November 5 PA Environment Digest Now Available

The November 5 PA Environment Digest is now available.

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[ Headlines ]

DEP Inspections Find Unreported Landslides On Right-Of-Way Of Newly Constructed Revolution Pipeline In Western PA, Compliance Order Issued

Trout Unlimited Hosts Nov. 16 Webinar On Ecological Impacts Of Delaware River Basin Natural Gas Pipelines & New Interactive Map Tool

Commonwealth Court Upholds Local Zoning Ordinance Allowing Drilling In All Districts As Long As They Meet Standards

DEP Launches ePermitting For Oil & Gas Well Drilling, Related Erosion & Sedimentation Permit

DEP: Pennsylvania Has Already Met Original 2030 CPP Greenhouse Gas Reductions

AG Shapiro, Philadelphia, Other States Say EPA’s Proposed Replacement For Clean Power Plan Unlawful

New Poll: PA Hunters, Anglers Support Robust Funding For Restoring Habitat, Water Quality, Growing Greener

PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Meeting Nov. 20, Workgroup Meeting Schedule

Local Officials Invited To 4 PA Chesapeake Bay Local Government Advisory Committee Roundtables In November

Somerset Conservation District Receives National Award For Lambert Run, Flight 93 Site Mine Drainage Treatment Project

108,638 Volunteers Picked Up Over 5 Million Pounds Of Trash During 2018 Great American Cleanup Of PA

Be Part Of A Special Awards Celebration Nov. 15 As The PA Resources Council Recognizes Winners Of The 2018 Environmental Leadership Awards

Centre County, Weis Markets, Trex Company Honor 5th Grade Student Poster Contest Winners On America Recycles Day, Nov. 15

PA Land Trust Assn. Accepting Nominations For 2019 Lifetime Leadership & Land Conservation Government Leadership Awards

DCNR Week 6: Fall Foliage Now At Its Most Vivid Colors Across Most Of PA

[ News From The Capitol ]

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

[ The Feds ]

Gov. Wolf Requests Federal Aid For Severe Storms In August For 15 Counties

EPA Invites City Of Lancaster To Apply For $22 Million WIFIA Water Infrastructure Loan

[ Water ]

Local Stream Guardians Protect Bobs Creek In Bedford, Blair Counties

Citizen Science Brings Local Students To Katz Natural Area In Crawford County

Partnership Crosses State Lines In Bedford County To Protect Water Quality

Feature: Meet The Master Watershed Stewards Who Are Saving Streams

November Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Bay Journal: Restored Peters Creek In Lancaster County Lures Trout, Threatened Chesapeake Logperch

Penn State Water Insights Seminar Nov. 9, Who Signs Up For Free Rain Gardens?

Lacawac Sanctuary: Are Pocono Lakes On The Precipice Of An Ecological Tipping Point?

Nov. 10 Clean Water Advocacy Workshop In Harrisburg

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Leavitt Branch Dry Dam Walk-And-Talk Tour Nov. 18, Monroe County

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Nov. 14, Meeting Dec. 12

[ Environmental Education ]

DEP Now Accepting Applications For 2019 Environmental Education Grants, Webinar Nov. 15

Water Wiser Kids Nov. 10 Search For Stories Of The Forest At Nothstein Preserve In Monroe County

25 PA Teachers Receive PPL Foundation Grants To Support Science, Technology, Engineering, Math Programs

Call For Participants! Westminster College Student Symposium On The Environment Dec. 6, Lawrence County

DCNR Blog: College Student’s Journey Into An Environmental Conservation Career With The PA Outdoor Corps

[ Mine Reclamation ]

Groundbreaking At Hanover 9 Mine Reclamation Site For New Industrial Park In Luzerne County

[ Air ]

Dec. 4 DEP Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For East Penn Manufacturing, Berks County

DEP Hearing [If Needed] Dec. 11 On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Exelon Croydon Power Plant In Bucks County

Dec. 11 DEP Hearing [If Needed] On Alternative RACT II Air Quality Plan For Arcelormittal Plate Company In Montgomery County

Hearing Dec. 11 [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Monroe Energy Facility In Delaware County

[ Energy ]

Families Can Applying Now For Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program

2 Dec. 4 Hearings On 2 New Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Compressor Stations In Bucks, Delaware County

DEP Accepting Applications For FAST Act Alternative Fuels Corridor Infrastructure Grants Starting Nov. 9

PennDOT Announces Opening Of 14th CNG Transit Fueling Station In Indiana County

Philadelphia City Council Bill Would Authorize Purchase Of Electricity From New 70-MW Solar Facility In Adams County

PJM Completes Fuel Security Study As Part Of Resilience Initiative, Results Confirm Grid Reliability

[ Sustainability ]

CMU Mascaro Center For Sustainable Innovation 2019 Engineering Sustainability Conference April 7-9 In Pittsburgh

[ Forest - Land Conservation - Recreation ]

State Forester Visits SCI Rockview To Tout Program Preparing Inmates For Careers In Tree Maintenance

Dedicated Volunteers Are Helping To Restore Toms Run Nature Reserve In Allegheny County

Western PA Conservancy Joins Partners To Protect Globally Rare Ecosystem In Chester, Delaware, Lancaster Counties

Using GIS: Changes In The Prairie At Jennings Environmental Center Over Time In Butler County

Western PA Conservancy Fall Conserve Magazine Reports On Local Conservation Efforts 

Delaware Highlands Conservancy Green Lodging Partner: James Manning House, Bethany, Wayne County

Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Curt Weinhold, Dark Skies Photographer At Cherry Springs State Park

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

October 31 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

[ Wildlife ]

Game Commission Adds Quebec To Chronic Wasting Disease Endemic States/Provinces

Game Commission: Deer Are On The Move, Motorists Use Caution

Wildlife For Everyone Foundation Adds Three New Trustees To Board

[ Opportunity ]

Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District District Engineer Or Urban Resource Conservationist

[ Other Helpful Resources ]

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Public Participation Opportunities/Calendar Of Events

Grants & Awards

Regulations, Technical Guidance & Permits

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