May 7 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The May 7 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

House Passes Bills Changing Regulation, Permit Process In Ways That Puts Politics Ahead Of Science, Adds More Bureaucracy

DEP Fines Mariner East 2 Pipeline Additional $355,000 For Violations

PUC Allows Restart Of Mariner East 1 Pipeline Operations Following Compliance With Emergency Order

House Republicans Unexpectedly Delay Final Vote On Bill Weakening Standards Protecting The Environment From Conventional Oil & Gas Drilling

EQB To Consider Significant Increase In Unconventional Oil & Gas Permit Review Fee May 16

Penn State Extension Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award

PA Water Companies Honor FERC Commissioner Robert F. Powelson With James McGirr Kelly Award

Op-Ed: Partnership’s New Tree-tment Helps PA Streams, Streets Tackle Runoff Ills

Who Will Be PA’s Official State Amphibian? The Eastern Hellbender Or Wehrle’s Salamander? Time To Weigh In

Report On Delaware Estuary And Basin Cause For Celebration, Concern

House Resolution Recognizes 125th Anniversary Of State Forest, State Park System

[ News From The Capitol ]

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

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

House Passes Alternative Ratemaking Bill To Encourage Conservation, Renewable Energy

House Committee Reports Out Local Clean Energy Financing Bill

Gov. Wolf Backs New Bipartisan Severance Tax, Permit Reform, Minimum Royalty Bills; No Dedicated Funding For Environmental Programs

Proposed Bills Call For Narrowing Grounds For Appealing DEP Permits, Reducing Terms Of Environmental Hearing Board Judges

[  Citizen Advice ]

Citizens Advisory Council Reviews DEP Drinking Water Program May 16

DCNR Blog: Long-Standing DCNR Advisory Council Seeks New Members For Open Seats

[ Water ]

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Meets May 17

Penn State Agriculture & Environment Center Quarterly Newsletter Now Available

Delaware River Basin Commission May 16 Hearing, June 13 Business Meeting

PUC Highlights Drinking Water Week In PA, Touts Investments In Replacing Aging Facilities, Lead Lines

Darby Creek Valley Assn: Making A Difference Through Green Infrastructure May 9, Delaware County

Tree Pittsburgh Sets Goal To Distribute, Plant 4,000 Trees In 2018

DCED Provides $1.4 Million In Additional Funding For Solomon Creek Flood Protection Project In Luzerne

[ Education ]

Westmoreland Conservation District Announces Winners Of 2018 Envirothon

DCNR Now Accepting Teens For New Youth Ambassador Program At State Parks, Forests

Western PA Conservancy Opens ADA-Accessible Garden In Pittsburgh

[ Cleanups - Waste Collection Events - Enforcement ]

PA Resources Council Holds First Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event May 12 In Allegheny County

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: Allegheny River & Watershed Cleanup May 12

Centre County Collects Over 76,000 Pounds Of Household Hazardous Waste

Keep PA Beautiful, Elk County Host Municipal Waste, Recycling & Enforcement Forum May 31

[ Air ]

EPA Designates 5 Southeast Counties In Pennsylvania Nonattaiment For Ground Level Ozone

[ Energy ]

DEP Invites Comments On Transcontinental Quarryville Loop Pipeline, Compressor Station Permits

DEP Now Accepting Applications For $5 Million In Alternative Fuels Incentive Grants

FirstEnergy Utility Customers Offered $3,000 Rebate On All-Electric Cars By Nissan In PA

New Transit CNG Fueling Station Opens In Crawford County

Frick Environmental Center In Pittsburgh Achieves Living Building Challenge Certification

Penn State Students Build Portable Solar Boxes To Help Restore Services In Puerto Rico

PUC Issues Proposed Policy Statement On Alternative Ratemaking

PJM Interconnection Announces Next Phase Of Grid Resilience Initiative

FirstEnergy: PJM Study Ignores Value Of Nuclear Plants In Zero-Carbon Emissions Generation

[ Policy ]

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In April Now Available

[ Recreation - Forests - Land Conservation ]

Sen. Yudichak Kicks Off 165-Hike On Delaware & Lehigh Trail May 8

Apply Now For Southern Alleghenies Regional Greenways, Recreation Mini-Grants

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosts May 30 Program On The Spotted Lanternfly In Pike County

Tinicum Conservancy Helps Preserve 57-Acre Farm In Bucks County

Bay Journal: Retired PA Forester Dan Devlin's 37-Year Career With Trees Bore Much Fruit

May 2 DCNR Resource Newsletter Now Available

[ In Your Yard ]

PA Horticultural Society Gardening & Greening Contest Now Accepting Entries

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Native Plant Sale Set For May 19-20 In Berks County

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Native Plant Sale June 1-2 In Monroe County

[ Wildlife ]

Piping Plovers Return To Presque Isle For 2nd Year In Erie, Public Asked to Respect Nesting Area

Deer Fawns More Likely To Survive In Agricultural Landscapes Than Forest

[ Opportunity ]

Help Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Watershed Technician Riparian Forestry, Chesapeake Bay Watershed

[ Helpful Resources ]

Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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Stories Invited

Supporting Member PA Outdoor Writers Assn./PA Trout Unlimited

Register Now For 20th PA Abandoned Mine Reclamation Conference

PA Environment Digest is edited by David E. Hess, former Secretary Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.  He can be contacted at 717-576-0420 or send email to: DHess@CrisciAssociates.com.

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