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AP: Senate Jams Shale Tax, Industry Permits Into Unhappy Package
Op-Ed: Gov. Wolf Reneges On Promise To Protect Air, Water In PA
Op-Ed: What’s Behind Wolf’s Environmental Giveaway To Big Business?
Editorial: Radical, Ill-Advised 3rd Party Review Of DEP Permits
Sunday NewsClips
AP: Senate Jams Shale Tax, Industry Permits Into Unhappy Package
Senate Revenue Package Faces Uncertain Future In House
Crable: First Property For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Seized In Lancaster County
After Mariner East 2 Pipeline Drilling Taints Private Wells, What’s Next?
Murrysville Looks To Get Regs In Place Ahead Of Injection Well Applications
Op-Ed: Cutting Environmental Programs Is Bad For Business
AP: Most Residents Allowed Home After PA Train Derailment
Bedford Residents Making Return After Train Derailment
Luzerne County Plans West Nile Virus Mosquito Spraying
New Park Manager Takes Control At Frances Slocum
New Bike, Pedestrian Ramp On Ben Franklin Bridge Nears Approval
Schneck: White Birch Of Marion Brooks Natural Area, Elk County
Library Patrons Snap Up Free Solar Eclipse Glasses
Nale: Another Chronic Wasting Disease Scare In Deer, Not Threat
Frye: Troublesome Black Bears Getting More Common
Frye: Survey Studies Great Blue Heron, State’s Lone Thriving Species
Sunday - The Feds
EPA, Interior Employees Step Up Defiance Of Trump
Keystone XL Pipeline: Low Oil Prices, Tar Sands Pullout Could Kill Pipeline Plan
Air
Kummer: EPA Reverses Ozone Standard Delay After Lawsuit By PA, Other States
1 Day After Getting Sued By PA, Other States EPA Reverses Decision To Delay Ozone Standard
EPA Reverses, Won’t Delay Implementing Federal Ozone Standard
EPA Chief Backtracks On Delaying Rules Reducing Emissions
Kummer: PA Joins In Lawsuit Against EPA Over Ozone Pollution
Crable: PA, 14 Other States Sue EPA For Delaying Tougher Smog Limits
AP: PA, 14 States Appeal EPA Delay Of Stricter Ozone Pollution Standard
PA, DE Among States Suing EPA Over Delayed Ozone Standard
Clock Ticking On Bad Air Lawsuit In MD Against PA, Other States
Court Tells EPA To Enforce Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Rule
Greens Ask Court To Reinstate Methane Pollution Rule
U.S. To Reject Biofuel Program Tweaks In Blow To Refiners
Editorial: Ethanol Bill Sputters: The Wrong Mix
Alternative Fuel
Penn Students Take Gold With Custom Electric Race Car
U.S. To Reject Biofuel Program Tweaks In Blow To Refiners
Editorial: Ethanol Bill Sputters: The Wrong Mix
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Upper Merion To Close Trail For Treatment Of Emerald Ash Borer
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Found In Erie County For First Time
Budget
AP: Senate Jams Shale Tax, Industry Permits Into Unhappy Package
House Members Prepare For Natural Gas Severance Tax Fight
Editorial: Tax On Gas Drilling A Necessity In Unsatisfying Spending Plan
Editorial: PA Gas Industry The Fuel To Solve State Budget Woes
Editorial: Radical, Ill-Advised 3rd Party Review Of DEP Permits
AP: State Treasurer OKs Short-Term $750 Million Line Of Credit
State Treasurer Calls New $750M Line Of Credit Extraordinary, Without Precedent
Wolf Expresses Confidence In Stalled Budget, House Position Hazy
Gov. Wolf Keeps Low Profile On Budget
Murphy: Progress Slow On Finalizing A State Revenue Plan
Reps In Taxpayer Caucus Give Thumbs Down to Senate Revenue Plan
Uncertainty On Federal Funds For Heating Assistance Could Affect 1,000s In PA
Chesapeake Bay
Lancaster Farming: New Chesapeake Bay Plan In The Works
Lancaster Farming: Conservation Works, Pays, Farmers Say
Conowingo Dam Maxed Out, Can No Longer Stop Pollution
DEP: The Susquehanna River Story: Pennsylvania’s Chronicle (slides)
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Climate
Philadelphia: Tackling The Heat Island Problem In Concrete Jungles
Climate Change’s Impacts On Health Aren’t New, But Philly Health Dept’s Response Is
Study: Earth To Warm 2 Degrees Celsius By End Of Century
Op-Ed: Creating More Climate-Change Hype
Report: EPA Planning Inside The Fence Clean Power Plan Replacement
Column: The Real Climate Consensus: Nuclear Power
U.S. Submits Formal Notice Of Withdrawal From Paris Climate Pact
Coal Mining
AP: Trump Administration Hails Deal To Export PA Coal To Ukraine
Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal, Bad For Earth
Op-Ed: We Should Shift Away From Coal Toward Renewables
Kingston Coal Mine May Reopen; 3 More In Westmoreland To Be Developed
AP: UMW, MSHA At Odds On Countering Surge In Coal Mine Deaths
Deep Mine Safety
AP: Miners Return To Site Of July 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue
A Near-Disaster At Quecreek Saved The Soul, If Not The Coal Of America’s County
As Trump Sings Coal’s Praises, Mine Fatalities Are On The Rise
AP: UMW, MSHA At Odds On Countering Surge In Coal Mine Deaths
Delaware River
Delaware RiverKeeper August 4 RiverWatch Video Report
Drinking Water
DEP Could Double Number Of Lead Pipes Pittsburgh Water Authority Must Replace
Pittsburgh: Teen Help Fight Lead Exposure In Homes Thru Education
Pittsburgh Teens Visit Flint To Develop Tools to Help Reduce Lead Access Exposure
Op-Ed: Salvaging The Pittsburgh Water Authority Ship
Century-Old System Still Protecting Altoona’s Water Supply
What’s That Floating In The Middle Of Lake Redman In York?
Economic Development
Fmr Steeler Trades Black/Gold For Shell’s Red/Gold To Tout Ethane Plant
Shell Ethane Plant Boosts Demand For Local Welders
PSU: Energy Storage Solution Combines Polymers, Nanosheets
Education
EPCAMR Trout Release Offers Lessons For Future
Students Study Susquehanna During Wilkes Environmental Camp
Buffalo Twp/Western PA Audubon Nature Center Off To $1 Million Start
Penn Students Take Gold With Custom Electric Race Car
Emergency Response
AP: Propane Fire Out From Train Derailment, Sulfur Fire Still Burning
Town Affected By Trail Derailment Learns Hard Lesson: Expect The Worst
AP: Evacuations Remain In Effect After Bedford County Train Derailment
AP: Town Evacuated After Freight Train Derails, Catches Fire
CSX Train Derails In Hyndman, Hundreds Evacuated
Train Derailment Fire Delays CSX Cleanup In Bedford County
Energy
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refiner Seeks Debt Relief
AP: Trump Administration Hails Deal To Export PA Coal To Ukraine
PSU: Energy Storage Solution Combines Polymers, Nanosheets
Liability Caps Burn Customers Suffering Damage In Electrical Failures
Op-Ed: Improve Pennsylvania’s Energy Climate
EIA: Power Generators Burning Less Gas This Year As Prices Rise
Post-Merchant Power: What Unintentional Re-Regulation Could Look Like
PPL’s Profits Decline For 2nd Straight Quarter
Exelon CEO: Hopeful PA Will Enact Zero Emission Credit-Type Program To Help Nuclear Plants
Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal, Bad For Earth
New Westinghouse Power Plants Abandoned In South Carolina
No Electric Customer Refunds For Abandoned SC Nuclear Reactors
Abandonment Of Nuclear Project Prompts Overhaul Of Review Process
Column: The Real Climate Consensus: Nuclear Power
Kingston Coal Mine May Reopen; 3 More In Westmoreland To Be Developed
As Trump Sings Coal’s Praises, Mine Fatalities Are On The Rise
Energy Conservation
Uncertainty On Federal Funds For Heating Assistance Could Affect 1,000s In PA
Environmental Heritage
AP: Miners Return To Site Of July 2002 Quecreek Mine Rescue
A Near-Disaster At Quecreek Saved The Soul, If Not The Coal Of America’s County
Farming
Editorial: Lancaster Farm Conservation Easement Fitting Legacy
Urban Farm Expands To Bring Healthy Produce To York
Flooding
AP: Heavy Rains Cause Widespread Flooding, Some Rescues
Cleanup Begins After Flash Flooding In Midstate
Why Has Midstate Been Getting So Many Flash Floods?
Monongahela River Crests More Than 8 Feet Above Flood Stage In Charleroi
Rain To Send Monongahela River Above Flood Stage
Kayakers Pulled From Rain-Swollen Creek In Cumberland County
Op-Ed: Here’s How To Stay Safe When You’re Kayaking
Despite Hike, Official Pleased With Collection Rate For Levee Fee In Wilkes-Barre
Forests
PA Forest Firefighters Returning From Battling Western Fires
Butler, Westmoreland, Allegheny Make Top 10 Counties For Lyme Disease
Upper Merion To Close Trail For Treatment Of Emerald Ash Borer
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Found In Erie County For First Time
Geologic Hazards
Official: Harrison Sinkhole Biggest I’ve Seen
Green Infrastructure
Luzerne County Stormwater Plan Could Spur More Regionalization
Land Conservation
Duncannon Council Mulls Conservancy Offer On Watershed, Timber Lands
Editorial: Lancaster Farm Conservation Easement Fitting Legacy
Land Recycling
EPA Finishes Cleaning Up Ambler Superfund Site, Outlines What Comes Next
$600K Grant To Pittsburgh To Reclaim Tainted Industrial Sites
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Editorial: Fight Against Illegal Dumping Must Continue
Mine Reclamation
DEP Launches Project To Restore Cooks Run Watershed, Clinton County
EPCAMR Project Stabilizes Solomon Creek In Ashley
EPCAMR Trout Release Offers Lessons For Future
Oil & Gas
Legere: 8 Years Later Dimock Water Still Under Scrutiny
AP: EPA Back In Dimock To Test Water, Air For Drilling Impacts
House Members Prepare For Natural Gas Severance Tax Fight
Understanding PA’s Proposed Natural Gas Severance Tax
Editorial: Tax On Gas Drilling A Necessity In Unsatisfying Spending Plan
Editorial: PA Gas Industry The Fuel To Solve State Budget Woes
Penn Hills Votes Against Firm’s Plan To Conduct Seismic Testing
Upper Burrell Residents Claim They’re Being Pressured To OK Seismic Testing
Cusick: Bill Could Hurt 1,000s With Old Oil & Gas Leases Advocates Say
Fmr Steeler Trades Black/Gold For Shell’s Red/Gold To Tout Ethane Plant
Shell Ethane Plant Boosts Demand For Local Welders
EIA: Power Generators Burning Less Gas This Year As Prices Rise
Op-Ed: Improve Pennsylvania’s Energy Climate
Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refiner Seeks Debt Relief
Rice Energy, Lola Battling Billboards On Drilling In Greene County
Gas Leak Forces Evacuation, Power Off In Part Of Wilkes-Barre
UGI Workers Trying To Stop Gas Leak Before Fatal Lancaster Explosion
UGI Energy Services Probes Cause Of Propane Leak Casing Evacuation
Propane Leak Cleared In Steelton, Residents Return
UGI Continues To Battle Natural Gas Leak In Steelton, Near Harrisburg
Analyst Picks Winners Among Philly’s Natural Gas, Water Firms
Marcellus Shale Makes PA 1 Of Top 5 Net Energy Suppliers
Gasoline Rises To $2.57 In Pittsburgh Region
Court Tells EPA To Enforce Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Rule
Greens Ask Court To Reinstate Methane Pollution Rule
Permitting
Editorial: Radical, Ill-Advised 3rd Party Review Of DEP Permits
Pipelines
StateImpact: Judge Partially Lifts Drilling Ban On Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Legere: EHB Allows Some Construction To Resume On Mariner East 2 Pipeline After Spills
EHB Allows Mariner East 2 Pipeline To Resume Construction Drilling At 16 Locations
Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Work Set To Resume At Some Locations
StateImpact: Mapping Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills Across Pennsylvania
Mariner East 2 Pipeline: Dirty Water, Dead Geese, Chester County Residents Horrified
Congressional Lawmakers Ask FERC To Investigate Mariner East 2 Pipeline
Cusick: Wolf: Pipelines Necessary To Live The Life We Want
Judge Clears Way For Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline To Begin In Central PA
Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Goes On Offensive To Get Needed DEP Approvals
Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Buying Farm Where Opposition Is Headquartered
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Buys Farm Where Protesters Are Meeting
Cusick: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Buys Site Of Protest Encampment
Op-Ed: Laurel Pipeline Reversal Is A Rotten Egg, Not Golden Goose
PennEast Pipeline Set For FERC Approval After New Commissioners Confirmed
U.S. Senate Confirms Powelson, 2nd Nominee To FERC
U.S. Senate Confirms Powelson, 2nd Nominee To FERC, Restores Quorum
AP: U.S. Senate Approves FERC Nominees, Restores Voting Quorum
Now FERC Commissioner Powelson Called Strong Advocate For Utility Regulators
Radiation Protection
ZECs Appeal: IL, NY Nuclear Cases Could Shape Power Market Jurisdiction
Failing Nuclear Power Is Good For Coal, Bad For Earth
New Westinghouse Power Plants Abandoned In South Carolina
No Electric Customer Refunds For Abandoned SC Nuclear Reactors
Abandonment Of Nuclear Project Prompts Overhaul Of Review Process
Column: The Real Climate Consensus: Nuclear Power
Recreation
PA Spends 5th Most On Outdoor Recreation
Op-Ed: State Park Admission Fee Won’t Resolve Crowding Problems, Marci Mowery
Editorial: Susquehanna Heritage Designation Deserves Bipartisan Leaders
Schneck: 25 Must-See State Parks In Pennsylvania
Cleaning Graffiti In State Parks, Forests No Easy Task
State Park Attendance Up For Discover Presque Isle In Erie
Discover Presque Isle Brings Larger Crowds To Peninsula In Erie
Mink Make Themselves At Home On Presque Isle In Erie
Editorial: Presque Isle Requires Careful Stewardship
Aug. 4 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Warning, These Old Dams Can Be Killers In York County
Kayakers Pulled From Rain-Swollen Creek In Cumberland County
Western PA Boaters: Expect High River Levels This Week
Boaters Advised Not To Drink And Kayak On Kiski River
Op-Ed: Here’s How To Stay Safe When You’re Kayaking
Funding Available For Snowmobile Trails
Final Decision On Tracy Ridge Trails In Allegheny National Forest Might Go To Higher Level
Butler-Freeport Trail Section Reopens, While Another Closes
Cyclists Push For Safer Roads In Lebanon County
Butler, Westmoreland, Allegheny Make Top 10 Counties For Lyme Disease
Upper Merion To Close Trail For Treatment Of Emerald Ash Borer
Hemlock Wooly Adelgid Found In Erie County For First Time
Rivertowne To Release Heritage Trail-Themed Brew
Schneck: Larch Forest Atop Berry Mountain In Dauphin County
Montgomery County Receives Check From PEC For Park Maintenance
Tracy Ridge Trail, Allegheny National Forest Bike Plan Moves Forward
Apollo Looks To Piggyback On Roaring Run Trail
South Greensburg Officials To Debut Plans For Park
Op-Ed: Bike Lane Expansion Gets Red Light In Philly
AP: Axe Throwing Becomes Cutting Edge Recreation
Renewable Energy
Navy Yard Launches PA’s First Community Solar Project
PECO Bill To Hook Chesco Man’s Solar Array Into Grid: $45,000
Op-Ed: We Should Shift Away From Coal Toward Renewables
Stormwater
Luzerne County Stormwater Plan Could Spur More Regionalization
Toby’s Creek Project In Luzerne Advances With Aid Of Watershed Expert
Skene: Many Berks Municipalities Must Present Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plans
Susquehanna River
Students Study Susquehanna During Wilkes Environmental Camp
Editorial: Susquehanna Heritage Designation Deserves Bipartisan Leaders
DEP: The Susquehanna River Story: Pennsylvania’s Chronicle (slides)
Wastewater Facilities
Property Owners Question if Scranton Sewer Sale Violated Fraud Act
Watershed Protection
Luzerne County Stormwater Plan Could Spur More Regionalization
Lancaster Farming: New Chesapeake Bay Plan In The Works
Lancaster Farming: Conservation Works, Pays, Farmers Say
Conowingo Dam Maxed Out, Can No Longer Stop Pollution
DEP: The Susquehanna River Story: Pennsylvania’s Chronicle (slides)
Editorial: Susquehanna Heritage Designation Deserves Bipartisan Leaders
DEP Launches Project To Restore Cooks Run Watershed, Clinton County
EPCAMR Project Stabilizes Solomon Creek In Ashley
EPCAMR Trout Release Offers Lessons For Future
Toby’s Creek Project In Luzerne Advances With Aid Of Watershed Expert
Duncannon Council Mulls Conservancy Offer On Watershed, Timber Lands
Delaware RiverKeeper August 4 RiverWatch Video Report
Pittsburgh’s Riverfront Offers Inspiration For Video Game Developers
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West Nile/Zika Virus/Lyme Disease
Erie County Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus
Butler, Westmoreland, Allegheny Make Top 10 Counties For Lyme Disease
Watch Out For Ticks: PA Lyme Disease Rates Soar
Lyme Disease Rates Jump In Pennsylvania
15 Years After Lyme Disease Vaccine Was Discontinued, Another’s Being Tested
Wildlife
EPCAMR Trout Release Offers Lessons For Future
Roseate Spoonbill Makes Another Appearance In Central PA
Bird Missing For 60 Years Finally Breeds Again In Erie
Mink Make Themselves At Home On Presque Isle In Erie
Editorial: Presque Isle Requires Careful Stewardship
Allegheny County Warns Pet Owners Of Rabies Vaccine Bait
Orphaned Murrysville Owlets Released Back Into Wild
Schneck: PA’s Top Wildlife Artists Gather For Middle Creek Show
Schneck: What Animals/Insects Live The Shortest Lives?
Carnegie Researcher Discovers 3 More Species Of Appalachian Crayfish
AP: Army Corps To Release Delayed Report On Blocking Asian Carp
Allegheny County Leads The State In Reports Of UFOs, Bigfoots
Editorial: Allegheny County, Where Sightings Of Bigfoot, UFOs Abound
Dupont Man Sworn In As New Game Commission Board Member
Federal Policy
Report: EPA Planning Inside The Fence Clean Power Plan Replacement
Court Tells EPA To Enforce Oil & Gas Methane Pollution Rule
Greens Ask Court To Reinstate Methane Pollution Rule
AP: Trump Administration Hails Deal To Export PA Coal To Ukraine
As Trump Sings Coal’s Praises, Mine Fatalities Are On The Rise
AP: UMW, MSHA At Odds On Countering Surge In Coal Mine Deaths
Study: Earth To Warm 2 Degrees Celsius By End Of Century
Op-Ed: Creating More Climate-Change Hype
Uncertainty On Federal Funds For Heating Assistance Could Affect 1,000s In PA
U.S. To Reject Biofuel Program Tweaks In Blow To Refiners
U.S. Senate Confirms Powelson, 2nd Nominee To FERC
U.S. Senate Confirms Powelson, 2nd Nominee To FERC, Restores Quorum
AP: U.S. Senate Approves FERC Nominees, Restores Voting Quorum
U.S. Senate Blocks Trump From Making Recess Appointments During Break
AP: Army Corps To Release Delayed Report On Blocking Asian Carp
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