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Sunday NewsClips
Amish Oppose Use Of Drilling Brine On Roads
Upper Allegheny Authority’s $13M Sewer Upgrade Awaits EPA Approval
Free Tetanus Shots In Wake Of Lycoming, Sullivan Flash Floods
Philadelphia Ignores Thousands Of Lead Poisoned Kids
Wolf Announces More Funding For LIHEAP Heating Assistance
Energy Efficient Upgrades Can Increase Your Home’s Value
Swift: Penn State Scientist Provides Big Picture On Climate Change
Op-Ed: Climate Change, Missing In Action
Who Says Bikes And Cars Can’t Get Along?
PA Landowners Helping Indiana Bat Thru Spooky Declines
Air
Residents Concerned Over Air Quality Around Proposed Archbald Power Plant
Groups Ask EPA To Investigate Allegheny County Air Permit Process
Shenango Coke Works Agrees To $225K Settlement Over Air Pollution
Donora Library Plans Smog Museum Addition
Alternative Fuels
Westmoreland Bus Fleet Set For Conversion To Natural Gas
Awards & Recognition
Schuylkill Headwaters President Recognized For Watershed Effort
Natural Lands Trust President Named To Power 76 List
Budget
Waynesboro Gets $205K State Grant For Park Upgrades
Greene County Receives Grants To Extend Greene River Trail
Chesapeake Bay
Lancaster Farming: Making Stream Buffers Fruitful
Bay Journal: PA Municipalities Begin Uphill Paddle To Reach Runoff Goals
Why The Susquehanna River Looks Brown
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Climate Change
Where Should You Live To Escape Climate Change? Try State College
Compliance Action
Shenango Coke Works Agrees To $225K Settlement Over Air Pollution
Delaware River
Delaware River Salt Front At 6-Year High After Prolonged Dry Spell
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 28 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
York Water Company Finds Some Lead Contamination
Drought
Delaware River Salt Front At 6-Year High After Prolonged Dry Spell
Emergency Response
Harrisburg Street Ravaged By Sinkholes Gets Federal Disaster Money
Energy
The Power Of Electric Choice, 20 Years Later
Competition Has Brought PA Cheaper, Cleaner Power
Report Praises Results Of 20 Years Of Electric Competition
Op-Ed: Falling Prices, Not Regulation, Is What’s Killing Coal
Panda Power Fund Commissions Bradford County Natural Gas Power Plant
Marcellus Shale Power Plant Commissioned In Bradford County
Ribbon Cutting For First Of Its Kind Natural Gas Power Plant
Residents Concerned Over Air Quality Around Proposed Archbald Power Plant
PECO Gives Hospital Large Reward For Saving Energy
PECO Wants To Introduce Prepaid Power Plans
Columbia Gas Customers To Pay 7.2% More Dec. 19
Some Consol Retirees Give Up, Others Fight For Healthcare
Energy Conservation
Big Energy Users Seek Energy Efficiency Exemption
Crable: U.S. Calls For Switchover To LED Light Bulbs To Save Energy
Flooding
Wolf: Upstate Flood Damage Fails To Meet Federal Aid Threshold
Forests
Peak Colors Coming To Southwestern PA This Week
Last Chance To Peep Fall Foliage In Erie This Weekend
It’s Good To See The Green, Green Leaves Of Home
If You Think There Are A Lot Of Acorns Around, You’re Not Nuts
Green Infrastructure
Congratulations To Philadelphia Water For 5 Years Of Green City, Clean Waters
Bay Journal: PA Municipalities Begin Uphill Paddle To Reach Runoff Goals
Land Conservation
Natural Lands Trust President Named To Power 76 List
Land Recycling
Loan Jump-Starts Development Of LTV Steel Site In Hazelwood
Mine Reclamation
Pittsburgh Botanic Garden Brims With Life After Mine Land Cleanup
AP: New Uses For Waste Coal In Pennsylvania
Oil & Gas
Battle Over Pennsylvania’s New Drilling Rules Continues
Judge Weighs Whether To Put New Drilling Rules On Hold
Doctors Group Calls For Moratorium On Fracking In PA
Natural Gas Royalty Bill Dies In The House, Supporters Won’t Give Up
Shell To Pay $7M To PHMC To Create Online Historical Database
Westmoreland Bus Fleet Set For Conversion To Natural Gas
Panda Power Fund Commissions Bradford County Natural Gas Power Plant
Marcellus Shale Power Plant Commissioned In Bradford County
Ribbon Cutting For First Of Its Kind Natural Gas Power Plant
2 New Natural Gas Processing Plants Move Forward In Western PA
Supporters Of PA One Call Reform Laments Passage Of Bare Minimum Bill
PUC OKs Settlement With PECO On Coatesville House Explosion
Columbia Gas Customers To Pay 7.2% More Dec. 19
EQT Expands Marcellus Shale Holdings
Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices To Rise Over Next Year
Pipelines
AP: Washed-Out Bridge Blamed For Pipeline Rupture, Gasoline Spill
AP: Spill From Gasoline Pipeline Has Had No Impact On Water So Far
No Gasoline Detected Yet In River From Lycoming Pipeline Spill
Officials: No Drinking Water Impact By Sunoco Pipeline Spill
In Wake Of Sunoco Pipeline Spill, Cleanup, Monitoring Underway
Crable: Lancaster Farm, Air Pollution Cause Delay In Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Atlantic Sunrise Opponents Rally In Lancaster
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Company Awards Local Grants
Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Builder Gives 6 Grants In Lancaster
EPA Pressures FERC Over Leach Xpress Pipeline Assessment
PA One Call Utility Safety Program Extended Without Expanding It
Swift: Updated Natural Gas Lines Bill Faces Urgency In Legislature
Recreation
Peak Colors Coming To Southwestern PA This Week
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Greene County Receives Grants To Extend Greene River Trail
New Trails Dedicated In Erie’s McClelland Park
Waynesboro Gets $205K State Grant For Park Upgrades
Recycling/Waste
NJ Garbage Hauling Company Is Top Turnpike Toll Violator
Scranton, Authority, Landfill Don’t Want Group In Court On Leachate Issue
House Defeats Plan To Ban Fees On Single Use Plastic Bags
Regulations
Wolf Vetoes Bill Giving Legislators More Control Over Regulations
Renewable Energy
PUC Adopts Changes to Alternative Energy Regulation
Crable: Lancaster County Tops In State For Solar Panels
Renewable Energy Electric Projects Outpace Non-Renewable In 2015
Renewables Made Up Half Of Net Electricity Capacity Added Last Year
Schuylkill River
Schuylkill Headwaters President Recognized For Watershed Effort
Stormwater
Congratulations To Philadelphia Water For 5 Years Of Green City, Clean Waters
Bay Journal: PA Municipalities Begin Uphill Paddle To Reach Runoff Goals
Susquehanna River
Why The Susquehanna River Looks Brown
Panelists Discuss Health Of Susquehanna River After Fish Decline
Wastewater Facilities
Help On The Way For ALOSAN Customers Struggling With Rate Increases
Scranton, Authority, Landfill Don’t Want Group In Court On Leachate Issue
Watershed Protection
AP: Dunkard Creek Recovery Effort Will Take Years After Fish Kill
Lancaster Farming: Making Stream Buffers Fruitful
Bay Journal: PA Municipalities Begin Uphill Paddle To Reach Runoff Goals
Why The Susquehanna River Looks Brown
Panelists Discuss Health Of Susquehanna River After Fish Decline
Congratulations To Philadelphia Water For 5 Years Of Green City, Clean Waters
Delaware River Salt Front At 6-Year High After Prolonged Dry Spell
Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 28 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Ospreys On Their Way Off PA Threatened Species List
Panelists Discuss Health Of Susquehanna River After Fish Decline
Lake Monster Raystown Ray Now Swims To Own Theme Song
Airplane Hits Deer On Takeoff, But Lands Safely In Lancaster
Arby’s To Sell Venison Sandwiches In PA
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