Saturday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips 9.28.19

DEP Reports Chester County Resident Tests Positive For West Nile Virus [PaEN]

What Threat Does Deadly Mosquito-borne EEE Virus Pose In Lehigh Valley?

City Of Lancaster Enacts Municipal Climate Plan

Judge Declines DEP Request To Certify Appeal In Erie Coke (Coal) Case

Sen. Yaw: Doubtful PA Will Meet Chesapeake Bay Pollution Reduction Goals, Most Of It Is Lancaster’s Problem [Especially When You’re Not Providing Farmers With Any Real Funding Support]

DEP Invites Comments On Chapter 105 Stormwater General Permit For Projects Under 5 Acres (PAG-01) [PaEN]

Bay Journal: Brook Trout Gone From 34% Of Watersheds In PA, But Groups Fight To Keep, Restore Habitat [PaEN]

Capital Region Water Extends Comment Period On Harrisburg Stormwater Implementation Plan, Fee To Oct. 22 [PaEN]

Millvale Library, Girty’s Run Watershed Offer Environmental Fellowship Opportunities With Allegheny College

Town & Country Garden Club Of Lancaster: Nov. 6 - How 10 Million Trees Will Impact PA's Environment & Economy [PaEN]

Heritage Conservancy Hosts River Days Community Event Oct. 6 Bristol, Bucks County

PA American Water Begins Repairs To Road Damaged In Pittsburgh Water Main Break

DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Water Quality Certification For Leidy South Pipeline Project Thru 6 Counties From Clinton To Schuylkill Counties [PaEN]

Peoples Natural Gas Rates Increase Starting Oct. 1

Op-Ed: A Sunnier Vision For PA, An Alternative To Giving Tax Breaks To Fossil Fuels In Fossilize PA

Editorial: Carbon Emissions In U.S. Down, But Rising Elsewhere
Thompson: Removal Of Fuel Assemblies From TMI Reactor To Onsite Storage Pool Complete With All The Other Spent But Still Radioactive Nuclear Fuel Used By The Plant

Editorial: Nuclear Power Plants Crucial As TMI Closes

DEP Posts 61 Pages Of Permit-Related Notices In Sept 28 PA Bulletin [PaEN]

Conflict In Centralia, Penn State Lecture Focuses On Mine Fire

Pottstown First In Nation To Pilot Flexible Plastic Recycling

Dept. Of Agriculture, Partners Offer Guidance To Philadelphians On Spotted Lanternfly Intrusion

Dept. Of Agriculture, County Officials Celebrate Over 20,000 Acres Of Farmland Preserved In Cumberland County [PaEN]

When Will It Look Like Fall? First PA Foliage Report Suggests Great Season In Store

Sept. 27 Take Five Fridays With Pam, PA Parks & Forests Foundation [PaEN]

Birds Are Disappearing And They Need Help

Editorial: Disappearing Birds Are True Canaries In Coal Mine

Pittsburgh’s Aviary Recognized With Design Award

Help Wanted: Capital Region Water Community Relations Manager [PaEN]

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Hurricanes

Lorenzo Becomes The Most Power Hurricane To Make It So Far East In The Atlantic

National/International

Cong. Fitzpatrick Introduces Bipartisan Carbon Tax Bill

AP: Students Keep The Heat On With Worldwide Climate Protests

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