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Sunday NewsClips
Priest, 5 Others Arrested At Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Construction Site
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protest Continues In Lancaster With More Arrests
Editorial: Vogel Amendment To Study Eliminating Vehicle Emissions Inspection Worth Pursuing
Dispose Of Your Medications During Drug Take Back Day
Op-Ed: Let’s Call Coyote Hunts What They Are: Mindless Bloodbaths
AP: PA’s Budget Fight Will Come With Its Own Price Tag
Sunday - Hurricanes
All 5 Ex-Presidents Put Politics Aside At Hurricane Relief Concert
What Puerto Rico Is Doing To Get The Power Back After Storm
Sunday - International
Warning Of Ecological Armageddon After Dramatic Plunge In Insect Numbers
A Giant Insect Ecosystem Is Collapsing Due To Humans, It’s A Catastrophe
Climate Change Could Spell Disaster For Coffee, But Science May Have Solution
Environmental Policy
Letter: Redistricting Could Help The Environment
Op-Ed: What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About Politics And The Environment?
Air
Asbestos Charges Dropped Against Pittsburgh Man
Midstate Transit Authorities Seek Answers To Declining Ridership
Alternative Fuels
EPA Abandons Changes To Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure
Trump Tells EPA To Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar
Trump EPA Nominees On Hold Amid Dispute Over Biofuel Mandate
Awards & Recognition
Architects Recognize Excellence In Buildings: Frick Environmental Center
Lancaster Sewer Authority Wins National Recognition
Baldwin-Whitehall Teacher Honored By Steelers, Chevron Program
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Harvey’s Lake Seeks More Funding To Eradicate Hydrilla
Budget
Frye: Hunting, Fishing License Fees Seem Unlikely To Increase
Op-Ed: A Parks Perspective: Recreation Services Essential
AP: Natural Gas Severance Tax Gets Life In House [Nothing For Environment]
Meyer: Severance Tax OKd By Committee, May Hit Wall [Nothing For Environment]
Lawmaker Says Severance Tax Will Crush Jobs [Nothing For Environment]
AP: PA’s Budget Fight Will Come With Its Own Price Tag
Thompson: House Passes Budget Balancing Plan, No Finality In Sight Yet
Meyer: Democrats, Moderate Republicans Push A Shale Tax
Murphy: Halting Progress Continues On Budget Front As Exasperation Grows
Meyer: House Budget Plan Disliked By Senate, But Being Considered
Could Latest PA Budget Plan Be As Good As It Gets?
Editorial: Free-Spending Legislature Shortchanges Citizens
What It Looks Like When An industry Controls A State’s Politics (PA)
Chesapeake Bay
Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone
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Climate
Gore Says Trump Won’t Stop Progress On Climate Change
Gore Urges PA To Shift Quickly to Renewables Over Gas, Coal
Gore: We’re Getting Close To Bipartisan Action On Climate
Gore Tells Climate Activists In Pittsburgh: We’re Going To Win This
Gore Brings Global Warming Message To Pittsburgh, Warns Of Its Effect On PA
Al Gore Hosts Climate Workshop In Pittsburgh This Week
Conservative Group Thanks Cong. Costello, Fitzpatrick For Leadership On Reducing Methane Emissions
Op-Ed: To Keep Carbon Down, Keep Three Mile Island Open
Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air
Op-Ed: What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About Politics And The Environment?
October Was Warmest On Record So Far, When Will That Change?
Weather Service Forecasts Mild Winter
Coal Mining
PA Coal Production Slows Down
Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions
FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan
FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities
Compliance Actions
AP: Philadelphia City Council Toughens Illegal Dumping Penalties
Deep Mine Safety
Mine Safety Nomination Follows History As Coal Executive
Delaware River
PEC Blog: A Day Of Discover On The Delaware, Patrick Starr
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct 20 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
From Flint To Pittsburgh, Children Need Protection From Lead
Harmer Authority Interested In Buying Cheswick’s Water System
Economic Development
Earth Conservancy, PSU WB Offering Environmental Workforce Training
RAND: Marcellus Shale Growth, Retirements Will Drive Need For STEM Workers
As Gas Drilling Returns, Industry And Colleges Need To Talk
Education
Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory
Baldwin-Whitehall Teacher Honored By Steelers, Chevron Program
Canoemobile Brings Outdoors To Eastern York Students
Emergency Response
Editorial: FEMA Secondary To Local Preparedness In Coping With Natural Disasters
Energy
Three Mile Island Returns To Full Power
Op-Ed: To Keep Carbon Down, Keep Three Mile Island Open
PPL Rolling Out New Smart Meters In Lehigh Valley
FERC OKs Pumped Hydro Electric Feasibility Studies In Northeast
FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan
FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities
Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions
Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air
Environmental Heritage
Centralia Documentary Showing Town Ravaged By Mine Fire To Be Screened Sunday
Farming
Rodale Institute: The Birthplace Of Organic Farming In The U.S.
Hearst Will Acquire Rodale Publishing In Lehigh Valley
PA Developing Plan To Help Save The Bees
Crable:4 More Farms Preserved By Lancaster Farmland Trust
Cleanup Of 250,000 Gallon Manure Spill Continues In Lancaster Creek
Thousands Of Gallons Of Manure Spill Into Lancaster Creek, Clean Up Continues
Forests
Pennsylvania Wildfire Season Approaching
Volunteers Planted 1,000 Trees In Honor Of 2 Organizations Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary
California Wildfires Kill 42, Cause At Least $1 Billion In Damages, Burn 7,000 Buildings
Editorial: Wildfires & Regulations, Fuel For Thought
Geologic Hazards
McKelvey: Harrisburg Nears End Of Sinkhole Saga With Purchase Of Homes
Harrisburg Sinkhole Incident First To Be Granted Pre-Disaster Relief
Settlement Reached in Oklahoma Drilling/Earthquake Lawsuit
Green Buildings
Architects Recognize Excellence In Buildings: Frick Environmental Center
Green Infrastructure
Pittsburgh Water Authority Ramps Up Its Green Infrastructure Program
Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory
Aspinwall Gets ALCOSAN Grant To Eliminate Sewer Overflows
Volunteers Planted 1,000 Trees In Honor Of 2 Organizations Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary
Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone
Land Conservation
Crable:4 More Farms Preserved By Lancaster Farmland Trust
Littering/Illegal Dumping
AP: Philadelphia City Council Toughens Illegal Dumping Penalties
Mine Reclamation
Earth Conservancy, PSU WB Offering Environmental Workforce Training
Centralia Documentary Showing Town Ravaged By Mine Fire To Be Screened Sunday
Oil & Gas
Legere: PA Supreme Court Urged To Put Drilling Rules To ID Abandoned Wells Into Effect
PLS Reporter: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Drilling Rules
AP: Natural Gas Severance Tax Gets Life In House [Nothing For Environment]
Meyer: Severance Tax OKd By Committee, May Hit Wall [Nothing For Environment]
Lawmaker Says Severance Tax Will Crush Jobs [Nothing For Environment]
Meyer: Democrats, Moderate Republicans Push A Shale Tax
Conservative Group Thanks Cong. Costello, Fitzpatrick For Leadership On Reducing Methane Emissions
Upper Burrell Planning Commission OKs Gas Well, Other Approvals Needed
Upper Burrell Supervisor Candidates Divided On Gas Well Locations
Baldwin-Whitehall Teacher Honored By Steelers, Chevron Program
RAND: Marcellus Shale Growth, Retirements Will Drive Need For STEM Workers
As Gas Drilling Returns, Industry And Colleges Need To Talk
UGI Utilities Starts New $35M Headquarters In Lancaster
Credit Rating Cut For Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Unit
Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices See Drop This Week
Lancaster Gasoline Prices Fall For 5th Week
EPA Abandons Changes To Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure
Trump Tells EPA To Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar
Trump EPA Nominees On Hold Amid Dispute Over Biofuel Mandate
Oil Refiners’ Hope Of Trump-Promised Deregulation On Biofuels Crushed By EPA
Settlement Reached in Oklahoma Drilling/Earthquake Lawsuit
What It Looks Like When An industry Controls A State’s Politics (PA)
Pipelines
State Oversight Of Gas Pipeline Construction Drilling Gets Bipartisan Criticism
Companies Tout Benefits Of Natural Gas Pipelines In Harrisburg
Lawmakers Seek To Halt Drilling After More Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills
Cusick: Nearly 30 Arrested Protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster
Crable: Protesters Arrested After Blocking Construction Of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Protesters Arrested As Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Begins Construction
Truck Carrying Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Equipment Collides With Minivan
Crable: Protesters Try To Block Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Construction In Lancaster
Crable: Photo Book Chronicles Places In Lancaster Before Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Built
Op-Ed: Altering Laurel Pipeline Flow Would Bring Cheaper Fuel To PA
PennEast Pipeline Backers Tout Lower Energy Prices In Fighting Green Groups
FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities
Radiation Protection
Three Mile Island Returns To Full Power
FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan
FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities
Recreation
Op-Ed: A Parks Perspective: Recreation Services Essential
Fall Foliage Peaks At Historic Kinzua Bridge State Park
Editorial: Have Your Say On Future Of PA State Parks
USA Today: Top 10 Best Tourist Attractions
Crable: Old Safe Harbor RR Trestle Could Be Key To Regional Trail Network
Presque Isle State Park Reviewing Policy For Weddings
Canoemobile Brings Outdoors To Eastern York Students
Leaving The War In The Woods, Wounded Veterans Nurtured By Nature
Hopeless, He Rolled His Wheelchair Off Codorus Park Dock
AP: Man Using Wheelchair Die After Rolling Off Codorus State Park Dock
Color-Blind Artist Captures Lehigh Valley Nature Scenes With Oil Paintings
Crable: Susquehanna Water Shuttle Would Like Lancaster, York By Boat
Recycling/Waste
State Efforts Help Growing PA Towns Build Curbside Recycling Programs
Rep. Kaufer Announces E-Waste Recycling Event In Luzerne
DEP Says Don’t Recycle Tires At Duryea Business
Proposed Changes To Wilkes-Barre’s Garbage Collection Not Sitting Well
Renewable Energy
Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions
Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air
Stormwater
Pittsburgh Water Authority Ramps Up Its Green Infrastructure Program
Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone
Susquehanna River
Crable; 7 Lancaster County Overlooks Along The Susquehanna River
Crable: Susquehanna Water Shuttle Would Like Lancaster, York By Boat
Sustainability
Rodale Institute: The Birthplace Of Organic Farming In The U.S.
Hearst Will Acquire Rodale Publishing In Lehigh Valley
Architects Recognize Excellence In Buildings: Frick Environmental Center
Wastewater Facilities
Lancaster Sewer Authority Wins National Recognition
Aspinwall Gets ALCOSAN Grant To Eliminate Sewer Overflows
Watershed Protection
Pittsburgh Water Authority Ramps Up Its Green Infrastructure Program
Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory
Volunteers Planted 1,000 Trees In Honor Of 2 Organizations Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary
Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone
Cleanup Of 250,000 Gallon Manure Spill Continues In Lancaster Creek
Thousands Of Gallons Of Manure Spill Into Lancaster Creek, Clean Up Continues
PEC Blog: A Day Of Discover On The Delaware, Patrick Starr
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct 20 RiverWatch Video Report
Canoemobile Brings Outdoors To Eastern York Students
Learn How To Prevent Bird Strikes At Loyalhanna Watershed Program
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Wetlands
Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory
Wildlife
Frye: Hunting, Fishing License Fees Seem Unlikely To Increase
Learn How To Prevent Bird Strikes At Loyalhanna Watershed Program
Woolly Worms Predict Stretch Of Severe Winter Weather
5 Places To Get Your Deer Tested For Chronic Wasting Disease For Free, Southcentral PA
PA Developing Plan To Help Save The Bees
Schneck: When, Where Can You See Blue Trout?
Schneck: Mountain Lions In Pennsylvania? Expert Opinion
Other
Color-Blind Artist Captures Lehigh Valley Nature Scenes With Oil Paintings
Midstate Transit Authorities Seek Answers To Declining Ridership
Watch Stunning Meteor Shower From Your PA Backyard
Wildfires
California Wildfires Kill 42, Cause At Least $1 Billion In Damages, Burn 7,000 Buildings
Editorial: Wildfires & Regulations, Fuel For Thought
California Wildfire Death Toll Hits 41 As Survivors Face Long Road To Recovery
California Wildfire Death Toll Reaches 40
California Wildfires Now Up To 100 Miles Wide, Threaten More Wineries
Maria
20 PA National Guard Soldiers Sent To Virgin Islands For Maria Relief Efforts
Op-Ed: The Jones (Shipping) Act Is Not Smart Policy
Op-Ed: Ending Jones Act Shipping Restrictions Would Help Puerto Rico, PA
Editorial: FEMA Secondary To Local Preparedness In Coping With Natural Disasters
Federal Policy
FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan
Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions
Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air
EPA Abandons Changes To Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure
Trump Tells EPA To Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar
Trump EPA Nominees On Hold Amid Dispute Over Biofuel Mandate
Oil Refiners’ Hope Of Trump-Promised Deregulation On Biofuels Crushed By EPA
Mine Safety Nomination Follows History As Coal Executive
Op-Ed: What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About Politics And The Environment?
What It Looks Like When An industry Controls A State’s Politics (PA)
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