37 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 37 new 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!

-- Western PA Conservancy: Celebrating 90 Years of Conservation [Video]

 

-- DCNR Blog: Penn Nursery - Here’s To The Next 100 Years Of Growing Trees!

 

-- Schuylkill Action Network Update: SAN Turns 20 This Year! 

 

-- TribLive: 4 Sewickley Girl Scouts Earn Silver Awards, Among Projects Were Working At Fern Hollow Nature Center Vegetable Garden, Teaching About PA Birds 

 

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Offering Spring Training In 37 Counties 

 

-- Pike Conservation District Releases 2022 Surface Water Quality Report  [PaEN]

 

-- Appalachian Region Independent Power Producers Assn. Accepting Applications For Mine Reclamation Grants  [PaEN]

 

-- DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meets Jan. 10 To Hear Overview Of Stream Redesignation Process, Including High Quality, Exceptional Value Streams; But What About Protection?  [PaEN]

 

-- Guest Essay: Counties, PEMA Need To Include A Complete Vulnerability Assessment Of All Natural Gas Facilities In State, County Hazard Mitigation Emergency Plans - By Cat (Cathy) Lodge, Washington County Resident  [PaEN]

 

-- Interagency Working Group On Coal & Power Plant Communities & Economic Revitalization Hosts 3-Part Webinar Series On Technical Assistance For Energy Communities  [PaEN]

 

-- Mike Korb: Anthracite Mining History Month Events In January 

 

-- Times Leader: Many Area Events Planned For Anthracite Mining History Month

-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: Groups, Residents Want EPA To Protect Pittsburgh Region From ‘Unacceptably High’ Levels Of Benzene Pollution From U.S. Steel

 

-- PA-Based Evangelical Environmental Network: EPA’s New PM2.5 Standard Is A Good First Step

 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: We Welcome EPA Regulation Of Harmful Truck, Bus Emissions

 

-- Penn State Growing Impact Podcast Focuses On Air Quality, Health In Western PA

 

-- Beaver County Marcellus Awareness Community - Eyes On Shell: Monthly Webinar Jan. 11 - Shell Petrochemical Plant Exceeds Air Pollution Limits.  7:30 p.m.

 

-- Southwest PA Grassroots Town Halls: Webinar Jan. 23 - Why EPA Needs To Meet The Residents Of Our Airshed. 6:00 p.m.

 

-- EPA To Host Jan. 19 Virtual Community Meeting For Erie Residents On Health Risks From Ethylene Oxide  [PaEN]

 

-- PennDOT Accepting Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Grant Applications Beginning Feb. 24  [PaEN]

 

-- WHYY: Chester County Wants To Convert Vehicle Fleet To Electric, Install Charging Stations

 

-- PACE Loan Group Funds C-PACE 4.8 MW Carport-Mounted Solar Energy Project At 1000 Omega Corporate Office In Pittsburgh  [PaEN]

 

-- Bucks County Beacon Guest Essay: Delaware River Basin Commission’s New Fracking Wastewater Regulations Fall Short - By Delaware River Frack Ban Coalition

 

-- WHYY: Plastic Bag Bans Go Into Effect In Media, Haverford Twp., Delaware County

 

-- UnionProgress.com: Residents Explore One Of The Region’s Newest Protected Green Spaces-- Vinegar Hollow In Allegheny County 

 

-- WeConservePA: Chestnut Hill Conservancy Conserves 52nd Property In Philadelphia

 

-- Scranton Times: From Thunder Road To Hiking Trails, Game Commission Takes Ownership Of Former Pocono Drag Lodge Land

 

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy Accepting Scholarship Applications  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Horticultural Society, University Of Pennsylvania Jan. 20 Webinar On Greening Cities For Health, Safety & Well-Being Benefits. Noon.

 

-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Jan. 17 Webinar- Riparian Buffers…Not Just for Water Quality  [PaEN]

 

-- Warren Times: Protect & Preserve: Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited Looking For Members To Help Expand 

 

-- Wildlife For Everyone Foundation, Game Commission Accepting Seedlings For Schools Program Applications Starting Jan. 30  [PaEN]

 

-- PA Society For Ornithology Accepting Applications For Funding From 3rd Annual Breeding Bird Blitz For Conservation  [PaEN] 

 

-- Nature At Risk - How Many Species Can We Afford To Lose? - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County [PaEN] 

 

-- PPL Supports Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Field Trip Experiences

 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Nature Center Little Explorers To Hold Next Session Jan. 14

 

-- Warren Times: Audubon Camp Jan. 16 For Children Ages 4-12

 

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

Going The RIGHT WAY:

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Going The WRONG WAY:

-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues  [PaEN]

[Posted: January 8, 2023]   PA Environment Digest