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Top DEP Clips

Citizens’ Voice: Program aims to reduce pollutants in area waterways https://www.citizensvoice.com/news/program-aims-to-reduce-pollutants-in-area- waterways/article 15a79292-9175-561b-b105-91973c287864.html

Mentions

Pa Environment Digest: Road Dumping Of Oil & Gas Well Wastewater Is Happening Now In Crawford, Erie, Warren Counties As House Prepares To Take Up Bill This Week To Make It Legal http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2021/05/road-dumping-of-oil-gas-well-wastewater.html

WICU-TV: Erie Coke: What's Next? https://www.erienewsnow.com/story/43938754/erie-coke-whats-next

RGGI

WITF/StateImpact PA: Environmental advisory committees give OK to proposed RGGI rule https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/05/24/environmental-advisory-committees-give-ok-to- proposed-rggi-rule/

WITF/StateImpact PA: Going carbon negative and equity in energy among the topics at Penn State ‘Energy Days’ conference https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/05/24/going-carbon-negative-and-equity-in-energy- among-the-topics-at-penn-state-energy-days-conference/

Air

Meadville Tribune: Conneaut Lake burning ordinance OK'd https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/conneaut-lake-burning-ordinance-okd/article 6cfa61ba- b8e5-11eb-8e12-478f1e9ed4a0.html

Climate Change

Post-Gazette: A new carbon market or existing USDA aid? GOP lawmakers debate how to bolster small farmers’ climate credentials https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2021/05/23/farmers-climate-change-carbon- market-glenn-thompson-biden-vilsack/stories/202105230030

Conservation & Recreation

Butler Eagle: Butler Township applying for grants for 2 projects http://www.butlereagle.com/article/20210522/NEWS01/210529851/-1/News01

Pennlive: Pennsylvania adds old-growth forest to national network, with 5 more to follow this year https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/05/pennsylvania-adds-old-growth-forest-to-national-network- with-5-more-to-follow-this-year.html

Reading Eagle: Schuylkill River boat launch opens in Berks after 14 years https://www.readingeagle.com/local-news/schuylkill-river-boat-launch-opens-in-berks-after-14- years/article ae0b6218-ba38-11eb-91d3-e34cb53b91c8.html

WFMZ: Fish and Boat Commission open recreation site for boaters https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/fish-and-boat-commission-open-recreation-site-for- boaters/article aac73436-ba76-11eb-9899-8f9b30942f6c.html

Altoona Mirror: Rabena credited with making ‘Raystown a better place’ https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2021/05/rabena-credited-with-making-raystown-a- better-place/

Allegheny Front: Fly fishing is big in central PA. Can we keep it that way? https://www.alleghenyfront.org/fly-fishing-is-big-in-central-pa-can-we-keep-it-that-way/

Tribune-Review: So you have woolly adelgid, now what? https://triblive.com/local/regional/so-you-have-woolly-adelgid-now-what/

Energy

New Castle News: Solar energy webinar set for May 25 https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local news/solar-energy-webinar-set-for-may- 25/article 43ca2439-d1ec-5415-84c0-0e4f39f2eeae.html explioreClarion: Wind & Solar Energy Systems Ordinances for Clarion County Will Likely Pass on Tuesday https://www.exploreclarion.com/2021/05/22/wind-solar-energy-systems-ordinances-for-clarion- county-will-likely-pass-on-tuesday/

York Dispatch: State PUC rejects Transource power line project proposed in southern York County https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/local/2021/05/23/state-puc-rejects-transource-power-line- project-proposed-southern-york-county/5234110001/

Environmental Cleanup & Brownfields

Times Observer: Lawmaker proposes statewide plastic bag ban https://www.timesobserver.com/news/local-news/2021/05/lawmaker-proposes-statewide-plastic-bag- ban/

Scranton Times: Old Forge scrapyard Owner Seeks Stay of Contempt Order https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/old-forge-scrapyard-owner-seeks-stay-of-contempt- order/article 566c2d8e-872f-5ceb-9dd9-3f269a5964a4.html

Oil and Gas

WHYY: Controversial PECO gas project in Marple Twp. goes to PUC for hearings https://whyy.org/articles/controversial-peco-gas-project-in-marple-twp-goes-to-puc-for-hearings/

Vector Management

Carlisle Sentinel: Department of Agriculture demonstrates safe, effective trap for spotted lanternflies https://cumberlink.com/news/local/watch-now-department-of-agriculture-demonstrates-safe- effective-trap-for-spotted-lanternflies/article f3edabcc-a21c-54bf-b6da-4886232432ea.html

WGAL: Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture demonstrates effective trap for spotted lanternflies https://www.wgal.com/article/pennsylvania-department-of-agriculture-demonstrates-circle-trap-for- spotted-lanternflies/36502420

Clearfield Progress-News: After an absence, New England’s ticks are back and hungry http://www.theprogressnews.com/news/national/after-an-absence-new-englands-ticks-are-back-and- hungry/article c985e636-f2e4-56db-a1aa-abaef8fbd1a7.html

Tribune-Review: Destructive insects threaten to attack, kill Eastern hemlocks in Western Pa. https://triblive.com/local/regional/destructive-insects-threaten-to-attack-and-kill-eastern-hemlocks-in- western-pa/

Waste

Erie Times: IRG, SmartBlock to launch pilot program for curbside recycling in Erie later this year https://www.goerie.com/story/business/2021/05/22/international-recycling-group-erie-smartblock- partner-plastic-recycling-app/5088917001/

Butler Eagle: Waste in Bulk http://www.butlereagle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20210522/FOCUS01/210529849

WFMZ: Superhero cleanup held at Pendora Park https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/superhero-cleanup-held-at-pendora-park/article 3de2d54c- bbc9-11eb-a085-13d3f8f9ebf7.html

Water

Meadville Tribune: Conneaut Lake herbicide treatment conducted June 3 https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/conneaut-lake-herbicide-treatment-conducted-june- 3/article f5b793f8-b9ce-11eb-913e-3f8524cd2060.html

Indiana Gazette: Customers advised of water disruption https://www.indianagazette.com/news/customers-advised-of-water-disruption/article a50d9609-b369- 5695-957e-5a513084e165.html

Times News: Jim Thorpe residents protest dam removal https://www.tnonline.com/20210521/jim-thorpe-residents-protest-dam-removal/

Citizens’ Voice: 'Billion for Bay' timely effort https://www.citizensvoice.com/opinion/editorial/billion-for-bay-timely-effort/article 89d721eb-18fa- 5253-8163-fbabea1baae4.html

Scranton Times: Community data collectors play key role in Lake Wallenpaupack water monitoring program https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/community-data-collectors-play-key-role-in-lake- wallenpaupack-water-monitoring-program/article 0ba25562-d673-53f5-9b28-60b2fd11b239.html

Lancaster Newspapers: 'An extremely good filter': Hundreds of plants installed along stream in Manheim Township park https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/an-extremely-good-filter-hundreds-of-plants-installed-along- stream-in-manheim-township-park/article 22415e5a-ba73-11eb-8962-bbd9d23d41ff.html

York Daily Record: American Jobs Plan could bolster the basin https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/2021/05/21/op-ed-american-jobs-plan-could-bolster-delaware- river-basin/5153043001/

Lancaster Farming: Avoiding Soil Compaction When Grazing Cover Crops. https://www.lancasterfarming.com/farming/field crops/avoiding-soil-compaction-when-grazing-cover- crops/article cc595495-d4a0-50da-90de-3ead65909cfc.html

Penn State News: Artificial intelligence predicts river water quality with weather data https://news.psu.edu/story/659278/2021/05/19/research/artificial-intelligence-predicts-river-water- quality-weather-data

Miscellaneous

Lancaster Newspapers: Flowing through history: A look at the Conestoga River through Lancaster County's history https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/flowing-through-history-a-look-at-the-conestoga-river-through- lancaster-countys-history-photos-video/article 10a941ae-ba27-11eb-82f8-b7eb4dda6bfa.html

Lancaster Newspapers: 'A unique property' How proposed prison site never got developed all these years https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/a-unique-property-how-proposed-prison-site-never-got- developed-all-these-years/article 0e7e4266-ba55-11eb-9cfc-a734e77dd8c5.html

Lancaster Newspapers: Confessions of the Conestoga: A River Story https://lancasteronline.com/video/confessions-of-the-conestoga-a-river-story-video/video b0de9d45- 0b55-5d68-8052-739e3f0b2603.html

Reading Eagle: Pikeville was built on some of the most fertile lands of the Oley Valley https://www.readingeagle.com/local-news/berks-places-pikeville-was-built-on-some-of-the-most- fertile-lands-of-the-oley/article 78cd8ba2-b426-11eb-be8c-ebeec835ae4f.html

Central Penn Business Journal: Harsco Corp.’s environmental services accounted for 82% of its revenue in 2020 https://www.cpbj.com/harsco-corp-s-environmental-services-accounted-82-revenue-2020/

WITF: This app takes crowdsourcing cicadas to the next level https://www.witf.org/2021/05/24/this-app-takes-crowdsourcing-cicadas-to-the-next-level/

WTAJ: Junior firefighters push for a UTV, to combat wildfires for local fire department https://www.wearecentralpa.com/news/local-news/junior-firefighters-push-for-a-utv-to-combat- wildfires-for-local-fire-department/

Penn State News: Global pollen samples reveal vegetation rate of change https://news.psu.edu/story/659343/2021/05/20/research/global-pollen-samples-reveal-vegetation- rate-change

WESA.fm: This App Takes Crowdsourcing Cicadas To The Next Level https://www.wesa.fm/environment-energy/2021-05-23/this-app-takes-crowdsourcing-cicadas-to-the- next-level

Allegheny Front: Celebrating 50 years of your constitution right to clean air and pure water https://www.alleghenyfront.org/constitutional-right-to-clean-air-and-pure-water/