69 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

Here are 69 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!

-- Black Appalachian Coalition Urges Allegheny County Health Dept. To Hold US Steel Accountable, Protect Community Health, From Clairton Coke Works  [PaEN]

-- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Outside Coal & Steel Conference, Residents Rally Against Pollution In Pittsburgh

-- WPXI: Environmental Groups Rally For Environmental Justice At Coke, Coal & Steel Industries Conference In Pittsburgh

-- National Environmental Justice Art Campaign - We Refuse To Die - Launching In Pittsburgh Area  [PaEN]

-- DEP To Hold Last 3 Hearings On Interim Final Environmental Justice Permit Review Policy  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health Project: Gov. Shapiro Must Acknowledge Health Risks Of Natural Gas Development And Take Meaningful Action To Protect The Public  [PaEN]  

-- Physicians For Social Responsibility PA: Gov. Shapiro's Announcement With CNX Does Not Go Far Enough In Protecting Public Health And The Environment From Natural Gas Development  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: Is Shapiro's Voluntary Agreement With CNX The Right Move For Gas Well Safety?  'We Do Not Trust Foxes To Guard Henhouses'  [PaEN]

-- Pennsylvania Oil & Gas Weekly Compliance Dashboard - November 4 to 10 - Eight More Abandoned Conventional Wells; Venting Gas; Improper Plugging, Failed To Restore Well Pads  [PaEN]

-- Protect PT, Three Rivers Waterkeeper File Appeal Of EPA Permit For Penneco Oil & Gas Injection Well Permit In Allegheny County

-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Unplugged, Hazardous Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Have Been The Norm For Generations In PA; We Can’t Afford To Kick This Can Down The Road To The Next Generation - Zefiro Methane Corp

-- PUC Seeks More Information On Peoples Gas Over-Pressurization Incident In Indiana County That Damaged Hundreds Of Appliances, Caused Distribution Pipeline Leaks  [PaEN]

-- PA Interfaith Power & Light, Jewish Earth Alliance Host Nov. 15 Online Discussion - Rethinking Our Connection To Fossil Fuels  [PaEN]

-- New NERC Winter Reliability Assessment Finds Elevated Risk Of Blackouts In Extreme Weather Conditions; Natural Gas Supplies Still Vulnerable To These Conditions With 'Devastating Consequences'  [PaEN] 

-- Utility Dive: Much Of North America- Including PJM-- Faces ‘Elevated Risk’ Of Blackouts In Extreme Weather Conditions - North American Electric Reliability Corp [Key Issue Is Will Natural Gas Supplies Fail Again?] 

-- WNEP: Kinsley’s Shoprite In Monroe County Flipped Switch On 10-Acre Solar Energy Facility 

-- Penn State Extension Survey: Have You Considered Installing Solar Panels On Your Farm?  Take The Agrisolar Survey To Help Identify Policy Issues, Educational Needs 

-- The Center Square - Anthony Hennen: State Gets $4 Million In Federal Funding For Rural Renewable Energy Projects

-- PA Solar Center Webinar Nov. 17 - PA Boroughs Clean Energy Community Choice Aggregation  [PaEN]

-- Inquirer: While Jersey Shore Debates Wind Turbines, Pennsylvania’s Have Been Spinning For 2 Decades

-- House Committees Hold Hearings On Hydrogen Hubs, Appliance Energy Efficiency;  Consider Bills Increasing Recycling Fee, Study Solar Energy On Farms  [PaEN]

-- DOE Recognizes Allegheny College For Energy Savings As A Better Buildings Challenge Partner  [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Eos Energy Ships First Next-Generation Utility-Scale Battery From Turtle Creek

-- Beaver County Times Guest Essay: Western PA Has A Great Sales Pitch For Young Workers - By President, Beaver County Community College

-- WPSU: Unique Duplex Retrofit In State College Promotes Sustainability And Affordability

-- Sustainable Pittsburgh: Nov. 15 CEOs For Sustainability C-Suite Summit Features Practical Pathways For Businesses To Decarbonize [PaEN]

-- PennDOT: First Electric Vehicle Charging Station Funded By Federal NEVI Program Breaks Ground In Luzerne County; Nov. 13 Funding Event  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Federally Funded Electric Vehicle Charging Station Being Built In Pittston Twp.

-- TribLive: Aspinwall Officials Considering Electric Vehicle Charging Stations In Allegheny County

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: PA Attorney General, Other States Fighting US Steel Appeal Of EPA Ozone Rules In US Supreme Court

-- Reading Eagle: EPA Will Monitor Chemicals Stored In Vacant Warehouse In Reading For Weeks Following 2-Alarm Fire

-- PA Resources Council To Host Free Statewide Recycling Webinar Nov. 15 To Celebrate America Recycles Day  [PaEN] 

-- CleanScapes Hosts Nov. 11 Electronics Waste Collection Event At Clinton Conservation District Office, 9:00 to Noon 

-- WNEP: Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event Friday, Saturday For PNC Field In Moosic, Lackawanna County

-- Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Welcomes 2 New Local Affiliates - Keep Reading Beautiful And Keep Dauphin County Beautiful  [PaEN]

-- Observer-Reporter Guest Essay: Greene County’s Latest Water Crisis In East Dunkard Water System Is A Stark Reminder Band-Aids Aren’t Made For Water Systems - By Joseph Casilli, Casper Colosimo & Son, Inc.

-- Reading Eagle: Veterans Among Graduates Of Rodale Institute’s Regenerative, Organic Farming Programs

-- PA Dept. Of Agriculture Highlights Investments In Success Of Military Veteran Farmers

-- WNEP: Former Trexler Scout Camp Now Source Of Help For Veterans In Poconos

-- DCNR Blog: Who Will Plant All Those Trees? Expanding Our Conservation Workforce; PA Outdoor Corps Accepting Applications  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Partners With Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Plant 2,500 Trees To Recognize Customers' Switching To Paperless Billing  [PaEN]

-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: Chesapeake Bay Watershed States Hit Land Preservation Milestone

-- NRCS-PA: USDA Increasing Annual Conservation Stewardship Payment For Ag Producers From $1,500 to $4,000 In 2024 

-- Frontiers In Ecology & The Environment: Fostering Ecological Understanding In And Engagement With Local Communities - By Lauren McGrath, Darby Creek Valley Association 

-- Berks Nature: One Small Girl Scout Patch Inspired Me For A Lifetime - By Kim Murphy, President Berks Nature

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: DEP Employees In Northeast PA Donate To Weinberg Food Bank

-- The Daily Item Editorial: Protection Of Huge Rivers, Bays Begins Along Small Streams

-- US, PA Dept. Of Education Now Accepting Applications For Green Ribbon Schools Recognition  [PaEN]

-- Nov. 14 Webinar: Discover Your Options For Land Protection With The Western PA Conservancy - Preserving Exceptional Places Since 1945  [PaEN] 

-- Temper Of The Times Foundation Now Accepting Applications For Environmental Advertising  [PaEN]

-- Altoona Mirror Letter: PA Native Plant Society Dismayed Over Clearing Of Forest In Chimney Rocks By Hollidaysburg Borough; The Society Has Advocated Conservation Of Native Plants In The Area For Nearly 50 Years

-- The Nature Conservancy-PA: New Urban Heat Map Underscores Need For Trees In Philadelphia Neighborhoods  [PaEN]

-- State College Magazine: Protect & Preserve: ClearWater Conservancy, Centre County Farmland Trust 

-- LancasterOnline - Erin Negley: Franklin & Marshall College Arboretum Has 1,200 Trees, 120 Species, 2 State Champions And Is Free 

-- PennLive: PA Horticultural Society Seeks Volunteers For Philly-Area Tree Plantings

-- US Forest Service: Sugar Bay Wildfire In Allegheny National Forest 100% Contained  [PaEN]

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Receives DCNR Funding For 2024 Mini Grant Program; Applications To Be Accepted Starting In January  [PaEN]

-- WVIA: Couple Visited Over 100 Pennsylvania State Parks

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill River Trail Auburn Bridge Opening Marks Schuylkill County’s Participation In Environmental Revolution Of Frackville To Philadelphia Trail

-- Delaware Currents: Can The Heritage Bike Trail Spur Love For The Delaware River In Bucks County?  These Advocates Think So

-- PittsburghUnionProgress.com: Clairton Teacher Realizes Goal With New Playground For Her Students

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Not The End Of The Road For Section Of Abandoned PA Turnpike; Old Route, Tunnels To Become Trail

-- WNEP: Foundation Established To Help Fund Scranton Landmarks, Parks 

-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Receives DCNR Funding For 2024 Mini Grant Program; Applications To Be Accepted Starting In January  [PaEN]

-- WITF: Meet The Lancaster 14-Year-Old Who’s The Youngest Member of US Angling Youth Fly Fishing Team

-- Registration Open For Rivers Conservation Fly Fishing Youth Camp, June 16-21 At Messiah University  [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Endangered Species Lists In Bay Region Reach All-Time High

-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Researchers Describe 4 New Frog And 1 New Lizard Species In 2023  [PaEN] 

--WHYY: World’s Most Famous Prehistoric Fish Returns To Academy Of Natural Sciences For New Exhibit  

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[Posted: November 12, 2023]   PA Environment Digest