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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- Reclaimed Abandoned Coal Mine Land In Clinton County Dedicated In Memory Of Joe Schueck, DEP Hydrologist With PA's Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program [PaEN]
-- Assn. Of State Drinking Water Administrators Recognizes DEP’s Lisa Daniels With 2024 ASDWA Excellence In Service Award
-- The Daily Item Editorial: Susquehanna University Freshwater Institute Making A Difference
-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2025 Pennsylvania River Of The Year [PaEN]
-- DCNR Now Accepting Nominations For Pennsylvania’s 2025 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
Grants
-- Two Regional PA Science Societies Offering K-12 And College Science Education Grants [PaEN]
-- DCED Begins Accepting Applications For PA Solar For Schools Grants Nov. 1 [PaEN]
-- Republican Herald: Pottsville Schools Report Saving $406,144 On Electric Bills Over 3 Years From Solar Energy Facilities
-- Post-Gazette: University Of Pittsburgh Installs First Solar Panels On Dorm Rooftop
-- Natural Resources Defense Council Blog: More Jobs, Lower Costs - PA Solar For Schools Grant Program Opens Soon
-- Fish & Boat Commission Now Accepting Applications For Education Programs To Promote New, Renewed Interest in Fishing, Boating [PaEN]
-- Community Advocates For Clean Energy Host Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Plum School District Working To Cover Costs Of Adding Electric Buses To Fleet
-- WHYY: Philly Property Owners Could Soon Face Fines If Their Electric Vehicle Chargers Don’t Work
Help Wanted
-- Sustainable Pittsburgh Executive Director Joylette Portlock, Ph.D To Step Down At End Of 2024
-- PUC Seeks Members For PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee
Upcoming Events
-- Sierra Club Of PA: Fall 2024 Conservation Webinar Series Schedule
-- Shapiro Administration Kicks Off Sustainability Week, Signs Energy Savings Act Contract To Reduce Energy Costs For Taxpayers
-- Centre County-based ClearWater Conservancy Annual Meeting & Celebration Oct. 17
-- Williamsport Sun: Oct. 17 National Hiking Day At Rider Park Will Offer Beautiful Views
-- Oct. 18 Planet Philadelphia Radio Program Provides Updates On Wind Power, Local Green Energy Efforts
-- PA Wilds Center: PA Wilds Makers Market On Oct. 19 Launches Online Holiday Shopping Season With Special Promotions, New Product Releases
-- Sinnemahone Ultra Trail Run Set For Oct. 19 In Cameron County
-- CleanScapes, Partners Hold Oct. 19 Electronics Collection Event In Clinton County
-- Reminder: Washington & Jefferson College To Host Pittsburgh Regional Carbon Capture Conference Oct. 22 In Washington County
-- Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meeting Oct. 22, 1:00 p.m. In-Person, Online
-- Beaver County Residents Invited To Join An Oct. 23 In-Person Tour Of Shale Gas Fracking Sites & Infrastructure In Washington County And Discover Its Costs [PaEN]
-- USDA NRCS Hosts Oct. 24 Webinar On Lessons Learned For Water Quality Outcomes - Conservation Planning And Implementation For Healthy Watersheds [PaEN]
-- PA Interfaith Power & Light Hosts Oct. 29 Introduction To Watershed Stewardship, A New Wandering Waters Webinar Series [PaEN]
-- PA Recycling Markets Center Oct. 29 Webinar On Impact Of AI On Recycling Industry, Securing Information, 1:30 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 2 Educator Workshops Nov. 7 On Stream Health & Watersheds In Cumberland County; Stream Health & Acid Mine Drainage In Indiana County [PaEN]
-- Walk With Watershed Stewards In The Paxtang Parkway, Dauphin County On Nov. 10 And Learn About The Watershed Landscape You Live In! [PaEN]
-- Community Advocates For Clean Energy Host Nov. 13 Webinar On EPA Clean School Bus Grant Program [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 26 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar: Ag Best Management Practices Value [PaEN]
-- Nov. 27 Penn State Extension Webinar On Environmentally Sensitive Areas On The Farm - Ponds And Lakes [PaEN]
-- Penn State Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training: Dec. 12 Webinar On Project Management For Agricultural Conservation [PaEN]
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Eagle Watch Volunteer Training Dec. 14
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Bus Tours Start Jan. 4
-- Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance 2025 Mine Pools As Beneficial Resources Conference Agenda Now Available [June 4-5]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 12 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - October 19 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 87 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 12 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In October 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- Mon Valley Clean Air Fund Sets 3 Outreach Sessions Starting Oct. 9 In Allegheny County Communities Affected By US Steel Clairton Coke [Coal] Plant Fire [PaEN]
-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Receives Grant To Strengthen Communications and Community Engagement Initiatives [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Air Quality General Permit (GP-16) Covering Gaseous Fuel-Fired Spark Ignition Internal Combustion Engines [Copy Of Documents ]
-- DEP Invites Comments At 4 Public Input Sessions To Help Develop PA Home Energy Rebate Programs Starting Oct. 15 [PaEN]
-- DEP Seeks Feedback On New Programs To Help Lower Utility Bills, Reduce Pollution At 4 Public Listening Sessions
-- Fish & Boat Commission Seeks Public Feedback On New Strategic Plan For Trout Fisheries Management, Comments Due Nov. 2
-- Beaver County Times - Brian Whipkey: Fish & Boat Commission Seeking Comments On Trout Management Strategic Plan
Programs/Information
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Summer Camps Inspired A New Generation Of Water Stewards
-- Partnership For Delaware Estuary Extends Deadline For Presentation Proposals To Oct. 15 For 2025 Delaware Estuary Science & Environmental Summit
-- Call For Presentations: Watershed Congress Along The Schuylkill River March 29 [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Guardian Newsletter: Stream Assessments; Pay-For-Success Grants; Fee Changes; Water Saving Win-Win
-- Rodale Institute: Apply Now For Training Program In Organic And Regenerative Farming
-- Allegheny County Conservation District Receives State, Federal Funding To Address Urban Soil Contaminants, Support Farm & Garden Projects [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Tree Grown From A Seed That Orbited The Moon Taking Root In Pittsburgh
-- DCNR: 4th Fall Foliage Report: Cool Weather Will Bring A Very Colorful Change To Most Areas In Penn’s Woods This Coming Week [PaEN]
-- DCNR: Third Fall Foliage Report: Vibrant Fall Colors In Most Regions Of Pennsylvania In Coming Week [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature - It’s Hard To Predict When Leaves Will Change Their Colors
-- Gov. Shapiro Unveils New Color-Correcting Viewfinders In State Parks So Colorblind Individuals Can Enjoy Fall Foliage
-- WESA/WPSU: Gov. Shapiro Unveils Colorblindness-Correcting Viewfinders At PA Parks
-- DCNR: Agencia estatal publica nueva guía de recreación en español, ampliando el acceso a parques estatales y actividades al aire libre en Pensilvania
-- DCNR Releases New Spanish-Language Recreation Guide, Expanding Access To State Parks, PA’s Outdoors
-- Western PA Conservancy, DCNR, PHMC: Untold Stories Of PA State Parks & Forests: Laurel Hill Settlement, Slippery Rock Watershed
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: Susquehanna River Adventures - Then & Now - Rafting, Climbing, Airborne, Paddling - By Darian Jones, AmeriCorps Assistant
-- Dept. Of Agriculture: New PA Maple Map Connects Consumers With Maple Products, Businesses
-- PennLive: Elk County Lets You See Its Majestic Elk Up Close [Game Commission Elk Cam Also Available
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: ‘Groundbreaking’ Stocking Brings Freshwater Mussels To Kiski, Clarion Rivers
-- Lafayette College: Reintroducing Water-Cleansing Mussels To Bushkill Creek
-- The Allegheny Front Receives National Grant For Filling Critical Gap In Local News Coverage
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - October 5 to 18 - Conventional Well Owners Issued 767 Violations For Abandoning Their Wells - So Far, More Than Double Number In 2019; Leaking Gas Storage Area Wells [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Voters Overwhelmingly Support Stricter Regulations On Fracking, New Poll Finds [PaEN]
-- WHYY - Susan Phillips: PA Voters Split On Fracking Ban Show Widespread Support For Stronger Regulations
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Fracking Poll: More, But Not Too Many, Regulations Supported By PA Voters
-- Saint Vincent College Study Finds Counties With Shale Gas Fracking Wells Using Chemicals That Target Certain Hormones Have Greater Incidence Of Pre-Term Births, Low Birth Weights [PaEN]
-- KDKA: Saint Vincent College Study Drills Down On Relationship Between Fracking Chemicals And Adverse Birth Outcomes
-- KDKA: Penn Township Residents Voice Concerns About Potential Zoning Changes To Allow More Industrial Development, Gas Facilities In Westmoreland County
--Washington & Jefferson College: October Marks 20th Anniversary Of Marcellus Shale In Appalachia
-- Observer-Reporter Editorial: Use Reason With Fracking
-- Susquehanna River Basin Conditions Trigger Low-Flow Water Use Restrictions At 9 Shale Gas Water Withdrawals In Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties [PaEN]
-- EPA Settlement With Conemaugh Power Plant Over Coal Ash Violations Imposes $185,927 Penalty [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection Winter Outlook: Adequate Power Supplies Available Under Normal Conditions; PJM Delays Next Power Auction After Prices Spike [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: Possible PJM Market Changes Could Lower Near-Term Capacity Prices, But Ultimately Give Rise To Higher Prices For A Longer Period Of Time - Morgan Stanley
-- Sen. Bartolotta, Sen. Yaw Announce Bill To Withhold Gas Drilling Impact Fees To Municipalities That Set More Protective Standards On Natural Gas Development Than State Law, And While There Is a Legal Challenge To Local Restrictions [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: New Guidelines Center The Needs Of People With Disabilities During Petrochemical Disasters
-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community Urges EPA To Move Forward With Strong Regulation Of Vinyl Chloride Under Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, While Calling For A Ban [PaEN]
-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For New Methane Reduction Grants To Plug Conventional Oil, Gas Wells Oct. 16 [PaEN]
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Creates Jobs And A Healthier Planet - By Deb Haaland, Secretary, US Dept. of the Interior
-- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Shapiro, DEP In Support Of Strong Oil & Gas Industry Methane Emission Controls [PaEN]
-- DEP Secures $1.62 Million Payment For American Zinc & Chemical Site Natural Resource Damage In Washington County; Invites Comments On Settlement [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: PUC Judge Issues Emergency Order Appointing Aqua Pennsylvania As Temporary Operator For 6 Rhodes Estate Water Companies [Serious Community Impacts Continue From Conventional Oil Well Spill In Venango County] [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: PUC Considering Emergency Order To Have Aqua Pennsylvania Take Over 6 Rhodes Estate Water Companies [Fallout Continues From Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill 15 Months Ago In Venango County] [PaEN]
-- Observer-Reporter: Chevron Executive Questioned By Attorneys For Washington County Family Suing Driller For Health Impacts Of Fracking [PDF of Article]
-- Team PA & Clean Air Task Force Convene Leaders To Discuss Challenges, Opportunities Of Industrial Decarbonization; DOE Provides Update On Decarbonization Investments In PA [PaEN]
-- USDA Announces Investment Of $24 Million In 112 Clean Energy Projects In PA; $20.5 Million To Allegheny Electric Cooperative Under Rural Energy Programs [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart? Sure Looks Like It
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Plan Struggles-- One-Third Of Projects Scrapped, 4 Partners Have Left, Study Says
-- PennLive - Jan Murphy/Charles Thompson: Three Mile Island - Site Of Worst Nuclear Accident In US History Poised To Get A Rebranding To Crane Clean Energy Center [Except for the nuclear waste]
-- SolarBank's First 2 Community Solar Projects In PA: 13.8-Megawatt And 7 Megawatt Projects In Lancaster County Contingent On PA Passing Community Solar Legislation [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: New Solar Arrays May Be Coming Along PA Turnpike
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Jeremy Cox/Ad Crable: Solar Industry Electrifies Pushback In Rural Areas Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed
-- The Allegheny Front - Kara Holsopple: Farmer Support For Solar Leasing Depends On Compatibility With Rural Values
-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: US DOE Secretary: Clean Energy Must Overcome ‘Climate Deniers’
-- AP: The World Will Be Fueled By Electricity But Even More Clean Energy Is Needed, Report Says
-- TribLive Guest Essay: We Must Build On, Not Kill, Clean Energy Momentum - by Adam Forgie, Mayor, Turtle Creek Borough
-- Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $18.5 Million In Pennsylvania To Support Economic Revitalization Of Communities Impacted By Downturn In Coal Industry [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette: PA Nonprofits Awarded $18.5 Million From Appalachian Regional Commission For Workforce Development In Coal Communities
-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Appalachian Regional Commission Awards $18.5 Million To Organizations Across PA To Revitalize Communities Affected By The Loss Of The Coal Industry
-- WITF StateImpact PA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Didn’t Plan For The End Of Coal, This Indiana County Community Is Trying To Find A Way Forward
-- The Guardian: New York Officials Call For Big Oil/Gas To Be Prosecuted For Fueling Climate Disasters
-- PennVEST Makes $216.3 Million Investment In 33 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Projects In 21 Counties [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Alle-Kiski Towns To Upgrade Water, Sewer Facilities Thanks To State Funding
-- EPA, PennVEST, Aqua Pennsylvania Highlight Importance Of Taking Action Against Lead Water Service Line At Chester County Event [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Philadelphia Releases Lead Pipe Inventory; Much Of City Left Undetermined
-- Post-Gazette: Residents, Pittsburgh Water Authority Disagree On Polish Hill Landslide Issues
-- DEP Awards $3.4 Million To Support 12 Local Projects To Improve Water Quality, Fish & Wildlife Habitat In 8 Counties [PaEN]
-- $500,000 Grant To Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Add 100 Acres Of New Forested Stream Buffers In 12 Counties
-- Erie News Now: Western PA Conservancy Awarded $169,000 Grant To Improve Trout Run Watershed In Erie County [Section 319]
-- DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission, Partners Plant Stream Buffer In Snyder County To Combat Flooding, Improve Water Quality [PaEN]
-- TribLive Editorial: Right To Remember ‘Close-Knit Town’ Of Robindale Destroyed By Flood In Indiana County
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Invests $2.2 Million In Research On Climate Resilient Farming; Pollinator Protection; Sustainable Weed Management; More
-- ExploreClarion: Mill Creek Coalition Documentary Looks At Watershed Restoration, 40 Projects Investing $12 Million
-- Mill Creek Coalition: Mill Creek - A Watershed Restoration Story In Clarion County [Documentary Link]
-- Bosland Growth, Western PA Conservancy Partner On Lake Pleasant Conservation Area Mine Land Reforestation Project In Erie County To Generate Carbon Credits [PaEN]
-- Wildlands Conservancy & Partners Celebrate Success Of Bushkill Creek Stream Restoration In Northampton County [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation: New Plans In The Works For Cleaner Streams In Centre, Lancaster Counties [PaEN]
-- Master Watershed Steward Sue Nielsen Emphasizes Conservation In Her Volunteer Work In Warren County [PaEN]
-- ABC27: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, Partners To Plant 12,000 Trees In Lancaster County
-- Reading Eagle: 3,000 Free Native Trees Shrubs Distributed In Southern Berks County Event
-- Warren Times: Warren Conservation District, DCNR, FirstEnergy Green Team Plant 2.5 Acre Native Pollinator-Friendly Field
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Hard Times For Hard-Traveling Monarch Butterfly
-- AP: Pressure Grows For Countries To Deliver On Promised Biodiversity Targets At UN Conference
-- Penn State: Rates Of Tick-Borne Parasitic Disease Are On The Rise
-- York Daily Record - Brian Whipkey: 10 Die In Boating Mishaps Across PA So Far In 2024, Here’s Where, What Happened
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: October 20, 2024]
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