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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- DCNR Good Natured Blog: I’m Having A Great Forestry Intern Experience! - By Connor Duncan, DCNR Forestry Intern [PaEN]
-- Student Interns Are Learning About The Water Industry With Trade College Summer Experiences At The Chester Water Authority [PaEN]
Grants
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Schools Can Soon Apply For Grants To Offset Cost Of Solar Projects
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: New Solar For Schools Program
-- Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority Will Be Accepting Applications For Recycling Mini Grants Starting Aug. 12
Help Wanted/Jobs
-- Student Interns Are Learning About The Water Industry With Trade College Summer Experiences At The Chester Water Authority [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- House Committee To Hold 2nd Hearing July 29 On Governor’s Energy Plan To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- TribLive: ‘Frog Week’ Part Of PA Woods & Forests Goal To Draw Attention To Backyard Creatures In Westmoreland
-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts July 31 School Grounds Greening - Helping Children Learn In And From Nature Webinar [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership, 50+ Vendors To Host Susquehanna Greenway Expo Aug. 3 At Shikellamy State Park Marina, Sunbury [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Times: Electronics Recycling Event At Riverside H.S. Aug. 6 In Beaver County
-- Penn State Extension Aug. 21 Webinar - Water Testing Through Penn State's Ag Analytical Lab [PaEN]
-- Learn How You Can Qualify For Free Well Water Testing During Aug. 22 Penn State Extension Webinar [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Begins 10-Part Pennsylvania Forests Online Seminar Series Sept. 10 [PaEN]
-- Watershed Alliance Of York, Partners Host 22nd Annual Watershed Week Sept. 21 - 27 [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! 2024 Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 26-27 In Bethlehem; Delaware Conservation Fund Symposium Sept. 25 [PaEN]
-- Lehigh County-based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs: Stream Restoration; Volunteer Opportunities; Wine & Dine Dinner; Student American Chestnut Project
-- DCNR Virtual Webinar For Recreation, Conservation Projects Set For Nov. 7 [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- DCNR State Parks July Environmental Education Newsletter: Summer Learning & Literacy Road Trip; Celebrating Park & Recreation Professionals; Literacy Survey, Professional Workshops [PaEN]
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Hazelwood Summer Camp Teaches Life Lessons Along With Rowing On The Mon River
-- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Nature’s Garden A Learning Experience
-- The Allegheny Front: A Rare Prairie In Pennsylvania Is In Full Bloom Right Now At DCNR Jennings Environmental Center, Butler County
-- Scranton Times Quills Blog: Plant Trees For Free In Pennsylvania
-- Patch.com: Students Team Up With Bucks Beautiful To Enhance Buckingham Wetlands
-- Erie Times: Old Farmer’s Almanac Fall Forecast: What It Says For Pennsylvania
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - July 27 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 74 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 27 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 7 Hearing; Sept. 5 Business Meeting [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Aug. 14 Trails Advisory Committee Forum Mercer County; DCNR Seeks Survey Input From Trail Managers, Providers On Land/Water Trail Plan [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Aug. 28 Hearing On Water Quality Permit For Rustic Ridge Ridge #1 Coal Mine 1,452 Acre Expansion In Fayette, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Aug. 29 Hearing On Stormwater Permit For Blue Ridge Real Estate’s Proposed Truck Terminal, Warehouse In Kidder Twp., Carbon County [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- No One Warned A Cameron County Family Their Water Well Was Contaminated By A Seneca Resources Shale Gas Wastewater Pipeline Rupture [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 20 to 26 - Abandoned Well Violations To Owner Of 727 Conventional Wells ‘Returned To Sender,’ More Wastewater Pipeline Spills; 2nd Attempt To Plug Shale Gas Well [PaEN]
-- Grist - Jake Bolster: Road Dumping Returns: How Pennsylvania’s Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Quietly Dumped Waste Across The State
-- Fast Company: It’s Illegal For Oil & Gas Companies To Dump Wastewater On Pennsylvania Roads - They Do It Anyway
-- MotherJones.com: Frackers Are Spraying Toxic Wastewater On Pennsylvania Roads Despite Ban
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Fight Over Road Dumping Oil & Gas Wastewater Is A Rural-Urban Tension [They Now Dump More On Paved Roads; Road Dumping Is Waste Disposal - This Is 2024, Not 1859 Learn The Real Facts]
-- NonProfitQuarterly.org - Justin Nobel: Is Radioactivity The Key To Holding The Fracking Industry Accountable? [Bryan Latkanich Case In Washington County]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 22 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In June; 155 General Permits In 2024 [PaEN]
-- Shell Petrochemical Plant Asks DEP To Classify Chemical Makeup, Flow Rate Of Gases Going To Be Burned Off By Flares, Air Pollution Sources, Control Equipment Operating At The Plant Confidential Business Information [PaEN]
-- WESA/The Allegheny Front: Report: Chemical Recycling Of Plastic Won’t Benefit The Ohio Valley
-- Bloomberg: EQT Gas CEO Says Fracking Ban Would Be ‘Constructive’ For Prices
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT Natural Gas’ Toby Rice On Presidential Politics: ‘Time To Hold Leaders Accountable’ [EQT, PA Shale Gas Says We Have A ‘Duty’ To Sell More Gas To China Our Economic, Military Competitor ]
-- Shapiro Administration Secures $396.1 Million In Federal Funding To Cut Carbon Pollution From Industries, Create Jobs [PaEN]
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: How Western PA’s Industrial Sector Can Tap Into $396 Million In Federal Climate Funding Received By DEP
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Pennsylvania Gets Nearly $400 Million For Industrial Decarbonization
-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: PA Gets $400 Million From EPA To Lower Carbon Emissions From Industries
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pennsylvania To Receive $396 Million For Industrial Decarbonization
-- Spotlight PA: Federal Dollars Driving Energy Policy In Pennsylvania Toward Solar, Hydrogen
-- WTAE: Nuclear Energy Leader Discusses Industry Future: ‘It’s A Community Of Women’
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Book By Rob Jackson Provides Hope For Restoring The Atmosphere From Climate Pollution
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Climate Action Is A Moral Imperative - By Rev. Erik Hoeke, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Bipartisan Solar For Schools And Geologic Sequestration Of Carbon Bills Into Law [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Hopes To Regulate Carbon Storage Wells With New Law
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Pennsylvania Law Seeks To Make State A Geologic Carbon Storage Center
-- Penn State Study Finds Solar Farms With Stormwater Controls Mitigate Runoff, Erosion [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - We All Need To Experience Nature
-- DCNR Designates New Umbrella Magnolia Groves Wild Plant Sanctuary In York County [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands Partners With Landowner Michael Kaczenski To Protect 252 Acres Of Forest Land In Carbon County [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Partnered With Fleetwood Borough To Increase Protection For Local Drinking Water Under New Fleetwood Reservoir Woodland Conservation Easement Covering 190 Acres [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Berks Nature Partners With Landowner Kevin Stein To Protect 139+ Acres In The Kittatinny Ridge Landscape [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: ClearWater Conservancy Partners With Diane Albright To Protect 95-Acre Woodland As Part Of Beaver Branch Gorge Biological Diversity Area In Centre County [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Protects 4.6 More Acres In West Vincent Twp., Chester County
-- Lancaster Farming: USDA Secretary Calls For Systemic Changes In Agriculture At Rodale Organic Farming Field Day
-- Center For Biological Diversity: EPA Releases New Strategy To Protect Endangered Plants, Animals From Insecticides
-- EPA Releases Draft Strategy To Better Protect Endangered Species From Insecticides
-- MCall Guest Essay: We Need Detailed Soil Maps Of Our Cities So We Know Where It’s Safe To Work, Live, Play And Grow Food - By Nora Vaughn, Lehigh University Student
-- Delaware RiverKeeper July 26 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights Chesapeake Bay Report Card; Tioga River Mine Drainage Treatment Project; eDNA; New Cooling Tower Tech [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Pennsylvania’s Budget Pledges Ongoing Support For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
-- Inside Climate News: Historic Investments, Accountability Push Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts In Right Direction Says EPA Region III Administrator Adam Ortiz
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: A Collaborative Triumph In The Conestoga Watershed - Hammertown Tributary
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Restoring Streams, Cultivating Partnerships - Gordonville Farm Riparian Buffer
-- WESA/AP: Demand For Rare Elements Used In Clean Energy Could Help Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines In Appalachia
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A New Plan For Pennsylvania Forests - New Uses, More Trails, Continued Logging
-- TribLive: Goats Get To Work Clearing Natrona Riverfront In Preparation For Work On Three Rivers Heritage Trail Connection
-- Inquirer: It’s Been 10 Years Since The Spotted Lanternfly Landed In PA, Is It As Bad As We Feared?
-- Inquirer: Spotting And Stopping The Spotted Lanternfly
-- Penn State Extension - Watershed Winds: Why Did My Streamside Tree Die? Monitoring Soil Moisture; Pond & Lake Wildlife; Private Wells & Water Systems; Water-Related Education Programs
-- Penn State Extension - Ag Conservation Currents: Ag Progress Days; Livestock Watering; Grass Riparian Buffers; REAP Application Period Opens; ABCs Of Agricultural Conservation
-- Penn State Extension - Woods & Wildlife News: Integrated Forest Management; Invasion Ecology; Preventing Feral Hog Invasions; Woodland Steward Series; Forest Farming - Ginseng
-- Erie Times: Cocaine Trade Threatens Winter Habitat Of PA’s Warblers, Orioles And More In Central America
-- Williamsport Sun - Dan Brauning, Lycoming Audubon: Migration Marvels - A Look At How Birds Exemplify The Cycle Of Life
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 28, 2024]
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