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Top DEP Stories
My ChesCo: DEP Offers Funding for Environmental Education Projects http://mychesco.com/a/news/pennsylvania/dep-offers-funding-for-environmental-education-projects/
Towanda Daily Review: DEP launches two oil and gas electronic permits https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/business/dep-launches-two-oil-and-gas-electronic- permits/article_fb2d3d7b-4e5e-5ad4-ba14-71286e5a2d2f.html
Bradford Era: DEP offering grants for environmental education http://www.bradfordera.com/news/dep-offering-grants-for-environmental- education/article_22dd79e4-defb-11e8-aeeb-9fc18b977c27.html
Mentions
Post-Gazette: High levels of lead linked to private pipelines in Braddock, water official says http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2018/11/02/Braddock-Water-Authority-lead-health-DEP- neurotoxin-drinking/stories/201811010228
Centre Daily Times: Eight months after water system’s “critical” failure, Mountaintop residents face challenges https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/article220970740.html
Centre Daily Times: What’s shaking in Bellefonte? Scientists explain Thursday’s “seismic events” https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/bellefonte/article221017705.html
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Flooding may secure disaster declaration https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/110418/page/1/story/flooding-may-secure-disaster- designation
Towanda Daily Review: Stream maintenance update (LTE) https://www.thedailyreview.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-to-the-editor-nov/article_ca075b25- 91b5-5b68-ac8c-be3c63c963ff.html
Towanda Daily Review: Before you vote: Getting to know Clint Owlett and Carrie Heath https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/local/before-you-vote-getting-to-know-clint-owlett-and- carrie/article_cb22b329-e77b-53e7-9423-4ac711503f8f.html
Lock Haven Express: Hanna Jr. talks taxes, reform, and more http://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2018/11/hanna-jr-talks-taxes-reform-and-more/
Air
Reading Eagle: More protection: UN says Earth's ozone layer is healing https://www.readingeagle.com/article/20181105/AP/311059808/1010
Altoona Mirror: Burn ban decision sparks anger http://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2018/11/burn-ban-decision-sparks-anger/
Pittsburgh Business Times: Steelworkers announce tentative agreement with ArcelorMittal https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/05/steelworkers-announce-tentative- agreement-with.html
Observer-Reporter: Houston plant's owner enters multimillion-dollar settlement with EPA https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/houston-plant-s-owner-enters-multimillion-dollar- settlement-with-epa/article_d6394e1e-deab-11e8-a8f4-8b225688ad6b.html
Post-Gazette: Union reaches tentative deal on new contract with ArcelorMittal http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2018/11/02/United-Steelworkers- ArcelorMittal-labor-contract-Monessen-Weirton-pay/stories/201811020128
Observer-Reporter- Monessen coke plant upgrades outlined https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/monessen-coke-plant-upgrades- outlined/article_aec49ba4-de9c-11e8-8463-e721017eab61.html
Post-Gazette: Natural gas processor to pay nearly $7M to settle pollution violations http://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2018/11/02/markwest-MPLX-LP-pollution- violations-Houston-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-natural-gas-processing-facility/stories/201811020078
Pittsburgh Business Times: MPLX agrees to $925K penalty for emissions violations https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/02/mplx-agrees-to-925k-penalty-for- emissions.html
Climate Change
Reading Eagle: Climate-change issue is not up for debate https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/letter-climate-change-issue-is-not-up-for-debate
Allegheny Front: How Climate Change Hurts Kids’ Health https://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-climate-change-hurts-kids-health/
Conservation & Recreation
The Corry Journal: Saga of the Tamarack http://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article_28a8f862-dee2-11e8-bfaf-574a8a43af50.html
Lock Haven Express: Do your duty and fear no one (Opinion Column by John Arway) http://www.lockhaven.com/opinion/columns/2018/10/straight-talk%e2%80%88do-your-duty-and-fear- no-one/
Lock Haven Express: Americans support parks and prefer political candidates who do, too (Opinion) http://www.lockhaven.com/opinion/columns/2018/10/americans-support-parks-and-prefer-political- candidates-who-do-too/
Gant Daily: For hunters, new Game Commission app has it all https://gantdaily.com/2018/10/29/for-hunters-new-game-commission-app-has-it-all/
Shamokin News-Item: Shamokin-Coal Township Library helping kids be “Coal Region Nature Detectives” https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/shamokin-coal-township-library-helping-kids-be-nature- detectives/article_86147cec-aff7-537b-9ba4-c20b1b2a56f5.html
Centre County Gazette: A look inside the Penn State Woodsmen Team http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/a-look-inside-the-penn-state-woodsmen- team,1478351/
Lancaster Newspapers: Muddy Run Recreation Park: A park for all seasons https://lancasteronline.com/sports/outdoors/muddy-run-recreation-park-a-park-for-all- seasons/article_0f5b3bc8-ded2-11e8-978b-6f1035bd52ea.html
Allegheny Front: This Federal Program Helped Pay for a Park Near You. Now its Future is in Limbo. https://www.alleghenyfront.org/this-federal-program-helped-pay-for-a-park-near-you-now-its-future- is-in-limbo/
Post-Gazette: Heather Manzo joins Conservation District as executive director http://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2018/11/02/Heather-Manzo- Conservation-District-executive-director-land-water-pollution/stories/201811020116
Post-Gazette: FISHING REPORT: Bass, walleye caught at Ohio River tribs, Erie steelhead remain at creek mouths http://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2018/11/02/FISHING-REPORT-Bass-walleye-Ohio-River- Erie-steelhead-trout/stories/201811020075
Energy
Gant Daily: Wolf Administration announces the opening of Indiana CNG Transit fueling station https://gantdaily.com/2018/10/31/wolf-administration-announces-the-opening-of-indiana-cng-transit- fueling-station/
WESA: PJM: There Is No Grid Emergency (At Least For The Next Five Years) http://www.wesa.fm/post/pjm-there-no-grid-emergency-least-next-five-years#stream/0
Observer-Reporter: Energy assistance program accepting applications https://observer-reporter.com/living/energy-assistance-program-accepting- applications/article_69b07522-dea8-11e8-a043-cb4554641e0b.html
Pittsburgh Business Times: Green Tree energy producer plans Nasdaq listing https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/02/green-tree-energy-producer-plans-nasdaq- listing.html
Beaver County Times: Energy assistance grants available http://www.timesonline.com/entertainmentlife/20181101/energy-assistance-grants-available
Post-Gazette: Report: Region's electric grid can deal with "extreme" winter stress despite power plant closures http://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2018/11/01/PJM-electric-grid-coal-nuclear- power-plant-retirements-natural-gas/stories/201811010163
Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields
Tribune-Review: Study of Mt. Pleasant Borough brownfield site will develop plan for potential uses https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/14202813-74/study-of-mt-pleasant-brownfield-site-will- develop-plan-for-potential-uses
Mining
Morning Call: After nearly a decade of hearings, Lower Milford zoners deny quarry application https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-lower-milford-quarry-zoning-decision-20181026- story.html
Shamokin News-Item: 250 years of anthracite in PA: Mining history still runs deep https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/years-of-anthracite-in-pa-mining-history-still-runs- deep/article_44756894-6ff9-5099-850a-5974bb286c03.html
Shamokin News-Item: Our salute to miners (Editorial) https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/our-salute-to-miners/article_07a9521a-0647-5201-aa55- a95fe6fbc94a.html
Note: For additional stories in this special series on coal mining history, including interviews with more than a dozen local miners, visit https://www.newsitem.com/special/.
Oil and Gas
Delaware County Daily Times: Explosion destroys mansion in Gladwyne https://www.delcotimes.com/news/explosion-destroys-mansion-in-gladwyne/article_a518057e-24e9- 5f43-92ba-106666e8f23a.html
Philadelphia Inquirer: Gladwyne home, under renovation, leveled by apparent gas explosion http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/gladwyne-home-gas-explosion-20181104.html
6ABC: Gladwyne home explosion could be felt for miles https://6abc.com/gladwyne-home-explosion-could-be-felt-for-miles/4618938/
Shamokin News-Item: Cleanup, restoration from pipeline construction continues https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/cleanup-restoration-from-pipeline-construction- continues/article_02389579-9303-5557-8933-16abcf985de6.html
Shamokin News-Item: Shamokin Area School District, county department of public safety to receive $10K from Williams pipeline company https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/shamokin-area-school-district-county-department-of-public- safety-to/article_4597bb90-0250-5119-aebd-d249a1543e7c.html
Lock Haven Express: LH, Renovo to receive Community Grants from Williams http://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2018/11/lh-renovo-to-receive-community-grants/
KDKA: Crews Search For Cause Of Greene Co. House Explosion That Injured 3 https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/greene-county-house-explosion-three-people-injured/
Pittsburgh Business Times: Oilfield services company to expand at Starpointe https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/02/oilfield-services-company-to-expand-at- starpointe.html
Ovserver-Reporter: Father in Greene County house explosion 'lifted walls' to get family out https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/father-in-greene-county-house-explosion-lifted-walls- to-get/article_57aaab46-de0c-11e8-b798-1fe8dd9b18d0.html
Tribune-Review: Gas prices take biggest one-week plunge for 2018 https://triblive.com/local/regional/14250685-74/gas-prices-take-biggest-one-week-plunge-for-2018
Post-Gazette: Sniffing for oil, Pittsburgh energy firm seeks investors to help it push into Kentucky http://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2018/11/04/oil-Pittsburgh-energy-Catalyst- investors-tax-break-Kentucky/stories/201811040042
Post-Gazette: Oklahoma earthquake prompts shutdown of well http://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2018/11/05/Oklahoma-earthquake-prompts- shutdown-of-well/stories/201811050072
Vector Management
Bradford Era: Expert: Risk of spotted lanternfly on Christmas trees is slight http://www.bradfordera.com/news/expert-risk-of-spotted-lanternfly-on-christmas-trees-is- slight/article_dfd53946-df0b-11e8-aaee-8fcb46e0758d.html
Lancaster Farming: Citizens Play Vital Role in Spotted Lanternfly Management Efforts https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/citizens-play-vital-role-in-spotted-lanternfly- management-efforts/article_65049cda-25c0-586d-8111-657b7463f4d8.html
Waste
Shamokin News-Item: Plastic waste: Are we stuck with it forever? https://www.newsitem.com/news/plastic-waste-are-we-stuck-with-it-forever/article_4a139891-723e- 5e87-8700-a602a1486363.html
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Susquehanna U. switching to biodegradable straws https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/110318/page/5/story/susquehanna-u-switching-to- biodegradable-straws
Pennlive: Susquehanna University plans to be a plastic straw-free campus by 2020 https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/11/susquehanna_university_plans_t.html
WJAC: Cherry Lane Estates residents want burnt trailers gone https://wjactv.com/news/local/cherry-lane-estates-residents-want-burnt-trailers-gone
Water
The Corry Journal: Resident unhappy with water meter replacement, bill http://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article_58026cd4-dee1-11e8-838b-cfa70a4dccb1.html
The Corry Journal: City continues leaf pickup, hydrant flushing completed http://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article_b810665c-de01-11e8-8c95-bfc725aa79ab.html
Standard Speaker: DEP hikes fees affecting Hazleton City Authority https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/dep-hikes-fees-affecting-hazleton-city-authority-1.2405373
Standard Speaker: No water rate increase in Shenandoah https://www.standardspeaker.com/news/no-water-rate-increase-in-shenandoah-1.2405385
Centre Daily Times: After sewer controversy, Whitehall Road Regional Park and Toll Brothers site move ahead https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/article220154620.html
Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Building code notices upset business owners; Briar Creek Township official says take up complaints with state https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/103118/page/1/story/building-code-notices-upset- business-owners
ABC27: Dauphin County youth build storm water catchment https://www.abc27.com/news/local/harrisburg/dauphin-county-youth-build-storm-water- catchment/1572116998
WTAE: https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/greene-county-house-explosion-three-people- injured/ https://www.wtae.com/article/many-customers-without-water-service-following-water-line-break-in- rostraver/24655428
WPXI: Water main break causing ‘widespread outage' in Rostraver Township https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/water-main-break-causing-widespread-outage-in-rostraver- township/866805496
WJAC: Mountaintop Water Authority customers see more issues; company makes improvements https://wjactv.com/news/local/mountaintop-water-authority-customers-see-more-issues-company- makes-improvements
Indiana Gazette: Pennsylvania American Water completes $3.2 million upgrade https://www.indianagazette.com/news/pennsylvania-american-water-completes-million- upgrade/article_5c174baf-5bbf-58b2-9906-128874c73d25.html
Post-Gazette: Hydroelectric vision: Plan for plant on Allegheny deserves consideration http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018/11/05/Hydroelectric-vision-Plan-for-plant-on- Allegheny-deserves-consideration/stories/201811050018
Post-Gazette: Rural communities call it their own, private Flint — polluted water too dangerous to drink http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2018/11/04/Armenia-Wisconsin-clean-water- industrial-farms-regulations-wells-Midwest/stories/201811040237
Miscellaneous
Towanda Daily Review: PennDOT Connects announced at municipal summit https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/local/penndot-connects-announced-at-municipal- summit/article_7669f27b-0847-5d91-880d-ca1dd448eac1.html
Pennlive: A ‘microburst’ hit York County this weekend. Here’s what that means https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/11/a-microburst-hit-york-county-this-weekend-heres-what- that-means.html
Pennlive: Friday’s rainfall in Harrisburg was record-breaking: National Weather Service https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/11/fridays-rainfall-in-harrisburg-was-record-breaking-national- weather-service.html
Pennlive: Flooding, building collapse reported after heavy rain https://www.pennlive.com/news/2018/11/flooding-collapsed-structure-reported-as-a-result-of- weekend-rain.html
Reading Eagle: Storm batters Berks, Tri-County area https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/storm-batters-berks-tri-county-area
Reading Eagle: Saw hanging from helicopter trims trees in Boyertown area https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/saw-hanging-from-helicopter-trims-trees-in-boyertown- area
Lancaster Farming: Revision to Improve Phosphorus Planning https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/soil/revision-to-improve-phosphorus- planning/article_b7e5a7d2-e1ee-5e1b-81e9-50d26ad8b1d9.html
WTAJ: Seismologists Research Unusual Shaking in Bellefonte https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/seismologists-research-unusual-shaking-in- bellefonte/1569571085
KDKA: Landslide Repair Costs Adding Up As PennDOT Continues To Manage Dozens Across District https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/pittsburgh-landslide-repair-costs-penndot/
Tribune-Democrat: CSX train engine on fire in Garrett https://www.tribdem.com/news/csx-train-engine-on-fire-in-garrett/article_8595461a-e0a5-11e8-bd81- 93a9fa810410.html
Beaver County Times: PennDOT faces uphill battle in fixing local landslides http://www.timesonline.com/entertainmentlife/20181101/energy-assistance-grants-available
Tribune-Review: PennDOT faces uphill battle in fixing local landslides https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/14231344-74/westmoreland-land-bank-projects-lauded-as- success-stories
Tribune-Review: Landslide creeping across Rochester Road in Ross; 1 lane closed, power lines down https://triblive.com/local/allegheny/14250732-74/landslide-creeping-across-rochester-road-in-ross-1- lane-closed-power-lines
Pittsburgh Courier: Joylette Portlock named new head of Sustainable Pittsburgh https://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2018/11/01/joylette-portlock-named-new-head-of- sustainable-pittsburgh/