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Environmental NewsClips - All Topics

Here are NewsClips from around the state on all environmental topics, including General Environment, Budget, Marcellus Shale, Watershed Protection and much more.

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Sunday NewsClips

PaEN: Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Impose 2 Year Moratorium On Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Approvals

PaEN: House Committee To Hold Hearing On Public Safety Of Natural Gas Pipeline Systems May 30

Jessup Activists Push Legislation On Power Plant Host Agreements

Luzerne County Facing Own Stormwater Requirements In Addition To New Fee

PaEN: ORSANCO Inviting Comments On Proposed Ohio River Water Pollution Control Standard Changes; April 1 Pittsburgh Hearing

Aging Workforce Hits Water Treatment Plants Especially Hard

Robot Offers A Deeper Dive Into Lake Erie Research

Poll Shows Pennsylvania Voters Back Climate Action

Op-Ed: Extreme Weather News May Not Change Climate Change Skeptics’ Minds

DEP Investigating Salvage Yard In York County

Volunteers Rappel Down Mt. Washington In Pittsburgh To Pick Up Litter

Edgar Fahs Smith STEAM Academy Begins Spring Neighborhood Cleanup

March For Parks In Westmoreland County Passes $1 Million Mark

Game Commission Plans Controlled Burn For Monday In York County

Demko: Trout Season Opens And All Is Right With The World

Schneck: First Day Of Trout Season Opens, Anglers Gather

Hawk Mountain: Global Big Day: Building Community Through Birds

Hawk Mountain: The Mystery Of PA’s Lesser Black-Backed Sea Gulls

Hawk Mountain Intern Tells Her Story: Molded By The Mountain

Sunday - Budget

Wolf’s Restore Pennsylvania Plan Gaining Support

Sunday - National/International

EPCAMR Lobbies Congress For Support In Abandoned Mine Land Cleanup

Federal Judge Restores Drilling Ban In Arctic, Trump Executive Order Illegal

EPA Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science

Op-Ed: Will Trump’s New Climate Change Panel Give Him Good Advice? No

Politics

It’s Harder Than Ever To Conduct Polls, Should We Still Believe Them? 

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Air

PaEN: Draft Regulation Controlling VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations Now Available, To Be On April 11 DEP Advisory Committee Agenda

New Campaign Calls For Long-Term Solutions To Clairton Coke (Coal) Works’ Pollution

PaEN: April 30 DEP Hearing On Proposed RACT II Air Quality Plan For Mars Chocolate Plant Lancaster County

PaEN: DEP Hearing April 30 On Proposed RACT II Air Quality Plan For Volvo Construction Equipment Plant Franklin County

PaEN: DEP To Hold May 7 Hearing On Proposed RACT II Air Quality Plan For GrafTech USA In Elk County

Allergy Season Will Be Rough In NE PA

Awards & Recognition

PaEN: PEC, Dominion Energy Announce Winners Of 2019 Western PA Environmental Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award

Avian Researcher At Powdermill Nature Reserve Gets Award/Grant

Aspinwall Riverfront Park Earns Western PA Environmental Award

Lycoming County Farmers Recognized For Their Contributions To Conservation

PaEN: Keep America Beautiful Recognizes DEP, PennDOT For Great American Cleanup Of PA

PaEN: Keep PA Beautiful Earns National Recognition From Keep America Beautiful With President's Circle Award

PaEN: Berks Nature's The Nature Place Earns LEED Gold Certification

PaEN: Still Time To Submit Nominations For Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Awards

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Zebra Mussels Are Invading Central PA Waters: Why You Should Care

PaEN: Stroud Water Research Center: Most-Used Pesticides Posing Unknown Threat To Waterways, Pollinators, Now Subject Of Study

Pollinator Gardens Planted Throughout Allegheny County

PaEN: Manada Conservancy: Creating A Backyard Pollinator Habitat Program April 24 In Dauphin County

Editorial: Decline In Insect Species Threatens Our Ecosystem

PaEN: Practitioner Scholarships To Be Available For 2019 Natural Areas Conference; Reminder: Proposals Due April 15

Game Commission To Conduct Controlled Burn In York County

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Budget

PaEN: EQB Invites Comments On Proposed $8 Million Water Quality Permit Fee Increases To Make Up For Cuts In State Funding For DEP

PaEN: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Urges MORE Investment, No Backsliding On Parks & Forests Project Funding

PaEN: Republicans On House Committee OK Bill To Compensate Landowners For Drilling Rights If DRBC Adopts Fracking Ban; Cost A Minimum Of $10 Billion

PaEN: House Committee Approves Bill Authorizing Fish & Boat Commission To Set Own Fees, Moving It To The Full House

PaEN: 10 Major Angler, Hunter & Outdoor Groups Support House Bill 808 Giving Fish & Boat Commission Authority To Adopt Its Own Fees

DEP Visits Lancaster To Highlight How Restore PA Could Address Drinking Water System Needs

Gov. Wolf: Restore PA Will Help With 130-Year-Old Erie County Flooding Problem

Wolf Pushes For Natural Gas Severance Tax During Erie County Visit

DEP Visits Monroe County To Discuss Benefits Of Restore PA On Remediation Of Commercial Properties

Answering More Questions On Controversial Stormwater Fee In Luzerne County

Commercial Properties Receive Stormwater Bills In Luzerne

More Money Heads Toward Williamsport Levee Recertification

PaEN: Gov. Wolf Announces CFA Funding To Remove PFAS Contamination From 17 Drinking Water Wells In Bucks County

Bagenstose: State Gives Warminster, Warrington $8M To Tackle PFAS Contamination Costs

PaEN: CFA Approves 11 Alternative And Clean Energy Project Grants For $11.5 Million

PaEN: CFA Funds Multimodal Transportation Projects, Including $1.8 Million For Trails

PaEN: Grant Approved To Rehabilitate High-Hazard Dam In Monroe County By CFA

Sen. Yudichak Announces $3.25M For Local Infrastructure Projects

DCNR Visits Williamsport To Discuss How Restore PA Could Fund Trail Connector

DCNR Looks To Expand River Walk In Williamsport With Restore PA

DCNR Dedicates New Caledonia State Park Campgrounds, Discusses How Restore PA Could Address Infrastructure Needs

PaEN: DEP, EPCAMR, Trout Unlimited Tell U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing Reauthorizing Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fee Critical, There’s A Lot More To Do

Sisk: PA Expects Funding From Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Despite Lapse

Editorial: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Legislation Good Step For Environment

AP: Trump Backtracks On Call To Gut $300M Great Lakes Program

Editorial: Power Up Great Lakes Funding

Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee Meets April 3 To Review First Draft Of Plan

PaEN: Still Time To Submit Nominations For Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Awards

PaEN: Research Examines Stream Restoration Projects With A Eye On Improving PA Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay

York County Twp Will Hear Proposal To Preserve Riparian Buffers

Answering More Questions On Controversial Stormwater Fee In Luzerne County

DEP Grants Lehman Twp. Stormwater Waiver In Luzerne County

Lehman Twp Woman Organizing Effort To Challenge Luzerne Stormwater Fee

Wrightsville Council Using Grant To Enhance Stormwater Drainage

PaEN: York Master Watershed Stewards Hold Rain Barrel Workshop April 20

Mansfield U. Joins Chesapeake Bay Eco-Studies Unit

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Citizen Action

PaEN: PA Emergency Management Agency Encourages Preparing For Spring, Summer Flooding

Wolf Administration Urges Residents To Prepare For Spring, Summer Flooding

PaEN: York Master Watershed Stewards Hold Rain Barrel Workshop April 20

Grab A Bag, Statewide Cleanup Needs Volunteers

Volunteers Needed For Watershed Cleanup Saturday In Somerset

Watershed Cleanup Set For April 20 In Centre County

Volunteers Needed For Loyalhanna Watershed Litter Cleanup In Westmoreland

Letter: Litter Is A Big, Pervasive Problem In Lehigh Valley

Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn Invites Tree Stewards To Planting March 26

Friends Of Flight 93 Seek Volunteers For Annual Plant A Tree Effort April 26-27

PaEN: PA Resources Council, PA American Water To Host 3 Drug Take-Back Day Collection Events April 27 In Allegheny County

Etna To Take On Sharpsburg In Earth Day Trash Challenge In Allegheny County

PaEN: April 13 Forest Restoration Workshop In Dauphin County By Manada Conservancy

PaEN: Manada Conservancy: Creating A Backyard Pollinator Habitat Program April 24 In Dauphin County

PaEN: Watershed Groups, Municipal Employees See Benefit Of Working Together To Address Water Quality In South Mountain Region

Climate

PaEN: EQB To Consider Accepting Petition To Create Cap-And-Trade Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions On April 16

PaEN: Draft Regulation Controlling VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations Now Available, To Be On April 11 DEP Advisory Committee Agenda

Cusick: Watch Three Mile Island: The New Nuclear Dilemma Online

PaEN: Presenter Tells House Committee 140 Million Years Of Data Shows Greenhouse Gases Are In A Significant And Dangerous Decline

Caruso: Self-Described Climate Contrarian Tells House Committee Global Warming Alarm Is Overblown

Meyer: House Panel Hosts Climate Change Doubter Whose Beliefs Draw A Rebuke From Scientists

Rep. Metcalfe To Host Meeting With Climate Change Skeptic

PaEN: F&M Poll Finds 67% Believe Climate Change Causing Problems, 68% Support State Doing More To Address Climate Change; Split 50% On Nuclear Power Subsidies

Concern About Climate Change Solidifying In PA New F&M Poll Shows

PaEN: Widener Law Commonwealth, Harrisburg University To Host Public Lecture, Legal Conference On Deep Decarbonization April 25 & 26 In Harrisburg

Frazier: Poll: Public Split On Whether State Should Act To Prop Up Nuclear Industry

F&M Poll: PA Voters Strongly Support Nuclear Energy As Legislature Debates Bailout

Three Mile Island Fuels Debate Over Climate Change, Carbon Emission, Future Of Nuclear Energy

Advocates, Engineers Concerned PA’s Infrastructure Won’t Withstand Weather Of The Future

Clock Ticking On PA Nuke Subsidy Bill Hearings

Cap-And-Trade Emissions: An Unrecognized Consensus In Pennsylvania?

Exelon CEO Prods FERC To Get A Grip On Climate Change

Caruso: Gas Industry Consultant To Debunk Climate Change Consensus In House Testimony

PennLive.com Opinion Editor Interviews Fmr DEP Secretary John Quigley On Climate Change

Op-Ed: 4 Ways To Fight Climate Change And Also Protect States Dependent On Fossil Fuel Jobs

Op-Ed: Tackling The Climate Crisis: Moving PA From Fossil Fuel Giant To Clean Energy Powerhouse - Dr. Michael Mann, Flora Cardoni

PaEN: Op-Ed: Baseball, Weather And Climate

Editorial: It’s Going To Get Worse Unless We Do More About Climate Change

Editorial: Adding Up The Cost Of Climate Change In PA

Hopey: Auditor General: Climate Poses A Costly Change For The State

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn., Brodhead Trout Unlimited April 10 Bloom Times, Budburst, Bird Migration And Bugs Climate Program, Monroe County

FEMA’s Flood Maps: More Storm-Ravaged Cities Set Tougher Rules

Coal Power Plant Emitted More Than Ever In 2018 Putting Earth In Deep Trouble

Puerto Rico Passes 100 percent Renewable Energy Bill As It Aims For Storm Resilience

Reuters: Environmental Study: China Bucking Global Shift From Coal-Fired Power

Column: As Floodwaters Rise, Republicans Lawmakers Building Levees Of Climate Denial

Coal Mining

Report: Majority Of Coal Plants In PJM Are Uneconomic Compared To Nearby Wind, Solar

Coal Power Plant Emitted More Than Ever In 2018 Putting Earth In Deep Trouble

Reuters: Environmental Study: China Bucking Global Shift From Coal-Fired Power

Compliance Action

PaEN: PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $75,000 In Penalties

Dam Safety

PaEN: Grant Approved To Rehabilitate High-Hazard Dam In Monroe County By CFA

Delaware River

PaEN: Republicans On House Committee OK Bill To Compensate Landowners For Drilling Rights If DRBC Adopts Fracking Ban; Cost A Minimum Of $10 Billion

25 Delaware River Water Quality Projects Get Federal Funds

Bagenstose: Solebury’s Aquetong Spring Park Gets $250K From Delaware River Grant Program

Drinking Water

PaEN: New Report Gives Pennsylvania F For Response To Lead In School Drinking Water

Murphy: Lawmakers Call For Mandatory Lead Testing Of School Drinking Water

Advocates Call For Passage Of Law Requiring Water Testing For Lead In Schools

PA Gets ‘F’ For Not Addressing Lead In School Drinking Water

AP: Pennsylvania Fest ‘F’ For Removing Lead Plumbing In Schools

Bipartisan Bill Would Require Schools To Test Water Sources For Lead

Pittsburgh Water Authority Flushing Hydrants Before New Lead Treatment

Lead Levels Still Elevated In Water At Erie School

DEP Visits Lancaster To Highlight How Restore PA Could Address Drinking Water System Needs

End In Sight For Public Water Project In Intercourse Years After Water Contamination Discovery

PaEN: Gov. Wolf Announces CFA Funding To Remove PFAS Contamination From 17 Drinking Water Wells In Bucks County

Bagenstose: State Gives Warminster, Warrington $8M To Tackle PFAS Contamination Costs

Wolf’s $8M To Remove PFAS From Bucks Water Won’t Solve The Problem Activists Say

Bagenstose, et al: Military Challenging States On $2 Billion PFAS Chemical Cleanup Liability

Unwell Water: New Bucks Courier Times Webpage On PFAS Contamination

PaEN: Berks County Source Water Protection Program Accepting Entries In Logo Contest From Higher Ed Students With $1,500 In Scholarships As Prizes

Hurdle: New Jersey DEP: 5 Companies Must Pay For PFAS Contamination Cleanup

NJ Orders 5 Companies To Pay Millions To Fund PFAS Cleanup

Economic Development

Shell Sees New Role For Former Steel Region: Plastics

PaEN: Promoting Economic Resilience In Appalachia: Lessons From Successful Communities - McKean County, PA Wilds

Outdoor Recreation Connects To Economic Development In Blair County

PaEN: Opportunity To Bid On DEP Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging In Butler County

Education

PaEN: Berks County Source Water Protection Program Accepting Entries In Logo Contest From Higher Ed Students With $1,500 In Scholarships As Prizes

PaEN: EQT Foundation Invites Applications For Higher Ed Scholarships In Greene, Washington Counties

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Environmental Careers That Rock

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn.: Special Events Coming Up April 13 (Kids), April 20 (Hike), April 26 (Arbor Day Walk) Monroe County

PaEN: Franklin Institute Philadelphia Science Festival April 26 to May 4; FMC Joins As Partner

Mansfield U. Joins Chesapeake Bay Eco-Studies Unit

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn., Brodhead Trout Unlimited April 10 Bloom Times, Budburst, Bird Migration And Bugs Climate Program, Monroe County

Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens Offers Summer Camps

Daylong Chester County Pitch To Hook Girls On STEM

Luzerne Community College Hosting Women In STEM Lecture Today

Emergency Response

PaEN: PA Emergency Management Agency Encourages Preparing For Spring, Summer Flooding

PaEN: Feds Approve Disaster Relief For Pennsylvania Farms In 61 Counties Resulting From Extended Rainfall In 2018

Energy

PaEN: House Consumer Affairs Committee To Hold 4 Hearings On House Bill 11 Adding Nuclear Power Plants To AEPS To Support Industry

Cusick: Watch Three Mile Island: The New Nuclear Dilemma Online

PaEN: EQB To Consider Accepting Petition To Create Cap-And-Trade Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions On April 16

PaEN: F&M Poll Finds 67% Believe Climate Change Causing Problems, 68% Support State Doing More To Address Climate Change; Split 50% On Nuclear Power Subsidies

F&M Poll: PA Voters Strongly Support Nuclear Energy As Legislature Debates Bailout

Concern About Climate Change Solidifying In PA New F&M Poll Shows

Frazier: Poll: Public Split On Whether State Should Act To Prop Up Nuclear Industry

F&M Poll: PA Voters Strongly Support Nuclear Energy As Legislature Debates Bailout

Three Mile Island Fuels Debate Over Climate Change, Carbon Emission, Future Of Nuclear Energy

Bailout For The Nuclear Power Industry In Pennsylvania?

Crable: Whenever TMI Nuclear Plant Closes, It Won’t Disappear For A Long Time

Will City Of Zion, Illinois Recover From Nuclear Plant Closure? Communities Should Be Paid For Hosting Leftover Nuclear Plant Waste

Post-Fukushima, A Japanese Man’s Regrets Mirror His Country’s Turn Against Nuclear Power

Crable: Closure Of TMI Would Have Economic, Social Impacts On Local Communities

40 Years After Three Mile Island Accident, Debate Over Safety Of Nuclear Energy Still Goes Back And Forth

Penn State Medical Minute: Thyroid Cancer Surges, Is TMI Responsible?

Chasing Clean Power, Why Three Mile Island Is Fighting To Stay Open

Clock Ticking On PA Nuke Subsidy Bill Hearings

Cap-And-Trade Emissions: An Unrecognized Consensus In Pennsylvania?

As 40 Years Pass Since Partial Meltdown, TMI’s Future Still Remains Uncertain

Op-Ed: Closing Nuclear Plants Is A Bad Deal For Pennsylvanians

Op-Ed:  Nuclear Bailout Terrible Deal For Electricity Customers - AARP

Editorial: Tax Relief For Nuclear Industry Wouldn’t Be Mere Bailout

Editorial: Past And Future Fears About Three Mile Island

Exelon CEO Prods FERC To Get A Grip On Climate Change

Federal Panel Weighs Petition Against Peach Bottom Nuke Plant Extension

Refueling, Maintenance Outage Begins At Susquehanna Nuclear Plant In Luzerne

Despite Industry Challenges, Penn State Doubles Down On Nuclear Energy Program

PUC Seeks Comment On Proposed Settlement With Great American Power Door-To-Door Sales Marketer

Report: Majority Of Coal Plants In PJM Are Uneconomic Compared To Nearby Wind, Solar

DOE’s Perry Calls Expanding Nuclear Energy The Real Green New Deal

U.S. Nuclear Power Generation In 2018 Surpasses Peak Of 2010

PJM Members Launch Discussion Of Carbon-Pricing Market Design

Report: Majority Of Coal Plants In PJM Are Uneconomic Compared To Nearby Wind, Solar

Puerto Rico Passes 100 Percent Renewable Energy Bill As It Aims For Storm Resilience

PaEN: CFA Accepting Applications For High Performance Building, Alternative & Clean Energy Program Funding

Smart Public Hearings Scheduled On UGI’s $71 Million Rate Hike

Energy Conservation

PaEN: Berks Nature's The Nature Place Earns LEED Gold Certification

Manheim Central Schools Awarded $1.4M Grant For Energy Efficient High School Renovation

PaEN: CFA Accepting Applications For High Performance Building Program Funding

Environmental Health

Frazier: Dept. Of Health Investigating Potential Cancer Cluster In Washington County

Hopey/Templeton: CDC, State Officials Investigating Multiple Cases Of Rare Cancer In Washington County

Erdley: Rare Cancers Prompt PA Health Department Reviews

Luzerne Lyme Disease Group Plans May 6 Meeting On Ticks In PA

WITF SmartTalk: Tickborne Illness On The Rise, Is Drinking Water Safe In Schools? TODAY 9:00 a.m.

Environmental Heritage

Watch: Meltdown At Three Mile Island: 40 Years Later Documentary Online

AP: Remembering Three Mile Island Accident, 40 Years Later

Crable: 1979 TMI Accident Changed Arc Of Nuclear Power, Public Perception

Anti-Nuclear Advocates: Public Will Never Know Truth Behind TMI Accident

Symbolic Act of Civil Disobedience At Three Mile Island Vigil

Three Mile Island Accident Scared The Hell Out Of People

Three Mile Island Accident, 40 Years Later: A Reader’s Guide

40 Years After Three Mile Island Accident, Debate Over Safety Of Nuclear Energy Still Goes Back And Forth

Penn State Medical Minute: Thyroid Cancer Surges, Is TMI Responsible?

After 40 Years, Three Mile Island Partial Meltdown Looms Large

Fmr Middletown Mayor Recalls Three Mile Island Accident

40 Years Later, Dairy Farmer Remembers Three Mile Island

How Penn State Harrisburg Handled The Partial Meltdown At TMI

Friends Of Flight 93 Seek Volunteers For Annual Plant A Tree Effort April 26-27

Post-Fukushima, A Japanese Man’s Regrets Mirror His Country’s Turn Against Nuclear Power

75 Years Ago: Lackawanna Grand Jury Indicts Coal Mine Owner For Blakely Mine Subsidence

Farming

PaEN: Feds Approve Disaster Relief For Pennsylvania Farms In 61 Counties Resulting From Extended Rainfall In 2018

Lycoming County Farmers Recognized For Their Contributions To Conservation

PaEN: Capital RC&D Spring High Tunnel Soil Health Webinar Series, April 2, 9, 16

Tax Credit Proposed To Help Young PA Farmers Acquire Land

AP: Winery Owner In Lebanon Turns To Hemp To Save His Vineyard

Industrial Hemp Offers Potential, Risk For Struggling Lancaster County Dairy Farmers

PaEN: Stroud Water Research Center: Most-Used Pesticides Posing Unknown Threat To Waterways, Pollinators, Now Subject Of Study

Flooding

PaEN: PA Emergency Management Agency Encourages Preparing For Spring, Summer Flooding

Wolf Administration Urges Residents To Prepare For Spring, Summer Flooding

Gov. Wolf: Restore PA Will Help With 130-Year-Old Erie County Flooding Problem

DEP, Local Officials To Tour Armstrong County Flood Damage, Hold April 1 Public Meeting

Wolf Pushes For Natural Gas Severance Tax During Erie County Visit

More Money Heads Toward Williamsport Levee Recertification

Turnpike Buys Properties It Flooded In Allegheny County During Construction

FEMA’s Flood Maps: More Storm-Ravaged Cities Set Tougher Rules

Column: As Floodwaters Rise, Republicans Lawmakers Building Levees Of Climate Denial

Flooding - Hurricanes

Federal Disaster Aid Bill For Puerto Rico Facing Tricky Path As It Heads To Senate

AP: Puerto Ricans Struggle To Buy Food Amid Federal Disaster Recovery Funding Shortfall

Trump Opposes Further Disaster Aid For Battered Puerto Rico

Trump Refuses To Schedule Meeting With Governor Of Puerto Rico Over Disaster Aid

Forests

Game Commission To Conduct Controlled Burn In York County

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Exulting Philadelphia’s Great Treasure Of Blossoming Trees

Jacobs Creek Watershed Assn Invites Tree Stewards To Planting March 26

Friends Of Flight 93 Seek Volunteers For Annual Plant A Tree Effort April 26-27

York County Twp Will Hear Proposal To Preserve Riparian Buffers

PaEN: Registration Open! Foundation For Sustainable Forests Loving The Land Through Working Forests Conference May 11

PaEN: April 13 Forest Restoration Workshop In Dauphin County By Manada Conservancy

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn.: Special Events Coming Up April 13 (Kids), April 20 (Hike), April 26 (Arbor Day Walk) Monroe County

Schneck: Wet Weather Could Be Setting Us Up For A Tough Tick Year

Geology

Jokes & Geophysics: An Interview With Fmr State Geologist Jay Parrish

Grants/Funding

PaEN: CFA Accepting Applications For High Performance Building Program Funding

Green Infrastructure

PaEN: Still Time To Submit Nominations For Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Awards

PaEN: Watershed Groups, Municipal Employees See Benefit Of Working Together To Address Water Quality In South Mountain Region

PaEN: Research Examines Stream Restoration Projects With A Eye On Improving PA Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay

York County Twp Will Hear Proposal To Preserve Riparian Buffers

PaEN: York Master Watershed Stewards Hold Rain Barrel Workshop April 20

Answering More Questions On Controversial Stormwater Fee In Luzerne County

DEP Grants Lehman Twp. Stormwater Waiver In Luzerne County

Lehman Twp Woman Organizing Effort To Challenge Luzerne Stormwater Fee

Commercial Properties Receive Stormwater Bills In Luzerne

Wrightsville Council Using Grant To Enhance Stormwater Drainage

PaEN: April 13 Forest Restoration Workshop In Dauphin County By Manada Conservancy

Hazardous Substances

Frazier: Dept. Of Health Investigating Potential Cancer Cluster In Washington County

Hopey/Templeton: CDC, State Officials Investigating Multiple Cases Of Rare Cancer In Washington County

Erdley: Rare Cancers Prompt PA Health Department Reviews

PaEN: New Report Gives Pennsylvania F For Response To Lead In School Drinking Water

Murphy: Lawmakers Call For Mandatory Lead Testing Of School Drinking Water

Advocates Call For Passage Of Law Requiring Water Testing For Lead In Schools

PA Gets ‘F’ For Not Addressing Lead In School Drinking Water

Lead Levels Still Elevated In Water At Erie School

Philly Council Passes Lead-Safety Bill, More Ambitious Companion Measure Stalled

End In Sight For Public Water Project In Intercourse Years After Water Contamination Discovery

PaEN: Gov. Wolf Announces CFA Funding To Remove PFAS Contamination From 17 Drinking Water Wells In Bucks County

Bagenstose: State Gives Warminster, Warrington $8M To Tackle PFAS Contamination Costs

Wolf’s $8M To Remove PFAS From Bucks Water Won’t Solve The Problem Activists Say

Bagenstose, et al: Military Challenging States On $2 Billion PFAS Chemical Cleanup Liability

Hazardous Waste

PaEN: U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Issues Contractor Notice To Proceed With Remediation Of Parks Township Radioactive Waste Site In Armstrong County

Falls Twp Planning Commission Denies Elcon Hazardous Waste Facility In Bucks

Lake Erie

AP: Trump Backtracks On Call To Gut $300M Great Lakes Program

Editorial: Power Up Great Lakes Funding

Land Conservation

PaEN: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Urges MORE Investment, No Backsliding On Parks & Forests Project Funding

PaEN: Practitioner Scholarships To Be Available For 2019 Natural Areas Conference; Reminder: Proposals Due April 15

PaEN: PennDOT Announces Public-Private Partnership Proposals To Preserve 140 Acres In Bucks County

PaEN: The Spring Edition Of Environmental Currents Now Available From Brandywine Conservancy

Tax Credit Proposed To Help Young PA Farmers Acquire Land

Sisk: PA Expects Funding From Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Despite Lapse

Editorial: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Legislation Good Step For Environment

Land Recycling

Hazelwood Green Brownfield Redevelopment Site To Receive $10M In State Funding

DEP Visits Monroe County To Discuss Benefits Of Restore PA On Remediation Of Commercial Properties

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PaEN: Keep America Beautiful Recognizes DEP, PennDOT For Great American Cleanup Of PA

Grab A Bag, Statewide Cleanup Needs Volunteers

PaEN: Keep PA Beautiful Earns National Recognition From Keep America Beautiful With President's Circle Award

Grant To Keep Blair Beautiful Would Keep Cigarettes Off The Landscape

Volunteers Needed For Watershed Cleanup Saturday In Somerset

Join Presque Isle Litter Cleanup On Sunday In Erie

Watershed Cleanup Set For April 20 In Centre County

Penn Hills Public Works To  Clean Up Litter On 8 Roads

Volunteers Needed For Loyalhanna Watershed Litter Cleanup In Westmoreland

Letter: Litter Is A Big, Pervasive Problem In Lehigh Valley

AP: Filthadelphia Tries To Shed Nickname By Cleaning Streets

Mine Reclamation

PaEN: DEP, EPCAMR, Trout Unlimited Tell U.S. House Subcommittee Hearing Reauthorizing Federal Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fee Critical, There’s A Lot More To Do

PaEN: DEP Proposes Changes To Guidance On Alkaline Addition For Surface Coal Mines

75 Years Ago: Lackawanna Grand Jury Indicts Coal Mine Owner For Blakely Mine Subsidence

Ohio River

PaEN: ORSANCO Inviting Comments On Proposed Ohio River Water Pollution Control Standard Changes; April 1 Pittsburgh Hearing

Oil & Gas

PaEN: Draft Regulation Controlling VOC/Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations Now Available, To Be On April 11 DEP Advisory Committee Agenda

PaEN: Republicans On House Committee OK Bill To Compensate Landowners For Drilling Rights If DRBC Adopts Fracking Ban; Cost A Minimum Of $10 Billion

Caruso: Gas Industry Consultant To Debunk Climate Change Consensus In House Testimony

Sisk: Proposal To Drill Gas At U.S. Steel Site Near Pittsburgh Prompts Contentious Hearing

Hopey: Contentious Crowd Rejects Shale Well Proposal At U.S. Steel Thomson Mill Site

Hopey: Meeting Set On Proposed Shale Gas Well At U.S. Steel Mill In Mon Valley

Litvak: Diversified Gas & Oil Buys More Conventional Oil & Gas Wells In Washington County

PaEN: Opportunity To Bid On DEP Abandoned Oil & Gas Well Plugging In Butler County

Attorney General Can Proceed With Lawsuit Against Gas Drillers Over Royalties

PaEN: EQT Foundation Invites Applications For Higher Ed Scholarships In Greene, Washington Counties

Shell Sees New Role For Former Steel Region: Plastics

Smart Public Hearings Scheduled On UGI’s $71 Million Rate Hike

Sunoco Cuts Ties With Armstrong County Gas Station Over Offensive Billboard

Pipelines

PaEN: Bipartisan Senate Bill Would Impose 2 Year Moratorium On Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Approvals

PaEN: House Committee To Hold Hearing On Public Safety Of Natural Gas Pipeline Systems May 30

PaEN: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction To Go Right Through Girls Softball Field, Threaten Season In Chester County

Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction Could Foul Up Girls Softball Season In Chester County

Sunoco Settles Out Of Court With Chester County Landowners Over Mariner East 2 Pipeline

Property Owners Along Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Get Letters Warning Of Possible Liens Due To Contractors’ Work

PaEN: $3 Million In Natural Gas Pipeline Extension Project Grants Approved By CFA

$1 Million Grant Will Aid Tunkhannock Getting Natural Gas Line

Editorial: Taxpayers Boost Natural Gas Business

PaEN: PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee Imposes $75,000 In Penalties

PaEN: Penn State Extension: April 25 Webinar On Horizontal Drilling And Pipeline Construction

Trump Issues New Permit For Stalled Keystone XL Pipeline

Permitting

PaEN: DEP Extends General Permits For Beneficial Use of Biosolids, Septage

PaEN: DEP Posted 71 Pages Of Permit Related Notices In March 30 PA Bulletin

Professional Development

PaEN: Register Now For PA Environmental Professionals Conference May 8-10 In State College

Radiation Protection

PaEN: U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Issues Contractor Notice To Proceed With Remediation Of Parks Township Radioactive Waste Site In Armstrong County

Frazier: Dept. Of Health Investigating Potential Cancer Cluster In Washington County

Hopey/Templeton: CDC, State Officials Investigating Multiple Cases Of Rare Cancer In Washington County

PaEN: House Consumer Affairs Committee To Hold 4 Hearings On House Bill 11 Adding Nuclear Power Plants To AEPS To Support Industry

Cusick: Watch Three Mile Island: The New Nuclear Dilemma Online

PaEN: EQB To Consider Accepting Petition To Create Cap-And-Trade Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions On April 16

PaEN: F&M Poll Finds 67% Believe Climate Change Causing Problems, 68% Support State Doing More To Address Climate Change; Split 50% On Nuclear Power Subsidies

F&M Poll: PA Voters Strongly Support Nuclear Energy As Legislature Debates Bailout

Doing More To Address Climate Change; Split 50% On Nuclear Power Subsidies

Frazier: Poll: Public Split On Whether State Should Act To Prop Up Nuclear Industry

F&M Poll: PA Voters Strongly Support Nuclear Energy As Legislature Debates Bailout

Clock Ticking On PA Nuke Subsidy Bill Hearings

Bailout For The Nuclear Power Industry In Pennsylvania?

Cap-And-Trade Emissions: An Unrecognized Consensus In Pennsylvania?

Three Mile Island Fuels Debate Over Climate Change, Carbon Emission, Future Of Nuclear Energy

Crable: Whenever TMI Nuclear Plant Closes, It Won’t Disappear For A Long Time

Will City Of Zion, Illinois Recover From Nuclear Plant Closure? Communities Should Be Paid For Hosting Leftover Nuclear Plant Waste

Post-Fukushima, A Japanese Man’s Regrets Mirror His Country’s Turn Against Nuclear Power

Crable: Closure Of TMI Would Have Economic, Social Impacts On Local Communities

40 Years After Three Mile Island Accident, Debate Over Safety Of Nuclear Energy Still Goes Back And Forth

Penn State Medical Minute: Thyroid Cancer Surges, Is TMI Responsible?

As 40 Years Pass Since Partial Meltdown, TMI’s Future Still Remains Uncertain

Op-Ed: Closing Nuclear Plants Is A Bad Deal For Pennsylvanians

Op-Ed:  Nuclear Bailout Terrible Deal For Electricity Customers - AARP

Editorial: Tax Relief For Nuclear Industry Wouldn’t Be Mere Bailout

Editorial: Past And Future Fears About Three Mile Island

Exelon CEO Prods FERC To Get A Grip On Climate Change

Federal Panel Weighs Petition Against Peach Bottom Nuke Plant Extension

Refueling, Maintenance Outage Begins At Susquehanna Nuclear Plant In Luzerne

Despite Industry Challenges, Penn State Doubles Down On Nuclear Energy Program

DOE’s Perry Calls Expanding Nuclear Energy The Real Green New Deal

U.S. Nuclear Power Generation In 2018 Surpasses Peak Of 2010

PJM Members Launch Discussion Of Carbon-Pricing Market Design

AP: U.S. Underground Nuclear Waste Dump Explained

Recreation

PaEN: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Urges MORE Investment, No Backsliding On Parks & Forests Project Funding

DCNR Visits Williamsport To Discuss How Restore PA Could Fund Trail Connector

DCNR Looks To Expand River Walk In Williamsport With Restore PA

DCNR Dedicates New Caledonia State Park Campgrounds, Discusses How Restore PA Could Address Infrastructure Needs

PaEN: CFA Funds Multimodal Transportation Projects, Including $1.8 Million For Trails

Aspinwall Riverfront Park Earns Western PA Environmental Award

Say Bye To Winter, Hello To Spring At Pine Grove State Park

Presque Isle State Park Public Meeting Set For April 4

March 29 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn.: Special Events Coming Up April 13 (Kids), April 20 (Hike), April 26 (Arbor Day Walk) Monroe County

PaEN: Register Now! For Sinnemahone Paddle April 6, First of 3 Extreme Sports Events In Cameron County

Mill Cove Environmental, Recreation Area In Tioga County

Frye: Preventing, Treating Blisters On The Trail

Schneck: Wet Weather Could Be Setting Us Up For A Tough Tick Year

PEC: Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Partners Talk Recreation, Conservation, Historic Preservation - Video

Harrisburg Plans Chutes And Ladders Playground At Reservoir Park

Trees Being Removed In Erie Park Will Be Replaced

Delmont Residents Form Vision Committee To Consider Heritage Trail Spur

Schneck: Easy Trails In Central PA For National Take A Walk In The Park Day

PaEN: Promoting Economic Resilience In Appalachia: Lessons From Successful Communities - McKean County, PA Wilds

Scranton Takes Next Step Toward Making Downtown More Walkable

Outdoor Recreation Connects To Economic Development In Blair County

DCNR Names New Manager At Delaware Canal State Park Complex

Philly Moves Naked Bike Ride To Warmer Date

Sisk: PA Expects Funding From Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Despite Lapse

Editorial: Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund Legislation Good Step For Environment

Recycling/Waste

PaEN: PA Resources Council, PA American Water To Host 3 Drug Take-Back Day Collection Events April 27 In Allegheny County

Lancaster County Puts Waste To Good Use

Etna To Take On Sharpsburg In Earth Day Trash Challenge In Allegheny County

Millcreek Twp. Rejects Rate Hike For Trash, Recycling Pickup

Recycling Director John Frederick In Blair County Leaving For New Job

PaEN: DEP Extends General Permits For Beneficial Use of Biosolids, Septage

Renewable Energy

PaEN: CFA Approves 11 Alternative And Clean Energy Project Grants For $11.5 Million

PaEN: Widener Law Commonwealth, Harrisburg University To Host Public Lecture, Legal Conference On Deep Decarbonization April 25 & 26 In Harrisburg

Report: Majority Of Coal Plants In PJM Are Uneconomic Compared To Nearby Wind, Solar

Puerto Rico Passes 100 percent Renewable Energy Bill As It Aims For Storm Resilience

Stormwater

PaEN: Still Time To Submit Nominations For Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Awards

York County Twp Will Hear Proposal To Preserve Riparian Buffers

PaEN: York Master Watershed Stewards Hold Rain Barrel Workshop April 20

Answering More Questions On Controversial Stormwater Fee In Luzerne County

Commercial Properties Receive Stormwater Bills In Luzerne

DEP Grants Lehman Twp. Stormwater Waiver In Luzerne County

Lehman Twp Woman Organizing Effort To Challenge Luzerne Stormwater Fee

Wrightsville Council Using Grant To Enhance Stormwater Drainage

Turnpike Buys Properties It Flooded In Allegheny County During Construction

Wastewater Facilities

PaEN: DEP Extends General Permits For Beneficial Use of Biosolids, Septage

Watershed Protection

PaEN: Watershed Groups, Municipal Employees See Benefit Of Working Together To Address Water Quality In South Mountain Region

PaEN: Research Examines Stream Restoration Projects With A Eye On Improving PA Water Quality, Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: Still Time To Submit Nominations For Chesapeake Bay Stormwater Network Awards

York County Twp Will Hear Proposal To Preserve Riparian Buffers

PaEN: York Master Watershed Stewards Hold Rain Barrel Workshop April 20

Answering More Questions On Controversial Stormwater Fee In Luzerne County

Commercial Properties Receive Stormwater Bills In Luzerne

DEP Grants Lehman Twp. Stormwater Waiver In Luzerne County

Lehman Twp Woman Organizing Effort To Challenge Luzerne Stormwater Fee

Wrightsville Council Using Grant To Enhance Stormwater Drainage

Turnpike Buys Properties It Flooded In Allegheny County During Construction

Watershed Cleanup Set For April 20 In Centre County

PaEN: Stroud Water Research Center: Most-Used Pesticides Posing Unknown Threat To Waterways, Pollinators, Now Subject Of Study

Bagenstose: Solebury’s Aquetong Spring Park Gets $250K From Delaware River Grant Program

Editorial: Power Up Great Lakes Funding

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Wetlands

PaEN: PennDOT Announces Public-Private Partnership Proposals To Preserve 140 Acres In Bucks County

Wildlife

PaEN: House Committee Approves Bill Authorizing Fish & Boat Commission To Set Own Fees, Moving It To The Full House

PaEN: 10 Major Angler, Hunter & Outdoor Groups Support House Bill 808 Giving Fish & Boat Commission Authority To Adopt Its Own Fees

Schneck: Why Is Today One Of The Biggest Days On The PA Outdoor Calendar?

PaEN: RiverStewards: John Arway - Conservation Is About Talking To And Working With Others

Can The Lehigh River Become The Best Trout Fishery In The East? A Group Of Anglers Thinks So

Grenoble: Science vs. Emotion On Chronic Wasting Disease

AP: Hunters, Hikers Debate Proposed Hunting Season Changes

Game Commission To Conduct Controlled Burn In York County

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Nittany Mall Will Host Wildlife Festival This Weekend In State College

Hayes: Hays Bald Eagles In Pittsburgh Welcome Eaglet, First In 2019

Hayes: Hays Bald Eagles Takes To Sky To Hunt Food For Baby Eaglets

Game Commission Hopes Plastic Bag In Hays Bald Eagle Nest Won’t Do Harm

Hayes: Last Egg In Hays Eagle Nest Not Expected To Hatch

PaEN: Brodhead Watershed Assn., Brodhead Trout Unlimited April 10 Bloom Times, Budburst, Bird Migration And Bugs Climate Program, Monroe County

PaEN: Brandywine Conservancy Offers Bird Migration Lecture On April 2 In Chester County

Schneck: When Will Hummingbirds Return To Pennsylvania?

Schneck: Vultures Of Pennsylvania: Black vs. Turkey

PaEN: Time To Fill In Your Brackets, Pick Your Favorites: Fantasy BirdWatching Is Here!

Destructive Vultures Invade Central PA Again, This Time Including Hershey’s ZooAmerica

Schneck: Where Will You Be For The First Day Of Trout Season?

Trout Stocking For The 2019 Trout Fishing Season - Photos

Crable: 34,000 Trout Ready To Be Caught In Lancaster County Streams

Demko: Shad Fishing Contest Returns To Delaware River, $20K Top Prize, Kids Program

Ad Crable Retiring, But Will Continue Outdoors Column

Raccoon To Blame For Power Outage Leaving 2,100 In Dark In Blair County

Rabid Cat Raises Alert In Luzerne County Community

West Nile/Zika Virus

WITF SmartTalk: Tickborne Illness On The Rise, Is Drinking Water Safe In Schools?

Schneck: Wet Weather Could Be Setting Us Up For A Tough Tick Year

Luzerne Lyme Disease Group Plans May 6 Meeting On Ticks In PA

Federal Policy

Op-Ed: A Brief History Of Trump’s Environmental Record

 

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