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Children, Adults Learn About Rabbits At Ridge Environmental Center
Schneck: 12 Beautiful Bird Eggs You Won’t Find In An Easter Basket
Air
U.S. Steel Agrees To $3.9M Air Pollution Settlement With Allegheny County
U.S. Steel, Allegheny County Reach Agreement On Clean Air Violations
CMU Speck Pollution Monitors Available At Carnegie Libraries
Editorial: Go To The Library To Check Your Home Air Quality
DEP: Asbestos Found In Huber Breaker Soil Samples
Early Spring Blooms May Signal Extended Allergy Season
Burn Bans In Effect In York Because It’s Dry, Windy
Alternative, Renewable Energy
Protesters Demand PECO Support For Solar In N. Philadelphia
FirstEnergy Quietly Markets Green Offer
Quaker Group Says Philly Solar Panels Could Meet PECO Power Target
Awards & Recognition
Jersey Shore Environmental Project Earns Governor’s Award
Manure Expo Wins PA Environmental Award
Erie Benedictine Pat Lupo Honored With Women In Conservation Award
Budget
DEP Secretary: DEP Isn’t Lean, It’s Emaciated
Swift: PA Voters Support Severance Tax, Increased Tobacco Taxes
Thompson: PA’s Next Budget, Have We Learned Anything?
Bumsted: Gov. Wolf Relents After 9 Month Budget Impasse
AP: Governor Relents After 9 Month Budget Impasse
PLS: Wolf To Allow Budget To Become Law Without His Signature
PA’s Budget Woes Bring Warning From Lenders, Ratings Agencies
Wolf Warns Of Impending 2016-17 Budget Crisis
Farm Bureau Says Penn State Extension Offices To Remain Open
AP: Democrats Urge Wolf To Relent On Budget Veto Threat
AP: Catching Bigfoot: Wolf Pursues Election-Year Tax Increase
Democrats Line Up Behind GOP Budget Bill
PA Budget Crisis Could Cause York County Ag Office
Trash Pickup Bills May Be Going Higher With Wolf Proposal
New F&M Poll: Wide Support For New Tax On Natural Gas Industry
Lower Gasoline Prices Saving State Taxpayers $500K/Month
Chesapeake Bay
Crable: Agencies: PA Farm Bureau’s Dire Warning Not True
Climate
DEP Secretary: NE PA Snow Industry Could Melt Away By 2050
Poll: More Americans Recognize, Fear Global Warming
Scientists Warn Of Climate Shift Within Decades, Not Centuries
First U.S. Climate Refugees In Louisiana
Impact Of Climate Change Examined In New Philly Exhibit
Editorial: Lawsuits Would Cast Pall On Scientific Progress
Opponents Question Climate Benefits, Morality Of Natural Gas
Millcreek Requires Tree Planting In Some Parking Lots
Warm Winter Weather Explains Early Allergy Season
Will There Be More Snow Disaster Declarations In Coming Winters?
With Climate Rule On Hold, Should State Worry About Deadlines?
Banks Pull Financing, Coal’s Future Grows Murkier
Compliance Action
U.S. Steel Agrees To $3.9M Air Pollution Settlement With Allegheny County
MarkWest Midstream Drilling Practices Under Investigation By Feds
Delaware River
Explainer: William Penn Foundation Delaware Watershed Project
Drinking Water
PLS: Legislators Support Lead-Testing Legislation
PA Proposals Aim To Minimize Lead Exposure
Swift: House Bills Call For More Lead Tests
4 Private Water Systems In Lebanon Receive EPA Attention
How Safe Is Philadelphia’s Water?
Water Officials: Philadelphia No Flint
No Lead Found In Water Tested By Wilkes-Barre
Lead Not A Problem In Most Lebanon County Water
Report Ranks PA 2nd For Lead-Ladened Water
Lead Paint Was Banned 40 Years Ago, Why Is It Still A Problem?
Editorial: Increase Lead Testing, Disclosure
Capital Region Water Considering $9M Land Deal
White House Seeks Corporate Investment In Water Supplies
Economic Development
House Democrats Scrutinize Natural Gas Incentives
Pittsburgh Energy Startups Bemoan The Valley Of Funding Death
Op-Ed: Rezoning Pittsburgh’s Riverbanks
Education
Erie Benedictine Pat Lupo Honored With Women In Conservation Award
Lancaster Science Fair Champion Tackles Greywater Recycling
Emergency Response
PA Eligible For Federal Disaster Funds From Winter Storm
FEMA To Aid PA Counties Hit By January Snowstorm
Will There Be More Snow Disaster Declarations In Coming Winters?
Wind-Whipped Brush Fires Plague Crawford County
Energy
FirstEnergy Quietly Markets Green Offer
Quaker Group Says Philly Solar Panels Could Meet PECO Power Target
Energy Spotlight: Paul Ohodnicki, CMU
Pittsburgh Energy Startups Bemoan The Valley Of Funding Death
PPL Pulls Plug On Cumberland County Power Line Project
No State Can Stop 705-Mile Power Line In Southeast
UGI Sets Hearing For Rate Hike
Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed Nemacolin Mine Property
Banks Pull Financing, Coal’s Future Grows Murkier
DC Approves Exelon’s Takeover Of Pepco
Energy Conservation
Utilities Use Incentives To To Get Customers To Conserve
PPL Energy Efficiency Plan Gets Approval
Job Count Reveals Energy Efficiency A Large Employer
Op-Ed: The Greening Of Pittsburgh, Next Up, Schools
Environmental Heritage
Crable: Columbia Dam Helped Create Fish & Boat Commission
1936 Flood Showed Need For Levees In Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
Farming
Crable: Agencies: PA Farm Bureau’s Dire Warning Not True
Crable: Lancaster Residents Want More Farmland Preservation
Flooding
Preparation Is Key To Flood Safety
PEMA Advises Citizens To Practice Flood Safety
1936 Flood Showed Need For Levees In Scranton, Wilkes-Barre
Forests
Millcreek Requires Tree Planting In Some Parking Lots
Visitors Learn About Maple Syrup During Open House
Burn Bans In Effect In York Because It’s Dry, Windy
Crawford County Crews Battle Multiple Brush Fires
Land Conservation
Crable: Lancaster Residents Want More Farmland Preservation
Capital Region Water Considering $9M Land Deal
Litter Control/Illegal Dumping
DEP Secretary Quigley: 2016 Great American Cleanup Of PA
Illegal Dump In Harrisburg You Have To See To Believe
Wilkes-Barre To Take Part In Great American Cleanup Of PA
Newport Twp Volunteers Come Together For Great American Cleanup
How Erie Cleans Up Its Communities For Spring
Op-Ed: Spring Cleaning That Mountain Of E-Waste
Mine Reclamation
Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed Nemacolin Mine Property
Plans Reviewed For Cleanup At Former Huber Breaker Site
Oil & Gas
Drilling Group Files Suit To Block New Rules For Conventional Wells
Petroleum Group Sues To Block PA Drilling Rules
Luzerne Group Hopes To Bring Positive Change To Drilling Industry
DEP To Abandoned Permits For Recycling Drilling Waste
House Democrats Scrutinize Natural Gas Incentives
Opponents Question Climate Benefits, Morality Of Natural Gas
Natural Gas Power Plant Proposed Nemacolin Mine Property
Thousands Call FERC To Support Office Of Public Participation
Despite Downturn, Oil & Gas Industry Still A Boost To Nonprofits
Allegheny Front: When The Fracking Boom Goes Bust
NE Chambers Of Commerce Support PennEast Pipeline
Crable: Decision On Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster Delayed To As Late As 2017
Peoples Creating Own Pipeline Construction Division
MarkWest Midstream Drilling Practices Under Investigation By Feds
UGI Sets Hearing For Rate Hike
Western PA Home Rentals Slump With Drilling Downturn
U.S., Canadian Gas Suppliers Jockey For Market Share
Lower Gasoline Prices Saving State Taxpayers $500K/Month
Oil Refineries Prepare For Summer Gasoline
Gasoline Prices Increase To $2.06 In Pittsburgh
Pipelines
NE Chambers Of Commerce Support PennEast Pipeline
Crable: Decision On Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster Delayed To As Late As 2017
Peoples Creating Own Pipeline Construction Division
Recreation
Ballyhooed Beaches Aren’t Presque Isle’s Only Charms
Birding Legend Coming To Presque Isle Festival In May
DVRPA Awards $7.6M For Protected Bike Lanes In SE
York Rail Trail Partial Closure Begins Monday
Picnic Grove To Be Built At Rail-Trail In Hazleton
Police To Monitor Lackawanna River Trail Via Cameras
Pymatuning Dam Construction To Continue
York-Area Kayakers Prep For World Championship
Storm Erosion Closes Bridge In Pottstown’s Riverfront Park
Recycling/Waste
Public Cost Of Recycling TVs Skyrockets
Trash Pickup Bills May Be Going Higher With Wolf Proposal
Op-Ed: Spring Cleaning That Mountain Of E-Waste
Electronics Recycling Coming Back In York County
York Penn Waste Recycling Center Seeing More Needles
Advocate: Keystone Landfill Expansion Debate is Nationally Important
Editorial: Keystone Landfill Cash No Benefit
DEP: Asbestos Found In Huber Breaker Soil Samples
DEP To Abandoned Permits For Recycling Drilling Waste
Watershed Protection
Crable: Agencies: PA Farm Bureau’s Dire Warning Not True
Explainer: William Penn Foundation Delaware Watershed Project
Watershed Steward Training Set In Northeast
Lancaster Science Fair Champion Tackles Greywater Recycling
Millcreek Requires Tree Planting In Some Parking Lots
Brodhead Watershed Assn Is Up Quack Creek
Capital Region Water Considering $9M Land Deal
Delaware Riverkeeper March 18 Riverwatch Video Report
Storm Erosion Closes Bridge In Pottstown’s Riverfront Park
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Wildlife
Schneck: 12 Beautiful Bird Eggs You Won’t Find In An Easter Basket
Crable: Columbia Dam Helped Create Fish & Boat Commission
Getting Ready For Opening Of Trout Season
How Many Trout Does It Take To Stock York County Creek?
Deer Harvest Up After Past Struggles
First Eaglet Arrives In Pittsburgh Bald Eagle Nest
First Pip Confirmed For Hays Bald Eagle Egg
Crable: All Eyes On Hanover Eagle Cam As Eggs Ready For Breakout
Pittsburgh Peregrine Falcon Finds New Beau
Birding Legend Coming To Presque Isle Festival In May
Birdwatchers Start Spring With A Primer
Drone Incidents At Middle Creek, Eagle Cam May Prompt Ban
Game Commission Asks Court To Kill Lawsuit By Ex-Exec. Director
Other
Andrew McElwaine: Environmental Journalism Not Dead
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden’s Bumpy Road To Success
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