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Sunday NewsClips
PA’s Crackdown On Stormwater Pollution Poses Big Changes
FERC Approves Natural Fuel Gas Pipeline In Northwest PA, NY
Fmr Clairton Mayor Sells Drilling Rights For $2.7 Million
PA Energy-Related Company Hopes For Help On Trade
Budget - Sunday
AP Explains: What’s Upcoming For The PA Budget
Swift: Wolf Looks To Plug $3B Budget Deficit Without Tax Increases
Esack: Wolf’s Budget Light On Tax Hikes, Heavy On Mergers
Wolf To Start PA Budget Negotiations In Tuesday Address
Wolf Seeks Savings Amid PA Financial Crisis
Bumsted: Saylor Says He’ll File Subpoenas If He Can’t Get Answers At Budget Hearings
Op-Ed: PA’s Budget Hole is Deeper Than You Think
The Feds - Sunday
GOP Hurries To Slash Oil, Gas Rules, Ending Industries’ 8-Year Wait
U.S. Utilities Seek Solar Power As Trump Sides With Coal, Fossil Fuels
Politics
AP: Legislature’s Huge GOP Majorities Could Test A Wolf Veto
Federal Policy
Republicans Suspend Committee Rules To Approve Pruitt For EPA
Trump’s EPA Pick Vote Delayed By Senate Dems Boycott
The Growing Case Against Pruitt To Lead EPA
Trump Wants To Scrap 2 Regulations For Each New One Adopted
Trump Signs 2 for 1 Order To Reduce Regulations
AP: Trump Signs Order To Cut Regulations For Small Businesses
Trump Acts To Roll Back Regulations On Businesses
Congress, Trump Being Reversing Multiple Environmental Rules, More
U.S. House Dismantles Regulation Protecting Streams From Coal Mining Debris
Barletta Votes To Overturn OSM Stream Buffer Rule In U.S. House
U.S. House Votes To Void Mining Rules, Drilling Payments
U.S. House Votes To Overturn Obama Rule On Natural Gas Flaring
Lehigh Valley Businesses Warm To Trump Order To Cut Regulations
NRDC Lawsuit: EPA Illegally Yanked Mercury Rule After Trump Inauguration
House GOP To Prioritize Coal, Methane Rules For Repeal
Congressional Republicans Ready To Eliminate Obama Methane Rule From Oil Fields
Army Corps Ordered To Issue Dakota Pipeline Permit Easement
AP: Pipeline Projects In Limbo As FERC Commissioner Departs
Trump Transition Leader’s Goal Is ⅔ Cut In EPA Employees
Transition Official: Trump Taking Steps To Abolish EPA
Trump Lifts Temporary Freeze On EPA Grants
Penn Professors Puzzled By Trump’s Climate Policy
Trump Prepares To Withdraw From Climate Change Agreement
U.S. Senate Committee OKs Trump Picks for Energy, Interior
U.S. Wind, Solar Power Tout Rural Jobs As Trump Pushes Coal
Congressional Republicans Move To Sell 3.3 Million Acres Of Federal Land
Crable: Federal GOP Lawmaker Withdraws Bill To Sell 3.3 Million Acres of Federal Land
Trump’s First Days Fuel Optimism Among Drillers, Angst For Environmentalists
Academy Of Natural Sciences Addresses Future Of Science
Air
Crable: Brunner Island Coal Power Plant Makes Switch To Natural Gas, Will Air Be Cleaner?
Op-Ed: DEP Methane Regulation Would Cost Jobs, Sen. Reschenthaler
Letter: Sen. Reschenthaler Wrong About Regulations And Clean Air
Letter: Sen. Reschenthaler Is Giving Us Alternative Facts About Clean Air
NRDC Lawsuit: EPA Illegally Yanked Mercury Rule After Trump Inauguration
Awards & Recognition
PA Trail Of The Year: Montour Trail
Budget
PA Lacks Resources To Enforce Safe Water Standards EPA Says
EPA: DEP Doesn’t Have Resources To Properly Oversee Drinking Water Systems
AP: Feds Warn Pennsylvania Over Safe Drinking Water Violations
Wolf Looking Into Safe Drinking Water Program Warning Issue
McKelvey: How Worried Should You Be About Your Drinking Water, Given DEP’s Lack Of Resources
Editorial: Pruitt’s Tepid Commitment To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay
Report: Act 13 Drilling Fee Revenue Will Hit Record Low This Year
Trump Transition Leader’s Goal Is ⅔ Cut In EPA Employees
For Wolf, 3rd Budget Proposal Poses Billion-Dollar Questions
Murphy: Errors In UC Jobless Fund Office Cost State Millions, Deputy Lost His Job
AP: Merging 4 Agencies Seen As Way To Cut Red Tape, Not Programs
Swift: New Agency Would Run Crucial Programs
Esack: Wolf Wants Merger Of 4 Health/Human Service Agencies
Murphy: Agency Consolidations Are Not About Service Cuts
Chesapeake Bay
Report: Chesapeake Bay Getting Better, But Still Not Great
Chesapeake Bay Journal: PA Farm Pollution Affecting Drinking Water In Octoraro Creek
Chesapeake Bay Forest Buffer, Wetlands Restoration Program Lags
Snyder County Conservation District Receives DCNR Grant
Editorial: Pruitt’s Tepid Commitment To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay
Lancaster Farming Trump Speaker: EPA’s Cleanup Job Was Done In 1980s
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Climate
In America’s Heartland: Discussing Climate Change Without Saying Climate Change
Farmers In Westmoreland County Wary Of Trump Trade Moves
House GOP To Prioritize Coal, Methane Rules For Repeal
Congressional Republicans Ready To Eliminate Obama Methane Rule From Oil Fields
Penn Professors Puzzled By Trump’s Climate Policy
Trump Prepares To Withdraw From Climate Change Agreement
Op-Ed: DEP Methane Regulation Would Cost Jobs, Sen. Reschenthaler
Letter: Sen. Reschenthaler Wrong About Regulations And Clean Air
Letter: Sen. Reschenthaler Is Giving Us Alternative Facts About Clean Air
Op-Ed: GOP Leaders Needed For Climate-Change Cause
Crable: What Are Warmest Coldest Temps Ever Recorded In PA?
Coal Mining
Knox Mine Disaster Recalled During Coal Miner’s Dinner
White: Coal Cracker Offers Long-Ago Memories
Consol Energy Plans To Sell Or Spin Out Coal Business
Consol Energy Seeks To Spin Off Its Coal Business
House GOP To Prioritize Coal, Methane Rules For Repeal
U.S. House Dismantles Regulation Protecting Streams From Coal Mining Debris
Republicans Reverse Rule To Protect Streams From Coal Mining
Congress Passes Rollback Of OSM Stream Protection Rule
Barletta Votes To Overturn OSM Stream Buffer Rule In U.S. House
U.S. House Votes To Void Mining Rules, Drilling Payments
Coal Mine Subsidence
Mine Subsidence Opens More Holes On Family Home In Schuylkill County
Delaware River
Delaware River Watershed Weekly, Feb. 3
Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 3 RiverWatch Video Report
Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 27 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
PA Lacks Resources To Enforce Safe Water Standards EPA Says
EPA: DEP Doesn’t Have Resources To Properly Oversee Drinking Water Systems
AP: Feds Warn Pennsylvania Over Safe Drinking Water Violations
EPA Slams State Drinking Water Program
Wolf Looking Into Safe Drinking Water Program Warning Issue
McKelvey: How Worried Should You Be About Your Drinking Water, Given DEP’s Lack Of Resources
Pittsburgh Mayor Plans Team To Assess Water Authority, Consider Restructuring
Replacing Water Service Lines Atop Pittsburgh Mayor’s Wish List
Pittsburgh Boil Water Notice Lifted For 100,000
Pittsburgh Boil Water Advisory Lifted
Pittsburgh City Council Requests AG Review Of Water Authority
No Sign Of Contamination In Pittsburgh Water, Despite Boil Water Notice
Pittsburgh Sets Up Water Distribution Sites
Beaver County Water Company Steps Up Deliveries After Boil Water Notice
DEP Issues Pittsburgh Boil Water Order For Half Of Customers
100,000 Pittsburgh Water Customers Under Boil Water Notice
Pittsburgh Schools Call For Cancellations Due To Boil Water Notice
Pittsburgh: PA Water Systems Will Fail, All Systems Do
Letter: Pittsburgh Water Advisory Highlights DEP’s Importance
Editorial: Pittsburgh Can’t Tolerate More Water Authority Failures
Pittsburgh Water Customers Frustrated By Long Wait For Lead Tests
Education
Video: PA Trout In The Classroom Creativity!
Energy
Crable: Brunner Island Coal Power Plant Makes Switch To Natural Gas, Will Air Be Cleaner?
CMU Battery Technology On NOVA Program
PUC Strikes Another Hard Legal Blow Against PGW Liens
NY Bets Big On Aging Nuke Plants, Balancing Jobs, Safety
Energy Conservation
Swift: Blake Introduces Energy Financing Bill
Environmental Heritage
Knox Mine Disaster Recalled During Coal Miner’s Dinner
White: Coal Cracker Offers Long-Ago Memories
Farming
Chesapeake Bay Journal: PA Farm Pollution Affecting Drinking Water In Octoraro Creek
PA Development Fight Grows On Sliver Of Lancaster Farmland
Lancaster Farming Trump Speaker: EPA’s Cleanup Job Was Done In 1980s
Beekeeping Symposium Set For Feb. 4 At Temple
Flooding
Wilkes-Barre Given More Options For Funding Solomon Creek Flood Wall Repairs
Forests
Snyder County Conservation District Receives DCNR Grant
Geologic Hazards
Earthquakes In PA, Expanded Seismic Monitoring Network
Harrisburg Sinkhole Victims Prepare To Abandon 53 Homes
Land Conservation
PA Development Fight Grows On Sliver Of Lancaster Farmland
North Branch Land Trust Winterfest Proves You Can Enjoy The Outdoors
Mine Reclamation
Abandoned Mine Blowout Caused By Driller Nearly Contained Along Mon River
Monongahela River
DEP Takes Samples Of Orange Stream On Monongahela River
A Plume Of Pollution Discolors Part Of Monongahela River
Oil & Gas
Report: Act 13 Drilling Fee Revenue Will Hit Record Low This Year
Data Trove Offers New Details On Drilling-Related Complaints To DEP
Citizen Drilling Complaints Soared During Natural Gas Boom
Op-Ed: DEP Methane Regulation Would Cost Jobs, Sen. Reschenthaler
Letter: Sen. Reschenthaler Wrong About Regulations And Clean Air
Letter: Sen. Reschenthaler Is Giving Us Alternative Facts About Clean Air
Shell Ramping Up Construction On Ethane Plant
Op-Ed: Commonsense Energy Policies Will Move PA Forward, MSC
Fractracker: Introduction To The Susquehanna River Impacts Project
Abandoned Mine Blowout Caused By Driller Nearly Contained Along Mon River
Seismic Testing For Drilling Concerns Upper Burrell Residents
Seismic Testing Company Seeks Upper Burrell Landowners OK
Gas Drilling In Chartiers Twp Creating Unbearable Noise Pollution
Earthquakes In PA, Expanded Seismic Monitoring Network
National Fuel Gas Erie Customers To Pay 6.6% More For Gas
EQB Drilling Loses $453 Million In 2016
U.S. House GOP To Prioritize Coal, Methane Rules For Repeal
Congressional Republicans Ready To Eliminate Obama Methane Rule From Oil Fields
Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Down In Past Week
Gasoline Prices Pushed Lower By Weak Demand, Increased Supply
Pipeline
Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Gets Last-Minute Approval
FERC Approves Williams’ Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Williams’ Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Project Gets FERC Nod
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Receives FERC Authorization
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Clears Federal Regulatory Hurdle
Crable: FERC May Rule On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline By Friday
Editorial: Seizing Property Would Be Ugly End To Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Saga
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Has Stockpiles Of Foreign-Made Steel In Spite Of Trump’s Order
Leaks Still Sought Near Williams Pipeline In Columbia County After 20 Months
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Communities Along Mariner East 2 Pipeline Route Brace For Construction
Op-Ed: Steamfitters Urge Pennsylvania’s Energy Development
Sunoco Pipeline To Announce New Hiring At Marcus Hook Site
Trump Loves Pipelines, But He Accidentally Froze A Bunch Of Them
AP: Pipeline Projects In Limbo As FERC Commissioner Departs
Army Corps Ordered To Issue Dakota Pipeline Permit Easement
Radon
Radon In Lehigh Valley: What To Do About Insidious Problem
Recreation
PA Trail Of The Year: Montour Trail
Leak Above Point State Park’s Reflecting Pool Has Returned
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Crable: Teens Prosecuted For Spray-Painting Tower At Governor Dick Park
Jordan Creek Greenway Slated For Construction In Lehigh Valley
Lackawanna River Heritage Trail Use More Than Doubles
Editorial: Lackawanna Heritage Trail Deserves Support
Harrison Gets Grant For Three Rivers Heritage Trail Safety Improvements
Op-Ed: Let’s Complete Trails On Both Banks Of Mon River
Westmoreland Parks Seeks To Improve Online Reservation System
Riverfront Park Proposed In Scranton
Editorial: Plan For Scranton Park True Progress
Recycling/Waste
Cheswick Residents Lament Recycling’s Demise
Out-Of-County Judge Will Hear Keystone Landfill Zoning Case
Renewable Energy
Swift: Blake Introduces Energy Financing Bill
CMU Battery Technology On NOVA Program
Forbes: These 3 Republican Governors Invest In Clean Energy
U.S. Wind, Solar Power Tout Rural Jobs As Trump Pushes Coal
Susquehanna River
Fractracker: Introduction To The Susquehanna River Impacts Project
Annual Blessing Of Susquehanna River Held In Kingston
Wastewater Facilities
Editorial: Don’t Waste Scranton Sewer Sale Proceeds
Watershed Protection
Snyder County Conservation District Receives DCNR Grant
Report: Chesapeake Bay Getting Better, But Still Not Great
Chesapeake Bay Forest Buffer, Wetlands Restoration Program Lags
Chesapeake Bay Journal: PA Farm Pollution Affecting Drinking Water In Octoraro Creek
Editorial: Pruitt’s Tepid Commitment To Clean Up The Chesapeake Bay
Lancaster Farming Trump Speaker: EPA’s Cleanup Job Was Done In 1980s
Video: A River Again, The Story Of The Schuylkill River Project
Delaware River Watershed Weekly, Feb. 3
Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 3 RiverWatch Video Report
Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 27 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Did Punxsutawney Phil See His Shadow?
Video: PA Trout In The Classroom Creativity!
Can Federal Ban On Lead In Ammunition, Sinkers Protect Wildlife?
Bald Eagle Dies Of Lead Poisoning In Carbon County
Saegertown Wildlife Center Offers First Responder Class
Frye: Wild Trout To Get Attention
Schneck: Snow Geese Mass Early At Middle Creek In Lebanon County This Winter
Western PA’s Improving Environment Attracts Growing Number Of Eagles
Herds Of Visitors Love Pennsylvania’s Elk Country
Crable: Trump Named For Moth, Crab After Harry Potter Heroes
Academy Of Natural Sciences Frogs Show Riveting, Moving
Schneck: Logistics For Visiting The Great American Outdoor Show
Ex-Game Commission Ex. Director Renews Battle To Get Severance Payment
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