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Weekly PA Environment Digest Newsletter
April 23, 2012
(4/23/2012)
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* On Earth Day, Explore Pennsylvania's Natural Resources

By Susan Corbett, First Lady of Pennsylvania

* Chesapeake Bay Foundation: Earth Day, Clean Water And What You Can Do

By Matthew Ehrhart, PA Office Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation

* Gov. Corbett Announces 2012 Environmental Excellence Award Winners


* Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Bills Introduced


* Industry Leaders Join Rep. Geist's Call For Action On Transportation Funding


* Senate Bill Would Require Soil Scientists To Be Licensed


* Latest Environmental Synopsis From Joint Conservation Committee Now Available


* SRBC Suspends 17 Water Withdrawals Due To Low Stream Flows


* All Counties With Producing Marcellus Wells Have Adopted Drilling Fee

A total of forty-two counties have said they will adopt the drilling impact fee authorized by Act 13. The Corbett Administration said the fee will generate approximately $180 million in 2012, climbing to $211 million in 2013 and $264 million in 2014.

* Court Denies Drilling Industry, Legislators Motion To Intervene In Drilling Law Challenge


* Penn State: Pre-Drilling Water Data Demonstrates Need For Private Well Testing


* PA Medical Society Issues Statement On Drilling Law Disclosure Requirements


* Marcellus Coalition Supports Study Using Mine Water In Fracking Operations


* Penn State Public Broadcasting Offers New ExploreShale.org Website

 

* Casey Introduces Bill To Help Farmers, Foresters In Chesapeake Bay Watershed


* 3 Workshops In Dauphin County On Homeowner Habitat, Stormwater Control


* Paxton Creek Stream Restoration Project Under Construction In Dauphin County


* Mapping Tool Useful For Manure Management On Pennsylvania Farms


* ARIPPA, Mine Reclamation Coalitions Offer Grants To Watershed Organizations


* DEP Rejects Fish Commission Request To Designate Part Of Susquehanna As Impaired


* EQB Gives DEP OK To Study Water Quality Classification In Upper Delaware


* PRC/Coca-Cola Workshops In Pittsburgh In May, June Offer Free Rain Barrels


* Growing Greener Project To Improve Little Shamokin Creek Watershed In Northumberland


* Partnership For Delaware Estuary Spring Newsletter Now Available

The Spring edition of the Partnership for the Delaware Estuary newsletter is now available online.

* Susquehanna U. To Host Canon International Envirothon In July, Sponsorships Available

2012 marks the 25th anniversary of Envirothon, the international competition in which teams of high school students from the U.S. and Canada test their knowledge of the environment.  And what better way to celebrate than to have the anniversary celebration in Pennsylvania where Envirothon started!

* DEP Awards Grants For Environmental Education And Stewardship


* Nominations Now Being Accepted For Bartlett Environmental Education Award


* Famed Author Wendell Berry To Open Forestry Conference May 18-19 At Allegheny College


* DCNR, TreeVitalize To Assist With Tree Plantings At Flight 93 Memorial


* PA Community Forestry Hosts May 1 Webinar


* Native Plant Sale Set For April 28 In Lancaster


* Over 225 Turnout For Fort Washington State Park Volunteer Day


* DCNR Announces Major Expansion Of Ibberson Conservation Area, Dauphin County


* Preservation Board Protects Nearly 2,200 Acres Of Prime Farmland


* Landscape Conservation Cooperatives Include Three Covering Pennsylvania


* May Is Take Me Fishing In PA Month


* Game Commission Seeks Assistance With Heron Colony Count


* EPA Recognizes State College For Curbside Food Recycling


* Philadelphia ShopRite Stores, Philabundance Welcomed To EPA Food Recovery Challenge


* Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful’s Greenways Mini-Grant Winners Announced


* Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event April 27, 28 In Centre County


* Centre County Recycling Authority Gives Haulers Rebates

Due to good recycling market conditions in 2011, especially corrugated cardboard and aluminum, the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority is giving recycling rebates back to our haulers and municipalities for their valiant efforts in reducing the amount of waste sent to local landfills.

* Covanta Energy Facilities Recycle Used Rechargeable Batteries, Cell Phones For Earth Day


* Agreement Signed To Restore Old Erie County Landfill Site For Commercial, Recreational Use


* Local Governments Recognized For Strengthening Community Partnerships


* Playworld Systems' Products Receive LEED Certification


* Two Weis Markets Stores Achieve Environmental Milestone


* PPL Customers Can Join Hunt For PA's Oldest Fridge


* PECO Energizing Education Program Receives Governor's Environmental Award


* PUC Forum To Solicit Comments On Increased Electric, Natural Gas Vehicle Use May 31


* Allegheny Conference Issues Report On Encouraging Natural Gas Vehicles


* DEP To Hold Energy Conservation Building Code Workshops In York, Lycoming Counties


* Lower-Cost Wind Energy Comes To Duquesne Light, PECO, PPL Service Territories


* EPA Recognizes Chatham University For Green Power Purchases


* Feature- Carnegie Mellon Report: Greenhouse Emissions Same As In 1940 In Pittsburgh

Works by famed industrial landscape artist Aaron Gorson are visual reminders of the 1940s, when Pittsburgh was the nation's steelmaking center. Surprisingly, new research from Carnegie Mellon University shows that today's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are as low as those of that gritty decade.    

* Opportunity To Bid On DEP, DCNR Projects


* Grants & Awards


* Budget/Quick NewsClips


* Marcellus Shale NewsClips


* Flooding/Watershed NewsClips


* Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits


* Calendar Of Events

Upcoming legislative meetings, conferences, workshops, plus links to other online calendars. Meetings are in Harrisburg unless otherwise noted.  NEW means new from last week.  Go to the online Calendar webpage.

* Stories Invited


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