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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- TribLive: Poison Prevention, Deer Damage Techniques Earn Kudos For Local Master Gardeners
-- PA Sea Grant: 3 PA Educators To Participate In Shipboard Science Program On Lake Erie [PaEN]
-- Altoona Mirror: Smokey Bear Celebrates 80 Years On Aug. 9
Grants
-- Inquirer: William Penn Foundation Is Changing What It Funds; Leadership Undergoing A Generational Shift
-- US Dept. Of Energy Awards Funding For Projects Repurposing Existing Energy Facilities, Including 4 In PA Promoting Reuse Of Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells, Mine Pools, Abandoned Mine Lands [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Inquirer: He’s 11 And Makes $100,000 A Year Riding His Bike In The Philly Suburbs; Haverford Police Are Not Pleased
Upcoming Events
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: ‘Big Bugs’ Land At Pittsburgh Botanic Garden To Highlight Importance Of Pollinators, Insects
-- PennLive: Free Guided Tours Of Rare Butterfly Habitat Still Available At Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts July 17 Meeting In Washington County On How To Protect Your Families' Health Living Near Shale Gas Facilities [PaEN]
-- PennTAP Hosts July 18 Webinar On Funding And Incentives To Finance Energy Efficiency Improvements In Your Facility [PaEN]
-- Capital RC&D To Hold July 30 Pasture Walk On Grazing Practices And New Temporary Fencing Program At The Voight Family Farms In Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- Juniata College Raystown Field Station: Aug. 10-11 Leave No Trace Level 1 Instructor Course
-- Penn State Extension Ag Progress Days To Be Held August 13-15
-- Request For Presentation Proposals: Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 At University Of Pittsburgh [PaEN]
-- Interactive Training To Help Identify And Report Aquatic Invasive Species Thru The PA AIS Field Guide App Now Available From PA Sea Grant [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Republican Herald: Minersville/Pine Grove Students Savor Watershed Science Experiences Environmental Projects Led By Schuylkill Conservation District
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Celebrates Completion Of Rain Gardens To Manage Stormwater, Enhance Biodiversity In Findlay Township [PaEN]
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Blog: Celebrating The Findlay Twp. Activity Center Rain Gardens
-- Scranton Times: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Lackawanna, Luzerne County School Water Supplies
-- WPSU Video: PA’s State Parks & Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Maple Museum Opens In Somerset County With Tube Cutting
-- Tribune-Democrat: PA Maple Museum To Debut In Somerset County Saturday
-- Republican Herald: Wild Animals Show Off For Kids At Pottsville Free Public Library
-- State Budget Guest Essay: PA's Budget Must Build On Clean Water Momentum With Greater Investments In The Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program - By Julia Krall, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation in PA [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - June 29 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 81 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP: Reminder Of July 2 Virtual Hearing On PA General Energy Triple Shale Gas, Water Pipeline Proposal In Lycoming County
-- DEP Invites Comments On Revised Oil & Gas Erosion & Sediment Control General Permit (ESCGP-4) [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Air Quality Permits For Installation Of A 5.8 Million Gallon Gasoline/Naphtha Storage Tank At The United Refining Company Refinery In Warren, PA [PaEN]
-- Comments Invited By DEP On Renewal Of Air Quality Permit For American Refining Group Facility In Bradford, McKean County [PaEN]
-- LebTown: Lebanon County Clean Water Alliance Wants To Know Your Water Improvement Project Stories
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 22 to 28 - 12 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Failure To Comply With Cleanup Order [PaEN]
-- Sen. Camera Bartolotta: PA Should Be Producing 4 Times The Gas We Are Now, Exporting It Around The World: ‘We Just Need To Get Government The Hell Out Of The Way’ [PaEN]
-- PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Doubles-Down On Support For Exporting PA Natural Gas To China, Our Economic, Military Competitor [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: More Bad Acting By Sen. Bartolotta - Frac The Hell Out Of Pennsylvania!
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Senator Says ‘Get Government The Hell Out Of The Way’ re Natural Gas - Sen. Bartolotta Nailed It!
-- Independent Fiscal Office Projects Another Drop In Act 13 Shale Gas Drilling Impact Fee Revenue In 2024 By As Much As $114 Million From 2022 [PaEN]
-- DEP Soliciting Bids For Plugging 20 Conventional, Abandoned Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Wells Owned By Pennzoil In The Allegheny National Forest [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves Water Withdrawals, Including 7 More For Shale Gas Development In June; Total Of 15 In 2024 [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 33 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In May; 133 General Permits In 2024 [PaEN]
-- House Committee Told Governor’s Energy Plan Diversifies Energy Generation, Avoids One-Fuel Dependence, Improves Grid Reliability, Lowers Consumer Costs, Generates Jobs; Or Upends Competitive Markets And Is A ‘Death Wish’ For Our Economy [PaEN]
-- Delaware Valley Journal: Shapiro’s Energy Plan PACER Likely Stuck In Park, Sources Say
-- DEP Reviewing Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Operating Permit Application For Administrative Completeness [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Lauren Myers: Pollution Risks From Gas Stoves Are Greater In Small Homes
-- Spotlight PA - Kate Huangpu: Power Grid Concerns Complicate Talks About Incentivizing Green Energy In PA
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Begin Debate On New Renewable Energy Goals
-- NextPittsburgh: Solar Energy Facility To Transform Toxic Swisshelm Park Slag Dump In Allegheny County
-- Observer-Reporter: Proposed Solar Farm In Georges Twp., Fayette County Sparks Backlash From Neighbors
-- TribLive: Unity Twp. Residents Speak Out Against Proposed Solar Energy Facility, Zoning Hearing To Continue In Westmoreland
-- House Passes Bill To Update PA Energy Development Authority To Better Leverage Available Federal Clean Energy Funding [PaEN]
-- PA Capital-Star: PA House Passes Bill To Allow State To Use Federal Funds For Clean Energy Development
-- House Committee Amends, Reports Out Senate Bill Setting A Framework For Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Dioxide [PaEN]
-- The Center Square: PA House Committee Moves Carbon Capture, Storage Rules Quickly
-- Organizations, Concerned Citizens Call On House Committee To Resist Rushing To A Vote On Bill Related To Geologic Carbon Sequestration Without A Hearing [PaEN]
-- Reps Nelson, Neilson Announce Plans To Introduce Bill To Provide Taxpayer Funding For A Test Carbon Sequestration Well
-- Shell To Build Carbon Capture And Storage Projects In Canada
-- PPL Utilities, Kentucky Subsidiaries Collaborate With US DOE On Nuclear Power Plant Feasibility Study On Coal Power Plant Site
-- Utility Dive: Talen-Amazon Data Center Deal In PA Would Shift $140 Million In Transmission Costs To Utility Customers, AEP, Exelon Challenge Says
-- Utility Dive: Talen Energy Defends Amazon Interconnection Agreement At Nuclear Plant
-- TribLive/AP: US Miners’ Union Head: Republican Effort To Block Silica Dust Rule ‘Attack’ On Workers
-- PA Capital-Star: US House Republicans Vote To Defund Enforcement Of Silica Dust Rule Protecting Miners
-- WPost: Indiana County Coal Workers Feel Abandoned As Coal Plants Close In Pennsylvania; How Biden’s Promise To Coal Country Became A Warning For Democrats
-- Guest Essay: PA Must Protect People And Nature From Weather And Climate Modification Experiments - By Sen. Doug Mastriano (R-Adams)
-- The Guardian: Visualized: The Parts Of US Where Summer Heat Has Risen The Most
-- Inquirer/WPost: Warren County Town Reckons With Population Loss: ‘Too Many Old People’, People Moving Out’ [Heart Of Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Road Dumping Wastewater]
-- PA Receives $28.6 Million In Federal Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) Program Funding; Local AML/AMD Project Funding Application Period Open [PaEN]
-- Inside Climate News: The Chesapeake Bay Program Flunked Its 2025 Cleanup Goals, What Happens Next?
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: For The Chesapeake Bay, Federal Leadership Is Sorely Needed For 2025 And Beyond - By Ann Mills & Nancy Stoner
-- EPA, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $22.4 Million To Support Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Projects In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 8 Projects To Benefit PA [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: Lancaster Clean Water Partners To Benefit From $1.5 Million In EPA/NFWF Grants
-- FIG Lancaster: Allyson Gibson, Lancaster Clean Water Partners, Is Passionate About Clean And Clear Water
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Issues 2023 Impact Report - Helping Farmers Grow Climate Resilience, Education And Innovation
-- News-Item: Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance Receives Foundation For PA Watersheds Grant To Support Watershed Manager
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Three Rivers Heritage Trail Report Puts Economic Impact At $26.5 Million
-- PA Wilds Center: 2 New PA Wilds Conservation Shops Open In Forest, Tioga Counties
-- Spotlight PA: A Rainy PA Forest In Ohiopyle State Park Offers Fun Window Into An Appalachian Ecology Debate
-- TribLive: Experts Predict High Spotted Lanternfly Numbers In Western PA
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Launches PA Plants Native! Initiative To Plant 100,000 Trees In Next 18 Months; Fall Tree Request Form Now Live! [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Stewards Host July 15 Annual Q/A Webinar On Fall Native Tree And Shrub Sale Species [PaEN]
-- Bill Requiring PennDOT To Plant Native Plants Along State Highways Goes To Governor [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline: PA Lawmakers Want To Ban Invasive Plant Species From State Highways
-- Citizens Voice: Grant Will Help Lehman Sanctuary Expand Wildflower Growth
-- TribLive: Leechburg Homeowner Embraces A ‘No-Mow’ Lifestyle In Armstrong County
-- Sunbury Daily Item Guest Essay: You Are Nature’s Best Hope - Transform Your Property To Encourage Species Biodiversity - By Barb Jarmoska, Responsible Decarbonization Alliance
-- Post-Gazette: Climate Change Has Given Local Gardeners More Choices In Shrubs And Other Winter-Hardy Plants
-- Rep. Pielli To Introduce Bills To Protect Insects, Conserve Monarch Butterfly Habitats [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Poison Prevention, Deer Damage Techniques Earn Kudos For Local Master Gardeners
-- Erie Times: What Is Lyme Disease And What Is Causing The Spike In Reported Cases?
-- Observer-Reporter: Fayette-Washington Fight The Bite Tick, Mosquito Surveillance Program Underway
-- CBF Blog: Voracious, Invasive Blue Catfish Being Welcomed Into Ohio River Basin, But Eating Chesapeake Bay Alive [PaEN]
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Eaglet Takes Flight For First Time From US Steel Irvin Works Plant Nest
-- Williamsport Sun: Research Rediscovers ‘Extinct’ Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflection In Nature - A Closer Look At The Frog In Nature
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 30, 2024]
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