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Sunday NewsClips

FirstEnergy Generation Files For Bankruptcy Just Before Midnight Saturday

FirstEnergy Generation Files For Bankruptcy

Editorial: Much At Stake In Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Plant

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Faulted For Unauthorized Form Of Drilling, Spill In Lebanon County

DEP Extends Deadline For Comments On Guidance To Implement Act 26 On Alternative Onlot Septic Systems To May 8

Editorial: Shoring Up Flood Protection The Right Move In Luzerne County

AP: Some Fayette County Tornado Victims Struggle With Uninhabitable Homes

Potential Raystown Development Pits Ecology Against Economy

Arnold Cleanup Day Set For April 21

Suburban Rail Stations Lift Value Of Houses Nearby, Says SEPTA Report

Chester County Fmr Insane Asylum At Center Of An Open Space Feud

Worley & Obetz Donates $9,300 To Proposed Veterans Park In Lititz

Birds Of Prey Migrating Through Erie Region

Editorial: Presque Isle Is Swimming In Ducks

Fishing License Sales Slump In PA

Schneck: Trout Anglers Crows Streams, Lakes For Opening Day

Crable: Anglers Take To Lancaster Waterways For Regional First Day Of Trout Season

Trout Season Opens In Most Of The Midstate

Annual Rite Of Spring: Helping Fish & Boat Agency Stock Trout

Shad About To March Up Delaware River

Politics

New F&M Poll On Wolf, Casey, Trump, Issues

Wolf Calls For Independent Commission To Draw PA Electoral Maps 

Phillips: Lobbyists, Lawmakers Entwined In Complex Relationship: Influence Or Essential?

Air

Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits

GASP: Backlogged Air Quality Permit Problem Remains In Southwest PA

Alternative Fuels

Maykuth: Bucks Firm Exports Machine That Turns Water Into Hydrogen Fuel

Awards & Recognition

Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards

PennFuture Blog: The Importance Of Women Leading In The Environment In Southeast PA

Beautification

Washington Business District To Partner With Arc On Beautification

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Aggressive Non-Native Japanese Barberry Shrub Damaging PA Forests

Penn State Extension Hosting Lehigh Valley Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly April 4, 18

No Palms On Palm Sunday, Philly Church Using Local Graces For Lighter Footprint

Budget

Murphy: Fishing License Fee Proposal Makes Waves With Lawmakers

Hayes: House Committee Thwarts Senate Bill To Hike Fishing License Fees

Esack: Some Lehigh Valley Leaders Call On Lawmakers To Reform Clean And Green Law

Hayes: Legislators Challenge Fish & Boat Cash Reserves

Letter: John Arway Devoted To Fish & Boat Commission

Bay Journal: New Federal Budget Keeps Chesapeake Bay Program At Steady Level

Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects

Northampton County Minsi Lake Receives $500,000 Drilling Impact Fee Grant

Congress Boosts Black Lung Treatment Funding By Millions

Chesapeake Bay

New Animal Feeding Operation Permit Issue, Focus On Eliminating Pollution From Manure

Bay Journal: New Federal Budget Keeps Chesapeake Bay Program At Steady Level

Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects

Chesapeake Bay Program To Develop Plan To Address Pollution From  Conowingo Dam

Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs

Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades

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Citizen Action

Volunteers Needed For Delaware Canal Cleanup On April 7

Climate

Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits

Cusick: Most PA Voters Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now, Half Support Gas Drilling

Some Pittsburgh Congregations Are Preaching About Climate Change

Engineers Compete To Detect Methane Leaks In EDF Tech Contest

Op-Ed: Why The Solution To Climate Change Is Right Under Our Forks

Earth Hour 2018: Lights Go Dark To Highlight Climate Change

NRDC: Judge Tells Trump To Rethink Coal

Half Of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation

Shell Outlines Radical Scenario For What It Would Take To Halt Climate Change

Coal Mining

1,121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Set To Come Online In Snyder County Replacing Coal Plant

Frazier: April 10 Hearing Set For Longwall Mining In Washington County

Washington County Coal Mine Targeted For Expansion

DEP Hearing For NRG’s Cheswick Power Station Water Permit April 25

Huber Coal Breaker Owners Agree To Sell Site

AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA

3 Nuclear Plants In PA, Ohio Need Federal Rescue, FirstEnergy Pleads

Frazier: FirstEnergy Says It’s Closing 3 Nuclear Power Plants; Seeks Federal Help

Energy, Green Groups Slam FirstEnergy Plea For Emergency Rescue

PJM  Bashes FirstEnergy Plea To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants: There Is No Crisis, Reliability Issue

Ousted Consol Coal President Says She Was Paid Less Than Male Executives

NRDC: Judge Tells Trump To Rethink Coal

Half Of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation

Congress Boosts Black Lung Treatment Funding By Millions

Compliance Action

Legere: PA Supreme Court Strikes Down DEP Method Of Adding Up Water Pollution Fines

AP: Court Fines State Prison System Over Fly Ash Dump Information Handling

PennFuture Blog: PA Supreme Court Decision On Water Pollution Penalties No Cause For Alarm

Meyer: PA Group Calls For Higher Penalties For Clean Water Act Violators

DEP Cites Pittsburgh Water Authority For Failing To Protect Water Source, Not Having Permit

DEP: Synagro Broke Law By Spreading Sludge On Frozen Lower Mt. Bethel Field

Conservation District

Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards

Blair Conservation District Works On New Nature Works Park

Delaware River

With A Green Makeover, Philadelphia is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem

Delaware RiverKeeper March 30 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

DEP Cites Pittsburgh Water Authority For Failing To Protect Water Source, Not Having Permit

Pittsburgh Water Authority Offering Lead Water Line Replacements At No Charge

Pittsburgh Water Authority Urges Property Owners To Respond To Free Waterline Replacement Offer

Editorial: Accept Pittsburgh Water Authority’s Offer Of Lead Line Replacement

Economic Development

Gas Technology Institute Offering Pipeline Job Training In Armstrong County

Education

Blair Conservation District Works On New Nature Works Park

AP: Schools Encourage Girls To Get Involved In Science, Tech

Lehigh Valley Schools  Teaching Kids The Cool Parts Of STEM

Energy

1,121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Set To Come Online In Snyder County Replacing Coal Plant

FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA

FirstEnergy Plans To Close Beaver Valley Nuclear Facility In 2021

FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania

Legere: FirstEnergy Steps Closer To Closing Beaver Nuclear Power Plant, 800 Jobs In Peril

AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA

3 Nuclear Plants In PA, Ohio Need Federal Rescue, FirstEnergy Pleads

Frazier: FirstEnergy Says It’s Closing 3 Nuclear Power Plants; Seeks Federal Help

Energy, Green Groups Slam FirstEnergy Plea For Emergency Rescue

PJM  Bashes FirstEnergy Plea To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants: There Is No Crisis, Reliability Issue

What Impact Will Franklin, York Power Line Project Have On Economy?

Transource Power Line Project Hearings Set In Franklin, York Counties

Duquesne Light Asks State To Raise Electric Rates

Maykuth: PECO Seeks 2.2% Electric Rate Increase

Maykuth: Bucks Firm Exports Machine That Turns Water Into Hydrogen Fuel

DEP Hearing For NRG’s Cheswick Power Station Water Permit April 25

FirstEnergy Bankruptcy Restricturing Likely, Power Plants Would Be Closed Or Sold

NRDC: Judge Tells Trump To Rethink Coal

Half Of All U.S. Coal Plants Would Lose Money Without Regulation

Natural Gas No. 1 Fuel For Power Plants, But It Faces Headwinds

Environmental Heritage

39 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island

Huber Coal Breaker Owners Agree To Sell Site

Farming

New Animal Feeding Operation Permit Issued, Focus On Eliminating Pollution From Manure

Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards

Esack: Some Lehigh Valley Leaders Call On Lawmakers To Reform Clean And Green Law

WITF Smart Talk: Clean & Green Gives Large Landowners Property Tax Breaks

Op-Ed: Cumberland Valley School District Land Grab Is Bad For Community

Court: Farm’s Neighbors Must Live With Liquid Manure Smell In Luzerne County

Crable: 2 Lancaster Dairy Families Reluctantly Sell Their Milk Cows At Auctions

Editorial: Lancaster Dairy Farmers Need Support In These Uncertain Times

Thompson: Harrisburg Dairies See Growth Opportunity In Industry Turbulence

Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs

Pennsylvanians Buying More Organic Food Than Ever

Flooding

Luzerne Flood Authority Plan Would Close Openings In Levee System

Luzerne Flood Plan Could Eliminate Need For Sandbags

West Pittston To Discuss Inflatable Dam For Flood Protection

AP: Johnstown Flood: McCullough’s Lucky Break Launched A Career

Homeowners Urged To Consider Flood Insurance Even If Not Required

Forests

Aggressive Non-Native Japanese Barberry Shrub Damaging PA Forests

Penn State Extension Hosting Lehigh Valley Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly April 4, 18

Diseased Elms In Harrison Cut Down

Combatting Pennsylvania’s Tick Problem

Grants/Funding

Carbon County Community Foundation Offers Funding Opportunities

Green Infrastructure

With A Green Makeover, Philadelphia is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem

Robinson Fork Stream Restoration Project Meeting April 4 In Washington County

Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades

Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects

Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs

Hazardous Sites

Kummer: EPA Settlement On Superfund Site In Montco Could Make Way For New Apartments

Lake Erie

Lake Erie Water Level Above Long-Term Average, Rising

Land Conservation

Esack: Some Lehigh Valley Leaders Call On Lawmakers To Reform Clean And Green Law

WITF Smart Talk: Clean & Green Gives Large Landowners Property Tax Breaks

Op-Ed: Cumberland Valley School District Land Grab Is Bad For Community

Kummer: Group Buys 500 Acres Of Pristine Lehigh River Headwaters, Gives It To State

Arboretum At Penn State Postpones Prescribed Burn Due To Weather

Lehigh River

Kummer: Group Buys 500 Acres Of Pristine Lehigh River Headwaters, Gives It To State

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Keep Philadelphia Beautiful 2017 Annual Report

Mine Reclamation

DEP Inks Emergency Contract For River Drive Repair In Cambria

Oil & Gas

Legere: PA Supreme Court Strikes Down DEP Method Of Adding Up Water Pollution Fines

PennFuture Blog: PA Supreme Court Decision On Water Pollution Penalties No Cause For Alarm

Meyer: PA Group Calls For Higher Penalties For Clean Water Act Violators

Cusick: Most PA Voters Say Climate Change Causing Problems Now, Half Support Gas Drilling

PA Voters Back Gas Drilling, Renewables

Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits

1,121 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Set To Come Online In Snyder County Replacing Coal Plant

Allegheny Front: The Health Risks Of Fracking From A To Z

Op-Ed: Study Linking Fracking To Low Birth Weights Must Be Wake-Up Call For Regulators

Sisk: Drilling Wastewater Well Opposed By Some In Clearfield County Secures DEP Permit

Hopey: Firm Threatens Legal Action Against Opponents Of Proposed Drilling Water Treatment Plant

Legere: PUC Judge Recommends Against Laurel Pipeline Flow Reversal That Could Affect Pittsburgh’s Gasoline Prices

Northampton County Minsi Lake Receives $500,000 Drilling Impact Fee Grant

Phillips: Lobbyists, Lawmakers Entwined In Complex Relationship: Influence Or Essential?

UGI Seeks To Consolidate Its Gas Divisions

Emergency Crews Stop 18,000 Gallon Propane Tank Leak In Lancaster

Frazier: In PA, Unions Throw Political Weight Behind Natural Gas

Hurdle: Philadelphia Refinery Bankruptcy Plan Approved By Court

Maykuth: Court Approves Philadelphia Refinery Bankruptcy Plan

AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA

3 Nuclear Plants In PA, Ohio Need Federal Rescue, FirstEnergy Pleads

Frazier: FirstEnergy Says It’s Closing 3 Nuclear Power Plants; Seeks Federal Help

Energy, Green Groups Slam FirstEnergy Plea For Emergency Rescue

PJM  Bashes FirstEnergy Plea To Save Coal, Nuclear Plants: There Is No Crisis, Reliability Issue

Shell Outlines Radical Scenario For What It Would Take To Halt Climate Change

Natural Gas No. 1 Fuel For Power Plants, But It Faces Headwinds

Pipelines

Legere: PUC Judge Recommends Against Laurel Pipeline Flow Reversal That Could Affect Pittsburgh’s Gasoline Prices

Administrative Judge Urges PUC To Reject Laurel Pipeline Flow Reversal Plan

PA Regulator Recommend Against Reversing Laurel Pipeline

State Judge Recommends Against Reversing Laurel Pipeline Flow In PA

Cusick: Nuns Raise Large Cross Next To Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline In Lancaster

Commonwealth Court: Sunoco Mariner East 2 Pipeline Not Under Local Zoning

Maykuth: Court Again Upholds Mariner East 2 Pipeline Immunity From Local Ordinances

State Appeals Court Rejects Bid For Local Pipeline Restrictions

Gas Technology Institute Offering Pipeline Job Training In Armstrong County

NJ Files In Federal Court To Stop PennEast From Condemning Protected Land

Hurdle: FERC’s Critics, 2 Commissioners Say New Comment Policy Will Hurt Landowners

Radiation Protection

Hayes: House Committee Thwarts Senate Bill To Hike Fishing License Fees

FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA

FirstEnergy Plans To Close Beaver Valley Nuclear Facility In 2021

FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania

Legere: FirstEnergy Steps Closer To Closing Beaver Nuclear Power Plant, 800 Jobs In Peril

AP: FirstEnergy Plans To Close Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, PA

39 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island

Crable: Today Marks 39th Anniversary Of Three Mile Island Nuclear Accident

TMI Unit 2 Decommission Cost $1.26B, But Process Hasn’t Officially Started

Exelon Lobbyist Bragged About Profitability Of Cuomo's Nuclear Bailout

Op-Ed: Dangerous Nuclear Waste In PA, NJ Should Be Stored More Safely

FirstEnergy Bankruptcy Restricturing Likely, Power Plants Would Be Closed Or Sold

Nuclear Power Industry Facing Crisis Trump Must Address

Recreation

Volunteers Needed For Delaware Canal Cleanup On April 7

Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades

State Seeks Input On Improving Conditions For Biking, Walking

Negotiations To Extend Gun Club’s Eviction Date From State Park Fail

Blair Conservation District Works On New Nature Works Park

Groundbreaking For Nature Works Park In Blair County

Grazing Goats & Their Donkey Set To Return To Pittsburgh Parks

New Bike Lanes Coming To Fairmount Park, West Philly

Northampton County Minsi Lake Receives $500,000 Drilling Impact Fee Grant

Combatting Pennsylvania’s Tick Problem

Recycling/Waste

Latrobe To Collect Discarded Electronics May 19

Keep Philadelphia Beautiful 2017 Annual Report

AP: Court Fines State Prison System Over Fly Ash Dump Information Handling

Turning Philly’s Cigarette Butts Into Park Benches

Renewable Energy

Poll Finds Broad Support For Clean Energy In PA

PA Voters Back Gas Drilling, Renewables

Op-Ed: The Solar Energy Window Is Still Open

Stormwater

Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades

Wastewater Facilities

DEP: Synagro Broke Law By Spreading Sludge On Frozen Lower Mt. Bethel Field

Watershed Protection

Bay Journal: New Federal Budget Keeps Chesapeake Bay Program At Steady Level

Bay Journal: Baltimore Trying New Environmental Impact Bonds To Do Stormwater Projects

Chesapeake Bay Program To Develop Plan To Address Pollution From  Conowingo Dam

Lancaster Residents Receive Annual Conservation Education Awards

With A Green Makeover, Philadelphia is Tackling Its Stormwater Problem

Robinson Fork Stream Restoration Project Meeting April 4 In Washington County

Sen. Casey Introduces Bill To Enroll More Acres In Farm Conservation Programs

Capital Area Greenbelt Getting $7.5 Million In Upgrades

New Animal Feeding Operation Permit Issue, Focus On Eliminating Pollution From Manure

Kummer: Report: PA 2nd In U.S. For Excessive Industry Discharges Into Waterways

PA Industrial Facilities Top List Of Biggest River Polluters Nationwide

Kummer: Group Buys 500 Acres Of Pristine Lehigh River Headwaters, Gives It To State

Lake Erie Water Level Above Long-Term Average, Rising

Delaware RiverKeeper March 30 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Murphy: Fishing License Fee Proposal Makes Waves With Lawmakers

Hayes: House Committee Thwarts Senate Bill To Hike Fishing License Fees

Demko: PA Fisherman Get A Side Of Politics Served Up With Their Trout This Year

Hayes: Legislators Challenge Fish & Boat Cash Reserves

Letter: John Arway Devoted To Fish & Boat Commission

Op-Ed: Senate Fish & Boat Commission Hearing Raises More Questions, Sen. Pat Stefano

Crable: Here’s The Scoop On Trout Season Opener Next Saturday

Crable: 2 Lancaster 3-Year Olds Land Trophy Trout On Mentored Youth Trout Day

Schneck: Trout-Fishing Season Opens For 2018 With Mentored Youth Trout Day

Schneck: Trout Opening Day Saturday, March 31

Frye: Google Earth A Handy Tool For Finding Fishing Hot Spots

Crable: Shad Wars: A Long, Violent Period In Lancaster Over Fish In The Susquehanna

Schneck: First Live Streamed Bald Eagle Egg Of 2018 In PA Has Hatched

No Hatch Yet For Last Pittsburgh Hays Bald Eagle Egg; Harmar Hatch Is On Deck

Hays Eagles Are Parents Again

Audubon Society: Hays Eagle Egg Not Cracked, Could Hatch Sunday

Final Egg At Hays Bald Eagle Nest In Pittsburgh Not Viable

Schneck: Bald Eagle Females Takes Over Hanover Nest And Male

Hayes: New Live Webcam Shows Osprey Nesting In Moraine State Park (Butler County)

Game Commission: Northern Goshawk Update: Assistance Is Still Needed

AP: People Can Lose Right To Carry A Gun, But Get A Hunting License

Crable: Game Commission To Hold 2 Public Meetings On Chronic Wasting Disease At Middle Creek

Op-Ed: Game Commission Must Stop Blaming Deer Farmers For Chronic Wasting Disease Spread

Carr: Penn Hills Officials Warn Residents About Coyotes

Frye: Massasauga Rattlesnake Responds To Habitat Work

Combatting Pennsylvania’s Tick Problem

Other

Editorial: Philly Needs Heimlich Maneuver For Its Choked Streets

Federal Policy

Congress Boosts Black Lung Treatment Funding By Millions

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4/2/2018

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