The September 4 PA Environment Digest is now available. Here are just a few of the headlines--
A plan by a group of conservative House Republicans lead by Rep. Dan Moul (R-Adams) to empty environmental special funds and transfer the money to the General Fund will mean not paying communities for all or part of at least 900 grants for local projects already approved and underway over the last two years.
By Harry Campbell, PA Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation
The following op-ed appeared in Lancasteronline.com Friday highlighting the backward steps both Pennsylvania and the federal government are taking to fund cost-effective nutrient and sediment pollution reduction practices and its local economic impact—
A new report issued by the Center for Rural Pennsylvania Friday found “very heavy precipitation” has increased by 71 percent over the last 54 years in the Northeast and Pennsylvania putting the 831,000 people living on floodplains in the state at even more risk of flooding.
Now Tropical Depression Harvey is another opportunity to remind public officials that investing in green infrastructure yields triple the benefits-- reducing stormwater flooding, nutrient and sediment reduction-- over single purpose solutions.
Acting Insurance Commissioner Jessica Altman urged Congress to include provisions specifically supporting private market residential flood insurance as it works on the reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program which is set to expire on September 30.
On the eve of Stroud Water Research Center’s 50th anniversary, the 2017 Stroud Award for Freshwater Excellence will be presented to His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco at The Water’s Edge, the Stroud Center’s premiere fundraising gala, on September 17.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Monday honored winners of the Presidential Innovation Award For Environmental Educators and the President’s Environmental Youth Award Program during events in Washington, D.C.
Devin and Roldan Kramer from Ardmore, Delaware/Montgomery counties received the 2016 President’s Environmental Youth Award for grade levels K-5 for their work to save frogs and toads. PIAEE honorable mention was awarded to Joseph Bentz, a middle school teacher at Albert M. Greenfield Elementary in Philadelphia.
The federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement Thursday announced it is honoring the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation with its highest national award for abandoned mine reclamation.
The International Coastal Cleanup, a global initiative that aims to prevent trash from entering our waterways, begins on September 1, but there is still time to register a cleanup event or volunteer.
The International Coastal Cleanup runs now through October 31. Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful coordinates the effort in Pennsylvania.
Nearly 70,000 people work in Pennsylvania’s clean energy sector, according to the 2017 Clean Jobs Pennsylvania report unveiled Thursday by the national, nonpartisan business group E2 (Environmental Entrepreneurs) and local partner Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance (KEEA).
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