PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

By Lee Kump Dean Of Penn State College Of Earth & Mineral Sciences -- Better Path Coalition Hosts Feb. - PA Envirothon -- Reminder: PA Sea Grant Research Funding Opportunities Deadline Feb. 23; Transportation- Feb. Imagine A Clean Energy Future 5th to 12th Grade Student Competition Submissions Due Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

Grants were awarded to schools, institutions, conservation districts, and environmental and community organizations. This year’s Earth Day theme is ‘Invest in Our Planet’ and each of these projects represents an investment into furthering the environmental education of Pennsylvanians.”

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 6, 2023

Volunteers Needed!

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Corp Watch

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Shell is the major operator of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in Alberta, whose waste ponds are some of the biggest human-made structures on Earth. In a landmark ruling in 2021, a Dutch court ordered Shell to reduce its carbon emissions by 45 percent by 2030.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 29, 2024

So, we worked with experts to develop a plan to fix the plastic waste problem. We did this because bans were easier for people to understand and made it clearer to the plastics industry the consequences of their continued efforts to block progress to fix the entire waste system. That is the hope that promises a better future.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 7, 2023

How Healthy Soils Grow Better Veggies. Constitution -- Spotlight PA: Almost 40 Elementary Schools Closed In Northcentral PA In Past Decade, Here’s Why [Spoiler - Not Enough Students] -- WITF: Berks County Man Charged With Crimes Related To Assault On U.S.

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Vermont Law

MARCH 30, 2022

King's Trail Notes Edited by Kai Hardy, Michelle Amidzich, and Andrea Salazar March 30, 2022 "I really believe that every single person has a role to play in fighting climate change and improving the state of our world." Riker’s Island, for example, was built on top of toxic waste. Interviewee: Arielle V.

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Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

140 Billion gallons per day to power plants (plus 60 Billion saline). 32 Billion gallons per day treated at 16,000 sewage treatment plants. Million tons/yr of waste: 7,600 industrial, 250 municipal, 25 hazardous. 1,900 landfills, 21 for hazardous waste. 100 nuclear reactors; 2,000 tons/yr nuclear waste.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 2, 2023

Yaw Touts New $154 Million Agriculture Conservation Program In Lycoming County -- Registration Open!

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 14, 2022

On June 14, PennFuture announced it will honor 11 women from Southeastern Pennsylvania at this year's Celebrating Women In Conservation Awards. She has been organizing in climate work since 2019 when she founded the Philadelphia Youth Climate Movement at the age of 16. She directs the Kittatinny Conservation Landscape.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

-- House Bill Would Expand Safety Zones Around Oil/Gas Wells, Infrastructure To Reduce Adverse Health, Environmental Impacts As Recommended By AG Shapiro’s Grand Jury Report [PaEN] -- Ohio Research Confirms Health, Environmental Hazards In Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater Dumped On Roads, Just Like In PA [PaEN] -- New University Of Chicago (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 5, 2022

Budget $2 Trillion A Year By The End Of This Century -- The Guardian: Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change Report: Dire Warning On Climate Change ‘Is Being Ignored’ Amid War, Economic Turmoil -- Financial Times: Landmark U.N.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 30, 2023

Shapiro’s Climate Panel Should Be Open -- Group Against Smog & Pollution: Who Pays For Air Quality Regulatory Program In Allegheny County? RiverWise -- WITF: Victims Of Berks County Chocolate Plant Natural Gas Explosion Seek Accountability -- NRDC: U.S. Health Dept.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 28, 2022

Other States/National/International -- The Guardian: Too Many New Coal-Fired Plants Planned For 1.5C

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 9, 2023

How Healthy Soils Grow Better Veggies. Visit DEP’s Teaching Green webpage to learn about more environmental education resources.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 23, 2023

Exposed To Unhealthy Levels Of Soot And Smog- Pittsburgh, Lancaster Worst Areas For Particulate Pollution East Of The Mississippi - American Lung Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 3, 2023

Steel’s Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant - By Mayor & Council Member of Clairton City -- DEP Blog: Air Quality Awareness Week: Particulate Matter 101 -- PPL Electricity Price To Compare To Drop June 1 For Customers Who Don’t Shop For Suppliers -- Altoona Mirror: Blair Conservation District Offering $1.6 Room G-50 Irvis Building.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 18, 2023

Shapiro Must Sharpen His Focus On Climate Change And The Environment - By Clean Air Council -- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Lehigh River Listed As ‘Most Endangered’ River In U.S.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Steel -- 37 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- Gov.-Elect Setting PFOA/PFOS Drinking Water Standard And The First MCL Developed By DEP [PaEN] -- 68 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA -- What Can We Expect From Gov. Shapiro, Lt. Davis On Environmental, Energy Issues?

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 5, 2024

Thank you for your leadership! -- Pennsylvania Celebrates Conservation District Week April 28 to May 4 [PaEN] -- Warren Times - Josh Cotton: Students Participate In Annual Warren Conservation District Envirothon Competition -- Lock Haven Express: Centre County Celebrates Envirothon Winners, Conservation District Week -- Republican Herald: Team From (..)

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2024

Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland -- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp., Commissioners Consider Updating Solar Regulations In Westmoreland -- Republican Herald: Residents Speak Out Against Solar Energy Facility In Butler Twp.,

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 19, 2023

FRIDAY Noon: PA Solar Center Hosts Webinar Update On PA Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards, Community Solar Legislation + Review 2021-22 AEPS Compliance Report.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 17, 2023

Both say the money has led to benefits for the public and conservation. The debate over benefits and drawbacks won’t end soon, especially as a new state bill aims to lift a moratorium on additional leases in forests managed by the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. The leases have earned the state $1.3

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Thank you one and all for your conservation leadership! The diversity, creativity and just the sheer number of projects and programs is truly amazing! This kind of leadership deserves our respect and the support by state lawmakers. Thank you to local news media for publishing these stories! Support Local Journalism!

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 13, 2024

April 17-- Senate Democratic Policy Committee hearing on the environmental and public health impacts associated with the practice of spreading oil and gas drilling waste, known as brine, on Pennsylvania's roads for dust control and ice management. Click Here to watch online. Valley Township Building, 1145 W.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 21, 2022

TODAY 10:30: DEP To Showcase Reading’s Local Climate Action For Earth Day. Contact: Adam Walters, adwalters@pa.gov or call 717-214-6548. Click Here for more on the agenda, available handouts. Reading City Park. TODAY 11:00: DEP To Announce Environmental Education Grants For Northeast Region.

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PA Environment Daily

APRIL 14, 2024

Grants -- MCall: Allentown To Award ‘Mirogrants’ To Youth-Led Projects Addressing Climate Change Help Wanted -- DCNR To Hold Onsite Hiring Event April 11 At Penn Nursery-Mira Lloyd Dock Resource Center In Centre County -- PUC Commissioner Kathryn L. Million Penalty For Equitrans -- WJAC: DEP Fines Equitrans Gas Company $1.1

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