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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- Warren Times: DCNR Highlights Allegheny River River Of The Year Event Last Month
-- Erie Times: EPA Research Vessel To Visit Presque Isle Bay With 3 PA Teachers
-- TribLive: Penn Twp. Man Killed In Storm Cleanup Accident Was Eagle Scout In Westmoreland
-- Westmoreland Pollinator Partners, Penguin Court Invite Entries To 4th Annual Pennsylvania Pollinator Photo Challenge [PaEN]
-- PA Resources Council Invites Entries Into Lens On Litter Photo Contest By Oct. 31
-- Latrobe Bulletin: PA Resources Council Encourages Submissions To ‘Lens On Litter’ Photo Contest
-- American Chestnut Foundation Invites Entries Into Annual Photo Contest By Sept. 1
Grants
-- Western PA Conservancy Awards 16 BHE GT&S Watershed Mini Grants In 8 Counties; Next Grant Round Opens This Fall [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Invites Applications To Working Lands Climate Corps, AmeriCorps Program [PaEN]
-- Help Wanted: Berks Nature - Nature Preschool Assistant Teacher [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss Carbon Sequestration-Hydrogen Hub Pipelines; Critical/Rare Earth Mineral Recycling At July 9 Meeting [PaEN]
-- PublicSource.org: July 9 Learn The Story Behind The Story - EQT's Gas Play In Pennsylvania, West Virginia [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Environmental Concerns Focus Of DEP Hearing On PA General Energy Double Gas, Wastewater Pipeline Route
-- Post-Gazette: These Big Bugs + Pollinators Are Here To Help At Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Summer Exhibit
-- PA Resources Council Releases Schedule Of Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical Collection Events Remaining This Year In Western PA [PaEN]
-- Gifford Pinchot’s Grey Towers Hosts Festival Of Wood & National Public Lands Day Sept. 28; Many Other Upcoming Events In Pike County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension July 16 Webinar On How To Plant A Tiny Forest In Your Neighborhood [PaEN]
-- PennTAP Hosts July 16 Food Waste Reduction & Upcycling Training Day & Tour In Berks County; Free Pollution Prevention Assistance Available [PaEN]
-- PASA Sustainable Agriculture Hosts July 18 Maximizing Your Farm Operation With Silvopasture Pasture Walk In Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- Spotlight PA To Host July 18 Panel Discussion On How Unreliable Small Private Water Systems Affect Quality Of Life In PA [PaEN]
-- DCNR, In Partnership With Penn State, Is Surveying Visitors On Their Experiences In Pinchot [Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming], Weiser [Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Schuylkill] State Forests
-- Brodhead Creek Watershed Holds River Ramble July 28 At ForeEvergreen Nature Preserve And Brodhead Creek Heritage Center In Monroe County
-- Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of Dr. Ruth Patrick’s Study Of The Conestoga River With July 29 Educator Program, Aug. 1 Special Program By Dr. Bern Sweeney [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: Think You Know Composting? Find Out More In This Penn State Extension, Phipps Conservatory Summer Short Course July 30
-- PA iMapInvasives 2024 Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt Set For August; July 30 Webinar Training Available [PaEN]
-- Pike, Wayne Conservation Districts, Trout Unlimited Partner On New Stream Keepers Youth Program Aug. 3 [PaEN]
-- Discover How To Identify, Track Invasive Species Using iMapInvasives In Aug. 9 Penn State Extension Webinar [PaEN]
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates 90th Anniversary With Aug. 10 Birds & Brew In The Outdoor Amphitheater
-- Republican Herald: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Continues 90th Anniversary Celebration With Aug. 10 Birds & Brew
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Interfaith Climate Convening Set For Sept. 29 [PaEN]
-- Faithful Green Leaders Training Being Offered For Congregation Green Teams In October By Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Update: Oct. 16-17 Summit For Community Stewardship; Scranton Tomorrow Projects; Land & Water Stewards; Thank You For Picking Up Pennsylvania!
Programs/Information
-- DCNR, Education Launch PA's 2024 Summer Learning And Literacy Road Trip Featuring State Parks, Libraries [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: How Pittsburgh-Area School Districts Are Responding To PA’s New Science Standards
-- The Danville News Guest Essay: Susquehanna River Shapes History, Culture Of Danville - By Clare Charlton, Danville Area High School Student
-- Master Watershed Steward Katie Stanley Leverages Knowledge In Allegheny County [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times: Beaver County Children Enjoy Critter Hunt In Brush Creek
-- Republican Herald - Tyler Frantz: Sweet Arrow Lake Program In Schuylkill County Says Reptiles Deserve A Chance
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Floating Classroom On Susquehanna At Williamsport Combines River Learning With Paddlewheel Charm
-- Franklin County Free Press: Buttonwood Nature Center’s Watershed Science Coordinator Update
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Wonders Of Crab Spiders
-- StateCollege.com: PA Senior Environment Corps Volunteers Watch Over Centre County Waterways
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Public Schools Adopt Climate Change Resolution
-- CNX Foundation Launches Internship Program To Develop Student Interest In The Regional Energy Industry
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 6 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 53 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 6 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments At 2 Hearings On Aug. 7 On RACT III Air Quality Permits For Owens Brockway Glass Plant 18 & Plant 19 In Jefferson County [PaEN]
-- DEP: Shell Petrochemical Plant Title V Air Quality Permit Application Complete, Now Posted On DEP's Website; Comment Period Opening Soon [PaEN]
-- USDA NRCS Invites Landowners To Take Survey On Why People Choose To Use Or Not Use Different Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- DCNR, In Partnership With Penn State, Is Surveying Visitors On Their Experiences In Pinchot [Luzerne, Lackawanna, Wyoming], Weiser [Carbon, Columbia, Dauphin, Schuylkill] State Forests
Background On Issues
-- Federal Judge Halts Biden’s Pause On New LNG Gas Export Facility Permits; EQT, PA Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition Plan To Ship PA Gas To China To Support Its Economy [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - June 29 to July 5 - Lots Of Conventional Wells Venting Gas; 12 + 6 More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Air Quality Permit For Frontier LNG Gas Facility In Clinton County [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA/WITF: Per Well Impact Fees Paid By Shale Gas Drillers In PA Drop By More Than $100 Million In 2023 [IFO Predicts Another $114 Million Drop In 2024 ]
-- PennLive: Environmental Concerns Focus Of DEP Hearing On PA General Energy Double Gas, Wastewater Pipeline Route
-- ProPublica: How America’s ‘Most Powerful Lobby’ Is Stifling Efforts To Reform Oil, Gas Well Cleanup In State After State [PA Included]
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Energy Costs Are Rising, But Why? Peoples Natural Gas Proposing New Mechanism To Impose Surcharges During Temperature Lows, Highs
-- DEP Approves Final Land Recycling Cleanup Report For Shell Petrochemical Plant Site In Beaver County [Original Horsehead Zinc Plant] [PaEN]
-- Citizens Voice: Grant Will Help Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Examine Water Quality In Shickshinny
-- Public News Service: Calls For More Funding In PA State Budget For Clean Water Initiatives
-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Grants For Projects In PA Come At An Opportune Time, Chesapeake Bay Foundation Says
-- PA Senate, House Legislators Announce Relaunch Of Bipartisan Nuclear Energy Caucus
-- City & State PA Guest Essay: PA’s Energy Past Could Be Its Energy Future - Relaunching The Nuclear Energy Caucus - By Rep. Tom Mehaffie (R-Dauphin)
-- Investing.com: Constellation Talking To Pennsylvania On Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart, Sources Say
-- Firepoint Energy Selects Jefferson County Site For Waste Coal-To-Fuel Conversion, Rare Earth Element Recovery Production Site [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: US Supreme Court Pause Of Good Neighbor Air Pollution Reduction Rule Praised By US Steel, Panned By Environmental Groups
-- EPA Updated Climate Indicators Report Shows How Climate Change Is Impacting People’s Health And The Environment
-- White House: Biden Administration Announces New Actions To Protect Workers, Communities From Extreme Weather
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June Now Available [PaEN]
-- EDF Action: Pennsylvania Consumers, Labor, Legislators Highlight Cost, Climate Benefits Of Electric Vehicles [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Advocates Boost Electric Vehicles As Anti-EV Ads Run In PA
-- Final Flood Insurance Task Force Report Makes Recommendations On Affordability, Risk Mitigation, Incentives, Education, Outreach Programs [PaEN]
-- WHYY: New Tax Breaks, Grants And Assistance Recommended By Flood Insurance Task Force
-- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: Don’t Be Fooled By These Common Flood Insurance Myths In The Philly Region
-- Inquirer: Flood-Prone Philadelphia Neighborhood Will Get Federal Climate Funds Under Biden Administration Plan
-- Post-Gazette: Downtown Neighbors Alliance Works To Increase Rooftop Greenery In Pittsburgh
-- Financial Times: Climate Change Is Pushing Up Food Prices And Worrying Central Banks
-- Reuters: US Peak Power Generation Pollution Season Gets Underway
-- New Bucknell University Study Reveals How Interactions In Nature Impact Stewardship [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: New Bucknell Study Reveals How Various Interactions In Nature Impact Stewardship
-- Republican Herald: Why Spending Time Outdoors Is Good For Your Health
-- WTAE: Can You Drink Water From Roadside Springs? [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Planting Of Streamside Forests Picked Up In 2023, But Loss Might Outpace Gain; PA Plants 268 Miles Of Buffers
-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Blog: Conservation Funding Assists In Restoration At Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County - By Su Fanok, Director Of Freshwater Conservation, The Nature Conservancy-PA
-- Morning AgClips: Monroe Conservation District Protecting Pocono Creek Homes Through Streambank Stabilization
-- Erie Times: How Deep Are Lake Erie And Great Lakes?
-- Rachel Carson Building Falcons Continue Flight And Food Hunting Skills Training, Not Around Nest Much
-- WHYY: Chester County Hayfields Can Be Traps For Baby Birds, A Collaboration Aims To Make Them Havens
-- Western PA Conservancy Water Land Life: Build Trails In Venango County; Enjoy Trees, Gardens In Pittsburgh; Invasive Species Scavenger Hunt; Much More!
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Bill Requiring PennDOT To Plant Native Plants Along State Highways Into Law [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Applauds New PA Law Requiring Native Vegetation Along State Highways
-- The Center Square: No More Invasive Species Planting Along State Highways
-- Guest Essay: Pennsylvania Native Plants And Insects Getting Legislative Attention - By Nate Reagle, Certified Pollinator Steward [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: West Nile Virus Mosquitoes Detected In Cressona, Schuylkill County
-- DEP Update On West Nile Virus, Jamestown Canyon Virus
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Update On Animal Rabies Cases In Pennsylvania
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Hunting Heritage Began With The Magna Carta Signing
-- The Allegheny Front: When Coyotes Come To Town
-- Inside Climate News: Eastern Hellbenders Are A Species Of Concern, Threatened By Climate Change In North Carolina
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: This Lancaster County Native Is Chasing Cicadas Across The US
-- The Nature Conservancy-PA July News: Philadelphia Heat Map; Freshwater Restoration; Black Bear Sightings In Long Pond Barrens Preserve
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: July 7, 2024]
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