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

Awards/Recognition

-- Keep PA Beautiful’s Young Ambassadors of Pennsylvania Program Graduates The Class Of 2024; Applications Now Being Accepted  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Pennsylvania Teen Caught The EPA By The Ear, And They Listened

Grants

-- Daily American: Somerset County Environmental Education Projects Receive Funding

-- Allegheny County Conservation District Receives $30,000 DEP Environmental Education Grant  [PaEN]

-- Warren Times: Four Students Awarded Scholarships By Warren County Conservation District

Help Wanted

-- Landforce Pittsburgh Opens Crew Member Job Training Application Period June 10

Upcoming Events

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: ‘Experience The Upper Conestoga’ At A Free, Family-Friendly Event During Lancaster Water Week

-- NextPittsburgh: Celebrate The Trails This Weekend At Great Day On The Great Allegheny Passage Trail

-- Planet Philadelphia: June 7: Radioactivity Exposure From Your Gas Stove? And Successful Campaign Stopped A Plastics Chemical Recycling Plant

-- Lancaster Conservancy, Many Partners: Lancaster Water Week - June 7-15

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets June 11 To Hear About Mid-Atlantic Hydrogen Hub, Ag-Grid Energy, More On Electronics Waste Recycling  [PaEN]

-- DEP Bans Sale Of Cocopar Electronics Products For Violating PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law; E-Waste Recycling Law Broken  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Guest Essay: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Means More Facking Pollution, False Promises - By Talor Musil, Environmental Health Project & Sean O’Leary, Ohio River Valley Institute

-- Hollow Oak Land Trust Highlights Upcoming Program, Embrace The Beauty Of Nature  In Allegheny County

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Offers Summer Programs For All Ages

-- Beaver County Times: Dept. Of Health Giving Out New Potassium Iodide Tablets For Free June 12

-- North Branch Land Trust: Hike & Photograph Luzerne County’s Acidic Ridgetop Barrens June 15  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Coal Miners’ Memorial Weekend June 13-16 Will Celebrate Windber’s Heritage

-- Choose Clean Water Coalition June 17 Webinar On Federal Funding Opportunities For Coal To Solar Energy Projects  [PaEN]

-- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance Hosts Doug Tallamy For Change Waits In Your Yard Presentation June 17 At Lycoming College  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: July 25 Webinar - Living On A Few Acres - Learn About Home Food Preservation

-- Water Cooler Talk Webinar July 30 - Using Community Science Tool To Track Stream Health  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension July 30 Webinar On Tree Communication - How Trees Thrive Thru Interactions With Each Other And Their Environment  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Newsletter: Summit For Community Stewardship Oct. 16-17; Healing Planet Tree Planting Grants; 250 PA Day

Programs/Information

-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education: Visit A Green Space Near You For Some Down Time  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Pittston Area School Students Conduct Trout In The Classroom Trout Release

-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Area Students Complete After-School Nature, Food Program

-- Pennsylvania Eligible For Third Installment Of $244.7 Million In Federal Funding To Support Abandoned Mine Reclamation  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: PA Has Third Year Of $244.7 Million For Reclaiming Abandoned Mine Lands

-- US Dept. Of The Interior Awards $28.67 Million To PA To Revitalize Abandoned Mine Lands, Create Jobs Under AMLER Program  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: When You Mow, Leave The Grass, Seriously

Public Participation

-- House Environmental Committee Hearing On Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater Set For June 10; A Voting Meeting On Bill To Ban Road Dumping June 11  [PaEN] 

-- Better Path Coalition: DEP Removes Co-Product Category From Conventional Oil & Gas Waste Reporting Database; Well Owners Continue To Fail To Report How They Dispose Of Their Waste  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Former DEP Secretary Wants Spreading Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater On Roads To Remain Illegal

-- DEP Oil & Gas Advisory Board Meets June 13 On Migration Of Waste From Injection Wells; E&S Permitting; Federal Plugging Programs; Updated Conventional Waste Regs; Financial Assurance To Prevent Well Abandonment  [PaEN]

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 8 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 85 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 8 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DCNR To Hold Virtual Town Hall Event June 12 On Draft Plan For The Future of Pennsylvania Forests - Forests for All  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DEP To Host June 20 Hearing On Proposed Monroe County Warehouse Project  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets July 10 Hearing On Portland Power Plant Air Quality Permit In Northampton County  [PaEN]

-- July 10 Public Hearing Set By DEP On Air Quality Permit For Hazleton Generation Power Plant In Luzerne County   [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold July 10 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Omnova Solutions Plant In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

Background On Issues

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 1 to 7 - 38 Conventional Wells Evaluated For Plugging; Spills; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order; Failure To Notify DEP Of 121 Conventional Well Owner Transfers  [PaEN]

-- The Energy Age Blog: 3 New EQT Shale Gas Well Pads Ready For Drilling In Union Twp., Washington County

-- Beaver County Times: State Leaders, Regulators Push For Solar For Former Mine Lands

-- Rep. Matzie: House Committee Hears Testimony On Bill To Accelerate State’s Energy Production, Modernize PA Energy Development Authority

-- PennLive: PA House Discusses Overhaul Of PA Energy Development Authority In Light Of Senate Bill, Federal Dollars

-- 400+ Pennsylvanians Participate In Virtual Citizen Lobby Day For Action On Climate Solutions, Gov. Shapiro's Energy Plan  [PaEN]

-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: New NRDC Analysis: Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Plan Is A Winner

-- Republican Herald: Governor’s Energy Plan Could Force Closure Of Coal Refuse-Fired Power Plants, Lawmakers, Trade Group Say [Have $20 Million Taxpayer Subsidy A Year]

-- Republican Herald Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Energy Leadership Jeopardized By Gov. Shapiro’s Energy/Climate Plan - By Sen. David Argall (R-Schuylkill)  [No Proposals, Just ‘No’]

-- DCNR Celebrates Reaching Renewable Energy Goal At Presque Isle State Park In Erie With Installation Of Solar Energy Arrays  [PaEN]

-- KDKA: Residents And Research Say Shell Petrochemical Plant A Bust, Fell Short Of Economic Promises

-- Beaver County Times: Watchdogs To Monitor Air Pollution From Shell Petrochemical Plant With Penalty Funds

-- Center For Coalfield Justice: Cause Of Omnis Bailey Coal Waste Processing Plant Fire In Greene County Unknown  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: State Police Fire Marshal Unable To Determine Cause Of the Bailey Mine Coal Waste Plant Fire In Greene County

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Radium Found In Mussels Downstream From PA Frack Waste

-- Environmental Health News: The Oil & Gas Industry’s Radioactive Problem: Q & A With Author Justin Nobel

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Fracking Produces A Resource [Lithium] Needed To Wean Us Off Fossil Fuels - Pennsylvania Should Embrace It

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Pennsylvania, Landowners Could Be Forced To Let Carbon Dioxide Be Buried Under Their Property

-- Reuters: US May Revive Some Shut Nuclear Plants To Help Meet Emissions Goal, DOE Chief Says [Three Mile Island In PA]  

-- Marcellus Drilling News/RBNenergy.com: US LNG Gas Exports Are Climbing As The Impact From Spring Maintenance Work Eases [Note Shipments To China]

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carlton: In Rural PA, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers Lifeline For Dying Conventional Gas Wells [But Do They Bother To Get Permits]

-- PA Capital-Star/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: In Rural Pennsylvania, Cryptocurrency Mining Offers A Lifeline For Dying Gas Wells [But Do They Bother To Get Permits]

-- Politico: Shell CEO Says Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act Working To Attract Capital To Clean Energy, Climate Projects

-- Bloomberg: How A Cracked Pipe  Caused Panic In Europe’s Natural Gas Market

-- Bloomberg Guest Essay: LNG Gas Market Is Europe’s New Vulnerability

-- Reuters: Freeport LNG Gas Export Facility Sues 3 Contractors Over Defects At Texas Plant 

-- Reuters: Golden Pass LNG Gas Export Facility Construction Turmoil To Delay Texas Plant’s Startup, Analysts Say

-- Reuters: China’s CNOOC Reports Major Natural Gas Production Breakthrough In 1  Trillion Cubic Meter Gas Region In South China Sea

-- WHYY: Montgomery County Officials Say Unused Dam Along The Schuylkill In Norristown Could Provide Green Energy For The County

-- Firepoint Energy Eyeing PA Coal Waste As Source Of Rare Earth Elements And Jet Fuel  [PaEN]  

-- Financial Times: World Falling Short On Renewable Energy Goal For 2030, IEA Warns

-- Financial Times: World Must Exit ‘Highway To Climate Hell’ UN Boss Warns, As Records Are Again Broken

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Will A Focus On Stream Health Boost Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?

-- TribLive: Export Officials On Board With $5 -$10 Million Turtle Creek Remediation Project In Westmoreland

-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Everything Mayflies - Swarms On Radar, As A Stream Health Monitor; Take The Watermark Watershed Challenge;  Building Trust To Boost The Bay

-- Scranton Times: Local Farmers Battling Climate Change Consider The Pros, Cons Of Federal Funding

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: New Report - Extreme Rainfall In Pennsylvania To Increase  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Flood Risk Is Increasing In Philly Region, Here’s What You Need To Know

-- WESA: ReImagine Appalachia Report Proposes Policy Recommendations To Increase Flood Resilience In Appalachia

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Call For Better Flood Relief Policies For Appalachian Communities

-- Spotlight PA: On Any Given Day, This Centre County Community Might Not Have Running Water, Residents Are At A Loss

-- WESA: Lead Levels In Pittsburgh’s Tap Water Fall To 20-Year Low

-- KDKA: PA American Water Replacing Lead Water Service Pipes

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Investing In Our Trails Is A Winning Formula For Pennsylvania - By Brook Lenker, Keystone Trails Association

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Healing With Nature Mosaic Mural Creates More Than Art

-- Republican Herald: Volunteers Clean Up Littered Area In Shenandoah, Trail Cameras To Be Installed Shortly

-- Republican Herald: Wiconisco Creek Anglers Clean Up, Create Trail In Williams Twp

-- Citizens Voice: Coming Together To Clean Up Wildlife Habitat On State Game Lands In Luzerne County

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Time Of Year When State’s Deer Herd Declines

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Porcupines Expanding To New Parts Of Pennsylvania

-- PA Natural Heritage Program Newsletter Features Seepage Wetlands, Turtle Habitat Management, Fungal Biodiversity, Lake Erie Cisco, And More!  [PaEN]

-- PA Firefly Festival Lottery Attracts Over 2,500 Entries - 150 Were Selected To Attend Activities In Late June; Live Stream Firefly Presentation  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Will Fireflies Fade From Summer Nights?

-- WHYY: They’re Big, They’re Colorful, But Joro Spiders Aren’t Nightmare Fodder

-- TribLive: More Work Needed To Help Bees In Pennsylvania, Experts Say

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 9, 2024]  PA Environment Digest

6/10/2024