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Sunday NewsClips
PA Gets Critical Funds To Reduce Pollution From Farms
PA Farmers To Get $28 Million For Water Quality
PEC Northwest PA Region Watershed Workshop Oct. 25
Lackawanna River Group To Expand Volunteer Base
Editorial: PUC Shirks Responsibility In Scranton Sewer System Sale
Scranton Group Takes Landfill Leachate Line Fight To Court
Op-Ed: Greater Production Of Natural Gas Must Be Encouraged
Scarecrows Highlight Trail, Recycling In Scranton
Source Of Lehigh Oil Slick A Construction Site
Open Allegheny River Locks A Huge Success
On The Appalachian Trail Combat Vets Learn To Let Things Go
Agency Shows Hunters Where Forest Regeneration Increased Hunting Opportunity
Air
Report: Reducing Methane Emissions Can Create New Jobs
Feds Again Sue Erie Coking Coal Plant Over Pollution
Erie Coal Coke To Pay $500K Fine To End Benzene Case
New York, 5 Other States Sue Feds Over Upwind Pollution
Alternative Fuel
Biofuel Credits Complicate Costs For Philadelphia Refinery
Beautification
Keep Philadelphia Beautiful: From Blight To Bloom Nov. 5
Volunteers Tidy Up, Beautify Downtown Scranton
Budget
PA Lagging Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Gets Fiscal Transfusion
Hayes: Proposed GG III Down Payment On Conservation Funding
Frye: Conservation Funding Idea, GG III
PA Revenue Down $144.9M In Sept., Down $218.5M For Fiscal Year
AP: PA State Tax Collections Lag 3% In First Quarter
PA’s 1st Quarter Revenue Shortfall Could Be Election-Related
Chesapeake Bay
PA Lagging Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Gets Fiscal Transfusion
Crable: $28M Headed To Southcentral PA Farmers For Pollution Control
PA Receives $28M For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts Aimed At Agriculture
Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal
Chesapeake Bay Conservation Mandate Gets Boost In PA
Editorial: Chesapeake Bay Improves
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Climate
AP: Paris Climate Agreement To Take Effect Nov. 4
Report: Reducing Methane Emissions Can Create New Jobs
Paris Climate Agreement Now In Force, Now The Hard Part
Paris Climate Deal Extremely Close To Taking Effect
Global Methane Emissions Up, Fossil Fuels Not The Source
Earth Will Add More Carbon Emissions Than Humans
Pew Poll Finds Deep, Political Split On Climate Change
Crable: Lancaster County’s Top 8 Greenhouse Gas Emitters
Editorial: Climate Change Must Be Election Topic
Editorial: Greenhouse Gas Needs To Be Reduced, Or Else
U.S. Getting Closer To Clinton’s Vision Of Clean Energy Superpower
Curious Plan To Fight Climate Change: Buy Mines, Sell Coal
PSEG Shuts Its Last 2 Coal Plants In NJ
Editorial: China’s Coal Output Increases, And Signs Climate Agreement
Coastal Zone
DEP Coastal Resource Program Seeking Grant Applications
Delaware River
Video: Flexing Mussels In The Delaware River Basin
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 7 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
After Troubling Results, Philly Schools To Test Water For Lead
Centre County Water Contains Carcinogen, Group Says
Corry Returning To Normal After Massive Water Leak
Emergency Response
Hurricane Prompts PA To Send State Meteorologist To Florida
Energy
Berwick Nuclear Plant Safely Shutdown For Repairs
NRC: No Security Breach At Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant
Hydro Plant Operating Again After Youghiogheny River Fish Kill
Excessive Electric Fee Baffled Slatington Couple
PPG Acquires Naming Rights To Consol Energy Center
Contura Energy Pursues Permit At Greene County Mine
Talen Shareholders Approve $1.8B Takeover By Equity Firm
PSEG Shuts Its Last 2 Coal Plants In NJ
Arch Coal Emerges From Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Flooding
Wilkes-Barre Named Best In State For Maintaining Flood Insurance Program
Weather Service Seeks To Better Monitor Ice Jams, Severe Conditions
Drill Focuses On Wilkes-Barre’s Flood Gates
Editorial: Make Washington Blvd Floodgates Work
Forests
Erie Region At 20-30% Of Fall Foliage Peak Color
Schneck: What Trees Turn Which Colors In Fall?
Land Conservation
Nature Conservancy’s Special Gala Held At Phipps Conservatory
Cutler: Tracy Ridge Is Allegheny National Forest Wilderness
Land Recycling
EPA Brownfields Grant Funds Free Soil Testing For Philadelphia Gardens
Borough Officials Suggest Gas Station For Brownfield Program
Mine Reclamation
EPCAMR Supports Coal Communities, Environmental Remediation Act
Oil & Gas
Pennsylvania Publishes New Rules For Shale Drillers
New DEP Marcellus Shale Drilling Regs To Take Effect Saturday
Reuters: PA Adopts New Fracking Regulations
Conventional Drillers Ponder Criminal Prosecution Of Local Officials
PA Court Ruling On Act 13 Likely To Boost Energy Law Business
Trade Group Seeks To Block New Drilling Rules
Oil And Gas Trade Group Seeks To Halt Drilling Rules
Court Ruling Leaves Holes In PA Drilling Law
Op-Ed: Drilling Industry Should Be More Transparent
Editorial: Court Ruling Will Help Drilling Industry In Long Run
Report: Reducing Methane Emissions Can Create New Jobs
Judge Denies Class Action For Natural Gas Royalty Suit
Penn State Conference Takes Aim At Orphan Well Problem
Drillers’ Campaign Donations Continue To Flow Despite Slowdown
Feds Look Deeper Into Chesapeake Energy’s Accounting Practices
Former Greene County Oil & Gas Company Manager Indicted
Natural Gas Production Continues To Climb In PA
Utica, Marcellus Natural Gas Production Defying Skeptics
Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Rise Slightly After Oil Supply Deal
Recreation
Cherry Springs State Park Lets You See The Cosmos
Erie Region At 20-30% Of Fall Foliage Peak Color
Schneck: What Trees Turn Which Colors In Fall?
Philly’s Fairmount Park One Of America’s Great Public Spaces
Crable: 3 Lancaster Rail-Trails On Track To Completion In 2016
Cutler: Tracy Ridge Is Allegheny National Forest Wilderness
Take 5 Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Recycling/Waste
Ye Olde TVs Outweigh PA Recycling Law
Homework: PRC Composting Workshop Set In Pittsburgh Oct. 9
Renewable Energy
U.S. Getting Closer To Clinton’s Vision Of Clean Energy Superpower
Biofuel Credits Complicate Costs For Philadelphia Refinery
Wastewater Facilities
DEP Hearing Set On Scranton Sewer Plant Permit Renewal
Scranton Authority Puts Permit Renewal Papers At City Hall, Library
PUC Approves Sale Of Scranton’s Sewer System
Stakes High For Scranton In PUC Decision On Sewer System Sale
Watershed Protection
PA Lagging Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Gets Fiscal Transfusion
Crable: $28M Headed To Southcentral PA Farmers For Pollution Control
PA Receives $28M For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Efforts Aimed At Agriculture
Chesapeake Bay Conservation Mandate Gets Boost In PA
Editorial: Chesapeake Bay Improves
Tubmill Creek Group Completes Stream Improvement Project
Fish Commission To Discuss Recovery Of Dunkard Creek
Milford’s Deep Brook Receives New Classification
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 7 RiverWatch Video Report
Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 30 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Fish Commission To Discuss Recovery Of Dunkard Creek
Hydro Plant Operating Again After Youghiogheny River Fish Kill
Anglers Benefit From New Fish Habitat Structures In Presque Isle Bay
Video: Flexing Mussels In The Delaware River Basin
Milford’s Deep Brook Receives New Classification
Erie Native Heads Fish & Boat Commission’s Communication Division
Schneck: PA Drivers More Likely To Hit Deer This Year
Family Protests Game Commission Deer Management Practices
Philly Council Passes Pro-Bee Declaration, But Only For The Buzz
West Nile/Zika Virus
Pitt Announces Zika Vaccine Success With Mice
Other
Longer, Colder Winter, More Frequent Snowstorms For PA Central, East
Asteroid Busts Over Wellsboro, Tioga County Tuesday
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