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DEP Secretary Stops In Scranton, Wilkes-Barre For Local Visits
Cusick: PA’s Environmental Rights Amendment Back From The Dead
Sunday NewsClips
AP: Budget Bills Are Ugly But Wolf Has Little Choice But To Sign
PA Budget Standoffs: July 1 Needs To Mean Something Again
Consultant’s Public Workshop To Center On Pittsburgh Water Authority’s Future
LIHEAP Applications Will Be Accepted Starting Wednesday
Op-Ed: Recycling Old TVs Isn’t Easy
Western PA’s Finest Fall Scenery
Fall Foliage Show 1 To 2 Weeks Behind, Blame The Warmth
Erie-Area Woods Offer More Than Pretty Home For Animals
AP: DA Rules Shooting By Fish & Boat Commission Officer Justified
Sunday - The Feds
Lessons Go Unheeded 5 Years After Superstorm Sandy
O’Neill: That Giant Sucking Sound? 500 Million Straws A Day
Air
Editorial: Vogel Amendment To Study Eliminating Vehicle Emissions Inspection Worth Pursuing
U.S. Senators From Refinery State Request Trump Meeting On Biofuels
Editorial: Ethanol’s Slow Burn In Renewable Fuel Follies
Alternative Fuels
U.S. Senators From Refinery State Request Trump Meeting On Biofuels
Editorial: Ethanol’s Slow Burn In Renewable Fuel Follies
Beaver County’s First CNG Fueling Station Opens
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Century-Long Quest To Save The American Chestnut May Soon Be Over
Scientists Using Costly Triage To Spare Some Ash Trees From Extinction
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
Budget
AP: Budget Bills Are Ugly But Wolf Has Little Choice But To Sign
PA Budget Standoffs: July 1 Needs To Mean Something Again
Op-Ed: Budget Bills Do Not Honor Our Environmental Rights In PA, Alan Peterson, MD
Micek: Wolf Presses For Tax On Gas Drillers
Wolf Urges New Severance Tax
Op-Ed: Natural Gas Severance Tax That’s Not Worth The Price, Rep. Vitali
Op-Ed: Severance Tax Supporter Now Against It Because Of Permitting Tradeoffs, Rep. Vitali
Op-Ed: Gas Drilling Is Good For State Economy, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Editorial: When All Else Fails, Roll The Dice In Budget Mess
Delco Uses $65K For 14-Acre Open Space Parcel Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee
Wolf To Evaluate Plan To Close Budget Gap, Expand Gambling In PA
Legislature Expands Gambling, Borrows $1.5B To Balance Budget, Will Wolf Sign?
House Passes Final Budget Piece, Ball Moves To Wolf’s Court
AP: Massive Borrowing, Gambling Bills Advance In Budget Scramble
Thompson: Senate Sends Big Budget Patch To Wolf’s Desk
More Borrowing, More Gambling: How They’re Breaking Budget Impasse
Murphy: Balanced Budget is Finally Close At Hand
AP: Senate Eyes House Budget Plan That’s Short Of What It Wanted
AP: PA’s Budget Fight Will Come With Its Own Price Tag
Thompson: House Passes Fiscal Code Keeping Budget Progress On Track
Chesapeake Bay
DEP To Pay For 800 Ag Conservation Plans For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
PA Projects Get $5.8M In Grants For Work To Protect Chesapeake Bay
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Climate
Op-Ed: Impose Carbon Tax And Let Market Solve Climate Change
Wild Swings In Weather Mean Some PA Farm Crops Will Flourish, Others Struggle
Op-Ed: Climate Repair, A Long Haul
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
International Energy Agency: The Environmental Case For Natural Gas
GAO: U.S. Government Should Manage Climate Risks As Cost Impacts Soar
Costa Rica Banks On Low-Carbon Coffee
Coal Mining
Legere: FERC Commissioner Powelson Throws Doubt On Rule To Benefit Nuclear, Coal
FirstEnergy CEO: Will Dump Coal, Nuclear Regardless Of What Federal Govt. Does To Help
PJM Says DOE Plan To Subsidize Coal, Nukes Not Workable
AP: Big Electric Grid Operator PJM Slams Trump Plan To Aid Coal, Nuclear Plants
PUC: DOE Coal/Nuclear Proposal Threatens Competitive Electricity Markets
Legislature Throws Its Support Behind Trump Energy Plan
Energy Supplier Calls For Competition, Not Subsidies For Nuclear, Coal
DOE Coal, Nuclear Plant Subsidy Plan To Cost Taxpayers $10.6 Billion A Year
Supporters, Opponents Voice Opinions About Proposed Coal, Nuclear Bailout
Plan To Support Coal, Nuclear Divides U.S. Energy Industry
Coal Industry Tells FERC Last 7 Years Was A Catastrophe It Must Now Fix
Puko: Trump Plan For Coal, Nuclear Power Draws Fire From Environmental, Oil Groups
Frazier: Future Of FirstEnergy Greene County Coal Ash Disposal Site In Limbo
AP: Kentucky Engineer Picked To Head Surface Mining Agency
Delaware River
Cultivating Future Generations Of Water Stewards In Delaware Watershed
New Agreement For Delaware River Water Flow
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 27 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Legislature Passes Bill To Help Homeowners Replace Lead Water Lines
Pittsburgh Water Authority Ends Water Shutoffs In Winter
Economic Development
Op-Ed: Shale Gas Key Part Of The State’s Future
Education
North Allegheny Student Takes Top Prize In National STEM Competition
Western PA Schools Push STEAM Learning Further
Carnegie Museum Of Natural History Initiates Discussion Of Anthropocene
Emergency Response
Legere: PA One Call Utility Safety Program Expanded
Energy
Kleinman Energy Center: Shale Gas Saved PA Consumers A Bundle
Marcellus Shale Boom Cuts Costs For PA Ratepayers
Groundbreaking For New Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria County
Ground Broken For $700M Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria County
Talen Energy Exec: It Makes Sense To Stay In Allentown
Legislature Throws Its Support Behind Trump Energy Plan
Energy Supplier Calls For Competition, Not Subsidies For Nuclear, Coal
Legere: FERC Commissioner Powelson Throws Doubt On Rule To Benefit Nuclear, Coal
FirstEnergy CEO: Will Dump Coal, Nuclear Regardless Of What Federal Govt. Does To Help
PJM Says DOE Plan To Subsidize Coal, Nukes Not Workable
AP: Big Electric Grid Operator PJM Slams Trump Plan To Aid Coal, Nuclear Plants
PUC: DOE Coal/Nuclear Proposal Threatens Competitive Electricity Markets
DOE Coal, Nuclear Plant Subsidy Plan To Cost Taxpayers $10.6 Billion A Year
Plan To Support Coal, Nuclear Divides U.S. Energy Industry
Coal Industry Tells FERC Last 7 Years Was A Catastrophe It Must Now Fix
Puko: Trump Plan For Coal, Nuclear Power Draws Fire From Environmental, Oil Groups
Solar Power Costs To Fall By 60 Percent In Next 10 Years
Op-Ed: Trump Is Taking Right Steps To Ensure Our Energy Future
Environmental Heritage
As Coal Still Burns Under Centralia, Trash Piles Up Above
Environmental Justice
DEP Environmental Justice Director Steps Down
Farming
DEP To Pay For 800 Ag Conservation Plans For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
PA Projects Get $5.8M In Grants For Work To Protect Chesapeake Bay
Team Effort Targets Lancaster County Watershed For Cleanup
NRCS: How Blair County Landowners Improve Habitat For The Indiana Bat
Wild Swings In Weather Mean Some PA Farm Crops Will Flourish, Others Struggle
Forests
DCNR Planning Prescribed Burn In Michaux State Forest, Cumberland County
TreeVitalize Spreads Its Limbs In Brackenridge, Harrison
Century-Long Quest To Save The American Chestnut May Soon Be Over
Scientists Using Costly Triage To Spare Some Ash Trees From Extinction
Green Infrastructure
PA Projects Get $5.8M In Grants For Work To Protect Chesapeake Bay
Team Effort Targets Lancaster County Watershed For Cleanup
ALCOSAN OKs $9 Million For Green Infrastructure Grants
Hazardous Materials
People Sickened By Hazmat Incident At Delco High School
Land Conservation
Delco Uses $65K For 14-Acre Open Space Parcel Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee
Land Recycling
Demolition Almost Complete At Former Lord Corp Site In Erie
Littering/Illegal Dumping
As Coal Still Burns Under Centralia, Trash Piles Up Above
Mine Reclamation
DEP Mine Reclamation Project Continues In Luzerne County
AP: Kentucky Engineer Picked To Head Surface Mining Agency
Oil & Gas
Legere: PA One Call Utility Safety Program Expanded
Kleinman Energy Center: Shale Gas Saved PA Consumers A Bundle
Marcellus Shale Boom Cuts Costs For PA Ratepayers
Op-Ed: Natural Gas Severance Tax That’s Not Worth The Price, Rep. Vitali
Op-Ed: Severance Tax Supporter Now Against It Because Of Permitting Tradeoffs, Rep. Vitali
Op-Ed: Despite What You’ve Read, Gas Drillers Care About The Environment
Op-Ed: Shale Gas Key Part Of The State’s Future
Op-Ed: Gas Drilling Is Good For State Economy, Marcellus Shale Coalition
Westmoreland Judge To Rule On Apex Energy Drilling Sites
Geokinetics Challenges Monroeville Seismic Testing Regs In Court
Groundbreaking For New Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria County
Ground Broken For $700M Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria County
Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant In Westmoreland Hires Manager
Beaver County’s First CNG Fueling Station Opens
Marcus Hook Refinery Upgrades Will Boost Tax Bill By $4.8 Million
EQT Drilling: Everything Is Better With Rice Energy
Delco Uses $65K For 14-Acre Open Space Parcel Funded By Act 13 Impact Fee
Range Could Sell Some Noncore Acreage In Southwest PA
Legislature Throws Its Support Behind Trump Energy Plan
Energy Supplier Calls For Competition, Not Subsidies For Nuclear, Coal
Legere: FERC Commissioner Powelson Throws Doubt On Rule To Benefit Nuclear, Coal
FirstEnergy CEO: Will Dump Coal, Nuclear Regardless Of What Federal Govt. Does To Help
PJM Says DOE Plan To Subsidize Coal, Nukes Not Workable
PUC: DOE Coal/Nuclear Proposal Threatens Competitive Electricity Markets
DOE Coal, Nuclear Plant Subsidy Plan To Cost Taxpayers $10.6 Billion A Year
Plan To Support Coal, Nuclear Divides U.S. Energy Industry
Coal Industry Tells FERC Last 7 Years Was A Catastrophe It Must Now Fix
Puko: Trump Plan For Coal, Nuclear Power Draws Fire From Environmental, Oil Groups
International Energy Agency: The Environmental Case For Natural Gas
Midstate Gasoline Prices Continue Recovery From Hurricane Harvey, Irma
U.S. Senators From Refinery State Request Trump Meeting On Biofuels
Editorial: Ethanol’s Slow Burn In Renewable Fuel Follies
Personnel
Environmental Group Hires New CEO
Pipelines
Legere: PA One Call Utility Safety Program Expanded
PUC Halts Mariner East 2 Pipeline Plan To Build Valve In West Goshen Twp., Chester County
Priest, 5 Others Arrested At Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Construction Site
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protest Continues In Lancaster With More Arrests
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Funds Conestoga Community Pool, Firefighter Other Local Programs
Radiation Protection
Legislature Throws Its Support Behind Trump Energy Plan
Energy Supplier Calls For Competition, Not Subsidies For Nuclear, Coal
FirstEnergy CEO: Will Dump Coal, Nuclear Regardless Of What Federal Govt. Does To Help
Legere: FERC Commissioner Powelson Throws Doubt On Rule To Benefit Nuclear, Coal
PJM Says DOE Plan To Subsidize Coal, Nukes Not Workable
AP: Big Electric Grid Operator PJM Slams Trump Plan To Aid Coal, Nuclear Plants
PUC: DOE Coal/Nuclear Proposal Threatens Competitive Electricity Markets
DOE Coal, Nuclear Plant Subsidy Plan To Cost Taxpayers $10.6 Billion A Year
Supporters, Opponents Voice Opinions About Proposed Coal, Nuclear Bailout
Puko: Trump Plan For Coal, Nuclear Power Draws Fire From Environmental, Oil Groups
Pushing Risk Off A Cliff; How Westinghouse Ended Up In Bankruptcy
Westinghouse Sold An Unfinished Product, Then Problems Snowballed
Moving Massive Parts Of Nuclear Power Plants To Georgia Means Cutting Down Trees
Recreation
Crable: Manheim Resident Reflects On Quest For Solitude On Local Waters
Trail Maps, Logo To Promote Extensive Two Rivers Trail In Northampton County
Editorial: Lancaster Bike Share Good Idea
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
U.S. Considers Higher Entry Fees At 17 Popular National Parks
Renewable Energy
Legere: Bill Closes Borders To Out-Of-State Solar Credits
Recycling/Waste
Dispose Of Your Medications During Drug Take Back Day
Check Your Medicine Cabinet: Saturday Is Drug Take-Back Day
Penn State Creates Food Packaging From Wood, Shells
Frazier: Future Of FirstEnergy Greene County Coal Ash Disposal Site In Limbo
Renewable Energy
Solar Power Costs To Fall By 60 Percent In Next 10 Years
Susquehanna River
DEP Blog: A Dangerous Bridge Structure Comes Down Over The Susquehanna
Wastewater Facilities
Falls Twp Wastewater Treatment Facility Plan Back Before DEP
Watershed Protection
DEP To Pay For 800 Ag Conservation Plans For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
PA Projects Get $5.8M In Grants For Work To Protect Chesapeake Bay
Team Effort Targets Lancaster County Watershed For Cleanup
Cultivating Future Generations Of Water Stewards In Delaware Watershed
A Day In The Life Of Wissahickon Creek
New Agreement For Delaware River Water Flow
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 27 RiverWatch Video Report
ALCOSAN OKs $9 Million For Green Infrastructure Grants
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Wildlife
Bob Frye: Not So Subtle: Attempt To Limit Term Of Fish Commission Executive Director
Game Commission Asks Hunters To Help Protect Bald Eagles From Lead Poisoning
Deer-Lure Debate Widens With Spread Of Chronic Wasting Disease
Insurance Companies Can’t Charge Extra For Deer-Related Crash In PA
NRCS: How Blair County Landowners Improve Habitat For The Indiana Bat
Op-Ed: Let’s Call Coyote Hunts What They Are: Mindless Bloodbaths
Hurricanes
PA National Guard Wing Provides Non-Stop Hurricane Relief Support
All 5 Ex-Presidents Put Politics Aside At Hurricane Relief Concert
What Puerto Rico Is Doing To Get The Power Back After Storm
Displaced By Hurricane Maria, Puerto Ricans Move To Philadelphia
Midstate Gasoline Prices Continue Recovery From Hurricane Harvey, Irma
Federal Policy
Legere: FERC Commissioner Powelson Throws Doubt On Rule To Benefit Nuclear, Coal
PJM Says DOE Plan To Subsidize Coal, Nukes Not Workable
AP: Big Electric Grid Operator PJM Slams Trump Plan To Aid Coal, Nuclear Plants
PUC: DOE Coal/Nuclear Proposal Threatens Competitive Electricity Markets
Supporters, Opponents Voice Opinions About Proposed Coal, Nuclear Bailout
Plan To Support Coal, Nuclear Divides U.S. Energy Industry
Coal Industry Tells FERC Last 7 Years Was A Catastrophe It Must Now Fix
Op-Ed: Trump Is Taking Right Steps To Ensure Our Energy Future
AP: Kentucky Engineer Picked To Head Surface Mining Agency
GAO: U.S. Government Should Manage Climate Risks As Cost Impacts Soar
U.S. Senators From Refinery State Request Trump Meeting On Biofuels
Editorial: Ethanol’s Slow Burn In Renewable Fuel Follies
Trump Revisits Gasoline Tax Increase To Pay For Infrastructure Improvements
U.S. Considers Higher Entry Fees At 17 Popular National Parks
Some Of The Legal Challenges To The Trump Administration’s Decisions
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