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Sunday NewsClips
DCNR Owed Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Royalties For State Forest Drilling
Letter: Federal Farm Bill Programs Deserve Support
PA’s Natural Gas Industry Could Be Poised For Rebound
Greensburg Salem School Buildings Much More Energy Efficient Than Expected
Corps Contemplates Tearing Out Lightly Use Locks, Dams On Upper Allegheny
EPCAMR Uncovers The Ghosts Below Thru Old Mining Maps
Trump’s Changes High On Reclamation Conference Topics
How Does Indiana Rock Dam Protect York?
Amid Health Care Uncertainty, Black Lung Clinic Supports Coal Miners
Farm Grows In Chester City And So Does Supermarket Partnership
Phipps, Grow Pittsburgh Partner With Carnegie Library For Seed, Plant Swap
Crable: Lancaster County Has 6 Of Top 100 Birdwatching Spots In PA
Taxidermists Aim To Communication About The Animal
Sunday - The Feds
EPA Chief Calls For Aggressive Rollback Of Regulations
Trump Blocks Changes On Federal Lands Coal Mining Royalties
USGS Hails An Early Spring, Ties It To Climate Change
Montage Mountain Ski Resort Closed, Sled Derby Canceled
Severe Weather Accompanies Record-Breaking Temps In NE PA
No Injuries Reported Despite Rampant Storm Damage In Lancaster
Federal Policy
Trump Signs Another Order To Reduce Regulation
EPA’s Pruitt Pledges To Vigorously Defend EPA Grants, Funds To States
Pruitt To Employees: We Don’t Have To Choose Between Jobs, Environment
Pruitt Suggests New Direction For EPA In Address To Employees
New EPA Chief Woos Staff Skeptical Of Tilt To Pro-Energy Mission
Trump Executive Orders To Target Climate, Water Rule At EPA
Emails Show Ties Between New EPA Head, Energy Firms
CEOs Oppose Trump’s Promise To Sweep Aside Climate Accord
Haverford Participates In Climate Data Rescue Research
Bloomberg: Dominion’s Nuclear Bailout A Do-Or-Die Moment For Opponents
Trump Seeks To Quell Ethanol Industry Worry As Pruitt Enters EPA
Updated Federal Asbestos Rule Puts Crimp In Plans To Fight Blight
Automakers Ask Trump’s EPA To Toss Obama Vehicle Mileage Decision
Op-Ed: The Role Of Water In Preparing Our Cities For A Better Future
Air
Op-Ed: Here’s How VW Is Shaping PA’s Energy Future, T. Boone Pickens
Trump Seeks To Quell Ethanol Industry Worry As Pruitt Enters EPA
Study Finds Slight Mercury Increases In Some Great Lakes Fish, Birds
Updated Federal Asbestos Rule Puts Crimp In Plans To Fight Blight
Alternative Fuels
Trump Seeks To Quell Ethanol Industry Worry As Pruitt Enters EPA
Budget
PA Funding For Environmental Regulation Is Unsustainable Panel Says
State Funding To DEP Is Inadequate, Says Advisory Panel
Swift: State Borrowing To Tackle Water Quality Issues
Letter: Conservation Funding Vital To Clean Water
Drilling In State Forests To Generate $80 Million This Year
In 5 Years, Impact Fee Pumped $1 Billion Into Drilling Communities
Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards Grants For 2017
Letter: Popular Support Favors Increasing Parks, Recreation, Conservation Funding
AP: Wolf Could Secure Minimum Wage Hike, With Big Concessions
State Could Lose Federal Authority To Monitor Drinking Water
EPA’s Pruitt Pledges To Vigorously Defend EPA Grants, Funds To States
Game Commission Recruiting Next Class Of Wildlife Conservation Officers
Chesapeake Bay
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Citizen Action
Senior Volunteers Sought For Water Quality Monitoring In Allegheny County
Climate
Western PA Orchard Farmers No Fans Of Spring-Like Weather
Warm Winter Could Impact Crop Yields In Lancaster County
Pittsburgh Breaks 111-Year-Old Temperature Record
CEOs Oppose Trump’s Promise To Sweep Aside Climate Accord
Trump Executive Orders To Target Climate, Water Rule At EPA
Haverford Participates In Climate Data Rescue Research
Compliance Action
Two Drillers Accused Of Killing 169 Salamanders In Lycoming County
Dam Safety
PA Leading The Nation In Dam Removals
Editorial: California Dam Raises Alarm In Pennsylvania
Deep Mine Safety
CNN: Quecreek Mine Rescue Fast Facts
PennDOT Cracks Down On Centralia Graffiti Highway
Delaware River
DRBC Mum On Gas Drilling Regulation Talks
Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 24 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
State Could Lose Federal Authority To Monitor Drinking Water
Economic Development
AP: Surge In Downstream Energy Job Openings Provides Hope
How An Ethane Cracker Facility Grows In Beaver County
Contest Strives To Develop Erie’s Water Economy
Education
Students At School For Deaf Flying High Over Annual Bird Count
State Approves Expansion For Pittsburgh’s Environmental Charter School
Energy
Work Picks Up On Westmoreland Natural Gas Power Plant
AP: Surge In Downstream Energy Job Openings Provides Hope
Seeing Growth, Duquesne Light Upgrades Transmission Lines
FirstEnergy’s Asset Impairments Lead To $6.2 Billion Loss
Ohio Nuclear Power Plant Zero Emission Credits Could Be PJM Problem
Bloomberg: Dominion’s Nuclear Bailout A Do-Or-Die Moment For Opponents
Op-Ed: Here’s How VW Is Shaping PA’s Energy Future, T. Boone Pickens
Energy Efficiency
Editorial: Find Energy Efficiency To Save Cash, Create Jobs
Environmental Heritage
CNN: Quecreek Mine Rescue Fast Facts
Wilkes-Barre Sculptor Honored Family’s Coal Mining Roots
Farming
Erie Considers Urban Farming-Related Zoning Changes
Western PA Orchard Farmers No Fans Of Spring-Like Weather
Warm Winter Could Impact Crop Yields In Lancaster County
Flooding
Plymouth Twp Receives $2.5M PEMA Grant To Purchase Flooding Homes
Forests
Drilling In State Forests To Generate $80 Million This Year
Warm Weather Has Maple Syrup Flowing Early
Photo Of Man In Ski Mask Caught At Scene Of Brush Fire In York
Geologic Hazards
Plymouth Twp Receives $2.5M PEMA Grant To Purchase Flooding Homes
Green Buildings/Sustainability
PEC Podcast: Building A Sustainable Future, Phipps Conservatory
Green Infrastructure
Philly, Nonprofit Digging In On Project To Green Up Schoolyards With Parks
Land Conservation
Perry County Land Preservation Effort Launches More Interest
Mine Reclamation
PennDOT Cracks Down On Centralia Graffiti Highway
Mine Subsidence
Mine Subsidence Issue Declared Emergency At Canonsburg Home
Oil & Gas
Drilling In State Forests To Generate $80 Million This Year
In 5 Years, Impact Fee Pumped $1 Billion Into Drilling Communities
DRBC Mum On Gas Drilling Regulation Talks
Editorial: Unanticipated Consequence Of Drilling: Earthquakes
Work Picks Up On Westmoreland Natural Gas Power Plant
AP: Surge In Downstream Energy Job Openings Provides Hope
How An Ethane Cracker Facility Grows In Beaver County
Editorial: Drilling Industry No Dry Well For Lawmakers’ Campaigns
Two Drillers Accused Of Killing 169 Salamanders In Lycoming County
Clairton Schools Cancels Classes Due To Columbia Gas Issue
South Philly Refinery Names Rinaldi Protege Named CEO
Spring Rise Expected For Gasoline Prices In Pittsburgh
Pipelines
Wolf Administration Pipeline Report Is Largely Ignored A Year Later
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Opponents: We’re Here As Long As It Takes
Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Moves To Seize Land From 13 Lancaster Residents
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Seeks Eminent Domain On 4 Lebanon County Properties
Crable: Lancaster Judge Refuses To Toss Lawsuit Over Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
EHB Denies Latest Call To Halt Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction
Sunoco Begins Mariner East 2 Pipeline Work At Raystown Lake
Sunoco Clears Trees, Builds Drill Pads For Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Sunoco Confirms Plans To Build 2 New Mariner Pipelines, Not One
Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Breaks Ground In PA Towns
Across Tough Terrain, Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Leaves Hard Feelings
Cumberland County Landowners Continues Fight Over Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Townships Accused Of Failing To Enforce Ordinances Over Mariner East 2 Pipelines
Op-Ed: Let’s Get Started On The Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Reversing Laurel Buckeye Pipeline Could Bring Higher Prices
Landowners Caught In Eminent Domain Fight With Rover Pipeline
PennEast Pipeline Donates To Nonprofit Groups
Dissed By Trump, PA Pipe-Maker Says All Is Forgiven Now
AP: Surge In Downstream Energy Job Openings Provides Hope
Trump Eyes Easing Obama Rules For Sprawling Pipeline Network
Most Dakota Pipeline Opponents Leave Protest Camp
Recreation
Crable: Why Lancaster Residents Camp In Harsh, Snowy Woods
Crable: Land Purchased For Northwest Lancaster River Trail, More Eyed
Pennsylvania Ranks 4th In ATV Deaths
Well-Intended ATV Riders Plan Trail To Ride Responsibility
The Circuit: Philadelphia Region’s Exploding Trail System
Op-Ed: Can Parks Save Philadelphia?
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Recycling/Waste
New Easton Program Explores Food Composting
17 Things You Should Never Throw In Your Recycling Bin
Column: Time To Stand Up Against Keystone Landfill Like Coal Industry
Covanta Explains Plans For Waste Transfer Station In New Castle
Stormwater
Hempfield To Hunt Sources Of Stormwater
Philly, Nonprofit Digging In On Project To Green Up Schoolyards With Parks
Sustainability
PEC Podcast: Building A Sustainable Future, Phipps Conservatory
Water Monitoring
Senior Volunteers Sought For Water Quality Monitoring In Allegheny County
Wastewater Facilities
DEP Won’t Give Allentown Straight Answer On Sewage Blending
Macungie Borrows Nearly $4 Million For Sewer Improvements
DEP OKs Allegheny Valley Joint Sewage Authority Wet Weather Plan
Raw Sewage Leak Bedevils Residents On Overbrook St. In Pittsburgh
Billions Of Gallons Of Untreated Sewage Dumped In PA Waters
Scranton To Use $28M Of Sewer Sale Cash to Retire High-Interest Debt
Watershed Protection
Senior Volunteers Sought For Water Quality Monitoring In Allegheny County
PA Leading The Nation In Dam Removals
Coldwater Heritage Partnership Awards Grants For 2017
Philly, Nonprofit Digging In On Project To Green Up Schoolyards With Parks
Letter: Popular Support Favors Increasing Parks, Recreation, Conservation Funding
DEP OKs Allegheny Valley Joint Sewage Authority Wet Weather Plan
Billions Of Gallons Of Untreated Sewage Dumped In PA Waters
Trump Executive Orders To Target Climate, Water Rule At EPA
Op-Ed: The Role Of Water In Preparing Our Cities For A Better Future
Hempfield To Hunt Sources Of Stormwater
Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 24 RiverWatch Video Report
Contest Strives To Develop Erie’s Water Economy
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Wildlife
AP: State Officials Striving To Retain Women Anglers
Study Finds Slight Mercury Increases In Some Great Lakes Fish, Birds
Students At School For Deaf Flying High Over Annual Bird Count
Crable: 50,000 To 70,000 Snow Geese Expected At Middle Creek
Pittsburgh Eagles May Be Sitting On A New Egg, Already?
Bald Eagle Dies From Suspected Lead Poisoning In Bucks County
Bald Eagles Found Nesting At Top Pottstown Boarding School
Crable: West Nile Virus Likely Culprit In Decline In Ruffed Grouse
Hayes: Point/Counterpoint On Deer Management
Small Game Hunting Declines In PA
Game Commission Recruiting Next Class Of Wildlife Conservation Officers
West Nile/Zika Virus
Crable: West Nile Virus Likely Culprit In Decline In Ruffed Grouse
Other
Sprint Sign On Mount Washington Must Go Pittsburgh Says
Bristol Wins $500K Downtown Makeover
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