is A New Art Exhibition From Fairmount Water Works

-- Inquirer Letter: Celebrating Earth Day - By Richard Whiteford, Climate Reality Project, West Chester

-- The Conservation Fund Transfers Conservation Easement For 19,800 Acres In Elk, McKean Counties To Western PA Conservancy  [PaEN]

-- Heritage Conservancy, Warrington Township Conserve Nearly 175 Acres Of Open Space In Bucks County

-- Berks Nature Protects 131 Acres In Schuylkill County

-- Allegheny Land Trust Announces Conservation Of 114 Acres Of Green Space In 2 Transactions In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny Land Trust Completes 3 Land Conservation Projects Bringing Close-To-Home Green Space To Communities

-- TribLive: North Park Expansion: Hampton Poised To Help Allegheny Land Trust With Acquisitions

-- MCall Letter: Whitehall Residents In Lehigh Valley Should Vote Yes On Open Space Referendum

-- WeConservePA: NRCS Hosts April 25 Webinar On Funding Opportunities For Conservation Easements

-- AP: Biden Administration Moves To Make Conservation An Equal To Industry On Public Lands

-- Observer-Reporter: Residents, Business Owners Celebrate Ohiopyle’s ‘Best Small Town’ Designation

-- WHYY: Montgomery County, Partners Working To Transform 2 Norristown Trailheads

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail From Saint Clair To Frackville To Spark An Economic Boon, Officials Predict

-- Republican Herald: Frog Hollow Nature Area Dedicated As 2nd Schuylkill County Park

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Welcomes 3 New Staff Members To Expand Presence In Bedford, Clinton & Lancaster Counties  [PaEN]

-- PA Chapter American Planning Assn. Accepting Nominations For Great Places In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

-- New Craft Beer In Williamsport Celebrates National I Love My State Parks Week By Supporting State Parks  [PaEN]

-- Audubon Society Of Western Pennsylvania & Bird Town PA Partner To Create Sustainable Environment for Birds, Wildlife, People  [PaEN]

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Migration Hawkwatch Begins  [PaEN]

-- Asbury Woods Environmental Center Takes On Greater Erie City Nature Challenge April 26-29; Six Other PA Areas Participating  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Master Naturalist Program To Launch In Cambria County

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Power, Pipeline Corridors Becoming Wildlife Habitat

-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Update: Habichats Wetland Walk; Upcoming Events; Know Your Flowers

-- LancasterOnline: Learn More About Bird-Safe Window Glass As Bird Club Pushes Lancaster For Ordinance

-- Penn State Extension What’s The Buzz?  Outstanding Pollinator Habitats; Protecting Pollinators; Update From Center For Pollinator Research

-- Post-Gazette: Fly Fishing Helps Breast Cancer Survivors Cast Out Fear

-- Northcentral PA: Study Suggests Hunters May Have Contracted Fatal Brain Disease From Regularly Consuming Venison With Chronic Wasting Disease

-- Lancaster Farming: Crop Damage, Sunday Hunting Bills Debated At PA House Hearing

-- TribLive: Guaranteed Doe Licenses In Most Hunting Areas Expected To Thwart Repeat Of 2023 System Shutdown

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[Posted: April 21, 2024]  

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