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Air

Wolf Awards $8.5 Million In Volkswagen Settlement Grants To Reduce Transportation Pollution [PaEN]

6 Central PA Cleaner Energy Project Receive Volkswagen Settlement Funding

VW Settlement Will Fund New EV Charging Stations In East Liberty

DEP Signs $750,000 Penalty Agreement With PQ Corporation For Air Violations In Chester, Delaware County [PaEN]

Kummer: Chester Plant Slapped With $750K Fine For Years Of Air Quality Violations

Delaware County Chemical Plant Fined $750,000 For Air Pollution Violations

DEP Posts 3 More Air Quality Violations Against Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

DEP Issues New Violation Notices To Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

Frazier: Residents, Workers Air Their Responses To Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Air Pollution Settlement

US Steel Clairton Air Pollution Settlement Agreement Met With Praise, Criticism

Benefits Of Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Settlement Debated At Public Meeting

Lawrenceville Residents Worry How Foundry Emissions Could Impact The Future

Pittsburgh Port Authority Approved For $1.9M Grant To Purchase Electric Buses

FirstEnergy Utility Companies, Nissan Partner On Electric Vehicle Rebates [PaEN]

Lithium Supply Outpaces Demand For Electric Cars, Philly Company Faces Stock Drop

Toomey, Feinstein Would Abolish Federal Ethanol Fuel Mandate

Alternative Fuels

Wolf Awards $8.5 Million In Volkswagen Settlement Grants To Reduce Transportation Pollution [PaEN]

6 Central PA Cleaner Energy Project Receive Volkswagen Settlement Funding

VW Settlement Will Fund New EV Charging Stations In East Liberty

Pittsburgh Port Authority Approved For $1.9M Grant To Purchase Electric Buses

FirstEnergy Utility Companies, Nissan Partner On Electric Vehicle Rebates [PaEN]

Lithium Supply Outpaces Demand For Electric Cars, Philly Company Faces Stock Drop

U.S. Senate Committee OKs $1 Billion For Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure

Awards & Recognition

Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Takes 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition! [PaEN]

Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Takes 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition!  [PaEN]

Green Building Alliance To Recognize Emerald Evening Gala Award Winners Sept. 12 [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Heritage Conservancy For Reuse Of Croydon TCE Superfund Site, Bucks County [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Heritage Conservancy For Croydon Superfund Site Reuse As Preserve

Philadelphia Inquirer Wins Environmental Reporting Prize

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Dept. Of Agriculture Offering Spotted Lanternfly Permit Classes In 14 Counties [PaEN]

Erosion/Filtration System Perfect For Sensitive Watersheds, Builds Pollinator Habitat [PaEN]

Cumberland County Master Gardeners: Aug. 17-Meet The Butterflies; Aug. 20-Gardening With Nature [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Butterfly Boom: Is It Really A Great Year For Butterflies In PA?

PA's Zippo Lighter Company To Fight Global Deforestation With Tree Planting Initiative [PaEN]

Budget

PEDF Says Commonwealth Court Ruling On State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision [PaEN]

July PA State Tax Revenues Up 4.1 Percent-- $90.8 Million- Over July 2018

Op-Ed: Can PA’s Record Drilling Impact Fee Receipts Be Sustained?

DCNR Highlights How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs At French Creek State Park, Berks County

DCNR Celebrates Lake Appreciation Month With Presque Isle Park Visit, Discusses Restore PA Benefits

DCNR Chief Stumps At Presque Isle For State Parks Funding Plan

DCNR: How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs In McKean Conservation Area, Erie County [PaEN]

DCNR: How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs In McKean Conservation Area

DCNR Officials Tour McKean Conservation Area, Talk About Restore PA

Gov. Wolf Announces Redevelopment Assistance Project Grants, Including $30.4 Million For 20 Environmental, Recreation, Energy Projects [PaEN]

Marsh Creek Greenway Project Receives RCAP Funding In Tioga County

Antrim Twp. Supervisors In Franklin County Working Out Stormwater Fees

Sauro: Proposed Sale Of Harrisburg Water System Gets Attention At Meeting About Stormwater Fee

Chesapeake Bay

State Clearance Expected Soon For Stormwater Fee-Funded Projects In Luzerne

Antrim Twp. Supervisors In Franklin County Working Out Stormwater Fees

Municipalities Asked To Weigh In On Lehman Twp. Stormwater Program Agreement In Luzerne

Sauro: Proposed Sale Of Harrisburg Water System Gets Attention At Meeting About Stormwater Fee

Eat Oysters At Participating Restaurants On National Oyster Weekend Aug. 2-5, Support Oyster Recovery In Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Clearfield High School Fishing Team Competes In Chesapeake Bay Fishing Championships

Bay Journal-Crable: Scientists See Early Success In Breeding Effort To Help Save Chesapeake Logperch [PaEN]

Appreciating The Awesomeness Of Pennsylvania’s Hellbender

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Citizen Action

Trout Unlimited, Partners Push Congress To Support Mine Reclamation Fund Reauthorization [PaEN]

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Awards 2019 Forever Wild Watershed Grants [PaEN]

Meet The Retiree Hosts Who Keep PA’s State Parks Running

Norwin Library To Host PUC Consumer Help Program Aug. 14

FirstEnergy Utility Companies, Nissan Partner On Electric Vehicle Rebates [PaEN]

Phillips: Philadelphia Advisory Group To Seek Public’s View On Future Of Philly Refinery

Climate

Kummer: Climate Change Makes Some Philadelphia Neighborhoods Extra Steamy

Carnegie Museum Will Use $1.3M Grant For Climate Change Education In Western PA

PA's Zippo Lighter Company To Fight Global Deforestation With Tree Planting Initiative [PaEN]

Coal Mining

Bay Journal: Brunner Island Power Plant In York County To Stop Coal Ash Pollution, Pay $1 Million Fine To DEP [PaEN]

Kummer: Coal-Fired Power Plant Operator To Pay $1M Fine For Polluting Water With Ash

Brunner Island Power Plant To Pay $1 Million Fine For Ash Dump Leaks Into Susquehanna River

Cusick: Brunner Island Power Plant Will Pay $1M Fine For Coal Ash Pollution

EPA Moves To Roll Back Environmental Protections For Utility Coal Ash Sites

Call For Papers: MineXChange 2020 SME Annual Conference & Expo Feb. 23-26 [PaEN]

150th Anniversary Commemoration Of Avondale Mine Disaster That Killed 110 In Luzerne County Set For Sept. 6-8 [PaEN]

Remembering 17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County

Ohio Nuclear, Coal Bailout Foes Take Initial Steps Toward Statewide Referendum

Retirements Of U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue But Slow Slightly

Kentucky Coal Miners Protest After Not Being Paid By Bankruptcy Company

Coal Miners’ Struggle Continues Amid Trump Promises, Democratic Plans

Compliance Action

Bay Journal: Brunner Island Power Plant In York County To Stop Coal Ash Pollution, Pay $1 Million Fine To DEP [PaEN]

Kummer: Coal-Fired Power Plant Operator To Pay $1M Fine For Polluting Water With Ash

Brunner Island Power Plant To Pay $1 Million Fine For Ash Dump Leaks Into Susquehanna River

Cusick: Brunner Island Power Plant Will Pay $1M Fine For Coal Ash Pollution

EPA Moves To Roll Back Environmental Protections For Utility Coal Ash Sites

DEP Signs $750,000 Penalty Agreement With PQ Corporation For Air Violations In Chester, Delaware County [PaEN]

Kummer: Chester Plant Slapped With $750K Fine For Years Of Air Quality Violations

Delaware County Chemical Plant Fined $750,000 For Air Pollution Violations

DEP Posts 3 More Air Quality Violations Against Erie Coke (Coal) Plant

Frazier: Residents, Workers Air Their Responses To Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Air Pollution Settlement

US Steel Clairton Air Pollution Settlement Agreement Met With Praise, Criticism

Benefits Of Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Settlement Debated At Public Meeting

Dam Safety

Mark Demko: Heavy Lifting Now Bill Benefit Minsi Lake’s Fish, Anglers In The Future

DCNR

PEDF Says Commonwealth Court Ruling On State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision [PaEN]

DCNR Highlights How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs At French Creek State Park, Berks County

Meet The Retiree Hosts Who Keep PA’s State Parks Running

DCNR Cancels Proposed Land Exchange With Rosamilia, Others In Clinton County [PaEN]

Aug. 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Schuylkill Action Network Hosts Sept. 13 Tour Of Restoration Sites In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Editorial: PA Needs To Give The Delaware River Its Fair Share Of Funding

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Aug. 14, Business Meeting Sept. 11 [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper August 2 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Bagenstose/Wagner: Testing Finds High Levels Of PFAS In Park Creek, Little Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County

Click Here For A Map Showing Park Creek, Little Neshaminy PFAS Contamination

Bagenstose: State, Federal Lawmakers React To Report Finding More PFAS Contamination

Bagenstose/Wagner: Waste Containing PFAS Poses Conundrums

Radical Idea From Delaware Company Could Help Mitigate PFAS Contamination

Cusick: Navy Site In Cumberland County To Host PFAS Open House July 31

McKelvey: Drinking Water Could Be Contaminated By PFAS Chemicals At Cumberland County Navy Depot

Bagenstose/Wagner: Documents Say Military PFAS Chemical Hazards Went Unaddressed

Latest Steps States Are Taking To Deal With PFAS Water Contamination

Pittsburgh Water Authority Reports Lower Lead Results In Water Supply

Drinking Water Treatment Plant Starts Operation In Lawrence County

Harrisburg Considers Selling Capital Region Water Authority To Private Company

Intern Letter: Address Lead Crisis In Pittsburgh

Economic Development

PA Recycling Markets Center:  PA ReMaDe Conference - Advancing The Circular Economy Sept. 18-19 In Bethlehem [PaEN]

Trump To Tour Ethane Plant In Beaver County Thursday

Education

Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Takes 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition! [PaEN]

Pennsylvania Envirothon Team Training At International Competition In North Carolina; Send Them Good Luck Email! [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Children's Outdoor Bill Of Rights Will Grow A Healthier, Happier Generation [PaEN]

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Releases My DCNR Ranger Learning Adventure Booklet [PaEN]

Intern: Op-Ed: What's The Status Of Utility Scale Solar Energy In Pennsylvania? [PaEN]

Letter: Let’s Clean Up Our Abandoned Mines, Congress Needs To Pass RECLAIM

Clearfield High School Fishing Team Competes In Chesapeake Bay Fishing Championships

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Aug. 17 Snorkel Your Way Through Cherry Creek For Kids In Monroe County [PaEN]

Emergency Response

Police: Testing Inconclusive After Hazmat Incident At Upper Saucon Township Hotel

Energy

Exelon Wants To Wait Years For TMI Cleanup, Watchdog Group Says Do It Now

Watchdog Group Questions Use Of Fund For Three Mile Island’s Dry Cask Storage

TMI’s Unit 2 Reactor Might Get New Owner And Get Dismantled Faster [Not The Operating Unit]

Bay Journal: Brunner Island Power Plant In York County To Stop Coal Ash Pollution, Pay $1 Million Fine To DEP [PaEN]

Kummer: Coal-Fired Power Plant Operator To Pay $1M Fine For Polluting Water With Ash

Brunner Island Power Plant To Pay $1 Million Fine For Ash Dump Leaks Into Susquehanna River

Cusick: Brunner Island Power Plant Will Pay $1M Fine For Coal Ash Pollution

Litvak: The Catch-22 Of Low Natural Gas Prices

Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant Generating Power, Money In Westmoreland

Reminder: KEEA PA Energy Efficiency Conference Sept. 26 & 27 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Regular Power Outages In Regent Square, Wilkinsburg Frustrate Residents

Norwin Library To Host PUC Consumer Help Program Aug. 14

Intern: Op-Ed: What's The Status Of Utility Scale Solar Energy In Pennsylvania? [PaEN]

AP: Ohio's $1.5 Billion Nuclear, Coal Plants' Rescue Jolts Conservatives, Environmentalists

Blade: Ohio Nuclear, Coal Plant Bailout May Fuel 2020 Ballot Fight

Ohio Nuclear, Coal Bailout Foes Take Initial Steps Toward Statewide Referendum

Retirements Of U.S. Coal-Fired Power Plants Continue But Slow Slightly

EPA Moves To Roll Back Environmental Protections For Utility Coal Ash Sites

Exelon CEO Warns Wall Street 3 Unsubsidized Illinois Nuclear Power Plants Could Close

Energy Conservation

Green Building Alliance To Recognize Emerald Evening Gala Award Winners Sept. 12 [PaEN]

PennTAP Aug. 15 Webinar: Building Re-Tuning (BRT) To Save Energy [PaEN]

Reminder: KEEA PA Energy Efficiency Conference Sept. 26 & 27 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Penn State-Led Global Building Network At Forefront Of Building Performance

Environmental Heritage

Bay Journal: Ruth Patrick's Stream Research Broke Ground And A Glass Ceiling Or Two [PaEN]

Grey Towers Celebrates Gifford Pinchot’s Birthday With Special Programs Aug. 11 [PaEN]

150th Anniversary Commemoration Of Avondale Mine Disaster That Killed 110 In Luzerne County Set For Sept. 6-8 [PaEN]

Remembering 17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue In Somerset County

Farming

Dept. Of Agriculture Offering Spotted Lanternfly Permit Classes In 14 Counties [PaEN]

Capital RC&D Video Series Explores Benefits Of On-Farm Composting [PaEN]

Fresh Food, Urban Agriculture Focus Of New Grants In York

Cumberland County Master Gardeners: Aug. 17-Meet The Butterflies; Aug. 20-Gardening With Nature [PaEN]

Rodale Institute Launches New Organic Research Center In California With Ventura Seed Company [PaEN]

Muschick: What 2 Acres And A Dream Tell Us About The Future Of Lehigh Valley’s Open Space

For 2 Weeks Every Summer, This Chester County Sunflower Field Is Instagrammer’s Dream

Flooding

Severe Storms Drench Blair County Region

Storms Leave Pockets Of Allegheny, Westmoreland Counties Without Power

Tuesday Night Storms Bring Lightning, Flooding In Westmoreland

Heavy Rains Flood Portions Of Westmoreland County

Crawford County Road Repaired, Reopened After Flooding

Letter: Why Isn’t DCNR Controlling Flooding, Damage From High Lake Levels At Presque Isle State Park?

This U.S. Heartland Has Been Flooded For 5 Months, Does Anyone Care?

Forests

PEDF Says Commonwealth Court Ruling On State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision

Dept. Of Agriculture Offering Spotted Lanternfly Permit Classes In 14 Counties [PaEN]

PA's Zippo Lighter Company To Fight Global Deforestation With Tree Planting Initiative [PaEN]

Grey Towers Celebrates Gifford Pinchot’s Birthday With Special Programs Aug. 11 [PaEN]

Centre County Has Seen Dramatic Increase In Tick-Borne Anaplasmosis Infection

Williamsport Tree Planting Grant Closer To Submission

Tree Replanting Advocates Get 229 Signatures In Williamsport Neighborhood

Aug. 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Geologic Hazards

State Lawmakers To Again Consider Landslide Insurance Bill

Couple Sues Pittsburgh Over Landslide That Destroyed Their Home

Allegheny County Launches Landslide Portal With Maps, Guidance For Municipalities

Ruling Reversed Over Landslide-Damaged Lakefront House In Erie

Grants/Funding

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Awards 2019 Forever Wild Watershed Grants [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Announces Redevelopment Assistance Project Grants, Including $30.4 Million For 20 Environmental, Recreation, Energy Projects [PaEN]

Green Buildings

Green Building Alliance To Recognize Emerald Evening Gala Award Winners Sept. 12 [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Awards 2019 Forever Wild Watershed Grants [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network Hosts Sept. 13 Tour Of Restoration Sites In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Erosion/Filtration System Perfect For Sensitive Watersheds, Builds Pollinator Habitat [PaEN]

State Clearance Expected Soon For Stormwater Fee-Funded Projects In Luzerne

Municipalities Asked To Weigh In On Lehman Twp. Stormwater Program Agreement In Luzerne

Antrim Twp. Supervisors In Franklin County Working Out Stormwater Fees

Sauro: Proposed Sale Of Harrisburg Water System Gets Attention At Meeting About Stormwater Fee

Hazardous Substances

Bagenstose/Wagner: Testing Finds High Levels Of PFAS In Park Creek, Little Neshaminy Creek in Bucks County

Click Here For A Map Showing Park Creek, Little Neshaminy PFAS Contamination

Bagenstose: State, Federal Lawmakers React To Report Finding More PFAS Contamination

Bagenstose/Wagner: Waste Containing PFAS Poses Conundrums

Radical Idea From Delaware Company Could Help Mitigate PFAS Contamination

Cusick: Navy Site In Cumberland County To Host PFAS Open House July 31

McKelvey: Drinking Water Could Be Contaminated By PFAS Chemicals At Cumberland County Navy Depot

Bagenstose/Wagner: Documents Say Military PFAS Chemical Hazards Went Unaddressed

Latest Steps States Are Taking To Deal With PFAS Water Contamination

Wolf Announces $4.3 Million Grant For Lead Paint Stabilization Projects At Philadelphia School Buildings

Wolf Announces Millions To Fix Lead, Environmental Hazards In Philly Schools

State Again Pledges Extra Help To Remove Lead Paint From Philly Schools

Initial Tests Show Lead In Water Problems Fixed At Erie School

Philly City Hall Uniting Around A Lead Poisoning Law Hated By Landlords

Intern Letter: Address Lead Crisis In Pittsburgh

Police: Testing Inconclusive After Hazmat Incident At Upper Saucon Township Hotel

Land Conservation

Muschick: What 2 Acres And A Dream Tell Us About The Future Of Lehigh Valley’s Open Space

Mennonite-Related Retreat Buys Lancaster County Girl Scout Camp

Penn State Extension: Aug. 21 Land Use Webinar To Focus On Pennsylvania's Solar Future [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Heritage Conservancy For Reuse Of Croydon TCE Superfund Site, Bucks County [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Heritage Conservancy For Croydon Superfund Site Reuse As Preserve

DCNR Cancels Proposed Land Exchange With Rosamilia, Others In Clinton County [PaEN]

AP: Trump Picks Opponent Of Nation’s Public Lands To Oversee Them

Land Use Planning

Penn State Extension: Aug. 21 Land Use Webinar To Focus On Pennsylvania's Solar Future [PaEN]

Muschick: What 2 Acres And A Dream Tell Us About The Future Of Lehigh Valley’s Open Space

Lake Erie

Lake Erie Water Level Drops In July

Murphy: Lake Erie Lakefront Property Owner Wants His Groin Problem Fixed Program

Your Questions Answered: E.coli, Harmful Algal Blooms Near Erie

AP: Governors In PA, 4 Other States Push Presidential Candidate To Aid Great Lakes

Editorial: Great Lakes Governors Join Forces

Editorial: Make Great Lakes Great Again

Mine Reclamation

Trout Unlimited, Partners Push Congress To Support Mine Reclamation Fund Reauthorization [PaEN]

Letter: Let’s Clean Up Our Abandoned Mines, Congress Needs To Pass RECLAIM

Construction Of SR89 Passive Mine Drainage Treatment System Has Begun In Washington Twp., Butler County [PaEN]

Long Overdue: East Beth Coal Refuse Dump Cleanup Nearly Ready To Start In Washington County

August Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

Commonwealth Court Rules Two-Thirds State Forest Drilling Money Transferred Out Of The Oil & Gas Lease Fund Was Part Of The Public Trust; PEDF Says Court Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Can PA’s Record Drilling Impact Fee Receipts Be Sustained?

Litvak: The Catch-22 Of Low Natural Gas Prices

Tenaska Natural Gas Power Plant Generating Power, Money In Westmoreland

Murrysville Fracking Well Hearing Focuses On Truck Traffic

Fracking Linked To Anxiety, Depression In Pregnant Women

Penn Hills Manager Slams Peoples Gas For Response To Plaza Fire

Natural Gas Explosion Levels Washington County Home

Columbia Gas Takes Responsibility For Washington County House Explosion

National Fuel Gas Announces 8.24% Decrease In Gas Supply Charges

Letter: Shale Gas Development Has Brought PA Many Benefits

Phillips: Philadelphia Advisory Group To Seek Public’s View On Future Of Philly Refinery

The Chemical That Could Have Killed Millions In Philly Refinery Fire

Maykuth: EPA Administrator Visits Delaware County Refinery To Hear Gripes About Ethanol

Toomey Pushes To Reverse Ethanol Fuel Mandate At Delaware County Refinery

Toomey, Feinstein Would Abolish Federal Ethanol Fuel Mandate

U.S. Senate Committee OKs $1 Billion For Electric, Natural Gas, Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle Infrastructure

AP: Fire At Texas ExxonMobile Refinery Slightly Injures 37

Trump To Tour Ethane Plant In Beaver County Thursday

Pipelines

PUC Appeal Means Court Will Decide On  Disclosure Of Mariner East Pipeline Risk Assessment

Maykuth: Buckeye Reaches Agreement To Send Midwest Petroleum Products Thru Laurel Pipeline To Altoona

Huba: Settlement To Allow Midwest Gas To Flow To Pittsburgh, Beyond In Laurel Pipeline

Williams Selects Site In Schuylkill County For Pipeline Compressor Station

AP: 1 Dead, 5 Injured, 7 Missing In Explosion Of 30-Inch Texas Eastern Natural Gas Pipeline In Kentucky

Permitting

DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 3 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Personnel

Help Wanted: Keystone Trails Association Program Administrator/Office Manager [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

Exelon Wants To Wait Years For TMI Cleanup, Watchdog Group Says Do It Now

Watchdog Group Questions Use Of Fund For Three Mile Island’s Dry Cask Storage

TMI’s Unit 2 Reactor Might Get New Owner And Get Dismantled Faster [Not The Operating Unit]

Ruling: Arguments Against Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant License Too Vague

AP: Ohio's $1.5 Billion Nuclear, Coal Plants' Rescue Jolts Conservatives, Environmentalists

Blade: Ohio Nuclear, Coal Plant Bailout May Fuel 2020 Ballot Fight

Ohio Nuclear, Coal Bailout Foes Take Initial Steps Toward Statewide Referendum

Exelon CEO Warns Wall Street 3 Unsubsidized Illinois Nuclear Power Plants Could Close

Recreation

Bay Journal: Children's Outdoor Bill Of Rights Will Grow A Healthier, Happier Generation [PaEN]

PEDF Says Commonwealth Court Ruling On State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers Ignores PA Supreme Court Decision

DCNR Highlights How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs At French Creek State Park, Berks County

Wolf’s Restore PA Could Fund Trail Improvements At French Creek State Park

DCNR Celebrates Lake Appreciation Month With Presque Isle Park Visit, Discusses Restore PA Benefits

DCNR Chief Stumps At Presque Isle For State Parks Funding Plan

Letter: Why Isn’t DCNR Controlling Flooding, Damage From High Lake Levels At Presque Isle State Park?

DCNR: How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs In McKean Conservation Area, Erie County [PaEN]

DCNR: How Restore PA Plan Could Address Infrastructure Needs In McKean Conservation Area

DCNR Officials Tour McKean Conservation Area, Talk About Restore PA

Meet The Retiree Hosts Who Keep PA’s State Parks Running

PA Parks & Forests Foundation Releases My DCNR Ranger Learning Adventure Booklet [PaEN]

Aug. 2 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Grey Towers Celebrates Gifford Pinchot’s Birthday With Special Programs Aug. 11 [PaEN]

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Celebrate Successful Hickory Creek Wilderness Trail Stewardship Weekend [PaEN]

Loyalhanna Conservation Corps Expands Laurel Ridge Trail For Hikers, Rescue Crews

Day Hikers: Be Prepared For Longer Trip, Just In Case

Gov. Wolf Announces Redevelopment Assistance Project Grants, Including $30.4 Million For 20 Environmental, Recreation, Energy Projects [PaEN]

Marsh Creek Greenway Project Receives RCAP Funding In Tioga County

Pike 2 Bike Trail Gets $1 Million State RCAP Grant

North Pocono Trails Assn. To Hold Sunday Hike In Moscow, Lackawanna County

Renderings Unveiled For New Stretch Of Delaware River Trail

Lebanon Valley Rail Trail Section Now Open In Lebanon County

Countryside Conservancy Trolley Trail Work Continues In Lackawanna County

AP: Three Rivers Regatta In Pittsburgh Canceled Days Before Slated To Start

Some Pittsburgh Regatta Events Will Go On Despite Canceled Festival

Pittsburgh To Launch Criminal Investigation into Three River Regatta Promoter

Allegheny County Sheriff Sues Pittsburgh Regatta Organizer

Editorial: Pittsburgh Regatta Board Needed To Trust By Verify

Easton Plants First Educational Forest In Lower Hackett Park

O’Neill: The Cost Of Renting A Public Park In Pittsburgh

Carbondale Takes Ownership Of Playground From Lackawanna County

York County Parks August Programs Feature Bats, Butterflies

Spruce Street Park Opens In Wilkes-Barre

Marcus Schneck: Beachcombing In Pennsylvania: What To Expect

Allegheny River Lock 2 To Close To All Boat Traffic Starting Aug. 5

Centre County Has Seen Dramatic Increase In Tick-Borne Anaplasmosis Infection

AP: Trump Picks Opponent Of Nation’s Public Lands To Oversee Them

Help Wanted: Keystone Trails Association Program Administrator/Office Manager [PaEN]

Recycling/Waste

PA Recycling Markets Center:  PA ReMaDe Conference - Advancing The Circular Economy Sept. 18-19 In Bethlehem [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Holds First Reuse Fest In Erie Sept. 7 For Residents To Donate Used Items To Local Nonprofits [PaEN]

Erie County Hosts Household Hazardous Waste Recycling Event Aug. 10

PA Resources Council Hosts 3 More Allegheny County Pop-Up Glass Recycling Collection Events In August [PaEN]

West Chester Plastic Bag Ban Was Right Thing To Do, Even If It Defies State Law

Pittsburgh Goes Big On Smart Garbage Cans

Payments On Delinquent Recycling Fees Up In Wilkes-Barre

Capital RC&D Video Series Explores Benefits Of On-Farm Composting [PaEN]

Bagenstose/Wagner: Waste Containing PFAS Poses Conundrums

Reminder: DEP Accepts Applications Anytime For Municipal Waste Planning And Pollution Prevention Education Grants [PaEN]

Keystone Landfill To Try Again To Change Dunmore Zoning Ordinance

Republic Services Trash Hauler In Bucks County Tripled Prices With Little Notice

Bagenstose: Elcon Continues Push For Waste Plant In Falls Twp., Bucks County

Renewable Energy

Green Building Alliance To Recognize Emerald Evening Gala Award Winners Sept. 12 [PaEN]

Penn State Extension: Aug. 21 Land Use Webinar To Focus On Pennsylvania's Solar Future [PaEN]

High Schoolers Paid To Learn Solar In Philly, It’s About To Become A Program Of Study

Intern: Op-Ed: What's The Status Of Utility Scale Solar Energy In Pennsylvania? [PaEN]

Heat, Solar Panels Complicate Effort To Extinguish Dauphin County Blaze

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill Action Network Hosts Sept. 13 Tour Of Restoration Sites In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Stormwater

State Clearance Expected Soon For Stormwater Fee-Funded Projects In Luzerne

Municipalities Asked To Weigh In On Lehman Twp. Stormwater Program Agreement In Luzerne

Antrim Twp. Supervisors In Franklin County Working Out Stormwater Fees

Sauro: Proposed Sale Of Harrisburg Water System Gets Attention At Meeting About Stormwater Fee

Superfund Sites

EPA Recognizes Heritage Conservancy For Reuse Of Croydon TCE Superfund Site, Bucks County [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Heritage Conservancy For Croydon Superfund Site Reuse As Preserve

Sustainability

PA Recycling Markets Center:  PA ReMaDe Conference - Advancing The Circular Economy Sept. 18-19 In Bethlehem [PaEN]

Penn State-Led Global Building Network At Forefront Of Building Performance

Wastewater Facilities

Harrisburg Considers Selling Capital Region Water Authority To Private Company

Watershed Protection

Bay Journal: Ruth Patrick's Stream Research Broke Ground And A Glass Ceiling Or Two [PaEN]

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Awards 2019 Forever Wild Watershed Grants [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District: The Importance Of High Quality And Exceptional Value Streams [PaEN]

Sauro: Proposed Sale Of Harrisburg Water System Gets Attention At Meeting About Stormwater Fee

State Clearance Expected Soon For Stormwater Fee-Funded Projects In Luzerne

Municipalities Asked To Weigh In On Lehman Twp. Stormwater Program Agreement In Luzerne

Antrim Twp. Supervisors In Franklin County Working Out Stormwater Fees

Schuylkill Action Network Hosts Sept. 13 Tour Of Restoration Sites In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Aug. 17 Snorkel Your Way Through Cherry Creek For Kids In Monroe County [PaEN]

Erosion/Filtration System Perfect For Sensitive Watersheds, Builds Pollinator Habitat [PaEN]

Allegheny Front: Scientists Learning More About Unique Peatland Ecosystems In Western PA

Mark Demko: Heavy Lifting Now Bill Benefit Minsi Lake’s Fish, Anglers In The Future

Brunner Island Power Plant To Pay $1 Million Fine For Ash Dump Leaks Into Susquehanna River

Cusick: Brunner Island Power Plant Will Pay $1M Fine For Coal Ash Pollution

EPA Moves To Roll Back Environmental Protections For Utility Coal Ash Sites

Delaware RiverKeeper August 2 RiverWatch Video Report

Lake Erie Water Level Drops In July

Murphy: Lake Erie Lakefront Property Owner Wants His Groin Problem Fixed Program

AP: Governors In PA, 4 Other States Push Presidential Candidate To Aid Great Lakes

Editorial: Great Lakes Governors Join Forces

Editorial: Make Great Lakes Great Again

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Wildlife

PA Council Of Trout Unlimited Awards 2019 Forever Wild Watershed Grants [PaEN]

Clearfield High School Fishing Team Competes In Chesapeake Bay Fishing Championships

Mark Demko: Heavy Lifting Now Bill Benefit Minsi Lake’s Fish, Anglers In The Future

Fish & Boat Commission Video: Lake Habitat Project At Frances Slocum State Park

Eat Oysters At Participating Restaurants On National Oyster Weekend Aug. 2-5, Support Oyster Recovery In Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission Reports 200+ Fish Kill In Letort Spring Run, Cumberland County [PaEN]

Hundreds Of Fish Killed In Suspected Pollution Event In Letort Spring Run, Carlisle

Fish & Boat: 200+ LeTort Trout Killed In Suspected Pollution Event In Carlisle

Fish & Boat Commission Investigating Fishkill In LeTort Spring Run

Raccoon Rabies Vaccine To Be Spread In Bait By Air, Hand In Allegheny County

Bay Journal-Crable: Scientists See Early Success In Breeding Effort To Help Save Chesapeake Logperch [PaEN]

Appreciating The Awesomeness Of Pennsylvania’s Hellbender

Marcus Schneck: Beachcombing In Pennsylvania: What To Expect

Huba: Proposed Game Commission Ban On Feeding Wildlife Riles Some In Pittsburgh Region

PJ Reilly: Game Commission Makes Commitment To Hunting As Primary Deer Management Tool

John Hayes: Despite Chronic Wasting Disease Concerns, More Support Given To Venison Donation Group

John Hayes: Understanding Antlers Helps Hunters Find The Big Ones

Plan Your Trip Now To Hawk Mountain Sanctuary As It Soars Into Autumn With Kick-Off Events [PaEN]

National Aviary Project Tracks Birds Near Saltsburg Bird Haven

Marcus Schneck: Butterfly Boom: Is It Really A Great Year For Butterflies In PA?

Marcus Schneck: Another Really Old Turtle Found, This Time On South Mountain

Centre County Has Seen Dramatic Increase In Tick-Borne Anaplasmosis Infection

West Nile/Zika Virus

DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In 2 More Counties Bringing Season Total To 17 So Far [PaEN]

Mosquito In Lackawanna County Tests Positive For West Nile Virus

Other

Editorial: Pittsburgh Mayor Fails To Deliver On Promised Grass-Cutting

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8/5/2019