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In Memoriam: Robert F. Jondreau, Executive Director, PA Resources Council

Avid Angler Reels In Hellbender In The Kiski River (Video)

Pittsburgh Water Authority Touts Cheaper Lead Line Replacements

Sunday NewsClips

11-Member Municipal Stormwater Committee Receives MS4 Permit In Blair

Goats Pare Back Poison Ivy At Winnie Palmer Nature Reserve

Game Commission Turns Of Hanover Eagle Cam After Tumultuous Season

Hurricanes

Op-Ed: Hurricane Maria Evacuees In PA Need More Than Agencies Are Giving

Op-Ed: We Remain Frustrated By Federal Response For Puerto Rican Evacuees

Avid Angler Reels In Hellbender In The Kiski River (Video)

Rare Hellbender Catch Has Scientists Eyeing The Kiski River

Politics

AP-Levy: Wagner As Governor Spurs Questions Of Business Conflicts

Esack: Wagner’s Zero-Based Budgets May Not Add Up For Governing 

Gubernatorial Candidate Mango Meets With LNP Editorial Board 

Republican Mango Running Hard For Governor

Republican Candidate For Governor Ellsworth Sits Down With LNP Editorial Board

Republican Ellsworth Runs Her First TV Ad For Governor

Murphy: Candidates For Governor Spent $15.6 Million So Far

Air

Kummer: EPA: Philadelphia Fails To Meet Smog Standards

Hopey: Western PA Meets Smog Standard, Barely

More Money From Allegheny County’s Clean Air Fund Goes To Office Renovation

Hopey: Race, Gender, Location Disparities Found In Allegheny County Study Of Death Rates

Rep. Gainey, Advocates Call For Fleet Of Electric Buses In Pittsburgh Area

PA Should Transition To Electric Buses, Advocacy Group Says

PA, 16 Other States Sue Over Plan To Scrap Federal Car Emission Standards

EPA Ozone Designations Raise Concerns Of Political Influence

Op-Ed: State Officials Need To Protect PA From Trump’s EPA, Joe Minott, Clean Air Council

Alternative Fuels

PA School District Wins Environmental Award For Propane Buses

Rep. Gainey, Advocates Call For Fleet Of Electric Buses In Pittsburgh Area

PA Should Transition To Electric Buses, Advocacy Group Says

Sisk: As Transit Agencies Inch Toward Electric Buses, Environmental Groups Want More

Awards & Recognition

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Governor’s Award

Loyalhanna Watershed Assn Lauded For Children’s Outdoor Education

PA School District Wins Environmental Award For Propane Buses

Pittsburgh Mayor To Celebrate Frick Environmental Center Living Building Certification

Waterways Conservation Officers Receive Awards

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Avid Angler Reels In Hellbender In The Kiski River (Video)

Rare Hellbender Catch Has Scientists Eyeing The Kiski River

9-Year Old Nazareth Boy Creates Pollinator Garden App To Help Environment

Budget

AP: Wolf Backs New Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill [Nothing For The Environment]

Wolf, Bipartisan Legislators Proposed Natural Gas Severance Tax

Micek: Is 4th Time The Charm For Wolf On Natural Gas Severance Tax?

Meyer: Permit Disagreements In Severance Tax Argument Still Seem Irreconcilable

Governor, Legislators Unveil Bipartisan Severance Tax Proposal

Gov. Wolf Continues To Push For New Tax On Companies Who Drill For Gas In PA

Sisk: Wolf Again Pitches Severance Tax On Natural Gas

Op-Ed: Just Say No To Wolf’s Latest Severance Tax Push

Editorial: Gov. Wolf, Sen. Killion Pitch Marcellus Shale Tax [Nothing For The Environment]

Esack: Pennsylvania’s Revenue Picture Looking Up

Wage Growth Boosts Pennsylvania Finances

April State Revenues Exceed Estimates By $33.3 Million, For The Fiscal Year Still Up $164.1 Million

Chesapeake Bay

Avid Angler Reels In Hellbender In The Kiski River (Video)

Rare Hellbender Catch Has Scientists Eyeing The Kiski River

One Tree Planted, Another 10 Million To Go As PA Initiative Begins

Op-Ed: Partnership’s New Tree-tment Helps PA Streams, Streets Tackle Runoff Ills

Crable: Bill Would Place Limits On Fertilizer On Lawns, Golf Courses, Schools

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Ag Conservation Programs Await Details Of Federal Farm Bill

Bay Journal: Maryland Orders Exelon To Shoulder Conowingo Dam Pollution Reductions Or Pay

Volunteers Plant Trees In Dover Twp Conservation Area

500 Trees Planted On Delmar Twp Farm In Tioga County

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Governor’s Award

Businesses For Chesapeake Bay Members Continue To Grow Their Impact

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Citizen Action

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Governor’s Award

A Thirst For Clean Water Flowing From Berks County

Climate

Bill To Adopt 2018 Energy Saving Building Code Moves Forward In Philadelphia

This Pittsburgh Program Is Tackling Climate Change One Light Bulb At A Time

Op-Ed: If We Walk Away From The Clean Power Plan, We Walk Away From The Future

PA, 16 Other States Sue Over Plan To Scrap Federal Car Emission Standards

Op-Ed: Gasoline Vehicle Standards Won’t Fix Climate Change

Penn State Researchers Join International Effort To Study Antarctic Doomsday Glacier

Coal Mining

Op-Ed: It’s Time To Modernize America’s Coal Power Plant Fleet

Production Cost Of Renewable Energy Now Lower Than Fossil Fuels

Frazier: PJM Will Study Fuel Security Of Electric Grid As Natural Gas Use Rises

PJM Grid Operator Throws Cold Water On Trump Nuclear, Coal Bailout

PJM Will Test U.S. Mid Atlantic/Midwest Power Grid For Resiliency

PJM: Closing FirstEnergy Reactors Will Not Destabilize Grid, Launches Probe Into Fuel Security

New York Grid Operator Floats Carbon Pricing Proposal

Compliance Action

Crable: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fined $355K For Spills In Lancaster, 8 Other Counties

Phillips: DEP Hits Mariner East 2 Pipeline With Another Fine

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Hit With $355K Fine For Clean Streams Violations

Legere: DEP Halts CNX Pipeline Work In Indiana County Citing Muddy Discharges

DEP Finds 8 Violations At IESI Bethlehem Landfill

Delaware River

Philadelphia-Owned Mussel Hatchery Employs Bivalves In Battle To Improve Water Quality

Delaware Rowers See Urban River In A Different Light

A Thirst For Clean Water Flowing From Berks County

May 4 Delaware RiverKeeper RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Could Your Home Have A Lead Water Line?  Pittsburgh Water Authority Has A Map For That

Bradford: Officials Highlights Importance Of Drinking Water

Bagenstose: PA Water Authority Mulls Suit Against Fire-Form Makers

Boil Water Advisory In Effect In Steelton After Water Main Break

Earth Day

SHINE Students Mark Earth Day With Cleanup In Luzerne County

Economic Development

Earth Conservancy: Fmr Coal Land Attracting Commercial Projects

Editorial: The Way It’s Supposed To Work, Reusing Industrial Site

Education

Pittsburgh Mayor To Celebrate Frick Environmental Center Living Building Certification

Loyalhanna Watershed Assn Lauded For Children’s Outdoor Education

High School Rowers Pull Together For Inaugural Boat Prom

Teacher, Wildlife Biologist Propose Wetland At Lewisburg School

Trash Becomes Student’s Recycled Art Treasure

SHINE Students Mark Earth Day With Cleanup In Luzerne County

Crable: Lancaster Sierra Club Awards Grants For Eco-Friendly Projects

Schneck: PA’s Darkest Sky Launches Stargazing Program In Cherry Springs State Park

Doylestown Library Opens New Outdoor Extension

Martins Creek Environmental Preserve Sold To Lower Mount Bethel Twp

9-Year Old Nazareth Boy Creates Pollinator Garden App To Help Environment

Emergency Response

Strong Winds Cause Damage In Erie Region

Op-Ed: Townships Talk Volunteer Crisis, Costly Mandates On Local Government

Oil Spill Reported In Macungie’s Swabia Creek

Energy

2 Northeast PA Natural Gas Power Plants Totaling 1,805 MW To Go Operational By June 1

Man Accused Of Threatening To Shoot West Penn Power Employees, Students

Don’t Get Snookered Into Switching Electric Suppliers

No Rate Change For National Fuel Residential Customers

Prices Unchanged For Erie Natural Gas Customers

PPL Electric Rates Dropping, A Little

98% Of New U.S. Electrical Generation In Jan, Feb Came From Wind, Solar

Production Cost Of Renewable Energy Now Lower Than Fossil Fuels

Crable: Are Nuclear Power Plants Needed For Long-Term Grid Security?

FirstEnergy Disputes Report Grid Won’t Be Affected By Nuclear Plant Closures

Illinois Energy Law Revives Renewables While Aiding Nuclear

Storage Plan For Spent Fuel Adds To U.S. Nuclear Debate

Frazier: PJM Will Study Fuel Security Of Electric Grid As Natural Gas Use Rises

PJM Grid Operator Throws Cold Water On Trump Nuclear, Coal Bailout

PJM Will Test U.S. Mid Atlantic/Midwest Power Grid For Resiliency

PJM: Closing FirstEnergy Reactors Will Not Destabilize Grid, Launches Probe Into Fuel Security

New York Grid Operator Floats Carbon Pricing Proposal

Energy Conservation

Bill To Adopt 2018 Energy Saving Building Code Moves Forward In Philadelphia

This Pittsburgh Program Is Tackling Climate Change One Light Bulb At A Time

PA, 16 Other States Sue Over Plan To Scrap Federal Car Emission Standards

Op-Ed: Gasoline Vehicle Standards Won’t Fix Climate Change

Environmental Justice

Op-Ed: King’s Legacy Also Tied To Environmental Justice Movement

Farming

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Ag Conservation Programs Await Details Of Federal Farm Bill

Crable: PA Ag Officials Reach Out To Public For Ideas, Set Hearings On Dairy Crisis

Editorial: Resolving Lancaster Farm Dairy Crisis Won’t Be Easy, But Must Be Done

Crable: State, Lancaster County Preserve 3 Farms

Editorial: Philly’s Urban Gardeners Deserve A Thank You, Not An Eviction Notice

9-Year Old Nazareth Boy Creates Pollinator Garden App To Help Environment

Flooding

State Officials Deliver $1.4 Million More For Solomon Creek Flood Project

No Update On West Pittston Inflatable Flood Protection Dam

Forests

Volunteers Plant Trees In Dover Twp Conservation Area

Blair County Area At High Risk For Wildfires

Homeowner Burned Escaping Brush Fire In Ligonier Twp

CDC: Diseases Spread By Ticks, Mosquitoes And Fleas Have Tripled In U.S.

Warmer Temps, Sunshine Could Bring Out Mosquitoes By Weekend

Bay Journal: Retired PA Forester’s 37-Year Career With Trees Bore Much Fruit

Geologic Hazards

Pittsburgh Wants To Build $1 Million Landslide Toolbox

Green Infrastructure

One Tree Planted, Another 10 Million To Go As PA Initiative Begins

Volunteers Plant Trees In Dover Twp Conservation Area

500 Trees Planted On Delmar Twp Farm In Tioga County

A Thirst For Clean Water Flowing From Berks County

Op-Ed: Partnership’s New Tree-tment Helps PA Streams, Streets Tackle Runoff Ills

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Governor’s Award

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Ag Conservation Programs Await Details Of Federal Farm Bill

Bay Journal: Maryland Orders Exelon To Shoulder Conowingo Dam Pollution Reductions Or Pay

Businesses For Chesapeake Bay Members Continue To Grow Their Impact

9-Year Old Nazareth Boy Creates Pollinator Garden App To Help Environment

Hazardous Site Cleanup

Bagenstose: PA Water Authority Mulls Suit Against Fire-Form Makers

Lake Erie

Great Lakes Researcher To Talk Perils Of Plastic In Erie

Land Conservation

Crable: State, Lancaster County Preserve 3 Farms

North Branch Land Trust Focus Is The Future

Martins Creek Environmental Preserve Sold To Lower Mount Bethel Twp

Lower Macungie Twp. Votes Thursday On Biggest Land Preservation Move Yet

Land Recycling

Editorial: The Way It’s Supposed To Work, Reusing Industrial Site

Litter/Illegal Dumping

SHINE Students Mark Earth Day With Cleanup In Luzerne County

Annual Allegheny Reservoir Cleanup Set For May 12

Erie Hosts Tire, Electronics Collection Saturday

Mountain Of Refuse Piled Up In Monongahela Park After Misdirected Spring Cleanup

Mine Reclamation

Earth Conservancy: Fmr Coal Land Attracting Commercial Projects

Earth Conservancy Working Toward Goal Of Repurposing Former Mine Land

Oil & Gas

Cusick: House Panel OKs Bill To Gut Environmental Standards For Conventional Drillers

Legere: House Advances Bill To Ease Rules For Conventional Oil & Gas Drillers

Op-Ed: York County Lawmakers Want To Loosen Fracking Rules

2 Northeast PA Natural Gas Power Plants Totaling 1,805 MW To Go Operational By June 1

Cabot Ramping Up Gas Production In Susquehanna County

No Rate Change For National Fuel Residential Customers

Prices Unchanged For Erie Natural Gas Customers

AP: Wolf Backs New Natural Gas Severance Tax Bill [Nothing For The Environment]

Wolf, Bipartisan Legislators Proposed Natural Gas Severance Tax

Micek: Is 4th Time The Charm For Wolf On Natural Gas Severance Tax?

Meyer: Permit Disagreements In Severance Tax Argument Still Seem Irreconcilable

Governor, Legislators Unveil Bipartisan Severance Tax Proposal

Gov. Wolf Continues To Push For New Tax On Companies Who Drill For Gas In PA

Sisk: Wolf Again Pitches Severance Tax On Natural Gas

Op-Ed: Just Say No To Wolf’s Latest Severance Tax Push

Editorial: Gov. Wolf, Sen. Killion Pitch Marcellus Shale Tax [Nothing For The Environment]

Sisk: Gasoline Reached $3/Gallon In PA, Why So Expensive?

AP: Get Ready For The Most Expensive Driving Season In Years

Op-Ed: Gasoline Vehicle Standards Won’t Fix Climate Change

Barletta: Government Regulation Killing Refineries

West Virginia Grappling With Cost, Benefit Of Natural Gas Industry

Permitting

House Passes Bills Changing Regulation, Permit Process In Ways That Puts Politics Ahead Of Science, Adds More Bureaucracy

Meyer: Permit Disagreements In Severance Tax Argument Still Seem Irreconcilable

Pipelines

Maykuth: With Sinkholes Repaired, PUC Allow Mariner East 1 Pipeline To Restart

Legere: Mariner East 1 Pipeline Gets PUC OK To Flow Again

AP: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fined, Mariner East 1 Pipeline Restarted

Mariner East 1 Pipeline To Reopen, Mariner East 2 Slapped With Another Fine

Hurdle: PUC Safety Officials Recommend Restart Of Mariner East 1 Pipeline

Crable: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fined $355K For Spills In Lancaster, 8 Other Counties

Phillips: DEP Hits Mariner East 2 Pipeline With Another Fine

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Hit With $355K Fine For Clean Streams Violations

Hurdle: Residents, Unions Offer Comments On Mariner East 2 Pipeline Changes

Sunoco Wins Eminent Domain Challenge To Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Legere: DEP Halts CNX Pipeline Work In Indiana County Citing Muddy Discharges

PA Emergency Responders, Schools, Townships Among Sunrise Pipeline Grant Recipients

Crable: Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Gives Grants To Lancaster Parks, Libraries, Fire Companies

Luzerne Groups Receiving Grant Money From Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline

ATF Reduces Agents Investigating Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Dynamite Theft

Op-Ed: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Is Safe & Essential

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Constitution Pipeline Challenge To New York Permit Rejection

Radiation Protection

Crable: Are Nuclear Power Plants Needed For Long-Term Grid Security?

FirstEnergy Disputes Report Grid Won’t Be Affected By Nuclear Plant Closures

Illinois Energy Law Revives Renewables While Aiding Nuclear

Storage Plan For Spent Fuel Adds To U.S. Nuclear Debate

Frazier: PJM Will Study Fuel Security Of Electric Grid As Natural Gas Use Rises

PJM Grid Operator Throws Cold Water On Trump Nuclear, Coal Bailout

PJM Will Test U.S. Mid Atlantic/Midwest Power Grid For Resiliency

PJM: Closing FirstEnergy Reactors Will Not Destabilize Grid, Launches Probe Into Fuel Security

New York Grid Operator Floats Carbon Pricing Proposal

Recreation

Schneck: PA’s Darkest Sky Launches Stargazing Program In Cherry Springs State Park

Keystone State Park Youth & Family Outdoor Show Sunday

Outdoorsman Puts Elbow Grease To Hiking Trails, Forests

Op-Ed: Presque Isle Offers Needed Change Of Pace

Editorial: Delaware & Lehigh Trail Project Worthy Of Diamonds

Sheepskin Trail Construction To Begin Connecting Fayette County, WV Trails

Delaware Rowers See Urban River In A Different Light

High School Rowers Pull Together For Inaugural Boat Prom

Corps Of Engineers Renews Focus On Boating Safety

Free Boat Safety Inspections In Pittsburgh

Frye: Choosing A Canoe A Matter Of Fit And Function

CDC: Diseases Spread By Ticks, Mosquitoes And Fleas Have Tripled In U.S.

Warmer Temps, Sunshine Could Bring Out Mosquitoes By Weekend

Recycling/Waste

Trash Becomes Student’s Recycled Art Treasure

DEP Finds 8 Violations At IESI Bethlehem Landfill

Regulations

House Passes Bills Changing Regulation, Permit Process In Ways That Puts Politics Ahead Of Science, Adds More  Bureaucracy

Renewable Energy

98% Of New U.S. Electrical Generation In Jan, Feb Came From Wind, Solar

Production Cost Of Renewable Energy Now Lower Than Fossil Fuels

Crable: Are Nuclear Power Plants Needed For Long-Term Grid Security?

Illinois Energy Law Revives Renewables While Aiding Nuclear

Susquehanna River

Frye: Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass Disease Identified, Scientists Worry It May Spread

Sustainability

Pittsburgh Mayor To Celebrate Frick Environmental Center Living Building Certification

Wastewater Facilities

PA American Water Buys Chesco Sewer Systems For $9.25 Million

Watershed Protection

Avid Angler Reels In Hellbender In The Kiski River (Video)

Rare Hellbender Catch Has Scientists Eyeing The Kiski River

One Tree Planted, Another 10 Million To Go As PA Initiative Begins

Op-Ed: Partnership’s New Tree-tment Helps PA Streams, Streets Tackle Runoff Ills

Volunteers Plant Trees In Dover Twp Conservation Area

500 Trees Planted On Delmar Twp Farm In Tioga County

Teacher, Wildlife Biologist Propose Wetland At Lewisburg School

Mehoopany Creek Watershed Assn Requests Wyoming County Funding For Stream Work

Penn State Master Watershed Steward Program Receives Governor’s Award

Crable: Bill Would Place Limits On Fertilizer On Lawns, Golf Courses, Schools

Philadelphia-Owned Mussel Hatchery Employs Bivalves In Battle To Improve Water Quality

Loyalhanna Watershed Assn Lauded For Children’s Outdoor Education

Bay Journal: Maryland Orders Exelon To Shoulder Conowingo Dam Pollution Reductions Or Pay

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Bay Ag Conservation Programs Await Details Of Federal Farm Bill

Businesses For Chesapeake Bay Members Continue To Grow Their Impact

Great Lakes Researcher To Talk Perils Of Plastic In Erie

Delaware Rowers See Urban River In A Different Light

A Thirst For Clean Water Flowing From Berks County

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Wildlife

Waterways Conservation Officers Receive Awards

Avid Angler Reels In Hellbender In The Kiski River (Video)

Rare Hellbender Catch Has Scientists Eyeing The Kiski River

Outdoorsman Puts Elbow Grease To Hiking Trails, Forests

Peregrine Falcons To Be Removed From Downtown Pittsburgh Building

AP: Developer Seeks To Relocate Young Falcons From Downtown Nest

Schneck: That’s All Folks From Hanover Bald Eagle Nestcam

Schneck: Mange Epidemic In PA Bears Under Attack By Research Team

Philadelphia-Owned Mussel Hatchery Employs Bivalves In Battle To Improve Water Quality

Schneck: Families Can Learn To Fish At Fish & Boat Commission Festivals

Frye: Susquehanna River Smallmouth Bass Disease Identified, Scientists Worry It May Spread

Shad Can Run, But They’re Still Being Caught In The Delaware

In-Season Trout Stockings Still Going Strong, Wild Trout Offer A Change Of Pace

Fishing Regulations Lifted On York County’s Lake Williams

Frye: Choosing A Canoe A Matter Of Fit And Function

It’s Bear Season: Bruin Spotted At Bird Feeder In Richland

Schneck: 29 Dangerous Creatures And Plants In PA

West Nile/Zika Virus

CDC: Diseases Spread By Ticks, Mosquitoes And Fleas Have Tripled In U.S.

Warmer Temps, Sunshine Could Bring Out Mosquitoes By Weekend

Federal Policy

EPA’s Pruitt Seeks To Divert Blame For His Ethics Woes

Editorial: EPA’s Pruitt Seems Bent On Harming The Environment

EPA Ozone Designations Raise Concerns Of Political Influence

PA, 16 Other States Sue Over Plan To Scrap Federal Car Emission Standards

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5/7/2018