Saturday PA Environmental NewsClips

DEP Cites Pittsburgh Water Authority For Failing To Protect Water Source, Not Having Permit

Cusick: DEP Seeking Comments On New Natural Gas Facility Air Permits

DEP: Synagro Broke Law By Spreading Sludge On Frozen Lower Mt. Bethel Field

Lehigh Valley Schools  Teaching Kids The Cool Parts Of STEM

Court: Farm’s Neighbors Must Live With Liquid Manure Smell In Luzerne County

Thompson: Harrisburg Dairies See Growth Opportunity In Industry Turbulence

Penn State Extension Hosting Lehigh Valley Meetings On Spotted Lanternfly April 4, 18

Final Egg At Hays Bald Eagle Nest In Pittsburgh Not Viable

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[ Headlines ]

PA Supreme Court Rules DEP Penalty Against EQT Drilling Not Supported By Clean Streams Law

Western PA Environmental Awards, Lifetime Award Winners Announced

House Game & Fisheries Committee Hears Apology From John Arway On Handling Of Proposed Fish & Boat Commission Cuts

Game Commission: Chronic Wasting Disease In Deer An Ecological Disaster Unfolding Before Our Eyes

[ News From The Capitol ]

Bills On Governor's Desk

Senate/House Bills Moving Last Week

Senate/House Agenda/Session Schedule/Gov’s Schedule

House Ag Committee: Is A $50M PennVEST Loan To Buy Forest Land The Best Use Of That Public Funding?

Op-Ed: Senate Fish & Boat Commission Hearing Raises More Questions

House Members Urge PUC To Cut Energy Rates Following Federal Tax Cuts

March Environmental Synopsis Newsletter Now Available From Joint Conservation Committee

[ Water ]

POWR, PEC Start Regional Workshops For Watershed Groups April 25 In Danville, Montour County

DCNR, DEP Join Local Officials To Break Ground For Capital Area Greenbelt Trail, Stream Restoration Project

Stormwater Lessons Learned; Penn State Extension Stormwater Tools Highlighted In April Township News

DEP Issues New General Permit Form, Fees For Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations

Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association To Hold Annual Trout Day Fundraiser April 14

Penn State Water Insights Seminar April 3: Price-Based Policies For Managing Development, Impacts On Water Quality

Fayette County Homeowners, Businesses Can Apply For Federal Disaster Assistance

[  Education ]

Boy Scouts-Stroud Partner On Outdoor, Environmental STEM Education Programs

Conservation Districts To Hold Pike/Wayne Envirothon April 26 In Wayne County

2018 Philadelphia Environmental Film Festival April 6-8

Society Of Women Environmental Professionals Annual Conference May 1 In Cumberland County

Wildlands Conservancy Highlights April Education Programs, Earth Day Activities

Brandywine Conservancy Amphibian & Reptile Spring Awakening Program April 5, Delaware County

Save The Date: PA Hazmat Training & Education Conference Aug. 23-26 In Seven Springs

[ Environmental Heritage ]

New WITF Conservation Heritage Documentary: Rachel Carson - Voice Of Nature

Feature- 39 Years Ago Pennsylvanians Woke Up To The Accident At Three Mile Island-- 3:53 a.m., March 28, 1979

[ Brownfields - Superfund ]

April Township News: From Fixer Upper To Fabulous, Communities Redevelop Brownfields

EPA Announces Settlement With Property Owners At Crater Resources Superfund Site In Montgomery County

[ Environmental Justice ]

DEP Environmental Justice Advisory Board Call April 3 On Draft Public Participation Policy

[ Air Pollution ]

DEP Invites Comments On GP-5, 5A General Permits Setting Methane Pollution Limits On Natural Gas Development Operations

May 1 DEP Hearing On Letterkenny Army Depot Air Quality Permit, Franklin County

DEP Hearing May 2 (If Requested) On Jeld-Wen, Inc. RACT II Air Quality Plan, Bradford County

[ Energy ]

Administrative Law Judge Recommends PUC Deny Request To Reverse Flow Of Laurel Pipeline

PUC Holds Hearings On Proposed Transource Power Line In Franklin, York Counties In May

DEP Secretary Visits Pik Rite, Inc. In Lewisburg To Celebrate Energy Efficiency Improvements, National Recognition

EPA Recognizes Bimbo Bakeries In Reading For Energy Star Manufacturing Certification

PUC Establishes Workgroup On Universal Service & Energy Conservation Programs

PA Extends Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Application Deadline To April 13

Westmoreland Water Authority Takes Advantage Of Penn State Extension Renewable Energy For Municipalities Program

April 10 DEP Meeting On Tunnel Ridge Deep Mining Permit In Washington County

FirstEnergy Files Deactivation Notice For 3 Nuclear Power Plants In Ohio, Pennsylvania

FirstEnergy Seeks Emergency Federal Order To Avert Shutdown Of Nuclear, Coal Power Plants

House-Senate PA Nuclear Energy Caucus Chairs React To FirstEnergy Nuclear Plant Deactivation Notices

Limerick Nuclear Power Plant Starts Refueling Outage In Montgomery County

DEP Opportunity To Bid On Orphan Gas Well Plugging Clinton County

[ Public Spaces Design ]

PA Chapter American Planning Assn Accepting 2018 Great Places: Public Spaces, Greenways/Trails In PA Nominations

[ Biodiversity ]

Penn State Receives $2.1 Million Grant To Create Decision-Support Tools For Pollinator Health

[ Land Conservation ]

Wildlands Conservancy Protects 500 Critical Areas In Lehigh River Headwaters

[ Forests - Recreation ]

Penn State Extension: Management Practices For Woodland Landowners Online Course

Foundation For Sustainable Forests Issues 2017 Annual Report

Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail Shelters Restoration Project Honored By Western PA Environmental Awards

Brodhead Watershed Assn. Get Outdoors Poconos Gravel Family Nature Preserve Hike April 22 In Monroe County

DCNR Seeks To Retain Land Surveying Firms

[ Personnel Changes - Opportunities ]

George Ellis Retires From ARIPPA, Jaret Gibbons Named New Executive Director

Help Wanted: PennFuture Western PA Outreach Coordinator

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