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Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.

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Sunday NewsClips

Litvak: CNX Reports Well Casing Issue Likely Cause Of Out Of Control Utica Gas Well In Westmoreland

Susquehanna River Ice Poses Flooding Risk - Photos

Green Projects Key In Lancaster’s Task Of Meeting EPA Stormwater Mandates

Candidate For Lycoming County Commissioner Pledges To Continue Work On Chesapeake Bay Initiative

Steelworkers Heckle Black State Rep At Air Quality Crisis Hearing In Pittsburgh

Letter: Spend Money On Climate Crisis (Controlling Gas Wells), Not Risky Schemes

Bad Recycling Market Driving Western PA Surge In Garbage Rates

Market Decline, Glut Of Unusable Products Threaten Recycling Programs [Wilkes-Barre]

Letter: Recycling Is About Saving The Planet, Not Making A Profit [Erie]

Editorial: Retrain Recyclers [Scranton]

Push For Playgrounds In Philadelphia Brings People Together

Vandals Create Big Problems At Scenic Upper Mount Bethel Overlook

South Mountain Group Holds Power Of Partnership Breakfast On South Mountain Landscape Initiatives

Keystone State Park Vistas Inspire Award-Winning Westmoreland Photographer

Kids Who Spend Time Outdoors In Natural Light At Least 2 Hours A Day Are 3 Times LESS LIKELY To Become Nearsighted: The Pulse - What Keeps Kids Healthy (31 minutes in).

Paez: Changes To PA Hunting Laws Could Buck Tradition, But Attract More To The Sport

Blair County Hunters Demand Answers On Chronic Wasting Disease

Bald Eagle Nest Viewing Area Created In North Park, Allegheny County, Fines For Anyone Disturbing The Nest

Sunday - National/International

Bucks County Republican Congressman Joins Dems To Snub Trump On Climate Change

Op-Ed: Coal Enters A New Era In 2019 Well Positioned To Continue Role In Baseload Generation

Politics

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Air

PaEN: DEP Orders Erie (Coal) Coke Corp. To Submit Control Plan To Resolve Online Air Quality Violations

DEP Orders Erie Coke To Address Numerous Violations

PaEN: Senate, House Democratic Policy Committees Hear Testimony On Improving Air Quality In Allegheny County

Sisk: Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Hearing Draws Suggestions, Criticism Over Fire Response

Residents Pack Meeting With Lawmakers About Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

Steelworkers Heckle Black State Rep At Air Quality Crisis Hearing In Pittsburgh

Allegheny Health Dept. Enforcement Action Coming On Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

Allegheny County Officials Meet With Health Dept. To Discuss Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire

High Levels Of Sulfur Dioxide Detected Again Near Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

High Level Of Sulfur Dioxide Recorded Monday In Braddock Area

Officials: Temperature Swings Cause Poor Air Quality In Allegheny County

Inversions Also Cause Of Air Quality Issues In Pittsburgh Area

Op-Ed: Allegheny County Health Dept. Must Address Poor Air Quality - Clean Air Council

Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant To Receive Acid Rain Permit Capping Emissions

Air Quality Action Day Alert Issued For 20 Pennsylvania Counties Earlier Last Week

PA Landfills Are Making NJ Smell Like A Rotten Egg Residents Say

PaEN: Register Now For Clean Air Council Run For Clean Air In Philadelphia April 20

PaEN: Defend Our Future Student Leaders, Elected Officials In Philadelphia Push For Continued Reduction Of Mercury Pollution, Oppose Federal Rollback

Awards & Recognition

PaEN: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Honors 2019 Award Winners

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

PaEN: Mid-Atlantic Panel On Aquatic Invasive Species Accepting Small Grant Proposals

PaEN: Penn State Extension Offers Free Online Spotted Lanternfly Permit Training For Businesses

Budget

PaEN: Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Urges Support For INCREASED Funding For Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Fund

PaEN: WPCAMR Abandoned Mine Post: Growing Greener May Lose From Governor’s Proposed Budget

$1 Billion Needed To Fix State Parks, Forests Infrastructure, Pay For Maintenance

State Parks, Forest Advocates Calling For Action On Funding

Editorial: Respect State Parks: Report Cites Urgent Need For Improvements

Meyer: What’s Within Reach In Wolf’s Budget Plan, And What’s Not

PaEN: Gov. Wolf Proposes To Shift $75.7 Million From Environmental Funds To Pay Operating, Other Costs Making Passage Of His Restore PA Initiative Vital To Support Community-Based Projects

PaEN: CBF-PA Sees 2019-20 State Budget As Key To Meeting Pennsylvania's Clean Water Commitments

McKelvey: Environmental Protection Relies On Money That May Not Materialize

Caruso: Environmental Advocates Worry Over Creative Math In Wolf’s Budget

Micek: Math Is Hard, State Budget Math Is Harder [DEP, DCNR Funding]

Editorial: No Avoiding Stormwater Mandate, Wyoming Authority Needs A Better Handle On Financial Needs

PaEN: House Appropriations Committee Holds DEP, DCNR Budget Hearings Feb. 14

Wolf To Unveil Budget With Familiar Call For Severance Tax, But With A Twist

Letter: PA Should Lease Land To Drill Natural Gas To Improve Parks

Editorial: Natural Gas Severance Tax Must Solve Problem To Be Worth Fallout

Wolf Seeks More Money For Agriculture Programs

MS4 Stormwater Deadlines Ahead, With Big Price Tag (Lycoming County)

PA’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Expires Next Year, Should It Be Expanded?

PaEN: The Nature Conservancy: U.S. Senate Takes First Steps Toward Reauthorizing Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund

Op-Ed: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Needs To Be Reauthorized - DCNR Secretary Dunn

Letter: Green Spaces, Parks Are Invaluable Assets In Pennsylvania

National Parks Struggle With Up To $11 Million In Revenue Loss From Shutdown

PA To Get $30 Million In Federal Money To Repair Flood-Damaged Roads

Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: New Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans On Scheduled Despite Federal Shutdown

PaEN: EPA Accepting Grant Applications For Help To Develop Plan To Offset Lack Of Sediment Trapping Capacity Of Conowingo Dam

Codorus Creek Makeover Plans Unveiled In York

PAEN: York Conservation District Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop March 1

MS4 Stormwater Deadlines Ahead, With Big Price Tag (Lycoming County)

Residents Want Swoyersville To Fight Stormwater Fee

Editorial: No Avoiding Stormwater Mandate, Wyoming Authority Needs A Better Handle On Financial Needs

Bay Journal Op-Ed: Reducing Chesapeake Bay’s Nitrogen Will Lower Greenhouse Gas Level - Tom Horton

Candidate For Lycoming County Commissioner Pledges To Continue Work On Chesapeake Bay Initiative

PaEN: House State Government Committee OKs Bill Recognizing Eastern Hellbender Sending It To Full House For Action

PaEN: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Applauds Senate Passage Of Bill Designating The Hellbender As PA's State Amphibian

AP-Levy: Push Resumes To Recognize Hellbender As Official PA Amphibian

Schneck: What Is A Hellbender? And Why Do they Want To Protect It?

Expedition Chesapeake Film To Premiere At Whitaker Center In Harrisburg In March

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Citizen Action

PaEN: DEP Citizens Advisory Council Will Review Appalachian Regional Reforestation

AP: Cabot Oil Backs Off Demand To Have PA Man Thrown In Jail

PaEN: Lehigh Valley Sustainability Network Hosts Regional Water We Share Forum Feb. 28 In Bethlehem

PaEN: Reminder: Feb. 17 Info Session On Master Watershed Stewards Program In Chester Delaware Counties

PaEN: Monroe Master Watershed Stewards Hold Info Session On Feb. 9 In Stroudsburg

PaEN: Prairie Improvement Day At Jennings Environmental Center A Success In Butler County

Meet Western PA Conservancy Volunteer Alan Hunninen

Lackawanna Man Booting Up Local Climate Lobby Chapter

Allegheny Front: Empowering Kids To Take Action On Climate Change

PaEN: Making The Most Of Your Piece Of Nature: A Sustainable Backyard Workshop March 16 In Westmoreland County

PaEN: 17 In-Person Tree Tender Training Classes Being Offered For Volunteers In Pittsburgh, Southeast PA

PaEN: Your Feedback Wanted On The Datashed.org Water Quality Information Website

PaEN: Register Now For Clean Air Council Run For Clean Air In Philadelphia April 20

Bagenstose: Residents Rekindle Elcon Waste Facility Opposition

Frye: Brush Piles Easy Way To Help Wildlife, Spark Love Of The Outdoors

Climate

Allegheny Front: Empowering Kids To Take Action On Climate Change

Lackawanna Man Booting Up Local Climate Lobby Chapter

Op-Ed: Veterans Are Fighting Climate Change - Garett Reppenhagen

Op-Ed: Climate Action Has To Be The Major Benchmark For Environmental Progress In PA - Dan Grossman, EDF & Davitt Woodwell, PEC

Op-Ed: Gov. Wolf’s Climate Contradiction

Bay Journal Op-Ed: Reducing Chesapeake Bay’s Nitrogen Will Lower Greenhouse Gas Level - Tom Horton

Not A Climate Bill: Environmental Group Pans Proposed Nuclear Bailout Deal

Op-Ed: Gut-Checking Pennsylvania’s Climate Moment, Keeping Nuclear Power Plants Open

PaEN: New Poll: Republicans And Democrats Tend To Agree On Climate Change

PJM Official: Fuel Diversity Is Key Because Coal, Gas Both Have Limits

Caesars Entertainment Recognized As World Leader For Supplier Engagement On Climate Change

Bucks County Republican Congressman Joins Dems To Snub Trump On Climate Change

Congressional Democratic Green New Deal Calls For 100% Zero Carbon Power Within 10 Years

Congressional Democrats Unveil Green New Deal Resolution

PA Weighing In On Congressional Democrats’ New Green Deal

Op-Ed: How The Congressional Democrats’ Green New Deal Could Dramatically Alter Our Political Debate

Bagenstose: Bucks County Saw Most Rain Ever, Rising Temperatures In 2018

Severe U.S. Weather Took 247 Lives, Cost $91 Billion During Very Hot 2018 NOAA Says

AP: 2018 Was 4th Warmest Year On Record, Next 5 Could Break Records

Coal Mining

Litvak: WV Operator Of Cleanest, Most Modern Coal Plant Trying Diversifying To Gas, Solar

Litvak: Consol Says Market Will Use As Much Coal As It Can Produce

75 Years Ago: 2-Year Old Girl Swallowed By Mine Subsidence In Pittston

PaEN: Appalachian Regional Commission Accepting Applications For POWER Workforce, Economic Revitalization Grants

PJM Official: Fuel Diversity Is Key Because Coal, Gas Both Have Limits

Trump To Nominate Former Oil Lobbyist As The Next Interior Secretary

Trump Picks Ex-Oil Lobbyist David Bernhardt For Interior Secretary

PA Weighing In On Congressional Democrats’ New Green Deal

DCNR

PaEN: DCNR Blog: Stories Of Black History In PA State Parks, Forests

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Noah Lewis 16th Century Reenactor

PaEN: Feb. 6 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Delaware River

Kummer: Schuylkill Rowers Close Gap On Dredging Money, But Still Risk Losing Big Regattas

PaEN: Call For Presentations: 7th Annual Delaware River Watershed Forum Oct. 16-17 In Allentown

Editorial: Wolf Should Support Full Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin

Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 7 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

PaEN: PUC Approves 13 Percent Increase In Pittsburgh Water Authority Rates

PaEN: NRDC-Pittsburgh Agrees To Terms For Tackling Its Lead Contaminated Water

PUC OKs Nearly 14% Pittsburgh Water Authority Rate Increase

Pittsburgh Water Authority Will Pay $50 Million To Address Lead Service Line Crisis

AP: Pittsburgh Water Authority To Spend $50M to Replace Lead Pipes
Op-Ed: Real Culprit In Pittsburgh’s Lead Crisis: Veolia, Private Operations Management Company

Editorial: Attorney General’s Pittsburgh Water Authority Charges Show Need For Public Trust

Water Officials Keeping An Eye On Capacity As Development Increases In Lancaster

Project Will Allow Repair Of Pipeline That Carries Two-Thirds Of Lancaster City’s Water

Boil Water Advisory Issued For Potter, Raccoon In Beaver County

PaEN: PFAS Action Team Meets Feb. 12 In Montgomery County To Provide Updates, Hear Public Comments

Navy Responds To Questions About Soil Contaminated With PFAS

Hurdle: NJ DEP Says Feds Didn’t Consider Several Health Risks Before Approving PFAS Substitutes

EPA: Speculation About What EPA May Or May Not Do On PFAS Standard Is Premature

Economic Development

Fastest-Growing Jobs In PA Every Other State, Solar Panel Installers

Education

Fact: Kids Who Spend Time Outdoors In Natural Light At Least 2 Hours A Day Are 3 Times LESS LIKELY To Become Nearsighted: The Pulse - What Keeps Kids Healthy (31 minutes in).

Allegheny Front: Empowering Kids To Take Action On Climate Change

PaEN: PA Sea Grant: Lake Erie Shipboard Science Workshop For Teachers Now Accepting Applications

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment, Teacher Curriculum Guide Now Available

Saint Vincent Professors Working On Book About Fred Rogers The Environmentalist

PaEN: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA Applauds Senate Passage Of Bill Designating The Hellbender As PA's State Amphibian

AP-Levy: Push Resumes To Recognize Hellbender As Official PA Amphibian

Schneck: What Is A Hellbender? And Why Do they Want To Protect It?

Pittsburgh’s Citizen Science Lab On The Move With Second Location

Expedition Chesapeake Film To Premiere At Whitaker Center In Harrisburg In March

PaEN: House State Government Committee OKs Bill Recognizing Eastern Hellbender Sending It To Full House For Action

Emergency Response

Litvak: After 10 Days, Westmoreland Utica Gas Well Now Under Control; 9 Conventional Wells Saw Pressure Spikes

Westmoreland Residents Remain Concerned About Flaring, Ongoing Deep Gas Well Issue

PaEN: Litvak: DEP Monitoring Pressure Problem From Fracking Deep Gas Well In Westmoreland County

Litvak: DEP Monitoring Pressure Problem From Fracking Deep Gas Well In Westmoreland County, Crews Coming From Out Of State To Kill The Well

Energy

Fastest-Growing Jobs In PA Every Other State, Solar Panel Installers

PaEN: Sen. Aument, Rep. Mehaffie Circulate Co-Sponsor Memos On Bill To Update The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Help Save Nuclear Power Plants

Legere: Legislators Pitch A Bill To Rescue Pennsylvania’s Nuclear Power Plants

Crable: Legislators Make Their Move To Save Three Mile Island, Other Nuclear Plants From Closing

Cusick: Lawmakers Seek Support For Nuclear Bailout Bill

Rep. Mehaffie Seeking Co-Sponsors For Legislation To Preserve Three Mile Island

With Plant Shutdowns Looming, PA’s Nuclear Industry Braces For A Policy Showdown

Esack: Taxpayer-Funded Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Pushed In PA

Not A Climate Bill: Environmental Group Pans Proposed Nuclear Bailout Deal

FirstEnergy Highlights Nuclear Plants Performance During Recent Extreme Weather

FirstEnergy Submits Requests To NRC As Part Of Plan To Shutdown Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant

PaEN: Exelon: PA Nuclear Plants Operate At Full Power During Record-Breaking Polar Vortex: PJM Reported No Major Problems

Op-Ed: Importance, Strength Of PA’s Power Grid Shown During Recent Cold Spell

Op-Ed: Gov. Wolf’s Climate Contradiction

Op-Ed: Gut-Checking Pennsylvania’s Climate Moment, Keeping Nuclear Power Plants Open

New Ohio House Speaker Says Saving Nuclear Plants Benefits State

Op-Ed: Should Legislators Help Save Ohio Nuclear Plants? YES

Op-Ed: Should Legislators Help Save Ohio Nuclear Plants? NO

Litvak: WV Operator Of Cleanest, Most Modern Coal Plant Trying Diversifying To Gas, Solar

Maykuth: PECO To Pay Penalty For Shutting Off Electricity To Customers During Winter

Electric Companies Report Service Interruptions In Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties

After Complaints, Giant Utility Poles Will Be Removed, Line Buried In Hershey

Report: Polar Vortex Broke U.S. Natural Gas Consumption Record

PJM Official: Fuel Diversity Is Key Because Coal, Gas Both Have Limits

Bucks County Republican Congressman Joins Dems To Snub Trump On Climate Change

Congressional Democratic Green New Deal Calls For 100% Zero Carbon Power Within 10 Years

Congressional Democrats Unveil Green New Deal Resolution

PA Weighing In On Congressional Democrats’ New Green Deal

Nuclear Power Plants Can Have Small Role In Congressional Democrat Green New Deal

Op-Ed: How The Congressional Democrats’ Green New Deal Could Dramatically Alter Our Political Debate

PaEN: Defend Our Future Student Leaders, Elected Officials In Philadelphia Push For Continued Reduction Of Mercury Pollution, Oppose Federal Rollback

Energy Conservation

PaEN: PennTAP Hosts A Series Of Webinars, Workshops For Businesses On Energy, Sustainability Tools To Reduce Costs

PaEN: Wayne County-Based Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Program (SEEDS) Names Sandy Long Executive Director

U.S. DOE Move To Weaken Light Bulb Efficiency Standards Could Cost Consumers $12 Billion

Environmental History

PaEN: DCNR Blog: Stories Of Black History In PA State Parks, Forests

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Noah Lewis 16th Century Reenactor

PA’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Expires Next Year, Should It Be Expanded?

75 Years Ago: 2-Year Old Girl Swallowed By Mine Subsidence In Pittston

Farming

Rodale Institute Veteran Organic Farming Training Program Now Accepting Applications

Wolf Seeks More Money For Agriculture Programs

PAEN: York Conservation District Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop March 1

Planners Deny OK For Development Of Last Farm In Middletown, Bucks County

Schneck: Watch Ice Harvesting As It Was Done In The 1800s On PA Farms

Flooding

Ice Jam On Allegheny River In Armstrong County Starting To Break Up

Bathtub Section Of Pittsburgh Parkway To Close Due To Flooding

When The Fog Lifts, The Floods Might Come

Flood Watch Issued In Pittsburgh Region Through Friday Morning

Heavy Rain, Snowmelt Takes Financial Toll On Williamsport

PA To Get $30 Million In Federal Money To Repair Flood-Damaged Roads

Nearly $400,000 Rushbrook Creek Project To Expire Soon In Lackawanna

Codorus Creek Makeover Plans Unveiled In York

Homeowners To Benefit From Lycoming County’s New Floodplain Survey

Editorial: No Avoiding Stormwater Mandate, Wyoming Authority Needs A Better Handle On Financial Needs

Editorial: New Level Of Regional Thinking Needed On Levee In Lycoming County

Bagenstose: Bucks County Saw Most Rain Ever, Rising Temperatures In 2018

Forests

State Parks, Forest Advocates Calling For Action On Funding

Letter: PA Should Lease Land To Drill Natural Gas To Improve Parks

Editorial: Respect State Parks: Report Cites Urgent Need For Improvements

Yardley Boro Awarded Growing Greener Grant To Preserves Reading Ave. Woods

PaEN: 17 In-Person Tree Tender Training Classes Being Offered For Volunteers In Pittsburgh, Southeast PA

Forests - Wildfires

NPR: For Many Fire Evacuees, There’s Still No Going Back To Paradise, California

Geologic Hazards

2 Houses In Arlington Section Of Pittsburgh Evacuated Because Of Mudslide

4 Homes Evacuated In Pittsburgh After Thick, Gooey Mudslide

Tanger Outlets Crater Failure Of Stormwater System, Not Sinkhole, Due In Part To Heavy Rains

Green Infrastructure

MS4 Stormwater Deadlines Ahead, With Big Price Tag (Lycoming County)

Yardley Boro Awarded Growing Greener Grant To Preserves Reading Ave. Woods

Codorus Creek Makeover Plans Unveiled In York

PAEN: York Conservation District Writing Your Own Manure Management Plan Workshop March 1

Residents Want Swoyersville To Fight Stormwater Fee

In Depth Q&A On Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee

Editorial: No Avoiding Stormwater Mandate, Wyoming Authority Needs A Better Handle On Financial Needs

Murrysville Will Retrofit 13 More Stormwater Ponds To Comply With State’s Pollution Reduction Plan

Candidate For Lycoming County Commissioner Pledges To Continue Work On Chesapeake Bay Initiative

Nearly $400,000 Rushbrook Creek Project To Expire Soon In Lackawanna

Tanger Outlets Crater Failure Of Stormwater System, Not Sinkhole, Due In Part To Heavy Rains

PaEN: Making The Most Of Your Piece Of Nature: A Sustainable Backyard Workshop March 16 In Westmoreland County

PaEN: 17 In-Person Tree Tender Training Classes Being Offered For Volunteers In Pittsburgh, Southeast PA

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

Review Finds Harrison Twp Chemical Dump In Allegheny County Remains Contained

Hazardous Substances

Navy Responds To Questions About Soil Contaminated With PFAS

Hurdle: NJ DEP Says Feds Didn’t Consider Several Health Risks Before Approving PFAS Substitutes

EPA: Speculation About What EPA May Or May Not Do On PFAS Standard Is Premature

PaEN: Defend Our Future Student Leaders, Elected Officials In Philadelphia Push For Continued Reduction Of Mercury Pollution, Oppose Federal Rollback

Hazardous Waste

Bagenstose: Residents Rekindle Elcon Waste Facility Opposition

Land Conservation

Game Commission Buys 99 Acres In Luzerne County

Planners Deny OK For Development Of Last Farm In Middletown, Bucks County

Penn State Property Slated For Conservation Focus Of Community Forum In Centre County

PaEN: The Nature Conservancy: U.S. Senate Takes First Steps Toward Reauthorizing Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund

Op-Ed: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Needs To Be Reauthorized - DCNR Secretary Dunn

Letter: Green Spaces, Parks Are Invaluable Assets In Pennsylvania

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PaEN: Groups Put Keep PA Beautiful, Anheuser-Busch Award Mini-Grants To Improve Watersheds To Good Use

Mine Reclamation

PaEN: Your Feedback Wanted On The Datashed.org Water Quality Information Website

PaEN: February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Trump To Nominate Former Oil Lobbyist As The Next Interior Secretary

Trump Picks Ex-Oil Lobbyist David Bernhardt For Interior Secretary

Mine Subsidence

75 Years Ago: 2-Year Old Girl Swallowed By Mine Subsidence In Pittston

Oil & Gas

Litvak: After 10 Days, Westmoreland Utica Gas Well Now Under Control; 9 Conventional Wells Saw Pressure Spikes

Gas Well Pressure Issue Leads To Testing Water Supply Reservoir In Westmoreland County

Westmoreland Residents Remain Concerned About Flaring, Ongoing Deep Gas Well Issue

PaEN: Litvak: DEP Monitoring Pressure Problem From Fracking Deep Gas Well In Westmoreland County

Litvak: DEP Monitoring Pressure Problem From Fracking Deep Gas Well In Westmoreland County, Crews Coming From Out Of State To Kill The Well

Editorial: Natural Gas Severance Tax Must Solve Problem To Be Worth Fallout

Editorial: Wolf Should Support Full Fracking Ban In Delaware River Basin

AP: Cabot Oil Backs Off Demand To Have PA Man Thrown In Jail

Letter: PA Should Lease Land To Drill Natural Gas To Improve Parks

Hopey/Templeton: Post-Gazette Asks Court To Unseal Washington County Shale Gas Case Settlement

Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant To Receive Acid Rain Permit Capping Emissions

UGI Sets All-Time Record For Gas Delivery In Extreme Cold

Report: Polar Vortex Broke U.S. Natural Gas Consumption Record

Op-Ed: Importance, Strength Of PA’s Power Grid Shown During Recent Cold Spell

Fire At Delaware City Refinery Contained, Cause Remains Unknown

Litvak: Rice To EQT Drilling: We’re Not Small Potatoes, You’re Stale

Rhoads Energy Eyes 3 Worley & Obetz Fuel Stations

PJM Official: Fuel Diversity Is Key Because Coal, Gas Both Have Limits

Pipelines

PaEN: DEP Puts Hold On Reviewing All Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Projects In PA Due To Non-Compliance With Beaver County Pipeline Explosion Order

PaEN: Gov. Wolf Issues Statement On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Project Permit Bar By DEP, Urges General Assembly To Fill Gaps In State Regulation Of Pipelines, PUC Action

Legere: DEP Halts Permit Reviews On Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Projects In PA

Phillips: DEP Halts Pipeline Permit Reviews For Energy Transfer/Sunoco Citing Beaver County Pipeline Explosion Response

AP-Levy: Pennsylvania Permits Halted For Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline Company

Caruso: DEP Presses Pause On Permits For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Parent Company

Beaver County Pipeline Explosion Cited In DEP Move To Halt Energy Transfer/Sunoco Permits

Delaware County Moves To Intervene In Lawsuit On Mariner East Pipeline Project

Cumberland County Man, Mariner East Pipeline Set for Hearing Over Safety

Letter: Public Can No Longer Rely On PUC For Pipeline Safety

PaEN: PUC Underground Utility Line, Pipeline Damage Prevention Committee Meets Feb. 12

Permitting

DEP Streamlining Its Permit, Oversight Functions In Southwest PA Office

PaEN: DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 9 PA Bulletin

Radiation Protection

PaEN: Sen. Aument, Rep. Mehaffie Circulate Co-Sponsor Memos On Bill To Update The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards To Help Save Nuclear Power Plants

Legere: Legislators Pitch A Bill To Rescue Pennsylvania’s Nuclear Power Plants

Crable: Legislators Make Their Move To Save Three Mile Island, Other Nuclear Plants From Closing

Cusick: Lawmakers Seek Support For Nuclear Bailout Bill

Rep. Mehaffie Seeking Co-Sponsors For Legislation To Preserve Three Mile Island

With Plant Shutdowns Looming, PA’s Nuclear Industry Braces For A Policy Showdown

Esack: Taxpayer-Funded Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Pushed In PA

Not A Climate Bill: Environmental Group Pans Proposed Nuclear Bailout Deal

FirstEnergy Highlights Nuclear Plants Performance During Recent Extreme Weather

FirstEnergy Submits Requests To NRC As Part Of Plan To Shutdown Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant

PaEN: Exelon: PA Nuclear Plants Operate At Full Power During Record-Breaking Polar Vortex: PJM Reported No Major Problems

Op-Ed: Gut-Checking Pennsylvania’s Climate Moment, Keeping Nuclear Power Plants Open

Nuclear Power Plants Can Have Small Role In Congressional Democrat Green New Deal

DEP Settles With Wayne Memorial Health Over Malfunctioning X-Ray Machine

Wayne Memorial Disputes DEP Statement On X-Ray Settlement

New Ohio House Speaker Says Saving Nuclear Plants Benefits State

Op-Ed: Should Legislators Help Save Ohio Nuclear Plants? YES

Op-Ed: Should Legislators Help Save Ohio Nuclear Plants? NO

Recreation

Fact: Kids Who Spend Time Outdoors In Natural Light At Least 2 Hours A Day Are 3 Times LESS LIKELY To Become Nearsighted: The Pulse - What Keeps Kids Healthy (31 minutes in).

PaEN: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Honors 2019 Award Winners

$1 Billion Needed To Fix State Parks, Forests Infrastructure, Pay For Maintenance

State Parks, Forest Advocates Calling For Action On Funding

Letter: PA Should Lease Land To Drill Natural Gas To Improve Parks

Kummer: Schuylkill Rowers Close Gap On Dredging Money, But Still Risk Losing Big Regattas

After 6 Fall Through Ice At Lake Wallenpaupack, Fire Chief Urges Caution

Nescopeck State Park WinterFest Encourages Visitors To Enjoy Winter Season

Editorial: Respect State Parks: Report Cites Urgent Need For Improvements

PaEN: Feb. 8 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Lackawanna State Park Gets New Manager

PaEN: Op-Ed: Hikers, Birders & Bikers Should Not Be Swayed By Inaccuracies About Sunday Hunting

PaEN: Who Saved Room For Pie? Jennings Environmental Ed Center Cherry Pike Hike Feb. 23 In Butler County