Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

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

Awards/Recognition

-- South Mountain Partnership Nominations Open For Spirit Of South Mountain Award 

Upcoming Events

-- Warren Times: Northwest PA Woodland Assn. Hosts Woodland Stream Protection Program Saturday, Aug. 26

-- Stroud, PASA Sustainable Agriculture: Launching Agroforestry Project At Wild Fox Farm In Berks County In-Person Sept. 6  [PaEN]

-- Air & Waste Management Assn. Annual Symposium To Focus On Electric Power Transformation - Energy, Environment, Policy & Technology Sept. 26-27 In Pittsburgh  [PaEN] 

-- Penn State Extension, Audubon Society Of Western PA Host Oct. 21 Backyard Stream Repair Field Day In Allegheny County; Other Extension Watershed Resources  [PaEN]

-- Scholarships Available For 2023 PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference Oct. 24-26 In Altoona  [PaEN]

-- PA Resources Council Announces 5 Upcoming Recycling, Safe Disposal Collection Events In Allegheny, Beaver, Delaware Counties  [PaEN] 

Programs/Information

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - August 19 to 25 - More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Gas Frack-Out; More Leaking Wastewater Tanks; Equitrans Cleanup Continues  [PaEN] 

-- PA Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities: Permit Notices/Opportunities To Comment - August 26  [PaEN]

-- EPA, The Hershey Company Commit $2 Million To Land O'Lakes Dairy Farms Members In PA For Sustainable Farming Initiatives  [PaEN] 

-- Bipartisan Group Of PA Members Of Congress Urge President To Declare Federal Disaster After Severe Flooding, Storms Caused 7 Deaths, Property Damage In Berks, Bucks, Northampton Counties  [PaEN]

-- PennLive: Heavy Rains Have Eased Drought Across PA, But Not Everyone Has Caught Up

-- DEP: Drought Watch Remains For 20 Counties, Lifted For 47 Counties  [PaEN]

-- DEP Declared Code ORANGE  Air Quality Action Day Monday, Aug. 21 For Pittsburgh Region 

-- PUC Stresses Ways To Stay Cool During Late-Summer Surge In Temperatures

-- The Center Square: Solar Power Comes To University Of Pittsburgh Campus

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: What Can One Person Do About Climate Change?  Part 3: Dig In The Dirt

-- WHYY: Delaware County Confronts Climate Crisis With First-Ever Sustainability Plan

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: Penn State Research Targets Cow Burp Methane Emissions

-- PA Agriculture Energy Efficiency Rebate Program Now Accepting Applications  [PaEN]

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Provides $100,000 Grant To Schuylkill Headwaters Assn. To Treat Mine Drainage In Schuylkill County  [PaEN]

-- Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation Receives $100,000 Federal Grant To Repair Mine Drainage Treatment System In Tioga County  [PaEN] 

-- Olean Times Herald: A Mine Reclamation Success Story In The PA Wilds - Bennett’s Branch Of Sinnehamoning Creek, Dents Run In Clearfield, Elk Counties

-- Wilkes-Barre Times Editorial: Restoration Of Abandoned Mine Drainage In Espy Run A Significant Achievement

-- Inquirer: Rebirth Of A Long-Shuttered 120-Year-Old Scranton Coal Mine As An Educational Coal Mine

-- PA Environmental Council: Cultivating Connections At Rodale Institute On Organic, Restorative Farming Practices

-- How One Man's Journey To Becoming A Tree Parent Is Growing A Forest And Inspiring Others - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center  [PaEN]

-- Centre Daily Times: What Happens To A PA Forest After A Timber Sale?  This Area Offers An Example  

-- How Penn State Extension Launched One Of The Most Successful Volunteer Training Programs In The US To Help Revive Struggling Local Watershed Groups - By Diane Huskinson, Stroud Water Resource Center  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror: Western PA Conservancy Working On Juniata River Watershed Plan

-- WeConservePA: In Their Own Words, 15 Essays By Individuals Who Made The Choice To Permanently Conserve Their Land  [PaEN]

-- Three New Conservation Easement Guides From WeConservePA Address Carbon Issues  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Extension: There Is A Predator Hiding In Empty Spotted Lanternfly Eggs - Dustywing 

-- TribLive: Spotted Lanternflies Are Swarming In Western PA

-- TribLive: How To Manage Spotted Lanternflies In Your Yard

-- WITF: Penn State College Of Ag Team Leading Center Focused On Stopping Tick-Borne Diseases

-- Williamsport Sun - Bill Bower: Reflections In Nature: Moths And Butterflies Both Come From The Same Order

-- TribLive: Westmoreland Pollinator Group Exceeds Goal Of 250 Habitat Sites For Monarch Butterflies

-- Penn State Researchers: Bee Populations At Risk Of One-Two Punch From Heat Waves, Pathogen Infection

-- Post-Gazette - Salena Zito: Just Peachy: Visiting Chambersburg To Learn About PA’s Most Famous Fruit

-- Aug. 25 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation  [PaEN]

-- Updated Pennsylvania's Wildlife Conservation History By Joe Kosack Now Available From Game Commission  [PaEN]

-- Game Commission: Online Elk Viewing Cam Back For Another Season  [View Live Stream] 

-- PennLive: PA’s Elk Cam Is Live Streaming, Here’s How To Watch

-- KDKA: Salamander Mussel Found In Pennsylvania Facing Extinction

-- Williamsport Sun - Lycoming Audubon Society: Plenty Of Colorful, Loud Birds Inhabit Your Backyard To Watch

-- Warren Times: Artist’s Love Of Nature Brings Praise For Allegheny National Forest Program

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Artist-In-Residence Program Seen As A Success

Public Participation

-- DCNR Sets Oct. 11 Hearing On Wild Resource Conservation Program Grant Applications  [PaEN]

-- DEP Invites Comments On Supplement To Manure Management For Environmental Protection Guidance For Animal Manures And Agricultural Process Wastewater  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posted 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 26 PA Bulletin  [PaEN]

-- Allegheny National Forest Accepting Comments On Environmental Assessment For Invasive Plants And Interfering Vegetation

-- Warren Times: Allegheny National Forest Seeks Comment On Plan To Deal With Invasive Species

-- Scranton Times: NE PA’s Knotweed Jungle: Invasive, Hidden In Plain Sight And Difficult To Control

Background On Issues

-- Lawsuit Filed Against General Assembly, Governor Challenges Constitutionality Of Law Preventing DEP From Protecting Public Health, Environment From Harm Caused By Abandoning Conventional Oil & Gas Wells  [PaEN] 

-- TribLive: Environmental Advocates Weight In On State Dept. Of Health, Pitt Study Of Natural Gas Development Health Impacts

-- Capital & Main - Audrey Carleton: PA Residents Call For Action After Pitt Study Links Natural Gas Development To Asthma, Childhood Lymphoma

-- Inquirer - Will Bunch: Does Anyone Care About The Study Linking PA Natural Gas Development To Cancer In Kids? 

-- Post-Gazette Letter: We Now Know How Bad Natural Gas Development Is For Children - By Dr. Edward Ketyer, Physicians For Social Responsibility PA

-- Marcellus Drilling News: Gov. Shapiro Plans To Use Fake Pitt Studies To Push BIG Drilling Setbacks

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Health Depends On Regulation Of Oil & Gas Development  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Studies Of Natural Gas Development Point To Health Costs

-- Republican Rep. Krupa To Introduce Bill To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells To Protect The Public From Radioactive, Toxic Materials  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter: State, County Elected Leaders Take Proactive Steps To Ban Oil, Gas Wastewater Injection Wells

-- Marcellus Drilling News: SW PA Republican House Member Sells Out, Turns Against Marcellus Industry 

-- Equitrans Determined Leak Of Over 1.1 Billion Cubic Feet Of Natural Gas From Cambria County Storage Facility Was Caused By Corrosion In Conventional Gas Well Casing  [PaEN] 

-- WJAC: Cause Of 2022 Natural Gas Leak At Equitrans Gas Storage Facility In Cambria County Determined

-- Reuters: Equitrans Midstream Says November Natural Gas Leak Caused By Failure Due To Corrosion At PA Gas Storage Area

-- 150+ Residents Of Chester Opposed To An LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Proposed In Their Community Let Their Feelings Be Known To The House Philadelphia LNG Export Task Force  [PaEN] 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: LNG Natural Gas Export Facility Proposed In Chester Draws Pushback: ‘We Suffer For Everybody Else’s Comfort’

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: ‘We Suffer For Everybody’s Else’s Comfort’ Critics Of LNG Natural Gas Export Hub Say

-- WHYY: Chester Residents Unite Against Philly LNG Natural Gas Task Force Proposal: ‘We Will Not Allow This Environmental Genocide’

-- PA Capital-Star: Advocates Vow To Fight LNG Natural Gas Export Facility In Delaware County’s Poorest Community

-- Inquirer: LNG Natural Gas Plant Could Bring Millions To Bankrupt Chester, Leaders, Residents Say No Thanks

-- Scranton Times Editorial: Give Teeth To Environmental Justice Policy

-- AP: Environmental Groups Recruit People Of Color Into Overwhelmingly White Conservation World [Includes Philadelphia]

-- Petro Erie, Inc. Appeals DEP’s July Field Order To Clean Up Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill Contaminating Village Of Reno’s Water Supply In Venango County; 2nd Appeal May Be Coming  [PaEN] 

-- DEP Finds 2 More Petro Erie, Inc. Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks With A Pipe Leading To A Discharge Area In A Ditch In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County  [PaEN]

-- The Derrick - Makayla Keating: DEP Cites Petro Erie With 5 Additional Violations [For More Leaking Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Tanks In Sugarcreek Boro, Venango County, Near Contaminated Reno Water Supply]  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: No Word Yet On When Do Not Consume Water Advisory Will Be Lifted For The Village Of Reno Water Supply Contaminated By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater In Venango County  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick: DEP Opens Webpage For Updates On Village Of Reno Water Supply, Venango County; Actions Related To Petro Erie, Inc. Conventional Oil Driller Who Contaminated The Water  [PDF of article]

-- The Derrick - Letter To Editor: Disappointed In Lack Of Involvement In Sen. Hutchinson, Rep. James To Resolve Village Of Reno Water Contamination Issue In Venango County [Polluted By Conventional Oil Well Wastewater Spill]   [PDF of Article] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Vote Sept. 14 On Budget, Climate Change Resolution, Water Withdrawal Requests, Including 8 Shale Gas Drilling Operations - 1 In Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek  [PaEN] 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Approves 25 Shale Gas Well Pad Water Use General Permits In Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Lycoming, Sullivan, Susquehanna, Tioga Counties  [PaEN] 

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Appalachian Economy Sees Few Gains From Natural Gas Development, Report Says

-- On Demand: ReImagine Appalachia Faith In Action: Environmental Justice For All - Ensuring Equity And Benefits Across Our Most Climate-Impacted Communities  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Polluters Should Pay To Protect Communities From Climate Crisis They Created - By Clean Air Council

-- MCall Guest Essay: The Shift To Green Energy Should Protect Families Who Work In Fossil Fuel Industry - By Reba Elliott, Catholic Laudato Si’ Movement Protecting God’s Creation

-- TribLive: Sen. Casey Hopes Tax Credits For Clean Energy Projects Can Boost PA’s Coal Communities

-- 15 Western PA Environmental Organizations Call On Gov. Shapiro To Implement RGGI  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front/WPSU: Bellefonte, Centre County Votes To Shelve Its Climate Action Plan

-- Centre Daily Times: Bellefonte Has Suspended Its Climate Action Plan, What’s Next For Sustainability Efforts?

-- International Monetary Fund: Government Fossil Fuel Subsidies Surged To Record $7 Trillion In 2022

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found In 76% Of 161 PA Streams Sampled In USGS Study

-- Broad & Liberty Guest Essay: Federal Permitting Reform Critical In Making Pennsylvania Leading Player In Exporting Liquid Natural Gas - By Jon Anzur, PA Chamber of Business & Industry

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network Disappointed By Delay In Updating EPA Ozone Pollution Standards, Calls For Swift Action

-- York County-Based Young Evangelicals For Climate Action: Delayed Ozone Pollution Standards Will Harm Our Communities, Perpetuate Environmental Injustice

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Advocates Push For Conservation Money In Next Federal Farm Bill

-- StateImpactPA: In PA, Climate Change Stresses Old Infrastructure, Stormwater Fees To Fund Projects Are A Way To Help Limit Flooding, Pollution

-- MCall Guest Essay: White-Tailed Deer Are A Menace, It’s Time To Do Something About Them - By Lehigh Valley Farmer

-- Inquirer: Should We Still Care About Spotted Lanternflies In Philly?  [Spoiler - Yes]

-- TribLive: How To Manage Spotted Lanternflies In Your Yard

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: August 27, 2023]  PA Environment Digest