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Senate/House ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees [PaEN]
-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- Spotlight PA: PA Republicans Answered Wolf’s Pandemic Vetoes With Constitutional Changes, That Strategy Is Here To Stay
-- ‘Trust The People’- Amend The State Constitution To Authorize Citizens To Establish New Laws Without The General Assembly [PaEN]
-- PG: Fox Chapel Councilwoman Mandy Steele Conquers Coal Tar, Now Wants A Shot At State House
-- TribLive: Co-Founder Of Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy To Announce Run For House
Top 10 Headlines From Harrisburg Last Week -----------------------------------
Because In Politics Everything Is Connected To Everything Else--
-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week [PaEN]
Articles & NewsClips By Topic -------------------------------------------------------
-- 46 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA [PaEN]
-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults [PaEN]
-- This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues [PaEN]
2022 Priorities
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Strong Financial Position Of Commonwealth Going Into Next Budget [Then He Shouldn’t Have Any Problem Supporting Bipartisan $500 Million For Local Conservation, Recreation Improvement Projects In His Budget Address. Read more here. He also forgot to thank Biden & Congress for billions in federal aid.]
-- WESA: ‘Seize The Moment’: Gov. Wolf Talks About His Legacy And Sets Table For Budget Speech [Nothing on the environment]
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Wolf Touts PA’s Strong Financial Position, Why That’s Only Half The Story
-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Touts Multi-Billion State Surplus, Outlines Some Priorities, But Projections Depict Gloomy Fiscal Future
-- TribLive: Wolf Joins Pittsburgh Leaders To Tout PA’s Fiscal Improvements
Air
-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped
-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy [PaEN]
-- CourierT: Middletown Police Find 14 Catalytic Converters During Traffic Stop
Alternative Fuels
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds
-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]
-- PennLive: Maryland County Proposal Would Mandate New Homes Have Wiring For Electric Vehicle Charging
Awards & Recognition
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award
-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31
-- Audubon Accepting Entries To 2022 Photography Awards Thru March 9
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
-- Penn State Entomologists To Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors
-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92
-- Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home: The Importance Of Native Plants In Your Backyard - Video Of Presentation
-- AP: Long-Sought Great Lakes Projects Get Funding, Including Protecting Lakes From Asian Carp
-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists
American Rescue Plan Funding
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: How Are Allegheny County Municipalities Sending $130 Million Federal American Rescue Plan Money?
Bipartisan Federal Infrastructure Law
-- WESA: ‘Unprecedented’ Funding For Pittsburgh Locks And Dams Hailed As A Win
-- PG: $858 Million Headed To Fix Aging Ohio River Lock And Dam In Beaver County
-- Sen. Casey Announces $857 Million For Upper Ohio River Navigation System From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- Sen. Casey Announces $31 Million From U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Philadelphia And Berks County Water Infrastructure Projects
-- Sen. Casey Announces $11 Million From U,S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Wyoming Valley Levee
-- Sen. Casey Announces $1.859 Million From U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers For Tionesta Lake, Cowanesque Lake, Hammond Lakes in PA Wilds From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- Sen. Casey Announces $1.4 Million For Beltzville Lake Dam In Carbon County From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
-- Sen. Casey Announces $1 Million For Indian Rock Dam In York County From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Budget
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Shortchanges State Taxpayers
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push
-- Independent Fiscal Office Issues Report On Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit
-- Gov. Wolf Highlights Strong Financial Position Of Commonwealth Going Into Next Budget [Then He Shouldn’t Have Any Problem Supporting Bipartisan $500 Million For Local Conservation, Recreation Improvement Projects In His Budget Address. Read more here. He also forgot to thank Biden & Congress for billions in federal aid.]
-- WESA: ‘Seize The Moment’: Gov. Wolf Talks About His Legacy And Sets Table For Budget Speech [Nothing on the environment]
-- MCall - Paul Muschick: Wolf Touts PA’s Strong Financial Position, Why That’s Only Half The Story
-- PA Cap-Star: Wolf Touts Multi-Billion State Surplus, Outlines Some Priorities, But Projections Depict Gloomy Fiscal Future
-- TribLive: Wolf Joins Pittsburgh Leaders To Tout PA’s Fiscal Improvements
Chesapeake Bay
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award
-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]
-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects
-- AltoonaM: Altoona Prepares Several New Stormwater Projects
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A ‘Blizzard Of Snow Geese At PA’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area
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Citizen Action
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- ‘Trust The People’- Amend The State Constitution To Authorize Citizens To Establish New Laws Without The General Assembly [PaEN]
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities [PaEN]
-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report
-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council
-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading
-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition
-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
-- PG: Fox Chapel Councilwoman Mandy Steele Conquers Coal Tar, Now Wants A Shot At State House
-- TribLive: Co-Founder Of Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy To Announce Run For House
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Gas Well In Washington Twp On Hold As More Discussions To Be Scheduled
-- PA Record: Allegheny County Couple File Lawsuit Against Penn Energy Resources Saying They Trespassed On Their Property To Build A Natural Gas Pipeline
-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award
-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video
-- PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program [PaEN]
-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man
-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter
-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022
-- PG: Cold, Wet Run On North Country Trail Raised $15,000 For A Nigerian Family
Climate
-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers
-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition
-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors
-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition [PaEN]
-- Penn State: Integrated Modeling Of Climate Impacts On Electricity Demand And Cost
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy [PaEN]
-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Should Be A Consideration In Planning Massive Fishtown Housing Developments In Philadelphia
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: Environmentalists Sue NJ Governor Saying He Hasn’t Done Enough On Climate Change
-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?
-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets] [PaEN]
-- U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas
-- AP: Race To Cut Carbon Emissions Splits U.S. State On Nuclear Energy
-- Financial Times: Industry Steels Itself For Challenge Of ‘Net Zero’ Manufacturing
-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way
-- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Energy Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty
Coal Mining
-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped
-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams
-- Independent Fiscal Office Issues Report On Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit
-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum
-- MCall/SunburyDI: PA Coal Carver’s Family Visits Sculpture At Line Mountain Elementary School
-- CitizensV: Second Mine Car Moved To Miners’ Memorial Park In Ashley
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way
Compliance Action
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams
-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
Conservation Districts
-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees [PaEN]
-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
DCNR
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- PA Environmental Council: PA Groups Comment On Maryland Air National Guard Proposed Low-level Flyover Training
-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- SuburyDI: Boating Season Delayed By Fiber Dam Repairs At Shikellamy State Park
-- Observer-Reporter: Ohiopyle State Park Attendance Returned To Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2021
DEP
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award
-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA [PaEN]
-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council
-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man
-- DEP Invites Comments On Changes To NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges - PAG-03 [PaEN]
-- DEP Notice Of Availability For NPDES Water Quality General Permit For Discharges From Hydrostatic Testing Of Tanks and Pipelines (PAG-10). Click Here for copies.
-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Deep Mine Safety
-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum
Delaware River
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 9, Business Meeting March 9 [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations [PaEN]
-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA [PaEN]
-- The Patch: Bucks County Audubon Gets $154,000 Growing Greener Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments
-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 21 RiverWatch Video Report
DRBC
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 9, Business Meeting March 9 [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations [PaEN]
Drinking Water
-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects [PaEN]
-- WHYY: Busted Water Mains Flood Philly Streets As City Fails To Hit Pipe Replacement Goals
-- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions [PaEN]
Economic Development
-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped
-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom [PaEN]
-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program
-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading
-- Financial Times: Industry Steels Itself For Challenge Of ‘Net Zero’ Manufacturing
Education
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner West Chester Area School District Opens New Water Quality Education Center
-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom [PaEN]
-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Izaak Walton League - Harry Enstrom Chapter: Feb. 3 Three Rivers Quest Virtual Roundtable Series. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions [PaEN]
-- PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators Webinar: Feb. 18 - Social Media & Marketing For Environmental Educators. Noon to 1:00 p.m.
-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24 [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- WeConservePA Virtual Roundtable Feb. 26 On Maintenance & Stewardship Of Trails. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]
-- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College [PaEN]
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources
-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture
-- Rodale Institute Launches Online Course For Regenerative Organic Agriculture Consumers [PaEN]
-- Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home: The Importance Of Native Plants In Your Backyard - Video Of Presentation
-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter
-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come
-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Migration Sensor Network Tracks Purple Martins From Christina River Watershed To Central America
-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading
-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum
-- MCall/SunburyDI: PA Coal Carver’s Family Visits Sculpture At Line Mountain Elementary School
-- Carnegie Museum Of Natural History: We Are Nature - A New Natural History Experience. Pittsburgh.
-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities [PaEN]
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets] [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond
-- WESA: Why Ice Forms Differently On The Monongahela And Allegheny Rivers
-- WeConservePA Publishes New Guide To Tree Law In Pennsylvania
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
-- WLVR: Meet ‘Meeko,’ The Lehigh Valley Zoo’s Plastics Recycling Raccoon
-- GreenPhilly: How Local Environmental Centers Are Bringing Inclusion For Underserved Communities Outdoors In Delaware River Basin
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A ‘Blizzard Of Snow Geese At PA’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Winter Artisan Program Series Begins Feb. 5
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: January Virtual Programs, Including Migration Season Wrap Up
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: These Are The Most Seen Birds In Our Backyards
-- ErieT: It’s Owl Nesting Season Around Northwest PA
-- Audubon Accepting Entries To 2022 Photography Awards Thru March 9
-- Penn State Entomologists To Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Summer Internship Opportunity
-- Stroud Water Research Center Intern & Job Opportunities
Emergency Response
-- StateCollege.com: 5,000 Gallons Of Oil Dumped Into State College Wastewater System, Police Are Investigating
-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24 [PaEN]
Emergency Response - Tornado Relief
-- TribLive: Monroeville Corvette Club Sends Relief Supplies To Kentucky Tornado Victims
Energy
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- Inquirer: PA Has Highest Gasoline Prices East Of Rockies, Blame High [International] Crude Oil Prices
-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped
-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment
-- Penn State: Integrated Modeling Of Climate Impacts On Electricity Demand And Cost
-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities [PaEN]
-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom [PaEN]
-- PG - Salena Zito: From The PA Farm Show: Energy Costs Are Top Concern [At The Mercy Of International Energy Markets That Set Prices]
-- KDKA: Rising Cost Of Natural Gas Could Impact Your Heating Bill [Due To International Market Pressures]
-- The Guardian: Winter Natural Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4 Billion Over Snowstorm
-- TribLive: Western PA Temperatures Could Drop To 0 In Days Ahead
-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading
-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition
-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors
-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond
-- Utility Dive: FERC Orders PJM To Scrap ‘Adder’ Mechanism Seen Bolstering Capacity Prices
-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?
-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets] [PaEN]
-- U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas
-- AP: Race To Cut Carbon Emissions Splits U.S. State On Nuclear Energy
-- Financial Times: Industry Steels Itself For Challenge Of ‘Net Zero’ Manufacturing
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way
-- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Energy Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty
Energy Conservation
-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition [PaEN]
-- Passive House Accelerator: Pittsburgh Sanctuary Saved By Passive Retrofit
-- Penn State Research: Nanoscale Window Coating Could Help Reduce Energy Costs
Environmental Health
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers
-- DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Clearfield County Site Recorded Highest Rate Ever Of Tick-Carried Virus Anywhere In U.S.
-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions [PaEN]
Environmental Heritage
-- ScrantonT: Annual Knox Mine Disaster Commemoration Held At Anthracite Museum
-- CitizensV: Second Mine Car Moved To Miners’ Memorial Park In Ashley
-- MCall/SunburyDI: PA Coal Carver’s Family Visits Sculpture At Line Mountain Elementary School
-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92
Environmental Justice
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council
-- ReadingE: Proposed Reading Climate Corps Workforce Training Program Aimed At Conserving Natural Resources In Reading
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
EPA
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams
-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities [PaEN]
Farming
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award
-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture
-- PG - Salena Zito: From The PA Farm Show: Energy Costs Are Top Concern [At The Mercy Of International Energy Markets That Set Prices]
-- Rodale Institute Launches Online Course For Regenerative Organic Agriculture Consumers [PaEN]
-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter
-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects
-- Penn State Entomologists To Study How Climate Change May Influence Pollinator Stressors
Flooding
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Baltimore District Receives $62 Million For Infrastructure, Disaster Relief Projects In Chesapeake Bay Region, Including PA [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Flood Authority Awarded $11 Million From Federal Infrastructure Funds
Forests
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- PA Environmental Council: PA Groups Comment On Maryland Air National Guard Proposed Low-level Flyover Training
-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA Publishes New Guide To Tree Law In Pennsylvania
-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists
Forests - Wildfires
-- TribLive/AP: Wildlife Along California’s Big Sur Forces Evacuations
-- PA Cap-Star: In ‘Paradigm Shift,’ U.S. Forest Service To Use Logging, Controlled Burns To Prevent Wildfires
Grants/Funding
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- Lancaster Clean Water Partners: Feb. 18 Grant Deadline Reminder
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects [PaEN]
-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA [PaEN]
-- The Patch: Bucks County Audubon Gets $154,000 Growing Greener Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Baltimore District Receives $62 Million For Infrastructure, Disaster Relief Projects In Chesapeake Bay Region, Including PA [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Flood Authority Awarded $11 Million From Federal Infrastructure Funds
-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project [PaEN]
-- DEP Invests Over $2.7 Million In Alternative Fuel Transportation Projects To Improve Air Quality & Public Health, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]
Green Buildings
-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition [PaEN]
-- Passive House Accelerator: Pittsburgh Sanctuary Saved By Passive Retrofit
Green Infrastructure
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24 [PaEN]
-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects
-- Partnership for the Delaware Estuary: Latest Gardens For Clean Water Newsletter
-- PA Horticultural Society: Community-Led Greening Efforts Beautify Nicetown-Tioga Neighborhood For Years To Come
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
Hazardous Substances
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers
-- Stroud Water Research Center Feb. 11 Webinar - Forever Chemicals (PFAS) In Our Water: Threats And Solutions [PaEN]
Land Conservation
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- WeConservePA Virtual Roundtable Feb. 26 On Maintenance & Stewardship Of Trails. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
-- Manada Conservancy Hosts Feb. 10 Webinar On Volunteers In Land Stewardship & Community Outreach [PaEN]
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- Natural Lands Names Charles Carrier Vice President Of Human Resources
Land Recycling
-- PG - Laura Legere: Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County To Be Demolished, Redeveloped
-- TribLive: Kentucky Firm To Dismantle Cheswick Coal-Fired Power Plant For Potential Redevelopment
-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Sale Of Last Coal-Fired Power Plant In Allegheny County Good Sign For Post-Coal Economy [PaEN]
Land Use
-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Gas Well In Washington Twp On Hold As More Discussions To Be Scheduled
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Warehouse Development On Farmland Does More Harm Than Good
-- Inquirer Guest Essay: Climate Change Should Be A Consideration In Planning Massive Fishtown Housing Developments In Philadelphia
-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond
Lake Erie
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
-- AP: Long-Sought Great Lakes Projects Get Funding, Including Protecting Lakes From Asian Carp
Littering/Illegal Dumping
-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man
-- WESA: Fox Chapel Teen Focuses On Litter With Award-Winning Photo
-- PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022
Mine Reclamation
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Independent Fiscal Office Issues Report On Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program
Ohio River
-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Izaak Walton League - Harry Enstrom Chapter: Feb. 3 Three Rivers Quest Virtual Roundtable Series. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
-- WESA: Why Ice Forms Differently On The Monongahela And Allegheny Rivers
Oil & Gas
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- PG - Anya Litvak: New Pittsburgh Well-Plugging Company, Leak Detection Firm Tackle Landscape Of Gas & Oil Wells Abandoned By Conventional Well Drillers
-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Shortchanges State Taxpayers
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations [PaEN]
-- TribLive: Olympus Energy Gas Well In Washington Twp On Hold As More Discussions To Be Scheduled
-- Protect PT Hosts Jan. 25 Lunch & Learn Program With CMU's Nicholas Muller On Cumulative Impacts Of Shale Gas Boom [PaEN]
-- PG - Salena Zito: From The PA Farm Show: Energy Costs Are Top Concern [At The Mercy Of International Energy Markets That Set Prices]
-- Inquirer: PA Has Highest Gasoline Prices East Of Rockies, Blame High [International] Crude Oil Prices
-- KDKA: Rising Cost Of Natural Gas Could Impact Your Heating Bill [Due To International Market Pressures]
-- The Guardian: Winter Natural Gas Bill From Hell: Oklahomans Face Paying $1.4 Billion Over Snowstorm
-- Energy News Network: A Minnesota Co-Op Credits Transition To Clean Energy For Stabilizing Wholesale Electric Rates - ‘More Wind And Solar Are Just Going To Keep Those Energy Costs Lower And Lower’
-- TribLive: Western PA Temperatures Could Drop To 0 In Days Ahead
-- CitizensV: UGI Official; Release Value Activation Caused Reports Of Possible Gas Explosion
-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?
-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets] [PaEN]
-- Ohio River Valley Institute: Carbon Capture, Use And Sequestration Would Decarbonize The Electric Generation System… In The Worst Possible Way
Pipelines
-- PA Record: Allegheny County Couple File Lawsuit Against Penn Energy Resources Saying They Trespassed On Their Property To Build A Natural Gas Pipeline
-- PA Cap-Star: Tougher Federal Pipeline Standards Backed By FERC, Gov. Wolf After Colonial Pipeline Hack
PennVEST
-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects [PaEN]
Permitting
-- PennLive Guest Essay: Wolf Administration Must Get Serious About Environmental Justice - Clean Air Council
-- DEP Invites Comments On Changes To NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges - PAG-03 [PaEN]
-- DEP Notice Of Availability For NPDES Water Quality General Permit For Discharges From Hydrostatic Testing Of Tanks and Pipelines (PAG-10). Click Here for copies.
-- DEP Took Action On 723 Permits, 89% Within Permit Decision Guarantee Deadlines; Conducted 1,150 Inspections; Responded To 5 Environmental Emergencies Last Week
-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Public Participation
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- DEP Invites Comments On Changes To NPDES General Permit For Stormwater Discharges - PAG-03 [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 9, Business Meeting March 9 [PaEN]
-- Delaware River Basin Commission Adds Feb. 3 Hearing On Proposed Fracking Wastewater Regulations [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 3, Business Meeting March 17 [PaEN]
-- DEP Posts 48 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Jan. 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
PUC
-- IFO: 2021 Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue $233.8 Million; Still Short Of 2018 Revenue Of $251.8 Million [PaEN]
-- PG - Laura Legere: Marcellus Shale Impact Fee Revenue Projected To Rebound After Pandemic Slump
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Shortchanges State Taxpayers
Radiation Protection
-- CourierT: American Lung Assn. Ranks PA Low For Radon Mitigation Efforts
-- AP: Race To Cut Carbon Emissions Splits U.S. State On Nuclear Energy
Radon
-- CourierT: American Lung Assn. Ranks PA Low For Radon Mitigation Efforts
Recreation
-- DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council Meets Jan. 26 With New Director Of Outdoor Recreation, Broadband, 2022 Priorities [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- PA Environmental Council: PA Groups Comment On Maryland Air National Guard Proposed Low-level Flyover Training
-- Jan. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
-- U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Baltimore District Receives $62 Million For Infrastructure, Disaster Relief Projects In Chesapeake Bay Region, Including PA [PaEN]
-- WBTimes: Luzerne County Flood Authority Awarded $11 Million From Federal Infrastructure Funds
-- SuburyDI: Boating Season Delayed By Fiber Dam Repairs At Shikellamy State Park
-- Observer-Reporter: Ohiopyle State Park Attendance Returned To Pre-Pandemic Levels In 2021
-- TribLive: Co-Founder Of Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy To Announce Run For House
-- Foundation For Sustainable Forests Awarded $5,000 MTN DEW Outdoor Grant For Recreation Access Project [PaEN]
-- PG: Cold, Wet Run On North Country Trail Raised $15,000 For A Nigerian Family
-- WilliamsportS: Lycoming County Makes Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Monies Available For Recreation Projects
-- Philly Voice: Friends Of Wissahickon Pedestrian Bridge Project Could Restore Access To The Park Damaged By Storm Erosion
-- WilliamsportS: Williamsport Parks To Get TLC: Fun Spots, Environmentally Friendly Green Elements
-- ScrantonT: Carbondale Could Turn Former Hotel Into Riverwalk Park
-- Landforce Receives $15,000 Grant From Hydro Flask Parks For All Program [PaEN]
-- CitizensV: Second Mine Car Moved To Miners’ Memorial Park In Ashley
-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists
Recycling/Waste
-- WLVR: Meet ‘Meeko,’ The Lehigh Valley Zoo’s Plastics Recycling Raccoon
-- DEP Blog: Cleaning Up Illegal Dumps, An Interview With Keith Ruhl a.k.a. The Garbage Man
-- PA Resources Council Invites Municipalities In Western PA To Host Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Program [PaEN]
-- Penn State Awarded $3.4 Million DOE Contract To Target Upcycling Plastic Waste
-- StateImpactPA - Reid Frazier: West Penn Power Settles With EPA, State Over Coal Ash Pollution In Western PA Streams
Renewable Energy
-- EPA Invites Proposals On Research Into Drivers & Environmental Impacts Of Energy Transitions In Underserved Communities [PaEN]
-- YorkDR: Solar Farm Proposal: Dover Residents Raise Health, Property Value Concerns In Opposition
-- YorkD: Solar Farm Proposal Could Power 12,000 Homes, But It’s Drawn Opposition From Neighbors
-- Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Join White House Building Energy Performance Standards Coalition [PaEN]
-- OilPrice.com: Are America’s Natural Gas Drilling Hotspots Preparing For A Pivot To Renewables?
-- U.S. EIA: U.S. Electricity Generation From Natural Gas Now Falling Like Coal In Face Of New, Cheaper Renewable Power Plants [Not Subject To Whims Of International Energy Markets] [PaEN]
-- U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions To Increase In 2022, 2023, Including From Natural Gas
-- Utility Dive: 2022 Outlook: U.S. Solar And Wind Energy Boom Continues Despite Supply Chain Woes, Build Back Better Uncertainty
Schuylkill River
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants [PaEN]
-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Stormwater
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push
-- AltoonaM: Altoona Prepares Several New Stormwater Projects
SRBC
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 3, Business Meeting March 17 [PaEN]
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
Susquehanna River
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 3, Business Meeting March 17 [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31
-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Winter Guardian Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
Sustainability
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture
-- Rodale Institute Launches Online Course For Regenerative Organic Agriculture Consumers [PaEN]
-- NextPittsburgh: CMU Astronomer Diane Turnshek Leads The Fight For Dark Skies In Pittsburgh And Beyond
Water Quality
-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees [PaEN]
-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways
-- PennLive/TNS: 1 In 3 Miles Of Pennsylvania Streams, Rivers Water Quality Impaired
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report
-- DEP Invites Public Comments On Draft 2022 Integrated Water Quality Report
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources
Wastewater Facilities
-- PennVEST Invests $168 Million In 15 Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects [PaEN]
-- Register Now For PA Chapter American Water Works Assn. Annual Conference April 25-27 In State College [PaEN]
-- StateCollege.com: 5,000 Gallons Of Oil Dumped Into State College Wastewater System, Police Are Investigating
Watershed Protection
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- SunburyDI: Some Stream Success Stories In Central Susquehanna Valley From DEP’s Stream Water Quality Report
-- Stroud Water Research Center Partner West Chester Area School District Opens New Water Quality Education Center
-- Senate Committee Set To Meet Jan. 25 On Bills To Redefine Water Pollution, Prohibit State From Owning Clean Energy Credits; Hold Hearing On Stormwater Fees [PaEN]
-- ErieT: New Advisory Group To Become Part Of Erie Stormwater Fee Push
-- PA Conservation Districts Oppose Bill Redefining Water Pollution, Letting Polluters Decide When To Report Spills [PaEN]
-- DEP Outlines 2022 Priorities: Make Up Deficit In Oil & Gas Funding; Get Resources Needed To Invest New Federal Mine Reclamation, Oil & Gas Well Plugging Funds [PaEN]
-- DCNR’s 2022 Application Season Opening For Community Conservation Partnership, Riparian Buffer, Trails, ATV & Snowmobile Grants [PaEN]
-- DCNR Grant Application Round Now Open For Recreation, Conservation, Riparian Buffer Projects
-- Two Bipartisan Bills Just Sitting In Senate Waiting To Address Record Number Of Water Quality Impaired Streams Reported In 2022 [PaEN]
-- Chesapeake Bay Foundation Calls For Greater Investments To Reduce Pollution As Number Of Impaired Streams Increases In PA
-- DEP 2022 Water Quality Report Shows 27,886 Miles Of Streams With Impaired Water Quality In PA (33%) - An Increase From 25,468 In 2020 [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: DEP Finds Almost 2,500 More Miles Of Polluted Streams In Report Update
-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: 2,400 More Miles Of PA’s Streams Are Impaired Compared To Just 2 Years Ago; Philly Has Highest Percentage
-- TribLive: Report Cites Water Quality Problems In Hundreds Of Miles Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Waterways
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Lancaster County Leads State In Most Miles Of Water Quality Impaired Streams
-- Sharon Herald: DEP Water Quality Impaired Streams Data Aids Crawford County Conservation Efforts In Planning, Grants
-- DEP Announces $3.5 Million In Watershed Restoration Project Funding For Southeast PA [PaEN]
-- The Patch: Bucks County Audubon Gets $154,000 Growing Greener Grant For Watershed Restoration Project
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- House Committee To Hold Info. Meeting Jan. 24 On Bill To Use Some American Rescue Plan Funding To Clean Up Water Pollution [PaEN]
-- Three Rivers Waterkeeper, Izaak Walton League - Harry Enstrom Chapter: Feb. 3 Three Rivers Quest Virtual Roundtable Series. 10:00 to 11:00 a.m.
-- LancasterOnline - Sean Sauro: Streamside Erosion, Pollution In Lancaster County Targeted By Franklin & Marshall Professors
-- ScrantonT Editorial: Catch Up On Goals To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay
-- Penn State To Survey Farmers In 14 Counties On Their Use Of Conservation Practices [PaEN]
-- Brubaker Farms, A Stroud Water Research Center Partner, Wins Leopold Conservation Award
-- Stroud Water Research Center: How’s My Soil? How We’re Helping Farmers Answer This Question - Video
-- StateImpactPA - Rachel McDevitt: York County Lawmaker To Lead State Delegation To Chesapeake Bay Commission
-- Applications Now Being Accepted For 2022 Schuylkill River Restoration Fund; Land Transaction Assistance Grants [PaEN]
-- WeConservePA: Conservation Easement Transaction Assistance Grants Now Available [PaEN]
-- The Progress: Clearfield County Conservation District Awarded Grant For Countywide Clean Water Action Plan Projects
-- AltoonaM: Altoona Prepares Several New Stormwater Projects
-- Schuylkill Action Network - In-Person 2022 Water Utility Forum Feb. 25. Aqua Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr. 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
-- Southwest PA Commission Water Resource Center Hosts Upcoming Webinars On Green Infrastructure, Solar Energy Siting Starting Feb. 24 [PaEN]
-- Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership Highlights 2021 Accomplishments
-- PA Environmental Council Podcast: A Conversation With Hannah Smith-Brubaker Of PASA On Regenerative Agriculture
-- PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosts Hybrid Wild & Scenic Film Festival On Tour Special Event In April [PaEN]
-- Call For Proposals: 9th Annual Sustainability Symposium At Bucknell University April 22-23 [PaEN]
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: How Road Salt And Increasing Salinity Impact Our Aquatic Resources
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: One Man’s Dedication To Cleaning Up Litter Along the River Offers An Example Of How To Make A Difference In 2022
-- Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper: Accepting Songs Of The Susquehanna Entries Thru Jan. 31
-- Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 21 RiverWatch Video Report
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Summer Internship Opportunity
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Wildlife
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
-- Stroud Water Research Center STREAM Girls Leader Mandy Nix Honored By Valley Forge Trout Unlimited [PaEN]
-- Coldwater Heritage Partnership Now Accepting Applications For 2022 Coldwater Conservation Grants [PaEN]
-- PG Editorial: Hunting For Better Representation On Game Commission Board
-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Ad Crable: A ‘Blizzard Of Snow Geese At PA’s Middle Creek Wildlife Area
-- AP: Long-Sought Great Lakes Projects Get Funding, Including Protecting Lakes From Asian Carp
-- The Allegheny Front: Conversation With Famed Biologist, E.O.Wilson, Who Died At The Age Of 92
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Migration Sensor Network Tracks Purple Martins From Christina River Watershed To Central America
-- Doug Tallamy: Bringing Nature Home: The Importance Of Native Plants In Your Backyard - Video Of Presentation
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Winter Artisan Program Series Begins Feb. 5
-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary: January Virtual Programs, Including Migration Season Wrap Up
-- ErieT: It’s Owl Nesting Season Around Northwest PA
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: These Are The Most Seen Birds In Our Backyards
-- Audubon Accepting Entries To 2022 Photography Awards Thru March 9
-- Game Commission: Report Turkey Flocks To Help With Research
-- PennLive: Bear Spotted Wandering Around Central PA Neighborhood
-- AP: All 100 Lab Monkeys Accounted For After Several Escaped Crash Near Danville
-- The Guardian: Expanding National Parks Not Enough To Protect Nature, Say Scientists
West Nile/Zika Virus
-- DEP: Public Urged To Take Precautions - Deer Tick Virus (DTV) Detected At High Levels In Clearfield County Park [PaEN]
-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Clearfield County Site Recorded Highest Rate Ever Of Tick-Carried Virus Anywhere In U.S.
Transition
-- In Memoriam: Greg Wilson Donegal Chapter Of Trout Unlimited, Lancaster County - ‘One Stream At A Time’ [PaEN]
-- LancasterOnline - Ad Crable: Donegal Trout Unlimited Much More Than A Fishing Club [Includes The Late Greg Wilson]
Opportunities
-- WBTimes: Earth Conservancy Seeks Applicants For Free Environmental Job Training Program
-- Natural Lands Names Charles Carrier Vice President Of Human Resources
-- Help Wanted: Grey Towers National Historic Site Pike County- Seasonal Employment : Custodial, Food Service
-- Stroud Water Research Center: Summer Internship Opportunity
-- Stroud Water Research Center Intern & Job Opportunities
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[Posted: January 23, 2022]
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