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Sunday NewsClips
Meyer: Lawmakers Resume Session Monday As Signs Of New Budget Plan Emerge
PA Dems Cry Foul Over Sen. Wagner’s Comments On Natural Gas Tax
Op-Ed: Environmental Movement Blinded To Damage It Does The Working Class
On & On History Recycled Store In Wilkes-Barre
What’s In The West Side Landfill?
Op-Ed: Newspapers In Pennsylvania Remain Invaluable
PA Looking To Prevent State Parks From Being Loved To Death
Crable: Popular Fall Foliage Tour Through Stony Valley Returns In October
Air
AP: Susquehanna County, Public Remained In Dark About Big Methane Leak At Compressor Station
Lancaster Soybean Processing Plant Opens Despite Pollution Fears
Exxon Says It Will Reduce Methane Leaks From Gas Drilling
O’Neill: Don’t Trade Our Air For A Budget Deal
AP: Maryland Suing EPA On Power Plant Pollution In PA, Other States
AP: Maryland Sues EPA To Cut Pollution From PA, Other Coal Power Plants
Pollution Could Increase As Illinois Governor Moves To Rescue Dynegy Energy Coal Plants
Trump Told Iowa He’d Save Ethanol, His EPA Chief Has Other Ideas
Alternative Fuels
Pittsburgh Transit To Buy First Electric Bus
Trump Told Iowa He’d Save Ethanol, His EPA Chief Has Other Ideas
Awards & Recognition
Conservation Practices Of Westmoreland Tree Farm On Display
Latrobe Company Receives Top Mine Reclamation Award
Altoona Reservoir System Designated North American Water Landmark
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Nockamixon State Park Cuts Down 6,6000 Ash Trees In Advance Of Ash Borer
Budget
Thompson: Budget Logjam Shows Signs Of Easing, No Severance Tax, Some Details
Signs Of A Deal Nearing On PA’s Budget
Lobbyists, Lavish Campaign Donations Aimed At Thwarting Severance Tax
Meyer: Dems Short Support To Get Severance Tax To House Floor, Will Try Again
Meyer: Bipartisan-Supported Severance Tax Bill Stays Stalled
Esack: Severance Tax Budget Idea Enters Governor’s Race
WITF Podcast: Meyer: Latest On Consideration Of A Severance Tax
What Could The State’s Environmental Fund Budget Battle Mean For Bucks/Montco?
PA Faith Leaders Speak Out On Environmental Riders In Senate Budget
O’Neill: Don’t Trade Our Air For A Budget Deal
Letter: Environment Must Be Protected In Budget
Op-Ed: PA Air, Water, Our Most Precious Resources Threatened By Budget
Op-Ed: Gov. Wolf, Lawmakers Need To Protect Air, Water As They Finish The Budget
Pennsylvania’s Disaster Funding Unclear
Frye: Fish & Boat Commissioners Vote To Allow Closing Of Fish Hatcheries, Reduced Trout Stocking
AP: Hatcheries To Close If Fish License Costs Don’t Rise
Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Threatens To Cut 3 More Hatcheries
AP: House Republicans See Progress In Overdue PA Budget Talks
Threats Mount Against Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
Goodlatte Measure Threatens Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
Kummer: Students, EPA Employees Rally In Philly Against Budget Cuts
Chesapeake Bay
PA Launches Effort To Write New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan
CBF Offers PA Municipalities Private Funding Method For Cleanup
Legacy Sediment Water Quality Restoration Tool To Expand To More Counties
Costs Expected To Spike For York County’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Coalition
Luzerne Conservation Program Offers Incentives For No-Till Planting, Cover Crops
AP: Rethinking Farming, Luzerne Program Encourages Conservation Work
Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Seeks Citizen Scientists For Stream Assessments
PA Legislator’s Bill To Privatize Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Gets Mixed Reviews
Threats Mount Against Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
Goodlatte Measure Threatens Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
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Climate
AP: Susquehanna County, Public Remained In Dark About Big Methane Leak At Compressor Station
Carbon Tax War Among Conservatives Heats Up
Exxon Says It Will Reduce Methane Leaks From Gas Drilling
O’Neill: Don’t Trade Our Air For A Budget Deal
Immigration Attorneys Warn Against Using Climate Refugee Term
Hurricane Maria May Be American Preview Of Climate-Fueled Migration
Under Legal Pressure, EPA Reverses Itself On Measuring Greenhouse Gases From Vehicles
Coal Mining
Coal Industry Builds Optimism From Trump’s Election In Pittsburgh
Coal Conference: What A Difference A Year Makes
Coal Train Derails, Railcars Roll Over In McKeesport
AP: CSX Working To Remove 25 Coal Cars Derailed In Pennsylvania
AP: Maryland Suiting EPA On Power Plant Pollution In PA, Other States
AP: Maryland Sues EPA To Cut Pollution From PA, Other Coal Power Plants
Trump Proposes Higher Payments For Coal, Nuclear Power
DOE Secretary Urges FERC To Adopt Full Price Recovery For Coal, Nuclear
FirstEnergy Supports DOE Proposal To Increase Payments To Coal, Nuclear Plants
DOE Offers Troubled Georgia Nuclear Plant Another $3.7B In Loan Guarantees
Feds Throws Lifeline To Coal And Nuclear Plants
DOE Proposes Massive Change In Electricity Policy To Help Coal, Nuclear Plants
DOE Secretary, Barletta Visit Jeddo Coal Mine In Luzerne County
DOE Secretary, Barletta Launch New Chapter For Coal In Luzerne
Pennsylvania Mining More Coal
Pollution Could Increase As Illinois Governor Moves To Rescue Coal Plants
Conservation District
Murrysville Partners With Westmoreland District For Stormwater Outreach
Luzerne Conservation Program Offers Incentives For No-Till Planting, Cover Crops
Delaware River
Up In Arms In The Upper Delaware Over A Proposed Fracking Ban
Trout Unlimited: Delaware River Flow Deal On The Horizon
Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 29 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Are Lead Levels In Pittsburgh Water Really Going Down?
Pittsburgh Water Authority Tests Epoxy Coating To Make Lead Water Lines Safer
Editorial: Pittsburgh Water System Should Preclude Shut-Offs
DEP: No Need For Do Not Drink Notice For Saegertown Schools
Capital Region Water Customers Will Drink Treated River Water As A Test
Murphy: Unresolved Water, Sewer Complaints Could Drive Authorities Under PUC Umbrella
Altoona Reservoir System Designated North American Water Landmark
Economic Development
Shell Cracker Plant Spurs $7M Development Loan For Nearby Site
Ethane Plant In Beaver County Could Lead To Regional Manufacturing Resurgence
PA Not Fully Capitalizing On Marcellus Shale, Energy Economic Potential
Great Allegheny Passage: Path To Opportunity
Education
Audubon PA, Partners Break Ground On Discovery Center In Philadelphia
No Clowning Around With Pollution: Philly Says Don’t Do It
White: Brothers Paddled Down Polluted River In A Kayak Made Of Plastic Bottles
Emergency Response
Pennsylvania’s Disaster Funding Unclear
Coal Train Derails, Railcars Roll Over In McKeesport
AP: CSX Working To Remove 25 Coal Cars Derailed In Pennsylvania
AP: Pennsylvania Residents Send Hay To Eastern Montana Ranchers
Energy
PA’s Lowest Electricity Rates In Mont Alto, Chambersburg
Coal Industry Builds Optimism From Trump’s Election In Pittsburgh
Coal Conference: What A Difference A Year Makes
Business, Community Leaders Implore Lawmakers To Keep TMI Open
Push To Keep Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Operational
Will State Lawmakers Save Three Mile Island?
AP: Three Mile Island Owner Threatens To Close Ill-Fated Plant
Op-Ed: Closing Three Mile Island Would Be A Job-Killer For Region, Here’s Why
Trump Proposes Higher Payments For Coal, Nuclear Power
DOE Secretary Urges FERC To Adopt Full Price Recovery For Coal, Nuclear
FirstEnergy Supports DOE Proposal To Increase Payments To Coal, Nuclear Plants
Feds Throws Lifeline To Coal And Nuclear Plants
DOE Proposes Massive Change In Electricity Policy To Help Coal, Nuclear Plants
DOE Offers Troubled Georgia Nuclear Plant Another $3.7B In Loan Guarantees
U.S. Nuclear Reactors Face Uphill Challenge, Despite Lower Emissions
AP: Maryland Suiting EPA On Power Plant Pollution In PA, Other States
AP: Maryland Sues EPA To Cut Pollution From PA, Other Coal Power Plants
DOE Secretary, Barletta Visit Jeddo Coal Mine In Luzerne County
DOE Secretary, Barletta Launch New Chapter For Coal In Luzerne
Pennsylvania Mining More Coal
Pollution Could Increase As Illinois Governor Moves To Rescue Dynegy Energy Coal Plants
From PECO’s Basement, A Power Giant Was Born: PJM
PPL Helped Bring Together Regional Power Grid Operator 90 Years Ago
Energy Conservation
Geisinger Touts Its Cogeneration Plant
Environmental Heritage
Schneck: A Wild Place Dedicated To Flight 93
Farming
Conservation Practices Of Westmoreland Tree Farm On Display
Luzerne Conservation Program Offers Incentives For No-Till Planting, Cover Crops
AP: Rethinking Farming, Luzerne Program Encourages Conservation Work
Crable: Plain Sect Dairy Farmers Struggle To Survive
Lancaster Soybean Processing Plant Opens Despite Pollution Fears
Lands At Hillside Farms To Bring Back Annual Fall Fest
Greensburg Man Recognizes Nationally For Work Identifying Mushrooms
Loyalhanna Watershed Assn. Farm-To Table Harvest Dinner
Flooding
Pennsylvania’s Disaster Funding Unclear
National Flood Insurance Program Now Expires Dec. 8
Forests
Erie In For Earlier, More Vibrant Fall Foliage Season
Crable: Lancaster County Should Get Impressive Display Of Early Fall Foliage
Schneck: Fall Foliage May Be Impacted By Ongoing Hot, Dry Weather
Lands At Hillside Farms To Bring Back Annual Fall Fest
Conservation Practices Of Westmoreland Tree Farm On Display
Nockamixon State Park Cuts Down 6,6000 Ash Trees In Advance Of Ash Borer
AP: Pennsylvania Residents Send Hay To Eastern Montana Ranchers
Geologic Hazards
Harrisburg School Board Waives Property Taxes For Sinkhole Homes
Land Conservation
Schneck: A Wild Place Dedicated To Flight 93
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Letter: Clean Communities Aid Economic Climate, Keep PA Beautiful
Mine Reclamation
Latrobe Company Receives Top Mine Reclamation Award
Oil & Gas
Meyer: Dems Short Support To Get Severance Tax To House Floor, Will Try Again
Meyer: Bipartisan-Supported Severance Tax Bill Stays Stalled
Lobbyists, Lavish Campaign Donations Aimed At Thwarting Severance Tax
Esack: Severance Tax Budget Idea Enters Governor’s Race
WITF Podcast: Meyer: Latest On Consideration Of A Severance Tax
AP: Susquehanna County, Public Remained In Dark About Big Methane Leak At Compressor Station
AP: Dimock Families Settle With Gas Driller Over Fouled Water
Last 2 Dimock Families Settle Lawsuit With Cabot Over Contaminated Water
Dimock Fracking Lawsuits Draw To A Close, A Look Back At What Happened
Up In Arms In The Upper Delaware Over A Proposed Fracking Ban
O’Neill: Don’t Trade Our Air For A Budget Deal
PA Not Fully Capitalizing On Marcellus Shale, Energy Economic Potential
Shale Insight 2017: Gas Industry Officials Contend With Protests, Security Issues
Spicer: Rolling Back Environmental Regulations Helping Economy
Drilling For Natural Gas In PA Saves Buffalo Bills, Sabres
Shell Cracker Plant Spurs $7M Development Loan For Nearby Site
Ethane Plant In Beaver County Could Lead To Regional Manufacturing Resurgence
Chevron Appalachia, Peoples Gas Launch Forge The Future Economic Dev. Initiative
Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Drift Lower To $2.83
Lancaster Gasoline Prices Fall 7 Cents Per Gallon
Will Gasoline Prices Get Back To Pre-Harvey Level?
Rough Seas Slow Crude Deliveries To East Coast Refineries
Pipelines
Crable: Lancaster Nuns’ Lawsuit Against Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Thrown Out
Pipeline Opponents Sue Mariner East 2 Pipeline Alleging Constitutional Violations
Huntingdon County Residents File Lawsuit Against Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Op-Ed: Here’s What You Need To Know About Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction
Op-Ed: Reversing Flow Of Laurel Pipeline Hurts Philly, Pittsburgh
FERC Commissioner Powelson Says His Agency Is Not A Rubber Stamp
Police Say They Don’t Want To Clash With Pipeline Protesters
Drone Inspections Of Natural Gas Pipelines May Soon Be Reality
Radiation Protection
Business, Community Leaders Implore Lawmakers To Keep TMI Open
Push To Keep Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Operational
Will State Lawmakers Save Three Mile Island?
AP: Three Mile Island Owner Threatens To Close Ill-Fated Plant
Op-Ed: Closing Three Mile Island Would Be A Job-Killer For Region, Here’s Why
Trump Proposes Higher Payments For Coal, Nuclear Power
DOE Secretary Urges FERC To Adopt Full Price Recovery For Coal, Nuclear
FirstEnergy Supports DOE Proposal To Increase Payments To Coal, Nuclear Plants
Feds Throws Lifeline To Coal And Nuclear Plants
DOE Proposes Massive Change In Electricity Policy To Help Coal, Nuclear Plants
DOE Offers Troubled Georgia Nuclear Plant Another $3.7B In Loan Guarantees
U.S. Nuclear Reactors Face Uphill Challenge, Despite Lower Emissions
Westinghouse Tries To Calms Fears About Its Pension
Recreation
Erie In For Earlier, More Vibrant Fall Foliage Season
Crable: Lancaster County Should Get Impressive Display Of Early Fall Foliage
Schneck: Fall Foliage May Be Impacted By Ongoing Hot, Dry Weather
Guided Hikes In Penn’s Woods Planned Sunday
Kingston Native Finishes Appalachian Trail Hike
Summit In Berks Highlights Pennsylvania’s Network Of Trails
Great Allegheny Passage: Path To Opportunity
Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Files Objections To Tracy Ridge Trail Plans
Presque Isle Ranked No. 2 Best Attraction In State In Public Voting Contest
Sept. 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Nockamixon State Park Cuts Down 6,6000 Ash Trees In Advance Of Ash Borer
Funding Plan Unveiled For River Common Park In Wilkes-Barre
Philly Tourists: Independence Park A Disturbingly Empty Space
Editorial: Why Do We Tolerate Mediocrity Of Independence Park?
White: Brothers Paddled Down Polluted River In A Kayak Made Of Plastic Bottles
Pittsburgh Transit Offers Bus-To-Bike Option To Commuters
Philly Mayor Promised To Build 30+Miles Of Protected Bicycle Lanes
Virus Causing Carp Deaths At Pymatuning Reservoir
National Parks Will Offer Free Admission Saturday
Delaware Water Gap Superintendent Announces Retirement
Recycling/Waste
Rep. McGinnis’ Rant Boosts Recycling Support In Blair County
Letter: Rep. McGinnis Adding Insult To Injury With Comments On Recycling, Environment
Letter: I Could Not Believe Rep. McGinnis’ Statements On Recycling
Letter: Clean Communities Aid Economic Climate, Keep PA Beautiful
Letter: Rep. McGinnis In The Dark About Recycling
Editorial: Drug Take-Back Boxes, Best For Safety, Health
Editorial: Watch List: Westmoreland Recycling Center
HBG Mayor Invites Compost Skeptics Out For A Tour
Renewable Energy
Kummer: Philly Moves To Slash Energy Use, Starting With $9M Retrofit Of Art Museum
Philadelphia Plans To Cut Emissions From City Buildings, Buy All Renewables
Philadelphia Announces 100% Renewable Energy Goal By 2030
As Philly Moves To Slash Energy Use, These Are its Biggest City-Owned Power Hogs
PEC Podcast: DEP’s Solar Future Stakeholders Group
Sen. Corman Gets Firsthand Look At Clean Energy Jobs From Local Firm
Stormwater
CBF Offers PA Municipalities Private Funding Method For Cleanup
Murrysville Partners With Westmoreland District For Stormwater Outreach
Costs Expected To Spike For York County’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Coalition
Wastewater Facilities
Murphy: Unresolved Water, Sewer Complaints Could Drive Authorities Under PUC Umbrella
Study Looks At Expanding Sewage Capacity In Growing Washington Twp
Watershed Protection
PA Launches Effort To Write New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plan
CBF Offers PA Municipalities Private Funding Method For Cleanup
Legacy Sediment Water Quality Restoration Tool To Expand To More Counties
Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper Seeks Citizen Scientists For Stream Assessments
PA Legislator’s Bill To Privatize Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Gets Mixed Reviews
Costs Expected To Spike For York County’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Coalition
Conservation Practices Of Westmoreland Tree Farm On Display
Luzerne Conservation Program Offers Incentives For No-Till Planting, Cover Crops
AP: Rethinking Farming, Luzerne Program Encourages Conservation Work
Threats Mount Against Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
Goodlatte Measure Threatens Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
Murrysville Partners With Westmoreland District For Stormwater Outreach
Latrobe Company Receives Top Mine Reclamation Award
How I-95 Broke Philly’s Waterfront, And What The City Is Doing To Fix It
White: Brothers Paddled Down Polluted River In A Kayak Made Of Plastic Bottles
Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 29 RiverWatch Video Report
Loyalhanna Watershed Assn. Farm-To Table Harvest Dinner
PA Environmental Activists Submit 20K Comments On EPA’s Clean Water Rule
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Wildlife
Frye: Fish & Boat Commissioners Vote To Allow Closing Of Fish Hatcheries, Reduced Trout Stocking
AP: Hatcheries To Close If Fish License Costs Don’t Rise
Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Threatens To Cut 3 More Hatcheries
Fish & Boat Commission Adds Waters To Keystone Select Stocked Trout Program
Virus Causing Carp Deaths At Pymatuning Reservoir
Trout Unlimited: Delaware River Flow Deal On The Horizon
AAA Offers Tips On Avoiding Deer Crashes As Mating Season Nears
Highlights From Game Commission Board Meeting Tuesday
Schneck: Game Commission Moves To Add Access To State Game Lands
Audubon PA, Partners Break Ground On Discovery Center In Philadelphia
Painted Lady Butterflies On The Move In Erie Area
West Nile/Zika Virus
Zika Was A Mild Bug, Discovery Shows How it Turned Monstrous
Other
Pittsburgh Transit To Buy First Electric Bus
Pittsburgh Transit Offers Bus-To-Bike Option To Commuters
Editorial: State Inertia Crushes Cities
PA Supreme Court Rejects Appeal Of Order To Remove Digital Billboard
Wildfires
AP: Pennsylvania Residents Send Hay To Eastern Montana Ranchers
Maria
PA National Guard Sends Members, Aircraft To Puerto Rico For Hurricane Relief
Smucker Looks For U.S. To Commit To Longer Relief Effort For Puerto Rico
Erie’s Puerto Rican Community Collects For Hurricane Victims
Hurricane Maria May Be American Preview Of Climate-Fueled Migration
Trump Lifts Jones Act Shipping Limits To Bolster Puerto Rico Relief
Trump Urged To Waive Jones Act To Speed Recovery Shipments To Puerto Rico
Irma
Erie FirstEnergy Line Crews Help Restore Power To Florida
Harvey
Will Gasoline Prices Get Back To Pre-Harvey Level?
Federal Policy
Threats Mount Against Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
Goodlatte Measure Threatens Chesapeake Bay Conservation Efforts
PA Environmental Activists Submit 20K Comments On EPA’s Clean Water Rule
EPA Initiative Targets Regulatory Burden For Utilities, Other Industries
Trump Proposes Higher Payments For Coal, Nuclear Power
DOE Secretary Urges FERC To Adopt Full Price Recovery For Coal, Nuclear
FirstEnergy Supports DOE Proposal To Increase Payments To Coal, Nuclear Plants
Feds Throws Lifeline To Coal And Nuclear Plants
DOE Proposes Massive Change In Electricity Policy To Help Coal, Nuclear Plants
DOE Offers Troubled Georgia Nuclear Plant Another $3.7B In Loan Guarantees
U.S. Nuclear Reactors Face Uphill Challenge, Despite Lower Emissions
Trump Backs Off Vow Private Sector Should Help Pay For Infrastructure Package
Carbon Tax War Among Conservatives Heats Up
Immigration Attorneys Warn Against Using Climate Refugee Term
Under Legal Pressure, EPA Reverses Itself On Measuring Greenhouse Gases From Vehicles
Trump Told Iowa He’d Save Ethanol, His EPA Chief Has Other Ideas
Zinki Says Third Of Interior’s Staff Is Disloyal To Trump, Promises Huge Changes
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