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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- Western PA Conservancy’s Fallingwater Hosts 2024 Gnome House Design Challenge For Students 8 To 13
Grants
-- EPA Now Accepting Applications For $965 Million To Fund Clean School Buses
-- EPA Selects Landforce, PowerCorpsPHL For $13.9 Million Grant For Wood Reuse Workforce Development At Sites In Pittsburgh, Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Study: Colleges With Fossil Fuel Funding Can Become ‘Vehicle Of Climate Obstruction’
Help Wanted
-- EPA/AmeriCorps Launch Nationwide Environmental Justice Climate Corps
Upcoming Events
-- Warren Times: State Championship Fishing Tournament Set For This Weekend In Tidioute
-- PA Bipartisan Climate Initiative Hosts Oct. 1 Briefing On State Of Climate Efforts In Pennsylvania At College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia [PaEN]
-- House Committee Meets Oct. 1 To Consider Bill To Diversify Energy Generation, Improve Grid Reliability, Lower Consumer Energy Costs [PaEN]
-- Audubon Society Of Western PA, Buffalo Creek Coalition, Penn State Extension Host Oct. 5 Backyard Stream Repair Workshop In Butler County [PaEN]
-- PA GreenGov Council 2024 Sustainability Week Features 5 Webinars Starting Oct. 7 [PaEN]
-- Capital RC&D Hosts Oct. 18 Winter Feeding Pasture Walk In Newville, Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center Hosts Oct. 18 Webinar On Solar For Schools Grant Program [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Professionals Host Oct. 29 Webinar On How Recent US Supreme Court Decisions Will Impact Environmental Regulation, Planning [PaEN]
-- Learn How To Save Money On Energy Thru PA Solar Center’s G.E.T. Solar Program In Oct. 31 Webinar For Businesses, Nonprofits, Communities [PaEN]
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Announces 2025 PA Farm Show Theme - Powering Pennsylvania
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - September 28 [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources Applies For More Shale Gas Wells In Cecil Twp., Washington County - Drilling Close To Home-- Literally!
-- DEP Posted 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In September 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP: Comments Due Oct. 21 On New 16-Inch Natural Gas Pipeline Being Built In Springfield, Troy, West Burlington & Granville Townships, Bradford County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Oct. 28 Hearing On Renewal Of Hazardous Waste Permit For Keystone Cement In Northampton County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments At Oct. 30 Hearing On Harrisburg/York Air Quality Maintenance Plan For Fine Particulate [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold Nov. 13 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For American Craft Brewery Facility In Lehigh County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets Nov. 13 Hearing On Air Quality Permit For Martins Creek Gas/Oil-Fired Power Plant In Northampton County [PaEN]
-- DCNR Accepting Applications For Positions On Trails Advisory Committee
-- Take The 2024 Penn State Extension Beekeepers Survey
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Backyard Bee Watchers, Photographers Help Discover Multiple New Species In PA
Programs/Information
-- PA Wilds Center: New Viewfinders Installed To Allow Colorblind Visitors To Enjoy Fall Foliage At Leonard Harrison State Park In Tioga County; 9 Other State Parks [PaEN]
-- DCNR Issues First Fall Foliage Report: Vibrant Colors Should Arrive Sooner, Last Slightly Longer [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn’s Stewards Newsletter: New Book On PA Conservation History; PA Healthy Lands Week; Viewfinders For Colorblind In 10 Parks; Friends Group Activities; More! [PaEN]
-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Recognizes PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program With Appalachian States Regional Abandoned Mine Reclamation Award [PaEN]
-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Penn State, Critical Green Concepts Seeking Acid Mine Drainage Samples To Evaluate For Rare Earth, Critical Mineral Production Potential [PaEN]
-- The Daily Item: Clear Shade Creek Large Wood Trout Habitat Project Underway In Somerset
-- Gettysburg Times: Adams County Trout Unlimited - Conewago Creek Restoration Project
-- The BURG: Rain Gardens Foster Health For Waterways, Beauty For Yards [Dauphin County]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Safety Focus Of Conemaugh River Project To Clean Out River Channel In Johnstown’s West End
-- TribLive Editorial: Extreme Weather Shows Need To Work Together
-- Zillow, First Street Will Introduce Flood, Wildfire, Wind, Heat, Air Quality Climate Risk Information On For-Sale Property Listings [PaEN]
-- DCNR Makes Fall Foliage Experts Available; Offers Tips On Foliage Trips; Weekly Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 26
-- DCNR, DDAP Join Recovery Hike And Butterfly Release To Celebrate Recovery Month At Colonel Denning State Park In Perry County
-- Penn State Extension Woods & Wildlife News: September Forest Snapshot; Non-Lead Ammo For Deer Hunting; The Forestry Musician; Multiple Educational Opportunities
-- Nearly 500 Riders Participate In Brandywine Conservancy's 6th Bike The Brandywine In Chester County [PaEN]
-- TribLive: 2 Lost Hikers Found Safe In Westmoreland County
-- Tribune-Democrat: Lilly Man Dies In ATV Crash, Corner Says
-- PennLive: Mechanicsburg Boro Moves To Transform Blighted, Fenced-In Sinkholes Into Bird Sanctuaries In Cumberland County
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Look At How We Can Help Birds Throughout The Seasons
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Return Of Long-Lost Butterfly, Nearly Forgotten Fruit Enriches Pittsburgh
-- Warren Times: Old-Growth Forests Inspire Artist Thomas Paquette; Exhibit At State Museum Of PA [Available Virtually]
-- York Daily Record: Handy Guidebook To Petroglyphs In Susquehanna River Now Available
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: Hurricane Helene Spawns Mass Migration Of 500 Million Birds
Background On Issues
-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA’s Dr. Ned Ketyer Shares Summary Of Studies Of Shale Gas Development Impacts On Human Health [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: Doctor Summarizes Health Studies On Shale Gas Development Health Impacts
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: CNX Resources Tells Gas Industry - Public Health Issues Won’t Just Go Away Without Transparency
-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: CNX Resources: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk; You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Say
-- Inquirer/Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: CNX Resources: Our Operations Pose No Health Risk; You Can’t Be Serious, Activists Respond
-- Marcellus Drilling News: PA Lawsuit Over Radioactive Drill Cuttings At Mercer County Landfill Heads To Commonwealth Court Hearing Oct. 8 [PDF of Article]
-- US DOE: China Is Biggest Destination For US LNG Gas Exports; PA Shale Gas Industry Says We Have ‘Duty’ To Export Gas To China, Our Military, Economic Competitor [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - September 21 to 27 - Gas Storage Areas Wells Leaking; Failure To Comply With Orders, Failure To Report Fracking Chemicals; Bubbling Conventional Pipeline Leak [PaEN]
-- DEP Issues Violations To 3 Shale Gas Drillers For Failing To Report Fracking Chemicals, Including At EQT’s Lumber Well Pad In Greene County [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PJM Interconnection Market Design Flaws Added Nearly 50% To Latest Capacity Auction Electricity Costs: Market Monitor; PJM To Publish A Response
-- The Guardian: Pennsylvania, 6 Other States Biggest Winners In Landmark Federal Clean Energy Funding
-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: RiverWise Solar Energy Initiatives Have Potential To Save Communities, Schools, Municipalities $74 Million Generate 24.6 MW - By Daniel Rossi-Keen, RiverWise
-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: PA Turnpike Will Use Excess Land For 15 Solar Energy Facilities
-- TribLive: Sewickley Twp Considers Solar Energy Facility Regulations In Westmoreland
-- Centre Daily Times: Solar Power Purchase Agreement Grows Controversial As Centre County Local Government Leaders Clash Over Legal Fees
-- PennLive: Dauphin County Agency’s Plan To Sell Failed Solar Energy Facility Raises Questions On Connection To County Coroner
-- TribLive: Battle Over Proposed Unity Twp. Solar Energy Facility Continues In Westmoreland
-- Scranton Times: Proposed Newton Township Solar Energy Facilities Rejected
-- Inside Climate News: Understanding Rural Opposition To Solar Energy Facilities [New PA Study]
-- The Allegheny Front: Should The Federal Govt. Support A Massive Recycling Plant In Erie That Will Make Plastics For Steelmaking?
-- EPA Issues Consent Order To Max Environmental Technologies For Clean Water Act Violations At Yukon, Westmoreland County Facility; Virtual Listening Session Set For Oct. 9 [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Stop Polluting Sewickley Creek, EPA Tells Max Environmental Yukon Landfill Operator
-- The Center Square: Fish & Boat Commission Accused Of Unconstitutional Searches Of Cabin Property
-- LancasterOnline: American Chestnuts In East Hempfield Twp. Provide Hope For Nearly Extinct Tree
-- WTAJ: Pennsylvania Ranks #1 In States For Deer/Vehicle Collisions
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - A Sign Fall Is Near? The Yellow-Shafted Flicker
-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: A Look At How We Can Help Birds Throughout The Seasons
-- Audubon Society Receives $274,000 Grant For Conservation Project In Delaware Watershed
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 29, 2024]
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