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Republican/Democratic Endorsements:
Scott Wagner Wins Republican Endorsement For Governor
Jeff Bartos Wins Republican Endorsement For Lt. Governor
Lou Barletta Wins Republican Endorsement For U.S. Senate
AP: PA Republicans Endorse Candidates Identified With Trump
Murphy: Republicans Throw Backing To Wagner-Bartos In Governor’s Race
Murphy: Wagner: Winning Republican Endorsement Is The First Big Step
Scott Wagner Wins Republican Endorsement For Governor
House Speaker Turzai Withdraws From Republican Governor’s Race Before Endorsement Vote
Letter Urging Speaker Turzai To Stay In The House To Elect Republicans
Wagner Wins Republican Endorsement For Governor, Turzai Suspends Campaign
State Political Parties Endorse Barletta, Casey In U.S. Senate Race
Thompson: Democrats Coronate Wolf, Casey, Leave Lt. Governor’s Race Open
PA Democrats Name Indiana County Lawyer Jack Hanna Interim Chair
Editorial: Filling State Democratic Party Chair’s Vacancy
Politics
AP-Scolforo, Levy: Democrats See Partisanship In Republican Voting Districts Map
Republican Congressional Map See As Negotiations’ Starting Point
Erie Lawmakers Praise, Pan New Congressional District Map
New Congressional District Map Could Change Political Landscape
Senate, House Republican Leaders Submit Revised Congressional District Plan To Wolf
AP: House, Senate Republican Leaders Unveil Revised Gerrymandered District Map
Thompson: Republican Legislative Leaders Submit New Congressional Map
Esack/Olson: Republican Lawmakers Send New Congressional Map To Wolf, Cuts Out Some Candidates
PA Supreme Court’s Gerrymandering Opinion Seen As Groundbreaking
AP-Levy: Republican Leaders May Use Informal Process To Get New Congressional Map To Governor By Deadline
AP: PA Supreme Court Justices Explain Decision In Gerrymandering Case
Thompson: PA Supreme Court Issues Opinions In Congressional Redistricting Case
Wagner Leads Republican Straw Polls For Governor Ahead Of Endorsement Meeting
Sunday NewsClips
House Environmental Majority Chair Rep. John Maher Won’t Seek Re-Election
Op-Ed: Lawmakers Out Of Excuses: Pass The Severance Tax
Editorial: Battle Lines Drawn Over Natural Gas Severance Tax
Editorial: PA Politics Of Stagnation
Pike County’s Groundwater Generally Meets Standards
Flood Watch: Philly Area Could See A Whole Month’s Worth Of Rain
Water Rescuers Train To Save Lives
Great American Cleanup Of PA Registration Now Open
Longwood Gardens, Delaware Valley University Pathway To Horticulture Degree
Camp Cadet Applications Available For Students In Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Forest, Jefferson, McKean, Indiana Counties
Lancaster Students Compete In STEM Contests At Tech Conference
Air
Air Quality Still A Challenge In Pittsburgh
Court Orders EPA To Rule On CT Air Pollution Petition Involving PA Power Plant
Judge’s Order Could Force Trump’s EPA To Sanction PA Coal Plant
Awards & Recognition
DCNR Ranger Wins Keep America Beautiful National Award
Meadville Earns PA Municipal League Sustainable Community Gold Certification
PA American Water Accepting Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Art Contest
Anthracite Coal Marks 250th Anniversary: Hard Coal Still Has Modern Uses
AP: Anthracite Marks Its 250th Anniversary
Biodiversity/Invasive Species
Feds Allocate $17.5 Million To Combat Spotted Lanternfly In PA
USDA Announces $17.5M In Emergency Funding To Fight Spotted Lanternfly
Crable: New $19.1M In State, Federal Money To Try To Stop Spotted Lanternfly
Kummer: PA Nets $175M To Fight Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
Budget
Bay Journal-Morelli: PA Senate Approves Bay Funding Bill Without The Funding
Legere: DEP Proposes To Double Gas Drilling Permit Fees
Op-Ed: With New Budget, Wolf Must Champion The Environment, Joe Minott
McKelvey: Bump In Environmental Protection Budget Does Little To Stem Legacy Of Cuts
Schneck: Wolf Aims For Bigger Lyme Disease Battle In Proposed Budget
Republicans Oppose Wolf’s Latest Attempt At Natural Gas Severance Tax
Editorial: Extraction Tax On Natural Gas Long Overdue
PA Farm Bureau Concerned About Some Wolf Budget Proposals
AP: Highlights Of Gov. Wolf’s 4th State Budget Proposal
AP: Text Of Gov. Wolf’s 2018 Budget Address
Gov. Wolf’s 2018-19 Budget Winners And Losers
AP-Levy: Wolf Aims For Smooth Landing For Election-Year Budget
Wolf To Reaffirm Commitment To Education, Skills Training In New Budget
Feds Allocate $17.5 Million To Combat Spotted Lanternfly In PA
USDA Announces $17.5M In Emergency Funding To Fight Spotted Lanternfly
Chesapeake Bay
Bay Journal-Morelli: PA Senate Approves Bay Funding Bill Without The Funding
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Climate
Report Says Green, Sustainable Infrastructure Can Result In Billions In Benefits To Cities
EPA’s Pruitt Asks Whether Global Warming Necessarily Is A Bad Thing
AEP Carbon Reduction Plan Calls For 8+ GW Of Renewable Energy
Coal Mining
Letter: Future Is Renewable Energy, Not Coal
Anthracite Coal Marks 250th Anniversary: Hard Coal Still Has Modern Uses
AP: Anthracite Marks Its 250th Anniversary
Coal Demand Uptick And Tax Law Show Promise For Consol Energy
Coal Production Improving, Still Behind 2017 Levels
Most PJM States Oppose PJM’s Capacity Repricing Proposal
DOE Weighing Emergency Aid For Some Coal Power Plants
Conservation Districts
Applications Now Being Accepted For Lancaster County Youth Conservation School
Delaware River
Feb. 9 Delaware RiverKeeper RiverWatch Video Report
Drinks For The Delaware Raises Money For Clean Water
Drinking Water
Pittsburgh Water Authority Could Sever Water Subsidy For 2 Neighborhoods
PA American Water Accepting Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Art Contest
Lawmakers Considering Bill To Require Lead Testing In Schools
Bethlehem Authority To Let PennEast Pipeline On Its Land Under $1.7 Million Deal
Deal Reached To Bring PennEast Pipeline Thru Bethlehem Watershed
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Worries Water Utilities
Education
PA American Water Accepting Entries For Protect Our Watersheds Art Contest
Applications Now Being Accepted For Lancaster County Youth Conservation School
Phipps Conservatory Unveils Tropical Forest Cuba Landscape Exhibit
Energy
Editorial: Landfill Gas Plant At Keystone Can’t Justify Dump Growth
Franklin County Groups Question Transource Power Line Project
Op-Ed: Transource Power Line In Southern York County Is Needed
PUC Approves High-Voltage Transmission Line In Bedford, Somerset Counties
Crable: DEP Proposes 4th Draft Of New Brunner Island Power Plant Water Permit
WITF Smart Talk: Is TMI Closing An Opportunity For Renewables?
Exelon To Close New Jersey Nuclear Plant A Year Ahead of Schedule
U.S. EIA: Low Prices, Rising Production To Boost Gas Generation Thru 2050
New Jersey Senate Delays Hearing On Nuclear Subsidy Bill
Most PJM States Oppose PJM’s Capacity Repricing Proposal
DOE Weighing Emergency Aid For Some Coal Power Plants
Environmental Heritage
Anthracite Coal Marks 250th Anniversary: Hard Coal Still Has Modern Uses
AP: Anthracite Marks Its 250th Anniversary
Farming
Crable: Lancaster’s Largest Farms May Get New Anti-Pollution Regulations
Lancaster’s Farmland Helps Power Local Economy
Feds Allocate $17.5 Million To Combat Spotted Lanternfly In PA
USDA Announces $17.5M In Emergency Funding To Fight Spotted Lanternfly
Flooding
Blair County Hazard Mitigation Group IDs Flood Insurance Savings
Forests
DCNR Ranger Wins Keep America Beautiful National Award
DCNR Provides Help For Forest Landowners Selling Timber, Preparing Mgmt Plans
Schneck: Wolf Aims For Bigger Lyme Disease Battle In Proposed Budget
Experts: Deer Ticks Will Rebound Quickly After Cold Weather
Feds Allocate $17.5 Million To Combat Spotted Lanternfly In PA
USDA Announces $17.5M In Emergency Funding To Fight Spotted Lanternfly
Crable: New $19.1M In State, Federal Money To Try To Stop Spotted Lanternfly
Kummer: PA Nets $175M To Fight Invasive Spotted Lanternfly
Green Infrastructure
Report Says Green, Sustainable Infrastructure Can Result In Billions In Benefits To Cities
Vandergrift Gets Growing Greener Grant For Permeable Sidewalks, Planting Trees
Growing Greener
Vandergrift Gets Growing Greener Grant For Permeable Sidewalks, Planting Trees
Hazardous Sites Cleanup
Pottstown’s Pollock Park To Get Environmental Cleanup
Land Conservation
Brookfield Renewable Donates 500 Acres To Lancaster County Conservancy
Drinks For The Delaware Raises Money For Clean Water
Littering/Illegal Dumping
Spring Community Cleanup Events In PA Can Get Free Supplies
Mine Reclamation
Knapp: West Branch Of Susquehanna Supports Fine Trout Fishery
Oil & Gas
Legere: DEP Proposes To Double Gas Drilling Permit Fees
Republicans Oppose Wolf’s Latest Attempt At Natural Gas Severance Tax
Op-Ed: Lawmakers Out Of Excuses: Pass The Severance Tax
Editorial: Extraction Tax On Natural Gas Long Overdue
Fmr Freeport Golf Course May Be Site Of 200 Gas Wells, 200 Houses
Frazier: Pittsburgh Suburbs Decide As Fracking Comes Near: Welcome, Or Resist?
Hopey: Neighbors Use Novel Constitutional Argument To Try To Cap Shale Gas Drilling
Carr: Environmental Group Opposes Monroeville’s Rules On Oil & Gas Activity
Study: Radioactivity Found In Stream Sediment Where Drilling Wastewater Treated
U.S. EIA: Low Prices, Rising Production To Boost Gas Generation Thru 2050
Pipelines
Legere: DEP Fines Mariner East II Pipeline $12.6 Million, Allows Work To Resume
Cusick: Sunoco Resume Work On Mariner East II Pipeline, Pays $12.6 Million Fine
AP-Scolforo: Massive Mariner East II Pipeline Project To Resume, Fined $12 Million
Crable: DEP Fines Mariner East II Pipeline $12.6M, Allows Construction To Continue
DEP Levies Historic $12.6 Million Penalty Against Mariner East II Pipeline
Sauro: DEP Hands Mariner East II Pipeline Historic Fine
Mariner East II Pipeline Foes Say A 2015 Blast Points To Risks
Hurdle: Mariner East II Pipeline Critics Don’t Trust DEP, Sunoco Agreement
Sunoco Mariner East II Pipeline Appeals DEP Suspension Of Construction
Phillips: Sunoco Mariner East II Pipeline Appeals DEP Stop Work Order
Sen. Dinniman Promotes Crowd-Funding For Mariner East II Pipeline Risk Assessment
Crable:Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Construction Means Short-Term Money For Lancaster Businesses
Allegheny Front: How Pipelines Are Changing The Dynamics Of PA Forests
Are Pipelines To Blame For Decline In Hellbenders?
Letter: Laurel Pipeline Reversal Bad For Consumers
PennEast Pipeline Seeks Eminent Domain, Plus U.S. Marshals To Protect Workers
PennEast Pipeline Begins Filing Eminent Domain Lawsuits Against Landowners
Bethlehem Authority To Let PennEast Pipeline On Its Land Under $1.7 Million Deal
Deal Reached To Bring PennEast Pipeline Thru Bethlehem Watershed
AP: PennEast Proposal To Use State Land For Gas Pipeline Rejected By NJ AG
Trump Tax Cuts Results In Requests To FERC To Cut Pipeline Rates
Trump’s Buy American Mandate On Pipeline Projects Has Vanished
Radiation Protection
Study: Radioactivity Found In Stream Sediment Where Drilling Wastewater Treated
WITF Smart Talk: Is TMI Closing An Opportunity For Renewables?
Exelon To Close New Jersey Nuclear Plant A Year Ahead of Schedule
New Jersey Senate Delays Hearing On Nuclear Subsidy Bill
Energy Tax Credits Included In U.S. Senate Budget Deal
Recreation
DCNR Ranger Wins Keep America Beautiful National Award
PennDOT, DCNR Project To Revamp Ohiopyle Rankles Some Residents, Businesses
Frye: State Forest Wild Areas Offer Beauty, Solitude And Quiet
Presque Isle State Park Seeks Lifeguard Applicants
Presque Isle Snow Day Celebrates Winter At State Park
Feb. 9 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation
Experts: Deer Ticks Will Rebound Quickly After Cold Weather
Hayes: Ice Trail, Go Forest Skating At South Park In Allegheny County
Pottstown’s Pollock Park To Get Environmental Cleanup
Recycling/Waste
Editorial: Landfill Gas Plant At Keystone Can’t Justify Dump Growth
Regulations
What CEOs Still Want From Trump: A Deregulation Wishlist
Renewable Energy
WITF Smart Talk: Is TMI Closing An Opportunity For Renewables?
University Area Joint Authority Opens Largest Solar Array On Municipal Land In PA
Brookfield Renewable Donates 500 Acres To Lancaster County Conservancy
Bethlehem Authority To Let PennEast Pipeline On Its Land Under $1.7 Million Deal
Wind Energy Proposal Scaled Back In Bethlehem Watershed
Letter: Future Is Renewable Energy, Not Coal
AEP Carbon Reduction Plan Calls For 8+ GW Of Renewable Energy
Most PJM States Oppose PJM’s Capacity Repricing Proposal
Susquehanna River
Crable: DEP Proposes 4th Draft Of New Brunner Island Power Plant Water Permit
Twp. Officials: Evicted Susquehanna River Islander is Harassing Us
Knapp: West Branch Of Susquehanna Supports Fine Trout Fishery
I Won’t Quit Fighting For Susquehanna River Island Despite Twp Lawsuit
Sustainability
Meadville Earns PA Municipal League Sustainable Community Gold Certification
Report Says Green, Sustainable Infrastructure Can Result In Billions In Benefits To Cities
Wastewater Facilities
University Area Joint Authority Opens Largest Solar Array On Municipal Land In PA
Attorney General: No Fraud Found In Scranton Sewer Sale’s $5.3M In Professional Fees
Watershed Protection
Bay Journal-Morelli: PA Senate Approves Bay Funding Bill Without The Funding
Crable: Lancaster’s Largest Farms May Get New Anti-Pollution Regulations
Crable: How Clean Are the Streams And Rivers In Lancaster County?
Vandergrift Gets Growing Greener Grant For Permeable Sidewalks, Planting Trees
Crable: DEP Proposes 4th Draft Of New Brunner Island Power Plant Water Permit
Study: Radioactivity Found In Stream Sediment Where Drilling Wastewater Treated
Feb. 9 Delaware RiverKeeper RiverWatch Video Report
Philadelphia Greases Light Poles With Hydraulic Fluid, Not Crisco To Prevent Pole Climbing
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Worries Water Utilities
EPA, Army Corps Push Back Implementation Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule
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Wildlife
Pittsburgh National Aviary Video: From Our Eagles To Yours On Super Bowl Win
Hayes: Fish & Boat Commission Fishing For Funding Advice
Schneck: Snow Goose Numbers Explode At Middle Creek Wildlife Area
Crable: 50,000 Snow Geese Return To Middle Creek Wildlife Area
Crable: Snow Geese Returning Early To Middle Creek Wildlife Area
Forests For The Chesapeake Bay: The Rugged Ruffed Grouse: Heartbeat Of Our Winter Forests
Game Commission Webinar Feb. 15: Grouse Management In The Age Of West Nile Virus
Juniata Valley Audubon Uses Tech To Count Birds In Annual Bird Count
Editorial: New Hope For Erie Bird Research
Are Pipelines To Blame For Decline In Hellbenders?
Marianna Outdoorsmen Seek Purchase of Property On Ten Mile Creek To Assure Access
Knapp: West Branch Of Susquehanna Supports Fine Trout Fishery
AP: For Many, Call Of Ice Fishing Is Irresistible
AP: Members Of Congress Want 1-Year Deadline For Asian Carp Plan
Research: Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer May Pose Risk To Humans
Keeping Deer Out Of The Garden Is Tough, Here Are Some Tricks
Crable: NRA Great American Outdoor Show Expects 200,000 Visitors In Harrisburg
West Nile/Zika Virus
Schneck: Wolf Aims For Bigger Lyme Disease Battle In Proposed Budget
Experts: Deer Ticks Will Rebound Quickly After Cold Weather
Other
AP: Erie Breaks Winter Season Snowfall Record
CEO Of Carnegie Museums Of Pittsburgh Stepping Down
Hurricanes
Puerto Ricans Grab Machetes, Shovels To Help Restore Power
Cong. Perry Joins Effort To Aid Victims Of Hurricanes In Puerto Rico
Federal Policy
What CEOs Still Want From Trump: A Deregulation Wishlist
EPA’s Pruitt Asks Whether Global Warming Necessarily Is A Bad Thing
DOE Weighing Emergency Aid For Some Coal Power Plants
Energy Tax Credits Included In U.S. Senate Budget Deal
Court Orders EPA To Rule On CT Air Pollution Petition Involving PA Power Plant
Judge’s Order Could Force Trump’s EPA To Sanction PA Coal Plant
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Worries Water Utilities
EPA, Army Corps Push Back Implementation Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule
Trump Tax Cuts Results In Requests To FERC To Cut Pipeline Rates
Trump’s Buy American Mandate On Pipeline Projects Has Vanished
Trump To Pull Nomination Of Top Environmental Advisor
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