PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2023

Washington County Finally ‘Go Green;’ Failed To Install Solar Energy On Their Buildings Despite Multiple Opportunities -- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. Washington County Finally ‘Go Green;’ Failed To Install Solar Energy On Their Buildings Despite Multiple Opportunities -- Penn State Extension Hosts Nov. 31 -- Sen.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Here are 91 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 19, 2023

Million+ To Benefit PA [PaEN] -- Reminder: State Conservation Commission Seeking Proposals To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Loads In Priority Watersheds, Due Nov. Million+ To Benefit PA [PaEN] -- Reminder: State Conservation Commission Seeking Proposals To Reduce Nutrient, Sediment Loads In Priority Watersheds, Due Nov. 11; Sets Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Proposal To Construct 2 Solar Energy Facilities To Provide Electricity To Compressor Stations In Columbia, Wyoming Counties [PaEN] -- PA Solar Center, Partners Host Feb. 23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- Penn State Hosts Feb. Smucker Joins State, Local Officials To Oppose $2.5

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Of PA [Utilities] -- PennLive Guest Essay: PA Can Have Common Sense Environmental Policy And A Thriving Energy Economy - By Allegheny/Fayette Central Labor Council -- Post-Gazette Editorial: It’s Time To Give Geothermal A Real Chance -- DEP Invites Participation In Last 2 Environmental Justice Policy Public Hearings Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Take The Agrisolar Survey To Help Identify Policy Issues, Educational Needs -- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Gets $4 Million In Federal Funding For Rural Renewable Energy Projects -- PA Solar Center Webinar Nov. 15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day [PaEN] -- CleanScapes Hosts Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 3, 2023

1 Price Changes: Natural Gas (+149% to -64.2%); Electric (+18.8% to -25.7%) [PaEN] -- Altoona Mirror: Logan Twp. Shapiro Must Keep His Campaign Promise To Go 30% Solar By 2030 In PA - By PA Solar Center -- DEP, Local Partners To Hold 5 Outreach Sessions For Input Into Priority Climate Action Plan Initiatives Starting Dec. 4 [PaEN] -- DEP Hosts Dec.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

million In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: $35 Million In Delaware River Watershed Conservation Projects Funded -- WHYY: Philly’s FDR Park Gets Federal Grant For Stream And Wetland Restoration -- Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: What’s Next For The Chesapeake Bay? 15 [PaEN] -- Williamsport Sun: Loyalsock Twp.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2024

Fiedler Promotes Solar Energy Projects At Schools During Visit -- The Energy Age: Solar Energy News - 7 Tips On Buying Solar Panels; US Installs More Solar In 2023 Than Ever Before; Solar Panel Recycling; Community Solar -- Delaware County Green Team Meets Online March 18: Community Solar May Come Alive In PA!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 27, 2023

Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 24-26 In Altoona [PaEN] -- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. 6 [PaEN] -- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

Of Conservation Districts Recognizes Brian Sneeringer From Adams Conservation District [PaEN] -- Gov. 21 Webinar On DEP's Federally-Funded Oil & Gas Well Plugging Program [PaEN] -- Energy Future PA Names Former Rep. -- Environmental Hearing Board Chief Judge & Chairman Thomas W. 23; Transportation- Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 9, 2023

Of Agriculture Starts Accepting Resource Enhancement Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Aug. Of Agriculture Starts Accepting Resource Enhancement Farm Conservation Tax Credit Applications Aug. 5 Webinar On Establishing Local Environmental Advisory Councils; EAC Network Gathering Oct. 21 [PaEN] -- Dept.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

A 2022 NREL study found that, to achieve President Biden’s goal of generating 80 percent zero-carbon electricity by 2030 and 100 percent by 2035, we will need to increase wind and solar power from about 14 percent of the US electricity mix in 2022 to between 60 and 75 percent by 2035 under the main scenarios.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

State and federal officials move forward plans and policies for water conservation, conveyance, and climate resilience. Kermanian , and Julie Miles The winter of 2022-23 brought historic levels of precipitation to California after years of deep drought , dwindling reservoirs, and groundwater depletion. By Michael G. Romey , Lucas I.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 18, 2023

Steel Is Progressing Toward Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals [ 2022 ESG Report ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Carnegie Mellon ($3.1 million), Thar Energy ($2.2 Steel Is Progressing Toward Greenhouse Gas Emissions Goals [ 2022 ESG Report ] -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Carnegie Mellon ($3.1 million), Thar Energy ($2.2

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

26 Webinar On Federal And State Financial Resources For Going Solar [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Energy Essentials: Feb. Schuylkill County -- PA Solar Center Jan. 15 Webinar Update On Large-Scale Solar; What Is Agrivoltaics?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 20, 2023

-- PennLive: PennLive Outdoors Reporter Marcus Schneck Honored With Posthumous Award From PA Parks & Forest Foundation -- Winners Of 14th Annual PA Parks & Forests Foundation Awards -- Fish & Boat Commission Announces Awards For Outstanding Achievements In Law Enforcement By Waterways Conservation Officers -- Pittsburgh Business Times: (..)

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Honors Nancy Bake r [PaEN] -- Keep PA Beautiful Announces Recipients Of 2023 Volunteer And Community Partners Awards [PaEN] -- TribLive: Aspinwall, Allegheny County Teen’s Passion For Conservation Earns Him Spot On Western PA Junior Achievement’s 18 Under Eighteen List -- Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Steel -- 37 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- Gov. Setting PFOA/PFOS Drinking Water Standard And The First MCL Developed By DEP [PaEN] -- 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- What Can We Expect From Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 29, 2023

30 Hearing On State’s Electronics Waste Recycling Law; Current Program Is Broken [PaEN] -- WHYY: Chester Residents Unhappy With Taking Philly’s Trash, Speak Out At City Council Hearing -- Keep PA Beautiful Updates Popular Litter Education Series: Open Your Eyes To Litter - Book 1 Available Now!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 20, 2023

23 Webinar On Gridscale Solar Energy Facilities -- PennDOT Announces $33.8 23 Webinar On Gridscale Solar Energy Facilities -- PennDOT Announces $33.8 21; And Above Ground-- Oct. 17 [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Part II - What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? 21; And Above Ground-- Oct.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

16 Shaping The Pennsylvania Clean Energy & Efficiency Workforce Future Webinar [PaEN] -- Sustainable Pittsburgh Selected As One Of 20 Regional Green Jobs Centers To Train Individuals For Climate-Resilient Jobs [PaEN] -- DCNR Webinar: Advancing Climate Resiliency In Pennsylvania Aug. Shapiro: Darlington Twp., Chris Deluzio -- Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Yaw Touts New $154 Million Agriculture Conservation Program In Lycoming County -- Registration Open!

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 24, 2022

Of Education Recognizes Spring-Ford School District, Shippensburg University As Green Ribbon Schools [PaEN] -- DEP Announces Award Of $632,897 In Environmental Education Grants To Support 63 Projects Across The State [PaEN] -- Exelon Foundation Announces Green Lab Grant Winners, 2023 Applications Open; Plans To Advance STEM Education In Under-Resourced (..)

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

2-6 [PaEN] -- Philadelphia Solar Energy Assn. . -- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Sept. 20 Webinar On Making Climate-Friendly Appropriations A Priority In The Federal Budget -- Warren Times Editorial: Renewables Are Barely A Blip On State Electric Grids -- USDA Awards PA Partnership $7.85

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

-- Education, DEP, DCNR Honor Green Ribbon Schools For Environmental Sustainability Efforts In PA; Nominations Open [PaEN] -- DCNR State Parks Back To School Environmental Education Newsletter [PaEN] -- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Announces 2022 Milestones Watershed Heroes [PaEN] -- Water Resources Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 2, 2022

3 [PaEN] -- Sand County Foundation Announces PA Finalists For Leopold Conservation Award [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center Honors Dr. Michael E. Solar Energy Help Now; Avoid Natural Gas Price Spikes [PaEN] -- Utility Dive: As More Solar Panels Enter The U.S. Mann, Climate Scientist & Author, At The Water's Edge Gala On Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 28, 2023

Million Penalty For Multiple Environmental Violations In Allegheny County [PaEN] -- WESA/The Allegheny Front-Reid Frazier: EPA/DEP Issues $2.4 Million In Federal Funding To Support Local Mine Reclamation, Mine Drainage Treatment Projects; Next Round Of Applications Due Aug.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 15, 2022

Can Take To Meet Climate Goals -- May 18 Webinar: Learn More About Funding The Growing Greener Program For The Next Generation [PaEN] -- EPA Announces 2022 State Water Revolving Fund Grants Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law; PA Share Is $240.1 Million [PaEN] -- NRCS-PA: $22.5

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Batteries are key to enabling the renewable energy transition. When the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t blowing, batteries help store clean energy to continue supplying electricity to the grid and to customers consistently and reliably. And 70% of the copper used in batteries is already recycled.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The agreement, which the Union of Concerned Scientists is a party to, is part of an “Uncommon Dialogue” sponsored by Stanford University that aims to both accelerate large-scale solar in the United States while “simultaneously addressing conservation and community opportunities and challenges.” Single projects can be hundreds of megawatts.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 21, 2022

Mike Schlossberg (D-Lehigh) + Molly Parzen, Conservation Voters Of PA -- TribLive: Highlands Democrats Host ‘Green Heroes’ Environmental Rally At Harrison Hills Today -- Courier Times: How Bucks County Farmers Are Dealing With Climate Change -- Renewables Now: CPV Building 100 MW Solar Farm On Former Coal Mine In Portage Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 19, 2022

Brooke Smokelin Has Dedicated Her Life To Trying -- DCNR Celebrates French Creek As The 2022 River Of The Year At Paddle Fest Celebration [PaEN] -- WeConservePA: PA Land Trusts Preserved 208,026 Acres; 107,300 Pennsylvanians Contribute To Land Trusts [PaEN] -- Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Senate Passes Amended STREAM Mine Reclamation Act And Sends It Back House [PaEN] -- MCall Guest Essay: Recycling, The Neighbors And The Global Economy - Lehigh Valley Development Corp -- The Holcad: Westminster College Students Present Project To Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition -- Penn State Extension: Dec. 21 Webinar On 4-H Youth Program.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

1 Webinar: Discussion Of Proposals To Use Part Of PA’s $7 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding For Conservation. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners. 7 - Streambank Stabilization For Residential Landowners.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

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