Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

Awards/Recognition

-- 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

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

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

Grants

-- DEP: Next Round Of Growing Greener Plus Grants Will Open April 22  [PaEN]

-- CFA Accepting Applications For Act 13 Watershed Restoration, Mine Reclamation, Sewage, Flood Mitigation, Recreation Grants  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Featured Project: Preserving An Underground Railroad Site; Volunteers Make The Difference In Tree Planting

Help Wanted

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

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

Upcoming Events

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

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

-- MCall: Earth Day Guide To Events, Cleanups Around The Lehigh Valley

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

-- Penn State EarthTalks: April 22 Sustainable & Climate-Resilient Urban Solutions Online Program  [PaEN]

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

-- Essential Utilities Launches 3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration Systems Wide

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

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

-- 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]

-- Lehigh Valley’s Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs, Activities

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

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

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

Programs/Information

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

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

-- 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]

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

-- The Energy Age Blog: PA Oil & Gas Well Terminology From DEP

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Public Participation

-- 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]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - April 20 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 20 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft Stream Evaluation Reports In Chester, Fulton, Greene, Lancaster, Lycoming, Sullivan Counties; Including Loyalsock Creek  [PaEN]

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Hearing May 8, Business Meeting June 5  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments At June 10 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Pixelle Specialty Solutions Paper Making Plant In York County  [PaEN]

Background On Issues

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

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

-- 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]

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

-- Commonwealth Court Affirms EHB Ruling Sen. Muth Lacks Standing To Appeal A DEP Permit For Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility Permit  [PaEN]

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

-- Citizens Voice: Nacero Texas Natural Gas To Fuel Plant Faces 6 to 10 Year Delay; Similar Plant Proposed For Luzerne County

-- 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

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Holds May 2 Hearing On Water Use Requests, Including 7 Shale Gas Drilling Uses In Lycoming, Susquehanna, Tioga, Wyoming Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Acts On 879 Permits, 94% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducts 1,779 Inspections; Responds To 10 Environmental Emergencies During Week Ending April 14

-- The Guardian: Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Leak Exposes Carbon Capture Safety Gaps In Louisiana April 3

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

-- 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

-- York Dispatch: One Solar Energy Facility In Dover Canceled; Another Still In Process

-- York Daily Record: Plug Pulled On Dover Twp., Solar Energy Project

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

-- 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]

-- WNEP: 2.4 Magnitude Earthquake Confirmed In Berks County

-- MCall: 2.4 Earthquake Reported In Berks 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

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

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

-- PaHomePage.com: Rust-Colored Water Flowing Into Creek In Edwardsville, Luzerne County Downstream From Mine Subsidence

-- WNEP: Day 3 Of Work Fixing Abandoned Mine Subsidence Damage In Luzerne County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Issues Abandoned Mine Subsidence Repair Updates In Luzerne County

-- The Center Square: Carbon Capture And Storage Framework Moves Forward

-- Clean Air Task Force Research Group: New Look At Carbon Capture & Storage Opportunities In Pennsylvania

-- Financial Times: The Rare Earths Mine Becoming A Bellwether For US Minerals Policy

-- AP: Next UN Climate Talks Critical To Plot Aid For Poorer Nations, Says Incoming President

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

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

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

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

-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Outdoors Companies Offer Eco-Friendly Products

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

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Birds, Animals Have Ability To Sense Storms

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

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 21, 2024]

4/22/2024