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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PaEN: Senate’s Next Job: Consider Confirmation Of DEP, DCNR, Agriculture Secretaries

Sunday NewsClips

Maykuth: Customers Would Pay Millions To Rescue PA Nuclear Reactors, Including Some Already Profitable

Bailout Bill Proposed For Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant

Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation - PPL President

Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation - PPL President

WITF: Airing Of Three Mile Island Accident Documentary 40 Years Later March 26

Sen. Dinniman, Rep. Friel Otten Form Pipeline Safety Caucus

Some Peoples Gas Customers In Moon Might Not Get Service Back Until Monday

Sen. Yaw Tours Muncy Company Turns Out Drainage Pipes Made From Recycled Plastic

Editorial: Pop-Up Recycling, PA Resources Council Helps Us Do The Right Thing

Pittsburgh Recognized As Starting Point For Lewis And Clark Expedition

Delaware Canal State Park Needs $90 Million Worth Of Improvements

Local Leaders Tour Bucks State Parks, Assess Needs

A Park That Makes Money? Dilworth Park In Philadelphia Generated $2.5 Million In 2018

Crable: Extreme Adventurer: When Winter Weather Gets Rough, Ben Weaver Gets Going

Crable: Rumors Swirl Around Sale Of Girl Scout Camp In Lancaster County

Hunters Gather In Jefferson County To Protest Deer Removal Plans

Hunters Protest Chronic Wasting Disease Deer Elimination Plan

Hunters Gather To Hear Speaker Opposed To Deer Removal In Blair County To Deal With CWD

Letter: End Sunday Hunting Ban

Allegheny Front: Birders Make The Best Friends

Bay Journal: Look For Signs Of Spring Around The Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Sunday - National/International

Over 40 Ice Fishermen Rescued After Ice Floe Breaks Off In Lake Erie

Film On Arctic Refuge Battle Set For Pittsburgh Screening

Politics

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Air

Hopey: U.S. Steel Says Clairton Coke Works Repairs Ahead Of Schedule

Erie (Coal) Coke Appeals DEP Air Quality Order

Hopey: Air Pollution Frustration Spills Out At Allegheny Health Board Meeting

Alternative Fuels

Editorial: Modernize State Policies To Encourage Electric Vehicles

Awards & Recognition

PaEN: Winners Of The Women In Conservation Awards Announced By PennFuture

Crable: The Woman Who Made Environmental History By Wading In The Polluted Conestoga River

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Matt Keefer, Assistant State Forester, Named Chesapeake Bay Forest Champion

PaEN: DRBC Announces Delaware Watershed Winter Photo Contest Winner; Spring Contest Begins March 20

PaEN: Schuylkill River Network Student Street Art Contest Now Accepting Entries Thru March 29

PaEN: CBF Save The Bay Photo Contest Accepting Entries Starting March 11

Pittsburgh Rises To No. 8 On Livability.com 2019 List Of Best Places To Live

Luzerne Artist Wins National Award For Mining Artwork

PaEN: Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded 2019 Tyler Prize For Environmental Achievement

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Penn State Extension Hosts Meetings In Lehigh Valley On Spotted Lanternfly

PA Looking For New Ways To Fight Spotted Lanternfly

PA Scientists Look For Most Wanted Insects On Behalf Of The Federal Govt.

PaEN: Penn State Extension March 22 Rights-Of-Way And Integrated Vegetation Management Workshop In Mercer County

PaEN: Volunteers Needed For Western PA Audubon's Earth Day Of Service To The Planet April 20 At 3 Locations

Budget

Meyer: Lawmakers Keep Questioning Wolf’s Intricate Web Of Environmental Funding

Op-Ed: PA Budget Proposal Hurts Local Environmental Projects, Bipartisan Consensus - Rep. Bernstine (R)

Editorial: Lawmakers Should Recognize Need For Infrastructure Program And A Fair Severance Tax

PaEN: House DEP Budget Hearing 2: Only 0.30% Of DEP Final Actions Were Appealed In 2018; 25 Fewer Attorney Positions

PaEN: Senators Question Use Of Project Funds To Pay Agency Operating Costs, Sustainability Of DCNR Funding Choices
WITF Smart Talk: Recreation Gets Funding Commitment, Carbon Credits For Woodlands?

DCNR Good Natured Blog: A Plan To Restore Pennsylvania

DCNR Promotes Restore Pennsylvania At Delaware, Washington Crossing Parks

Study: Presque Isle State Park Needs $50 Million In Improvements

PaEN: House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report

PaEN: Department Of Agriculture Budget Testimony Highlights Conservation, Organic & Urban Farming, Invasive Species Issues

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Adopts Phased Approach To County Planning Process

PaEN: DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: York County

PA Supreme Court Turns Down Conventional Gas Drillers’ Motion To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision

Wolf Returns To Schuylkill County With Plan For Flood Prevention And Recovery

Officials Tout Severance Tax To Fund Infrastructure Projects

Officials Detail How Wolf Plan Would Help West Pittston Flood Survivors

York Twp. Official Hangs Hopes On Wolf’s Severance Tax Plan

Work Underway To Retrofit Flood Gate In Wilkes-Barre

Wolf Highlight Need For Restore PA Proposal To Deal With Flooding In Allegheny County

Wolf: Tremont Flooding Helped Inspire Aggressive Restore PA Plan

Wolf Highlights Restore Pennsylvania Plan To Help Columbia County With Flood Protection

PEMA, Local Leaders Highlight Past Projects As Models For Restore PA Success

DEP, Local Officials Tour Flood-Damaged Sites In York County To Promote Restore PA Proposal

Scranton Says Annual Stormwater Fee Of $32 Per Home

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

Frye: Fish & Boat Commission Answers Angler Questions On Voluntary Permits

State Treasurer Authorizes $800 Million Line Of Credit For State General Fund; Warns About Low Fund Levels

Choose Clean Water Coalition Seeks More Federal Funding For Chesapeake Bay

Congress Reauthorizes Land And Water Conservation Fund

Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Adopts Phased Approach To County Planning Process

PaEN: DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: York County

PaEN: Sen. Scott Martin Appointed To Chesapeake Bay Commission

State, Federal Efforts Take Aim At Conowingo Dam

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Matt Keefer, Assistant State Forester, Named Chesapeake Bay Forest Champion

PaEN: Livestaking For Minor Streambank Repairs Workshop March 30 In Lancaster County

Livestaking: A Trusty Technique For Planting Trees And Shrubs On The Cheap

Tree Talk - Livestaking Video By Alliance For Chesapeake Bay

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter

Bay Journal: Get Pollution-Reduction Credits For Planting Trees In Your Community

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA 2 Summer Interns For Keystone 10 Million Trees Initiative

PaEN: CBF Save The Bay Photo Contest Accepting Entries Starting March 11

PaEN: Showing Added: Expedition Chesapeake iMax Film Premieres March 20 At The Whitaker Center For Science & The Arts In Harrisburg

PaEN: PA American Water Announces Sponsorship Of Expedition Chesapeake Film

Choose Clean Water Coalition Seeks More Federal Funding For Chesapeake Bay

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Citizen Action

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

PaEN: Pike Conservation District: 3-Part How Your Backyard Activities Affect Your Lake Workshops

PaEN: Become A PA Master Naturalist Volunteer In Westmoreland County By Attending Upcoming Workshops

PaEN: Sign Up Now To Volunteer For Western PA Conservancy Tree Planting, Garden Steward Programs

PaEN: Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. Tired Of Tires Campaign Paying Rewards To Bring In Illegally Dumped Tires In Westmoreland March 23

PaEN: Volunteers Needed For Western PA Audubon's Earth Day Of Service To The Planet April 20 At 3 Locations

PaEN: Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Sets April 27 Riparian Buffer Planting, 2019 Creek Cleanup Events In Cumberland County

PaEN: CBF Save The Bay Photo Contest Accepting Entries Starting March 11

Schneck: Making Maple Syrup From The Trees In Your Backyard

Campaign Encourages Lancaster County To Pass On Plastic

Allegheny County Launches Adopt-A-Roadway Anti-Litter Program

Climate

PaEN: Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Estimates Bill Supporting Nuclear Power Plants Would Cost Ratepayers $500 Million A Year

PaEN: PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Circulates Paper On Nuclear Power Plant Policy Alternatives

Cusick: Unsolicited, PUC Commissioner Sends Legislators A Breakdown Of Nuclear Bailout Options

Maykuth: Customers Would Pay Millions To Rescue PA Nuclear Reactors, Including Some Already Profitable

AP-Levy: Rescuing PA’s Nuclear Power Plants Could Come With Conditions

Industrial Customers Oppose Evolving PA Nuclear Subsidy Proposal

A Pizza Shop Owner Worried About Three Mile Island Closing, Others Don’t See Major Impact

Climate Concerns Rise As Clock Ticks For Aging Reactors

There Really, Really Isn’t A Silver Bullet For Climate Change

Rep. Vitali To Hold Informational Meeting March 11 On Nuclear Power's Contribution To Zero-Carbon Energy Production In PA

Letter: Reject Bailouts Of The Nuclear Industry - Rep. Ortitay

Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation? - President Of PPL

Op-Ed: PA Should Not Be Propping Up The Nuclear Power Industry

Editorial: Pennsylvania Shouldn’t Save Nuclear Power Plants

Op-Ed: Public Health Imperiled To Aid Dying Coal Industry - Ed Perry

Op-Ed: We Really Do Need To Worry About Climate Change And Act - 15 Lehigh Professors

Editorial: Modernize State Policies To Encourage Electric Vehicles

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn. Reschedules Reflections On A Changing Climate Program For March 31 In Monroe County

PaEN: Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann Awarded 2019 Tyler Prize For Environmental Achievement

Letter: Trivializing Science Is Not The Answer To Dealing With Climate Crisis - Dr. Richard Kaplan

NJ Coastal Towns Face Nearly $1.6B In Annual Damage Sea Rise

There Really, Really Isn’t A Silver Bullet For Climate Change

Study: Trump Climate Deregulation Could Boost CO2  Emissions 200 Million Tons A Year

Coal Mining

Op-Ed: Public Health Imperiled To Aid Dying Coal Industry - Ed Perry

For The Few Who Heat Homes With Coal, It’s Still King

Luzerne Artist Wins National Award For Mining Artwork

Coal Waste At Power Plants Linked To Groundwater Pollution; Montour Plant Included

Frazier: Report: Coal Ash Contamination Widespread In U.S., PA

Most U.S. Coal Power Plants Are Contaminating Groundwater With Toxins, Analysis Finds

Report: Little Blue Run Scrubber Waste Impoundment Still Contaminating Local Groundwater

Compliance Action

PaEN: DEP Assesses $1.5 Million Penalty Against Beta Trunk Pipeline For Unstable Slope, Construction Violations In Greene County

Sisk: DEP Issues $1.5M Fine For Pipeline Construction Site In Greene County

Operator Of Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Fined In Greene County

Litvak: Greene County Gas Line Garners $1.5 Million Fine

Hopey: U.S. Steel Says Clairton Coke Works Repairs Ahead Of Schedule

Erie (Coal) Coke Appeals DEP Air Quality Order

Attorney General’s Case Against Pittsburgh Water Authority Goes To Allegheny County Court

DCNR

WITF Smart Talk: Recreation Gets Funding Commitment, Carbon Credits For Woodlands?

PaEN: House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report

DCNR Good Natured Blog: A Plan To Restore Pennsylvania

DCNR Promotes Restore Pennsylvania At Delaware, Washington Crossing Parks

Study: Presque Isle State Park Needs $50 Million In Improvements

PaEN: March 6 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Delaware River

PaEN: DRBC Announces Delaware Watershed Winter Photo Contest Winner; Spring Contest Begins March 20

Delaware RiverKeeper March 8 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

McKelvey: Pittsburgh Embarks On $49M Lead Line Replacement Project As Criminal Charges Move Forward

Attorney General’s Case Against Pittsburgh Water Authority Goes To Allegheny County Court

PaEN: PA American Water Announces Sponsorship Of Expedition Chesapeake Film

Cong. Fitzpatrick Wants EPA To Get Tough In Efforts To Cleanup PFAS In Drinking Water

Bagenstose: Warminster Native At Center Of Congressional PFAS Contamination Hearing

Economic Development

PaEN: PA Wilds Cooperative To Bring Traveling Public Art Show To Capitol In Harrisburg March 8-28

Efficiency Leads 2019 Energy Job Growth Prospects

Education

PaEN: Student Environmental Career Day & Job Fair Elk Country Visitor Center March 29

PaEN: Landowners, Land Managers, Researchers, Students Encouraged To Participate In New South Mountain Research Corps Survey, April Science Summit

Burgettstown Students Get Hands-On Look At Natural Gas Industry

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation-PA 2 Summer Interns For Keystone 10 Million Trees Initiative

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment - Lake Erie Water Diversions

PaEN: Schuylkill River Network Student Street Art Contest Now Accepting Entries Thru March 29

AP-Scolforo: Dinosaur Tracks Make Fresh Impression At Valley Forge National Park

Emergency Response

NPR: How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

AP: Tornado Forecasting Improves, But Still Deaths Keep Coming

Energy

EcoWURD Wants To Connect Black Philadelphians To Green Economy

PaEN: Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Estimates Bill Supporting Nuclear Power Plants Would Cost Ratepayers $500 Million A Year

PaEN: PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Circulates Paper On Nuclear Power Plant Policy Alternatives

Cusick: Unsolicited, PUC Commissioner Sends Legislators A Breakdown Of Nuclear Bailout Options

Maykuth: Customers Would Pay Millions To Rescue PA Nuclear Reactors, Including Some Already Profitable

AP-Levy: Rescuing PA’s Nuclear Power Plants Could Come With Conditions

Industrial Customers Oppose Evolving PA Nuclear Subsidy Proposal

A Pizza Shop Owner Worried About Three Mile Island Closing, Others Don’t See Major Impact

Climate Concerns Rise As Clock Ticks For Aging Reactors

There Really, Really Isn’t A Silver Bullet For Climate Change

Rep. Vitali To Hold Informational Meeting March 11 On Nuclear Power's Contribution To Zero-Carbon Energy Production In PA

Letter: Reject Bailouts Of The Nuclear Industry - Rep. Ortitay

Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation? - President Of PPL

Op-Ed: PA Should Not Be Propping Up The Nuclear Power Industry

Editorial: Pennsylvania Shouldn’t Save Nuclear Power Plants

Robert Swift: Three Mile Island Accident - March 28, 1979

WITF: Watch MetEd Press Conference From The Day After The 1979 Three Mile Island Accident

Activists Challenge License Extension For Peach Bottom Nuke Plant

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Needs Cap-And-Trade To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Joe Minott

Letter: Invest Tax Dollars In Renewable Energy

PaEN: House Environmental, Consumer Affairs Committees Hold Separate Info Meetings March 11 On PJM Interconnection

Shale Gas Boom Slows Progress On Renewables In PJM Grid Territory

Scenic Groups Say Too Many Power Lines Blocking View Of Pittsburgh

PA Marcellus Gas To Power Electric Plant In Puerto Rico

U.S. EIA: New U.S. Power Plants Expected To Be Mostly Natural Gas, Solar PV

Energy Conservation

Efficiency Leads 2019 Energy Job Growth Prospects

Environmental Policy

PaEN: PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In February Now Available

Farming

PaEN: Farming & Conservation Opportunities For Hispanic, African American, Other Underserved Farmers April 9 In Berks County

Clearfield Conservation District Offers Manure Plan Writing Workshops March 16, April 13

Meyer: Hemp Looks Like A Bright Spot For PA Farming Advocates

PaEN: March Newsletter Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee

Flooding/Storms

Wolf Highlight Need For Restore PA Proposal To Deal With Flooding In Allegheny County

Wolf Returns To Schuylkill County With Plan For Flood Prevention And Recovery

Officials Tout Severance Tax To Fund Infrastructure Projects

Officials Detail How Wolf Plan Would Help West Pittston Flood Survivors

York Twp. Official Hangs Hopes On Wolf’s Severance Tax Plan

Work Underway To Retrofit Flood Gate In Wilkes-Barre

Wolf: Tremont Flooding Helped Inspire Aggressive Restore PA Plan

Wolf Highlights Restore Pennsylvania Plan To Help Columbia County With Flood Protection

PEMA, Local Leaders Highlight Past Projects As Models For Restore PA Success

DEP, Local Officials Tour Flood-Damaged Sites In York County To Promote Restore PA Proposal

North East Boro Considers Options For Flooding Along Baker Creek

Penn Hills Road To Close As Crews Prep For $4 Million Landslide Repair

Evacuations Lifted For Flooded California Wine Country Towns

AP: Searches Resume After Tornado Kills 23 In Alabama

AP: Tornado Forecasting Improves, But Still Deaths Keep Coming

NJ Coastal Towns Face Nearly $1.6B In Annual Damage Sea Rise

NPR: How Federal Disaster Money Favors The Rich

Forests

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

PaEN: House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report

DCNR Good Natured Blog: A Plan To Restore Pennsylvania

DCNR Promotes Restore Pennsylvania At Delaware, Washington Crossing Parks

Study: Presque Isle State Park Needs $50 Million In Improvements

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Matt Keefer, Assistant State Forester, Named Chesapeake Bay Forest Champion

PaEN: Landowners, Land Managers, Researchers, Students Encouraged To Participate In New South Mountain Research Corps Survey, April Science Summit

WITF Smart Talk: Recreation Gets Funding Commitment, Carbon Credits For Woodlands?

PaEN: Sign Up Now To Volunteer For Western PA Conservancy Tree Planting, Garden Steward Programs

PaEN: Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Sets April 27 Riparian Buffer Planting, 2019 Creek Cleanup Events In Cumberland County

PaEN: Livestaking For Minor Streambank Repairs Workshop March 30 In Lancaster County

Livestaking: A Trusty Technique For Planting Trees And Shrubs On The Cheap

Tree Talk - Livestaking Video By Alliance For Chesapeake Bay

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter

Penn State Extension Hosts Meetings In Lehigh Valley On Spotted Lanternfly

PA Looking For New Ways To Fight Spotted Lanternfly

PA Scientists Look For Most Wanted Insects On Behalf Of The Federal Govt.

Bay Journal: Get Pollution-Reduction Credits For Planting Trees In Your Community

PaEN: DCNR: Pennsylvanians Urged To Exercise Caution To Prevent Wildfires

Winter Chill Won’t Affect Mosquitoes, Ticks, Penn State Extension

Schneck: Family Taps Their Maple Trees To Make Syrup In Dauphin County

Schneck: Making Maple Syrup From The Trees In Your Backyard

PaEN: PA Wilds Cooperative To Bring Traveling Public Art Show To Capitol In Harrisburg March 8-28

DCNR Good Natured Blog: A Plan To Restore Pennsylvania

Ross Twp  Commissioners Eye Ways To Protect Trees, Environment

Kummer: NJ Has At Least 11 Tick Species, And Some Are Making Us Sick

Forests - Wildfires

Re-Imagining Paradise, CA: Making Plans To Rebuild A Town Destroyed By Wildfire

Geologic Hazards

Penn Hills Road To Close As Crews Prep For $4 Million Landslide Repair

PennDOT To Repair Landslide Along Route 422 In Pittsburgh

Green Infrastructure

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Adopts Phased Approach To County Planning Process

PaEN: DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: York County

PaEN: Livestaking For Minor Streambank Repairs Workshop March 30 In Lancaster County

Livestaking: A Trusty Technique For Planting Trees And Shrubs On The Cheap

Tree Talk - Livestaking Video By Alliance For Chesapeake Bay

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter

PaEN: EPA Exhibit At 2019 Philadelphia Flower Show Highlights Ecological Power Of Flowers Now Through March 10

PaEN: Southwest PA Water Resource Center Hosts Workshops On Grant Writing, Stormwater Pollution Control Implementation, Reporting

Scranton Says Annual Stormwater Fee Of $32 Per Home

New Plan For Turnpike Stormwater Runoff Will Better Protect Valley Forge Historical Park

Greencastle Council Works Toward Stormwater Fee

PaEN: Pike Conservation District: 3-Part How Your Backyard Activities Affect Your Lake Workshops

PaEN: March 12 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Green Infrastructure To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Hazardous Substances

McKelvey: Pittsburgh Embarks On $49M Lead Line Replacement Project As Criminal Charges Move Forward

Cong. Fitzpatrick Wants EPA To Get Tough In Efforts To Cleanup PFAS In Drinking Water

Bagenstose: Warminster Native At Center Of Congressional PFAS Contamination Hearing

Hurricanes

Nearly 5 Months After Hurricane Michael, Many Still Hurting In Florida

Lake Erie

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment - Lake Erie Water Diversions

Land Conservation

PaEN: Manada Conservancy Protects 44 Acres On Blue Mountain In Dauphin County

PaEN: Brandywine Conservancy Hosts April 3 Land Trusts & Farmland Roundtable In Chester County

PaEN: Landowners, Land Managers, Researchers, Students Encouraged To Participate In New South Mountain Research Corps Survey, April Science Summit

Congress Reauthorizes Land And Water Conservation Fund

Litter/Illegal Dumping

PaEN: Keep PA Beautiful's Great American Cleanup Of PA Now Underway, Register Your Event, Volunteer For A Cleanup

PaEN: Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn. Tired Of Tires Campaign Paying Rewards To Bring In Illegally Dumped Tires In Westmoreland March 23

Great American Cleanup Event Planned In West Leechburg

PaEN: Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Sets April 27 Riparian Buffer Planting, 2019 Creek Cleanup Events In Cumberland County

Allegheny County Launches Adopt-A-Roadway Anti-Litter Program

Keep Plair Beautiful Plans Litter Survey In County

Mine Reclamation

Luzerne Artist Wins National Award For Mining Artwork

PaEN: West Branch Susquehanna River Restoration Coalition Meeting March 12

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

EPCAMR: Profile Of Nescopeck Creek Watershed Mine Drainage Problems In Luzerne County

Noncoal Mining

Bagenstose: Federal Court Ruling Mostly Favors Rockhill Quarry

Oil & Gas

PA Supreme Court Turns Down Conventional Gas Drillers’ Motion To Reconsider Stripper Well Impact Fee Decision

Residents Want Gas Drilling To Stop At Beaver Run Reservoir In Westmoreland

Hopey: Buffer Zones Debates For Drilling Near State Dams After Westmoreland Shale Gas Well Problem

Editorial: Lawmakers Should Recognize Need For Infrastructure Program And A Fair Severance Tax

PaEN: IFO: Natural Gas Production Increased 14.2% In 2018, Largest Increase Since 2014

Letter: Natural Gas A Winner For Pennsylvania

Do PA Landowners Retain Mineral Rights When Selling Land To State?

PA Marcellus Gas To Power Electric Plant In Puerto Rico

Burgettstown Students Get Hands-On Look At Natural Gas Industry

3 Firms Seek To Buy Worley & Obetz Fuelling Stations, Other Assets

Litvak: EQT Names COO In Effort To Cut Costs Amid Proxy Challenge

Editorial: Where To Drill For Oil In U.S. Still Requires Discretion

U.S. EIA: New U.S. Power Plants Expected To Be Mostly Natural Gas, Solar PV

Permitting

PaEN: DEP Posts 41 Pages Of Permit Notices In March 9 PA Bulletin

Personnel

PaEN: DEP Deputy Secretary George Hartenstein To Retire After 37 Years Of Public Service

Pipelines

Phillips: Chester County Investigation Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline Now Includes Grand Jury

PaEN: DEP Assesses $1.5 Million Penalty Against Beta Trunk Pipeline For Unstable Slope, Construction Violations In Greene County

Sisk: DEP Issues $1.5M Fine For Pipeline Construction Site In Greene County

Operator Of Natural Gas Gathering Pipeline Fined In Greene County

Litvak: Greene County Gas Line Garners $1.5 Million Fine

Op-Ed: Pipeline Alert Systems: Energy Obstructionism

FERC Plans Environmental Assessment Of Leidy South, FM100 Pipeline Projects In PA

Radiation Protection

PaEN: Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Estimates Bill Supporting Nuclear Power Plants Would Cost Ratepayers $500 Million A Year

PaEN: PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Circulates Paper On Nuclear Power Plant Policy Alternatives

Cusick: Unsolicited, PUC Commissioner Sends Legislators A Breakdown Of Nuclear Bailout Options

Maykuth: Customers Would Pay Millions To Rescue PA Nuclear Reactors, Including Some Already Profitable

AP-Levy: Rescuing PA’s Nuclear Power Plants Could Come With Conditions

Industrial Customers Oppose Evolving PA Nuclear Subsidy Proposal

A Pizza Shop Owner Worried About Three Mile Island Closing, Others Don’t See Major Impact

Climate Concerns Rise As Clock Ticks For Aging Reactors

There Really, Really Isn’t A Silver Bullet For Climate Change

Rep. Vitali To Hold Informational Meeting March 11 On Nuclear Power's Contribution To Zero-Carbon Energy Production In PA

Letter: Reject Bailouts Of The Nuclear Industry - Rep. Ortitay

Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation? - President Of PPL

Op-Ed: PA Should Not Be Propping Up The Nuclear Power Industry

Editorial: Pennsylvania Shouldn’t Save Nuclear Power Plants

Robert Swift: Three Mile Island Accident - March 28, 1979

WITF: Watch MetEd Press Conference From The Day After The 1979 Three Mile Island Accident

Activists Challenge License Extension For Peach Bottom Nuke Plant

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Needs Cap-And-Trade To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Joe Minott

Recreation

PaEN: House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report

DCNR Good Natured Blog: A Plan To Restore Pennsylvania

DCNR Promotes Restore Pennsylvania At Delaware, Washington Crossing Parks

Study: Presque Isle State Park Needs $50 Million In Improvements

PaEN: Penn State Extension: Everybody Walk Across PA And Tour The Natural Wonders Of Pennsylvania

Penn State Extension Urges Everybody Walk Across PA To See Natural Wonders Of PA

Sisk: Lewis & Clark Expedition’s Pittsburgh Roots Get Federal Recognition

Letter: Remove All Mountain Bikes From All Non-Motorized Trails In Allegheny National Forest

Snow Boosts Conditions, Extends Season At Seven Springs In Somerset

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

WITF Smart Talk: Recreation Gets Funding Commitment, Carbon Credits For Woodlands?

Ashley Officials Plan To Sell Centennial Park, Build New Park Nearby

Susquehanna Warrior Trail Faces More Delays

Schuylkill River Trail Mural Meeting March 20 In Pottstown

Rebuild Philadelphia Starts 6 Playground And Park Construction Projects

Winter Chill Won’t Affect Mosquitoes, Ticks, Penn State Extension

Pittsburgh’s Kolb Brothers Brought The World To The Grand Canyon

PaEN: PA Wilds Cooperative To Bring Traveling Public Art Show To Capitol In Harrisburg March 8-28

Letter: Remove All Mountain Bikes From All Non-Motorized Trails In Allegheny National Forest

AP-Scolforo: Dinosaur Tracks Make Fresh Impression At Valley Forge National Park

Congress Reauthorizes Land And Water Conservation Fund

Kummer: NJ Has At Least 11 Tick Species, And Some Are Making Us Sick

Recycling/Waste

PaEN: DEP Accepting Applications For 2018 Recycling Performance Grants; Grants To Increase By 20%

Recycle Your Electronics Saturday In Erie County

China Cutback On Taking Recyclables Means More To Burn In Chester City

Campaign Encourages Lancaster County To Pass On Plastic

PaEN: DEP: Benefits Outweigh Harms From Chrin Landfill Expansion In Northampton County;  Technical Review Comments Being Accepted

DEP Says Benefits Of Chrin Landfill Expansion Outweigh Possible Harms

Residents Sue Grand Central Landfill Citing Excessive Odors

Friends Of Lackawanna Online Petition Opposing Landfill Expansion Approaches Goal

Allentown Company Uses Old Mack Plant To Divert Construction Debris From Landfills

Neighbors Urge DEP To Deny Permits For Bucks County Hazardous Waste Facility

Bagenstose: Crowd Speaks Out Against Elcon Hazardous Waste Facility Proposal

Coal Waste At Power Plants Linked To Groundwater Pollution; Montour Plant Included

Report: Little Blue Run Scrubber Waste Impoundment Still Contaminating Local Groundwater

Renewable Energy

Bill Opens Door To Community Solar Projects

EcoWURD Wants To Connect Black Philadelphians To Green Economy

Letter: Invest Tax Dollars In Renewable Energy

Shale Gas Boom Slows Progress On Renewables In PJM Grid Territory

U.S. EIA: New U.S. Power Plants Expected To Be Mostly Natural Gas, Solar PV

Schuylkill River

PaEN: Schuylkill River Network Student Street Art Contest Now Accepting Entries Thru March 29

Schuylkill River Trail Mural Meeting March 20 In Pottstown

Stormwater

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Adopts Phased Approach To County Planning Process

PaEN: DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: York County

PaEN: Livestaking For Minor Streambank Repairs Workshop March 30 In Lancaster County

Livestaking: A Trusty Technique For Planting Trees And Shrubs On The Cheap

Tree Talk - Livestaking Video By Alliance For Chesapeake Bay

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter

Bay Journal: Get Pollution-Reduction Credits For Planting Trees In Your Community

PaEN: Southwest PA Water Resource Center Hosts Workshops On Grant Writing, Stormwater Pollution Control Implementation, Reporting

New Plan For Turnpike Stormwater Runoff Will Better Protect Valley Forge Historical Park

Scranton Says Annual Stormwater Fee Of $32 Per Home

Greencastle Council Works Toward Stormwater Fee

PaEN: March 12 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Green Infrastructure To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Susquehanna River

PaEN: West Branch Susquehanna River Restoration Coalition Meeting March 12

Sustainability

New Position Will Drive Environmental, Corporate Sustainability At Harsco

Wastewater Facilities

Letter: Requiring Sewer Inspections On Sale Of Property Unfair To Reduce Groundwater Infiltration

Watershed Protection

PaEN: CBF-PA: Pennsylvanians-- Call Your House, Senate Member To Support Keystone Tree Fund Bills

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Adopts Phased Approach To County Planning Process

PaEN: DEP Blog: Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities: York County

State, Federal Efforts Take Aim At Conowingo Dam

Choose Clean Water Coalition Seeks More Federal Funding For Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: Livestaking For Minor Streambank Repairs Workshop March 30 In Lancaster County

Livestaking: A Trusty Technique For Planting Trees And Shrubs On The Cheap

Tree Talk - Livestaking Video By Alliance For Chesapeake Bay

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay March Newsletter

PaEN: Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Sets April 27 Riparian Buffer Planting, 2019 Creek Cleanup Events In Cumberland County

Clearfield Conservation District Offers Manure Plan Writing Workshops March 16, April 13

Bay Journal: Get Pollution-Reduction Credits For Planting Trees In Your Community

PaEN: Pike Conservation District: 3-Part How Your Backyard Activities Affect Your Lake Workshops

PaEN: PA American Water Announces Sponsorship Of Expedition Chesapeake Film

PaEN: March 12 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Green Infrastructure To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Scranton Says Annual Stormwater Fee Of $32 Per Home

Declining Water Quality, Litter In Buffalo Creek Watershed Among Concerns In Upcoming Report

EPCAMR: Profile Of Nescopeck Creek Watershed Mine Drainage Problems In Luzerne County

PaEN: DRBC Announces Delaware Watershed Winter Photo Contest Winner; Spring Contest Begins March 20

PaEN: Schuylkill River Network Student Street Art Contest Now Accepting Entries Thru March 29

Delaware RiverKeeper March 8 RiverWatch Video Report

Letter: Requiring Sewer Inspections On Sale Of Property Unfair To Reduce Groundwater Infiltration

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment - Lake Erie Water Diversions

Op-Ed: Why We Support EPA Waters Of The U.S. Rule Change - PA Farm Bureau

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Wildlife

Frye: Fish & Boat Commission Answers Angler Questions On Voluntary Permits

Tierney: Trout Season In PA By The Numbers

Hayes: Game Commission Struggles With Expenses As State Audit Continues

Game Commission Waterfowl Meeting To Be Held In Luzerne County

PaEn: Annual Game Commission Waterfowl Briefing To Be Held March 15 In Luzerne County

Preconstruction Efforts Will Limit Access At Minsi Lake In Northampton County

Bald Eagle Mom In Hanover Protects Eggs From Snow - Video/Photos

PaEN: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Spring Hawk Watch Launches April 1

Hanover Bald Eagle Nest Welcome 2nd Egg Of 2019

Middle Creek Snow Geese Migration Not Quite At Peak, But Close

Schneck: Pittsburgh’s National Aviary Now Home To Cock-Of-The-Rock

Editorial: Of Deer, Driving And Responsibility

PaEN: Learn How To Resolve Deer Problems In Your Backyard, Neighborhood At March 25 Seminar In Harrisburg

PaEN: Game Commission Launches 3rd Online Livestream - Black Bear Den

Schneck: Go Inside A Black Bear Den Through Latest Game Commission Webcam

Live Bear Cam Debuts In Pennsylvania

PaEN: Ice Anglers Urged To Use Caution As Season Comes To Close

PEC Podcast: Pennsylvania’s Living Cities - Wildlife

Tierney: Cicadas Will Swarm Southwestern PA This Spring

West Nile/Zika Virus

Winter Chill Won’t Affect Mosquitoes, Ticks, Penn State Extension

PA Scientists Look For Most Wanted Insects On Behalf Of The Federal Govt.

Kummer: NJ Has At Least 11 Tick Species, And Some Are Making Us Sick

Federal Policy

EPA Union In Philadelphia Calls 2020 Budget Proposal Devastating Blow To Health, Environment

 

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3/11/2019

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