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Sunday NewsClips:
Bumsted: Revived Shale Tax Could Have Legs
Growing Greener Funding In Bradford, Lycoming, Union Counties
Drilling Communities Reap Benefits Of Housing Grants
Letter: Notable Voices Calling For Drilling Moratorium
Protestors Rally Against Navy Yard Oil Plan
Investments In Renewable Energy On The Rise
Editorial: Climate Thugs, Colluding AGs
More Than 50 Volunteers Clean Up South Scranton
Go Native At Kings Gas Environmental Ed Center
Harrisburg’s Newest Peregrine Falcons Get Banded
Trout Unlimited Chapter Reflects, Girds For Future
Swift: Budget Deadline Nearing Fast
Air
PA Expands Particulate Monitoring As Feds Find High Levels
Why Can’t Pittsburgh Get Its Act Together On Air Quality?
Op-Ed: Air Pollution From Gas Drilling Requires Action
Crable: State Grants Perdue Crucial Air Permit In Lancaster
DEP Gives Final Nod To Controversial Soybean Crushing Plant
DEP Approves Controversial Lancaster Soybean Plant
Editorial: We Need To Work To Improve Lancaster’s Poor Air Quality
Air Sampling For Keystone Landfill Health Study Complete
Allegheny Front: Air Quality Monitor You Check Out At The Library
Tree Pollen Count Very High
Alternative Energy
More Electric Car Charging Stations Popping Up In NE
Wind Turbines Balloon In Size, Generate Profit
Awards & Recognition
Perkiomen, Phoenixville Students Awarded For Schuylkill Protection Efforts
Tree Plantings At Root Of Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Award
Google Doodle Celebrates Scranton Native Jane Jacobs
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Lake Erie Funding Distributed To Track Invaders, Fight Algae
Budget
Quigley: Contentions Regulations For Gas Industry Sensible
Wolf’s Proposed Severance Tax Among Nation’s Highest
Editorial: New Severance Tax, Drilled By Wolf
Lebanon County Awards $90K In Marcellus Shale Grants
Climate
Op-Ed: Climate Denial A Form Of Fraud
Editorial: Cost Of UN Climate Accord
Compliance Action
Talen Energy Pays Nearly $1M For 2005 Martins Creek Ash Spill
EPA Slaps Company With Largest Ever Superfund Penalty
Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper April 29 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Perkiomen, Phoenixville Students Awarded For Schuylkill Protection Efforts
Tri-County Water Authority Moves Forward With System Repairs
Q/A: How Safe Is Philly’s Water?
Capital Region Water Makes Pitch For Infrastructure Grants
Lehigh Authority: Money Needed For Infrastructure Improvements
Drought
PA Has Been Abnormally Dry This Year
Economic Development
AP Fact Check: Bringing Coal Jobs Back To Appalachia
Shell: Beaver Cracker Plant Strong, Robust Project
Editorial: Foundations Helped Rebuild Pittsburgh After Industrial Collapse
Education
Envirothon Has Common Lesson For Local Schools
Repetition, Humor Get Children Curious About STEM
Schuylkill River Towns Wild Edibles Tour For Kids May 14
Audubon PA Students Released 1,500 Ladybugs For Earth Day
Annual Butterfly Release Held At NE Elementary School
From Trash Pit To Amphibian Oasis, Kings Gap EE Center
Baby Peregrine Falcons At Rachel Carson Building Banded
Energy
FERC OKs Gas Pipeline To Serve New Shamokin Dam Power Plant
Officials Want To Convert Former State Prison Into Power Plant
Wolf Energy Advisor Nominated To PUC
Wolf Nominates David Sweet For PUC
AP Fact Check: Bringing Coal Jobs Back To Appalachia
PPL Generation Rates To Drop This Summer
Judge To PGW: Stop Robocalling Customers With Unpaid Bills
Groups Press Duquesne Light For LED Program Costs
DOE Researchers See Pittsburgh’s Progress On District Energy
Drones Give FirstEnergy Quick, Easy Look At Plants
Jessup Takes First Step Toward Land Use Law Revisions
Energy Conservation
Groups Press Duquesne Light For LED Program Costs
Take The Ultimate Home Energy Quiz
Federal Superfund
EPA Slaps Company With Largest Ever Superfund Penalty
Flooding
Duryea Flood Project Completion End In Sight
Scranton Resident Wants Fix For Underground Stream
Forests
Sen. Alloway Tree Event Plants For A Better Future
Sons Preserve Mother’s Memory By Bringing Trees To Suburbs
Poconos Wildfire Fully Contained
Poconos Sixteen Mile Fire Almost Completely Contained
Officials Hope To Stave Off New Gypsy Moth Invasion
State Prepares For Gypsy Moth Season
Pennsylvania: Get Ready For Loud, Large Cicadas
Agriculture Department: Leafminer Reported In Lancaster County
Green Buildings/Sustainability
New Temple Library To Get Huge Green Roof
Lake Erie
Lake Erie Funding Distributed To Track Invaders, Fight Algae
Land Conservation
Crable: Lancaster County Conservancy Returns To Its Roots
Haas Estate In Villanova To Be Preserved As Public Garden
Land Use Planning
Google Doodle Celebrates Scranton Native Jane Jacobs
Jessup Takes First Step Toward Land Use Law Revisions
Litter/Illegal Dumping
Plymouth Residents Participates In Great American Cleanup Of PA
Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Held In Luzerne County
Mine Reclamation
Earth Conservancy Receives Land Reclamation Grant
Oil & Gas
Drillers Growing Leery Of PA Rules Leaders Tell Legislators
Rep. Krueger-Braneky Rips Legislators For Blocking Drilling Regs
PA Trout: Tell Legislators Let Drilling Rules Move Forward
House Committee Votes To Block Updated Drilling Rules
House Panel Votes To Block Drilling Regulations
PLS Reporter: House Starts Process to Scuttle Drilling Regs
Quigley: Contentions Regulations For Gas Industry Sensible
Alliance Of Moms Criticize Efforts To Block Drilling Regs
Murrysville Models Drilling Rules On State Proposal
Gas Well Venting Causes Big Alarm In Armstrong County
PA Expands Particulate Monitoring As Feds Find High Levels
Op-Ed: Air Pollution From Gas Drilling Requires Action
Editorial: PA Senate Puts Energy Into Pandering
Wolf’s Proposed Severance Tax Among Nation’s Highest
Editorial: New Severance Tax, Drilled By Wolf
Groups Sue EPA On Handling, Disposal Of Drilling Waste
Erie Senator Calls For Fracking Ban
Judge: No Remedy When Driller Fails To Develop Wells
Energy Spotlight: Corey Young
Shell: Beaver Cracker Plant Strong, Robust Project
PGW Said Secret Bonus Plan Wasn’t A Secret
Judge To PGW: Stop Robocalling Customers With Unpaid Bills
Scientists Worried Oklahomans Got Wrong Message On Quakes
Fracking Now Accounts For Two-Thirds Of Nation’s Natural Gas
Rice Energy Production Climbs, Profits Slump
EQT Signs $407M Deal With Statoil For Gas Rights In WV
Lawsuit Targets Misrepresentation Of Gasoline Prices
Pittsburgh Gasoline Hits $2.38/Gallon
Pipelines
Allegheny Front: Pipeline Explosion Stokes Worries About Safety
AP: Possibly Flawed Welds Cited In PA Pipeline Blast
PA Pipeline Explosion: Evidence Of Corrosion Found
Report: Corrosion May Be A Factor In Pipeline Explosion
Corrosion Found On Texas Eastern Pipeline That Exploded
Some Displaced By Westmoreland Pipeline Blast Cleared To Return
6 Of 9 Families Return After Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion
Pipeline Blast Victim Upgraded From Critical To Fair
Residents, Gas Firm Shift Focus To Recovery After Pipeline Explosion
AP: Pipelines Drained, Feds Investigating Cause Of Explosion
No Cause Found Yet In Westmoreland Gas Explosion
Answers Elusive In Westmoreland Pipeline Explosion
Highway Damaged By Pipeline Blast Still Being Fixed
Crable: Natural Gas Pipeline That Exploded Runs Thru Lancaster
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Gets FERC Green Light
FERC OKs Gas Pipeline To Serve New Shamokin Dam Power Plant
NJ Landowners Sue To Stop PennEast Pipeline Surveyors
Recreation
3 PA State Parks Make Top Mid-Atlantic Parks List
10 Gorgeous PA State Parks Worth The Drive
Schuylkill River Heritage Area Generates $590M Annually
200+ Entrants Enter 10 Mile Creek Canoe & Anything That Floats Race
Schneck: Graffiti Removed From Popular Boulder Outcropping
Heritage Valley Trail Celebrating Past And Future
Pittsburgh May Upgrade Railroad Crossing In South Side Bike Trail
Bicyclists Getting One Sweet Ride Across Schuylkill
Hiking Trail Diversion Completed On Presque Isle
Moon Lake Park Bike Trail Damaged By Timbering
Philly To Acquire Bridge Over Schuylkill For Bike, Ped Trail
Petition Against Parking In Philly Bike Lane Racks Up Signatures
Crable: FERC Order Shows Holtwood Park Was To Stay In Public Use
Crable: Residents Vent Anger Over Holtwood Park Closure
Hikers Protest Holtwood Dam Land Closure In Lancaster
Rallying To Save Kelly’s Run And Holtwood Park
Talen Energy Unapologetically Closes Lancaster Park
Editorial: Promising Path Lies Ahead For Holtwood Dam Park
Improvements In Store For Ryerson Station State Park
Group Hunts Mushrooms In Ryerson Station State Park
Editorial: Reduce National Park’s Deferred Work
Recycling/Waste
Disposing Of Old Electronics Tough Under PA Law
Get Rid Of Hazardous Household Waste Saturday In York
Erie Electronics, Tire Collection Set For Saturday
Talen Energy Pays Nearly $1M For 2005 Martins Creek Ash Spill
Groups Sue EPA On Handling, Disposal Of Drilling Waste
Air Sampling For Keystone Landfill Health Study Complete
Trash Talking: The Life Of A Garbageman
Renewable Energy
Collier Encourages Residents, Businesses To Go Solar
Wind Turbines Balloon In Size, Generate Profit
Schuylkill River
Perkiomen, Phoenixville Students Awarded For Schuylkill Protection Efforts
Schuylkill River Towns Hosts 2 Programs In Phoenixville
Susquehanna River
Swimming Up The Susquehanna With American Shad
Wastewater Treatment Facilities
Capital Region Water Makes Pitch For Infrastructure Grants
Workers Scramble To Plug Leak At Bucks Water Plant
Watershed Protection
Lake Erie Funding Distributed To Track Invaders, Fight Algae
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Wildlife
Swimming Up The Susquehanna With American Shad
Fish & Boat Commission Awards Cabela’s Kayak Fishing Package
From Trash Pit To Amphibian Oasis, Kings Gap EE Center
Baby Peregrine Falcons At Rachel Carson Building Banded
Schneck: Game Commission Looking For Volunteers To Count Osprey Nests
York Bald Eagle Nest Hosts Two Babies
Congressional Tribute For Bison Roaming Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania: Get Ready For Loud, Large Cicadas
Wildlife Impact On Crop Fields Reviewed
Agriculture Department: Leafminer Reported In Lancaster County
Zika Virus
Allegheny County Reports 3rd Known Zika Case
Mosquito Surveillance Starts With West Nile, Zika Concerns
How To Protect Yourself, Your Baby From Zika Virus
Pirates Scrap Puerto Rico Series Amid Zika Concerns
Pitt Teaming Up With Brazil On Zika Research
OraSure Developing Rapid Zika Test
Other
Preserving The Memory Of Flight 93 Victims
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