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Sunday NewsClips
FirstEnergy Generation Files For Bankruptcy Just Before Midnight Saturday
FirstEnergy Generation Files For Bankruptcy
Editorial: Much At Stake In Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Faulted For Unauthorized Form Of Drilling, Spill In Lebanon County
DEP Extends Deadline For Comments On Guidance To Implement Act 26 On Alternative Onlot Septic Systems To May 8
Editorial: Shoring Up Flood Protection The Right Move In Luzerne County
AP: Some Fayette County Tornado Victims Struggle With Uninhabitable Homes
Potential Raystown Development Pits Ecology Against Economy
Arnold Cleanup Day Set For April 21
Suburban Rail Stations Lift Value Of Houses Nearby, Says SEPTA Report
Chester County Fmr Insane Asylum At Center Of An Open Space Feud
Worley & Obetz Donates $9,300 To Proposed Veterans Park In Lititz
Birds Of Prey Migrating Through Erie Region
Editorial: Presque Isle Is Swimming In Ducks
Fishing License Sales Slump In PA
Schneck: Trout Anglers Crows Streams, Lakes For Opening Day
Crable: Anglers Take To Lancaster Waterways For Regional First Day Of Trout Season
Trout Season Opens In Most Of The Midstate
Annual Rite Of Spring: Helping Fish & Boat Agency Stock Trout
Shad About To March Up Delaware River
Politics
New F&M Poll On Wolf, Casey, Trump, Issues
Wolf Calls For Independent Commission To Draw PA Electoral Maps
Phillips: Lobbyists, Lawmakers Entwined In Complex Relationship: Influence Or Essential?
Air
Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits
GASP: Backlogged Air Quality Permit Problem Remains In Southwest PA
Alternative Fuels
Maykuth: Bucks Firm Exports Machine That Turns Water Into Hydrogen Fuel
Awards & Recognition
Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards
PennFuture Blog: The Importance Of Women Leading In The Environment In Southeast PA
Beautification
Washington Business District To Partner With Arc On Beautification
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Aggressive Non-Native Japanese Barberry Shrub Damaging PA Forests
Penn State Extension Hosting Lehigh Valley Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly April 4, 18
No Palms On Palm Sunday, Philly Church Using Local Graces For Lighter Footprint
Budget
Murphy: Fishing License Fee Proposal Makes Waves With Lawmakers
Hayes: House Committee Thwarts Senate Bill To Hike Fishing License Fees
Esack: Some Lehigh Valley Leaders Call On Lawmakers To Reform Clean And Green Law
Hayes: Legislators Challenge Fish & Boat Cash Reserves
Letter: John Arway Devoted To Fish & Boat Commission
Bay Journal: New Federal Budget Keeps Chesapeake Bay Program At Steady Level
Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects
Northampton County Minsi Lake Receives $500,000 Drilling Impact Fee Grant
Congress Boosts Black Lung Treatment Funding By Millions
Chesapeake Bay
New Animal Feeding Operation Permit Issue, Focus On Eliminating Pollution From Manure
Bay Journal: New Federal Budget Keeps Chesapeake Bay Program At Steady Level
Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects
Chesapeake Bay Program To Develop Plan To Address Pollution From Conowingo Dam
Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs
Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades
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Citizen Action
Volunteers Needed For Delaware Canal Cleanup On April 7
Climate
Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits
Cusick: Most PA Voters Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now, Half Support Gas Drilling
Some Pittsburgh Congregations Are Preaching About Climate Change
Engineers Compete To Detect Methane Leaks In EDF Tech Contest
Op-Ed: Why The Solution To Climate Change Is Right Under Our Forks
Earth Hour 2018: Lights Go Dark To Highlight Climate Change
NRDC: Judge Tells Trump To Rethink Coal
Half Of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation
Shell Outlines Radical Scenario For What It Would Take To Halt Climate Change
Coal Mining
1,121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Set To Come Online In Snyder County Replacing Coal Plant
Frazier: April 10 Hearing Set For Longwall Mining In Washington County
Washington County Coal Mine Targeted For Expansion
DEP Hearing For NRG’s Cheswick Power Station Water Permit April 25
Huber Coal Breaker Owners Agree To Sell Site
AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
3 Nuclear Plants In PA, Ohio Need Federal Rescue, FirstEnergy Pleads
Frazier: FirstEnergy Says It’s Closing 3 Nuclear Power Plants; Seeks Federal Help
Energy, Green Groups Slam FirstEnergy Plea For Emergency Rescue
PJM Bashes FirstEnergy Plea To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants: There Is No Crisis, Reliability Issue
Ousted Consol Coal President Says She Was Paid Less Than Male Executives
NRDC: Judge Tells Trump To Rethink Coal
Half Of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation
Congress Boosts Black Lung Treatment Funding By Millions
Compliance Action
Legere: PA Supreme Court Strikes Down DEP Method Of Adding Up Water Pollution Fines
AP: Court Fines State Prison System Over Fly Ash Dump Information Handling
PennFuture Blog: PA Supreme Court Decision On Water Pollution Penalties No Cause For Alarm
Meyer: PA Group Calls For Higher Penalties For Clean Water Act Violators
DEP Cites Pittsburgh Water Authority For Failing To Protect Water Source, Not Having Permit
DEP: Synagro Broke Law By Spreading Sludge On Frozen Lower Mt. Bethel Field
Conservation District
Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards
Blair Conservation District Works On New Nature Works Park
Delaware River
With A Green Makeover, Philadelphia is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem
Delaware RiverKeeper March 30 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
DEP Cites Pittsburgh Water Authority For Failing To Protect Water Source, Not Having Permit
Pittsburgh Water Authority Offering Lead Water Line Replacements At No Charge
Pittsburgh Water Authority Urges Property Owners To Respond To Free Waterline Replacement Offer
Editorial: Accept Pittsburgh Water Authority’s Offer Of Lead Line Replacement
Economic Development
Gas Technology Institute Offering Pipeline Job Training In Armstrong County
Education
Blair Conservation District Works On New Nature Works Park
AP: Schools Encourage Girls To Get Involved In Science, Tech
Lehigh Valley Schools Teaching Kids The Cool Parts Of STEM
Energy
1,121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Set To Come Online In Snyder County Replacing Coal Plant
FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
FirstEnergy Plans To Close Beaver Valley Nuclear Facility In 2021
FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania
Legere: FirstEnergy Steps Closer To Closing Beaver Nuclear Power Plant, 800 Jobs In Peril
AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
3 Nuclear Plants In PA, Ohio Need Federal Rescue, FirstEnergy Pleads
Frazier: FirstEnergy Says It’s Closing 3 Nuclear Power Plants; Seeks Federal Help
Energy, Green Groups Slam FirstEnergy Plea For Emergency Rescue
PJM Bashes FirstEnergy Plea To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants: There Is No Crisis, Reliability Issue
What Impact Will Franklin, York Power Line Project Have On Economy?
Transource Power Line Project Hearings Set In Franklin, York Counties
Duquesne Light Asks State To Raise Electric Rates
Maykuth: PECO Seeks 2.2% Electric Rate Increase
Maykuth: Bucks Firm Exports Machine That Turns Water Into Hydrogen Fuel
DEP Hearing For NRG’s Cheswick Power Station Water Permit April 25
FirstEnergy Bankruptcy Restricturing Likely, Power Plants Would Be Closed Or Sold
NRDC: Judge Tells Trump To Rethink Coal
Half Of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation
Natural Gas No. 1 Fuel For Power Plants, But It Faces Headwinds
Environmental Heritage
39 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island
Huber Coal Breaker Owners Agree To Sell Site
Farming
New Animal Feeding Operation Permit Issued, Focus On Eliminating Pollution From Manure
Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards
Esack: Some Lehigh Valley Leaders Call On Lawmakers To Reform Clean And Green Law
WITF Smart Talk: Clean & Green Gives Large Landowners Property Tax Breaks
Op-Ed: Cumberland Valley School District Land Grab Is Bad For Community
Court: Farm’s Neighbors Must Live With Liquid Manure Smell In Luzerne County
Crable: 2 Lancaster Dairy Families Reluctantly Sell Their Milk Cows At Auctions
Editorial: Lancaster Dairy Farmers Need Support In These Uncertain Times
Thompson: Harrisburg Dairies See Growth Opportunity In Industry Turbulence
Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs
Pennsylvanians Buying More Organic Food Than Ever
Flooding
Luzerne Flood Authority Plan Would Close Openings In Levee System
Luzerne Flood Plan Could Eliminate Need For Sandbags
West Pittston To Discuss Inflatable Dam For Flood Protection
AP: Johnstown Flood: McCullough’s Lucky Break Launched A Career
Homeowners Urged To Consider Flood Insurance Even If Not Required
Forests
Aggressive Non-Native Japanese Barberry Shrub Damaging PA Forests
Penn State Extension Hosting Lehigh Valley Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly April 4, 18
Diseased Elms In Harrison Cut Down
Combatting Pennsylvania’s Tick Problem
Grants/Funding
Carbon County Community Foundation Offers Funding Opportunities
Green Infrastructure
With A Green Makeover, Philadelphia is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem
Robinson Fork Stream Restoration Project Meeting April 4 In Washington County
Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades
Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects
Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs
Hazardous Sites
Kummer: EPA Settlement On Superfund Site In Montco Could Make Way For New Apartments
Lake Erie
Lake Erie Water Level Above Long-Term Average, Rising
Land Conservation
Esack: Some Lehigh Valley Leaders Call On Lawmakers To Reform Clean And Green Law
WITF Smart Talk: Clean & Green Gives Large Landowners Property Tax Breaks
Op-Ed: Cumberland Valley School District Land Grab Is Bad For Community
Kummer: Group Buys 500 Acres Of Pristine Lehigh River Headwaters, Gives It To State
Arboretum At Penn State Postpones Prescribed Burn Due To Weather
Lehigh River
Kummer: Group Buys 500 Acres Of Pristine Lehigh River Headwaters, Gives It To State
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Keep Philadelphia Beautiful 2017 Annual Report
Mine Reclamation
DEP Inks Emergency Contract For River Drive Repair In Cambria
Oil & Gas
Legere: PA Supreme Court Strikes Down DEP Method Of Adding Up Water Pollution Fines
PennFuture Blog: PA Supreme Court Decision On Water Pollution Penalties No Cause For Alarm
Meyer: PA Group Calls For Higher Penalties For Clean Water Act Violators
Cusick: Most PA Voters Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now, Half Support Gas Drilling
PA Voters Back Gas Drilling, Renewables
Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits
1,121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Set To Come Online In Snyder County Replacing Coal Plant
Allegheny Front: The Health Risks Of Fracking From A To Z
Op-Ed: Study Linking Fracking To Low Birth Weights Must Be Wake-Up Call For Regulators
Sisk: Drilling Wastewater Well Opposed By Some In Clearfield County Secures DEP Permit
Hopey: Firm Threatens Legal Action Against Opponents Of Proposed Drilling Water Treatment Plant
Legere: PUC Judge Recommends Against Laurel Pipeline Flow Reversal That Could Affect Pittsburgh’s Gasoline Prices
Northampton County Minsi Lake Receives $500,000 Drilling Impact Fee Grant
Phillips: Lobbyists, Lawmakers Entwined In Complex Relationship: Influence Or Essential?
UGI Seeks To Consolidate Its Gas Divisions
Emergency Crews Stop 18,000 Gallon Propane Tank Leak In Lancaster
Frazier: In PA, Unions Throw Political Weight Behind Natural Gas
Hurdle: Philadelphia Refinery Bankruptcy Plan Approved By Court
Maykuth: Court Approves Philadelphia Refinery Bankruptcy Plan
AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
3 Nuclear Plants In PA, Ohio Need Federal Rescue, FirstEnergy Pleads
Frazier: FirstEnergy Says It’s Closing 3 Nuclear Power Plants; Seeks Federal Help
Energy, Green Groups Slam FirstEnergy Plea For Emergency Rescue
PJM Bashes FirstEnergy Plea To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants: There Is No Crisis, Reliability Issue
Shell Outlines Radical Scenario For What It Would Take To Halt Climate Change
Natural Gas No. 1 Fuel For Power Plants, But It Faces Headwinds
Pipelines
Legere: PUC Judge Recommends Against Laurel Pipeline Flow Reversal That Could Affect Pittsburgh’s Gasoline Prices
Administrative Judge Urges PUC To Reject Laurel Pipeline Flow Reversal Plan
PA Regulator Recommend Against Reversing Laurel Pipeline
State Judge Recommends Against Reversing Laurel Pipeline Flow In PA
Cusick: Nuns Raise Large Cross Next To Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster
Commonwealth Court: Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Not Under Local Zoning
Maykuth: Court Again Upholds Mariner East 2 Pipeline Immunity From Local Ordinances
State Appeals Court Rejects Bid For Local Pipeline Restrictions
Gas Technology Institute Offering Pipeline Job Training In Armstrong County
NJ Files In Federal Court To Stop PennEast From Condemning Protected Land
Hurdle: FERC’s Critics, 2 Commissioners Say New Comment Policy Will Hurt Landowners
Radiation Protection
Hayes: House Committee Thwarts Senate Bill To Hike Fishing License Fees
FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
FirstEnergy Plans To Close Beaver Valley Nuclear Facility In 2021
FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania
Legere: FirstEnergy Steps Closer To Closing Beaver Nuclear Power Plant, 800 Jobs In Peril
AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA
39 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island
Crable: Today Marks 39th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident
TMI Unit 2 Decommission Cost $1.26B, But Process Hasn’t Officially Started
Exelon Lobbyist Bragged About Profitability Of Cuomo's Nuclear Bailout
Op-Ed: Dangerous Nuclear Waste In PA, NJ Should Be Stored More Safely
FirstEnergy Bankruptcy Restricturing Likely, Power Plants Would Be Closed Or Sold
Nuclear Power Industry Facing Crisis Trump Must Address
Recreation
Volunteers Needed For Delaware Canal Cleanup On April 7
Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades
State Seeks Input On Improving Conditions For Biking, Walking
Negotiations To Extend Gun Club’s Eviction Date From State Park Fail
Blair Conservation District Works On New Nature Works Park
Groundbreaking For Nature Works Park In Blair County
Grazing Goats & Their Donkey Set To Return To Pittsburgh Parks
New Bike Lanes Coming To Fairmount Park, West Philly
Northampton County Minsi Lake Receives $500,000 Drilling Impact Fee Grant
Combatting Pennsylvania’s Tick Problem
Recycling/Waste
Latrobe To Collect Discarded Electronics May 19
Keep Philadelphia Beautiful 2017 Annual Report
AP: Court Fines State Prison System Over Fly Ash Dump Information Handling
Turning Philly’s Cigarette Butts Into Park Benches
Renewable Energy
Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Energy In PA
PA Voters Back Gas Drilling, Renewables
Op-Ed: The Solar Energy Window Is Still Open
Stormwater
Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades
Wastewater Facilities
DEP: Synagro Broke Law By Spreading Sludge On Frozen Lower Mt. Bethel Field
Watershed Protection
Bay Journal: New Federal Budget Keeps Chesapeake Bay Program At Steady Level
Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects
Chesapeake Bay Program To Develop Plan To Address Pollution From Conowingo Dam
Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards
With A Green Makeover, Philadelphia is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem
Robinson Fork Stream Restoration Project Meeting April 4 In Washington County
Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs
Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades
New Animal Feeding Operation Permit Issue, Focus On Eliminating Pollution From Manure
Kummer: Report: PA 2nd In U.S. For Excessive Industry Discharges Into Waterways
PA Industrial Facilities Top List Of Biggest River Polluters Nationwide
Kummer: Group Buys 500 Acres Of Pristine Lehigh River Headwaters, Gives It To State
Lake Erie Water Level Above Long-Term Average, Rising
Delaware RiverKeeper March 30 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Murphy: Fishing License Fee Proposal Makes Waves With Lawmakers
Hayes: House Committee Thwarts Senate Bill To Hike Fishing License Fees
Demko: PA Fisherman Get A Side Of Politics Served Up With Their Trout This Year
Hayes: Legislators Challenge Fish & Boat Cash Reserves
Letter: John Arway Devoted To Fish & Boat Commission
Op-Ed: Senate Fish & Boat Commission Hearing Raises More Questions, Sen. Pat Stefano
Crable: Here’s The Scoop On Trout Season Opener Next Saturday
Crable: 2 Lancaster 3-Year Olds Land Trophy Trout On Mentored Youth Trout Day
Schneck: Trout-Fishing Season Opens For 2018 With Mentored Youth Trout Day
Schneck: Trout Opening Day Saturday, March 31
Frye: Google Earth A Handy Tool For Finding Fishing Hot Spots
Crable: Shad Wars: A Long, Violent Period In Lancaster Over Fish In The Susquehanna
Schneck: First Live Streamed Bald Eagle Egg Of 2018 In PA Has Hatched
No Hatch Yet For Last Pittsburgh Hays Bald Eagle Egg; Harmar Hatch Is On Deck
Hays Eagles Are Parents Again
Audubon Society: Hays Eagle Egg Not Cracked, Could Hatch Sunday
Final Egg At Hays Bald Eagle Nest In Pittsburgh Not Viable
Schneck: Bald Eagle Females Takes Over Hanover Nest And Male
Hayes: New Live Webcam Shows Osprey Nesting In Moraine State Park (Butler County)
Game Commission: Northern Goshawk Update: Assistance Is Still Needed
AP: People Can Lose Right To Carry A Gun, But Get A Hunting License
Crable: Game Commission To Hold 2 Public Meetings On Chronic Wasting Disease At Middle Creek
Op-Ed: Game Commission Must Stop Blaming Deer Farmers For Chronic Wasting Disease Spread
Carr: Penn Hills Officials Warn Residents About Coyotes
Frye: Massasauga Rattlesnake Responds To Habitat Work
Combatting Pennsylvania’s Tick Problem
Other
Editorial: Philly Needs Heimlich Maneuver For Its Choked Streets
Federal Policy
Congress Boosts Black Lung Treatment Funding By Millions
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