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Sunday NewsClips
Western PA Conservancy Helps Nurture Habitats At Bear Run Nature Reserve, Beyond
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Opponents To Hold Prayer Vigil For Nuns Going To Court
Kummer: Nuns Protest Gas Pipeline With Last-Ditch Chapel
Op-Ed: Without Eminent Domain, Pipeline Infrastructure Efforts Would Suffer
Op-Ed: PA Supreme Court Extends Its Landmark Environmental Rights Amendment Decision
Oil & Gas Jobs In Demand Again, Will Workers Return?
Energy Star Rebates Can Lessen Cost Of Move To Efficient Appliances
Solar Power - Time Could Be Right To Flip The Switch
July 19 PECO HQ Green Roof Tour In Philadelphia
Lancaster City Generated 700K Of Greenhouse Gases In 2015, Slightly Under U.S. Average
Floods Topple Statue, Trees At Fallingwater
Residents Recall 1977 Johnstown Flood
Frye: Game Commission Asks Public’s Help In Treating Chronic Wasting Disease
Schneck: Towering Forest Cathedral Of Cook Forest
Schneck: Will Northern Lights Be Visible Sunday Night From PA?
Sunday - The Feds
Report: Rick Perry’s Draft Study OKs Solar And Wind
Op-Ed: Trump Takes The Free-Rider Approach To The Environment
Op-Ed: The Left Is An Obstacle To Climate Action Too
Air
State Reviewing Talen Energy’s Martin Creek Power Plant Emission Plan
Hearing Held On Proposed Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Washington County
Federal Court Delays EPA Oil & Gas Methane Rule For 14 Days
Court Allows EPA to Delay Oil & Gas Methane Rules As It Considers Appeal
Turning A Camera On Invisible Methane, Earthworks Ramps Up Action Campaign
Greens Sue EPA Over Ozone Standard Compliance Delay
Crable: Lancaster County Among Worst For Combination Of Smog, Pollen
High Levels Of Smog, Pollen Present Growing Threat To Pennsylvanians
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Montgomery County Trees Being Lost To Emerald Ash Borer Beetles
Budget
Morelli: Despite Challenges, PA Environmental Programs Face Cuts
Editorial: Keep Chesapeake Bay Cleanup On Track
Murphy: Bipartisan Pressure Growing In House For Shale Tax Vote (Nothing For Environment)
Op-Ed: State Has Means, No Will For A Natural Gas Severance Tax, Rep. Pashinski
Op-Ed: Pass A Severance Tax To Balance The Budget
PA State Treasurer: PA Could Run Out Of Money By End Of August
Lawmakers Take A Budget Break, Constitutionality Concerns Persist
AP: Talks At A Stalemate Over PA’s Unbalanced Budget
Murphy: With Budget Talks At Stalemate, Lawmakers Sent Home
In PA Capitol, It’s All About Avoiding Saying Budget Stalemate
House Amends Admin Code Bill To Extend Recycling Fee, Set Magnesium Standard, Study New State Park, Set Solar Borders
Reminder Of How The General Fund Budget Fails To Address ANY Environmental Funding Shortfalls
AP: PA Budget Takes Effect Amid Fight Over Funding It
Murphy: Wolf To Let Spending Plan Become Law Without His Signature
AP: Wolf Says He’s Optimistic, Insists He’s Doing Right Thing
Wolf Reveals Few Details On Talks To Finish Unbalanced Budget
Murphy: Senate GOP Leader: Trying To Keep Budget Hope Alive
Thompson: No Deal Yet Between Wolf, Legislature, On PA Budget Package
AP: Revenue Puzzle In Pieces Day Before Spending Bill Deadline
No Revenue Deal For State Budget Yet As Monday Deadline Looms
State Budget Unlikely To Be Done By Tonight’s Midnight Deadline
Week Ahead: NJ Republican Lawmakers Boosting EPA’s Budget
U.S. House Panel Takes First Step In Cutting $528M From EPA
U.S. House Panel OKs $31.4B Interior, EPA Funding Bill
U.S. House Appropriators Advance $37B Energy, Water Bill
U.S. House Bill Would Cut EPA Funding By $528 Million, Far Less Than Trump Wanted
U.S. House EPA Spending Bill Disagrees With Cuts, But Approves Layoffs
U.S. House Panel Proposes $60 Million For Chesapeake Bay Restoration
Op-Ed: Congress Needs to Step Up To Protect Heating Assistance Program
AP: U.S. House Panel To Consider Bill Preserving Great Lakes Cleanup
Cong. Perry Wants Climate Change Reporting Cut From Defense Budget
Trump Wants To Steer UN Climate Cash Toward Building Coal Plants
Chesapeake Bay
Morelli: Despite Challenges, PA Environmental Programs Face Cuts
EPA Report Finds DEP Lacks The Resources To Implement Critical MS4 Stormwater Program
Editorial: Keep Chesapeake Bay Cleanup On Track
Student Leaders Learn About Environment, Chesapeake Watershed
Rain Garden Project Moving Along In Altoona Near Church
U.S. House Panel Proposes $60 Million For Chesapeake Bay Restoration
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Climate
PSU Climatologist Criticizes Terrifying NY Mag Climate Change Story
Federal Court Delays EPA Oil & Gas Methane Rule For 14 Days
Court Allows EPA to Delay Oil & Gas Methane Rules As It Considers Appeal
Turning A Camera On Invisible Methane, Earthworks Ramps Up Action Campaign
Scientists: Sea Level Rise To Cause Chronic Flooding In Delaware Bay
Federal Court Dismisses Legal Challenges To Illinois Zero Emission Credit Program
EPA Chief Wants Scientists To Debate Climate On TV
Trump Navy Secretary Nominee: Climate Change Is Real And Poses A Threat
U.S. Going It Alone On Climate Change: What It Means
Cong. Perry Wants Climate Change Reporting Cut From Defense Budget
Trump Wants To Steer UN Climate Cash Toward Building Coal Plants
Op-Ed: A Climate Roadmap For President Trump
Op-Ed: A Closer Look At Climate Accord
Micek: Liberal Billionaire Tom Steyer Is Back In PA, Republicans In PA Support Us
Coal Mining
Wolf Weighs Bill That Would Aid Underground Long-Wall Coal Mines
Consol Unveils Plans For Total Gas-Coal Split This Year
Op-Ed: Clean Coal? It’s Not Here Yet
Delaware River
Scientists: Sea Level Rise To Cause Chronic Flooding In Delaware Bay
Delaware RiverKeeper July 14 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Public To Get Its Say On PA American Water Rate Hike
Economic Development
Program Helps Train, Retain Students In Resource-Rich Southwest PA
Education
Student Leaders Learn About Environment, Chesapeake Watershed
Emergency Response
Wilkes-Barre’s Budget Balance Decreases As Snow-Cleanup Expenses Paid
Energy
Hearing Held On Proposed Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Washington County
Op-Ed: Clean Coal? It’s Not Here Yet
Three Mile Island, Local Plants, Not Part Of Suspected Russian Hack
Potassium Iodide Pills Available For Those In TMI Emergency Zone
Exelon Provides Important Safety Info To Residents In TMI Emergency Zone
Op-Ed: With Deregulated Electricity, No Need To Subsidize Nuclear Power
Federal Court Dismisses Legal Challenges To Illinois Zero Emission Credit Program
Trump Triggers Fight Over Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site
PUC’s Coleman Gets Another Tour Of Duty
DOE Draft Report Finds Renewable Energy NOT A Threat To Grid, Contradicting Perry
Dominion Pushes Nuclear Plant Funding Bill In Connecticut Budget Bill
Energy Conservation
Erie County Receives Penelec Grant For Energy Audits
Speakers In Pittsburgh Warn State Of Dangers In Cutting Low-Income Heating Funds
Hearing This Week On Proposed Heating Assistance Cuts
Pittsburgh Wants Tax Breaks To Benefit City, Disagree On How To Do It
Op-Ed: Congress Needs to Step Up To Protect Heating Assistance Program
Farming
Student Leaders Learn About Environment, Chesapeake Watershed
Forests
Rangers Shut Down Biggest Pot Garden In State Forest History
Century Old Trees Cut Down In Tuscarora State Forest For Illegal Pot Farm
Largest Ever Marijuana Growing Operation In State Forest Uncovered
Saving Ancient Hemlocks Of Cook Forest Is New Documentary’s Goal
Montgomery County Trees Being Lost To Emerald Ash Borer Beetles
Frye: Trees Offer A Look Into Our Past
Employers Can Be Liable For Tick Bites
Green Buildings
Pittsburgh Wants Tax Breaks To Benefit City, Disagree On How To Do It
Green Infrastructure
EPA Report Finds DEP Lacks The Resources To Implement Critical MS4 Stormwater Program
Rain Garden Project Moving Along In Altoona Near Church
Unity Twp Looks to Address Sewage Rate Increases In Part To Deal With Stormwater
Mine Subsidence
DEP: 230,000 Allegheny County Homes In Danger From Mine Subsidence
Lake Erie
Mapping the Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed
AP: U.S. House Panel To Consider Bill Preserving Great Lakes Cleanup
Oil & Gas
Murphy: Bipartisan Pressure Growing In House For Shale Tax Vote (Nothing For Environment)
Op-Ed: State Has Means, No Will For A Natural Gas Severance Tax, Rep. Pashinski
Op-Ed: Pass A Severance Tax To Balance The Budget
Hearing Held On Proposed Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant In Washington County
Company To Test For Potential Natural Gas Drilling In Monroeville
Drilling Company Drops Plans For Seismic Testing In Oakmont
EQT Drilling Updates Mon Valley Drilling Work
Editorial: Russia & Fracking: Environmental Disinformation?
Consol Unveils Plans For Total Gas-Coal Split This Year
Barletta Lauds New FEMA Policy On Landowner Control Of Oil & Gas Rights
Turning A Camera On Invisible Methane, Earthworks Ramps Up Action Campaign
Program Helps Train, Retain Students In Resource-Rich Southwest PA
Wondering When Utility Crews Will Be Tearing Up Your Gas Line In Western PA?
Report: Marcellus Gas Production Will Increase 45% By 2022
Pittsburgh Area Gasoline Prices Stay At $2.54/Gallon
Shell Plans To Spend $1 Billion A Year On Clean Energy By 2020
Pipelines
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Drilling Suspended In Chester County Until Water Loss Issue Addressed
Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline To Replace Water Well Supplies In Chester County
AP: Mariner East 2 Pipeline To Connect Homes With Tainted Wells To Public Water
Chester County Residents Deal With Tainted Water After Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction
West Goshen Twp Says Sunoco Violated Mariner East 2 Pipeline Agreement
Local Officials Press Mariner East 2 Pipelines To Clean Up Its Act
PUC Declines To Intervene In Chester County Mariner East 2 Pipeline Dispute
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Project May Affect Raystown Lake Tourist Season
Tree Sitters Protesting Mariner East 2 Pipeline Remain After Judge’s Deadline
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Portable Toilet Target Of Arson In Lebanon County
Editorial: Nuns Make Laudable Hail Mary Pass In Opposing Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
A Pipeline That Would Cut Thru Appalachian Trail Sparks Fight
Rover Pipeline Project Stiff-Arming Ohio Regulators
Energy CEOs Say Money, Jobs At Risk Because FERC Isn’t Functional
Trump Names Energy Adviser To Chair FERC
Trump Denies Request From GOP Governor For Disaster Declaration For Dakota Access Pipeline
Radiation Protection
Potassium Iodide Pills Available For Those In TMI Emergency Zone
Exelon Provides Important Safety Info To Residents In TMI Emergency Zone
Three Mile Island, Local Plants, Not Part Of Suspected Russian Hack
Op-Ed: With Deregulated Electricity, No Need To Subsidize Nuclear Power
Federal Court Dismisses Legal Challenges To Illinois Zero Emission Credit Program
Trump Triggers Fight Over Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site
Dominion Pushes Nuclear Plant Funding Bill In Connecticut Budget Bill
Recreation
Crable: PA Residents Asked To Determine Future Of State Parks
Road Work Begins To Improve Access To Moraine State Park
Schneck: Susquehannock State Park Offers Beautiful Views Of Susquehanna
July 14 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Schneck: Pennsylvania’s Most Beautiful Streams
Work Continues On Bartram Trail In Schuylkill County
Portion Of Lake Scranton Trail Reopens
Greensburg Mulls $1.2M Bond To Improve Recreation Facilities
Philly’s Aging, Beloved Pools Need $100 Million In Repairs
A Pipeline That Would Cut Thru Appalachian Trail Sparks Fight
Recycling/Waste
AG Shapiro To Provide 300K Drug Disposal Pouches In 12 PA Counties
AG To Distribute Disposal Pouches For Unwanted Prescription Drugs
Susquehanna Twp Residents Strongly Oppose Harrisburg Compost Facility
AP: Gas Tank Explosion Sparks Massive Fire At York Salvage Yard
Renewable Energy
Fight Over Wind Turbine Farm Near Bethlehem Reservoir Continues
Wilkes-Barre Company Finalist In NY Clean Energy Competition
DOE Draft Report Finds Renewable Energy NOT A Threat To Grid, Contradicting Perry
Shell Plans To Spend $1 Billion A Year On Clean Energy By 2020
Stormwater
EPA Report Finds DEP Lacks The Resources To Implement Critical MS4 Stormwater Program
Rain Garden Project Moving Along In Altoona Near Church
Unity Twp Looks to Address Sewage Rate Increases In Part To Deal With Stormwater
Sustainability
Pittsburgh Wants Tax Breaks To Benefit City, Disagree On How To Do It
Wastewater Facilities
Back Mountain Home Construction Held Up By DEP Sewer System Order
Sewer Permits Halted Over 17-Day Leak In Luzerne County Community
Luzerne Homeowner Gets Court Help In Fight Over Floods Of Sewage
Watershed Protection
EPA Report Finds DEP Lacks The Resources To Implement Critical MS4 Stormwater Program
Student Leaders Learn About Environment, Chesapeake Watershed
Rain Garden Project Moving Along In Altoona Near Church
Watershed Alliance Of Adams County: Landowners: Environment Needs You
U.S. House Panel Proposes $60 Million For Chesapeake Bay Restoration
Editorial: Keep Chesapeake Bay Cleanup On Track
Schneck: Susquehannock State Park Offers Beautiful Views Of Susquehanna
Op-Ed: Let’s Dispel These 4 Myths About The Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Op-Ed: The Battle For Slab Cabin Run Watershed, Centre County
Schneck: Pennsylvania’s Most Beautiful Streams
Mapping the Pennsylvania Lake Erie Watershed
Scientists: Sea Level Rise To Cause Chronic Flooding In Delaware Bay
Delaware RiverKeeper July 14 RiverWatch Video Report
AP: U.S. House Panel To Consider Bill Preserving Great Lakes Cleanup
Op-Ed: Rescinding EPA Clean Water Rule A Step Backward
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Wildlife
Crable: 1st Wild Deer Found With Chronic Wasting Disease In Clearfield County
Schneck: Diseased Free-Ranging Deer Discovered With Chronic Wasting Disease
Venesky: Wild Deer In Clearfield County Test Positive For Chronic Wasting Disease
Legislators Issue Statement On Chronic Wasting Disease Discovery
Teen Bit In Head By Bear Wakes Up To Crunching Sound
Bear Encounters On Rise In Lackawanna County
Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway As Wildlife Habitat
Rock Face Along Route 28 Is Training Ground For Bald Eagles
Video Captures Young Bald Eagle Flying From Harmar Rock Face
Hanover Eagle Cam 2017 Season Comes To A Close
Conservationist Bands Purple Martins Hatched At Harborcreek Senior Home
Schneck: Closed Season For Bass Fishing On Susquehanna, Juniata For Another Year
Easing Smallmouth Bass Fishing Curbs On Susquehanna Stirs Debate
Crable: American Eel Restoration Program Includes 3 Lancaster County Spots
Armstrong County Fisherman Gets Rare Catch In Allegheny River
Crable: How Drones Could Help Pennsylvania’s Wildlife
Employers Can Be Liable For Tick Bites
West Nile/Zika Virus
First West Nile Mosquitoes Of 2017 Found In Dauphin County
Employers Can Be Liable For Tick Bites
Federal Policy
Week Ahead: NJ Republican Lawmakers Boosting EPA’s Budget
U.S. House Panel Takes First Step In Cutting $528M From EPA
U.S. House Panel OKs $31.4B Interior, EPA Funding Bill
U.S. House Appropriators Advance $37B Energy, Water Bill
U.S. House Bill Would Cut EPA Funding By $528 Million, Far Less Than Trump Wanted
U.S. House EPA Spending Bill Disagrees With Cuts, But Approves Layoffs
U.S. House Panel Proposes $60 Million For Chesapeake Bay Restoration
AP: U.S. House Panel To Consider Bill Preserving Great Lakes Cleanup
Op-Ed: Congress Needs to Step Up To Protect Heating Assistance Program
Transcript Of Reuters Interview With EPA’s Scott Pruitt
The Deep Industry Ties Of Trump’s Deregulation Teams
Three Mile Island, Local Plants, Not Part Of Suspected Russian Hack
Hearing This Week On Proposed Heating Assistance Cuts
EPA Chief Wants Scientists To Debate Climate On TV
Cong. Perry Wants Climate Change Reporting Cut From Defense Budget
Trump Wants To Steer UN Climate Cash Toward Building Coal Plants
Trump Navy Secretary Nominee: Climate Change Is Real And Poses A Threat
U.S. Going It Alone On Climate Change: What It Means
Op-Ed: A Climate Roadmap For President Trump
U.S. Senate Panel Approves 3 Trump Energy Nominees
Trump Denies Request From GOP Governor For Disaster Declaration For Dakota Access Pipeline
Federal Court Delays EPA Oil & Gas Methane Rule For 14 Days
Court Allows EPA to Delay Oil & Gas Methane Rules As It Considers Appeal
Greens Sue EPA Over Ozone Standard Compliance Delay
Op-Ed: Rescinding EPA Clean Water Rule A Step Backward
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