Top DEP Stories
StateImpact PA: Senate panel weighs permitting process and economic growth https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/04/11/senate-panel-weighs-permitting- process-and-economic-growth/#more-39200
PA Business Central: March DEP well permits report http://www.pabusinesscentral.com/news/2016-04- 08/Energy_Updates/March_DEP_well_permits_report.html
Clean Power Plan
York Daily Record: LETTER: Clean Power Plan can help PA http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/2016/04/11/letter-clean-power-plan-can- help-pa/82657674/
Climate Change
Centre Daily Times: Climate change science is irrefutable: Deniers should be accountable http://www.centredaily.com/opinion/article71288907.html
Conservation & Recreation
York Daily Record: Game Commission to burn 227 acres of Game Land http://www.ydr.com/story/news/local/2016/04/11/game-commission-burn-227-acres- game-land/82908050/
Erie Times-News: Forum to discuss lake concerns http://www.goerie.com/forum-to-discuss-lake-concerns
Beaver County Times: Volunteers pitch in to pitch trash in annual nationwide cleanup http://www.timesonline.com/community/news/volunteers-pitch-in-to-pitch-trash-in- annual-nationwide-cleanup/article_6e6e4816-ffe7-11e5-bf8c-774463739c0b.html
Allentown Morning Call: Worth the wait? After 4 years, Forks Township finally able to move into $5.6 million environmental wonder http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-forks-public-works-delay-20160410-story.html
Energy
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Citing falling costs, SolarCity moving into Pittsburgh http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/04/11/SolarCity- moving-into-Pittsburgh/stories/201604120003
Pittsburgh Business Times: SolarCity enters Pittsburgh region http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/blog/energy/2016/04/solarcity-enters- pittsburgh-region.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Amid layoffs in fossil fuels, state Democrats strategy for clean energy jobs http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/consumers- powersource/2016/04/12/Amid-layoffs-in-fossil-fuels-state-Democrats-strategy-for- clean-energy-jobs/stories/201604170012
Penn St. Daily Collegian: Penn State NECA students to compete in ELECTRI 2016 Green Energy Challenge http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_97aa0cf0-0038-11e6-bcf2- 0f8fb1c7b625.html
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Editorial: 'Green' energy: Red ink nightmare http://triblive.com/opinion/editorials/10222621-74/green-energy-government
Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Apartments, retail, offices proposed for Strip District produce terminal http://www.post-gazette.com/business/development/2016/04/11/Chicago-developer- to-move-forward-on-Strip-District-produce-terminal-plan/stories/201604110156
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Long-delayed Produce Terminal project in Strip District could move forward http://triblive.com/news/adminpage/10276425-74/acklin-mccaffery-proposal
Mining
Wilkes-Barre Citizens’ Voice: Students’ project to tell story of acid mine treatment ponds http://citizensvoice.com/news/students-project-to-tell-story-of-acid-mine-treatment- ponds-1.2029300
Oil and Gas
PA Business Central: March DEP well permits report http://www.pabusinesscentral.com/news/2016-04- 08/Energy_Updates/March_DEP_well_permits_report.html
Lancaster Newspapers: Speaker: Pennsylvania communities need to revolt against Constitution to stop pipelines http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/speaker-pennsylvania-communities-need-to- revolt-against-constitution-to-stop/article_29ff2e3c-000c-11e6-b0ff-637e5bcd4c3e.html
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh gasoline stays flat at $2.18 http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/consumers- powersource/2016/04/11/Pittsburgh-gasoline-levels-off-at-2-18/stories/201604110107
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Rex Energy joins ethane export market to Europe http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10289273-74/rex-wells-gas
Titusville Herald: Early oil boom people and jobs to be focus of Drake Well program, Thursday http://www.titusvilleherald.com/news/article_d8295d12-0060-11e6-adda- bf806b82a890.html
Vector Management
Chambersburg Public Opinion: Lawn and garden: getting tough on West Nile http://www.publicopiniononline.com/story/life/2016/04/11/lawn-and-garden-getting- tough-west-nile/82921132/
Bucks County Herald: Black Fly suppression operations scheduled for Bucks and Northamption counties http://www.buckscountyherald.com/Latest_news/Black-fly-supression.html
Waste
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Jeannette eyes monthlong trash cleanup http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10276679-74/trash-cleanup-items
Reading Eagle: Editorial: Mayor on right track with plan for city trash collection http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/editorial-mayor-on-right-track-with-plan- for-city-trash-collection#sthash.AT9Xsks4.dpuf
Lehigh Valley Express-Times: Flawed Pa. recycling law creates roadside TV dumps | Letter http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/04/flawed_pa_recycling_law_ create.html
Pottsville Republican Herald: Blythe Township residents question landfill project http://republicanherald.com/news/blythe-township-residents-question-landfill-project- 1.2028451
Allentown Morning Call: Forks may move to automated collection of recyclables http://www.mcall.com/news/local/mc-forks-recycling-meeting-20160410-story.html
Water
New Castle News: Testing shows no problems with lead in any Lawrence County system http://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/testing-shows-no-problems-with-lead-in-any- lawrence-county/article_af8cdc0e-002d-11e6-9e54-f71af838492a.html
Reading Eagle: Casey convenes expert roundtable on lead exposure in Pennsylvania http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/casey-convenes-expert-roundtable-on- lead-exposure-in-pennsylvania#sthash.lxu1BZZv.dpuf
Williamsport Sun Gazette: 9 samples of water in area high for lead http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/657477/9-samples-of-water-in- area-high-for-lead.html?nav=5011
Doylestown Intelligencer: Congressmen hold press conference in Horsham on water contamination http://www.theintell.com/news/local/congressmen-hold-press-conference-in-horsham- on-water-contamination/article_b9a12266-1209-5318-b171-afa823c07cb5.html
Pottstown Mercury: $5M federal funding proposal would air Delaware River water basin http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20160411/5m-federal-funding-proposal- would-aid-delaware-river-water-basin
Greenville Record Argus: Greenville council OKs Storm Water Utility with 5-2 vote http://www.recordargusnews.com/news/2016-04- 12/Front_Page/Greenville_council_OKs_Storm_Water_Utility_with_52.html
Dubois Courier Express: Sykesville tackles water project items http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/sykesville-tackles-water-project- items/article_330f63dc-2a59-57e2-9c54-1d09517bcfee.html
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader: State mandated Municipal Small Storm Sewer Systems meeting held in Fairview Township https://timesleader.com/news/local/529204/state-mandated-municipal-small-storm- sewer-systems-meeting-held-in-fairview-township
Clearfield Progress: MoValley sewer authority denies Rush request for extra funding http://www.theprogressnews.com/news/local/movalley-sewer-authority-denies-rush- request-for-extra-funding/article_b5a13863-a000-540b-869b-5d515e9c5c2d.html
Reading Eagle: Spring Township supervisors extend sewer credit program http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/spring-township-supervisors-extend-sewer- credit-program#sthash.1UWCUdCk.dpuf
York Dispatch: Muddy Run warning system to be tested Thursday http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2016/04/11/muddy-run-warning-system- tested-thursday/82911038/
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Michigan governor says staff misled him about Flint water http://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2016/04/12/Michigan-governor- says-staff-misled-him-about-Flint-water/stories/201604120135
Miscellaneous
StateImpact PA: Senate panel weighs permitting process and economic growth https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/04/11/senate-panel-weighs-permitting- process-and-economic-growth/#more-39200
Wayne County News Eagle: Concerned crowd dumps acid rock site http://www.neagle.com/article/20160411/NEWS/160419971