Tuesday PA Environmental NewsClips

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AP-Levy: Wolf Wants Legislature To Authorize PA To Join RGGI Power Plant Climate Emission Reduction Plan

Study Finds 10% Solar Energy Generation Could Save PA $619 Million Yearly

Centre Climate: How Is National Security Affected By Climate Change?
Op-Ed: Pennsylvanians Agree, It’s Time To Limit Carbon Pollution

Republicans On House Environmental Committee Urge IRRC To Disapprove DEP Air Quality Permit Fee Increases, Threatening Integrity Of Program [PaEN]

Keep PA Beautiful Opposes Using Recycling Fund, Other Community Project Monies To Pay Agency Operating Expenses [PaEN]

PA Municipal Authorities Oppose Using Recycling Fund To Pay DEP Operating Costs [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Don’t Raid Environmental Funds To Balance PA Budget - Rep. Vitali

Meeting Of PA Chesapeake Bay Watershed Planning Steering Committee To Be Announced, Perhaps On June 12

PEC Blog: Dirtying The Dibble Bars - Nearly 65,000 Native Tree Seedlings Planted This Season [PaEN]

York County's Newest Master Watershed Stewards Complete Training [PaEN]

NRCS-PA, CBF-PA Offering Farm Conservation Assistance In Centre, Clinton, Lycoming Counties; Applications Due June 28 [PaEN]

NRCS-PA Provides $9 Million In Grants To Conservation Districts To Help Implement Federal Farm Bill Programs [PaEN]

Penn State Extension: Repairing My Stream - Do I Need A Permit? [PaEN]

Call For Presentations: 3rd Annual PA Sportsmen's Forum Sept. 20-21 At Middle Creek Wildlife Area, Lebanon County [PaEN]

Private Drinking Water Wells-- What & Where To Test, How Much Will It Cost? [PaEN]

Penn State High School-College EnvironMentors Team Wins First Place In National Competition [PaEN]

Interns: Bloomsburg Student Intern Justin Groshek With Natural Resources Conservation Service On Path To Success [PaEN]
Penn State Extension: Planting Pollinator-Friendly Gardens - Pollinator Week June 17-23 [PaEN]

At The End Of Suburbia In Chester County There’s An Oasis: A Lavender Farm

Frazier: After Another Fire, Allegheny County Issues Emergency Order To Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant

AP: Allegheny County Health Authorities Threaten Clairton Coke (Coal) Plant Shutdown

U.S. Steel Says It Has Repaired Coke (Coal) Works Pollution Control Equipment

Hopey/Templeton: Wolf Asked to Investigate Possible Link Between Fracking, Childhood Cancers

Templeton/Hopey: Marcellus Shale Coalition Criticizes Ridiculous Request To Halt Drilling

Opposing Sides On Fracking Write The Governor
Shale Network Hosts 8th Annual Workshop In State College

Vote Now For The Best Great American Cleanup Of PA Videos Thru June 26 [PaEN]

PennDOT Battles Heavy Rainfall, 95 Landslides In Western PA

NWS Confirms Tornado Touched Down Near Butler, Armstrong Borders

Altoona, Twp. Authority To Tackle Sewer, Stormwater Problems

Bagenstose: Elcon Appeals Twp. Permit Denial For Hazardous Waste Treatment Facility In Bucks

Proposed Landfill Gas Facility Receives Zoning Approval In Lower Saucon

PA Is No. 2 In Nation In ATV Deaths: How To Stay Safe

Registration Now Open For PA Greenways & Trails Summit Sept. 22-24 Shippensburg [PaEN]
30 Philly Parks Have Sonic Devices That Are Meant To Shoo Rowdy Youths

Crable: National Naked Hiking Day [June 21] Is Coming Up, Beware Of Celebrating On Public Land

Editorial: Mandate Full Health Insurance Coverage For Lyme Disease

Confirmed Cases Of Chronic Wasting Disease In Juniata County Causes Ripple Effect In Valley

Deadly Bacteria On Rise In Delaware Bay, Climate Change Likely Culprit

Bat Research At Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Inspires Bat Day On July 20 [PaEN]

John Hayes: Two Bald Eagle Nestlings Fledge At Pittsburgh Nest

Mary Ann Thomas: Pittsburgh Eagles Successfully Raises 10th Eaglet, Takes First Flight

Op-Ed: Pennsylvania Should Keep Ban On Sunday Hunting
Eastern Hellbenders Rely On A Clean, Clear French Creek To Call It Their Home

Lights To Be Kept Dark On York-Lancaster Bridge Because Of Mayflies

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National/International

Editorial: Full Amount For Federal Land & Water Conservation Fund
Utilities On New Cyber Battlefield As U.S. Ramps Up Pressure On Russia’s Electric Grid

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