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Contents – On the Hill

· Senate Leaders Respond to Administration Claims on Hazardous Sites Funding

· Mid-Year Budget Briefing for Legislators Outlines Challenges for Next Year

· Rendell Holds Another Signing of Advanced Energy Portfolio Standards Bill

· Senate Republicans Change Fish & Game, Law & Justice, Health Other Chairs

Other News

· Supreme Court Decision May Impact Voluntary Cleanups

· Philadelphia First PA Municipality to Adopt ENERGYSTAR Guidelines

· Children’s Health Protection Information Now Available

· Online Image Project Paints Picture of Sustainable World

· Pennsylvania Preserves 23 More Farms

· Grant Applications Due April 7 for Solid Waste Resource Recovery Projects

· Reminder: Reimbursement Forms Due for Host Municipal Landfill Inspectors

· DEP Schedules Regional Stormwater Manual Focus Groups

· Students Celebrate 30^th Anniversary of Safe Drinking Water Act

· 352 Miles of Migratory Fish Spawning Habitat Opened in Chesapeake Bay

· SRBC Summarizes Hydrologic Conditions and Flooding in 2004

· Penn State Expert Says Climate Change Likely Benefit to PA agriculture

· EPA Makes Final Nonattainment Designations for Particulate Matter

· Car-Share Program Success in Reducing Air Pollution

· New Energy and Technology Chief Named in Southwest DEP Office

· Special Op-Ed: Advancing Renewable and Alternative Energy in Pennsylvania By Sen. Ray Musto

· Quick Clips: Sprawl, Windmills, Hybrid-Cars, Hunting, Renewable Energy

Taking Positive Actions

· More Than 200 Food Lion Stores Have Earned the ENERGY STAR Label

· Green Valley Dry Cleaners Reduces Energy Costs

12/17/2004