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!

-- Federal Office Of Surface Mining Recognizes DEP Anthracite Outdoor Adventure - Bear Valley Mine Reclamation Project In Northumberland County With National Award  [PaEN]

-- DEP Posts Formal Notice Of Availability Of Abandoned Mine Land, Mine Drainage Grants

 

-- DEP Begins Accepting Applications For $103.4 Million In Abandoned Mine Reclamation Grants Starting Oct. 24  [PaEN]

-- National Wildlife Federal Blog: Mine-Scarred Land And Orange Rivers - A Story Of Land Degradation And Reclamation In Pennsylvania

 

-- GANT News: PA Coal Companies Showcase Employee Safety Records, Mine Reclamation Enhancements

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plants Its 5-Millionth Tree In Franklin County Park; Thousands Of Volunteers Were Critical To Reaching This Milestone  [PaEN]

-- PennLive Guest Essay: Five Million Trees Planted, Five Million More To Go - Cindy Adams Dunn, Secretary Of DCNR

-- Celebrating 10 Years Of Volunteers Impact - Greening The Lower Susquehanna - By Kristen Koch, Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center  [PaEN]

-- WeConservePA Visits Award-Winning Headwaters Restoration Project By Wissahickon Trails In Montgomery County  [PaEN]

-- East Lampeter Twp. First Municipality To Partner With Lancaster Revolving Water Fund On Pay-For Performance Contract On Improving Water Quality, Soil Carbon Sequestration  [PaEN]

-- PA Council Of Trout Unlimited: Adams County TU Chapter Awarded South Mountain Partnership Grant 

 

-- TribLive: Students Help With Tree Planting At Miners Memorial Park In Bethel Park 

 

-- Penn State Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Lead Stream Assessment In Allegheny County  [PaEN]

-- Tribune-Democrat: Blacklick Creek Watershed Assn. Restoring Miners Mural, Working To Improve Blacklick Creek In Cambria County

-- PennFuture: Erie City Council Adopts Stormwater User Fee

-- Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act  [PaEN]

-- Bay Journal: On 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act, Much Progress, But Big Problems Remain

-- City & State PA Recognize The 2022 Pennsylvania Nonprofit Power 100 Leaders, Including 7 Conservation Leaders  [PaEN]

-- PennVEST Invests $236 Million In 23 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties [PaEN]

-- Pittsburgh Business Times: Pittsburgh Water Authority Receives $133 Million In Loans, $6 Million In Grants For Water Infrastructure Projects

-- CFA Accepting ARPA-Funded H2O Applications For Water Supply, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects  [PaEN]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Sen. Baker Announces State Grants Available For Water, Sewer, Stormwater Projects

-- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million In Grants To Restore, Protect Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 4 In PA Totalling $1.48 Million  [PaEN]

-- PUC Joins 8th Annual ‘Imagine A Day Without Water’ To Raise Water Awareness 

-- NO SPECIAL PROTECTION: The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek In Lycoming County Is Dammed And Damned - Video Dispatch From The Loyalsock - By Barb Jarmoska, Keep It Wild PA 

 

-- Susquehanna River Basin Commission Has No Exclusion Zones For Water Withdrawals From Any Streams, Including EV Or HQ Streams Subject To Water Quality Antidegradation Rules  [PaEN]

 

-- 175 Organizations, 6,751 Individuals Send Letter Urging Full Oil & Gas Fracking Wastewater Ban In Delaware River Basin 

 

-- Inside Climate News - Jon Hurdle: Environmentalists Fear A Massive New Plastics Plant Near Pittsburgh Will Worsen Pollution, Stimulate Natural Gas Fracking

 

-- Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls Hosts Oct. 24 Virtual Program On Eyes On Shell Ethane Plant Campaign In Beaver County  [PaEN]

-- TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks [PaEN]

 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry  [PaEN]

 

-- Republican Herald Editorial: Dangerous Course For Oil & Gas Well Emissions, Obstructionists Should Get Out Of The Way  [PaEN]

 

-- PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Online Nov. 15-16  [PaEN]

 

-- Environmental Health News: For First Time, Natural Gas Production Linked To Lower Birth Weights In A National Study, Most Significant In Black, Asian Women

-- Penn State's Jenn Baka Receives National Science Foundation Grant For A 5-Year Study Of The Shell Ethane Plant's Environmental And Human Impacts In Beaver County - By Francisco Tutella, Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Protect PT Westmoreland Will Host Radon Information Workshop Oct. 20 Via Zoom, Offer Sensor Rentals

-- Welcome The Inaugural Class Of 35 High School Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Council Recognizes Anti-Litter Group

-- TribLive: Seton Hill Program Pairs College, High Schools With STEM Education

-- Net-Zero Manufacturing Initiative, Venango County Trails Project Among Appalachian Regional Commission Grants To Support Coal-Impacted Communities In PA  [PaEN]

-- Bucknell University Dedicates 1.76 MW Solar Energy Facility In Union County - By Michael Taromina, The Bucknellian  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Amends Ordinance To Make It Easier To Use Solar Panels

 

-- Inquirer: Students Pressure University Of Pennsylvania To Cut Ties With Fossil Fuel Companies

-- Inquirer: UPenn Students Storm Franklin Field At Halftime Protesting For Climate, Community Justice

 

-- PA Capital-Star Guest Essay: PA Must Modernize Its Approach To Clean Energy Or Risk Falling Further Behind - By Vote Solar, POWER Interfaith

 

-- Penn State Oct. 24 EarthTalks Highlights Agricultural Integration And Solar Facilities - Agrivoltaics In Context  [PaEN]

-- Penn State To Host Virtual International Symposium Nov. 28-29 On Embodied Carbon - Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Building Materials

-- EPA SmartWay Program Names Reading-Based Penske Trucking A High Performer

 

-- Warren Times Editorial: Electric Vehicle Chargers Need To Be Piece Of County Plan

 

-- Minnich Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Preserve 16-Acre Farm  [PaEN]

 

-- DCNR Blog: New Resources Available For Forest Landowners And Managers For Climate Change Resilience  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette: Ask Me About Winning A Major Grant For Climate-Smart Farming [PASA Sustainable Agriculture] 

 

-- Think Outside Presents Oct. 25 Let’s Talk About Climate Change Student Panel Discussion With DCNR Secretary Dunn  [PaEN]

 

-- State, Local Officials Celebrate Acquisition Of Kiski Junction Bridge, 14 Miles Of Rail Corridor In Armstrong County With Help Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding; Fall Grant Round Still Open  [PaEN]

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Kiski Junction Railroad Trail Party Attracts Officials From State, Region

 

-- Conservation Groups Hold Oct. 27 Webinar To Celebrate PA's 3 New State Parks, 6:00 p.m.

 

-- Inquirer - Frank Kummer: New NE Philly K&T Connector Trail Being Built At Base Of Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

 

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel Eagle Scout Has Organized Free Community Concert At Allegheny RiverTrail Park Oct. 23 

 

-- Nearly 70 Runners Compete In Cameron County Sinnemahone Trail Run, Final Competition In Triple Crown  [PaEN]

 

-- Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Remembering Ed Wesely At The Van Scott Nature Reserve 

 

-- MCall: Easton Dedicates Bridge Along Arts Trail To Late Community Activist Richard McAteer 

 

-- Williamsport Sun: Williamsport Invests In Parks: No City Can Thrive Without A Network Of Safe, Functioning Parks And Open Spaces

 

-- Parenting PA: Outdoor Recreation And Children - A Perfect Match! - PA Parks & Forests Foundation

 

-- PA Environmental Council Blog: New Developments For PA Outdoor Recreation & Transportation

 

-- Citizen Science Parasite Hunters Needed: Penn State Researcher Asking Deer Hunters For Help In Biting Flies Research Effort - By Penn State News  [PaEN]

 

-- Delaware RiverKeeper Shares Results Of Urban Green Space Mammal Study [Video]

 

-- Sign Up For Delaware Highlands Conservancy Eagle Watch Volunteer Training, Eagle Watch Bus Tours

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Rehabbed Steel Mill Eagle Rosie Released With A 7-Foot Wingspan

 

-- Bay Journal - Ad Crable: Rare Regal Fritillary Butterflies Find Refuge Thanks To Explosions At PA Fort Indiantown Gap

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Going The WRONG WAY:

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

[Posted: October 23, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

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Sunday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 10.23.22

Are You Telling Your Story?

Warning! Last Voting Days This Session!  Hold Onto Your Butts! (And Tax Money!)

Senate returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 15 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

House returns to session October 24, 25, 26, November 14, 15, 16 [Adjourn for year]

     -- Committee Schedule

TODAY’s Calendar Of Events 

 

-- 69 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA  [PaEN]

 

-- Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students And Adults [PaEN]

 

-- Top 10 Stories: Harrisburg/PA Politics Reported By Local News Media Last Week  [PaEN]

 

-- Welcome The Inaugural Class Of 35 High School Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors  [PaEN]

 

-- Tribune-Democrat: Blacklick Creek Watershed Assn. Restoring Miners Mural, Working To Improve Blacklick Creek In Cambria County

 

-- DEP Declares Sunday, Oct. 23 Air Pollution Action Day For Allegheny County, Susquehanna Valley

 

-- Post-Gazette: Allegheny County Health Dept. Issues Air Pollution Warning For Saturday, All Of Sunday 

 

-- Inquirer: UPenn Students Storm Franklin Field At Halftime Protesting For Climate, Community Justice

 

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Rehabbed Steel Mill Eagle Rosie Released With A 7-Foot Wingspan

 

6th Oil/Natural Gas Spike: True Energy Independence Means Renewables

[There Is No Limit To What Oil/Natural Gas Industry Can Make You Pay]

 

-- LancasterOnline: Heating Oil Costs Up 74%, Natural Gas Up 28%, Electricity Up 10% This Winter; Utilities Struggling With Surging Prices Of Natural Gas

 

-- Reuters: U.S. Oil Firms Say $72/Barrel For Oil Too Low A Price To Refill Oil Reserve; Oil Trading For $85 Now

 

American Rescue Plan Funding

 

-- $11 Billion In Federal American Rescue Plan Funding To PA State Government, Local Governments Has Yet To Be Invested.  What’s Your Community Doing?

 

Other States/National/International

-- AP: Climate Questions: What’s Going On With Climate Change?

 

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Much Has The Climate Changed Already?

 

-- AP: Climate Questions: Who Is Most Vulnerable To Climate Change?

-- AP: Climate Questions: Why Do Small Degrees Of Warming Matter?

-- AP: Climate Questions: How Does Carbon Dioxide Trap Heat?

-- AP: Advanced Plastics Recycling - Plastic Crisis Solution Or Distraction?

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected

-- Inquirer: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Adviser Questions Shapiro’s Faith - ‘At Best A Secular Jew’

-- Post-Gazette: Targeted With Death Threats, Philadelphia Republican Election Overseer Al Schmidt Now Works To Restore Elections

-- The Guardian: U.S. Politics’ Post-Shame Era: How Republicans Became The Party Of Hate [Includes PA]

-- Wilkes-Barre Times: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Spells Out His Plan ‘To Take Pennsylvania Back’

-- York Daily Record Guest Essay: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano’s Crass Christianity Doesn’t Represent York’s Caring People Of Faith

-- PennLive - Charles Thompson: Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano A No-Show At ReAwakening American Shows In Lancaster

-- TribLive/Spotlight PA: Most Outside Spending On PA Governor’s Race Has One Aim: To Defeat Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano

-- The Guardian: Penn State Students Outraged Over Invitation To Far-Right ‘Proud Boys’ Founder

-- Altoona Mirror: Penn State University Police Urge Residents Not To Attend Event Featuring Far-Right ‘Proud Boys’ Speaker

-- AP: Republican Voters Told To Hold Onto Mail-In Ballots And Hand Them In At Polling Place Or Election Offices [Note: Polling Places In PA Cannot Accept Mail-In Ballots, But You Can Surrender Them And Vote In Person On Election Day, Since You’re Already There]

-- Post-Gazette Editorial: Shapiro’s Sound Competence Better Choice For Governor, Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Mastriano Too Dangerous, Too Extreme

-- Post-Gazette/Inquirer: Inflation, Not Crime, Abortion Tops Voters’ List In U.S. Senate Race

-- Post-Gazette: Within Solid Republican, Democratic Congressional Districts, Voters Often Disagree On Key Issues, Cross Party Lines

-- MCall: Rural Carbon County Will Play A Key Role In Lehigh Valley Congressional Race

-- Politics PA: Congressional Vulnerability In PA

-- PennLive/TNS: Gisele Fetterman’s History As Undocumented Immigrant Inspires Husband’s Policy

-- LancasterOnline Editorial: PA’s Bloated, Expensive Legislature Gets Shockingly Little Done

-- WHYY: U.S. Dept. Of Education Will Investigate Central Bucks School District Following ACLU Complaint Alleging ‘Hostile’ Environment For LGBTQ Students

-- PennLive: 13-Year-Old Charged With Making Verbal Threats Against Mifflinburg Schools In Union County

-- TribLive Editorial: Gunfire Makes Us All Innocent Bystanders

-- TribLive/AP: Justice Kagan At UPenn: ‘Time Will Tell’ Of U.S. Supreme Court Finds Common Ground

-- Altoona Mirror Editorial: Don’t Let Your Guard Down Against COVID

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This Week’s Examples Of Going The WRONG WAY On Environmental, Energy Issues

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Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Plants Its 5-Millionth Tree In Franklin County Park; Thousands Of Volunteers Were Critical To Reaching This Milestone

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Recognizes DEP Anthracite Outdoor Adventure - Bear Valley Mine Reclamation Project In Northumberland County With National Award

City & State PA Recognize The 2022 Pennsylvania Nonprofit Power 100 Leaders, Including 7 Conservation Leaders

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2023 Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence

Celebrating 10 Years Of Volunteer Impact - Greening The Lower Susquehanna

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Volunteers Lead Stream Assessment In Allegheny County

East Lampeter Twp. First Municipality To Partner With Lancaster Revolving Water Fund On Pay-For Performance Contract To Improve Water Quality, Soil Carbon Sequestration

WeConservePA Visits Award-Winning Headwaters Restoration Project By Wissahickon Trails In Montgomery County

Welcome The Inaugural Class Of 35 High School Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors

NO SPECIAL PROTECTION: The Exceptional Value Loyalsock Creek In Lycoming County Is Dammed And Damned

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Has No Exclusion Zones For Water Withdrawals From Any Streams, Including EV Or HQ Streams Subject To Water Quality Antidegradation Rules

DEP/SRBC Permit Notices -- Oil & Gas Industrial Facilities

TribLive Editorial: State Fines Should Be Higher Than Tax Cuts To Penalize Environmental Leaks

Republican Herald Editorial: State Lawmakers Should Adopt Rules That Preclude State Taxpayers From Subsidizing Pollution From Oil & Gas Industry

Penn State's Jenn Baka Receives National Science Foundation Grant For A 5-Year Study Of The Shell Ethane Plant's Environmental And Human Impacts In Beaver County

Southwestern PA Grassroots Town Halls Hosts Oct. 24 Virtual Program On Eyes On Shell Ethane Plant Campaign In Beaver County

PA League Of Women Voters, University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health Host 2022 Shale Gas & Public Health Conference Online Nov. 15-16

Republican Herald Editorial: Dangerous Course For Oil & Gas Well Emissions, Obstructionists Should Get Out Of The Way

PennVEST Invests $236 Million In 23 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties

CFA Accepting ARPA-Funded H2O Applications For Water Supply, Wastewater, Stormwater Projects

DEP: Drought Watch Remains In Effect For 20 Counties, Lifted For 16 Counties

Net-Zero Manufacturing Initiative, Venango County Trails Project Among Appalachian Regional Commission Grants To Support Coal-Impacted Communities In PA

Bucknell University Dedicates 1.76 MW Solar Energy Facility In Union County

DEP Sets Nov. 30 Virtual Hearing On Interim Response To Keim Street DCE Hazardous Site Cleanup In Montgomery County

DEP Reinstates Sales Of Electronic Devices By 3 Manufacturers Now In Compliance With PA’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law

State, Local Officials Celebrate Acquisition Of Kiski Junction Bridge, 14 Miles Of Rail Corridor In Armstrong County With Help Of Federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding; Fall Grant Round Still Open

DCNR Issues 4th Weekly Fall Foliage Report Showing Fall Colors All Across Pennsylvania

Oct. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Nearly 70 Runners Compete In Cameron County Sinnemahone Trail Run, Final Competition In Triple Crown

Minnich Family Partners With Lebanon Valley Conservancy To Preserve 16-Acre Farm

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Fish & Wildlife Foundation Award $3.5 Million In Grants To Restore, Protect Habitats In Chesapeake Bay Watershed; 4 In PA Totaling $1.48 Million

Citizen Science Parasite Hunters Needed: Penn State Researcher Asking Deer Hunters For Help In Biting Flies Research Effort

Help Wanted: PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Fundraising/Outreach Coordinator

Environment & Energy Educational Opportunities For Students & Adults

WeConservePA: Help To Apply For DCNR Fall Grants, Redevelopment Assistance Capital Funding And More

DCNR Blog: New Resources Available For Forest Landowners And Managers For Climate Change Resilience

Think Outside Presents Oct. 25 Let’s Talk About Climate Change Student Panel Discussion With DCNR Secretary Dunn

Penn State Oct. 24 EarthTalks Highlights Agricultural Integration And Solar Facilities - Agrivoltaics In Context

News From PA House & Senate

Senate Confirms Three PUC Commissioners Bringing 5-Member Panel Up To Full Strength For First Time In More Than 18 Months

Senate Committee Reported Out Bill To Deny Counties Drilling Impact Fee Revenue If Only 99% Of The Land In Their County Available For Shale Gas Leasing; Other Bills

House Committee Meets Oct. 24 To Consider Gas Royalty, Diesel Engines In Coal Mines Bills

Senate Committee To Hold Oct. 27 Hearing On The Role Of LNG In U.S. Energy Security On World Stage

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Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed Celebrates 50th Anniversary Of Federal Clean Water Act

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[Posted: October 24, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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Westmoreland Land Trust, WeConservePA Host Site Visit To Ongoing Conservation Of Schwarz Farm

The Westmoreland Land Trust and WeConservePA’s Brad Barkdoll partnered to host a site visit of the ongoing Carl A. Schwarz Memorial Park farm conservation project outside of Greensburg, PA. 

At this visit, they were joined by Rep. Eric Nelson, Hempfield Township Board of Supervisors members, Murrysville Council and Environmental Advisory Council members, County Commissioner staff, as well as staff and affiliates from WLT.

On March 11, 2021, the WLT acquired the 96-acre Schwarz farm on Beech Hills Road in Hempfield Township with the help of funding from Colcom Foundation and Allegheny Foundation, and other supporters.  

The farm is located three miles (6 minutes by car) from downtown Greensburg. It will be conserved as a nature and art park, with meadows to provide habitat for pollinator and upland meadow bird species.

The WLT has engaged LaQuatra Bonci to conduct preliminary planning for the future park.  This effort will include gathering input from residents of nearby communities and others interested in the project. 

For some time the property will only be open to the public during Visitors Days announced on the WLT’s website and Facebook page.

For more information on this unique (and ongoing) conservation project, visit the WLT Conservation of Schwarz Farm webpage.

Visit the Westmoreland Land Trust website for more information on land conservation in Westmoreland County.

For more information on programs, initiatives and upcoming events, visit the WeConservePA,website, Click Here to sign up for regular updates from WeConservePA, Like them on Facebook, and Follow them on Twitter.  Click Here to support their work.

The 2023 PA Land Conservation Conference will be held April 26-28 in Reading.

More than 107,000 Pennsylvanians contribute to local land trusts.

(Reprinted from the WeConservePA website.)

[Posted: October 24, 2022]  PA Environment Digest

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