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Sunday NewsClips

Op-Ed: 55 Years Later, PA’s Rachel Carson’s Words Ring True Today

Franklin County Communities Want MS4 Stormwater Rules Curbed

EPCAMR Project Provides Insight Into Wild Trout In Laurel Run

Editorial: Natural Gas Severance Tax A Nonstarter

Editorial: Economic Cost Of Fracking

Video Pays Tribute To Knox Mine Disaster Survivor

TreeVitalize Grants Help Tree Planting Projects Grow In Luzerne County

Pennsylvania’s Deer Are A Hearty Bunch

Schneck: 14 Facts About Squirrels In Pennsylvania

The Feds - Sunday

Franklin County Communities Want MS4 Stormwater Rules Curbed

Trump’s Regulatory Freeze Halts 4 Rules Aimed At Improving Energy Efficiency

National Park Service Apologizes For Tweets Showing Poor Inaugural Turnout

WSJ: Trump Aims To Reverse Obama’s Climate Agenda

California Aims For 40% Reduction In Greenhouse Gases By 2030

PA Politics

Swift: Rep. Carroll Gets Environmental Platform

Federal Policy

Reuters Poll: Unlike Trump, Americans Want Strong Environmental Regulator

Trump Team Prepares Dramatic Cuts In Federal Funding

Crable: Trump’s Pick For EPA Excites Lancaster Farmers

Trump’s EPA Pick Vows to Support Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

AP: In Break With Trump, EPA Pick Says Climate Change Isn’t Hoax

EPA Nominee Acknowledges Global Warming But Wants To Restrain EPA

Nominee To Lead EPA Testifies He’ll Enforce Environmental Laws

Casey To Vote No On Trump’s EPA, Education, AG Nominees

Trump EPA Pick To Face Tough Questions Wednesday

Bipartisan EPA Alumni Urge U.S. Senate To Reject Trump EPA Pick

Trump’s EPA Nominee Has Opposed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Trump Pick To Lead EPA Has Spotty State Environmental Record

Bloomberg: Trump’s EPA Pick Back $500M Coal Upgrade Over Wind, Gas

Trump’s EPA Nominee Swamped By Ads From Environmental Groups

NYT: What Readers Would Ask Trump’s EPA Nominee

AP: Report: Trump To Nominate Former GA Gov. Sonny Perdue For Ag Secretary

Trump To Nominate Sonny Perdue To Lead Agriculture Dept

Trump Picks Sonny Perdue For Agriculture Secretary

Trump Energy Nominee Rick Perry Says He’ll Protect Climate Research

Rick Perry Softens Stance On Climate Change

Rick Perry Disavows Trump Transition Questionnaire On Climate Change

Trump’s Energy Plan: Support Shale, Dump Climate Plan, Refocus EPA

Climate Change References Purged From White House Website

Interior Dept Told To Stop Tweeting After Unflattering Retweets About Trump

Bloomberg: Trump Aides Prepare List Of First Days Energy Changes

PA Researchers Rush To Preserve Climate Data They Believe Threatened

Another Trump Nominee Disputes Trump On Climate Change

Crable: Trump Supporters: End U.S. Support Of Climate Change, Bring Back Coal

Editorial: Trump Needs To Reverse Nation’s Attitude On Coal

USDA Analysis Says Ethanol Sharply Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Op-Ed: Can Trump’s Cabinet Save Him From Himself?

PSU Prof: Trump Worst Possible Scenario For Climate

PA Hunter Talks Trump, Drilling Politics Of Great Outdoors

Industry: What Does Trump Need To Do To Improve Pennsylvania?

Interior Nominee Zinke To Be Quizzed On Public Lands, Coal

Interior Nominee Will Review Obama Limits On Oil & Gas Drilling

Trump’s Last Vacant Cabinet Post: Agriculture

EPA Moves To Preserve Gasoline Mileage Requirements

T. Boone Pickens: How To Make America Great Again: Energy Resources

Former Govs Urge NJ To Beef Up Environmental Protection In Trump Era

Air

PA Coal Plants Pressured By Other States To Curb Air Pollution

Whiff Of Citizen Engagement In CMU’s New Air Pollution App

Montco Students Get A Charge Out Of Electric Cars

USDA Analysis Says Ethanol Sharply Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee Added To Federal Endangered Species List

Budget

Shale Drilling Fees Debated Amid Hints Of Rebound

AP: Question Burns In Capitol Over How Wolf Will Handle Deficit

Thompson: Why Is PA’s Budget Out Of Whack?

Current Fiscal Year Deficit $600M, How Did We Get Here

Wolf Facing Tough Choices To Balance PA State Budget

Gambling Expansion Likely For PA In 2017 Lawmakers Say

Chesapeake Bay

Trump’s EPA Nominee Vows To Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet

Crable: Lancaster’s Farm Bounty Not Good Thing To Ailing Chesapeake Bay

AP: Amish Farms Targeted Over Environmental Problems

Scranton Regional Effort At Stormwater Would Spur Cooperation, Fee

Editorial: Stormwater Major Issue For Scranton Region

Editorial: Conowingo Dam Woes Hurt Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

USGS: Turning The Tide On The Chesapeake Bay

Crable: Fish Commission May Again Allow Bass Fishing On Lower Susquehanna

Crable: Trump’s Pick For EPA Excites Lancaster Farmers

Trump’s EPA Pick Vows to Support Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Trump’s EPA Nominee Has Opposed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Trump’s Last Vacant Cabinet Post: Agriculture

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Citizen Action

PHS: 2017 Philadelphia Flower Show Looks For Volunteers

Climate

PA Coal Plants Pressured By Other States To Curb Air Pollution

Put Methane In Its Place, Not The Atmosphere

Crable: Trump Supporters: End U.S. Support Of Climate Change, Bring Back Coal

Delaware Valley Green Building Council Philly 2030 Initiative To Reduce Energy Use 50%

AP: In Break With Trump, EPA Pick Says Climate Change Isn’t Hoax

EPA Nominee Acknowledges Global Warming But Wants To Restrain EPA

Trump Energy Nominee Rick Perry Says He’ll Protect Climate Research

Rick Perry Softens Stance On Climate Change

Rick Perry Disavows Trump Transition Questionnaire On Climate Change

WSJ: Trump Aims To Reverse Obama’s Climate Agenda

Climate Change References Purged From White House Website

Bloomberg: Trump Aides Prepare List Of First Days Energy Changes

Trump’s Energy Plan: Support Shale, Dump Climate Plan, Refocus EPA

PA Researchers Rush To Preserve Climate Data They Believe Threatened

PSU Prof: Trump Worst Possible Scenario For Climate

EIA: Power Sector Carbon Emissions Fall Below Transportation Sector

Philly A Bellwether For Worldwide Warming In 2016

Science Agencies Declare 2016 Hottest Year On Record

Scientists Declare 2016 The Hottest Year Yet

Coal Mining

PA Coal Plants Pressured By Other States To Curb Air Pollution

Crable: Trump Supporters: End U.S. Support Of Climate Change, Bring Back Coal

Editorial: Trump Needs To Reverse Nation’s Attitude On Coal

PA Number 3 In Coal Production In U.S. In 2016

Casey, Others Propose Competing Bills To Save Coal Miners’ Health Care

AP: McConnell Introduces Bill To Fund Coal Miner Health Plans

13 States Look To Halt Midnight Coal Mining Rule

EIA: Power Sector Carbon Emissions Fall Below Transportation Sector

Industry: What Does Trump Need To Do To Improve Pennsylvania?

Union Leaders Bank On Trump’s Promises On Steel, Coal Jobs

Delaware River

Delaware River Basin Conservation Law Resilient To Any Trump Rollbacks

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 20 RiverWatch Video Report

Year In Review-Part 1: 2016 Big Year For Philly’s Water Stewards

Schuylkill Watershed Organizations Receive County Grants

Digital Overlay Maps Planned For Upper Delaware

Bi-State Shad Tournament Set For Late April Along Delaware

Drinking Water

Lead In Pittsburgh Water Samples Down, But Still Exceed EPA Threshold

Toxic Metal In York, Adams County Water Under Scrutiny

6 Years Without Water In Butler County, Drilling Blamed By Residents

Lead-Based Plumbing Products Scarce In PA

Editorial: Get Lead Out Of Lancaster’s Day Care Centers

Drought

Delaware River Basin Lifts Drought Watch, But PA Does Not

Drought Problems Continue In PA

Despite Rain, Lehigh Valley To Remain Under Drought Warning

Economic Development

Natural Gas Industry Expects Major Growth, New Infrastructure In PA

Township Gives Final Approval For Shell Ethane Plant

Beaver County Twp Green-Lights Shell Ethane Cracker

Education

Montco Students Get A Charge Out Of Electric Cars

For Kids, A Butterfly’s Eye View At Carnegie Museum Of Natural History

Schneck: Penn State Forestry Students Make Annual Climb Of 142-Foot Tree

Art Installation Interprets Water Pollution With Sound

Energy

New Video: Behind The Scenes Of Electricity Distribution

Outlook Positive For Natural Gas Industry In PA

UGI Seeks Service Delivery Rate Increase For Gas

Construction Of Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant Well Underway

FirstEnergy Sells Off PA Natural Gas, Hydro Power Plants

2016 First Year Natural Gas Surpassed Coal As Primary Power Generation Fuel

Trump And The Philadelphia Energy Hub

Trump’s Energy Plan: Support Shale, Dump Climate Plan, Refocus EPA

T. Boone Pickens: How To Make America Great Again: Energy Resources

Energy Efficiency

Delaware Valley Green Building Council Philly 2030 Initiative To Reduce Energy Use 50%

Environmental Heritage

NYT: Photos: From Mystery To History: PA’s Bygone Lumber Industry

Farming

Crable: Lancaster’s Farm Bounty Not Good Thing To Ailing Chesapeake Bay

AP: Amish Farms Targeted Over Environmental Problems

Centre County Farmland Trust Receives 2 Conservation Easements

AP: Report: Trump To Nominate Former GA Gov. Sonny Perdue For Ag Secretary

Trump To Nominate Sonny Perdue To Lead Agriculture Dept

Trump’s Last Vacant Cabinet Post: Agriculture

Forests

AP: Ash Trees Disappear Across Pennsylvania

Schneck: Penn State Forestry Students Make Annual Climb Of 142-Foot Tree

NYT: Photos: From Mystery To History: PA’s Bygone Lumber Industry

Green Buildings

Delaware Valley Green Building Council Philly 2030 Initiative To Reduce Energy Use 50%

Green Infrastructure

Year In Review-Part 1: 2016 Big Year For Philly’s Water Stewards

Green Technology

Guardian: Trump Urged To Embrace Green Tech To Make America Great

Hazardous Materials

Toxic Metal In York, Adams County Water Under Scrutiny

AP: Report: More Work Needed On Identifying Great Lakes Toxins

Mine Reclamation

Deal Ends 17-Year Lawsuit Over Reclamation Of Abandoned PA Mines

Lake Erie

AP: Report: More Work Needed On Identifying Great Lakes Toxins

Land Conservation

Centre County Farmland Trust Receives 2 Conservation Easements

Natural Lands Trust Invites Community To Explore Nature Preserves

William Penn Grant Helps Chestnut Hill Preserve What’s Special

Litter/Illegal Dumping

MLK Service Volunteers Help To Clean Philly Rivers

Mine Subsidence

Latrobe Family Rescued From Home Buckling From Mine Subsidence

Oil & Gas

Natural Gas Industry Expects Major Growth, New Infrastructure In PA

Keep Drilling

Shale Drilling Fees Debated Amid Hints Of Rebound

Study: Fracking Has Net Financial Benefit Despite Drawbacks

Editorial: Fractured Fracking Facts: Rewriting Energy History

6 Years Without Water In Butler County, Drilling Blamed By Residents

Range Resources Gives Mon Valley Hospital $50K For ER Upgrades

Sign Up For Southwest PA Environmental Health Project

Discussion Over Gas Drilling Ordinance Continues In Murrysville

Northeast PA Counties Align To Fight Royalty Abuses

UGI Seeks Service Delivery Rate Increase For Gas

Township Gives Final Approval For Shell Ethane Plant

Beaver County Twp Green-Lights Shell Ethane Cracker

FirstEnergy Sells Off PA Natural Gas, Hydro Power Plants

Construction Of Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant Well Underway

2016 First Year Natural Gas Surpassed Coal As Primary Power Generation Fuel

USDA Analysis Says Ethanol Sharply Cuts Greenhouse Gas Emissions

EIA: Power Sector Carbon Emissions Fall Below Transportation Sector

Residential Oil Spill Remediation Continues 1 Year Later

Outlook Positive For Natural Gas Industry In PA

California Finishes Review Of Gas Storage Area Blowout

Judge Lets Federal Gas Flaring Rules Take Effect During Lawsuit

Gasoline Price Spike Cools Off In Pittsburgh

OPEC Acts On New Year’s Resolution, U.S. Shale Pumps Away

Industry: What Does Trump Need To Do To Improve Pennsylvania?

Pipelines

Natural Gas Industry Expects Major Growth, New Infrastructure In PA

Lancaster County Pipeline Opponents Prepare For Encampments

Natural Gas Pipeline Opponents Hold Protest In Lancaster County

Wolf Says Mariner East 2 Pipeline Permits Could Be Approved

Consultant’s Report Endorses Safety Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline

PennEast Pipeline Announces Nonprofit Grant Program

Army Corps Plans Dakota Pipeline Environmental Study

Radon

Lancaster County Radon Levels Still Among Highest In PA

Recreation

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Volunteers Map Out Goals For Norristown’s Riverfront Park

Proposed Board Would Oversee Bike Lane Plans In Pittsburgh

Philly Takes Control Of Riverfront Property For Cycling/Walking Trail

Natural Lands Trust Invites Community To Explore Nature Preserves

Funding Uncertain For Sand Work On Presque Isle’s Beaches

Legislators Vow To Keep Pushing For Presque Isle Funding

National Parks Offer 10 Free Admission Days In 2017

Interior Dept Told To Stop Tweeting After Unflattering Retweets About Trump

Recycling/Waste

Lancaster Recycling Drop-Off Center Holding Open House

York Christmas Tree Recycling Continues

Stormwater

Scranton Regional Effort At Stormwater Would Spur Cooperation, Fee

Editorial: Stormwater Major Issue For Scranton Region

Year In Review-Part 1: 2016 Big Year For Philly’s Water Stewards

Watershed Protection

Trump’s EPA Nominee Vows To Enforce Chesapeake Bay Pollution Diet

Crable: Lancaster’s Farm Bounty Not Good Thing To Ailing Chesapeake Bay

AP: Amish Farms Targeted Over Environmental Problems

Scranton Regional Effort At Stormwater Would Spur Cooperation, Fee

Editorial: Conowingo Dam Woes Hurt Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Editorial: Stormwater Major Issue For Scranton Region

USGS: Turning The Tide On The Chesapeake Bay

Schuylkill Watershed Organizations Receive County Grants

MLK Service Volunteers Help To Clean Philly Rivers

Art Installation Interprets Water Pollution With Sound

Crable: Trump’s Pick For EPA Excites Lancaster Farmers

Trump’s EPA Pick Vows to Support Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Trump’s EPA Nominee Has Opposed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Delaware River Basin Conservation Law Resilient To Any Trump Rollbacks

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 20 RiverWatch Video Report

Year In Review-Part 1: 2016 Big Year For Philly’s Water Stewards

AP: Report: More Work Needed On Identifying Great Lakes Toxins

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Wildlife

Crable: Fish Commission May Again Allow Bass Fishing On Lower Susquehanna

Bi-State Shad Tournament Set For Late April Along Delaware

Fly Fishing Program Helps Disabled Military Veterans

York Area Bald Eagles Captured On Photos, Video

Schneck: How Does Your Backyard Bird Checklist Compare?

PA Hunter Talks Trump, Drilling Politics Of Great Outdoors

For Kids, A Butterfly’s Eye View At Carnegie Museum Of Natural History

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1/23/2017