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Remembering The Quecreek Mine Rescue 16 Years Later
How Environmental Outreach Efforts Are Targeting Philly Latinos; Most Interested In Climate Change
Environmentalists By Necessity In Old Steel Town Of Braddock
Sunday NewsClips
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Nears Completion In Berks County
Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Foe Gets 2-6 Months In Jail
Activists Nationally Trying To Get Huntingdon Woman Opposing Mariner East 2 Pipeline Out Of Jail
Luzerne Transit Receives 2 New CNG Buses
Natural Gas Services Company To Reopen Facility With More Than 200 Employees
Editorial: Infrastructure Progress Gas Industry’s Key To Future In State
Editorial: State Forests Do Well Amid Gas Drilling
Chester County Village Vacated For Nuclear Power Plant Is A Ghost Town
What You Can, Can’t Recycling In Lancaster - Video
Flooding Prompts Water Rescues, Music Festival Closures In Lehigh Valley
8 Kayakers Rescued From Conestoga River In Lancaster
Flood Warning In Montgomery County After Record Rain In Reading
Patton Residents Lucky Flooding Wasn’t Worse In Blair
Meeting, Public Survey On Grafius Run Flood Damage Proposed In Lycoming
AP: Year After Derailment, Hyndman Remains On Edge
DEP: Conditions Ripe For Spread Of West Nile Virus
West Nile Numbers Jumping
Mosquito Spray To Be Applied Monday In Ligonier
Mosquito Spraying In Luzerne County Set For Aug. 7
York County Leads State In Positive West Nile Virus Mosquito Samples
Pennsylvania Reports First Longhorned Tick
Wrightsville Recruits Millersville Prof, Student To Help Solve Mayfly Dilemma
In A First, American Avocet Spotted At Edinboro State University
Sunday - Wildfires
As Wildfires Rage, California Frets Over Future Of Greater Perils, Higher Costs
California Gov. Asks Feds For Wildfire Aid As State Battles 17 Blazes
Air
Pittsburgh’s Air Quality Better Than The Past, But Not Yet Clean
US Steel Fighting $1M Fine From Allegheny County For Clairton Pollution
Clean Air Activists Get Meeting With Allegheny County Executive
EPA Awards $100K Grant To Philadelphia To Monitor Fine Particulate Matter In The Air
EPA Proposes To Freeze Auto Emission Standards, Revoke California Vehicle Rules
Gov. Wolf: Trump Vehicle Fuel Economy RollBack Betrays PA Consumers, Workers
AP: States Vow To Continue Fight Against Trump’s Car Fuel Rules
Cong. Marino, DEP Differ On Trump’s Plan For Vehicle Efficiency Standards
Kummer: PA To Join 19 States In Suit Over Trump Plan To Rollback Vehicle Fuel-Efficiency Requirements
Op-Ed: Wolf Should Move Forward With Methane Regulations - Rep. Vitali
EPA To Keep And Defend Obama Smog Rule
Alternative Fuel
Harley Revs Up Rebellious Path With Electric Bikes
New UGI Filling Station Could Potentially Lower Your Natural Gas Bill
Awards & Recognition
PA Water Environment Assn. Honors Lancaster Area Sewer Authority Executive Director
Western PA Trees Make The Cut In Statewide Forestry Assn. Registry
Beautification
Volunteers Beautify Leechburg By Cleaning Up 2 Abandoned Properties, More To Come
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
New Invasive Longhorn Tick Species Confirmed In Pennsylvania
Kummer: PA Urged To Watch Pets, Livestock For Invasive Asian Tick
McKelvey: Invasive Asian Tick Discovered In Central PA, Brings Risks For People, Livestock
Asian Longhorn Tick Invades Pennsylvania
What You Need To Know About Invasive Asian Tick Found In Centre County
New Asian Tick In PA Could Cause Year-Round Problems
Girl Scout Builds Butterfly Garden For Loyalsock Middle School
Budget
Op-Ed: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It, Taxing PA’s Natural Gas Industry
Op-Ed: A Shale Gas Severance Tax? Think Again (Again)
July State Revenue Collections $2.2 Billion, Up From 2017
U.S. Senate Votes Full $73M Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program
Chesapeake Bay
Pennsylvania Far Behind In Meeting Goals To Stop Chesapeake Bay Pollution
AP: We’re Literally Drowning In Pennsylvania’s Trash In Chesapeake Bay
Heavy PA Rains Sent Huge Plume Of Mud Down Susquehanna Into Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Foundation On High Flows At Conowingo Dam
Crable: 2 Lancaster Farmers Share $641,000 In PennVEST Clean Water Grants
Laurel Spagnolo Named Director Of Giving At Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA
U.S. Senate Votes Full $73M Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program
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Climate
Op-Ed: Wolf Should Move Forward With Methane Regulations - Rep. Vitali
EPA Move To Weaken Carbon Rules Won’t Spur New Coal Power
Philadelphia Getting Hotter, Wetter, Snowier At The Same Time
Science Says: Record Heat, Fires Worsened By Climate Change
U.S. Supreme Court Bats Down Trump Admin. Bid To Halt Kids’ Climate Suit
In Rarity For Republicans, Cong. Fitzpatrick Pushes For Carbon Tax
Coal Mining
EPA Move To Weaken Carbon Rules Won’t Spur New Coal Power
Compliance Action
US Steel Fighting $1M Fine From Allegheny County For Clairton Pollution
Deep Mine Safety
Remembering The Quecreek Mine Rescue 16 Years Later
Coal Mine Accidents In PA Have Killed Hundreds [Actually Thousands] Of Miners
Delaware River
Trout, Environment Benefit From Schuylkill River Habitat Project
Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 3 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
McKelvey: Can A Gas Company Stop This Drinking Water System From Going Down The Drain?
Editorial: Michigan Case Puts Spotlight On Drinking Water [PFAS]
USDA Announces $4 Billion Is Available For Water Infrastructure Project Grants
Economic Development
Shenango River Pollution From Old Sharon Factory Leads To Do Not Eat Fish Advisory - Part I
Sharon Tries To Revive Its Economy, But Old Factory’s Environmental Hazards Lurk - Part II
Allegheny County Prepares For Next Phase Of Redevelopment For Carrie Furnace Brownfield
Education
Awash In Information, Students Study Creek At Wilkes U. Camp
Girl Scout Builds Butterfly Garden For Loyalsock Middle School
Emergency Response
WITF Smart Talk: PA Firefighters In Western Wildfire Fight
Energy
PA Braces For Impact As Three Mile Island Nears Closure
Crable: Exelon Wants Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant To Run For Another 20 Years
NRC: Public Review Ready For Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Extension
West Penn Power Had Most Major Outages Among PA Utilities In 2017
PUC Sets More Hearings On Electric Transmission Lines In Franklin, York Counties
National Fuel Gas Bills To Fall By More Than $2.25/Month
Op-Ed: Shale Gas Saving Pennsylvanians On Their Energy Costs
EPA Move To Weaken Carbon Rules Won’t Spur New Coal Power
States Say FERC Overstepped Its Bounds In PJM Capacity Market Order
California Policymakers Demand Wildfire Prevention While The State Burns
Energy Conservation
EPA Proposes To Freeze Auto Emission Standards, Revoke California Vehicle Rules
AP: States Vow To Continue Fight Against Trump’s Car Fuel Rules
Gov. Wolf: Trump Vehicle Fuel Economy RollBack Betrays PA Consumers, Workers
Cong. Marino, DEP Differ On Trump’s Plan For Vehicle Efficiency Standards
Kummer: PA To Join 19 States In Suit Over Trump Plan To Rollback Vehicle Fuel-Efficiency Requirements
Efficiency Advocates Fear Trump May Try To Roll Back Light Bulb Standards
Environmental Heritage
Remembering The Quecreek Mine Rescue 16 Years Later
16 Years Ago: Photo Gallery: Coal Miners Rescued In Quecreek, PA
Editorial: Identifying Remains Of 9/11 Victims Won’t Cease
Environmental Justice
Hopey: DEP Hires Pittsburgh Native As New Environmental Justice Director
Farming
Pennsylvania Far Behind In Meeting Goals To Stop Chesapeake Bay Pollution
Crable: 2 Lancaster Farmers Share $641,000 In PennVEST Clean Water Grants
New Invasive Longhorn Tick Species Confirmed In Pennsylvania
Girl Scout Builds Butterfly Garden For Loyalsock Middle School
NASCAR, Organic Food Make A Run Together In The Poconos
Flooding
Rising Creek Levels Cause Flash Flooding Throughout Centre County
Flash Flooding Reported In Franklin County
Flooding In Patton Prompts Evacuation In Blair County
Patton Residents In Blair Swamped By Flooded Creek
Patton Borough Seeks Funds After Flooding In Blair County
Volunteers Assist With Muncy Flood Cleanup
Murphy: PEMA: Flood Preparation Should Start With Getting Flood Insurance
Editorial: First Responders To The Rescue
Schneck: Flood Damage Minor In PA’s State Parks, Forests
Municipalities: Grass Clipping In Streets Clog Sewers, Cause Flooding In Lycoming
Sept. Meeting Could Be Next Step In Fix For Flooding In Latrobe, Derry Twp
Wilkes-Barre To Seek Approval For New Solomon Creek Flood Wall Contractor
Congress Authorizes 4-Month Extension Of National Flood Insurance Program
Forests
WITF Smart Talk: PA Firefighters In Western Wildfire Fight
Ligonier Firefighter Returns From Battling Wildfires In Western U.S.
New Invasive Longhorn Tick Species Confirmed In Pennsylvania
Kummer: PA Urged To Watch Pets, Livestock For Invasive Asian Tick
McKelvey: Invasive Asian Tick Discovered In Central PA, Brings Risks For People, Livestock
Asian Longhorn Tick Invades Pennsylvania
What You Need To Know About Invasive Asian Tick Found In Centre County
New Asian Tick In PA Could Cause Year-Round Problems
Western PA Trees Make The Cut In Statewide Forestry Assn. Registry
Michaux State Forest Sets Aug. 2 Hearing On Managing Forest
Geologic Hazards
Landslide Repair Prompts Detour In Ligonier Township
Grants/Funding
USDA Announces $4 Billion Is Available For Water Infrastructure Project Grants
Green Infrastructure
Philadelphia Completes Green Infrastructure Projects At Malcolm X Park
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
Georgia Company To Conduct Sharon, PA Site’s Environmental Cleanup
Land Conservation
Schneck: 2,500+ Acres Added to Public Recreation Lands In PA
500 Acres Of Blue Mountain Nearing Preservation, Public Access
Tracy Ridge Wilderness Area In Allegheny National Forest Has Some Good Friends
Schneck: New Interactive Map For Users Of Pennsylvania’s Public Lands
Land Recycling
Shenango River Pollution From Old Sharon Factory Leads To Do Not Eat Fish Advisory - Part I
Sharon Tries To Revive Its Economy, But Old Factory’s Environmental Hazards Lurk - Part II
Allegheny County Prepares For Next Phase Of Redevelopment For Carrie Furnace Brownfield
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Volunteers Beautify Leechburg By Cleaning Up 2 Abandoned Properties, More To Come
AP: No More “Filthadelphia”? City Tackles its Litter Problem
With County Help, Erie Schools To Toss 150 Waste Tires
Mine Reclamation
Why Some PA Streams & Rivers Are Orange, The Legacy Of Abandoned Mines
To Save PA Coal Mines, Officials Devised A Preposterous Plan: Build A 137-Mile Tunnel
Ohio River
AP: Ohio River Sanitation Commission Debates Dropping Water Pollution Standards
Oil & Gas
McKelvey: Can A Gas Company Stop This Drinking Water System From Going Down The Drain?
Water Quality Improves In Bradford County
Op-Ed: A Shale Gas Severance Tax? Think Again (Again)
Op-Ed: If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It, Taxing PA’s Natural Gas Industry
Op-Ed: Shale Gas Saving Pennsylvanians On Their Energy Costs
Op-Ed: Wolf Should Move Forward With Methane Regulations - Rep. Vitali
New UGI Filling Station Could Potentially Lower Your Natural Gas Bill
National Fuel Gas Bills To Fall By More Than $2.25/Month
Phillips: Trump’s Plan For LNG Exports May Not Have Much Impact In PA
Permitting
Western PA Counties Snag Funding For Water Pollution Prevention Education
Pipelines
Cusick: DEP, DCNR, DCED Criticize FERC Pipeline Approval Process
Legere: PUC Lifts More Limits On Mariner East 2 Pipelines
Phillips: PUC Allows Restart Of Construction Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline In Parts Of Chester County
Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Foe In Huntingdon County Must Post $25K For Release
Cusick: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Opponent Jailed, Fined In Huntingdon County
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Permit Appeals Dropped, But Opponents Still Strongly Resist Project
Huntingdon County Woman Jailed For Violating Court Order Opposing Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Foe In Huntingdon County Must Post $25K For Release
Op-Ed: Wolf Has Power To Stop Mariner East Pipeline, He Should Use It
Crable: After 4 Years Of Controversy: Atlantic Sunrise Gas Pipeline Finished In Lancaster County
Buckeye Pipelines, With Major Lehigh Valley Presence, To Launch Strategic Review
Climate, Project Need At Center Of FERC Pipeline Policy Review
State Dept. Gives New Keystone XL Pipeline Route Environmental OK
Public Participation
Michaux State Forest Sets Aug. 2 Hearing On Managing Forest
PUC Sets More Hearings On Electric Transmission Lines In Franklin, York Counties
Radiation Protection
PA Braces For Impact As Three Mile Island Nears Closure
Crable: Exelon Wants Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant To Run For Another 20 Years
NRC: Public Review Ready For Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Extension
Holtec International Buying Exelon’s Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant, Speeding Decommissioning
Westinghouse Nuclear Emerges From Bankruptcy With New Owner
Trump’s Uranium Review Rattles Nuclear Utilities
Recreation
Schneck: Flood Damage Minor In PA’s State Parks, Forests
Schneck: A Grand Canyon In PA; 5,000+ Miles Of Trails, Other State Park, Forests Facts
Explore Schuylkill River, Schuylkill River Trail With New Website
Carbon County OKs Proposal To Move Delaware & Lehigh Trail
Allentown Citywide Trail Plan Moves Forward After Near-Decade Delay
Is New Darby Creek Trail A Sign Of Progress? Some Residents Think So
PennDOT Secretary Leader Lake Erie Cyclefest Ride
Aug. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Schneck: Highest Point In PA, Cradle Of Forestry, Other Little Known Facts From Our State Parks, Forests
Philadelphia Completes Green Infrastructure Projects At Malcolm X Park
Schneck: New Interactive Map For Users Of Pennsylvania’s Public Lands
Tracy Ridge Wilderness Area In Allegheny National Forest Has Some Good Friends
Rockslide Closes Enola Low Grade Rail Trail In Lancaster County
Boaters Beware: Safety Buoys Washed Away By Flooding At Safe Harbor, Holtwood Dams
Beautiful Weather Sent People To Lehigh River Where 11 Were Rescued Sunday
What Ricketts Glen Waterfalls Looked Like During Heavy Rains (Video)
Susquehanna Great Bend Sojourn Coming Up Aug. 10-12
Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta: Everything You Need To Know
Regatta Will Turn Pittsburgh Into City Of Championships
Pittsburgh Council Votes To Approve RIV Riverfront Public Access Zoning
Tentrr, The Airbnb Of Camping Comes To Pennsylvania
New Invasive Longhorn Tick Species Confirmed In Pennsylvania
Kummer: PA Urged To Watch Pets, Livestock For Invasive Asian Tick
McKelvey: Invasive Asian Tick Discovered In Central PA, Brings Risks For People, Livestock
Asian Longhorn Tick Invades Pennsylvania
What You Need To Know About Invasive Asian Tick Found In Centre County
New Asian Tick In PA Could Cause Year-Round Problems
Recycling/Waste
Penn Waste Attempts To Renegotiate Contracts Due To Recycling Markets Downturn
Wishful Recycling Caused This Crisis: Penn Waste, Others Push New Standards
To Recycle Or Not? New Guidelines Take Curbside Pickup Back To Basics
York Solid Waste Authority To Change Acceptable Materials At Recycling Drop-off
Stop ‘Wishful Recycling’ These Things Now In York County
Limits On Recycling Certain Plastics Upset Locals In Blair County
Lower Merion Twp Launches Text For Recycling Pickup In Montgomery
Editorial: Philadelphia Should Step Up Recycling
PA Resources Council Events Set For Safe Disposal Of TVs, Paints Other Household Waste
AG Shapiro, Sen. Baker Commend New Law On Disposal Of Prescription Drugs
Column: Plastic Straw Ban Supporters Speak Out
Renewable Energy
Lancaster’s Paradise Energy 3rd Largest Solar Firm In PA, 145th Nationally
Report: Community Solar Can Address Renewables Accessibility Gap
Schuylkill River
Trout, Environment Benefit From Schuylkill River Habitat Project
Sustainability
Sharpsburg, Etna, Millvale Form TriBoro EcoDistrict
NASCAR, Organic Food Make A Run Together In The Poconos
Wastewater Facilities
PA Water Environment Assn. Honors Lancaster Area Sewer Authority Executive Director
Editorial: Freeport Sewage Plant $110,000 Over Budget
USDA Announces $4 Billion Is Available For Water Infrastructure Project Grants
Watershed Protection
Pennsylvania Far Behind In Meeting Goals To Stop Chesapeake Bay Pollution
AP: We’re Literally Drowning In Pennsylvania’s Trash In Chesapeake Bay
AP: Maryland Officials Blame Trash From PA, NY For Ecological Crisis In Chesapeake Bay
Heavy PA Rains Sent Huge Plume Of Mud Down Susquehanna Into Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Foundation On High Flows At Conowingo Dam
Crable: 2 Lancaster Farmers Share $641,000 In PennVEST Clean Water Grants
U.S. Senate Votes Full $73M Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program
Water Quality Improves In Bradford County
Awash In Information, Students Study Creek At Wilkes U. Camp
Western PA Counties Snag Funding For Water Pollution Prevention Education
Shenango River Pollution From Old Sharon Factory Leads To Do Not Eat Fish Advisory - Part I
Sharon Tries To Revive Its Economy, But Old Factory’s Environmental Hazards Lurk - Part II
AP: Ohio River Sanitation Commission Debates Dropping Water Pollution Standards
Trout, Environment Benefit From Schuylkill River Habitat Project
Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 3 RiverWatch Video Report
Laurel Spagnolo Named Director Of Giving At Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA
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Wildlife
Hayes: Embattled Director Of Fish & Boat Commission To Retire
Murphy: John Arway To Hang Up His Gone Fishing Sign For Good
Frye: Fish & Boat Executive Director John Arway Retiring
Corps Of Engineers Horrified By Photos Of Man, Children Fishing Beneath Allegheny River Dam
North Versailles Fox 11th Rabid Animal In Allegheny County This Year
Crable: Eaglet Near Lancaster Latest Victim As Discarded Fishing Line Takes Deadly Toll
Abandoned Alligators Are On The Rise In Central PA
Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center Nursing Wildlife Back To Health
Venesky: Healing Waters Program Helping Veterans, Wild Brook Trout Recover Through Fishing
Schneck: New Interactive Map For Users Of Pennsylvania’s Public Lands
Crable: Birdwatching Platform To Open At Safe Harbor Dam In Lancaster County
Schneck: Wildwood Lake In Harrisburg Offers Prime ‘Hunting’ For Great Blue Heron (Video)
Frye: Green Herons Fascinating, Tool-Wielding Water Birds
Piping Plovers Point The Way To Nature’s Gift On Presque Isle
Crable: Lancaster County Residents Asked To Report Wild Turkey Sightings In August
Schneck: 2,500+ Acres Added to Public Recreation Lands In PA
500 Acres Of Blue Mountain Nearing Preservation, Public Access
West Nile/Zika Virus/Ticks
Kummer: West Nile Human Case Confirmed, State Fears More With Record Mosquitoes
AP: Officials Warn About West Nile Virus As Suspected Infection Tested
West Nile-Carrying Mosquitoes Widespread, PA Says In Warning
Drain Water Pools: West Nile Virus Reaches Record High In PA
West Nile Virus Detected In Penn Hills Man
Crable: Rain Means Big Upswing In Mosquitoes This Summer In Lancaster County
West Nile Virus Found In More Mosquito Samples In Dauphin County
Mosquito Spraying In 2 Lackawanna County Towns Set For Wednesday
Lackawanna West Nile Virus Program To Be Spraying For Mosquitoes This Week
As Humidity Climbs Again, Lehigh County Sprays For Mosquitoes
New Invasive Longhorn Tick Species Confirmed In Pennsylvania
Kummer: PA Urged To Watch Pets, Livestock For Invasive Asian Tick
McKelvey: Invasive Asian Tick Discovered In Central PA, Brings Risks For People, Livestock
Asian Longhorn Tick Invades Pennsylvania
What You Need To Know About Invasive Asian Tick Found In Centre County
Other
$1.1 Million Repair Planned To Prevent Montgomery Lock & Dam Failure
Wildfires
WITF Smart Talk: PA Firefighters In Western Wildfire Fight
Ligonier Firefighter Returns From Battling Wildfires In Western U.S.
Windy Conditions Threaten To Stoke Large Wildfires Burning In Northern California
AP: New Fires Erupt In Northern California; Homes Threatened
AP: Wildfires Barrel Toward Northern California Lake Towns Prompting 20,000 People To Flee
California Policymakers Demand Wildfire Prevention While The State Burns
Death Toll In Northern California Wildfire Rises To 5
Column: You Probably Won’t Read This Column About Biggest Problem In The World Right Now
3 Die-- 2 Children, Great Grandmother, As Massive Northern California Fire Grows
Death Toll Up To 5 As Wildfires Consume Parts Of California
Terrifying California Wildfire Burns 500-Plus Structures
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