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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Yearend

Editorial: The Two Sides Of 2019, Personified - Greta Thunberg- Positive Energy, Trump- Quite The Opposite

Op-Ed: What We Accomplishing On Criminal Justice, Voting Reform, Climate Change In 2019 - Gov. Wolf

Ford Turner: How PA Votes, When They Hunt Among 2019 Changes In Law For 2020

Bucks Lawmaker’s 2019 Bills Took Aim At PFAS, Water, Education, Taxes

Remembering The Decade’s Biggest Stories In Wyoming Valley - 2011 Flood

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers 2019 Federal, State Policy Accomplishments

Politics

PA Capitol Report: Senate Republicans List 2019 Accomplishments, House Republicans Set Budget Priorities [PaCN]

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Air

Don Hopey: Allegheny County Seeks New Air Quality Regulations To Combat Unhealthy Smog

Fearing Climate Change, Worse Air Quality, Allegheny County To Impose New Pollution Regulations

Allegheny County Launches Efforts To Combat Weather-Related Air Pollution Events

Environmentalists, Concerned Citizens To Lobby Allegheny County For Tougher Action On Air Pollution

Penn State: Research Suggests Today's Air Quality That Meets Current Standards Increases Mortality, Just Like Smoking [PaEN]

DEP Hosts Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Erie, Venango, Warren, York Counties [PaEN]

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Says Finances Were Ailing Before Shutdown

Op-Ed: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Saga Ends Abruptly

What Is A Temperature Inversion And How Does It Affect Air Quality?

New Members Will Cause Culture Shock On Allegheny County Council

GASP: Federal Judge Grants Class Certification Pitting Investors Against U.S. Steel Over Stock Price Decline

Alternative Fuel

AP: States Charge More For Electric Cars As New Laws Take Effect

Awards & Recognition

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 Western PA Environmental Awards [PaEN]

Nominations Open For Western PA Environmental Awards

Reminder: EPA Accepting Nominations For Environmental Educator Awards Until Jan. 15 [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Three Mile Island Accident 40th Anniversary

Month-Long Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Observances Start Jan. 4 to 31 In , Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

Registration Open: PA Lake Management Society Conference March 4-5; Accepting Nominations For Lake Awards, Entries To Photo Contest [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

PA/NJ Chapter - American Chestnut Foundation Highlights Upcoming Spring Growers Meeting, Greenhouse Planting Days, PA Farm Show [PaEN]

Kettle Creek Watershed Assn. Shares Year End Status Of Restoration Projects; Overview Of Eastern Hellbender Research [PaEN]

Feature: Hellbent For Hellbenders In The Kettle Creek Watershed [PaEN]

Erie Port Authority To Study Overgrown Brush On Bayfront Bluffs

Budget

December State Revenue $91.5 Million Below Estimates; FY 2019-20 Over Estimate Revenues Drop From $333.6 Million To Just $75 Million [PaCN]

Editorial: Fund Auditor General

Chesapeake Bay

CBF: EPA Statement On Enforceability Of Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Targets  Should Put Fear In The Hearts Of All Who Care About Clean Water [PaEN]

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director Says 2025 Pollution Reduction Targets Not Enforceable, They Are Aspiration

AP: EPA Official: Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

States Say Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Its Share To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Capital Gazette: Editorial: Gov. Hogan, It’s Time To Sue PA Over Its Failed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Agenda Added: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Jan. 8 Briefing On PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [PaEN]

Jan. 16 EPCAMR Public Meeting On Final Draft Upper Toby Creek Goldwater Conservation Plan In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Jan. 12 Presentation On New Report Detailing $500 Million In Annual Economic Benefits From Services Provided By The Environment In Lebanon County [PaEN]

Lower Swatara Twp Plans Green Project At Greenfield Park With Mariner East Pipeline Fine Funding

Kettle Creek Watershed Assn. Shares Year End Status Of Restoration Projects; Overview Of Eastern Hellbender Research [PaEN]

Feature: Hellbent For Hellbenders In The Kettle Creek Watershed [PaEN]

PA Township News: Unique Army Corps Programs Help Communities Become More Resilient [PaEN]

Maryland Puts Millions Into Ailing Streams, Research Shows Some Project Don’t Help  Clean The Chesapeake Bay

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Citizen Action

Agenda Added: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Jan. 8 Briefing On PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [PaEN]

McDevitt: 2020 PA Farm Show Highlights Opportunities For The Future Of Farming

PEMA Encourages Pennsylvanians To Resolve To Be Ready For Emergencies In New Year [PaEN]

Jan. 12 Presentation On New Report Detailing $500 Million In Annual Economic Benefits From Services Provided By The Environment In Lebanon County [PaEN]

DEP Begins State Water Plan Update With Regional Water Advisory Committee Meetings; Members Needed [PaEN]

Jan. 16 EPCAMR Public Meeting On Final Draft Upper Toby Creek Goldwater Conservation Plan In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Kettle Creek Watershed Assn. Shares Year End Status Of Restoration Projects; Overview Of Eastern Hellbender Research [PaEN]

Feature: Hellbent For Hellbenders In The Kettle Creek Watershed [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Researchers From Duquesne, Chatham To Study Water Quality Of Little Buffalo Creek

DEP Seeking Information On Proper Water Quality Designations For 60 Class A Wild Trout Streams In 22 Counties [PaEN]

Game Commission Set To Begin Howard Nursery Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale January 6; Seedlings For Schools Program Feb. 3 [PaEN]

New Roots Recovery Center, SCI Retreat Jan. 4 Roadside Cleanup In Newport Twp., Nanticoke Area, Luzerne County A Success! [PaEN]

SCI Retreat Employees Organize Neighborhood Cleanup

The Lure Of Being A Youth Mentor - Fish & Boat Commission P.L.A.Y. Newsletter [PaEN]

Registration Open: PA Lake Management Society Conference March 4-5; Accepting Nominations For Lake Awards, Entries To Photo Contest [PaEN]

PA/NJ Chapter - American Chestnut Foundation Highlights Upcoming Spring Growers Meeting, Greenhouse Planting Days, PA Farm Show [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy’s Conserve Magazine Dedicated To Planting, Protecting, Caring For Region’s Trees & Forests [PaEN]

Christmas Tree Recycling Gets Creative In Lehigh Valley

Brian O’Neill: O Tannenbaum, It’s Time For Your Next Life

DEP Invites Comments On Leidy South Natural Gas Pipeline Project E&S Permit In Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties [PaEN]

DEP Hosts Hearings [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plans For Facilities In Erie, Venango, Warren, York Counties [PaEN]

Pennsylvania Solar Congress Set For Feb. 15 In Indiana County [PaEN]

Environmentalists, Concerned Citizens To Lobby Allegheny County For Tougher Action On Air Pollution

Editorial: Focusing On Ourselves, Our Communities In 2020

Climate

DEP Coastal Zone Committee Jan. 15: $430 Million In Property Value At Risk On Southeast PA Coast Due To Climate Change, Regardless Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits [PaEN]

DEP Begins State Water Plan Update With Regional Water Advisory Committee Meetings; Members Needed [PaEN]

Philly’s Average Temperatures Are Rising, Along With Overall Global Trend

Letter: Clean Our Air, Protect Our Climate

New Members Will Cause Culture Shock On Allegheny County Council

Centre Climate: What Is A Restorative Community, How Can The Centre Region Become One?

Letter: Trump Poses Serious Threat By Denying Climate Change

PA Township News: Unique Army Corps Programs Help Communities Become More Resilient [PaEN]

NE PA Says Goodbye To Another Soggy Year

Who’ll Stop The Rain? Pittsburgh Has Wettest Decade On Record

Pittsburgh Received 50+ Inches of Precipitation For First Time Ever In Consecutive Years

AP: States Charge More For Electric Cars As New Laws Take Effect

Report: Trump Proposal Would Nix Climate Reviews For New Projects

AP: How Climate Change, Other Factors Create Horrific Convergence Fueling Australia’s Wildfires

Coal Mining

Don Hopey: 5-Year Report Assesses Impacts Of Underground Coal Mining

EQB Submits Final Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards, Federal Mining Consistency Rule To IRRC, Committees For Review [PaEN]

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Says Finances Were Ailing Before Shutdown

Op-Ed: Why America Must Let Go Of Coal And Avoid Renewable Subsidies

Editorial: Coal Pensions: Federal Bill Provides Reassurance To Miners

Coastal Zone

DEP Coastal Zone Committee Jan. 15: $430 Million In Property Value At Risk On Southeast PA Coast Due To Climate Change, Regardless Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits [PaEN]

Compliance Action

DEP Issues $30.6 Million Penalty Over ETC Revolution Pipeline Explosion Violations; Lifts Permit Bar [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: Mariner East 2 Owner Fined $30.6 Million For Western PA Pipeline Explosion

Reid Frazier: DEP Levels Record $30.6 Million Fine Against Pipeline Company Responsible For Beaver County Blast

AP: Pipeline Company Fined $30.6 Million, But Can Resume Construction

Anya Litvak: Energy Transfer Given $30.6M Penalty For Beaver County Pipeline Explosion

AP: Pipeline Company Fined $30.6 Million, But Can Resume Construction

Fmr DOE Secretary Rick Perry Rejoins Energy Transfer Partners Board Of Directors

Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Legislation Highlighted By PUC Administrative Law Judge Decision In Mariner East I Pipeline Leak [PaEN]

PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $124,725 In Penalties [PaEN]

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant Says Finances Were Ailing Before Shutdown

GASP: Federal Judge Grants Class Certification Pitting Investors Against U.S. Steel Over Stock Price Decline

Conservation Districts

Pike Conservation District Accepting Applications For Environmental Ed Grant; Listen To District's First Podcast [PaEN]

Dam Safety

Allentown Finally Sets Aside Money For Hamilton Street Dam Maintenance

Letter: Francis Walter Dam Should Serve PA’s Needs, Not New York City’s

DCNR

DCNR Signs Submerged Land Lease Under Allegheny River For Gas Development For  $1,162,800 In Armstrong County [PaEN]

$18 Million Grant For Circuit Trails Will Help Connect Montco To Morris Arboretum

Jan. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; Earth Day 50 PA Opening Soon [PaEN]

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 3 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

DEP Begins State Water Plan Update With Regional Water Advisory Committee Meetings; Members Needed [PaEN]

Francis E. Walter Dam Being Studied To Ease New York City’s Water Woes, Could Impact Tourism

Francis E. Walter Dam Proposal Could Impact Water In Hazleton Area

U.S. Army Corps, Partners Host Jan. 9 Public Meeting On Francis E. Walter Dam Reservoir Reevaluation Study In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Air Force To Give Nearly $3 Million To Fix Contaminated Water In Montgomery County

Bucks Lawmaker’s 2019 Bills Took Aim At PFAS, Water, Education, Taxes

Broad-Ranging PFAS Chemicals Bill On U.S. House Floor Next Week

AP: Sanders Says He’ll Enact National Drinking Water Standards For PFAS Chemicals

Altoona Plans Water Treatment Plant Upgrades

Earth Day 50

Jan. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; Earth Day 50 PA Opening Soon [PaEN]

Economic Development

Jan. 12 Presentation On New Report Detailing $500 Million In Annual Economic Benefits From Services Provided By The Environment In Lebanon County [PaEN]

Education

Reminder: EPA Accepting Nominations For Environmental Educator Awards Until Jan. 15 [PaEN]

The Lure Of Being A Youth Mentor - Fish & Boat Commission P.L.A.Y. Newsletter [PaEN]

Bob Frye: Catfish In The Classroom Project Underway In Southwestern PA

Fallingwater 2020 Student Gnome House Design Challenge [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District Accepting Applications For Environmental Ed Grant; Listen To District's First Podcast [PaEN]

Jan. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; Earth Day 50 PA Opening Soon [PaEN]

River Mountain Wellness Retreat Disconnects Kids From Devices And Reconnects Them To The Outdoors In Bedford County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Supermoons, Blue Moons, Lunar Eclipses; More Reasons To Look At The Sky In 2020

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Summer Intern Positions Available [PaEN]

Intern Wanted: Cumberland County 4-H Educators Assistant/Intern [PaEN]

Emergency Response

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Wants To End Radiation Monitoring, Siren Test To Shrink Emergency Planning Role In Spite Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Stored On Site

PEMA Encourages Pennsylvanians To Resolve To Be Ready For Emergencies In New Year [PaEN]

NE PA Says Goodbye To Another Soggy Year

Editorial: Being Prepared Is Never A Problem

Energy

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Wants To End Radiation Monitoring, Siren Test To Shrink Emergency Planning Role In Spite Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Stored On Site

Concerns Raised Over Exelon’s Request To Scale Back Three Mile Island’s Emergency Planning

WITF Smart Talk: Three Mile Island Accident 40th Anniversary

Pennsylvania Solar Congress Set For Feb. 15 In Indiana County [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Why Are We Putting Fossil Fuel Profits Before Children’s Lives?

WITF Smart Talk: Three Mile Island Accident 40th Anniversary

Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program: Upcoming Energy Webinars, Educational Opportunities [PaEN]

National Fuel Predicts Slight Price Hike For Natural Gas

Incoming CEO Of PJM Accused Of Mismanagement Of Previous Company

Op-Ed: Why America Must Let Go Of Coal And Avoid Renewable Subsidies

Help Wanted: Wayne County Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Executive Director [PaEN]

Energy Conservation

Sustainable Pittsburgh: Energy Smart Operations: From Fleets To Facilities Jan. 30 [PaEN]

Penn State PA Technical Assistance Program: Upcoming Energy Webinars, Educational Opportunities [PaEN]

Environmental Health

Op-Ed: Why Are We Putting Fossil Fuel Profits Before Children’s Lives?

Can Philly Kids Sue After Getting Sick In School Buildings?

Asbestos Concerns Delay North Philadelphia School Reopening

New Year Opens With Protests, Concerns About Health Conditions In Philly Schools

2 Philly Schools To Remain Closed Due To Asbestos Damage

Bucks Lawmaker’s 2019 Bills Took Aim At PFAS, Water, Education, Taxes

Broad-Ranging PFAS Chemicals Bill On U.S. House Floor Next Week

Rabid Cat Captured In Wilkes-Barre, Advisory Issued By Health Dept.

Wilkes-Barre Issues Rabid Cat Warning

Environmental Heritage

Month-Long Anthracite Mining Heritage Month Observances Start Jan. 4 to 31 In , Lackawanna, Luzerne Counties [PaEN]

Fallingwater 2020 Student Gnome House Design Challenge [PaEN]

Farming

CBF: EPA Statement On Enforceability Of Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Targets  Should Put Fear In The Hearts Of All Who Care About Clean Water [PaEN]

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director Says 2025 Pollution Reduction Targets Not Enforceable, They Are Aspiration

AP: EPA Official: Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

States Say Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Its Share To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Capital Gazette: Editorial: Gov. Hogan, It’s Time To Sue PA Over Its Failed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Agenda Added: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Jan. 8 Briefing On PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Farm Vitality Planning Grants [PaEN]

McDevitt: 2020 PA Farm Show Highlights Opportunities For The Future Of Farming

2020 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Revealed!

1,000 Pound PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture To Be Converted Into Renewable Energy In Farm Digester [PaEN]

2020 PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture Revealed!

AP; Butter Sculpture With Sports Mascots Unveiled At PA Farm Show

Why Does It Cost $15 To Park At The PA Farm Show?

Op-Ed: United We Farm - PA Sustainable Agriculture

Intern Wanted: Cumberland County 4-H Educators Assistant/Intern [PaEN]

Farmer Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Looking To Lease Mercer County Land To Farmer [PaEN]

Flooding

DEP Coastal Zone Committee Jan. 15: $430 Million In Property Value At Risk On Southeast PA Coast Due To Climate Change, Regardless Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits [PaEN]

PA Township News: Unique Army Corps Programs Help Communities Become More Resilient [PaEN]

NE PA Says Goodbye To Another Soggy Year

Who’ll Stop The Rain? Pittsburgh Has Wettest Decade On Record

Pittsburgh Received 50+ Inches of Precipitation For First Time Ever In Consecutive Years

Forests 

PA/NJ Chapter - American Chestnut Foundation Highlights Upcoming Spring Growers Meeting, Greenhouse Planting Days, PA Farm Show [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy’s Conserve Magazine Dedicated To Planting, Protecting, Caring For Region’s Trees & Forests [PaEN]

Christmas Tree Recycling Gets Creative In Lehigh Valley

Brian O’Neill: O Tannenbaum, It’s Time For Your Next Life

Jan. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; Earth Day 50 PA Opening Soon [PaEN]

Forests-Wildfires

AP: Raging Wildfires Trap 4,000 At Australian Town’s Waterfront

AP: How Climate Change, Other Factors Create Horrific Convergence Fueling Australia’s Wildfires

Geologic Hazards

No Serious Injuries After Vehicle Falls Into Easton Sinkhole

Easton Sinkhole Reopens, Claims Construction Vehicle

Sinking Ground Under Allegheny County Shopping Center Forces Store Closure

Grants/Funding

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Host Municipality Waste Inspection Reimbursement Grants [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Accepting Applications For Farm Vitality Planning Grants [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For State Wildlife Grants [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District Accepting Applications For Environmental Ed Grant; Listen To District's First Podcast [PaEN]

$18 Million Grant For Circuit Trails Will Help Connect Montco To Morris Arboretum

DCED Announces Funding For 4 Water, Sewage Projects In Bedford, Jefferson, Juniata, Somerset Counties

Green Infrastructure

CBF: EPA Statement On Enforceability Of Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Targets  Should Put Fear In The Hearts Of All Who Care About Clean Water [PaEN]

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director Says 2025 Pollution Reduction Targets Not Enforceable, They Are Aspiration

AP: EPA Official: Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

States Say Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Its Share To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Capital Gazette: Editorial: Gov. Hogan, It’s Time To Sue PA Over Its Failed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

States Say Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Its Share To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Agenda Added: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Jan. 8 Briefing On PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [PaEN]

Lower Swatara Twp Plans Green Project At Greenfield Park With Mariner East Pipeline Fine Funding

Kettle Creek Watershed Assn. Shares Year End Status Of Restoration Projects; Overview Of Eastern Hellbender Research [PaEN]

Work On Codorus Creek In York Part Of Larger Project

Mary Ann Thomas: Researchers From Duquesne, Chatham To Study Water Quality Of Little Buffalo Creek

DEP Seeking Information On Proper Water Quality Designations For 60 Class A Wild Trout Streams In 22 Counties [PaEN]

Game Commission Set To Begin Howard Nursery Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale January 6; Seedlings For Schools Program Feb. 3 [PaEN]

Jan. 12 Presentation On New Report Detailing $500 Million In Annual Economic Benefits From Services Provided By The Environment In Lebanon County [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy’s Conserve Magazine Dedicated To Planting, Protecting, Caring For Region’s Trees & Forests [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

Op-Ed: Why Are We Putting Fossil Fuel Profits Before Children’s Lives?

Can Philly Kids Sue After Getting Sick In School Buildings?

Asbestos Concerns Delay North Philadelphia School Reopening

New Year Opens With Protests, Concerns About Health Conditions In Philly Schools

2 Philly Schools To Remain Closed Due To Asbestos Damage

Air Force To Give Nearly $3 Million To Fix Contaminated Water In Montgomery County

Bucks Lawmaker’s 2019 Bills Took Aim At PFAS, Water, Education, Taxes

Broad-Ranging PFAS Chemicals Bill On U.S. House Floor Next Week

AP: Sanders Says He’ll Enact National Drinking Water Standards For PFAS Chemicals

Hazardous Sites - Superfund

3 Of Nation’s Most Toxic Superfund Sites In Lancaster County

AP: Backlog Of Toxic Superfund Clean-Ups Grows Under Trump

Land Conservation

Heritage Conservancy Helps Preserve 55-Acre Clymer Farm In Bucks County [PaEN]

Lake Erie

Erie Port Authority To Study Overgrown Brush On Bayfront Bluffs

Littering/Illegal Dumping

New Roots Recovery Center, SCI Retreat Jan. 4 Roadside Cleanup In Newport Twp., Nanticoke Area, Luzerne County A Success! [PaEN]

SCI Retreat Employees Organize Neighborhood Cleanup

Mine Reclamation

Don Hopey: 5-Year Report Assesses Impacts Of Underground Coal Mining

Help Wanted: EPCAMR GIS Watershed Outreach Specialist [PaEN]

Mine Subsidence

Don Hopey: 5-Year Report Assesses Impacts Of Underground Coal Mining

Oil & Gas

DCNR Signs Submerged Land Lease Under Allegheny River For Gas Development For  $1,162,800 In Armstrong County [PaEN]

National Fuel Predicts Slight Price Hike For Natural Gas

Pipelines

DEP Issues $30.6 Million Penalty Over ETC Revolution Pipeline Explosion Violations; Lifts Permit Bar [PaEN]

Stephen Caruso: Mariner East 2 Owner Fined $30.6 Million For Western PA Pipeline Explosion

Reid Frazier: DEP Levels Record $30.6 Million Fine Against Pipeline Company Responsible For Beaver County Blast

AP: Pipeline Company Fined $30.6 Million, But Can Resume Construction

Anya Litvak: Energy Transfer Given $30.6M Penalty For Beaver County Pipeline Explosion

AP: Pipeline Company Fined $30.6 Million, But Can Resume Construction

Fmr DOE Secretary Rick Perry Rejoins Energy Transfer Partners Board Of Directors

Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Legislation Highlighted By PUC Administrative Law Judge Decision In Mariner East I Pipeline Leak [PaEN]

Battle Of Mariner East Pipeline Rages Into 2020

DEP Invites Comments On Leidy South Natural Gas Pipeline Project E&S Permit In Clinton, Columbia, Lycoming, Luzerne, Schuylkill Counties [PaEN]

PennEast Pipeline Seeks 2-Year In-Service Delay, Citing Permitting

PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $124,725 In Penalties [PaEN]

Judge: Tribal Lawsuit Against Keystone XL Pipeline Can Proceed

Permitting

PennEast Pipeline Seeks 2-Year In-Service Delay, Citing Permitting

DEP Posts 82 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In January 4 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Wants To End Radiation Monitoring, Siren Test To Shrink Emergency Planning Role In Spite Of Spent Nuclear Fuel Stored On Site

Concerns Raised Over Exelon’s Request To Scale Back Three Mile Island’s Emergency Planning

WITF Smart Talk: Three Mile Island Accident 40th Anniversary

Recreation

Hikers Hit Trails To Mark New Year

First Day Hike In Carbon County Gets 100 People Outside

First Day Hike At State Parks On New Year’s Day, York County

First Day Hike Draws Dozens To Lackawanna State Park

Hikers Explore Pymatuning’s Forest Delights On First Day Of New Year

First Day Hikes Planned At State Parks

Jan. 3 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation; Earth Day 50 PA Opening Soon [PaEN]

Letter: Make Care Of Presque Isle A Top Legislative Priority

Kummer: How $18M For Trails In Montgomery County Will Connect Exton To Philly

$18 Million Grant For Circuit Trails Will Help Connect Montco To Morris Arboretum

WalkWorks Program Improves Health Through Physical Activity, Expands Access Throughout State [PaEN]

Turning A Vast, Post-Industrial Wilderness Into A Park In Pittsburgh

Parks Plan Aims to Improve Erie’s East Side, Not Displace Residents

River Mountain Wellness Retreat Disconnects Kids From Devices And Reconnects Them To The Outdoors In Bedford County [PaEN]

Editorial: Sending Children Outside To Play Just Got Better In Williamsport Nature Park

Authorities Probe Discovery Of Body At Presque Isle State Park

Editorial: Focusing On Ourselves, Our Communities In 2020

Letter: Francis Walter Dam Should Serve PA’s Needs, Not New York City’s

Recycling/Waste

DEP Now Accepting Applications For Host Municipality Waste Inspection Reimbursement Grants [PaEN]

Mascaro Adds Berks County Township To Flexible Packaging Recycling Program

Shavertown Fire Company Ceases Aluminum Can Collection

Recyclers Asked Not To Commingle Newspapers, Cardboard In Lackawanna

City Of Erie Changes To Clear Bags For Recyclables

Editorial: Don’t Blame City Of Erie About Recycling

Op-Ed: Friendly Neighborhood Fix For Food Waste In Philly And Beyond

Taking Out The Trash: Philadelphia’s Job Or Everyone’s Responsibility?

Regulations

EQB Submits Final Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards, Federal Mining Consistency Rule To IRRC, Committees For Review [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

Pennsylvania Solar Congress Set For Feb. 15 In Indiana County [PaEN]

1,000 Pound PA Farm Show Butter Sculpture To Be Converted Into Renewable Energy In Farm Digester [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Why Are We Putting Fossil Fuel Profits Before Children’s Lives?

Op-Ed: Why America Must Let Go Of Coal And Avoid Renewable Subsidies

Help Wanted: Wayne County Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Executive Director [PaEN]

Stormwater

CBF: EPA Statement On Enforceability Of Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Targets  Should Put Fear In The Hearts Of All Who Care About Clean Water [PaEN]

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director Says 2025 Pollution Reduction Targets Not Enforceable, They Are Aspiration

AP: EPA Official: Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

States Say Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Its Share To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Capital Gazette: Editorial: Gov. Hogan, It’s Time To Sue PA Over Its Failed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Agenda Added: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Jan. 8 Briefing On PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [PaEN]

Lower Swatara Twp Plans Green Project At Greenfield Park With Mariner East Pipeline Fine Funding

Jan. 12 Presentation On New Report Detailing $500 Million In Annual Economic Benefits From Services Provided By The Environment In Lebanon County [PaEN]

Work On Codorus Creek In York Part Of Larger Project

Sustainability

Centre Climate: What Is A Restorative Community, How Can The Centre Region Become One?

Op-Ed: United We Farm - PA Sustainable Agriculture

Editorial: Focusing On Ourselves, Our Communities In 2020

Wastewater Facilities

DCED Announces Funding For 4 Water, Sewage Projects In Bedford, Jefferson, Juniata, Somerset Counties

Altoona Plans Water Treatment Plant Upgrades

Auditor General Cites Budget Cuts For Delay In Scranton Sewer Sale Audit

Watershed Protection

CBF: EPA Statement On Enforceability Of Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Targets  Should Put Fear In The Hearts Of All Who Care About Clean Water [PaEN]

EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Director Says 2025 Pollution Reduction Targets Not Enforceable, They Are Aspiration

AP: EPA Official: Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

States Say Pennsylvania Isn’t Doing Its Share To Clean Up Chesapeake Bay

Capital Gazette: Editorial: Gov. Hogan, It’s Time To Sue PA Over Its Failed Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Environmental Advocates Unhappy With EPA Official Calling Pollution Reduction Goals An Aspiration

Agenda Added: Senate Environmental Committee Sets Jan. 8 Briefing On PA’s Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [PaEN]

Don Hopey: 5-Year Report Assesses Impacts Of Underground Coal Mining

DEP Begins State Water Plan Update With Regional Water Advisory Committee Meetings; Members Needed [PaEN]

DEP Coastal Zone Committee Jan. 15: $430 Million In Property Value At Risk On Southeast PA Coast Due To Climate Change, Regardless Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limits [PaEN]

Jan. 16 EPCAMR Public Meeting On Final Draft Upper Toby Creek Goldwater Conservation Plan In Luzerne County [PaEN]

Lower Swatara Twp Plans Green Project At Greenfield Park With Mariner East Pipeline Fine Funding

Jan. 12 Presentation On New Report Detailing $500 Million In Annual Economic Benefits From Services Provided By The Environment In Lebanon County [PaEN]

Work On Codorus Creek In York Part Of Larger Project

Kettle Creek Watershed Assn. Shares Year End Status Of Restoration Projects; Overview Of Eastern Hellbender Research [PaEN]

Feature: Hellbent For Hellbenders In The Kettle Creek Watershed [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Researchers From Duquesne, Chatham To Study Water Quality Of Little Buffalo Creek

Registration Open: PA Lake Management Society Conference March 4-5; Accepting Nominations For Lake Awards, Entries To Photo Contest [PaEN]

EQB Submits Final Triennial Review Of Water Quality Standards, Federal Mining Consistency Rule To IRRC, Committees For Review [PaEN]

Op-Ed: United We Farm - PA Sustainable Agriculture

Editorial: Wanted: An Alternative To Road Salt

PA Township News: Unique Army Corps Programs Help Communities Become More Resilient [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy’s Conserve Magazine Dedicated To Planting, Protecting, Caring For Region’s Trees & Forests [PaEN]

Maryland Puts Millions Into Ailing Streams, Research Shows Some Project Don’t Help  Clean The Chesapeake Bay

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 3 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Fish & Boat Commission Accepting Applications For State Wildlife Grants [PaEN]

Game Commission Set To Begin Howard Nursery Tree & Shrub Seedling Sale January 6; Seedlings For Schools Program Feb. 3 [PaEN]

DEP Seeking Information On Proper Water Quality Designations For 60 Class A Wild Trout Streams In 22 Counties [PaEN]

The Lure Of Being A Youth Mentor - Fish & Boat Commission P.L.A.Y. Newsletter [PaEN]

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers 2019 Federal, State Policy Accomplishments

Ford Turner: How PA Votes, When They Hunt Among 2019 Changes In Law For 2020

Marcus Schneck: PA Hunters Could See 12 Major Changes In Hunting Seasons

Investigation Into Deer Torture Video Nearly Complete, PA Game Warden Says

Game Commission Looking For Dogs That Chased, Killed Deer In Luzerne

Slim Croyle: The PA Wilds Deer Whisperer

Livengood Brothers To Address Westmoreland Woodlands Group Jan. 9 On Chestnut Ridge Raptor Count

2020 Predicted To Have A Super Groundhog Day Feb. 2

First Rabid Raccoon Of 2020 Found In Allegheny County

Rabid Cat Captured In Wilkes-Barre, Advisory Issued By Health Dept.

Wilkes-Barre Issues Rabid Cat Warning

Mary Ann Thomas: New PA Sea Grant Invasive Species App Promotes Early Detection Of Aquatic Invaders

Bob Frye: Catfish In The Classroom Project Underway In Southwestern PA

Mary Ann Thomas: Murrysville Webcam Catches Deer Giving Ground To Wild Turkeys

Ad Crable: Ugly “Frankenfish” Is Spreading, Threatening PA Game Fish

Opportunities

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Summer Intern Positions Available [PaEN]

Intern Wanted: Cumberland County 4-H Educators Assistant/Intern [PaEN]

Help Wanted: EPCAMR GIS Watershed Outreach Specialist [PaEN]

Farmer Wanted: Western PA Conservancy Looking To Lease Mercer County Land To Farmer [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Wayne County Sustainable Energy Education & Development Support Executive Director [PaEN]

Federal Policy

EPA Scientific Advisors, Most Appointed By Trump, Warn Its Regulatory Rollbacks Clash With Established Science

Analysis: Rush Of Trump Rule Changes Ahead Of 2020 Election Means To You

From Environment To Courts, 10 Ways Trump Changed America

Five National Energy, Environmental Fights To Watch In 2020

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