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Air
Standard Speaker: Another delay set in stone http://standardspeaker.com/news/another-delay-set-in-stone-1.2170322
Earthworks: PA Communities Demonstrate Support for Critical Methane Emission Rules at State Capitol https://www.earthworksaction.org/media/detail/pa_communities_demonstrate_support_for_critical_ methane_emission_rules_at_s#.WNJ6DlXyuV8
Climate Change
Pittsburgh Business Times: Kraft Heinz plans to add $200M investment to fight hunger, boost sustainability http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/03/21/kraft-heinz-plans-to-add-200m-investment- to-fight.html
Pittsburgh Business Times: PNC meets carbon reduction goal four years early http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/03/22/pnc-meets-carbon-reduction-goal-four- years-early.html
Energy
Reading Eagle: South Heidelberg sues over unpaid fees for planned natural gas plant http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/south-heidelberg-sues-over-unpaid-fees-for-planned- natural-gas-plant
Beaver County Times: FirstEnergy could owe millions in back wages to Bruce Mansfield union workers http://www.timesonline.com/news/business/firstenergy-could-owe-millions-in-back-wages-to-bruce- mansfield/article_25b85944-0e5b-11e7-b5fb-6feecd801d9d.html
Tribune-Review: Southwestern Pennsylvania set to be major player in energy market, expert says http://triblive.com/business/headlines/12097810-74/southwestern-pennsylvania-set-to-be-major- player-in-energy-market-expert-says
Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields
Pittsburgh Business Times: Carnegie Mellon finally ready to build new project on gas station site http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/03/21/carnegie-mellon-finally-ready-to-build-new- project.html
Pittsburgh City Paper: Lincoln-Lemington brownfields present development challenges http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/lincoln-lemington-brownfields-present-development- challenges/Content?oid=2379605
Oil and Gas
TribLive: Online tool targets transparency http://triblive.com/business/headlines/12101576-74/online-tool-targets-transparency
PA Environment Digest Blog: DEP Launches Oil & Gas Electronic Submissions Review Tool For Accelerated Public Access http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2017/03/dep-launches-oil-gas-electronic.html
Bucks County Courier Times: New Jersey Senators Cory Booker, Bob Menendez express PennEast concerns http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/local/new-jersey-senators-cory-booker-bob- menendez-express-penneast-concerns/article_e280159e-449a-554a-9a75-c42be96eae89.html
WGAL: Dakota Access Pipeline vandalized before it comes online http://www.wgal.com/article/dakota-access-pipeline-vandalized-before-it-comes-online/9165891
WITF/StateImpact: Pennsylvania could support four more ethane crackers, report says https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2017/03/21/pennsylvania-could-support-four-more-ethane- crackers-report-says/?_ga=1.76415772.882895250.1471610849
Pittsburgh Business Times: Study: State could support up to four more ethane crackers http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2017/03/21/study-state-could-support-up-to-four-more- ethane.html
Beaver County Times: Study: Four crackers could come to region along with $3.7 billion in other investments http://www.timesonline.com/news/shellcracker/study-four-crackers-could-come-to-region-along-with- billion/article_d988d0f6-0e48-11e7-8a06-2f5c55536f4a.html
Tribune-Review: Pa. governor expects gas windfall in billions http://triblive.com/business/headlines/12101589-74/pa-governor-expects-gas-windfall-in-billions
Observer-Reporter: Report: Marcellus, Utica gas production could support several ethane crackers http://www.observer- reporter.com/20170321/report_marcellus_utica_gas_production_could_support_several_ethane_crack ers
Philly.com: Pa. report lauds $3.7B potential of Marcellus liquids http://www.philly.com/philly/business/energy/Report-lauds-PA-marcellus-shale-manufacturing- petrochemical.html
Radiation Protection
Pennlive: Three Mile Island's near meltdown: 14 white-knuckle moments from 38 years ago http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/03/three_mile_islands_near_meltdo.html#incart_m-rpt-2
Waste
York Dispatch: Consumers wrestle with deluge of cardboard boxes http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/money/business/2017/03/21/consumers-wrestle-deluge- cardboard-boxes/99478442/
Morning Call: Whitehall seeking clarity on quarry oversight http://www.mcall.com/news/local/whitehall/mc-whitehall-quarry-concerns-boscola-20170320- story.html
Times-Leader: DEP OK with garbage dumped at Wilkes-Barre DPW yard http://timesleader.com/news/644942/dep-ok-with-garbage-dumped-at-wilkes-barre-dpw-yard
Water
Intelligencer: We must keep Pennsylvania Growing Greener http://www.theintell.com/opinion/guest/we-must-keep-pennsylvania-growing- greener/article_5fc3da62-d11f-5a75-93fd-8babf0ddccc8.html
Bucks County Courier Times: Leave testing for PFOS, PFOA to professionals, the military and DEP recommend http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/horsham-pfos/leave-testing-for-pfos-pfoa-to- professionals-the-military-and/article_8902f98a-b46b-51b4-baff-51ddc4cae9bb.html
Pennlive: Sewer line break caused depression that sidelined bus near Capitol http://www.pennlive.com/news/2017/03/sewer_line_break_caused_depres.html#incart_river_home_p op
Reading Eagle: RAWA working with customers to recoup money http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/rawa-working-with-customers-to-recoup-money
Reading Eagle: Cumru approves new cost division for watershed coalition http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/cumru-approves-new-cost-division-for-watershed-coalition
Reading Eagle: Centre Township on-lot septic users to get letter http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/centre-township-on-lot-septic-users-to-get-letter
Waynesboro Record Herald: Washington Township Municipal Authority addresses water troubles http://www.therecordherald.com/news/20170321/washington-township-municipal-authority- addresses-water-troubles abc27: 15+ hours into repairing sewer line collapse http://abc27.com/2017/03/22/15-hours-into-repairing-sewer-line-collapse/
WGAL: Crews free bus from sinkhole near State Capitol Building; Road closed for next few days http://www.wgal.com/article/crews-free-bus-from-sinkhole-near-state-capitol-building-road-closed-for- next-few-days/9163081
Tribune-Democrat: Johnstown homeowners could get help with sewer costs http://www.tribdem.com/news/johnstown-homeowners-could-get-help-with-sewer- costs/article_76c4fce0-0e9a-11e7-9525-af395786b1f2.html
WESA: Inside One Of The Labs Testing Pittsburghers' Water For Lead http://wesa.fm/post/inside-one-labs-testing-pittsburghers-water-lead#stream/0
Post-Gazette OPINION: Making water safe from street to tap Making water safe from street to tap http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2017/03/22/Making-water-safe-from-street-to- tap/stories/201703220036?pgpageversion=pgevoke
Pittsburgh City Paper: Many Pittsburghers oppose privatization of the city’s water system http://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/many-pittsburghers-oppose-privatization-of-the-citys-water- system/Content?oid=2379510
Standard Speaker: Rust-colored water leaves bad taste for Freeland area residents http://standardspeaker.com/news/rust-colored-water-leaves-bad-taste-for-freeland-area-residents- 1.2170337
Butler Eagle: Board votes for public water at Summit http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20170321/NEWS01/703219912
Butler Eagle: Butler School District sued by insurance providers http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20170321/NEWS20/170329993
The Courier Express: Clearfield Borough Council OKs Nichols Street storm sewer work http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/local/clearfield-borough-council-oks-nichols-street-storm- sewer-work/article_9acc8bb0-3ad0-53fa-bc9e-8db3fcf370e1.html
WFMZ: Cumru to reallocate watershed coalition costs http://www.wfmz.com/news/berks/cumru-to-reallocate-watershed-coalition-costs/407733427
Miscellaneous
Carlisle Sentinel: Mechanicsburg council grants 90-day extension for Legacy Park plan http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/mechanicsburg/mechanicsburg-council-grants--day- extension-for-legacy-park-plan/article_362a318f-b0ce-5a49-9a57-e6cf22914339.html
WITF/StateImpact: EPA Region 3 union rep says Trump’s proposed cuts would hurt public health https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2017/03/21/epa-region-3-union-rep-says-trumps-proposed- cuts-would-hurt-public-health/?_ga=1.47588142.882895250.1471610849
WESA: The Often Environmentally Harmful Electroplating Industry Gets A Green Touch http://wesa.fm/post/often-environmentally-harmful-electroplating-industry-gets-green- touch#stream/0
Butler Eagle: Selling the GOP on the environment http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20170321/EDITORIAL0317/703219925
Erie Times News: Not only did Robert Brace, owner of Robert Brace Farms, fail to reach a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency, but Brace is now seeking punitive action against the government. http://www.goerie.com/news/20170322/mediation-fails-to-resolve-government-case-against- waterford-farmer
New Castle News: Union sets spring clean-up http://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local_news/union-sets-spring-clean-up/article_3f749fca-926f- 5e44-8832-08fb8575f1cb.html