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House Committee To Consider Bill Sept. 17 To Establish 5-Person Commission To Make Decisions On 31,000 Environmental Permits;  Fire All DEP Employees Handling Permit Reviews [PaEN]

Conservation Organizations Oppose EPA’s Move To Finalize Rollback Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule [PaEN]

Meyer: Pennsylvania Business Advocates Celebrate Trump’s Clean Water Rollback

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: EPA Makes Move To Roll Back Clean Water Protections

Trump Blames Energy Efficient Light Bulbs For His Orange Hue

9/11

We Remember September 11, 2001 - DEP Responds To A National Tragedy [PaEN]

Personal Memories Of Sept. 11, 2001 And What Came After -- David Hess, Fmr Secretary Of DEP [PaEN]

Bedford To Host 9/11 Cyclists

AP: 18 Years Later, American Vows To Never Forget 9/11

18 Years Later: Remembering The 9/11 Heroes At Shanksville, Somerset County

Heroics Of Flight 93 Passengers, Crew Remembered On 9/11

Thousands Ride In Annual Williamsport 9/11 Memorial Ride

Editorial: 9/11 Will Live In Infamy

Editorial: On Anniversary Of 9/11, We Must find Strength To Unite Again

Editorial: What We Can Do To Honor  9/11 Victims

Politics

Can National Democrats Ban Fracking And Win PA?

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Air

Group Against Smog & Pollution Announces 2019 Michelle Madoff Environmental Excellence Award Winners [PaEN]

GASP: DEP Asks Hearing Board Judge To Certify Appealability Of Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Aug. 28 Ruling [PaEN]

City Could Kick In $10M For Asbestos Work In Philadelphia Schools

Op-Ed Trump’s Move To Revoke California’s Auto Emissions Authority Affront To Conservative Principles - Schwarzenegger

Alternative Fuels

PA Taps Federal Alternative Fuels Corridor Program To Expand Use Of Alternative Fuels

Awards & Recognition

Group Against Smog & Pollution Announces 2019 Michelle Madoff Environmental Excellence Award Winners [PaEN]

PA's REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Recognized By Environmental Defense Fund, National Assn. Of State Departments Of Agriculture [PaEN]

Kinzua Bridge State Park In McKean County Named Best In Culture By American Bus Association [PaEN]

Voting Open For 2019 State Parks & Forests Through The Seasons Photo Contest Thru Sept. 18 [PaEN]

Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Nominations For Chesapeake Forest Champions [PaEN]

Luzerne County Disaster Recovery Coalition Honors 2 For Service After 2011 Flood

Refinery Employees Honored For Heroism During Fire By Philly Firefighters Union

PA Resources Council Holds 80th Anniversary Celebration Oct. 17 In Newtown Square, Delaware County [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Backyard Warriors Ready For Lanternfly Egg-Laying Season, But Check Facts First

Spotted Lanternflies Connect High School Students To College

Kummer: Philly Cops: Don’t Call 911 To Report Spotted Lanternfly Invasions

September Catalyst Now Available From The Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]

Budget

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Leaders Meet Without Tackling PA's Funding Shortfall [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Testimony On The Need To Help Communities Implementing MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plans [PaEN]

Concerns Aired Over Cost Of Stormwater Pollution Reduction Sediment Rule, Funding Needed

DCNR, Fish & Boat Commission Discuss Green Infrastructure Needs Along Lancaster County Waterway [PaEN]

EPA Provides $2.4 Million To Pennsylvania To Help Implement Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan [PaEN]

Op-Ed: To Protect Pennsylvania, We Must Reject Restore PA Infrastructure Plan - Food & Water Watch [offers no alternatives for funding]

1 Year After Catastrophic Floods, York County Still Waiting For Road Repairs

Stormwater Fee Funded Projects Plan Gets Update By Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

Op-Ed: Time For More Support Of Farmers’ Clean Water Efforts

Harrisburg Comes To Franklin County For Stormwater Talk

Congressional Lawmakers Start Bid To Continue Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund Fee

Legislation Introduced In Congress To Reauthorized Federal Fee To Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines

Op-Ed: Independence National Park In Philly Needs A Facelift, Now There’s A GoFundMeFor That

Sales Of Troegs Beer Will Fund Appalachian Forest Preservation

Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Leaders Meet Without Tackling PA's Funding Shortfall [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Testimony On The Need To Help Communities Implementing MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plans [PaEN]

Concerns Aired Over Cost Of Stormwater Pollution Reduction Sediment Rule, Funding Needed

EPA Provides $2.4 Million To Pennsylvania To Help Implement Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan [PaEN]

PA's REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Recognized By Environmental Defense Fund, National Assn. Of State Departments Of Agriculture [PaEN]

Stormwater Fee Funded Projects Plan Gets Update By Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Nominations For Chesapeake Forest Champions [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Shad Restoration Efforts A Mixed Bag Around Chesapeake Bay In 2019

Bay Journal: Researchers Find Sunscreen Chemicals In Chesapeake Bay Oysters

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Grant Program Opens For Applications [PaEN]

Heroes On The Water In Pennsylvania

Conservation Organizations Oppose EPA’s Move To Finalize Rollback Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule [PaEN]

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

Heroes On The Water In Pennsylvania

Luzerne County Disaster Recovery Coalition Honors 2 For Service After 2011 Flood

Voting Open For 2019 State Parks & Forests Through The Seasons Photo Contest Thru Sept. 18 [PaEN]

PRC Hosts September Household Chemical Collection Event, Pop Up Glass Recycling Events In Allegheny, Washington Counties [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District Hosts Oct. 7 Stormwater, Snow Management Road Maintenance Workshop [PaEN]

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Is Your Property At Risk From Flooding, York County Website Will Tell You

Penn State Extension: Plan A Backyard Wildlife Habitat

Process Underway To Create Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Association In Allegheny County

Backyard Warriors Ready For Lanternfly Egg-Laying Season, But Check Facts First

Pennsylvania Wants You To Have No Mercy On Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses

Spotted Lanternflies Connect High School Students To College

Climate

Letter: Stand Up For The Planet On Climate Strike Day   Climate Strike Sept. 20-27

Penn State Scientists Find Fossil Fuel Emissions Impact Arctic Snow Chemistry

StateImpact PA’s Climate Forum In Philadelphia: What We Learned

Kummer: The Secret Scourge Of Climate Change? More Raw Sewage In Philadelphia’s Waterways

House Environmental Committee Holds Info Meeting With DEP On Wolf Climate Change Initiatives Sept. 19 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Lifestyle Changes Aren’t Enough To Save The Planet, Here’s What Could - Penn State Climate Scientist Michael Mann

Great Allegheny Passage Trail Relay Presented By UPMC Health Plan On Oct. 11-12 Aims To Be First Carbon Neutral Trail Relay In U.S. [PaEN]

Delaware Valley University: Farming In Climate Chaos Seminar, Sept. 25 In Bucks County [PaEN]

Swarthmore Professor Urges Colleagues To Cancel Class For Climate Strike

Op-Ed: How Climate Change Is Already Affecting The Lehigh Valley - PennEnvironment

Op-Ed: Climate Change Is Hurting Philadelphians’ Health, Worst Is Yet To Come

Dickinson College Farm Doubles As Solar Education Facility In Cumberland County

Penn State Plans PA’s Largest Solar Project In Franklin County

DEP Sets Oct. 21 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Project Water Quality Permit In Carbon County [PaEN]

Center For Coalfield Justice, Partners Hosting Greene County Solar Festival Sept. 28 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Green Breakthroughs From An Unexpected Source - Natural Gas

Op-Ed: PJM Policy To Add $5.7B Cost to Capacity Market?  We Don’t Think So - Glen Thomas

Op-Ed Trump’s Move To Revoke California’s Auto Emissions Authority Affront To Conservative Principles - Schwarzenegger

Editorial: Trump Should Halt Antitrust Investigation Of Automakers Over California Fuel Standards Agreement

PG&E Reaches $11 Billion Insurance Settlement Over 2017, 2018 California Wildfire Claims

Americans Increasingly See Climate Change As A Crisis, Poll Shows

Coal Mining

Event Marks Avondale Mine Fire That Led To Labor Changes

Ceremony Marks 150th Anniversary Of Avondale Mine Disaster

Kentucky Coal Miners Battle To Get Paid

Compliance Action

GASP: DEP Asks Hearing Board Judge To Certify Appealability Of Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Aug. 28 Ruling [PaEN]

DEP Orders Sunoco To Cover Exposed Natural Gas Liquids, Other Petroleum Pipelines At 43 Locations Across The State [PaEN]

DEP Orders Sunoco To Cover Exposed Pipelines In 43 Locations

DCNR

Pennsylvania Fire Fighters Join Others To Battle Wildfires In Northern California [PaEN]

Sept. 13 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Kummer: The Secret Scourge Of Climate Change? More Raw Sewage In Philadelphia’s Waterways

How Regulation, Federal Dollars Revived The Delaware River

Rain Garden At Strawberry Mansion In Philly Holds Water, Makes Students Safer

Pike Conservation District Hosts Oct. 7 Stormwater, Snow Management Road Maintenance Workshop [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 13 RiverWatch Video Report

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Fort Indiantown Gap Added To List Of PFAS Contamination Sites

Federal Bill Would Examine PFAS Exposures In Military Children

Congress Debates PFAS Measures, Lawmakers Press Chemical Companies

New Bloomfield, Perry County, Water Facility To Be Built In 2020

Letter: Best Way To Protect Kids Is To Prevent Lead Exposure

Economic Development

Blair County Business Committee Focuses On Sustainability Efforts

Editorial: Columbia, Lancaster County Gets Promising Vision For Next Chapter

Philly Refinery Site Attracts 3rd Suitor, Developer Industrial Realty Group

Education

Heroes On The Water In Pennsylvania

Natalie Brown Of Birdsboro Completes Wildlife Leadership Field School

Dickinson College Farm Doubles As Solar Education Facility In Cumberland County

Murphy: PA Launches Review Of Science Education Standards

Spotted Lanternflies Connect High School Students To College

Western PA Conservancy To Demonstrate Electrofishing With Buffalo Creek Watershed Assn. Sept. 12

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Autumn Lecture Series Returns To Hawk Mountain Sanctuary In Berks County [PaEN]

Murrysville Company Sets Up Live Webcam In Benezette To Watch Elk

Help Wanted; Audubon PA Delaware Watershed Alliance For Watershed Ed Program Associate [PaEN]

Dragonfly Swarm Stops In Southwestern PA On Migration

AP: Cloudy With A Chance Of Dragonflies?  Swarms Visible On Radar

Marcus Schneck: It’s A Full Micro Harvest Moon On Friday The 13th

Emergency Response

WITF Smart Talk: Legislation Aims To Help Fire Companies Recoup Response Costs From Insurance Companies

Luzerne County Disaster Recovery Coalition Honors 2 For Service After 2011 Flood

Penn State Harrisburg Students Evacuated After Gas Line Struck

Energy

Community Advisory Board Might Be Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Closure

NRC: No Major Environmental Impact In Keeping Three Mile Island Accident Waste In Idaho

DiSanto Legislation To Support TMI Communities Losing Tax Revenue In Senate

Reuters: Bankrupt Philadelphia Refiner Paid Executives $4.5 Million In Bonuses Just After Explosion, Fire

Maykuth: After Explosion, Fire, Philly Refinery Paid Executives $4.5 Million In Bonuses While Hundreds Were Laid Off

Bonuses Paid To Philly Refinery Executives Infuriate Ex-Workers, Environmentalists

Philly Refinery Site Attracts 3rd Suitor, Developer Industrial Realty Group

Dickinson College Farm Doubles As Solar Education Facility In Cumberland County

Penn State Plans PA’s Largest Solar Project In Franklin County

DEP Sets Oct. 21 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Project Water Quality Permit In Carbon County [PaEN]

Center For Coalfield Justice, Partners Hosting Greene County Solar Festival Sept. 28 [PaEN]

Viral South Philly Utility Pole To Be Reborn As Green Biomass Fuel

PUC Begins Be Utility Wise Consumer Education Events Start Sept. 13 In Erie [PaEN]

PUC Official Stresses Energy Affordability In Erie Consumer Education Visit

Planned Power Outage To Affect Centre, Clinton County Residents Next Weekend

Editorial: Trump Should Halt Antitrust Investigation Of Automakers Over California Fuel Standards Agreement

Op-Ed: PJM Policy To Add $5.7B Cost to Capacity Market?  We Don’t Think So - Glen Thomas

Study Says Renewable Energy Power Plants Will Overtake Natural Gas Plants By 2035 In U.S.

Energy Conservation

Allegheny County Votes To Implement C-PACE Clean Energy Financing Program For Commercial Properties [PaEN]

Trump Blames Energy Efficient Light Bulbs For His Orange Hue

Editorial: Energy Efficient Bulb Rule Should Not Be Changed

Environmental Health

Op-Ed: Tell Your Senator To Support House Bill That Fights Lyme Disease

Environmental Heritage

Flight 93 National Memorial: Visitors Should Arrive Early For Anniversary Ceremony

AP: Runners, Bicyclists Depart Pentagon For Sept. 11 Fundraiser

Event Marks Avondale Mine Fire That Led To Labor Changes

Ceremony Marks 150th Anniversary Of Avondale Mine Disaster

Reporter Recalls Events Of September 2011 Flood In NE PA

Farming

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Leaders Meet Without Tackling PA's Funding Shortfall [PaEN]

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Grant Program Opens For Applications [PaEN]

Backyard Warriors Ready For Lanternfly Egg-Laying Season, But Check Facts First

Spotted Lanternflies Connect High School Students To College

Pennsylvania Wants You To Have No Mercy On Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses

Kummer: Philly Cops: Don’t Call 911 To Report Spotted Lanternfly Invasions

September Catalyst Now Available From The Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]

Land Conservancy Of Adams County Preserves 17 Acres Of Woodland In Key Location [PaEN]

Delaware Valley University: Farming In Climate Chaos Seminar, Sept. 25 In Bucks County [PaEN]

Has Gentrification Caused Some Amish To Leave Lancaster County?

Flooding

1 Year After Catastrophic Floods, York County Still Waiting For Road Repairs

Luzerne County Disaster Recovery Coalition Honors 2 For Service After 2011 Flood

Tally Of Luzerne County Flood Buyouts Updated

Is Your Property At Risk From Flooding, York County Website Will Tell You

Reporter Recalls Events Of September 2011 Flood In NE PA

Op-Ed: How Climate Change Is Already Affecting The Lehigh Valley - PennEnvironment

Flooding - Hurricanes

AP: Still Reeling From Dorian, Bahamas Hit By Tropical Storm

Editorial: Puerto Ricans In PA Still Suffering From Hurricane Maria

Editorial: Sharpie Mightier Than Science

Forests

Voting Open For 2019 State Parks & Forests Through The Seasons Photo Contest Thru Sept. 18 [PaEN]

Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Nominations For Chesapeake Forest Champions [PaEN]

Pennsylvania Fire Fighters Join Others To Battle Wildfires In Northern California [PaEN]

Backyard Warriors Ready For Lanternfly Egg-Laying Season, But Check Facts First

Spotted Lanternflies Connect High School Students To College

Pennsylvania Wants You To Have No Mercy On Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses

Kummer: Philly Cops: Don’t Call 911 To Report Spotted Lanternfly Invasions

September Catalyst Now Available From The Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Tell Your Senator To Support House Bill That Fights Lyme Disease

Forests - Wildfires

PG&E Reaches $11 Billion Insurance Settlement Over 2017, 2018 California Wildfire Claims

Geographic Names

Maryland Takes Down Signs To Negro Mountain In MD & PA; PA House Member Seeks To Change No Longer Appropriate Geographical Names [PaEN]

Geology

Small Earthquake Confirmed In Adams County

Earthquake Recorded In York County

Grants/Funding

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Grant Program Opens For Applications [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Leaders Meet Without Tackling PA's Funding Shortfall [PaEN]

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Testimony On The Need To Help Communities Implementing MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plans [PaEN]

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Grant Program Opens For Applications [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Time For More Support Of Farmers’ Clean Water Efforts

PA's REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Recognized By Environmental Defense Fund, National Assn. Of State Departments Of Agriculture [PaEN]

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, Including Incorporating Green Infrastructure [PaEN]

Stormwater Fee Funded Projects Plan Gets Update By Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

Pike Conservation District Hosts Oct. 7 Stormwater, Snow Management Road Maintenance Workshop [PaEN]

Rain Garden At Strawberry Mansion In Philly Holds Water, Makes Students Safer

Hazardous Substances

Fort Indiantown Gap Added To List Of PFAS Contamination Sites

Congress Debates PFAS Measures, Lawmakers Press Chemical Companies

Federal Bill Would Examine PFAS Exposures In Military Children

City Could Kick In $10M For Asbestos Work In Philadelphia Schools

Letter: Best Way To Protect Kids Is To Prevent Lead Exposure

Land Conservation

Land Conservancy Of Adams County Preserves 17 Acres Of Woodland In Key Location [PaEN]

The Nature Conservancy-PA, Troegs Independent Brewing Teaming Up To Protect Kittatinny Ridge With New Trail Day Beer [PaEN]

Sales Of Troegs Beer Will Fund Appalachian Forest Preservation

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: Tracy Ridge Mountain Biking On Hiking Trails Project Canceled In Allegheny National Forest [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PRC Hosts September Household Chemical Collection Event, Pop Up Glass Recycling Events In Allegheny, Washington Counties [PaEN]

Altoona Community Cleanup Day Sept. 21

Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group Participating In Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics

Mine Reclamation

Congressional Lawmakers Start Bid To Continue Abandoned Mine Cleanup Fund Fee

Legislation Introduced In Congress To Reauthorized Federal Fee To Clean Up Abandoned Coal Mines

Oil & Gas

Earthworks’ New Report, Interactive Map Tracks Disposal Of 380 Million Barrels Of PA Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater, Including Road Dumping [PaEN]

Siri's Saga For Justice Fighting The Disposal Of Oil & Gas Drilling Wastewater On Roads

Frazier: How Did Gas Drilling Wastewater End Up In Monongahela River? A Loophole In Law Might Be To Blame

Natural Gas Producers Urge PA Supreme Court Not To Change Rule Of Capture: http://bit.ly/2lR7bPS     Click Here for background: http://bit.ly/2lL5vHB

PA Permitting Plummets As Natural Gas Producers Pull Back

Saudi Arabia: Drone Strike Knocked Out Half Of Oil Production

AP: U.S. Ready To Deploy Resources From Oil Reserves To Offset Market Disruptions In Wake Of Saudi Attack

Bradford County Natural Gas Conversion Plant To Solve Stranded Gas Problem

Laura Legere: PA Royalty Owners Share The Pain Of Low Natural Gas Prices

Op-Ed: Green Breakthroughs From An Unexpected Source - Natural Gas

Op-Ed: Shale Gas Crucial To State’s Economy And Beyond - Sen. Bartolotta

Op-Ed: From PA To Texas, Energy Fuels Economic Growth

Letter: Whose Side Is Cong. Keller On?  Fossil Fuel Or People

Editorial: Failure On Fracking Waste

Refinery Employees Honored For Heroism During Fire By Philly Firefighters Union

Reuters: Bankrupt Philadelphia Refiner Paid Executives $4.5 Million In Bonuses Just After Explosion, Fire

Maykuth: After Explosion, Fire, Philly Refinery Paid Executives $4.5 Million In Bonuses While Hundreds Were Laid Off

Bonuses Paid To Philly Refinery Executives Infuriate Ex-Workers, Environmentalists

Philly Refinery Site Attracts 3rd Suitor, Developer Industrial Realty Group

Op-Ed: Make Your Voice Heard On What’s Next For Philly Refinery

Editorial: Trump Should Halt Antitrust Investigation Of Automakers Over California Fuel Standards Agreement

Litvak: EQT Drilling Cuts About 200 Positions From Retooled Organization

Report: Natural Gas Drilling Activity Down Amid Low Prices

Can National Democrats Ban Fracking And Win PA?

Reports: U.S. Natural Gas Production, Future Supply At Record Levels

Study Says Renewable Energy Power Plants Will Overtake Natural Gas Plants By 2035 In U.S.

Pipelines

PUC Investigating Subsidence Involving Several Pipelines Near Site Of Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction In Delaware County [PaEN]

Sinkhole Develops Over Pipeline In Middletown Township Park

New Sinkhole Opens Up Along Mariner East 2 Pipeline In Delaware County

PUC Says No Leak Or Damage To Mariner East 2 Pipeline In Delaware County After Latest Sinkhole

Mariner East Pipeline Foes Hold Rally At Latest Sinkhole Site In Delaware County

Anya Litvak: DEP Says Energy Transfer Partners Misrepresented The New Revolution Pipeline That Exploded In Beaver County

Court: Sen. Dinniman Did Not Have Standing To Bring A Complaint To PUC Over Mariner East Pipeline Construction Failures [PaEN]

Court: Sen. Dinniman Lacks Legal Standing To Challenge Mariner East Pipelines

Maykuth: Court: Sen. Dinniman Doesn’t Have Legal Standing To Block Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline Construction

DEP Orders Sunoco To Cover Exposed Natural Gas Liquids, Other Petroleum Pipelines At 43 Locations Across The State [PaEN]

DEP Orders Sunoco To Cover Exposed Pipelines In 43 Locations

Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Gets Criticism, Support During Twin Valley Middle School Forum

Op-Ed: It’s Time To Shut Down Mariner East Pipelines And Energy Transfer [Sunoco] - Clean Air Council

Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians Have Landmark Opportunity To Strengthen Pipeline Safety Rules - Clean Air Council [Deadline was Sept. 11]

Mariner East 1 Pipeline Shut Down For Upgrades At Natural Gas Processing Plant In Washington County

Northampton County Town Taking Action To Protect The Appalachian Trail From Pipelines, Cell Towers

Penn State Harrisburg Students Evacuated After Gas Line Struck

Reuters;: U.S. Court Says PennEast Pipeline Cannot Condemn NJ State Lands

Phillips: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Blow To PennEast Pipeline Project Over Condemning NJ State Land

Permitting

House Committee To Consider Bill Sept. 17 To Establish 5-Person Commission To Make Decisions On 31,000 Environmental Permits;  Fire All DEP Employees Handling Permit Reviews [PaEN]

DEP Posts 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 14 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

Community Advisory Board Might Be Part Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Closure

NRC: No Major Environmental Impact In Keeping Three Mile Island Accident Waste In Idaho

DiSanto Legislation To Support TMI Communities Losing Tax Revenue In Senate

Frazier: How Did Gas Drilling Wastewater End Up In Monongahela River? A Loophole In Law Might Be To Blame

Recreation

DCNR Conservation & Natural Resources Advisory Council To Review Preliminary State Parks For All Plan Oct. 2 [PaEN]

Kinzua Bridge State Park In McKean County Named Best In Culture By American Bus Association [PaEN]

Great Allegheny Passage Trail Relay Presented By UPMC Health Plan On Oct. 11-12 Aims To Be First Carbon Neutral Trail Relay In U.S. [PaEN]

Voting Open For 2019 State Parks & Forests Through The Seasons Photo Contest Thru Sept. 18 [PaEN]

Bedford To Host 9/11 Cyclists

Bike Riders Pedal For Change In Law To Make City Bike Riding Safer

Northampton County Town Taking Action To Protect The Appalachian Trail From Pipelines, Cell Towers

What If Erie’s Presque Isle Became An Island Again - Part I

Centred Outdoors Continues With Fall Adventures, Join Visit To Millbrook Marsh In Centre County

Pittsburgh Area Roaring Run Watershed Association Full Moon Hike Sept. 14

Wrestlers Take Down Drainage Problems At Lower Burrell’s Kotecki Park

Editorial: Pocket Park On West Lemon Not In Best Interest Of Lancaster

Community Unites In Support Of Skatepark In Williamsport

Mike Barcaskey: Beaver County Parks Provide Opportunities For Hunters

Vote Delayed Again On Smoking Ban In Erie’s Public Parks

The Nature Conservancy-PA, Troegs Independent Brewing Teaming Up To Protect Kittatinny Ridge With New Trail Day Beer [PaEN]

Sales Of Troegs Beer Will Fund Appalachian Forest Preservation

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness: Tracy Ridge Mountain Biking On Hiking Trails Project Canceled In Allegheny National Forest [PaEN]

Editorial: Columbia, Lancaster County Gets Promising Vision For Next Chapter

Wet June, Algal Bloom Advisories Didn’t Keep Tourists From Erie

Op-Ed: Tell Your Senator To Support House Bill That Fights Lyme Disease

Op-Ed: Independence National Park In Philly Needs A Facelift, Now There’s A GoFundMeFor That

Recycling/Waste

WITF Smart Talk: Are You Recycling Properly?

PRC Hosts September Household Chemical Collection Event, Pop Up Glass Recycling Events In Allegheny, Washington Counties [PaEN]

Penn Hills Anti-Litter Group Participating In Pittsburgh Garbage Olympics

Stauffers Of Kissel Hill Grocery Retailer To Eliminate Plastic Bags

Stauffers Of Kissel Hill Food Stores To Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

Op-Ed: With Stauffers Of Kissel Hill Banning Plastic Bags, When Will Weis And Giant Foods Follow Suit?

Tiny Historic Bridge Is On The Market In Greene County For Reuse

Editorial: Failure On Fracking Waste

Editorial: Dunmore Planners Roll Over To Landfill Interests

Renewable Energy

Dickinson College Farm Doubles As Solar Education Facility In Cumberland County

Penn State Plans PA’s Largest Solar Project In Franklin County

DEP Sets Oct. 21 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Project Water Quality Permit In Carbon County [PaEN]

Center For Coalfield Justice, Partners Hosting Greene County Solar Festival Sept. 28 [PaEN]

StateImpact PA’s Climate Forum In Philadelphia: What We Learned

Op-Ed: PJM Policy To Add $5.7B Cost to Capacity Market?  We Don’t Think So - Glen Thomas

Study Says Renewable Energy Power Plants Will Overtake Natural Gas Plants By 2035 In U.S.

Stormwater

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Testimony On The Need To Help Communities Implementing MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plans [PaEN]

Concerns Aired Over Cost Of Stormwater Pollution Reduction Sediment Rule, Funding Needed

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Leaders Meet Without Tackling PA's Funding Shortfall [PaEN]

Stormwater Fee Funded Projects Plan Gets Update By Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

Harrisburg Comes To Franklin County For Stormwater Talk

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, Including Incorporating Green Infrastructure [PaEN]

Kummer: The Secret Scourge Of Climate Change? More Raw Sewage In Philadelphia’s Waterways

Rain Garden At Strawberry Mansion In Philly Holds Water, Makes Students Safer

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Superfund

Bagenstose: Could Housing Be Coming To Richland Superfund Site In Bucks?

Susquehanna River

Heroes On The Water In Pennsylvania

Bay Journal: Shad Restoration Efforts A Mixed Bag Around Chesapeake Bay In 2019

Sustainability

Blair County Business Committee Focuses On Sustainability Efforts

Wastewater Facilities

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, Including Incorporating Green Infrastructure [PaEN]

Westmoreland Water Authority Plans Nearly $10 Million In Upgrades

Lehigh Twp. Wastewater Treatment Facilities To Allow For Resort & Spa

Frazier: How Did Gas Drilling Wastewater End Up In Monongahela River? A Loophole In Law Might Be To Blame

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Watershed Protection

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Leaders Meet Without Tackling PA's Funding Shortfall [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Hears Testimony On The Need To Help Communities Implementing MS4 Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plans [PaEN]

Concerns Aired Over Cost Of Stormwater Pollution Reduction Sediment Rule, Funding Needed

EPA Provides $2.4 Million To Pennsylvania To Help Implement Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan [PaEN]

NRCS Regional Conservation Partnership Grant Program Opens For Applications [PaEN]

Alliance For Chesapeake Bay Accepting Nominations For Chesapeake Forest Champions [PaEN]

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, Including Incorporating Green Infrastructure [PaEN]

PA's REAP Farm Conservation Tax Credit Program Recognized By Environmental Defense Fund, National Assn. Of State Departments Of Agriculture [PaEN]

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Harrisburg Comes To Franklin County For Stormwater Talk

Stormwater Fee Funded Projects Plan Gets Update By Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority

Op-Ed: Time For More Support Of Farmers’ Clean Water Efforts

Heroes On The Water In Pennsylvania

Bay Journal: Shad Restoration Efforts A Mixed Bag Around Chesapeake Bay In 2019

Bay Journal: Researchers Find Sunscreen Chemicals In Chesapeake Bay Oysters

Kummer: The Secret Scourge Of Climate Change? More Raw Sewage In Philadelphia’s Waterways

Rain Garden At Strawberry Mansion In Philly Holds Water, Makes Students Safer

Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 13 RiverWatch Video Report

Process Underway To Create Big Sewickley Creek Watershed Association In Allegheny County

Wet June, Algal Bloom Advisories Didn’t Keep Tourists From Erie

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Wildlife

AP-Scolforo:  Senate-Passed Sunday Hunting Bill Hits Opposition In House

Marcus Schneck: Legislators Disturbed By Tone Of Testimony On Sunday Hunting

John Buffone: House Members Vow To Change Votes As Tempers Flare At Sunday Hunting Hearing

Contentious Sunday Hunting Hearing Brings Accusations, Hurt Feelings

Marcus Schneck: House Committee Schedules Hearing On Sunday Hunting In PA

Sunday Hunting Back Up For Debate At House Committee Hearing Tuesday

Game Commission Releases Draft Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan For Public Comment [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Develops New Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan

John Buffone: What You Need To Know About Chronic Wasting Disease For 2019 Hunting Season

Chronic Wasting Disease Has Drastic Effects

Russ O’Reilly: Draft Plan Outlines Chronic Wasting Disease Controls

Jessica Walliser: Do Deer Droppings Contaminate Garden Crops?

Murrysville Company Sets Up Live Webcam In Benezette To Watch Elk

The Nature Conservancy-PA, Troegs Independent Brewing Teaming Up To Protect Kittatinny Ridge With New Trail Day Beer [PaEN]

Heroes On The Water In Pennsylvania

Bay Journal: Shad Restoration Efforts A Mixed Bag Around Chesapeake Bay In 2019

Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference Feb. 28-29 [PaEN]

Little Shamokin Creek Watershed Assn. Hosts Northumberland Native Matt Miller In Sunbury Sept. 30 To Share First Book [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Researchers Find Sunscreen Chemicals In Chesapeake Bay Oysters

Natalie Brown Of Birdsboro Completes Wildlife Leadership Field School

Western PA Conservancy To Demonstrate Electrofishing With Buffalo Creek Watershed Assn. Sept. 12

Mike Barcaskey: Beaver County Parks Provide Opportunities For Hunters

Penn State Extension: Plan A Backyard Wildlife Habitat

Autumn Lecture Series Returns To Hawk Mountain Sanctuary In Berks County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: How Observant Are You? Have You Seen These Critters?

Man Loses Custody Battle Over 2 Exotic Birds

Dragonfly Swarm Stops In Southwestern PA On Migration

AP: Cloudy With A Chance Of Dragonflies?  Swarms Visible On Radar

Woman Accused Of Threatening Game Commission Office

Conservation Organizations Oppose EPA’s Move To Finalize Rollback Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule [PaEN]

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: EPA Makes Move To Roll Back Clean Water Protections

West Nile/Zika Virus

31 Counties Now Have Mosquitoes Or Animals Testing Positive For West Nile Virus, The Latest: Fayette County [PaEN]

West Nile Virus Found In 4 More York County Mosquito Samples

Op-Ed: PA Needs Legislation To Expand Lyme Disease Treatment

Op-Ed: Tell Your Senator To Support House Bill That Fights Lyme Disease

Opportunities

Nicole Faraguna To Serve As DCNR Director Of Policy

Renee Carey Celebrates 25 Years With Northcentral PA Conservancy

Other

AP: Maryland Highway Agency Removes Allegheny Ridge Negro Mountain Road Signs

Federal Policy

Meyer: PA Business Advocates Celebrate Trump’s Clean Water Rule Rollback

Conservation Organizations Oppose EPA’s Move To Finalize Rollback Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule [PaEN]

Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership: EPA Makes Move To Roll Back Clean Water Protections

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9/16/2019