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Sunday NewsClips

Study: Westmoreland Could Help Save Chesapeake Bay By Absorbing More Cattle, Manure

Franklin County Farmers Agree To Manage Manure After Visit From Regulators

Wyoming Valley Property Owners Receive New Stormwater Fee Notices

500 York County Residents Sign Petition Opposing Stormwater Authority

Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant Emissions Steam, Water DEP Says

Rep. Everett Sets Meeting On PGE Water Withdrawal, Pipeline Project In Lycoming

Upper Bucks Residents Fight Proposed Adelphia Gas Pipeline Project

Keystone Landfill Opponents Appeal To Commonwealth Court Over Zoning Issue

Lackawanna County Parks & Recreation Director Resigns

First Snowy Owl Of Season Spotted On Presque Isle In Erie

Sunday - National/International

Allegheny Front: For Struggling Ohio Town Haz. Waste Incinerator Brought Jobs, Now It’s Happening Again

AP: EPA To Eliminate Protection For 60% Of Waterways, 50% Of Wetlands

Politics

Micek: 4 Questions With New House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler [Regulatory “Reform” ]

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Air

AP: Gov. Wolf Eyes Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Climate Plan

Cusick: Wolf On Climate Change: We Are Having Real Problems

Frazier: U.S. Steel Claims Air Pollution Order Could Cost It $400M In Allegheny County

Hopey: Testimony Begins In U.S. Steel Appeal Of Coal Coking Works Enforcement Order

EQB To Consider Proposes Increases In Air Quality NPDES, Water Quality Permit Fees Dec. 18

Editorial: Use Nuclear Power Plant Issue For Clean Air Push

Op-Ed: We Can Breathe Easier-- Literally-- Thanks To President George H.W. Bush

Alternative Fuels

Westmoreland Transit To Roll Out 2 New Natural Gas-Powered Buses

Trump’s GM Threats Put Electric Vehicles At Risk

EPA Finalizes RFS Volumes For 2019, Biomass-Based Diesel Volumes For 2020

EPA Boosts RFS Volumes, Industry Concerned About More Refinery Waivers

Awards & Recognition

Lackawanna River Nominated For 2019 River Of The Year
Editorial: Vote For Lackawanna River Of The Year For Rebirth

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Spotted Lanternfly Causing Havoc In PA, Why It Will Be In Centre County Eventually

Call For Proposals: 2019 Natural Areas Conference, Oct. 8-10 In Pittsburgh

AP: Hunt For Hellbenders Is Part Of Broader Plan To Protect Them

Budget

Lancaster Farming: Can PA Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals?

EQB To Consider Proposes Increases In Air Quality NPDES, Water Quality Permit Fees Dec. 18

November State Revenue Collections $95.5 Million Above Estimate; $333.6M Above Estimates Year-To-Date

Fayette, Somerset Counties Benefit From Federal Water Infrastructure Loans

Op-Ed: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund, Greatest Conservation Program No One Ever Heard Of

Editorial: Congress Must Fix Our Decaying National Parks

Chesapeake Bay

CBF-PA: Farm Conservation Plans Are Important, But Farmers Struggle To Implement Those Plans

Lancaster Farming: Can PA Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals?

Bay Journal: Multifunction Stream Buffers Offer Food For Thought For PA Farms

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Receives NFWF Grant To Expand Rotational Grazing

Crable: New Round Of Inspections Show Two-Thirds Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Farmers Have Runoff Plans

Thompson: Project To Limit Harmful Run-Off From Turkey Hill Supplier Farms Gets Boost

Crable: Farmers, Groups, Turkey Hill To Get $6.5M In Water Quality Funding

Stream Buffer Project Completed In Blair County By Trout Unlimited, Conservation District Volunteers

Lancaster Farming: Stream Buffers Make Financial Sense

Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Partners Plant 14.81 Acres Of Forest Buffer In PA

DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: Lancaster County’s Watershed Planning

Who’s Responsible For Plastic Tree Tubes Along Lancaster County Creek?

Months After Storms, Chesapeake Bay Debris Cleanup Presses On

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Citizen Action

PEC, Blue Ridge High School Team Up To Cleanup Milford Dumpsite In Susquehanna County

Wilkes U. Students Help Clean Susquehanna Warrior Trail

Stonehedge Marks New Chapter With Earthship Greenhouse In Tamaqua

Climate

AP: Gov. Wolf: Cap-And-Trade Climate Plan May Be Something PA Should Adopt

AP: Gov. Wolf Eyes Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Climate Plan

Cusick: Wolf On Climate Change: We Are Having Real Problems

Legere: Draft PA Climate Plan Update Envisions Dramatic Shift In PA’s Energy Mix

Role Of Coal, Natural Gas, Nuclear Power Questioned In DEP Climate Plan Update

Cusick: Auditor General To Look At State Response To Climate Change

Auditor General On Climate Change: Future Generations Will Ask Did They Do Something?

Auditor General To Review Climate Change’s Likely Impact In PA

Hopey: Paris To Pittsburgh Documentary Puts Pittsburgh In Leading Role In Climate Change Efforts

Philly Affirms Commitment To Reduce Climate-Changing Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Crable: 2018 Could Become Wettest In 104 Years

Here’s What Made 2018 Wettest Year On Record In State College Area

Letter: Are Local Governments Ready For Floods From A Warming Climate?

Letter: Is It Time To Sell The Beach House?

Op-Ed: Why It’s Important To Curtail Methane Leaks From Oil & Gas Facilities

Editorial: We Must Act Aggressively And Immediately On Climate Change

WVU Climate Conference: Switch From Coal To Gas To Reduce Emissions

Portrait Of A Planet On The Verge Of Climate Catastrophe

High Stakes As International Climate Conference Begins

Climate Diaspora Trying To Save Paris Climate Agreement From Trump

UN Chief: Climate Change Is Most Important Issue We Face

Coal Looms Large As Climate Change Talks Begin In Poland

Climate Talks Shift To Nitty-Gritty Details Of Paris Accord

Global Carbon Emissions Jump To All-Time High In 2018

Climate Reality Check: Global Carbon Pollution Up In 2019

Why The Climate Change Problem Is Starting To Look Too Big To Solve

[2015 Article] Holding Warming Under 2 Degrees C - It May Already Be Too Late

EIA: U.S. Coal Consumption Lowest In 29 Years

U.S. Clean Coal Program Fails To Deliver On Promised Smog Cuts

EPA Outlines Rule Change To Encourage New Coal-Fired Power Plants

EPA Announces Plan To Weaken Greenhouse Gas Rule

Coal Mining

Picric Acid Discovered In Old Mining Medical Kits In Hazleton

Eckley Miners’ Village Museum Invites Visitors To See A Coal Miner’s Christmas

Preservation Society Seeks To Secure Historic Mine Lokie In Wilkes Barre

UMW To Observe Robena Mine Disaster Of 1962

Coal Looms Large As Climate Change Talks Begin In Poland

Compliance Actions

Frazier: U.S. Steel Claims Air Pollution Order Could Cost It $400M In Allegheny County

Hopey: Testimony Begins In U.S. Steel Appeal Of Coal Coking Works Enforcement Order

Compliance Assistance

Widener/DEP Partnership Aimed At Helping Small Businesses

Delaware River

Delaware River Basin Commission Winter Photo Contest Begins Dec. 21

Dec. 7 Delaware RiverKeeper RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

DEP: New Water System Completed For 700 Residents Affected By Industrial Pollution In Lackawanna County

Allegheny Front: PFAS-What Is This Stuff? And Why Should You Care?

Boil Water Advisory Lifted In Part Of Bucks County

Maykuth: Pennsbury School To Reopen Monday In Bucks, But Boil Water Remains In Force

Mechanical Issues Blamed For Boil Water Advisory In Bucks County

University Of Scranton Classes Resume After Water Main Break

Longtime King’s College Prof Who Helped Curb 1980s Giardiasis Outbreak To Retire

Fayette, Somerset Counties Benefit From Federal Water Infrastructure Loans

Economic Development

Opposition Growing Against Natural Gas Pipeline To Supply Beaver Ethane Plant

Education

PEC, Blue Ridge High School Team Up To Cleanup Milford Dumpsite In Susquehanna County

Wilkes U. Students Help Clean Susquehanna Warrior Trail

Schneck: Active, Bright Meteor Shower Will Peak Dec. 13-14

Environmental Charter School Teachers Call For Union Representation

PA Environmental Educators Call For Workshop Proposals For 2019 Conference March 18-19

Emergency Response

Picric Acid Discovered In Old Mining Medical Kits In Hazleton

Energy

Editorial: Use Nuclear Power Plant Issue For Clean Air Push

Crable: Some Still Cut, Split, Stack Firewood To Have Real Fires In Their Homes

PJM Electric Grid Operator Says Members Prepared To Meet Winter Electricity Demand

Trump’s GM Threats Put Electric Vehicles At Risk

U.S. EIA: November U.S. Natural Gas Prices Increased Beyond Previous Market Expectations

U.S. Electric Power Outages In 2017 Doubled In Duration: EIA Faults Large Storms

U.S. Senate Confirms McNamee To FERC On Party Line Vote

Energy Conservation

Agencies Help Heat Homes In Blair County

Environmental Heritage

Preservation Society Seeks To Secure Historic Mine Lokie In Wilkes Barre

UMW To Observe Robena Mine Disaster Of 1962

Farming

Wolf: Luzerne County Farmers May Be Eligible For Federal Disaster Funding

CBF-PA: Farm Conservation Plans Are Important, But Farmers Struggle To Implement Those Plans

Lancaster Farming: Stream Buffers Make Financial Sense

EDF Blog: New Resource Available To Help Dairy Industry Clean Up Local Watersheds

Thompson: Project To Limit Harmful Run-Off From Turkey Hill Supplier Farms Gets Boost

Crable: Farmers, Groups, Turkey Hill To Get $6.5M In Water Quality Funding

DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: Lancaster County’s Watershed Planning

Westmoreland Farmer Grows Ag Legacy As State Industry Leader

PASA: Exploring Connections Between Soil Health & Nutrition At Blackberry Meadows Farm

PASA: Too Much Of A Good Thing: Compost Brings Phosphorus Challenges To Red Earth Farm

PASA: Stuck In A Rut: Stagnant Organic Matter Levels At Bending Bridge Farm

Flooding

Wolf: Luzerne County Farmers May Be Eligible For Federal Disaster Funding

Lancaster Farming: Stream Buffers Make Financial Sense

Can Pittsburgh Region’s Infrastructure Handle All The Precipitation?

Crable: 2018 Could Become Wettest In 104 Years

Here’s What Made 2018 Wettest Year On Record In State College Area

Solomon Creek Flood Wall Ahead Of Schedule In Luzerne

Forests

Schneck: Which PA Counties Grow The Most Christmas Trees?

Westmoreland Recycling Sites Will Accept Live Christmas Trees

Forests - Wildfire

Up To 8 Million Tons Of Debris Needs To Be Dealt With After Northern CA Wildfire

Tale Of 2 Wildfires: Devastation Highlights California’s Stark Divide

AP: Residents Head Back Into California Town Leveled By Wildfire

Children Return To School 3 Weeks After California Wildfires

Green Infrastructure

Crable: New Round Of Inspections Show Two-Thirds Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Farmers Have Runoff Plans

CBF-PA: Farm Conservation Plans Are Important, But Farmers Struggle To Implement Those Plans

Lancaster Farming: Stream Buffers Make Financial Sense

Stream Buffer Project Completed In Blair County By Trout Unlimited, Conservation District Volunteers

EPCAMR NFWF Grant To Help Develop Green Infrastructure Space Plans In Wilkes-Barre

Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Partners Plant 14.81 Acres Of Forest Buffer In PA

EDF Blog: New Resource Available To Help Dairy Industry Clean Up Local Watersheds

Thompson: Project To Limit Harmful Run-Off From Turkey Hill Supplier Farms Gets Boost

Crable: Farmers, Groups, Turkey Hill To Get $6.5M In Water Quality Funding

DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: Lancaster County’s Watershed Planning

Who’s Responsible For Plastic Tree Tubes Along Lancaster County Creek?

Can Pittsburgh Region’s Infrastructure Handle All The Precipitation?

PASA: Exploring Connections Between Soil Health & Nutrition At Blackberry Meadows Farm

PASA: Too Much Of A Good Thing: Compost Brings Phosphorus Challenges To Red Earth Farm

PASA: Stuck In A Rut: Stagnant Organic Matter Levels At Bending Bridge Farm

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

DEP: New Water System Completed For 700 Residents Affected By Industrial Pollution In Lackawanna County

Allegheny Front: PFAS-What Is This Stuff? And Why Should You Care?

Hazardous Substances

Op-Ed: Philly Should Avoid Lead Paint Litigation That Will Devastate Property Values

U.S. Office Of Lead Hazard Control & Healthy Homes Has Additional Funding Available

Allegheny Front: PFAS-What Is This Stuff? And Why Should You Care?

Land Conservation

Pocono Heritage Land Trust Adds New Pomeroy McMichaels Creek Nature Preserve In Monroe County

$1.5 Million Secured For Open Space Preservation In Chester County

Call For Proposals: 2019 Natural Areas Conference, Oct. 8-10 In Pittsburgh

Op-Ed: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund, Greatest Conservation Program No One Ever Heard Of

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PEC, Blue Ridge High School Team Up To Cleanup Milford Dumpsite In Susquehanna County

Philly Litter Czar Says New Street Sweeping Program Coming In 2019

Mine Reclamation

Swoyersville Residents Concerned About Impact Of Trucks Hauling Coal Waste For Reclamation Project

Oil & Gas

Public Not Notified Of 4,200 Gallon Drilling Brine Spill In Lycoming County

Dallas Twp Approves New Zoning Limiting Natural Gas Operations

Op-Ed: Why It’s Important To Curtail Methane Leaks From Oil & Gas Facilities

Op-Ed: Time To Tighten Reporting On How Local Governments Spend Act 13 Drilling Fees

Editorial: Regulations, Ruling On Gas Drilling Are Encouraging Developments

StateImpact Podcast: Saudi America, What You Might Not Know About The Fracking Industry

Westmoreland Transit To Roll Out 2 New Natural Gas-Powered Buses

Cold Snap Raises Questions About Columbia Gas Heating Bills In Washington County

PUC Cuts Columbia Gas Rate Hike In Half

UGI North Customers Will See Slightly Higher Gas Bills

UGI Customers In Lehigh Valley To See 11% Drop In Gas Bills

Philly Gas Commission OKs PGW’s LNG Plant Venture

Litvak: Diversified’s Deal With WV To Plug Abandoned Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Shows Rules Need To Change

U.S. Dept. Of Energy Supports Ethane Storage Hub In Appalachian Region

U.S. EIA: November U.S. Natural Gas Prices Increased Beyond Previous Market Expectations

Delaware Opposes U.S. Effort To Search For Oil Beneath Ocean Surface

Fmr Worley & Obetz Executives To Stand Trial

Permitting

EQB To Consider Proposes Increases In Air Quality NPDES, Water Quality Permit Fees Dec. 18

Pipelines

Delaware County Pipelines Risk Study Finds Risk Less Than Fatal Car Crash, House Fire

Hurdle: Delaware County Study: Pipeline Blast Could Be Devastating, But Risk Is Low

PA Supreme Court Denies Appeal Of Case Challenging Mariner East Pipeline Eminent Domain, But A Challenge Remains

PA Supreme Court Upholds Mariner East 2 Pipeline Right To Use Eminent Domain

Upper Bucks Residents Lob Adelphia Pipeline Complaints At DEP Hearing

$500M Project To Expand Leidy South Pipeline Project Proposed

Crable: Homeowners Along Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Route Shocked To Find Threats Of Liens In Mail As A Result Of Bankruptcy Case

Crable: Landowners Along Mariner East 2 Pipeline Route No Longer Facing Liens

Opposition Growing Against Natural Gas Pipeline To Supply Beaver Ethane Plant

Dec. 12 FERC Public Meeting On Transco Pipeline In Clinton County

Lebanon County Gets $700,000 From Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fines To Help With Stormwater Projects

U.S. Senate Confirms McNamee To FERC On Party Line Vote

Radiation Protection

AP: Gov. Wolf Eyes Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Climate Plan

Editorial: Use Nuclear Power Plant Issue For Clean Air Push

Three Mile Island, Peach Bottom Nuclear Plants To Test Sirens This Week

Recreation

Op-Ed: Recreation And Parks’ Internet Of Things

Wilkes U. Students Help Clean Susquehanna Warrior Trail

Greenfield Twp., Blair County Receives Grant To Upgrade Park Facilities

Study Lays Foundation For Centre County Bike Trail

Pittsburgh’s Healthy Ride Bike-Sharing Expanding After Rough Stretch

DCNR Gives $650K To Improve Parks, Trails Around York County

RiverLife, Pittsburgh, DCNR Open Riverfront Trail Network

Lackawanna River Nominated For 2019 River Of The Year

Editorial: Vote For Lackawanna River Of The Year For Rebirth

Dec. 7 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Op-Ed: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund, Greatest Conservation Program No One Ever Heard Of

Editorial: Congress Must Fix Our Decaying National Parks

Recycling/Waste

City of HBG Close To Signing Renegotiated Penn Waste Recycling Contract

Westmoreland Recycling Sites Will Accept Live Christmas Trees

Wilkes-Barre To Extend Yard Waste Pickup

Renewable Energy

PA Solar Center Invites Responses To FRP To Assist Nonprofit Groups In Converting To Solar Energy

Sustainability

Stonehedge Marks New Chapter With Earthship Greenhouse In Tamaqua

Watershed Protection

Save The Date! Statewide Watershed Connections Conference Feb. 24-25 In State College

CBF-PA: Farm Conservation Plans Are Important, But Farmers Struggle To Implement Those Plans

Lancaster Farming: Can PA Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals?

Crable: New Round Of Inspections Show Two-Thirds Of Chesapeake Bay Watershed Farmers Have Runoff Plans

Stream Buffer Project Completed In Blair County By Trout Unlimited, Conservation District Volunteers

Lancaster Farming: Stream Buffers Make Financial Sense

EPCAMR NFWF Grant To Help Develop Green Infrastructure Space Plans In Wilkes-Barre

Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay, Partners Plant 14.81 Acres Of Forest Buffer In PA

EDF Blog: New Resource Available To Help Dairy Industry Clean Up Local Watersheds

Thompson: Project To Limit Harmful Run-Off From Turkey Hill Supplier Farms Gets Boost

Crable: Farmers, Groups, Turkey Hill To Get $6.5M In Water Quality Funding

DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: Lancaster County’s Watershed Planning

Who’s Responsible For Plastic Tree Tubes Along Lancaster County Creek?

Months After Storms, Chesapeake Bay Debris Cleanup Presses On

Lackawanna River Nominated For 2019 River Of The Year

Editorial: Vote For Lackawanna River Of The Year For Rebirth

Can Pittsburgh Region’s Infrastructure Handle All The Precipitation?

AP: Hunt For Hellbenders Is Part Of Broader Plan To Protect Them

EQB To Consider Proposes Increases In Air Quality NPDES, Water Quality Permit Fees Dec. 18

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Wildlife

2019 Pennsylvania Fishing Licenses Now On Sale

AP: Hunt For Hellbenders Is Part Of Broader Plan To Protect Them

Deer Program Helps Feed The Hungry

Deer Processors, Hunters Adjust To Chronic Wasting Disease Rules

Lewonczyk: Times Have Changed In Hunting Community

Western PA Taxidermists Busy Creating Works Of Art

Game Warden Attacked While Probing Hunting Violation Report

2 Charged With Attacking Game Commission Officer

Now You Can Binge Watch The York County Bald Eagle Cam’s New Season

Allegheny County’s North Park Could Be Latest Home For Bald Eagles

2 Bald Eagle Nests In Pittsburgh Collapsed, But Birds Are Rebuilding

Schneck: Prime Season For Backyard Birder Takes Flight

Schneck: Northern Birds Rarely Seen In PA Are Showing Up Here

Erie: Since Snow, Bird Feeders Have Been Active With Uncommon Winter Birds

Outdoor Economy Is Shifting The Way We Think About Spending Time Outside

Op-Ed: The Politics Of Hunting And Fishing

AP: Dept. Of Interior To Ease Oil Drilling Controls Protecting Imperiled Bird

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12/10/2018