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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- Team From North East High School In Erie County Wins 2024 PA Envirothon, Now Goes To International Competition In July [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: North East High School Team Wins State Envirothon, Heads To International Competition
-- Post-Gazette: West Jefferson, Carmichaels, Upper St. Clair Students Recognized In Allegheny Conservation District, State Envirothon Competitions
-- Shapiro Administration Celebrates 2024 DCNR Ranger Trainee Graduates At Little Buffalo State Park
-- Observer-Reporter: A Decade Of Dedication: Ohiopyle State Park Manager Retires
-- TalkErie.com: Regional Science Consortium And Partners Received 2024 Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: PA's Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Receives National Recognition For Collaboration, Partnerships [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: 2023 Year-In-Review
-- Game Commission: Submissions For Black Bear Art Contest Due July 22
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Photo Contest To Accept Entries Aug. 1-31
Grants
-- EPA Awards $55.7 Million In Rebates To 21 School Districts For Clean School Buses In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: New Clean Energy School Buses Coming To Pittsburgh-Area School Districts
-- WESA: USDA Unveils $145 Million Rural Energy For America Program To Boost Renewable Energy In Rural Areas
-- Keystone Energy Efficiency Program Announces KEEP Home Energy Loan Contractor Training Events Starting June 4 [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: PA Healthy Lands Week Accepting Signups; Kittatinny Ridge Sentinel Landscape Designation; PA Sojourn Grants Awarded; Much More!
Help Wanted
-- Shapiro Administration Celebrates 2024 DCNR Ranger Trainee Graduates At Little Buffalo State Park
-- Help Wanted: Upstream Pittsburgh Water Equity Director
-- Adult Mentors Needed! Wildlife Leadership Academy Summer Student Field Programs [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Know A Teen Interested In Journalism Or Climate Work? June 3 Solving The Climate Crisis Program
-- Project Breathe: Solarpunk Future 2024 June 29 In Pittsburgh, Part Art Show, Part Job Fair, Imagines A Community-led, Sustainable Future, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Upcoming Events
-- Protect PT Lunch & Learn Online Program - Frac-Enomics, Is It Worth It? Now On Demand [PaEN]
-- Center For Watershed Protection Hosts 3-Part Stream Restoration Webinar Series Starting June 4 [PaEN]
-- Evangelical Environmental Network, Partners Host June 5 Webinar On Pipeline Methane Leaks - Causes, Impacts, Solutions [PaEN]
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay: June 6 Webinar On The Story Of Plastic, 7:00 p.m.
-- Horn Farm Center For Agricultural Education Hosts 3-Part, In-Person Workshops On Mycology [Fungi & Mushrooms] In York Starting June 8
-- Penn State Extension Hosts June 10 Webinar On Watershed-Friendly Native Planting [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Hosts 4 Virtual Workshops On How To Protect Yourself If You Live Near Shale Gas Facilities Starting June 11 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Master Gardeners Of Cumberland County Host June 20 Summer Solstice At Adams Ricci Butterfly Garden [PaEN]
-- PA Recreation & Park Society Celebrates Park & Recreation Professionals Day July 19; Offers Other Professional Development Events [PaEN]
-- Center For Coalfield Justice June 13 In-Person Program On Air Pollution Hazards From Oil & Gas Sites, South Franklin Township Park, Washington County
-- PA Resources Council Hosts Household Chemical Collections In Cambria, Fayette, Washington Counties [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- The Daily Item: Susquehanna University Offering Watershed Studies Minor
-- The Allegheny Front/WDIY: Lehigh University Students Find Greener Protective Gear For Firefighters [PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’]
-- Williamsport Sun: You Can Help Birds, Just By Looking Around [Breeding Birds Of PA Project]
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Volunteers Teach In Elementary School Nature Education Program
-- WNEP: Warning On Water Safety, Illegal Swimming As Summer Approaches
-- MCall: Rabies A Concern When Interacting With Wild Animals In PA
-- DEP Adds Jamestown Canyon Virus To West Nile Virus Mosquito Monitoring Program For 2024 [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: West Nile Virus Detected In Allegheny County Mosquitoes For First Time This Year
-- TribLive: ‘Quiet Epidemic’ Delves Into Chronic Lyme Disease
-- DEP Tick Surveillance And Testing Program
-- TribLive: Copperheads, Timber Rattlers, And Rare Eastern Massasauga Among PA’s Venomous Snakes
-- Pennsylvanians Living, Working Near State's 4 Active Nuclear Power Plants Encouraged To Replace Expiring Potassium Iodide Tablets At June 12 Distribution Sites [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre: New Potassium Iodide Tablets Offered To Those Near Active Nuclear Power Plants
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 1 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PA Healthy Lands Week Now Accepting Event Sign-Ups - Sept. 28 to Oct. 6 [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- Lt. Governor, Acting DEP Secretary Highlight Potential Of Solar Power On Abandoned Mine Lands At Beaver County Site; Issued New Report On Solar Potential Of Mined Lands [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Request For Information For Clean Energy Generation, Storage Projects On State-Owned Abandoned Mine Lands; Webinar June 10 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - May 25 to 31 - Shale Wastewater Pipeline Spill; Drill Cuttings Violations; More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- Week 10: Illegal Dumping Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater Continues Unabated On Paved, Dirt Roads, Before It Rains, It Doesn’t Matter In Warren County [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Orders 7 Rhodes Estate Water Companies To Secure Counsel For Hearings On Their Future [More Fallout From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill In Venango County] [PaEN]
-- Penn State Research Traced Radioactive Radium In Freshwater Mussels To Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: PA’s Fracking Wastewater Contains A ‘Shocking’ Amount Of The Critical Clean Energy Mineral Lithium
-- DEP Disapproves Final Cleanup Report On Dozens Of Chemicals At The American Refining Group Bradford Refinery In McKean County For Not Meeting Cleanup Standards [PaEN]
-- Delaware Currents: Gibbstown, NJ LNG Gas, Wyalusing LNG Gas Projects Show A Flicker Of Life
-- Bucks County Herald Guest Essay: PA Grange Head’s Opinion Left Out Important Facts About LNG Gas Export Facilities
-- Natural Resources Defense Council Releases Recommendations To US DOE On LNG Gas Export Facility Impact Analysis [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Working To Plug More Dangerous Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Owners - By Rep. Mandy Steele (D-Allegheny)
-- The Allegheny Front/WV Public Broadcasting: Mountain Valley Gas Pipeline Completion Delayed Again Due To Incomplete Pipeline Water Testing
-- PUC Publishes Final Policy Statement On Use Of Electric Storage To Enhance Grid Reliability, Resilience And Reduce Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- 60+ Organizations Call For PA Senate Passage Of Community Solar Legislation [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: Sen. Laughlin Introduces Bill On Local Solar Programs Supported By Utilities
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Feds Offer $90 Million For Vast Solar Energy Array On PA Mine Land In Clearfield County
-- Williamsport Sun: Families United Network ‘Flips The Switch’ To Solar Energy Panels At Their Muncy Campus
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Yes, Solar Energy Can Work In Cloudy Pittsburgh
-- WESA: Swisshelm Park Solar Energy Project Radiates Pittsburgh’s Energy Future
-- 50+ Appalachian Groups Call On US DOE To Suspend ARCH2 Hydrogen Hub Project [PaEN]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Appalachian Groups Call For Hydrogen Hub Pause
-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Gas Producers CNX Wants In On The Hydrogen Revolution
-- Bloomberg: Traders Are Bracing For Record-Smashing Summer That Will Shake Commodities; Natural Gas Prices Could Jump 50%
-- E&E News: Casey Pushes Natural Gas, Nuclear For Hydrogen Hub Tax Credit
-- Reuters: White House To Support New Nuclear Power Plants In US
-- Financial Times: US Slows Plans To Retire Coal Plants As Power Demand From AI Surges
-- Citizens Voice: Salem Twp. Rezones 1,582 Acres For Multibillion Dollar Amazon Data Center Campus Near Power Plants In Luzerne County
-- DataCenter Dynamics.com: Amazon Data Center Granted 1,600-Acre Rezoning Request, Plans 15 Building Campus At Luzerne County Nuclear Power Plant Site
-- Scranton Times Editorial: Elected Officials, Regulators Must Protect The Public Interest In Amazon/Talon Energy Data Center Deal In Luzerne County [Energy, Water Consumption, Few Jobs]
-- DEP Published An eNotice Saying The 2024 PA Integrated Water Quality Report Has Been Published As Final
-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds Newsletter Highlights Student AgVenture Camp; Watershed Stewards Native Plant Kit; Pond Management; Rain Barrel Guy; Much More! [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Highlights Partnership Helping PA Communities Plant 2,500 Large Bare Root Trees; Woodland Health Practices Handbook; Chesapeake Stormwater Training [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Woods & Wildlife News & Notes: May Forest Snapshot; Service Forester Assistance For Forestland Owners; Forest Education For Teachers, Youth Leaders
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Mussel Hatchery Produces More Juveniles, Thanks To New Discoveries
-- Inquirer: Philly’s Nursery-Grown Mussels Are Crucial To Cleaning Rivers, Local Scientists Just Made A Major Breakthrough
-- Penn State Research Traced Radioactive Radium In Freshwater Mussels To Oil & Gas Wastewater [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation - B.J. Small: Marvelous Macros - Tiny Aquatic Creatures With An Important Message
-- WTAJ/AP: Researchers Find Tiny Organism Has Power To Reduce Persistent Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Farm Fields
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer, et al: Since 2020, 55 Million Square Feet Of Warehouse Space Have Reshaped Jobs, Traffic, Landscapes
-- DCNR: Great American Getaway RV Tour Highlights Outdoor Adventures In State Parks, Forests As Millions Spend Memorial Day Weekend Outdoors
-- Warren Times: Shapiro Hikes Rimrock As Part Of ‘Great American Getaway’ RV Tour
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: State Forester Seth Cassell - Outdoor Recreation Is Booming In Pennsylvania
-- TribLive: Wildlife, Plants, Paddlers Find A Haven On Sycamore Island In Allegheny River
-- Williamsport Sun: Reflections In Nature - Bill Bower: Plenty Of Similarities Between Humans And Trees
-- Game Commission Updates Public On Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Research
-- TribLive: Game Commission Partners With Maryland Zoo To Boost Allegheny Wood Rat Population
-- KDKA: Young Peregrine Falcons In Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning Nest Learning To Fly
-- WESA/AP: Vermont Becomes First State To Require Oil Companies To Pay For Climate Change Damages
-- The Guardian: Millions In US Face Extreme Heat Threat As Experts Urge Better Protections
-- Financial Times: Future Energy Demand Does Not Need New Fossil Fuels, Study Says; Existing Oil, Gas, Coal Projects Are Sufficient As Green Energy Expands
-- The Guardian: Increasing Use Of Renewable Energy In US Yields Billions In Benefits
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: June 2, 2024]
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