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New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Politics

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Air

Neighbors, Officials Want Investigation Into B.Braun’s Emissions As A Cancer Risk In Lehigh County

DEP, Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Submit Final Arguments In Environmental Hearing Board Case [PaEN]

Erie Coke (Coal) Asks To Introduce New Info In Shutdown Case

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant: Shutdown Would Be Tragic

In PA, Some VW Settlement Funds Replace Old Diesel Vehicles With New Diesel Vehicles

EQB Meets Aug. 20 On Final Changes To Fine Particulate Matter Reg, Another Fee Report [PaEN]

Air Quality Advisory Committee To Get Overview Of Draft DEP Combined Heat/Power Generation Facility General Permit August 15 [PaEN]

RAND Project Aims To Create Neighborhood Watch For Air Quality In Pittsburgh

Asbestos Could Limit Tarentum Borough Demolitions; Focusing On 10 Properties

Alternative Fuels

In PA, Some VW Settlement Funds Replace Old Diesel Vehicles With New Diesel Vehicles

Kummer: Wawa Plans To Double Number Of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Millersville U. Receives DEP Grant For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Awards & Recognition

Carmichaels High School Envirothon Team Thanks Everyone Who Helped Them Achieve 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition! [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Joe Neville, Keystone Trails Association [PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts 30th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 28 In Carlisle [PaEN]

FracTracker Alliance: Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2019 Community Sentinel Awards [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Pollinator Partnership Overwhelmed By PA Response To Pollinator Habitat Improvement Project

10 Ways To Make Your Yard More Friendly To Bees, Other Pollinators

Allegheny County Parks Offer Ideas, Lessons From Penn State Master Gardeners Aug. 17

Why Mason Bees Matter In Your Garden, Plus The Right Way To Make A Mason Bee House

Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Destroying Trees, Crops Leaving Behind Foul-Smelling Dew

Mary Ann Thomas: Watch Out For Invasive Northern Snakehead Fish In SW PA

Budget

Sen. Yudichak, DEP Secretary Highlight Benefits Of Proposed Restore PA Plan To Turn Brownfield Site Into Recreation Area [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Yudichak, DEP Secretary Tout Severance Tax Proposal To Aid Nanticoke Park Plan

Officials Say Nanticoke Land Can Be Transformed If Restore PA Passes

Poll: Wolf’s Natural Gas Tax Backed Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Enjoys Majority Support

Officials Say Deferred Repairs, Budget Cuts Threaten Keystone, Other State Parks

Parks & Forests Foundation, DCNR Staffers Highlight Pymatuning State Park’s Needs

Editorial: Nanticoke’s Long-Suffering Recreation Park Plan Underscores Need For Restore PA

Letter: What Do Natural Gas Happy PA Politicians Mean?

Lancaster Farming: Farms Need Help If Watershed Improvement Objectives Are To Succeed

York College Receives $6 Million RCAP Grant To Redevelop Brownfield Site

Stormwater Fees Hit DuBoistown In Lycoming County [Because State Doesn’t Do Its Share]

Chesapeake Bay

Will PA Miss 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals By 19 Years?  DEP To Present Final Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan To Steering Committee Aug. 16 [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Mature Riparian Forested Buffer Along Opossum Creek Shows Tree-Mendous Success In Cumberland County [PaEN]

Sustainable Business Summit Set For Sept. 4 In Lancaster Featuring Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership, Hershey Company [PaEN]

NRCS-PA Welcomes Visitors To Ag Progress Days To Learn More About Healthy Soil, Conservation Aug. 13-15 [PaEN]

Bay Journal-Crable: Manure Injection Passes The Smell Test As A Best Management Practice [PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts 30th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 28 In Carlisle [PaEN]

Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Sues Fredericksburg Poultry Plant Over Pollution

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Citizen Action

DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss Dam Safety, Flood Control, Encroachments & Erosion Permitting, Wetlands Mitigation Programs Aug. 20 [PaEN]

FracTracker Alliance: Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2019 Community Sentinel Awards [PaEN]

RAND Project Aims To Create Neighborhood Watch For Air Quality In Pittsburgh

Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 22 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants [PaEN]

Pollinator Partnership Overwhelmed By PA Response To Pollinator Habitat Improvement Project

10 Ways To Make Your Yard More Friendly To Bees, Other Pollinators

Allegheny County Parks Offer Ideas, Lessons From Penn State Master Gardeners Aug. 17

Maykuth: Here’s How To Have Your Say In The Future Use Of Damaged Philadelphia Refinery

Who Will Decide The Future Of The Philadelphia Refinery?

South Philly Residents Urge City To Keep Philadelphia Refinery Closed, Clean This Mess Up

Dangerous Philly Refinery Chemical Still Poses Threat To Community

Mature Riparian Forested Buffer Along Opossum Creek Shows Tree-Mendous Success In Cumberland County [PaEN]

Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Sues Fredericksburg Poultry Plant Over Pollution

KPB: Registration Now Open For Pick Up Pennsylvania, Part Of The International Coastal Cleanup - Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Holds Household Chemical Collection Aug. 17 In Allegheny County [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: State's New Outdoor Recreation Plan Underway [PaEN]

Penn State Extension, PA Horticultural Society, Tree Pittsburgh Offer Tree Tender Training Sessions [PaEN]

Cong. Doyle To Hold Town Hall In Pittsburgh On Climate Change Aug. 14

Climate

Centre County Region Helped Create Climate Crisis, It’s Time To Be Part Of Solution

These Pesky Teenagers Are Planning A Global Climate Strike For Sept. 20

NRDC: PA Needs Carbon Limits And Strong Renewables Policy, Too

Haverford College Hosts Tree Canopy Conference Oct. 18 In Delaware County [PaEN]

Cong. Doyle To Hold Town Hall In Pittsburgh On Climate Change Aug. 14

AP: U.S. Northwest Towns Woefully Unprepared As Wildfire Risk Grows Due To Climate Change

Globally, July Was Earth’s Hottest Month Ever Recorded

Walloped By A Heat Wave, Greenland Sees Massive Ice Melt

AP: New UN Warming Report Sees Hungry Future That Can Be Avoided

Coal Mining

Bloomberg: Last Coal-Fired Unit At Bruce Mansfield To Close In November, 19 Months Earlier Than Scheduled

Litvak: Bruce Mansfield To Close In November, 19 Months Earlier Than Planned

Cusick: PA Promotes Playbook For Redeveloping Fmr Coal Power Plant Sites

Op-Ed: PA’s Disastrous Underground Coal Mining Law Has Left A Tarnished Legacy

Compliance Action

DEP, Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Submit Final Arguments In Environmental Hearing Board Case [PaEN]

Erie Coke (Coal) Asks To Introduce New Info In Shutdown Case

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant: Shutdown Would Be Tragic

Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Sues Fredericksburg Poultry Plant Over Pollution

Tickets For Trashy Sidewalks Are Up 300% In Philly, But Hasn’t Fixed Litter Problem

DCNR

August 7 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Delaware River

Letter: What Do Natural Gas Happy PA Politicians Mean?

Call For Abstracts, Registration Open For Delaware Watershed Research Conference Nov. 19 [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper August 9 RiverWatch Video Report

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary 2018 Annual Report Now Available [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Residents Questions Indiana Water Authority Over Arsenic In Water Supply

Bagenstose: DEP Finds PFAS In Soil Near Contaminated Rockhill Water Wells In Bucks

Carlisle Barracks Residents Warned Not To Use Water After Abnormal Readings - Site Of Fish Kill Last Week

Water-Use Ban Lifted At Carlisle Barracks After Testing Shows No Combustible Gas In System

PUC Appoints Receiver To Operate Indian Springs Water Company In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Economic Development

Pittsburgh’s Industrial Evolution: From Steel City To Sustainability Pioneer

Engineers' Society Of Western PA Brownfields Basics Workshop Sept. 18 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Rivers Providing A Boatload Of Opportunity In Southwest PA

Trump To Visit Beaver County Ethane Plant August 13

Education

Carmichaels High School Envirothon Team Thanks Everyone Who Helped Them Achieve 3rd Place In International Envirothon Competition! [PaEN]

Interns: DEP Environmental Education Center Interns Sarah Cutshall, Sarah Dropkin Share Summer Experience Takeaways [PaEN]

Latest DEP Teaching Green Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

New Program Introduces Students To Energy, Oil Industry Careers In Susquehanna County

These Pesky Teenagers Are Planning A Global Climate Strike For Sept. 20

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hosts Migration Madness Youth Workshop Aug. 20 [PaEN]

Emergency Response

Gov. Wolf: Feds Approved SBA Recovery Loans For Allegheny, Surrounding Counties, Due To July Storms [PaEN]

Disaster Loans Available For July Storm Damage In Western PA

SBA Loans Approved For Damage From July Storms In Allegheny County

Energy

Bloomberg: Last Coal-Fired Unit At Bruce Mansfield To Close In November, 19 Months Earlier Than Scheduled

Litvak: Bruce Mansfield To Close In November, 19 Months Earlier Than Planned

Worker Advocates For PA Bill To Save Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant

Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 22 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants [PaEN]

FirstEnergy Moves To Ditch Union Contracts For Bailed Out Ohio Nuclear Power Plants

Op-Ed: Unlike Ohio, PA Lawmakers Turning A Blind Eye To Nuclear Energy Jobs

Air Quality Advisory Committee To Get Overview Of Draft DEP Combined Heat/Power Generation Facility General Permit August 15 [PaEN]

Franklin, York County Power Line Project Goes Before PUC For Final Decision

PUC Seeks Comments On Proposed Settlement With Liberty Power Holdings Electricity Marketer

PUC Appoints Renardo L. Hicks Chief Counsel [PaEN]

Cusick: PA Promotes Playbook For Redeveloping Fmr Coal Power Plant Sites

Pittsburgh’s Industrial Evolution: From Steel City To Sustainability Pioneer

FERC, Justice Dept. Challenge Latest FirstEnergy Generation Restructuring Plan

Environmental Health

Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 22 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants [PaEN]

Driller, Public Health Consultant Debate Correlation vs. Causation At Fracking Hearing In Westmoreland

Environmental Policy

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In July Now Available [PaEN]

Farming

Will PA Miss 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals By 19 Years?  DEP To Present Final Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan To Steering Committee Aug. 16 [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: Farms Need Help If Watershed Improvement Objectives Are To Succeed

Mature Riparian Forested Buffer Along Opossum Creek Shows Tree-Mendous Success In Cumberland County [PaEN]

Sustainable Business Summit Set For Sept. 4 In Lancaster Featuring Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership, Hershey Company [PaEN]

Invasive Spotted Lanternflies Destroying Trees, Crops Leaving Behind Foul-Smelling Dew

NRCS-PA Welcomes Visitors To Ag Progress Days To Learn More About Healthy Soil, Conservation Aug. 13-15 [PaEN]

Bay Journal-Crable: Manure Injection Passes The Smell Test As A Best Management Practice [PaEN]

Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Sues Fredericksburg Poultry Plant Over Pollution

Editorial: Bumper Crop Potential - State Grant Program Promotes Urban Farms

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves Family Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Partners Preserve 144-Acre Farm [PaEN]

Heritage Conservancy: Maximuck’s Farm Market Now Protected Under Conservation Easement In Bucks County [PaEN]

Flooding

Gov. Wolf: Feds Approved SBA Recovery Loans For Allegheny, Surrounding Counties, Due To July Storms [PaEN]

SBA Loans Approved For Damage From July Storms In Allegheny County

Disaster Loans Available For July Storm Damage In Western PA

Flooding Frustrates Allegheny Twp Residents In Blair County

Rain Fallout: Landslide Repairs Take Time, Strain State, Municipal Budgets

School Gym Floor Has To Be Replaced Due To Stormwater Damage At Penn State Altoona

After Storms Halt Trains, SEPTA Says Climate Change Messing With Your Commute

DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss Dam Safety, Flood Control, Encroachments & Erosion Permitting, Wetlands Mitigation Programs Aug. 20 [PaEN]

Storms Trigger Flash Floods, Stranding Residents Across Philly Region

Editorial: Storms Can’t Douse Spirit Loose In Erie

Flooding - Hurricane

With Hurricane Season Peak Approaching, Experts Predict Near Average Activity

AP: As El Nino Fades, Forecasters Now Expect Busier Hurricane Season

Forests

Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving The Land-- Clarence & Deb Cleer, Spring Creek, Warren County; Erie  Gives Day Aug. 13 [PaEN]

Northern Woodlands Magazine: Good Forestry In Western Pennsylvania [PaEN]

DCNR Awards Nearly $620,000 In Grants To Support Local Volunteer Fire Companies To Fight Wildfires [PaEN]

DCNR Awards Wildfire Fighting Grants To Fire Companies In NE PA

Wildfire-Fighting Fire Companies In Cumberland County Get Grants

DCNR Distributes Wildfire Funds On Smokey Bear Anniversary

Export Officials Take Closer Look At Timbering Plan For Murrysville Property

Walk In Penn’s Woods Happening Oct. 6 To Showcase Diversity Of State’s Woodland Resources [PaEN]

Penn State Extension, PA Horticultural Society, Tree Pittsburgh Offer Tree Tender Training Sessions [PaEN]

PA Forestry Association Annual Wildlife & Woodlands Symposium Sept. 28 In State College [PaEN]

Haverford College Hosts Tree Canopy Conference Oct. 18 In Delaware County [PaEN]

Op-Ed: This Has Been A Tough Season So Far For Old Trees

Grants/Funding

DCNR Awards Nearly $620,000 In Grants To Support Local Volunteer Fire Companies To Fight Wildfires [PaEN]

DCNR Awards Wildfire Fighting Grants To Fire Companies In NE PA

Wildfire-Fighting Fire Companies In Cumberland County Get Grants

DCNR Distributes Wildfire Funds On Smokey Bear Anniversary

DCNR Announces $502,700 In Grants To Expand ATV, Snowmobile Recreation Opportunities In PA [PaEN]

AP: Trespassing ATV Riders Irk, But Few Legal Places To Ride

Green Infrastructure

Will PA Miss 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals By 19 Years?  DEP To Present Final Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan To Steering Committee Aug. 16 [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Mature Riparian Forested Buffer Along Opossum Creek Shows Tree-Mendous Success In Cumberland County [PaEN]

Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Workshops: Smart Green Corridors-Aug. 27; MS4 Stormwater Refresher-Aug. 28 [PaEN]

Stormwater Fees Hit DuBoistown In Lycoming County [Because State Doesn’t Do Its Share]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts 30th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 28 In Carlisle [PaEN]

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

Lawsuit Seeking More Money For Avoca Contamination Litigants Won’t Be Heard In Luzerne County

Hazardous Substances

Neighbors, Officials Want Investigation Into B.Braun’s Emissions As A Cancer Risk In Lehigh County

Neutralization Of Hydrofluoric Acid To Begin Today At Closed Philadelphia Refinery

Eliminating The Damaged Philadelphia Refinery’s Deadliest Chemical Will Be A 24/7 Job For Weeks

AP: Workers Neutralize Toxic Chemical At Damaged Philadelphia Refinery

Residents Questions Indiana Water Authority Over Arsenic In Water Supply

Bagenstose: DEP Finds PFAS In Soil Near Contaminated Rockhill Water Wells In Bucks

Asbestos Could Limit Tarentum Borough Demolitions; Focusing On 10 Properties

Land Conservation

Foundation For Sustainable Forests: Loving The Land-- Clarence & Deb Cleer, Spring Creek, Warren County; Erie  Gives Day Aug. 13 [PaEN]

Land Conservancy Of Adams County, Partners Preserve 144-Acre Farm [PaEN]

Heritage Conservancy Preserves 35.5-Acre Property In Bucks, Northampton Counties To Help Protect Drinking Water, Viewscape [PaEN]

The Nature Conservancy-PA Adds 175 Acres To Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County [PaEN]

Heritage Conservancy: Maximuck’s Farm Market Now Protected Under Conservation Easement In Bucks County [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservancy Protects 49 Acres Of Wetlands; Opens Forest Garden At Conoy Wetlands Nature Preserve [PaEN]

French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Preserves Family Farm In Chester County [PaEN]

101-Acre Meng Preserve In Montgomery County Transferred To Natural Lands [PaEN]

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Preserves 172 Acres Of Farmland In Fort Indiantown Gap Buffer Area [PaEN]

Brandywine Conservancy & Museum Of Art Earns Accreditation Renewal Through National Land Trust Association [PaEN]

Land Recycling

Sen. Yudichak, DEP Secretary Highlight Benefits Of Proposed Restore PA Plan To Turn Brownfield Site Into Recreation Area [PaEN]

Yudichak, DEP Secretary Tout Severance Tax Proposal To Aid Nanticoke Park Plan

Officials Say Nanticoke Land Can Be Transformed If Restore PA Passes

Cusick: PA Promotes Playbook For Redeveloping Fmr Coal Power Plant Sites

York College Receives $6 Million RCAP Grant To Redevelop Brownfield Site

Engineers' Society Of Western PA Brownfields Basics Workshop Sept. 18 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

KPB: Registration Now Open For Pick Up Pennsylvania, Part Of The International Coastal Cleanup - Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 [PaEN]

Tickets For Trashy Sidewalks Are Up 300% In Philly, But Hasn’t Fixed Litter Problem

Op-Ed: Plastic Bags: Public Policy vs. Political Power - Rep. Vitali

Mine Subsidence

Fell Twp Supervisors, Residents Focus On Experimental Mine Reclamation, Wind Turbines

Op-Ed: PA’s Disastrous Underground Coal Mining Law Has Left A Tarnished Legacy

Oil & Gas

PA Discharging Radioactive Fracking Waste Into Rivers As Landfill Leachate Impacting Chesapeake Bay, Ohio River Watersheds

Letter: Bare Minimum Protections Not Good Enough For Oil & Gas Drilling

Driller, Public Health Consultant Debate Correlation vs. Causation At Fracking Hearing In Westmoreland

Poll: Wolf’s Natural Gas Tax Backed Restore PA Infrastructure Plan Enjoys Majority Support

Letter: What Do Natural Gas Happy PA Politicians Mean?

DEP Receives 2 Proposed Good Samaritan Gas Well Plugging Project Requests In Bradford, Tioga Counties [PaEN]

Neutralization Of Hydrofluoric Acid To Begin Today At Closed Philadelphia Refinery

Eliminating The Damaged Philadelphia Refinery’s Deadliest Chemical Will Be A 24/7 Job For Weeks

AP: Workers Neutralize Toxic Chemical At Damaged Philadelphia Refinery

Editorial: Columbia Gas Shatters Confidence, Must Prove It Has A Plan In Place To Prevent Another Disaster

New Program Introduces Students To Energy, Oil Industry Careers In Susquehanna County

Maykuth: Here’s How To Have Your Say In The Future Use Of Damaged Philadelphia Refinery

Who Will Decide The Future Of The Philadelphia Refinery?

South Philly Residents Urge City To Keep Philadelphia Refinery Closed, Clean This Mess Up

Dangerous Philly Refinery Chemical Still Poses Threat To Community

Reuters: U.S. Northeast Fuel Sellers Brace For Uncertain Winter For Heating Oil Supply

Legere: Why Is PA’s Gasoline Tax So High? We’ve Got A Lot Of Roads

Trump Calls Off Planned Trip To Shell Ethane Plant In Beaver County

Trump To Visit Beaver County Ethane Plant August 13

Pipelines

How Long Must The Public Wait For Action On Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bills? New Pipeline Bill Introduced [PaEN]

Chester County DA To Review Mariner East 2 Pipeline Boom

Sasko: Chester County DA Announces Criminal Charges Against Mariner East 2 Pipeline Security Workers

AP: 2 Constables Charged For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Security Work

Clean Air Council Calls For Shutdown Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline After Chester County 'Backfire' [PaEN]

Hurdle: Chester County Residents Hear Loud Explosion From Mariner East 2 Pipeline, Sunoco Said It Was Only A ‘Backfire’ During Maintenance

Hurdle: Pipeline Experts Say Vapor buildup Likely Led To Mariner East 2 Pump Station Explosion In Chester County

PennFuture Blog: The Problem With Natural Gas, Oil Pipelines [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Pipelines Are The Safest Option For Transporting Natural Gas, Oil

Litvak/Legere: Too Much Rain Messing With Pipeline Operators’ Infrastructure Plans

Litvak: Rain Drives Demand For Seeding, Erosion Controls At Pipeline Construction Projects

Pipeline Development Helps Return Lackawanna River To Glory

Bagenstose: PennEast Pipeline Proposal Returns, Seeks Permits From New Jersey

Williams Files For FERC Authorization For Leidy South Pipeline Project

Bay Journal: Federal Court Revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Fish & Wildlife Permit

Reuters: EPA Moves To Limit State Powers To Block Pipelines, Terminals

Permitting

DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Discuss Dam Safety, Flood Control, Encroachments & Erosion Permitting, Wetlands Mitigation Programs Aug. 20 [PaEN]

Air Quality Advisory Committee To Get Overview Of Draft DEP Combined Heat/Power Generation Facility General Permit August 15 [PaEN]

Governor’s Office Posts Agency Regulatory Agendas, Catalog Of Technical Guidance [PaEN]

DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Personnel

PUC Appoints Renardo L. Hicks Chief Counsel [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Names Justin Stockdale Managing Director [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

Worker Advocates For PA Bill To Save Beaver Valley Nuclear Plant

Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 22 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants [PaEN]

FirstEnergy Moves To Ditch Union Contracts For Bailed Out Ohio Nuclear Power Plants

FERC, Justice Dept. Challenge Latest FirstEnergy Generation Restructuring Plan

Op-Ed: Unlike Ohio, PA Lawmakers Turning A Blind Eye To Nuclear Energy Jobs

Recreation

Sen. Yudichak, DEP Secretary Highlight Benefits Of Proposed Restore PA Plan To Turn Brownfield Site Into Recreation Area [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: State's New Outdoor Recreation Plan Underway [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Joe Neville, Keystone Trails Association [PaEN]

DCNR: Inflatable Dam Repairs In Sept. Will Require Lowering Shikellamy State Park Lake On Susquehanna At Sunbury [PaEN]

Parks & Forests Foundation, DCNR Staffers Highlight Pymatuning State Park’s Needs

Rivers Providing A Boatload Of Opportunity In Southwest PA

Walk In Penn’s Woods Happening Oct. 6 To Showcase Diversity Of State’s Woodland Resources [PaEN]

DCNR Announces $502,700 In Grants To Expand ATV, Snowmobile Recreation Opportunities In PA [PaEN]

AP: Trespassing ATV Riders Irk, But Few Legal Places To Ride

Sinnemahone Gravel Race Set For Sept. 28; Ultra Trail Run October 19 In Cameron County [PaEN]

Bike Ride To Raise Funds For 1,300 Mile Sept. 11 Memorial Trail

Reopening Of Rail-Trail In Forest City Took Years Of Work, Collaboration

New Section Of Tredway Recreational Trail In Allegheny Twp. Opens

O’Neill: Many Questions To Answer Before Tax Referendum For Pittsburgh Parks Hits Ballot

Officials Say Deferred Repairs, Budget Cuts Threaten Keystone, Other State Parks

Column: PA Tweet Doesn’t Include Presque Isle As State Park With A Lake, Lake Erie

Early-Morning Walk Revives Thoughts Of History Of Presque Isle

2 Hurt When Boat Trapped Under Barge On Ohio River Near Pittsburgh

Recycling/Waste

PA Resources Council Names Justin Stockdale Managing Director [PaEN]

Westmoreland CleanWays Helps Residents, Businesses With Recycling Changes

PA Resources Council Holds Household Chemical Collection Aug. 17 In Allegheny County [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Should PA Push To Ban Plastic Bags? Pro/Con

Op-Ed: Plastic Bags: Public Policy vs. Political Power - Rep. Vitali

Editorial: Keystone Landfill, Either A Sump Or Structure

Lycoming County Twp, Amish Showdown Over Horse Manure, Road Damage

Lycoming Twp. Puts Proposal On Hold To Deal  With Amish Horse Manure Collectors

Renewable Energy

9 Utility-Scale Solar Energy Projects Proposed To Be Built In Montour, Northumberland, Snyder Counties

Fell Twp Supervisors, Residents Focus On Experimental Mine Reclamation, Wind Turbines

Stormwater

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Litvak: Rain Drives Demand For Seeding, Erosion Controls At Pipeline Construction Projects

Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Workshops: Smart Green Corridors-Aug. 27; MS4 Stormwater Refresher-Aug. 28 [PaEN]

Stormwater Fees Hit DuBoistown In Lycoming County [Because State Doesn’t Do Its Share]

Antis Twp, Blair County Solicits Bids To Replace Failing, 25-Year Old Stormwater System

Susquehanna River

Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Sues Fredericksburg Poultry Plant Over Pollution

Sustainability

Sustainable Business Summit Set For Sept. 4 In Lancaster Featuring Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership, Hershey Company [PaEN]

Pittsburgh’s Industrial Evolution: From Steel City To Sustainability Pioneer

Wastewater Facilities

Antis Twp, Blair County Solicits Bids To Replace Failing, 25-Year Old Stormwater System

Watershed Protection

Will PA Miss 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals By 19 Years?  DEP To Present Final Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan To Steering Committee Aug. 16 [PaEN]

New Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Support For Restore PA Infrastructure Plan; When Will It Translate Into Legislative Votes? [PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts 30th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 28 In Carlisle [PaEN]

Mature Riparian Forested Buffer Along Opossum Creek Shows Tree-Mendous Success In Cumberland County [PaEN]

Sustainable Business Summit Set For Sept. 4 In Lancaster Featuring Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership, Hershey Company [PaEN]

Western PA Audubon: Water Quality In Buffalo Creek Watershed Butler County Getting Worse

NRCS-PA Welcomes Visitors To Ag Progress Days To Learn More About Healthy Soil, Conservation Aug. 13-15 [PaEN]

Bay Journal-Crable: Manure Injection Passes The Smell Test As A Best Management Practice [PaEN]

Headwaters Party Supports Jacobs Creek Watershed Association Aug. 10

Southwestern PA Commission Water Resource Center Workshops: Smart Green Corridors-Aug. 27; MS4 Stormwater Refresher-Aug. 28 [PaEN]

Stormwater Fees Hit DuBoistown In Lycoming County [Because State Doesn’t Do Its Share]

Stroud Water Research Center Launches Its Future Of Fresh Water Initiative [PaEN]

Call For Abstracts, Registration Open For Delaware Watershed Research Conference Nov. 19 [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper August 9 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Ad Crable: Lancaster Man, Weakened By Poor Health, Finds Solace Fishing In Conestoga River

Carr: Helicopters To Drop Rabies Vaccine Bait In Parts Of Allegheny County

Bob Frye: Who, How Of Wildlife Management In PA Mystery To Most

Carlisle Barracks Residents Warned Not To Use Water After Abnormal Readings - Site Of Fish Kill Last Week

Water-Use Ban Lifted At Carlisle Barracks After Testing Shows No Combustible Gas In System

Stephen Huba: Game Commission Proposal To Ban Feeding Deer, Turkeys Draws A Lot Of Interest

Stephen Huba: State Deems Large Fish Kill Natural At Cranberry Glade Lake, Somerset County

John Hayes: Increased Fishing Access To Elk Creek In Erie County

Mary Ann Thomas: Watch Out For Invasive Northern Snakehead Fish In SW PA

Bay Journal: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Seeks Public Comments On Striped Bass Catch Reductions

PA Forestry Association Annual Wildlife & Woodlands Symposium Sept. 28 In State College [PaEN]

The World’s Most Closely-Watched Birds Are In South Philly (Not The Eagles)

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Hosts Migration Madness Youth Workshop Aug. 20 [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Federal Court Revokes Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s Fish & Wildlife Permit

West Nile/Zika Virus

DEP Reports Mosquitoes Have Tested Positive For West Nile Virus In Lycoming County Bringing Season Total To 19 [PaEN]

Federal Policy

Outside Philly EPA Office, Union Officials Protest Their Ouster From The Office

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