Wednesday PA Environmental NewsClips

Western PA Communities Face Costly Repairs After Floods

Lycoming County Declares Emergency Due To Courthouse Flooding

Pennsylvania's 12 Heritage Areas Celebrating 30th Anniversary! [PaEN]

Conodoguinet Creek Watershed Assn. Marks 30th Anniversary With New Digital Story Of The Conodoguinet In Cumberland County [PaEN]

17th Anniversary Of Quecreek Mine Rescue To Be Celebrated July 27 In Somerset County [PaEN]
Nine For Nine: The Quecreek Mine Rescue In 2002

PA Conservation Districts: 5 Farms Receive 2019 Clean Water Farm Awards [PaEN]
How Efforts To Cleanup The Chesapeake Bay Can Lead To Cleaner Tap Water

Montour Run Watershed Assn. Reports New Milk Run Abandoned Mine Water Treatment Plant Now Treating Water In Allegheny County [PaEN]

Keystone 10 Million Trees Partnership: Over 60,000 Trees Planted This Spring, Double Last Year [PaEN]

Videos Of Presentations From 2019 Schuylkill Watershed Congress Now Available; Want To Present Next Year? [PaEN]

Capital Region Water To Hold 3 Community Meetings On Proposed Stormwater Implementation Plan, Fee In Harrisburg [PaEN]

Drinking Water In Tunkhannock Falls Below Arsenic Limit

DEP Reports Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In Lehigh County Bringing Total To 9 Counties [PaEN]

Mosquitoes Test Positive For West Nile Virus In PA

DEP: Mosquito Spraying Set In Beaver County On Wednesday, July 24 [PaEN]

City Of Pittsburgh Opens Hazardous And Electronics Waste Recycling Drop-Off

8 Communities Receive Fresh Paint Days Grants Courtesy Of Keep PA Beautiful, Behr Paint, The Home Depot [PaEN]
CMU Moves To Boost Presence At Hazelwood Green Brownfield Site With Land Acquisition

Thompson: Three Mile Island Neighbors Call For Faster Clean-Up Of Closing Unit 1 Nuclear Reactor
Residents Near Three Mile Island Tell NRC They Still Feel Overlooked; Same Suits, Different People

Maykuth: Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor To Be Sold, Dismantled [Not Unit 1 Currently Operating, To Be Shutdown]

Editorial: Coal Isn’t Coming Back

Editorial: Congress Needs To Act On RECLAIM Abandoned Mine Reclamation Act

PUC Seeks $4.533 Million Penalty Against Med-Ed For Fatal Electrocution In Northampton County [PaEN]

Man Died In Northampton County When Live Power Line Fell In His Yard, Now Met-Ed Faces $4.5 Million Fine

Rep. Everett Address Natural Gas Severance Tax, Minimum Wage
Letter: Shedding Light On Aqua America Water Company’s Role In Mariner East Pipelines

Litvak: No Beards Allowed On Fire Crews At Drilling Sites

Bankruptcy Judge Approves $65 Million Loan For Fire Damaged Philadelphia Refinery

PA Assn. Of Environmental Educators/PA Recreation & Parks Society Joint Conference March 17-20; Call For Proposals [PaEN]
Pickleball Courts Dedicated At Canonsburg Town Park

Brodhead Watershed Association Hosts Aug. 4 Discover Rattlesnake Falls Hike In Monroe County [PaEN]

Suspected Rapist Thought To Be Near Appalachian Trail Found Dead

Gov. Pinchot's Grey Towers To Host Festival Of Wood Aug. 3-4 In Pike County [PaEN]

Highlights From July 23 Game Commission Board Meeting

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National/International

AP: Ohio Lawmakers Approve $1 Billion Financial Rescue For Ohio Nuclear Plants

Pushing For Black Lung Benefits, Coal Miners Tread Well-Worn Path To Congress

Coal Miners Demand Congress Restore Full Black Lung Benefits Tax

Litvak: With Toby Rice In Charge, What Happens To EQT’s Subpoena Of His Texts?

AP: Organizations Seek Progress On Recovery From Invasive Mussels In Great Lakes

AP: Environmentalists Want Candidates To Focus On Clean Water In Great Lakes Region

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