Environment & Energy NewsClips

Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.

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PA Capitol Report: PennDOT Plans To Shift Local Road Money To Interstates [PaCN]

House Cancels 4 Voting Days, Adds Fall Schedule

Politics

Spotlight PA: Senate, House Members Black Out Details Of How They Spend Taxpayer Money, Claiming Legislative Privilege

Lycoming County Lawmakers Surprised By Claims Colleagues Shielded Expenses

Should Senate, House Members Return Their $172 Million Surplus To Taxpayers And Fund Needed Programs? [PaEN]

Laura Olson/Ford Turner: Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Poll Finds PA Voters Split On Fracking Ban - 42% Oppose Ban, 38% Support

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Air

DEP Sets April 2 Hearing On Revaluation Of All Sources Of Air Pollution; The Installation Of Ethane Storage Tanks At Sunoco’s Natural Gas Liquids Facility In Delaware County [PaN]

Air Quality In Mon Valley Once Again Hits Unhealthy Levels

Editorial: Air Pollution Still A Problem In Pennsylvania

Don Hopey: Settlement Of Clairton Coke Works Lawsuit Results In Mon Valley Windfall

Op-Ed: Air Pollution Kills Thousands Of Americans Every Year, Here’s A Low-Cost Strategy To Reduce The Toll

Philly School District Poised To Pay $850,000 To Teacher Diagnosed With Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma

Asbestos Naturally Occurs In Rock At Bucks County Quarry, An Operator Wants To Mine There

Philadelphia Hires Environmental Firm To Monitor Asbestos Work At Philly Schools

Cong. Fitzpatrick Requests Investigation Of PA Quarry With Naturally Occurring Asbestos By EPA

Awards & Recognition

Keep PA Beautiful: 2.5 Million Volunteers, Partners Removed Over 147 Million Pounds Of Trash From PA Landscape Over Last 30 Years [PaEN]

PennDOT Announces District 3 Winner Of Student Innovations Litter Challenge From Snyder County [PaEN]

PennDOT Announces District 8 Winner Of Student Innovations Litter Change From Dauphin County [PaEN]

Inspire: All-Volunteers Emergency Team You Might Not Know - Cumberland County Haz-Mat Team

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Center For Sustainable Landscapes Achieves BREEAM USA Green Building Standard [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

DCNR Good Natured Blog: When Bad Attracts Worse! - Barberry To Ticks To Lyme Disease [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Lookout For These Emerging Invasive Plants [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Weevils To The Rescue, Helping To Reduce Spread Of Mile-A-Minute Invasive Plant [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Responding To Invasive Species In Pennsylvania's State Forests [PaEN]

Efforts To Stop Spotted Lanternfly Are Ongoing For Penn State, Agencies [PaEN]

Penn State App Aids UN Efforts To Respond To Crop Destroying Locust Swarms In Africa [PaEN]

Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeking Volunteers For Invasive Species Removal Work Days In Monroe County [PaEN

Time To Close A Road In Delaware Water Gap For Frogs Getting Frisky

Budget

DEP Budget Hearing: Republicans Propose Funding Hazardous Sites Cleanup By Taking Funds Away From Recycling; Oppose Wolf Climate Initiatives [PaEN]

DEP Budget Testimony: Gov. Wolf’s Budget Request Means Cleaner Water, Healthier Air, Remediated Land [PaEN]

Robert Swift: DEP Defends Tipping Fee Boost, Climate Proposal, Increases In Staff

Editorial: DEP Needs More Sustainable Funding For Oil & Gas Regulatory Program

Stephen Caruso: Wolf Proposes Staffing, Fee Hikes In DEP’s Budget Request

DCNR Budget Hearing: DCNR’s Continuing Use Of Oil & Gas Fund Monies For Admin. Costs Questioned, After Court Ruling Prohibited The Practice [PaEN]

DCNR Budget Testimony: DCNR Welcomes Millions Of Visitors, Enhances Communities, Engages Young People, Conserves Our Natural Resources, Outdoor Heritage [PaEN]

Should Senate, House Members Return Their $172 Million Surplus To Taxpayers And Fund Needed Programs? [PaEN]

Philly School District Poised To Pay $850,000 To Teacher Diagnosed With Asbestos-Related Mesothelioma

Editorial: Aging Locks & Dams Must Be Included In Infrastructure Plan

CBF: Maryland Legislature Taking Action To Help Their Farmers With Riparian Buffers, Restoring Wetlands

Chesapeake Bay

CBF Penn’s Waters: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Shine With Innovation In Its Third Year [PaEN]

Farmers In Lancaster, York, Franklin, Adams Asked To Document Conservation Practices In New Penn State Survey [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservation District Plant Sale Aims To Lighten Waterways Pollution Load

NRCS-PA: Applications Dates For Conservation Assistance Programs Extended [PaEN]

CBF: Maryland Legislature Taking Action To Help Their Farmers With Riparian Buffers, Restoring Wetlands

Bay Journal Forum: Maryland’s Proposed Concessions To Exelon Bad For Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay - Nick DiPasquale

NSAC Blog: Comprehensive Climate And Agriculture Legislation Introduced In U.S. House [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

CBF Penn’s Waters: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Shine With Innovation In Its Third Year [PaEN]

Farmers In Lancaster, York, Franklin, Adams Asked To Document Conservation Practices In New Penn State Survey [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: When Bad Attracts Worse! - Barberry To Ticks To Lyme Disease [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Lookout For These Emerging Invasive Plants [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Weevils To The Rescue, Helping To Reduce Spread Of Mile-A-Minute Invasive Plant [PaEN]

Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeking Volunteers For Invasive Species Removal Work Days In Monroe County [PaEN

National Park Service Seeks Public’s Help In Finding Cause Of Delaware Water Gap Forest Fire

Keep PA Beautiful: 2.5 Million Volunteers, Partners Removed Over 147 Million Pounds Of Trash From PA Landscape Over Last 30 Years [PaEN]

DEP Sets April 2 Hearing On Revaluation Of All Sources Of Air Pollution; The Installation Of Ethane Storage Tanks At Sunoco’s Natural Gas Liquids Facility In Delaware County [PaN]

Why Do Philadelphia Flower Show Tickets Cost 40% More This Year?

Spotlight Is On Marijuana At This Year’s Philadelphia Flower Show

Here’s What It Looks Like Inside The 2020 Philadelphia Flower Show

Time To Close A Road In Delaware Water Gap For Frogs Getting Frisky

Winter Heating Grants Available To Low-Income Households

Trump Proposes To Take $37 Million In LIHEAP Heating Assistance To Fight Coronavirus

UGI To Decrease Natural Gas Cost March 1

SEEDS Hosts Resilient Regional Economies Program With Sustainable Business Entrepreneur Judy Wicks March 21 In Wayne County [PaEN]

PA Wilds: Rural Entrepreneurs Kick Off Inaugural PA Wilds PACE Business Sustainability, Growth Program [PaEN]

Anya Litvak: Telemarketing Blitzes Leave Some Utility Customers Baffled, Regulators Determined

Pennsylvania Prepares For Spread Of Coronavirus, Or COVID-19 [PaEN]

Climate

DEP Previews New Climate Impact Assessment: More Extreme Precipitation, More Livestock, More Manure, Less Effective BMPs; And SE Coastal Impact Assessment [PaEN]

Op-Ed: PA Can Transform America’s Energy Landscape - Again By Joining RGGI

By Susan Dio, Chairman & President Of BP America [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Climate Change Is Both A Spiritual And A Moral Issue - Rev. Sandy Strauss [PaEN]

Op-Ed: 3 Reasons PA Must Proceed With Move To Limit Carbon Pollution - Environmental Defense Fund

Op-Ed: We Need To Reduce Consumption To Slow Climate Change - Nolan Perin

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Already Much Cleaner Without New Carbon Taxes - NFIB

Rep. Metcalfe Calls Out DEP Secretary For Evasive RGGI Non-Answers During Budget Hearing [PaEN]

CFA Accepting Applications For Alternative & Clean Energy, Geothermal, Wind And Solar Energy Projects [PaEN]

Funding For Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Projects Available From Sustainable Energy Funds [PaEN]

Feed Supplement For Dairy Cows Cuts Their Methane Emissions From Belching By About A Quarter [PaEN]

NSAC Blog: Comprehensive Climate And Agriculture Legislation Introduced In U.S. House [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Cow Burp Methane Slashed In Penn State Research

Penn State App Aids UN Efforts To Respond To Crop Destroying Locust Swarms In Africa [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: These PA Colleges Going All In On Renewable Energy, With A Little Help From A Texas Solar Farm

Pittsburgh Mayor Explains Why He Isn’t Backing Congressional Green New Deal, But Why He Is Opposed To Fracking

Lycoming County Commissioners Approve Extension For Muncy Resiliency Planning Project

Democrats Opposing Cong. Perry To Participate In Climate Forum, Cong. Perry Doubtful

20-Foot Waves May Be Coming To The Great Lakes

Climate Change Isn’t Only Worrying Kids, It’s Making Them Angry

WITF Smart Talk: Where’s All The Snow This Winter?

From Allergies To Declining Business, Warming Winters Affect Everyday Life

CBF: Virginia To Join Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

Allegheny Front: Why This Climate Scientist Says No To Flying

California Is Abnormally Dry After Low-Precipitation Winter

Congressional Panel Battles Over Tree Planting Legislation

BP Withdraws From Industry Groups, Citing Climate Disagreements

Big Companies Scramble To Make Lofty Climate Promises

Anti-Greta Teen Activist To Speak At Biggest U.S. Conservatives Conference

Anti-Greta Climate Skeptic Naomi Seibt Called White Nationalist An Inspiration

U.K. Court Blocks Heathrow Airport Expansion Over Climate Concerns

Editorial: Nuclear Weapons, Climate Change Push World Toward Doomsday

Coal Mining

Coding Coding The Coal Region To Teach Students Advanced Computer Skills

March 14 Program To Explore Westmoreland Coal Story

Compliance Action

PUC Requires Remaining Life Study, Public Reporting On Integrity Of Sunoco's Mariner East I Pipeline; Issues $200,000 Penalty [PaEN]

StateImpact: Sunoco To Pay $200,000 Fine, Must Increase Oversight Of Aging Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Andrew Maykuth: PUC OKs $200,000 Fine, Orders Remaining Life Study Of Leaky 89-Year-Old Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Anya Litvak: U.S. Dept. Of Justice Building A Criminal Case Around Energy Transfer’s Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

Reid Frazier: Federal Prosecutors Investigating Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

Don Hopey: Settlement Of Clairton Coke Works Lawsuit Results In Mon Valley Windfall

Anya Litvak: U.S. Dept. Of Justice Building A Criminal Case Around Energy Transfer’s Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

Conservation Districts

Lancaster Conservation District Plant Sale Aims To Lighten Waterways Pollution Load

Help Wanted: Centre County Conservation District Manager [PaEN]

DCNR

DCNR Good Natured Blog: When Bad Attracts Worse! - Barberry To Ticks To Lyme Disease [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Lookout For These Emerging Invasive Plants [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Weevils To The Rescue, Helping To Reduce Spread Of Mile-A-Minute Invasive Plant [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Responding To Invasive Species In Pennsylvania's State Forests [PaEN]

Work To Remove Ohiopyle State Park Graffiti Underway

Mary Ann Thomas: Volunteers Clean Up Graffiti On 3 Rivers Heritage Trail In Allegheny County

Stephen Huba: Vandals Spray Paint Graffiti On Rocks At Ohiopyle State Park

Editorial: Lance To Those Who Painted Graffiti Along Youghiogheny River In Ohiopyle

Leap Year Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Green City, Clean Waters Sites In Philadelphia That Took Root In 2019

Call For Presentations: Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 17-18 In Philadelphia; Sponsorships Available [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 28 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Hurubie Meko: Can Your Well Water Make You Sick?  No Testing Required In PA

Mayor Names Nominating Committee To Expand Pittsburgh Water Authority Board

Mayor Seek To Enlarge Pittsburgh Water Authority Board

Altoona Water Authority Asked For $30,000 To Help Fix Defective Rubber Reservoir Dams

Fluoride In Drinking Water Fight In West Manchester, York County

Water System Appraisal Consultant To Visit Erie In March

Economic Development

Nearly $500 Million Natural Gas Feedstock Manufacturing Plant Planned In Clinton County

DEP Sets April 2 Hearing On Revaluation Of All Sources Of Air Pollution; The Installation Of Ethane Storage Tanks At Sunoco’s Natural Gas Liquids Facility In Delaware County [PaN]

Letter: Representatives Should Stand Against House Bill 1100

Op-Ed: How Turzai’s Going-Away Present To Gas Industry Will Hurt PA For Years To Come - Larry Schweiger

Hazelwood Green Lands Tenant Promising An Innovation Hub

Coding Coding The Coal Region To Teach Students Advanced Computer Skills

SEEDS Hosts Resilient Regional Economies Program With Sustainable Business Entrepreneur Judy Wicks March 21 In Wayne County [PaEN]

PA Wilds: Rural Entrepreneurs Kick Off Inaugural PA Wilds PACE Business Sustainability, Growth Program [PaEN]

American Heritage: Rachel Carson And Silent Spring

How Coal Mine Waste Could Help Build Your Next Phone - WV

Education

Student Finds Bright Future In Solar Energy; Seeks To Enroll Solar Farm In CREP [PaEN]

PennDOT Announces District 3 Winner Of Student Innovations Litter Challenge From Snyder County [PaEN]

PennDOT Announces District 8 Winner Of Student Innovations Litter Change From Dauphin County [PaEN]

Conestoga Valley Honors Science & Technology Supervisor For High School Recycling Initiative

WILD About Falcons Educator Workshop April 9, Middle Creek Wildlife Area, Lebanon County [PaEN]

Students Show Off Science Skills In Annual Competition In Wilkes-Barre

Marcus Schneck: Lackawanna College Adds Beekeeping Courses

Scranton School District Seeks Parents For Environmental Task Force

March 14 Program To Explore Westmoreland Coal Story

Climate Change Isn’t Only Worrying Kids, It’s Making Them Angry

Emergency Response

First Responders, Volunteers, Others Who Worked At Flight 93 Crash Site Encouraged To Attend World Trade Center Health Program/Victims Fund Meeting March 25, 26, 27 In Somerset [PaEN]

Rachel McDevitt: Berks County Group Offers Help To First Responders Who Witness Tragedy

When Every Second Counts, Bilingual Firefighters Make The Difference In Chester County

Inspire: All-Volunteers Emergency Team You Might Not Know - Cumberland County Haz-Mat Team

Op-Ed: A Way To Prevent Devastating Natural Gas Explosions Like The One That Hit South Philly

Energy

Op-Ed: PA Can Transform America’s Energy Landscape - Again By Joining RGGI

By Susan Dio, Chairman & President Of BP America [PaEN]

Op-Ed: 3 Reasons PA Must Proceed With Move To Limit Carbon Pollution - Environmental Defense Fund

Letter: Focus On Renewable Energy Moving PA Forward

Letter: Look Beyond Fracking For Better Solutions

Andrew Maykuth: These PA Colleges Going All In On Renewable Energy, With A Little Help From A Texas Solar Farm

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Center For Sustainable Landscapes Achieves BREEAM USA Green Building Standard [PaEN]

University Of Pittsburgh Commits To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2037, But Won’t Divest Fossil Fuel Investments

Pittsburgh Mayor Explains Why He Isn’t Backing Congressional Green New Deal, But Why He Is Opposed To Fracking

Pittsburgh Mayor: Downtown Steam Heat System Beyond Repair

DEP Sets April 2 Hearing On Revaluation Of All Sources Of Air Pollution; The Installation Of Ethane Storage Tanks At Sunoco’s Natural Gas Liquids Facility In Delaware County [PaN]

Op-Ed: America’s Economy Demands Full-Time Electricity, Solar & Wind Provide Part-Time Power

Op-Ed: Philly Needs A Publicly Owned Electric Company

Op-Ed: A Way To Prevent Devastating Natural Gas Explosions Like The One That Hit South Philly

PUC Adopts Regs. Increasing Consumer Protections, Price Transparency In Competitive Electric Market [PaEN]

Anya Litvak: Telemarketing Blitzes Leave Some Utility Customers Baggled, Regulators Determined

Editorial: Regulators Should Penalize False Sales Tactics For Electricity

PUC To Investigate Rate Increase Filed By UGI Natural Gas Utilities

PUC Presses Pause On UGI’s $74.6 Million Rate Hike

PPL CEO Set To Retire

With Tax Liability, Nuclear Refueling Issues Settled, FirstEnergy Solutions To Exit Bankruptcy

NJ-Based PSEG Considering Exit From PJM Capacity Market Following FERC Order

Winter Heating Grants Available To Low-Income Households

Trump Proposes To Take $37 Million In LIHEAP Heating Assistance To Fight Coronavirus

UGI To Decrease Natural Gas Cost March 1

Energy Conservation

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Center For Sustainable Landscapes Achieves BREEAM USA Green Building Standard [PaEN]

University Of Pittsburgh Commits To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2037, But Won’t Divest Fossil Fuel Investments

Environmental Health

Pennsylvania Prepares For Spread Of Coronavirus, Or COVID-19 [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Commits To Review Of  “Deadly” Pesticide Chlorpyrifos [PaEN]

Scranton School Asbestos Abatement Work Continues

Asbestos Naturally Occurs In Rock At Bucks County Quarry, An Operator Wants To Mine There

Philadelphia Hires Environmental Firm To Monitor Asbestos Work At Philly Schools

Cong. Fitzpatrick Requests Investigation Of PA Quarry With Naturally Occurring Asbestos By EPA

Environmental Heritage

Lansdale Centenarian Shares Environmental Legacy - First Executive Director Of Wissahickon Valley Watershed Assn

First Responders, Volunteers, Others Who Worked At Flight 93 Crash Site Encouraged To Attend World Trade Center Health Program/Victims Fund Meeting March 25, 26, 27 In Somerset [PaEN]

Farming

Farmers In Lancaster, York, Franklin, Adams Asked To Document Conservation Practices In New Penn State Survey [PaEN]

DEP Previews New Climate Impact Assessment: More Extreme Precipitation, More Livestock, More Manure, Less Effective BMPs; And SE Coastal Impact Assessment [PaEN]

Dept. Of Agriculture Commits To Review Of  “Deadly” Pesticide Chlorpyrifos [PaEN]

NRCS-PA: Applications Dates For Conservation Assistance Programs Extended [PaEN]

Agriculture Announces $1 Million In Research Grants To Combat Chronic Wasting Disease In PA Deer [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Chronic Wasting Disease-Sniffing Dogs Among Research Funded By Agriculture

Efforts To Stop Spotted Lanternfly Are Ongoing For Penn State, Agencies [PaEN]

Penn State App Aids UN Efforts To Respond To Crop Destroying Locust Swarms In Africa [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservation District Plant Sale Aims To Lighten Waterways Pollution Load

Feed Supplement For Dairy Cows Cuts Their Methane Emissions From Belching By About A Quarter [PaEN]

Berks Nature Preserves 80-Acre Robeson Township Farm With Conservation Easement [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Lackawanna College Adds Beekeeping Courses

New Snyder County Greenhouse Pushing Out Leafy Greens 24/7 All Year Long

Help Wanted: Centre County Conservation District Manager [PaEN]

CBF: Maryland Legislature Taking Action To Help Their Farmers With Riparian Buffers, Restoring Wetlands

NSAC Blog: Comprehensive Climate And Agriculture Legislation Introduced In U.S. House [PaEN]

Flooding

DEP Previews New Climate Impact Assessment: More Extreme Precipitation, More Livestock, More Manure, Less Effective BMPs; And SE Coastal Impact Assessment [PaEN]

Federal Grant To Help With Levee Reconstruction In Williamsport

Lycoming County Commissioners Approve Extension For Muncy Resiliency Planning Project

No System To Make Sure Required Flood Insurance Is In Place For Homes In 100-Year Floodplain [PaEN]

Forests

Efforts To Stop Spotted Lanternfly Are Ongoing For Penn State, Agencies [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Responding To Invasive Species In Pennsylvania's State Forests [PaEN]

CBF Penn’s Waters: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Shine With Innovation In Its Third Year [PaEN]

Congressional Panel Battles Over Tree Planting Legislation

Leap Year Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

SEEDS Hosts Resilient Regional Economies Program With Sustainable Business Entrepreneur Judy Wicks March 21 In Wayne County [PaEN]

PA Wilds: Rural Entrepreneurs Kick Off Inaugural PA Wilds PACE Business Sustainability, Growth Program [PaEN]

Game Commission Conducting Controlled Burns In Centre County

AP: Officials Battling Fire At Popular Hiking Site At Delaware Water Gap - NJ

Game Commission

Game Commission Conducting Controlled Burns In Centre County

Grants/Funding

NRCS-PA: Applications Dates For Conservation Assistance Programs Extended [PaEN]

Fish & Boat Commission Awards More Than $500,000 In Boating Facility Grants [PaEN]

CFA Accepting Applications For Alternative & Clean Energy, Geothermal, Wind And Solar Energy Projects [PaEN]

Funding For Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Projects Available From Sustainable Energy Funds [PaEN]

Agriculture Announces $1 Million In Research Grants To Combat Chronic Wasting Disease In PA Deer [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Chronic Wasting Disease-Sniffing Dogs Among Research Funded By Agriculture

Green Infrastructure

DEP Previews New Climate Impact Assessment: More Extreme Precipitation, More Livestock, More Manure, Less Effective BMPs; And SE Coastal Impact Assessment [PaEN]

NRCS-PA: Applications Dates For Conservation Assistance Programs Extended [PaEN]

CBF Penn’s Waters: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Shine With Innovation In Its Third Year [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservation District Plant Sale Aims To Lighten Waterways Pollution Load

Green City, Clean Waters Sites In Philadelphia That Took Root In 2019

Why Do Philadelphia Flower Show Tickets Cost 40% More This Year?

CBF: Maryland Legislature Taking Action To Help Their Farmers With Riparian Buffers, Restoring Wetlands

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

DEP Budget Hearing: Republicans Propose Funding Hazardous Sites Cleanup By Taking Funds Away From Recycling; Oppose Wolf Climate Initiatives [PaEN]

Hazardous Substances

Scranton School Asbestos Abatement Work Continues

Asbestos Naturally Occurs In Rock At Bucks County Quarry, An Operator Wants To Mine There

Cong. Fitzpatrick Requests Investigation Of PA Quarry With Naturally Occurring Asbestos By EPA

Land Conservation

Berks Nature Preserves 80-Acre Robeson Township Farm With Conservation Easement [PaEN]

Appalachian Land & Conservation Permanently Protects 94-Acre Property In Clinton County [PaEN]

Pocono Heritage Land Trust Seeking Volunteers For Invasive Species Removal Work Days In Monroe County [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Willistown Conservation Trust Director Of Rushton Conservation Center [PaEN]

Editorial: Pointless Action: Shrinking Federally Protected Lands Helps No One

Land Recycling

Hazelwood Green Lands Tenant Promising An Innovation Hub

Lake Erie

20-Foot Waves May Be Coming To The Great Lakes

Federal Judge Blocks Measure Giving Lake Erie Legal Rights

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Keep PA Beautiful: 2.5 Million Volunteers, Partners Removed Over 147 Million Pounds Of Trash From PA Landscape Over Last 30 Years [PaEN]

PennDOT Announces District 3 Winner Of Student Innovations Litter Challenge From Snyder County [PaEN]

PennDOT Announces District 8 Winner Of Student Innovations Litter Change From Dauphin County [PaEN]

Paul Muschick: Radical Idea To Reduce Litter: Stop Traffic And Make Fuming Motorists Watch It Being Picked Up

Editorial: Philly’s Street Sweeping Means We Have to Move Our Cars. So?

Mine Reclamation

How Coal Mine Waste Could Help Build Your Next Phone - WV

Scranton School District Seeks Parents For Environmental Task Force

Noncoal Mining

Asbestos Naturally Occurs In Rock At Bucks County Quarry, An Operator Wants To Mine There

Philadelphia Hires Environmental Firm To Monitor Asbestos Work At Philly Schools

Cong. Fitzpatrick Requests Investigation Of PA Quarry With Naturally Occurring Asbestos By EPA

Oil & Gas

Laura Olson/Ford Turner: Morning Call/Muhlenberg College Poll Finds PA Voters Split On Fracking Ban - 42% Oppose Ban, 38% Support

Op-Ed: PA Can Transform America’s Energy Landscape - Again By Joining RGGI

By Susan Dio, Chairman & President Of BP America [PaEN]

Editorial: DEP Needs More Sustainable Funding For Oil & Gas Regulatory Program

Nearly $500 Million Natural Gas Feedstock Manufacturing Plant Planned In Clinton County

Letter: Representatives Should Stand Against House Bill 1100

Op-Ed: How Turzai’s Going-Away Present To Gas Industry Will Hurt PA For Years To Come - Larry Schweiger

Op-Ed: Banning Fracking Would Destroy PA’s Economy - Speaker Turzai

Oil & Gas Industry Responds To Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Fracking Ban With Full Page Ad In New York Times

Letter: Focus On Renewable Energy Moving PA Forward

Letter: Look Beyond Fracking For Better Solutions

DEP Sets April 2 Hearing On Revaluation Of All Sources Of Air Pollution; The Installation Of Ethane Storage Tanks At Sunoco’s Natural Gas Liquids Facility In Delaware County [PaN]

IFO Reports Natural Gas Production Increased 11.4% In 2019; Increases In Production, Number Of Producing Wells Down Significantly [PaEN]

Stephen Huba: PA Natural Gas Production Grew In 2019, But At Lower Rate

Stephen Huba: Amid Lower Natural Gas Prices, Chevron To Begin Layoffs At Moon HQ

EQT Drilling Files Lawsuit Accusing Supplier Of Sending Faulty Values For Natural Gas Wells

Op-Ed: A Way To Prevent Devastating Natural Gas Explosions Like The One That Hit South Philly

PUC To Investigate Rate Increase Filed By UGI Natural Gas Utilities

PUC Presses Pause On UGI’s $74.6 Million Rate Hike

Andrew Maykuth: Frustrated Steelworkers Chief Say He Did His Best To Keep Philly Refinery Open

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]

Pipelines

PUC Requires Remaining Life Study, Public Reporting On Integrity Of Sunoco's Mariner East I Pipeline; Issues $200,000 Penalty [PaEN]

StateImpact: Sunoco To Pay $200,000 Fine, Must Increase Oversight Of Aging Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Andrew Maykuth: PUC OKs $200,000 Fine, Orders Remaining Life Study Of Leaky 89-Year-Old Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Anya Litvak: U.S. Dept. Of Justice Building A Criminal Case Around Energy Transfer’s Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

Reid Frazier: Federal Prosecutors Investigating Pipeline Explosion In Beaver County

Marcus Schneck: Pipeline Project Disturbs Snake Den, But Snakes Are Saved In State Forest

PA Chamber Expresses Dismay Over Canceled Constitution Natural Gas Pipeline Project

Natural Gas Ransomware Compressor Station Attack Offers Critical Lessons For Electric Utilities, Analysts Say

Costs, Delays Scuttle 124-Mile Constitution Pipeline Project

Constitution Pipeline Project Ends As Builder Cites Diminished Return On Investment

Bay Journal: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Backers, Opponents Get Their Day In The U.S. Supreme Court

NPR: U.S. Supreme Court Pipeline Fight Could Disrupt How The Appalachian Trail Is Run

Permitting

DEP Sets April 2 Hearing On Revaluation Of All Sources Of Air Pollution; The Installation Of Ethane Storage Tanks At Sunoco’s Natural Gas Liquids Facility In Delaware County [PaN]

DEP Posts 62 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 29 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Radiation Protection

Letter: Nuclear Power Corporations Don’t Need More Ratepayer Money

With Tax Liability, Nuclear Refueling Issues Settled, FirstEnergy Solutions To Exit Bankruptcy

NJ-Based PSEG Considering Exit From PJM Capacity Market Following FERC Order

The U.S. Government Insurance Scheme For Nuclear Power Plant Accidents No Longer Makes Sense

Recreation

Work To Remove Ohiopyle State Park Graffiti Underway

Mary Ann Thomas: Volunteers Clean Up Graffiti On 3 Rivers Heritage Trail In Allegheny County

Stephen Huba: Vandals Spray Paint Graffiti On Rocks At Ohiopyle State Park

Editorial: Lance To Those Who Painted Graffiti Along Youghiogheny River In Ohiopyle

Leap Year Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Presque Isle Sand Equals Erie Treasure

Ad Crable: Officials Eye Joining Northwest River, Enola Low Grade Paths Connecting 40 Miles Of Trails In Lancaster County

Sean Sauro: Proposed Trail Extension Draws Supporters, Naysayers In Lancaster County

Editorial: Linking Beautiful Lancaster County Trails Makes Dollars And Sense

Twp. Supervisors Approve Rails To Trails Project In Bucks County

Electric City Classic Bicycle Race To Return To Scranton In August

Why Philly Is Moving Away From Dockless Bikeshare And Focusing On Indego

Fish & Boat Commission Awards More Than $500,000 In Boating Facility Grants [PaEN]

Philadelphia City Council To Hold Hearings On Sonic Devices Meant To Keep Teenagers Away From Parks

Erie County To Detail Parks And Recreation Plan At Meeting Thursday

Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Presents Proposed Spending Plan For New Parks Tax To Council

Pittsburgh Woman Hurt After Fall From Cliff At McConnells Mill State Park

Dillon Carr: Slippery Rock Student Recounts Horrifying 80-Foot Fall At McConnells Mill State Park

Man Dies After ATV Breaks Through Ice At Mill Creek Reservoir

Time To Close A Road In Delaware Water Gap For Frogs Getting Frisky

AP: Officials Battling Fire At Popular Hiking Site At Delaware Water Gap [NJ]

NPR: U.S. Supreme Court Pipeline Fight Could Disrupt How The Appalachian Trail Is Run

Recycling/Waste

DEP Budget Hearing: Republicans Propose Funding Hazardous Sites Cleanup By Taking Funds Away From Recycling; Oppose Wolf Climate Initiatives [PaEN]

Conestoga Valley Honors Science & Technology Supervisor For High School Recycling Initiative

WITF Smart Talk: The Environmental Problem With Artificial Turf

Renewable Energy

Op-Ed: PA Can Transform America’s Energy Landscape - Again By Joining RGGI

By Susan Dio, Chairman & President Of BP America [PaEN]

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Center For Sustainable Landscapes Achieves BREEAM USA Green Building Standard [PaEN]

CFA Accepting Applications For Alternative & Clean Energy, Geothermal, Wind And Solar Energy Projects [PaEN]

Funding For Renewable Energy, Energy Conservation Projects Available From Sustainable Energy Funds [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: These PA Colleges Going All In On Renewable Energy, With A Little Help From A Texas Solar Farm

Student Finds Bright Future In Solar Energy; Seeks To Enroll Solar Farm In CREP [PaEN]

University Of Pittsburgh Commits To Becoming Carbon Neutral By 2037, But Won’t Divest Fossil Fuel Investments

Pittsburgh Mayor Explains Why He Isn’t Backing Congressional Green New Deal, But Why He Is Opposed To Fracking

Op-Ed: America’s Economy Demands Full-Time Electricity, Solar & Wind Provide Part-Time Power

SEEDS Hosts Resilient Regional Economies Program With Sustainable Business Entrepreneur Judy Wicks March 21 In Wayne County [PaEN]

Stormwater

Green City, Clean Waters Sites In Philadelphia That Took Root In 2019

CBF Penn’s Waters: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Shine With Innovation In Its Third Year [PaEN]

Luzerne County Council Ends $5 Vehicle Fee To Pay For Bridge, Road Repairs [Apparently, Luzerne County Doesn’t Fund Anything, Not Just Stormwater]

Editorial: Luzerne County Council Pandering On Vehicle Fee

Water Resources

Editorial: Aging Locks & Dams Must Be Included In Infrastructure Plan

Wastewater Facilities

Philadelphia Water Provides Free Fixes For Basement Backup Flooding

Mayor Announces March 18 Meeting On Selling/Leasing Wilkes-Barre Sewer System

Wilkes-Barre Sewer System Sale/Lease On Residents’ Minds

Water System Appraisal Consultant To Visit Erie In March

Watershed Protection

NRCS-PA: Applications Dates For Conservation Assistance Programs Extended [PaEN]

CBF Penn’s Waters: Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership To Shine With Innovation In Its Third Year [PaEN]

Farmers In Lancaster, York, Franklin, Adams Asked To Document Conservation Practices In New Penn State Survey [PaEN]

Lancaster Conservation District Plant Sale Aims To Lighten Waterways Pollution Load

Allen Township Protects Wetlands Within Warehouse Park

Bay Journal Forum: Maryland’s Proposed Concessions To Exelon Bad For Susquehanna River, Chesapeake Bay - Nick DiPasquale

Help Wanted: Centre County Conservation District Manager [PaEN]

CBF: Maryland Legislature Taking Action To Help Their Farmers With Riparian Buffers, Restoring Wetlands

Green City, Clean Waters Sites In Philadelphia That Took Root In 2019

Call For Presentations: Delaware River Watershed Forum Sept. 17-18 In Philadelphia; Sponsorships Available [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 28 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Fish & Boat Commission Awards More Than $500,000 In Boating Facility Grants [PaEN]

Agriculture Announces $1 Million In Research Grants To Combat Chronic Wasting Disease In PA Deer [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: Chronic Wasting Disease-Sniffing Dogs Among Research Funded By Agriculture

Stephen Huba: Western PA Group Misses Out On $1 Million In Chronic Wasting Disease Money

Evergreen Conservancy To Host March 13 Discussion Of Wildlife Diseases In Indiana

Game Commission Conducting Controlled Burns In Centre County

Game Commission Recommends Ross Twp. Hold Archery Hunt To Thin Deer Population

Time To Close A Road In Delaware Water Gap For Frogs Getting Frisky

Marcus Schneck: PA Birds, Butterflies, Fish Named In Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over Endangered Species

Marcus Schneck: Massasauga Rattlesnake Recovery Goal Of Federal Plan

Marcus Schneck: Pipeline Project Disturbs Snake Den, But Snakes Are Saved In State Forest

John Hayes: Anglers Can Catch Big Trout Before Opening Day… Trout Stocking

Tom Venesky: Fishing License Change Could Be An Inconvenience For Anglers

Penn State Alum To Compete In World’s Largest Bass Fishing Competition

Mary Ann Thomas: Volunteers Needed For Trout Stockings In Allegheny County

WILD About Falcons Educator Workshop April 9, Middle Creek Wildlife Area, Lebanon County [PaEN]

Mary Ann Thomas: Incubation Has Begun In Harmer Bald Eagle Nest

AP: Poodle Found Alive 28 Hours After Being Scooped Up By Hawk In Allegheny County

Marcus Schneck: Hawk Mountain Questions Raptor’s Role In Poodle Abduction

Marcus Schneck: Flock Of More Than 100 Birds Found Dead Along Dauphin County Road

Nature Watch: Shot Of Warm Air Drew Migrating Birds To Erie

Marcus Schneck: Furbearing Mammals Once Gone, Or Almost Gone From PA, Now Booming

West Nile/Zika Virus

DCNR Good Natured Blog: When Bad Attracts Worse! - Barberry To Ticks To Lyme Disease [PaEN]

Opportunities

Help Wanted: Centre County Conservation District Manager [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Willistown Conservation Trust Director Of Rushton Conservation Center [PaEN]

 

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3/2/2020

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