Dec. 11 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The Dec. 11 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

Gov. Wolf Announces Growing Greener Grant Awards To 106 Local Clean Water Projects

Growing Greener Coalition Applauds Growing Greener Grants, Points To Need For More Clean Water Investments

DCNR Invests $44 Million In Local Recreation, Natural Resource Conservation Projects

Growing Greener Coalition Applauds DCNR Support For Local Conservation, Recreation Projects, Cautions Funding Is Insufficient

DEP Awards $550,000 For 15 Projects To Protect Lake Erie, Delaware Estuary Areas

House Appropriations Reschedules Hearing On DEP, DCNR Use Of Special Funds To Jan. 25

PEDF Files Petition Urging Court To Declare New Transfers Of Monies From Oil & Gas Fund Unconstitutional, $1.1 Billion At Stake

Effort To Refer Severance Tax Bill To House Committee Fails By One Vote, 1 Week Of Session Left

[ News From Capitol ]

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule [Updated]/Gov’s Schedule/ Bills Introduced

Bill Extending Storage Tank Cleanup Programs, Funding Tank Program Goes To Governor

House Environmental Committee Meets Dec. 11 On Bill To Exempt Steel Slag From Waste Definition

Senate Environmental Committee To Consider E-Waste Recycling Overhaul Dec. 13

[ The Feds ]

EPA’s Pruitt Tells Congress He’s Leading EPA With A Back To Basics Agenda

Op-Ed: Critical Federal Support for Hunting, Fishing Lands Under Threat

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Oppose Federal Bill Opening Wilderness Areas To Bikes

[  Watershed Restoration - Green Infrastructure ]

CBF: Study Finds Exelon Can Make Contributions To Mitigate Impacts Of Conowingo Dam

DEP To Reissue Current PAG-02 Stormwater General Permit Effective Dec. 8

Triple Benefits: State, Local Officials Tour Stormwater Pollution Reduction Project In Dauphin County

Triple Benefits: Pittsburgh Water Authority, Corps Cost-Share On Negley Run Green Infrastructure Project

Triple Benefits: Green Master Plan Leads To Stormwater Improvements At Wrightsville Riverfront Park

DEP Blog: A New Life For Monocacy Creek In Bethlehem

Dec. 15 Forum: Hunters, Anglers, Watershed Groups Working Together On Conservation

Triple Benefits: December Green Infrastructure Newsletter Now Available From LandStudies

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Certification Jan. 25-26 In Lancaster

29th Annual Landscape Design Symposium Jan. 11-12 In Montgomery County

[ Dump Cleanups - Recycling ]

PEC Celebrates 10 Years Of Dumpsite Cleanups In Pike, Potter, Susquehanna, Wayne Counties

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 3rd Annual Western PA Zero Waste Event & Business Awards

DEP Begins Accepting Applications From Counties For Waste Planning, Household Haz. Waste, Education Grants Jan. 1

December Newsletter Now Available From PA Resources Council

[ Education ]

DEP, Ag, Ed Officials Tour New Agricultural, Environmental Learning Center In Philadelphia

Wildlife Leadership Academy Seeks Motivated Students To Become Youth Conservation Ambassadors

Demolition Begins For New Brodhead Creek Nature Center In Monroe County

Western PA Clear The Air Student Poster Contest Now Accepting School Registrations

[ Natural Gas - Energy ]

DEP Issues Cabot Oil & Gas $99,000 Penalty For Numerous Well Site Air Quality Violations In Susquehanna County

DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee Meets Dec. 14 On Draft Final GPs Controlling Methane From Natural Gas Operations

Harrisburg University Hosts The Author Of The Fracking Debate At March 2 Program

IFO Natural Gas Report: Production up 4.8%, Producing Wells Up 9.3% Over 2016

PUC Invites Comments On Proposal To Enhance Consumer Information About Electricity, Natural Gas Shopping

Report Shows Slight Drop In Consumer Complains About Electric, Natural Gas, Water, Telephone Utilities In 2016

Pittsburgh Startup Module Designs Urban Homes With Energy-Saving, Sustainable Design Features

[ Recreation - Land Conservation]

PennDOT Completes Marked Bicycle Lanes In Chester, Delaware, Montgomery Counties

PA Land Trust Assn Accepting Nominations For Govt. Leadership, Conservation Leadership Awards

Brandywine Conservancy, Greenway Partners Install New Creek Access In Downingtown Park

84-Acre Natural Area Donated To Western PA Conservancy In Somerset County

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Names Jayne Miller President & CEO

Westmoreland Land Trust Names Betsy Aiken Executive Director

[ Other Good Stuff ]

PEC In Case You Missed It In November Now Available

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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Stories Invited

2018 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 23-24 - Sponsorships Available

Suporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

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