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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PaEN: Senate Environmental Committee Reports Out Renomination Of McDonnell As DEP Secretary With Favorable Recommendation

PaEN: DEP Secretary McDonnell’s Statement Before Senate Environmental Committee

DEP Secretary Gets OK From Senate Committee Over Pipeline Objections

PaEN: Senate Confirms Dunn For DCNR Secretary, Redding As Agriculture Secretary

Sunday NewsClips

What Is New York State Doing About Sewage In The Susquehanna River?

Bagenstose: Map Sparks PFNA Chemical Concern In Bucks County

RiverFest 2019 Aims To Teach Kids Conservation In Scranton Along Lackawanna River

Yudichak, Task Force Discuss Legislative Recommendations On Lead Exposure

Lehigh County Receives $1 Million To Expand Natural Gas Service

Energy Transfer [Sunoco Mariner Pipeline Company] To Serve As PA Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run Premier Sponsor

Op-Ed: Mariner East 2 Pipeline Provides Chance To Define Regulatory Roles

Editorial: Nuclear Energy Makes Its Own Money

WITF Smart Talk: Cusick: Confronting Climate Change

Allegheny County Predicts Poor Air Dispersion On Mother’s Day

Letter: Lung Assn. Pittsburgh Air Quality Report Was Deceptive

O’Neill: Pittsburgh Marathon’s Recycling Operation Dances Rings Around Pittsburgh’s

Editorial: Keystone Landfill Expansion Is Not Just A Pile Of Dirt

Politics

AP-Levy: Protesters Chant Stop Taking Bribes, Threw Money From Balcony In PA House

Murphy: Republican, Democratic House Leaders Lecture Members About Behavior

Meyer: House Leaders: Time For Members To Stop One-Upping Each Other With Outrage

Caruso: Outrage-Filled Week Punctuated With Bipartisan Call For Civility In House

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Air

PaEN: New Report Finds Mon Valley Near Pittsburgh Has Worst Air Quality In PA

Lawmakers Consider Lifting Auto Emissions Testing In Westmoreland County

More Expensive Summer Gasoline Arrives In Allegheny County

Editorial: Eliminate Summer Gasoline In Allegheny County

PaEN:DEP Cites Erie (Coal) Coke For Numerous Unresolved Air Quality Violations

Letter: Air Quality Report Does Not Reflect Whole Story In Erie Region - GASP

Op-Ed: DEP Natural Gas Rule Misses Chance To Curb Climate Changing Pollution

Letter: Column On Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities Ignores Context

Blair County Could See The End Of Vehicle Emissions Tests

Why This Spring’s Pollen Counts Are Bad For Allergy Sufferers

Alternative Fuels

Stroudsburg Installs 2 Vehicle Charging Stations, 38 Solar Compacting Cans Coming Soon

Reuters: EPA Proposes Hike In Biofuel Mandate In 2020

Awards & Recognition

PaEN: Northeast Environmental Partners Now Accepting Award Nominations

PaEN: PA Chapter National Assn. Of Water Companies Honors Sen. Tomlinson With James McGirr Kelly Award For Excellence

PaEN: Pittsburgh 2030 District 2018 Progress Report Reception May 23

Norristown Earns Silver Certification From Sustainable PA

PaEN: PA Horticultural Society Accepting 2019 Gardening Contest Nominations

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

PaEN: PennDOT Launches New Pollinator Habitat Plan; Adopt And Beautify For Pollinators Program For Citizens Who Want To Help

Native Fungi Found To Be Deadly To Invasive Spotted Lanternfly In PA

PaEN: Capital Area Greenbelt Hosts May 18 Forest Restoration Tour & Discussion In Harrisburg

PaEN: Penn State Extension Sets 4 More Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

PaEN: Agriculture, USDA, Penn State Tour Lancaster County Highlighting Efforts To Battle Spotted Lanternfly

Officials Ramp Up Efforts To Contain Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly

Lancaster County Is Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone: What You Need To Know

Bagenstose: Zombie Fungus Proves Deadly To Spotted Lanternfly

PaEN: Penn State Extension: Managing Invasive Plant Species Workshop July 24 In Allentown

Goats Are Back To Clear Weeds, Invasive Species On Pittsburgh’s North Side

Nightlife In PA Vernal Pools: Field Trip Offers Look At Creatures Of The Night

Tiadaghton Audubon Society To Present Edible And Medicinal Plants May 15

AP: Why Biodiversity Matters To You

AP: UN Report Says Nature Is In Worst Shape In Human History

Human Society Under Urgent Threat From Loss Of Earth’s Natural Life

Budget

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

NE PA Communities Urge Passage Of Wolf’s Restore PA Plan

Top Commercial Stormwater Fee Payers Revealed In Luzerne

Group Still Seeking Donations To Initiate Stormwater Fee Legal Challenge

Officials, Candidates Line Up Against York County Stormwater Authority

PaEN: Senate Committee Approves Bill To Authorize Game Commission To Set Its Own Fees

Chesapeake Bay

PaEN: CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

PaEN: May 22 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting Focuses On Draft PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

DEP Database: Compare Conditions Of Local Waterways By County

How Clean Is Your Water? A Breakdown Of DEP’s Latest Streams, Lakes Report

PaEN: Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Regulate Application Of Lawn Fertilizer, Certify Applicators

Officials, Candidates Line Up Against York County Stormwater Authority

Top Commercial Stormwater Fee Payers Revealed In Luzerne

Survey Shows Ongoing Rebound For Chesapeake’s Blue Crabs

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Citizen Action

Court: Mariner East Pipeline Protester Can’t Beat Jail Term, $2K Fine

Huntingdon County Mariner East Pipeline Protester Loses Court Appeal

DCNR Offers Reward For Suspicious Wildfires In Luzerne County

DCNR Probes Wildfires Around Nanticoke, Luzerne County

PaEN: PennDOT Launches New Pollinator Habitat Plan; Adopt And Beautify For Pollinators Program For Citizens Who Want To Help

PaEN: Pike Conservation District Homeowner Tips To Protect Clean Water Workshop June 20

Volunteers To Cleanup Downtown Johnstown May 19

Volunteers Plant New Forest At Elliottsburg Park, Perry County

PaEN: Perseverance Pays Off In The Potts Run Watershed, Clearfield County

PaEN: Capital Area Greenbelt Hosts May 18 Forest Restoration Tour & Discussion In Harrisburg

PaEN: Deadline For Submitting Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Entries June 7; Public Helps Choose Winners

PaEN: DEP Extends Comment Period On Draft Tohickon Creek Stream Evaluation, Bucks County

PaEN: PA Resources Council, Allegheny CleanWays Host Wild & Scenic Film Festival In Pittsburgh June 1

PaEN: PA Horticultural Society Accepting 2019 Gardening Contest Nominations

PaEN: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 14th Annual Arts Tour & Sale June 4

Federal Green Need Deal Renewable Energy Town Hall Set for Saturday In Perkasie

Climate

PaEN: Exelon Announces Three Mile Island Will Be Shut Down By Sept. 30, 2019

AP-Levy: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Proceed With Closing, Exelon Drew Accusations Of Greed

Three Mile Island Will Close This Fall, Not Sufficient Support To Advance Bills To Help Nuclear Power Plants

Exelon To Move Ahead With TMI Shutdown, Says Legislative Help Won’t Come In Time

Maykuth: Exelon: Three Mile Island Shutdown To Start Soon, PA Nuclear Rescue Is Dead

Exelon: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Closing By September 30

Cusick: Three Mile Island Will Close Sept. 30 As Nuclear Rescue Legislation Stalls

Thompson: With Lack Of Consensus On Saving Three Mile Island, TMI Runs Out Of Lifelines

Three Mile Island, Site Of Nuclear Accident, To Close

Loss Of Three Mile Island In Harrisburg Will Be Major Economic Hit To Region

Thompson: What Will TMI Closure Mean For Electricity Rates: Probably Nothing

NPR: Three Mile Island To Close, Latest Symbol Of Struggling Industry

Key Moments In Life Of Soon-To-Be-Closed Three Mile Island

Bagenstose: Bucks Lawmakers Support State, Federal Climate Action

PaEN: House Hearing: Nuclear Bill Creates Worst Of All Worlds For Ratepayers; Won’t Do Anything To Save TMI

Lawmaker: Nuclear Plant Legislation Far From Done Deal

Union Members Rally To Save Union Jobs In PA Nuclear Plants

Micek: Lawmakers Right Not To Fall For Exelon’s Heavy-Handed Tactics

Muschick: State Was Right Not To Bailout Nuclear Industry

Op-Ed: Restructure PA’s Energy Market To Include Nuclear Energy - Gov. Ridge

Op-Ed: Why Nuclear Power Bailout Would Be Bad For Pennsylvania - Green Party

Op-Ed: Troubling Climate Change Disinformation In Pennsylvania

Editorial: TMI To Close, But Alternative Energy Issues Remain Open

PaEN: Senate/House Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bills To Transition State To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050

Op-Ed: DEP Natural Gas Rule Misses Chance To Curb Climate Changing Pollution

Letter: Column On Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities Ignores Context

Editorial: Rally Around PA’s New Climate Goals

Lancaster’s Climate Goal: Cut Emissions From City Operations 79% By 2025

Erie’s Climate Is Changing

Op-Ed: PA Faces More Flooding, Pollution, Diseases Because Of Climate Change

Tomasic: Solar Farms Begin Cropping Up In Western Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg Installs 2 Vehicle Charging Stations, 38 Solar Compacting Cans Coming Soon

Schneck: Yes, There Are A Lot More Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks In PA Today

Pennsylvania Embarks On 5-Year Survey Of Ticks

Coal Mining

Coal Miners Appeal To U.S. Senator McConnell To Back A Rescue Of Their Pensions

AP: Officials: Coal To Keep Sliding As Renewables, Natural Gas Fill Gap

New York To Phase Out Coal By 2020 Through Strict Emissions Regulations

Compliance Action

PaEN: DEP Collected $330,775 In Penalties For Violations At EQT Drilling Sites In Allegheny County

Frazier: EQT Fined $330K For Erosion Violations In Allegheny County

Litvak: EQT Fined $330,000+ For Violations In Allegheny County

Delaware River

Editorial: Philly Should Live Up To Green Stormwater Plan And Reduce Pollution

Delaware RiverKeeper May 10 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

PaEN: PA Chapter National Assn. Of Water Companies Honors Sen. Tomlinson With James McGirr Kelly Award For Excellence

PaEN: PA American Water Awards $40,000 In Local Watershed Grants To 8 Organizations

PaEN: PUC Recognizes Drinking Water Week In Pennsylvania

PaEN: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Water Partnership Education Van Gets Makeover For Drinking Water Week

Providing PFAS-Free Water To Warminster, Horsham Comes At A Price

Hurdle: PFAS Chemicals Have Contaminated 17 Sites In PA, Data Shows

Bagenstose: Cong. Dean, Colleagues Promise Action On PFAS Chemicals

PFAS Water Contamination Bills To Get Hearing In Congress

Bagenstose: Rockhill PFAS Concerns Aired During Congressional Panel

PaEN: Senate Task Force On Lead Announces 5 Bill Package To Require Lead Testing, Reduce Lead Exposure Of Children

Bipartisan Senators Want A Lead Free Environment For PA’s Children

Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers Want Reimbursement For Private Lead Line Replacements

PUC Approves Smaller Than Requested Rate Increase For Aqua Pennsylvania

Maykuth: Aqua PA’s Water Rates Will Be Going Up About 10%

PUC OKs Aqua PA Rate Hike, Suspends Another In Lehigh Valley

PaEN: PUC Formally Publishes Procedure For Approving Alternative Utility Rate Proposals

PaEN: Celebrate Drinking Water Week In Pennsylvania May 5-11

Editorial: All Americans Should Have Safe, Accessible Water

Economic Development

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

Report: Preserving Open Space Fueling Chester County Economy

Op-Ed: Two Roads Diverge In Penn’s Woods Climate Regulations Or Subsidize Use Of Natural Gas

Education

PaEN: PA Sea Grant Looking For PA Educators To Participate In Great Lakes Educator Program

PaEN: PA American Water Awards $40,000 In Local Watershed Grants To 8 Organizations

Susquehanna U. Freshwater Research Institute Receives $950,000 R.K. Mellon Grant

PaEN: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Water Partnership Education Van Gets Makeover For Drinking Water Week

PaEN: DEP’s Latest Teaching Green Environmental Ed Newsletter Now Available

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Benefits Of Trees Are Tree-mendous

Marcus Schneck: Cicada Emergency Draws Near In Part Of Pennsylvania

Bob Frye: Emergence Of Cicadas Should Produce Fantastic Fishing

Fishing Teaches Lessons, Builds Bridges At Valley High School In New Kensington

How The Bumble Bee Got Its Stripes

Bob Frye: Leave Wildlife Babies In The Wild This Spring

PaEN: Songbird-Body Changes Allowing Migration May Have Human Health Implications

Van Gogh In Bloom Is Summer Show At Phipps Conservatory In Pittsburgh

Marcus Schneck: Why Is This Month’s Full Moon A Blue Flower Moon?

Energy

PaEN: Exelon Announces Three Mile Island Will Be Shut Down By Sept. 30, 2019

AP-Levy: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Proceed With Closing, Exelon Drew Accusations Of Greed

Three Mile Island Will Close This Fall, Not Sufficient Support To Advance Bills To Help Nuclear Power Plants

Exelon To Move Ahead With TMI Shutdown, Says Legislative Help Won’t Come In Time

Maykuth: Exelon: Three Mile Island Shutdown To Start Soon, PA Nuclear Rescue Is Dead

Exelon: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Closing By September 30

Cusick: Three Mile Island Will Close Sept. 30 As Nuclear Rescue Legislation Stalls

Thompson: With Lack Of Consensus On Saving Three Mile Island, TMI Runs Out Of Lifelines

Three Mile Island, Site Of Nuclear Accident, To Close

Loss Of Three Mile Island In Harrisburg Will Be Major Economic Hit To Region

Thompson: What Will TMI Closure Mean For Electricity Rates: Probably Nothing

NPR: Three Mile Island To Close, Latest Symbol Of Struggling Industry

Key Moments In Life Of Soon-To-Be-Closed Three Mile Island

PaEN: House Hearing: Nuclear Bill Creates Worst Of All Worlds For Ratepayers; Won’t Do Anything To Save TMI

Lawmaker: Nuclear Plant Legislation Far From Done Deal

Union Members Rally To Save Union Jobs In PA Nuclear Plants

Micek: Lawmakers Right Not To Fall For Exelon’s Heavy-Handed Tactics

Muschick: State Was Right Not To Bailout Nuclear Industry

Op-Ed: Restructure PA’s Energy Market To Include Nuclear Energy - Gov. Ridge

Op-Ed: Why Nuclear Power Bailout Would Be Bad For Pennsylvania - Green Party

Op-Ed: Troubling Climate Change Disinformation In Pennsylvania

Editorial: TMI To Close, But Alternative Energy Issues Remain Open

Op-Ed: Two Roads Diverge In Penn’s Woods Climate Regulations Or Subsidize Use Of Natural Gas

PaEN: PUC Formally Publishes Procedure For Approving Alternative Utility Rate Proposals

PaEN: Pittsburgh 2030 District 2018 Progress Report Reception May 23

Cusick: Bipartisan Bills Reintroduced To Get PA To 100% Renewables By 2050

Tomasic: Solar Farms Begin Cropping Up In Western Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg Installs 2 Vehicle Charging Stations, 38 Solar Compacting Cans Coming Soon

NRDC: Part I: Pennsylvania's Natural Gas Power Problem - The Build Out

NRDC: Part II: Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Power Problem - Cost And Risk

Maykuth: Can Philly Gas Utility Go Green Without Leaving A Billion-Dollar Hole?

PUC Approves Gas Pipeline Expansion Plan For Utility In Bradford County

Federal Green Need Deal Renewable Energy Town Hall Set for Saturday In Perkasie

PPL Paid No Federal Taxes In 2018, But Got A $19 Million Rebate

AP: Officials: Coal To Keep Sliding As Renewables, Natural Gas Fill Gap

New York To Phase Out Coal By 2020 Through Strict Emissions Regulations

Energy Conservation

PaEN: DEP Awards Nearly $1 Million In Pollution, Energy Use Reduction Grants To 201 Small Businesses

$1 Million In Small Business Grants Fund Energy-Saving Projects

PaEN: House Environmental Committee To Hold Info Meeting May 14 On Demand Response Industry In PA

Environmental Health

PaEN: Senate Task Force On Lead Announces 5 Bill Package To Require Lead Testing, Reduce Lead Exposure Of Children

Bipartisan Senators Want A Lead Free Environment For PA’s Children

Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers Want Reimbursement For Private Lead Line Replacements

Providing PFAS-Free Water To Warminster, Horsham Comes At A Price

Hurdle: PFAS Chemicals Have Contaminated 17 Sites In PA, Data Shows

Bagenstose: Rockhill PFAS Concerns Aired During Congressional Panel

Bagenstose: Cong. Dean, Colleagues Promise Action On PFAS Chemicals

PFAS Water Contamination Bills To Get Hearing In Congress

Environmental Policy

PaEN: PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In April

Farming

PaEN: CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

PA Farmers, Faced With Labor Shortage, Struggle To Keep Afloat

PaEN: NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Innovation Grants

PaEN: DEP Awards Nearly $1 Million In Pollution, Energy Use Reduction Grants To 201 Small Businesses

PaEN: PennDOT Launches New Pollinator Habitat Plan; Adopt And Beautify For Pollinators Program For Citizens Who Want To Help

Flooding

Monocacy Creek Floods Bethlehem’s Industrial Quarter After Heavy Rains

Flood Of Information Discussed During Water Summit In Blair County

PaEN: Insurance Commissioner Highlights Importance Of Flood Insurance

Op-Ed: PA Faces More Flooding, Pollution, Diseases Because Of Climate Change

Forests

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

PaEN: CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

Sisk: With New Lookout Towers, PA Goes Old-School To Detect Wildfires

Pennsylvania Builds 16 New Fire Lookout Towers

DCNR Offers Reward For Suspicious Wildfires In Luzerne County

DCNR Probes Wildfires Around Nanticoke, Luzerne County

PaEN: Volunteers Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality, Habitat For Native Trout In Lackawanna County

Volunteers Plant New Forest At Elliottsburg Park, Perry County

Op-Ed: 35 Years After Pollution Disaster, Croydon Woods Makes A Comeback In Bucks

PaEN: Penn State Extension: Diversity In Urban Tree Plantings May 21 Webinar

PaEN: Penn State Extension Sets 4 More Public Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly

PaEN: Agriculture, USDA, Penn State Tour Lancaster County Highlighting Efforts To Battle Spotted Lanternfly

Officials Ramp Up Efforts To Contain Spread Of Spotted Lanternfly

Lancaster County Is Spotted Lanternfly Quarantine Zone: What You Need To Know

Bagenstose: Zombie Fungus Proves Deadly To Spotted Lanternfly

PaEN: Penn State Extension: Managing Invasive Plant Species Workshop July 24 In Allentown

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Benefits Of Trees Are Tree-mendous

Nightlife In PA Vernal Pools: Field Trip Offers Look At Creatures Of The Night

PaEN: Capital Area Greenbelt Hosts May 18 Forest Restoration Tour & Discussion In Harrisburg

Schneck: Yes, There Are A Lot More Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks In PA Today

Game Commission

PaEN: Senate Committee Approves Bill To Authorize Game Commission To Set Its Own Fees

Grants/Funding

PaEN: PA American Water Awards $40,000 In Local Watershed Grants To 8 Organizations

PaEN: DEP Awards Nearly $1 Million In Pollution, Energy Use Reduction Grants To 201 Small Businesses

PaEN: NRCS-PA Now Accepting Applications For Conservation Innovation Grants

Green Infrastructure

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

PaEN: CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

PaEN: PA Land Trust Assn.: New Guide To Working With Nature To Manage Stormwater

PaEN: Senate Committee Advances Bill To Increase Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit To $45 Million/Year

Upper Allegheny Watershed Assn., 4-H Partner To Plant Streamside Trees In Potter County

PaEN: Volunteers Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality, Habitat For Native Trout In Lackawanna County

Editorial: Philly Should Live Up To Green Stormwater Plan And Reduce Pollution

Officials, Candidates Line Up Against York County Stormwater Authority

Top Commercial Stormwater Fee Payers Revealed In Luzerne

Group Still Seeking Donations To Initiate Stormwater Fee Legal Challenge

Hazardous Sites Cleanup

Op-Ed: 35 Years After Pollution Disaster, Croydon Woods Makes A Comeback In Bucks

Legal Challenge Still Pending In Avoca Contamination Suit

Hazardous Substances

PaEN: Senate Task Force On Lead Announces 5 Bill Package To Require Lead Testing, Reduce Lead Exposure Of Children

Bipartisan Senators Want A Lead Free Environment For PA’s Children

Pittsburgh Water Authority Customers Want Reimbursement For Private Lead Line Replacements

Providing PFAS-Free Water To Warminster, Horsham Comes At A Price

Hurdle: PFAS Chemicals Have Contaminated 17 Sites In PA, Data Shows

Bagenstose: Rockhill PFAS Concerns Aired During Congressional Panel

Bagenstose: Cong. Dean, Colleagues Promise Action On PFAS Chemicals

PFAS Water Contamination Bills To Get Hearing In Congress

Lake Erie

PaEN: PA Sea Grant Looking For PA Educators To Participate In Great Lakes Educator Program

Lake Erie Water Level Continues To Rise

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Benefits Of Trees Are Tree-mendous

Land Conservation

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

Report: Preserving Open Space Fueling Chester County Economy

North Whitehall Twp To Decide On Whether To Fund Farmland, Open Space Preservation

Allegheny Land Trust Eyeing Former Churchill Valley Club Site

PaEN: PA Land Trust Assn.: New Guide To Working With Nature To Manage Stormwater

Land Use Planning

Environmental Controls Added To Benner Twp [Centre County] Zoning Law, But Concerns Remain

Spring Creek Canyon May Be Affected By Benner Zoning Laws

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PaEN: Deadline For Submitting Great American Cleanup Of PA Video Contest Entries June 7; Public Helps Choose Winners

PaEN: Volunteers Needed For Schuylkill Action Network Scrub & Pub Cleanup Event May 16 In Montgomery County

Volunteers To Cleanup Downtown Johnstown May 19

Dumping In Hazelton Raises Concerns

Letter: Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful PennDOT

Editorial: All Of Us Must Act To Keep Roadsides Clean

PA Agencies Collect 39K Pounds Of Medications On Take Back Day

Editorial: Drug Collections Are Great, But Still Holes In The System

Fines For Blowing Grass Clippings Onto The Road?  It Could Happen

PaEN: PA Resources Council, Allegheny CleanWays Host Wild & Scenic Film Festival In Pittsburgh June 1

UN: Plastic Waste Pact Approved With U.S. Among Few Holdouts

Mine Reclamation

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

PaEN: Senate Committee Advances Bill To Increase Coal Refuse Energy & Reclamation Tax Credit To $45 Million/Year

PaEN: Perseverance Pays Off In The Potts Run Watershed, Clearfield County

Wilkes-Barre School Consolidation Plan Will Weigh Heavily On Voters

PaEN: Opportunity To Rehabilitate DEP’s Antrim Mine Drainage Treatment Plant In Tioga County

Oil & Gas

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

PaEN: DEP Collected $330,775 In Penalties For Violations At EQT Drilling Sites In Allegheny County

Frazier: EQT Fined $330K For Erosion Violations In Allegheny County

Litvak: EQT Fined $330,000+ For Violations In Allegheny County

Natural Gas Is Here To Stay Cabot Drilling Tells Lycoming Chamber Of Commerce

NRDC: Part I: Pennsylvania's Natural Gas Power Problem - The Build Out

NRDC: Part II: Pennsylvania’s Natural Gas Power Problem - Cost And Risk

Hopey: Judge Rules Range Resources Can’t Depose PG Reporters Or See Their Notes

Allegheny Front: Range Resources Turned Down In Request To See Reporters’ Source Notes

Maykuth: Can Philly Gas Utility Go Green Without Leaving A Billion-Dollar Hole?

Op-Ed: DEP Natural Gas Rule Misses Chance To Curb Climate Changing Pollution

Letter: Column On Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Facilities Ignores Context

Op-Ed: Two Roads Diverge In Penn’s Woods Climate Regulations Or Subsidize Use Of Natural Gas

PUC Approves Gas Pipeline Expansion Plan For Utility In Bradford County

More Expensive Summer Gasoline Arrives In Allegheny County

Editorial: Eliminate Summer Gasoline In Allegheny County

Litvak: EQT, Rice Energy Resolve Lawsuit, But Feud Continues

Reuters: EPA Proposes Hike In Biofuel Mandate In 2020

Editorial: Don’t Dilute Offshore Oil Drilling Safety Rules

Pipelines

Bethlehem Twp Gets Safety Upgrades, Cash Haul From PennEast Pipeline

DEP Approves Adelphia Pipeline Compressor Station In West Rockhill, Bucks County

Court: Mariner East Pipeline Protester Can’t Beat Jail Term, $2K Fine

Huntingdon County Mariner East Pipeline Protester Loses Court Appeal

DEP Secretary Gets OK From Senate Committee Over Pipeline Objections

PUC Approves Gas Pipeline Expansion Plan For Utility In Bradford County

Permitting

PaEN: House Committee Hears Concerns About Regional Consistency, Timeframes In Permit Reviews; DEP Taking Steps To Address Issues

PaEN: DEP Posts 43 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In May 11 PA Bulletin

Op-Ed: House Republicans Pass Bills Creating Regulatory Wild West In PA - Rep. Dermody

Op-Ed: PA’s Regulations Limiting Our Economic Success - Sen. Phillips-Hill

Radiation Protection

PaEN: Exelon Announces Three Mile Island Will Be Shut Down By Sept. 30, 2019

AP-Levy: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant To Proceed With Closing, Exelon Drew Accusations Of Greed

Three Mile Island Will Close This Fall, Not Sufficient Support To Advance Bills To Help Nuclear Power Plants

Exelon To Move Ahead With TMI Shutdown, Says Legislative Help Won’t Come In Time

Maykuth: Exelon: Three Mile Island Shutdown To Start Soon, PA Nuclear Rescue Is Dead

Exelon: Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Closing By September 30

Cusick: Three Mile Island Will Close Sept. 30 As Nuclear Rescue Legislation Stalls

Thompson: With Lack Of Consensus On Saving Three Mile Island, TMI Runs Out Of Lifelines

Three Mile Island, Site Of Nuclear Accident, To Close

Loss Of Three Mile Island In Harrisburg Will Be Major Economic Hit To Region

Thompson: What Will TMI Closure Mean For Electricity Rates: Probably Nothing

NPR: Three Mile Island To Close, Latest Symbol Of Struggling Industry

Key Moments In Life Of Soon-To-Be-Closed Three Mile Island

PaEN: House Hearing: Nuclear Bill Creates Worst Of All Worlds For Ratepayers; Won’t Do Anything To Save TMI

Lawmaker: Nuclear Plant Legislation Far From Done Deal

Union Members Rally To Save Union Jobs In PA Nuclear Plants

Micek: Lawmakers Right Not To Fall For Exelon’s Heavy-Handed Tactics

Muschick: State Was Right Not To Bailout Nuclear Industry

Op-Ed: Restructure PA’s Energy Market To Include Nuclear Energy - Gov. Ridge

Op-Ed: Why Nuclear Power Bailout Would Be Bad For Pennsylvania - Green Party

Op-Ed: Troubling Climate Change Disinformation In Pennsylvania

Editorial: TMI To Close, But Alternative Energy Issues Remain Open

Recreation

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

Schneck: PA’s Darkest Night Sky Launches 2019 Stargazing Season

DCNR Visits Greenway In Tioga County To Discuss Benefits Of Restore PA

News Stretch Of Heritage Rail Trail Open To The Public In York

Get Back to Nature On Butler-Freeport Community Trail

PaEN: Still Time To Register For June 9 French Creek Iron Tour Cycling For Open Space In Chester County

PaEN: Manada Conservancy Highmark Walk For A Healthy Community May 18 In Harrisburg

4 Southwest PA Trails Could Be Part Of Coast-To-Coast Bike Route

PaEN: Chamber Of Commerce Hosts Hike Cameron County June 1

Goats Are Back To Clear Weeds, Invasive Species On Pittsburgh’s North Side

Editorial: Susquehanna River Walk Expansion Would Answer Future Needs In Williamsport

Bike To Work Week Proclamation Set For Friday In Erie

Steps Taken To Improve Warnings To Boaters At Dock Street Dam In Harrisburg

PaEN: May 10 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Schneck: Yes, There Are A Lot More Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks In PA Today

Pennsylvania Embarks On 5-Year Survey Of Ticks

NE Resident Completes Epic Journey To Visit Every National Park

Ligonier Native Spends Summers working In Yellowstone National Park

Recycling/Waste

PaEN: DEP Awards Nearly $1 Million In Pollution, Energy Use Reduction Grants To 201 Small Businesses

PPL To Host May 11 Appliance Recycling Event In Dickson City, Lackawanna County

SBN: Philly Zero Waste Partnership: The Remark Glass Story

PA Agencies Collect 39K Pounds Of Medications On Take Back Day

Editorial: Drug Collections Are Great, But Still Holes In The System

PaEN: PA Resources Council, Allegheny CleanWays Host Wild & Scenic Film Festival In Pittsburgh June 1

Keystone Landfill Withdraws Proposed Zoning Amendment

UN: Plastic Waste Pact Approved With U.S. Among Few Holdouts

Regulations

Op-Ed: House Republicans Pass Bills Creating Regulatory Wild West In PA - Rep. Dermody

Op-Ed: PA’s Regulations Limiting Our Economic Success - Sen. Phillips-Hill

Renewable Energy

PaEN: Senate/House Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bills To Transition State To 100% Renewable Energy By 2050

Cusick: Bipartisan Bills Reintroduced To Get PA To 100% Renewables By 2050

Op-Ed: Why Nuclear Power Bailout Would Be Bad For Pennsylvania - Green Party

Tomasic: Solar Farms Begin Cropping Up In Western Pennsylvania

Stroudsburg Installs 2 Vehicle Charging Stations, 38 Solar Compacting Cans Coming Soon

PaEN: Pittsburgh 2030 District 2018 Progress Report Reception May 23

Federal Green Need Deal Renewable Energy Town Hall Set for Saturday In Perkasie

AP: Officials: Coal To Keep Sliding As Renewables, Natural Gas Fill Gap

Stormwater

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

PaEN: CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

PaEN: PA Land Trust Assn.: New Guide To Working With Nature To Manage Stormwater

PaEN: Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Regulate Application Of Lawn Fertilizer, Certify Applicators

Editorial: Philly Should Live Up To Green Stormwater Plan And Reduce Pollution

Officials, Candidates Line Up Against York County Stormwater Authority

Top Commercial Stormwater Fee Payers Revealed In Luzerne

Group Still Seeking Donations To Initiate Stormwater Fee Legal Challenge

PaEN: Pike Conservation District Homeowner Tips To Protect Clean Water Workshop June 20

Sustainability

PaEN: Pittsburgh 2030 District 2018 Progress Report Reception May 23

Norristown Earns Silver Certification From Sustainable PA

Watershed Protection

PaEN: New Laurel Highlands Study Documents $3.7 Billion In Annual Economic, Environmental Benefits From Ecosystem Services; Public Meetings May 14, 15, 16

PaEN: CBF: Draft PA Water Quality Cleanup Plan Only Makes Two-Thirds Of Required Reductions, Resources Do Not Exist Yet To Implement It

PaEN: May 22 DEP Citizens Advisory Council Meeting Focuses On Draft PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Implementation Plan

PaEN: PA Land Trust Assn.: New Guide To Working With Nature To Manage Stormwater

DEP Database: Compare Conditions Of Local Waterways By County

How Clean Is Your Water? A Breakdown Of DEP’s Latest Streams, Lakes Report

PaEN: PA American Water Awards $40,000 In Local Watershed Grants To 8 Organizations

PaEN: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Water Partnership Education Van Gets Makeover For Drinking Water Week

PaEN: Volunteers Plant 400 Trees To Help Improve Water Quality, Habitat For Native Trout In Lackawanna County

Volunteers Plant New Forest At Elliottsburg Park, Perry County

Baldwin Run Road Stream Crossing Work Continues In Tioga County

PaEN: Sen. Yaw To Introduce Bill To Regulate Application Of Lawn Fertilizer, Certify Applicators

Fines For Blowing Grass Clippings Onto The Road?  It Could Happen

Susquehanna U. Freshwater Research Institute Receives $950,000 R.K. Mellon Grant

PaEN: Coldwater Heritage Partnership Distributes $75,000 In Grants; New Grant Round Opens In Sept.

Crable: 50 Years Of Restoring Donegal Creek Wild Trout Stream Undone By Fish Kill In Hours

Editorial: Philly Should Live Up To Green Stormwater Plan And Reduce Pollution

PaEN: Perseverance Pays Off In The Potts Run Watershed, Clearfield County

Upper Allegheny Watershed Assn., 4-H Partner To Plant Streamside Trees In Potter County

Flood Of Information Discussed During Water Summit In Blair County

PaEN: Pike Conservation District Homeowner Tips To Protect Clean Water Workshop June 20

Delaware RiverKeeper May 10 RiverWatch Video Report

Anderson Creek Watershed Assn. Receives Dominion Energy Mini-Grant

Environmental Controls Added To Benner Twp [Centre County] Zoning Law, But Concerns Remain

Spring Creek Canyon May Be Affected By Benner Zoning Laws

Officials, Candidates Line Up Against York County Stormwater Authority

Top Commercial Stormwater Fee Payers Revealed In Luzerne

Group Still Seeking Donations To Initiate Stormwater Fee Legal Challenge

PaEN: DEP Extends Comment Period On Draft Tohickon Creek Stream Evaluation, Bucks County

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Wildlife

PaEN: Senate Committee Approves Bill To Authorize Game Commission To Set Its Own Fees

Ad Crable: 50 Years Of Restoring Donegal Creek Wild Trout Stream Undone By Fish Kill In Hours

PaEN: Coldwater Heritage Partnership Distributes $75,000 In Grants; New Grant Round Opens In Sept.

Fishing Teaches Lessons, Builds Bridges At Valley High School In New Kensington

Marcus Schneck: Record Flathead Catfish Pulled From Susquehanna, Released

AP: Record 50-Pound Catfish Caught In Susquehanna Near 2 Nuclear Power Plants

John Hayes: Walleye In Lake Erie, Local Rivers Are Different Strains

Bob Frye: Leave Wildlife Babies In The Wild This Spring

Hayes Eagle Brings Live Catfish To Startled Young

Pigeons Laying Siege To Pittsburgh Opera, Chased There By Peregrine Falcons

Nature Watch: Rare Warblers, 17,000 Blue Jays Highlight Erie’s Birding Week

PaEN: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary 14th Annual Arts Tour & Sale June 4

PaEN: Songbird-Body Changes Allowing Migration May Have Human Health Implications

Nightlife In PA Vernal Pools: Field Trip Offers Look At Creatures Of The Night

Allegheny Front: Field Trip Offers Look At Creatures Of The Night In Centre County

Marcus Schneck: Cicada Emergence Draws Near In Part Of Pennsylvania

Tiadaghton Audubon Society To Present Edible And Medicinal Plants May 15

PaEN: PennDOT Launches New Pollinator Habitat Plan; Adopt And Beautify For Pollinators Program For Citizens Who Want To Help

Bob Frye: Emergence Of Cicadas Should Produce Fantastic Fishing

Pennsylvania Ranks As 3rd Best State To Spot Bigfoot

West Nile/Zika Virus

PaEN: Health, DCNR, DEP: Watch Out For Ticks, Lyme Disease As Weather Warms

Pennsylvania Embarks On 5-Year Survey Of Ticks

PaEN: Pike County Commissioners Recognize Mikki Weiss For Her Work On Tick Borne Diseases Task Force

Marcus Schneck: Yes, There Are A Lot More Lyme Disease-Carrying Ticks In PA Today

Op-Ed: PA Faces More Flooding, Pollution, Diseases Because Of Climate Change

Opportunities

PaEN: Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Administrative Assistant

 

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5/13/2019

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