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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- PA Sea Grant: Lake Erie Shipboard Educator Science Workshop StoryMap Highlights This Year's Experience [PaEN]
-- TribLive: RiverLife Has Been Caring For Pittsburgh’s Waterways For 25 Years
-- TribLive: Officials Paddle For The Future Of The Allegheny River: ‘Up Close And Personal’
-- TribLive: Junior Green Corps Students Play Part In Transforming Homewood Neighborhood In Pittsburgh
-- TribLive: Burrell Lake Park Scout Project ‘The Perfect Project At The Perfect Time’
-- Republican Herald: Local Scouts Gain Leadership Skills At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Training Course
-- Republican Herald: Smokey Bear Celebrates 80th Birthday In Minersville
-- Reminder: Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Entries For Summer Photo Contest Until Aug. 31
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Winners Named In 13th Annual Photo Contest; Vote For People’s Choice Winners [PaEN]
Grants
-- DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Environmental Education Grants, Deadline Nov. 15
-- Post-Gazette: Richard King Mellon Foundation Seeks Proposals For Tech Job Training
-- WHYY: Schools In PA, NJ, DE Receive More Than $1 Million To Test, Treat Lead In Drinking Water
-- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Chesapeake Bay Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grants; Sept. 12 Webinar [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- PennLive: Game Commission Looking For 5 People Who Vandalized Waggoner’s Gap Hawk Watch In Perry County
Upcoming Events
-- Scranton Times: Lackawanna County Offering Tire Recycling For Residents Next Month
-- Upper Delaware Council Hosts Sept. 5 Presentation On Upper Delaware Oral History Project At Its Offices In Narrowsburg, NY, And Online [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: Lycoming Composite Mountain Bike Team Hosting Statewide Race Sept. 7-8
-- PA Resources Council, Partners Hold Household Chemical Collection Events In Allegheny, Fayette, Beaver Counties On Sept. 7, 21, Oct. 12 [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute Presents An Evening With Will Harris: A Conversation Between Farmers Sept. 10 At Kutztown University [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Sept. 11 Webinar On Corrosive Water Issues [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: 16th Annual Allegheny River Cleanup Set For Sept. 12
-- Celebrate The World Of Insects At Penn State's Annual Great Insect Fair Sept. 14 In State College [PaEN]
-- Entomology Advocacy Week! Help Shape Science-Based Policy For Insects, Pollinators By Supporting House Bill 2471 [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Pollinator Plants Add Wildlife Habitat Along The Turnpike, In Lancaster County Parks
-- Financial Times: Where Have All The Insects Gone?
-- Scranton Times: Fall Electronics Recycling Event Planned For Tunkhannock Sept. 14 In Wyoming County
-- Register Now For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Women And Their Woods Retreat Sept. 15-18 In Wayne County, PA [PaEN]
-- Erie County, DEP, Partners To Hold 2024 International Coastal Cleanup Sept. 21
-- Volunteers Needed For Sept. 21 Litter Cleanup, Beautification Events In Coatesville, Chester County; Find Cleanups Near You [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Action Network Hosts Sept. 24 Southeast PA Water Utility Forum At Albright College, Berks County [PaEN]
-- Save the Date! PA Solar Center: Eastern PA Sunset Soiree & Awards Program Sept. 26 In Philadelphia
-- Southwestern PA Water Network To Host Confluence At Mingo Creek - A Celebration Of Watersheds Sept. 28 In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grants Newsletter: Register Your PA Healthy Lands Event; New Inclusive Playgrounds; Grant Application Webinar Nov. 7
Programs/Information
-- TribLive: 2024 Fall Foliage Forecast Impacted By Record Heat In Western PA
-- Center For Watershed Protection: Introducing The PA MS4 Stormwater Collaboration Toolkit - Unlocking Water Quality Success [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Watershed Winds Newsletter: Pharmaceuticals And Water Quality; Impervious Surface Stormwater Impacts; Fix A Leaking Pond; Much More!
-- Williamsport Sun Guest Essay: A New Age Of Flooding - By Tim Palmer, Author Of Seek Higher Ground, The Natural Solution To Our Urgent Flooding Crisis
-- Moshannon Creek Watershed Assn: Healing The Red Mo - The Toxic Legacy Of Acid Mine Drainage In Clearfield County [WPSU Video]
-- DEP Environmental Justice News: Update On EJ Policy Implementation; Staffing; And More!
-- Reminder: Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Entries For Summer Photo Contest Until Aug. 31
-- Discover NE PA: Pennsylvania’s Bald Eagles - A Conservation Success Story
-- Partnership For The Delaware Estuary: Gardens For Clean Water - A Seasonal Newsletter For Habitat Owners, Caretakers
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Fixers: Native Plants, No Mow And DIY Fertilizer In Northwest Philadelphia
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: Climate Fixers - Slowing Down Fashion With Century-Old Tradition In Collegeville, Montgomery County
Public Participation
-- DEP Designates Renewal Of Marcus Hook Terminal Air Quality Permit Subject To Environmental Justice Enhanced Public Participation; Stormwater Permit Also Pending [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - August 24 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 70 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 24 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- PUC To Seek Comments On Updates To Regulations On Commission Procedures And Formal Proceedings
-- Bradford Era: National Forest Service Accepting Comments On Stream Habitat Project In Elk County
-- Bradford Era: US Forest Service Seeks Input On Tar Sites Cleanup In Allegheny National Forest
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 17 to 23 - Failure Of Casing During Fracking; 46 Day Delay In Water Compliant Notice; Closing 3 Wastewater Treatment Facilities; 40 More Abandoned Conventional Wells [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Eureka Resources Plans To Close/Sell 2 Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants In Williamsport: Not Enough Wastewater Volume To Keep Plants Open [PaEN]
-- Eureka Resources Shuts Down Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility; DEP Wastewater, Waste Violations Continued From Feb. 2023 [PaEN]
-- Eureka Resources Request To Terminate Its Water Quality Permit For A Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Facility In Dimock, Susquehanna County Approved By DEP [PaEN]
-- Former Employees Of Eureka Resources Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Company Ask For Criminal Investigation Of Eureka And An Audit Of DEP Over Alleged Workplace, Environmental Violations [PaEN]
-- Rocket-Courier: Sayre Man Killed At Eureka Resources Standing Stone Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plant [September, 2022]
-- Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Report On Worker Death At Eureka Resources.
-- Times West Virginian: EPA OKs $3.1 Million, More Time To Clean Up Abandoned Fairmont, WV Oil & Gas Wastewater Plant; Radioactive Materials Confirmed Present [ EPA Response Webpage ]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meets Sept. 12 On Water Withdrawal Requests - Including 8 Shale Gas Development, Gas Power Plant; Budget; Procurement Regulations [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approved, Renewed 33 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In July; 188 General Permits So Far In 2024 [PaEN]
-- PennLive: $450 Million State Labs Complex To Be Built On Former Harrisburg State Hospital Grounds [Agriculture, DCNR, DEP, Health, State Police]
-- Dept. Of General Services Unveils Final Joint Laboratory Plans For Former Harrisburg State Hospital Property
-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: PJM’s Spike In Electric Prices Due To Natural Gas Un-Reliability And PJM’s Failure To Connect New Clean Energy Generation - By Claire Lang-Ree, NRDC
-- DelawareValleyJournal: PJM Pays 700% More To Buy Electricity, Warns Price Hikes Will Follow
-- The Energy Age Blog: CNX ‘Glowing’ Analysis Of Natural Gas Development Safety Based On Very Limited Air Quality Monitoring
-- Post-Gazette/Inside Climate News: After Partnering With PA To Monitor Itself, CNX Declares Its Fracking Operations ‘Safe’
-- Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition: CNX Data Confirms Natural Gas Development Not Public Health Risk
-- We’ve Heard This Before: ‘We’re Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs’ - A Brief Review Of Pennsylvania’s Conservation History
-- Marcellus Drilling News/WV Gazette Mail: Diversified Energy Plugs Its Own Conventional Orphan Oil & Gas Wells
-- Republican Herald: Williams Valley Leaders Visit Operational Solar Energy Facility In Dauphin County
-- PennLive: Cumberland County Company Receives USDA Funding For Solar Energy Project
-- Observer-Reporter: Hearing Held For Solar Energy Facility Proposed In Smith Twp., Washington County
-- TribLive: Buffalo Twp. Hearings Set On Ordinances For Solar Energy Facilities In Butler County
-- Citizens Voice: Lehman Twp. Zoning Board Rejects Request For Exemption For Proposed Solar Energy Facility
-- WNEP: Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Lehman Twp, Luzerne County No Longer Moving Forward
-- Citizens Voice: Nanticoke City Council Rejects Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Luzerne County
-- Observer-Reporter: Georges Twp. Residents Ready For Solar Energy Facility Hearing In Fayette County
-- Competitive Power Ventures Begins Construction Of Third Renewable Energy Project Using Abandoned Mine Land In PA [PaEN]
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy: Reuse Degraded Lands For Clean Energy - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Former DEP, DCNR Secretary
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Stormwater Runoff Not An Issue In Solar Fields With Proper Management, Penn State Study Finds
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Report: Red Tape Leaves Most Of $1 Billion In Federal Funds To Reclaim Abandoned Mine Land Unspent, GAO Report [PA Included]
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Firepoint Energy CEO Wary Of Critical Mineral Subsidies That Could Disappear
-- Attorney General Henry Reminds Homeowners Of Predatory Scammers During Hurricane Season
-- Daily Local News: Litter Lifters Stoop To Pick Up Trash All Over Chester County; ‘Litter Queen’ Strives To Keep The County Beautiful
-- PUC OKs Implementation Of PaPUC Forward Strategic Plan Centered On Professional Development, Process Excellence, Enhanced Consumer Education [PaEN]
-- Scranton Times Editorial: AI Is An Energy Hog That Could Hurt Progress Fighting Climate Change [Takes Power Away From Electric Grid]
-- Erie 2030 District Announces $4.2 Million In Energy Savings; Emissions; Energy Demand Reductions In 2023 [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Blaschak Anthracite, Railroad Fired Up About Hard Coal Industry’s Future
-- Bloomberg: Virtual Power Plants To Limit Electric Consumption, Ward Off Outages During Peak Periods
-- US EIA: 20.2 GW Of New Electric Generating Capacity Added In First Half Of 2024; 62.6 GW Expected To Be Added In 2024, Led By Solar, Energy Storage
-- Utility Dive: US EIA Expects 62.8 GW Of New Electric Generation To Come Online In 2024, Led By Solar, Energy Storage
-- AP: What Has Worked To Fight Climate Change? Policies Where Someone Pays For Polluting, Study Finds
-- AP: Biden Promised To Clean Up Heavily Polluted Communities; Here Is How Is How Advocates Say He Did
-- Scranton Times: Moscow Sewer Authority, US Army Corps Of Engineers To Answer Questions About Polluted Septic Tanks And Wetlands, $4 Million Remediation Project
-- PA Environmental Council Blog: River Rally Takeaways, Tangible And Otherwise - By Tali MacArthur, Watershed Outreach Manager
-- TribLive: Kayakers Take On Ohiopyle’s Renowned Rapids - Upstream
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 23 RiverWatch Video Report
-- LancasterOnline: August’s Rainfall Ends Drought Conditions In Central PA
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: Bipartisan Legislation On Landslides And Sinkholes
-- PA Environmental Council Blog: Water Trail News - Ohio River Basin - By Tali MacArthur, Watershed Outreach Manager
-- Inquirer: How The I-95 Cap Project Will Reconnect Philadelphians To The Delaware Waterfront
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Common Terns Fledge In Erie For First Time In 60 Years In Pennsylvania
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: How A $350 Wooden Box Revived The Common Tern
-- Game Commission: At Last, Nest Success For Common Terns In Erie County
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Historic Susquehanna River Home To Variety Of Large Fish, Birds, And These Unique Objects
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Closer Look At The Fox
-- Health, DCNR, DEP Highlight Lyme Disease, Tick Bite Prevention Best Practices At Memorial Lake State Park, Dauphin County
-- York Daily Record: PA Being Invaded By New Tick Species: How To Protect Yourself
-- Observer-Reporter: Treatments Planned To Combat West Nile Virus In Washington County
-- WESA: Philadelphia Area Sees Uptick In Dengue Fever Cases From Travelers
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In 2 Municipalities In Delaware County Wednesday, Aug. 21
-- DEP To Conduct Mosquito Control Spraying In 2 Municipalities In Lycoming County Aug. 21
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: August 25, 2024]
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