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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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10/30/2017

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