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Politics

Wagner Didn’t Think His Comment To 18-Year Old About Climate Was Mean 

Meyer: Wagner Debuts New Talking Points On Climate Change

Sunday NewsClips

Pittsburgh Water Authority: Demand For Union Labor Doesn’t Hinge On Peoples Gas Proposal

Flash Flooding Closes Roads, Wreaks Havoc Around Lehigh Valley

Heavy Rain Causing Flash Floods In Philadelphia Area Saturday

Flooding Irks Hollidaysburg Residents

Editorial: Grafius Run Flood Survey Meshes With Reality Of Summer Storms

Sinkhole At Lancaster Outlet Mall Parking Lot Growing

Veterans On The Susquehanna Event Slated For Aug. 25

Erie Gasoline Prices Among State’s Highest

Op-Ed: Wait? Another Surcharge On Your Natural Gas Bill?

Letter: See What Conventional Oil & Gas Bill Does

Editorial: Evidence Of Climate Change All Around Us

Editorial: Staying Wary Of Cyber Attacks Shows Vision

AP: Man Crafts Folks Opera Recounting 1963 Sheppton Mine Disaster

Susquehanna River Walk Designated Great Place In Pennsylvania

Barcaskey: Pennsylvania In  Midst Of Tick Infestation

AP: Erie’s Mushroom Kingdom: Exotic Mushrooms Abound

Brown Pelican Makes Rare Appearance At Presque Isle

Sunday -The Feds

Op-Ed: Congress Needs To Permanently Reauthorize Land & Water Conservation Fund - Ed Perry

Op-Ed: Trump’s Car Emissions Rollback Would Prevent States From Protecting Citizens

Air

Penn State Extension: DEP Air Monitoring Study Of Marcellus Sites Indicate Limited Impacts

Legere: Southwest PA’s Summer Gas Rule Lives On; Maybe Next Year?

California Moves To Preserve Vehicle Standards In Face Of EPA Rollback

Editorial: There Must Be Good Reasons To Freeze Fuel Standard

EPA’s New Asbestos Rule: Philadelphia Doctor Call It A Death Sentence

Alternative Fuels

Luzerne Transit Receives 2 New CNG Buses

Awards & Recognition

Family-Run Farm Touted For Conservation Achievements In Lycoming

New Cumberland Arboretum Dedicated To 2 Pioneering Women

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

AP: Officials Work To Stop Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly

Pennsylvania Ground Zero For Spotted Lanternfly

State Spending Millions To Halt Spotted Lanternfly, But Is It Winning?

Sauro: Spotted Lanternfly A Buzzkill For State College Winery

$20 Million Pledged In Spotted Lanternfly Fight

Forget Kumbaya: Kids At This Camp Are On Front Lines Of Spotted Lanternfly War

Lackawanna County Seeking Input On Where To Spray For Gypsy Moths

Budget

Bay Journal: PA Bill Seeks Traction On One Cent Fee For Largest Water Users

Editorial: State Forests Do Well Amid Gas Drilling

AP: $4.3 Million Fund To Support Delaware River Watershed Conservation

Delaware River Watershed Restoration Gets Extra $1 Million Under U.S. House Bill

Chesapeake Bay

AP: DEP Secretary- PA Clearly Behind In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [No Surprise]

PA Officials Admit Their State Is Behind In Curbing Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Next Steps To Help Chesapeake Bay? Tackling Polluted Runoff

Hayes: Gov. Wolf Wants Federal Money To Reduce Farm Runoff

Chesapeake Bay States, EPA Call For More Assistance To Region’s Farmers

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Executive Council Pledges More Help For Farmers

CBF Blog: Three Things Chesapeake Bay Restoration Leaders Need To Do

Maryland Officials Ask Conowingo Dam Owner To Help Deal With Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Kummer: Maryland: We’re Drowning In Pennsylvania’s Trash

Maryland Gov. Ready To Push Neighboring States To Do More To Restore Chesapeake Bay

NRCS Unveils Conservation Strategy For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

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Citizen Action

Western PA Weaves A Web Of Groups To Protect Local Watersheds

Climate

Inside Philadelphia’s Green Roof Revolution

CMU Vertical Gardens Create Living Walls

Sisk: As More Storms Roll In, How Will Power Companies Keep Lights On?

Editorial: Global Wildfires Declining

Editorial: Forces Working In PA For Climate Change Solutions

Editorial: There Must Be Good Reasons To Freeze Fuel Standard

California Moves To Preserve Vehicle Standards In Face Of EPA Rollback

Coal Mining

Despite Legal Challenges, Consol Continues Longwall Coal Mining Under Ryerson Station State Park

A Timeline Of Consol Coal Mining Beneath Ryerson Station State Park

Former Coal Mine Entrances Uncovered In Westmoreland County

Murray Coal Throws Its Weight Behind Opposition To Lake Erie Wind Farm

Report: FERC Working With White House, National Security Council On Coal, Nuclear Bailout

AP: Coal Miners’ Union Picks Fiery President To Serve 6th Term

Compliance Action

Legere-Litvak: How One Conventional Drilling Company Can Leave A Mark On Pennsylvania

Delaware River

AP: $4.3 Million Fund To Support Delaware River Watershed Conservation

Darby Creek Valley Assn: Stream Smart House Call

Rodale, Stroud: What We’re Learning About Reducing Farm Pollution In Delaware Watershed

Delaware River Watershed Restoration Gets Extra $1 Million Under U.S. House Bill

Study Values Carbon County Natural Resources At $800 Million

AP: Freight Train Derailment Along Delaware Blamed On Flooded Tracks

Delaware RiverKeeper August 10 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Drugs Detected In Private Well Water In Northcentral PA

Questions Linger About Drinking Water Quality For 50,000 In Beaver County

Pittsburgh Mayor, Turzai Spar Over Pittsburgh Water Authority Privatization

McKelvey: Steelton Seeks Input On Possible Sale Of Water System

PA Schools Must Test Lead In Drinking Water, Or Explain Why Not

Economic Development

Study Values Carbon County Natural Resources At $800 Million

Op-Ed: Environmental Protection vs. Oil & Gas Jobs In Delaware Watershed Has Major Disparity

PA Outdoor Corps Members Show Off Projects In Fairmount Park Philadelphia

Education

Forget Kumbaya: Kids At This Camp Are On Front Lines Of Spotted Lanternfly War

PA Outdoor Corps Members Show Off Projects In Fairmount Park Philadelphia

Hershey Gardens Horticulturist A Rarity In Growing Shortage Of Apprentices

Viewing Parties Planned For Perseid Meteor Shower’s Weekend Peak

Emergency Response

Pittsburgh Derailment, Though Rare, Could Renew Rail Safety Concerns

Pittsburgh Port Authority Tweets Inject A Little Humor Into Train Derailment

AP: Year After Derailment, Hyndman Remains On Edge

Energy

Sisk: As More Storms Roll In, How Will Power Companies Keep Lights On?

PPL: Lehigh Valley Customers Won’t See Rate Hike Through 2020

PJM Stakeholders Search For Capacity Rules FERC Will OK

Report: FERC Working With White House, National Security Council On Coal, Nuclear Bailout

Report: Trump To Nominate DOE Policy Director Bernard McNamee To FERC

Energy Conservation

Legislators Visit LEED-Platinum Saint-Gobain HQ Tour In Malvern

Editorial: There Must Be Good Reasons To Freeze Fuel Standard

California Moves To Preserve Vehicle Standards In Face Of EPA Rollback

Environmental Heritage

Frederick: Every Decade Witnesses Changes To Our Environment

PA Wilderness Activist Howard Zahniser And The Atomic Bomb

Chimes Give Voice To Flight 93 Heroes Across Windy Memorial Site Near Shanksville

Farming

Family-Run Farm Touted For Conservation Achievements In Lycoming

Hayes: Gov. Wolf Wants Federal Money To Reduce Farm Runoff

Chesapeake Bay States, EPA Call For More Assistance To Region’s Farmers

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Executive Council Pledges More Help For Farmers

CBF Blog: Three Things Chesapeake Bay Restoration Leaders Need To Do

Maryland Officials Ask Conowingo Dam Owner To Help Deal With Chesapeake Bay Pollution

NRCS Unveils Conservation Strategy For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

As Land Prices Climb In Chester County, Small Farmers Look To Leasing

State Spending Millions To Halt Spotted Lanternfly, But Is It Winning?

Rodale, Stroud: What We’re Learning About Reducing Farm Pollution In Delaware Watershed

Study Values Carbon County Natural Resources At $800 Million

Sauro: Spotted Lanternfly A Buzzkill For State College Winery

$20 Million Pledged In Spotted Lanternfly Fight

Forget Kumbaya: Kids At This Camp Are On Front Lines Of Spotted Lanternfly War

Flooding

Flooding Prompts Water Rescues, Music Festival Closures In Lehigh Valley

8 Kayakers Rescued From Conestoga River In Lancaster

Heavy Rain Prompts Precautions For Kayakers, Rafters

Flash Flood Takes Out Bridge In Sullivan County

Flood Leaves Tons Of Debris On Logan Twp. Property In Blair

Altoona Residents Seeking Flood Relief

Flood Warning In Montgomery County After Record Rain In Reading

Solomon Creek Flood Wall Project To Be Delayed In Wilkes-Barre

Patton Residents Lucky Flooding Wasn’t Worse In Blair

Meeting, Public Survey On Grafius Run Flood Damage Proposed In Lycoming

Williamsport Distributing Survey On Damage From Grafius Run

Wilkes-Barre Council OKs New Solomon Creek Flood Wall Contractor

Hard To Predict Where Floodwaters Will Rise When Heavy Rains Strike Lancaster County

Homeowners Outside Flood Zones May Find Flood Insurance Worthwhile

Editorial: Flooding Solutions Important

Forests

Williamsport Area Firefighters Battle Western Blazes

PA Firefighters Return After Battling Western Wildfires

Editorial: Tip Of The Hat To PA Firefighters Fighting Western Wildfires

Study Values Carbon County Natural Resources At $800 Million

PA Firefighters Return After Battling Western Wildfires

Dr. Samuel Hays: War In The Woods: The Rise Of Ecological Forestry In America

Frye: Hiking Through History Reveals Pennsylvania Wonders - Pinchot’s Grey Towers

Lyme Disease Now In All States, But PA Has Most Cases

Penn State: Don’t Avoid The Outdoors, Avoid Tick Bites

AP: Officials Work To Stop Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly

Pennsylvania Ground Zero For Spotted Lanternfly

Agriculture Officials Work To Eradicate Spotted Lanternfly

State Spending Millions To Halt Spotted Lanternfly, But Is It Winning?

Sauro: Spotted Lanternfly A Buzzkill For State College Winery

$20 Million Pledged In Spotted Lanternfly Fight

Forget Kumbaya: Kids At This Camp Are On Front Lines Of Spotted Lanternfly War

Lackawanna County Seeking Input On Where To Spray For Gypsy Moths

Editorial: State Forests Do Well Amid Gas Drilling

Crable: Logging Begins On Girl Scout Camp Furnace Hills, Groups Trying To Buy Property

Editorial: Girl Scout Plan To Log, Sell Wooded Land At Odds With Pro-Green Values

Editorial: Global Wildfires Declining

Geologic Hazards

Sinkhole Forms At Tanger Outlet In Lancaster County Swallowing Cars

Green Infrastructure

Bay Journal: PA Bill Seeks Traction On One Cent Fee For Largest Water Users

Family-Run Farm Touted For Conservation Achievements In Lycoming

Chesapeake Bay States, EPA Call For More Assistance To Region’s Farmers

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Executive Council Pledges More Help For Farmers

Study Values Carbon County Natural Resources At $800 Million

Rodale, Stroud: What We’re Learning About Reducing Farm Pollution In Delaware Watershed

Inside Philadelphia’s Green Roof Revolution

CMU Vertical Gardens Create Living Walls

No Mow Zones Coming To A Park Or Stream Near You In Westmoreland

PA Outdoor Corps Members Show Off Projects In Fairmount Park Philadelphia

Land Conservation

Crable: Logging Begins On Girl Scout Camp Furnace Hills, Groups Trying To Buy Property

New Cumberland Arboretum Dedicated To 2 Pioneering Women

Natural Lands, West Vincent Twp Plan To Open Bryn Coed Farm To Public In Chester County

Editorial: Wildlands Conservancy Works To Preserve Blue Mountain We All Win

PA Wilderness Activist Howard Zahniser And The Atomic Bomb

Land Recycling

Missing From Hazelwood Green Plans: Commitments On Affordable Housing

Mine Reclamation

Underground Mine Fire Beneath PPG Glass Plant In Allegheny County Appears To Have Spread

Former Coal Mine Entrances Uncovered In Westmoreland County

Oil & Gas

Legere-Litvak: How One Conventional Drilling Company Can Leave A Mark On Pennsylvania

Where Does A Gas Storage Field Begin, End? For EQT, That’s Now A Legal Question

Hopey: As Super-Fine Frack Sands Swirls In Stowe, Health Concerns Grow

Susquehanna County: Marcellus Shale Coalition Presidents Talks About Issues Facing Industry

Editorial: Infrastructure Progress Gas Industry’s Key To Future In State

Penn State Extension: Shale Gas Monitoring Report From DCNR Released

Editorial: State Forests Do Well Amid Gas Drilling

Penn State Extension: DEP Air Monitoring Study Of Marcellus Sites Indicate Limited Impacts

Legere: Chesapeake Energy Reaches $7.75M Settlement With Some PA Landowners Over Gas Royalties

Luzerne Transit Receives 2 New CNG Buses

Natural Gas Services Company To Reopen Facility With More Than 200 Employees

Op-Ed: Environmental Protection vs. Oil & Gas Jobs In Delaware Watershed Has Major Disparity

Legere: Southwest PA’s Summer Gas Rule Lives On; Maybe Next Year?

EQT Drilling Names New CEO

Pipelines

Phillips: DEP Fines Mariner East 2 Pipeline For Damaging Drinking Water In Berks, Chester, Lebanon Counties

Sunoco To Pay $148K For Harming Private Wells During Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Nears Completion In Berks County

Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Foe Gets 2-6 Months In Jail

Mariner East 2 Pipeline 99% Done, Online In About 2 Months

Activists Nationally Trying To Get Huntingdon Woman Opposing Mariner East 2 Pipeline Out Of Jail

New Pipelines Being Built In Western PA, Here’s Why Homeowners, Environmentalists, Water Authorities Are Worried

Op-Ed: Repurposing Existing Pipelines Safe, Necessary

Editorial: Infrastructure Progress Gas Industry’s Key To Future In State

Federal Court Tosses Construction Permits For Atlantic Coast Pipeline

Report: Trump To Nominate DOE Policy Director Bernard McNamee To FERC

PUC

Sisk: PUC: Too Many People Strike Pipelines Or Cables When Digging, New Law Could Help

PUC Stresses Digging Safety, Calling 8-1-1 Before You Dig

Radiation Protection

Govt. Seeking Nuclear Workers Who Have Radiation-Caused Cancers Or Their Survivors

Activists Helped Ex-Nuclear Workers Collect $80 Million

Chester County Village Vacated For Nuclear Power Plant Is A Ghost Town

Report: FERC Working With White House, National Security Council On Coal, Nuclear Bailout

Report: Trump To Nominate DOE Policy Director Bernard McNamee To FERC

Recreation

Study Values Carbon County Natural Resources At $800 Million

Crable: Another Paddler Gets In Trouble On Swollen Conestoga River

Heavy Rain Prompts Precautions For Kayakers, Rafters

After Glut Of River Rescues, Police In Bucks Urge Caution

Indiana Trail Bridge Would Benefit Region’s Hikers, Bikers

Montco Commissioners OK Countywide Plan To Boost Bike Infrastructure

Despite Legal Challenges, Consol Continues Longwall Coal Mining Under Ryerson Station State Park

A Timeline Of Consol Coal Mining Beneath Ryerson Station State Park

Aug. 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Letter: Volunteer Group Needs Help To Maintain East Erie Park

AP: Death Of Ligonier Man During Boating Accident Investigated

Lyme Disease Now In All States, But PA Has Most Cases

Penn State: Don’t Avoid The Outdoors, Avoid Tick Bites

PA Outdoor Corps Members Show Off Projects In Fairmount Park Philadelphia

PA Wilderness Activist Howard Zahniser And The Atomic Bomb

Chimes Give Voice To Flight 93 Heroes Across Windy Memorial Site Near Shanksville

Recycling/Waste

PEC Podcast: 30th Anniversary Of Act 101 Recycling Law

Crable: Lancaster County Residents Struggling With Recycling Reset

Allegheny Front: How You Recycle Plastic Is About To Change

Pittsburgh Announces Major Changes For Recycling In South Hills: No Glass

Waste Management Recycling To Undergo Changes In Sewickley Elsewhere

What You Can, Can’t Recycling In Lancaster - Video

Op-Ed: Here’s What We Can Do About Recycling

PA Resources Council: When & Where You Can Dump Your Old TV In Pittsburgh

Westmoreland Cleanways To Host HHW Collection In Latrobe Aug. 18

Cure For Philly Recycling Glut, Make It Into Fuel?

Bethlehem Twp Considers Tighter Controls On Recycling Center

Philadelphia’s Junkyards Are A Dumpster Fire

Keystone Landfill Seeks Smell Lawsuit Dismissal

To Vanquish Food Waste, A Competition In Philadelphia Aims To Design And Compost

Renewable Energy

Centre County Eyes Solar Energy For Savings

Murray Coal Throws Its Weight Behind Opposition To Lake Erie Wind Farm

Solar Energy Generation Growth Continues, U.S. EIA Trims 2019 Forecast 45%

Stormwater

Inside Philadelphia’s Green Roof Revolution

Darby Creek Valley Assn: Stream Smart House Call

Watershed Protection

Western PA Weaves A Web Of Groups To Protect Local Watersheds

Family-Run Farm Touted For Conservation Achievements In Lycoming

AP: DEP Secretary- PA Clearly Behind In Meeting Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Obligations [No Surprise]

PA Officials Admit Their State Is Behind In Curbing Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Bay Journal: Chesapeake Executive Council Pledges More Help For Farmers

Next Steps To Help Chesapeake Bay? Tackling Polluted Runoff

Chesapeake Bay States, EPA Call For More Assistance To Region’s Farmers

CBF Blog: Three Things Chesapeake Bay Restoration Leaders Need To Do

Maryland Officials Ask Conowingo Dam Owner To Help Deal With Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Kummer: Maryland: We’re Drowning In Pennsylvania’s Trash

Maryland Gov. Ready To Push Neighboring States To Do More To Restore Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: PA Bill Seeks Traction On One Cent Fee For Largest Water Users

NRCS Unveils Conservation Strategy For Chesapeake Bay Cleanup

Jaramillo: In The Poconos, A Fight Simmers Over Exceptional Streams

Inside Philadelphia’s Green Roof Revolution

CMU Vertical Gardens Create Living Walls

Rodale, Stroud: What We’re Learning About Reducing Farm Pollution In Delaware Watershed

No Mow Zones Coming To A Park Or Stream Near You In Westmoreland

AP: Freight Train Derailment Along Delaware Blamed On Flooded Tracks

Darby Creek Valley Assn: Stream Smart House Call

Delaware RiverKeeper August 10 RiverWatch Video Report

AP: $4.3 Million Fund To Support Delaware River Watershed Conservation

Delaware River Watershed Restoration Gets Extra $1 Million Under U.S. House Bill

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Wildlife

Editorial: Something Fishy, Lawmakers Abuse Power With Personal Pique

Wrightsville Recruits Millersville Prof, Student To Help Solve Mayfly Dilemma

Meet The York County Woman Who Rehabs Raptors

Rabid Beaver Attacked Father, Daughter During Kayaking Outing In Adams County

In A First, American Avocet Spotted At Edinboro State University

Big Fish Kill At Allentown Hatchery May Mean Meager Spring For Anglers

Schneck: Monster Fish From Schuylkill River Causes Stir On Facebook

AP: Death Of Ligonier Man During Boating Accident Investigated

Controversy Rages Over Mountain Lion Sightings In The Midstate

West Nile/Zika Virus/Ticks

Lyme Disease Now In All States, But PA Has Most Cases

DEP: Conditions Ripe For Spread Of West Nile Virus

Venesky: Conditions Ripe For Mosquito West Nile Virus

West Nile Numbers Jumping

West Nile Hot Spots In PA, What’s The Risk In Your County?

Cumberland County Conducts Mosquito Spraying Operations

Mosquito Spray To Be Applied Monday In Ligonier

Mosquito Spraying In Luzerne County Set For Aug. 7

Allegheny County Health To Treat For Mosquitoes

Allegheny County Plans Mosquito Spraying To Prevent West Nile Virus

York County Leads State In Positive West Nile Virus Mosquito Samples

Penn State: Don’t Avoid The Outdoors, Avoid Tick Bites

Pennsylvania Reports First Longhorned Tick

Just Over Half Of Ticks Studied In Pike County Carried Disease

Study: 1 In 7 Children Of Zika Virus-Infected Moms Have Problems

Other

Farmers Almanac 2019 Winter Forecasts

Hurricanes

Puerto Rico Cites Storm Death Toll Of 1,427 In Damage Report

10 Months Without Power: The Puerto Ricans Still Without Electricity

Why Puerto Ricans No Longer Trust Water After The Hurricane

Wildfires

Williamsport Area Firefighters Battle Western Blazes

PA Firefighters Return After Battling Western Wildfires

Editorial: Tip Of The Hat To PA Firefighters Fighting Western Wildfires

Smoke From California Wildfires Reaching East Coast

Smoke From California Wildfires Spreading 3,000 Miles To New York City

Southern California Firefighters Rush To Keep Wildfire Flames From Reaching Homes

California Firefighters Battle To Curb Wildfire Before Winds Return

Devastating Carr Fire In Northern California Sparked By A Flat Tire

AP: Firefighters Battle Biggest Blaze In California State History

AP: Twin Northern California Blazes Become Largest In State’s History

California’s Carr Wildfire Claims A 7th Victim, Mendocino Fire Continues To Grow

As Wildfires Rage, California Frets Over Future Of Greater Perils, Higher Costs

California Gov. Asks Feds For Wildfire Aid As State Battles 17 Blazes

Editorial: Global Wildfires Declining

 

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8/13/2018

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