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Cusick: Senate Confirms McDonnell As Environmental Secretary
Sunday NewsClips
Rachel Carson Homestead Hosts Party For Conservationists’ 110th Birthday
PEC: Environmental Leaders Honored At 2017 Western PA Awards Dinner
Lawmaker’s Bill On Borough Electric System Oversight Would Cripple Budgets
Editorial: Mayor Keeper Of Scranton Sewer Authority Secrets
Photos: 2nd Annual Chesapeake Bay Foundation Student Canoe Classic
Turtles For Tots Program Helps Bring Kinds Out Of Their Shells
PA Parks Fill With Campers, Anglers, Day-Trippers
Family Members Convey Flight 93 Victims’ Legacy To Next Generation
AP: Gifts Reported By PA Lawmakers In 2016
Gift Regulations Supporters Try Rarely-Successful Process To Move Bill
Sunday -The Feds
Lancaster County Went For Trump, GOP Farmers Remain Apprehensive
Air
Volkswagen Settlement Gives PA $118M To Clean Up Diesel Pollution
ATI Plant To Get More Lenient Air Pollution Permits From Allegheny County
Lawsuit Against Clairton Coke Works Claims Pollution Harming Residents
Neighbors Sue U.S. Steel Over Clairton Coke Works Plant Pollution
Op-Ed: We All Have A Stake In Clear Air And Water
Alternative Fuels
CNG Service In Northeast Likely To Expand
Awards & Recognition
Crable: Lancaster County Envirothon Winners Announced
U.S. Green Building Council Recognizes Pittsburgh Opera Project
Beautification
Leechburg Art Students Partner For Planter Beautification Project
Editorial: Graffiti Sigh Of Decline
Billboards Keep Property Tax Exemption In Delco Case
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Devers Students To Help Endangered Birds At Kiwanis Lake In York
Experts Fear Quiet Springs As Songbirds Can’t Keep Up With Climate Change
Budget
DEP Secretary Speaks Out Against Trump’s Proposed Budget
McKelvey: Wolf On Drinking Water Fix: I’m Not Waiting Until 2019
DEP Proposes New Fees To Protect Water Quality, Federal Funding
Volkswagen Settlement Gives PA $118M To Clean Up Diesel Pollution
Editorial: Clean Water Is Essential, Clear Guidelines, Money Needed To Achieve It
Editorial: Drilling Impact Fees Should Go To Levee Maintenance In Luzerne
AP: Ohio House Sidelines Bailout Of Nuclear Power Plants
Op-Ed: State Funding For Penn’s Vet School Keeps Us All Healthy
Trump’s 2018 Budget Would Slash EPA Funding By 30 Percent
EPA Remains Top Target Of Trump Administration, 31% Budget Cut
EPA Slashed 31.4% In Trump’s Fiscal 2018 Budget
Environmentalists Fear Dire Results From EPA Budget Cuts
Conservation In Delaware River At Stake In Trump Budget Proposal
Trump Budget Slashes EPA Funding, Opens Alaska Refuge To Drilling
Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cuts In Energy Innovation Programs
Natural Gas Boom, Cyberthreats Drive FERC’s Proposed Budget Boost
Trump Seeks To Sell Off Half Of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Interior Budget Shuffles Funds To Boost Energy, Park
Agency-By-Agency Look At Trump’s Budget
Chesapeake Bay
Bellefonte Man Travels To DC To Speak Out For Chesapeake Bay
Editorial: Clean Water Is Essential, Clear Guidelines, Money Needed To Achieve It
PA Offers $1,000 Grants To Aid Dairy, Beef Farm Environmental Compliance
GOP, Democratic Lawmakers Vow To Defeat Trump Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Funds
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Climate
Older PA Gas Storage Wells Threaten Methane Leaks Study Says
Op-Ed: A Conservative Answer On Climate Change
Building Watershed Resiliency In The Upper Delaware River Region June 7 Workshop
Experts Fear Quiet Springs As Songbirds Can’t Keep Up With Climate Change
Energy Companies Urge Trump To Remain In Paris Climate Deal
EPA Officially Stays Landfill Methane Rules
EPA To Consider Repealing Methane Limits For Landfills
Coal Mining
Cusick: Senate Committee Advances Controversial, Retroactive Coal Mining Bill
Legere: Bill Defining Coal Mine Pollution Advances In Senate
Editorial: Legislature Should Not Circumvent Legal Process For Mining Industry
PJM Auction Signals Trouble For Nuclear, Coal, Even Renewables
Coal Country’s Power Plants Are Turning Away From Coal
AP: White House Adviser Differs With Coal-Loving President
Trump’s Budget Slices Funds For Alternatives To Coal Jobs
Interior Budget Shuffles Funds To Boost Energy, Park
Trump’s Clean Energy Agenda Fueled By Chinese Coal
Dams
Rep. Cook Supports Saving Crumbling Marianna Dam
Delaware River
Building Watershed Resiliency In The Upper Delaware River Region June 7 Workshop
Op-Ed: May 31 Deadline For Decision On Managing Delaware River
Conservation In Delaware River At Stake In Trump Budget Proposal
Delaware RiverKeeper May 26 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
McKelvey: Wolf On Drinking Water Fix: I’m Not Waiting Until 2019
DEP Proposes New Fees To Protect Water Quality, Federal Funding
CDC: Some Bucks County Residents Exposed To PFCs Several Times Safe Levels
Turzai, Readshaw Proposal To Put Pittsburgh Water Authority Under PUC
Lawmakers Propose State Oversee Pittsburgh Water Authority
Bill Would Have PUC Oversee Pittsburgh Water Authority
Pittsburgh Water Authority Reservoir Repairs To Cost Nearly $800K
PA American Water Seeks PUC Approval To Replace Lead Pipes
PA American Seeks State OK To Change Customers’ Old Lead Lines
Editorial: Fair Cost To Get Lead Water Service Lines Out
Crable: Lancaster Water Week Features Events To Get People To Do More For Streams
Economic Development
Clean Energy Pittsburgh Empowers Small Communities To Go Green
Op-Ed: We Should Rebuild Our Coal Communities, Restore Our Natural Resources
Education
CBF Talks With PA Student Leader Anna Paulette About Clean Water, Hellbenders
Crable: Lancaster County Envirothon Winners Announced
Devers Students To Help Endangered Birds At Kiwanis Lake In York
Retire Penn State Prof’s Passion For Knowledge, Nature, Teaching
Emergency Response
Money Available To Claim By State Fire Companies
Wilkes-Barre Pleads Case For Snow Storm Cleanup Funds With FEMA
Energy
Crable: TMI Nuclear Plant Again Fails Key Power Auction, No Announcement On Closing
McKelvey: TMI Nuclear Plant Fails To Sell Its Electricity At Auction Making Closure Likely
Three Mile Island Closure Looms After Third Failed Bid
McKelvey: TMI On Brink Of Closure: How Did It Get There?
PJM Auction Signals Trouble For Nuclear, Coal, Even Renewables
PSEG Calls For New Electric Rates To Encourage Conservation, Nuclear, Green Energy
Could Legislative Support Be TMI’s Salvation?
Op-Ed: As Nuclear Power Plants Fail, Natural Gas Becomes Competitive
Editorial: PA Residents Shouldn’t Bear Cost Of Propping Up Nuclear Industry
AP: Ohio House Sidelines Bailout Of Nuclear Power Plants
Nuclear Plant Safety Drill Leads To Thousands Of 911 Calls In NJ
PPL Rate Increase Takes Effect This Summer
PPL Customers Can Save 7% Off Electric Bills Now
Coal Country’s Power Plants Are Turning Away From Coal
AP: White House Adviser Differs With Coal-Loving President
Farming
PA Offers $1,000 Grants To Aid Dairy, Beef Farm Environmental Compliance
Penn State Creates Certificate Program In Ag Stewardship And Conservation
Lawmakers Hear The Plight Of Beekeepers
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Op-Ed: State Funding For Penn’s Vet School Keeps Us All Healthy
Flooding
Changes Proposed For National Flood Insurance Program
Wilkes-Barre Continues to Look For Solomon Creek Flood Wall Funds
Editorial: Drilling Impact Fees Should Go To Levee Maintenance In Luzerne
Explore Johnstown’s Legacy, The 1889 Flood That Changed PA Forever
Forests
Wolf Honors Firefighters For Excellence In Combating 16 Mile Fire In Poconos
Lawmakers Push Insurers, Doctors To Act On Lyme Disease
Schneck: 125 Year Old Tree Taken Down In Harrisburg
Green Buildings
U.S. Green Building Council Recognizes Pittsburgh Opera Project
Green Infrastructure
4 Green Roofs You Can Visit In Philadelphia
Pittsburgh’s Larimer Neighborhood: A Community-Driven Green Revitalization Success
After Flint, Congress Works To Push Green Water Infrastructure
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
CDC: Some Bucks County Residents Exposed To PFCs Several Times Safe Levels
Reading Playground Site Of Environmental Health Fair On Lead
Editorial: Investigation Of Lead Problem In Reading Produces Some Results
Land Use
Editorial: We Need To Be Smart About Growth In Lancaster County
Land Recycling
EPA Gives $600K To Help Clean Up Westmoreland Brownfields
Mine Reclamation
Op-Ed: We Should Rebuild Our Coal Communities, Restore Our Natural Resources
Mine Subsidence
Cusick: Senate Committee Advances Controversial, Retroactive Coal Mining Bill
Legere: Bill Defining Coal Mine Pollution Advances In Senate
Editorial: Legislature Should Not Circumvent Legal Process For Mining Industry
Oil & Gas
Cusick: Friends Foes Of Natural Gas Converge On State Capitol
Older PA Gas Storage Wells Threaten Methane Leaks Study Says
Editorial: Drilling Impact Fees Should Go To Levee Maintenance In Luzerne
CNG Service In Northeast Likely To Expand
Peters Twp OKs Gas Lease Under Township Land
Natural Gas Touted At Think About Energy Event In Wilkes-Barre
Natural Gas Benefits Highlighted At Forum In Scranton
Fracking Crew Shortage May Push Oil Production Surge To 2018
Editorial: Fracking Crew Shortage: Good Problem To Have
Gas Apocalypse Looms Amid Power Plant Construction Boom
Op-Ed: As Nuclear Power Plants Fail, Natural Gas Becomes Competitive
How Rollbacks At EPA Are A Boon To Oil And Gas
What Drivers Can Expect To Pay For Gasoline This Summer
Downward Trend Continues For Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices
OPEC Extends Output Cut, But Big Oil Price Increase Unlikely
Trump Seeks To Sell Off Half Of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Lawmakers Gear Up To Block Trump Plan To Slash Oil Stockpile
Pipelines
Cumberland County Landowner Continues Fight Against Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Sunoco Chalks Up Another Eminent Domain Win On Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Philly Judge Rules Environmental Group Can Challenge Sunoco Over Mariner East 2 Eminent Domain
Construction Begins On Mariner East 2 Pipeline Project In Cumberland County
Crable: DEP To Hold Hearing In Lancaster On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Permits
DEP Sets Local Public Hearings On Proposed Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
PA Regulators Taking Final Steps On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Permits
Crable: Lancaster Businesses Hoping To Cash In On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Op-Ed: Why PA Should Be Wary Of Professional Pipeline Protesters
NJ Officials Say They Need More Information On PennEast Pipeline Project
Legere: PA One Call’s Groundbreaking Utility, Pipeline Safety Program
Natural Gas Boom, Cyberthreats Drive FERC’s Proposed Budget Boost
At FERC Nominees Hearing (Powelson), Senators Air Grievances On Trump Energy Budget
4 Protesters Arrested At Senate Hearing On FERC Nominees
U.S. Senate Committee Welcomes Trump’s FERC, DOE Nominees
Click Here For Copies Of Testimony And A Video Of The FERC Nominees Hearing
Radiation Protection
Crable: TMI Nuclear Plant Again Fails Key Power Auction, No Announcement On Closing
McKelvey: TMI Nuclear Plant Fails To Sell Its Electricity At Auction Making Closure Likely
Three Mile Island Closure Looms After Third Failed Bid
McKelvey: TMI On Brink Of Closure: How Did It Get There?
PJM Auction Signals Trouble For Nuclear, Coal, Even Renewables
PSEG Calls For New Electric Rates To Encourage Conservation, Nuclear, Green Energy
Could Legislative Support Be TMI’s Salvation?
Op-Ed: As Nuclear Power Plants Fail, Natural Gas Becomes Competitive
Editorial: PA Residents Shouldn’t Bear Cost Of Propping Up Nuclear Industry
AP: Ohio House Sidelines Bailout Of Nuclear Power Plants
Parks Twp Nuclear Waste Cleanup Could Last Until 2031
Nuclear Plant Safety Drill Leads To Thousands Of 911 Calls In NJ
Trump To Nominate 3 To Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Recreation
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Northeast State Parks Gear Up For Busy Memorial Day Weekend
Op-Ed: Pittsburgh Bike Lanes Shouldn’t Be A Wedge Issue
Federal Money Headed To Presque Isle For Sand Work
By Any Name, Chickies Rock, Lancaster Provides Spectacular Views Of Susquehanna
Monroe County Couple Buy 97-Acre Pocono Ski Resort For $412,500
Editorial: Full Federal Funding For Sand Critical For Presque Isle
Editorial: Feds Secure Presque Isle Sand Funding
Interior Budget Shuffles Funds To Boost Energy, Park
Recycling/Waste
Scranton Seeks Pay-As-You-Throw Trash Collection Charge
Bill Would Block Municipalities From Banning, Taxing Plastic Bags
DEP Holds Final Forum For Lower Saucon Landfill
Yukon Waste Facility Reaches Settlement With South Huntingdon Twp
EPA Officially Stays Landfill Methane Rules
EPA To Consider Repealing Methane Limits For Landfills
Renewable Energy
PJM Auction Signals Trouble For Nuclear, Coal, Even Renewables
SEPTA OKs 3.1 MW Of Solar Panels On Maintenance Facility Rooftops
SEPTA Poised To Approve 3.1 MW Solar Project
Clean Energy Pittsburgh Empowers Small Communities To Go Green
Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cuts In Energy Innovation Programs
Trump’s Clean Energy Agenda Fueled By Chinese Coal
Schuylkill River
Silt Build Up In Schuylkill River Near Philly At Worrying Levels
A Giant Water Filter For The Schuylkill? Philly Artists Respond To Challenge
Stormwater
4 Green Roofs You Can Visit In Philadelphia
Pittsburgh’s Larimer Neighborhood: A Community-Driven Green Revitalization Success
Editorial: Clean Water Is Essential, Clear Guidelines, Money Needed To Achieve It
Wastewater Facilities
Kiski Sewage Authority Could Pay $7M For Upkeep
Scranton Sewer Authority Votes Down Motion For State Audit
Editorial: Courtright Talks Good Game On Scranton Sewer Authority
Watershed Protection
Scranton RiverFest Celebrates The Lackawanna River
After Flint, Congress Works To Push Green Water Infrastructure
PA Offers $1,000 Grants To Aid Dairy, Beef Farm Environmental Compliance
Bellefonte Man Travels To DC To Speak Out For Chesapeake Bay
CBF Talks With PA Student Leader Anna Paulette About Clean Water, Hellbenders
Op-Ed: We All Have A Stake In Clear Air And Water
Cusick: Senate Committee Advances Controversial, Retroactive Coal Mining Bill
Legere: Bill Defining Coal Mine Pollution Advances In Senate
Silt Build Up In Schuylkill River Near Philly At Worrying Levels
A Giant Water Filter For The Schuylkill? Philly Artists Respond To Challenge
Crable: Lancaster Water Week Features Events To Get People To Do More For Streams
By Any Names, Chickies Rock, Lancaster Provides Spectacular Views Of Susquehanna
4 Green Roofs You Can Visit In Philadelphia
Pittsburgh’s Larimer Neighborhood: A Community-Driven Green Revitalization Success
Rep. Cook Supports Saving Crumbling Marianna Dam
GOP, Democratic Lawmakers Vow To Defeat Trump Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Funds
Conservation In Delaware River At Stake In Trump Budget Proposal
Delaware RiverKeeper May 26 RiverWatch Video Report
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Wildlife
Crable: PA State Amphibian May Be A, Yes, Hellbender
State Designation May Stop Alarming Decline In Hellbenders
PA Looks To Hook More People With Fish-For-Free Days
Centre County Fish Hatcheries Hook Visitors With Education, Ecology
Schneck: The Best Family Fishing, Boating Areas In PA
Dashields Dam On Ohio River Considered True Drowning Machine
Devers Students To Help Endangered Birds At Kiwanis Lake In York
With A Click Of A Button, Birders Become Citizen Scientists
Video: PA Fisherman Rescues Drowning Bear Cub
Crable: Game Commission: Don’t Remove Young Wildlife
Schneck: 16 Things You Think You Know About Raccoons
Lawmakers Hear The Plight Of Beekeepers
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Carr: Western PA Beekeepers Abuzz On Genetic Engineering
Other
Flight 93 Speaker Series Focus Of Memorial Day Events
Environmentalist Protest SEPTA’s Planned Facility In Nicetown
Federal Policy
Week Ahead: Lawmakers May Get Earful On Energy, Environment
EPA, Energy Among Few Federal Agencies Complying With Trump Regulatory Order
Federal Judge: Lawsuit Over Trump’s 2-For-1 Executive Order Will Go Forward
Federal Agencies Retool Their Missions To Blend In With Trump
Op-Ed: 3 Republican EPA Administrators: Trump Putting Us On Dangerous Path
Pope Francis Gives Trump His Letter On Protecting The Environment
Trump’s 2018 Budget Would Slash EPA Funding By 30 Percent
EPA Remains Top Target Of Trump Administration, 31% Budget Cut
EPA Slashed 31.4% In Trump’s Fiscal 2018 Budget
GOP, Democratic Lawmakers Vow To Defeat Trump Cuts To Chesapeake Bay Funds
Trump Budget Slashes EPA Funding, Opens Alaska Refuge To Drilling
Trump’s Budget Slices Funds For Alternatives To Coal Jobs
Trump Seeks To Sell Off Half Of Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Lawmakers Gear Up To Block Trump Plan To Slash Oil Stockpile
Energy Companies Urge Trump To Remain In Paris Climate Deal
EPA Officially Stays Landfill Methane Rules
EPA To Consider Repealing Methane Limits For Landfills
How Rollbacks At EPA Are A Boon To Oil And Gas
Trump Budget Proposes Deep Cuts In Energy Innovation Programs
AP: White House Adviser Differs With Coal-Loving President
Coal Country’s Power Plants Are Turning Away From Coal
Trump’s Clean Energy Agenda Fueled By Chinese Coal
Reuters: Trump EPA Transition Chief Laments Slow Progress In Killing Green Rules
Trump To Nominate 3 To Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Interior Budget Shuffles Funds To Boost Energy, Park
Agency-By-Agency Look At Trump’s Budget
Billions Needed To Restore Nation’s Debilitated Infrastructure, Who Will Pay
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