Thursday PA Environmental NewsClips

PaEN: Restore PA Infrastructure Initiative Introduced With Enough Co-Sponsors To Nearly Pass House, Senate; Republicans Say Fall At The Earliest

Caruso: Wolf’s Restore PA Plan Introduced In Senate, House With Near-Majority Support

Murphy: Wolf, Republican Leaders Butt Heads Over Addressing PA’s Infrastructure Needs
Sen. Killion Introduces Severance Tax On Natural Gas Drillers

DEP Visits Venango County June 7 To Discuss Mine Reclamation And Restore PA
DEP Visits Abandoned Mine Reclamation Site In Centre County To Discuss Restore PA
DEP Talks About Benefits Of Restore PA For Flood Prevention, Stream Quality In Lancaster

PaEN: Bay Journal: 40 Percent Of All Pennsylvania Rivers, Streams Violate Water Quality Standards

Cusick: Lancaster County Celebrates Rivers And Streams With Water Week

PaEN: House Agriculture Committee Reports Out Farm Conservation Bills

PaEN: EPA, USDA Host June 12 Webinar On Grants, Funding Options To Support Nutrient Reduction Projects
Chesapeake Bay Program: Planning For A Changing Climate

PaEN: Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Blog: A Trout Triumph! Cheltenham Elementary Students Release Trout They Raised In Their Classroom
Delaware RiverKeeper June 7 RiverWatch Video Report

Earth Conservancy: Warehouse Project Eyed For Restored Mined Lands Near LCCC

Fund Focuses On Preservation Of Lehigh Watershed

Is Centralia’s Graffiti Highway Art Or Vandalism? Residents Tourists See It Differently

PaEN: House Environmental Committee Meets June 11 On Temporary Cessation Of Coal Refuse Disposal Site Operations

PaEN: EPA Awards 9 Brownfields Grants Totaling $3.9 Million To PA Communities

Kristin Reilly To Lead Interstate Choose Clean Water Coalition

PaEN: Senate Environmental Committee Hears Ideas On 3rd Party DEP Permit Reviews, Including A Special Licensing Program For Consultants

PaEN: Senate Confirms Patrick McDonnell As Secretary Of DEP
New, Strict Recycling Rules Becoming A Challenge For Communities In Western PA

Philadelphia City Council Approves New Recycling, Waste Disposal Contracts, Despite Environmentalists’ Concerns

Street Sweeping Trucks Don’t Fit Down Some Philadelphia Streets

PaEN: Environmental Quality Board To Hear Update On Climate Cap-And-Trade, PFOA Petitions + 2 New Rulemaking Petitions June 18

Setting Clean Water Standards EPA’s Job, PA, Other States Are Doing It Instead

PaEN: DEP Citizens Advisory Council To Hear Presentations On DEP Climate Plan, Cap-And-Trade Petition, Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fee June 18

Litvak: Duquesne Light’s Parent Company Picks Up Energy Efficiency Business

Pittsburgh Mayor Wants Pension Funds Divested From Fossil Fuels

SEPTA Adds Battery-Powered Electric Buses To Growing Zero-Emissions Fleet
Poll: Most People Don’t Support Higher Electric Bills To Save Nuclear Power

Sticky Tape Recommended By Penn State Extension To Snare Spotted Lanternflies Also Catching Birds, Squirrels

PaEN: House Committee Sends Bill On Enforcing Safety Warnings For Low-Head Dams To Full House

Youth, Walking, Mountains, Freedom - Power & Magic Of The Appalachian Trail
Major Dam/Spillway Project Nears Completion At Chapman State Park, Warren County

John Hayes: Proposal Would Open More Public Lands To Hunting, Fishing

Bitten By A Tick? Here Are 16 Diseases They Carry

Family Scavenger Hunt, Fishing Offered At Twin Lakes Park In Westmoreland

Philly Stray Cat Population Almost At 500,000

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National/International

Water Warriors In Delaware Demand Funding For Clean Water Projects

AP: New Jersey Denies Northeast Pipeline Permits, But Allows Do-Over

Pipeline Protesters Could Face 20-Year Sentence Under Trump Plan
Wildfires, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes: How Utilities Are Preparing For A Summer Of Storms
Report: PG&E Considers $11 Billion Fund to Settle California Wildfire Claims

EPA Exempts Farms From Reporting Pollution Tied To Animal Waste
U.S. To Label Nuclear Waste As Less Dangerous To Quicken Cleanups
Trump Blames India, China For Climate Change: “No Sense Of Cleanliness”

After Talk With Charles, Trump Says Climate Changes Goes Both Ways

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