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Acting DEP Secretary Patrick McDonnell Expected To Avoid Ruffling Feathers
Recommendations For Restoring PA As Environmental Leader
Letter: Sen. Yudichak’s Environmental Stewardship Evident In Plymouth
Sunday NewsClips
Corbett, Steelers Reeled In Shell
Grocery Bag Recycling Project Offers Comfort To Homeless
Body Found On Conveyor Belt At Penn Waste Recycling Facility
Op-Ed: Fairmount Park’s Legacy In Philadelphia
Western PA Conservancy Offers Many Outdoor Opportunities
Editorial: 660 Acre Gift Gives Pittsburgh Amazing Amenity
Hundreds Of Volunteers Descend On North Side Park
Air
DEP Air Testing Finds No Health Risk From Westmoreland Pipeline Explosion
Connecticut Asks EPA To Control Brunner Island Emissions
Crable: DEP Approval Of Perdue Plant In Lancaster Challenged
Lancaster Residents Argue DEP Abuses Discretion In Perdue Permit
Op-Ed: Cut Pollution From Oil And Gas Facilities
Alternative Energy
PUC Drops Cap From Net Metering Regulations
PUC Drops Net Metering Cap From Alternative Energy Rules
PA Can Learn From Germany’s Experience With Renewable Energy
A Solar Struggle In Zelienople
Shipley Adding CNG Fueling Station In York County
Taxing Electric Vehicles In PA
Beautification
Bill Would Toughen Digital Billboard Regs
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Emerald Ash Borer Found In Lackawanna County
Washington & Jefferson Arboretum: A Living Laboratory
Budget
Sponsors, Advocates Urge Support For Water Use Fee Bill
Water Use Fees Proposed In PA To Pay For Stream Cleanup
Record Gun Sales Boost Grants To Wildlife Agencies
Is Compromise In Air As New Budget Deadline Looms?
AP: Wolf Declines To Say Whether State Will Meet Budget Deadline
It’s Budget Time Again, Should We Cringe? Or Chill?
Hope, Skepticism On Smoother Budget Talks This Year
It’s Back! Deadline Looms For New State Budget
John Baer: Speaker Turzai’s Reason To Play Nice
Chesapeake Bay
Raising Awareness About The Chesapeake Bay
Climate
Lawmakers Weigh Controversial Energy, Environmental Bills
Op-Ed: Cut Pollution From Oil And Gas Facilities
Compliance Action
PUC Files Complaint Against Fair View Energy LLC
Drinking Water
Council Member Bills Would Get Lead Out Of Philly Water
Philadelphia Council Bills Target Lead In City
Lead Hearing Calls For More Vigilance In Philadelphia
Water Rates To Rise 10 Percent In Philadelphia
Growing Number Of NE School Districts Testing For Lead In Water
AP: Wolf To Military: Fund Blood Tests For 70K Over Tainted Water
Navy Pressed To Fund Blood Tests For Water Contaminants
Fountains, Sinks Shut Down After Lead Concerns In Scranton
Penn State Ag Testing For Lead And More
AP: Nestle Abandons Planned PA Water Extraction Facility
Economic Development
Shell Moves Ahead With Ethane Plant In Beaver County
Shell Says Marcellus Cracker Is A Go
Shell Decision On Ethane Plant Means Next Era To Begin In Western PA
AP: Shell Commits To PA Petrochemical Plant
Shell Announces Plant With Help Of $66M Tax Credit
Shell To Build $6 Billion Ethane Cracker In PA
Not Everyone Praising Shell’s Decision To Build Ethane Plant
2 Years Too Late, But Corbett Accomplishes His Goals
Tax Incentive Plan Played Major Role In Luring Shell Plant
Shell Plant To Provide 600 Jobs When It Opens
Workforce Readies For Shell Plant Construction
Cracker Plant Expected To Drive Real Estate Market
Pittsburgh Airport Eyes Expansion From Shell, Westinghouse Deal
O’Neill: No Shell Game, Cracker Plant Will Deliver
Editorial: Shell Plant, A New Renaissance?
Editorial: Shell Plant Is A Great Boon
Editorial: State Plays Shell Game With Taxes On Ethane Plant
Getting By After The Natural Gas Boom
Glatfelter Paper Completing $63M Natural Gas Conversion
New Website Explores Impacts Of Marcellus Gas Development
Delaware County Community College To Train Students For Natural Gas Jobs
Editorial: A Homestead Act For Appalachia Plants Seeds
Education
Trout, From Classroom To Stream
Delaware County Community College To Train Students For Natural Gas Jobs
Emergency Response
Oil Train Derailment Drill In Montco This Weekend
Energy
Crable: Exelon To Seek Renewal Of Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant
Exelon Seeks To Extend License For Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant
Exelon Seeking 20-Year Extension At Peach Bottom
Crable: June 13 Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Information Night
Three Mile Island Vulnerable To Closure, CEO Says
Will NJ Consumers Be Hit With Zero-Emissions Surcharge For Nuclear?
Op-Ed: PA, Nation Still Need Nuclear Power
Editorial: A Homestead Act For Appalachia Plants Seeds
PUC Grants PGW Temporary $11.4M Rate Boost
PUC To Investigate FirstEnergy Rate Hike Requests
PUC Files Complaint Against Fair View Energy LLC
Talen Energy Adopts Allentown’s Central Elementary
Talen CEO Could Be In Line For Big Payday
DEP Settlement To Be Announced On Former NE Energy Plant Site
Farming
Organic Growers Aim To Counter Blights
Flooding/Storms
Downpours Flood Roads In Western PA
Ligonier Basements Saturated By Flash Flood
Lawmakers To FEMA: Flood Plan Overhaul Too Little, Too Late
Mayfield Floodplain Expansion May Negatively Affect Property Owners
Luzerne Authority Still Tallying Wyoming Levee Fee Hike
Red Cross Offers Aid After Central PA Floods
Tornado Touched Down In Warren County Sunday
Forests
Emerald Ash Borer Found In Lackawanna County
Growing Greener
$328K Grant To Benefit Streams In Loyalhanna, Turtle Creek Watersheds
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
AP: Wolf To Military: Fund Blood Tests For 70K Over Tainted Water
Navy Pressed To Fund Blood Tests For Water Contaminants
DEP Settlement To Be Announced On Former NE Energy Plant Site
Land Conservation
Trexler Trust Awards $5.1M In Grants In Allentown Area
Litter/Illegal Dumping
Anti-Litter Activist Travels With Schuylkill River Sojourn
Mine Reclamation
Regulators Fear $1 Billion Coal Reclamation Cleanup Bill
West Virginia, Bankrupt Alpha Propose $300M Deal On Mine Cleanup
Oil & Gas
Lawmakers Weigh Controversial Energy, Environmental Bills
Deal Paves The Way For Marcellus Drilling Rules To Take Effect
Shale Gas Drilling Rules Near Passage In Legislature
Advocates: Wolf Drilling Regs Compromise Throws Environment Under The Bus
House Panel OKs Measure To Exempt Conventional Drillers From New Regs
Fellow Democrat Blasts Wolf On Environmental Issues
Lawmakers Clash Over Drilling Regs As Deadline Looms
Delaware County Lawmaker Blasts Wolf As Weak On Environment
Who Killed DEP’s Largest Fine Against A Drilling Company?
Shell Moves Ahead With Ethane Plant In Beaver County
Shell Says Marcellus Cracker Is A Go
Shell Decision On Ethane Plant Means Next Era To Begin In Western PA
AP: Shell Commits To PA Petrochemical Plant
Shell To Build $6 Billion Ethane Cracker In PA
Shell Announces Plant With Help Of $66M Tax Credit
Not Everyone Praising Shell’s Decision To Build Ethane Plant
2 Years Too Late, But Corbett Accomplishes His Goals
Tax Incentive Plan Played Major Role In Luring Shell Plant
Shell Plant To Provide 600 Jobs When It Opens
Workforce Readies For Shell Plant Construction
Cracker Plant Expected To Drive Real Estate Market
Pittsburgh Airport Eyes Expansion From Shell, Westinghouse Deal
O’Neill: No Shell Game, Cracker Plant Will Deliver
Editorial: Shell Plant, A New Renaissance?
Editorial: Shell Plant Is A Great Boon
Editorial: State Plays Shell Game With Taxes On Ethane Plant
Don’t Frack The Rich? Comment Puts Focus On Environmental Justice
Court Hears Dispute Over Oil & Gas Well Permit Policies
Court Hears Conventional Drilling Industry Challenge To Rules Protecting Public Resources
Op-Ed: Cut Pollution From Oil And Gas Facilities
PennFuture Urges Township To Scrap Gas Drilling Ordinance
New Website Explores Impacts Of Marcellus Gas Development
IMG Midstream Sees Growth In Power Plants Using Gas, Renewables
Glatfelter Paper Completing $63M Natural Gas Conversion
Environmental Group Questions SEPTA Proposal For Natural Gas Plant
Utica, Marcellus Shale Permits Slow In May Again
Chesapeake Energy Seeks To Move Lawsuit To Federal Court
Getting By After The Natural Gas Boom
Allegheny Front: Faces, Places Of The Fracking Boom
Landowner Challenge Could Open Door To Drilling In Delaware Watershed
Oil Train Derailment Drill In Montco This Weekend
Lowest Gasoline Prices In 11 Years Greet Drivers
Pipelines
DEP Air Testing Finds No Health Risk From Westmoreland Pipeline Explosion
Columbia Gas To Spend $2M To Replace Old Pittsburgh Pipeline
Recreation
Anti-Litter Activist Travels With Schuylkill River Sojourn
Discover Presque Isle Adds New Activities For Park Visitors
Teen Fisherman Spots Gator In Lehigh Canal
AP: Rocking The Gap, Climbers Scale Delaware Water Gap
Final Funding For York Rail Trail Improvement
Hazleton Hike, Bike Event Will Celebrate Trails Day
K & T Trail Expansion To Open Delaware Waterfront
Township OKs Residential Development Along Montour Trail
Hundreds Of Acres In Pittsburgh To Be Used For A Park
Walking Tour Of Pittsburgh’s Future Biggest Park
Reorganization Plan Proposed For Conneaut Lake Park
Groundbreaking On New Trails For Erie’s McClellan Park
Philly To Use Parked Cars To Protect Bike Lanes
Valley Forge: Where Disparate Parts Of A Nation Were United
Recycling/Waste
Old Tire Drop-Off In Wilkes-Barre Zika Prevention Measure
No Shortage Of Allentown Waste Disposal Alternatives
Keystone Landfill Zoning Challenge Reaches Court
Renewable Energy
PUC Drops Cap From Net Metering Regulations
PUC Drops Net Metering Cap From Alternative Energy Rules
PA Can Learn From Germany’s Experience With Renewable Energy
A Solar Struggle In Zelienople
Taxing Electric Vehicles In PA
Schuylkill River
Anti-Litter Activist Travels With Schuylkill River Sojourn
Sustainability
Smart City Challenge: Pittsburgh Makes Push For $50 Million
Watershed Protection
$328K Grant To Benefit Streams In Loyalhanna, Turtle Creek Watersheds
Sevenmile Creek Restoration Will Reduce Erosion
Trexler Trust Awards $5.1M In Grants In Allentown Area
Editorial: A Wetlands Win For Property Owners
Congressman Call For Probe Into Water Contamination Near Air Stations
Delaware RiverKeeper June 3 Riverwatch Video Report
Raising Awareness About The Chesapeake Bay
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Wildlife
Trout, From Classroom To Stream
Record Gun Sales Boost Grants To Wildlife Agencies
Wild Outdoors - Kettle Creek Wonderful For Angling
Latrobe Wildlife Biologist Takes Aim At Rabies
Teen Fisherman Spots Gator In Lehigh Canal
Schuylkill Haven Wildlife Center Nurses Injured Bald Eagle
Let’s Talk About Birds: Spring On The Wing
Bird Counts Track Species, Environmental Health In Lehigh Valley
Butterflies Flutter Into New National Aviary Exhibit
Schneck: 14 Things You Don’t Know About Fireflies
Zika Virus/West Nile Virus
Dept. Of Health Monitoring Zika Virus In PA
Pitt Lab Worker Contracts Zika From Needle Stick
Old Tire Drop-Off In Wilkes-Barre Zika Prevention Measure
Allegheny County Treats Catch Basins To Prevent West Nile Virus
Other
Philly Council Advances Pro-Billboard Legislation
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