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Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.
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Gov. Ridge Issues First Statement After Heart Attack
Sunday NewsClips
There May Be A Run On Christmas Trees As Shortage Steers Prices
Boil Water Advisory Issued In Parts Of Luzerne County
Philly State Reps Target City Tire Dumping
Video: Birds Of Prey At Nixon Nature Center In York
Cyclists Tackle Pittsburgh’s 13 Toughest Hills
A Partnership To Elevate Friends Of The Philadelphia Rail Park
Urban Deer Eat Tons Of Vegetations, Spread Disease And Damage Ecosystems
Busy Day Likely For Start Of PA Deer-Hunting Season
Deer Season Remains A Tradition In Pennsylvania
Sunday - The Feds
Op-Ed: Pittsburgh Needs Federal Support To Keep Its Soil, Air, Water Clean
Politics
AP: Wolf Starting To Look Like “Two-Term Tom” As 2018 Approaches
Murphy: Lawmakers Get Boost In Salaries Starting Dec. 1
Meyer: State Lawmakers Will Get Automatic Pay Raise
Air
Editorial: Air Violations Cannot Stand At U.S. Steel Plant
Oil Majors Move To Cut Methane Emissions
Awards & Recognition
Replogle Named Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Teacher Of The Year
Public Invited To Vote For PA River Of The Year
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Spotted Lanternfly Hitchhikes To Delaware
She’s In Charge Of Butterflies At Hershey Gardens’ Conservatory
Phipps Conservatory Winter Flower Show A Feast For The Senses
Budget
AP: House Leaves Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill Up In The Air
House Leaves Town Without Finishing Debate On Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill
Meyer: Lawmakers Leave For Holiday, Fate Of Severance Tax Unclear
AP: A Decade Later, Gas Drilling Tax Politics Roil PA
Esack: House Severance Tax Votes Election-Year Ploy?
AP: Natural Gas Tax Bill Comes Up For Debate In House
Editorial: Is Natural Gas Severance Tax Just About Hot Air?
Editorial: House Should OK Fair Severance Tax
Editorial: Lawmakers Budget Time For Real Issues - Amphibians
Natural Gas Impact Fee Funds Westmoreland, Allegheny Projects
Chesapeake Bay Defenders Hold Breath, Wait On U.S. Senate
AP: Judge Blocks PA’s Demand For $200 Million From Medical Insurer
Judge Temporarily Blocks Transfer Of $200M From JUA Insurance Fund To Balance State Budget
Chesapeake Bay
Investing In Clean Water For Carlisle, Cumberland County
WKOK: Why It’s Important To Name The Eastern Hellbender State Amphibian
WKOK: Sen. Yaw: Student Leadership Program Led Charge For Hellbender
Editorial: Lawmakers Budget Time For Real Issues - Amphibians
South Middleton Officials, Residents Celebrate Save The Lake Donations
Chesapeake Bay Defenders Hold Breath, Wait On U.S. Senate
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Climate
FERC Chair: Sympathy For Coal Doesn’t Factor In To Baseload Support Plan
AP: California Nets $860 Million From Carbon Auction
Oil Majors Move To Cut Methane Emissions
Op-Ed: Real, Honest Disagreement On Climate Change
Coal Mining
Crable: Feds Propose Plan To Bail Out Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
FERC Chair: Sympathy For Coal Doesn’t Factor In To Baseload Support Plan
Editorial: Let Market Help Power Grid
Coal-Burning Dynegy Wants A Handout, Will Illinois Give It To Them?
EPA To Reconsider 16 Coal Ash Provisions In Federal Court Arguments
Coal Production Slowing In Pennsylvania
Op-Ed: Coal Industry Shows No Sign Of A Comeback
Compliance Action
Maykuth: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Cited Again By DEP For Construction Spills
After More Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills, DEP Mulls Additional Enforcement
Delaware Watershed
Chester, Delaware County, Stormwater Authority To Take 2nd Look At Fees
Drinking Water
Wolf To Sign Bill Putting Pittsburgh Water Authority Under PUC Oversight
PUC Commits To Easing Customer Woes At Pittsburgh Water Authority
Pittsburgh Water Authority Eases Residency Requirement For Jobs
Pittsburgh Opposes Receivership For Pittsburgh Water Authority
O’Neill: PUC Oversight Of Pittsburgh Water Authority?
Editorial: Fixing Pittsburgh Water Authority Essential, Expensive
Chester Water Authority Pressed By Aqua PA On Sale
Altoona Water Authority Proposes Rate Increase
Water, Sewer Rates Rising In Harrisburg Area
NJ DEP Panel Recommends Lower Limit For PFOS
Economic Development
Former Steel Mill Forges New Beginning With Groundbreaking
These 5 Ingredients Make Pittsburgh’s Riverfronts Amazing
Education
Replogle Named Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Teacher Of The Year
PA Task Force Pushes For Better Watershed Education In Schools
Lancaster Museum Breaks Barrier For Girls Interested In STEM Fields
WKOK: Why It’s Important To Name The Eastern Hellbender State Amphibian
WKOK: Sen. Yaw: Student Leadership Program Led Charge For Hellbender
She’s In Charge Of Butterflies At Hershey Gardens’ Conservatory
Phipps Conservatory Winter Flower Show A Feast For The Senses
Emergency Response
NWS: Tornado Touched Down Between Plum, Murrysville
Energy
Legere: House Bill Aims To Modernize Utility Rates For A Greener Grid
Solar Energy In PA To Receive Boost From Law Changes
Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant To Put Out 1.6% More Power
Thousands In Western PA Lose Power From Winds, Rain
Op-Ed: Market-Based Energy Production America’s Best Shot At Sustained Economic Growth
Crable: Feds Propose Plan To Bail Out Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
FERC Chair: Sympathy For Coal Doesn’t Factor In To Baseload Support Plan
Editorial: Let Market Help Power Grid
Coal-Burning Dynegy Wants A Handout, Will Illinois Give It To Them?
Op-Ed: Coal Industry Shows No Sign Of A Comeback
AP: California Nets $860 Million From Carbon Auction
Has California Built Its Last Natural Gas Plant?
Energy Conservation
Legere: House Bill Aims To Modernize Utility Rates For A Greener Grid
Video: Energy Efficiency Case Study: Energy Coordinating Agency
Environmental Justice
DEP, Allegheny County Differ On List Of Environmental Justice Areas
Farming
Pitt Shows How To Grow Five Tons Of Food In A Freight Container
Forests
Lycoming College Considers Effects Of Shale Development On Local Forests
PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease
PA Top In Nation For Lyme Disease
Spotted Lanternfly Hitchhikes To Delaware
Green Infrastructure
Investing In Clean Water For Carlisle, Cumberland County
ALCOSAN Sewer Rate Hikes Planned For Next 4 Years
Land Recycling
Former Steel Mill Forges New Beginning With Groundbreaking
Litter/Illegal Dumping
Philadelphia Using Art As New Weapon In War Against Litter
Oil & Gas
AP: House Leaves Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill Up In The Air
AP: A Decade Later, Gas Drilling Tax Politics Roil PA
House Leaves Town Without Finishing Debate On Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill
Meyer: Lawmakers Leave For Holiday, Fate Of Severance Tax Unclear
Esack: House Severance Tax Votes Election-Year Ploy?
AP: Natural Gas Tax Bill Comes Up For Debate In House
Editorial: Is Natural Gas Severance Tax Just About Hot Air?
Editorial: House Should OK Fair Severance Tax
Landowners OK $11M Deal In Royalty Fight With ExxonMobil Unit
Online Petition Calls For Tighter Regional Of Fracking In Plum
Seismic Tests Get OK On Burrell School District Property
Natural Gas Impact Fee Funds Westmoreland, Allegheny Projects
Lycoming College Considers Effects Of Shale Development On Local Forests
Op-Ed: This Deer Season Here’s How Marcellus Industry Is Helping Hunters Share The Harvest
Columbia Gas Working To Restore Service To 400 Rostraver Customers
Columbia Gas Restores Service To Rostraver Customers
Op-Ed: Market-Based Energy Production America’s Best Shot At Sustained Economic Growth
How The U.S. Government Hid Fracking’s Risks To Drinking Water
Crable: Feds Propose Plan To Bail Out Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
FERC Chair: Sympathy For Coal Doesn’t Factor In To Baseload Support Plan
Has California Built Its Last Natural Gas Plant?
AP: California Nets $860 Million From Carbon Auction
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Oil & Gas Production Trends Downward As Production Increases
Oil Majors Move To Cut Methane Emissions
Pipelines
After More Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills, DEP Mulls Additional Enforcement
AP: PA Regulators Cite Sunoco For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Work Leaks
Maykuth: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Cited Again By DEP For Construction Spills
5 More Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protesters Arrested
Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Nebraska’s Approval
Alternative Route For Keystone XL Pipeline Gets Nebraska’s Approval
Keystone XL Pipeline Decision A Victory, But Will It Be Built?
TransCanada Says Keystone XL Pipeline Leak Was Sudden, Immediate Event
5 Things To Watch For In New Keystone XL Pipeline Fight
Radiation Protection
Crable: Feds Propose Plan To Bail Out Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
FERC Chair: Sympathy For Coal Doesn’t Factor In To Baseload Support Plan
Editorial: Let Market Help Power Grid
Op-Ed: Market-Based Energy Production America’s Best Shot At Sustained Economic Growth
Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant To Put Out 1.6% More Power
Investigation: Radioactive Leaks At Illinois Nuclear Power Plants
Toshiba Wants To Wash Its Hands Of Westinghouse By End Of March
Recreation
Public Invited To Vote For PA River Of The Year
$300K In Grants Help Pottstown, Royersford Parks And Trails
These 5 Ingredients Make Pittsburgh’s Riverfronts Amazing
Final Design Phase Begins For Riverfront Park In Bridesburg Philadelphia
Philly Rowing Community Turns To Its Own To Pay For Schuylkill River Dredging
New Name, Logo For Schuylkill River Champion, Schuylkill Greenways
Op-Ed: Philly Only Walkable If You’re An Able-Bodied Childless Adult
Polluted Soil Closes Pottstown’s Pollock Park
Nov. 24 Take Five Black Friday With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Ski Resorts Poised For Winter Season, But Mother Nature Will Have Final Say
PEC Podcast: How Training In Parks Got AG DePasquale Ready For Spartan World Championship
PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease
PA Top In Nation For Lyme Disease
Palmer Woman Finds Lessons In Near-Death Experience In Grand Canyon
Recycling/Waste
EPA To Reconsider 16 Coal Ash Provisions In Federal Court Arguments
Schuylkill River
Philly Rowing Community Turns To Its Own To Pay For Schuylkill River Dredging
Stormwater
Chester, Delaware County, Stormwater Authority To Take 2nd Look At Fees
Wastewater Facilities
ALCOSAN Sewer Rate Hikes Planned For Next 4 Years
Water, Sewer Rates Rising In Harrisburg Area
Watershed Protection
Public Invited To Vote For PA River Of The Year
Replogle Named Brandywine Red Clay Alliance Teacher Of The Year
PA Task Force Pushes For Better Watershed Education In Schools
Investing In Clean Water For Carlisle, Cumberland County
WKOK: Why It’s Important To Name The Eastern Hellbender State Amphibian
WKOK: Sen. Yaw: Student Leadership Program Led Charge For Hellbender
Lake Wallenpaupack Water District Gets $200,000 State Grant
Chester, Delaware County, Stormwater Authority To Take 2nd Look At Fees
Editorial: Lawmakers Budget Time For Real Issues - Amphibians
South Middleton Officials, Residents Celebrate Save The Lake Donations
Philly Rowing Community Turns To Its Own To Pay For Schuylkill River Dredging
Chesapeake Bay Defenders Hold Breath, Wait On U.S. Senate
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Wildlife
5 Things You Didn’t Know About 2017 PA Deer Hunting Season
Schneck: Is Another Big Buck Harvest Coming Across PA?
Mild Weather, Abundant Food Boost Deer Herd
Start Of PA Deer Hunting Season An Unofficial Holiday
Hunters Can Share Their Harvest With PA’s Hungry
Op-Ed: This Deer Season Here’s How Marcellus Industry Is Helping Hunters Share The Harvest
Under Armour Co-Founder Puts PA Hunting Lodge Up For Sale
Schneck: PA Hunters Kill 666 Bears On First Day Of Season
Crable: Largest Bear Captured In Lancaster County Killed On I-78
WKOK: Why It’s Important To Name The Eastern Hellbender State Amphibian
WKOK: Sen. Yaw: Student Leadership Program Led Charge For Hellbender
Philly Man Turns Extreme Love Of Fishing Into YouTube Stardom
AP: Wildlife Giving Thanks: There’s Plenty For Them To Eat
Red-Necked Phalarope Sighting In Erie One Of The Latest Fall Records In State
She’s In Charge Of Butterflies At Hershey Gardens’ Conservatory
Phipps Conservatory Winter Flower Show A Feast For The Senses
West Nile/Zika Virus/Lyme Disease
PA Leads The Nation In Lyme Disease
Hurricanes
Philadelphia Aiding More Than 1,200 Hurricane Maria Survivors
2 Months After Maria, Puerto Rico Struggles To Regain Electricity, Thousands Flee
After The Storm: Returning To Puerto Rico
Federal Policy
Crable: Feds Propose Plan To Bail Out Nuclear, Coal Power Plants
FERC Chair: Sympathy For Coal Doesn’t Factor In To Baseload Support Plan
EPA To Reconsider 16 Coal Ash Provisions In Federal Court Arguments
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