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

Awards/Recognition

-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: Team USA Wins Youth World Fly Fishing Championship, Including 2 Anglers, Head Coach From PA

-- PennDOT, Keep PA Beautiful Announce 40 Students Selected As 2024-25 Young Ambassadors For A Clean And Beautiful Pennsylvania  [PaEN]

-- Dickinson College Farm's Matt Steiman Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award From The Sustainable Energy Fund  [PaEN]

-- Upper Delaware Council Announces Honorees For 36th Annual River Valley Awards, Including 4 From Pennsylvania  [PaEN] 

-- Williamsport Sun: Winners Of Susquehanna Greenway Photo Contest Announced

-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District Accepting Photo Contest Submissions Until Sept. 13

Grants

-- Green Building Alliance Awarded $1.48 Million Federal Grant To Launch Green Pathways Workforce Initiative In Southwest PA  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Green Building Alliance, Catalyst Connection Receive Multi-Million Dollar Grants To Connect Rural Areas With Job Opportunities

-- USDA Grant To Fund Penn State AI-Powered Research Into Nitrate Pollution Measurements Database In Chesapeake Bay, Ohio River, Upper Mississippi River Watersheds

-- LancasterOnline: Penn State Research To Employ AI To Monitor Nitrates In Polluted Waterways

Help Wanted

-- Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Seeks Volunteers For Annual Plant-A-Thon Set To Plant 10,000 Native Trees, Shrubs, Perennials Throughout The 4-County Watershed  [PaEN]

Upcoming Events

-- Sept. 11 Webinar On $396.1 Million PA RISE Program To Provide Grants, Incentives To Decarbonize Industry  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Trees For Graziers Host 2 Silvopasture Farm Walks On Sept. 4 In York County, Sept. 11 In Lebanon County  [PaEN]

-- Planet Philadelphia: Sept. 6 Radio Program To Feature Cities Building Their Futures

-- Warren Times: Sept. 6 Event To Celebrate Trails At Jakes Rocks As PA Trail Of The Year

-- Tribune-Democrat: Tour de Trail Flight 93 National Memorial Ride Set For Sept. 7

-- Warren Times: Warren County Master Gardener Classes Starting Soon

-- Williamsport Sun: Susquehanna TU Chapter Meets Sept. 11 For Picnic, Update On Conservation Projects

-- Keep PA Beautiful Supports 16th Allegheny River & Watershed Cleanup Sept. 12 to 14 In Warren County  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meetings In 3 Northwest PA Counties On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Webinar On Local Comprehensive Plans In Pennsylvania Sept. 18, Repeated Sept. 24

-- Bucks County Community College Hosts Sept. 21 Compassion For Animals & Environment Conference

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Hosts 5-Part Webinar Series On Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land, Starting Sept. 25  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension Offers 3-Part Webinar Series On On-Lot Septic Systems Starting Oct. 1  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension, Partners To Host Oct. 2-3 In-Person Educator Workshop- Dive Even Deeper: Watershed Literacy And Tree Plantings In Lancaster County  [PaEN]

-- Pike, Wayne Conservation Districts, Trout Unlimited Chapter Partner On New Stream Keepers Youth Program Oct. 5   [PaEN]

-- PA Forestry Assn. Encouraging Groups To Hold Local Walk In Penn's Woods Events Oct. 5-6  [PaEN]

-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Highlight Professional Development Opportunities: Dare 2B Tick Aware; Sustainable Agriculture Education & EE

-- Philadelphia Watershed Stewards Hold Oct. 13 In-Person Tap Talk: Watershed Impacts Of Lesser-Known Pollutants  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful News: Summit For Community Stewardship Oct. 16-17; 40 New Young Ambassadors; Fall Pick Up PA; State Park Litter Prevention

-- Penn State Extension Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training To Hold 3  Multi-Day In-Person Ag Conservation Keystone Training Workshops In October  [PaEN]

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Announces The Keystone Susquehanna Riverlands Hiking & Outdoors Weekend Oct. 18-20 In Lancaster, York Counties  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open!  Ohio River Basin Alliance Summit Oct. 30 - Nov. 1 At University Of Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

-- Registration Open! CEO’s For Sustainability C-Suite Sustainability Summit, Nov. 14

Programs/Information

-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Holds Watershed Exploration Programs For Students In Grades 6 to 12 From 8 PA Schools In September, October  [PaEN]

-- Stroud Water Research Center Highlights Temperature Impacts On Streams; Teachers Dive Into Conestoga River; Transforming Local Parks To Enhance Fresh Water  [PaEN]

-- Pike County Conservation District: How To Properly Maintain Your On-Lot Septic System

-- Rodale Institute/Organic Farmers Assn.: NEW! The Organic Voice Magazine

-- Penn State Extension Home Garden News: Spotted Lanternfly Management; PA Invasive Plant List; Online Learning Opportunities

-- Spotlight PA: At-Risk Butterfly Hunkers Down At PA’s Biggest Bombing Range At Fort Indiantown Gap

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Receives US Fish & Wildlife Grant To Conserve Grassland Raptors  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA: Radio Adaptation Of ‘Between Hevan And Eartha’ On Climate Change

-- Inquirer: Fall Foliage Forecasts Are Bullish, Despite Summer’s Heat

-- DCNR Fall Foliage Reports Start Later In September

-- Williamsport Sun Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - Apples Good Food Supply For Wildlife

-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Finding A Positive Buzz For Mosquitoes

-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In August Now Available  [PaEN]

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 7 [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 7 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- DEP Sets Oct. 10 Hearing On Proposed Interim Hazardous Sites Cleanup Response At The Vallimont Site In Erie County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On 2 Proposed Hazardous Sites Cleanup Agreements On Gryphin Coatings, Inc. Site In Philadelphia [PaEN]

-- PUC Invites Comments On Accelerated Removal, Replacement Of Older Plastic Pipe In Natural Gas Distribution Systems  [PaEN]

-- PennDOT Invites Public To Comment On Plan For Expanded Electric Vehicle Charging Support, Funding Distribution  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Survey Seeks Input On Electric Vehicle Chargers In Lancaster City

-- PUC Notice Reviewing All Jurisdictional Fixed Public Utilities’ Universal Assistance Program Enrollment

-- Game Commission Invites Comments On Proposed Endangered Bird Listing For Northern Goshawk And American Goshawk

Background On Issues

-- Cecil Township Proposes 2,500 Foot Setback Ordinance From Oil & Gas Infrastructure For Sept. 4 Hearing In Washington County  [PaEN]

-- Center For Coalfield Justice Hosts Sept. 24 Program In Washington County On Increasing Setbacks From Oil & Gas Infrastructure  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Everything You Know From TV About Pennsylvania And Fracking Is Wrong

-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Aug. 31 to Sept. 6 - Mystery Oil Leak Into Allegheny River; Holes In Shale Gas Casing; 65 Days Late In Plugging Conventional Well  [PaEN]

-- Sen. Comitta: New PUC Pipeline Safety Regulations To Be Published As Final This Month For Public Utility Hazardous Liquid Pipelines  [PaEN]

-- Center for Coalfield Justice Blog: Update On Underground Longwall Coal Mining In Greene, Washington Counties; Next DEP Report On Longwall Impacts Due… Soon  [PaEN]

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup In Appalachia Faces, Federal Delays, Capacity Limits

-- Environmental Defense Fund, Moms Clean Air Force To Hold Public Meetings In 3 Northwest PA Counties On A Project To Test New Methods Of Locating Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells  [PaEN]

-- US Dept. Of Interior Approves $76.4 Million To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Pennsylvania; 1,234 Violations For Abandoning Conventional Wells In Last 20 Months  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA To Receive $76 Million To Plug Hundreds Of Abandoned Conventional Oil, Gas Wells; DEP Holds Workshops On New Plugging Grants

-- Source Of 19-Day-Old Oil Discharge Into Allegheny River In Venango County Still A Mystery; Recreators Asked To Avoid The Area  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: CNX Resources Claims Shale Gas Drilling Poses No Public Health Risks Are ‘Misleading, Irresponsible, Dangerous’  [PaEN]

-- Earthworks: Radically Misleading - Gov. Shapiro’s Dangerous Partnership With CNX Resources Hurts Communities, Ignores The Facts

-- Clean Air Advocates File Lawsuit Against EPA To Reduce Hazardous Air Pollutants From Steel Industry Coke [Coal] Oven Plants  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front: Environmental Groups Sue EPA Over Coke [Coal] Oven Battery Rules

-- PUC: Number Of Storm-Related Electric Outages Increasing Due To A Jump In Number Of Severe Storms With Extremely High Winds  [PaEN]

-- Utility Dive: Ratepayer Advocates Urge PJM To Include Power Plants With ‘Reliability-Must-Run’ Contracts In Next Electricity Auction; Would Have Lowered Overall Cost Of Last Auction By $5 Billion

-- Utility Dive: Reregulation?  How Utilities And States Are Responding To PJM’s Record Electricity Capacity Prices [Part 1 of 3]

-- Utility Dive: PJM Considers Fast-Track Review For Shovel-Ready Electric Generation Projects [Part 2 of 3]

-- Utility Dive: Increasing Capacity Of Existing Generation, Batteries, Demand Response May Offer Near-Term Responses To Record PJM Electricity Auction Prices [Part 3 of 3]

-- PennLive - Jan Murphy: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Restart Idea Gains PA Legislative Attention As Opposition Mounts

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Activists Try To Head Off Restart Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Why Reducing Farm Pollution In The Chesapeake Bay Region Is A Complex Problem

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal Forum: This Is The Moment To Think Big For The Chesapeake Bay - By Hilary Harp Falk, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

-- MCall: Stormwater Management Plan Vital For Lehigh Valley’s Future

-- Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Help Stroud Township Save Money With Stormwater Inspections In Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- The Daily Item: Buffalo Creek Watershed Alliance Showcases Buffalo Creek Acid Rain Mitigation Sites In Union County

-- Altoona Mirror: Drought Conditions Impact Local Crop Yield

-- The Allegheny Front: Is Climate Change To Blame For The High Cost Of Potato Chips?   We Crunched The Numbers

-- Spotlight PA: Compromise Elusive On Reforming 2016 Law On How Investor-Owned Water Utilities Buy Municipal Drinking, Wastewater Systems

-- PennEnvironment: New Study Of 9 PA School Districts Show These Schools Fail To Protect Children From Lead In School Drinking Water; Urges Action On Bipartisan Legislation   [PaEN]

-- PA Capital-Star: Environmental Group Claims PA Water Testing Requirements Don’t Protect Students From Lead

-- Altoona Mirror: Altoona Area School District Disputes Claims Drinking Water May Be Unsafe For Students

-- MCall: Bethlehem Area Schools Not Doing Enough To Protect Students From Lead Contaminated Drinking Water

-- Inquirer: PA’s Law Regulating Lead In School Drinking Water Too Weak, Advocates Say

-- WHYY: Pennsylvania Law Allows Schools To Skip Lead Testing Their Water, Report Says

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Report Calls For Tougher Lead Testing Standards For PA School Districts

-- Tribune-Democrat: Report: PA Schools, Law Fail To Limit Lead Exposure In School Drinking Water

-- PennLive: Lack Of Water Test Reporting Exposes Students To Lead In Harrisburg, Other Schools

-- PA Capital-Star: Workers At EOS Energy Battery Plant Eligible For $2 Billion In Public Funds Is Union Busting

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: EOS Energy Storage Company Workers To Join Steelworkers

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh ‘Top Ecosystem’ For Climate Tech, Here’s What Developments Are Happening Here

-- Bloomberg: High Natural Gas, Other Fossil Fuel Use Highlights US Challenge To Clean Energy Transition

-- Inside Climate News: As Tornado Alley Shifts East, Bracing For Impact In Unexpected Places  [PA Included]

-- WHYY Climate Fixers: Curbside Recycling Is Broken, In Kensington, Rabbit Recycling Will Take Anything

-- TribLive: Trash To Treasure: Fox Chapel Area Artists Compete In Global Junk Kouture Competition

-- Post-Gazette: Grandpa Isn’t Driving The Garbage Truck, But He’s A Recycling Wizard

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Welcomes New Friends Of Tyler State Park Group In Bucks County  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Conservancy Protects 700 Acres Of Forestland In Fayette County; 1,495 Acres In Elk County To Be Added To State Forest Lands   [PaEN]

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: You’re Not The Boss In Wilderness - By John Clayton

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: September 8, 2024]

9/9/2024