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Major Environmental Priorities Not Addressed In FY 2019-20 State Budget, Shell Game Continues [PaEN]
Growing Greener Coalition: Cuts Made To Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Funding Could Have Planted 32,000 Acres of Stream Buffers [PaEN]
CBF: PA Elected Leaders Failed To Show The Will, Leadership To Restore Pennsylvania's Rivers And Streams [PaEN]
Column: Desire For Riches Often Comes At The Cost Of Natural Resources [PaEN]
Politics
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Air
Senate Republicans Pass Bills Misleading Public On Changes To Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program When Changes In Federal Law Needed [PaEN]
Senate Passes Bills To Change Emissions Testing In Westmoreland, Statewide
Murphy: Senate Approves Bills To Do Away With Annual Vehicle Emissions Inspections
Who Breathes The Dirtiest Air From Vehicles In Pennsylvania?
EPA Approves Allegheny County Request To Permanently Eliminate Low-RVP Summer Gasoline Requirement [PaEN]
Good News For Allegheny County Consumers: No More Summer Gas
Allegheny County Now Officially Exempt From Summer Gas
Frazier: U.S. Steel, Allegheny County Have Draft Agreement On Clairton Pollution Violations
U.S. Steel Reaches Agreement With Allegheny Health Dept. Over Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations
Clairton Coke (Coal) Works: People Shouldn’t Have To Hold Their Breath
Erie Coke (Coal) Plant: Benefit Or Burden To City Of Erie?
Erie Coke (Coal) Plant: DEP Frustrated, Company Optimistic
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
South Philly Refinery Fire Extinguished; City Continues To Monitor Air Quality
Investigation Of Philadelphia Refinery Fire To Include Potential Release Of Dangerous Chemical
Maykuth: Philly Refinery Fire Could Push Cash-Strapped Owner Closer To The Brink
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Site Remains Unsafe
Maykuth: Investigator For Philly Refinery Fire Describes Landscape Of Twisted Steel
Philly Refinery Shutdown Unlikely To Create Jobs At Area Competitors
Maykuth: Gasoline Prices Jump After Refinery Closure, Just In Time For July 4
Refinery Explosion: How Philadelphia Dodged A Catastrophe
Op-Ed: Trump Gambling With Our Future By Rolling Back Methane Pollution Reductions - Clean Air Council
Study Finds Elevated Risk Of Exposure To Pollution In Philly’s Hottest Neighborhoods
DEP Hearing August 12 On Air Quality Plan Approval For Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center, Northampton County [PaEN]
DEP Holds Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For GenOn Northeast, Armstrong County [PaEN]
Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On DEP RACT II Air Quality Plan For FirstEnergy Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Beaver County [PaEN]
Awards & Recognition
And The 2019 Winners Of The Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Are… [PaEN]
Anne Daymut Received Evergreen Conservancy’s Evergreen Award, Indiana County
PA Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp Presents Award To Ashley Wilmont [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians - Austin Unruh & Multi-Functional Stream Buffers [PaEN]
Editorial: Environmental Restoration Efforts Deserve Recognition In Union County
Elizabethtown H.S. Students Win Premier National Student Fishing Event
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Agriculture Warns Spotted Lanternfly Now Growing, Changing
Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Are More Destructive
PA Adds Tree-Of-Heaven To Noxious Weeds List, Bans Sales To Combat Spotted Lanternfly
Mary Ann Thomas: Woodpeckers Die When Stuck On Spotted Lanternfly Traps
2019 Seedlings For Schools Program Experiences Huge Response To New Pollinator Garden Option [PaEN]
Budget
Major Environmental Priorities Not Addressed In FY 2019-20 State Budget, Shell Game Continues [PaEN]
Growing Greener Coalition: Cuts Made To Environmental Stewardship (Growing Greener) Funding Could Have Planted 32,000 Acres of Stream Buffers [PaEN]
CBF: PA Elected Leaders Failed To Show The Will, Leadership To Restore Pennsylvania's Rivers And Streams [PaEN]
Column: Desire For Riches Often Comes At The Cost Of Natural Resources [PaEN]
Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices [PaEN]
Growing Greener Coalition Asks General Assembly, Governor To Restore Local Environmental Project Money Cut In FY 2019-20 Budget [PaEN]
Act Now To Block Elimination Of Funding For Community Environmental, Recreation Projects In State Budget - Growing Greener Coalition [PaEN]
Cusick: Groups Criticize State Budget Taking $10 Million Away From Community Environmental Project Funding
House, Senate Now Adjourned For Summer Leaving Behind Major, Unaddressed Environmental Funding Issues
CBF: PA Elected Leaders Failed To Show The Will, Leadership To Restore Pennsylvania's Rivers And Streams [PaEN]
Column: Desire For Riches Often Comes At The Cost Of Natural Resources [PaEN]
No Funding For Flood-Damaged Bridges Hits Hard
Wolf Touts Big Gains For Schools In Budget, Vows To Fight For Minimum Wage Hike
AP-Levy, Scolforo: House Wraps Up State Budget Votes; Wolf Plans Bill Signings
Caruso: State Budget Full Of Bipartisan Wins, But Missing Progressive Priorities
Meyer: After A Week Of Passions, Pennsylvania Budget Is Finished
Murphy/Thompson: 10 Items Not In PA Budget Package
House, Senate Republicans Tout Package Of Pro-Farmer Bills
States, Feds Continue To Shortchange Delaware River Basin Commission Budget
PA Budget Divides Democrats: Nobody Is Going To Go To Heaven
Op-Ed: Republican Lawmakers Deserve Credit For No-Tax-Hike Budget
Editorial: Budget Behavior, Childish Tantrums
Editorial: New State Budget Excludes Major Issues
Op-Ed: Why PA Should Not Raid Environmental Funds To Balance Budget - Rep. Vitali
Editorial: Don’t Shift Funds From Environment
House Moves State Budget Cutting Community Environmental Project Funding, Makes Unconstitutional Transfers From The Oil & Gas Fund [PaEN]
Thompson: Wolf Says Proposed State Budget Meets His Objectives
AP-Levy: Chaos Erupts In Senate Over Cash Assistance Bill
Thompson/Murphy: Senate Embroiled In Chaos Over Bill To End Cash Assistance
Senate Democrats Storm Off Floor Over Handling Of Bill Eliminating Cash Assistance Program
Rare Fight Erupts In Senate Amid Debate Over Cash Assistance Bill
Watch Chaos Erupt On Senate Floor Amid Debate Over Program For Poor
PUC Distributes Nearly $252 Million In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue, Largest Amount To Date [PaEN]
Legere: Shale Gas Impact Fees Raise $252 Million, Breaking Record
Hurdle: Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Rises To 7-Year High Boosted By Stripper Well Decisions
PA Communities In Line To Get Share Of $251.8 Million In Drilling Impact Fees
IFO Projecting Either $9.6 Million Increase In Drilling Impact Fee In 2019 Or $37.1 Million Decrease [PaEN]
No-Penalty Commercial Stormwater Fee Deadline Looming In Luzerne
Capital Region Water Board Considering Stormwater Management Fees
Colcom Foundation, Rooted In Environmentalism, Increasingly Focuses On Anti-Immigrant Groups
Links Between Population, Environment Were Pivotal To Colcom Founder Scaife May
AP: Ohio House OK’s Permanent Fund For Cleaning Up Lakes, Rivers [Where’s Pennsylvania?]
Editorial: Federal Lawmakers Must Ensure Funds For Land & Water Conservation Fund
Chesapeake Bay
CBF-PA Urges House Not To Act On Senate Bill 619 Redefining Water Pollution [PaEN]
Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices [PaEN]
Growing Greener Coalition Asks General Assembly, Governor To Restore Local Environmental Project Money Cut In FY 2019-20 Budget [PaEN]
Act Now To Block Elimination Of Funding For Community Environmental, Recreation Projects In State Budget - Growing Greener Coalition [PaEN]
Cusick: Groups Criticize State Budget Taking $10 Million Away From Community Environmental Project Funding
Pre-Qualification For DCNR, PennVEST Multifunction Riparian Buffer Grants Begins July 1 [PaEN]
Applications Now Being Accepted For Clean Water Fund Grants In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Wall Street, Government Need To Put More Stock In Chesapeake Bay’s Economic Value
CBF: U.S. House Passes Increase In Federal Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
PUC Opens Comment Period On Enhancements To Pipeline Safety Regulations, Additional Financial Reporting [PaEN]
PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Pop Up Glass Recycling Collection Events In Allegheny County During July [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Become A Citizen Scientist To Help Us Understand, Find Solutions For Climate Change [PaEN]
Lacawac Sanctuary: Become A Pocono Lake Ecological Observatory Network Citizen Scientist In Wayne County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Water Quality Plans For 5 Watersheds In Adams, Bedford, Lebanon, Mifflin, Snyder, Union Counties [PaEN]
DEP Holds July 17 Hearing On Consol's Bailey Mine Draft Water Quality Permit In Greene County [PaEN]
DEP Hearing August 12 On Air Quality Plan Approval For Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center, Northampton County [PaEN]
DEP Holds Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For GenOn Northeast, Armstrong County [PaEN]
Sept. 11 Hearing [If Needed] On DEP RACT II Air Quality Plan For FirstEnergy Bruce Mansfield Power Plant, Beaver County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On Annual Reports From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [PaEN]
Lyme Disease Cases Down In PA Health Dept. Reports
Climate
City Of Reading Becomes 19th Community In PA To Commit To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN]
Bagenstose: Report: Millions Needed For Climate Adaptation In Bucks, Burlington Counties
Legere: Nature Conservancy Carbon Program Offers Forest Landowners Way To Profit By Letting Their Trees Stand
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Become A Citizen Scientist To Help Us Understand, Find Solutions For Climate Change [PaEN]
Philadelphia Youth Activists Demand, But Don’t Get, Debate On Climate Change
How Changing Weather Patterns Affect Centre County Farmers
Op-Ed: We Need Action, Not More Debate, On Climate Change
Op-Ed: Trump Gambling With Our Future By Rolling Back Methane Pollution Reductions - Clean Air Council
Engineers Forum Explores Climate-Resilient Design Solutions
Oregon’s Senate Republican Walkout Continues Over Climate Bill
Oregon Republican Senators End Walkout After Killing Cap-And-Trade
U.S. EIA: For First Time, U.S. Renewables Produce More Electricity Than Coal In April
Presidential Candidate Buttigieg Proposes Pittsburgh Climate Summit
Editorial: Buttigieg’s Pittsburgh Climate Summit A Good Idea
Canada Is Trying A Carbon Tax. What Lessons Are Emerging For Other Nations?
Coal Mining
DEP Holds July 17 Hearing On Consol's Bailey Mine Draft Water Quality Permit In Greene County [PaEN]
PSEG Power Completes Strategy To Sell Or Shutdown Entire Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet
PSEG Could Lose $415 Million On Exit From 2 PA Coal-Fired Power Plants
Compliance Action
Senate Republicans Pass Fundamental Change In Definition Of Water Pollution Effectively Making Spills And Discharges To Streams No Longer Pollution [PaEN]
CBF-PA Urges House Not To Act On Senate Bill 619 Redefining Water Pollution [PaEN]
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Enters Into $18,500 Settlement With Sunoco Mariner East II Pipeline [PaEN]
U.S. Steel Reaches Agreement With Allegheny Health Dept. Over Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations
PUC PA 1 Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $180,850 In Penalties For Violations [PaEN]
Frazier: U.S. Steel, Allegheny County Have Draft Agreement On Clairton Pollution Violations
U.S. Steel Reaches Agreement With Allegheny Health Dept. Over Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Air Pollution Violations
Erie Coke (Coal) Plant: DEP Frustrated, Company Optimistic
DCNR
June 26 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
June 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Delaware River
States, Feds Continue To Shortchange Delaware River Basin Commission Budget
Delaware RiverKeeper: Who Pays For Health Impacts Of Fracking In PA? - Video
Delaware RiverKeeper June 28 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Bagenstose: Willow Grove Base: PFAS Studies Could Arrive By 2020
Editorial: Drinking Water Safety, Oversight Matter Everywhere, Including Church-Owned Schools
Kummer: This Bucks County Neighborhood With Tainted Wells Has Been On Bottled Water For 3 Years
It’s Now Up To Mother Nature To Refill Dry Lake Williams Drinking Water Reservoir
Lake Williams Reservoir To State Refilling After Dam Project
Dauphin County Twp Residents Tired Of Brown Water Coming Out Of Their Faucets
Water Advisory In New Milford Because Of A Fire Tuesday
Water Service Restored In New Milford, Boil Water Advisory Remains
Economic Development
Legere: Nature Conservancy Carbon Program Offers Forest Landowners Way To Profit By Letting Their Trees Stand
Op-Ed: Wall Street, Government Need To Put More Stock In Chesapeake Bay’s Economic Value
Education
DEP Awards $205,000 In Environmental Education Grants For 45 Projects [PaEN]
PA Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp Presents Award To Ashley Wilmont [PaEN]
Philadelphia Youth Activists Demand, But Don’t Get, Debate On Climate Change
St. Francis Students Study Lead, Raise Awareness Of Risks
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Perki-Bay Expedition 2019 Now Underway! Follow Them On Facebook [PaEN]
July 14-Snorkeling In Cherry Creek For Kids; July 20-Tour Cherry Valley Refuge Turtle Hike In Monroe County [PaEN]
2019 Seedlings For Schools Program Experiences Huge Response To New Pollinator Garden Option [PaEN]
Penn State Seed Grant Supports Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research [PaEN]
Wildlands Conservancy Highlights July Education Programs, Activities [PaEN]
Emergency Response
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
Owner Wants To Sell Damaged Philadelphia Refinery
Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Damaged By Fire Will Close, Union Calls Layoffs A Disgrace
AP: Philadelphia Refinery Fire Out, Probe Into Cause Of Blaze To Begin
South Philly Refinery Fire Extinguished; City Continues To Monitor Air Quality
Refinery Fire Extinguished, Investigation Begins Monday
After Refinery Explosion, Neighbors Reconsider Living So Close To A Hazard
Investigation Of Philadelphia Refinery Fire To Include Potential Release Of Dangerous Chemical
Maykuth: Philly Refinery Fire Could Push Cash-Strapped Owner Closer To The Brink
Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Site Remains Unsafe
Maykuth: Investigator For Philly Refinery Fire Describes Landscape Of Twisted Steel
Philly Refinery Shutdown Unlikely To Create Jobs At Area Competitors
Maykuth: Gasoline Prices Jump After Refinery Closure, Just In Time For July 4
Refinery Explosion: How Philadelphia Dodged A Catastrophe
Severe Storm Sends 3 To Hospital At Creation Fest In Huntingdon County
Storm Downs Trees, Power Lines In Part Of Alle-Kiski Valley
Severe Weather Downs Trees, Cuts Power In Lycoming County
Storms Down Trees, Leave Thousands Without Power In Lehigh Valley
Storms Bring Damaging Winds, Downed Trees, Power Outages Across Philly Region
I Have No Power, No Water, Strong Storms Pack Punch In Philadelphia Region
Energy
PUC Offers Energy Saving, Cooling Tips As First Summer Hot Weather Alert Issued [PaEN]
City Of Reading Becomes 19th Community In PA To Commit To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN]
Millersville University Is First In PA To Receive Zero Energy Building Designation [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Legislature Should Take A Hard Look At Cap-And Invest Program To Use All Of Our Energy Options - Fmr DEP Secretary Jim Seif [PaEN]
Column: Explosions! Floods! Cancer! What More Will It Take For PA To Ditch Fossil Fuels?
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
Altoona Water Authority Looks To Install Sludge Dryer To Produce Methane
PUC Sets July 15 Hearings On Request For Rate Increase For Water, Wastewater Service Increase In Monroe, Northampton Counties
Northampton County Water Users Can Object To 17% Rate Hike At Hearing
Ohio Senate Struggles To Revise Nuclear Subsidy Bill Amid Intense Political Maneuvering
Ohio Senate Nuclear Power Subsidy Bill Drops Clean Air Pretense, But Keeps Diminished Renewable Standard
PSEG Power Completes Strategy To Sell Or Shutdown Entire Coal-Fired Power Plant Fleet
PSEG Could Lose $415 Million On Exit From 2 PA Coal-Fired Power Plants
U.S. EIA: For First Time, U.S. Renewables Produce More Electricity Than Coal In April
Energy Conservation
Millersville University Is First In PA To Receive Zero Energy Building Designation [PaEN]
Letter: Better Buildings Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
Environmental Health
Washington, Greene Counties To Receive $14 Million In Drilling Impact Fees This Year
Heartland Institute: Fracking Isn’t Causing Health Problems For PA School Children
Frazier: Washington County Parents Want PA To Look At Whether Fracking Is Related To Cancer Cases
Op-Ed: Fracking Does Not Need To Be Linked To Cancer To Ban It In PA
Editorial: State Must Move Quickly On Fracking Health Study
Delaware RiverKeeper: Who Pays For Health Impacts Of Fracking In PA? - Video
Senate Republicans Pass Bills Misleading Public On Changes To Vehicle Emissions Inspection Program When Changes In Federal Law Needed [PaEN]
Clairton Coke (Coal) Works: People Shouldn’t Have To Hold Their Breath
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
South Philly Refinery Fire Extinguished; City Continues To Monitor Air Quality
Investigation Of Philadelphia Refinery Fire To Include Potential Release Of Dangerous Chemical
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
Study Finds Elevated Risk Of Exposure To Pollution In Philly’s Hottest Neighborhoods
Environmental Heritage
PA Conservation Heritage Project Releases Online Story Map Exploring The History Of Pennsylvania’s Forests [PaEN]
Sunday 47th Anniversary Of 1972 Agnes Flood
Farming
Cusick: Groups Criticize State Budget Taking $10 Million Away From Community Environmental Project Funding
Pre-Qualification For DCNR, PennVEST Multifunction Riparian Buffer Grants Begins July 1 [PaEN]
Applications Now Being Accepted For Clean Water Fund Grants In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Agriculture Warns Spotted Lanternfly Now Growing, Changing
Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Are More Destructive
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians - Austin Unruh & Multi-Functional Stream Buffers [PaEN]
House, Senate Republicans Tout Package Of Pro-Farmer Bills
DEP Invites Comments On Annual Reports From Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [PaEN]
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Releases SoilWeb 2.0 Soil Survey Data App [PaEN]
How Changing Weather Patterns Affect Centre County Farmers
Flooding
Sunday 47th Anniversary Of 1972 Agnes Flood
Forests
Legere: Nature Conservancy Carbon Program Offers Forest Landowners Way To Profit By Letting Their Trees Stand
Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 436 Acres In Warren County [PaEN]
Lyme Timber, Three Rivers Forest Mgmt To Hold Public Meetings On Lyme’s Investment In Timber In Northcentral PA [PaEN]
Agriculture Warns Spotted Lanternfly Now Growing, Changing
Spotted Lanternfly Nymphs Are More Destructive
Lyme Disease Cases Down In PA Health Dept. Reports
What Works To Head Off Bugs Before They Bite?
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians - Austin Unruh & Multi-Functional Stream Buffers [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Become A Citizen Scientist To Help Us Understand, Find Solutions For Climate Change [PaEN]
PA Conservation Heritage Project Releases Online Story Map Exploring The History Of Pennsylvania’s Forests [PaEN]
Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosts 2019 Festival Of Wood August 3-4 In Pike County [PaEN]
Geologic Hazards
PennDOT Closes Part Of Rt. 422 In Lebanon County To Investigate Possible Sinkhole
Grants/Funding
Pre-Qualification For DCNR, PennVEST Multifunction Riparian Buffer Grants Begins July 1 [PaEN]
Applications Now Being Accepted For Clean Water Fund Grants In Lancaster County [PaEN]
DEP Awards $205,000 In Environmental Education Grants For 45 Projects [PaEN]
Luzerne County Playground Improved With Over $500,000 Worth Of Grants
Green Buildings
Millersville University Is First In PA To Receive Zero Energy Building Designation [PaEN]
Letter: Better Buildings Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
Green Infrastructure
Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices [PaEN]
Growing Greener Coalition Asks General Assembly, Governor To Restore Local Environmental Project Money Cut In FY 2019-20 Budget [PaEN]
Act Now To Block Elimination Of Funding For Community Environmental, Recreation Projects In State Budget - Growing Greener Coalition [PaEN]
Cusick: Groups Criticize State Budget Taking $10 Million Away From Community Environmental Project Funding
Efforts Continue To Restore Antietam Watershed In Franklin County
Pre-Qualification For DCNR, PennVEST Multifunction Riparian Buffer Grants Begins July 1 [PaEN]
Applications Now Being Accepted For Clean Water Fund Grants In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Penn State Seed Grant Supports Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research [PaEN]
No-Penalty Commercial Stormwater Fee Deadline Looming In Luzerne
Pitt Moves Forward With Green Infrastructure Project To Manage Stormwater
Editorial: Federal Lawmakers Must Ensure Funds For Land & Water Conservation Fund
Hazardous Substances
Bagenstose: Willow Grove Base: PFAS Studies Could Arrive By 2020
Exposure To Lead-Based Paint In Older Buildings Puts Kids At Risk
St. Francis Students Study Lead, Raise Awareness Of Risks
Land Conservation
Foundation For Sustainable Forests Protects 436 Acres In Warren County [PaEN]
The Wide-Open Spaces Of Chester County Are By No Accident
Vanguard Puts 200 Acre Chester County Farm Up For Sale
PALTA Publishes New Guides To Protecting Conservation Landowners From Personal Injury, Liability Loss [PaEN]
Editorial: Federal Lawmakers Must Ensure Funds For Land & Water Conservation Fund
Help Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Land Manager [PaEN]
Land Recycling
Officials To Use EPA Grant To Test For Hazardous Substances In Harrisburg
Lake Erie
Editorial: Nothing To Celebrate, Party Balloons Fouling The Great Lakes
Littering/Illegal Dumping
And The 2019 Winners Of The Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Are… [PaEN]
Mine Reclamation
Anne Daymut Received Evergreen Conservancy’s Evergreen Award, Indiana County
Lyme Timber, Three Rivers Forest Mgmt To Hold Public Meetings On Lyme’s Investment In Timber In Northcentral PA [PaEN]
Opportunity To Bid On DEP Mine Reclamation Project In Indiana County [PaEN]
Mine Subsidence
Senate Environmental Committee OKs Bill To Make Report On Impacts Of Deep Coal Mining Optional, And Other Bills [PaEN]
PEC Opposes Bill Limiting Reporting On Environmental Impacts From Underground Coal Mining [PaEN]
Noncoal Mining
Lackawanna County Twp Raises Quarry Zoning, Environmental Concerns
Oil & Gas
Op-Ed: Desire For Riches Often Comes At The Cost Of Natural Resources
Book Review: Oil & Gas Boom Has Taken A Toll In Southwestern PA
PUC Distributes Nearly $252 Million In Act 13 Drilling Impact Fee Revenue, Largest Amount To Date [PaEN]
Legere: Shale Gas Impact Fees Raise $252 Million, Breaking Record
Hurdle: Drilling Impact Fee Revenue Rises To 7-Year High Boosted By Stripper Well Decisions
PA Communities In Line To Get Share Of $251.8 Million In Drilling Impact Fees
Lycoming County Receives $10.5 Million From Drilling Impact Fee
IFO Projecting Either $9.6 Million Increase In Drilling Impact Fee In 2019 Or $37.1 Million Decrease [PaEN]
Delaware RiverKeeper: Who Pays For Health Impacts Of Fracking In PA? - Video
Washington, Greene Counties To Receive $14 Million In Drilling Impact Fees This Year
Frazier: Washington County Parents Want PA To Look At Whether Fracking Is Related To Cancer Cases
Heartland Institute: Fracking Isn’t Causing Health Problems For PA School Children
Op-Ed: Fracking Does Not Need To Be Linked To Cancer To Ban It In PA
Editorial: State Must Move Quickly On Fracking Health Study
Op-Ed: Legislature Should Take A Hard Look At Cap-And Invest Program To Use All Of Our Energy Options - Fmr DEP Secretary Jim Seif [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Trump Gambling With Our Future By Rolling Back Methane Pollution Reductions - Clean Air Council
Letter: Winners & Losers: Harrisburg Shapes The Natural Gas Debate
EPA Extends Low-RVP Fuel Waiver For Allegheny County Through July 15 [PaEN]
Wolf Calls For Complete Investigation Into Fires At Philadelphia Refinery
Owner Wants To Sell Damaged Philadelphia Refinery
AP-Levy: Gasoline Prices Could Rise After Fire-Stricken Philly Refinery Closes
Kummer: Could Dream Of Converting Burned Philly Refinery Into Renewable Energy Facility Turn Into A Reality?
Philly Refinery Shutdown Could Mean New Life For 1,400 Waterfront Acres
Maykuth: Report: Owners Of Philadelphia Refinery That Caught Fire Plan To Close It
Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Damaged By Fire Will Close, Union Calls Layoffs A Disgrace
Phillips: Philadelphia Officials Convene Working Group On Refinery Fire, Residents Rally To Shut Down Plant
AP: Philly Refinery Fire Probe Continues, No Health Concerns Found
Philly Mayor: No Health Risk From Refinery Fire
AP: Philadelphia Refinery Fire Out, Probe Into Cause Of Blaze To Begin
South Philly Refinery Fire Extinguished; City Continues To Monitor Air Quality
Refinery Fire Extinguished, Investigation Begins Monday
After Refinery Explosion, Neighbors Reconsider Living So Close To A Hazard
Investigation Of Philadelphia Refinery Fire To Include Potential Release Of Dangerous Chemical
Maykuth: Philly Refinery Fire Could Push Cash-Strapped Owner Closer To The Brink
Phillips: Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Site Remains Unsafe
Maykuth: Investigator For Philly Refinery Fire Describes Landscape Of Twisted Steel
Philly Refinery Shutdown Unlikely To Create Jobs At Area Competitors
Maykuth: Gasoline Prices Jump After Refinery Closure, Just In Time For July 4
Refinery Explosion: How Philadelphia Dodged A Catastrophe
Column: Explosions! Floods! Cancer! What More Will It Take For PA To Ditch Fossil Fuels?
Environmentalists Critical Of Natural Gas Storage Hub In Southwest PA
Litvak: EQT Drilling Subpoenas Rice In Lawsuit Against Former Employee
Personnel
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Streamlines Science Department With Promotions, New Hire [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Allegheny Land Trust Land Manager [PaEN]
Pipelines
PUC Opens Comment Period On Enhancements To Pipeline Safety Regulations, Additional Financial Reporting [PaEN]
Sen. Dinniman: Natural Gas Pipeline, Water Companies In Business Together
Talen Energy Pushes For Adelphia Natural Gas Pipeline Amid Turmoil
Shell Falcon Ethane Pipeline Work Moving Along
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Enters Into $18,500 Settlement With Sunoco Mariner East II Pipeline [PaEN]
PUC PA 1 Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $180,850 In Penalties For Violations [PaEN]
Permitting
DEP Posted 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In June 29 PA Bulletin
PUC
IFO Projecting Either $9.6 Million Increase In Drilling Impact Fee In 2019 Or $37.1 Million Decrease [PaEN]
Radiation Protection
Op-Ed: Legislature Should Take A Hard Look At Cap-And Invest Program To Use All Of Our Energy Options - Fmr DEP Secretary Jim Seif [PaEN]
Ohio Senate Nuclear Power Subsidy Bill Drops Clean Air Pretense, But Keeps Diminished Renewable Standard
Ohio Senate Struggles To Revise Nuclear Subsidy Bill Amid Intense Political Maneuvering
Recreation
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Perki-Bay Expedition 2019 Now Underway! Follow Them On Facebook [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Association Annual River Ramble Will Tour Unique Sites On 2 Of Monroe County's Purest Creeks [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: The Best Way to Explore PA Water Trails May Be By Canoe [PaEN]
Allegheny Front: Annual Stony-Kiski-Conemaugh Rivers Sojourn Promotes Recreation, Education
Lyme Disease Cases Down In PA Health Dept. Reports
What Works To Head Off Bugs Before They Bite?
July 14-Snorkeling In Cherry Creek For Kids; July 20-Tour Cherry Valley Refuge Turtle Hike In Monroe County [PaEN]
Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosts 2019 Festival Of Wood August 3-4 In Pike County [PaEN]
Gilpin Schedules ATV Ordinance For Vote
See Whipple Dam History, Trail Improvements During Tours With Centred Outdoors
Weather An Expensive Wash-Out Along Popular Butler-Freeport, Roaring Run Trails
Dedication Of New Section Of Back Mountain Trail In Luzerne
Swoyersville Park Dedicated To Longtime Magistrate Barilla
Here’s The Scoop On The PA Ice Cream Trail
Penn State Behrend Improves Wintergreen Gorge Trail
Luzerne County Playground Improved With Over $500,000 Worth Of Grants
O’Neill: Pittsburgh Thrives On Its Walkable Urban Places
Pittsburgh To Release Bike Lane Plan By End Of Year
Editorial: More Of A Good Thing: Riverfront Trails In Pittsburgh
Brodhead Watershed Assn: July 13 - How We Can Help Wildlife Withstand Climate Change, Monroe County [PaEN]
O’Neill: Spruce Up Pittsburgh Parks, But A Tax Increase?
What’s Up With I-95 Overcap Park At Penn’s Landing Philadelphia?
Marcus Schneck: Best Beaches At PA State Parks, From Pine Grove To Presque Isle
June 26 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
June 28 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Become A Citizen Scientist To Help Us Understand, Find Solutions For Climate Change [PaEN]
Cong. Kelly Announces Presque Isle Sand Work During Erie Stop
Recycling/Waste
PA Resources Council Hosts 2 Pop Up Glass Recycling Collection Events In Allegheny County During July [PaEN]
Centre County Residents Will Pay More For Recycling Services, Here’s Why
AP: PA Lawmakers Move To Block Plastic Bag Bans
Philly’s Plastic Bag Ban Could Get Derailed In Budget Move By Republican Lawmakers
AP: Pennsylvania Blocks Plastic Bag Bans For At Least A Year
Cusick: Lawmakers Seek To Block Regulation Of Single-Use Plastics
Editorial: Nothing To Celebrate, Party Balloons Fouling The Great Lakes
Editorial: The Nation Must Commit To Reducing And Reusing
Altoona Water Authority Looks To Install Sludge Dryer To Produce Methane
Renewable Energy
City Of Reading Becomes 19th Community In PA To Commit To 100% Renewable Energy [PaEN]
Millersville University Is First In PA To Receive Zero Energy Building Designation [PaEN]
Letter: Better Buildings Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
Kummer: Could Dream Of Converting Burned Philly Refinery Into Renewable Energy Facility Turn Into A Reality?
Op-Ed: Legislature Should Take A Hard Look At Cap-And Invest Program To Use All Of Our Energy Options - Fmr DEP Secretary Jim Seif [PaEN]
U.S. EIA: For First Time, U.S. Renewables Produce More Electricity Than Coal In April
Stormwater
No-Penalty Commercial Stormwater Fee Deadline Looming In Luzerne
Penn State Seed Grant Supports Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research [PaEN]
Capital Region Water Board Considering Stormwater Management Fees
Pitt Moves Forward With Green Infrastructure Project To Manage Stormwater
Susquehanna River
States, Feds Continue To Shortchange Delaware River Basin Commission Budget
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Enters Into $18,500 Settlement With Sunoco Mariner East II Pipeline [PaEN]
Susquehanna River Basin Commission
States, Feds Continue To Shortchange Delaware River Basin Commission Budget
Sustainability
Millersville University Is First In PA To Receive Zero Energy Building Designation [PaEN]
Lyme Timber, Three Rivers Forest Mgmt To Hold Public Meetings On Lyme’s Investment In Timber In Northcentral PA [PaEN]
Letter: Better Buildings Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
Wastewater Facilities
Altoona Water Authority Looks To Install Sludge Dryer To Produce Methane
Williamsport Water, Sewage Rate Increasing Coming In 2020
Watershed Protection
Anne Daymut Received Evergreen Conservancy’s Evergreen Award, Indiana County
Senate Republicans Pass Fundamental Change In Definition Of Water Pollution Effectively Making Spills And Discharges To Streams No Longer Pollution [PaEN]
CBF-PA Urges House Not To Act On Senate Bill 619 Redefining Water Pollution [PaEN]
Senate Republicans Pass Pretend Solution To Reducing Nutrient Pollution In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Guaranteeing Taxpayers Fund Higher Cost Practices [PaEN]
Growing Greener Coalition Asks General Assembly, Governor To Restore Local Environmental Project Money Cut In FY 2019-20 Budget [PaEN]
Act Now To Block Elimination Of Funding For Community Environmental, Recreation Projects In State Budget - Growing Greener Coalition [PaEN]
Cusick: Groups Criticize State Budget Taking $10 Million Away From Community Environmental Project Funding
Pre-Qualification For DCNR, PennVEST Multifunction Riparian Buffer Grants Begins July 1 [PaEN]
Applications Now Being Accepted For Clean Water Fund Grants In Lancaster County [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians - Austin Unruh & Multi-Functional Stream Buffers [PaEN]
Editorial: Environmental Restoration Efforts Deserve Recognition In Union County
DEP Invites Comments On TMDL Water Quality Plans For 5 Watersheds In Adams, Bedford, Lebanon, Mifflin, Snyder, Union Counties [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Association Annual River Ramble Will Tour Unique Sites On 2 Of Monroe County's Purest Creeks [PaEN]
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy's Perki-Bay Expedition 2019 Now Underway! Follow Them On Facebook [PaEN]
2019 Seedlings For Schools Program Experiences Huge Response To New Pollinator Garden Option [PaEN]
Efforts Continue To Restore Antietam Watershed In Franklin County
Bagenstose: Water Quality In Bucks County Creeks Impaired
No-Penalty Commercial Stormwater Fee Deadline Looming In Luzerne
Capital Region Water Board Considering Stormwater Management Fees
Pitt Moves Forward With Green Infrastructure Project To Manage Stormwater
Penn State Seed Grant Supports Green Stormwater Infrastructure Research [PaEN]
Lacawac Sanctuary: Become A Pocono Lake Ecological Observatory Network Citizen Scientist In Wayne County [PaEN]
Delaware RiverKeeper: Who Pays For Health Impacts Of Fracking In PA? - Video
Delaware RiverKeeper June 28 RiverWatch Video Report
AP: Ohio House OK’s Permanent Fund For Cleaning Up Lakes, Rivers [Where’s Pennsylvania?]
CBF: U.S. House Passes Increase In Federal Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program [PaEN]
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Wildlife
AP: Senate Votes To Allow Hunting On 3 Sundays In Pennsylvania
Mark Demko: Will Compromise On PA’s Sunday Hunting Bill Satisfy All Parties?
July 4 Is Fish-For-Free Day In Pennsylvania
PA Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp Presents Award To Ashley Wilmont [PaEN]
Elizabethtown H.S. Students Win Premier National Student Fishing Event
New Chronic Wasting Disease Plan Will Likely Not Be In Place By This Hunting Season
Marcus Schneck: Chronic Wasting Disease Continues To Spread In PA
Op-Ed: Chronic Wasting Disease Is Spreading In Pennsylvania
Op-Ed: Wildlife Around Pittsburgh’s Rivers Has Much To Tell Us
Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Awards $73,410 In Grants To 30 Wildlife Habitat, Hunting Projects In 44 PA Counties [PaEN]
Mary Ann Thomas: 2 Juvenile Bald Eagles Test Their Wings In Pittsburgh
John Hayes: Pittsburgh Eaglets Fledge, Fallen Eagle In York Returns To Nest
Mary Ann Thomas: Woodpeckers Die When Stuck On Spotted Lanternfly Traps
Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Open House Gives Visitors Behind The Scenes Look
Marcus Schneck: Copperheads, PA’s Quieter, More Common Venomous Snakes
Marcus Schneck: Ancient Box Turtle Is Back Again In Dauphin County
70-Year-Old Box Turtle Reappears On Dauphin County Farm
Mary Ann Thomas: Zombie Cicadas Try To Mate After Losing Body Parts
Centre County Wildlife: Having A Pet Alligator Is Legal, But Not A Good Idea
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Streamlines Science Department With Promotions, New Hire [PaEN]
West Nile/Zika Virus
Lyme Disease Cases Down In PA Health Dept. Reports
What Works To Head Off Bugs Before They Bite?
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