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Editorial: Permits Still A Fundamental State Duty

Sunday NewsClips

Esack: Clean & Green: PA Taxpayers Pick Up Tab Left By large Landowners

How Much Of Your Tax Bill Subsidizes Clean And Green?

Hayes: Fish & Boat Director Runs Afoul Of Legislators

Legislators’ Feud With Director Holds Up Fish Funding

The Nature Conservancy PA: Challenge: Soaking Up Stormwater, Solution: Unleashing The Power Of Nature

Scranton Sewer Sale Lawsuit Put On Hold

Loyalhanna Watershed In Westmoreland Seeks 6 Summer Interns

AP: Lancaster County Juggles Growing Economy, Rural Character

Seeding Change: Woman Launches Eastside Erie Urban Farm

Coalition Promotes Electric Car Driving In PA

State Awards $2.4 Million In Grants To 8 Solar-Energy Projects In Lancaster County

Delaware Officials Cite Marcus Hook Refinery For Air Emission Violations

AP: Marcus Hook Refinery Pays Delaware $750,000 In Penalties

Philadelphia Eagles Lead The Way For NFL, Area Workplaces In Going Green

Philly Traffic Lanes To Make Room For Bike Lanes This Spring

Vegetation Control Seen As Key To Piping Plover Recovery At Presque Isle

Sunday - The Feds

RECLAIM Mine Cleanup Could Be Part Of Congress’ Last Pre-Election Budget

U.S. Coal Companies Haven’t Set Aside Enough Money For Reclaiming Its Mines

Air

Court: EPA Broke Law With Ozone Standard Delay

New York Petitions EPA To Force Emission Reductions In PA, 8 Other States

Bankrupt Philadelphia Refiner Settles $350M Biofuel Obligation With EPA

Op-Ed: Stop Attacks On Farmers, Homegrown Energy, Rick Santorum

Alternative Fuels

PUC Moves To Demystify Electric Vehicle Charging Rules

Bankrupt Philadelphia Refiner Settles $350M Biofuel Obligation With EPA

Op-Ed: Stop Attacks On Farmers, Homegrown Energy, Rick Santorum

Awards & Recognition

Pittsburgh’s Landforce Wins $50,000 As Google Impact Challenges People’s Choice

Budget

Hayes: Legislators: No Funding Until Arway Is Out: Online Poll, What Do You Think?

Lawmakers Want To Oust Agency Head Over Dispute Over Stocking Trout Streams

Bob Frye: Not So Subtle: Attempt To Limit Term Of Fish Commission Executive Director

Op-Ed: In Harrisburg Politics, Revenge Is Power And Sometimes Policy.  This Hit Job Is About More Than Fishing Fees

Fish Commission: Fishing License Fee Increase Needed

Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: How Close To Perfect Must Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Be To Achieve Goal?

McKelvey: Capital Region Water Plans $315M In Upgrades

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Citizen Action

Volunteers Sought To Cleanup PA’s Battlefields, Historic Sites

Climate

Climate Change Could Slowly Alter Northeast Forests

Op-Ed: UN Selects Penn State To Lead A Global Transformation Of Building Sector

Commentary: U.S. Budget Bill May Help Carbon Capture Get Back On Track

Compliance Action

PUC To Vote This Week On Restarting Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline

AP: Sunoco Rover Pipeline In WV Hit With Shutdown Order, Connects To PA

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper March 16 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Meyer: Lawmakers Attempt To Tackle Lead Levels In Schools

How Much Water Would Nestle Waters’ Proposed Facility Require In Centre County?

First Step In Restructuring Pittsburgh Water Authority Could Come Next Week

Op-Ed: Privatization Not The Answer For Pittsburgh Water Authority

Philly Residents Could See Increase In Water Bill

Economic Development

Pittsburgh’s Landforce Wins $50,000 As Google Impact Challenges People’s Choice

Education

Asbury Woods Nature Center Near Erie Welcomes New Ferret

Energy

PUC Moves To Demystify Electric Vehicle Charging Rules

Electric Choice Program On Decline

Pittsburgh Airport Might Use Natural Gas To Generate Power

Op-Ed: UN Selects Penn State To Lead A Global Transformation Of Building Sector

Op-Ed: Everyday Heroes Who Helped Get Power Back On

Penelec Default Rate Hearing In Erie Draws Crowd

York Power Line Opponents Show Up In Force At PUC Pre-Hearing

PJM Responds To PA Legislative Concerns About Baseload Plants

Maykuth: Federal Corporate Tax Cuts Flow Back To Utility Customers

Utility Customers Expecting Refunds From Federal Tax Cuts Keep Waiting

FERC Works To Ensure Customers Get Utility Rate Cuts From Republican Tax Bill

PJM Pushes Plant Payment Reforms As RTOs File Resilience Comments At FERC

Split FERC Approves ISO-New England Capacity Market Plan

Powelson Very Nervous About Long-Term Reliability In ISO-NE

FERC Chair Discloses Brain Tumor, Surgery, Says He’ll Keep Working

Trump Accuses Russia Of Ongoing Operation To Penetrate U.S. Energy Grid

Energy Conservation

Op-Ed: UN Selects Penn State To Lead A Global Transformation Of Building Sector

Environmental Heritage

Volunteers Sought To Cleanup PA’s Battlefields, Historic Sites

Farming

Bay Journal-Morelli: Plain Sect Becoming More Involved In Farm Conservation

Rodale Institute, Stroud Water Research Form Partnership To Reduce Farm Pollution

Fawn Eyes Agricultural Security Area To Protect Farmland

Midstate School District Asked To Reconsider Farmland Condemnation

Lancaster County Manure Spills Kills Fish

Milk Processor Cancels Farm Contracts As Walmart Makes Own Milk

Flooding

HBG Transportation Center, Paxton Creek Plans Could Reduce Flooding

PECO: 8,700 Customers Still Without Electricity

Forests

Frye: Forest Fire Season Is Here, Those Who Venture Outdoors Need To Remember That

Maple Syrup Season Gets Early Start In PA

Schneck: Best Views Of PA Getting A Makeover - Forest Fire Towers

Climate Change Could Slowly Alter Northeast Forests

Green Infrastructure

Bay Journal-Morelli: Plain Sect Becoming More Involved In Farm Conservation

Rodale Institute, Stroud Water Research Form Partnership To Reduce Farm Pollution

Hazardous Sites

Turnpike Mishandles Pickle Liquor Sludge In Pittsburgh Highway Project

Train Strikes Tanker Truck In Springdale

Land Conservation

Pittsburgh’s Landforce Wins $50,000 As Google Impact Challenges People’s Choice

Midstate School District Asked To Reconsider Farmland Condemnation

Fawn Eyes Agricultural Security Area To Protect Farmland

Schneck: World-Famous PA Trout Stream Gains Headwaters Protection

Lawrence County Nears Acquiring Land For Quaker Falls

Land Recycling

Editorial: Persistence In Redeveloping Glass Plant Site Pays Off

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Wanted: Volunteers To Clean Erie-Area Winter Debris

Harrisburg Officials Wants Stricter Ordinance Against Illegal Dumping

Mine Reclamation

Hayes: The (Weird) Color Of Water In Southwest Streams

Oil & Gas

Pittsburgh Airport Might Use Natural Gas To Generate Power

Upper Burrell Residents Ask Judge To Overturn OK For Gas Well Pad

Greek Gods Have Gas Well Namesakes In Upper Burrell

StateImpact Reporters To Talk Shale Gas Development At March 21 Pittsburgh Event

Ethics Commission Investigating Complaint Against Wolf Aide Married To Natural Gas Lobbyist

Lycoming County Experiences Natural Gas Resurgence

Sisk: Disputes Over Gas Royalties Fester Throughout Oil & Gas States

Op-Ed: A Dark Side To The American Shale Gas Boom

Schlotterbeck, CEO Of EQT Drilling, Abruptly Resigns

EQT Drilling CEO Says He Left In Pay Dispute

Seismic Testing Company Wants Its Missing Devices Back In Westmoreland

Hurdle: EPA Deal Gives Philly Refinery Some Relief On Renewable Fuel Credits

Bankrupt Philadelphia Refiner Settles $350M Biofuel Obligation With EPA

Op-Ed: Stop Attacks On Farmers, Homegrown Energy, Rick Santorum

Permitting

Editorial: Permits Still A Fundamental State Duty

Personnel

Fallingwater’s Longtime Director Prepares To Retire

Pipelines

Maykuth: PUC Ratifies Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline Shutdown Shutdown Order

PUC To Vote This Week On Restarting Sunoco Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Hurdle: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Spill For 3rd Time

Sunoco: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Spills Fluid In PA Again

Hurdle: Some Well Owners OK With Sunoco Water On Mariner East 2 Pipeline Route

Mariner East 2 Protesters Rally At Scene Of Chester County Sinkholes

DEP Seeks Update Plan From Sunoco For Mariner East 2 Pipeline

5 People Arrested During Protest Of Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster

Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Tests Water Wells In Lancaster Prior To Construction

Bagenstose: Groups Urge DRBC To Prohibit Tree Clearing For PennEast Pipeline

Merits Of Laurel Pipeline Fuel Flow Reversal Debated

AP: Sunoco Rover Pipeline In WV Hit With Shutdown Order, Connects To PA

Pipeline Build-Out Unplugs Some Constraints On Gas Production, But New Capacity Could Exceed Demand

This Is How Pipeline Companies Will Seek A Pass On Trump Tariffs

Recreation

Pittsburgh’s Landforce Wins $50,000 As Google Impact Challenges People’s Choice

Frye: Forest Fire Season Is Here, Those Who Venture Outdoors Need To Remember That

Crable: Winter Camping In The Most Remote Spot In PA (Potter County)

Mountain Biking To Explore Nature Taking Off In Blair County Area

10 Most Beautiful Destinations For Bicyclists In PA

Changes Coming To Philly’s Indego Bike Sharing Program

Gun Club Seeks Emergency Injunction To Prevent Eviction From State Park

Construction On Final Leg Of Warrior Trail Delayed

Volunteers Create, Maintain Bike Trails At Moon Lake Park

March 16 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Are Treasure Hunters, The FBI And DCNR Digging For Lost Gold In Elk County?

Lebanon County Settles Rail Trail Dispute For $125,000

Judge Orders Negotiations Between DCNR, Gun Club Over State Park Eviction

Allegheny River Locks To Open For Recreational Boaters For 9 Days In July

Editorial: Are We Getting Best Use Out Of Wilkes-Barre River Area?

Fallingwater’s Longtime Director Prepares To Retire

Recycling/Waste

Crable: Lancaster Waste Authority Names Zorbaugh CEO

Walmart Provides Free Opioid Disposal Product To Customers

Multilayer Packaging Has Life Sentence In A Landfill, Pitt Is Engineering A Fix

Wastewater Facilities

McKelvey: Capital Region Water Plans $315M In Upgrades

Watershed Protection

Hayes: Legislators: No Funding Until Arway Is Out: Online Poll, What Do You Think?

Bay Journal-Morelli: Plain Sect Becoming More Involved In Farm Conservation

Rodale Institute, Stroud Water Research Form Partnership To Reduce Farm Pollution

McKelvey: Capital Region Water Plans $315M In Upgrades

HBG Transportation Center, Paxton Creek Plans Could Reduce Flooding

DEP Officials Investigate Greenish Discharge In Montour Run Allegheny County

Fish & Wildlife Service To Begin Restore West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek In Pike County

Loyalhanna Watershed Assn Holds Bluebird Workshop March 24

Bay Journal: How Close To Perfect Must Chesapeake Bay Water Quality Be To Achieve Goal?

Delaware RiverKeeper March 16 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

AP: Dispute Over Trout Stocking Roils Fish & Boat Commission In Controversy

Bill Limiting Terms Of Fish & Boat Commission Executive Directs Ok’s By House Committee In Nearly Party Line Vote

Hayes: Legislators: No Funding Until Arway Is Out: Online Poll, What Do You Think?

Editorial: Cats Are Key To Easing Rabies Problem In Lancaster County

Loyalhanna Watershed Assn Holds Bluebird Workshop March 24

Schneck: Salamanders Of PA; 22 Species, Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, Marbled, Hellbender

Fish & Wildlife Service To Begin Restore West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek In Pike County

Fish & Boat Commission Trying To Get More Kids Fishing

Lancaster County Manure Spills Kills Fish

Schneck: World-Famous PA Trout Stream Gains Headwaters Protection

Trout Stocking Is Underway In Southcentral PA

Asbury Woods Nature Center Near Erie Welcomes New Ferret

Schneck: Intruder Attacks Bald Eagle Nest Livestreamed From Hanover

Broken Egg Found In Pittsburgh Hays Bald Eagle Nest

After Successful 2017, Will Plovers Return To Presque Isle?

Frye: Coyotes, Foxes Learn To Coexist

Schneck: 15 Common Butterflies Of PA For Learn About Butterflies Day

Schneck: Why Do We Have An Easter Bunny And Other Rabbit Mysteries

Other

Luzerne County One Of Least Healthy In State

Chester County Once Again Healthiest County In PA

Federal Policy

EPA Regional Administrator Seeks Better Communication

Court: EPA Broke Law With Ozone Standard Delay

New York Petitions EPA To Force Emission Reductions In PA, 8 Other States

This Is How Pipeline Companies Will Seek A Pass On Trump Tariffs

Bankrupt Philadelphia Refiner Settles $350M Biofuel Obligation With EPA

Op-Ed: Stop Attacks On Farmers, Homegrown Energy, Rick Santorum

Commentary: U.S. Budget Bill May Help Carbon Capture Get Back On Track

Utility Customers Expecting Refunds From Federal Tax Cuts Keep Waiting

FERC Works To Ensure Customers Get Utility Rate Cuts From Republican Tax Bill

PJM Responds To PA Legislative Concerns About Baseload Plants

Trump Accuses Russia Of Ongoing Operation To Penetrate U.S. Energy Grid

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3/19/2018