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Top DEP Stories

Citizens’ Voice: Wyoming Valley Sanitary authority waiving late fees for commercial stormwater bills https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/sanitary-authority-waiving-late-fees-for-commercial-stormwater- bills-1.2477174

Citizen’s Voice: Commercial properties' WVSA bills at $1.4M for first quarter of 2019 https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/commercial-properties-wvsa-bills-at-1-4m-for-first-quarter-of- 2019-1.2477352

Mentions

Scranton Times: Keystone Sanitary Landfill attempts to change Dunmore zoning ordinance https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/keystone-sanitary-landfill-attempts-to-change-dunmore- zoning-ordinance-1.2477331

Sunbury Daily Item: Route 11 corridor interests developers as water, sewer expansion is planned https://www.dailyitem.com/the danville news/news/route-corridor-interests- developers/article 22a22b38-6c8f-11e9-b281-47029ed601f2.html

Shamokin News-Item: Envirothon students compete at Shikellamy Marina https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/envirothon-students-compete-at-shikellamy- marina/article ffbd13e8-5ecb-597a-bbde-96be5c565d1d.html

Shamokin News-Item: Coal Township receives complaints about air quality from plant https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/ct-approves-vfw-requests-at-agenda- meeting/article 59592d89-020c-5316-98f4-551a25ce96b9.html

Clarion News: Planning commission OKs projects, plans https://www.theclarionnews.com/news/frontpage/article e55b409e-76c2-59f6-960c- b1a2893ed521.html

Tribune-Review: Appalachian Basin’s methane emissions fall despite increase in gas production https://triblive.com/news/pennsylvania/areas-methane-emissions-fall-despite-increase-in-gas- production/

Restore Pennsylvania

Your Erie: City of Erie sponsors Governor Wolf's 'Restore Pennsylvania' initiative https://www.yourerie.com/news/local-news/city-of-erie-sponsors-governor-wolf-s-restore- pennsylvania-initiative/1970871726

Towanda Daily Review: A severance tax threatens economic growth (Op-Ed) https://www.thedailyreview.com/opinion/guest viewpoints/guest-viewpoint-a-severance-tax- threatens-economic-growth/article c2790aa6-52f7-56e3-b7e4-039cf12500e9.html

Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Severance tax threatens economic growth (Op-Ed) http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05- 02/Letters/Severance Tax Threatens Economic Growth.html

Sunbury Daily Item: Correcting the record about the severance tax (Op-Ed by Dennis Davin) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/correcting-the-record-about-the-severance-tax/article 39677136- 5a1b-54b1-81f5-5f65e2bc9d6a.html

Milton Standard-Journal: Students gather for Envirothon http://www.standard-journal.com/article 1ed479b0-6bf5-11e9-89c4-17fb64b37be4.html

Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Severance tax on natural gas (LTE) http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05-02/Letters/Severance Tax On Natural Gas.html

Observer-Reporter: OP-ED: Correcting the record about the severance tax https://observer-reporter.com/opinion/op-eds/op-ed-correcting-the-record-about-the-severance- tax/article f34d9b4c-6b85-11e9-baf7-27b3cdcd062a.html

Air

Carlisle Sentinel: Cumberland County's air improving, still needs help https://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/carlisle/report-cumberland-county-s-air-improving- still-needs-help/article 487520c3-dd4e-543d-a798-c803718b791a.html

Pittsburgh Business Time: U.S. Steel plans $1B upgrade to Mon Valley Works https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/05/02/u-s-steel-plans-1b-upgrade-to-mon-valley- works.html

Post-Gazette: Cleaner air, but not clean enough for Mon Valley residents https://www.post-gazette.com/news/2019/05/01/Cleaner-air-but-not-clean-enough-Clairton-Coke- Works-Allegheny-County-Health-Department-PM-2-5/stories/201905010161

Tribune-Review: Protect PT to hold pollution monitoring workshop https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/protect-pt-to-hold-pollution-monitoring-workshop/

Climate Change

Pennlive: Climate illiteracy or worse in Harrisburg https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2019/05/climate-illiteracy-or-worse-in-harrisburg.html

My ChesCo: Sappey: Pennsylvania Climate Action Plan Is Good Start https://mychesco.com/a/news/pennsylvania/sappey-pennsylvania-climate-action-plan-is-good-start/

Daily American: A serious education gap on climate change is rooted in politics, not science https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/opinion/editorials/a-serious-education-gap-on-climate-change- is-rooted-in/article b39c904a-8ddb-546b-8ed2-c4e9a9fbc0a1.html

Conservation & Recreation

WITF: Rowing clubs, supporters raise $4.5 million to keep racing afloat on the Schuylkill https://www.witf.org/news/2019/05/rowing-clubs-supporters-raise-45-million-to-keep-racing-afloat- on-the-schuylkill.php

Waynesboro Record Herald: Rotary Club plants 100 trees https://www.therecordherald.com/news/20190502/rotary-club-plants-100-trees

Meadville Tribune: DCNR offers to add $55K in support for H.P. Way Park's second phase https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/dcnr-offers-to-add-k-in-support-for-h-p/article 12762912- 6c71-11e9-aabd-9b3ea1767d2d.html

Times Observer: Scout’s project replaces fish habitats at Chapman Dam http://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2019/05/scouts-project-replaces-fish-habitats-at- chapman-dam/

Sunbury Daily Item: Students test environmental knowledge at Envirothon https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local news/students-test-environmental-knowledge-at- envirothon/article de46ed06-0adf-55b0-8fd0-cf05ab120a4e.html

Sunbury Daily Item: Do not destroy precious land (LTE) https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/do-not-destroy-precious-land/article cc5ddb03-fd14-52ae-aed9- a067b70cc90c.html

Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Conservation District plans open house event https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/050119/page/7/story/conservation-district-plans-event

Butler Eagle: Bird is soon to be the word in Butler County http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20190501/FOCUS01/705019898

Tribune-Review: Trout Unlimited to aid disabled vets in fly fishing at Foggy Mountain Lodge https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/trout-unlimited-to-aid-disabled-vets-in-fly-fishing-at-foggy- mountain-lodge/

Tribune-Review: Not 1 but 2 Harmar eaglets have their day in the sun https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/not-1-but-2-harmar-eaglets-have-their-day-in-the-sun- wednesday/

Tribune-Review: Cicada swarm to emerge this month across Western Pennsylvania https://triblive.com/local/regional/cicada-swarm-to-emerge-this-month-across-western-pennsylvania/

Indiana Gazette: Marion Center students mark Arbor Day https://www.indianagazette.com/news/marion-center-students-mark-arbor-day/article 5f15c63e- 6c1b-11e9-85bc-8397ed2a62d0.html

Energy

Lancaster Newspapers: PPL sets 7.8% price hike on June 1 for residential customers https://lancasteronline.com/business/local business/ppl-sets-price-hike-on-june-for-residential- customers/article e8477924-6c53-11e9-a689-5378894b6c91.html

WITF: Workers rally at Capitol amid debate over nuclear power bill https://www.witf.org/news/2019/05/workers-rally-at-capitol-amid-debate-over-nuclear-power-bill.php

ABC27: Rally at State Capitol to save nuclear jobs https://www.abc27.com/news/local/rally-at-state-capitol-to-save-nuclear-jobs/1970949668

WGAL: Nuclear power plant workers rally for bill that would keep Three Mile Island open https://www.wgal.com/article/nuclear-power-plant-workers-rally-for-bill-that-would-keep-three-mile- island-open/27335467

Pocono Record: S-burg installs 2 charging stations, 38 solar compacting cans coming soon https://www.poconorecord.com/news/20190501/s-burg-installs-2-charging-stations-38-solar- compacting-cans-coming-soon

Morning Call: Bethlehem biofuel entrepreneur convicted in renewable energy fraud trial https://www.mcall.com/news/police/mc-nws-bethlehem-renewable-energy-entrepreneur-fraud-trial- verdict-20190501-3tuewlsjcjempi4c62vfmzvtwy-story.html

Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Gas production up in Marcellus Shale; Energy Forum in Troy also addresses proposed PA electricity legislation http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05- 02/Front Page/Gas Production Up In Marcellus Shale.html

WJAC: Workers rally at Capitol amid debate over nuclear power bill https://wjactv.com/news/local/workers-rally-at-capitol-amid-debate-over-nuclear-power-bill

Beaver County Times: Lamb to host congressional hearing in Shippingport regarding nuclear plant https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190430/lamb-to-host-congressional-hearing-in-shippingport- regarding-nuclear-plant

Beaver County Times: Letter: Let free market determine price of electricity https://www.timesonline.com/opinion/20190501/letter-let-free-market-determine-price-of- electricity/1

Tribune-Review: Letter to the editor: 100% renewable energy is possible https://triblive.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-100-renewable-energy-is-possible/

Mining

Gant News: Wildlife Technology students help to reclaim PA forests https://gantdaily.com/2019/05/01/wildlife-technology-students-help-to-reclaim-pa-forests/

Clarion News: ‘Little ducky’ race helps battle AMD https://www.theclarionnews.com/news/frontpage/article 84ea9cd3-cf45-5017-bdd4- 52a8e5f90bf5.html

Oil and Gas

Philadelphia Inquirer: Pa. lawmaker’s ‘nazis’ tweet about Sunoco pipeline workers sparks fury, and rightly so https://www.philly.com/news/columnists/sunoco-pipeline-nazi-danielle-friel-otten-chester-county- maria-panaritis-20190502.html

The Derrick: Casey, Thompson back Oil Region Heritage Area https://www.thederrick.com/news/front page/casey-thompson-back-oil-region-heritage- area/article 7ddc4a43-0895-5e49-95f1-9ebadf29a2f0.html

Observer-Reporter: Gas royalty programs scheduled in Greene https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/gas-royalty-programs-scheduled-in- greene/article ac0736fa-6c2d-11e9-bf49-d71897e6fb55.html

Observer-Reporter: Coen Energy is renamed Sprague Energy https://observer-reporter.com/business/coen-energy-is-renamed-sprague-energy/article 74ee709c- 6c42-11e9-ba6d-f3125a51dabb.html

Observer-Reporter: Gas prices head upward again https://observer-reporter.com/business/gas-prices-head-upward-again/article 6445a6ea-6c4a-11e9- 88a2-8f5f5ce9e9db.html

Pittsburgh Business Times: What CNX learned from the problems with the Shaw 1G well https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2019/05/01/what-cnx-learned-from-the-problems-with- the-shaw.html

Vector Management

Huntingdon Daily News: Mild spring temps bring out ticks https://www.huntingdondailynews.com/news/local/mild-spring-temps-bring-out- ticks/article 106e1fca-fa14-5d33-b29e-28ad7f8eb43e.html

Waste

Bucks County Courier Times: LTE: Not just Elcon, it’s about locals’ rights https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/opinion/20190502/lte-not-just-elcon-its-about-locals-rights

Burlington County Times: Town rejects Elcon plan near Delaware River https://www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/news/20190501/town-rejects-elcon-plan-near-delaware-river

Lancaster Newspapers: Maine becomes 1st state to ban single-use foam containers https://lancasteronline.com/news/maine-becomes-st-state-to-ban-single-use-foam- containers/article cac5d937-78f4-51b1-8813-4958dabb001d.html

York Dispatch: Zero Waste PA give GOP a chance to return to roots https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/editorials/2019/05/02/editorial-zero-waste-pa-give-gop- chance-return-roots/3641752002/

Lock Haven Express: Landfill plans free tire collection for county residents http://www.lockhaven.com/news/community/2019/05/landfill-plans-free-tire-collection-for-county- residents/

Lock Haven Express: “Reduce, Reuse, Remake” returns to Schlow in May http://www.lockhaven.com/news/2019/05/reduce-reuse-remake-returns-to-schlow-in-may/

Erie Times: City of Erie tire, electronics collection set for Saturday https://www.goerie.com/news/20190502/city-of-erie-tire-electronics-collection-set-for-saturday

WPXI: TONIGHT AT 5: Why recycling companies aren't taking all the items they used to https://www.wpxi.com/news/investigates/tonight-at-5-why-recycling-companies-aren-t-taking-all-the- items-they-used-to/945510233

Tribune-Review: George A. Hancock | Running is more enjoyable along trash-free roads https://www.tribdem.com/news/editorials/george-a-hancock-running-is-more-enjoyable-along-trash- free/article 6b9a5b8c-6c6a-11e9-b608-4b4cbae1ce16.html

Tribune-Review: Maine becomes 1st state to ban single-use foam containers https://triblive.com/news/wire-stories/maine-becomes-1st-state-to-ban-single-use-foam-containers/

Water

York Dispatch: York Water Co. to replace mains along George Street over next 8 months https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2019/05/01/york-water-co-replace-mains-along- george-street-over-next-8-months/3643977002/

Reading Eagle: Water companies in Reading, Berks County crack down on would-be cheaters https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/reading-area-water-authority-cracks-down-on-would-be- cheaters

Altoona Mirror: Officials to attend water summit http://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2019/05/officials-to-attend-water-summit/

FOX43: Humans can be blamed for droughts, and they’re about to get worse, study says https://fox43.com/2019/05/02/humans-can-be-blamed-for-droughts-and-theyre-about-to-get-worse- study-says/

Times Leader: Wilkes-Barre aims to get Solomon Creek wall project back on track after permitting mistakes https://www.timesleader.com/news/741774/wilkes-barre-aims-to-get-solomon-creek-wall-project- back-on-track-after-permitting-mistakes

Corry Journal: Water project Phase 1 nearly complete; money left over to fix hydrants http://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article 67aba502-6c3e-11e9-ac65-bb15598c3dc6.html

Towanda Daily Review: CDBG funding being reallocated for downtown crosswalk project https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/local/cdbg-funding-being-reallocated-for-downtown-crosswalk- project/article 9e3edf09-cb43-5f69-a927-f357a3169306.html

Sunbury Daily Item: Hotel proposal sparks potential flood map changes in Lewisburg, EBT https://www.dailyitem.com/news/local news/hotel-proposal-sparks-potential-flood-map-changes-in- lewisburg-ebt/article 3e821a07-c860-5e23-9054-5e5bdd2dee38.html

Wyalusing Rocket-Courier: Area projects receive PENNVEST funding http://www.rocket-courier.com/news/2019-05- 02/Local News/Area Projects Receive PENNVEST Funding.html

Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: New idea springs from floods; Berwick proposal would cost a fraction of new stormwater lines https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/050219/page/1/story/new-idea-springs-from-floods

WPXI: Borough battles with PennDOT over collapsed storm sewer line https://www.wpxi.com/news/top-stories/borough-battles-with-penndot-over-collapsed-storm-sewer- line/945327041

Beaver County Times: RiverWise to host assessment of Monaca https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190430/riverwise-to-host-assessment-of-monaca

Daily American: Measuring the worth of water https://www.dailyamerican.com/news/opinion/columns/measuring-the-worth-of- water/article 4cfb6e21-be89-530d-86dd-217e56324feb.html

Latrobe Bulletin: Conservation district officials outline best stormwater practices for district homeowners http://www.latrobebulletinnews.com/news/2019-05- 01/Front Page/Conservation district officials outline best storm.html

Miscellaneous

Philadelphia Inquirer: Schuylkill Yards development may rest on the Quaker dead https://www.philly.com/arts/schuylkill-yards-quaker-cemeteries-philadelphia-history-brandywine- drexel-20190502.html

Lancaster Newspapers: Green burials: There are a number of environmentally friendly alternatives https://lancasteronline.com/features/green-burials-there-are-a-number-of-environmentally-friendly- alternatives/article 87a45f54-6840-11e9-a84f-8b6eac3f5513.html

Huntingdon Daily News: Commissioners OK hazard grant https://www.huntingdondailynews.com/news/local/commissioners-ok-hazard-grant/article 86ee95e1- 1951-5fe7-a5b4-955c553ef298.html

Times Observer: Environmental racism http://www.timesobserver.com/opinion/letters-to-editor/2019/04/environmental-racism/

Beaver County Times: Leetsdale Industrial Park gets $400,000 for rail project https://www.timesonline.com/news/20190429/leetsdale-industrial-park-gets-400000-for-rail-project

Tribune-Review: Cavitt Road in Monroeville still closed, officials determining scope of work https://triblive.com/local/monroeville/cavitt-road-in-monroeville-still-closed-officials-determining- scope-of-work/

Tribune-Review: PennDOT inspects Fort Duquesne Bridge after concrete chunks fall https://triblive.com/local/pittsburgh-allegheny/penndot-inspects-fort-duquesne-bridge-after-concrete- chunks-fall/

Pittsburgh City Paper: The harms of fashion: Fatal vs. living fabric after Earth Day https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/the-harms-of-fashion-fatal-vs-living-fabric-after-earth- day/Content?oid=14882015