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Stay Cool Friends, It’s Gonna Be Hot Until It’s Not

100-Degree Heat Inches Toward Western PA

PPL: Grid Ready For Weekend Heat Wave

Sunday NewsClips

Drilling Tools Donated 14 Years After Quecreek Mine Rescue

Unions Gathering Workers For Shell Plant

Letter: Shell’s Ethane Cracker Will Reduce Air Emissions

Towns Would Collaborate To Clean Up Wissahickon Creek

Tunkhannock River Day Links Crowd, Nature

Motorcycle Lost In ‘77 Johnstown Flood Found In Excavation Work

Op-Ed: Erie County Needs Fully Regional Transit System

Walliser: Some Beetles Are Real Pests

Editorial: Insecticide Ban May Help Bees

Air

York County’s Air Quality Better But Still An F

Washington County School OK’s Air Testing Related To Drilling

Alternative Fuels

No Charge For Test Rides On SEPTA’s New Electric Bus During DNC

Industries Give PA Clean Energy Policies Mixed Reviews

Op-Ed: Clean Energy Is Working In Pennsylvania

Editorial: Another Solar Mess, Taxpayers Burned

SolarCity Opens Facility In Lancaster Monday

How Renewable Energy Is Blowing Climate Change Efforts Off Course

Beautification

Reviving A Historic Garden At Bartram’s Garden In Philadelphia

Keep PA Beautiful Now Accepting Grant Applications

Budget

Lower Profile Energy Items Survive In The PA Budget

Swift: Budget Finale Ends 2-Year Revenue Search

AP: Wolf Secures Budget Peace, For Now, If Not Campaign Promises

Bumsted: Budget Deal Shows PA Requires More Sunshine

O’Neill: The Sin-Tax State Budget Just A Quick Fix

Swift: Tax Credits, Exemptions In New Budget

Thompson: Taxes On Digital Downloads Begin Aug. 1

Chesapeake Bay

Outdoors Notebook: Susquehanna River Cleanup Stalled

Reading Students Raise Money For Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal

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Climate

Study: Philly Faces 4-Foot Flooding As Seas Rise

Editorial: The Climate Fight: The Screw Turns

Conservative Groups Push Back Against GOP’s Climate Denialism

Fighting Obama’s Climate Plan, But Quietly Preparing To Comply

Deep Mine Safety

Test Results Show Coal Dust Rules Working, Agency Says

Delaware River

Hundreds Help Cleanup The Delaware River In Pike County

Tires And More Found In Upper Delaware River Cleanup

Delaware RiverKeeper July 22 RiverWatch Video Report

Video: 2016 Delaware River Sojourn

Drinking Water

Capital Region Water Video: Join The Fight To Improve Water Quality

Harmar Water Authority Gets $1.38M PennVEST Loan

Lancaster City, County Get $1.33 Million To Fight Lead Hazards

Allegheny County Health Dept Assigns Homework On Lead Testing

Pittsburgh Authority: Brown Water Safe To Drink

Op-Ed: Get The Lead Out Of Pittsburgh’s Water

Cheswick Residents Could Save 30% On Water Bills

Montco Law Firm Holds Willow Grove Water Contamination

Southwestern PA Water Authority Increases Rates, Citing Gas, Coal Slowdown

Springdale Water Plant Upgrade On Track

Economic Development

Keystone Edge: Great Allegheny Passage Helps Towns Thrive

Wolf: Ethane Cracker Will Bring Jobs For Years

Op-Ed: Shale Revolution Fulfills Promise Of Jobs Energy, Environment

Talen Energy Cuts 53 Jobs At Berwick Nuclear Plant

Talen Energy To Cut Jobs, Including 7 In Allentown

Komatsu Signals Mining Optimism By $2.9B Joy Takeover

Education

Reading Students Raise Money For Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Energy

Lower Profile Energy Items Survive In The PA Budget

Homer City Power Plant Running Out Of Steam

Op-Ed: Clean Energy Is Working In Pennsylvania

PUC Narrowly Targets Oversight Of Competitive Market

Hearings On Electric Rate Hike To Be Held In Erie

Hearings Set On FirstEnergy Utilities’ Rate Increase Requests

Talen Energy Cuts 53 Jobs At Berwick Nuclear Plant

Talen Energy To Cut Jobs, Including 7 In Allentown

Komatsu Signals Mining Optimism By $2.9B Joy Takeover

PPL: Grid Ready For Weekend Heat Wave

Energy Conservation

SEDA-COG Center Helps Communities Reduce Energy Costs

Environmental Heritage

Mining Region Observes First Anthracite Heritage Day

Former Miner Raises Flag At Miners’ Memorial Park

On Facebook: Anthracite Heritage Alliance

Reviving A Historic Garden At Bartram’s Garden In Philadelphia

Farming

Conservationists Test Soil For Lead In Pittsburgh Area

Flooding

Feds Qualify Fayette County For Aid From Severe Flooding

Study: Philly Faces 4-Foot Flooding As Seas Rise

Forests

Riving The Chestnut Tree In Pennsylvania

GIS

DEP Unveils Updated Oil And Gas Mapping Tool

Green Buildings/Sustainability

Frick Environmental Center, Pittsburgh’s Newest Living Building

Green Infrastructure

Capital Region Water Video: Join The Fight To Improve Water Quality

Rain Garden At Manor College To Help Preserve Jenkintown Creek

Hazardous Waste Sites

Montco Law Firm Holds Willow Grove Water Contamination

Land Conservation

Push Is On For Delco Green Space Bond Issue

Connecting Philly With Green Space One Lot At A Time

Land Recycling

Foundations Seek New Dev. Partner For Almono Brownfield Site

Master Developer Sought For Former LTV Coke Works Site

Lehigh River

Discover Island Park On The Lehigh River Sojourn

Litter/Illegal Dumping

Philadelphia Water: Boats A Powerful Tool In Fight Against Litter

Tires And More Found In Upper Delaware River Cleanup

Hundreds Help Cleanup The Delaware River In Pike County

Mining - Non-Coal

20-Year-Old Man Dies At Bangor Quarry

2nd Man Dies Plunging Into Abandoned PA Quarry

DEP: Stay Out Stay Alive

Mine Reclamation

Lower Profile Energy Items Survive In The PA Budget

Study Looks At Bacteria To Remove Metals From Mine-Impacted Water

Editorial: State Must Ensure Safe End For Coal In Bankruptcies

Oil & Gas

DEP Unveils Updated Oil And Gas Mapping Tool

Letter: Senate Bill Promotes Pollution

Study: Fracking May Worsen Asthma, But Not Cause & Effect

New PA Study Fails To Link Fracking To Asthma

AP: Study: Fracking May Worsen Asthma For Nearby Residents

Health Study Connects Gas Drilling, Asthma Attacks

Washington County School OK’s Air Testing Related To Drilling

Revisions Of PA’s Oil & Gas Regs Mired In Politics

Homer City Power Plant Running Out Of Steam

Pittsburgh Airport Gas And Royalties Begin Flowing

Consol, Allegheny County Announce Natural Gas Production At Airport

Consol Begins Natural Gas Production At Allegheny Airport

Seneca Resources To Open Wastewater Treatment Facility In McKean

Southwestern PA Water Authority Increases Rates, Citing Gas, Coal Slowdown

Wolf: Ethane Cracker Will Bring Jobs For Years

Shell Ethane Plant Could Make Airport Land Hot Property

Shell Ethane Plant Could Boost River Infrastructure

Op-Ed: Shale Revolution Fulfills Promise Of Jobs Energy, Environment

Cabot Says It Was Dinged $4M For Pre-Existing Pollution

Court Awards $2M To 2 Property Owners In Gas Lease Case

PA Supreme Court: Tax Sale Extinguished Gas Rights Claim

Low Oil Prices Made U.S. Frackers Lean, Profitable

Worst Over For Oil Market Crash Industry Giants Say

Worst Over For Oil Market Crash Industry Giants Say

Court Rejects Challenge To Maryland LNG Export Facility

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Stay Flat At $2.47/Gallon

Trump Considering Top Fracking Mogul As Energy Secretary

Pipelines

PennEast Pipeline Impacts Would Be Minimal, FERC Says

Federal Approval Process Moves Ahead For PennEast Pipeline

FERC Gives OK To PennEast Pipeline Project

FERC Gives PennEast Pipeline Project

Testing Ordered For 3 More Pipelines Near Westmoreland Blast Site

Corrosion Found On Another Pipeline Near Westmoreland Blast

AP: Feds Order More Upgrades To Spectra Pipelines After Blast

Feds Order More Pipeline Testing Following Explosion

Allegheny Front: Why Pipeline Safety Is One Of PA’s Next Big Issues

DEP Fines Butler County Pipeline Project

DEP Fines Pipeline Company $1.5M For Damaging Wetlands

Crable: Court Says Sunoco Can Condemn Land For Mariner 2 Pipeline

Repairs To Dallas Twp. Transco Pipeline Slated For Next Week

Op-Ed: PennEast Pipeline, Fracking Opponents Press  Case On National Stage

UGI Gets OK To Start Full Pipeline Construction In Shamokin Dam

Does Pipeline Age Really Matter?

Recreation

Keystone Edge: Great Allegheny Passage Helps Towns Thrive

Push Is On For Delco Green Space Bond Issue

Video: Kayaking The Conodoguinet With Captain Toby

Video: 2016 Delaware River Sojourn

Discover Island Park On The Lehigh River Sojourn

Apollo Gets $300K In Grants For Street Widening, Trail Upgrades

Murrysville Man Offers Church Service At Keystone State Park

What’s In Store For Pittsburgh’s New Public Park?

AP: Fees Going Up At Gettysburg National Military Park

PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Take Five Fridays With Pam

Recycling/Waste

Dauphin County Can No Longer Afford To Recycle Glass

Lancaster Not Following Dauphin County On Eliminating Glass Recycling

Scranton Updating Recycling Program

Crable: Manor Twp. Officials Want Landfill Control

Editorial: Give States Control Over Interstate Trash

Bashing Keystone Landfill Plan

Keystone Landfill Fight Turns Political

Column: No Voice More Urgent Than Mom’s On Keystone Landfill

Renewable Energy

Industries Give PA Clean Energy Policies Mixed Reviews

Op-Ed: Clean Energy Is Working In Pennsylvania

Editorial: Another Solar Mess, Taxpayers Burned

SolarCity Opens Facility In Lancaster Monday

How Renewable Energy Is Blowing Climate Change Efforts Off Course

Watershed Protection

Outdoors Notebook: Susquehanna River Cleanup Stalled

Rain Garden At Manor College To Help Preserve Jenkintown Creek

Delaware RiverKeeper July 22 RiverWatch Video Report

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West Nile/Zika Virus

AP: PA To Get Federal Funding To Fight Zika Virus

Zika Prevention Kits Available In York County

First Possible Homegrown Case Of Zika Virus In Florida

Wildlife

Tracking Songbird Progress In Pennsylvania’s Forests

Vulture Returns To National Aviary

Crable: At Least 2 Bears Rambling Thru Lancaster County

Crable: 1 Of 3 Bears Roaming Lancaster Captured

Anglers Pull Piranha From North Park Lake In Allegheny County

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7/25/2016