|
Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.
The latest environmental NewsClips and news is available at the PA Environment Digest Daily Blog, Twitter Feed and add PaEnviroDigest Google+ to your Circle.
Sunday NewsClips
Duncannon OKs Deal To Preserve Watershed Lands
Earth Conservancy: From Pollution To Possibility
EPCAMR Colleague Melissa Meade Wins 2 Awards For In The Shadow Of The Coal Breaker
Water Treatment Company Evoqua Posts Small Profit
WSJ: Electricity Prices Plummet As Gas, Wind Gain Traction And Demand Stalls
Voting To Begin For PA’s 2018 River Of The Year
$1.7M In Valley Forge Casino Money Benefits Montco Nonprofits, Parks
Habitat Is A Key Player In Deer Population In PA
It’s Time To Reconsider Your Deer Hunting Tactics
Sunday - The Feds
Trump’s EPA Rewarding Iowa By Keeping Biofuel Mandate Steady
Cartwright Bill Would Protect Natural Resources From Climate Change
Letter: Clean Power Plan Beneficial To Economy
Politics
Op-Ed: GOP Must Offer Solutions, Path Forward, Not Just Shout And Be Angry, Laura Ellsworth
Air
Legere: DEP Releases Final Methane Permits For Shale Gas Sites
Cusick: PA Wants To Cut Natural Gas Methane Emissions, But Plan Moves Slowly
Harsco Metals Has Yet To Pay Emissions Fine For Harrison Facility
GASP Files Intent To Sue Harsco Metals In Allegheny County Over Lack Of Title V Air Permit
South Philly Residents Face Health Risk From Living Near Industrial Plants
EPA Denies Oil Refiners’ Request To Change Ethanol Mandate
Trump Plans To Meeting Oil Industry Reps On Biofuels Policy
Alternative Fuels
EPA Denies Oil Refiners’ Request To Change Ethanol Mandate
Trump Plans To Meeting Oil Industry Reps On Biofuels Policy
Awards & Recognition
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Received Green Flag Award
DCNR Receives Green Building Council Award For Kinzua Bridge Visitor Center
Susquehanna River Running For PA River Of The Year, Here’s How To Vote
WSJ: Students Asked Lawmakers To Honor The Hellbender, Then Things Got Weird
Beautification
Op-Ed: PA Horticultural Society Keeping Philly Green Since 1827
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Christmas Tree Growers On Hunt For Spotted Lanternflies
Budget
Lawmaker: Natural Gas Lobby Too Influential In Severance Tax Debate
John Baer: New Debate On A Natural Gas Tax Smells A Little Fishy
Study: Federal Budget Cut Could Damage Chesapeake Bay
Editorial: State Budget Malpractice
Editorial: Automatic Pay Raise Rewards Lawmakers Without Performance Review
EPA Scuttles Rule On Mining Cleanup Funding
Chesapeake Bay
WSJ: Students Asked Lawmakers To Honor The Hellbender, Then Things Got Weird
Op-Ed: Improving Local Water Quality Doesn’t Require A Corporate Bailout
Op-Ed: PA Must Explore Better Ways To Meet Federal Clean Water Mandates
Study: Federal Budget Cut Could Damage Chesapeake Bay
Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal
Click Here to subscribe to the Chesapeake Bay Journal
Click Here to support the Chesapeake Bay Journal
Follow Chesapeake Bay Journal On Twitter
Like Chesapeake Bay Journal On Facebook
Citizen Action
Rep. Bullock Tackles Pollution Affecting African-American Families
Climate
Legere: DEP Releases Final Methane Permits For Shale Gas Sites
Cusick: PA Wants To Cut Natural Gas Methane Emissions, But Plan Moves Slowly
How Should Pittsburgh Fight Climate Change? Tell City Council
PEC Applauds Pittsburgh’s Climate Vision, Presses For Action
Crable: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Safe From Extreme Flooding
Shell Doubles Up On Green Spending, Vows To Halve Carbon Footprint
As EPA Greenhouse Hearing Ends, Calls Continue For More Public Input
EPA Greenhouse Gas Hearing In WV Draws Supporters, Opponents
Scores Turn Out In Coal Country To Air Views On Clean Power Plan’s End
Industries That Cheered Trump’s Climate Reg Rollbacks Now Worry They’ll Go Too Far
Buoyed By Trump, Some PA Miners Are Sticking With Coal
EPA Holds 2 Days Of Hearings On Climate Rollback In Coal Country
Trump Administration Ignores Global Consensus On Climate Change
NOAA Nominee Says Humans Main Cause Of Climate Change
Op-Ed: Now’s Not The Time For EPA To Repeal Rule Reducing Carbon Emissions
Delaware Updates Sea Level Rise Planning Scenarios
Coal Mining
Corsa Coal Subsidiary Proposes Another Mine For Somerset County
Owners Of Fmr Huber Coal Breaker May Face Order To Sell Property
AP: EPA Hears Worries About Climate In Heart Of Coal Country
U.S. Repeal Of Carbon Rule Criticized In Coal Country
As EPA Greenhouse Hearing Ends, Calls Continue For More Public Input
EPA Greenhouse Gas Hearing In WV Draws Supporters, Opponents
Scores Turn Out In Coal Country To Air Views On Clean Power Plan’s End
Industries That Cheered Trump’s Climate Reg Rollbacks Now Worry They’ll Go Too Far
Buoyed By Trump, Some PA Miners Are Sticking With Coal
EPA Holds 2 Days Of Hearings On Climate Rollback In Coal Country
Q/A: How Trump’s Coal Aid Plan Will Raise Electric Bills
Technology Could Help Trump Keep His Clean Coal Promise
Op-Ed: Now’s Not The Time For EPA To Repeal Rule Reducing Carbon Emissions
FERC Adds 4th Member As It Faces Crucial Vote On Coal Plants
Federal Court Dismisses Consol Appeal In Retired Miners’ Benefits Case
Compliance Action
Legere: Case Before PA Supreme Court Could Limit State Water Pollution Fines
Owners Of Fmr Huber Coal Breaker May Face Order To Sell Property
Editorial: If Fines End In Drilling Case, What About Harm?
Harsco Metals Has Yet To Pay Emissions Fine For Harrison Facility
Conservation Districts
Lehigh Carbon Community College Students Making Videos For Conservation District
Delaware River
Fracking Ban Proposed For Delaware River Basin, Significant Risks Cited
AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Fracking Ban In NYC Watershed
Op-Ed: What You Need To Know On DRBC’s Proposed Fracking Regs Coming Nov. 30
Drinking Water
Bucks County Homeowners In Limbo As Military Investigates Contamination
PA American Water Lifts Boil Water Advisory In Luzerne County
Boil Water Advisory Issued In Parts Of Luzerne County
PA American Water Asks Susquehanna County Customers To Conserve
Drones Hunt For Criminals, Maybe Even Protect Your Drinking Water
Op-Ed: PA Needs To Work Harder to Ensure Clean, Safe Drinking Water
EPA Panel Recommends Changes To Wastewater, Drinking Water Affordability Guidelines
Economic Development
State Funds Clean Up Of Fmr Manufacturing Site For Renovation By Wilkes U
PA Makes $1M Grant To Cleanup Industrial Site In Ambler With Asbestos
Education
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy Received Green Flag Award
Lehigh Carbon Community College Students Making Videos For Conservation District
Environmental Charter School At Frick Park Eyes Expansion
Pittsburgh Park’s Frick Environmental Center Now Platinum LEED
WSJ: Students Asked Lawmakers To Honor The Hellbender, Then Things Got Weird
Emergency Response
Barletta Proposes Legislation To Improve Disaster Relief Efforts
Energy
LIHEAP, Dollar Energy Fund Helping Low-Income Residents With Heating Bills
UGI Cuts Residential Gas Service Rate 2.4 Percent
Scammers Threaten Electric Shutoff To Get Money
Shell Doubles Up On Green Spending, Vows To Halve Carbon Footprint
NRC Preparing New Rules For Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
Technology Could Help Trump Keep His Clean Coal Promise
As EPA Greenhouse Hearing Ends, Calls Continue For More Public Input
EPA Greenhouse Gas Hearing In WV Draws Supporters, Opponents
Scores Turn Out In Coal Country To Air Views On Clean Power Plan’s End
Industries That Cheered Trump’s Climate Reg Rollbacks Now Worry They’ll Go Too Far
Buoyed By Trump, Some PA Miners Are Sticking With Coal
AP: EPA Hears Worries About Climate In Heart Of Coal Country
U.S. Repeal Of Carbon Rule Criticized In Coal Country
EPA Holds 2 Days Of Hearings On Climate Rollback In Coal Country
Op-Ed: Now’s Not The Time For EPA To Repeal Rule Reducing Carbon Emissions
Q/A: How Trump’s Coal Aid Plan Will Raise Electric Bills
Alexa, Please Balance The Distribution Grid
FERC Adds 4th Member As It Faces Crucial Vote On Coal Plants
Philly-Area Lawmakers Question Change At EPA, DOE
Energy Conservation
Pittsburgh Park’s Frick Environmental Center Now Platinum LEED
KEEA Energy Efficiency Case Study: Four Seasons Produce, Inc., Lancaster
Luzerne County Considers Energy Conservation Projects
DOE Mulls Changes To Appliance Efficiency Program
Environmental Heritage
Owners Of Fmr Huber Coal Breaker May Face Order To Sell Property
Farming
Lehigh Carbon Community College Students Making Videos For Conservation District
Farm Pesticide Disposal Program Coming To Lancaster County
PA Farm Show 2018 Schedule, Live Animal Birthing, Alex Guarnaschelli
Flooding
$2.3M From State Enough To Rebuild Entire Solomon Creek Flood Wall Project
In Eastwick Section Of Philly Belief Flooding Was Intentional Muddies The Waters
Crable: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Safe From Extreme Flooding
Forests
Pennsylvania Tree Shines At Rockefeller Center Christmas Kickoff
There May Be A Run On Christmas Trees As Shortage Steers Prices
Christmas Tree Growers On Hunt For Spotted Lanternflies
Op-Ed: Protect PA’s Forests, Federal Tax Code Should Support Family-Owned Woodlands
Crews Fight Brush Fires For Hours In Finnin Park, Westmoreland County
Geologic Hazards
4.1 Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Philly, South Jersey Region
Lehigh Prof Says Earthquake Shook Bethlehem Campus
Earthquake In Delaware Felt In York County
Crable: Some Lancaster Residents Feel 4.1 Earthquake That Hit Near Delaware
Green Buildings
DCNR Receives Green Building Council Award For Kinzua Bridge Visitor Center
Why Can’t Homeowners Include Green Attributes In Real Estate Listings?
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
Bucks County Homeowners In Limbo As Military Investigates Contamination
Op-Ed: Pittsburgh Needs Federal Support To Keep Its Soil, Air, Water Clean
Land Recycling
State Funds Clean Up Of Fmr Manufacturing Site For Renovation By Wilkes U
PA Makes $1M Grant To Cleanup Industrial Site In Ambler With Asbestos
Litter/Illegal Dumping
Philly State Reps Target City Tire Dumping
Editorial: Area’s Future Should Have Legal Standing In Keystone Landfill Case
Mine Reclamation
Finding, Filling Old Coal Mines A Major Part Of Building Pittsburgh Beltway
Streams Affected By Quakake Tunnel Discharges Tested By DEP In Carbon
Developer: 2 Underground Coal Mine Fires Pose No Threat To Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
EPA Scuttles Rule On Mining Cleanup Funding
Oil & Gas
Fracking Ban Proposed For Delaware River Basin, Significant Risks Cited
AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Fracking Ban In NYC Watershed
DRBC Moves To Ban Fracking In Delaware River Basin
Op-Ed: What You Need To Know On DRBC’s Proposed Fracking Regs Coming Nov. 30
Legere: DEP Releases Final Methane Permits For Shale Gas Sites
Cusick: PA Wants To Cut Natural Gas Methane Emissions, But Plan Moves Slowly
Legere: New Estimates Of Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells Less Dire, Still Daunting
Editorial: If Fines End In Drilling Case, What About Harm?
Op-Ed: Focus On Fracking: A Tale Of 2 States-- PA, NY
Frazier: Well Pad Fire In Somerset Prompts Evacuation Of Nearby Residents
Somerset County PA Gas Well Fire Triggers Precautionary Evacuations
Fire On Natural Gas Well Pad In WV Quickly Extinguished, None Hurt
Editorial: Environmental Consequences Of Natural Gas Development
Philly Health Dept. OKs SEPTA Natural Gas Power Plant In Nicetown
UGI Cuts Residential Gas Service Rate 2.4 Percent
Lawmaker: Natural Gas Lobby Too Influential In Severance Tax Debate
John Baer: New Debate On A Natural Gas Tax Smells A Little Fishy
Shell Doubles Up On Green Spending, Vows To Halve Carbon Footprint
Carr: Court Challenge Settled: Geokinetics Cleared For Seismic Testing In Monroeville
Lancaster’s 2nd Public CNG Fueling Station To Open
Year-End Gasoline Prices To Be Highest Since 2014
EPA Denies Oil Refiners’ Request To Change Ethanol Mandate
Trump Plans To Meeting Oil Industry Reps On Biofuels Policy
Q/A: How Trump’s Coal Aid Plan Will Raise Electric Bills
Permitting
Slow Permitting Lamented At House Hearing In Lancaster
Pipelines
Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Change Meets Fresh Resistance
Developer: 2 Underground Coal Mine Fires Pose No Threat To Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Crable: Lancaster Farmland Trust Settles Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Lawsuit On Preserved Farm
Op-Ed: Time For PA To Energize Its Pipeline Infrastructure
Somerset County PA Gas Well Fire Triggers Precautionary Evacuations
Fire On Natural Gas Well Pad In WV Quickly Extinguished, None Hurt
Casey Weighs In Against Laurel Pipeline Reversal
FERC Sued Over Alleged Unconstitutional Granting Of Pipeline Approvals
FERC’s Pipeline Approvals Underline Persistent Controversy Over Permitting
FERC Chair: Climate Activists Delay U.S. Natural Gas Pipelines
AP: Environmental Groups Want Dakota Access Pipeline Company’s Lawsuit Dismissed
Radiation Protection
Crable: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Safe From Extreme Flooding
Agreement Provides Payments Thru 2019 From TMI To Local Governments
Letter: Closure Of TMI Would Have Major Downsides
Talen Energy Denies Retaliating Against Nuclear Plant Employees
NRC Preparing New Rules For Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning
Q/A: How Trump’s Coal Aid Plan Will Raise Electric Bills
FERC Adds 4th Member As It Faces Crucial Vote On Coal Plants
Recreation
DCNR Receives Green Building Council Award For Kinzua Bridge Visitor Center
Cyclists Tackle Pittsburgh’s 13 Toughest Hills
A Partnership To Elevate Friends Of The Philadelphia Rail Park
Schuylkill Boy, 13, Killed As Off-Road Vehicle Hits Tree In Berks
Philly’s Rebuild Chooses 61 Sites For First Round Of $500M Improvement Plan
Valley Forge Rejects Deer Birth Control So Hunting Continues
Crews Fight Brush Fires For Hours In Finnin Park, Westmoreland County
Recycling/Waste
Philly Entrepreneurs Recycle Glass Into Rock, And Envision Gold
Wilkes-Barre Considers Privatizing Garbage, Recycling Service
Friends Of Lackawanna Doesn’t Have Standing In Keystone Landfill Zoning Appeal
Renewable Energy
Pittsburgh Wind Developer EverPower Sold To BlackRock
Lancaster General Hospital Producing Most Of Its Own Power Via Solar Array
Cusick: Q&A: Law Change Expected To Boost PA’s Solar Industry
PA Solar Initiatives To Boost Clean Energy Jobs
Solar’s Tumbling Costs Start Claiming Victims
Susquehanna River
Susquehanna River Running For PA River Of The Year, Here’s How To Vote
Wastewater Facilities
Engineer Defends Under-Home Sewer Work In Hollidaysburg
Johnstown Has A Sewer Problem, No One Is Happy About It
EPA Panel Recommends Changes To Wastewater, Drinking Water Affordability Guidelines
Watershed Protection
DEP Secretary Tours Upper Tioga River Watershed
WSJ: Students Asked Lawmakers To Honor The Hellbender, Then Things Got Weird
Fracking Ban Proposed For Delaware River Basin, Significant Risks Cited
AP: Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Fracking Ban In NYC Watershed
Op-Ed: What You Need To Know On DRBC’s Proposed Fracking Regs Coming Nov. 30
Susquehanna River Running For PA River Of The Year, Here’s How To Vote
Streams Affected By Quakake Tunnel Discharges Tested By DEP In Carbon
Lehigh Carbon Community College Students Making Videos For Conservation District
Op-Ed: Improving Local Water Quality Doesn’t Require A Corporate Bailout
Op-Ed: PA Must Explore Better Ways To Meet Federal Clean Water Mandates
Study: Federal Budget Cut Could Damage Chesapeake Bay
Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal
Click Here to subscribe to the Chesapeake Bay Journal
Follow Chesapeake Bay Journal On Twitter
Like Chesapeake Bay Journal On Facebook
Wildlife
Pleasant Weather Make For Happy First Day Hunting
Hunters On Their Way To Taking 25% Of Deer Harvest Opening Day
Deer Season Start A Bonus For Midstate Meat Processors
Game Commission Cautions Deer Hunters About Chronic Wasting Disease
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
Crable: Lancaster County Hunter Heads To Camp To Keep Tradition Alive
Valley Forge Rejects Deer Birth Control So Hunting Continues
Game Commission To Trap Bear That Attacked 2 Animals Near Harrisburg
Kittanning Hunter Bags 600 Pound Black Bear
Coyotes Continue To Prowl Western PA
Crable: Snowy Owls May Be Back In Lancaster County
Eagles Draw Attention, But Rare Snowy Owls Steal The Show
New Perch For Hays Eagle Cam Gives Bird Lovers Better Look
Video: Birds Of Prey At Nixon Nature Center In York
Op-Ed: Don’t Gut The Endangered Species Act
Lehigh Carbon Community College Students Making Videos For Conservation District
Talen Energy Closes Popular Fishing Spot Surrounding Brunner Island
Federal Policy
Bucks County Homeowners In Limbo As Military Investigates Contamination
EPA Panel Recommends Changes To Wastewater, Drinking Water Affordability Guidelines
Study: Federal Budget Cut Could Damage Chesapeake Bay
Op-Ed: Pittsburgh Needs Federal Support To Keep Its Soil, Air, Water Clean
Federal Court Dismisses Consol Appeal In Retired Miners’ Benefits Case
As EPA Greenhouse Hearing Ends, Calls Continue For More Public Input
EPA Greenhouse Gas Hearing In WV Draws Supporters, Opponents
Scores Turn Out In Coal Country To Air Views On Clean Power Plan’s End
Industries That Cheered Trump’s Climate Reg Rollbacks Now Worry They’ll Go Too Far
Buoyed By Trump, Some PA Miners Are Sticking With Coal
AP: EPA Hears Worries About Climate In Heart Of Coal Country
U.S. Repeal Of Carbon Rule Criticized In Coal Country
Trump Administration Ignores Global Consensus On Climate Change
NOAA Nominee Says Humans Main Cause Of Climate Change
How Trump’s CEQ Nominee Combined Environmental Quality, Economic Development
Op-Ed: Protect PA’s Forests, Federal Tax Code Should Support Family-Owned Woodlands
Op-Ed: Don’t Gut The Endangered Species Act
FERC Adds 4th Member As It Faces Crucial Vote On Coal Plants
House GOP Hearing To Focus On Weakening National Environmental Policy Act
EPA Chief Scott Pruitt Signals His Environmental Strategy
Philly-Area Lawmakers Question Change At EPA, DOE
Barletta Proposes Legislation To Improve Disaster Relief Efforts
Click Here For This Week's Allegheny Front Radio Program
|
