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Crable: What Snow-Covered PA Looks Like From Space

Spring Is In Full Bloom At Phipps Conservatory

Sunday NewsClips

Allegheny Is River Of The Year In Pennsylvania

Luzerne Farmers Preparing For State Conservation Inspections

Wildlife Grant To Fund Farm Projects In Fishing Creek Watershed

Op-Ed: Nonpartisan Approach Best For Progress On Energy Policy

Judge Signs Peabody Bankruptcy Exit After Environmental Deal

Swift: Bill Sheds Light On Municipal Authority Sewer, Water System Purchases

Editorial: Better Use For Scranton Sewer System Sale Cash

Pennsylvania Considers Raising Cost Of Fishing Licenses

Sunday - The Feds

Trump Wants To End Chesapeake Bay Funding, Here’s Who’s Fighting Back

Hayes: Federal Funding Cuts To Environmental Programs Proposed

Column: Everyday Choices A Focus As Feds threaten Lake Erie Funding

As Coal Continues Its Slide, Kentucky Eyes Nuclear Power

Federal Court Refuses To Stop Oil In Dakota Access Pipeline

Federal Policy

Trump’s EPA Cuts Would Endanger Pennsylvanians, DEP Chief Says

McKelvey: Trump’s Budget Puts Your Water, Health At Risk

Trump EPA Cuts Could Have Bigger Trickle-Down Impact On PA, NJ

Trump Budget Kills Chesapeake Funds,  Disbelief Follows

Gov. Wolf, Casey Criticize, Toomey Lauds Trump Budget Plan

Allegheny Front: How Big Cuts At EPA Will Impact PA

GASP: Cuts To EPA Will Significantly Impact Southwestern PA

Trump’s First Budget To Include Deep Cuts For EPA, Energy, Domestic Programs

Trump’s Budget Takes A Sledgehammer To The EPA

Trump’s Scorched Earth EPA Budget Draws Swift Reactions

Trump Proposes Budget To Hobble EPA

Trump’s Budget Would Cut EPA Funding By 31%, Eliminate Waterway Cleanup Programs

Trump Proposes Dramatic Cuts To EPA Funding

Trump Bid To Axe Chesapeake Bay Restoration Funding Draws Fire

Trump Budget Would Eliminate Funding For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Trump’s Budget Would Torpedo Investments In Climate Change, Clean Energy

Trump Seeks To Ax Appalachia Economic Programs Causing Worry In Coal Country

With EPA Cuts, States Would Lose Help In Emergencies

AP: Winners, Losers In Trump’s First Budget

AP: Republicans Join Democrats Against Trump’s Great Lakes Cuts

Here Are The Federal Agencies, Programs Trump Wants To Eliminate

People Sending EPA Cookies And Thank-You Cards

Costello, Fitzpatrick, Meehan Sign Onto Climate Change Resolution

Trump’s Defense Secretary Calls Climate Change A National Security Risk

EPA To Reconsider Chemical Plant Safety/Terrorism Rule

Trump Signs Another Executive Order To Cut Government Waste

Coal Industry Urges Trump To Protect Fossil Fuel Research

Op-Ed: Urge Toomey, Casey To Oppose Rollback Of Methane Rule Covering Federal Lands

Casey Asks Trump For $50M For Mon River Locks & Dams

U.S. Park Service Closes 2 Locations In Philadelphia Ahead Of Cuts

Trump Announces Challenge To Obama-Era Fuel Standards

Air

Is Deep Decarbonization The Key To Solving PA’s Air Pollution?

Connecticut To Sue EPA Over PA’s Brunner Island Power Plant

Crable: Connecticut To Sue EPA Over Pollution From Brunner Island Power Plant

Budget

Trump’s EPA Cuts Would Endanger Pennsylvanians, DEP Chief Says

McKelvey: Trump’s Budget Puts Your Water, Health At Risk

Trump EPA Cuts Could Have Bigger Trickle-Down Impact On PA, NJ

Trump Budget Kills Chesapeake Funds,  Disbelief Follows

Gov. Wolf, Casey Criticize, Toomey Lauds Trump Budget Plan

Allegheny Front: How Big Cuts At EPA Will Impact PA

GASP: Cuts To EPA Will Significantly Impact Southwestern PA

Trump’s First Budget To Include Deep Cuts For EPA, Energy, Domestic Programs

Trump’s Budget Takes A Sledgehammer To The EPA

Trump’s Scorched Earth EPA Budget Draws Swift Reactions

Trump Proposes Budget To Hobble EPA

Trump’s Budget Would Cut EPA Funding By 31%, Eliminate Waterway Cleanup Programs

Trump Proposes Dramatic Cuts To EPA Funding

Trump Bid To Axe Chesapeake Bay Restoration Funding Draws Fire

Trump Budget Would Eliminate Funding For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Trump’s Budget Would Torpedo Investments In Climate Change, Clean Energy

Trump Seeks To Ax Appalachia Economic Programs Causing Worry In Coal Country

With EPA Cuts, States Would Lose Help In Emergencies

AP: Winners, Losers In Trump’s First Budget

AP: Republicans Join Democrats Against Trump’s Great Lakes Cuts

Here Are The Federal Agencies, Programs Trump Wants To Eliminate

People Sending EPA Cookies And Thank-You Cards

Op-Ed: Underfunded State Environmental Programs Quickly Becoming An Epidemic

Op-Ed: Keeping PA Clean When EPA Goes AWOL

Editorial: State Must Do Its Part To Correct Its Own Underfunding Of DEP

Allegheny Front: How Big Cuts At EPA Will Impact PA

Lehigh Municipalities Eye Solution To Share $300M Bill For Sewer Repairs

Delaware County Uses Drilling Impact Fees For Darby Creek Trail

Op-Ed: Preserving Farmland, Open Space Worthwhile Investment

AP: PA Republican Lawmakers Sobering To Huge Budget Deficit

Wolf’s Fight To Offer Early Retirement To 2,000 State Workers

Wolf’s Pension Tactic Has Mixed Record

Casey Asks Trump For $50M For Mon River Locks & Dams

U.S. Park Service Closes 2 Locations In Philadelphia Ahead Of Cuts

Beautification

Editorial: Philly Flower Show, Public Gardens Also Sprout Jobs

Chesapeake Bay

Trump’s EPA Cuts Would Endanger Pennsylvanians, DEP Chief Says

McKelvey: Trump’s Budget Puts Your Water, Health At Risk

Trump EPA Cuts Could Have Bigger Trickle-Down Impact On PA, NJ

Trump Bid To Axe Chesapeake Bay Restoration Funding Draws Fire

Trump Budget Kills Chesapeake Funds,  Disbelief Follows

Op-Ed: We Need To Recognize The Many Faces That Make Up The Chesapeake Bay Watershed

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Climate

PEC Pittsburgh Conference Envisions Deep Carbon Cuts

PEC Climate Conference To Bring Top Energy Experts To Pittsburgh

Is Deep Decarbonization The Key To Solving PA’s Air Pollution?

Op-Ed: To Tax Or Not To Tax Carbon

Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Cost Trillions

Farmers Keeping Close Watch On Fruit Crops, Weather

Costello, Fitzpatrick, Meehan Sign Onto Climate Change Resolution

Trump’s Defense Secretary Calls Climate Change A National Security Risk

Trump Announces Challenge To Obama-Era Fuel Standards

Op-Ed: Urge Toomey, Casey To Oppose Rollback Of Methane Rule Covering Federal Lands

IEA Finds CO2 Emissions Flat For 3rd Straight Year Even As Economy Grows

Coal Mining

DEP Staffer Behind Contested Mining Permit Had Worked For Coal Company

Editorial: DEP Internal Conflict Mangles Mining Permit Award

New Mines Bank On Need For Metallurgical Coal

Coal Industry Urges Trump To Protect Fossil Fuel Research

Delaware River

Battle Re-Emerging Over Gas Drilling In Delaware Watershed

DRBC Still Weighing Gas Drilling Rules, But No Decision On The Horizon

183 Environmental Groups: Ban Fracking Along Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper March 17 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Pittsburgh Water Authority: No Clear Leadership Hierarchy

Pittsburgh Water Authority Director To Stay For $225K

Pittsburgh Water Authority Direct To Stay For Up To A Year

Pittsburgh Authority Says Sulfur Smell In Water Not Harmful

Op-Ed: Fix Pittsburgh Authority Water System Now

Lead Found At Colfax Elementary In Springdale Prompts Bottled Water Use

Economic Development

Doing Business With Shell’s Ethane Plant

Editorial: Philly Flower Show, Public Gardens Also Sprout Jobs

Education

Trout In This York Classroom Are Growing

Students Energized By Gas Industry Learning Lab

Wake Up To Sounds Of Nature From Carnegie Museums’ New App

Energy

PUC Explores How Much Poor Families Should Pay For Heat

Connecticut To Sue EPA Over PA’s Brunner Island Power Plant

Invenergy Sought State Officials’ Support For Jessup Gas Power Plant

PSEG (NJ): Without Subsidies Nuclear Plants Could Go Dark

PJM Monitor: State Power Plant Subsidies Threaten The Foundations Of Power Markets

Westinghouse Electric Announces Management Changes

November Target Date For Decision On Philly Gas Works Rates

Editorial: Big Radioactive Pigs Overrun Fukushima Site

Energy Conservation

Trump Announces Challenge To Obama-Era Fuel Standards

Farming

Farmers Keeping Close Watch On Fruit Crops, Weather

Op-Ed: Meet The New Face Of Farming In Perry County

Op-Ed: Preserving Farmland, Open Space Worthwhile Investment

Flooding

State, Pittsburgh Suburbs Join Forces To Tackle Flooding

Forests

Philadelphia Says Farewell To Last Remaining Grove Of English Elms In The Country

Maple Festivals Offer Sweetest Taste Of Spring

Beware: Ticks Survive Through Warm Winter

Lake Erie

AP: Republicans Join Democrats Against Trump’s Great Lakes Cuts

Land Conservation

Allegheny Land Trust Adds New Life To Dead Man’s Hollow Conservation Area

Op-Ed: Preserving Farmland, Open Space Worthwhile Investment

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Great American Cleanup Of PA Underway

Volunteers Needed For Statewide Cleanup, Beautification Effort

Erie’s Spring Cleanup Program Starts April 2

Mine Reclamation

Old Forge Borehole Drains Mines For 50 Years

Oil & Gas

Battle Re-Emerging Over Gas Drilling In Delaware Watershed

DRBC Still Weighing Gas Drilling Rules, But No Decision On The Horizon

183 Environmental Groups: Ban Fracking Along Delaware River

Invenergy Sought State Officials’ Support For Jessup Gas Power Plant

Apex Energy Closer To 7 New Gas Well Pads In Penn Twp

Students Energized By Gas Industry Learning Lab

AP: Maryland’s GOP Governor Joins Dems For Ban On Fracking

Doing Business With Shell’s Ethane Plant

Safety Official Wants Ethanol Rail Cars Replaced Faster

Low Oil Prices Weigh On Pittsburgh-Area Gasoline

Delta Reaffirms Commitment To Trainer Oil Refinery

Op-Ed: Urge Toomey, Casey To Oppose Rollback Of Methane Rule Covering Federal Lands

Pipeline

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Critics Say Any Leak Could Be Catastrophic

Activists: See Something Wrong In Building Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline? Say Something

Mariner East 2 Pipelines Proceed, As Challenges Continue

Op-Ed: Why It’s Essential That PA Build Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Sunoco Rejects Twp’s Mariner East 1 Pipeline Complaint To PUC

AP: Spectra Energy To By PSEG’s Stake In $1.2B PennEast Pipeline

Federal Judge Rejects Permits Challenge To Constitution Pipeline

Radiation Protection

Editorial: Big Radioactive Pigs Overrun Fukushima Site

Recreation

O’Neill: Who Keeps River Trails Tidy?  Super Volunteers

AP: Friends Of Beltzville State Park Lead Restoration Of 165-Year-Old Bridge

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

New Rail Trail Bridges To Be Installed In Cumberland County

Delaware County Uses Drilling Impact Fees For Darby Creek Trail

Snowstorm Breathes New Life Into Ski Season

U.S. Park Service Closes 2 Locations In Philadelphia Ahead Of Cuts

Recycling/Waste

Sludge-Conversation Plant Company Hosting Tour, Forum In Lehigh Valley

Renewable Energy

Ambitious Solar Project Powers Up In Homewood

Taxpayers Line Up For Money From Bankrupt Pittsburgh Battery Maker

Editorial: Battery Maker Goes Bust, Winner-Picking Failure

Septic Systems

Many Erie County Small Flow Sewage Systems Malfunction

Stormwater

Stormwater Pollution Fix To Cost Allegheny Twp Up To $50K

Water Resources

Casey Asks Trump For $50M For Mon River Locks & Dams

Wastewater Facilities

Lehigh Municipalities Eye Solution To Share $300M Bill For Sewer Repairs

Watershed Protection

Trump’s EPA Cuts Would Endanger Pennsylvanians, DEP Chief Says

McKelvey: Trump’s Budget Puts Your Water, Health At Risk

Trump EPA Cuts Could Have Bigger Trickle-Down Impact On PA, NJ

Trump Budget Kills Chesapeake Funds,  Disbelief Follows

Stormwater Pollution Fix To Cost Allegheny Twp Up To $50K

Trout In This York Classroom Are Growing

Delaware RiverKeeper March 17 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Crable: Buck Harvest In PA Highest Since 2002, Up 11.2% In Lancaster County

AP: Game Commission: Largest Antlered Deer Harvest Posted Since 2002

PA Deer Hunters Had A Very Good Year

Trout In This York Classroom Are Growing

Crable: Conestoga HS Students Help Trout Find Lancaster County Streams

Nesting Bald Eagles Weather Winter Storm In Hanover

Hayes: State Wildlife Action Plan Sets Conservation Blueprint

West Nile/Zika Virus

Zika Virus Still A Threat PA Officials Remind Travelers

Beware: Ticks Survive Through Warm Winter

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