Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more--
Air
EPA’s New Ozone Limits Upsets Both Sides
EPA Announces Lower Standard For Ozone
EPA’s New Ozone Standard Not Tough Enough For Some
Unlikely Help In Battle Against Smog Rules: Black Businesses
New EPA Ozone Regulations Remain Divisive
Federal Court Rules PA Haze Pollution Control Plan Inadequate
Green Ridge Odor Impact Cost Hotel, Others Thousands
EPA Sets Stricter Emission Standards For Oil Refineries
Alternative Energy
Larimer Landlord Sees Solar As Way To Cut Costs
Company Connects Solar Developers With Land
Clean Energy Creates Jobs, But The Right Ones?
Biodiversity
Invasive Species In Erie, Testing The Water
Measures Taken To Improve Kirby Park Natural Area
Budget
PA’s Budget Train Wreck Unfolded Over Past Year
Wolf Imposes Hiring Freeze, Travel Ban Due To Impasse
State Agencies Ordered To Make Budget Cutbacks
IFO: State Revenue Trends Continue To Beat Estimates
Republican Leaders Invite Vote On Wolf’s Tax Plan
Wolf, Scarnati Exchange Shots Over Budget Impasse
Video: Republicans Will Bring Wolf’s Budget To House Floor
Analysis: Republicans Roll Dice On Wolf’s Tax Plan
Wolf Vetoes Stopgap Spending Plan, Targets GOP Leaders
Wolf Vetoes GOP Stopgap Budget Bill
Wolf: GOP Leaders Blocking Budget Agreement
Wolf, Legislative Leaders Meet On Staled Budget
Op-Ed: Severance Tax Beneficial For Education, Environment
Op-Ed: Enough Blame To Go Around On Budget Mess
Editorial: Give State DEP More Resources
Editorial: Budget Impasse Gets Very Costly
$10M In Waterfront Tax Credits May Be Budget Casualty
Legislators Punched Each Other During 1977, 1991 Tax Votes
Climate
DEP Clean Power Climate Plan Listening Sessions Hit Philadelphia
Nuclear Industry Execs: Missed Opportunity In Clean Power Plan
PA Embraces EPA Clean Power Climate Plan
Climate Plan Fails To Account For Nuclear Power’s Role
DEP Gets Feedback On Power Plant Rules
Methane Leak Data In PA Paints Uncertain Picture
Erie Faith Leaders Respond To Pope’s Message On Environment
Conference Links Ethics, Religion, Global Warming
Editorial: Extreme Climate Proposal A Big Zero
Conservation Districts
Luzerne Conservation District Worker To Plead Guilty In Theft
Drinking Water
Water Firm’s Plans Cause Anxiety In Chesco
Emergency Response
Hurricane Joaquin To Spare Pennsylvania
East Coast Likely To Dodge Hurricane, But Flooding Looms
Major Flooding Still Likely Due To Rain
Wolf: PA Is Preparing For The Worst With Hurricane
PA Urged To Prepare For Hurricane Joaquin
Hurricane Joaquin Could Add To Rainy Mess On East Coast
Wet, Wild, Dangerous Weather Headed This Way
More Rain On The Way After Record Rain In Western PA
Armstrong Roads Washed Out, Flooded By Heavy Rain
DEP Investigating Tank Collapse At Allegheny Technologies
Energy
PA Opposes Patriot Coal Reorganization Over Environmental Obligations
Former EQT Exec Confirmed As PUC Commissioner
Video: PUC Highlights Cybersecurity Threats
FirstEnergy Solutions Drops PECO Customers
Beaver Valley Unit 2 Offline For Refueling
Talen Energy Offers Revised Plan To Sell Plants
EPA Releases New Rules On Coal Ash Disposal Areas
Anthracite Heritage Museum Play Remembers Union Boss
Mine Equipment Manufacturer Laying Off 85 Workers
Bush: Export Markets Key To Oil, Gas Boom
Bush Sets Domestic Energy As Priority
Bush Praises Natural Gas Development In Pittsburgh
Bush: Energy Affects Families, Every Economic Sector
NPR: How Energy Policy Helps Bush
Economists Question Bush Energy Proposals
Enviromental Education
New Frick Environmental Center Features Water, Energy Savings
Forests
DCNR Seeks Input On Management Plan
Fall Foliage Shaping Up To Be Beauty In PA
Green Buildings
PNC Shows Off Green Tower In Pittsburgh
New Frick Environmental Center Features Water, Energy Savings
Mine Reclamation
Wolf Expected To Sign Mine Water Reuse Bill
PA Opposes Patriot Coal Reorganization Over Environmental Obligations
Ex-Prof Hoping To Re-Invent Mining Tracts As Craft Village
Earth Conservancy: Will ATVs Destroy Reclamation Project?
Oil & Gas
Water Contaminated After Spill At Drilling Site
DEP: Drilling Spill Not Excused By Excellent Community Engagement
DEP: Unauthorized Drilling Fluid Polluted Potter County Aquifer
State To Monitor For Earthquake Activity Linked To Fracking
PennEast Pipeline Opponents To Intervene
Environmental Groups Seek To Defeat PennEast Pipeline
Info Sought On Gas Line Approval Process
Pipeline Builder Addresses Erosion Problems In Lancaster
Court Rejects Objections To Sunoco Pipeline Eminent Domain
Sunoco Scores Victory In Mariner East 2 Pipeline Case
Court Rejects Objections To Sunoco Pipeline Eminent Domain
Judge Backs Sunoco In Dispute Over Eminent Domain
Sunoco Pipeline Wins Round On Eminent Domain
Energy Transfer To Take Over Williams Pipelines
Energy Transfer To Buy Williams Gas Plants, Pipelines
EPA In Pittsburgh On Proposed Oil & Gas Methane Emission Limits
EPA Hears From Supporters, Opponents Of Methane Standards
EPA Hears Comments On Proposed EPA Methane Rule
5 Things You Need To Know About EPA’s Methane Plan
Methane Leak Data In PA Paints Uncertain Picture
2 Gas Lease Cases Could Upend PA Real Estate Laws
Murrysville Tables Proposed Drilling Ordinance
Editorial: People Have A Right To Clean Air, Pure Water
Marcellus Shale Coalition Looks To Future On Manufacturing Day
Judge Blocks Federal Land Fracking Rules
EPA Sets Stricter Emission Standards For Oil Refineries
Oil, Gas Prices Fall, But Gasoline Not As Much
Why America’s Oil Output Refuses To Collapse
Bush: Export Markets Key To Oil, Gas Boom
Bush Sets Domestic Energy As Priority
Chesapeake Energy To Lay Off More Than 800 Workers
Recreation
Fall Foliage Shaping Up To Be Beauty In PA
Earth Conservancy: Will ATVs Destroy Reclamation Project?
Ricketts Glen State Park Lake To Refill By Memorial Day
Cultural, Recreational Groups Get Public Help In Western PA
Public Meeting On Carbondale Riverwalk Planned
Improvement Plan Proposed For Kirby Park Natural Area
Allegheny Land Trust Receives Grants For Franklin Park
Recycling/Waste
Volunteers Clean Kiski River Near Avonmore
Pittsburgh Launches App For Trash, Recycling
Group To Appeal Keystone Landfill Zoning Decision
Foul-Smelling Liquid In GreenRidge Not Treated Leachate
DEP Takes Leachate Samples At Keystone Landfill
DEP, EPA Meet With Landfill Officials
Green Ridge Odor Impact Cost Hotel, Others Thousands
Sustainability
Pocono Raceway Leading In Environmental Issues
Water Quantity
Water Firm’s Plans Cause Anxiety In Chesco
Watershed Protection
Farm Bureau Challenging EPA Authority On Chesapeake Bay
Schuylkill Grants Fund Projects In Montco, Chesco, Berks
Editorial: Alcosan Should Put New Work Out For Bid
Toxic Algae Outbreak Overwhelms Ohio River
TU Spotlights Little Lyman Run Culvert Project
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Wildlife
State Game Lands Pass 1.5 Million Acres
New Keystone Select Trout Program In 8 Streams
PA Unveils New Plan To Keep Wildlife From Becoming Rare
TU Spotlights Little Lyman Run Culvert Project
Game Commission Increases Fines For Killing Eagles
Protections Sought For Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake
Other
Anthracite Heritage Museum Play Remembers Union Boss
Native American Traditions Preserved At Noxen Powwow
10-County Regional Transportation Alliance To Form In Western PA
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