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PA Supreme Court Rules State Forest Gas Royalty Transfers Unconstitutional

AP: Environmentalists Win In Court On Use Of Oil & Gas Lease Fund Monies

PA Supreme Court Upholds Broad Interpretation Of Environmental Rights Amendment

Split PA Supreme Court Curtails State’s Use Of Oil & Gas Lease Fund Monies 

Editorial: Environmental Rights Decision, It’s Your Environment After All

Op-Ed: Bill On General Assembly Voting On Regulations Illegitimate Power Grab 

Sunday NewsClips

RiverFest In Wilkes-Barre Provides Environmental Education Along Susquehanna

Over 55 Rescued On Susquehanna In Lancaster After Getting Stranded At Tubing Event

Editorial: Scranton Sewer Deal Murky As Ever

Beautiful PA: Millersburg Ferry Crosses Susquehanna River

Visitors Remember Their Roots At Irish Festival In Eckley Miners’ Village

Coal Mine Tour Trip Into Region’s Past

Op-Ed: Tourism Vital Economic Engine, Let’s Keep It Rolling (Fallingwater)

Lawmakers Eye Gambling Revenue, Borrowing To Balance Budget

Thompson: Cigarettes, Gambling, Jobs, What You Need To Know On PA State Budget

Sunday - The Feds

Letter: EPA Budget Cuts Bad For PA

Air

Lawsuit Filed Against DEP Over Cheswick Power Plant’s Expired Permit

Alternative Fuels

Pittsburgh To Buy First Batch Of Electric Vehicles

Awards & Recognition

Business Leaders Want Pittsburgh To Be Leader In Sustainability

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Gypsy Moths Munching Forest At Higher Rate

Black Flies

Helicopter Sprays Length Of Schuylkill River To Control Black Flies

Budget

PA Supreme Court Rules State Forest Gas Royalty Transfers Unconstitutional

AP: Environmentalists Win In Court On Use Of Oil & Gas Lease Fund Monies

PA Supreme Court Upholds Broad Interpretation Of Environmental Rights Amendment

Split PA Supreme Court Curtails State’s Use Of Oil & Gas Lease Fund Monies 

Court Ruling Raises $100M Question: How Can PA Spend Drilling Riches?

Editorial: Environmental Rights Decision, It’s Your Environment After All

Op-Ed: Use Natural Gas Severance Tax To Pay For Our Infrastructure Needs

Op-Ed: Will The Case For A Drilling Tax Finally Sink In This Year?

Op-Ed: PA Should Just Say No To Tax On Gas Drillers, Marcellus Shale Coalition

Associated Press Calls DEP Wracked By Years Of Budget Cuts

Clean Water Part Of The Bottom Line

DEP Secretary: PA House Republican Budget Puts Public Health At Risk

PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Speaking On Behalf Of Clean Water, Parks & Forests

Budget Cuts Threaten Forests’ Roads, Hunting, Fishing

Crable: Fracking Money Pays For Bridge Repairs, Saving Farmland

Deer Lakes Park Upgrades In Allegheny County, Thanks To Drilling Impact Fees

Why Cut $73 Million A From Chesapeake Bay Program That Provides Billions In Benefits?

Electronic Bidding Helps DEP Lower Cost Of Construction Contracting

Pittsburgh To Spend $5M To Simplify Building Permit Approval Process

Trying To Make Pittsburgh Friendly To Small Businesses

AP: Wolf Takes Dim View Of GOP’s Budget-Balancing Strategies

Days From The Deadline, Budget Indecision In PA

Lawmakers Appear Far From Consensus On Paying For Budget

Lawmakers Considering Borrowing Money To Balance Budget

State Badly Needs New Revenue Top Senate Dem Says

Top Senate Democrat Says Budget Probably Won’t Be Balanced

John Baer: PA Lawmakers Are Masters Of The Budget Puniverse

Op-Ed: It’s Time For PA To Stop Papering Over Its Budget Holes, Rep. Dermody

Op-Ed: No More Excuses, Time To Finish Up State Budget

Editorial: PA’s GOP-Controlled Legislature Is Stuck In Budget La La Land

Editorial: Budget Crunch Time In PA: Better Ideas

Editorial: Budget By Microwave Does PA No Good

PLS Reporter: House Republicans Float Proposal To Keep Local Share Of Casino Taxes

EPA Plans To Buy Out 1,200+ Employees By End Of Summer

Federal Workers Protest Trump Budget In Philadelphia

DOE’s Perry Tells Senators He Did Not Write Trump Energy Budget

Zinke Defends Trumps’ Sharp Cuts At Interior

Chesapeake Bay

MD, VA On Track With Chesapeake Cleanup Goals, PA Lags

What’s Next As PA Enters Chesapeake Bay Phase 3 Cleanup?

3 Back Mountain Municipalities Teaming Up For Own Stormwater Plan

Editorial: Wyoming Valley Offers Collective Approach To Clean Water

Op-Ed: Science Is The Source Of Solutions

Why Cut $73 Million A From Chesapeake Bay Program That Provides Billions In Benefits?

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Climate

Ending Pittsburgh’s Fossil Fuel Pension Investments Won’t Be Easy

Pittsburgh To Buy First Batch Of Electric Vehicles

French Kids Thank Pittsburgh Officials For Climate Stand

Business Leaders Want Pittsburgh To Be Leader In Sustainability

Pittsburgh To Host Conference On Improving Mass Transit

Philly Commits To 100% Renewable Energy By 2035

Philly Joins List Of Cities Pledging To Fight Climate Change

How One Philadelphia Neighborhood Battles Rising Tides

Big Oil Steps Up Support For Carbon Tax

Letter: Carbon Fee Would Help Environment

McKelvey: Exelon Notifies NRC It Will Close TMI In September 2019

DOE’s Perry Questions Role Of Carbon Dioxide In Climate Change

EU Ministers Back Climate Pact, Regret Trump Withdrawal

EU Rejects Trump’s Demands To Renegotiate Paris Climate Pact

Letter: Leaving Paris Climate Accord Gives U.S. A Black Eye

Column: Make Planet Earth Great Again!

First-Of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal At All

Coal Mining

Can Coal Be King Again Through Rare Earth Elements?

Anthracite Coal Mining Operation Has A Future

First-Of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal At All

Coal County Targeted For $30 Million In Community Initiative Grants

Compliance Action

Salvage Yard Owner Must Stay In Prison For Refusing To Clean Up His Mess

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper June 23 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP Authority To Regulated Impact Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Public Resources

Senate Passes Plan To Fund Lead Water Line Replacement (No Funding)

Philadelphia Water Unveiling Income-Based Water Bills

In Booming Philly Wards, Lead-Poisoned Soil Is Resurfacing

Philly Health Commissioner Pushes Back On Lead Dangers Story

Philly Mayor Wants Pre-1978 Housing Owners To Prove They Are Safe From Lead

Editorial: Philly Should Take The Lead In Protecting Children From Lead

Allegheny County Council To Discuss Lead Testing For Children

E. Coli Found In Public Water Supply In Cumberland County

Economic Development

Allegheny Front: Abundant Shale Gas Could Lead To More Chemical Plants

Shell Ethane Plant Granted Water Discharge Permit By DEP

Shell Manager Says Ethane Plant Will Change Pittsburgh Forever

Shell: Safety Of Workers, Contractors At Forefront Of Ethane Plant Project

Shell, CCBC Discuss Workforce Development At Pittsburgh Conference

Coal County Targeted For $30 Million In Community Initiative Grants

Education

Toads, Turtles, Snakes Delight At ALCOSAN Summer Camp

PECO Grant Allows Pottstown Students To Be Powered By Nature

Philly School’s First Outdoor Learning Environment Focused On STEM Education

Greenhouses Offer Hands-On Learning For Dunmore Students

Chesapeake Bay Journal: Take A Pollinator To Lunch: Plant A Native Garden

In June, Bartram’s Garden Springs To Life

Energy

McKelvey: Exelon Notifies NRC It Will Close TMI In September 2019

Spate Of Nuclear Power Plant Closures Could Be Start Of Full-Fledged Crisis

More Than Half Of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Losing Money

Natural Gas Industry Blasts Nuclear Power With Fake News

Op-Ed: Say No To Bailing Out Three Mile Island

Editorial: Account For Nuclear Power Plant Waste

Letter: Carbon Fee Would Help Environment

Sauro: Pumped Storage Hydro Power Facilities Planned In Blair County

Ellwood City Electric Bills Spur Move To Restrict Municipal Power Company Spending

PPL Customers Can Opt To Hook Up To Multiple Utilities When Moving

New PJM White Papers Aim To Integrate State Power Policies Into Wholesale Markets

Op-Ed: Better Leadership On Energy Needed In D.C.

First-Of-Its-Kind Clean Coal Plant May Not Burn Coal At All

Energy Conservation

Philly Nonprofit ECA Losing Its Founder After Whistleblowers Complain

Environmental Heritage

Somerset Corner Recalls Work After Flight 93 Tragedy

1972 Tropical Storm Agnes, A 5-Day Dance Of Havoc

Hurricane Agnes 45 Years Later

Farming

Erie Council OKs Urban Farming Zoning Changes

Rodale Considering Sale Of Whole Company

If Rodale Is Sold, Emmaus Could See Devastating Impact

Rodale And Lehigh Valley, A Timeline

An Organic Truth: Publisher Rodale Is For Sale

Chesapeake Bay Journal: Take A Pollinator To Lunch: Plant A Native Garden

Flooding

AP: Indiana County Flash Flood Takes Man’s Life, Derails Empty Tanker Cars

Flooding Causes Evacuations In Fayette County

New Susquehanna River Flood Maps Nearing Release

New Susquehanna Flood Maps Could Reveal Changes

How One Philadelphia Neighborhood Battles Rising Tides

Crews Work To Remove Debris In Allegheny County’s Flood-Prone Creeks

Broken Wires, Burning Gas Line Trap Residents In O’Hara

Storm Floods Road, Drops Trees In Erie Region

Flood Insurance Facts And Fiction

Hurricane Agnes 45 Years Later

1972 Tropical Storm Agnes, A 5-Day Dance Of Havoc

Remembering Hurricane Agnes

Op-Ed: Hurricane Agnes: Memories Of Mud And Stink

Loyalhanna Dams 75th Anniversary Highlighted By Tours, Activities

Forests

Gypsy Moths Munching Forest At Higher Rate

Tick Whose Bite Can Trigger Meat Allergy Spreads To PA

Geologic Hazards

Scranton Eyeing Temporary Fix For Backyard Sinkholes

Study Of Texas Drilling Finds Pollution, Connections To Earthquakes

Green Infrastructure

Kingston Twp Doesn’t Plan To Join Wyoming Valley Authority Stormwater Program

3 Back Mountain Municipalities Teaming Up For Own Stormwater Plan

Editorial: Wyoming Valley Offers Collective Approach To Clean Water

Why Cut $73 Million A From Chesapeake Bay Program That Provides Billions In Benefits?

Hazardous Sites

In Booming Philly Wards, Lead-Poisoned Soil Is Resurfacing

Mine Reclamation

Can Coal Be King Again Through Rare Earth Elements?

Zinke Defends Trumps’ Sharp Cuts At Interior

Oil & Gas

PA Supreme Court Upholds DEP Authority To Regulated Impact Of Conventional Oil & Gas Wells On Public Resources

PA Supreme Court Rules State Forest Gas Royalty Transfers Unconstitutional

AP: Environmentalists Win In Court On Use Of Oil & Gas Lease Fund Monies

PA Supreme Court Upholds Broad Interpretation Of Environmental Rights Amendment

Split PA Supreme Court Curtails State’s Use Of Oil & Gas Lease Fund Monies

Court Ruling Raises $100M Question: How Can PA Spend Drilling Riches?

Editorial: Environmental Rights Decision, It’s Your Environment After All

Op-Ed: Use Natural Gas Severance Tax To Pay For Our Infrastructure Needs

Op-Ed: Will The Case For A Drilling Tax Finally Sink In This Year?

Op-Ed: PA Should Just Say No To Tax On Gas Drillers, Marcellus Shale Coalition

Natural Gas Industry Blasts Nuclear Power With Fake News

Crable: Fracking Money Pays For Bridge Repairs, Saving Farmland

Deer Lakes Park Upgrades In Allegheny County, Thanks To Drilling Impact Fees

Allegheny Front: Abundant Shale Gas Could Lead To More Chemical Plants

Shell Ethane Plant Granted Water Discharge Permit By DEP

Shell Manager Says Ethane Plant Will Change Pittsburgh Forever

Shell: Safety Of Workers, Contractors At Forefront Of Ethane Plant Project

Shell, CCBC Discuss Workforce Development At Pittsburgh Conference

Two Pittsburgh Conventions Targets Of Fracking Protesters

Study Of Texas Drilling Finds Pollution, Connections To Earthquakes

EQT Drilling To Buy Rice Energy For $6.7 Billion

EQT To Become Largest Gas Driller With Rice Acquisition

Gasoline Prices Likely To Remain Low This Summer

Pittsburgh-Area Gasoline Prices Fall To $2.60 A Gallon

Gasoline Prices, Will They Keep Falling?

Oil’s Slide To Lowest Price Of The Year Pulls Stocks Lower

Pipelines

Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Owner Made Plans To Protect Fake Lancaster Cemetery

Crable: 7 Lancaster Property Owners Still Refuse To Give Up Land For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

Sunoco Appeals Decision Allow Trial On Mariner East 2 Pipeline Challenge

Blair County Residents Plan Mariner East 2 Pipeline Protest

SEPTA Approves Easements For Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Dakota Access Pipeline Fight Enters New Phase

Radiation Protection

Spate Of Nuclear Power Plant Closures Could Be Start Of Full-Fledged Crisis

More Than Half Of U.S. Nuclear Power Plants Losing Money

Natural Gas Industry Blasts Nuclear Power With Fake News

Op-Ed: Say No To Bailing Out Three Mile Island

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Facility Funding A Bright Spot In Trump’s Budget

Editorial: Account For Nuclear Power Plant Waste

Radon

Silent Killer Radon Is Still Home Threat

Recreation

PA Becomes 25th State To Partner On U.S. Bicycle Route 50

Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Schneck: First Look At Newest Park In Central PA

One Of PA’s Most Beautiful Bike Trails: Pine Creek Rail Trail

Philly Officials Celebrate 6 New Playgrounds, More To Come

Schuylkill River Trail Construction In Pottstown Progressing Smoothly

Public’s Input Sought On Three Rivers Heritage Trail Improvements

Op-Ed: How Citizens In Philly Won The Fight To Cover I-95

Column: Woman On Quest To Walk Every Pittsburgh Street

Deer Lakes Park Upgrades In Allegheny County, Thanks To Drilling Impact Fees

West Side Trail In Luzerne Prompts Concern

Budget Cuts Threaten Forests’ Roads, Hunting, Fishing

Zinke Defends Trumps’ Sharp Cuts At Interior

Recycling/Waste

Thompson: Wolf To Veto Bill Banning Local Plastic Bag Bans, Fees

Wolf To Veto Plastic Bag Bill Despite Bipartisan Support

Cities, Municipalities Will Keep Control Of Plastic Bag Bans

Crable: No Plans To Ban Glass From Recyclables In Lancaster As Harrisburg Did

Sorting Options On Keystone Landfill Expansion Plan

Editorial: Keystone Landfill Plan Isn’t About NE PA Trash

Salvage Yard Owner Must Stay In Prison For Refusing To Clean Up His Mess

Regulations

Op-Ed: Bill On General Assembly Voting On Regulations Illegitimate Power Grab

Renewable Energy

Philly Commits To 100% Renewable Energy By 2035

Philly Joins List Of Cities Pledging To Fight Climate Change

Philly Neighborhoods With The Most Solar Energy, How To Add More

Solar Power Gaining Ground

Bridgeville-Based Solar Maid Battles Squirrels, Pigeons And Moss On Its Panels

Juline-Titans Wins Auction For Pittsburgh Aquion Energy Assets

Aquion Energy Assets Likely To Be Exiting PA After Auction

Trump Attacks Wind Power In A State That Gets Nearly One-Third Of Its Power From Wind

Study: Wind, Solar Energy Have Not Harmed U.S. Power Grid

Stormwater

Kingston Twp Doesn’t Plan To Join Wyoming Valley Authority Stormwater Program

3 Back Mountain Municipalities Teaming Up For Own Stormwater Plan

Editorial: Wyoming Valley Offers Collective Approach To Clean Water

Susquehanna River

New Susquehanna River Flood Maps Nearing Release

Sustainability

Business Leaders Want Pittsburgh To Be Leader In Sustainability

Wastewater Facilities

Open Records Office Gets Unredacted Scranton Sewer-Sale Invoices

Scranton Sewer Authority Again Rejects Call For Auditor General Review

Watershed Protection

What’s Next As PA Enters Chesapeake Bay Phase 3 Cleanup?

MD, VA On Track With Chesapeake Cleanup Goals, PA Lags

Editorial: Wyoming Valley Offers Collective Approach To Clean Water

Kingston Twp Doesn’t Plan To Join Wyoming Valley Authority Stormwater Program

3 Back Mountain Municipalities Teaming Up For Own Stormwater Plan

Why Cut $73 Million A From Chesapeake Bay Program That Provides Billions In Benefits?

Toads, Turtles, Snakes Delight At ALCOSAN Summer Camp

Op-Ed: Science Is The Source Of Solutions

50 Years Of Fresh Water, Stroud Water Research Center Builds Clean Water Legacy

Delaware RiverKeeper June 23 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

July 4 Marks PA’s Second Fish-For-Free Day

Hayes: Fish Habitats Placed At Pymatuning Lake

Frye: Officials Survey PA Waters In Search of Blue Catfish

Kernan: Relishing All Things Rattlesnake At Noxen Roundup

Budget Cuts Threaten Forests’ Roads, Hunting, Fishing

Toads, Turtles, Snakes Delight At ALCOSAN Summer Camp

Schneck: Waterfowl In PA, Beginning Life With A 50-Foot Fall

Peregrine Falcon Killed After Flying Into Window In Pittsburgh

Hayes: National Geographic Will Feature Live Wildlife Shots From SW PA

Schneck: See Rare Regal Fritillary Butterflies At Fort Indiantown Gap, Lebanon County

Crable: 550-Pound Black Bear Caught In Lancaster, Relocated

Zinke Defends Trumps’ Sharp Cuts At Interior

West Nile/Zika Virus

8 Lancaster Locations Being Monitored For Mosquitoes With Zika Virus

Tick Whose Bite Can Trigger Meat Allergy Spreads To PA

Other

New Tri-State Infrastructure Council Studies Gaps In Western PA Infrastructure

Pittsburgh To Host Conference On Improving Mass Transit

Disincorporation Not Only Targeted To Allegheny County’s Smallest Municipalities

31 Things You Didn’t Know Were In Pennsylvania

Federal Policy

EPA Plans To Buy Out 1,200+ Employees By End Of Summer

Zinke Defends Trumps’ Sharp Cuts At Interior

DOE’s Perry Questions Role Of Carbon Dioxide In Climate Change

DOE’s Perry Tells Senators He Did Not Write Trump Energy Budget

EU Ministers Back Climate Pact, Regret Trump Withdrawal

EU Rejects Trump’s Demands To Renegotiate Paris Climate Pact

Letter: Leaving Paris Climate Accord Gives U.S. A Black Eye

Column: Make Planet Earth Great Again!

Trump Attacks Wind Power In A State That Gets Nearly One-Third Of Its Power From Wind

Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Facility Funding A Bright Spot In Trump’s Budget

Dakota Access Pipeline Fight Enters New Phase

 

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6/26/2017

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