Rendell Announces Mid-Atlantic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Standard

HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania has signed a letter of agreement with 10 Mid-Atlantic states that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels and other sources by developing a comprehensive, regional low carbon fuel standard, Gov. Rendell announced today. (Click here for full announcement)

Monday NewsClips

Rendell: PA Budget Shortfall More Than Expected
A Fishy Project In The Classroom
Transitioning To No-Till Crop Production
Sayre Recycling Program Expansion To Continue
Bethlehem To Start Picking Up Recycled Paper At Homes
The Theory And Practice Of Flesters
Centre Waste Authority To Increase Tipping Fee
Editorial: Gas Drilling Windfall Creates Balance Dilemma
Firm Pays $283 Million For Local Natural Gas Rights
Coal Refuse Fire Near Pottsville Has Residents Concerned
New Coal Refuse Fire No Relation To Centralia
Editorial: Obama's Energy Secretary's Views Could Hurt Coal
Oil Customers Regret Hedging Their Bets
Luzerne, Lackawanna Counties Working On Joint Long-Range Plan
Haverford State Site Chock Full Of Wildlife
Experts Focus On Habitat and Big Bee Revival
Outdoors: Backyard Feeders Attract Predators
Foundation Draws Attention Toward State's Wildlife

Sunday NewsClips

Conservation Group Plans To Sue To Force Better Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
Williamsport Turns Down Thermostats
Area Residents Have The Chance To Treecycle
Washington County Farm Wins Conservation Recognition
Partnership Puts Trash To Artistic Use
Certified Earth-Friendly Pizza Shop
Public TV Tells Story Of Nature's Guardians
Mine Subsidence Insurance Less Costly
TMI Information Center Relocated To Coatesville

Saturday NewsClips

Tax Shortfall Near $1 Billion For State
December Delivers More Bad News For State Revenues
Op-Ed: Smart Growth Will Get Lehigh Valley Through Next 10 Years
Editorial: Failure On The Chesapeake Bay
Delaware River Activists Want Reservoirs Lowered
DEP Probes Blast In Gas Drilling Region
PPL Expands Green Development Initiative
3 Years After Sago, Mines Told To Install Shelters
Shaken, But Hardly Stirred, Quakes Near Lancaster
PA Ranks Second Nationally In Commercial Deer, Elk Production

Jan. 5 Pa Environment Digest Headlines

The January 5 PA Environment Digest is now available.
Click here to print the entire Digest.
Selected headlines--

Begin 2009 By Recognizing The Good Work In 2008, Be Inspired
Wild Resource Conservation 2009 Calendar
Video - Welcome To Cosmo's World
CBF To File Lawsuit Against EPA On Chesapeake Bay Cleanup
January PCEE Newsletter
RecycleMania 2009 Begins January 18, Time To Sign Up
Feature- Nature Notes- Regeneration Is The Next Woods!

Friday NewsClips

Editorial: EPA Pulls Back On Relaxing Clean Air Rules
Ethanol Rail Delivery Facility Proposed In Dupont
Alternative Energy Companies Stung By Tight Credit
Editorial: New Mine Safety Rules Reduce Accident Chances
Is Recycling Worth It For Towns?
Many Along The Delaware River Fear Possibility Of Flooding
Natural Gas Companies Drop 3 Month Price

Wednesday NewsClips

ESSROC Is Victim Of One Big Litter Bug
Letter: Earth's (Chesapeake Bay) Stewardship Belongs To All
PECO Replaces Sign With LEDs
Underground Mine Fire Burns In Palo Alto
Hearing On Wind Farm Stormwater Effect Set
Concerns Arise About Natural Gas Royalty Fees
Seismic Mapping To Aid Drilling In Region
New Federal Mine Safety Rules Finalized

Tuesday NewsClips

State Invoking Power Plant Emissions Rule
Federal Court Re-Imposes Clean Air Rules
Washington County Mine Intends To Reopen In 09
Farmer Developing Wastewater Plant For Gas Drilling
Kelly Township Connects With Green Trend

DEP To Implement Clean Air Interstate Rule

Pennsylvania will move ahead with its plans to implement the federal Clean Air Interstate Rule on Jan. 1 after a federal court reversed an earlier decision that struck down the rule, the Department of Environmental Protection announced today.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Tuesday ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to fix flaws in the Clean Air Interstate Rule, or CAIR, but did not set a deadline. In the meantime, the rule will be implemented. (Click here for full announcement)