49 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 49new 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.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Senate Committee Votes 9-1 To Issue A Subpoena To Compel CEO Of Norfolk Southern To Appear At March 8 Hearing On Train Derailment; 2nd Subpoena Expected Next Week For Documents  [PaEN]  

-- Pennsylvania State Actions On Ohio/PA Train Derailment - Week Of Feb. 27  [PaEN]

-- WESA: CMU Researchers Find High Levels Of A Hazardous Chemical Acrolein Weeks After Ohio/PA Train Derailment [Acrolein Also Used In Fracking Fluids And To Treat Shale Gas Drilling Impoundments]

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: PA Members Of Congress Urge Biden To Permanently Ban Rail Shipments Of LNG Natural Gas Warning Of Risk Of Explosion, Catastrophe

-- The Philadelphia Citizen Guest Essay: The Unchecked Threat Of LNG Natural Gas At The Port Of Philadelphia - By Clean Air Council

-- Senate Hearing On Electric Grid Reliability: Natural Gas Continues To Have Reliability Problems; Renewables Aren’t Coming Online Fast Enough; Energy Office To Be Proposed  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: PA Lawmakers Hear Challenges To Electric Grid Reliability; Experts Call For Clear Policy

-- Post-Gazette: Smoke Stacks From Closed Hatfield’s Ferry Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished, Closing Chapter In PA Industrial History In Greene County: ‘I’m Ecstatic. It Was The Dirtiest, Dirtiest Place Ever.  It Put A Blight On Our Community’ 

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: It’s Time To Hear Bold Leadership On Oil & Gas In Gov. Shapiro’s Budget Address - By Melissa Ostroff, EarthWorks, Member Shapiro Transition Team   [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Hold Owners Of Natural Gas Wells Accountable For Abandoned Wells

-- Better Path Coalition, FracTracker Alliance Release Pennsylvania Is Worth Protecting, A Visual Reminder Of The People, Places & Natural Resources Worth Protecting From Environmental Devastation, Climate Change  [PaEN]

-- Inside Climate News: In PA, Home To Nation’s First Oil Well, Environmental Activists Stage A ‘People’s Filibuster’ At State Capitol

-- The Allegheny Front: PA Supreme Court Decision Says Groups That Win Appeals Of Environmental permits Can Recoup Legal Fees From Companies

-- DEP Awards $1.5 Million To Help Municipalities, Schools, Businesses Switch To Clean Transportation  [PaEN]

-- Solar United Neighbors Helping Lancaster Residents Harvest Sunshine With New Solar Co-Op  [PaEN] 

--Pottstown Mercury: Greater Philadelphia Expo Center Adds Largest Rooftop Solar Energy Array At Convention Venue 

-- Republican Herald: Butler Twp., Schuylkill County Approves Solar Ordinance

-- Courier Times: Researchers: Hurricanes, Tropical Storms, Tornadoes To Increase 87% In Bucks County

-- First Street Foundation Releases New Tool Showing Mid-Atlantic States Will See Wind Gusts In Storms Increase 37 MPH, Wind Damage To Property Increase Over 50% In Next 30 Years  [PaEN]

-- PA Wilds Climate Network Hosts March 28 Climate Workshop In Elk County  [PaEN]

-- York Dispatch: March 27 Meeting Announced To Address Residents’ Concerns Over York County Landfill

-- Williamsport Sun: Locals Encouraged To Take Survey On Proposed Encina Plastics Recycling Plant Along Susquehanna’s North Branch 

-- PA Assn. Of Conservation Districts: Highlights Of County Conservation District Activities In 2022  

-- Pike Conservation District: PennDOT, Winter Weather Management, Salt Watch By Izaak Walton League And You - By Rachael Marques, Pike County Watershed Specialist  [PaEN]

-- NRCS-PA Seeking Applications To Expand Conservation Assistance To Underserved Agricultural Producers, Students To Pursue Careers In Agriculture [PaEN]

-- DEP’s Healthy Waters PA Partnership Progress Update: Funding Opportunities, Actions, County Clean Water Plan Implementation  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Clean Water Academy Releases New Course On Evaluating Legacy Sediments & Stream Restoration Using Oil Creek, York County As Case Study  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: How Lancaster County Farms Are Working To Improve Environmental, Economic Health

-- Lancaster Farming: Stream Monitoring: Tracking The Health Of Chesapeake Bay Tributaries

-- PA Sea Grant: Online Great Lakes Literacy Education Exploration Opportunities For Educators (GLLee) Now Available  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: Protection Of Lycoming Creek Water Quality Topic Of March 1 Meeting By Susquehanna Chapter Trout Unlimited

-- PA American Water Seeking Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest  [PaEN]

-- PUC Approves Pittsburgh Water Authority Pilot Program To Help Reduce Water Leaks, Boost Conservation

-- EPA Awards $91.9 Million To Pennsylvania For Water Infrastructure Upgrades Funded By Bipartisan Infrastructure Law [PaEN]

-- Courier Times: Lost And Found: A Treaty Promised Lenape Indians Statehood For Help In American Revolution

-- The GIANT Company, Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Applications For Healing The Planet Grant Program; Customers Can Help Too  [PaEN] 

-- PA Resources Council: State Of Glass Recycling In Southwestern PA - An Open Letter To Our Local Governments, Communities - By PA Resources Council, Michael Brothers Hauling & Recycling, CAP Glass, Inc. [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: From Litter To Lounge Decor, Fern Sibert Leads Local Recycling Project In Washington County

-- Penn State Students: Apply Now For City Semester In Pittsburgh To Learn About Urban Sustainability [PaEN]

-- Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Has Short, Long Summer Internship Opportunities Available

-- Apply Now From Anywhere In The World!  PA Wilds Accepting Applications From Individuals For The Remote Lifestyle Experience Program  [PaEN]

-- Lehigh Valley-based Wildlands Conservancy Celebrating 50th Anniversary With Special Events

-- Observer-Reporter: Improve Your Garden And Biodiversity With Native Plants

-- Inquirer: Meet The Danville Man Determined To Climb The Tallest Tree In All 67 PA Counties To Draw Attention To Forest Threats

-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Into The Winter Woods; 24th Annual Winter Backpacking Trip 

-- Republican Herald: Penn State Schuylkill Closer To Achieving Arboretum Certification

-- TribLive: $6 Million Wetlands Initiative Will Improve Habitats On 61 State Game Land Sites 

-- Erie Times - Brian Whipkey: One Of The Founders Of Erie Steelhead Fishing Program Left A Legacy Behind

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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[Posted: March 5, 2023]   PA Environment Digest