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July

Department of Environmental Protection’s 2020 Small Business Advantage Grant Accepting Applications

07/27/2020

The Department of Environmental Protection’s 2020 Small Business Advantage Grant is now accepting applications.  This grant provides Pennsylvania small businesses the opportunity to acquire energy efficient or pollution prevention technologies with a 50% reimbursement matching grant for equipment or materials. Pennsylvania businesses with fewer than 100 full-time equivalent read more

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categories: Funding, Items of Interest
28
November

DEP Awards $1.6 Million in Grants for AMD Treatment

11/28/2018

On November 28, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded $1.6 million to support seven projects in Western Pennsylvania to treat acid mine drainage (AMD). The grants come from the state Surface Mining Conservation and Reclamation Act Fund and the state AML Set Aside Fund supported by the federal Abandoned Mine Land Program. For more information on mine read more

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categories: Funding
16
July

DEP Invites Comments on Revised Environmental Justice Policy

07/16/2018

The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the July 14 Pennsylvania Bulletin inviting public comments on a revised Environmental Justice Public Participation Policy technical guidance (DEP ID: 012-0501-002). Historically, minority and low-income Pennsylvanians have not had equitable opportunities to participate in decisions that may adversely impact their read more

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categories: Public Policy
3
April

PA Supreme Court Rules DEP Penalty Not Supported by Clean Streams Law

04/03/2018

On March 28 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 5 to 2 decision, ruled the $4.5 million fine imposed by DEP against EQT drilling for leaks in 2012 from a 6 million drilling wastewater impoundment in Tioga County were excessive, in part, and not supported by language in the 1937 state Clean Streams Law. The key issue was whether, as EQT contended, only the first day of an read more

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categories: Public Policy
13
November

From Brownfield to Public Park

11/13/2017

The Wolf Administration joined state and local officials from Carlisle Borough and Cumberland County on November 8 to kick off the shovel-ready phase of a private-public collaborative project to transform a 48-acre industrial brownfield into a residential/retail/office complex and public park. The complex will include a hotel, restaurant, retail, residential, and office read more

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categories: Conservation Projects
18
October

DEP to Cover Cost of 800 Agricultural Plans for Clean Water

10/18/2017

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will reimburse farmers in Pennsylvania’s part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed for the cost of preparing hundreds of agricultural plans for clean water. “We know it can be a challenge, especially for small operations, to afford fees for technical help on plans for pollutant reduction in local streams and rivers,” said DEP read more

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categories: Funding
11
May

Lee Ann Murray to Lead DEP Citizens Advisory Council

05/11/2017

In May, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) announced that Lee Ann Murray has accepted the position of executive director of the Citizens Advisory Council. Murray has served as assistant director and Pennsylvania staff attorney at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation since 2010, helping to direct and coordinate program, communications, and lobbying efforts. read more

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categories: Conservation People
22
September

Governor Wolf Nominates Patrick McDonnell as DEP Secretary

09/22/2016

On September 21, Governor Tom Wolf nominated Acting Secretary of Environmental Protection Patrick McDonnell to serve permanently in that role, pending approval by the Pennsylvania Senate. "In his acting capacity and throughout his career, Patrick has been a dedicated steward of the environment and a leader in advancing Pennsylvania's energy development in a responsible way," read more

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  • Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township

    Part of Brandywine Battlefield Preserved in Westtown Township

    Natural Lands announced on October 26, 2020 the permanent protection of nearly 10 acres of land along the fast-developing Route …Read More »
  • Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage

    Unlikely Partners BalletX and Natural Lands Make Nature Center Stage

    What does it look like when the regions oldest and largest land conservation organization and Philadelphia’s Premier Contemporary Ballet Company …Read More »
  • Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens

    Heritage Conservancy Sets Pioneering Example of Partnership and Preservation with Manoff Market Gardens

    Freda R. Savana for Heritage Conservancy It could be said that Gary and Amy Manoff have farming in their blood. …Read More »
  • Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp

    Berks Nature Closes on a Conservation Easement of Olivet Blue Mountain Camp

    On September 30th, 2020, Berks Nature closed on a conservation easement project in the Schuylkill River Watershed, Kittatinny Ridge and …Read More »
  • Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!

    Fifteen More Acres Protected Forever!

      Article originally published in September 2020 by Willistown Conservation Trust. The final conservation chapter to the 15-acre Stonehedge Farm …Read More »
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