Friday PA Environmental NewsClips

PennFuture Blog: PA State Budget Turns Blind Eye To Environment [PaEN]
Op-Ed: Step Up Support To Clean Rivers, Streams

Are Politicians In Harrisburg STILL Proud Of Their Do Nothing Budget On Flooding, Stormwater? -- Meanwhile In The Real World… [PaEN]

Pregnant Woman, 8-Year Old Killed After Being Washed Away By Floodwaters In Berks

AP: Child, Pregnant Mom Found Dead In Car Amid Flood In Berks County

9 People Rescued In Penn Borough After Torrential Rain

Flash Flooding Engulfs Cars, Overwhelms Businesses In Montgomery County

AP: Torrential Rain Brings Floods, Landslides Around Pittsburgh

Storms, Flash Flooding Pummel Pittsburgh, Close Numerous Road

Westmoreland Sees Flooding, Damage During Torrential Rain

Widespread Flooding As Heavy Rains Sweep Through Philly Region

Rainfall Pushes Region Toward Another Record-Setting Year Of Precipitation

Wettest Year On Record For PA, NJ, Hurricane Barry Formed

DEP Hosts Open House July 15 On Stream Maintenance After Flooding In Centre County [PaEN]

South Williamsport Considers Stormwater Fee, Administration Is A Nightmare

Boil Water Advisory In Centre County Expected To Last At Least 4 Days
Berks County Water Week - Because Clean Water Matters, August 3-10 [PaEN]

Western PA Laurel Pipeline Battle Over Fuel Delivery Continues With Regulators

Editorial: Judge In Pipeline Protesters Case Offers Useful Advice On How To Choose Lawmakers

Beaver County, Municipalities See More Money From Drilling Impact Fee

Policy On Alternative Utility Ratemaking Adopted By PUC [PaEN]

PUC Fines Great American Power $13,500 For Sales, Marketing Practices

PUC Urges Consumers To Be Conscious Of Utility Account Security, Scams, Intimidating Sales Pitches [PaEN]

Op-Ed: Why The Nation’s Power Grid Needs A Makeover

Hard-To-Recycle Collection Event Set For July 27 In McCandless, Allegheny County [PaEN]

Editorial: PA Delays Restrictions On Plastic

Stempka Named Erie County Planning Director, Fmr ED Of Environment Erie

Advanced Watershed Educator Workshop For School Administrators Aug. 5, Dauphin County [PaEN]

Ned Smith Center For Nature & Art Holds Nature & Arts Festival July 27 In Dauphin County [PaEN]

O’Neill: Improving Pittsburgh’s Parks Won’t Be Easy

Luzerne County Hopes Wilkes-Barre’s River Common Park Gets More Use

Editorial: UNESCO Affirms Fallingwater’s Greatness
July 12 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation

Flight 93 National Memorial Exhibit Recalls First Decade

AP: Rabid Bobcat Covered In Porcupine Quills Bites Venango County Man, Attacks Puppy

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National/International

New Cong. Keller Receives Committee Assignments

DOE Plans To Extend Nuclear Power Plant Lives To 80 Years

PA Man Guilty Of Falsely Portraying Himself As Accredited EPA Course Provider

AP: California Gov. Backs Effort To Boost Utilities During Wildfires

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