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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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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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