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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

PaEN: DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

Editorial: Commitment To State Parks Is Important

PaEN: Westmoreland Conservation District To Host Public Meetings On Draft Integrated Water Resources Plan Feb. 19, 20

Crable: Study Urges Farmers To Inject Manure Into Fields To Combat Runoff, Odor Problems

Crable: Brenda Lee Sieglitz On Planting Trees And Healing Power Of Nature - Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership

Pittsburgh Water Authority Issues Boil Advisory For 3 Neighborhoods

Boil Water Advisory Lifted In Charleroi Area Of Washington County

PaEN: DEP Climate Advisory Committee Meets Feb. 26 For Update On Action Plan, Impacts Assessment, Inventory

Climate Change Means More Floods, Great And Localized

Op-Ed: In PA, Cap-And-Trade To Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions A Constitutional Necessity - Clean Air Council

Op-Ed: How Many Times Are We Going To Bailout Three Mile Island? - Erie Epstein

Op-Ed: Here’s What Green New Deal Advocates Can Learn From The 2009 Stimulus

PaEN: PA Wilds Buyers Market Wholesale & Retail Show Featuring Regionally Made Products March 2 In Clarion

Reliance Bank Donates To Logan Twp’s Greenwood Park Project

Venesky: Sunday Hunting Measure Advances, But Some Groups Oppose It

Great Backyard Bird Count Invites York Residents To Explore Nature

Otter-Spotters Invited To Cook Forest State Park Feb. 23

Sunday - National/International

Judge Rules Westmoreland Coal Can Cut Retiree Benefits, Union Contracts

Politics

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Air

PaEN: Environmental Groups To Sue Over Federal Clean Air Act Violations At Clairton Coke (Coal) Works, Other Facilities In Western PA

Hopey: Environmental Groups Plan To Sue U.S. Steel Over Air Pollution

Environmental Groups To Sue U.S. Steel Over Clairton Pollution

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

Lt. Gov. Fetterman: Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Needs To Be Rebuilt To High Standards

PaEN: GASP Submits Petition To Allegheny County Health Dept. Asking To Deny Eastman Chemical Permits

PaEN: DEP Invites Comments On Interstate NOx Pollution Reduction Limits For Nonelectric Generating Units

Bay Journal: Lawsuit Takes Aim At Interstate Air Pollution

EPA Greenhouse Gas Estimates Show Increase In Methane

Dominion Plans To Reduce Methane Emissions 50 Percent By 2029

Dominion Energy Reducing Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Infrastructure

Alternative Fuels

PaEN: DEP Unveils Plan To Increase Electric Vehicle Use In Pennsylvania

Roadmap Puts DEP Squarely Behind Greater Use Of Electric Vehicles

Harley-Davidson Embraces A New Sound As It Enters The Electric Era

Pennsylvania’s Rabbittransit Welcomes Pair Of CNG Buses

Awards & Recognition

PaEN: PA Assn. Of Environmental Professionals Accepting Nominations For 2019 Karl Mason & Walter Lyon Awards

Clarion PennDOT Crews Recognized For Green Management Of Salt Stockpiles

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

PaEN: Schuylkill Environmental Ed Center Toad Detour Training Program In Philadelphia

AP: Sportsmen’s Groups Back Plan For Keeping Carp Out Of Great Lakes

PaEN: Aquatic Invaders! Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment & Teacher Curriculum Guide

PaEN: New PA Sea Grant Aquatic Invaders Attack Pack Educational Tool Now Available

Budget

PaEN: DEP Secretary Promotes Restore PA Bond Proposal To Get More Funding For Environmental Improvement Projects

PaEN: DCNR Touts Restore PA Bond Proposal As The Only Plan That Can Truly Address State’s Infrastructure Needs

Lawmakers Question Special Fund Transfers To Fund DEP, DCNR

Caruso: Lawmakers Question Wolf Administration Plan To Fund Environmental Agencies

PaEN: Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Using Community Environmental Project Funds For Agency Operating Costs; Issue Call To Action

PaEN: PA Recreation & Park Society Opposes Diversion Of Millions Dedicated To Local Recreation Project Funding To Pay Agency Expenses

PaEN: DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council Urges Gov. Wolf To Rebalance DEP’s Legal Mandates And Fiscal Resources

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

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

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

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

PaEN: DEP Budget Topic Of Feb. 19 House Environmental Committee Meeting

PaEN: Keystone Tree Fund To Be Considered Feb. 19 By House Transportation Committee

Cong. Meuser Asks DEP To Suspend Wyoming Valley Authority Stormwater Fee

DCNR: It Will Cost $1.5 Million To Repair Slate Run Road In Lycoming County

PaEN: Feds Award Delaware River Watershed Restoration & Conservation Program $6 Million For 2019

PaEN: CBF: EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Fully Funded By Congres

PaEN: TNC: U.S. Senate Passes Land & Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization, House Must Act

U.S. Senate Just Passed The Decade’s Biggest Public Lands Package, Here’s What’s In It

Senate Action On Land & Water Conservation Fund Overdue Victory For Parks, Wildlife

Federal Public Lands Bill Includes Help For Pittsburgh’s Steel Heritage Area

Op-Ed: Reauthorize Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund - DCNR Secretary Dunn

Editorial: Public Lands Bill, Governance In Public Interest Isn’t Dead Yet

Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Using Community Environmental Project Funds For Agency Operating Costs

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

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

Centre Conservation District Receives Growing Greener Grant For Stream Restoration

PaEN: Keystone Tree Fund To Be Considered Feb. 19 By House Transportation Committee

PaEN: New PA Farm Bill Includes $6 Million For Farm Conservation Practices, Aims To Make PA Leading Organic State

Crable: Wolf Reveals $24 Million Package To Aid, Protect Agriculture

Murphy: Wolf Proposes Tax Breaks, Loans In New PA Farm Bill

PaEN: PennVEST To Hold 11 Information Sessions On Water Quality, Green Infrastructure Funding Programs

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan Steering Committee Meets Feb. 20

PaEN: CBF: EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Fully Funded By Congres

PaEN: Chesapeake Bay Journal: Middle Susquehanna Dog Mascot Noses Around When Pollution Is Suspected

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Citizen Action

PaEN: Community Groups Large & Small Can Participate In The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful 15th Annual Great American Cleanup Of PA

Annual PRC Hard-To-Recycle Event At Pittsburgh Mills Mall Coming This Spring

PaEN: PA Resources Council: 10 Backyard Composting Workshops Scheduled In Allegheny County

PaEN: Watershed Groups Working With Municipalities Workshop March 16 In Gettysburg

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn.: Would You Like To Be A Watershed Warrior In Monroe County?

Western PA Conservancy: Patty Renwick, TreeVitalize Pittsburgh Volunteer

PaEN: Join I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge Running From Feb. 27 To March 20

Climate

PaEN: Greenhouse Gas Cap-And-Trade Petition Complete, Will Be Next EQB Meeting Agenda

PaEN: DEP Climate Advisory Committee Meets Feb. 26 For Update On Action Plan, Impacts Assessment, Inventory

Study: In 60 Years Allentown Could Feel More Like Arkansas

Should Lawmakers Prop Up PA’s Struggling Nuclear Power Industry? The Debate Explained

Is It Still Possible To Save The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant?

Sisk: Some Say Key To Combat Climate Change Lies In Sending Carbon Dioxide Underground

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

PaEN: DEP Unveils Plan To Increase Electric Vehicle Use In Pennsylvania

Roadmap Puts DEP Squarely Behind Greater Use Of Electric Vehicles

Climate Change Means More Floods, Great And Localized

Op-Ed: In PA, Cap-And-Trade To Control Greenhouse Gas Emissions A Constitutional Necessity - Clean Air Council

Op-Ed: How Many Times Are We Going To Bailout Three Mile Island? - Erie Epstein

Op-Ed: Here’s What Green New Deal Advocates Can Learn From The 2009 Stimulus

Op-Ed: Getting Mad About Methane Emissions

Op-Ed: May Patients’ Health Depends On Addressing Climate Change

National Lawsuit On Climate Change Has PA Connections

PaEN: Join I Am Sustainable Pittsburgh Challenge Running From Feb. 27 To March 20

PaEN: 10th Annual Sustainability Conference: Smart Cities: Transforming Cities For A New Era March 6 Pittsburgh

U.S. EIA: Emissions From Electric Power Sector To Remain Mostly Flat Thru 2050

Republicans Pounce After Congressional Dems Flub A Green New Deal Summary

McConnell Plans To Bring Green New Deal To U.S. Senate Vote

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

Plummeting Insect Numbers Threaten Collapse Of Nature

EPA Greenhouse Gas Estimates Show Increase In Methane

Dominion Plans To Reduce Methane Emissions 50 Percent By 2029

Dominion Energy Reducing Methane Emissions From Natural Gas Infrastructure

Coal Mining

TVA Proposes To Close 2 Coal-Fired Power Plants Despite Trump Tweet

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

Podcast: The Black Lung Disease Epidemic That Shouldn’t Have Happened To Coal Miners

AP: Trump-Dominated TVA Board To Close Coal Plant Despite His Plea

Delaware River

PaEN: Feds Award Delaware River Watershed Restoration & Conservation Program $6 Million For 2019

PaEN: Philadelphia Residents Invited To Rain Check Workshops To Learn How They Can Help Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 15 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

PaEN: EPA Announces Nationwide PFAS Action Plan, State Plans To Move Ahead With Its Own MCL

Hurdle/Phillips: PA To Begin Its Own Process Of Setting Health Limit For 2 PFAS Chemicals

Bagenstose: DEP Says It Will Create PFAS Drinking Water Standard

Bagenstose: EPA Moving Forward With PFAS MCL Process

EPA Announces Action Plan to Address Water Contamination Near Bucks Montco Military Bases

AP: EPA Too Slow On Limiting PFAS Chemicals, Critics Say

EPA Announces PFAS Action Plan To Address Water Contamination

AP: EPA Sets PFAS Response Plan Amid Criticism From Lawmakers

Bagenstose: EPA To Kick The Can On PFAS Drinking Water Standard

Hurdle: EPA To Unveil Long-Awaited Action Plan On Curbing PFAS Chemicals

Temple, Local Group Awarded Grant To Support PFAS Research, Community Work In Bucks

PaEN: PennVEST To Hold 11 Information Sessions On Water Quality, Green Infrastructure Funding Programs

PaEN: Applications Now Being Accepted For PA American Water Environmental Grant Program

PaEN: Stream Of Learning College Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted By PA American Water

PaEN: PA American Water Now Accepting Entries In Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest

Westmoreland Water Authority Will Seek Repayment From CNX For Additional Water Tests

Westmoreland Authority To Test Chlorine Alternative In McKeesport

Boil Water Advisory Lifted In Charleroi Area Of Washington County

PaEN: Westmoreland Conservation District To Host Public Meetings On Draft Integrated Water Resources Plan Feb. 19, 20

Op-Ed: Setting Record Straight On Veolia’s Pittsburgh Water Authority Work

Editorial: Thoughts On Infrastructure, Sunday Hunting, Lead Testing In Schools

Free Well, Spring Water Testing Available Thru Duquesne U. Study In Western PA

Mon Valley Waterline Breaks Again, Water Buffaloes Set Up In Affected Area

Economic Development

Cusick: Solar Jobs Grow In PA While Declining Nationally

Pennsylvania Solar Jobs Increased Amid National Decline

Report: Solar Energy Sector Lost 8,000 Jobs In U.S., But Future Looks Bright

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets Feb. 20 On Forge The Future Economic Development Report

PaEN: PA Wilds Buyers Market Wholesale & Retail Show Featuring Regionally Made Products March 2 In Clarion

PaEN: Help Wanted: Trout Unlimited Stream Restoration Technician

Education

Hayes: Kids, Teach Your Teachers Well About Environmental Awareness

PaEN: Stream Of Learning College Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted By PA American Water

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Trout Unlimited Easter Conservation Biological Field Interns

PaEN: PA American Water Now Accepting Entries In Protect Our Watersheds Student Art Contest

PaEN: Schuylkill Environmental Ed Center Toad Detour Training Program In Philadelphia

PaEN: Help Wanted: Wildlife Leadership Academy Seeks Volunteer Adult Mentors for Summer Student Field Schools

Editorial: Measles Outbreak Another Grim Reminder We Need To Trust Science

Emergency Response

Proposals Call For More Resources For Emergency Responders In PA

Energy

PaEN: Carnegie Mellon U. Energy Week 2019 Set For March 25-29

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets Feb. 20 On Forge The Future Economic Development Report

Should Lawmakers Prop Up PA’s Struggling Nuclear Power Industry? The Debate Explained

Is It Still Possible To Save The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant?

Pennsylvania Is Newest Nuclear Subsidy Battleground

Oil, Gas Industry Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Rule Against State Nuclear Subsidies

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

PaEN: DEP Unveils Plan To Increase Electric Vehicle Use In Pennsylvania

Roadmap Puts DEP Squarely Behind Greater Use Of Electric Vehicles

PJM Advances Own Energy Price Formation Plan

TVA Proposes To Close 2 Coal-Fired Power Plants Despite Trump Tweet

Republicans Pounce After Congressional Dems Flub A Green New Deal Summary

McConnell Plans To Bring Green New Deal To U.S. Senate Vote

Cusick: Solar Jobs Grow In PA While Declining Nationally

Pennsylvania Solar Jobs Increased Amid National Decline

Report: Solar Energy Sector Lost 8,000 Jobs In U.S., But Future Looks Bright

Column: Why PA Needs To Ditch Fracking And Get Green New Deal Of Its Own

Exelon Threatens Closure Of 3 More Nuclear Power Plants In Illinois

AP: Trump-Dominated TVA Board To Close Coal Plant Despite His Plea

Energy Conservation

PaEN: Carnegie Mellon U. Energy Week 2019 Set For March 25-29

Environmental Heritage

The 1936 Flood That Built Williamsport Levee

Farming

PaEN: New PA Farm Bill Includes $6 Million For Farm Conservation Practices, Aims To Make PA Leading Organic State

Crable: Wolf Reveals $24 Million Package To Aid, Protect Agriculture

Murphy: Wolf Proposes Tax Breaks, Loans In New PA Farm Bill

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

PaEN: Rodale Institute Veterans Organic Farming Training Program Now Accepting Applications

Centre Conservation District Receives Growing Greener Grant For Stream Restoration

Lower Nazareth Twp To Ask Voters: Would You Pay Tax to Preserve Open Space?

PaEN: Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 144-Acre Ewing Woods In Erie County

PaEN: Heritage Conservancy Preserves 144-Acre Bonk Farm Near Quakertown Swamp In Bucks County

Flooding

Ice Jams Clear In Allegheny River, But Rain Prompts Flood Warnings

At Least 1 Loose Barge Shuts Down McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge

Susquehanna River Ice Poses Flooding Risk - Photos

PaEN: Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Using Community Environmental Project Funds For Agency Operating Costs

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

Mahoning Supervisors Say State Ignoring Need For Funding To Deal With Local Flooding

Flood-Ravaged Businesses In Bridgeville Commit To Stay In Place

PaEN: Westmoreland Conservation District To Host Public Meetings On Draft Integrated Water Resources Plan Feb. 19, 20

Landslide-Damaged Prospect Road In Baldwin Reopens To Traffic

Sinkhole Closes Route 117 In Lebanon County

The 1936 Flood That Built Williamsport Levee

Forests

PaEN: Berks Conservation District Hosts Forested Riparian Buffer Showcase April 26

DCNR: It Will Cost $1.5 Million To Repair Slate Run Road In Lycoming County

PaEN: Keystone Tree Fund To Be Considered Feb. 19 By House Transportation Committee

Artificial Intelligence Used To Create Forest Management Plan In Perry County

Western PA Conservancy: Patty Renwick, TreeVitalize Pittsburgh Volunteer

PaEN: Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 144-Acre Ewing Woods In Erie County

Forests - Wildfires

Storm Creates Chaos In California With Flooding, Mudslides

AP: 100 Days After Paradise Burned, The Stories Of Victims

Geologic Hazards

Landslide-Damaged Prospect Road In Baldwin Reopens To Traffic

Sinkhole Closes Route 117 In Lebanon County

Grants/Funding

PaEN: Applications Now Being Accepted For PA American Water Environmental Grant Program

Green Infrastructure

PaEN: Growing Greener Coalition Opposes Using Community Environmental Project Funds For Agency Operating Costs

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

PaEN: New PA Farm Bill Includes $6 Million For Farm Conservation Practices, Aims To Make PA Leading Organic State

Crable: Wolf Reveals $24 Million Package To Aid, Protect Agriculture

Murphy: Wolf Proposes Tax Breaks, Loans In New PA Farm Bill

Mahoning Supervisors Say State Ignoring Need For Funding To Deal With Local Flooding

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

Cong. Meuser Asks DEP To Suspend Wyoming Valley Authority Stormwater Fee

PaEN: Westmoreland Conservation District To Host Public Meetings On Draft Integrated Water Resources Plan Feb. 19, 20

PaEN: Philadelphia Residents Invited To Rain Check Workshops To Learn How They Can Help Reduce Stormwater Pollution

PaEN: Berks Conservation District Hosts Forested Riparian Buffer Showcase April 26

Newtown Square Receives Growing Greener Grant For Rain Gardens

Letter: Managing Stormwater In Pittsburgh Is Important - Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy

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

Centre Conservation District Receives Growing Greener Grant For Stream Restoration

PaEN: PennVEST To Hold 11 Information Sessions On Water Quality, Green Infrastructure Funding Programs

Hazardous Substances

PaEN: EPA Announces Nationwide PFAS Action Plan, State Plans To Move Ahead With Its Own MCL

Hurdle/Phillips: PA To Begin Its Own Process Of Setting Health Limit For 2 PFAS Chemicals

Bagenstose: DEP Says It Will Create PFAS Drinking Water Standard

Bagenstose: EPA Moving Forward With PFAS MCL Process

EPA Announces Action Plan to Address Water Contamination Near Bucks Montco Military Bases

AP: EPA Too Slow On Limiting PFAS Chemicals, Critics Say

EPA Announces PFAS Action Plan To Address Water Contamination

AP: EPA Sets PFAS Response Plan Amid Criticism From Lawmakers

Bagenstose: EPA To Kick The Can On PFAS Drinking Water Standard

Hurdle: EPA To Unveil Long-Awaited Action Plan On Curbing PFAS Chemicals

Temple, Local Group Awarded Grant To Support PFAS Research, Community Work In Bucks

Crable: Plain Sect Family In Lancaster Poisoned By Lead Paint, Officials Worry How Widespread The Problem Is

Hazardous Waste

Editorial: DEP Must Be Clear On Elcon Hazardous Waste Facility [Bucks County]

Land Conservation

PaEN: Natural Lands/Pocono Heritage Land Trust Preserve 340 Acres In Monroe County Called One Of The Birthplaces Of Trout Fishing

PaEN: Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 144-Acre Ewing Woods In Erie County

PaEN: Heritage Conservancy Preserves 144-Acre Bonk Farm Near Quakertown Swamp In Bucks County

Lower Nazareth Twp To Ask Voters: Would You Pay Tax to Preserve Open Space?

PaEN: TNC: U.S. Senate Passes Land & Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization, House Must Act

U.S. Senate Just Passed The Decade’s Biggest Public Lands Package, Here’s What’s In It

Senate Action On Land & Water Conservation Fund Overdue Victory For Parks, Wildlife

Federal Public Lands Bill Includes Help For Pittsburgh’s Steel Heritage Area

Op-Ed: Reauthorize Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund - DCNR Secretary Dunn

Editorial: Public Lands Bill, Governance In Public Interest Isn’t Dead Yet

PaEN: Help Wanted: Brandywine Conservancy - Conservation & Stewardship Program Assistant

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PaEN: Community Groups Large & Small Can Participate In The Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful 15th Annual Great American Cleanup Of PA

PaEN: Litter? Not In Philly! Campaign Expands To Southwest Philadelphia, Volunteers Needed

Groups Put PA Beautiful, Anheuser-Busch Mini-Watershed Grants To Good Use

Mine Reclamation

DEP Awards $28.7 Million In 2018 Growing Greener Watershed Restoration Grants

Underground Coal Mine Fire In East Deer Getting Smaller, Officials Say

Few Things Grow Well On Coal Wastes, Hemp Is One Of Them

Editorial: Hemp Project On Mined Lands Affirms Policy

PaEN: Opportunity To Bid On A DEP Mine Reclamation Project In Butler County

Oil & Gas

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

PaEN: Tribune Review: Environmental Groups Set Feb. 28 Public Meeting On Shale Gas Well Failure In Westmoreland County

Feb. 28 Meeting Set By Environmental Group Near Gas Well Failure In Westmoreland County

Westmoreland Water Authority Will Seek Repayment From CNX For Additional Water Tests

PaEN: Conventional Gas Drillers Ask PA Supreme Court To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision

Is It Still Possible To Save The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant?

Op-Ed: Getting Mad About Methane Emissions

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets Feb. 20 On Forge The Future Economic Development Report

Letter: Develop Policies That Encourage Natural Gas Development

Column: Why PA Needs To Ditch Fracking And Get Green New Deal Of Its Own

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

AP: EQT Gas Company To Pay $53M To Settle Lawsuit Over Royalties

Litvak: EQT Posts $2.2 Billion Loss In 2018, But Company Is Strong CEO Says

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

Pennsylvania’s Rabbittransit Welcomes Pair Of CNG Buses

Natural Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation Of 50 In Elizabethtown

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Stay Steady Ahead Of Summer Fuel Switch

Worley & Obetz Buyer Balks At Paying Bill For Newly Found Fuel

Permitting

PaEN: DEP Posts 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 16 PA Bulletin

Pipelines

PaEN: DEP Invites Comments On Water Quality Certification Applications For PennEast Pipeline Project

Gov. Wolf: Mariner East Pipeline Owner Has Not Respected Pennsylvania’s Law

Hurdle: Wolf’s Support For Pipeline-Safety Bills Boosts Bipartisan Advocates

Delaware RiverKeeper Defeats Court Motion To Dismiss Mariner East 2 Pipeline Complaint

Crable: Lancaster, PA Businesses Still Waiting To Be Paid For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Work

AP: EQM Mountain Valley Pipeline Subject Of Criminal Probe In Virginia For Continuing Construction After Permits Were Suspended

Radiation Protection

Should Lawmakers Prop Up PA’s Struggling Nuclear Power Industry? The Debate Explained

Is It Still Possible To Save The Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant?

NRDC: Nuclear Power And PA’s Electric Competition Act

Oil, Gas Industry Urges U.S. Supreme Court To Rule Against State Nuclear Subsidies

Exelon Threatens Closure Of 3 More Nuclear Power Plants In Illinois

Recreation

Keystone State Park Vistas Inspire Award-Winning Westmoreland Photographer

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

Feb. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PaEN: PA Wilds Buyers Market Wholesale & Retail Show Featuring Regionally Made Products March 2 In Clarion

Pittsburgh Bike Survey: Bicyclists Trust Self-Driving Vehicles, Human Drivers Not So Much

PaEN: Mid-Atlantic Greenways & Trails Summit April 4-6 In Philadelphia

PaEN: Joint Conservation Committee To Hold March 19 Meeting On Promoting PA Route 6 For Biking, Local Tourism

Push For Playgrounds In Philadelphia Brings People Together

Vandals Create Big Problems At Scenic Upper Mount Bethel Overlook

PaEN: TNC: U.S. Senate Passes Land & Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization, House Must Act

U.S. Senate Just Passed The Decade’s Biggest Public Lands Package, Here’s What’s In It

Senate Action On Land & Water Conservation Fund Overdue Victory For Parks, Wildlife

Federal Public Lands Bill Includes Help For Pittsburgh’s Steel Heritage Area

Op-Ed: Reauthorize Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund - DCNR Secretary Dunn

Editorial: Public Lands Bill, Governance In Public Interest Isn’t Dead Yet

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).

Recycling/Waste

Bad Recycling Market Driving Western PA Surge In Garbage Rates

Reduce, Reuse, Incinerate: Why Half Of Philly’s Recyclables Aren’t Recycled

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

From Recycling Bin To Landfill? [Wilkes-Barre]

What Happened To Pittsburgh’s Glass Recycling?

Pittsburgh May Use DEP Funding To Distribute Free Recycling Bins

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

Editorial: Retrain Recyclers [Scranton]

Groups Put PA Beautiful, Anheuser-Busch Mini-Watershed Grants To Good Use

PaEN: PA Resources Council: 10 Backyard Composting Workshops Scheduled In Allegheny County

Annual PRC Hard-To-Recycle Event At Pittsburgh Mills Mall Coming This Spring