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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House Republicans To Move Bills To Demolish Environmental Permitting, Stop Development For 3-5 Years, Cut Public Out Of Permit Reviews [PaEN]

Senate Environmental Committee Meets Sept. 24 To Move Bill To Regulate Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Make Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater Legal [PaEN]

AP-Levy: Senate, House Return To Governor’s Fall Conversation Openers: Voting Machines, Private Charter Schools, Guns, Climate/RGGI

Politics

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Air

Senate, House Lawmakers From Both Parties Call On Wolf To Move Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules Without Delay [PaEN]

Bipartisan Group Of 30 House Members Urge Wolf To Take Action On Regs To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

PA Legislators Call For Strong Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rules

Meyer: Environmentalists Pressure Wolf To Act Faster On Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules

Caruso: PA Environmental Board Will Vet Proposed Rules Restricting Potent Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Cong. Lamb To EPA Chief: You’re On The Wrong Side After Methane Rule Rollback

Letter: Are Gas & Oil Methane Restrictions Enough To Protect Us?

PA Joins 22 Other States In Lawsuit Against EPA For Revoking California's Authority To Set Vehicle Emission Standards [PaEN]

PA Enviros Assail Trump’s Move To Block States From Setting Tougher Car Emission Rules

Editorial: Trump’s Toxic Emissions Policy, Blocking California Vehicle Standards

AP: Trump To Challenge California Authority To Set Auto Emission Rules

PA Given F Grade For Spending Volkswagen Settlement Money

Groups: PA Failing To Promote Electric Vehicles With $118M Volkswagen Settlement

Litvak: Duquesne Light Leans Into Electric Transportation, Just As Feds Go In Opposite Direction

Caruso: Electric Vehicle Drivers In PA Would Pay $250/Year Fee Under Advancing House Bill

DEP Investigates High Concentrations Of Benzene Emitted In The Area Of Erie Coke (Coal) Plant [PaEN]

DEP Investigating Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Air Quality Results

Deadlines Set In Erie Coke (Coal) Appeal

DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit For American Craft Brewery In Lehigh County, Hearing [If Needed] Oct. 4 [PaEN]

Hearing [If Needed] Set For Oct. 21 For Hydro Carbide, Inc. RACT II Air Quality Plan In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

History: Luzerne-Lackawanna Group Formed In 1969 To Keep An Eye On The Environment

Alternative Fuels

PA Given F Grade For Spending Volkswagen Settlement Money

Groups: PA Failing To Promote Electric Vehicles With $118M Volkswagen Settlement

Environmental Advocates Push State To Fund More Electric Vehicles With $118M VW Settlement

Awards & Recognition

Keystone Trails Assn., DCNR Will Recognize Any Hiker Completing All 798 Miles Of State Forest Hiking Trail System [PaEN]

Wildlife For Everyone Invites Photographers To The Tom Ridge Wetlands Preserve In Centre County To Enter Photo Contest [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Chris Strohler, Wildlands Conservancy [PaEN]

Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates Chad Pregracke Of Living Lands & Waters [PaEN]

EPA Accepting Nominations For 2020 Green Chemistry Challenge Awards [PaEN]

Beautification

Pittsburgh Appeals Mount Washington Billboard Ruling

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Rep. Toohil Introduces Bill To Name Regal Fritillary The State Butterfly To Honor Fallen Veterans At Fort Indiantown Gap [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Last Of 2019 Monarch Butterflies Leaving Pennsylvania

Monarch Butterfly Migration To Set PA Skies Ablaze With Color

Friends Of Heinz Refuge Monarch Butterfly Dash Sept. 28

Doug Oster: Heather Holm Carries The Mantle For Pollinators In Western PA

Researchers Hope To Stop Spotted Lanternfly Before It Reaches The Grapes In Erie County [PaEN]

State Urges Luzerne County Residents To Watch For Spotted Lanternflies

Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Prompts A Horror Film In Philly

Penn State's Great Insect Fair Imagines A World Without Bugs Sept. 28 In State College [PaEN]

30% of Birds (2.9 Billion) In U.S., Canada Since 1970 Are Going, According To New Study

AP: Where Have The Wild Birds Gone? 3 Billion Fewer Than 1970

Missing: Nearly 3 Billion Birds that Used To Live In North America

Silent Skies: Birds Are Vanishing From North America

Budget

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

Freeport Park Gets $240K CFA Grant In Armstrong County

Lower Burrell’s Central Park Gets CFA Grant For Upgrades In Westmoreland

Memorial Park In Williamsport Awarded $200,000 CFA Grant For Renovations

Loyalsock Awarded CFA Grant For Watershed Restoration In Lycoming

Mount Joy Awarded CFA Grant To Handle Stormwater Flooding In Lancaster

CFA Awards 3 Grants Totaling $2.8 Million To Extend Natural Gas Service Pipelines In Bradford, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

DCNR Identifies Top 10 Trail Gaps Across PA To Promote Restore PA Initiative [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

NFWF Now Accepting Proposals For Local Govt. Installation Of Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Practices In 8 Priority Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties; [PaEN]

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: Advice From A Conservation-Minded Farmer

Lehman Twp Staying In Regional Stormwater Program In Luzerne

Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee Defaulters Urged To Pay

Editorial: Stormwater Customers Should Pay Up In Wyoming Valley

Clearfield Conservation District Reports Trout Returning To Deer Creek

DEP Requests Altoona Review Sewage Overflow To Determine If It Is A Problem

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

Cong. Meuser Meets With EPA Officials Over Federal Stormwater Mandates

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Citizen Action

DCNR Weekly Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 26; Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: When Should I Plan My Fall Foliage Trip In PA This Year?

Do You Live, Work Or Play On Or Near The Kittatinny Ridge?  Share Your Experiences In An Online Survey [PaEN]

Last PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, National Drug Take-Back Day Events In October In Western PA [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Air Permit For American Craft Brewery In Lehigh County, Hearing [If Needed] Oct. 4 [PaEN]

Hearing [If Needed] Set For Oct. 21 For Hydro Carbide, Inc. RACT II Air Quality Plan In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Prompts A Horror Film In Philly

Philadelphians’ Joy In Killing Spotted Lanternflies Another Sign How Much We Hate Outsiders

DEP To Hold Open House Sept. 23 In Mansfield On Doing Work In Streams Affected By Flooding, Erosion [PaEN]

Reminder: Presentation Proposals Due For 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit Oct. 15 [PaEN]

DCNR’s Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee Seeking New Members [PaEN]

What’s Your Attitude About Litter?  Take The Keep PA Beautiful, PennDOT & DEP Online Survey! [PaEN]

Westmorland, Allegheny County Shred-It Events Accept Unwanted Documents, Electronics

DEP Hosts Oct. 16 Hearing On Tri-County Landfill Application To Re-Open A Closed Municipal Landfill In Mercer County [PaEN]

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers To Plant 1,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Deadline Approaching To Register For Roach-Bauer Forest Forum On Oct. 3

Sewickley Watershed Assn. To Hold Field Day TODAY At Lowber Mine Drainage Treatment Site, Westmoreland County

Registration Open For Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Dec. 10 In Reading [PaEN]

Wildlife For Everyone Invites Photographers To The Tom Ridge Wetlands Preserve In Centre County To Enter Photo Contest [PaEN]

Chester County Clean Energy Tour Oct. 19 Features 24 Open Houses

Rally Organizers Want Local Governments To Declare Climate Emergency In Blair

Teen Climate Activist Builds Following With Downtown Pittsburgh Vigil

Shavertown Native Travels To Promote Protection, Cleanup Of World’s Oceans

O’Neill: Ingomar United Methodist Church Leads Effort To Bring Clean Water To People Around The World

Climate

AP-Levy: Senate, House Return To Governor’s Fall Conversation Openers: Voting Machines, Private Charter Schools, Guns, Climate/RGGI

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Politicians Have Done Little On Climate Front

DEP Secretary McDonnell: The Time For Action On Climate Change Is Now - And The People Of Pennsylvania Know It [PaEN]

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Express Concern About The Cost Of PA

Joining Regional Initiative To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]

Senate, House Lawmakers From Both Parties Call On Wolf To Move Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules Without Delay [PaEN]

Bipartisan Group Of 30 House Members Urge Wolf To Take Action On Regs To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

PA Joins 22 Other States In Lawsuit Against EPA For Revoking California's Authority To Set Vehicle Emission Standards [PaEN]

PA Enviros Assail Trump’s Move To Block States From Setting Tougher Car Emission Rules

Editorial: Trump’s Toxic Emissions Policy, Blocking California Vehicle Standards

AP: Trump To Challenge California Authority To Set Auto Emission Rules

Crown Packaging To Set Science-Based Sustainability Climate Targets In Early 2020 [PaEN]

Joint Conservation Committee: Pentagon Report Concludes Climate Factors Are A National Security Concern [PaEN]

Sept. Joint Conservation Committee Newsletter Highlights Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Pentagon Report Calling Climate A National Security Concern [PaEN]

Republican House, Senate Members To Introduce Bills To Protect Coal-Fired Power Plants From Carbon Tax [PaEN]

Going Carbon Neutral: PA’s Key Role In Fight Against Climate Change

Here’s What PA Is Doing To Address Climate Change, Any Why Politics Is Making It Difficult

Op-Ed: Boomers Take Note: The Kids Are Right About Climate Change

PA Legislators Call For Strong Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rules

Meyer: Environmentalists Pressure Wolf To Act Faster On Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules

Caruso: PA Environmental Board Will Vet Proposed Rules Restricting Potent Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Cong. Lamb To EPA Chief: You’re On The Wrong Side After Methane Rule Rollback

Letter: Are Gas & Oil Methane Restrictions Enough To Protect Us?

Letter: Climate Change Needs Nonpartisan Solution

PA Given F Grade For Spending Volkswagen Settlement Money

Groups: PA Failing To Promote Electric Vehicles With $118M Volkswagen Settlement

Environmental Advocates Push State To Fund More Electric Vehicles With $118M VW Settlement

The Guardian Carbon Countdown Clock: The clock marks how long it will take, if the rate of greenhouse gas emissions stays the same, before 2 degrees celsius of warming is likely.

Rally Organizers Want Local Governments To Declare Climate Emergency In Blair

Allegheny Front: The State Of Climate Change Education In PA

We’re Losing The Race: UN Secretary General Calls Climate Change An Emergency

Listen To The Scientists, Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Urges Congress To Take Action

8  Country Poll: Climate Crisis Seen As Most Important Issue By Public, Over Migration, Terrorism

What Longtime Climate Activist Rafe Pomerance Wants You To Know

Scientists Set Out How To Halve Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2030

Behind The Climate Hype: Can Models Be Trusted?

Op-Ed: 5 Climate Change Science Misconceptions, Debunked

In Coal-Centric West Virginia, Climate Change Discussion Starting To Grow

Climate Issues: Where 2020 Democrats Stand On The Green New Deal And More

Hopey: Students Lead Climate Strike In Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh-Area Students Participate In Global Climate Strike

Greensburg Joins In Global Climate Strike

Hundreds Participate In Climate Strike In Erie

Students, Community Rally In Centre County For Global Climate Strike

They Screwed Up Our Planet, And We Want It Back, Hundreds Participate In Local Climate Strike

Harrisburg Area College Students Skip Classes For Climate Change Protest

Student Protesters In Harrisburg Join Global Climate Strike

Global Climate Strike Inspires Lehigh Valley Students, Residents

Climate Strike Events In Northeast PA

Hundreds Of Youth Climate Strikers Surround Philly City Hall - “If You Don’t Act Like Adults We Will”

How Pennsylvania Observed The 2019 Global Climate Strike

Op-Ed: Youth Climate Movement Puts Ethics At The Center Of Global Debate

Editorial: With Global Climate Strike, Youth Are Fighting For Their Future

Lehigh Valley Climate Strikes Planned For Global Student Day Of Action

Western PA Students Call On Politicians To Take Climate Action After Conference

Philly Students Will Be Marked Absent If They Join The Climate Strike Friday

Teen Climate Activist Builds Following With Downtown Pittsburgh Vigil

Philly Students Will Be Marked Absent If They Join The Climate Strike Friday

It’s Greta’s World But It’s Still Burning. The Extraordinary Rise Of A 16-Year-Old, And Her Hail Mary Climate Movement

Coal Mining

House, Senate Members To Introduce Bills To Protect Coal-Fired Power Plants From Carbon Tax

A Proud Industry Thrives In Coal County - Lehigh Anthracite - Part I

In Coal-Centric West Virginia, Climate Change Discussion Starting To Grow

Compliance Action

DEP Investigates High Concentrations Of Benzene Emitted In The Area Of Erie Coke (Coal) Plant [PaEN]

DEP Investigating Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Air Quality Results

Deadlines Set In Erie Coke (Coal) Appeal

Conservation District

Clearfield Conservation District Reports Trout Returning To Deer Creek

Pike County Conservation District Annual Dinner Highlights Nature's Influence On Music Oct. 25 [PaEN]

Court Decisions

Hurdle: Court Ruling Clears Way For Mariner East Pipeline Construction To Restart In Chester County

DCNR

Sept. 18 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Sept. 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

DCNR’s Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee Seeking New Members [PaEN]

Delaware River

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

Kummer: Delaware Watershed Conservation Projects Awarded Nearly $16 Million In Grants

Registration Open For Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Dec. 10 In Reading [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Announces Summer Photo Contest Winners [PaEN]

Corvias, Chester Continue Stormwater, Beautification Projects

DRBC To Reconsider Approval Of Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

Kathy Klein Named Executive Director Partnership For The Delaware Estuary [PaEN]

DRBC

DRBC To Reconsider Approval Of Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 20 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

PFAS Action Team To Release Recommendations For Action, Funding Needs Soon; 25 Sites Now Contaminated In PA [PaEN]

Bagenstose: DEP: First Statewide PFAS Testing Results Due Within Weeks

Officials Update Community On PFAS Cleanup At Willow Grove Bases

Wolf, 14 Governors Tell Congress To Include Strong PFAS Provisions In Defense Bill

Lancaster County Has Around 38,000 Private Wells, There Are No State Standards For Any Of Them

State Experts Say You Should Get Your Well Tested Annually

Residents, Pets Rescued In Flood From Massive Water Main Break In Carrick, Allegheny County

AP: Water Main Break In Pittsburgh Turns Streets Into Rapids, Requires Rescues

Pittsburgh Residents Recount Horror Of Rising Water From Massive Water Main Break

PA American Water Criticized For Response To Water Main Break

Boil Water Advisory For South Hills Pittsburgh to Last Until Sunday

Pittsburgh Water Authority Replaces 855 Lead Service Lines Ahead Of Schedule In 2019

Editorial: Mandated Testing For Lead Poisoning In Children Not Enough

O’Neill: Ingomar United Methodist Church Leads Effort To Bring Clean Water To People Around The World

Economic Development

Meyer: House Republicans Begin Moving Pro-Natural Gas Subsidy Package

Republicans Begin Moving Priority, Pro-Natural Gas Package

PA Republicans Unveil Package Of Proposals To Boost [Natural Gas] Energy Sector, State Economy

Op-Ed: Sen. Warren’s Promise To Ban Fracking Would Hurt Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Wilds Receives Federal Grant To Support Entrepreneurial Growth In The PA Wilds [PaEN]

Education

Allegheny Front: The State Of Climate Change Education In PA

Wildlife Academy Blog: Laurie E. My Path To The Wildlife Leadership Academy

A Green Infrastructure Research Lab Grows At Villanova

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights October Education Programs, Activities In Lehigh Valley [PaEN]

Bill Dangles Student Loan Forgiveness For Volunteer Firefighters

Philly School Board Gets Earful On Asbestos Risks At Middle School

Editorial: State Board Of Education Not Blind To Science

Shavertown Native Travels To Promote Protection, Cleanup Of World’s Oceans

Emergency Response

Residents, Pets Rescued In Flood From Massive Water Main Break In Carrick, Allegheny County

AP: Water Main Break In Pittsburgh Turns Streets Into Rapids, Requires Rescues

Pittsburgh Residents Recount Horror Of Rising Water From Massive Water Main Break

PA American Water Criticized For Response To Water Main Break

Bill Dangles Student Loan Forgiveness For Volunteer Firefighters

Energy

DEP Secretary McDonnell: The Time For Action On Climate Change Is Now - And The People Of Pennsylvania Know It [PaEN]

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Express Concern About The Cost Of PA

Joining Regional Initiative To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]

Senate, House Lawmakers From Both Parties Call On Wolf To Move Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules Without Delay [PaEN]

Bipartisan Group Of 30 House Members Urge Wolf To Take Action On Regs To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

PA Joins 22 Other States In Lawsuit Against EPA For Revoking California's Authority To Set Vehicle Emission Standards [PaEN]

Crown Packaging To Set Science-Based Sustainability Climate Targets In Early 2020 [PaEN]

Joint Conservation Committee: Pentagon Report Concludes Climate Factors Are A National Security Concern [PaEN]

PUC Takes Major Steps To Address Energy Affordability For Low-Income Households [PaEN]

Maykuth: PUC Dramatically Expands Utility Assistance For Low-Income Consumers At A Cost Of  $102 Million

Anya Litvak/Laura Legener: New Utility Policy Aims To Reduce Energy Burden For PA’s Poor

AP: House Backs Tax Credit For Dry Natural Gas Cracker Plants

Thompson: Three Mile Island Power Plant Last Day As Working Reactor Will Be Friday

AP: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Is Imminent

Sholtis: As TMI Stops Producing Electricity, One Community Braces For Change

TMI Will Shut Down Friday, Ending A Contentious Chapter In Country’s Nuclear History

TMI Unit 1 To Produce Power For Last Time Friday

Maykuth: Three Mile Island to Shut Down For Good Friday After PA Said No To Financial Rescue

NRC: Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor To Shut Down Friday

PA’s Largest Solar Energy Project To Help Fuel Penn State For 25 Years

Plans For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Fold In Archbald, Lackawanna County

$2.7 Million Centre Hall Natural Gas Project To Supply Gas To Hanover Foods

Letter: Fracking Ban Would Eliminate Thousands Of Jobs In PA

Reid Frazier: At Refinery In Scotland, Plastics Evangelist Says U.S. Shale Gas Is Vital

Reid Frazier: Why I’m Following PA’s Marcellus Shale Gas To Scotland

Meyer: House Republicans Begin Moving Pro-Natural Gas Subsidy Package

Republicans Begin Moving Priority, Pro-Natural Gas Package

PA Republicans Unveil Package Of Proposals To Boost [Natural Gas] Energy Sector, State Economy

UGI Natural Gas Hike Means Higher Bills For Some Customers, Lower Bills For Others

UGI Residential Gas Rates To Leap 13%, Biggest Hike In 14 Years

PA Given F Grade For Spending Volkswagen Settlement Money

Groups: PA Failing To Promote Electric Vehicles With $118M Volkswagen Settlement

Chester County Clean Energy Tour Oct. 19 Features 24 Open Houses

A Proud Industry Thrives In Coal County - Lehigh Anthracite - Part I

Virginia Governor Orders 100% Carbon-Free Power By 2050

PJM, Parties Reach Agreement In Principle Over $160M GreenHat FTR Default

PJM Capacity Market Plan To Increase Costs $8.4 Billion, Market Monitor Estimates

Energy Conservation

Maykuth: Why Are Philadelphia Office Towers All Lit Up At Night?

Environmental Health

Why Do People Die Young In Some Pittsburgh Area Neighborhoods? Citizen Scientists To Investigate

Editorial: Finding A Link To Rare Cancers In Southwest PA

Environmental Heritage

Local Man’s Paintings On Mining History, Other Topics At Ford City Library, Armstrong County

History: Luzerne-Lackawanna Group Formed In 1969 To Keep An Eye On The Environment

Farming

Mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed In Erie, Carbon, Monroe Counties; Both People & Animals Can Be Affected [PaEN]

NFWF Now Accepting Proposals For Local Govt. Installation Of Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Practices In 8 Priority Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties[PaEN]

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

Lancaster Farming: Advice From A Conservation-Minded Farmer

Researchers Hope To Stop Spotted Lanternfly Before It Reaches The Grapes In Erie County [PaEN]

State Urges Luzerne County Residents To Watch For Spotted Lanternflies

Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Prompts A Horror Film In Philly

He Spent 2 Years In A Cubicle, Then He Decided to Return To A Juniata County Dairy Farm

Westmoreland Land Trust Eyes Hempfield Farm For Park, Nature Reserve

Flooding

DEP To Hold Open House Sept. 23 In Mansfield On Doing Work In Streams Affected By Flooding, Erosion [PaEN]

Residents, Pets Rescued In Flood From Massive Water Main Break In Carrick, Allegheny County

NRCS: Scranton Responsible For Vague Notice On Streambank Restoration Projects

New Luzerne County Flood Maps Could Mean Higher Insurance For Some

Agreement Proposed Between Luzerne County, Wyoming Valley Levee Authority

Luzerne County Flood Authority, County Could Come Together

Luzerne County Flood Authority Agreement With County On Hold

Phase I Solomon Creek Flood Wall Restoration  Complete In Wilkes-Barre

Next Phase Of Solomon Creek Flood Wall Undersay In Wilkes-Barre

Loyalsock Awarded CFA Grant For Watershed Restoration In Lycoming

Mount Joy Awarded CFA Grant To Handle Stormwater Flooding In Lancaster

Corvias, Chester Continue Stormwater, Beautification Projects

Flooding - Hurricanes

More Than 1,000 Rescues, Evacuations As Imelda Soaks Texas

Imelda Leaves 4 Dead In Texas, Others Stranded, Trapped

Forests

SRBC Water Quality Monitoring Report Again Shows No Adverse Impact From Drilling On State Forest, Other Land In Priority Watersheds [PaEN]

DCNR Weekly Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 26; Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing [PaEN]

5 Things To Expect From This Year’s Fall Foliage Season

Independence Conservancy Hosts Oct. 6 Rocky Bend Nature Preserve Walk In Penn's Woods, Beaver County [PaEN]

State Urges Luzerne County Residents To Watch For Spotted Lanternflies

Spotted Lanternfly Invasion Prompts A Horror Film In Philly

Philadelphians’ Joy In Killing Spotted Lanternflies Another Sign How Much We Hate Outsiders

Reminder: Presentation Proposals Due For 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit Oct. 15 [PaEN]

Deadline Approaching To Register For Roach-Bauer Forest Forum On Oct. 3

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers To Plant 1,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Editorial: Pittsburgh Mayor Needs To Maintain The Trees

Sept. 18 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Sept. 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Forests - Wildfires

California Hit With Biggest Wildfire Of 2019 As NASA Warns On Climate

Grants/Funding

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

CFA Awards 3 Grants Totaling $2.8 Million To Extend Natural Gas Service Pipelines In Bradford, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

NFWF Now Accepting Proposals For Local Govt. Installation Of Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Practices In 8 Priority Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties; Webinar Sept. 17 [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

NFWF Now Accepting Proposals For Local Govt. Installation Of Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Practices In 8 Priority Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties; Webinar Sept. 17 [PaEN]

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

Kummer: Delaware Watershed Conservation Projects Awarded Nearly $16 Million In Grants

Reminder: Presentation Proposals Due For 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit Oct. 15 [PaEN]

A Green Infrastructure Research Lab Grows At Villanova

Corvias, Chester Continue Stormwater, Beautification Projects

Loyalsock Awarded CFA Grant For Watershed Restoration In Lycoming

Mount Joy Awarded CFA Grant To Handle Stormwater Flooding In Lancaster

Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee Defaulters Urged To Pay

Editorial: Stormwater Customers Should Pay Up In Wyoming Valley

Registration Open For Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Dec. 10 In Reading [PaEN]

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

Lehman Twp Staying In Regional Stormwater Program In Luzerne

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers To Plant 1,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows Sept. 19 [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

PFAS Action Team To Release Recommendations For Action, Funding Needs Soon; 25 Sites Now Contaminated In PA [PaEN]

Bagenstose: DEP: First Statewide PFAS Testing Results Due Within Weeks

Officials Update Community On PFAS Cleanup At Willow Grove Bases

Wolf, 14 Governors Tell Congress To Include Strong PFAS Provisions In Defense Bill

Pittsburgh Water Authority 10 Months Ahead Of DEP Schedule In Replacing Lead Drinking Water Service Lines [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Water Authority Replaces 855 Lead Service Lines Ahead Of Schedule In 2019

Lead-Safe Group Recommends Demolition Rules To Reduce Health Hazards In Allegheny County

Philly Landlords Win Concession In Council Battle Over Lead Safety Bill

Editorial: Mandated Testing For Lead Poisoning In Children Not Enough

Philly School Board Gets Earful On Asbestos Risks At Middle School

Last PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, National Drug Take-Back Day Events In October In Western PA [PaEN]

Land Conservation

Presentation Proposals Due To PALTA For April 1-3 PA Land Conservation Conference Nov. 1 [PaEN]

Do You Live, Work Or Play On Or Near The Kittatinny Ridge?  Share Your Experiences In An Online Survey [PaEN]

Westmoreland Land Trust Eyes Hempfield Farm For Park, Nature Reserve

Lake Erie

John Hayes: State Action Sought To Fight Great Lakes Pollution

Littering/Illegal Dumping

What’s Your Attitude About Litter?  Take The Keep PA Beautiful, PennDOT & DEP Online Survey! [PaEN]

Neighborhood Cleanup Set For Sunday In Wilkes-Barre

Illegal Dumping Recurring Problem In Wilkes-Barre, Cleanup Taking Time

Editorial: Concerted Solutions Needed For Illegal Dumping In Wilkes-Barre

Altoona Annual Cleanup Attracts Over 120 Volunteers

Westmorland, Allegheny County Shred-It Events Accept Unwanted Documents, Electronics

Last PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, National Drug Take-Back Day Events In October In Western PA [PaEN]
Stroud Water Research Center Celebrates Chad Pregracke Of Living Lands & Waters [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

Sewickley Watershed Assn. To Hold Field Day TODAY At Lowber Mine Drainage Treatment Site, Westmoreland County

Oil & Gas

Senate Environmental Committee Meets Sept. 24 To Move Bill To Regulate Conventional Oil & Gas Wells, Make Road Dumping Of Drilling Wastewater Legal [PaEN]

The Allegheny Voice: Ohio DNR Documents Show Radioactive Elements In Oil & Gas Brine

SRBC Water Quality Monitoring Report Again Shows No Adverse Impact From Drilling On State Forest, Other Land In Priority Watersheds [PaEN]

AP: House Backs Tax Credit For Dry Natural Gas Cracker Plants

Senate, House Lawmakers From Both Parties Call On Wolf To Move Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules Without Delay [PaEN]

Bipartisan Group Of 30 House Members Urge Wolf To Take Action On Regs To Reduce Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations [PaEN]

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Express Concern About The Cost Of PA

Joining Regional Initiative To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]

DEP Secretary McDonnell: The Time For Action On Climate Change Is Now - And The People Of Pennsylvania Know It [PaEN]

PA Legislators Call For Strong Oil & Gas Methane Reduction Rules

Meyer: Environmentalists Pressure Wolf To Act Faster On Oil & Gas Methane Emission Reduction Rules

Caruso: PA Environmental Board Will Vet Proposed Rules Restricting Potent Oil & Gas Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Cong. Lamb To EPA Chief: You’re On The Wrong Side After Methane Rule Rollback

Letter: Are Gas & Oil Methane Restrictions Enough To Protect Us?

Meyer: House Republicans Begin Moving Pro-Natural Gas Subsidy Package

Republicans Begin Moving Priority, Pro-Natural Gas Package

PA Republicans Unveil Package Of Proposals To Boost [Natural Gas] Energy Sector, State Economy

Wyoming County Officials Praise Natural Gas Industry

Editorial: Finding A Link To Rare Cancers In Southwest PA

Plans For Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant Fold In Archbald, Lackawanna County

SEPTA’s Natural Gas Plant In Nicetown Drew Controversy, Ruling Could Come Next Month

UGI Natural Gas Hike Means Higher Bills For Some Customers, Lower Bills For Others

UGI Residential Gas Rates To Leap 13%, Biggest Hike In 14 Years

Column: A Democratic President Might Try To Ban Fracking In 2021, Is PA Ready For This?

Letter: Fracking Ban Would Eliminate Thousands Of Jobs In PA

Op-Ed: If Fracking Is Banned, What Happens To Jobs In Western PA?

Editorial: Fracking Shouldn’t Be Banned

Reid Frazier: At Refinery In Scotland, Plastics Evangelist Says U.S. Shale Gas Is Vital

Reid Frazier: Why I’m Following PA’s Marcellus Shale Gas To Scotland

Allegheny Front: Report: Trade Secret Chemicals Injected Nearly 11,000 Times At Oil & Gas Wells In Ohio

Altoona Authority Plans Cleanup Of Tank Site That Held Wastewater From Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

Op-Ed: Sen. Warren’s Promise To Ban Fracking Would Hurt Pennsylvania

Zito: Crackers And Frackers Could Hold the Keys To 2020

DRBC To Reconsider Approval Of Proposed New Jersey LNG Export Terminal

Oil Prices Jump After Strikes Cut Saudi Arabia’s Output In Half

Gasoline Prices Could Rise By 25 Cents A Gallon Due To Saudi Oil Attacks

Oil Prices Plunge As Saudi Arabia Says Output Will Return To Pre-Attack Levels In Weeks

Pipelines

PUC Dismisses Complaint Filed By Sen. Dinniman Against Mariner East Pipelines Per Court Order, But Continues Proceedings On Related Complaints [PaEN]
Hurdle: Court Ruling Clears Way For Mariner East Pipeline Construction To Restart In Chester County

PUC Dismisses Complaint Filed By Sen. Dinniman Against Mariner East Pipelines As Ordered By Court

CFA Awards 3 Grants Totaling $2.8 Million To Extend Natural Gas Service Pipelines In Bradford, Lancaster, and Lebanon Counties [PaEN]

Editorial: Another Incident And More Distrust For Mariner East Pipeline Project

$2.7 Million Centre Hall Natural Gas Project To Supply Gas To Hanover Foods

AP: PA Township Plans To Bar Pipelines Turbines Near Appalachian Trail

Natural Gas Customers In NJ, NY Casualties In Fight Over New Pipelines

Trump Campaign Sees PennEast Pipeline As Route To Taking Down Biden

Permitting

House Republicans To Move Bills To Demolish Environmental Permitting, Stop Development For 3-5 Years, Cut Public Out Of Permit Reviews [PaEN]

DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept. 21 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

Hurdle: Court Ruling Clears Way For Mariner East Pipeline Construction To Restart In Chester County

Radiation Protection

Meyer: With TMI Closed, Nuclear Advocates’ Concern Shifts To PA’s Other Plants

Local, State Leaders Rally To Support Nuclear Energy In Beaver County

Three Mile Island Shutdown Renews Talk Of Pennsylvania’s Energy Future

Thompson: Three Mile Island Closes With A Whimper, And A Whisp

TMI Shuts Down, Local Officials Predict Economic Hit

Op-Ed: Closing Of TMI Is An Absolute Shame

Thompson: Three Mile Island Power Plant Last Day As Working Reactor Will Be Friday

AP: Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Shutdown Is Imminent

Sholtis: As TMI Stops Producing Electricity, One Community Braces For Change

TMI Will Shut Down Friday, Ending A Contentious Chapter In Country’s Nuclear History

TMI Unit 1 To Produce Power For Last Time Friday

Maykuth: Three Mile Island to Shut Down For Good Friday After PA Said No To Financial Rescue

NRC: Three Mile Island Nuclear Reactor To Shut Down Friday

NRC Considers Keeping TMI Reactor Accident Debris In Idaho For 20 More Years

NJ Wind Farm Gets Permission To Connect To Fmr Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Equipment

PJM Capacity Market Plan To Increase Costs $8.4 Billion, Market Monitor Estimates

Recreation

Keystone Trails Assn., DCNR Will Recognize Any Hiker Completing All 798 Miles Of State Forest Hiking Trail System [PaEN]

DCNR Identifies Top 10 Trail Gaps Across PA To Promote Restore PA Initiative [PaEN]

Restore PA Plan Gains Momentum To Link Trails In Somerset

See Renovated Railroad Tunnel, More At Poe Paddy State Park

Pennsylvania Wilds Receives Federal Grant To Support Entrepreneurial Growth In The PA Wilds [PaEN]

Presque Isle State Park To Close For Herbicide Spraying

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

Freeport Park Gets $240K CFA Grant In Armstrong County

Memorial Park In Williamsport Awarded $200,000 CFA Grant For Renovations

Lower Burrell’s Central Park Gets CFA Grant For Upgrades In Westmoreland

Do You Live, Work Or Play On Or Near The Kittatinny Ridge?  Share Your Experiences In An Online Survey [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Covered Bridges To See By Trail

DCNR’s Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee Seeking New Members [PaEN]

Industrial Heartland Trails Coalition Creates A Dozen Trail Itineraries To Help Plan Cycling Outings In Western PA, Ohio, WV, NY [PaEN]

DCNR Weekly Fall Foliage Reports Begin Sept. 26; Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: When Should I Plan My Fall Foliage Trip In PA This Year?

5 Things To Expect From This Year’s Fall Foliage Season

Independence Conservancy Hosts Oct. 6 Rocky Bend Nature Preserve Walk In Penn's Woods, Beaver County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Take The 127-Mile Elk Scenic Drive As An Elk-Spotting Alternative To Crowded Winslow Hill

O’Neill: UPMC, Highmark, CMU, Pitt Should Kick In To Support Pittsburgh Parks

Family Bicycle, Poker Run In Jefferson County A Success

Police Increase Patrols At Wildwood Park In Dauphin County After Jogger Assaulted

Philly Needs Better Road Map For Adapting Street Space For Pedestrians

Northmoreland Park On Deck For Potentially Millions Of Dollars In Upgrades In Westmoreland

Lackawanna Heritage Valley To Remove Collapsed Mining Bridge

Sept. 18 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Sept. 20 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Recycling/Waste

Last PA Resources Council Hard-To-Recycle, Household Chemical, National Drug Take-Back Day Events In October In Western PA [PaEN]

Erie Glass Drop-Off Event Set For Sept. 28

Westmorland, Allegheny County Shred-It Events Accept Unwanted Documents, Electronics

Editorial: Praise For Stauffers Food Stores’ Move Away From Single-Use Plastic Bags

House Environmental Committee To Hold Info Meeting Sept. 24 On Bill To Provide An Industry-Specific Exemption From Regulation For Certain Plastic Wastes [PaEN]

DEP Hosts Oct. 16 Hearing On Tri-County Landfill Application To Re-Open A Closed Municipal Landfill In Mercer County [PaEN]

Dunmore Council Vote Gives Boost To Keystone Landfill Expansion Plans

Editorial: Voters Can Change Dunmore Approval Of Keystone Landfill Move

Editorial: Structure Of An Engaged Community Over Keystone Landfill

Allegheny Front: Report: Trade Secret Chemicals Injected Nearly 11,000 Times At Oil & Gas Wells In Ohio

Renewable Energy

House, Senate Members To Introduce Bills To Protect Coal-Fired Power Plants From Carbon Tax [PaEN]

Chester County Clean Energy Tour Oct. 19 Features 24 Open Houses

PA’s Largest Solar Energy Project To Help Fuel Penn State For 25 Years

NJ Wind Farm Gets Permission To Connect To Fmr Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant Equipment

Virginia Governor Orders 100% Carbon-Free Power By 2050

PJM Capacity Market Plan To Increase Costs $8.4 Billion, Market Monitor Estimates

Schuylkill River

Registration Open For Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Dec. 10 In Reading [PaEN]

Stormwater

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

Kummer: Delaware Watershed Conservation Projects Awarded Nearly $16 Million In Grants

Reminder: Presentation Proposals Due For 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit Oct. 15 [PaEN]

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows Sept. 19 [PaEN]

NFWF Now Accepting Proposals For Local Govt. Installation Of Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Practices In 8 Priority Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties; Webinar Sept. 17 [PaEN]

DEP To Hold Open House Sept. 23 In Mansfield On Doing Work In Streams Affected By Flooding, Erosion [PaEN]

DEP Requests Altoona Review Sewage Overflow To Determine If It Is A Problem

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

Lancaster Farming: Advice From A Conservation-Minded Farmer

Loyalsock Awarded CFA Grant For Watershed Restoration In Lycoming

Mount Joy Awarded CFA Grant To Handle Stormwater Flooding In Lancaster

NRCS: Scranton Responsible For Vague Notice On Streambank Restoration Projects

Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee Defaulters Urged To Pay

Lehman Twp Staying In Regional Stormwater Program In Luzerne

Editorial: Stormwater Customers Should Pay Up In Wyoming Valley

A Green Infrastructure Research Lab Grows At Villanova

Corvias, Chester Continue Stormwater, Beautification Projects

Cong. Meuser Meets With EPA Officials Over Federal Stormwater Mandates

SRBC

SRBC Water Quality Monitoring Report Again Shows No Adverse Impact From Drilling On State Forest, Other Land In Priority Watersheds [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Proposes Changes To Rules For Consumptive Use Mitigation; Webinar, Hearing Set [PaEN]

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

Sustainability

Editorial: Supporting Sustainability As More Districts Go Eco-Friendly

Wastewater Facilities

New Allegheny County Sanitary Authority Agreement With Feds Includes Green Infrastructure, $2 Billion Plan To Help Control 6.6 Billion Gallons Of Wet Weather Sewer Overflows [PaEN]

ALCOSAN Unveils $2 Billion Clean Water Plan That Extends To 2036

Hopey: ALCOSAN Plan To Deal With Wet Weather Sewage Overflows Flows Forward

Allegheny County Agency Releases Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, But Critics Say It’s Not Enough

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows Sept. 19 [PaEN]

DEP Requests Altoona Review Sewage Overflow To Determine If It Is A Problem

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

Mayor: 2 Companies Express Interest In Buying Harrisburg Capital Region Water System

Maykuth: Delaware County Sewer System Serving 42 Towns Sold For $276 Million

Editorial: Aqua PA Swallows Up DELCORA Wastewater Authority

Democrats: Sale Of DELCORA Wastewater System Typical Bad, Backroom Republican Deal

Can Lehigh County’s Leaky Sewer System Handle More Development?

Altoona Authority Plans Cleanup Of Tank Site That Held Wastewater From Natural Gas Pipeline Construction

Watershed Protection

SRBC Water Quality Monitoring Report Again Shows No Adverse Impact From Drilling On State Forest, Other Land In Priority Watersheds [PaEN]

Commonwealth Financing Authority Approves $20 Million For Watershed, Environmental Projects Funded By Drilling Impact Fee [PaEN]

NFWF Announces $6.9 Million In Grants To Improve The Health Of The Delaware Watershed; $3.4 Million To PA [PaEN]

Kummer: Delaware Watershed Conservation Projects Awarded Nearly $16 Million In Grants

New Allegheny County Sanitary Authority Agreement With Feds Includes Green Infrastructure, $2 Billion Plan To Help Control 6.6 Billion Gallons Of Wet Weather Sewer Overflows [PaEN]

ALCOSAN Unveils $2 Billion Clean Water Plan That Extends To 2036

Hopey: ALCOSAN Plan To Deal With Wet Weather Sewage Overflows Flows Forward

Allegheny County Agency Releases Plan To Control Sewage Overflows, But Critics Say It’s Not Enough

EPA To Announce Approval Of Allegheny County Sanitary Authority’s Plan To Control Sewage Overflows Sept. 19 [PaEN]

DEP Requests Altoona Review Sewage Overflow To Determine If It Is A Problem

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

NFWF Now Accepting Proposals For Local Govt. Installation Of Nutrient, Sediment Reduction Practices In 8 Priority Chesapeake Bay Watershed Counties [PaEN]

Reminder: Presentation Proposals Due For 2020 Riparian Forest Buffer Summit Oct. 15 [PaEN]

Clearfield Conservation District Reports Trout Returning To Deer Creek

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Next Webinar Oct. 11 - New Conservation Planning Tool For At-Risk Species [PaEN]

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

Editorial: No Matter Who Stops Raw Sewage Going Into Susquehanna, It Will Cost Harrisburg Residents

Lancaster Farming: Advice From A Conservation-Minded Farmer

Loyalsock Awarded CFA Grant For Watershed Restoration In Lycoming

Mount Joy Awarded CFA Grant To Handle Stormwater Flooding In Lancaster

NRCS: Scranton Responsible For Vague Notice On Streambank Restoration Projects

Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee Defaulters Urged To Pay

Lehman Twp Staying In Regional Stormwater Program In Luzerne

Editorial: Stormwater Customers Should Pay Up In Wyoming Valley

A Green Infrastructure Research Lab Grows At Villanova

Corvias, Chester Continue Stormwater, Beautification Projects

DEP To Hold Open House Sept. 23 In Mansfield On Doing Work In Streams Affected By Flooding, Erosion [PaEN]

Registration Open For Schuylkill Action Network Annual Meeting Dec. 10 In Reading [PaEN]

Lebanon Valley Conservancy Needs Volunteers To Plant 1,000 Trees This Fall [PaEN]

Sewickley Watershed Assn. To Hold Field Day TODAY At Lowber Mine Drainage Treatment Site, Westmoreland County

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Proposes Changes To Rules For Consumptive Use Mitigation; Webinar, Hearing Set [PaEN]

O’Neill: Ingomar United Methodist Church Leads Effort To Bring Clean Water To People Around The World

Shavertown Native Travels To Promote Protection, Cleanup Of World’s Oceans

Editorial: Celebrating Dirtier Water With EPA Waters Of U.S. Rule Change

Cong. Meuser Meets With EPA Officials Over Federal Stormwater Mandates

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Water Resources

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Proposes Changes To Rules For Consumptive Use Mitigation; Webinar, Hearing Set [PaEN]

Wildlife

P.J. Reilly: New Chronic Wasting Disease Plan Includes Radical Deer Control Measures

Stephen Huba: PA Wants Deer Hunters To Help Control Chronic Wasting Disease

Where Do You Mail A Deer Head For Chronic Wasting Disease Testing?

Editorial: Game Officials Trying To Stay Ahead Of Chronic Disease Outbreak

Editorial: Game Commission Appropriately Steps Up Chronic Wasting Disease Efforts

Op-Ed: PA Doesn’t Need To Allow Sunday Hunting, This Is Why

Editorial: PA Should Consider Expanding Length Of Hunting Season For Canada Geese

John Hayes: Study Puts the Crosshairs On American Attitudes About Hunting

Marcus Schneck: Take The 127-Mile Elk Scenic Drive As An Elk-Spotting Alternative To Crowded Winslow Hill

Western PA Conservancy Receives CFA Grant To Improve Boater, Angler Access In Elk County

Kummer: Peregrine Falcon From Manayunk Found Dead With Severed Leg, Did Drone Do It?

Voters Choose New Design For 2020 PA Fishing License Button!

Marcus Schneck: Anglers Decide On Sunfish Pattern For PA Fishing Licenses

John Hayes: State Action Sought To Fight Great Lakes Pollution

Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Stony Valley Tour Set For Oct. 20

Wildlife For Everyone Invites Photographers To The Tom Ridge Wetlands Preserve In Centre County To Enter Photo Contest [PaEN]

Wildlife Academy Blog: Laurie E. My Path To The Wildlife Leadership Academy

Clearfield Conservation District Reports Trout Returning To Deer Creek

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Next Webinar Oct. 11 - New Conservation Planning Tool For At-Risk Species [PaEN]

30% of Birds (2.9 Billion) In U.S., Canada Since 1970 Are Going, According To New Study

AP: Where Have The Wild Birds Gone? 3 Billion Fewer Than 1970

Missing: Nearly 3 Billion Birds that Used To Live In North America

Silent Skies: Birds Are Vanishing From North America

Darby Creek Valley Association Be Friends To Bats Program Sept. 28 In Haverford

Sept. Joint Conservation Committee Newsletter Highlights Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, Pentagon Report Calling Climate A National Security Concern [PaEN]

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

Marcus Schneck: Last Of 2019 Monarch Butterflies Leaving Pennsylvania

Whitemarsh Twp Joins Pittsburgh, Sharpsburg In Banning Wild Animal Acts

West Nile/Zika Virus

First Probable Human Case Of West Nile Virus Detected In Philadelphia [PaEN]

PA Reports First Human West Nile Virus Case Of The Year

WARNING:  Mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed In Erie, Carbon, Monroe Counties; Both People & Animals Can Be Affected [PaEN]

7 Now Dead From EEE, What Is the Latest On This Mosquito-borne Disease

Outbreak Observatory: Eastern Equine Encephalitis In The Northeast

Eastern Equine Encephalitis Confirmed In Erie County

EEE, Rare Disease That Can Be Deadly To Humans, Horses Spotted In PA

Dangerous Mosquito-borne Brain Disease Detected In PA, NJ

States Warn Residents About Mosquito-borne EEE Virus

Opportunities

Kathy Klein Named Executive Director Partnership For The Delaware Estuary [PaEN]

Help Wanted: PennFuture Clean Water Advocacy Manager Erie [PaEN]

DCNR’s Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee Seeking New Members [PaEN]

Other

Shavertown Native Travels To Promote Protection, Cleanup Of World’s Oceans

O’Neill: Ingomar United Methodist Church Leads Effort To Bring Clean Water To People Around The World

Federal Policy

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

Editorial: Celebrating Dirtier Water With EPA Waters Of U.S. Rule Change

 

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