Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults--

Awards/Recognition

-- Pennsylvania Environmental Council President Davitt Woodwell To Retire  [PaEN]

-- Luzerne County Native Dr. Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Luzerne County Native Kate Moran Honored For Ocean Science And Planet Sustainability Leadership By Canada

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Now Accepting Nominations For Mira Lloyd Dock Partnership Diversity Award  [PaEN]

-- Warren County Conservation District Now Accepting Entries For Photo Contest

Grants

-- DEP Accepting Applications For Environmental Education Grants Starting Aug. 1  [PaEN]

Help Wanted

-- Help Wanted: Penn State Center For Agriculture Conservation Assistance Seeks Engineer For Ag Conservation Contract

Programs/Information

-- Citizens Voice: Girls Have Fun With Science At Summer Camp At Wilkes University

-- Courier Express: Watershed Wednesdays Youth Education Programs Return By Clarion County Conservation District

-- Altoona Mirror: No-Till Farming Method Touted In Demonstrations At Penn England Farm

-- Penn State Extension: Ag Conservation Currents Newsletter: Integrating Grazing Into Cropping Systems; Farm Stress; Learning Opportunities; More!

-- Franklin & Marshall College Students, LandStudies Research Ancient Climate Through Stream Restoration 

-- Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Guest Column: Environmental Stewardship Fund Helps Northcentral Stream Restoration Partnership’s Watershed Restoration Efforts 

-- Pilot Partnerships For Regional Invasive Species Management Program Initiated In Northwest PA  [PaEN] 

-- Centre Daily Times: PA Could Be Seeing An Explosion In Slow Motion Of Poison Hemlock

-- Penn State Philadelphia Soil Testing Project Signals Largely Positive Findings For Urban Growers

-- EPA To Post 10 Years Of Pesticide Incident Data Publicly With Monthly Updates

-- LancasterOnline: Study Finds Radioactive Materials In PA Waterways Near Treatment Plants Linked With Oil & Gas Industry Waste

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 15 to 22;  8 More New Conventional Well Abandonments  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - July 22 to 28  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Signs $660,000 Penalty Agreement With Sunoco To Resolve More Violations During The Construction Of Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In 9 Counties; Penalties Now Total Nearly $31 Million Just From DEP  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: DEP Orders Sunoco Pipeline To Pay $660,000 Penalty For Environmental Violations Related To Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline 

-- StateImpactPA - Susan Phillips: New Sinkhole Opens Up Along Mariner East Natural Gas Liquids Pipeline In Chester County

-- Harrisburg Tree Of Life Lutheran Church Meets 103% Of Their Energy Needs, And Offers A Sign Of Creation Care, With New Solar Panels  [PaEN]

-- Williamsport Sun: East Lycoming School District Solar Energy Facility Could See Grazing Sheep

-- MCall: Lehigh Valley Ranked As 3rd Noisiest Area In The Country By Forbes

-- Keystone Trails Assn. Introduces New Trail Academy Series Of Education & Training Events  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Gather ‘Round The Campfire

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: PA Legislators Order Wildlife Corridor Study 

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Study Dishes Up Surprises About Deer Behavior, Forest Impacts In PA 

-- The Allegheny Front: Scientists Discover First Proof Of Swainson’s Warbler Breeding In PA

-- Altoona Mirror: Bat Counting Event At NatureWorks Park In Hollidaysburg Tracks Population Changes

-- Scranton Times: Spotted And Soon Seen: Lanterflies Set To Return To NE PA

-- Inquirer: In Philly’s Pollinator Network, The Birds And Bees Have Our Backs Too 

-- DEP Reports 19 Counties Have Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus

-- PennLive: 2 More Samples Of Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Cumberland County

-- Scranton Times: First West Nile Virus Positive Mosquitoes Found In Lackawanna County

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Mosquito Samples In Luzerne County Test Positive For West Nile Virus

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: West Nile Virus Is Still With Us, But Risks Can Be Mitigated

-- PA Dept. Of Agriculture Reports 106 Cases Of Rabies In Animals So Far In 2023

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny Health Dept.’s Annual Raccoon Rabies Vaccination Program Set To Begin

-- Williamsport Sun - Bills Bower: Reflections In Nature - How Do Mountains Get Named?

-- Bloomberg: Hot Oceans Are Fueling Weather Disasters Around The World

Upcoming Events

-- Join Statewide PA iMapInvasive Species Program August Scavenger Hunt; July 31 Webinar To Learn More  [PaEN]

-- University Of Pittsburgh School Of Public Health Will Release Results Of Shale Gas Development Health Impact Study On Aug. 15 In Washington County  [PaEN] 

-- WeConservePA Hosts Aug. 16 Update On DCNR, Bureau Of State Parks Land Management Program  [PaEN]

-- National Stream Restoration Conference Aug. 21-23 In Baltimore  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: 5-Part Woodland Stewardship - Guided Engagement With Your Land Starting Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Technical Assistance Program Hosts Sept. 21 Pollution Prevention: Discover Green Sustainable Pathway Technologies Webinar  [PaEN] 

-- Stroud Water Research Center, Partners Host 7-Part, Online Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Tools Workshops Starting Sept. 28  [PaEN] 

-- Ohio River Basin Alliance: Save The Date For Oct. 5-6 Ohio River Basin Summit [Yes, PA Is In Ohio River Basin]

-- Engineers' Society Of Western PA Call For 2024 PA Brownfields Conference Presentations   [PaEN] 

Public Participation

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - July 29  [PaEN]

-- DEP Environmental Justice Newsletter: Latest On EJ Staff Additions; Available Grants; EJ Webinars; And Much More!  [PaEN]

-- Reminder: DEP Holds July 31 Info Meeting On Proposed Sandstone, Sand, Gravel Mine In Athens Twp., Bradford County

-- Delaware River Basin Commission Holds Aug. 9 Hearing On Water Withdrawals; Next Business Meeting Sept. 7  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: PUC Hearings On Pittsburgh Water Authority Proposed Double-Digit Rate Increase Gives Customers A Chance To Weight In

-- Comments Submitted On Proposed Roulette Oil & Gas Wastewater Injection Well In Potter County By Save Our Streams PA Show Principals Have Been Involved In Abandoning 8 Previous Injection Wells  [PaEN] 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well Riles Community In Fayette County

-- Warren Times: Proposed Oil & Gas Waste Injection Well In Fayette County Riles Community

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Allegheny County Health Dept.  Begins Appeal Hearing On Invenergy Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed In Elizabeth Twp.

-- WHYY: SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant In Nicetown Still Faces Opposition As Philadelphia Weighs Permit Renewal

-- York Dispatch: Local Groups Mobilize Opposition To $2.1 Billion Hydroelectric Dam Proposal

-- DEP Posted 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 29 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

Issues

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Environmental Quality Board Dismisses Petition To Raise Well Plugging Bond Amounts For Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Repeal Law Prohibiting Increases In Conventional Oil & Gas Well Plugging Bonds

-- Observer-Reporter: EQT Donates $500,000 To Wisecarver Reservoir Recreation Project In Greene County [Greene County Residents Still Without Clean Water A Year After EQT Frack-Out ] 

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Here’s What’s Happening As A Result Of Shell Petrochemical Plant’s [$5 Million] Fine - By Daniel Rossi-Keen

-- Post-Gazette Guest Essay: Pittsburgh’s Problem With Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Plastic Nurdles - By Jack Doyle

-- NRDC: PJM Electric Grid Operator Report Confirms Blackout Danger From Poor Maintenance At Natural Gas Power Plants

-- Spotlight PA: PA Is Competing For Billions To Build Hydrogen Hubs, Will They Really Be Green?

-- AP: After Decades Of Delays And Broken Promises, Coal Miners Hail Rule To Slow Rise Of Black Lung Disease

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Overdue Action On Coal Mine Safety

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Climate Adaptation Carries $15 Billion Price Tag For PA Towns, Study Says

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: PA Municipalities Have Big Climate Tab Coming Due, Who Should Foot The Bill?

-- PA Capital-Star: Report Outlines Costs Of Climate Change On PA Communities, Taxpayers 

-- Environmental Health News: Pittsburgh-Area Hospitals Tackling Climate Emissions, Pollution And Waste

-- PA Business Report: Lancaster-based Armstrong World Industries Reports On Sustainability Progress

-- PA Capital-Star: Wabtec Strike Passes 30-Day Mark As Workers Push For Greener Locomotives

-- UPDATE: PJM Interconnection Electric Grid Operator CANCELS Maximum Generation Alert; Hot Weather Alert Remains For July 29  [PaEN] 

-- PJM Interconnection Electric Grid Operator Extends Hot Weather Maximum Generation Alert Thru July 28; Hot Weather Alert On July 29  [PaEN] 

-- PJM Interconnection Issues System-Wide Hot Weather Alert For July 26-28  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Philadelphia Declares Heat Health Emergency For Thursday

-- Inquirer: See Heat Maps For Philadelphia Region Through The Weekend

-- TribLive/AP: July Has Been So Blistering Hot, Scientists Already Calculate It’s The Warmest Month On Record

-- Bloomsberg: An Overheating Planet Requires Extreme Climate Solutions

-- WTAE: GASP: Allegheny County, State Regulators Allow Air Quality Permits To Lapse For Years

-- LancasterOnline: A Lifetime Of Farming In Salisbury Twp. Informs Gordon Hoover’s Conservation Efforts

-- PA Capital-Star: Looking To Harness ‘Great Potential,’ PA Banks On The Future Of Organic Agriculture

-- EPA Directs $14 Million In Grants To PA For Farmers’ Conservation Efforts, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Federal Funding Boost Will Help Farmers Protect Water Quality In Chesapeake Bay Region

-- York Daily Record: Central PA Farmers Targeted By PA For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup, How $14.3 Million In Grants Will Help

-- The BURG: Canopy Cure: In Harrisburg, Trees Are Vital For Fighting Climate Change, Boosting The Environment

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Joins Businesses, Communities, Nonprofit Groups In The Trillion Trees Community  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Experts Focus On Solar Power’s Stormwater Footprint

Visit the PA Parks & Forests Foundation’s Events webpage and DCNR’s Calendar of Events for activities happening near you.

Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

Visit the PA Environment Digest Calendar Of Events for more opportunities.

[Posted: July 30, 2023]  PA Environment Digest