Thursday PA Environmental NewsClips

PaEN: House Appropriations Committee Holds DEP, DCNR Budget Hearings Feb. 14
Caruso: Environmental Advocates Worry Over Creative Math In Wolf’s Budget
Micek: Math Is Hard, State Budget Math Is Harder [DEP, DCNR Funding]

PaEN: House State Government Committee OKs Bill Recognizing Eastern Hellbender Sending It To Full House For Action

PaEN: DEP Citizens Advisory Council Will Review Appalachian Regional Reforestation

DEP Streamlining Its Permit, Oversight Functions In Southwest PA Office

PaEN: PUC Approves 13 Percent Increase In Pittsburgh Water Authority Rates

PaEN: NRDC-Pittsburgh Agrees To Terms For Tackling Its Lead Contaminated Water
AP: Pittsburgh Water Authority To Spend $50M to Replace Lead Pipes
PUC OKs Nearly 14% Pittsburgh Water Authority Rate Increase

PaEN: PFAS Action Team Meets Feb. 12 In Montgomery County To Provide Updates, Hear Public Comments

Op-Ed: Real Culprit In Pittsburgh’s Lead Crisis: Veolia, Private Operations Management Company

When The Fog Lifts, The Floods Might Come
Flood Watch Issued In Pittsburgh Region Through Friday Morning

Heavy Rain, Snowmelt Takes Financial Toll On Williamsport
4 Homes Evacuated In Pittsburgh After Thick, Gooey Mudslide

MS4 Stormwater Deadlines Ahead, With Big Price Tag (Lycoming County)

PaEN: Monroe Master Watershed Stewards Hold Info Session On Feb. 9 In Stroudsburg

Yardley Boro Awarded Growing Greener Grant To Preserves Reading Ave. Woods
Delaware RiverKeeper Feb. 7 RiverWatch Video Report

PaEN: February Catalyst Newsletter Now Available From Slippery Rock Watershed Coalition

Delaware County Moves To Intervene In Lawsuit On Mariner East Pipeline Project

Cumberland County Man, Mariner East Pipeline Set for Hearing Over Safety
UGI Sets All-Time Record For Gas Delivery In Extreme Cold

Fastest-Growing Jobs In PA Every Other State, Solar Panel Installers

With Plant Shutdowns Looming, PA’s Nuclear Industry Braces For A Policy Showdown

Esack: Taxpayer-Funded Nuclear Power Plant Bailout Pushed In PA
Not A Climate Bill: Environmental Group Pans Proposed Nuclear Bailout Deal

FirstEnergy Highlights Nuclear Plants Performance During Recent Extreme Weather

FirstEnergy Submits Requests To NRC As Part Of Plan To Shutdown Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Plant

Allegheny Health Dept. Enforcement Action Coming On Clairton Coke (Coal) Works

Allegheny County Officials Meet With Health Dept. To Discuss Clairton Coke (Coal) Works Fire
Inversions Also Cause Of Air Quality Issues In Pittsburgh Area

PaEN: Register Now For Clean Air Council Run For Clean Air In Philadelphia April 20

Bagenstose: Residents Rekindle Elcon Waste Facility Opposition

Rhoads Energy Eyes 3 Worley & Obetz Fuel Stations

Wayne Memorial Disputes DEP Statement On X-Ray Settlement

Meet Western PA Conservancy Volunteer Alan Hunninen

PaEN: DCNR Blog: Stories Of Black History In PA State Parks, Forests

PaEN: DCNR Good Natured Pennsylvanians: Noah Lewis 16th Century Reenactor

PaEN: Prairie Improvement Day At Jennings Environmental Center A Success In Butler County

PaEN: Who Saved Room For Pie? Jennings Environmental Ed Center Cherry Pike Hike Feb. 23 In Butler County

PaEN: Feb. 6 Resource Newsletter Now Available From DCNR

PA’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Expires Next Year, Should It Be Expanded?

Crable: Legislators Give First Tentative OK To Sunday Hunting For Big Game

Sunday Hunting In PA: What’s In the Bill. Farm Bureau Reaction, What’s Next?

Hayes: Mt. Lebanon To Launch Deer Sharpshooting Program For 3rd Year

Editorial: Oh, Deer, More Talk Important In CWD Deer Culling Project

Schneck: When Will Snow Goose Horde Arrive At Middle Creek Wildlife Area?

Signs Of Spring Are Here if You Know Where To Look

PaEN: Help Bird Conservation By Counting Your Backyard Birds Feb. 15-18
Schneck: Eastern Mountain Lion Officially Declared Extinct

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National/International

PJM Official: Fuel Diversity Is Key Because Coal, Gas Both Have Limits
Congressional Democratic Green New Deal Calls For 100% Zero Carbon Power Within 10 Years
U.S. DOE Move To Weaken Light Bulb Efficiency Standards Could Cost Consumers $12 Billion

Severe U.S. Weather Took 247 Lives, Cost $91 Billion During Very Hot 2018 NOAA Says

AP: 2018 Was 4th Warmest Year On Record, Next 5 Could Break Records

Op-Ed: PA Children Deserve Better than Andrew Wheeler At EPA

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