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Sunday NewsClips
Thompson: Negotiators Aim Toward Sunday Delivery Of Draft Budget
State Budget Situation Fluid Legislators Say
Swift: Bills Advance As State Budget Deadline Nears
PA, I-95 States Look At Charging Drivers By Mile, Not Gallon
Spectra To Investigate 263 Miles Of Pipeline After Westmoreland Accident
PA Seismic Network Helps Tell Fracking Quakes From Natural Ones
Op-Ed: Allegheny Health Dept. Must Crack Down On Polluters
Op-Ed: Carbon County Wind Energy Project Won’t Harm Watershed
Stroud Center, West Chester: Solar Exposure Energizes Muddy Microbes
Talen Energy Offers IT Exec $400K Not To Leave
Victims Of Twin Shaft Mine Disaster In Pittston Remembered
West Virginia Begins Monumental Flood Recovery Effort
Delaware RiverKeeper June 24 RiverWatch Video Report
Nazareth Cyclist To Ride D&L Trail For 24 Hours
Little Buffalo State Park Jewel In Perry County
Future Clouded For Confluence Helped By Bike Trail
Conneaut Twp Park Shimmers On Lake Erie Shore
Honeybees On Display At Tom Ridge Environmental Center
Personnel
Fmr DEP Secretary John Quigley Hired By University Of Pennsylvania
Fmr DEP Secretary Quigley Lands Job At Penn
Fmr DEP Secretary Quigley Takes Position At Penn Energy Policy Center
Former DEP Chief Quigley Lands At Penn Energy Center
Air
Shell Ethane Plant Could Turn Back Clock On Air Quality
Alternative Fuels
Op-Ed: PA Clean Energy Policy-- More Jobs, Lower Bills
PECO Confab Shines Light On Solar
Wind Power Lifts Wyoming's Fortunes, Miners Left In The Dust
Beautification
Fresh Paint Days Grant Applications Available
Budget
Thompson: Negotiators Aim Toward Sunday Delivery Of Draft Budget
Swift: State Lawmakers Mull Water Withdrawal Fee
Editorial: Small Water Use Fee For Cleaner Water
AP: Budget Makers Eye Revival Of Natural Gas Gross Receipts Tax
Thompson: Natural Gas Gross Receipts Tax Bubbles Into Budget Picture
Wolf Upbeat About Passing 2016-17 Budget
AP: Wolf Says Budget Can Hit Goals Without Major Tax Increase
Swift: Wolf Drops Income, Sales Tax Proposal
AP: House Returns With Budget Deadline Looming
Esack: Legislature To Vote This Week On New Budget
Final Budget Stretch Starts With Major Issues Unresolved
AP: Democrats Take Leap Of Faith Into Budget Talks With GOP
Swift: Budget Hangs On Betting, Smoking
Chesapeake Bay
EPA Marks PA Farms For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
PA Falling Short Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Milestones
EPA: States Behind In Tackling Chesapeake Bay Problems
Climate
Carbon Dioxide Released From Mine Drainage Equals Small Power Plant
SEPTA Power Plan Plan Provokes Climate Activists
Editorial: Troubling Climate At National Park Service
Editorial: Climate Of Coercion, Dangerous Cudgel
Compliance Action
AP: State Fines 2 Health Systems For Illegally Dumping Waste
UPMC, AHN Fined $500K For Dumping Medical Waste
AG Files Charges In 2014 Scranton Cooperage Fire
AP: Yuengling Settles Clean Water Act Violations
Feds: Yuengling Settles Clean Water Act Violations
Conservation Districts
Monroe County Appoints New Conservation District Executive Director
Delaware River
Natural Lands Trust Video: A Delaware Watershed Moment
Drinking Water
Senate Panel Advances Plan For Lead Task Force
DEP Probes Tainted Drinking Water Near Doylestown
DEP Investigates Doylestown-Area Private Water Well Contamination
DEP Launches Investigation Into Doylestown-Area Water Contamination
Erie Water Works Bucks Trend With Low Lead Levels
Lead: There Is No Safe Level For Kids
How Navy Bases Contaminated PA Drinking Water
Springdale Water Upgrades Estimated To Cost $5.3M
Economic Development
Beaver County Upskills To Prepare For Shell Plant
New Vessel Will Connect Rivers Of Steel Visitors To Mon River
Education
National Park Bioblitzes Turn Kids Into Citizen Scientists
Insect Safari Day Camp Has Kids Buzzing
Childhood Experts Praise Time In Great Outdoors
DRYerson Festival Focus On Protecting Streams Near Ryerson Park
Wilkes-Barre RiverFest 2016 Offers Paddling, Riverside Activities
New Vessel Will Connect Rivers Of Steel Visitors To Mon River
Energy
Bankruptcies, Foreclosures Up As Gas, Coal Jobs Lost
Coal Operators, Union Reach Tentative Contract Deal
Op-Ed: Helping Coal Miners Get By
Pitt To Collaborate With Utilities, Manufacturers On Grid Modernization
Glatfelter Paper Completing Conversion To Natural Gas
DEP Holds Hearing On Jessup Power Plant Permit Change
First Marcellus Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Complete
SEPTA Power Plan Plan Provokes Climate Activists
Rebranded Duquesne Light Aims To Draw Younger Customers, Employees
Wind Power Lifts Wyoming's Fortunes, Miners Left In The Dust
Energy Efficiency
Op-Ed: PA Clean Energy Policy-- More Jobs, Lower Bills
Data Centers A Boon For Efficiency, Renewables
Environmental Heritage
Flooding From Hurricane Agnes In 1972
Flooding
At Least 23 Dead In West Virginia Floods
23 Dead In West Virginia Floods
Flooding From Hurricane Agnes In 1972
Wilkes-Barre Man Recalls Devastation In 1972 Flood
Forests
Forest Projects To Aid Wildlife
Green Infrastructure
Philly Green City, Clean Waters Blows Past 5 Year Targets
Video Recap Of First 5 Years Of Philly’s Green City, Clean Waters
Op-Ed: Philly Is On Course For Cleaner Waters, Greener City
Green Technology
Stroud Center, West Chester: Solar Exposure Energizes Muddy Microbes
Growing Greener
Growing Greener Funds Will Help Reclaim Mine Land
Watershed Improvement Project Starts In Lebanon Nature Park
Work To Begin On Quittie Creek Growing Greener Grant In Lebanon
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
How Navy Bases Contaminated PA Drinking Water
Lackawanna River
Op-Ed: Saving Lackawanna River Requires Citizen Involvement
Mine Reclamation
Growing Greener Funds Will Help Reclaim Mine Land
Carbon Dioxide Released From Mine Drainage Equals Small Power Plant
Mine Subsidence
DEP: Mine Subsidence Likely Caused Hole In Wilkes-Barre Yard
DEP Plans Fence Around Mine Subsidence Hole In Wilkes-Barre
Oil & Gas
Wolf Signs Bill Rejecting Conventional Drilling Regulations
AP: Wolf Signs Bill Settling Fight Over Drilling Regulations
Report: Gas Industry Spent $8M Lobbying Legislature In 2015
Natural Gas Company Blasts Penn Township Ordinance
AG Seeks Leaseholder Sanctions Against Chesapeake Energy
Utica Shale Yields Higher Output With Fewer Wells
DEP Holds Hearing On Jessup Power Plant Permit Change
First Marcellus Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Complete
AP: Budget Makers Eye Revival Of Natural Gas Gross Receipts Tax
Glatfelter Paper Completing Conversion To Natural Gas
Beaver County Upskills To Prepare For Shell Plant
Shell Ethane Plant Could Turn Back Clock On Air Quality
Oil Bust Leaves Other States With Massive Well Cleanup
Judge: U.S. Land Agency Lacks Authority To Set Rules On Fracking
White House Will Fight Ruling Against Fracking Ruling
Obama Administration Decries Judge’s Fracking Ruling
Editorial: Fracking Ruling, Court Slaps Obama Again
Southport Refinery Expansion Proposal Draws Fire
Pittsburgh Gasoline Falls For 1st Time Since Feb
Pipelines
Bloomberg: Get Your Pipeline Out Of My Yard
Court Clears Way For Sunoco Pipeline Eminent Domain Suit
Drumore Twp, Lancaster Epicenter Of Gas Pipelines
Columbia Pipeline Reviews Safety Methods
Recreation
House Bill Encourages Private Development In State Parks
Bill Would Open State Parks To Golf, Water Slides, Hotels
Bills Would Permit Commercial Development In PA State Parks
DRYerson Festival Focus On Protecting Streams Near Ryerson Park
Aerial Photos Of Philadelphia Elevated Parks, Reading Viaduct
Schneck: Where To Camp In A Treehouse In PA
Greene County Acquires Property To Extend Greene River Trail
Childhood Experts Praise Time In Great Outdoors
Built-In-A-Day Erie Playground 5th Anniversary
Hazelwood Greenway Plan Consultant Sought
New Pittsburgh Riverfront Park Adds Kayak Rentals
North Huntingdon Seeks Ways To Revitalize Parks
Editorial: Add Playful Elements To Public Spaces In NE
Fairmount Park Conservancy Lands New Executive Director
Recycling/Waste
PRC ReuseFest Pairs Household Castoffs With Nonprofits
Scrap Recycler Muscles Into Western PA
AP: State Fines 2 Health Systems For Illegally Dumping Waste
UPMC, AHN Fined $500K For Dumping Medical Waste
Jeannette’s Cleanup Cost Put At $15,000
Scranton May Ask Landfill To Abandon Leachate Line
Editorial: Scranton Mayor Must Act On Landfill Leachate
Developer Plans For Susquehanna County Incinerator Launches Website
Renewable Energy
Op-Ed: PA Clean Energy Policy-- More Jobs, Lower Bills
PECO Confab Shines Light On Solar
Stroud Center, West Chester: Solar Exposure Energizes Muddy Microbes
Data Centers A Boon For Efficiency, Renewables
Wind Power Lifts Wyoming's Fortunes, Miners Left In The Dust
Stormwater
Philly Green City, Clean Waters Blows Past 5 Year Targets
Sustainability
Pittsburgh Loses Out On $50M Smart Cities Grant
Watershed Protection
Swift: State Lawmakers Mull Water Withdrawal Fee
Editorial: Small Water Use Fee For Cleaner Water
EPA: States Behind In Tackling Chesapeake Bay Problems
Philly Green City, Clean Waters Blows Past 5 Year Targets
Op-Ed: Philly Is On Course For Cleaner Waters, Greener City
Wilkes-Barre RiverFest 2016 Offers Paddling, Riverside Activities
Op-Ed: Saving Lackawanna River Requires Citizen Involvement
Watershed Improvement Project Starts In Lebanon Nature Park
Work To Begin On Quittie Creek Growing Greener Grant In Lebanon
DRYerson Festival Focus On Protecting Streams Near Ryerson Park
New Vessel Will Connect Rivers Of Steel Visitors To Mon River
Schneck: 11 Things You Don’t Know About Mayflies In PA
Delaware RiverKeeper June 17 RiverWatch Video Report
Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal
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Wildlife
National Park Bioblitzes Turn Kids Into Citizen Scientists
Saving Butterflies, Other Wildlife In Urban Philly
Schneck: 11 Things You Don’t Know About Mayflies In PA
17-Year Cicadas Emerge Early
Yes, More Otters Are Calling Schuylkill River Home
Remembering PA Naturalist Chuck Tague
Forest Projects To Aid Wildlife
Downtown Pittsburgh Deer Pose Problems For Authorities
Crable: Rare Barn Owlets Put On Show In Banding Operation
Noxen Snake Roundup Tightens Father’s Day Bond
Zika Virus
Quinnipiac Poll: 52% Concerned About Contracting Zika Virus
Mosquitoes That Spread Zika Found In Lancaster
Chesco Reports First Confirmed Zika Case
Plymouth Meeting Firm Begins Zika Vaccine Trials
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