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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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Politics

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Air

DEP, Allegheny County Saving Drivers As Much As $32.3 Million Annually By Eliminating Special Low-RVP Gasoline In Western PA [PaEN]

DEP To List Steps Erie Coke (Coal) Must Take To Receive Operating Permit

Erie Coke Proposes $3.1 Million Settlement In Appeal Before EHB

Erie Coke (Coal) Works Submits Settlement Proposal In Appeal Before EHB

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant, DEP Spar Over Health Risks

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant CEO Addresses Violations At Appeals Hearing

GASP: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant, DEP Lay Out Arguments In Advance Of EHB Hearing TODAY

Erie Coke (Coal) Faces 2 Legal Fights To Stay Open

Advisory Council Formed To Determine Future Of Fmr Shenango Coke (Coal) Works

23 State Governors Join California In Opposing Trump Mileage Freeze

Awards & Recognition

Lacawac Sanctuary Holds Farm To Plate Dinner Aug. 10 To Honor Achievement Award Winners [PaEN]

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Home In Fayette County Added To World Heritage Sites List By UNESCO [PaEN]

AP: Fallingwater In PA, 7 Other Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Now World Heritage Sites

Fallingwater In PA, Other Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Now On World Heritage Site List

Fallingwater, Other Frank Lloyd Wright Designs Named To World Heritage List

Editorial: UNESCO Affirms Fallingwater’s Greatness

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Three Cheers For Parks, Recreation & Recreational Professionals [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Jennifer Brooks, Berks County Parks & Recreation [PaEN]

Buck Neely, Stream Restoration, Inc., Recognized At 2019 American Society Of Mining And Reclamation Conference [PaEN]

PennDOT Marks 30th Anniversary Of 100,000+ Volunteers Strong Adopt-A-Highway Litter Cleanup Program [PaEN]

PennDOT Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary Of Adopt-A-Highway

Gov. Wolf, House, Senate Declare July As Lakes Appreciation Month In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

Ian McHarg’s Landmark Design With Nature Ecological Design Book Turns 50

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

DCNR Accepting Applications For Wild Resources Conservation Fund Grants; Sept. 11 Hearing [PaEN]

Public Tours Of Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat Offered At Fort Indiantown Gap

DelVal Scientists Hope To Create Trap To Catch Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Pennsylvania, Federal Officials Jack Up Spotted Lanternfly Spending 60 Percent

Beveridge: Wildflower Meadows Part Of I-70 Makeover In Washington County

Small Species Might Hold Giant Consequences For Great Lakes

Budget

Politicians In Harrisburg Are Proud Of Their New State Budget! -- Meanwhile In The Real World… [PaEN]

Senators Muth, Argall Have Very Different Views On $34 Billion Spending Plan

Caruso: Fiscal Code Bill Hides $61 Million In Earmarks [WAMS] For Legislative Projects - Not A Single One To Benefit The Environment

Swift: Joint Legislative Conservation Committee To Disband As Part Of New Budget

Op-Ed: Conservation Efforts Lose Out In State Budget - Len Lichvar [PaEN]

PennFuture Blog: PA State Budget Turns Blind Eye To Environment [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Step Up Support To Clean Rivers, Streams - Harry Campbell, CBF-PA

Op-Ed: State Budget Shows Little Understanding, Concern For The Environment - Rep. Vitali

Editorial: Overdue PA Farm Bill Offers Hope To The Industry

New Luzerne Stormwater Fee Won’t End All Street Flooding Officials Say

Greencastle Sets Stormwater Credit, Appeal Program

South Williamsport Considers Stormwater Fee, Administration Is A Nightmare

Beaver County, Municipalities See More Money From Drilling Impact Fee

More Wells, Fewer Dollars: Drilling Impact Fee Distribution In Lycoming County

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

DCNR Dedicates Colonel Denning State Park Improvements Discusses Restore PA

PA Abandoned Mine Land Campaign Urges Action To Extend Expiring Federal Mine Reclamation Fee [PaEN]

Pennsylvania Continues To Push Congress For Dedicated Federal Fish & Wildlife Conservation Funding [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

Bay Journal: States’ Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans Found Lacking By EPA; Pennsylvania Misses Goal, Funding Needs By Substantial Margins [PaEN]

Water Science Institute Report Finds Legacy Sediment Floodplain Restoration Extremely Cost, Land Efficient [PaEN]

Whole Lancaster Community Has A Role In Cleaning Up Their Local Creeks

New Luzerne Stormwater Fee Won’t End All Street Flooding Officials Say

Greencastle Sets Stormwater Credit, Appeal Program

South Williamsport Considers Stormwater Fee, Administration Is A Nightmare

Bay Journal: Continued High River Flows Having Mixed Impacts On Chesapeake Bay And Its Resources

NOAA Just Reported Pennsylvania Had The Wettest 48-Month Period On Record - Since 1895 [PaEN]

NOAA: There Has Never Been A Wetter 12-Month Period On Record For PA

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

Berks County Water Week - Because Clean Water Matters, August 3-10

Penn State Alumnus Dana Aunkst Leads EPA-State Effort To Restore The Chesapeake Bay [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hosts July 16 Webinar, July 23 Hearing On Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Plan [PaEN]

NRC To Host July 16 Webinar, July 23 Public Hearing On TMI Decommissioning Plan

PA Abandoned Mine Land Campaign Urges Action To Extend Expiring Federal Mine Reclamation Fee [PaEN]

Ag Progress Days On Aug. 13-15 Features Tours Showcasing Penn State Agricultural Research [PaEN]

Berks County Water Week - Because Clean Water Matters, August 3-10

July 16 Hurricane Season Twitter Chat To Highlight How To Prepare For A Flood, What To Do After A Storm [PaEN]

Register Now! PSATS Stormwater Conference Oct. 16-Allegheny County, Nov. 15- Chester County [PaEN]

Hearing Aug. 12 On DEP Stormwater Permit AND Air Quality Plan Approval For Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center, Northampton County [PaEN]

DEP Invites Comments On Little Lost Creek Watershed TMDL In Juniata County [PaEN]

DEP To Hold July 30 Informal Conference On Allegheny Mineral Surface Mining Application For Lawrence County [PaEN]

Warning Siren Test Thursday For Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility General Facility In Lancaster County

PA Resources Council Holds July 20 Household Chemical Collection Event In Washington County [PaEN]

Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event Set For July 27 In McCandless, Allegheny County [PaEN]

30th Delaware River Cleanup Set For July 15-16

Ambler Environmental Advisory Council Rain Garden Walking Tour July 21

Public Tours Of Regal Fritillary Butterfly Habitat Offered At Fort Indiantown Gap

Climate

NOAA Just Reported Pennsylvania Had The Wettest 48-Month Period On Record - Since 1895 [PaEN]

Rainfall Pushes Region Toward Another Record-Setting Year Of Precipitation

Wettest Year On Record For PA, NJ, Hurricane Barry Formed

NOAA: There Has Never Been A Wetter 12-Month Period On Record For PA

Green Building Alliance Accepting Applications For Emerging Youth Fall Program [PaEN]

Report: Pittsburgh Can Reduce Carbon Emissions 75 Percent

23 State Governors Join California In Opposing Trump Mileage Freeze

Column: It’s High Time To Create A World Carbon Bank

Editorial: One Answer To Climate Change Is Trees

Presidential Hopeful Inslee Meets Neighbors Of Philly Refinery, Pushes Climate Change

Coal Mining

Pentagon Request Could Boost Rare Earth Mining Industry In U.S. (Coal)

DEP To Hold July 30 Informal Conference On Allegheny Mineral Surface Mining Application For Lawrence County [PaEN]

Court Ruling Boosts Coal Plant Workers’ Claim For $5.5M From FirstEnergy

EPA Finds No Need For Coal Ash Liability Assurances

Compliance Actions

DEP To List Steps Erie Coke (Coal) Must Take To Receive Operating Permit

Erie Coke Proposes $3.1 Million Settlement In Appeal Before EHB

Erie Coke (Coal) Works Submits Settlement Proposal In Appeal Before EHB

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant, DEP Spar Over Health Risks

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant CEO Addresses Violations At Appeals Hearing

GASP: Erie Coke (Coal) Plant, DEP Lay Out Arguments In Advance Of EHB Hearing TODAY

Erie Coke (Coal) Faces 2 Legal Fights To Stay Open

PUC Fines Great American Power $13,500 For Sales, Marketing Practices

PA Man Guilty Of Falsely Portraying Himself As Accredited EPA Course Provider

DCNR

July 10 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

July 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Delaware River

Philadelphia Inquirer Begins Year-Long From The Source: Stories Of The Delaware River Series [PaEN]

Philadelphia Water Has A Serious Image Problem

30th Delaware River Cleanup Set For July 15-16

Coalition For The Delaware River Watershed July 8 Deep Dive Newsletter Now Available

Schuylkill Action Network Aug. 7 Funding For MS4 Stormwater Projects Workshop In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Bagenstose: Casey, Other Lawmakers Push For PFAS Provisions In Federal Military Spending Bill

Trump Threatens Veto Of Military Bill With PFAS Cleanup Measures

Bucks County Residents Facing Own PFAS Contamination, But Not From Military Bases

Philadelphia Water Has A Serious Image Problem

Boil Water Advisory In Centre County Expected To Last At Least 4 Days

Economic Development

DEP, Allegheny County Saving Drivers As Much As $32.3 Million Annually By Eliminating Special Low-RVP Gasoline In Western PA [PaEN]

Agroforestry And Native Understory Crops: Forests For The Chesapeake Bay

West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments, Partnerships In Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]

Scaffold Company Expands In Johnstown To Meet Demand From Natural Gas Power Plant Project

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Renton Mine Fire Reclamation Project In Plum Borough, Allegheny County [PaEN]

Education

Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Holds Nature & Arts Festival July 27 In Dauphin County [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Jennifer Brooks, Berks County Parks & Recreation [PaEN]

Advanced Watershed Educator Workshop For School Administrators Aug. 5, Dauphin County [PaEN]

Interns: Michael Gallagher, BioMost, Inc. Working On Mine Drainage Treatment [PaEN]

Meet Destiny And Isaiah, Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Trail Ambassadors

Westminster College Environmental Students Present Research To Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Wildlife Leadership Academy Hosts Special Screening Of Live The Stream: The Story Of Joe Humphreys On Aug. 12 [PaEN]

DEP Awards 2 Environmental Ed Grants For McKean County Projects

Ian McHarg’s Landmark Design With Nature Ecological Design Book Turns 50

Emergency Response

NOAA Just Reported Pennsylvania Had The Wettest 48-Month Period On Record - Since 1895 [PaEN]

NOAA: There Has Never Been A Wetter 12-Month Period On Record For PA

Past 4 Years In PA Have Been Wettest On Record

PA Had 33 Tornadoes So Far This Year, Third-Most Since 1950

AP: Shelter-In Place Advisory Lifted Again After Chlorine Leak In Beaver County

Warning Siren Test Thursday For Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility General Facility In Lancaster County

Hawk Mountain Ranger School In Kempton (Photos)

Energy

Policy On Alternative Utility Ratemaking Adopted By PUC [PaEN]

West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments, Partnerships In Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]

Op-Ed: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Supporting An Energy-Enabled Economy - Marcellus Shale Coalition

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hosts July 16 Webinar, July 23 Hearing On Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Plan [PaEN]

Court Ruling Boosts Coal Plant Workers’ Claim For $5.5M From FirstEnergy

Warning Siren Test Thursday For Muddy Run Pumped Storage Facility General Facility In Lancaster County

PUC Fines Great American Power $13,500 For Sales, Marketing Practices

PUC Urges Consumers To Be Conscious Of Utility Account Security, Scams, Intimidating Sales Pitches [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Why The Nation’s Power Grid Needs A Makeover

Democratic State AGs Press For New PJM CEO Focused On Climate, States’ Rights

EPA Finds No Need For Coal Ash Liability Assurances

23 State Governors Join California In Opposing Trump Mileage Freeze

FERC Report: U.S. Renewable Energy Transition To Move Faster Than Anticipated by 2022

New Cong. Keller Receives Committee Assignments

Energy Conservation

West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments, Partnerships In Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]

PennTAP Webinar July 18: Funding, Incentives To Implement Energy Efficiency Projects [PaEN]

23 State Governors Join California In Opposing Trump Mileage Freeze

Environmental Heritage

Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Holds Nature & Arts Festival July 27 In Dauphin County [PaEN]

Environmental Policy

PA Environmental Council In Case You Missed It In June Now Available [PaEN]

Farming

Bay Journal: States’ Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans Found Lacking By EPA; Pennsylvania Misses Goal, Funding Needs By Substantial Margins [PaEN]

Editorial: Overdue PA Farm Bill Offers Hope To The Industry

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

Ag Progress Days On Aug. 13-15 Features Tours Showcasing Penn State Agricultural Research [PaEN]

Register Now For Reading The Farm Conservation Training Workshop Aug. 7 & 8, Lancaster [PaEN]

PA’s Rodale Institute Launches New Organic Research & Training Center in Georgia [PaEN]

Flooding

Politicians In Harrisburg Are Proud Of Their New State Budget! -- Meanwhile In The Real World… [PaEN]

Pregnant Woman, 8-Year Old Killed After Being Washed Away By Floodwaters In Berks

AP: Child, Pregnant Mom Found Dead In Car Amid Flood In Berks County

Flooded Roads Kept Emergency Workers From Reaching Woman, Child In Car Swept Away

Police ID Pregnant Woman, 9-Year-Old Killed After Being Swept Away By Floodwaters

Drenching Storms Blamed For 3 Deaths In Southeast PA

9 People Rescued In Penn Borough After Torrential Rain

Flash Flooding Engulfs Cars, Overwhelms Businesses In Montgomery County

AP: Torrential Rain Brings Floods, Landslides Around Pittsburgh

Storms, Flash Flooding Pummel Pittsburgh, Close Numerous Road

Westmoreland Sees Flooding, Damage During Torrential Rain

Western PA Residents Grow Weary Of Rain, Flood Cleanups

Widespread Flooding As Heavy Rains Sweep Through Philly Region

More Than a Dozen Boats Damaged, Lost During Storms At Bartram’s Garden

Volunteers Needed July 15 To Repair Meeks Run Trail Damaged By Flooding In Allegheny County [PaEN]

Bay Journal: States’ Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans Found Lacking By EPA; Pennsylvania Misses Goal, Funding Needs By Substantial Margins [PaEN]

Water Science Institute Report Finds Legacy Sediment Floodplain Restoration Extremely Cost, Land Efficient [PaEN]

DEP Regional Director Tours Pottstown To Discuss How Restore PA Could Address Sewer, Stormwater Issues

July 16 Hurricane Season Twitter Chat To Highlight How To Prepare For A Flood, What To Do After A Storm [PaEN]

Register Now! PSATS Stormwater Conference Oct. 16-Allegheny County, Nov. 15- Chester County [PaEN]

DEP Hosts Open House July 15 On Stream Maintenance After Flooding In Centre County [PaEN]

Rising Waters Cause Concerns In Luzerne County

Truck Driver Rescued From Flooded Roadway In Luzerne

2nd Day Of Heavy Rain Causes More Flash Flooding Across Western PA

Residents Spent Sunday Cleaning Up From Severe Storms Around Harrisburg

NOAA Just Reported Pennsylvania Had The Wettest 48-Month Period On Record - Since 1895 [PaEN]

NOAA: There Has Never Been A Wetter 12-Month Period On Record For PA

Rainfall Pushes Region Toward Another Record-Setting Year Of Precipitation

Wettest Year On Record For PA, NJ, Hurricane Barry Formed

Flooding - Hurricanes

AP: Hurricane Barry’s Rain And Floods Hammer Gulf Environment

AP: Barry Drenches Gulf Coast, But Initially Spares New Orleans

AP: Tropical Storm, River Flooding Hammer Gulf Environment

AP: Millions In Line Of Punishing Rain From Tropical Storm Barry

Op-Ed: Applying The Lessons Of Hurricane Pam To Climate Change

Flooding Swamps New Orleans; Possible Hurricane Coming Next

Louisiana Declares State Of Emergency As Storm Develops Into Hurricane

Gulf Coast May Be Hit With First Tropical System Of The Season

Forests

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Forest Conservation, The Nature Conservancy-PA’s Working Woodlands

Editorial: One Answer To Climate Change Is Trees

DelVal Scientists Hope To Create Trap To Catch Invasive Spotted Lanternfly

Pennsylvania, Federal Officials Jack Up Spotted Lanternfly Spending 60 Percent

Cong. Fitzpatrick Pushing Congress For More Lyme Disease Funding

Some Green Ash Trees Show Some Resistance To Emerald Ash Borers [PaEN]

Agroforestry And Native Understory Crops: Forests For The Chesapeake Bay

Pittsburgh, Western PA Residents To See Milky Skies Amid Canada Wildlifes

Editorial: Follow Prevention Tips To Reduce Risk Of Lyme Disease

Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick, Local Lyme Disease Group Support TICK Bill

Forests - Wildfires

AP: California Governor Signs Wildfire Bill To Pay Victims

California Senate Passes $21B Wildfire Fund Legislation

AP: California Gov. Backs Effort To Boost Utilities During Wildfires

Geologic Hazards

Ross Issues Emergency Declaration To Fix Sinkhole Near Apartment Complex

Lower Burrell Man Unsure What To Do About Backyard Sinkhole

What Causes Sinkholes And How Do You Fix Them?

Grants/Funding

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network Aug. 7 Funding For MS4 Stormwater Projects Workshop In Montgomery County [PaEN]

PennTAP Webinar July 18: Funding, Incentives To Implement Energy Efficiency Projects [PaEN]

DCNR Accepting Applications For Wild Resources Conservation Fund Grants; Sept. 11 Hearing [PaEN]

Green Buildings

Green Building Alliance Accepting Applications For Emerging Youth Fall Program [PaEN]

Green Infrastructure

Bay Journal: States’ Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans Found Lacking By EPA; Pennsylvania Misses Goal, Funding Needs By Substantial Margins [PaEN]

DEP Regional Director Tours Pottstown To Discuss How Restore PA Could Address Sewer, Stormwater Issues

DEP Hosts Open House July 15 On Stream Maintenance After Flooding In Centre County [PaEN]

Officials Push  Restore PA Plan To Repair Pottstown Storm Arches

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network Aug. 7 Funding For MS4 Stormwater Projects Workshop In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Register Now! PSATS Stormwater Conference Oct. 16-Allegheny County, Nov. 15- Chester County [PaEN]

New Luzerne Stormwater Fee Won’t End All Street Flooding Officials Say

South Williamsport Considers Stormwater Fee, Administration Is A Nightmare

Water Science Institute Report Finds Legacy Sediment Floodplain Restoration Extremely Cost, Land Efficient [PaEN]

Whole Lancaster Community Has A Role In Cleaning Up Their Local Creeks

Ambler Environmental Advisory Council Rain Garden Walking Tour July 21

Pregnant Woman, 8-Year Old Killed After Being Washed Away By Floodwaters In Berks

AP: Child, Pregnant Mom Found Dead In Car Amid Flood In Berks County

9 People Rescued In Penn Borough After Torrential Rain

Flash Flooding Engulfs Cars, Overwhelms Businesses In Montgomery County

AP: Torrential Rain Brings Floods, Landslides Around Pittsburgh

Storms, Flash Flooding Pummel Pittsburgh, Close Numerous Road

Westmoreland Sees Flooding, Damage During Torrential Rain

Widespread Flooding As Heavy Rains Sweep Through Philly Region

NOAA Just Reported Pennsylvania Had The Wettest 48-Month Period On Record - Since 1895 [PaEN]

NOAA: There Has Never Been A Wetter 12-Month Period On Record For PA

Hazardous Substances

Bagenstose: Casey, Other Lawmakers Push For PFAS Provisions In Federal Military Spending Bill

Trump Threatens Veto Of Military Bill With PFAS Cleanup Measures

Bucks County Residents Facing Own PFAS Contamination, But Not From Military Bases

Laboratories

Lancaster Labs Back To Normal After Ransomware Attack

Land Conservation

Middletown Twp. Residents Seek More Recreation, Preservation In Bucks

Land Recycling

Possible Future Uses For Philadelphia Refinery Call Into Question Cleanup Plans There

Op-Ed: Even After The Philadelphia Refinery Closes, The Environmental Damage Won’t Disappear

Editorial: Past Time To Listen To Public About South Philly Refinery Cleanup

Land Use Planning

Middletown Twp. Residents Seek More Recreation, Preservation In Bucks

Stempka Named Erie County Planning Director, Fmr ED Of Environment Erie

Lake Erie

AP: Great Lakes Water Levels Continue Surge, Erie Reaches Highest Point Ever Recorded

AP: States, Provinces OK Plan To Protect Great Lakes From Asian Carp

Small Species Might Hold Giant Consequences For Great Lakes

Littering/Illegal Dumping

PennDOT Marks 30th Anniversary Of 100,000+ Volunteers Strong Adopt-A-Highway Litter Cleanup Program [PaEN]

PennDOT Celebrates 30-Year Anniversary Of Adopt-A-Highway

30th Delaware River Cleanup Set For July 15-16

3 Men Face Charges, Fines For Illegal Dumping In Allegheny County

Allegheny CleanWays Removes 11,300 Pounds Of Trash From Allegheny River

Editorial: Allegheny CleanWays Finds So Much Trash

KPB: Columbia Gas Employees Partner With Tri-County CleanWays On Community Garden In Lawrence County [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

Buck Neely, Stream Restoration, Inc., Recognized At 2019 American Society Of Mining And Reclamation Conference [PaEN]

PA Abandoned Mine Land Campaign Urges Action To Extend Expiring Federal Mine Reclamation Fee [PaEN]

DEP Moves Forward With Quakake Tunnel Acid Mine Water Cleanup Project, Carbon County

Opportunity To Bid On DEP Renton Mine Fire Reclamation Project In Plum Borough, Allegheny County [PaEN]

Westminster College Environmental Students Present Research To Western PA Coalition For Abandoned Mine Reclamation

Interns: Michael Gallagher, BioMost, Inc. Working On Mine Drainage Treatment [PaEN]

July Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]

Oil & Gas

Report: PA Had Record Year For Natural Gas Production In 2018

DEP Releases Annual Oil and Gas Program Report Covering Activities During 2018 [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Natural Gas In PA Is Not Environmentally Sustainable

Op-Ed: A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats: Supporting An Energy-Enabled Economy - Marcellus Shale Coalition

Landslide, $45,000 Fine Didn’t Stop Upper Burrell Gas Well Drilling

Beaver County, Municipalities See More Money From Drilling Impact Fee

More Wells, Fewer Dollars: Drilling Impact Fee Distribution In Lycoming County

Study: Thousands Live Near Underground Natural Gas Storage Wells In PA, OH, WV, NY, MI, CA

Scaffold Company Expands In Johnstown To Meet Demand From Natural Gas Power Plant Project

AP: Wolf Says State Doesn’t Plan To Help Fund Philadelphia Refinery Restart

Possible Future Uses For Philadelphia Refinery Call Into Question Cleanup Plans There

Op-Ed: Even After The Philadelphia Refinery Closes, The Environmental Damage Won’t Disappear

Editorial: Past Time To Listen To Public About South Philly Refinery Cleanup

Presidential Hopeful Inslee Meets Neighbors Of Philly Refinery, Pushes Climate Change

Litvak: Rice Energy’s Toby Rice Wins Control Of EQT Drilling After Proxy Battle

Pipelines

Hurdle: Trespass Charges Dropped Against Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protesters

7 Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Protesters Avoid Trail After Trespassing Charges Dropped

Editorial: Judge In Pipeline Protesters Case Offers Useful Advice On How To Choose Lawmakers

Western PA Laurel Pipeline Battle Over Fuel Delivery Continues With Regulators

Op-Ed: Why We Need PennEast And Other Natural Gas Pipelines

Op-Ed: Delaware County Pipeline Moratorium Would Hurt Commonwealth

Editorial: Reject Efforts To Criminalize Pipeline Protests

Permitting

Op-Ed: Improved Permitting, A Key Step In Moving State Economy Forward - PA Chamber

DEP Posts 57 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In July 13 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Personnel

Stempka Named Erie County Planning Director, Fmr ED Of Environment Erie

David Carlini Named Southcentral Regional Director For Game Commission

Help Wanted: Berks Conservation District Urban Resource Conservationist [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Steward [PaEN]

PUC

Policy On Alternative Utility Ratemaking Adopted By PUC [PaEN]

PUC Fines Great American Power $13,500 For Sales, Marketing Practices

PUC Urges Consumers To Be Conscious Of Utility Account Security, Scams, Intimidating Sales Pitches [PaEN]

PUC Announces Appointments To Consumer Advisory Council

Radiation Protection

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Hosts July 16 Webinar, July 23 Hearing On Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Plan [PaEN]

NRC To Host July 16 Webinar, July 23 Public Hearing On TMI Decommissioning Plan

DOE Plans To Extend Nuclear Power Plant Lives To 80 Years

Recreation

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater Home In Fayette County Added To World Heritage Sites List By UNESCO [PaEN]

AP: Fallingwater In PA, 7 Other Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Now World Heritage Sites

Fallingwater In PA, Other Frank Lloyd Wright Homes Now On World Heritage Site List

Fallingwater, Other Frank Lloyd Wright Designs Named To World Heritage List

Editorial: UNESCO Affirms Fallingwater’s Greatness

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Blog: Three Cheers For Parks, Recreation & Recreational Professionals [PaEN]

DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Jennifer Brooks, Berks County Parks & Recreation [PaEN]

DCNR Dedicates Colonel Denning State Park Improvements Discusses Restore PA

Cranberry Bog, Wildlife More: Take Guided Tour Of Black Moshannon State Park

Ricketts Glen State Park Expands

Codorus State Park Swimming Pool To Close For Repairs

July 10 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR [PaEN]

July 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Susquehanna National Heritage Area To Begin Free River Boat Tours From Lancaster County

Marcus Shneck: Susquehanna National Heritage Area Offering Free Boat Tours

Middletown Twp. Residents Seek More Recreation, Preservation In Bucks

O’Neill: Improving Pittsburgh’s Parks Won’t Be Easy

Runners Taking On Lehigh Valley’s Toughest Trail Race Are Fighting More Important Battle

4-State Whiskey Rebellion Trail Launches In Pittsburgh

AP: New Whiskey Rebellion Trail To Start In Pittsburgh

Regional Trail Corporation Plans Poker Run Fundraiser In Westmoreland

Luzerne County Hopes Wilkes-Barre’s River Common Park Gets More Use

Inclusive Playgrounds Give Kids With Disabilities An Equal Chance To Join The Fun

In Philly, 30 Playgrounds Equipped With Sonic Devices To Repel Teens

Editorial: Philly Rec Centers Should Slap Mosquitoes Away, Not Teens

Firefighters Try To Rescue Kayakers, End Up Needing Rescue Themselves At Harrisburg’s Dock Street Dam

Water Task Force Rescues 3 Kayakers From Kiski River

Work On Flight 93 Tower Of Voices Chimes Continues 10 Months After Dedication

Flight 93 National Memorial Exhibit Recalls First Decade

Editorial: Follow Prevention Tips To Reduce Risk Of Lyme Disease

Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick, Local Lyme Disease Group Support TICK Bill

Recycling/Waste

DEP Issues Environmental Assessment Of Proposed Keystone Landfill Expansion Showing Benefits Of Project Outweigh Harms [PaEN]

DEP: Benefits Of Keystone Landfill Expansion Outweigh Harms

Editorial: DEP Takes Broad View Of Keystone Landfill Benefits

Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event Set For July 27 In McCandless, Allegheny County [PaEN]

PA Resources Council Holds July 20 Household Chemical Collection Event In Washington County [PaEN]

Hearing Aug. 12 On DEP Stormwater Permit AND Air Quality Plan Approval For Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center, Northampton County [PaEN]

Editorial: PA Delays Restrictions On Plastic

Renewable Energy

Policy On Alternative Utility Ratemaking Adopted By PUC [PaEN]

West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund Expands Investments, Partnerships In Pennsylvania Wilds [PaEN]

Rep. Kosierowski Holds Hearing July 17 In Carbondale On Clean Energy

FERC Report: U.S. Renewable Energy Transition To Move Faster Than Anticipated by 2022

SRBC

Susquehanna River Basin Commission August 1 Hearing On Proposed Water Withdrawal Requests [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Quarterly Guardian Newsletter Now Available [PaEN]

Stormwater

Politicians In Harrisburg Are Proud Of Their New State Budget! -- Meanwhile In The Real World… [PaEN]

Bay Journal: States’ Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans Found Lacking By EPA; Pennsylvania Misses Goal, Funding Needs By Substantial Margins [PaEN]

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

Water Science Institute Report Finds Legacy Sediment Floodplain Restoration Extremely Cost, Land Efficient [PaEN]

DEP Regional Director Tours Pottstown To Discuss How Restore PA Could Address Sewer, Stormwater Issues

Officials Push  Restore PA Plan To Repair Pottstown Storm Arches

DEP Hosts Open House July 15 On Stream Maintenance After Flooding In Centre County [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network Aug. 7 Funding For MS4 Stormwater Projects Workshop In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Register Now! PSATS Stormwater Conference Oct. 16-Allegheny County, Nov. 15- Chester County [PaEN]

New Luzerne Stormwater Fee Won’t End All Street Flooding Officials Say

South Williamsport Considers Stormwater Fee, Administration Is A Nightmare

Whole Lancaster Community Has A Role In Cleaning Up Their Local Creeks

Hearing Aug. 12 On DEP Stormwater Permit AND Air Quality Plan Approval For Slate Belt Biosolids Heat Recovery Center, Northampton County [PaEN]

Turnpike Looks For Answer AFter More Flooding At Southern Beltway Construction

Ambler Environmental Advisory Council Rain Garden Walking Tour July 21

Pregnant Woman, 8-Year Old Killed After Being Washed Away By Floodwaters In Berks

AP: Child, Pregnant Mom Found Dead In Car Amid Flood In Berks County

9 People Rescued In Penn Borough After Torrential Rain

Flash Flooding Engulfs Cars, Overwhelms Businesses In Montgomery County

AP: Torrential Rain Brings Floods, Landslides Around Pittsburgh

Storms, Flash Flooding Pummel Pittsburgh, Close Numerous Road

Westmoreland Sees Flooding, Damage During Torrential Rain

Widespread Flooding As Heavy Rains Sweep Through Philly Region

NOAA Just Reported Pennsylvania Had The Wettest 48-Month Period On Record - Since 1895 [PaEN]

NOAA: There Has Never Been A Wetter 12-Month Period On Record For PA

Rainfall Pushes Region Toward Another Record-Setting Year Of Precipitation

Wettest Year On Record For PA, NJ, Hurricane Barry Formed

Watershed Protection

Buck Neely, Stream Restoration, Inc., Recognized At 2019 American Society Of Mining And Reclamation Conference [PaEN]

Politicians In Harrisburg Are Proud Of Their New State Budget! -- Meanwhile In The Real World… [PaEN]

Bay Journal: States’ Latest Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Plans Found Lacking By EPA; Pennsylvania Misses Goal, Funding Needs By Substantial Margins [PaEN]

DCNR Accepting Applications For Multifunctional Riparian Forest Buffer, ATV/Snowmobile Trail Grants Starting August 1 [PaEN]

Water Science Institute Report Finds Legacy Sediment Floodplain Restoration Extremely Cost, Land Efficient [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Continued High River Flows Having Mixed Impacts On Chesapeake Bay And Its Resources

Ag Progress Days On Aug. 13-15 Features Tours Showcasing Penn State Agricultural Research [PaEN]

Register Now For Reading The Farm Conservation Training Workshop Aug. 7 & 8, Lancaster [PaEN]

Whole Lancaster Community Has A Role In Cleaning Up Their Local Creeks

DEP Regional Director Tours Pottstown To Discuss How Restore PA Could Address Sewer, Stormwater Issues

Officials Push  Restore PA Plan To Repair Pottstown Storm Arches

DEP Hosts Open House July 15 On Stream Maintenance After Flooding In Centre County [PaEN]

Schuylkill Action Network Aug. 7 Funding For MS4 Stormwater Projects Workshop In Montgomery County [PaEN]

Register Now! PSATS Stormwater Conference Oct. 16-Allegheny County, Nov. 15- Chester County [PaEN]

New Luzerne Stormwater Fee Won’t End All Street Flooding Officials Say

South Williamsport Considers Stormwater Fee, Administration Is A Nightmare

Ambler Environmental Advisory Council Rain Garden Walking Tour July 21

DEP Invites Comments On Little Lost Creek Watershed TMDL In Juniata County [PaEN]

Bagenstose: DEP Considers Relaxed Standards For Tohickon Creek In Bucks

Gov. Wolf, House, Senate Declare July As Lakes Appreciation Month In Pennsylvania [PaEN]

July Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper July 12 RiverWatch Video Report

Ian McHarg’s Landmark Design With Nature Ecological Design Book Turns 50

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Wildlife

Game Commission To Host Open Houses On Wildlife Feeding Starting July 18 [PaEN]

Game Commission Backs Sunday Hunting Compromise As Bill Heads To House

Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Holds Nature & Arts Festival July 27 In Dauphin County [PaEN]

Fly Falcon Fly: It’s The Juvies At 62nd Street Bridge In Pittsburgh

Wildlife Leadership Academy Hosts Special Screening Of Live The Stream: The Story Of Joe Humphreys On Aug. 12 [PaEN]

DCNR Accepting Applications For Wild Resources Conservation Fund Grants; Sept. 11 Hearing [PaEN]

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Receives General Operating Grant From FirstEnergy Foundation [PaEN]

Hawk Mountain Ranger School In Kempton (Photos)

AP: Rabid Bobcat Covered In Porcupine Quills Bites Venango County Man, Attacks Puppy

Small Bear Captured On Video Trying To Dine At Dauphin County Birdfeeder

Wildlife Works Needs More Helping Hands In Westmoreland

Marcus Schneck: What Does Pennsylvania Camel’s Milk Taste Like? (Video)

AP: States, Provinces OK Plan To Protect Great Lakes From Asian Carp

Pennsylvania Continues To Push Congress For Dedicated Federal Fish & Wildlife Conservation Funding [PaEN]

West Nile/Zika Virus

DEP Reports Mosquitos In Philadelphia Test Positive For West Nile Virus [PaEN]

Editorial: Follow Prevention Tips To Reduce Risk Of Lyme Disease

Republican Cong. Fitzpatrick, Local Lyme Disease Group Support TICK Bill

Cong. Fitzpatrick Pushing Congress For More Lyme Disease Funding

Federal Policy

White House: President Trump Is Promoting A Clean And Healthy Environment For All Americans [PaEN]

EPA Issues Fact Sheet On Recent Accomplishments

AP: Trump Promotes Environmental Record Despite Rollbacks

How Trump’s Environmental Record Compares To His Claims

Trump Touts Environmental Leadership Even As DC Has Floods And Critics Pounce

Trump Touts Environmental Policies, But Says Nothing Of Climate Change

Trump Touts Environmental Record Despite Slashing Climate Regulations

Trump: A Strong Economy Is Vital To Maintaining A Healthy Environment

Trump Saw Opportunity In Speech On Environment, Critics Saw A 1984 Moment

Editorial: Trump Administration - It’s Not Easy Being Green

 

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7/15/2019

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