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Some clips may be behind a paywall. If you need access to these clips, email me at [email protected] Top DEP Stories Williamsport Sun Gazette: State’s chief environmental official worries about funding http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/657810/State-s-chief-environmental- official-worries-about-funding.html?nav=5011 Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. Official: Cuts will hurt pipeline oversight http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160416_Pa__official__Cuts_will_hurt_pipeline_oversight .html Air Scranton Times: Clearing work begins at Invenergy site http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/clearing-work-begins-at-invenergy-site-1.2030990 Clean Power Plan WESA-FM:Texas Power Players Sit Out Political Opposition To Clean Power Plan http://wesa.fm/post/texas-power-players-sit-out-political-opposition-clean-power-plan Conservation Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Eaglets reported at all 4 Allegheny County nests http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/10320757-74/county-nest-nests Washington Observer Reporter: Park volunteers to hold flower walk along Mason-Dixon Line http://www.observer- reporter.com/20160416/park_volunteers_to_hold_flower_walk_along_mason-dixon_line Earth Day Penn St. Daily Collegian: Penn State to host environmental events for Earth Week 2016 http://www.collegian.psu.edu/news/campus/article_b25309e8-04df-11e6-b523- c3c67cfccced.html Allegheny Front: How a Mad Men Ad Exec Helped ‘Brand’ The First Earth Day http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-a-mad-men-ad-exec-helped-brand-the-first-earth-day/ Allegheny Front: Memories from Pittsburgh’s First Earth Day in 1970 http://www.alleghenyfront.org/memories-from-pittsburghs-first-earth-day-in-1970/ Allegheny Front: How A Rag-Tag Crew Of Hippies, Housewives And Politicians Created Earth Day http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-a-rag-tag-crew-of-hippies-housewives-and-politicians- created-earth-day/ Reading Eagle: Reading Intermediate High students help clean City Park for service day http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/reading-intermediate-high-students-help-clean- city-park-for-service-day#.VxTUYO_2ZD8 Reading Eagle: Berks County Conservation District says several events on tap to celebrate Earth Day http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/several-events-on-tap-to-celebrate-earth- day#sthash.353Wd6VQ.dpuf Carlisle Sentinel: Shippensburg University to host Earth Day events during Stewardship Week http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/shippensburg/shippensburg-university-to- host-earth-day-events-during-stewardship-week/article_68cc2176-47bc-5dcc-b1b6- a767629c69d1.html Emergency Response Somerset Daily American: Forest fire destroys more than 70 acres of protected area http://www.dailyamerican.com/news/local/somerset/forest-fire-destroys-more-than-acres-of- protected-area/article_74c852e6-b078-53eb-bc10-db676e83a672.html Pittsburgh Tribune Review: No impact from controlled burn near New Florence, game officials affirm http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10315111-74/game-area-florence Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Units battle wildfire atop Laurel Mountain http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10320874-74/wildfire-911-counties Johnstown Tribune Democrat: Brush fires plague region for second day http://www.tribdem.com/news/local_news/brush-fires-plague-region-for-second- day/article_5087aed8-050e-11e6-a893-f7b8dc937462.html Energy Pittsburgh Business Times: Energy jobs down sharply in Pennsylvania http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/04/15/energy-jobs-down-sharply-in- pennsylvania.html Washington Observer Reporter: W&J’s energy policy and management center changes leaders http://www.observer- reporter.com/20160417/wjx2019s_energy_policy_and_management_center_changes_leaders Mining Oil and Gas Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. Official: Cuts will hurt pipeline oversight http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160416_Pa__official__Cuts_will_hurt_pipeline_oversight .html Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Pa. drilling rules headed for key vote after judge rejects stay http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2016/04/15/Pa- traditional-and-Marcellus-Shale-drilling-rules-headed-for-key-vote-after-judge-rejects- stay/stories/201604150218 Pittsburgh Business Times: Eclipse Resources back in compliance with New York Stock Exchange http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/04/15/eclipse-resources-back-in- compliance-with-new-york.html Pittsburgh Business Times: Marcellus helps boost U.S. natural gas production to record http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2016/04/15/marcellus-helps-boost-u-s-natural- gas-production.html Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Drop in shale drilling puts some hotels on the market http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/04/17/Drop-in-shale- drilling-puts-some-hotels-on-the-market-in-Western-Pennsylvania/stories/201604170097 Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Oil drillers feel pain as banks slash credit lines http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10303776-74/credit-oil-banks Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Oil meeting in Qatar collapses without freeze as Iran absent http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2016/04/18/Oil- meeting-in-Qatar-collapses-without-freeze-as-Iran-absent-1/stories/201604180090 Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Range Resources exec's well-site remarks drawing sharp criticism http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/latest-oil-and-gas/2016/04/18/Executive-s- remark-about-shale-gas-well-sites-prompts-sharp-criticism-calls-for- review/stories/201604180027 Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Consol Energy CEO predicts 2 ethane cracker plants for region http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10315284-74/ethane-cracker-plants Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Kane lawsuit delays natural gas royalties settlement payment http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10276096-74/settlement-case-chesapeake PennLive: Oklahoma natural gas drilling rig company settles overtime pay suit for $400,000 -- WILLIAMSPORT — An Oklahoma company that erects drills for natural gas wells will pay more than $400,000 to settle a federal lawsuit that alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards and Pennsylvania Minimum Wage acts. http://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/04/oklahoma_natural_gas_drilling.html#incart_river_ho me Waste Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Op/Ed-One word: plastics http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2016/04/17/One-word-plastics-Paleontologists- of-the-future-will-see-this-as-the-Trashiferous-era/stories/201604170062 Bucks Local News: Recycling Day bring constant stream of paper to shred, flags to retire and bicycles to refurbish to Buttonwood Park in Yardley http://buckslocalnews.com/articles/2016/04/17/yardley_news/news/doc5713dc3640cb023184 8568.txt Press Enterprise: N-plant needs waste storage http://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/041716/page/1/story/n-plant-needs-waste- storage Citizens Voice: Nuclear plant owner appealing permit denial for spent fuel storage expansion http://citizensvoice.com/news/nuclear-plant-owner-appealing-permit-denial-for-spent-fuel- storage-expansion-1.2031856 Water Chesapeake Bay Journal: Enforcing rules could hasten the Bay's cleanup, reduce costs http://www.bayjournal.com/article/enforcing_rules_could_hasten_the_bays_cleanup_reduce_c osts Philadelphia Inquirer: Lead’s weight: So much pre-1978 housing means an abundance of hazard http://www.philly.com/philly/business/real_estate/20160417_Lead_s_weight__So_much_pre- 1978_housing_means_an_abundance_of_hazard.html Express Times: Up to 15,000 Allentown water lines may be made of lead http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/allentown/index.ssf/2016/04/up_to_15k_allentown_water_lin e.html#incart_river_home Centre Daily Times: Stormwater management workshop to be held at Ferguson Township Municipal Building http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/state-college/article72391752.html DuBois Courier Express: Sykesville OKs condemnation ordinance for water project http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/sykesville-oks-condemnation-ordinance-for-water- project/article_e79c0604-51e4-5765-9754-0aa3a86d1dad.html Clearfield Progress: Curwensville Municipal Authority to host open house at renovated plant http://www.theprogressnews.com/progress_news/curwensville-municipal-authority-to-host- open-house-at-renovated-plant/article_24fbc25a-69b7-5184-8991-523dab529ed9.html Williamsport Sun Gazette: Mansfield council hears about costly sewer pipe problem http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/657840/Mansfield-council-hears-about- costly-sewer-pipe-problem.html?nav=5014 Pittsburgh Tribune Review: East Deer water tank rehabilitation moves on http://triblive.com/news/valleynewsdispatch/10308466-74/tank-painting-deer Allegheny Front: How a Burning River Helped Create the Clean Water Act http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-a-burning-river-helped-create-the-clean-water-act/ WESA-FM: More Than 100 Pennsylvania Water Systems Reported Lead Levels Above Federal Limit http://wesa.fm/post/more-100-pennsylvania-water-systems-reported-lead-levels-above- federal-limit Decision on diseased Susquehanna bass delayed -- John Arway was in the boat in 2014 when a buddy reeled in the bass that has become the sickly public face of the Susquehanna River. http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2016/04/17/Decision-on-diseased- Susquehanna-bass-delayed/stories/201604170175 Scranton Times: Mayor: Scranton may charge rain tax, form an authority -- Scranton Mayor Bill Courtright said the city eventually may charge a fee for stormwater management and form an authority to handle it. http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/mayor-scranton-may-charge-rain-tax-form-an-authority- 1.2031427