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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Allegheny Front: Outdoor Afro In Pittsburgh Celebrates Freedom In Nature 

House Oversight Committee Makes 16 Recommendations On Changes To Lobbying Law, Reporting Program

Politics

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Air

U.S. Steel To Spend Half Of What It Promised On Mon Valley Works, Coke Works

DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For General Carbide Corp In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

DEP Sets Dec. 6 Hearing [If Needed] On Altoona Air Quality Maintenance Plan For Ozone [PaEN]

Alternative Fuels

Senate Consumer Protection Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill To Promote Electric, CNG, Hydrogen Vehicle Infrastructure Development [PaEN]

It Is Possible To Charge Your Electric Vehicle In 10 Minutes, Researchers Say

Op-Ed: Ramping Up Ethanol Production Makes No Sense

Awards & Recognition

Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program Recognized With Northeast Recycling Council Sustainability Leadership Award [PaEN]

Energy Transfer Pipeline Company Receives Award For Ruffed Grouse Habitat Project In Bradford County

Hazelwood Green Brownfields Redevelopment Held Up As Success Story By U.S. Dept. Of Commerce

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Lindsay Hughes, North Penn Water Authority [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission Honors Law Enforcement Officers With Lifesaving Awards

South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Spirit Of South Mountain Award Nominations [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Mary Ann Thomas: Mussel Discovered In Kiski River For First Time In A Century

Mary Ann Thomas: New Population Of Hellbenders Found In Butler County

Marcus Schneck: Hellbenders Found In Butler County For First Time

Marcus Schneck: New Invasive Species Found In PA Lake Erie Waters: Bloody Red Shrimp

Mary Ann Thoms: Poor Water Quality Drives Snakehead Fish To Walk On Land

PA Photographer Captures The Horror Of Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Researchers Publish First-Ever Spotted Lanternfly Genome, Built From Berks County Insect

Pollinator Project Will Complement Penn State Solar Power Project In Franklin County [PaEN]

Arboretum At Penn State Breaks Ground On The Pollinator And Bird Garden [PaEN]

Budget

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action [PaEN]

Maryland Governor Announces $200 Million Agreement With Exelon On Conowingo Dam To Improve Water Quality In Lower Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Exelon Agrees To $200 Million Settlement With Maryland For Impact Of Conowingo Dam

Exelon Commits $200M To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay; Critics Say It’s A Drop In The Bucket

CBF: U.S. Senate Passes Increase In Essential Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program [PaEN]

Capital Region Water Expected To Add Stormwater Fee To November Bills in Harrisburg [Because Legislators Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Stormwater Fee Expected To Be Attached To Lycoming County Water & Sewer Plan [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Lititz Council Reviews Stormwater Management Fee [Because Legislators Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Late Stormwater Fee Payers Could Face Liens, $20 Fee In Luzerne [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Pittsburgh Voters Will Be Asked For Tax Increase To Fund City Parks

Editorial: Park Tax: Public Funding For A Private Entity Is Bad Public Policy [OK, cancel that  $60 Million/Year Taxpayers Are Giving Shell For Its Ethane Plant, Or 10s of 1,000s Of Other Examples?]

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Reauthorization Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action [PaEN]

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4 [PaEN]

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN]

Maryland Governor Announces $200 Million Agreement With Exelon On Conowingo Dam To Improve Water Quality In Lower Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Exelon Agrees To $200 Million Settlement With Maryland For Impact Of Conowingo Dam

Exelon Commits $200M To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay; Critics Say It’s A Drop In The Bucket

CBF: U.S. Senate Passes Increase In Essential Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program [PaEN]

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: Riparian Forest Buffers For Bats [PaEN]

EPA Blog: Engaging Partners In Improving Chesapeake Bay Water Quality [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Rachel Carson No Stranger To The Chesapeake Bay, Its Creatures [PaEN]

York County School To Add 20 Acres Of Trees To Improve Water Quality

Capital Region Water Expected To Add Stormwater Fee To November Bills in Harrisburg [Because Legislators Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Stormwater Fee Expected To Be Attached To Lycoming County Water & Sewer Plan [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Lititz Council Reviews Stormwater Management Fee [Because Legislators Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Late Stormwater Fee Payers Could Face Liens, $20 Fee In Luzerne [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

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Citizen Action

100 Groups, Companies, 1,000 Citizens To Legislators, Wolf: Oppose SB 790 Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

Dept. Of Human Services Accepting Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Applications [PaEN]

House Judiciary Committee Holds Dec. 16 Hearing On Bipartisan Anti-SLAPP-- Citizen Intimidation-- Lawsuit Legislation [PaEN]

EQB Invites Comments On Proposed Surface Coal Mining Water Supply Replacement Regulation Changes [PaEN]

DEP Sets Dec. 4 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Water Quality Permit In Carbon County [PaEN]

DEP Invites Individuals, Groups To Submit Data To Help Review Water Quality Standards For Tohickon Creek Tributary In Bucks County [PaEN]

DEP Sets Dec. 17 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For General Carbide Corp In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

DEP Sets Dec. 6 Hearing [If Needed] On Altoona Air Quality Maintenance Plan For Ozone [PaEN]

KPB: Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry County Groups Collect Over 4,000 Waste Tires In Tire War Competition [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Bill Requiring Insurance Companies To Pay For Long-Term Lyme Disease Treatment

DCNR: Still Lots Of Good Opportunities To View Fall Foliage Over Next Week [PaEN]

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Executive Director Attends National Wilderness Workshop In Oregon [PaEN]

Bagenstose: Where To Watch Tohickon Creek White Water Release In Bucks County

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosting Annual Dickens’ Christmas Carol Program Dec. 7-8 Kicking Off Holiday Tour Season [PaEN]

U.S. Park Service Scraps Plan To Charge Protesters For Security Costs

Letter: Senate Passage Of Bill Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater A Win For Industry, Loss For Citizens

Climate

House Committee Hearing Pits Climate Change Skeptics/Deniers Against Most Of The Scientific Community, Major Companies On Climate Change Impacts, Solutions [PaEN]

Caruso: Climate Skeptics Meet Their Own Critics At House Committee Hearing

Debate Over PA Climate Policy Leads To Contentious House Committee Hearing

Climate Change Already Affecting Western PA, How Can Inevitable Effects Be Managed?

Hopey: Pittsburgh Mayor: Fossil Fuel Industries Will Take Toll On Pittsburgh Region

Pittsburgh Mayor Speaks Out Against Petrochemical Expansion In Western PA

Pittsburgh Mayor: Pittsburgh’s Business Community Should Do More To Fight Climate Change

Beaver County Officials Disheartened By Pittsburgh Mayor’s Dismissal Of More Petrochemical Development

Allegheny County Executive Denounces Pittsburgh Mayor’s Anti-Petrochemical Plant Stance

Philadelphia Magazine: What Can A City Do About Climate Change?

Senate Consumer Protection Committee Unanimously Reports Out Bill To Promote Electric, CNG, Hydrogen Vehicle Infrastructure Development [PaEN]

Report Shows Climate Change Impacts On PA Businesses

Indiana County Commissioners Oppose Move To Join RGGI

Op-Ed: RGGI Greenhouse Gas Initiative A Bad Deal For PA

Op-Ed: 5 Reasons Climate Change Is The Worst Environmental Problem The World Has Faced

Op-Ed: Trump’s Withdrawal From Paris Agreement Will Be Disastrous

Kummer: Are Abnormal Tornado Activity, Other Extreme Weather A Sign Of Climate Change?

Lake Erie Environmental Forum: Planners Developing Response To High Great Lakes Water Levels

Rising Sea Levels Will Erase More Cities By 2050, New Research Shows

Ecological Breakdown: Greta Thunberg, Youth Activists Rally As Wildfires Burn

Fmr Exxon CEO Says Climate Change With Us Forever More, Carbon Tax Makes Most Sense

Coal Mining

Closing Bruce Mansfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Workers Cut, 49 Layoffs Expected In Feb.

EQB Invites Comments On Proposed Surface Coal Mining Water Supply Replacement Regulation Changes [PaEN]

Murray Energy Coal Company Files For Bankruptcy

Murray Energy, Largest U.S. Producer, Joins Long List Of Bankrupt Coal Companies

Coal Giant Murray Energy Files For Bankruptcy, Founder Replaced

Stanford Law Review: Bankruptcy As Bailout: Coal Company Insolvency & The Erosion Of Federal Law

Compliance Action

DEP Reaches $650,000 Settlement With Greene County Gas Storage Field Operator For Oil & Gas Act Violations [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: DEP, Equitrans Agree To $650,000 Settlement Over Storage Field Violations

Laura Legere: DEP Fines Equitrans Gas Storage Area $650,000 For Unmapped Wells In Path Of Coal Mine

Lackawanna County Company Pays DEP $75,000 Penalty For Environmental Violations [PaEN]

AFCO C&S, LLC In Chambersburg To Pay Over $1.4 Million In Penalties To EPA In Settlement Of Pesticide Violations [PaEN]

Conservation Districts

Pike Conservation District Watershed Specialist Monitors Groundwater Levels In PA's Fastest Growing County [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Urban Resource Conservationist [PaEN]

DCNR

Oct. 30 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Nov. 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Nov. 13, Business Meeting Dec. 11 [PaEN]

Bringing Jenkintown Creek Back To Nature To Improve Water Quality Downstream

Philadelphia’s $200 Million Plan To Save FDR Park

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Accepting Entries For Philadelphia and Schuylkill Student Art Contests [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 1 RiverWatch Video Report

DRBC

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Nov. 13, Business Meeting Dec. 11 [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Senate Passes Bill To Restrict Some Uses Of Firefighting Foams With PFAS; Clean Water Action Says Bill Is Meant To Protect Industry [PaEN]

Clean Water Action Says Senate Bill 919 PFAS Bill Is Meant To Protect The Industry [PaEN]

Frustrating Wait For PFAS Contamination Cleanup In Bucks, Families Living On Bottled Water

Wolf Administration Seeking Information On Local Needs To Address Lead Hazards; Senate Fails To Take Action On Lead Task Force Recommendations [PaEN]

Nearly 700 Attend Workshops To Help Private Water Well, Septic System Owners Across PA [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District Watershed Specialist Monitors Groundwater Levels In PA's Fastest Growing County [PaEN]

Wrightsville Hears Presentation From York Water About Selling Water, Sewer System

Water Main Break Opens Sinkhole In Easton, Forces Evacuations

Anya Litvak: Judge OKs Aqua’s Bid For Peoples Gas Bringing Deal One Step Closer

Economic Development

EPA Awards Brownfields-Related Job Training Grant To Earth Conservancy, Luzerne County [PaEN]

Earth Conservancy Receives $200,000 EPA Job Training Grant

DEP Opportunities To Bid On Mine Reclamation Projects In Allegheny, Cambria Counties [PaEN]

South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Spirit Of South Mountain Award Nominations [PaEN]

Shale Support Signs Agreement To Expand Partnership With Shale Rail In Wysox Area

Closing Bruce Mansfield Coal-Fired Power Plant Workers Cut, 49 Layoffs Expected In Feb.

Beaver County Officials Disheartened By Pittsburgh Mayor’s Dismissal Of More Petrochemical Development

Education

Allegheny Front: Outdoor Afro In Pittsburgh Celebrates Freedom In Nature

DEP Hosts Nov. 18 Webinar On How To Apply For An Environmental Education Grant [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Lindsay Hughes, North Penn Water Authority [PaEN]

Master Watershed Stewards In York County Introduce 150 Urban Youth, Adults To Fishing, Conservation [PaEN]

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Accepting Entries For Philadelphia and Schuylkill Student Art Contests [PaEN]

Witch’s Butter And Lungless Salamanders: Another Day At Lehman Sanctuary In Luzerne

STEM Comes Alive At Wilkes: Discovery Day Promotes Sciences To Kids

Arboretum At Penn State Breaks Ground On The Pollinator And Bird Garden [PaEN]

Registration Opens Nov. 1 For 2020 Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp [PaEN]

Emergency Response

Kummer: PA AG, 12 Others Say Philly Refinery Fire Shows Why EPA Must Not Cut Regulations

PUC Recaps Recent Blue Flame Exercise Involving Large-Scale Utility Outage [PaEN]

Editorial: Good Start By Lawmakers To Help Struggling First Responders

Energy

PA’s First Zero Energy Building: Millersville University Building Generated Almost Twice The Energy It Used

Philadelphians Can Opt For Renewable [Landfill] Gas In January

Philadelphia Magazine: What Can A City Do About Climate Change?

DEP Sets Dec. 4 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Water Quality Permit In Carbon County [PaEN]

Dept. Of Human Services Will Begin Accepting Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program Applications Nov. 1 [PaEN]

PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Elected Vice President Of Organization Of PJM States [PaEN]

PUC Reminds Consumers Of Nov. 4 Hearing On Proposed Natural Gas Rate Increase By Valley Energy In Bradford County

Customers Who Buy Electric From PPL To See Increase In Bills

Tens Of Thousands Across PA Lost Power Due To Weather

Roads Flooded, Trees, Power Lines Down In Lehigh Valley

Powerful Thunderstorms Move Through Southeast

Murray Energy Coal Company Files For Bankruptcy

Murray Energy, Largest U.S. Producer, Joins Long List Of Bankrupt Coal Companies

Stanford Law Review: Bankruptcy As Bailout: Coal Company Insolvency & The Erosion Of Federal Law

Exelon CEO Cites Moves To Ensure Lobbying Actions Beyond Ethical Reproach

Energy Conservation

West Mifflin School District Energy Saving Plan Advances In Allegheny County

Environmental Heritage

Bay Journal: Rachel Carson No Stranger To The Chesapeake Bay, Its Creatures [PaEN]

Farming

York County School To Add 20 Acres Of Trees To Improve Water Quality

PA Photographer Captures The Horror Of Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Researchers Publish First-Ever Spotted Lanternfly Genome, Built From Berks County Insect

Application Request Renewed To Establish Huge Hog Farm In Fulton County

Philly Is Creating First-Ever Urban Agriculture Manifesto

EPA Proposal Would Shrink Buffer Zones Around Farm Pesticides

AFCO C&S, LLC In Chambersburg To Pay Over $1.4 Million In Penalties To EPA In Settlement Of Pesticide Violations [PaEN]

Flooding

Widespread Flooding Reported Across Central PA

Halloween Storms Hammer PA, Harrisburg Area Gets Some Of The Worst

National Weather Service: Record Daily Maximum Rainfall Set In Harrisburg: 2.63 Inches, Was 1.33 Inches From 1939

Tens Of Thousands Across PA Lost Power Due To Weather

Roads Flooded, Trees, Power Lines Down In Lehigh Valley

AP: Storms Destroy Homes In Philadelphia Suburbs, Tornado Suspected In Delaware County

Powerful Thunderstorms Move Through Southeast

AP: National Weather Service Confirms Tornado Near Philadelphia

Tornado Ravages Delaware County Homes: We Don’t Know What We’re Going To Do

Kummer: Are Abnormal Tornado Activity, Other Extreme Weather A Sign Of Climate Change?

Hundreds In Western PA Still Without Power After Heavy Winds, Rain

Wind, Storms Cut Power To Many In Northeast

Presque Isle State Park To Reopen After Storm, Outages Persist

Forests

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action [PaEN]

We Will Catch You! Michaux State Forest Cameras Focus On Illegal Dumping

PA Photographer Captures The Horror Of Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Researchers Publish First-Ever Spotted Lanternfly Genome, Built From Berks County Insect

WITF Smart Talk: Bill Requiring Insurance Companies To Pay For Long-Term Lyme Disease Treatment

DCNR: Still Lots Of Good Opportunities To View Fall Foliage Over Next Week [PaEN]

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosting Annual Dickens’ Christmas Carol Program Dec. 7-8 Kicking Off Holiday Tour Season [PaEN]

Oct. 30 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Nov. 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Forests - Wildfires

AP: Crews Battle Last Stubborn Southern California Wildfire

AP: Not Out Of Woods Yet, But Winds Driving California Wildfires Die

AP: Another Wildfire Erupts Near Reagan Library In Southern California

AP; Anger Grows As Utility Struggles To Get Its Blackouts Right In California Wildfires

AP: California Declares State Of Emergency Over Wildfires, Wind

AP: Residents Flee, Power Cut As Crews Battle California Wildfire

PG&E Says Power Lines May Have Started 2 California Wildfires

Editorial: Expect More California Blackouts

Geologic Hazards

DCNR Good Natured Blog: It’s Not Just Faith That Moves Mountains [PaEN]

AP: Sinkhole Opens, Swallows Part Of City Bus In Pittsburgh

AP: Cranes Remove Bus Partially Swallowed By Sinkhole In Pittsburgh

What’s The Deal With The Pittsburgh Sinkhole Swallowing At Bus?

Editorial: What We Learn From Sinkholes

Grants/Funding

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4 [PaEN]

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN]

DEP Hosts Nov. 18 Webinar On How To Apply For An Environmental Education Grant [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4 [PaEN]

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN]

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action [PaEN]

Maryland Governor Announces $200 Million Agreement With Exelon On Conowingo Dam To Improve Water Quality In Lower Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Exelon Agrees To $200 Million Settlement With Maryland For Impact Of Conowingo Dam

Exelon Commits $200M To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay; Critics Say It’s A Drop In The Bucket

York County School To Add 20 Acres Of Trees To Improve Water Quality

Weather Channel: Innovative Solution To Pittsburgh’s Flooding Problem: Bioswales, Could Help Other Cities

Philadelphia’s $200 Million Plan To Save FDR Park

Bringing Jenkintown Creek Back To Nature To Improve Water Quality Downstream

Capital Region Water Expected To Add Stormwater Fee To November Bills in Harrisburg [Because Legislators Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Stormwater Fee Expected To Be Attached To Lycoming County Water & Sewer Plan [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Lititz Council Reviews Stormwater Management Fee [Because Legislators Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Late Stormwater Fee Payers Could Face Liens, $20 Fee In Luzerne [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

EPA Removes Landfills In Chester, Lehigh Counties From National Superfund Site List [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

Senate Passes Bill To Restrict Some Uses Of Firefighting Foams With PFAS; Clean Water Action Says Bill Is Meant To Protect Industry [PaEN]

Clean Water Action Says Senate Bill 919 PFAS Bill Is Meant To Protect The Industry [PaEN]

Frustrating Wait For PFAS Contamination Cleanup In Bucks, Families Living On Bottled Water

Wolf Administration Seeking Information On Local Needs To Address Lead Hazards; Senate Fails To Take Action On Lead Task Force Recommendations [PaEN]

Lake Erie

Lake Erie Environmental Forum: Planners Developing Response To High Great Lakes Water Levels

Land Conservation

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Executive Director Attends National Wilderness Workshop In Oregon [PaEN]

Land Recycling

State Funding To Help Luzerne County Turn Old Industrial Site Into Recreational Area [PaEN]

Funding Will Help Turn Pittston Industrial Site Into Recreational Area

Fmr York Barbell Foundry Site To Become $27M Housing Development In Lancaster County

Hazelwood Green Brownfields Redevelopment Held Up As Success Story By U.S. Dept. Of Commerce

EPA Awards Brownfields-Related Job Training Grant To Earth Conservancy, Luzerne County [PaEN]

Earth Conservancy Receives $200,000 EPA Job Training Grant

Littering/Illegal Dumping

KPB: Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry County Groups Collect Over 4,000 Waste Tires In Tire War Competition [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council, EPCAMR, Partners Hold Illegal Dumpsite Cleanup In Luzerne County Nov. 9 [PaEN]

We Will Catch You! Michaux State Forest Cameras Focus On Illegal Dumping

Luzerne Sanitary Authority Volunteers Clean Up Area Waterways

Mine Reclamation

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4 [PaEN]

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN]

Senate Unanimously Passes Resolution Urging Reauthorization Of Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund [PaEN]

DEP Sets Informal Conference On New Wilkes-Barre High School Mine Reclamation Issues For After Election

DEP Opportunities To Bid On Mine Reclamation Projects In Allegheny, Cambria Counties [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

100 Groups, Companies, 1,000 Citizens To Legislators, Wolf: Oppose SB 790 Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

Letter: Senate Passage Of Bill Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater A Win For Industry, Loss For Citizens

DEP Reaches $650,000 Settlement With Greene County Gas Storage Field Operator For Oil & Gas Act Violations [PaEN]

Reid Frazier: DEP, Equitrans Agree To $650,000 Settlement Over Storage Field Violations

Laura Legere: DEP Fines Equitrans Gas Storage Area $650,000 For Unmapped Wells In Path Of Coal Mine

DEP Received Good Samaritan Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging Proposal In Tioga County [PaEN]

Philadelphians Can Opt For Renewable [Landfill] Gas In January

Anya Litvak: Judge OKs Aqua’s Bid For Peoples Gas Bringing Deal One Step Closer

PUC Reminds Consumers Of Nov. 4 Hearing On Proposed Natural Gas Rate Increase By Valley Energy In Bradford County

Hopey: Pittsburgh Mayor: Fossil Fuel Industries Will Take Toll On Pittsburgh Region

Pittsburgh Mayor Speaks Out Against Petrochemical Expansion In Western PA

Beaver County Officials Disheartened By Pittsburgh Mayor’s Dismissal Of More Petrochemical Development

PA Supreme Court To Consider Attorney General’s Long-Running Chesapeake Energy Gas Royalty LawsuitClick Here for Court statement of issues.

Anya Litvak: EQT Drilling Slashes Capital Budget, Announces Menu Of Asset Sales

Kummer: PA AG, 12 Others Say Philly Refinery Fire Shows Why EPA Must Not Cut Regulations

Shale Support Signs Agreement To Expand Partnership With Shale Rail In Wysox Area

Op-Ed: Ramping Up Ethanol Production Makes No Sense

Pipelines

Energy Transfer Pipeline Company Receives Award For Ruffed Grouse Habitat Project In Bradford County

Keystone Pipeline Leaks 383,000 Gallons Of Oil In North Dakota

AP: North Dakota Governor Wants More Oversight Over Keystone Pipeline After Leak

Permitting

DEP Posts 67 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Nov. 2 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

PUC Recaps Recent Blue Flame Exercise Involving Large-Scale Utility Outage [PaEN]

Newest PUC Commissioner, Yanora, Is From Northeast PA

PUC Commissioner Andrew Place Elected Vice President Of Organization Of PJM States [PaEN]

PUC Reminds Consumers Of Nov. 4 Hearing On Proposed Natural Gas Rate Increase By Valley Energy In Bradford County

Radiation Protection

Exelon CEO Cites Moves To Ensure Lobbying Actions Beyond Ethical Reproach

Recreation

Wear It! Mandatory Life Jacket Requirement Starts Nov. 1

South Mountain Partnership Now Accepting Spirit Of South Mountain Award Nominations [PaEN]

DCNR: Still Lots Of Good Opportunities To View Fall Foliage Over Next Week [PaEN]

We Will Catch You! Michaux State Forest Cameras Focus On Illegal Dumping

State Funding To Help Luzerne County Turn Old Industrial Site Into Recreational Area [PaEN]

Funding Will Help Turn Pittston Industrial Site Into Recreational Area

Pittsburgh Voters Will Be Asked For Tax Increase To Fund City Parks

Editorial: Park Tax: Public Funding For A Private Entity Is Bad Public Policy [OK, cancel that  $60 Million/Year Taxpayers Are Giving Shell For Its Ethane Plant, Or 10s of 1,000s Of Other Examples?]

Bike From NYC To Philadelphia And Help Create A Greenway Along The East Coast

Look At How Women Led The Biking Movement In Philadelphia Suburbs

Philadelphia’s $200 Million Plan To Save FDR Park

Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Executive Director Attends National Wilderness Workshop In Oregon [PaEN]

Despite High Water, Storms, Presque Isle Beaches Holding Up

Opening Celebration Set For Nov. 8 For Bike Trail Extension In Indiana County

Brodhead Watershed Association Hosts Nov. 16 Glen Run Nature Preserve Hike In Monroe County [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Bill Requiring Insurance Companies To Pay For Long-Term Lyme Disease Treatment

Bagenstose: Where To Watch Tohickon Creek White Water Release In Bucks County

Gifford Pinchot's Grey Towers Hosting Annual Dickens’ Christmas Carol Program Dec. 7-8 Kicking Off Holiday Tour Season [PaEN]

Oct. 30 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

Nov. 1 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

U.S. Park Service Scraps Plan To Charge Protesters For Security Costs

Recycling/Waste

100 Groups, Companies, 1,000 Citizens To Legislators, Wolf: Oppose SB 790 Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater [PaEN]

Letter: Senate Passage Of Bill Legalizing Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater A Win For Industry, Loss For Citizens

Armstrong Ceilings Recycling Program Recognized With Northeast Recycling Council Sustainability Leadership Award [PaEN]

KPB: Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Perry County Groups Collect Over 4,000 Waste Tires In Tire War Competition [PaEN]

Lackawanna County Company Pays DEP $75,000 Penalty For Environmental Violations [PaEN]

DEP Publishes Final Management Of Fill Technical Guidance [PaEN]

Professional Recyclers Of PA Now Accepting Presentation Proposals For 2020 Recycling & Organics Conference July 29-31 In Gettysburg [PaEN]

Could Keystone Landfill Rescind Host Community Fees After Recent Dunmore Veto?

Keystone Landfill Attorneys: Dunmore Mayor’s Veto Is Invalid

Keystone Landfill Controversy Issue In Dunmore Council Race

Editorial: Dunmore Borough Depended On Keystone Landfill Fees

AP: Beverage Companies Aim To Get Bottles Recycled, Not Trashed

Renewable Energy

DEP Sets Dec. 4 Hearing On Broad Mountain Wind Power Water Quality Permit In Carbon County [PaEN]

PA’s First Zero Energy Building: Millersville University Building Generated Almost Twice The Energy It Used

Pollinator Project Will Complement Penn State Solar Power Project In Franklin County [PaEN]

Philadelphia Magazine: What Can A City Do About Climate Change?

Stormwater

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4 [PaEN]

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN]

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action [PaEN]

Maryland Governor Announces $200 Million Agreement With Exelon On Conowingo Dam To Improve Water Quality In Lower Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Exelon Agrees To $200 Million Settlement With Maryland For Impact Of Conowingo Dam

Exelon Commits $200M To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay; Critics Say It’s A Drop In The Bucket

York County School To Add 20 Acres Of Trees To Improve Water Quality

Philadelphia’s $200 Million Plan To Save FDR Park

Weather Channel: Innovative Solution To Pittsburgh’s Flooding Problem: Bioswales, Could Help Other Cities

Bringing Jenkintown Creek Back To Nature To Improve Water Quality Downstream

Capital Region Water Expected To Add Stormwater Fee To November Bills in Harrisburg [Because Legislators Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Stormwater Fee Expected To Be Attached To Lycoming County Water & Sewer Plan [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Lititz Council Reviews Stormwater Management Fee [Because Legislators Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Late Stormwater Fee Payers Could Face Liens, $20 Fee In Luzerne [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Wilkes-Barre Residents Asked To Help Clear Storm Drains

Wastewater Facilities

Nearly 700 Attend Workshops To Help Private Water Well, Septic System Owners Across PA [PaEN]

Wrightsville Hears Presentation From York Water About Selling Water, Sewer System

Wilkes-Barre’s Sewer System Sale Details Forthcoming

Watershed Protection

DEP Starts Accepting Growing Greener Plus Watershed Restoration Grant Applications Nov. 4 [PaEN]

Proposals Now Being Accepted For Mine Reclamation Projects With Economic Or Community Revitalization Potential By DEP [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Now Accepting Applications For Dominion Energy Watershed Mini Grants In Western PA [PaEN]

Senate OKs Keystone Tree Fund Bill, Now Goes To Governor For His Action [PaEN]

Maryland Governor Announces $200 Million Agreement With Exelon On Conowingo Dam To Improve Water Quality In Lower Susquehanna, Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Exelon Agrees To $200 Million Settlement With Maryland For Impact Of Conowingo Dam

Exelon Commits $200M To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay; Critics Say It’s A Drop In The Bucket

CBF: U.S. Senate Passes Increase In Essential Funding For Chesapeake Bay Program [PaEN]

Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: Riparian Forest Buffers For Bats [PaEN]

EPA Blog: Engaging Partners In Improving Chesapeake Bay Water Quality [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Rachel Carson No Stranger To The Chesapeake Bay, Its Creatures [PaEN]

York County School To Add 20 Acres Of Trees To Improve Water Quality

Philadelphia’s $200 Million Plan To Save FDR Park

Weather Channel: Innovative Solution To Pittsburgh’s Flooding Problem: Bioswales, Could Help Other Cities

Bringing Jenkintown Creek Back To Nature To Improve Water Quality Downstream

Capital Region Water Expected To Add Stormwater Fee To November Bills in Harrisburg [Because Legislators Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Stormwater Fee Expected To Be Attached To Lycoming County Water & Sewer Plan [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Lititz Council Reviews Stormwater Management Fee [Because Legislators Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

Late Stormwater Fee Payers Could Face Liens, $20 Fee In Luzerne [Because Politicians Running General Assembly Won’t Help]

DEP Invites Individuals, Groups To Submit Data To Help Review Water Quality Standards For Tohickon Creek Tributary In Bucks County [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Mussel Discovered In Kiski River For First Time In A Century

Pike Conservation District Watershed Specialist Monitors Groundwater Levels In PA's Fastest Growing County [PaEN]

Master Watershed Stewards In York County Introduce 150 Urban Youth, Adults To Fishing, Conservation [PaEN]

Partnership For The Delaware Estuary Accepting Entries For Philadelphia and Schuylkill Student Art Contests [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 1 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Wear It! Mandatory Life Jacket Requirement Starts Nov. 1

Marcus Schneck: Sunday Hunting Bill Passes House, Returns To Senate For Concurrence

John Buffone: Sunday Hunting Bill Passes House, Now Back To Senate

Caruso: Bill Allowing Sunday Deer Hunting One Step Closer To Governor’s Desk

AP: Bill To Allow 3 Sunday Hunting Days Altered In House

Editorial: Give Sunday Hunting A Try In PA

Mark Nale: Are There Ever Too Many Deer For Hunters?

Tom Venesky: Eastern Equine Encephalitis Found In A Deer In Luzerne County

P.J. Reilly: Sunday Hunting Heads To A Vote, Chronic Wasting Disease Area Expanding

Sparse Crowd Attends Game Commission Meeting On Chronic Wasting Disease In Blair County

How Chronic Wasting Disease Is Spread Remains Unclear

Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Chronic Wasting Disease Research Project Grant Applications [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission Honors Law Enforcement Officers With Lifesaving Awards

Marcus Schneck: New Invasive Species Found In PA Lake Erie Waters: Bloody Red Shrimp

Mary Ann Thomas: Mussel Discovered In Kiski River For First Time In A Century

Mary Ann Thomas: New Population Of Hellbenders Found In Butler County

Marcus Schneck: Hellbenders Found In Butler County For First Time

Mary Ann Thoms: Poor Water Quality Drives Snakehead Fish To Walk On Land

Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission To Stock Twice The Trophy Trout In 2020

Mary Ann Thomas: No Webcam Planning For New Pittsburgh Bald Eagle Nest

John Hayes: Efforts Underway To Enhance Eagle Watching In Allegheny County

Rare Snail Kite Bird Seen At Presque Isle State Park

Nature Watch: Watch For Migrating Loons, Raptors Near Erie

Witch’s Butter And Lungless Salamanders: Another Day At Lehman Sanctuary In Luzerne

Registration Opens Nov. 1 For 2020 Rivers Conservation & Fly Fishing Youth Camp [PaEN]

Disney Conservation Fund Helps Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Support Wildlife, The Environment [PaEN]

West Nile/Zika Virus

WITF Smart Talk: Bill Requiring Insurance Companies To Pay For Long-Term Lyme Disease Treatment

Opportunities

Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Urban Resource Conservationist [PaEN]

 

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11/4/2019

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