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Sunday NewsClips

Thompson: Wolf To Let $31.5 Billion Spending Plan To Become Law

AP: Wolf To Let Budget Bill Become Law Despite Funding Questions

Couloumbis: Wolf To Let $31.5B Spending Plan Become Law

AP: Big Budget Decisions On Tap As Lawmakers Return

Mining Company Bankruptcies Jeopardizes Money For Reclamation

Simpler Water Test For Lead Draws Accuracy Questions

States Petition EPA To Limit Brunner Island Emissions

PUC Judges Recommend $5M Penalty Against Power Supplier

Carbon Market Expectations Meet Low Prices, Muddled Policy

Geologists Provide New Answers To Johnstown Flood

Lessons Sprout From Soil, Water, Hard Work

July 16 Anthracite Heritage Day In PA

Celebrate National Park Service’s Centennial Near Erie

Schneck: Video: Fireflies Flash Through The Summer Night Air

Air

Bill Would Limit PA’s Ability To Regulate Methane

Alternative Energy

Once A Leader, PA’s Clean Energy Progress Has Been Slow

State Net Metering Rules Turned Down By IRRC 2nd Time

Local Fishing Group Raising Fund For Solar Lights In Nesbitt Park

Op-Ed: Can’t Have Renewable Energy Without Shale Gas

Awards & Recognition

Covanta Employee Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Covanta’s John Waffenschmidt Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

New Invasive Plant With Toxic Sap In WI To PA

Gypsy Moths Return To Dine On New England Trees

Cong. Boyle Proposal On Endangered Species Reform

Budget

Thompson: Wolf To Let $31.5 Billion Spending Plan To Become Law

AP: Wolf To Let Budget Bill Become Law Despite Funding Questions

Couloumbis: Wolf To Let $31.5B Spending Plan Become Law

AP: Big Budget Decisions On Tap As Lawmakers Return

AP: PA Budget Talks Enter Weekend As Decision Looms

No Budget Deal Yet, But House To Reconvene

Editorial: Time To Revisit Natural Gas Severance Fee

AP: Clock Ticks Down To Another Budget Decision Day For Wolf

AP: Budget Talks Enter New Week With No News On Deal

Swift: Pennsylvania Back In Budget Limbo

Swift: Audit Of Fish License Fees Spurs Debate

House Rs, Ds Locked On PA Budget Funding

Analysis: Still No Budget, But At Least They Had Fireworks

Crable: Pennsylvania Lags On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Peters Twp Gets State Gas Impact Fees

Elk County Awards 2 Student Scholarships With Drilling Fees

Chesapeake Bay

Crable: Pennsylvania Lags On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Spring Brook Authority Looks To Wetland To Meet Mandates

Op-Ed: Trade Your Bad Habits For Better Water, CBF-PA

Teachers Learn Clean Water Lessons

Climate

Bill Would Limit PA’s Ability To Regulate Methane

Allegheny Front: Hunt For Methane Leaks Goes High-Tech

Study: CO2 Emissions From Coal Mine Drainage Higher Than Expected

Op-Ed: Coal Country Hit By A Changing Climate

Editorial: The Great CO2 Divide, Nuts vs. Nuts

Editorial: Ozone Hole Disappearing

Coastal Zone Management

Mid-Atlantic States Draft Regional Plan For Coastal Waters

Compliance Action

Ex-Chesco Official Pleads Guilty To Illegal Dumping

Delaware River

NJ Nuclear Power Plans Get OK For Delaware River Withdrawals

Delaware RiverKeeper July 8 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Philadelphia Water To Change Lead Testing Process

Grassroots Fight Over Rising Water Bills

Wonderful World Of Water Student Camp In Lackawanna County

Education

Teachers Learn Clean Water Lessons

Students Take Advantage Of Pocono Environmental Ed Center Opportunities

Wonderful World Of Water Student Camp In Lackawanna County

Water Camp Offered In The Midvalley

Clay Delancey: New Visions For An Ag Future

Fundraising Ends For Asbury Woods Environmental Ed Center

Elk County Awards 2 Student Scholarships With Drilling Fees

Energy

PA Industrial Power Users Push For Relief From Conservation Mandates

When Storms Hit, Chesco Microgrid Would Keep Lights On

State Net Metering Rules Turned Down By IRRC 2nd Time

Natural Gas Fills Gap As Coal Drops Out Of U.S. Power Market

2 Gas-Fueled Power Plants Soon To Be Operational In PA

PA To Get Power From Shale Gas

Murray Coal Working To Avoid Bankruptcy

Mining Company Surrenders PA Coal Reserves To Nonprofits

Model Plant For Clean Coal Runs Off The Tracks

Op-Ed: Coal Country Hit By A Changing Climate

Op-Ed: Can’t Have Renewable Energy Without Shale Gas

Op-Ed: The Moral Case For Fossil Fuels

Hot Weather Expected To Strain Electric Providers

Covanta’s John Waffenschmidt Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Accused Peach Bottom Trespasser Heading To Trial

NJ Nuclear Power Plans Get OK For Delaware River Withdrawals

Crable: Muddy Run Warning Sirens To Be Tested July 14 In Lancaster

Energy Conservation

PA Industrial Power Users Push For Relief From Conservation Mandates

IEA: Middle East Oil Dependence Driving Down Energy Efficiency

Environmental Heritage

As Fire Burns On, Centralia Residents Remember Hometown

Farming

Clay Delancey: New Visions For An Ag Future

Forests

Montco Brush Fire Causes SEPTA Train Delays

Gypsy Moths Return To Dine On New England Trees

Land Conservation

Lake Erie Region Conservancy Protects Natural Areas

Grants To Improve Green Space In Erie County

Abandoned Pittsburgh Incline Faces New Future As Greenspace

Nature Unfolds At Backyard Sanctuary In Lehman Twp

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Environmental Group Maps Schlock On Schuylkill River

Ex-Chesco Official Pleads Guilty To Illegal Dumping

Mine Reclamation

AP: Environmentalists, Coal Refuse Site Operator Reach 1-Year Pact

Study: CO2 Emissions From Coal Mine Drainage Higher Than Expected

As Fire Burns On, Centralia Residents Remember Hometown

Oil & Gas

Bill Would Limit PA’s Ability To Regulate Methane

Allegheny Front: Hunt For Methane Leaks Goes High-Tech

Peters Twp Gets State Gas Impact Fees

Elk County Awards 2 Student Scholarships With Drilling Fees

Editorial: Time To Revisit Natural Gas Severance Fee

Group Intervenes In Lawsuit To Defend Delaware Watershed Drilling Moratorium

Wyoming County Keeps Eyes Focused On Marcellus

Remember Shell Picked PA For Ethane Plant

Natural Gas Fills Gap As Coal Drops Out Of U.S. Power Market

PA To Get Power From Shale Gas

2 Gas-Fueled Power Plants Soon To Be Operational In PA

Op-Ed: Can’t Have Renewable Energy Without Shale Gas

Op-Ed: The Moral Case For Fossil Fuels

Chesapeake Energy $10B Mortgage Raises Eyebrows

WSJ: The Shale Boom’s New Winner: Propane

DOE Secretary Sees Oil Market Coming Into Balance

IEA: Middle East Oil Dependence Driving Down Energy Efficiency

Reuters: Philadelphia Refinery Cuts Gasoline Output As Margins Sink

Gasoline Prices Likely To Keep Falling In Western PA

Pipelines

DEP Plans Public Hearings For Sunoco’s Mariner 2 Pipeline

DEP Sets 5 Hearings For Mariner East Pipeline

DEP Sets Hearing In Westmoreland On Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Crable: EPA Critical Of Environmental Review For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

Editorial: Hope For Lancaster Fight Against Gas Pipeline

EPA Calls For Rethinking Of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Route

Allegheny Front: Explosion Heats Up Concerns Over Gas Pipelines

Millcreek/Erie: Residents Allowed To Return After Natural Gas Well Pipeline Leak

Some Peoples Gas Customers To Get New Service Lines

Recreation

Swift: Green Groups Upend Parks Bill

Chesapeake Bay Journal: PA Parks Development Bill Not Dead Yet

Frye: Stewards Of Penn’s Woods Wage War On Graffiti In Parks

120,000 Visit Presque Isle State Park For July 4th

Discover Outdoor Summer Adventures Around The Erie Region

Fun, Adventure Of PA’s State Parks

Take 5 Fridays, PA Parks & Forests Foundation- July 8

Swift: Effort Underway To Repeal Authorization For Poconos Parkway

Abandoned Pittsburgh Incline Faces New Future As Greenspace

Dauphin County’s Wildwood Park Art In The Wild Photo Gallery

Connecting The Southeast’s Trails System Is Forging Community

Reading Using Bicycling As Revitalization Tool

Op-Ed: Delaware & Lehigh Trail Nearing Completion

Op-Ed: Rethink Limiting Access To National Parks

Op-Ed: Sometimes Limits Necessary In National Parks

Recycling/Waste

Covanta Employee Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Covanta’s John Waffenschmidt Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Renewable Energy

Once A Leader, PA’s Clean Energy Progress Has Been Slow

State Net Metering Rules Turned Down By IRRC 2nd Time

Ben Franklin Clients Named Sustainable Energy Competition Finalist

Local Fishing Group Raising Fund For Solar Lights In Nesbitt Park

Covanta Employee Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Covanta’s John Waffenschmidt Honored By Chester Environmental Partnership

Op-Ed: Can’t Have Renewable Energy Without Shale Gas

Schuylkill River

Bartram’s Garden Using Historic Mission For New Work On Schuylkill

Environmental Group Maps Schlock On Schuylkill River

Invisible River’s Aerial Performance Returns To The Schuylkill

Susquehanna River

Video: Sunrise To Sunset Paddle On The Susquehanna

Stunt To Icon: Lady Liberty On Susquehanna River

Water Monitoring

Yough Is Getting Cleaner, But Its Tributaries Are Warmer

New Tool Delivers Water Quality Alerts On 3 Rivers

StreamWatcher Training Available In Pike County

Watershed Protection

Crable: Pennsylvania Lags On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Op-Ed: Trade Your Bad Habits For Better Water, CBF-PA

Teachers Learn Clean Water Lessons

Yough Is Getting Cleaner, But Its Tributaries Are Warmer

Lawrence County Adopts Clean Water Resolution

Spring Brook Authority Looks To Wetland To Meet Mandates

StreamWatcher Training Available In Pike County

Delaware RiverKeeper July 8 RiverWatch Video Report

Invisible River’s Aerial Performance Returns To The Schuylkill

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Wildlife

Swift: Audit Of Fish License Fees Spurs Debate

Local Fishing Group Raising Fund For Solar Lights In Nesbitt Park

Behrend Prof Studies Purple Martins, Bacteria

Let’s Talk About Birds: Cotingas

Insects All Around Us Live Complicated Lives

Mayflies Are Baaaack Coating Houses, Picnic Tables

Game Commission NE Shooting Ranges To Undergo Maintenance

Zika Virus

PA Taking Steps To Prevent Zika Outbreak

Video: DEP, Health Facebook Town Hall Meeting On Zika Virus

No Zika Virus Awareness Signs At Erie Airport

Other

Professor Gathers Infrastructure Solutions From U.S. Cities

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7/11/2016