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AccuWeather’s Winter Forecast: When Will Cold Weather Dig In its Heels?

Sunday NewsClips

Carnegie Residents By Chartiers Creek Losing Backyards To Flooding

Bethlehem Township Sinkhole Swallows SUV

Friends Of Flight 93 Expand Education Outreach Efforts At National Memorial

Emergency Response Teamwork Leads To Rescue Man From Centre County Cave

Lancaster Conservation Group Preserves Nearly 1,000 Acres In York County

Bloomberg: America Isn’t Ready For The Lanternfly Invasion

EHD Disease Raises Concern For Farmed Deer

Sunday - National/International

Trump’s Coal Bailout Moves To The Back Burner

Air

Grant From VW Settlement Helps Fund Greener School Buses In Lancaster County

Air Pollution Reaches Unhealthy Levels In Pittsburgh

Unhealthy Air Tuesday Was In Beaver County Not Pittsburgh

Researchers Offer All-School Asthma Screening To Help Kids Stay Healthy In Clairton

Op-Ed: EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rules Is Neither -- PUC Commissioner Andrew Place

Trump Administration Preparing To Weaken Mercury Rule

EPA Rewrites Mercury Rules Using New Cost-Benefit Approach To Curtail Future Regs

Alternative Fuels

PA State Parks To Host Electric Car Charging Stations 

Erie’s Presque Isle To Get Electric Car Charging Station

Grant From VW Settlement Helps Fund Greener School Buses In Lancaster County

Harrisburg Biofuels Firm Exec Pleads Guilty In $4.1M Federal Tax Fraud

Awards & Recognition

Ligonier Coal Company Honored For Mine Reclamation

Beautification

Controversial Billboard Near Ben Franklin Bridge Debated In Philadelphia

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

PA Urges Lancaster Business Operating In NY To Get Training On Spotted Lanternflies

Budget

Scranton Still Evaluating Stormwater Management Plan Fee

September State Revenues 6.4 Percent Over Estimates, Up $209.8 Million For Fiscal Year

Allegheny Front: Dozens Of Programs At Risk If Federal Farm Bill Expires

Congress Debates Fix After Land & Water Conservation Fund Lapses

Letter: Protect The Federal Land And Water Conservation Fund

Editorial: Revive, Fully Fund Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund

Editorial: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Deserves To Remain

Chesapeake Bay

Crable: Lancaster County Presents Bold New Plan To Reduce Water Pollution, Asks More Of All Sectors

DEP Tours Wyoming County Farms

Scranton Still Evaluating Stormwater Management Plan Fee

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Climate

ER Nurses Seeking More Health Issues Linked To Climate Change

Changing Weather Will Influence Erie-Area Bird Migration

Op-Ed: The Economic And Environmental Benefits Of A Carbon Swap For PA Families

Op-Ed: EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rules Is Neither -- PUC Commissioner Andrew Place

Editorial: More Trees In Philadelphia Can Help With Climate Change

Trump’s NHTSA Sees 7-Degree Rise In Global Temps In 82 Years

DOE Moves To Slash Cost Of Carbon Capture For Coal-Fired Power Plants

Trump Administration Preparing To Weaken Mercury Rule

EPA Rewrites Mercury Rules Using New Cost-Benefit Approach To Curtail Future Regs

Coal Mining

CONSOL Energy, Komatsu Mining To Receive 2018 NIOSH Mine Safety Award

PJM: FirstEnergy Can Shut 4 Gigawatts Of Fossil Plants Without Harming Reliability

Op-Ed: EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rules Is Neither -- PUC Commissioner Andrew Place

Trump Administration Preparing To Weaken Mercury Rule

EPA Rewrites Mercury Rules Using New Cost-Benefit Approach To Curtail Future Regs

DOE Moves To Slash Cost Of Carbon Capture For Coal-Fired Power Plants

Trump Nominates Coal, Nuclear Bailout Support To FERC

Trump Nominates DOE’s McNamee To FERC

Compliance Action

UGI Faces $2M Penalty For 2017 House Explosion In Lancaster County

PUC Seeks $2.1 Million Fine In Fatal 2017 UGI Gas Explosion In Lancaster

UGI Facing $2 Million Fine For Fatal Gas Blast In Lancaster County

Harrisburg Biofuels Firm Exec Pleads Guilty In $4.1M Federal Tax Fraud

Deep Mine Safety

CONSOL Energy, Komatsu Mining To Receive 2018 NIOSH Mine Safety Award

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 5 RiverWatch Video Report

Editorial: Power Vested In DRBC To Protect Watershed From Fracking

Drinking Water

Lehigh County Demands Paint Industry Help With Lead Abatement

State Doesn’t Pay Local Lead Poisoning Home Inspectors, Medicaid Insurers Now Paid

Carr: Monroeville Authority Switching To Chlorine To Disinfect Drinking Water

Maykuth: Aqua America Now Surpasses Million-Customer Mark With Illinois Acquisition

Federal Court Opens Door To More Suits Over PFAS Contaminations In Bucks, Montgomery

Economic Development

Study: Economic Benefits Of Great Lakes Restoration Benefit Erie

Op-Ed: Natural Gas Driving Force Behind PA Manufacturing Growth

Education

Beveridge: Floating Student Science Lab Docks In Monongahela

Buffalo Creek Watershed Assn. Holds Oct. 11 Meet Reptiles, Amphibians In Washington County

EPCAMR Grant Will Help Wilkes-Barre Area Students Grow

STEAM Education Program Expanding In Scranton Schools

Agreement Between Easton, Da Vinci Science City Expected Next Month

With Opening Of The Discovery Center, Public Can Explore Hidden Reservoir  In East Fairmount Park

Emergency Response

Blair Group Reboots Hazmat Emergency Planning

Energy

Murphy: Nuclear Safety Advocates Call Attention To Waste Nuclear Plants Leave Behind

PSEG Affirms It Will Shut Down Nuclear Plants In NJ Unless It Gets Subsidy

Op-Ed: The Economic And Environmental Benefits Of A Carbon Swap For PA Families

Editorial: PUC Deserves Credit For Action Against Vortex Power Distributors

Nazareth Plans On Making Utility Companies Pay For Half Of Road Repairs

PJM Renewables Future Includes Significant Chunk Of Corporate Procurement

PJM: FirstEnergy Can Shut 4 Gigawatts Of Fossil Plants Without Harming Reliability

PJM Recasts Capacity Repricing In Market Reform Filing At FERC

Ahead Of FERC Storage Order Deadline, New Rules Begin To Take Shape At PJM

Op-Ed: When PJM’s Capacity Market Stops Working For Consumers Is It Time To Leave?

DOE Moves To Slash Cost Of Carbon Capture For Coal-Fired Power Plants

Op-Ed: EPA’s Affordable Clean Energy Rules Is Neither -- PUC Commissioner Andrew Place

Op-Ed: The Inevitable Policy Response Theory On Climate Change - Christina Simone, Kleinman Center For Energy Policy

Trump Nominates Coal, Nuclear Bailout Support To FERC

Trump Nominates DOE’s McNamee To FERC

Energy Conservation

Carbondale To Replace 900+ Street Lights With Energy Efficient LEDs

C-PACE Alliance Tapped To Help Design C-PACE Program For Local Governments In PA

Farming

Crable: Lancaster County Presents Bold New Plan To Reduce Water Pollution, Asks More Of All Sectors

Lower Macungie Buys 190 Acres Of Farmland For Preservation

Upper Macungie Agrees To See Farmland Rights To 25 Acres To County

PA Supreme Court Declines To Step Into Smelly Dispute Over Pig Farm

Crable: Are Meat Goats Antidote For Struggling Lancaster County Dairy Farmers?

Gardening Is Contagious: Philly Neighbors Bring Beauty, Bounty To Their Alley

In Hatfield, Suburban Neighbors In Dispute Over Backyard Beekeeping

Hatfield Delays Decision On Backyard Bees

Allegheny Front: Dozens Of Programs At Risk If Federal Farm Bill Expires

Federal Policy

Trump Touts Environmental Deregulation In Philadelphia

Flooding/Severe Weather

Flash Flooding Closes Roads In Allegheny County, Some Rescued In Pittsburgh

Flooding Closes Brentwood Schools Near Pittsburgh, Power Outage Delays Start At Shaler High

10 Tornadoes Confirmed Across PA During Tuesday Storms

Thanking First Responders For Help During Flooding In Schuylkill County

Work On Solomon Creek Flood Wall Project Begins In W-B

Prep Work For Solomon Creek Flood Wall Project To Begin Monday

24-day Gloom Streak Ends, September Joins Top 5 Rainiest In Philadelphia

EF-2 Tornado Tears Through Conneautville, Crawford County

Conneautville Elder-Care Community Hit By Tornado

Flooding - Hurricanes

PA Task Force 1 Members Return Home After Helping Hurricane-Devastated Carolinas

Despite Post-Hurricane Harvey Promise, Trump Has Not Replaced Flood Building Standards

Barranquitas, Puerto Rico Rebuilt After Maria But Not Ready For Another Storm

Forests

Schneck: Beautiful PA: Farmlands Offer Early Color Ahead Of Fall Foliage

Schneck: Fall Foliage Season In PA: Wait For It

Fall Colors Expected To Be Later, Duller Than Usual

Official: Warm, Wet Temps Dim Fall Glow

PA Fall Road Trip: 10 Scenic Towns You Should Visit This Season

11 Breathtaking Overlooks You Can Drive To In PA For Fall Foliage

PA Urges Lancaster Business Operating In NY To Get Training On Spotted Lanternflies

Editorial: More Trees In Philadelphia Can Help With Climate Change

Forests - Wildfires

Fire Ecologists Say More Fires Should Be Left To Burn, So Why Aren’t They?

Geologic Hazards

Landslide Closes Washington County Road In Same Area Previous Slides Damaged Homes

Green Infrastructure

Crable: Lancaster County Presents Bold New Plan To Reduce Water Pollution, Asks More Of All Sectors

DEP Tours Wyoming County Farms

Health

ER Nurses Seeking More Health Issues Linked To Climate Change

Lake Erie

Study: Economic Benefits Of Great Lakes Restoration Benefit Erie

Rep. Sonney Re-Elected To Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus

Land Conservation

More Than 1,600 Acres Of Forest Protected In Perry County

Crable: Nearly 1,000 Wooded Acres Along Susquehanna River Will Be Preserved In Lancaster

Lower Macungie Buys 190 Acres Of Farmland For Preservation

Upper Macungie Agrees To See Farmland Rights To 25 Acres To County

Koval: Hike In The Thomas Darling Nature Preserve Near Wilkes-Barre

Barnes’ Dream: Lower Merion Garden Entrusted To St. Joe’s University

Congress Debates Fix After Land & Water Conservation Fund Lapses

Letter: Protect The Federal Land And Water Conservation Fund

Editorial: Revive, Fully Fund Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund

Editorial: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Deserves To Remain

Land Recycling

Hazelwood Green Site May Try Spec Building

Tech Firm To Take Space In Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment

Redevelopment Of Hazelwood Green Mill Site Moves Forward

Green Space To Buffer Brownfield Development In Jeannette, Hearing Wednesday

Editorial: Brownfields Boost? Hopefully History Will Repeat In Williamsport

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Lackawanna County Hosting Tire Recycling Events Oct. 6, 13

Clinton County CleanScapes To Host Forestland Beautification

With No Cash For Trash, Philadelphia Mulls Partnerships With Private Groups

Kummer: Litter Detectives Stymied By Illegal Dumping On Philly’s River Banks

Op-Ed: Philly’s Litter Problem No Mystery.  Why Won’t City Hall Step Up And Solve It?

Mine Reclamation

Ligonier Coal Company Honored For Mine Reclamation

Wilkes-Barre School District Looking To Build School On Old Mine Site

EPCAMR Grant Will Help Wilkes-Barre Area Students Grow

Ohio River

AP: Ohio River Agency Holds Off Vote On Dropping Pollution Rules

Editorial: ORSANCO Scheme To Deregulate Ohio River Cannot Be Justified

Oil & Gas

Editorial: Power Vested In DRBC To Protect Watershed From Fracking

Allegheny Front: Ohio Residents Fed Up With PA Fracking Wastewater

Hopey: Plum Residents Upset Over Proposed Drilling Waste Disposal Well In Their Town

Frazier: Proposed Drilling Waste Injection Well Gets A Hearing Near Pittsburgh

House Environment Committee Set To Meet Oct. 9 On Natural Gas Royalty Bill

Cusick: House Panel To Take Up Gas Royalty Bill, But Not The One Advocates Hoped For

5 New Gas Wells Coming To Upper Burrell Drilling Site

UGI Faces $2M Penalty For 2017 House Explosion In Lancaster County

PUC Seeks $2.1 Million Fine In Fatal 2017 UGI Gas Explosion In Lancaster

UGI Facing $2 Million Fine For Fatal Gas Blast In Lancaster County

Fire Erupts After Contractor Hits Natural Gas Line In Bethel Park

Worley & Obetz Bankruptcy Trustee Eyes Assets Of Obetz Family, Others

Op-Ed: Natural Gas Driving Force Behind PA Manufacturing Growth

U.S. Natural Gas Exports For 2018 More Than Double For 2017

Zinke Talks Natural Gas Exports, Pipeline Constraints In PA Visit

Pipelines

Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Gets Green Light To Operate Starting Saturday

Cusick: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Goes Into Full Operation This Weekend

Hurdle: Numerous Unresolved PUC, DEP Regulatory Issues Delay Opening Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Phillips: Mariner East 2 Pipeline: What Are Natural Gas Liquids And What Happens If they Leak?

Trump Administration Tackles Pipeline Cybersecurity

Trump Nominates Coal, Nuclear Bailout Support To FERC

Trump Nominates DOE’s McNamee To FERC

Zinke Talks Natural Gas Exports, Pipeline Constraints In PA Visit

Williams Pipeline CEO Compliments PA’s Regulatory Climate

Radiation Protection

Murphy: Nuclear Safety Advocates Call Attention To Waste Nuclear Plants Leave Behind

PSEG Affirms It Will Shut Down Nuclear Plants In NJ Unless It Gets Subsidy

Sisk: Russian Military Targeted PA Nuclear Power Company In Hacking Scheme

Westinghouse Among Targets Of Alleged Russian Cyber Spies

Russian Hackers Indicted For Targeting Nuclear Firm Westinghouse Electric

Trump Nominates Coal, Nuclear Bailout Support To FERC

Trump Nominates DOE’s McNamee To FERC

Trump’s EPA Moving To Loosen Radiation Limits, Experts Say

Recreation

Schneck: Beautiful PA: Farmlands Offer Early Color Ahead Of Fall Foliage

Schneck: Fall Foliage Season In PA: Wait For It

Official: Warm, Wet Temps Dim Fall Glow

Fall Colors Expected To Be Later, Duller Than Usual

Seven Super Autumn Hikes In Eastern PA

Slow Start To Fall Foliage In Erie, Crawford Counties

Sunday Walks Will Explore Penn’s Woods

Koval: Hike In The Thomas Darling Nature Preserve Near Wilkes-Barre

Erie County Master Gardeners Grow Pumpkin Walk

Philadelphia Is About To Get More Bike Friendly

What Does It Take To Build A Bike Lane In Philadelphia

PA Fall Road Trip: 10 Scenic Towns You Should Visit This Season

11 Breathtaking Overlooks You Can Drive To In PA For Fall Foliage

Frye: Homemade Fire Starters Can Really Help Get That Campfire Going

Final Phase Of Wilkes-Barre Levee Trail Repairs Start Wednesday

Oil Region Alliance Acquires Standard Oil Mansion In Titusville

Oct. 5 Take Five Friday Without Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Missing Young Man’s Body Found In Linn Run State Park

Congress Debates Fix After Land & Water Conservation Fund Lapses

Letter: Protect The Federal Land And Water Conservation Fund

Editorial: Revive, Fully Fund Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund

Recycling/Waste

Lackawanna County Hosting Tire Recycling Events Oct. 6, 13

Renewable Energy

Western PA Solar Tour Oct. 6 Features Stops In Washington County

C-PACE Alliance Tapped To Help Design C-PACE Program For Local Governments In PA

PJM Renewables Future Includes Significant Chunk Of Corporate Procurement

Stormwater

Scranton Still Evaluating Stormwater Management Plan Fee

Wastewater Facilities

Monroeville Authority In Line For Nearly $395K In Grants For Sewer Lining Projects

Watershed Protection

Crable: Lancaster County Presents Bold New Plan To Reduce Water Pollution, Asks More Of All Sectors

DEP Tours Wyoming County Farms

Scranton Still Evaluating Stormwater Management Plan Fee

Editorial: ORSANCO Scheme To Deregulate Ohio River Cannot Be Justified

AP: Ohio River Agency Holds Off Vote On Dropping Pollution Rules

Study: Economic Benefits Of Great Lakes Restoration Benefit Erie

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 5 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Officials Plan To Vaccinate Raccoons In Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

AP: 2 More Rabid Raccoons Found In Pittsburgh Area

Changing Weather Will Influence Erie-Area Bird Migration

Philadelphia’s Glass Skyline Is Killing Birds, New Fairmount Park Building Has A Solution

Fishing Line Around Blue Heron’s Leg Has McDade Park Staff, Guests Concerned

3 Bat Species Could Be Listed As Endangered

Crable: Jesse Rothacker Works To Improve The Reputation Of Reptiles

Schneck: What Do Rattlesnakes, Other Reptiles Do In The Fall?

Buffalo Creek Watershed Assn. Holds Oct. 11 Meet Reptiles, Amphibians In Washington County

With Opening Of The Discovery Center, Public Can Explore Hidden Reservoir  In East Fairmount Park

West Nile/Zika Virus

Why It Could Be Worst-Ever Year For West Nile Virus In PA, What You Can Do

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10/8/2018