Sunday NewsClips

PA Chopping Block Grows As Deficit Get Bigger
Rendell Acknowledges $1- $2 Billion Budget Deficit
OPEC Saudi King Wants Oil At $75 a Barrel
Offers Erode For Natural Gas Leases
To Attract Non-Campers, State Builds Inn At Park
Editorial: Selecting Stimulus Projects, Focus On What's Needed
Editorial: Weak Economy, Cold Weather Mean People Will Be Hurting
Deer Plentiful
Schools To Save Energy

Saturday NewsClips

Contracts May Allow Heating Oil Price Cuts
Editorial: Global Warming, New Climate Data
Nuclear Reactor Owners Rush to Extend Licenses
Law Strengthened For Blight Fighters
Obama Expected To Transform EPA, Interior Agencies

Dec. 1 PA Environment Digest Headlines

Here are just some of the PA Environment Digest headlines this week. (click here for full copy)
Consider Holiday Gifts That Help Conservation
Video: DEP Norristown Office Good Example Of Green Building Design
Report Shows Challenge Ahead To Cleanup Chesapeake Bay
10 PA Watershed Restoration and Land Conservation Success Stories
DCNR Sets Workshops For Community Conservation Partnership Grants
Value Of Recycled Materials Plunge

Friday NewsClips

Op-Ed: Expect Many In PA To Be Left In The Cold
Editorial: Municipalities Correct On Costly Sewage Plant Upgrades
Nuclear Waste Piles up In State
Groups Want Stricter Gas-Drilling Rules
Review Set On Driller Request For Water
Energy Pacts Pump Cash Into Rural Noxen
Marcellus Shale Drilling Offers Hope
Chesapeake Energy May Sell $1.1 Billion In Stock To Get Cash
Building Final Part Of Rail-Trail Nears End
Woman Crusades For Monarch Butterflies
In Historic Schoolhouse, B Is For Bat
New Near Record For PA Bear Harvest?

Thursday NewsClips

Businesses Learn How To Pool Energy Buying Power
More Help With Heating Costs For Pennsylvanians
Lawmaker's Bill Allows State Agencies To Keep Natural Gas Revenues
A Few Tips To Help Simplify The Season
Chesapeake Energy Seeks to Alleviate Cash Crunch
Attorney General Offers Heating Fuel Contract Advice

2009 Philadelphia Sustainability Award Nominations

The Pennsylvania Environmental Council and seven other regional organizations today announced they are now accepting nominations for the 2009 Philadelphia Sustainability Awards from businesses, individuals, academic institutions, community groups and government agencies from the greater Philadelphia region. Nominations are due January 9. (click for more)

Wednesday NewsClips

Pittsburgh Region's Gas Prices Hit 3.5 Year
Environmental Groups Send Obama Their Wish List
Delaware River Plan To Draw Further Review
Counties See Cash In Oil, Gas Assessments Would Ease Property Taxes
Natural Gas Industry Evolving
Editorial: Don't Let Drilling Jeopardize Water
Editorial: State Should Let Seasoned Kayakers Run The Falls
Editorial: New Approach To Biofuels
Herb Field: Energy, Warming Await Attention
Treatment Costs Drive 15% Sewer Hike

DRBC Expected To Withdraw Flexible Flow Rules

Delaware River Basin Commission Executive Director Carol R. Collier today announced the five-member agency comprised of Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York State, and the Federal Government is expected to withdraw its proposed regulations to codify the Flexible Flow Management Program at its public meeting on December 10. (click here for more)

Holiday Gifts That Benefit The Environment

If you are looking for a gift that will bring a smile to someone's face this holiday season and help to conserve our natural resources, cleanup abandoned mine discharges, improve recreation facilities and restore wildlife habitat, here are a few suggestions. Or you could get someone another tie.
Click here for the PA Environment Digest Special Holiday Gift Guide