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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Groundhog Day

Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring! [PaEN]

Groundhog Day 2020 Guide: Tips For Going To Gobbler’s Knob And More

PETA Wants Punxsutawney Phil To Retire, To Be Replaced With Animatronic Version

Don’t Pick On Us Punxsutawney Phil’s Ex-Handler Says After PETA Criticism

Groundhogs Threatening Wyoming Valley Levee Avoid Death Sentence

Politics

PA Capitol Report: Wolf Makes Nearly $6 Billion In Pre-Budget Address Announcements [PaCN]

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Air

New Study: For Many PA Cities, Air Quality Was Unhealthy 1 Out Of Every 4 Days [PaEN]

Lehigh Valley 4th Most Polluted In PA, Worse Than Pittsburgh, Philly

Philly Area Experienced 85 Days Of Polluted Air In 2018

Report Indicates Central PA Air Often Polluted

Pittsburgh’s Air Was Unsafe To Breathe For 3 Months In 2018, Report Says

U.S. Steel Outlines Strategic Upgrades To Mon Valley Plants, Including Clairton

Residents Get Schooled On U.S. Steel’s Billion Dollar Investment In Mon Valley

Op-Ed: Curbing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations Benefits All Pennsylvanians

Twice As Much Methane Is Leaking From Oil & Gas Facilities In Arkansas Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma As EPA Estimates [PaEN]

DEP Sets March 3 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Facility In Blair County [PaEN]

Awards & Recognition

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

Editorial: Lackawanna River Of The Year Just Part Of Cultural Flow

Lancaster County Ag Preservation Board Hits Milestone: 1,000th Preserved Farm

Centre County Agricultural Easement Program Preserves 53rd Farm

Biodiversity/Invasive Species

Rachel McDevitt: New Study Shows Economic Toll Of Spotted Lanternfly

Act In Winter To Stop Hatching Of Spotted Lanternfly Eggs

Editorial: State Must Continue Fight Against Spotted Lanternfly

New Pollinator, Bird Garden Will Expand Penn State Arboretum By 60 Percent

How To Create A Bird-Friendly Environment Around Your Home

AP: Spray Planes Combat Huge Locust Outbreak In East Africa

Budget

AP- Marc Levy: What To Watch For In Gov. Wolf’s Budget Proposal

Stephen Caruso: Everything We Know So Far About Wolf’s 6th Budget

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Analysis: 2020 Is A Make Or Break Year For Environmental Funding -- It’s Our Turn Now!

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Op-Ed: Fracking Has Led To A Bust For PA School District Finances

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Submits Brief Continuing Legal Battle To Have DCNR Drilling Revenue Returned To Benefit Conservation [PaEN]

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

How Philadelphia Is Upholding Its $2.4 Billion Commitment To Combat Stormwater Pollution

Gov. Wolf Announces $1.1 Billion Plan To Address Lead, Other Hazards In Schools, Water Systems, Day Care Centers, Homes [PaEN]

AP-Marc Levy: Governor Floats Plan To Attack Lead, Asbestos In Schools

Wolf Calls For $1 Billion To Tackle Lead, Asbestos In Schools Across Pennsylvania

AP: Lead, Asbestos Contamination Shuts Down Schools In Scranton

Philadelphia Schools To Spend At Least $14 Million To Address Asbestos Crisis

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

Congressional House Democrats Introduce Revised Bill To Fight Climate Change; Fund Infrastructure Projects

Congressional House Democrats Release Infrastructure Plan Including Zero Emissions Transportation, Climate Resiliency

Revised Climate Action Bill Announced By House Democrats

Chesapeake Bay

PA Chesapeake Bay Phase III WIP State Team Hears Implementation Off To Fast Start [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

EPA Letter To Congress: We Remain Committed To Restoring, Protecting Chesapeake Bay; Bay TMDL Does Not Bind The States [PaEN]

Bay Journal: EPA Letter Criticizes Maryland Over Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Threat

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

Bay Journal Forum: To Make Sure Next 10 Years Count, Include Everyone In Chesapeake Bay Effort - Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Controversy Brews Over Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program In Franklin County

Luzerne County Council: No Vote On Legal Action Against Stormwater Fee

Critics Blast Stormwater Fee, Vehicle Fees At Luzerne County Council

Crowd Urges Luzerne Council To Take Action Against Stormwater Fees

Editorial: Wyoming Authority Stormwater Fee Likely To Weather Legal Storm

Bay Journal: Smallmouth Bass Woes Range From Contaminants To More Stress At Spawning Sites

Fmr. Sen. Mike Brubaker Joins Board Of Chesapeake Conservancy [PaEN]

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Citizen Action

Act In Winter To Stop Hatching Of Spotted Lanternfly Eggs

How To Create A Bird-Friendly Environment Around Your Home

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Stroud Water Research Center, DCNR Education For Community Resilience Workshop Feb. 11-12 In Chester County [PaEN]

Feb. 28 Webinar: Carp Management And Lake Restoration For Pond, Lake, Reservoir Owners [PaEN]

Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Triennial Water Quality Standards, Stream Designation Regulation [PaEN]

DEP Sets March 3 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Facility In Blair County [PaEN]

Groundhog Day 2020 Guide: Tips For Going To Gobbler’s Knob And More

Marcus Schneck: New, More ATV Trails May Be On Agenda For DCNR

Game Commission: Purple Paint Means No Trespassing [PaEN]

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Environmental Groups Back Bucks County Township's Appeal Of Pipeline Compressor Station Air Permit [PaEN]

Edgeworth Approves Restrictions On Natural Gas Development In Allegheny County

Keep PA Beautiful: Illegal Dumping Caught In Dauphin County; Free Surveillance Camera Loan Program Available [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Climate Change Advisory Committee Members

Op-Ed: Chester County, Other Suburbs Can Lead Way On Environmental Issues - PA Conservation Voters

Game Commission Accepting Comments On Draft Elk Management Plan [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Feb. 15 Talking Turtles Program At Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe County [PaEN]

Registration Open: Capital Area Greenbelt Assn. Tour de Belt June 7 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Register Now: June 14 French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space & Trails In Chester County [PaEN]

PA Sea Grant, Partners Finalize Conservation Of 179.8 Acres In Elk Creek Watershed Erie County [PaEN]

Sharpsburg Sustainability & Civic Engagement Center Opening This Week

Editorial: Environment Erie Ends A Good Run

Purple Stripes Will Mean No Trespassing In PA

Penn State Study: Average Household Throws Away 30%/ $1,800 Worth Of Food It Buys

Climate

House Committee Hearing Feb. 5 On Bill To Take Away DEP’s Authority To Enact Any Program To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions [PaEN]

DEP To Unveil Draft Regs To Participate In RGGI, Capping Carbon Dioxide Emissions From Power Plants, Feb. 13 At Advisory Committee Meeting [PaEN]

Senate Hearing: DEP - No Decision Made On Joining Regional Transportation Climate Initiative Reducing Vehicle Carbon Dioxide Emissions [PaEN]

Laura Legere: Gas Price Concerns Rise As PA Considers Regional Transportation Climate Initiative For Cars

Republican Senators Concerned About Emissions Capping Program For Vehicles, Skeptical About Climate Change

Stephen Caruso: PA Looking At Cap-And-Trade For Your Car Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Frank Kummer: What Will Climate Change Mean For PA, NJ Wine Industry?

AP: Northeast Governors Slow To Embrace Regional Transportation Climate Initiative

Letter: Support Carbon Tax

Op-Ed: Curbing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations Benefits All Pennsylvanians

DEP Accepting Applications For Clean Transportation Grants Under Driving PA Forward Program [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Climate Change Advisory Committee Members

Penn State Student, Faculty Researchers Explored Food-Energy-Water System At Franklin County Solar Farm [PaEN]

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Carnegie Museum To Partner With Pitt, Boston U. To Study Climate-Change Effects

Stroud Water Research Center, DCNR Education For Community Resilience Workshop Feb. 11-12 In Chester County [PaEN]

Editorial: Are We Concerned Enough About The Rising Sea Of Emerging Diseases?

Twice As Much Methane Is Leaking From Oil & Gas Facilities In Arkansas Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma As EPA Estimates [PaEN]

BBC: Climate Change: Worst Emissions Scenario Misleading

Treasury Secretary’s Wife Sides With Greta Thunberg After Her Husband Attacked Her

Editorial: Treasury Secretary’s Attacks On Greta Thunberg Embarrassing, Unacceptable

U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Electricity Generation From Renewables To Surpass Nuclear, Coal By 2021, Natural Gas By 2045

Can U.S. Power Sector Significantly Reduce Carbon Emissions By 2040? Not According To EIA

Congressional House Democrats Introduce Revised Bill To Fight Climate Change; Fund Infrastructure Projects

Congressional House Democrats Release Infrastructure Plan Including Zero Emissions Transportation, Climate Resiliency

Revised Climate Action Bill Announced By House Democrats

Coal Mining

AP: Report: 24 U.S. Mining Deaths In 2019, The Lowest Number Ever, But 2 From PA

Allegheny Front: Assessing The Damage From Underground Coal Mining In PA: A 5-Year Report

Despite National Attention, Misconceptions, Centralia Borough Remains Active

Compliance Action

Don Hopey: ALCOSAN’s Wet Weather Sewage Overflows Much Bigger Than Previously Known

PUC Enforcement Bureau Seeks $8.8 Million Penalty Against Texas Company For Deceptive Energy Marketing [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: PUC Seeks Nearly $8.8 Million Fine Against Verde Energy For Slamming Energy Shoppers

Conservation District

Monroe, Pike Conservation Districts Hold NPDES Water Quality Permitting Workshop Feb. 25 In Monroe [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District 2019 Report On Environmental Quality Of Pike County Streams [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District  Erosion & Sediment Technician [PaEN]

Court Action

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Submits Brief Continuing Legal Battle To Have DCNR Drilling Revenue Returned To Benefit Conservation [PaEN]

FERC’s Backlog Of Rehearing Requests, The Legal Purgatory Of Opposition To The PJM Order

Dam Safety

Allegheny Front: What Might Happen If Dams Are Removed In The Ohio River Watershed

DCNR

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

Editorial: Lackawanna River Of The Year Just Part Of Cultural Flow

DCNR Releases New Report On Conservation Landscape Successes For The Economy And Environment [PaEN]

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Submits Brief Continuing Legal Battle To Have DCNR Drilling Revenue Returned To Benefit Conservation [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: New, More ATV Trails May Be On Agenda For DCNR

Jan. 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

DEP

Updated Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance DEP Is Working On [PaEN]

DEP News & Views Newsletter Now Available

DRBC

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 12, Business Meeting March 11 [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Climate Change Advisory Committee Members

Delaware River

Delaware River Basin Commission Hearing Feb. 12, Business Meeting March 11 [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper Jan. 31 RiverWatch Video Report

Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Climate Change Advisory Committee Members

How Philadelphia Is Upholding Its $2.4 Billion Commitment To Combat Stormwater Pollution

Pike Conservation District 2019 Report On Environmental Quality Of Pike County Streams [PaEN]

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Drinking Water

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Analysis: 2020 Is A Make Or Break Year For Environmental Funding -- It’s Our Turn Now!

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Gov. Wolf Announces $1.1 Billion Plan To Address Lead, Other Hazards In Schools, Water Systems, Day Care Centers, Homes [PaEN]

AP-Marc Levy: Governor Floats Plan To Attack Lead, Asbestos In Schools

Wolf Calls For $1 Billion To Tackle Lead, Asbestos In Schools Across Pennsylvania

AP: Lead, Asbestos Contamination Shuts Down Schools In Scranton

Documents Show Scranton School District Knew About Lead, Asbestos Hazards

Doctors Say Risk Low For Harmful Lead Exposure In Scranton Schools

South Philly Block Blasted By Deadly Explosion Now Suffers Water Main Break

When Philly’s Water Mains Break, City Offers Little Support For Victimized Businesses

PennVEST Invests $119 Million In 18 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan For Water Main Replacement

Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan To Replace Aging Water Mains

$10.7 Million Pledged By PennVEST For Water Project In Marion Center Area

Lower Yoder Twp Gets $4 Million PennVEST Grant/Loan For Sewer Project

PennVEST Awards Blair County Water Projects $7.8 Million In Funding

PennVEST Awards $7.25 Million Loan To Harborcreek Sewer Authority

Sunbury Authority Receives $2.5 Million Loan For Water Treatment Upgrades

Anya Litvak: Leaky Pipes, Multibillion Dollar Deal In Aqua/Peoples Merger

PA American Water Plans Big Infrastructure Projects In Scranton

Credit Report: Erie Water Works Debt Exceeds $500 Million

Editorial: Erie Water Authority Debt Necessary

Economic Development

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

Editorial: Lackawanna River Of The Year Just Part Of Cultural Flow

DCNR Releases New Report On Conservation Landscape Successes For The Economy And Environment [PaEN]

State Funding Provided To Help Cleanup Former Industrial Sites In Blair, Erie Counties [PaEN]

Grant To Fund Remediation Of Albion Industrial Property In Erie County

Registration Open: PA Brownfields Conference March 9-11 In State College [PaEN]

Education

Stroud Water Research Center, DCNR Education For Community Resilience Workshop Feb. 11-12 In Chester County [PaEN]

Stroud Center Establishes Girls-In-STEM Fund For Education Programs

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Last Call To Apply For Summer Internship Positions [PaEN]

Interns Wanted: Gov. Pinchot's Grey Towers National Historic Site Internships In Pike County [PaEN]

Emergency Response

Frank Kummer: AG Shapiro Joins Other States In Suing EPA Over Gutting Safeguards On Accidents Like Philly Refinery Fire

Energy

Solar Project Underway At Centre County Correctional Facility

Penn State Student, Faculty Researchers Explored Food-Energy-Water System At Franklin County Solar Farm [PaEN]

Letter: Support Carbon Tax

Hickory Run 1,000 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Scheduled For April Opening In Lawrence County

PUC Enforcement Bureau Seeks $8.8 Million Penalty Against Texas Company For Deceptive Energy Marketing [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: PUC Seeks Nearly $8.8 Million Fine Against Verde Energy For Slamming Energy Shoppers

Protesters Urge Pitt Vote On Fossil Fuel Divestment

Andrew Maykuth: Trump Administration Would Like To See Bankrupt Philly Refinery Kept Open

UGI Wants 10% Rate Increase For System Upgrades

Lehigh Valley UGI Customers Facing 2nd Major Rate Hike In As Many Years

U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Electricity Generation From Renewables To Surpass Nuclear, Coal By 2021, Natural Gas By 2045

New Jersey Outlines Sweeping Plan To Achieve 100% Clean Energy By 2050

FERC’s Backlog Of Rehearing Requests, The Legal Purgatory Of Opposition To The PJM Order

Congressional House Democrats Introduce Revised Bill To Fight Climate Change; Fund Infrastructure Projects

Environmental Health

Gov. Wolf Announces $1.1 Billion Plan To Address Lead, Other Hazards In Schools, Water Systems, Day Care Centers, Homes [PaEN]

AP-Marc Levy: Governor Floats Plan To Attack Lead, Asbestos In Schools

Wolf Calls For $1 Billion To Tackle Lead, Asbestos In Schools Across Pennsylvania

AP: Lead, Asbestos Contamination Shuts Down Schools In Scranton

Documents Show Scranton School District Knew About Lead, Asbestos Hazards

Doctors Say Risk Low For Harmful Lead Exposure In Scranton Schools

Philadelphia Schools To Spend At Least $14 Million To Address Asbestos Crisis

Editorial: Asbestos Is A Crisis For Philly Schools, But Also For The City

Environmental Heritage

The History Of The Kinzua Dam And How It Changed Life For The Seneca People

Despite National Attention, Misconceptions, Centralia Borough Remains Active

Grant Will Help Wilkes University Preserve Agnes Flood History

Farming

PA Chesapeake Bay Phase III WIP State Team Hears Implementation Off To Fast Start [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

Feb. 28 Webinar: Carp Management And Lake Restoration For Pond, Lake, Reservoir Owners [PaEN]

Western PA Spring Grazing Conference Set For March 11-12 In Clarion

Rachel McDevitt: What Does The Future Of Farming In PA Look Like, The Big Questions

Stephen Huba: Value-Added Products A Boon To Small Farms

Lancaster County Ag Preservation Board Hits Milestone: 1,000th Preserved Farm

Centre County Agricultural Easement Program Preserves 53rd Farm

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Act In Winter To Stop Hatching Of Spotted Lanternfly Eggs

Rachel McDevitt: New Study Shows Economic Toll Of Spotted Lanternfly

Editorial: State Must Continue Fight Against Spotted Lanternfly

Philly City Slickers Received Millions In Federal Farm Subsidies Over 25 Years

Penn State Study: Average Household Throws Away 30%/ $1,800 Worth Of Food It Buys

Flooding

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

Lycoming Commissioners Approve Levee Work Agreement

Groundhogs Threatening Wyoming Valley Levee Avoid Death Sentence

Grant Will Help Wilkes University Preserve Agnes Flood History

Forests

DCNR Releases New Report On Conservation Landscape Successes For The Economy And Environment [PaEN]

PA Chesapeake Bay Phase III WIP State Team Hears Implementation Off To Fast Start [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Submits Brief Continuing Legal Battle To Have DCNR Drilling Revenue Returned To Benefit Conservation [PaEN]

Jan. 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Act In Winter To Stop Hatching Of Spotted Lanternfly Eggs

Rachel McDevitt: New Study Shows Economic Toll Of Spotted Lanternfly

Editorial: State Must Continue Fight Against Spotted Lanternfly

Ad Crable: New Initiative Wants PA Landowners To Set Fire To Their Woods

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: New, More ATV Trails May Be On Agenda For DCNR

Purple Stripes Will Mean No Trespassing In PA

Interns Wanted: Gov. Pinchot's Grey Towers National Historic Site Internships In Pike County [PaEN]

Forests - Wildfires

Jefferson Hills Boy Sells Mini-Koalas To Raise Money For Australian Wildlife

AP: Wildfires Burning Out Of Control Threaten Australian Capital And Southeast Towns

AP: As Forests Burn Around The World, Drinking Water Is At Risk

Grants/Funding

DEP Accepting Applications For Clean Transportation Grants Under Driving PA Forward Program [PaEN]

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Acid Mine Drainage Watershed Grant Applications [PaEN]

Colcom Revolving Fund For Local Land Trusts By Western PA Conservancy [PaEN]

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

PennVEST Invests $119 Million In 18 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan For Water Main Replacement

Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan To Replace Aging Water Mains

$10.7 Million Pledged By PennVEST For Water Project In Marion Center Area

Lower Yoder Twp Gets $4 Million PennVEST Grant/Loan For Sewer Project

PennVEST Awards Blair County Water Projects $7.8 Million In Funding

PennVEST Awards $7.25 Million Loan To Harborcreek Sewer Authority

Sunbury Authority Receives $2.5 Million Loan For Water Treatment Upgrades

State Funding Provided To Help Cleanup Former Industrial Sites In Blair, Erie Counties [PaEN]

Grant To Fund Remediation Of Albion Industrial Property In Erie County

Green Infrastructure

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

How Philadelphia Is Upholding Its $2.4 Billion Commitment To Combat Stormwater Pollution

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Acid Mine Drainage Watershed Grant Applications [PaEN]

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Controversy Brews Over Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program In Franklin County

Luzerne County Council: No Vote On Legal Action Against Stormwater Fee

Critics Blast Stormwater Fee, Vehicle Fees At Luzerne County Council

Crowd Urges Luzerne Council To Take Action Against Stormwater Fees

Marcus Schneck: New, More ATV Trails May Be On Agenda For DCNR

Hazardous Substances

Gov. Wolf Announces $1.1 Billion Plan To Address Lead, Other Hazards In Schools, Water Systems, Day Care Centers, Homes [PaEN]

AP-Marc Levy: Governor Floats Plan To Attack Lead, Asbestos In Schools

Wolf Calls For $1 Billion To Tackle Lead, Asbestos In Schools Across Pennsylvania

Documents Show Scranton School District Knew About Lead, Asbestos Hazards

Doctors Say Risk Low For Harmful Lead Exposure In Scranton Schools

AP: Lead, Asbestos Contamination Shuts Down Schools In Scranton

Philadelphia Schools To Spend At Least $14 Million To Address Asbestos Crisis

Editorial: Asbestos Is A Crisis For Philly Schools, But Also For The City

Land Conservation

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Colcom Revolving Fund For Local Land Trusts By Western PA Conservancy [PaEN]

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Lancaster County Ag Preservation Board Hits Milestone: 1,000th Preserved Farm

Centre County Agricultural Easement Program Preserves 53rd Farm

Marcus Schneck: State Game Lands Grow By Nearly 700 Acres

Marcus Schneck: New, More ATV Trails May Be On Agenda For DCNR

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

PA Sea Grant, Partners Finalize Conservation Of 179.8 Acres In Elk Creek Watershed Erie County [PaEN]

Registration Open: Capital Area Greenbelt Assn. Tour de Belt June 7 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Register Now: June 14 French Creek Iron Tour - Cycling For Open Space & Trails In Chester County [PaEN]

Fmr. Sen. Mike Brubaker Joins Board Of Chesapeake Conservancy [PaEN]

Land Recycling

State Funding Provided To Help Cleanup Former Industrial Sites In Blair, Erie Counties [PaEN]

Grant To Fund Remediation Of Albion Industrial Property In Erie County

Registration Open: PA Brownfields Conference March 9-11 In State College [PaEN]

Hazelwood Green Roundhouse To Host Tech, Co-Working Space

New Streets, Bike Lanes Open At Hazelwood Green As Development Takes Shape

Andrew Maykuth: Trump Administration Would Like To See Bankrupt Philly Refinery Kept Open

Andrew Maykuth: Newly-Revealed Deed Restrictions Challenge Redevelopment Of Bankrupt Philly Refinery’s Land

Pro-Refinery Factions Intensify Pressure To Negate Philly Refinery Sale Agreement

U.S. Trustee Lodges Objection To Philly Refinery Owner’s Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan

Frank Kummer: AG Shapiro Joins Other States In Suing EPA Over Gutting Safeguards On Accidents Like Philly Refinery Fire

Lake Erie

PA Sea Grant, Partners Finalize Conservation Of 179.8 Acres In Elk Creek Watershed Erie County [PaEN]

Littering/Illegal Dumping

Keep PA Beautiful: Illegal Dumping Caught In Dauphin County; Free Surveillance Camera Loan Program Available [PaEN]

Mine Reclamation

Allegheny Front: Assessing The Damage From Underground Coal Mining In PA: A 5-Year Report

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Acid Mine Drainage Watershed Grant Applications [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Ohio River

Allegheny Front: What Might Happen If Dams Are Removed In The Ohio River Watershed

Oil & Gas

Many Oil And Gas Workers Handle Radioactive Materials Every Day

Op-Ed: Curbing Methane Emissions From Oil & Gas Operations Benefits All Pennsylvanians

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

PA Environmental Defense Foundation Submits Brief Continuing Legal Battle To Have DCNR Drilling Revenue Returned To Benefit Conservation [PaEN]

Hickory Run 1,000 MW Natural Gas Power Plant Scheduled For April Opening In Lawrence County

Edgeworth Approves Restrictions On Natural Gas Development In Allegheny County

The Energy Co-op Opens Renewable Natural Gas Program To All PECO, PGW Customers In Southeast [PaEN]

Renewable Natural Gas?  Yes, It’s A Thing, And Philly Residents Can Get It

New Franklin & Marshall Poll released Thursday finds--

-- Shale Gas Drilling: 48 percent support, 44 percent oppose; 49 percent believe environmental risks outweigh the economic benefits, 38 percent the reverse; 48 percent favor a ban on fracking, 39 percent oppose; 35 percent said quality of life in communities with drilling has improved, 38 percent not.

New F&M Poll: Pennsylvania Voters Split On Fracking

PA Poll Shows Support For Fracking Ban, But Also Support For Natural Gas Drilling In State

Op-Ed: Fracking Has Led To A Bust For PA School District Finances

Range Resources Gas Driller Signs Contract For All-Electric Fracking Fleet

Anya Litvak: Shale Gas Companies Recalculate, Reduce The Value Of Their Assets To Reflect A Down Market

Dominion Energy Submits Application To Plug 3 Wells At Oakford Natural Gas Storage Complex In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: Trump Administration Would Like To See Bankrupt Philly Refinery Kept Open

Frank Kummer: AG Shapiro Joins Other States In Suing EPA Over Gutting Safeguards On Accidents Like Philly Refinery Fire

Andrew Maykuth: Newly-Revealed Deed Restrictions Challenge Redevelopment Of Bankrupt Philly Refinery’s Land

Pro-Refinery Factions Intensify Pressure To Negate Philly Refinery Sale Agreement

U.S. Trustee Lodges Objection To Philly Refinery Owner’s Chapter 11 Reorganization Plan

Anya Litvak: Leaky Pipes, Multibillion Dollar Deal In Aqua/Peoples Merger

Protesters Urge Pitt Vote On Fossil Fuel Divestment

UGI Wants 10% Rate Increase For System Upgrades

Lehigh Valley UGI Customers Facing 2nd Major Rate Hike In As Many Years

Twice As Much Methane Is Leaking From Oil & Gas Facilities In Arkansas Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma As EPA Estimates [PaEN]

U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Electricity Generation From Renewables To Surpass Nuclear, Coal By 2021, Natural Gas By 2045

Reuters: Investors Urge Drillers, Miners Not To Take Advantage Of Trump Environmental Rollbacks

Pipelines

PennEast Natural Gas Pipeline Seeks FERC Approval To Build PA Part First [PaEN]

Reuters: PennEast Seeks To Build PA Part Of Natural Gas Pipeline First

PennEast Announces Plan To Construct Lehigh Valley Portion Of Pipeline First

Stymied In NJ, PennEast Proposes Building Gas Pipeline Into Lehigh Valley For Now

FERC Sides With PennEast Saying Eminent Domain Can Be Used To Take Public Land

The Guardian: Residents Say A Corrupt Mariner East 2 Pipeline Project Is Making Them Sick

PennEast Now Wants To Phase In Natural Gas Pipeline

Environmental Groups Back Bucks County Township's Appeal Of Pipeline Compressor Station Air Permit [PaEN]

Susan Phillips: Pipeline Opponents Guilty In Chester County Trespass Case

Op-Ed: It’s Time To Get Back To Work On Mariner East Pipeline - Steamfitters Union Local 420

Letter: Energy Transfer Corp Pipeline Projects Create Jobs, Grow Unions - International Union Of Operating Engineers Local 66

Op-Ed: Natural Gas Pipelines For Jobs And Growth - Washington County Chamber Of

Commerce

Anya Litvak: Leaky Pipes, Multibillion Dollar Deal In Aqua/Peoples Merger

FERC’s Backlog Of Rehearing Requests, The Legal Purgatory Of Opposition To The PJM Order

Reuters: Investors Urge Drillers, Miners Not To Take Advantage Of Trump Environmental Rollbacks

Permitting

Dominion Energy Submits Application To Plug 3 Wells At Oakford Natural Gas Storage Complex In Westmoreland County [PaEN]

DEP Sets March 3 Hearing [If Needed] On RACT II Air Quality Plan For Facility In Blair County [PaEN]

Monroe, Pike Conservation Districts Hold NPDES Water Quality Permitting Workshop Feb. 25 In Monroe [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District  Erosion & Sediment Technician [PaEN]

Updated Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance DEP Is Working On [PaEN]

DEP Posts 56 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Feb. 1 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

PUC

PUC Enforcement Bureau Seeks $8.8 Million Penalty Against Texas Company For Deceptive Energy Marketing [PaEN]

Andrew Maykuth: PUC Seeks Nearly $8.8 Million Fine Against Verde Energy For Slamming Energy Shoppers

Radiation Protection

Many Oil And Gas Workers Handle Radioactive Materials Every Day

Recreation

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

Editorial: Lackawanna River Of The Year Just Part Of Cultural Flow

DCNR Releases New Report On Conservation Landscape Successes For The Economy And Environment [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Marcus Schneck: New, More ATV Trails May Be On Agenda For DCNR

Jan. 31 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Hosts Feb. 15 Talking Turtles Program At Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe County [PaEN]

Registration Open: Capital Area Greenbelt Assn. Tour de Belt June 7 In Harrisburg [PaEN]

PA Sea Grant, Partners Finalize Conservation Of 179.8 Acres In Elk Creek Watershed Erie County [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Council Bill On Parks Tax Money Delayed By Legal Opinion

Editorial: Sound Generators Might Repel Young People, But Open Parks Repel Violence

Purple Stripes Will Mean No Trespassing In PA

Fmr. Sen. Mike Brubaker Joins Board Of Chesapeake Conservancy [PaEN]

Recycling/Waste

Keep PA Beautiful: Illegal Dumping Caught In Dauphin County; Free Surveillance Camera Loan Program Available [PaEN]

Pittsburgh Adds Another $500,000 In Grants For Blue Recycling Bins

Unity Officials Clear Way For New Westmoreland Cleanways Recycling Center

DEP Issues Permits For Camp Hope Run Landfill In Clearfield County [PaEN]

Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Recycling Operations Specialist In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Regulations

Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Triennial Water Quality Standards, Stream Designation Regulation [PaEN]

Updated Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance DEP Is Working On [PaEN]

Renewable Energy

Solar Project Underway At Centre County Correctional Facility

Penn State Student, Faculty Researchers Explored Food-Energy-Water System At Franklin County Solar Farm [PaEN]

Letter: Support Carbon Tax

The Energy Co-op Opens Renewable Natural Gas Program To All PECO, PGW Customers In Southeast [PaEN]

Protesters Urge Pitt Vote On Fossil Fuel Divestment

U.S. EIA Expects U.S. Electricity Generation From Renewables To Surpass Nuclear, Coal By 2021, Natural Gas By 2045

New Jersey Outlines Sweeping Plan To Achieve 100% Clean Energy By 2050

Congressional House Democrats Introduce Revised Bill To Fight Climate Change; Fund Infrastructure Projects

Stormwater

PA Chesapeake Bay Phase III WIP State Team Hears Implementation Off To Fast Start [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

How Philadelphia Is Upholding Its $2.4 Billion Commitment To Combat Stormwater Pollution

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Controversy Brews Over Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program In Franklin County

Luzerne County Council: No Vote On Legal Action Against Stormwater Fee

Critics Blast Stormwater Fee, Vehicle Fees At Luzerne County Council

Crowd Urges Luzerne Council To Take Action Against Stormwater Fees

Editorial: Wyoming Authority Stormwater Fee Likely To Weather Legal Storm

SRBC

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 6 Hearing, March 13 Business Meeting [PaEN]

Susquehanna River

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

Editorial: Lackawanna River Of The Year Just Part Of Cultural Flow

PA Chesapeake Bay Phase III WIP State Team Hears Implementation Off To Fast Start [PaEN]

Emerging Organic Contaminant Levels In PA At Higher Concentrations In Colder Seasons, Pesticide Concentrations Increase During High Stream Flows [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Smallmouth Bass Woes Range From Contaminants To More Stress At Spawning Sites [PaEN]

Susquehanna River Basin Commission Sets Feb. 6 Hearing, March 13 Business Meeting [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hydrogeologist [PaEN]

Sustainability

Sharpsburg Sustainability & Civic Engagement Center Opening This Week

Pittsburgh Mayor Pitches Gondolas Connecting The Strip, Hill District, Oakland

Technical Guidance

Updated Agenda Now Available Showing Technical Guidance DEP Is Working On [PaEN]

Transportation

Pittsburgh Mayor Pitches Gondolas Connecting The Strip, Hill District, Oakland

Wastewater Facilities

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

PennVEST Invests $119 Million In 18 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan For Water Main Replacement

Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan To Replace Aging Water Mains

$10.7 Million Pledged By PennVEST For Water Project In Marion Center Area

Lower Yoder Twp Gets $4 Million PennVEST Grant/Loan For Sewer Project

PennVEST Awards Blair County Water Projects $7.8 Million In Funding

PennVEST Awards $7.25 Million Loan To Harborcreek Sewer Authority

Sunbury Authority Receives $2.5 Million Loan For Water Treatment Upgrades

Credit Report: Erie Water Works Debt Exceeds $500 Million

Editorial: Erie Water Authority Debt Necessary

Water Quality

Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Triennial Water Quality Standards, Stream Designation Regulation [PaEN]

Don Hopey: ALCOSAN’s Wet Weather Sewage Overflows Much Bigger Than Previously Known

Emerging Organic Contaminant Levels In PA At Higher Concentrations In Colder Seasons, Pesticide Concentrations Increase During High Stream Flows [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Smallmouth Bass Woes Range From Contaminants To More Stress At Spawning Sites [PaEN]

Pike Conservation District 2019 Report On Environmental Quality Of Pike County Streams [PaEN]

Stroud Research: Mimicking Mother Nature To Protect Clean Water

Feb. 28 Webinar: Carp Management And Lake Restoration For Pond, Lake, Reservoir Owners [PaEN]

Reuters: Investors Urge Drillers, Miners Not To Take Advantage Of Trump Environmental Rollbacks

Watershed Protection

PA Chesapeake Bay Phase III WIP State Team Hears Implementation Off To Fast Start [PaEN]

Budget Repeat: Gov. Wolf Vows To Continue His Fight For Restore PA Infrastructure, Environmental Funding Proposal [PaEN]

Katie Meyer: Wolf Dusts Off $4.5 Billion Restore PA Infrastructure Investment Plan

Editorial: No Fracking Ban, But Make Natural Gas Pay Off Safely

Bay Journal: EPA Intends To Achieve 2025 Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Goals, But Assurances Fail To Mollify Concerns Over PA Cleanup [PaEN]

EPA Letter To Congress: We Remain Committed To Restoring, Protecting Chesapeake Bay; Bay TMDL Does Not Bind The States [PaEN]

Bay Journal: EPA Letter Criticizes Maryland Over Chesapeake Bay Lawsuit Threat

Chesapeake Bay Foundation Preparing To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Over PA Progress In Cleanup Plan [PaEN]

AP: CBF Preparing To Sue EPA Over Chesapeake Bay Pollution

Chesapeake Bay Foundation To Sue EPA Over Lack Of Enforcement Of Bay Cleanup

DEP Provides Funding To 8 Southcentral Counties To Support Implementation Of Local Nonpoint Water Pollution Reduction Measures [PaEN]

Lackawanna River Named PA 2020 River Of The Year [PaEN]

Lackawanna Named Pennsylvania River Of The Year

Editorial: Lackawanna River Of The Year Just Part Of Cultural Flow

Independent Regulatory Review Commission Approves Final Triennial Water Quality Standards, Stream Designation Regulation [PaEN]

PA Organization For Watersheds & Rivers Hosting 6 Regional Watershed Workshops [PaEN]

Don Hopey: ALCOSAN’s Wet Weather Sewage Overflows Much Bigger Than Previously Known

PennVEST Invests $119 Million In 18 Water Infrastructure Projects In 15 Counties [PaEN]

Don Hopey: Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan For Water Main Replacement

Pittsburgh Water Authority Gets $65 Million Loan To Replace Aging Water Mains

$10.7 Million Pledged By PennVEST For Water Project In Marion Center Area

Lower Yoder Twp Gets $4 Million PennVEST Grant/Loan For Sewer Project

PennVEST Awards Blair County Water Projects $7.8 Million In Funding

PennVEST Awards $7.25 Million Loan To Harborcreek Sewer Authority

Sunbury Authority Receives $2.5 Million Loan For Water Treatment Upgrades

Allegheny Front: Assessing The Damage From Underground Coal Mining In PA: A 5-Year Report

Federal Office Of Surface Mining Accepting Acid Mine Drainage Watershed Grant Applications [PaEN]

Delaware River Basin Commission Seeks Climate Change Advisory Committee Members

How Philadelphia Is Upholding Its $2.4 Billion Commitment To Combat Stormwater Pollution

Pike Conservation District 2019 Report On Environmental Quality Of Pike County Streams [PaEN]

Natural Lands: 12,500 Trees Planted At Bryn Coed Preserve To Improve Water Quality In Chester County [PaEN]

Western PA Conservancy Preserves Forested Area, Scenic Views In Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland County [PaEN]

Feb. 28 Webinar: Carp Management And Lake Restoration For Pond, Lake, Reservoir Owners [PaEN]

Monroe, Pike Conservation Districts Hold NPDES Water Quality Permitting Workshop Feb. 25 In Monroe [PaEN]

Stroud Research: Mimicking Mother Nature To Protect Clean Water

Controversy Brews Over Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program In Franklin County

Luzerne County Council: No Vote On Legal Action Against Stormwater Fee

Critics Blast Stormwater Fee, Vehicle Fees At Luzerne County Council

Crowd Urges Luzerne Council To Take Action Against Stormwater Fees

Editorial: Wyoming Authority Stormwater Fee Likely To Weather Legal Storm

Emerging Organic Contaminant Levels In PA At Higher Concentrations In Colder Seasons, Pesticide Concentrations Increase During High Stream Flows [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Smallmouth Bass Woes Range From Contaminants To More Stress At Spawning Sites [PaEN]

Science On Tap 2020: Restoring American Shad To The Brandywine River Program Feb. 20 In Delaware County [PaEN]

Stephen Huba: Farmers, National Conservation Districts Applaud Rollback Of Waters Of The U.S. Rule

Allegheny Front: What Might Happen If Dams Are Removed In The Ohio River Watershed

Fmr. Sen. Mike Brubaker Joins Board Of Chesapeake Conservancy [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hydrogeologist [PaEN]

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Wildlife

Summary Of Fish & Boat Commission Board Actions At Jan. 28 Meeting

Marcus Schneck: Fish & Boat Commission Drops License-Display Requirement

Highlights From Jan. 25 Meeting Of Game Commission Board

Marcus Schneck: State Game Lands Grow By Nearly 700 Acres

Marcus Schneck: Game Commission Aims To Ramp Up Attack On Chronic Wasting Disease In 2020

Bob Frye: Saturday Opener For Deer Boosted PA Hunting License Sales

Bob Frye: Changes To PA Deer Season, More Appear Likely

Mark Demko: New Sunday Hunting Days Lead Major Changes Proposed For 2020

Marcus Schneck: Hunters Express Discontent Over Changes In PA Game Laws

Op-Ed: Neither Hunters Nor Businesses Support Changes To Deer Season

Editorial: Preliminary Numbers Indicate Game Commission Hunting Season Changes May Work

Game Commission Accepting Comments On Draft Elk Management Plan [PaEN]

Mike Barcaskey: State Considers A Number Of Changes Affecting Sportsmen

Game Commission: Purple Paint Means No Trespassing [PaEN]

Marcus Schneck: New Gear You Can See, Try At Great American Outdoor Show Feb. 1-9

PA Sea Grant, Partners Finalize Conservation Of 179.8 Acres In Elk Creek Watershed Erie County [PaEN]

Allegheny Front: What Might Happen If Dams Are Removed In The Ohio River Watershed

Purple Stripes Will Mean No Trespassing In PA

Bay Journal: Smallmouth Bass Woes Range From Contaminants To More Stress At Spawning Sites [PaEN]

Science On Tap 2020: Restoring American Shad To The Brandywine River Program Feb. 20 In Delaware County [PaEN]

Feb. 28 Webinar: Carp Management And Lake Restoration For Pond, Lake, Reservoir Owners [PaEN]

How To Create A Bird-Friendly Environment Around Your Home

Mickayla Miller: When Will Snow Geese Return To Middle Creek Wildlife Area?

Mary Ann Thomas: Squirrel Keeps Outfoxing Pittsburgh Bald Eagles

46 Coyotes Taken In 3-Day Hunt In Northeast PA

Mosquito/Tick Borne Diseases

Editorial: Are We Concerned Enough About The Rising Sea Of Emerging Diseases?

Opportunities

Help Wanted: Northumberland Conservation District  Erosion & Sediment Technician [PaEN]

Help Wanted: Susquehanna River Basin Commission Hydrogeologist [PaEN]

Help Wanted: PA Environmental Council Communications Coordinator [PaEN]

Help Wanted: PA Resources Council Recycling Operations Specialist In Pittsburgh [PaEN]

Interns Wanted: Western PA Conservancy - Last Call To Apply For Summer Internship Positions [PaEN]

Interns Wanted: Gov. Pinchot's Grey Towers National Historic Site Internships In Pike County [PaEN]

 

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