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Top DEP Stories

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Natural gas explosion rocks Westmoreland County and U.S. gas markets http://www.post-gazette.com/local/westmoreland/2016/04/29/Emergency-crews-respond-to-gas-well- explosion-in-Westmoreland-County-pennsylvania/stories/201604290161

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Man burned in Salem Twp. gas line explosion; homes, businesses evacuated http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10391146-74/explosion-gas-fire

WPXI-TV: Investigation underway after gas line blast burns man, destroys Salem Twp. home http://www.wpxi.com/news/man-severely-burned-his-home-destroyed-in-gas-line-blast-that-shook- salem-twp/248673618

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Op/Ed-Things to chew on for a rainy Sunday http://triblive.com/opinion/colinmcnickle/10353176-74/quality-gas-chew

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Contentious proposals for Pa. gas industry sensible, DEP chief says http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10373119-74/quigley-industry-gas

Philly Voice: SEPTA honored with Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence http://www.phillyvoice.com/septa-honored-governors-award-environmental-excellence/

The Derrick – Oil City: DEP investigating 2 small quakes near fracking site http://www.thederrick.com/news/national/dep-investigating-small-quakes-near-fracking- site/article_b312bfc3-883b-504c-b0a4-ea93a706f77b.html

Butler Eagle: Lawrence quakes, fracking link probed http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20160428/NEWS02/704289878

Butler Eagle: Huge fireball in gas explosion burns man http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20160430/NEWS02/704309855

Mentions

Natural Gas Intel: Pennsylvania DEP to Expand Air Quality Monitoring in NatGas Development Regions http://www.naturalgasintel.com/articles/106241-pennsylvania-dep-to-expand-air-quality-monitoring- in-natgas-development-regions

Trib Live: Contentious proposals for Pa. gas industry sensible, DEP chief says http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10373119-74/quigley-industry-gas

Air

Allegheny Front: YOU HAVE THESE ’70S ACTIVISTS TO THANK FOR PITTSBURGH’S CLEANER AIR http://www.alleghenyfront.org/you-have-these-70s-activists-to-thank-for-pittsburghs-cleaner-air/

Power Source: Gas well venting causes big alarm in East Franklin http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/home-powersource/2016/05/01/Gas-well-venting- causes-big-alarm/stories/201605010217

Nadia Steinzor: Air Pollution from gas drilling requires action in Pennsylvania http://timesleader.com/opinion/columns/537618/nadia-steinzor-air-pollution-from-gas-drilling- requires-action-in-pennsylvania

Allegheny Front: HERE’S A HOME AIR QUALITY MONITOR YOU CAN CHECK OUT AT THE LIBRARY http://www.alleghenyfront.org/heres-a-home-air-quality-monitor-you-can-check-out-at-the-library/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania: Get ready for loud and large cicadas http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2016/05/01/Pennsylvania-Get-ready-for-loud-and- large-cicadas/stories/201605010150

Uniontown Herald Standard: Possible gas well pollutants to be monitored in region http://www.heraldstandard.com/new_today/possible-gas-well-pollutants-to-be-monitored-in- region/article_8ef59be0-894c-5428-b0d1-7db27c887912.html

Climate Change

Somerset Daily American: Early blooms: Apple trees have blossoms in Somerset http://www.dailyamerican.com/news/local/somerset/early-blooms-apple-trees-have-blossoms-in- somerset/article_e60bc30a-85c6-5870-a76a-55debee4492b.html

Lock Haven Express: Climate change means threat to species in Pa. http://www.lockhaven.com/page/content.detail/id/586893/Climate-change-means-threat-to-species- in-Pa-.html?nav=5004

Williamsport Sun Gazette: Investors at powerhouse financial firm reject climate change report http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/658824/Investors-at-powerhouse-financial-firm- reject-climate-change-report.html?nav=5002

Conservation and Recreation

StateCollege.com: Rural Road Ecology Course to Offer Students Real-World Training http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/rural-road-ecology-course-to-offer-students-realworld- training,1467723/

Philadelphia Inquirer: Bicyclists getting one sweet ride across Schuylkill http://www.philly.com/philly/news/377757101.html

Lancaster Newspapers: Lancaster County Conservancy returns to its roots: saving wild land top priority http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/lancaster-county-conservancy-returns-to-its-roots-saving-wild- land/article_8732e994-0ef4-11e6-b150-a7d976841f34.html

Lancaster Newspapers: Rallying to save Kelly's Run and Holtwood Park http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/rallying-to-save-kelly-s-run-and-holtwood- park/article_04312874-0f2d-11e6-8bfb-eff750cbc0ff.html

Reading Eagle: Editorial: More people will have better access to Antietam Lake http://www.readingeagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?avis=RE&date=20160501&category=NEWS&lopenr =305019998&Ref=AR#sthash.9zwwaK0B.dpuf

Central Penn Business Journal: Capital Region Water to receive about $9M in preservation effort http://www.cpbj.com/article/20160429/CPBJ01/160429721/capital-region-water-to-receive-about-9m- in-preservation-effort

Conservation & Recreation

Allegheny Front: ON PATROL IN PITTSBURGH’S URBAN WILDS http://www.alleghenyfront.org/on-patrol-in-pittsburghs-urban-wilds/

Washington Observer Reporter: Group hunts for mushrooms in Ryerson http://www.observer-reporter.com/20160501/group_hunts_for_mushrooms_in_ryerson

Washington Observer Reporter: Improvements are in store for state park http://www.observer-reporter.com/20160501/improvements_are_in_store_for_state_park

The Derrick – Oil City: Oil City receives Tree City designation again during Arbor Day events http://www.thederrick.com/news/front_page/oil-city-receives-tree-city-designation-again-during- arbor-day/article_6e82f9f1-847f-57d5-8536-e9fd9b501e23.html

Energy

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Wind turbines balloon in size, quietly generate profit for manufacturers http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10388137-74/wind-turbine-turbines

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Op/Ed-Turn Shenango into a solar farm http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2016/05/01/Turn-Shenango-into-a-solar- farm/stories/201605010040

WKOK News: Sunbury pipeline will bring jobs to Valley http://wkok.com/sunbury-pipeline-will-bring-jobs-to-valley/

StateImpact PA: Man injured after pipeline explodes near his home in western Pa. https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/04/29/1-injured-after-gas-pipeline-explosion-in- western-pa/#more-39472

Philadelphia Inquirer: Some PECO commercial customers will now pay for power by the hour http://www.philly.com/philly/business/energy/20160430_Some_Peco_commercial_customers_will_no w_pay_for_power_by_the_hour.html

Reading Eagle: UGI to restore Reading streets damaged by gas-line work http://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/ugi-to-restore-reading-streets-damaged-by-gas-line- work#sthash.7eg4WpEG.dpuf

Huntingdon Daily News: Penelec customers could see rate increase http://www.huntingdondailynews.com/news/2016-04- 30/Front_Page/Penelec_customers_could_see_rate_increase.html

Oil and Gas

Lancaster Newspapers: Natural gas pipeline that exploded near Pittsburgh runs through Lancaster County http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/natural-gas-pipeline-that-exploded-near-pittsburgh-runs- through-lancaster/article_b5b96384-0ee9-11e6-b817-4738bed6d24f.html

Carlisle Sentinel: Pa. pipelines drained; feds investigating cause of explosion http://cumberlink.com/news/local/state-and-regional/pa-pipelines-drained-feds-investigating-cause-of- explosion/article_d8a9ddac-0f9c-11e6-8cd7-ff39ec6a714a.html

The Corry Journal: National Fuel customers to see 6.46 percent rate decrease http://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article_0298e078-0e48-11e6-a2df-63fc378334bb.html

Allied News: Wolf gets win in drilling rule rewrite http://www.alliednews.com/opinion/columns/wolf-gets-win-in-drilling-rule-rewrite/article_715f1f04- fc7c-59e3-9f79-c91a13b63822.html

Sharon Herald: Experts count 5 quakes in western Lawrence County http://www.sharonherald.com/news/local_news/experts-count-quakes-in-western-lawrence- county/article_b9f04bd2-1c9b-559d-acd7-f02b386614a6.html

Sharon Herald: Spectra Energy pipeline explosion being probed http://www.sharonherald.com/news/state/spectra-energy-pipeline-explosion-being- probed/article_ff8fd2a1-8bad-5abf-a02f-2cb0f9d88a21.html

Record Argus: Pennsylvania probes possible link between quakes, fracking http://www.recordargusnews.com/news/2016-04- 30/News/Pennsylvania_probes_possible_link_between_quakes_f.html

The Courier Express: Feds approve plan to build gas pipeline for power plant http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/state/feds-approve-plan-to-build-gas-pipeline-for-power- plant/article_82bab48f-2afb-5fab-b546-a0a176c9aaf5.html

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: As prices drop, Cabot earnings swing to $51 million loss http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/04/29/As-prices-drop-Cabot-Oil- Gas-earnings-swing-to-51-million-loss-Marcellus-Utica-Shale/stories/201604290178

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: PREIT's CEO: Shell advancing planned Beaver County cracker http://powersource.post-gazette.com/business/development/2016/04/30/PREITs-CEO-Shell-advancing- planned-western-Pa-petrochemicals-plant/stories/201604300105

AP: Pennsylvania probes possible link between quakes, http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=mSbg0PoM

WTAE-TV: 'It was like looking into hell:' Natural gas explosion sparks large fire in Salem Township http://www.wtae.com/news/reports-gas-well-on-fire-in-salem-township/39279470

WTAE-TV: Homes damaged by heat of gas line fire 1/2 mile away; motorists feel heat while in vicinity http://www.wtae.com/news/homes-damaged-by-heat-of-gas-line-fire-12-mile-away-motorists-feel- heat-while-in-vicinity/39290100

KDKA-TV: Natural Gasoline Pipeline Explosion, Inferno Shakes Salem Twp. Neighborhood http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2016/04/30/natural-gasoline-pipeline-explosion-inferno-shakes-salem- twp-neighborhood/

State Impact: Man injured after pipeline explodes near his home in western Pa. https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2016/04/29/1-injured-after-gas-pipeline-explosion-in- western-pa/

Philadelphia Inquirer: An Artifact of Marcellus drilling’s disruptive glory days http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20160501_An_artifact_of_Marcellus_drilling_s_disruptive_glory _days.html

Allegheny Front: MAN INJURED IN GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA http://www.alleghenyfront.org/man-injured-in-gas-pipeline-explosion-in-western-pennsylvania/

Allegheny Front: DEP IS EXPANDING AIR QUALITY MONITORING NEAR SHALE GAS SITES http://www.alleghenyfront.org/dep-is-expanding-air-quality-monitoring-near-shale-gas-sites/

Allegheny Front: HOW THE POLITICS OF FRACKING IS SHAPING THE 2016 ELECTION http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-the-politics-of-fracking-is-shaping-the-2016-election/

Allegheny Front: WHY CAN’T PITTSBURGH GET ITS ACT TOGETHER ON AIR QUALITY? http://www.alleghenyfront.org/why-cant-pittsburgh-get-its-act-together-on-air-quality/

Herald Standard: A review of the network expansion, with reaction by external voices: http://m.heraldstandard.com/new_today/possible-gas-well-pollutants-to-be-monitored-in- region/article_8ef59be0-894c-5428-b0d1-7db27c887912.html?mode=jqm

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Gas well venting causes big alarm in East Franklin http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/home-powersource/2016/05/01/Gas-well-venting- causes-big-alarm/stories/201605010217

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: No cause found yet in Salem gas explosion http://www.post-gazette.com/powersource/home-powersource/2016/04/30/No-cause-found-yet-in- Salem-gas-explosion/stories/201604300178

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Salem residents, gas firm shift focus to recovery after pipeline explosion http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10397146-74/gas-explosion-gillis

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Some displaced by Salem Township blast cleared to return http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10400575-74/explosion-gas-rosatti

Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Energy Spotlight: Corey Young http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10379770-74/energy-center-gas

Johnstown Tribune-Democrat: Pipelines drained as feds seek cause of gas explosion in Westmoreland County http://www.tribdem.com/news/latest_news/pipelines-drained-as-feds-seek-cause-of-gas-explosion- in/article_0c5f5f60-0f47-11e6-ac5d-83d96b7ba97f.html

Williamsport Sun Gazette: Possible link between earthquakes, fracking probed http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/658774/Possible-link-between-earthquakes-- fracking-probed.html?nav=5011

Waste

Centre Daily Times: Benner Twp. Water Authority asks for End to Biosolids Spread http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/bellefonte/article74832257.html

WESA-Fm: DEP Secretary: City Water Safe To Drink, But PWSA Must Follow Rules http://wesa.fm/post/dep-secretary-city-water-safe-drink-pwsa-must-follow-rules

WKOK News: Susquehanna River Cleanup to be held next weekend http://wkok.com/susquehanna-river-cleanup-to-be-held-in-may/

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Op/Ed-A 21st-century cleanup for Pittsburgh http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2016/05/01/A-21st-century-cleanup-for- Pittsburgh/stories/201605010054

Doylestown Intelligencer: State Rep. Todd Stephen calls on state to address water contamination around bases http://www.theintell.com/news/local/state-rep-todd-stephens-calls-on-state-to-address- water/article_23c2a36a-5063-5e76-832a-d83e94b037b6.html

Philadelphia Inquirer: Q&A: How safe is Philly’s Water? http://www.philly.com/philly/health/20160501_Q_A__How_safe_is_Philly_s_water_.html

Philadelphia Inquirer: People on the Move: Aqua America taps new chief administrative officer http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20160502_People_on_the_Move__Aqua_America_taps_new_c hief_administrative_office.html

Philadelphia Newsworks: New Jersey DEP to change response to lead in drinking water http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/item/93307-new-jersey-dep-to-change-response-to-lead- in-drinking-water-

WPXI: Officials testing yellow substance found in Lawrence County creek http://www.wpxi.com/news/officials-testing-yellow-substance-found-in-lawrence-county- creek/252535355

Vector Management

Doylestown Intelligencer: Zika virus not much cause for concern for Delaware Valley, experts say http://www.theintell.com/news/local/zika-virus-not-much-cause-for-concern-for-delaware- valley/article_0a1c41a7-44d7-5d72-b90f-ac8b8665ca47.html

Miscellaneous

WESA-FM:Lead Poisoning Has No Symptoms, So How Does It Affect The Body? http://wesa.fm/post/lead-poisoning-has-no-symptoms-so-how-does-it-affect-body

Lewistown Sentinel: Local tree planting honors Arbor Day http://lewistownsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/583406/Local-tree-planting-honors-Arbor- Day.html?nav=5010

Lewistown Sentinel: Farmers take tour to better understand MMP and NMP plans http://lewistownsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/583455/Farmers-take--tour-to-better- understand-MMP-and-NMP-plans.html?nav=5010