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Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

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

Air

CMU Project To Measure Mon Valley Air Pollution

Environmental Legacy Of Pittsburgh In Photographs

Alternative Energy

PUC OKs Plan To Limit Resale Of Electric From Customer Solar, Wind Systems

Editorial: Obama’s Proposed Tax On Oil: Ulterior Motives

Editorial: Obama Oil Tax Dead, Like Infrastructure

Budget

Wolf: My Message Won’t Change By Booing Me

Bumsted: Wolf Proposes $32.7 Billion Budget, Warns Of Time Bomb

GOP: Wolf Left For Neverland With Tax Proposals

PLS: Legislature’s Democrats See Path Forward On Budget

House Republicans Pass Supplemental Funding Bills

GOP Leader: Wolf’s Budget Has No Chance

John Baer: Another PA Budget That’ll Never Be

Analysis: Wolf Just Picked Another Budget Fight, Where Do They Go?

Wolf Proposes 6.5% Natural Gas Severance Tax

Wolf’s Budget Not As Reliant On Severance Tax

Severance Tax On Shale Gas Still In Wolf’s Budget

Severance Tax To Spell Disaster For PA Shale Groups Say

Will Drillers Leave Because Of Severance Tax? Already Have

PLS: GOP Severance Tax Bills Vetted In Committee Without End Game

Republicans Discuss Marcellus Severance Tax Bills

Republicans Talk About Natural Gas Severance Tax

House Panel Reviews Marcellus Drilling Tax

House Committee Takes Up Severance Tax Plans

Op-Ed: Gas Drillers Already Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes

Op-Ed: PA Is In Crisis, We Must Pick A Better Path, Tom Wolf

Op-Ed: Wolf Reaches For Reset, Hits The Detonator

State Treasurer Race May Hold Key To Budget Standoff

PA Capitol Digest Budget NewsClips

Chesapeake Bay

Obama Budget Contains $29M For Chesapeake Bay

Obama Proposes Significant Funding For Chesapeake Bay

Climate

Wolf Says PA Will Move Forward On Clean Power Plan

Timing For DEP’s Clean Power Plan In Flux

DEP Recommits To September 6 Deadline For Clean Power Plan

PLS: PA Has Mixed Reaction To Stay Of Federal Clean Power Plan

Some States Forging Ahead With Clean Power Plan Despite Court Ruling

Supreme Court Halts Clean Power Plan, What’s It Mean For PA?

Erie News: Conversation With DEP’s John Quigley On Climate

AP: Supreme Court Puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan On Hold

Allegheny Front: Court Decision Puts Climate Change Plan In Limbo

Bloomberg: Clean Power Plan Put On Hold By Supreme Court

Supreme Court Puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan On Hold

U.S. Supreme Court Puts Obama’s Clean Power Plan On Hold

Supreme Court Put Crucial Part Of Obama’s Climate Plan On Hold

Court Stays Clean Power Plan, EPA Will Continue Working With States

Obama Vows To Press Ahead On Clean Power Plan After Setback

Op-Ed: Supreme Court Can’t Halt A Cleaner Energy Future

Editorial: Court Slaps Obama On Clean Power Plan

Editorial: Don’t Put Stay On Cleaner Air

DEP Offers More Details On Plans To Curb Methane Leaks

Climate Change Threatening PA Wildlife

Op-Ed: Warming Planet Puts Familiar PA Species In Peril

UN Agency Proposes Greenhouse Gas Emission Rules

Dams

Movement To Take Down Dams Along Delaware Goes Mainstream

Delaware River

Movement To Take Down Dams Along Delaware Goes Mainstream

Delaware Dredging Now Fully Funded

Drinking Water

DEP: High Lead Exposure Not Caused By Water

New Attention To Lead Risks In Older PA Cities

Worried About Lead? 5 Things To Know

Lead Poisoning In PA, Should We Be Worried?

Lead-Tainted Water In Flint Draws New Attention To Lead Risks

York Kids’ Confirmed Lead Levels High

Lead Pipes In Homes A Worry In Western PA

Bills Would Increase Lead Testing In PA

Flint Tragedy Prompts Bill To Require More Lead Testing

Op-Ed: Flint Can Us, It Could Happen In Pittsburgh

Editorial: Expand Lead Testing

Residents: Sewer Project Threatens Wells In NE

Clean Water Project In Abingtons To Wrap Up In Fall

Economic Development

Business Seeing Major Slowdown In Drilling Areas

Op-Ed: PA Cities Also Need To Make Stable Neighborhoods Stronger

Education

PA American Water Seeking Entries For Student Art Contest

Student Artists: Do You Have The Vision To Make Philly Care About Clean Water?

Young Scientists Display Ingenuity At Duquesne University

Students View Pittsburgh’s Eagle Nests In Real Time

House Scholarships Open To High School Seniors

Energy

FirstEnergy Takes Down Beaver Valley As Cold Snap Continues

Philadelphia’s Green Jobs Plan Short On Details

Philadelphia Officials Unveil New LED Street Lamps

Utilities’ Time-Of-Use Pricing Encourages Reduction In Use During Peak Hours

PUC OKs Plan To Limit Resale Of Customer Solar, Wind Systems

Electric Transmission Project Bets On Clean Canadian Power In PA

UGI’s $58.6M Rate Hike On Hold

PUC To Investigate Of UGI’s Proposed 19.7%  Rate Hike

Philly Gas Works Reclaims $735K From Contractors

Alpha Says Lenders Offer $500M For Coal Assets

DEP Seeks 2nd Court Order Against Huber Breaker Owners

Environmental Heritage

Environmental Legacy Of Pittsburgh In Photographs

Farming

State Police Tells Pipeline Crews To Hold Off At Maple Syrup Farm

Forests

Deer-Forest Study Valuable To Hunters

New Strain Of Lyme Disease

TreePhilly Gives Away 14,500 Trees & Plenty More

Land Conservation

Natural Lands Trust: Our Unsung Heroes, Our Preserve Families

Land Use Planning

Can York Sustain Urban Infill Development?

Mining

DEP Accused Of Ineffective Response To Report Of Coal Mining Damages

Oil & Gas

Wolf Proposes 6.5% Natural Gas Severance Tax

Wolf’s Budget Not As Reliant On Severance Tax

Severance Tax On Shale Gas Still In Wolf’s Budget

Severance Tax To Spell Disaster For PA Shale Groups Say

Will Drillers Leave Because Of Severance Tax? Already Have

Op-Ed: Gas Drillers Already Pay Their Fair Share Of Taxes

Falling Oil, Gas Prices Mean Smaller Checks For Landowner

Letter: Too Much Regulation Discourages Drilling For Natural Gas

Op-Ed: Separating Fact From Fiction On Natural Gas

State Police Tells Pipeline Crews To Hold Off At Maple Syrup Farm

Pipeline Opponents Keeping An Eye Out For Chain Saws

Philadelphia Judge: Pipeline Suit Can Proceed

Pipeline Opponents Welcome Ruling On Eminent Domain Challenge

Landowners Rip Up PennEast Pipeline Offers In Protest

Protesters Tear Up PennEast Pipeline Easement Proposals

PennEast Pipeline Eminent Domain Offers Unacceptable To Residents

Decision On Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline Not Near In Lancaster

Cumberland County Farmers Argue Pipeline Cannot Take Land

UGI Ahead Of Schedule On Pipeline Replacement

UGI’s $58.6M Rate Hike On Hold

PUC To Investigate Of UGI’s Proposed 19.7%  Rate Hike

EQT’s ASPIRE Scholarships Invest In Future

PA Rig Count Lower Than Before Marcellus Shale Boom

Business Seeing Major Slowdown In Drilling Areas

Williams Down With Energy Market

Chesapeake Energy Stock Plummets

Philly Gas Works Reclaims $735K From Contractors

Pittsburgh Gasoline Drops To $1.96/Gallon

Gasoline Below $2 In SE PA

Could Gasoline Drop To 99 Cents In PA?

EIA Gasoline Prices To Stay Below $2 In 2016

IEA Raises Estimate Of Surplus Oil Supply

Cheap Gasoline Drops Ridership Forces Amtrak Cuts

Editorial: Obama’s Proposed Tax On Oil: Ulterior Motives

Editorial: Obama Oil Tax Dead, Like Infrastructure

Politics

Dems In U.S. Senate Race Squabble Over Fracking

Recreation

Luzerne County OKs $65K In Recreation Grants

Want To Monitor Schuylkill River Trail?

Group To Monitor Schuylkill River Trail

Recycling/Waste

Illegal Dumping Concerns Rising On Electronics Waste

Recycling TVs No Easy Task In Pennsylvania

Butler Twp Looking For Ways To Speed Up Recycling

Is Harrisburg Losing Money On Recycling?

Skid In Oil Prices Pulls Recycling Industry Down With It

Township Gives Temporary OK Of DeNaples Truck Repair Site

Wastewater Projects

$14M Sewer System Project Nearly Complete In NE

Residents: Sewer Project Threatens Wells In NE

Watershed Protection

DEP Accused Of Ineffective Response To Report Of Coal Mining Damages

Wissahickon Watershed Assn. Leading Regional Clean Water Effort

Clean Water Project In Abingtons To Wrap Up In Fall

PA Adopts New Chesapeake Bay Restoration Strategy

Delaware Riverkeeper Feb. 5 Riverwatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Livestream Of Falcon Nest In Downtown Harrisburg Returns

Deer-Forest Study Valuable To Hunters

New Strain Of Lyme Disease

Climate Change Threatening PA Wildlife

Great Backyard Bird Count Runs Feb. 12-15

Students View Pittsburgh’s Eagle Nests In Real Time

Eagle Viewing Extraordinaire At Safe Harbor Dam Lancaster

Bird Carvings By Westmoreland’s Barth Earn Acclaim

Op-Ed: Warming Planet Puts Familiar PA Species In Peril

Zika Virus

2 Female PA Residents Test Positive For Zika Virus

Lehigh U Student Recovers From Zika Virus

Health Dept. Issues New Warning On Zika Virus

5 People In PA Test Negative For Zika Virus

14 People Await Tests For Zika Virus In PA

Philadelphia Ob/Gyn Sees No Panic Over Zika Virus

Editorial: Fully Fund Effort To Contain Zika Threat

Casey Calls For $1.8 Billion To Address Zika Virus

New Strain Of Lyme Disease

Hawaii Island Declares Dengue Fever Emergency

Other

Weather A Positive For Clarks Summit Ice Festival

Report, Recommendations On 2014 Flight 93 Memorial Fire

Editorial: Flight 93 Fire Report Too Little, Too Late


2/15/2016

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