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Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Citizens More Concerned About The Environment Than Lawmakers
EPA Exceeds President’s Goals For Reducing Regulations
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Politics
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Air
Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 22 Briefing On Governor’s Order To Join RGGI To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants [PaEN]
Court Rules Against EPA On Interstate Smog Rule In Case Filed By CT, NY, NJ Citing Pollution From PA Other States
Philadelphia Wants To Ban Highly Polluting Oils Burned To Heat Buildings
Asbestos Concerns Cancel Classes For The Week At Philadelphia School
Asbestos-Tainted Philly School To Close Indefinitely, District Seeks Alternative Sites For 1,000 Students
DEP Invites Comments On State Air Quality Plan Certification Of Previously Approved Emission Control Regulations [PaEN]
EPA Tells Churches To Cut Mercury, But Says Restrictions On Power Plants Unnecessary
Editorial: Address Methane Now, Wolf Must Tackle Critical Climate Issue
Erie Biology Professor Leads Campaign Against Coke (Coal) Plant In His Community
Op-Ed: Why I’m Suing To Block Trump’s Rollback Of Clean Car Standards - AG Shapiro
Alternative Fuels
Electric Cars Offer Guilt-Free Driving, Aid The Climate, Why Doesn’t Pennsylvania Have More?
Letter: Putting A Road Tax On Electric Cars Is Unfair
SEPTA: Fuel Costs Are Down Thanks To Hybrid Buses
Awards & Recognition
DCNR Recognized With National Climate Adaptation Leadership Award For Adaptation & Mitigation Plan [PaEN]
6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ron Freed, Volunteer Hawk Watcher At Waggoner's Gap, Cumberland County [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Kittatinny Ridge Recognized As PA's Newest Conservation Landscape [PaEN]
3 Penn State Master Gardener Projects Earn International Recognition For Efforts To Restore Bee Populations, Support Local Food Pantries, Education [PaEN]
Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
Westmoreland Conservation District Celebrates 70 Years [PaEN]
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Bay Journal: Rare Chesapeake Logperch Released Into Chiques Creek, Lancaster County [PaEN]
Hurubie Meko: Hundreds Of Chesapeake Logperch Released In Chiques Creek; Project To Repopulate The Fish Ahead Of Schedule
PA Plant Conservation Network Offering Mini Grants For Rare Plant Recovery Projects On Private Lands [PaEN]
3 Penn State Master Gardener Projects Earn International Recognition For Efforts To Restore Bee Populations, Support Local Food Pantries, Education [PaEN]
Master Gardener: A Lancaster County Garden Grows From Success And Failure
Mary Ann Thomas: Invasive Northern Snakehead Fish Caught In Mon River
Allegheny Front: In Pittsburgh, Some Restaurants Help Restore Oysters To Chesapeake Bay
Spotted Lanternflies Enter Adult, Egg Laying Stage: Here’s What You Need To Know - Video
John Hayes: Will The Spotted Lanternfly Be PA’s Next Big Insect Infestation?
Editorial: Spotted Lanternflies: Wipe Them Out - All Of Them
Musician Tim Cheney Of The Edge Hill Rounders Sings "Die, Die, Die, Spotted Lanternfly"
Spotted Lanternfly Mania Has Hit More Than The Trees
AG Shapiro Joins Other AGs To Sue Trump Over Endangered Species Act Rollback
Op-Ed: Greatest Threat To Endangered Species - Habitat Loss Driven By Population Growth
Budget
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Residents Learn About Potential Stormwater Fee [Because their state legislators don’t help them]
Stormwater, Flood Risk On Mind Of Williamsport Finance Director
Op-Ed: Farmers Need Support For Clean Water Efforts
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
Meyer: New Report Says State Parks Funding Hasn’t Kept Pace With Inflation
DCNR Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA At Playground Dedication In Cumberland County
Tour Highlights Infrastructure Challenges Faced At Frances Slocum State Park In Luzerne
DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Drilling Lease In Greene County For $162,400 In Upfront Payments [PaEN]
Editorial: State Parks Need More Investment
Legislation Aims to Make Natural Gas New Coal Industry In NE PA [With Massive Taxpayer Subsidies]
USGS Increases Estimate Of Recoverable Appalachian Basin Shale Gas By 75 Percent
Editorial: Severance Tax Makes Sense, PA Net Exporter Of Natural Gas
Chesapeake Bay
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Farmers Need Support For Clean Water Efforts
DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations [PaEN]
Allegheny Front: In Pittsburgh, Some Restaurants Help Restore Oysters To Chesapeake Bay
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Citizen Action
Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA? Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN]
Hurubie Meko: Watershed Academy To Train Local Champions For Lancaster County Waterways
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Receives Grant To Install Green Stormwater Management Practices In Barrett Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
Tree Pittsburgh Aims To Restore Allegheny County’s Tree Canopy
Penn State Football Fans Asked To Check For Spotted Lanternflies After 2 Sightings
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 5th County - Luzerne County [PaEN]
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 4th County - Mercer County; DEP To Conduct Spraying Operations [PaEN]
Templeton/Hopey: Health Dept., UPMC Experts To Discuss Washington County Ewing Sarcoma Cancer Cases At Oct. 7 Meeting
Parents Of Child Cancer Victims Plead With Gov. Wolf To Attend Cancer Crisis Meeting Oct. 7
Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy
Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17 [PaEN]
Oct. 10 Deadline For Comments On Exelon’s Request To Change TMI Emergency Planning
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ron Freed, Volunteer Hawk Watcher At Waggoner's Gap, Cumberland County [PaEN]
DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan [PaEN]
DCNR Posts Recommendations For Shaping State Parks Over Next 25 Years For Public Comment[PaEN]
3 Penn State Master Gardener Projects Earn International Recognition For Efforts To Restore Bee Populations, Support Local Food Pantries, Education [PaEN]
Master Gardener: A Lancaster County Garden Grows From Success And Failure
DEP To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bivouac Swine Facility Water Quality Permit In Fulton County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On State Air Quality Plan Certification Of Previously Approved Emission Control Regulations [PaEN]
DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Oil Sheens - All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Pollution [PaEN]
Nov. 4 Meeting Set In Erie County On Trout Run Watershed Water Quality Improvement Study [PaEN]
Erie Biology Professor Leads Campaign Against Coke (Coal) Plant In His Community
High School Politician Gets 84 Trees Planted On I-78 Corridor In Lehigh Valley
Keep PA Beautiful, DEP, PennDOT Announce 2019 Litter Summit Nov. 14 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Citizens Are More Concerned About The Environment Than Lawmakers [PaEN]
Editorial: Fashion Tastes Are Corrupting The Environment
Penn State Extension Conducting Landowner Prescribed Fire Program Survey [PaEN]
Pennsylvanians Invited To Take A Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 6 To Recognize Wealth Of State's Woodlands [PaEN]
DCNR Issues 2nd Fall Foliage Report, Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Did Unseasonable Heat Kill Fall Foliage Chances For This Year?
Dept. Of Health: Outdoor Activities Planned This Fall? Protect Yourself From Diseases Carried By Ticks, Mosquitoes [PaEN]
NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meets Oct. 16 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
Pittsburgh National Aviary’s Volunteer Ranks Bolstered By Millennials
Climate
Senate Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 22 Briefing On Governor’s Order To Join RGGI To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants [PaEN]
Gov. Wolf Issues Executive Order Directing DEP To Join Regional Initiative To Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants [PaEN]
PA, Regional Transportation & Climate Initiative Makes Draft Policy Framework Available For Comment [PaEN]
AP-Levy: Pennsylvania Moves To Join Regional Climate Initiative
Laura Legere: Wolf Seeks To Cap PA’s Power Plant Emissions, Join Regional Carbon Market
AP: Wolf To Move Forward On Joining RGGI To Cap Power Plant Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Thompson: Wolf Aims To Raise PA’s Profile In Climate Change Fight By Joining RGGI
Wolf Also Moves On Regional Cap On Transportation Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]
Caruso: Wolf Begins Process To Bring PA Into Regional Cap-And-Trade Climate Program
Phillips: Wolf Plans To Have PA Join A Regional Effort To Cut Carbon Emissions
PA Takes Landmark, And Controversial, Step To Combat Climate Change
Lycoming County Lawmakers Question Wolf’s Greenhouse Gas Initiative
Republican Legislators Critical Of Wolf’s Climate Change Order
Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Citizens Are More Concerned About The Environment Than Lawmakers [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Why I’m Suing To Block Trump’s Rollback Of Clean Car Standards - AG Shapiro
Editorial: Wolf Climate Order Drives Agenda
Editorial: No One Will Be Spared The Effects Of Climate Change
PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
City Of Pittsburgh Becomes 2nd City In U.S. To Integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals [PaEN]
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals, But Mayor Offers Few Specifics
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainability Goals
6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers [PaEN]
How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half, And Saving Money
Editorial: Penn State U. Reverses Energy Curve
More Greenhouse Gases: What To Expect After TMI’s Closure
DCNR Recognized With National Climate Adaptation Leadership Award For Adaptation & Mitigation Plan [PaEN]
City Of Lancaster Adopts Municipal Climate Action Plan To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050 [PaEN]
Tree Pittsburgh Aims To Restore Allegheny County’s Tree Canopy
Allegheny Front: The Philosophy Of Climate Denial
Op-Ed: Are Climate Obstructionists Guilty Of Crimes Against Humanity?
Pittsburgh’s Takeaways From The UN Climate Action Summit
Editorial: Address Methane Now, Wolf Must Tackle Critical Climate Issue
Electric Cars Offer Guilt-Free Driving, Aid The Climate, Why Doesn’t Pennsylvania Have More?
Letter: Putting A Road Tax On Electric Cars Is Unfair
Activist Group Calls For Pitt Vote By February On Divesting From Fossil Fuel Industries
Editorial: Presque Isle Shows Change In Climate
Editorial: Don’t Dismiss Young People Concerned About Climate Change - Listen To Them
Huba: EIA Report: Global Carbon Dioxide Emissions Will Continue To Increase Through 2050
Coal Mining
Activist Group Calls For Pitt Vote By February On Divesting From Fossil Fuel Industries
1957 Marianna Mine Explosion Gets Historic Marker In Washington County
Murray Energy Coal Company Faces Default
Compliance Action
Erie Biology Professor Leads Campaign Against Coke (Coal) Plant In His Community
Conservation Districts
Westmoreland Conservation District Celebrates 70 Years [PaEN]
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
DCNR
DCNR Recognized With National Climate Adaptation Leadership Award For Adaptation & Mitigation Plan [PaEN]
DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan [PaEN]
DCNR Posts Recommendations For Shaping State Parks Over Next 25 Years For Public Comment [PaEN]
Meyer: New Report Says State Parks Funding Hasn’t Kept Pace With Inflation
DCNR Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA At Playground Dedication In Cumberland County
Tour Highlights Infrastructure Challenges Faced At Frances Slocum State Park In Luzerne
Editorial: State Parks Need More Investment
DCNR Signs Submerged Lands Drilling Lease In Greene County For $162,400 In Upfront Payments [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Kittatinny Ridge Recognized As PA's Newest Conservation Landscape [PaEN]
Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
DCNR Issues 2nd Fall Foliage Report, Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing
DCNR: Additional State Forest Roads Opening Throughout The State For Hunting Seasons, Other Outdoor Activities
October 2 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Oct. 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 4 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Bagenstose: Stephens Bill To Pay For PFAS Costs Passes House
PUC Approves PA American Water Lead Service Line Replacement Funding Program; Stakeholder Group To Be Formed [PaEN]
PA American Water To Charge Lehigh Valley Customers 10 Cents Per Month To Replace Lead Service Lines
Maykuth: Was DELCO Water Utility Sale A Politically Motivated Sweetheart Deal?
Water Line Breaks In West Newton, Westmoreland County
Economic Development
Editorial: Farewell To Three Mile Island, Now What Comes Next For Community?
Education
Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA? Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN]
6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers [PaEN]
DEP Invites Schools To Submit Student Entries For The 2020 Radon Poster Contest [PaEN]
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Register Now For EPA's 2019 Campus RainWorks Green Infrastructure Challenge [PaEN]
WITF Smart Talk: Is It Time To Update PA’s Science Curriculum?
Marcus Schneck: Halloween Frights In Pennsylvania Caves
New Asbury Woods Boardwalk Under Construction At Nature Center
How PEC’s Philly-Based Watershed Education & Outreach Team Spent Their Summer [PaEN]
Wyoming Seminary Upper School, EPCAMR Present: STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways Opening Oct. 4, Luzerne County [PaEN]
High School Politician Gets 84 Trees Planted On I-78 Corridor In Lehigh Valley
Student Credits Life On Lake Erie For Science Success
Zelienople House Just One Stop On Oct. 5 Butler County Harvest Solar Tour
Editorial: Don’t Dismiss Young People Concerned About Climate Change - Listen To Them
Melania Trump To Visit Wyoming To Promote Every Kid Outdoors
Emergency Response
Oct. 10 Deadline For Comments On Exelon’s Request To Change TMI Emergency Planning
DEP Our Common Wealth Blog: Oil Sheens - All That Glitters Isn't Necessarily Pollution [PaEN]
2 People Rescued After Plane Crash-Lands In Susquehanna River Near Harrisburg
Blair County Hazmat Team May Need New Equipment
Energy
Gov. Wolf Issues Executive Order Directing DEP To Join Regional Initiative To Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants [PaEN]
PA, Regional Transportation & Climate Initiative Makes Draft Policy Framework Available For Comment [PaEN]
City Of Pittsburgh Becomes 2nd City In U.S. To Integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals [PaEN]
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals, But Mayor Offers Few Specifics
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainability Goals
6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers [PaEN]
How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half, And Saving Money
Editorial: Penn State U. Reverses Energy Curve
Crowd At Pittsburgh Council Hearing Supports Mandating Net-Zero Energy Efficient Municipal Buildings
USGS Increases Estimate Of Recoverable Appalachian Basin Shale Gas By 75 Percent
Redefining Modern Natural Gas Power: Lackawanna Energy Center
Caithness Cuts Ribbon To New 1,050 MW Natural Gas Power Plant In Luzerne County [TMI was 819 MW]
1,050 Natural Gas Power Plant Opens Close To Nuclear Plant In Luzerne County [Susquehanna Nuclear Plant 2 Units 1,180 MW each]
Anya Litvak: Gas Drillers, Energy Transfer Stuck Together After Revolution Pipeline Exploded In Beaver County
Legislation Aims to Make Natural Gas New Coal Industry In NE PA [With Massive Taxpayer Subsidies]
Letter: No To Energize PA Natural Gas Subsidy Package
Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy
Op-Ed: More Coal Plants Are Shutting Down In PA, But What Will Take Their Place?
Peoples Natural Gas Rates To Increase Next Month
NRC Shifts Oversight Of Retired Three Mile Island Reactor To New Branch
Editorial: Farewell To Three Mile Island, Now What Comes Next For Community?
Op-Ed: The Energy Of Washington County
Company Wants To Generate Electricity At Little Pine State Park Dam
AP: Wind Power Industry Worried That Blowback From Trump Will Impede Growth
PUC Recognizes Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Outlines Ongoing Efforts To Safeguard Critical Utilities [PaEN]
Maykuth: Closed Philly Refinery Wants To Hand Out More Executive Bonuses, This Time In Secret
Maykuth: Bankrupt Philly Refinery’s Request To Pay Secret Executive Bonuses Raises Objections
Philadelphia Wants To Ban Highly Polluting Oils Burned To Heat Buildings
New Columbia Boro Ordinance Requires Pathway Along Roofs With Solar Panels
Skyscrapers In The Sea: Massive Wind Turbines Planned Off Delaware Coast
Murray Energy Coal Company Faces Default
DOE Secretary Rick Perry Said To Be Stepping Down By Year’s End
Op-Ed: Why I’m Suing To Block Trump’s Rollback Of Clean Car Standards - AG Shapiro
Energy Conservation
How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half, And Saving Money
Crowd At Pittsburgh Council Hearing Supports Mandating Net-Zero Energy Efficient Municipal Buildings
Report: PA Ranks 18th Nationwide For Its Energy Efficiency Efforts
ACEEE Report: Maryland Sees Biggest Energy Efficiency Improvements, KY Largest Decline
Environmental Health
Templeton/Hopey: Health Dept., UPMC Experts To Discuss Washington County Ewing Sarcoma Cancer Cases At Oct. 7 Meeting
Parents Of Child Cancer Victims Plead With Gov. Wolf To Attend Cancer Crisis Meeting Oct. 7
Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy
Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17 [PaEN]
Environmental Heritage
Organic Farming’s Sacred Spot At Rodale Founder’s Farm To Be Opened To Public
1957 Marianna Mine Explosion Gets Historic Marker In Washington County
Environmental Policy
PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In September Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]
Farming
Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA? Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations [PaEN]
Hurubie Meko: Watershed Academy To Train Local Champions For Lancaster County Waterways
Op-Ed: Farmers Need Support For Clean Water Efforts
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Wolf Announces $500,000 In First Round Of Urban Agriculture Grants
Can Agritourism Attract Visitors To Happy Valley? Centre County Promotional Campaign Kicks Off
Northampton County Farms Open The Gates For A Glimpse Of Life In The Fields
3 Penn State Master Gardener Projects Earn International Recognition For Efforts To Restore Bee Populations, Support Local Food Pantries, Education [PaEN]
Nov. 4 Meeting Set In Erie County On Trout Run Watershed Water Quality Improvement Study [PaEN]
DEP To Hold Oct. 30 Hearing On Bivouac Swine Facility Water Quality Permit In Fulton County [PaEN]
NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meets Oct. 16 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
Penn State Football Fans Asked To Check For Spotted Lanternflies After 2 Sightings
Spotted Lanternflies Enter Adult, Egg Laying Stage: Here’s What You Need To Know - Video
John Hayes: Will The Spotted Lanternfly Be PA’s Next Big Insect Infestation?
Editorial: Spotted Lanternflies: Wipe Them Out - All Of Them
Musician Tim Cheney Of The Edge Hill Rounders Sings "Die, Die, Die, Spotted Lanternfly"
Spotted Lanternfly Mania Has Hit More Than The Trees
Organic Farming’s Sacred Spot At Rodale Founder’s Farm To Be Opened To Public
U.S. Agriculture Secretary: No Guarantee Family Dairy Farms Can Survive As Industry Moves To Factory Farm Model
Meyer: U.S. Ag Secretary Says Small Farms In Trouble, But PA Advocates Have Hope
Flooding
Federal Govt. Provides Update On Flood Map Changes Along Susquehanna River
Stormwater, Flood Risk On Mind Of Williamsport Finance Director
Forests
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
Tree Pittsburgh Aims To Restore Allegheny County’s Tree Canopy
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Penn State Extension Conducting Landowner Prescribed Fire Program Survey [PaEN]
Penn State Football Fans Asked To Check For Spotted Lanternflies After 2 Sightings
Spotted Lanternflies Enter Adult, Egg Laying Stage: Here’s What You Need To Know - Video
John Hayes: Will The Spotted Lanternfly Be PA’s Next Big Insect Infestation?
Editorial: Spotted Lanternflies: Wipe Them Out - All Of Them
Musician Tim Cheney Of The Edge Hill Rounders Sings "Die, Die, Die, Spotted Lanternfly"
Spotted Lanternfly Mania Has Hit More Than The Trees
High School Politician Gets 84 Trees Planted On I-78 Corridor In Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvanians Invited To Take A Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 6 To Recognize Wealth Of State's Woodlands [PaEN]
DCNR Issues 2nd Fall Foliage Report, Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Did Unseasonable Heat Kill Fall Foliage Chances For This Year?
Dept. Of Health: Outdoor Activities Planned This Fall? Protect Yourself From Diseases Carried By Ticks, Mosquitoes [PaEN]
DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan [PaEN]
DCNR Posts Recommendations For Shaping State Parks Over Next 25 Years For Public Comment [PaEN]
Meyer: New Report Says State Parks Funding Hasn’t Kept Pace With Inflation
October 2 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Oct. 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Forests - Wildfires
PG&E Admits Fault In Sparking Large California Wildfires In 2019
Geology
Marcus Schneck: Halloween Frights In Pennsylvania Caves
Grants/Funding
Wolf Announces $500,000 In First Round Of Urban Agriculture Grants
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
Editorial: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Plan Delays Past-Due Sewer Overflow Solutions
Western PA Conservancy Canoe Access Fund Begins Accepting Applications Oct. 15 [PaEN]
PA Plant Conservation Network Offering Mini Grants For Rare Plant Recovery Projects On Private Lands [PaEN]
Green Infrastructure
Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA? Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Receives Grant To Install Green Stormwater Management Practices In Barrett Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations [PaEN]
Penn State Extension Conducting Landowner Prescribed Fire Program Survey [PaEN]
Hurubie Meko: Watershed Academy To Train Local Champions For Lancaster County Waterways
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Nov. 4 Meeting Set In Erie County On Trout Run Watershed Water Quality Improvement Study [PaEN]
East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Residents Learn About Potential Stormwater Fee [Because their state legislators don’t help them]
Stormwater, Flood Risk On Mind Of Williamsport Finance Director
Op-Ed: Farmers Need Support For Clean Water Efforts
Westmoreland Conservation District Celebrates 70 Years [PaEN]
Register Now For EPA's 2019 Campus RainWorks Green Infrastructure Challenge [PaEN]
NRCS-PA: Pennsylvania State Technical Committee Meets Oct. 16 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
Editorial: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Plan Delays Past-Due Sewer Overflow Solutions
How PEC’s Philly-Based Watershed Education & Outreach Team Spent Their Summer [PaEN]
Wyoming Seminary Upper School, EPCAMR Present: STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways Opening Oct. 4, Luzerne County [PaEN]
DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan [PaEN]
DCNR Posts Recommendations For Shaping State Parks Over Next 25 Years For Public Comment [PaEN]
Editorial: State Parks Need More Investment
Hazardous Substances
Bagenstose: Stephens Bill To Pay For PFAS Costs Passes House
PUC Approves PA American Water Lead Service Line Replacement Funding Program; Stakeholder Group To Be Formed [PaEN]
PA American Water To Charge Lehigh Valley Customers 10 Cents Per Month To Replace Lead Service Lines
Allegheny County Lead Safe Homes Program Passed Over For HUD Grant
Philadelphia To Develop Database Of City’s Lead Pipes While Updating Water Meters
Op-Ed: Why We Need Mandatory Lead Testing For Children - Northampton County Executive
Asbestos Concerns Cancel Classes For The Week At Philadelphia School
Asbestos-Tainted Philly School To Close Indefinitely, District Seeks Alternative Sites For 1,000 Students
Templeton/Hopey: Health Dept., UPMC Experts To Discuss Washington County Ewing Sarcoma Cancer Cases At Oct. 7 Meeting
Parents Of Child Cancer Victims Plead With Gov. Wolf To Attend Cancer Crisis Meeting Oct. 7
Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy
Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17 [PaEN]
Blair County Hazmat Team May Need New Equipment
EPA Tells Churches To Cut Mercury, But Says Restrictions On Power Plants Unnecessary
Land Conservation
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Kittatinny Ridge Recognized As PA's Newest Conservation Landscape [PaEN]
Brandywine Conservancy's Bike The Brandywine Attracted Over 500 Riders [PaEN]
Lake Erie
Student Credits Life On Lake Erie For Science Success
DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear From Compacts & Commissions Office Oct. 15 [PaEN]
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Keep PA Beautiful, DEP, PennDOT Announce 2019 Litter Summit Nov. 14 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
Editorial: Community Cleanup Efforts Important
Mine Reclamation
Wyoming Seminary Upper School, EPCAMR Present: STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways Opening Oct. 4, Luzerne County [PaEN]
Op-Ed: U.S. Must Prioritize Rare Earth Mineral Mining To Win Clean Energy Race
Oil & Gas
USGS Increases Estimate Of Recoverable Appalachian Basin Shale Gas By 75 Percent
Editorial: Severance Tax Makes Sense, PA Net Exporter Of Natural Gas
Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy
Hopey/Templeton: DEP Lawyers Up For State Grand Jury Shale Gas Investigation
Templeton/Hopey: Health Dept., UPMC Experts To Discuss Washington County Ewing Sarcoma Cancer Cases At Oct. 7 Meeting
Parents Of Child Cancer Victims Plead With Gov. Wolf To Attend Cancer Crisis Meeting Oct. 7
Letter: Natural Gas No Longer Considered Clean Energy
Dept. Of Health To Give DEP Advisory Committee Update On Oil & Gas Production Health Registry Oct. 17 [PaEN]
Anya Litvak: Gas Drillers, Energy Transfer Stuck Together After Revolution Pipeline Exploded In Beaver County
Hopey: Legal Battle Continues Over Drilling, Fracking Wastewater Injection Well
Grant Twp. Indiana County Has Its Day In Court In Fight Against Drilling Waste Injection Well
Redefining Modern Natural Gas Power: Lackawanna Energy Center
Caithness Cuts Ribbon To New 1,050 MW Natural Gas Power Plant In Luzerne County [TMI was 819 MW]
1,050 Natural Gas Power Plant Opens Close To Nuclear Plant In Luzerne County [Susquehanna Nuclear Plant 2 Units 1,180 MW each]
Letter: No To Energize PA Natural Gas Subsidy Package
Op-Ed: More Coal Plants Are Shutting Down In PA, But What Will Take Their Place?
Op-Ed: The Energy Of Washington County
Frazier: PA’s Fracking Boom Produces Glut Of Ethane That’s Helping Fuel Plastics Production Overseas
Editorial: Address Methane Now, Wolf Must Tackle Critical Climate Issue
Letter: Ban On Fracking Would Reverse Environmental Progress
Activist Group Calls For Pitt Vote By February On Divesting From Fossil Fuel Industries
SEPTA: Fuel Costs Are Down Thanks To Hybrid Buses
Peoples Natural Gas Rates To Increase Next Month
Maykuth: Closed Philly Refinery Wants To Hand Out More Executive Bonuses, This Time In Secret
Maykuth: Bankrupt Philly Refinery’s Request To Pay Secret Executive Bonuses Raises Objections
Philadelphia Wants To Ban Highly Polluting Oils Burned To Heat Buildings
Trump Sides With Farmers In Ethanol Proposal, Angering Oil Industry
Pipelines
Anya Litvak: Gas Drillers, Energy Transfer Stuck Together After Revolution Pipeline Exploded In Beaver County
The Chester County DA vs. The Mariner East Pipeline
Mariner East Pipeline’s Troubles Underscore Need For New Industry Approaches Toward Northeastern Population
Reuters: U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Fight Over Atlantic Coast Pipeline Under Appalachian Trail In VA
Permitting
House Government Oversight Committee To Hold First Hearing/Meeting Oct. 21 & 30 On An Issue Known Only As Investigation 1-2019 [PaEN]
PUC
PUC Approves PA American Water Lead Service Line Replacement Funding Program; Stakeholder Group To Be Formed [PaEN]
PA American Water To Charge Lehigh Valley Customers 10 Cents Per Month To Replace Lead Service Lines
PUC Recognizes Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Outlines Ongoing Efforts To Safeguard Critical Utilities [PaEN]
Radiation Protection
NRC Shifts Oversight Of Retired Three Mile Island Reactor To New Branch
Oct. 10 Deadline For Comments On Exelon’s Request To Change TMI Emergency Planning
Editorial: Farewell To Three Mile Island, Now What Comes Next For Community?
DEP Invites Schools To Submit Student Entries For The 2020 Radon Poster Contest [PaEN]
Caithness Cuts Ribbon To New 1,050 MW Natural Gas Power Plant In Luzerne County [TMI was 819 MW]
1,050 Natural Gas Power Plant Opens Close To Nuclear Plant In Luzerne County [Susquehanna Nuclear Plant 2 Units 1,180 MW each]
Radon
DEP Invites Schools To Submit Student Entries For The 2020 Radon Poster Contest [PaEN]
Recreation
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Kittatinny Ridge Recognized As PA's Newest Conservation Landscape [PaEN]
DCNR Invites Comments On Pennsylvania's 2020-24 Statewide Outdoor Recreation Plan [PaEN]
State Seeks Public Input On PA’s Next Outdoor Recreation Plan
DCNR Posts Recommendations For Shaping State Parks Over Next 25 Years For Public Comment [PaEN]
Meyer: New Report Says State Parks Funding Hasn’t Kept Pace With Inflation
DCNR Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA At Playground Dedication In Cumberland County
Tour Highlights Infrastructure Challenges Faced At Frances Slocum State Park In Luzerne
Editorial: State Parks Need More Investment
Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 Trail Of The Year [PaEN]
DCNR Discusses Benefits Of Restore PA At Playground Dedication In Cumberland County
Western PA Conservancy Canoe Access Fund Begins Accepting Applications Oct. 15 [PaEN]
Pennsylvanians Invited To Take A Walk In Penn's Woods Oct. 6 To Recognize Wealth Of State's Woodlands [PaEN]
Walk Where A Community’s Idea Changed Things For Good To Create Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County Oct. 19.
French & Pickering Creeks Conservation Trust Hosts Oct. 13 Nature Preserve Hike In Chester County [PaEN]
DCNR Issues 2nd Fall Foliage Report, Get Tips On The Best Spots For Viewing [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Did Unseasonable Heat Kill Fall Foliage Chances For This Year?
Marcus Schneck: PA Fall Foliage Bucket List: 14 Leaf Peeper Must-Sees
Here’s When PA Will Reach Peak Leaf-Peeping Season
Editorial: Enjoy Fall And Get Outside
Why The Beginning Of Fall Is Considered The Kickoff To A 2nd Tornado Season
Hundreds Try Out Heritage Trail’s Latest Upgrades In Lackawanna County
Explore The Rail Park Of Philadelphia’s Future At This Free 2-Week Arts Festival
Philly Rail Park’s First Public Art Festival Highlights its Locomotive History
Philly Dirt Bike Riders Still Have Nowhere To Ride
Brandywine Conservancy's Bike The Brandywine Attracted Over 500 Riders [PaEN]
Editorial: Presque Isle Shows Change In Climate
Dept. Of Health: Outdoor Activities Planned This Fall? Protect Yourself From Diseases Carried By Ticks, Mosquitoes [PaEN]
October 2 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Fall Penn's Stewards Newsletter Now Available From PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Oct. 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Recycling/Waste
O’Neill: Pittsburgh Should Try To Recycle 2,000 Tons Of Glass In 2020
Op-Ed: Recycling Rates Could Rise Significantly With This Simple Tweak
State, Local Officials Support Rep. .Ullman’s Bottle Bill At Hearing
Editorial: Write-In Effort Opposes Local Officials Supporting Keystone Landfill Expansion
Editorial: Fashion Tastes Are Corrupting The Environment
Westinghouse Site Developer Faces Federal Charges On Asbestos Dumping
Regulations
EPA Exceeds President’s Goals For Reducing Regulations
Renewable Energy
Gov. Wolf Issues Executive Order Directing DEP To Join Regional Initiative To Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions From Power Plants [PaEN]
PA, Regional Transportation & Climate Initiative Makes Draft Policy Framework Available For Comment [PaEN]
How Penn State Is Cutting Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half, And Saving Money
Editorial: Penn State U. Reverses Energy Curve
Zelienople House Just One Stop On Oct. 5 Butler County Harvest Solar Tour
New Columbia Boro Ordinance Requires Pathway Along Roofs With Solar Panels
Company Wants To Generate Electricity At Little Pine State Park Dam
Op-Ed: U.S. Must Prioritize Rare Earth Mineral Mining To Win Clean Energy Race
Skyscrapers In The Sea: Massive Wind Turbines Planned Off Delaware Coast
AP: Wind Power Industry Worried That Blowback From Trump Will Impede Growth
Stormwater
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations [PaEN]
Stormwater, Flood Risk On Mind Of Williamsport Finance Director
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
Editorial: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Plan Delays Past-Due Sewer Overflow Solutions
Hurubie Meko: Watershed Academy To Train Local Champions For Lancaster County Waterways
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Receives Grant To Install Green Stormwater Management Practices In Barrett Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Register Now For EPA's 2019 Campus RainWorks Green Infrastructure Challenge [PaEN]
East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Residents Learn About Potential Stormwater Fee [Because their state legislators don’t help them]
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
How PEC’s Philly-Based Watershed Education & Outreach Team Spent Their Summer [PaEN]
Susquehanna River
2 People Rescued After Plane Crash-Lands In Susquehanna River Near Harrisburg
Sustainability
6 PA Colleges, Universities Included In 2019 International Sustainable Campus Index Top Performers [PaEN]
City Of Pittsburgh Becomes 2nd City In U.S. To Integrate UN Sustainable Development Goals [PaEN]
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals, But Mayor Offers Few Specifics
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainable Development Goals
Pittsburgh Adopts UN Sustainability Goals
City Of Lancaster Adopts Municipal Climate Action Plan To Be Carbon Neutral By 2050
DCNR Recognized With National Climate Adaptation Leadership Award For Adaptation & Mitigation Plan
Wastewater Facilities
Maykuth: Was DELCO Water Utility Sale A Politically Motivated Sweetheart Deal?
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
Editorial: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Plan Delays Past-Due Sewer Overflow Solutions
Watershed Protection
Talk To Your State Senator Student Video Contest -- How To Support Agriculture In PA? Here’s A Video Idea, How About Funding Farm Conservation Measures? [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Restoration Goals A Greater Challenge For PA - DEP Secretary McDonnell [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Path To A Clean Chesapeake Bay Poses Problems For Key Bay States [PaEN]
DEP Finalizes New Soil Erosion & Sediment Control Manual For Agricultural Operations [PaEN]
Hurubie Meko: Watershed Academy To Train Local Champions For Lancaster County Waterways
Pike County Conservation District Student Poetry Contest Now Accepting Entries [PaEN]
Nov. 4 Meeting Set In Erie County On Trout Run Watershed Water Quality Improvement Study [PaEN]
Brodhead Watershed Assn. Receives Grant To Install Green Stormwater Management Practices In Barrett Twp., Monroe County [PaEN]
East Lampeter Twp., Lancaster Residents Learn About Potential Stormwater Fee [Because their state legislators don’t help them]
Stormwater, Flood Risk On Mind Of Williamsport Finance Director
Op-Ed: Farmers Need Support For Clean Water Efforts
Westmoreland Conservation District Celebrates 70 Years [PaEN]
Register Now For EPA's 2019 Campus RainWorks Green Infrastructure Challenge [PaEN]
ALCOSAN Awards Nearly $10 Million In Green Infrastructure Grants
Editorial: ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Plan Delays Past-Due Sewer Overflow Solutions
How PEC’s Philly-Based Watershed Education & Outreach Team Spent Their Summer [PaEN]
Wyoming Seminary Upper School, EPCAMR Present: STEM And Art: Changing Perspectives Of Waterways Opening Oct. 4, Luzerne County [PaEN]
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 4 RiverWatch Video Report
Student Credits Life On Lake Erie For Science Success
2 People Rescued After Plane Crash-Lands In Susquehanna River Near Harrisburg
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Wildlife
Bay Journal: Rare Chesapeake Logperch Released Into Chiques Creek, Lancaster County [PaEN]
Hurubie Meko: Hundreds Of Chesapeake Logperch Released In Chiques Creek; Project To Repopulate The Fish Ahead Of Schedule
Allegheny Front: In Pittsburgh, Some Restaurants Help Restore Oysters To Chesapeake Bay
Mary Ann Thomas: Invasive Northern Snakehead Fish Caught In Mon River
Marcus Schneck: Is Invading Frankenfish Continuing Its Spread Across PA?
DCNR: Additional State Forest Roads Opening Throughout The State For Hunting Seasons, Other Outdoor Activities [PaEN]
Walk Where A Community’s Idea Changed Things For Good To Create Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge In Monroe County Oct. 19.
PA Once Again No. 1 In Projected Car Crashes With Deer, State Farm Says
Odds Of Hitting A Deer In PA Go Up To 1 in 52 Chance, Was 1 In 63 Last Year
Corn Crop Devastated By Deer In Bradford County
Jessica Walliser: 3 Ways To Deal With Deer In The Garden
Marcus Schneck: Coyotes In PA: Are they Coming To Get You?
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Ron Freed, Volunteer Hawk Watcher At Waggoner's Gap, Cumberland County [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Bald Eagles With Talons Locked Rescued From Creek In York County
Pittsburgh National Aviary’s Volunteer Ranks Bolstered By Millennials
Another Alligator Found In Pittsburgh, This One Along The Allegheny In Lawrenceville
Lost: Owner Of Very Well-Fed Python Found In Lancaster County
AG Shapiro Joins Other AGs To Sue Trump Over Endangered Species Act Rollback
Op-Ed: Greatest Threat To Endangered Species - Habitat Loss Driven By Population Growth
West Nile/Zika Virus
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 5th County - Luzerne County [PaEN]
Eastern Equine Encephalitis Now Found In 4th County - Mercer County; DEP To Conduct Spraying Operations [PaEN]
Dept. Of Health: Outdoor Activities Planned This Fall? Protect Yourself From Diseases Carried By Ticks, Mosquitoes [PaEN]
Opportunities
Help Wanted: The Nature Conservancy-PA State Director [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District Erosion & Sedimentation Technician [PaEN]
Help Wanted: PennFuture - Philadelphia/Delaware Watershed Communications Consultant [PaEN]
Federal Policy
EPA Exceeds President’s Goals For Reducing Regulations
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