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Air

41 Natural Gas Companies Join EPA To Cut Methane Emissions

Residents: Will Clairton Coke Works Clean Air Plan Will Work

DEP: No Health Impacts In Tunkhannock Sand Study

Awards & Recognition

Volunteer Linkes Of Leechburg Honored For Conservation Efforts

NE Sustainable Energy Education Group Wins Governor’s Award

Budget

Drilling Slowdown To Leave DEP $2.9M Deficit

Coal Industry Balks At Proposed 1,200% Hike In DEP Permit Fees

Can Coal Companies Afford To Clean Up Coal Country?

Column: DEP’s Quigley Crying Wolf Over His Tough Budget

Wolf: Public Supports Issues I’m Fighting For

Republicans Spoiling For A Fight Over Fiscal Code

Swift: State Budget Hurdles Remain

AP: School Funding, Borrowing Trigger Wolf Veto To Budget Bill

PLS Reporter: Wolf’s Fiscal Code Veto Draws Mixed Reaction

Swift: New Wolf Fiscal Code Bill Veto To Have Impact

Ratings Agencies See Much Not To Like In PA Budge

Lawmakers Might Put Hunting, Fishing License Bills On Fast Track

Chesapeake Bay

Lancaster Farming: PA Launches Stream Buffer Initiative

Lancaster Farming Editorial: Turning The Chesapeake Bay TMDL Page

Chesapeake Bay Journal At 25: We’re Just Getting Started

Climate

41 Natural Gas Companies Join EPA To Cut Methane Emissions

Compliance Action

Appeal Prevents DEP From Imposing $8.9M Fine On Driller

Reading Company To Pay $55K Fine To EPA

DEP Suspends Lab Doing Faulty Testing For 15 Water Companies

Deep Mine Safety

Greene County Coal Mine Cited For Violations By Feds

Drinking Water

DEP Secretary: Flint Lead Problem An Anomaly

Senate Bills Focus On Building Lead Issues

Aging Housing Stock Poses Bigger Lead Threat Than Water Systems

Allentown, Bethlehem Schools Check Lead Level In Water

Bethlehem School Lead Tests Falls Below EPA Standard

Health Dept. Confirms Allentown School Water Safe To Drink

Drinking Water Concerns In Bucks, Montco Spur Stricter Standards

PA American Water Closely Monitors Water Quality

Editorial: Flint: Public Must Hold Officials Accountable

DEP Suspends Lab Doing Faulty Testing For 15 Water Companies

Economic Development

Boom, Bust Of Pennsylvania’s Coal Towns- Part I

Resurrecting PA’s Coal Patches, Preserving The Past- Part II

Editorial: Wall Street Retreats From King Coal

Philly’s Energy Hub: Renaissance Or A Pipe Dream?

Codorus Concept Recaptures The Waterfront In York

Repairs Of Ohio River Locks & Dams Stymied

Education

Harrison Native Brings Rain Barrels Full Of Education

Lankenau High School Students Restore Vandalized Gardens

John Heinz Refuge Gets Increase In Funding

Environmental Advisory Council

Harrisburg Environmental Advisory Council Collapses

Emergency Response

Crews Battle Brush Fire In Carbondale Twp

Brush Fire Season Underway In NE PA

Energy

What’s Next For Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant?

Can Coal Companies Afford To Clean Up Coal Country?

Boom, Bust Of Pennsylvania’s Coal Towns- Part I

Resurrecting PA’s Coal Patches, Preserving The Past- Part II

Boom And Bust Of PA’s Coal Towns

Working Class Anger Bubbles Up At Coal Miners Rally

Allegheny Front: Mine Workers Rail Against CEOs, Environmental Rules

Alpha Coal Seeks Court OK To Break UMW Contract

Amid Coal Bankruptcies, Miners Rally For Benefits

Op-Ed: Time To Leave Behind Fossil Fuels

Editorial: Wall Street Retreats From King Coal

Tires-To-Energy Plan Abandoned In Erie

Critics Call UGI’s Proposed Rate Hike Catastrophic For PA’s Poor

PECO: Fewer Outages In 2015

Ohio PUC Lock In Power Generated From Nuclear, Coal Plants

Energy Conservation

Electric Utilities Plan To Spend Millions To Reduce Power Use

Environmental Heritage

Crable: 37th Anniversary Of TMI Nuclear Accident

Three Mile Island Meltdown 37 Years Ago

Delaware Water Gap’s History Told Thru Vintage Photos

Farming

Lancaster Farming: PA Launches Stream Buffer Initiative

Lancaster Farming Editorial: Turning The Chesapeake Bay TMDL Page

Forests

Prescribed Burn Slated For State Game Land In Cumberland

Prescribed Burns Planned For Acres Of State Game Lands

Jacobsburg, Delaware Water Gap Announce Controlled Burns

Crews Battle Brush Fire In Carbondale Twp

Brush Fire Season Underway In NE PA

Ash-Killing Emerald Ash Borer At Our Doorstep

Laboratories

DEP Laboratory In Danger Of National Decertification

DEP Suspends Lab Doing Faulty Testing For 15 Water Companies

Land Conservation

Community Land Trusts Across PA Form Collaboration

North Branch Land Trust Acquires Rail Line Property

Litter/Illegal Dumping

Schuylkill Scrub Aims to Clean Up Norristown

Editorial: Illegal Dumpsites Mar Landscape, Cause Health Risk

Mine Reclamation

Op-Ed: Mine Reclamation To Transform Ehrenfeld Horizon, Secretary Quigley

Mining - Coal

Coal Industry Balks At Proposed 1,200% Hike In DEP Permit Fees

Mining - Non-Coal

DEP: No Health Impacts In Tunkhannock Sand Study

Oil & Gas

PennDOT Contract For Natural Gas Fueling Stations

Fueling Station Opens Doors For New Transit Era In PA

Partnership To Build Compressed Natural Gas Fuelling Stations

COLTS, LCTA To Get Natural Gas Stations

For Now, No CNG Vehicles Planned For Philadelphia

Philly’s Energy Hub: Renaissance Or A Pipe Dream?

Appeal Prevents DEP From Imposing $8.9M Fine On Driller

Wilkes College To Present Frack It Or Leave It April 14

Op-Ed: LNG Exports Next Step To U.S. Energy Independence

41 Natural Gas Companies Join EPA To Cut Methane Emissions

Critics Call UGI’s Proposed Rate Hike Catastrophic For PA’s Poor

USGS: 7M Americans At Risk Of Manmade Earthquakes

Atlantic Drilling Off Table But Survey Permits Pending

Federal Oil, Gas Leases Stall Over Bird Concerns In West

Oil Rig Count Declines, Raising Oil Price

Pittsburgh Gasoline Up To $2.15/Gallon

Pipelines

FERC Delays PennEast Pipeline Evaluation

PennEast Pipeline Facing 7-Month Delay

FERC Postpones Decisions On 2 Gas Pipeline Projects

Philadelphia’s Shale Boosters Want More Pipelines

Big Push For Massive Natural Gas Pipeline To Philly Coming

In PA Pipeline Wars, Landowners Lose Before Rulings On Eminent Domain

Amid Protests, Energy Hub Advocates Roll Out Pipeline Campaign

Protester Takes To Trees As Pipeline’s Chainsaws Approach

Huntingdon Landowners Brace For Pipeline Tree Cutting

Pipeline Protesters Arrested, Tree-Occupation Continues

Groups Stitch Together Massive Anti-Pipeline Quilt

Lancaster Congressional Candidates Criticize Natural Gas Pipeline

Chamber Members Should Have Their Own Say On Pipeline

Op-Ed: Wolf Put Pipelines Ahead Of Pennsylvania

Recreation

Gnomes Evicted From State Park Find Homes

Bike-Sharing Program Doubles In Lackawanna

Lehigh Valley Transportation Makes Room For Bikers, Walkers

York Mason-Dixon Trail: Waterfalls, Adventures

Delaware Water Gap’s History Told Thru Vintage Photos

Spring Walk Finds Significant Erosion At Presque Isle

Recycling/Waste

What To Do With Our Old TVs, Computers

Editorial: Electronics Recycling Law Requires Retuning

Editorial: Recycling Electronic Waste Recycling

York Electronics Recycling To Start April 5

Woman Gives Up Garbage Cans For Lent

Regulations

PLS Reporter: Transition From Old, To New IRRC Chair Goes Smoothly

Tires - Waste

Tires-To-Energy Plan Abandoned In Erie

Transportation

PennDOT Contract For Natural Gas Fueling Stations

Fueling Station Opens Doors For New Transit Era In PA

Partnership To Build Compressed Natural Gas Fuelling Stations

COLTS, LCTA To Get Natural Gas Stations

For Now, No CNG Vehicles Planned For Philadelphia

Lehigh Valley Transportation Makes Room For Bikers, Walkers

Wastewater Plants

Family Files Lawsuit Against Lower Burrell Over Sewer Line

Deal Reached To Sell Scranton Sewer Authority For $195M

Scranton Authority OKs Sale Of System To Water Company

Water Infrastructure

Repairs Of Ohio River Locks & Dams Stymied

Watershed Protection

Lancaster Farming: PA Launches Stream Buffer Initiative

Lancaster Farming Editorial: Turning The Chesapeake Bay TMDL Page

Volunteer Linkes Of Leechburg Honored For Conservation Efforts

Harrison Native Brings Rain Barrels Full Of Education

Chesapeake Bay Journal At 25: We’re Just Getting Started

Codorus Concept Recaptures The Waterfront In York

Delaware RiverKeeper March 25 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Fish And Boat Commission Celebrates 150 Years

Crable: Volunteers Needed To Escort Migrating Toads In Lancaster

Toad Migration Gets Helping Hand From Lancaster Residents

Lawmakers Might Put Hunting, Fishing License Bills On Fast Track

Crable: First Hanover Eagle Cam Egg Hatches During The Night

Hanover Eaglet Dies After Hatching

3rd Eagle Egg In Pittsburgh Nest Unlikely To Hatch

Unattended Eagles Nest Troubling, Biologists Says

100s Of Baby Bald Eagles Alive, Well In Nests Across PA

Schneck: Video: Youth Trout Anglers, What’s Best About Fishing?

Schneck: Article: Link Between Earthquakes, Oil & Gas Production

Fish Commission Designates 99 More Wild Trout Streams

Fish Commission Drains Ponds At 84 Lakes Looking For Asian Carp

Turnpike Expansion Worries Trout Lovers

Federal Oil, Gas Leases Stall Over Bird Concerns In West

Eastern Coyotes Made Pittsburgh Their Home

Monarch Butterflies Are Roaming In Mayfair, Philadelphia

Prescribed Burn Slated For State Game Land In Cumberland

Prescribed Burns Planned For Acres Of State Game Lands

Jacobsburg, Delaware Water Gap Announce Controlled Burns

John Heinz Refuge Gets Increase In Funding

Zika Virus

PA Reports 3 More Cases Of Zika Virus

Zika Virus Confirmed In Allegheny County

Could This Mosquito Bring Zika Virus To Philadelphia?

Other

Editorial: EPA v. Hawkes: Restore Due Process

Claims On Wayward Army Blimp Exceed $1.5 Million

 

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