Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more--

Erie Advocates Say Earth Day Still Needed After 45 Years

Earth Day 2015: History, Facts, Date For Green Holiday

Celebrate Earth Day 2015 With Theses Cleanups, Hikes, More

Volunteer Groups Across Western PA Mark Earth Day

Philadelphia Eagles Celebrate Earth Day

Op-Ed: Celebrate Earth Day By Support EPA Clean Power Rule

Op-Ed: This Earth Day Remember Threat Of E-Waste

Editorial: Planet Gets Its Say On Earth Day

Air

DEP Issues Violation To Bruce Mansfield Coal Power Plant

Lung Cancer Alliances Plans Earth Day Event At TCMC

Budget

Wolf Finds More Opposition To Severance Tax

Local Officials United In Opposition To Higher Energy Taxes

Ahead Of Budget Talks, Wolf Says PA Faces Stark Fiscal Realities

Momentum Building To Expand Marcellus Funded Housing Program

Climate

Philadelphia Roofs Are Sprouting Greenery

Plugging Methane Leaks Could Be Cheap Way To Fight Climate Change

What Is The Carbon Footprint Of Steelers’ 2015 Schedule?

Pittsburgh Business Leaders Float Sustainability Ideas, Goals

Drinking Water

Aqua CEO DeBenedictis There’s No Treading Water

Drought

California Drought May Be Felt In Pittsburgh Restaurants

Education

DEP Awards Environmental Education Grants

Farmers

Future Green Energy Projects To Be Less Rewarding For Farmers

Green Buildings

Drilling In Frick Park Mnes Heating Source For New Center

Energy

Wind Turbine Touted As Green To Power Barn In Westmoreland

Future Green Energy Projects To Be Less Rewarding For Farmers

PUC Limits Those Generating Their Own Solar Energy

Harrisburg’s LED Streetlight Conversion Gains Steam

CCI Center Instrumental In Pittsburgh’s Development

Demand For Coal Pushing Mining Companies To Limit Production

Penn State Mining Program To Train Chilean Students

Penn State’s Conversion From Coal To Natural Gas

PUC Amends Rules Setting Electric, Natural Gas Supply Fees

PUC Wants Natural Gas Customers To Have More Info

PUC Wants Scrutiny On PECO Rate Hike

Swarthmore Sit-In Ends With Fossil-Fuel Divestment Support

Sierra Club Opposed To Jessup Power Plant

Invenergy Ramps Up Community Relations Efforts

Northampton Power Plant Asks For Higher Lead Emissions Level

Talen Energy May Pick Philipsburg Over Allentown For HQ

Editorial: PPL Gets OK For Nuclear Plant Transfer

Biden Announces Energy Infrastructure Modernization Plan In Philly

Billions Proposed To Overhaul Energy Infrastructure

Forests

Wildfires Burn More Than 100 Acres Of Blue Mountain

Firefighters Gain Control Of 400-Acre Blue Mt. Wildfire

Heat, Sun Prompt Brush Fires

Tree Giveaway Kicks Off Earth Week In Pittsburgh

Arbor Day 2015: History, Facts, Activities

Oil & Gas

DEP Photos Show Problems At Conventional Well Sites

Analysis: Myth- Conventional Oil And Gas Drilling Is Benign

Editorial: Conventional Drillers Must Obey Standards Too

DEP Rejects Drilling Industry Pressure To Remove Board Members

Public Interest Members To Remain On Oil & Gas Board

Fracking Vote Delayed In Middlesex Twp

South Fayette Working On Revisions To Drilling Ordinances

PUC Instructs Philadelphia Gas Works To Accelerate Pipeline Replacement

PUC Plan For PGW: Mostly Higher Rates

Philadelphia Gas Works Urged to Replace Aging Pipelines

Millions Needed To Replace At-Risk Retail Natural Gas Pipelines

Sunoco, Chesco Continue Pipeline Talks

Drilling Activist Fined $1K For Violating Trespass Order

DEP Wants Significant Sunoco Fine For Drilling Mud Spills

Keystone XL Pipeline Debate Partisan, Unless You Live Near It

Pipeline Opponents On Their Own Against FERC

Pipeline Firm Sues North Union Twp Over Road Work

Air Pollution Increases At PA’s Natural Gas Sites

Air Pollution From Natural Gas Production Surged In 2013

Methane Leaks Reportedly Decrease In Pennsylvania

Plugging Methane Leaks Could Be Cheap Way To Fight Climate Change

Monthly Natural Gas Report Improve Marcellus Data

Fracking, Climate Change Author To Give Keystone College Talk

Penn State’s Conversion From Coal To Natural Gas

Lackawanna College Invests In Virtual Well Control Training

Use Of Contractors Could Leave Oil, Gas Operators Open To Hackers

Thai-Japanese Partnership Selects Ohio For Ethane Cracker

Oklahoma Recognizes Role Of Drilling In Earthquakes

Low Natural Gas Prices Cut Into EQT Profits

Half Of U.S. Fracking Companies Will Be Dead Or Sold This Year

Robot Cameras Look For Blockages In Gas Wells

Energy Spotlight: Ryan Purpura, Oil & Gas Legal Work

Rebound Of Oil Pushes Up Gasoline Prices In Pittsburgh

Oil Makes A Comeback In Pennsylvania

PA, WV Marcellus Led U.S. Natural Gas Production

Recreation

Montour Trail Gets Needed Updates

Bike Sharing Will Fill Philly With Sturdy Cycles

Winter Ice Helps To Protect Presque Isle Beaches

Recycling/Waste

Trails, Roadsides Get Pick-Me-Up In Great American Cleanup Of PA

Dauphin County: Progress Made In Fighting Illegal Dumping

Michaux State Forest Turns Into Dumping Ground

Op-Ed: Rid Your Home Of Expired Medications Using Collection Program

Keystone Asks To Expand Landfill Parking Lot, Move Access Road

Sewer Authority Has No Record Of Landfill Leachate Bypass

House Panel Approves Leachate Truck Option

Harrisburg Plans To Recycle More Paper, Glass

$62M Project Underway At York County Solid Waste

One Man’s Trash Is, Well, Trash

Passing Plane Unloaded Used Toilet Paper On West Pittston

Sustainability

Pittsburgh Business Leaders Float Sustainability Ideas, Goals

Vectors

Lyme Disease Found In Every County

Lyme Disease Warning Issued

State: Lyme Disease Risk Now Present In All 67 Counties

Watershed Protection

More Pollution Flowing Into Chesapeake Bay Than Expected

Analysis: Company Promoting SB 724 Creating Reality Distortion Field

Congressman: It’s All About Delaware River Conservation

Conococheague Creek Rehab To Get Award

Conococheague Creek Cleanup Wins Governor’s Award

Armstrong’s Roads Get Funding For Drainage Improvements

Pittsburgh Seeks Proposals For Water, Sewer Line Insurance

Findlay Gets Federal Wastewater Grant For Upgrades

Cartwright Supports EPA Waters Of The U.S. Rule

Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal

Wildlife

Harrisburg Peregrine Falcons Hatching

York Haven Fishway To Aid Fish Migration

What’s Next For Eagle Nest Cam?

1,400+ Hawks Spotted Passing Over Ridge Center In Erie

Other

Q/A: GreenEriePA Coordinator Ann Bomberger

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4/27/2015