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Sunday NewsClips

PA Warned About Crippling Cuts In Environmental Funding

Inside Butler School District’s Lead In Water Scandal

Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline To Be Built Under Native American Burial Site

Delaware RiverKeeper March 3 RiverWatch Video Report

Erie Scientist Has View Of Life From Antarctica

Sunday - The Feds

Republican AGs Help Trump By Suing And Settling With His Administration

EPA To Reconsider Tighter Vehicle Fuel-Efficiency Standards

Keystone XL Pipeline Won’t Be Built With U.S. Stell Despite What Trump Says

Federal Policy

Trump Eyes Plan To Cut EPA Staff 20%, Cut Grants To States 30%

Here Are 42 Of Trump’s Proposed EPA Budget Cuts

Trump Takes Hatchet To EPA

Trump To Propose 24 Percent Cut In EPA Spending

Proposed EPA Cuts Could Devastate Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

Trump To Ask For Major EPA, State Cuts To Boost Military Spending

Proposed Trump EPA Cuts Divide GOP Appropriators

Editorial: Can’t Trust Trump To Protect The Environment

EPA Chief Calls For Aggressive Rollback Of Regulations

EPA Chief Promises Swift Rollback Of Obama-Era Rules

Trump Orders Review Of Obama Rule Protecting Small Streams

Crable: Lancaster Farmers Applaud Trump For Returning Water Protection To States

EPA Withdraws Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Information Request

McKelvey: Will Trump’s EPA Let PA Off The Hook For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?

Ryan Zinke Sworn In As 52nd Secretary Of The Interior

New Interior Secretary Arrives To Work On His Horse Tonto

New Interior Secretary Signs Orders Expanding Access To Public Lands

Trump Blocks Changes On Federal Lands Coal Mining Royalties

Pruitt: We’ll Focus Research On EPA Priorities, Not Necessarily Climate Change

USGS Hails An Early Spring, Ties It To Climate Change

Trump Said To Weigh Biofuel Plan From Icahn, Ethanol Group

Renewable Fuels Groups, Stores Protest Proposed Trump Order On RFS

Icahn’s Trump Relationship Sparks Civil War In U.S. Ethanol Industry

Oil, Biofuels Groups Urge EPA To Deny Refiner Requests To Tweak RFS Program

U.S. Senate Confirms Rick Perry As U.S. Energy Secretary

Olson: Trump Talks Infrastructure But Offers Few Details

StateImpact Fact Checks Trump’s Environmental, Energy Claims

Air

Health Industry Makes Plea To Drilling Lobby To Embrace Methane Controls

Mystery Odor Sends 31 To Hospitals In Northampton Business Park

EPA Withdraws Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Information Request

Alternative Fuels

Trump Said To Weigh Biofuel Plan From Icahn, Ethanol Group

Renewable Fuels Groups, Stores Protest Proposed Trump Order On RFS

Icahn’s Trump Relationship Sparks Civil War In U.S. Ethanol Industry

Oil, Biofuels Groups Urge EPA To Deny Refiner Requests To Tweak RFS Program

Beautification

Pittsburgh Seeks Injunction In Mount Washington Billboard Fight

Biodiversity/Invasive Plants

Phipps, Grow Pittsburgh Partner With Carnegie Library For Seed, Plant Swap

Budget

AP: Environmental Budget Cuts Get Pushback In Pennsylvania

Federal Officials: DEP Not Adequately Staffed To Carry Out Its Mission

Editorial: Lawmakers, Administration Need To Avoid Federal Takeover At DEP

DEP Proposes Fee Increase To Enforce Drinking Water Standards

DEP Proposing Fee Increase To Improve Oversight Of Drinking Water

McKelvey: PA Outlines Plan To Address EPA Safe Drinking Water Deficiencies

DCNR Owed Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Royalties For State Forest Drilling

McKelvey: Will Trump’s EPA Let PA Off The Hook For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?

Choose Clean Water: Awareness Key To Clean Water Well Into The Future In NE

Editorial: Clean Water Worth Cost

Op-Ed: Here We Go Again On Natural Gas Severance Tax

Op-Ed: Marcellus Money And PA Legislature, Rep. Vitali

AP: Members Of Congress Ask Trump To Back Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Here Are 42 Of Trump’s Proposed EPA Budget Cuts

Trump To Propose 24 Percent Cut In EPA Spending

Trump To Ask For Major EPA, State Cuts To Boost Military Spending

Proposed EPA Cuts Could Devastate Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

Proposed Trump EPA Cuts Divide GOP Appropriators

AP: Members Of Congress Ask Trump To Back Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Op-Ed: Stand Up For Clean Water

Letter: Federal Farm Bill Programs Deserve Support

Letter: Congress Should Prioritize Farm Bill Conservation Funding

Proposed EPA Cuts Could Devastate Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

Energy Boom, Rail Hopes, Trump Order Stoke PA Steel Revival

Olson: Trump Talks Infrastructure But Offers Few Details

Chesapeake Bay

McKelvey: Will Trump’s EPA Let PA Off The Hook For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?

AP: Members Of Congress Ask Trump To Back Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Report: Proposed Cut To Slash EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Funds 93%

Op-Ed: Stand Up For Clean Water

Letter: Federal Farm Bill Programs Deserve Support

Letter: Congress Should Prioritize Farm Bill Conservation Funding

Proposed EPA Cuts Could Devastate Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan

Crable: Lancaster Farmers Applaud Trump For Returning Water Protection To States

Crable: Add This Holtwood No-Till Farmer To Famous Names From Lancaster County

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Climate

Legere: DEP Chief Defends Methane Rules For Well Sites

Health Industry Makes Plea To Drilling Lobby To Embrace Methane Controls

Constituents Oppose Sen. Reschenthaler’s Bill Limiting Methane Standards

Op-Ed: Carbon Tax An Elegant Market-Based Policy

Op-Ed: Carbon Tax Would Hurt People, Economy

Pruitt: We’ll Focus Research On EPA Priorities, Not Necessarily Climate Change

EPA Withdraws Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Information Request

USGS Hails An Early Spring, Ties It To Climate Change

Record Warm Weather Sows Concern Among Fruit Growers

Montage Mountain Ski Resort Closed, Sled Derby Canceled

Severe Weather Accompanies Record-Breaking Temps In NE PA

Storm Damage Set At $7 Million In Lancaster County, No Tornado

NWS: York Damage Likely Caused By Tornado

NWS: Tornado Touched Down In Pittston Twp Saturday

Pittston Twp Seeks Tornado Cleanup Aid

Coal Mining

Letter: EHB Supercedeas Decision Jeopardizes Mining Jobs

Amid Health Care Uncertainty, Black Lung Clinic Supports Coal Miners

Coal Industry Casts Itself As A Clean Energy Player

Trump Blocks Changes On Federal Lands Coal Mining Royalties

Consol Mines The Trump Rally To Exit Coal

Compliance Action

Driller Pays $1.2 Million Following Water Contamination In Westmoreland

Delaware River

Pottsville Sewer Authority Preparing A DRBC Emergency Response Plan

Drinking Water

Editorial: Lawmakers, Administration Need To Avoid Federal Takeover At DEP

DEP Proposes Fee Increase To Enforce Drinking Water Standards

DEP Proposing Fee Increase To Improve Oversight Of Drinking Water

McKelvey: PA Outlines Plan To Address EPA Safe Drinking Water Deficiencies

Butler School Officials Resign Over Lead In Water At School

Pittsburgh Council Member, Sen. Fontana Want Fast Action On Lead In Water Issue

PUC Settlement Allows York Water To Replace Lead Service Lines

AP: Probe Of Butler School Lead Problems Suggests Misconduct

Murphy: PA Gets F For Preventing Lead In School Drinking Water

PA Does Nothing About Lead Levels In Water At Schools

Editorial: Clean Water Worth Cost

Drought

Crable: Former Lancaster Quarry Water Used To Replenish Susquehanna

Economic Development

PA’s Natural Gas Industry Could Be Poised For Rebound

Delco Community College Receives $100K Grant From Sunoco Pipelines

DCED Officials Keeping Fingers Crossed On Ohio Ethane Plant

Energy Boom, Rail Hopes, Trump Order Stoke PA Steel Revival

Op-Ed: A Pipeline To A Stronger Pennsylvania, Turzai

Emergency Response

Mystery Odor Sends 31 To Hospitals In Northampton Business Park

Energy

FirstEnergy Has No Near-Term Plans To Sell Or Deactivate Power Plants

Natural Gas Power Plant Developer Buys Former Dump Site In Jessup

Three Mile Island Accident Changed One Man’s Entire Life

AP: Man Admits Running $54M Green Energy Ponzi Scheme

U.S. Senate Confirms Rick Perry As U.S. Energy Secretary

Energy Conservation

Greensburg Salem School Buildings Much More Energy Efficient Than Expected

Environmental Heritage

Three Mile Island Accident Changed One Man’s Entire Life

Farming

Crable: Lancaster Farmers Applaud Trump For Returning Water Protection To States

Crable: Add This Holtwood No-Till Farmer To Famous Names From Lancaster County

Farmland Owners In Centre County Get Help To Preserve Land

Farm Grows In Chester City And So Does Supermarket Partnership

Record Warm Weather Sows Concern Among Fruit Growers

Marcellus Shale Development Boots PA Agriculture

Flooding

How Does Indian Rock Dam Protect York?

Forests

DCNR Owed Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars In Royalties For State Forest Drilling

Geologic Hazards

Editorial: Fracking Related Earthquakes Reminder Process Requires Oversight

Health

Op-Ed: PA Needs To Do More To Protect Against Health Impacts Of Fracking

Land Conservation

Farmland Owners In Centre County Get Help To Preserve Land

Mine Reclamation

EPCAMR Uncovers The Ghosts Below Thru Old Mining Maps

Trump’s Changes High On Reclamation Conference Topics

Oil & Gas

Driller Pays $1.2 Million Following Water Contamination In Westmoreland

Legere: DEP Chief Defends Methane Rules For Well Sites

Constituents Oppose Sen. Reschenthaler’s Bill Limiting Methane Standards

EPA Withdraws Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Information Request

Health Industry Makes Plea To Drilling Lobby To Embrace Methane Controls

Op-Ed: PA Needs To Do More To Protect Against Health Impacts Of Fracking

PA’s Natural Gas Industry Could Be Poised For Rebound

Marcellus Shale Development Boots PA Agriculture

Natural Gas Power Plant Developer Buys Former Dump Site In Jessup

Op-Ed: Here We Go Again On Natural Gas Severance Tax

Op-Ed: Marcellus Money And PA Legislature, Rep. Vitali

Editorial: Fracking Related Earthquakes Reminder Process Requires Oversight

Philly Gas Works Seeks 11.3% Rate Increase Due To Warm Weather

Philly Gas Works Says Global Warming Hurting Its Business

UGI Gas Customers to See Slight Rate Increase

People Gas Customers Complain About Tariff For Hooking Up To New Gas Lines

DCED Officials Keeping Fingers Crossed On Ohio Ethane Plant

Pittsburgh-Area Gasoline Prices Expected To Have Spring Rise

Energy Boom, Rail Hopes, Trump Order Stoke PA Steel Revival

Marcellus Shale Exports From Philly Jump In 2016

Pipeline

Is Atlantic Sunrise Fight On Amish Farm Next Dakota Access

British Cosmetics Firm Funds Pipeline Protest Camp In Lancaster

Delaware RiverKeeper Takes Legal Action Against DEP On PennEast Pipeline

Safety Of Laying Pipeline Across State Questioned

Delco Community College Receives $100K Grant From Sunoco Pipelines

Energy Boom, Rail Hopes, Trump Order Stoke PA Steel Revival

Rover Natural Gas Pipeline Raises Freedom Of Religion Issue In WV

Hare Krishnas, Pipeline Reach Agreement On Route In WV

Op-Ed: A Pipeline To A Stronger Pennsylvania, Turzai

After Dakota Access, Pipeline Fights Continue Around U.S.

Recreation

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Philly Mayor Plans Waterfront Park On Top Of I-95

PennDOT Commits $100M To Park Project Over I-95 In Philadelphia

East Park Reservoir To Be Open To The Public Once More In Philly

Utility Pole Art Concept OK’d For Philly Rail Park

Philly Plans Parking Protected Bike Lane For Chestnut Street

New Interior Secretary Signs Orders Expanding Access To Public Lands

Recycling/Waste

Waste Not: Philadelphia’s Route To Better Recycling

Renewable Energy

Solar Energy Growth Handcuffed By PA Policy Industry Experts Say

Washington/Greene Legislators Tackle Questions On Clean vs. Fossil Fuels

AP: Man Admits Running $54M Green Energy Ponzi Scheme

Stormwater

Stormwater Pollution Cleanup Will Cost Lebanon $1.7M Over 5 Years

Lawsuit Over Backyard Holes In Scranton Rasis Responsibility Issues

Susquehanna River

Crable: Former Lancaster Quarry Water Used To Replenish Susquehanna

Sustainability

Kraft Heinz Faces 3 Shareholder Sustainability Proposals

Wastewater Facilities

Pottsville Sewer Authority Preparing A DRBC Emergency Response Plan

Freeport Waiting On EPA Response On Sewage Control Plan

Water Resources

Crable: Former Lancaster Quarry Water Used To Replenish Susquehanna

Corps Contemplates Tearing Out Lightly Use Locks, Dams On Upper Allegheny

Watershed Protection

McKelvey: Will Trump’s EPA Let PA Off The Hook For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?

Choose Clean Water: Awareness Key To Clean Water Well Into The Future In NE

AP: Members Of Congress Ask Trump To Back Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Effort

Report: Proposed Cut To Slash EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Funds 93%

Op-Ed: Stand Up For Clean Water

Letter: Federal Farm Bill Programs Deserve Support

Editorial: Clean Water Worth Cost

Trump Orders Review Of Obama Rule Protecting Small Streams

Crable: Former Lancaster Quarry Water Used To Replenish Susquehanna

Crable: Lancaster Farmers Applaud Trump For Returning Water Protection To States

Crable: Add This Holtwood No-Till Farmer To Famous Names From Lancaster County

Erie County Farmer’s Case Over EPA Wetlands Reg Headed For Mediation

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Wildlife

Crable: Another Sign Of Spring, Volunteers Helping To Stock Trout

AP: Agency Delays Plan For Keeping Asian Carp From Great Lakes

Crable: Lancaster County Has 6 Of Top 100 Birdwatching Spots In PA

Group Spots Rare Birds During Bird County In Wilkes-Barre

Pittsburgh Harmar Eagles Lay First Egg Of Season

Delaware Water Gap Road To Be Closed For Amphibian Migration Saturday

Westmoreland Communities Struggle To Get Geese To Relocate

Taxidermists Aim To Communication About The Animal

West Nile/Zika Virus

DEP: Too Early To Tell If Warm Weather Will Affect West Nile Threat

CDC: Birth Defects In Zika Pregnancies 20 Times Higher Than in Pre-Zika Years

Other

StateImpact PA News Site To Eliminate Website Comments Section

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