Sunday NewsClips

Corbett Turns Attention From Renewable Energy
Up A Creek Corbett Paddles Through NE PA, Past Drilling Questions
Editorial: Guv Misses Boat On Protecting Wilds
Dems Set Wilkes-Barre Hearing On Drilling Impacts
Natural Gas Supply Is Sparkplug For State
Gas Industry Reaches Out Via County Fairs
Cost Of Greener Lighting Explodes
PA Plant To Offer Incandescents That Meet Rules
Small Businesses Eligible For Pollution Prevention Grants
Disease Triggers Wood Quarantine
Susquehanna River Study Includes Artistic Expression
Reparations Asked Following Peters Creek Salt Spill
Eagle Population Rebounding In PA
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Saturday NewsClips

Senators: Spread The Natural Gas Drilling Wealth
Senator: Impact Fee Needed For PA To Benefit From Drilling
Families File Suits Against Drillers
Documents On Drilling Spill Released
Natural Gas Pipeline Bridge
DEP Shuts Down Laser Pipeline In Wake Of Spills
State Pushes For Legal End To Shale Wastewater Discharges
SRBC Halts Water Withdrawals
Marcellus Gas Not Hurting Or Helping Municipal Finances
Marcellus Boom Strains Rental Market
Column: Hunting For Balance In State Gas Regulation
Editorial: Corbett Takes To The Great Outdoors
State OKs $5 Million For Humboldt Energy Storage Plant
DEP Fils Court Action To Stop Demolition Of Biodiesel Facility
P&G Glad To See Susquehanna Gone To The Bugs
Ribbon-Cutting Marks FesslerUSA's Solar Panel Project
New Law Earmarks Air Pollution Fines
Op-Ed: Northampton County Needs Preserved Greenways Too
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Aug. 15 PA Environment Digest

August 15 PA Environment Digest now available. Click Here to print this Digest.

PA Center For Environmental Ed Funding Zeroed Out, Former Director Recognized

The PA Center for Environmental Education was eliminated from the 2011-12 state budget. PCEE is currently working on a transition plan for PCEE and its online educational resources. The PCEE staff asks for your patience of our services during this time of transition. Thank you.
Kathleen Paul, former PCEE Director, was recently recognized by Gov. Tom Corbett and Sen. Mary Jo White (R-Venango), Majority Chair of the Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee, for her work and contributions to the Commonwealth. The Governor's letter lauds her commitment to environmental education in the commonwealth and the indelible mark she has made on the community.
The Senate citation outlined Paul's success in expanding the reach of PCEE by growing the website to more than four million views annually and establishing a satellite office in Kutztown. Paul also played an important role as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee that developed the nationally recognized 2009-2013 Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan and served on former Gov. Edward G. Rendell's Outdoor Task Force, contributing to the 2008 report.
The citation was presented to Paul by Senator White at a gathering of PCEE staff. Click Here to read more...

Friday NewsClips

Corbett: Using Inmates To Work In Parks Better Than Natural Gas Tax
Study: Local Governments Gain Little From Drilling
How PA Fracking Chemical Disclosure Rules Stack Up
National Group Gives Hamburg Environmental Honor
Siemens Creates Drilling Water Treatment System
2 Touring Chesapeake Bay Watershed On Bikes
NRC Studies Possible Nuclear Fuel Problem At Peach Bottom
Methane Turbines Good For York's Sewer Rates
Tires-To-Energy Plant To Produce Electricity In Milton
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SRBC: 18 Water Withdrawals Remain On Hold To Protect Streams

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission Thursday announced 18 separate water withdrawals approved by SRBC in 6 Pennsylvania counties remain temporarily suspended due to localized lower stream flow levels.

The withdrawals on hold are in Blair (1), Bradford (10), Lycoming (1), Potter (1), Tioga (4) and Wyoming (1) counties.

Streams have responded positively to recent rainfall events, reducing the number of suspended water withdrawals by more than half this week. The vast majority of the temporarily suspended withdrawals are related to water for natural gas projects.

The suspended withdrawals are part of SRBC’s passby flow requirement to protect aquatic resources and downstream water users. When streams drop below pre-determined protective flow levels, project sponsors who are required to meet SRBC’s passby requirement must stop taking water. They cannot resume taking water until streams have recovered above the protected level for at least 48 hours.

SRBC and its regulated project sponsors monitor real-time stream flow data generated by stream gages maintained and operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Regulated project sponsors also are required to install tamper-proof water meters that automatically record their water withdrawals on a daily basis.

SRBC requires that information be reported quarterly, in addition to continuous spot-inspections conducted by SRBC field staff working out of the field office in Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

For more information, visit the SRBC Natural Gas Shales webpage.

Thursday NewsClips

Dems Stump For Gas Driller Taxation, Rules
Op-Ed: Protect Hunting And Fishing From Drilling
Advice Offered On Shale Drilling
State, Local Officials Make Marcellus Pitch
Seismic Testing Planned In North Fayette
Federal Panel To Call For Drillers To Cut Air Pollution
Fracking Report Goes To Obama
DOE Panel To Endorse Shale Gas Exploration
DOE Calls For Greaters Frack Fluid Disclosure
Cooks Creek: Saving A Pristine Waterway
Air Products Gets Approval For UK Trash-To-Power Plant
Editorial: Illegal Dumpers Need To Feel The Pain
Times-Tribune Reporter Wins Environmental Journalism Award
Corbett Highlights River As Asset
Corbett Kayaking In NE PA To Boost Tourism
Corbett Kicks Off NE Mini-Vacation With Kayak Trip
Southeast PA Regional Trail Network
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Wednesday NewsClips

Op-Ed: Marcellus Commission Presents Outline To Get It Right- Industry
Op-Ed: Gas Severance Fee Missing From Commission Plan- Yudichak
Column: The Case For A Natural Gas Severance Tax
Third Spill At Pipelline Site Sullies Susquehanna Creek
Gas Drillers Complains About New PA Pipeline Rules
Drilling Company, Army Corps At Odds Over Permits
Panel Gives Pipeline Project Conditional OK
Yudichak, Costa To Host Natural Gas Discussion Today
Pittsburgh Mayor To Let Drilling Referendum Die
Peters Twp Votes To Allow Drillling
Long Shot Made For Pittsburgh Drilling Ban Vote
Pro-Gas Landowners Group Forming
Hanger, Marcellus Industry Take On NY Times Again
New York Comptrollers Calls For Drilling Impact Fund
Shale Plays Big In National Industry Deals
2nd Delaware River Cleanup Big Success
Stormwater Utility Fee Approved In Mt. Lebanon
State Decertifies, Fines Radon Specialist
Mosquitoes With West Nile Virus Increase In Midstate
Purple Martins Dazzle Erie Birders
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Tuesday NewsClips

Lt. Gov. Cawley Blas Severance Tax In LiveChat
Drought Concerns No Slowing Shale Gas Drillers
Gas Drillers Opposes Pipeline Rules, Landowners Raise Concerns
Marcellus Shale Concerns Again Addressed By Throop
Dallas Holds Hearing On Gas Metering Station
Hearing On Proposes Gas Power Plant To Continue
Federal Report Says Major Gas Pipeline Unsafe
Toomey Talks Shale, Road Sign Mandates
Column: EPA Head Takes Friendlier Tone With Farmers
Online Courses Offered For Watershed Conservationists
Op-Ed: Skilled Pros Help DEP Do Its Job
Migratory Birdwatching Is Ready To Bloom
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Monday NewsClips

Shale Panel Revives Concept Of Pooling Land
Produce Buyers Questions Safety Of Drilling Near Farmers Market
Hazleton Meets With Water Quality Researchers
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