There are 20 new stories in this week’s PA Environment Digest about securing our environmental rights, volunteers planting trees, cleaning up litter, charting a new course on climate change, advocating for Chesapeake Bay funding, recognizing solar energy pioneers, redeveloping brownfield sites, promoting land stewardship and protection of wildlife and pollinators.

There are many, many more people just like these working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Thank you for your leadership!

-- Now On Demand: StateImpactPA, WITF, PA Parks & Forests Foundation Panel Discussion On 50th Anniversary Of PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment

-- Pennsylvania Envirothon To Announce 2021 State Competition Winners Live Online May 27

-- Registration Open For Dive Deeper Environmental Education Summit Set For Sept. 23-24

-- WeConservePA: Water & Green Infrastructure - A Good Fit For PA American Rescue Plan Funding

-- Cooks Run Watershed Recovering After 43 Years Of Work In Clinton County

-- Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Donegal Trout Unlimited Devoted To Repairing Streams In Lancaster County

-- Penn State Extension: New Research & Education Buffer Planting In Dauphin County

-- Webinar Participants Complete Backyard Stream Repair Project In Western PA

-- PA American Water Awards Over $45,000 In Local Watershed Project Grants

-- Chesapeake Bay Commission Proposes $737 Million USDA Clean Water & Climate Resiliency Initiative In Federal Infrastructure Bill For Bay Watershed

-- Bay Journal: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Marks 50 Years

-- Presentation Proposals Now Being Accepted For 2021 Virtual Watershed Congress Sept. 20-24

-- Carnegie Mellon, Richard King Mellon Foundation Announce Historic Partnership To Accelerate CMU’s Science & Technology Leadership And Transformation Of Hazelwood Green

-- 4 DEP Advisory Committees Express Their Support For DEP’s Final Carbon Pollution Reduction Regulation Covering Power Plants [RGGI]

-- PA Solar Center Recognizes Solar Energy Leaders In Beaver, Washington Counties

-- Federal Court Approves DEP, EPA, DOJ Settlement With Chesapeake Appalachia For Failure To Identify, Protect Wetlands At 76 Gas Well Drilling Sites, $1.9 Million Penalty

-- PA Resources Council Sets June Traveling Glass Recycling Bin Sites In Allegheny County

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Celebrates Women In Conservation

-- DCNR Celebrates Induction Of White Clay Creek Preserve In Chester County Into The Old-Growth Forest Network

-- Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Complete Successful Hickory Creek Stewardship Weekend; Join Them July 9-11

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

NEW! Conservation Leadership NewsClips:

StateImpact PA Invites Public To May 24 Discussion On ‘Nature Of The Future’ Book Author Elizabeth Kobert May 24

Lancaster Farming: Farm Near Manheim Installs Riparian Buffer To Protect Nearby Streams

Sean Sauro: Hundreds Of Plants Installed Along Stream In Manheim Twp. Park: ‘An Extremely Good Filer’

Frank Kummer: 254 Acres of Delaware County’s Wyeth Country Added To First State National Historic Park Along Brandywine Creek In Delaware County

Jon Hurdle: Delaware County Sues PFAS Makers For Contamination At Fire-Fighting Sites

PG Editorial: PA Should Demand Long-Term Accountability From Corporations Guilty Of River Pollution

Carnegie Mellon, Richard King Mellon Foundation: Announce Historic Partnership To Accelerate CMU’s Science & Technology Leadership And Transformation Of Hazelwood Green

MCall: PPL CEO Tells Shareholders Climate Change Action Remains ‘Significant Challenge’

WSJ: Vistra Corp Isn’t Building Any More Natural Gas Power Plants, Will Invest In Solar Farms And Battery Storage [Has 3 Natural Gas Power Plants In PA, Testified In General Assembly In Support Of Gas]

TribLive: Greater Latrobe Bus Provide Receives Grants For ‘Green’ Vehicles

Patch: Delaware County Buying 15 Electric Vehicles With State Grant Funding

Reading Eagle: Environmental Advocacy Group Calls For PA To Speed Up Transition To Electric Vehicles

CentreDT: Centre County Recycling Authority Hosts Art Show, Virtual Tours, COVID Testing Site

TribLive: Hampton’s Recycle Rama A Success In Allegheny County

ScrantonT: Scranton City Pride Spring Cleanup Program Resumes

Philly Voice: Outdoor Recreation Remains Popular And Can Help Provide A Big Health Boost

Tom Purcell: Why It Make Sense To Play In The Woods

TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission, Freemasons Plant Trees In Alcoma Neighborhood

Brian Whipkey: State Parks Welcome 26% More Visitors

ErieT: Presque Isle State Park 100th Anniversary History Exhibit Unveiled At Tom Ridge Environmental Center

PG: From Downtown Pittsburgh Wasteland To Point State Park

Reading Eagle: Schuylkill River Boat Launch Opens In Berks After 14 Years

YorkDR: What It’s Like To Band Baby Bald Eagles: ‘Maybe I Should Have Worn My Helmet Today’

Guest Essay: PA Wildlife Under Great Pressure And Need Protection [Conservation Corridors]

Mary Ann Thomas: World Bee Day: ‘We Need Them A Lot More Than They Need Us’

John Hayes: Green Drake Mayflies Are Among PA’s Hidden Natural Treasures

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-- 233 Stories: These Conservation Leaders Gave Us Cleaner Water, Land & Air In 2020! They Deserve Our Thanks, Our Support!

[Posted: May 23, 2021]

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