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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: Gov. Wolf Announces Winners of Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence
R. Timothy Weston To Receive PA Bar Assn. Environmental & Energy Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award
Game Commission Manager Lauren Ferreri Recognized For Conservation Achievements
Sunday NewsClips
AP-Levy: Debate Over Nuclear Power Hits Home In Rural Pennsylvania
House Leaders Moving Cautiously On Nuclear Power Rescue Bill
Maykuth: Are Tiny Nuclear Reactors The Path To A Carbon-Free Future?
As Levee Costs Grow In Williamsport, Next Stage Includes State Funding
Op-Ed: Pass A Natural Gas Severance Tax to Fund Infrastructure In PA - Gov. Wolf
PECO Tree Clearing Riles Residents In Bucks
Fort Indiantown Gap Begins Spring 2019 Prescribed Burn Season
Frye: Camping When Campfires Are Prohibited
Dietz: Game Commission Has Support In Its Battle Against Chronic Wasting Disease
Dietz: Game Commission Receives Credible Support In Its Battle Against Chronic Wasting Disease
Nesting Pair Of Eagles Returns To Presque Isle State Park
Trout Stocking, Birding Events To Soon Be Underway In Centre County
Sunday - Environmental Heritage
Remembering The Three Mile Island Accident: Concern, Confusion, Chaos
Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident: The Ultimate Out-Of-Body Experience
Go To Three Mile Island And Camp There: Reporter Gets Careers Lessons From Nuclear Accident
Sunday - National/International
Op-Ed: Rolling Back Portions Of Federal Clean Water Act Is A Bad Idea
Rescues, Evacuations As Floodwaters Breach Levees In Midwest
AP: W. S. Merwin, Prize-Winning Poet Of Nature, Dies At 91
Politics
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Air
PaEN: DEP To Discuss Draft Regs Controlling VOC [Methane] Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations At March 21 Advisory Board Meeting
PaEN: EQB Publishes Proposed Fine Particulate Matter Regulations For Comment, 3 Hearings Set
Sisk: Allegheny County Revises Order Against U.S. Steel After Company Updates Repair Timeline
New Allegheny County Order Would Speed Up Repairs To U.S. Steel Coke (Coal) Plant, Curtail Pollution
Allegheny Health Dept. Revises Order, U.S. Steel To Expedite Repairs At Coke (Coal) Plant
U.S. Steel Releases Photos Of Repairs At Clairton Coke Works After Fire
Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Appeal Of DEP Order Assigned To Erie EHB Judge
Shell Urges Trump White House To Tighten Methane Leak Rules
PA Environmental Council: Statement On Shell Support Of Methane Rules
Study: Blacks, Hispanics Bear The Burden Of Air Pollution
Op-Ed: EPA Must Stop Deadly Attack On Mercury, Air Toxics Standards
Alternative Fuels
PaEN: PUC Approves Duquesne Light Filing For Third-Party Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Needs To Do More To Support Electric Vehicles - NRDC
Reuters: EPA Unveils Plan To Allow Sales Of Higher Ethanol Gasoline
Phillips: Japan Looks Past Battery-Powered Electric Cars, Envisions A Hydrogen Society
Awards & Recognition
PaEN: Gov. Wolf Announces Winners of Governor’s Award For Environmental Excellence
PaEN: R. Timothy Weston To Receive PA Bar Assn. Environmental & Energy Law Section Lifetime Achievement Award
PaEN: Game Commission Manager Lauren Ferreri Recognized For Conservation Achievements
Pittsburgh Recognized As Starting Point For Lewis And Clark Expedition
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
PaEN: Agriculture Extends Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area To Dauphin County
Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Expanded To Dauphin County
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Expands Into Central PA
March 21 Spotted Lanternfly Webinar Teaches About Permit, Species
PaEN: Business Owners: Do I Need A Spotted Lanternfly Permit Webinar March 21
Plant For Pollinators
PaEN: DEP/Health Announce New Statewide Tick Surveillance Program, Part Of A 5-Year Study Of Tickborne Illnesses In PA
Schneck: Tick Watch Under Way Across Pennsylvania By State
PA Collects Thousands Of Ticks For Study To Combat Lyme Disease
Tick Survey Planned For Erie County
PaEN: Tiadaghton Audubon: How The Fate Of The Florida Sparrow Impacts Pennsylvania, March 20, Wellsboro, Tioga County
Head Of Morris Arboretum Retiring After 42 Years, A Rare Tenure In Botanical World
Budget
PEMA, Local Officials Discuss How Restore PA Would Prevent Flood Damage, Help Disaster Survivors
Rep. Kaufer Asks Attorney General To File Injunction To Stop Luzerne Stormwater Fee
Sanitary, Stormwater Fee Bills Due To Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Today
Stormwater Fee, Possible Park & Lock Project Dominate Butler Twp. Meeting In Luzerne
PaEN: House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report
DCNR: Prince Gallitzin State Park, Cambria County, Needs $3.5 Million Of Infrastructure Work
DCNR Secretary Tours Potential Trail Site In Pittsburgh To Promote Restore PA
Delaware Canal State Park Needs $90 Million Worth Of Improvements
Editorial: State Parks Report Sounds Alarm
Why PA Residents Should Car Trump Wants To Cut Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funding 90%
PaEN: Choose Clean Water Coalition Pushing For More Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funding
Ohio Governor Wants Nearly $1 Billion For Lake Erie, Waterways
Budget - Federal
Trump Proposes Slashing EPA Budget By 31 Percent
Trump Budget Diverts Spending From EPA And Renewables Toward Border Wall
Feds Say Trump Budget Won’t Affect Parks Twp. Radioactive Waste Dump Cleanup
PaEN: Chesapeake Bay Foundation Opposed To Proposed 90% Cut In Federal Bay Funding
PaEN: Choose Clean Water Coalition Pushing For More Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funding
Environmentalists Slam Trump’s Proposal to Slash Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funds
Why PA Residents Should Car Trump Wants To Cut Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funding 90%
Editorial: Funding For Chesapeake Bay Again Proposed To Be Cut By Trump
AP: Trump Seeks Cuts For Cleanup Of Great Lakes, Other Waterways
AP: Wolf, 4 Other Great Lakes Governors Oppose Trump Plan To Cut Great Lakes Funding
Trump’s Energy Budget Makes Coal, Nuclear Priority Over Renewables
Trump Budget Again Seeks Deep Cuts To EPA, DOE Renewables Research
Cong. Smucker, Sen. Casey Affirm Support Of Chesapeake Bay Funding After Trump’s Proposed Cuts
EPA Union Denounces 2020 Budget, Calls On Congress To Fully Fund Agency - Philadelphia
Trump Budget Proposes Funds To Finish Lower Mon Locks & Dam Project
Chesapeake Bay
PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Meets March 22 To Hear Funding Workgroup Report
Lancaster Farming: DCNR Secretary Sees Riparian Buffer Progress
PaEN: Bay Journal Op-Ed: Healthy Trees, Forests Are Great Cure For What Ails Chesapeake Bay
PaEN: Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Offering: Small Watershed & Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grants
PaEN: March 19 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Stroud Water Center's Research On Soil Health
Editorial: Lackawanna County Commissioners Must Lead On Stormwater
Why PA Residents Should Car Trump Wants To Cut Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funding 90%
Cong. Smucker, Sen. Casey Affirm Support Of Chesapeake Bay Funding After Trump’s Proposed Cuts
Editorial: Funding For Chesapeake Bay Again Proposed To Be Cut By Trump
Bay Journal: Look For Signs Of Spring Around The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
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Citizen Action
PaEN: DEP, Lycoming College Host Open House March 18 In Williamsport For Landowners, Municipalities Seeking To Work In Streams Impacted By Flooding
PaEN: Chesapeake Conservancy Seeking Volunteers To Identify, Collect Livestakes In Centre, Northumberland March 19, 24
Indoor Seeding For Gardeners Program Set At Mt. Pleasant Public Library
PaEN: Tiadaghton Audubon: How The Fate Of The Florida Sparrow Impacts Pennsylvania, March 20, Wellsboro, Tioga County
Climate
PaEN: DEP To Discuss Draft Regs Controlling VOC [Methane] Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations At March 21 Advisory Board Meeting
PaEN: Auditor General DePasquale Calls For State Action On Climate Change, Brace For New Costs
Auditor General DePasquale: We Cannot Rely On Federal Govt. On Climate Change
Auditor General: Climate Change Is An Environmental And Economic Crisis
Xian: Auditor General On Climate Change: Each Disaster Is A Hit To State Taxpayers
There’s A Sense We Have to Act Now On Climate Change Say Experts At Penn State
Shell Urges Trump White House To Tighten Methane Leak Rules
PA Environmental Council: Statement On Shell Support Of Methane Rules
PaEN: Senators Ask Colleagues To Sign On To Bipartisan Bill To Increase Renewable Energy Purchase By Utilities From 8% To 30% By 2030
Column: 3 Philly School Kids Are Striking Friday Because Grown-Ups Failed them On Climate
PaEN: PUC Approves Duquesne Light Filing For Third-Party Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Needs To Do More To Support Electric Vehicles - NRDC
NPR: It’s 2050 And This Is How We Stopped Climate Change
Allegheny Front: Meet An Organizer Of The Pittsburgh Youth Climate Strike
Students In PA, NJ Skipping Class To Urge Action On Climate Change
Column: 3 Philly School Kids Are Striking Friday Because Grown-Ups Failed Them On Climate
Youth Climate Strikes To Take Place In More Than 100 Countries
Letter: There Is A Bipartisan Path Forward On Climate Change
Letter: Anti-Climate Change Ad Is Dangerous
Op-Ed: It’s Time To Act On Climate Change - Bipartisan U.S. Senators
UN: Environment Is Deadly, Worsening Mess, But Not Hopeless
Gore: U.S. Getting Close To Political Shift On Climate Change
New Plan To Protect Lower Manhattan From Climate Change
Coal Mining
DOE’s Perry Says Federal Coal, Nuclear Bailout Not Dead, But Encourages States To Act
Op-Ed: EPA Must Stop Deadly Attack On Mercury, Air Toxics Standards
Compliance Action
Post-Gazette: DEP Strikes Deal With Diversified Gas & Oil On Plugging Or Restarting 1,412 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
Sisk: Allegheny County Revises Order Against U.S. Steel After Company Updates Repair Timeline
New Allegheny County Order Would Speed Up Repairs To U.S. Steel Coke (Coal) Plant, Curtail Pollution
Allegheny Health Dept. Revises Order, U.S. Steel To Expedite Repairs At Coke (Coal) Plant
Court Decisions
PaEN: Commonwealth Court Clears The Way For Attorney General To Pursue Unfair Trade Practices Cases Against Chesapeake, Anadarko On Drilling Royalties, Payments
PaEN: Court: Injection Well Developer Does Not Need To Wait To Challenge A Local Zoning Decision Until It Has Permits For The Well
Deep Mine Safety
PaEN: Penn State To Host Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Contest March 30
Delaware River
PaEN: House Bill Would Give Either Senate Or House Environmental Committee A Veto Over Any DEP Groundwater Withdraw Regulations
Op-Ed: Our Beer Is Only As Good As Our Water
Delaware RiverKeeper March 15 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
PaEN: House Bill Would Give Either Senate Or House Environmental Committee A Veto Over Any DEP Groundwater Withdraw Regulations
Pittsburgh Water Authority Has Money To Replace Lead Service Lines For Free
Bagenstose: Military Moves Toward Treatment Study Of Willow Grove Base Water Contamination
PA American Water Invests $37 Million In Lackawanna County Water, Wastewater Infrastructure
PaEN: PUC Highlights Importance Of Safe Drinking Water During-- Fix A Leak Week
Earth Day
University Of Scranton Seeks Student Entries For Earth Day Essay Contest
Education
PaEN: Wildlife For Everyone Awards College Scholarships To 5 Students
PaEN: Penn State To Host Eastern Collegiate Mine Rescue Contest March 30
University Of Scranton Seeks Student Entries For Earth Day Essay Contest
PaEN: New Online Course Provides In-Depth Understanding Of Meaningful Watershed Educational Experience For Educators
PaEN: Registration Now Open For 25th Delaware River Sojourn June 14-22
PaEN: Allegheny Land Trust Releases Full Schedule of Environmental Education Activities, Events
Allegheny Front: Meet An Organizer Of The Pittsburgh Youth Climate Strike
Students In PA, NJ Skipping Class To Urge Action On Climate Change
Column: 3 Philly School Kids Are Striking Friday Because Grown-Ups Failed Them On Climate
Youth Climate Strikes To Take Place In More Than 100 Countries
Schneck: When Is The First Day Of Spring, Exactly?
Energy
Maykuth: $500 Million: That’s How Much Lawmakers Are Asking For To Rescue Nuclear Power Plants
Cusick: Rep. Mehaffie Talks Up His Nuclear Bailout Bill; Opponents Line Up To Trash It
Legere/Litvak: Nuclear Rescue Bill In PA Carries A $500 Million Price Tag
PLS Reporter: Skeptics Decry Bailout As Nuclear Advocates Roll Out Plan To Save State’s Nuclear Power Plants
Crable: Bill Introduced to Subsidize Nuclear Power In PA, Save Three Mile Island
Thompson: $500 Million Nuclear Power Rescue Bill Introduced In PA
Consumers Would Foot The Bill To Prop Up PA’s Ailing Nuke Plants Under House Proposal
Caruso: Lawmakers Skeptical Of Nuclear Rescue Proposal; Could Solar Panels, Wind Get The Job Done?
PA Lawmaker: State Crafted Nuke Subsidy Bill After DOE Said Not To Wait For Bailout
PA Bill Would Add Nuclear Power To Alternative Energy Lists
Reuters: PA Lawmaker Offers Bill To Save Nuclear Power Plants
AP-Levy: Fight Over Nuclear Plants Arrives At PA Capitol
Bailout Bill Proposed For Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
NRDC: Pennsylvania’s First Nuclear Subsidy Bill Explained
Market Monitor Report: TMI Only Uneconomical Nuclear Plant In PA
Bloomberg: In America’s Shale Country, Nukes, Gas Are Duking It Out
Thyroid Cancer Study Re-Ignites Debate Over Three Mile Island Accident’s Health Effects
Cusick: Nuclear Watchdog Group Wants NRC To Investigate Safety Issue At Three Mile Island
Crable: PPL Blasts Proposal To Subsidize Nuclear Power, Save TMI From Closing
Op-Ed: Your Electricity Bill Could Increase To Rescue Nuclear Power Plants - PPL President
Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation - PPL President
Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation - PPL President
Editorial: PA Should Let Three Mile Island Close - Lancaster Paper
Editorial: Pennsylvania Should Let Three Mile Island Close - Lancaster
AP: Nuclear Industry Pushing For Fewer Inspections At Plants
Maykuth: Are Tiny Nuclear Reactors The Path To A Carbon-Free Future?
DOE’s Perry Says Federal Coal, Nuclear Bailout Not Dead, But Encourages States To Act
Ohio Weighs Nuclear Plant Bailout At FirstEnergy’s Urging, Will It Boost Renewables Too?
Op-Ed: It Sounds Crazy, But Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island Show Why Nuclear Power Is Inherently Safe
MSC: PA Leads Nation In Natural Gas Power Generation Growth
PA Accounts For 25 Percent Of U.S. Natural Gas Power Generation
Turkey Hill Dairy Now Powered By 100% Renewables
Solar Farm Could Power Westmoreland Wastewater Plant
$75 Million, 540 Acre Solar Farm Proposed In Conewago Township, York County
$75 Million, 80MW Solar Farm Gets Green Light In York County, Would Be Largest In PA
PJM Pushes FERC To Act On Capacity Market Rules, Citing Uncertainty, Confusion
PaEN: PUC Approves Duquesne Light Filing For Third-Party Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
PaEN: Vista Energy Marketing To Pay $52,700 Penalty To PUC In Door-To-Door Energy Sales Case
Maykuth: PUC Slaps Hefty Fine On Energy Firm For Employing Rapist As Door-To-Door Salesman In Bucks
Chambersburg Sells Bonds To Upgrade Electric System
Op-Ed: Transource Power Line Would Cost PA Electricity Customers $514M In Higher Rates
Some Peoples Gas Customers In Moon Might Not Get Service Back Until Monday
Phillips: Japan Looks Past Battery-Powered Electric Cars, Envisions A Hydrogen Society
Energy Conservation
Philadelphia Museum Of Art Swapping Out 11,000 Bulbs, Fixtures For LEDs
Environmental Heritage
PaEN: Feature - What We Owe To Pennsylvania’s Rachel Carson
PaEN: Feature-- 40 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island, March 28, 1979
PaEN: On March 27 Penn State Harrisburg Will Mark 40th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Accident
WITF: Airing Of Three Mile Island Accident Documentary 40 Years Later March 26
WITF Smart Talk: Media Coverage Of TMI Accident Was Part Of The Story
WITF: Gov. Thornburgh Speaks 2 Days After TMI Partial Meltdown
Sisk: After TMI Accident, CMU Team Pitched The Idea Of Using Robots For Cleanup, It Was Just The Beginning
Thyroid Cancer Study Re-Ignites Debate Over Three Mile Island Accident’s Health Effects
2 Weeks Before Three Mile Island Accident, China Syndrome Movies Hits Theaters Depicting Reactor Accident
PaEN: PHMC: 18 New State Historical Markers Approved, Several Related To PA’s Environmental Heritage
Farming
PaEN: Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award To Recognize PA Farmer With $10,000 Prize
Farmers Urged To Apply For Leopold Farm, Forest Conservation Grants
PaEN: NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Funding To Protect Wetlands, Farmland On Working Farms
PaEN: March 19 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Stroud Water Center's Research On Soil Health
PaEN: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Seeks Public Comments On Conservation Practice Standards
Philadelphia Releases RFP For Citywide Urban Agriculture Plan
Plant For Pollinators
Penn State Extension Agronomy Guide Is Farmer’s Bible
Flooding
PaEN: House Committee To Consider Bill Creating Flood Insurance Premium Assistance Task Force March 18
Luzerne Flood Authority Seeks Support For Grants To Fund 2 Projects
Williamsport Levee Repair Costs Nearing $2 Million
PEMA, Local Officials Discuss How Restore PA Would Prevent Flood Damage, Help Disaster Survivors
Editorial: Lackawanna County Commissioners Must Lead On Stormwater
Forests
Wildfire Risk Increasing In Pennsylvania During Spring
PaEN: DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Fighting Grants
Lancaster Farming: DCNR Secretary Sees Riparian Buffer Progress
PaEN: Chesapeake Conservancy Seeking Volunteers To Identify, Collect Livestakes In Centre, Northumberland March 19, 24
Editorial: State Parks Report Sounds Alarm
PaEN: Agriculture Extends Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Area To Dauphin County
Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Expanded To Dauphin County
Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone Expands Into Central PA
March 21 Spotted Lanternfly Webinar Teaches About Permit, Species
PaEN: Business Owners: Do I Need A Spotted Lanternfly Permit Webinar March 21
PaEN: DEP/Health Announce New Statewide Tick Surveillance Program, Part Of A 5-Year Study Of Tickborne Illnesses In PA
Schneck: Tick Watch Under Way Across Pennsylvania By State
PA Collects Thousands Of Ticks For Study To Combat Lyme Disease
Tick Survey Planned For Erie County
Busy Time For Maple Syrup Makers In Erie Region
Squirrels Are Damaging Some Maple Syrup Operations
Sweet Treat: PA Contributes To Maple Syrup Production
Schneck: What’s The Strangest Thing You’ve Found In The Woods?
Head Of Morris Arboretum Retiring After 42 Years, A Rare Tenure In Botanical World
Geologic Hazards
Big Sinkhole Opens In Route 322 Dauphin County
Grants & Funding
PaEN: Pennsylvania Leopold Conservation Award To Recognize PA Farmer With $10,000 Prize
Farmers Urged To Apply For Leopold Farm, Forest Conservation Grants
PaEN: Chesapeake Bay Stewardship Fund Offering: Small Watershed & Innovative Nutrient & Sediment Reduction Grants
PaEN: NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Funding To Protect Wetlands, Farmland On Working Farms
PaEN: DCNR Now Accepting Applications For Volunteer Fire Company Wildfire Fighting Grants
PaEN: Applications Now Being Accepted For Schuylkill Highlands Landscape Mini-Grants
Green Infrastructure
Lancaster Farming: DCNR Secretary Sees Riparian Buffer Progress
PaEN: Bay Journal Op-Ed: Healthy Trees, Forests Are Great Cure For What Ails Chesapeake Bay
PaEN: Chesapeake Conservancy Seeking Volunteers To Identify, Collect Livestakes In Centre, Northumberland March 19, 24
Editorial: Wolf Must Lock Down Funding For Codorus Creek Improvement Project In York
PaEN: DEP, Lycoming College Host Open House March 18 In Williamsport For Landowners, Municipalities Seeking To Work In Streams Impacted By Flooding
PaEN: March 19 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Stroud Water Center's Research On Soil Health
Clay Twp., Lancaster County, Seeks To Improve Stormwater Runoff
Sanitary, Stormwater Fee Bills Due To Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Today
Stormwater Fee, Possible Park & Lock Project Dominate Butler Twp. Meeting In Luzerne
Editorial: Lackawanna County Commissioners Must Lead On Stormwater
PEMA, Local Officials Discuss How Restore PA Would Prevent Flood Damage, Help Disaster Survivors
Hazardous Substances
PaEN: DEP: Soil Samples At A Park, Day Care Center In Palmerton, Carbon County Exceed Lead Standard
High Lead Levels Found In Soil Around Palmerton Day Care And In Borough Park
Pittsburgh Water Authority Has Money To Replace Lead Service Lines For Free
Bagenstose: Military Moves Toward Treatment Study Of Willow Grove Base Water Contamination
PaEN: Dept. Of Human Services Explores Use Of Medicaid Funds For Lead Exposure Prevention And Remediation Initiative
Lake Erie
AP: Wolf, 4 Other Great Lakes Governors Oppose Trump Plan To Cut Great Lakes Funding
Ohio Governor Wants Nearly $1 Billion For Lake Erie, Waterways
Land Conservation
Allegheny Land Trust Issues Call Of Urgency To Save County’s Green Spaces
PaEN: Allegheny Land Trust Releases Full Schedule of Environmental Education Activities, Events
PaEN: Applications Now Being Accepted For Schuylkill Highlands Landscape Mini-Grants
Crable: Rumors Swirl Around Sale Of Girl Scout Camp In Lancaster County
PaEN: Chestnut Hill Conservancy Protects 2 Properties In Philadelphia
PaEN: PA Land Trust Assn. Offers Guides On Land Conservation, Allowing Land Encroachments
Trump Signs Public Lands, Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization Bill
Trump Administration Moving To Ease Oil & Gas Drilling Restrictions In West
Littering/Anti-Dumping
PaEN: Keep PA Beautiful Engages Nearly 130,000 Volunteers To Remove Over 7.2 Million Pounds Of Trash In 2018
Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Removes 7.2 Million Pounds Of Trash
College Groups To Participate In Spring Litter Cleanup In Washington County
WITF Smart Talk: Picking Up The Poconos Initiative
Williamsport: City-Wide Litter Sweeps To Take Place In Late April
Mine Reclamation
PaEN: Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Subsidence Control Project In Lackawanna County
Noncoal Mining
Bagenstose: Sen. Santarsiero: DEP Investigating Rockhill Quarry Records
Oil & Gas
Post-Gazette: DEP Strikes Deal With Diversified Gas & Oil On Plugging Or Restarting 1,412 Conventional Oil & Gas Wells
PaEN: DEP Reaches Settlement On Diversified Gas & Oil Abandoned Conventional Wells
Frazier: DEP Reaches $7M Agreement Over 1,400 Abandoned Oil & Gas Wells
Huba: DEP Reaches Settlement With Companies To Plug Abandoned Wells In Western PA
MSC: PA Leads Nation In Natural Gas Power Generation Growth
PA Accounts For 25 Percent Of U.S. Natural Gas Power Generation
PaEN: DEP To Discuss Draft Regs Controlling VOC [Methane] Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations At March 21 Advisory Board Meeting
Shell Urges Trump White House To Tighten Methane Leak Rules
PA Environmental Council: Statement On Shell Support Of Methane Rules
PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets March 19 To Consider Bill Allowing Cross Unit Drilling Under Several Properties
PaEN: Commonwealth Court Clears The Way For Attorney General To Pursue Unfair Trade Practices Cases Against Chesapeake, Anadarko On Drilling Royalties, Payments
PaEN: Court: Injection Well Developer Does Not Need To Wait To Challenge A Local Zoning Decision Until It Has Permits For The Well
Some Peoples Gas Customers In Moon Might Not Get Service Back Until Monday
Film On Arctic Refuge Battle Set For Pittsburgh Screening
Litvak: Rice Energy/EQT Proxy Fight History Plays Out On Ohio Farms
Reuters: EPA Unveils Plan To Allow Sales Of Higher Ethanol Gasoline
Trump Administration Moving To Ease Oil & Gas Drilling Restrictions In West
Permitting
PaEN: DEP Posts 65 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In March 16 PA Bulletin
Personnel
Head Of Morris Arboretum Retiring After 42 Years, A Rare Tenure In Botanical World
Pipelines
PaEN: Attorney General, Delaware County DA Conducting Joint Investigation Into Mariner East Pipelines
Phillips: Attorney General, Delaware County DA Launch Criminal Investigation Into Mariner East Pipelines
AP-Levy: Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Maykuth: Attorney General Launches Criminal Investigation Into Mariner East Pipeline Project
Attorney General, Delaware County Have Joined Mariner East Pipeline Investigation
PA Attorney General Launches Investigation Into Mariner East Pipelines
Delaware County DA Launches Investigation Of Mariner East Pipeline
PaEN: 15 Senate, House Members Ask Gov. Wolf To Halt Mariner East Pipeline Operations Until Safety Protocols Are In Place
PaEN: Senators Killion, Dinniman Introduce Resolution Forming Senate/House Commission To Make Recommendations To Improve Pipeline Safety, Construction Practices
Op-Ed: First Trump, Then Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline Mess, No Wonder Republicans Are Scared
PA Landowners Ask U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Case
Sen. Dinniman, Rep. Friel Otten Form Pipeline Safety Caucus
PaEN: DEP Proposes Water Quality Certification For Adelphia Gateway Pipeline Project In Eastern PA
PaEN: Proposed Water Quality Certification Published For Columbia Case East & West Pipeline Project, Armstrong, Butler, Clarion Counties
The $1 Billion Gas Pipeline Project Dividing New York
Radiation Protection
Maykuth: $500 Million: That’s How Much Lawmakers Are Asking For To Rescue Nuclear Power Plants
Cusick: Rep. Mehaffie Talks Up His Nuclear Bailout Bill; Opponents Line Up To Trash It
Legere/Litvak: Nuclear Rescue Bill In PA Carries A $500 Million Price Tag
PLS Reporter: Skeptics Decry Bailout As Nuclear Advocates Roll Out Plan To Save State’s Nuclear Power Plants
Crable: Bill Introduced to Subsidize Nuclear Power In PA, Save Three Mile Island
Thompson: $500 Million Nuclear Power Rescue Bill Introduced In PA
Consumers Would Foot The Bill To Prop Up PA’s Ailing Nuke Plants Under House Proposal
Caruso: Lawmakers Skeptical Of Nuclear Rescue Proposal; Could Solar Panels, Wind Get The Job Done?
PA Lawmaker: State Crafted Nuke Subsidy Bill After DOE Said Not To Wait For Bailout
PA Bill Would Add Nuclear Power To Alternative Energy Lists
Reuters: PA Lawmaker Offers Bill To Save Nuclear Power Plants
AP-Levy: Fight Over Nuclear Plants Arrives At PA Capitol
Bailout Bill Proposed For Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant
NRDC: Pennsylvania’s First Nuclear Subsidy Bill Explained
Market Monitor Report: TMI Only Uneconomical Nuclear Plant In PA
Bloomberg: In America’s Shale Country, Nukes, Gas Are Duking It Out
Thyroid Cancer Study Re-Ignites Debate Over Three Mile Island Accident’s Health Effects
Cusick: Nuclear Watchdog Group Wants NRC To Investigate Safety Issue At Three Mile Island
Crable: PPL Blasts Proposal To Subsidize Nuclear Power, Save TMI From Closing
Op-Ed: Your Electricity Bill Could Increase To Rescue Nuclear Power Plants - PPL President
Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation - PPL President
Op-Ed: Why Should Electric Customers Subsidize Nuclear Generation - PPL President
Editorial: PA Should Let Three Mile Island Close - Lancaster Paper
Editorial: Pennsylvania Should Let Three Mile Island Close - Lancaster
AP: Nuclear Industry Pushing For Fewer Inspections At Plants
Maykuth: Are Tiny Nuclear Reactors The Path To A Carbon-Free Future?
DOE’s Perry Says Federal Coal, Nuclear Bailout Not Dead, But Encourages States To Act
Ohio Weighs Nuclear Plant Bailout At FirstEnergy’s Urging, Will It Boost Renewables Too?
Op-Ed: It Sounds Crazy, But Fukushima, Chernobyl, Three Mile Island Show Why Nuclear Power Is Inherently Safe
PJM Pushes FERC To Act On Capacity Market Rules, Citing Uncertainty, Confusion
Feds Say Trump Budget Won’t Affect Parks Twp. Radioactive Waste Dump Cleanup
Recreation
PaEN: House Tourism & Recreation Committee Holds March 19 Info Meeting On PA Parks & Forests Foundation Infrastructure Needs Report
DCNR: Prince Gallitzin State Park, Cambria County, Needs $3.5 Million Of Infrastructure Work
DCNR Secretary Tours Potential Trail Site In Pittsburgh To Promote Restore PA
Delaware Canal State Park Needs $90 Million Worth Of Improvements
Local Leaders Tour Bucks State Parks, Assess Needs
Editorial: State Parks Report Sounds Alarm
First Phase Of Ohiopyle Construction On Schedule To Be Completed By Memorial Day
Editorial: Friends Of Lackawanna Appeal Affirms Opposition To Keystone Landfill
PaEN: March 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
PaEN: Registration Now Open For 25th Delaware River Sojourn June 14-22
Hiker Rescued From Hillside Along Popular Trail Near Moraine State Park
DCNR Plans White-Water Release Into Tohickon Creek For Annual Boating Event In Bucks
March 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Ski Areas In NE Flying High As Season Wraps Up
PaEN: DEP/Health Announce New Statewide Tick Surveillance Program, Part Of A 5-Year Study Of Tickborne Illnesses In PA
Schneck: Tick Watch Under Way Across Pennsylvania By State
PA Collects Thousands Of Ticks For Study To Combat Lyme Disease
Tick Survey Planned For Erie County
A Park That Makes Money? Dilworth Park In Philadelphia Generated $2.5 Million In 2018
Hayes: Adaptive Sports Equipment Enables Outdoor Recreation For All
Ashley Residents Worried About Playground Plan
Stormwater Fee, Possible Park & Lock Project Dominate Butler Twp. Meeting In Luzerne
New Warrington Park To Offer App/Bluetooth Technology In Bucks County
Allegheny Twp OKs Money For Tredway Trail Expansion
Why Cyclists Feel Vulnerable In Philly’s Bike Lanes
Pittsburgh Recognized As Starting Point For Lewis And Clark Expedition
PaEN: Applications Now Being Accepted For Schuylkill Highlands Landscape Mini-Grants
Schneck: What’s The Strangest Thing You’ve Found In The Woods?
Crable: Extreme Adventurer: When Winter Weather Gets Rough, Ben Weaver Gets Going
Crable: Rumors Swirl Around Sale Of Girl Scout Camp In Lancaster County
York, Lancaster Counties Earn National Heritage Area Designation To Draw Tourists, Spur Economy
Trump Signs Public Lands, Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Reauthorization Bill
Recycling/Waste
Recycling Today Highlights PRC’s Pop-Up Glass Recycling Initiative
Editorial: Pop-Up Recycling, PA Resources Council Helps Us Do The Right Thing
Sen. Yaw Tours Muncy Company Turns Out Drainage Pipes Made From Recycled Plastic
Millcreek Twp. Hauler Asks For Increased Fee To Cover Recycling Costs
Multi-Municipal Recycling Center May Move In Blair County
Logan Twp, Blair County To Apply For DEP Food Waste Recycling Grant
What Happens To The Flowers After The Philadelphia Flower Show Ends?
Editorial: Friends Of Lackawanna Appeal Affirms Opposition To Keystone Landfill
Renewable Energy
PaEN: Senators Ask Colleagues To Sign On To Bipartisan Bill To Increase Renewable Energy Purchase By Utilities From 8% To 30% By 2030
Turkey Hill Dairy Now Powered By 100% Renewables
Solar Farm Could Power Westmoreland Wastewater Plant
$75 Million, 80MW Solar Farm Gets Green Light In York County, Would Be Largest In PA
$75 Million, 540 Acre Solar Farm Proposed In Conewago Township, York County
Stormwater
PaEN: DEP, Lycoming College Host Open House March 18 In Williamsport For Landowners, Municipalities Seeking To Work In Streams Impacted By Flooding
Rep. Kaufer Asks Attorney General To File Injunction To Stop Luzerne Stormwater Fee
Sanitary, Stormwater Fee Bills Due To Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Today
Clay Twp., Lancaster County, Seeks To Improve Stormwater Runoff
Editorial: Lackawanna County Commissioners Must Lead On Stormwater
Superfund - Federal
PaEN: DEP: Soil Samples At A Park, Day Care Center In Palmerton, Carbon County Exceed Lead Standard
Susquehanna
PaEN: House Bill Would Give Either Senate Or House Environmental Committee A Veto Over Any DEP Groundwater Withdraw Regulations
Sustainability
PaEN: The Hershey Company Announces Action Plans To Protect, Restore Forests In Cocoa Growing Region
10th Annual Sustainability Conference Sparks In-Depth Conversation About Smart Cities In Pittsburgh
Wastewater Facilities
EPA OKs Plan To Stop Sewage Overflows From Allentown, Surrounding Municipalities
Sadsbury Twp, Chester County Sells Wastewater System
PA American Water Invests $37 Million In Lackawanna County Water, Wastewater Infrastructure
Editorial: ALCOSAN Overhaul Should Include Transparency
Watershed Protection
Lancaster Farming: DCNR Secretary Sees Riparian Buffer Progress
PaEN: Bay Journal Op-Ed: Healthy Trees, Forests Are Great Cure For What Ails Chesapeake Bay
Why PA Residents Should Car Trump Wants To Cut Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Funding 90%
PaEN: March 19 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Highlights Stroud Water Center's Research On Soil Health
PaEN: DEP, Lycoming College Host Open House March 18 In Williamsport For Landowners, Municipalities Seeking To Work In Streams Impacted By Flooding
Rep. Kaufer Asks Attorney General To File Injunction To Stop Luzerne Stormwater Fee
Sanitary, Stormwater Fee Bills Due To Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Today
Clay Twp., Lancaster County, Seeks To Improve Stormwater Runoff
Stormwater Fee, Possible Park & Lock Project Dominate Butler Twp. Meeting In Luzerne
Editorial: Lackawanna County Commissioners Must Lead On Stormwater
Editorial: Wolf Must Lock Down Funding For Codorus Creek Improvement Project In York
Delaware RiverKeeper March 15 RiverWatch Video Report
Op-Ed: Our Beer Is Only As Good As Our Water
AP: Wolf, 4 Other Great Lakes Governors Oppose Trump Plan To Cut Great Lakes Funding
Ohio Governor Wants Nearly $1 Billion For Lake Erie, Waterways
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Wildlife
PaEN: Game Commission Manager Lauren Ferreri Recognized For Conservation Achievements
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
Hunters, Hikers Debate Proposed Changes To PA Deer Hunting Season
Hayes: Old-Time Tradition May End With A Saturday Start To Deer Season
Letter: End Sunday Hunting Ban
Game Commission Sets March 25 Working Group Meeting
PaEN: Wildlife For Everyone Awards College Scholarships To 5 Students
Peregrine Falcons At Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning Have 1st Egg Of Season
Why A Wounded Bald Eagle Couldn’t Be Saved At Centre Wildlife Care
Allegheny Front: Birders Make The Best Friends
Thomas: Tundra Swans Are A Treat For Those Lucky Enough To Catch Their Migration North - Western PA
How Middle Creek Wildlife Area Staff Count Snow Geese
Out-Of-Staters “Flock” To Middle Creek Wildlife Areas In March
Middle Creek Snow Geese Population May Be Near Peak With 150,000 Birds - Video
PaEN: Tiadaghton Audubon: How The Fate Of The Florida Sparrow Impacts Pennsylvania, March 20, Wellsboro, Tioga County
Nature Watch: Rare For Erie, Eurasian Wigeon Spotted Off Perry Monument
Bay Journal: Look For Signs Of Spring Around The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Schneck: What’s The Strangest Thing You’ve Found In The Woods?
Schneck: 4.2 Million Trout On The Way, First First-Day March 23
Over 40 Ice Fishermen Rescued After Ice Floe Breaks Off In Lake Erie
Film On Arctic Refuge Battle Set For Pittsburgh Screening
PaEN: April 5 PA Wildlife Gala To Raise Money For Wildlife Conservation & Education
West Nile/Zika Virus
PaEN: DEP/Health Announce New Statewide Tick Surveillance Program, Part Of A 5-Year Study Of Tickborne Illnesses In PA
PA Collects Thousands Of Ticks For Study To Combat Lyme Disease
Tick Survey Planned For Erie County
Other
PaEN: PA Chamber’s Annual Environmental Conference & Trade Show April 23 In Hershey
The Manayunk Canal Almost Became The Manayunk Expressway In Philadelphia
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