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Editorial: Pennsylvanians Ill-Served By 2,500 Separate Municipal Governments

Politics

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House/Senate

Senate Republican Majority Leader Warns Wolf Policies On Climate, Natural Gas, Charter Schools Could Hold State Back

The October Newsletter Is Now Available From The Joint Conservation Committee [PaEN]

Air

DEP: Hemp Warehouse Violating Odor Law In Westmoreland County

Editorial: DEP Needs To Address Hemp Smell

As Congestion Worsens In Philly, Car-Related Emissions Spike

Op-Ed: These Bills Would Save You Money On Vehicle Emissions Testing [Only If EPA Approved Changes]

Farmers, Renewable Fuel Groups Upset Over EPA’s New Biofuel Plan

Casey, Toomey Split On U.S. Senate Vote To Overturn Trump Power Plant Rule

Moms Clean Air Force Testifies At Only EPA Hearing On Changing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Rules

Allegheny Front: Pennsylvanians Tell EPA We Need More Controls On Methane, Not Less

Letter: EPA Should Do More To Control Methane Leaks

Alternative Fuels

NRDC: PA’s Gasoline Tax And Proposed Electric Vehicle Fees - A Primer

Farmers, Renewable Fuel Groups Upset Over EPA’s New Biofuel Plan

Awards & Recognition

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 Governor's Awards For Environmental Excellence [PaEN]

DEP Accepting Applications For Environmental Project Awards

DCNR Receives Independent Sustainable Forest Certification For State Forest System [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Charlotte R. Catalano, Hawk Counter At Waggoner’s Gap [PaEN]

Northumberland County Tree Farm Provides White House Blue Room Christmas Tree [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

DCNR Good Natured Blog: The Fight To Preserve Hemlocks In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Lacawac Sanctuary Chestnut Tree Restoration Project In Wayne County [PaEN]

Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Turning A New Leaf Conference, Designing With Our Natural Resources Dec. 5-6 Harrisburg [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Where Will Spotted Lanternfly Strike Next?

Invasive Species Like Spotted Lanternfly: Where Do We Go From Here?

Budget

House Committee To Consider Bill Oct. 22 Guaranteeing Taxpayers Pay The Highest Prices For Nutrient Reductions; Another Pretend Solution [PaEN]

Sauro: Stormwater Fee, Plant To Reduce Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Scrutinized By Harrisburg Officials

Municipalities Seeking Federal Stormwater Funds To Help With Mandates

Editorial: Hopefully, DEP’s Tour Of Grafius Run, Lycoming County Will Support Flooding Fix

Cambria, Somerset Groups Vent Concerns About Restore PA Infrastructure Plan

Chesapeake Bay

Turkey Hill Forms Clean Water Partnership To Support Dairy Farmers

Bay Journal: 55% Of Farmland, Farms Owned, Co-Owned Or Managed By Women In PA - What It Means For Clean Water [PaEN]

2019 PA Women’s Agricultural Network Symposium Set For Dec. 18 At Temple University [PaEN]

House Committee To Consider Bill Oct. 22 Guaranteeing Taxpayers Pay The Highest Prices For Nutrient Reductions; Another Pretend Solution [PaEN]

House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 21 Hearing On Issues Related To Waters Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Sauro: Stormwater Fee, Plant To Reduce Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Scrutinized By Harrisburg Officials

Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Turning A New Leaf Conference, Designing With Our Natural Resources Dec. 5-6 Harrisburg [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

Column: PA Lawmakers Want To Make It A Lot Harder To Protest

PUC Administrative Judge Holds Hearings On Mariner East Pipeline Safety Oct. 23 & 24 In West Chester [PaEN]

40+ Groups, 200 Citizens Call On 2 Republican Reps. O’Neal, Ortitay To Investigate Cancers, Call For A Halt To Industry-Friendly Bills [PaEN]

Penn State Students, Citizen Scientists Take Snapshot Of Shaver's Creek In Centre County [PaEN]

Moshannon Creek Watershed Assn. Looks To Tackle Moshannon Creek

Brodhead Watershed Assn., Partners Host Oct. 26 Day For Climate Change Advocacy & Awareness In Monroe County [PaEN]

StateImpact PA, WITF Invite Public To A Retro Report Discussion On Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, More Oct. 23 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Forum At Dickinson College Points To Local Actions To Battle Climate Change

DCNR: Statewide Peak For Fall Foliage Is Here! [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Statewide Peak For Fall Foliage Is Here, Says DCNR Report

DEP: Climate Change Could Dull Fall Foliage Displays In Penn’s Woods [PaEN]

10 Gorgeous Philly-Area Spots For Fall Foliage Hikes, Walks, Runs

Keep PA Beautiful: Still Time To Organize, Join An International Coastal Cleanup In Your Community [PaEN]

PA Resources Council, PA American Water Host 3 Drug Take-Back Day Collection Events Oct. 26 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Delaware River Forum Unites Conservation Organizations, Attracts Over 250 In Allentown [PaEN]

Plastics, Farming, Conservation On Tap At Delaware River Watershed Forum

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Climate

Senate Republican Majority Leader Warns Wolf Policies On Climate, Natural Gas, Charter Schools Could Hold State Back

Three Pennsylvania Official State Animals Are Vulnerable To Climate Change

PA State Bird Could Leave If Summer Temperatures Rise: Report

Goldman Sachs Report On Effects Of Climate Change Grim Reading

Heartland Institute: Gov. Wolf’s RGGI Carbon Tax Plan All Pain, No Gain

Kummer: Philadelphia Launches Regional Collaborative To Tackle Climate Change, Recycling, Renewable Energy

Join The Climate Collaborative Of Greater Philadelphia

Kleinman Energy Center: Preparing Philadelphia Gas Works For A Low-Carbon Future

Will Debate Over Climate Change Stall Long-Overdue Update Of PA’s Science Standards?

DEP: Climate Change Could Dull Fall Foliage Displays In Penn’s Woods [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn., Partners Host Oct. 26 Day For Climate Change Advocacy & Awareness In Monroe County [PaEN]

StateImpact PA, WITF Invite Public To A Retro Report Discussion On Climate Change, Nuclear Energy, More Oct. 23 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

PA Municipal League: Role Of Energy Efficiency In Community Resilience Webinar Oct. 31 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Expanding Pennsylvania’s Clean Energy Options With CO2 Capture

Moms Clean Air Force Testifies At Only EPA Hearing On Changing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Rules

Allegheny Front: Pennsylvanians Tell EPA We Need More Controls On Methane, Not Less

Letter: EPA Should Do More To Control Methane Leaks

Coal Mining

Lehigh Anthracite: Mine Turns To Some Coal Cats For Mass Excavation

Penn State Receives $1.25M Grant To Study Improving Ventilation In Underground Mines

Compliance Action

Covanta Announces Plan To Deal With Recent Malfunctions At Montgomery County Waste-To-Energy Facility

Dam Safety

Agreement Reached To Preserve Historic Wayne County Dam, Deal With Safety Issues

Dam Removal Project In Blair County Funded By American Rivers

DCNR

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Charlotte R. Catalano, Hawk Counter At Waggoner’s Gap [PaEN]

October 16 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Oct. 18 Take Five Fridays With Pam Now Available, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Delaware River Forum Unites Conservation Organizations, Attracts Over 250 In Allentown [PaEN]

150 Nonprofits Gather To Find Ways Of Protecting Delaware River Watershed

Plastics, Farming, Conservation On Tap At Delaware River Watershed Forum

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 18 RiverWatch Video Report

DEP

Senate Environmental Committee Meets Oct. 22 On Bills That Will Slow Down DEP Permit Reviews, Make It More Complex, Costly [PaEN]

October News & Views Newsletter Now Available From DEP [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Gov. Wolf Announces $98 Million Investment In Water Infrastructure Projects In 11 Counties [PaEN]

Erie Water Works Gets $32 Million State Loan

Pentagon Watchdog To Examine Military’s PFAS Use

Bay Journal: Study Looks At How Toxic PFAS Moves Through Soil

McKeesport Area Residents Warned To Boil Water; White Oak Told To Conserve Water

High School Closed Monday After Boil-Water Advisories In McKeesport

Economic Development

Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Estimates Rail-Trails Contribute $930 Million A Year To Pennsylvania's Economy [PaEN]

ExxonMobil Scouting For Potential Ethane Plant Site In Beaver County

Frazier: ExxonMobile Scouting Property For 2nd Ethane Plant In Beaver County

National Fuel Boss Says Lower Natural Gas Rates Are Boosting The Region’s Economy

Pavilion In Greenwood Furnace State Park Part Of PA Outdoor Corps Project

Correctional Conservation Collaborative Plants 400 Trees In Juniata River Watershed At Culmination Of Vocational Training Program [PaEN]

Wolf Administration Program Prepares Inmates For Outdoor Careers Planting Trees To Improve Water Quality

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality

Education

Will Debate Over Climate Change Stall Long-Overdue Update Of PA’s Science Standards?

Work Begins To Restore Wetland Habitat For Outdoor Classroom, Manage Stormwater At Eichhorn School Lewisburg, Union County

Natural Lands, Trellis For Tomorrow Partner On Youth Outdoor Stewardship Program In Chester County [PaEN]

Penn State Students, Citizen Scientists Take Snapshot Of Shaver's Creek In Centre County [PaEN]

Bucknell University Hosts 14th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium

Extended: Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference [PaEN]

Pavilion In Greenwood Furnace State Park Part Of PA Outdoor Corps Project

Emergency Response

Firefighters Battle Blazing Conventional Natural Gas Well In West Salem Twp., Mercer County

Costs Of Natural Disasters Are Increasing At The High End

Energy

Senate Republican Majority Leader Warns Wolf Policies On Climate, Natural Gas, Charter Schools Could Hold State Back

Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Workshop On Conservative Approaches To Renewable Energy Oct. 22 [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Airport Will Loop Gas From CNX Wells, Solar Power For Its Own Microgrid

Pittsburgh Airport Plans To Generate Its Own Electric Power With Gas, Solar

Pittsburgh Airport To Become First Major U.S. Airport Powered Entirely By Microgrid

National Fuel Boss Says Lower Natural Gas Rates Are Boosting The Region’s Economy

PennDOT Accepting Applications To Upgrade Traffic Signals To LED Lights [PaEN]

EnergySolutions Acquires Accident-Damaged TMI Unit 2 Reactor For Decontamination [PaEN]

EnergySolutions Acquires Accident-Damaged TMI Unit 2 Reactor For Decontamination

FirstEnergy Warns It May Close Ohio Nuclear Power Plants Anyway, Due To Uncertainty Over  Bailout Program

Ohio Supreme Court Nixes Cap On FirstEnergy Efficiency Spending, But State Slated To Drop Standard As Part Of Nuclear Bailout Program

Ohio’s Bizarre Nuclear Bailout Brawl Might Be Just Getting Started

FirstEnergy Solutions Wins Bankruptcy Plan Approval

Op-Ed: Need To Focus On Health, Not Money, In Managing Nuclear Power Reactors

PA Ranks 2nd In Terms Of Increasing Home Value With Solar Panels

Editorial: Pennsylvania Should Offer Greater Incentives For Solar Power

Templeton: Vote Delayed On Controversial Beech Hollow Natural Gas Power Plant In Washington County

Kleinman Energy Center: Preparing Philadelphia Gas Works For A Low-Carbon Future

Transource Reaches Settlement Agreement In York Power Line Project

PUC Sets Filing Schedule For Utility Energy Conservation/Universal Service Plans [PaEN]

Report: Avangrid, PPL Talk Potential $67 Billion Merger

PPL In Merger Talks With CT Utility To Form $67 Billion Company

Maykuth: Philly Refinery Blast Released 5,000 Pounds Of Deadline Chemical, Federal Investigators Say

AP: Aging, Thin Pipe Likely Cause Of Philadelphia Refinery Explosion/Fire

Federal Chemical Safety Board Said Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Did Not Have To Happen

For Philly Residents, New Report On Refinery Explosion Prompts More Health Concerns

Philly Refinery Explosion Sent Bus-Size Piece Of Debris Flying Across Schuylkill River

Maykuth: Court Allows Bankrupt Philly Refiner To Award Secret Bonuses

Exelon Utilities CEO Abruptly Retires Amid Federal Probe Into Illinois Lobbying

Op-Ed: Expanding Pennsylvania’s Clean Energy Options With CO2 Capture

DOE Secretary Rick Perry Announces Resignation After Previous Denials

Trump To Nominate DOE Deputy Dan Brouillette As Rick Perry’s Replacement

Trump Travels To Pittsburgh Next Wednesday To Speak At Natural Gas Conference

Energy Conservation

PA Municipal League: Role Of Energy Efficiency In Community Resilience Webinar Oct. 31 [PaEN]

PennDOT Accepting Applications To Upgrade Traffic Signals To LED Lights [PaEN]

PUC Sets Filing Schedule For Utility Energy Conservation/Universal Service Plans [PaEN]

Environmental Health

Caruso: PA Health Dept. Received Just 160 Complaints On Oil & Gas Production Health Impacts In Nearly A Decade

John Hayes: Rabies Cases Have Risen, But This Level May Become Routine

Maykuth: Philly Refinery Blast Released 5,000 Pounds Of Deadline Chemical, Federal Investigators Say

AP: Aging, Thin Pipe Likely Cause Of Philadelphia Refinery Explosion/Fire

Federal Chemical Safety Board Said Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Did Not Have To Happen

For Philly Residents, New Report On Refinery Explosion Prompts More Health Concerns

Philly Refinery Explosion Sent Bus-Size Piece Of Debris Flying Across Schuylkill River

Farming

Turkey Hill Forms Clean Water Partnership To Support Dairy Farmers

House Committee To Consider Bill Oct. 22 Guaranteeing Taxpayers Pay The Highest Prices For Nutrient Reductions; Another Pretend Solution

House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 21 Hearing On Issues Related To Waters Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Bay Journal: 55% Of Farmland, Farms Owned, Co-Owned Or Managed By Women In PA - What It Means For Clean Water [PaEN]

2019 PA Women’s Agricultural Network Symposium Set For Dec. 18 At Temple University [PaEN]

Fifth Season Sustainable Indoor Produce Farm Blooms In A Town Built On Steel In Allegheny County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Where Will Spotted Lanternfly Strike Next?

Invasive Species Like Spotted Lanternfly: Where Do We Go From Here?

PA’s Pumpkin Farmers Dealing With Lower Than Normal Crop Yields

Migrant Labor Helped One PA Farmer Become Pennsylvania’s Pumpkin King

DEP: Hemp Warehouse Violating Odor Law In Westmoreland County

Editorial: DEP Needs To Address Hemp Smell

Rodale Institute Names Jeff Moyer CEO [PaEN]

Flooding

NRCS-PA Receives Funding For Flood Prevention Projects For Watersheds In Chester, Westmoreland, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 21 Hearing On Issues Related To Waters Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Editorial: Hopefully, DEP’s Tour Of Grafius Run, Lycoming County Will Support Flooding Fix

Forests

Northumberland County Tree Farm Provides White House Blue Room Christmas Tree [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Where Will Spotted Lanternfly Strike Next?

Invasive Species Like Spotted Lanternfly: Where Do We Go From Here?

DCNR Receives Independent Sustainable Forest Certification For State Forest System [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: The Fight To Preserve Hemlocks In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Lacawac Sanctuary Chestnut Tree Restoration Project In Wayne County [PaEN]

Foundation for Sustainable Forests Protects 55 Acres In Crawford County Thanks To Generous Virginia-based Donors [PaEN]

Correctional Conservation Collaborative Plants 400 Trees In Juniata River Watershed At Culmination Of Vocational Training Program [PaEN]

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality

DCNR: Statewide Peak For Fall Foliage Is Here! [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Statewide Peak For Fall Foliage Is Here, Says DCNR Report

DEP: Climate Change Could Dull Fall Foliage Displays In Penn’s Woods [PaEN]

10 Gorgeous Philly-Area Spots For Fall Foliage Hikes, Walks, Runs

Geology

Hopey: Small Earthquake Detected Near Washington, PA

Grants/Funding

Gov. Wolf Announces $98 Million Investment In Water Infrastructure Projects In 11 Counties [PaEN]

Erie Water Works Gets $32 Million State Loan

Sauro: Capital Region Water Will Use $13 Million Loan To Battle Stormwater In Harrisburg

Upper Augusta Receives Grant, Loan To Install Sewer System

NRCS-PA Receives Funding For Flood Prevention Projects For Watersheds In Chester, Westmoreland, Wyoming Counties [PaEN]

PennDOT Accepting Applications To Upgrade Traffic Signals To LED Lights [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

Turkey Hill Forms Clean Water Partnership To Support Dairy Farmers

Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Turning A New Leaf Conference, Designing With Our Natural Resources Dec. 5-6 Harrisburg [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Natural Lands, Trellis For Tomorrow Partner On Youth Outdoor Stewardship Program In Chester County [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Announces $98 Million Investment In Water Infrastructure Projects In 11 Counties [PaEN]

Erie Water Works Gets $32 Million State Loan

House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 21 Hearing On Issues Related To Waters Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Water Authority To Begin Restoration Work On Saw Mill Run, Some Feel Left Behind

Sauro: Capital Region Water Will Use $13 Million Loan To Battle Stormwater In Harrisburg

Sauro: Stormwater Fee, Plant To Reduce Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Scrutinized By Harrisburg Officials

Municipalities Seeking Federal Stormwater Funds To Help With Mandates

Extended: Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference [PaEN]

Mike Dziak Retiring As Earth Conservancy Head

Work Begins To Restore Wetland Habitat For Outdoor Classroom, Manage Stormwater At Eichhorn School Lewisburg, Union County

Correctional Conservation Collaborative Plants 400 Trees In Juniata River Watershed At Culmination Of Vocational Training Program [PaEN]

Wolf Administration Program Prepares Inmates For Outdoor Careers Planting Trees To Improve Water Quality

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

Eastwick, Philadelphia: An Environmental Sore That May Be Healing

How Philadelphia Built A Neighborhood On Toxic Soil Of Fmr Clearview Landfill

Pentagon Watchdog To Examine Military’s PFAS Use

Bay Journal: Study Looks At How Toxic PFAS Moves Through Soil

Land Conservation

Foundation for Sustainable Forests Protects 55 Acres In Crawford County Thanks To Generous Virginia-based Donors [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservancy Adds 23 Acres To Welsh Mountain Nature Preserve [PaEN]

Allegheny Land Trust Protects 38.5 Acres Of Woodlands Along Montour Trail In Allegheny County [PaEN]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary, The Conservation Fund, Berks Nature Protect Additional 22 Acres [PaEN]

Hollow Oak Land Trust Acquires Two Trail Easements; Finishes First Phase of Trout Run Trails

Nearly 200 Attend North Branch Land Trust Taste The Local Harvest Event

Land Trust Alliance Conservation Finance Intensive Workshop Dec. 16-18

Natural Lands, Trellis For Tomorrow Partner On Youth Outdoor Stewardship Program In Chester County [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Keep PA Beautiful: Still Time To Organize, Join An International Coastal Cleanup In Your Community [PaEN]

Littering In Luzerne County Being Addressed, Official Says

This Time, Philly Grocery Store Owner Won’t Stand In The Way Of Plastic Bag Ban

Mine Reclamation

Cong. Meuser/Cartwright Introduce Bipartisan Federal Tax Credit Bill To Support Coal Refuse-Fired Power Plants [PaEN]

Cong. Meuser Moves To Incentivize Coal Refuse Environmental Cleanup

Mike Dziak Retiring As Earth Conservancy Head

Oil & Gas

Senate Appropriations Committee Meets Oct. 21 To Consider Bill To Legalize Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

Bradford County Company Wants To Take Lithium From Shale Gas Drilling Wastewater

Caruso: PA Health Dept. Received Just 160 Complaints On Oil & Gas Production Health Impacts In Nearly A Decade

Editorial: Don’t Spray Drilling Waste On Roadways

Senate Republican Majority Leader Warns Wolf Policies On Climate, Natural Gas, Charter Schools Could Hold State Back

40+ Groups, 200 Citizens Call On 2 Republican Reps. O’Neal, Ortitay To Investigate Cancers, Call For A Halt To Industry-Friendly Bills [PaEN]

Allegheny Front: What You Need To Know About Republican Pro-Natural Gas Bills

Firefighters Battle Blazing Conventional Natural Gas Well In West Salem Twp., Mercer County

Templeton: Vote Delayed On Controversial Beech Hollow Natural Gas Power Plant In Washington County

Op-Ed: Shale Gas Development Follows A Legacy Forged In Steel

Hopey: Small Earthquake Detected Near Washington, PA

National Fuel Boss Says Lower Natural Gas Rates Are Boosting The Region’s Economy

Proposed Oil & Gas Leasing Registry In Allegheny County Aims For Transparency, But Could Be Hard To Enforce

Marcellus Drilling News: Allegheny County Proposes Oil & Gas Lease-Shaming Registry

Pittsburgh Airport Will Loop Gas From CNX Wells, Solar Power For Its Own Microgrid

Pittsburgh Airport Plans To Generate Its Own Electric Power With Gas, Solar

Pittsburgh Airport To Become First Major U.S. Airport Powered Entirely By Microgrid

Kleinman Energy Center: Preparing Philadelphia Gas Works For A Low-Carbon Future

Maykuth: Philly Refinery Blast Released 5,000 Pounds Of Deadline Chemical, Federal Investigators Say

AP: Aging, Thin Pipe Likely Cause Of Philadelphia Refinery Explosion/Fire

Federal Chemical Safety Board Said Philadelphia Refinery Explosion Did Not Have To Happen

For Philly Residents, New Report On Refinery Explosion Prompts More Health Concerns

Philly Refinery Explosion Sent Bus-Size Piece Of Debris Flying Across Schuylkill River

Neighbors Watch Warily As Closed Philly Refinery Oil Trains Make Last Rounds

Groups Bidding On Closed Philly Refinery Due To Tour Site

Letter: Why Is DEP Suing Grant Twp Over Drilling Waste Injection Well?

Moms Clean Air Force Testifies At Only EPA Hearing On Changing Oil & Gas Methane Emissions Rules

Allegheny Front: Pennsylvanians Tell EPA We Need More Controls On Methane, Not Less

Letter: EPA Should Do More To Control Methane Leaks

ExxonMobil Scouting For Potential Ethane Plant Site In Beaver County

Frazier: ExxonMobile Scouting Property For 2nd Ethane Plant In Beaver County

Trump Travels To Pittsburgh Next Wednesday To Speak At Natural Gas Conference

Frazier: Trump To Appear At Natural Gas Conference In Pittsburgh Next Week

AP: Trump To Headline Natural Gas Industry Gathering In Pennsylvania Next Week

Pipelines

PUC Administrative Judge Holds Hearings On Mariner East Pipeline Safety Oct. 23 & 24 In West Chester [PaEN]

Hurdle: Mariner East Opponents Say New Federal Pipeline Safety Rules Too Little, Too Late

Meyer: Activists Again Urge Wolf To Shut Down Mariner East Pipelines

West Rockhill Twp., Bucks County Continues Adelphia Pipeline Compressor Station Appeal

Permitting

Senate Environmental Committee Meets Oct. 22 On Bills That Will Slow Down DEP Permit Reviews, Make It More Complex, Costly [PaEN]

Sen. Yaw Introduces Bill To Authorize 3rd Party Review Of Chapter 102, 105 Permit Applications [PaEN]

DEP Posts 49 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 19 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

PUC Administrative Judge Holds Hearings On Mariner East Pipeline Safety Oct. 23 & 24 In West Chester [PaEN]

PUC Sets Filing Schedule For Utility Energy Conservation/Universal Service Plans [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

DEP Posts Updates To Radiation Monitoring Requirements For Oil & Gas Operations For Comment [PaEN]

Bradford County Company Wants To Take Lithium From Shale Gas Drilling Wastewater

EnergySolutions Acquires Accident-Damaged TMI Unit 2 Reactor For Decontamination [PaEN]

EnergySolutions Acquires Accident-Damaged TMI Unit 2 Reactor For Decontamination

FirstEnergy Warns It May Close Ohio Nuclear Power Plants Anyway, Due To Uncertainty Over  Bailout Program

Ohio Supreme Court Nixes Cap On FirstEnergy Efficiency Spending, But State Slated To Drop Standard As Part Of Nuclear Bailout Program

Ohio’s Bizarre Nuclear Bailout Brawl Might Be Just Getting Started

Op-Ed: Need To Focus On Health, Not Money, In Managing Nuclear Power Reactors

Exelon Utilities CEO Abruptly Retires Amid Federal Probe Into Illinois Lobbying

Recreation

Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Estimates Rail-Trails Contribute $930 Million A Year To Pennsylvania's Economy [PaEN]

DCNR: Statewide Peak For Fall Foliage Is Here! [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Statewide Peak For Fall Foliage Is Here, Says DCNR Report

DEP: Climate Change Could Dull Fall Foliage Displays In Penn’s Woods [PaEN]

10 Gorgeous Philly-Area Spots For Fall Foliage Hikes, Walks, Runs

Pavilion In Greenwood Furnace State Park Part Of PA Outdoor Corps Project

Chesapeake Conservancy, National Park Service Develop New Paddle The Susquehanna River Website [PaEN]

AP: Excursion Train Serving Lehigh Gorge State Park To Shut Down Over Tax Dispute

Lehigh Gorge Scenic Railway Closing Over Tax Dispute

Editorial: Find A Way To Keep Railroad On Track

Newtown Rail Trail Construction To Begin In Bucks County

Bottle Works, Bank Collaborate On Greenspace Naming Rights In Johnstown

How Transforming A Soggy Lehigh Valley Park Because Bigger Than Just Drying It Out

Tour The Delaware Water Gap, The Crown Jewel That Nearly Disappeared

Missing Hiker On Appalachian Trail Found Dead

Recycling/Waste

PA Resources Council, PA American Water Host 3 Drug Take-Back Day Collection Events Oct. 26 In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

DEP Posts Updates To Radiation Monitoring Requirements For Oil & Gas Operations For Comment [PaEN]

Bradford County Company Wants To Take Lithium From Shale Gas Drilling Wastewater

How Philadelphia Built A Neighborhood On Toxic Soil Of Fmr Clearview Landfill

Eastwick, Philadelphia: An Environmental Sore That May Be Healing

Hopey: Strong Opposition Voiced To Grove City Landfill Proposal

Covanta Announces Plan To Deal With Recent Malfunctions At Montgomery County Waste-To-Energy Facility

Covanta Apologizes For Smell, Noise At Montgomery County Waste-To-Energy Plant

Timer Ticking On Dunmore Action On Mayor’s Landfill Veto

Mt. Lebanon Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Dumping Asbestos

This Time, Philly Grocery Store Owner Won’t Stand In The Way Of Plastic Bag Ban

Muschick: Program That Recycles Plastic Grocery Bags, Bubble Wrap May Come To Allentown

Renewable Energy

Senate Republican Policy Committee To Hold Workshop On Conservative Approaches To Renewable Energy Oct. 22 [PaEN]

PA Ranks 2nd In Terms Of Increasing Home Value With Solar Panels

Editorial: Pennsylvania Should Offer Greater Incentives For Solar Power

Pittsburgh Airport Will Loop Gas From CNX Wells, Solar Power For Its Own Microgrid

Pittsburgh Airport Plans To Generate Its Own Electric Power With Gas, Solar

Stormwater

House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 21 Hearing On Issues Related To Waters Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Water Authority To Begin Restoration Work On Saw Mill Run, Some Feel Left Behind

Sauro: Stormwater Fee, Plant To Reduce Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Scrutinized By Harrisburg Officials

Municipalities Seeking Federal Stormwater Funds To Help With Mandates

Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Turning A New Leaf Conference, Designing With Our Natural Resources Dec. 5-6 Harrisburg [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Work Begins To Restore Wetland Habitat For Outdoor Classroom, Manage Stormwater At Eichhorn School Lewisburg, Union County

Susquehanna River

Chesapeake Conservancy, National Park Service Develop New Paddle The Susquehanna River Website [PaEN]

Bucknell University Hosts 14th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium

Sustainability

DCNR Receives Independent Sustainable Forest Certification For State Forest System [PaEN]

Build Your Own Coffin In Pittsburgh Region With Help Of A Green Burial Organization

Wastewater Facilities

Gov. Wolf Announces $98 Million Investment In Water Infrastructure Projects In 11 Counties [PaEN]

Erie Water Works Gets $32 Million State Loan

Sauro: Stormwater Fee, Plant To Reduce Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Scrutinized By Harrisburg Officials

Clearfield Municipal Authority To Sell Nitrogen Credits For $30,000

Watershed Protection

Turkey Hill Forms Clean Water Partnership To Support Dairy Farmers

House Committee To Consider Bill Oct. 22 Guaranteeing Taxpayers Pay The Highest Prices For Nutrient Reductions; Another Pretend Solution

House Democratic Policy Committee Holds Oct. 21 Hearing On Issues Related To Waters Of Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Correctional Conservation Collaborative Plants 400 Trees In Juniata River Watershed At Culmination Of Vocational Training Program [PaEN]

Wolf Administration Program Prepares Inmates For Outdoor Careers Planting Trees To Improve Water Quality

SCI Huntingdon Inmates Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality

Extended: Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Water Authority To Begin Restoration Work On Saw Mill Run, Some Feel Left Behind

Sauro: Stormwater Fee, Plant To Reduce Sewage Going Into Susquehanna River Scrutinized By Harrisburg Officials

Municipalities Seeking Federal Stormwater Funds To Help With Mandates

Work Begins To Restore Wetland Habitat For Outdoor Classroom, Manage Stormwater At Eichhorn School Lewisburg, Union County

Chesapeake Conservation Landscaping Council Turning A New Leaf Conference, Designing With Our Natural Resources Dec. 5-6 Harrisburg [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Penn State Students, Citizen Scientists Take Snapshot Of Shaver's Creek In Centre County [PaEN]

Bucknell University Hosts 14th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium

Clearfield Municipal Authority To Sell Nitrogen Credits For $30,000

Moshannon Creek Watershed Assn. Looks To Tackle Moshannon Creek

Delaware River Forum Unites Conservation Organizations, Attracts Over 250 In Allentown [PaEN]

150 Nonprofits Gather To Find Ways Of Protecting Delaware River Watershed

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 18 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

John Hayes: Rabies Cases Have Risen, But This Level May Become Routine

Three Pennsylvania Official State Animals Are Vulnerable To Climate Change

PA State Bird Could Leave If Summer Temperatures Rise: Report

Goldman Sachs Report On Effects Of Climate Change Grim Reading

Extended: Call For Presentation Proposals: 2020 Keystone Coldwater Conference [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Charlotte R. Catalano, Hawk Counter At Waggoner’s Gap [PaEN]

Why Bird-Watchers Flock To Cape May And Philly: We Are Migration Central

Huba: Game Commission To Have Public Meetings On Chronic Wasting Disease

First Mentored Deer Hunt At Philly’s Heinz Refuge Draws 30 Newbies To The Woods

Dave Sutor: Survivors Of Elk Transplant Project A Century Ago Provide Hunters With Thrilling Experience

WITF Smart Talk: Myths, Misconceptions About Black Bears

Dam Removal Project In Blair County Funded By American Rivers

Agreement Reached To Preserve Historic Wayne County Dam, Deal With Safety Issues

Editorial: Protect Federal Endangered Species Act

Opportunities

Rodale Institute Names Jeff Moyer CEO [PaEN]

Other

The October Newsletter Is Now Available From The Joint Conservation Committee [PaEN]

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10/21/2019