PA Environment Daily

APRIL 22, 2024

More Than 100 Volunteers Clean Up 30 Miles Of River Banks In Huntingdon, Blair Counties Yuengling Brewery, Keep PA Beautiful Celebrate Partnership With Cleanup In Schuylkill County PA Chapter American Planning Assn.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The PA Environment Digest included 4,258 new stories in 2023 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. Thank you for your leadership! 27 Released 1.1

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2024

Educational Series [PaEN] -- Request For Presentation Proposals: Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. Educational Series [PaEN] -- Request For Presentation Proposals: Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 3, 2023

Senators Leading The Way In Holding The Rail Industry Accountable 6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables [ There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay ] -- Reuters: Why U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 30, 2023

Steel Reaches Tentative Settlement Over Air Pollution Following 2018 Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Plant [No Specifics Yet] -- WHYY: Philly Officials Say Water Is Safe After Bucks County Chemical Spill, How Do We Know That? -- NextPittsburgh: DEP Awards $3.7 Million To Support 22 Environmental Restoration Projects In Southwestern PA [ Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2024

26-27 In Bethlehem, PA Susquehanna River Basin Commission Newsletter Highlights Proposed York County Hydroelectric Project; Filling Water Use Data Gaps; 2023 Annual Report Two BioBlitz Events, Earth Day Events In Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster Counties Coming Up!

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

StreamWatch Volunteer Training May 20 In Monroe County [PaEN] -- CBF: Proposed Settlement Of Lawsuit Against EPA For Failing To Hold Pennsylvania Accountable For Meeting Chesapeake Bay Water Pollution Reduction Goals Focuses On Actions In 7 PA Counties [PaEN] -- New State Health Plan Identifies Health Issues Related To Natural Resource Extraction, (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Earth Day: Water At Risk: 'Life, Liberty, And The Pursuit Of Happiness' - Pennsylvania's Environmental Rights Amendment - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN] -- City & State PA: Q/A With Sen.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2023

Outlines 10-Year Plan For Parks, Trails, Open Space In Allegheny County -- Warren Times: Audubon Community Nature Center Hosts Earth Day Volunteer Day -- Cameron County Chamber Of Commerce: Sinnemahone Paddle Results Available; Register For Remaining Triple Crown Events -- Natural Lands: May 20 Field Jam - Music Without Walls Series.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2023

RiverWise -- Planet Philadelphia Radio Program: May 5 - Reducing Cancer Caused By Our Environment , 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. -- PUC Encourages Customers To Shop For Competitive Electric, Natural Gas Suppliers, Know Their ‘End Of Contract’ Details -- Register Now!

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

MAY 8, 2023

Communities across the region were alive with volunteers this April in celebration of Earth Week and the 3rd Annual Susquehanna Greenway Cleanup Week. Posted: May 8, 2023] PA Environment Digest 6 volunteers from Barry Isett & Associates, Inc. Click Here to support their work.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 29, 2024

18-20 In WV Registration Open For Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Level 1 Certification Training Beginning July 30 Join Master Watershed Stewards In Lancaster County For June 13 Waterways On Wheels Bike Tour A Dozen Nonprofit, Agency, Municipal Environmental Experts Team Up To Tackle Stormwater Runoff In The Lake Erie Watershed Dept. /DEP

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 10, 2023

Email: PaEnviroDigest@gmail.com [Posted: April 10, 2023] PA Environment Digest PA Trout Unlimited Additional Tools-- Click Here to sign up to receive the Weekly Digest directly by email PA Environment Digest Twitter Feed : Update on PA environmental issues. PA Environment Daily Blog : Update on PA environmental issues.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

14 -- Save Pennsylvania’s Forests Feb. 22 Webinar: Get To Know Your Forest - Pinchot State Forest.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2023

Passes Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags; 16th Municipality In PA To Pass A Ban -- TribLive: Aspinwall Cleans Up Through ‘Green Streets’ Program -- TribLive: Leechburg Recycling Center Volunteers Carry Heavy Burden -- Beaver County Times: Earth Day Celebrated At Sisters Of St.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 17, 2023

House holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated: House Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 Senate holds Regular Session April 24, 25, 26 -- Committee Schedule -- Updated Senate Budget Hearing Schedule - March 20, 21, 22 TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Independent Fiscal Office Posts Budget Hearing Documents -- KDKA: (..)

Air Pollution

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2024

Withdraws Request To EPA To Be Considered In Compliance With Federal Air Quality Standards -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Work Continues On Luzerne Abandoned Mine Subsidence; Second Hole Opens In Swoyersville -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Second Hole Opens From Abandoned Mine Subsidence In Swoyersville -- WNEP: Crews Repair Abandoned Mine Subsidences In Luzerne County, (..)

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Posted: April 16, 2023] PA Environment Digest Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- -- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1 Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

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

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2023

Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City -- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101 -- PPL Electricity Price To Compare To Drop June 1 For Customers Who Don’t Shop For Suppliers -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 19, 2023

Noon -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Major Pittsburgh Region Projects Move Forward In 2023: Carrie Furnace, Hazelwood Green [Brownfield Redevelopment] -- Keep PA Beautiful: Sen.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

-- Natural Gas Pipeline Pigging Facility Malfunction Dec. 27 Released 1.1

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2024

Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland -- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp., Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland -- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp.,

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

-- TribLive: Donations Exceed $875,000 For Those Affected By Plum Boro Natural Gas House Explosion -- TribLive Editorial: Plum Boro Neighborhood Where Natural Gas Home Explosion Occurred Emerges As Village Of Importance -- Scientific American: Gas Stove Pollution Lingers In Homes For Hours Even Outside The Kitchen -- Fortune: Gas Stove Pollution Harms (..)

Conservation

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 11, 2024

Fortunately, I don’t have COPD and I didn’t contract asthma when I was young, perhaps partly because I grew up in a home with an electric range. The study concluded that these childhood asthma cases could have theoretically been prevented by using electric appliances. But other Washingtonians may not be as lucky.

2013

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2023

. -- Susquehanna River Basin Commission May 4 Hearing On Water Withdrawal Projects, Including 12 Related To Shale Natural Gas Drilling [PaEN] -- Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Emergency Regs Setting VOC/Methane Emission Limits On Conventional Oil/Gas Operations [PaEN] -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Being Kept (..)

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2024

Magnitude Earthquake Confirmed In Berks County -- MCall: 2.4

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Senators Leading The Way In Holding The Rail Industry Accountable -- Utility Dive: Acadia Report: Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative Speeds Declines In Power Plant Emissions, Spurs Economic Growth -- EPA And DOE Honor 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partners Of The Year Award Winners In Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Pittsburgh Business Times/PittsburghINNO: Free Solar (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

Posted: April 9, 2023] PA Environment Digest How Healthy Soils Grow Better Veggies. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources. Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

Capitol Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 7, 2023] PA Environment Digest How Healthy Soils Grow Better Veggies.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

Martin Produces Whale Of A Guitar For Earth Day As Lehigh Valley Company Continues Environmental Tradition -- Post-Gazette: Earth Day Celebrations Kick Off With Events Across Western PA - Planet vs. Plastics Theme -- Erie Times: Report: Great Lakes Beaches, Including Presque Isle, Suffering From Plastic Pollution -- Republican Herald: Hegins Twp.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 4, 2023

Corbett Calls For ‘Hyper-Localized’ Dialogue On Democracy, Civics Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: April 4, 2023] PA Environment Digest Will It Pay Off?

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Yes, And Here’s How -- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport To Install Solar Stream Sensors To Monitor Flooding In Grafius Run -- York Dispatch: York County Issues 30-Day Countywide Burn Ban -- Reading Eagle: Berks County Burn Ban Goes Into Effect -- MCall: Can Dogs Be Used To Combat Spotted Lanternfly?

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

Shapiro Must Sharpen His Focus On Climate Change And The Environment - By Clean Air Council -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lehigh River Listed As ‘Most Endangered’ River In U.S.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2024

in Somerset County -- WHYY: My Climate Story: Philly Students Take Science From Abstract To Personal -- Reading Eagle: Berks Nature Nonprofit Has Evolved Over Its 50-Year History -- MCall: C.F.

Earth Day

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 16, 2023

Yaw Again Proposes Taxing Tavern “Skill Games” Gambling, Calling Them Part ‘Of The Small Business Economy’ -- Scranton Times Editorial: ‘Skill Games’ Are Gambling, Regulate Them -- Responsible Decarbonization Alliance: Happy Earth Day!

Politics

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 8, 2023

Steel Clairton Coke (Coal) Works] -- Post-Gazette: FirstEnergy Seeking Ratepayer Surcharge To Keep Two Coal-Fired Power Plants Open In West Virginia -- PennLive - Letter: We’re At An Energy Crossroads - By Karen Feridun, Better Path Coalition -- PennLive Guest Essay: How Nuclear Power Saved Christmas And The PJM Electric Grid - By Rep.

Natural Gas