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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Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Heads To International Competition In North Carolina; Send Them A Good Luck Email![ PaEN]

 

“Do Unto Those Downstream As You Would Have Those Upstream Do Unto You"[PaEN]

17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated July 27 In Somerset County[PaEN]

WTAE: This Week In 2002: Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County

Nine For Nine: The Quecreek Mine Rescue In 2002 

Joint Conservation Committee To Have New Chair, Will Continue Operating Until 2021[PaEN]

Politics

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Air

DEP To Conduct Air Quality Sampling Around Erie Coke (Coal) Plant[PaEN]

DEP To Test Air Quality Near Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

Editorial: Time To Clear The Air At Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Concerns About Monitoring Impacts Of The Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Site Cleanup[PaEN]

Maykuth: Did Deadly Gas Cloud Escape During Philly Refinery Fire? City Says It Was A Faulty Meter

PA Lawmakers Concerned By Economic, Environmental Impact Of Philly Refinery Fire, Shutdown

Philadelphia Refinery Fire Highlights Need For Better Air Monitoring, Experts Tell Senate Committee

AP: Philadelphia, Eastern Cities Spewing More Methane Into The Air Than Previously Thought

DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties[PaEN]

Skirting Trump, Automakers, California Sign Vehicle Emissions Deal

Awards & Recognition

PA Conservation Districts: 5 Farms Receive 2019 Clean Water Farm Awards[PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission/PA National Guard/PEMA Swiftwater Rescue, PA Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Teams Receive National Recognition[PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: DCNR Recognizes Employees Going Above And Beyond To Support Agency Mission[PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Tyler Fairchild, Shippensburg Parks & Recreation[PaEN]

Pennsylvania's 12 Heritage Areas Celebrating 30th Anniversary![PaEN]

Join DCNR At 75th Birthday Bash For Smokey Bear! Pine Grove Furnace State Park[PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Marks 30th Anniversary With New Digital Story Of The Conodoguinet In Cumberland County[PaEN]

Shippensburg U. Sustainable Land Use Center Helps Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn.  Celebrate 30 Years

10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Accepting Nominations For 2019 Commonwealth Awards

Arboretum At Penn State To Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Gala In The Gardens Sept. 20[PaEN]

Beautification

8 Communities Receive Fresh Paint Days Grants Courtesy Of Keep PA Beautiful, Behr Paint, The Home Depot[PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Pennsylvania: 5 Years Into The Spotted Lanternfly Invasion

In PA’s Spotted Lanternfly Invasion, Enter A Professor With A Sticky Trap

AP: Organizations Seek Progress On Recovery From Invasive Mussels In Great Lakes

Private Landowners Wanted For Pollinator, Native Plant Habitat Conservation Project[PaEN]

Cusick: Rare Butterfly Found Refuge In Unlikely Place: Fort Indiantown Gap

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Moth Week: On The Trail Of An Elusive Micromoth[PaEN]

Column: Plant A Tree, Hug A Bee

Towns In Southeast PA Step Up To Beat Back An Enemy: Bamboo

Arboretum At Penn State To Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Gala In The Gardens Sept. 20

Budget

Capital Region Water To Hold 3 Community Meetings On Proposed Stormwater Implementation Plan, Fee In Harrisburg[PaEN]

City Of Harrisburg Explores Options For Selling Capital Region Water System

DEP Discusses How Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Will Help Franklin County Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals[PaEN]

Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County

Sen. Casey Urges U.S. Senate Committee To Fund Chesapeake Bay Program, Closed Nuclear Facilities Community Assistance[PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

Next Meeting Of PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Aug. 16[PaEN]

Virginia Daily Press Editorial: Courts Must Compel Pennsylvania To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay[PaEN]

Editorial: Courts Must Compel Pennsylvania To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay[Virginia]

DEP Accepting Applications For Farm, Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution, Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Grants[PaEN]

State Conservation Commission Begins Accepting Applications For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Sept. 3, Increased Funding Available[PaEN]

Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants[PaEN]

PA Launches Grant Program For Urban Farmers

Sauro: Raw Sewage Discharged Into Harrisburg Waterways On 150 Days Last Year

Lancaster City Asks For Sewer Rate Hikes To Fund Sewer OverFlow, Nutrient Reduction Upgrades

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Over 60,000 Trees Planted This Spring, Double Last Year[PaEN]

How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

Lancaster Farming: As Animal Ag Evolves, So Will Nutrient Management

Op-Ed: Caring Veteran Shares Healing Power Of Water With Those Who Serve; Special Aug. 24 Heroes Event[PaEN]

DEP Discusses How Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Will Help Franklin County Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals[PaEN]

Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County

A Workable Stormwater Management Plan Near Final Stages In Williamsport

Sen. Casey Urges U.S. Senate Committee To Fund Chesapeake Bay Program, Closed Nuclear Facilities Community Assistance[PaEN]

Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna

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Citizen Action

Clarion County Residents Learn About Managing Private Drinking Water Supplies; 70% Of Water Supplies Failed Test[PaEN]

Master Watershed Stewards Host 6 Watershed Programs In Allegheny County

Extension How To: Stream Bank Stabilization On An Acre Or Less[PaEN]

8th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Oct. 15 In Bethlehem, Conference Program, Sponsorships Available[PaEN]

Op-Ed: Caring Veteran Shares Healing Power Of Water With Those Who Serve; Special Aug. 24 Heroes Event[PaEN]

PA Resources Council: Only A Few More Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical Collection Events Left In Allegheny, Beaver Counties[PaEN]

Beaver County Conservation District Receives Grant For Rain Barrel Education Program

Private Landowners Wanted For Pollinator, Native Plant Habitat Conservation Project[PaEN]

DEP Provides Notice Of Pending Permit Applications, Water Quality Certification For National Fuel Gas FM100 Pipeline Project, Elk & Jefferson Counties[PaEN]

DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery Counties[PaEN]

DEP Sets Informal Conference Aug. 6 On Hanson Aggregates Mining Permit, Lawrence County[PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Public Hearing August 1 On Water Project Applications[PaEN]

Editorial: Proposed LNG Terminal In Philly Needs More Public Voices

Climate

AP: Philadelphia, Eastern Cities Spewing More Methane Into The Air Than Previously Thought

Pittsburgh, Other Mayors Seek Federal Help On Climate Change

Woodlands Hills Becomes First PA School District To Pass Climate Change Resolution

Newtown Borough Calls On Congress To Take Action On Climate Change

Philadelphia Office Of Sustainability Releases Community Heat Relief Plan

Editorial: Does Climate Change Make Air Conditioning A Human Right?

Reducing Farm Greenhouse Gas Emissions Thru Farm Conservation Practices May Plant The Seed For A Cooler Planet[PaEN]

10 Arrested During Climate Change Sit-In At PA Democratic HQ

PSEG Plans To Close All But 3 Natural Gas Power Plants, If Carbon Price Adopted

Experts: No Doubt Left About Scientific Consensus On Global Warming

Op-Ed: Bipartisanship Needed In The War On Climate Change

Skirting Trump, Automakers, California Sign Vehicle Emissions Deal

Coal Mining

Water Resources Committee Overwhelmingly Urges DEP To Move Forward With A Proposal To Set New Toxic Substance Limit For Manganese Due To Health Impacts[PaEN]

AP: Man Dies After Jumping Off Cliff Into Northampton County Quarry

Man Dies In 200-Foot Cliff Jump Into Bangor Quarry

Man Drowns In Schuylkill County Coal Strip Mine Pit

Swimmer Rescued From Airport Sand & Gravel Co. Retention Pond, Luzerne County

DEP: Mines And Quarries Are Not Playgrounds, Stay Out Stay Alive[PaEN]

Pushing For Black Lung Benefits, Coal Miners Tread Well-Worn Path To Congress

Coal Miners Demand Congress Restore Full Black Lung Benefits Tax

Editorial: Coal Isn’t Coming Back

Editorial: Congress Needs To Act On RECLAIM Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act

17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated July 27 In Somerset County[PaEN]

WTAE: This Week In 2002: Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County

Nine For Nine: The Quecreek Mine Rescue In 2002

Compliance Action

Addition Of Orthophosphate To Pittsburgh Water Authority System Reducing Lead In Water, But Lead Remains Above Action Level[PaEN]

Pittsburgh Lead Levels In Water Drop As Pittsburgh Water Authority Claims Orthophosphate Working

DEP To Conduct Air Quality Sampling Around Erie Coke (Coal) Plant[PaEN]

DEP To Test Air Quality Near Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

Editorial: Time To Clear The Air At Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

PUC Seeks $4.533 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Northampton County[PaEN]

Man Died In Northampton County When Live Power Line Fell In His Yard, Now Met-Ed Faces $4.5 Million Fine

Sentencing Postponed For Painting Contractor Accused Of Polluting Susquehanna

PUC Seeks $4.5 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Lehigh Valley

Stormwater Problems Fixed On Dickson City Hospital Building Site, But Work Remains

DCNR

DCNR Good Natured Blog: DCNR Recognizes Employees Going Above And Beyond To Support Agency Mission[PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Tyler Fairchild, Shippensburg Parks & Recreation[PaEN]

July 24 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR[PaEN]

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation[PaEN]

Delaware River

Senators Scarnati, Yaw, Baker Who Oppose DRBC’s Fracking Moratorium Seek To Intervene In Federal Case As Environmental Trustees[PaEN]

Sens. Scarnati, Yaw, Baker Appeal Ruling Denying Motion To Intervene In Federal Case Challenging DRBC Drilling Moratorium

Delaware River Basin Commission Reports On The State Of The Delaware Watershed[PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper July 26 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Water Resources Committee Overwhelmingly Urges DEP To Move Forward With A Proposal To Set New Toxic Substance Limit For Manganese Due To Health Impacts[PaEN]

First-Ever Bill Regulating PFAS Passed U.S. House

Pentagon To Create PFAS Task Force

Bucks, Montgomery Activists Skeptical About Pentagon PFAS Task Force

Drinking Water In Tunkhannock Falls Below Arsenic Limit

Addition Of Orthophosphate To Pittsburgh Water Authority System Reducing Lead In Water, But Lead Remains Above Action Level[PaEN]

Pittsburgh Lead Levels In Water Drop As Pittsburgh Water Authority Claims Orthophosphate Working

How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

Westmoreland County Approves Integrated Water Resources Plan To Address Stormwater, Reduce Flooding, Other Water Issues[PaEN]

Westmoreland Approves Stormwater Management Plan

Clarion County Residents Learn About Managing Private Drinking Water Supplies; 70% Of Water Supplies Failed Test[PaEN]

City Of Harrisburg Explores Options For Selling Capital Region Water System

Letter: Shedding Light On Aqua America Water Company’s Role In Mariner East Pipelines

Op-Ed: Is Water Company Consolidation A Good Deal For Customers?

EPA Holds Water/Wastewater Utility Training Sessions On Risk Assessment & Emergency Response Plan Training[PaEN]

Economic Development

CMU Moves To Boost Presence At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Site With Land Acquisition

10 Year Anniversary National EcoDistricts Summit Nov. 4-5 In Pittsburgh[PaEN]

10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Accepting Nominations For 2019 Commonwealth Awards[PaEN]

Education

Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Heads To International Competition In North Carolina; Send Them A Good Luck Email![PaEN]

PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators/PA Recreation & Parks Society Joint Conference March 17-20; Call For Proposals[PaEN]

Penn State Extension Helps Beaver County Girl Scouts Explore Their Local Watershed[PaEN]

Extension Workshops On Building Trust-Based Communications With Staff, Stakeholders For Natural Resource, Environmental Professionals[PaEN]

Master Watershed Stewards Host 6 Watershed Programs In Allegheny County

Extension How To: Stream Bank Stabilization On An Acre Or Less[PaEN]

8th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Oct. 15 In Bethlehem, Conference Program, Sponsorships Available[PaEN]

Beaver County Conservation District Receives Grant For Rain Barrel Education Program

Manada Conservancy Hosts Watershed Health Program Oct. 10 In Hershey; Other Programs This Fall[PaEN]

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Educational Programs Coming In August[PaEN]

Penn State Study Away Pittsburgh Program Brings Sustainability Learning Closer To Home[PaEN]

Join DCNR At 75th Birthday Bash For Smokey Bear! Pine Grove Furnace State Park[PaEN]

Arboretum At Penn State To Celebrate 10th Anniversary With Gala In The Gardens Sept. 20

Emergency Response

Fish & Boat Commission/PA National Guard/PEMA Swiftwater Rescue, PA Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Teams Receive National Recognition[PaEN]

Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For SBA Assistance Due To Severe June Storms In Berks, Surrounding Counties[PaEN]

EPA Holds Water/Wastewater Utility Training Sessions On Risk Assessment & Emergency Response Plan Training[PaEN]

Energy

PJM Interconnect Records Record Electricity Use Friday, Over Weekend[PaEN]

Maykuth: PJM Grid Operator: Heat Caused New Record For Electricity Use

Storms Leave More Than 35,000 Without Power In Bucks County

Storms Break Heat Grip, Thousands Without Power In Southeast

PUC Seeks $4.533 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Northampton County[PaEN]

Man Died In Northampton County When Live Power Line Fell In His Yard, Now Met-Ed Faces $4.5 Million Fine

PUC Seeks $4.5 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Lehigh Valley

Cusick: Cities, AGs Call For New Leader Of PJM Grid Operator To Focus On Clean Energy

Op-Ed: Electricity Grid’s Future Is Here In Pennsylvania- PPL

SEPTA Invests Big In Solar Panels To Save Money, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Thompson: Three Mile Island Neighbors Call For Faster Clean-Up Of Closing Unit 1 Nuclear Reactor

Neighbors To A Waste Dump: Public Begs For Earlier TMI Decommissioning

Residents Near Three Mile Island Tell NRC They Still Feel Overlooked; Same Suits, Different People

Maykuth: Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor To Be Sold, Dismantled[Not Unit 1 Currently Operating, To Be Shutdown]

Sen. Casey Urges U.S. Senate Committee To Fund Chesapeake Bay Program, Closed Nuclear Facilities Community Assistance[PaEN]

Ohio Governor Signs Controversial Nuclear, Coal Power Plant Subsidy Bill

Ohio’s Nuclear, Coal Subsidies Will Likely Be Challenged At The Ballot Via Referendum

AP: Ohio Lawmakers Approve $1 Billion Financial Rescue For Ohio Nuclear Plants

PSEG Plans To Close All But 3 Natural Gas Power Plants, If Carbon Price Adopted

Editorial: Maintain Nuclear Power Plant Inspections

Skirting Trump, Automakers, California Sign Vehicle Emissions Deal

Energy Conservation

DEP Accepting Applications For Farm, Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution, Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Grants[PaEN]

Environmental Heritage

17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated July 27 In Somerset County[PaEN]

Nine For Nine: The Quecreek Mine Rescue In 2002

Farming

DEP Accepting Applications For Farm, Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution, Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Grants[PaEN]

State Conservation Commission Begins Accepting Applications For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Sept. 3, Increased Funding Available[PaEN]

Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants[PaEN]

PA Launches Grant Program For Urban Farmers

PA Conservation Districts: 5 Farms Receive 2019 Clean Water Farm Awards[PaEN]

How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

Pennsylvania: 5 Years Into The Spotted Lanternfly Invasion

In PA’s Spotted Lanternfly Invasion, Enter A Professor With A Sticky Trap

Lancaster Farming: As Animal Ag Evolves, So Will Nutrient Management

Westmoreland County Approves Integrated Water Resources Plan To Address Stormwater, Reduce Flooding, Other Water Issues[PaEN]

Westmoreland Approves Stormwater Management Plan

Editorial: We Must Juggle Helping Older Farmers, Encouraging Next Generation

Reducing Farm Greenhouse Gas Emissions Thru Farm Conservation Practices May Plant The Seed For A Cooler Planet[PaEN]

8th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Oct. 15 In Bethlehem, Conference Program, Sponsorships Available[PaEN]

Flooding

Federal Disaster Declaration Approved For SBA Assistance Due To Severe June Storms In Berks, Surrounding Counties[PaEN]

Westmoreland County Approves Integrated Water Resources Plan To Address Stormwater, Reduce Flooding, Other Water Issues[PaEN]

Westmoreland Approves Stormwater Management Plan

Shenango River A Rough Ride This Year

Sinkholes Caused By Collapsing Water, Sewer Lines Popping Up In Williamsport

Western PA Communities Face Costly Repairs After Floods

Recent Flooding Forces Plum’s Monday Market To Change Location

Lycoming County Declares Emergency Due To Courthouse Flooding

Residents Rescued As Flash Flooding Strikes Pittsburgh Region

Flooding Causes Widespread Damage In Eastern Allegheny County

Rain Hits Penn Hills, Plum Unusually Hard Causing Widespread Damage

Plum Offers Help For Residents With Flood Damage

Storms Have Residents Cleaning Up After Yet Another Round Of Flooding

Stormy Lehigh Valley Endures Flooded Roads, Downed Trees

Storms Leave More Than 35,000 Without Power In Bucks County

Trees In Mill Creek Cause Flooding Concerns In Wilkes-Barre Neighborhood

Storms Break Heat Grip, Thousands Without Power In Southeast

Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna

Forests

Join DCNR At 75th Birthday Bash For Smokey Bear! Pine Grove Furnace State Park[PaEN]

Pennsylvania: 5 Years Into The Spotted Lanternfly Invasion

In PA’s Spotted Lanternfly Invasion, Enter A Professor With A Sticky Trap

8th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Oct. 15 In Bethlehem, Conference Program, Sponsorships Available[PaEN]

PPL Tree Giveaway Program At Hit In Williamsport

New Shade Tree Ordinance Taking Root In Altoona

Column: Plant A Tree, Hug A Bee

July 24 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR[PaEN]

Gov. Pinchot's Grey Towers To Host Festival Of Wood Aug. 3-4 In Pike County[PaEN]

Symptoms Vary When Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease

Geologic Hazards

Thompson: Route 442 In Lebanon County Will Be Closed Through November Due To Sinkhole

Part Of I-81 To Be Closed As Crews Fix Heat-Damaged Road

Sinkholes Caused By Collapsing Water, Sewer Lines Popping Up In Williamsport

Grants/Funding

DEP Accepting Applications For Farm, Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution, Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Grants[PaEN]

State Conservation Commission Begins Accepting Applications For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Sept. 3, Increased Funding Available[PaEN]

Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants[PaEN]

PA Launches Grant Program For Urban Farmers

Green Infrastructure

PA Conservation Districts: 5 Farms Receive 2019 Clean Water Farm Awards[PaEN]

DEP Accepting Applications For Farm, Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution, Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Grants[PaEN]

State Conservation Commission Begins Accepting Applications For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Sept. 3, Increased Funding Available[PaEN]

Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants[PaEN]

PA Launches Grant Program For Urban Farmers

How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

8th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Oct. 15 In Bethlehem, Conference Program, Sponsorships Available[PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Over 60,000 Trees Planted This Spring, Double Last Year[PaEN]

Capital Region Water To Hold 3 Community Meetings On Proposed Stormwater Implementation Plan, Fee In Harrisburg[PaEN]

City Of Harrisburg Explores Options For Selling Capital Region Water System

Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna

Westmoreland County Approves Integrated Water Resources Plan To Address Stormwater, Reduce Flooding, Other Water Issues[PaEN]

Westmoreland Approves Stormwater Management Plan

DEP Discusses How Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Will Help Franklin County Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals[PaEN]

Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County

Beaver County Conservation District Receives Grant For Rain Barrel Education Program

Hazardous Substances

Post-Gazette The Human Toll: Health Impacts of Shale Gas Development

First-Ever Bill Regulating PFAS Passed U.S. House

Pentagon To Create PFAS Task Force

Bucks, Montgomery Activists Skeptical About Pentagon PFAS Task Force

Caruso: Washington County House Member Calls For Federal Study Of Rare Cancer

Land Conservation

Brandywine Conservancy: Register Now For Bike The Brandywine, Sept. 28 In Chester County[PaEN]

Land Recycling

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Concerns About Monitoring Impacts Of The Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Site Cleanup[PaEN]

CMU Moves To Boost Presence At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Site With Land Acquisition

Land Use

10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Accepting Nominations For 2019 Commonwealth Awards[PaEN]

10 Year Anniversary National EcoDistricts Summit Nov. 4-5 In Pittsburgh[PaEN]

Shippensburg U. Sustainable Land Use Center Helps Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn.  Celebrate 30 Years

Lake Erie

AP: Organizations Seek Progress On Recovery From Invasive Mussels In Great Lakes

AP: Environmentalists Want Candidates To Focus On Clean Water In Great Lakes Region

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PA Resources Council: Only A Few More Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical Collection Events Left In Allegheny, Beaver Counties[PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

Montour Run Watershed Assn. Reports New Milk Run Abandoned Mine Water Treatment Plant Now Treating Water In Allegheny County[PaEN]

Editorial: Congress Needs To Act On RECLAIM Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act

AP: Man Dies After Jumping Off Cliff Into Northampton County Quarry

Man Dies In 200-Foot Cliff Jump Into Bangor Quarry

Man Drowns In Schuylkill County Coal Strip Mine Pit

Swimmer Rescued From Airport Sand & Gravel Co. Retention Pond, Luzerne County

DEP: Mines And Quarries Are Not Playgrounds, Stay Out Stay Alive[PaEN]

Mine Safety

AP: Man Dies After Jumping Off Cliff Into Northampton County Quarry

Man Dies In 200-Foot Cliff Jump Into Bangor Quarry

Man Drowns In Schuylkill County Coal Strip Mine Pit

Swimmer Rescued From Airport Sand & Gravel Co. Retention Pond, Luzerne County

DEP: Mines And Quarries Are Not Playgrounds, Stay Out Stay Alive[PaEN]

Noncoal Mining

DEP Sets Informal Conference Aug. 6 On Hanson Aggregates Mining Permit, Lawrence County[PaEN]

AP: Man Dies After Jumping Off Cliff Into Northampton County Quarry

Man Dies In 200-Foot Cliff Jump Into Bangor Quarry

Man Drowns In Schuylkill County Coal Strip Mine Pit

Swimmer Rescued From Airport Sand & Gravel Co. Retention Pond, Luzerne County

DEP: Mines And Quarries Are Not Playgrounds, Stay Out Stay Alive[PaEN]

Oil & Gas

Senators Scarnati, Yaw, Baker Who Oppose DRBC’s Fracking Moratorium Seek To Intervene In Federal Case As Environmental Trustees[PaEN]

Sens. Scarnati, Yaw, Baker Appeal Ruling Denying Motion To Intervene In Federal Case Challenging DRBC Drilling Moratorium

DEP, Marcellus Shale Coalition Win Some, Lose Some In Preliminary Commonwealth Court Decision On Drilling Regs[PaEN]

AP-Scolforo: Commonwealth Court Issues Split Decision On Natural Gas Drilling Rules

Reid: Court Issues Split Decision On Drilling Industry Challenge To DEP Regulations

Rep. Everett Address Natural Gas Severance Tax, Minimum Wage

Post-Gazette The Human Toll: Health Impacts of Shale Gas Development

Oil & Gas Groups Reaffirm Commitment To Public Health, Safety In PA

Caruso: Washington County House Member Calls For Federal Study Of Rare Cancer

Grant: Ohio Residents Start Their Own Shale Gas-Related Health Registry

CBS/ProPublica Documentary: Powerless: The High Cost Of Cheap Natural Gas

Litvak: No Beards Allowed On Fire Crews At Drilling Sites

AP: Philadelphia, Eastern Cities Spewing More Methane Into The Air Than Previously Thought

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Concerns About Monitoring Impacts Of The Philadelphia Refinery Explosion, Site Cleanup[PaEN]

Maykuth: Did Deadly Gas Cloud Escape During Philly Refinery Fire? City Says It Was A Faulty Meter

PA Lawmakers Concerned By Economic, Environmental Impact Of Philly Refinery Fire, Shutdown
Philadelphia Refinery Fire Highlights Need For Better Air Monitoring, Experts Tell Senate Committee

Bankruptcy Judge Approves $65 Million Loan For Fire Damaged Philadelphia Refinery

Maykuth: Explosion-Damaged Philadelphia Refinery Files For Bankruptcy, Again

Philadelphia Refinery Closure Sparks Calls For A ‘Just Transition’

Editorial: Proposed LNG Terminal In Philly Needs More Public Voices

Litvak: With Toby Rice In Charge, What Happens To EQT’s Subpoena Of His Texts?

Litvak: New EQT Drilling Means Lots Of New Faces, Happiness Campaign

PSEG Plans To Close All But 3 Natural Gas Power Plants, If Carbon Price Adopted

Pipelines

Hurdle: Landowner Sues Mariner East Pipelines For Contaminating His Water Well

Letter: Shedding Light On Aqua America Water Company’s Role In Mariner East Pipelines

DEP Provides Notice Of Pending Permit Applications, Water Quality Certification For National Fuel Gas FM100 Pipeline Project, Elk & Jefferson Counties[PaEN]

Permitting

DEP Posts 69 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 27 PA Bulletin[PaEN]

PUC

PUC Seeks $4.533 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Northampton County[PaEN]

Man Died In Northampton County When Live Power Line Fell In His Yard, Now Met-Ed Faces $4.5 Million Fine

PUC Seeks $4.5 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Lehigh Valley

Radiation Protection

Thompson: Three Mile Island Neighbors Call For Aster Clean-Up Of Closing Unit 1 Nuclear Reactor

Neighbors To A Waste Dump: Public Begs For Earlier TMI Decommissioning

Residents Near Three Mile Island Tell NRC They Still Feel Overlooked; Same Suits, Different People

Cusick: Three Mile Island Unit 2 To Be Sold, Dismantled[Not The One Operating]

Maykuth: Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor To Be Sold, Dismantled[Not Unit 1 Currently Operating, To Be Shutdown]

Sen. Casey Urges U.S. Senate Committee To Fund Chesapeake Bay Program, Closed Nuclear Facilities Community Assistance[PaEN]

Ohio Governor Signs Controversial Nuclear, Coal Power Plant Subsidy Bill

Ohio’s Nuclear, Coal Subsidies Will Likely Be Challenged At The Ballot Via Referendum

AP: Ohio Lawmakers Approve $1 Billion Financial Rescue For Ohio Nuclear Plants

Editorial: Maintain Nuclear Power Plant Inspections

Recreation

DCNR To Unveil State Parks Plan, Updated PA Outdoor Recreation Plan For Comment This Fall[PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: DCNR Recognizes Employees Going Above And Beyond To Support Agency Mission[PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Tyler Fairchild, Shippensburg Parks & Recreation[PaEN]

Letter: Thank You To PA Park, Recreation Professionals

Pennsylvania's 12 Heritage Areas Celebrating 30th Anniversary![PaEN]

PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators/PA Recreation & Parks Society Joint Conference March 17-20; Call For Proposals[PaEN]

Register Now For PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 22-24 At Shippensburg University[PaEN]

Shenango River A Rough Ride This Year

20-Year-Old Swimmer’s Body Recovered From Susquehanna River After Jumping From Cliff

Editorial: Ricketts Glen State Park Finally Receives Missing Piece

Codorus State Park Pool To Reopen This Weekend After Repairs

Discover Presque Isle Brings Chance To Rediscover Fishing

Officials To Celebrate Grand Reopening Of Park In Wilkes-Barre

Pickleball Courts Dedicated At Canonsburg Town Park

Special Equipment For Seniors, Others Coming To Bucks County Park

Brodhead Watershed Association Hosts Aug. 4 Discover Rattlesnake Falls Hike In Monroe County[PaEN]

New Section Of Lebanon Valley Rail Trail Opens Near Union Canal Tunnel Park

Appalachian Trail Warns Hikers To Watch Out For PA Rape Suspect

Suspected Rapist Thought To Be Near Appalachian Trail Found Dead

Philly Lawmakers Want To Ban Guns From City Playgrounds, Rec Centers

Beach 11 To Close To Prepare For Discover Presque Isle In Erie

Millcreek Seeks Grant To Extend Presque Isle Trail

Brandywine Conservancy: Register Now For Bike The Brandywine, Sept. 28 In Chester County

[PaEN]

July 24 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR[PaEN]

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation[PaEN]

Gov. Pinchot's Grey Towers To Host Festival Of Wood Aug. 3-4 In Pike County[PaEN]

Symptoms Vary When Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease

Recycling/Waste

City Of Pittsburgh Opens Hazardous And Electronics Waste Recycling Drop-Off

PA Resources Council: Only A Few More Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical Collection Events Left In Allegheny, Beaver Counties[PaEN]

Letter: Put An End To Single Use Plastics

Renewable Energy

SEPTA Invests Big In Solar Panels To Save Money, Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

SRBC

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Public Hearing August 1 On Water Project Applications[PaEN]

Stormwater

Capital Region Water To Hold 3 Community Meetings On Proposed Stormwater Implementation Plan, Fee In Harrisburg[PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Over 60,000 Trees Planted This Spring, Double Last Year[PaEN]

Extension How To: Stream Bank Stabilization On An Acre Or Less[PaEN]

DEP Discusses How Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Will Help Franklin County Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals[PaEN]

Westmoreland County Approves Integrated Water Resources Plan To Address Stormwater, Reduce Flooding, Other Water Issues[PaEN]

Westmoreland Approves Stormwater Management Plan

Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County

A Workable Stormwater Management Plan Near Final Stages In Williamsport

Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna

Stormwater Problems Fixed On Dickson City Hospital Building Site, But Work Remains

Beaver County Conservation District Receives Grant For Rain Barrel Education Program

Susquehanna River

Sentencing Postponed For Painting Contractor Accused Of Polluting Susquehanna

Sustainability

Penn State Study Away Pittsburgh Program Brings Sustainability Learning Closer To Home[PaEN]

10,000 Friends Of Pennsylvania Accepting Nominations For 2019 Commonwealth Awards[PaEN]

10 Year Anniversary National EcoDistricts Summit Nov. 4-5 In Pittsburgh[PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

Sauro: Raw Sewage Discharged Into Harrisburg Waterways On 150 Days Last Year

Lancaster City Asks For Sewer Rate Hikes To Fund Sewer OverFlow, Nutrient Reduction Upgrades

City Of Harrisburg Explores Options For Selling Capital Region Water System

Sinkholes Caused By Collapsing Water, Sewer Lines Popping Up In Williamsport

Op-Ed: Is Water Company Consolidation A Good Deal For Customers?

EPA Holds Water/Wastewater Utility Training Sessions On Risk Assessment & Emergency Response Plan Training[PaEN]

Watershed Protection

PA Conservation Districts: 5 Farms Receive 2019 Clean Water Farm Awards[PaEN]

Next Meeting Of PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Aug. 16

How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

DEP Accepting Applications For Farm, Small Business Advantage Energy Efficiency, Pollution, Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Grants[PaEN]

State Conservation Commission Begins Accepting Applications For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Sept. 3, Increased Funding Available[PaEN]

Agriculture Now Accepting Applications For Urban Agriculture Infrastructure Grants[PaEN]

PA Launches Grant Program For Urban Farmers

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Marks 30th Anniversary With New Digital Story Of The Conodoguinet In Cumberland County[PaEN]

Shippensburg U. Sustainable Land Use Center Helps Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn.  Celebrate 30 Years

Sauro: Raw Sewage Discharged Into Harrisburg Waterways On 150 Days Last Year

Water Resources Committee Overwhelmingly Urges DEP To Move Forward With A Proposal To Set New Toxic Substance Limit For Manganese Due To Health Impacts[PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Over 60,000 Trees Planted This Spring, Double Last Year[PaEN]

Westmoreland County Approves Integrated Water Resources Plan To Address Stormwater, Reduce Flooding, Other Water Issues[PaEN]

Westmoreland Approves Stormwater Management Plan

Master Watershed Stewards Host 6 Watershed Programs In Allegheny County

Capital Region Water To Hold 3 Community Meetings On Proposed Stormwater Implementation Plan, Fee In Harrisburg[PaEN]

City Of Harrisburg Explores Options For Selling Capital Region Water System

A Workable Stormwater Management Plan Near Final Stages In Williamsport

DEP Discusses How Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Will Help Franklin County Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals[PaEN]

Solution Found, Funding Needed For Stream Restoration In Franklin County

Scranton May Contract With Firm For Regional Approach To Reduce Stormwater Pollution

Editorial: To Manage Stormwater Regional Approach Needed In Lackawanna

Extension How To: Stream Bank Stabilization On An Acre Or Less[PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: As Animal Ag Evolves, So Will Nutrient Management

Op-Ed: Caring Veteran Shares Healing Power Of Water With Those Who Serve; Special Aug. 24 Heroes Event[PaEN]

8th Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Oct. 15 In Bethlehem, Conference Program, Sponsorships Available[PaEN]

Videos Of Presentations From 2019 Schuylkill Watershed Congress Now Available; Want To Present Next Year?[PaEN]

Penn State Extension Helps Beaver County Girl Scouts Explore Their Local Watershed[PaEN]

Beaver County Conservation District Receives Grant For Rain Barrel Education Program

Delaware River Basin Commission Reports On The State Of The Delaware Watershed[PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper July 26 RiverWatch Video Report

AP: Organizations Seek Progress On Recovery From Invasive Mussels In Great Lakes

AP: Environmentalists Want Candidates To Focus On Clean Water In Great Lakes Region

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Wildlife

Fish & Boat Commission/PA National Guard/PEMA Swiftwater Rescue, PA Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Teams Receive National Recognition[PaEN]

Ad Crable: Game Warden Teaches Youngsters About The Role Of Thin Green Line

Water Resources Committee Overwhelmingly Urges DEP To Move Forward With A Proposal To Set New Toxic Substance Limit For Manganese Due To Health Impacts[PaEN]

Highlights From July 23 Game Commission Board Meeting

Game Commission Seeking Public’s Help On Bald Eagle Shot In Erie County

Addressing Wildlife Feeding With Game Commission Biologist

Game Commission Weighs Ban On Feeding Deer, Turkeys

Huba: Game Commission: Wildlife Feeding Ban Would Help Curb Spreading Of Diseases

Dr. Deer Challenges Game Commission’s Perspective On Chronic Wasting Disease

Mt. Lebanon Commissioners Extend Deer Management Program

Game Commission Continues Investigation Into Bear Biting Incident At Nemacolin

How Minsi Lakes’ Fish Habitat Is Being Improved While it’s Drained For Dam Repair

Discover Presque Isle Brings Chance To Rediscover Fishing

Op-Ed: Caring Veteran Shares Healing Power Of Water With Those Who Serve; Special Aug. 24 Heroes Event[PaEN]

Cusick: Rare Butterfly Found Refuge In Unlikely Place: Fort Indiantown Gap

Marcus Schneck: Are 17-Year Cicadas Making An Unexpected Appearance?

West Nile/Zika Virus

DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In 14 Counties, So Far [PaEN]

West Nile Virus Found In Cumberland County Mosquito Samples

Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In PA

DEP: Mosquito Spraying Set In Beaver County On Wednesday, July 24[PaEN]

Symptoms Vary When Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease

 

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7/29/2019

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