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Sunday, April 17 NewsClips

Decision On Diseased Susquehanna Bass Delayed

Scranton May Charge Rain Tax, Form Stormwater Authority

Editorial: Issue Reduces Scranton Sewer Sale Deal’s Value

Drop In Shale Drilling Puts Some Hotels On Market

Drilling Company Settles Overtime Pay Suit For $400K

Battle Against Zika Virus Is On In Lehigh Valley

How To Protect Yourself From Zika Virus

State Money Aids Goal Of Keeping Allegheny River Locks Open For Leisure

Electronics Drop-Off Day Set For April 22 In NE

Film Screening At Real Dump Part Of Philly Artists’ Residency

Simple Green Burials Create Serene Final Resting Spots

Planting 60,000 Trees In Erie And Counting

Units Battle Wildfire Atop Laurel Mountain

NE Master Gardeners Give Growing Tips

Anglers Cast Lines For Trout In Erie On Opening Day

Anglers Flood NE Streams, Lakes For Trout Season

Politics

Bernie Sanders Releases Anti-Fracking Ad

Clinton, Sanders Spar Over Fracking Ahead Of NY, PA Primaries

Air

EDF Blog: Methane Emissions Becoming Key Climate Issue

Alternative/Renewable Energy

Amid Fossil Fuel Layoffs, Dems Strategy For Clean Energy Jobs

SolarCity Moving Into Pittsburgh, Costs Falling

Editorial: Green Energy, Red Ink Nightmare

Awards, Recognition

PAEE Honors Crawford County Nature Center Educator

SEEDS Energy Conservation Program Receives Governor’s Award

Wilkes-Barre Receives Governor’s Local Govt Award For Energy Savings

Black Flies

DEP To Spray Susquehanna River For Black Flies

DEP Beings Aerial Spraying To Control Black Flies

Budget

DEP’s Quigley: Budget Cuts Hurt Effort To Monitor Pipelines

Wolf’s Next Move On Fiscal Code Bill?

PLS Reporter: Quest For On-Time Budget Begins

Dem Erie Lawmaker: Wolf Bullying Constituents

Shooting Range Fees Implemented At Start Park Range

Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Reboot Worries Northumberland Conservation District

Crable: Susquehanna Named 3rd Most Endangered River

Susquehanna River Back On Watchdog Group’s Endangered List

Susquehanna Lands Back On Most Endangered Rivers List

Climate

Fracking Has Reduced Greenhouse Gases

Straight Talk: Our Common Endangered Brook Trout John Arway

EDF Blog: Methane Emissions Becoming Key Climate Issue

Why Climate Change Doubters Still Exist

Op-Ed: Prosecute Climate Deniers, Hold Those Who Mislead Accountable

Editorial: Climate Denial Goes Wobbly

Editorial: UN Watch: A Climate Chill

Compliance Action

Crable: Brunner Island Power Plant Fined For Fish Kill

York County Power Plant Penalized $25K For Fish Kill

Conservation Districts

Chesapeake Bay Reboot Worries Northumberland Conservation District

PAEE Honors Crawford County Nature Center Educator

Delaware River

$5M Federal Funding Proposals Would Aid Delaware River Basin

Drinking Water

AP: 100+ Private Water Systems In PA Topped Lead Limit

Up To 15,000 Allentown Water Lines May Be Made Of Lead

Op-Ed: Philly’s 200-Year Commitment To Clean, Safe Water

Hershey Walk For Clean Water Raises $17K For Charity

Earth Day

Lehigh Valley Earth Day Events

Penn State Students Plant 200 Trees As Earth Earth Day Present

Economic Development

American Eagle Paper Mills Tyrone Converting To Natural Gas

Education

PAEE Honors Crawford County Nature Center Educator

Students’ Project To Tell Story Of Acid Mine Treatment Ponds

Hazleton Students Release Trout They Raised In Class

4th Annual Youth Conservations Leadership Camp

Act 48 Approved Teacher Workshops At Parker Dam State Park

Energy

Will Energy Hub Save Philly Or Destroy It?

Clearing Begins On Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant Site

Crable: Brunner Island Power Plant Fined For Fish Kill

York County Power Plant Penalized $25K For Fish Kill

Coal Slump Sends Peabody Energy Into Bankruptcy

Peabody Coal Seeks Bankruptcy Protection

WSJ: Peabody Bankruptcy Puts Environmental Obligations At Risk

Op-Ed: After Bankruptcies, Coal’s Dirty Legacy Lives On

Energy Efficiency

SEEDS Energy Conservation Program Receives Governor’s Award

Wilkes-Barre Receives Governor’s Local Govt Award For Energy Savings

Amid Fossil Fuel Layoffs, Dems Strategy For Clean Energy Jobs

Energy Efficiency Keeps Electricity Affordable, Reduces Environmental Costs

Flooding

$4M In Flood Damage Prompted Susquehanna River Island Vacate Order

Forests

Volunteers Wanted For Forest Cleanups In Franklin County

Prescribed Burn Planned In Upper Dauphin County

Game Commission Uses Prescribed Burns To Clean Land For Wildlife

Green Buildings/Sustainability

After 4 Years, Forks Township Moves Into Green Building

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Hardy Volunteers Help Pick Up Trash At Presque Isle

Volunteers Needed For Harrisburg Litter Cleanup Day April 16

Jeannette Eyes Monthlong Trash Cleanup

Volunteers Wanted For Forest Cleanups In Franklin County

Letter: Flawed PA Recycling Law Creates Roadside TV Dumps

Mine Reclamation

Students’ Project To Tell Story Of Acid Mine Treatment Ponds

WSJ: Peabody Bankruptcy Puts Environmental Obligations At Risk

Op-Ed: After Bankruptcies, Coal’s Dirty Legacy Lives On

Oil & Gas

Drilling Rules Headed For Key Vote After Judge Rejects Stay

Court Denies Oil Group’s Challenge Of Drilling Rules

House, Senate Panels Reject Oil & Gas Regulations

PLS Reporter: House, Senate Committees Disapprove DEP’s Drilling Regs

Energy Committees Urge No Vote On New Drilling Rules

Oil & Gas Regulations Rejected By House, Senate Committees

Fracking Has Reduced Greenhouse Gases

EDF Blog: Methane Emissions Becoming Key Climate Issue

Panel At Wilkes U. Discusses Fracking’s Pros, Cons

Clearing Begins On Jessup Natural Gas Power Plant Site

UGI Spending Big Money To Replace Old Pipelines

PennEast Pipeline Announces Grant Recipients

PGW Execs Guaranteed Bonuses In Failed Sale Process

American Eagle Paper Mills Tyrone Converting To Natural Gas

PA At Low Risk For Earthquakes, Hopes To Keep It That Way

Conventional Oil & Gas Group Loses 40% Of Its Members

Feds To Issue Offshore Drilling Rule Industry Fought

PA Marcellus Helps Boost U.S. Natural Gas Production To Record

Rice Energy To Buy Bankrupt Alpha Gas Assets

Pipelines

DEP’s Quigley: Budget Cuts Hurt Effort To Monitor Pipelines

Sunoco Pipeline To Cross 270 Properties In Westmoreland

Speaker: Communities Need To Revolt To Stop Pipelines

Recreation

Wissahickon Volunteers Work To Maintain Trails

Philadelphia Getting More Protected Bike Lanes

PA Horticultural Society To Host Philly Pop-Up Park

10 More Waterfalls To Visit In PA

Shooting Range Fees Implemented At Start Park Range

Act 48 Approved Teacher Workshops At Parker Dam State Park

Visit A National Park Free Beginning This Weekend

Recycling/Waste

Letter: Flawed PA Recycling Law Creates Roadside TV Dumps

CRT Recycler Closed Loop Nears Collapse

DEP Investigates Mattresses Found In Erie Warehouse Fire

Stormwater

Dunmore May Allocate Sewer Money to Stormwater Projects

Susquehanna River

Crable: Susquehanna Named 3rd Most Endangered River

Susquehanna River Back On Watchdog Group’s Endangered List

Susquehanna Lands Back On Most Endangered Rivers List

$4M In Flood Damage Prompted Susquehanna River Island Vacate Order

DEP To Spray Susquehanna River For Black Flies

Wastewater Facilities

Overbrook Residents, Pittsburgh Sewer Authority Clash

Dunmore May Allocate Sewer Money to Stormwater Projects

Scranton, Dunmore Forecast May Call For Rain Tax

Scranton Authority, American Water Submit Application To PUC

Westmoreland Authority To Borrow $220M For Water Infrastructure

Watershed Protection

Crable: Susquehanna Named 3rd Most Endangered River

Susquehanna River Back On Watchdog Group’s Endangered List

Susquehanna Lands Back On Most Endangered Rivers List

Chesapeake Bay Reboot Worries Northumberland Conservation District

NE Master Watershed Steward Program On Tap

Dunmore May Allocate Sewer Money to Stormwater Projects

$5M Federal Funding Proposals Would Aid Delaware River Basin

Delaware RiverKeeper April 8 RiverWatch Video Report

PA Congressmen Call For Tougher Water Standards

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Wildlife

How You Can Save A Toad’s Life In Roxborough

Straight Talk: Our Common Endangered Brook Trout John Arway

Hazleton Students Release Trout They Raised In Class

Students Get Visit From Nescopeck Butterfly Farm

Crable: Brunner Island Power Plant Fined For Fish Kill

York County Power Plant Penalized $25K For Fish Kill

Editorial: Big Things Await NE Anglers On Opening Day

Prescribed Burn Planned In Upper Dauphin County

Game Commission Uses Prescribed Burns To Clean Land For Wildlife

Crable: As Lancaster’s Speedwell Lake Refills, Uncommon Birds Drop In

Presque Isle Bay Is For The Birds

Schneck: Hummingbirds Back In PA For Breeding Season

NW Hawk Watch Collects Data In Erie

Audubon Of Western PA: Eaglet Hatches At Harmer Nest

Hawk Injured With Arrow On The Mend In York

Northern Saw-Whet Owl Spotted At Presque Isle State Park

Newport Twp Mine Where Bats Hibernate Part Of State Game Land

PA’s Deer Harvest Increases From Previous Season

Zika Virus

CDC: Zika Definitely Causes Severe Birth Defects

Scientists: Zika Tied To Another Adult Brain Disease


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4/18/2016

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