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Mentions
Express Times: Waste Management to present landfill expansion plans to Plainfield supervisors https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2020/03/waste-management-to-present-landfill-expansion- plans-to-plainfield-supervisors.html
WESA: PA Proposes To Relax Non-Residential Lead Cleanup Standards https://www.wesa.fm/post/pa-proposes-relax-non-residential-lead-cleanup-standards
Post-Gazette: Next-Door Noise https://newsinteractive.post-gazette.com/smith-township-compressor-station-three-brothers/
NorthcentralPA.com: A town on fire: Centralia and Graffiti Highway https://www.northcentralpa.com/features/valley-girl-views/a-town-on-fire---centralia-graffiti- highway/article aff327f2-5a60-11ea-8b71-9f6c34c5c06a.html
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Flooded homes coming down; Hemlock Township to demolish more properties with state, federal funds https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/030720/page/1/story/flooded-homes-coming-down
Lock Haven Express: Work session Monday on Capital Improvement Plan https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2020/03/work-session-monday-on-capital-improvement- plan/
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Pro-energy, pro-manufacturing approach is best for Pennsylvania (Op-Ed) https://www.sungazette.com/opinion/other-commentaries/2020/03/pro-energy-pro-manufacturing- approach-is-best-for-pennsylvania/
Sharon Herald: Extension workshop will focus on energy on the farm https://www.sharonherald.com/news/local news/extension-workshop-will-focus-on-energy-on-the- farm/article e2559c18-faab-5368-bfd3-ad6c0a989eb7.html
Air
WTAE: New Allegheny County Health Department director hears air quality concerns https://www.wtae.com/article/new-allegheny-county-health-department-director-hears-air-quality- concerns/31229450
Conservation & Recreation
Morning Call: Upper Saucon neighbors fear rope course’s impact, but at its other sites, company is ‘just wonderful to have’ https://www.mcall.com/news/local/saucon-valley/mc-nws-upper-saucon-ropes-course-20200309- hy5fnzjyjjdarark5gil6w5fn4-story.html
New Castle News: Oneness to honor founder of the community garden https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local news/oneness-to-honor-founder-of-the-community- garden/article b076bb5f-4d19-53d4-841f-450d8f92ff9e.html
Waynesboro Record Herald: Local woman leaves property to township https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20200307/local-woman-leaves-property-to-township
WITF: Pa. completes decade-long land acquisition, creating the biggest state park near Philadelphia https://www.witf.org/2020/03/07/pa-completes-decade-long-land-acquisition-creating-the-biggest- state-park-near-philadelphia/
WJAC: Local arts center hosts annual environmental expo https://wjactv.com/news/local/local-arts-center-hosts-annual-environmental-expo
Tribune-Review: Groups work to expand Pennsylvania habitat for shy and secretive massasauga rattlesnake https://triblive.com/local/regional/groups-work-to-expand-habitat-for-secretive-massasauga- rattlesnake-in-pennsylvania/
Tribune-Review: Big turnout for trout stocking, Fish Commission predicts excellent opening day https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/big-turnout-for-trout-stocking-fish-commission-predicts- excellent-opening-day/
Tribune-Review: Westmoreland commissioners fund tourism plan, earmark funds for marketing https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/westmoreland-commissioners-fund-tourism-plan-earmark- funds-for-marketing/
Tribune-Review: Landowner wants to sell nearly 110 acres to Upper Burrell for a park https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/landowner-wants-to-sell-nearly-110-acres-to-upper- burrell-for-a-park/
Observer-Reporter: Commissioners vote on property, park issues https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/commissioners-vote-on-property-park- issues/article 8b848730-5f15-11ea-a8d5-97b7ca622f5d.html
Observer-Reporter: Greene commissioners dole out recreational grants https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/greene-commissioners-dole-out-recreational- grants/article 4ac4f9ea-5f07-11ea-9c1a-7b93653edb56.html
Observer-Reporter: Canonsburg Lake photographers follow breeding pair amid comeback for bald eagles https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/canonsburg-lake-photographers-follow-breeding-pair- amid-comeback-for-bald/article 503f2db6-5fc8-11ea-9db8-d38eec7b4f42.html
Next Pittsburgh: The Pittsburgh Redbud Project grows, now with 3,000 trees, 6,000 plants and thousands of shrubs https://www.nextpittsburgh.com/city-design/the-pittsburgh-redbud-project-grows-along-the-allegheny- river/
Energy
Peach Bottom Nuclear Plant Gets 20-Year License Extension https://www.wesa.fm/post/peach-bottom-nuclear-plant-gets-20-year-license-extension
Post-Gazette: Fossil fuels can stay viable through tech developed here, NETL leaders say https://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2020/03/09/Fossil-fuels-viable-tech-fracking- National-Energy-Technology-Laboratory-shale-coal-emissions/stories/202003080038
Pittsburgh Business Times: Report questions move toward gas-fueled power plants https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/03/04/report-questions-move-toward-gas-fueled- power.html
Observer-Reporter: Electric car station plans have W&J center charged up https://observer-reporter.com/business/electric-car-station-plans-have-w-j-center-charged- up/article 455818a2-5e58-11ea-93e7-07ec10e5b0ab.html
Clarion News: ACV energy project pays off https://www.theclarionnews.com/news/frontpage/article be3ac122-b6d8-5704-ac82- c559738a8ed5.html
Sunbury Daily Item: Bucknell solar panel proposal (LTE) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/bucknell-solar-panel-proposal/article 23973df9-eea2-597f-8fb4- 734d3751725a.html
Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Ballfield complex to be built at former dump site https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2020/03/softball-back-in-elm-park/
Mining
Altoona Mirror: For coal, pessimism is new reality https://www.altoonamirror.com/opinion/editorials/2020/03/for-coal-pessimism-is-new-reality/
Bucks County Courier Times: DEP questions Rockhill quarry asbestos survey, alerts to equipment removal https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20200306/dep-questions-rockhill-quarry-asbestos- survey-alerts-to-equipment-removal
Daily American: America Should End Reliance on Mining in China https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/opinion/columns/america-should-end-reliance-on-mining-in- china/article 001b436f-7c29-5ca4-b5e7-30ef7734347c.html
Times News: Local miners earn safety award https://www.tnonline.com/20200305/local-miners-earn-safety-award-2/
Oil and Gas
State Impact: Attorney General says he’s investigating ‘more than a dozen’ criminal cases into oil and gas companies https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2020/03/09/attorney-general-says-hes-investigating-more- than-a-dozen-criminal-cases-into-oil-and-gas-companies/
Tribune-Review: Oil plunges 25% as another virus-fueled trading week begins https://triblive.com/news/wire-stories/oil-plunges-20-as-another-virus-fueled-trading-week-begins/
Pittsburgh Business Times: Oil crash: why Saudi Arabia has started a global crude price war https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/03/09/oil-crash-why-saudi-arabia-has-started-a- global.html
Pittsburgh Business Times: Why falling oil prices could boost the Marcellus Shale https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/03/09/why-falling-oil-prices-could-boost-the- marcellus.html
Pittsburgh Business Times: Oil and gas device firm with Pittsburgh ties acquired by Illinois company in $125M deal https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2020/03/09/oil-and-gas-device-firm-with- pittsburgh.html
Pittsburgh City Paper: Takeaways from a town hall in Millvale discussing the petrochemical industry in Southwestern Pa. https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/takeaways-from-a-town-hall-in-millvale-discussing-the- petrochemical-industry-in-southwestern-pa/Content?oid=16894526
Allegheny Front: Clean Water Wanted: Contaminated Wells and the Legacy of Fossil Fuel Extraction https://www.alleghenyfront.org/clean-water-wanted-contaminated-wells-and-the-legacy-of-fossil-fuel- extraction/
WICU: National Fuel Workers Searching for Water in Gas Lines https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/41867349/national-fuel-workers-searching-for-water-in-gas-lines
Titusville Herald: Oil plunges 20% as another virus-fueled trading week begins (pg. A2) https://www.titusvilleherald.com/eedition/page 83ad1c83-8bcd-573f-a541-0ed8ac320b8a.html
Radiation Protection
York Daily Record: Peach Bottom nuclear plant granted license extension to operate until 2054 https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/03/06/peach-bottom-nuclear-power-plant-could-allow- operate-until-2054/4976225002/
York Dispatch: Peach Bottom nuclear plant gets 20-year extension https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2020/03/06/peach-bottom-nuclear-plant-gets-20-year- extension/4975801002/
Central Penn Business Journal: NRC extends Peach Bottom operating license to 2053-54 https://www.cpbj.com/nrc-extends-peach-bottom-operating-license-2053-54/
WITF/StateImpact: Peach Bottom nuclear plant gets 20-year license extension https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2020/03/06/peach-bottom-nuclear-plant-gets-20-year- license-extension/
Vector Management
Pennlive: Almost half of deer ticks carry Lyme disease: New study https://www.pennlive.com/life/2020/03/almost-half-of-deer-ticks-carry-lyme-disease-new-study.html
KDKA Radio: Spotted Lanternfly Can Impact Crops And Tree Fruits If Not Destroyed https://kdkaradio.radio.com/articles/spotted-lanternfly-impacts-crops-if-not-destroyed
Waste
Lancaster Newspapers: Books can be recycled into toilet paper, insulation and animal bedding; here's how the MCC does it https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/books-can-be-recycled-into-toilet-paper-insulation-and- animal/article 4da8aa02-5f26-11ea-a55e-3ff3b96a8785.html
Lancaster Farming: Eco-Friendly Egg Marketers Switching to Eco-Friendly Cartons https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/poultry/eco-friendly-egg-marketers-switching-to-eco- friendly-cartons/article 88173771-2800-5db5-a53a-df797c278a94.html
Tribune-Review: Allegheny County DA urges weekend medicine cabinet cleanup https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/allegheny-county-d-a-urges-weekend-medicine-cabinet- cleanup/
Post-Gazette: Scott Township seeks views on glass recycling https://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2020/03/06/Scott-Township-seeks-views-on-glass- recycling/stories/202003060016
Tribune-Review: Sounding off: Reducing litter, keeping America beautiful https://triblive.com/opinion/sounding-off-reducing-litter-keeping-america-beautiful/
Sunbury Daily Item: Where does all that plastic go? (Op-Ed) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/where-does-all-that-plastic-go/article ed01e580-f2ed-5105-afcb- 9cc1d4b13bdd.html
Water
Times News: Bowmanstown samples sent to DEP https://www.tnonline.com/20200306/bowmanstown-samples-sent-to-dep/
Lancaster Newspapers: Local oversight is needed for Lancaster County's private water wells https://lancasteronline.com/opinion/editorials/local-oversight-is-needed-for-lancaster-county-s-private- water/article 864797ee-5d9e-11ea-8e92-3f69463a776d.html
Altoona Mirror: Commissioners take on lake dredging project https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2020/03/commissioners-take-on-lake-dredging- project/
Lewistown Sentinel: Burnham sends letter to Lewistown https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2020/03/burnham-sends-letter-to-lewistown/
Lewistown Sentinel: Granville Township officials send letter to Borough Council https://www.lewistownsentinel.com/news/local-news/2020/03/granville-township-officials-send-letter- to-borough-council/
Daily American: Boil-water notice lifted for Meyersdale customers https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/local/somerset/family/boil-water-notice-lifted-for-meyersdale- customers/article 77fb5f98-60b1-11ea-aa27-e7777ab035c2.html
Beaver County Times: Aliquippa water authority office closed Tuesday https://www.timesonline.com/news/20200306/aliquippa-water-authority-office-closed-tuesday
Tribune-Review: Freeport Council moves forward on sewage project, without help from South Buffalo https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/freeport-council-moves-forward-on-sewage-project- without-help-from-south-buffalo/
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: A flood dispute worth litigating (Editorial) https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/030920/page/6/story/a-flood-dispute-worth-litigating
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Berwick nixes new sump pump rules https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/030820/page/3/story/berwick-nixes-new-sump-pump- rules
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Duboistown develops appeal and credit process for stormwater fee https://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2020/03/south-williamsport-and-duboistown-police- force-merger-and-integration-is-complete/
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Partnerships worth the effort to protect levee (Editorial) https://www.sungazette.com/opinion/editorials/2020/03/partnerships-worth-the-effort-to-protect- levee/
Centre County Gazette: Whipple Dam closed until July http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/whipple-dam-closed-until-july,1482689/
Butler Eagle: Cranberry joins region flood study http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20200306/NEWS01/703069939/-1/News01
Miscellaneous
York Dispatch: York City street sweeping begins soon https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2020/03/06/york-city-street-sweeping-make-return- month/4974599002/
Altoona Mirror: Hunters: Culling not answer to CWD https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2020/03/hunters-culling-not-answer-to-cwd/
WTAJ: PA Game Commission hosts forum, update local hunters on plans to deal with Chronic Wasting Disease https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/local-news/pa-game-commission-hosts-forum-update-local- hunters-on-plans-to-deal-with-chronic-wasting-disease/