PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

1 [PaEN] Grants -- Foundation For Pennsylvania Watersheds Announces $650,000 In Conservation Grants; Next Grant Round Opens In August [PaEN] -- Applications Now Being Accepted For The Giant Company, Keep PA Beautiful Healing The Planet Grants To Support Tree Planting Projects [PaEN] -- Dept.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JULY 22, 2025

TODAY 1:30: DEP, DCNR, PUC To Announce 2 GW Of Solar Power Installed In PA , 1:30 At Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry, York County TODAY 4:00: PJM Interconnection Announces Results Of Latest Power Auction TODAY 10:00: In-Person. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. July 23-- Virtual Only.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

Just last month, the Commission approved Phase V of Pennsylvania’s Act 129 energy efficiency and conservation programs — building on more than 15 years of progress that has already delivered more than $4.9 Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. A cornerstone of this strategy is energy efficiency.

Electricity

Law Columbia

APRIL 11, 2025

Some types of restrictions that are not explicitly addressed in Section 226(8), such as ordinances banning solar projects in agricultural zoning districts, could be far more restrictive than those that are explicitly addressed.

Renewable Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

1 At The Southeast Agricultural Research Farm In Centre County [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valleys Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Educational Programs; Tree Planting; Hikes; Summer Camps -- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Its Spring! Data Centers And Pennsylvania's Future [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Recycling

PA Environment Daily

JULY 27, 2025

Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. Penn State University To Host 5th Annual Online Solar Law Symposium Aug. 19-21, Sept. 19-21, Sept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 8, 2025

Is Nuclear The Hot New Clean Power Source? Of Agriculture Now Accepting Agricultural Research Grant Applications, July 25 Deadline -- Gov. Million Water Main, Lead Service Line Replacement Projects -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Launches $75.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 9, 2025

Public Lands/Recreation -- Secured a historic $112 million for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to maintain and improve state park and forest infrastructure. -- Provided $2.8 Shapiros Accomplishments webpage to learn more.

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

Million To Support 17 Drought Resiliency Projects; 400+ Million Gallons Of Water Savings Expected Annually [PaEN] -- TribLive: Clearer Waters Expected At Burrell Lake Following Last Years Algal Bloom In Westmoreland -- Chester County Press: Octoraro Watershed Assn.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 4, 2025

McKean County [PaEN] -- DEP Received Air Quality Permit For 4.6 Greene County [PaEN] -- Conventional Oil Well Storage Tank Rupture Causes 2,100 Gallon Spill Of Wastewater, Crude Oil In Upper Burrell Twp., Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- 6-Inch Conventional Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Rupture Causes Spill In Rostraver Twp.,

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 21, 2025

DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. March 25-- PA Outdoor Recreation Regional Outdoor Recreation Industry Workshop. Tom Ridge Environmental Center, 301 Peninsula Dr, Erie March 26-- Agenda Posted.

Nuclear Power

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 26, 2025

Yaw To Introduce Bill To Use Revenue From Taxing Gambling Skill Games To Support Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program [PaEN] -- WESA: PA Legislators Eye Tax On Gambling Skill Games To Make Up For Shortfall In Public Transit -- PA House/Senate -- TribLive/AP: Democratic Rep.

Politics

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 23, 2025

Greg Vitali (D-Delaware), Majority Chair House Environmental & Natural Resources Committee [ PDF of Article ] -- PennLive Letter: Where Did $100 Million In State Conservation Funds Go? - Luzerne County [PaEN] -- Penn State Extension: Using Live Stake Nurseries To Engage Communities In Stream Health [PaEN] -- Volunteers Needed!

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Shapiro Formally Nominates Jessica Shirley To Be DEP Secretary [PaEN] -- Inquirer: Fred de Long, Longtime Director Of Community Farm Program For Willistown Conservation Trust, Has Died At 55 -- Republican Herald: Appalachian Trail Conservancy Turns 100 In March -- The Derrick: Aqua PA Spells Out Venango Water Co.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 9, 2025

Million In Solar For All Funding From Self-Imposed Freeze [PaEN] -- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Solar Power Supporters In PA Say Outlook Is Positive, Even As Policies Could Change Under President -- City Of Reading Begins Energy Efficiency, Solar Energy Project To Save $13.3

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 6, 2025

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- PA Conservation Heritage Project Profile: Paul O. 4 - 11] -- Pike Conservation District: From Source To Sink - Groundwater Education Workshop Series Starts Jan. 30 Hearing [Not Jan.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JULY 23, 2025

DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council. August 13-- Senate and House Agricultural & Rural Affairs Committees Information Session At Penn State Ag Progress Days. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. TODAY 10:00: Virtual Only.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

House Agriculture & Rural Affairs and Health Committees joint informational meeting on spread of bird flu from birds to cattle to people. February 26-- House Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 1:00- Department of Agriculture. February 27-- Senate Appropriations Committee Budget Hearing: 9:30 - Department of Agriculture.

Natural Resources

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 6, 2025

Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Electricity

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 27, 2023

Agricultural lands Agricultural land makes up more than half of California’s private lands. But extreme weather is making it more difficult for many of California’s farmers and farmworkers to continue agriculture as a livelihood. Rooftops Rooftop solar has been California’s golden child.

Solar Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

OCTOBER 16, 2023

The agreement, which the Union of Concerned Scientists is a party to, is part of an “Uncommon Dialogue” sponsored by Stanford University that aims to both accelerate large-scale solar in the United States while “simultaneously addressing conservation and community opportunities and challenges.”

Solar Power

Law Columbia

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Specifically, it is important to understand that solar is not being sited in equal quantities on these three types of land, as farmland hosts far more solar projects (33%) than either grassland (6%) or forests (4%). For comparison, nearly 3% of solar power is currently sited in urban areas. [1].

Carbon Dioxide

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 25, 2023

Shambaugh, PA Association of Conservation Districts [PaEN] -- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy Receives $1.96 Shambaugh, PA Association of Conservation Districts [PaEN] -- Citizens Voice: Earth Conservancy Receives $1.96

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 8, 2023

Million In Local Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Across PA; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. Million In Local Recreation, Conservation, Watershed Projects Across PA; Next Grant Round Opens Jan. PaEN] -- Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Greening Lower Susquehanna Program Seeks Volunteers For Nov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2024

PaEN] -- USDA Announces March 1 Application Deadline For Conservation Stewardship Program In PA [PaEN] -- Farm & Dairy: USDA Grant Will Help Beginning Farmers In Pennsylvania -- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Shapiro: PA Receives Over $44.4

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 6, 2023

7 [PaEN] -- Guest Essay: Investing In Clean Energy Will Benefit PA Communities, Create Jobs, Generate Tax Revenue And Significantly Reduce Climate Changing Emissions - By Lori Brennan, The Nature Conservancy-PA [PaEN] -- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change? Chris Deluzio -- Aug. 8-10 -- Dept.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 2, 2023

The webinars are divided into funding areas: Electric Power; Agriculture and Working Lands; Tribal Programs; Transportation; Buildings; and Industrial and Waste. Environmental Protection Agency is hosting a series of webinars the week of August 7 on Investing in America - Climate Action Funding Fair.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

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Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 20, 2023

TODAY 10:30: House Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee meets on House Resolution 132 (Matzie-D-Beaver) designating June 19 to 25 as Pollinator Week in Pennsylvania. WEDNESDAY 8:50: Joint Legislative Budget & Finance Committee meeting to adopt House Resolution 87 (Daily-D-Montgomery) study of wildlife conservation corridors.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The term “agrisolar” refers to the co-location of agriculture and photovoltaic energy generation (solar power) systems. An understanding of agrivoltaics grows increasingly necessary as the search for land parcels that can accommodate the nation’s growing solar power sector continues. According to the U.S.

Solar Power

PA Environment Daily

JULY 18, 2023

Crop management, wildlife and conservation education, as well as the signature hay show, will be offered in and around the J.D. Harrington Crops, Soils and Conservation Building during Penn State’s Ag Progress Days , Aug. Outside the Harrington Building, the Conservation Exhibit Area will include demonstrations supported by the U.S.

Biofuels

PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Click Here To View Or Print The Entire April 17 PA Environment Digest 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues Weekly List Of PA Environment & Energy Articles & NewsClips By Topic Inside Climate News: Gov.

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 14, 2023

Of Conservation Districts Invites County Conservation Districts To Apply For $90 Million In Grants To Fund Local Climate-Smart Conservation Practices Water Resources Assn. Hosts 3 Public Meetings To Gather Input On Youghiogheny River Conservation Plan Part I - Dunbar Creek To Headwaters Aug. Potter County To Sept.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 3, 2023

In Pittsburgh, 53 nonprofits have been honored, receiving more than $1.5

Clean Energy

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

Congress is investing huge sums in agriculture, and this money should be directed to help farmers mitigate and adapt to climate change by paying farmers to reduce emissions, on-farm renewable energy, and research on soil health. Every five years Congress needs to pass a new Farm Bill.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

-- PG - Laura Legere: Infrastructure Bill Promises ‘Unprecedented’ Funding To Clean Up PA’s Abandoned Mine Lands -- Senate, House Legislation Would Raise $350 Million A Year To Clean Up Polluted Water [PaEN] -- New Pittsburgh Energy Strategy Would Require Developers To Submit Climate, Energy-Efficiency Plans Along With Building Plans [PaEN] -- PG: (..)

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 9, 2023

TODAY 8:30: Senate/House Agricultural and Rural Affairs Committees hold information session on 2023 Federal Farm Bill. “Pursue Your Happiness In Pennsylvania” Senate next voting day September 18, 19, 20; Oct. Centre County. Ag Progress Days, 2170 W. Pine Grove Road, Furnace, PA. Potter County To Sept. Potter County To Sept.

Conservation