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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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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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