Friday PA Environmental NewsClips

Will PA Miss 2025 Pollution Reduction Goals By 19 Years?  DEP To Present Final Chesapeake Bay Watershed Plan To Steering Committee Aug. 16 [PaEN]

How Long Must The Public Wait For Action On Bipartisan Pipeline Safety Bills? New Pipeline Bill Introduced [PaEN]

Sasko: Chester County DA Announces Criminal Charges Against Mariner East 2 Pipeline Security Workers

AP: 2 Constables Charged For Mariner East 2 Pipeline Security Work

Driller, Public Health Consultant Debate Correlation vs. Causation At Fracking Hearing In Westmoreland

Dept. Of Health To Distribute Free Potassium Iodide Tablets Aug. 22 Around PA's 5 Nuclear Power Plants [PaEN]

PUC Appoints Renardo L. Hicks Chief Counsel [PaEN]

Erie Coke (Coal) Plant: Shutdown Would Be Tragic

Gov. Wolf: Feds Approved SBA Recovery Loans For Allegheny, Surrounding Counties, Due To July Storms [PaEN]

Disaster Loans Available For July Storm Damage In Western PA

Flooding Frustrates Allegheny Twp Residents In Blair County

School Gym Floor Has To Be Replaced Due To Stormwater Damage At Penn State Altoona

After Storms Halt Trains, SEPTA Says Climate Change Messing With Your Commute

Stormwater Fees Hit DuBoistown In Lycoming County [Because State Doesn’t Do Its Share]

Call For Abstracts, Registration Open For Delaware Watershed Research Conference Nov. 19 [PaEN]

Delaware RiverKeeper August 9 RiverWatch Video Report
Reuters: U.S. Northeast Fuel Sellers Brace For Uncertain Winter For Heating Oil Supply

Millersville U. Receives DEP Grant For Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

These Pesky Teenagers Are Planning A Global Climate Strike For Sept. 20

Op-Ed: Should PA Push To Ban Plastic Bags? Pro/Con
Allegheny County Parks Offer Ideas, Lessons From Penn State Master Gardeners Aug. 17
DEP Posts 64 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In August 10 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

DCNR Awards Nearly $620,000 In Grants To Support Local Volunteer Fire Companies To Fight Wildfires [PaEN]

DCNR Awards Wildfire Fighting Grants To Fire Companies In NE PA

10 Ways To Make Your Yard More Friendly To Bees, Other Pollinators

Mary Ann Thomas: Watch Out For Invasive Northern Snakehead Fish In SW PA
Bay Journal: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Seeks Public Comments On Striped Bass Catch Reductions

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National/International
Bloomberg: Last Coal-Fired Unit At Bruce Mansfield To Close In November, 19 Months Earlier Than Scheduled
Reuters: EPA Moves To Limit State Powers To Block Pipelines, Terminals
Outside Philly EPA Office, Union Officials Protest Their Ouster From The Office

AP: As El Nino Fades, Forecasters Now Expect Busier Hurricane Season

Trump To Visit Beaver County Ethane Plant August 13

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