Here are 53 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.

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-- Attorney General’s Office Reported To Be Investigating Conventional Oil & Gas Operators For Illegally Road Dumping Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

-- Game Commission Recognizes John C. Oliver With Lifetime Achievement Award,  Renames The Award After Oliver  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Game Commission Creates Award Named For John Oliver Who Helped Preserved More Than 200,000 Acres In The State

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Poll Finds Voters Want Federal Rescue Plan Money To Beef Up PA’s State Parks, Forests

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Successful Growth Of Baby Mussels In Kiski River Indicates Continued Health Of Waterways

-- Scranton Times Guest Essay: Seize The Rare Opportunity To Resolve Toxic Mine Drainage - by Robert Hughes, Eastern PA Coalition for Abandoned Mine Reclamation

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: DEP To Close Mine Opening, Demolish Old Fan Building At Roaring Run Trail In Armstrong County

-- MCall: Emmaus Sues Makers Of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Over Groundwater Contamination

-- Sustainable Business Network Recognizes Green Stormwater Infrastructure Projects In Philadelphia Region  [PaEN]

-- PA American Water Announces $75,000 In Grants To Support Local Environmental Projects  [PaEN]

-- U.S. Dept. Of Education Recognizes Spring-Ford School District, Shippensburg University As Green Ribbon Schools  [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces Award Of $632,897 In Environmental Education Grants To Support 63 Projects Across The State  [PaEN]

-- Exelon Foundation Announces Green Lab Grant Winners, 2023 Applications Open; Plans To Advance STEM Education In Under-Resourced Communities

-- York Dispatch: 1,500 Trees Planted To Complete 20 Acre Riparian Forest Buffer In Northeastern School District

-- Reading Eagle: Berks Conservationists Showcase Nature’s Beauty, Importance Of Earth Day

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Calling Lancaster County Teachers - Join Outdoor Leadership Network Initiative  [PaEN]

-- Green Philly: Classroom On Wheels, How Stroud Water Research Center Is Changing Environmental Ed 

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Calling Lancaster County Teachers - Join Outdoor Leadership Network Initiative  [PaEN]

-- Westmoreland Conservation District: Hands-On Envirothon Returns For High School Students April 28  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fox Chapel High School Students Earn Top Honors At STEM Contest At Heinz Field

-- MCall Guest Essay - Paul Muschick: How A Parkland High School Class Could Be An Answer To PA’s Volunteer Firefighting Crisis

-- Daily Item: Milton Area 5th Graders Organize Litter Clean Up At White Deer Elementary

-- WHYY: Tree-Plantings And Trash Walks: Earth Day 2022 In Philly

-- The Burg News: On Earth Day, Volunteers Cleanup Harrisburg Capital Area Greenbelt, Stress Importance Of Pitching In

-- Scranton Times: Keystone College Students Mark Earth Day With Roadside Cleanup

-- MCall: Earth Day: Your Guide To Events, Cleanups In Lehigh Valley Area

-- Keep PA Beautiful’s Fayette County Affiliate Transitions From All Volunteer Led To County Recycling Office  [PaEN]

-- DEP Announces $30.5 Million Recycling Implementation Grants To 157 Municipalities [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Chester Residents Rally Against Trash Incinerator: ‘We Are Still On The Battlefield’

-- Post-Gazette - Laura Legere: Offices Adapt As COVID Highlights Hazards Of Poor Indoor Air Quality 

-- Allegheny Conference Report: Decarbonization, Energy Transition Are Critical To The Future Competitiveness Of Pittsburgh Region  [PaEN]

-- NextPittsburgh: Allegheny Conference Report Charts ‘Middle Path’ For Western PA’s Energy Future

-- Erie Times: Solar Panels Eyed For Erie’s Central Firehouse, Could Save More Than $7,000 A Year In Energy Costs

-- The Philadelphia Citizen: Philadelphia Energy Authority Report: Installing Solar Panels On Schools Would Save $20,000 A Year In Energy Costs

-- Appalachian Voices: Appalachian Groups Urge Biden, Congress To Ensure Climate Action Helps Energy Transition Communities  [PaEN]

-- Quaker Houghton Releases 2021 Sustainability Report

-- EQB Final Rule Published In PA Bulletin Reducing Carbon Pollution From Power Plants [RGGI]  [PaEN]

--  DEP Showcases City Of Reading’s Local Climate Action For Earth Day; Apply Now For Local Climate Assistance Program  [PaEN]

-- Reading Eagle: Reading Kicks Off Earth Day By Showcasing Its Climate Action Plan

-- PA Capital-Star: Investing In The Future Is Not Radical Environmentalism, Pennsylvanians Deserve An Honest Dialogue About What Interests Are Really Driving Climate Debate - By Sen. Amanda Cappelletti (D-Montgomery)

-- Courier Times Guest Essay: Invest In Our Clean Energy Future - PennEnvironment

-- Courier Times: After Long Battle, Stone Meadows Farm Has Been Saved, What’s In Its Future?

-- TribLive: Final Tree Planting Set At Flight 93 National Memorial Friday, Saturday For Reforestation Project 

-- PA Capital-Star: Volunteers Gather At Flight 93 Memorial To Renew The Earth And To Remember

-- Harrisburg Area YMCA's Camp Curtin Branch Urban Garden Adds Native Plants To Help Vegetables Grow  [PaEN]

-- WHYY: Could Planting Gardens Be The Key To Preventing Shootings?  Grays Ferry Residents Are Giving It A Go

-- TribLive - Deb Erdley: From Community Gardens To The Environment, Sisters Of Mercy In Pittsburgh Fulfill Various Missions

--  TribLive: Latodami Nature Center Program To Replace Lawns With Wildlife Habitat Serves As ‘Anti-Grassroots’ Campaign To Improve Environment In Allegheny County

-- Altoona Mirror: Blair County Town’s Efforts To Be Known As A Trail Town Paying Off In Revitalized Economy

-- DCNR Joins Chester County Officials For Trailhead, Trail Opening

-- WHYY: Philly Region Celebrates 350 Miles Of Walkable, Bikeable Trails

 -- Wilkes-Barre Times: Former Area Fish Warden Authors Book On 27-Year Career

Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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[Posted: April 24, 2022] 

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