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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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