Environment & Energy NewsClips

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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In Memoriam: Walter N. Peechatka [PaEN]

 

Briefing: Trick Or Treat?  Environmental Policies Promoted By Today’s Republicans [PaEN]

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

Correcting The Record: Sen. Pittman Attacks DEP For Not Being Able To Do Its Job; Well Look In The Mirror Senator [PaEN]

Politics

AP-Levy: Pennsylvania’s Gas Politics Churn As Trump Embraces Industry

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Air

Dec. 4 DEP Hearing Set [If Needed] On International Metals Reclamation Company RACT II Air Quality Plan, Lawrence County [PaEN]

DEP Holds Dec. 17 Hearing [If Needed] On Allegheny & Tsingshan Stainless RACT II Air Quality Plan, Beaver County [PaEN]

Asbestos Found In Philadelphia School Gym A Month Ago Is Still There

Editorial: Ethanol Mandate Should Reflect Concern For Stakeholders

Study: Air Pollution Rose From 2016-2018 Resulting In Premature Deaths

Alternative Fuels

Harrisburg Ride & Drive Event Gives Public Hands-On Experience With Electric, Hybrid Vehicles [PaEN]

Editorial: Ethanol Mandate Should Reflect Concern For Stakeholders

Awards & Recognition

PA Forestry Assn. Honors Mel & Marc Lewis With 2019 Rothrock Conservationist of The Year Award [PaEN]

Etna To Be Nationally Recognized For Its EcoDistrict

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

WITF Smart Talk: Where Have All The Birds Gone?

Sellersville Community Mourns Loss Of Old Friend To Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting Nov. 19 In Philadelphia [PaEN]

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses

Allegheny Front: Scientists Slog Thru Pennsylvania Peatlands To Study Changing Ecosystems

Budget

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Op-Ed: PA Legislators Need To Put The Money Where The Boots Are - On Farms -- To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

Rep. Sturla To Introduce Water Usage Fee To Fund Water Cleanup, Maintenance

Editorial: Need Justifies State Water Use Fee

EPA: Wyoming Valley Communities Have Flexibility In Implementing Their MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program [PaEN]

EPA: We Didn’t Mandate Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

Lancaster Twp. OKs Grant Application To Help Reduce Pollution At Stream By Rosewood Apartments

Op-Ed: Let's Get Reauthorization Of The Federal Abandoned Mine Land Fund Done, Get PA's Congressional Delegation On Board [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Op-Ed: PA Legislators Need To Put The Money Where The Boots Are - On Farms -- To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

Bradford Conservation District: Are Farmers Telling Their Conservation Story? People Need To Hear It

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

New Initiative Strengthens Environmental Education In 3 Lancaster County Schools [PaEN]

Penn State Franklin County: Cover Crops Offer A Variety Of Benefits

EPA: Wyoming Valley Communities Have Flexibility In Implementing Their MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program [PaEN]

EPA: We Didn’t Mandate Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

No Stormwater Fee In 2020 Luzerne County Budget

Lackawanna County Commissioner Candidates Debate Stormwater Management

To Protect PA’s Hellbender, Teenagers Made It The State Amphibian

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Citizen Action

Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills Slowing Down DEP Permit Reviews, Narrowing Public Appeals Of DEP Permits [PaEN]

Senate Passes Bill 27 to 23 To Limit Public’s Right To Know Why A Regulation Is Being Proposed [PaEN]

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

Dec. 4 DEP Hearing Set [If Needed] On International Metals Reclamation Company RACT II Air Quality Plan, Lawrence County [PaEN]

DEP Holds Dec. 17 Hearing [If Needed] On Allegheny & Tsingshan Stainless RACT II Air Quality Plan, Beaver County [PaEN]

NOAA Holds Nov. 12 Meeting In Delaware County On Evaluating DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program [PaEN]

IUP’s Outdoor Classroom Shows High School Science Teacher Can Be Philanthropist

Editorial: Protecting Lake Erie Needs Your Attention

DCNR: Impressive Fall Colors Will Persist This Next Week! [PaEN]

Bill Would Require Insurance Companies To Cover Lyme Disease

Delaware County Allowed To Threaten Lawsuits Against Sherwin-Williams Over Lead Paint

Trump Administration Sues California Over Its Cap-And-Trade Agreement With Canada

Climate

Pittsburgh Mayor Responds To Trump On Energy/Climate: PA Has TWICE As Many Workers Employed By Clean Energy Than By Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

PA Conservative Energy Forum Urges Senate Republican Policy Committee To Embrace Clean & Renewable Energy [PaEN]

Sen. Yaw Not Wavering In Opposition To Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, But Not Unconcerned About Carbon Emissions

Agenda Added: House Environmental Committee To Hold Oct. 28 Hearing On Pennsylvania CO2 And Climate [PaEN]

House Democratic Policy Committee Hearing Nov. 1 On Climate Change/RGGI In Delaware County [PaEN]

How Much Credit Does RGGI Deserve For The Northeast’s Progress On Emissions?

Laura Legere: If PA Puts A Cap On Carbon Emissions, What Happens To Electricity Prices?

Govt., Business Leaders Gather In Elk County About The Future Of Coal, Carbon Industry

Letter: Cut Carbon Emissions To Save Our Health, Planet

Op-Ed: Wolf’s Cap-And-Trade Plan Isn’t Real Climate Action, Here’s What Is

Editorial: Wolf Should Step On The Gas to Clean Up PA’s Power Sector

Resources For The Future: Options For Issuing Emissions Allowances In A PA Carbon Pricing Policy

Op-Ed: Climate Change Is Not Going To Kill Us - Lehigh University Economics Professor

Harrisburg Ride & Drive Event Gives Public Hands-On Experience With Electric, Hybrid Vehicles [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Where Have All The Birds Gone?

Kummer: Fall Foliage Hitting Local Peak, But Climate Change Is Also In View

Bay Journal: Fox Island Environmental Ed Center Done In By Rising Sea Levels In Chesapeake Bay

Reuters: Moody’s: Companies Slow To Disclose Financial Costs Of Climate Change

Trump Reiterates Commitment To Withdraw From Paris Climate Accord In Pittsburgh

Trump Rips Paris Climate Agreement, Democrats While In Pittsburgh

In Pittsburgh, Trump Reiterates Commitment To Withdraw From Paris Climate Accord

Ted Danson Arrested Alongside Jane Fonda At Climate Change Protest [Seems Like Old Times!]

Hurdle: Ex-Commissioner Says FERC Losing Focus On Climate In Light Of Trump Policy

Coal Mining

Govt., Business Leaders Gather In Elk County About The Future Of Coal, Carbon Industry

Sunbury Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished By Explosives

New Federal Legislation Could Help Local Coal Refuse-Fired Power Plants

Coastal Zones

NOAA Holds Nov. 12 Meeting In Delaware County On Evaluating DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program [PaEN]

DEP Awards $430,000 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

DEP Awards More Than $264,000 In Lake Erie Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

DEP Awards $264,000 For Lake Erie Coastal Zone

Compliance Action

Op-Ed: Erie Water Works Followed Correct Plan For Public Notice Of Violation

Compliance Assistance

EPA Offering Compliance Assistance To Community Water Treatment Facilities In Region 3, Including PA [PaEN]

DCNR

DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]

Court Orders DCNR To Turn Over Information On Dig For Civil War Gold In Elk County State Forest

DCNR Names Brian Heath Manager At Gifford Pinchot State Park, York County

Delaware River

NOAA Holds Nov. 12 Meeting In Delaware County On Evaluating DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 25 RiverWatch Video Report

Drinking Water

Bagenstose: AG Shapiro: Legal Action Coming For Companies Tied To PFAS Drinking Water Contamination In Bucks, Montgomery

Senate Environmental Committee OKs Bills Responding To PFAS Contamination [PaEN]

DEP To Hold Nov. 18 Meeting/Hearing On Easton Road PFOA/PFOS Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Bucks County [PaEN]

Relief Coming For Some Bucks County Residents With PFAS Tainted Tap Water

Kummer: Philly Water Exceeds Environmental Working Group Limits For 5 Chemicals

Water Main Break Closes Part Of Market Street In York

Op-Ed: Erie Water Works Followed Correct Plan For Public Notice Of Violation

EPA Approves Pennsylvania’s Drinking Water And Clean Water Infrastructure Intended Use Plans [PaEN]

EPA Awards $2 Million To Greenfield Twp. Sewer Authority

EPA Offering Compliance Assistance To Community Water Treatment Facilities In Region 3, Including PA [PaEN]

Neville Township Urges Residents To Avoid Water Usage

Lehigh County Authority OKs Budget With Water-Sewer Rate Hikes

Economic Development

Study: Rail-Trails Inject $930 Million Annually Into PA Economy

PA Hardwoods Industry Stands To Lose In International Trade Disputes

Bucks County Brownfield Ground So Polluted It Had To Be Burned, Now Site Of Solar Company

Toomey Praises Trump For Shale Gas Exploration Policies In PA, U.S.

Op-Ed: Policies & Priorities For Natural Gas Industry - Marcellus Shale Coalition

Op-Ed: County, Municipal Leaders Must Collaborate On Shale Gas Industry In SW PA

EPA Selects Auberle For $200,000 Grant To Support Brownfields-Related Job Training In Southwest PA [PaEN]

Education

Call For Student Participants!  Westminster College 2019 Student Symposium On The Environment Dec. 5 [PaEN]

IUP’s Outdoor Classroom Shows High School Science Teacher Can Be Philanthropist

To Protect PA’s Hellbender, Teenagers Made It The State Amphibian

New Initiative Strengthens Environmental Education In 3 Lancaster County Schools [PaEN]

M&T Bank Foundation Sponsors Raptors Up Close! At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary [PaEN]

PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Unused Concession Stand At Sam Lewis State Park Repurposed Into Environmental Ed Center

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights November Activities, Programs [PaEN]

From Needle-Filled Lot To Colorful Community Garden, A Philly School Is Transformed

Da Vinci Science Center Picks Downtown Allentown For New Complex

Bay Journal: Fox Island Environmental Ed Center Done In By Rising Sea Levels In Chesapeake Bay

Emergency Response

AP: Hazmat Team Responds When Uranium Delivered To Delaware County Halfway House

Allentown Fire Follows Thunderous Crash Destroying 10 Row Homes, Cause Not Known

Investigators Begin Search For Cause Of Allentown Row Home Fire

Allentown Row Home Fire: UGI Says No Sign Of Gas Leaks

Elementary School Evacuated After Gas Leak In Easton, No Injuries Reported

Murphy: Lawmakers Push Bills To Address Firefighter Shortage Crisis

Energy

PA Conservative Energy Forum Urges Senate Republican Policy Committee To Embrace Clean & Renewable Energy [PaEN]

Micek: Bipartisan House/Senate Bills Seek To Increase Access To Solar Energy

Sen. Costa, Rep. Mizgorski Introduce Identical Solar Bills

West Virginia Energy Company Plans 70 MW Solar Energy Facility In Greene County

Bipartisan Bills Introduced To Establish Local Solar Energy Subscriber Program [PaEN]

Erie Mayor Joins Support Of Solar Tax Credits

Ideas We Should Steal: Community Solar Power

New Solar Field Will Provide 25% Of Penn State’s Electricity Over Next 25 Years

Editorial: Wolf Should Step On The Gas to Clean Up PA’s Power Sector

Laura Legere: If PA Puts A Cap On Carbon Emissions, What Happens To Electricity Prices?

Malfunction Monday At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Quickly Resolved

Ownership Of Damaged TMI Unit 2 To Change, May Speed Up Its Decommissioning

Resources For The Future: Options For Issuing Emissions Allowances In A PA Carbon Pricing Policy

Northeast Lawmakers  Push Power Plant Host Community Agreements Legislation

Editorial: Adopt Host Community Agreement Standards For Power Plants

Govt., Business Leaders Gather In Elk County About The Future Of Coal, Carbon Industry

Sunbury Coal-Fired Power Plant Demolished By Explosives

PPL Stays Mum On Merger Talk But Details Could Be Coming Soon

How Philly Narrowly Avoided Disaster After Refinery Explosion

York County Landowners Happy To Know Power Line Won’t Be Built On Our Farms

Huba: Shale Gas Conference In Pittsburgh Focuses On Natural Gas Market, Not Just Trump’s Visit

New Federal Legislation Could Help Local Coal Refuse-Fired Power Plants

Energy Conservation

ACEE: How Well Are We Tracking Health Impacts Of Energy Efficiency Programs?

Environmental Heritage

Fmr Huber Coal Breaker Site Sold In Luzerne County

Farming

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Op-Ed: PA Legislators Need To Put The Money Where The Boots Are - On Farms -- To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

Bradford Conservation District: Are Farmers Telling Their Conservation Story? People Need To Hear It

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

Penn State Franklin County: Cover Crops Offer A Variety Of Benefits

Court Ruling Clears Way For Major Expansion Of Pig Farm In Cumberland County

Building A High-Tech Indoor Farm In Steel Town Of Braddock

Op-Ed: We Went To Washington To Promote Whole Milk In PA Schools

Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting Nov. 19 In Philadelphia [PaEN]

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses

From Needle-Filled Lot To Colorful Community Garden, A Philly School Is Transformed

Flooding

No Stormwater Fee In 2020 Luzerne County Budget

Lackawanna County Commissioner Candidates Debate Stormwater Management

Forests

PA Forestry Assn. Honors Mel & Marc Lewis With 2019 Rothrock Conservationist of The Year Award [PaEN]

WITF Smart Talk: Pennsylvania’s Forests, Our Woods At Work

PA Hardwoods Industry Stands To Lose In International Trade Disputes

Take The Survey!  Penn State Extension Community & Urban Forestry Seeks Your Opinion [PaEN]

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

Sellersville Community Mourns Loss Of Old Friend To Invasive Emerald Ash Borer

Penn State Extension Spotted Lanternfly Public Meeting Nov. 19 In Philadelphia [PaEN]

Here’s Everything You Need To Know About Spotted Lanternfly Egg Masses

DCNR: Impressive Fall Colors Will Persist This Next Week! [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Warmer Temperatures Could Have a Chilling Effect On Fall Foliage

Rain Might Just Rescue Fall Foliage Show

Bill Would Require Insurance Companies To Cover Lyme Disease

Altoona Considers Tax Hike For Tree Care

Center For Lyme Disease Lobbies Congress For More Research, Treatment Options

Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Public Relations & Outreach Coordinator [PaEN]

Forests - Wildfires

AP: New Evacuations, Power Outages Near California Wildfire

AP: Bigger, Longer Blackouts Could Lie Ahead In California To Fight Wildfires

Northern California Brace For Another Possible Power Outage Due To Wildfires

AP: Hundreds Flee Northern California Wildfire Amid Blackouts

Grants/Funding

DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]

EPA Accepting Applications For Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup Loans, Grants [PaEN]

EPA Awards $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant To Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority [PaEN]

EPA Selects Auberle For $200,000 Grant To Support Brownfields-Related Job Training In Southwest PA [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Announces $3.4 Million In Grants To Support 7 Industrial Site Cleanup Projects [PaEN]

EPA Approves Pennsylvania’s Drinking Water And Clean Water Infrastructure Intended Use Plans [PaEN]

EPA Awards $2 Million To Greenfield Twp. Sewer Authority

EPA Offering Compliance Assistance To Community Water Treatment Facilities In Region 3, Including PA [PaEN]

DEP Awards $430,000 In Delaware Estuary Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

DEP Awards More Than $264,000 In Lake Erie Coastal Zone Grants [PaEN]

DEP Awards $264,000 For Lake Erie Coastal Zone

Green Infrastructure

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Op-Ed: PA Legislators Need To Put The Money Where The Boots Are - On Farms -- To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

Bradford Conservation District: Are Farmers Telling Their Conservation Story? People Need To Hear It

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

Penn State Extension: Landscape & Green Infrastructure Analysis & Planning Workshop Dec. 12 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Lancaster Twp. OKs Grant Application To Help Reduce Pollution At Stream By Rosewood Apartments

Penn State Franklin County: Cover Crops Offer A Variety Of Benefits

EPA: Wyoming Valley Communities Have Flexibility In Implementing Their MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program [PaEN]

EPA: We Didn’t Mandate Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

Luzerne County, Wyoming Authority Outline County’s Plans For Stormwater Fee Agreement [General Assembly Has Strongly Resisted Helping Communities On Stormwater]

No Stormwater Fee In 2020 Luzerne County Budget

Lackawanna County Commissioner Candidates Debate Stormwater Management

Rep. Sturla To Introduce Water Usage Fee To Fund Water Cleanup, Maintenance

Editorial: Need Justifies State Water Use Fee

Hazardous Substances

Bagenstose: AG Shapiro: Legal Action Coming For Companies Tied To PFAS Drinking Water Contamination In Bucks, Montgomery

Senate Environmental Committee OKs Bills Responding To PFAS Contamination [PaEN]

DEP To Hold Nov. 18 Meeting/Hearing On Easton Road PFOA/PFOS Hazardous Site Cleanup Plan In Bucks County [PaEN]

Relief Coming For Some Bucks County Residents With PFAS Tainted Tap Water

Delaware County Allowed To Threaten Lawsuits Against Sherwin-Williams Over Lead Paint

HUD Provides $2.5 Million Lead Abatement Funding To PA

Editorial: Allegheny County Must Show Interest In Lead Abatement

Asbestos Found In Philadelphia School Gym A Month Ago Is Still There

Land Recycling

Bucks County Brownfield Ground So Polluted It Had To Be Burned, Now Site Of Solar Company

EPA Accepting Applications For Brownfields Assessment, Cleanup Loans, Grants [PaEN]

EPA Awards $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant To Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority [PaEN]

EPA Selects Auberle For $200,000 Grant To Support Brownfields-Related Job Training In Southwest PA [PaEN]

Gov. Wolf Announces $3.4 Million In Grants To Support 7 Industrial Site Cleanup Projects [PaEN]

Lake Erie

Editorial: Protecting Lake Erie Needs Your Attention

NOAA Holds Nov. 12 Meeting In Delaware County On Evaluating DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

Op-Ed: Let's Get Reauthorization Of The Federal Abandoned Mine Land Fund Done, Get PA's Congressional Delegation On Board [PaEN]

Op-Ed: AML Fund Reauthorization: A Decision Point For Abandoned Coal Mines

Site Of New Wilkes-Barre High School Has Rich Mining Past

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

Fmr Huber Coal Breaker Site Sold In Luzerne County

Federal Bill Would Offer Tax Incentives For Reclaiming Waste Coal Piles

Non-Coal Mining

Cement Company Balks At Community Forum To Discuss Quarry Drilling, Expansion In Lehigh Valley

Oil & Gas

Senate Passes Bill To Legalize Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater 26-23 Without Debate [PaEN]

Advanced Water Services Drilling Wastewater Treatment Facility Shuts Down In Bradford [Why Bother Because Republicans Are Making Road Dumping Legal.  They Can’t Compete With That.]

Op-Ed: Dangerous Bill Before The General Assembly Would Legalize Dumping Of Oil & Gas Waste On PA Roads - Melissa Troutman, Earthworks

House Environmental Committee OKs Bill Allowing Longer Shale Gas Drilling Laterals [PaEN]

Toomey Praises Trump For Shale Gas Exploration Policies In PA, U.S.

Op-Ed: Policies & Priorities For Natural Gas Industry - Marcellus Shale Coalition

Op-Ed: County, Municipal Leaders Must Collaborate On Shale Gas Industry In SW PA

Terri Cooper Smith Appointed As Chair Of PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

Range Resources Tests More Environment-Friendly All-Electric Fracking In PA

How Philly Narrowly Avoided Disaster After Refinery Explosion

Editorial: Philly Refinery Blast Left Behind A Cloud Of Questions

Editorial: Ethanol Mandate Should Reflect Concern For Stakeholders

Anya Litvak: EQT Says Industry Need To Spread Good News, Gas, Abroad

Millcreek Schools Evacuated In Erie to Remain Closed Due To Natural Gas Smell

Ex- Worley & Obetz CEO Pleads Guilty To Fraud, To Pay $55 Million In Restitution

Fmr Worley & Obetz Pleads Guilty To 15-Year Fraud Scheme

Huba: Shale Gas Conference In Pittsburgh Focuses On Natural Gas Market, Not Just Trump’s Visit

Trump Promotes Support For Natural Gas Industry In Pittsburgh Speech

Caruso: Trump Slams Democrats, Pitches Natural Gas Future During Pittsburgh Visit

Trump Reiterates Commitment To Withdraw From Paris Climate Accord In Pittsburgh

Trump Rips Paris Climate Agreement, Democrats While In Pittsburgh

In Pittsburgh, Trump Reiterates Commitment To Withdraw From Paris Climate Accord

Pipelines

Maykuth: Shut Down Mariner East Pipeline Before It Kills Us, Pipeline Foes Implore PUC

Hurdle: Chester, Delaware County Resident Urge PUC To Shutdown Mariner East Pipelines, Citing Fears Of A Leak Or Explosion

Hurdle: 7 People Who Live Near Mariner East Pipelines Will Urge PUC To Stop Project For Good

Another Sinkhole Opened Friday At Mariner East Pipeline Site In Delaware County

New Trout Unlimited Report Documents Repeated Pollution Events During Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction In PA, Central Appalachia [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Debunking The 5 Myths Of The Mariner East Pipeline - Sen. Dinniman

Op-Ed: Greater Philadelphia Cannot Afford A Moratorium On Growth, We Need PennEast Pipeline

AP: Williams Withdraws Application For Northeast Supply Enhancement Project Pipeline, Will Resubmit

AG Shapiro Opposes EPA’s Proposed Rule To Limit States’ Clean Water Act Oversight Of Pipelines, Other Projects [PaEN]

Hurdle: Ex-Commissioner Says FERC Losing Focus On Climate In Light Of Trump Policy

Permits

Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills Slowing Down DEP Permit Reviews, Narrowing Public Appeals Of DEP Permits [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund Ask Senate For No Vote On Bill Impeding Rulemaking Process [PaEN]

Correcting The Record: Sen. Pittman Attacks DEP For Not Being Able To Do Its Job; Well Look In The Mirror Senator [PaEN]

DEP Posts 59 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Oct. 26 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Permit - Appeals

Republicans On Senate Environmental Committee Report Out Bills Slowing Down DEP Permit Reviews, Narrowing Public Appeals Of DEP Permits [PaEN]

PA Environmental Council, Environmental Defense Fund Ask Senate For No Vote On Bill Impeding Rulemaking Process [PaEN]

PUC

Commissioners Welcome Ralph Yanora To Public Utility Commission [PaEN]

Maykuth: PUC Approves $50.2 Million Sale Of Cheltenham’s Sewer System To Private Buyers

Terri Cooper Smith Appointed As Chair Of PUC PA One Call Damage Prevention Committee

Radiation Protection

Malfunction Monday At Peach Bottom Nuclear Power Plant Quickly Resolved

Ownership Of Damaged TMI Unit 2 To Change, May Speed Up Its Decommissioning

Recreation

Study: Rail-Trails Inject $930 Million Annually Into PA Economy

DCNR Schedules Recreation & Conservation Grant Application Workshops In November [PaEN]

DCNR Plans White-Water Release Into Tohickon Creek For Annual Boating Event In Bucks County

PA Park Maintenance Institute Seeking Start-Up Sales & Marketing Campaign Proposals [PaEN]

PA Parks & Forests Foundation: Unused Concession Stand At Sam Lewis State Park Repurposed Into Environmental Ed Center

Final Design Phase Beginning For Park At Penn’s Landing In Philadelphia

Allegheny Front: Pittsburgh Parks Backers Urge Public To Support Tax Vote

Letter: Parks Initiative Will Help All Of Pittsburgh

Bill Would Require Insurance Companies To Cover Lyme Disease

Staycation Destination: West Newton To Ohiopyle

DCNR: Impressive Fall Colors Will Persist This Next Week! [PaEN]

Kummer: Fall Foliage Hitting Local Peak, But Climate Change Is Also In View

Bay Journal: Warmer Temperatures Could Have a Chilling Effect On Fall Foliage

Rain Might Just Rescue Fall Foliage Show

DCNR Names Brian Heath Manager At Gifford Pinchot State Park, York County

Editorial: Praise For Uncharted Lancaster Promoting History, Outdoors

Editorial: Protecting National Parks In PA, NJ Should Be Priority For Lawmakers

Center For Lyme Disease Lobbies Congress For More Research, Treatment Options

Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Public Relations & Outreach Coordinator [PaEN]

Recycling/Waste

Senate Passes Bill To Legalize Road Dumping Of Conventional Drilling Wastewater 26-23 Without Debate [PaEN]

Advanced Water Services Drilling Wastewater Treatment Facility Shuts Down In Bradford [Why Bother Because Republicans Are Making Road Dumping Legal.  They Can’t Compete With That.]

Op-Ed: Dangerous Bill Before The General Assembly Would Legalize Dumping Of Oil & Gas Waste On PA Roads - Melissa Troutman, Earthworks

Vaping Devices Now Being Accepted On Drug Take Back Day

Keystone Landfill To Dunmore: Override Veto Or Pay Back $21.55 Million

Philadelphia Eyeing Ban On Plastic Bags, Here’s How It Worked In Other Cities

Philadelphia Takes Step Toward Banning Plastic Bags, Drops Fee On Paper Bags

Bagenstose: Rockhill Quarry Asbestos Concerns Continue In Bucks

Regulations

Senate Passes Bill 27 to 23 To Limit Public’s Right To Know Why A Regulation Is Being Proposed [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

PA Conservative Energy Forum Urges Senate Republican Policy Committee To Embrace Clean & Renewable Energy [PaEN]

PA Lawmakers Ponder Conservative Perspective On Backing Renewable Energy

Micek: Bipartisan House/Senate Bills Seek To Increase Access To Solar Energy

Sen. Costa, Rep. Mizgorski Introduce Identical Solar Bills

Bipartisan Bills Introduced To Establish Local Solar Energy Subscriber Program [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Mayor Responds To Trump On Energy/Climate: PA Has TWICE As Many Workers Employed By Clean Energy Than By Fossil Fuels [PaEN]

New Solar Field Will Provide 25% Of Penn State’s Electricity Over Next 25 Years

Erie Mayor Joins Support Of Solar Tax Credits

Ideas We Should Steal: Community Solar Power

West Virginia Energy Company Plans 70 MW Solar Energy Facility In Greene County

Stormwater

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

EPA: Wyoming Valley Communities Have Flexibility In Implementing Their MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program [PaEN]

EPA: We Didn’t Mandate Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

No Stormwater Fee In 2020 Luzerne County Budget

Luzerne County, Wyoming Authority Outline County’s Plans For Stormwater Fee Agreement [General Assembly Has Strongly Resisted Helping Communities On Stormwater]

Lackawanna County Commissioner Candidates Debate Stormwater Management

Lancaster Twp. OKs Grant Application To Help Reduce Pollution At Stream By Rosewood Apartments

Penn State Franklin County: Cover Crops Offer A Variety Of Benefits

Penn State Extension: Landscape & Green Infrastructure Analysis & Planning Workshop Dec. 12 In Lancaster [PaEN]

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

Rep. Sturla To Introduce Water Usage Fee To Fund Water Cleanup, Maintenance

Editorial: Need Justifies State Water Use Fee

Sustainability

State GreenGov Council To Begin Analysis Of State Agency Green Practices [PaEN]

First Sustainability Standard For Professional Services Released By NSF/ANSI

Etna To Be Nationally Recognized For Its EcoDistrict

Wastewater Facilities

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

EPA Approves Pennsylvania’s Drinking Water And Clean Water Infrastructure Intended Use Plans [PaEN]

EPA Awards $2 Million To Greenfield Twp. Sewer Authority

EPA Offering Compliance Assistance To Community Water Treatment Facilities In Region 3, Including PA [PaEN]

Maykuth: PUC Approves $50.2 Million Sale Of Cheltenham’s Sewer System To Private Buyers

Penn Hills Council OKs Consent Order To Upgrade Plum Creek Sewage Plant

Lehigh County Authority OKs Budget With Water-Sewer Rate Hikes

Watershed Protection

Senate Appropriations To Consider Keystone Tree Fund Bill Oct. 28; PA Needs At Least $324 Million This Year [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Op-Ed: PA Legislators Need To Put The Money Where The Boots Are - On Farms -- To Improve Water Quality [PaEN]

Bradford Conservation District: Are Farmers Telling Their Conservation Story? People Need To Hear It

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

New Initiative Strengthens Environmental Education In 3 Lancaster County Schools [PaEN]

Lancaster Twp. OKs Grant Application To Help Reduce Pollution At Stream By Rosewood Apartments

DCNR Secretary Helps Northeastern School District Kickoff Streamside Buffer Planting In York County [PaEN]

Phase One Of Riparian Forest Buffer Established By Planting 800 Trees In York County

Penn State Franklin County: Cover Crops Offer A Variety Of Benefits

Nominations Now Being Accepted For 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

EPA: Wyoming Valley Communities Have Flexibility In Implementing Their MS4 Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program [PaEN]

EPA: We Didn’t Mandate Stormwater Fee In Luzerne

No Stormwater Fee In 2020 Luzerne County Budget

Luzerne County, Wyoming Authority Outline County’s Plans For Stormwater Fee Agreement [General Assembly Has Strongly Resisted Helping Communities On Stormwater]

Lackawanna County Commissioner Candidates Debate Stormwater Management

Penn State Extension: Landscape & Green Infrastructure Analysis & Planning Workshop Dec. 12 In Lancaster [PaEN]

Editorial: Protecting Lake Erie Needs Your Attention

Rep. Sturla To Introduce Water Usage Fee To Fund Water Cleanup, Maintenance

Editorial: Need Justifies State Water Use Fee

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

Bay Journal: Fox Island Environmental Ed Center Done In By Rising Sea Levels In Chesapeake Bay

NOAA Holds Nov. 12 Meeting In Delaware County On Evaluating DEP’s Coastal Resources Management Program [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Oct. 25 RiverWatch Video Report

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Wildlife

Game Commission To Expand Chronic Wasting Disease Management Area To Most Of Lancaster County [PaEN]

John Buffone: Positive Test Causes Expansion Of Chronic Wasting Disease Mgmt Area In Lancaster

John Hayes: Game Commission Raises Alarm Over Chronic Wasting Disease

Deer On The Move, Game Commission Urges Motorists To Use Caution [PaEN]

Caruso: House Committee Gives OK To Hunting On Some Sundays In PA

John Hayes: Sunday Hunting Bill Advances From House Committee

John Buffone: Sunday Hunting Bill Passes House Committee Overwhelmingly

Editorial: Sunday Hunting Proposal A Reasonable Approach

Game Commission Advises Hunters To Take Precautions Against Mosquito-borne Eastern Equine Encephalitis [PaEN]

New Trout Unlimited Report Documents Repeated Pollution Events During Mariner East 2 Pipeline Construction In PA, Central Appalachia [PaEN]

Ad Crable: Lancaster County May Launches First Statewide Big-Buck Contest

M&T Bank Foundation Sponsors Raptors Up Close! At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary [PaEN]

Game Commission Seeks Help Finding Dead Bald Eagle In Lancaster County

WITF Smart Talk: Where Have All The Birds Gone?

To Protect PA’s Hellbender, Teenagers Made It The State Amphibian

Bill Would Require Insurance Companies To Cover Lyme Disease

Editorial: Praise For Uncharted Lancaster Promoting History, Outdoors

West Nile/Zika Virus

Center For Lyme Disease Lobbies Congress For More Research, Treatment Options

Opportunities

Help Wanted: PA Master Naturalist Communications & Development Associate [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Trout Unlimited Mid-Atlantic Policy Director [PaEN]

Help Wanted: PA Parks & Forests Foundation Public Relations & Outreach Coordinator [PaEN]

 

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10/28/2019

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