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Top DEP Stories
Philly Inquirer: Tainted: How Navy Bases Contaminated Pa. Drinking Water http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160619_Tainted__How_Navy_bases_contaminated_Pa__drinkin g_water.html
Press Enterprise: Pipeline Benefits Debated http://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/061616/page/1/story/pipeline-benefits-debated
Observer-Reporter: Range Resources, TestAmerica Accused of Fraud in Suit http://www.observer-reporter.com/20160616/range_resources_testamerica_accused_of_fraud_in_suit
Scranton Times: State lawmakers mull water withdrawal fee http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/state-lawmakers-mull-water-withdrawal-fee-1.2057433
Mentions
Richmond Times-Dispatch: EPA State Behind in Tackling Chesapeake Pollution Problems http://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/article_abab6a78-8e22-5c91-9488-a6e39d33da4f.html
Altoona Mirror: Use of Biosolids Making a Stink http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/639008/Use-of-biosolids-making-a- stink.html?nav=742
Altoona Mirror: Antis Township Residents Protest use of Biosolids http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/638996/Antis-Township-residents-protest-use- of-biosolids.html?nav=742
The Morning Call: DEP Seeks More Info on Chrin Landfill Expansion http://www.mcall.com/news/local/easton/mc-chrin-dep-enviro-assessment-response-20160617- story.html
Air
Pocono Record: Eldred supervisors propose open burning ordinance http://www.poconorecord.com/news/20160619/eldred-supervisors-propose-open-burning-ordinance
Climate Change
Allegheny Front: How Labor and Environmental Groups are (Finally) Finding Common Ground http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-labor-and-environmental-groups-are-finally-finding-common- ground/
Conservation & Recreation
Allegheny Front: Gettysburg Battlefield Gets an Extreme Makeover http://www.alleghenyfront.org/gettysburg-battlefield-gets-an-extreme-makeover/
Allegheny Front: National Park ‘Bioblitzes’ Turn Kids into Citizen Scientists http://www.alleghenyfront.org/national-park-bioblitzes-turn-kids-into-citizen-scientists/
Allegheny Front: How National Parks Shape Our National Identity http://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-national-parks-shape-our-national-identity/
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: CSAs Offer Bargains On Freshness in Western Pennsylvania http://triblive.com/news/westmoreland/10589352-74/farm-items-shares
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘ReuseFest’ Pairs Household Castoffs with Nonprofits http://www.post-gazette.com/local/south/2016/06/19/ReuseFest-pairs-household-castoffs-with- nonprofits/stories/201606190137
Indiana Gazette: Electric Charging Stations Approved for Site of New Hotel https://www.indianagazette.com/news/indiana-news/electric-charging-stations-approved-for-site-of- new-hotel,24407384/
Uniontown Herald Standard: Study Underway on Connellsville's Trees http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local_news/study-underway-on-connellsville-s- trees/article_09b378ab-d70c-5422-ae67-3e8b02a1f9b1.html
Lancaster Farming: York County Tour Looks at Family’s Conservation Efforts http://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/york-county-tour-looks-at-family-s- conservation-efforts/article_dbce47d1-c694-5386-9e2e-1a0e8149d8a2.html
DEP and CCCD to begin farm visits this summer http://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/local/dep-and-cccd-to-begin-farm-visits-this- summer/article_2c3562f4-9a7d-5e10-affb-ec8d763e8a54.html
Republican Herald: STS fixed bus routes free Thursday for Dump the Pump Day http://republicanherald.com/news/sts-fixed-bus-routes-free-thursday-for-dump-the-pump-day- 1.2055355
Energy
Beaver County Times: Why do Low-Income Pennsylvanians Rarely Reap the Benefits of Solar Energy? http://www.timesonline.com/news/energy/why-do-low-income-pennsylvanians-rarely-reap-the- benefits-of/article_f7d427ac-34ca-11e6-b4ce-fb210af6652f.html
Patriot-News: PPL decision a reminder why we need a vigorous Open Records law: Editorial http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2016/06/ppl_papenfuse_and_the_fight_fo.html#incart_river_index
Patriot-News: Here's How an 8-Year-Old Energy Efficiency Law Has Improved Pa's Economy, Environment. Let's Keep It Going: Matt Elliott http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2016/06/heres_how_an_8-year-old_state.html#incart_river_index
Environmental Brownfields & Cleanup
Scranton Times: DeNaples-owned company fined $40k for spill http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/denaples-owned-company-fined-40k-for-spill-1.2055327
Mining
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Helping Coal Miners get By http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2016/06/19/Helping-coal-miners-get- by/stories/201606190010
Johnstown Tribune Democrat: Miners’ Day Festival held in Windber http://www.tribdem.com/news/miners-day-festival-held-in-windber/article_1673364c-369e-11e6-816c- 07a7d909e974.html
Oil and Gas
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Bankruptcies, foreclosures up in areas where gas, coal employees lost jobs http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10625013-74/county-gas-drilling
Beaver County Times: Tax Breaks Given to Shell Chemicals 'Essential' in Attracting Company to Beaver County http://www.timesonline.com/news/shellcracker/tax-breaks-given-to-shell-chemicals-essential-in- attracting-company/article_3dbf0f76-3498-11e6-8839-5711e9702cd9.html
Pittsburgh Tribune Review: Shell CEO Faces Monumental Task to Knock Exxon Off Perch http://triblive.com/business/headlines/10638768-74/shell-company-exxon
York Dispatch: OPED: Pipeline Assessment Won’t Protect Pa. Communities http://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/2016/06/17/oped-pipeline-assessment-wont-protect-pa- communities/86049852/
Pa.'s Conventional Drillers Score Legislative Victory http://www.titusvilleherald.com/business/article_fec83bf4-343c-11e6-a47c- cb4f88470b43.html
Radiation Protection
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The U.S. is Powering Up Its First New Nuclear Reactor in Decades http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/companies/2016/06/20/The-U-S-is-powering-up- its-first-new-nuclear-reactor-in-decades/stories/201606200057
Waste
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Taking on Nation’s Largest Scrap Processors, Recycler Muscles into Western Pa http://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2016/06/20/New-Castle-scrap-yard- operator-Adam-Weitsman-shows-his-mettle/stories/201606190033
Republican Herald: Municipal water, sewer rates to increase http://republicanherald.com/news/municipal-water-sewer-rates-to-increase-1.2055360
Water
Philly Inquirer: Naval Base Employees Concerned About their Health in the Wake of Tainted Water Issues http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160619_Naval_base_employees_concerned_about_their_health _in_the_wake_of_tainted_water_issues.html
Altoona Mirror: City Council Planning Regrading Ordinance http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/638999/City-Council-planning-regrading- ordinance.html?nav=742
Tamarack Lake May Not Be Refilled Until 2020 http://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/local_news/tamarack-lake-may-not-be- refilled-until/article_145d853e-3422-11e6-9c8d-3ff275b3692e.html
Miscellaneous
Allegheny Front: Field of Innocence http://www.alleghenyfront.org/field-of-innocence/
Lancaster Newspapers: Consider Going Green for the Bees http://lancasteronline.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/consider-going-green-for-the- bees/article_ee57a8e4-34ab-11e6-90e8-7fbf82fab47b.html
Lancaster Farming: Pennsylvania Preserves 26 More Farms http://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main_edition/pennsylvania-preserves-more- farms/article_a55fe5f6-0638-5b4f-8009-6a4b2e4ec436.html