PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

- By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN] -- Water At Risk Series: The Brodhead Watershed Association Helps Monroe County Municipalities Protect Clean Water - How About Yours? - By Carol Hillestad for the Brodhead Watershed Association [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension Hosts Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 8, 2024

9 Webinar On Applying For EPA Clean School Bus Rebate Program DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Funding Opportunities, Projects Supported; County Clean Water Updates; Much More! Water At Risk Series: The Brodhead Watershed Association Helps Monroe County Municipalities Protect Clean Water - How About Yours? 30 to Jan. 30 to Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Choose Native workshops will introduce participants to the native species options, creative ways to include native species, management strategies for existing invasive species, and creating a management plan for native species in landscapes and water gardens.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

There are many challenges that can arise when managing a pond; this webinar will discuss five steps you can take as an earthen pond owner to help manage and minimize these challenges. Click Here for more on this series and to register. Click Here learn more. Click Here for more. Click Here to learn more about how to volunteer.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

The amount distributed by ARIPPA in 2024 will be $9,600-- $4,800 each for the anthracite and bituminous regions. Related Articles This Week - Watersheds: -- DEP Chesapeake Bay Update: Funding Opportunities, Projects Supported; County Clean Water Updates; Much More! The deadline to apply is April 15.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 5, 2024

On January 5, the Department of Environmental Protection announced over $12 million in Growing Greener Plus Grants to support local watershed restoration projects, reclaim abandoned mines, reduce flooding, nutrient and sediment pollution. for environmental violations; and -- Federal American Rescue Plan funding.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 28, 2024

On March 28, Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Cashman’s Hardware Store in Adams County to promote Pennsylvania’s updated fertilizer law and educate consumers on best practices to manage their lawn care in a cost-effective and environmentally sustainable way. The revisions to the Pennsylvania Fertilizer Law, signed by Gov.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2023

Billion In Federal Funding Up For Grabs, PA Environmental Officials Collect Climate Action Plan Suggestions -- Herald-Star: Tenaska Outlines Carbon Capture, Storage Project In Shale Gas Formations In SW PA, Southern Ohio -- PA GreenGov Council, Penn State Sustainability Host 4-Part Sustainability Webinar Series Starting Jan.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 1, 2024

From ancestors of the Lenape, to travelers on Route 80, to green infrastructure that cleans and protects the creeks, a walk here provides plenty to think about. -- Stormwater management works at the Community and Cultural Center: Keeping water clean is a priority for Middle Smithfield. How about yours? Find out more! How Clean Is Your Stream?

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

Manager Of Events/Programs; Regional Trail Care Coordinator [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- WITF: PA Farm Show Is Just About Upon Us, Here’s What To Know - Jan. Manager Of Events/Programs; Regional Trail Care Coordinator [PaEN] Upcoming Events -- WITF: PA Farm Show Is Just About Upon Us, Here’s What To Know - Jan. 6 to 13 -- Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Read more here. -- On February 7, 2024, the Environmental Hearing Board issued an opinion and order granting part of an Apex Energy (PA) LLC motion to dismiss parts of a Protect PT appeal of the renewal of shale gas well permits at the Drakulic well pad in Penn Township, Westmoreland County. EHB Docket 2023074. Read more here. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 8, 2024

Discharges would need to be treated by an approved series of at least two BMPs. -- Site Inspections —The Department is proposing to require that site inspections be conducted only by qualified personnel. Three options would be available to demonstrate that a person is qualified.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Join the Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy and many of their regional partners March 8 Perkiomen Stormwater Symposium to learn about stormwater management in Montgomery County. The Stormwater Symposium is the first training hosted in the Conservancy's Professional Education Series. Posted: February 9, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 29, 2024

30; Project Coaching DEP Awards $573,000 To 10 Projects To Protect Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone; $268,000 To 5 Projects To Protect Lake Erie Coastal Zone Delaware River Basin Commission Feb. Marcellus Drilling News: DEP Approves Catalyst Energy Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In McKean County [Jan.

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Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For those following offshore wind development in California, January 19, 2024, marked an important moment—the release of the long-awaited Draft Assembly Bill 525 Offshore Wind Strategic Plan from the California Energy Commission (CEC). Public comment on the draft Plan is due March 22, 2024.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Their goals during the new five-year Pequea and Halfmoon Creeks Watershed Renewal Project are to reduce pollution and restore the health of streams in both watersheds that are impaired by nonpoint source runoff, like certain agricultural activities. is moving the five-year project forward. and Ben Cardin (D-Md.),

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

31 More Abandoned Conventional Well NOVs On February 6 & 7, 2024 , DEP did routine inspections of 27 more conventional wells operated by Rock Oil Resources, Inc. On February 12, 2024 , DEP conducted a complaint investigation in Waterford Township, Erie County related to conventional gas wells operated by Medina Res Dev Co.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Halfmoon and Pequea Creek Watersheds Renewal Project, coordinated by the Chesapeake Bay Foundation , is accelerating progress toward bringing impaired streams in the two Pennsylvania watersheds back to health. is moving the five-year project forward. Funding acquired by US Senators Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.),

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Washington Nature

JANUARY 22, 2024

Below are a few highlights of publications from 2023 and what is ahead in 2024. As improved forest management for fire resilience leads to less dense forests in the Eastern Cascades, researchers examined how these forest gaps might influence freshwater resilience. The lifecycle of a salmon and a research idea have a lot in common.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Evergreen Conservancy manages the Tanoma Passive Mine Drainage Treatment Project. Tanoma consists of a series of ponds and wetlands designed to filter heavy metals and other pollutants from a mine pool. Rogers is part of several environmental organizations in Indiana County. Reprinted from Penn State News.)

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National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

JANUARY 25, 2024

It also ensures increased technical capacity at USDA for new and exciting perennial practices through a series of agroforestry centers. Learn more: [link] The post Release: NSAC Applauds Introduction of the Innovative Practices for Soil Health Act of 2024 appeared first on National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.

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Legal Planet

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Similarly, a manure methane emissions estimate may consider factors such as the number of animals producing manure, qualities of the manure, and the method of manure management. A rice emissions estimate could consider factors like the area used for rice production and water management method, among many others.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

By Annie Maloney, Foundation for Sustainable Forests Many individuals play important roles in forest management, yet they are mostly unseen by the nature of their work. Chris recalls how Ray mentored three of her grandchildren through their 6th grade leaf projects. The whole project began in 2009. says Chris, proudly.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

1 -- Penn State Extension: PA Forest Webinar Series Schedule [Late 2023 and 2024] -- Penn State Extension: 4-Part Webinar Series: Primer For Forest Management And Birds Thru Oct. Other Upcoming Forestry Events -- Williamsport Sun: Walk In Penn’s Woods Day Coming Up Oct. 18 -- Penn State Extension: Nov.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 31, 2023

16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept.

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CEQA Developments

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. In an important published opinion filed February 16, 2024, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. 2024) Cal.App.5th. The Site-Specific Industrial Development Project In 2012, developer Hilltop Group, Inc.

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program [PaEN] -- National Stream Restoration Conference Aug. 16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program [PaEN] -- National Stream Restoration Conference Aug. 15 In Washington County [PaEN] -- WeConservePA Hosts Aug.

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Clean Energy Law

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Despite heavy precipitation over the past year, California’s drought resilience remains in question, as critical infrastructure projects face staunch opposition and climate change increases the likelihood of extreme and prolonged droughts. The Delta Conveyance Project is a proposal for a new 44.6

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 30, 2023

16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept.

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Circle of Blue

MAY 11, 2022

This is part nine of a ten-part series. In a series of conversations with community members, engineers, utility staff, and legislative aides, Green and her colleagues learned that EGLE and its predecessor agency had been marketing the SRFs to communities as a “program of last resort,” she said. The city received a $9.8

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Responsibilities under each RFQ will include providing design and engineering assistance outreach, oversite, and tracking and reporting for at least five (5) projects annually within Pennsylvania’s portion of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. If capable of managing projects in all 23 counties, a single supplier may submit a quote for both RFQs.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Department of Agriculture is encouraging agricultural producers and forest landowners in Pennsylvania to participate in voluntary conservation programs and adopt climate-smart practices in fiscal year 2024 as part of President Biden's Investing in America agenda. 4 to 7 [PaEN] -- Friends Of The Wissahickon Host Nov.

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CEQA Developments

JANUARY 29, 2024

In a published opinion filed on January 17, 2024, the Second District Court of Appeal (Div. City of Los Angeles (TTLE Los Angeles – El Sereno LLC et al, Real Parties in Interest ) (2024) Cal.App.5th. Petitioners filed a writ action challenging the project approvals based on CEQA, Planning and Zoning Law (Gov.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 31, 2023

Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), provide policymakers, industry participants, and the public with tools to chart a pathway to prepare the offshore oil and gas industry for a Paris Agreement–compatible phase-out of fossil fuel extraction. must remain unextracted to keep within a 1.5 °C C carbon budget.”

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 2, 2024

His most recent project in Africa is involved with establishing migratory corridors for elephants between Tanzania and Mozambique. DEP 1998 Profile On June 26, 1998, the Department of Environmental Protection published this profile of Jim Brett as part of its PA Environmental Leaders Series. as a training ground. to 7:00 p.m.

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ESA

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The bill retains a provision from the House bill repealing section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. Offshore royalties would increase to a minimum of 14% from 12.5%. Nominations are Dec.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

The request for information includes a series of questions: . How far into the future should projections extend, and why? How far into the future should projections extend, and why? quantitative time series, directional changes, stories)? CNSF – FY 2024 Letter to White House OMB and OSTP (Oct. Register here.

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