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Acting DEP Secretary: Chesapeake Bay, Methane, Drilling Regs Priorities

Sunday NewsClips

Ozone Action Days Decline In Pittsburgh With Drop In Industrial Pollutants

Couple Turns From Digging Coal To Writing Code

Op-Ed: Let’s Innovate Rather Than Bicker Over Sources Of Energy

Mosquitoes Found To Carry West Nile In York

Three Rivers Regatta Shines On Sunny Day

NestWatch Program Shows A Bird In Hand Can Be Awesome

Air

Delaware Valley Planning Commission: $21M In Clean Air Transportation Projects

Letter: Shell’s Cracker Emissions Involves Legal Sleight Of Hand

Alternative Energy

Delaware Valley Planning Commission: $21M In Clean Air Transportation Projects

S’mores In A Solar-Powered Oven? You Bet

Biodiversity

Mellon Grant Will Support Research At Powdermill Reserve

Editorial: Cataloging Grant For Powdermill Reserve Welcomed

Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Spotted In Emmaus, Upper Milford

Budget

Op-Ed: New Tax Credit Will Help Reclaim Mine Lands, Sen. Yudichak

Chesapeake Bay

Contaminants Prompt New Advisories For Susquehanna River

Crable: DEP Again Refuses To List Susquehanna As Impaired Due To Bass Decline

DEP: Pollution, Invasives Threaten Susquehanna River

DEP Declares 4 Miles Of Susquehanna River Impaired For Recreation

DEP Declares Portion Of Susquehanna River Impaired

PA Declares Susquehanna Stretch Impaired For Recreation

DEP Susquehanna River Report Worries Outdoor Enthusiasts

DEP: Pollution, Invasives Threaten Susquehanna

Crable: Is It OK To Swim At Columbia Now That River Is Impaired?

DEP: Impaired Susquehanna Not Necessarily Unsafe For Swimming

Op-Ed: Charting A Course For Clean Water, Harry Campbell, CBF-PA

Editorial: PA Needs To Fix Chesapeake Bay Efforts Before Feds Do It For Them

Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal

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Citizen Action

Cleona Woman Shows Passion For The Environment

Climate

Court Dismisses PA Youths’ Climate Case

Obama Instructs FERC To Review Climate Impacts Of Pipelines

Federal Agencies Have To Consider Climate Impact Under NEPA

Records Shattered As Climate Change Plays Out Before Us

Climate Change Divide In Forefront Of Presidential Campaign

Compliance Actions

XTO Drilling To Pay $300,000 For Illegal Wastewater Discharges

Esack: Drilling Company To Pay $400K Over Wastewater Leak

AG Reaches Settlement With XTO Drilling Criminal Charges

Op-Ed: Voluntary Compliance Doesn’t Work With Oil & Gas Industry

AP: Feds, PA Settle Consol Energy Water Pollution Suit

EPA, DEP Have Settlement With Consol Over Coal Washing Facilities

Consol To Pay $3M Penalty For Mine Water Discharges

Consol Fined $3M For Contaminated Discharge From Bailey Mine

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 5 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Documents Show Regulators Criticizing Philadelphia On Water Testing

Philadelphia School District To Test For Lead In 40 City Schools

Philly School District To Retest Drinking Water In Schools For Lead

Rio vs. Philadelphia: Our Water Quality Wins By A Mile

Philadelphia Shuts Down Dumpster-Pool Craze

Pittsburgh Water Plagued With Discolored Tap Water, Lead Levels

Pittsburgh Water Authority New E.D. Steps Down

New Pittsburgh Water Authority Director Withdraws

Editorial: Pittsburgh Water Authority Director’s Job Record Smells Bad

Drought

Drought Watch In 34 Pa Counties, 1 In Drought Warning

9 Midstate Counties Under Drought Watch

Water Levels Low At Allegheny Reservoir

Economic Development

Fighting To Create Jobs In PA Coalfields Thru Mine Reclamation

Education

Students Learn About Water In Blakely

New Frick Environmental Center Opens In Pittsburgh Sept. 10

S’mores In A Solar-Powered Oven? You Bet

Op-Ed: Charting A Course For Clean Water, Harry Campbell, CBF-PA

Energy

Jessup Power Plant Construction Well Under Way

Fighting To Create Jobs In PA Coalfields Thru Mine Reclamation

Greene County Miners Facing Difficult Times

New Permit For Cheswick Generating Station Seeks Balance

PPL’s Smart Grid Technology Cutting Outage Times

Report: PA Electric Utility Reliability Improving

LED Lights Retrofit Enlightens Erie Community

Met-Ed Found Liable For Damage To Slate Belt Home

Your Neighbor Used How Much Electricity?

NY Approves Ratepayer Subsidy To Save Upstate Nukes

Farming

Montco Farmer Turned Down Millions, Saved Farm

3,000 Acres Enrolled In CREP In Westmoreland County

Celebrate Summer’s Bounty From Erie Farms

Editorial: Urban Farming Smart Use For Vacant Erie Land

Leftover Food App To Continue After DNC Success In Philly

The Future Of Vegetables Is Ugly

Lawmakers To Review Use Of Sewage Sludge As Fertilizer

Flooding

Dunmore, Scranton Seeks Disaster Aid For Storm Damage

Recovery Comes Slowly After Flash Flooding In NE

Northeast PA Sees Potentially Record-Setting Rainfall

Downpours Brought Northeast’s Rainfall Back To Normal

Minor Flooding In Western PA

Two Dead After Severe Flash Flood In Maryland

Officials ID Lebanon Woman Killed In Maryland Flash Floods

Men Form Human Chain To Save Woman Stuck In Car By Floodwaters

AP: Historic Maryland Town Faces Long Recovery After Flooding

AP: PA School District Donates Furniture To WV Schools

Washington County Volunteers Deliver Meals To WV Flood Victims

Forests

More PA Firefighters Heading West To Battle Forest Fires

PA Firefighters Battling Forest Fire In Wyoming

Forests Bouncing Back In Monroe/Pike After 2 Spring Fires

Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Spotted In Emmaus, Upper Milford

Stories From Tree Of The Year Contest: PA Horticultural Society

PA Fire Towers Regain Relevance As Guardians Of Forests

Lackawanna County Accepting Gypsy Moth Spraying Applications

Woodsmen Show Slated For This Weekend At Cherry Springs, Potter County

Geologic Hazards

Swift: Program Focuses On Seismic Activity In State

States Show They Can Sometimes Stop Earthquakes

Land Conservation

Mellon Grant Will Support Research At Powdermill Reserve

Editorial: Cataloging Grant For Powdermill Reserve Welcomed

Montco Farmer Turned Down Millions, Saved Farm

Land Recycling

Industrial History Museum Opens On Bethlehem Brownfield Site

Industrial Museum Opens In Bethlehem Shuttered Steel Plant

Former Lord Industrial Site Demolition Underway In Erie

Littering/Anti-Dumping

Video: Student’s Street Art In Norristown Holds Anti-Littering Message

Mine Reclamation

Reclamation Project Could Provide Jobs For Former Coal Miners

Fighting To Create Jobs In PA Coalfields Thru Mine Reclamation

Ehrenfeld Mine Reclamation Event Today In Cambria County

DEP Kicks Off Big Coal Reclamation Project

Cleaning Up Old Coal Mines, Vision For Coal Country

Letter: Coal Field Reclamation Should Be Priority

Editorial: Coal Communities Need Congress To Act On Reclamation Bill

Op-Ed: New Tax Credit Will Help Reclaim Mine Lands, Sen. Yudichak

AP: Feds, PA Settle Consol Energy Water Pollution Suit

EPA, DEP Have Settlement With Consol Over Coal Washing Facilities

Consol To Pay $3M Penalty For Mine Water Discharges

Consol Fined $3M For Contaminated Discharge From Bailey Mine

Oil & Gas

Shale Drillers Produce More Gas With Fewer Wells In 2015

DEP: PA Produced A Record Amount Of Natural Gas In 2015

Ramping Up Is A Different Formula For Each Driller

Rice Energy Records Loss, Ramps Up Drilling

Jessup Power Plant Construction Well Under Way

XTO Drilling To Pay $300,000 For Illegal Wastewater Discharges

Esack: Drilling Company To Pay $400K Over Wastewater Leak

AG Reaches Settlement With XTO Drilling Criminal Charges

Op-Ed: Voluntary Compliance Doesn’t Work With Oil & Gas Industry

Letter: Shell’s Cracker Emissions Involves Legal Sleight Of Hand

Activist Advises Upper Burrell On Gas Well Drilling Rights

Allegheny Front: New Pittsburgh Play Explores Fracking, Family, Faith

No Injuries In Natural Gas Leak In Wilkes-Barre

EQT Foundations Gives $1.3M In First Half Of Year

Bloomberg: One Nation, Fueled By Natural Gas

Swift: Program Focuses On Seismic Activity In State

States Show They Can Sometimes Stop Earthquakes

Allegheny Front: Aftershocks Of Gas Boom Ripple Thru NY Wine Country

Oil & Gas Jobs Down 26 Percent Nationwide Since 2014

Delta’s Philadelphia Refinery Sacrifices Profits For Lower Fuel Costs

NJ Considers Requiring Oil Train Companies To Publicize Routes

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Fall As Oil Supply Grows

From Oil Drilling To Oil Painting In Oil City

Pipeline

Spectra Expects To Pay $100M After Westmoreland Pipeline Blast

AP: Does Pipeline Age Really Matter?

PennEast Pipeline Critics Fine-Tune Tactics To Torpedo Project

Natural Gas Exports, Pipelines Through Pennsylvania

Landowners Appeal Pipeline Eminent-Domain Decision

Federal Court Clears UGI To Condemn Land For Sunbury Pipeline

Obama Instructs FERC To Review Climate Impacts Of Pipelines

Recreation

Explore Pennsylvania’s Outdoors: PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Visitors Discover Presque Isle At Annual Festival

Regatta At Lake Arthur Showcases Beauty Of Moraine State Park

Kinzua Bridge Visitors Center Dedication Sept. 15

Take 5 Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Pittsburgh’s 3 Rivers Regatta Returns Aug. 5-7

AP: State Police Issue Warning About Schuylkill County Swimming Hole

State Police Cracking Down On Popular Schuylkill River Swimming Hole

Monessen Money For Parks Moved For Other Purposes?

Allegheny Twp Tredway Trail Extension To Begin In October

Trail Connecting York College, Downtown Set To Reopen

Erie Route 6 Bike Trail Improvements Ahead

Editorial: Scenic Roads Such As Route 6 In PA Worth The Trip

Brand New Map Of All Of Philly’s Bike Lanes

Volunteers Help Kids Build Bicycles At Heinz Field

Bill Would End Ban On Bikes In U.S. Wilderness

Complaints Continue About Stalled Ice Lakes, Laurel Lake Projects

Woodsmen Show Slated For This Weekend At Cherry Springs, Potter County

Recycling/Waste

Pennsylvania Ranks Second In Landfill Trash Per Capita

York Waste Authority Plans Ash Processing Plant

Lawmakers To Review Use Of Sewage Sludge As Fertilizer

Renewable Energy

Delaware Valley Planning Commission: $21M In Clean Air Transportation Projects

S’mores In A Solar-Powered Oven? You Bet

Schuylkill River

AP: State Police Issue Warning About Schuylkill County Swimming Hole

State Police Cracking Down On Popular Schuylkill River Swimming Hole

Susquehanna River

Contaminants Prompt New Advisories For Susquehanna River

Crable: DEP Again Refuses To List Susquehanna As Impaired Due To Bass Decline

DEP: Pollution, Invasives Threaten Susquehanna River

DEP Declares 4 Miles Of Susquehanna River Impaired For Recreation

DEP Declares Portion Of Susquehanna River Impaired

PA Declares Susquehanna Stretch Impaired For Recreation

DEP Susquehanna River Report Worries Outdoor Enthusiasts

DEP: Pollution, Invasives Threaten Susquehanna

Crable: Is It OK To Swim At Columbia Now That River Is Impaired?

DEP: Impaired Susquehanna Not Necessarily Unsafe For Swimming

Op-Ed: Charting A Course For Clean Water, Harry Campbell, CBF-PA

Editorial: PA Needs To Fix Chesapeake Bay Efforts Before Feds Do It For Them

Watershed Protection

Contaminants Prompt New Advisories For Susquehanna River

Crable: DEP Again Refuses To List Susquehanna As Impaired Due To Bass Decline

DEP: Pollution, Invasives Threaten Susquehanna River

DEP Declares 4 Miles Of Susquehanna River Impaired For Recreation

DEP Declares Portion Of Susquehanna River Impaired

PA Declares Susquehanna Stretch Impaired For Recreation

DEP Susquehanna River Report Worries Outdoor Enthusiasts

DEP: Pollution, Invasives Threaten Susquehanna

Crable: Is It OK To Swim At Columbia Now That River Is Impaired?

DEP: Impaired Susquehanna Not Necessarily Unsafe For Swimming

Op-Ed: Charting A Course For Clean Water, Harry Campbell, CBF-PA

Editorial: PA Needs To Fix Chesapeake Bay Efforts Before Feds Do It For Them

Rio vs. Philadelphia: Our Water Quality Wins By A Mile

Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 5 RiverWatch Video Report

3,000 Acres Enrolled In CREP In Westmoreland County

Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal

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Wastewater Facilities

Macungie Townships To Be Brunt Of $38M In Sewer Costs

Wildlife

AP: Game Commission Bat Survey Seeks Signs Of Life

Bat Survey Seeks Signs Of Life In Susquehanna County

Tracking Bat Species Can Get Tricky

Deadly Disease Affects PA Bats

Bat Bites A Summer Peril, But Don’t Panic

Zika/West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus Found In Mosquitoes In 24 PA Counties

More Zika Cases Confirmed In Pennsylvania

Erie County Searches For Zika Virus

Delco To Target Zika Mosquitoes With Additional Resources

Tips To Prevent Mosquitoes From Breeding In Your Yard

Penn State Researchers Checking Mosquitoes For Zika Virus

3 Vaccines Prevent Zika Infection In Monkeys

Zika Fear Prompts Travel Warning For Miami

14 Florida Zika Cases Likely Caused By Mosquito

Marketing Capitalizes On Zika Fears

Editorial: Political Virus Propels Zika

Other

Businesses Open Arms To Pedestrian-Friendly OpenStreetsPGH

OpenStreetsPGH Expands Route

Schneck: Amazing Images Of Pennsylvania

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8/8/2016

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