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Top DEP Clips
The Center Square: DEP announces improvements to program to help builders get low-interest loans for energy conservation projects https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/dep-announces-improvements-to-program-to-help- builders-get-low-interest-loans-for-energy-conservation/article 66a9f6f8-8e52-11eb-b07d- 13921f274e75.html
Herald Standard: Gov. Wolf encourages residents to 'Pick Up Pennsylvania' https://www.heraldstandard.com/sports/outdoors/gov-wolf-encourages-residents-to-pick-up- pennsylvania/article b1875666-8e52-11eb-b6ad-dfa74e351cf4.html
MyChesCo: Gov. Wolf Encourages Residents to “Pick Up Pennsylvania” https://www.mychesco.com/a/news/pennsylvania/gov-wolf-encourages-residents-to-pick-up- pennsylvania/
Scranton Times: State to power up through sunlight https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/state-to-power-up-through- sunlight/article 787faf70-4e16-5321-b1cb-501b2f184552.html
Allegheny Front: Chesapeake Fined $1.9 Million for Wetland, Stream Violations in PA https://www.alleghenyfront.org/chesapeake-fined-1-9-million-for-wetland-stream-violations-in-pa/
Mentions
Mon Valley Independent: DEP closes N. Eagle dump site https://monvalleyindependent.com/2021/03/dep-closes-n-eagle-dump-site/
Mon Valley Independent: Landfill concerns expressed to DEP official https://monvalleyindependent.com/2021/03/landfill-concerns-expressed-to-dep-official/
Shamokin News-Item: Pollinator Patriots honor veterans at Kulpmont garden https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/pollinator-patriots-honor-veterans-at-kulpmont- garden/article 1d5c0326-a18b-53de-92d6-fecf5846163a.html
Air
Allegheny Front: Group Worries New Air Pollution Permit Could Allow Clairton Coke Works to Pollute More https://www.alleghenyfront.org/group-worries-new-air-pollution-permit-could-allow-clairton-coke- works-to-pollute-more/
Climate Change
Pennlive: Methane: the other greenhouse gas https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2021/03/methane-the-other-greenhouse-gas-pennlive-letters.html
York Daily Record: How to tell if your fishing stream is at high risk from climate change https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/columns/2021/03/26/op-ed-your-fishing-stream-high-risk-climate- change/4802505001/
The Guardian: Joe Biden invites 40 world leaders to virtual summit on climate crisis https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/26/joe-biden-climate-change-virtual-summit
The Hill: Nature's lessons: A sportsman's perspective on the way forward https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/545246-natures-lessons-a-sportsmans-perspective-on- the-way-forward
Post-Gazette: Thanks to climate change, Pittsburgh is among the worst regions for allergy sufferers, study says https://www.post-gazette.com/news/health/2021/03/26/pittsburgh-allergies-pollen-climate-change- study-asthma-allergy-foundation-america/stories/202103260114
Post-Gazette: Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks https://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2021/03/26/U-S-set-to-host-climate- summit/stories/202103280128
Conservation & Recreation
New Castle News: State parks prepare to resume official programs as COVID restrictions relax https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/local news/state-parks-prepare-to-resume-official-programs-as- covid-restrictions-relax/article 703907f3-4f3c-5c95-ac59-726021678da5.html
Erie Times: Glass Growers Gallery exhibit benefits ReLeaf effort to plant trees in Erie County https://www.goerie.com/story/entertainment/arts/2021/03/18/glass-growers-gallery-exhibit-tree- planting-erie-county/4704200001/
Erie Times: Here's why Keystone State Park should be on your post-pandemic travel list https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/2021/03/25/pa-state-parks-keystone-state-park-offers-fishing- hiking-and-camping-pa-state-park/6965696002/
Sharon Herald: No kidding: Goats to clean up Sharon park https://www.sharonherald.com/news/no-kidding-goats-to-clean-up-sharon-park/article b70f67e4- 9024-11eb-90a6-6fbc4038b4c3.html
KDKA: Third ‘Pip’ Spotted In Hays’ Bald Eagles Nest Days After First 2 Hatchings https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/03/26/third-pip-spotted-in-hays-bald-eagles-nest/
Tribune-Review: Audubon’s Babcock Nature Center to open in Buffalo Township June 12 https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/audubons-babcock-nature-center-to-open-in-buffalo- township-june-12/
Tribune-Review: Pa. hosting Mentored Youth Trout Fishing Day after last year's canceled event https://triblive.com/local/regional/pa-hosting-mentored-youth-trout-fishing-day-after-last-years-event- was-canceled/
Tribune-Review: Great Allegheny Passage, named 20 years ago, continues to grow in popularity, importance https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/great-allegheny-passage-named-20-years-ago-continues-to- grow-in-popularity-importance/
Tribune-Review: 3rd chick arrives in Hays bald eagle nest https://triblive.com/local/third-chick-arrives-in-hays-bald-eagle-nest/
Post-Gazette: Pennsylvania state parks, overwhelmed in 2020, prepare for more visitors in 2021 https://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2021/03/29/pennsylvania-state-parks-covid-19-pandemic- attendance-DCNR-safety/stories/202103290011
KDKA: Third Eaglet Hatches At Hays Bald Eagle Nest https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/03/27/third-eaglet-hatches-at-hays-bald-eagle-nest/
Allegheny Front: A Bald Eagle Brings Joy in Philadelphia https://www.alleghenyfront.org/a-bald-eagle-brings-joy-in-philadelphia/
Herald-Standard: National magazine names Bear Run, Fallingwater most beautiful places in Pa https://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local news/national-magazine-names-bear-run-fallingwater- most-beautiful-places-in-pa/article 09b9955a-8da0-11eb-9c5d-033c9f526c80.html
Observer-Reporter: Woman rescued from capsized kayak; winds bend pole https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/woman-rescued-from-capsized-kayak-winds-bend- pole/article f38a1310-8e4c-11eb-b717-3b65d9d0a9ed.html
Post-Gazette: Peters council approves grant application for Rolling Hills Park aquatic center https://www.post-gazette.com/local/washington/2021/03/25/Peters-council-approves-grant- application-for-Rolling-Hills-Park-aquatic-center/stories/202103250070
Renovo Record: Clinton Conservation District upgrades technology, goes mobile https://therecord-online.com/site/archives/67706
Penn State News: Researchers ask anglers' help with study of brook, brown trout colors, patterns https://news.psu.edu/story/652535/2021/03/25/academics/researchers-ask-anglers-help-study-brook- brown-trout- colors?utm source=newswire&utm medium=email&utm term=652709 HTML&utm content=03-28- 2021-21-16&utm campaign=Penn%20State%20Today
Lock Haven Express: Soaring Eagle Wetland hosts unique opportunity; part of Bald Eagle Creek approved for trout program https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2021/03/soaring-eagle-wetland-hosts-unique- opportunity/
Energy
Allegheny Front: Community Group Created to Advise Three Mile Island Cleanup https://www.alleghenyfront.org/community-group-created-to-advise-three-mile-island-cleanup/
Allegheny Front: Wolf Administration to Buy Half of State Government’s Electricity from Solar https://www.alleghenyfront.org/wolf-administration-to-buy-half-of-state-governments-electricity-from- solar/
Politico: The ‘Green Energy’ That Might Be Ruining the Planet https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/03/26/biomass-carbon-climate-politics- 477620?utm source=pocket-newtab
Mon Valley Independent: Strong winds cause damage, power outages https://monvalleyindependent.com/2021/03/strong-winds-cause-damage-power-outages/
Post-Gazette: Minimize pollution https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2021/03/28/Minimize-pollution/stories/202103280110
Post-Gazette: Fresh look: Shadyside's Walnut Street getting new lights, pavement https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2021/03/28/Walnut-Street-Shadyside-Pittsburgh-new-lights- pavement-Councilwoman-Erika-Strassburger/stories/202103280064
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: PPL offers preparedness tips for damaging winds https://www.sungazette.com/uncategorized/2021/03/ppl-electric-offers-preparedness-tips-for- damaging-winds/
Williamsport Sun-Gazette: Your old, energy guzzling fridge is costing you money https://www.sungazette.com/opinion/other-commentaries/2021/03/your-old-energy-guzzling-fridge-is- costing-you-money/
NorthcentralPA.com: Your old, energy guzzling fridge is costing you money https://www.northcentralpa.com/news/your-old-energy-guzzling-fridge-is-costing-you- money/article 45424d16-8d4a-11eb-94e9-63e7e61d9fa3.html
Mining
Bradford Era: Hilco Real Estate Announces The Auction Of Two Bluestone Quarry Tracts In Pennsylvania http://www.bradfordera.com/news/state/hilco-real-estate-announces-the-auction-of-two-bluestone- quarry-tracts-in-pennsylvania/article 2e2c0fff-a6f4-5dba-a3ab-7ec2a0847828.html
Tribune-Review: Fayette artist's creativity unearthed at old mine along Great Allegheny Passage https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/fayette-artists-creativity-unearthed-at-old-mine-along-great- allegheny-passage/
Oil and Gas
York Daily Record: Fracking ban threatens American jobs, derails environmental progress https://www.ydr.com/story/opinion/2021/03/26/op-ed-fracking-ban-threatens-jobs-derails- environmental-progress/6986385002/
Tribune-Review: Olympus Energy pays $1.2M to extend waterlines near Marcellus well sites in Upper Burrell, Allegheny Township https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/olympus-energy-pays-1-2m-to-extend-waterlines-near- marcellus-well-sites-in-upper-burrell-allegheny-township/
StateImpact PA: Injection wells exist to hold fracking wastewater — but the water can move. Here’s how https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2021/03/26/injection-wells-exist-to-hold-fracking- wastewater-but-the-water-can-move-heres-how/
Pittsburgh City Paper: Rep. Conor Lamb talks goals to reduce methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/rep-conor-lamb-talks-goals-to-reduce-methane-emissions- from-natural-gas-infrastructure/Content?oid=19163295
Lock Haven Express: Gas drilling firms repel Pennsylvania’s antitrust lawsuit https://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2021/03/gas-drilling-firms-repel-pennsylvanias-antitrust- lawsuit/
Radiation Protection
Pennlive: ‘We will endure the difficulty’: The partial meltdown at Three Mile Island in 1979 https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/03/we-will-endure-the-difficulty-the-partial-meltdown-at-three- mile-island-in-1979.html
CBS21: 42nd anniversary of Three Mile Island partial meltdown https://local21news.com/news/local/42nd-anniversary-of-three-mile-island-partial-meltdown
Waste
Meadvillle Tribune: West Mead cleanup day set for May 15 https://www.meadvilletribune.com/news/west-mead-cleanup-day-set-for-may-15/article 6647b844- 8e84-11eb-b66c-93387757f073.html
Reading Eagle: More than 100 volunteers clean up portion of Schuylkill River Trail in Reading https://www.readingeagle.com/news/local/more-than-100-volunteers-clean-up-portion-of-schuylkill- river-trail-in-reading/article 32add61a-8f30-11eb-8c54-ab3a8a0a9bce.html
Tribune-Review: In brief: Earth Day cleanup, Sewickley Music Club and more in the Sewickley area https://triblive.com/local/sewickley/in-brief-earth-day-cleanup-sewickley-music-club-and-more-in-the- sewickley-area/
KDKA: Startup ‘Ecotone’ Opens Location In Swissvale, Turns Food Waste Into Renewable Energy https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2021/03/28/startup-ecotone-opens-location-in-swissvale-turns-food- waste-into-renewable-energy/
Pittsburgh City Paper: Swissvale startup Ecotone turns food waste into renewable energy and fertilizer https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/swissvale-startup-ecotone-turns-food-waste-into- renewable-energy-and-fertilizer/Content?oid=19162492
Post-Gazette: 'A perfect place to be': Arlington Park gets a Saturday spring cleaning https://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2021/03/27/Arlington-Spray-Park-Jessica-Benham-Arlington- Civic-Council-Hilltop-Alliance/stories/202103270060
Water
Record-Argus: CP working through water issues https://www.recordargusnews.com/articles/cp-working-through-water-issues/
Pennlive: The nation’s water infrastructure cannot be graded on a sliding scale https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2021/03/the-nations-water-infrastructure-cannot-be-graded-on-a- sliding-scale-opinion.html
FOX43: Officials provide precautions for low-head dams after the accidental death of an 11-year-old boy https://www.fox43.com/article/news/community/officials-provide-precautions-for-low-head-dams- after-the-accidental-death-of-an-11-year-old-boy/521-bde327cd-ee5d-403a-a4ce-5f5b0eeed94d
Tribune-Review: Dollar General development in Upper Burrell faces snag with faulty stormwater drain https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/dollar-general-development-in-upper-burrell-faces- snag-with-faulty-stormwater-drain/
Tribune-Review: In brief: Stream cleanup, student news and more in Penn Hills https://triblive.com/local/penn-hills/in-brief-stream-cleanup-student-news-and-more-in-penn-hills/
Allegheny Front: An Artist Shows off Her Love of the Delaware River https://www.alleghenyfront.org/an-artist-shows-off-her-love-of-the-delaware-river/
PA Environment Digest: Senate Committee sets State of the Chesapeake Bay information meeting April 6 http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=52655&SubjectID=
Miscellaneous
Pennlive: New Penn State Master Gardeners program wants to teach folks how to grow food https://www.pennlive.com/gardening/2021/03/new-penn-state-master-gardeners-program-wants-to- teach-folks-how-to-grow-food.html
Pennlive: Researchers who mapped Pa. cicadas 17 years ago wait for their return https://www.pennlive.com/life/2021/03/researchers-who-mapped-pa-cicadas-17-years-ago-wait-for- their-return.html
Pennlive: To help insects, make them welcome in your garden – here’s how https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2021/03/to-help-insects-make-them-welcome-in-your-garden- heres-how-opinion.html
Lancaster Newspapers: Solar panels, sailing and MIT: Get to know the North Museum Science and Engineering Fair's newest grand champion https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/solar-panels-sailing-and-mit-get-to-know-the-north-museum- science-and-engineering-fairs/article 30ab3662-8e6f-11eb-a543-c30d1b411ecc.html
Lancaster Farming: Investing in Animal Health Protects Everyone https://www.lancasterfarming.com/news/main edition/investing-in-animal-health-protects- everyone/article bf1f1708-a9ad-5aea-a638-d563cb5ab0a2.html
Altoona Mirror: Grant sought to study paper mill https://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2021/03/grant-sought-to-study-paper-mill/
Post-Gazette: Red tape or climate protections? Infrastructure bill puts new spotlight on federal permitting https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2021/03/28/Infrastructure-bill-debate-federal- permitting-process-NEPA-climate-change-Biden/stories/202103180160
The Hill: Biden lays groundwork for environmental regulations https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/545190-biden-lays-groundwork-for-environmental- regulations
Tribune-Review: Ecostudent Challenge teaches Acmetonia 4th graders to protect the environment https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/ecostudent-challenge-teaches-acmetonia-4th-graders- to-protect-the-environment/
Tribune-Review: Food Podcast: Clearview executive knows what it means to experience food insecurity https://triblive.com/local/food-podcast-clearview-executive-knows-what-it-means-to-experience-food- insecurity/
Beaver County Radio: Slide Repair Work on Bocktown Road in Crescent Twp. To Begin Today https://beavercountyradio.com/news/slide-repair-work-on-bocktown-road-in-crescent-twp-to-begin- today/
Beaver County Times: Crescent Twp. road slide repair begins https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2021/03/28/crescent-twp-road-slide-repair- begins/7022373002/
KDKA Radio: Biden economic plan to focus 1st on infrastructure this week https://www.radio.com/kdkaradio/news/business/biden-economic-plan-to-focus-1st-on-infrastructure- this-week
Tribune-Democrat: Guest editorial | New commission must find new ways to pay for Pennsylvania infrastructure needs https://www.tribdem.com/news/editorials/guest-editorial-new-commission-must-find-new-ways-to- pay-for-pennsylvania-infrastructure-needs/article a597c524-8e30-11eb-b3cf-27f0c58bf82a.html
PA Environment Digest: EPA Checking Up On PA Dentists To Ensure Compliance With Rules To Reduce Mercury-Containing Amalgam Waste http://www.paenvironmentdigest.com/newsletter/default.asp?NewsletterArticleID=52657&SubjectID=