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Politics
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Air
Moody’s: U.S. Steel Will Have Hard Time Funding New Environmental, Other PA Investments As Economy Slows
Group Against Smog And Pollution To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Oct. 12 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
PA Groups Pushback On EPA Plan To Eliminate Oil & Gas Industry Methane Regulations
Awards & Recognition
Finalists Selected For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
Westmoreland Conservation District Presents 2019 Outstanding Conservation Awards [PaEN]
EPA Honors 17 Green Power Leaders, Including Northampton Community College [PaEN]
Group Against Smog And Pollution To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Oct. 12 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Trail Heroes: The Critical Role Of Volunteers [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Andre Weltman, Friends Of Pine Grove Furnace State Park [PaEN]
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Update: The Long War On Spotted Lanternflies
Penn State Extension Educator Discusses Insecticides On Spotted Lanternflies
Agriculture Dept. Invites Pennsylvania Students To Help Fight Spotted Lanternfly By Entering Calendar Contest [PaEN]
PPL’s Talking About Birds And Bees, How It’s Trying To Get Back To Nature
Beekeeping, Brewmaking: Get To Know Philly’s Apiary Scene At Honey Festival
Budget
Could Restore PA Proposal Make Flood Recovery Faster In Centre County? Officials Discuss
PEMA, Centre County Officials Tout Wolf’s Restore PA Plans For Flood Prevention, Recovery
Nockamixon State Park Needs $24 Million In Repairs
Nockamixon State Park Needs $24 Million To Fix Hazardous Conditions
Nolde Forest Environmental Ed Center Needs Nearly $1 Million In Maintenance, Improvement Projects In Berks
Chesapeake Bay
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges PA To Meet Its Water Pollution Reduction Goals [PaEN]
Pennsylvania Has Permanently Protected More Land In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Than Any Other Individual Bay State [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Time For Greater State, Federal Support Of Farmers' Clean Water Efforts [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Commit To Saving Chesapeake Bay - Fmr Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
Maryland Won’t Fund Pennsylvania’s Clean Water Goals For Chesapeake Bay Governor Says
Enviros Fume As Maryland Governor Downplays Rift With PA Over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Looks To The Future
WITF Smart Talk: Is Pennsylvania Doing Enough For The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
Maryland Governor Re-elected Chair Of Chesapeake Bay Executive Council
Baltimore Sun: Let's Sue Pennsylvania To Get Serious About Cleaning Up Its Water Going To The Chesapeake Bay, Part II [PaEN]
Sean Sauro: Harrisburg Mayor: Plan To Reduce Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Not Good Enough
PA Capitol Pumps Wastewater Directly Into Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay’s Biggest Tributary
Op-Ed: PA Efforts To Curb Chesapeake Bay Pollution Have Stalled, Leaving Bay At Risk - By Former EPA Administrators Gina McCarthy & William Reilly [PaEN]
Letter: Pennsylvania Needs To Clean Up Its Chesapeake Bay-Polluting Act
Letter: We Have A Right To Clean Water
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
Agenda: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; Communities Need Help Funding Local Projects [PaEN]
South Williamsport, DuBoistown Consider Stormwater Partnership In Lycoming County
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Releases Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
New Report Marks Land Conservation Progress In Chesapeake Bay Watershed
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life - Audio Online Now
University Of Pittsburgh: Using Nature To Protect Cities From Extreme Weather [PaEN]
Keystone Coldwater Conference Set For Feb. 28-29 In State College [PaEN]
POWR Webinar Sept. 12 On Integrated Water Quality Report, Mapping Application [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
University Of Pittsburgh: Using Nature To Protect Cities From Extreme Weather [PaEN]
DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them? [PaEN]
Toxic Algae Detected In Frances Slocum Lake After Dog’s Death
Rabies Scare: Luzerne County Man Receiving Shots After Rabid Bat Bites Him
Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program Comes To Westmoreland County
Keystone Coldwater Conference Set For Feb. 28-29 In State College [PaEN]
Watershed Alliance Of Adams County Annual Picnic Sept. 15 In Cashtown [PaEN]
Green New Energy/Climate Deal To Be Subject Of Meadville Town Hall Sept. 9
POWR Webinar Sept. 12 On Integrated Water Quality Report, Mapping Application [PaEN]
CleanScapes Seeking Volunteers For Sept. 7 Bald Eagle Creek Cleanup Day In Clinton County [PaEN]
Free Electronics Waste Collection Set For Sept. 7 In Rostraver, Westmoreland County
Do I Need To Be Worried About Radon?
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life - Audio Online Now
Beekeeping, Brewmaking: Get To Know Philly’s Apiary Scene At Honey Festival
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Trail Heroes: The Critical Role Of Volunteers [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Andre Weltman, Friends Of Pine Grove Furnace State Park [PaEN]
York County Asking For Public Comment On Land Preservation
Plans For First Ever Environmental Film Fest In Newtown Borough, Bucks County Sept. 19
Hopey: Amazon Rainforest Fires Spark Activist Rally In Pittsburgh
Climate
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
University Of Pittsburgh: Using Nature To Protect Cities From Extreme Weather [PaEN]
Pitt, Northwestern Receive $2 Million From National Science Foundation To Study Green Infrastructure
Centre Climate: Serious About Reducing Your Carbon Footprint? Look To Transportation
Democratic Senators, Clean Power PA Coalition Announce Bill Requiring Power Sector 90% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions By 2040 [PaEN]
Bagenstose: Bucks, Montgomery Democrats Stump For Solar Energy, Carbon Cap
Cap-And-Trade System For Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In PA? Maybe, If These Lawmakers Get Their Way
Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support (SEEDS) To Reveal New Initiatives, Show Electric Vehicles At Annual Meeting Sept. 17 In Wayne County [PaEN]
Green New Energy/Climate Deal To Be Subject Of Meadville Town Hall Sept. 9
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life - Audio Online Now
Allentown Topped 35 Major Climate Sites With Soggy Summer Swelter
Pittsburgh Mayor Requires New City Buildings To Be Net-Zero Energy, Energy Efficient
Pittsburgh Moving To Reduce Energy Consumption By 50 Percent
Op-Ed: Philadelphia Should Declare A Climate Emergency
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life
Hopey: Amazon Rainforest Fires Spark Activist Rally In Pittsburgh
PA Groups Pushback On EPA Plan To Eliminate Oil & Gas Industry Methane Regulations
Editorial: Sanders Climate Plan Disregards Costs To Get Votes
Coal Mining
Longwall Coal Mining Returns To Undermine I-70 In Southwest PA
Hundreds Attend Viewing For Young Coal Miner Fatally Crushed In PA Coal Mine
Avondale: The Disaster That Changed Everything About Anthracite Mining
Editorial: Avondale Mine Disaster Shaped The Northeast
Miners’ Union President: Coal’s Not Back, Nobody Saved The Coal Industry
Compliance Action
DEP Enters Agreement With Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority For Critical Upgrades To Highland 2 Reservoir [PaEN]
DCNR
DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]
September 4 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 5 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
DEP Enters Agreement With Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority For Critical Upgrades To Highland 2 Reservoir [PaEN]
On Sept. 17 DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council Will Hear Update On PFAS Contamination Response In The Year Since The Governor’s Action Team Was Formed [PaEN]
DEP Wants More Testing Of Water Treatment To Remove PFAS Chemicals In Bucks, Montgomery Counties
Bagenstose: New PFAS Investigation: 5 Things You Need To Know
Bagenstose: Why Isn’t The Military Cleaning Up PFAS Firefighting Chemicals?
PFAS Chemicals Showing Up In Montgomery County Water Beyond Military Bases
PA Township News: Public & Private Water Supplies Face Threats From Emerging Contaminants [PaEN]
Education
GlaxoSmithKline, Franklin Institute Hope To Inspire Young Scientists With Summer Program
Agriculture Dept. Invites Pennsylvania Students To Help Fight Spotted Lanternfly By Entering Calendar Contest [PaEN]
Plans For First Ever Environmental Film Fest In Newtown Borough, Bucks County Sept. 19
Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program Comes To Westmoreland County
Emergency Response
Agriculture: Farmers In 7 Northeast Counties Eligible For Disaster Relief Funding Due To Excessive Rainfall [PaEN]
UGI Repairs Major Gas Leak Near Conestoga Valley’s Middle, High Schools; Pipeline Struck By Backhoe
PEMA Offering 30 Ways Over 30 Days To Get Residents Prepared For An Emergency
Could Restore PA Proposal Make Flood Recovery Faster In Centre County? Officials Discuss
PEMA, Centre County Officials Tout Wolf’s Restore PA Plans For Flood Prevention, Recovery
Auditor General: Archaic Laws Preventing Firefighters From Accessing Millions In State Aid
Auditor General Looks To Relief Funds To Help Volunteer Firefighters
Firefighters Mixed On Call For PA Funding Reform
Editorial: Firefighter Support Is Priceless
Exelon Wants Safety Changes At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant: End To Sirens, Pills, Evacuation Zone, Even Though It Will Still Be A Nuclear Waste Site
Based On Other Closed Plants, TMI Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Might Be Shortened
Energy
EPA Honors 17 Green Power Leaders, Including Northampton Community College [PaEN]
Report: Gas-Fired Electric Generation Will Rise In PA As Coal, Nuclear Decline
Longwall Coal Mining Returns To Undermine I-70 In Southwest PA
Hundreds Attend Viewing For Young Coal Miner Fatally Crushed In PA Coal Mine
Democratic Senators, Clean Power PA Coalition Announce Bill Requiring Power Sector 90% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions By 2040 [PaEN]
Bagenstose: Bucks, Montgomery Democrats Stump For Solar Energy, Carbon Cap
Cap-And-Trade System For Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In PA? Maybe, If These Lawmakers Get Their Way
Penn State University Breaks Ground For 70-Megawatt, 500 Acre Solar Energy Facility In Franklin County [PaEN]
Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Conference & Expo Set For Sept. 17-18 In Baltimore [PaEN]
Green New Energy/Climate Deal To Be Subject Of Meadville Town Hall Sept. 9
Pittsburgh Mayor Requires New City Buildings To Be Net-Zero Energy, Energy Efficient
Pittsburgh Moving To Reduce Energy Consumption By 50 Percent
Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support (SEEDS) To Reveal New Initiatives, Show Electric Vehicles At Annual Meeting Sept. 17 In Wayne County [PaEN]
Exelon Wants Safety Changes At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant: End To Sirens, Pills, Evacuation Zone, Even Though It Will Still Be A Nuclear Waste Site
Exelon Says Undue Hardship Would Result From Continuing Emergency Mandates
Based On Other Closed Plants, TMI Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Might Be Shortened
Three Mile Island Reducing Output Before Permanent Shutdown
Township Concerned With What Industry Replacing Three Mile Island
Op-Ed: Trump’s Crucial Decision On Nuclear Power
UGI To Build New Training Complex In Bern Twp., Berks County
FirstEnergy Asks Ohio Court To Block Referendum On Nuclear, Coal Bailout
Miners’ Union President: Coal’s Not Back, Nobody Saved The Coal Industry
Fmr FERC Adviser Puts $5.7B Price Tag On PJM’s Clean Energy Market Policy
Op-Ed: Wind Power Shortage In Texas Warning About Sources Depended On Weather
Energy Conservation
Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support (SEEDS) To Reveal New Initiatives, Show Electric Vehicles At Annual Meeting Sept. 17 In Wayne County [PaEN]
U.S. Dept. Of Energy Moves To Eliminate Cost-Saving Lighting Efficiency Standards [PaEN]
Trump Administration Switches Off Rule For Energy Efficient Light Bulbs
DOE Downplays Impact Of New Light Bulb Rules, But NGOs Ready To Sue
Environmental Health
For Chronic Lyme Disease Patients, Every Day Can Be A Struggle
Environmental Heritage
We Remember September 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN]
VP Pence To Speak At Flight 93 Memorial On 9/11
Editorial: On 9/11 Some Lives Ended, Other Lives Began, Our Nation United In Sorrow
Avondale: The Disaster That Changed Everything About Anthracite Mining
Editorial: Avondale Mine Disaster Shaped The Northeast
Environmental Policy
In Case You Missed It In August Now Available From PA Environmental Council [PaEN]
Farming
Finalists Selected For Pennsylvania Leopold Farm Conservation Award [PaEN]
Westmoreland Conservation District Presents 2019 Outstanding Conservation Awards [PaEN]
Agriculture: Farmers In 7 Northeast Counties Eligible For Disaster Relief Funding Due To Excessive Rainfall [PaEN]
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges PA To Meet Its Water Pollution Reduction Goals [PaEN]
Pennsylvania Has Permanently Protected More Land In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Than Any Other Individual Bay State [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Time For Greater State, Federal Support Of Farmers' Clean Water Efforts [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Commit To Saving Chesapeake Bay - Fmr Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
Maryland Won’t Fund Pennsylvania’s Clean Water Goals For Chesapeake Bay Governor Says
Enviros Fume As Maryland Governor Downplays Rift With PA Over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Looks To The Future
WITF Smart Talk: Is Pennsylvania Doing Enough For The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
Maryland Governor Re-elected Chair Of Chesapeake Bay Executive Council
Baltimore Sun: Let's Sue Pennsylvania To Get Serious About Cleaning Up Its Water Going To The Chesapeake Bay, Part II [PaEN]
Sean Sauro: Harrisburg Mayor: Plan To Reduce Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Not Good Enough
PA Capitol Pumps Wastewater Directly Into Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay’s Biggest Tributary
Op-Ed: PA Efforts To Curb Chesapeake Bay Pollution Have Stalled, Leaving Bay At Risk - By Former EPA Administrators Gina McCarthy & William Reilly [PaEN]
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
Update: The Long War On Spotted Lanternflies
Penn State Extension Educator Discusses Insecticides On Spotted Lanternflies
Agriculture Dept. Invites Pennsylvania Students To Help Fight Spotted Lanternfly By Entering Calendar Contest [PaEN]
York County Asking For Public Comment On Land Preservation
Flooding
Agriculture: Farmers In 7 Northeast Counties Eligible For Disaster Relief Funding Due To Excessive Rainfall [PaEN]
Agenda: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; Communities Need Help Funding Local Projects [PaEN]
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
University Of Pittsburgh: Using Nature To Protect Cities From Extreme Weather [PaEN]
Pitt, Northwestern Receive $2 Million From National Science Foundation To Study Green Infrastructure
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
South Williamsport, DuBoistown Consider Stormwater Partnership In Lycoming County
Erie Summit Considers Options To Reduce Peak Sewer Flow During Heavy Rains
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Releases Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan
Could Restore PA Proposal Make Flood Recovery Faster In Centre County? Officials Discuss
PEMA, Centre County Officials Tout Wolf’s Restore PA Plans For Flood Prevention, Recovery
Flooding - Hurricanes
How Is Pittsburgh Assisting With Disaster Relief For Hurricane Dorian?
PPL Line Crews Back In Lehigh Valley, Met-Ed Workers Still Out Helping Southern Utilities
Game Commission: Piping Plovers From Presque Isle Headed Toward Wintering Grounds In Hurricane's Path [PaEN]
Presque Isle Piping Plovers Heading South
Analyst: Hurricane Dorian Not Expected To Impact Gasoline Prices
Hurricane Dorian’s Floodwaters Trap People In Attics In North Carolina
As Bahamas Turn To Recovery, U.S. Worries China Is Stepping In To Help
Trump: I’m Not Sure I’ve Heard Of A Category 5 Hurricane; There’s Been 4 During His Presidency
Trump Shows Hurricane Dorian Map Edited With A Marker To Include Alabama After His Erroneous Tweet
Forests
Westmoreland Conservation District Presents 2019 Outstanding Conservation Awards [PaEN]
Update: The Long War On Spotted Lanternflies
Penn State Extension Educator Discusses Insecticides On Spotted Lanternflies
Agriculture Dept. Invites Pennsylvania Students To Help Fight Spotted Lanternfly By Entering Calendar Contest [PaEN]
For Chronic Lyme Disease Patients, Every Day Can Be A Struggle
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Conference & Expo Set For Sept. 17-18 In Baltimore [PaEN]
3 People Charged With Graffiti Defacing Hessell Gessell Rock Formation In Tioga State Forest
Deer Browsing Is Generally Not Stopping The Densification Of Forests East Of The Mississippi River
Grants/Funding
DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]
Green Infrastructure
Agenda: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; Communities Need Help Funding Local Projects [PaEN]
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges PA To Meet Its Water Pollution Reduction Goals [PaEN]
Pennsylvania Has Permanently Protected More Land In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Than Any Other Individual Bay State [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Time For Greater State, Federal Support Of Farmers' Clean Water Efforts [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Commit To Saving Chesapeake Bay - Fmr Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
Maryland Won’t Fund Pennsylvania’s Clean Water Goals For Chesapeake Bay Governor Says
Enviros Fume As Maryland Governor Downplays Rift With PA Over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Looks To The Future
WITF Smart Talk: Is Pennsylvania Doing Enough For The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life - Audio Online Now
Maryland Governor Re-elected Chair Of Chesapeake Bay Executive Council
Baltimore Sun: Let's Sue Pennsylvania To Get Serious About Cleaning Up Its Water Going To The Chesapeake Bay, Part II [PaEN]
Sean Sauro: Harrisburg Mayor: Plan To Reduce Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Not Good Enough
PA Capitol Pumps Wastewater Directly Into Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay’s Biggest Tributary
Op-Ed: PA Efforts To Curb Chesapeake Bay Pollution Have Stalled, Leaving Bay At Risk - By Former EPA Administrators Gina McCarthy & William Reilly [PaEN]
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
University Of Pittsburgh: Using Nature To Protect Cities From Extreme Weather [PaEN]
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
Keystone Coldwater Conference Set For Feb. 28-29 In State College [PaEN]
South Williamsport, DuBoistown Consider Stormwater Partnership In Lycoming County
Erie Summit Considers Options To Reduce Peak Sewer Flow During Heavy Rains
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Releases Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan
Pitt, Northwestern Receive $2 Million From National Science Foundation To Study Green Infrastructure
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life
Hazardous Substances
On Sept. 17 DEP’s Citizens Advisory Council Will Hear Update On PFAS Contamination Response In The Year Since The Governor’s Action Team Was Formed [PaEN]
DEP Wants More Testing Of Water Treatment To Remove PFAS Chemicals In Bucks, Montgomery Counties
Bagenstose: New PFAS Investigation: 5 Things You Need To Know
Bagenstose: Why Isn’t The Military Cleaning Up PFAS Firefighting Chemicals?
PFAS Chemicals Showing Up In Montgomery County Water Beyond Military Bases
DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them? [PaEN]
Toxic Algae Detected In Frances Slocum Lake After Dog’s Death
Land Conservation
DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]
Pennsylvania Has Permanently Protected More Land In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Than Any Other Individual Bay State [PaEN]
4,350 Acres Added To Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Northampton, Monroe Counties [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Massive Acreage Added To PA’s Newest National Wildlife Refuge
Cherry Valley Wildlife Refuge Celebrates Protection Of 4,350 Acres For Wildlife, Recreation
New Report Marks Land Conservation Progress In Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Wildlands Conservancy Protects 60 More Acres In Lehigh County Starting New Nature Preserve, Adding To Another [PaEN]
York County Asking For Public Comment On Land Preservation
Solebury Twp Voters To Decide $12 Million Open Space Referendum In Bucks
Municipal Land Preservation Forum Sept. 10 In Cumberland County [PaEN]
Land Recycling
Construction Of Public Plaza At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site Underway In Pittsburgh [PaEN]
Lake Erie
DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them? [PaEN]
Toxic Algae Detected In Frances Slocum Lake After Dog’s Death
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Help Keep Litter Out Of Our Waterways, Register Now For Keep PA Beautiful's Pick Up Pennsylvania [PaEN]
CleanScapes Seeking Volunteers For Sept. 7 Bald Eagle Creek Cleanup Day In Clinton County [PaEN]
Free Electronics Waste Collection Set For Sept. 7 In Rostraver, Westmoreland County
Mine Reclamation
DEP Bureau Of Abandoned Mines Applying For Funds To Clean Upper Tioga River
Oil & Gas
Report: Gas-Fired Electric Generation Will Rise In PA As Coal, Nuclear Decline
Natural Gas Well Owners Get Production Data
Letter: Think About Energy Briefing, Not Enough Facts, Data, Too Much Cheerleading - Greater Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce
UGI Repairs Major Gas Leak Near Conestoga Valley’s Middle, High Schools; Pipeline Struck By Backhoe
UGI To Build New Training Complex In Bern Twp., Berks County
PA Groups Pushback On EPA Plan To Eliminate Oil & Gas Industry Methane Regulations
Penn State Researchers Develop New Cost-Effective Method For Finding Shale Gas Reserves
Analyst: Hurricane Dorian Not Expected To Impact Gasoline Prices
Pipelines
Risberg Natural Gas Pipeline Targets Mid-Fall For Completion In NW PA
Op-Ed: Let’s Address The Facts When It Comes To Pipelines, Energy
Buckeye’s Laurel Pipeline To Start Two-Way Flows October 1
Permitting
DEP Posts 41 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Radiation Protection
Exelon Wants Safety Changes At Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant: End To Sirens, Pills, Evacuation Zone, Even Though It Will Still Be A Nuclear Waste Site
Exelon Says Undue Hardship Would Result From Continuing Emergency Mandates
Based On Other Closed Plants, TMI Nuclear Power Plant Decommissioning Might Be Shortened
Three Mile Island Reducing Output Before Permanent Shutdown
Township Concerned With What Industry Replacing Three Mile Island
Op-Ed: Trump’s Crucial Decision On Nuclear Power
FirstEnergy Asks Ohio Court To Block Referendum On Nuclear, Coal Bailout
Radon
Do I Need To Be Worried About Radon?
Recreation
DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Trail Heroes: The Critical Role Of Volunteers [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Andre Weltman, Friends Of Pine Grove Furnace State Park [PaEN]
Nockamixon State Park Needs $24 Million In Repairs
Nockamixon State Park Needs $24 Million To Fix Hazardous Conditions
Nolde Forest Environmental Ed Center Needs Nearly $1 Million In Maintenance, Improvement Projects In Berks
DCNR, DCED Highlight Connection Between Trails, Small Business During Lehigh Valley Visit [PaEN]
Saucon Rail Trail Helped Lehigh Valley Businesses, Now They Want To Return The Favor
2019 River Valley Ride Set For Sept. 28 In Williamsport, Lycoming County [PaEN]
DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them? [PaEN]
Toxic Algae Detected In Frances Slocum Lake After Dog’s Death
Phase 2: Ohiopyle State Park Construction To Resume In Earnest Tuesday
Grand Canyon Of PA Boomed, Died And Bloomed Again
ATV Riders Irk Property Owners, But Find Few Legal Places To Ride
PennDOT Denies Alternative Route For ATV Event In Northumberland County
Editorial: Is ATV Information Best Safety Device?
Pittsburgh I-579’s Cap Park Will Cause Traffic Disruptions
Here Are 10 Great Hiking Trails In Lancaster County
Logan Streetcar-First Frontier Valley Trail Coal Cleanup Could Generate Revenue In Blair
Westmoreland Conservancy To Open Murrysville Trail For People With Mobility Issues
Nonprofit Seeks Funding To Deal With Eagle Lake Trail Hazard In Allegheny County
Woman Runs Saucon Rail Trail 10K While Juggling The Entire Time
Proposed Addition To Riverwalk Extension Serves Newberry In Lycoming County
Scranton Seeks Cost Of Downtown Walkability Plan
Donations Bring Community Playground Closer To Reality In Williamsport
Ben Franklin Elementary In Philadelphia Gets A Playground, A First For A Public School In 19120 Zip Code
3 People Charged With Graffiti Defacing Hessell Gessell Rock Formation In Tioga State Forest
Fall Foliage, Polar Coaster, What Do Months Ahead Have In Store For Centre County?
Preview Of Clarion Autumn Leaf Festival Sept. 28 - Oct. 6
For Chronic Lyme Disease Patients, Every Day Can Be A Struggle
VP Pence To Speak At Flight 93 Memorial On 9/11
Editorial: On 9/11 Some Lives Ended, Other Lives Began, Our Nation United In Sorrow
Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Historic Site Free Ice Cream Social/Open House Sept. 28 [PaEN]
Recycling/Waste
Bagenstose: The Rules Of Recycling Have Changed In Bucks County
Editorial: Effort To Recycle Glass In Erie Welcome
Free Electronics Waste Collection Set For Sept. 7 In Rostraver, Westmoreland County
Westmoreland Green Gathering Sept. 22: Changes In Curbside Recycling In Westmoreland County [PaEN]
South Whitehall Twp Committee Ponders Getting Rid Of Plastic Bags, Straws
Dunmore Panel Recommends Zoning Change To Boost Landfill’s Case For Expansion
Renewable Energy
EPA Honors 17 Green Power Leaders, Including Northampton Community College [PaEN]
Democratic Senators, Clean Power PA Coalition Announce Bill Requiring Power Sector 90% Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions By 2040 [PaEN]
Bagenstose: Bucks, Montgomery Democrats Stump For Solar Energy, Carbon Cap
Cap-And-Trade System For Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In PA? Maybe, If These Lawmakers Get Their Way
Penn State University Breaks Ground For 70-Megawatt, 500 Acre Solar Energy Facility In Franklin County [PaEN]
Mid-Atlantic Bioenergy Conference & Expo Set For Sept. 17-18 In Baltimore [PaEN]
Fmr FERC Adviser Puts $5.7B Price Tag On PJM’s Clean Energy Market Policy
Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support (SEEDS) To Reveal New Initiatives, Show Electric Vehicles At Annual Meeting Sept. 17 In Wayne County [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Wind Power Shortage In Texas Warning About Sources Depended On Weather
Stormwater
Agenda: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; Communities Need Help Funding Local Projects [PaEN]
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges PA To Meet Its Water Pollution Reduction Goals [PaEN]
Maryland Won’t Fund Pennsylvania’s Clean Water Goals For Chesapeake Bay Governor Says
Enviros Fume As Maryland Governor Downplays Rift With PA Over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Looks To The Future
WITF Smart Talk: Is Pennsylvania Doing Enough For The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
Maryland Governor Re-elected Chair Of Chesapeake Bay Executive Council
Baltimore Sun: Let's Sue Pennsylvania To Get Serious About Cleaning Up Its Water Going To The Chesapeake Bay, Part II [PaEN]
Sean Sauro: Harrisburg Mayor: Plan To Reduce Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Not Good Enough
PA Capitol Pumps Wastewater Directly Into Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay’s Biggest Tributary
Op-Ed: PA Efforts To Curb Chesapeake Bay Pollution Have Stalled, Leaving Bay At Risk - By Former EPA Administrators Gina McCarthy & William Reilly [PaEN]
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
University Of Pittsburgh: Using Nature To Protect Cities From Extreme Weather [PaEN]
Pitt, Northwestern Receive $2 Million From National Science Foundation To Study Green Infrastructure
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life - Audio Online Now
South Williamsport, DuBoistown Consider Stormwater Partnership In Lycoming County
Erie Summit Considers Options To Reduce Peak Sewer Flow During Heavy Rains
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Releases Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
SRBC
House Environmental Committee Tours Susquehanna River Basin Commission Headquarters [PaEN]
Susquehanna River
House Environmental Committee Tours Susquehanna River Basin Commission Headquarters [PaEN]
Wastewater Facilities
Op-Ed: Commit To Saving Chesapeake Bay - Fmr Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
Erie Summit Considers Options To Reduce Peak Sewer Flow During Heavy Rains
Letter: Pennsylvania Needs To Clean Up Its Chesapeake Bay-Polluting Act
Watershed Protection
Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges PA To Meet Its Water Pollution Reduction Goals [PaEN]
Pennsylvania Has Permanently Protected More Land In Chesapeake Bay Watershed Than Any Other Individual Bay State [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Time For Greater State, Federal Support Of Farmers' Clean Water Efforts [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Commit To Saving Chesapeake Bay - Fmr Gov. Dick Thornburgh [PaEN]
Maryland Won’t Fund Pennsylvania’s Clean Water Goals For Chesapeake Bay Governor Says
Enviros Fume As Maryland Governor Downplays Rift With PA Over Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Chesapeake Bay Executive Council Looks To The Future
WITF Smart Talk: Is Pennsylvania Doing Enough For The Chesapeake Bay Cleanup?
Maryland Governor Re-elected Chair Of Chesapeake Bay Executive Council
Baltimore Sun: Let's Sue Pennsylvania To Get Serious About Cleaning Up Its Water Going To The Chesapeake Bay, Part II [PaEN]
Sean Sauro: Harrisburg Mayor: Plan To Reduce Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Not Good Enough
PA Capitol Pumps Wastewater Directly Into Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay’s Biggest Tributary
Op-Ed: PA Efforts To Curb Chesapeake Bay Pollution Have Stalled, Leaving Bay At Risk - By Former EPA Administrators Gina McCarthy & William Reilly [PaEN]
Letter: We Have A Right To Clean Water
Letter: Pennsylvania Needs To Clean Up Its Chesapeake Bay-Polluting Act
WITF Smart Talk: Urban Forests Enhance Quality Of Life - Audio Online Now
New Report Marks Land Conservation Progress In Chesapeake Bay Watershed
71% Increase In Very Heavy Precipitation Events In Last 54 Years In PA: Learn How To Prepare For Emergencies - 30 Days/30 Ways [PaEN]
Agenda: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Sept. 11 Hearing On MS4 Stormwater Program; Communities Need Help Funding Local Projects [PaEN]
South Williamsport, DuBoistown Consider Stormwater Partnership In Lycoming County
Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority Releases Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan
Pitt, Northwestern Receive $2 Million From National Science Foundation To Study Green Infrastructure
Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 5 RiverWatch Video Report
DEP Wants More Testing Of Water Treatment To Remove PFAS Chemicals In Bucks, Montgomery Counties
Bagenstose: New PFAS Investigation: 5 Things You Need To Know
Bagenstose: Why Isn’t The Military Cleaning Up PFAS Firefighting Chemicals?
PFAS Chemicals Showing Up In Montgomery County Water Beyond Military Bases
DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them? [PaEN]
Toxic Algae Detected In Frances Slocum Lake After Dog’s Death
POWR Webinar Sept. 12 On Integrated Water Quality Report, Mapping Application [PaEN]
Keystone Coldwater Conference Set For Feb. 28-29 In State College [PaEN]
Call For Abstracts: Bucknell University Susquehanna River Symposium Oct. 18-19 Lewisburg [PaEN]
Watershed Alliance Of Adams County Annual Picnic Sept. 15 In Cashtown [PaEN]
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Wildlife
Game Commission: Chronic Wasting Disease Rules Also Apply To Hunters Bringing Deer, Elk, Moose From Out-Of-State [PaEN]
Rabies Scare: Luzerne County Man Receiving Shots After Rabid Bat Bites Him
Pennsylvania Master Naturalist Program Comes To Westmoreland County
Keystone Coldwater Conference Set For Feb. 28-29 In State College [PaEN]
4,350 Acres Added To Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Northampton, Monroe Counties [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Massive Acreage Added To PA’s Newest National Wildlife Refuge
Cherry Valley Wildlife Refuge Celebrates Protection Of 4,350 Acres For Wildlife, Recreation
John Buffone: Sunday Hunting Advocates, Foes Will Battle For House Support At Sept. 10 Hearing
John Hayes: Sunday Hunting May Finally Go Through The Legislature This Month
Marcus Schneck: Hunting Seasons Open For Some Birds You Didn’t Know Existed
Marcus Schneck: Goose Hunters In SE PA Face Big Reductions This Year
Bob Frye: Velvet Antlers About To Disappear For Another Year
John Hayes: Don’t Miss Out On Extended Season Of Trout Fishing
Game Commission Online Elk Cam Now Live, Public Can See And Hear The Wonder Of Bugling Season [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: PA Elk Cam Launches New Season Of Live Streaming From Elk Range
AP: Game Commission Frees Bull Elk From Tangle Of Fence In Elk County
Game Commission: Piping Plovers From Presque Isle Headed Toward Wintering Grounds In Hurricane's Path [PaEN]
Presque Isle Piping Plovers Heading South
Ad Crable: Birdwatchers,Can Help Raise Money For Conservation At Bird-A-Thon Sept. 22 In Lancaster
DEP Common Wealth Blog: What Are Harmful Algal Blooms And What Should You Do About Them? [PaEN]
Toxic Algae Detected In Frances Slocum Lake After Dog’s Death
Bear Attacks On Dogs In Lycoming County Have Residents Calling On State To Act
Game Commission Explains Why It Didn’t Tranquilize Bear That Attacked Dog
Allegheny Front: On Patrol In Pittsburgh For Urban Wildlife
Birds Are Costing Centre County Thousands Of Dollars In Damage
Fish & Boat Commission: Drawdown Underway In Advance Of Dam Rehab Project At Lake Somerset [PaEN]
State Officials Pledge More Aggressive Approach to Combating Overgrowth At Lake Somerset
Deer Browsing Is Generally Not Stopping The Densification Of Forests East Of The Mississippi River
Marcus Schneck: Stink Bug Home Invasion Frenzy On The Horizon Across PA
West Nile/Zika Virus
30 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Or Animals Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Northumberland County [PaEN]
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