Environment & Energy NewsClips

Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.

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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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9/9/2019

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