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Sunday NewsClips

Crable: Feds Declare Lancaster A Disaster Area After Flash Floods In August

Editorial: FEMA’s Work Must Include Understanding

Franklin County Municipalities Deal With Stormwater Requirements, Cost

Evoke Solar Aiming For Sustainable Growth In Still-Maturing Industry

Bloomberg Visiting Pittsburgh To Spotlight Climate Program

Proposed Slate Belt Sludge Treatment Plant To Be Subject Of State Hearing

Cut Food Waste, Promote Sustainable Eating, Farming Approaches

Pittsburgh Hosts Conference Pushing Development Around Transit Facilities

Philadelphia Rail Park Expected To Generate Development, Instead A Self-Storage Facility

Fiery Fall Foliage Still Missing In Action Across The Mid-Atlantic

Ravenous Spotted Lanternflies Could Hitch A Ride On Your Christmas Tree

Elk Creek Steelhead Fishery Targeted For Improvements

Sandhill Cranes Spotted In Waterford, Songbirds On The Move

Corps Varies Kinzua Dam Water Release To Study Impacts On Mussels, Fish

Sunday - Hurricanes

Editorial: Lending A Helping Hand To Hurricane Survivors

Sunday - National/International

Intense Fight Over Colorado Oil, Gas Setbacks Could End With National Precedent

Future Of Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund That Pays For Parks In Limbo

Politicians Say Nothing, But U.S. Farmers Are Increasingly Terrified By Climate Change

Climate Change Is Exacerbating World Conflicts, Red Cross President

Brewers Say They’ve Got A Plan On Climate Change

Coal Mine Accident In Eastern China Leaves 22 Trapped

Politics

Frazier: Democratic Socialists Coming To Capitol, What Does It Mean For Environmental Policies? 

Air

Hopey: Clairton Coke Works Fined Another $620,000 For Air Emissions

Allegheny County Health Fines U.S. Steel, Citing Coke Plant Emissions 

EPA To Unveil Plans To Weaken Rule Limiting Toxic Mercury Pollution

Alternative Fuels

Electric Car Drivers Get Charge Out Of Visiting PA Parks, Forests

Caledonia, Codorus, Cowans Gap State Parks To Get Electric Car Chargers

SEPTA Is Eyeing A Big Conversion To Green Energy

Op-Ed: Should SEPTA Adopt Electric Buses To Help Philly Be Better City?

Editorial: Tree Maintenance, Taller Altoona Transit CNG Buses

Awards & Recognition

Crable: Website Sprouts Lancaster’s Largest, Oldest, Historical and Special Trees

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Midstate Growers, Researchers Work to Stop Spotted Lanternfly

Lower Macungie Residents Complain About Lanternflies, Mosquitoes

Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Can Ride On Your Christmas Tree, Infest Your House

How You Can Identify, Combat Spotted Lanternfly - Video

Hyperalarming Study Shows Massive Insect Loss

Letter: Bethlehem Running Bamboo Law Must Be Strengthened

Budget

Monroeville Establishes Stormwater Pollution Reduction Fee

Scranton Council Urges Mayor To Convene Public Forum On Stormwater Flooding

Op-Ed: Conservation Is Never A Bad Investment, Increase Fish & Boat Commission Fees

PEC: Bill In Congress To Reauthorize Land & Water Conservation Fund Has Bipartisan Support

Sisk: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Helped Pay For A Park Near You, Now In Limbo

Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: Donna Morelli: Lancaster County Releases Preview Of Plan To Reduce Water Pollution 

Altoona Students Help Mitigate Stormwater By Planting Trees In Mill Run 

Bay Journal: Part 1-Chesapeake Bay Cleanup May Lose Race To 2025 Goal, But Presses On

Bay Journal: Part 2-New Nutrient Reduction Goals Reflect Updated Science, Data, Computer Modeling

Bay Journal: Part 3-Success Of Chesapeake Bay’s Restoration Tied To PA, Which Lags Far Behind

Bay Journal: Part 4-In Another Decade Or Two, We'll See A Different Chesapeake Bay

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Climate

WITF Smart Talk: Climate Change

So What’s The Climate Change/Asthma Connection?

Column: PA Can’t Wait Until 2023 For A Pit Bull On Climate Change, But We Might Have To

Op-Ed: PA Farmer: Prioritize Climate-Change Action On Personal, State Levels

Letter: Carbon Fee And Dividend Legislation

Letter: Climate Change Causing Extreme Weather

Letter: Everyone Should Prioritize The Environment

Editorial: U.S. Leaders Fiddle While Planet Burns

Could This New Software Mean The End Of Snow Days At Penn State?

This Year Sure To Be One Of NE PA’s Wettest Ever

Schneck: Long, Hard Winter Lies Ahead: Wildlife Weather Folklore

Famed Almanacs Offer Dramatically Different Winter Outlooks For Lehigh Valley

NOAA: Odds Favor A Mild Winter, But Maybe Not Here

Heat And Drought Could Threaten World Beer Supply

Study Finds Tornado Activity Shifting East Away From TX, OK, Kansas

From Harvey To Michael: How America’s Year Of Major Hurricanes Unfolded

Justice Dept. Asks U.S. Supreme Court To Put Youths’ Climate Change Lawsuit On Hold

Trump EPA Draws Scorn For Touting Lower Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Climate Change Will Get Worse. These Investors Are Betting On It

AP: Trump: Climate Change Not A Hoax, May Not Be Man-Made, Will Change Back

Trump: I Have A Natural Instinct For Science When It Comes To Climate Change

Coal Mining

Report: DOE Coal, Nuclear Bailout On Hold At White House

EPA To Unveil Plans To Weaken Rule Limiting Toxic Mercury Pollution

Compliance Action

Grants From Penalty Help Flooding, Water Pollution Around Westmoreland

Crable: West Cocalico Twp. Floodplain To Be Restored In Lancaster With Pipeline Penalties

Funded By Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fine, Chesco Gets $1.8M For Conservation

Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fines To Fund Blair County Projects

Hopey: Clairton Coke Works Fined Another $620,000 For Air Emissions

Allegheny County Health Fines U.S. Steel, Citing Coke Plant Emissions

Delaware River

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 19 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

State Awards Pittsburgh Water Authority Funding For Replacing Lead Water Lines

Pittsburgh Water Authority Secures Millions In State Money For Lead Line Replacements

Turzai Calls Plan To Fund Lead Service Line Replacements In Pittsburgh A Taxpayer Bailout

Boil Water Advisory For Some In Wilkes-Barre After Main Break

Boil Water Advisory Lifted In Wilkes-Barre

1 Man Suffers Minor Injury From Chlorine Leak At Ephrata’s Water Plant

Economic Development

Silberline Expanding In Lehigh Valley To Produce Pigments For Eco-Friendly Coatings

Editorial: Developing A Skilled Workforce A Key To Regional Vitality

Education

Altoona Students Help Mitigate Stormwater By Planting Trees In Mill Run

Grant Helps Erie School District Grow Gardening Program

Renowned Author Talks About Connecting Families To Nature At Wilkes U.

Da Vinci Unveils Master Plan For Easton Science Center

Editorial: Conner Donation Boosts Science At Asbury Woods Nature Center In Erie

Millersville U. Breaks Ground On Pre-K STEM Classroom

Emergency Management

Wolf Says FEMA Chose To Ignore Evidence In Denying Appeal For Disaster Aid

Energy

Tree Fall Cuts Power To 2,200 Customers In Lancaster County

Natural Gas Service Coming To Tunkhannock

Op-Ed: Natural Gas Is The Present And Future Of American Energy

Microsoft To Add 90 MW Of New Wind In Pennsylvania

SEPTA Is Eyeing A Big Conversion To Green Energy

Firm Plans Hydroelectric Plant Below Highland Park Bridge On Allegheny River

Transource Power Line May Cost More Than Planned In Franklin, York Counties

Editorial: Tree Maintenance, Taller Altoona Transit CNG Buses

Sources: FERC Chairman Expected To Step Down

U.S. EIA: Winter Fuels Outlook

U.S. EIA: Natural Gas Storage Likely To Enter Winter At Lowest Levels Since 2005

Report: DOE Coal, Nuclear Bailout On Hold At White House

Op-Ed: 2 Federal Courts Show State Roadmap For Saving Nuclear Power

Spotlight: 6 Key Issues Driving The Utility Sector Today

EPA To Unveil Plans To Weaken Rule Limiting Toxic Mercury Pollution

EIA: PJM Power Grid Relying More On Natural Gas-Fired Plants

U.S. EIA: Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Being Added, Used More In PJM

Energy Conservation

How Pittsburgh Stays On The Cutting Edge Of Energy Conservation

Energy-Savings Firm Completes $3.95M In Projects In Luzerne County

Keystone Edge: Green Design, Getting Passive Aggressive On Energy Efficiency

Rep. Quinn Introduces Bill To Lift Cap On Utility Efficiency Investments

Farming

Laurel: State, County Farmland Preservation Boards

Modern Farmer Highlights Lancaster’s Culton Organics As One Of America’s Most Fascinating Farmers

York Eyes Stormwater Authority To Aid Farmers

Grant Helps Erie School District Grow Gardening Program

Montco Borough Passes Ordinance Regulating Beekeeping

State, Federal Aid For Struggling Dairy Farms Won’t Cover Losses

Federal Policy

EPA Aims To Triple Pace Of Deregulation In Coming Year

Flooding

AP: Disaster Relief Approved For Lancaster, York, Areas Affected By August Storm

SBA Loans Available To Help With Disaster Recovery After Yough Valley Flooding

Grants From Penalty Help Flooding, Water Pollution Around Westmoreland

Crable: West Cocalico Twp. Floodplain To Be Restored In Lancaster With Pipeline Penalties

Flooding Prompts Plan For Unity Stream Improvement

Monroeville Establishes Stormwater Pollution Reduction Fee

This Year Sure To Be One Of NE PA’s Wettest Ever

Flooding - Hurricanes

AP: Some Florida Residents Return Home To Nothing

Unable To Stay In Hospital Or Hurricane-Damaged Home, FL Couple Take Newborn To Walmart Parking Lot

Rescuers In Florida Panhandle Search For Missing People, Bodies After Hurricane

Habitat For Humanity Houses Intact After Michael Were Saved By Low-Cost Reinforcements

Hurricane Michael’s Fury Will Have Longstanding Environmental Impacts

Flood Carries Piece Of Mountain Valley Pipeline In Virginia Into Hands Of Opposing Landowner

AP: 4 Days After Storm, Large Swath Of Florida Panhandle Suffering

Op-Ed: Hurricanes Like Michael Show Why We Can’t Ignore Climate Change

Remembering Thousands Of Hurricane Maria Victims, Marching For Accountability

From Harvey To Michael: How America’s Year Of Major Hurricanes Unfolded

Forests

Midstate Growers, Researchers Work to Stop Spotted Lanternfly

Schneck: Spotted Lanternfly Can Ride On Your Christmas Tree, Infest Your House

Lower Macungie Residents Complain About Lanternflies, Mosquitoes

How You Can Identify, Combat Spotted Lanternfly - Video

Tree Pittsburgh Opens New $2.6 Million Campus In Lawrenceville

Op-Ed: 10 Million New Trees Can Help Stem Tide Of State’s Rushing Waters

Editorial: Tree Maintenance, Taller Altoona Transit CNG Buses

Crable: Website Sprouts Lancaster’s Largest, Oldest, Historical and Special Trees

Schneck: Fall Foliage Season In PA: Will It Ever Get Here?

Northeast’s Trees Staying Green Later This Year

Poconos Peak Leaf Peeping Weeks Late

Will Colorful Fall Foliage Be A No Show This Year? Sadly, It’s Possible

6 Pocono Hikes To Catch The Foliage Before It Falls!

Forests - Wildfires

Blackouts Criticized As Utilities’ Self-Protection When California Fire Risk Is High

Green Infrastructure

Altoona Students Help Mitigate Stormwater By Planting Trees In Mill Run

Grants From Penalty Help Flooding, Water Pollution Around Westmoreland

Crable: West Cocalico Twp. Floodplain To Be Restored In Lancaster With Pipeline Penalties

Funded By Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fine, Chesco Gets $1.8M For Conservation

Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fines To Fund Blair County Projects

York Eyes Stormwater Authority To Aid Farmers

Williamsport Council: Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan Not Insurmountable

Monroeville Establishes Stormwater Pollution Reduction Fee

Scranton Council Urges Mayor To Convene Public Forum On Stormwater Flooding

Stormwater Authority Gets Complaints About Decora Dumping Sludge In Drains

Op-Ed: 10 Million New Trees Can Help Stem Tide Of State’s Rushing Waters

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

Bagenstose: House Passes Rep. Stephens PFAS Funding Bill

Land Conservation

The Vowed To Save The Valley In Delaware County, And They Did

Laurel: State, County Farmland Preservation Boards

Editorial: Keeping The Wild Spaces

Sisk: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Helped Pay For A Park Near You, Now In Limbo

PEC: Bill In Congress To Reauthorize Land & Water Conservation Fund Has Bipartisan Support

Land Use

Mapping Philly’s Most Walkable Neighborhoods

Littering/Illegal Dumping

EPCAMR Will Host Litter Cleanup Effort At Centralia Site Oct. 20

Mine Subsidence

Washington County Home Abandoned After Mine Subsidence Sinkhole Found

Oil & Gas

Editorial: House Whiffs On Fair Natural Gas Royalties

Editorial: Report On Shale Industry Spending Clarion Call For Campaign Finance Reform

Editorial: Developing A Skilled Workforce A Key To Regional Vitality

Op-Ed: I Interrupted 2014 Governor Debate To Talk About Fracking, Little Has Changed

Natural Gas Service Coming To Tunkhannock

Editorial: Tree Maintenance, Taller Altoona Transit CNG Buses

Worley & Obetz Trustee: $2B Fraud Overlooked By Negligent Management

Trustee: Worley & Obetz Insiders Built Own Real-Estate Portfolios With Company Aid

U.S. EIA: Winter Fuels Outlook

U.S. EIA: Natural Gas Storage Likely To Enter Winter At Lowest Levels Since 2005

EIA: PJM Power Grid Relying More On Natural Gas-Fired Plants

U.S. EIA: Natural Gas-Fired Power Plants Being Added, Used More In PJM

Pipelines

Blanchard: Full Mariner East Pipeline Risk Assessment Report Released By Citizens Group

Blanchard: DEP Awards Water Quality Grants Funded By $12.6M Penalty Against Sunoco

Grants From Penalty Help Flooding, Water Pollution Around Westmoreland

Crable: West Cocalico Twp. Floodplain To Be Restored In Lancaster With Pipeline Penalties

Funded By Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fine, Chesco Gets $1.8M For Conservation

Sauro: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Fines To Fund Blair County Projects

Energy, Explained Podcast: How 1 Family Lost The Farm To A Failed Pipeline Project

Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Now Moving Natural Gas

Hurdle: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Operation Delayed To 2020, Sunoco To Use Mariner 1, 2 Other Pipelines For Natural Gas Liquids In The Interim

Sources: FERC Chairman Expected To Step Down

Radiation Protection

Berwick Nuclear Power Plant In Luzerne To Conduct Drill Tuesday

Feds Allow Emergency Planning Reduction Near Closing Oyster Creek Nuclear Plant

Report: DOE Coal, Nuclear Bailout On Hold At White House

Op-Ed: 2 Federal Courts Show State Roadmap For Saving Nuclear Power

Recreation

Lackawanna Heritage Authority Looks To Connect Trails To Rails In Scranton

Op-Ed: Prioritize Bicycle Safety In Pittsburgh To Boost Tourism

Pittsburgh Plans Townsend Parklet In Elliott Neighborhood

Here’s Why DCNR Gave Bethlehem $1 Million

Renton Park In Plum Will Be Upgraded With State Grant

Tyrone Installs All-Access Playground

Parket In Pittsburgh’s Elliott Neighborhood To See $650,000 Overhaul

Lackawanna River Heritage Trail In Scranton Receives State Grant

Funds Needed To Finish Indian Creek Valley Trail By Mountain Watershed Assn.

In Upper Bucks County Excitement Builds For Liberty Bell Trail

New Boardwalk On Schuylkill River Overlooks Water Works, Boathouse Row In Philly

The Vowed To Save The Valley In Delaware County, And They Did

Caledonia, Codorus, Cowans Gap State Parks To Get Electric Car Chargers

Oct. 19 Take Five Fridays Without Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

1 Dead In Washington County ATV Crash

Poconos Peak Leaf Peeping Weeks Late

Will Colorful Fall Foliage Be A No Show This Year? Sadly, It’s Possible

Fall Hiking Guide In Central PA

6 Pocono Hikes To Catch The Foliage Before It Falls!

Northeast’s Trees Staying Green Later This Year

Schneck: Fall Foliage Season In PA: Will It Ever Get Here?

Schneck: Long, Hard Winter Lies Ahead: Wildlife Weather Folklore

Famed Almanacs Offer Dramatically Different Winter Outlooks For Lehigh Valley

NOAA: Odds Favor A Mild Winter, But Maybe Not Here

Frye: Fit, Function Key When Choosing A First Mountain Bike

Frye: Is Mandatory Boat Registration Coming To PA?

Flight 93 Park Ranger Will Present Program On Creation Of Memorials

Sisk: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Helped Pay For A Park Near You, Now In Limbo

PEC: Bill In Congress To Reauthorize Land & Water Conservation Fund Has Bipartisan Support

Recycling/Waste

NE Communities Receive Millions In Recycling, Leaf Litter Collection Grants

Hollidaysburg Targets Recycling Scofflaws

Millcreek Twp Awarded $325,000 DEP Recycling Grant

Editorial: Allegheny County Recycling Program Leverages Truck Downtown

Market Forces Put America’s Recycling Industry In The Dumps

Where To Drop Your Unused Meds On Oct. 27 National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

Crable: Proposed Trash Transfer Station In Northern Lancaster County Would Reduce Truck Traffic

Philadelphia So Dirty City Wants Residents, Businesses To Help Collect Trash

Illegally Dumped Garbage Plaguing Private Properties In Allegheny County

Renewable Energy

Microsoft To Add 90 MW Of New Wind In Pennsylvania

SEPTA Is Eyeing A Big Conversion To Green Energy

Stormwater

Grants From Penalty Help Flooding, Water Pollution Around Westmoreland

Op-Ed: 10 Million New Trees Can Help Stem Tide Of State’s Rushing Waters

Bay Journal: Donna Morelli: Lancaster County Releases Preview Of Plan To Reduce Water Pollution

York Eyes Stormwater Authority To Aid Farmers

Williamsport Council: Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan Not Insurmountable

Monroeville Establishes Stormwater Pollution Reduction Fee

Scranton Council Urges Mayor To Convene Public Forum On Stormwater Flooding

Stormwater Authority Gets Complaints About Decora Dumping Sludge In Drains

Superfund - Federal

EPA: Lehigh Valley Superfund Sites: 1 Site Deleted, Another Improving

Sustainability

Silberline Expanding In Lehigh Valley To Produce Pigments For Eco-Friendly Coatings

Mapping Philly’s Most Walkable Neighborhoods

Wastewater Facilities

Westmoreland Authority Purchases Sewickley Twp Sewer System

Stormwater Authority Gets Complaints About Decora Dumping Sludge In Drains

Watershed Protection

Grants From Penalty Help Flooding, Water Pollution Around Westmoreland

Op-Ed: 10 Million New Trees Can Help Stem Tide Of State’s Rushing Waters

Bay Journal: Donna Morelli: Lancaster County Releases Preview Of Plan To Reduce Water Pollution

York Eyes Stormwater Authority To Aid Farmers

Altoona Students Help Mitigate Stormwater By Planting Trees In Mill Run

Williamsport Council: Stormwater Pollution Reduction Plan Not Insurmountable

Monroeville Establishes Stormwater Pollution Reduction Fee

Scranton Council Urges Mayor To Convene Public Forum On Stormwater Flooding

Bay Journal: Part 1-Chesapeake Bay Cleanup May Lose Race To 2025 Goal, But Presses On

Bay Journal: Part 2-New Nutrient Reduction Goals Reflect Updated Science, Data, Computer Modeling

Bay Journal: Part 3-Success Of Chesapeake Bay’s Restoration Tied To PA, Which Lags Far Behind

Bay Journal: Part 4-In Another Decade Or Two, We'll See A Different Chesapeake Bay

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Wildlife

Fish & Boat Commission Names Tim Schaeffer Executive Director

Hayes: Tim Schaeffer Tapped To Head Fish & Boat Commission

Op-Ed: Conservation Is Never A Bad Investment, Increase Fish & Boat Commission Fees

Fish & Boat Commission Lures New Anglers With Pilot Program

TU: PA Formally Designates 108 More Wild Trout Streams

Recap Of Fish & Boat Commission Board Of Commissioners Meeting

Possibly Rabid Gray Fox Bites Blakely Man

Crable: Township In Lancaster Cancels Special Deer Hunt After Warning From DA

Frye: Squirrel Hunting Remains Fun Despite Changes

Late Hummingbirds Were Visiting Feeders In Erie This Week

Schneck: Could PA See Major Flight Of Birds From The North This Year?

Life Of A Falconer In Philly: Buying Frozen Rats In Bulk

Game Commission To Charge Erie County Man Who Fatally Shot Bald Eagle

Frye: Is Mandatory Boat Registration Coming To PA?

White Nose Syndrome In Bats Moving West

West Nile/Zika Virus

2nd Lancaster County Death Attributed To West Nile Virus, Statewide Death Toll Rises To 5

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10/22/2018