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DEP Searching For Right Energy Mix, Acting Secretary Says
DEP Acting Secretary: PA Marcellus Wells Most Productive In US
DEP Pushes Improper Role In Picking Energy Mix
Sunday NewsClips
Op-Ed: Time For Shale Industry To Take Lead In Environmental Performance
DEP Pushes Improper Role In Picking Energy Mix
Employees Collaborate On New Green Building In South Fayette
Climate Advocacy Group Targets PA With $25M Campaign
Op-Ed: Pennsylvania’s Future Depends On Clean Power
Don’t Get Bitten By This Odd Zika Scam
Op-Ed: Farmland Preservation Set To Move Ahead In Lehigh County
Schuylkill Heritage Area Helps Lead Bridge Opening Ride
Air
Ozone Action Days Decline In Pittsburgh With Drop In Industrial Pollutants
Susquehanna County Requests Air Quality Study For Industrial Site
Study: Bad Air In Philly Causes 126 Early Deaths
Op-Ed: PA Legislators Are Poisoning Our Environment
Letter: Public Health Undercut By Burning Coal Refuse
Awards & Recognition
Meet Sustainable Philadelphia’s Unsung Hero Nominees
Crable: Lancaster Conservation District Staff Earn Statewide Recognition
Budget
Editorial: Is The Natural Gas Severance Tax Dead?
Chesapeake Bay
PA’s Reboot Of Chesapeake Bay Strategy To Improve Water Quality Needs Kick-Start
Crable: Survey May Give Lancaster County Farmers Due On Bay Cleanup
Editorial: DEP Ruling On Susquehanna Impaired
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Climate
Op-Ed: Nuclear Power Needed To Combat Climate Change
Editorial: Climate Of Silence: Secret Pact
New York Nuclear Plant Rescue Plan Could Mean $280M/Year To Exelon
Bloomberg: Rate Of Sea-Level Rise Speeding Up
Compliance Action
PUC OKs $5.3M Penalty Against Deceptive Power Supplier
Mobile Home Park Owner To Pay $1M For Fatal Blast
Conservation Districts
Crable: Lancaster Conservation District Staff Earn Statewide Recognition
Delaware River
Water Quality In Lower Delaware Mostly Meets Standards
Delaware River Cleanest, In Terms Of Trash, It’s Been In 30 Years
Drinking Water
Editorial: National Shame, Bottled Water Sales Are Up
Economic Development
Conti: Count Of Clean Energy Jobs Iffy
Couple Turns From Digging Coal To Writing Code
Editorial: Create Mining Jobs Through Reclamation
Education
PA Outdoor Corps Youth Improving State’s Parks
Students Get Lessons In Great Outdoors From DCNR Program
Perseid Meteor Show Could Be The Best In Years
Energy
PA Studying Feasibility Of 3 Hydro Projects At State Parks
Will Coal-To-Gas Just Keep Environmental Dinosaur Alive?
Report Details Lead Discharge From Cheswick Power Plant
CMU Spinoffs Create Faster Mapping Tool For Mining Operations
Op-Ed: Nuclear Power Needed To Combat Climate Change
Op-Ed: Let’s Innovate Rather Than Bicker Over Sources Of Energy
Couple Turns From Digging Coal To Writing Code
Electric Utility Reliability Improving PUC Says
Utilities Rely On Technology, Energy Efficiency To Beat Summer Heat
PUC OKs $5.3M Penalty Against Deceptive Power Supplier
PPL Warns Of Sophisticated Phone Scam
PECO Warns Of Scam Targeting Its Customers
New York Nuclear Plant Rescue Plan Could Mean $280M/Year To Exelon
Environmental Heritage
TMI Meltdown Film To Host Another Casting Call
Rachel Carson Homestead Assn Awarded $50K Grant
Farming
Crable: Survey May Give Lancaster County Farmers Due On Bay Cleanup
Flooding
Flash Flood Watch For Erie, Crawford Counties This Weekend
Dunmore Flood Victims Still Asking For Help
Forests
Brackenridge Working To Get Trees Thru TreeVitalize
Emerald Ash Borer Spotted In Philadelphia
Illegal Dumping/Littering
AP: 91-Year Old Makes Tackling Litter A Priority
Delaware River Cleanest, In Terms Of Trash, It’s Been In 30 Years
Citizens Of The Week: Stewards Of The Schuylkill River
Mine Reclamation
Editorial: Create Mining Jobs Through Reclamation
Letter: Public Health Undercut By Burning Coal Refuse
Mining
Groups Appeal Consol Mining Permit In Greene County
Oil & Gas
Cases Of Gas Migration Into Water Supplies Decline In PA
Rendell Would Revisit How Early Drilling Was Regulated
Rendell: I Don’t Apologize At All For Fracking
Editorial: Is The Natural Gas Severance Tax Dead?
Elk County Municipality Abandons Fight To Block Injection Well
Mobile Home Park Owner To Pay $1M For Fatal Blast
EPA’s Science Advisers Challenge Agency On Fracking Report
U.S. LNG Surge Shaking Up Global Markets
Bloomberg: IEA Sees Oil Glut Ending
Gasoline Prices Fall Again In Pittsburgh
Pipeline
Fixes To Westmoreland Pipeline Could Cost $100 Million
Sunoco Pipeline Creates A Divide Across PA
200+ Attend Sunoco Pipeline Hearing In West Chester
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Partisans Clash At DEP Meeting In West Chester
Allegheny Front: Are Wetlands Being Overlooked In Pipeline Development
Op-Ed: Safe Natural Gas Pipeline, Union Workers Deserve Support
Inter Pipeline Makes $1B Bet On Rally In Williams Deal
Consumer Energy Alliance Launches Program To Support Pipelines
Recreation
3 Rivers Offer Near-Perfect Regatta Conditions
Three Rivers Regatta Shines On Sunny Day
PA Outdoor Corps Youth Improving State’s Parks
Students Get Lessons In Great Outdoors From DCNR Program
Galaxies, Constellations Shine Bright At Cherry Springs State Park
PA Studying Feasibility Of 3 Hydro Projects At State Parks
Night Fishing At Presque Isle State Park
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Op-Ed: National Parks Offer Chance To Serve
Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy To Share $1.75M Grant
North Country Trail Gives Hikers Walk On Wild Side
York Rail Trail Re-Opens After Improvement Project
Tacks Scattered On Popular York Rail Trail
Crable: Spray-Painting Of Natural Landmarks At All-Time High
Rachel Carson Homestead Assn Awarded $50K Grant
Allegheny County Installs Fitness Stations In Parks
Philly Naked Bike Ride Date Announced
Lancaster County Couple Creates Picnic Boat For Hire
Recycling/Waste
Facility To Pull Metals From York County’s Resource Recovery Plant Ash
Crable: Free Tours Of Lancaster Trash Transfer Station Complex Offered
Renewable Energy
Pittsburgh Concert Series Relies On Solar Energy To Run Equipment
Conti: Count Of Clean Energy Jobs Iffy
Schuylkill River
Citizens Of The Week: Stewards Of The Schuylkill River
Susquehanna River
PA’s Reboot Of Chesapeake Bay Strategy To Improve Water Quality Needs Kick-Start
Editorial: DEP Ruling On Susquehanna Impaired
Sustainability
Updated Philadelphia GreenWorks Sustainability Plan Coming This Fall
Meet Sustainable Philadelphia’s Unsung Hero Nominees
Philadelphia Green Advocate Mary Seton Corboy Passes Away
Wastewater Plants
State Loan Helps Archbald Water Treatment Plant
Watershed Protection
PA’s Reboot Of Chesapeake Bay Strategy To Improve Water Quality Needs Kick-Start
Crable: Survey May Give Lancaster County Farmers Due On Bay Cleanup
Editorial: DEP Ruling On Susquehanna Impaired
Crable: Lancaster Conservation District Staff Earn Statewide Recognition
Crable: Utility Cracks Down On Squatters On Susquehanna River Islands
Water Quality In Lower Delaware Mostly Meets Standards
Delaware River Cleanest, In Terms Of Trash, It’s Been In 30 Years
Citizens Of The Week: Stewards Of The Schuylkill River
Report Details Lead Discharge From Cheswick Power Plant
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Wetlands
Wetlands Expanding In Washington County
Wildlife
Dad With Kids On Walk Fights Off Rabid Coyote In Allegheny County
NestWatch Program Shows A Bird In Hand Can Be Awesome
Presque Isle Draws Endangered Piping Plovers
Night Fishing At Presque Isle State Park
Mayflies Gone, So Susquehanna Bridge Lights Will Come Back On
Butterfly Farmer To Speak At Kosciusko Healing Garden In Scranton
Branching Out Program At Arboretum Focuses On Butterflies
Schneck: These Toxic Caterpillars Could Kill You
90-Year-Old Fern Thrives, Memorial Garden Brings Peace
West Nile/Zika Virus
Mosquitoes Found To Carry West Nile In York
Crable: Mosquito Spraying Set For Monday In Lancaster County
Zika Virus Linked To Infant’s Death In Texas
CDC Awards Pitt $5,5M To Continue Flu Vaccine Work
Zika Scare Prompts Crackdown On Mosquito Repellent Ads
Role Of Sex In Spreading Zika Raises New Worry
Other
Perseid Meteor Show Could Be The Best In Years
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