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Politics
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Air
GASP: EHB Judge Allows Erie Coke (Coal) Plant To Operate During Permit Appeal, With Conditions [PaEN]
Judge Allows Erie Coke To Continue Operating With Conditions
Judge: Erie Coke Can Stay Open With Conditions
DEP Issues New Violation Notice To Erie Coke (Coal) Plant
Frazier: Groups Sue U.S. Steel Over Allegedly Withholding Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Emissions Data
Hopey: U.S. Steel Sued In Federal Court Over Clairton Emissions
U.S. Steel Facing 2nd Lawsuit Over December Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant
Hopey: Western PA’s Political Leaders Pledge To Fight Air Pollution
DEP Holds Hearing [If Needed] Oct. 16 On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Truck Accessories Group, Northumberland County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On Regional Haze Revision To State Air Quality Implementation Plan [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Federal Clean Air Standards Good For Drivers, Environment - Ed Perry
EPA Proposes Changes To Methane Emission Control Regulations For Oil & Gas Industry; PA Reaction [PaEN]
AP: EPA Moves To Revoke Methane Rules On Oil Industry, Some Companies Object
EPA To Roll Back Regulations On Methane Emissions For Oil & Gas Industry
Editorial: Keep Federal Regs On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions
CMU Professor: 30,000 Lives Could Be Saved With Cleaner Air
Alternative Fuels
UGI Opens CNG Fueling Station In Wilkes-Barre
Awards & Recognition
Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Honors Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership Founder John Cox, Other Award Winners Sept. 26 [PaEN]
Scenic Pittsburgh: Connellsville, Fayette County Earns Inaugural Community Scenic Achievement Award [PaEN]
Keystone NE Chapter PA Society Of Professional Engineers Honors John Ackerman, Walter Poplawski
Scott Conservancy Celebrates 30th Anniversary Sept. 14 In Allegheny County
Christmas Tree Grown By Schuylkill County Couple Chosen To Decorate White House
Beautification
Mt. Washington Billboard In Pittsburgh Can Legally Remain, Court Says
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Penn State Scientists May Have Discovered Fungi That Kills Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
As Spotted Lanternfly Control Ramps Up, Penn State Researchers Find Possible Biopesticide
Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly’s Big Move Is Here
Football And Sports Visitors To Penn State And Other Areas: Help Stop The Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly To And From Quarantine Areas [PaEN]
Hunting Spotted Lanternflies In The Lehigh Valley In The Name Of Art
Op-Ed: How You Can Help Save Bees In The Lehigh Valley
American Eels Reintroduced To Pickering Creek In Chester County, Delaware Watershed [PaEN]
Video Of American Eel Release
Green, Spiky Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar Found In Delaware Canal State Park
Americans’ Love Of Hiking Has Driven Elk To The Brink In Colorado, Scientists Say
AP: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Trafficking Protected Turtles
Budget
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Letter: Restore PA Initiative Could Have Negative Impact - PA Chamber [No Alternative Given]
Chesapeake Bay
Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Honors Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership Founder John Cox, Other Award Winners Sept. 26 [PaEN]
Maryland Governor Calls For Action, Accountability On PA's Plan To Reduce Water Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]
Maryland Concerned About Pennsylvania’s Plans To Reduce Pollution Going To Chesapeake Bay
AP: Maryland Concerned About Pennsylvania’s Water Pollution Reduction Plans For Chesapeake Bay
Micek: MD Governor To Wolf: PA Needs To Up Its Game On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Harrisburg Sewage System Released Nearly 1.4 Billion Gallons Of Inadequately Treated Wastewater Into Susquehanna In 2018, An Increase Since 2016 [PaEN]
Amid Contamination Concerns, Harrisburg’s City Island Beach Keep-Out Sign Hard To Find
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11-12 [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
Pennsylvanians Encouraged To Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
The Allegheny Voice: What Happens To Warren County If PA General Energy Candidates Win County Commissioner Spots? http://bit.ly/2Ud7WQ1
Keep PA Beautiful: Local Fall Collection Events For Waste Tires, Other Items Set For Cambria, Fayette, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties [PaEN]
EPCAMR Seeking Volunteers For Annual Centralia Trash/Litter Cleanup Day Oct. 19, Columbia County [PaEN]
Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Invite Volunteers To Be Part Of Allegheny River Cleanup Sept. 9 & 10 [PaEN]
Football And Sports Visitors To Penn State And Other Areas: Help Stop The Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly To And From Quarantine Areas [PaEN]
DEP Holds Hearing [If Needed] Oct. 16 On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Truck Accessories Group, Northumberland County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On Regional Haze Revision To State Air Quality Implementation Plan [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Sept. 21 Hike To Goose Pond Dry Flood Control Dam In Monroe County [PaEN]
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Exhibit Features Decades Of Work By Acclaimed Wildlife Artist Fred Wetzel [PaEN]
Climate
StateImpact PA Hosts Climate Change Adaptation, Resilience, Social Equity Forum In Philadelphia Sept. 12 [PaEN]
Penn State Researchers Develop Affordable, Less-Intensive Methane Detection Protocol For Water [PaEN]
Punxsutawney Phil’s Counterpart In Michigan Casts His Own Shadow On Groundhog Weather Prediction Landscape
Op-Ed: Federal Clean Air Standards Good For Drivers, Environment - Ed Perry
EPA Proposes Changes To Methane Emission Control Regulations For Oil & Gas Industry; PA Reaction [PaEN]
AP: EPA Moves To Revoke Methane Rules On Oil Industry, Some Companies Object
EPA To Roll Back Regulations On Methane Emissions For Oil & Gas Industry
Editorial: Keep Federal Regs On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions
Editorial: Just Put Out The Fires In The Amazon
Op-Ed: Amazon Fires In Brazil Impact Philadelphia And The World
Coal Mining
PUC Expects Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation To Increase From 30 To 45% Of Capacity By End Of 2022 In PA
Coal Mine Worker Killed In Mine Wall Collapse In Washington County
Consol Longwall Coal Mining Damage Settlement Funds New Swimming Pool Complex At Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County [PaEN]
Avondale Mine Disaster of 1869: Accident Or Arson?
Penn State Schuylkill: Sept. 26 Centralia Mine Fire: Social Conflict, Death Of A Pennsylvania Community Program [PaEN]
EPCAMR Seeking Volunteers For Annual Centralia Trash/Litter Cleanup Day Oct. 19, Columbia County [PaEN]
Robots Compete In Underground Mine Challenge In Pennsylvania
CMU, OSU Team Wins 1st Event In DARPA Robot Underground Mine Challenge In PA
Ohio AG Approves Language For Nuclear, Coal Bailout Referendum Attempt
Compliance Action
Frazier: Beaver Conservation District Says DEP Should Let It Keep Reviewing Pipeline Permits
Beaver Conservation District Said It Needs More Information Before Responding To DEP Permitting Audit
DEP Issues Sunoco $319,461 In Penalties For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations In 2017, 2018; Fines Now Total $13 Million+ [PaEN]
Maykuth: DEP Fines Sunoco $319,000 For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations
Phillips: DEP Fines Sunoco $313,000 For Mariner East Construction Violations
Sewickley Creek Spill Among Those Cited In $313,000 Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Penalty
GASP: EHB Judge Allows Erie Coke (Coal) Plant To Operate During Permit Appeal, With Conditions [PaEN]
Judge Allows Erie Coke To Continue Operating With Conditions
Judge: Erie Coke Can Stay Open With Conditions
DEP Issues New Violation Notice To Erie Coke (Coal) Plant
Frazier: Groups Sue U.S. Steel Over Allegedly Withholding Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Emissions Data
Hopey: U.S. Steel Sued In Federal Court Over Clairton Emissions
U.S. Steel Facing 2nd Lawsuit Over December Fire At Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant
Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Hit With $200,000 Wastewater Penalty By City Of Erie
PUC PA One Call Compliance Committee Imposes $47,250 In Penalties For Violating Excavation Rules Near Pipelines, Other Underground Utilities [PaEN]
AP: Green Energy Firm Founder Gets 22 Years In Fraud Cases, Must Pay $54M In Restitution
AP: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Trafficking Protected Turtles
Conservation Districts
Frazier: Beaver Conservation District Says DEP Should Let It Keep Reviewing Pipeline Permits
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Sept. 21 Hike To Goose Pond Dry Flood Control Dam In Monroe County [PaEN]
DCNR
DCNR Names Courtney Troutman Manager At Memorial Lake State Park Complex, Bucks County
DCNR Names Devin Buzard Manager At Delaware Canal State Park Complex
Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper/Local Groups: DEP Agrees To Additional Evaluation Of Tohickon Creek, Bucks County [PaEN]
American Eels Reintroduced To Pickering Creek In Chester County, Delaware Watershed [PaEN]
Video Of American Eel Release
Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 30 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Bagenstose: Lead Testing Results Raise Questions In Central Bucks Schools, Other Districts
2nd Set Of Tests Confirm Erie School’s Water Safe
Activists Highlight DuPont, 3M History With PFAS Before Congressional Hearing
O’Neill: Water Authorities Rely On Sharp Customers To Act As Leak Detection Systems
Erie Water Rates Set To Increase In 2020, Infrastructure Study Started
$1.1 Million PA American Water Project Underway To Replace Water Mains In Wilkes-Barre
Aqua Pennsylvania Defends 15% Water Rate hike In Bensalem
What’s Next For Water System Sale In Warminster, Bucks County?
O’Neill: At Least One Customer Claims New Pittsburgh Water Authority Water Meter Is Malfunctioning
Bradford City Water Authority Hears About West Branch Timber Inventory
Economic Development
PA Wilds Creative Makers Exhibits In Lock Haven Opening Sept. 3; Awards Program Nov. 7 In DuBois [PaEN]
Education
Allegheny Front: Parents Petition Pittsburgh Schools To Stop Herbicide Spraying
Penn State Environmental Resource Management Program Rated Among Best In Nation [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: When Does Fall Begin? It’s Not Labor Day
August Newsletter Now Available From Joint House, Senate Conservation Committee [PaEN]
Emergency Response
Pennsylvanians Encouraged To Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
Robots Compete In Underground Mine Challenge In Pennsylvania
CMU, OSU Team Wins 1st Event In DARPA Robot Underground Mine Challenge In PA
Western PA First Responders Move South Ahead of Hurricane Dorian
Energy
PUC Expects Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation To Increase From 30 To 45% Of Capacity By End Of 2022 In PA [PaEN]
$800M Plant To Turn Natural Gas Into A Liquid Coming To Bradford County
PA Supreme Court: Lancaster City Can’t Act As Utility Regulator
UGI Natural Gas Customers To See 2% Rate Cut Beginning Sept. 1
Could Electric Bills In PA Become More Affordable? PUC Holds The Key
Ohio AG Approves Language For Nuclear, Coal Bailout Referendum Attempt
Ohio Nuclear Bailout Dispute Spurs Claim China Is Invading U.S. Grid [Misinformation]
Trump Says Windmill Power Isn’t Working, His Energy Secretary Disagrees
Energy Conservation
PUC Expects Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation To Increase From 30 To 45% Of Capacity By End Of 2022 In PA
Environmental Health
CMU Professor: 30,000 Lives Could Be Saved With Cleaner Air
Environmental Heritage
Penn State Schuylkill: Sept. 26 Centralia Mine Fire: Social Conflict, Death Of A Pennsylvania Community Program [PaEN]
Avondale Mine Disaster of 1869: Accident Or Arson?
Farming
Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Honors Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership Founder John Cox, Other Award Winners Sept. 26 [PaEN]
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Penn State Scientists May Have Discovered Fungi That Kills Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
As Spotted Lanternfly Control Ramps Up, Penn State Researchers Find Possible Biopesticide
Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly’s Big Move Is Here
Football And Sports Visitors To Penn State And Other Areas: Help Stop The Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly To And From Quarantine Areas [PaEN]
Hunting Spotted Lanternflies In The Lehigh Valley In The Name Of Art
State Conservation Commission Begins Accepting Applications For REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Sept. 3, Increased Funding Available [PaEN]
Why Some Amish Leaving Lancaster County, Price Of Farming Out Of Reach
Farm In Chester, Delaware County Feeds The Body And Soul Of A Community
Harrisburg Sewage System Released Nearly 1.4 Billion Gallons Of Inadequately Treated Wastewater Into Susquehanna In 2018, An Increase Since 2016 [PaEN]
Amid Contamination Concerns, Harrisburg’s City Island Beach Keep-Out Sign Hard To Find
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Making The Most Of Microbes For Soil Restoration And Function
Flooding
Bristol Twp Residents Raise Flood Concerns Near School In Bucks County
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Sept. 21 Hike To Goose Pond Dry Flood Control Dam In Monroe County [PaEN]
Lycoming County Grafus Run Flood Project Funding May Be Included In DEP Capital Budget
Dry August Puts Brakes On Pittsburgh’s Record Rainfall Pace
Flooding - Hurricanes
Western PA First Responders Move South Ahead of Hurricane Dorian
Trump Suggests Nuking Hurricanes Before They Reach America’s Shores
Forests
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11-12 [PaEN]
Penn State Scientists May Have Discovered Fungi That Kills Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
As Spotted Lanternfly Control Ramps Up, Penn State Researchers Find Possible Biopesticide
Marcus Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly’s Big Move Is Here
Football And Sports Visitors To Penn State And Other Areas: Help Stop The Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly To And From Quarantine Areas [PaEN]
Hunting Spotted Lanternflies In The Lehigh Valley In The Name Of Art
Harrisburg Sewage System Released Nearly 1.4 Billion Gallons Of Inadequately Treated Wastewater Into Susquehanna In 2018, An Increase Since 2016 [PaEN]
Amid Contamination Concerns, Harrisburg’s City Island Beach Keep-Out Sign Hard To Find
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Tree Partnerships Need Collaboration To Take Root
Editorial: Pittsburgh Should Take Responsibility For Its Parks, Trees
Bradford City Water Authority Hears About West Branch Timber Inventory
Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers: Tickets Now On Sale For Popular October Programs [PaEN]
Our Better Nature: How The Great Outdoors Can Improve Your Life
Christmas Tree Grown By Schuylkill County Couple Chosen To Decorate White House
Forests - Wildfires
After The Wildfire: Treating The Mental Health Crisis Triggered By Climate Change
Editorial: Just Put Out The Fires In The Amazon
Op-Ed: Amazon Fires In Brazil Impact Philadelphia And The World
Grants/Funding
Applications Now Being Accepted For PECO Green Region Open Space Grants [PaEN]
Green Infrastructure
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Harrisburg Sewage System Released Nearly 1.4 Billion Gallons Of Inadequately Treated Wastewater Into Susquehanna In 2018, An Increase Since 2016 [PaEN]
Amid Contamination Concerns, Harrisburg’s City Island Beach Keep-Out Sign Hard To Find
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11-12 [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Sept. 21 Hike To Goose Pond Dry Flood Control Dam In Monroe County [PaEN]
Hazardous Substances
Gov. Wolf Calls For Legislative Action On Lead Testing For Children, Lead Abatement [PaEN]
Bagenstose: Wolf Announces Lead-Free Pennsylvania Initiative
How 3 Towns In Bucks, Montgomery Counties Became PFAS Trailblazers On Clean Drinking Water
Phillips: Most Of Dangerous Toxic Chemical Neutralized At Philly Refinery, But Risk Remains
Allegheny Front: Parents Petition Pittsburgh Schools To Stop Herbicide Spraying
Land Conservation
Applications Now Being Accepted For PECO Green Region Open Space Grants [PaEN]
Scott Conservancy Celebrates 30th Anniversary Sept. 14 In Allegheny County
Natural Lands ChesLen Chase Race For Open Space Oct. 19 In Chester County [PaEN]
Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Invite Volunteers To Be Part Of Allegheny River Cleanup Sept. 9 & 10 [PaEN]
Land Use Planning
Op-Ed: How Planning Can Help Better Control Warehouse Growth In Lehigh Valley
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Keep PA Beautiful: Local Fall Collection Events For Waste Tires, Other Items Set For Cambria, Fayette, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry Counties [PaEN]
EPCAMR Seeking Volunteers For Annual Centralia Trash/Litter Cleanup Day Oct. 19, Columbia County [PaEN]
Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Invite Volunteers To Be Part Of Allegheny River Cleanup Sept. 9 & 10 [PaEN]
PA Resources Council Fall Schedule Of 12 Backyard Composting, Recycling, Rain Barrel, Vermicomposting Workshops In Allegheny County [PaEN]
Cigarette Butts Pose Microplastic Hazard In Waterways
Mine Reclamation
National Conference On Abandoned Mine Lands Coming To Pittsburgh
West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Coalition Meets Sept. 17 At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County [PaEN]
Oil & Gas
PUC Expects Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation To Increase From 30 To 45% Of Capacity By End Of 2022 In PA [PaEN]
$800M Plant To Turn Natural Gas Into A Liquid Coming To Bradford County
Penn State Researchers Develop Affordable, Less-Intensive Methane Detection Protocol For Water [PaEN]
Penn State Finds Next To No New Methane Contamination In Water
UGI Opens CNG Fueling Station In Wilkes-Barre
UGI Natural Gas Customers To See 2% Rate Cut Beginning Sept. 1
The Allegheny Voice: What Happens To Warren County If PGE Candidates Win County Commissioner Spots?
Phillips: Most Of Dangerous Toxic Chemical Neutralized At Philly Refinery, But Risk Remains
New Uses, Even Non-Use Will Complicate Ongoing Philly Refinery Cleanup, DEP Says
Fmr Philly Refinery CEO Wants To Make Renewable Fuels At Complex
Maykuth: Fmr Philly Refinery Chief Launches Campaign To Restart Bankrupt Refinery
Lancaster County Gasoline Prices Drop To 6-Month Low
Study Finds Pennsylvanians Work More Than Neighbors To Fill Up Gasoline Tanks
EPA Proposes Changes To Methane Emission Control Regulations For Oil & Gas Industry; PA Reaction [PaEN]
AP: EPA Moves To Revoke Methane Rules On Oil Industry, Some Companies Object
EPA To Roll Back Regulations On Methane Emissions For Oil & Gas Industry
Editorial: Keep Federal Regs On Oil & Gas Methane Emissions
Pipelines
Lawmakers, Wolf Grapple With How To Ensure Pipeline Safety Without Damaging Key Industry
PUC Extends Comment Period On Enhancements To Pipeline Safety Regulations To Sept. 11 [PaEN]
Hurdle: PUC’s Review Of Pipeline Regs Prompts Calls By Residents, Groups, Lawmakers For More Regulation
Beaver Conservation District Said It Needs More Information Before Responding To DEP Permitting Audit
Frazier: Beaver Conservation District Says DEP Should Let It Keep Reviewing Pipeline Permits
DEP Issues Sunoco $319,461 In Penalties For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations In 2017, 2018; Fines Now Total $13 Million+ [PaEN]
Maykuth: DEP Fines Sunoco $319,000 For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations
Phillips: DEP Fines Sunoco $313,000 For Mariner East Construction Violations
Sewickley Creek Spill Among Those Cited In $313,000 Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Penalty
Phillips: Criminal Defense Counsel Represents DEP Employees In Mariner East Pipeline Probe
PUC Approves Settlement Allowing Bi-Directional Operation Of Laurel Pipeline [PaEN]
2-Way Flow Of Laurel Pipeline Approved By PUC
Maykuth: New Laurel Pipeline Deal To Bring More Midwestern Fuel To Pennsylvania
PUC PA One Call Compliance Committee Imposes $47,250 In Penalties For Violating Excavation Rules Near Pipelines, Other Underground Utilities [PaEN]
AP: FERC Clears Way For 124-Mile Natural Gas Pipeline Over NY Objections
Erie To Ohio Natural Gas Pipeline Nears Completion
Permitting
Frazier: Beaver Conservation District Says DEP Should Let It Keep Reviewing Pipeline Permits
Beaver Conservation District Said It Needs More Information Before Responding To DEP Permitting Audit
DEP Posts 44 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 31 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Personnel
Help Wanted: PA Land Trust Association Director Of Advocacy [PaEN]
DCNR Names Courtney Troutman Manager At Memorial Lake State Park Complex, Bucks County
DCNR Names Devin Buzard Manager At Delaware Canal State Park Complex
PUC
PUC PA One Call Compliance Committee Imposes $47,250 In Penalties For Violating Excavation Rules Near Pipelines, Other Underground Utilities [PaEN]
Radiation Protection
Ohio AG Approves Language For Nuclear, Coal Bailout Referendum Attempt
Ohio Nuclear Bailout Dispute Spurs Claim China Is Invading U.S. Grid [Misinformation]
Recreation
Consol Longwall Coal Mining Damage Settlement Funds New Swimming Pool Complex At Ryerson Station State Park, Greene County [PaEN]
Scenic Pittsburgh: Connellsville, Fayette County Earns Inaugural Community Scenic Achievement Award [PaEN]
Football And Sports Visitors To Penn State And Other Areas: Help Stop The Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly To And From Quarantine Areas [PaEN]
Green, Spiky Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar Found In Delaware Canal State Park
Riverfront North Partnership Awarded Trail Program Mini-Grant For Tidal Delaware River Project
Park Project Over I-79 In Pittsburgh Will Disrupt Downtown Traffic For 2 Years
Op-Ed: Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Tree Partnerships Need Collaboration To Take Root
First 911 Trail Challenge Near Shanksville Offers Special Closed Road Access For Cyclists
Editorial: Pittsburgh Should Take Responsibility For Its Parks, Trees
Lackawanna County To Undertake Substantial Paving Project At Parks
Allentown Community Reclaims Stevens Park After Shots Fired Investigation
Op-Ed: Visitors Should Stop Trashing Wissahickon Valley Park
Editorial: New Professional Bike Race Instant Classic In Scranton
Ohiopyle Seeking Votes As Top Adventure Town, Top Tiny Town For Outdoors Fun
PA Wilds Creative Makers Exhibits In Lock Haven Opening Sept. 3; Awards Program Nov. 7 In DuBois [PaEN]
Rafter Dies At Ohiopyle
Girl, 5, Dies In Fox Chapel ATV Crash
State Law Does Not Prohibit Children On ATVs
Poconos Pedal Pushers Recycle Bicycles
Ad Crable: Best Moments Of Summers Are Free, Like Tubing The Conestoga River With Family
Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers: Tickets Now On Sale For Popular October Programs [PaEN]
Opening Planned For Renovated Park In Wilkes-Barre
DCNR Names Courtney Troutman Manager At Memorial Lake State Park Complex, Bucks County
DCNR Names Devin Buzard Manager At Delaware Canal State Park Complex
Our Better Nature: How The Great Outdoors Can Improve Your Life
Americans’ Love Of Hiking Has Driven Elk To The Brink In Colorado, Scientists Say
Recycling/Waste
PA Resources Council Fall Schedule Of 12 Backyard Composting, Recycling, Rain Barrel, Vermicomposting Workshops In Allegheny County [PaEN]
Twp. In Lackawanna Considers Allowing Tire Processing/Recycling Facility
Erie Company Seeks Funding To Recycle Glass
Philadelphia Trying To Stop Illegal Dumping By Tracking Who Hauls Contractors’ Trash
Cigarette Butts Pose Microplastic Hazard In Waterways
Poconos Pedal Pushers Recycle Bicycles
Regulations
DEP Invites Comments On Regional Haze Revision To State Air Quality Implementation Plan [PaEN]
Renewable Energy
PUC Expects Natural Gas-Fired Electric Generation To Increase From 30 To 45% Of Capacity By End Of 2022 In PA
AP: Green Energy Firm Founder Gets 22 Years In Fraud Cases, Must Pay $54M In Restitution
Trump Says Windmill Power Isn’t Working, His Energy Secretary Disagrees
Stormwater
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Harrisburg Sewage System Released Nearly 1.4 Billion Gallons Of Inadequately Treated Wastewater Into Susquehanna In 2018, An Increase Since 2016 [PaEN]
Amid Contamination Concerns, Harrisburg’s City Island Beach Keep-Out Sign Hard To Find
Williamsport Authority Chair Nixes Idea To Transfer City Stormwater System
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Sept. 21 Hike To Goose Pond Dry Flood Control Dam In Monroe County [PaEN]
Susquehanna River
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Honors Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership Founder John Cox, Other Award Winners Sept. 26 [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11-12 [PaEN]
Annual Stream Survey Monitors Susquehanna River Health In Wyoming County
West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Coalition Meets Sept. 17 At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County [PaEN]
Wastewater Facilities
Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Hit With $200,000 Wastewater Penalty By City Of Erie
Watershed Protection
Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay Honors Turkey Hill Clean Water Partnership Founder John Cox, Other Award Winners Sept. 26 [PaEN]
DEP, Agriculture, DCNR Layout Their Hopes For Final Chesapeake Bay Healthy Waters, Healthy Communities Watershed Plan [PaEN]
Harrisburg Sewage System Released Nearly 1.4 Billion Gallons Of Inadequately Treated Wastewater Into Susquehanna In 2018, An Increase Since 2016 [PaEN]
Amid Contamination Concerns, Harrisburg’s City Island Beach Keep-Out Sign Hard To Find
Bay Journal: Cruel World Awaits Newly Planted Forested Stream Buffers Without Maintenance [PaEN]
Neighborly Approach To Stream Buffers Has Ripple Effect Among Amish In Lancaster County [PaEN]
Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit March 11-12 [PaEN]
Bagenstose: DEP To Reevaluate Decision To Downgrade Tohickon Creek After Getting 900 Comments
West Branch Susquehanna Restoration Coalition Meets Sept. 17 At Bald Eagle State Park, Centre County [PaEN]
Delaware RiverKeeper/Local Groups: DEP Agrees To Additional Evaluation Of Tohickon Creek, Bucks County [PaEN]
Delaware RiverKeeper Aug. 30 RiverWatch Video Report
Annual Stream Survey Monitors Susquehanna River Health In Wyoming County
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Wildlife
Meyer: State Game Officers Partner With Veterinarians To Battle Degenerative Deer Disease
Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer Hits New PA High
P.J. Reilly: Big Changes In Store For PA Hunters As 2019-20 Season Opens
640 Fish Structures Built As Part Of Minsi Lake Cooperative Habitat Project In Northampton County [PaEN]
American Eels To Be Reintroduced To Pickering Creek In Chester County, Delaware Watershed [PaEN]
American Eels Reintroduced To Pickering Creek In Chester County, Delaware Watershed [PaEN]
Video Of American Eel Release
Pennsylvania Sees Rebound In Bald Eagle Numbers
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Exhibit Features Decades Of Work By Acclaimed Wildlife Artist Fred Wetzel [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Why Am I Seeing So Many Doves Just Now?
Marcus Schneck: Orphaned Bear Cubs Released Into Wild After Recover At Pocono Wildlife Rehab Center
Green, Spiky Hickory Horned Devil Caterpillar Found In Delaware Canal State Park
Punxsutawney Phil’s Counterpart In Michigan Casts His Own Shadow On Groundhog Weather Prediction Landscape
Americans’ Love Of Hiking Has Driven Elk To The Brink In Colorado, Scientists Say
AP: Pennsylvania Man Sentenced For Trafficking Protected Turtles
West Nile/Zika Virus
29 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Montour County [PaEN]
Mosquito Tests Positive For West Nile Virus In Westmorland County
Other
August Newsletter Now Available From Joint House, Senate Conservation Committee [PaEN]
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