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Sunday NewsClips

Crable: Three Mile Island Installs Safety Measure In Case Of Tornado Debris

Letter: Keeping Baseload Energy Sources Will Save Customers Millions

Skiers Stuck With Ski Lift Malfunctions, 5 Injured

Wildfires

Ferocious California Wildfire Grows More Erratic, Dangerous As Winds Pick Up

Wildfire Burns Beloved Burros In South Dakota’s Custer Park

Air

Legere: DEP Releases Draft-Final Methane Permits For Shale Gas Sites

Penn State Study Shows Methane Emissions In PA Marcellus Shale Regions 0.4% Of Production 

Allegheny Technologies’ Air Pollution Permit Sparks Concerns

EPA To Drop Key New Source Review Enforcement Provision

Alternative Fuels

Westmoreland Transit Fueling Growing Fleet Of Natural Gas Buses

Westmoreland Transit Natural Gas Station To Open Thursday

Awards & Recognition

10,000 Friends Commonwealth Awards To Recognize York County

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Steamtown Historic Site Hit Hard By Tree-Killing Beetle

Harveys Lake Boro Receives Grant To Eradicate Hydrilla

Budget

Haggerty Absence In Harrisburg May Have Prevented Gas Severance Debate

Editorial: Haggerty’s Absence Help Kill Severance Tax

Meyer: Wolf Admin Reports Fiscal Turnaround, Contradicts IFO Projections

Meyer: How 6 House Bills Could Change The Way PA Budgets Are Done

Chesapeake Bay

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Nears Record High Mark

York County Water Cleanup Projects Bag $845,000 In Growing Greener Grants

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Citizen Action

Pittsburghers Have Their First Chance To Become PA Master Naturalists

Climate

Crable: Climate Change May Bring Pros, Cons For Lancaster Farmers

Crable: PSU Study Says Methane Emissions From Livestock Not Underestimated

Legere: DEP Releases Draft-Final Methane Permits For Shale Gas Sites

Penn State Study Shows Methane Emissions In PA Marcellus Shale Regions 0.4% Of Production

Ambitious Climate Suit Pitting Teen Against Trump Faces Test

Appeals Judges Underscore High Hurdles For Trump To Avoid Climate Lawsuit

Wind Energy Is Supposed To Fight Climate Change, But Climate Change Is Fighting Back

Op-Ed: The Scientific Debate Is Over, It’s Past Time To Act On Climate Change

Follow The Money? Financial Institutions Lead The Charge On Climate Change

States Band Together To Defy Trump’s Paris Climate Agreement Pullout

EPA Climate Science Debate On Hold After White House Meeting

Coal Mining

Proposed Coal Mine In Somerset Has Residents Questioning Water Quality Impact

Somerset Residents Concerned Proposed Mine Could Hurt Water Quality

Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog--

Part 1: Cost-Of-Service Retired More Coal

Part 2: Future Coal Retirements And The Grid Resiliency Proposal

Part 3: Utilities Continue Coal Retreat, Advance On Gas And Renewables

How Should Communities Cope With The End Of Coal?  Advice From The Frontlines

Bill To Help Rescue New Jersey Nuclear Plants Unveiled

Germany, Others Preparing For A Soft Exit From Hard Coal

AP: Rules Protecting Coal Miners’ Dust Exposure Up For Review

Compliance Action

Chester County Environmental Firm Caught Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste

NYU Funds New Environmental Prosecutor AG Shapiro’s Office

Composting

Crable: DEP Orders Lancaster Farmer’s Composting Operation To Close

Dams

Marianna Will Move Forward With Dam Removal Project In Washington County

Delaware River

Bagenstose: Environmental Groups Ding DRBC On Public Input For Fracking Ban

Low Delaware River Forces Shortened Washington Reenactment Sunday

Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 15 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Allegheny County Lead Task Force To Push Strategies To Ensure A Lead-Safe Pittsburgh

Lead Task Force Makes Recommendations To Fight Childhood Lead Exposure

Editorial: Why Would Pittsburgh Water Authority Dig Up, Re-Cover Service Lead Lines?

AP: Cabot Oil To Court: Make Dimock Resident Pay For Disparaging The Company

Proposed Coal Mine In Somerset Has Residents Questioning Water Quality Impact

EPA Moves Toward Updating Lead Water Pipe Standards

Economic Development

Earth Conservancy To Hold Info Session On Workforce Training Program Dec. 15

Mon River Towns Can Be Mecca For Budding Artists

Education

Saint Vincent College Gets Scholarship To Promote Female STEM Enrollment

Millcreek Twp Nature Center Opens Winter Wonderland

Emergency Response

Sunoco Pipeline Will Fund ATV For Westmoreland Fire Company

Energy

Cusick: Timing Running Out To Save Three Mile Island From Early Closure

Bill To Help Rescue New Jersey Nuclear Plants Unveiled

NERC Report: Natural Gas, Renewables Will Offset Coal, Nuclear Closures

Op-Ed: Lawmakers Can’t Let The Lights Go Out On Three Mile Island

Last Remaining Nuclear Power Plant Project May Be Canceled By End Of Year

Erie Area Communities Divided Over Pursuit Of Clean Energy, Its Incentives

Kleinman Center For Energy Policy Blog-

Part 1: Cost-Of-Service Retired More Coal

Part 2: Future Coal Retirements And The Grid Resiliency Proposal

Part 3: Utilities Continue Coal Retreat, Advance On Gas And Renewables

Family-Owned 200-Year Old Farm Is In Power Line’s Path In York County

Wind Energy Is Supposed To Fight Climate Change, But Climate Change Is Fighting Back

$17.6B Plan Would Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Grid With Renewables

Republicans Drop Nuclear Credits In Final Federal Tax Bill

Energy Conservation

KEEA Energy Efficiency Case Study: Here & Now Brewing, Wayne County

$2.6M Project At Thaddeus Stevens College To Save $122K Per Year In Energy Costs

Erie Area Communities Divided Over Pursuit Of Clean Energy, Its Incentives

Farming

Crable: Climate Change May Bring Pros, Cons For Lancaster Farmers

Crable: PSU Study Says Methane Emissions From Livestock Not Underestimated

Crable: DEP Orders Lancaster Farmer’s Composting Operation To Close

Flooding

Fayette County Communities, Families Still Dealing With 2016 Flood

Forests

Northeast PA Tree Farms Well-Stocked For Holiday Season

PA Acts To Prevent Invasive Inspects From Spreading In Christmas Tree Shipments

Blair County Tree Growers Tout Good Season

Tree-Cycling Helps Provide Mulch For Community Parks

Steamtown Historic Site Hit Hard By Tree-Killing Beetle

AP: Firefighter Dies, Thousands More Take On California Wildfires

Southern California Left Dumbstruck By Week Of Wildfire Hell

Grants/Funding

York County Water Cleanup Projects Bag $845,000 In Growing Greener Grants

4 Chester County Project Benefit From Growing Greener Grants

DEP Announces Growing Greener Grants For Southwest PA

Grant Will Restore Nesquehoning Stream Banks

Centre County Groups Awarded Grants For Recreation, Environmental Projects

Crable: Enola, Warwick To Ephrata Rail Trail Get Key Grants For Missing Links

DCNR Grant Will Spur New Section Of Delaware & Lehigh Trail

DCNR Awards Grants For Delaware Canal Improvements

State Awards $426K In Grants For 3 Local Parks Projects In Montgomery

Harveys Lake Boro Receives Grant To Eradicate Hydrilla

Green Infrastructure

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Nears Record High Mark

York County Water Cleanup Projects Bag $845,000 In Growing Greener Grants

4 Chester County Project Benefit From Growing Greener Grants

DEP Announces Growing Greener Grants For Southwest PA

Grant Will Restore Nesquehoning Stream Banks

Marianna Will Move Forward With Dam Removal Project In Washington County

Sewage Flows Into Pittsburgh’s Rivers, Is There A Fix That Won’t Break The Bank?

DCNR Grant Will Spur New Section Of Delaware & Lehigh Trail

DCNR Awards Grants For Delaware Canal Improvements

State Awards $426K In Grants For 3 Local Parks Projects In Montgomery

Harveys Lake Boro Receives Grant To Eradicate Hydrilla

Growing Greener

York County Water Cleanup Projects Bag $845,000 In Growing Greener Grants

4 Chester County Project Benefit From Growing Greener Grants

DEP Announces Growing Greener Grants For Southwest PA

Grant Will Restore Nesquehoning Stream Banks

Centre County Groups Awarded Grants For Recreation, Environmental Projects

Hazardous Waste

Chester County Environmental Firm Caught Illegally Storing Hazardous Waste

Land Conservation

Cumberland County: A Battle Between Growth, Open Space

Westmoreland County Property Sale Protects Headwaters Of Loyalhanna Creek

Land Recycling

10,000 Friends Commonwealth Awards To Recognize York County

Easton’s Black Diamond Site To Get Environmental Assessment

York City Receives $1M State Grant To Clean Up Danskin Eyesore

Land Use Planning

Cumberland County: A Battle Between Growth, Open Space

Mine Reclamation

DEP Stepping In To Stabilize Abandoned Mine Under Monroeville Businesses

Earth Conservancy To Hold Info Session On Workforce Training Program Dec. 15

Oil & Gas

AP: Cabot Oil To Court: Make Dimock Resident Pay For Disparaging The Company

Legere: DEP Releases Draft-Final Methane Permits For Shale Gas Sites

Penn State Study Shows Methane Emissions In PA Marcellus Shale Regions 0.4% Of Production

Marcellus Shale Development Doesn’t Affect Mortality Rates

Study: Low Birth Weights Linked To Fracking Sites

Marcellus Shale Coalition: 5 Key Facts On New Infant Health Study

Editorial: PA Should Study Health Implications Of Gas Drilling

Bagenstose: Environmental Groups Ding DRBC On Public Input For Fracking Ban

Plum OKs Fracking In Rural, Industrial Zones

Monroeville Approves Seismic Testing

Haggerty Absence In Harrisburg May Have Prevented Gas Severance Debate

Editorial: Haggerty’s Absence Help Kill Severance Tax

EQT To Drill 196 Shale Gas Wells In 2018

Westmoreland Transit Fueling Growing Fleet Of Natural Gas Buses

Westmoreland Transit Natural Gas Station To Open Thursday

Shell Donates Hundreds Of Gifts To Aliquippa Salvation Army

Trump Said To Have Interior Dept Open Door For East Coast Oil Drilling

Cusick: New Book Tackles Key Questions About Fracking

Pipelines

Legere: Will Pittsburghers Pay More Or Less For Gasoline If Laurel Pipeline Reversed

Maykuth: Will Consumers Benefit From PA Gasoline Pipeline Reversal?

Crable: FERC Refuses To Reconsider Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Decision

Cusick: FERC Won’t Reconsider Approval Of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

East Goshen Twp Pushes For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Changes

Cong. Meehan Seeks Pipeline Risk Assessment For Mariner East 2

Sunoco Pipeline Will Fund ATV For Westmoreland Fire Company

Op-Ed: FERC Should Clear Way For Natural Gas Pipelines

Letter: Pipelines Key To Realizing PA’s Full Benefits From Natural Gas

Potomac River

Biologist Fighting Uphill Battle To Get Eelways Built On Potomac Dams

Radiation Protection

Cusick: Timing Running Out To Save Three Mile Island From Early Closure

Op-Ed: Lawmakers Can’t Let The Lights Go Out On Three Mile Island

Last Remaining Nuclear Power Plant Project May Be Canceled By End Of Year

Bill To Help Rescue New Jersey Nuclear Plants Unveiled

NERC Report: Natural Gas, Renewables Will Offset Coal, Nuclear Closures

Republicans Drop Nuclear Credits In Final Federal Tax Bill

Westinghouse Not Moving Fast Enough, Creditors Say

Recreation

DCNR Grant Will Spur New Section Of Delaware & Lehigh Trail

State Awards $426K In Grants For 3 Local Parks Projects In Montgomery

DCNR Awards Grants For Delaware Canal Improvements

Contractors Sought For Piece Of Delaware River Talking, Cycling Trail

D&H Trail Begins Capital Campaign

Centre County Groups Awarded Grants For Recreation, Environmental Projects

Crable: Enola, Warwick To Ephrata Rail Trail Get Key Grants For Missing Links

West Bethlehem Twp Creates Challenging Hiking Trail With Beautiful Vistas

Groundbreaking Held For Tacony Trail Connection

Tree-Cycling Helps Provide Mulch For Community Parks

Dec. 15 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Low Delaware River Forces Shortened Washington Reenactment Sunday

Recycling/Waste

Tree-Cycling Helps Provide Mulch For Community Parks

Regulations

Trump Pledges To Cut Regulations Down To 1960 Levels

White House: Year Of Regulatory Reform & Environmental Protection At EPA

Renewable Energy

Erie Area Communities Divided Over Pursuit Of Clean Energy, Its Incentives

Editorial: Masonic Village Taking Lead On Solar Power

Federal Renewable Energy Tax Credits Appear Safe As Tax Bill Speeds Toward Vote

Republicans Drop Nuclear Credits In Final Federal Tax Bill

NERC Report: Natural Gas, Renewables Will Offset Coal, Nuclear Closures

Wind Energy Is Supposed To Fight Climate Change, But Climate Change Is Fighting Back

$17.6B Plan Would Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Grid With Renewables

Sustainability

Sustainability: Saving The World Is Good For Business

Wastewater Facilities

DEP Needs Changes Before Approving Dallas Twp Sewer Extension

Greene Twp Residents Worried Over Sewer Cost, Excavations

Watershed Protection

Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Nears Record High Mark

York County Water Cleanup Projects Bag $845,000 In Growing Greener Grants

4 Chester County Project Benefit From Growing Greener Grants

Sewage Flows Into Pittsburgh’s Rivers, Is There A Fix That Won’t Break The Bank?

Biologist Fighting Uphill Battle To Get Eelways Built On Potomac Dams

Grant Will Restore Nesquehoning Stream Banks

Westmoreland County Property Sale Protects Headwaters Of Loyalhanna Creek

Marianna Will Move Forward With Dam Removal Project In Washington County

Delaware RiverKeeper Dec. 15 RiverWatch Video Report

Mon River Towns Can Be Mecca For Budding Artists

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Wildlife

AP: PA AG, 2 Other Attorneys General Want Great Lakes Walled Off To Stop Asian Carp

Marianna Will Move Forward With Dam Removal Project In Washington County

Biologist Fighting Uphill Battle To Get Eelways Built On Potomac Dams

Crable: What Should We Do About Feral Cats, Pets That Destroy Wildlife?

Demko: Winter Months An Opportunity Northeast PA Trout Fishermen

New Eagle Cam In Pittsburgh Mounted In Love Birds’ Nest Tree

Wildfires

Southern California Wildfire Explodes In Size Sending Celebs, Thousands Fleeing

New Evacuations Ordered In California Wildfires, Winds Kind Of Squirrelly

Southern California Left Dumbstruck By Week Of Wildfire Hell

AP Coverage Of California Wildfires

Hurricanes

$17.6B Plan Would Rebuild Puerto Rico’s Grid With Renewables

Federal Policy

Trump Pledges To Cut Regulations Down To 1960 Levels

EDF: Trump Turns Back Regulatory Clock To 1960

EPA To Drop Key New Source Review Enforcement Provision

EPA Moves Toward Updating Lead Water Pipe Standards

White House: Year Of Regulatory Reform & Environmental Protection At EPA

Trump Takes Credit For Killing Hundreds Of Regs That Were Already Dead

Ambitious Climate Suit Pitting Teen Against Trump Faces Test

States Band Together To Defy Trump’s Paris Climate Agreement Pullout

EPA Climate Science Debate On Hold After White House Meeting

Op-Ed: The Scientific Debate Is Over, It’s Past Time To Act On Climate Change

Trump Said To Have Interior Dept Open Door For East Coast Oil Drilling

Republicans Drop Nuclear Credits In Final Federal Tax Bill

AP: Rules Protecting Coal Miners’ Dust Exposure Up For Review

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12/18/2017