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Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.
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Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Green Amendment Movement Demands Constitutional Right To Clean Environment Like In PA
Allegheny Front: Longtime Environmentalist Larry Schweiger Offers Advice To New Generation Solving The Climate Crisis In New Book
Life Expectancy Study Jolts Assumptions Made About Life In America - Especially in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana
Politics
Letter: Public Needs To Know Who Their Legislator Works For
Republican House Speaker Turzai Said He Will Rely On Help From Oil & Gas Lawyers In Lawsuit Opposing Joining RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
The Allegheny Voice: Pennsylvania’s EcoApocalyptic Legislators
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Holiday Gift Ideas
Looking For Unique, Beautiful Gift Ideas? Try Clean Creek Products Made From Materials Recovered From Mine Drainage Treatment [PaEN]
Just In Time For Holidays: 2020 PA Fishing Licenses, Permits, Gift Vouchers Now On Sale [PaEN]
Air
EQB To Consider Regulations Controlling Methane Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations, Setting Manganese Toxic Substances Water Quality Standard Dec. 17 [PaEN]
DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee To Review Final Fee Increase Package, 2019 Air Monitoring Results, Legacy Well Programs Dec. 12 [PaEN]
Public Hearings Scheduled [If Needed] For DEP Ozone Air Pollution Maintenance Plans For Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, State College, Tioga County [PaEN]
DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Lancaster, McKean, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
CMU Study Says Drilling, Fracking, Cracking Isn’t Worth the Environmental, Health, Climate Damage
DEP Orders Westmoreland County Hemp Drying Facility To Cease Operations Due To Air Pollution Violations [PaEN]
Stinking Hemp Facility Cited For Air Pollution, Ordered To Close
Agriculture, Transportation Are Major Sources Of Air Pollution
GASP, Patagonia Pittsburgh Team Up To Get Word Out On Hydrogen Sulfide Emissions
DEP, Major Oil Companies Agree: Trump Should Not Roll Back Methane Rules
PA Resources Council Accepting School Registrations For Let's Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge In Western PA [PaEN]
Alternative Fuels
Suburban Philly School Districts See Green In Propane Buses
Awards & Recognition
PA Recreation & Park Society Now Accepting Nominations For 2020 Achievement Awards [PaEN]
Nominations For 2020 Appalachian Trail Hall Of Fame Recognition Now Being Accepted [PaEN]
Stroud Water Research Center To Be Featured In PBS Visionaries, Inc. TV Program
Covanta Energy Selected As 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Finalist
Celebrating 50 Years Of The PA Environmental Council In 2020 [PaEN]
Beautification
Lamar Advertising Rips Pittsburgh Over Mount Washington Billboard Appeal
Budget
DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee To Review Final Fee Increase Package, 2019 Air Monitoring Results, Legacy Well Programs Dec. 12 [PaEN]
DCNR Submerged Lands Lease For Oil & Gas Development In Fayette, Greene Counties Yields $943,600 [PaEN]
Editorial: World Dodges A PA Tax On Natural Gas Production
Lower Swatara Twp Stormwater Fee $7/Month; Tax-Exempt Properties Have To Pay
Op-Ed: Congress Must Keep Promises On Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund [PaEN]
Language Giving EPA PFAS Enforcement Authority Removed From Defense Spending Bill
Editorial: Legislators Shouldn’t Raid Transportation Funds For Other Purposes
Part I: Kummer: PA, NJ, Other States Cutting Environmental Spending At Worst Time, Report Finds
Part IA- Bay Journal: Report: 4 Of 6 Chesapeake Bay States Cut Funding, Staff For Agencies Handling Pollution
Part II-Real Budget Numbers: Major Environmental Priorities Not Addressed In FY 2019-20 State Budget, Shell Game Continues
Part III-Real Budget Numbers: Analysis: Will The General Assembly Provide The REAL Resources Everyone Agrees Are Needed To Clean Up Our Rivers & Streams?
Part IV-Real Budget Numbers: Analysis: Before More State Forest Drilling, Ask What Happened To The Money The First Time
Survey Says: More To Do In PA State Parks, But No New Fees
Editorial: Parks Tax: Hold Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy To Its Promises
Chesapeake Bay
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Catching Up With 2 Farm Partners In Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Program
Stroud Water Research Center: STREAM Girls Program Empowers Today’s Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders [PaEN]
Lancaster Farming: Master Watershed Steward Program Accepting Applications
Lower Swatara Twp Stormwater Fee $7/Month; Tax-Exempt Properties Have To Pay
DEP Renews PAG-02 Stormwater General Permit For Construction Activities For 5 Years [PaEN]
Still Seats Available: Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]
Bay Journal: Freshwater Flows To Chesapeake Bay Highest In 82 Years
Help Wanted: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay PA Agricultural Program Manager [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Penn State Coastal Climate Extension Specialist For Chesapeake Bay Region [PaEN]
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Citizen Action
Abandoned Coal Mines Continue To Foul Native Trout Waters In Pennsylvania
Call For Presentations: American Fisheries Society-PA Chapter Spring Technical Meeting - Aquatic Resource Restoration, Feb. 6-7 At Juniata College [PaEN]
Lancaster Farming: Master Watershed Steward Program Accepting Applications
Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Attracts Over 175 Participants [PaEN]
Keep PA Beautiful, PennDOT Partner With Municipalities Thru Roadside, Park Adoption Programs To Cleanup Litter [PaEN]
Youth #ClimateStrike Activists March To Lancaster Elected Officials Offices To Demand Action
Youth #ClimateStrike Protesters Gather At Erie Art Museum
Youth #ClimateStrike Rally Held In Downtown Pittsburgh
Youth #ClimateStrike Students Again Rally Against Climate Change In Philly
This Can Not Be Our Reality: Students Hold #ClimateStrike At Philly City Hall
Philly Students Rally Against Climate Change
We Need Change, Students, Activists #ClimateStrike In State College
#ClimateStrike Teach-In At West Chester University
First Youth #ClimateStrike Draws Small Crowd In Harrisburg
Fill Out The Passive Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment System Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation Survey [PaEN]
Public Hearings Scheduled [If Needed] For DEP Ozone Air Pollution Maintenance Plans For Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre, State College, Tioga County [PaEN]
DEP Sets Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Lancaster, McKean, Westmoreland Counties [PaEN]
Stroud Water Research Center: STREAM Girls Program Empowers Today’s Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders [PaEN]
Pittsburgh Grows Urban Gardens In The Fight Against Gentrification
Editorial: Being Smarter About Household Water Use Can Be Boon To Our Wallets
Climate
EQB To Consider Regulations Controlling Methane Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations, Setting Manganese Toxic Substances Water Quality Standard Dec. 17 [PaEN]
CMU Study Says Drilling, Fracking, Cracking Isn’t Worth the Environmental, Health, Climate Damage
Republican House Speaker Turzai Said He Will Rely On Help From Oil & Gas Lawyers In Lawsuit Opposing Joining RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
Caruso: Rep. Metcalfe Appointed To DEP Climate Change Advisory Committee
Allegheny Front: Longtime Environmentalist Larry Schweiger Offers Advice To New Generation Solving The Climate Crisis In New Book
The Allegheny Voice: Pennsylvania’s EcoApocalyptic Legislators
What If Johnstown: Accelerating Resilience In Western Pennsylvania
Huba: PA Greenhouse Gas Emissions Dropped 19% From 2005-2016
In A First, National Natural Gas Supply Assn. Supports Carbon Pricing, Including Major Natural Gas Drilling Companies In PA [PaEN]
Op-Ed: PA Stands To Gain By Joining RGGI, Reducing Its Carbon Output - Sierra Club
Op-Ed: Will Philadelphia, Northeast Lose Our Seasons To Climate Change?
Op-Ed: By 2041, Philadelphia Summers Might Feel Like Orlando?
Youth #ClimateStrike Activists March To Lancaster Elected Officials Offices To Demand Action
Youth #ClimateStrike Protesters Gather At Erie Art Museum
Youth #ClimateStrike Rally Held In Downtown Pittsburgh
Youth #ClimateStrike Students Again Rally Against Climate Change In Philly
This Can Not Be Our Reality: Students Hold #ClimateStrike At Philly City Hall
Philly Students Rally Against Climate Change
We Need Change, Students, Activists #ClimateStrike In State College
#ClimateStrike Teach-In At West Chester University
First Youth #ClimateStrike Draws Small Crowd In Harrisburg
After 6 Months Of Climate Strikes, Pittsburgh Activist Leandra Mira Has No Plans To Slow Down
Philly School Students Won’t Be Punished For Climate Strike Walkout Friday
This Is How Much Philly’s Big Buildings Are Contributing To Climate Change
Kummer: Philadelphia Launching 10-Year Urban Forest Plan After Startling Tree Decline
EIA: Cold Weather Prompts Natural Gas Price Rise, Switching To Coal In PJM, MISO [PaEN]
DEP, Major Oil Companies Agree: Trump Should Not Roll Back Methane Rules
Editorial: Rep. Metcalfe Further Debases Political Discourse On Climate Change
Help Wanted: Penn State Coastal Climate Extension Specialist For Chesapeake Bay Region [PaEN]
As Sea Level Rises, Some In Miami Worry About Climate Gentrification
Joint Labor Union And CEO Statement On The Paris Climate Agreement
Op-Ed: Why Clean Energy Isn’t Enough To Tackle Climate Change
Carbon Emissions To Hit Yet Another Record High This Year, Experts Project
Paris Climate Deal: World Not On Track To Meet Reduction Goals
AP: Climate Simulations Are Mostly Accurate, Study Finds
Coal Mining
EIA: Cold Weather Prompts Natural Gas Price Rise, Switching To Coal In PJM, MISO [PaEN]
Coal Power Becoming Uninsurable As Firms Refuse Coverage
The Coal Industry Is Shrinking: Here’s What Miners Need For A Just Transition
Coal Mining - December 6 - National Miners Day
Recognizing The Irreplaceable Contribution Of Our Miners
NMA: National Miners Day Recognizes The Contributions Of Miners
MSHA Honors America’s Miners On National Miners Day
U.S. Census: National Miners Day, Dec. 6
6 Things You Didn’t Know About National Miners Day
The Coal Industry Is Shrinking: Here’s What Miners Need For A Just Transition
Coastal Zones
Help Wanted: Penn State Coastal Climate Extension Specialist For Chesapeake Bay Region [PaEN]
Compliance Action
Chester County DA Charges Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline, Security Firms With Bribery, Conspiracy Regarding Mariner East Pipeline [PaEN]
AP-Levy: Prosecutor: Buy-A-Badge Mariner East Pipeline Security Plan Was Illegal
Phillips: Chester County DA Charges Energy Transfer In Scheme To Use Constables For Mariner East Pipeline Security
Chester DA: Mariner East Pipeline Employees, Contractors Illegally Paid State Constables In Buy-A-Badge Scheme
Chester DA Files Bribery, Conspiracy Charges Against Energy Transfer Employees Over Mariner East Pipeline Security
Chester County DA Announces More Charges In Mariner East Pipeline Investigation
Editorial: Rethink Need For Constables After Mariner East Pipeline Charges
PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $83,975 In Penalties [PaEN]
DEP Demands New Compliance From Natural Gas Storage Areas Using Act 13
DEP Orders Westmoreland County Hemp Drying Facility To Cease Operations Due To Air Pollution Violations [PaEN]
Stinking Hemp Facility Cited For Air Pollution, Ordered To Close
Conservation Districts
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Pike Conservation District: Using Conservation Design To Accommodate Growth, While Protecting Land & Water Resources [PaEN]
Allegheny County Conservation District Awards Over $200,000 In Grants To Reduce Erosion, Stormwater From Dirt, Gravel Roads [PaEN]
Court Decisions
Bay Journal: PA Group Sues State For Violating State’s Environmental Rights Amendment
DCNR
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
DCNR Submerged Lands Lease For Oil & Gas Development In Fayette, Greene Counties Yields $943,600 [PaEN]
Bay Journal: PA Group Sues State For Violating State’s Environmental Rights Amendment
5 Land Conservation Projects In Chester County Get DCNR Funding
Enola Low Grade Trail Bridge To Be Rebuilt In Lancaster-York Counties
Survey Says: More To Do In PA State Parks, But No New Fees
Dec. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Delaware River
Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Attracts Over 175 Participants [PaEN]
Thousands Make A Living On The Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 6 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Governor Releases Initial PFAS Action Team Report With Recommendations; 1 Of First 96 Water Systems Sampled Exceeded Action Level; 25 Contamination Sites Confirmed [PaEN]
AP: PFAS Water Contamination Not Widespread Pennsylvania Says
McKelvey: Only 1 Water Sample Exceeded PFAS Chemical Health Level
State: PFAS Contamination Not Widespread In PA, Early Testing Shows
Coraopolis Drinking Water Shows PFAS Contamination Among Highest In PA, But Below Federal Advisory Level [DEP and other states have called the advisory level inadequate to protect public health and are developing their own maximum contaminant level.]
Language Giving EPA PFAS Enforcement Authority Removed From Defense Spending Bill
CFA Accepting Applications For Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Flood Control Infrastructure Funding [PaEN]
PUC Work Group On Lead Water Line & Damaged Wastewater Line Replacement Meets Dec. 19 [PaEN]
18 Pittsburgh Schools Test Positive For Lead
Op-Ed: Too Many Leaks To Count Around Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority System
Erie Water Works Wants First Refusal Rights In $90M Prepayment Deal
Editorial: Being Smarter About Household Water Use Can Be Boon To Our Wallets
Economic Development
Where Do Allegheny County’s Elected Officials Stand On Fight Over Fracking, Ethane Plants?
What The Petrochemical Buildout Along The Ohio River Means For Regional Communities And Beyond
Sustainable Plastics Manufacturer Covestro Buys Site Fmr Bayer Site In Allegheny County
CMU Study Says Drilling, Fracking, Cracking Isn’t Worth the Environmental, Health, Climate Damage
Maykuth: Damaged Philly Refinery Carves Out 23-Acre Parcel For Renewable Gas Producer
Autonomous Vehicle Company Aptiv Moving To Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site
Apple Buys First Batch Of Aluminum Using Alcoa’s Breakthrough, Pollution-Free Technology
Thousands Make A Living On The Delaware River
AP: Ohio Governor Meets With Proposed Ethane Plant Developer
The Coal Industry Is Shrinking: Here’s What Miners Need For A Just Transition
Education
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Editorial: Money Can’t Buy Community Involvement
Stroud Water Research Center: STREAM Girls Program Empowers Today’s Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders [PaEN]
The Garden Club Of America Accepting Applications For National Parks Conservation Scholarship [PaEN]
Youth #ClimateStrike Activists March To Lancaster Elected Officials Offices To Demand Action
Youth #ClimateStrike Protesters Gather At Erie Art Museum
Youth #ClimateStrike Rally Held In Downtown Pittsburgh
Youth #ClimateStrike Students Again Rally Against Climate Change In Philly
This Can Not Be Our Reality: Students Hold #ClimateStrike At Philly City Hall
Philly Students Rally Against Climate Change
We Need Change, Students, Activists #ClimateStrike In State College
#ClimateStrike Teach-In At West Chester University
First Youth #ClimateStrike Draws Small Crowd In Harrisburg
PA Resources Council Accepting School Registrations For Let's Clear The Air Student Poster Challenge In Western PA [PaEN]
Get A Headstart On Applying For Student Internships At DEP, DCNR [PaEN]
Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations To Become Student Conservation Ambassadors By Attending Its 2020 Summer Camps [PaEN]
After 6 Months Of Climate Strikes, Pittsburgh Activist Leandra Mira Has No Plans To Slow Down
Philly School Students Won’t Be Punished For Climate Strike Walkout Friday
Penn State Campus & Community Sustainability Expo & Awards Ceremony Set For Dec. 11 In State College [PaEN]
Stroud Water Research Center To Be Featured In PBS Visionaries, Inc. TV Program
Asbury Woods Environmental Center To Open New Boardwalk In Erie
Op-Ed: Carlisle School District, Dickinson College: Two Sides Of Sustainability
Op-Ed: Don’t Base Sustainability Just On Whether The Carlisle School District Recycles Or Not
Emergency Response
Ice Buildup Leaves Thousands Without Power In Monroe County
Energy
Republican House Speaker Turzai Said He Will Rely On Help From Oil & Gas Lawyers In Lawsuit Opposing Joining RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
In A First, National Natural Gas Supply Assn. Supports Carbon Pricing, Including Major Natural Gas Drilling Companies In PA [PaEN]
Allegheny Front: Longtime Environmentalist Larry Schweiger Offers Advice To New Generation Solving The Climate Crisis In New Book
CMU Study Says Drilling, Fracking, Cracking Isn’t Worth the Environmental, Health, Climate Damage
Editorial: World Dodges A PA Tax On Natural Gas Production
The Allegheny Voice: Pennsylvania’s EcoApocalyptic Legislators
EIA: Cold Weather Prompts Natural Gas Price Rise, Switching To Coal In PJM, MISO [PaEN]
New Guide To Solar Energy Development & Land Conservation Available From PA Land Trust Assn [PaEN]
Ice Buildup Leaves Thousands Without Power In Monroe County
This Is How Much Philly’s Big Buildings Are Contributing To Climate Change
Penn State Campus & Community Sustainability Expo & Awards Ceremony Set For Dec. 11 In State College [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Why Clean Energy Isn’t Enough To Tackle Climate Change
Is FERC Overstepping Its Authority And Hurting Renewables? States, Power Groups Question PURPA Plan
Op-Ed: NY Governor Cuomo Stands With America’s Energy Enemies
Dominion Suspends Plan To Add 1.5GW Of Peaking Capacity As Virginia Faces Gas Glut
FirstEnergy Claims Victory On Keeping Nuke Bailout Referendum From Ballot, But Proponents Push Forward
Coal Power Becoming Uninsurable As Firms Refuse Coverage
Solar Industry May Not Get Relief It Expected From Trump Tariffs
U.S. Senate Confirms Dan Brouillette To Lead Energy Department
The Coal Industry Is Shrinking: Here’s What Miners Need For A Just Transition
Energy Conservation
Grant Helps Washington County Food Bank Realize Energy Savings, Engage Community On Renewable Energy [PaEN]
Environmental Health
EPA To Do Additional Testing Around Delaware County Landfills In Response To Concerns
EQB To Consider Regulations Controlling Methane Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations, Setting Manganese Toxic Substances Water Quality Standard Dec. 17 [PaEN]
Philly Council Committee Tables Bill To Subsidize Lead Remediation Costs For Landlords
CMU Study Says Drilling, Fracking, Cracking Isn’t Worth the Environmental, Health, Climate Damage
Environmental Heritage
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Environmental Justice
EPA Environmental Justice/Superfund Task Force Visits Philadelphia Environmental Ed Center
Farming
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Catching Up With 2 Farm Partners In Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Program
Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Attracts Over 175 Participants [PaEN]
DEP Orders Westmoreland County Hemp Drying Facility To Cease Operations Due To Air Pollution Violations [PaEN]
Stinking Hemp Facility Cited For Air Pollution, Ordered To Close
Philly’s First Urban Agriculture Director Kicks Off Plan To Save Endangered Edible Gardens
Pittsburgh Grows Urban Gardens In The Fight Against Gentrification
Help Wanted: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay PA Agricultural Program Manager [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Support Local Farmers In These Uncertain Times
Bucks Farm Zoning Fight In PA Spurs Agritourism Bill
PA Potato Growers, Chip Makers: No Need To Worry About French Fry Shortage
Flooding
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Forests
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Agriculture, Military & Veterans Affairs Kick Off Trees For Troops Donation Weekend [PaEN]
Blame 2008 Recession For Christmas Tree Shortage In Southeast PA
Kummer: Philadelphia Launching 10-Year Urban Forest Plan After Startling Tree Decline
Bay Journal: PA Group Sues State For Violating State’s Environmental Rights Amendment
Dec. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Forests - Wildfires
PG&E Says It Reached $13.5 Billion Wildfire Settlement In California
Grants/Funding
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
5 Land Conservation Projects In Chester County Get DCNR Funding
Enola Low Grade Trail Bridge To Be Rebuilt In Lancaster-York Counties
CFA Accepting Applications For Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Flood Control Infrastructure Funding [PaEN]
Allegheny County Conservation District Awards Over $200,000 In Grants To Reduce Erosion, Stormwater From Dirt, Gravel Roads [PaEN]
Green Infrastructure
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
How Much Green Infrastructure Is In ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Upgrade To Prevent Sewage Overflows?
Catching Up With 2 Farm Partners In Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Program
Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Attracts Over 175 Participants [PaEN]
Kummer: Philadelphia Launching 10-Year Urban Forest Plan After Startling Tree Decline
CFA Accepting Applications For Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Flood Control Infrastructure Funding [PaEN]
Pike Conservation District: Using Conservation Design To Accommodate Growth, While Protecting Land & Water Resources [PaEN]
Allegheny County Conservation District Awards Over $200,000 In Grants To Reduce Erosion, Stormwater From Dirt, Gravel Roads [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay PA Agricultural Program Manager [PaEN]
Call For Presentations: American Fisheries Society-PA Chapter Spring Technical Meeting - Aquatic Resource Restoration, Feb. 6-7 At Juniata College [PaEN]
Lower Swatara Twp Stormwater Fee $7/Month; Tax-Exempt Properties Have To Pay
Still Seats Available: Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]
Hazardous Substances
Governor Releases Initial PFAS Action Team Report With Recommendations; 1 Of First 96 Water Systems Sampled Exceeded Action Level; 25 Contamination Sites Confirmed [PaEN]
AP: PFAS Water Contamination Not Widespread Pennsylvania Says
McKelvey: Only 1 Water Sample Exceeded PFAS Chemical Health Level
State: PFAS Contamination Not Widespread In PA, Early Testing Shows
Coraopolis Drinking Water Shows PFAS Contamination Among Highest In PA, But Below Federal Advisory Level [DEP and other states have called the advisory level inadequate to protect public health and are developing their own maximum contaminant level.]
Language Giving EPA PFAS Enforcement Authority Removed From Defense Spending Bill
EPA To Do Additional Testing Around Delaware County Landfills In Response To Concerns
EQB To Consider Regulations Controlling Methane Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations, Setting Manganese Toxic Substances Water Quality Standard Dec. 17 [PaEN]
Philly Council Committee Tables Bill To Subsidize Lead Remediation Costs For Landlords
18 Pittsburgh Schools Test Positive For Lead
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
Governor Releases Initial PFAS Action Team Report With Recommendations; 1 Of First 96 Water Systems Sampled Exceeded Action Level; 25 Contamination Sites Confirmed [PaEN]
AP: PFAS Water Contamination Not Widespread Pennsylvania Says
McKelvey: Only 1 Water Sample Exceeded PFAS Chemical Health Level
State: PFAS Contamination Not Widespread In PA, Early Testing Shows
EPA Environmental Justice/Superfund Task Force Visits Philadelphia Environmental Ed Center
Land Conservation
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Delaware Highlands Conservancy, Partners Protect 3,683 Acres In Pike County [PaEN]
Wildlands Conservancy Preserves Nearly 200 Acres In Upper Saucon, Salisbury Twps
Forestland Permanently Protected In Pike County
5 Land Conservation Projects In Chester County Get DCNR Funding
Op-Ed: How To Strike Balance Between Growth & Preservation - Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
New Guide To Solar Energy Development & Land Conservation Available From PA Land Trust Assn [PaEN]
Land Recycling
Autonomous Vehicle Company Aptiv Moving To Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site
Sustainable Plastics Manufacturer Covestro Buys Site Fmr Bayer Site In Allegheny County
Maykuth: Damaged Philly Refinery Carves Out 23-Acre Parcel For Renewable Gas Producer
Land Use Planning
Pike Conservation District: Using Conservation Design To Accommodate Growth, While Protecting Land & Water Resources [PaEN]
Op-Ed: How To Strike Balance Between Growth & Preservation - Lehigh Valley Planning Commission
Maykuth: Damaged Philly Refinery Carves Out 23-Acre Parcel For Renewable Gas Producer
Lake Erie
Erie Water Works Wants First Refusal Rights In $90M Prepayment Deal
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Keep PA Beautiful, PennDOT Partner With Municipalities Thru Roadside, Park Adoption Programs To Cleanup Litter [PaEN]
Mine Reclamation
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Abandoned Coal Mines Continue To Foul Native Trout Waters In Pennsylvania
Fill Out The Passive Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment System Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation Survey [PaEN]
Call For Presentations: American Fisheries Society-PA Chapter Spring Technical Meeting - Aquatic Resource Restoration, Feb. 6-7 At Juniata College [PaEN]
Looking For Unique, Beautiful Gift Ideas? Try Clean Creek Products Made From Materials Recovered From Mine Drainage Treatment [PaEN]
November Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]
Oil & Gas
EQB To Consider Regulations Controlling Methane Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations, Setting Manganese Toxic Substances Water Quality Standard Dec. 17 [PaEN]
DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee To Review Final Fee Increase Package, 2019 Air Monitoring Results, Legacy Well Programs Dec. 12 [PaEN]
CMU Study Says Drilling, Fracking, Cracking Isn’t Worth the Environmental, Health, Climate Damage
Republican House Speaker Turzai Said He Will Rely On Help From Oil & Gas Lawyers In Lawsuit Opposing Joining RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
In A First, National Natural Gas Supply Assn. Supports Carbon Pricing, Including Major Natural Gas Drilling Companies In PA [PaEN]
Allegheny Front: Longtime Environmentalist Larry Schweiger Offers Advice To New Generation Solving The Climate Crisis In New Book
DEP Demands New Compliance From Natural Gas Storage Areas Using Act 13
EIA: Cold Weather Prompts Natural Gas Price Rise, Switching To Coal In PJM, MISO [PaEN]
IFO PA Natural Gas Production 3rd Quarter Report: 9.1% Increase This Quarter Over Last Year, Projected 11.2% Increase In 2019
EIA: Cold Weather Prompts Natural Gas Price Rise, Switching To Coal In PJM, MISO [PaEN]
IFO PA Natural Gas Production 3rd Quarter Report: 9.1% Increase This Quarter Over Last Year, Projected 11.2% Increase In 2019
DCNR Submerged Lands Lease For Oil & Gas Development In Fayette, Greene Counties Yields $943,600 [PaEN]
Editorial: World Dodges A PA Tax On Natural Gas Production
By Any Name, Olympus Drilling Aspires To Be A Greek God Of Energy
Suburban Philly School Districts See Green In Propane Buses
DEP, Major Oil Companies Agree: Trump Should Not Roll Back Methane Rules
The Allegheny Voice: Pennsylvania’s EcoApocalyptic Legislators
IFO PA Natural Gas Production 3rd Quarter Report: 9.1% Increase This Quarter Over Last Year, Projected 11.2% Increase In 2019 [PaEN]
4 Pennsylvania Counties Dominate Natural Gas Production
Where Do Allegheny County’s Elected Officials Stand On Fight Over Fracking, Ethane Plants?
What The Petrochemical Buildout Along The Ohio River Means For Regional Communities And Beyond
Sustainable Plastics Manufacturer Covestro Buys Site Fmr Bayer Site In Allegheny County
Maykuth: Damaged Philly Refinery Carves Out 23-Acre Parcel For Renewable Gas Producer
Op-Ed: Philly Refinery Disaster: Executives Shouldn’t Be Rewarded For Failure - Rep. Zabel
Op-Ed: NY Governor Cuomo Stands With America’s Energy Enemies
AP: Ohio Governor Meets With Proposed Ethane Plant Developer
Dominion Suspends Plan To Add 1.5GW Of Peaking Capacity As Virginia Faces Gas Glut
Pipelines
Chester County DA Charges Energy Transfer/Sunoco Pipeline, Security Firms With Bribery, Conspiracy Regarding Mariner East Pipeline [PaEN]
AP-Levy: Prosecutor: Buy-A-Badge Mariner East Pipeline Security Plan Was Illegal
Phillips: Chester County DA Charges Energy Transfer In Scheme To Use Constables For Mariner East Pipeline Security
Chester DA: Mariner East Pipeline Employees, Contractors Illegally Paid State Constables In Buy-A-Badge Scheme
Chester DA Files Bribery, Conspiracy Charges Against Energy Transfer Employees Over Mariner East Pipeline Security
Chester County DA Announces More Charges In Mariner East Pipeline Investigation
Editorial: Rethink Need For Constables After Mariner East Pipeline Charges
PUC
PUC Work Group On Lead Water Line & Damaged Wastewater Line Replacement Meets Dec. 19 [PaEN]
PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $83,975 In Penalties [PaEN]
Permitting
DEP Renews PAG-02 Stormwater General Permit For Construction Activities For 5 Years [PaEN]
DEP Renewing Waste General Permit Authorizing The Beneficial Use Of Regulated Fill For 1 Year To Allow Time To Review Extensive Public Comments [PaEN]
DEP Posts 73 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Dec. 7 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Radiation Protection
FirstEnergy Claims Victory On Keeping Nuke Bailout Referendum From Ballot, But Proponents Push Forward
Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Conduct Siren Test Thursday
Recreation
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
PA Recreation & Park Society Now Accepting Nominations For 2020 Achievement Awards [PaEN]
Nominations For 2020 Appalachian Trail Hall Of Fame Recognition Now Being Accepted [PaEN]
Editorial: Parks Tax: Hold Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy To Its Promises
PA Land Trust Assn., PennTrails Looking For 2 Sites To Hold Workshops On Building Trails In Wet Areas [PaEN]
Enola Low Grade Trail Bridge To Be Rebuilt In Lancaster-York Counties
Survey Says: More To Do In PA State Parks, But No New Fees
What Happened To Harrisburg’s Plan To Add Bike Lane On State Street?
Dec. 6 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Congress Must Keep Promises On Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund [PaEN]
Recycling/Waste
PA Resources Council Pop-Up Glass Recycling Events Collect Nearly 170 Tons; Final Event Dec. 7 In Allegheny County [PaEN]
Lackawanna County Sued Over Use Of Prisoners At Recycling Center
Lawsuit Over Forced Prison Labor At Lackawanna County Recycling Center Similar To Others Nationwide
Editorial: One-Sided Contract Using Prisoners To Work In Lackawanna Recycling Center Embarrassing
Philadelphia Building First Urban Composting Facility In PA, To Open Soon
EPA To Do Additional Testing Around Delaware County Landfills In Response To Concerns
DEP Renewing Waste General Permit Authorizing The Beneficial Use Of Regulated Fill For 1 Year To Allow Time To Review Extensive Public Comments [PaEN]
Covanta Energy Selected As 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Finalist
Philly’s Ban On Single-Use Plastic Bags Moves Toward Final Passage
Philly Council Reaches Compromise On Plastic Bag Ban
Op-Ed: Carlisle School District, Dickinson College: Two Sides Of Sustainability
Op-Ed: Don’t Base Sustainability Just On Whether The Carlisle School District Recycles Or Not
The Allegheny Voice: Pennsylvania’s EcoApocalyptic Legislators
Renewable Energy
Republican House Speaker Turzai Said He Will Rely On Help From Oil & Gas Lawyers In Lawsuit Opposing Joining RGGI Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program
EIA: Cold Weather Prompts Natural Gas Price Rise, Switching To Coal In PJM, MISO [PaEN]
New Guide To Solar Energy Development & Land Conservation Available From PA Land Trust Assn [PaEN]
Solar Industry May Not Get Relief It Expected From Trump Tariffs
Op-Ed: Why Clean Energy Isn’t Enough To Tackle Climate Change
Covanta Energy Selected As 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Finalist
Maykuth: Damaged Philly Refinery Carves Out 23-Acre Parcel For Renewable Gas Producer
Is FERC Overstepping Its Authority And Hurting Renewables? States, Power Groups Question PURPA Plan
Stormwater
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
How Much Green Infrastructure Is In ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Upgrade To Prevent Sewage Overflows?
CFA Accepting Applications For Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Flood Control Infrastructure Funding [PaEN]
Allegheny County Conservation District Awards Over $200,000 In Grants To Reduce Erosion, Stormwater From Dirt, Gravel Roads [PaEN]
Lower Swatara Twp Stormwater Fee $7/Month; Tax-Exempt Properties Have To Pay
Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Attracts Over 175 Participants [PaEN]
Sustainability
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
Apple Buys First Batch Of Aluminum Using Alcoa’s Breakthrough, Pollution-Free Technology
Covanta Energy Selected As 2019 Corporate Social Responsibility Finalist
Penn State Campus & Community Sustainability Expo & Awards Ceremony Set For Dec. 11 In State College [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Carlisle School District, Dickinson College: Two Sides Of Sustainability
Op-Ed: Don’t Base Sustainability Just On Whether The Carlisle School District Recycles Or Not
Editorial: Being Smarter About Household Water Use Can Be Boon To Our Wallets
Wastewater Facilities
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
CFA Accepting Applications For Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Flood Control Infrastructure Funding [PaEN]
PUC Work Group On Lead Water Line & Damaged Wastewater Line Replacement Meets Dec. 19 [PaEN]
How Much Green Infrastructure Is In ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Upgrade To Prevent Sewage Overflows?
Op-Ed: Too Many Leaks To Count Around Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority System
Erie Water Works Wants First Refusal Rights In $90M Prepayment Deal
Venue Change Requested For Wilkes-Barre Sewer System Sale Presentation
Watershed Protection
Feature: 20 Years Of Growing Greener: A Celebration Of Leadership, Partnership, Accomplishment [PaEN]
EQB To Consider Regulations Controlling Methane Emissions From Existing Oil & Gas Operations, Setting Manganese Toxic Substances Water Quality Standard Dec. 17 [PaEN]
DEP Air Quality Advisory Committee To Review Final Fee Increase Package, 2019 Air Monitoring Results, Legacy Well Programs Dec. 12 [PaEN]
CFA Accepting Applications For Drinking Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Flood Control Infrastructure Funding [PaEN]
Abandoned Coal Mines Continue To Foul Native Trout Waters In Pennsylvania
Call For Presentations: American Fisheries Society-PA Chapter Spring Technical Meeting - Aquatic Resource Restoration, Feb. 6-7 At Juniata College [PaEN]
Lehigh Valley Watershed Conference Attracts Over 175 Participants [PaEN]
Fill Out The Passive Abandoned Mine Drainage Treatment System Operation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation Survey [PaEN]
How Much Green Infrastructure Is In ALCOSAN’s $2 Billion Upgrade To Prevent Sewage Overflows?
Stroud Water Research Center: STREAM Girls Program Empowers Today’s Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders [PaEN]
Pike Conservation District: Using Conservation Design To Accommodate Growth, While Protecting Land & Water Resources [PaEN]
Catching Up With 2 Farm Partners In Stroud Water Research Center Watershed Restoration Program
Lancaster Farming: Master Watershed Steward Program Accepting Applications
Stroud Water Research Center To Be Featured In PBS Visionaries, Inc. TV Program
Still Seats Available: Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional Level 1 Certification Training Set For Dec. 10-11 In Lancaster [PaEN]
Allegheny County Conservation District Awards Over $200,000 In Grants To Reduce Erosion, Stormwater From Dirt, Gravel Roads [PaEN]
Lower Swatara Twp Stormwater Fee $7/Month; Tax-Exempt Properties Have To Pay
Looking For Unique, Beautiful Gift Ideas? Try Clean Creek Products Made From Materials Recovered From Mine Drainage Treatment [PaEN]
November Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]
Thousands Make A Living On The Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 6 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Abandoned Coal Mines Continue To Foul Native Trout Waters In Pennsylvania
Stroud Water Research Center: STREAM Girls Program Empowers Today’s Girls to Become Tomorrow’s Leaders [PaEN]
Call For Presentations: American Fisheries Society-PA Chapter Spring Technical Meeting - Aquatic Resource Restoration, Feb. 6-7 At Juniata College [PaEN]
Crable: Chronic Wasting Disease, Climate Change Will Affect Deer Hunting, Not Good News For The Environment
Chronic Wasting Disease Testing Offers Hunters Peace Of Mind
Editorial: Give Hunting Changes Chance To Work
Marcus Schneck: Video Showing Abuse Of Deer In Jefferson County Under Game Commission Investigation
AP: Game Commission Investigates Video Of Injured Deer Beaten By Apparent Hunters
Brookville Police Chief’s Step Son Involved In Video Of Teens Torturing Wounded Deer
500,000 People Sign Petition To Bring Maximum Criminal Charges Against Deer Abusers
Social Media “Lynch Mob” Came Down On Brookville At Center Of Deer-Torture Video
AP: Berks County Deer Hunter Dies In Fall From Tree Stand
2nd Berks County Deer Hunter Killed, Accidentally Shot Himself With A Crossbow
Harmony Girl, 10, Shoots Her First Antlered Deer
Wildlife Leadership Academy Accepting Nominations To Become Student Conservation Ambassadors By Attending Its 2020 Summer Camps [PaEN]
Alligator, Reptile Owners Must Register Reptiles In City Of Pittsburgh
Just In Time For Holidays: 2020 PA Fishing Licenses, Permits, Gift Vouchers Now On Sale [PaEN]
Opportunities
Help Wanted: Chesapeake Bay Foundation - PA Grassroots Specialist [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Alliance For The Chesapeake Bay PA Agricultural Program Manager [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Middle Susquehanna RiverKeeper [PaEN]
Help Wanted: Penn State Coastal Climate Extension Specialist For Chesapeake Bay Region [PaEN]
Federal Policy
NRDC Files 100th Environmental Lawsuit Against Trump Administration
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