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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Extreme Cold Alert!
-- Public Utility Commission Urges Consumers To Prepare For Extreme Cold Next Week [PaEN]
-- PJM Interconnection: New All-Time Peak Electricity Demand Possible Jan. 20-22; PJM Working With Gas Generators To Try To Get Them Online Before Extreme Cold Hits [PaEN]
-- Shapiro Administration Urges Readiness In Advance Of Dangerous Cold Weather
-- Bloomberg: Wintry Blast To Unleash Snow, Test Electric Grids From Midwest To NYC
Awards/Recognition
-- Shapiro Administration Accomplishments: DCNR Makes Significant Strides In Strengthening Conservation And Climate Resilience Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: George Wolff - One Room School To ‘The Group That Doesn’t Exist’ - By Wayne W. Kober [PaEN]
Grants
-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Accepting Applications For College Scholarships [PaEN]
-- Seedlings For Schools Program Begins Accepting Orders Feb. 3 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: Invest In Yourself - Save 25% On Online Courses
-- 8 New Videos Feature Ecosystem And Community-Focused Research By PA Sea Grant; Research Grant Proposals Due Feb. 14 [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Help Wanted: Nonprofit Stream Restoration, Inc. Watershed Restoration Project Manager [PaEN]
-- PA Sea Grant: Applications Now Being Accepted For Sea Grant Shipboard Educator Science Workshop On Lake Michigan [PaEN]
-- Interns Wanted: PA Sea Grant - Undergraduate Internship Opportunities [PaEN]
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Welcomes New Local Affiliate - Keep Coatesville Beautiful, Chester County [PaEN]
-- Attorney General-Elect Dave Sunday Seeking Applicants For Pennsylvania Consumer Advocate Related To PUC Actions [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- Planet Philadelphia: Jan. 17 Using Environmental Economics to Make Change, 4:00 p.m.
-- Penn State Extension Hosts 70 In-Person Agronomic Pesticide Update Certification Workshops From Jan. 21 to March 27 [PaEN]
-- NRCS: Jan. 22 PA State Technical Committee Meeting, NRCS Harrisburg Office, Virtual, 1:00 p.m.
-- DEP Hosts Jan. 24 Webinar Q&A On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program [PaEN]
-- RegenAll To Host Lancaster’s First Ever Climate Town Hall Jan. 26 [PaEN]
-- NASEO Hosts Jan. 27 Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program, PA Energy Programs For Industry [PaEN]
-- Hatboro Environmental Advisory Council: Jan. 29 Hatboro Solar 101 Program - Get Your Solar Questions Answered, Montgomery County [PaEN]
-- PA Solar Center Hosts Jan. 31 Webinar On RISE PA Decarbonization Grant Program For Industry [PaEN]
-- Warren Times: Eagle Watch Coming To Kinzua Dam Feb. 1 Hosted By US Army Corps Of Engineers
-- Erie Times: Groundhog Day 2025 (Feb. 2): How To Watch What Punxsutawney Phil Sees
-- Penn State Extension Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Nitrogen - Crop Nutrient And Water Pollutant [PaEN]
-- Master Gardeners Of Butler County Feb. 17 Webinar On Unusual & Beautiful Woodland Plants, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
-- Registration Now Open! 2025 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference At Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Online Feb. 27 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension: 4 Ag Water Series Webinars On County Clean Water Plans; Watersheds & Mapping; Mitigate Flooding & Drought; Tile Drainage Starting March 3 [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension To Host March 4 Webinar On Residential Stormwater Solutions - Rainwater Catchment Systems [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Doug Tallamy Coming To Lancaster March 15 With Tips to Help Nature At Home
-- Penn State Extension To Host 4-Part Webinar Series On Pond Management Starting March 19 [PaEN]
-- NOAA March 25 Mid-Atlantic Drought Assessment & Building Early Warning Capacity Meeting, Susquehanna River Basin Commission Offices, Harrisburg, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
-- Early Registration Now Open For March 29 Watershed Congress At Alvernia University, Berks County [PaEN]
-- Game Commission Posts 2025 Events At Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area And Conservation Heritage Museum In Lancaster County; When Will Migrating Birds Arrive? [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - January 18 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 107 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 18 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- EPA Releases Draft Risk Assessment Saying Land Application Of Biosolids With PFOA And PFOS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Can Be A Human Health Risk; Jan. 15 Webinar [PaEN]
-- PUC Sets Feb. 11 Hearings On PPL Transmission Line Projects In York County Related To Three Mile Island, Peach Bottom [PaEN]
-- York Dispatch: PUC To Hold Hearings On PPL Transmission Line Projects In York County
-- Penn State Extension Ag Water Webinar Series: Feb. 24 PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' 101 For Farmers [PaEN]
-- DEP Proposes Listing Nockamixon TCE Contamination Site In Nockamixon Twp., Bucks County On The PA Priority List Of Hazardous Sites [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: DEP To Outline Plans To Remove Waste Telephone Poles, Railroad Ties From Elk Lick Twp. Sites
-- Underground Storage Tank Indemnification Board Invites Comments On Proposed Changes To Eligibility Requirements To Pay Claims Under Tank Cleanup Program [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Draft NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges From Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (PAG-13) [PaEN]
-- Comments Invited On New And Revised DEP Water Quality Assessment Methodology For Impaired Waters Listing [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- DCNR State Parks Environmental Education Newsletter Highlights Winter Teaching Ideas; Outdoor Activities; Winter Salt Week; Amphibian Week [PaEN]
-- DEP Launches New Permit Tracking Webpage For Applicants, Public [PaEN]
-- Indiana County Conservation District Launches, Chapter 102, 105 Permit Submittal Tool To Help Applicants Put Together Complete Applications [PaEN]
-- Penn State Receives $2.4 Million DOE Grant To Reduce Emissions, Increase Thermal Efficiency In Industrial Systems
-- USDOT Finalizes Rule To Modernize Gas Pipeline Methane Emissions Detection Requirements [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Home Energy Tax Credits; Land Ownership & Carbon Storage; Impacts Of Grid-Scale Solar; Grass2Gas Podcast
-- Wilkes-Barre Times Guest Essay: Anthracite Mining Legacy A Double-Edged Sword
-- EPA Finalizes Protections From Ethylene Oxide Pollution For Workers, Communities
-- WHYY: Experts Recommend ‘Road Salt Diet’ As Snow Storm Hits Philly Region
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights New Studies On Harmful Algal Blooms, Eels, Dam Removal; Grants [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Stretch Of Snowy, Cold Weather Pulls Cross Country Ski Lovers Onto Laurel Highlands Trails
-- Forests For The Chesapeake Bay Newsletter Highlights Volunteer Accomplishments In 2024; American Beech Tree; Upcoming Webinars
-- PA Wilds Center: Highland Chocolates Launches New Trail Mix, Bigfoot Chocolates To Benefit PA Wilds Center For Entrepreneurship
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: As Reports Of Snow Geese Dying From Bird Flu Increase, Game Commission ‘Depopulates’ Some Birds
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 11 to 17 - More Abandoned Shale Gas, Than Conventional Wells So Far In 2025; Failed Act 2 Cleanup; Acid Forming Rock; Expired Permits [PaEN]
-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Diversified Production LLC Starts 2025 With 11 Violations For Abandoning, Not Plugging Shale Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- What The Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Federal Lands - Shenango River Lake, Allegheny National Forest [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind In Pennsylvania
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Ban Road Dumping Millions Of Gallons Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wastewater, Supported By The Shapiro Administration [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Oil & Gas Companies Need Greater Incentives To Cap Their Old Wells [Higher Well Plugging Bonds Needed To Keep Number Of Abandoned Wells From Rising]
-- PennLive Letter: There Must Be More Oversight Of Dangerous Fracking Wastewater In PA - By Dr. Robert Little
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Establish DEP Environmental Justice Permit Review Program In Law, Analyze Cumulative Impacts Of Pollution From Facilities, Supported By DEP [PaEN]
-- 30 Stakeholder Comments Received By PUC On Adequacy Of Electricity Supplies In Pennsylvania; Increasing Natural Gas Power Plant Reliability To 90-95% Would Mean No Imminent Capacity Problem [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Threatens To Pull Pennsylvania Out Of PJM If It Does Not Protect Consumers Against Soaring Power Prices [PaEN]
-- TECfusions Unveils Massive 1,400-Acre Data Center Project With 3 Gigawatts Of Natural Gas-Fired Power Generation In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: When Power (Or Labor) Is Not Reliable, It’s Hard To Do Business - By Pittsburgh Works Together
-- Utility Dive: PJM Proposal To Unlock Unused Interconnection Capacity Gains Broad Support
-- Gas Compression Magazine: Texas Eastern Seeks FERC Approval To Replace Electric Motors At Entriken Compressor Station In Huntingdon County With Gas-Driven Turbine Due To Electric Line Uncertainty
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Weather Causes NYMEX Natural Gas Prices To Soar, Marcellus-Utica Shale Spot Prices Soar Too [PDF of Article]
-- Utility Dive: PJM’s Capacity Market Auction Proposal Faces Pushback From Market Monitor, Generators, Renewable Energy Companies
-- York Dispatch: What Would A Planned Pump-Storage Hydroelectric Dam On Susquehanna River Mean For York County Taxpayers?
-- Citizen Voice: Frigid Temps Lead To Ice Jam Concerns On Susquehanna River
-- WESA: Why Ice Forms Differently On Pittsburgh’s Monongahela And Allegheny Rivers
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 17 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Williamsport Sun: Bucknell Watershed Expert Talks Stream Restoration Issues In Region
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Could Treating Acid Mine Drainage Be Releasing Phosphorus Downstream?
-- Delaware Public Media - Jon Hurdle: Brandywine Flood Study Calls For ‘Massive’ List Of Efforts To Protect Region From Future Flooding, Storms
-- WESA: How Manufacturing In Southwest PA Is Building A Clean, Green Future
-- American Dairy Assn. NE: Juniata County Dairy Farms Turns 1,000 Pound PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Into Renewable Energy
-- TribLive: Free At-Home Radon Test Kits Available In Allegheny County
-- Tribune-Democrat: State, Federal Officials Probing Mine Accident That Killed Windber Man
-- Post-Gazette: Windber Man Killed In Somerset County Mine Accident, Corner Says
-- WPXI: Abandoned Mine Filled With Nearly 68,000 Gallons Of Concrete After Woman Fell Through Sinkhole
-- Scranton Times: DEP To Begin Work On Mayfield Mine Subsidence [PDF of Article]
-- TribLive: Ligonier Native Takes To Skies To Battle Los Angeles Wildfires: ‘A Nightmare’
-- Williamsport Sun: Class A Wild Trout Stocking Considerations Proposal Brought Up At Fish & Boat Commission Meeting
-- Williamsport Sun: Feedback Received For Strategic Plan For Management Of Trout Fisheries
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Anglers Are Finding ‘Safe’ Ice To Go Fishing For Perch, Pickerel, Walleye, Trout, Pike
-- MCall: Are There More Crows In Allentown? Yes, Birders Say, Here’s Why
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: January 19, 2025]
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