PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 7, 2025

Awardees include county conservation districts, environmental volunteer groups, educational institutions, municipalities, youth groups and a fire department. 28 Conservation Cornerstone Webinar On Climate-Smart Ag Through CARAT [PaEN] -- Sen. Follow SRBC on Twitter , visit them on YouTube.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JANUARY 14, 2025

Program areas include air quality, clean water, environmental cleanup & brownfields, mining, oil & gas, radiation protection, safe drinking water, waste management and waterways engineering. Permit applications reviewed by county conservation districts are not in this application since they are not part of DEP's eFACTS database.

Radiation

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 5, 2025

The City of Reading and the Green Building Alliance will host an August 12 Water Conservation Best Practices Roundtable at Reading City Council Chambers, 815 Washington Street - 2nd Floor from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The agenda will focus on water conservation, the importance of water leak detection, business best practices, and networking.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

20 RiverWatch Video Report -- Post-Gazette: PA Farmers Turning To No-Till Farming Focusing On Bottom Line, Human Health -- Penn State Extension Conservation Cornerstone: Jan. Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

Conservation

Ocean Conservancy

JUNE 27, 2025

In Florida, Ocean Conservancy worked alongside partners to support a resolution in Miami-Dade County to eliminate single-use plastics and plastic foam (colloquially called “Styrofoam”) from county facilities, including large public areas such as Miami International Airport, Port of Miami and county parks. See more wonderful ocean animals!

Ocean

Ocean Conservancy

JULY 16, 2025

Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using trash traps to increase cleanup efforts, engage communities and inform upstream solutions. This blog was written by Hannah De Frond. Message and data rates may apply.

Ocean

Enviromental Defense

APRIL 22, 2025

Background information: York1 Environmental Waste Solutions Ltd. filed a proposal with Ontarios Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks to revive and expand a dormant landfill on Irish School Rd. in Dresden, Ont.

Government

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 24, 2024

This webinar showcases Benton Foundry’s green initiatives that have significantly reduced energy consumption and waste. Participants will witness firsthand the facility’s energy conservation and pollution prevention practices in action and gain valuable insights on implementing similar strategies in their own operations.

Recycling

Ocean Conservancy

JULY 30, 2025

Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using trash traps to increase cleanup efforts, engage communities and inform upstream solutions. This blog was co-written with Hannah De Frond. Message and data rates may apply.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 8, 2025

The Conference will have four tracks: Back to Basics; Volunteer; Farm Conservation (New) and Technical. Penn State Extension is proud to sponsor the conference through the Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training. Do I need one? of Earth and Environmental Sciences. 27 -- PA iMapInvasives Hosts Sept.

Conservation

Legal Planet

JANUARY 28, 2025

Hill a waste of time? For instance, some conservation biologists argue that we should protect even populations of larger species because of the genetic resources those populations might have, even if those populations are not themselves a distinct species. to mostly complete, money that would have gone wasted.

Endangered Species Act

PA Environment Daily

JULY 28, 2025

Holds July 30 Training On Managing PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' Contaminated Water, Waste In Washington County Center For Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training Hosts In-Person Workshops On Identification Of On-Farm Resource Concerns & Implementing Conservation Practices Aug. 6 Hearing, Sept. 6 Hearing, Sept. 19-21, Sept.

Natural Gas

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 8, 2025

Sharing to prevent waste: The effectiveness of an intervention encouraging food sharing. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 222, 108461. link] Abstract Food waste, especially in households, is a pressing issue. Sharing excess food with others can be a strategy to tackle this issue.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

million for the Agricultural Conservation Assistance Program (ACAP). ACAP provides specific investments to help farmers design and pay for implementing conservation practices like manure storage and tree planting. Related Articles: -- Capital Resource, Conservation & Development Area Council Host Dec. Read more here.

2025

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 12, 2025

85% of conventional well owners with 23,708 wells failed to submit production and waste generation and disposal reports-- 19,644 of these wells are not required to have a plugging bond. 89% of well owners failing to submit production/waste reports have at least one well not required to have a bond. Read more here.

Waste

Ocean Conservancy

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Hannah works with Ocean Conservancy and the University of Toronto Trash Team to manage the International Trash Trap Network (ITTN), a global network of local groups using trash traps to increase cleanup efforts, engage communities and inform upstream solutions. The post The Truth About Plastic Fragments appeared first on Ocean Conservancy.

Ocean

PA Environment Daily

JULY 25, 2025

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 26 PA Bulletin announcing an August 28 public meeting/hearing on the Waste Permit Modification submitted for the Environmental & Recycling Services, Inc. Construction/Demolition Waste Landfill located in Taylor Borough, Lackawanna County. ( Read more here.

Waste

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

Chris Canfield , agricultural conservation extension educator, accepted the awards on behalf of the team. Chris Canfield , agricultural conservation extension educator, accepted the awards on behalf of the team. The team also received a Northeast regional award in the newsletter category for its “Ag Conservation Currents” e-newsletter.

Conservation

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC)

MAY 13, 2025

Rescinds unobligated Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funds for the Conservation Stewardship Program, the Environmental Quality Incentives Program, the Regional Conservation Partnership Program, and the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, building them into the farm bill baseline.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

DECEMBER 22, 2024

Opportunities to learn more about environmental and energy issues affecting Pennsylvania for students and adults-- Awards/Recognition -- PA State Conservation Commission Wins Natural Resource Education Champion Award [PaEN] -- Dept. Get Your Passport To 2025 PA Farm Show, Enhance Your Conservation Skills Starting Jan.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 4, 2025

As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” Pennsylvania's public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come.

Government

PA Environment Daily

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

This year, Keep Erie County Beautiful partnered with the Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to host the Pennsylvania Lake Erie International Coastal Cleanup. Erie County proudly participates in the international coastal cleanup annually.

Ocean

Enviromental Defense

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Edwards was also a key player in the Mount Polley tailings dam disaster of 2014 , where Imperial Metals, of which he is a controlling shareholder, experienced a catastrophic breach to one of its tailings ponds that released billions of liters of toxic waste into nearby waterways. The province and taxpayers of B.C.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 10, 2025

11 Hearing On How PA Should Subsidize The Remediation Of Waste Coal Piles [PaEN] -- Bitfarms Announces Partnership To Develop A.I. Data Center At Panther Creek Waste Coal-Fired Power Plant In Carbon County [PaEN] -- FracTracker Alliance Releases National A.I. Data Centers Tracker; Public Invited To Submit Information [PaEN] -- Gov.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

JULY 1, 2025

Tackling Trash and Toxic Legacy: Leading in Waste Management DEP’s Bureau of Waste Management has guided the state through a remarkable transformation in how waste is handled and recycled.

Environmental Protection

Circle of Blue

MAY 20, 2025

Wasted energy, pollution and the noise. While Microsofts 2024 Environmental Sustainability Report references goals around construction waste and air filtration at its data centers, there is no reference to efforts to conserve the use of water. There are environmental and security and management issues. Think about the traffic.

Cooling

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 26, 2024

million-- to implement conservation measure to prevent water quality degradation in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Department of Agriculture’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP), which was funded by Senator Casey’s votes for the federal Farm Bill and the federal Inflation Reduction Act. The investments are from the U.S.

Greenhouse

Circle of Blue

JULY 25, 2025

But the act doesn’t take full effect until 2040, which has allowed many groundwater districts to continue to draw heavily from aquifers even as they complete their plans to conserve those resources. Individuals can reduce water waste by changing simple routines: shortening showers or removing lawns.

Sea Level

Circle of Blue

APRIL 16, 2025

Northern India, Californias Central Valley, Iran, and the North China Plain all are arid and semi-arid farming hot spots and epicenters of groundwater depletion that could learn from Kansas, where four additional groundwater conservation areas have been established following the Sheridan model. The dollars and cents penciled out.

2013

PA Environment Daily

AUGUST 7, 2025

By Sean Duke, Penn State News Penn State Extension’s Center for Agricultural Conservation Assistance Training was recognized for outstanding support and partnership with Pennsylvania’s conservation districts at the Pennsylvania Association of Conservation Districts ’ 2025 annual conference held in Champion.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MAY 11, 2025

A brief review of Pennsylvanias conservation history-- -- We've Heard This Before: "We're Providing Jobs - Stopping Pollution Threatens Jobs" - Until Air Pollution Killed People, Then We Said No. Second Row Second Pair Of Photos ] Learn more about Pennsylvania conservation history by visiting the PA Conservation Heritage Project website.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 11, 2025

The House Environmental & Natural Resource Protection Committee is scheduled to meet March 18 to consider six pieces of legislation-- -- Notice Of Oil & Gas Permits: House Bill 43 (Conklin-D-Centre) require publication of newspaper notice of oil and gas well permits; -- Invertebrate Biodiversity: House Bill 441 (Pielli-D-Chester) amends the (..)

Regulations

New Scientist

JUNE 17, 2025

Beginning in 2013, sea star wasting syndrome spread along the west coast of North America, wiping out populations of species including sunflower stars ( Pycnopodia helianthoides ) and giant pink stars ( Pisaster brevispinus ). Well also keep you up to date with New Scientist events and special offers.

2013

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 13, 2025

As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for the benefit of all the people.” -- Article I, Section 27 Pennsylvania Constitution [It’s Not A Suggestion] PA Environment Digest Will Be CLOSED June 14 to 19.

Fossil Fuels

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 27, 2024

How Oil & Gas Waste Haunts Pennsylvania [PaEN] -- Lehigh Valley-Based Wildlands Conservancy Highlights November Program, Activities -- Schuylkill Action Network To Hold Annual Meeting Nov. 11 -- DEP Eligible For $1.7 26 -- Sierra Club PA Hosts Oct. 30 Webinar - It’s Scary Out Here! 11 -- DEP Eligible For $1.7

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

JUNE 30, 2025

Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3 Million Over 4 Years; Next Round Of Local Mine Reclamation Grants Open Sept. Million In Federal Mine Reclamation Funding, $979.3

Recycling

Legal Planet

JUNE 28, 2025

It includes conservation easements and state parks – lands that should not be available for development because of property law limits on development in any case. The same applies to ecological reserves or wildlife management areas.

Endangered Species Act