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Top DEP Stories

Allied News: DEP rebates for alternative fuel vehicles still available http://www.alliednews.com/news/dep-rebates-for-alternative-fuel-vehicles-still- available/article_e2421cba-1423-547b-986a-a8b54971bfe9.html

Climate Change

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Climate change pushes fishing industry in Gulf of Maine to the brink http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10701611-74/cod-fishing-catch

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Editorial-New scientific research suggests the Earth http://triblive.com/opinion/editorials/10687850-74/climate-deniers-legal

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Mostly dry spring favorable for sweet corn crop in Western Pennsylvania http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10706167-74/corn-crop-gearhard

Reading Eagle: Letter: Fight climate change with sensible plan http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/letter-fight-climate-change-with-sensible-plan

Conservation & Recreation

Pittsburgh Business Times: Riverlife’s Li recognizes need for more amenities http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/07/01/riverlife-s-li-recognizes-need-for-more- amenities.html

WESA_FM: Dry for Centuries, Water to Flow Again In Highland Park’s Heth’s Run http://wesa.fm/post/dry-centuries-water-flow-again-highland-park-s-heth-s-run

WESA-FM: Abandoned Knoxville Incline Faces New Future As Greenspace http://wesa.fm/post/abandoned-knoxville-incline-faces-new-future-greenspace

Energy

WKOK News: SEDA-COG seminar will showcase energy savings http://wkok.com/seda-cog-seminar-will-showcase-energy-savings/

Sayre Morning Times: IMG Midstream Milan station under construction http://www.morning-times.com/news/article_f33cf837-8242-5a93-a57e-0de57d05a840.html

Sunbury Daily Item: Pipeline construction to begin at end of July http://www.dailyitem.com/news/snyder_county/pipeline-construction-to-begin-at-end-of- july/article_1c604762-28d2-5dcf-8695-93c4ca96589b.html

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: State net metering rules might survive despite second blow http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2016/07/05/Pennsylvania-net- metering-rules-for-solar-farms-might-survive-despite-second-blow/stories/201607050021

Environmental Brownfields & Cleanup

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Survey asks public what to do with Heth's Run project near the zoo http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/07/05/Survey-asks-public-what-to-do-with-Heth-s-Run- project-near-the-zoo/stories/201607040009

Mining

Allegheny Front: COMING HOME TO COAL COUNTRY http://www.alleghenyfront.org/coming-home-to-coal-country/

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Murray Energy warns of up to 4,400 layoffs in September http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10727444-74/coal-murray-company

Johnstown Tribune Democrat: Ebensburg company seeks DEP go-ahead to remove small 'boney' pile near Nanty Glo http://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/ebensburg-company-seeks-dep-go-ahead-to-remove-small- boney/article_29d5701e-42b0-5222-9fc7-879b1e00418d.html

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Embattled coal miner surrenders coal reserves in Westmoreland and Fayette to non-profits http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/07/05/Embattled-coal-miner- surrenders-coal-reserves-Westmoreland-Fayette-Pennsylvania-to-non-profits- alpha/stories/201607050016

Oil and Gas

StateImpact PA: Bill would limit Pennsylvania’s ability to regulate methane https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/07/04/bill-would-limit-pennsylvanias-ability-to- regulate-methane/#more-40492

Williamsport Sun Gazette: House bill would fix gas royalties for lease owners http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/663165/House-bill-would-fix-gas-royalties-for- lease-owners.html?nav=5011

Pittsburgh Business Times: Shell, others building the case for Appalachian petrochemical industry http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/07/01/shell-others-building-the-case-for- appalachian.html

Pittsburgh Business Times: Baker Hughes rig count steady for tristate area http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/07/01/baker-hughes-rig-count-steady-for-tristate- area.html

Allegheny Front: Getting by After the Fracking Boom http://www.alleghenyfront.org/getting-by-after-the-fracking-boom/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Let's work together, energy leaders say, but remember that Shell picked Pa. http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2016/07/03/Let-s-work- together-energy-leaders-say-and-remember-that-Shell-picked-Pennsylvania/stories/201607030084

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Upper Burrell Supervisor Walker OK'd to vote on gas well issues http://triblive.com/news/valleynewsdispatch/10684973-74/walker-gas-drilling

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: US energy secretary sees oil market coming into balance http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/07/04/US-energy-secretary-sees- oil-market-coming-into-balance-2/stories/201607050023

Washington Observer Reporter: Better late than never, Peters Township gets state gas impact fees http://www.observer- reporter.com/20160704/better_late_than_never_peters_township_gets_state_gas_impact_fees

Sharon Herald: Drilling industry awaits rebound, resists new regs http://www.sharonherald.com/opinion/columns/drilling-industry-awaits-rebound-resists-new- regs/article_3dfef21c-ac91-5d17-b01e-3c5125da9eff.html

WITF/StateImpact: Bill would limit Pennsylvania’s ability to regulate methane https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/07/04/bill-would-limit-pennsylvanias-ability-to- regulate-methane/?_ga=1.195557292.101862103.1457453460

WITF/StateImpact: Federal court rules FERC doesn’t have to review upstream impacts of LNG https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/07/01/federal-court-rules-ferc-doesnt-have-to-review- upstream-impacts-of-lng/?_ga=1.131923855.101862103.1457453460

Vector Management

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Indiana County woman contracts West Nile, first in state this year http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/10727180-74/nile-west-mosquitoes

Warren Times Observer: West Nile virus sample collected in county http://www.timesobserver.com/page/content.detail/id/616411/West-Nile-virus-sample-collected-in- county.html

Water

WKOK News: Grant money released for flood wall rehab http://wkok.com/grant-money-released-for-flood-wall-rehab/

Lock Haven Express: Lead: There is no safe level for children http://lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/589715/Lead--There-is-no-safe-level-for- children.html?nav=5009

Sayre Morning Times: Sayre awarded funding for Cayuta Creek project http://www.morning-times.com/news/article_fddc3e52-8a01-5555-b4fe-42ae46d0d047.html

Allegheny Front: THIS GUY ISN’T SHY ABOUT SWIMMING IN PITTSBURGH’S THREE RIVERS http://www.alleghenyfront.org/this-guy-isnt-shy-about-swimming-in-pittsburghs-three-rivers/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: PWSA delivers report on lead levels, water and sewer services http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2016/07/01/PWSA-delivers-report-on-lead-levels-water-and- sewer-services/stories/201607010219

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Testing finds an AGH patient contracted Legionnaires' disease at the hospital in May http://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2016/07/01/Testing-finds-an-AGH-patient-contracted- Legionnaires-disease-at-the-hospital-in-May/stories/201607010221

Pittsburgh Tribune Review: More than half of Pittsburgh water samples had no lead but 5% at or above fed limit http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/10721662-74/pwsa-lead-customers

WESA-FM: PWSA Says It's Fixing Billing Problems and Working to Improve Lead-Tainted Water http://wesa.fm/post/pwsa-says-its-fixing-billing-problems-and-working-improve-lead-tainted-water

Patriot-News: Water company schedules work to replace two water mains in Lower Paxton http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2016/07/water_company_schedules_work_t.html#incart _river_index

Lancaster Newspapers: Pennsylvania lags on Chesapeake Bay clean-up http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/pennsylvania-lags-on-chesapeake-bay-cleanup/article_2ff5229e-40ba-11e6-98be-df8ac8dc9c42.html

Reading Eagle: Marion Township supervisors grant waiver for poultry farm http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/marion-township-supervisors-grant-waiver-for-poultry- farm

Miscellaneous

Sunbury Daily Item: Building evacuated after suspected gas leak http://www.dailyitem.com/news/snyder_county/building-evacuated-after-suspected-gas- leak/article_ec7496ec-d32f-5ba6-a793-5f0bddd6fc92.html

Allegheny Front: How A Philadelphia Doctor Changed the Way We Think About Lead Poisoning http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-a-philadelphia-doctor-changed-the-way-we-think-about-lead- poisoning/

Bradford Era: Scarnati announces millions in state funding for district http://www.bradfordera.com/news/scarnati-announces-millions-in-state-funding-for- district/article_2fd726a0-3ff6-11e6-8bc6-0fe418cff126.html