Here are 76 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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-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: Solar Energy Becoming Mainstream For PA Utilities - The Cheapest Form Of Electric Generation You Can Build [And There Is Zero Fuel Cost]

-- TribLive: Homeowners Brace For Winter As Prices To Heat Homes Skyrocket, Biggest Spike Is For Natural Gas - More Than 34% Increase

-- DEP: PA General Energy Cited For More Water Pollution Violations, Blocking The Whole Width Of Loyalsock Creek At Gas Pipeline/Water Withdrawal Construction Site In Lycoming County [PaEN]

-- DelcoTimes Letter: Many Questions About Proposed LNG Export Terminal In Chester, Delaware County - PA League Of Women Voters 

-- WSJ: Tougher Federal Rules On Methane Leaks Coming, But Conventional Oil & Gas Wells That Are Responsible For 80%+ Of Leaks Might Catch A Break  [PA Examples]

-- 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]

-- Citizens Voice Editorial: Subsidizing Pollution - Taxpayers Pay $1.7 Billion To Subsidize Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More  [PaEN]

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

-- Pine Creek Headwaters Protection Group: Potential Impacts Of Shale Gas Development Forest Fragmentation On Tioga State Forest Birds - By Dr. Robert M. Ross  [PaEN]

-- Post-Gazette - Anya Litvak: EQT, CNX See Bright Future For Appalachian Natural Gas, But Energy Agency Says Russia’s War Has Caused Many To Rethink Use Of Gas 

-- Citizens Voice: DEP Will Monitor Culm Bank Site For Possible Underground Coal Mine Fire In Newport Twp. Near Proposed Natural Gas To Gasoline Plant Site In Luzerne

-- Scranton Times: Coal Mine Subsidence Closes Portion Of Keystone Ave. In Blakely, Lackawanna County

-- A Study Finding Microplastics In 100% Of Exceptional Value, High Quality, Class A Trout Streams Sampled In PA Is Disturbing To Wildlife Advocates  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Study Finds Microplastic Pollution In NE PA’s Cleanest Waterways

-- Scranton Times/Republican Herald Editorial: Legislators Like Plastics, Expect More  [PaEN]

-- Penn State Research: PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Persist Through Wastewater Treatment, May Enter Crops - By Penn State News  [PaEN]

-- Environmental Health News: A Guide To Environmental Health In Southwestern PA

-- PA Audubon Council Recognizes DCNR Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn With First Walt Pomeroy Conservation Award  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Celebrates 5 Million Trees Planted

-- Stroud Water Research Center: Sharing Our Knowledge Of Watershed Restoration  [PaEN]

-- LancasterOnline: Little Conestoga Creek Blue/Green Corridor Restoration Project Receives $2 Million State RACP Grant

-- PennLive - Marcus Schneck: Stream Restoration Projects To Dig Into Potential Opportunities Stream Muck Offers

-- DEP Tours Kettle Creek Stream Restoration Project, Highlights Clinton County Clean Water Action Plan Progress  [PaEN]

-- DCNR Joins Volunteers, Alliance For Chesapeake Bay For 24-Hour Treelay Tree Plantings Oct. 28-29 In Adams, Cumberland, Lancaster, York Counties

-- Reminder: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay First-Ever 24-Hour Volunteer Tree Planting Relay In PA, MD, DC Oct. 28-29  [PaEN]

-- Lebtown.com: Two Lebanon County Borough Split $300,000 In Grants To Restore Stream Damage

-- Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Nov. 10, Berks Nature Rookery

-- Still Time To Register!  Bucknell University River Symposium. Nov. 4-5 In Lewisburg

-- Warren Times: Residents With Private Water Wells Encouraged To Attend Penn State Extension Program, Have Water Tested

-- Warren Times Editorial: Take Advantage Of Water Well Clinic, Test Your Water

-- Gov. Wolf Announces Nearly $45 Million In Funding For Local Community Block Grant Projects, Including Wastewater, Drinking Water And Parks

-- Keep PA Beautiful: Final Report On 2021 Healing The Planet Grants Supported By The Giant Company

-- TribLive: Penn Hills Shade Tree Commission Needs Volunteers For Planting In Allegheny County Nov. 12

-- Clean Water Is Up To You: The Family Forest Carbon Program - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County  [PaEN]

-- Scranton Times: Officials Highlight Federal, State Investments In Conservation, Environment, Urban Revitalization 

-- Sen. DiSanto Wants Commonwealth Agencies To Pay Their Fair Share Of Local Stormwater Fees

-- Clean Air Council Appeals DEP Waste Permit Exemption For Plastics Processing Facility In Northumberland County  [PaEN]

-- DEP Urges Residents To Recycle Household Goods, Clothing Which Make Up 10% Of Municipal Waste Stream; Launches Circular Merchant Platform App  [PaEN]

-- Keep PA Beautiful Litter Hawk Youth Award Program Now Open!  Fun, Prizes & Litter Awareness For Grades K To 6  [PaEN]

-- Republican Herald: Schuylkill County Participating In National Prescription Drug Take Back Day For 17th Time

-- WHYY: Delaware Valley Sites Collect Unused Medications On National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

-- PennLive: Harrisburg, Dauphin County Fight Illegal Dumping: ‘We Will Find You, And You Will Be Stopped’

-- MCall: It’s Easy To Be Green At Bethlehem’s New Verde Store

-- Williamsport Sun: Locals Help With Hurricane Ian Relief In Florida

-- CEOs For Sustainability Nov. 2 C-Suite Summit In Pittsburgh To Highlight Business Action Around Climate Change, Share New Insights On Regional Decarbonization Strategy [PaEN]

-- EPA Awards $34.6 Million In Clean School Bus Grants To PA School Districts [PaEN]

-- Penn State Institutes Of Energy & The Environment/ PA GreenGov Council Nov. 10 Webinar: Household Carbon Reduction - Building Sciences Connection. 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.

-- PA Municipal League/Sustainable PA Nov. 15 In-Person/Virtual Fall Sustainability Conference, The Inn at Villanova University, Radnor, Delaware County. 8:30 to 4:00 p.m.

-- PA Solar Center Nov. 18 Webinar: PA Solar Guidebooks: Helping Landowners and Municipalities Navigate Solar Growth  [PaEN]

-- PennTAP: Get A Free Pollution Prevention & Energy Efficiency Assessment For Your PA Manufacturing Business  [PaEN]

-- Southwestern PA Energy Efficiency Roundtable Nov. 15 Webinar: Unraveling The Ins And Outs Of Retro-Commissioning And Saving Energy. 11:00 a.m. to Noon.

-- PPL Utilities: This Halloween It’s Time To Slay Those Energy Vampires

-- University of Pittsburgh Prof. Shanti Gamper-Rabindram On America’s Energy Future Nov. 15 At Riverstone Books In Pittsburgh, 6:00 p.m.

-- Westmoreland Land Trust, WeConservePA Host Site Visit To Ongoing Conservation Of Schwarz Farm  [PaEN]

-- LebTown.com: Swatara State Park To Expand By 136 Acres Thanks To Gift Of Land By Ward Burton Wildlife Foundation

-- LancasterOnline: Millersville University Acknowledges Native Americans’ Stewardship Of Local Land

-- York Dispatch: ‘Houses Everywhere’: Saving Farmland In York County For A New Generation

-- WHYY: Chester County Farmer Makes A Horror Movie To Save The Family Farm

-- Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2023 Pennsylvania River Of The Year  [PaEN]

-- TribLive - Mary Ann Thomas: Butler-Freeport ‘The Little Trail That Could’ Celebrates 30th Anniversary Saturday

-- DCNR: State, Local Officials Join In Dedication Of Enola Low Grade Rail Trail Bridge In Lancaster County

-- DCNR State Parks Fall Edition Of Their Environmental Education Newsletter Now Available  [PaEN]

-- TribLive: Fundraiser To Help Vets, First Responders Through Outdoor Learning, Hunting Scheduled In Ross On Nov. 10

-- NextPittsburgh: Outdoor Inclusion Coalition Aims To Make Parks More Accessible For All

-- TribLive: Longwood Residents Participate In Planting Meadow At Plum Retirement Community To Improve Wildlife Habitat, Attract Pollinators

-- TribLive: 4 Western PA Mayors Sign Monarch Pledge, Volunteers Sought To Help Save Butterflies, Other Pollinators

-- Phipps Conservatory Native Plant And Sustainability Conference Nov. 12 In Pittsburgh. 9:45 a.m to 3:40 p.m.

-- Penn State’s Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center Breaks New Ground With Training Venomous Snakes

-- WeConservePA: DCNR Bureau Of Forestry Forest Fridays: How Do Animals Know When To Go? When To Stock Up For The Winter?

-- Williamsport Sun: Seven Mountains Audubon - A Look At The Many Songs Of The Year-Round Birds In PA

-- Nature At Risk: The American Bald Eagle Flies High Once More - By Carol Hillestad for Brodhead Watershed Association, Monroe County

-- Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Announces New Senior Education Internship [PaEN]

-- Chesapeake Bay Journal - Karl Blankenship: Civilian Conservation Corps: Tough Times Led To Lasting Legacies At Chesapeake Bay Region’s Parks

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[Posted: October 30, 2022]   PA Environment Digest

10/31/2022