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Top DEP Stories My ChesCo: DEP Offers Funding for Environmental Education Projects http://mychesco.com/a/news/pennsylvania/dep-offers-funding-for-environmental-education-projects/ Towanda Daily Review: DEP launches two oil and gas electronic permits https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/business/dep-launches-two-oil-and-gas-electronic- permits/article_fb2d3d7b-4e5e-5ad4-ba14-71286e5a2d2f.html Bradford Era: DEP offering grants for environmental education http://www.bradfordera.com/news/dep-offering-grants-for-environmental- education/article_22dd79e4-defb-11e8-aeeb-9fc18b977c27.html Mentions Post-Gazette: High levels of lead linked to private pipelines in Braddock, water official says http://www.post-gazette.com/local/east/2018/11/02/Braddock-Water-Authority-lead-health-DEP- neurotoxin-drinking/stories/201811010228 Centre Daily Times: Eight months after water system’s “critical” failure, Mountaintop residents face challenges https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/article220970740.html Centre Daily Times: What’s shaking in Bellefonte? Scientists explain Thursday’s “seismic events” https://www.centredaily.com/news/local/community/bellefonte/article221017705.html Bloomsburg Press-Enterprise: Flooding may secure disaster declaration https://www.pressenterpriseonline.com/daily/110418/page/1/story/flooding-may-secure-disaster- designation Towanda Daily Review: Stream maintenance update (LTE) https://www.thedailyreview.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/letter-to-the-editor-nov/article_ca075b25- 91b5-5b68-ac8c-be3c63c963ff.html Towanda Daily Review: Before you vote: Getting to know Clint Owlett and Carrie Heath https://www.thedailyreview.com/news/local/before-you-vote-getting-to-know-clint-owlett-and- carrie/article_cb22b329-e77b-53e7-9423-4ac711503f8f.html Lock Haven Express: Hanna Jr. talks taxes, reform, and more http://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2018/11/hanna-jr-talks-taxes-reform-and-more/ Air Reading Eagle: More protection: UN says Earth's ozone layer is healing https://www.readingeagle.com/article/20181105/AP/311059808/1010 Altoona Mirror: Burn ban decision sparks anger http://www.altoonamirror.com/news/local-news/2018/11/burn-ban-decision-sparks-anger/ Pittsburgh Business Times: Steelworkers announce tentative agreement with ArcelorMittal https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/05/steelworkers-announce-tentative- agreement-with.html Observer-Reporter: Houston plant's owner enters multimillion-dollar settlement with EPA https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/houston-plant-s-owner-enters-multimillion-dollar- settlement-with-epa/article_d6394e1e-deab-11e8-a8f4-8b225688ad6b.html Post-Gazette: Union reaches tentative deal on new contract with ArcelorMittal http://www.post-gazette.com/business/career-workplace/2018/11/02/United-Steelworkers- ArcelorMittal-labor-contract-Monessen-Weirton-pay/stories/201811020128 Observer-Reporter- Monessen coke plant upgrades outlined https://observer-reporter.com/news/localnews/monessen-coke-plant-upgrades- outlined/article_aec49ba4-de9c-11e8-8463-e721017eab61.html Post-Gazette: Natural gas processor to pay nearly $7M to settle pollution violations http://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2018/11/02/markwest-MPLX-LP-pollution- violations-Houston-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-natural-gas-processing-facility/stories/201811020078 Pittsburgh Business Times: MPLX agrees to $925K penalty for emissions violations https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/02/mplx-agrees-to-925k-penalty-for- emissions.html Climate Change Reading Eagle: Climate-change issue is not up for debate https://www.readingeagle.com/news/article/letter-climate-change-issue-is-not-up-for-debate Allegheny Front: How Climate Change Hurts Kids’ Health https://www.alleghenyfront.org/how-climate-change-hurts-kids-health/ Conservation & Recreation The Corry Journal: Saga of the Tamarack http://www.thecorryjournal.com/news/article_28a8f862-dee2-11e8-bfaf-574a8a43af50.html Lock Haven Express: Do your duty and fear no one (Opinion Column by John Arway) http://www.lockhaven.com/opinion/columns/2018/10/straight-talk%e2%80%88do-your-duty-and-fear- no-one/ Lock Haven Express: Americans support parks and prefer political candidates who do, too (Opinion) http://www.lockhaven.com/opinion/columns/2018/10/americans-support-parks-and-prefer-political- candidates-who-do-too/ Gant Daily: For hunters, new Game Commission app has it all https://gantdaily.com/2018/10/29/for-hunters-new-game-commission-app-has-it-all/ Shamokin News-Item: Shamokin-Coal Township Library helping kids be “Coal Region Nature Detectives” https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/shamokin-coal-township-library-helping-kids-be-nature- detectives/article_86147cec-aff7-537b-9ba4-c20b1b2a56f5.html Centre County Gazette: A look inside the Penn State Woodsmen Team http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/a-look-inside-the-penn-state-woodsmen- team,1478351/ Lancaster Newspapers: Muddy Run Recreation Park: A park for all seasons https://lancasteronline.com/sports/outdoors/muddy-run-recreation-park-a-park-for-all- seasons/article_0f5b3bc8-ded2-11e8-978b-6f1035bd52ea.html Allegheny Front: This Federal Program Helped Pay for a Park Near You. Now its Future is in Limbo. https://www.alleghenyfront.org/this-federal-program-helped-pay-for-a-park-near-you-now-its-future- is-in-limbo/ Post-Gazette: Heather Manzo joins Conservation District as executive director http://www.post-gazette.com/business/pittsburgh-company-news/2018/11/02/Heather-Manzo- Conservation-District-executive-director-land-water-pollution/stories/201811020116 Post-Gazette: FISHING REPORT: Bass, walleye caught at Ohio River tribs, Erie steelhead remain at creek mouths http://www.post-gazette.com/life/outdoors/2018/11/02/FISHING-REPORT-Bass-walleye-Ohio-River- Erie-steelhead-trout/stories/201811020075 Energy Gant Daily: Wolf Administration announces the opening of Indiana CNG Transit fueling station https://gantdaily.com/2018/10/31/wolf-administration-announces-the-opening-of-indiana-cng-transit- fueling-station/ WESA: PJM: There Is No Grid Emergency (At Least For The Next Five Years) http://www.wesa.fm/post/pjm-there-no-grid-emergency-least-next-five-years#stream/0 Observer-Reporter: Energy assistance program accepting applications https://observer-reporter.com/living/energy-assistance-program-accepting- applications/article_69b07522-dea8-11e8-a043-cb4554641e0b.html Pittsburgh Business Times: Green Tree energy producer plans Nasdaq listing https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/02/green-tree-energy-producer-plans-nasdaq- listing.html Beaver County Times: Energy assistance grants available http://www.timesonline.com/entertainmentlife/20181101/energy-assistance-grants-available Post-Gazette: Report: Region's electric grid can deal with "extreme" winter stress despite power plant closures http://www.post-gazette.com/business/powersource/2018/11/01/PJM-electric-grid-coal-nuclear- power-plant-retirements-natural-gas/stories/201811010163 Environmental Cleanup and Brownfields Tribune-Review: Study of Mt. Pleasant Borough brownfield site will develop plan for potential uses https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/14202813-74/study-of-mt-pleasant-brownfield-site-will- develop-plan-for-potential-uses Mining Morning Call: After nearly a decade of hearings, Lower Milford zoners deny quarry application https://www.mcall.com/news/breaking/mc-nws-lower-milford-quarry-zoning-decision-20181026- story.html Shamokin News-Item: 250 years of anthracite in PA: Mining history still runs deep https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/years-of-anthracite-in-pa-mining-history-still-runs- deep/article_44756894-6ff9-5099-850a-5974bb286c03.html Shamokin News-Item: Our salute to miners (Editorial) https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/our-salute-to-miners/article_07a9521a-0647-5201-aa55- a95fe6fbc94a.html Note: For additional stories in this special series on coal mining history, including interviews with more than a dozen local miners, visit https://www.newsitem.com/special/. Oil and Gas Delaware County Daily Times: Explosion destroys mansion in Gladwyne https://www.delcotimes.com/news/explosion-destroys-mansion-in-gladwyne/article_a518057e-24e9- 5f43-92ba-106666e8f23a.html Philadelphia Inquirer: Gladwyne home, under renovation, leveled by apparent gas explosion http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/gladwyne-home-gas-explosion-20181104.html 6ABC: Gladwyne home explosion could be felt for miles https://6abc.com/gladwyne-home-explosion-could-be-felt-for-miles/4618938/ Shamokin News-Item: Cleanup, restoration from pipeline construction continues https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/cleanup-restoration-from-pipeline-construction- continues/article_02389579-9303-5557-8933-16abcf985de6.html Shamokin News-Item: Shamokin Area School District, county department of public safety to receive $10K from Williams pipeline company https://www.newsitem.com/news/local/shamokin-area-school-district-county-department-of-public- safety-to/article_4597bb90-0250-5119-aebd-d249a1543e7c.html Lock Haven Express: LH, Renovo to receive Community Grants from Williams http://www.lockhaven.com/news/local-news/2018/11/lh-renovo-to-receive-community-grants/ KDKA: Crews Search For Cause Of Greene Co. House Explosion That Injured 3 https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/greene-county-house-explosion-three-people-injured/ Pittsburgh Business Times: Oilfield services company to expand at Starpointe https://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/news/2018/11/02/oilfield-services-company-to-expand-at-