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Sunday NewsClips

Delaware River Flood Watch To Remain In Effect Thru Sunday

Susquehanna River Basin Remains At High Risk For Flooding As Ice Melts

In Coal Country, A Flood Of Money To Build Other Businesses

Letter: From Ozone Hole To Global Warming

Winter Festival At Codorus State Park

Forest Service Withdraws Shared-Use Decision For Tracy Ridge, Allegheny National Forest

51 New Cases Of Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer In PA

AP-Scolforo: Republicans See Lion’s Share Of Turnover In Legislature

WITF Smart Talk: Political Roundtable: Gerrymandering Case, Redistricting

Sunday - The Feds

Nixon’s First EPA Chief: Republican Climate Change Denial A Threat To The Country

Trump Infrastructure Plan Would Greatly Reduce Oversight Of Pipelines, National Parks

Top Environmental Group Preparing To Sue Trump’s EPA

Big Green Readies Dozens Of Lawsuits As Only Antidote For Trump EPA

Op-Ed: Red States Will Be Real Losers From Trump’s Solar Tariff

Politics

AP-Levy: PA Court Throws Out Congressional Boundaries

PA Republicans Ask PA Supreme Court To Stay Its Own Gerrymandering Order

Thompson: PA Supreme Court Rejects Stay Of Its Own Redistricting Order

AP-Levy: PA’s GOP Take Gerrymandering Case To U.S. Supreme Court

Air

Developers File Appeal Of Allegheny County Asbestos Fine

EPA Redefining What Are Major Sources Of Hazardous Air Pollution

Awards & Recognition

Oil Creek State Park Volunteers To Receive Statewide Honor 

Conservation Work Earns Pittsburgh National Bird Treaty Status

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Morelli: Spotted Lanternfly Threatens Chesapeake’s Crops, Hardwoods

PA Asks For More Help To Combat Spotted Lanternfly

Budget

Maykuth: Wolf Proposes To Speed Up PA Permit Review, Hike Fees

Cusick: Lawmakers Question DEP, DCNR Use Of Special Funds

Gottesman: House GOP, Wolf Administration Seek To Clear The Air On Special Funds

Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: Conowingo, Growth, Climate May Threaten Bay Cleanup Deadline

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Climate

Can We Fight Climate Change Without Scaling Up Nuclear Energy

Op-Ed: Reversed Climate Policy Ensures Failure Across Generations, Ed Perry

Legislators Call On State To Recommit To Paris Climate Agreement Goals

Cusick: Wolf Doesn’t Recall Campaign Pledge To Join Regional Climate Initiative

Coal Mining

Deep Mine On Westmoreland/Fayette Border On Hold Pending Permit Appeal

Consol, Environmental Groups Settle Kent Run, Ryerson Station State Park Mining Appeal

Rustic Ridge Deep Mine, Environmental Group Reach Settlement In Westmoreland

Settlement Reached On Conditions Of New Coal Mine In Laurel Highlands

New Report Assesses Impact Of Coal Mining’s Decline On Appalachia

Ceremony Marks 59th Anniversary Of Knox Mine Disaster

Trump Uses Recent Bomb Cyclone To Push Coal Energy

Compliance Action

I-81 Bridge Contractor Pleads Guilty To Pollution Susquehanna, Embezzlement

Developers File Appeal Of Allegheny County Asbestos Fine

Energy Supplier Seeks To Overturn $1.8M PUC Rate-Spiking Fine

Delaware River

Kummer: Fracking Ban For Delaware Watershed Hearing Draws Crowd In Philly

Phillips: DRBC Hears Yea’s And Nay’s On Proposed Fracking Ban

Hearings On Proposed Delaware River Fracking Ban Begin This Week

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 26 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Pittsburgh Water Authority Continues To Exceed Federal Lead Threshold

Pittsburgh Water Authority Again Exceeds Federal Threshold In Latest Lead Tests

Pittsburgh Water Authority To Replace Public, Private Lead Lines

Pittsburgh Water Authority Lifts Water Advisory For Lawrenceville

Pittsburgh Mayor Forges Ahead To Restructure Pittsburgh Water Authority Leadership

City Of Pittsburgh Gets Delinquent Bill Shut-Off Warning From Pittsburgh Water Authority

Pittsburgh Water Authority Settled Lawsuit For $5M Because It Feared Losing More In Arbitration

Editorial: Pittsburgh Water Authority Oversight, New Board Promise Needed Change

Upper Macungie Residents Have Cloudy Water For Month, They’re Fed Up

Flat Rate Set For New Kensington Water Use

Education

Greenhouse Project Offers Hands-On Education

PA Horticultural Society Philadelphia Flower Show's Focus On Water Lets Visitors Dive Into Spring

Energy

Opponents To Power Line In Franklin County Organize Fight At PUC

Energy Supplier Seeks To Overturn $1.8M PUC Rate-Spiking Fine

FirstEnergy Receives Funding To Help It Convert Into Fully Regulated Utility

Can We Fight Climate Change Without Scaling Up Nuclear Energy

Op-Ed: Closing Three Mile Island Would Hurt Education, Communities

Beaver Valley Nuclear, Coal Power Plants Could Close Prematurely

Natural Gas Fueled Power Plants On Rise

New Jersey Nuclear Subsidy Bill Looks To Be Back On Fast Track

National Energy Tech Lab In Pittsburgh In Step With Trump Leaders Say

U.S. EIA Forecasts Natural Gas To Remain Primary Source For Electricity Generation

Natural Gas Will Fuel More Electricity Generation Over Next 2 Years

Trump Uses Recent Bomb Cyclone To Push Coal Energy

EIA: Wind To Beat Hydro As Leading U.S. Renewable Resource In Next 2 Years

Energy Conservation

Submit Comments On Updated State Uniform Construction Code

Environmental Heritage

Ceremony Marks 59th Anniversary Of Knox Mine Disaster

Farming

3 Key Factors Could Influence Adoption Of Cover Crops In 2018

AP: Beekeepers Employ A Variety Of Strategies In Winter

Chester Mushroom Farms Have New Vision: Growing Veggies Indoors

U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Visits Penn State Watershed Management Facility

Editorial: Diamonds To Those Who Preserve Farmland

Flooding

AP: Residents Urged To Remain Alert Due To Ice Jam Flooding

20 Miles Of Ice Jams Remain On Allegheny River

Officials Expect More Flooding In Meadville

Ice-Choked Susquehanna Prompts Mandatory Evacuation In West Pittston

Rivers Rising In Northeast As Ice Jams Travel Downstream

Ice Jam Sends Creek Rushing Backwards Near Scranton - Video

Ice Jam Leads To Flooding Along Mill Creek In Luzerne County

Ice Jam Floods Nicholson Neighborhood In Wyoming County

Northeast No Stranger To Ice Jams

Lake Erie Ice Melting As Temperature Rises

Flood Watch Extended To Tuesday In Lancaster, York

Western PA River Watch Still On, Experts Cautiously Hopeful There Won’t Be Major Flooding

Barge Removal Under Way At Emsworth Lock, Dam On Ohio River

Allegheny River Ice Melting Slowly, Alleviating Flooding Concerns

Flood Watch In York County Extended Through Monday

Officials Monitor Meadville Flood Stage, Ice Jam Amid Warmup

Forests

Morelli: Spotted Lanternfly Threatens Chesapeake’s Crops, Hardwoods

PA Asks For More Help To Combat Spotted Lanternfly

Geologic Hazards

Sinkhole Forces Demolition Of Home In North Catasauqua

Sinkhole In Whitehall Forces Road Detours

Lake Erie

Lake Erie Ice Melting As Temperature Rises

AP: Presque Isle Bay Ice Harvest Was Annual Ritual In Early 1900s

AP: Scientist Found Life Voyage On Brig Niagara, Lake Erie

Land Conservation

Editorial: Diamonds To Those Who Preserve Farmland

Land Recycling

Brownfields Success: Luxury Living With An Industrial Legacy In Pittsburgh

Lehigh River

Volunteers Help Protect Health Of Lehigh River Watershed

Oil & Gas

Kummer: Fracking Ban For Delaware Watershed Hearing Draws Crowd In Philly

Phillips: DRBC Hears Yea’s And Nay’s On Proposed Fracking Ban

Hearings On Proposed Delaware River Fracking Ban Begin This Week

PA Supreme Court Will Review Local Ordinance Blocking Gas Well Permit

Allegheny County Twp’s Challenge To Drilling Permit Still Alive In Court

Legere: AG Shapiro Vows Not Be Be Forced To Settle Chesapeake Energy Gas Royalty Case

Editorial: AG Shapiro Right To Support Landowners Gas Royalty Case

Range To Spend Nearly $1B On Drilling, Mostly In Southwest PA

EIA: Natural Gas Production In Pennsylvania, OH, WV Growing Faster Than Demand

Science: Engaging Over Data On Fracking And Water Quality

Scranton COLT Transit System Switching To Natural Gas Buses

Pine-Richland High School Will Close Thursday After Gas Leak Found

Philadelphia Refinery Files Chapter 11 Citing Federal Renewable Fuels Program

Philadelphia Energy Refinery Files For Bankruptcy

Maykuth: Philly’s PES Refinery Files For Bankruptcy Protection

Reuters: Small Refiners Hit EPA With Surge Of Biofuel Waiver Requests

U.S. EIA Forecasts Natural Gas To Remain Primary Source For Electricity Generation

Natural Gas Will Fuel More Electricity Generation Over Next 2 Years

Pipelines

Maykuth: PennEast Shale Gas Pipeline Gets Key U.S. Permit

PennEast Pipeline Gets Federal OK, But Some Locals Still Not Happy

Hurdle: FERC Approves PennEast Pipeline Saying It Would Supply Needed Natural Gas

Crable: Diesel Spill, Soil Runoff Events Report Along Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Route In Lancaster

AP: Columbia Nuns Appeal Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Project On Religious Grounds

Phillips/Hurdle: Texts Raise Questions On Governor’s Office Role In Mariner East 2 Pipeline Permitting

PA Supreme Court Upholds Huntingdon County Mariner East 2 Pipeline Eminent Domain Ruling

Residents Fear Threat Posed By Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Delaware County Looks Into Risk Assessment Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Feds Cite Sunoco For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations In Ohio

Shell Ethane Pipeline Could Travel Under A Dozen Local Waterways

If Laurel Pipeline Flow Reverses, Will Lehigh Valley Pay More For Fuel?

Permitting

Maykuth: Wolf Proposes To Speed Up PA Permit Review, Hike Fees

Radiation Protection

Op-Ed: Closing Three Miles Island Would Hurt Education, Communities

Can We Fight Climate Change Without Scaling Up Nuclear Energy

New Jersey Nuclear Subsidy Bill Looks To Be Back On Fast Track

Frazier: Study: Conventional Drilling Waste Responsible For Radioactivity Spike In Rivers

Westinghouse Stakeholders Agree On Blueprint For Settling Claims

Recreation

Oil Creek State Park Volunteers To Receive Statewide Honor

Crable: Why Some Lancaster County Residents Love To Be Outside In The Snow

Westmoreland Heritage Trail Expansion Plans To Be Unveiled

Apollo Snags $113,000 Grant To Widen Owens Park Trail

Delaware Valley Bike & Walking Trail Projects Get $7.9 Million Boost

Editorial: Nonmotorized Trail Best Option For Goat Path In Lancaster

Millcreek Reinstates Parks Department

Philly Rail Park Team Working To Bring Affordable Housing To Area

Recycling/Waste

Free Tours Of Lancaster Waste-To-Energy Plant Feb. 19

Westmoreland Cleanways Moving Recycling Center To Fmr Machine Shop

Renewable Energy

Westmoreland Authority Turning To Solar Power

Lawmaker Wants To Put Proposals Like Bethlehem’s Wind Farm To Voters

Trump Orders Tariffs On Solar Imports In Biggest Blow To Renewables Yet

Trump Issues 30 Percent Tariff On Solar Imports

Maykuth: Trump’s Solar Tariffs Cast Dark Cloud Over Local Solar Installers

Sisk: Trump Tariff Could Hurt PA Solar, But Won’t Slam The Door Shut

5 Solar Firms That Actually Stand To Gain From Trump’s Tariff

SEIA: Trump’s Decision On Solar Tariffs Means Loss Of 23,000 U.S. Jobs

Editorial: Solar Darkness

Editorial: Tariff Risks U.S. Solar Jobs

EIA: Wind To Beat Hydro As Leading U.S. Renewable Resource In Next 2 Years

Susquehanna River

Bay Journal: Conowingo, Growth, Climate May Threaten Bay Cleanup Deadline

I-81 Bridge Contractor Pleads Guilty To Pollution Susquehanna, Embezzlement

Wastewater Facilities

Ebensburg Awards Contract For Large-Scale Sewer Project

Replacing 128-Year Old Sewer Pipe In Harrisburg

Harrisburg Sewer Line Collapse Prompts Emergency Street Closure

Watershed Protection

Bay Journal: Conowingo, Growth, Climate May Threaten Bay Cleanup Deadline

Volunteers Help Protect Health Of Lehigh River Watershed

Frazier: Study: Conventional Drilling Waste Responsible For Radioactivity Spike In Rivers

U.S. Secretary Of Agriculture Visits Penn State Watershed Management Facility

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 26 RiverWatch Video Report

Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Administration On Clean Water Rule

Patchwork Water Pollution Rule Takes Effect After Supreme Court Ruling

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Wildlife

Golden Eagles Chow Down For Camera At Forbes State Forest

Conservation Work Earns Pittsburgh National Bird Treaty Status

Frye: Anglers, Boaters May Face New Fees To Fund Their Sports

Volunteers Help Keep PA’s Lakes, Streams Stocked

Schneck: When Will Snow Geese Return To Middle Creek?

Schneck: What is A Pennsylvania Wild Game Dinner?

Frye: Shed (Antler) Hunting Booms In Popularity

Block: Coyote Is Greatest Challenge of All PA Animals

Eastern Cougars Are Now Officially Extinct

PA Bats: Are Some Species Headed For Extinction?

Other

PA Horticultural Society Philadelphia Flower Show's Focus On Water Lets Visitors Dive Into Spring

AP: Scientist Found Life Voyage On Brig Niagara, Lake Erie

Engineer Who Lived Modestly Donates $37 Million To Pittsburgh Foundation

Hurricanes

Puerto Ricans Divided On Privatizing Local Utility, One Third Still Without Power

Federal Policy

Op-Ed: Replacing The Federal Environmental Guardrails, Larry Schweiger

Trump Orders Tariffs On Solar Imports In Biggest Blow To Renewables Yet

Trump Issues 30 Percent Tariff On Solar Imports

Maykuth: Trump’s Solar Tariffs Cast Dark Cloud Over Local Solar Installers

Sisk: Trump Tariff Could Hurt PA Solar, But Won’t Slam The Door Shut

5 Solar Firms That Actually Stand To Gain From Trump’s Tariff

SEIA: Trump’s Decision On Solar Tariffs Means Loss Of 23,000 U.S. Jobs

Editorial: Solar Darkness

Editorial: Tariff Risks U.S. Solar Jobs

Trump Uses Recent Bomb Cyclone To Push Coal Energy

Op-Ed: Reversed Climate Policy Ensures Failure Across Generations, Ed Perry

EPA Redefining What Are Major Sources Of Hazardous Air Pollution

Reuters: Small Refiners Hit EPA With Surge Of Biofuel Waiver Requests

Supreme Court Rules Against Trump Administration On Clean Water Rule

Patchwork Water Pollution Rule Takes Effect After Supreme Court Ruling

Philadelphia Refinery Files Chapter 11 Citing Federal Renewable Fuels Program

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1/29/2018