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Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--
Awards/Recognition
-- PA Environmental Educators Want You To Share Your Moment Of Joy And Wonder About The Environment! Who Couldn’t Use A Little More Joy! [PaEN]
-- Keep PA Beautiful Celebrating 35 Years Of Supporting Community Improvement Across Pennsylvania [PaEN]
-- WGAL: Sara Mueller Has A Passion For Outdoors, Educating Next Generation At Wildlife Leadership Academy
-- PA Wilds Accepting Nominations For PA Wilds Champions Until April 7; Awards Celebration July 24
-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership, 320 Partners, Thousands Of Volunteers To Plant Nearly 200,000 Trees In PA This Year; Over 8.2 Million Planted Since 2018 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Now Accepting Entries To Save The Bay Photo Contest [PaEN]
Grants
-- Western PA Conservancy: Landowners, Apply Now For Statewide Riparian Tree Plantings [PaEN]
-- PA iMapInvasives Program: Replace Your Invasive, Non-Native Plants, Shrubs With Native Plants At 5 Upcoming Give-Away Events Starting May 3 [PaEN]
-- Western PA Conservancy: Apply Now To Treevitalize Pittsburgh For Support In Planting Trees In Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, April 1 Deadline
-- Western PA Conservancy: Apply Now For Community Gardens Support, Deadline March 15
-- PA Environmental Council Accepting Applications For Artist-In-Residency Program Focused On Susquehanna River Water Trails; March 11 Online Q/A [PaEN]
Help Wanted
-- Gov. Shapiro Signs Executive Order To Fill Critical Public Service Vacancies In PA By Recruiting Talented, Experienced Federal Employees, Streamlining Hiring Process
-- TribLive: Employees Cut By Feds Could Get PA, Allegheny County Jobs
-- PA Capital-Star: Shapiro Signs Executive Order Aimed At Attracting Federal Employees
-- Volunteers Needed! OSM Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Releases Spring Tree Planting Schedule [PaEN]
-- PA Envirothon: Volunteers Need For Envirothon Judges, State Envirothon Testing Day
Upcoming Events
-- Planet Philadelphia Radio Show March 7: PA Environmental Professionals Contribute To Sustainability, 4:00 p.m.
-- TribLive: Giant Goldfish At Presque Isle State Park Serves As Reminder For Invasive Species Week
-- Courier Times: Cicadas Set To Hit PA This Year: When And Where Brood XIV Is Emerging
-- Erie Times: 3 New Sugar Houses Join Maple Taste & Tour Weekend March 15-16 In NW PA
-- House Energy Committee Meets March 17 To Consider Legislation Freeing $156.1 Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN]
-- March 26 Lunch & Learn Meeting On Project To Demonstrate Scale Rare Earth, Critical Minerals Recovery In Clearfield County [PaEN]
-- Pike Conservation District News: March 31 Results Of Microplastics Study; April 5 Rain Barrel Workshop; Much More
-- PA/NJ Chapter The American Chestnut Foundation Spring Growers Meeting March 29, Annville, Lebanon County
-- Penn State Extension Hosts April 1 Private Water Supply Education & Water Testing Webinar; A Free Water Test Included [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Forest School Educator Dr. Jean Lomino Shares The Benefits, Key Components Ahead Of Naturalist Certification Course Set For April 14-17 In Central PA - By John Zaktansky
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Foods Of The Delaware Highlands Dinner, June 8, Wayne County
-- PA Firefly Festival Hosts Firefly Naturalist Guide Training June 21 At Kellettville Firefly Farm In Forest County [PaEN]
-- Registration Open! Water Utilities: US Water Alliance One Water Summit In Pittsburgh July 8-11; SPC Forming Delegation [PaEN]
-- Wilkes-Barre Times: North Branch Land Trust To Host Open House Events
-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Highlights Upcoming Events: Invasive Species; Land Conservation; Adapting To Change
Public Participation
-- Oil & Gas Advisory Board To Hear DEP Update On Water, Wastewater Shale Gas Well Development Pipelines; Methane Migration; Guidance On Dewatering Impoundments March 20 [PaEN]
-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices, Opportunities To Comment - March 8 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posted 92 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 8 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
-- DEP To Hold March 24 Hearing On Revised Highway Materials, LLC Perkiomenville Quarry Industrial Minerals Mining Permit In Montgomery County [PaEN]
Programs/Information
-- Guest Essay: Life Depends On Protecting The Natural World, Federal Rollbacks Are Threatening Our Future - By Michael Kensinger, Juniata Valley Audubon Society [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: FracTracker Alliance Mapping Oil & Gas Impacts In Pennsylvania And Beyond
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Keys To Keeping Volunteers Include Knowing Your Audience And What Excites Them - By John Zaktansky
-- Pike Conservation District: How Water Moves The Land And How You Can Control It - By Nick Kremp, Head Resource Conservationist
-- Warren Times - Audubon Community Nature Center: Scientific Illustrations Always Worth A 2nd Look
-- Organic Farmers Assn.: The Organic Voice - How Organic Farming, Healthcare Can Work Together
-- Penn State Extension - Home Garden News: Mountain Mint A Pollinator Powerhouse; Plant Disease Clinic; Herb Of The Year German Chamomile
-- TribLive/AP: 1st National Analysis Finds America’s Butterflies Disappearing At ‘Catastrophic’ Rate
-- Susquehanna Greenway Partnership: First Signs of Spring on the Susquehanna Greenway - By Darian Jones [PaEN]
-- PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February Now Available [PaEN]
Shale Gas & Public Health Conference
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Dr. Pouné Saberi, MD Speaks On How Healthcare Providers Can Better Serve Individuals Exposed To Health Threats From Shale Gas Development [PaEN]
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Alison Steele, Environmental Health Project - The Science Is In, Shale Gas Development Harming Public Health - Arming People To Prevent, Reduce Harm [PaEN]
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Lois Bower-Bjornson - What It’s Like Living In Frackland - Residents Talk About Dealing With The Health, Environmental Impacts Of Shale Gas [PaEN]
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Bob Donnan - 15 Years Of Shale Gas Development Through Aerial Photos - Hiding In Plain Sight [PaEN]
-- Shale Gas & Public Health Conference: Gillian Graber, Protect PT -- We Need To Work Together, Pool Our Knowledge To Push Back Against This Industry That's Harming Our Communities [PaEN]
Background On Issues
-- PA Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - March 1 to 7: Cryptocurrency Facility, 9 More Shale Gas Wells Abandoned; Attorney General Investigates Conventional Wastewater Spill; Pipeline Ordered To Provide Clean Water [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: State Attorney General Launches Criminal Investigation Into Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill That Contaminated Venango Water Company Spring [PaEN]
-- The Derrick: Attorney General Launches Probe Of Reno Spill [PDF of Article]
-- DEP: Diversified Production LLC Abandons Shale Gas Powered Cryptocurrency Facility In Elk County; 9 More Violations For Abandoned Shale Gas Wells This Week [PaEN]
-- DEP Orders Energy Transfer/Sunoco To Install Water Treatment Systems In Over 200 Homes Impacted By Petroleum Products Pipeline Leak In Bucks County [PaEN]
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Energy Transfer/Sunoco Ordered To Supply Homes With Bottled Water, Filtration Systems In Wake Of Pipeline Spill
-- Courier Times: PA DEP Says Energy Transfer/Sunoco Petroleum Products Pipeline Leak In Bucks County Violated State Law
-- Courier Times: Bucks County Residents Demand Answers On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Inspection Report For 2023 Flash Flood
-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Production Co., EQM Gathering OPCO LLC Sue Union Twp., Washington County Over Permitting Fees For Pipelines [PDF of Article]
-- The Center Square: Chester, Delaware County Leads The Fight For Environmental Justice [LNG Gas Export Facility]
-- TribLive: Plum Boro, Allegheny County Residents Raise Objections To 2nd Proposed Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well
-- River Reporter: Local Congressmen, EPA Reopen Fracking Conversation In Delaware River Basin In NE PA
-- EPA Administrator Travels To NE PA To Talk About Unleashing American Energy Dominance In Monroe County
-- Evangelical Environmental Network: Proposed Bipartisan Abandoned Well Remediation Act Reintroduced In Congress To Identify, Plug Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: 27 Appalachian Groups Call On DOE To Assess Full Impact Of Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Proposal, Suspend ARCH2 Funding
-- PUC House Budget Hearing: We Aren’t Going To Build Our Way Out Of Electric Generation Shortfalls On PJM Grid; We Need To Diversify Our Generation Sources [PaEN]
-- AP - Marc Levy: In A Reversal, Plans For US Natural Gas Power Grow, Complicating Progress On Climate [PA Natural Gas]
-- AP - Marc Levy: Facing Competition From Big Tech, States Dangle Incentives, Loosen Laws To Attract Power Plants [PA Highlighted]
-- Guest Essay: Significant Electricity Load Growth Can Be Accommodated Without A Stampede To New Natural Gas Generation Just By Increasing Efficiency At Existing Power Plants - By John Quigley, Senior Fellow, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy [PaEN]
-- Beaver Times Guest Essay: President’s ‘Common Sense’ Approach Should Include Clean Energy - By Bruce Cooper, Slippery Rock Chapter Of Citizens’ Climate Lobby
-- Centre Daily Times Climate Watch: Moving To A Carbon-Free Future Is Common Sense
-- Guest Essay: State Budget Season Offers Hope For An Energy Future Made In PA - By Kate Harper and Conor Lamb, Co-Chairs of Energy Future PA [PaEN]
-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Gov. Shapiro’s Energy Policies Will Cost Pennsylvania - By Andre Beliveau, Commonwealth Foundation
-- Frozen Hoping For A Thaw: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Project To Repurpose Fmr Coal Waste Plant Site Into Solar Energy, Mine Water Pool Energy Storage, Cooling Facility In Schuylkill County [PaEN]
-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Aqua PA Sues Company Alleging It Contaminated Drinking Water Source With ‘Significant’ Levels Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’
-- WHYY: Aqua PA Sues Chemical Company Alleging PFAS ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination In West Chester
-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Delaware River Basin Commission Renews Concern That Sea-Level Rise Will Flood Drinking Water Intakes In Philadelphia, Southern NJ
-- TribLive: 2.3 Million Birds Killed In PA This Year As Bird Flu Spreads In Commercial, Backyard Flocks; Game Commission Reports More Bird Flu
-- Game Commission Lifts Bird Flu Access Restrictions To Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area In Lancaster County
-- WHYY: Philadelphians Push City Council For More Illegal Dumping Prevention
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: How To End Illegal Dumping In Philadelphia
-- The Allegheny Front/The Ohio NewsRoom: Scientists Want To Monitor Microplastics In The Great Lakes, Here’s Why It Matters
-- Warren Times: New Attempt At Plastic Grocery Bag Ban Coming In Legislature
-- Beaver Times - Brian Whipkey: Bill Reintroduced To Allow More Sunday Hunting In PA
-- Game Commission Applauds Legislation To Repeal Sunday Hunting Ban
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: March 9, 2025]
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