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Sunday NewsClips

Outdoors Notebook: Susquehanna River Cleanup Stalled

Does Pipeline Age Really Matter?

Conservationists Test Soil For Lead In Pittsburgh Area

Crable: Manor Twp. Officials Want Landfill Control

Mining Region Observes First Anthracite Heritage Day

Former Miner Raises Flag At Miners’ Memorial Park

Vulture Returns To National Aviary

Air

DEP Air Monitoring Study Of Shale Gas Sites In Limbo

DEP Issues Updated Air Quality Plan For Jessup Gas Power Plant

Pittsburgh Group Recruits Bicyclists To Help Monitor Air Quality

States Petition EPA To Limit Brunner Island Emissions

Delaware Files Court Petition Against PA On Brunner Island Power Plant

York Coal Plant Blamed For Delaware Air Pollution

Alternative Fuels

Report: Clean Energy Jobs Growing In PA

Report Claims Clean Energy Jobs Grew 15.7% In PA

Pittsburgh Firm Hopes To Capitalize On Wind Farms

Big Solar Leaves Rooftop Panels In The Dust

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Forward Thinking Creates Beckets Run Wild Plant Sanctuary

Budget

Shale Gas Impact Fees Expected To Drop Again In PA

Shale Gas Impact Fee Predicted To Fall In 2016

Mining Company Bankruptcies Jeopardizes Money For Reclamation

Cumberland Twp Supports Police With Drilling Fees

Schuylkill County Receives Greenways, Trails Grants From Impact Fees

Bradford County Invests Impact Fees In Bridge Fund

Op-Ed: Here’s How PA Can Get Smarter About Cleaning Up Our Streams, Rep. Everett

AP: Wolf Secures Budget Peace, For Now, If Not Campaign Promises

Bumsted: Budget Deal Shows PA Requires More Sunshine

Swift: Wolf Signs Tax Bill Completing State Budget

Bumsted: House, Senate Approve New Higher Taxes In $1.3B Deal

AP: PA Lawmakers Pass $1.3 Billion Budget Bailout Package

AP: Highlights Of $1.3B Revenue Plan

Murphy: How Would Revenue Package Impact Your Wallet?

Chesapeake Bay

Op-Ed: Here’s How PA Can Get Smarter About Cleaning Up Our Streams, Rep. Everett

Maryland’s Governor Calls For Ideas To Address Conowingo Dam

Maryland Governor Holds First Conowingo Dam Summit

U.S. House Votes To Restrict EPA Oversight Of Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Climate

Future Of Natural Gas Hinges On Stanching Methane Leaks

Carbon Market Expectations Meet Low Prices, Muddled Policy

PA Cities Headed For Danger Days As Temperatures Climb

Editorial: The Climate Debate, Malleable Proofs

Compliance Action

PUC Judges Recommend $5M Penalty Against Power Supplier

DEP Imposes $19,250 Penalty For Illegal Dump Fire In Washington County

Deep Mine Safety

Drill Bit Used In 2002 Mine Rescue Returning To Quecreek

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Challenges Nuclear Plant Water Withdrawal Approval

Easton Workers Remove Delaware River Riparian Buffer, Again

Delaware RiverKeeper July 15 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Philadelphia Water Will Update Lead-Testing Methods

Pittsburgh Authority Ordered To Replace Lead Water Lines

Lead Levels In Pittsburgh Drinking Water Exceed EPA Action Threshold

Allegheny Front: DEP Says Pittsburgh Must Do More To Get The Lead Out

Allegheny County Weighing Lead-Level Testing For Kids

Lancaster Adds Day Cares To Lead Hazard Ordinance

Simpler Water Test For Lead Draws Accuracy Questions

Editorial: Mandatory Lead Testing For Children No-Brainer

Superior Water Gets Permission For Well Water Withdrawal

PA To Kick In $10M For Willow Grove Water Cleanup

Navy Won’t Pay For Blood Testing Near Willow Grove

Economic Development

Report Claims Clean Energy Jobs Grew 15.7% In PA

Report: Clean Energy Jobs Growing In PA

Education

ECO Camp Helps Nurture Young Nature Lovers

Lessons Sprout From Soil, Water, Hard Work

Geologists Provide New Answers To Johnstown Flood

Energy

Report: Clean Energy Jobs Growing In PA

States Petition EPA To Limit Brunner Island Emissions

Zoning Changes On Agenda For Archbald Gas Power Plant

DEP Issues Updated Air Quality Plan For Jessup Gas Power Plant

Op-Ed: Democrats’ Vision Of Fossil Fuels Is Pure Fantasy

PUC Judges Recommend $5M Penalty Against Power Supplier

Delaware RiverKeeper Challenges Nuclear Plant Water Withdrawal Approval

Op-Ed: Another Nuke Meltdown Costly

PECO Finds New Ways To Reach Its Customers Online

Energy Conservation

Findlay To Replace Lighting With Energy-Saving Alternative

PUC Critical Of PGW’s Attempt To Curb Conservation Program

Environmental Heritage

Drill Bit Used In 2002 Mine Rescue Returning To Quecreek

July 16 Anthracite Heritage Day In PA

Geologists Provide New Answers To Johnstown Flood

Farming

Lessons Sprout From Soil, Water, Hard Work

Flooding

Torrential Rain Sparks Major Flooding In Lancaster County

FEMA Forcing Couple Out Of Their Dream Home In York

Geologists Provide New Answers To Johnstown Flood

Editorial: Geologists Fix Blame For Johnstown Flood

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

PA To Kick In $10M For Willow Grove Water Cleanup

Navy Won’t Pay For Blood Testing Near Willow Grove

Lakes

First Step Taken To Improve Conneaut Lake Water Quality

Land Conservation

Forward Thinking Creates Beckets Run Wild Plant Sanctuary

Land Recycling

Pittsburgh Reinventing An Old Industrial Site

LTV Coke Works Site Redevelopment Gets Later Start

Land Use Planning

Wolf Directs Planning Board To Consider Policies To Help Older Cities

Litter/Illegal Dumping

DEP Imposes $19,250 Penalty For Illegal Dump Fire In Washington County

A Wet & Wild Cleanup Is Coming July 18-19 In Delaware Water Gap

Mine Reclamation

AP: Regulators, Coal Industry Say Money Secure For Mine Cleanup

Mining Company Bankruptcies Jeopardizes Money For Reclamation

$30M In Federal Funding To Help Clean Up PA Abandoned Mines

Mine Reclamation Grants Could Lead To More Drinkable Water

Oil & Gas

Senate Approves Bill Weakening Drilling Regs, Wolf Will Veto

Wolf Vows To Veto Bill Blunting Marcellus Drilling Rules

Senate OKs Bill Trimming New Fracking Regulations

Op-Ed: Legislature Doing Its Work On Drilling Regs In Darkness

Conventional Drillers Still Saying No Need For New DEP Regulations

Future Of Natural Gas Hinges On Stanching Methane Leaks

DEP Air Monitoring Study Of Shale Gas Sites In Limbo

Zoning Changes On Agenda For Archbald Gas Power Plant

Shale Gas Impact Fees Expected To Drop Again In PA

Shale Gas Impact Fee Predicted To Fall In 2016

Cumberland Twp Supports Police With Drilling Fees

Bradford County Invests Impact Fees In Bridge Fund

Schuylkill County Receives Greenways, Trails Grants From Impact Fees

South Fayette Drilling Restricted To Industrial Property

PLS Reporter: Rep. Everett Talks About Minimum Royalty Bill

Fracking Foes Put Fake Feces Under DNC Donkey Art Displays

Southern Expands Gas Footprint With $1.5B Kinder Deal

Feds Proposed New Safety Rules For Oil Trains

Editorial: Implement Oil Train Rules

Unsafe Rail Tankers Could Remain In Service Despite Crashes

$10 Million Loss At Delco Refinery Is Cyclical

Gasoline Down 4 Cents In Pittsburgh Area

Pipeline

Court Hands Landowners Defeat In Sunoco Pipeline Eminent Domain Case

Court Upholds Eminent Domain In Sunoco Pipeline Case

Court Sides With Sunoco Pipeline On Utility Status

Court: Sunoco Can Take Private Property For Pipeline

Appeals Court Won’t Axe Sunoco Pipeline Condemnation

AP: Sunoco Clears 1 Legal Hurdle After Pipeline Ruling

Crable: 2nd Federal Agency Expresses Concern Over Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

Columbia Gas Opens Training Center In Beaver County

$10 Million Loss At Delco Refinery Is Cyclical

Court Told NY Can’t Veto FERC’s Constitution Pipeline OK

Recreation

Crable: Lancaster Man Seizes Last Chance To Hike Appalachian Trail

6 Philadelphia Area Hikes For Beginners

Take A Hike: How To Stay Safe On Trails This Summer

Crable: Holtwood Park, Kelly’s Run Trailhead To Re-Open In Lancaster

Op-Ed: A Busman’s Holiday On PA Trails, Davitt Woodwell, PEC

Schuylkill County Receives Greenways, Trails Grants From Impact Fees

Schuylkill River National Heritage Area Plan Open To Public Comments

More Sand Work Likely On Presque Isle Beaches

Editorial: Presque Isle Turns To Plan B For Beaches

Celebrate National Park Service’s Centennial Near Erie

Visitors Leave Tons of Trash At Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area

Paoli Battlefield Step Closer To Becoming National Landmark

Recycling/Waste

Crable: Plan To Stack Waste At Lancaster Landfill Under Microscope

Anti-Incinerator Group Meeting In Susquehanna County

Neighborhood Group Threatens To Sue Over Keystone Landfill Leachate

Environmental Groups, Utilities Eye Richmond Coal Ash Trial

Visitors Leave Tons of Trash At Delaware Water Gap Recreation Area

Cong. Cartwright Wants State Control Of Out-Of-State Trash Imports

Renewable Energy

Report Claims Clean Energy Jobs Grew 15.7% In PA

Report: Clean Energy Jobs Growing In PA

Pittsburgh Firm Hopes To Capitalize On Wind Farms

Big Solar Leaves Rooftop Panels In The Dust

Schuylkill River

Report: Clean Energy Jobs Growing In PA

Cultivating Philadelphia’s Connection With The River

Dancing Over Philly’s Hidden Schuylkill River

Stormwater

Chambersburg OKs Plan For First Green Street In Borough

Luzerne County Townships Receive Stormwater Grants

Wastewater Facilities

Cost For Fixing Sewer Overflows In Lehigh $200M

Lehigh Ratepayers To Shoulder Cost Of Sewer Improvements

28K Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers To Be Billed For Sewer Services

Water Quality Monitoring

Volunteers Wanted For Senior Environment Corps

Water Quantity

Delaware RiverKeeper Challenges Nuclear Plant Water Withdrawal Approval

Watershed Protection

Op-Ed: Here’s How PA Can Get Smarter About Cleaning Up Our Streams, Rep. Everett

Maryland’s Governor Calls For Ideas To Address Conowingo Dam

Maryland Governor Holds First Conowingo Dam Summit

Cost For Fixing Sewer Overflows In Lehigh $200M

Chambersburg OKs Plan For First Green Street In Borough

Luzerne County Townships Receive Stormwater Grants

Easton Workers Remove Delaware River Riparian Buffer, Again

First Step Taken To Improve Conneaut Lake Water Quality

Cultivating Philadelphia’s Connection With The River

Dancing Over Philly’s Hidden Schuylkill River

Delaware RiverKeeper July 15 RiverWatch Video Report

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West Nile/Zika Virus

State’s Free Zika Virus Kits Pushing Protection

PA Distributes Zika Virus Kits

PA Giving Out Zika Prevention Kits For Pregnant Women

CDC: Female To Male Zika Virus Transmission

West Nile Virus Surfaces In Lehigh County

Cumberland County Mosquito Hunter Searches For West Nile

Wildlife

Timber Rattlesnake No Longer A Candidate For Protected Status In PA

PA Takes Timber Rattlesnake Off Species Watch List

Crable: For First Time, Eagle Nests Decline In Pennsylvania

Monitored Eaglets In Allegheny County Have All Fledged

Endangered Vulture Escapes From National Aviary In Pittsburgh

National Aviary Plays Waiting Game With Vulture

Vulture Returns To National Aviary

Snyder: Proposed PA Deer Bill A Disaster (HB 2083)

Frye: Fishing To Meet Penn State Football This Fall

Butterflies Are On The Wing In Erie Region

Schneck: Video: Fireflies Flash Through The Summer Night Air

Other

Letter: Sen. Yudichak Has Been Environmental Ally

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7/18/2016

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