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Sunday NewsClips
AP: Republican Effort To Fund State Budget Without Taxes Stalls
Thompson: Plan B Revenue Package Hits Wall In House, Turzai Challenge Senate, Governor
House Republicans Boot Balancing Budget To Senate
Senate To Return This Week After House Strikes Out In Budget Effort
House Rs Said It’s Up To Senate, Governor To Lead On Budget, Then Went Home
Longwall Mining Bill Becomes Law, Angering Environmentalists
2014 PUC Decision Confounds Foes Of Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Crable: DEP To Hold Hearing On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Air Permit
Could Pipeline Construction Ruin York County Water Wells?
Quecreek Lessons Learned: Mine Nears Closure 15 Years After Near-Tragedy
For Governor’s Press Liaison, Quecreek Rescue Was A Professional Homecoming
Community Celebrates 2002 Rescue Of Quecreek Miners
A Brotherhood, Living Among The Mines In Somerset County
Historic Marker Planned For Huber Coal Breaker Site
At State’s Largest Power Plant, Union Leader’s Long Fight Comes To A Head
Emissions From PA, Other States Cited In Maryland Lawsuit
CJL Engineering In Pittsburgh Earns Energy Star Certification
Indiana County Authority Receives $10M PennVEST Water System Grant
Upper Gwynedd, North Penn Mark Completion Of Pennbrook Basins
Editorial: Convince Us Of Value Of Stormwater Fee
Sustainability Planner Works To Make Lancaster Greener, Cleaner
Penn State Project Tackles Mega-Trash From Sporting Events
Op-Ed: Still Self-Evident, Still Inconvenient Truths On Climate Change
Editorial: Community Pools Struggle, But Still Worthwhile
Crable: Family Donates Largest Ever Conservation Easement To Lancaster Farmland Trust
Couple Works To Save Energy, Restore Landscape At 5 Western PA National Parks
Schneck: Mill Creek Falls A Cool Respite In Southern York County
Sunday - The Feds
3 State Natural Gas Pipeline Project Would Impact Environment Regulators Say
Air
Column: Don’t Hold Your Breath For Better Air In Pittsburgh
Crable: 8 Of 9 Speakers At Hearing On Perdue Air Pollution Plan Critical
Op-Ed: Oil & Gas Methane Emission Issues Worsen
AP: Maryland Plans Lawsuit Against EPA Over PA, Other Power Plants
Kummer: MD To Sue EPA Over PA Coal-Fired Power Plant Pollution
U.S. House Approves Delay In More Stringent Ozone Standard
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Op-Ed: There’s A Battle For The Soul Of A Park - Japanese Knotweed
GOP Targets Endangered Species Act As Protections Lifted
Congressional Republicans Take Aim At Endangered Species Act
Budget
Op-Ed: PA Supreme Court Extends Its Landmark Environmental Rights Amendment Decision
Op-Ed: Natural Gas Severance Tax Needs To Be Part Of Final Budget Deal
Legere: Marcellus Impact Fee Collections Expected To Rise After Down Year
Letter: Gas Industry Already Pays Significant State Taxes
Editorial: State Wants To Drill Gas Customers, Instead Of Frackers
Legere: Group Asks If Allegheny County Using Shale Millions As Directed
AP: House $2 Billion No New Taxes Revenue Plan Could Be Thorny
House Speaker Mike Turzai’s Big Budget Gamble
AP: House To Hold Session Saturday Amid Swirling Budget Disagreements
State Treasurer: Pennsylvania Could Run Out Of Cash
State Treasurer: Budget Mess May Mean Real Trouble Soon
July 8 Letter To General Assembly From State Treasurer, Auditor General
AP: Talks Over PA Budget Deadlock Take Unexpected Turn
Thompson: House GOP Offers New No-Taxes Plan To Raise Revenue
House Dems: House Republicans Holdouts In Budget Stalemate
AP: Budget Deadlock Politics Are First Debate In Governor’s Race
Trump’s Plan To Cut Chesapeake Bay Funding Likely Dead In The Water
CBF On U.S. House Approval Of Chesapeake Bay Funding
A Call From Philly For Maintaining EPA Funding
Philly EPA Region Could Take Major Hit In Buyout Plan
Report: Trump’s FY 18 Budget Boosts Spending For Regulators
U.S. Senate Begins Moving $38.4B Energy, Water Spending Bill
U.S. Senate Panel Rejects Trump Cuts To Dept. Of Energy Programs
Chesapeake Bay
32 Communities Join To Manage Stormwater In Luzerne County
Regional Push For Stormwater Management Means New Homeowner Fee
Trump’s Plan To Cut Chesapeake Bay Funding Likely Dead In The Water
CBF On U.S. House Approval Of Chesapeake Bay Funding
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Climate
Pittsburgh Mayor Participates In Climate Roundtable, Will Continue Push On Renewables
Lancaster City Generated 700K Of Greenhouse Gases In 2015, Slightly Under U.S. Average
Op-Ed: Oil & Gas Methane Emission Issues Worsen
Op-Ed: Trump Takes The Free-Rider Approach To The Environment
Op-Ed: The Left Is An Obstacle To Climate Action Too
Op-Ed: Environmentalists Ever More Climate-Change Hype
Report: Rick Perry’s Draft Study OKs Solar And Wind
EPA Mulls Unions’ Ideas For A Trump Clean Coal Power Plan
Op-Ed: With U.S. Irrelevant On Climate Under Trump, What Country Will Lead?
Coal Mining
Legere: Wolf To Let Coal Mining Subsidence Bill Become Law
EPCAMR: Expert: Germany’s Example Can Guide PA On Coal
Researcher Brings German Coal Experience To Wilkes Presentation
German Expert Says PA Can Move To Cleaner Energy
Rising Demand For Coal Lifts Job Confidence
What Can Bring Jobs To Somerset County’s Coal Country?
Op-Ed: Let’s Take The Lead In Clean Coal
Clean Energy Is Trouncing Oil, Gas, Coal In Trump Era
EIA: Coal Generation To Likely Exceed Gas In 2017 Due To Gas Price Increases
Compliance Actions
DEP Issues Few Violations, 1 Fine For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills
DEP Investigating Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations
Delaware River
Delaware River Basin Restoration Funding Clears First Federal Hurdle
Delaware RiverKeeper July 21 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
Pittsburgh Water Authority: Lead Levels Below EPA Action Level
Pittsburgh Advancing Legislation To Allow Pittsburgh Water Authority To Replace Lead Lines
Letter: Pittsburgh Not In The Clear On Lead In Water Issue
Allegheny County, Pittsburgh To Reduce Lead Exposure, Energy Use In Low-Income Homes
In Memoriam: Dr. Herbert Needleman, Made Discoveries On Lead Poisoning In Children
Corry To Receive Water System Project Loan
$3 Million Grant Targets Lead-Based Paint In Erie County
Philadelphia’s Building Boom Gives Rise To Another Hidden Lead Risk
Economic Development
Work For Teens At Presque Isle - PA Outdoor Corps
Education
Philadelphia Chester Arthur School Gets Outdoor STEM Classroom
Energy
EPCAMR: Expert: Germany’s Example Can Guide PA On Coal
Researcher Brings German Coal Experience To Wilkes Presentation
German Expert Says PA Can Move To Cleaner Energy
Op-Ed: Let’s Take The Lead In Clean Coal
Op-Ed: Will TMI Closure End In A Meltdown For PA’s Electricity Consumers?
Op-Ed: PA Lawmakers Must Keep TMI Open
DOE’s Rick Perry: We Aim For Energy Domination
EIA: Coal Generation To Likely Exceed Gas In 2017 Due To Gas Price Increases
EPA Mulls Unions’ Ideas For A Trump Clean Coal Power Plan
Clean Energy Is Trouncing Oil, Gas, Coal In Trump Era
DOE’s Perry Touts Energy Exports, Awaits Electric Grid Study
Energy Conservation
Pittsburgh’s Energy Innovation Center Achieves LEED Platinum Certification
Pittsburgh 2030 District is Dominating North America And Growing
Allegheny County, Pittsburgh To Reduce Lead Exposure, Energy Use In Low-Income Homes
Energy Star Rebates Can Lessen Cost Of Move To Efficient Appliances
Environmental Heritage
New Mural In Marianna Tells Story Of Old Coal Mining Town
Farming/Gardening
Black Urban Gardeners Bring Healing To Homewood
Flooding
Turnpike Cited For Erosion Control Problems, But Heavy Rain Caused McDonald Flooding
Editorial: People, Not Storms, Cause Flooding Problems
Floods Topple Statue, Trees At Fallingwater
Residents Recall 1977 Johnstown Flood
Forests
Study: Shale Drilling Spreads Invasive Plants In PA Forests
Schneck: Towering Forest Cathedral Of Cook Forest
Lancaster Firefighter Joining Battle Against Montana Wildfires
New Kensington Starts Urban Tree Inventory
Crable: Opossums Eat Tons Of Ticks, Help Prevent Lyme Disease
Analysis: Public Lands Bring Big Benefits In Pennsylvania
Geologic Hazards
AP: Fayette County Worker Parking Lot Collapsed Overnight
Green Buildings
Pittsburgh’s Energy Innovation Center Achieves LEED Platinum Certification
Pittsburgh 2030 District is Dominating North America And Growing
How PA Housing Finance Authority Snuck Into The Affordable Passive House Game
Green Infrastructure
32 Communities Join To Manage Stormwater In Luzerne County
Regional Push For Stormwater Management Means New Homeowner Fee
Western PA Conservancy Helps Nurture Habitats At Bear Run Nature Reserve, Beyond
July 19 PECO HQ Green Roof Tour In Philadelphia
Hazardous Sites/Materials Cleanup
Documents Show U.S. Military Knew Of Foam Dangers
3 Students Treated At Pitt’s Chevron Science Center After Cyanide Spill
Lake Erie
Tracking Harmful Algae In Erie-Area Waters
Land Conservation
Allegheny Front: Healthy Benefits Of Neighborhood Greenspace
Analysis: Public Lands Bring Big Benefits In Pennsylvania
Littering/Illegal Dumping
EPCAMR: Clean Up Centralia For Centralians Past & Present!
Brazen Littering In Wilkes-Barre Leads To Charges
Opioid Crisis Produces Hazardous Litter: Used Needles
Mine Subsidence
Legere: Wolf To Let Coal Mining Subsidence Bill Become Law
Oil & Gas
Op-Ed: PA Supreme Court Extends Its Landmark Environmental Rights Amendment Decision
Op-Ed: Natural Gas Severance Tax Needs To Be Part Of Final Budget Deal
Editorial: State Wants To Drill Gas Customers, Instead Of Frackers
Legere: Marcellus Impact Fee Collections Expected To Rise After Down Year
Editorial: Permitting & Fracking: PA Needs To Catch Up
Legere: Group Asks If Allegheny County Using Shale Millions As Directed
Legere: Drilling Companies Want Attorney General’s Royalty Case Tossed
Fracking Pollution Stays In Waterways Long After Fracking Is Done
Cusick: Natural Gas Drilling Wastewater Pollution May Linger For Years
Editorial: PSU Proves Drilling Wastewater Can Leave Significant Pollution
EPA To Hold Hearing On Drilling Wastewater Well In Plum
Plan For Disposing Of Fracking Wastewater Is Causing Concerns
Carr: Fracking Wastewater Disposal Well May Be Coming To Plum, Allegheny County
Ambridge Residents Worried Shell Pipelines Could Endanger Water Supply
Op-Ed: Oil & Gas Methane Emission Issues Worsen
Study: Shale Drilling Spreads Invasive Plants In PA Forests
Oil & Gas Jobs In Demand Again, Will Workers Return?
Natural Gas Leak Prompts Evacuation Of Lehigh U Buildings
API Positions Natural Gas As All-Purpose Resource For Electric Grid Reliability
EIA: Coal Generation To Likely Exceed Gas In 2017 Due To Gas Price Increases
PA Ranks 2nd In Natural Gas Production For 4th Year In A Row
Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices Continue To Fall
Pipelines
Murphy: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Causes Drilling Fluid Spills
DEP Issues Few Violations, 1 Fine For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills
DEP Investigating Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Violations
Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Has Resulted In Dozens Of Spills Documents Show
Crable: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Causes 7 Spills In Lancaster County
DEP Staff Warned Of Dangers To Private Wells From Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction
Lebanon County Zoning Board Denies Challenge To Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Delaware County Twp Hires Consultant To Do Mariner East 2 Pipeline Risk Analysis
Supporters Rally In Tunkhannock For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Kummer: Lancaster Nuns Sue FERC Over Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline, Citing Religious Freedom
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Opponents To Hold Prayer Vigil For Nuns Going To Court
McKelvey: Catholic Nuns Take Fight Against Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline To Feds
Hearing On Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Eminent Domain Focuses On Timeline, Trees
Kummer: Nuns Protest Gas Pipeline With Last-Ditch Chapel
Landowners Say They Are Deathly Afraid Of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline
Landowner Accuses Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Of Being On Illogical Path
Op-Ed: Without Eminent Domain, Pipeline Infrastructure Efforts Would Suffer
Morelli: While Other States Go Along, NY Says No To Gas Pipelines
Ambridge Residents Worried Shell Pipelines Could Endanger Water Supply
Natural Gas Pipeline Building Boom Enrages Landowners, Fuels Climate Worries
Volunteers Monitor PA Pipeline Expansion Throughout Trout Country
Months Needed For Additional Study Of Dakota Access Pipeline
U.S. House Votes to Streamline Pipeline Reviews
DOE’s Perry Touts Energy Exports, Awaits Electric Grid Study
Public Participation
DEP To Host Hearing On Brunner Island Water Discharge Permit July 24
Crable: 8 Of 9 Speakers At Hearing On Perdue Air Pollution Plan Critical
Radiation Protection
Perry County EMS Cites Need To Form Registry Of Special Clients
Op-Ed: Will TMI Closure End In A Meltdown For PA’s Electricity Consumers?
Op-Ed: PA Lawmakers Must Keep TMI Open
Editorial: Put Yucca Mountain To Work
Recreation
Murphy: How Well Do You Know Your PA State Parks?
Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Explore The Marvel Of PA Engineering That Is The Kinzua Bridge
Work For Teens At Presque Isle - PA Outdoor Corps
Analysis: Public Lands Bring Big Benefits In Pennsylvania
Letter From Student Leads To New Playground At Lehigh Parkway Elementary
EQT Pittsburgh Three Rivers Regatta Goes All Out For 40th Anniversary
Op-Ed: There’s A Battle For The Soul Of A Park - Japanese Knotweed
Recycling/Waste
Retailers Turning To Green Products For Back-To-School Season
Cumberland County Collects 17,000 Pounds of E-Waste In 2 Days
E-Waste Firm Commonwealth Computer Recycling Looks To Expand
Editorial: Recycle, Amend PA Electronics Disposal Law
Why Greasy Pizza Boxes Can’t Be Recycled
Slate Belt Sludge Plant Hearing On Hold
Regulations
E&E News: Trump Outlines Deregulation Agenda
White House Details Plan To Roll Back Environmental Regulations
White House Outlines Plan To Dismantle Environmental Rules
Trump Administration To Reveal Which EPA Rules It’s Planning To Repeal
Trump Administration Cancels Hundreds Of Obama-Era Regulations
Trump Administration Touts Plans To Reduce Regulations
Renewable Energy
Pittsburgh Mayor Participates In Climate Roundtable, Will Continue Push On Renewables
York College Student Harnesses The Sun To Power Lawn Care Business
Solar Power - Time Could Be Right To Flip The Switch
German Expert Says PA Can Move To Cleaner Energy
EPCAMR: Expert: Germany’s Example Can Guide PA On Coal
Researcher Brings German Coal Experience To Wilkes Presentation
Report: Rick Perry’s Draft Study OKs Solar And Wind
Stormwater
Turnpike Making Progress On Erosion Controls Near McDonald Flooding
Turnpike Cited For Erosion Control Problems, But Heavy Rain Caused McDonald Flooding
Editorial: People, Not Storms, Cause Flooding Problems
July 19 PECO HQ Green Roof Tour In Philadelphia
Susquehanna River
Birders Enjoy Rare Sighting On Conodoguinet: Roseate Spoonbills
Sustainability
Pittsburgh 2030 District is Dominating North America And Growing
How PA Housing Finance Authority Snuck Into The Affordable Passive House Game
Op-Ed: Reimagining Westmoreland’s Many Advantages
Wastewater Facilities
Scranton Mayor Releases Legal Bills Of Special Counsel In Sewer Deal
Thousands Of Roaches Crawled Out Of Manhole And Invade Philly Street
Slate Belt Sludge Plant Hearing On Hold
Watershed Protection
32 Communities Join To Manage Stormwater In Luzerne County
Regional Push For Stormwater Management Means New Homeowner Fee
Western PA Conservancy Helps Nurture Habitats At Bear Run Nature Reserve, Beyond
Small Waterways Can Cause Big Problems In Union County
Tracking Harmful Algae In Erie-Area Waters
July 19 PECO HQ Green Roof Tour In Philadelphia
Delaware RiverKeeper July 21 RiverWatch Video Report
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West Nile/Zika Virus
More West Nile Mosquitoes Found In Dauphin County
Mosquito In New Kensington Tests Positive For West Nile Virus
Wildlife
Frye: Game Commission Asks Public’s Help In Treating Chronic Wasting Disease
Venesky: Game Commission To Use Sharpshooters To Try And Stop Spread Of CWD
Western PA Conservancy Helps Nurture Habitats At Bear Run Nature Reserve, Beyond
Crable: Opossums Eat Tons Of Ticks, Help Prevent Lyme Disease
Coyotes Are Stalking The Philly Main Line, Pet Owners Are Warned
AP: As Coyotes Sightings Rise, Farmers Try To Protect Livestock
Birders Enjoy Rare Sighting On Conodoguinet: Roseate Spoonbills
Crable: Rare Roseate Spoonbill Sighted In Lancaster County
Morelli: PA Spring Bass Fishing Ban Staying Put For Now
Schneck: Rare Paddlefish Caught In Allegheny River
Schneck: Wild Trout Summit Announced By Fish & Boat Commission
Schneck: Shark Week Guide To Most Dangerous Beaches For PA
Schneck: 17 Species Of Frogs And Toads Are In Pennsylvania
Frye: Amending The PA Constitution To Guarantee The Right To Hunt & Fish
Springfield Township Becomes A Bird Town
Where Have All The Hummingbirds Gone?
Catch The Facts About Lightning Bugs
Federal Policy
E&E News: Trump Outlines Deregulation Agenda
White House Details Plan To Roll Back Environmental Regulations
White House Outlines Plan To Dismantle Environmental Rules
Trump Administration To Reveal Which EPA Rules It’s Planning To Repeal
Trump Administration Cancels Hundreds Of Obama-Era Regulations
Trump Administration Touts Plans To Reduce Regulations
U.S. House Approves Delay In More Stringent Ozone Standard
A Call From Philly For Maintaining EPA Funding
Philly EPA Region Could Take Major Hit In Buyout Plan
CBF On U.S. House Approval Of Chesapeake Bay Funding
Trump’s Plan To Cut Chesapeake Bay Funding Likely Dead In The Water
Delaware River Basin Restoration Funding Clears First Federal Hurdle
Report: Trump’s FY 18 Budget Boosts Spending For Regulators
U.S. Senate Begins Moving $38.4B Energy, Water Spending Bill
U.S. Senate Panel Rejects Trump Cuts To Dept. Of Energy Programs
Report: Rick Perry’s Draft Study OKs Solar And Wind
DOE’s Rick Perry: We Aim For Energy Domination
Natural Gas Pipeline Building Boom Enrages Landowners, Fuels Climate Worries
U.S. House Votes to Streamline Pipeline Reviews
EPA Mulls Unions’ Ideas For A Trump Clean Coal Power Plan
Clean Energy Is Trouncing Oil, Gas, Coal In Trump Era
DOE’s Perry Touts Energy Exports, Awaits Electric Grid Study
Op-Ed: Trump Takes The Free-Rider Approach To The Environment
Op-Ed: The Left Is An Obstacle To Climate Action Too
Op-Ed: With U.S. Irrelevant On Climate Under Trump, What Country Will Lead?
Editorial: Put Yucca Mountain To Work
Letter: Monarch Butterflies v. Dow Chemical
GOP Targets Endangered Species Act As Protections Lifted
Congressional Republicans Take Aim At Endangered Species Act
Trump To Tap Longtime Coal Lobbyist For EPA’s No. 2 Spot
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