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Sunday NewsClips

Priest, 5 Others Arrested At Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Construction Site

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protest Continues In Lancaster With More Arrests

Editorial: Vogel Amendment To Study Eliminating Vehicle Emissions Inspection Worth Pursuing

Dispose Of Your Medications During Drug Take Back Day

Op-Ed: Let’s Call Coyote Hunts What They Are: Mindless Bloodbaths

AP: PA’s Budget Fight Will Come With Its Own Price Tag

Sunday - Hurricanes

All 5 Ex-Presidents Put Politics Aside At Hurricane Relief Concert

What Puerto Rico Is Doing To Get The Power Back After Storm

Sunday - International

Warning Of Ecological Armageddon After Dramatic Plunge In Insect Numbers

A Giant Insect Ecosystem Is Collapsing Due To Humans, It’s A Catastrophe

Climate Change Could Spell Disaster For Coffee, But Science May Have Solution

Environmental Policy

Letter: Redistricting Could Help The Environment 

Op-Ed: What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About Politics And The Environment?

Air

Asbestos Charges Dropped Against Pittsburgh Man

Midstate Transit Authorities Seek Answers To Declining Ridership

Alternative Fuels

EPA Abandons Changes To Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure

Trump Tells EPA To Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar

Trump EPA Nominees On Hold Amid Dispute Over Biofuel Mandate

Awards & Recognition

Architects Recognize Excellence In Buildings: Frick Environmental Center

Lancaster Sewer Authority Wins National Recognition

Baldwin-Whitehall Teacher Honored By Steelers, Chevron Program

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Harvey’s Lake Seeks More Funding To Eradicate Hydrilla

Budget

Frye: Hunting, Fishing License Fees Seem Unlikely To Increase

Op-Ed: A Parks Perspective: Recreation Services Essential

AP: Natural Gas Severance Tax Gets Life In House [Nothing For Environment]

Meyer: Severance Tax OKd By Committee, May Hit Wall [Nothing For Environment]

Lawmaker Says Severance Tax Will Crush Jobs [Nothing For Environment]

AP: PA’s Budget Fight Will Come With Its Own Price Tag

Thompson: House Passes Budget Balancing Plan, No Finality In Sight Yet

Meyer: Democrats, Moderate Republicans Push A Shale Tax

Murphy: Halting Progress Continues On Budget Front As Exasperation Grows

Meyer: House Budget Plan Disliked By Senate, But Being Considered

Could Latest PA Budget Plan Be As Good As It Gets?

Editorial: Free-Spending Legislature Shortchanges Citizens

What It Looks Like When An industry Controls A State’s Politics (PA)

Chesapeake Bay

Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone

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Climate

Gore Says Trump Won’t Stop Progress On Climate Change

Gore Urges PA To Shift Quickly to Renewables Over Gas, Coal

Gore: We’re Getting Close To Bipartisan Action On Climate

Gore Tells Climate Activists In Pittsburgh: We’re Going To Win This

Gore Brings Global Warming Message To Pittsburgh, Warns Of Its Effect On PA

Al Gore Hosts Climate Workshop In Pittsburgh This Week

Conservative Group Thanks Cong. Costello, Fitzpatrick For Leadership On Reducing Methane Emissions

Op-Ed: To Keep Carbon Down, Keep Three Mile Island Open

Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air

Op-Ed: What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About Politics And The Environment?

October Was Warmest On Record So Far, When Will That Change?

Weather Service Forecasts Mild Winter

Coal Mining

PA Coal Production Slows Down

Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions

FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan

FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities

Compliance Actions

AP: Philadelphia City Council Toughens Illegal Dumping Penalties

Deep Mine Safety

Mine Safety Nomination Follows History As Coal Executive

Delaware River

PEC Blog: A Day Of Discover On The Delaware, Patrick Starr

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct 20 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

From Flint To Pittsburgh, Children Need Protection From Lead

Harmer Authority Interested In Buying Cheswick’s Water System

Economic Development

Earth Conservancy, PSU WB Offering Environmental Workforce Training

RAND: Marcellus Shale Growth, Retirements Will Drive Need For STEM Workers

As Gas Drilling Returns, Industry And Colleges Need To Talk

Education

Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory

Baldwin-Whitehall Teacher Honored By Steelers, Chevron Program

Canoemobile Brings Outdoors To Eastern York Students

Emergency Response

Editorial: FEMA Secondary To Local Preparedness In Coping With Natural Disasters

Energy

Three Mile Island Returns To Full Power

Op-Ed: To Keep Carbon Down, Keep Three Mile Island Open

PPL Rolling Out New Smart Meters In Lehigh Valley

FERC OKs Pumped Hydro Electric Feasibility Studies In Northeast

FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan

FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities

Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions

Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air

Environmental Heritage

Centralia Documentary Showing Town Ravaged By Mine Fire To Be Screened Sunday

Farming

Rodale Institute: The Birthplace Of Organic Farming In The U.S.

Hearst Will Acquire Rodale Publishing In Lehigh Valley

PA Developing Plan To Help Save The Bees

Crable:4 More Farms Preserved By Lancaster Farmland Trust

Cleanup Of 250,000 Gallon Manure Spill Continues In Lancaster Creek

Thousands Of Gallons Of Manure Spill Into Lancaster Creek, Clean Up Continues

Forests

Pennsylvania Wildfire Season Approaching

Volunteers Planted 1,000 Trees In Honor Of 2 Organizations Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary

California Wildfires Kill 42, Cause At Least $1 Billion In Damages, Burn 7,000 Buildings

Editorial: Wildfires & Regulations, Fuel For Thought

Geologic Hazards

McKelvey: Harrisburg Nears End Of Sinkhole Saga With Purchase Of Homes

Harrisburg Sinkhole Incident First To Be Granted Pre-Disaster Relief

Settlement Reached in Oklahoma Drilling/Earthquake Lawsuit

Green Buildings

Architects Recognize Excellence In Buildings: Frick Environmental Center

Green Infrastructure

Pittsburgh Water Authority Ramps Up Its Green Infrastructure Program

Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory

Aspinwall Gets ALCOSAN Grant To Eliminate Sewer Overflows

Volunteers Planted 1,000 Trees In Honor Of 2 Organizations Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary

Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone

Land Conservation

Crable:4 More Farms Preserved By Lancaster Farmland Trust

Littering/Illegal Dumping

AP: Philadelphia City Council Toughens Illegal Dumping Penalties

Mine Reclamation

Earth Conservancy, PSU WB Offering Environmental Workforce Training

Centralia Documentary Showing Town Ravaged By Mine Fire To Be Screened Sunday

Oil & Gas

Legere: PA Supreme Court Urged To Put Drilling Rules To ID Abandoned Wells Into Effect

PLS Reporter: PA Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Drilling Rules

AP: Natural Gas Severance Tax Gets Life In House [Nothing For Environment]

Meyer: Severance Tax OKd By Committee, May Hit Wall [Nothing For Environment]

Lawmaker Says Severance Tax Will Crush Jobs [Nothing For Environment]

Meyer: Democrats, Moderate Republicans Push A Shale Tax

Conservative Group Thanks Cong. Costello, Fitzpatrick For Leadership On Reducing Methane Emissions

Upper Burrell Planning Commission OKs Gas Well, Other Approvals Needed

Upper Burrell Supervisor Candidates Divided On Gas Well Locations

Baldwin-Whitehall Teacher Honored By Steelers, Chevron Program

RAND: Marcellus Shale Growth, Retirements Will Drive Need For STEM Workers

As Gas Drilling Returns, Industry And Colleges Need To Talk

UGI Utilities Starts New $35M Headquarters In Lancaster

Credit Rating Cut For Philadelphia Energy Solutions Refinery Unit

Pittsburgh Gasoline Prices See Drop This Week

Lancaster Gasoline Prices Fall For 5th Week

EPA Abandons Changes To Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure

Trump Tells EPA To Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar

Trump EPA Nominees On Hold Amid Dispute Over Biofuel Mandate

Oil Refiners’ Hope Of Trump-Promised Deregulation On Biofuels Crushed By EPA

Settlement Reached in Oklahoma Drilling/Earthquake Lawsuit

What It Looks Like When An industry Controls A State’s Politics (PA)

Pipelines

State Oversight Of Gas Pipeline Construction Drilling Gets Bipartisan Criticism

Companies Tout Benefits Of Natural Gas Pipelines In Harrisburg

Lawmakers Seek To Halt Drilling After More Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills

Cusick: Nearly 30 Arrested Protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster

Crable: Protesters Arrested After Blocking Construction Of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

Protesters Arrested As Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Begins Construction

Truck Carrying Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Equipment Collides With Minivan

Crable: Protesters Try To Block Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Construction In Lancaster

Crable: Photo Book Chronicles Places In Lancaster Before Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Built

Op-Ed: Altering Laurel Pipeline Flow Would Bring Cheaper Fuel To PA

PennEast Pipeline Backers Tout Lower Energy Prices In Fighting Green Groups

FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities

Radiation Protection

Three Mile Island Returns To Full Power

FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan

FERC Chair Sets Pipelines, Grid Resilience As Priorities

Recreation

Op-Ed: A Parks Perspective: Recreation Services Essential

Fall Foliage Peaks At Historic Kinzua Bridge State Park

Editorial: Have Your Say On Future Of PA State Parks

USA Today: Top 10 Best Tourist Attractions

Crable: Old Safe Harbor RR Trestle Could Be Key To Regional Trail Network

Presque Isle State Park Reviewing Policy For Weddings

Canoemobile Brings Outdoors To Eastern York Students

Leaving The War In The Woods, Wounded Veterans Nurtured By Nature

Hopeless, He Rolled His Wheelchair Off Codorus Park Dock

AP: Man Using Wheelchair Die After Rolling Off Codorus State Park Dock

Color-Blind Artist Captures Lehigh Valley Nature Scenes With Oil Paintings

Crable: Susquehanna Water Shuttle Would Like Lancaster, York By Boat

Recycling/Waste

State Efforts Help Growing PA Towns Build Curbside Recycling Programs

Rep. Kaufer Announces E-Waste Recycling Event In Luzerne

DEP Says Don’t Recycle Tires At Duryea Business

Proposed Changes To Wilkes-Barre’s Garbage Collection Not Sitting Well

Renewable Energy

Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions

Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air

Stormwater

Pittsburgh Water Authority Ramps Up Its Green Infrastructure Program

Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone

Susquehanna River

Crable; 7 Lancaster County Overlooks Along The Susquehanna River

Crable: Susquehanna Water Shuttle Would Like Lancaster, York By Boat

Sustainability

Rodale Institute: The Birthplace Of Organic Farming In The U.S.

Hearst Will Acquire Rodale Publishing In Lehigh Valley

Architects Recognize Excellence In Buildings: Frick Environmental Center

Wastewater Facilities

Lancaster Sewer Authority Wins National Recognition

Aspinwall Gets ALCOSAN Grant To Eliminate Sewer Overflows

Watershed Protection

Pittsburgh Water Authority Ramps Up Its Green Infrastructure Program

Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory

Volunteers Planted 1,000 Trees In Honor Of 2 Organizations Celebrating Their 50th Anniversary

Lycoming Official: Projected Stormwater Compliance Costs Scares The Bejesus Out Of Everyone

Cleanup Of 250,000 Gallon Manure Spill Continues In Lancaster Creek

Thousands Of Gallons Of Manure Spill Into Lancaster Creek, Clean Up Continues

PEC Blog: A Day Of Discover On The Delaware, Patrick Starr

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct 20 RiverWatch Video Report

Canoemobile Brings Outdoors To Eastern York Students

Learn How To Prevent Bird Strikes At Loyalhanna Watershed Program

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Wetlands

Growing Greener Funds News Wetlands At Camp Victory

Wildlife

Frye: Hunting, Fishing License Fees Seem Unlikely To Increase

Learn How To Prevent Bird Strikes At Loyalhanna Watershed Program

Woolly Worms Predict Stretch Of Severe Winter Weather

5 Places To Get Your Deer Tested For Chronic Wasting Disease For Free, Southcentral PA

PA Developing Plan To Help Save The Bees

Schneck: When, Where Can You See Blue Trout?

Schneck: Mountain Lions In Pennsylvania? Expert Opinion

Other

Color-Blind Artist Captures Lehigh Valley Nature Scenes With Oil Paintings

Midstate Transit Authorities Seek Answers To Declining Ridership

Watch Stunning Meteor Shower From Your PA Backyard

Wildfires

California Wildfires Kill 42, Cause At Least $1 Billion In Damages, Burn 7,000 Buildings

Editorial: Wildfires & Regulations, Fuel For Thought

California Wildfire Death Toll Hits 41 As Survivors Face Long Road To Recovery

California Wildfire Death Toll Reaches 40

California Wildfires Now Up To 100 Miles Wide, Threaten More Wineries

Maria

20 PA National Guard Soldiers Sent To Virgin Islands For Maria Relief Efforts

Op-Ed: The Jones (Shipping) Act Is Not Smart Policy

Op-Ed: Ending Jones Act Shipping Restrictions Would Help Puerto Rico, PA

Editorial: FEMA Secondary To Local Preparedness In Coping With Natural Disasters

Federal Policy

FERC’s Powelson Rejects Polar Vortex Arguments For DOE Coal, Nuclear Cost Recovery Plan

Editorial: No Evidence Inadequate Fuel Supply Ever Caused Power Grid Disruptions

Editorial: Clean Power Plan’s Demise: Innovation, Competition Clear The Air

EPA Abandons Changes To Biofuel Program After Lawmaker Pressure

Trump Tells EPA To Halt Ethanol Quota Changes Amid Iowa Uproar

Trump EPA Nominees On Hold Amid Dispute Over Biofuel Mandate

Oil Refiners’ Hope Of Trump-Promised Deregulation On Biofuels Crushed By EPA

Mine Safety Nomination Follows History As Coal Executive

Op-Ed: What Will We Tell Our Grandkids About Politics And The Environment?

What It Looks Like When An industry Controls A State’s Politics (PA)

 

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10/23/2017

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