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Sunday NewsClips

Rural Pollutants That Impact Chesapeake Bay Affect PA Trout Streams

Editorial: Lackawanna River Now Environmental Asset

Cranberry, Millvale, Ross Join Pittsburgh As Towns Going Green

Renewable Energy Jobs Bring New Life To Old Coal Towns

Editorial: Limit Subsidy For Nuclear Power Plants

Crable: March For Science Rally April 22 In Lancaster

Editorial: Wilkes-Barre Mayor Cutting Pool, Parks To Pay For Snowstorm

Anglers Flock To NE Lakes, Streams For Opening Day Of Trout Season

Trout Season In Western PA Stocked With Tradition

Sunday -The Feds

DOE Orders Study Of Whether Policies Accelerated Retirement Of Coal, Nuclear Plants

Feds Increase Oversight At Oyster Creek Nuclear Power Plant

Federal Policy

EPA Seeks Public Input On Trump Regulatory Reform Agenda

What’s At Stake In Trump’s Proposed EPA Budget Cuts

Trump To Lift Hiring Freeze, Asks Agencies For Cuts

Trump’s EPA Budget Requests Security Detail For Pruitt

AP: EPA Head Tells Coal Miners In PA Regulatory Assault Is Over

EPA’s Pruitt Says Federal War On Coal, Energy Over During Western PA Visit

EPA’s Pruitt Touts Coal Regulatory Changes During Visit To Harvey Mine

Touring Western PA Coal Mine, Pruitt Says He’ll Be Friend To The Industry

EPA’s Pruitt Says He’ll Be A Friend To Coal Industry

Energy Star Ratings Are Cheap, Effective, Why Does Trump Want To Kill Them?

Op-Ed: What’s Trump Got Against Bald Eagles Anyway

Court Strikes Down Bush-Era Pollution Reporting Exemption For Farms

Trump Halts EPA Rule Aimed At Curbing Toxic Wastewater From Coal Power Plants

Federal Court Grants EPA’s Request To Delay Smog Rule Case

Jobs vs. Environment?  Trump’s EPA Chief Gets It Backward

Barge Industry In PA Eyes Unknown Future Under Trump

Air

DEP Fines Delco Refinery For Air Pollution Violations

Delaware County Refinery Pays $400K In Penalties For 3 Years Of Air Quality Violations

Methane Detection At Natural Gas Operations Has Economic Benefits Group Says

Pittsburghers Still Breathe Some Of The Worse Air

Letter: Shell Cleaning Up Ethane Plant Site

Letter: Ethane Plant Will Emit Dangerous Pollutants

Federal Court Grants EPA’s Request To Delay Smog Rule Case

PA, CT, NY Asking EPA To Limit Air Pollution From Midwest, Southern Coal Power Plants

Beautification

Beautification Project Set For Plains Twp Intersection

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Your Yard, Lot Or Land Can Become A Welcoming Habitat

Crable: Insect Harmful To Onions, Garlic Plants Found In Lancaster County

Budget

Legere: Stripper Well Ruling Could Cause $16 Million Drop In Drilling Impact Fees

EPA Cuts Would Leave States With More Work, Less Money

AP: Budget Fight Of Cuts vs. Taxes Heads To PA Senate

Swift: State’s Fiscal Problems Take Toll

John Baer: Take The PA Legislative Challenge

Bumsted: Authorities: The Largest Unaccountable Form Of Govt. In PA

Editorial: Every Organization Needs To Be Accountable, Including Authorities

Lost At Gov. Dick Park In Lebanon?  Rescue Can Cost You $500

What Would Trump’s Budget Mean For Philadelphia Transit?

What’s At Stake In Trump’s Proposed EPA Budget Cuts

Trump To Lift Hiring Freeze, Asks Agencies For Cuts

Trump’s EPA Budget Requests Security Detail For Pruitt

Casey, Cartwright Call For Funds For Infrastructure, To Fix Solomon Creek Wall

Editorial: Fund NASA Climate Effort

Chesapeake Bay

CBF Gives Media First-Hand Look At The Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Conservationists Talk PA Pollution, EPA Cuts

CBF-PA, Sen. Alloway Students Plant Trees In Franklin, Cumberland Plant Trees

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Citizen Action

Video: Trout Unlimited Eastern Gas Shale Gas Monitoring Program In PA Highlighted In PBS Documentary

How Tech Is Empowering Citizen Scientists To Tackle Real Problems

Climate

Methane Detection At Natural Gas Operations Has Economic Benefits Group Says

Op-Ed: How Polluting Less Can Help Pennsylvania Employ More (Methane)

Peoples Climate March, Rally Set For April 29 In Erie

College Republicans Poised To Reform Party On Climate Change

Editorial: Fund NASA Climate Effort

Coal Mining

2,000+ Retired Coal Miners In PA Could Lose Health Care By May

Editorial: Bills To Help Coal Miners Test Sincerity

PA, CT, NY Asking EPA To Limit Air Pollution From Midwest, Southern Coal Power Plants

AP: EPA Head Tells Coal Miners In PA Regulatory Assault Is Over

EPA’s Pruitt Says Federal War On Coal, Energy Over During Western PA Visit

EPA’s Pruitt Touts Coal Regulatory Changes During Visit To Harvey Mine

Touring Western PA Coal Mine, Pruitt Says He’ll Be Friend To The Industry

EPA’s Pruitt Says He’ll Be A Friend To Coal Industry

Op-Ed: Restoring The Coal Industry Is A Lose-Lose Proposition

Op-Ed: Trump Needs To Face It, Coal Jobs Aren’t Coming Back

Obama Funded Clean Coal Plant, Rick Perry is Celebrating Its Opening

Trump Halts EPA Rule Aimed At Curbing Toxic Wastewater From Coal Power Plants

Barge Industry In PA Eyes Unknown Future Under Trump

Compliance Action

DEP Fines Delco Refinery For Air Pollution Violations

Delaware County Refinery Pays $400K In Penalties For 3 Years Of Air Quality Violations

Delaware River

How Did 8,000 Pieces Of Trash Land In One Delaware River Cove?

Delaware RiverKeeper April 14 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Boil-Water Advisory In Place For PA American Water In Lackawanna County

Boil Water Advisory Lifted For All In Lackawanna County

Is Pittsburgh The Next Flint?  Activists Brace For Fight Over Lead In Water

Pittsburghers Outline Water Concerns At East Liberty Town Hall

Pittsburgh Town Hall: Not Another Flint

Flint, MI Water Activist To Discuss Pittsburgh Water Problems Tuesday

How Tech Is Empowering Citizen Scientists To Tackle Real Problems

Economic Development

Methane Detection At Natural Gas Operations Has Economic Benefits Group Says

Finalists Announced In Shale Gas Innovation Contest

Barge Industry In PA Eyes Unknown Future Under Trump

Jobs vs. Environment?  Trump’s EPA Chief Gets It Backward

Education

Saint Clair Area Students Release Trout Into Schuylkill River

Pocono Environmental Ed Center Plans New Sustainability Lodge

Climate, Flattening Earth: Teaching Science In A Fake News World

Energy

PA’s Ailing Nuclear Industry Looks To Harrisburg For Salvation

AP: Nuclear Power Plant Owners Expand Search For Rescue To More States

Legere: PA Opponents Of Nuclear Bailouts Organize Early

Competitive Battle For Electricity Market Share In PA Will Harm Customers In Long Run

New Gas Build, Coal Retirements Could Lead To Distressed Power Prices In PJM

Company Seeks Permit For Hydroelectric Plants Along Lackawanna River

NRG Wants To Add Philanthropic Element To Your Electric Bill

PUC Sets Public Hearings On Philadelphia Gas Works Proposed Rate Increase

PUC Sets Dates For Public To Vent On PGW’s Rate Request

Obama Funded Clean Coal Plant, Rick Perry is Celebrating Its Opening

Don’t Be Zapped By Door-To-Door Electricity Salespeople

Energy Conservation

Pocono Environmental Ed Center Plans New Sustainability Lodge

Energy Star Ratings Are Cheap, Effective, Why Does Trump Want To Kill Them?

Environmental Heritage

Millersburg Ferry Boats Mark 200 Years Of Service

Environmental Justice

Public Sounds Off On DEP’s Environmental Justice Policies

Farming

Fewer Farms In U.S. Erie Region Grow More Food Than Ever

Consultant: Erie Urban Farming Plan Must Engage Community

Court Strikes Down Bush-Era Pollution Reporting Exemption For Farms

Flooding

Flood Insurance Costs A Shock To Fawn Twp Residents

Casey, Cartwright Call For Funds For Infrastructure, To Fix Solomon Creek Wall

Forests

Firefighters, Aircraft Battle Brush Fire In Blair County

Crews Continue To Monitor Brush Fire In NE

Ticks On Uptick In Northeast Pennsylvania

Schneck: Geology Day, Plein Air Art Event Saturday In Michaux State Forest

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

Letter: EPA’s Help Needed With Lead Waste Issue In Reading

Editorial: Laureldale (Reading) Lead Problem Needs Further Study

Op-Ed: Protect Citizens, Demand Safe Solutions For Celotex Site

In Memoriam

Michael Texter, DEP Recycling/Waste Grants Program, Passes

Lackawanna River

Company Seeks Permit For Hydroelectric Plants Along Lackawanna River

Land Conservation

Western PA Conservancy Acquires More Land Along French Creek

Ice Harvesting Program At Bear Creek Offers Lesson In Local History

Land Recycling

On Toxic, Abandoned Site, Developer Sees Townhouses Sprouting In Chesco

Dauphin County Begins Process To Redevelop Brownfield Properties

Litter/Illegal Dumping

Over 20,000 Philadelphians Cleaned Up Last Weekend

How Would Philly Waste Management Plans Curb Illegal Dumping?

How Did 8,000 Pieces Of Trash Land In One Delaware River Cove?

Mine Reclamation

Culm To Go, Trees Added At Weiser State Forest To Improve Scarred Land

Op-Ed: Reclaiming PA’s Coal Heritage, Cong. Thompson

Mining

Geologists Search For Former Lead Mines

Oil & Gas

Legere: Stripper Well Ruling Could Cause $16 Million Drop In Drilling Impact Fees

Wolf Says Act 13 Language Should Be Fixed To Protect Impact Fee Revenue

Methane Detection At Natural Gas Operations Has Economic Benefits Group Says

Op-Ed: How Polluting Less Can Help Pennsylvania Employ More (Methane)

Cusick: Townships Agree To Back Off Drilling Waste Injection Well Bans

New Lawsuit Alleges Fracking Polluted Dimock Twp Water Well

South Buffalo Considers Additional Fracking Permits

Video: Trout Unlimited Eastern Gas Shale Gas Monitoring Program In PA Highlighted In PBS Documentary

New Gas Build, Coal Retirements Could Lead To Distressed Power Prices In PJM

DEP Fines Delco Refinery For Air Pollution Violations

Delaware County Refinery Pays $400K In Penalties For 3 Years Of Air Quality Violations

Letter: Shell Cleaning Up Ethane Plant Site

Letter: Ethane Plant Will Emit Dangerous Pollutants

Finalists Announced In Shale Gas Innovation Contest

Gasoline Prices Rise In Pittsburgh Area

Gasoline Prices Will Rise This Summer But Should Remain Low

Pipeline

Bucks County Community College Offers Gas Pipeline Mechanics Training

NY Nixes Water Permit For National Fuel Gas Northern Access Pipeline

Personnel

Anna Shipp Named Executive Director Of Sustainable Business Network In Philly

Public Participation

PUC Sets Public Hearings On Philadelphia Gas Works Proposed Rate Increase

PUC Sets Dates For Public To Vent On PGW’s Rate Request

Radiation Protection

PA’s Ailing Nuclear Industry Looks To Harrisburg For Salvation

AP: Nuclear Power Plant Owners Expand Search For Rescue To More States

Legere: PA Opponents Of Nuclear Bailouts Organize Early

Competitive Battle For Electricity Market Share In PA Will Harm Customers In Long Run

Recreation

Tour Of Susquehannock State Park Set for April 30

Schneck: Geology Day, Plein Air Art Event Saturday In Michaux State Forest

Murphy: State Park Rangers To Carry Antidote To Combat Opioid Overdoses

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Work At Park Will Improve Stormwater Systems In Dallas Twp

Ticks On Uptick In Northeast Pennsylvania

Crable: New Guides To History, Outdoors Along Susquehanna River In Lancaster, York

5 Months, 500 Miles Of Trails: The Circuit Trails Challenge

Delco Trail Gets Its Debut, With Promises Of More To Come

10 Great Places to Walk In The Lehigh Valley

Editorial: Bike Sharing Gains Traction In Scranton

Lost At Gov. Dick Park In Lebanon?  Rescue Can Cost You $500

National Parks Offer Free Admission For Next 2 Weekends

Recycling/Waste

E-Waste Fire At Westmoreland Cleanways Recycling Center In Unity

Giving Up Trash Cans For Lent

Sustainable Style: Eco-Friendly Fashions With Roots In Pittsburgh

Renewable Energy

Lawsuit Claims Pittsburgh Battery Company Fired Workers Without Notice

Stormwater

Allegheny Twp Must Expand Testing Of Stormwater Runoff

Susquehanna River

Crable: New Guides To History, Outdoors Along Susquehanna River In Lancaster, York

Sustainability

Pocono Environmental Ed Center Plans New Sustainability Lodge

Anna Shipp Named Executive Director Of Sustainable Business Network In Philly

Water Resources

Barge Industry In PA Eyes Unknown Future Under Trump

Wastewater Facilities

Editorial: Scranton Sewer Fee Increase New Surprise

Watershed Protection

CBF Gives Media First-Hand Look At The Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Conservationists Talk PA Pollution, EPA Cuts

CBF-PA, Sen. Alloway Students Plant Trees In Franklin, Cumberland Plant Trees

Video: Trout Unlimited Eastern Gas Shale Gas Monitoring Program In PA Highlighted In PBS Documentary

Work At Park Will Improve Stormwater Systems In Dallas Twp

Allegheny Twp Must Expand Testing Of Stormwater Runoff

California U Team Restores Pike Run In California Borough

Once Nearly Devoid Of Life, Roaring Run Stocked With Trout

Delaware RiverKeeper April 14 RiverWatch Video Report

Great Lakes Gain Mind-Boggling Amount Of Water In Past 12 Days

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Wildlife

Video: Trout Unlimited Eastern Gas Shale Gas Monitoring Program Highlighted In PBS Documentary

PA’s Statewide Opening Day Of Trout Season Kicks Off April 15

Schneck: Last First Day Of Trout Season Saturday

Once Nearly Devoid Of Life, Roaring Run Stocked With Trout

Saint Clair Area Students Release Trout Into Schuylkill River

Susquehanna Conservation District Sponsoring Fish-Stocking Sale

Input From Anglers Could Ease Smallmouth Bass Restrictions On Susquehanna

Video: Glade Run Lake, Butler County Is Back; Glade Run Lake Conservancy

AP: PA To Spend $1.8 Million To Fix Lake Causing Sinkhole In Cumberland County

Crews Rescue 2 Anglers From Rising Erie Stream

Schneck: PA Fly Fishing Museum Expands Into New Carlisle Home

Crable: State Game Lands Controlled Burn Underway In Lancaster County

Game Commission Plans Controlled Burns In Erie Region

Bucks Development Turns Itself Into Audubon PA’s Top Bird-Friendly Neighborhood

Op-Ed: What’s Trump Got Against Bald Eagles Anyway

Other

Bethlehem Twp Residents Express Concerns With Development Impact On Wetland, Golf Course

Sale Of West Philly Community Garden Causes Stir

Johnstown Area 3rd Fastest Shrinking City In The U.S.

NPR: Richard Florida On The New Urban Crisis

PennEnvironment Fined By PA Ethics Commission

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4/17/2017