Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

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

Air

Wolf Targets Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

Wolf Unveils New Methane Regulations For Oil & Gas Industry

Wolf Announces Plan To Reduce Gas Well Methane Emissions

Wolf Pursues Methane Emissions Reduction Plan

PA To Tighten Methane Emission Rules On Shale Gas Drillers

Environmentalists, Shale Coalition Respond To Wolf’s Methane Rules

DEP: State’s Methane Figures Unrealistic

DEP Unsure How Much Methane is In The Air As It Proposes New Regs

DEP Plans More Monitoring to Clamp Down On Methane Leaks

House Republicans Question Wolf’s Crackdown On Methane

PA Chamber: May Sure Business Is At Table On Methane Regs

Click Here To Watch Gov. Wolf’s Facebook Town Hall On Methane Rules

Op-Ed: Climate Change: Confirmed

Editorial: New Gas Industry Methane Regs Breath of Fresh Air

Editorial: Sound Action On Methane

U.S. Moves To Limit Methane Emissions On Federal Lands

Feds Push Limits On Methane Gas Flaring

Alternative Energy

West Penn Sustainable Energy Fund Offers $160K For Energy Solutions

New Partnership Will Capture Braking Power On SEPTA Subway

Philly Food Trucks Is So Plugged In-- It’s Electric

CMU Gets $1M Federal Grant For Solar Energy Control System

CMU, Aquion Partner With Government On Power Grid Research

Pitt Researchers Examine Better CNG Storage Technology

Awards & Recognition

North Branch Susquehanna Named River Of The Year For 2016

West Penn Sustainable Energy Fund Offers $160K For Energy Solutions

Budget

Analysis: Wolf: I Know What The Budget Reality Is

Wolf Video Q/A On Unfinished Budget Work

Newsmakers Video: Speaker Turzai On Budget Impasse

AP: Wolf: Changing Harrisburg Will Take Longer Than A Year

As Primary Approaches, Legislators Less Likely To Act On Budget

Swift: State Budget Stalemate Joining Epic Battles

PA Senate Ponders Next Move In Budget Impasse

Editorial: Wolf Should Forgo Big Splash On Next Budget

Climate

Wolf Targets Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

Wolf Unveils New Methane Regulations For Oil & Gas Industry

Wolf Announces Plan To Reduce Gas Well Methane Emissions

Wolf Pursues Methane Emissions Reduction Plan

PA To Tighten Methane Emission Rules On Shale Gas Drillers

Environmentalists, Shale Coalition Respond To Wolf’s Methane Rules

DEP: State’s Methane Figures Unrealistic

DEP Unsure How Much Methane is In The Air As It Proposes New Regs

DEP Plans More Monitoring to Clamp Down On Methane Leaks

House Republicans Question Wolf’s Crackdown On Methane

PA Chamber: May Sure Business Is At Table On Methane Regs

Click Here To Watch Gov. Wolf’s Facebook Town Hall On Methane Rules

Op-Ed: Climate Change: Confirmed

Editorial: New Gas Industry Methane Regs Breath of Fresh Air

Editorial: Sound Action On Methane

U.S. Moves To Limit Methane Emissions On Federal Lands

Feds Push Limits On Methane Gas Flaring

Climate Change Influences Shareholders Concerns

Op-Ed: Pollution Is Not A Conservative Value

Op-Ed: World Fights Climate Change, PA Protects Fossil Fuel Industry

Editorial: Earth Sends More Warnings About Warming

Court: Clean Power Rule Can Move Forward During Challenge

West Penn Sustainable Energy Fund Offers $160K For Energy Solutions

Deep Mine Safety

Worker Killed In Greene County Mine Pinned By Falling Materials

WV Man Killed In Greene County Coal Mine

WV Man Dies In Western PA Mine Accident

Drinking Water

Flint, Michigan Lead Crisis, What’s In Our Water?

Medical Experts Say Lead Can Do A Lot Of Damage

Pittsburgh Authority Uses New Chemical To Fight Lead

Pittsburgh Authority Alters Water Treatment Method

Online Protest Does Not Halt Westmoreland Authority Rate Hike

Economic Development

How Many Jobs Has Marcellus Drilling Really Created?

Hanger: Corbett Cooked The Books On Marcellus Job Numbers

Education

Hands-On Watershed Curriculum Gives Students Early Start

Allegheny Front: Mister Rogers, The Quiet Environmentalist

Pittsburgh Groups Merge, Preserve River-Focused Programs

Energy

Prices, Use Of Cost-Saving LEDs Increases

Energy Co-Op Program Offers Frack-Free Gas Alternative

Power Plant Opposition Withdraws Lawsuits Against Jessup Borough, Developer

UGI Asks For 19.7% Rate Increase For Residential Customers

UGI Plans First Base Rate Hike In Years

Coal Industry’s Downturn Hurts United Way Drive

Editorial: Pain, Politics Of Coal Mining Fresh As Ever In NE PA

Editorial: Obama Clobbering Coal

Editorial: Don’t Let  Coal Decline Stop Reclamation

Court: Clean Power Rule Can Move Forward During Challenge

Wyoming Backs Various Schemes In Bid To Rescue Coal

CMU Gets $1M Federal Grant For Solar Energy Control System

CMU, Aquion Partner With Government On Power Grid Research

Talen Energy Joins Battle With Ohio Utilities

Philly Energy Firm Buys Seattle Power Demand Adviser

Letter: Use Flood-Control Dams To Generate Power

West Penn Sustainable Energy Fund Offers $160K For Energy Solutions

Natural Gas Likely Overtook Coal As Top U.S. Power Source

Environmental Heritage

12 Killed In Knox Mine Disaster Remembered In Pittston

Wyoming Valley Natives Previews Knox Mine Disaster  Documentary

Farm Activities

Landowner Upset About Change In Clean And Green Status

Survey: Farmers Share A Lot With Hunters

Flooding

Luzerne County To Develop Written Flood Response Plan

Land Conservation

Landowner Upset About Change In Clean And Green Status

Mine Reclamation

Editorial: Don’t Let  Coal Decline Stop Reclamation

Oil & Gas

Wolf Targets Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations

Wolf Unveils New Methane Regulations For Oil & Gas Industry

Wolf Announces Plan To Reduce Gas Well Methane Emissions

Wolf Pursues Methane Emissions Reduction Plan

PA To Tighten Methane Emission Rules On Shale Gas Drillers

Environmentalists, Shale Coalition Respond To Wolf’s Methane Rules

DEP: State’s Methane Figures Unrealistic

DEP Unsure How Much Methane is In The Air As It Proposes New Regs

DEP Plans More Monitoring to Clamp Down On Methane Leaks

House Republicans Question Wolf’s Crackdown On Methane

PA Chamber: May Sure Business Is At Table On Methane Regs

Click Here To Watch Gov. Wolf’s Facebook Town Hall On Methane Rules

Op-Ed: Climate Change: Confirmed

Editorial: New Gas Industry Methane Regs Breath of Fresh Air

Editorial: Sound Action On Methane

U.S. Moves To Limit Methane Emissions On Federal Lands

Feds Push Limits On Methane Gas Flaring

Pipeline Task Force Recommendations Head To Gov. Wolf

7 Arrested At Pipeline Task Force Meeting

Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline About To Bring Ethane To Philly

PennEast Gas Pipeline Opponents Hire DC Law Firm

Findlay Zoning Change Would Allow Gas Well

Tracking System Would Provide Alerts About Well Site Spills

Power Plant Opposition Withdraws Lawsuits Against Jessup Borough, Developer

Pitt Researchers Examine Better CNG Storage Technology

CA Air Regulators Considering Natural Gas Burn-Off From Leak

Briefing: Underground Natural Gas Storage Fields In Pennsylvania

Energy Co-Op Program Offers Frack-Free Gas Alternative

Letter: Environmental Impacts Of Natural Gas Still A Question

Lack Of Data On Fracking Spills Leaves EPA Researchers In Dark

How Many Jobs Has Marcellus Drilling Really Created?

Hanger: Corbett Cooked The Books On Marcellus Job Numbers

Sunoco Transferring Some Jobs To Dallas

Southwestern PA Cutting 40 Percent Of Workforce

Southwestern Energy Cuts 1,100 Jobs, No Drilling Rigs Operating

Natural Gas Likely Overtook Coal As Top U.S. Power Source

Gasoline Prices Continue To Drop In Philadelphia Region

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Drop To $2.10 A Gallon

Lehigh Valley To Soon See Gasoline Under $2

Even With $2 Gasoline, The House Wins

IEA Says Oil Market To Remain Oversupplied Thru 2016

IEA: Oil Prices May Fall Further This Year

Energy Industry Supplier Fights Thru Tough Year

Personnel

Audit Finds 2 DEP Employees Drive Vehicles Without Licenses

Recreation

Boaters Have Chilly Fun On Lackawanna River

McCandless Nixes Environmental Park Deal

Presque Isle Snow Day To Promote Park In Winter

Winter Backpack At Proposed Tracy Ridge Wilderness Jan. 30

Recycling/Waste

Counties Grapple With How To Keep E-Waste Recycling Afloat

York County Legislators Working On Electronic Waste Recycling

Peters, South Fayette Twps Looking For E-Waste Recycler

Residents Can Smell End To Tullytown Landfill Nuisance

Keep PA Beautiful 2015 International Coastal Cleanup Totals

Homework: PRC Compost Workshops In Allegheny County

DEP Scrutinizes Keystone Landfill Leachate Line

Wastewater Treatment

DEP Can’t Identify Source Of Foul Smell In Scranton Sewer

Moscow Sewer Study Finds Need For Expansion

Watershed Protection

New Chesapeake Bay Plan Will Fall Largely On Farmers

PA Officials Say It’s Time To Reboot Efforts For Clean Water

Coordinated State Effort Essential For Chesapeake Bay Watershed Cleanup

CBF, U.S. Justice Ask Court To Rebuff Challenge To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

North Branch Susquehanna Named River Of The Year For 2016

Susquehanna River Clearly Impaired

Alien Fish In The Susquehanna River

Lehigh Nominated, But Not River Of The Year

Schuylkill County Gives $3K To 6 Watershed Groups

Jenkintown Creek Restoration Update

Work To Improve Streams Making Progress In Western PA

Hands-On Watershed Curriculum Gives Students Early Start

Agency Seeks Reports Of Algae Blooms In Potomac River Basin

Delaware Riverkeeper Jan. 15 Riverwatch Video Report

Latest From The Chesapeake Bay Journal

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Wildlife

Susquehanna River Clearly Impaired

Alien Fish In The Susquehanna River

New Trout Plan Outlines Issues, Priorities

Carl Roe Sues Game Commission Over Severance Deal

Academy Of Natural Sciences Biological Specimens Library

Survey: Farmers Share A Lot With Hunters

Question Of Who’s In Charge On Deer Farms

Mt. Lebanon Weighing Nonlethal Deer Population Control

Other

Minuteman Spill Response President Guilty Of Tax Evasion

Editorial: Survey Sheds Light On Pittsburgh Travel Habits

StateImpact: People Moving Between Public, Private Sectors

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1/25/2016

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