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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Announces 16 Recipients Of 2024 Affiliate Volunteer, Community Partner, And Stewards For Tomorrow Youth Awards [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Winter Salt Week Unites 300 Volunteers, 30 Groups Concerned About Fresh Water [PaEN]
-- DCNR: The Votes Are In - Delaware River Named Pennsylvania's 2025 River Of The Year [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front: Delaware River Wins 2025 Pennsylvania River Of The Year
-- Williamsport Sun: Environmental Education Expo Event Was A Massive Success At Montour Preserve
-- Scranton Times: Scranton’s Next Mural Will Commemorate Lenape Indigenous People
Grants
-- Gov. Shapiro Files Lawsuit Challenging President's Unconstitutional Federal Funding Freeze In Order to Protect PA Interests; Mine Reclamation, Conventional Well Plugging, Many Other Funds At Risk [PaEN]
-- PA American Water Charitable Foundation Accepting Applications For 2025 Water & Environment Grants [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Now Taking Applications For Summer Internships
-- Intern Wanted: Allegheny County Department Of Sustainability Summer Intern [PaEN]
-- DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Members Of The Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council [PaEN]
Upcoming Events
-- WESA: Great Backyard Bird Count Monitors Avian Behavior In Pennsylvania
-- Online PA Lake Erie Environmental Forum Set For Feb. 18 - Energy Industry And Its Impacts On Freshwater Resources [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension To Host Feb. 27 Webinar: General Update Of Large-Scale Solar In Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- Penn State Extension Hosts March 29 Rain Barrel Discovery Workshop In Lebanon County [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy Hosts March 11 Webinar Featuring 5 Women Talking About Careers In Conservation & Preservation [PaEN]
-- PA Recycling Markets Center Hosts March 11 Webinar Update On Recycled Paper Commodities Markets, Including Impacts Of Tariffs [PaEN]
-- North Central Grassroots Conservation Fair March 14 Wellsboro, Tioga County [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Host March 18 Webinar On Emerging PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Treatment Technologies [PaEN]
-- Patch.com: Radnor Environmental Advisory Council To Host Lecture Series In Delaware County
-- Call For Presentations: PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Inviting Presentation Proposals For Annual Conference Sept. 10-12 In State College [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- PA Environmental Educators Urge Action In Response To New Federal Directives Impacting Environmental Education; Take National Survey Gathering Insights From Educators [PaEN]
-- PA, NY To Host Feb. 25 Webinar On New Wild Trout Management Plan for Delaware River Tailwaters [PaEN]
-- PA Outdoor Recreation Office Hosting 10 Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshops In March To Help Shape The Future Of Recreation In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP To Host March 3 Hearing On Route 115 Associates Warehouse Water Quality Permit In Monroe County
-- DEP Sets March 11 Environmental Justice Office Hearing On Air Quality Permit For New Pollution Control Devices At Harmon Creek Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets March 19 Hearing On RACT 3 Air Quality Permit For The Cleveland Cliffs Butler Works, Butler County [PaEN]
-- DEP Sets March 20 Environmental Justice Hearing On New NPDES Water Quality Permit For The Westmoreland Landfill In Rostraver Township [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Advanced Water Quality Impairment Restoration Plan In Fishing Creek Watershed, Lancaster County [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Declaring An Exceptional Event Related To 2023 Canadian Wildfires And Impacts On PA Air Quality [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On New Air Quality General Permit For Human, Animal Remains Incinerators [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 8 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - February 15 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 100 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 86 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In February 15 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- WITF StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Middle Creek Wildlife Area Visitors Must Change Their Plans This Snow Goose Season
-- The Allegheny Front: Bird Flu Is Killing Wild Birds And Mammals, Too
-- PennLive: Bird Flu Cases On The Rise In PA As State Expands Testing, Containment Efforts
-- WITF: Here’s How Pennsylvania Is Handling Latest Outbreak Of Bird Flu In Lancaster County
-- PA Firefly Festival’s Glowing Success, Over 2,500 Lottery Applications Submitted For 120 Event Tickets; Lottery Open For 2025 [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Farming: Need To Optimize Nitrogen Applications For Chesapeake Bay Health
-- New Growing Greener Communities Website Provides Guidance For Protecting Our Environment, Drinking Water Sources [PaEN]
-- PA Business Report: Bipartisan Abandoned Conventional Well Grant Flexibility Act Introduced In Congress By PA Members
-- LancasterOnline: Solar Energy Projects On Manheim Twp. School Campus Could Save $10 Million
-- Scranton Times: Renewable Natural Gas Plant Operator At Keystone Landfill Begins Test Drilling For Underground Carbon Dioxide Storage
-- Protecting Clean Water Together: Starting To Think About The Garden? How To Simplify Garden Work - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- PaHomePage.com: Nanticoke Creek Watershed Restoration Underway By Earth Conservancy
-- Forests For Chesapeake Bay Update: Eastern Hemlocks; Extrafloral Nectaries; Phenological Fun! Lancaster Tree Tender Training; Much More
-- Water At Risk: Setting Your Sights On A Winter Walk - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN]
-- KDKA: Bald Eagles At US Steel’s Irvin Plant Lay First Egg Of The Season [Watch Online]
-- TribLive: Bird Watchers Flock To Eagle Cam At US Steel Irvin Works
-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: Study Reveals Waterfowl In PA Have Contaminants; Here’s What Hunters Should Know
-- PennLive Guest Essay: How To Find Climate Data Science The New Federal Administration Removed From Government Websites
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - Jan. 25 to Feb. 14 - Shale Gas Well Ordered Plugged After 8 Years; 20 More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Shale Gas Well Leaking Gas For 23 Months And Counting [PaEN]
-- What The Shale Gas Industry Leaves Behind: DEP: Southwestern Energy Prod Co. Failed To Comply With Act 2 Cleanup Standards At The Greenzweig Shale Gas Wastewater Impoundment In Bradford County After 5 Years [PaEN]
-- What The Shale Gas Industry Is Leaving Behind: DEP Signs Consent Order With Roulette Oil & Gas To Plug Shale Gas Well Abandoned For 8 Years In Hebron Twp., Potter County [PaEN]
-- CNX CEO Tells DEP’s Citizens Council Their Monitoring Shows ‘No Material Impact’ To Air Or Water Quality From Natural Gas Development; Citizens Said CNX Lacks Scientific Rigor, Offers Misleading Greenwash [PaEN]
-- Join Feb. 13 Dept. Of Health, Penn State Project ECHO Webinar To Educate Medical Professionals, Public On Exposures To Natural Gas Facility Pollution; Real Washington County CNX Facility Case Study Used [PaEN]
-- Washington County Judge Rules Sunoco Pipeline Did Not Have Eminent Domain Authority To Take Property For Mariner East Pipelines In Landowner Lawsuit Alleging Fraud [PaEN]
-- The Energy Age Blog: Judge Rules Sunoco Didn’t Have Eminent Domain Power For Mariner East Pipelines Work In 2013; Lawsuit Claims Company Coerced Property Owners Into Allowing Easements
-- Observer-Reporter: Washington County Judge Rules Sunoco Did Not Have Eminent Domain Powers For Mariner East Pipeline In 2013 In Landowner Lawsuit Alleging Fraud [PDF of Article]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Hold Business Meeting March 13, Including 6 Shale Gas Development Water Withdrawals [PaEN]
-- Governor’s Updated Regulatory Agenda Includes Proposed Annual Permit Fee For Shale Gas Wells; Updated Conventional Waste Disposal and Coproduct Waste Regs. [PaEN]
-- Marcellus Drilling News: Rain City Resources, Kendra II Agree To Set Up Pilot Plant To Extract Lithium From Marcellus Shale Wastewater In Susquehanna County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: Federal Pipeline Safety Agency Says Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Leaked Fuel In Bucks County For At Least 16 Months
-- WHYY: Upper Makefield Residents, PA Officials Call For Energy Transfer Jet Fuel Pipeline To Be Shut Down Pending Spill Investigation In Bucks County
-- WHYY: Upper Makefield Twp. Residents Call For Answers After Energy Transfer Jet Fuel Pipeline Leak Contaminated Wells In Bucks County
-- Inquirer: Legislators Say Energy Transfer Jet Fuel Pipeline That Leaked Into Bucks County Wells Should Be Shut Down; Operator Failed To Detect Leak
-- Wall Street Journal: US Oil, Gas Frackers And Saudi Officials Tell President They Won’t Drill More No Matter How Many Regulations Are Rolled Back, Prices Are Too Low [PDF of article]
-- 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 ] [Tariff Temporarily Suspended]
-- The Center Square: A Closer Look At Shapiro’s Carbon Tax Plan
-- Inside Climate News - Kiley Bense: Pennsylvania’s New Energy Plan A ‘Betrayal’ To Those On Front Lines, Critics Say
-- The Center Square Guest Essay: Pennsylvania’s Energy Mandate To Expand Energy Production - By Marcellus Shale Gas Coalition
-- Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh At The ‘Epicenter’ Of The Climate Crisis, Local Leaders Claim
-- Erie Times Guest Essay: PA Can’t Cede Bipartisan Clean Energy Progress To President’s Fossil Fuel Focus - Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA
-- MCall: As Energy Costs Rise, Politicians, Advocates, Utilities Debate Consumer Protections And Unpaid Bills; LNG Gas Exports Driving Consumer Prices Higher
-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PJM Power Grid Presents A Math Problem For Pennsylvania To Meet Peak Electricity Demands
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Data Centers Driver Higher Forecasts For Electric Demand In PA, Sparking Climate Worries
-- 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 [1.14.25]
-- TribLive: Keeping The Electric Grid Humming Is Costing Consumers More
-- The Center Square: Low-Income Federal Solar For All Program Money Inaccessible Until General Assembly Passes Legislation
-- LancasterOnline: Solar Energy Projects On Manheim Twp. School Campus Could Save $10 Million
-- TribLive: Developer Appeals Unity Twp. Zoning Decision Against Proposed Solar Energy Facility In Westmoreland
-- Spotlight PA-Marley Parish: Years Of Unreliable Service Should Force State Regulators to Take Emergency Action Against Small, Private Rural Water Company In Centre County, PA Watchdog Says
-- Spotlight PA - Marley Parish: Customers Of Shoddy, Private Rural Water Company Need Relief And Fast, Stakeholders Say; A Judge Is Mulling Next Steps
-- WGAL: High Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In Drinking Water In Some Southcentral PA Communities
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Winter Salt Week Unites 300 Volunteers, 30 Groups Concerned About Fresh Water [PaEN]
-- FOX43: Watershed Experts Keep An Eye On Road Salt Pollution In York County Streams, Creeks
-- Pheasants Forever In Pennsylvania Expands State Game Lands With 119-Acre Addition
-- Republican Herald: New Wildlife Habitat Funding Available To Landowners Through Pheasants Forever, USDA Partnership
-- Pheasants Forever In PA, USDA Partner To Deliver Habitat Improvement Services To CREP Landowners
-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Barred Owl Can Be Found In Urban Areas
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 16, 2025]
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