PA Environment Daily

MARCH 3, 2025

Mini-Grants are single-year grants for projects or work from September 2025 - December 2026, ranging from $2,500 to $15,000. Visit DCNRs Conservation Landscape Initiatives webpage for more on similar programs around Pennsylvania. Click Here to apply and for more information. Find out more about Friends of South Mountain Partnership.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 21, 2024

By Chris Canfield & Dana Flowers, Penn State Extension The Inaugural Agriculture Conservation Assistance Program Conservation Conference wrapped up on June 6 at Toftrees Resort in State College, PA. Karl Brown Recognized The recipient of the Karl Brown Award for Conservation Leadership was Karl Brown.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 17, 2025

. -- DEP published notice in the January 18 PA Bulletin inviting comments on new and revised DEP Water Quality Assessment Methodology for listing and delisting impaired waters under the federal Clean Water Act 2026 Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report. DCNR Conservation and Natural Resources Advisory Council.

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PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Read more here. -- The Public Utility Commission published notice in the November 30 PA Bulletin of the Final Order relating to the Energy Efficiency and Conservation 2026 Total Resource Cost Test under Act 129.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 18, 2022

The Central American nation has won praise for its conservation efforts, including in reforestation, and continues to attract international finance to support its initiatives. The Central American nation has secured more than US$135 million in finance for nature in recent years, another leaf in its conservation success story.

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PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

Visit the Keep PA Beautiful Young Ambassadors to learn more. Other Articles: -- Keep PA Beautiful Partners Recognized Nationally -- Register Your Pick Up Pennsylvania Cleanup Event Today!

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PA Environment Daily

JULY 13, 2024

The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and the Chesapeake Conservancy both praised lawmakers and Gov. Shapiro for including $50 million in funding for the Clean Streams Fund in the new FY 2024-25 state budget to support on-farm conservation practices and other local water quality improvement projects. Read more here.

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

On February 20, the Public Utility Commission voted to invite comments on proposed guidelines for the next phase of the Commonwealths Energy Efficiency and Conservation program (EE&C Program) under Act 129 of 2008. "I

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The webinar is sponsored by the Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance , Black Appalachian Coalition , Conservation Voters of PA , PennFuture , the Sierra Club PA and 412 Justice. Policymakers and residents all must be wary of the false solutions sold by oil and natural gas CEOs, according to the webinar hosts.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 27, 2024

By Julia Krall, Executive Director, Chesapeake Bay Foundation in Pennsylvania Liquid manure from Greg Strayer’s beef farm does not threaten the Conodoguinet Creek any longer, thanks to a 185,000-gallon storage area made possible with cost-share funds through Pennsylvania’s Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP).

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 21, 2024

7-8 Meetings On Act 129 Statewide Energy Efficiency Baseline Studies, 2026 Technical Reference Manual Update -- Spotlight PA - Stephen Caruso: Utility Shut-Off Protections Would Be Expanded To Summer Months Under Bill -- DEP Awards $1.28

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 31, 2023

The Fairmount Park Conservancy recently announced it has received a $10 million grant from the William Penn Foundation to support the implementation of the $250 million plan to dramatically transform FDR Park in Philadelphia. CEO of Fairmount Park Conservancy. Click Here for a list of events at FDR.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This blog was written by Michele Conrad, advisor to Ocean Conservancy on achieving priority fish conservation and ecosystem goals on the West Coast. She is passionate about helping fisheries manage their way through climate change and furthering ocean conservation efforts. Sign up to receive our emails.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Gavin Newsom quickly signed the bills into law, and companies will begin reporting in 2026. These attacks are deeply unpopular with investors and even conservatives , which may explain why the bills haven’t reached the House floor.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Draft FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan. By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000.

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Brag

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Draft FY 2022-2026 EPA Strategic Plan. By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000. Bergeson and Carla N.

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Washington Nature

DECEMBER 20, 2022

As we head into the holiday season, we here at The Nature Conservancy are feeling enormous gratitude for our Washington state leaders in Congress who have been working for years to advance Puget Sound recovery efforts. Last week, a major milestone was achieved in efforts to advance recovery of Puget Sound, and it’s worth celebrating.

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Environmental News Bits

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Through active initiatives to increase energy conservation and reduce carbon emissions, the smart manufacturing market is expected to reach $620 billion by 2026, according to TrendForce. Read the full story at Environment + Energy Leader.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 8, 2025

Michelle Lujan Grishams Strategic Water Supply program, a 50-year water action plan, regulatory frameworks for this treated water would be in place by 2026, and 100,000 acre-feet of water for clean energy production, storage and manufacturing would be used by 2028. As detailed in Gov. Record lows, meanwhile, were set 38 percent more often.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

Read more here. -- The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources published notice in the September 28 PA Bulletin inviting comments on a proposed exchange of about 10 acres of land owned by the Clermont Rod and Gun Club for 0.75 An October 30 hearing is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Whether it is ensuring the health of their crops, monitoring livestock, harvesting, or conserving energy, AI has advanced the productivity and in turn the environmental impact of agriculture. AI technology is projected to double its consumption by 2026. Indeed, data centers in 2022 made up 2% of electricity demand across the globe.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 22, 2024

Of Conservation Districts Awarded Nearly $37,000 To Support 21 District Nonpoint Source Pollution Prevention Projects [PaEN] -- Rep. Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. Million In Grants -- PA Assn.

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PA Environment Daily

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

On September 6, ClearWater Conservancy was awarded a grant from the Community Conservation Partnership Program administered by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to install new riparian buffers, also known as streamside forests, along streams on seven properties in the Spring Creek, Spruce Creek, and Penns Creek watersheds.

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PA Environment Daily

JUNE 9, 2023

House holds Regular Session June 12, 13, 14, 20, 21, 22 -- Committee Schedule Senate holds Regular Session June 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 -- Committee Schedule TODAY’s Calendar Of Events -- Now Underway!

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2021

Reilly: Hunters Sought For Study To Identify Contaminants In Local Ducks And Geese Visit the PA Environment Digest website to learn more.

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PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 25, 2024

Operations are expected early 2026, and its effects will be felt immediately. A partnership led by the Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy has plans to install fish habitat structures along Island Park in the town. The Fish and Boat Commission is planning to stock trout in the newly-treated Tioga River near Blossburg.

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 16, 2024

. -- The Department of Environmental Protection will hold an informal public conference, hearing September 3 on a request by RES Coal LLC to change the land use on the Surveyor Run #1 Operation and Shaw #2 Operation coal mining sites in Goshen Township, Clearfield County. (

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PA Environment Daily

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

1 -- Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell Petrochemical Plant’s Costs Much Higher Than Previously Disclosed,-- $14 Billion; Won’t Be Fully Up And Running Until 2025, 2026 -- TribLive: Multi-Million Dollar Power Line Project Needed To Make Up For Closure Of Springdale Power Plant -- Sen. Month Starting Feb.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 16, 2024

PA Politics - Everything Is Connected -- Post-Gazette: PA Already Finds Itself At Center Of Political Attention For 2026 Click Here for latest PA Environmental News Like PA Environment Digest on Facebook Follow PA Environment Digest on Twitter Read Weekly PA Environment Digest [Posted: December 16, 2024] PA Environment Digest

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Less than a month after the blackouts, California extended the lives of aging gas-fired units at four different power plants, and just recently approved further extensions at three of the plants to 2026. There were multiple times during the summer, including a very recent grid emergency , when rolling blackouts were only narrowly avoided.

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Beaver Dams The Blueprint For Conservation EPA Names Martha Shimkin New Director Of Chesapeake Bay Program PA Trout Unlimited: Partnerships Pave Way For Success At Muddy Paws Enviro Center In Centre County DCNR To Celebrate 'Connecting More in 2024' During First Day Hikes Jan. 8 Registration Open! 8 Registration Open!

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PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 22, 2024

“With CPV at the helm of the Rogue’s Wind renewable energy project, the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority, after more than 15 years of hope, is finally converting a long- standing dream to a reality,” said Tom Kakabar, Chair of the Cambria County Conservation and Recreation Authority.

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Enviromental Defense

APRIL 1, 2022

Unless the election forces a reversal in course, the wide swathes of Greenbelt and natural heritage, including endangered species habitat, along its route are likely to be bulldozed well before 2026. .

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PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 19, 2023

The current project, which includes an active treatment plant that will restore more than 20 miles of streams and tributaries, is being funded by The Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Abandoned Mine Reclamation, SRBC, The Northcentral Pennsylvania Conservancy and more than $125,000 of raised dollars by the Andrews and the TCCCC.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 2, 2024

These students were chosen based on a demonstration of exemplary academic achievement and commitment to furthering the conservation of wildlife and natural resources in Pennsylvania. Grace Miller (State College, PA) Grace is expected to graduate from Penn State’s University Park campus in May of 2026 with a B.S.

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PA Environment Daily

MAY 13, 2024

We’re thankful for the continued partnership with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful, EQT, and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation for making efforts like this possible ahead of America’s Semiquincentennial in 2026!” Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful is proud to support the America250PA partners and their projects.

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E2 Law Blog

JUNE 22, 2023

Department of Interior (DOI) is seeking public comments on new strategies to replace the 2007 Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and the Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead that will expire at the end of 2026.

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