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

Editorial: It’s Time To Cut Our Nuclear Power Plant Losses

Transforming Mining Sites For Modern Warehouses In Luzerne

Pottstown Awaits Funding For Pollock Park Remediation Study After Finding Unsafe Lead Levels

DuBoistown Council Still Unclear On Next Stormwater Pollution Reduction Steps

Plan To Remove Dams From Mahoning River Is Taking Off

Williamsport Event Demonstrates How Restore PA Seeks To Make Waterways Cleaner

Editorial: Use Caution With Wolf’s Natural Gas Severance Tax Proposal

Editorial: Regulation is Not A Dirty Word

Blair County Prepares For Health Emergency

Micek: What We Don’t Know About Science Can Hurt Us

Hayes: Wild Trout The Canary In The Coal Mine Of Water Conservation

108 Years Ago: 72 Miners Perished In Coal Mine Fire In Lackawanna County

Op-Ed: State Historic Tax Credit Could Help Restoration Efforts

Crable: At 53, Lititz Ultra Trail Runner Hits His Stride

Spring Blooming Season For Wild Flowers In State Forests

Wildlands Conservancy Earns National Accreditation

Pittsburgh Bald Eagles Suspected To Have Hatched An Eaglet

Politics

PA Redistricting Reform Commission Kicks Off Public Input Tour 

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Air

Frazier: Fire-Damaged Air Pollution Controls Back Online At Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant

Hopey: Desulfurization System Damaged In Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Running Again

Equipment Damaged In Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire Repaired

Allegheny County Fines U.S. Steel Over $700,000 For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Emissions

Sisk: Allegheny County Fines Clairton Coke (Coal) Works $700,000

Scientists, Activists Equate Pittsburgh Air Pollution To Opioid Epidemic

PaEN: Hold Erie Coke (Coal) Accountable/GASP Community Update On April 16 In Erie

DEP Issues Orders To Erie Coke (Coal) After Chemical Spill

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Says It Drained, Removed Leaky Tank

Erie Councilwoman Targets Erie Coke (Coal) Corp

EPA Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science

How Bad Is Pollen Allergy Season In Philadelphia Going To Be?

Alternative Fuels

Fees On Uber Trips, Hybrid Vehicles To Pay For Public Transportation

Awards & Recognition

PaEN: PA Environmental Educators Announce Winners Of 2019 Awards

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Girl Scout Hannah Puttcamp, Lackawanna County

PaEN: Northeast Recycling Council Recognizes 3 PA Communities For Environmental Leadership

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

PaEN: Noxious Weed Committee To Consider Adding Tree Of Heaven Spotted Lanternfly Haven To Noxious Weed List April 25

PaEN: Penn State Extension Schedules More Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

PaEN: Managing Woody Landscape Pests, Disease From A Municipal Perspective Webinar April 16

PaEN: Invasive Round Gobies May Be Poised To Decimate Endangered French Creek Mussels

Budget

Governors Of PA, VR, DE, MD Asking For More Federal Chesapeake Bay Funding

We’ve Got An Unfunded Federal Mandate To Fix Stormwater In Luzerne, What Now?

Luzerne County Facing Own Stormwater Requirements In Addition To New Fee

Stormwater Fee Payers Learn More About Potential Litigation

Luzerne Residents Bring In Legal Counsel To Fight Stormwater Fee

Lehman Twp. Resident Trying To Raise $45K To Challenge Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

Wolf’s Restore Pennsylvania Plan Gaining Support

DEP, Local Officials Tour Loyalsock Watershed To Discuss Benefits Of Restore PA

DCNR, Local Officials In Pittsburgh Tout Restore PA To Accelerate Riverfront Trail Development

Fees On Uber Trips, Hybrid Vehicles To Pay For Public Transportation

EPCAMR Lobbies Congress For Support In Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup

On Public Lands, Visitors Surge While Federal Management Funds Decline

PaEN: Leading Farm, Conservation, Wildlife Groups Unite In Support Of Protecting Federal Farm Bill Conservation Funding

Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: Latest Chesapeake Bay Barometer Tells Cautionary Success Story About Bay Restoration

PaEN: Draft PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan To Be Released For Public Comment April 12

Governors Of PA, VR, DE, MD Asking For More Federal Chesapeake Bay Funding

Conowingo Dam Battle: Sides Look For Alternative As Fight Drags On

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Health Reports Shows Slow, Steady Improvement

PaEN: LandStudies Collaborates With Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center To Offer Free Economic Ecology - Floodplain Restoration Course

We’ve Got An Unfunded Federal Mandate To Fix Stormwater In Luzerne, What Now?

Luzerne County Facing Own Stormwater Requirements In Addition To New Fee

Stormwater Fee Payers Learn More About Potential Litigation

Luzerne Residents Bring In Legal Counsel To Fight Stormwater Fee

Lehman Twp. Resident Trying To Raise $45K To Challenge Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

PaEN: Manure Applications Changes With Winter Crop Can Cut Nitrogen Loss, Boost Profits For Dairy Farmers

PaEN: Help Wanted: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Data Management Specialist

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Citizen Action

PaEN: LandStudies Collaborates With Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center To Offer Free Economic Ecology - Floodplain Restoration Course

PaEN: Tree Pittsburgh Will Offer Tree Tender Training Starting May 29

PaEN: Focus Of April 16 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting To Be Water Programs

PaEN: PUC Outlines What Behavior Consumers Should Expect From PA’s Retail Energy Marketing Companies If The Follow The Rules, And What To Do It They Don’t

Jessup Activists Push Legislation On Power Plant Host Agreements

Editorial: Jessup Power Plant Generates Idea

PaEN: Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling Highlights Upcoming Collection, Cleanup Events

PaEN: Brandywine River Cleanup Set For April 20 In Chester County

Volunteers Needed For Darby Creek Valley Assn’s Annual Cleanup April 13

Volunteers Rappel Down Mt. Washington In Pittsburgh To Pick Up Litter

Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy Begins Spring Neighborhood Cleanup

Climate

AP: Wolf Supports Studying Cap-And-Trade Greenhouse Gas Petition

O’Neill: Taking Small Bites Out Of Pittsburgh’s Carbon Footprint

Cusick: Poll Shows Pennsylvanians’ Concerns About Climate Change Increasing

Poll Shows Pennsylvania Voters Back Climate Action

Harrisburg U. Effort To Combat Climate Change Continues This Friday

PaEN: Harrisburg University Distinguished Speaker Series Adds Solar Energy Program April 23, State Of Climate Science Presentation April 25

Climate Ethicist Says Climate Change Will Challenge Civilization As We Know It

Environmental Groups To Sue Shell Over Climate Change

Op-Ed: Extreme Weather News May Not Change Climate Change Skeptics’ Minds

Op-Ed: Will Trump’s New Climate Change Panel Give Him Good Advice? No

Op-Ed: How State Power Regulators Are Making Utilities Account For Costs Of Climate Change

Coal Mining

Editorial: Coal Miners Deserve Better, Feds Should Revive Black Lung Trust

Underground Communities Of Microbes Have Taken Over Centralia, PA

Scientists Explore Microbes In Heated Soils Under Centralia

Compliance Actions

PaEN: PPG Industries To Pay $1.2 Million Penalty To DEP For Disposal Site Violations In Armstrong County

AP: Environmental Groups Criticize DEP Waste Violation Settlement With PPG

PPG To Pay $1.2 Million Penalty Over Waste Violations In Armstrong County

PaEN: $200,000 Penalty Proposed In PUC Settlement Of 2017 Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Case

Hurdle: Sunoco Agrees To Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Settlement

Litvak: Sunoco, PUC Reach Deal Over Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak, Corrosion

Maykuth: Sunoco Proposes $200K Fine, Remaining Life Study Of Leaky Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Sunoco/Energy Transfer To Pay $200,000 Fine For Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak

Allegheny County Fines U.S. Steel Over $700,000 For Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Emissions

DEP Issues Orders To Erie Coke (Coal) After Chemical Spill

DEP Cites New Violations In Chemical Spill At Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets April 9 To Consider Erosion Permit Review Deadlines, Requiring Municipal Notice Of Waste Violations

NRC Fines Lehigh Valley Company $3,500 In Settlement Over Handling Radioactive Materials

DCNR

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Blog: Here Comes The Sun-- State Park, Forest Renewable Energy Initiatives

Schneck: PA State Parks, Forests By The Numbers: 30,000 Picnic Tables, 6,537 Campsites, 2.5M Acres

April 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PaEN: April 3 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

Delaware River

April 5 Delaware RiverKeeper RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Frazier: DEP Investigating Water Well Contamination From Gas Well In Allegheny County

PaEN: PFAS Action Team To Provide Updates On Upcoming Sampling Plan, Solicit Resident Feedback April 15 In Montgomery County

Bagenstose: 3 Events Coming Up In Bucks County On PFAS Chemical Contamination

What’s Taking So Long To Regulate PFAS Chemicals In PA’s Drinking Water?

Micek: Cong. Dean, Others Ask For $10M Study Of PFAS Contamination

Bagenstose: CDC Maps Out PFAS Chemical Health Study, Excludes Cancer

AP-Bagenstose: States, Military Clash On Cleanup Of PFAS Chemicals

NJ Moves To Enact Tougher Drinking Water Standards For PFAS

Why Researchers, Regulators Have More Questions Than Answers About PFAS

Pittsburgh Water Authority Begins Adding Anti-Corrosive To Water To Reduce Lead Levels

Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers Could Experience Discoloration With Addition Of Chemical To Control Lead

Maykuth: Aqua Water Sues To Block Chester Bailout As It Pursues Hostile Takeover

Greensburg Sewage Authority Warns Against Proposed Sale To Westmoreland Authority

Water Bills Could Climb 17% For Some Bethlehem-Area Customers

Issues Resolved With Westmoreland Water Authority Drinking Water

Economic Development

National e-Commerce Company Coming To Nanticoke Reclaimed Mine Site

PaEN: Alliance For Appalachia: A Toolkit For Cleanup & Community Development

PaEn: South Mountain Partnership To Hold Spring Meeting May 3 In Biglerville, Adams County

ATI Lands $45M Pipeline Contract

Education

PaEN: PA Environmental Educators Announce Winners Of 2019 Awards

PaEN: PA Envirothon Statewide Competition Set For May 21-22 At University Of Pittsburgh In Johnstown; Volunteers Needed

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Girl Scout Hannah Puttcamp, Lackawanna County

PaEN: PA Anthracite Section Of Society Of Mining Engineers Accepting Applications For Student Scholarships

Frye: Fish & Boat Commission Hosting Mentored Youth Trout Day Saturday In Indiana

Hawk Mountain Intern Tells Her Story: Molded By The Mountain

PaEN: Lacawac Sanctuary Environmental Ed Center Summer Camps Registration Now Open In Wayne County

Presque Isle State Park Seeking Lifeguards In Erie

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Alliance For Watershed Education Of The Delaware River Internship Opportunities

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Stewardship Interns

Energy

PaEN: Fmr Gov. Ridge To Testify At April 8 House Consumer Affairs Committee Hearing On Nuclear Power Bill

PaEN: Sen. Aument Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Preserve PA's Nuclear Power Industry; House Has First Hearing Monday On Its Version

Exelon To Delay Dismantling TMI For 55 Years If September Shutdown Goes Forward

PaEN: Exelon Files Required Three Mile Island Decommissioning Report With NRC

Maykuth: Exelon Reveals Cost Of 60 Year Dismantling Of Three Mile Island Reactor

TMI’s Cooling Towers Would Remain In Place For 55 Years After Plant Shuts Down

Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Reorganization Plan From FirstEnergy That Allows It To Walk Away From Coal, Nuclear Power Plants In PA, OH

Litvak: Judge Rejects FirstEnergy Generation’s Plan To Get Rid Of Environmental Liabilities In Bankruptcy

Why Some Environmental Groups Oppose Bill To Help Out Nuclear Power Plants

Maykuth: Sen. Aument Introduces His Nuclear Power Bill: Giveaway To Industry Or Clean Energy Salvation?  http://bit.ly/2FXFIna   Link to Bill Text: http://bit.ly/2CXWXmq

Legere: New PA Senate Bill Aims To Aid State Nuclear Plants

Cusick: Senator Introduces Nuclear Bailout Bill Similar To $500M Proposal In House

Thompson: Should Pennsylvanians Pay More To Subsidize TMI, Other Nuclear Plants?

Senate Proposal To Aid Ailing Nuclear Industry Comes With Same $450 Million Price Tag

Senate Bill To Subsidize Nuclear Power, Save TMI, Would Cost Up To $550 Million A Year

Northeast Lawmakers Lobby For Nuclear Power Subsidy Bill

Exelon Spent Millions In Lobbying After Announcing TMI Closure

Op-Ed: PA Will Benefit From Preserving Its Nuclear Power Plants

Op-Ed: PA And The Nation Need A Mix Of Clean, Reliable Sources Of Power - Gov. Ridge

Op-Ed: PA’s Nuclear Industry Doesn’t Want A Bailout, It Wants A Handout

Editorial: It’s Time To Cut Our Nuclear Power Plant Losses

Editorial: Let The Market Decide The Future Of The Nuclear Industry In PA

Jessup Activists Push Legislation On Power Plant Host Agreements

PaEN: PUC Outlines What Behavior Consumers Should Expect From PA’s Retail Energy marketing Companies If The Follow The Rules, And What To Do It They Don’t

Columbia Gas Announces Possible Rate Decrease

PJM Files Update To Energy Market Price Information Rules With FERC

PJM, Argonne National Laboratory Collaborate To Study Guidelines For Solar Resources

Op-Ed: How State Power Regulators Are Making Utilities Account For Costs Of Climate Change

Energy Conservation

Sustainable Energy Fund Breaks Ground On $5.4M Net-Zero Energy Office Building In Lehigh Valley

Environmental Health

Editorial: Investigators Must Get To Bottom Of Cancer Scare In Western PA

Environmental Heritage

Effort On To Bring Historic Mine Lokie (Railroad) Back To Luzerne County Area

Underground Communities Of Microbes Have Taken Over Centralia, PA

Scientists Explore Microbes In Heated Soils Under Centralia

Environmental Policy

PaEN: PA Environmental Council: In Case You Missed It In March

Farming

PaEN: Noxious Weed Committee To Consider Adding Tree Of Heaven Spotted Lanternfly Haven To Noxious Weed List April 25

PaEN: Manure Applications Changes With Winter Crop Can Cut Nitrogen Loss, Boost Profits For Dairy Farmers

PaEN: April 9 Penn State Water Insights Seminar Features Presentation On Stakeholder Engagement On Ag Water Management Issues

Kummer: What’s Killing Pennsylvania Apple Trees?

If You Like Ice Cream, Take The PA Ice Cream Trail, Win Cool Prizes

PaEN: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service-PA Technical Committee Meets April 18

PaEN: Leading Farm, Conservation, Wildlife Groups Unite In Support Of Protecting Federal Farm Bill Conservation Funding

Flooding

West Pittston Picks Engineer For Flood Study

Sulfur Run Water Runoff Project In The Works In Ashley, Luzerne County

New Tool Shows How River Would Flood In Luzerne County Area

Borough In Blair County To Use Mulch On Flood-Damaged Trail Instead Of Paving

Op-Ed: 5 Dangerous Myths About Flooding

Forests

PaEN: As Spring Begins, DCNR, Health Urge Residents To Protect Against Lyme Disease

State: Take Precautions Against Ticks As Warm Weather Approaches

Lackawanna County Helps State Take Stock Of Ticks

PaEN: Cumberland County Vector Control, Partners To Hold Tire, Electronics Waste Collection May 4

PA Cases Of Lyme Disease Among Highest In U.S.

Wildfire Weather Watch Issued In Central Pennsylvania,Here’s What It Means

Sauro: Wildfire Watch Issued Due To Dry, Windy Weather In Central PA

Schneck: PA State Parks, Forests By The Numbers: 30,000 Picnic Tables, 6,537 Campsites, 2.5M Acres

April 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PaEN: Penn State Extension Schedules More Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

PaEN: Managing Woody Landscape Pests, Disease From A Municipal Perspective Webinar April 16

PEC Podcast: For Every Eagles Field Goal, 10 Trees Planted In Neshaminy State Park

Utility Compatible Trees To Be Planted Along Hulton Road In Oakmont

PaEn: South Mountain Partnership To Hold Spring Meeting May 3 In Biglerville, Adams County

PaEN: Tree Pittsburgh Will Offer Tree Tender Training Starting May 29

PaEN: Help Wanted: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Data Management Specialist

Geologic Hazards

5-Years Later, Demolition Begins In Harrisburg Neighborhood Plagued By Sinkholes

Grants/Funding

PaEN: Appalachian Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications

PaEN: Apply Now For South Mountain Partnership Recreation, Conservation Mini-Grants

PaEN: Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications

PaEN: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Awards Grants For Trail Projects

Green Buildings

Sustainable Energy Fund Breaks Ground On $5.4M Net-Zero Energy Office Building In Lehigh Valley

Green Infrastructure

PaEN: LandStudies Collaborates With Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center To Offer Free Economic Ecology - Floodplain Restoration Course

We’ve Got An Unfunded Federal Mandate To Fix Stormwater In Luzerne, What Now?

Luzerne County Facing Own Stormwater Requirements In Addition To New Fee

Stormwater Fee Payers Learn More About Potential Litigation

Luzerne Residents Bring In Legal Counsel To Fight Stormwater Fee

Lehman Twp. Resident Trying To Raise $45K To Challenge Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

Sulfur Run Water Runoff Project In The Works In Ashley, Luzerne County

Utility Compatible Trees To Be Planted Along Hulton Road In Oakmont

Hazardous Substances

PaEN: PFAS Action Team To Provide Updates On Upcoming Sampling Plan, Solicit Resident Feedback April 15 In Montgomery County

Bagenstose: 3 Events Coming Up In Bucks County On PFAS Chemical Contamination

What’s Taking So Long To Regulate PFAS Chemicals In PA’s Drinking Water?

Micek: Cong. Dean, Others Ask For $10M Study Of PFAS Contamination

Bagenstose: CDC Maps Out PFAS Chemical Health Study, Excludes Cancer

AP-Bagenstose: States, Military Clash On Cleanup Of PFAS Chemicals

NJ Moves To Enact Tougher Drinking Water Standards For PFAS

Why Researchers, Regulators Have More Questions Than Answers About PFAS

Pittsburgh Water Authority Begins Adding Anti-Corrosive To Water To Reduce Lead Levels

Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers Could Experience Discoloration With Addition Of Chemical To Control Lead

Editorial: Investigators Must Get To Bottom Of Cancer Scare In Western PA

Land Conservation

PaEN: Apply Now For South Mountain Partnership Recreation, Conservation Mini-Grants

PaEN: Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications

Lake Erie

Robot Offers A Deeper Dive Into Lake Erie Research

Land Recycling

Hazelwood Green Fmr Brownfield Site Opens 2-Mile Biking, Hiking Trail And Roads In Pittsburgh

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Schneck: 141 Million Pounds Of Trash Along PA Roads, Shorelines, Trails

PaEN: Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling Highlights Upcoming Collection, Cleanup Events

PaEN: Brandywine River Cleanup Set For April 20 In Chester County

Volunteers Needed For Darby Creek Valley Assn’s Annual Cleanup April 13

Volunteers Rappel Down Mt. Washington In Pittsburgh To Pick Up Litter

Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy Begins Spring Neighborhood Cleanup

Mine Reclamation

National e-Commerce Company Coming To Nanticoke Reclaimed Mine Site

Mine Reclamation Project Begins In Swoyersville, Luzerne County

Mining Waste Will Soon Be Memory In Swoyersville, Luzerne County

Reclaiming History: Work Begins At Swoyersville Coal Waste Site

4 Million Ton Symbol Of Coal’s Past Finally Being Cleaned Up In Swoyersville

PaEN: Appalachian Independent Power Producers Accepting Mine Reclamation Grant Applications

EPCAMR Lobbies Congress For Support In Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup

PaEN: Alliance For Appalachia: A Toolkit For Cleanup & Community Development

Underground Communities Of Microbes Have Taken Over Centralia, PA

Scientists Explore Microbes In Heated Soils Under Centralia

Ohio River

PaEN: ORSANCO Inviting Comments On Proposed Ohio River Water Pollution Control Standard Changes; April 1 Pittsburgh Hearing

Hopey: Making ORSANCO Water Pollution Regulations Voluntary Could Damage Ohio River

Oil & Gas

Frazier: DEP Investigating Water Well Contamination From Gas Well In Allegheny County

Legere: Indiana County Twp. Fighting Drilling Wastewater Injection Well Ordered to Pay $103,000 In Legal Fees

Hurdle: Judge Says Indiana County Twp Must Pay $100K Legal Fees After Drilling Waste Injection Well Dispute

Op-Ed: We Need To Do More To Protect Our PA Wilds From Oil & Gas Development

Jessup Activists Push Legislation On Power Plant Host Agreements

Editorial: Jessup Power Plant Generates Idea

PaEN: PUC Safety Engineers Probe UGI Natural Gas Distribution Line Hit In Hershey

Hershey Residents Allowed To Return To Homes, Businesses After Gas Leak

Columbia Gas Announces Possible Rate Decrease

Jessup Ratifies Deal To Let Power Plant Discharge Wastewater Into Sewer System

Gasoline Prices Are Rising In Lehigh Valley, But Why?

Federal Judge Restores Drilling Ban In Arctic, Trump Executive Order Illegal

Permitting

PaEN: DEP Posted 31 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 6 PA Bulletin

Pipelines

PaEN: Rep. Quinn Introduces Bipartisan Package Of Pipeline Bills To Regulate Routes, Emergency Plans And More

PaEN: Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Impose 2 Year Moratorium On Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Approvals

PaEN: House Committee To Hold Hearing On Public Safety Of Natural Gas Pipeline Systems May 30

Editorial: Pipeline Bills Partial Fix

PaEN: $200,000 Penalty Proposed In PUC Settlement Of 2017 Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Case

Hurdle: Sunoco Agrees To Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Settlement

Maykuth: Sunoco Proposes $200K Fine, Remaining Life Study Of Leaky Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Litvak: Sunoco, PUC Reach Deal Over Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak, Corrosion

Sunoco/Energy Transfer To Pay $200,000 Fine For Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak

Living With Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction In Delaware County

Hurdle: Chester County Plaintiffs Settle Lawsuit With Mariner East 2 Pipeline Over Construction Damage Claims

ATI Lands $45M Pipeline Contract

PaEN: PUC Safety Engineers Probe UGI Natural Gas Distribution Line Hit In Hershey

Hershey Residents Allowed To Return To Homes, Businesses After Gas Leak

Permitting

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets April 9 To Consider Erosion Permit Review Deadlines, Requiring Municipal Notice Of Waste Violations

PaEN: DEP Posted 31 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In April 6 PA Bulletin

PUC

PaEN: $200,000 Penalty Proposed In PUC Settlement Of 2017 Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Case

Hurdle: Sunoco Agrees To Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak Settlement

Maykuth: Sunoco Proposes $200K Fine, Remaining Life Study Of Leaky Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Litvak: Sunoco, PUC Reach Deal Over Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak, Corrosion

Sunoco/Energy Transfer To Pay $200,000 Fine For Mariner East 1 Pipeline Leak

PaEN: PUC Safety Engineers Probe UGI Natural Gas Distribution Line Hit In Hershey

Hershey Residents Allowed To Return To Homes, Businesses After Gas Leak

Radiation Protection

PaEN: Fmr Gov. Ridge To Testify At April 8 House Consumer Affairs Committee Hearing On Nuclear Power Bill

PaEN: Sen. Aument Introduces Bipartisan Bill To Preserve PA's Nuclear Power Industry; House Has First Hearing Monday On Its Version

Exelon To Delay Dismantling TMI For 55 Years If September Shutdown Goes Forward

PaEN: Exelon Files Required Three Mile Island Decommissioning Report With NRC

Maykuth: Exelon Reveals Cost Of 60 Year Dismantling Of Three Mile Island Reactor

TMI’s Cooling Towers Would Remain In Place For 55 Years After Plant Shuts Down

Bankruptcy Judge Rejects Reorganization Plan From FirstEnergy That Allows It To Walk Away From Coal, Nuclear Power Plants In PA, OH

Litvak: Judge Rejects FirstEnergy Generation’s Plan To Get Rid Of Environmental Liabilities In Bankruptcy

Maykuth: Sen. Aument Introduces His Nuclear Power Bill: Giveaway To Industry Or Clean Energy Salvation?  http://bit.ly/2FXFIna   Link to Bill Text: http://bit.ly/2CXWXmq

Legere: New PA Senate Bill Aims To Aid State Nuclear Plants

Cusick: Senator Introduces Nuclear Bailout Bill Similar To $500M Proposal In House

Thompson: Should Pennsylvanians Pay More To Subsidize TMI, Other Nuclear Plants?

Senate Proposal To Aid Ailing Nuclear Industry Comes With Same $450 Million Price Tag

Senate Bill To Subsidize Nuclear Power, Save TMI, Would Cost Up To $550 Million A Year

Why Some Environmental Groups Oppose Bill To Help Out Nuclear Power Plants

Northeast Lawmakers Lobby For Nuclear Power Subsidy Bill

Exelon Spent Millions In Lobbying After Announcing TMI Closure

Op-Ed: PA Will Benefit From Preserving Its Nuclear Power Plants

Op-Ed: PA And The Nation Need A Mix Of Clean, Reliable Sources Of Power - Gov. Ridge

Op-Ed: PA’s Nuclear Industry Doesn’t Want A Bailout, It Wants A Handout

Editorial: It’s Time To Cut Our Nuclear Power Plant Losses

Editorial: Let The Market Decide The Future Of The Nuclear Industry In PA

Editorial: Investigators Must Get To Bottom Of Cancer Scare In Western PA

NRC Fines Lehigh Valley Company $3,500 In Settlement Over Handling Radioactive Materials

Recreation

PaEN: As Spring Begins, DCNR, Health Urge Residents To Protect Against Lyme Disease

State: Take Precautions Against Ticks As Warm Weather Approaches

Lackawanna County Helps State Take Stock Of Ticks

PaEN: Cumberland County Vector Control, Partners To Hold Tire, Electronics Waste Collection May 4

PA Cases Of Lyme Disease Among Highest In U.S.

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Girl Scout Hannah Puttcamp, Lackawanna County

Schneck: PA State Parks, Forests By The Numbers: 30,000 Picnic Tables, 6,537 Campsites, 2.5M Acres

April 5 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PaEN: Apply Now For South Mountain Partnership Recreation, Conservation Mini-Grants

PaEN: Pocono Forests & Waters Conservation Landscape Now Accepting Mini-Grant Applications

DCNR, Local Officials In Pittsburgh Tout Restore PA To Accelerate Riverfront Trail Development

Following Deaths, Harrisburg Puts Buoys Downstream Of Dock Street Dam

PaEn: South Mountain Partnership To Hold Spring Meeting May 3 In Biglerville, Adams County

Op-Ed: We Need To Do More To Protect Our PA Wilds From Oil & Gas Development

PaEN: Registration Now Open For 2019 Schuylkill River Sojourn June 1-7

Hazelwood Green Fmr Brownfield Site Opens 2-Mile Biking, Hiking Trail And Roads In Pittsburgh

PaEN: Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission Awards Grants For Trail Projects

Delaware Valley Planning Commission Awards $3.6 Million In Trail Grants

If You Like Ice Cream, Take The PA Ice Cream Trail, Win Cool Prizes

March For Parks In Westmoreland County Passes $1 Million Mark

Borough In Blair County To Use Mulch On Flood-Damaged Trail Instead Of Paving

Public Input Sought On Future Of Hays Woods, Possibly Pittsburgh’s Largest Park

DCNR Names New Manager At Nolde Forest Environmental Education Center

Controlled Burn At Valley Forge National Park Begins Tuesday

On Public Lands, Visitors Surge While Federal Management Funds Decline

Recycling/Waste

PaEN: Northeast Recycling Council Recognizes 3 PA Communities For Environmental Leadership

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Holds April 8 Info Meeting On Consequences Of Polystyrene Ban In PA

Pittsburgh Revamps Trash, Recycling Rules

PaEN: Cumberland County Vector Control, Partners To Hold Tire, Electronics Waste Collection May 4

PaEN: Westmoreland Cleanways & Recycling Highlights Upcoming Collection, Cleanup Events

PaEN: Close The Loop, Partners Hold Free Give & Take Day April 27 In Monroe County

Wilkes-Barre Loses Revenue As It Considers What To Do On Higher Recycling Fee

PaEN: PPG Industries To Pay $1.2 Million Penalty To DEP For Disposal Site Violations In Armstrong County

AP: Environmental Groups Criticize DEP Waste Violation Settlement With PPG

PPG To Pay $1.2 Million Penalty Over Waste Violations In Armstrong County

DEP Investigating Salvage Yard In York County

Should Bethlehem Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

Renewable Energy

Sustainable Energy Fund Breaks Ground On $5.4M Net-Zero Energy Office Building In Lehigh Valley

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Blog: Here Comes The Sun-- State Park, Forest Renewable Energy Initiatives

O’Neill: Taking Small Bites Out Of Pittsburgh’s Carbon Footprint

PJM, Argonne National Laboratory Collaborate To Study Guidelines For Solar Resources

Do Wind Farms Cause Cancer? And Other Claims Made By Trump

SRBC

PaEN: Spring Guardian Newsletter Now Available From Susquehanna River Basin Commission

Stormwater

PaEN: LandStudies Collaborates With Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center To Offer Free Economic Ecology - Floodplain Restoration Course

We’ve Got An Unfunded Federal Mandate To Fix Stormwater In Luzerne, What Now?

Luzerne Residents Bring In Legal Counsel To Fight Stormwater Fee

Stormwater Fee Payers Learn More About Potential Litigation

Luzerne County Facing Own Stormwater Requirements In Addition To New Fee

Lehman Twp. Resident Trying To Raise $45K To Challenge Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

Sulfur Run Water Runoff Project In The Works In Ashley, Luzerne County

Sustainability

Sustainable Energy Fund Breaks Ground On $5.4M Net-Zero Energy Office Building In Lehigh Valley

O’Neill: Taking Small Bites Out Of Pittsburgh’s Carbon Footprint

Wastewater Facilities

Aging Workforce Hits Water Treatment Plants Especially Hard

Watershed Protection

PaEN: Latest Chesapeake Bay Barometer Tells Cautionary Success Story About Bay Restoration

PaEN: Draft PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan To Be Released For Public Comment April 12

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Health Reports Shows Slow, Steady Improvement

Conowingo Dam Battle: Sides Look For Alternative As Fight Drags On

PaEN: LandStudies Collaborates With Municipal Online Stormwater Training Center To Offer Free Economic Ecology - Floodplain Restoration Course

We’ve Got An Unfunded Federal Mandate To Fix Stormwater In Luzerne, What Now?

Luzerne County Facing Own Stormwater Requirements In Addition To New Fee

Stormwater Fee Payers Learn More About Potential Litigation

Luzerne Residents Bring In Legal Counsel To Fight Stormwater Fee

Lehman Twp. Resident Trying To Raise $45K To Challenge Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

Sulfur Run Water Runoff Project In The Works In Ashley, Luzerne County

PaEN: Manure Applications Changes With Winter Crop Can Cut Nitrogen Loss, Boost Profits For Dairy Farmers

Letter: Let’s Improve, Not Weaken Federal Clean Water Rule Standards

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Wildlife

O’Reilly: Game Commission Rethinks Approach To Chronic Wasting Disease In Blair, Bedford

Congressmen Push For Chronic Wasting Disease Funding

Game Commission Plans Controlled Burn For Monday In York County

Demko: Trout Season Opens And All Is Right With The World

Schneck: First Day Of Trout Season Opens, Anglers Gather

Trout Stocking Means It’s Almost Trout Season In Lycoming County

PaEN: Invasive Round Gobies May Be Poised To Decimate Endangered French Creek Mussels

Frye: Fish & Boat Commission Hosting Mentored Youth Trout Day Saturday In Indiana

Schmeck: First Egg Hatches In Hanover Bald Eagle Nest - Video

Second Egg Begins Hatching In Hanover Bald Eagle Nest - Video

Hanover Bald Eagles: When Will The Eggs Hatch?

PaEN: Hawk Mountain: Broad-Winged Hawks Are On The Move!

Hawk Mountain: Global Big Day: Building Community Through Birds

Hawk Mountain: The Mystery Of PA’s Lesser Black-Backed Sea Gulls

Hawk Mountain Intern Tells Her Story: Molded By The Mountain

Schneck: Today May Be The Day Hummingbirds Return To PA

Schneck: When And Where Will 17-Year Cicadas Emerge This Year In PA?

PaEN: RiverStewards Blog: John Arway: Do Your Duty And Fear No One, Part 2

PaEN: PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Name Harold Daub Executive Director

PaEN: Leading Farm, Conservation, Wildlife Groups Unite In Support Of Protecting Federal Farm Bill Conservation Funding

West Nile/Zika Virus

PaEN: As Spring Begins, DCNR, Health Urge Residents To Protect Against Lyme Disease

State: Take Precautions Against Ticks As Warm Weather Approaches

Lackawanna County Helps State Take Stock Of Ticks

PaEN: Cumberland County Vector Control, Partners To Hold Tire, Electronics Waste Collection May 4

PA Cases Of Lyme Disease Among Highest In U.S.

Opportunities

PaEN: David Allard Named Acting DEP Deputy For Waste, Air, Radiation & Remediation

PaEN: PA Federation Of Sportsmen & Conservationists Name Harold Daub Executive Director

PaEN: Help Wanted: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Data Management Specialist

Presque Isle State Park Seeking Lifeguards In Erie

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Alliance For Watershed Education Of The Delaware River Internship Opportunities

PaEN: Interns Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Stewardship Interns

PaEN: Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Office Assistant

Federal Policy

Letter: Let’s Improve, Not Weaken Federal Clean Water Rule Standards

 

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4/8/2019

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