Wednesday PA Environmental NewsClips

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PaEN: PA Environmental Council To Honor 2 With Curtin Winsor Awards, 1 With Special Place Award At June 13 Philadelphia Dinner

PaEN: House Committee To Hear From Labor, Electricity Ratepayers, Energy Suppliers On Bill To Aid Nuclear Power Plants April 29

Susquehanna Nuclear Plant Resumes Generation After Refueling Outage

PaEN: DEP To Release 2018 Climate Action Plan Update As Early As Next Week

PaEN: Senate Democratic Policy Committee Holds Hearing In Pittsburgh On Methane And Climate Change

Hopey: Emotional Testimony Highlights Methane Emissions’ Health Impact Hearing

Sisk: Methane Hearing Draws Concern Over DEP Rules, Talk Of New Technology

Environmental Proponents Tell Senate Hearing: PA Needs Better Methane Regulations
Solar Ambassadors, Discounts On Installations Part Of Philly’s Plan To Make 2019 Year Of Sun Power

Editorial: Harness Lake Erie’s Wind Energy

PaEN: Pennsylvania Declares Eastern Hellbender As Official State Amphibian, Clean Water Ambassador

Caruso: In Call To Arms For Environmental Action, Wolf, Lawmakers Name Eastern Hellbender State Amphibian

Schneck: Hellbender’s Return: What’s Being Done For PA’s New Official Amphibian?

Governor Signs Bill Recognizing Eastern Hellbender

PaEN: Volunteers Help Independence Conservancy Finish Wetland Restoration Project In Beaver County

Hughesville Anxious For Work To Begin On Muncy Creek Stream Bank In Lycoming

PaEN: Fish & Boat Commission, CBF, Arbor Day Foundation Partner On Harrisburg Tree Planting

300 Trees Planted In Susquehanna Township, Dauphin County - Video

Stormwater Fee Proposed For Latrobe Property Owners

Bagenstose: Sen. Collett Introduces 2 PFAS Chemical Bills
McKelvey: PFAS Chemicals, How One PA Homeowner Took Matters Into His Own Hands
Frazier: No Cancer Cluster In Washington County School District

Study: Ewing Sarcoma Rate Not Higher Than Expected In Washington County
American Lung Assn: Air Quality In Philadelphia Again Worsened For Ozone
American Lung Assn: Pittsburgh Air Quality Worsened For Ozone, Particulate
Hopey: Pittsburgh Region’s Air Quality Get An F Grade, Only County Outside Of California With That Grade
American Lung Assn: Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Are Among Nation’s Cleanest For Particulate Pollution, Unchanged For Ozone

Report: Some Air Pollution Improves In Northeast PA, Ozone Remains Threat To Public Health
American Lung Assn: Lancaster’s Air Quality Worsened Again For Ozone Pollution
Lancaster County’s Air Quality Again Gets Failing Grades
American Lung Assn: Harrisburg-York-lebanon Had Best Results For 3 Pollutant Measures, But Particulate Pollution Ranks 24th Worst

American Lung. Assn: Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Had Best Results For Particulate, Unchanged For Ozone Pollution

American Lung. Assn: Erie-Meadville Among Nation’s Cleanest For Particulate, Unchanged For Ozone Pollution

PaEN: DEP, PennDOT, Volunteers Participate In Great American Cleanup Of PA Event In Johnstown

ShredFest, Tire Recycling Events In Lackawanna County April 27

2 Cent Fee Proposed For Single-Use Plastic Bags In PA

Deficiencies Found In Wilkes-Barre’s Recycling Program

Wilkes-Barre Sought Recycling Fee Hike As $785,000 Remains Unpaid

PaEN: Erie Times-News Connect With Your Environment: Earth Day Every Day Edition

PaEN: PA Resources Council Holds 7 Household Chemical Collection Events In Western PA

Philadelphia Gas Works Marks Earth Day With New Energy Conservation Grants

Letter: PA’s Natural Gas Industry Working To Keep The Environment Clean

PaEN: PUC Issues Report On Electric Outages Related To 2018 Winter Storms Riley And Quinn

Allentown Fire Crews Rescue Man Who May Have Been Lost In Sewer For Days

PaEN: Northeast PA Audubon Society Accepting Applications For College Scholarship

PaEN: May 8 South Mountain Speakers Event Showcases Importance Of Pollinators In Our Everyday Lives, Cumberland County

Why Many Of Philadelphia’s Community Gardens Are At Risk

Doug Oster Grows Everybody Gardens Website
Philadelphia Names First-Ever Urban Agriculture Director
PEC: Celebrating Trail Collaboration In Southwest Philadelphia

DCNR Tours Carsonia Park, Reading To Discuss Benefits Of Restore PA

PaEN: 569 Registered For Central PA Conservancy’s April 27 Ironmaster’s Challenge

PaEN: Reminder: Friends Of Allegheny Wilderness Trail Stewardship Weekend April 27-28, Warren County

Op-Ed: Schuylkill River Rowing Must Be Saved

Community Effort Helps Make Disability-Inclusive Playground A Reality In State College

7 Parks Near Lancaster To Check Out During National Parks Week

Bear Caught Snacking In Kittanning Twp Backyard

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National/International
Ohio Nuclear Bailout Bill Slammed By Environmental, Other Groups

NJ Approves $300M In Nuclear Plant Subsidies Even Though PSEG Plants Are Financially Viable

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