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Philadelphia Flower Show Touts National Parks

21 Biggest Failures In Pennsylvania History

Air

Groups Look For Greater Setbacks Between Gas Wells, People

Allegheny Front: Study Says Drilling Happening Too Close To Homes

Oil & Gas Fight Hits Pennsylvania Suburbs

Op-Ed: Reducing Methane Emissions Is What PA Has Been Waiting For

U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Block Power Plant Limits On Mercury

Budget

Swift: Natural Gas Drop Affects Environmental Funds

Are Drillers Shortchanging The State On Royalty Payments?

Swift: Wolf’s Waste Disposal Fee Proposal Adds To Debate

Wolf Administration Criticized For Freeze On Hiring

Editorial: Don’t Tie More State Revenue To Landfills

Editorial: Get DEP Up To Speed On IT

Swift: Penn State Agricultural Offices In Budget Crosshairs

Op-Ed: Penn State Extension Offices Jeopardized By Budget Impasse

No Budget Could Force Penn State To Close Extension Offices

Editorial: Agricultural Aid Next Budget Victim

Editorial: Ag Aid Next Budget Victim

Chesapeake Bay Commitments

PA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Reboot Faces Criticism

Wrinkles Surfacing In Chesapeake Bay Reboot Plan

Crable: Farmers Urged To Fill Out Chesapeake Bay Watershed Survey

Crable: Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Supreme Court Denies Hearing Farm Bureau’s Case Against EPA

Court Ruling On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Shows Need To Improve Water Quality

Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Challenge

PA Chesapeake Bay Plan: Increased Farm Inspections, Plant More Trees

Video Op-Ed: Here’s Why Chesapeake Bay Plan Is Important

Editorial: Supreme Court Got It Right On Chesapeake Bay

Editorial: Stop Chesapeake Bay Power Grab

Climate

Groups Look For Greater Setbacks Between Gas Wells, People

Allegheny Front: Study Says Drilling Happening Too Close To Homes

Oil & Gas Fight Hits Pennsylvania Suburbs

Climate Researchers Gather At Arcadia University This Weekend

Op-Ed: Reducing Methane Emissions Is What PA Has Been Waiting For

Op-Ed: PA Reconsider Proceeding With Clean Power Climate Plan

Editorial: Climate Change: Clucker Crow

Polar Bear Critical Habitat Restored By Appeals Court

Delaware River

Delaware Riverkeeper Feb. 26 Riverwatch Video

Drinking Water

How We Ended Up With Lead Pipes, Why Removing It Is Hard

Money For Lead Testing Absent In York

Legacy Of Lead In PA Cities

PA Considers Testing All Children For Lead

Hearings Set On Philadelphia Water Rate Hikes

Pittsburgh Water Authority: $32M In Unpaid Accounts

Pittsburgh Water Authority Director Resigns Over Billing

Former Pittsburgh Water Authority Director Gets $60K Severance

Economic Development

Businesses Reap Rewards Of Declining Natural Gas Prices

Op-Ed: Fracking Key To Expansion Of PA Manufacturing

Environmental Ed

Trout In The Classroom: Exactly What The Name Claims

Environmental Justice

Allegheny Front: How Can The Environmental Movement Become More Inclusive?

Emergency Response

Report: Oil Train Safety Violations Should be Prosecuted

Editorial: Milestone For Rail Safety

After Tornado, Amish Rebuild In A Hurry

Nanticoke Adopts Luzerne County Hazard Mitigation Plan Update

Energy

Law Firm Suggests Jessup Seek Larger Host Agreement

Time For Jessup Borough To Get A 2nd Opinion On Power Plant

Jessup Borough Could Net $89M From Power Plant Host Agreement

Duquesne Light To Experiment With Hourly Demand Rates

PUC Allows Comments By Phone On UGI Rate Hike

Consol To Sell Coal Assets For $420 Million

Pitt Unveils Plans For Energy Research Space

Pitt Building Lab In Energy Innovation Center

Energy Conservation

Energy Saving Biz A Family Tradition

Environmental Heritage

NE Residents Get Early Peek At Knox Mine Disaster Documentary

Farming

Editorial: Ag Aid Next Budget Victim

Decline In Bat Numbers Affects Agriculture Costs

Forests

Forest Fire Threatens Game Lands In Lebanon County

Grants/Funding

Heinz Endowments Refocuses Its Grantmaking Strategy

Green Buildings/Sustainability

Meet Philadelphia’s New Sustainability Director: Christine Knapp

Hazardous Waste

Congressmen Press Navy On Willow Grove, Warminster Water Danger

Proposed Hazardous Waste Facility In Bucks Draws Concern

Information Technology

DEP Wants IT Upgrades: We Don’t Have Wi-Fi

Litter/Illegal Dumping Cleanup

First Schuylkill Scrub Of 2016 Cashes In On Collaboration

Wanted: Great American Cleanup Volunteers

Illegal Dumping In Newport Twp Causes Concern

Oil & Gas

Yudichak Supports PennEast Pipeline, Only If Done Responsibly

PennEast Pipeline Applies For Water Discharge Permit

Chainsaws Take Down Family’s Maple Trees For Pipeline

Crable: Group Sues FERC Over PennEast Gas Pipeline

Delaware Riverkeeper Sues PERC Alleging Corruption In Pipeline Cases

Inside The Fight To Frack Penn Twp. Westmoreland County

DCNR Leases 1,400+ Acres Under Rivers, Streams To Drillers

Groups Look For Greater Setbacks Between Gas Wells, People

Allegheny Front: Study Says Drilling Happening Too Close To Homes

Upper Burrell, Residents At Odds Over Distance Between Wells Home

Dimock Families, Cabot Fight In Court Over Tainted Water

Oil & Gas Fight Hits Pennsylvania Suburbs

Op-Ed: Reducing Methane Emissions Is What PA Has Been Waiting For

Natural Gas Leaseholders Hope To Salvage $11M Settlement

Thousands Of Landowners Ask Judge To Stop Kane On Royalty Case

Law Firm Suggests Jessup Seek Larger Host Agreement

Time For Jessup Borough To Get A 2nd Opinion On Power Plant

Jessup Borough Could Net $89M From Power Plant Host Agreement

UGI Gas Rates Fall Again

Ex-Chesapeake Energy CEO Indicted By Feds

Chesapeake Energy’s Former CEO’s Fatal Crash Follows Indictment

Federal Investigation Into Chesapeake Energy Continues

Report: Oil Train Safety Violations Should be Prosecuted

WSJ: The New Oil Storage Space: Railcars

Editorial: U.S. Needs Better Oversight Of Crude Oil Cargo

Businesses Reap Rewards Of Declining Natural Gas Prices

Op-Ed: Fracking Key To Expansion Of PA Manufacturing

Drilling Companies Turn To Machines to Crunch Their Data

KY Officials Pledge Investigation Into Drill Cuttings Disposal

Drivers Will Still Save As Gasoline Prices Rise

Gasoline Prices To Rise This Summer, But Not Far

Pittsburgh Gasoline Price Falls To $1.86/Gallon

Gasoline Prices Climbing In Midstate

Russia Says Global Deal To Cap Oil Output Is Close

Drillers In U.S. Ready To Party Like It’s 1859

U.S. Shale To OPEC: Above $40 Oil, We’re Coming Back

Ethanol Tank Cars In Derailment On New York Border

Radiation Protection

Radioactive Scrap Metal Found In Beaver County Poses No Risk

Recreation

DCNR Leases 1,400+ Acres Under Rivers, Streams To Drillers

Philadelphia Flower Show Touts National Parks

Gnomes Evicted From State Park Receive Global Media Coverage

DCNR Plans White-Water Release Into Bucks County’s Tohickon Creek

Presque Isle Bay Advisory Group To Join New Forum

Section Of York Rail Trail Closes For Improvements

Goats Could Soon Graze Away Weeds In Pittsburgh Parks

Recycling

Luzerne County Suspends Electronics Recycling Program

Changing The Way PA Recycles Electronics Waste

Editorial: PA Must Fix Its Electronics Recycling Act

Radioactive Scrap Metal Found In Beaver County Poses No Risk

Water Monitoring

Monitoring Water Quality With Streamkeepers In The Philadelphia Area

Waste Management

Luzerne County Suspends Electronics Recycling Program

Editorial: Don’t Tie More State Revenue To Landfills

Wastewater Facilities

Crable: Farmers Urged To Fill Out Chesapeake Bay Watershed Survey

Crable: Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Supreme Court Denies Hearing Farm Bureau’s Case Against EPA

Court Ruling On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Shows Need To Improve Water Quality

Letter: Green Approach To ALCOSAN Sewer Overflow Issues

Letter: Green Solution To ALCOSAN Sewage Problems Is Right

Western PA Sewer Rates Vary Widely

$55M Project Will Raise Rates In Westmoreland As Sewer Lines Replaced

New Cumberland Will Probably Sell Its Sewer System

Watershed Protection

PA’s Chesapeake Bay Program Reboot Faces Criticism

Wrinkles Surfacing In Chesapeake Bay Reboot Plan

Crable: Court Refuses To Hear Challenge To Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Court Ruling On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Shows Need To Improve Water Quality

Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Challenge

PA Chesapeake Bay Plan: Increased Farm Inspections, Plant More Trees

Video Op-Ed: Here’s Why Chesapeake Bay Plan Is Important

Editorial: Supreme Court Got It Right On Chesapeake Bay

Editorial: Stop Chesapeake Bay Power Grab

Letter: Green Approach To ALCOSAN Sewer Overflow Issues

Letter: Green Solution To ALCOSAN Sewage Problems Is Right

Western PA Sewer Rates Vary Widely

$55M Project Will Raise Rates In Westmoreland As Sewer Lines Replaced

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Wildlife

Snow Geese Flock To Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area

Nesting Falcons Shuts Down Popular Climbing Area Along Susquehanna

Mentored Fishing, A Don’t-Miss Day For Kids

At 89, York Fly Fishing Legend Still Yearns For The Water

Game Commission Plans Controlled Burn In Cumberland

Forest Fire Threatens Game Lands In Lebanon County

Decline In Bat Numbers Affects Agriculture Costs

Editorial: Birdwatchers Realize NE PA As Destination

Zika Virus

Zika Virus Found In Philly Resident Who’s Recovering

Zika Mosquito Carried Yellow Fever To Philadelphia In 1793

Other

Tributes Left By Kids At Flight 93 Site In Exhibit

Ground Broken For Healing Garden At Children’s Center In Scranton


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3/7/2016

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