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

Cusick: Poll: Broad Support For Wolf’s Infrastructure Plan Paid For With Severance Tax

Politics

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Air

Erie Coke (Coal) Denied Petition To Reopen Record In EHB Appeal

Hopey: Legislation Proposed to Boost Air Pollution Fines

New PennEnvironment Report Highlights Clean Air Enforcement Challenges In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

PennEnvironment: Incoming Allegheny County Health Director Must Prioritize Air Quality

Rep. Davis Introduces Bill Setting Larger Penalties, Alert System For Air Pollution Violators

See How Volkswagen Settlement Funding Aims To Help Clear Lehigh Valley Air

Warm Days, Cool Nights Helping Ragweed Run Amok In Lehigh Valley

Cusick: Research Shows Thousands Could Be Saved With Better Air Quality Standards

PA, 21 Other States Sue Trump Over Repeal Of Clean Power Plant Rules

Trump Plans To End Methane Curbs That Oil Companies Want To Keep

Alternative Fuels

See How Volkswagen Settlement Funding Aims To Help Clear Lehigh Valley Air

Duquesne Light Hopes To Ease Transition To Driving Electric Vehicles With New Online EV Resource Guide [PaEN]

Cumberland County Biofuel Plant Closes, But Hopes To Reopen

Awards & Recognition

Northeast PA Environmental Partners Announce 2019 Award Recipients [PaEN]

EPA Recognizes Juniata County Farmer For Environmental Stewardship At PA Ag Progress Days [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. 30th Annual Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 13 In Monroe County [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Pollinator Gardens: How You Can Help Assure Our Food Supply, Encourage Ecological Diversity In Your Own Backyard [PaEN]

From Biosecurity To Lanternfly, Ag Progress Days Highlights PA’s Top Ag Challenges

Solar Power Playing Growing Role In Saving Pollinators

Warm Days, Cool Nights Helping Ragweed Run Amok In Lehigh Valley

Penn State Behrend Students Discover Invasive Shrimp In Lake Erie’s PA Waters

Trump Officials Weaken Protections For Animals Near Extinction

Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Protections

Bay Journal: Legal Battle Likely Over Weakening Endangered Species Protections

Federal Endangered Species Rules Are Changing: These Species Are Found In PA

Editorial: Save Crucial Federal Endangered Species Law

Budget

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

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

Cusick: Poll: Broad Support For Wolf’s Infrastructure Plan Paid For With Severance Tax

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Appeals State Court Ruling Saying Law, Not Constitution Directs Use Of State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

DCNR Dedicates Chapman State Park Dam Improvements, Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA

Chesapeake Bay

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

DEP-Our Commonwealth Blog: Partnerships, Funding Are Key To Improving Water Quality In Franklin County [PaEN]

Berks County Mennonite Farmers Making A Difference In Water Quality

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Prepare Farm Conservation Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Time’s Running Out To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, Especially In PA - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Working Toward Riparian Stream Buffer Certificate [PaEN]

CBF-PA Veterans On The Susquehanna Paddling, Fishing Event Aug. 24 In York County [PaEN]

Bay Journal: High Flows To Chesapeake Bay Continued In July

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Is Improving After Years Of Work

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Citizen Action

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. 30th Annual Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 13 In Monroe County [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

FracTracker Alliance Report Catalogs Land Impacts Of Unconventional Gas Drilling In Pine Creek Watershed, Northcentral PA [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Proposal To Issue Erosion & Sedimentation Permit For PennEast Pipeline [PaEN]

CBF-PA Veterans On The Susquehanna Paddling, Fishing Event Aug. 24 In York County [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Draft Changes To PAG-02 Stormwater General Permit [PaEN]

DEP-Our Common Wealth Blog: A Deep Dive Into Proper Pool Water Discharge [PaEN]

Pollinator Gardens: How You Can Help Assure Our Food Supply, Encourage Ecological Diversity In Your Own Backyard [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Speakers Series Kicks Off Sept. 12 With Fighting Illegal Dumping, Vandalism Program In Franklin County [PaEN]

Meet The Heroes Making Philadephia’s Parks Safer

Kummer: Is It Safe To Swim In The Delaware Or Schuylkill Rivers?  It’s Complicated

Schuylkill River Sojourn: Seven Days On The River

PA-NJ Delaware River Festival In Philadelphia, Camden Sept. 7 [PaEN]

Mark Your Calendar: GreenFest Philly 2019 Set For Sept. 8 [PaEN]

Rep. Summer Lee Holds Environmental Forum In Forest Hills, Allegheny County Aug. 20

Climate

Dept. Of Agriculture Hosting Crop Insurance Webinars, Learn How To Manage Risk From Weather Extremes, Other Risks [PaEN]

Climate Change Camp Encourages Lehigh Valley Children To Learn About Carbon Footprints

Hopey: Climate Change Panelists In Pittsburgh Urge Swift Action; It’s Happening Now

Pittsburgh Climate Town Hall: Hundreds Voice Concerns About Closing Nuclear Plants, Fracking, Pollution

Cong. Doyle’s Climate Change Town Hall Focused On Electric Cars, Paris Agreement

Duquesne Light Hopes To Ease Transition To Driving Electric With New Online EV Resource Guide

Op-Ed: It's Time To Farm (And Eat!) Like The World Depended On It [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Philadelphia Needs More Trees, Please

Op-Ed: Let’s Talk About Carbon Fee & Dividend

Over 40 Tornadoes In PA, NJ This Year, More Than Double The Averages

American Bar Assn. Urges Action To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions To Net Zero Or Below - John Dernbach

Coal Is Over: The Miners Rooting For The Green New Deal

PA, 21 Other States Sue Trump Over Repeal Of Clean Power Plant Rules

Governments Could Become Indifferent To Climate Disaster Victims, Expert Warns

Arctic Wildfires Spew Soot, Smoke Cloud Bigger Than EU, Megatons Carbon Emissions

Op-Ed: Huge Wildfires In Artic, Far North Send A Planetary Warning

Scientists Confirm July Was Hottest Month On Record

Trump Plans To End Methane Curbs That Oil Companies Want To Keep

Coal Mining

Coal Is Over: The Miners Rooting For The Green New Deal

100 Years Ago: Scranton Residents Demand Action After 11-Year Old Died Falling Into A Coal Mine Shaft Playing With Friends

Coastal Zone Management

Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

Penn State Behrend Students Discover Invasive Shrimp In Lake Erie’s PA Waters

Compliance Action

Erie Coke (Coal) Denied Petition To Reopen Record In EHB Appeal

Hopey: Legislation Proposed to Boost Air Pollution Fines

New PennEnvironment Report Highlights Clean Air Enforcement Challenges In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

PennEnvironment: Incoming Allegheny County Health Director Must Prioritize Air Quality

Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Consider Mariner East 2 Pipeline Violations Settlement Agreement Sept. 6 [PaEN]

Carr: 4th Person Caught Illegally Dumping In Penn Hills, Allegheny County

EPA: Librandi’s Plating Agrees To Settlement Of Pretreatment Violations, Pay $30,000 Penalty In Dauphin County [PaEN]

Painting Contractor Gets Federal Prison For Polluting Susquehanna River During Bridge Work

Philly Gives Out Tickets For Trashy Blocks, Why Isn’t It Working?

Court Decisions

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Appeals State Court Ruling Saying Law, Not Constitution Directs Use Of State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers [PaEN]

Despite Negative Court Ruling, Erie Farmer Vows To Keep Fighting Federal Wetland Rules

DCNR

Aug. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Berks County Mennonite Farmers Making A Difference In Water Quality

Street, Park Flooding Becoming A Problem In Some Bucks County Communities

Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. 30th Annual Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 13 In Monroe County [PaEN]

PA-NJ Delaware River Festival In Philadelphia, Camden Sept. 7 [PaEN]

Jason Nark: The Most Philly Thing You Can Do In A Boat On The Delaware River

Kummer: Is It Safe To Swim In The Delaware Or Schuylkill Rivers?  It’s Complicated

Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 16 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

AG Shapiro Urges Congressional Leadership To End Use Of Harmful PFAS Chemicals [PaEN]

Bagenstose: AG Shapiro Says Congress Should Act On PFAS Chemical Contamination Bills

Fmr Firefighters Said They Used Foam With PFAS At Pittsburgh’s Airport For Decades

Bagenstose: What EPA Has To Say About PFAS Stream Contamination In Bucks, Montgomery

Drexel: Updated Safe Drinking Water Act Needed To Combat Legionnaire’s Disease

Do You Have A Private Water Well In Lancaster County?  Would You Like It Tested?

Economic Development

Help Wanted: Union County Conservation District Middle Susquehanna Valley Regional Chesapeake Bay Engineer [PaEN]

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Working Toward Riparian Stream Buffer Certificate [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Natural Gas Boon To PA’s Energy Sector To Benefit Consumers Statewide

Help Wanted: Rodale Institute Digital Communications Specialist [PaEN]

Education

Keep PA Beautiful Invites Schools To Participate In Litter Free School Zone Program [PaEN]

Climate Change Camp Encourages Lehigh Valley Children To Learn About Carbon Footprints

CBF-PA Veterans On The Susquehanna Paddling, Fishing Event Aug. 24 In York County [PaEN]

Mark Your Calendar: GreenFest Philly 2019 Set For Sept. 8 [PaEN]

PA-NJ Delaware River Festival In Philadelphia, Camden Sept. 7 [PaEN]

PennDOT Honors Interns For Crawford Rescue

Emergency Response

House Emergency Preparedness Committee To Hold Aug. 21 Hearing On Pipeline Safety Legislation [PaEN]

Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Drills Along Susquehanna

Scrap Yard Fire Is Out In Blair County After 6 Million Gallons Of Water

Over 40 Tornadoes In PA, NJ This Year, More Than Double The Averages

Energy

PA Losing Race For Solar Power, Farmers Lease Land For Utility-Scale Solar Installations

Philadelphia Wants To Make 2019 The Year Of Solar Power

Maykuth: Philadelphia OKs $500,000 For Solar Rebates, But You’d Better Hurry!

Dreaming About Going Solar?  Now A City Of Philadelphia Rebate Can Help

State Gives $2 Million Solar Grant At PGW’s Liquefied Natural Gas Plant

Solar As A Crop? Penn State To Install State’s Largest Solar Array On 500 Acres Of Farmland In Franklin County

Allegheny Front: Book Highlights Struggle To Increase Renewable Energy On The Grid

O’Neill: Michael Skelly’s Quest To Transform PA, American Energy Didn’t Pan Out

Op-Ed: Residential Utility Shutdowns Can Be A Disaster, Here’s How To Avoid Them

2 Charged With Breaking Into Idle Mitchell Power Station In Washington County

Ohio AG Shuts Down Proposed Referendum To Overturn Ohio Nuclear, Coal Bailout Law

Group That Wants Ohio Voters To Decide On Nuclear, Coal Plant Bailout Submits Revised Referendum Petition

Editorial: FirstEnergy Repaying Support For Ohio Bailout By Attacking Unions At 2 Facilities

EPA Moves To Streamline Permitting For Power Plant Expansions, Gas Pipelines

PA, 21 Other States Sue Trump Over Repeal Of Clean Power Plant Rules

Energy Conservation

New Windows, Lighting Part Of $23 Million Energy Makeover At Philly’s Northeast H.S.

Environmental Health

Drexel: Updated Safe Drinking Water Act Needed To Combat Legionnaire’s Disease

Environmental Heritage

100 Years Ago: Scranton Residents Demand Action After 11-Year Old Died Falling Into A Coal Mine Shaft Playing With Friends

Farming

EPA Recognizes Juniata County Farmer For Environmental Stewardship At PA Ag Progress Days [PaEN]

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Prepare Farm Conservation Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Op-Ed: It's Time To Farm (And Eat!) Like The World Depended On It [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

DEP-Our Commonwealth Blog: Partnerships, Funding Are Key To Improving Water Quality In Franklin County [PaEN]

Berks County Mennonite Farmers Making A Difference In Water Quality

From Biosecurity To Lanternfly, Ag Progress Days Highlights PA’s Top Ag Challenges

Dept. Of Agriculture Hosting Crop Insurance Webinars, Learn How To Manage Risk From Weather Extremes, Other Risks [PaEN]

Somalis Transform Vacant Pittsburgh Lot Into Their Own Farm

Help Wanted: Union County Conservation District Middle Susquehanna Valley Regional Chesapeake Bay Engineer [PaEN]

Spotted Lanternfly A Real Pest

PA Losing Race For Solar Power, Farmers Lease Land For Utility-Scale Solar Installations

PA Dairy Farmers Cook Up Their Own Campaign To Support Whole Milk

New Map Of Regional Food System Could Connect Farms, Restaurants, Processors

Despite Negative Court Ruling, Erie Farmer Vows To Keep Fighting Federal Wetland Rules

Help Wanted: Rodale Institute Digital Communications Specialist [PaEN]

Flooding

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Hosting Crop Insurance Webinars, Learn How To Manage Risk From Weather Extremes, Other Risks [PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

Stroud Water Research Center: Mitigating The Effects Of Extreme Rain Events - Video

Street, Park Flooding Becoming A Problem In Some Bucks County Communities

Storm Cuts Power To Thousands In Luzerne County

Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team Drills Along Susquehanna

Flooding - Hurricanes

Governments Could Become Indifferent To Climate Disaster Victims, Expert Warns

Forests

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Appeals State Court Ruling Saying Law, Not Constitution Directs Use Of State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers [PaEN]

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Prepare Farm Conservation Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Working Toward Riparian Stream Buffer Certificate [PaEN]

Riparian Buffers For Landscape Professionals Workshop Sept. 18 In York County [PaEN]

Natural Lands Transfers 2 Tracts Of Land Totaling 59 Acres In Bucks, Berks Counties To DCNR For Public Use [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Speakers Series Kicks Off Sept. 12 With Fighting Illegal Dumping, Vandalism Program In Franklin County [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Philadelphia Needs More Trees, Please

Op-Ed: Find Solitude In Pennsylvania’s Preserved Natural Spaces Book Review

Aug. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Grants/Funding

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Prepare Farm Conservation Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Prepare Farm Conservation Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

DEP-Our Commonwealth Blog: Partnerships, Funding Are Key To Improving Water Quality In Franklin County [PaEN]

Berks County Mennonite Farmers Making A Difference In Water Quality

Street, Park Flooding Becoming A Problem In Some Bucks County Communities

Stroud Water Research Center: Mitigating The Effects Of Extreme Rain Events - Video

Brodhead Watershed Assn. 30th Annual Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 13 In Monroe County [PaEN]

Riparian Buffers For Landscape Professionals Workshop Sept. 18 In York County [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Philadelphia Needs More Trees, Please

Help Wanted: Union County Conservation District Middle Susquehanna Valley Regional Chesapeake Bay Engineer [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

AG Shapiro Urges Congressional Leadership To End Use Of Harmful PFAS Chemicals [PaEN]

Bagenstose: AG Shapiro Says Congress Should Act On PFAS Chemical Contamination Bills

Fmr Firefighters Said They Used Foam With PFAS At Pittsburgh’s Airport For Decades

Bagenstose: What EPA Has To Say About PFAS Stream Contamination In Bucks, Montgomery

Phillips: Fire Commissioner: Great Progress In Damaged Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup

Layoffs At Philadelphia Refinery Begin, Union Argues For Continued Presence Due To Safety Concerns

Amid Fears From Nov. Toxic Gas Release, Delaware Plant Hopes To Resume Operation

Land Conservation

Natural Lands Transfers 2 Tracts Of Land Totaling 59 Acres In Bucks, Berks Counties To DCNR For Public Use [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Find Solitude In Pennsylvania’s Preserved Natural Spaces Book Review

Brandywine Conservancy Earns Accreditation Renewal

Lake Erie

Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

Penn State Behrend Students Discover Invasive Shrimp In Lake Erie’s PA Waters

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Keep PA Beautiful Invites Schools To Participate In Litter Free School Zone Program [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Speakers Series Kicks Off Sept. 12 With Fighting Illegal Dumping, Vandalism Program In Franklin County [PaEN]

Carr: 4th Person Caught Illegally Dumping In Penn Hills, Allegheny County

Philly Gives Out Tickets For Trashy Blocks, Why Isn’t It Working?

Mine Reclamation

DEP Secretary Sees Environmental Improvements In Northeast PA

Oil & Gas

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Appeals State Court Ruling Saying Law, Not Constitution Directs Use Of State Forest Drilling Revenue Transfers [PaEN]

FracTracker Alliance Report Catalogs Land Impacts Of Unconventional Gas Drilling In Pine Creek Watershed, Northcentral PA [PaEN]

Fracking Has Less Impact On Groundwater Than Conventional Oil & Gas Production

Columbia Gas Executives Field Questions In Wake Of Washington County House Explosion

Phillips: Fire Commissioner: Great Progress In Damaged Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup

Layoffs At Philadelphia Refinery Begin, Union Argues For Continued Presence Due To Safety Concerns

Op-Ed: Natural Gas Boon To PA’s Energy Sector To Benefit Consumers Statewide

Cumberland County Biofuel Plant Closes, But Hopes To Reopen

Environmental Groups Send Trump Letter Ahead Of Visit To Beaver County Ethane Plant

AP: Trump To Promote Turning Natural Gas Into Plastics At PA Ethane Plant Today

Beaver County Ethane Plant Rises To Make A Product People Say The World Needs Less Of: Plastic

AP: Trump Claims Credit For Beaver County Ethane Plant Announced In 2012

Trump Takes Credit For Ethane Plant At Beaver County Rally

Trump Claims Credit For Beaver County Ethane Plant During Visit

Trump Talks Domestic Energy, Manufacturing In Beaver County Visit

Trump Plans To End Methane Curbs That Oil Companies Want To Keep

Pipelines

House Emergency Preparedness Committee To Hold Aug. 21 Hearing On Pipeline Safety Legislation [PaEN]

Hurdle: PUC Demanded Sunoco Produce Calculations On Mariner East Pipeline Blast Zones

Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Consider Mariner East 2 Pipeline Violations Settlement Agreement Sept. 6 [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Proposal To Issue Erosion & Sedimentation Permit For PennEast Pipeline [PaEN]

EPA Moves To Streamline Permitting For Power Plant Expansions, Gas Pipelines

Permitting

DEP Invites Comments On Draft Changes To PAG-02 Stormwater General Permit [PaEN]

DEP Posts 49 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 17 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

EPA Moves To Streamline Permitting For Power Plant Expansions, Gas Pipelines

Radiation Protection

Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne To Test Emergency Sirens Aug. 15

Ohio AG Shuts Down Proposed Referendum To Overturn Ohio Nuclear, Coal Bailout Law

Group That Wants Ohio Voters To Decide On Nuclear, Coal Plant Bailout Submits Revised Referendum Petition

Editorial: FirstEnergy Repaying Support For Ohio Bailout By Attacking Unions At 2 Facilities

Recreation

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

Cusick: Poll: Broad Support For Wolf’s Infrastructure Plan Paid For With Severance Tax

DCNR Dedicates Chapman State Park Dam Improvements, Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA

Street, Park Flooding Becoming A Problem In Some Bucks County Communities

Cherry Springs State Park: Some Of The Most Dazzling Stargazing On The East Coast

Gouldsboro State Park Beach Closed To Swimmers In Monroe/Lehigh

Natural Lands Transfers 2 Tracts Of Land Totaling 59 Acres In Bucks, Berks Counties To DCNR For Public Use [PaEN]

Aug. 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Meet The Heroes Making Philadephia’s Parks Safer

Staycation: Westmoreland Heritage Trail

Senior Trail, Nature Park Opening In Fall In  West Manchester Twp., York County

Allegheny River Locks In Armstrong County Closed This Weekend

Kummer: Is It Safe To Swim In The Delaware Or Schuylkill Rivers?  It’s Complicated

Schuylkill River Sojourn: Seven Days On The River

Jason Nark: The Most Philly Thing You Can Do In A Boat On The Delaware River

Op-Ed: Find Solitude In Pennsylvania’s Preserved Natural Spaces Book Review

Editorial: Abandoned Turnpike Trail Grant Will Have Critical Impact On Tourism

Recycling/Waste

PA Officials Getting Ready To Sort Through Trash, Recycling For Survey

Kingston Ends Drop-Off Recycling In Luzerne County

Wilkes-Barre Reminds Residents Of Curbside Trash, Recycling Collection Rules

Lehigh Graduate Running Across Country To Raise Awareness About Plastic Pollution

Op-Ed: How A State Senator Blocked PA Bans On Plastic Bags - Rep.  Vitali

Centre County Plant Took Heat When PA Blocked Plastic Bag Bans, Is It Doing Enough To Be Sustainable?

Scrap Yard Fire Is Out In Blair County After 6 Million Gallons Of Water

East Penn Manufacturing: Lead Batteries A Model of Circular Economy At DC Sustainability Summit

PA Wants To Know What You’re Throwing Away

DEP Officials Get Earful At Hearing On Slate Belt Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant

O’Neill: Plastic Bags In Trees Seem To Whisper Debris

Plymouth Twp Hires Firm To Provide Independent Oversight Of Covanta’s Waste-To-Energy Facility In Montgomery County

Renewable Energy

PA Losing Race For Solar Power, Farmers Lease Land For Utility-Scale Solar Installations

Philadelphia Wants To Make 2019 The Year Of Solar Power

Maykuth: Philadelphia OKs $500,000 For Solar Rebates, But You’d Better Hurry!

Dreaming About Going Solar?  Now A City Of Philadelphia Rebate Can Help

State Gives $2 Million Solar Grant At PGW’s Liquefied Natural Gas Plant

Solar As A Crop? Penn State To Install State’s Largest Solar Array On 500 Acres Of Farmland In Franklin County

Solar Power Playing Growing Role In Saving Pollinators

O’Neill: Michael Skelly’s Quest To Transform PA, American Energy Didn’t Pan Out

Allegheny Front: Book Highlights Struggle To Increase Renewable Energy On The Grid

PA, 21 Other States Sue Trump Over Repeal Of Clean Power Plant Rules

Schuylkill River

Kummer: Is It Safe To Swim In The Delaware Or Schuylkill Rivers?  It’s Complicated

Schuylkill River Sojourn: Seven Days On The River

Stormwater

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Riparian Buffers For Landscape Professionals Workshop Sept. 18 In York County [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Draft Changes To PAG-02 Stormwater General Permit [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

Susquehanna River Basin Commission To Consider Mariner East 2 Pipeline Violations Settlement Agreement Sept. 6 [PaEN]

Painting Contractor Gets Federal Prison For Polluting Susquehanna River During Bridge Work

CBF-PA Veterans On The Susquehanna Paddling, Fishing Event Aug. 24 In York County [PaEN]

Wastewater Facilities

DEP Officials Get Earful At Hearing On Slate Belt Sewage Sludge Treatment Plant

DEP Investigating Foamy Substance At York City Wastewater Plant

Watershed Protection

Draft Final PA Chesapeake Bay Implementation Plan Increases Water Pollution Reductions; Cost Of Plan Has Gone Up [PaEN]

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

Cusick: Poll: Broad Support For Wolf’s Infrastructure Plan Paid For With Severance Tax

Gov. Wolf Proclaims August 24-31 Local Waterways Appreciation Week (Let’s Cleanup & Protect While We’re At It [PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership Issues Call To Landowners To Volunteer Their Property To Help Plant 15,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Grants To Prepare Farm Conservation Plans In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Applications Now Being Accepted For DEP Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; General Assembly Fails To Give Communities The Help They Need [PaEN]

DEP-Our Commonwealth Blog: Partnerships, Funding Are Key To Improving Water Quality In Franklin County [PaEN]

Berks County Mennonite Farmers Making A Difference In Water Quality

Op-Ed: Time’s Running Out To Meet Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, Especially In PA - Chesapeake Bay Foundation

Stroud Water Research Center: Mitigating The Effects Of Extreme Rain Events - Video

CBF-PA Veterans On The Susquehanna Paddling, Fishing Event Aug. 24 In York County [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. 30th Annual Members & Friends Celebration Sept. 13 In Monroe County [PaEN]

Fishing Leads To Investigation Of Water Quality Changes In Tulpehocken Creek

Riparian Buffers For Landscape Professionals Workshop Sept. 18 In York County [PaEN]

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Working Toward Riparian Stream Buffer Certificate [PaEN]

Despite Negative Court Ruling, Erie Farmer Vows To Keep Fighting Federal Wetland Rules

Kummer: Is It Safe To Swim In The Delaware Or Schuylkill Rivers?  It’s Complicated

Schuylkill River Sojourn: Seven Days On The River

PA-NJ Delaware River Festival In Philadelphia, Camden Sept. 7 [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 16 RiverWatch Video Report

DEP-Our Common Wealth Blog: A Deep Dive Into Proper Pool Water Discharge [PaEN]

Bay Journal: High Flows To Chesapeake Bay Continued In July

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Is Improving After Years Of Work

Help Wanted: Union County Conservation District Middle Susquehanna Valley Regional Chesapeake Bay Engineer [PaEN]

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Wildlife

Rabid Raccoon Picked Up In Robinson, Allegheny County

Reported Rabies Cases In Animals Thru July In PA: 233

Penn State Behrend Students Discover Invasive Shrimp In Lake Erie’s PA Waters

Allegheny Front: Pioneering Mussel Conservationist Talks About Preservation, Threats

Jason Nark: What 3 Kinds Of Delaware River Fish Reveal About Our Region

Fishing Leads To Investigation Of Water Quality Changes In Tulpehocken Creek

Letter: Letort Stream Pollution Incident A Tragic Loss Of Resource

Montoursville Investigates Cause Of Dead Fish In Indian Park Pond

Toxic Algae Killed Dogs, Has Been Found In Pennsylvania

Fish & Boat Commission To Slash Prices For Fishing Licenses On Labor Day

Aaron Miller: Success Story: Bald Eagles Have Made Major Comeback In PA

Birding From A Boat On The Monongahela River Offers Special Vantage Point

Hungry Green Heron Gobbles Down Tadpoles - Video

Stroud Center Scientists Monitor Fish For National Park Service

John Hayes: Public Hunting In Suburban Deer Programs Will Increase In Allegheny County

Bob Frye: Hunters Feed The Hungry Via Venison Donation Programs

Bob Frye: Albino Deer Sighting A Real Outdoors Treat

What To Do If You Spot A Bear In Your Neighborhood

Black Bear Caught In Downtown Lancaster Safely Released

Marcus Schneck: PA Elk Expo This Weekend In Elk County

PA’s Elk Population Has Come A Long Way Conservationists Say

Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvania Fall Hawk-Watch Season Begins Today

Trump Officials Weaken Protections For Animals Near Extinction

Trump Rolls Back Endangered Species Protections

Bay Journal: Legal Battle Likely Over Weakening Endangered Species Protections

Federal Endangered Species Rules Are Changing: These Species Are Found In PA

Editorial: Save Crucial Federal Endangered Species Law

West Nile/Zika Virus

27 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Centre, Dauphin [PaEN]

Mosquitoes In Springettsbury Twp Test Positive For West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus Detected In A Central PA Mosquito

Mosquito-Borne Illness Deadlier than West Nile Virus Confirmed In New Jersey

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8/19/2019