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Senate Resolution OK’d To Identify Environmental Laws More Stringent Than Federal

Sunday NewsClips

Oil And Gas Trade Group Seeks To Halt Drilling Rules

Court Ruling Leaves Holes In PA Drilling Law

Editorial: Court Ruling Will Help Drilling Industry In Long Run

Hayes: Proposed GG III Down Payment On Conservation Funding

Judge Denies Class Action For Natural Gas Royalty Suit

Berwick Nuclear Plant Safely Shutdown For Repairs

Centre County Water Contains Carcinogen, Group Says

Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 30 RiverWatch Video Report

U.S. Getting Closer To Clinton’s Vision Of Clean Energy Superpower

Curious Plan To Fight Climate Change: Buy Mines, Sell Coal

Editorial: China’s Coal Output Increases, And Signs Climate Agreement

Excessive Electric Fee Baffled Slatington Couple

Erie Native Heads Fish & Boat Commission’s Communication Division

Air

No Permit?  No Problem For Air Polluters Around Pittsburgh

Glatfelter Among Worst Air Polluters

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Online Tool Helps Fight Great Lakes Invasive Species

Quarantine Area Expands For Spotted Lanternfly

State Trying To Gain Upper Hand Against Spotted Lanternfly

Budget

Killion Pushes Bid To Spend $315M On Conservation, Recreation

CBF-PA Urges Legislators To ID Funding Source For GG III To Make It Meaningful

Swift: House Committee Advances Hunting, Fishing License Fee Bills

Congress Passes Water Resources Bill To Replace Ohio River Locks

Chesapeake Bay

Crable: Exelon To Pay Lancaster County $225K Annually For Farm Conservation Measures

2015 Chesapeake Bay Water Quality 4th Best Since 1985

Chambersburg Students Explore Lakes, Streams

Podcast: CBF, Future Farmers Talk About Farm Mentors

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Climate

Federal Court Hears Arguments In EPA Clean Power Plan Case

Federal Court Considers Obama’s Clean Power Plan

States Feud Over EPA Clean Power Plan In Federal Court

Obama’s Climate Change Legacy At Stake In Clean Power Plan

U.S. Emissions Set To Miss 2025 Target In Paris Climate Change Deal

Editorial: Perfect Storm On Climate

Editorial: Climate Change, Threat Is Real

Delaware River

Mussel Concern Slowing Port Jervis Kayaking Park Project On Delaware

Drinking Water

14 Water Fountains In Pittsburgh Schools Test Positive For Lead

Drought

Summer Drought Could Mean Drab Fall In PA

Economic Development

Lehigh Chamber Panel: Environment, Economy Can Work In Harmony

Education

Chambersburg Students Explore Lakes, Streams

Connecting Citizen Scientists To Watersheds In The Brandywine

Schneck: What Does Friday’s Black Moon Mean?

Environment Erie Offering Green Home Workshop

Energy

AP: International Film Crews Focus On PA Coal Miners

Metallurgical Coal Sector Experiences Price Bounce

Op-Ed: Like Whale Oil, Coal And Energy Source Of The Past

Op-Ed: Commonwealth’s Environmental Responsibility On Energy

Invenergy Power Plant Offers Lackawanna College Scholarships

Talen Shut Down Nuclear Plant To Fix Turbine Blade Cracks

Riverstone’s Plan To Cut $100M In Costs At Talen Energy

PUC Judges: Smart Meters Are Not Unsafe

Environmental Heritage

PA Anthracite Museum Revises Visitor Hours

Farming

PASA Education Event: Productive Riparian Buffers Oct. 15

Crable: Exelon To Pay Lancaster County $225K Annually For Farm Conservation Measures

Rep. Sturla Wants To Outlaw Cattle Standing In Streams

Dairy Farmers See Organic Label As Way To Pay The Bills

Flooding

Pittsburgh Floodgate Repairs To Take Weeks

Pittsburgh Officials To Report On Malfunctioning Floodgates

Homes, Lives Being Rebuilt A Month After Fayette Floods

Forests

Forecast Calls For Brilliant Fall Foliage

Summer Drought Could Mean Drab Fall In PA

Erie Region Fall Foliage Expected To Peak Mid-October

Editorial: Remember To Revel In Brilliant Fall Foliage

State Trying To Gain Upper Hand Against Spotted Lanternfly

Green Infrastructure

Pittsburgh Green First Stormwater Plan Expected By End Of 2016

Philadelphia Green City, Clean Waters Transforms Lot Into Community Gem

Growing Greener

Killion Pushes Bid To Spend $315M On Conservation, Recreation

CBF-PA Urges Legislators To ID Funding Source For GG III To Make It Meaningful

Land Conservation

342-Acre Conservation Easement Marks 2nd Largest For Berks Nature

Land Recycling

LTV Site Redevelopment In Pittsburgh Seeks Restart On Tax Break

Oil & Gas

PA Supreme Court Says Act 13 Drilling Law Gave Industry Special Treatment

PA Supreme Court Sides With Environmentalists On Drilling Law Issues

AP: Court Blocks Pro-Industry Provisions Of Drilling Law

High Court Strikes Down PA Law On Shale Gas

Portions Of Act 13 Drilling Law Struck Down As Unconstitutional

Allegheny Front: Court Rules With Environmentalists On Drilling Law

Keeping It Real On PA Supreme Court Act 13 Decision

Court Gives Legislature 6 Months To Fix Drilling Law

Attorney For PUC Says Small Cadre Trying To Kill Gas Industry

Editorial: Court Affirms Public Interest In Drilling Law Ruling

PA’s New Oil & Gas Regs Could Scare Off Industry Attorneys Say

Range Drilling Pad Approved Near Fort Cherry Schools

Peters Twp Council Hears Concerns About Drilling

Maryland Drilling Regs Feature Enhanced Buffers Around Wells

Swift: Landowners Rally For Gas Royalty Bill

Oil & Gas Royalty Advocates Rally At State Capitol

AP: In Gas Drilling Country, Honeymoon Is Over On Royalties

PA Landowners Fuming Over Gas Drilling Royalties

Farmers Angered By Deductions To Gas Royalties

Invenergy Power Plant Offers Lackawanna College Scholarships

Rice Energy To Ramp Up Gas Leasing In Greene County

Rice Energy To Acquire Vantage Energy For $2.7 Billion

DTE Energy Spends $1.3B For Natural Gas Assets In 2 States

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Stay Flat

Pipelines

Trade Groups Call For Buildout Of PA Pipeline Projects

Sunoco Expands West Texas Crude Pipeline Network

FERC Urged To Take Another Look At PennEast Pipeline Plan

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Nears Final Steps For Approval

Delco Twp Gives Go-Ahead To Mariner East 2 Pipeline, But

Recreation

Mussel Concern Slowing Port Jervis Kayaking Park Project On Delaware

Forecast Calls For Brilliant Fall Foliage

Summer Drought Could Mean Drab Fall In PA

Erie Region Fall Foliage Expected To Peak Mid-October

Editorial: Remember To Revel In Brilliant Fall Foliage

Take Five Friday With Pam, PA Parks & Forest Foundation

Full Funding Secured For Phase I Of Philadelphia’s Rail Park

State Awards $3.5M For Philadelphia Reading Viaduct Rail Park

Schneck: PA’s October Stargazing Events

Rain Doesn’t Dampen Fun At Pittsburgh Underwear Bike Ride

Recycling/Waste

PRC Recycled Art Exhibit At Pittsburgh’s Re-New Festival

Stormwater

Pittsburgh Green First Stormwater Plan Expected By End Of 2016

Sustainability

Heinz Endowments, Pittsburgh Forge New Model Of Urban Growth

Wastewater Facilities

Abington Sewer Agency To Hold Grand Opening Of Upgraded Facility

Watershed Protection

Killion Pushes Bid To Spend $315M On Conservation, Recreation

CBF-PA Urges Legislators To ID Funding Source For GG III To Make It Meaningful

Crable: Exelon To Pay Lancaster County $225K Annually For Farm Conservation Measures

PASA Education Event: Productive Riparian Buffers Oct. 15

2015 Chesapeake Bay Water Quality 4th Best Since 1985

Chambersburg Students Explore Lakes, Streams

Rep. Sturla Wants To Outlaw Cattle Standing In Streams

Podcast: CBF, Future Farmers Talk About Farm Mentors

Philadelphia Green City, Clean Waters Transforms Lot Into Community Gem

Connecting Citizen Scientists To Watersheds In The Brandywine

Pittsburgh Green First Stormwater Plan Expected By End Of 2016

Delaware RiverKeeper Sept. 23 RiverWatch Video Report

Online Tool Helps Fight Great Lakes Invasive Species

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Water Resources

Steel Industry Uses Billions Of Gallons Of PA Water

Wildlife

Crable: Famed Lancaster Birdwatcher Ted Parker III Memorialized

2 Waterways Designated Wild Trout Streams In Luzerne

TU Helped Get More Streams Added To Wild Trout List

Frye: Deer, Habitat Bill Debated In House Committee

Declining Rattlesnake Species To Get Federal Protection

How To Plant For The Birds

How To Help Monarch Butterflies Without Killing Them

West Nile/Zika Virus

First Human Case Of West Nile Virus In Lancaster County

Other

Arnold Palmer, Legend Who Reshaped Golf, Dies At 87

Arnold Palmer Golf Courses Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Courses

Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve At Saint Vincent College

Legislators Consider Lifelines As PA’s One Call Bill Nears Sunset

Schneck: What Does Friday’s Black Moon Mean?

Bethlehem Condemns 3 Homes Due To Sinkhole

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10/3/2016

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