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AP: Former PA Governor Tom Ridge Hospitalized, In Critical Condition

Thompson: Tom Ridge’s Health News Comes As A Jolt

AP: Fmr Gov. Ridge Recovering From Heart Attack

Sunday NewsClips

AP: Wolf Starting To Look Like “Two-Term Tom” As 2018 Approaches

Editorial: Lawmakers Budget Time For Real Issues - Amphibians

ALCOSAN Sewer Rate Hikes Planned For Next 4 Years

Editorial: Air Violations Cannot Stand At U.S. Steel Plant

Lancaster Museum Breaks Barrier For Girls Interested In STEM Fields

Op-Ed: Philly Only Walkable If You’re An Able-Bodied Childless Adult

Sunday - The Feds

Coal-Burning Dynegy Wants A Handout, Will Illinois Give It To Them?

Investigation: Radioactive Leaks At Illinois Nuclear Power Plants

Air

Edgar Thomson Steel Mill On Notice For Air Pollution, Equipment Violations

Pittsburgh Groups Decry Proposed Steel Plant Pollution Levels

Public Health Researcher Issues Warning Over Proposed Ethane Cracker

Philadelphia Area Refineries Urge EPA To Reform Biofuels Credit Program

Reuters: Study: U.S. Biofuels Policy Contributes To Global Warming

Alternative Fuels

Altoona Transit To Get 16 New Busses Fueled By Natural Gas

Op-Ed: PA Should Follow This Road Map To An Electric Vehicle Future

Philadelphia Area Refineries Urge EPA To Reform Biofuels Credit Program

Reuters: Study: U.S. Biofuels Policy Contributes To Global Warming

Awards & Recognition

PA’s Beekeeper Of The Year, Jeremy Barnes, From York County

Abington Environmental Advisory Council Honored By Montgomery County

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Spotted Lanternfly Christmas Tree Grinch In Eastern PA

Budget

Meyer Podcast: How To Kill A Severance Tax Bill

8 Luzerne County Projects Get Over $3.3M In CFA Funding

Lancaster Receives $1.225M CFA Grants, $175K Grant For Farnum Park

Meyer: Next Year’s PA Budget Projected To Have $1 Billion Hole

IFO Projects Deficits Each Year Over Next 5 Years Starting With Nearly $1 Billion In FY 2018-19

Chesapeake Bay U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bay Restoration Legislation

Chesapeake Bay

AP: Hellbender Gets Senate OK As Official PA Amphibian

Kummer: Hellbender, a.k.a. Snot Otter, Could Soon Be PA’s Official Amphibian

AP: Showdown Looming Over Official State Amphibian: Hellbender v. Wehrle’s Salamander

Kummer: Battle Looms Over PA State Amphibian: Hellbender v. Wehrle’s

Hellbender Step Closer To Being PA Clean Water Mascot

Senate Approves Bill Designating Eastern Hellbender As PA’s State Amphibian

Marc Levy @timelywriter Salamander Poll Results: 90% Eastern Hellbender, 10% Wehrle’s Salamander with 144 votes counted.

Chesapeake Bay Journal Sues EPA After Funding Terminated

Chesapeake Bay U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bay Restoration Legislation

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Climate

Paris Climate Deal: PA Cities Say We Are Still In

Kummer: Can Philly Make 600,000 Buildings More Energy Efficient?

Philadelphia Explains How It Would Make Deep Cuts In Carbon Emissions

How Philadelphia Plans To Get Green By 2050

Climate Change Means Storms, Floods, Heat, Scarier If They Combine

Erie Summit To Address Climate Change Nov. 15

U.S., European Carbon Dioxide Emissions Set To Decline By 0.4%, 0.2%  While China Emissions Rise 3.5%, World By 2%

God Bless The USA Interrupts Trump’s Coal-Focused Event At Climate Talks

Reuters: Study: U.S. Biofuels Policy Contributes To Global Warming

Envoy Says U.S. Still Committed To Fighting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Op-Ed: Pro-Life And Pro-Climate Action

Op-Ed: To Protect Roads And Bridges, Face Climate Facts

Reuters: Nations Keep Global Climate Deal On Track Despite U.S. Pullout

Coal Mining

A Year After Trump’s Election, Coal’s Future Remains Bleak

PEC Blog: Getting To Zero: ZECs And The Future Of Nuclear Energy

Op-Ed: Lawmakers Should Do All They Can To Save Three Mile Island

Connellsville Coke Region Research Project Seeks Mine Workers’ Stories

More Ghosts Of Our Coal Mining Past, A Foggy Hike Near Tresckow, Carbon County

FERC Chair Details Interim Plan To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants

FERC Interim Plan Could Aid Nuke, Coal Plants For Years

Maykuth: PJM Grid Operator Moves To Prop Up Nuclear, Coal Generators

PJM Defends Plan To Help Coal, Nuclear Power Plants In Price Proposal

Grid Watchdog Finds Natural Gas Is Reliable, Could Undermine DOE Coal Plan

U.S. Senate Confirms Trump Mine Safety Pick

Compliance Action

Edgar Thomson Steel Mill On Notice For Air Pollution, Equipment Violations

Delaware River

Protesters Call For Fracking Ban At Delaware River Basin Commission Meeting

What Does Delaware River Mean To You Contest Gives Voice To River Experiences

Shad Making A Comeback In Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 17 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

DEP Slaps Pittsburgh Water Authority With $2.4 Million Penalty

New House Bill Would Create State Receivership For Pittsburgh Water Authority

Editorial: Pittsburgh Water Authority Hikes Rates, Conflict Remains

Editorial: Lancaster Council Needs To Pass Lead Ordinance

Economic Development

How Women In Energy Are Helping Men To Help Them

Education

Cameron County Teen Completes Wildlife Leadership Field School

RAND Study: PA Must Focus On STEM Education

Energy

Pittsburgh’s Microgrids Could Lead The Way For Green Energy

PPL To Cut Residential Electric Price 22 Percent On Dec. 1

Maykuth: Senate Restores PUC To Full Strength To Face Full Pipeline Of Issues

A Year After Trump’s Election, Coal’s Future Remains Bleak

Trump’s Energy Agenda Under Attack From Democrats And Republicans

PEC Blog: Getting To Zero: ZECs And The Future Of Nuclear Energy

Op-Ed: Lawmakers Should Do All They Can To Save Three Mile Island

FERC Chair Details Interim Plan To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants

FERC Interim Plan Could Aid Nuke, Coal Plants For Years

Maykuth: PJM Grid Operator Moves To Prop Up Nuclear, Coal Generators

PJM Defends Plan To Help Coal, Nuclear Power Plants In Price Proposal

Grid Watchdog Finds Natural Gas Is Reliable, Could Undermine DOE Coal Plan

Injured Workers, Widows Sue FirstEnergy Over Fatal Power Plant Incident

Energy Conservation

Kummer: Can Philly Make 600,000 Buildings More Energy Efficient?

Philadelphia Explains How It Would Make Deep Cuts In Carbon Emissions

How Philadelphia Plans To Get Green By 2050

Video: KEEA Energy Efficiency Case Study: DMI Companies In Washington County

Home Heating Help Available For People With Low Incomes Thru LIHEAP

Environmental Heritage

Connellsville Coke Region Research Project Seeks Mine Workers’ Stories

More Ghosts Of Our Coal Mining Past, A Foggy Hike Near Tresckow, Carbon County

Flight 93 Tower Of Voices To Be Built By Altoona Contractor

Farming

PA’s Beekeeper Of The Year, Jeremy Barnes, From York County

Flooding

Wilkes-Barre Receives $299,999 Grant For Solomon Creek Flood Wall

Climate Change Means Storms, Floods, Heat, Scarier If They Combine

National Flood Insurance Revamp Backed By GOP Angers NJ Congressmen

Forests

Christmas Tree Prices Should Be About The Same As Last Year

Why Are There 55,000 Christmas Trees In Mifflinburg

What To Do If You Find A Spotted Lanternfly

Spotted Lanternfly Christmas Tree Grinch In Eastern PA

Dozens Of Free Trees Given Away In Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park

Op-Ed: Looking For God?  Look At Fall Foliage

Funding/Grants

8 Luzerne County Projects Get Over $3.3M In CFA Funding

Wilkes-Barre Receives $299,999 Grant For Solomon Creek Flood Wall

Land Conservation

Western PA Conservancy Takes Tiny Hickman Chapel Under Its Wing

Oil & Gas

Contractor Blamed For 63,000 Gallon Spill At Gas Well Pad In Lycoming County

Frazier: Lycoming Drilling Pad Wastewater Spill Tops 63,000 Gallons

Legere: Grant Twp, Indiana County’s Fight Against Oil & Gas Waste Disposal

Meyer Podcast: How To Kill A Severance Tax Bill

Protesters Call For Fracking Ban At Delaware River Basin Commission Meeting

Public Health Researcher Issues Warning Over Proposed Ethane Cracker

Drilling Company Pitches Fracking To A-K Valley Business Leaders

How Women In Energy Are Helping Men To Help Them

Altoona Transit To Get 16 New Busses Fueled By Natural Gas

Easton Tops Places ExxonMobil Employees Moving To NJ Want To Live

EQT Begins Post-Deal Layoffs After Acquiring Rice Energy

Documents Show Undisclosed EPA Health Concerns On Fracking Chemicals

FERC Chair Details Interim Plan To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants

FERC Interim Plan Could Aid Nuke, Coal Plants For Years

Maykuth: PJM Grid Operator Moves To Prop Up Nuclear, Coal Generators

Grid Watchdog Finds Natural Gas Is Reliable, Could Undermine DOE Coal Plan

Philadelphia Area Refineries Urge EPA To Reform Biofuels Credit Program

Gasoline Prices In Midstate More Like Spring Than Fall

Arctic Refuge Drilling Closer As U.S. Senate Panel Backs Bill

Pipelines

Wyoming County Gets $1 Million For Natural Gas Pipeline Extension

3 Arrested After Protesting Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster

Report: New Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity Sharply Exceeds Consumption

Sinkhole Opens During Mariner East 2 Pipeline Drilling In Chester County

Anti-Mariner East 2 Pipeline Candidates Elected In Chester County

PennEast Pipeline Construction Clearing Could Bring More Issues

$86 Million Natural Gas Pipeline Planned For Erie, Ashtabula Counties

Maykuth: Senate Restores PUC To Full Strength To Face Full Pipeline Of Issues

Keystone Pipeline Spills 210,000 Gallons Of Oil On Eve Of Permitting Decision

AP: Keystone Pipeline Leak Won’t Affect Last Regulatory Hurdle

FERC Rejects NY Petition To Rehear Millennium Pipeline Project, Setting Up Court Battle

Radiation Protection

PEC Blog: Getting To Zero: ZECs And The Future Of Nuclear Energy

Op-Ed: Lawmakers Should Do All They Can To Save Three Mile Island

Crable: Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Operator Fails Drug Test

FERC Chair Details Interim Plan To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants

FERC Interim Plan Could Aid Nuke, Coal Plants For Years

Maykuth: PJM Grid Operator Moves To Prop Up Nuclear, Coal Generators

PJM Defends Plan To Help Coal, Nuclear Power Plants In Price Proposal

Grid Watchdog Finds Natural Gas Is Reliable, Could Undermine DOE Coal Plan

Recreation

Keystone Edge: Cities Are Only As Strong As Their Parks And Green Spaces

Keystone Edge: Hidden Lake In Heart Of Philly Prepares For Its Closeup

Bellwood Residents Laud Benefits Of $2 Million Trail Plan

More Ghosts Of Our Coal Mining Past, A Foggy Hike Near Tresckow, Carbon County

Crable: Holtwood Park Will Not Be Taken Over By Lancaster Twp, Will Revert To Nature

Programs To Focus On Erie-Area Public Recreation Needs

Lancaster Receives $1.225M CFA Grants, $175K Grant For Farnum Park

AP: Lancaster Women Wants To See All 59 National Parks Before Going Blind

Dozens Of Free Trees Given Away In Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park

Nov. 17 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Video: Opportunities For Volunteerism In PA’s State Parks, Forests

National Group Calls Franklin & Marshall College A Bike-Friendly Campus

He’s Not Too Old To Ride E-Bikes, Or Start A Company That Makes Them

Snowy Owls Spotted At Presque Isle State Park

O’Neill: Worms From Deer Are Eating Pittsburgh’s Riverview Park

Op-Ed: Looking For God?  Look At Fall Foliage

Recycling/Waste

McKeesport Residents Urged To Pitch In During America Recycles Day

EHB Will Not Rescind Keystone Landfill Operating Permit

Editorial: Wolf, DEP Owe Explanation On Keystone Landfill Permit Renewal

Legere: Grant Twp, Indiana County’s Fight Against Oil & Gas Waste Disposal

Renewable Energy

Crable: Wolf Uses E-Town College’s Solar Field To Tout New Law Boosting In-State Solar

Wolf Hails Boost To PA’s Cloudy Solar Market

Stormwater

Williamsport Transfers Stormwater Assets To Williamsport Sanitary Authority

Susquehanna River

Video: New Lower Susquehanna RiverKeeper Working To Keep Codorus Green In York

Wastewater Facilities

Hollidaysburg Homeowners Upset Over Costs To Repair Private Sewer Lines

Hollidaysburg Meeting Ends In Insults Over Cost Of Sewer Line Replacement

Watershed Protection

AP: Hellbender Gets Senate OK As Official PA Amphibian

Kummer: Hellbender, a.k.a. Snot Otter, Could Soon Be PA’s Official Amphibian

Hellbender Step Closer To Being PA Clean Water Mascot

Senate Approves Bill Designating Eastern Hellbender As PA’s State Amphibian

AP: Showdown Looming Over Official State Amphibian: Hellbender v. Wehrle’s Salamander

Kummer: Battle Looms Over PA State Amphibian: Hellbender v. Wehrle’s

Marc Levy @timelywriter Salamander Poll Results: 90% Eastern Hellbender, 10% Wehrle’s Salamander with 144 votes counted.

Williamsport Transfers Stormwater Assets To Williamsport Sanitary Authority

Shad Making A Comeback In Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Nov. 17 RiverWatch Video Report

Chesapeake Bay U.S. Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bay Restoration Legislation

Chesapeake Bay Journal Sues EPA After Funding Terminated

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Wildlife

AP: Hellbender Gets Senate OK As Official PA Amphibian

Kummer: Hellbender, a.k.a. Snot Otter, Could Soon Be PA’s Official Amphibian

AP: Showdown Looming Over Official State Amphibian: Hellbender v. Wehrle’s Salamander

Marc Levy @timelywriter Salamander Poll Results: 90% Eastern Hellbender, 10% Wehrle’s Salamander with 144 votes counted.

Kummer: Battle Looms Over PA State Amphibian: Hellbender v. Wehrle’s

Hellbender Step Closer To Being PA Clean Water Mascot

Senate Approves Bill Designating Eastern Hellbender As PA’s State Amphibian

Cameron County Teen Completes Wildlife Leadership Field School

Crable: Start Of An Epidemic: Bald Eagles Are Dying From Lead In Hunting, Fishing Products

Shad Making A Comeback In Delaware River

Snowy Owls Spotted At Presque Isle State Park

PA’s Beekeeper Of The Year, Jeremy Barnes, From York County

Will PA’s Buck Harvest Increase A 3rd Straight Year?  Info Hunters Need To Know

1 In 63 Pennsylvania Drivers Will Hit Deer In 2017

O’Neill: Worms From Deer Are Eating Pittsburgh’s Riverview Park

Schneck: Where’s The Best Bear Hunting In Pennsylvania

AP: Getting More Wolflike Is The Key To The Future For Coyotes

Fish & Boat Commission To Draw Down Fords Lake

Frye: Legislation To Limit Term Of Fish & Boat Commission Exec. Director May Stall

Other

Academy Of Natural Sciences Names Scott Cooper New President

Hurricanes

Philly Councilwoman Returns From Hurricane-Ravaged Puerto Rico

Millwood Seeking Donations For Lehigh Valley Families Who Fled Puerto Rico

Federal Policy

FERC Chair Details Interim Plan To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants

FERC Interim Plan Could Aid Nuke, Coal Plants For Years

Maykuth: PJM Grid Operator Moves To Prop Up Nuclear, Coal Generators

Trump’s Energy Agenda Under Attack From Democrats And Republicans

Documents Show Undisclosed EPA Health Concerns On Fracking Chemicals

Arctic Refuge Drilling Closer As U.S. Senate Panel Backs Bill

U.S. Senate Confirms Trump Mine Safety Pick

National Flood Insurance Revamp Backed By GOP Angers NJ Congressmen

Envoy Says U.S. Still Committed To Fighting Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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11/20/2017