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Sunday NewsClips
Proposed Fee Would Fund Blair Electronics/Household Hazardous Waste Collection
Op-Ed: The Big Danger Of Lead Poisoning
AP: 40 Years After Flood, Former Robindale Residents Reunite
American Rivers Outlines Marianna Dam-Removal Project
Plans To Use Chloramines To Treat Water Leads To Lead Worries
Volunteer Fire Companies Fight Shortage Crisis
Lake Erie Brims With Rising Water Level
Natural Gas Official Sees Upsurge Signs
One City In PA Poised To Crush In 21st Century: Pittsburgh
Philadelphia Science Festival Delights Thousands
Pennsylvania Believes In Paddling
The Alle-Kiski-Connie Rivers Sojourn Turns 20
Prescribed Burns Planned For Fields In Delaware Water Gap Park
Kids, Parents Learn New Skills During Family Fishing Day At Harrison Hills Park
Report: National Parks Generate Big Bucks In PA
Sunday - The Feds
Another FERC Commissioner Announces Departure
Trump Pledges To Restore Coal, Steel During HBG Rally
Activists Rally In Philly Against Trump Climate Policies
Trump Opponents March In Pittsburgh For Climate Justice
Marchers Use Trump’s 100th Day To Protest Climate Policies
Crable: Farmer Meets With Trump As Part Of Roundtable At White House
Air
Pitt Professor Tells Local Crowd Shell Ethane Plant Will Affect Air Quality
Court Delays EPA Mercury Rule While Trump Reviews
Alternative Fuels
Electric Car Boom Is Coming Soon
Consumers, Farmers Burned By EPA Regulations On Renewable Fuel
Beautification
Volunteers Beautify Outdoors Around Lancaster County For Earth Day
Budget
Op-Ed: Sustainable Funding For Parks, Environmental Restoration Matter, Tim Herd, PRPS
Op-Ed: How Trump’s Budget Will Hurt The Environment In PA, DCNR Secretary Dunn
Swift: Nuclear Bailout Debate Heats Up
Cusick: PA Lawmakers Mull Support For Nuclear Power Plants
Grid Operator Urges Cooperation If States Want To Preserve Nuclear Plants
Op-Ed: Encourage More Natural Gas Production, Don’t Tax It Best Way To Boost Revenues
Why Does Trump Want To Pull The Plug On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
States Weigh Impact On Enforcement If EPA Grants Cut
Chesapeake Bay
Task Force Recommends Clean Water Tax Proposal In Delaware
Partnership Will Improve Stream Mapping For The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Why Does Trump Want To Pull The Plug On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
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Climate
Federal Court Suspends Action On EPA Clean Power Plan Case
Reuters: Court Grants Trump Request To Suspend Action On Clean Power Plan Case
Op-Ed: Global Climate Change Demands A Local Response
Op-Ed: Carbon Tax Won’t Stop Climate Change
Climate Change Research At Penn Might Take A Nosedive
Thousands To March Saturday In Philly Against Climate Change
Editorial: Implement Oil & Gas Methane Rule
Bloomberg To World Leaders: Ignore Trump On Climate
EPA Website Removes Climate Science Site From Public View
4 Republicans Sign Letter Urging Trump To Stay In Climate Deal
Editorial: Trump Taking Bad Advice On Climate Change Threat
Coal Mining
Trump Agrees To Support Bailout Of Coal Miners’ Broke Health Care Fund
Congress Works Toward Deal On Miners’ Benefits
Kentucky Coal Miners: Why Won’t Our U.S. Senators Notice Us?
FirstEnergy Looks To Feds For Help With Coal, Nuclear Plants
Trump’s Efforts Won’t Bring Back Coal New Report Claims
U.S. Coal Power Won’t Come Back: Power-Sector CEOs
Court Delays EPA Mercury Rule While Trump Reviews
Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper April 28 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Sen. Yudichak Lead Task Force Moves Forward In Senate
Sign-Up Now For Free Lead-Filtering Water Pitchers For Pittsburgh Authority Customers
Pittsburgh Could Spend $900K To Restructure Water Authority
Veolia Accuses Pittsburgh Water Authority Of Defamation
Editorial: Overhauling Pittsburgh Water Authority Vital
Pittsburgh Environmental Groups Help Schools, Daycares Address Lead, Radon
Butler School To Resolve Lead Problem By Switching To Public Water
Boil Water Advisory Lifted For Millersville After 17 Water Main Breaks In 2 Weeks
PA American To Upgrade Water Infrastructure In Scranton, Northeast
PA American Water Seeks 17% Rate Increase For Residential Customers
PA American Water Files For 16.4% Rate Increase In Philadelphia Area
Grant To Help Allegheny County Remove Lead Hazards
Allegheny County Lead Safe Homes Program Open For Business
Allegheny County To Launch Lead Task Force
Controller: Allegheny Health’s Lead Testing Not Enough, Launches Audit
Study: PA’s Rate Of Lead-Poisoned Children Among Nation’s Highest
Earth Day
Volunteers Beautify Outdoors Around Lancaster County For Earth Day
New Frick Environmental Center Hosts Earth Day Events
Philadelphia Protesters Accuse Trump Of Anti-Science Bias
Philadelphia’s March For Science Draws Thousands
Bethlehem Rally Supports National March For Science Campaign
Wilkes-Barre Earth Day Ralliers March For Science, Bash Trump
March For Science Protesters Fill Lancaster Square
Column: New Reasons To Take Part In Earth Day
On Earth Day, An Environment-Minded PA GOP Congressman Turns To Birds
Trump On Earth Day: Protect Environment Without Harming America’s Working Families
Economic Development
Forbes: Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas To The Rescue
Study: Solar Employs More In PA Than, Coal, Wind, Natural Gas
Education
Beth-Center Students Raise Trout From Eggs To Stock Ten Mile Creek
Innovation, Inspiration For Kids At Philadelphia Science Festival
Pittsburgh Environmental Groups Help Schools, Daycares Address Lead, Radon
Swarthmore College Students Protest School’s Fossil Fuel Investments
Swarthmore Students Launch New Sit-In To Protest Fossil Fuel Investments
Energy
Swift: Nuclear Bailout Debate Heats Up
Cusick: PA Lawmakers Mull Support For Nuclear Power Plants
Grid Operator Urges Cooperation If States Want To Preserve Nuclear Plants
Crable: Three Mile Island Could Close As Soon As 2019
Oil-Gas Lobby Opposes State Subsidies For Nuclear Power Producers
FirstEnergy Looks To Feds For Help With Coal, Nuclear Plants
PA May Allow Utilities To Raise Rates To Pay For Natural Gas Line Extensions
FirstEnergy Awaits Contract Judgment That May Hasten Bankruptcy
FirstEnergy Must Pay Rail Firms For Breaking Coal Contract
Converted Coal To Gas Hummel Power Plant To Begin Operations Early Next Year
Swarthmore Students Launch New Sit-In To Protest Fossil Fuel Investments
Advocates Urge PUC To Snub PECO’s Pay-As-You-Go Proposal
Advocates Say PECO’s Pre-Pay Electric Plan Has Drawbacks
Another Electricity Supplier Penalized For Telemarketing Calls
Swarthmore College Students Protest School’s Fossil Fuel Investments
Swarthmore Students Launch New Sit-In To Protest Fossil Fuel Investments
Court Delays EPA Mercury Rule While Trump Reviews
Op-Ed: Trump Should Invest In Our Future On Energy
Energy Conservation
Pittsburgh 2030 Progress Report Shows Millions In Energy Savings
Companies Decry Trump Plan To Eliminate Energy Star Program
Farming
PA Leads The U.S. In Supporting Farmers To Be Better Water Stewards
Debate Over Urban Farming Surfaces In Alle-Kiski Valley
U.S. Senate Confirms Perdue As Trump’s Agriculture Secretary
Flooding
Luzerne Levee Fees Set To Increase
Forests
PEC Video: Mine Land To Forest Land In Pinchot State Forest
Ash-Killing Bug Invades Wayne, Monroe Counties
Scranton Mayor To Hold Arbor Day Ceremony
Geologic Hazards
2.3 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Lancaster County
More Earthquakes Hit Lancaster Than Any Other Place In PA
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
Mt. Pleasant Site To Undergo Environmental Study
Court Confirms Continuous Trigger For Insurance Environmental Damage Claims
Corps Awards $350M Nuclear Dump Cleanup Contract In Parks Twp
Household Hazardous Waste
Harrison Twp Residents Pay To Discard Old Chemicals, Electronics
Westmoreland Sites Chip In For Drug Take-Back Day
Land Conservation
The Nature Conservancy Cove Mountain Preserve, Kittatinny Ridge
Land Recycling
Chester County Residents Urge Officials To Reject Plan For Brownfield Site
Mine Reclamation
Jeanesville Underground Mine Fire A Long Way From Being Extinguished
PEC Video: Mine Land To Forest Land In Pinchot State Forest
Oil & Gas
Study: Fracking Didn’t Impact WV Groundwater, But Spills Pollute Streams
Legere: Landowners Seek To Turn Off Wells When Royalty Checks Disappear
Natural Gas Royalty Revisions Leaves Family Paying $5,700
Editorial: Implement Oil & Gas Methane Rule
Op-Ed: Why Yes, Natural Gas Drilling Can Be Done Responsibly, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Op-Ed: Encourage More Natural Gas Production, Don’t Tax It Best Way To Boost Revenues
Activists Decry Drilling Pollution At Wolf’s Pittsburgh Office
Pitt Professor Tells Local Crowd Shell Ethane Plant Will Affect Air Quality
Penn State Geologist Who Calculated Marcellus Gas Reserves To Retire
Forbes: Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas To The Rescue
EQT Drilling Widens Profit In First Quarter
Range Resources Turns A Profit, Anticipates More Spending
Westmoreland Transit Natural Gas Station Slated For June Completion
Pittsburgh Drivers Paying More At The Pump
Trump Signs Order To Expand Coastal Drilling, We’re Opening It Up
Pipeline
Westmoreland Neighbors, Land Heal Year After Pipeline Explosion
Crable: Lancaster Earthquake Raises New Concerns About Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
McKelvey: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Opponents Face Crucial Zoning Vote
Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Opponents’ Encampment Can Continue
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protesters Get Exemption To Continue Encampment
Why Some Environmentalists Don’t Give Wolf High Marks
Couple Unswayed On Mariner East Project As Pipeline Explosion Anniversary Nears
Sunoco Already Sourcing Water For Mariner East Pipeline Construction
Judge Grants Sunoco Authority To Have Pipeline Protesters Arrested In Huntingdon
Fearful Parents Demand Schools Near Mariner Pipeline Release Evacuation Plans
NJ Rejects PennEast Pipeline Incomplete Water Permit Request
Surveys Holding Up 2 Permit Approvals For PennEast’s Pipeline
EQT Mountain Valley Pipeline Plans Moving Forward In PA
Cusick: Report: Northeast Needs More Gas Pipelines
With Merger, Sunoco Logistics Will Cease To Exist On Friday
Local Impact Of Sunoco Logistics Merger Still Under Wraps
Lehigh Valley Pipelines On UGI’s Replacement List
UGI Announces Natural Gas Infrastructure Upgrades In Scranton
PA May Allow Utilities To Raise Rates To Pay For Natural Gas Line Extensions
Mercyhurst Lecture To Focus On Dakota Access Pipeline
Potomac River
Potomac Gets A B- For Health As Pollution Levels Decrease
Radiation Protection
Corps Awards $350M Nuclear Dump Cleanup Contract In Parks Twp
Swift: Nuclear Bailout Debate Heats Up
6 Years Later, Fukushima Has Its Children Back
Radon
Pittsburgh Environmental Groups Help Schools, Daycares Address Lead, Radon
Recreation
Pittsburgh Ramps Up Riverfront Infrastructure Projects
Schneck: Unique Wedding Venues In PA State Parks
Clean Up Presque Isle Beaches Saturday In Erie
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Volunteers Beautify Outdoors Around Lancaster County For Earth Day
Muddy Mess Remains At Wilkes-Barre Parks
Cumberland Valley Rail Trail Bridge Opening Sunday In Shippensburg
Volunteers Clean Up Schuylkill River Trail For Earth Day
Bike Trails Abound Throughout Western PA
Sly Fox Brewing Set To Release Ale To Benefit Schuylkill River Trail
Easton’s Hugh Moore Park Gets $850,000 Upgrade
Officials Hope Federal Funding Comes Thru For Cherry Valley Wildlife Refuge
Recycling/Waste
Thompson: House Acts To Keep Pennsylvania Safe For Plastic Bags
Harrison Twp Residents Pay To Discard Old Chemicals, Electronics
DEP: Benefits Outweigh Harms For Bethlehem Landfill Expansion
Editorial: Northeast Do Not Have Standing In Keystone Landfill Case
Slate Belt Sludge Plant Hearing Put On Hold Again
Renewable Energy
Study: Solar Employs More In PA Than, Coal, Wind, Natural Gas
Monaca Borough Manager Wants You To Think Green
Philadelphia Launches Solar Roof Program For Up To 500 Homeowners
Op-Ed: Trump Should Invest In Our Future On Energy
Resource Recovery Facilities
AG Blames HBG Incinerator Money Problems On Power-Hungry Mayor
Thompson: Thoughts On Grand Jury Report On Harrisburg Incinerator
Lancaster Touts Harrisburg Incinerator’s Bright Future
Sustainability
Pittsburgh 2030 Progress Report Shows Millions In Energy Savings
FutureFest Celebrates Pittsburgh’s Vision Of A Sustainable Future
Monaca Borough Manager Wants You To Think Green
Wastewater Facilities
Sewer Flow Reductions Deadline Extended For Allegheny Valley Sewage Authority
Watershed Protection
Why Does Trump Want To Pull The Plug On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
Partnership Will Improve Stream Mapping For The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Potomac Gets A B- For Health As Pollution Levels Decrease
2 Western PA Watersheds Awarded Dominion Grants
Earth Day Good News For Cambria County Region
Muncy Watershed Assn Keeps Close Watch On Lycoming Streams
Task Force Recommends Clean Water Tax Proposal In Delaware
Jenkintown Creek Flowing Toward Healthy Future Thanks To Stream Huggers
Delaware RiverKeeper April 28 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Beth-Center Students Raise Trout From Eggs To Stock Ten Mile Creek
Earth Day Good News For Cambria County Region
Trout Season Opener On Mehoopany Creek
Free Event Introduces Families To Fishing In Mercer County
Schneck: List Of Best Trout Streams In PA Just Got Longer
4 Deer Die After Jumping From PA Bridge
Schneck: What Does Nature Have Planned For PA In May?
AP: Suburban Development Deemed Top Bird-Friendly Neighborhood
Got Birds? Erie Region Due Spring Migration
Great-Horned Owl Thrives In Harrison Hills Park
On Earth Day, An Environment-Minded PA GOP Congressman Turns To Birds
The Nature Conservancy Cove Mountain Preserve, Kittatinny Ridge
Officials Hope Federal Funding Comes Thru For Cherry Valley Wildlife Refuge
West Nile/Zika Virus/Black Flies
AP: PA Starts Year’s Spraying To Suppress Black Flies
Other
Op-Ed: Trump’s Attacks On The Environment Are Bad Enough, We Can’t Afford Any Under Wagner
Op-Ed: There Are Costs To Environmental Advocacy
What Are The Greenest States In The Country?
Federal Policy
Trump Agrees To Support Bailout Of Coal Miners’ Broke Health Care Fund
Congress Works Toward Deal On Miners’ Benefits
Kentucky Coal Miners: Why Won’t Our U.S. Senators Notice Us?
Trump’s Plan To Repeal Environmental Rules Faces Hurdles, Symposium Told
Op-Ed: Why We Can’t Just Leave Environmental Protection To The States
Op-Ed: March For Science Affirms Rachel Carson’s Living Legacy
Op-Ed: How Trump’s Budget Will Hurt The Environment In PA, DCNR Secretary Dunn
Op-Ed: Trump’s Attacks On The Environment Are Bad Enough, We Can’t Afford Any Under Wagner
Federal Court Gives Trump More Time To Review Power Plant Waste Rule
Companies Decry Trump Plan To Eliminate Energy Star Program
Op-Ed: Trump Should Invest In Our Future On Energy
Trump Signs Order To Expand Coastal Drilling, We’re Opening It Up
Federal Court Suspends Action On EPA Clean Power Plan Case
Reuters: Court Grants Trump Request To Suspend Action On Clean Power Plan Case
Reuters: Trump Says U.S. Wants Fair Treatment In Climate Pact
4 Republicans Sign Letter Urging Trump To Stay In Climate Deal
Editorial: Trump Taking Bad Advice On Climate Change Threat
Lorax Project Set To Storm DC Capitol Hill
U.S. Senate Confirms Perdue As Trump’s Agriculture Secretary
Trump Signs Order To End “Abuse” Of National Monuments
States Weigh Impact On Enforcement If EPA Grants Cut
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