March 19 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The March 19 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

PUC Ratifies Emergency Order Suspending Operations Of Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Senate Committees To Hold Joint Pipeline Safety Hearing March 20

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Committee Discusses Preliminary Pollution Reduction Targets PA Must Meet

Op-Ed: Fish & Boat Commission Deserves Its Independence To Restore Financial Stability To The Agency

The People Have Spoken! Landforce Winner Of Google Impact Challenge In Pittsburgh

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule

House Committee OKs Bills Creating New Bureaucracies To Take Permit Reviews Away From DEP, Waive Penalties, Create Office of The Repealer, Cap Number Of Regulations

House Committee Approves Bill To Encourage Microgrids

PA Clean Transportation Infrastructure Bill Approved By House Committee

Bill Limiting Terms Of Fish & Boat Commission Executive Directors OK’d By House Committee In Nearly Party Line Vote

Bipartisan Bill To Require Water Testing At Schools Introduced

House Agriculture Committee Meets March 26 On PennVEST Loan To Lyme Timber For Conservation Easements

[ Public Participation ]

DEP Citizens Advisory Council Reviews Waste, Recycling Programs March 20

[ Water ]

New Forms For Chpt. 105 Development-Related Permits Should Reduce DEP Review Times

Bay Journal: Plain Sect, Amish Farmers Becoming More Involved In Conservation

NRCS-PA Blog: A Little Farm Conservation Yields Big Improvement In Drinking Water For 14,000 In Berks County

Chesapeake Bay Commission Urges Significant Increase In Technical Assistance, Funding For Federal Farm Bill Conservation Programs

Penn State Extension: Online Course On Writing Manure Management Plans Available 24/7

April 12 Women In Agriculture: Nurturing Your Land & Sustaining Your Farming Business Program In Lewisburg

Natural Lands: Penn Township Wins Growing Greener Communities Award In Chester County

Water Insights Seminar March 20: Stroud: Multi-Strategy Whole Watershed Restoration For Resiliency

Schuylkill Action Network Celebrates 15th Anniversary With New Website

DEP Holds P&N Coal Company Permit Application Meeting March 21 In Clearfield County

March Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Waterline Project, Indiana County

PennDOT Releases Paxton Creek Restoration Master Plan In Harrisburg To Deal With Flooding; Meeting March 22

Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority Oversight Order Approved By PUC

PA American Water Unveils $19.6 Million Plan For Upgrading Water Storage In 16 Communities

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Strengthens Right-To-Know Policy, Recognizes Mark Hartle With Goddard Award

[ Waste - Littering/Illegal Dumping ]

Lancaster Waste-To-Energy Facility Processed 10 Million Tons Of Waste Into Clean Energy

Robert Zorbaugh Named Next CEO Of Lancaster Solid Waste Management Authority

PennDOT, DEP Seek Volunteers For Statewide Spring Cleanup, Beautification Effort

Weis Markets Supports Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful 2018 Great American Cleanup of PA

[ Air Quality ]

DEP Proposes Changes To Regional Haze Air Pollution Plan For Comment, 3 Hearings

[ Energy ]

DEP Issues Water Quality Certification For Berks County Power Plant Natural Gas Pipeline

CFA Provides $980,000 In Funding For Natural Gas Pipeline Project In Monroe County

PUC Continues Analysis Of How Federal Tax Cuts May Affect Customer Utility Rates

DEP, PennDOT Other Partners To Unveil Draft Plan To Increase Electric Vehicle Use At March 26 Meeting

Proposed Policy On Third-Party Electric Vehicle Charging Advanced By PUC

Gov. Wolf: CFA Invests Nearly $30 Million In 78 Projects Solar Energy Projects

[ Personnel Development ]

Penn State Extension: New Working With Volunteers Online Course Available 24/7

PA Environmental Professionals 2018 Conference Set For May 2-4 In State College

[ Land Recycling ]

Call For Presentations: 2018 PA Brownfields Conference Oct. 1-3 In Bethlehem

[ Forests - Parks ]

Funding Available To Help Volunteer Fire Companies Battle Wildfires

Pittsburgh Landforce Now Accepting Applications For Work Crew Members To Restore Green Assets

National Arbor Day Foundation Recognizes TreePhilly Founder Erica Smith Fichman

Penn State Extension Healthy Trees, Healthy People Program May 23-24 In Pittsburgh

Feature: A Legacy You Can Take Pride In Continuing - 125 Years Of State Parks & Forests

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Accepting Entries For 2018 Photo Contest

Spring Penn’s Stewards Newsletter Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Register Now For Rails-To-Trails Conservancy June 10-14 Delaware & Lehigh Sojourn

Delaware Highlands Conservancy: Woodloch Resort Guests Raise Funds For Conservation

[ Wildlife ]

PA Trout Unlimited Roundtable On Climate Change Effects On Wildlife and Forests March 27 In Wilkes-Barre

Be A Citizen Scientist: Participate In 2018 City Nature Challenge In Pittsburgh Region April 27-30

Fish & Boat Commission Receives Funding To Update Children's Lake Dam In Cumberland County

Popular Mentored Youth Trout Days Set For March 24, April 7

Egg-citing News! Harrisburg Peregrine Falcons Have 2 Eggs So Far!

Internationally Acclaimed Birder, Photographer Richard Crossley Visits State College April 7

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation: First Pennsylvania Wildlife Gala April 6 In State College

[ Opportunities ]

Interns Wanted: Eastern PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation: Communications, Watershed Positions

Interns Wanted: TU PA Coldwater Habitat Restoration Program Biological Field Interns

Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Filling 3 Positions Based In Harrisburg

Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy: Program Manager For Farm Preserve In Westmoreland County

[ Useful Resources ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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