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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Earth Day 50 PA: Wayne Kober: Impact & Inspiration From First Earth Day [PaEN]
Earth Day 50 PA: Richard Lewis: What I Did On The First Earth Day 50 Years Ago [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Earth Day 50: Diversity For Sustainability [PaEN]
Politics
Fair Districts PA Pushes “Not Red, Not Blue, Just Fair” Campaign To Fix Our Broken, Gerrymandered Redistricting Process [PaEN]
PA Capitol Report: Presidential Candidates All In For PA Primary; Permanent State Deficits [PaCN]
Stephen Caruso: Rep. Metcalfe, An ‘Extremist,’ Challenger Timko, A ‘Clown,’ Face Off In Primary Election
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Air
PA Future In RGGI Uncertain As Coal, Labor Groups Attack Proposal
PEC: There Are Solutions To Reducing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations
We’re Vastly Undercounting Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations, Scientists Say
GASP Urges Allegheny County To Apply For EPA Air Toxics Monitoring Grant
Utilities Oppose EPA’s Pending Rollback On Mercury Emissions
Alternative Fuels
City Of Harrisburg Unveils New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Letter: Pittsburgh Needs A Better, Greener Transit System
Awards & Recognition
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanian: Former Senator Franklin Kury [PaEN]
Molly Morrison To Receive PALTA Conservation Lifetime Achievement Award [PaEN]
Game Commission Biologist Mary Jo Casalena Recognized With National Conservation Award [PaEN]
EPA Features Blacks Creek, Venango County Mine Drainage Treatment As Success Story [PaEN]
PennDOT Announces First District Winner Of Student Innovation Litter Challenge [PaEN]
Erie Students Win Regional PennDOT Innovation Challenge On Litter
CleanScapes Celebrates 20 Years Of Service: Bald Eagle Valley Trail Fest March 28, Clinton County [PaEN]
Academy Of Natural Sciences First To Display Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Photos
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Pennsylvania Rare Plant Forum To Be Held March 28 At Penn State Beaver Campus [PaEN]
PA Plant Conservation Network To Hold 2nd Public Stakeholder Meeting March 27 In Beaver County [PaEN]
Rare Native Orchid Helped By Longwood Gardens, DCNR PA Plant Conservation Network
A Car Windshield Splatometer Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off
Budget
House Holds Hearings With DEP, DCNR Feb. 24 On A Budget Request That Primarily Repairs Damage Done Last Year; Promises More [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: What Is A Municipal Stormwater Fee? [PaEN]
Luzerne County Residents Demand End To Stormwater Fee At County Council Meeting
Luzerne County Legislators Support Effort To End Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee
Stormwater Fee Fight Grows In Southern Luzerne County
Stormwater Fee Opponents Predicted At Luzerne County Committee Meeting
State Foresters Respond To Trump FY 2021 Budget Proposal
Chesapeake Bay
NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
EPA Awards $464,200 In Funding For Fish & Boat Commission Staff To Restore Streams In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
York County Master Watershed Stewards Recognize Ryan Davis, Chesapeake Bay Forests, Northeastern Schools As 2019 Outstanding Partners [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: Riparian Buffers: Using The Power Of Plants To Help Clean Our Waterways [PaEN]
Monitoring Streams With Visual Assessment Important For Assessing Stream Conditions [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: What Is A Municipal Stormwater Fee? [PaEN]
North Middleton Twp Schedules Stormwater Ordinance For March Meeting
Luzerne County Residents Demand End To Stormwater Fee At County Council Meeting
Luzerne County Legislators Support Effort To End Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee
Stormwater Fee Fight Grows In Southern Luzerne County
Stormwater Fee Opponents Predicted At Luzerne County Committee Meeting
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Citizen Action
EPA Features Blacks Creek, Venango County Mine Drainage Treatment As Success Story [PaEN]
NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
Community Group Wants Ideas For Repurposing Shenango Coke (Coal) Works Site
Lyme Disease Threat Gets Clearer But Treatment Remains Murky: Ticks Are Nature’s Dirty Needle
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Business Meeting March 13 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
PUC Announces Be Utility Wise Consumer Forums Feb. 21, March 12; Highlights Energy Assistance Programs & LIHEAP [PaEN]
How To Repair & Maintain Gravel Driveways And Unpaved Lanes Workshop March 24 In Westmoreland [PaEN]
Westmoreland Workshop To Outline Remedies For Storm-Damaged Unpaved Driveways
Volunteers Needed For Stream Restoration Planting At Slippery Rock Campground, Butler County [PaEN]
Wissahickon Watershed Assn. Hosts Feb. 26 Meeting On Upper Gwynedd Twp Stream Restoration Project in Montgomery County [PaEN]
Stream Monitoring In The Delaware River Basin Is More Than Just Numbers [PaEN]
York County Master Watershed Stewards Recognize Ryan Davis, Chesapeake Bay Forests, Northeastern Schools As 2019 Outstanding Partners [PaEN]
Monitoring Streams With Visual Assessment Important For Assessing Stream Conditions [PaEN]
Dauphin County Woodland Owners Conference Set For March 14 In Dauphin [PaEN]
Study Finds Over 500 Million Pieces Of Roadside Litter: Join Keep PA Beautiful's Pick It Up Pennsylvania Today! [PaEN]
Stephen Huba: Study: PA Roads Average 1,030 Litter Items Per Mile
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Invites Volunteers For April 4 Stream Cleanup In Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
CleanScapes Celebrates 20 Years Of Service: Bald Eagle Valley Trail Fest March 28, Clinton County [PaEN]
Map Lets You Track Your Flosh To The ALCOSAN Wastewater Plant In Allegheny County
Op-Ed: Let’s Talk About Dog Poop In Philadelphia - Kadafi El-Kardah, PA Environmental Council
Progress 2020: Gettysburg Nature Alliance
February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]
Enter The PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau 2020-21 Photo Contest [PaEN]
Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts International Paddling Film Festival March 26 [PaEN]
Westmoreland Conservancy Seeking Volunteers To Help Prune Apple Trees In Murrysville
Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Special Activities, Programs In March [PaEN]
Academy Of Natural Sciences First To Display Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Photos
Climate
DEP Drafts Cap-And-Invest Program For Greenhouse Gas Emissions From PA Energy Sector
PA Future In RGGI Uncertain As Coal, Labor Groups Attack Proposal
Sen. Street Announces Bill Package To Transition From AEPS To New Clean Energy Standard With Carbon Capture [PaEN]
Op-Ed: 3 Things Rep. Metcalfe’s 1-Sided Hearing Got Wrong About RGGI Climate Proposal
PA Solar Congress In Indiana County Attracts Hundreds
Ernst Conservation Seeds, Ernst Pollinator Service & American Solar Grazing Assn. Partner On Pollinator-Friendly Fuzz & Buzz Seed Mix For Solar Arrays [PaEN]
City Of Harrisburg Unveils New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Letter: Pittsburgh Needs A Better, Greener Transit System
PEC: There Are Solutions To Reducing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations
How Climate Change Is Ruffling Feathers Among Bird Watchers
Bay Journal: January Breaks Record For Warmest Global Temperature
Winners, Losers In Philly’s Very Mild Winter
Pennsylvania Launches Keystone Mesonet One-Stop Shop For Displaying Weather, Environmental Data [PaEN]
Forest Soils Release More Carbon Dioxide Than Expected In Rainy Season [PaEN]
Editorial: Erie Readies For Changing Climate
Allegheny Front: Amid Climate Debate, Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers A Just Transition
The Guardian: JP Morgan Economists Warn Climate Crisis Is Threat To Human Race
The Guardian: Revealed: Quarter Of All Tweets About Climate Crisis Produced By Bots
We’re Vastly Undercounting Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations, Scientists Say
Op-Ed: Absolutism Is Killing Progress On Climate Change
A Car Windshield Splatometer Study Finds Huge Insect Die-Off
NPR: How Warming Winters Are Affecting Everything
AP: Jeff Bezos Commits $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Coal Mining
Allegheny Front: Amid Climate Debate, Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers A Just Transition
GASP Urges Allegheny County To Apply For EPA Air Toxics Monitoring Grant
Compliance Action
DEP Fines Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill $24,000 To Resolve Waste Violations; Drilling Waste Impacts On Leachate [PaEN]
Reid Frazier: DEP Fines Landfill Near Pittsburgh For Problems Tied To Fracking Waste
Don Hopey: Westmoreland Landfill Fined For Excessive Contaminated Runoff
Conservation District
How To Repair & Maintain Gravel Driveways And Unpaved Lanes Workshop March 24 In Westmoreland [PaEN]
Westmoreland Workshop To Outline Remedies For Storm-Damaged Unpaved Driveways
Northumberland Conservation District To Lead Effort To Restore Warrior Run Watershed
Dams
Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvania Leader In Removing Dams In Our Streams
DCNR
DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanian: Former Senator Franklin Kury [PaEN]
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Earth Day 50: Diversity For Sustainability [PaEN]
USGS Study: No Statistically Significant Relationship Between Shale Gas Development And Stream Chemical, Benthic, Microbial Life Changes In State Forest Drilling Areas [PaEN]
Rare Native Orchid Helped By Longwood Gardens, DCNR PA Plant Conservation Network
Feb. 19 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Feb. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Delaware River
NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
Stream Monitoring In The Delaware River Basin Is More Than Just Numbers [PaEN]
Monitoring Streams With Visual Assessment Important For Assessing Stream Conditions [PaEN]
Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 21 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Elizabethtown College Awarded EPA Student Innovative Technology Grant For Lead Detection [PaEN]
EPA Accepting Comments On Proposal To Regulate PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water [PaEN]
AP: EPA To Regulate PFAS, PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water
Water Sampling Error Led To High Lead Levels In Hollidaysburg
Earth Day
DCNR Good Natured Blog: Earth Day 50: Diversity For Sustainability [PaEN]
Earth Day 50 PA: Wayne Kober: Impact & Inspiration From First Earth Day [PaEN]
Earth Day 50 PA: Richard Lewis: What I Did On The First Earth Day 50 Years Ago [PaEN]
Economic Development
Allegheny Front: Amid Climate Debate, Coal’s Decline, West Virginia Considers A Just Transition
G.E.T. Solar Now Accepting Applications To Help Nonprofits, Businesses Go Solar; 7 County Focus Area [PaEN]
Ernst Conservation Seeds, Ernst Pollinator Service & American Solar Grazing Assn. Partner On Pollinator-Friendly Fuzz & Buzz Seed Mix For Solar Arrays [PaEN]
What Happens Next With Philly Refinery, Now That It’s Future Seems Wide Open
Op-Ed: Philly Refinery Fire Was A WARN-ing: PA Must Do More To Retain Displaced Workers
$500 Million Natural Gas Synthesis Plant Proposed In Clinton County To Make Feedstock For Manufacturing; Looking For 2024 Start Date
Letter: Bring Clean Jobs To Pennsylvania [Oppose HB 1100]
Letter: House Bill 1100 Just More Corporate Welfare For Natural Gas Industry
Letter: HB 1100 Tax Credit Is Money Not Collected Or Money Spent, But It Could Be Lost Jobs - Builders Guild Of Western PA [Tax Credits Are Real Public Money Otherwise Due The Government That Could Have Been Spent On Something Else]
Op-Ed: Turzai’s Last Act Will Be To Screw Over Pennsylvanians For Years To Come [HB 1100] - Larry J. Schweiger
Chevron Drilling To Trim 320 Jobs In Pennsylvania
Education
Elizabethtown College Awarded EPA Student Innovative Technology Grant For Lead Detection [PaEN]
PA Teachers Air Ideas, Issues On State Science Education Standards Not Changed Since 2002
Pitt Fossil Fuel Disinvestment Activists Begin Occupation Of Cathedral
Wildlands Conservancy Highlights Special Activities, Programs In March [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: What And When Is The First Day Of Meteorological Spring?
Surveyors Tackling Resurvey Of Mason-Dixon Line
Emergency Response
Pennsylvania Launches Keystone Mesonet One-Stop Shop For Displaying Weather, Environmental Data [PaEN]
Energy
DEP Drafts Cap-And-Invest Program For Greenhouse Gas Emissions From PA Energy Sector
PA Future In RGGI Uncertain As Coal, Labor Groups Attack Proposal
Sen. Street Announces Bill Package To Transition From AEPS To New Clean Energy Standard With Carbon Capture [PaEN]
150 MW Solar Energy Farm To Be Built In Cambria County
G.E.T. Solar Now Accepting Applications To Help Nonprofits, Businesses Go Solar; 7 County Focus Area [PaEN]
PA Solar Congress In Indiana County Attracts Hundreds
Ernst Conservation Seeds, Ernst Pollinator Service & American Solar Grazing Assn. Partner On Pollinator-Friendly Fuzz & Buzz Seed Mix For Solar Arrays [PaEN]
PUC Announces Be Utility Wise Consumer Forum March 12; Highlights Energy Assistance Programs & LIHEAP [PaEN]
Proposed UGI Natural Gas Hike Challenged
Northampton County Gas Leak Report Leads To Home Evacuations
Penn Power Partners With Erie Bird Observatory To Protect Nesting Osprey, Prevent Power Outages [PaEN]
Sustainable Energy & Education Development Support (SEEDS) Names Olga Trushina New Executive Director [PaEN]
Pitt Fossil Fuel Disinvestment Activists Begin Occupation Of Cathedral
Utilities Oppose EPA’s Pending Rollback On Mercury Emissions
Energy Conservation
Sustainable Energy & Education Development Support (SEEDS) Names Olga Trushina New Executive Director [PaEN]
Environmental Health
EPA Accepting Comments On Proposal To Regulate PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water [PaEN]
AP: EPA To Regulate PFAS, PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water
Agriculture’s Pesticide Advisory Board Meets March 3 To Discuss Proposed Ban On Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Harmful To Children [PaEN]
Frank Kummer: More Than A Dozen Pollutants Lurk On Philly Refinery Site Targeted For Redevelopment
Housing Developer Seeks Fresh Start On Toxic Kensington Soil In Philadelphia
Water Sampling Error Led To High Lead Levels In Hollidaysburg
Environmental Heritage
PA Anthracite Section Of SME Meets March 12; Features Presentation On Grace Iron Ore Mine, Berks County - History, A Study For Reopening [PaEN]
The Conservation Legacy Of Theodore Roosevelt
Farming
Agriculture’s Pesticide Advisory Board Meets March 3 To Discuss Proposed Ban On Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Harmful To Children [PaEN]
39 Farms, 2,848 Acres Added To Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program [PaEN]
Ernst Conservation Seeds, Ernst Pollinator Service & American Solar Grazing Assn. Partner On Pollinator-Friendly Fuzz & Buzz Seed Mix For Solar Arrays [PaEN]
USDA Pushes Sustainability Agenda, Says Farmers Must Do More With Less
Editorial: Reform Crop Insurance To Protect Farmers From Calamities
Flooding
Wyoming Valley Levee Freeboard Safety Buffer To Be Examined To Help Avert Flood Insurance Increases
Southwestern PA Water Resources Center Hosts Smart Green Corridors, MS4 Stormwater Refresher, Stormwater & Flood Management Workshops [PaEN]
Editorial: Erie Readies For Changing Climate
Forests
USGS Study: No Statistically Significant Relationship Between Shale Gas Development And Stream Chemical, Benthic, Microbial Life Changes In State Forest Drilling Areas [PaEN]
PEC: Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Featured In Washington Post Article
Lyme Disease Threat Gets Clearer But Treatment Remains Murky: Ticks Are Nature’s Dirty Needle
Sen. Street Announces Bill Package To Transition From AEPS To New Clean Energy Standard With Carbon Capture [PaEN]
Dauphin County Woodland Owners Conference Set For March 14 In Dauphin [PaEN]
Feb. 19 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Feb. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
March Is Key For Erie-Region Maple Producers
Northwest PA 2020 Maple Taste & Tour Schedule
Forest Soils Release More Carbon Dioxide Than Expected In Rainy Season [PaEN]
Westmoreland Conservancy Seeking Volunteers To Help Prune Apple Trees In Murrysville
AP: Report: Work To Reduce Wildfire Risks Has Economic Benefits
Grants/Funding
NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
Elizabethtown College Awarded EPA Student Innovative Technology Grant For Lead Detection [PaEN]
Green Infrastructure
NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
EPA Awards $464,200 In Funding For Fish & Boat Commission Staff To Restore Streams In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
Southwestern PA Water Resources Center Hosts Smart Green Corridors, MS4 Stormwater Refresher, Stormwater & Flood Management Workshops [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: What Is A Municipal Stormwater Fee? [PaEN]
Stream Monitoring In The Delaware River Basin Is More Than Just Numbers [PaEN]
York County Master Watershed Stewards Recognize Ryan Davis, Chesapeake Bay Forests, Northeastern Schools As 2019 Outstanding Partners [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: Riparian Buffers: Using The Power Of Plants To Help Clean Our Waterways [PaEN]
Monitoring Streams With Visual Assessment Important For Assessing Stream Conditions [PaEN]
How To Repair & Maintain Gravel Driveways And Unpaved Lanes Workshop March 24 In Westmoreland [PaEN]
Volunteers Needed For Stream Restoration Planting At Slippery Rock Campground, Butler County [PaEN]
Wissahickon Watershed Assn. Hosts Feb. 26 Meeting On Upper Gwynedd Twp Stream Restoration Project in Montgomery County [PaEN]
Northumberland Conservation District To Lead Effort To Restore Warrior Run Watershed
North Middleton Twp Schedules Stormwater Ordinance For March Meeting
Luzerne County Residents Demand End To Stormwater Fee At County Council Meeting
Luzerne County Legislators Support Effort To End Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee
Stormwater Fee Fight Grows In Southern Luzerne County
Stormwater Fee Opponents Predicted At Luzerne County Committee Meeting
Hazardous Substances
EPA Accepting Comments On Proposal To Regulate PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water [PaEN]
AP: EPA To Regulate PFAS, PFOA, PFOS In Drinking Water
Agriculture’s Pesticide Advisory Board Meets March 3 To Discuss Proposed Ban On Chlorpyrifos, A Pesticide Harmful To Children [PaEN]
Frank Kummer: More Than A Dozen Pollutants Lurk On Philly Refinery Site Targeted For Redevelopment
Housing Developer Seeks Fresh Start On Toxic Kensington Soil In Philadelphia
Water Sampling Error Led To High Lead Levels In Hollidaysburg
Land Conservation
Molly Morrison To Receive PALTA Conservation Lifetime Achievement Award [PaEN]
39 Farms, 2,848 Acres Added To Pennsylvania's Farmland Preservation Program [PaEN]
Westmoreland Conservancy Seeking Volunteers To Help Prune Apple Trees In Murrysville
Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts International Paddling Film Festival March 26 [PaEN]
Land Recycling
Frank Kummer: More Than A Dozen Pollutants Lurk On Philly Refinery Site Targeted For Redevelopment
What Happens Next With Philly Refinery, Now That It’s Future Seems Wide Open
Op-Ed: Philly Refinery Fire Was A WARN-ing: PA Must Do More To Retain Displaced Workers
Community Group Wants Ideas For Repurposing Shenango Coke (Coal) Works Site
Housing Developer Seeks Fresh Start On Toxic Kensington Soil In Philadelphia
Lake Erie
Presque Isle Officials Seek Fixes For High Water
Nature Watch: Mild Erie Winter Means Early Bird Activity
Littering/Illegal Dumping
PennDOT Announces First District Winner Of Student Innovation Litter Challenge [PaEN]
Study Finds Over 500 Million Pieces Of Roadside Litter: Join Keep PA Beautiful's Pick It Up Pennsylvania Today! [PaEN]
Stephen Huba: Study: PA Roads Average 1,030 Litter Items Per Mile
Toll Of Litter And Illegal Dumping In 9 PA Cities, Including Reading
Editorial: We Must Change Our Habits That Allow Litter To Pervade Our Landscape
Erie Students Win Regional PennDOT Innovation Challenge On Litter
Perkiomen Watershed Conservancy Invites Volunteers For April 4 Stream Cleanup In Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Montgomery Counties [PaEN]
CleanScapes Celebrates 20 Years Of Service: Bald Eagle Valley Trail Fest March 28, Clinton County [PaEN]
Mine Reclamation
EPA Features Blacks Creek, Venango County Mine Drainage Treatment As Success Story [PaEN]
PEC: Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative Featured In Washington Post Article
February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]
Noncoal Mining
PA Anthracite Section Of SME Meets March 12; Features Presentation On Grace Iron Ore Mine, Berks County - History, A Study For Reopening [PaEN]
Oil & Gas
USGS Study: No Statistically Significant Relationship Between Shale Gas Development And Stream Chemical, Benthic, Microbial Life Changes In State Forest Drilling Areas [PaEN]
DEP Fines Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill $24,000 To Resolve Waste Violations; Drilling Waste Impacts On Leachate [PaEN]
Reid Frazier: DEP Fines Landfill Near Pittsburgh For Problems Tied To Fracking Waste
Don Hopey: Westmoreland Landfill Fined For Excessive Contaminated Runoff
PEC: There Are Solutions To Reducing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations
Additional Shale Gas Well Pad Planned For Arconic Property In Upper Burrell
$500 Million Natural Gas Synthesis Plant Proposed In Clinton County To Make Feedstock For Manufacturing; Looking For 2024 Start Date
Letter: Bring Clean Jobs To Pennsylvania [Oppose HB 1100]
Letter: House Bill 1100 Just More Corporate Welfare For Natural Gas Industry
Letter: HB 1100 Tax Credit Is Money Not Collected Or Money Spent, But It Could Be Lost Jobs - Builders Guild Of Western PA [Tax Credits Are Real Public Money Otherwise Due The Government That Could Have Been Spent On Something Else]
Op-Ed: Turzai’s Last Act Will Be To Screw Over Pennsylvanians For Years To Come [HB 1100] - Larry J. Schweiger
Chevron Drilling To Trim 320 Jobs In Pennsylvania
Proposed UGI Natural Gas Hike Challenged
Northampton County Gas Leak Report Leads To Home Evacuations
Frank Kummer: More Than A Dozen Pollutants Lurk On Philly Refinery Site Targeted For Redevelopment
Op-Ed: Philly Refinery Fire Was A WARN-ing: PA Must Do More To Retain Displaced Workers
AP-Marc Levy: Fracking Debate Causes Tremors In Battleground Pennsylvania
PA Gas Industry Leaders React To Democratic Candidates’ Proposals On Fracking
Brian O’Neill: Nothing’s Shakier Than The Middle Ground On Fracking
Toomey Pushes Back On Democrat Efforts To Ban Fracking
Toomey Resolution Would Prohibit President From Banning Fracking
Pro/Con: Should The Next President Ban Fracking?
We’re Vastly Undercounting Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations, Scientists Say
Pipelines
Explosions And Sinkholes: The History Of Sunoco’s Pipelines In Pennsylvania
Amid Fracking Debate, More Natural Gas Pipelines Being Considered For PA, NJ
DEP Issues Permits To Sunoco For Changes To Mariner East II Pipeline Construction In Blair, Perry Counties; 2nd Pipeline In Berks County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On Adelphia Gateway Natural Gas Pipeline Project Erosion & Sedimentation Permit [PaEN]
AP: Transco Back Again Seeking Permits For Eastern Gas Pipeline
Op-Ed: Mariner East Pipeline Is About Risk Not Natural Gas
Op-Ed: Mariner East Pipeline Should Not Be Subject Of Gamesmanship By Chester County DA
Op-Ed: Everyone Will Benefit If Mariner East Pipeline Allowed To Make Changes To Project
PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline Gets 2-Year Extension
Permitting
DEP Issues Permits To Sunoco For Changes To Mariner East II Pipeline Construction In Blair, Perry Counties; 2nd Pipeline In Berks County [PaEN]
DEP Invites Comments On Adelphia Gateway Natural Gas Pipeline Project Erosion & Sedimentation Permit [PaEN]
DEP Posts 47 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 22 PA Bulletin [PaEN]
Radiation Protection
Exelon Says Investigation Into Lobbying Practices On Nuclear Power Plant Subsidies In Illinois Could Result In Criminal Penalties
Recreation
Mary Ann Thomas: Coming Soon, More Pet Camping Sites At PA State Parks
Presque Isle Officials Seek Fixes For High Water
Feb. 19 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]
Feb. 21 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]
Enter The PA Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau 2020-21 Photo Contest [PaEN]
Schuylkill River Greenways Hosts International Paddling Film Festival March 26 [PaEN]
Annual Cherry Pie Hike Held Feb. 22 At Jennings Environmental Ed Center, Butler County [PaEN]
Editorial: Battered Presque Isle Peninsula Needs Help
Murrysville To Hire Consultant To Help Plan For Community Park Amphitheater
Editorial: City Of Pittsburgh Park Tax Squabbles Not What Residents Voted For
Teens Rescued After Capsizing Raft In Northmoreland Park, Armstrong County
Rabid Raccoon Attacked Person At Wildwood Park, Dauphin County
Recycling/Waste
Williamsport Council Committee OKs Use Of $280,000 DEP Grant For Recycling
Are Lehigh Valley Towns Actually Recycling Or Have Chinese Policies Ended Local Programs?
Blair County Trash Hauler Wants Intermunicipal Relations Committee To Bag Plastics Recycling
Here’s What To Know About Recycling Plastics In Centre County
DEP Fines Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill $24,000 To Resolve Waste Violations; Drilling Waste Impacts On Leachate [PaEN]
Reid Frazier: DEP Fines Landfill Near Pittsburgh For Problems Tied To Fracking Waste
Don Hopey: Westmoreland Landfill Fined For Excessive Contaminated Runoff
Appeals Court Rules Against Challengers To Keystone Landfill Expansion
Renewable Energy
DEP Drafts Cap-And-Invest Program For Greenhouse Gas Emissions From PA Energy Sector
PA Future In RGGI Uncertain As Coal, Labor Groups Attack Proposal
Sen. Street Announces Bill Package To Transition From AEPS To New Clean Energy Standard With Carbon Capture [PaEN]
150 MW Solar Energy Farm To Be Built In Cambria County
G.E.T. Solar Now Accepting Applications To Help Nonprofits, Businesses Go Solar; 7 County Focus Area [PaEN]
PA Solar Congress In Indiana County Attracts Hundreds
Ernst Conservation Seeds, Ernst Pollinator Service & American Solar Grazing Assn. Partner On Pollinator-Friendly Fuzz & Buzz Seed Mix For Solar Arrays [PaEN]
Sustainable Energy & Education Development Support (SEEDS) Names Olga Trushina New Executive Director [PaEN]
This Is Going To Be A Very Big Deal: Coronavirus Poised To Disrupt Power Storage, Solar Sectors
SRBC
Susquehanna River Basin Commission Business Meeting March 13 In Harrisburg [PaEN]
Stormwater
Southwestern PA Water Resources Center Hosts Smart Green Corridors, MS4 Stormwater Refresher, Stormwater & Flood Management Workshops [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: What Is A Municipal Stormwater Fee? [PaEN]
North Middleton Twp Schedules Stormwater Ordinance For March Meeting
Luzerne County Residents Demand End To Stormwater Fee At County Council Meeting
Luzerne County Legislators Support Effort To End Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee
Stormwater Fee Fight Grows In Southern Luzerne County
Stormwater Fee Opponents Predicted At Luzerne County Committee Meeting
Op-Ed: Let’s Talk About Dog Poop In Philadelphia - Kadafi El-Kardah, PA Environmental Council
Wastewater Facilities
Map Lets You Track Your Flush To The ALCOSAN Wastewater Plant In Allegheny County
Municipalities Interested In Altoona Water Authority Digester Project
Watershed Protection
NFWF To Host March 11 Webinar On Chesapeake Bay And Delaware River Watershed Grant Opportunities [PaEN]
EPA Awards $464,200 In Funding For Fish & Boat Commission Staff To Restore Streams In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvania Leader In Removing Dams In Our Streams
USGS Study: No Statistically Significant Relationship Between Shale Gas Development And Stream Chemical, Benthic, Microbial Life Changes In State Forest Drilling Areas [PaEN]
Southwestern PA Water Resources Center Hosts Smart Green Corridors, MS4 Stormwater Refresher, Stormwater & Flood Management Workshops [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: What Is A Municipal Stormwater Fee? [PaEN]
Stream Monitoring In The Delaware River Basin Is More Than Just Numbers [PaEN]
York County Master Watershed Stewards Recognize Ryan Davis, Chesapeake Bay Forests, Northeastern Schools As 2019 Outstanding Partners [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: Riparian Buffers: Using The Power Of Plants To Help Clean Our Waterways [PaEN]
Monitoring Streams With Visual Assessment Important For Assessing Stream Conditions [PaEN]
Volunteers Needed For Stream Restoration Planting At Slippery Rock Campground, Butler County [PaEN]
Wissahickon Watershed Assn. Hosts Feb. 26 Meeting On Upper Gwynedd Twp Stream Restoration Project in Montgomery County [PaEN]
North Middleton Twp Schedules Stormwater Ordinance For March Meeting
Luzerne County Residents Demand End To Stormwater Fee At County Council Meeting
Luzerne County Legislators Support Effort To End Wyoming Valley Stormwater Fee
Stormwater Fee Fight Grows In Southern Luzerne County
Stormwater Fee Opponents Predicted At Luzerne County Committee Meeting
Northumberland Conservation District To Lead Effort To Restore Warrior Run Watershed
How To Repair & Maintain Gravel Driveways And Unpaved Lanes Workshop March 24 In Westmoreland [PaEN]
Westmoreland Workshop To Outline Remedies For Storm-Damaged Unpaved Driveways
Op-Ed: Let’s Talk About Dog Poop In Philadelphia - Kadafi El-Kardah, PA Environmental Council
Progress 2020: Gettysburg Nature Alliance
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Wildlife
Game Commission Biologist Mary Jo Casalena Recognized With National Conservation Award [PaEN]
EPA Awards $464,200 In Funding For Fish & Boat Commission Staff To Restore Streams In Chesapeake Bay Watershed [PaEN]
Game Commission To Host Briefing On Status Of Atlantic Flyway Waterfowl Populations March 6 In Venango County [PaEN]
Marcus Schneck: Snow Geese At Middle Creek: One Bird’s Incredible 13-Year Journey
Hays Eagle Lays Second Eggs Of The Season In Pittsburgh
Marcus Schneck: Bald Eagles Lay 2nd Eggs In PA Nests
How Climate Change Is Ruffling Feathers Among Bird Watchers
Penn Power Partners With Erie Bird Observatory To Protect Nesting Osprey, Prevent Power Outages [PaEN]
Nature Watch: Mild Erie Winter Means Early Bird Activity
Game Commission Pushing To Make Mentor Programs Simpler
Marcus Schneck: How Do Hunters React To Chronic Wasting Disease?
Bob Frye: Number Of PA Chronic Wasting Disease Cases Grows Again
Game Commission Member, Sportsmen Rep Clash At Hearing On Saturday Start To Deer Season
State Officials Considering Expansion Of Deer Hunting To Include Sundays
PA Court Shoots Down Archery Hunter’s Catch-22 Conviction For Hunting Over Bait
Marcus Schneck: Why Do Some Bucks Keep Their Velvet, Answers To Reader Questions
Editorial: Time For Anglers To Weigh In On Next State Trout Plan
Marcus Schneck: Pennsylvania Leader In Removing Dams In Our Streams
Rabid Raccoon Attacked Person At Wildwood Park, Dauphin County
Academy Of Natural Sciences First To Display Wildlife Photographer Of The Year Photos
Don Hopey: Pittsburgh Zoo Has Been In Violation Of Its Lease For 5 Years Over Elephants
West Nile/Zika Virus
Lyme Disease Threat Gets Clearer But Treatment Remains Murky: Ticks Are Nature’s Dirty Needle
Opportunities
Sustainable Energy & Education Development Support (SEEDS) Names Olga Trushina New Executive Director [PaEN]
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