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The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Announce Award Of 42 Healing The Planet Grants In PA, MD, VA, WV

PA Environment Daily

All projects selected for funding will connect people and families with community green spaces through park improvements, park builds, watershed restoration, recycling infrastructure and related programs, beautification and greening, community gardens, vacant lot restoration, outdoor classrooms, and tree plantings.

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56 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Million Pounds Of Electronics Waste Over 20 Years Of Hard-To-Recycle Collections [PaEN] -- Dept. General Richard Zilmer, USMC (Ret.), Million In Dept.

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PennFuture Announces Winners Of Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards From Southeast PA

PA Environment Daily

She has advanced a riparian buffer project along the Darby Creek at Gillespie Park (ripping out an unused baseball field and fence along the creek to restore it to its natural conditions) consisting of over 300 native trees and shrubs that were planted in the fall of 2021. is responsible for saving more than 2,000 acres.

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60 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

Approve $798,000 Cocalico Creek Restoration Project -- Scranton Times Editorial: Stormwater Management Isn’t Just Pipes -- Stroud Water Research Center, Academy Of Natural Sciences, Shippensburg University: Quantifying The Value Of Forest Protection For Clean Water, Impact Of Remote Working [PaEN] -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Awards $6.6

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83 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

2 Floating Classroom Focused On Bat Species, The Threats They Face And Their Aquatic Ecosystem Impacts -- Academy Of Natural Sciences Of Drexel University Hosts Bug Fest! 27-28 [PaEN] -- Gov. 26-27 -- Post-Gazette - John Hayes: George H.

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Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 2.17.24

PA Environment Daily

Black Bear Biologist Gary Alt Honored By Game Commission -- Warren Times: Audubon Comunnity Nature Center - In Defense Of Nature’s Rodents -- WHYY: Academy Of Natural Sciences Host Discussion On Endangered Sturgeon -- In Memoriam: Edna Mae George, The Better Half Of The Late Rep. National- $3.28

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Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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23 Webinar On Solar Energy For Municipalities And Water Authorities [PaEN] -- WHYY - Susan Phillips: An Artist Who Grew Up On The Streets Of Philadelphia Returns With An ‘Optimistic’ Climate Exhibit -- Natural Areas Association: Feb. 21 On Rheems Quarry Expansion -- PUC Invites Comments On Williams Natural Gas Pipeline Co.