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Sunday NewsClips

Thompson: Cumberland County School District Seeks To Develop Farmland Protected By Conservation Easement

Op-Ed: Tap Federal AML Fund For Coal Country Land, Water Restoration, There Is No Excuse

Fish Commission: Fishing License Fee Increase Needed

Plans Debated For Forest Along The Susquehanna River

Green Building Standards Gaining Ground

Western PA Communities Prepare To Combat Litter In Great American Cleanup

Editorial: Keystone Landfill Gas Project Hits Sweet Spot

PSEG Canceling Nuclear Plant Spending Due To Stalled Bailout Bill

Despite Recent Improvements, Are Utilities Prepared For More Storms?

2013 PA Climate Impacts Report

Center for Rural PA: 71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years

AP: Storm Cuts Power To Almost 600,000, Kills 1 In PA

More Than 135,000 Electricity Customers Still Without Power In PA

Nor’easter Could Leave Some In Northeast Without Power For Days

Nor’easter Tore Through PA Suburbs, Thousands Remain Without Power

Thousands Left Without Power As Damaging Winds Caused Chaos In Lancaster County

Why The Storm Stopped SEPTA In Its Tracks

Multiple State Agencies Offer Support In Response To Nor’easter

Bus Passenger Stranded In Storm On I-80 Describes Experience

I-80 Travelers Stranded Overnight As Gov. Wolf Sends National Guard Troops To Poconos

Storm Causes Freight Train To Derail On Bridge, Plummets Into Susquehanna River

Landslide Cleared, Route 51 Ramps To West End Reopen

Water-Themed Philadelphia Flower Show Provides Escape From Winter

Webcam Helps Expose Secret Lives Of Harmar Eagles

Sunday - The Feds

WV Advances Bill Allowing Gas Drilling Where 75% Of Landowners Agree

Refinery Workers Push To Fix Broken Ethanol Mandate

Politics

AP: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Seeks Input For Monday Hearing On Stay

Wolf Moves To Dismiss Federal Lawsuit Over New Congressional Districts

Op-Ed: Supreme Court Blocking Congressional Map Is A Legal Long Shot

Editorial: Put Justices’ Impeachment Idea To Rest

AP: Republicans Again Lose Bid To Get PA Supreme Court To Halt District Map 

Micek: PA Supreme Court Justices Grilled On Redistricting Decision At Budget Hearing

Meyer: Republican Lawmakers Confront Justices On Redistricting At Budget Hearing 

AP-Levy: Petition Day Arrives With Congressional Boundaries In Doubt

AP-Levy: Republican Congressmen Hit Ground Running In Districts They Hope To Block

AP-Levy: Impeachment Talk a Sign Of Republican’s Long-Term Worry About PA Supreme Court

John Baer: The Gerrymander Mess Is Eating Your Tax Dollars $4 Million So Far

Air

Study: Pittsburgh Air Quality Remains Poor

Maykuth: Trump Tries To Broker Truce Between Oil Refiners, Ethanol Producers

Trump’s Biofuel Summit With Senators Ended Without An Agreement

AP: White House Talks To Continue On Renewable Fuel Standard

Trump To Convene White House Summit In Search Of Biofuel Deal

Farm Groups Urge Trump To Keep Federal Biofuel Mandate

USDA Secretary Seeks To Calm Farmers After Trump Biofuel Talks

Trump EPA Moves To Roll Back More Clean Air, Water Rules

Alternative Fuels

Duquesne Light, Uber Team Up To Advance Electric Vehicles In Pittsburgh

Harley Buys Piece Of Electric Vehicle Company

Awards & Recognition

Column: It Takes A Team Effort To Eliminate Waste, PRC Zero Waste Awards

Pittsburgh-Based Firms Honored By State Engineering Council

Rettew Honored For Design Of $15M Lycoming County Natural Gas Terminal

Beautification

Philadelphia’s Illegal Signs Initiative

Editorial: Filthadelphia No More, Everyone To Change our Dirty Reputation

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Spotted Lanternfly: Have You Seen This Band Bug?

State Visits Berks Building Stone Company To Demonstrate Spotted Lanternfly Safeguards

Budget

DEP To Hire 33 Staff After EPA Slammed It For Escalating Drinking Water Violations

Op-Ed: Tap Federal AML Fund For Coal Country Land, Water Restoration, There Is No Excuse

You May Receive A Stormwater Bill Soon (In The Northeast)

Op-Ed: Cheap Natural Gas Will Fuel Growth In PA, Not A Severance Tax, Pam Witmer

PA Receives $55.6 Million From Feds For Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Frazier: Zinke Unveils $55 Million Toward State’s Abandoned Mine Cleanup

Trump’s Budget Threatens Erie Environmental Groups

Op-Ed: Trump Infrastructure Plan May Result In Biggest-Ever Gasoline Tax Hike

Under Pressure From U.S. Senate Democrats, EPA Restores Funding For Bay Journal

EPA Restores Funding To Chesapeake Bay Journal

February State Revenue 12.8% Above Estimates, But Due To $250M Tobacco Fund Loan, Non-Tax Revenue

Chesapeake Bay

You May Receive A Stormwater Bill Soon (In The Northeast)

Under Pressure From U.S. Senate Democrats, EPA Restores Funding For Bay Journal

EPA Restores Funding To Chesapeake Bay Journal

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Climate

Allegheny Front: Do We Even Need The EPA Clean Power Plan?

Sisk: Author Answers Hot-Button Questions On Fracking, Including Climate Impact

North Pole Surges Above Freezing In The Dead Of Winter Stunning Scientists

Harrisburg Area Scientist Fuels Buzz Behind News North Pole Temps Surged Past Freezing

A Federal Court Might Have Just Opened The Floodgates For Climate Litigation

Coal Mining

Muhlenberg College: Coal No Longer King In Public’s Mind

Pennsylvania Coal Production Seesawing

Former Coal Towns Turn To Nature Tourism As A New Economic Driver

PJM CEO Says Market Reforms Are No Bailout For Coal

PJM: Reliability Strong During January Cold Snap, But Pricing Reforms Needed

Dams

Crumbling Marianna Dam Appears To Be Breaching In Washington County

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper March 2 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

TCE Found In 6 Water Wells Near Rose Valley Lake In Lycoming County

Springdale Twp Officials Scramble To Fix 200 Falsified Water Meter Readings

Economic Development

Former Coal Towns Turn To Nature Tourism As A New Economic Driver

Pipeline Careers, Training Available In Northeast

Education

DEP Blog: Energy Literacy Workshops Help Create A Smart Energy Future For PA

Carnegie Science Center’s New Clubhouse Lets Young Scientists Play, Learn

Nature Programs And Hikes This March In Central PA

Philadelphia Flower Show Taking Deep Dive Into Water

Energy

Berks County Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Receives DEP Permits

House Panel: Russia Aimed To Disrupt U.S. Energy Markets Using Social Media

Sisk: How StateImpact Reporter’s Photo Wound Up In The Russia Investigation

Conneaut Twp Residents Worry About Lake Erie Power Line

Allegheny Front: Do We Even Need The EPA Clean Power Plan?

Duquesne Light, Uber Team Up To Advance Electric Vehicles In Pittsburgh

Power Line Company Sues 36 York County Landowners

Penelec Decreases Electric Rates

Muhlenberg College: Coal No Longer King In Public’s Mind

PA Leads Nation In Power Grid Battery Storage

PECO CEO To Retire On March 30, Successor Named

PECO’s New CEO Is A Utility Lifer With A Villanova MBA

Op-Ed: TMI Fuels Power Grid, Communities Across The Commonwealth, Rep. Mehaffie

6th Time Could Be The Charm For NJ Nuclear Power Subsidy Bill

Utilities Shaken Not Moved By Trump Energy Policies

PJM CEO Says Market Reforms Are No Bailout For Coal

PJM: Reliability Strong During January Cold Snap, But Pricing Reforms Needed

U.S. Solar Company To Lay Off Hundreds Of Workers After Trump Tariffs

U.S. Energy Industry Slams Trump’s Job-Killing Steel Tariffs

Energy Conservation

Pittsburgh A National Leader In Passive House Movement

Farming

Farmland Preservation Hits $1 Billion Mark In PA

Flooding

AP: Wolf Activates National Guard For Eastern PA Storm

Hundreds Of Thousands Of PA Residents Remain Without Power As Storm Continues

Nor’easter Slams Northeastern Pennsylvania

Wind-Driven Winter Storm Knocks Out Power In PA, Closes Highways

High Winds, Wet Ground Expected to Wreak Havoc In Western PA

Storm Roars Into Lehigh Valley, 57,000 Without Power, Trees Down

Thousands Without Power As High Winds Whip Pittsburgh Region

Restoration Time For 6,654 Without Power In Erie Unknown

More Than 20,000 Erie County Penelec Customers Without Power

Thousands Without Power As High Winds Hit York County

Presque Isle State Park Closed Due To Snow, Downed Trees

AP: Landslide Destroys Pittsburgh House, Knocks Out Power Nearby

Kilbuck Landslide Destroys One Home, Threatens Second In Pittsburgh

Landslide In Pittsburgh’s West End Could Disrupt Traffic Throughout Week

Landslide Leaves Pittsburgh Couple Homeless

Landslide Forces Closure Of Forward Avenue In Pittsburgh

Road In Allegheny County To Close Thru June To Allow For Landslide Fix

Insurance Policies Don’t Cover Homes Damaged By Landslides

With More Rain Forecast, Pittsburgh Monitoring For More Landslides

Massive Mudslide Closes Road In Armstrong County

Detours Posted Around West End Route 51 Landslide

Parts Of PA Under A Flood Watch, More Rain Forecast

Pittsburgh On Brink Of February Rainfall Record

1 Year Later, Tornado Recovery Goes On At Lake Scranton

Forests

Spotted Lanternfly: Have You Seen This Band Bug?

Hopey: Tree Canopy Loss In Allegheny County Significant

Sauro: Ticking Away: Bites Can Lead To Lyme Disease Which Can Be Difficult To Treat

See Smoke In The Mountains In Lebanon County?  Could Be Prescribed Burn

Green Infrastructure

You May Receive A Stormwater Bill Soon (In The Northeast)

More Municipalities Issue Stormwater Fees To Meet EPA Regulations

Pittsburgh-Based Firms Honored By State Engineering Council

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

TCE Found In 6 Water Wells Near Rose Valley Lake In Lycoming County

Luzerne County Site Off Superfund List

Chemical Release Sends 11 Offset Workers To Hospital In Luzerne

Lake Erie

Long Cold Stretch Ends, Ice Fades On Presque Isle Bay

Trump’s Budget Threatens Erie Environmental Groups

Editorial: Great Lakes Deserve Better From Trump

Land Conservation

Farmland Preservation Hits $1 Billion Mark In PA

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Column: It Takes A Team Effort To Eliminate Waste, PRC Zero Waste Awards

Cleaning Vacant Lots Leads To Safer, Healthier Neighborhoods New Study Finds

Erie’s Spring Cleanup Program Starts April 1

Lancaster Police Seek Suspect In Dumping Over 100 Tires

Excuse Me, I Think You Dropped This. Philly Residents Confront Litterers

A Litterer’s Confession, Or The Time I Got Lowered Into A Sewer

Philadelphia’s Illegal Signs Initiative

Op-Ed: Councilmembers For Dirty Districts? Philly Should Steal This Idea And Others To Stop Litter

Mine Reclamation

Op-Ed: Tap Federal AML Fund For Coal Country Land, Water Restoration, There Is No Excuse

PA Receives $55.6 Million From Feds For Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Frazier: Zinke Unveils $55 Million Toward State’s Abandoned Mine Cleanup

Oil & Gas

House Panel: Russia Aimed To Disrupt U.S. Energy Markets Using Social Media

Sisk: How StateImpact Reporter’s Photo Wound Up In The Russia Investigation

Op-Ed: Cheap Natural Gas Will Fuel Growth In PA, Not A Severance Tax, Pam Witmer

Cusick/Sisk: Natural Gas Royalties, Why Some Strike It Rich, Other Strike Out

Berks County Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Receives DEP Permits

Shale Gas Output Ahead of Facilities

Sisk: Author Answers Hot-Button Questions On Fracking, Including Climate Impact

EQT Drilling Foundation Establishes New Record Of Charitable Giving In 2017

Allegheny Front: Do We Even Need The EPA Clean Power Plan?

Rettew Honored For Design Of $15M Lycoming County Natural Gas Terminal

XTO Exploded Gas Well In Ohio Still Venting, 2 Mile No Fly Zone Continues

Maykuth: Trump Tries To Broker Truce Between Oil Refiners, Ethanol Producers

Trump’s Biofuel Summit With Senators Ended Without An Agreement

AP: White House Talks To Continue On Renewable Fuel Standard

Trump To Convene White House Summit In Search Of Biofuel Deal

Farm Groups Urge Trump To Keep Federal Biofuel Mandate

USDA Secretary Seeks To Calm Farmers After Trump Biofuel Talks

Editorial: Watch Out Offshore Drillers, New Jersey’s No Longer A Pushover

Editorial: Get Full Value For Coastal Oil Leases

U.S. Energy Industry Slams Trump’s Job-Killing Steel Tariffs

Pipelines

Phillips: Environmental Groups Seek Injunction To Halt Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction

Maykuth: Enviro Groups Sue Again To Block Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Hopey: More Lawsuits Flow Against Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction

Environmental Groups Challenge Consent Order On Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Sunoco: Mariner East II Pipeline On Track For June Completion

House Panel: Russia Aimed To Disrupt U.S. Energy Markets Using Social Media

Sisk: How StateImpact Reporter’s Photo Wound Up In The Russia Investigation

Pipeline Careers, Training Available In Northeast

Radiation Protection

U.S. Supreme Court Ends Lawsuit Against Apollo Nuclear Fuels Plant Operator

Editorial: Lessons To Learn From Nuclear Fuels Plant Lawsuit

Op-Ed: TMI Fuels Power Grid, Communities Across The Commonwealth, Rep. Mehaffie

6th Time Could Be The Charm For NJ Nuclear Power Subsidy Bill

PJM CEO Says Market Reforms Are No Bailout For Coal

PJM: Reliability Strong During January Cold Snap, But Pricing Reforms Needed

Recreation

Sauro: Ticking Away: Bites Can Lead To Lyme Disease Which Can Be Difficult To Treat

March 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Wet Weather Spurs Request To Keep Horses Off Butler-Freeport Trail

Hopey: Historic Clarion County Baker Trail Hikes Into Court

Money Donated To Finish Bridge Along Schuylkill River Trail

Municipalities Seek Public Comment On Kingston/Forty Fort Trail

Recreation Opportunities Developing Along The Bennett Branch In Elk County

Mahanoy City Secures State Grant For Sidewalks, Signage Work Near Planned Park

Is It The End Of The Road For Manayunk Bike Race?

Op-Ed: Philly Council’s Bike Lane Bill Won’t Make Philly’s Streets Safer

Proposed Ohiopyle Pedestrian Tunnel Draws Fire

Pittsburgh-Based Firms Honored By State Engineering Council

Recycling/Waste

Column: It Takes A Team Effort To Eliminate Waste, PRC Zero Waste Awards

Cleanways Withdraws Plan For Larger Recycling Center In Westmoreland

Intermunicipal Recycling Committee Not Happy With Tyrone’s Plan

Editorial: Tyrone’s Withdraw From Recycling Program A Concern

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Keystone Landfill

Armed With Data On Philly’s Litter Problem, Mayor Prepares For Battle

Cleaning Vacant Lots Leads To Safer, Healthier Neighborhoods New Study Finds

Philly Restrictions On Collecting Garbage To Feed Pigs May Go Away

Philadelphia’s Illegal Signs Initiative

Regulations

Federal Court Tosses Challenge To Trump’s 2-for-1 Regulatory Order

Renewable Energy

Allegheny Front: Do We Even Need The EPA Clean Power Plan?

Pittsburgh A National Leader In Passive House Movement

PA Leads Nation In Power Grid Battery Storage

Trump Slammed By Industry For Embracing Solar Tariff Myth

U.S. Solar Company To Lay Off Hundreds Of Workers After Trump Tariffs

Stormwater

You May Receive A Stormwater Bill Soon (In The Northeast)

More Municipalities Issue Stormwater Fees To Meet EPA Regulations

Wastewater Facilities

Tyrone Consultant Says Sewage Digester Needs Support

Watershed Protection

Op-Ed: Tap Federal AML Fund For Coal Country Land, Water Restoration, There Is No Excuse

You May Receive A Stormwater Bill Soon (In The Northeast)

More Municipalities Issue Stormwater Fees To Meet EPA Regulations

AP: Groups Fear ORSANCO Proposal May Weaken Ohio River Water Protections

Crumbling Marianna Dam Appears To Be Breaching In Washington County

Trump’s Budget Threatens Erie Environmental Groups

Delaware RiverKeeper March 2 RiverWatch Video Report

Editorial: Great Lakes Deserve Better From Trump

Trump EPA Moves To Roll Back More Clean Air, Water Rules

Under Pressure From U.S. Senate Democrats, EPA Restores Funding For Bay Journal

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Wildlife

Schneck: Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties In New Chronic Wasting Disease Zone

Crable: Chronic Wasting Disease Quarantine Zone Created In Berks, Lancaster, Lebanon Counties

Schneck: 4th Chronic Wasting Disease Zone Coming To PA

Schneck: Deer In Forests Travel More Than Those In Suburbia, Farmland

Taking Aim At The Game Commission

Why Are Frogs Crossing The Road?  Well, Uh, The Answer Is...

Schneck: PA Trout Fishing 2018, Everything You Need To Know

State’s Top Fishing Regulator to Meet With Anglers In Erie On Saturday

Schneck: 18 Signs Spring Is Arriving In Pennsylvania

Sauro: Ticking Away: Bites Can Lead To Lyme Disease Which Can Be Difficult To Treat

Frye: Recruitment, Retention, Reactivation Focus Of The Outdoors World

Harmar Bald Eagles Have First Egg Of Season

Harmar Eagles Have Second Egg To Tend To

Schneck: Hanover Bald Eagles Have 2nd Egg In Nest

Schneck: Bald Eagles With Locked Talons Rescued From Susquehanna River

Tundra Swans Are Latest Visitors To Erie Region

Crumbling Marianna Dam Appears To Be Breaching In Washington County

Outdoor Dreams Become Reality In PA For Those With Disabilities

Schneck: What Are Top Wildlife Crimes In PA?

Hurricanes

Blackout Hits Puerto Rico’s Capital Areas After 2 Power Plants Shut Down

Contractors Are Leaving Puerto Rico Where Many Still Lack Power

PPL Crews Return From Mission To Restore Power In Puerto Rico

Editorial: How Hurricane Maria Is Stressing Philadelphia

Federal Policy

Op-Ed: Tap Federal AML Fund For Coal Country Land, Water Restoration, There Is No Excuse

EPA Plan To Reorganize Environmental Science Center Raises Questions

Math On Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Off By 98%, UPenn Economists Say

Op-Ed: Trump Infrastructure Plan May Result In Biggest-Ever Gasoline Tax Hike

Trump’s Budget Threatens Erie Environmental Groups

Editorial: Great Lakes Deserve Better From Trump

Under Pressure From U.S. Senate Democrats, EPA Restores Funding For Bay Journal

Trump EPA Moves To Roll Back More Clean Air, Water Rules

Trump Slammed By Industry For Embracing Solar Tariff Myth

Maykuth: Trump Tries To Broker Truce Between Oil Refiners, Ethanol Producers

Trump’s Biofuel Summit With Senators Ended Without An Agreement

AP: White House Talks To Continue On Renewable Fuel Standard

Trump To Convene White House Summit In Search Of Biofuel Deal

Farm Groups Urge Trump To Keep Federal Biofuel Mandate

Federal Court Tosses Challenge To Trump’s 2-for-1 Regulatory Order

Utilities Shaken Not Moved By Trump Energy Policies

U.S. Energy Industry Slams Trump’s Job-Killing Steel Tariffs

PJM CEO Says Market Reforms Are No Bailout For Coal

PJM: Reliability Strong During January Cold Snap, But Pricing Reforms Needed

Editorial: Watch Out Offshore Drillers, New Jersey’s No Longer A Pushover

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3/5/2018