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Sunday NewsClips

Fox News: EPA’s Pruitt Says States Have The Resources To Do The Job

New EPA Study Shows High Levels Of Lead In Laureldale, Near Reading

How The EPA Lead Study Was Done

Pittsburgh Water Authority Tables Director’s Contract

Outrageous: Dimock Plaintiff Reacts To Judge Voiding $4.24M Award

Editorial: Markets Will Support Natural Gas Severance Tax To Address Deficit

Editorial: Cons, Pros Of A Big Petrochemical Plant

Man Losing Battle With PPL To Keep Electricity His Sick Wife Needs

Erie Council Expected To OK Hearing On Urban Farming

More Benches Coming To Back Mountain Trail In Luzerne

PA Is Lyme Disease Leader, Worst Year Could Be Ahead

Crable: Vets Find Peace On The Water

Schneck: Trout Opener About Average Across Central PA

Rain Gives Fish Upper Hand At Trout Season Opener

Sunday The Feds

Fox News: EPA’s Pruitt Says States Have The Resources To Do The Job

PA Officials Push To Save Heating Assistance Program

EPA Chief: There Is Climate Warming, How Much Do We Contribute To It?

Federal Policy

Fox News: EPA’s Pruitt Says States Have The Resources To Do The Job

New Documents Reveal Even Deeper Cuts To EPA Staff, Programs

In PA, Trump’s Climate Order Met With Anger, Relief

Energy Companies In PA Still Plan Shift Away From Coal

Here’s What Western PA Folks Said About Trump’s Order On Coal

Trump Climate/Coal Order Evokes Praise, Skepticism From PA Reps

Company Secures $700M To Build Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria

Editorial: Fracking Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Forest In Downtown Pittsburgh? Plan Would Put Trees, Shrubs On Skyscrapers

Editorial: A Worthy Vision For A Verdant Downtown Pittsburgh

Trump Moves To Dismantle Obama’s Climate Legacy With Executive Order

Trump Tosses Obama’s Clean Energy Plan, Embraces Coal

AP: Trump Order Rolls Back Obama’s Anti-Global Warming Projects

Policy Shift Helps Coal, But Market, Other Forces May Limit Effect

AP: Look At How Trump’s Moves On Coal Will Affect The Industry

Coal Mining Jobs Trump Would Bring Back No Longer Exist

AP: Easing Coal Rules Unlikely To Make U.S. Energy Independent

Fortune: ExxonMobil Wants Trump To Stick With Paris Climate Deal

The Only Certainty In Trump’s Climate Orders? More Lawsuits

EPA Mistakenly Sends Press Release Criticizing Trump’s Climate Order

Apple, Wal-Mart Stick With Climate Pledges Despite Trump’s Pivot

Trump Critics On Climate Policy Hope CEOs Can Sway Him

Op-Ed: Climate Progress, With Or Without Trump, Bloomberg

Op-Ed: Trump’s Coal Policy Will Likely Do Just What Obama’s Did- Nothing

Op-Ed: Trump’s Climate Order Jeopardizes Our National Security

Pruitt’s Comments On Carbon Dioxide May Have Violated EPA Scientific Policy

Green Groups Vow War Over Climate Rollback

Philly Energy Group Excited By Trump Executive Order Rolling Back Regulations

Energy Companies May Pay More To Drill, Mine On Federal Land

Congressional Climate Panel To Feature Penn State Prof

Republican Conservationists Buck Trump On Climate Change

What Trump Misses About Energy Jobs In America

Trump’s Energy Efficiency Cuts Would Exact Hefty Price

Trump Budget Cuts Harm Loyal Supporters In PA Coal Country

Editorial: Trump Wants Flood-Threatened Americans To Pay For His Wall

U.S. House Votes To Restrict EPA’s Use Of Scientific Studies

Green Groups Sue Trump Over Keystone Pipeline

Will Trump Sink Harrisburg’s Plan To Transform Sinkhole-Ravaged Block?

Air

VW To Pay Over $157M To Settle Emissions Claims By 10 States

Alternative Fuels

York County’s First CNG Fueling Station Opens

Awards & Recognition

Loyalhanna Watershed Farm Honored For Green, Sustainable Practices

Shawnee State Park Awarded Park Of The Year By Parks & Forests Foundation

SBA Honors Denver, PA Gypsum-Recycling Company

Beautification

Science Expo For Do-Gooders At Philly’s Northeast High School

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Scientists Fighting To Keep Out Invasive Lanternfly

Endangered Bats’ Nesting Site Cleared In Allegheny County To Protect The Bats

Crable: Bumble Bee, Once Common In Lancaster, Now Endangered

Editorial: This Bumblebee Needs Protection For Humans’ Sake

Editorial: It’s Vital We Address The Plight Of The Bumblebee

Budget

Fox News: EPA’s Pruitt Says States Have The Resources To Do The Job

PA’s Recycling Fee Nears Expiration, State Eyes Overhaul

Court Says Shale Driller Does Not Owe $500K In Impact Fees

Pittsburgh Mayor: $411M To Replace Lead Water Service Lines

Pittsburgh Seeking State Funding To Replace Lead Water Service Lines

New Documents Reveal Even Deeper Cuts To EPA Staff, Programs

Op-Ed: EPA Cuts Would Endanger Public Health

Trump Budget Cuts Harm Loyal Supporters In PA Coal Country

PUC Asks Congress To Ignore Trump Budget On LIHEAP, Weatherization

Chesapeake Bay

Editorial: Saving The Chesapeake Bay

Crable: Columbia High Students Tackle Hands-On Lessons By Raising Trout

Another Scranton Homeowner Sues City Claiming Stormwater Damage

Rain Causes Stormwater Problems In Scranton

Bay Journal: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hangs It Up For Politics

Editorial: Pass RECLAIM Mine Reclamation Initiative In Congress

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Climate

Forest In Downtown Pittsburgh?  Plan Would Put Trees, Shrubs On Skyscrapers

Watershed Groups To Plant Trees Along Turtle Creek In Monroeville

In PA, Trump’s Climate Order Met With Anger, Relief

Energy Companies In PA Still Plan Shift Away From Coal

Here’s What Western PA Folks Said About Trump’s Order On Coal

Trump Climate/Coal Order Evokes Praise, Skepticism From PA Reps

Company Secures $700M To Build Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria

Editorial: Fracking Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Forest In Downtown Pittsburgh? Plan Would Put Trees, Shrubs On Skyscrapers

Editorial: A Worthy Vision For A Verdant Downtown Pittsburgh

Trump Moves To Dismantle Obama’s Climate Legacy With Executive Order

Trump Tosses Obama’s Clean Energy Plan, Embraces Coal

Pruitt’s Comments On Carbon Dioxide May Have Violated EPA Scientific Policy

Green Groups Vow War Over Climate Rollback

AP: Trump Order Rolls Back Obama’s Anti-Global Warming Projects

Policy Shift Helps Coal, But Market, Other Forces May Limit Effect

AP: Look At How Trump’s Moves On Coal Will Affect The Industry

AP: Easing Coal Rules Unlikely To Make U.S. Energy Independent

Fortune: ExxonMobil Wants Trump To Stick With Paris Climate Deal

The Only Certainty In Trump’s Climate Orders? More Lawsuits

EPA Mistakenly Sends Press Release Criticizing Trump’s Climate Order

Apple, Wal-Mart Stick With Climate Pledges Despite Trump’s Pivot

Trump Critics On Climate Policy Hope CEOs Can Sway Him

Op-Ed: Climate Progress, With Or Without Trump, Bloomberg

Op-Ed: Trump’s Coal Policy Will Likely Do Just What Obama’s Did- Nothing

Op-Ed: Trump’s Climate Order Jeopardizes Our National Security

AP: U.S. House Hearing On Climate Focuses On Name Calling

Congressional Climate Panel To Feature Penn State Prof

Republican Conservationists Buck Trump On Climate Change

What Trump Misses About Energy Jobs In America

A Conservative Still Pushing For A Carbon Tax

Forests’ Role In Climate Mitigation Bigger Than Previously Thought

Micek: Sen. Wagner Explains Climate Change

PA Senator Blames Body Heat For Global Warming

Coal Mining

Coal Miners Seek Help From Congress As Health, Pension Benefits Expire

Here’s What Western PA Folks Said About Trump’s Order On Coal

Trump Climate/Coal Order Evokes Praise, Skepticism From PA Reps

U.S. Coal Boss Murray: Trump Can’t Bring Mining Jobs Back

Policy Shift Helps Coal, But Market, Other Forces May Limit Effect

AP: Look At How Trump’s Moves On Coal Will Affect The Industry

AP: Easing Coal Rules Unlikely To Make U.S. Energy Independent

Coal Mining Jobs Trump Would Bring Back No Longer Exist

Moody’s: Coal’s Comeback is Not Going To Happen

Op-Ed: Trump’s Coal Policy Will Likely Do Just What Obama’s Did- Nothing

Trump Budget Cuts Harm Loyal Supporters In PA Coal Country

Energy Companies May Pay More To Drill, Mine On Federal Land

Freeport Property Tabbed For Development Being Strip Mined

Compliance Actions

Report: Drilling Companies Often Get Slap-On-The-Wrist Fines

Judge Throws Out $4M Tainted-Water Award To Dimock Shale-Gas Families

Judge Cancels Jury Award To Dimock Families, Orders New Trial

VW To Pay Over $157M To Settle Emissions Claims By 10 States

Delaware River

AP: Landowners To Continue Fight To Drill In Delaware Watershed

DRBC Considers New Fish Rule To Mark Gains In Water Quality

Delaware Reservoir Management In Flux: Inflexible On Flexible Flow?

Delaware RiverKeeper March 31 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Pittsburgh Mayor: $411M To Replace Lead Water Service Lines

Pittsburgh Mayor Talks About Cost Of Fixing Pittsburgh’s Water Problems

Pittsburgh Seeks Firm For Filters To Remove Lead From Water

Pittsburgh To Restructure City’s Water, Sewer System

Allegheny Controller Calls On Pittsburgh Mayor To Prioritize Lead Service Line Replacement

Fmr Pittsburgh Water Authority Management Company Blasts City Audit

Pittsburgh Council Member Calls For Federal Investigation Into Water Issues

Can Families In Pittsburgh Afford To Get Lead Out Of Their Water?

Pittsburgh Seeking State Funding To Replace Lead Water Service Lines

Hidden Poison: Digging Into Pittsburgh’s Lead Problem

How Pittsburgh Water Samples Are Tested For Lead

Editorial: Mayor Right To Assert Himself On Pittsburgh Water Authority

When Elevated Lead Levels Aren’t Enough For Allegheny County To Help Kids

Lead In Pittsburgh’s Soil Is A Big Problem

Corry To Receive $160K Grant For Water System Improvements

Behrend Student Collects 1,000s Of Bottles Of Water For Flint, MI

Dealing With Lead Problems From Paint Stalled In Lancaster

Economic Development

Philly’s $1 Billion Green Jobs Plan Slowly Taking Shape

Manufacturers Share Gameplan For SW PA Renaissance At Shale Summit

Sustainable Pittsburgh Asks Shell To Study Cracker’s Environmental Footprint

Group Calls On Shell To Participate In Sustainability Study For Cracker Plant

Freeport Property Tabbed For Development Being Strip Mined

Education

Crable: Columbia High Students Tackle Hands-On Lessons By Raising Trout

Science Expo For Do-Gooders At Philly’s Northeast High School

Emergency Response

Northeast PA Counties Seeking Federal Disaster Aid For Snow Storm

Energy

PJM Says More Natural Gas Power Generation Won’t Hurt Reliability

PJM Study Finds Electric Grid Can Remain Reliable With More Gas, Renewables

PJM: Growth Of Natural Gas No Threat To Power Grid’s Reliability

Report: Regional Power Grid Can Handle Much More Gas, Renewables

Electric Grid Operator Questions Reliability In Shift To Gas-Powered Generation

As Coal, Nuclear Plants Shutter, PJM Eyes Energy Grid’s Future

Company Secures $700M To Build Natural Gas Power Plant In Cambria

Philly’s $1 Billion Green Jobs Plan Slowly Taking Shape

Swift: Nuclear Energy Caucus Forms In Challenging Times

FirstEnergy Exec Calls For Urgent Nuclear Power Plant Bailout

Activists Ask NY Governor To Halt Nuclear Plant Subsidies

AP: Ripples From U.S. Nuclear Plant Closings Overwhelm Small Towns

Toshiba Approves Westinghouse Bankruptcy Filing

Cash-Strapped Westinghouse Sees Hope In Service, Fuels

PPL Fighting Cyberattacks CEO Says

PPL: Don’t Use Our Nightlights, Might Catch On Fire

Talen Looking To Unload Energy-Contracting Arm

Union Ratifies 5-Year Labor Contract With PPL

Penn Students Stage Sit In Over Fossil Fuel Investments

Op-Ed: Realistic Energy Options, Answer Isn’t Blowing In The Wind

Philly Energy Group Excited By Trump Executive Order Rolling Back Regulations

Energy Conservation

Philly’s $1 Billion Green Jobs Plan Slowly Taking Shape

PUC Asks Congress To Ignore Trump Budget On LIHEAP, Weatherization

Why Updating Pennsylvania’s Building Codes Are Important, Act Now

Scranton Schools To Receive Energy Upgrade

How To Lower Your Energy Bill

Trump’s Energy Efficiency Cuts Would Exact Hefty Price

Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice Will Be Focus Of DEP Statewide Listening Tour

Erie To Host DEP Listening Session On Environmental Justice April 27

Farming

Editorial: This Bumblebee Needs Protection For Humans’ Sake

Flooding

Minor Flooding Possible As Susquehanna River Rises Over Weekend

Susquehanna River To Crest Below Flood Stage

Flood Warning Along Brandywine As Rain Sets Daily Record

Editorial: Trump Wants Flood-Threatened Americans To Pay For His Wall

Forests

Forest In Downtown Pittsburgh?  Plan Would Put Trees, Shrubs On Skyscrapers

Scientists Fighting To Keep Out Invasive Lanternfly

What Can We Blame For The Surge In Lyme Disease?

Forest Fire Lookout Towers Help First Responders Keep Watch

Forest Fire Lookout Towers To Be Replaced In Wyoming County

AP: Forest Fire Lookout Towers Help First Responders During Fire Season

Geology

Will Trump Sink Harrisburg’s Plan To Transform Sinkhole-Ravaged Block?

Green Infrastructure

Want To Be An Ambassador For Water Issues In Philadelphia?  Tell Us Why

Rain Barrels Keep Gardens Green, Reduce Rainwater Runoff, PRC Workshops

Watershed Groups To Plant Trees Along Turtle Creek In Monroeville

Editorial: Pass RECLAIM Mine Reclamation Initiative In Congress

Health

Pennsylvania: How Healthy Is Your County?

Only 5 Counties Statewide Are Less Healthy Than Luzerne County

Erie County’s Health Ranking Tumbles

Lehigh Valley Residents Slip In Annual Ranking

Philly Region’s Counties Ranked By Health, Or Is It Wealth?

Editorial: Let Erie County Health Stats Be Call To Action

History - Environmental

Crable: Tuesday Marks 38th Anniversary Of TMI Nuclear Accident

McKelvey: Three Mile Island: A Look Back At The Accident, Aftermath

The Partial Meltdown At TMI Was 38 Years Ago

Land Recycling

EPA Poised To OK Sands Casino Site Brownfield Redevelopments

Litter/Illegal Dumping

Reports Of Illegal Dumping Rise, Can Philly Bring New Solutions To Old Problem?

Science Expo For Do-Gooders At Philly’s Northeast High School

Sign Up Now For City Of Harrisburg Litter Cleanup April 22

Mine Reclamation

Editorial: Pass RECLAIM Mine Reclamation Initiative In Congress

Oil & Gas

AP: Landowners To Continue Fight To Drill In Delaware Watershed

AP: Drillers: Permit Limbo Hurts PA’s Competitiveness

Report: Drilling Companies Often Get Slap-On-The-Wrist Fines

PA OKs New Injection Wells For Drilling Wastewater

PA Approves 2 Injection Wells For Drilling Wastewater

Deep Injection Wells Approved For Indiana, Elk Counties

Crable: 2 Drilling Waste Underground Injection Wells Approved By PA

DEP Sues 2 Towns That Banned Frackwater Disposal Injection Wells

DEP Sues Townships Over Banning Drilling Waste Injection Wells

Outrage After DEP Sues Towns That Banned Frack Water Disposal Wells

Is Wolf Flip-Flopping On Shale Industry? New DEP Lawsuits Prompt Questions

McKelvey: Restoring Notice In Law Of Drilling Water Spills Could Take Years

Judge Throws Out $4M Tainted-Water Award To Dimock Shale-Gas Families

Judge Cancels Jury Award To Dimock Families, Orders New Trial

Court Says Shale Driller Does Not Owe $500K In Impact Fees

PJM Says More Natural Gas Power Generation Won’t Hurt Reliability

PJM Study Finds Electric Grid Can Remain Reliable With More Gas, Renewables

PJM: Growth Of Natural Gas No Threat To Power Grid’s Reliability

Report: Regional Power Grid Can Handle Much More Gas, Renewables

Electric Grid Operator Questions Reliability In Shift To Gas-Powered Generation

As Coal, Nuclear Plants Shutter, PJM Eyes Energy Grid’s Future

Rostraver Township To Adopt Marcellus Shale Drilling Ordinance

York County’s First CNG Fueling Station Opens

Range Resources Contractors Rescue 99-Year Old Fall Victim

Manufacturers Share Gameplan For SW PA Renaissance At Shale Summit

Oil, Gas Upswing Energizing Southwest PA

Sustainable Pittsburgh Asks Shell To Study Cracker’s Environmental Footprint

Group Calls On Shell To Participate In Sustainability Study For Cracker Plant

Shell Complex In Louisiana Provides Blueprint For Beaver County Plant

Op-Ed: What To Make Of Wolf’s Mixed Signals On Marcellus Shale?

Sen. Wagner Keynotes For Natural Gas Advocates In Harrisburg

Shell Complex In Louisiana Provides Blueprint For Beaver County Plant

Oil Giants Upending American Shale Turf

Maryland Declares Fracking Too Hazardous, Won’t Allow It

Attytood: A GOP Governor Next Door Banned Fracking, Why Can’t Us?

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Continue Rare Springtime Decline

Fortune: ExxonMobil Wants Trump To Stick With Paris Climate Deal

Energy Companies May Pay More To Drill, Mine On Federal Land

Pipelines

Laurel Pipeline: A Gasoline War Looms In Pennsylvania

Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Opponents Breaking Camp For Now

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Developer Sues Over Easements

Op-Ed: Pipelines Safer Way to Transport Natural Gas, Create Jobs

3 Potential FERC Nominees Bring Business, Energy Backgrounds

Oil In Dakota Access Pipeline

Green Groups Sue Trump Over Keystone Pipeline

Recreation

Loyalhanna Watershed Farm Honored For Green, Sustainable Practices

Shawnee State Park Awarded Park Of The Year By Parks & Forests Foundation

61-Year-Old Dirty Girls Tackling Entire PA Section Of Appalachian Trail

June 3-9 Schuylkill River Sojourn Registration Now Open

New Recreation Areas Planned For Loyalhanna, Conemaugh Lakes

PA State Parks Expand Program To Welcome Pets At Campsites

$200K State Grant Will Help Make Braddock Urban Park Possible

Recycling/Waste

PA’s Recycling Fee Nears Expiration, State Eyes Overhaul

AP: Overhaul Eyed As State’s Recycling Fee Nears Expiration

SBA Honors Denver, PA Gypsum-Recycling Company

Allentown E-Waste Recycling Company Is Sold

Few Aware Of 3.8M Pounds Of CRT Waste Stored By Nulife In Grove City

Nulife Forced To Remove Tons Of TVs, Monitors From Erie Area Warehouses

Judge Hears Arguments In Keystone Landfill Expansion Case

DEP Confirms Leachate Spill At Keystone Landfill

Editorial: NE PA Needs Federal TRASH Act To Limit Waste Imports

Pen Argyl Opposes Proposed Slate Belt Sludge-Conversion Plant

Renewable Energy

Philly’s $1 Billion Green Jobs Plan Slowly Taking Shape

Op-Ed: Realistic Energy Options, Answer Isn’t Blowing In The Wind

Schuylkill River

June 3-9 Schuylkill River Sojourn Registration Now Open

Stormwater

Rain Barrels Keep Gardens Green, Reduce Rainwater Runoff, PRC Workshops

Another Scranton Homeowner Sues City Claiming Stormwater Damage

Rain Causes Stormwater Problems In Scranton

Sustainability

Sustainable Pittsburgh Asks Shell To Study Cracker’s Environmental Footprint

Group Calls On Shell To Participate In Sustainability Study For Cracker Plant

Wastewater Facilities

Crews Respond To Sewage Spill Into Monacacy Creek

Editorial: Require Disclosure Of Fees Associated With Scranton Sewer Sale

Editorial: Scranton Sewer Sale Legal Fees Rooted In Politics

Watershed Protection

Editorial: Pass RECLAIM Mine Reclamation Initiative In Congress

Editorial: Saving The Chesapeake Bay

Watershed Groups To Plant Trees Along Turtle Creek In Monroeville

Rain Barrels Keep Gardens Green, Reduce Rainwater Runoff, PRC Workshops

Want To Be An Ambassador For Water Issues In Philadelphia?  Tell Us Why

Crable: Columbia High Students Tackle Hands-On Lessons By Raising Trout

Another Scranton Homeowner Sues City Claiming Stormwater Damage

Rain Causes Stormwater Problems In Scranton

Loyalhanna Watershed Farm Honored For Green, Sustainable Practices

B, ay Journal: Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Hangs It Up For Politics

DRBC Considers New Fish Rule To Mark Gains In Water Quality

Delaware Reservoir Management In Flux: Inflexible On Flexible Flow?

Delaware RiverKeeper March 31 RiverWatch Video Report

June 3-9 Schuylkill River Sojourn Registration Now Open

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Wildlife

Schneck: Ready For Trout Opening Day April 1?

Schneck: What’s New This Year In PA Trout Fishing?

Schneck: Managing Trout In Pennsylvania

Schneck: How 3.15 Million Trout Get Into PA’s Waters

Is It Safe To Eat Fish In Philly-Area Waterways?

Crable: Columbia High Students Tackle Hands-On Lessons By Raising Trout

Schneck: Meetings Set On Changes To Bass Fishing In Susquehanna, Juniata Rivers

DRBC Considers New Fish Rule To Mark Gains In Water Quality

Cuddling Bear Cubs Part Of Game Commission’s Annual Bear Count

Schneck: Unruly Hanover Bald Eagle Chicks Challenging Parents

Reports: Eaglet Might Be In Pittsburgh Nest

Pittsburgh Eagles Welcome Chick After Losing Nest

Schneck: When Will Hummingbirds Return To PA?

What Can We Blame For The Surge In Lyme Disease?

Endangered Bats’ Nesting Site Cleared In Allegheny County To Protect The Bats

Crable: Bumble Bee, Once Common In Lancaster, Now Endangered

Editorial: This Bumblebee Needs Protection For Humans’ Sake

Editorial: It’s Vital We Address The Plight Of The Bumblebee

Other

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4/3/2017

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