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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- DCNR: Path Of The Flood Trail In Cambria County Named 2025 Pennsylvania Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Path Of The Flood Trail Earns State’s Trail Of The Year Award
-- Altoona Mirror: Path Of The Flood Trail Gets State Honor In Cambria County
-- DEP Announces Winners Of Student Radon Poster Contest, Encourages Pennsylvanians To Test For Radon [PaEN]
-- Rodale Institute Accepting Applications For The Good Farmer Award [PaEN]
-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Announces Winners Of 2024 Photo Contest [PaEN]
-- Pennsylvania Solar Center Now Accepting Nominations For 2025 Lodestar Awards [PaEN]
Grants
-- First Community Foundation Partnership: 90+ Scholarships Available For Students In Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Mifflin, Northumberland, Sullivan, Snyder, Tioga, Union Counties
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Now Accepting Applications For 2025 Sojourn Grants [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Fish & Boat Commission Recruiting New Class Of Waterways Conservation Officer Trainees
-- Help Wanted: PA Master Naturalist - Communications/Development Coordinator [PaEN]
-- Apply Now! PA Master Naturalist Volunteer Spring Training Offered In Adams, Allegheny, Beaver, Berks, Dauphin, Indiana, Montour, Philadelphia, Somerset Counties [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- House Energy Committee To Hold Feb. 4 Hearing On Bill Establishing $156 Million Federally-Funded Solar For All Program [PaEN]
-- E&ENews/Politico: EPA Freezes Federal Solar For All Program Funding Until Further Notice [PA Was Due To Receive $156 Million]
-- Penn State Extension To Hold Feb. 21 In-Person Volunteer Live Staking Workshop In Cumberland County [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Water Cooler Talk Feb. 26 Quality Of PA Roadside Springs Webinar [PaEN]
-- Interfaith Partners For The Chesapeake Bay Hosts 3-Part Online Faithful Green Leaders Training Starting March 11 [PaEN]
-- Save The Date! May 13-15 DCNR Watershed Forestry Summit [PaEN]
-- Lehigh Valley Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Programs; Stream Team Volunteer Training; Much More
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Now Accepting Registrations For Summer Nature Camps For Students Grades 1-6
-- Reminder: Call For Presentations: Penn State Extension Dive Deeper Summit For Water Educators Sept. 25 In Harrisburg
Public Participation
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 1 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 89 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DCNR Invites Public Comments To Help Shape A Bold Vision For Outdoor Recreation In PA; 5 Webinars Start Feb. 3 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments At Feb. 19 Hearing On A Proposed Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For The Cleveland-Cliffs Steel Butler Works In Butler County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments At March 3 Hearing On An Individual NPDES Stormwater Permit For Route 115 Associates Warehouse Project In Tunkhannock Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments At March 5 Hearing On Title V RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For Hazleton Generation Natural Gas Power Plant In Luzerne County [PaEN]
-- Environmental Quality Board Invites Comments On 96 Stream Water Quality Redesignations In 29 Counties; Virtual Hearing March 13 [PaEN]
-- DEP Proposes To Add Nockamixon TCE Contamination To PA Priority List Of Hazardous Sites, Starts Process To Cleanup Contamination At The Source
-- Courier Times: Nockamixon Superfund Site Added To DEP’s Priority Cleanup List; Here’s What Happens Next
-- York Daily Record: The Hellbender, PA’s Official State Amphibian, Is Proposed For Endangered Species Status
Programs/Information
-- York Daily Record: Lebanon DA Charged Both Snowmobilers With Animal Cruelty In Running Down Fox
-- PennLive: Lebanon County Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Trying To Run Over A Fox With A Snowmobile; Unclear With 17-Year Also Involved Was Charged
-- Inquirer: Charges Expected For Lebanon County Snowmobilers Who Ran Over Fox
-- Sponsorship Opportunities Available For Penn State ACAP Ag Conservation Conference April 1-3 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
-- Erie Times: Ice Dunes At Presque Isle Are Beautiful, But Dangerous
-- The Allegheny Front: Inaugural Pennsylvania Chestnut Festival Promotes History And Conservation Efforts
-- The Guardian: Pennsylvania Flood Museum In Johnstown Temporarily Closed Due To Flooding
-- TribLive: Conservative Group Objects To Slippery Rock University STEM Program’s Minority Recruitment
-- Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog: Rising Toward A Cleaner Future: PA’s Carbon Capture And Storage Ladder For Industrial Decarbonization
Background On Issues
-- PUC: Calendar Year 2024 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fees To Remain Same As 2023; Dramatic Decline In Financial Support From Shale Gas Industry Continues [PaEN]
-- Range Resources And MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges To The 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Facility Setback Ordinance Adopted By Cecil Township, Washington County [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: Range Resources & MarkWest Liberty Midstream File Legal Challenges Against 2,500 Foot Shale Gas Setback Ordinance In Cecil Twp., Washington County
-- Conventional Oil & Gas Industry Compliance With 2022 DEP Methane Reduction Regulation Put On Hold Pending Outcome Of Litigation [PaEN]
-- DEP Releases 2 Contracts For Bidding In Next Round Of Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging: 12 Wells In Kinzua State Park, McKean County, 18 Wells In Warren County [PaEN]
-- Rep. Vitali Introduces Bill To Restore DEP Authority To Increase Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonds To Prevent Hundreds Of New Well Abandonments A Year [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: EQT Should Plug These Abandoned Conventional Wells In Peters Twp., Washington County Before Fracking From Mingo Well Pad
-- PA Republican Senator To Introduce Bill Suspending State Taxes On Natural Gas Producers; Cut DEP Permit Fees; End Drilling Moratorium On DCNR Lands; Exempt Coal-Fired Power Plants From EPA Regulations [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro Proposes ‘Lightning’ Energy Plan To Increase & Diversify Energy Generation; Reduce Climate Changing Pollution; Lower Energy Costs; Create Jobs [PaEN]
-- Gov. Shapiro: What Industry Leaders, Lawmakers, Consumer Advocates Are Saying About The Governor’s Commonsense Energy Plan
-- Gov. Shapiro Reaches Agreement With PJM To Prevent Unnecessary Price Hikes And Save Consumers Over $21 Billion On Utility Bills [PaEN]
-- PA Senate Republican Leader: ‘Every Consumer Of Electricity In This Commonwealth Is Going To Pay More;’ ‘What You’re Going To Face Is Going To Be Really Unpleasant’ [PaEN]
-- Republicans On PA Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills To Eliminate Carbon Pollution Reduction Program Covering Power Plants, Establish Independent Energy Office [PaEN]
-- Utility Dive: PA Cryptocurrency Miner Stronghold-Scrubgrass Reclamation To Pay $1.4 Million To Settle Charges It Violated PJM Market Rules
-- Inquirer: Escalating Demand And Diminished Supply Has Spiked PUC Concern About The Future Ability Of State’s Electric Grid
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Transformational Investments In Renewables, Energy Efficiency Are Designed To Lower Energy Costs For Pennsylvania Consumers - By Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- Citizens Voice: Lawmakers Raise Concerns Over Proposed UGI Natural Gas Rate Hike
-- TribLive Guest Essay: Help Is Out There For Those Struggling With Heating Costs - By Destenie Nock, People Energy Analytics, Carnegie Mellon
-- Reuters: Diversified Energy To Buy Permian Basin Oil & Gas Producer Maverick In $1.3 Billion Deal [Diversified Specializes In Buying Old Wells]
-- Inquirer: President Wants US To Be ‘Leading’ Producer Of Non-Fuel Minerals; Here’s How PA Could Help; Rare Earth Elements Could Be More Important Than Expansion Of Fracking [PDF of Article]
-- White House: President Launches Initiative To Eliminate 10 Regulations For Every New Regulation Issued; Cost Of New Regulations Must Be ‘Significantly’ Less Than Zero [PaEN]
-- WSJ: US Imposes 10% Tariff On Canadian Oil, Gas, 25% On Other Products [PDF of Article] [United Refining In Warren Uses 70,000 Barrels Of Canadian Oil A Day ]
-- Beaver Times: Two Years Ago: Remember Norfolk Southern Train Derailment
-- The Allegheny Front: 2 Years After Norfolk Southern Train Derailment Some Residents Worry About Liver Disease
-- TribLive/AP: Norfolk Southern And East Palestine Announce $22 Million Settlement After 2023 Derailment
-- WESA: PA Cong. Deluzio Calls On Vance To Push Rail Safety On Eve Of Norfolk Southern Derailment Anniversary
-- TribLive: PA Cong. Deluzio Pushes Rail Safety Bill With Visit To Tarentum, Allegheny County
-- TribLive Editorial: Railway Safety Is Worth Congressional Action
-- DEP Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters Newsletter Highlights Nearly 16,700 BMPs In 2024; Grant Opportunities; County Clean Water Projects [PaEN]
-- Tribune-Democrat: Educator John Frederick Aims To Separate Fact From Fiction At Climate-Change Lecture In Cresson
-- Jan. 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Hunters Gain Access To 2,000 More Acres Of State Game Lands
-- Dept. Of Agriculture Confirms First 2025 Case Of Bird Flu In Domestic Poultry In Pennsylvania
-- The Center Square: Migrating Snow Geese Drive Avian Flu Outbreak In Pennsylvania
-- Post-Gazette - Mary Ann Thomas: PA Confirms First 2025 Bird Flu Case In Commercial Chicken Flock
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal: Bird Flu Raises Concerns About Poultry, Wildfowl In Chesapeake Region
-- WNEP: Riverside Boro Police In Northumberland County Warn Residents To Avoid Wild Birds After Encountering Sick Goose
-- Bristol Twp. Environmental Advisory Committee Bird Town Spotlight: The American Bittern [PaEN]
-- Williamsport Sun: It’s The Perfect Time Of Year For Some Winter Birding
-- Williamsport Sun: Reflections In Nature - Princess Pine Lives Stand Out Among Freshly Fallen Snow
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: February 1 2025]
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